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EE HAD STARTED HIS SHIFT AT 500 AM AND HAD WALKED INTO THE DIESEL SHOP TO SEE IF THE D-9R DOZER THAT HE OPERATES HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THE DOZER HAD BEEN DOWN DUE TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. HE STEPPED U P ON ONE OF THE TRACK ASSEMBLIES, TO LOOK AT THEENGINE, WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. WHEN HE FELL HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE STRUCK THE DOZER BLADES PUSH-ARM.

DIESEL MECHANIC WAS REQUESTED TO CHECK THE OPERATION OF THE GEAR SHIFTER ON THE NO.9902 DART HAULAGE TRUCK. AFTER MAKING HIS CHECK HE EXITED THE TRUCK OPERATOR CAB AND WAS PREPARING TO DESCEND DOWN THE TRUCKS LADDER. AT THAT TIME THE TRUCKS OPERATOR CLOSED THE DOOR, NOT KNOWING HIS RIGHT HAND WAS ON THE DOOR POST, THIS PINCHED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER, PARTIALLY REMOVING FINGER NAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO BOARD A MANTRIP WHEN HE STEPPED ON A BELT ROLLER CAUSING HIM TO FALL. WHEN HE FELL (BACKWARDS) HIS HEAD STRUCK A CONVEYER BELT RAIL. THIS RESULTED INTO A CONCUSSION. HE BEGAN TO MISS WORK ON 11-7-01.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A MANTRIP SEAT FORWARD TO SEE IF THERE WAS A SECTION OF AIR HOSE BEHIND THE SEAT. THE SEAT WAS STUCK AND WHEN HE GAVE IT A HARD TUG THE SEAT QUICKLY SPRANG FORWARD AN D HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE SEAT AND THE END OF THE MANTRIP. THIS RESULTED INTO A FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

EE WAS REPAIRING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON TRUCK.HE DROPPED A WRENCH & WHILE DESCENDING THE TRUCKLADDER TO RETRIEVE IT HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL ONTO THE CONRETE F LOOR. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THE INJURYHAS INITIALLY BEEN DIAGNOSED AS AN ACUTE SPRAIN.

EE WAS REACHING IN THE DECK OF A BATTERY CAR TO GET A SAFETY CHAIN THAT WAS TO BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE BATTERY CAR AND A 15 TON MOTOR. IN DOING SO HE CONTACTED A CABLE THAT WAS PART OF THE WI RING CIRCUIT FOR AN EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON ON THAT BATTERY CAR. IT APPEARS THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A BARE PLACE IN THAT CABLE, AND WHEN HE CONTACTED THAT CABLE HE PUSHED IT AGAINST THE METAL FRAM

INJURED AND ANOTHER EE WERE REMOVING THE CLUTCH ROTOR FROM THE OVERHEAD HOIST LOCATED IN THE G4 STATION OF THE 10 MILE OVERLAND CONVEYER. WHEN HE PULLED THE ROTOR OUT OF THE CLUTCH HE LOST CO NTROL OF IT AND HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE ROTOR AND CLUTCH HOUSING. THIS RESULTED INTO A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 7 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH MAINS A BELT AND TRACK ENTRY IN THE AREA OF SURVEY STATION NO 9871. THE FALL IS APPROX 24 FT WIDE BY 100 FT LONG AND IN EXCESS OF 15 FT HIGH. THE MATERIAL S IN THE FALL CONSISTED OF MOSTLY LIMESTONE AND SHALE. A VARIETY OF ROOF SUPPORTS HAD BEEN USED IN THIS AREA INCLUDING SEVERAL DIFFERENT LENGTH OF RESIN GROUTED BOLTS AND ROOF GROUTING.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE TAILGATE ENTRY OF THE CS LONGWALL SECTION NEAR THE 1600 FEET MARKER. THE FALL WAS APPROX 30 FT LONG BY 20 FT WIDE AND UP TO 5 1/2 FT HIGH. THE FALL MATERIAL CON SISTED OF LIMESTONE. THE AREA ROOF HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY 4 FT LONG RESIN BOLTS AND "SUPERPOSTS".

EE WAS PULLING THE SHIELD ON THE C-5 LONGWALL FACE WHEN HE REACHED FOR THE CONTROLS THAT OPERATES THE SHIELD FUNCTIONS, A SHIELD TO SHIELD HIGHTPRESSURE HOSE BURST, SPRAYING EMULSION ON EE. EE SAID THE HOSE DID NOT STRIKE HIM HOWEVER, THE PRESSURE OF THE EMULSION CAUSED HIM TO BE KNOCKED TO FLOOR & HIS LEFT KNEE STRUCK A RELAY BAR THIS RESULTED IN FRACTURE TO LEFT PATELLA

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE IN LIFTING A RAM JACK THAT WAS LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR BETWEEN THE SHIELDS &FACE. A CHAIN WAS PLACED IN THE EYE OF THE JACK & BOTH EE'S ATTEMPTED TO LIFT IT ONTO THE PONTOONS. IT WAS DURING THAT TIME THAT INJ EE SAID HE EXPERIENCED A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS BACK

EE WAS ASSISTING HANG MONRAIL STRUCTURE IN THE NO.3 ENTRY OF THE C-5 LONGWALL PANEL. HE WAS ATTEMPTING HOOK ONE END OF A PIECE OF STRUCTURE INTOTHE PIECE THAT HAD JUST BEEN HUNG. THE END OF TH E STRUCTURE SLIPPED OUT OF EE'S HAND & IN HIS ATTEMPT TO CATCH IT, HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE BEGAN TO MISS WORK ON 8/15/01 DUE TO PROBLEM

EE WAS USING A HUCK GUN TO SECURE NEW LINER PLATES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NO.1 WASHBOX. WHILE PERFORMING THIS TASK THE EE SLIPPED & FELL WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE. EE ALSO COMPLAINED OF SOME BACK PAINS.

EE HAD JUST ARRIVE AT THE LONGWALL SHEARER AND WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE SOME OF THE BITS ON THE TAIL AND DRUM. HE HAD HIT A COUPLE OF THE BITS, TO LOOSEN THEM, WHEN MATERIALS FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF, STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD, NECK, AND RIGHT SHOULDER. THE MATERIALS WERE A COMBINATION OF ROCK AND COAL AND WAS APPROX. 30" X 36" X 1 1/2" THICK.

EE WAS REMOVING A BRAKE UNIT FROM AN EIMCO SCOOP. HE HAD UNBOLTED THE UNIT AND HAD PRYED IT LOOSE TO RELEASE THE TENSION. THIS ALLOWED THE BRAKE TO TURN A COUPLE OF REVOLUTIONS. SEEING THAT TH E UNIT WAS LOOSE, HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT WHEN IT TURNED ANOTHER 1/4 REVOLUTION. WHEN THAT OCCURRED, HIS LEFT THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BRAKE UNTI AND A MOTOR PULLEY. THIS RESULTED IN A

EE & ANOTHER EE WERE REPAIRING THE EMULSION LINENEAR THE LONGWALL POWER CTR. INJ EE WAS USING A CRESCENT WRENCH ATTEMPTING TO HOLD A COUPLER IN PLACE AS OTHER EE USED A PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS ON THE SAME COUPLER. WHILE PERFORMING THIS TASK INJ EE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN UPPER RIGHT ARM HE IS NOW MISSING WORK DUE TO PROBLEM HOWEVER COMPLETED DIAGNOSIS HAS NOT BEEN MADE

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO HIT THE MAGNETITE BIN IN AN EFFORT TO UNPLUG IT. ON ONE OF THE BACK SWINGS HIS LEFT, MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND A METAL SUPPO RT. THIS RESULTED INTO A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SUTURES.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A CAP OFF OF A LONGWALL SHEARER DRUM. DURING THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE CAP IT FELL ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT. THIS RESULTED INTO A FRACTURE TO A BONE IN HIS LEFT L ARGE TOE.

EE WAS CROSSING A CONVEYOR BOLT THAT WAS OUT OF SERVICE. WHEN HE PLACED ONE OF HIS FEET ON A BELT RAIL AND STARTED TO STEP ACROSS HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL, STRIKING THE BELTRAIL. THIS RESU LTED INTO A CONTUSION TO HIS RIGHT THIGH. EE MISSED NO WORK HOWEVER ON 6-29-01 HE HAD SOME FLUIDS DRAINED FROM THAT THIGH.

ACCORDING TO THE ACCIDENT REPORT EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A CAP FROM AN OXYGEN CYLINDER. THE CAP BECAME STUCK AND EMPLOYEE STRUCK IT WITH HIS LEFT HAND, IN AN ATTEMPT TO FREE IT, WHEN HE DID THIS HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN AT THE BASE OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER. ON 6/22/01 IT WAS LEARNED THAT HE HAD JUST BEGAN A SERIES OF THERAPY TREATMENT FOR HIS INJURY.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACING A CONVEYOR CHAIN IN THE PREPARATION PLANTS NO. 1 BATH. AS THE CONVEYOR CHAIN WAS BEING PULLED INTO PLACE ON EYE BOLT THAT WAS HOOKED ONT ONE OF THE GLYTES BROKE A ND EE WAS STRUCK UNDER THE RIGHT EYE. THIS RESULTED INTO A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SEVERAL SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EE WAS WALKING IN THE HEADGATE ENTRY TOWARD THE LONGWALL FACE WHEN HIS HARD HAT STRUCK A MONORAIL HANGER THAT WAS INSTALLED AGAINST THE MINE ROOF. THIS RESULTED INTO A STRAIN TO HIS NECK.

EE WAS REMOVING BELT STRUCTURE FROM A HIGH AREA ON THE 5 LEFT CROSS BELT WHEN A PIECE OF THAT STRUCTURE. FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ELBOW AND FOREARM. THIS RESULTED INTO A CONTUSION AND S ORENESS TO THAT ELBOW. ON 6-13-01 HE BEGAN A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR THAT PROBLEM.

EE WAS WALKING IN THE NO. 2 ENTRY OF THE C-R LONGWALL SECTION WHEN HE SLIPPED WHERE SOME MUD AND WATER WERE PRESENMT. AS THE RESULT OF SLIPPING HE TWISTED HIS BACK FOR WHICH CHIROPRACTOR TREAT MENTS ARE BEING RECEIVED.

EE WAS PULLING ON THE 3/8" STEEL CABLE FOR THE MONORAIL WINCH. THE CABLE BECAME HUNG UP ON SPOOL AND WHEN HE JERKED ONIT, A STRAND ON THE CABLE ENTERED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER. THE METAL STRAND WAS REMOVED AT A HOSPITAL.

EE WAS GREASING THE HEAD ON THE R-2 REFUSE BELT. A PIGEON FLEW INTO EE AND LACERATED HIS LOWER LIP. TWO SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS WELDING ON A PIPE THE COARSE PLANT, OF THE PREPARATION PLANT. ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER COMPLETEING THIS JOB HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE AN IRRITATION IN HIS LEFT EYE WHICH WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS AN CORNEAL ABRASION. MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED. NO REPORT WAS MADE OF THIS INJURY UJNTIL 5-18-01.

A REVIEW OF THE MOST RECENT AUDIOGRAM, AS CONDUCTED BY AN AUDIOLOGIST, INDICATES THAT EE HAS INCURRED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS IN HIS RIGHT EAR. EE IS PRESENTLY WORKING AS A SECTION SUPERVISO R, A POSITION HE HAS HELD IN EXCESS OF THIRTEEN YEARS.

A REVIEW OF THE MOST RECENT AUDIOGRAM, AS CONDUCTED BY AN AUDIOLOGIST, INDICATES THAT EE HAS INCURRED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS, IN HIS LEFT EAR. EE IS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS A PREPARATION PL ANT CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR, A POSITION HE HAS HELD IN EXCESS OF 22 YEARS.

A REVIEW OF THE MOST RECENT AUDIOGRAM, AS CONDUCTED BY AN AUDIOLOGIST INDICATES THAT EE HAS INCURRED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS, IN HIS RIGHT EAR. FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS EE HAS BEEN CLASSIFIE D AS A GENERAL INSIDE LABORER BUT HAS WORKED IN OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS DURIN HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH OUR COMPANY.

A REVIEW OF THE MOST RECENT AUDIOGRAM, AS CONDUCTED BY AN AUDIOLOGIST, INDICATES THAT EE HAS INCURRED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS IN HIS LEFT EAR. FOR THE PAST YEAR, EE HAS WORKED AS A COMMUNICA TIONS ROOM SUPERVISOR, BUT HAS ALSO WORKED AS A SECTION SUPERVISOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE ENTRY OUT BY END OF A MANTRIP, TRAVELING TOWARD THE ELEVATOR AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. ON THE SOUTH MAINS TRACKS, THE MANTRIP COLLIDED WITH A 15 TON JEFFREY MOTOR AND ITS BA TTERY CAR. THIS RESULTED INTO HIM RECEIVING A HARD JOLT, INJURING HIS NECK. THIS BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY ON 4-25-01.

GARDNER WAS CLIMBING THE STEPS TO GO INTO THE CAB OF THE D9R DOZER THAT HE WAS GOING TO OPERATE.WHILE DOING THIS HE SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED A LOT OF HIS BODY WEIGHT TO BE SHIFTED BY HIS RIGHT AR M. THIS RESULTED INTO A STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT ELBOW. THIS HAS NOW BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A MUSCLE TEAR AND HE RECENTLY BEGAN TO MISS WORK DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN MAKING A POWER MOVE ON THE 6LEFT SECTION. WHILE PULLING ON THE TRAILING CABLE OF A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE HE EXPERIENCE SOME PAIN IN THE CALF MUSCLE OF HIS LEFT LEG. THIS BEC AME A LOST TIME INJURY ON APRIL 11, 2001.

THE TRACK CREW HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO RESET SOME TIMBERS AT THE 6 LEFT SECTION TRACK RUN AROUND. EE WAS HOLDING ONTO ONE TIMBER AS ANOTHER EE ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE IT WITH A TRACK HAMMER TO DISL ODGE IT. THE HAMMER STRUCK EE ON THE TIP OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, FRACTURING IT.

A REVIEW OF THE MOST RECENT AUDIOGRAM, AS CONDUCTED BY AN AUDIOLOGIST, INDICATES THAT EMPLOYEE HAS INCURRED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS IN HIS LEFT EAR. AT THE PRESENT TIME HE IS CLASSIFIED AS A DIESEL MECHANIC., BUT HAS WORKED IN OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS SINCE BEING EMPLOYED AT THE SOUTHERNOIL COAL COMPANY.

EE HAD BEEN SENT TO THE TAILDRIVE TO GET A FIVE GALLON CAN OF OIL THAT WAS LOCATED THERE. THE OIL WAS SITTING IN SOME MUD AND HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE CAN HE EXPERIENCED SOME LOWER BACK PAINS. EE HAS RECEIVED CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS FOR THEPROBLEM.

EE HAD BEEN OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. AS HE TURNED TO WALK TO THE BACK OF THE MACHINE HIS HARD HAT STRUCK A HALF-HEADER THAT WAS INSTALLED ON THE MINE ROOF. THIS RESULTED INTO A STRAIN TO HIS NECK FOR WHICH CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS WERE RECEIVED.

EE WAS SUPERVISING A CREW CHANGING A RAMJACK ON SHIELD NO. 72 ON THE LONGWALL FACE. A CHAIN WAS CONNECTED BETWEEN THE SHIELD PONTOONS & THE RELAY BAR WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE PANLINE "DRAGGIN G" THE SHIELD AS THE FACE ADVANCED. AFTER THE SHEARER MINED PAST THIS AREA THE PANLINE WAS PUSHED OVER CAUSING CHAIN TO TIGHTEN & BREAK. THE CHAIN THEN STRUCK EE IN THE BACK. BECAME LTA 3/1/0

EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING A HYDRAULIC HISE BETWEEN SHIELD NO'S 41 AND 42 ON THE C-4 LONGWALL. WHEN THE HOSE WAS PULLED OUT OF THE SHIELD SOME FLUID ENTERED BOTH EYES. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS GIVEN FOR THIS INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE LONGWALL FACE. AT ABOUT THE MID FACE AREA HIS HEAD STRUCK A LOW SHIELD, JAMMING HIS NECK. THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS NECK FOR WHICH THERAPY TREATMENTS ARE BEING ADMINISTERED.

A REVIEW OF THE MOST RECENT AUDIOGRAM AS CONDUCTED BY AN AUDIOLOGIST, INDICATES THAT EE HAS INCURRED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS IN BOTH EARS. A REPOT ON THIS HEARING LOSS WAS RECD 2/2/01 AT THE PRESENT TIME EE IS CLASSIFED AS A PREP PLANTOPERATOR BUT HAS WORKED AT A VARIETY OF M INE JOBS BOTH UNDERGROUND & SURFACE

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER TO DO SOME WORK FOR A SET OF WHEELS FOR A SUPPLY CAR. WHILE DOING THIS SOME MATERIALS ENETERED HIS LEFT EYE FOR WHICH MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RECEIVED. HE WAS G IVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICATION FOR THIS INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK THE WATERLINE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THAT CONTINUOUS MINER. THIS RESULTED IN THE WATERLINE BURSTING AND SPRAYING DOWNS ON THE FACE. THIS CAUSED SOME FOREIGN PARTICLE TO ENTERHIS LEFT EYE. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RECEIVED AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION GIVEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING SOME MAINTENANCE WORK IN THE NO. 2 BATH IN THE COARSE COAL PLANT. WHILE LIFTING A SHOE INTO THE BATH HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN ACROSS HIS LOWER BACK. ON MARCH 9, 2001 IT WAS LEARNED THAT HE HAD RECENTLY BEGUN A SERIES OF CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS FOR THIS INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO ADJUST THE SKIRTING ON THE G2 SILO BELT. THE SLATE BAR SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT THUMB STRUCK THE BELT AND AN IDLER, RESULTING IN A CHIPPED BONE TO THAT THUMB. A R EPORT ON THIS INJURY WAS NOT MADE UNTIL 2-7-01.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED ON THE C-3 LONGWALL FACE AT THE TIME THAT THE EQUIPMENT ON THAT FACE WAS BEING REMOVED. DURING THE RECOVERY OF THE SHIELDS A FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN SHIELD NO'S 92 AND 1 02. THE FALL WAS APPROX 53 FEET LONG X 7 FEET WIDE AND IN EXCESS OF 6 FEET HIGH. THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 4 FEET LONG RESIN GROUTED BOLTS WITH STRAPS.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE NO.3 ENTRY, OF THE C-3 LONGWALL TEARDOWN, LOOKING FOR SUPPLIES. WHILE DOING THIS HE STEPPED IN A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR TWISTING HIS BACK. THIS INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 2-13-01 EE INFORMED US THAT HE HAD STARTEDCHIROPRACTO TREATMENT FOR THIS INJURY.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE THE OIL IN A SPEED REDUCER AT THE TOP OF THE RAW COAL SILO. WHILE LIFTING THE 5 GALLON BUCKETS OF OIL HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER FOR WHICH CHIROPRACTOR T REATMENTS WERE RECEIVED. EASTER WAS OFF WORK SHORTLY AFTER THIS INJURY DUE A DEATH IN HIS FAMILY. IT WAS NOT KNOWN UNTIL 1/23 THAT HE HAD RECEIVED CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS.

EE WAS UNLOADING ROLLS OF 2" HIGH PRESSURE HOSE OFF OF A SUPPLY CAR WHEN ONE OF THE ROLLS SLID OFF & STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT ANKLE RESULTING INA STRAIN. THE ROLLS WERE 50' LONG & OVER 50 LB.

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE THE BRITBY OUT OF A "SLED"TO PREPARE IT FOR INSTALLATION ON THE NEW LONGWALL SETUP. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK A HALF-HEADER IN TWO TO SUPPORT THE BRITBY. WHEN HE STRUCK THE HALF-HEADER AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE SLED HISLEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE HALF-HEADER & BRITBY & WAS FRACTURED.

EE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES AT THE C-3 HAND TEAR DOWN AREA. HE WAS IN THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP HOOKING A CHAIN TO SCOOP'S RAM. AFTER THE CHAIN WAS HOOKED HE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE RAM. WHEN THE RAM WAS PULLED BACK THREE OF HIS FINGERTIPS WERE PINCHED. THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE HEAD GATE ENTRY OF THE C-3 LONGWALL PANEL JUST OUTBY THE LONGWALL FACT AT SURVEY STATION 6948. THE FALL MEASUREDUP TO 86 FT IN LENGTH, 20 FT IN WIDTH, & APPROX 9 FT HIGH. THE FALL MATERIAL CONSISTED OF APPROX3.5 FT OF LIMESTONE & SAND, SHALE 5 FT ABOVE. THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS

EE AND ANOTHER WERE CHANGING OUT A BAD BRAKE CHAMBER ON A MODEL NO. 2085 DART TRUCK THE BRAKE LINE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BRAKE CHAMBER WHEN THE AIR PRESSURE ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM DROPPED BELOW 60 LBS OF PRESSURE. THIS CAUSED THE BRAKESTO SET UP AND BLOW THE FLUID OUT OF THE BRAKE LINE AND INTO EE'S EYES. MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED.

EE WAS SENT TO SOUTH MAINS A BELTHEAD TO CHECK THE GOB OUT SWITCH THERE. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THEBOLTHEAD HE FOUND A TIMBER STUCK IN THE BELT CHUTE. IN HIS ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE TIMBER FROM THE CHUTE HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER NECK& LEFT SHOULDER.EE BEGAN TO MISS WORK 12/27/00 THE REASON FOR ABSENCE WAS NOT KNOWN UNTIL 1/4/01

ON 12/20/00 EE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE SOME SEVERE PAIN AND A KNOT IN THE AREA OF HIS RIGHT GROIN. (ORIGINAL HERNIA 2/18/82)

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY. HE HAD DRILLED THE HOLE FOR THE BOLT & HAD INSTALLED THE BOLT & RESIN IN THE HOLE. AS HEREACHED FOR THE CONTROLS HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELB OW ON CANOPY POST THIS RESULTED INTO SOME FLUIDSCOLLECTING ON THAT ELBOW WHICH HAD TO BE DRAINEDTHIS INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 1/15/01

EE WAS CHANGING BIT INSERTS ON THE TAIL DRUM OF THE LONGWALL SHEARER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET TO A SNAP RING EE LEFT HAND CONTACTED A PIECE OF METAL STICKING OUT OF ONE OF THE INSERTS. THIS RE SULTED INTO A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EE WAS OPERATING THE TAIL END SHEARER WHEN A ROCK WAS THROWN OUT OF THE TAIL DRUM AND STRUCK HIM ON THE CHIN, RESULTING INTO A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES.

EE WAS OPERATING A 15 TON MOTOR, AND HE HAD REDUCED THE SPEED OF THAT MOTOR AS IT APPROACHED A TRACK SWITCH. THE OPERATOR OF ANOTHER MOTOR, FOLLOWING EE S MOTOR FAILED TO SLOW DOWN FOR THAT TR ACK SWITCH, AND COLLIDED INTO THE REAR OF EE'S MOTOR. THIS KNOCKED EE INTO OPERATOR DECK FRAME, FRACTURING TWO OF HIS RIBS. NO REPORT WAS MADE OF THIS INJURY UNTIL 12-1-00.

EE WAS REPLACING A SIEVE AT THE NO.1 CLEAN COAL SCREEN. AS HE WAS REMOVING THE SIEVE IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND, PINCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE SIEVE & THE CHUTE THIS RESULTED INTO A SMA LL AVULSION FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT THUMB

EE WAS HOLDING A SMALL SECTION OF 10 INCH PIPE OVER HIS HEAD WHILE ANOTHER EE INSTALLED BOLTS IN THE END PHLANGES. WHILE DOING THIS HE EXPERIENCED SOME LOWER BACK PAINS. EE RECEIVED MEDICAL AT TENTION FOR THIS INJURY, SHORTLY AFTER IT OCCURED, WHICH DID NOT MEET THE REPORTING CRITERIA. SINCE THEN HE HAS RECEIVED SHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS. THAT INFORMATION WAS LEARNED ON 12-5-00.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CONVEYOR BELT ON THE NO. 3" WEIGHT BELT. HE WAS REACHING UNDER THE STRUCTURE PULLING THE NEW BELT INTO PLACE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SOME LOWER BACK PAIN S. ON 11-6-00 IT WAS LEARNED THAT EE WAS RECEIVING THERAPY TREATMENTS IN THE FORM OF MANIPULATI ONS FOR THIS INJURY.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT A METHANE IGNITION HAS OCCURRED ON THE C-3 LONGWALL FACE, IN THE AREA OF SHIELD NO. 168. AT THE TIME OF THE IGNITION THE SHEARER WAS CUTTING THE BI-D, TOWARD THE HEAD, AND 24" OF ROCK WAS PRESENT IN THIS AREA OF THE FACE

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE MOVE THE SECTION BATTERY CHARGING STATION TO NEW LOCATION. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP THE TRAILING CABLE TO MOVE IT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK. UPON BEING EXAMINED BY A PHYSICIAN EE'S PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FRACTURED RIB.

THE SHIFT HAD STARTED AND EE SAT DOWN IN THE OPERATOR'S DECK OF THE TRACK-MOUNTED ROOF BOLTER AND STARTED TO TRAM IT. A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST SPRAYING OIL INTO EE'S FACE. SOME OF THE OIL ENTERE D HIS RIGHT EYE FOR WHICH MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS WERE OBTAINED BY EE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO GET OUT OF THE OPERATORS DECK OF A MANTRIP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, INJURING HIS BACK. THIS INJURY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A LUMBAR STRAIN. (SEE ATTACHED LETTER.)

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REMOVING OF BELT SYRUCTURE OUT OF THE C-3 LONGWALL BELT, IN THE AREA OF THE TAILPIECE. WHILE PULLING ON A TOP ROLLER HE FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN HIS LEFT KNEE. THIS WAS DIAGNOSE LATER AS A TORN MENISCUS AND ON 10-23-00 HE BEGAN TO MISS WORK DUE TO THAT INJURY.

EE WAS LOADING AN OLD FEEDER ROLLER INTO A HOISTBASKET TO BE DISCARDED. WHILE DOING THIS THE ROLLER SHIFTED ON THE SHAFT AND PINCHED HIS LEFT RING FINGER. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THAT F INGER.

EE HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF THE MANTRIP AND WAS WALKING TOWARD THE 7 LEFT SECTION WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME UNEVEN BOTTOM AND SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO EXPERIENCE SOME PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS W AS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A TORN MENISCUS FOR WHICH SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON 12/14/00. FIRST DAY WAY FROM WORK 12/13/00.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE TRAILING CABLE FOR AROOF BOLTING MACHINE ATTEMPTING TO KEEP THE CABLE FROM BECOMING TANGLED WITH ANOTHER CABLE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE CABLE FROM THE O THER END AND WHEN SLACK CAME INTO THE CABLE HE TWISTED HIS BACK. THIS INJURY HAS NOW BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A BULGING DISC IN THE L3, L4 AREA OF HIS BACK.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT A METHANE IGNITION HAS OCCURRED ON THE C-3 LONGWALL FACE IN THE AREA OF SHIELD NO. 36. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE SHEARER WAS CUTTING FROM THE TAIL TOWARD THE HEADGATE . NO METHANE WAS FOUND IN THE AREA UPON INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT A METHANE IGNITION HAS OCCURRED ON THE C-3 LONGWALL FACE IN THE AREA OF SHIELD NO. 26. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE SHEARER WAS CUTTING FROM THE TAIL TOWARD THE HEADGATE . NO METHANE WAS FOUND IN THE AREA UPON INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT TWO METHANE IGNITIONS HAVE OCCURRED ON THE C-3 LONGWALL FACE WITHIN A SHORT TIME PERIOD. WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE FI5RST IGNITION OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF SHIELD NO. 35, AS THE SHEARER WAS MINING FROM THE TAIL TOWARD THE HEADGATE. THE SECOND IGNITION OCCURRED AT SHIELD NO. 30. NO METHANE WAS DETECTED IN THE AREA UPON INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT.

EE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO CHANGE A LOAD CELL ON THE G-2 BELT SCALES. ACCORDING EE HE WAS REQUIRED TO CLIMB ON AND OFF THE BELT STRUCTURE TO COMPLETE THIS JOB. THE FOLLOWING DAY HIS RIGHT KNEE NB EGAN TO HURT, AND RECENTLY THIS INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A TORN CARTILAGE. HE BEGAN TO MISS WORK ON 10-23-00 DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AS THE TAIL END SHEARER OPERATOR IN THE C3 LONGWALL SECTION. WHILE PERFORMING THIS TASK SOME WATER ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE FROM THE DUST SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. THIS RESULTED IN AN IRRITATION TO THAT EYE FOR WHICH PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS OBTAINED.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE BUNKER CHANGING SPRINGS & HANGERS ON 1 UNIT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THATUNIT TO THE BUNKER BASEMENT HE EXPERIENCED SOME BACK PAINS IN 10/2000 HE RECD MED TREATMENT FOR THIS INJURY WHICH DID NOT MEET THE REPORTING CRITERIA ON 2/1/01 HE BEGAN A SERIES OF PHY THERAPYTREATMENTS

EE WAS WORKING ON THE LONGWALL SET-UP WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. ACCORDING TO EE HE FELT THIS OCCURRED WHILE INSTALLING A FACE PAN "DOG BONE" MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RECEIVED W HICH INCLUDED PRESCRIPTION MEDICIATION. AN ACCIDENT REPORT ON THIS INJURY WAS NOT COMPLETED UNTIL 6-3-00.

EE WAS INVOLVED IN CHANGING OUT A PUMP AT A SUMP LOCATED BEHIND THE "C" BLOCK LONGWALL PANELS. WHILE DOING THIS HE GOT WET, AND A FEW DAYS LATER HE BROKE OUT IN A RASH. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE WATER CONTACTED HIM CONTAINED SOME OF THE WETTING AGENT THAT IS USED ON THE LONGWALL SECTION AS A DUST SUPPRESSANT. NO REPORT WAS MAD OF THIS UNTO 6-6, AND MEDICAL TREATMENT REC'D. ON 6-13.

EE WAS PUTTING A PLASTIC TIE ONTO HIS BELT HARNESS THAT WAS TO BE USED TO ATTACH HIS DUST MASK. WHILE CUTTING THE END OFF OF THE PLASTIC TIE, HE LACERATED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER NEAR THE KNUCK LE. THIS LACERATION REQUIRED THREE SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO INSTALL A BOLT IN THE BACK PLATE ON THE NO.2 CLEAN COAL SCREEN. AFTER REMOVING THE POWER FROM THE SCREEN HE FAILED TO WAIT UNTIL THE SCREEN HAD STOPPED MOVING PRIOR TO STARTING THE BOLT INSTALLATION PROCESS.WITH THE SCREEN MOVEMENT HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS PINCHED, LACERATING IT. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MANTRIP TRAVELING TO THE C-2 LONGWALL PANEL. WHEN THE MANTRIP ARRIVED AT THE 8 LEFT TRACK SWITCH IT DERAILED AND IT LANDED ON THE MINE FLOOR. THE IMPACT CAUSED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS NECK AND BACK. HE IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR THIS INJURY.

EE HAD JUST WELDED (TACK) A PLUG ON A SCOOP LIGHT. SOMETIME DURING THAT TIME HE RECEIVED AN ARC BURN TO HIS RIGHT EYE FOR WHICH PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS RECEIVED.

EE WAS WORKING IN AN AREA WHERE A GRINDER WAS BEING USED TO REMOVE THE RUST OFF OF A CLUTCH BASE. DURING THAT TIME A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE. CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM THE THE DAY FOL LOWING THIS INCIDENT REVEALED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED NO MEDICAL TREATMENT, HOWEVER ON 4/25/00 IT WAS FOUND THAT HE DID RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT LATER & A PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED FROM EYE.

EE WAS SUPERVISING A CREW THAT WAS ATTEMPTING TO RERAIL A BATTERY CAR THAT HAD COME OFF THE TRACK. AN AIR BAG HAD BEEN PLACED UNDER A DECOUPLER ON ONE END OF THE WRECKED CAR. AS IT WAS BEING I NFLATED IT POPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE DECOUPLER AND HIT EE ON HIS RIGHT KNEE, RESULTING IN A TORN MEDIAL MENISCUS. THIS DID NOT BECOME AN LTA UNTIL 4/20/01.

ON APRIL 12, 2000 A LETTER WAS FAXED TO THE MEIGS NO. 31 MINE STATING THAT EE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSEDAS HAVING CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OF BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT WRISTS. THIS DIAGNOSIS WAS MADE AS T HE RESULT OF TESTS THAT WERE CONDUCTED ON 3-21-00. SURGERY WILL BE PERFORMED ON BOTH WRISTS TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION.

EE WAS USING A MONRAIL TROLLEY TO MOVE METAL PIECES IN THE BIN AREA. WHEN THE DOLLY EE WAS USING GOT NEAR THE END OF THE MONRAIL, IT STRUCK ANOTHER DOLLY PARKED THERE. IT KNOCKED THAT DOLLY OF THE MONRAIL BEAM WHICH STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT SMALL FINGER, FRACTURING IT.

EE WAS HELPING LIFT A KENNEDY DOOR FRAME WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SOME LOWER BACK PAINS. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT SHORTLY AFTER THE INJURY OCCURRED HOWEVER THAT TREATMENT DID NOT MEET THE REPO RTING SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE ROOF BOLTING OF THE LONGWALL FACE. SOME OTHER EE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF USING A CUTTING TORUCH TO CUT THE CONVEYOR CHAIN THAT IS USED OPERATING, WHICH MADE HIM SICK.MME DICAL TREATMENT WAS RECEIVED FOR THIS PROBLEM

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE LOAD A TRANSFORMER OFF OF A CART AND INTO THE BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK. LATER IN THE SHIFT HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE SOME BACK PAINS. ON 4/19/00 HE INFORMED US THAT HE WAS TO BEGIN A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR THIS BACK STRAIN.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE "TONGUE" THAT WAS TO BE USED TO CONNECT A 15 TON JEFFREY MOTOR TO A LOWBOY THAT WAS BEING USED TO TRANSPORT A PETITE "MULE". WHILE DOING THIS HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN HIS UPPER ABDOMEN ABOVE HIS NAVEL. THIS WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA. EE BEGAN TO MISS WORK ON 3/6/00 DUE TO THIS INJURY.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING A DERAILED MANTRIP BACK ONTO THE TRACK. WHILE USING A LIFTING JACK AND BAR HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK AND RIGHT ABDOMEN. RECENTLY HE STAR TED A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPHY TREAMENTS FOR THIS INJURY.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST COMPLETED WELDING A METAL PATCH ONTO A CHUTE. IN HIS ATTEMPT TO PULL HIMSELF UP AND OUT OF THAT CHUTE HE REACHED UP AND GRABBED A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. WHILE PULLING HIMSELF UP HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

EE WAS OPERATING A BEAVER DRILL DRILLING A HOLE IN THE ROOF TO INSTALL A BOLT FOR A MONORAIL HANGER. THE DRILL STEEL CAUGHT AN EXISTING BOLT WHICH CAUSED THE BEAVER DRILLSTEEL TO STOP ROTATING , TWISTING EE RIGHT ARM. THIS RESULTED INTO A STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT ELBOW FOR WHICH HE IS NOW RECEIVING THERAPHY TREATMENTS.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HYDRAULIC TAKEUP CYLINDER AT THE SOUTH MAINS BELT HEAD. DURING THE SHIFT HE WAS LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR HOLDING THE CYLINDER IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR T HE BOLTS TO BE INSTALLED. ACCORDING TO EE, IT WAS DURING THAT TIME HE CONTACTED "EMULSION OIL" WHICH DEVELOPED INTO A RASH. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS OBTAINED LATER.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OF HIS LEFT WRIST.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE 11 LEFT SECTION RETURN NEAR SURVEY STATION NO. 7090. THE FALL IS APPROXIMATELY 19 FEET WIDE AND 32 FEET LONG AND UP TO 10 FEET HIGH. THE FALL MATERIAL WAS COM POSED OF ABOUT 1' OF BROWN LIMESTONE WITH CLAYSTONE/SHALE ABOVE THAT. THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION OF A CRADLE ROLLER IN THE SOUTH MAINS BELT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SOME BACK PAINS. THIS HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A LUMBAR STRAIN. ON 12-8-99 HE HAD ST ARTED A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR THIS PROBLEM.

EE HAD ASSISTED ANOTHER EE IN THE LOADING OF A SPOOL OF STEEL CABLE INTO THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP. HE WAS HELPING GUIDE THE OTHER EE, WHO WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP, TO PUSH THE SPOOL OF CABLE OVER TOP OF A CHAIN BOX. THE CHAIN BOX HAD AN OPEN DOOR, CLOSING HSIA DN PINCHING HIS HAND. THIS RESULTED INTO A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 3 FEET LONG BY 10 INCH DIAMETER SECTION OF PIPE. WHILE MOVING THE PIPE HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK FOR WHICH CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF A 20 HP MOTOR ON A CLEAN COAL BELT HEAD. HE WAS USING A RED DEVIL TO LOWER THE MOTOR TO THE FLOOR WHEN THE CABLE GOT TANGLED UP ON THR REEL AND ALL OWED THE MOTOR TO DROP UNEXPECTEDLY AND STRIKE HIM. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT ARM WHICH REQUIRED SIX STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HOOKING A CHAIN AROUND A PIPE IN ORDER FOR THE PIPE TO BE RAISED BY A HOIST. WHILE DOING THIS THE PIPE ROLLED ANDEMPLOYEE'S RIGHT IDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN THE CHAIN AND PULLED SIDEWAYS. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE(CHIPPED BONE) IN THE AREA OF THE KNUCKLE OF THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH A CREW THAT WAS MOVING A TAILPIECE TO THE C-2 LONGWALL SECTION. THE LOWBOY BEING USED TO TRANSPORT THE TAILPIECE DERAILED AND THE CREW WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT IT BACK ON TO THE TRACK USING AIR BAGS AND LIFTING JACKSEMPLOYEE USING A LIFTING JACK THAT KICKED OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ARM AS THE LOWBOY WAS BEING RAISED. FRACTURE IN LEFT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING A SAFETY CHAIN FROM A SUPPLY CAR. WHILE DOING THIS ONE OF THE ENDS OF THAT CHAIN SWUNG DOWN AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT LEG, BETWEEN THE KNEE AND ANKLE. THIS RESULTED INT O A CONTUSION, AND LATER BLOOD HAD TO BE DRAINEDFROM THAT BRUISED AREA ON HIS LEG.

EE WAS DRAGGING A WIRE ROPE THAT WAS TO BE USED TO PULL A BELT STARTER OFF OF THE TRACK ENTRY AND INTO A CROSSCUT. WHILE DOING THIS HIS HARD HAT STRUCK A ROOF BOLT INSTALLED IN THE MINE ROOF, INJURING HIS NECK. ON FEB 15, 2000 HE BEGAN TO MISS WORK DUE TO THAT INJURY.

EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OF BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT WRISTS. THIS CONSITION HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS AN OCCUPATIONAL DIEASE FOR WHICH AN AWARD FOR COMPENSA TION HAS BEEN MADE. SURGERY WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION.

EE WAS MANUEVERING A 54 INCH BOTTOM BELT ROLLER THAT WAS TO BE INSTALLED IN THE SLOPE BELT. WHEIL WORKING WITH THE ROLLER HE EXPERIENCED SOME LOWER BACK PAINS. IN A CONVERSATION WITH EE ON 10- 1-99, HE REVEALED HE IS PRESENTLY RECEIVING A SERIES OF CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS FOR THIS INJURY.

A METHANE IGNITION WAS REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF THE NO. 1 ENTRY OF THE 8 LEFT SECTION. THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MINING THE FIRST LIFT OF THE CUTTING SEQUENCE WHEN A FLAME WAS OBSERVED APPROX. 10 FEET INBY THE LAST ROW OF PERMANENT SUPPORTS, BETWEEN THE COAL SEAM AND MINE ROOF. THE FLAMES DURATION WAS APPROX ONE MINUTE.

EE WAS USING THE OVERHEAD CRANE TO MOVE THE TRACK FRAME OF A D-9N DOZER IN ORDER TO REPLACE A BROKEN IDLER BOLT. THE CHAINS THAT WERE SUPPORTING THE FRAMES SLIPPED OFF AND ONE OF THE CHAINS ST RUCK HE KNOCKING OFF HIS HARD HAT AND LACERATED HIS HEAD. CLAMPS WERE USED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REPAIRING OF A CAT PAD FOR A D-6 DOZER. OTHER WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO LIFT THE PAD IN ORDER FOR EE TO TURN THE PAD OVER. THE SLATE BAR SLIPPED AND THE PAD DROPPED ONTO EE LEFT INDEX FINGER, LACERATING IT. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE RAZOR TO OPEN A CARDBAORD BOX THAT CONTAINED SOME MATERIALS THAT HE NEEDED. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT THUMB. THIS RESULT INTO A LACERATION THAT REQUIR ED SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO GO TO THE RAW COAL TOWER TO DO REPAIR ON THE LIGHTS. WHILE MOVING SOME MATERIALS TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE LIGHTS, HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN AN OLD DOOR AND SOME STEEL STRUCTURE, CAUSING A LACERATION. REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING RECOVER SOME CONCRETE BLOCKS IN THE AREA NEAR THE EAST MAIN FANS. WHILE LOADING ONE OF THE BLOCKS ONTO A CART, HIS LEFT FINGER(INDEX) WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CART AND THE BLOCK, CAUSING A LACERATION. 3 SUTURES REQUIRED.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW BELT ON ONE OF THE RAW COAL SCREENS. HE WAS USING CHANNEL LOCKS TO PULL THE BELT IN PLACE WHEN THE CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED AND CAME BACK AND WHICH R EQUIRED 2 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE IN DRAGGING A PUMP TO A LOCATION WHERE A NEW SUMP HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED. WHILE DRAGGING THE PUMP WHERE CONCRETE HAD RECENTLY BEEN POURED HE SLIPPED AND FELL. THERE W AS SOME LIQUID MATERIALS ON TOP OF THAT CONCRETEWHICH SPLASHED INTO EE S EYES. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RECEIVED TO FLUSH HIS EYES AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS GIVEN.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE WEST "A" BELT AND TRACK ENTRY IN THE AREA OF CROSSCUT NUMBER'S21 AND 22. THE FALL MEASURED 120'L X 29'W. THEREIS A DOMED AREA IN THE FALL AREA THAT IS ESTIMAT ED TO BE 30'H. THE FALL MATERIAL CONSISTS OF ONETO THREE FEET OF LIMESTONE WITH SIDERITE. MOST OF THE MATERIAL ABOVE THAT IS SANDY SHALE.

EMPLOYEE EXITED THE MAN BUS TO CHECK ON SOME TOOLS AT THE SOUTH MAINS BELT SPLICING STATION, WHILE DOING THIS HIS FEET GOT CAUGHT ON A SPLICE RACK, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THAT SAME RACK. RESULTED IN A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 80 LB BAG OF SALT TO PUT IN A WATER SOFTENER THAT IS A COMPONENT OF THE EMULSION SYSTEM FOR THE LONGWALL. WHILE LIFTING THE BAG HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN. THIS HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A RIGHT FEMORAL HERNIA FOR WHICH SURGERY HAS BEEN PERFORMED TOCORRECT.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CONDUCTING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN THE 11 LEFT AREA OF THE MINE. WHILE GOING THROUGH A MANDOOR HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRAME. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUSH THE DOOR OPEN AND FREE HIS FOOR HE HAMMED HIS RIGHT ELBOW. DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 11, 1999 HE BEGAN A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN USING A MOBILE LADDER TO WORK ON THE LIGHTS OF A HAULAGE TRUCK. AS HE DESCENDED FROM THE LADDER AND REACHED THE BOTTOM HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. LATER DIAGNOSED AS A TORN MENISCUS AND ON 12-10-99 SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION.

EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING THE HEAD OF A PORTA-POWER TO PUSH A PIN OUT OF A STAB JACK ON A CONTINUOUS MINER. WHILE THE HEAD WAS BEING TENSIONED, EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS BETWEEN THE HEAD AND THE PI N THAT WAS TO BE REMOVED. TO MUCH PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE PORTA-POWER AND THE END OF EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED, FRACTURING THE TIP OF THE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED USING THE OVERLAND RADIO TELEPHONE TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ABOUT THE USE OF AN END LOADER. AFTER HANGING THE PHONE UP, EMPLOYEE TURNED TO WALK AWAY. NOT KNOWING HIS LEFT FOOT WAS TANGLED UP IN THE PHONE CABLE HE TRIPPED AND FELL WITH HIS RIGHT KNEE STRIKINGTHE CONCRETE FLOOR, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT KNEE CAP.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CONDUCTING A PRESHIFT EXAMINATION IN THE #11 LEFT INTAKE ENTRY. HE HAD JUST PLACED HIS INITIALS ON A "MARKUP" PADNEAR A PUMP INSTALLATION. AS HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY, HE STEPPED ON A SLICK PLACE CAUSING HIM TOTWIST HIS LEFT KNEE AND ANKLE. HE IS PRESENTLY PARTICIPATING IN THERAPY SESSIONS FOR A STRAIN TOTHAT KNEE.

EE WAS STANDING IN THE BELT ENTRY WATCHING FOR A BAD SPLICE IN THE CONVEYOR BELT. HE HAD ONE FOOT ON A 1 1/4" WATERLINE AND AS HE BENT OVER TO LOOK AT A SPLICE HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS RESULTED INTO A TORN MENISCUS AND ON 2-18-00 SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON THAT KNEE. THAT WAS ALSO EE S FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REMOVAL OF A MOTOR FROM A CLEAN COAL SCREEN. A "RED DEVIL" COME-A-LONG HAD BEEN USED TO RAISE THE MOTOR INTO THE AIR AND A CHAIN FALL WAS GOING TO BE USED TO MOVE IT FR OM THAT POINT. BEFORE THE CHAIN FALL WAS ATTACHED THE MOTOR SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT LEG, LACERATING IT. TWO SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION OF A HYDRAULIC JACK THAT WAS TO BE USED TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE GATE TO A FEEDER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET THE JACK BACK DOWN ONTO THE FLOOR AND DID NO T NOTICE A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON THERE. WHILE DOING THIS, HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE JACK AND ANGLE IRON. THIS CLIPPED THE TIP OF THE BONE IN HIS FINGER CAUSING A FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES INCHANGING A VIBRATING SCREEN IN THE B CIRCUIT OF THE "FINES" PLANT. WHEN HE CLIMBED UP ON THE SCREEN, HE EXPERIENCED SOME BACK PAINS FOR WHICH CH IROPRACTIC TREATMENTS ARE BEING ADMINISTERED.

EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO REMOVE THE INSULATION FROM ELECTRICAL CABLES THAT WERE TO BE USED FOR EXTENSION CORDS. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. THREE SUTURES WERE IN STALLED.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION OF AN "I" BEAM IN THE PIT AREA OF THE DANVILLE UNDERGROUND SHOP. WHILE LIFTING THE BEAM HE EXPERIENCED SOME BACK PAINS (CONVERSATIONS WITH EE SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT DID NOT REVEAL ANY MEDICAL TREATME FOR THIS BACK PAIN. ANOTHER CONVERSATION ON 7-1 REVEALED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED 4 OR 5 CHIRPRACTOR TREATMENTS.)

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REPLACING OF A SHEAR JACK ON A CONT MINER HE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO LIFT & MANEUVER THE SHEAR JACK SO THAT A PIN COULDBE INSTALLED. WHILE DOING THIS THE SLATE BAR SLI PPED & EE'S RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BAR & THE FRAME OF THE CONT MINER

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE C-1 LONGWALL STAGE LOADER WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK A METAL BELTHANGER. THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS NECK AND BACK. CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS ARE CURRENTLY BE ING ADMINISTERED.

EMPLOYEE WAS MEASURING COAL SEAM HEIGHTS IN THE AREA OF THE NO. 156 SHIELD, AND WAS NOT AWARE THAT HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS UNDER THE RELAY BAR AT THAT LOCATION. THE PAN WAS PUSHED IN AND THE RELAY WAS MOVED ACROSS EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO HIS LARGE, RIGHT TOE.

EE WAS WORKING AS A FIREBOSS. HE HAD GOTTEN OFF THE MANTRIP TO SIGN A DATE PAD. AS HE GOT OFF THE MANTRIP HE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL. IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK HIS FALL HE JAMM ED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. ON 12/22/99 HE BEGAN PHY SICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR THIS INJURY/ HE HASMISSED NO WORK

AGAIN MISSED TIME DUE TO AGGRAVATIONOF 4-13-96 INJURY, DIAGNOSED AS HERNIATED DISC. OFF WORK 5-4-99UNTIL 7-6-99.

THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BEING TRAMMED TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND EE BENT OVER TO THROW THE TRAILING CABLE OUT OF THE WAY. WHILE DOING THIS HE EXPERIENCED SOME BACK PAINS. AFTER THE INJURY EE REC EIVED NO CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH TWO FELLOW EMPLOYEES WHO WERE REPLACING THE COVERS ON A JOY CONTINUOUSMINER. WHILE PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED SOME LOWER BACK PAINS. IN A CONVERSAT ION WITH DECAMINADA ON 04/30/99, HE REVEALED THAT HE BEGAN A SERIES OF CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS ON 04/26/99.

EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTING MAHCINE & HAD JUST COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF A BOLT. WHILEMANEUVERING THE MACHINE TO THE NEXT LOCATION HE LET DOWN THE FOOT JACK . THIS CAUSED THE CANOPY TO COME DOWN & STRIKE HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HARDHAD RESULTING IN PAIN TO HIS NECK IN A CONVERSATION WITH EE ON 4/7/99 HE REVEALED HE HAD BEGUN PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMEMNTS ON 3/29/99

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE GET A "LOOP" OF 300 MCM HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE OUT OF A CABLE SLED. THE CABLE BECAME FOULED AND AS EE WAS LIFTING AND PULLING ON THE CABLE HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN THE AREA OF HIS RIGHT GROIN. THIS INJURY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A RIGHT IGUINAL HERNIA. EE BEGAN TO MISS WORK ON 2/5/00 DUE TO THIS INJURY.

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE IN HANGING AN ELECTRIC HOIST ONTO A BEAM. WHILE LIFTING ON THE HOIST HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. IN TALKING TO EE ON 3-25-99 HE REVEALED THAT HE HAS STARTED A SERIES OF PHYSICAL HTREPAHY TREATMENTS FOR THIS INJURY.

A COMPENSATION CLAIM HAS BEEN AWARDED TO EMPLOYEE FOR RIGHT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. AT THE TIME THAT THE CLAIM WAS FILED HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A LONGWALL MACHINE OPERATOR. SURGERY HAS BEEN PERF ORMED TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION.

EE HAD JUST OBSERVED AN EE CHECK THE TENSION ON THE LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR CHAIN. WHEN THE EE WAS FINISHED HE PITCHED THE BOOLS HE WAS USING UP ON THE HEADRIVE, STRIKING EE S ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATING IT. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIFT EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN THE TRACK ENTRY NEAR THE SLOPE BOTTOM WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, TWISTING HIS LEFT LEG AND HIP. SHORTLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT WHICH DID NOT MEET THE REPORTING CRITERIA.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE UNLOADING OF RAIL FROM A SUPPLY CAR. WHILE PULLING ON ONE OF THE RAILS, HE EXPERIENCED SOME BACK PAIN. ON 02/03/99EMPLOYEE BEGAN A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREA TMENTS FOR THIS INJURY.

EE WAS HELPING 2 OTHER EE'S WHO WERE REBUILDING A SUMP PUMP. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN THE GASKET FOR THE TOP COVER TO BE PUT ON. THE OVER SLIDOFF THE DOWL SUPPORT AND STRUCK HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER THIS RESULTED INTO A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES

EE WAS USING A WATER HOSE TO WASH DOWN THE FLOORS IN THE BATHOUSE. THE HOSE GOT HUNG UP ON A BENCH AND HE PULLED ON IT TO GET IT FREE. THE HOSE CAME LOOSE AND HIS HAND STRUCK THE BACK OF A LOC KER, LACERATIONG HIS LEFT RING FINGER. FIVE SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE LIFTING(LOWERING) OF A SIEVE SCREEN CRADLE. WHILE DOING THIS, HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN HIS LEFT ELBOW. SHORTLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT, EMPLOYEE RECEIVED PROFESSIO NAL MEDICAL TREATMENT WHICH DID NOT MEET THE REPORTING CRITERIA. ON 02/10/99, EMPLOYEE BEGAN A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS.

EE WAS WORKING WITH A CREW PREPARING TO LIFT THE COUNTERWEIGHT ON THE UNIT 5 BELT, IN ORDER FOR MAINTENANCE WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON THAT BELT. A CHOKER CABLE , THAT WAS NEEDED TO RAISE THE SOU NTERWEIGHT, WAS LAYING ACROSS A STEEL BEAM & EE PULLED ON THE CHOKER CABLE TO GET IT TO USE. WHEN HE PULLED ON THE CHOKER, IT CAME OFF THE BEAM AND STRUCK HIS NOSE, FRACTURING IT.

EE AND THE OTHER BELT CREW MEMBERS HAD BEEN DRIVEN FROM ONE PORTAL TO ANOTHER. WHILE WALKING INTO THE BATHHOUSE HE STEPPED ON A SNOW COVERED CONCRETE PAD, SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING ON HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 2/22/99.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES IN MOVING A CONTINUOUS MINER FROM ONE LOCATION TO A LOCATION WHERE A NEW SECTION WAS TO BE STARTED. THE CONTINUOUS MINER HAD BEEN PARKED IN A CROSSCUT AND EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING THE TRAILING CABLE OVER AGAINST THE RIB. WHILE DOING THIS HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN TO HIS BACK.

EE WAS REPLACING STUDS ON AN EIMCO SCOOP AXLE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS CLEANING A "TACK WELD" OFF THE HUB USING A HAMMER & CHISEL. WHILE DOING THIS WORK A PIECE OF METAL ENTERED EE'S LEFT EYE WHIC H WAS REMOVED BY A DR. AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS OBTAINED.

THE EE WAS JOGGING A FLOOR PUMP, AND WHILE DOING THIS THE DISCHARGE PIPE BLEW OFF. THIS RESULTED INTO MATERIALS BEING BLOWN INTO HIS RIGHT EYE WHICH WERE REMOVED BY THE ER DR. PRESCRIPTION MED ICATION WAS OBTAINED.

EE WAS INSTALLING A 4" VICTAULIC COUPLING ON A DEWATERING LINE, USING A 8" CRESCENT WRENCH THAT HE HAD ADJUSTED TO FIT THE HANDLE ON THE COUPLING. WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE HANDLE/WRENCH THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM ACROSS HISUPPER LIP AND TEETH. THIS RESULTED INTO DAMAGE TO SEVERAL TEETH THAT WILL REQUIRE THE TEETH TO BE REMOVED LATER.

WALKED OUT DOOR AND SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE PERFORMING DUTY AS A SECURITY GUARD. HE INJURED RIGHT ARM AND KNEE.

EE WAS EXAMINING THE AREA AROUND THE PARKER RUN ELEVATOR BOTTOM WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT THAT WAS HANGING DOWN FROM THE MINE ROOF. THIS RESULTED INTO PAIN TO HIS NECK AND RIGHT S HOULDER. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 12-28-98 AND THE EE HAS NOW BEGAN A SWERIES OF CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS.

EE WAS STANDING ON THE FRAMEWORK OF THE WINCH DRUM ASSEMBY FOR THE C-1 LONGWALL BELT TAKEUP STORAGE UNIT. EARILER IN THE SHIFT SOME MOVEMEMNT HAD BEEN DETECTED IN THIS UNIT & WORK WAS BEIN G PERFORMED THAT WOULD HELP STABILZE THE UNIT JACKS WERE TO BE INSTALLED FROM THIS UNIT UP TO THE MINE ROOF AND EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION OF THESE JACKS. DURING THAT TIME THAT THI

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A BATTERY MANTRIP, RIDING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. A 15 TON MOTOR, WITH BATTERIES ATTACHED, WAS PARKED IN THE TRACK ENTRY NEAR THE B-5 LONGWALL TRACK SWITCH. T HE TRIP THAT HE WAS RIDING STRUCK THE BATTERIES WHICH RESULTED INTO HE EXPERIENCING PAIN TO SEVERAL PARTS OF HIS BODY A HERNIA WAS LATER DETECTED IN THE LOWER RIGHT GROIN AND IN THE NAVEL.

EE WAS USING A FIREHOSE TO UNPLUG A CLOGGED PIPE. AS HE WAS PUSHING AND PULLING ON THE FIREHOUSE, HE EXPERIENCED SOME LOWER BACK PAINS. SHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS WERE RECEIVED FOR THIS INJURY.

EE WAS ASSITING IN MAKING A SPLICE IN A CONVEYOR BELT. THE BELT HAD BEEN SQUARED AND EE HAD ROLLED TH EDGE OF THE BELT TO MAKE THE CUT. WHILE DOING THIS THE UTILITY KNFIE HE WAS USING CONTAC TED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AND LACERATED IT. THIS LACERATION REQUIRED FIVE SUTURES TO CLOSE.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED IN AN INTERSECTION WHERE POLYURETHANE GROUT WAS BEING PUMPED INTO THE ROOF TO STABLIZE IT. THE ROOF IN THIS AREA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY SHOT DOWN TO ALLOW AN OVERCAST TO BE CONSTRUCTED. WHEN THE ROOF WAS SHOT DOWN THE LIMESTONE WAS REMOVED AND SHALE WAS LEFT AS THE MAIN ROOF. THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROX 5'H IN TEH DOOMED AREA LEFT BY THE FALL. THE FALL OCCURE

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PERMAMENT STOPPING, USING SOLID CONCRETE BLOCKS. WHILE LIFTING ONE OF THE BLOCKS IN PLACE HE EXPERIENCED SOME BACK PAIN. ON 12-23-98 HE BEGAN RECEIVIN G CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS FOR THIS INJURY. IT WAS NOT KNOWN UNTIL 1-5-99 THAT HE HAD STARTED RECEIVING THESE TREATMENTS.

IT WAS END OF THE SHIFT & EE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE MANTRIP STATION. EE ATTEMPTED TO STEP OVER A SMALL WATERHOLE, AND HIS LEFT FOOT LANDED ON A METAL TRACK TIE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO SLIP & FALL AND IT IS BELEIVED HIS RIGH TKNEE MAY HAVE STRUCK ONE OF THE TRACK RAILS. THIS RESULTED INTO AN INJURY TO HIS RIGHT KNEE WHICH WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A CHIPPED BONE ON HIS KNEECAP

ON JAN 28, 1999 A COMPENSATION CLAIM WAS AWARDED TO EE FOR RIGHT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. AT THE TIME EE FILED HIS COMPENSATION CLAIM HE WAS CLASSIFIED AS A LONGWALL MACHINE OPERATOR. EE WAS AB SENT FROM WORK FROM OCT 28 1998 THRU DEC 14, 1998. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION.

EE WAS TRAVELING ACROSS THE CROSSOVER OVER AT B-6 LONGWALL STAGELOADER. AS HE WAS COMING OFF THE CROSSOVER HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE LANDED ON THE MINE FLOOR WITH ALL OF HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEF T LEG. HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN WHICH WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A PULLED HAMSTRING MSUCLE. PT TREATMEMNTS ARE BEING ADMINISTERED

ON 01/28/99, A COMPENSATION CLAIM AWARD WAS MADETO JUSTIN W. FOWLER FOR THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONSLEFT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND LEFT ULNAR NEUROPATHY. AT THAT TIME, MR. FOWLER WAS CLASSIFIED A S A GENERAL INSIDE LABORER. HE WAS ABSENT FROM WORK FROM 10/21/98 THRU 12/27/98. SURGERY WAS THEN PERFORMED TO CORRECT THOSE CONDITIONS.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE SCREEN FLOOR OF THE PREPARATION PLANT WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF FLOOR GRATING THAT MOVED. WHEN THE FLOOR GRATING MOVED HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE HAD SURGERY PERFO RMED ON THAT KNEE ON 12/14/98 AND THE DIAGNOSIS AFTER THE SURGERY WAS CHOUDROMALACIA/ THIS WAS DESCRIBED TO BE "DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS."

ACCORDING TO EE WAS OPERATING A PICK-UP TRUCK, ON THE REFUSE AREA, WHEN THE TRUCK HIT A RUT IN THE ROADWAY. THIS RESULTED INTO HIM EXPERIENCING SOME NECK PAIN WHICH HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A CER VICAL STRAIN. IT WAS ORIGINALLY BELIEVED THAT EES NECK PROBLEMS WERE RELATED TO AN OFF THE JOB INJURY, HOWEVER WITHIN THE LAST WEEK AN AWARD FOR COMPENSATION HAS BEEN MALE FOR THE INJURY.

EE WAS INSTALLING A BOLT IN THE FACE OF THE NO.1 ENTRY OF THE 11 LEFT SECTION. AS HE WAS PUSHING THE BOLT INTO THE HOLE, AND THE PLATE CONTACTED THE ROOF, A FOREIGN ABSECT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EY E. THIS OBJECT WAS INTER REMOVED AND FOUND TO BEA PIECE OF METAL.

EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE 10 LEFT SECTION TAILPIECE USING A SLATE BAR TO PRY THE SKIRT RUBBER ON THAT TAILPIECE UP. WHEN HE PUSHED DOWN ON THE SLATE BAR, HE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN THE RI GHT SIDE OF HIS GROIN. ON 11/30/98 HE BEGAN A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR A PULLED GROIN MUSCLE.

RODGERS WAS CHECKING A PUMP AT A LONGWALL PULL OUT AREA. WHILE LEAVING THE AREA HE STEPPED ON ROCK THAT WAS POSITIONED IN A MUDDY AREA THAT CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL. THIS RESUL TED IN A STRAIN TO HIS BACK. ON 11/2/98 EE BEGANA SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMEMNTS FOR THIS INJURY

EE WAS HELPING UNOLAD 5 GAL CANS OF OIL OFF OF A SUPPLY CAR WHILE DOING THIS HE EXPERIENCED SOMEBACK PAINS. INITIALLY EE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY MEDIACAL TREATMENT FOR THIS INJURY. HOWEVER, IN A C ONVERSATION WITH EE ON 1/14/99 HE REVEALED HE HAD RECD CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS FOR THIS INJURY

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE 1ST NORTHEAST SUBMAINS, ONE BREAK OUTBY SURVEY STATION NO. 1924. THE FALL OCCURRED IN AN INTERSECTION AND WAS APPROX. 26' X 20' X 4' HIGH. THE FALL MATERIAL W AS COMPOSED OF LIMESTONE, AND THE ROOF HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY 4' LONG RESIN BOLTS.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN A SET OF STEPS IN THE PREPARATION PLANT. HE OVERSTEPPED ONE OF THE STEPS WHICH CAUSED HIS FOOT TO SLIDE OVER THE STEPS EDGE, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE. THIS WAS INITIALLY DI AGNOSED AS A SPRAIN FOR WHICH MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED. RECENTLY ALESHIRE BEGAN A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPHY TREATMENTS FOR THE INJURY.

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE MONORAIL BEAMS THAT HAD BEEN POSITINED ON A CONVEYRO BELT. WHILE REMOVING THE BEAMS HE STEPPED ON ANOTHER BEAM THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BELT EARILIER. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL STRAINING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.EE ORIGINALLY RECD MED TREATMENT THAT DID NOT MEET THE REPORTING CRITERIA, HOWEVER EE RECENTLY REVELAED HE HAD RECD CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS

EE WAS CLEANING THE AREA AROUND THE WEIGH BELTS IN THE COARSE PLANT OF THE PREPARATION PLANT. AS HE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE FLOOR, HE STEPPED ON A DRAIN COVER WHICH SLID OUT OF PLACE AND HIS FO OT HIT INTO THE DRAIN. THE COVER ALSO FLOPPED OVER AND ONTO THE TOP OF HIS FOOT. FRACTURE TO BONE IN LEFT FOOT BEHIND THE BIG TOE.

EE WAS USING A LATHE AND SAND PAPER TO SAND A COUPLING SHAFT. THE SAND PAPER CAUGHT ON THE SHAFT AND GRABBED THE LEATHER GLOVE HE WAS WEARING THIS TORE THE GLOVE AND CUASED AN INJURY TO HIS LE FT HAND. THAT INJURY WAS INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AS AN ABRASION BUT ON 9-23-98 IT WAS FOUND THAT EE HAD HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS.

EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO MARK A PIECE OF BELT FOR SPLICING AS PART OF A BELT MOVE. HE LIFTED THE CONVEYOR BELT UP TO MARK THE CENTER AND THE KNIFE CUT THRU THE BELT AND LACERATED HIS LE FT LITTLE FINGER. FIVE SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS WALKING AROUND A 15TON MOTOR THAT WAS PARKED IN A TRACK SWITCH. WHILE DOING THIS HE SLIPPED IN A MUDDY AREA AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE IN A CONVERSATION WITH EE ON 9/16/98 HE REVEALED HE HAD RECD 4 PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR THIS INJURY

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MANTRIP RIDING IN OPERATORS COMPARTMENT. WHILE RIDING HIS HEAD STRUCK THE HEAD OF A ROOF BOLT, STRAINING HIS NECK. THIS RESULTED INTO A STRAIN FOR WHICH CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS WERE RECEIVED.

ACCORDING TO EE HE WAS SHOVLING THE AREA AROUND A BELT TAILPIECE WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED IN A DAMP AREA WHICH CAUSED HIS RIGHT KNEE TO TWIST. THIS WAS INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AS A STRAIN BUT W AS LATER FOUND TO BE A TEAR TO MEDIAL MENISCUS OF THAT KNEE. EE FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS SPETEMBER 29, 1998.

EE WAS DOING SOME REPAIR WORK ON THE CHUTE AT THE BUNKER. HE WAS USING A GRINDER TO REMOVE RUST OFF OF THE METAL PRIOR TO DOING SOME WELDING. WHILE DOING THIS SOMETHING ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICAITON WAS OBTAINED.

EE WAS HELPING RECOVER HIGH VOLTAGE FROM THE B-5 LONGWALL AREA OF THE MINE. WHILE LIFTING THE CATHEAD OVER THE TROLLEY WIRE AND MESSENGER WIRE HE EXPERIENCED SOME BACK PAINS, AND RIGHT HIP PAI NS. THIS WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A STRAIN. APPROXFIVE WEEKS AFTER THE INJURY HE BEGAN A SERIES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT WHICH WAS NOT KNOW UNTIL 12-30-98.

EE WAS PUTTING OIL IN THE LONGWALL SHEARER. HE PICKED UP A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL AND PLACED IT ON THE SHEARER AT WHICH TIME HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN. HE HAS RECEIVED CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS FO R THIS INJURY. (THERE WAS NO REPORT OF THIS INJURY UNTIL 8/12/98 AND IT WAS NOT CONFIRMED UNTIL 8/19/98 THAT HE HAD RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR THIS INJURY)

EE WAS TRAVELING FROM AREA IN THE PREPARATION PLANT TO ANOTHER AREA. WHILE ASSENDING ONE SET OF STEPS, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL STEPS GAVE WAY CAUSING HIS RIGHT LEG TO TWIST. INITIALLY HE RECEIVE D NO MEDICAL TREAT FOR THIS INJURY BUT ON 9-24-98 IT WAS FOUND THAT HE IS RECEIVING PHYSICAL THERPAHY TREATMENTS FOR THIS INJURY.

EE WAS CLEANING THE AREA AROUNG THE TOOL CAR ON THE B-6 LONGWALL SECTION. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A RELAY BAR BOLT AND EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN HIS BACK. (IN A CONVERSATION WITH HIM ON 7/31/ 98, HE REVEALED THE HE HAD RECEIVED TWO CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS FOR THIS INJURY.)

EE'S LOCKER & BASKET HAD BEEN MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE BATHOUSE. WHILE PULLING THE BASKET UP THE SHEAVE WHEEL BECAME LODGED CAUSING THE CHAIN TO BE JERKED HARD. THIS RESULTED INTO A ST RAIN TO HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER. EE RECD MEDICALTREAMENT WHICH DID NOT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA. DURING THE WEEK OF 1/18/99 HE BEGAN THERAPY TREATMENTS

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MANTRIP BEING TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA WHERE HE WOULD BEGIN HIS FIREBOSS EXAMINATIONS. THE MANTRIP HAD TRAVELED THRU A HIGHER AREA INTO A LOWER AREA. EE HAD LOWERED HIS H EAD HOWEVER THE BILL OF HIS CAP HIT THE PLATE ONA DISLODGED ROOF BOLT. THIS RESULTED INTO HE BEING LACERATED ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE AND 6 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE IT.

EE WAS WORKING WITH A CREW THAT WAS UNLOADING CONVEYOR BELT ON THE B-6 LONGWALL TRACK. WHEN THE BELT WAS UNLOADED OFF OF THE SUPPLY CARS SOME OF THE BELT LANDED ON THE MINE TRACK. EE WAS USING A SLATE BAR ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE BELT OFF OF THE RAIL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LWOER LEFT ABDOMEN.

EE WAS OPERATING A MANTRIP WHEN THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF THE WIRE. AS HE WAS REACHING FOR THE POLE, THE POLE STRUCK THE ROOF AND CAME BACK DOWN AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND. HIS INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS FRACTURE TO THE BONE THAT ALIGNS WITH HIS LITTLE FINGER IN HIS LEFT HAND.

HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO BREAK UP OVERSIZED COAL PIECES THAT WERE PLUGGING UP A FEEDER. WHILE DOING THIS HIS HAND STRUCK THE FEEDER FRAME, RESULTING INTO A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER . FOUR STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

A PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED THAT REQUIRED THE DANVILLE PORTAL ELEVATOR TO BE OUT OF SERVICE IN EXCESS OF THIRTY MINUTES. THE BOTTOM DOOR LOCK CONTACTS SHORTED TO GROUND DAMAGING THE CONTACT TO THE SAF RELAY.

HE WAS LOOSENING TAPER LOCK CAPS ON THE GOB SIDE OF THE RANGING ARM ON THE B-5 4W PANEL. HE WAS EXERTING A LOT OF DOWN PRESSURE ON THE BREAKER BAR AND WHEN THE TAPER LOCK BROK, HIS HEAD WENT D OWN AND STRUCK THE FRAME OF THE SHEARER. THIS RESULTED INTO A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE. (OVER LEFT EYE)

HE WAS OPERATING ONE SIDE OF A DUAL HEADED ROOF BOLTER WHEN INJURED. HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WITH A HALF HEADER AND WHILE TRYING TO ALIGN THE HALF HEADER HIS THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TH AT HALF HEADER AND THE MINE. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION WHICH LATER REQUIRED THE REMOVAL OF SOME DEAD SKIN.

EE WAS AT THE 10 LEFT MANTRIP STATION, WALKING TOWARD THE SECTION CONVEYOR BELT. WHILE STEPPING OVER THE TRACK RAIL THE TOE OF HIS RIGHT SHOE CAUGHT ON THE RAIL CAUSING HIM TO FALL. THIS RESUL TED INTO AN INJURY TO HIS RIGHT KNEE THAT WAS INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AS A STRAIN. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN HIS INJURY WAS FOUND TO BE A TORN MEDIAL MNENISCUE FOR WHICH SURGERY WA

EE WAS REPLACING A BROKEN SHEAR PIN ON THE A2 "BIRD". HE WAS USING AN ALLEN SPUD SCOCKET TO REMOVE ALLEN BOLTS, WITH AN AIR GUN. WHILE CHECKING THE ROTATION OF THE AIR GUN AND HOLDING ON TO TH E SPUD SOCKET HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND. A PIN THAT HOLDS THE ALLEN TO THE SOCKET HAD COME OUT AND LACERATED HIS HAND. 4 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS OPERATING A DUMP TRUK HAULING MATERIALS ITO THE REFUSE HOLLOW AFTER EMPTING THE TRUCK THE TAILGATE WOULD NOT LATCH AND EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL THE TAILGATE AWAY FROM THE TRUCK AND SLA M IT SHUT. WHILE DOING THIS HE WAS UNABLE TO PULL THE TAILGATE BACK FAR EMOUGH AND HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND TRUCK BED FRAME. LACERATION - 4 STITCHES.

HE HAD TRAVELED TO THE DANVILLE ELEVATOR BOTTOM AND HAD SAT DOWN IN THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF A MANBUS. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, HE STARTED TO GET UP AND UNPLUG THE MANTRIP FROM THE BATTERY CH ARGER WHEN HIS CAP LAMP CORD GOT IN THE EYE USED TO SECURE THE SAFETY CHAIN. THIS CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO THE MINE FLOOR, TWISTING HIS RIGHT LEG.

EE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC DRILL TO DRILL A HOLE IN A DOOR OF A POWER CENTER WHEN THE BIT HUNG UP IN THE HOLE. THIS CAUSED THE DRILL TO TWIST IN HIS RIGHT HAND. THIS RESULTED INTO A FRACTURE TO A BONE IN HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS USING A HAMMER & A BELT PUNCH TO CUT HOLES IN A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS TO BE USED AS A FLAP. WHILE HITTING THE PUNCH A PIECE OF METAL ENTERED HIS LEFT HAND. THIS PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED FROM HIS HAND ON MAY 5, 1998.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN MAKING A BELT MOVE. WHILE TRYING TO INSTALL A BOTTOM ROLLER INOT THE STAND HE PINCHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. EMPLOYEEWAS INITIALLY TOLD THIS WAS JUST A BRUISE BUT TH REE DAYS LATER HE WAS NOTIFIED THAT FINGER WAS FRACTURED. THIS WAS NOT KNOWN UNTIL 4.24.98.