Employee stated employee and another employee were removing a bearing from the top of the load out. As employee pulled on the bearing employee felt pain in employee's middle back. This resulted in a back strain and lost work days. The employee began missing work on 7/11/17.
Employee driving down the hill and wrecked vehicle, went over the hill. EE told the supervisor that steering wheel locked up and gas petal stuck. EE told supervisor ee had cut knuckle and a concussion and could return to work on 2/16/17
A fire occurred in the coal storage silo feeder area, above the Unit 410 Belt Feeder. No persons were injured during this event.
Employee stated that he and another employee were lifting a piece of floor grating into place on top of the clean coal silos. As he lifted, he felt pain in his left shoulder. The employee was diagnosed with a SLAP (superior labrum from anterior to posterior) Lesion and began missing work on 12/9/2014 due to the injury.
Employee stated that he and another employee were carrying a 34"" x 34"" piece of sheet metal up the belt catwalk. The employees foot slipped causing him to fall against the hand rail resulting in a back sprain.
Employee stated that he was walking the catwalk and as he made the 45deg turn to another catwalk he felt pain in his lower back.
Employee stated that he was getting out of the mantrip when he stepped on ice/snow and slipped causing him to fall to the ground and twist his back. This resulted in a back strain. Employee continues to work, but was placed on restricted duty and began receiving medical treatment on 5/6/14.
Employee was diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis.
Employee was diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis.
Employee was diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Employee began missing work on 6/6/2014. Upon returning to work on 7/7/14 the employee provided documentation that he had been under doctor's care. The operator was provided with medical documentation diagnosing the employee with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome on 7/8/2014.
Employee was using a cutting torch and piece of slag went into his right glove burning his right hand. This incident became reportable on 1/6/2014 when medical reports confirmed a reportable injury.
Employee was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome.
Employee was assessed PPI rating of 1.463% of the whole person based on hearing loss.
Employee was diagnosed with hearing loss and assessed a PPI rating of 2.1%.
Employee stated he employee was helping remove a piece of stainless steel expansion metal from the float platform of the pond pump. The metal popped off the bolt and caught employee's right wrist just past the right glove. The cut was approx. 2 inches long. He was treated with first-aid and transported to Boone Memorial Hospital, where he received 8 sutures to close the laceration.
Medical evidence received indicated 6.6% hearing loss.
EE was at work when he felt pain in his back. He was seen by doctor and diagnosed with degenerative disc disease at multiple levels.
EE was positioning a stainless steel chute over the top of the heavy media cyclone sump. The chute was hanging by 2 electric hoists & being lowered into the sump. The area was tight causing it to hang up & it had to be shaken or jarred loose. In an attempt to free it, EE put his hand on the hoist block & pushed. The block then twisted & caused a laceration.
Employee was removing broken belt from the A-side static thickner drive when his hand was pulled against the drive pulley. This resulted in a laceration that required 9 stitches to close.
EE stated he stepped om a slick spot on the floor and fell, he struck his head suring the fall, causing a laceration to the back of his head. EE received 8 staples to close the wound and returned to work the nest shift.
Employee state that after he cleaned out the chute at the head of the plant feed belt, he stepped down from the grating and his foot slipped causing him to fall. He caught himself with his right hand causing injury. He began missing work on 3/13/08.
Medical evidence received 11-26-2007 states 18.6% hearing loss to employee.
Employee stated after refueling his 777C truck he was climbing the entrance ladder in order to enter the operators compartment. In the process of going up the ladder his foot became caught on the third step up and caused him to slip. He stated that he was able to hold onto to the handrail but this caused him to twist his low back. He continue to work until 9/28/07.
Employee stated that he was checking gravity reading on B-vessel headbox on the 5th floor of plant. When he stepped off of the platform his right knee twisted and he fell to the floor. He said he felt pain in his right knee and right elbow.
Upon an investigation was noted: On 1/8/07 at 4PM, EE was told to clean up 276 belt and 275 belt. EE who had been pulling on the water hose, was seen laying on the ground. An assessment was started immediatley and no paulse could be detected. The AED and CPR were administrated until an ambulance arrived at the scene. He was taken to ER and treated for a heart attack.
EE stated he was pulling water hose onto dozer. The hose got hung up on blade causing his right little finger to bend back. The ee continued to work his regular duties with intermittent trauma causing discomfort & swelling. He has been diagnosed with inflamation in his wrist & little finger. X-rays show no fractures or dislocations. He was taken off work 2/5/07.
INSTALLING ROADWAY REFLECTIVE UNITS ALONG THE MOUTH OF JARRELL'S BRANCH BETWEEN THE TRACK RAIL CROSSING & THE POND. EE WAS DRIVING THE UNIT REFLECTOR INTO THE GROUND WITH A HAMMER. HAMMER MISSED THE POST, CAUSING EE TO MASH HIS RIGHT FINGER ON THE TOP OF THE UNIT POST. MEDICAL REPORTABLE ACCIDENT; EE RECD. 4 SUTURES AT A MED. FACILITY. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK.
EE STATED THAT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AS HE LIFTED ON A 1/2"" CHAIN TO APPLY AROUND 42"" BELT. HE WAS ASSISTING WITH UNLOADING OF A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT BEING DELIVERED TO PREP PLANT. EE CON'T TO WORK UNTIL 3/8/05. TAKEN OFF WORK 3/9/05 TO HAVE SURGERY TO REPAIR HPN L4-5. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 3/9/05
THE CLAIMANT HAS FILED A CLAIM WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. THE COMPANY RECEIVED THE MEDICAL ON JULY 30, 2004. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED ON JUNE 21, 2004.
AN ALLEGED ILLNESS CASE WAS FILED ON 02/18/04 THAT APPEARS TO HAVE NO NEXUS BETWEEN WORK AND THE SUGGESTED ALLEGED ILLNESSES. ...THIS 7000-1 FORM FILED TO ABATE THE CITATION #7224600 UNDER PROTEST AND TO RESERVE THE RIGHT FOR FURTHER APPEAL AS WARRANTED. THE EE STATED ON 03/26/04 THAT HE LIFTED ON METAL AND RECEIVED AN INJURY TO HIS LOW BACK.
THE CLAIMANT WAS DIAGNOSED FOR A HEARING LOSS ON 12/03/03. MEDICAL OF THE CLAIM WAS RECEIVED HERE AT THE PLANT/MINE OFFICE ON 12/18/03. THIS IS THE INITIAL OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS CLAIM FILE D BY THIS INDIVIDUAL.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM- MEDICAL RECEIVED 9/19/03 SHOWS THE CLAIMANT HAS BEEN AWARDED AN ADDITIONAL 5%.
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME - CTS CLAIM, RECEIVED MEDICAL 8/8/03 SHOWING THE CLAIMANT FILED THE CLAIM WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF CTS.
EE WAS WORKING ON A PUMP GUARD & FELL WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN, CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE IN THAT AREA.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF SCREEN WHILE WORKING ON PIPE AND FELL, TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING MATERIAL OFF 6TH FLOOR USING A HOIST & STRAINED BACK MUSCLES/GROIN WHEN HE PULLED ON CYCLONE. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 6/22/03.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS REPAIRING AND PLACING A PIECE OF METAL OVER AN OPENING IN A CHUTE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WORKS THE WEEK-END SCHEDULE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HIS FIRST SHIFT MISSED WAS JUNE 16, 2003. MEDICAL RECEIVED JUNE 20TH INDICATES A BROKEN TENDON THAT WILL REQUIRE SURGERY. NOTE: BECAME REPORTABLE ON JUNE 16, 2003.
EMPLOYEE HAS FILED A HEARING LOSS CLAIM ON 5/30/03 WITH WV WORKERS COMPENSATION. THIS EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED VARIOUS MINE SITES WITH WARFIELD CONST SINCE 10/31/95.
MEN ON 6TH FLOOR OF PLANT WERE LOADING/SHOVELING CONCRETE MATERIAL INTO SCRAP BIN & MATERIAL FELL OUT, DOWN TO FLOOR BELOW ENTERING INJURED EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM: RECEIVED MEDICAL 2/18/03, THE CLAIMANT WAS AWARDED 10%.
HEARING LOSS CLAIM, RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT 1-22-03.
EE STATED HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE DOZER BLADE ARM ON 9/20/02. MEDICAL WAS RECEIVED ON 9/24/02 THAT SHOWS DEGENERATIVE HYPERTROPHIC SPURS FROM WEAR AND TEAR. THE EE HAS PAST HISTOR Y WITH ACCIDENT CLAIMS AND MEDICAL. THIS CONDITION IS DUE TO REPEATED TRAUMA WEAR AND TEAR.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM.
SLIDING PLATE METAL SCRAP INTO BUCKET OF LOADER. METAL PINNED FINGERS AGAINST BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE STATED HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A BOTTOM SECTION OF A COAL CHUTE AND A PIECE OF SHEET METAL WHEN THE UNSECURED CHUTE FELL OVER FROM AND ONTO THE CLEAN COAL STORAGE PLANT FEED BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A CO-WORKER IN LIFTING A SEIVE TO ANCHOR OVERHEAD TO BE USED FOR SCREEN INSTALLATION, AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. MEDICAL RECEIVED 7/10/02 SHOWS DEGENERATIVE CHANGES WITH OSTEOPHYTE FORMATION AND DISC NARROWING. THE EMPLOYEE HAS A MEDICAL HISTORY ASSOCIATED TO THE BACK DATING 1976 UP TO AND INCLUDING 2000.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM. RECEIVED MEDICAL JULY 3, 2002.
EE STATED HE TURNED QUICKLY & FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. MEDICAL RECEIVED ON 4-30-02 INDICATES DJS- DEGENERATIVE DISK DISEASE (PRIOR HISTORY OF BACK CLAIMS) FROM REPEATED TRAUMA.
NEW MEDICAL RECEIVED (MRI) SHOWING STENOSIS AND SMALL CENTRAL DISC HERNIATION AT L4-5 AND MINIMAL DISC BULDGE AT THE L3-4. THIS IS THE RESULT OF REPEATED TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH WORK AND TEAR A ND NOT A SINGLE MOVEMENT.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE AND ANOTHER CO-WORKER WERE INSTALLING A BELT ROLLER ON THE #4 REF BELT WHEN HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION. THE WOUND T OOK 6 SUTURES FOR CLOSING.
DEGENERATIVE DISK WITH (OSTEOPHYTES) SPURRING ASSOCIATED WITH BACK PAIN. EE HAS HISTORY OF 6 DIFFERENT INCIDENCES INVOLVING THE BACK SINCE 8/31/90 AS A MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.
UNSPECIFIED BACK PAIN ON GOING. REPEATED TRAUMA SINCE 1995. SEVERAL INCIDENCE REPORTED OVERSTRESSED AND OVEREXERTON STRAINING HIS BACK BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. HE STATED HE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW BUT GETTING WORS. AT THE PRESENT HE IS ON MEDICATION AND SEEING A PHYSICAL THERAPIST. IMPRESSIONS OR AN MRI HAS NOT YET BEEN GIVEN.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LIMA 990 CRANE, LIFTING THE END OF A TUBE CONVEYOR, THE OPERATOR ENGAGED THE INCORRECT LEVER CAUSING THEHEADACHE BALL TO BE HOISTED THROUGH THE JIB,PULL ING THE JIB OVER BREAKING FREE OF THE BOOM-FALLING TO THE GROUND. THE OPERATOR JUMPED APPROX.3' TO THE DECK OF THE CRANE FRACTURING RIGHT FIBULA
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE IS A LEAD IRONWORKER. HE WAS LOCATING, ROLLING/POSITIONING STEEL FOR HOOKUPON CRANE. WHILE DOING SO HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS STANDING ON LOOSE GRAVEL EMBANKMENT-GRAVEL SHIFTED AND EE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
ASSEMBING A TUBE CONVEYOR - DRAWING TWO FLANGES TOGETHER USING A C-CLAMP - A METAL WEDGE WAS USED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE ANGLE. THE WEDGE SHOT OUT STRIKING EE OVER HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE PLANT AT THE B SIDE 1/2 BY 0 PUMP. THERE IS A SIDE DITCH BESIDE THE B SIDE 1/2 BY 0 SUMP, AND THE GRATING WAS REMOVED FOR CLEAN ING PURPOSES. HE FORGOT THAT THE GRATING HAD BEEN REMOVED AND STEPPED INTO THE DITCH, HURTING HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE FELL.
EE STATES THAT AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT, HE LEFT THE CENTRAL OPERATOR'S ROOM AND WENT TO THE ELEVATOR, RODE THE ELEVATOR TO THE FIRST FLOOR AND WAS EXITING THE OUTSIDE DOOR WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SMALL PIECE OF METAL LYING ON THE ASPHALTED AREA. WHEN HIS FOOT CONTACTED THE PIECE OF METAL, IT CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE AND ANKLE. INDIVIDUAL HAD ARTHROSOPIC SURGERY ON THE SAME KN
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS PUSHING SKIRT RUBBER BACK IN PLACE ON THE TAIL OF THE #2 REFUSE PILEBELT WITH A SHORT ROOF BOLT WHILE THE BELT WAS OPERATING. THE RUNNING BELT CONVEYER GRABBED THE ROOF BOLT HE WAS PUSHING THE SKIRT RUBBER WITH AND JERKED IT OUT OF HIS HAND. THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLT CAME AROUND AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT FINGERCAUSING A SMALL LACERATION. 4 SUTURES.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENT OF REMOVING THE OUT-OF-SERVICE CLEAN COAL FILTER ON THE 2NE FLOOR OF THE PLANT. HE HAD REPORTED TO THE LOCATION AT THE START OF HIS SHIFT AND WAS PRE PARING TO DISASSEMBLE THE UNIT. HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF TOE-BOARD ABOUT 5-6' LONG AND TOSSED IT OUT OF THE WORK AREA. WHEN HE TOSSED THE THIN PIECE OF METAL, IT REAKED ACROSS THE PALM OF HIS