Gilbert Plant: 445 MSHA citations Coal

Checking damaged wire on transformer balcony. Arc flash occurred. Fell off platform to the ground below it. Approx 3 feet.

Three men attempting to remove a large rock from raw coal belt. Two were lifting the rock, one was using a slate bar to pry. Slate bar slipped from beneath the rock striking one of the lifters in the left eye.

On 9/18/2019 a fire was discovered at the clean coal bin. This was an off shift and no employees were on property. Mingo 1 Plant only operates on the day shift. There was a security guard on site at the time the fire was discovered. Fire department was called and the fire was extinguished. no persons were injured.

Employee stated that EE was attempting to unlatch EE's seat belt when the seat belt buckle struck EE in the mouth chipping EE's left front tooth. The employee had EE's tooth fixed the next day, but has not missed any scheduled work due to the incident.

EE was climbing up hill and felt sharp lower back pain on the right side of spinal area.

Employee was closing door latches on empty rail road cars felt tear in left bicep.

Bent down and felt something pop in his knee.

Occupational Pneumoconiosis

Truck driver lost control / brakes while traveling down grade on slate haul. Driver went into ditch below the No. 6 curve bursting the slurry line and damaged truck.

EE was checking the hydraulic oil level; he lost his balance and fell from the dozer platform.

Employee bent over, to move a dozer roller, and felt something pull loose in his chest, in the front, on the right side.

Occupational hearing loss.

Employee was walking towards warehouse slipped on ice covered walkway twisting left ankle.

Employee was helping to unload chemicals from tractor trailer, driver dropped pallet on right hand.

Injured employee was stepping off bulldozer and twisted foot on dozer track, pulling a ligament in his right knee.

Taking gate up on #2 and #3 bin, slipped and struck right knee on rail.

Employee was removing a bearing from a centrifugal dryer when the bearing slipped, employee caught the bearing resulting in a cut that required stitches.

Injured employee was removing the chute from a coal dryer and twisted his right knee.

Injured employee was operating an excavator on the slate. He swung the bucket around and caught a rock and jerked his lower back.

The driver backed up in stockpile to dump coal and turned over.

Tripped over crossbeam support and while falling reached for beam to stop fall, resulting in pulled muscle in right arm.

Injured emplyee was carrying a barrel, stumbled, almost dropped the barrel and injured shoulder and neck.

As he was leaving office slipped & fell down steps & hurt back.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS TO CHECK ENGINE OIL, HIT KNEE ON ACCESS PANEL HANDLE.

LIFTING SAMPLE BAG HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

ANOTHER EE WAS USING AN AIR MAILER AND HIT A GLANCING MAIL ON WOOD FRAME, THE STRAY NAIL FLEW THOUGHT THE AIR AND STRUCK EE ON RIGHT CHEEK ON HIS FACE.

EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME 5-23-01. DOI SHOWN BY WORKERS COMP. EE THEN HAD SURGERY ON 10-22-01. HE WAS OUT OF WORK FROM 10-22-01 THRU 11-5-01 FOR SURGERY ON LEFT ARM.

KNOCKED PIN OUT OF DOZER ARM, PIECE OF METAL FLEW OUT AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST, CAUSING A CUT.

A FIGHT BETWEEN EE AND OTHER TOOK PLACE. THEY WERE AGURING ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF COAL LOADED. OTHER GOT UP AND HIT EE IN THE FACE 3-4 TIMES CAUSING EE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HIS VISION AND SWELLI NG ON HIS FACE.

SHOVELING UNDER STOKER BELT-BACK STARTED HURTING AFTER HE FINISHED SHOVELING.

WALKING UP STEPS. SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD AND TWISTED KNEE. DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. NEVER MISSED WORK UNTIL 4/5/99.

SLIPPED AND FELL FORWARD AT THE #1 TUNNEL BELT. HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF METAL AT THE BELT STRUCTURE.

CHECKING FRESH WATER PUMP AT GUARD HOUSE AND STEPPED ON SOMETHING RESULTING IN A TWISTED ANKLE AND HE FELL OVER PUMP.

WHILE STEPPING OFF D-9 DOZER IN PIT, EE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN. INITIALLY THOUGHT HE HAD SLIGHT STRAIN, NOW IT MAY BE ATORN LIGAMENT.

ON 1-12-97 EMPLOYEE WHILE DRIVING PIN WITH HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL HIT NOSE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1-20-97 WENT TO DR AND A PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED FROM NOSE AND HE RETURNED TO WORK SAME SHIFT.

OXYGEN TANK SLIPPED AND SMASHED HAND.

RAINY WEATHER OIL AND WATER WAS ON END LOADER EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON, HE SLIPPED AND CUT LEG ON METAL ON ENDLOADER.

TIGHTENING BELT AND WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD.

PUTTING BLADE ON DOZER AND THE TILT ARM FELL ON RIGHT RING FINGER CAUSING IT TO FRACTURE.

DOZER WENT TOO FAR FORWARD WHILE PUSHING COAL IN TUNNEL FEEDER & WENT INTO 15' X 10' HOLE.

WHILE PUTTING A ROPE CLAMP ON STRUCTUR3E A ROCK STRUCK ROLLER & KNOCKED IT FORWARD PINCHING INDEX & FOREFINGER BOTH FINGERS HAD TO BE PINNED

SHOCK BROKE ON TRUCK SEAT & BOUNCED HIM AGAINST THE TOP OF THE CAB HE SAID THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT 2:00 BUT HE CONTINUED DRIVING UNTIL 4:00

WHILE CUTTING SKIRT RUBBER, KNIFE SLIPPED, CALUSING A CUT TO THE LEFT KNEE.

WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS LEAVING OIL TRAILER AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR SCALES, EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON STEP OF TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TOT HE GORUND. EMPLOYEE HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD, SIDE, BACK, AND ELBOWS WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND. ALSO HIT BOX ON SIDE OF SCALE AS HE FELL. EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 11-26-91.

WORKING ON PREWET VIBRATOR SLIPPED & FELL ON LIP WHILE REPLACING SCREENS.

MOVING LARGE ROCK FROM THE AREA OF THE #1 CHAIN DRIVE AND WHEN HE HAD TO CARRY ROCK UNDER HYDRAULIC LINES, POSITION HE WAS IN CAUSED A PULL IN THE GROIN AREA.

SEAT BROKE IN LOADER, WHICH THREW OPERATOR BACK AGAINST THE BACK OF THE CAB, JARRING HIS TEETH AND CAUSING SEVERAL OF THE TEETH TO SHIP AND CRACK. ALSO BRUISED HSOULDER AND CAUSED SOME SWELLIN G.

LIFTING & INJURED ABDOMEN.

EMPL REMOVING ROCK CAUGHT IN ARM OF AUTO SAMPLER AND AS ROCK WAS KNOCKED AWAY FROM ARM,IT THREW THE ROCK BACK AT EMPL STRIKING HIM 1/2" ABOVE RIGHT EYE.EMPL RECD 7 STITCHES BUT NO IMPAIRMENT.

ASSISTING WELDER AT WORK WHEN EYES WERE BURNED.

EE FEELS AS IF HE DID NOT COMPLETELY OPEN TOGGLE SWITCH AND THAT THE VIBRATION OF THE BUILDING CAUSED THE SWTICH TO BECOME CLOSED, THEREBY CAUSING THE CONVEYOR TO REENERGIZE AND HIM TO BE PUT THRU THE CHUTE AND ONTO THE RAW COAL SCREEN. THEEE WAS SEVERELY BRUISED BUT SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT.

ON 3/10/90 EMPL WASINJURED HOWEVER HE DID NOT LEAVE WORK UNTIL 5/17/90. REACHING TO TURN OFF WATER VALVE & SPRAINED BACK.

LOWER BACK SPRAIN.

COAL TRUCK OVERTURNED IN ROADWAY.

AT THE END OF T2E SHIFT OTHER AND I NAME HAD JUST FINISHED SERVICING THE DOZER. HE WAS STANDING ON THE FUELING PLATFORM AND AS THE DOZER BEGAN TO PULL OUT HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE PLATFORM. AS HE STEPPED DOW3 HIS LEG BECAME INTAGLED IN A PULL CABLE ON FUEL TANK THIS CABLE ACCIDENTLY BECAME ATTACHED TO DOZER GROUSER THUS BREAKING HIS LEG HE EMPLOYEED BY CARTER BZ5.