Bevins Branch Preparation Plant: 980 MSHA citations Coal

Employee sprained lower back and right shoulder lifting to help install clean coal screens in the prep plan. Employee continued to work and went to the doctor on 08/15/2017 and was taken off from work until 08/29/2017.

Utility person lost control of personal vehicle due to brake failure & traveled over embankment for an extended distance, thereby receiving traumatic injury (fractured right tibia & contusions) as a result of the vehicular crash.

EE WAS LEAVING THE CONTROL ROOM IN THE PREP PLANT AND TURNED THE HANDLE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND PUSHED ON THE GLASS WINDOW IN THE DOOR WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE WINDOW BROKE, CUTTING HIS LEFT WRIST.

EE was cleaning a supply building and a box of miscellaneous parts fell and struck him on the left little finger.

EE was throwing the flop gate in the prep plant. It became fouled, and he was shaking it with his left hand. When the flop gate freed, it caught his finger against a piece of angle iron, cutting it.

EE was helping set a re-tracker for a de-railed railroad car and the CSX employee dropped his side of the re-tracker, resulting in the re-tracker falling on EE's left ring finger cutting it.

EE was working on the 3rd floor of the Screening Plant. He was at the sizing grid and stepped on a piece of floor grating. The piece of grating gave way and EE fell approximately 12 ft. to the floor below.

Employees were sliding steel beams across the floor. Injured employee's end of the steel beam hit a pipe and moved to the left catching his left hand (middle finger) between the beam and the pipe.

EE WAS LIFTING A 50 LB. OF CAT FLOCK TO BE LOADED INTO A HOPPER, AND WHEN HE LIFTED ON THE BAG, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND ABDOMEN.

MATERIAL FROM PLANT FEED CHUTE FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE WHILE HE WAS IN THE CHUTE CLEANING IT OUT. NOT REPORTED TO OFFICE UNTIL 3/2/06.

Employee was working on sump make up water lines when a pipe fell on his right hand cutting middle finger.

CONVEYOR STRUCTURE TURNED (ROLLED) ONTO IT'S SIDE DUE TO MATERIAL OVERLOAD ON WALKWAY (SLURRY PIPE). IT STRUCK VICTIM ON ARM. HE FELL BACK AND STRUCK METAL TRUCK BED. INJURED ARM & BACK.

Please see attached explaination for this injury.He have aggravated existing condition that had occurred 16 yrs earlier. He was not aware the because he injured himself on the job and lost for this injury that it is work-related and reportable to msha and insurance formerly.

Iron worker dropped hammer-struck victim on top of hard hat.

EE was working in the prep plant shop and when he lifted an electrical breaker box, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE A 40 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR IN PREP PLANT. THE MOTOR WAS ON A TOW-WHEEL DOLLY. MOTOR STARTED TO FALL OFF DOLLY. EE GRABBED IT TO STABILIZE IT AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EE WAS USING A HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE TO WASH THE FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT OF PREP PLANT. WHEN THE WATER WAS TURNED ON, THE PRESSURE CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL ONTO A CEMENT BEAM CAUSING PAIN IN RIB AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF FLOCK DUST WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS STOMACH.

DRIVER HAD TO STOP ON HILL IN DOING SO DRIVER GOT TRUCK OUT OF BEAR THEN JUMP FROM TRUCK.

STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK TO TAKE A NATURE BREAK AND SLIPPED TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF ON LADDER AND CUT FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A PALLET OF CATIONIC, THE WIND BLEW A PIECE INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

WHILE CLOSING AIR VALVE ON COAL CAR VALVE BROKE AND AIR LINE HIT EMPLOYEE IN FACE.

INJURED WAS PUTTING OIL IN LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE ALLEDGEDLY TURNED AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

INJURED WAS GETTING OFF OF END LOADER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A TORQUE WRENCH TO LOOSEN NUT TO REMOVE A WHEEL ON A 992 LOADER THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT CAUSE THE TORQUE WRENCH TO STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD CAU SING A CUT

INSTALLING WERE PLATE LOST FOOTING FELL AGAINST SIDE OF HOPPER, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE UPPER INSIDE OF LEFT ARM REQUIRING A FEW STITCHES.

INJURED WAS LIGHTING A FIRE IN THE COAL STORE IN THE SHOP.HE PUT COAL IN THE STOVE THEN IGNITED A RAG TO PUT IN THE STOVE.AFTER HE LIT THE RAG HE PUT IT IN THE DOOR OF THE STOVE AND FALMES SHO T OUT OF THE STOVE BURNING HIS RIGHT HAND ARM AND FACE.

EE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT ON A PIPE, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH, CHIPPING A TOOTH.

I NAME & I NAME WERE CUTTING TREES AFTER SOME WERE CUT DOWN THE TWO MEN WERE WALKING THROUGH AT WHICH TIME I NAME TURNED H IS HEAD & A BRANCH SCRAPED HIS LEFT EYE

THE EE WAS GOING TO REFUEL THE LOADER AS HE CLIMBED THE LOADER HIS HAND MISSED THE HANDRAIL. HE FELL BACK AND HIT ANOTHER HANDRAIL WITH HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE.

MOVING 15' X 10" METAL PIPE.PLACED PIPE IN LOADER BUCKET AND TOLD OPER TO CURL BUCKET BACKWARD AND LIFT PIPE.OPER MOVED BUCKET FORWARD IN ERROR WHILE I.NAME HOLDING END OF PIPE.PIPE MOVED FORW ARD DROPPING WEIGHT ON HIM CAUSING BACK INJURY.

I.NAME WAS PICKING UP A JIG CAM AND SHAFT WITH A RED DEVIL RATCHET IN ORDER TO GET IT ACROSS A HANDRAIL AND I.NAME REACHED OUT AND GRABBED IT. AT THIS MOMENT IT MOVED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CAM AND SHAFT AND THE HAND RAIL MASHING IT.

HE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF METAL (ABOUT 2 FT. LONG 2 INCHES WIDE AND A 1/4 OF AN INCH THICK) AND HE SLIPPED FALLING BETWEEN GRIZZLY ON COAL HOPPER AND INJURED RIGHT LEG AND HIP.

HE WAS WORKING IN THE SHOP AND PICKED UP A BATTERY FOR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER

HE WAS WASHING OUT BASEMENT OF PREP PLANT AND A HIGH PRESSURE WATERLINE CAME LOOSE FROM CONNECTION AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD AND NECK KNOCKING HIM TO THE FLOOR.

HE WAS OPERATIN1 THE FLIP GATE ON THE LOADOUT. WHEN HE PULLED THE LEVER ON THE FLIP GATE HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE BACK PAIN.

HE WAS CHANGING TIRE ON REFUST TRUCK AND AS HE WAS WORKING TIRE OFF STUDS, TIRE SLIPPED AND STARTED FALLING TOWARD HIM. HE REACHED OUT TO GRAB THE TIRE AND IT DOUBLED HIS FINGERS BACK

WORKING UNDER T9UCK CHECKING UNDER-CARRIAGE WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT FELL INTO LEFT EYE.

I.NAME WAS OPER5TING A DOZER AT THE REFUSE PILE HE WAS LOOKING BEHIND HIM & BACKING THE DOZER AS THE DOZER MOVED IT DROPPED OFF THE EDGE OF A SMALL ROCK (ABOUT 6INCHES HIGH)THE VIBRATION FRO M THE DROP JERK9D HIM & HE FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER CHEST & UNDER HIS LEFT ARM

WORKING IN SCALEHOUSE STARTED FEELING PAINS IN HIS BACK.

HE WAS CLEANING3RAIL CARS AND IT STARTED RAINING. HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE CAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON WET FINE COAL AND FELL TO BEAM IN MIDDLE OF CAR AND THEN FELL ON THROUGH DOOR AND LAND ON BACK ON TRA7KS.

MAN WAS USING H2DRALUIC DRILL AND A HOSE BURSTED AND WHEN HE LET GO OF THE DRILL THE HANDLE OF THE DRILL CAUGHT HIS WEDDING RING AND THE RING CUT HIS RING FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND RESULTING IN 6 STITCHES. 3