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While exiting the read door on the engineer side of locomotive #1200 to set the hand brake the employee stumbled down the two steps to the cat walk. The employee was carrying a lunch bucket therefore had no way to catch self resulting in a broken right leg and fractured right ankle. The area was dry and had zero moisture accumulation. Area was well lit. Approximately 47F out.

EE backed up to coal pile at Quincy Dock to dump a load of coal. EE raised EE's bed about 2 stages and the tailgate did not release. At that time EE lowered the bed but the dump bed was leaning too much and the truck turned over - truck and trailer both damaged, EE sustained 2 broken ribs and a bruised leg.

An employee was cleaning out a chute on the #1 river belt. While doing so, the employee accidentally turned on the valve of a water hose and the water hose was inadvertently angled toward the employee's face. When the second valve was turned on, the hose sprayed water into the employee's eyes, causing an eye injury.

Employee was mounting locomotive 413 and as EE was ascending the locomotive stairs, the employee felt a pop in the right calf area. EE was evaluated at ER and given time off until follow up with Ortho. Ortho prescribed PT for a calf strain and degenerative conditions of the knee.

Employee finished shift, changed clothes, left shower house and stumped toe on parking lot steps and broke big toe. Employee must follow up with Ortho.

Overland Belt Fire. Belt caught fire, possibly due to a faulty roller, after being shut down for lunch. The belt structure, belt, rollers and electrical equipment will need repaired/replaced.

Employee was attempting to reposition a trough roller which was located inside a skid steer bucket. When the employee pulled on the roller they felt a strain in the left bicep. First Aid given, x-rays (negative). MRI ordered on 6/13/19 which revealed a slight tear in the bicep tendon. Employee referred to Ortho for further evaluation. No lost time, No restrictions currently.

Employee tripped and stumbled over a pallet in the maintenance shop yard and struck the front bucket of a parked backhoe causing the fracture of 3 ribs.

Employee attempted to align a railroad switch. When employee rotated EE's torso and exerted the appropriate amount of force to move the switch handle to the opposite position, EE's right foot slipped off of the cross tie into the adjacent ballast gravel used to stabilize the switch. This caused the employee's lower body to do the splits, resulting in a strain to the lower back.

Working with employee from the mine removing dog bones from a 988G machine to take to shop for repair. Dog bone fell forward hitting and fracturing employees right arm

Employee identified a broken crusher door pin at the rail loadout. After employee and the electrician removed the broken door pin, the employee held the crusher door in place while the electrician left the crusher platform to get a new door pin for replacement. The door then fell on employee's foot.

The employee, with the help of co-workers, was attempting to remove a bad roller. After loosening the roller, it tilted and pinched the employee's finger between the roller and the belt structure. This caused a laceration to the tip of the employee's left index finger resulting in 7 stitches.

EE aggravated his chronic back issues while mounting hill engine. EE stated that incident did not contribute to his chronic back pain, which is managed by meds. EE went to personal Dr. where he was put off until 7/1/15. EE had personal Dr. complete short term disability papers on 5/27/15, but this was rejected by HR. Case was processed as WC on 5/27/15.

Driver fell off scales 5 Ft onto ground. Bruising to left side of body.

Employee was shoveling coal near the truck scales and twisted his upper body resulting in a back strain. The employee had returned from back surgery with no restrictions the month prior (1/14/15). Employee didn't inform management until 3/1/15. Employee was evaluated on 3/2/15 and missed first shift on 3/3/15. This is a lost time accident.

Employee arose from a sitting position while on break and temporarily blacked out causing him to fall forward out of the conductor's shanty and onto the track ballast rock resulting in lacerations to the forehead and chin requiring 1 staple and 3 stitches.

The #1 conveyor belt chute at the Ceredo Dock plugged off with coal. Employee was using a sledge hammer to hit the side of the chute on the upriver side of the middle level of the transfer structure to knock loose the frozen coal when a piece of metal about 1/4x10x34 inches in size hit his left hip and back area, causing a bruise/contusion.

EE maintenance Worker for KCT, on 04/22/2013 at approximately 2:00 pm, was reconditioning roller frames on a 226 D9R Dozer. EE was driving the equilibrium bar pin out, and as it was 1/4 inch from being out, ee placed a bolt in it, and was holding onto the bolt when the equilibrium pin came out and the roller frame fell and pinched ee left thumb.

Employee was attempting to adjust broom bristle on sampler tail piece with pry bar. Pry bar snagged moving belt and smashed employee's fingers between pry bar and belt resulting in fracture to left ring finger and laceration to left pinky finger requiring 4 stitches.

Employee was performing pre-operational inspection of Loader and saw that A/C vent housing above his head in the cab was loose on one side. Employee attempted to snap vent housing back in place and shoved hand through the vent approx. 5 inches and made contact with fan blades resulting in lacerated and broken ring finger on left hand.

Employee stepped down to ground level from the auger house stairs and as he went to turn to the right to leave the area, he twisted his left ankle resulting in a fracture.

Employee was unloading empty pallet from back of mechanic's truck and when he stepped to the ground his knee gave out and felt pain. This is the same knee that was injured in 7/2011 requiring surgery where the employee was off until he was released to return to work on 4/9/2012.

Employee was trimming saplings off the river bank and while in the process of setting the chain saw down the chain saw struck the inside of left leg under knee resulting in laceration requiring 16 stitches.

Employee was walking in the Ceredo rail yard after coupling two locomotives together and stepped on a piece of ballast rock causing him to roll his left ankle resulting in a fracture.

Employee was rolling up a grease hose and in the process the grease gun struck the corner of the bed on the grease truck causing the trigger on the grease gun to depress injecting grease into the left index finger of the employee. This resulted in surgical removal of the grease.

Employee was mounting a parked locomotive on CSX Yard 1 West and slipped bruising his left side ribs and back. Employee was placed on restricted duty by doctor in that the employee couldn't climb or lift greater than 10 lbs for 48 hours. Case turned into lost time due to out company not having light duty positions.

Employee had just dismounted a loader being repaired in the shop area and after placing both feet firmly on the shop floor the employee turned to his right and felt a pop in his left knee. Employee did not seek medical attention until 8/15/2011 and was placed off work for 1 week by his physician.

Employee was working with 7 other employees in the Dump 1 Feeder Room to clean up a large coal spill resulting from a malfunction of the # 3 Feeder Belt. In the process of shoveling the spilled coal onto the belt to clean up the area, the employee sprained his ankle by stepping backwards onto a lump of coal. This resulted in a lost time accident.

Employee was loading a small electrical motor in the back of his company truck and pinched his left pinky finger between the motor and the truck bed resulting in a laceration requiring 2 stitches.

Employee was dismounting a railcar and when his left foot touched the ground he felt a "pop" in his left knee resulting in pain.

Employee was in process of pulling crabline out of water and placed hand in pinch point situation where his right wrist was pressed between the monkey line and boat, ultimately resulting in a bruised wrist.

3 employees were performing welding activities at the same time and in the process one employee was exposed to an arc flash from another welder resulting in temporary pain in the eyes. Employee sought medical attention at an eye doctor and was given one day off of work.

Employee was placing a piece of scrap metal into a loader bucket for disposal into the scrap metal bin and in the process, pulled a muscle in his right bicep area, resulting in two days away from work.

Employee was removing lodged lump of coal with slate bar. In an attempt to free the material, the slate bar & lump fell out of the bin area striking employee's right leg ultimately causing a scrape on the leg. Employee refused medical attention initially, but went to family doctor on 5/26/09 because of redness. Doctor put employee off work for rest of week for infection.

Employee was standing inside locomotive preparing to dismount when a faulty air valve on one of the railcars caused the train to enter emergency mode and stop. This unexpected stopping motion caused the employee to fall inside the locomotive and hit his head. Doctor put employee off for two days.

Employee was attempting to sit down inside company vehicle and in the process, felt severe pain in his lower back. This resulted in a strained lower back and two lost time workdays as per doctor's advice.

Employee had just finished fueling his locomotive and in the process of dismounting the loco to replace the nozzle, he stepped on the fuel hose and rolled his ankle. This resulted in the employee spraining his ankle.

Conductor mounted the cut of loaded railcars to protect the move to the hill, and as he mounted the railcar, pulled a muscle in his right shoulder. Employee was instructed by doctor to be off work and attend physical therapy for a potential muscle tear. Foreman was not made aware of incident until 11/30/2008.

Employee was attempting to enter the cab area of Locomotive 1200 and in the process bumped his head on the low clearance door facing. Employee heard his neck pop and now has a strained neck. Employee was wearing a hard hat. Employee is taking physical therapy for his neck. Didn't learn of the incident until 11/20/2008.

Tech walked into sample building to remove bag and stepped on loose floor grating and fell through with left leg up to shin below knee. The grating returned to position trapping leg. No skin damage; ankle sprain resulted. Grating may have been loosed due to vibration from sampling system or not replaced during recent construction. Grating in walkway path.

Employee was securing barge with tugger wire to timberhead and during this process accidentally hit the remote tugger winch on/off switch with his knee. As a result, the employee pinched his left hand fifth digit finger between the wire and timberhead. Employee fractured the tip of left hand fifth digit finger as well as received 3 stitches.

Employee had just finished greasing the loader he was operating. While walking to the shower house to wash his hands, the employee stepped on a lump of coal and twisted his right ankle, resulting in a fracture.

Employee was walking across the storage yard and twisted his right ankle, which caused a sprain. Employee's doctor put him off for 3 days, therefore resulting in a lost time accident.

While mounting a railcar, employee felt a pop in his left shoulder. Employee was given full duty release from local doctor on 5/14, but went back to the doctor on 5/17. The doctor on 5/17 put the employee off work, for further treatment, until June.

Employee was attempting to adjust spotlight on off-loader barge by tossing a rope around the light bracket. During the tossing motion, employee pulled muscles in his back. Employee didn't inform mgmt. that he missed work on 6/25, due to this incident, until 7/3/07.

Driver was instructed what stockpile to dump was in. When driver backed into position to dump. He informed loader op. He was not level enough to dump. Driver pulled forward a few feet and loader op. told him to stop there and dump and the loader op. would spot him (put bucket beside trailer) loader op. alledgedly failed to spot truck and it overturned.

PRB Stockpile on upriver # 4 feeder area experienced a fire. The stockpile fire was close enough to the draw off tunnel feeder belt to ignite the belt. The coal pile fire, along with the feeder belt, were extinguished at approximately 10:10 PM on 8/13/06 by local fire department. There were no injuries as a result of this incident.

EE was installing a new run of conduit. During the conduit run, a bracket from the old conduit needed to be removed. The anchor bolts from the old bracket were loosened & EE tried to pry the bracket the rest of the way out of the wall. At this time, the bracket fell and grazed EE's left index finger, resulting in a laceration requiring 3 stitches.

EE was tightening an anchor bolt on a counterweight guide beam. The crescent wrench he was using slipped off of the anchor bolt, causing EE to hit an adjacent anchor with his right fifth digit finger. This resulted in a bruise to the finger and EE was given 3 days off by his attending physician, therefore resulting in a lost time accident.

Employee was dropping a loaded barge down river. While doing this the employee was climbing the ladder access to the dock barges and at the same time the tipple operator was starting to hoist up the barge cable. EE's foot was caught between the ladder rung and the winch cable, which resulted in EE's left foot being broken.