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Injured had stepped out of the dozer to "relieve" himself, when he slipped on the dozer and fell. He struck his leg against the machine and thought he had broken his leg. He was taken to the Pineville Community Hospital for evaluation and X-rays.
Injured was changing engine on loader. Lost his balance and was unable to catch himself and fell onto the counter weight. He landed on his lower back and tailbone.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER THE ATV UP A STEEP BACKFILL SLOPE WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A ROUGH ROCKY AREA CAUSING THE ATV TO OVERTURN. INJURED RECEIVED STITCHES IN HEAD.
WHILE REPLACING TOP ROLLER AT TAILPIECE, INJURED WAS PRYING ROLLER UNDER TOP OF BELT AND CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT STRUCTURE.
WHILE REMOVING FARM STYLE GRASS SEEDER FROM BUMPER OF PICKUP TRUCK ONE OF THE MOUNTING BRACKETS FELL PINNING AND MASHING FINGER BETWEEN BRACKET AND SEEDER.
EE WAS INJURED WHILE HE WAS INSIDE OF COAL CAR CLEANING IT. THIS OCCURED WHEN LOCAL TRAIN BUMPED COAL CAR EE WAS IN. TRAIN CREW STATED THEY DID NOT SEE ANYONE ALONG TRACK BEFORE SETTING CARS I N.
EMP WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL AND HAND SLIPPED HITTING GRINDING WHEEL. EMP HAD TO HAVE 6 STITCHES ON LEFT SMALL FINGER.
GPF-PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EE LIFTED A RUBRAIL ON THE SIDE OF THE MINER EARLIER THIS MORNING. LATER IN THE DAY AS THE MINER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE CUT, THE EE WAS PULLING A WATER LINE AND FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING RESIN BOLTS WHEN HE PINCHED HIS FINGER IN THE DRILL STEEL CONNECTION POINT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES WHICH PREVENTED SERIOUS INJURIES. INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND SUST AINED APPROX. 1" LONG LACERATION.
EE RETIRED--AWARD OF BLACK LUNG BENEFITS.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF SPLICING A BELT, CUTTING THE BELT WITH A KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING THE FOURTH FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE RESIGNED - AWARD OF BLACK LUNG BENEFITS.
EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON OR AROUND THE BOOM ARM ON BOLTER HEAD AND AS HE RAISED THE BOLTER HEAD, HIS LEFT HAND AND FINGERS GOT CAUGHT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING EQUIPMENT AND SLIPPED ON THE LADDER. HE WAS LEFT HANGING FROM THE LADDER BY HIS HANDS.
EMPLOYEE PLACED RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF THE LONG JOHN AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP,MASHING HIS RIGHT HAND AND CUTTING HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CABLE SO THE MINER COULD BACK OUT OF A CUT THAT WAS JUST FINISHED. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, HITTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK.
INJURED WAS BACKING A CRAWLER OUT OF A CUT AND TRAMMED OVER A ROCK, CAUSING THE OPERATOR DECK TO HIT THE BOTTOM SUDDENLY, HURTING HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS TRAMMING THE FRONT CRAWLER OUT OF A CUT WHEN THE DECK OF THE CRAWLER RAN UPON A ROCK, PUSNING THE DECK INTO THE TOP OF THE MINE HURTING HIS NECK IN THE PROCESS.
VICTIM WAS ABOUT 5' FROM THE FRONT OF THE MINER. THE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON THE MINER BY USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIKE THE RIPPER CHAIN PIN. A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE PIN BROKE OFF AS THE M ECHANIC STRUCK THE PIN AND FLEW THROUGH THE AIR, STRIKING AND LODGING IN THE VICTIM'S CHEST.
EE WAS OPERATING A TRACK LOADER CARRYING ROCK FOR ROCK DRAINS. HE TURNED THE LOADER TO THE RIGHT TO DUMP THE ROCK AND THE LOADER SLIPPED ON THE ROCKS AND WHEN THE TRACK LOADER STOPPED, IT HAD LANDED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. EE S RIGHT HAND WAS CUT IN THE PROCESS.
EE WAS MOVING THE SUPPLY DOORS ON 006 SECTION AND ACCIDENTLY CUT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE TOP OF A HIGHWALL WHERE RECLAMATION WORK WAS BEING DONE AT THE FORTNEY BRANCH JOB AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO DESCEND A GRASSY SLOPE PART OF THE HIGHWALL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL , INJURING HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT A RAG FROM OFF THE BROOM WITH A KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED, AND HE ACCIDENTLY STABBED HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER REPAIRMAN IN REEPLACING BUSHINGS ON A DOZER ROLLER FRAME. THE OTHER REPAIRMAN HIT HTE BUSHING WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND THE HAMMER GLANCED, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE 'S RIGHT HAND, CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE O THE DRILL SITE HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON DRILL HEAD JUST AS DRILL WAS COMING DOWN HAND WAS CAUGHT BY THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAD & WAS CRUSHED WHEN HYDRAULIC DOWN PR ESSURE WAS AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED
EE WAS SQUARING BELT TO BE SPLICED AND CUT RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND WITH BELT KNIFE. THREE STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUT A PUMP ON A CRAWLER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.
WHILE GETTING WATAER FOR PLASTER FOR A BRATTICE, VICTIM POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE BRIDGE CARRIER & THE RIB. THE BRIDGE OPERATOR TRAMMED THE BRIDGE CARRIER BACKWARD, CATCHING THE VICTIM'S LEFT FOOT & ANKLE BETWEEN THE CARRIER & THE BOTTOM. THE VICTIM'S ANKLE WAS BROKEN & HE HAD A LACERATION TO HIS LEG/FOOT.
EMPLOYEE SEEKING BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMONCONIOSIS, EMPLOYER NOTIFIED ON 9-2-93. EMPLOYER'S INSURANCE CARRIER IS ACTIVELY SEEKING A MORE DEFINITE SECOND OPINION.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED EXAMINING HEADINGS AND CROSSCUT. HE WAS WAITING ON MINER TO START CUTTING AND HAD CRAWLED APPROXIMATELY 12' TO SIT NEXT TO THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SLAB OF DRAW ROCK F ELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING EIMCO BATTERY MANTRIP TO SURFACE AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. AS THE MANTRIP WAS PASSING THROUGH THE VENTILATION DOORS, EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION HIMSELF IN THE MANTRIP. HE INADVERTENTLY ALLOWED THE PINKY FINGER OF HISLEFT HAND TO HANG OVER THE EDGE OF THE MANTRIP WHERE THE VENTILATION DOORS "PINCHED" IT AGAINST THE BODY OF THE MANTRIP CAUSING A DEEP LACERATI
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BESIDE THE LONG JOHN STRUCTURE WHEN A LOOSE PIECE OF RIB ROLLED OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER AREA. THE PRESSURE FROM THE RIB HITTING HIM CAUSED HIS BACK INJURY. (COMP RESSED FRACTURE OF THE L1).
EE WAS TAKING THE SCOOP TO 005 SECTION ON THE RETURN AND HE STOPPED TO CLOSE THE REGULATOR DOORS AND THE DOOR FELL AND CUT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
VICTIM WAS OPERQTIN THE INGERSOLL-RAND HIGHWALL DRILL ALONG A BENCH WHEN THE BENCH BROKE LOOSE UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEELS. THIS CAUSED THE DRILL TO OVERTURN. VICTIM RECEIVED LACERATI ONS TO THE RIGHT EAR, CONTUSIONS ON LUNG, AND A FRACTURED RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING THE HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE IN THE SCOOP DIPPER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER/UPPER BACK AREA.
EE FELL DOWN THE STEPS COMING FROM THE UPSTAIRS ENGINEERING OFFICE. LACERATED RIGHT ELBOW AND BRUISED ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE ATRS SYSTEM AND HAD JUST FINISHED THE REPAIRS. HE CHECKED THE CHAIN THAT HOLDS THE FOOT ON THE SYSTEM AND THE OPERATOR STARTED THE BOLTER AND LIFTED THE FOOT UP, WH ICH CAUGHT VICTIM'S LEFT HAND, CAUSING LACERATIONS AND THREE BROKEN FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING A BELT SPLICE ON THE SECTION BELT WITH A BELT KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.
INJURED WAS HELPING MINER TURN A BREAK WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.
BACK STARTED HURTING AFTER WORK.
VICTIM WAS THREADING BOLTS ON DOZER TRACKS AND WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES. WHEN HE TRIED TO STAND UP HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND THAT ORIGNATED FROM HIS KNEES. HIS KNEES THEN BEGAN TO HURT HIM.
WHILE UNLOADING BRATTICE BLOCKS IN SUPPLY HOLE, VICTIM BUMPED ELBOW ON BLOCK HE WAS UNLOADING.
VICTIM WAS PULLING RAIL FOR AN OVERCAST, THE EXCESSIVE FORCE THAT WAS PLACED ON THE CHAIN WHEN THE RAIL CONTACTED THE COAL RIB, MADE THE CHAIN BREAK AND HIT THE SCOOP OPERATOR IN THE FACE, CAU SING LACERATIONS TO THE FACE.
VICTIM BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF PAPER FROM TEH SCALEHOUSE FLOOR, AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
VICTIM WAS HELPING THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR HOLD A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL. TOO MUCH PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE STEEL, CAUSING IT TO BUCKLE. AS THE STEEL BUCKLED, IT STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE LEF T ARM, ABOUT TWO INCHES FROM HIS WRIST.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS, HAD A HEART STTACK AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON CABLE USED TO DROP RAIL CARS WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY ENGAGED THE WINCH WHICH OPERATES THE CABLE CAUSING THE CABLE TO JERK THE EMPLOYEE INTO THE AIR CAUSING INJURY TO THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ANKLE (HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF FOOT BONE).
VICTIM WAS MOVING A FIVE GALLON BUCKET FULL OF WATER, AND EXPERIENCED SHARP PAINS IN HIS LOWER BACK. VICTIM SAID HE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHEN HE STARTED TO LIFT.
CRAWLER DECK RAN OVER A BLOCK OF COAL, CAUSING A SUDDEN DROP AGAISNT THE BOTTOM OF THE MINE, MARRING THE CRAWLER, AND CAUSING BACK INJURY/PAIN.