No 4: 1 muerte registrada Coal

While EE was laying in scoop bucket using rock duster hose, scoop bucket hit hyman beam jack, beam fell but steel rope caught it. EE said it hit his back a little

Scoop stuck, took tractor to pull scoop out, stoped tractor close to scoop got off between them, tractor rolled down in small hole and caught leg between it and scoop.

As the employee put up pressure on the bolted drill steel, a piece of draw rock fell from the mine roof hitting his left shoulder resulting in bruises and scratches. The rock was 1.5 feet long & 3 inches thick.

Mine Fire at mine offce no injuyr office destroyed.

EE WAS A PASSENGER ON A 3-WHEELER WHEN IT HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND CAUSED THE EE TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF, HURTING HIS NECK, ACCORDING THE THE EE. BUT THIS CLAIM IS BEING PROTESTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY BACKTRACKED (BOTH EMPLOYEES) AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING THEY HIT, AND EE HAS HAD THE SAME INJURY BEFORE.

PULLING A BOX OF RESIN ACROSS THE TOP OF A FLETCHER DOUBLE HEAD ROOF BOLTER IN LOW HEIGHT.

HE WAS HELPING TO HANG A CABLE TO A ROOF BOLT PLATE AND DISLODGED A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE ROOFBOLT AND COAL RIB.

EE WAS BENT OVER ON KNEES IN APPROX 40" COAL HEIGHT AREA WHILE IN PROCESS OF LIFTING AND INSTALLING PIECES OF CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE. EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK REGION. NO ON SITE FI RST AID GIVEN. EE LATER NEXT DAY WENT TO DR INFORMING MINE OF THE NEED TO BE OFF DUE TO INJURY.

EE WAS OPERATING A 270 S&S BATTERY MOTOR PULLING A JBL RUBBER TIRED ROCKDUSTER. ACCIDENT OCCURRED APPROX. 15 BRKS. INBY NO. 2 BELT DRIVE TRAVELING NO. 4 MEUTRAL ENTRY TOWARDS FACE (INBY). COUP LING PIN CAME LOOSE BETWEEN MOTOR & DUST, EE REACHED TO PUSH PIN BACK IN AND WHEN HERAISED UP IN DECK CONTACT WITH MINE ROOF ROLLED HIM OVER DECK OF MOTOR CAUSING HIM TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN BAC

EE HAD COMPLETED HIS REGULAR WORK SHIFT AFTER EXITING THE PORTAL FROM THE MANTRIP CAR EE HAD TO WALK UP AND OVEN A SET OF METAL GRATE STEPS WHICH CROSS THE SURFACE COAL STACKER BELT. EE WAS CA RRING A BATTERY LIGHT AND HIS LUNCH BUCKET IN EACH HAND WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE DOWN GRADE SIDE OF THE STEPS STRIKING BACK AGAINST METAL STEPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH THREE OTHERS TO UNSPOOL A CONTINOUS MINER CABLE WHICH WAS BEING LIFTED FROM THE GROUND WITH TWO 5/8 LINK METAL CHAINS WHEN;AS THE SPOOL BEGAN BEING LIFTED BY THE LO ADER THE EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY HAD THE LEF TINDEX FINGER OF PINCHED AS HE HELD SPUN AROUND PALM SIDE LEFT AGAINST CHAIN. THE THE AVULSION AND LACERATION OF SKIN WAS BETWEEN THE 1ST& 2 DIDGIT

EE WAS TRAMMING BATTERY RAM CAR DOWN 3 ENTRY TAKING BATTERY END TO THE BATTERY CHARGING STATION WHEN HE GOT OR TURNED ON AN ANGLE PUSHING TRAILOR END TOWARD RIB LINE WHEN HE STARTED TO PULL FO RWARD THE DIRECTION LIVER HAD NOT BEEN SWITCHED CAUSING THE CAR TO STAY AN REVERSE AND MOVE BACKWARD RATHER THAN FORWARD PINCHING ARM BETWEEN CAL.

EE WAS TRAMMING 270 S&S RAM CAR TO FACE IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT BETWEEN #2 & #3 ENTRY WHEN PIECE OF DRAW SLATE APPROX 12" X 18" BY 1" TO 1.5" THICK. EE WAS TAKEN TO BUCHANAN GENERAL HOSPITAL , GRUNDY, VA. EE HAD 4 STITCHES IN LACERATION IN LEFT EAR.

IN PROCESS OF CHANGING HYD FILTER ON 2480 EIMCO CONTINUOUS MINER LOCATED LO X-CUT 3 HEADING, METAL COVER LID ON OPERATOR'S DECK SIDE LID WAS RAISED, LIFTED BY HAND, BEFORE PROPER BLOCKING & LO CK STICK COULD BE INSTALLED LID SMAPPED ON EE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER MASHNG & SEVERING LAST DIGIT JOINT. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, WHERE SURGERY WAS PREFORMED REMAINING PART OF INJURED FINGER.