Branham & Baker Coal Terminal: 231 MSHA citations Coal

Cutting brace out of structure, jacks slid out causing belt line to fall, hitting employee and pinning legs.

Breaking loose fozen coal from belt structure and hopper with a pinch bar. Material suddenly dislodged, pinning left hand between bar and structure. Hematoma of the left hand.

Pulling 2 tanks oxygen/acetylene on cart when feet slipped out from underneath him, landing flat on back. Pain along lenth of spine.

Employee was breaking accumulated dirt out of rollers with a sledge hammer, when in mid-swing, his finger became caught between hammer handle and a piece of overhead structure.

Employee was assisting another with putting a leaf-spring on the water truck when a piece of debris became lodged in his cornea. His eye became very irritated. Debris had to be surgically removed by a specialist.

Walking under conveyor belt. Hit head on beam support bolt. No hard hat.

EE AND 2 OTHER CO-WORKERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SOME LARGE ROCKS FROM THE RAW CRUSHER BELT. ALL 3 EE'S WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON 1 ROCK WHEN INJURED EE FELT HIS SHOULDER PULL. PULLED LIGAME NT/LEFT SHOULDER.

EE FUELING EQUIPMENT ON A VERY WINDY DAY. WIND BLEW DEBRIS IN EYE. A PIECE BECAME LODGED AT EDGE OF CORNEA, CREATING A MINOR CORNEAL ABRASION.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN THE RIVER TUNNEL WITH A WELDING HOOD ON AND EXPERIENCED MODERATE TO SEVERE FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING CHAIN FROM LOADER BUCKER WHEN STEPPED IN BUCKET WITH MUDDY BOOTS HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE BRUISING HIS RIBS & KIDNEY.

EE WAS USING A COMEALONG TO RAISE A WINCH CABLE WHEN IT SLID BACK & MASHED HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN TORCH TIP & GOT OXYGEN IN GLOVE THAT IGNITED WHEN HE LIT TORCH, BURNING LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING OLD TROPH ROLLERS INTO LAODER BUCKET AND DROPPED ONE ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS FACING UP 2 BARGES WITH A WIRE CABLE THAT SLIPPED THROUGH HIS RIGHT HAND CUTTING HIS FINGERS.

EE WAS IN SHOP WELDING ON CRUSHER ROLL WHEN HE DROPPED A HOT WELDING ROD DOWN IN HIS RIGHT BOOT BURNING HIS ANKLE.

EE WAS STEPPING OF OF BOBCAT 743B TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A BARGE ROPE OUT OF THE RIVER WHEN A CABLE THAT HAD SNAGGED ON TRI-TI CAME LOOSE STRIKING ON LEFT SIDE OF LOWER JAW.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS CARRYING TOOLS AND SLIPPED FRACTURING LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER CARRYING A GREASE GUN THE EE JUMPED FROM THE LADDER WHEN THE HANDLE OF THE GREASE GUN GOT CAUGHT IN LADDER.

EMP WAS USING TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL FROMCRUSHER. THE METAL FELL AND STRUCK EMP ON RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING OTHERS TO REPAIR THE COAL CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING FLYWHEEL BY PULLING ONTO MOTOR BELTS. EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT AND BELT PULLEY.

EE WAS ASSISTING OTHER PERSONNEL IN REPAIRING A BELT DRIVE WHEN A DUST PARTICLE MAY HAVE ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE., RESULTING IN EYE IRRITATION TWO DAYS LATER. EE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS CLEANING OFF A BENCH, WHEN HE PICKED THE TOP TRAY OUT OF A TOOL BOX AND TURNED AND SET IT DOWN. THE TRAY WEIGHTED APPROX. 7 LBS.

EE WAS WELDING ON CRUSHER ON MONDAY AND THOUGHT HE HAD GOT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE BUT WASNT SURE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM.

EMPLOYEE WAS SAMPLING COAL COMING OFF STACKER WHEN A SMALL PIECE WENT IN HIS RT EYE

EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR BAR IN SCREEN AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. BAR WEIGHED APPROX. 10-15 LBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN REMOVING A DAMAGED GEAR FROM THE FRONT DRIVE OF FEEDER WHEN EE HIT THE GEAR WITH A HAMMER A SMALL METAL FRAGMENT HIT EE ON THE CHEEK ONE INCH BELOW HIS RT EYE

EE WAS ENGAGED IN NORMAL MAINTENACE OF CRUSHER LIFTING TUGGING BENDING ETC. HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING WITH SWOLLEN TESTICLES AND COULD NOT WALK. EE ASSUMED HIS PAIN WAS JOB RELATED.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ANGLE FROM HANDRAIL AND LOST HIS BALANCE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD--HITTING HIS CHEST ON HANDRAIL.

EMPLOYEE THANKS HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE DOING HIS NORMAL WORK DUTIES AS A BARGE LOADER. HE THOUGHT IT HAPPENED ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, OR OCCURRED OVER TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR RIVER WINCH.HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BEARING WEIGHING 35 TO 40 LBS.HE INJURED HIS BACK IN THE PROCESS.

EMPLOYEE HAS APPLIED FOR BLACK LUNG BENEFITS.

EMPLOYEE HAS APPLIED FOR BACK LUNG BENEFITS 9-6-91.

EMPLOYEE HAS APPLIED FOR BLACK LUNG BENEFITS 9-5-91.

EMPLOYEE HAS APPLIED FOR BLACK LUNG BENEFITS 8-29-91.

EMPLOYEE HAS APPLIED FOR BLACK LUNG BENEFITS 8-27-91.

EE WAS IMPROPERLY TRYING TO PUT GREASE TUBE IN GREASE GUN WHEN GUN SLIPPED AND CAME BACK STRIKING EE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE THE RESULT WAS A SMALL ONE AND FOURTH INCH LACERATION ON FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UPA BARGE FOR LOADING. EMPLOYEE ON ANOTHER WERE ATTEMPTING TO PULL WINCH ACABLE UP. WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON CABLE WHEN HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK . NOTE: A CHAIN HOIST WAS PROVIDED AND NOT USED.

EE WAS SHOVELING COAL MUD INTO A 5 GALL BUCKET WITHIN ON PIT EXPERINCED BACK PAIN THE FOLLOWING DAY.

EE WAS TRYING A WINCH ROPE ONTO A BARGE GAVEL IN A BENT OVER MANNER WHEN HE STOOD UPRIGHT HE INCURRED A TERRIBLE BACK PAIN.

EMPLOYEE SAYS WHILE HE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER; THE BOUNCING AROUND IN THE SEAT CAUSED HIS BACK TO HURT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 2" WATER PUMP FROM THE BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK WHEN HE SAID HE HAD A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK.

EMPL WAS REMOVING EZE OUT FROM STEAM JENNY WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED CASUING LEFT ARM TO SWING BACK PUSHING LEFT ELBOW INTO METAL GUARD ON STEAM JENNY.

CUTTING PC OF METAL WITH TORCH RAISE GLASSES TO INSPECT WHILE NOT REMOVING TORCH PC OF RUST METAL FRAGMENT POPPED UP INTO EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING A BELTLINE WHILE MAINTENANCE WAS BEING DONE CAUGHT HIS PANT LEG ALMOST FELL BUT RETAINED HIS BALANCE WHICH RESULTED HIM DOING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHICH TWISTED OR PUL LED OR STRAIN A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK CAUSING HIM PAIN

EMPLOYEE WAS SAND BLASTING TRUCK SCALES THE NOZXZLE AT END OF THE 110-PS2 AIR/SAND HOSE HAD CLOGGED EMPLOYEE REMOVED AIR HOSE BEFORE BLEEDING AIR FROM TANK THE HIGH PRESSURE AIR & SAND EXPEL LED INSTANTLY

OOPS! DUE TO SA0ETY AUDIT IT WAS FOUND THAT THIS EMP HAD 3 SMALL STITCHES WHICH QUALIFIES THIS ACCIDENT AS A MSHA REPORTALE ACCIDENT