P-9A Red Bird Coal

Employee was working on a screen in the plant when his knee pain worsen.

Two men were tied off in the basket of a manlift approx. 15' in the air. They went to swing the basket in closer to the concrete forms on the stacking tube. The basket moved quickly causing injured to hit his lower back against the rail of the basket.

Employee was taking oil bath off of motor on top floor of washer. Employee said he lifted oil bath off and felt sharp pain in lower back.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER WITH A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS HANDS. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

STABILIZERS WERE NOT FULLY EXTENDED. WHEN BOOM WAS RAISED, THE CRANE TURNED ON IT'S SIDE. EE STATED HE WAS NOT HURT. ON 11-15-99, HE SAID HIS LEFT KNEE WAS BRUISED. ON 11-22-99, HE SAIS HIS BA CK WAS HURTING AND HE WAS GOING TO THE DOCTOR.

EE WAS CUTTING A SECTION OF PIPE FROM A 6" X 20'JOINT OF PIPE. AS HE MADE HIS FINAL CUT A SECTION OF THE PIPE ROLLED OFF THE STAND STRIKING HIM ON THE FOOT.

EE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL APPROX MAY 15, WHEN IT CONTINUED TO AGRAVATE. WENT TO DR AND UNDERWENT SURGERY ON 6-16-97, TO CORRECT TORN LIGAMENTS IN KNEE. REPACKING LIFT CYCLINDER ON E ND LOADER FROM A RAISED POSITION. SLIPPED AND FEL CAUSING INJURY TO RT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING CLEANUP AT THE RAW COAL FEED BELT AND GRIZZLY TO RAW COAL BREAKER. THERE WAS SOME MATERIAL LODGED IN THE SHOOT THAT FEEDS THE BREAKER. EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE SHOOT AND DI SLODGED THE MATERIAL WHICH STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S LEGS AND FEET CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND SLIDE DOWN THE COAL SHOOT APPROX. 10 FT AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.

EE WAS STANDING ON A STEP LADDER REPAIRING A LEAK IN A FEED PIPE. HE FELL APPROX 6 TO 7 FT FROM THIS POSITION. INITIALLY HE COMPLAINED OF A SORE LEFT SHOULDER BUT REQUESTED TO BE ALLOWED TO CO NTINUE WORK. AFTER APPORX 2 HOURS, HE COMPLAINEDOF SORE NECK, SHOULDER AND LEG. TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. UNDER OBSERVATION FOR POSSBLE NECK FRACTURE.

EE WAS CLEANING UP IN THE RAW COAL TUNNEL. HE WAS USING A 4FT PRY BAR TO MOVE A LARGE PIECE OF RROCK OUT OF THE WALKWAY AS HE PRYED HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AS FILTER OPERATOR WHEN HE NOTICED THE FILTER TANK OVERFLOWING IN HIS HAST TO GET TO THE CONTROLS HE FELL WHILE COMING DOWN THE STAIRS. EE COMPLETED SHIFT PRIOR TO GOING TO DR.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN LOADING TRUCK AT THE CLENA CAOL STOCK PILE. HE COMPLETED THIS TASK AND HAD PARKED THE LOADER AND AS HE WAS LEAVING THE EQUIPMENT VIA THE LADDER HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKIN G HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE LADDER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HIMSELF.

USING HAND TOOL EMPLOYEE USING PRY BAR TO DISLODGE METERIL ANCHOR POINT SLIPPED CAUSING OPPOSITE END OF BAR TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE ON LEFT EAR

EE WAS REPLACING A PUMP IN THE PREPARATION PLANT. WHEN HE LIFTED THE PUMP TO INTERCHANGE IT WITH THE REPLACEMENT, HE INJURED THE MIDDLE PART OF HIS BACK.

EMPL LIFTING A METAL PLATE OFF #2 CLEAN COAL RECLAIM FEEDER AND INJURED BACK.

LIFTING BATTERY PAIN IN LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING THE DEIST ER TABLE FEED LINE & THE FORCE OF THE WATER CAUSED DEBRIS TO SPLASH INTO HIS EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMANTLING ENGINE PARTS (HEAD BOLTS). WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO HAND TOOL, THE BOLT BROKE CAUSING THE HAND TO STRIKE THE ENGINE HEAD.

COAL AND MUCK HAD BECOME STUCK IN FEEDER. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PIECE OF PIPE TO DISLODGE BLOCKAGE. HE PUSHED AGAINST THE MATERIAL THE PIPE WENT THROUGH THE MATERIAL, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP FORWAR D. HE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO BRACE HIMSELF. AS HE DID THIS, HIS HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A PIECE OF METAL ON THE FEEDER PAN. CUTTING THE FINGER-TAKEN TO HOSPITAL-THREE STITCHES APPLIED.

DRIVE PULLED OUT AFTER BEING LOADED WHEN BED RAISED SHIFTING THE LOAD WEIGHT CAUSING TRUCK TO TURN OVER ON IT SIDE.

SHE WAS TRYING TO PULL A THERMOMETER FROM A RUBBER BUSHING THAT IS USED IN A PARR CALORIMETER MACHINE THAT IS USED IT COAL LAB WHEN IT BROKE AND CUT THE THIRD FINGER ON HER RIGHT HAND.

WORKING ON 2ND FLOOR OF PLANT PLUMBING IN A CATIONIC PUMP.TIGHTENING UP UNION ON PIPE WORK GOING TO CATIONIC PUMP WHEN PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED AND CAUSING HIM TO PULL LAGAMENTS IN LEFT KNEE.SPILL ED OIL FROM PUMP WAS ALSO A FACTOR .

I.NAME WORKING ON PIPING 4'' PIPE THROUGH PLANT WALL FOR REFUSE FILTE BLOWER POP-OFF VALVE.HOLE HAD BEEN CUT IN WALL FOR WINDOW AND FRAME HAD BEEN MADE UP AND WAS SEATED IN WINDOW OPENING NEXT TO BLOWER WHERE HE WAS WORKING.FRAME CAME LOOSE FROM OPENING AND FELL ONTO RIGHT FOOT.

HE WAS CLIMBING3DOWN THE STEPS AT THE REFUSE LOADING BIN AND TRIPPED OVER A BAR NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS AND FELL INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

HE WAS CUTTING 8OWN A BAROMETRIC LEG SEAL TANK FOR THE REFUSE FILTER.HE CUT A PIECE OF METAL LOOSE AND IT FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A FRACTURE.

EMP WAS CARRYIN1 AN ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER SHE STOPPED TO LOCK A DOOR AND SHIFTED IT TO HER R SIDE AND SLIGHT PAIN DEVELOPED. SHE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT THE PAIN BECAME WORSE, HER FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 4-2--87 3

HE WAS OPERATIN1 A 769 CAT TRUCK HAULING REFUSE ON A ROADWAY THAT HAD BEEN WATERED DOWN TO CONTROL DUST THE TRUCK BEGIN TO SLIDE ON THE WET ROAD AND HE LOST CONTROL, AS IT WAS CROSSING THE BER M HE JUMPED OUT3TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

HELPING INSTALL3GUARD ON RAW COAL STACKER BELT DRIVE.WHEN HE LIFTED GUARD,HERNIA DEVELOPED IN HIS STOMACH.

HE WAS HAULING 9EFUSE FROM PREP PLANT TO REFUSE SITE IN A 50 TON CAT TRUCK HE DUMPED LOAD & ON THE RETURN TRIP HE WRECKED & OVERTURNED TRUCK CAUSING LACERATIONS TO HEAD WITH POSSIBLE MILD CONC USSION 3

HE WAS CUTTING 5 PIECE OF BELT WITH A KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG, CUT REQUIRED 2 STITCHES

HE WAS AT THE S6PPLY HOUSE GETTING A HUB FOR A 769 CAT TRUCK. A BROKEN HEAD LIGHT WAS IN THE CAGE WITH THE HUB, AND WHILE REMOVING THE HUB HE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE BROKEN GLASS. THE CUT RE QUIRED 6 STITCH9S