LEWISBURG PLANT: 126 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was working to remove a pulley from the shaft of an air compressor in the bone yard to retrieve the air line. Employee used a wedge and hammer to push the pulley away from the shaft. As the employee removed from the wedge, the pressure pushed the wedge back up and struck the employee in the mouth breaking two front teeth.

Operator was lifting a 5 gallon container of rock oil about shoulder height to fill a tank which has led to a lower back problem.

During crusher maintenance. The employee first removed the center plate which allows the shoes to be knocked out. As the shoe was placed along the top edge of the crusher it began to slide forward. In an instinctive move the employee reached out to catch the shoe resulting in the shoe mashing the tip of the employee's right pinky finger against the inside of the crusher.

Employee had been transporting water to fill the pond used by the wash plant. On EE's second trip as EE attempted to spray the water from the front sprayers into the pond, the truck moved forward over the berm into the pond. The employee exited the truck through the side door and made EE's way to the water's edge. EE sustained a cut on EE's right ear.

Employee was welding and lifted his shield to chip. A piece of slag went into his eye-lid. The slag was removed and he worked the remainder of the shift. The next day he came to work at 4pm and worked until approximately 9pm. At 9pm while rubbing his eye and it became irritated so he went to Greenbrier Medical Center and was told he had a corneal abrasion.

Replacing compressed gas cylinder from service truck. He began moving it by rotating the cap when the cap came off the bottle and hit him in the tooth. The tooth has chipped and had to be capped.

Miner was cleaning the windshield of a 990 FEL when he slipped and fell to the ground roughly 10-12 feet breaking his femur into his pelvis bone. Was rushed to the hospital and put straight into surgery the next day.

The person injured was operating the water truck and while driving down the road the truck shifted gears as the operator hit a pothole in the road. This is when the operator reported that he hurt his back. The operator went to the hospital and missed the next two days of work before returning on the 3rd day.

Operator was prying on a large rock in the pit, he alleged his bucket slipped off and jarred the machine throwing him forward. Made a comment his back wasn't feeling great to the leadman but continued working until 7/15 when the doctor told him to take time off.

Injured employee was operating a front end loader on the load out yard. He hit a pot-hole and immediately felt pain in his upper back. He is out of work waiting for a MRI.

Employee was tightening wear plates on a front end loader. The employee performed the work kneeled down on one knee. As the employee stood back up, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. The employee had re-aggravated an injury from April of 2006. The employee missed one day of work due to the strain and is currently on restricted duty until mid September.

A mechanic was checking the tire pressure on a dump truck (on highway) when the tire blew off the wheel rim, causing the wheel rim to strike the mechanic in the right hand. The tire was in a wheel cage when the tire and rim separated. The mechanic was required to get stitches.

Employee was at the plant installing a shaft. Felt something in his back "twitch". Employee did not mention the injury until 04/06/2006 to report the injury. Employee said his back has been hurting him since the injury. The injury has just recently become reportable due to appointment with a neurosurgeon resulting in loss of 1 day and Rx medication.

Employee was stripping in the pit, against the supervisor orders. Instead of moving the stripping piles he was digging into the wall repeatedly, a rock fell hitting the loader bucket. Damages to the loader are >$20000. He told management by phone he was having neck pain, going to the doctor. Refused to take a drug test. 7/11/2005: turned in his handbook and uniforms.

employee was using a bucket truck to access BC-2. The bucket cable broke, bucket fell to the bed of the truck. Employee continued to work, has since seen physician, monitored by physician and now needs surgery on 1/23/2006. This incident has just become reportable, which explains the gap in time between occurance and reporting. Has not missed any time.

RUNNING 988F LOADER MOVING A BIG ROCK WHEN BUCKET TEETH SLIPPED OFF. BUCKET HIT ANOTHER ROCK JARRING EMPLOYEE'S BACK.

ASSOCIATE HAD COMPLETED CHANGING TIRE ON EQUIPMENT AND WAS CHAINING BLOCKS BACK ONTO TRUCK WHEN CHAIN TENSIONER KICKED BACK AND HIT ASSOCIATE IN FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON DRILL WITH A PRY BAR. THEPRY BAR SLIPPED RUNNING INTO MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. LACERATION OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER OCCURRED.

EE WAS DRIVING A CHIM INTO A TRACK HOE BUCKET WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL. PIECE OF CHISEL BROKE AND WENT INTO UPPER RIGHT LEG.

STOPPED TO THROW ROCK OUT OF HAUL ROAD,CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER. 4 SUTURES TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

WAS REACHING UNDER #1 BELT STONE FLOW TO GET STONE SAMPLE, STANDING BACK AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT LARGE ROCKS FROM STRIKING BODY.

CHANGING SCREENS ON PLANT DIRT IN EYE

WAS SHOVELING. TWISTED BACK CAUSING A SUDDEN, SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK THAT RADIATED TO LEGS AND SHOULDER.

LIFTING & MOVING SCREENS

LOW BACK STRAIN- THREADING HOLES FOR 1 1/2 BOLT- WAS SITTING ON A STOOL.

LIFTING THE GRILL OF A EUC

EMPLOYEE FELL OFF A SCREEN LANDED ON LEFT LEG/ANKLE WITH HIS BODY WEIGHT & TWISTED LEG

RUNNING DOZER OVER ROUGH SURFACE.