Birch Fork Coal

EE WAS MOVING THE CONTINUOUS MINER. HE STOPPED THE MACHINE AFTER TAILING UP #2 SO HE COULD TAKE OFF THE CABLE ROPES AS HE WAS WALK DOWN THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE A RIB ROLL 14' X 15 1/2" X 15 TO 25" RASHED OUT STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER BACK AREA. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY FOUND HE HAD A BROKEN PELVIS.

EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES. NO SPECIFIC EVENTS OCCURRED TO WARRANT A MINE RELATED ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE HAS HAD BACK PAIN IN THE PAST AND STATES HIS AILMENTS ARE FROM REPEATED TRAUMA OVER AN EXTENDED PERIODOF TIME.

EE WAS PULLING A CONTINUOUS MINER CATHEAD THROUGH A HOLE IN THE STOPPING LINE. THE CATHEAD SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND CAUGHT THE 4TH FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE STOPPING AND THE CATHEAD . THE RESULT WAS A PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE FINGER REQUIRING 2 SUTURES. MEDICAL ATTENTION ONLY, NO DAYS LOST.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT WHILE PLACING TOP STRUCTURE IN PLACE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WENT EMERGENCY ROOM ON 4.14.98 AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO SEE A SPECIALIST ON 4.20.98. HE WAS DI AGNOSED ON THIS DATE WITH 2 PULLED MUSCLES.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT (PUSHING IT INTO PLACE) HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 4/24/98. THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS BACK EXAMINED A GAIN DUE TO PAIN. IT WAS FOUND AT THIS TIME 4/24/98 THAT HE HAD A SLIPPED DISC. THE EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 4/24/98. AT THIS TIME THE OCCURENCE BECAME REPORTABLE.

EE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE, THE REEL HAD MALFUNCTIONED. HE DID NOT THINK THE CABLE WOULD BE PICKED UP ON THE REEL. WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS STALTED TO REMOVE IT FOR REPAIR, TH E CABLE REEL INGAGED CAUSING THE CABLE TO STRIKE THE EE KNOCKING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR. THE RESULT WAS TORN LAGIMENTS IN HIS LEFT KNEE. THE EE HAS NOT MISSED ANY DAYS WORK, BUT HAS BEEN TRANS

WHILE HANGING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE, THE INJURED RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. DURING THE DAYS FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT, THE INJRED EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS CHEST AREA. [INJURED DID NOT SEEK TREAT MENT FOR THIS CONDITION UNTIL 11/20/97].

GPF-REPEATED TRAUMA ROOF BOLTING OVER PERIOD OF TIME.

GPF-REPEATED TRAUMA OVER APERIOD OF TIME PERFORMING NORMAL WORK ACTIVITIES AROUND CONVEYOR BELT LINES.

INJURED HAD GOTTEN OUT OF MANTRIP AND WAS WALKING UP THE BELTLINE. HE STEPPED ON SOME WET BOTTOM & SLIPPED STRAINING/TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. EE DID NOT MISS ANY DAYS WORKED. HAD ORTHOSCOPIC S URGERY ON 2-10-97-OCCURRENCH BECAME REPORTABLE AT THIS TIME. EE HAS NOT MISSED ANY DAYS WORKED.

INJURED WAS LOADING MINE BELT ON CAR WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK, CAUSING IT TO STRAIN & HURT.

EE WAS WATCHING THE BOLTER CABLE WHILE IT WAS BACKING FROM THE FACE OF #3 ENTRY. HE WAS ON THE OFF SIDE AND THE OPERATOR DID NOT OBSERVE HIM. HIS LEG WAS STRUCK BY THE MACHINE. THE RESULT WAS A FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT ANKLE.

MEDICAL REPORT ONLY NO DAYS LOST CONTINUOUS MIENR WAS HUNG UP. A CHAIN WAS HOOKED TO THE MINER & SHUTTLE CAR. THE CHAIN BROKE OFF CAUSING ROCK TO FLY A STRIK THE EMPLOYEE (MR. HARPER) ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE, CAUSING A LACERATIONG TO THE LIP AND CHIN. THE LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES SWITCHES ONLY.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND STRUCK WRIST (LEFT) ON ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. THE RESULT WAS HAIRLINE FRACTURE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY DAYS WORKED. MEDICAL REPORT ONLY.

INJURED WAS UNLOADING H BEAMS OFF OF TRACK SUPPLY CAR WHEN A BEAM WAS TURNED OVER CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BEAM AND THE SUPPLY CAR.

HOOKING BELT CAR TO SCOOP, NEEDED SCOOP TO BACK UP SO HE COULD LATCH CAR, SCOOP JUMPED BACKWARD CATCHING ARM BETWEEN SCOOP & BELT CAR.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST PUT UP HIS INSIDE BOLT AND WHILE WAITING FOR THE BOLT TO SET, HE BEGAN CHANGING THE BIT ON HIS DRILL STEEL. AFTER CHANGING THE BIT, EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE JOY S TICK AND WHILE HOLDING THE DRILL STEEL IN HIS RIGHT HAND OPERATED THE FAST FEED. AS THE HEAD WASLOWERED THE DRILL STEEL WAS PUSHED DOWN CAUSING HIS THUMB TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL & TRAY

THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE WAS WALKING UP NUMBER 3 ENTRY GOING TOWARD THE FACE, HE WALKED INTO A ROOF BOLT THAT WAS HANGING DOWN.

THE EE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING A METAL BANK ON A ROLL OF BELT WHEN THE BANK CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK THE EE ON HIS ARM.

WHILE LOADING STRUCTURE IN SCOOP, FELT PULL ON RIGHT SIDE OF ABDOMEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A MANTRIP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN TWO BOLTS AND HIT HIMON THE HEAD. HE RECEIVED 6 STITCHES IN THE CHIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO RAISE A CONVEOR STRUCTURE INTO POSITION, WHEN THE STRUCTURE ROTATED. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE LOWER RIGHT FOREARM WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

PULLIGN SLACK ON MINER CABLE & WATER LINE. THE ROPE WIH WHICH THEY WERE PULLING THE SLACK WITH BROKE AND CAUSED THE WATER INE TO WHIP AROUND AND KNOCK HIS FEET OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSIG HIM T O FALL ON HAND.