PORTAGE PLANT: 208 MSHA citations Coal

The employee was picking up parts to put into the loader for garbage and scrap. When EE picked up a backing plate off the heavy media cyclone pump to get started into the loader, EE felt a strain in the lower back. The individual worked until 4/26/2021.

Employee was laying down greasing discs on tractor when they went to get up they felt a strain in their knee. This resulted in a torn meniscus and a lost time accident.

Walking from Rock Truck to Loader. When EE got to the Loader EE felt a sharp pain in the right leg/ankle. This resulted in a spiral fracture to the tibia.

Taking down a light to replace ballast. Piece of scale came off of beam hitting hand, causing laceration. 2 stitches.

Steam 3 chute plugged up, cleared chute with water hose, threw hose down to next level to clear pan under belt. Needed more hose to reach further and it was stuck on top plate. Pulled hose across my body to free it. Felt pain in left shoulder immediately. Continued working. Went off on April 2, 2018 to have surgery on shoulder.

Moving man made scaffolding to the next work site when one section of scaffolding pivoted and came down on his head. Hard hat was on at the time, when scaffolding came down tipped his hard hat off and struck him in the head.

While using sledge hammer in an attempt to switch over a stuck flop gate, employee caught his little finger between the hammer handle and the lever for the flog gate resulting in a laceration.

Employee was lying on the catwalk reaching out to paint steel angles when he lost his balance and slipped falling through the belt structure landing on uneven ground striking a rock and fracturing his pelvis.

Employee went to check the 4-inch water valve at the fresh water pond. As he turned to walk away, he tripped over the 4-inch waterline and fell onto his left wrist causing a hairline fracture that required a cast.

Employee and co-workers were replacing the motor on the clean-up pump. The motor was hanging on a chain hoist. As the motor was turned from from horizontal to vertical, it slid on the chain pinching the finger of the employee between the shaft and the motor base causing a fracture to the finger tip.

Injured and co-workers were attempting to dislodge filter cake stuck to the inside and door openings of the stacker tube, when some loose material fell from the stacker. Injured was struck by the material, fell and rolled down the side of the 5 foot high coal pile that he was standing on. Injured had the air knocked out and felt pain in his lower back and right side.

Employee was cutting ties off his hard hat using a utility knife when the knife slipped cutting the palm of his left hand requiring stitches

Injured was clearing a return roller on an outside plant belt that was blocked with frozen material. He lost his balance and his forearm was momentarily caught between the belt and idler roller causing a severe contusion to his arm. Injured shut the belt down immediately.

Employee, while observing grates over surface feeder for blockage, slipped and fell causing a mild fracture to his left wrist.

Injured and co-workers were replacing decking material on the main belt catwalk on the previous operating shift. The workmen left this job site prior to replacing a 2' x 8' section of flooring that had been removed. The area was not gaurded to prevent entry into the area. Injured was walking down the catwalk when he fell through the hole falling approx. 9' to the ground below.

Sub-contractor was operating a company owned 50 ton haul truck. At the start of the shift he moved the haul truck with the bed in the raised position. The raised bed came into contact with overhead 15,500 volt high voltage power lines. (per call - driver told to remain in truck until power company arrived at 8:10 a.m to determine that power was off).