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While loading the shuttle car, a small rock measuring 3" long, 3" wide and 1" thick, came out of conveyor chain and struck continuous miner operator on left cheek and mouth which required 2 stitches.
Employee was using a tank duster and was holding the discharge hose. The discharge hose became stopped up and blew off the main rock dust tank. The end struck EE on the bridge of the nose and caused a laceration.
Co-workers welding in close proximity. Exposure to welding burned ee's eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses during exposure.
EE WAS OPERATING THE HEAD END OF THE SHEAR CUTTING TO HEAD AT ABOUT #40 SHIELD. THE CUTTING DRUM THREW A ROCK STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND FRACTURING HIS PINKY, RING AND MIDDLE FINGER.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TRYING TO GET PUMP PRESSURE FROM GLUT TO FACE AREA. INJURED WAS TURNING #3 VALVE ABOUT 1/4 TURN WHEN PRESSURE CAUSED GLUT TO BREAK CHAIN THAT HELD GLUT TO MONORAIL. GLUT KNOCKED BOTH TO THE GROUND. EE SAID GLUT HIT INJURED IN THE HEAD. X-RAY SHOWED FRACTURE IN NECK. ALSO RECEIVED SUTURES.
EE WAS WELDING ON BELT TAILPIECE AT HEADGATE 20, BRK. 56, WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING ENTER HIS LEFT EYE. EE FLUSHED HIS EYE WITH WATER & CONTINUED HIS SHIFT. EE LATER TRANSPORTED HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HIS PUPIL WAS SCRATCHED & THEY REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL, POSSIBLY A RUST FLAKE. PERFORMANCE SAFETY DEPT. WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS ACCIDENT ON 6/2/05.
INJURED WAS STARTING TO DRILL A HOLE WHEN A ROCK MEASURING 27" X 12" X 1/2" FELL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM.
SHEAR PIN COUPLING CONVEYOR LINE TO SHIELD RELAY BAR. EE WAS FEELING INSIDE CONVEYOR LINE CLEVIS TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE ANY OFFSETS, SO A NEW PIN COULD BE INSERTED. WHEN THE RELAY BAR SL IPPED PAST THE HOLE CATCHING TIP OF HIS FINGER.
EE WAS HELPING PULL #70 SHIELD OFF FACE WHEN A COUPLING PIN WAS BROKE AND WAS HURLED TOWARDS EE STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
INJURED WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER IN #2 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ON NOSE AND LIP.
WHILE CUTTING OUT ON THE HEAD THE SHEAR DRUM CUT INTO A BOLT IN THE COAL RIB, THE BOLT WAS DISLODGED AND THE PLATE CAME ACROSS THE HEAD DRIVE AND HIT HIM ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EE HAD STARTED THE SHEAR AND A DRUM SHEAR BIT BROKE OFF AT THE TIP. IT FLEW BACK, STRIKING EE'S RIGHT ELBOW. HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
EE WAS PULLING IN THE SHIELD WHEN THE END DRUM ON THE SHEARER THREW A ROCK. THE ROCK STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT ARM AND RIBS. XRAYS WERE NEGATIVE.
EE WAS OPERATING THE MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STIKING HIS HAND AGINST THE CONTROL BOX. THE ROCK WAS 24'X30" AND 1" THICK. HIS FINGER WAS LACERATED AND REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
EE WAS PUTTING A PLATE OVER A BOLT TO CATCH A KETTLE BOTTOM. HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN PLATES RESULTING IN AN AMPUTATION OF THE TIP OF THE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE BELT TAKE UP AT HEADGATE 15 BELT DRIVE. HE HAD WELDED OVER 2 HOURS USING A FULL FACE WELDING HELMET. THAT NIGHT HIS EYES STARTED HURTING HIM. HE WENT TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES.
EE THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING AT END OF SHIFT FROM OPERATION THE ROOF BOLTER. EE HAS EXPERIENCED BACK PROBLEM. NO NEW EVENT OCCURRED. THIS REPORTED ACCIDENT IS CLASSIFIEDAS OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS FROM REPEATED TRAUMA.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLT MACHINE IN #2 ENTRY ON H6-15. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT UP, A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL STRIKING THE TRS ARM AND SLID DOWN STRIKING EE ON HIS RIGHT FORE ARM.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT CHEEK BONE.
EE WAS OPERATING THE HEAD SHEAR END. WHILE CUTTING THE FACE THE DRUM THREW A ROCK THAT HIT EE'S LEFT FINGER THAT HAD BEEN RESTING ON THE PANLINE BACKBOARD.
INSTALLING A SET OF AIR LOCK DOORS & THE JACK SLID DOWN CATCHING FINGER. REC NOTICE OF ACCIDENT ON 12-28-00.
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED DRILLING A BOLT HOLE AND WAS IN PROCESS OF TAKING THE DRILL STEEL APART. WHEN ONE PIECE OF DRILL STEEL CAME DOWN AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
EE ROOF BOLTER, STATED THAT WHILE BOLTING TOP HEBEGAN TO FEEL SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. EE HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH HIS LEFT KNEE IN THEPAST.NO NEW EVENT OCCURRED. THIS INCIDENT IS CAL SSIFIED AS OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS FROM REPEATED TRAUMA
EE THOUGHT THE SHEAR WAS READY TO TURN AROUND. EE WENT TO REMOVE A ROCK THAT WAS IN THE CABLE HANDLER. THE SHEAR PULLED FORWARD CAUSING EE'S THUMB TO BECOME, TRAPPED BETWEEN THE CABLE ROCK, THE FROM OF THE CABLE HANDLER. EE S-THUMB WAS FRACTURE AND HE RECEIVED 8 STITCHES.
EE HAD SET HIS CONTROL TO THE MINER ON THE MINER WHEN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH A WIRE THAT HAD BEEN BOLTED TO THE TOP OF TH EMINE CUTTING A 3/4 IN. IN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER . EE WENT TO THE RALEIGH GENERA HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED 7 STITCHES.
EE PULLED RIB, PROCEEDED TO BOLTING WHEN ROCK FELL STRIKING LEFT HAND.
EE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER INTO THE NO. 2 XCUT, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & HIT HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE SHEAR. WHILE WALKING BESIDE THE SHEAR, THE CUTTING DRUM THREW A SMALLROCK INTO THE WALKWAY, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S MIDDLE FINGER. NO DAYS LOST. REPORTABLE BECAUSE E MPLOYEE REQUIRED TWO SUTURES.
AS EE WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE, A SMALL SHARP EDGED ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING HIS RT FOREARM, RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES. NO LOST TIME. REPORTABEL BECAUSE OF SUTU RES.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND AREA CUT OUT FOR ALONGWALL BELT DRIVE. AREA WAS ABOUT 11' HIGH. A SMALL ROCK WEIGHING ABOUT 7 POUNDS FELL FROM THEROOF STRIKING THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND. EMPLOYE E WAS WEARING METACARPAL GLOVES. ACCIDENT IS REPORTABLE DUE TO FRACTURE. RETURNED HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WITH STACK STEEL AND TRYING TO GET AN EXTENSION WHICH WAS HUNG WHEN STEEL CAME FREE IT SMASED HIS HAND BETWEEN PUSHER AND FINISHED STEEL, CAUSING A CUT BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES IN LOCOMOTIVE. AS HE WAS HOLDING A CHAIN TO LIFT BATTERY WITH OVERHEAD HOIST, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND CHAIN HOOK.
EE WAS OPERATING THE SHEAR REAR SHIELD NO 103. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF STRIKING THE CUTTER DRUM, SPINNING IT ONTO THE PANLINE SIDEBOARD, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND.
WHILE AT THE CONTROL STATION OF THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE. A ROCK FELL FROM THE RIB MEASURING 82"LX36"WX21"T. STRIKING EE ON THE LEFT SHOULDER, UPPER ARM AND LOWER BACK.
INSTALLING ROOF BOLT IN THE MINE ROOF WHEN THE BOLT BENT HE TRIED TO PULL THE BOLT BACK OUT OF THE HOLE BEFORE THE GLUE SET UP AND HE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM ON THE ROOF BOLT PLATE.
EE WAS INSTALLING AN OUTSIDE BOLT ON THE OPERATORS' SIDE NEAR A XCUT ROOF BOLT A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL LANDING ON THE OPERATOR'S CANOPY AND SLID OFF STRIKING EE'S BACK
EE WAS MOVING BOLTER CABLE. WHEN POWER WAS PUT ON BOLTER, CABLE STARTED TAKING UP, CAUGHT EE BEHIND THE LEGS CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.
EE WAS HELPING TO TAKE OUT A BOOSTER FROM A LONGWALL BELT. HE WAS CUTTING WELDS LOOSE, AND JUST AS THE BOOSTER FELL, EE'S FOOT SLIPPED UNDERNEATH THE BOOST. EE RECEIVED A MASHED FOOT.
WELDING HOT METAL BURNED HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HANGING THE ROOF BOLTER CABLE CLOSER TO THE MINE ROOF. AS THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE TAMMED FORWARD IN THE NEXT ENTRY, THE CABLE REEL JAMMED, CAUSING STRAIN ON THE CABLE, P ULLING IT DOWN. THE CABLE KNOCKED EE TO THE MINE FLOOR, INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS BOLTING THE ROOF TOP & THE STEEL BOLT BENT & SWUNG AROUND & HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.
THROWED HAND UP ON CLAM SHELL, IT PINNED ARM AGAINST THE RIB, BENT HAND BACK & BROKE LEFT WRIST.
EE WAS DRILLING WITH SINKING HAMMER. WHILE PULLING DRILL BACK OUT OF HOLE, STRAINED BACK.
ON THE LONGWALL SECTION NEAR THE TAILGATE SIDE OF THE FACE, AS SHIELD #174 WAS BEING LOWERED, A ROCK ROLLED OFF TOP OF THE SHIELD, LANDED ON THE PAN LINER, & BOUNCED OFF, STRIKING EE'S LOWER L EFT LEG, CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO BOW INWARD.
EMP HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF SHEAR DRUM TO TURN ITFOR SETTING BITS. A ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE SHIELDTIP AND RIB, CATCHING HIS HAND AGAINST THE SHEARDRUM.
WITH THE CONVEYOR LINE REMOVED AND PREPARING FOR LONGWALL RECOVERY MOVE, EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT BETWEEN THE TIP OF A LONGWALL SHIELD AND THE LONGWALL FACE WHEN A SMALL 8" X 8" THIN SHAR P-EDGED ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE SHIELD TIP AND THE ROOF BOLT CANOPY, STRIKING THE TOP OF HIS FOOT ABOVE THE METATARSAL GUARD.
INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT IN FACE OF NO 6 ENTRY. BOLT DID NOT START IN THE DRILLED HOLE EASILY. HE WAS USING THE DRILL POT TO PUSH THE BOLT INTO THE HOLE. HE ACCIDENTLY HIT THE BOLT ROTATION AS H E WAS APPLYING UP PRESSURE. THE ROOF BOLT SPUN AROUND STRIKING HIS RT HAND.
EE WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE IN HIGH COAL. HE REACHED FOR AN EXTENSION. THE DRILL STEEL THAT WAS IN THE HOLE CAME OUT, CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER AGAINST THE DRILL POT, FRACTURED AND LACE RATED HIS LEFT RING FINGER.
EE AND EE HAD JUST FINISHED SPOT BOLTING IN AN AREA OF RECONSTRUCTION AS EE WAS LETTING HIS CANOPY DOWN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE RIB AND ROOF BOLT STRIKING BIN ON THE LOWER BACK. X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE, HE HAS A LARGE HEMATOMA ON HIS LOWER BACK.
HE WAS OPERATING THE SHEAR (4 LS JOY) ON THE LONGWALL AT #162 SHIELD. THE SHEAR WAS GOING INTO THE SNAKE AT THE TAIL JACK WHEN FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON, #162 SHIELD PULLED IN ON HIS FOOT.