Colver Refuse Site Coal

Victim was driving a pin with a punch and hammer. When pin finally moved, finger went into pin hole and the bar pinched little finger on left hand causing a laceration that required 5 stitches.

Employee was conducting clean-up inside and around the clean coal chute of a screen machine and using a hoe to dislodge fine coal material build-up on the chute. Unexpectedly, a homogenous section of the wet, fine material dislodged, pinning the employee knee against the side of the hopper. A large piece of material struck employee's right knee.

Employee was changing bucket teeth on a loader. Employee used a hammer to remove old teeth. Afterwards he noticed a small laceration on his left forearm. Two days later his forearm was sore so he went to the hospital to get x-rayed. A small shard of metal was lodged in his forearm but the doctor couldn't find it and put one stitch in his forearm.

Employee was cleaning off grizzly bars on the screen plant. He was on the platform leading into the loader cab. He was behind the platform railing pulling plastic from the grizzly bars when he slipped and fell between the loader and the screen plant. His left foot contacted the loader step fracturing his left ankle.

Employee was cleaning the tracks on a Komatsu excavator. Employee's hand slipped off shovel and shovel handle hit employee on left side of head. Employee went to hospital and got checked out and was released and returned to work next day.

Employee jumped off coal belt stacker steps and landed awkward on left foot and immediately felt pain near toes. Got x-rayed and nothing broke - just bruised.

Employee was installing a tire on a pickup truck. When lifting the tire, employee's right arm at bicep area started hurting.

EE WAS LIFTING 4"PVC PIPE WHEN HE FELT A PROBLEM IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE FINISHED SHIFT & REPORTED TO WORK AT 7 AM ON 11/05/03 & WORKED UNTIL 12PM THEN TOLD SUPERVISOR HIS BACK WAS HURTING. EE WENT FOR CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT & RETURNED TO WORK.

THIS WAS A REOCCURRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED 12-6-02. EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER AND CLEANING HOPPER ON 1-29-03 AND AFTER WORK HAD A CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT. EARLY MORNING ON 1 -30-03 HAD BACK SPASMS AND DID NOT REPORT TO WORK UNTIL 2-4-03.

EE WAS OPERATING FRONT END LOADER SCREENING COALAND CLEANING CLOGGED HOPPERS ON 12-6-02. IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR WAS NOTIFIED ON 12-11-02 THAT EE HURT HIS BACK ON 12-6-02 AND WAS HAVING CHIROPRA CTIC TREATMENTS AND NEEDED TO FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT. EE COULD NOT PINPOINT TIME OF ACCIDENT.