No 1 Strip Coal

Employee was climbing into loader at beginnning of shift. Went up the steps and stood on platform. Icy conditions on platform caused employee to slip and fall. Employee fell, but caught himself with his hands and pulled himself back up.

Employee was fueling the dozer at the end of his shift. When he was finished, he was attempting to step down from the dozer. He was holding onto the safety bars and going down backwards. When he put his feet on the ground and was still holding the bars, he heard a pop in his arm.

The coal truck driver, just finished loading his dump truck with a front end loader and was exiting the loader via the ladder when he slipped and fell onto the coal pile. He was not aware of any injury at that time. On Tuesday, January 6, 2009 he was taken to the emergency room and after evaluation and tests he underwent an emergency splenectomy.

Coal truck stuck in mud.Loader brought down to help pull truck out of mud.Tow cable stuck on loader between tail light and body.EE dislodged tow cable from back of bumper,it flew back and hit employee in face, causing a laceration to forehead and dislodging front tooth.Accident occurred prior to tow cable being attached to truck.

EE BENT DOWN TO ROLL OVER A 12" X 18" X 4" LUMP OF COAL, WEIGHING APPROX 50 LBS. UPON DOING SO, HE INJURED HIS BACK.

WHEN EE PUT THE PT0 IN GEAR TO BEGIN SPRAYING WATER, A HOLE BLEW IN THE SIDE OF THE NOZZEL ON THE WAND. THE WATER PRESSURE SPRAYING OUT THE SIDE OF THE NOZZEL MADE THE WAND SPIN. THE WAND SP UN SO FAST THAT IT CAME AROUND AND HIT EE A FEW TIMES BEFORE HE COULD GET AWAY FROM IT.

WHILE STACKING AUGERS ONTO A SLED, SOME AUGERS DISLODGED AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEGS KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND BENT HIS LEFT LEG. HIS INJURY IS A BROKEN TIBIA IN HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE COAL INSPECTING IT. THERE WAS A PATCH OF ICE WHERE SNOW HAD MELTED. HE STEPPED ON THE ICE WITHOUG REALIZING IT. HE SLIPPED, FELL AND BROKE HIS ANKLE.