Ivel Plant: 290 MSHA citations Coal

Employee was helping change top deck screen on the raw coal screen in the plant on the top floor. EE stepped on the stainless and lost footing and fell flat on back on the side of screen and then to the deck.

Employee was exiting dozer and stepped on the track and lost his footing. He fell on his butt and bruised his lower back and butt. Employee was using hand rail.

On 7/21/14 called in stating he was going to the Doctor because he had blister on the top of his feet, on 7/14/14 Employee had helped repair a caustic soda line and reported he had spilt the chemical on his boots, over the next few days he developed blisters on the top of his feet (Employee is a diabetic)

Employee was using a chain hoist and a 3/8 chain to lift a side of a screen to change the springs on the right side the chain around a beam holding the hoist broke and the screen fell forcing a spring out hitting him in the right knee causing him to fall.

Employee was using a pry bar to help remove a pitman arm from a steering box on a Mack truck. The bar slipped causing the employee to trip and fall twisting his right ankle. Employee was taken to E.R. X-rays showed his ankle was cracked in 2 places.

Employee was using hoist to lower a section of pump to the ground. He was using his hands to guide the section to the resting place when it turned & mashed the end of his left pinky finger between his section and another section of the pump

Employee said he was back dragging a road and turned his head around to look back and said his back went out.

Loading refuse, feed was shut off. EE got out of the trk to clean windows, rock fell off trk and hit him on the lip.

The EE was working the loadout sampler skirt boards. He had dropped one side and had loosened all the bolts on the other side, except for one. He had a socket and racket on the last bolt, when it broke. His right hand was propelled backwards and struck another bolt, puncturing his hand. He received 5 stitches.

Contr EE of Twin Ridge Development, cntr#b294. Acc investigated by MSHA. Refuse trk driver was struck by csx train while crossing track. Driver was fatally injured. MSHA has not determined whether it has jurisdiction/reportable since the accident location is owned by the railroad.Statement given at MSHA office 5/22/07.

Employee was connecting pipe and suffered lacerations to his head after falling from being hit in head with pipe. Employee lost consciousness for a short period of time but was well enough to return to work the next day.

Employee slipped in the mud and fell, bruising his tailbone. He worked entire shift & sought medical treatment 1-24-07 and has not returned.

Employee laid torch on its side on corner of washer vessel. Torch fell off washer and hit employee on the head cutting him near his eyebrow.

An unplanned stockpile fire occurred at this facility that was not extinguished within thirty minutes.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A BULLDOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE WAS HOLDING ON THO THE GRAB RAIL. THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY ON HIS ARM CAUSED HIS SHOULDER TO DISLOCATE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING TEETH ON CRUSHER. AFTER WELDING HE LIFTED HIS WELDING HOOD TO INSPECT HIS WORK. THE WELDED AREA SELF SLAGGED AND FLEW OFF, STRIKING HIM IN EYE. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 4-1-99 TO REMOVE EMBEDDED OBJECT.

EMPLOYEEW AS PREPARING TO LOAD COAL INTO RAIL CARS. HE WAS RELEASING THE BRAKE ON A RAIL CAR AND THE SUDDEN RELEASE OF PRESSURE CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL OFF THE RAIL CAR, STRI KIN GTHE ADJACENT CAR AND THE GROUND.

EE WAS CARRYING COAL SAMPLE CONTAINED IN A BAG WEIGHING APPROX 30 LBS. HE SLIPPED AND FELL DOWNA STAIRWAY CAUSING BRUSING INJURIES TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND FOREARM, LOW BACK, AND RIGHT ANKLE

EE WAS HELPING INSTALL A METAL IMPACT PLATE BETWEEN #1 & #2 FEEDERS. A GAP NEEDED TO BE FILLED BETWEEN PLATE. EE WAS PRYING ON METAL TO FILL GAP. PRY BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK EE'S KNEE. EE START ED MISSING WORK DAYS ON NOV. 20, 1996.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A FLY ASH SILO. HE LATER LOOKED INTO THE SILO TO SEE IF ANY MATERIAL WAS LEFT. WHILE LOOKING THROUGH THE INSPECTION OPENING SOME FLY ASH DISLODGED AND HIT HIM IN THE FA CE. HIS EYES WERE FILLED WITH ASH. HIS EYES HAD TO BE WASHED OUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN THE LOAD OUT HE WAS GOING DOWN THE STEPS FROM THE 5TH FLOOR TO THE 4TH & HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE STEP HE FELL AGAINST THE HAND RAIL & SUFFERED 3 BROKE RIB HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 04-20-95 THAT IS ALSO WHEN HE STARTED MISSING WORK DAYS

EE HAD BEEN MEASURING TRACK ON A DOZER HE WENT INTO THE CAB TO GET THE HOURMETER READING HE START ED DOWN OFF THE DOZER WHICH HAD NO HANDR AILS THE DOZER WAS WET & DIRTY HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND O N THE FENDER & HIS LEFT LEG ON THE PUSHARM WHICHWAS COVERED WITH COAL HE ST EPPED OFF WITH HIS RT FOOT WHEN THE LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE PUSHARM & HE FELL & LANDED ON THE GROUND ON HIS KNEES

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN A LINKAGE ARM TO A BEARING. A PRY BAR WAS BEING USED TO LIFT THE ARM INTO PLACE. THE ARM SLIPPED OFF OF THE BAR AND HIT THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGER TIPS ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE FINGER TIPS WERE CUT AND REQUIRED TWO STITCHES ON EACH FINGER.

EE WAS HELPING EE (CONTRACTOR )REMOVE A SECTION OF METAL GRATING AT THE COAL ASH BUILDING AFTER THEY HAD LIFTED THE MET AL UP EE STUMBLED & EE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL HE STRUCK THE METAL & CUT HIS HEAD BROKE HIS NOSE & BRUISED HIS SHOULDER THE CUT ON HIS HEAD REQUIRED STITCHES

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING COAL ASH FROM A RAIL ROAD CAR. THE ASH WAS IN LUMP FORM AND HAND THE DOOR FOULED OPEN. WHILE TRYING TO GET THE DOOR OVR THE ASH THE DOOR MOVED ANDMASHED THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION. STICHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A LARGE WOODEN CRIB BLOCK UNDER A D9 BULLDOZER PUSHARM. WHEN PLACING A SECOND CRIB BLOCK IT SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP, FALLING ON HIS LEFT HAND, CAUSING FINGER TO BE CUT.

REPAIRMAN AND OPERATOR WERE INSTLALING NEW TORQUE CONVERTER FILTERS ON FRONT END LOADER. REPAIRMAN WAS TIGHTENING FILTER CANNISTER WHEN THE ADJUSTABLE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF NUT SURA FACE STRIKING OPERATOR IN HEAD.

SLIPPED ON PIPE THAT HAD MUD ON IT AT THE SCALE HOUSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE A RAILROAD CAR DOOR WHILE USING A SLATE BAR AS A PRY.THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE ANGLED END OF THE BACK STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ELBOW.BRUISING IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A FUEL STAND TO HOLD FUEL HOSE SO OPERATOR WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET OFF LOADER TO FUEL.EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UNDER FUEL STAND AND THE HOSE CAME LOOSE FROM TOP OF STAND AND STRU CK HIM IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD;CUTTING THE TOP OF THE HEAD AND REQUIRING 9 STITCHES.

I.NAME DRIVING TRUCK OFF MOUNTAIN AT EXCESSIVE SPEED.TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT NEVER DID GET IT BACK IN GEAR AND BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED ,LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER 20' EMBANKMENT BROKE LEG AND HAD 3" C UT ON FOREHEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CONVEYOR PARTS FROM GROUND LEVEL TO CONVEYOR ABOVE WITH ROPE. STRAINED LOWER BACK WITH PULLING MOTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON 18" RAISED PLATFORM TO CUT HOLE ABOVE HEAD TO PASS CONDUIT THROUGH. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE PLATFORM, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL, SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSTISTING IN POURING CONCRETE WALL. WET CONCRETE SPASHED INTO HIS EYES. RESULTING IN CORNEOL ABRASION AND CASUTIC BURN TO RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WELDER.FACE AND EYES WERE EXPOSED TO U.V. RADIATION RESULTING IN U.V. BURNS.

MOVNG CONCRETE FORMS AN D STRAINED LIGAMENTS IN L HAND.

EMP LIFTED A RA3LROAD TIE AND INJURED HIS BACK

THE EMPLOYEE SA3D HE WAS OPENING DOORS ON RAILROAD CARS IN ORDER TO CLEAN OUT FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM WITHIN. THE SLATE BAR, BEING USED AS A LEVER TO CLOSE DOOR,SLIPPED FROM CAR DOOR STRIKING EM PLOYEE IN LEFT 7OLLAR AREA. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT. ON 10/3/86, EMMPLOYEE WAS ABSENT FROM WORK. ON 10/7/86, HE REPORTED HE HAD BROKEN COLLAR BONE, BUT, DID NOT KNOW HOW OR WHERE

WHILE HAULING C2AL TO A STOCKPILE, DRIVER DROVE OFF ROAD INTO SHALLOW DRAINAGE DITCH ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS. TRUCK S LEFT FRONT TIRE HIT RAMP FOR TRACK CROSSING AND TRUCK BOUNED TO RIGHT CAME B ACK AND TURNED 2VER ON LEFT SIDE ON TOP OF CROSSING. DRIVER BROKE LEFT WRIST.