Columbia Plant #1: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was operating a Cat D8R dozer when a rock became lodged between the trunion arm and the track. When the employee removed the rock, about 50 pound, he felt a strain in his lower right abdomen area. Employee was examined on 11/18/2009, confirming a hernia.

EE reported that he has been diagnosed with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. The doctor evaluation states "with his work duties that this would be at least a work related condition or a condition that was aggravated or exacerbated by his work". The EE is continueing to work until the first surgery sch. for 10/14/09.

Employee was checking motor grounds in plant area. When reaching overhead he felt pain in his left shoulder. Employee did not seek medical evaluation until 11/13/2008. First medical treatment resulted after MRI testing. Employee received injections on 11/26/2008 and is working with restrictions.

EE was completing liner repairs inside the primary horizontal impactor. He twisted at his waist while picking up a 1" impact wrench. he felt a strain in his lower back. When reported to his next shift on 7/22/08 at 07:00, he was having muscle spasms and requested a chiropractor evaluation. He subsequently has received chiropractic treatments & medication.

Employee was exiting truck, stepped in hole and pulled ligaments in ankle.

Employee was servicing Cat 768B watertruck after completing engine repair. Antifreeze was required and being hand-carried to the truck radiator fill neck. A 2.5 gallon container of antifreeze was being lifted to the truck deck when employee felt a sharp pain in lower back. Doctor evaluation was muscle sprain and prescribed physical therapy and modified work duty.

The EE was welding the hopper perimeter while in a position kneeling at ground level. The area was well ventilated & several other EE's were working nearby. For an undetermined reason, the EE lost consciousness and hit his face on the structural steel he was welding. He regained awareness & climbed from the hopper on his own power. At the ER he received sutures in his upper lip.

EE WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT. THE KNIFE WAS PULLED THROUGH THE BELT & PUNCTURED RIGHT LEG OF EMPLOYEE. MEDICAL EVAULATION REQUIRED SUTURES TO TREAT WOUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SKID LOADER FOR PLANT SPILLAGE CLEAN-UP. THE NUISANCE DUST GOT INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE AROUND PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR. ON 10/05/05, EE REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR AN INFECTION IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING EQUIPMENT ON READY-LINE PRIOR TO DAY SHIFT. HE SLIPPED ON PARKING BERM BUT DID NOT FALL TO GROUND. PHYSICIAN EVALUATION IDENTIFIED BACK STRAIN ON 08/18 AND PRESCRIBED THERAPY ON 08/24

EE WAS EXITING THE SEAT/CAB OF RIDIG FRAME HAUL TRUCK. AS HE WAS PUTTING WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG, HE FELT RIGHT KNEE "POP". HE WAS DOCTOR EVALUATED ON 07/06/05 AND PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY

Employee accessed an elevated platform to energize an elevated electrical panel. After energizing the switchgear, he jumped off the elevated platform to the MCC concrete floor. The elevation was approximately five feet. Employee sprained lumbar.

EE WAS OPENING A MANUAL, SEGMENTED, OVERHEAD 16'X 24' DOOR ON SHOP ACCESS. THE EE COMPLAINED OF BACK & NECK PAIN. DR. EVALUATION INDICATED MUSCLE STRAIN & TREATED WITH HOT/COLD COMPRESS & PRE- SCRIBED MEDICATION.

MAINTENANCE EE WAS COMPLETING BEARING REPAIR ON A 3 DECK INCLINE SCREEN. HE WAS USING OEM THREADED ROD PULLER INSTALLING THE COUNTERWEIGHT SHEAVE ONTO THE SHAFT. WHILE PULLING THE WRENCH TIGHT ENING THE PULLER, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK, PHYSICIAN TREATED ON 8/25/03 WITH HOT/COLD COMPRESSES & MEDICATION.

OPERATING FRONT END LOADER AT SHOT ROCK PRODUCTION FACE. REPETATIVE MOTION IN OPERATOR'S SEAT INDUCED MUSCLE STRAIN OR BRUISE RESULTING IN LOWER BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE TREATED WITH PRESCRIPTION M EDICATION & HOT/COLD COMPRESSES BEGINNING 7/16.

MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE WAS CROSS CUTTING CONVEYER BELT FOR A MECHANICAL BUTT SPLICE. UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED FROM BELT PUNCTURING RIGHT LEG THIGH ONE INCH DEEP. EE RECEIVED 3 SUTURES AND A TETANUS SHOT.

THE EUCLID 74TD 35 TON HAUL TRUCK WAS BLOCKED, LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT FOR REPAIR. A WIRING FAULT WAS BEING TRACED AND ACCESS INTO AND UNDER THE CAB WAS REQUIRED. EE WAS INSPECTING THE WIRING UN DER THE CAB WHILE STANDING ON THE EXTENSION LADDER, HIS FOOR SLIPPED FROM THE LADDER RUNG. HE FELL APPROX 4 FEET TO GROUND LEVEL. HIS INJURIES CONSISTED OF BRUISES TO THE LEFT LEG, THIGH & HI

THE INJURY WAS INITIALLY NON-REPORTABLE; HOWEVERSUBSEQUENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION HAS REVEALED THE NEED FOR SURGERY AND LOST WORK DAYS. A TEAMSTER WAS DELIVERING DRINKING WATER TO VARIOUS WORK AR EAS AT THE MINE. WHILE CARRYING A 5 GAL. KEG TO HIS PICK-UP TRUCK, HE STEPPED OFF THE EDGE OF A CONCRETE PAD. THIS MIS-STEP CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE. SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR 12/14/00.

EE PERFORMED GENERAL CLEAN UP DUTIES IN THE PULVERIZER UNTIL 1:00 PM. AT THIS TIME THE CHAIN ON THE DRIVE SPROCKET ON THE #3 CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY JUMPED OUT OF THE SPROCKET TEETH, CAUSING THE CONVEYOR, & SUBSEQUENTLY THE ENTIRE SECONDARY PLANT, TO STOP OPERATING. TO REPAIR, IT WAS DECIDED TO REMOVE A CHAIN LINK WITH SLEDGEHAMMER. EE WAS WEARING GLOVES.THE CHAIN UNDER TENSION HIT EE

DRIVER STARTED MOVING HIS UNIT FORWARD. INJURED WAS STANDING NEAR THE REAR OF THE TRACTOR. UNIT MOVED OVER HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING A BROKEN ANKLE.INJURED WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. DRIVER HAD JUST P UT HIS TARP ON HIS TRAILER AND WAS DOING PAPERWORK IN CAB PRIOR TO MOVING THE UNIT FORWARD AND DID NOT SEE INJURED.

AT APPROX. 1330 HOURS THE FEL LOADED A LARGE BOULDER INTO THE BED OF EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK. THE IMPACT OF THE BOULDER AGAINST THE BED OF THE TRUCK CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE SHAKING C AUSED THE HINGES HOLDING THE TRUCK'S AIR CONDITIONING UNIT IN PLACE TO RELEASE. THE UNIT DROPPEDDOWN AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD

THIS INCIDENT ON THE EVE SHIFT AT 7:30PM ON WED 9/29/99. EE STATED HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE SPLICING THE 42" CONVEYOR BELT IN THE SECONDARY PLANT WITH ANOTHER EE. EE REPORTED THE INCIDE NT O THE FOLLOWING DAY TO SAFETY DIR. AND STATEDAT THAT TIME HE DID NOT FEEL IT NECESSARY TO BE SEEN BY A DR. THE PAIN PERSISTED & EE WAS TAKEN TO UNITY CORPORATE HELATH ON THE AM OF 10/8/99

EE STATED THAT WHILE CLIMBING THE ACCESS LADDER OF THE CO. #8 EUCLID R35 HAUL TRUCK, HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE INJURY WAS REPORTED AT THE END OF THE SHIFT: 3:30PM. EE WENT T O UNITY HEALTH IN ST. LOUIS & WAS PLACED ON A MODIFIED WORK STATUS. EE DIDN'T WORK ON 6/15/99.EE WORKED ON 6/16/99 PRIO TO RECHECK MED EXAM AT2:15PM. RECHECK EXAM RESULTED IN WORK RESTRICTIO

EE STATED THAT WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH FROM THE SCALE HOUSE SHE TRIPPED OVER AN OBJECT OR OBSTRUCTION ON THE GROUND. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CATCH HER FALL, SHE TWISTED HER BACK. THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO THE LUMBAR REGION OF HER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER FOR A BELT HEAD SCRAPER WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED, CAUSING ALACERATION TO THE LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO ST. ANTHONY'S MEDICAL CENTER WHERE THE WOUND WAS SUTURED.

THIS WAS AN INJURY WHICH I DID NOT BELIEVE TO BE REPORTABLE AT THE TIME, HOWEVER AFTER SPEAKING TO THE MSHA INSPECTOR CONDUCTING A REGULAR INSPECTION I BELIEVE IT IS. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHIL E SHOVELING AROUND THE SHORT BALLAST CONVEYORS IN THE SECONDARY PLANT HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOREARM AGAINST A GUARD, CAUSING A LACERATION. HE WA TAKEN TO UNITY HEALTH IN ST. LOUIS WHERE THE WOU

EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING INSTALL A 30 HP MOTOR IN THE SECONDARY PLANT. WHILE DRAGGING THE MOTOR ACROSS THE PLANT FLOOR WITH A HOOKED ROD, EE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA. ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPO RTED UNTIL 3-18-97, WHEN PAIN PERSISTED, EE WAS TAKEN TO SEE DR WHO DIAGNOSED A HERNIA AND REFERRED EE TO ANOTHER DR FOR SURGERY. HERNIA REPAIR IS SCHEDULED FOR 3-16-97, EE HAS WORKED ON REST

THIS IS THE RESULT OF A NO-REPORTABLE INCIDENT OCCURING ON 11/5/96 WHICH HAS NO LOST WORK DAYS TO DATE. SUBSEQUENT DR'S VISIT 12/10/96 REVEALED A TEAR IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER WHICH REQUIRE SURGE RY REPAIR AFTER 1/1/97. EE STATED HE WAS INJUREDWHILE MOUNTING A EUCLID R35 HAUL TRUCK. HANDRAILCAME LOOSE AND EE FELL TO THE GROUND WHILE HANGING ONTO HANDRAIL. RIGHT ARM WAS PULLED OVERHEAD

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL ON STATIONARY GRINDER IN THE SHOP. THE METAL CAUGHT ON THE WHEEL AND PULLED THE METAL ACROSS HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER, CAUSING A LACERATION. EMP WAS TRANSP ORTED TO UNITY HEALTH NETWORK, WAS TREATED AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.

WHILE PRESSURE WASHING EQUIPMENT SPRAY SPLASHED INTO LEFT EYE.

WHILE CHANGING A BEARING IN THE PLANT ON ATAIL PULLEY,THE COME-A-LONG HE WAS SUING TO REMOVE THE BEARING SLIPPED AND THE BEARING FELL ON HIS HAND,BREAKING HIS KNUCKLE.

CLEANING ROCK F9OM THE CRUSHER

WHILE WELDING AT THE HOPPER, HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 4 FEET THROUGH THE CHUTE, INJURING HIS GROIN.

CLEANING OUT DUST BIN. SLIPPED AND INJURED KNEE. MATERIAL SHIFTED.

WHILE LOADING ROCKS INTO THE BUCKET OF HI LIFT EMP APPARENTLY STRAINED HIMSELF IN THE ABDOMEN AREA CAUSING A HERNIA LATER IT WAS REVEALED THAT DIETZ HAD DAMAGED HIS LEFT TESTICLE