Mining Incidents

Cora TerminalCoal

Controlled by Watco Holdings Inc
Chester, Jackson County, IL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103140
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2005–2011
Latest incident
Dec 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employees was trying to start a Caterpillar D9 track dozer, but to would not crack. He opened the battery box cover to check the connections. He decided that he needed to charge the batteries and started to climb off the machine. He used the lip of the battry box as a hand hold with his right hand and the box cover closed on his hand resulting in a cut to his right ring finger.

2010 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to get in the cab of the D10T dozer and as he reached for his next hand hold he missed it and started to lose his balance. He pulled himself back forward with his left hand and grabbed for the hand hold again with his right hand. As his right hand caught hold he heard something pop and then felt a burning on his right side under his ribs.

2009 · 5 incidents

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employees were attempting to pull direct burial wires thru conduit when employee lost his footing and fell in trench.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While replacing troughing idles along the C-4 conveyor Cora employee started to feel a tightness in his back that continued to get worse until the end of his shift.

Struck against stationary object

A Cora employee was to pull the conveyors emergence stop cord when the section of belt to be repaired passed between marked sections so the belt would stop at a location where it could be accessed for repairs. As the employee pulled up vertically of the emergency stop cord, he struck his left elbow on the corner of an I-beam, lacerating the elbow.

Struck by falling object

While assisting in the removal of an X-Brace from the top of the T-1 coal transfer tower, a 15' long section by 3""x4""x3/8"" angle brace fell, sticking the employee on the top of his hard hat and right arm. The employee suffered a break to the right forearm.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Two Cora employees were working on placing a 3'x 3'x4' section of 1/4"" plate metal in place on a conveyor chute they were fabrication. As they were moving the plate into position it slipped off one corner and pinched one of the employees right index finger. The resulting cut in the employees index finger required eight stiches.

2008 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Deckhand employee was working on the dock when the dock winch barge haul cable broke. The cable struck the employee in the back knocking him to the ground, he substained a cut on the nose and puncher to the chin.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was assisting with the installation of a return idler on the c-4 72"" conveyor system using a roller guide that the facility fabricated. He was holding the roller guide and as the roller was being placed on the guide by a second employee the roller slipped out of his hands and pinched the injured employee's finger against the roller guide frame.

2007 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While pulling off 2 barges to drop in Cora's fleet, employee had trouble with a coupling wire. He was pulling on the wire while the other deckhand was beating on it with a sledgehammer. When that did not work to free the wire, he grabbed a bar and tried to pull up the tight wires. As he stood up he then felt a pinch on his left lower side around his hip.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was working on a hydraulic adjustable skirt chute; the chute activated pinning his left leg between the frame of the skirt and the transfer chute.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking across the employee parking lot and slipped and fell on the ice landing flat on his back.

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Employee was performing a maintenance task in the train-unloading dumper helping replace a trunion wheel. He welded on a temporary bracing to be used while lifting the trunion wheel and the bracing failed during the lift striking the employee in the face.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was washing down at T-2 tower using a 1-1/2"" water hose and said that he hurt his lower back pulling a kink out of the the hose.