Keystone Cleaning Plant: 85 MSHA citations Coal

Employee was in shop fabrication splash guards for deslime feed bock to sieve from used belting. He was kneeling on the floor trimming the edge of fit, with a utility knife. The knife slipped and cut his right knee. He was treated on site then transported to the hospital where he received 6 sutures. He returned to work on his next scheduled shift.

Employee was co-worker were replacing hold down strips on a vibrating screen. A support tube was between the two, separating their view. Employee reached under the tube to reposition the hold-down strip and the co-worker struck his ring finger with a sledge hammer.

EE WAS WASHING DOWN THE SCREENHOUSE WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A TRAP DOOR OPENING WHICH WAS LEFT UNCOVERED. HE FELL IN TO HIS WAIST. HE SUFFERED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS LEFT LOWER LEG FROM THE OPEN GRATING AND REQUIRED 9 STITCHES. HE ALSO RECEIVED A SCRAPE AND BRUISE ON HIS RIGHT SIDE WHICH REQUIRED NO MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EMPLOYEE HAS COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS, ACHING, TINGLEY FEELING IN BOTH HANDS AND ALSO A LOSS OF STRENGTH IN BOTH HANDS. THIS ILLNESS HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. THIS IS A RES ULT OF REPETITIVE MOTION DURING NORMAL WORK ACTIVITY. THIS IS AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A CHAIN BLOCK OUT OF A METAL BASKET AND CARRIED APPROX. 10 FEET AND SAT IT ON THE FLOOR IN THE PLANT'S SCREEN BUILDING. IN DOINGSO, HE FELT A PAIN AND BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT SIDE GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING TIME FROM WORK AS OF 09/08/99.

ON 10/20/98 EE REPORTED THAT HE HAS HEARING LOSSIN BOTH EARS. APPROX 6 MOS AGO THE EE HAD HIS HEARING TESTED. AT THIS TIME THE RESULTS ARE UNKNOWN TO THE EMPLOYER. THE EMPLOYER REPORTS THAT HE HAS NOTICED DIFFICULTY IN HEARING SEVERAL YRS AGO. SECTION C NO 5 A,B &C OF THIS 7000-1 REPORT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED BECAUSE IT IS NOT KNOWN WHERE HIS REPORTED HEARING LOSS BEGAN

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING A ROLLER, THE GREASE HOSE DISLODGED FROM GREASE FITTING CAUSWING HOSE TO CATCH IN ROLLER PULLING EMPLOYEE'S HAND INTO ROLLER.

WHEN TRYING TO UNJAM THE CONVEYOR, EE GOT HIS HFINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT & THE HEADROLLER RESULTING IN THE BONE AT THE TIP OF THERING FINGER HAVING TO BE TRIMMED BACK

EE WAS MOVING A FULL 55 GALLON DRUM & FELT PAIN IN LEFT HIP AREA.

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A 4" RUBBER HOSE ONTO A KING NIPPLE WHEN HOSE SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HAND AND THE WIRE INSIDE THA HOSE PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN HIS INDEX FINGER AND THUMB.

EE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE ALONG THE BELT LINE. NOW HE HAS PAIN IN BOTH OF HIS KNEES AND LOWER BACK.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHTANKLE TURN OVER. HE REPORTED PAIN AND SORENESS IN HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON AN INCLINED SCREEN DECKWHEN HE TURNED AND LOST HIS FOOTING, CAUSING HIMTO SLIP AND FALL AND HIT HIS HEAD ONTO THE DISCHARGE CHUTE COVER, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FO REHEAD ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMP WAS WALKING TO MOGENSEN TO TURN ON A BREAKEROTHER MEN WERE HOISTING UP A MOGENSEN MOTOR BASEFOR ANOTHER MOGNESEN AND HAD LEFT THE TRAP DOOROPEN IN THE FLOOR CATWALK. INJURED FELL THROUGHT HE OPEN SPACE INT EHR FLOOR AND INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP. APPROX 1" LACERATION ON RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN A CATWALK (15 DEGREE SLOPE) TO GET A SCAL READING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.