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EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO THE SCOOP TO FINISH SCOOPING THE FACE,WHEN HES LIPPED AND STRUCK HIS KNEE AGAINST THE SCOOP FRAME.HE DID'T SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 08-21-94 WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE SWEL LING IN HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST START ED DRILLIG HOLES FOR INSTALLATION OF 4FT RESIN BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 5FTX2FTX4IN TO 0 BROKE LOOSE NEAR THE RIB & STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE MINER. AS HE PULLED A LARGE, THIN PIECE OF ROCK HE HAND SLIPPED CAUSING A LACERATION OF HIS FINGER THAT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
CROSSCUT #5 ENTRY TO #6 STARTED TO WORK. THE ROOF BOLTER WAS MOVED OUT OF THE WAY AND AREA FELL. ABOVE ROOF BOLTS. 20 FT WIDE, APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET IN LENGTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL SPILLAGE AROUND MAIN BELT DRIVE & SLIPPED ON THE WET BOTTOM INJURING HIS KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND THE MAIN SUMP AREA OF THE MINE & GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEWN TWO UNKNOWN OBJECTS & TWISTED HIS RT KNEE
EMPLOYEE AND HIS CO-WORKER WERE MAKING A SPLICE ON #7 BELT. WHILE POUNDING THE BELT STAPLES IN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF CO-WORKERS HAMMER AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE ARM.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT & PAIN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN HIS RT KNEE & DECIDED TO HAVE IT CHECKED ON 06-06-94 WHEN A LUMP DEVELOPED BEHIND THE KNEE NO MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS GIVEN UNTIL 07-11-94 WHEN A SCHEDULED OPERATION WAS PERFORMED TO REMOVE THE LUMP WHICH WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAKERS CYST
WHIEL TRAVELING 5 RT AIR COURSE ON WEEKLY EXAMINATION, A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED. FALL IS LOCATED AT INTERSECTION 55 FT INBY ENGINEER STATION 3024
EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING TO DRILL A HOLE WITH A FLETCHER TWIN BOOM BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE COAL FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HAND.
ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED WHILE TRAVELING 5 RT. RETURN AIRCOURSE ON A WEEKLY EXAMINATION. EXACT TIME OF FALL UNKNOWN EXCEPT BETWEEN LAST EXAMINATION AND THIS ONE.
COAL RIDER APPEARS TO BE CAUSE OF ROOF FALL. RIDER IS LOCATED ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE OF ROOF BOLTS IN THIS LOCATION. COAL RIDER IS NOT COMMON IN THIS MINE. THERE IS A SMALL STREAM VALLEY LOCATED ON SURFACE IN THIS AREA.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED 3 CROSSCUTS INBY STATION # 3024 OF #2 ENTRY OF 5 RIGHT. FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 FT. HIGH, 20 FT.WIDE AND 50 FT IN LENGTH.
AN INTERSECTION OF THE ACITVE MINING SECTION HAD SLICKENSIDED ROOF ROCK WITH THINK COAL STREAKS ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE XZONE. THE AREA WAS REBOLTED WHEN CUTTERS APPEARED INT HE IMMEDICA TE ROOF, BUT DID NOT PREVENT THE ROOF FALL.
ROOF FALL 70 FT OUTBY LAST OPEN 1 ENTRY 5 RT WORKING SECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING AN INFLAMATION OR INFECTION OF HIS LEFT KNEE DUE TO THE CRAWLING ASSOCIATED WITH HIS DUTIES AS MINER HELPER IN A COAL SEAM HEIGHT OF 42"-44".
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING ROOF BOLTS FROM THE MANTRIP & CARRYING THEM TO THE ROOF BOLTAER WHEN HE SLIPPED & SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
THIS IS A RECURRENCE OF AN INJURY DATED 5-29-92. EE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING INCREASING PAIN IN THE SAME AREA AS THE PREVIOUS INJURY AND HAS DEDICDED TO UNDERGO WEEKLY TREATMENT WITH A CHIROPRACT OR.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING TO DRILL A NEW HOLE FOR INSTALLATION OF RESIN ROOF BOLTS, AND WAS GUIDING THE STEEL WITH HIS HAND WHEN HIS GLOVE CAUGHT THE DRILL STEEL CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS FINGER A ND HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING IN FACE OF 5RT SECTION WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BROKE CAUSING A SECTION OF THE STEEL TO FLY LOOSE & STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE ELFT CHEEK BONE REQUIRING 3 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND-HELD GRINDER WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HAND CAUSING GRINDING WHEEL TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
THE ORIGINAL INJURY OCCURRED ON 6-25-93 WHEN THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE REMOVING ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. HE DIDN'T SEEK ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8-16-93 WHEN HE REAGGRAVA TED THE INJURY WHILE OPERATING THE MINER IN A COAL SEAM HEIGHT OF APPROX. 40".
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED SHOVELING COAL AWAY FROM THE BELT TAIL. WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING PAIN & SWELLING IN HIS LEFT KNEE FOR A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO BEING EXAMINED ON 07-29-93NO INCIDENT CAUSED THIS INJURY OTHER THAN HIS NORMAL DUTIES WHICH REQUIRES HI IM TO BE ON HIS KNEES BECAUSE OF THE LOW SEAM HEIGHT (3 8IN-40IN)
INJURED ORIGINALLY HAPPENED ON 7-8-91 AS EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN THE SAME AREA AGAIN AND MADE ANOTHER AP POINTMENT AND PROCEEDED TO UNDERGO TREATMENT FOR THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO MAKE HIS PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION FOR THE 10 P.M. TO 6 A.M. SHIFT. HE STARTED DOWN THE STEPS LEADING FROM THE OFFICE TO THE SHOP, AND TRIPPED & FELL APPROX. 12 STEP S TO THE BOTTOM.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTIES AS MINER OPERATOR ON REMOTE CONTROL MINER. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING MINERS KNEE FROM CONSTANT CRAWLING & KNEELING. NO ONE PARTICULAR INCIDENT CAU SED THIS CONDITION.
ROOF FALL IS 40' X 16' X 40" IN THICKNESS. THERE WAS SOME WATER IN ROOF WHILE BOLTING IT & AREA HAD BEEN TIMBERED OFF BEFORE THE ROOF FALL. IT WAS @ THE FACE OF #7 ENTRY WEST MAIN SECTION WH ERE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A A BUTT & NOT WORKING WEST MAIN SECTION. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT & DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR COAL CHAIN ON MOBILE BRIDGE & WAS PRYING CHAIN OVER WITH PRY BAR. IN DOING SO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HIT CHAIN WITH HAMMER CAUSING A PIECE OF HAMMER TO CHIP OFF & STRI KE EMPLOYEE IN NECK
EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING A SWOLLEN AREA DIRECTLY BELOW THE LEFT KNEECAP WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTENSIVE CRAWLING HE MUST DO TO PERFORM HIS JOB DUTIES. ON 2-22-93 HE MADE A SEC OND APPT WITH DR AND HAD THE KNEE DRAINED.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING BUILD A CRIB SUPPORT USING 5"X6"X30" CRIB BLOCKS AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE CRIBS TO THE AREA TO BE SUPPORTED. EE WAS INJURED WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THREW A CRIB UNEXPECTEDLY AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS LEFT THUMB.
THE AREA WAS 41 INCH HIGH ASND PARTIALLY WET BOTTOM THE INJURED WAS DOING HIS NORMAL DUTIES CRAWLING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE STARTED TO HAVE PAIN AND BEGAN TO SWELL.
EE WAS CHANGING A 42" BOTTOM ROLLER (RETURN IDLER) ON #3 MAIN BELT INBY HEAD. WHILE LIFTING THE NEW ROLLER INTO PLACE, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
INJ CHANGING BOTTOM ROLLER BEHIND #3 MAIN BELT HEAD. AREA IS 6' HIGH AND SLOPPY BOTTOM. WHILE LIFTING NEW ROLLER INTO PLACE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER. THE ROLLER WAS 54" LONG AND 4" DIAM
EMPLOYEE WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LWOER BACK AS HE WAS OPERATING THE LEE NORSE CONTINUOUS MINER AS HE CONTINUED LOASDING THE PAIN INCREASEDED TO THE POINT WHERE HE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO O PERATE THE MAHINE & HAD TO BE TAKEN OUTSIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONE END OF A SQUARE DOWN ON A PIECE OF BELT SO THE BELTMAN COULD CUT THE BELT. AS THE BELTMAN REACHED THE END OF THE BELT WITH HIS RAZOR KNIFE IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE EM PLOYEE ON THE FINGERS.
EE WAS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTIES WHEN MIDWAY THRU THE SHIFT, HE NOTICED A SLIGHT BURNING IN HIS LEFT KNEE AND SOME SWELLING.
EMPL TURNING HANDLE ON GAS PUMP AT FACILITY.HAND SLIPPED AND THUMB STRUCK SHARP METAL EDGE CAUSING A LACERATION.
17796X. 25,000 TONS STOCK PILED COAL THAT HAS BEEN SMOLDERING SINCE 7/22/92. COMPANY HAS BEEN WATERING STOCK PILE. IS NOW DETERMINED TO BE REPORTABLE MINE FIRE. MSHA INVESTIGATOR HAS COMPLETED 09555STIGATION.
38920IS AN AGGRAVATION OF AN OLD INJURY THAT OCCURRED 12-4-92. THE NEW INJURY IS THE RESULT OF THE OLD INJURY PLUS THE EVERYDAY STRAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMPLOYEE'S REGULAR DUTIES UNDERGROUND ?0000
54730TRAVELING UNDERGROUND ON A 3-WHEEL RUBBER TIRE MANTRIP. HIT BAD BUMP IN THE TRAVELWAY CAUSING A JARRING MOTION TO BACK AND NECK.
EMPL PULLING MINER CABLE AND SLIPPED ON BOTTOM. TRIED TO CUSHION FALL,HAND STRUCK PANEL BOX OF FIRST BRIDGE CARRIER.
EMPL WORKING ON MINER IN SHOP AND WAS POUNDING WATER SPRAY BAR INTO PLACE TO BE WELDED. A SLIVER OF STEEL STRUCK EMPL IN THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EE HAD BEEN EXPEREINCING LOWER BACK PAIN THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND AFTER AN APPOINTMENT WITH HIS DR WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING STRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLES. HE WAS PRESCRIBED THERAPY A COUPLE OF TIME S A WEEK. HIS CONDITION WAS THOUGH TO BE ASSOCIACATED WITH HIS EVERYDAY DUTIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING BAGS OF ROCK DUST FROM A SCOOP WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HELPING SET TAIL IN 4 SECTION JACKING THE TOOL IN PLACE ANCHOR SLIPPED OFF HIT IN L FOREARM
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR HI-LIFT DUTIES ON 3 PM TO 11 PM SHIFT. WHILE MOVING COAL FROM A STOCKPILE, THE HI-LIFT HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY, CAUSING A JARRING MOTION TO THE EMPLOYEE' S LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A BRATTICE WALL BETWEEN THE INTAKE AND RETURN AIRWAYS WHEN IT SUDDENLY TOPPLED OVER. THE WALL WAS APPROX. 8-9 FT HIGH. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY APPROX. 6 OR 7 8"X16" SO LID CEMENT BLOCKS, ONE CAUSING A CUT OVER THE LEFT EYE THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPL PERFORMING REGULAR DUTIES AS A BRIDGE OPERATOR AND SOMETIME DURING THE SHIFT GOT DIRT IN EYE. THOUGHT IT WAS OUT BUT THE EYE BECAME MORE IRRITATING THROUGH THE WEEK.FINALLY WENT TO A DR W HO REMOVED SOME SMALL DIRT PARTICLES FROM RT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A 42" RESIN BOLT. AS HE PUSHED THE BOLT UP, HE BEGAN TO ROTATE IT. HIS GLOVE SUDDENLY CAUGHT THE BOLT. RESULTING IN THE AMPUTATION OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER UP TO TH E 2ND JOINT.