BEP Hignite: 2 recorded fatalities Coal

EE HAD TURNED ONTO THE COPPERS FORK HAUL ROAD AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO A LOWER GEAR, WHEN IT ROLLED BACKWARD UPON THE BANK AND TURNED OVER IN THE HAUL ROAD. EE RECIEVED 6 STITCHES TO HIS HEAD AND WAS RELEASED.

Employee was pushing a pin back into the bucket of the skid loader when he bumped the lever causing the bucket to move resulting in his finger being pinched between the bucket and the pin. He recieved 5 stitches to his thumb.

EE and other EE were attempting to open a gate valve on the heavy media suction line when EE's thumb was caught between the wheel on the valve and the valve itself. EE's thumb was dislocated and a mobility limiting brace was applied by the orthopeadic physician.EE has not lost any time from work.

Employee stated that he had filled the dozer with fuel and was standing on the track of the dozer when his foot slipped and he fell off of the dozer landing on his back on the ground. He went to the emergency room and x-rays did not show any broken bones and the diagnosis was bruising only.

As driver was passing another truck when it started stalling out and started moving backwards. The driver jumped out as the loaded truck went over an embankment. The driver was uninjured.

As truck was dumping a load of coal, the trailer turned over spilling it's contents.

As truck was dumping load the trailer turned over.

Employee was welding cyclone feed pipe when he fell three feet striking his upper left arm on an overflow box. He suffered a fractured upper arm.

Truck rolled into pump house where workered were eating lunch. this employee had scratch on right ear.

Employee was eating lunch in the pump house when the pump house was struck by a truck. Employee suffered multiple injuries.

EE was cutting crown rubber for a screen with a utility knife when the knife slipped cutting ee left arm

Ee was guiding 8" metal pipe which was being hoisted. Pipe shifted and caught his left wrist between pipe and steel beam.

AS EE WAS FUELING DOZER, HE SLIPPED AND HURT HIS BACK WHILE CATCHING HIMSELF.

AS THE INJURED EE WAS WALKING TO THE PUMP HOUSE HE WAS STRUCK BY A TOOL TRUCK BELONGING TO A TRUCKING CONTRACTOR. THE EE SUFFERED CONTUSIONS ON HIS LEFT LEG, LEFT RIBS & ARMS. EE ALSO SUFFERED ABRASIONS ON THESE SAME AREAS.

EE TOOK HAT OFF TO LOOK UNDER METAL TO PUT BOLTS IN. HE FORGOT ABOUT HIS HARD HAT BEING OFF AND STOOD UP HITTING HIS HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE CAUSING A ONE INCH LACERATION ON HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HANDS ON THE BELT RAIL IN CLEANCOAL TUNNEL WHEN BELT STARTED SPILLING COAL ONTO HIS HANDS AND FOREARMS CAUSING LACERATIONS TO BOTH HANDS. RECEIVED 13 STITCHES IN HIS RIGHT HAN D.

EE WAS GRINDING WHEN THE GRINDER KICKED BACK OFF THE PIECE OF METAL AND CUTHIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS STANDING ON A BELT RAIL DRAINING A WATERLINE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A CHUTE. HE SUFFERED A 1 1/2" CUT ON HIS HEAD. HE WAS GIVEN C-SCAN AND XRAYS AT HOSPITAL WHICH WERE NEGATIVE. RECEIVED STITCHES FOPR CUT. HAS POSSIBLE CONCUSSION.

SHOVELING UNDER REFUSE DRYER CHUTE. THE NEXT DAY EMPLOYEE'S NECK STARTED HURTING AND FINGERS ON LEFT HAND STARTED GOING NUMB. SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTI0N ON 6-1-00. HAD CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ON LEFT HAND.

EE STRAINED BACK WHILE REPLACING BEARINGS IN A PUMP BARREL.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PIPE (90 DEGREE ELBOW) WHEN HE STRAINED GROIN. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING. SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 7-16-99.

WAS REMOVING WASTE MATERIAL FROM HEAVY MEDIA SUMP. TURNED & BUMPED HEAD ON PIECE OF METAL. METALCAME IN CONTACT WITH EE'S SAFETY GLASSES & PUSHED & PUSED GLASSES INTO EYEBROW CAUSING LACERATIO N OF EYEBROW

EE WAS CHECKING THE WATER LEVEL IN THE 155 KOMATSU DOZER THE CAP CAME OFF SUDDENLY & SPEWED HOT WATER ON HIM

EE OWNER OPERATOR OF MOONLITE TRUCKING, BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE ELECTRONIC CARD READER SUPPORT STAND.

USING A ROPE HOIST TO REPLACE BEARING FOR SCREEN WHEN THE HOIST SLIPPED MASHING HIS FINGER.

METAL STRAP IT CUT THROUGH WELDING GLOVES INTO RIGHT INDEX FINGER. TWO SUTURES.

WHILE SHOVELING AND OPENING DITCHES AT THE REFUSE AREA, HE INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 5-19-98.

EE WAS REMOVING A SPRAY FROM A SPRAY BAR IN THE PLANT, WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK

TRUCKER BACKED UNDERNEATH POWER LINES AND RAISED HIS BED TO DUMP CONTACTING POWERLINES. THE TIRES CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS EXTINGUISHED IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. HE SAYS IT WAS LONGER THAN 30 MINUTE S.

EE WAS SHOVELING IN RAW COAL RECLAIM TUNNEL WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

FUELING EXCAVATOR, FELL OFF TRUCK, LANDED IN SOFT MUD & BROKE HIS RIGHT LEG.

EE WAS CLOSING DOORS ON RAILROAD CARS, WHEN THE METAL BAR HE WAS USIGN SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT LOWER LEG.

EE WAS HELPIGN TIGHTEN BOLTS ON A SCREEN DECK. HE WAS PLACING A WRENCH ON THE BOLT WHEN A MISCOMMUNCATION CAUSED ANOTHE EE TO HIT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER.

EE INHALED FUMES FROM CUTTING & WELDING, WHILE REPAIRING WASH BOX.

EMP WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF PIPE TO INSTALL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN. COMPLETED SHIFT ANDREPORTED TO NEXT SHIFT AND WORKED UNTIL 4AM. LEFT OF OWN ACCORD TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EE WAS WORKING ON AN ELEVATED CONVEYOR APP 6-7 FT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. EE CONTINUED WORKING AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8-9-96.

EMP WAS FOUND SLUMPED OVER THE TIRES OF A COAL TRUCK HE WAS SERVICING. HE WAS NOT BREATHING AND HAD NO PULSE. CPR WAS PERFORMED BY EMT'S UNTIL THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED. EMP DID NOT SURVIVE THE AP PARENT HEART ATTACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING UP A SET OF STEPS WITH MUDDY BOOTS WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS KNEE.

HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CARRYING A PIECE OF SHEET METAL WHEN HE HAD DISCOMFORT IN HIS SHOULER. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1-18-96. HE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND HAS MISSED NO WO RK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GRINDER WHILE REPAIRING A CENTRIFIGAL DRYER WHEN THE GRINDER "KICKED BACK" STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT LEG.

EE WAS HELPING MAKE A SPLICE IN A CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A HAMMER. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE CONTINUED TO WORK. AT A LATER DATE EE WAS SEEN BY PHYSICI AN FOR A POSSIBLE INFECTION. PRESCRIPTIONS WERE ADMINISTERED.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP BAGS OF COAL AND PLACING THEM INTO A LAB TRUCK.THE BAGS OF COAL WEIGH AROUND 80 POUNDS A PIECE.HE STRAINED HIS BACK LOADING THEM.

INJURED WAS BUILDIGN BRACKET TO MOUTN LIGHT FIXTURE AND BUMPED ANGLE IRON, KNOCKIGN IT OFF WORK HORSES AND STRIKIG HIM ON FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A LOAD OF COAL IN MACK COAL TRUCK. STARTED DOWN HILL ON DAVISBURG HAUL ROAD, LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN HILL AND DRIVER JUMPED OUT. TRUCK TRAVELED ON TO B OTTOM OF HILL AND TURNED OVER. WITNESS SAID TRUCK LOOKED LIKE IT GOT AWAY FROM DRIVER, LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GEAR.

PICKING TRASH FROM PICKING TABLE AT PREP PLANT.SOME FINE COAL MIXED WITH WATER COMING DOWN CHUTE,SPLATTERED INTO LEFT EYE CAUSING SCRATCHES AND LATER INFECTION TO LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING MATERIAL FROM CLEAN-UP OF HIGHWALL SLIDE TO REFUSE STORAGE AREA. EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK. TRUCK THENCE ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN THE HILL TURNING OVER ON SIDE ROAD. EMPL OYEE COMPLAINED TO LOWER BACK REGION.

FRONTEND LOADER MACHINE STALLED ON A MODERATE INCLINE CAUSING A FAST REVERSE MOTION,OPERATOR PANICKED AND JUMPED OUT,RESULTING IN A COMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS UP ON TRUSS DOING SOME WELDING. A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON THAT WAS LAYING UP ABOVE HIM SLID DOWN AND STRUCK HIM KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. SOME STEEL THEN FELL ON HIM.

TWISTED KNEE GETTING OFF OF DOZER HAD SURGERY ON KNEEE ON 1-4-90 RTW ON 1-9-90.

EMPL WAS UNLOADING SEED & STACKING IT UNDERNEATH NO 1 SILO. HE HAD SEED STACKED UP AGAINST WALL & WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO GET ANOTHER SACK STACK FELL NOCKING HIM FORWARD CAUSING HIM TO HIT HE AD.

WAYNON WAS CLEARING TIMBER OFF THE SIDE OF HILL FOR A HOLLOW FILL THE TRAMMED HIS DOZIER UPON A TREE AND IT CAUSED DOZIER TO SLIDE AND FLIP CAUSING WAYNON TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAIN CAB OF DOZIE R.

WAS USING GRINDER AND SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT WRIST

I.NAME WAS WORK3NG IN PREP PLANT & SLIPPED & FELL & CUT HIS RIGHT ARM ON PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.

I.NAME WAS WORKING IN RAW COAL TUNNEL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON A STEEL I-BEAM