1-C Mine Coal

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON A CLAMP ON A WATER LINE WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF THE HAMMER GOING INTO HIS THUMB, THE PIECE OF METAL HAD TO BE REMOVED RESULTING IN 4 STITCHES.

A NON INJURY ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF AN IMPOUNDMENT BREAKING THROUGH INTO AN UNDERGROUND MINE. FLOODING OCCURRED INSIDE THE UNDERGROUND MINE AND A DISCHARGE OF SLURRY EXITED THE PORTA LS OF THE 1-C MINE. THE SLURRY ENTERED THE DRAINAGES OF COLDWATER CREEK AND WOLF CREEK. NO INJURIES OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP EARLY IN THE SHIFT. HE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND SAW HIS FAMILY PHYSICIAN THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS BASED ON X-R AYS AND A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION INDICATES ARTHRITIS. HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS DATING BACK TO 1986.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON A PIECE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WHEN A PROTECTIVE COVER FELL STRIKING HIM ON HEAD.

EE WAS ADDING WOOD TO OLD ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARD AGAINST BUCKET OF LO-TRAC.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON TRAVELWAY ADJACENT TO A CONVEYOR BELT. FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE AND WAS EXPECTED.

ROOF FALL MEASURING 0-7' THICK, 20'W, 50'L. APPROX 600' FROM LYNNBARK.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON #2 LYNNBARK CONVEYOR BELT APPROX. 750 FT FROM THE DRIFT OPENINGS. THIS REPORT IS LATE DUE TO WHETHER IT WAS REPORTABLE.MSHA OFFICIALS WERE CONTACTED AND IT WAS DETERMI NED ON 09/26/96 THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO REPORTTHIS EVENT.

ROOF FALL WAS 60X20FT AND OVER 5 FT THICK. LOCATED 14 CROSSCUTS INBY 2 LYNNBARK CONVEYOR BELT DRIVE.

A FALL OF SHALE ROOF MATERIAL OCCURRED NEAR SURVEY STATION 18186 THE MESUREMENTS OF THE FALL ARE 5 TO 8 FT THICK 20FT WIDE & 80FT LONG

A FALL OF SHALE ROOF OCCURED NEAR SURVEY STATION18146. THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE FALL ARE APPROX 20 FT WIDE, 5 FT THICK, AND 100 FT LONG.

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN AN OFFICE BUILDING. WHEN HE AROSE HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 12-15-94. EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF BA CK PROBLEMS.

EMPLOYEE UNLOADING BLOCKS FROM SCOOP BUCKET. EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL ON HIS BACK.

SUBJECT WAS TRAVELING TO THE SURFACE WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE FELL FROM THE ROOF. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THIS PIECE OF SHALE WOULD HEVE BEEN DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO PREDICT ITS FALL.

AN OFFICE WORKER EXITED HIS WORK AREA ONTO FINISHED CONCRETE AN DSTEPPED ONTO A UNPAVED ROAD. HE CLAIMMS HIS LEFT ANKLE FAILED TO SUPPORT HIS WEIGHT. HE FELL TO THE ROAD LANDING ON BUTTOCKS.

EE WAS HANDLING THE TRAILING CABLE OF A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN A BLOCK OF COAL WAS EJECTED FROM ONE OF THE TIRES OF THE MACHINE.

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A SHEAVE ASSEMBLY FOR A CONVEYOR BELT TAKE UP. THE ASSEMBLY FELL APPROX. 12 INCHES STRIKING THE SUBJECT ON THE TOES OF BOTH FEET, BEHIND THE STEEL SAFE TY TOES OF HIS BOOTS.

SUBJECT CLAIMS TO HAVE SUFFERED A REPITITIVE MOTION DISORDER. THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT IS THE DATE OF THE LETTER FROM HIS ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.

WATER FROM A PREPARATION PLANT IMPOUNDING STRUCTURE ENTERED A SEALED AREA OF THIS MINE. NO EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE AREA AFFECTED AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE.

EE WAS MOVING BAGS OF MORTAR WHEN THE RIB FELL FROM THE TOP OF MINE.

SUBJECT STEPPED ON A PIECE OF SLICK SHALE CAUSING HIM TO STUMBLE AND FALL. REPORT WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE EMPLOYEE INSISTING HE WAS ABLE TO WORK.

DUST BOX HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ROOF BOLTER AND PLACED ON THE FORKS OF A FORK LIFT. SUBJECT BEGAN PUSHING ON THE BOX IN AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE IT TO DESIRED LOCATION ON THE FORKS. SUDDENLY, THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX SLID OUTWARD, CAUSING THE TOP OF THE BOX TO MASH HIS FINGER.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT BETWEEN THE NUMBERS 2 & 4 ENTRIES. THIS FALL IS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT WIDE, 100 LONG AND 10 FT THICK. THE ROOF CONSISTS OF LAMINATED SANDY SHALE. T HE AREA HAS BEEN CLEANED AND PERMANENTLY SUPPORTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND FEEDER WHEN FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LEDGE AND WENT DOWN IN IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE GOING AFTER SUPPLIES WHEN 50-60LB ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A SUPPLY TRUCK WHEN EMPL. RAN INTO A COAL TRUCK.

THROWING PLATES ON PINNER CAUGHT FINGER INBETWEEN TWO BUNDLES OF PLATES.

WALKING BELT LINE STOPPED TURNED AROUND OBJECT HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE. EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW THE OBJECT THAT HIT HIM.

SUBJECT WAS WALKING ALONG AN ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF COAL & SHALE MIXTURE FELL SUDDENLYWITHOUT WARNING STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD

EMPLOYERE WAS STANDING IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAST OPEN BREAK IN NUMBER 7 ROOM,OBSERVING OTHERS HANGING ELECTRICAL CABLE.A PIECE OF SHALE ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT STRI LKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND CHEST.INJURED CONTINUED TO WORK FROM THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT TO OCTOBER 12,1993 ON OCTOBER 13,1993 HE BEGAN MISSING WORK AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.

45506ERE GETTING COAL SAMPLES FROM INSIDE MINE WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE AND LACERATING HEAD.

SUBJECT STEPPED FROM THE DECK OF A PARKED SHUTTLE CAR ONTO A SLICKENED SIDED PIECE OF SHALE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWAREDED A RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS JUDGEMENT DUE TO HIS EXPOSURE TO COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS MARTRIN COUNT Y COAL CORP IS SOLELY RESPONSIBVLE FOR PAYMENT OF THIS AWAR D DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE THE ORDDER WAS SIGNED BY THE JUDGE

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS JUDGEMENT DUE TO EXPOSURE TO COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS. MARTIN COUNTY COAL CORP IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF THIS JUDGEMENT. DA TE OF ACCIDENT REFLECTS DATE ORDER WAS SIGNED BYJUDGE.

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING SA RETREAT MOVE.AS HE WAS STANDING ON THE BELT TAILPIECE WITH HIS LEFT FOOT ON RIGID STRUCTURE REMOVING TOP STRUCTURE,THE RIGID STRUCTURE RAIL SLIPPED ,CAUSING SUBJECT TO LOSE HIS BALANCE.HE FELL APPROX 3 1/2 FEET TO THE MINE FLOOR,LANDING ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED $353.24 WEEKLY DUE TO AN OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY ONE HALF OF THIS AWARD IS TO BE PID BY MARTIN COUNTY COAL CORP & THE REMAINING HALF BY THE KENTUCKY SPECIAL FUND DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE THE ORDER WAS SIGNED BY THE ADMIN LAW JUDGE I NAME LAST WORKED ON 02-06-90 MARTIN COUNTY COAL CORP WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF ANY ACCIDENTS RELATING TO HIS ABSENCE

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS JUDGEMENT DUE TO EXPOSURE TO COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS. MARTIN COUNTY COAL CORP IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF THIS JUDGEMENT. DA TE OF ACCIDENT REFLECTS DATE ORDER WAS SIGNED BYJUDGE. EMPL IS CONTINUING TO WORK HE HAS MISSED NO WORK DAYS TO DATE DUE TO THIS ALLEGATION.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS JUDGEMENT DUE TO HIS EXPOSURE TO COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS. MARTIN COUNTY COAL CORP. IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF THIS AWARD . THIS DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE THE ORDER WAS SIGNED BY THE JUDGE. NO LOST WORK DAYS WERE INVOVLED IN THIS CLAIM.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS. JUDGEMENT DUE TO HIS EXPOSURE TO COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS. MARTIN COUNTY COAL CORP. IS SOLEY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF THIS JU DGEMENT. THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE THE ORDER WAS SIGNED BY THE JUDGE. THIS EMPLOYEE IS CONTINUING TO WORK, HE HAS MISSED NO WORK DAYS TO DATE DUE TO THIS ALLEGATION.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS

SUBJECT WAS INSTALLING POWER CABLES FOR MINING EQUIPMENT AT THE SECTION POWER TRANSFORMER. AS THE SUBJECT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A CABLE HI SHARD HAT FELL FROM HIS HEAD. BEFORE HE COULD REPLACE HIS HAT A PIECE OF SHALE FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE FOREHEAD.

WAS PUTTING GLUE AND BOLT IN BOLTED HOLE WHEN ROOF FELL.

100'OUTBY SPAD #9255 PORTION OF ROOF BECAME DISLODGED FROM MAIN SANDSTONE ROOF.FX SHALE MEASURED 20'X 20' X 5'THICK.5'RESIN GROUTED RODS INSTALLED ON ADVANCE.FALL 1600'OUTBY ACTIVE WORKING SEC TION.NO ONE WAS IN AREA WHEN IT OCURRED.

OPER TELETRAM ENCOUNTERED SERIES OF DEPRESSIONS IN ROAD, THROWN IN CANOPY OF TRAM

VICTIM WAS ASSITING COWORKER IN REPLACING WORN & MISSING BITS ON CONTINUOUS MINER. AFTER WORK WAS COMPLETED TO ACCESSIBLE AREA IT BECAME NECESSARY TO ROTATE AUGER HEAD. EMPL GRASPED BIT BLOCK NEAR TOP OF AUGER HEAD WITH LEFT HAND & PLACED RIGHT HAND NEAR BOTTOM. WITH ASSISTANCE FROM COWARKER THEY BEGAN ROTATING AUGER HEAD. HEAD ROTATED FOR ONE FOOT & CAME TO STOP CAUSING EMPL TO EX

SUBJECT HAD JUST FINISHED PERFORMING REPAIRS TO CABLE REEL OF SHUTTLE CAR & WAS OBSERVING CABLE BEING SPOOLED ONTO REEL. AS TENSION WAS APPLIED TO CABLE SUBJECT'S FOOT WAS SUDDENLY CAUGHT BETW EEN TIGHTENED CABLE & FRAME OF SHUTTLE CAR.

SUBJECT AND CO-WORKER WERE INSTAALING PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORTS IN A LEFT CROSSCUT OF THE NO 4 HEADIND ON THE 003 ACTIVE WORKING SECTION.A PORTION OF SHALE BECAME DISLODGED,STRIKING SUBJECT ON T HE HEAD,LEFT SIDE OF BACK AND LEFT FOOT.THE SHALE MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 2'X4' IN LENGTH AND WIDTH,FEATHER EDGE TO 3" IN THICKNESS.

EMPL POSITIONED HIMSELF ON KNEEES WHILE OBSERVING OPERATION OF CONTINUOUS MINER. SUDDENLY PIECE OF SLICKENED SHALE FELL WITHOUT WARNING STRIKING HIM ON HEAD & SHOULDER RIDING HIM TO MINE FLOOR . HE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN LEFTFOOT. HE STATED THAT HE WAS UNCERTAIN ABOUT ROCK STRIKING FOOT. HE FURTHER INDICATED THAT HE COULD HAVE TWISTED FOOT.

RF BECAME DISLODGED ONE BREAK INBY SPAD NUMBER 9170 FRACT SHALE FELL 4' X 20' 30' .

VICTIM WAS RIDING IN THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP WHICH WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE SURFACE. A SMALL PIECE OF SHALE MEASURING 1"X6" FELL,STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT HAND.

VICTIM AND COWORKER WERE INSTALLING A SPEED REDUCER TO THE MOTOR OF A BELT DRIVE. HH CONNECTED A RED DEVIL TO THE SPEED REDUCER AND THEN HOOKED THE WIRE OF THE RED DEVIL TO A ROOF BOLT DIRECTL Y OVERHEAD. AS HE BEGAN LIFTING THE SPEED REDUCER, A ROCK FELL FROM AROUND THE ROOF BOLT IN WHICH THE RED DEVIL WAS CONNECTED. THE ROCK STRUCK HIM ON HIS LEFT FOOT. THE ROCK MEASRUED 38" LONG

VICTIM AND CO-WROKER WERE TRANSFERRING A TRS SUPPORT BEAM FROM THE SECTION POWER CENTER TO THE ROOF BOLTER,LOCATED NEAR THE WROKING FACE.THEY LOADED THE BEAM ABOARD A PERSONNEL CARRIER AND TRA NSFERRED IT TO WITHIN 4 FEET OF THE ROOF BOLTER.THEY LIFTED THE BEAM AND BEGAN CARRYING IT TOWARD THE DESIRED LOCATION NEAR THE FRONT OF THE ROOF BOLTER.AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET,

SUBJECT WAS AWARD 50% LIFETIME SINGLE EXPOSURE CLAIM DUE TO COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS. MARTIN COUNTY COAL CORP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 60% OF THIS AWARD. EMPLS LAST DAY OF WORK WAS 3/23/90.

VICTIM AND CO WORKER WERE TRAMMING A ROOF BOLTER ACROSS THE SECITON WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EE WAS PERFORMING THE TASK OF HANDLING THE BOLTER S TRAILING CABLE WHILE OTHER WAS TRAMMING THE BOLTER. AS THE BOLTER BEGAN TRAMMING THRU THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT BETWEEN NO 2&3 ENTRIES, HE RELAIZED THE BOLTER WAS ABOUT TO TRAM OVER THE CABLE. HE SPRANG FORWARD TO REMOVE THE CABLE AND FELT

HE WAS HANGING VENTILATION CURTAINS ON THE 003 PRODUCTION SECTION. HE BEGAN SECURING THE VENTILATION CURTAINS IN PLACE WHILE STANDING ON A 6 FEET ALUMINUM LADDER. SUDDENLY THE LADDER REELED FR OM BENEATH HIM AND HE FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR.

VICTIM WAS AWARDED LUMP SUM OF $15,000 AS RESULT OF BEING EXPOSED TO HAZARDS OF DISEASE OF COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS. MARTIN COUNT YCOAL CORP HAS BEEN ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING B ENEFITS. VICTIM LAST WORKED ON 2/01.

..PARKED CONT.MINER AND BEGAN CHANGING BITS IN RIPPER HEAD.TURNING RIPPER HEAD MANUALLY BY PLACING LEFT FOOT AND BOTH HANDS ON BIT LUGS AND PULLING DOWN.FELT SUDDEN PAIN IN LOWER BACK REGION.

SUBJECT WAS AWARDED 20% PERMANENT PARTIAL DIASAILITY DUE TO OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE OF COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOIS. MARTIN COUNTY COAL CORP HAS BEEN ASSIGNED AS PAYOR. EMPLS LAST WORK DAY WAS 1/12 /90.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING ROOF BOLTING OPERATIONS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE COMPLETED DRILLING A HOLE IN THE ROOF FOR THE OUTSIDE BOLT AND BEGAN INSERTING THE ROOF BOLT INTO THE DRILLED HOL E. SUDDENLY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK, MEASURING 3' X6' X 6" TO 4" THICK FELL, STRIKING I.NAME ON THE HEAD AND RIGHT ARM. THE FORCE OF THE BLOW KNOCKED I.NAME TO THE MINE FLOOR.

VICTIM WAS HANGING A 2 INCH PLASTIC DISCHARGE LINE AND A NUMBER 12 AWG, 3 CONDUCTOR CABLE WHILE POSITIONED ON A 6 FT LADDER. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SECURE THE CROSSBAR ON TOP OF THE CABLE HAN GER THE LADDER SUDDENLY REELED FROM BENEATH HIM.AS HE BEGAN TO FALL, THE HOOK AT THE END OF THE CROSS BAR, LOCATED ON TOP OF THE HANGER, CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND. WHILE LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A NATIONAL MINE SERVICE 48C6154 CHUTTLE CAR, TRANSPORTING COAL FROM A CONTINUOUS MINER TO THE FEEDER. AS HE APPROACHED THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN #2 AND #3 ENTRIES, TRAVELIGN T OWRDS THE FEEDER, THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK A DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO BE JOLTED IN THE SEAT. HIS HAND STRUCK THE LIGHT SWITCH ON THE SHUTTLE CAR, INJURING THE KNUCKLE ON HIS RIC

VICTIM MANUALLY BEGAN UNROLLING THE CABLE FROM THE CABLE REEL OF THE SHUTTLE CAR TO CHECK THE CABLE FOR DEFECTS. HE GRABBED THE CABLE WITH BOTH HANDS AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE CABLE FROM THE REEL. THIS ATTEMPT FAILED AND HE PULLED AGAIN WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE EXPERINCED PAIN IN BACK DURING HIS FIRST ATTEMPT BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTIUNE AFTER THE SECOND PULL BECUASE OF THE PAIN.

VICTIM AND W NAME A COWORKER WERE INSPECTING A SET OF VENTILATION DOORS FOR DAMGAE AND NEEDED REPAIRS DURING THIS PROCESS I NAME NOTICED THE DOORS BEGIN TO SHAKE REALIZING THAT THE DOORS WERE ABOUT TO FALL I NAME SHOVED W NAME OUT OF THE WAY AND ATTEMPTED TO RETREAT HOWEVER I NAME STUMBLED OVER A CONCRETE BLOCK AND FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR THE SET OF DOORS AND FRAME FELL PINNING HIS

EMPL WAS HANGING VENTILATION CURTAINS WHILE STANDING ON LADDER. AS HE DISMOUNTED LADDER HE INJURED LEFT FOOT WHEN HE STEPPED TO MINE FLOOR.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER PRIOR TO CUTTING COAL IN NUMBER 7 ENTRY SPARKS PARKED CONTINUOU MINER & BEGAN CHANGING BITS IN RIPPER HEAD HE WAS TURNING RIPPER HEAD MANUALLY BY PLACIN G HIS LEFT FOOT & BOTH HANDS ON BIT LUGS & PULLING DOWN DURING THIS PROCESS HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN LOWER REGION OF HIS BACK

VICTIM WAS HANDLING A TRAILING CABLE AND WATERLINE FOR A CONTINUOUS MINER THAT WAS BEING MOVED ACROSS THE SECTION WHEN FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR.HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG AND FOOT.THE PAIN THEN SPREAD TO BOTH HIPS,LEGS AND FEET.THE CABLE WAS ATTACHED TO A JOY CONTINUOUS MINER,MODEL 12CM-7.THE VICTIM CONTINUED TO WORK UP UNTIL 03-20-89.

VICTIM WAS LIFTING & THROWING TRAILING CABLE FOR CONTINUOUS MINER ALONG MINE RIB WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW. CABLE WAS ATTA CHED TO JOY CONTINUOUS MINER MODEL 14CM-9, VICTI M CEASED WORK IMMEDIATELY.

A SQUEEZE BEGAN TO DEVELOP AS A RESULT A PARTIAL PILLAR EXTRACTION AT THE FIRST RIGHT OFF WEST MAINS #2. SEVERAL ROOF FALLS OCCURRED AND A CONTIOUS MINER, SHUTTLE CAR AND UNITS WERE CAUGHT W HEN THE ROOF AND FLOOR MOVED CLOSER TOGETHER. THE EQUIPMENT WAS RETRIVED BY INSTALLING CRIBS, TIMBERS AND HEADERS. THE AREA WHERE THE SQUEEZE OCCURRED WAS ABONDED WHEN THE EQUIPMENT HAD BEE

VICTIM WAS ASSITING TWO COWORKERS IN BUILDING CRIBS TO A HEIGHT OF APPROX 19FT HE LIFTED A CRIB BLOCK FROM THE BUCKET OF A WAGNER DIESEL POWERED SCOOP TO A HEIGHT ABOVE HIS HEAD & TRANSFERRED IT TO A COWORKER WHO PLACED IT IN THE DESIRED POSITION I NAME STATED THAT DURING THIS LIFTING PROCESS HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RT GROIN

VICTIM AND TWO CO WORKERS WERE LIFTING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE REEL ONTO THE BED OF A DIESEL TELETRAM WHEN HE INJURED THE SHIFT OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER PROXIMAL TO THE HAND. VICTIM FURTHER STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BET3WEEN THE CABLE REEL AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TELETRAM BED.

VICTIM WAS REMOVING SEVERAL PIECES OF ROCK FROM THE TOP OF A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE LOWER REGION OF HIS BACK. HE WAS PUSHING SOME OF THE ROCKS INTO THE BOOM AND THE R EMAINING ROCKS WERE EITHER PUSHED OR PULLED FROMTHE CONTINUOUS MINER TO THE GROUND. HE STATED THAT HE BECAME AWARE OF THE PAIN AT THE COMPLETION OF THE TASK.

EMPL RIDING ON TOP OF SCOOP.AS SCOOP STARTED THROUGHT SET OF FLY PADS INSTALLED ACROSS ROADWAY,I.NAME RAISED LEFT LEG TO DEFLECT FLY PADS TO SIDE AND AWAY FROM BODY.I.NAME LEFT FOOT CONTACTED HALF HEADER ON OUTBY SIDE OF FLY PADS.LEFT LEG FORCED BACKWARD AND TO HIS LEFT.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A JOY 10SC SHUTTLE CAR AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN THROUGH A CROSSCUT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE STRUCK THE RIB THIS RESULTED IN THE VICTIM BEING THROWN FORWARD AND TO TE HE RT HIS RIB CAGE STRUCK THE ARM REST ON THE SEAT THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS ON OPERATORS SIDE ONSIDE TYE

VICTIM WAS LIFTING A TRAILING CABLE FOR A CONTINUOUSMINER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE TRAILING CABLE WAS A 1/0 SHIELDED, 3 CONDUCTOR, TYPE GGC. THE CABLE WAS ATTAC HED TO A JOY CONTINUOUS MINER, MODEL 14CM-9. THE VICTIM CONTINUED TO WORK AND COMPLETED HIS REGULAR SHIFT. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK ON THE NEXT DAY.

VICTIM WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON A WAGNER ST-5D(S) DIESEL SCOOP. HE DISCONNECTED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL COVER FROM THE TRANSMISSION. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE COVCER AWAY FROM THE TRANSMISSION, HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. (WEIGHT OF COVER-APPROX. 50 LBS) THIS WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED IN A MAINTENANCE SHOP ON THE SURFACE OF AN UNDERGROUND MINE.

VICTIM WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTS INTO THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN THE LOWER PORTION OF HIS BACK. HE WAS USING HIS RIGHT HAND TO PICK UP BUNDLES OF 42" CONVENTION AL ROOF BOLTS FROM THE MINE FLOOR AND PLACE THEM INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET. VICTIM STTED THAT HE WAS TWISTING HIS BODY INSTEAD OF TURNING. VICTIM COMPLETED HIS REGULAR SHIFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO R

VICTIM WAS OPERATING THE L HEAD OF A TWIN BOOM ROOF BOLTER AS HE WAS DRILLING A TEST HOLE HOLDING ONTO THE DRILL STEEL HIS GLOVE CAUGHT ON THE STEEL AND TWISTED HIS L WRIST

EMPLOYEE HAD STOPPED THE CONTINOUS MINER HE HAD BEEN OPERATING AND WAS STANDING NEAR FACE BENEATH UNSUPPORTED ROOF A PIECE OF SHALE FELLF ROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED METACRAPAL OF THE RT HAND AND A CONCUSSION

EMP WAS PULLING S. C. CABLE AROUND END OF SECTION TRANSFORMER WITH INTENT OF PUGGING IT INTO ANOTHER RECEPTACLE. THE EMP WAS SLIGHTLY BENT FORWARD DUE TO HT. OF COAL SEA M AND CONTACTED A D ANGER HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN AS HE RROUNDED END OF TRANSFORMER THE SIGN STRUCK HIM IN LEFT TEMPORA REGION OF HEAD RESULTING IN SLIGHT FRACTURE OF PARIETAL BONE.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A JOY 10SC SHUTTLE CAR, COMPANY NUMBER 12. AFTER DISCHARGING HIS LOAD OF COAL INTO THE BELT FEEDER, HE PROCEEDED TO TRAVEL TOWARD THE FACE IN NUMBER 4 ENTRY. AFTER TRAVELI NG APPROX. 60' UP #4 ENTRY, THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK A DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO BE JOLTED IN THE CAB. HE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN PAIN IN THE LOWER REGION OF HIS BACK.

OPERATING RIGHT BOOM OF TWIN-BOOM ROOF BOLTING MACHINE INSTALLING 42'' CONV ROOF BOLTS.INSTALLING LAST BOLT IN FACE OF #2 ENTRY PIECE OF SHALE FELL AND STRUCK LEFT FOOT.1ST AID BEING ADMINISTE RED,2ND PIECE FELL AND STRUCK SHOULDER.1ST-14'' X 6'' X 3/4''. 2ND-30'' X 16'' X 2''.ROOF BOLTING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH ATRS.HIGHT AT ACCIDNT 8'.

THE VICTIM WAS TROUBLESHOOTING AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM INISIDE THE PANEL OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CHECK THE CONTINUITY ON THE CURCUIT, HE INADVERTENTLY TOUCHED THE ENERGIZED LEADS OF THE TRANSFORMER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. HE RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS RIGHT HAND.

VICTIM REEMOVED END CAP FROM AUGER DRUM FOR CONTINUOUS MINER. CONTINUOUS MINER HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO CENTRAL UNDERGROUND SHOP FOR REBUILD. WHEN END CAP CAME OFF AUGER DRUM WEIGHT OF CAP CAUSE D VICTIM TO BE JERKED SUDDENLY. HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HOWER BACK. VICTIM CONTINUED TO WORK & DID NOT LOSE TIME FROM ACCIDENT UNTIL 8/25/88.

VICTIM REPORTED THAT HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT AFTER HE HAD MOVED A TRAILING CABLE FOR A CONTINOUS MINER DETERMINATION OF REPORTABILITY MADE ON 5-4-88

VICTIM WAS USING A BIT HAMMER TO KNOCK MUD FROM AROUND A BIT PLUNGER ON THE HEAD OF A JEFFEREY 1036 CONTINUOUS MINER. WHEN VICTIM STRUCK THE BIT PLUNGER THE METAL FRAGMENTED AND A SILVER ENTER THE VICTIM LEFT EYE. HE WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION AT THE TIME. THE METAL EMBEDDED IN THE CORNEA OF THE VICTIM S LEFT EYE.

VICTIM WAS AWARDED A 40% OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE DISABILITY FROM KY WORKERS COMPENSATION BOARD AS A RESULT OF EXPOSURE TO "MIXED DUST" FOR APPROX. 15 YEARS. THIS ILLNESS WAS DIAGNOSED AS PNEUMOCO NIOSIS AND/OR SILICOSIS. (AWARD RENDERED ON 2-22-88, RECEIVED BY MARTIN COUNTY COAL ON 2-29-88) VICTIM'S EMPLOYMENT WAS TERMINATED ON 4-10-86. MCCC RESPONSIBLE FOR 10% OF THE 40% DISABILITY A

VICTIM WAS OPERATING THE LEFT HEAD ON A FLETCHER TWIN BOOM ROOF BOLTER A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL SUCK MOMENTARILY IN THE HOLE WHEN HE LOWERED THE HEAD HE REACHED TO REMOVE A PIEVE OF COAL FROM T HE DRILL POT AND THE DRILL STEEL FELL FROM THE HOLE AND STRUCK HIS HAND THE RESULTING INJURY WAS A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT INDEX FINGER

VICTIM WAS USIN1 CONCRETE BLOCKS TO BUILD A PERMANENT STOPPING. A PEICE OF LAMINATED SHALE FELL AND STRUCK HER ON THE LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM. THE SHALE WAS APPROX. 5' LONG BY 30" WIDE AND RANGE D IN THICKNESS 0ROM 1/2" TO 1 1/2". THE HEIGHT AT THE ACCDIENT SCENE WAS APPROX. 8'. THE SHALE FELL FROM THE RIB TO THE FIRST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS.

INJ & COWORKER 4ALKING ALONG TRAVELWAY TO UG BELT HEAD.SLIPPED AND FELL TO MINE FLOOR -UNEVEN AND SLIPPERY.COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN RIGHT HIP,RIGHT GROIN,RIGHT ARM AND BACK.OCCURRED 400'INBY PORT AL.COAL HEIGHT 9'.

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A NATIONAL MINE SERVICE 48C SHUTTLE CAR. HE WAS TRAMMING FROM THE BELT FEEDER TO THE FACE WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK A DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY AND BOTTOMED OUT. THE VIC TIME WAS JOLTED3IN THE SEAT AND EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS EMPTY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

VICTIM WAS ATTE4PTING TO PLACE A STOOL ON A CONTINOUS MINER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF WET SHALE ON THE MINE FLOOR HE FELL AGAINST A CABLE HOOK THAT HAD BEEN WELDED TO THE CONTINOUS MINER HE EXPERIENCED3A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN NEAR THE NAVEL HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 7-28-87 INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A UMBILICAL HERNIA

VICTIM & COWORK9R MOUNTING WHEEL UNIT ON SHUTTLE CAR USING HYDRAULIC EXTENDABLE BOOM.ROTATION ON BOOM FAILED AND THEY WERE DETERMINING THE PROBLEM.BOOM WAS PLACED AGAINST SC AND DOWNWARD PRESS URE WAS APPLIED1WELD FAILED AT ROTATION POINT OF BOOM AND BOOM BROKE AND FELL ON LEG.

VICTIM GOT OFF 7HE MANTRIP AND WAS WALKING TOWARD THE DINNER STATION. HE STEPPED ON A VENTILARRTION CURTAIN THAT WAS LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR AND LOST HIS BALANCE. VICTIMS RIGHT FOOT EIATHER SLIPPED OR BECA4E ENTANGLED IN THE CURTAIN. HE FELL AGAINST THE COAL RIB. VICTIM EXPERENCIED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK BENETH THE RIGHT SHOULDER.

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING THE RIGHT SIDE OF A DUAL HEAD ROOF BOLTING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH ATRS SYSTEM. HE DRILLED A HOLE 42" DEEP FOR A ROOF BOLT. HE INSERTED A ROOF BOLT INTO THE HOLE & PLACED A ROOF BOLT WRENC2 ON THE HEAD OF THE BOLT. THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE STRUCK THE WRENCH CAUSING IT TO RECOIL & STRIKE THE VICTIM ON THE RIGHT CHEEK.

VICTIM SAT DOWN3ON METAL FRAME SURROUNDING OPERATORS COMPARTMENT OF BATERY SCOOP HE ACTIVATED THE STEERING LEVER TO ARTICULATE THE SCOOP THIS MOVEMENT CAUSED THE VICTIM TO BE PUCHED AGAINST THE METAL FRAME3THE VICTIM SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE THE STEERING LEVER

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A JOY CONTINUOUS MINER USING A REMOT E CONTROL UNIT HE PLACED THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT ON TOP OF CANOPY ON CONT.MINER AS VICTIM TRAMMED MINER & IT PASSED OVER A DEPRESSION IN FLOOR REAR O0 MINER SUDDE%NLY RAISED VICTIMS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BVETWEEN THE TRAM LEVERS ON THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT & THE ROOF (VICTIM IS QUALIFIED BY T RAINING & EXPERIENCE TO OPERATE TH

I.NAME WAS OPER5TING THE LEFT HAEAD OF A FLETCHER MODEL DDM-15 DUAL HEAD ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. TE MACHINE IS EQUPPED WITH AN ATRS UNIT & A CANOPY OVER THE OPERATING CONTROLS. AS H E BEGAN T O DRILL A HOLE 0OR A ROOF BOLT A PIECE OF SHALE DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF & STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE NOSE. SHALE SIZE 7" WIDE 9" LONG 1 1/2" THICK. HEIGHT APPROX 9' HIGH.

CLIMBING UP ON 8IESEL SCOOP TO ASSIST MECHANIC IN INSTALLING HYDRAULIC HOSE.HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO CONCRETE SURFACE OF SHOP FLOOR.ALL OF HIS WEIGHT WAS CONCENTRATED ON OUTSIDE OF LEFT FOOT.HE EXPERIENCED SU8DEN PAIN AT TIME BUT CONTINUED TO WORK AND COMPLETED HIS SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON3A LADDER IN THE ENTRY BY HIMSELF, LOADING HOLES TO BE BLASTED, WHEN HE ALLEDGES THAT HE FELL FROM LADDER PULLING MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.

VICTIM AND A CO4ORKER WERE OPERATING A DUAL HEAD ROOF BOLTING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH A ATRS. THE VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRILL A TEST HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE SEPERATED FROM THE ROOF AND SLI D DOWN THE DRIL5 STEEL. THE VICTIM WAS PREPARING TO MOVE THE DRILL STEEL GUIDE AND THE SHALE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND.

A ROCK APPROX 32X3'X10" WEIGHING IN EXCESS OF 100# FELL FROM ROOF & STRUCK I.ANME ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD & RIGHT SHOULDER. HE SUSTAINED A CRUSHED VERTEBRAE C-2. HIS PHYSICIAN FEELS HE CAM CAN MAKE A 3COMPLETE RECOVERY BUT WILL BE UNABLE TO WORK FOR OVER 2 MONTHS.

RIDING COVERED 9UBBER-TIRED MANTRIP TO SURFACE AT END OF SHIFT.MANTRIP STRUCK DEPRESSION IN ROADWAY AND EMPL JOLTED AND STRUCK TOP ON MANTRIP.

VICTIM WAS STAN8ING IN THE CARGO SPACE OF A 48C SHUTTLE CAR ASSISTING A REPAIRMAN IN REALIGNING THE CONVEYOR CHAIN THE REPAIRMAN RAISED THE BOOM OF THE SHUTTLE CAR AND THE VICTIMS LEFT HAND WA S CAUGHT IN A P3NCH POINT BETWEEN THE SIDE BOARD AND THE CANOPY

VICTIM WAS USIN1 A STATIONARY GRINDER(WIRE BRUSH WHEEL)TO BUFF THE RUST FROM A 3/4" STEEL PIN.THE PIN WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE TOOL REST AND THE WIRE BRUSH AND RESULTED IN THE VICTIM'S HAND BEIN SLAMMED INTO TH9 TOOL REST.

VICTIM WAS ATTE4PTING TO LIFT A DONALDSON DUST TANK FROM THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP TO THE GROUND WHEN HEE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ADBOMEN.THE WEIGHT OF THE TANK WAS APPROX. 4/ 00POUNDS. VICTI4 WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT SLIDE THE TANK OUT OF THE SCOOP BUCKET BY HIMSELF.THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE SURFACE AT THE SUPPLY YARD.

THE VICTIM WAS 6SING A CABLE CUTTER TO CUT A 1 1/4" WATER LINE IN TWO.A CASTLE NUT ON THE CABLE CUTTER BURST AND PART OF THE BOLT STRUCK THE VICTIM ON THE RIGHT EYELID.THE WATERLINE WAS STEEL REINFORCED.THE 7ABLE CUTTER WAS A 26"KLEIN TOOLS INC.MODEL 63040.VICTIM CONTINUED TO WORK AND COMPLETED HIS REGULAR SHIFT FOLLOWING ACCIDENT.

VICTIM WAS CLIM6ING DOWN FROM TOP OF A JEFFREY 120H CONTINUOUS MINER WHENHE SLIPPED & FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT LEG AGAINST THE GATHERING PAN VICTIM CONTINUED TO WORK & ALSO WORKED ON 120485 & 120485&120585 H9 BEGAN MISSING WORK AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT ON 120685 HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 121085 BICTIM MISSED 3 WORK SHIFTS AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT

VICTIM WAS STANDING ON CONCRETE BLOCKS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A 30 AMP BREAKER BOX ON A HALF HEADER THE BOX WAS FOR A 575 VOLT 3 PHASE WATER PUMP VICTIM LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE MINE FL OOR HE REMAINED ON HIS FEET AFTER THE FALL AND EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE FALLING HE HELD ONTO THE 16 LB BREAKER BOX WITH HIS LEFT HAND

VICTIM AND I.NAME WERE ROOF BOLTING WITH A FLETCHER TWIN-BOOM DDM-15 ROOF BOLTER VICTIM REACHED TO GET A BOLT WRENCH AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLT WRENCH AND THE MAST ASSEMBLY OF THE LEFT BOOM THE BOOM WAS BEING LOWERED BY HYDRAULIC POWER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE BOLT WRENCH WAS LAYING NEAR THE DESCENDING MAST ASSEMBLY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT

A LARGE HORSEBACK FELL NEAR THE FACE AREA SHORTLY AFTER BEGINING RETREAT MINING ON THE 001 WORKING SECTION THE FALL OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PORTION OF THE JEFFERY 120H CONTINOUS MINER AND EXTEN DED BACK TO THE BOOM NO INJURIES FROM THIS ROOF FALL ACCIDENT

THE VICTIM AND I.NAME WERE ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION THE CONTINUOUS MINER TRAILING CABLE AND THE WATER LINE. WHEN I.NAME RELEASED HIS HOLD ON THE CABLE AND WATER LINE THE VICTIM EXPERIENCED A S SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.

VICTIM WAS DRILLING A HOLE FOR A 5FT ROOF BOLT WHEN A PC OF SHALE FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS & STRUCK HIM ON HEAD CHEST & LEG SHALE WAS APPROX 16INX12INX3/4IN THICK ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IS EQUIP PED WITH AN ATRS UNIT-H BEAM TYPE

THE VICTIM AND I NAME WERE OPERATING A TWIN-BOOM ROOF BOLTING MACHINE ON THE 004 SECTION. THEY WERE INSTASLLING BOLTS AT THE FACE OF 8 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF SLICKENSIDED SHALE, FELL AND STRUCK THE VICTIM ON THE HARD HAT. THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IS EQUIPPED WITH A \ BEAM TYPE ATRS UNIT. THE SHALE THAT FELL WAS NOT ADEQUATELY BOUND TO THE SANDSTONE ROOF. THE FALL WAS OUTBY THE ATRS

VICTIM AND I.NAME WERE OPERATING A FLETCHER TWIN BOOM ROOF BOLTING MACHINE INSTALLING 42" ROOF BOLTS. THE MACHINE IS EQUIPPED WITH A ATRS UNIT. AS THEYT BEGAN TO DRILL THE FIRST HOLS IN THE S ECOND REW OF BOLTS IN THE BUT A PIECE OF SHALE APPROXIMATELY 15" WIDE X 49" LONG AND 2 TO 4" THICK FELL BETWEEN THE H-BEAM OF THE BOLTER AND STRUCK THE VICTIM.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER VICTIM HAD TRAMMED CONTINUOUS MINER INTO POSITION TO BEGIN LOADING & CUTTING OPERATIONS VICTIM GOT OUT OF OPERATORS COMPARTMENT & WAS IN THE PROCESS O F REPOSITIONING TRAILING CABLE & WATER LINE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP VICTIM CONTINUED WORKING & FINISHED HIS REGULAR SHIFT & WORKED NEXT 2 SHIFTS (0816 & 0817) BEFORE BEGINNI

VICTIM AND ANOTHER MECHANIC WERE ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN HYDRAULIC HOSES ON A TELETRAM. WHILE VICTIM WAS BENT OVER TIGHTENING A HOSE A PIECE OF SHALE FELL UNEXPECTEDLY AND S TRUCK VICTIM IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

VICTIM WAS CARRYUNG BUCKET CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 50 B ELTLINE. AS THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO CROSS UNGER THE BELTLINE HIS FEET SLIPPED ON THE MUDDY MINE FLOOR AS VICTIM ATTEMPTED ON FEET SL SLIPPED ON THE MUDDY MINE FLOOR AS VICTIM AREA OF HIS BADK

VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING ROOF BOLTING SUPPLIES ONTO ROOF BOLTING MACHINE VICTIM LIFTED BUNDLE OF TEN 5 FT LONG ROOF BOLTS FROM GROUND LEVEL TO APPROX 4 FT HIGH AS HE LEANED FORWAR TO PLACE BUNDLE OF BOLTS ON TOP OF ROOF BOLTER HE EXPERIENCED SUDEN SHARP PAIN IN THORACIC REGION OF HIS BACK BUNDLE OF BOLTS WEIGHED APPROX 52 LBS

VICTIM WAS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR JOB AS A BELT MAN. VICTIM EAS PULLING UP SLACK IN THE BELT WITH A BELT PULL ROPE. THE ROPE BECAME ENTAGLED IN SOME ROCKS LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR. WHEN THE V ICTIM ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE ROPE FROM UNDER THE R OCKS HE STATED THAT HE SUFFERED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

VICTIM WAS HELPING ON THE C/M VICTIM WAS USING A CABLE HOOK TO REPOSITION THE TRAILING CABLE FOR THE C/M THE CABLE HOOK SLIPPED OFF THE CABLE CAUSING THE VICTIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL AG AINST THE RIB AS VICTIM FELL HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE COAL RIB VICTIM CONTINUED TO WORK AND FINISHED HIS REGULAR SHIFT X-RAYS TAKEN LATER REVEALED HE HAD FRACTURED A BONE IN THE RIGHT

VICTIM WAS USING A HAMMER TO TIGHTEN A JACK PIN ON THE SCOOP BUCKET. AS VICTIM RAISED THE HAMMER TO STRIKE THE JACK PIN HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE EDGE OF THE SCOOP BUCKET. VICTIM S TATED HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN SHARP PAIN AS A RESULT. HOWEVER, THE VICTIM CONTINUED TO WORK AT HIS REGULAR JOB FOT THE REMAINEDER OF THIS SHIFT AND THE NEXT 4 REGULAR SHIFTS. DURING THE FOL

VICTIM WAS UNLOADING 50LBS BAGS OF ROCK DUST FROM SCOOP BUCKET ONTO MINE FLOOR AT SUPPLY HOLE AS VICTIM LIFTED A BAG FROM SCOOP BUCKET HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN AN D GROIN AREA THE PAIN SUBSIDED SOMEWHAT AND VICTIM WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING AT REGULAR JOB NEAR THE END OF SHIFT PAIN BECAME MORE SEVERE VICTIM COMPLETED REGULAR SHFT AND WENT TO HOSPIT

VICTIM AND CONTINUOUS MINER CREW WERE TRAMMING THE CONTINUOUS MINER FROM #1 ENTRY ACROSS SECTION TO #6 ENTRY. VICTIM WAS ASSISTING WITH THE TRAILING CABLE HANDLING. A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE APPR OXIMATELY 1 FT. X 1 FT. X 3" FELL STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE HEAD AND BACK OF THE NECK. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE #2 ENTRY, 2 BREAKS OUTBY THE FACE OF THE 003 SECTION. VICTIM CONTINUED TO

VICITM WAS SITTING IN OPERATOR COMPARTMENT OF C/M. WHILE VICITM WAS OPERATING THE C/M A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING THE CANOPY & THE VICTIM\S RIGHT ARM & LEG. THE DRAW SL ATE WAS APPROX 18"X12"X1" THICK. VICTIM SUFFERED CONTUSIONS OF THE RIGHT ARM & LEG. X-RAYS INDICATED THAT NO BONES WERE BROKEN.

VICTIM AND A HELPER WERE USING A RED DEVIL TO REMOVE SLACK THAT HAD DEVELOPED IN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN OF THE BELT FEEDER THE GAIN ADDED LEVERAGE THEY INSERETED A SLATE BAR INTO THE HANDLE SLOT O F THE RED DEVIL AS BOTH APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE SLATE BAR IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE SLOT AND STRUCK VICTIM IN THE MOUTH

WALKING ALONG BELTLINE ,LOST FOOTING ON SLIPPERY MINE FLOOR....JAMMED HEAD INTO MINE ROOF CAUSING INJURY TO NECK.

VICTIM WAS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR JOB AS A BELT MAN. VICTIM BENT OVER AND ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP A BUCKET CONTAINING MUD AND WATER. AS VICTIM RAIESED UP HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. VICTIM COMPLETED THE SHIFT BUT FAILED TO REPORT FOR WORK ON HIS REGULAR SHIFT ON 2-24-83.

VICTIM WAS LOADING 8"X 8"X 16" SOLID CONCRETE BLOCKS FROM A STACK ON THE GROUND TO THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP AFTER FINISHING THE TASK VICTIM COMPLETED HIS REGULAR SHIFT. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT REPORTED THAT HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS BACK AFTER LOADING THE BLOCKS. VICTIM HAS A PRECVIOUS HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL THE END OF SHIFT