Jims Branch No 3a Coal

Tramming shuttle car - got into rib - caught caplight against rib, jerking his belt tight into stomach.

While bolting top, a piece of cap coal/slate approx 18" x 24" x 3" fell out striking employee on left forearm and left upper leg.

Fell and twisted right knee - worked his next 2 shifts, decided to see a doctor when swelling worsened.

While loading belt, he twisted or injured knee.

EE was crossing the tailpiece. His hand slipped in coal causing shoulder pain.

EE was backing mantrip in shop. He did not see injured and injured did not see him backing. Struck him in the right leg.

Employee was cleaning out the dust box on #1 bolter & pulled on filter throwing dust in his eye.

While changing bits on miner, bit shattered and fragment cut left thumb.

Unloading plaster buckets from scoop twisted knee.

Employee was shoveling under boom of his shuttle car and pulled his right shoulder out of socket.

EE was running s/c, stopped to move a rock out of roadway and reinjured his left forearm.

#7 & 8 crosscut, went to drill hole & piece of cap coal hit him in back of head & neck.

EE went to Dr. complaining of pain & swelling in knees.

The witness stated he was bolting not knowing that the cable reel was engaged. His co-worker was at the rear of the bolter at this time and was flipped by the cable when the reel began taking up. The co-worker complained of low back pain.

SHOVELING SECTION TAILPIECE, PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT FOREARM.

When making belt splice on #1 belt (outside), a belt rail fell striking the employee in the back of the neck and base of the head.

Miner operator sounded roof and ask bolter operator if he would spot bolt the area for additional support. While spot bolting rock fell and landed on operators right heel.

While trimming a piece of belt, the belt knife slipped cutting the victim on the inside of left forearm.

EE SAID HE SLIPPED WHEN TIGHTENING SADDLE BOLTS ON SHUTTLE CAR AND HE HIT HIS LEFT SIDE (RIBS) AGAINST THE SHUTTLE CAR.

WHILE TRAVELING ON A "LILMAC" MANTRIP THE BRAKE HOSE BURST SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST AND SPRAYED HYDRAULIC OIL IN EE'S EYES.

Bolter operator bolting up cap coal. When drill steel when through cap coal the coal dislodged fro the mine roof striking the operator on his head & shoulders.

A piece of slate mine roof fell out between he last row of bolts and the ATRS on the operator. The operator complained of pain in his neck, right shoulder and chest.

EE SAID HE WAS SHOVELING A STUCK BOTTOM ROLLER AND PULLED A MUSCLE

WAS SETTING UP MINER TO LOAD, DROPPED PAN & HEAD ON BOTTOM TO PUSH UP LOOSE COAL. I WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT AHEAD & DID NOT REALIZE MY FOOT WAS IN THE PAN OF HEAD A BIT CAUGHT MY BOOT & ROLLED ON MY FOOT BREAKING TWO TOES AND HAVING TO GET STITCHES.

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN ATRS AND LAST BOLT.

SCOOP OPERATOR ROOFED HIMSELF WHILE CLEANING SECTION. SWOLLEN SPOT ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD. TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. EE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED SHORTLY AFTER EXAM.

WHILE USING SCOOP TO HOLD DOWN ON BELT DRIVE, THE BUCKET OF SCOOP SLID OFF OF BELT DRIVE CAUSING THE EE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE BACK OF THE OPERATORS DECK.

WALKING IN #4 FACE ENTRY, SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS BACK.

WHEN INSTALLING RIPPER JACK, JACK SLIPPED PINCHING RIGHT HAND ON FRAME OF MINER CUTTING HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.

THE MAN WAS PREPARING TO DRILL BOLT HOLE IN LAST ROW OF BOLTS. WHEN HE PUSHED THE DRILL STEEL AGAINST THE ROOF A PIECE OF ROCK 2"THICK 18" X 18" BROKE LOOSE AND FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND WHI CH CUT HIS MIDDLE, RING AND PINKY FINGER.

SIDE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS DRILLING ROOF WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF FELL STRIKING HIM.

LOWER TOTAL HEIGHT IN #3 ENTRY. SCOOP OPERATOR CAUGHT HIS HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF.

BOX OF RESING FELL INTO BOLTER COMPARTMENT & WASBEING REMOVED WHEN BACK WAS STRAINED.

HE CAUGHT GLOVE ON LEFT HAND AT DRILL CHUCK TWISTING LITTLE FINGER.

RAN OVER ROCK WITH SCOOP IN ROADWAY ON 3 BELT. EE SAID HE STOVED HIS NECK, AGGRIVATING AN OLD INJURY.

GLOVE CAUGHT ON ROTATING DRILL STEEL.

LIFTING MOTOR STRAINED BACK.

CHANGING ATRS JACK ON BOLTER. BLOCKING WAS NOT ADEQUATE TO PREVENT A PART FROM FALLING.

OLD ROADWAY ENTRY AT #36 BREAK; FALL IN INTERSECTION.

ROOF BOLTER MASHED FINGER ON DRILL STEEL.

MAKING BELT SPLICE AND CHIP OFF OF HAMMER BROKE AND WENT INTO RIGHT HAND AT MIDDLE KNUCKLE.

TURNED & HIT ROOF BOLT PLATE WITH LEFT EYE BROW.

PULLING BELT WITH PLIERS TO LOAD ON SUPPLY CAR TO BRING OUTSIDE.

CHANGING PLANITARY ON MINER AND INJURED LOWER BACK LIFTING.

SHOVELING WET MATERIAL ONTO STOPPED MINE BELT CONVEYOR. PULLED MUSCLE ON RIGHT SIDE RIB AREA.

INJURED WAS WORKING ON SHUTTLE CAR SITTING ON HIS KNEES. WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP, HE S (R) KNEE TWISTED, INJURING KNEE.

EE WAS GRANTED A 15% AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 9/26/00 EE WAS NOTIFIED ON 10/17/00

EE WAS EXITING MANRTIP AT SHOT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

WHILE RIDING ON A MAC 8 MANTRIP, THE MANTRIP ENCOUNTERED A SMALL LEDGE IN THE ROADWAY, THIS CAUSING THE INJURED'S LIGHT TO CONTACT THE MINE ROOF INJURING HIS HEAD, NECK, AND BACK.

EE WAS WATCHING FOR BAD SPLIKES ON #2 BELT. THE TAKE-UP, KICKED OFF THUS CAUSING THE GUARD TO FALL ON HIS ANKLE: RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON RAIL WHEN BELT WAS STARTED. RIGHT FOOT WAS PINNED IN TAKE UP.

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP THROUGH A WATER HOLE. AS WATER R4 INTO DECK.EE RAISED UP TO AVOID GETTING WET AND HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND TOP OF CONTROL PANEL THUS MASHING HIS WAIST AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING CRIB BLOCKS FROM RIB TO MINER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING GUARD ON TAKE UP JACK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS TRAMMING A SHUTTLE CAR IN #5 ENTRY. HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY AND STOVED HIS HEAD ON THE SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY.

EE WAS MAKING A POWER MOVE. HE GOT HIS L HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN PULL ROPE AND MANTRIP INJURING HIS L INDEX FINGER.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION CONTAINING SPAD #3644 AND INBY TOWARD THE FACE. THE FALL MEASURED 40' BY 20' BY 6'-8' THICK. THE FALL OCCURRED ON A SECTION WHERE NO ONE WAS WORKING.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS FROM A SCOOP. HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE SCOOP, STRIKING HISBACK.

PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS, HITTING EE ON R LEG AND SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE BOLT AND THE BOLTER DRILL HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A PUMP BREAKER IN. THE CATHEAD WHERE IT PLUGGED INTO THE RECEPTACLE ARCHED AND BURNED THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS AWARDED BENEFITS FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 09/16/99. EMPLOYEE WAS NOTIFIEDON 11/12/99. EMPLOYEE'S LAST DATE OF EMPLOYMENT WAS 06/09/99.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING LOADED SHUTTLE CAR TO THE FEEDER. EMPLOYEE GOT HIS HARD HAT CAUGHT BETWEENTHE SHUTTLE CAR AND THE ROOF, INJURING HIS NECK.

EE INJURED HIS NECK WHILE TRAVELING IN ON THE MANTRIP. MANTRIP OPERATOR RAN OVER SOMETHING IN ROADWAY CAUSING EE S NECK TO JERK AND HIS HEAD TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE MANTRIP.

EE WAS EXAMINED 8-25-98 AND DIAGNOSED WITH CWP. FILED APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS THIS DATE. WE WERE NOTIFIED 09-15-98. DR. REPORTS THAT EE HAD SUFFERED FROM CWP FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS.

WAS DIGONOSED WITH CWP 7-22-98 AND FILED APPLICATION. WE WERE NOTIFIED 8-20-98.

EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 7/7/98 PHYSICIAN STATES HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM DISEASE ABOUT 3 YRS. APPLICATION WAS ACCEPTED BY WORKERS COMPENSATION 12/18/98 WE WERE NOTIFIED 12/21/98

EE WAS EXAMINED ON 7-6-98 FOR HEARING LOSS AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDED BILATERAL HEARING AIDS. APPLICATION WAS FILED THIS DATE(7-6-98) WE WERE NOTI FIED 8-19-98.

EE FILED APPLICATION FOR CWP BENEFITS. WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION 9/15/98 THAT HIS APPLICATION HAD BEEN APPROVED. AWAITING OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONISIS BOARDS DECISION ON DEGREE OF CONDITION.

EE HAD FILED FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS 2/10/98. APPLICATION WAS APPROVED 5/11/98.

BOLTER OPERATOR HAD DRILLED AN 18" HOLE & CHANGED STEEL TO 2 PIECES OF STEEL, 18" STARTER + FINISHER & PUT STEEL TOGETHER & GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STARTER & FINISHER & STARTED THE RO TATION WIHICH IN TURN BROKE HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

WE HAD SHOT A BOOM HOLE TO SET A BELTHEAD ACROSS FROM SPAD 2296 IN 5 ENTRY ON SAT 4-25-98 WHEN 3RD SHIFT WAS FIREBOSSING THE MINE HE FOUND A WOCK FALL IN 4 ENTRY AT SPAD 2296. WAS REPORTED TO EE ON 4-27-98 AT 730 AM.

HAULER OPERATOR PARKED UNIHAULER TO EXIT DECK, TO HANG A WATER LINE, HE FLAGGED MINER OPERATOR, THEN HE EXITED DECK, MINER OPERATOR DIDN'T SEE HIM FLAG OR EXIT HAULER. MINER BACKED UP PUSHING THE UNIHAULER UPON HAULER OPERATOR WHO HAD HIS BACK TURNED TO THE MACHINE, THE HAULER WAS PUSHED UP ON TO THE HAULER OPERATOR'S LEGS, WHICH RESULTED IN A FRACTURED KNEE CAP & BRUISES.

EE WAS PREPARING TO GO AROUND MACHINE TO MOVE UP FOR NEXT ROW OF BOLTS. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO RIB & MACHINE TRYING TO STAY OUT OF A PUDDLE OF WATER. HE SLIPPED & FELL GRABBING TRAM CONTROLS, TRA MING MINER OVER LT FOOT.

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN. BOLTS APPROX. 30" DIAM X 4" TO 6" THICK ON EE.

MAN WAS WALKING ON ROADWAY IN MUDDY AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF MINE BELT AND SLIPPED AND FELL TO MINE FLOOR. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LEFT LEG.

THIS MAN WAS HANGING A MINER CABLE WITH A HELPER, BOTH MEN WERE HOLDING CABLE, THE HELPER DROPPED THE CABLE, & PUT ALL THE WEIGHT ON THIS MAN. HE DID NOT COMPLAIN UNTIL 7 HOURS LATER THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING, HE CALLED FROM HOME ABOUT IT.

INJURED WAS OPERATING JOY 1410 REMOTE CONTROL MINER WHEN CAP COAL APPROX. 3 FT IN DIAMETER AND UP TO APPROX. 12" THICK FELL FROM MINE ROOF AND STRUCK INJURED ON TOP OF HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDER AREA. INJURED WAS LOCATED APPROX. 3' INBY THE RIGHT OUTBY CORNER IN NO.3 ENTRY AT LAST OPEN X CUT.

LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON EE WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON LEFT FOOT. METALTARSAL IN BOOT CUT AND BRUISED 3 TOES.

WAS PERFORMING HIS DUTY ON ROOF BOLTER, HIS JOB CLASSIFICATION, WHEN A ROOF BOLT SLIPPED OUT OF CHUCK STRIKING HIS 1ST FINGER ON RIGHT HAND LACERATING IT AND POSSIBLY BREAKING IT.

THIS MAN WAS LIFTING A BOX OF GLUE AND HE STUMBLED AND FELL, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON TEH FRAME OF HTE ROOF BOLTER ADN THEN HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.

WHILE RIDING IN AN OPEN MANTRIP THIS MAN GOT CAUGHT IN THE TOP WHEN TRAVELING THRU A SET OF FLY PADS CAUGHT HIS FOOT AGAINST THE ROOF AND FOLDED HIS LEG BACKWARDS, WHILE THE MANTRIP WAS IN MOT ION AND DISLOCATED HIS KNEE.

WHILE CHANGING A CONVEYOR SPEED REDUCER FROM A CONVEYOR POT AN HANGING FROM A BOOM TRUCK. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FINGER BETWEEN A I BOLT AN HOOK ON THE BOOM TRUCK.