Avísenme cuando se presente un nuevo incidente de la MSHA en Shop Branch Mine #2.
EMPLOYEE DRIVING TRUCK DOWN SLOPE. FOR UNKNOWN REASON DROVE TRUCK INTO THE DITCH. FOR UNKNOWN REASON WAS FOUND UNDERNEATH THE COAL TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK ON MAY 11, 1998 AND DID NOT RETURN. HE LATER CALLED AND SAID HE WAS SEEING A DOCTOR FOR BACK PAIN, NOT STATING HE WAS INJUREDON OR ABOUT MAY 25, 1998 WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE EMPLOYEE THAT HE THINKS THAT THE INJURY MAYBE WORK RELATED. HE IS NOT WORKING AND CAN NOT RECALL ANY INCIDENT THAT CAUSED HIS INJURY.
EE WAS WORKING ON HIS KNEES INSIDE THE TRACTOR CAB & WHILE SHIFTING AROUND HE FELT HIS LOWER BACE MUSCLES PULL. EE SPENT TOO LONG A TILME IN A STRAINED POSITION.
EE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC INSTALL A CENTER PININ THE SPRING ON THE FUEL TRUCK WHEN THE TRUCK SHIFTED STRIKING THE EE'S HEAD. THE EE RECEIVED LACERATIONS IN THE HEAD AREA REQUIRING STITCHES.
EE STATED THAT DURING HIS NORMAL ACTIVITIES OF OPERATING A TRUCK THAT HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN HIS BACK. THE ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 1-30-98.
EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE A U-JOINT FROM A DRIVE LINE. A SLIVER OF METAL BROKE OFF & STRUCK HIM IN HIS THIGH & GROIN. THE METAL HAD TO BE REMOVED & THE WOUND CLOSED BY STITCHES.