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Welding on Metal and received Flash Burns to Eyes

Grinding on a piece of metal when a piece of metal few in his right eye.

While backing up the Cat D10T dozer he pulled the left steering clutch which jerked the operator resulting in lower back pain.

The continues miner was shearing a corner when the cutter head struck a rib bolt breaking the head off and sending it across the mining machine striking ee on his upper lip resulting in a laceration that required 9 sutures.

While welding rock guards on a new truck bed, weld splattered & burned left forearm & elbow.

The employee was drilling holes into the rib so rib bolts could be installed, when the steel struck him on the right forearm

Employee was installing roof bolt, had placed drill bit against top, started rotation when glove on right hand got caught by drill steel twisting his right hand. Employee sustained fractures to his right wrist.

Injured was operating roof bolter installing roof bolts when drill steel hit him on his left forearm. resulting in a fracture to forearm.

OPERATING BULLDOZER. DOZER ROLLED OVER WHEN EE LOST CONTROL WHILE RECLAIMING STEEP SLOPE. THE DOZER GOT ONTO A TREE TRUNK WHICH CAUSED IT TO SLIDE. EE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT; HOWEVER, HE STRUCK A HARD SURFACE INSIDE CAB, CAUSING AN INJURY (LACERATIONS TO FACE).

Injured employee was supervising and assisting co-worker who was welding a cover to the end of a steel pipe. While in close proximity to welding arc, injured employee unknowingly exposed his eyes to excess radiation, thereby incurring minor eye burn.

Employee was drilling a roof bolt hole, while doing so, he lost his balance and caught his hand on rotating chuck of drill, resulting in twisting injury to ee's right forearm.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO WORK ON A DRILL, WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIM.

EE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN THE #4 ENTRY LEFT CROSSCUT, EE WAS OPERATING OPERATOR SIDE OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING CANOPY, BOUNCING OFF CANOPY STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT ANKLE. EE COMPLETED WORK SHIFT. WENT TO DR ON 1-10-03. X-RAYS OF HIS ANKLE REVEALED FRACTURE TO HIS ANKLE (LEFT).

EE STATED WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING OUTSIDE HOLE IN #2 LEFT CROSSCUT, WAS ADDING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT HAND CATCHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND DRILL POT. EE SUSTAINED AN AVULSION AND FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER. EE WAS WEARING METACARPAL GLOVES.

EE WAS IN THE #7 ENTRY MINER HELPING WHEN A RIB ROLLED OFF STRIKING EE ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EE SUSTAINED CONTUSION/BRUISES TO HIS NECK, UPPER BACK, LOWER BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

AS INJURED EE HELD MACHINE BRACKET FOR TACK WELDING, A MINISCULE HOT PARTICLE STRUCK INJURED EE IN LEFT EAR.

KNEELING TO WELD WHEN MOVING TO STANDING POSITION RIGHT KNEE POPPED.

EE WAS MINER HELPER IN GOB EYE OFF #7 ENTRY WHEN A RIB ROLL STRUCK EE IN THE BACK. EE SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO THE T-12 VERTEBRA. SECTION WAS ON RETREAT MINING ("A" SECTION).

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING IN #1 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED FRACTURES TO BACK OF LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOCATED ON OPERATOR'S SIDE OF CONTINUOUS MINER AT TAIL OF MINER IN SITTING POSITION. MINER OPERATOR WAS LOADING MUCK FROM FACE AREA. A ROCK CA,E ACROSS TAIL OF MINER, FELL OFF SID E OF TAIL BOOM, STRIKING MOBILE BRIDGE, BOUNCED OFF MOBILE BRIDGE, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOOT. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ON ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS AT THE OPERATOR'S DECK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOREARM. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION ON RIGHT FOREARM THA T REQUIRED SUTURES.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUMP GREASE INTO A GREASE HOSE USING A PNEUMATIC GREASE GUN, EE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES DURING THIS PROCESS EE RECIEVED A PUNCTURE WOUND FROM THE PNEUMATIC GREASE GUN ALLOW ING GREASE TO ENTER BENEATH SKIN. THIS OCCURRED TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND PALM SIDE. EE SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND, 2 DAYS LATER WOUND WAS INFECTED HAD TO BE TREATED FOR INFECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A 4' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLT, BOLT WAS BEING INSTALLED WITH AN 8X8 BEARING PLATE AS HE WAS INSTALLINGROOF BOLT HE INADVERTNTLY ENGAGED THE ROTAION OF THE DRILL EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT ARM BY THE BEARING PLATE. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM REQUIRING 14 SUTURES.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING BOLTER, EE WAS LOCATED AT THE INCH TRAIN CONTROLS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING EE ON HIS UPPER LIP. EE SUSTAINED LACERATION TO UPPER LIP REQUIRIN G SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE HAD DRILLED A HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTWAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALL RESIN ON BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FORERAM. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO T HE RADIAL BONE ON HIS LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER FROM DECK HE RAN OVER AN OBJECT CAUSING DECK TO HIT BOTTOM, DUE TO THIS INCIDENT EMPLOYEE STATED HE STARTED EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS BACK AND H IPS. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING. INTIAL DIAGNOSIS- SPRAIN. ON 5-28-97 MRI RAN. MRI REVELED RUPTURED DISC. EMPLOYEE FIRST SHIFT MISSED (06-02-97)

EMP WAS ON OFF SIDE OF TWIN HEAD FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER MAKING PREPARATIONS TO INSTALL A COMBINATION BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ( 0-4'THICK,24-27"W65-70"L) FELL FROM TOP (FROM RIB LINE TOWARD BOL TS) STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK KNOCKING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR. EMP SUSTAINED FRACTURED RIBS ON LEFT SIDE, COMPRESSION FRACTURE TO L-3 VERTABRAE, FRACTURED RIGHT LEG (LOWER).

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN AUGER OUT ON SLINGER ROCK DUSTER WHEN EE'S RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BY AUGER. EE SUSTAINED CRUSHING INJURY TO MIDDLE FINGER ON RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. THE DISTAL POR TION OF THE MIDDLE & RING FINGER WERE SURGICALLY REMOVED.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A ROAD GRADER TO REMOVE SNOW FROM A COAL HAULAGE ROAD. OPERATING MACHINE IN A STANDING POSITION, EMPLOYEE WAS SUDDENLY THRUST INTO THE WINDSHIELD AREA WHEN GRADER BLADE MADE CONTACT WITH A HIDDEN PIPE IN THE ROADWAY.

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND 3 CO-WORKERS WERE USING A WHOLE TREE CHIPPER TO CHIP TREES AT A LAND CLEARING SITE, INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT EYE BY A BLOWN MINUTE PIECE OF SAWDUST AND SUST AINED A MINOR CORNEAL ABRASION.

EMPLOYEE REACHED TO CATCH A BOX OF RESIN WHICH WAS FALLING OFF OF THE ROOF BOLTER.HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK THE BOOM RAISE LEVER.HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS PINCHED BY THE RAISI NG BOOM CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING 8 SUTURES

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON LEFT FOOT BY A PIECE OF FALLING ROCK 1" THICK, 2' LONG, 8" WIDE AS HE PREPARED TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT WITH A STRAP. ROCKSTRUCK EMPLOYEE ON OUTSIDE OF LEFT FOOT JUST BEH IND LITTLE TOE, EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED LACERATION REQUIRING 8 SUTURES. HE WAS WEARING RUBBER METATARSAL BOOTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT DURING THE DRILLING PROCESS A STICK OF RESIN FELL OT OF BOX EMPLOYEE REACYED TO PUT RESIN BACK IN BOX CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON RT HAND BETWEEN DRILL MAST & FRAME OF BOLTER EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED LACERATION ON LITTLE FINGER RT HAND REQUIRING (4) SUTURES EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING METACARPAL GLOVES AT THE TIME OF INJURY

EMPLOYEE HAD POSITIONED ROOF BOLTER HEAD TO INSTALL OUTSIDE BOLT, HAD INSERTED DRILL STEEL INTO DRILL POT, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING HIS LEFT HAND FROM DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FE LL FROM TOP CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND DRILL POT. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND (PROXIMAL PHALANGE). EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING METACARPAL GLOVES.

EE WAS USING A GASOLINE CHAIN SAW TO FELL A 10 IN DIAMETER TREE ON A STEEP HILLSIDE. DURING THE PROCESS HE ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION HIMSELF, THUS TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING IT TO BECOME DIS JOINTED. EE SUCCESSFULLY REPLACED THE DISJOINTEDKNEE BACK IN SOCKET. HE THEN HOBBLED FROM THE JOB SITE ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO A WAITING VEHICLE.

EMPLOYEE KNEELING ON R. KNEE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WHEN A BROW [APPROX 6'L X 10" W TAPERING DOWN TO 5"W X 5" TO 7" THICK] FELL STRIKING HIM ON LOWER LEFT LEG WHICH WAS EXTEDED BEHIND HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER FROM THE INCH TRAM LOCATION, WHEN RIGHT FOOT GOT BETWEEN TIRE OF ROOF BOLTER AND MINE FLOOR, EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO THE BIG TOE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING MINER CABLE IN HOOK LOCATED ON THE PAN OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HIS LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STOP BLOCKS OF THE PAN AND RIPPER BO OM CAUSING CRUSHER INJURY TO THE DISTAL PORTION OF LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF POSITIONING ROOF BOLTER HEAD TO INSTALL OUTSIDE BOLT, AS HE WAS LETTING STAB JACK DOWN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLID UNDERNEATH STAB JACK, JACK CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT & ANK LE. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED BRUISE TO RIGHT FOOT AND ANKLE. FIRST DAY MISSED DUE TO THIS INJURY WAS 12-17-93.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF FALLING ROCK THAT FELL OUT BETWEEN ATRS & LAST RROW OF BOLTS EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF POSITIONING ROOF BOLTER HEAD TO INSTALL BOLT WHEN ROCK FELL STRIKI NG EMPLOYEE ON RT SOULDER RT RIB CAGE AREA EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED FRACTURED RIBS & BRUISES TO HIS RT SIDE

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A REMOTE CONTROL MINER WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS CUAGHT BETWEEN RIB AND STAND-OFF OF CONTINUOUS MINER. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED STRAINED MUSCLES NAD LIGAMENTS TO LWOER ABDOMEN AND G ROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETED DRILLING A 5' HOLE WITH 2 PIECES OF 30" DRILL STEEL WHEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO REMOVE DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE STEEL WOULD NOT SEPERATE INTO 2 PIECES EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING DRILL HEAD TO LET DRILL STEEL DROP FROM HOLE. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLD DRILL STEEL UP WITH LEFT HAND WHILE REPOSITIONING HEAD LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND CANOPY CAUSING INJURY...

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING FIRST BOLT IN AN UNBOLTED PLACE, WAS OFF SIDE OPER ON A TWIN HEAD FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER, AFTER ATRS WASSET EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING RROF BETWEEN ATRS AND LAST ROW OF BOLTS OUTBY OBSERVING TOP CONDITIONSWHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM. EMPLOYEE SUBSTAINEDLACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM REQUIRING SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RE-PSOITIONING MINER CABLE ON STAND-FF WHEN CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT LEG CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, HE SUPPORTED HIMSELF WITH HI S LEFT HAND ON MAIN FRAME OF MINER AT BACK END OPERATORS DECK) CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN CANOPY AND MAIN FRAME OF MINER. EMPLOYEE SUSTANED FRACTURE TO LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROBBINS RR10 DRILL FOR LAST ROW OF HOLES THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD DOOR OPEN FOR BETTER VISIBILITY & HAD HIS RT.THUMB IN DOOR FACING AS HE MOVED THE DRILL ON TO THE SLOPE OF THE ROAD & APPLIED BRAKES THE DOOR CAME SHUT & CAUGHT HIS RT.THUMB BETWEEN THE DOOR FRAME & THE DOOR