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THIS EE REPORTS THAT HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM CAB OF IN HAULER HE STATED THAT HE DOESNT KNOW WHAT OR HOW HE TWISTED HIS KNEE NO WITNESS HE DID NOT SLIP FALL OR CATCH HIS KNEE MUST HAVE PLACED BODY WEIGHT WRONG.
CONTINUOUS MINER WAS GRADING ROCK FLOOR WHICH CREATED IGNITION CONDITION.
CHAINED A WHEEL AND TIRE TO UNI HAULER TO DRAG FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER TIRE IS FOAM FILLED AND TOO HEAVY TO HANDLE BY HAND IT BEGAN TO BOUNCE AND BUCK AGAINST THE STRAIN OF BEING PULLED I T STRUCK ON R LEG AND FOOT
SECTION FOREMAN WAS ASSISTING EMPLOYEE CHANGE BATTERES ON S & R UNI-HAULER AS HE WAS TRYING TO GUIDE THE OPER. WITH HAND SIGNALS. THE BATTERY SLIPPED FROM THE STAND AND PINNED THE FOREMAN AGAI NST A KENNEDY TYPE STOPPING CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT THIG AND KNEE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A WASH-DOWN HOSE ON THE BY-PASS BELT IN THE PREPARATION PLANT AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THIS HOSE IS COLLAPSIBLE 1 1/2" NYLON REINFORCED PLASTIC THAT WEIGHS A PPROX 37 LBS PER 160 FT (INFORMATION VERY VAGUE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR RELEASED EMPLOYEE FOR NEXT SHIFT).
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. A SMALL COAL "BOUNCED" CUASED SOME RIB TO SLOUGH, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEGS PUSHING HIM INTO THE ROOF BOLTER. THE INVESTIGATION PROVES THAT TH E INJURY RESULTED FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S LEGS HITTING AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTER. NOT FROM THE COAL FALLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT KITCHEN AREA OF SECTION. HE AND REST OF THE FACE CREW HAD JUST FINISHED A PREPARED "SAFETY HUDDLE". HE LEFT THE "KITCHEN" AND SET HIS LUNCH PAIL DOWN. SOME LOOSE RIB ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON HAND AND LEG. SAFETY HUDDLE WWA ON ROOF AND RIB.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A SMALL ROLL OF 12-5 PUMP CABLE. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. NOTE: EMPLOYEE DID NOT PICK UP ANYTHING, ONLY BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP, WHEN PAIN OCCURRE D.
REMOVING ROLLER FROM BELT ROLLER SLIPPED FROM HEAND STRUCK HIM ON R FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION A LENGTH OF CONVEYOR BELTING TO MAKE A SPLICE IN SAME.HE HAD GRIPPED THE EDGE OF THE BELT WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCK PLIERS.AS HE PULLED ON THE BELT THE TO OL LOST ITS GRIP AND EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HIS BACK ON 1" FRAME BOARDS..
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CARRY A TIMBER 10" DIA X 7' OVER A PILE OF TIMBER AND TWISTED HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLT MACHINE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS-THE SECTION "BOUNCED" CAUSING LOOSE RIB TO STUFF OFF STRIKING THE 'EMPLOYEE IN LEGS.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN DRILL STEEL DISLODGED A PORTION OF TOP COAL. THE COAL SLIDE OFF THE CANOPY AND BROKE UP INTO SERVERED SUCH-SOME OF THE CHUNKER OF COAL STRUCK THE EMPLOY EE ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CABLE TENDING ON CONTINIOUS MINER. HE WAS BENT OVER PULLIGN THE CABLE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE MINER'S PATH. THE MAINER SLEVED TO ONE SIDE AND HTE TAIL BOOM STRUCK EMPLOYEE ACROSS UPPER BACK AND SHOULDERS.
THE C/M OPERATOR HAD MADE SUMP AT ROOF LINE AND HAD STARTED THE DOWN SHEAR WHEN HE JAW WHAT HE THOUGHT WAR AND IGNITION. THE OPER. HELPER STANDING AT HIRE SIDE DID NOT SEE ANYTHING THE OPER. S AID IT ONLY LOST ABOUT 1 SECOND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD ON TRUCK FIG LEANING OUT OF OPEN DOOR AND HOLDING ON TO DOOR JAMS. THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR CLOSED ON HIS HAND.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING HOLD DOWN BOLTS ON A CONTROL COVER WITH A RACHET & SOCKET THE SOCKET SLIPPED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HIS RT THUMB ON/AGAINST A BOLT ADJACENT TO THE ONE HE W AS TIGHTENING HE HIT ON THE THUMB NAIL-LOT OF PAIN
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF #2 BELT DRIVE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION. HE HEARD HIS NAME CALLED ON A PAGE PHONE BEHIND HIM. HE TURNED 180 DEGREES TO A EASTERLY DIRECTION AND STRUCK HIS ANKLE AND HEEL AGAINST A WOOD CRIB BLOCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT INTO DRILLED HOLE. WHEN PIN CAME OUT OF DRILL HEAD SUMP JACK. HE WAS LOOKING UNDER THE DRILL HEAD ATTEMPING TO REPLACE THE PIN WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF COAL FE LL INTO HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE DID HAVE SAFETY GLASSES ON.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING OTHERS, HANGING 4160 CABLE FROM ROOF. THE CABLE RUBBED ALONG THE ROOF CAUSING SOME COAL PARTICLES AND ROCK DUST TO FALL, HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE.
THIS EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO MOVE A BATTERY INTO POSITION FOR CHARGING. HE ATTEMPTED TO SLIDE THE BATTERY RATHER THAN LIFT IT. HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT B/0 BUU GEAR ON BELT DRIVE MOTOR. THE GEAR HAD TO BE POUNDED ON WITH A HAMMER TO REMOVE IT FROM SHAFT. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HIS SAFETY GLASS'S (COMPANY ISSUED ) DISTORTED HIS VISION AND HE STRUCK HIMSELF ON THE THUMB WITH THE HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TIMBER (9'X APPROX 10" BUTTS) FROM STACK PILE AND LOADING ON TO DISCOP BUCKET-HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUSH A TIMBER INTO PLACE.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A SACK OF ROCK DUST FROM PALLET AND THREW IT UP TO HIS SHOULDER, STRIKING THE SHOULDER AND NECK MUSCLE. HE FELT PAIN AND THE MUSCLE BEGAN TO STIFFEN UP. NECK MUSCLE RIGHT SIDE.
IN ORDER TO MAKE WORK ROOM TO CHANGE SKIRTING ON BELT TAIL PIECE A SPLASH GUARD WAS BLOCKED UP WITH A CAP BOARD AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED THE EMPLOYEE KNOCKED THE CAP BOARD LOOSE BY HI TTING IT WITH A PRY BAR THE BAR BOUNCED BACK ONTEMPLOYEES FACE CAUSING LACERATION ON HIS NOSE
REMOTE MINER CUTTING AT FACE 3-RD-R ENTRY 15 EAST SECTION KING 4 MINE. EMPLOYEE STATED HE SAW A ORANGE GLOW OUT OF THE SIDE OF HIS EYE. IGNITION HAD APPROX 2 SECOND DURATION. INVESTIGATION BY MSHA AGENT DETERMINED RESIN CONTENT IN COAL AAND AIR TRAPPED AT FACE CUASED IGNITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREFORMING NORMAL EVERY DAY ACTIVITY OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER HE CLAIMS BACK WENT OUT NO APPARENT REASON CO IS ATTEMPTING TO TERMINATE THIS EMPLOYEE BECAUSE OF CHRONIC ABSENTEISM D UE TO CONTINUED REOCCURRENCE OF BACK PROBLEMS
EMPLOYEE WAS SPADING VENTILATION CURTAIN TO THE ROOF SOME SMALL PIECES OF ROOF DISCODGED & A FLAKE SETTLED IN EMPLOYEES EYE HE WAS WEARING SAFET Y GLASSES AT THE TIME
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM FACE AREA ROWARDS LOAD CENTRAL AND HIT HIS HEAD INTO THE OFF SET DOWN, IN THE ROOF JAMMING HIS NECK. THIS SECTION IS AVAERAGE 72 INCHES CAOL SEAM WITH SOME SWEEZES T O 55 INCHES.
EE WAS APPLING PLASTER TO CINDER BLOCK VENILATION STOPPING WITH A TROWEL AT A LEVEL ABOUT 75 HIGH SOME PLASTER MUD SPLASHED BACK HITTING EE S SAFETY GLASSES ON THE TOP RIM OF LEFT LENSE. PART OF THE PLATER WENT INTO EYE.
15 EAST SECTION #3 ROOM DEVELOPMENT THE CONTINUOUS MINER HAD ADVANCED APPROX 35' INTO BOX CUT #3 ON REGULAR CUTTING CYCLE.THE CUTTER HAD ENCOUNTERED A ROCK,INTRUSION ON RIGHT SIDE ROOF LINE,IG NITING THE FLOAT COAL DUST AND POSSIBLE RESIN VAPORS.THE IGNITION LASTED 2 TO 3 SECONDS AND DID NOT COME AWAY FROM THE FACE AND OUT FROM UNDER THE CUTTER HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE A REPAIRED TIRE ON A S/R UNI-HAULER. WHILE FITTING THE TIRE TO THE LUG BOLTS, HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AND THIGH AREA. DR.'S DIAGNOSIS WAS "NO HERNIA", MUSCLE O R TENDON STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND PUSHED THE WRONG LEVER. HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE CANOPY OR THE BOLTER AND THEN RAISED THIS CANOPY CATCHING HIS LEFT THUMB IN A PINCH POINT. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRAM THE UNIT FORWARD AND PUSHED THE CANOPY LEVER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PASSENGER IN ISUZU PICK-UP TRUCK. DRIVER TURNED THE TRUCK INTO A X-CUT. PASSENGER THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO STOP AND STARTED TO EXIT THE TRUCK. THE DRIVER MOVED THE TRUCK IN REVERSE CAUSING PASSENGERS FOOT TO BE CAUGHT AGAINST TRUCK DOOR AND CRIB BLOCK. BROKEN BONE IN RT. FOOT.
EE WAS WALKING FROM MINING FACE OUTBY TO GET SOME ROCK DUST. HE STUMBLED AND FELL OVER A CHUNK OF COAL APPROX. 3 INCH HIGH 6 INCH WIDE AND 6 INCH LONG IT WAS ROUND IN SHAPE. TWIST AND STRAIN T O LEFT KNEE.
THE MINER OPERATOR WAS CUTTING THE 13TH CAR OF THIS SHIFT WHEN THE CONTINUOUS MINER ENCOUNTERED A ROCK SPAR IN THE COAL BED-THE C/HEAD WAS ON THE FLOOR ON A CLEAN UP PUSH.THE SPARKS FROM THE H ITTING OF THE ROCK SPAR IGNITED THE FLOAT DUST-3SEC IN DURATION.
EMPL WAS OPERATING A UNI-HAULER (COAL HAULER) HE HIT A BUMP IN THE HAULAGE ROAD THROWING HIM OUT OF THE SEAT AND INTO THE CAB FRAME THE IMPACT CUASED THE EMPL TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS NECK AND ALSO GAVE HIM A SERVERE HEADACHE
EE WAS USING OVER HEAD CRANE TO LIFT UNI HAULER. HE WAS HOLDING THE GRAB HOOK WITH ONE HAND AND HAD THE CRANE CONTROLS IN THE OTHER HAND. AS THE WIEGHT CAME ONTO THE GRAB HOOK, IT CENTERED ITS ELF AND PINCHED THE LEFT HAND RING FINGER OF EE.
EMPLOYEE ASSISTED MECHANIC MAKE REPAIRS TO BATTERY UNI-HAULER. AFTER REMOVING THE SPACER FROM THE IDLER UNIT, EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO CARRY UNIT OUT OF WORK SPACE. THE UNIT WEIGHED APPROX. 80 LB S AND WAS SLIPPERY FROM CRC SPRAY. HE LOST HIS GRIP AND UNIT FELL, STRIKING HIM ON LEFT FOOT.
EMPL LOADING ROOF SUPPORT TIMBER INTO SHUTTLE CAR TO HAUL TO FACE AREA.STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING A TIMBER.TIMBER WAS 10"DIA X 7'.ENTRY WAS 19'W X 6'HIGH WITH NO APPARENT OBSTACLES.
EMPLOYEES WAS SHOVELING DIRT FROM IN FRONT OF K-4 FAN AIR LOCK DOORS AS HE LIFTED A SHOVEL FULL OF DIRT & TWISTED TO DISPOSE OF IT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK THAT EXTENDED AROUND T O HIS RT SIDE RIB CAGE
EMPLOYEE HAD POSITIONED ROOF BOLTER, SET THE ATRS AND WAS STARTING THE STEEL - A PIECE OF TOP COAL FELL AWAY FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK THE DRILL STEEL, CAUSING THE DRILL STEEL TO STRIKE EMPLOYE E ON RIGHT HAND THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR FROM TAIL PIECE TOWARDS THE MINING FACE - A 2' #16 HYD HOSE WAS HANGING DOWN INTO ROAD WAY, HIT BY THE S/CAR ENTERED INTO THE CAB FROM THE DOOR BETWEEN RIB R OLL PROTECTION AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.
INJURED WAS CLEANING ALONG CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF BELT HITTING HIS SHOVEL RESULTING IN A BACK STRAIN.
EMPL WAS CUTTING PIECE OF 42" BELT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING PLAM OF LEFT HAND.
INJURED WAS HAND LOADING BAGGED ROCK DUST INTO THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP WHILE LIFTING & TURNING HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.
PICKED UP MINER CABLE THREW IT ON RIB TO CLEAR ROAD FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
ASSISTING ANOTHER EMP IN LIFTING TONGUE ON DIESEL COMRESSOR SO IT COULD BE HOOKED TO SCOOP WHILE SO DOING FELT BURNING PAIN IN STOMACH AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN A 1" WATER HOSE THAT WAS HUNG FROM THE ROOF ON J HOOKS. THE HOSE HAD TENSION ON IT & WHEN HE RELEASED IT FROM THE HOOK IT STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE RESULTING IN A SMALL LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE
INJURED WAS STANDING ON CONVEYOR BEL WORKING ON 4" WATRER LINE CONVEYOR STARTED UP & WHILE GETING OFF HE FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT HAND SPRAINING RIGHT WRIST.