Piney Creek ProjectCoal

A fire ignited in the bin of contractor's wood chipper & spread to a telephone pole storage area. Inventory level was approximately 2,000 poles. There were no injuries/illnesses resulting. The wood chipper/grinder & poles were destroyed.

He was washing off the bulldozer with a hose. When he was climbing down he stepped on the wet push arm to the blade. His feet slipped between the push arm & the frame causing him to fall sideways to the ground. As he fell he hit his left fibula (leg) on the push arm & suffered a hairline fracture.