Prep Plant #2: 319 MSHA citations Coal

EE was attempting to unlatch his tailgate when the tailgate released and the truck moved backing onto the EE's foot, causing injury to his right foot.

Employee was carrying an acetylene bottle and had a sharp pain in his lower back that caused him to drop to his knees.

Removing a 6 inch pipe when the exsisting hanger failed to hold the weight of the old pipe and fell landing on right leg.

Employee was removing a 3" pipe. Pipe was hung up and when the employee broke it loose his left hand was pinched between pipe and column. Cut left finger requiring stitches.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNCLOG A COAL CHUTE WITH A SHOVEL WHEN A PIECE OF COAL BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING A FRACTURE.

EE WAS REMOVING A TRANSMISSION PUMP ON A 773B HAULER IN A SLIGHTLY ENCLOSED AREA. THE PUMP UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE FREE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT THIGH. INITIALLY HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT BUT THREE WEEKS LATER HIS LEG WAS SORE AND HE REQUESTED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. DR RELEASED HIM TO REGULAR DUTY BUT PUT HIM ON LIGHT DUTY AFTER SECOND FOLLOW UP.

THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE EE WAS PLACING THE BOOM BRACKET STAND BACK INTO ITS ORIGINAL SLOT. WHEN THE BRACKET SLIPPED INTO PLACE HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BRACKET & THE BED OF THE TRU CK CAUSING THE LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIRING THE STITCHES.

THE EE HAD AN INCIDENT REPORTED AS A FIRST-AID CASE ON 06-14-02 WHEN HE REPORTED TO HAVE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. EE STATED THAT HE CONTINUED TO HAVE INTERMITTENT RIGHT KNEE PAIN. HE WAS SENT T O SEE AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST WHICH SCHEDULED HIM FOR SURGERY ON 11-01-02. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AND EE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 11-01-02.

EE HAD LOADED A COAL SAMPLE INTO PICKUP TRK BED.WHILE SHUTTING THE TAILGATE HIS INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRUCK BED AND TAILGATE CAUSING A LACERATION TO TIP OF FINGER.

CARRYNG SCRAP METAL FROM MAGNET FROM #7 FLOOR TO#5 FLOOR DOWN STEPS. ON THE 6TH TRY EXPERIENCED PAININ BACK. DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 8/6/99 WAS RETURNED TO WORK 8/9/99 RESTRICTED

WAS REMOVING RADIAL ROD FROM REFUSE AFTER USING HAMMER AND PIPE WRENCH AND MASHED FINGER WITH HAMMER. DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 5-7-99 AND WAS DIAGNODE WITH FRACTURE OF LITTLE FINGER, RETURNED TO WORK W/ NO RESTRICTION.

HELPING WITH MAINTENANCE ON DAY SHIFT(REGULAR EVE SHIFT EE)USING PINCH BAR TO MOVE 75HP MOTORFELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. WENT TO SEE DR ON 8/11/98 AND RETURNED TO WORK RESTRICTED SAME DAY

WHILE DISMOUNTINE FROM MACHINE, FOOT SLIPPED. LEG WENT BETWEEN STEP AND COUNTERWEIGHT. TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH LEFT HAND, HIT STEP AND CUT PALM OF LEFT HAND AND BRUISED LOWER LEFT LEG.

WAS OPERATING BACKHOE, TRAMMING TO LOCATION TO UNLOAD PUMP. WHILE IN ROUTE EE DROPPED BUCKET ON BRIDGE TO REMOVE SNOW. BUCKET CAUGHT A PIECE OF BRIDGE DECKING BRING BAKCHOE TO IMMEDIATE STOP. EE WAS WEARING SEAT BNELT AND JAR RESULTED IN HOLE IN LOWER LIP OF FACE.

EE TURNED AROUND TO PUSH BUTTON ON PANEL BOARD TO START BELT, SLIPPED ON OIL ON FLOOR AND CAUGHT HIMSELF ON CHAIN RESULTING IN BACK PAIN.

ILLNESS CONTINUATION OF ILLNESS THAT OCCURRED ON 3/7/94 WHEN EE WAS DISGNOSED WITH DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE EE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM ON 1-22-95 WITH BACK PAIN AND WAS REFERRED TO REGULAR DR ON 1-23-95. EE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FOR WORK.

ILLNESS-EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY FO BACK STGRAIN AND ON 3-7-94 EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED AS LOW BACK PAIN, SECONDARY TO DEGENERATIVE DISC DISESE, AND POSSIBLE HERNIATED DISC.

ILLNESS EE WAS GRINDING DAMS OFF OF A SCREEN AND WAS USING A RESPIRATOR AND FAN WHEN HE SAID HE HAD A HARD TIME BREATHING. EE HAS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH H YPERSENSITIVITY PENUMONITIS AS A RESULT OF EXPOSURE TO CHEMCIALS AT WORK HOWEVER PARAMONT COAL CORPORATION DOES NOT VOLUNTARILTY ACCEPT RESONSIBLITY ATTACHMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BOARD (WHICH HAD A NAIL IN IT) FROM THE GROUND AND THE NAIL ALLEGEDLY PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 5-20-92. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES.

OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP TO DUMP REAR END OF HAULER SLED OVER CAUSING FRONT TO RAISE AND FLIP OVER ON DRIVER S SIDE CAUSING OPERATOR TO HIT HEAD ON FRAME OF CAB.

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A NEW HAMMER RING (WEIGHT 40LBS) ON RING SHAFT ON COAL CRUSHER AS EMPLOYEE MOVED HIS HAND AWAY HAMMER RING SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS THUMBNAIL

INJURED HAD BEEN REMOVING 1 INCH WIRE ROPE CABLE FROM CARS. HE PICKED UP HOOK ON THE END OF CABLE AND CARRIED IT ABOUT 5 FT AWAY FROM TRACK, WHEN HE PULLED ON CABLE IN ORDER TO MOVE FROM TRACK SCALES HE ALLEGEDLY EXPERINECED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING ENTRY GATE TO THE PREP PLANT COMPLEX WHEN THE GATE STARTED DRAGGING IN THE GRAVELS AND JAMMED UP,THUS THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

THIS MAN SAID HE WAS DROPPING 3 LOADED RAIL CARS USING A DOUBLE BRAKE TO SLOW THE CARS. THE WAS STANDING ON REAR CAR AND AS HE TURNED BRAKE WHEEL ON FRONT CAR, HIS LEFT SHOULDER ALLEGEDLY DISL OCATED. THIS MAN DID NOT GO TO THE HOSPITAL UNTIL 7/26/90.

EE WAS WELDING OVERHEAD ON 12 INCH PIPE. HE WAS LOOKING UP WITH DARK LENS ON WELDING HOOD AND FLIPPED THE LENS DOWN. THUS SOMETHING DIRT OR PIECE OF METAL ALLEDGEDLY FELL IN HIS RIGHT EYE. EE ALSO HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS MIXING ANIONIC POLYMER (FLOCCULANT) WITH WATER INTO THE MIXED TANK AND SOME OF THE FLOC ALLEGEDLY SPLASHED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE, THUS CAUSING A BURNING SENSATION.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING PLACE A DRIVE MOTOR WHEN THE CABLE CAME LOOSE AND THE MOTOR FELL FROM HOIST AND LANDED ON THE BASE WHERE THE MOTOR WAS GOING TO SET. THE FEET OF THE MOTOR B ROKE OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE THUS CAUSING LACERATION.

INJURED SAID HE WAS SAMPLING COAL USING A STATIONERY SAMPLER AS THE PAN PASSED THROUGH THE FLOW OF COAL HE ALLEGEDLY LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL FORWARD OVER THE HANDRAIL TO THE GROUND-12FT BELOW

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOR TO RAILROAD GONG WHEN THE PINCH BAR SLIPPED OUT AND ALLEGEDLY HIT HIS UPPER LIP, THUS CAUSING A LACERATION.

EE WAS GRINDING ANGLE IRON IN VISE, WHEN THE GRINDER STRUCK WEBBING OF ANGLE IRON, THUS KICKING GRINDER BACK. GRINDER ALLEGEDLY STRUCK EE CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT WRIST.

LOWERING HAULER BED STOPPED ABRUPTLY CAUSING INJ TO STRIKE HER NOSE AND MOUTH AGAINST STEERING WHEEL OF HAULER

AFTER REMOVING HIS GLOVES EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY CUT HIS FINGER WHILE HELPING LIFT A 30-LB STEEL RAIL.

THIS MAN SAID HE WAS CUTTING BOLTS FROM DOZER BLADE WHEN OXYGEN HOSE BURST CAUSING BURN TO HIS RT HAND

THIS MAN SAID HE WAS WALKING TOWARD LOADOUT WINDOW WHEN A FELLOW EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIM CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL INTO THE WINDOW THUS BREAKING WINDOW AND CAUSING LACERATIONS TO FA CE

INJ STATED THAT HE BENT OVER TO TRACK TORCH ON METAL PLATE THUS EXPER. SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.

THIS MAN WAS CHANGING FILTER SECTORS WHEN HE EXPERINCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.

THIS MAN SAID H9 WAS CLEANING DRYER & H AD HIS CAP LIGHT CORD IN HIS MOUTH TO HOLD A LIGHT SO HE COULD SEE. BATTERY OF WHEAT LIGHT VIBRATED OFF MACHINE PULLING OUT 2 LOWER FRONT TEETH.

THIS EMPLOYEE S5ID HIS CO-WORKER STEPPED ON THE FRAME OF A VIBRATOR CAUSING IT TO RAISE UP CATCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB

MASHED HIS HAND3BETWEEN A BELT CLAMP AND WELD ER WHIE LWORKING IN THE BACK OF A WELDING TRUCK

THIS MAN SAID H9 WAS GOING TO HOOK UP TORCHES IN THE BACK OF WELDING TRUCK WHEN HE TRIPPED AND STRUCK HIS SIDE AGAINST BED OF TRUCK

WHILE USING A G9INDER, PIECE OF RUST FROM THE METAL BEING GRINDED FLEW INOT EYE WAS WEARING SAFTTY GLASES

LIFTING SCREEN 0ROM VIBRATOR WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMP WAS PRYING 6ELT ROLLER WITH SLATE BAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ABOVE HIS RT EYE

WHILE INSTALLIN1 A BOLT ON A PUMP COVER THE SOCKET SLIPPED AND STRUCK LITTLE FINGER NOT REPORTED TO SAFETY DEPT UNTIL 03 2 87 E.R DR SUTURED AND PRESCRIBED CECLOR

THIS MAN WAS CL9ANING BELTLINE & STRUCK HIS RT HAND AGAINST BELT COVER INJURING HIS RT FOREFINGER.

THIS MAN SAID HE WAS SHOVELING BELT WHEN A PIECE OF MUD FLEW FROM BELT STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

THIS MAN WAS HELPING MOVE A PLATE (PART OF CHUTE LINING) WHEN METAL CLIP HE WAS USING FOR A HANDLE BROKE OFF ALLOWING PLATE TO FALL STRIKING HIS FOOT

THIS MAN SAID HE WAS HELPING REMOVE A SCREEN FROM COAL VIBRATOR WHEN HE EXPERENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK.

THIS MAN WAS TRYING TO TIGHTEN A BOLT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON RT SIDE EXPERIENCING PAIN IN LOWER BACK HE WENT OT DR ON 9 5 84 AND RESUMED WORK ON 9 5 84 THIS BECAME REPORTABLE ON 9 14 84

THIS MAN WAS TROUBLESHOOTING BELT STARTER WHEN HIS SCREWDRIVER TOUCHED ENERGIZED POWEWIRE RESULTING IN FLASH BURN TO HANDS & FACE.

THIS MAN SAID HE WAS CLOSING GATE & STRUCK HIS HEEL WITH GATE.

THE MAN SAID HE WAS USING A GRINDER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE BY A FLYING PARTICLE.