SYNTHETIC FUELS: 59 MSHA citations Coal

Employee carried some paper work to the office from her car and when she made a 2nd trip she slipped and fell landing on her right knee. She reported this immediately, but her knee just flared up recently and she notified the safety dept on Jan 8th and she went to the doctor and came back to work with no restrictions and a full release.

Employee and co-worker were walking through the pump room of the 507 A/B when a discharge pipe broke due to freezing. Employee got sprayed in the eyes, resulting in expansion water getting in behind his safety glasses. Employees eyes were flushed and he was taken to the ER for precautionary measures. He was shortly released to full duty and finished out his shift.

Employee was washing down in the sampler building. He was egressing down the stairs to the next level when he stepped onto the steel landing, it was slick with water and some ice and he slipped and fell twisting his right knee.

Employee was standing on one end of a utility water line when his co-worker applied air to the line to blow the line out. When air was introduced to the line, the line moved knocking employee's feet out from under him. The end of the hose struck the employee in the back. He was sent to the clinic for precautionary measures & was released back to full duty.

Employee fell from truck while exiting and hurt her L-foot. She reported this immediately and finished her rotation. On her days off she became ill with pneumonia went to doc on 13th had foot checked, turned out a small break. I was contacted on the 13th and she was released from doc with illness but had 3 days of restrictions left for foot and could not work.

Employee was flushing a pump with water that pumps a soda-ash slurry. When employee finished flushing he uncoupled the hoses and got some spray behind his safety glasses in his left eye. His eyes were flushed and he went to the ER for precautionary measures. He is released to full duty no restrictions.

Labor tech caught right hand on sheet metal, cut through his glove, recieved small cut and got 2 stiches.

Employee tripped carrying 5 gallons of oil into the oil shed striking his left shoulder on the bucket, pulling the muscle in his left shoulder. He was treated and released at the hospital and has returned to work with no restrictions.

Employee left the upstairs locker room to go home for the evening, when he slipped on the top stair and re-caught himself a few steps below. He returned to work the following day, the 5th, missed his shift on the 6th, but returned to work on the 6th. He has no restrictions.

This accident was reported to MSHA. This employee is an additional injury that just showed up. Employee was standing with 2 other employees when we had an ignition. This employee did sprain his left knee but it did not hurt until 10/04/07. Employee is a control room opeerator seat # 2 and is performing that duty full time No LTA.

This accident was reported to MSHA. This employee is an additional injury that just showed up. Employee was standing with 2 other employees when we had an ignition. Employee got dust in his eyes from the blast. Employee is a control room opeerator seat # 2 and is performing that duty full time No LTA.

Plant was down for repairs; a coal test was performed dropping raw coal into the plant processor. All valves were open when air draft blew coal dust through the process igniting causing super heated air to exit the 504B and the RC601. Employee was standing with two other employees when we had an ingnition. Employee could not hear in left ear.

Mechanic was walking across the plant towards the maintenanve shop, when the plant suffered a power bump. At that time all ground lights as well as the maintenance shop went out. The mechanic tripped over a black skid steer bucket, which was laying on the ground. When landed his left knee landed on a rock, bruising his knee. He did not miss any work.

Exiting fork lift. Snagged cuff of ovealls on window latch and twisted left shoulder.

While cleaning the top of silo #2, employee stepped on a 3" bolt that was sticking out of the concrete. Employee twisted left knee.

Received burns from fireball caused by spontaneous combustion in the dust collector.

Employe performing maintenance on a calcium carbonate pump system opened a ball valve and some of the liquid splashed against a wall and into his left eye.

When employee walked across the lab to help set samples in ADL, she slipped on wet spot caused by employees tracking snow in on their feet. She tried to catch herself, twisted her right knee. Since she couldn't bear weight on right foot, she went to emergency room. She returned 10/12/06 & continued normal work schedule & duties until surgery on 11/13/06. Reportable as LTA 11/13/06.

Was grinding rusty metal, piece of metal flew in eye under safety glasses. Didn't start bothering until that night, continued to get worse and reported the next day. Was seen in the emergency room, the metal was removed and antibiotic drops were given. Returned to work to finish out shift.

Lifting channel beam, it was too heavy and dropped on hand.

After driving dump truck all day, operator reported sorness in his back

Employee was working day shift 6:00am to 6:00pm on the 21st. The neck above the crusher plugged with coal, employee was trying to dislodge a piece of coal when another piece rolled down and pinched his left hand. The pinch caused the skin to split between thumb and index finger on left hand. The injury required 9 stitches. The employee returned to work the next day.

Employee was working graveyard shift 6.00pm on the 23rd to 6.00 am on the 24th - was leaving to start his vehicle at the end of his shift. Employee slipped on some ice and fell flat on his back. Employee returned the next day and left early and called off on next scheduled shift.

Cutting I-beam, he lifted his hood and felt a foreign body in his right eye.

Employees were about to finish their shift when a part of the steel structure gave way causing the employee and the ladder the employee was working to slide 16' and reached hopper openings (which were covered with plywood - the concrete broke through) and fell through and landed approx 20' below the bin bottom floor (to ground level)

Small clearing silo, interior material sloughed and caused release vents in top of silo release

Snowy weather, windy; wet gloves. Jackhammer slipped out of hand falling over onto right foot. Bruised; took 2 days rest.

Cutting support pieces of pipe, cutting wheel bound up and cut employee's right hand.

Employee knelt down to pick up grinder, knee locked.

Pulling heavy control valve with rope, slipped on grating and landed on back, strained back.

DRILLING HOLE IN METAL PLATE, DRILL BOUND UP & TWISTED RIGHT WRIST/ARM.

Dust was received in employees right eye while operating a scraper causing a Corneal Abrasion to the right eye - Employee was wearing safety glasses with side shields but the small piece of dust was still able to get in to his eye.

SETTING PANEL IN CORE VESSEL, HOOK SLIPPED, PANEL FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT.

Picking up Prebar pier cage-Cage got to close to his face and tie wire cut his chin.

Snowing heavily with icy roads and gusting winds

Reached back to flip beam over on grating. Heard popping in arm. Surgery 5/27/05.

SITTING ON COLUMN WAITING FOR BEAM TO FLY IN, WIND CAUGHT BEAM AND PINNED FOOT BETWEEN COLUMN AND BEAM

WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN, HOT COAL PROBABLY FROM THE CRUSHER BAG HOUSE DROPPED ONTO THE CONVEYOR BELT LOEADING TO THE SAMPLE BUILDING. THE BELT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED. THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE STORAGE BELT LEADING TO THE TOP OF THE SILOSAND TO THE BELTS ON TOP OF THE SILOS.

THE STOKER CONVEYOR ON TOP OF THE SILOS WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE REPAIR INVOLVED CUTTING AND WELDING. SPARKS FROM THE WELDING FELL ON COAL SCATTERED BENEATH THE CONVEYOR. THE COAL SMOLDERED UNT IL ABOUT 800 P.M. WHEN IT FLAMED UP AND CAUGHT THE BELT ON FIRE.

WHILE ADJUSTING THE CLUTCH ON THE COMPRESSOR LOCATED ON THE DECK OF THE DRILL RIG, THE INJURED PARTY'S PANT LEG CAUGHT IN THE MAIN DRIVE LINE TWISTING HIS LEG & BREAKING IT.

A TRACTOR/TRAILER WAS BACKED OFF THE TRUCK SCALE INTO THE FRONT OF A 2 TON DUMP TRUCK PARKED BEHIND IT OPERATOR OF THE 2TON TRUCK WHO WAS WORKING UNDER THE HOOD OF HIS T RUCK WAS PINNED BETWEE N T HE TRUCKS BOTH OPERATORS ARE EMPLOYEES OF COAL CUSTOMERS

THIS INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE STEPPED OFF A CONVEYOR AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

THIS INJURY OCCURRED WHEN SHE BENT OVER THE FILE CABINET, PULLING THE LIGAMENT IN HER LOWER BACK. IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT UNTIL THE PAIN REOCCURRED APPROX. TWO AND ONE HALF WEEKS LAT ER.

THE CASUEE OF THE FIRE IS SUSPECTED TO BE EITHER LIGHTNING OR SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.THE SYSTEM HAD NOT BEEN RUN IN SEVERAL WEEKS ALLOWING TIME FOR SMALL AMUNTS OR COAL TO LEAK PAST THE SILO G ATES AND BECOME HOT.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVINGTHROUGH THE AREA CONTAINING STRONG WINDS,RAIN AND LIGHTNING PRECEEDED THE FIRE.APPROX 100 FEET OF 60 INCH CONVEYOR BELT,FOURTEEN IDLERS,ELECTRI

STRUCK KNEE ON RETARDER BRACKET WHEN SCRAPER HIT BUMP.

WHILE CLEARING COAL FROM CONVEYOR BELT ON RETAIL CRUSHER, HE FELL AGAINST CRUSHER. WE SUSPECT PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK AND GROIN.

JUMPED DOWN FROM WATER TRUCK TO GROUND EXPERIENDCED SOME PAIN BUT DIDN'T THINK INJURY WAS BAD IN BACK

HE WAS SPRAYING WATER FROM A TWO INCH HOSE CONNECTED TO A PETERBUILT WATER TRUCK ONTO THE BURING REAR TIRES OF A 772 CAT HAUL TRUCK. HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE METAL OF THE HAUL TRUCK. ALTHOUGH IT APPEARED COOL, IT WAS HOT ENOUGH TO BURN HIS HAND.

EMPL SHOVELING 7OAL FINES INTO BUCKET AND CARRYING BUCKET TO CONTAINER INTO WHICH COAL FINES WERE PLACED FOR REMOVAL FROM CRUSHER FACILITY.WHILE SHOVELING COAL FINES INTO BUCKET EMPL WAS BENT OVER LIFTING S2OVEL FULL OF FINES WHEN HIS BACK BECAME DISLOCATED.

THIS MAN WAS CL3MBING DOWN LOADER ACCESS LADDER AFTER DELIVERING A RADIO TO THE LOADER OPERATOR HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE LADDER CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE LADDER THUS INFLICTING AN INJU RY TO HIS RIB 3

OPERATOR WAS CLOSING THE TRAP DOOR OF PORTABLE BIN THE BIN WAS CHAINED INTO THE BUCKET OF A CAT 992C LOADER WHEN THE OPERATOR GOT ON TOP OF THE BIN THE CHAIN HOLDING IT IN THE BUCKET BROKE AL ALLOWING BIN TO TIP FORWARD THE OPERATOR LOST HSIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND JAMBING HIS FINGER INTO THE GROUND

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