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A hoisted dragline drag blower motor was being lowered down while suspended, the load shifted and made contact with the employee.
Employee was cleaning snow off conveyor belt walkway, after task was completed, employee removed EE's lock from Substation and proceeded to walk away from substation and slipped on an icy area twisted/fractured EE's ankle, weather conditions snowed the previous day, so the 9th was a mixture of snow and mud.
It is believed the employee fell on clay chunks in the pit. The fall caused injuries that resulted in lost workdays. What exactly caused the fall, and the full extent of the injuries are yet to be determined.
Employee was trying to loosen a fitting on a brake accumulator. When fitting broke loose, employee's hand contacted the work bench, and the finger was lacerated by the wrench on the inside of EE's finger. Employee was wearing gloves. Laceration required 3 stitches.
EE was cutting rubber skirting with a box cutter style knife. The knife slipped and cut through the welding gloves they were wearing. EE received 5 sutures to close a laceration on the back of their left hand above the thumb.
The cutoff wheel fractured during grinding, and a fragment struck the employee's right arm, causing a laceration that required sutures to close. The disc had the proper RPM rating for the grinder, and the employee was wearing all necessary PPE at the time of the incident.
EE was replacing a single point lubricator on a plant roller bearing cap. While withdrawing their hand their right index finger contacted the zero speed sensor mount causing a laceration requiring 5 sutures to close.
EE was pushing dirt off a coal fender to bury warm coal when the fender gave out and the dozer slide off sideways. The dozer overturned landing upright on the tracks. EE sustained a 1 inch laceration on their scalp requiring a suture to close.
A coal smoker was discovered in the ramp 20 waste dump. Dozer was walked over to bury the smoker. Smoker was extinguished but took longer than 30 minutes. No people, equipment or property was threatened at anytime.
While tightening the chuck on a lathe for a bogie wheel shaft, the lathe slipped, causing the worker's finger to be caught and crushed between the chuck handle and the lathe.
It had snowed on and off all day and the temperature was 16 degrees. There was snow on the ground where the employee parked their service truck. The employee exited the service truck and started to walk to the shop. The employee slipped and fell to the ground.
Employee was ascending a D11 Dozer and felt a pop in their knee. Employee was diagnosed with a partial tear of a ligament and was prescribed physical therapy on 1/9/25. Employee did return to work.
Employee was prepping a coal sample when felt sharp pain in left hip shooting down their leg.
EE was power washing a drill in the field when they tripped backwards over the wash wand and hit their head on the genset radiator shroud causing a laceration on the head requiring 3 staples to close.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN A COAL CAR AND EE SLIPPED AND FELL.
Chunks of coal were found smoking on an inaccessible bench in ramp 25.
Employee was operating a manlift. During the operation, the man-lift had a mechanical failure that caused the boom to retract into the housing causing the employee to hit their mouth on the handrail.
Mechanic lost balance from the cab floor deck and fell forward on the right-side and landed on the track grouser. The mechanic hit EE's head on the side of the engine panel.
Employee was performing preshift inspection on weld truck. Employee had placed left foot on the rung and was lifting right foot to the top when the ladder rung broke, causing the employee to fall. Both knees struck the front bumper before employee landed on employee's feet. Employee was evaluated before transporting to Urgent Care
EE was boarding a blade when they felt pain and a burning feeling in their left calf muscle. Two days later the calf began to swell and bruise. On May 9th imaging revealed a ruptured (torn) Achilles tendon that will require surgery to repair.
Employee was holding onto a combination wrench while another employee used an impact wrench to tighten bolts on an 18" valve. While tightening the bolts, the combination wrench unexpectedly moved causing EE's right index finger to become wedge between the wrench and valve flange, resulting in lacerations.
Employee was cutting some gasket material with a utility knife towards self. The knife slipped on the material and lacerated EE's left palm below the pinky. Employee found the supervisor who called MRT's and met MRT's at the safety building who cleaned and bandaged the wound.
Employee fell off boarding ladder of Haul Truck. Employee injured their shoulder and was unable to come back to work on 4/26/24.
D11 Track Dozer caught on fire while pushing in the Cast. No injuries. Fire was extinguished about the 30 min mark.
EE was greasing a pin with a pneumatic grease gun when the adapter slipped off the fitting and injected a small amount of grease into the EE's LH index finger. Debridement and stiches were required to treat the wound.
EE was cutting a piece of wear plate off the dragline shoe. When it fell to the ground it cut through EE's boot causing a small laceration on two toes. Stitches were required to close the wound.
CV07 suffered a tear in the splicing with coal loaded on the belt. The head pulley created enough heat friction with the belt not moving to start the belt on fire. Fire was not fully extinguished in under 30 minutes.
While loading a train, and after sitting for a long period, team member's back started to spasm, which led to some pain.
EE was ascending a ladder on a Haul Truck when EE felt a pop in their shoulder/arm. EE was evaluated by an Orthopedic, and was determined that EE tore the rotator cuff.
EE was tightening a nut on the a frame of a haul truck with a high torque gun, when the torque gun came of the nut and struck EE's finger between the gun and the truck frame.
EE was using a hydraulic tool to remove a wheel lock ring on a RTD. The tool slipped off of it's position landing on the EEs Rh index finger causing a laceration that required stitches.
After using a chop saw to cut six pieces of 6'x 1-½" square tubing, an employee was manually unloading the tubing onto a metal table. While carrying and dropping the tubing over a small MIG welder onto a welding table, the burred edge of the pieces cut into the base of the employee's left thumb.
An employee dropped a small piece of AR plate on the side of their knee causing a laceration that required 6 stitches.
Employee was operating a motor grader and the right door started to rattle. Stopped to re-close the door. While attempting to re-close the door, fell resulting in ankle fractures.
An employee was found unconscious and unresponsive in the cab of a grader. The employee was transported to the hospital, and was pronounced deceased due to a heart attack.
EE had just started inspecting down the belt tube when EE hit a patch of black ice. EE's left foot slid and then hit a dry patch in the metal grating causing both EE's tibia and fibula to break about 2 inches above the ankle.
Employee was tying in a coal blast pattern on very windy day. With Safety glasses being worn, a strong gust of wind blew coal debris in employees eye. Employee tried to flush out with eye drops from first aid kit. After shift employee went in with eye irritation and was prescribed Polytrim eye drops for minor corneal abrasion. Employee got full release with no lost time.
While retracting a manual pull/push outrigger for a service truck, an employee's finger was pinched between the outrigger housing and the edge of a base mounted vice on the bed of the truck. Employee was wearing hand protection. Contact resulted in a laceration requiring stitches.
Employee was placing a 75-pound dragline tooth on the edge of the parts boat. The right-hand middle fingertip was smashed and cut.
Employee was using jaw pliers to pull off the jacket from a high voltage cable. pliers slipped and struck employee on nose causing a laceration requiring 4 stitches.
EE started climbing the ladder on a scraper when EE slipped and fell causing a distal fracture to the radius on the left wrist.
The employee used the platform ladder on the right shoe. They were unaware that it pivoted down. In the process of the ladder coming down, the employee was facing the ladder and the stop caused them to drop their knees into one of the steps on the ladder. The employee worked the rest of the shift, but was unable to return to work on 9-16-22, resulting in a Lost Time Incident.
On 08/29/2022, employee was pressure washing model 844K rubber tire dozer. As the employee stepped off the dozer push arm, stepped on a two-inch hose and twisted their right ankle. Released to return to work the same day of the injury. MRI scan was rendered and a complete diagnosis by the doctor, determined that the employee could not return to work on 09/29/2022.
An employee wanted to record a crack on the rail and how much it would worsen as the locomotive traveled over it. The employee crouched down in a baseball catcher position to record. The locomotive approached the location where the employee was position at a speed of less than 10 mph when the corner of the first step landing hit the employee in the knee.
Coal shot started a fire on an unoccupied Coal Drill. No injuries. Fire was put out in 40 minutes.
While cleaning light fixture inside and out, using a hand towel, ran right middle finger across metal flange cutting the tip of it. Employee received four stitches.
Employee was preparing a coal sample by pulverizing it in the pulverizer. When pushing down on the lever with left hand to lower the plate to replace drawer with right hand employee felt a "pop" in left wrist.
2 EMPLOYEES PULLING IRRIGATION PIPE- ONE EMPLOYEE PUSHED AND THE OTHER WASN'T READY -RING FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO PIPE-ALL PPE WAS BEING USED-EMPLOYEES WERE WEARING GLOVES
Employee was dismounting equipment when EE's foot slipped causing EE to land on right hand/wrist. Employee states heard a "pop" and swelling was present. Employee was treated at a local medical facility where it was determined there was a ruptured tendon.
Employee fell while stepping out of a crew van onto frozen ground at the start of shift. The employee was diagnosed with a fractured fibula.