Pond Fork Processing Coal

Employee was sorting out structural steel moving around pieces when a beam measuring about 24"x10"x24" fell over on his left foot. He was wearing metatarsal boots, but a piece of the steel caught his foot below the metatarsar ont he side near the ankle.

EE LEFT DEEP MINE LOADING POINT IN 5TH GEAR, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN 4TH. APPROX 150 FT FROM SCALE HOUSE HE TRIED TO SHIFT FROM 5TH TO 4TH, GOT THE TRUCK OUT OF GEAR, COULDN'T GET IT BACK IN GE AR SO HE DECIDED TO JUMP. NOTHING WAS WRONG PASTPRESHIFT BRAKE TEST. THE TRUCK IS AT HERITAGE EQUIPMENT FOR ESTIMATE & REPAIRS. "OPERATOR MALFUNCTION"

DRIVER STATED THAT HE STARTED OFF HILL WITH LOAD, STOPPED ON LEVEL AREA & PUT TRUCK IN 3RD GEAR,DRIVER STATED THAT HE APPARENTLY DID NOT GET SHIFT ALL THE WAY IN & IT POPPED OUT GOING DOWN THE HILL. DRIVER DECIDED TO TURN BY PASS ROAD AT HIGH SPEED, ROAD SLOPE CHANGED & THE COMBO CAUSED TRUCK TO OVERTURN. AFTER INCIDENT TRUCK UPRIGHTED & BRAKES CHECKED O-K. NOT WEARING SEAT BELT.

EMPLOYEE CAME TO THE SAFETY DEPT ON 1/29/03 CLAIMING HIS ELBOW WAS BOTHERING HIM AND THAT HE HAD LOSS OF STRENGTH IN HIS ARM. WHEN ASKED, HE COULD GIVE NO DATE, TIME OR ACTIVITY THAT CAUSED TH E PAIN BUT SAID HE FELT IT WAS WORK RELATED AND HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST 1 OR 2 MONTHS, POSSIBLY RELATED TO SOME NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN HE PREVIOUSLY HAD THAT LATER WENT AWAY.

EE WAS WORKING ON A FLOP GATE ON THE REFUSE SCREEN DISCHARGE ON THE 4TH FLOOR. THE FLOP GATE WAS UP IN THE CLOSED POSITION TO HAVE A 2" ANGLE THAT RAN THE FULL LENGTH OF THE GATE CUT FOR REMOV AL. THE EE CUTTING THE ANGLE HAD HIS LEFT LEG IN A PINCH POINT. WHEN THE ANGLE WAS CUT FREE, THE FLOP GATE FELL, PINCHING HIS LEG.

EE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PLANT AND STUMBLED OVER A WELDING CABLE, TWISTING HIS ANKLE. EMPLOYERWAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER ON 12-5-02 AND SAFETY DEPT. WAS NOT MADE AWARE UNTIL 12-12- 02 OF INJURY

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A BEAM WITH A WELDING HOOD AND HAD SAFETY GLASSES UNDER THE HOOD THAT WERE TINTED. WHEN HE RAISED HIS HOOD TO CHIP THE SLAG, HE HAD HIS SAFETY GLASSES SLID DOWN ON HIS NOSE. HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE, BUT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND BY FIRST AID PROVIDER ON SITE. WAS NOT AWARE PRESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN UNTIL 12/3/02.

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER ON THE STOCKPILE. HE BACKED OVER 4 UNKNOW LEFT BY ANOTHER DOZER AND JARRED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS MOVING STEEL AND TOSSED A PIECE. THE BEAM HIT SOME GRATING AND BOUNCED BACK, LANDING ON HIS FOOT IT BROKE 2 TOES AND LACERATED THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.

EE WAS IN THICKENER BIN AT AN IDLED PREP PLANT. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIPE AND HURT HIS BACK.