Burke Branch Tipple: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Employee was using a hose to clean beneath a tailpiece and when EE raised up EE struck left shoulder on a cross brace for the DSS-7 belt.

Employee was unloading metal from metal rack and caught middle finger of left hand between 2 pieces of metal.

Employee was removing a Belt sequencing switch using a knife to cut the wires. The knife cut through the wires and struck EE on the left arm causing a laceration above elbow.

Employee was changing a light in the shop area of the Prep Plant when they tripped over a pipe lying in the floor and fell to the floor landing on left knee causing pain.

Employee was walking through door of warehouse carrying a razor scraper and dropped it on the floor. When they reached down to pick it up their index and middle fingers of left hand made contact with the blade cutting fingers.

Employee was pulling on skirt rubber to replace belt conveyor when employee felt pain in upper and lower back. Employee started losing time on 8/30/2017

Lock came loose, let handle come loose and employee fell back on concrete pad on their butt, causing break in lower back.

Employee was putting soda ash in pond when feet slipped. Employee slid over the bank.

Employee was assisting in cleaning a screen. When handing a water hose to his co-worker, his feet slipped out from underneath him, resulting in a fall.

Employee was assisting w/ the installation of a new sieve & strained his groin area. He hoped it would improve over time & when it did not, he sought medical treatment for a hernia on 5/20/15.

Employee was descending a flight of stairs when he fell, sliding all the way to the bottom and resulting in injury to his lower back.

Employee stepped into a hole after exiting mechanic's truck, injuring both knees. He began missing work on November 10th, as a result of this incident.

Employee was lifting a sample bucket out of truck bed when he experienced pain in his shoulder & arm.

Employee fell stepping out of the Raw Coal Control Room, injuring his Right knee.

TRIPPED ON STEP LEADING INTO GUARDSHACK

A rock became lodged in the auger tube. When the employee pried the rock loose, bolts securing the auger also loosened, causing the auger to fall from the sample tube. The employee suffered crushing injuries to his right arm as a result of this incident.

Employee was removing boxes from pickup truck, experienced pain in back area

Employee previously had rotator cuff surgery on his left shoulder. On February 4th, 2010, he slipped walking down a flight of stairs and attempted to prevent falling by grabbing onto a handrail. This motion re-injured his surgically-repaired shoulder.

Employee was shoveling material onto a conveyor belt in the raw coal tunnel when he experienced pain in his lower back. He did not report this accident until February 27th, 2009.

Coal truck driver was traveling in 4th gear at approximately 10-12 mph when he heard a noise. After hearing the noise, he let off the fuel, causing the load to shift & the truck to overturn.

Employee was removing garbage from a railroad car when he stepped on some loose coal, causing him to fall backwards. The employee began missing work as a result of this accident on 5/26/2008.

EE was fabricating a chute in the welding shop (located in the basement of the Prep Plant) in front of his tool box. The witness saw the tool box falling & yelled to warn the victim. The victim attempted to move out of the way, but was still struck by the tool box, knocking him to the ground.

Injured employee and a co-worker were sliding a raw coal screen into the bed of a truck when one of the victim's fingers became caught in between the pinch-point created by the two surfaces. The incident resulted in alaceration that required stitches.

EE was peeling insulation from a conduit when his razor knife slipped, resulting in a laceration to his left ring finger, which required stitches.

EE was shoveling coal onto the belt in the raw coal tunnel when he experienced pain in his neck and back.

Employees were pulling wood and rocks from the raw coal crusher in an attempt to unclog it. The injured ee later experienced back pain which did not subside. He sought medical treatment for this on 2-11-05.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SIDE PLATE ON THE COARSE COAL SCREEN WHEN THE SCREEN SHIFTED, PINCHING HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE SIDE PLATE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING SPIRALS WHEN HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SPIRALS AND FRAMEWORK. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A CUT REQUIRING 10 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER USING A PICK TO DIG MUD OFF DECK AT VIBRATOR SCREEN WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FINGER BETWEEN THE PICK HANDLE AND SKIRT RAIL ON SIDE OF SCREEN. HE CUT (REQUIRING STITCHES) AND FRACTURED HIS LITTLE FINGER.

EE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY THE DOOR SHUT ON A RAILROAD CAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING THE EETO FALL BACKWARD ON HIS ANKLE AND LEG.

EE WAS EXITING DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON POST ARM & HE FELL ON RIGHT HIP FRACTURING PELVIS

EE WAS LIFTING A BUCKET OF OIL WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS LIFTING LOADING RAMP OF MINE BUGGY AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS RIGGING STEEL BEAMS UP ATTHE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL OF THE PREP PLANT DURING CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEVATOR. ONE OF THE BEAMS SWUNG AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT LEG BETWEEN A 16" HIGH CONCRETE BERM AND THE STEEL.

WHILE LOADING BELT STRUCTURE, FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. NOTE: INCIDENT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY EVEING, EE CAME OUT TO WORK ON FRIDAY AND INFORMED HIS SUPERVISOR BUT DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE DR. AT THAT TIME. HE SAID HE HAD HAD THE PROBLEM BEFORE AND IT USUALLY WENT AWAY IN A FEW DAYS. CALLED ON MONDAY 10/15 TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS GOING TO DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF 2" PIPE FROM HOIST WELL TO AIR COMPRESSOR AREA, FELT SHARP PAIN IN GROIN AREA. NOTE: EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 7/10/01 AT WHICH TIME HE HAD HERNIA SURGERY.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING FEED PIPE FROM #2 SMALL COAL DRYER. HE HAD A CHAIN RATCHET ON FEED PIPE, WHEN HE GOT ALL THE BOLTS OUT, ONE END OF THE PIPE SWUNG AROUND TOWARD HIM AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL OFF THE DRYER. HIS FACE HIT #1 SCREEN BOWL CAUSIING A CUT NEAR HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS TRYING TO ROLL V BELTS ON OVER PULLEY OF MOTOR AND CAUGHT RIGHT RING FINGER UNDER BELT. LACERATION AND STITCHES TO END OF FINGER.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A STUCK COUPLING HALF ON THE R-5 DRIVE UNIT. THE COUPLING EE FELL OFF THE SHAFT AND MASHED THE EE S FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF HANDRAIL ROD & FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF BELT HEAD ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE NO.4 REFUSE BELT. THE BELT HEAD HAD BEEN MOVED INTO PLACE BY A CRANE, BUT HAD TO BE SHIFTED SLIGHTLY TO MOVE INTO COR RECT POSITION. THE EE GOT HIS HAND PINCHED AGAINST AN ADJACENT CHUTE, CAUSING A CUT REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.

EE WAS ON HIS KNEES CLEANING UP CONCRETE THAT HAD BEEN BUSTED UP. HE EITHER TWISTED OR BRUISED HIS KNEE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO SWELL UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING BOTTOM DUMP CAR DOORS OF FLOODLOAD USING A PRYBAR. THE BAR SLIPPED FROM THEDOOR LATCH AND EMPLOYEE FELL, TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.

FILLING WATER TRUCK, USING EXTENDED WATER VALVE HANDLE TO SHUT OFF WATER: AS HE TURNED HANDLE HAND STRUCK A HOSE CLAMP REUSLTING IN A LACERATION TO LEFT LITTLE FINGER

EMPLOYEE USED CLARK CGP-25 FORKLIFT TO SET 2" PUMP INTO PICKUP TRUCK, BUT STATED SHE MANUALLY SLID PUMP OFF FORKS. LATER SHE WAS OPERATING CASE 586-E FORKLIFT AND UPON EXITING FORKLIFT, SHE ST ATED SHE FELT PAIN FROM HER RIGHT KNEE CAP, UP THE BACK OF HER LEG TO HER SPINE. DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL 07/07/99. DID NOT WISH TO SEE A DOCTOR FOR A FEW DAYS. SAW DOCTOR ON 07/13/99.

REMOVING ELECTRIC HEATER AT PREP PLANT, APPROX 80#. INJURED WAS ON STEP LADDER APPROX 6' TAKING HEATER LOOSE; CO-WORKER WAS ON THE FLOOR HOLDING ROPE ATTACHED TO HEATER TO MANEUVER TO FLOOR; R OPE EITHER BROKE OF WAS CUT BY HEATER, CAUSING HEATER TO FALL STRIKING LADDER KNOCKING INJURED TO FLOOR. LACERATION TO TIPS OF RT 4TH & 5TH FINGERS AND FRACTURE TALUS LEFT ANKLE.

1139 DOZER HAD BEEN PUSHED BY ITS BLADE EARLIER IN THE DAY TO GET IT OUT OF THE MUD, CAUSING SLIVER OF SHARP METAL ON CORNER OF BLADE. EE PLACED HAND ON SHARP METAL TO STEADY HIMSELF.

LOADING SAMPLE BUCKETS, FOOT SLIPPED HITTING FACE ON PICKUP TRUCK.

USING HAMMER & SCREWDRIVER TO PULL PINS OUT OF POLYDECK PANELS, HAMMER SLIPPED STRIKING RIGHT THUMB.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF A DOZER. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE TRACKS AND LANDED WITH HIS BACK ON THE TILT CYLINDER.

PULLING ON A PIECE OF PIPE AND STRAINED STOMACH MUSCLE.

SLIPPED ON STEPS RESULTING IN BACK PAIN.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH COWORKER ON PUTTING CHAIN LINKS & PINS BACK TOGETHER ON A WASHER BOX. EE WAS HOLDING A PIPE WRENCH ON BACK OF THE PIN AS COWORKER WAS DRIVING YTHE PIN THROUG H WITH A 4" HAMMER. COWORKER MISS & HIT EE ON THE LEFT RING FINGER. EE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED & RELEASE FOR AN OPEN FRACTURE OF THE LEFT RING FINGER.

EE WAS CLIMBING ON PUSH ARM TO RETRIEVE TOOLS AFTER FINISHING JOB. HE SLIPPED ON PUSH ARM AND FELL BACKWARDS WITH RIGHT ARM STRIKING TILT CYLINDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN BED OF MECHANIC TRUCK WELDING WASHERS ON CUTTING EDGES THAT WERE SETTING ON PALLET. AS EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE LAST CUTTING EDGE OVER HE FELL OUT OF BACK OF TRUCK AND TH E PALLET OF CUTTING EDGES FELL ALSO. EMPLOYEE ISNOT SURE HOW HIS FINGER WAS INJURED. HE DOESN'T KNOW IF A CUTTING EDGE FELL ON HIS FINGER OR NOT.

EE WAS REPLACING THE GUARD ON THE PRIMARY SAMPLER, AND AS HE WAS LINING THE BOLT HOLES UP WITH A SLATE BAR, THE BAR SLIPPED, PINNING FINGER BETWEEN GUARD AND HANDRAIL.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO JOB 29 TO DRILL A PIT,HE LET THE TAIL GATE OF THE TRUCK DOWN AND REACHED INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO GET A BUCKET OF TOOLS AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

STEPPED OUT OF COAL TRUCK. QUOTE (2 MUST HAVE TWISTED MY KNEE).

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PUSH ARM OFF A DOZER WITH THE BOOM WENCH ON HIS MECHANICS TRUCK AND HAD JUST PULLED THE CABLE AROUND THE ARM AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ADJUSTING THE HOOK. APPARENTLY THE HOOK FROM THE CABLE CAUGHT ONTO HIS FINGER AND AMPUTATED IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING THE WENCH CABLE HOOK FROM A RAIL CAR, THE HOOK FELL LOOSE FROM THE CAR STRIKING THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT FINGER.

WHILE LIFTING OXYGEN T ANK WITH EE FELT STINGIN SENSATION IN LOWER ABDOMEN 06-23-94 TWO DAYS LATER PROT RUSION FOUND IN SAME LOCATION 06-2 5-94 WAS LOADING FULL TANK INTO PICKUP TRUCK HERNIA

ROCK AND LOOSE MUD FROM HIGHWALL FELL ON THE EE'S LEGS AS HE WAS LOADING HOLES ON THE UPPER BENCH.

HE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF A LOADER AND STEPPED INTO THE MUD. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK THAT WAS COVERED WITH THE MUD. HIS LEFT FOOT TURNED AND JUMPED OUT OF SOCKET. WHEN HIS FOOT TURNED, HE FELL ON TH E GROUND HITTING HIS HIPS. HE THEN PUSHED HIS ANKLE BACK INTO THE SOCKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE RAILCARS AT THE TIPPLE WITH A CRO BAR, AND THE CROWBAR ROTATED WHILE HE WAS USING IT, KNOCKING THE EMPLOYEE BACKWARDS ONTO A BLOCK OF COAL OR A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK.

TRK DRIVER WAS HAULING COAL TO THE TIPPLE,& AS THE TRK LEFT THE PIT AREA & BEGAN TO TRAVEL UPGRADE, THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO STOP ON THE HILL. THE DRIVER THEN LOST CONTROL & THE TRUCK STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS & HIT THE BERM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE REAR TANDEMS HIT THE BERM CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL OVER ON IT'S SIDE IN THE ROADWAY.

EMPL WAS HELPING MECHANIC WORK ON DOZER & WAS STANDING ON THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER. EMPL ATTEMPTED TO STEP OFF & SLIPPED OFF THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER.