Preparation Plant No 1 Coal

Officer on foot patrol at prep plant-inside. She stepped over a cat that was laying on the floor, bumped into floor fan and fell down, hurting her knee.

EE & others were replacing the top belt on the #2 belt press. Takeup assembly was secured with a 3/4 ton chain come-a-long, both air regulators were backed off so as not to apply pressure & a stand with a 2"x12" steel pipe was holding the new belt. The air valve was opened & the takeup swung forward, broke the chain & the pipe struck the injured on left ear which required stitches.

Notified on 2/1/07 that claimant was awarded permanent partial disability for occupational pneumoconiosis.

Right hand between wrist and knuckles-eas pulling belt rubberon to structure using 1" rope attached to a truck. was in process of rehooking when came loose and struck hand.

Employee scraped his knee while coming off the steel. He had a mild abrasion (similar to a carpet burn) and continued to work until 7/7/06 when he went to the doctor for an infection of the knee. Management was not made aware of his medical visit until 7/19/06 when notified by comp carrier.

INJURED & CO-WORKER WERE REMOVING A SPEED REDUCER FROM THE END OF A MAGNETITE AUGER. AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE REDUCER USING A CHAIN HOIST, THE REDUCER BECAME STUCK. THE INJURED USED A SLATE BAR TO PRY LOOSE, IT SWUNG & HIT HIS RT. KNEE CAUSING DAMAGE TO A LIGAMENT.

INJURED WAS USING AN OVERHEAD HOIST AND A GRAB LIFT TO REMOVE A 2'X4'X1/2" STEELPLATE FROM THE STORAGE RACK. HE RAISED THE PLATE APPROX 5' FROM THE FLOOR AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL THE HOIST WHEN IT REFUSED TO MOVE. HE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO PULL THE HOIST WHEN THE PLATE FELL OUT OF THE GRAB, STRIKING AND FRACTURING HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG

Employee turned the truck over while dumping at the stockpile. He complained of right shoulder pain. Ambulance took him to the hospital to get checked out.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE ENGINE DOOR & HAD HIS RT. HAND ON TOP OF THE DOOR. WHEN INJURED OPENED THE LATCH WITH HIS LEFT HAND & PULLED, THE END OF HIS RT. RING FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE DOOR & THE FRAME CAUSING THE INJURY.

NOTIFIED ON 6/7/05 THAT CLAIMANT WAS GRANTED A 3.4% PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY AWARD FOR HEARING LOSS.

NOTIFIED ON 9/16/04 THAT CLAIMANT WAS GRANTED AN AWARD OF 10% FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

INJURED WAS ASSISTING OTHER EMPLOYEES WHILE INSTALLING A 6" POYURETHENE FRESH WATER LINE. AS THE PIPE WAS BEING PULLED TO THE POND, THE INJURED STEPPED OVER THE PIPE. THE INJURED CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE PIPE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND FRACTURING HIS RIGHT FEMUR.

INJURED WAS CLIMBING UP ONTO THE DOZER & HAD A FLASHLIGHT IN HIS RT. HAND. HE STEPPED UP ONTO THE TRACK & ATTEMPTED TO GRAB ONTO A HAND HOLD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND BUT MISSED CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 4'TO THE GROUND. HE FELL ONTO HIS LEFT SIDE CAUSING BRUISING TO HIS RIB AREA.

Truck driver pulled under refuse bin to load his vehicle. While exiting, he slipped on the step of the vehicle and lost hand contact. After regaining hand contact with the truck door he pulled a muscle in his neck area. physician at summersville memorial hospital documented a return to work date of 4/2/04.

REPORTED CLAIM ON OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS BY WV WORKER'S COMP. DUE TO EXPOSURE TO DUST.

INJURED WAS REMOVING IDLER PULLEY FROM ENGINE OF LOADER. HE REMOVED BELTS HOLDING PULLEY AND USED A BAR TO DISLODGE THE PULLEY. INJURED WAS PUSHING ON PRY BAR WITH BOTH HANDS AND WHEN PULLEY C AME LOOSE HE LUNGED FORWARD INJURING HIS BACK.

INJURED EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON HOIST CABLE. OPERATOR ENGAGED HOIST CABLE JERKED SLAPPING BOTTOM OF HEEL.

CLAIMANT WAS NOTIFIED ON 1/24/01 THAT HE WAS GRANTED A 5% AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 1/22/01.

NOTIFIED ON 4/3/01 THAT EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED 4.67% AWARD FOR NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS ON 3/28/01.

NOTIFIED ON 3/27/01 THAT EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED 8.88% AWARD FOR NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS ON 3/22/01.

EE WAS CROSSING DRAW HEADS ON RAIL ROAD CAR, FOOT SLIPPED. EE HIT RIGHT KNEE ON CAR UNCOUPLER BAR EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 6-2-98.

DRIVER BACKED RIGHT REAR WHEELS INTO AN UNCOMPACTED AREA OF THE REFUSE AREA CAUSING TRUCK TO LAYOVER ON RIGHT SIDE. TRUCK WAS STOPPED WHEN IT TURNED OVER.

GRANTED AN AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS ON 3-3-97.

GRANTED AN AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS ON 1-13-97.

RUNNING PRESSURE WASH--HIT END OF HARD TOED SHOE, THE LEATHER SPLIT, LETTING HOT WATER IN ON LEFT FOOT, BUTNED LITTLE TOE AND ONE NEXT TO IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP SIDE OF TRUCK TO SEE IF BED WAS FULL. FOOT SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND PULLING MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE OF BACK.

EE WAS LIFTING A WEAR PLATE OUT OF DRYER. WEAR PLATE FELL AND HIT HIS FINGER ON EDGE OF DRYER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON FIRST LOAD OF SHIFT AND STEPPED OUT OF CAB OF A RD800 MACK TRUCK TO OPEN BIN DOOR AND SLIPPED FALLING TO FLOOR BREAKING RIGHT UPPER ARM.

CONDITION OCCURRED DURING NORMAL DUTIES OF CLIMBING AND EXCESSIVE WALKING.

10/31/92 EE PHYSICIAN OPINED THAT HE HAS OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO CUT BOLTS AND HIS BACK STARTED HURTING. HE DID NTO START MISSING WORK UNTIL 7-8-91. LOWER BACK STRAIN. RETURNED TO WROK ON 7-19-91. WE DID NOT RECEIVE WORKERS COMPENS ATION REPORT UNTIL 7-22-91.

EMPLOYEE FELL OFF OF RAILROAD CAR,WHILE PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AS A CAR DROPPER AND SPRAINED/BROKE HIS LEFT HAND,UPON IMPACT,ON THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER TO GET OFF OF CAR;FOOT SLIPPED LETTING FALL 4 TO 5 FEET CATCHING WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT LEG.

BOARD BEING USED FOR SCAFFOLDING SLIPPED CAUSING EMPL TO FALL TEN FEET BETWEEN WAL AND BELT LINE BROKEN R ARM BRUISED L ELBOW/BACK

PLACING METAL IN SHOOT; CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL (LEFT HAND - INDEX FINGER).

I.NAME WAS CLIMBING DOWN RAILROAD CAR LADDER, SLIPPED AND HURT LEFT LEG. STARTED MISSING WORK ON 04/03/89.

I,NAME WAS WALKING UP THE TRACKS AND STUMBLED AND TWISTED THE LEFT KNEE.

ON 11-10-88 I NAME WAS AWARDED 5% UPON BEING FOUND BY THE WORKERS PNEUMOCONOSIS BOARD TOHAVE OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS

CLAIM FILED ON 5-23-88. THIS COAL MINER FILED A CLIAM WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS, WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYED WITH OUR COMPANY. HIS PHYSICIAN HAS PINED THAT THIS CO AL MINER HAS CONTRACTED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

HAD A NO LOST TIME ACCIDENT 3-9-88 LIFTING A SPEED REDUCER AT PLANT RETURNED TO DR IN NOV 1988 FOR TREATMENT OF AGGRAVATION OF BACK PAIN AND STRAIN I WAS NOT AWARE THIS WAS BEING TURNED IN AS WORK RELATED UNTIL SURGERY WAS PERFORMED JAN 12 FOR EMERGENCY DISC REMOVAL THIS IS WHY MY REPORT TO YOU IS SO LATE

EMP WAS GRINDIN1 WITH ANGLE GRINDER. IT SLIPPED AND THE GRINDING WHEEL TOUCHED HIS RT KNEE CUTTING IT REQUIRED 4 SUTURES

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT3INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN TWO 4 I NCH METAL PIPES. LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.