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November 29, 2011 AL · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Fuels No 5 LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE Got off the Trackhoe to help load the pipe into the Fusing Machine. His Foot got stuck in the mud causing him to lose his balance. Upon losing his balance, his left ankle rolled to the inside causing the injury

July 25, 2011 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Covol Fuels No 5 LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Draining pipe from screen bowl to froth feed and got spider bit on right hand.

July 9, 2011 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Covol Fuels No 5 LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee strained his back unloading the cable from the pallet on the tailgate of the truck.

June 25, 2011 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Covol Fuels No 5 LLC · Contact with electrical current

EE was assisting B & G service technician with replacement of impeller & housing on #5 underflow booster pump. EE was standing 4' from service truck when lightning struck the CB antenna on truck knocking EE to ground.

June 26, 2010 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Fuels No 5 LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was climbing down the ladder of the WA 500 with wash hose in hand and slipped hitting his left knee on the step below.

June 3, 2010 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Fuels No 5 LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Cleaning up mud & spillage around plant feed belt with skidsteer - put foot on bucket to exit the machine and right foot slipped and he fell over bucket - right knee hyper extended

May 18, 2009 AL · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Covol Fuels No 5 LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Getting cables to put together to pull pipe out of water. While putting clevis on pipe, pushed the clevis too hard and it gave way mashing left hand index finger in between clevis and pipe. The result is a broken finger.

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