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While replacing a blower motor on a Komatsu D65 Dozer in the repair shop, employee was standing on the right track of the dozer. The access panel of the floor board was on the dozer deck leaning on the open cab door. The access panel slid off the deck hitting employees right outside work boot.

While installing a new piece of C Channel on the Prep Plant, employee pushed on C Channel, employees left pinky finger was caught between C Channel and wall of Prep Plant. C Channel cut through their glove to finger, resulting in 1 1/2 cut to left pinky finger, requiring 5 stitches.

Two employees working in a 125 foot man lift, replacing tin siding on Prep Plant. Injured was holding tin, man lift lowered, when stopped it bounced, causing injured employee's right hand to hit safety rails on man lift. Top of tin cut right middle finger.

Injured was using a sanding wheel on grinder to prep hand rails to be painted inside Prep Plant.

Employee's right eye hurt while changing a return roller on OLC-3 Belt

Employee's right hand 5th digit became pinched between a conduit bender and a tailgate as EE and another employee attempted to manually unloaded from EE's truck bed.

Was assisting in maintenance on the A belt feeder and cut his leg on a piece of belt structure.

Employee was spotting new rolls or (cans) for suture installation along side BYC5 conveyor near the #2 feeder. While attempting to place a new roll or (can) on the BYC5 conveyor structure, his right arm came in contact with the top roller, pinching his right arm between the top outside roller and the conveyor belt. The employee was admitted to the hospital for observation only.

The employee was walking to his articulating truck (unit #5368) to start his shift and slipped on the snow/ice covered ground. The employee injured his left ankle in the fall.

The employee twisted his right knee when he dismounted the GMC water truck. The employee began missing work on 1/23/2014.

The employee slipped on the track, jerking his arm and causing a muscle tear. The employee did not miss work until 12/2/2013.

After fueling Komatsu 155 dozer, the employee was remounting the dozer when he reached and missed the handrail grab. He slipped and fell, hitting his head on the dozer track. The employee has a laceration just above his nose on his forehead along with a couple of scratches on his nose.

The employee was seeding the bank at the refuse area. He slipped and hit his head on the rocks. He was unconscious when he was found. He had a scraped forehead and nose. He could not remember the events that led to the injury.

Picked up something and felt pain in lower back.

This incident is being reported as an occupational illness. The employee runs heavy equipment on a daily basis. The employee began experiencing pain in his neck, back, and legs. He sought medical attention for the pain, which was determined to be a degenerative change in his vertebrae. The employee began missing work on January 10, 2011.

The injured stated that he and another employee were cleaning the raw coal bin. The coal fell down, and the employee leaned back to catch his balance. He fell, striking his tailbone and lower back. He did not begin missing work until 9/16/2010.

Operator driving Terex TA 40 haul truck was hauling wet material to waste area onsite backed into dump area. While dumping, the load shifted into tailgate raising front of truck enough to turn cab part of truck over on side. When operator unfastened his seatbelt, he dropped down onto mirror bracket causing it to impale him in his hip.

The employee stated that he was injured when he was taking apart a water hose nozzle in the plant with two large pipe wrenches. He states he had one on the floor and was pulling on the other for about 20 or 30 minutes trying to fix a leak. The employee did not notify the employer of his injury until 3/11/10. The employee began missing work on 3/30/2010.

While sorting C-Channel beams EE tripped over a choker and sprained right ankle.

Injured employee was assisting in moving a 200' stacker under construction. He was holding a cribbing block against the stacker to allow the forks of an Ingersoll-Rand Telehandler to rest against. As pressure was applied to cribbing block, it broke, pinching his right middle finger between the stacker and the block.

The injured was pushing raw coal to the plant's raw coal feed bin. He drove too close to the edge in front of him. As he began to back up, the loose coal under the dozer tracks gave way, causing the machine to nose dive. The blade struck the hard packed ground, launching the injured forward into the windshield area and resulting in the injury.

The employee was standing on the top of the heavy media cyclone pump overflow box. During this time a fellow employee was tramming the overhead hoist across the plant. The frame of the overhead crane struck the victim, wedging him against a six inch plastic pipe. The six inch plastic pipe broke from its restraint, causing the victim to fall to the floor below.

Injured employee removed the quick-threader attachment from a pipe threader. As he went to place it on a work bench the swivel handle from the quick-thread attachment swung around striking injured employee in the groin. Injured employee did not experience much pain until later in the day.

While performing maintenance on #1 primary CMI, the injured employee was rolling a flight assembly on the floor. A fellow employee was attempting to separate a flight assembly from a hub. The assembly slipped, rolling into the assembly the injured employee was rolling. The injured pinched his right thumb between the two assemblies.

Employee was attempting to pry a board off of a new pump grate with a chipping hammer. Employee struck the chipping hammer with a three pound mini sledge hammer, causing a small piece of the chipping hammer to enter his left hand. Please note: Employee did not begin missing work until 4/7/2009.

The employee was replacing vee-belts on the M-5 conveyor. While attempting to roll the vee-belts on, the torque arm moved out of its bracket, causing the employee to lose his footing. He then fell from his position, striking his groin area on either the torque arm hook or torque arm bracket. He fell approximately 8 feet landing in some loose material on the ground.