Employee was clean rock off belt and out of chute when strained lower back.
BalkanCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 43
- Years on record
- 2005–2025
- Latest incident
- Aug 2025
Reportable incidents
43 on file2025 · 2 incidents
Employee was beating on piece of metal when a slender piece of metal about 1/4 inch long impaled in their left inner thigh.
2024 · 1 incident
Employee was picking up coal sample bag of coal when felt left shoulder pop and sharp pain through left shoulder. Employee didn't seek medical attention until 10/24/2024.
2022 · 1 incident
Employee was washing floor when EE fell into support beam hurting shoulder.
2021 · 1 incident
Employee was exiting dozer, when employee's right foot slipped off step landing on employee's ankle.
2020 · 1 incident
Employee was changing screens in cyclone drain, when they rinsed the screen, magnatite and fine coal splashed in face getting into left eye. Went to Doctor, said they had scratched left eye.
2019 · 5 incidents
Employee was welding on pipe when a hot piece of metal melted employee's glove & burnt right index finger, later on that morning employee was smacking down a screen with a hammer when employee hit the same finger with the hammer, employee did not report to Foreman until 11-16-19, had surgery on finger & is still in Hospital.
Employee was cutting a piece of rebar, took the torch to blow away dust and metal shavings, when it blew back in employee's face getting into right eye.
Employee was chaining down backhoe on lowboy trailer, when employee slightly bent over to pull chain binder, employee felt a sharp pain in lower back.
Employee was putting metal fence post in hole when employee slipped and left leg went into hole up to employee's hip, bruising leg and hip.
Employee was shoveling mud that was built up against the belt, employee was throwing off of top of tower and twisted lower back.
2018 · 2 incidents
Employee was changing screen above coal crusher when employee fell 4 1/2 feet onto to floor hurting head, chest, & back. Employee went to ER & got staples to back of head.
Employee was climbing down off 777 Truck when EE stepped off the step and right foot hit soft ground and EE twisted right leg and foot. EE has worked every day since but was put off by Doctor 02/22/18.
2017 · 1 incident
Employee was at raw coal feeder when employee bend over to a rock out of the coal on the feeder, when employee raised up employee felt a pain in lower back.
2016 · 2 incidents
Employee was taking cylinder off a D9T when EE was taking bolt out of light bracket a pin flew out of wobble socket, struck left hand cutting it. EE went to ER in Pineville, Ky. received (5) stitches and back to work 03-18-16.
Employee was on catwalk at Washer (scalping screen) when EE was working the slack out of the come-along when EE slipped on mud landing on right arm.
2015 · 2 incidents
Employee was walking through warehouse toward her office, slipped, fell face forward on concrete floor hurting her right shoulder.
Employee was helping replace a 14"" steel pipe and was moving tools out of way when his foot slipped and twisted his right knee.
2014 · 5 incidents
Employee was walking around washer area at prep-plant when he slipped and pulled something in back.
Empoyee was handing 2 1/2 gallons of fertilizer to employee on Hydroseeder truck when his right foot slipped on back of pickup truck throwing him off of truck onto ground hitting back of head, neck, and back.
Employee was stepping down off feeder up in washer when his foot was caught by a bolt connected to the feeder and twisted his left ankle.
Employee was hitting gear on refuse belt at Washer Plant with sledge hammer when he felt a burning sensation in his stomach.
Was helping a mechanic on the Mack Water Truck, he was wiggling the steering wheel when it spun around and caught the lower part of his arm breaking it around the wrist.
2013 · 1 incident
Employee was fueling grader when he stepped back and fell off the grader landing on his right foot - thus fracturing his foot.
2012 · 4 incidents
Employee was using a chipping hammer to change metal screens on a vibrator when a piece of metal flew into right eye around safety glasses.
Employee was looking for an oil leak on Core Drill RD-16 when he leaned across hydraulic tank, slipped and fell hitting on his left side. He went to the Pineville Community Hospital. He has (1) One broken rib.
Employee was in a meeting sat in a chair, the chair leaned back and jerked his back. He went to see Dr. on 9/24/2012.
Employee was trying to shove the forks together on a forklift when his feet slipped out from under him, landing him on his left side on the concrete floor, hurting multiple parts on left side. Employee went to the Doctor on 2/2/2012.
2011 · 5 incidents
Employee was throwing metal out of the stoker plant building when he twisted his lower back.
Employee was driving coal truck, when he went into the ditch causing the truck to turn over and the coffee thermos came up and hit the employee in the upper lip.
Employee's trucks air conditioner was being repaired the morning of 4/25/2011, employee states Freon sprayed into the cab and caused irritation to his eyes.
Employee was driving his parts truck on hwy 160 when the power steering belt broke and the truck veered into the guard rail. This caused EE to hit his left wrist on steering wheel.
Employee was working on belt when he slipped and fell and hurt his upper back. This happened on 3/30/2011, but he didn't tell his foreman until 7/25/2011.
2010 · 5 incidents
Employee was helping a mechanic pick up a metal plate from a D11 dozer when a sharp pain hit in the middle of his back causing him to fall to his knees.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A SMALL PIECE OF METAL, WHEN HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GRINDER, INJURING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
Employee was driving a 777 rock truck on the haul road when he hit a bump in the road, seat bottomed out and hurt his lower back.
Employee started drill and was tramming around the hill, when he hit a bump in the road, and it jarred the door shut on the employees hand.
Employee was stepping off of a dozer onto the ground when he stepped on a gravel and twisted his right knee.
2009 · 2 incidents
Employee was cutting brush on the berm when he slipped. As employee fell forward, he put his right hand on the chain, cutting his hand.
Employee was trying to get a headache ball loose that had caught on the boom, when the ball fell, catching the employees arm between the ball and a piece of steel.
2008 · 1 incident
Employee was trying to clear a crusher, when the bar he was using, slipped and caught his left forefinger between the bar and the side of the crusher. The metal ripped the meat from the finger at the second joint and broke his finger.
2006 · 1 incident
Employee fell form a D6 dozer striking his arm causing a laceration on his right arm. The laceration did require stitches. The employee returned to work after he was treated at the Emergency Room.
2005 · 1 incident
While dismantling old preparation plant, employee was cutting floor grating and stepped on a broken piece of flooring that gave way and he fell to next level injuring foot.