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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.

EE WAS STARTING A NEW HOLE. HE RELEASED THE UP PRESSURE AND THE DRILL STEEL HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A FRACTURE IN HIS LEFT HAND.

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

EE WAS BOLTING IN #1 FACE. HE STARTED TO RAISE THE RIGHT FRONT CANOPY. THE MAST THE CANOPY IS MOUNTED TO STARTED TO FALL OVER. EE HELD THE CANOPY AND MAST UP WITH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER CAUSING A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

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 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.

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.

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'S BELT CREW WAS WELDING ON THE NORTHEAST "B" BELT CHUTE. DURIN GTHE SHIFT EE'S EYE'S WERE EXPOSED TO THE WELDING ARC AND BECAME IRRITATED. EE RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FORHTE IRRIT ATION.

EE WAS GRINDING ON A BALLAST CAR WHEEL WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE SCRATCHING IT. EE WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS.

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 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.

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 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.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE SHIELDS BEHIND THE SHEARER AS IT WAS CUTTING TOWARDS THE HEADGATE. THE TAILEND DRUM KICKED UP A ROCK WHICH HIT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RING FINGER. THE ROCK PINCHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE SPILL TRAY CUTTING THE TIP OF HIS FINGER. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.

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.

EE WAS OPERATING THE TAIL END OF THE SHEARER. THE DRUM THREW A PIECE OF SLATE WHICH HIT EE ON HIS RIGHT JAW CUTTING HIS CHEEK. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES MAKING THIS A REPORTABLE INCIDENT.

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.

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 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 PUSHING THE TOP PIECE OF A DRILL STEEL INTO THE DRILL HOLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS LOWER BACK EXTENDING DOWN INTO HIS RIGHT LEG. EE IS NOW TAKING THERAPY DUE TO CONT INUING BACK AND LEG PAIN.

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 CUTTING LOOSE THE COWL BOLTS ON THE HEAD END OF THE SHEARER. A PIECE OF HOT METAL FELL INTO EE S RIGHT BOOT BURNING HIS RIGHT SHINN. EE WORKED 12-6-98 AND 12-7-98 AND THEN MISSED FOUR D AYS RETURNING TO WORK ON 12-14-98.

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 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.

HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE FOR A 4' RESIN GROUTED BOLT. HE WAS DRILLING THE LAST FEW INCHES USING A BOLTER WRENCH AS AN EXTENSION ON THE DRILL STEEL. THE HOLE BECAME MIS-ALIGNED. THE DRILL STEEL B ENT AND TEH BOLTER WRENCH BROKE WITH A PIECE OF THE WRENCH HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD.

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.

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 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 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 1" DRIVE RATCHET TO LOOSEN BOLTS ON THE LONGWALL TAIL DRUM. WHEN THE BOLT SUDDENLY RELEASED EE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK. ON 7-8-98 IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED A SERIES OF CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS FOR THIS PROBLEM.

EE WAS USING A GRINDEER (THE WIRE WHEEL ATTACHMENT) TO CLEAN THE RUST FROM THE BEARING SURFACE OF A SHAFT. WHEN THIS WAS BEING DONE A WIRE CAME OFF THE WHEEL AND SOME PARTICLES ENTERED HIS RI GHT EYE. PRESCIPTION MEDICAITONW AS PRESCRIBED.

EE WAS OPERATING ONE SIDE OF A DUAL HEAD ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN THE TOP "CRACKED" CAUSING THE EE TO QUICKLY EXIT THE AREA. AS THE EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE WAY HE STRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST. O N 11/17/97, THE EE BEGAN A SERICES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR HIS INJURED WRIST.

EE WAS OBSERVING A SHIELD BEING REMOVED FROM THE LONGWALL FACE, AS A PART OF THE FACE TEARDOWN. AS THE SHIELD WAS LOWERED, AND WAS BEING PULLED A ROCK CAME OFF THE TOP OF THE SHIELD AND FELL I NTO THE MUD. THIS SPLASHED MUD INTO EE'S LEFT EYE WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT TO REMOVE A FOREIGN OBJECT. MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED.

HE WAS ADVANCING THE FACESHIELDS ON THE B-3 LONGWALL FACE, AUTOMATICALLY, FOLLOWING THE SHEARER DOWN THE FACE. AS SHIELD NO. 121 ADVANCED, IT FAULTED. HE RETURNED TO THIS LOCATION AND WAS ATTE MPTING TO DISABLE THE "CIU" ON THAT SHIELD. WITH THE SHIELDS PROGRAMMED TO AUTOMATICALLY ADVANCE THE NO. 122 BEGAN TO MOVE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, HIS LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BY THE PONTOON, FRACTU

HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL A CABLE BOLT IN THE SOUTH MAINS B SECTION BELT ENTRY. WHILE LOOKING UP AT THE HOLE, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE NOSE, RESULTING INTO A LACERATI ON WHERE BUTTERFLY CLOSURES WERE USED. IT WAS NOT KNOWN UNTIL 6-2-97 THAT HE HAD BEEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

EE WAS SITTING ON THE FLOOR OF THE SHOP WELDING ON A SECTION OF PANLINE. HE TWISTED THE TRUNK OF HIS BODY AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK LEFT SIDE. HE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PAIN AND IN APRIL STARTED TO SEE A CHIROPRACTOR.

EE & ANOTHER EE WERE USING ELECTRIC ARC WELDERS TO SECURE FLOOR(METAL) IN EAST FEEDER OF BIN. OVER COURSE OF SHIFT EE EXPERIENCED FLASH BURNS TOBOTH EYES WHICH WAS NOT KNOWN TO EE UNTIL NEXT D AY. HE BELIEVES FLASH BURNS MAY HAVE OCCURRED WHEN HE RAISED HIS HEAD TO CHANGE WELDING RODS. AN ACCIDENT REPORT WAS NOT MADE UNTIL 3/17/97-(DATE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED.

INJURED WAS PREPARING TO ATTACH THE PETITO MULE BOOM HOOK TO A RING ON THE 4W HEAD DRIVE.HE ASKED FOR THE BOOM TO BE EXTENDED.THE PETITO OPERATOR MOVED THE BOOM TO THE LEFT CATCHING INJURED'S RIGHT ARM BETWEEN THE BOOM AND HEAD DRIVE FRACTURING HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

THE LONGWALL CREW WAS USING THE SHEARER TO PULLING A 5/8" CABLE ACROSS THE LONGWALL FACE. TH CABLE, WHICH WAS TO BE USED IN THE SCREENING PROCESS, PULLED THROUGH THE CROSBY CLAMP THAT WAS BEIN G USED TO SECURE IT AND THE END OF THE CABLE STRUCK EE IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. THIS RESULTED INTO A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 5 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EE WAS GOINDING THE 1/2" WIRE ROPE ONTO THE WINCH DRUM WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND OPERATING THE WINCH CONTROL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. EE'S LEFT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROPE IN HIS HAND AND THE ROPE ON THE DRUM. HIS LEFT HAND AND ARM WERE PULLED OVER THE TOP OF THE DRUM FRACTURING HIS LEFT FOREARM.

EE WAS DRILLING MESSINGER WIRE HANGER HOLES. HE MOVER THE BOLTER TO THE NEXT HOLE. WHEN HE SET THE STAB JACK THE CANOPY RAISED. HE HAD HIS RIGHTHAND ON THE LIP OF THE CANOPY & CAUGHT THE TIP O F HIS RIGHT INDEX [FINGER] BETWEEN THE CANOPY & THE TOP.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT. A VERY SMALL ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S RESPIRATOR AND THEN BOUNCED BACK UNDER HI S SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT HIS RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEERECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT TO REMOVE THE MATERIALS AND PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

EE WAS HIT IN THE MOUTH BY A SMALL ROCK THROWN BY A LAWN MOWER RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS UPPER LIP

THIS ACCIDENT WAS JOINTLY INVESTIGATED BY SOCCO MSHA & THE LOCAL UMWA THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THIS INCIDENT HOWEVER IT IS BELIEVED BY THE INVESTIGATING PARTIES THAT EE POSITIONED IS HEAD ON TOP OF HIS HANDS IN A RESTING POSTURE THE MACHINE OPERATOR NOT KNOWING THAT EE WAS NEAR THE MACHIEN POSITIONED THE ATRS SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED THE REAR OF THE MACHINE TO CATCH EE HEAD BETWEEN TH

EE WAS STANDING UNDER THE NO. 6 SHIELD AT THE TIME THAT THE NO. 3 SHIELD WAS BEING PULLED INTO PLACE. AS THE NO. 3 SHIELD WAS BEIGN LOWERED DIRT AND DUST CAM EOFF THE TOP OF THE SHIELD AND SO METHING WAS BLOWN INTO RIGHT EYE. MEDICAL TREAMTMENT WAS OBTAINED AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. PRESC. MED WAS GIVEN.

EE WAS OPERATING THE SHEARER CUTTING FROM THE HEAD TOWARD THE TRAIL WHILE OPERATING THE LEAD DRUM AN OBJECT OF NKNOWN ORIGIN ENTERED HIS RT EYE THIS OBJECT SCRATCHED HIS RIGHT EYE FOR WHICH PR ESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS OBTAINED THIS INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 05-02-95

EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT THE BOLTS OFF OF A BOTTOM DECK SCREEN. WHILE DOING THIS A PIECE OF SLAG ENTERED HIS RT EAR WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED BY A PHYSICIAN.

THE EMPLOYE EWAS USING AN AIR POWERED ROOF DRILL. THE DRILL MOVED CAUSING HIS LEFT RING FINGER TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEND RILL AND THE ROOF BOLT PLATE CAUSNG A LACERATION. MEDICAL TREATMENT I NCLUDED STITCHES.