EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING COAL OUT FROM UNDER BELT.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1983–1987
- Latest incident
- Sep 1987
Reportable incidents
8 on file1987 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS CL2SING ON RAIL CARS WITH A 6TH BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED-HITTING HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD.
1983 · 6 incidents
JOHN TIGUE AND BILL BRITTAIN WERE LOADING CROSS TIES ON TO WASHER UTILITY TRUCK . ONE WAS ON EITHER SIDE OF CROSS TIES SWINGING THEM ONTO TRUCK. JOHN APPARENTLY LET HIS FINGER GET CAUGHT BETWE EN THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND THE CROSS TIE THAT THEY WERE HANDLING.
STOCKPILE AT LOADOUT FACILITY IGNITED IN TUNNEL SHUTES HOT COALS DROPPED DOWN ON BELTLINE BURNING BELT AND DAMAGING SEVERAL ROLLERS
REQUESTED 7-22-83. STARTED UP LADDER AND HIS FOOT STRUCK PUSH-BUTTON STARTING CONVEYOR.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE PALLET OF SCREENS WEIGHING APPROX 175 POUNDS FROM PARTS TRUCK TO STORE UNDER PARTS SHED WILLIAM TRIPPED APPARENTLY OVER PUMP BEARING HOUSING AND FELL STRIKING HIS CH ON THE SHARP UPPER RIM OF SCREENS
BRUCE WAS INSPECTING PIPE LINE (SLURRY LINE) WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO TUARN HIS ANKLE.
CLEANING UP PILE OF PIPE ALONG SIDE PLANT FEED CONVEYOR STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK.