Roxana Prep Plant: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Employee was lifting dryer basket to remove socket from underneath when he felt pain in his back.

Employee was removing metal that had been cut from the floor when it slipped and caught his thumb between the handrail and piece of metal. He received a laceration that required stitches.

Employee struck his foot on a piece of steel, cutting his right boot and foot.

Employee was removing vegitation from area around a waterline at the plant entrance to splice waterline when a weed struck him in the left eye.

EE stated he was in the process of examining the primary sampler for the clean coal loadout, while moving the metal that was next to the sampler cutter guard, the metal fell pinning him against the floor, causing fractures to both legs and his left hip.

EMPLOYEE WAS HEATING A BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE DUST BOX ON A 320 CAT EXCAVATOR WITH A DRILL ATTACHMENT. AFTER HEATING THE BRACKET, EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN THE BRACKET USING A LONG PIECE OF PIPE TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRACKET. EE WAS STANDING IN A MUDDY AREA THAT HAD LOOSE MATERIAL. THE PIPE SLIPPED FROM THE BRACKET & EE SLIPPED, FALLING ON HIS LT. LOWER LEG BREAKING IT.

EE STATED HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL FROM INSIDE THE RAW COAL CHUTE, WHEN THE PIECE OF METAL WAS FREE, IT FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 8' STEP LADDER, HITTING ON SIDE OF CHUTE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. ONE OF THE LEGS OF THE LADDER SPLIT CAUSING LADDER & EMPLOYEE TO FALL. SEEN DOCTOR 10/28/01 X-RAYED FRAC TURE OF WRIST.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO AN OUTRIGGER OF A CRANE, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROX. 4' TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS BACK, HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO LOWER BACK, AND RIGHT WRIST. EM PLOYEE SENT TO ARH FOR EXAM, X-RAYS NEG. FOR ANY FRACTURES, EMPLOYEE MISSED 4 DAYS OF WORK.

EE WAS DESCENDING EMBANKMENT TO GET A SLURRY SAMPLE. HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK, FELL AND INJURED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

WHILE EE WAS WELDING HE SUFFERED A FLASH TO HIS EYES.

EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN COLUMN SAMPLE. AS HE DESCENDED THE STEPS, HE STEPPED IN SPILLED DIESEL FUEL. HE SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A SCREEN. HE LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL BACK. HE INJURED HIS RIGHT HIP AND BACK.

WE HAD PUT A ROLL OF BOLT ONTO THE PLANT FEED BELT LINE. EMPLOYEE WAS BEHIND THE TAIL ROLLER. THE BOLT SLID AROUND, PINNING EMPLOYEES LEG BETWEEN THE ANGLE IRON RAIL AND THE BELT.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM A SPILL. EMPLOYEE LIFTED A SHOVEL FULL AND TURNED, THE WENT TO HIS KNEES HE WAS HELPED UP BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.

EE STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING ON A BACK HOE TIRE. EE WILL BE OFF 2-3 WKS. EE WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE TIRE FROM THE AREA. EE MOVED THE TIRE BY HIMSELF. EE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CAUTIONED ABOU T OVEREXERTING HIMSELF.

EE WAS CLIMBING A COLUMN AND FEL A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A BEAM, ALIGNING THE BOLT HOLES, HIS WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL.

EE WAS STRIKING A PULLEY WITH A CRIB BLOCK. EE DREW BACK TO HIT THE PULLYE & MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST A METAL CHUTE. EE SAW DR ARROZ AT THE WHITESBURG HSP ER

EE WAS PUSHING STUCK COAL THROUGH GRIZ AT THE RAW COAL HOPPER. HE THOUGHT HE WAS ON A SOLID SURFACE. THE COAL BROKE THROUGH, LETTING HIM FALL. HE STRUCK HIS LOWER BACK ON THE GRIZ. E E COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS TO HIS LEGS ON THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY.

EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN BACK ON 11-12 WHILE PUTTING LOADER ON TRAILER. ON 11-14-97. WHILE LIFTING AND TWISTING HE PUT BRUSH INTO THE LOADER BUCKET AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A METAL CHUTE WITH A TORCH A PIECE OF THE METAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE. HE DID HAVE CUTTING GLOVES ON.

INJURED WAS CRAPING A FLANGE WHEN SCRAPEER SLIPPED CAUSING HIS HAND TO SLIP AND HIT THE GASKET CUTTING HIS WRIST.

EE WAS GETTING INTO POSITION TO START BOLTS INTO CRUSHER ROLL WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

WATER HOSE WAS TANGLED AND EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING PULL THE WATER HOSE WHEN HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP A LADDER ON A LOADER AND HE PULLED HIS RIGHT SIDE.

EE SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR, FELL ON RIGHT ELBOW FRACTURING BONE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING ENGINEERING EUQIPMENT IN LOW CAOL. THE STRESS CUASED A STRAIN ON THE LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL SPILLAGE IN THE RECLAIM TUNNEL FLOOR WITH A BUG DUST SHOVEL WHICH IS A #4 COAL SHOVEL WITH A 6 FT. HANDLE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

INJURED WAS CHECKING SOME WIRES OUT OF CARBUTATOR OF TRUCK. HAD HIS TRUCK PARKED ON A 2 TO 3 SLOPE AND HAD BOTH PARK BRAKE AND HAND BRAKE SET. WHILE CHECKING SOME WIRES THE TRUCK STARTED MOVIN G AND ROLLED OVER THIS FEET AND LEFT LEG RESULTING IN A COMPOUND FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT OFF AT TIP WHEN HE WAS INSTALLING A MOTOR ON THE BELT DRIVE. THE MOTOR SLIPPED THUS RESULTING IN THE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN REFUSE VALLEY CLEARING TIMBER WHEN A DEAD TREE LIMB FELL FROM A TREE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.

EE WAS USING A LARGE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BELTS ON CRUSHER PULLING KNUCKLE LOOSE HE HAD PREVIOUSLY INJURED.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE GRIZZLIES OVER THE TRUCK DUMP. HE SLIPPED & FELL HITTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE & THIGH CUTTING HIS ANKLE.

EMPL IN STOOPED POSITION TRYING TO UNSTOP CLOGGED LINE WITH WATER HOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING GUARD OFF HEAVY MEDIA IN WASHER PLANT STRAINING HIS BACK

MINER WAS UNHOOKING CHAIN FROM EXCAVATOR, CHAIN BROKE, HITTING THE MINER IN THE FACE. CUTTING THE LEFT CORNER OF HIS MOUTH, REQUIRING (9) STITCHES AND ALSO CHIPPED (4) TEETH.

LIFTING GARBAGE CAN FULL OF COAL INJ LOWER BACK

FILED FOR COMPENSATION BECUASE OF COAL DUST IN LUNGS.

FILD FOR COMPENSATION BECAUSE OF COAL DUST IN LUNGS.

LIFTING COAL SA4PLE BAGS TO CRUSHER,INJURED RIGHT WRIST"HAS HAD (2) PRIOR SURGERIES ON SAME EXTREMITY"REINJURING SAME NAV. CARPAL BONE IN RIGHT WRIST.

DISLODGED BLOCK OF COAL BETWEEN BARS IN CRUSHER BUILDING RESULTING IN BAR HITTING MIDDLE FINGER & INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND CUTTING OFF PART OD MISSLE FINGER TIP BRUISING INDEX FINGER.

2 BATTERIES PUSHED TOGETHER,MASHED AND BROKE MIDDLE FINGER NEAR TIP OF FINGER AT JOINT.