Lynn Branch Mine No 1 Coal

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF OLD DUST HOSE OFF ROOFBOLTER WHEN HE CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE CHANGING HOSE ON VALVE BANK. A KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT EAR AND LEG. HE WAS STRAPPING AT THE TIME THE HOSE BUSTED. HE GOT THE HEAD UNDER SUPPORTED ROOF TO WORK ON IT.

EE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE. HE THREW A PIECE.WHEN IT LANDED MUD SPLASHED INTO HIS LEFT EYE. THE DOCTOR KEPT HIM OFF WORK 2 DAYS.

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS. THE ROCK STRUCK HIS HEAD & SHOULDER.

EE WAS DRILLING THE ROOF. THE EXTENSION FELL FROM THE MACHINE. HE REACHED TO PICK IT UP, PUTTING HIS LEFT HAND ONTO THE DRILL HEAD. STEEL FELL FROM THE HOLE ONTO HIS HAND.

EE MOVING OVER TO DRILL HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT. INTENDED TO LOWER CANOPY, DID NOT LOOK-TOOK HOLD WRONG LEVER-RAISED STAB. THIS ALLOWED ENTIRE MACHINE TO COME DOWN. CANOPY STRUCK EE ON HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING THE MINER CABLE. WHEN HE GOT IT OVER HIS HEAD HIS BACK POPPED & HE REPORTEDPAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. DOCTOR IS TREATING FOR A STRAINED MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A BELT TO MAKE A SPLICE. HE PULLED HARD AND INJURED HIS LOWER STOMACH (GROIN) MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PINNER ACROSS SECTION. HIS FIRST FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS INJURED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN CANOPY AND ROOF.

EE INJURED HIS TAIL BONE WHEN SHUTTLE CAR SEAT BROKE. EE REPORTED ACCIDENT 10-18-99, WORKED REGULAR UNTIL 10-19-99.

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON ROLLER OF #1 HEAD DRIVE. BOLTS WERE TIGHT, EE RESET SOCKET TORQUE BOLTS. EE PUSHED ON RATCHET, SOCKET SLIPPED ALLOWING EES HAND TO HIT SIDE OF ROLLER. EE INJURED MID DLE AND RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

EE STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLE AROUND THE LEFT RIB AREA. EE REFUSED MED TREATMENT AT THE JOB SITE BUT LATER WENT TO HIS FAMILY DR. DR GAVE HIM MEDICATION FOR PAIN & 2 DAYS REST

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A LID FROM THE MINER, STRAINED HIS NECK AREA. EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 10-4-99

EE LOADING BLOCKS INTO SCOOP BUCKET. HE STEPPED OFF A PALLET, SPRAINED HIS ANKLE. EE OFF WORK REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. WHILE DRILLING, THE STEEL STOPPED UP. WHEN EE BLEW STEEL OUT SOMETHING GOT INTO HIS EYE. ON 6-14 EE WENT TO DR., AND HAD METALLIC PARTICLKE REMOVED FROM THE EYE. EE MISSED TWO DAYS WORK.

EMPLOYEE RECEIVED INJURY TO HIS CHEST RIB AND LOWER ABDOMEN WHEN A SCOOP WAS LET DOWN ON HIM.

WHLE DRIVING THROUGH AN AREA OF LOW COVER (LESS THAN 100'). THE #5 ENTRY BEGAN SHOWING SIGNS OF OUTCROPPING, HISS SEAMS AND MUD STREAKS. TWO HILL SEAMS APPROX. 6' APART WERE RUNNGIN PARALLEL W ITH EACH OTHER, FELL OUT. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 75' LONG, 6' WIDE AND 15-20' HIGH. THE OUTBY AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6' BOLTS, 4X4 PLATES AND METAL STRAPS. THE AREA OF THE MAIN FALL WAS NOT BOLTE

EE WAS HELPING BUILD A CRIB. A CRIB BLOCK FELL FROMT HE TOP OF THE CRIB 6 FT ONTO THE FLOOR THEN ONTO THE EE FOOT. X RAY WAS NEGATIVE, HOWEVER EE WAS OFF ONE DAY DUE TO SWELLING.

CREW WAS PULLING BELT. EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF WOOD BETWEEN THE RAM OF THE SCOOP AND THE BELT. WHEN THE SCOOP OPERATOR RETRACTED THE RAM IT CAUGHT AND MASHED EE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. EE TREATE D AND RELEASED AT WHITESBURG E.R.

MAJOR SQEEZE CAUSED A FALL TO BEGIN ON #3 PANEL WHICH RODE OVER TO #4 PANEL. NO ONE WAS INJURED ALL EQUIPMENT WAS LOST.

EE RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS RIGHT ARM WHEN HE CUT A RETAINING STRAP FROM A BUNDLE OF STRUCTURE. THE BUNDLE HAD TENSION AND BACKLASHED. FIRST AID WAS GIVEN AT THE MINE SITE. EE RECEIVED TREATMENT AT HOSPITAL. TREATMENT CONSIST OF 8 STITCHES AND ANTIBIOTICS.

EE WAS CARRYING STRAPS. EE ALLOWED HIS FINGER TO GET INTO A PINCH POINT. THE STRAPS WEIGH ABOUNT 3 TO 5 LBS EACN, AND EE REPORTED HE WAS CARRYING 30 OR MORE. EE PUT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LOAD D OWN FIRST, ALLOWING THE LOAD TO SHIFT AND INJURED HIS FINGER. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER AT WHITESBURG ARH. X-RAY REVEALED A BROKEN FINGER ON THE END.

EE WAS PUTTING UP A STRAP. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE A.T.R.S. AND A ROOF BOLT THE ROCK STRUCK THE CANOPY, BORKE, AND HIT EE THE ROCK INJURED THE EE ON THE HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDER AREA. EE WAS TREATED BY ONDUTY MET AND TRANSPORTED TO THE ER AT WHITESBURY HOSP

EE WAS PUTTING FUEL INTO THE MANTRIP. EE WAS WATCHING TO SEE WHEN THE TANK WAS FULL. FUEL OIL SPLASHED INTO EE'S FACE AND EYES. EE'S EYES WERE FCLUSHED AND EE TAKEN TO THE E.R.

EE GOT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE MINER BOOM TO REMOVE A ROPE FROM THE HOOK ON THE MINER. OPERATOR BACKED THE MINER TO GIVE EE SLACK IN THE ROPE. THE LEFT CAT THE MINER CAUGHT, FIRST CAUSING TH E MINER TO SHIFT, PINNING THE MINER AGAINST THE RIB.

EE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE MINER. A ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT. X RAY REVEALED FRACTURE OF TOE ON LEFT FOOT.

EE'S THUMB WAS MASHED WHILE HELPING REPAIR A CONVEYOR CHAIN. EE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER, ANOTHER EEWAS HITTING THE HAMER. 2ND EE'S HAMMER GLANCED AND STRUCK FIRST EE'S THUMB. INJ EE WENT TO E.R AT WHITESBURG HOSP FOR SUTURES AND THUMB NAIL REMOVAL

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A SHUTTLE CAR WITH THE MINER. MINER SLIPPED OFF THE CORNER OF THE SC CAUSING THE MINER TO KICK TO THE SIDE. EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED AGAISNT THE RIB BY THE MINER HEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE ARA WHITESBURG ER, TREATED ANDRELEASED.

EMPLOYEE GOT OFF MANTRIP TO CLOSE DOOR. FORCE OF FAN CAUSED DOOR TO SLAM AGAINST HIS LEFT HAND MASHING AND BREAKING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. \

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS NECK MUSCLE WHILE TAKING MINER CABLE FROM THE HOOK. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR. RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION FOR MUSCLE RELAXERS, RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY.

THE SLATE ROCK UNDER A KETTLE BOTTOM FELL BEFORE A STRAP COULD BE INSTALLED.

EE WAS HELPING MOVE THE MINER ACROSS THE SECTION. HIS LEFT FOOT GOT IN A LOOP OF MINER CABLE. EE PULLED HIS FOOT FREE. HE FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE MUSCLES. EE DID NOT SEEK M EDICAL ATTENTION AT THE TIME ONF THE ACCIDENT. 2-28-98: EE WENT TO THE NORTON COMMUNITY HOSP. E R BECAUSE OF THIS INJURY.

HURT BACK, WHILE LIFTNG A COAL TRUCK TIRE.

RAISED SHUTTLE CAR REEL COVER TO CHECK REEL DROPPED IT ON HIS RT HAND HITTING 2 FINGERS