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EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK WHILE HE WAS PULLING A 20 FT PIECE OF 3" ANGLE IRON AND SHEETS OF EXPANDED METAL TO BUILD DOORS AT TWO MINE PORTALS.THIS INJURY UNDER INVESTIGATION.
BOLTING ROCK FELL IT JUMPED FROM MACHINE KNEE PAINFUL
UNLOADING BAG OFF SUPPLY TRUCK, IT SLIPPED HURT R SHOULDER AND R R ING FINGER
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK. UPON ENTERING THE INTERSECTION AREA, THE DRIVER OBSERVED A LOADER APPROACHING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND BEING UNABLE TO STOP, COLLIDED WITH THE LOADER . THE LOADER WAS TRAVELING IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE HAUL TRUCK. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE TRUCK BUMPER--NO DAMAGE TO THE LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK AND WHILE DUMPING A LOAD, THE BED OF THE TRUCK CAME IN CONTACT WITH A DE-ENERGIZED 5KV CABLE AND MESSENGER CABLE. THE MESSENGER CABLE BROKE, ALLOWING THE 5KV CABLE TO DROP BETWEEN THE BED AND TRUCK FRAME. ASSUMING THE CABLE WAS "HOT", THE OPERATOR JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK (APPROX. 8 VERTICAL FEET), AND LANDED ON HIS FEET JAMMING HIS NECK.
TWO EMPLOYEE WERE INSPECTING PIN BOSSES ON G02 GRADER HYDRAULIC (SADDLE) CYLINDER. AFTER REMOVING CYLINDER PIN AND SLIDING CYLINDER BACK, HE WAS CLEANING GREASE FROM THE PIN BOSS WHEN THE OTH ER EMPLOYEE SLID THE CYLINDER BACK IN PLACE WITH HIS HAND STILL IN THE BOSS.
THE VICTIM HAD JUST FUELED A LOADER AND SLIPPED ON SOME FUEL WHICH HAD SPILLED ONTO THE DECK OF THE N-01 LOADER. AS HIS ONE FOOT SLIPPED, HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH THE OTHER FOOT, AND IN DOING SO , HE HYPEREXTENDED THE BACKSIDE OF HIS LEG BEHIND THE KNEE CAUSING PAIN. HE REPORTED TO THE ON-SITE CLINIC ON 12=4=90 AND WAS INJECTED WITH DEPO-MEDRAL.
EMPL REPORTED TO ON SITE MEDICAL CLINIC COMPLAINING OF PAIN NUMBNESS TINGLING TO BOTH HANDS. EMPL CLAIMS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK WATER TRUCK LOADER & BLADE RESULTED IN SORENESS IN BOTH WRISTS. THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION,
WELDING, FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES
EMPL REPORTED TO ON SITE MEDICAL CLINIC WITH SOME NUMBNESS TINGLING IN BOTH WRISTS. EMPL RETURNED ON 10/31 & REPORTED THAT PART OF NORMAL DUTIES INCLUDED TWISTING OF WIRE WITH PLIERS TO HANG A IR CURTAIN STOPPINGS. THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
EMPL WAS PULLING ON WRENCH & TWISTED BACK. INCIDENT OCCURRED IN MINE MAINTENANCE SHOP.
CLIMBNG UP CRUSHER, PLACED L FOOT ON WHAT THOUGHT WAS GRATING, TWISTED ANKLE GRATING WAS ROCK
ADJUSTING MIRROR LEANING AGAINST HANDRAIL HANDRAIL BROKE LOOSE AND EMP FELL 8 FT GROUND SPRAINING R KNEE
THE EE SUSTAINED A HALF-INCH LACERATION TO THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE WHILE ATTACHING 4X8 SHEETS OF WOOD TO A STEEL POST IN THE MINE. A ROOF BOLT PLATE, THAT WAS USED AS A SHIM WAS DISLODGED AND F ELL APPROX. 22 FT STRIKING THE EE IN THE FACE. THE WOUND REQUIRED THREE STITCHES TO REPAIR.
THE EE SUSTAINED AN IRRITATED LEFT EYE WHILE APPLYING DEGREASER TO A FORKLIFT IN THE MINE MAINTENANCE SHOP. THE EE CROUCHED DOWN NEXT TO THE REAR FENDER OF THE FORKLIFT, LOOKED UNDER THE MACHI NE AND A DROP OF DEGREASER FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
THE EMPLOYEE GOT A PIECE OF MOLTEN SLAG IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE WELDING OVERHEAD N A LOADER IN THE MINE MAINTENANCE SHOP. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WAS PL ACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
THE EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A SECTION OF WOOD CRIBBING AND STRAINED HIS BACK. THE MAIN BOOM SECTION FOR A TAMROCK BOLTER WAS BEING RELOCATED IN THE COMPOUND BEHIND THE MINE TOOLROOM WITH A FORKLIF T. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO HIS REGULAR JOB. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HIS CURRENT DISABILITY, BEGINNING 12/1/90, IS RELATED TO HIS INJURY IN JUNE 1990. THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
PICKING UP BOLT TO PLACE IN BASKET. HEARD POP IN L SHOULDER BEGAN TO ACHE PAIN IN ELBOW JOINT NUMB AND TINGLING IN L HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MANBASKET OF A ROOF BOLTER. AS THE BASKET NEARED THE BACK THE FRONT BASKET BOOM CYLINDER PIN GUSSETS BROKE AT THE WELDS. THE BASKET THEN FREE FELL 23 FEET TO THE GR OUND. EMPLOYEE STAYED IN THE BASKET AND WAS INJURED UPON IMPACT WITH THE BASKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG AN AIR LINE DELIVERY PORT FROM THE AIR SUPPLY TANK ON A 570 LOADER IN THE MINE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG AN AIR LINE, EMPLOYEE GOT DIRT AND OIL IN BOTH EYES WHEN THE PLUG BROKE AND AIR PRESSURE FORCED THEDIRT AND OIL OUT OF THE TANK.
EE WAS ASSISTING THE BOLTER OPERATOR INSTALL SAG FLAG BOLTS IN THE MINE. AS THE EE DESCENDED THE BOLTER LADDERWAY, STEPPED ON A ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE OPERATING A 570 LOADER IN THE MINE ON AN UNUSUALLY ROUGH FLOOR. EE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER AND THE JOSTLING OF THE CAB RESULTED IN HIM STRAININ G HIS SHOULDER. ON OCT 19, HE REPORTED TO THE ONSITE MEDICAL CLINIC AND WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE TRANSMISSION OF A 50-TON HAUL TRUCK IN THE MINE MAINTENANCE SHOP. A CO-WORKER SET UP PORTABLE LIGHTING BY TEMPORARILY LEANING THE LAMP AGAINST A RAISED DUMP CYLINDER ON THE TRUCK. WHEN THE CO-WORKER WENT TO GET A STAND FOR THE LAMP, THE LIGHT FELL AND STRUCK THE INJURED EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 55 GALLON BARREL (FULL) FROM A PALLET AND AS THE BARREL CAME OFF THE PALLET, IT SLIPPED TO THE FLOOR (APPROX. 6-INCH DROP. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE BARREL, PINCHING HIS R IGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE FULL BARREL AND AN EMPTY BARREL.
THE 100 HP FAN WAS BEING UNLOADED OFF OF X-22 SUPPLY TRUCK. THE FAN WAS PLACED ON THE GROUND AT THE ELECTRICAL SHOP IN THE MINE. THE BOOM HOOK WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO CLIMB UP THE SIDE OF THE FAN TO REMOVE A CLEVICE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE LIFTING EYE. WHEN HE SHIFTED HIS WEIGHT TO HIS RIGHT LEG HIS KNEE CAP DISLOCATED.
WHILE CHARGING BLAST HOLES WITH ANFO FROM A PRILL CHARGER, THE HOSE CONECTING THE AIR COMPRESSOR WITH THE RECEIVER TANK OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE EMPLOYEE SHUTDOWN THE EQUIPMENT AND DISC HARGED THE FIRE SUPPRESANT SYSTEM. HE TOTALLY EXTINGUISHED THE HOSE ON FIRE WITH A HAND-HELD EXTINGUISHER AFTER THE AIR FROM THE RECEIVER TANK BLED OUT. THROUGH THE BURNING HOSE. HE INHALED
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN CROSSCUT 2 OF PANEL A FROM THE EAST RIB LINE OF 9A TO ABOUT HALF WAY INTO THE 10A INTERSECTION. THE CAVE BROKE TO A PARTING ABOUT 71/2 FEET ABOVE THE ROOF. THE CAVE WAS DISCOVERED AFTER THE BREAKTHROUGH ROUND BETWEEN 9A & 10A WAS SHOT. THE AREA SHOWED AT LEAST 3 JOINTS WITH A STRIKE OF N 70 W THAT WERE WET. THIS ROOF FALL WAS TRIGGERED BY THE BLAST.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHINGING A TAIL LIGHT ON A LOADER WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE MACHINE ONTO THE LADDER HE WAS USING. THE LADDER GAVE WAY CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL. INSPECTION OF THE LADDER REVEAL ED THAT A BOLT HOLDING ONE OF THE SUPPORTS WAS MISSING.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE WM-3/SC-6 INTERSECTION. THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THE INTERSECTION SHOWED AN AXTREMELY HIGH JOINT DENSITY. INSTRUMENTATION SHOWED THE GROUND WAS MOVING FOLLOWING THE BL ASTING OF THE SECOND CROSSCUT ROUND LEFT. THE A4EA WAS CLOSED ON 3-15-89, THE INTERSECTION FELL 3-16-89.
APPROACHING TRANSFORMER TO RELEASE TRAILNG CABLE SAFETY CHAIN AS JUMBO DRILL BACCKING OUT OF HEADING AS THE JUMBO ROUNDING JPILLAR CORNER SAFETY CHAIN BROKE ALLOWING TRAILING CABLE TO SGRIKE V ICTIM IN KNEE.
THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE WM 4/CX-6 INTERSECTION. THE AREA HAD BEEN CLOSED PRIOR TO THE FALL BECAUSE OF GROUND MOVEMENT INDICATED BY INSTRUMENTATION. THERE WAS NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL IN VOLVED IN THE ROOF FALL. THE AREA WAS MODERATELYJOINTED AND WET.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHARGING A FAC E WITH PETTIBONE PRILL CHARGER HE WAS LIFTING THE BASKET TO CHARGE A BACK HOLE AND WAS IN THAT VICINITY WHEN THE BASKET STOPPED THE BASKET STARTED FALLING HIT THE FACE AND STOPPED APPROX ONE FOOT OFF THE GROUND THE FALLING BASKET CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN AROUND IN THE MANBASKET
EMPLOYEE WAS CHARGING A FACED ROUND AND WAS LAST BOTTOM PRE-SPLIT HOLE PREPARING EXPLOSIVES FOR HOLE, WHEN HE HEARD SOME FALLING ROCK ON THE RIB. HE STOPPED TO SEE WHERE IT WAS GOING AND A ROC K STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND ON HIS THUMB AREA. THE WOUND REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES TO REPAIR.
WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN
PREPARING TO CLEAN OUT LIFTER HOLE OF DRILLED FACE ROUND WHILE DRILL JUMBO OPER. WAS POSITIONING R. BOOM FOR DRILLING BACK HOLE WHEN BOM CONTACTED FACE IT DISLODGED SOME MEDUIM SIZED ROCKS FRO M FACE AND ROCK STRUCK EMP ON HEAD. EMP WA> WEARING SKULLGARD HAT SHELL WAS CRACKED.
TAKING IRON OFF SUPPLY TRUCK WHEN UNLOADING A BARREL RACK RACK HIT PC OF FLAT IRON THAT HE WA> STA(DING ON CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE AND FALL ON BED OF TRUCK. HIS ARM LANDED ON SM ROCK. REP. TO EMT AT BEWNCH WHO PLACE BUTTERFLY BANDS ON WOUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON BUS TO GEGIN HIS WORK SHIFT HE STOOD UP FROM THE SEAT OF THE CO.BUS TO DEBARK ON THE BENCH & FELT PAIN IN H IS LOWER BACK HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 773 HAUL TRUCK IN MINE DURING LOADING OPERATION 570 LOADER BUMPED REAR OF HAUL TRUCK MOVING TRUCK SIDEWAYUS TO THE RT.THE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING HIS HEAD TO THE EXT REME LEFT HIS HEAD WAS JERKED & HE FELT A SUDDEN BURNING SENSATION IN HIS NECK
EMPL WAS SCALING ON RIGHT RIB A LARGE ROCK FELL ON THE END OF THE BOOM THE WEIGHT OF THE ROCK OLWERED THE FRONTOF THE SCALER AND RAISED THE REAR END OFF THE GROUND A FEW TIMES UNTIL THE ROCK F ELL OFF EMPL WAS JOLTED AS THE SCALER WAS BOUNCED AROUND ON 11-4-88 EMPL WAS SEEN AT OUR INHOUSE CLINIC AND WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED BACK PAIN RADIATING TO HIS LEFT HIP WHILE PULLING ON HIS BOOTS PRIOR TO HIS SHIFT IN THE MENS' DRY AT THE THE MINE. EMPLOYEE WORKED THE ENTIRE SHIFT BUT HIS PAIN PROGRESSIVE LY WORSENED. HE REPORTED OFF WORK ON OCTOBER 28 & 29 AND UPON RETURNING TO WORK ON OCTOBER 30, 1988 EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HIS INJURY OCCURRED AT WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCALER IN 4 CROSSCUT WHEN A ROCK APPOROXIMATELY 2' IN WIDTH CAME LOOSE SLID DOWN THE BOOM AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD.THE EMPLOYEE SAW THE ROCK COMING AND JUMPED OFF THE SC ALER.WHEN HE JUMPED HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON A STEP,FELL AND LANDED WITH HIS ABCK ON A ROCK.
EMPL WAS DUMPING A TRASH DUMPSTER WHEN THE HOPPER OF THE DUMPSTER BECAME MISALIGNED ON THE TRACK HE PHYSICALLY TRIED TO REALIGN THE HOPPER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN AT THE BASE OF HIS NECK BET WEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES
EMPL WAS DRIVING THE R-10 ATLAS COPCO BOLTER INTO THE MINE MAINTENANCE SHOP HE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND HIS R KNEE STRUCK THE BOTTOM OF THE DASH RESULTING IN A BRUISED KNEE CAP HE CON TINUED TO WORK REGULAR DUTY UNTIL 10-12-88 WHEN FLUID WAS DRAINED FROM THE KNEE AND HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE STALLED PRILL CHARGER IN THE MINE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE PRILL CHARGER, THE PRILL CHARGER BATTERY EXPLODED. SHRAPNEL FROM THE BATTERY BOX LID STRUCK HIS LEFT THIGH CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND. JUMP STARTING PRILL TRUCK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE SCALER S03 WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TURNED WHILE STEPPING FROM THE LAST STEP TO THE GROUND IN DOING SO HE TWISTED HIS BACK
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SECTION OF THE BOOM WEIGHING APPROX 100 LBS FOR A SERVICE TRUCK ON E END OF THE BOOM HAD BEEN INSERTED A SECTION SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION THE BOOM FELL AND STRUI CK THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT
THIS ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN XC-15 BETWEEN NE 13 & NE 14. THE PRIMARY CAUSED OF THIS FALL WAS A SETHIS ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN XC-15 BETWEEN NE 13 & NE 14. THE PRIMARY CAUSED OF THIS FALL WAS A SE T OF JOINTS N 45 DGREE WEST 60 DEGREE SOUTH THAT WERE NOT OBVIOUS UNTIL AFTER THE FALL. THE BREAKTHROUGH SHOT WHERE THE FALL OCCURED WAS BLASTED AT THE END OF THE
THE ROOF FALL OCUURED IN NE 16 & X-CUT 15. THE PRIMARY CAUSED OF THE ROOF FALL WAS A JOINT N 35-40 DEGREE WEST DIPPING 55 DEGREE SOUTH ON THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THE INTERSECTION THE ROOF FAILE ALONG THE JOINT AND BROKE UP ABOVE THE 8 FT BOLTS.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION OF 16' BOLTS WITH THE OPERATOR OF THE TAMROCK BOLTER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS GRASPING THE DRILL STEEL WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO DISCONNECT THE TWO SECTIONS OF STEEL AND WHEN THEY CAME APART AND SEPARATED, THEY BOUNCED BACK TOGETHER PINCHING AND CUTTING HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A TORQUE REDUCER TO LOOSEN BOLTS ON THE AXLE OF A 570 LOADER.HE PUT HIS FFET ON THE SIDE OF THE FRAME AND PULLED ON THE FLEX HANDLE.IT SPRUNG BACK AND EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS ABCK.