Beverly Ann Preparation Plant: 77 MSHA citations Coal

Fell down steps leading down from scale house, cut under arm and hurt shoulder.

Employee was changing out a belt roller, while pulling roller out of position the weight of handling belt dropped down putting the roller in a position which pinched the employee's left middle fingertip between the roller and structure, resulting in stitches.

EE WAS HELPING LIFT ON ACTUATOR AND STRAINED LOWER STOMACH. THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE NOTIFIED US ON 10-9-98 THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY. HE DIDN'T MISS WORK UNTIL 10-12-98.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING LIP ON SMALL REFUSE SCREEN. PIECE OF METAL FROM HAMMER FLEW OFF ADN WENT INTO RIGHT THUMB. METAL WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED ON 9-19-97. NO LOST TIME

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING BOTTOM DOORS ON RAILROAD CAR WITH A SLATE BAR.THE BAR SLIPPED CUAING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO GROUND EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 01-10-91.

EMPL BENDING OVER TO PICK UP TRACK WRENCH FELT A CRAMP IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF CRANE TRUCK-MISSED 2ND STEP FELL TO GROUND TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.

HE WAS TIGHTENING THE HAND BRAKE ON A RAIL CAR WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND ACCIDENTALLY LAYED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE COUPLING KNUCKLE, RAIL CAR MOVED CATCHING 2ND FINGER ON RIGHT HAND IN KNUCKLE AND SEVERELY MASHING FINGER.

THE INCIDENT RSULTING IN THA ALLEGED UNSTABLE CONDITION OCCURRED ON MAY 8,1989 AT 2:00 AM BY 2:30 AM OF THE SAME MORNING,AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE WAS BEGUN BY (NAME) AND (NAME) EMPLOYEES O F THE COMPANY.NO PERSONNEL WERE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT;THEREFORE NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED.ALSO NO EQUIPMENT WAS ON THE REFUSE FILL AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT,NO WAS ANY INVOLVED IN ANY WA

EMPL WAS USING POWER GRINDER TO SCALE RUST FROM STRUCTURAL BEAM GRINDER HIT EDGE OF BEAM & KICKED BACK STRIKING EMPL IN FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF WIRE INTO BACK OF A PICKUP BY HIMSELF WHILE LIFTING WIRE EMPLOYEE BACK GIVE AWAY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO HIS KNEES.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SHORT PIPE TO CLEAN SPLITTER BOX AS COAL SAMPLER WHEN HE STUCK RIGHT ARM INTO BOX THE MACHINE CAUGHT THE PIPE AND PUSH RIGHT HAND AND WRIST INTO SIDE OF SPLITTER BOX CAUSING CONTUISON TO RIGHT HAND AND WRIST. EMPLOYEE HAD FAILED TO SHUT OFF MACHINE BEFORE DOING THIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN INCLINED WALKWAY AT RAW COAL TRUCK TUNNEL, THE GRATING WAS COVERED WITH FROST. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SLICK GRATING AND FELL BRAKING BONE IN TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

EMPL. ALLEGES HE HURT HIS KNEWW WHILE CHANGING SHAKER SCREEN ON LOAD OUT ON OR ABOUT 1/11/88 HE CONSIDER INJURY MINOR & DIDN'T REPORT IT. ON 1/25/88 HE CAME TO WORK ON CRUTCHES & STATED HE HAD BEEN TO DOCTOR & WOUDL REQUIRE SURGERY TO REPAIR TORN LIGIMENTS IN KNEE. WORKED ON 1/23/88, HAS SINCE HAD CORRECTIVE SURGERY.

EMPLOYEE WAS DR2PPING RAIL CARS. WHILE FREEING STUCK BRAKE WHEEL THE WHEEL RELEASED CAUSING HIM TO SLIP OFF O F STEP SAFETY BELT PULLED EMPLOYEE INTO STEP INJURING LOWER STOMACH AND GROIN AREA SEVERE BRUSING1

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING RAIL CARS & MOVING TO LOADING AREA. HE HAD DROPPED A CLEAN CAR & WAS DISMOUNTING FOOT, SLIPPED ON LADDER & HE FELL TO GROUND-BRUISES & CONTUSIONS TO RT RIBS & BACK AREA & CLOSED FRACTUR9 OF RT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE & SUPE9VISOR WERE WORKING ON CAUSTIC TRANSFER PUMP PUMP WAS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY SUPERVISOR OPENED UNION ON LINE TO CHECK PRESSURE IN LINE BLEW OUT A MIST OF CAUSTIC SODA WHICH STR UCK EMPLOYEE IN3FACE & LEFT EYE

EE WAS USING A 7ORCH TO CLEAN A WELD & BLEW PAINT CHIP INTO EYE.

EMPL WITH 2 OTHERS WAS LIFTING A COUPLING KNUCKLE-RAILROAD-TO ATTACH TO YARD ENGINE,FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO WELD ON TIPPLE WHILE MOVING METAL INTO PLACE KNEE SLID ALONG METAL TWISTING AND BUMPING RT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COAL SAMPLING MACHINE ARM OF MACHINE CAUGHT RIGHT ARM AND FORCED IT AGAINST SIDE OF HOUSING

CLOSING DOOR ON COAL CAR WITH BAR.BAR SLIPPED ON LATCH,EMPL LOST BALANCE ,FELL BACKWARDS AND TWISTED KNEE.SLATE BAR HIT EMPL ON LEFT ANKLE-TWISTED KNEE,HAIRLINE FRACTURE.