Clark Elkhorn Mine Coal

BENDING A ROOF BOLT & CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER.

EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OFF DRAW ROCK FROM A LID ON THE MINER WHEN HE STATED TO THE OPERATOR THAT HE MUST HAVE STRAINED HIS BACK.

WAS REPAIRING ON SHUTTLE CAR. TOOK A HAMMER AND STRUCK AN OBJECT. METAL HIT EYE.

LAMINATED SHALE

EE WAS TRAMMING 482 S&S SCOOP WITH SUPPLIES FROM 6 ENTRY IN 2ND OPEN CROSSCUT OUTBY FACE OF SPAD 3981 WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN TOWARD 7 ENTRY HE HAD HIS HAND LAYING AT DECK WHILE SCOOP WAS IN MO TION HE MADE LEFT TURN BOTH HEADS OF THE SCOOP CAME TOGETHER MASHING HIS RING MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING DOUBLE HEAD ROOF BOLTER FROM #4 ENTRY TO #3 ENTRY WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EMPLOYEE STATED THERE WAS A ROLL ON MINE FLOOR BETWEEN #3 & #4 CROSSCUT, CAUSING THE DECK TO BEC OME ENGAGED WITH THE ROOF BENDING HIS NECK OVER TO HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP IN #6 LEFT BREAK HE STATED THAT HE SAW TOP WORKING AND TOOK OFF RUNNING AND FELL DOWN ABOUT 10 FT BEHIND BOLT MACHINE SAYING THAT HE HURT HIS BACK. FIRST PERSON TO HIM WAS SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR OTHER EMPLOYEE.

EE AND OTHER EE WAS HELPING MINER CHANGE PLACES WHILE PULLING SLACK OUT OF HAULWAY HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK REPORTING IT TO ME ON 10-7-93 THAT HE WAS GOING TO HIS FAMILY DR. THEN REPORTED BAC K TO ME THAT HE HAD A .

EE WAS BUSTING ROCK ON WALKWAY OF #4 BELTLINE WHILE STANDING ON ANOTHER ROCK AND SLIPPING OFF FALLING INTO THE BELLINE AND ROPE, SPLICE ON BELT CAUGHT HIS LIGHT CORD PULLING IT INTO EE HELD O N TO ROPE CRAWLING SEVERAL BREAKS BEFOR COWORKERFOUND HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A BOX OF RESIN GLUE ONTO A 15A LONG AIRDOX IN #1 ENTRY 2 BREAKS OUTBY FACE AT SUPPLY HOLE WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS BACK. IMPROPER LIFTING WAS CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING 50LB. BAGS OF ROCKDUST THROUGH THE MANDOOR OF #3 DRIVE. HE LIFTED THE FIRST BAG & INSTEAD OF TURNING TO PROPER POSITION HE TWISTED HIS BODY AROUND CAUSING HIS INJURY.

EMPLOYEE SAID THAT ON 5-14-93 HE WAS GETTING OFF ENDLOADER TO REMOVE A PIECE OF WOOD FROM COAL PILE. WHILE COMING DOWN THE LADDER OF END LOADER HE SLIPPED ON 3RD STEP, CAUSING HIS INJURY. TH IS INJURY WAS REPORTED TO ME ON 71-5-93 AND THIS WAS THE LAST DAY HE WORKED.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING IN #10 RIGHT OPEN BREAK WHEN DRAW ROCK CAME THUR THE ATRS STRIKING HIKM ON LOWER BACK CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG. THE ROCK MEASURED ABOUT 12" DIAMETER AND ABOUT 2-3 INC HES THICK THE SAID EMPLOYEE AS OFF FROM WORK 1 DAY AND THEN RETURNED TO REGULAR JOB DUTY.

EE WAS INSTALLING THE 2ND ROOF BOLT WHEN DRAW ROCK BROKE FROM AROUND EDGE OF ATRS SLABBING BACK AND CAUGHT LEFT ANKLE BREAKING 2BONES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP OUTSIDE OF SHOP HE SAID HE GOT IN A TWISTED POSITION AND STARTED HAVING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM. EMPLOYEE DIDN'T REPORT THIS ACCIDENT TO HIM UNTIL 4-6-93, EMPLOYEE DIDNT MISS ANY WORK DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 4-7-93

SAID TO BE ACCIDENT REPORTED ON 3-11-93. REPORTED HE HAD MASHED HIS HEEL BETWEEN DECK OF MINER AND TRAILING CABLE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL HE REPORTED BACK TO ME ON 4-24-93 THAT H E WAS GOING TO SEE A PHYSICAN DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED A NEW JOB ON 4-24-93 AND THEN HE CLAIMED INJURY WAS ON 3-11-93.

AS HE WAS MOVING A PERSONNEL CARRIER FROM SHOP, SAID EMPLOYEE WALKED BETWEEN THE PERSONNEL CARRIER AND A MODEL 15A LONG-AIRDOX ROOF BOLTER THAT WAS BEING RE-BUILT. THE PERSONNEL CARRIER POINT SWITCH WAS IN FORWARD DIRECTION CAUSING IT TO COME TOWARD THE ROOF BOLTER, CATCHING HIS LEG BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

LAMINATED SHALE AND SAND STONE.

EE WAS CARRYING A PROP TIMBER FOR THE PILLAR LINE WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE TOP AND PULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INTHE SHOP AT THE WORK BENCH ON A SPARE SET OF CAPACITOR BANKS FOR A CX-2 SCOOP, AS HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY FROM THE BENCH HE MUST HAVE MISSED POSITIONED HIS LEFT FOOT CAUS ING HIM TO TWIST AND SPRAIN HIS LEFT ANKLE. (NO TRIP OR STUMBLE EVIDENT).

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER A 15-A LONG AIRDOX ROOF BOLTER IN THE SHOP WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY RAKED FINE COAL DUST AND DIRT IN HIS RIGHT EYE, HAVING TO SEE A DR. TO GET IT ALL CLEANED OUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HANG THE 14CM1 MINER CABLE ACROSS #5 ENTRY SPAD #3381. HE PUT THE CABLE ON HIS SHOULDER. WHEN HE WENT TO REPOSITION THE CABLE TO BE HUNG HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN HE WENT TO START A NEW HOLE HIS DRILL STEEL CHIPED OUT A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 12X6X1 IT FELL CUTTING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A BELT MOVE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LOOSE JOINT OF 2 VICTROLIC WATER LINE THE WATER LINE MOVED WHEN HE STEPPED ON IT TWISTING HIS RT KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A WHEEL HUB ON A S&S 488 SCOOP, HE TURNED TO GET UP FROM WHERE HE WAS WORKING AND AS HE TURNED HE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW NT HE FRAME.

LAMINATED SHALE AND SANDSTONE.

LAMINATED SHALE AND SAND STONE WITH WATER.

SECTION FOREMAN WAS HELPING MACKE A POWER MOVE WHEN THE PULL PIN CAME OUT, STRICKING THE FOREMAN ON HIS LEFT HAND. CUTTING IT AND BREAKING HIS INDEX FINGER.

HELPING IN STALL CRAWLER INJ BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS BUSTING A PIECE OF ROCK AFTER HIS TAILPIECE HAD GOBBED OFF. WHILE HITTING THE ROCK IT TURNED UP ON ITS EDGE AND WITH THE FOLLOWING BLOW WITH THE HAMMER HE CAUGHT HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROCKS EDGE AND HIS HAMMER, TEARING HIS FINGER NAIL OFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TO PWHEN A PIECE OF CAP COAL FELL ON HIS LEG BENDING HIS LEFT KNEE INWARD TEARING LIGAMENT SIN HIS LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE FINSIHED HIS SHIFT AND WORKED ANOTEHR FULL SHIFT, B EFORE GOING TO THE DOCTOR.

EMPLOYEE BACKED HIS ROOF BOLTER OUT OF THE FACE OF #5 RIGHT BREAK SO THAT A CANOPY COULD BE RE-INSTALLED ON HIS BOLTER. WHILE THIS WAS BEING DONE, HE DECIDED TO CLEAN UP THE TOP OF HIS MACHINE , HE BENT OVER THE TOP OF HIS BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF KETTLE BOTTOM BROKE LOOSE STRIKING HIM ON THE HIP AND BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE PARKED HIS 24A LONG AIRDOX COAL DRILL BETWEEN #8 AND #9 HEADING IN THE LAST OPEN BREAK UNDER LOOSE PIECES OF ROOF (DRAW ROCK).HE THEN BEGAN TO GRESE THE BOOM ON HIS DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF THE LOOSE ROOF FELL ON HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A ROCK FELL ON CANOPY AND SLID DOWN HIS BACK, ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO MINE FOREMAND AND EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UP UNTIL 8-20-91.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING HYDRAULIC JACKS OFF OF MINER BEING WORKED ON IN THE SHOP WHEN HE STRAINED HIMSELF.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING CAP WEDGES BETWEEN TAIL PIECE AND FEEDER TO PREVENT SPILLAGE OF LOOSE COAL WHEN RIGHT THUMB CAME BETWEEN SLEDGE HAMMER AND SIDE WALL OF FEEDER.

EMPL WAS LOADING BRATTICE BLOCKS INTO SCOOP BUCKET & LATE BACK STARTED HURTING HIM.

CLEANING THE BELT AND NEXT DAY HIS BACK STARTED HURTING

STARTED TO HOOK CHAIN ON A BELT DRVIVE AND FELL AND HURT HIS BACK.