Buckhorn Prep Plant Coal

SHOVELING OUT FLOOR SUMP: FELT PAIN IN BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO BRING A VIBRATOR SIDE PLATE INTO PREP PLANT WHEN PLATE SHIFTED TO ONE SIDE STRIKING HIM ACROSS TOP OF FOOT.

BLACK LUNG BENEFITS (RIBS AWARD).

PUSHING UP ON PLATE WHILE STANDING ON A LADDER IN THE CRUSHER CHUTE.FIRST DAY OFF 06-17-92.

WALKING OVER TO HEAVY MEDIA PUMP AND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON APIECE OF COAL AND FELL BACKWARDS CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HANDS.

USING A PRY BAR TO UNPLUG RAW COAL CHUTE STOPPED UP BY TWO LARGE ROCKS, WHEN ROCKS BROKE FREE THE PRY BAR STRUCK EE IN LEFT HAND AND RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

EMPLOYEE HELPING TO UNLOAD MATERIAL FROM TRUCK WHEN METAL SCREEN SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH IT, CUTTING HIS FINGER.

WHILE PUTTING CHAIN HOIST ON TROLLEY ABOVE DRYER,REACHING OVERHEAD WITH HOIST FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE AIR-FLOW ON A WELDER. EMPLOYEES RIGHT RING FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE FAN IN THE WELDER.

EE WAS USING A BAR TO UNSTOP A PLUGGED CHUTE. THE COAL BROKE LOSE AND HIT THE END OF THE BAR. THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BAR WENT UP AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE BAR AND STEEL BEAM ON THE CHU TE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BEARING ON THE HEAD DRIVE. THE HAMMER THE EMPLOYER WAS USING SLIPPED AND HIT THE BEARING RACE. A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE RACE STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADDING OIL TO OIL BOX ON CHAIN DRIVE AT THE HEADDRIVE.EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY FOUR FOOT.EMPLOYEE SUFFRED A BROKEN LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A SEPERATOR CHAIN APART. EMPLOYEE STRUCK CHAIN WITH HAMMER, HAMMER BROKE A SMALL PIECE STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT WRIST. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK ON 6-17-88- EMPLOYEE MISSE D WEEK OF 6-27-88 AS RESULT OF INFECTION IN CUT TO WRIST.

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D OR SPRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK AFTER CLIMBING UPON FEED BOX OF VIBRATOR TO UNSTOP WATER LINE IN PREPARATION PLANT-RE-OCCURRENCE OF OLD INJURY WHEN PERFORMING ABOVE WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS GR3NDING DOWN THE END OF A PIPE GRINDER SLIPPED AND SLID DOWN PIPE INTO EMPLOYEES HAND WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERAL STITCHES

EMP RECEIVED A 6RUISE TO H IS RT LEG WHILE CHANGING OUT A 4 IN WATER VALVE. VGALVE ROLLED OVEWR AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF HIS LEG

EMPLOYEE WAS DE8CENDING LADDER LADDER SLIPPED SIDEWAY AND EMPLOYEE BUMPED RIGHT KNEE RESULTING IN A SMALL CUT TO RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING RAW COAL CHUT WITH LONG HANDLED SHOVEL WHEN LARGE CHUNK OF MUD DISLODGED FROM CHUTE CAUSING SHOVEL TO BE WRENCHED FROM HAN DS WITH HANDLE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ACROSS SIDE O F FACE 3

EMP WAS TIGHTEN3NG BOLT ON ROTARY BREAKER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED ALOWING HIS FINGETR TO STRIKE THE SIDE OF THE ROTARY BREAKER STITCHES

EMPLOYEE WAS TR3MMING EDGE OF PLASTIC BOX WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE EMPLOYEE MOVED CAUSING KNIFE TO SLIP THROUGH HAND CUTTING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND HELD GRINDER TO SMOOTH THE EDGES OF A METAL PLATE. THE GRINDER MADE CONTACT WITH CONCRETE PAD THAT THE EMPLOYEE HADBRACED THE METAL AGAINST CAUSING THE GRINDER TO KIC K BACK ONTO THE EMPLOYEE, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE OLD 6 INCH STEEL PIPES FROM THE PLANT AND HAD JUST PUT A SECTION ONTO THE GROUND WHEN IT ROLLED OVER AGAINST HIS LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 1 1/2 IN. WATER HOSE TO FLUSH A 4 IN. DRAIN OUT. THE HOSE CAME LOOSE FROM THE EMPLOYEE\S GRIP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE BELOW THE RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A STEEL CALB EBEING FED FROM A DOZER MOUNTED WINCH WHEN THE CABLE OVERLAPPED AND BEGUNA FEEDING BACK ONTO THE SPOOL OF THE WINCH. THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEE N THE CABLE AND THE GUIDE ROLLERS ON THE WINCH.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A ELECTRIC DRILL TO TAP A BOLT HOLE OUTON A DOZER FRAME. WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE DRILL THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND BLEW METAL SHAVINGS INTO THE EMPLOYEE\S EYES BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS PREPARING TO WASH HIS HANDS WITH A 1 1/2" WATER HOSE. WHEN THE EE OPENED THE VALVE THE HOSE BUCKED STRIKING THE EE UNDER THE CHIN. THE BRASS END OF THE HOSE CREATED A HORSESHOE AVULSI ON APPROX 1/2" WIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM A RECLAIM TUNNEL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN THE LUMBAR SECTION OF HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WORK ON AN 8IN WATER LINE WHEN IT BURST A FRAGMENT OF WATER LINE STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEG FRACTURING HIS TIBIA AND FIBULA

EE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM AN ELEVATOR BUCKET WHEN HE CONTACTED A PIECE OF WORN METAL & SUSTAINED A SMALL LACERATION TO THE TOP END JOINT OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A SCAFFOLD APPROX 25FT FROM THE GROUND INSTALLING SHEET METAL THE OUTRIGGER ON HIS SIDE SLIPPED OUT OF ITS RIGGING LETTING THAT SIDE OF THE SCAFFOLD FALL THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO T HE GROUND