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Miner was mounting dozer for beginning of work day. While standing on the track of the dozer, the miners foot slid off of the track causing the miner to fall, striking lower left back on the bottom step of the dozer. Miner was taken to ER and was diagnosed with a Lumbar Transverse Fracture.

Mechanic performing Level One Inspection on Boom Truck. Mechanic extended boom in the air when a 2"X7" metal bracket that was not secured to boom, dislodged and fell. The bracket struck the mechanics left hand causing a nickel size puncture wound.

Struck by plate steel

Smashed finger between 2 pieces of channel steel

On 10-11-14 at about 0830, an employee was closing doors on empty rail car. When closing the last door on this car the pry bar slipped out of the door latch causing employee to fall backwards and twisting the left knee.

An employee was attempting to use the pneumatic dump on the rail car in the shaker house. As the employee was holding up the lid covering the pneumatic dump box his hand slipped off the lid and pinched his left index finger between the lid and the housing. The employee was then taken to the ER where he received stitches. He returned to work on restricted duty.

Deckhand was loosening barge lines. 2" rope line fed quickly through his hands and the end of the rope whipped and struck his right wrist causing a fracture to his wrist.

An employee stepped down off the stair onto a rubber mat which was covering a drain resulting in the employee rolling his right ankle. The employee did not fall or trip. He left work and called in the next day reporting swelling to his ankle. Diagnosed with mild sprain to his right ankle and given restricted duty.

Employee was serving as "Fire watch" for maintenance related activites, he suffered from heat exhaustion. Employee was taken to the hospital and given fluids the doctor recommended 3 days off to recover.

Employee received flash burns to his left eye while assisting in maintenance. A prescription eye drop was prescribed and an additional eye covering bandage. EE missed 1 day of work.

EE smashed his right index finger while trying to close a railcar door.

Mechanic was getting metal angle iron from rack. As he lifted the 20' long piece he positioned his hands and body improperly. An unexpected shift of the other angle iron pieces resulted in the tip of the middle finger on his right hand being crushed against the metal rack. Tip of the finger had bone crushed nail was damaged and skin split on side of finger.

Employee was cutting a bearing off a shaft, which was laying on the gravel. The employee cutting stepped to his right. The cutting torch passed by the backside of the fire watch employee's left leg resulting in a second degree burn, approximately 3"x5" with quarter size blister.

At apporx 07:45 operator EE while dismounting the CAT D9R dozer twisted his right knee. He was taken to the clinic and released to LLD until his follow up appt in a week.

Employees was trying to start a Caterpillar D9 track dozer, but to would not crack. He opened the battery box cover to check the connections. He decided that he needed to charge the batteries and started to climb off the machine. He used the lip of the battry box as a hand hold with his right hand and the box cover closed on his hand resulting in a cut to his right ring finger.

Employee diagnosed on 6/10/11 with carpal tunnel syndrome be independent medical examiner(IME). The IME determined it was likely caused by work.

Employee was operating a car hoe to unload coal train cars. At lunch break employee walked to the locker room, laid down on a bench and felt a pop in his lower back in the middle. Employee given prescription pain medicine.

Employee stepped off the last stair step onto a chuck of coal, twisting his right ankle.

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to free bridged coal on conveyor transfer chute. Felt pain in his abdomen. Diagnosed with hernia by doctor.

EE had a small piece of metal in his left eye. Metal piece was lodged there without great force as it was at the surface. Piece removed at the clinic and prescriptions given. EE lost 1 day of work. EE was wearing safety glasses at the time of the incident. Winds on the day of the incident were at or near 40mph most of the day. EE was assisting during a grinding operation.

Temp EE put hand in the line of fire while closing rail car doors. Pinky finger on right hand was smashed and required stitches. EE was coached by other EE's in the area on the proper way to perform the task prior to the incident.

Employee lowered himself to the deck of a coal barge on the Spider Basket. Backlash occurred in the cable. When the employee attempted to go back down the basket dropped suddenly and injured the employee. The employee was stopped by the fall protection equipment he was wearing at the time of the incident.

EE slipped in parking lot on ice from a recent ice storm. Initially the EE was ok the EE's back continued to bother him as of 3/4/11 and he went to see the Doctor. EE was diagnosed with sub acute lumbarsacral contusion, strain and pain.

Allegedly employee stepped down off of sampler and reinjured his knee. Contractor was notified of this incident on 1/5/11.

Employee just finished attending a Safety team meeting and was preparing to start his work shift. Employee collapsed at top of stairs leading from employee break area after grasping chest and going into convulsions.

Employee was crossing the coupling of 2 coupled rail cars, his hardhat came off his head and he hit his head on a step on the railcar that was there to access the hand wheel brake.

Employee was attempting to get in the cab of the D10T dozer and as he reached for his next hand hold he missed it and started to lose his balance. He pulled himself back forward with his left hand and grabbed for the hand hold again with his right hand. As his right hand caught hold he heard something pop and then felt a burning on his right side under his ribs.

Employees were attempting to pull direct burial wires thru conduit when employee lost his footing and fell in trench.

While replacing troughing idles along the C-4 conveyor Cora employee started to feel a tightness in his back that continued to get worse until the end of his shift.

A Cora employee was to pull the conveyors emergence stop cord when the section of belt to be repaired passed between marked sections so the belt would stop at a location where it could be accessed for repairs. As the employee pulled up vertically of the emergency stop cord, he struck his left elbow on the corner of an I-beam, lacerating the elbow.

While assisting in the removal of an X-Brace from the top of the T-1 coal transfer tower, a 15' long section by 3"x4"x3/8" angle brace fell, sticking the employee on the top of his hard hat and right arm. The employee suffered a break to the right forearm.

Two Cora employees were working on placing a 3'x 3'x4' section of 1/4" plate metal in place on a conveyor chute they were fabrication. As they were moving the plate into position it slipped off one corner and pinched one of the employees right index finger. The resulting cut in the employees index finger required eight stiches.

GRT Employee was closing a railcar hopper door at GRT#1. He was using a pry bar to close the latch and the bar slipped off the latch and struck him in the left knee

Employee was coming down the stairs of the GRT#4 barge loader and missed the third step. He fell forward and landed on his left leg straining his thigh and knee.

Deckhand employee was working on the dock when the dock winch barge haul cable broke. The cable struck the employee in the back knocking him to the ground, he substained a cut on the nose and puncher to the chin.

Employee was assisting with the installation of a return idler on the c-4 72" conveyor system using a roller guide that the facility fabricated. He was holding the roller guide and as the roller was being placed on the guide by a second employee the roller slipped out of his hands and pinched the injured employee's finger against the roller guide frame.

Employee was operating a Caterpillar D9R (Co #7704) and was in the process of pushing coal into feeder 7711. The dozer fell on to the feeder and upon impact the operator struck his head on the windshield receiving injuries consisting of laceration to head, 8 broken ribs, 5 fractured vertebra, 1 punctured lung and 1 bruised lung.

While pulling off 2 barges to drop in Cora's fleet, employee had trouble with a coupling wire. He was pulling on the wire while the other deckhand was beating on it with a sledgehammer. When that did not work to free the wire, he grabbed a bar and tried to pull up the tight wires. As he stood up he then felt a pinch on his left lower side around his hip.

GRT Employee was leaving the shop at the east end of the building to get into his pickup truck. He stepped on the railroad tie parking block and his right foot slipped off the tie resulting in him falling and twisting his left leg and breaking it.

Employee was working on a hydraulic adjustable skirt chute; the chute activated pinning his left leg between the frame of the skirt and the transfer chute.

Employee was walking around the tailwheel of 7416 conveyor and tripped on the counter weight rail stop and fell.

KMT-GRT employee was knocking railcar hopper doors open at the GRT#1 facility and was stepping from the upper level walkway to the lower level. EE stepped on a chuck of coal on lower walkway and twisted his right ankle.

Employee was walking across the employee parking lot and slipped and fell on the ice landing flat on his back.

Employee was removing tailgate on a Cat 773B Coal Truck, using a three part choker sling and the National Series 1100 crane. The choker was off center, so they set the tailgate back down on the truck bed to remove tension from the cables and readjust them. As the employee was adjusting the cable the load shifted pinching his right index finger between the load and the cable.

Employee was operating a Case 1845C Skid Steer loader and as he ascended an incline at GRT#1 the loader stalled and rolled down hill and struck a steel beam.

Employee was performing a maintenance task in the train-unloading dumper helping replace a trunion wheel. He welded on a temporary bracing to be used while lifting the trunion wheel and the bracing failed during the lift striking the employee in the face.

Employee was washing down at T-2 tower using a 1-1/2" water hose and said that he hurt his lower back pulling a kink out of the the hose.

Employee caught his right hand between a prybar and rail car frame while attemping to close a reailcar hopper door.

Employee was climbing down from a Caterpillar D9R track dozer and slipped and fell on the push arm.

Employee was using a pry bar to close railcar hopper doors at GRT#1. The pry bar slipped causing the employee to fall landing on his left leg, resulting in a fractured left ankle.