Bluegrass Mine Coal

EMPLOYEE IS STATING HE WAS STEPPING BACK FROM FUELING A DOZER TO THE CONTAINMENT STRUCTURE AROUND A DIESEL FUEL TANK. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND STEPPED DOWN TO A PLATFORM (APPROX 2') PUTTING HIS WEIGHT ON ONE LEG. THIS ACTION CAUSED AN INFLAMATION TO THE OSTEOARTHRITIC CONDITION OF HIS LUMBOSACRAL SPINE THAT HAS EXISTED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

EMPLOYEE IS STATING THAT HE WAS HELPING CHANGE HYDRAULIC LINE ON THE SHOVEL BOOM. HE IS STATING THAT HE SLIPPED ON BOOM STEPS & CAUGHT HIMSELF BY GRABBING A BANK OF HYDRAULIC HOSES & WRENCHED HIS RT. SHOULDER. EE IS STATING HE WORKED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT & PART OF THE NEXT SHIFT ON 8/3/04, HE THEN FELT HIS SHOULDER "POP" ON 8/3/04.

Employee is stating that he felt back pain on 4-16 and 4-21 while performing duties as a deckhand on a coal barge. Employee sought medical attention on 4-21. Ee had degenerative spine disease.

EE IS STATING THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE HITACHI EX1800 SHOVEL IN THE WEST END OF THE AREA #2 PIT STRIPPING SHALE AND LOADING END DUMPS. HE BACKED THE MACHINE UP AWAY FROM THE HIGHWALL TO ALLOW A DOZER TO CLEAN THE BOTTOM. AS HE STARTED TO MOVE UP A SECTION OF THE HIGHWALL FELL IN STRIKING THE CAB AND MACHINE.

EMPLOYEE BECAME AGGRAVATED AT PLASTIC SEAT COVER AND USED HIS POCKET KNIFE TO CUT IT OFF. WHILE DOING SO HE CUT HIS HAND WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES. PLASTIC SEAT COVER WAS INSTALLED 3 YEARS AGO BE CAUSE EMPLOYEE HAD EXCESSIVE BODY ODOR. COMPANY PURCHASED AIR CUSHION TO HELP BUT EMPLOYEE DIDN'T LIKE PLASTIC.

EE IS STATING HE AND ANOTHER EE WERE WORKING TO CHANGE ONE OF THE TRACKS ON A D11 CAT DOZER. INJURED EE WAS STRUCK BY METAL FRAGMENT IN THE CHEST AREA WHEN THE OTHER EE STRUCK THE MASTER LINK WITH A 17# HAMMER. EE WENT TO ER ON 5-2-03, SENTTO A SURGEON PM 5/5 AND HAD METAL PIECE REMOVED ON 5-6-03

EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS WITH WRENCH STRAINED HAND.

EE IS STATING THAT HE WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE PLANT WITH APPROX 10 #S OF LOOSE COAL/MUD IN IT. HE CROUCHED DOWN A LITTLE TO GO UNDER A STRUCTURE AND WHEN HE PROC EEDED HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THIS CAUSED HIM TO GO TO HIS KNEES AND THEN ON THE FLOOR.

HE WAS GETTING INTO BULK TRUCK & FOOT SLIPPED ON FUEL TANK, HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON FUEL TANK.

EE OVERFILLED A/C GAS TANK, SPILLED GASOLINE RAN DOWN INSIDE ENGINE COVERS. HE SHORTED OUT STARTER TO MAKE ENGINE START THERE WAS A SPARK, IT IGNITED THE GASOLINE, BURNING HIM ON THE ARMS AND FACE.

EE WAS HOLDING A PIN TO BE KNOCKED OUT, WHEN THE MECHANIC HIT HIM IN THE HAND WITH THE HAMMER.

WHILE TRYING TO LIGHT A CUTTING TORCH, THE OXYGEN HOSE BLEW.

EE WAS EMPTYING GOB BIN MUD WAS FLYING & CAME INTO SIDE OF SAFETY GLASSES & IN LEFT EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVED SITTING IN THE 988 FRONT- END LOADER NOT MOVING AND UNRESPONSIVE. CPR WAS STARTED IMMEDIATELY AND PROCEEDED UNTIL EMPLOYEEWAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL AT 15:15 ON MONDAY, NOV. 12, 2001.

EMPLOYEE WAS REELING IN A FUEL HOSE WHEN THE FUEL NOZZLE STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT LEG CAUSING A LACERATION. THE FIRST DAY HE MISSED WAS 12-17-01.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT THE SKIRT RUBBER IN THE #8 BELT TAILPIECE. HE WAS USING A PARY BAR TO PULL BELT BACK, WHEN BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FELL OFF THE BELT. HE FELL APPROX. FIVE AND ONE HALF FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO THE BACK BUMPER OF SERVICE TRUCK. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE WASTE OIL BARRELL CUTTING HIS ARM.

WHILE OPERATING A GRINDER, EE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES, WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO HIS EYE. (RIGHT EYE)

WHILE OPENING A 988B ENDLOADER FEEDING COAL INTO THE TRUCK HOPPERS, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.

SECURITY GUARD NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE OVERLAND BELT TUNNEL LOCATED AT THE UNDERGROUND OPERATION. COAL WAS SMOKING UNDETR THE FEEDER WHERE COAL HAD PILED UP ON BELT. COAL BURNT THE BELT IN TWO. THIS IS THE ONLY DAMAGE NOTICED DURING THE INVESTIGATION