King I Coal

Employee was preparing for start of shift when she stepped off sidewalk in front of bathhouse. She lost her balance and fell to the ground. Upon impact she smashed and cut her little finger on her right hand, and hit her head on steel post.

Pulling belt control box into 935 bucket with push plate. Employee rigged chain pulling the box into the bucket. He was in bucket with right hand on top of push plate. His fingers got caught between the back of the bucket and the push plate causing lacerations and fractures to right middle and ring fingers.

Employee was loading timber in low clearance. Timber was green and he overextended his back. Employee did not seek medical attention until 10/29/2007.

Employee was setting timbers in entry. A freedom car came into entry and struck scoop which in turn, the timber in the scoop knocked the employee off his feet and he landed on his tail bone.

While cleaning rock off miner, injured employee put his hands under rock to push in conveyor. At the same time, another employee tried using a pry bar and pry bar slipped, which caused the rock to smash the injured employee's finger, causing a partial amputation of the tip of his right index finger.

Roof fall of an intersection in 2 South Mains, #2 entry inby 6 ft. of crosscut #13. Roof measured 17' wide by 20' wide by 6' to 8' high. The cave measured approximately 37' long. Roof fall was reported to MSHA Emergency Response Toll Free Number 1-800-746-1553.

While employee was pulling up mesh, he pulled a muscle in his back.

Employee was cutting frame on continuous miner when a piece of slag blew back in under his glasses and got into left eye causing an abrasion to his eye.

Employee reported that while removing a piece of timber from the grizzly chute he received a splinter of wood in his right hand. He said that he scratched the splinter out with his finger and returned to his duties. Reported injury 4/19/07 and sought medical treatment. Infection from splinter.

Employee was under Mac 10 mantrip using air wrench to take bolts off leaf springs. Mud was packed around frame. Employee was wearing safety glasses w/side shields. Machine was blocked up from the weekend. Dirt got into left eye causing abrasion to eye.

Employee was riding on floor board of Little Mac and was holding on to the fender wall when they hit a bump in the roadway cuasing the right front tire to come in contact with the fender and smashing employee's finger.

Employee was training RR Belt at belt tail, when a piece of coal fell from catwalk above, striking his arm just above the elbow.

Employee was roofbolting an outside bolt, he attached the second drill steel and hit rotation. When the employee hit rotation his glove caught on the steel, which wrapped around the steel, causing employee to get sucked in and his clothing getting wrapped as well. Employee needed to have his clothing cut in order to be free.

Employee bent down to tie an object when his back gave out/locked up and started to spasm.

While picking rocks from railroad belt, turned to throw rock and twisted/strained right knee.

Employee was stepping out of the cab of Lo Trac, when his ankle gave out, causing him to fall and spraining his left knee.

Employee was gathering blocks operating scoop #488 at the #9 back entry when he ran over a piece of the 4" polypipe causing it to pop up and enter the cab of the scoop striking the operator in the left rib cage.

A rock fell from the roof of the mine and landed on the miner. It then bounced off the miner and hit the employee in the mouth, chipping his tooth and scratching his eye.

Operating the #10 shuttle car, traveling toward miner at the #2 entry when a roof rib popped causing particles to fall and hitting operator in the right eye.

While cleaning rock off of the miner, a piece of rock fell off of the miner and struck the employee on the right foot. The rock was approximately 2' x 1 1/2' x 8" thick.

The employees were pulling and old belt off of #2 belt with a 3/8" high tinsel chain, when the chain snapped, striking the employee on the left shin. Employee taken to the ER where he received 3 sutures.

While entering belt line #1 #4 tail, EE drove through both sets of doors into the belt line. He then made a turn to go down to #5 belt when he struck his head on a low hanging roof mat.

EE was roof bolting in 3 West section 6 to 7 enty #7 cross-cut. He was putting in the outside bolt on the right side, when a coal brow on the rib fell hitting him on the lower back.

While roof bolting, drilled thru the pan with first steel, causing a piece of metal to lodge in eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses and was following safety procedures.

Carrying stopping panels, bent over in low area of the mine, felt pain in lower back.

Employee was bent over, moving mining cable, when a rock approximately 2'x1'x2" fell, striking the employee on his lower back. The employee had just scaled some rock from the same area, and said the remainder looked good.

Rock dusting from #6 beltdrive towards overcast, while going up overcast, Lil Mac powered out and started back down the ramp, when he fell off the machine landing between belt and machine and he lost his hard hat and light. When he raised up, he came in contact with belt roller, hitting his head and catching his hooded sweat shirt, ripping hood from shirt.

STOCKING ROOF BOLTER WITH MATERIAL. WHEN LIFTING FELT A PULL IN LOWER AREA OF STOMACH.

The employee was attempting to hitch a splice trailer to the back of his golf cart, when he dropped the hitch on the golf cart, mashing his finger. Laceration to left, middle finger, received stitches. Is able to work, with the limitations given.

Ee was trying to pry a rock loose in the lump/nut bin when a rock came down on her ring and little fingers. Little finger ended up receiving sutures.

Employee was moving roof mats from the scoop, when he stepped in a hole in the mine floor, twisting his lower back and hip. After the initial Dr. consultation, he is expected to be off work for at least one week.

Lifting two 5 gal cans of oil off trailer & felt sharp pain in lower back

While roof bolting, the employee turned and reached for a bolt, when he twisted his back.

The employee was opening a vent hole in a stopping for a scoop charger, when he scraped the back of his hand across a sharp corner of Kennedy panel.

The employee was running a shuttle car when he hit a bump in the road and jammed his back. The accident was not immediately reported to the employer and medical help was not sought until 12/09/04.

Roof fall in xcut at xcut16 between #4 and #5 entries. The fall is approximately 15' wide x 34' long x 7' to 9' high. There were no injuries related to this fall.

Two employees were trying to take a link out of a drive chain, when a piece of metal broke off the chain link, striking an employee in the right eye, causing a deep cut on the top of the eyelid. Employee was taken to the emergency room, where he underwent surgery on his eye, and then was released from the hospital the next day.

Was drawing canopy back over load. Placed rt hand up where canopy cylinder was, pinching midddle finger.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SCOOP & HE HAD ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND WHEN THE OTHER LEG GOT HUNG UP IN THE SCOOP CANOPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A HURRY, SO WHILE MOVING A MINER CABLE HE RAN HIS HEAD INTO THE RIB. THE IMPACT KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND AND RESULTED IN A MILD CONCUSSION AND NECK STRAIN.

THE POWER HAD BEEN OFF. ONCE THE AC POWER WAS RESTORED, EE WAS TRYING TO BEND ROOF BOLT AGAINST ROOF, AS RESIN HAD ALREADY SET UP. HE WAS USING HIS WRENCH TO BEND BOLT BY INCREASING PRESSURE ON HIS DRILL HEAD. AS PRESSURE ON DRILL HEAD INCREASED, WRENCH SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AND STRUCK EE ON THE FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK SWUNG DOWN FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER BACK.

THERE WAS A LOOSE PIECE OF COAL ON THE GROUND WHEN THE EE STEPPED ON IT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY JUST A FIRST AID INJURY, UNTIL 1/27/04, WHEN WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT SURGERY (ME DICAL TREATMENT) WAS NEEDED.

ROOF FALL OF INTERSECTION, 2 SOUTH MAINS, ENTRY #4, X CUT #12. ROOF FALL MEASURED 17' LONG X 17' WIDE X 6' HIGH. REPORTED TO MSHA AZTEL FIELD OFFICE AT 4:40 PM, 7-31-03. HE MESSAGE WAS LEFT ON ANSWERING MACHINE.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE 2 SOUTHWEST BLEEDER ENTRIES. VENTILATION NOT AFFECTED. CALLED OUT AT ABOUT 1140 AM.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP SHACKER SCREEN AND FELT PAIN IN BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 12/3/02.

CLEANING FACES IN & OUT OF SCOOP AND HANGING CURTAINS. STARTED HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN GROIN AND RIGHT TESTICLE. PAIN HAD BEEN OCCURING OFF AND ON FOR 2 WEEKS OR SO BUT NOT THIS BAD. CONTINUED W ORKING UNTIL SURGERY ON 11-25-02.

MINER WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR OVER ROUGH SPOTS HIT BUMP AND JAMMED NECK ON CANOPY OF BUGGY. RETURNED TO WORK THINKING HE WOULD FEEL BETTER. HEADACHE GREW WORSE AND NUMBNESS IN HANDS INCREA SED. MINER DROVE SELF TO HOSPITAL. HAD SURGERY ON C5 AND C6 DISKS.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE MINER TRACKS AND A METAL BAR FELL ONTO HIS LT. ARM.

LEAVING THRU KENNEDY MAN DOOR, SLIPPED AND HIT RT. KNEE ON DOOR FRAME.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE UNLOADING CARGO INTO SCOOP BUCKET.

OBSERVING BOLTING OPERATIONS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME DOWN HITTING HIS LEFT HAND WHICH WAS ON TOP OF BOLTER.

EE WAS LOADING A PICKUP WITH UNILOADER WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL OUT OF THE BUCKET STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING TOUNGE ON ROCK DUSTER TRAILER TO HOOK UP TO HITCH ON GOLD CART WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING A REGULAR WEEKLY MINE EXAMINATION. THE INTERSECTION OF SECTION3 RIGHT ENTRY 4 AT CROSSCUT 24 BROKE ABOVE THE ROOF BOLTS. ESCAPEWAYS & VENTILATION NOT AFFECTED

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN DRILL TABLE OF ROOF BOLTER WITH DRILL STEEL. WHEN HE SPUN TABLE, HISGLOVE CAUGHT, TWISTING HIS FINGERS, ORIGINALLY, ONLY FIRST AID TYPE CARE WAS GIVEN. RECENTLY, HOWEVER, WHEN PAIN PERSISTED, DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO BE SERIOUS.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER ON HIS KNEES. A ROCK SLID OFF OF THE ATRS STRIKING HIM IN THEFOOT.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT ABOUT 6:00 AM BY THE PRE-SHIFT EXAMINER. AN INTERSECTION FELL ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ZONE AND ESCAPEWAYS WERE NOT AFFECTED. AZTEC. NM FIELD OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED.

EE WAS PRYING A ROCK WHICH WAS LODGED IN A CHUTE. SHE SLIPPED AND FELL. ORIGINALLY, ARM JUST ACHED. AFTER PAIN PERSISTED, AN MRI WAS RECENTLY PERFORMED, AND SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED FOR JAN.28.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT ABOUT 0600 BY THE PRESHIFT EXAMINER. AN INTERSECTION FELL ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ZONE IN SECTION 3 RIGHT, ENTRY #6, XCUT 13. VENTILATION & ESCAPEWAYS WERE NOT AFFECT ED. AZTEC, NM FIELD OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED AT 0655, 9-21-01.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON CHAIN LINK FOR FEEDER BREAKER. A PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE FELT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER WHEN IT GOT THERE BUT HE HAD BEEN WORKING ON MANTRIPS AND GOLF CARTS PRIOR TO THIS. HE DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL 9/7/0 1 ALTHOUGH HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 9/4/01.

EMPLOYEE WALKED BENEATH SUPPORT ARM OF ROOF BOLTER. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON SUPPORT ARM CAUSING HIM TO CHANGE POSITION SUDDENLY, STRAINING HIS BACK.

THE MECHANICS WERE CHANGING A BEARING RACE ON A CONTINOUS MINER WHEN EE APPROACHED THE SCENE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE. EE WEARS PRESCRIPTION GLASSES.

A ROOF FALL MEASURING 16' WIDE BY 13' LONG BY 4-4 1/2' THICK OCCURRED ABOUT 16' INBY X-CUT #6 IN SECTION #2 RIGHT. AREA WAS WELL BOLTED. 5' RESIN GROUTED ROOF BOLTS WERE IN USE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING COVER FROM MANTRIP BATTERY. COVER STUCK WHEN HE LIFTED CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK. REPORTED 11-29-00.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR. HE TURNED FROM CROSSCUT #17 INTO #1 ENTRY. HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE CORNER. HIS TIRE HIS THE RIB, JARRING THE OPERATOR.

EE WAS OPERATING REMOTE CONTROL MINER WHEN A ROCK BROKE AWAY FROM LEFT RIB STRIKING HIM ON LEFT FOOT.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION IN OLD SECTION 1 SOUTHEAST, ENTRY #3, X-CUT #2. VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED, ESCAPEWAY WAS NOT AFFECTED. ADDTIONAL TIMBER WAS SET I N AREA AND WARNING SIGNS WERE POSTED. THIS FALL OCCURRED ABOUT 1000' INBY PORTAL.

EE WAS LOADING ROOF MATS ONTO A SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN HE FELL A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.

MECHANIC WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON BELT DRIVE WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT HEAD. HAND STRUCK METAL PIECE CAUSING SMALL LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING A PRESHIFT EXAMINATION CONDUCTED PRIOR TO DAY SHIFT. THE INTERSECTION AT #3 ENTRY, XCUT #16, SECTION NO. 2 SOUTH HAD BROKEN LOOSE ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ZONE SOM ETIME DURING THE WEEKEND.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A GOLF CART WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON A PIECE OF LOOSE CONVEYOR BELT ON THE MINE FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HI KNEE AND ANKLE

EE WAS GETTING ONTO A GOLF CART WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTIOPN UNTIL 4-16-99 AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AS BEING A WORK RELATED INJUR Y UNTIL 4-22-99.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTNING A MANDOOR WITH A HAMMER. THE HAMMER SLIPPED, STRIKING HIM IN THE UPPERLIP. 5 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A DRILL STEEL STUCK IN HOLE. WHEN HE PULLED ON THE STEEL IT CAME LOOSE STRIKING HIM ON THE RT SIDE OF HIS FACE. REQUIRED SEVERAL STITCHES.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN BLEEDER IN SECTION NO 4 WEST, ENTRY #5 AT XCUT #60 DURING A WEEKLY EXAMINATION. VENTILATION & ESCAPEWAYS WERE NOT AFFECTED. LEFT MESSAGE ON ANSWERING MACHINE AT TRI NIDAD FIELD OFFICE. NOTIFIED MSHA, DENVER TO MOVE B.M.P. OUTBY ROOF FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLICING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE. HIS RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED PUNCTURING HIS LEFT FOREARM, WOUND REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

EE WAS SPLICING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE. THE COPPER SHIELDING ON THE CABLE CUT HIS FINGER.

ROOF FALL IN 6 CROSSCUT BETWEEN ENTRY 4 AND ENTRY 5 IN IDLE SECTION NO.3 SOUTH. ROOF RALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING REGULAR WEEKLY INSPECTION. TIMBER WERE SET AND DANGER SING WERE POSTED. VENTILAT ION, TRAVELWAYS AND ESCAPEWAYS WERE NOT AFFECTED

EE WAS HANGING A LINE CURTAIN WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED, TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS OPERATING JOY SHUTTLE CAR WITH HIS RIGHT HAND GRIPPING THE HANDLE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE CANOPY. A ROOF MAT DRUG ACROSS THE CANOPY CUTTING EE S FINGER. FINGER REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT UPPER LEFT LEG.

EE WAS HANGING CHECK CURTAIN IN FACE OF 1 SW SECTION, #5 ENTRY INBY CROSSCUT #14. HE HAD HIS BACK TO THE ROOF BOLTER. WHEN THE BOLTER OPERATOR STARTED TRAMMING THE BOLTER IN REVERSE THE TIRE R AN OVER HIS LEFT HEEL.

MSHA INSPECTOR AND MINE EXAMINER WERE PERFORMING A WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE ALTERNATE ESCAPEWAY. A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #4 ENTRY AT XCUT 61B IN SECTION NO. 4 WEST. THE FALL MEASURE D 60' LONG X 18' WIDE X 10' HIGH. INSPECTOR NOTIFIED HIS OFFICE.

EE WAS BACKING MINER OUT OF FACE WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE COAL RIB FOR BALANCE. THE CONT MINER SWUNG TO THE RIGHT, STRIKING HIS ELBOW WITH THE BACK OF THE CAB, WHICH IN TURN FORCED HIS H AND INTO THE COAL RIB, HYPER EXTENDING HIS HAND & WRIST.

A PRESHIFT EXAMINATION OF SECTION NO 2 SOUTH MAINS REVEALED THAT A ROOF FALL HAD OCCURED SOMETIME DURING THE WEEKEND AT ENTRY #2, BETWEEN CROSSCUTS #16 & #17.

A ROOF FALL WAS OBSERVED A THE INTERSECTION OF #2 ENTRY AND CROSSCUT #4 IN IDLE SECTION NO. 3 SOUTH. THE ROOF FALL WAS OBSERVED DURING A WEEKL Y INSPECTION. NO VENTILATION, ESCAPEWAYS OR TRAV EL WAYS WER AFFECTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP A CHECK CURTAIN WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE MATS ADN STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD, NECK AND BACK.

EE WAS WALKING IN SECTION NO. 7 SOUTH, BETWEEN XCUTS 6 & 7 WHEN HIS LAMP CORD CAUGHT ON THE ROOF. HIS HEAD SNAPPED BACK CAUSING NECK STRAIN.

EE WAS WALKING IN #3 ENTRY, SECTION 2 SOUTH, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT. EE SUFFERED A CERVICAL STRAIN, LEFT KNEE STRAIN & A MILD CHI [?].

EE WAS PICKING UP A CHUNK OF COAL WHEN ANOTHER CHUNK OF COAL FELL AND SMASHED HIS THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELLING COAL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED MILD BACK PAIN. THE PAIN BECAME WORSE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS NOT PRESCRIBED UNTIL 4/8/97.

EE DISCOVERED A LUMP ON HIS LEFT KNEE DURING A ROUTINE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. AFTER WEEKS OF TESTING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS IS PROBABLY A WORK RELATED CONDITION. SURGERY TO REPAIR THE KNE E WAS NOW BEEN SCHEDULED.

EE WAS DIRING A GOLF CART TO WORKING SECTION WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE MINE ROOF CAUSING NECK STRAIN.

EE WAS LIFTING A 4' X 8' X 1/4" SHEET OF STEEL. THE STEEL SLIPPED AND IT PULLED SOMETHING IN HISLOWER BACK, NECK AND RIGHT ARM.

SOMETIME BETWEEN 630 PM ON 11-27-96 AND 630 AM ON 12-2-96 A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 4 ENTRY OF SECTION NO.5 RIGHT AT X CUT 27. THE FALL WAS CALLED OUT ON THE PRESHIFT REPORT AND THE FARMINGT ON NM MSHA OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY AT 640 AM ON 12-2-96. MSHA INSPECTOR EE INVESTIGATED THE FALL OF THE INTERSECTION. ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORT WAS BEEN ADDED.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY, CROSSCUT #28 OF THE 5 RIGHT (MMU-004) WORKING SECTION. THE ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 6:55 AM AND WAS DANGERED OFF. MSHA INSPECTOR WAS ON THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME AND THE FALL WAS REPORTED VERBALLY TO HIM IMMEDIATELY. THIS ROOF FALL DID NOT RESTRICT VENTILATION OR TRAVEL.

EE WAS WALKING ALONG #2 CONVEWYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN.

EE WAS POSITIONING LONG AIRDOX SINGLE BOOM ROOF BOLTER TO INSTALL FIRST BOLT IN WORKING PLACE. HIS LEFT HAND WAS EVIDENTLY RESTING ON THE DRILLHEAD. ATRS CANOPY WAS SET. WHEN EE ADJUSTED THE POSITION OF THE DRILL HEAD, HIS HAND (LEFT) BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN BOLTER HEAD AND THE COAL RIB.

EMP WAS USING A COMMON UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT. KNIFE SLIPPED, SUTTING EMPS RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS OPERATING BATTERY SCOOP WHEN SCOOP CANOPYCAME IN CONTACT WITH MINE ROOF. CANOPY [APPROX 3' X 3' X 1" THICK] BROKE FROM ITS MOUNTING & STRUCK EE ON TOP OF HEAD.

16'X16' INTERSECTION FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE (ABOUT 5 FEET) AT SECTON 5 SOUTH/1LEFT #4 ENTRY, #2 CROSSCUT VENTILATION & ESCAPEWAYS WERE NOT AFFECTED. NO PERSONS OR EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED. FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING PRE-SHIFT EXAMINTION.

EMPLOYEYE WAS RAKING COAL OFF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WITH A SHOVEL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN SECTION NO. 5 RIGHT, #1 ENTRY, CROSSCUT #8 WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE. ANKLE WAS X-RAYED AND IT TURNED TO BE BROKEN.

EE WAS CARRYING A SMALL BUNDLE OF 6' ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LOWER R SIDE OF HIS BACK. HE SAID HIS BACK THEN HURT FOR A WHILE & BEGIN TO FEEL BETTER. AT SOME POINT, THE PAIN TRET URNED & IS NOW GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. EE DID NOT REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO EE UNTIL 10/31/95.

EE WAS LEARNING TO OPERATE A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. WHILE BACKING UP THE MACHINE, EE LET HIS FOOT HANG OUT OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. WHILE BACKING UP THE MACHINE, THE CONTINUOUS MINER SWUNG UP AGAINST THE COAL RIB, SMASHING EE'S RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE AND THE COAL RIB.

EE WAS CLEANING LOOSE ROCK OFF OF THE HEAD OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. EE PINCHED AND CUT FINGER BETWEEN A PIECE OF ROCK AND BIT ON THE HEAD OF THE CONTIUOUS MINER. A PART 50 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATI ON FORM WAS FILLED OUT ON 9-18-95 BUT NO MEDICALTREATMENT WAS SOUGHT FIRST AID ONLY. EVIDENTLY ON 10-7-95 SAT CUT BECAME INFECTED AND EE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM. CO WAS NOTIFIED ON 10-9-95.

EMPLOYEE HAS EVIDENTLY BEEN SUFFERING FROM PAIN OF THE RIGHT KNEE SINCE NOV. 1994. AT THAT TIME, HE CONSULTED A PHYSICIAN( THE CO. WAS NOT NOTIFIED). ON 8-16-95, DUE TO CONTINUING PAIN, EMPLOY EE'S DR/ REFERRED HIM TO ANOTHER DR. THE CO. WAS NOTIFIED BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A WORK RELATED INJURY. ON 8-25-95, EMPLOYEE CONSULTED CO. DR. WHO DIAGNOSED REPETITIVE MOTION DISORDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING, EVIDENTLY, WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS FITTING HIS SECOND DRILL STEEL TOT HE FIRST DRILL STEEL, A POOR CONNECTION WAS MADE. WHEN HE STARTED ROTATION OF THE DRILL HEAD, THE SE COND STEEL DISCONNECTED FROM THE FIRST AND SPUN AROUND, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE NOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BAGS OF ROCKDUST INTO A WHEELBARROW WHEN HE FELTA TWINGE IN LOCATION FO LEFT SHOULDER BLADE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH A STANDARD UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE ABOVE THE RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A GOLFCART(MANTRIP)UNDERGROUND IN THE #2 ENTRY ADJACENT TO THE #2 CONVEYOR BELT TAILPIECE EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE MINE ROOF CAUSING NECK & SHOULDER PAIN A PART 50. 11 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION FORM WAS FILLED OUT ATTHE TIME BUT MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SOUGHT BY THE EMPLOYEE UNTIL 08-17-95 PHYSICIAN PRESSCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY WHEREBY COMPLETION OF THIS 7000

SUBJECT WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SHUTTLE CAR WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT HEAD AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH. EMPLOYEE'S LIP WAS CUT AND FRONT-UPPER TOOTH WAS CHIPPED.

SUBJECT WAS DRIVING HIS GOLF CART UNDERGROUND WHEN THE GOLF CART HIT A BUMP OR SOMETHING IN THE ROADWAY. THE GOLF CART BOUNCED AND SUBJECT HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF, JAMMING HIS NECK.

SUBJECT STATED THAT A LARGE ROCK WAS CAUGHT ON THE BELT AT THE #2 EAST BELT TAILPIEC.E HE SHUT OFF HTE BELT AND ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE ROCK OFF OF THE BELT. THE FIRST ATTEMPT WAS UNSUUCCESSFU L. HE THEN TRIED AGAIN,T HIS TIME STANDIN GON HIS TIPTOES. HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS CALF MUSCLE ON BOTH LEGS. BY THE FOLLOWING MORNING, HE WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN THE CALF MUSCLES OF BOTH LE

SUBJECT WAS CUTTING AND REMOVIN GBOLS FROM HYDRAULIC CYLINDE RWHEN A PIECE OF METLA FLEW UP INTO HIS LEFT EYE. SUBJECT WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

SUBJECT WAS SHOVELING ALONG THE 4 WEST #2 BELTLINE WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN GETTING SORE. AS THE DAY WENT ON, THE PAIN BECAME MORE SEVERE.

SUBJECT WAS MOVING A ROUND TIMBER APPROX 5"DIA.,6'LONG. HIS HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THAT TIMBER AND ANOTHER TIMBER. SUBJECT WAS EXAMINED BY A PHYSICIAN ON 7-12-94 X RAYS INDICATED NO DAMAGE. DUE TO PERSISTANT PAIN, SUBJECT WENT TO A DIFFERENT PHYSICIAN ON 8-23-94 FOR A SECOND OPINION. THIS TIME X RAYS INDICATED A SMALL HAIRLINE FRACTURE, THUS THE LATE FILING OF THIS REPORT.

FIREBOSS DISCOVERED ROOF FALL IN SECTION NO. 3 SOUTH, ENTRY #4 AT CROSSCUT #2. INTERSECTION BROKE ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ZONE (APPROX. 5-6' HIGH). NO VENTILATION OR ESCAPEWAYS WERE AFFECTED. NO P ERSONS WERE INVOLVED.

EMPLOYEE WAS REBUILDING A SET OF SCOOP BATTERIES. WHILE LIFTING A CELL INTO PLACE, HE STRAINED HIS UPPER BACK.

COAL BOUNCED AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

SUBJECT WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BELT TO REPLACE SKIRTING UNDER DUMP POINT AT DRIVE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT KNEE. CUT REQUIRED SIX STICHES.

SUBJECT SET ROOF JACK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 1X2X2 CAME OUT OF ROOF STRIKING FOOT WITH EDGE. FOUR TOES ON THE LEFT FOOT WERE BROKEN.

SUBJECT HAD TROUBLE WITH THE PAN BUSTER STEEL & HAD GRABBED AHOLD OF IT TO PULL IT OUT OF THE HOLE WITH THE ROTATION ON WHEN A NAIL ON THE STEEL LOCKED HIS HAND & TWISTED THE FINGERS BACK. ON E FINGER WAS BROKEN & ONE WAS DISLOCATED.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION OF AREA AT ABOUT 6:30 AM ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT INTERSECTION OD #5 ENTYR AND #3 CROSSCUT. SIZE OF ROOF FALL WAS APPROX 6' HIGH AND MEASURED AB OUT 17'X17'. ROOF FALL WAS IN SECTION #3 SOUTH. NO VENTILATION OR ESCAPEWAYS WERE EFFECTED. MSHA DELTA CO. WAS NOTIFIED AT 8:57 AM ON 1-10-94.

SUBJECT WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OVER TO THE RIB WHEN HE SUSTAINED A GROIN INJURY. HE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR AT THE TIME THAT HE FELT SOME DISCOMFORT, BUT DIDN'T FILL OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT UNT IL 2-9-94 AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA. SUBJECT WORKED UNTIL 2-8-94 (2-8-94 WAS FIRST SHIFT MISSED). HE IS SCHEDULED FOR CORRECTIVE SURGERY NEXT WEEK.

EMPLOYEE WAS READJSUTING LOAD ON TRAILER WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TOMOVE DUE TO BEING PARKE DON ICE. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF OF TRAILER TO STOP IT FROM MOVING, AND FRACTURED HEAL OF LEFT FOOT WHEN LANDED ON GROUND.

THE INTERSECTION SIX CROSSCUTS OUTBY THE #10 SEAL, 2ND NORTH SECTION FELL SOMETIME BETWEEN 11/8/93 AT 9:00 AM AND 11/9/93 AT 1:30 PM. INTERSECTION HAD BEEN SAGGING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAD BE EN TIMBERED. NO VENTILATION OR ESCAPEWAYS WERE EFFECTED.

OFF AGAIN 10-11-93 FOR RECURRING BACK PAIN.

UNPLANNED ROOF FALL IN THE INTERSECTION OF #1 ENTRY AND #5 CROSSCUT IN SECTION NO. 3 SOUTH. SECTION NO. 3 SOUTH IS IDLE. NO VENTILLATION WAS AFFECTED. NO ESCAPEWAYS WERE BLOCKED. NO EQUIPM ENT OR PERSONNEL WERE INVOLVED. MSHA FIELD OFFICE IN DELTA, CO. WAS NOTIFIED AT 6:45 AM (MESSAGE LEFT ON ANSWERING MACHINE) ON 9/9/93.

THEY WERE SETTING BREAKER TIMBER ROW AFTER #1 PUSH IN #4 ENTRY. THEY BOTH WITNESSED TOP BEGIN TO SAG INSIDE PUSH. ONE ROW HAD ALREADY BEEN SET AT EDGE OF PERMANENT SUPPORT. THEY WERE BACKING A WAY WHEN A 3-4" SLAB OF CAP ROCK FELL IN PUSH. TWO TIMBERS WERE KNOCKED OUT, ONE OF WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST RETURNED TO WORK AFTER MORNING BREAK. WHILE BOLTING FIRST FACE, HE REACHED FOR SECOND STEEL. EMPLOYEE DIDN'T GET GOOD GRIP ON STEEL AND REACHED TO CATCH IT AS IT WAS FALLING TO THE FLOOR. EXERTION CAUSED MUSCLE PULL IN SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN DIAGNOSED BACK SPASM OCCURRED IN BACK. NO EXTERNAL MECHANISM OR CAUSE WAS PRESENT.

EMPLOYEE STUCKY ROOF BOLT WITH CAP LUMP CAUSING STRAIN TO NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SCRAPER AT DRIVE WHILE USING SHULDER TO PUSH SCRAPER INTO PLACE HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN AREA TO LEFT CHEST DIAGNOSED AS STRAIN AT RIB CAGE

SUBJECT WAS HELPING ELECTRICIAN WITH SHUTTLE CAR TRAILING CABLE REPAIR. UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING INTO PALM OF LEFT HAND.

ROOF FALL AT SECTION 3 RIGHT INTERSECTION OF 5 ENTRY AND 1 CROSSCUT AREA WAS POSTED WITH DANGER SIGN AND TIMBER SET TO CONTROL FURTHER FALLING DELTA CO FIELD OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED AT 739 AM 12-8 -92.

54736YEE WAS ASSISTING BOLTER OPERATOR ON OPPOSITE SIDE, WHEN DRILL CAUGHT FOLD IN GLOVE. ALL FOUR FINGERS WERE INVOLVED CAUSING LACERATION WITH STITCHES AND HYPER-EXTENSION.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE,SLIPPED AND FELL INTO COAL RIB.

INTERSECTION FELL IN 3 RIGHT SECTION, #5 ENTRY #4 X-CUT. VENTILATION & ESCAPE WAYS WERE NOT IMPARED. AREA WAS TIMBERED AND WARNING SIGNS POSTED. INFORMED PRICE SUBDISTRICT OFFICE AT 2:43 PM. L EFT MESSAGE ON INSPECTOR RAMEY'S HOME ANSWERING MACHINE AT 2:41 PM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON MINER CONTROL PANEL.WHILE PUTTING PANEL BOX BACK INTO MINER,EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDCIAL ASSISTANCE BUT WITH RECURRING PAIN VISITED DOCT OR ON 06-26-92 AND IS CURRENTLY OFF FOR 2 WEEKS UNDERGOING THERAPY.

2 MECHANICS WORKING ON WHEEL UNIT OF MANTRIP CARRIER.DRIVING LUG BOLTS OUT.PERSON INJURED WAS ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF CAR.NOT INVOLVED INTHE WORK AT ALL.LUG BOLT FLEW ACROSS CAR AND STRUCK EMPL AC ROSS LEFT EYE.

ROOF BOLTER STEEL CAUGHT GLOVE. BENT FINGER CUTTING UNDERSIDE OF LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

THE INJURED PARTY WAS HAULING A LOAD OF GOB WITH A WHEELBARROW. AS HE WAS DOING THRU A MANDOOR THE WHEEL BARROW TIPPED SIDEWAYS ON HIM AND FORCED HIM TO RAISE UP AND HIT THE MANDOOR FRAME WITH HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED PARTY WAS SETTING A ROOF JACK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK STARTED TO FALL SO HE LET GO OF THE ROOF JACK AND TURNED AWAY WHEN THE ROOF JACK HIT HIM ON THE LEFT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.

SUBJECT WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE PORTAL IN ELKHORN SCOOP A WOOD BLOCK FELL OFF THE MACHINE & SUBJECT STOPPED TO PICK IT UP WHILE BENT OVER TO PICK UP BLOCK A ROCK MEASURING 3FTX5FT 8INX2IN THI CK FELL BETWEEN ROOF SUPPORT PANS STRIKING HIM OBACK

TUNNEL CARPAL SYNDROME-REPETITIVE ARM MOTION WHILE WORKING ON BOLTER.

SUBJECT WAS BOLTING USING A STARTER STEEL,HE FAILED TO REMOVE HIS AHND FROM THE STEEL WHICH KICKED OUT STRIKING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE STEEL AND A BRACE ON THE BOLTER.

SUBJECT WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO REMOVE A GLOBE WHICH IS PART OF A LUMINARIE FIXTURE ATTACHED TO THE BOLTER THE WRENCH SLIPPED & I NAME STRAINED HIS BACK

ROOF FALL #2 ENTRY EXTENDING FROM #21 X-CUT THROUGH #22 X-CUT AND OVER TO #3 ENTRY.

SUBJECT WAS EXITING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

SUBJECT WAS LIFTING PC OF METAL PLATEON TRAILER

SUBJECT IS A CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN. HE WAS WIRING THE LOAD SIDE OF A 400 AMP CURCUIT BREAKER. EVIDENTLY, THE GROUND LEAD CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE A & B PHASE LEADS CAUSING AN ARC AND FLASH W HEN POWER WAS APPLIED TO THE BREAKER.

MAN WAS STANDING IN INTERSECTION PREPARING TO SET VENTILATION. ROOF BOLTER WAS MOVING INTO #5 ENTRY WHEN REEL RAN OUT OF CABLE CAUSING CABLE TO SWING ACROSS ENTRY & STRIKE MANS ANKLE.

SUBJECT WAS OPERATING DOUBLE BOOM ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SHORT STEEL STUCK IN THE ROOF SUPPORT PAN. SUBJECT PULLED ON THE STEEL AND IT CAME LOOSE, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE WHICH STRAINED HI S LOWER BACK.

SUBJECT WAS WALKING ALONG BELTLINE WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL DOWN WHILE FALLING HE REACHED OUT AND GRABBED THE BELT HANGING CABLE,TWISTING HI SA RM AND SHOULDER.

SUBJECT WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR.THE CANOPY CAUGHT A ROOF MAT,WHICH PULLED THE MAT DOWN STRIKING SUBJECT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.THE RSULTING SHALLOW LACERATION TO THE FACE REQUIRED 17 STITCHES.

HE WAS OP ERATING CONTIOUS MINER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF COAL BLEW OOF THE RIB, STRICKING HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.

I.NAME WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT TO BE USED AS A GUIDE FOR COAL BEING DUMPED ON THE BLET TAILPIECE. HE SLIPPED AND STABBED HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT ARM WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. I.NAME WAS TRANSPORTED TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE THE WOUND WAS CLEANED AND STITCHED.

THE BOLTER WAS TRAMMING INTO ENTRY TO BOLT FACE. HE WAS WALKING ON THE OFF SIDE OF THE OPERATOR ALONG SIDE THE BOLTER WHEN THE FRONT TIRE RAN OVER HIS RIGHT FOOT.

A SECTION OF ROOF MEASURING APPROX 14' W 22'L 5'H FELL AT SOME TIME DURING THE DAY IT WAS DISCOVERED AT ABOUT 1PM THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE AREA AT THE TIME THE FALL OCCURRED IN #4 ENTRY BETWEEN #3 AND #4 XCUT IN THE 4TH WEST SECTION NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE VENTILATION AND ESCAPEWY WAS NOT AFFECTED

#5ENTRY #2 XCUT IN SECTION #4 WEST, INTERSECTION ROOF BROKE ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE OF 6' RESIN GROUTED ROOF BOLTS ALLOWING APPROX AREA MEASSURING 20'X20'X7' HIGH TO FALL THIS SEEMS TO BE ISOLATE D INSTANCE.

TWO EMPLS WERE BOLTING IN FACE. EMPL HAD HIS HAND ON OPERATING CONTROLS. ROOF JACK WHICH WAS APPROX 4' FROM EMPL WAS EVIDENTLY SET TOO LOOSELY AS IT FELL OVER STRIKING EMPL ON BACK OF RIGHT HAND.

W NAME AND I NAME WERE SPLICING A 36" CONVEYOR BELT W NAME WAS PULLING BACK ON THE PULL HANDLE WHICH OPERATES THE BELT CUTTING TOOL I NAME WAS NKNEELING BEHIND HIM W NAME PULLED BACK ON THE BE LT CUTTER HANDLE STRIKING I NAME IN THE JAW WWITH HIS ELBOW DISLIDGING I NAME DENTURES

I.NAME REPLACING MOTOR COVER DOOR.USED IMPROPER LIFTING PROCEDURES AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

HE WAS LIFTING ROOF CONTROL PANS AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

I.NAME WAS OPENING A 5 GALLON PLASTIC CELTITE BUCKET WITH A UTILITY KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED HIS RT KNEE

I NAME WAS LYING ON HIS SIDE UNDER A SHUTTLE CAR CUTTING A BOLT WITH A CUTTING TORCH AND PIECE OF HOT METAL FLEW OFFAND WENT DOWN THE LEFT EAR CANAL. IT BURNT OVER HALF OF THE EAR DRUM UP.

I.NAME WAS LIFT3NG MATS FOR ROOFBOLTING ONTO THE BOLTER ONE END OF THE MAT HUNG ON SOMETHING CAUSING HIM TO TWIST WRONG AND STRAIN HIS BACK

I.NAME SETTING 5INE BRATTICE FOR VENTILATION AFTER FINISHING PUSH WITH CONT.MINER.WAS SUSPENDING ONE END WITH POGO STICK WHEN HE WALKED UNDER 3' X 6' SECTION OF UNSUPPORTED ROOF.3' X 6' X 3'' ROCK FELL STRI5ING I.NAME ON LOWER BACK KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.

THIS INTERSECTI2N FELL IN A IDLE SECTION SOMETIME AFTER THE PREVIOUS WEEKLY INSPECTION. NO INJURY OR DAMAGE TO ANYONE OR EQUIPMENT.

MAN RIDING IN M5N TRIP TO WORK AREA WAS JARRED CAUSING PAIN TO SHOULDER.

MINING MACHINE HIT ROOF JACK ROOF JACK FLIPPED HITTING I.NAME IN THE NOSE AND MOUTH

MR EVERY WAS A HEMPING TO SET A ROOF JACK WHEN A PIECE OF6"X5\ ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP KNOCKING THE ROOF JACK BACK TOWARD HIM AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT SHIN TEARING SOME SKIN AWAY FROM THE SHIN.

WE WERE SETTING A BREAKER ROW SDURING PILLARING AND A PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT 4\ WIDE & 2" THICK FELL BETWEEN THE ROOF MATS AND BREAKER ROW HITTING FRANK ON THE HEAD AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND. HE WENT TO HOSPITAL AND GOT CHECKED OUT AND HE WAS ALL RIGHT

AT THE TIME THAT PART OF THE MINE WAS BEING DEVELOPED THE MINER OPERATOR WAS MAKING TOO LONG OF CUTS ESPECIALLY BREAKING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION

AT THE TIME THAT PART OF THE MINE WAS BEING DEVELOPED THE MINER OPERATOR WAS MAKING TOO LONG OF CUTS, ESPECIALLY BREAKING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. NO ROOF JACKS WERE BEING USED BEFORE THE BOLT ERS COULD BOLT, THUS GIVING THE TOP TIME TO SAG, EVENTUALLY RESULTING IN A FALL.