Mining Incidents

Simco Coal

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
Coshocton, Coshocton County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3302516

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
105
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Jul 1993
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 330 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 330 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 330 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 660 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 6, 1989 OH · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE VICTIM WAS DRIVING A GROVE RT 59S MOBILE CRANE, WITHOUT A LOAD, ON THE SURFACE MINE'S MAIN HAULAGE ROADWAY. THE CRANE ROLLED ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY, CRUSHING THE O PERATOR IN THE CONFINES OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON A LEVEL ROADWAY THAT WAS STRAIGHT AND APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET IN WIDTH. THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESSES TO THE ACCIDEN

Reportable incidents

104 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1993 · 1 incident

July 21, 1993 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS STARTING 8HP FUEL PUMP BY PULLING ON STARTER ROPE. THE ENGINE CAUSED THE ROP TO PULL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHICH JERKED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

1992 · 2 incidents

January 27, 1992 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT HIS TRACTOR HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE HELD ON THE HANDHOLD TO KEEP FROM FALLING FROM THE HILL CYLINDER TO GROUND LEVEL THE SUDDEN JOLT FROM BREAKING H IS NEAR FALL CAUSED AN AGGRANENT STRAIN TO HIS NECK AREA EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING HIS LUNCH BUCKET WHILE MOUINTING THE DOZER & DID NOT MAINTAIN 3 POINT CONTACT WHEN MOUNTING DOZER

January 24, 1992 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYE EALLEGED THAT WHILE WALKING BACK FROM THE REAR OF THE LEFT DRAGLINE SHOE, ATTEMPTED TO LAY A REPAIR LINK APPROX 80 LBS, ON THE METAL SURFACE OF THE SHOE. AS HE WS BENDING OVER TO LAY THE LINK ON THE SHOE, HIS BOOTS SLIPPED SIDEWAYS AS THE LINK WAS APPROX ONE FOOT FROM THE SHOE SURFACE. HIS BOOTS WERE MUD-COVERED, AND THE SHOE WAS WET AND POSSIBLY ICE COVERED IN AREA. WHE

1991 · 4 incidents

June 27, 1991 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING PARTS FOR A D-9L DOZER ONTO LOWBOY TRAILER. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD RIPPER CYLINDERS FOR RIPPER ON FORKS OF CLARK FORKLIFT. HE PULLED ON CYLINDER WHICH HAD SLID ON FOR KS. HE THEN STATED THAT HE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA AND THAT SOME SWELLING OCCURRED. EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING AND PULLING ON ONE CYLINDER. ALSO EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A BACK SUPPORT BRA

June 18, 1991 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HAMMERING ON A 6" HOSE CLAMP AFTER HE HAD JOINTED TWO 6" PIPES/WATER TOGETHER, THE CLAMP SNAPPED INTO PLACE AND HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND WAS BETWEEN THE C LAMP AND THE HOSE. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE END OF HIS FINGER WHICH REQUIRED 5 SUTURES.

June 11, 1991 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT THE CATERPILLAR SKIDDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP DUE TO MUD BEING PRESENT ON H IS BOOTS WHEN THIS OCCURED HE WENT FORWAD & HIS MOUTH CAME INT O CONTACT WITH THE FRAME STRUCTURE OF THE SKIDD ER T HIS CAUSED 2 TWO TEETH TO BE CRACKED BROKEN OFF

February 20, 1991 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE ASSISTING A FELLOW WORKER TO INSTALL A SEAT BACK INTO A DOZER FELT PAIN LOWER BACK. THE SEAT WAS LIFTED BY BOTH MECHANICS FROM TEH SHOP FOOR THEN UP ONTO THE DOZER T RACK AND THEN ONTO THE RUNNING DOCK OF THE DOZER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOOSE HIS BALANCE.

1990 · 6 incidents

November 30, 1990 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REFUELING HIS TANKS ON HIS FUEL SERVICE TRUCK. WHEN THE #1 TANK WAS FULL, HE APPARENTLY STEPPED BACK TO REPOSITION THE FUEL PUMP HOSE NOSSEL INTO THE #2 TANK THAT WAS EMPTY. WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPE BACK HE APPAREANTLY PLACED HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE TRUCK AND THE CATWALK PLATFORM, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL APPROX. 6 FEET TO GROUND LEVEL.

November 20, 1990 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STATED THAT WHILE MAKING NORMAL ROUNDS THROUGH MACHINE HE NOTICED RAG SUCKED AGAINST BACK OF GUARD ON LEFT REAR HOUSE EXHAUST FAN. HE THEN REACHED UP & OVER FAN MOTOR TO PULL RAG OFF GRUA RDING THAT WAS PROVIDED EMPL SOMEHOW GOT MIDDLE & RING FINGER ENDS ON LEFT HAND STRUCK BY FAN BLADES BETWEEN GUARD & FAN HOUSING.

August 16, 1990 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE ASSISTING A FELLOW WORKER TO INSTALL A SEAT BACK INTO A DOZER FELT PAIN LOWER BACK. THE SEAT WAS LIFTED BY BOTH MECHANICS FROM THE SHOP FLOOR THEN UP ONTO THE DOZER TRACK AND THEN ONTO THE RUNNING DECK OF THE DOZER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOOSE HIS BALANCE.

May 26, 1990 OH · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED WHEN HE WAS INSTALLING SPACER ON SUPPORT BRACE OF FEEDER BELT ROLELRS HE LOST CONTORL OF A 20 FOOT SECTON OF 1/2" X 2" METAL BRACE LOOSENING HIS BALANCE. IN ATTEMPTING TO CATC H HIMSELF HIS HAND STRUCK HIS HOOD KNOCKING HIS WELDING HOOD OFF AND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. HE WELDING GLOVE STRUCK SIDE OF HIS FACE AND FOREIGN METERIAL ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.

May 2, 1990 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE WAS USING B AND O HAMMER SLEDGE TO KNOCK CUTTING EDGE OFF OF THE TEREX PAN SCRAPER BOWL AFTER WEDGES HAD BEEN REMOVED PLACED B O IN HOLE WHERE WEDGE WAS REMOVED AND STRUCK W ITH SLEDGE. A SMALL CLIP BROKE OFF CUTTING EDGE PAVETRATED HIUS RIGHT THIGH.

April 19, 1990 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE STANDING ON THE METAL BED ON #2 BOOM TRUCK HE WAS SIGNALING I NAME SHOVEL OPERATOR TO LOWER A TELESCO GAINS XXXSHAFT WHICH WAS TAKEN OFF THE 5760 MARION SHOVEL DURIN G A REGULAR JOB THE XX SHAFT HAD BEEN RAISED OFFTHE BED APPROX 11/2FT IN ORDER TO FREE A COM-A-LONG WHICH WAS HOLDING THE XX SHAFT TOGETHER THE LOAD APPARENTLY SHIFTED OVEREXPECTEDLY & STRUCK

1989 · 10 incidents

December 19, 1989 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS TOP OF UU TQABLE GRIPPING UNILITY KNIFE PULLING TOWARD HIMSELF STRIPPING OUT CABLE WIRES FROM BELT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER CABLE WIRE. EE HAD ENOUGH PRESSURE ON KNIFE THAT IT CONTINUED FORWARD STRIKING HIM IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

December 13, 1989 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL PUTTING BEARING ON PROPEL PINION SHAFT ABOVE HEAD.GETTING IN TO WORK AREA,PLACED HAND ON SHAFT ABOVE HEAD AND DIRT FELL BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO LEFT EYE.

October 4, 1989 OH · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE SAID THAT WHILE HE WAS CUTTING BRASS BUSHING HE INHALED SMOKE FROM HIS AIR ARC CAUSING HIM TO BECOME DIZZY AND NAUSEATED.

September 14, 1989 OH · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACING BROKEN HOIST CABLE ON 5760 SHOVEL. HE SLIPPED DUE TO RAINY CONDITIONS AND PUT HIS HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN WINCH GEARS.

September 1, 1989 OH · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING ON LEFT SIDE OF D-11 CATERPILLAR DOZER, WHEN HE STEPPED ON PUSH ARM HIS FOOT APPARENTLY MISSED GRATING BENEATH THE TILT CYLINDER AND HE STEPPED ON LOOSE DIRT ON TOP OF PUSHARM. HIS LEG THEN SLIPPED BETWEEN PUSHARM AAN TILT CYLINDER AS HE FELL SIDEWAYS.

July 25, 1989 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE BENDING OVER TO REMOVE A PIECE OF (2) INCH ROUND ROD APPROX. (6) FEET LONG OFF A PIECE OF PLATE HE NEEDED, HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

May 19, 1989 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DURING THE PROCESS OF SETTING A GALLON DRUM OF OIL UPRIGHT, EMPLOYEE ALLEGED A STRAIN TO HIS GROIN AREA. HE WAS LOWERED TO GROUND LEVEL BY FORKLIFT FROM OIL DOCK.

March 29, 1989 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT A LARGE BOULDER ROLLED OUT OF THE FRONT END LOADER BUCKET AS THE MACHINE WAS DUMPING ITS LOAD OF OVERBURDEN INTO THE BED OF THE EUCLIDREAR END DUMP TRUCK WHICH HE WAS SIT TING. THE ENSUING MOVEMENT OF HIS TRUCK CAUSED HIM TO STRICKE HIS HEAD AGAINST THE SIDE DOOR OF THE OPERATORS CAB RESULTING IN ALLEGED STRIAN TO NECK AND UPPER BACK.

February 15, 1989 OH · Coal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL STATED HE WAS HIT ON HEAD BY ROCK WHICH HAD DISLODGED FROM SPOIL BUCKWALL BUCKWALL WAS APPROX 80'HIGH ABOVE #5 PIT FLOOR HE WAS WEARING HARDHAT AT TIME OF INCIDENT HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE P IT FLOOR HERE WAS A LIGHT RAIN COMING DOWN ALSO AND HAD BEEN RAINING FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS

February 9, 1989 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS DUMPING A LOAD,HE WAS TURNED WATCHING LOAD DUMP,HE WAS IN 1ST GEAR WHEN HIS LEFT RACTOR TIRE WENT UP OVER A ROCK WHEN TRACTOR CAME BACK DOWN,IT GAVE HIM A JARRING BLOW.

1988 · 10 incidents

December 22, 1988 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THATHE WAS TRYING TO ALIGN A PARTIALLY FULL BARREL OF OIL ON A OIL RACK SO BARREL BUNG WOULD BE DIRECTED STRAIGHT DOWN WHILE LIFTING AND TRYING TO TURN BARREL HE CAUGHT HIS RT HAND LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN BARREL EDGE AND BARREL STOP ON RACK THIS CAUSED A SECTION JUST BEHIND THE NAIL OF HIS LITTLE FINGER TO BE SEVERED

November 18, 1988 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STATED HE WAS HELPING INSTALL A DUMP LINK ON BUCKET OF L-800 END LOADER WHEN IT BECAME WEDGED ON BUCKET EYE A CHAIN WAS ATTACHED TO DUMP LINK WHILE TRYING TO FREE IT THE LINK CAME LOOSE P IVOTED BACK AND EMPL HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CANCHAIN AND LINK

August 2, 1988 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Peabody Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

EMP STATED HE WA> ADMIN. FIRST AID TO ANOTHER EMP WHO HAD REC. ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM A PREVIOUSWHILE ON GROUND ANOTHER BOLT OF LIGHTNING HIT SHOVEL A SECOND TIME A ND A STRAY CURRENT HIT EM P. CAUSING SHOCK AND PAIN

August 2, 1988 OH · Coal welder (shop) ELECTRICAL
Peabody Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

EMP STATED HE WAS STANDING ON CAOL UNER THE 5760 MARION SHOVEL WIHT HAND PLACED ON CATWALK DIRECTLY ABOVE HIM WHILE REC INSTRUCTIONS FROM FOREMAN A LIGHTNING BOLT HIT SHOVEL. CURRENTS WENT T HROUGH BODY CAUSING PAIN AND SHOCK APPROC. 5-8 MIN LATER ANOTHE LIGHTNING BOLT HIT SHOVEL AGAIN WHILE FOREMAN WA> TAKING VITALS AND CURRETS WERNT THROUGH HIM INTO EMP A SECOND TIME

July 21, 1988 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS TAKING OFF TOP AIR CLEANER ON K.W. DART HAULAGE TRUCK WHILE STANDING ON TRUCK ACCESS LAOF CLEANER EMPL BUMPED TOP OF IT ATTEMTING TO FREE IT UP WHEN RADIATOR SHELL OF TRUCK KICKED SLI GHTLY OFF BUMPER OF TRUCK AT BOTTOM. EMPL THOUGHT SHELL WAS GOING TO FALL TO GROUND SO HE JUMPED CLEAR & WHEN DOING SO HIS HAND CAME DOWN ACROSS LATCH ON AIR CLEANER & CUT IT.

July 19, 1988 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STATED THAT HE HAD TAKEN 1/4" CHAIN & PUT IT THROUGH THREE LOOPS OF BELT & HOOKED IT TO D-5 CATERPILLAR DOZER TO PULL BROKEN BELT AWAY FROM BEARING ON TAIL IT TO D-K CATERING ON TAIL PUL LEY. WHEN TO MUCH STRAIN WAS APPLIED TO CHAIN CAUSING LINK TO BREAK & STRIKE EMPL ON RIGHT UPPER ARM. EMPL WAS STANDING 20' AWAY WHEN CHAIN BROKE ALL EMPL 2 OTHER BELTMEN FELT THAT THEY WERE

April 19, 1988 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES THAT WIND BLEW ACROSS WALKING SHOEE OF THE DRAGLINE AND A FOREIGN OBJECT WHICH LATER WAS DETERMINED TO BE A SLIVER OF METAL ENTERED HIS RT EYE IMBEDDED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE RT SIDE OF MACHINE GROUND LEVEL WHILE HE WAS POSITIONING THE MACHINE ON THE WORK BENCH AREA

February 17, 1988 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GRINDING ON PINS TO ADAPT TO THE BUCKET OF THE 1260 DRAGLINE, FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE NOTICED IRRITATION AND THOUGHT HE HAD FLASH BURN. FOREIGN OBJECT WAS EMBEDD ED IN HIS EYE AND EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING REGULAR GRINDING GOGGLES ALONG WITH HIS PRESRIPTION SAFETY GLASSES.

February 16, 1988 OH · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WHILE USING THE HAND HELD SURFACE GRINDER WITH A 10 INCH DISC TO GRIND OFF WELDS IN PREPARATION FOR X RAY TESTING OF NEW FRAME ON THE EUCLID END DUMP TRUCK, FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED H IS LEFT EYE AND EMBEDDED. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS CUTTING GOGGLES UNDER HIS WELDING HOOD MATERIAL THAT WAS IN THE EYE WAS VERY SMALL.

January 25, 1988 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Peabody Coal Company · Rubbed or abraded

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT DURING THE SHIFT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, HE WAS KNEELING DOWN ON GROUND LEVEL BY THE LEFT REAR INSIDE CRAWLER, CHANGING AROUND 1"X3" TRACK PAD PIN BOLTS. AS THE SHIFT CONTIN UED, HIS LEFT K3EE STARTED TO SWELL AND IT BECAME VERY IRRITATING.

1987 · 33 incidents

December 23, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE HOOKED UP THE FUEL TANK PULL CABLE TO ANOTHER DOZER IN ORDER TO PULL THE TANK UP TO A NEW LOCATION, PRIOR TO HIS INJURY. AFTER HE HAD DONE THIS, HE STARTED TO WALK TOW ARDS HIS DOZER,3THE HEEL OF HIS LEFT FOOT WENT INTO A PREVIOUS DOZER CLEAT TRACK, HE SLIPPED DUE TO RAIN AND MUD CAUSING A TWIST TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

December 16, 1987 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS FILLING THE 85-140 WEIGHT OIL BARREL, USED TO FILL PLANETS AND DIFFERENTIIALS ON K.W. HAULAGE TRUCKS. AS HE PICKED UP A SMALL BARREL, 35 GALLON, TO POUR INTO THE LARGE B ARREL WITH THE 1UMP PROVIDED FOR IT, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

December 9, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS OPERATI3G D9L REMOVING TOP SOIL BEHIND DUHR PROPERTY. INJ PARY WAS BACKING UP AFTER DARK, HE BAKCED OFF AN 18 IN CH HIGH LEDGE, WHERE PAN SCRAPERS HAD ALREADY PULLED TOP SOIL, JAR TO T TRACTOR WHICH C5USED PAIN TO INJURED LOER BACK AREA

December 1, 1987 OH · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS TRYING TO OPEN A CABLE ACCESS DOOR LOAD 2-VCB4 THE LATCH WAS TIGHT DUE TO PREVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE SWITCH HOUSE EMPLOYEE FURTHER STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING ON THE DOO R TO TRY TO LOO8EN THE LATCH WHEN HE ALLEDGED A PULL IN HIS BACK

November 4, 1987 OH · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ACCORDING WITNE8SES,THE INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE,BOTH ELECTRICIANS,WERE IN THE PROCESS OF RELOCATING THE 5760 SHOVEL TRAIL CABLE TOWARDS THE SPOIL SIDE OF THE PIT USING A J.D. SKINNER.NEIT ER EMPLOYEE HAD3INFORMED THE SHOVEL OPERATOR OF THEIR SPECIFIC INTENTIONS AND AS THE OPERATOR PLACED HIS LOADED BUCKET ONTO THE SPOIL AND CROWDED OUTWARD SOME ROCKS WERE DISLODGED AND ROLLED

October 22, 1987 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP SAID WATER 7RUCK WAS HEATING UP SO HE STOPPED ALONG THE HAULROAD TO CHECK THE RADIATOR. HE TRYED TO LOOSEN THE RADIATOR CAP WITH HIS FOOT AND WHEN DOING SO IT CAME COMPLETELY OFF AND WATER AND STEAM GAVE 2IM A FIRST DEGREE BURN TO HIS FACE. HE STATED HE DIDNT CHECK WATER IN THE RAIATOR BEFORE THE SHIFT STARTED

October 21, 1987 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS DRIV3NG THE CASE TRACTOR INTO THE PIT AREA WHEN A ROCK ROLLED OFF INCLINE GOING INTO #6 PIT. HE STATED THAT THE ROCK HIT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. HE ALSO THINKS THIS IS WHAT STARTED HI S BACK PROBLEMS1 HE DIDNT SEE THE ROCK ROLLING OFF THE INCLINE AND W HEN IT STRUCK THE TIRE IT JARRED HIM IN THE CAB OF THE TRACTOR

October 5, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT WHILE OPERATING #2 KOMATSU DOZER ON RECLAMATION, HE TURNED IN HIS SEAT TO LOOK BEHIND HIM, AND ALLEGED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES. EMPLOYEE ALSO STATED THAT TH9 PAIN BECAME WORSE WHEN HE BREATHED.

September 24, 1987 OH · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS TAKING 5 PULL CHAIN APART DUE TO SOME LINKS BEING GOOT AND OTHERS DAMAGED. HIS FITST ATTEMPT TO GET THE LINK APART WAS ON THE DICK PLATFORM BY THE CAB OF DRILL, HE STATED HE DID NOT KN KNOW WHY HE PUT3THE CHAIN IN HIS HAND. AS HE FMADE CONTACT AGAINST THE SCREWDRIVER WITH HAMMER, SCREWDRIVER WAS ALREADY BETWEEN LINK AND KEEPERS. SCREWDRIVERS END WENT PAST THE KEEPER AND HE

September 23, 1987 OH · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD HAND HOLD ON HANDRAIL AND NOT SECURE FOOTING ON STEPS OF THE BAG TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 3 FT TO GROUND LEVEL. HE ALSO STATED THERE WA S SOME MUD ON H3S FEET FROM A RAIN THE NIGHT BEFORE. ALL HANDHOLDS AND STEPS WERE NOT DEFECTIVE.

September 10, 1987 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS POSITIONING, ON A BLOCK OF WOOD, A PIECE OF STEEL FOR PREPARATION FOR A CUT WITH A CUTTING TORCH. AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE STEEL FOR BETTER POSITION, HE PULLED THE BULK OF THE WE3GHT (APPROX. 200 LBS.) OVER CENTER AND THE STEEL CAME OFF THE BLOCK AND HIT THE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE CEMENT FLOOR OF THE SHOP, SIZE OF

September 5, 1987 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE ALLEDG9S THAT WHILE WALKING PAST LEFT HSOE OF THE 1260 BE DRAGLINE WHILE THE MACHINE WAS WALKING A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE

September 1, 1987 OH · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Peabody Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS OPER5TING 5760 MARION SHOVEL, HE HAD POSITIONED MACHINE, WITH BACK TO THE AREA TO BE SHOT, WHEN SHOT WAS FIRED, NOISE CONCUSSION FROM SHOT CAUSED PAIN TO HIS RIGHT EAR, AND TEMPORAR Y HEARING IMPAR3MENT. THE MACHINE WAS APPROX. 1000' AWAY FROM THE AREA TO BE SHOT.

August 27, 1987 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from ladders

THE INJURED WAS3REPAIRING ON A TS-24 PAN SCRAPER,HAD WOODEN LADDER POSITIONED BY CAB,EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF THE 3RD STEP FROM THE BOTTOM AND STRUCK HIS KNEE ON ONE OF THE STEPS,ON HIS WAY DOWN T O THE GROUND LE5EL,SLIPPED APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 FEET AND LANDED ON BOTH FEET.PERFORMING WORK OUTSIDE,IT WAS RAINING,MUD AND OIL COMBINATION ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS BOOTS.

August 25, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE DIDNT KNOW HOW OR WHAT WAY FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED HIS EYE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COAL IN #5 PIT AREA

August 11, 1987 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OB8ERVING ANOTHER MECHANIC STRIKE A CHISEL WITH A HAMMER & A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THE CHISEL STRIKING H IM IN THE UPPER LEFT ARM

August 4, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WALKING UP THE 8TEPS FROM GROUND LEVEL TO ELEVATOR PLATFORM ON THE 5760 SHOVEL WHEN HES TEPPED FROM THE TOP STEP TO THE PLATFORM SLIPPED APARENTLY DUE TO GREASE ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS BOOTS AND CAUGHT HIMSELF3WITH HIS RIGHT ARM.

July 27, 1987 OH · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL CUTTING WI9E ROPE DRAG CABLE 2 7/8'' DIA WITH OXY-ACETY TORCH.UNKNOWN PIN HOLE IN OXY HOSE WHERE IT CONNECTED TO TORCH.HOSE BLEW OUT CAUSING BURN 2ND DEG TO LEFT HAND.

July 25, 1987 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HAD FINISH9D REPAIRING GREASE PUMP AND HAD INSTALLED GUAGE ON IT TO CHECK PRESSURE IT WAS PUMPING UP TO.AS PRESSURE BUILT WITHIN LINE,FITTING AND GUAGE SEPARATED FROM PUMP AND STRUCK EMPL ON LEFT HAND. 3

July 8, 1987 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON THE COAL CRUSHER REPAIR JOB.HE STATED THAT IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE IN THE SHAFT WITH A HAND HELD DRILL, APIECE OF DIRT OR METAL BECAME LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

June 8, 1987 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED AND3OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE SEPARATING THE LOWER AND REVOLVING FRAMES OF THE 5760 STRIPPING SHOVEL IN ORDER TO REMOVE AN UPPER CIRCLE RAIL.DURING AN ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE MORE CLEARANCE THE REVOLVING 0RAME UNEXPECTEDLY MADE A DOWNWARD MOVEMENT.UPON CONTACT WITH A PRECAUTIONARY SUPPORT ARRANGEMENT CONSISTING OF TWO STACKED ROLLERS (HOUSE) AND TWO SHIMS THE UPPER ROLLER WAS FO

June 8, 1987 OH · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING THE PROC9SS OF REPLACING THE UPPER CIRCLE RAILS FROM THE 5760 STRIPPING SHOVEL,THE REVOLVING FRAME LOWERED ONTO THE SUPPORTS WHICH WERE BEING POSITIONED FOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS,AND CAUSE D THE UPPER POR7ION OF THE SUPPORT OF THE SUPPORTR TO BE FORCED OUT WHICH APPARENTLY STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE.

May 26, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS MOUNTING #4 D-10 AT STARTING TIME;THE DOZER BLADE ARM WAS SETTING ON A PILE OF DIRT ABOUT ONE FOOT HIGH.AS HE STEPPED ONTO THE BLADE ARM WHICH WAS HIGHER THAN USUAL,HE L OST HIS BALANCE3AND REACHED FRO THE GRAB BAR ON UPPER CATWALK.WHEN HE GOT HOLD OF GRAB BAR,HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF BLADE ARM CAUSING HIM TO HANG BY RIGHT ARM,PULLING SHOULDER.

May 8, 1987 OH · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS WORKING AS OILER. HE AND THE SHOVEL CREW WERE REPAIRING THE SWING BRAKE. ACCORDING TO HIM AND WITNESSES, HE WAS ADJUSTING THE BRAKE. AS HE WAS HANGING ONTO THE SIDE O F THE MOTOR WIT2 HIS RIGHT HAND, AND USING A WRENCH WITH HIS LEFT HAND, HE TOLD THE OPERATOR TO OPEN AT MAG VALVE TO ACTIVATE THE BRAKE SO HE COULD CHECK THE ADJUSTMENT. IT WAS AT THIS POINT

May 5, 1987 OH · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN A CONNECTOR, AS THE BIT WENT THROUGH, IT CAUGHT IN THE HOLE CAUSING CONNECTOR TO TURN OR JERK, THE BIT STRICKING THUMB SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE HE CO ULD RELEASE THE3TRIGGER ON THE DRILL.

April 24, 1987 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine

I,NAME AND OTHE9 EMPLOYEE WERE SENT OUT TO MAIN HAULAGE ROAD TO REPAIR "START-UP" HORN ON #30 D9L CATERPILLAR TRACTOR. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON DIAGONAL BRACE BETWEEN BLADE AND TRACTOR, APPRO. 4' OFF 1ROUND, REMOVING TOP GRILLE BOLTS. I,NAME WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND, DIRECTLY BELOW OTHER EMPLOYEE. HIS WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE FALLING ON I,NAME, JAMMIN

April 22, 1987 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL USING 21 L6 BALLPEEN HAMMER IN ATTEMPT TO TAP OFF VIBRATION DAMPER ON FRONT OF DIESEL ENGINE.WHEN HAMMER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH DAMPER PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL POSSIBLE PAIN FLEW AND WEN T UNDER SAFETY 1LASSES-RX -THAT EMPL WAS WEARING.INJURY BECAME KNOWN TOTHE OPERATOR 6-2-87.

April 16, 1987 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE BELLY PAN FROM THE FRONT ENGINE OF #38 TS-24 PAN.HE WAS HOLDING THE PAN COVER WITH HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND AT THE SAME TIME REMOVING TH E LAST BOLT TO 5LLOW THE PAN TO DROP TO THE GROUND.THE PAN SLIPPED,DROPPING APPROX.3' TO GROUND STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND.

March 25, 1987 OH · Coal FIRE
Peabody Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

THE #37 PAN SCR5PER AFTER BEING OPERATED ONLY ON THE DAY SHIFT, WAS IDLE AND PARKED ABOVE THE #E-35 DAM AT 2:00PM ON 3-25-87. TI WASN'T UNTIL 5:17PM THAT A CALL CAME INTO THE MINE OFFICE FROM A LOCAL RESIDE3T THAT WE HAD A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON FIRE AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED FROM THIS FIRE AND THE PAN SCRAPER WAS NOT BEING OPERATED AT ALL ON

February 18, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

ALTHOUGH THERE 3S ABSOLUTELY NO RECORD ON FILE & ACCORDING TO EMPLOYEE THERE IS NO NEW INCIDENT OF INJURY OR WORK EXPOSURE WHICH COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO EMPLOYEES FURTHER DISABILITY MSHA HAS ADVISED THAT A 3EW 7000-1 REPORT WOULD BE REQUIRED EVEN THOUGH JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS REQUIREMENT IS QUESTIONABLE EMPLOYEES LAS KNOWN INJURY OCCURRED ON 062884 WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED TIME

February 4, 1987 OH · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE STATED THAT 2E AND I.NAME HAD BEEN UNREELING POWER CABLE AND PULLING A POWER BOX WITH THE REEL TRUCK.THEY HAD JUST FINISHED REELING OFF CABLE AND HAD STOPPED THE TRUCK.I.NAME THEN BACKED TH E REEL TRUCK TO3GET SLACK IN THE CHAIN AND HE REACHED IN TO UNHOOK THE CHAIN.THE TRUCK JUMPED FORWARD,THUS CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND (THUMB) BETWEEN THE HOOK AND THE CHAIN.

February 2, 1987 OH · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE BACKHOE ON THE RT SIDE WITH HIS THERMOS BOTTLE UNDER HIS RT ARM IN ORDER TO BALANCE HIMSELF HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP STEP NO T USING TH HAND9AILS PROVIDED HE FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN STEPPING FROM THE CRAWLER STEP TO GROUND LEVEL HIS RING WEDDING BAND CAUGHT ON THE FFRGRATING MATERIAL WHICH HELPS PREVENT YOUR FEET

January 9, 1987 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS MAKING U1 GREASE LINES FOR THE CRAWLER ASSEMBLEY ON THE 5760 MARION SHOVEL. HE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS USING THE BENCH GRINDER TO DRESS-UP THE ENDS OF THE MED PRESSURE HOSE TO ADAPT THE MET AL FITTINGS WHE3 A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.

1986 · 7 incidents

July 9, 1986 OH · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 THAT HE WAS STRIPPING OUT THE WIRES IN THE BELTING WITH A UTILITY KNIFE USING A PULLING MOTION TOWARD HIMSELF WHEN THE KNIFE JUMPED OVER A WIRE, STRICKING AND CUTTING HIS HAND . LACERATION T2 RIGHT HAND.

July 1, 1986 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT A BEABODY SEMI TRUCK TRAILER HAD BROUGHT IN THREE 8 TON WOODEN CRAWLET MATS FOR THE 5760 SHOVEL TO BE UNLOADED BY THE NORTH FIELD PARKING LOT AREA APPROX 100 FT OFF SR 54 1 E. AND JUST O0F THE MAIN HAULROAD THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS ON TOP OF THE LOAD ATTEMPTING TO HOOK UP 2 CHAINS FROM THE MAT CABLES TO THE END LOADER BUCKET IN ORDER TO RAISE THE MAT OFF TH

June 11, 1986 OH · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL GRINDING E8GES OF PIECE OF FLAT METAL 5'' X 3'' ON BENCH GRINDER THAT LEFT EYE STARTED TO IRRITATE HIM.WAS WEARING RX SAFETY GLASSES ALONG WITH WELDING HOOD DURING TIME HE WAS GRINDING.VE RY WINDY CONDIT3ONS -IT WAS VERY WINDY OUTSIDE AND SIDE DOOR TO HOUSE AREA OF 5760 SHOVEL WAS OPEN CAUSING MORE BLOWING INSIDE.EMBEDDED METAL IN EYE.

June 10, 1986 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object

I.NAME STATED T2AT HE WAS OBSERVING I.NAME DRESSING UP THREADS ONONE OF 4 BOLTS ON HITCH PIN BEARING CAPS WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING STRIKE HIM IN HIS UPPER RT GROIN AREA IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TH E STONE DISC ON3THE FLORIDA PNEUMATIC HIGH SPEED SANDER HAD SEPERATED AND A PIECE HAD STRUCK I.NAME IN THE GROIN AREA PUNCTURE WOUND REQUIRING SUTURES

June 4, 1986 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP STATED HE W5S MOVING SOME SCRAP METAL AROUNE TO FIND A PIECE TO TAKE OUT TO THE 1260 DRAGLINE REPAIR WHEN A PIECE SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND FELL ON LITTLE TOE OF LEFT FOOT EMP WAS WEARIN STEEL TOED SBOO7S BUT LITTLE TOE WAS BEHIND

May 15, 1986 OH · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP STATED HE H5D REPAIRED BENT RUNGS IN LADDER OF 824 RUBBER TIRED DOZER AND WAS READY TO RETURN IT TO THE JOB SITE AS HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER HE FAILED TO SEE THE TOP RUNG MISSING WHEN HE WENT TO STEP ON3IT H ESLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO OR HIT AGAINST THE HOT METAL HE HAD JUST WELDED

April 24, 1986 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE HAD JUST BEEN LOADED BY 280 BE LOADER AS HE WAS HAULING LOAD DOWN HAULROAD HE CAME TO A CURVE TO THE LEFT AS HE TURNED STEERING WHEEL TO NEGOTIATE CURVE THE TRUCK DID NOT RE SPOND THE 100 T2N EUCLID HAUL TRUCK WENT UP AGAINST THE BERM FLIPPED COMPLETELY OVER LANDING ON ITS WHEELS CAUSE OF ACCIDENT WAS A RUPTURED HYDRAULIC STEERING LINE

1985 · 13 incidents

November 4, 1985 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP SPUN OUT GO3NG UP RAMP INTO PIT. HIS TRUCK STARTED SLIDING BACKWARDS. THE PUSH DOZER CAME UP BEHIND HIM TO ASSIST HIM UP THE RAMP & TO KEEP HIM FROM SLIDING AND POSSIBLY JACK KNIFING TRUC K. WHEN HE DID,3THE DOZER GOING FORWARD AND HIM GOING BACKWARDS, THEY COLLIDED JARRING HIM AND THROWING HIM FORWARD. HE HAD SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN AND F ELT LIKE A NUMBNESS IN HIS RIGHT LEG

October 19, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLEDGING PIN STRIKING 2 HARD METAL OBJECTS TOGEH%'%**' TOGETHER THUS GLANCING SLEDGE OFF STIKING EE CUT TO RT LEG. EE STATED THAT WHILE HITTING THE PIN ON THE SNUBBER BRAKE THE SLEDGE GLANC ED OFF ANOTHER OBJECT & STRUCK HIM IN T HE LEG.

October 1, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NUMBER ONE BELT WAS DOWN IT PULLED IN-TWO & WAS TWISTED IN ROLLERS AS MEN WERE PULLING ON BELT THROUGH ROLLERS TO STRAIGHTEN & PULL TOGETHER WO IT COULD BE SPLICED THE CLAMP LOOKING SIMILAR T O A LARGE PAIR OF KITCHEN TONGS SLIPPED OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE ELBOW (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY EMPLOYEE IN VERBLE CONVERSATION & IN TALKING WITH FOREMAN WHO WAS ALSO THERE AT THE

September 21, 1985 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS REMOVING A GREASE BUCKET 18" IN DIAMETER & 18" HIGH WHICH WAS UNDER THE INTERMEDIATE GEAR, TO THROW IT OVER THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE THE BUCKET HANDLE WAS MADE OF 1/2" WELDING ROD WITH 2 VERTICAL 3" PIECES OF 1/4" WELDING ROD ON THE ENDS OF THE HANDLE TO PREVENT THE BUCKET FREOM SLIDING AS HE ATTEMPTED TO THROW THE BUCKET AWAY, THE BUCKET CAUGHT AGAINST THE HANDRAIL AS IT WA

September 6, 1985 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE MOVING PARTS AROUND, APPROX. 100 LB BOXES OF FLOOR SWEEP ANDA LARGE VISE, WHILE AT AN ANGLE, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT SIDE. MATERIAL WAS STORED IN BI N AREA, GROUND LEVEL.

September 3, 1985 OH · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING OTHER EMPLOYEE TO REPLACE A BROKEN DRIVE CHAIN LINK; HEAT WAS APPLIED TO PIN IN CHAIN IN ORDER TO HELP REMOVE IT. WHEN USING A SLEDGE TO DRIVE OUT PIN, A PIECE OF HOT STEEL CHIPPED OFF, STRIKING AND ENTERING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT LOWER SHOULDER/UPPER CHEST AREA.

August 7, 1985 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BENCH EDGE OF SPOIL THAT THEY WERE LEVELING DOWN TO BE ABLE TO BACK UP FARTHER TO BRING DIRT FORWARD FROM BACK SIDE OF SPOIL DOZER SLIPPED OVER SID E THUS ALLOWING DOZER TO LAY OVER EDGE OF SPOIL COMING TO REST ON TOP OF CAB RT TRACK GAVE WAS UNDER LOOSE MATERIAL

July 20, 1985 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP STATED HE JUST BENT OVER TO LIFT ELEVATOR DOOR WHEN PULLING UP HE FELT SHARP PAINS IN RT SHOULDER AND UP RIGHT SIDE OF NECK

May 11, 1985 OH · Coal welder (shop) FIRE
Peabody Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD JUST FINISHED WASHING OUT SOME GREASY CLOTHES IN SOLVENT TANK AND CARRIED HIS TRUCK AFTER COMING BACK TO SHOP HE FORGOT ABOUT HIS LEATHER WELDING SLEEVES AND DID NOT PU T THEM ON AS HE STARTED WELDING SPARKS IGNITED HIS SLEEVE

April 5, 1985 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE BUCKET HAD BEEN CHANGED ON THE 5760 MARION SHOVEL. THE BAIL WAS BEING PUT ON. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE HOLDING THRUST WASHER IN POSITION WITH A PRY BAR (APPROX.4-5 FT). A D-9 WAS BEING USE D TO RAISE THE OUTSIDE OF THE BAIL BOSS IN ORDER TO PUT THE PIN THROUGH. THE BLADE, AS IT WAS BEING SLOWLY RAISED, CAUGHT ONTHE OUTSIDE OF THE BUCKET. WHEN IT FREED ITSELF , TI CAUSED A JARRI

March 28, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED AS HE WAS STEPPING BACK DOWN OFF THE LADDER WHICH LEADS TO THE LOWER FRAME WORK, HE STEPPED DOWN THROUGH A HOLE IN THE CATWALK STRIKING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE HANDRAIL. EMPLOYEE FURTHER STATED HE SEVERLY BRUISED LEFT LEG, SLIGHTLY BRUISED RIGHT LEG, HAD A SEVERE CONCUSSION AND SEVERLY BRUISED THIS LEFT EAR.

March 13, 1985 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE REPAIRING OXYGEN HOSE, HE HAD CUT OFF OXYGEN HOSE AND WAS STARTING TO CUT ACETYLENE HOSE TO EQUALIZE THEM WHEN HE NOTICED THE ACETYLENE BEING ON. AS HE REACHED UP T URN THE ACETYLENE TANK OFF, HIS ARM SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT THUMB CONTACTED THE BLADE OF THE KNIFE CUTTING HIS THUMB.

January 24, 1985 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE SHIFT WAS OVER IT WAS RAINING AND SNOWING HE HAD DISMOUNTED THE ENDLOADER AND WAS WAITING FOR THE BUS TO TRANSPORT HIM AND THREE OTHER GUYS TO THE PARKING LOT THEY WE RE STANDING IN THE BUCKET OF THE ENDLOADER TO GET OUT OF THE WEATHER AS HE STEPPED UP AND INTO THE BUCKET TO JOIN THEM HIS FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM DUE TO THE ICY CONDITIONS HE LANDED ON

1984 · 10 incidents

October 30, 1984 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

GRADER OPERATOR HAD JUST WENT OVER THE ROAD. WHEN GRADING, PULLED ROCKS UP, ALSO, HEAVY COAL HAULERS 100 TON DARTS AND 100 YD EUCLIDS WHEICH HAD MADE IMPRESSIONS IN ROAD. FOREMAN WAS TRANSPORT ING EMPLOYEES TO JOB SITE LOW VISABILITY DUE TO FOG. FOREMAN S PICK UP DROPPED INTO HOLES I NAME BEING APPROX. 6\6" AND WEIGHING ABOUT 300 LBS STRUCK HEAD ON TOP OF CAB. CERVICAL STRAIN SPRAI

October 29, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED AS IT STARTED RAINING HE WENT TO CLOSE THE SLIDING STEEL DOOR ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF THE SHOVEL AS HE WAS CLOSING DOOR IT STUCK, HE THEN GAVE IT A SHOVE AND AS IT CAME LOOSE, CAU GHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND FREAM

August 27, 1984 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HAUL ROAD HAD JUST BEEN WATERED (TO KEEP DUST DOWN) EMPLOYEE WAS ROUNDING A CURVE IN #9 100 TON KW DART HAULAGE TRUCK DOWN AN INCLINE & RUNNING IN 4TH GEAR WHEN TRAILER OF TRUCK FISH-TAILED T O LEFT HE STRAIGHTENED IT OUT WHEN IT WHIPPED TO RT PUSHING T RACTOR UP ON BERM OF ROAD-WAY & BACK OFF EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LACERATION TO HIS RT LEG ABOVE SHIN &CONTUSION OR ABRASION TO FOREHEAD

August 16, 1984 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED AS HE WAS PUSHING COVER PLATE ON 5760 CRAWLER FRAME OUT OF HIS WAY, THE HINGE HOLDING PLATE IN PLACE BROKE OFF, CAUSING PLATE TO FALL STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT AT BACK EDGE OF STE EL TOE ON SHOE.

June 28, 1984 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHEN DISMOUNDTING HIS TRACTOR HE STEPPED DIRECTLY ON THE TRANSMISSION DIP-STICK COVER PLATE WHICH IS ALONG THE INSIDE OF THE RUNNING DECK WALKWAY. THE PLATE IS MADE TO SWI NG DOWN THE WHEN HE STEPPED ON IT, HE SLIPPED FORWARD. EMPLOYEE THEN GRABBED AHOLD OF THE HANDRAIL ON THE HOOD BRINGING HIMSELF BACK INTO HANDRAIL TO BREAK FALL

June 14, 1984 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE DISMOUNTING HIS TRACTOR FROM LEFT REAR, HIS FOOT WAS PLACED IN A GROUSER PAD THAT HAD A PIECE BROKEN OFF OF FRONT LEFT. WHEN HE STEPPED INTO THE BROKEN PAD, HIS LEF T FOOT SLIPPED OUT CAUSING HIM TO GO DOWN ON KNEE ON THE NEXT GROUSER PAD.

May 2, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED AS HE APPROCHED THE TOP OF THE STEPS LEADING TO THE 2ND LANDING OF THE GANTRY, HE REACHED DOWN TO CLEAR THE WAKWAY OF A LARGE IMPACT SOCKET. AS HE WAS BENDING DOWN A 5 FT. PRY

April 30, 1984 OH · Coal welder (shop) FIRE
Peabody Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ASSIGNED TO CUT SOME BOLTS OFF THE SHIPPER SHAFT ON THE 5760 MARION SHOVEL. IN DOING THIS HOT MOLTEN METAL DROPPED ONTO HIS GREASY PANTS CAUSING THEM TO CATCH FIRE. VERY HIGH WINDS WERE BLOWING. 2ND 0 BURN TO LEFT LOWER LEG. EMPLOYEE PANTS WERE CLEAN AT SHIFT BEGINNING. HE WAS APROX .90 FT. IN AIR ON GANTRYOF MACHINE. THERE WAS EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS THAT

March 8, 1984 OH · Coal welder (shop) IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Peabody Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CHANING BURNING TIP IN TORCH. WHILE TIGHTENING NUT UP, HE MAY POSSIBLY HAVE TOUCHED VALVE, RELEASING ACCETYLENE; THUS GOING UP IN HIS WELDING GLOVES ANDIGNIGHTING CAUSIN G BURNS TO HIS LEFT HAND, MAINLY PALM AREA.

February 29, 1984 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EE STATED HE WAS WORKING INSIDE 1260 DRAGLINE BUCKET IN BUCKET HOUSE REMOVING WEDGE & DOG FROM PLATE. WHEN HE HIT THE DOG WITH SLEDGE TO BREAK WELD LOOSE THE DOG CAME LOOSE & WEDGE BOUNCED U P & HIT HIM BEFOIRE HE COULD MOVE BACK. SLEDGE HANDLE HAD BEEN CUT OFF THUS BEING DIRECT CAUSE OF ACCIDENT TOGETHER WITH NOT CUTTING WELDS LOOSE.

1983 · 8 incidents

November 9, 1983 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE WORKING ON BACK OF SHOVEL BUCKET LID TIGHTENING BNOLT ON BUCKET LID BRAKE THAT THE SOCKET AND RACHETT SLIPPED OFF BOLT, THUS CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS APPROX. 10-12 FEET LANDING IN LOOSE COAL PUSHED UP AROUND BUCKET

October 11, 1983 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DISMOUNTING ON LEFT SIDE OF DOZER WHEN DUE TO RAIN AND MUD ON HIS BOOTS HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT ON HAND HOLD CAUSING A TWISTING ACTION ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE

October 8, 1983 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HOLDING A B&0 PUNCH IN POSITION SO THAT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE COULD STRIKE B&0 PUNCH WITH SLEDGE TO KNOCK OUT KEEPER PIN ON DRAGLINE BUCKET A SLIVER OF STEEL BROKE FROM P UNCH AND FLEW INTO HIS WRIST

September 14, 1983 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CHANGING SEGMENTS ON LEFT TRACK; WHEN STRIKING ON SECTION WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, A SLIVER OF STEEL WENT INTO HIS ARM. (EMPLOYEE ALSO STATED HE STRUCK SEGMENT ON THE EDGE WHICH HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE, THUS CAUSING SLIVER OF STEEL TO CHIP OFF)

August 22, 1983 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER TO PICK UP FUEL NOZZLE FROM FUEL DOCK,WENT OFF BALANCE WHEN STANDING UP.

March 7, 1983 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PULLING ON WELDING LEAD WHEN PULLING HE COMPLAINED OF SEVERE PAIN TO HIS LOWER RT BACK AND NUMBNESS TO HIS FEET HANDS AND LEGS

March 5, 1983 OH · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THATHE WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH TO REMOVE A 1IN BOLT SO THAT THE RIGHT HOIST CABLE WOULD BE PROPERLY ALIGNED WITH THE NEW LEFT HOIST CABLE THAT WAS BEING INSTALLED WHEN THE AIR WRENCH GOT AWAY FROM HIM TURNING HIS RIGHT HAND UNDER BETWEEN THE AIR WRENCH AND HOIST DRUM BRAKE CRUSHING AND PINCHING THE ITP OF HIS RIGHT THUMB OFF INCLUDING NAIL

March 1, 1983 OH · Coal mechanic helper STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Peabody Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMP STATED THAT HE WAS REPAIRING WENCH ON FORD SUPPLY TRUCK WHICH WAS MOUNTED IN FRONT OF TRUCK BED WHEN HE DISMOUNTED HE STEPPED ON FRONT LEFT WHEEL WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REMOVED AND WAS LEANING UP AGAINST BACK DUAL HE STEPPED ON TOP OF TIRE HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND LEG WENT BETWEEN RIM AND TIRE