Showing the 500 most recent of 2,135 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.
August 29, 1985
WV · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Newport Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
I NAME SET A JACK SO THE MINER COULD CUT COAL AND WHEN THE JACK PUT PRESSURE ON THE ROOF A SLIP OF ROOF FELL ON HIM CRUSHING HIS HEAD
August 21, 1985
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · MACHINERY
I.NAME DRIVING GRADALL WHICH HIT A ROCK WALL.THE GRADALL KEPT MOVING AND ENDED UP UNDER WATER.VHEHICLE DISCOVERED UNDER WATER SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BOOM SECTION OF SPREDER WHEN BOOM JOLTED UP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO GROUND HE SUSTAINED FATAL HEAD INJURIES
R & R Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
THE VICTIM WERE WORKING IN THE UNVENTILATED FACE AREAS. THEY WERE OVERCOME BY THE FUMES FROM THE BLASTING OF THREE CUTS OF COAL IN THIS AREA. THEY DIED OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.
August 15, 1985
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
River Products Company Inc · Struck by falling object
BEGINING HIS WORK SHIFT AFTER LUNCH-READYING HIMSELF TO CLEAN OUT THE BOTTOM-ROW OF DRILL HOLES. A SLAB OF LIMESTONE FELL FROM THE CEILING OF THE MINE, APPROX. 15\X30\ WITH A DEPTH OF 4" TO 12 " AND PART OF SAME STRUCK HIM.
R & R Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
THE VICTIMS WERE WORKING IN THE UNVENTILATED FACE AREAS. THEY WERE OVERCOME BY THE FUMES FROM THE BLASTING OF THREE CUTS OF COAL IN THIS AREA. THEY DIED OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.
R & R Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
THE VICTIMS WERE WORKING IN THE UNVENTILATED FACE AREAS. THEY WERE OVERCOME BY THE FUMES FROM THE BLASTING OF THREE CUTS OF COAL IN THIS AREA. THEY DIED OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.
August 12, 1985
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lee Ann Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object
AN INDEPENDENT TRUCK DRIVER COMING DOWN GRADE TRIED TO SHIFT TO LOWER GEAR AND MISSED TRUCKER THEN JUMPED FROM HIS CAB AND WAS RUN OVER
August 9, 1985
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck against a moving object
A 50TON WATER TRUCK 10,000 GALLON CAPACITY WAS BEING FILLED AT A WATER STAND, WHEN DUMP BRAKE FAILED AND ALLOWED IT TO RUN FREE ONTO #8 ROAD AND STRUCK PICKUP #105 HEADON, WHICH WAS OPERATED B Y THE VICTIM.
August 6, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · MACHINERY
Colorado Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
DECEASED ENTERED CRUSHER TO FREE IMPELLER-STARTED IMPELLER ROLLING WITH FOOT AND WAS CAUGHT BY HAMMER AND PULLED INTO BREAKER BIN.
Glen Irvan Corp · Struck by falling object
A ROCK OF APPROXIMATELY 5 TONS BROKE LOOSE FROM THE WLL AND PINNED THE OPERATOR AGAINST THE LOADER WHILE HE WAS GREASING THE MACHINE
V & A Coal Company · Struck by falling object
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBERS A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL THIS STRUCK EMPLOYEE AND TRAPPED THE EMPLOYEE UNDER THE ROCK
August 1, 1985
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
Fatality · MACHINERY
Wells-Lamson Quarry Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM WAS OPERATING A TUGGER WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO A GROUT BOX, 1/2 FULL OF GROUT TO POSITION BOX FOR PERPENDICULAR LIFT BY THE QUARRY DERRICK. TUGGER PULLED OFF THE BASE-HOLD-DOWN PINS AND K NOCKED VICTIM OFF BENCH TO QUARRY FLOOR 18 FT BELOW. SAFETY LINES WERE PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE VICTIM WAS NOT TIED OFF.
August 30, 1985
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND MOVING SPOOLS OF CABLE AND ENGINE PARTS ON PALLETS WHILE CLEANING THE WAREHOUSE FELT PAIN IN HIS PELVIC AREA GOING IN FOR HERNIA OPERATION 10-2-85
August 28, 1985
WV · Coal
electrician, lineman
MACHINERY
Itmann Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS CHECKING TENSION ON COMPRESSOR BELT, COMPRESSOR KICKED ON AND CAUGHT RIGHT RING FINGER
August 27, 1985
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
OTHER
Ritchie Sand Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS DOING SOME DIVING FOR A SPUD BAR AND HIS EARS BECAME STOPPED UP AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR INITIALLY FELT THIS WAS CLASSIFIED AS A FIRST AID INCIDENT WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED A DOCTOR REPORT IN DICATING THAT HE HAS A PERMANENT HEARING LOSS TO THE RT EAR BECAUSE OF AN INEER EAR INFECTION FROM THE DIVING DOCTOR IS INDICATING A 21 % HEARING LOSS
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Struck by falling object
GANG BOX LID FELL ON EMPL FINGER.
August 26, 1985
WV · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE OPERATING A 10 TON BATTERY LOCOMOTIVE ON SURFACE SUPPLY YHARD EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN FRAME OF LOCOMOTIVE & RANGING ARM OF COAL CUTTING SHEAR THAT WAS MOUNTED ON TRACK CONV EYANCE VEHICLE PARKED ON SURFACE SUPPLY TRACK
August 25, 1985
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Bell County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME WAS TAKING SOME SUPPLIES OFF BELT AND PINCHED TIP OF LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND. HE GOT HIS FINGER BETWEEN A BOOM LIFT JACK & TOP BELT ROLLER. IT PINCHED THE TIP OF HIS LITTLE FINGER OFF
Omar Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
COMPLAINING OF 1AIN IN GROIN AREA WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR.
August 22, 1985
SD · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
MACHINERY
Homestake Mining Company of California · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME WAS HOLDING TUGGER CABLE AWAY FROM POST SO HE COULD HOIST 10X 10 STRINGER WHEN HOISTING 10 X 10 HIS PARTNER INCREASED PUGGER SPEED AND SAFETY BLOCK SLIPPED
August 21, 1985
WV · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by flying object
CHAIN LINK USED TO PULL SHIELD ON L/W FACE STRAIGHTENED AND CAME UNHOOKED FLYING THROUGH AIR STRIKING INJURED ON FOREHEAD
August 21, 1985
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
MACHINERY
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
MAN PULLED STARTING CORD ON DIESEL PUMP CORD CAUGHT AND CAUSED INJURY WHEN MAN CONTINED PULLING MOTION
R & F Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WAS CHECKING PO4ER DISCONNECT ON POLE METER STILL IN PLACE WALKING AROUND POLE LOOKING UP AT WIRES STEPPED ON A ROCK THAT TURNED THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARD & HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF PU LLED MUSCLES IN3RT GROIN AREA RESULTED IN FIRST DAY LOST BEING 123085 SURGERY FOR HERNIA ON 123185
August 20, 1985
IL · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monterey Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS A SHUTTLE CAR CONVEYOR MOTOR AMNUALLY ONTO A SUPPLY TRAM EMPLOYEE SLID THE CONVEYOR MOTOR OFFA MATERIAL PALLET AND STOOD IT ON ONE END HE ROTATED THE MOTOR SLIGHTLY TO GAIN THE NE CESSARRY CLEANRANCE FOR REMOVAL. DURING THIS PROCESS HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONEYOR MOTOR AND THE SLOPE MOST MOTOR LOCATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OFTHE AISLE.
August 19, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BOLT TO SET IN TOP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN GROIN.
August 19, 1985
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE MOVING SOME OIL DRUMS WHEN THE PAINS STARTED IN LEFT GROIN AREA.
August 17, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
I.NAME WAS WORKING ON A BULLDOZER ENGINE. HE LIFTED THE HEAD TO THE ENGINE STRAINING HIMSELF IN THE ABDOMEN RESULTING IN INGUINAL HERNIA
August 17, 1985
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Georgia Marble Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE MAIN DUST COLLECTOR SCREW PLANT 4 WAS CHOKED I NAME WAS USING PIPE WRENCH TO ATTEMPT TO TURN SCREW WHEN HE LIFTED UP ON THE WRENCH HE FELT SOMETHING TEAR IN HIS STOMACH AREA
August 16, 1985
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
GREASING DOZER AND SLIPPED ON TRACKS AND TWISTED ANKLE.
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
I.NAME CLAIMS THAT HE WAS UNLOCKING SUPPLIES FROM THE FLATBED TRUCK. HE LIFTED A BOX OF SOAP FROM THE TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A PULLING SENSATION
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS STRADDLING THE JAW CRUSHER HELPING TO INSTALL A CHEEK PLATE WHEN HE FELT A BURNING PAIN IN HIS SIDE
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING A PARTIALLY FILLED 55 GAL DRUM OF HYDRAULIC OIL WHEN HE FELT SUDDEN PAIN IN GROIN AREA.A HERNIA RESULTED WHICH IS TO BE REPAIRED BY SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR 9-12-85.
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE STATES HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE MUD TO HOOK ON THE MINER SLIPPED STRAINING GROIN AREA.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL TRYING TO MOVE ONE END OF A RAIL BY HIMSELDF HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPL TRYING TO PULL BOLTER CABLE OFF REEL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SIDE IN GROIN AREA.
August 12, 1985
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jim Smith Contracting Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS REMOVING A BUSHING FROM A TRACK IDLE MONT ON A BULLDOZER HE HIT A LARGE PUNCH WITH A HAMMER & THE PUNCH BOUNCED UP & HIT HIM IN THE L EYE. LOST SIGHT IN LEFT EYE
August 8, 1985
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Lone Star Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE ACT OF VISUALLY LINING UP A KEY WAY AND ALLOWED HIS RIGHT HAND TO TOUCH THE V-BELT. WHILE TOUCHING THE BELT, IT WAS JOGGED AND THE EMPLOYEE S FINGERS ERE PINCHED BETWEEN TH E BELT AND THE PULLEY. AMPUTATION AT MID DISTAL PHALANX OF THIRD AND FOURTH FINGER OCCURED AND FRACTURE TO THUMB.
August 8, 1985
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object
WAS CLEANING UP CUT THRU WHEN THE ENTIRE CUT FELL OUT FIRTST STRIKING VENT TUBING KNOCKING HIM FORWARD THEN ADDITIONAL ROOF FELL STRIKING RT LEG AND PINNING HIM UNDERNEATH
August 7, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 16 GAL BARREL OF OIL TO A HEIGHT OF APPROX 3 FT ONTO A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IN A CONGESTED AREA AND IN THE PROCESS STRAINED HIMSELF WHICH RESULTED A HERNIA
August 7, 1985
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dal-Tex Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJ LOADING UP SOME METAL WHILE DOING SO HE PUSHED ON IT CAUSING HERNIA TO SHOW UP ON LEFT SIDE.
SLIP IN THE ROOF OF THE MINE.ROCK FELL BETWEEN TWO ROOF BOLTS STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE BACK.
Elm Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING UP LADDER ON POWER SHOVEL RUPTURED SELF IN BLADDER AREA OF ABDOMEN.
August 5, 1985
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
MACHINERY
Rock Of Ages Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MAN BOX FROM LOWER LEVEL TO QUARRY FLOOR. DESCENT WAS NORMAL FOR 3/4 OF THE WAY. THE DOWN MOTION STOPPED MOMENTARILY THEN THE BOX DROPPED 20\+, THE DERRICK HOOK STRUCK EMPL OYEE ON THE LEG. SUBSEQUENT EQUIPMENT INSPECTION FOUND NO MALFUNCTIONS. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MSHA INSPECTOR ARNOLD BLACOM.
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
STRAINED GROIN AREA WHILE LIFTING DRILL RODS.
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CLEANING WET STONE.
August 3, 1985
WV · Coal
electrician, lineman
MACHINERY
Westmoreland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJ INSTALLING ROOF BOLT BY PUSHING IT UP WITH WRENCH.HAD FINGER ON BOTTOM OF WRENCH WHEN HEAD WAS RAISED CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND HEAD.
August 3, 1985
CT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tilcon Connecticut Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I,NAME WAS CLEANING CHUTE WITH A PICK WHEN HE FELT IT PULL.
August 2, 1985
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Pound Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PLANT OPERATOR 9EACHED INTO CONVEYOR TO WIPE MOISTURE FROM MOVING BOLT. HE HAD A WIPING CLOTH IN HIS HAND WHICH NO DOUBT PULLED HIS HAND INTO HEAD DRUM, SEVERING ARM BETWEEN HAND AND ELBOW
August 2, 1985
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING 3X20 ANGLE IRON WITH FRICTION SAW ONE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING LONG END, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING 3X20 ANGLE IRON WITH FRICTION SAW. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING LONG END AFTER CUT HE SAT END ON SIGN OTHER EMPLOYEE WENT TO MOVE LENGTH FOR SECOND CUT IRON SLIPPED CATCHING LEFT 3RD FINGER BETWEEN IRON AND SAW TABLE.
August 1, 1985
OH · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Ohio Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJ AND CO WORKER WERE PUTTING BLOCKING APPROX 8X8X4 UNDER DOZER TO SUPPORT BLOCK SO BUSHING COULD BE PRESSED INTO OSCILLATING BEAM INJ WAS ON KNEES UNDER DOZER LIFTING BLOCKING IN DOING THE LIFTING AND MOVING BLOCKING AROUND UNDER DOZER HE STRAINED HIS ABDOMEN
Builders Sand Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STEPPED FROM DR9DGE UP TO DIGGER FOOT SLIPPED FROM I.BEAM
August 31, 1985
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Hanson Material Service · Contact with hot objects or substances
PIECE OF HOT STEEL FELL INTO LEFT SHOE BURNING TOP OF FOOT.
August 31, 1985
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck by flying object
AS EMPLOYEE WALKED BY THE SCREEN UNIT OF STANDARD CRUSHER, A ROCK FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE DOOR OF THE OVERSIZE CHUTE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ANKLE.
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LIFTING ROLLERS INTO PLACE ON STEEL ROPE STRAINING ANAL AREA MISSING TIME 9-3-85
August 31, 1985
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
WHILE CLEANING UP AT A SHOVEL THE BLADE ON THE TRACTOR STRUCK A LEDGE CAUSING THE INJURED TO BE JOLTED IN THE CAB
August 31, 1985
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
LISTENING TO SUPV WHILE WALKING,RAN INTO FRONT OF GOOSE NECK HITCH KNOCKED HAT AND GLASSES OFF AND KNOCKED MAN DOWN.STARTED MISSING TIME 9-4-85.
August 31, 1985
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Big Walnut Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
RIDERING MAN TRIP GOING TO THE SECTION TO WORK AND AT 3 BELT HEAD A CABLE TILE UP CROSS THE TRACK GOING TO THE BELT HEAD HIS HEAD HIT THE CABLE AND BENT HIM BACKWARDS IN THE MANTIP AND HURT HI S BACK.
August 30, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
S & M Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
BUMPED ELBOW.
Genesis Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED PERSON RESTING WITH RIGHT ARM LEANING ON MINER MACHINE. A PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT 5" THICK FELL OUT BETWEEN TIMBERS AND BROKE HIS ARM.
Martin Co. Coal Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM WAS STANDING ON CONCRETE BLOCKS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A 30 AMP BREAKER BOX ON A HALF HEADER THE BOX WAS FOR A 575 VOLT 3 PHASE WATER PUMP VICTIM LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE MINE FL OOR HE REMAINED ON HIS FEET AFTER THE FALL AND EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE FALLING HE HELD ONTO THE 16 LB BREAKER BOX WITH HIS LEFT HAND
Kocher Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BACK TO MOTOR FROM COAL CAR, LOST BALENCE AND STRUCK RIGHT HAND AGAINST SIDE OF COAL CAR.
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I NAME BENT OVER AND GRABBED THE C.M.CABLE.AS HE PREPARED TO PULL IT,A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM THE ROOF CATCHING HIS LITTLE LEFT FINGER BETWEEN THE CABLE AND THE PIECE OF SLATE.FRACTURE.
Mid-Continent Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE PULLING A HOSE, EMPLOYEE SPRAINED HIS K NEE ON THE UNEVEN ROCKY GROUND NEAR THE TUNNEL FACE. THE KNEE APPARANTLY HAD PRIOR INJURY.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS HELPING JACK ON A BENT 85 RAIL TO PUT TIES UNDER IT THE RAIL WAS BLOCKED ON THE INBY END AS HE WAS JACKING THE RAIL UP THE BLOCKING ON THE END KICKED OUT. THIS CAUSED THE RAIL TO SPRING BACK OFF THE JACK AND HIT INJURED ON LEFT ANKLE.
August 30, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaiser Cement Corp · Fall from machine
EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WHEN HE FELL OFF MACHINERY HE WAS STRADDLING & LANDED ON AN EXPOSED STEEL STUD.
August 30, 1985
AZ · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING UP A RETAINER PLATE WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE LEFT GO OF RETAINER PLATE AND IT FELL ON I NAME LEFT INDEX FINGER.
August 30, 1985
OH · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS LINING U1 THE RAILS OF THE DOWTY BELT STRUCTURE SO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE COULD DRIVE THE PIN THROUGH IT. AS THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HIT THE PIN HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE HURT HIS BACK DURING THE WEEK BENDING OVER AND TRYING REBAR, CARRYING STEEL AND FORMS-NOT ONE DEFIIANT INSTANCE.
August 30, 1985
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Sewell Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
RIDING IN TRACK JEEP WHICH RAN INTO A WRECKED MOTOR EMPLOYEE HIT HIS SHOULDER AGAINST THE JEEP.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMP WAS WORKING ON BLOWN MINER CABLE - HE WENT TO POWER CENTER TO SEE IF BREAKER WAS OFF - HE RETURNED TO WORK ON CABLE - HE WAS HOLDING CABLE & WAS CUTTING OUTER JACKET OFF CABLE HE ATTEMPTED TO SEPARATE LEADS & CABLE FIRED UP AGAIN
August 30, 1985
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Circle Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CLAIMANT WAS BENDING UNDER WELDING BENCH TO HANG PIPE ROLLS ON HOOK HE WRTENCHED HIS BACK AS HE REACHED UP
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
WHILE CRAWLING PAST THE CONTINOUS MINER, HE HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE AUGERS.
August 30, 1985
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATES I WAS WORKING ON A GOFER ANOTHER MAN WAS ALSO WORKING CLEANING A GOFER AND HIT HIS TRAM ACCIDENTALLY THE OTHER GOFER CAME FORWARD TOWARD ME I GOT SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE TWO GOFER S
Omar Mining Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
I.NAME WAS WORKING SCAFFOLD ABOUT 20\ ABOVE FILTER PRESS BELT THERE WAS GREASE AND OIL PRESENT FROM A BEARING THAT WAS BEING REMOVED. SCAFFOLDING SLIPPED ALLOWING INJURED TO FALL TO THE BELT
August 30, 1985
OH · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON #9 JEEP WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH #19 MOTOR
August 30, 1985
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pyro Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND H IT KNE
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS BENT OVER TO WALK UNDER THE HEADROLLER STEPPED IN A HOLE & T WISTED RT KNEE.
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
AS EMPLOYEE WALKED THROUGH A FLY PAD, HE RAISED UP & HIT HEAD 5GAINST TOP.
South-East Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ON KNEES PUTTING BELT IN C-SECTION AND WHEN HE GOT UP HIS LEFT KNEE POPPED AND STARTED HURTING HIM REAL BAD.
August 30, 1985
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
ELECTRICAL
American Aggregates Corp · Contact with electrical current
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING IN TO UNBOLT GRIDS FROM STAND BEHIND LIGHTLING TRANSFORMER ON MONIGHAN DRAGLINE, WHEN HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TRAMSFORMER, CAUSING BURN TO HIS HAND.
August 30, 1985
PA · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
MACHINERY
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LEE NORSE ATRS BOLTER ON SIDE OPPOSITE OPERATOR HE HAD JUST FINISHED DRILLING THE 7 IN ANGLE HOLE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUSHING THE BOLT IN HOLE WHEN HOSE GOT CAU GHT ON SOMETHING PULLING THREADS OUT OF THE DRILL MOTOR ALLOWING HOSE COUPLER TO WHIP BACK HITTING LEFT SIDE AT THE WAIST AREA
August 30, 1985
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING HIS DRILL STEEL TO BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK CAME LOOSE STRIKING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
August 30, 1985
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EMPL ON BACK AND CAUSING HIM TO BUMP KNEE ON ROOF BOLTER.
August 30, 1985
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Silica Sand Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING SAND BAGS AND DROPPED SAND BAG CUT FINGER ON CONVEYOR BELT AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK AND POSSIBLE PINCHED NERVE IN LOWER BACK.
August 30, 1985
PA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Greenwich Collieries-Div/Pa Mines Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PAN LINE WAS BEING PUSHED INTO PLACE-BACK OF CHOCK BEING PULLED CAUGHT CRIBBING AND IT CAME ACROSS ON AN ANGLE PINNING EMPL RIGHT FOOT.
Quarto Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN FRONT OF THE #4 PRESS TO START IT UP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN OIL SPILL IN FRONT OF THE PRESS
August 29, 1985
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gateway Coal Company · Struck by falling object
INJ EMPLOYEE AND SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES HAD LIFTED PUMP WITH CRANE AND WERE PREPARING TO MANUVER PUMP ONTO A WAGON.WHEN PUMPS HOISTING CONNECTOR CRACKED THE I-BOLT BROKE LOOSE DROPPING PUMP O NTO EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT.
August 29, 1985
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martiki Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATED; THAT AFTER THE GREASE TRUCK DRIVER HANDED HIM THE GREASE GUN (AFTER GREASING THE DOZER) HE STOOD UP AND CAUGHT HIS KNEE ON THE STEP LEADING TO THE DOZER CAB. I,NAME WAS BENT O VER AT THETIME THE GREASE TRUCK DRIVER HANDED HIM THE GREASE GUN.)
Florence Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS CUTTING THE LID OFF AN EMPTY 5 GALLON HYDRAULIC OIL CAN THE INJURED WAS GOING TO USE THE CAN TO CARRY CEMENT AS THE INJURED ATTEMPTED TO CUT THE CAN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HI S HAND
August 29, 1985
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whitaker Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
THIS IS REOCCURENCE OF A BACK INJURY 8 29 85 EMP WORKED UP THRU 10 26 85 BUT DUE TO LOW BACK PAIN UNABLE TO AFTER THAT ON INITIAL INJURY THIS EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND FELL RESULTING IN A STRAIN F FROM TWISTING MOTION
August 29, 1985
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMP WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SAWING A TEMPORARY SUUPPORT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE LAST INSTALLED PERMANENT SUPPORT AND FACE STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER
Old Ben Coal Company · Contact with electrical current
I NAME AND II NAME WERE INSTALLING A 50 FT 350 MCMC CABLE BETWEEN AN O.C.B AND A PUMP SUB THEY WERE STANDING APPROX. 10 FT APART II NAME FINISHED HIS LINE END FIRST AND ENERGIZED THE CABLE I N AME RECEIVED A MOMENTARY SHOCK BEFORE THE MONITER SHUT OFF THE POWER.
Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · Struck by falling object
MAN ROOFBOLTING WHEN COAL RIB TURNED OVER AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK,ARM,AND LEG.NO BONES WERE BROKEN BUT HAS SERIOUS CONTUSIONS.
August 29, 1985
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sea B Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CLOSING CAR DOORS EITH BAR-BAR SLIPPED OUT STRIKING HIM IN FACE.
August 29, 1985
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object
MA STATED THAT HEE WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE WHEN SOME SLATE FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LOWER LEFT ARM SUTURED CUT 6 STITCHES
August 29, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET STEEL FROM BOLTER HEAD. HE STRETCHED HIS HAND OVER THE HEAD. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS FINGER LEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATION OF FINGER.
Beckley Lick Run Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A DEFECTIVE BOOM JACK. HE HAD THE DRILL HEAD BOOM LYING ON TOP ON THE T-BAR AND IT FELL OFF AND ONTO HIS RIGHT ARM.
August 29, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
INJURED WAS INSTALLING INSIDE ROOF BOLT AFTER INSTALLING OUTSIDE BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL FROM INSIDE HOLE TO OUTSIDE BOLT STRIKING INJURED ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT
Barnes & Tucker Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
MAN WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHILE HANDLING CABLE MAN SLIPPED AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE
August 29, 1985
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kitt Energy Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE DRAGGING A PUMP CABLE ON V-6 SECTION, EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE. DIAGNOSED S A PULLED MUSCLE.
August 29, 1985
AL · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances
EE WAS USING AN ACETYLENE TORCH TO REMOVE BOLTS WHEN WENT OUT ON ATTEMPT TO RELIGHT TORCH THE OXYGEN HOSE BELOW NUT BLEW BACK BURNI NG EES HAND & STOMACH.
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS JUST GOING AROUND THE BOLTER AND SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND FELL TO THE BOTTOM HITTING HIS RT KNEE
August 29, 1985
WY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glenrock Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS HOLDING A SPIKE TO DRIVE ANOTHER S IKE INTO A TIE IN ORDER TO GET A TIE PLATE OUT ON THE RAILROAD. THE PERSON DRIVING THE SPIKE WITH A SPIKE HAMMER MISSED THE SPIKE AND HIT THE E MPLOYEES LEFT HAND THUS INJURING TWO FINGERS
August 29, 1985
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
FIRE
Martiki Coal Corp · Fall from machine
EMP WAS OPERATING #113 WATER TRUCK WHEN STEERING JACK BROKE CAUSING HYDRAULIC LINE TO SPRAY OIL ON ENGINE AND TURBO. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE AND THE EMPLOYEE UJUMPED OUT OF TH TRUCK
August 29, 1985
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P M C Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
6IN CINDER BLOCK HIT BACK OF RIGHT HAND
August 29, 1985
PA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE MAN WAS ADJUSTING THE HYDRAULIC LEW ON A DOWTY STAKER UNIT WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A STEEL COLLAR FROM THE ONE HYDRAULIC DYLINDER.
August 29, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
PIECE OF ROCK FELL HITTING TOP OF RT FOOT
August 29, 1985
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck by falling object
DROPPED JACK BAR ON THUMB.
August 29, 1985
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING TONGUE ON LOW BOY.
August 29, 1985
IL · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall from machine
LOADING GOB AT ROCK GATE AND PULL CHAIN BROKE,FELL AND HIT RIGHT KNEE ON IRON BEAM.
August 29, 1985
HI · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grace Pacific Corp · Fall from machine
WHIEL DISMOUNTING DOZER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND INJURED RT ANKLE
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine
RIDING IN REAR OF MOTOR WHEN RAN INTO MOTOR FELL FROM MOTOR TO GROUND.
August 29, 1985
IL · Coal
longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator
MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by flying object
EMPL OPERATING LW SHEAR ,A ROCK FLEW OFF AND HIT LEFT HAND.
August 29, 1985
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
RIGHT HAND. A FRACTURE OF THE SMALL FINGER RESULTED.
August 29, 1985
VA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J K & G Coal Company · Fall from machine
RIDING IN BACK OF PICK UP TRK AROUND TO JOB. WAS GETTING OUT OF TRK. STEPPED ON BUMPER FELL FACE DOWN ON GROUND AND BROKE ARM.
August 29, 1985
IN · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine
EMPL DISMOUNTING SCRAPER WHEN HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TWISTED LEFT ANDKLE.
August 29, 1985
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Charolais Corp · Fall from machine
CLEANING COAL OFF TOP OF T RUCK SLIPPED ON PIECE OF COAL AND FELL 12 FT BRUISED RT SHOULDER SHATTERED RT HIP BONE CUTS ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE BRUISED RT HAND AND ARM
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PIECE OF TOP FELL EMP MOVED OUT OF THE WAY QUICKLY FELL BACK FELT PAIN IN RT KNEE WHEN HE GOT UPDUE TO TWISTING ACTION OF KNEE DURING FALL
August 29, 1985
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING MINER AND HAD FOOT UNDER NEATH MINER PAN & IT CAME DOWN ON HIS FOOT, FRACTURING BIG TOE.
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by falling object
ROCK FELL OUT ON TOP OF HEAD
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
JUMPED OFF CONCRETE SLAB-TO GROUND.
August 29, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
INJURED WAS POSITIONING DRILL HEAD TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 3\ X 3\ X 2" FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON BACK
Luminant Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL LIFTING CABLE AND STRAINED LEFT KNEE.
August 29, 1985
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SCREEN LEAVER,WHEN ROPE SLIPPED OR BROKE THROWING EMPLOYEE BACK AGAINST A PIER.
August 29, 1985
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phillips Companies · Fall from machine
SUBJECT JUMPED OFF REAR OF MAINTENANCE TRUCK CRACKING BONE IN RT LITTLE TOE
August 29, 1985
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Norlite Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS WHILE REPAIRING THE SCRUBBER HE BREATHED IN FIBERGLASS RESIN AND BECAME DIZZY
August 29, 1985
WV · Coal
brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS HELPING JACK A WRENCKED CAR ONTO THE TRACK WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED AND THROUGH THE BAR INTO HIS LT JAW.
August 29, 1985
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Kenellis Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ROOF BOLTER MACHINE RAN OVER FOOT NO BROKEN BONES CONTUSION ONLY
August 29, 1985
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J R Simplot Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
OPENED DOOR ON FURNACE TO INSPECT TO SE IF IT NEEDED CLEANING MILL WAS DOWN ORE SPILLED OUT BURNING BARE HANDS FURNACE HAD BEEN COOLING FOR SEVERAL HOURS (FOUR) EMP WAS NOT EXPECTING ORE AND DID NOT HAVE HIS GLOVES ON
August 28, 1985
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS CRAWLING ALONG BELT & HURT HIS RT KNEE.
August 28, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Rhonda Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
SLUG FELL FROM 7OP CATCHING HAND & MASHING THUMB AGAINST PINNING MACHINE
August 28, 1985
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kocher Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EE WAS DISMANTLING LASH PLANKS FROM DOUBLE TIMBER. PLANK CONTAINING NAIL ACCIDENTLY FELL & STRUCK LEFT FOOT CAUSING 2 PUNCTURE WOUNDS.
August 28, 1985
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Petrotomics Company · Fall from ladders
LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL.
August 28, 1985
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE STATES I WAS PULLING DOWN LOOSE ROCK ROCK AND COAL HIT MY LEFT SIDE
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING DOWN A BELT ENTRY DURING HIS EXAM HE STEPPED BETWEEN TWO WATER PIPES AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT LEG BETWEEN THE PIPES, SAID HE HURT HISRIGHT KNEE.
August 28, 1985
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
THE INJURED & HIS PACKING PARTNER WERE IN T HE PROCESS OF PALLETIZING 14 PALLETS ON A FLATBED SEMI-TRAILER. THE CANVASSES & TIE-DOWN CHAINS WERE NOT MOVED FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE REQUIRED A REA. THE INJURED HAD STOPPED THE CONVEYOR SYSTEM &3 BEGAN MOVING TOWARD THE REQUIRED AREA. THE %*%*%* MOVING TOWARD THE CANVASSES WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PILE OF TIE-DOWN CHAINS. THE PILE OF CHA
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS CRARYING CONCRETE BLOCK AROUND SUPPLY CAR TO SCOOP INJURED SAID HE TWISTED HIS BACK DOING THIS INJURED DIDNOT MISS WORK UNTIL 090385
August 28, 1985
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolese Brothers Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING A LARGE ROCK FROM A CONVEYOR BELT.
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CARRYING PROP THROUGH LOW AREA IN MUD.STEPPED SIDEWAYS AND FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK.
August 28, 1985
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE MAN WAS HELPING AN EMPLOYEE CARRY A BRAKE AND CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FOR A CONTINUOUS MINER. THE INJURED MAN SLIPPED CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS LEFT KNEE.
August 28, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Blue Mountain Quarries · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS RU3NING A SAND BLASTER AND WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING WHILE USING IT AT END OF DAY HE BEGAN TO FEEL NAUSEOUS
August 28, 1985
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
MACHINERY
HE OPENED EXHAUST VALVE ON PUMP ENGINE IN ORDER TO START ENGINE.WHEN ENGINE WAS STARTED,HE WAS SLOSING VALVE AND SOMETHING BLEW IN HIS LEFT EYE.
Tower Rock Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CHANGING DRILL STEELS A STEEL FROM THE HOLDER FELL-DUE TO OFF BALANCE-EMPLOYEE COULD NOT HOLD IT UP RIGHT & IN TRYING PULLED HIS RT SHOULDER
August 28, 1985
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
INJURED WSAS MOVING A LONGWALL JACK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN HEADERS STRIKING HIM ON THE HARD HAT
August 28, 1985
IL · Coal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
OTHER
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS SQUATTED DOWN ON HIS KNEE IN CONVEYOR OF MINER HE TWISTED AROUND TO GET WRENCH AND TWISTED HIS BACK
August 28, 1985
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object
I WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER ON A PIN ON CUTTER CHAIN AND PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND HIT MY EYE.
August 28, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverside Cement Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
EMPL TRYING TO CHANGE DUST FILTER ON AIR COMPRESSOR 5\ OFF GROUND.HE HAD USED A LADDER TO REACH COMPRESSOR WAS STANDING PARTIALLY ON LADDER AND SUPPORT PLATFORM WHEN LADDER SLIPPED AND HE FELL FROM PLATFORM.
August 28, 1985
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SUBJECT SAID HE WAS STANDING ON THE LEDGE ALONG SIDE OF THE FUEL TRUCK AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND BUT HIS FOOT LANDED ON THE LIP OF THE 5 GALLON CAN.
August 28, 1985
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
MAN STATES I WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR & RAISED UP TO ROTATE TO OTHER SEAT WHEN MY FEET GOT CAUGHT IN SOME PIN BOARDS THAT WERE ON THE DECK CAUSING ME TO FALL & STRIKE MIDDLE OF MY BACK AGAINS T THE SHUTTLE CAR
B & B Energy Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
HE GOT UP FROM DINNER AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE FRACTURED 2 RIBS.
August 28, 1985
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Creighton Hills Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
DRILL STEEL STRUCK IN ROOF MAN DROPED DRILL HEAD AND WAS CLEANING OUT SUCTION WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND ON DRILL HEAD HE HIT DRILL LEAVER AND HEAD WENT UP CHECKING HIS HAND BETWEEN ROOF STEEL AND H EAD INGERING HIS HAND.
August 28, 1985
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vermont Asbestos Group Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP 100# BAG THAT HAD FALLEN ON THE FLOOR.
August 28, 1985
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Dollar Branch Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
BOLTER WAS IN LEFT BREAK ON 3RD ROW OF BOLTS WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUTSTRIKING BOLTER AND MAN.
August 28, 1985
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Barnes & Tucker Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
REMOVING CANVAS FROM BESIDE CM HAD HAND RESTING ON MINER WITH ELBOW TOWARD ROOF.OPERATOR STARTED MINER AND JAMMED ARM AGAINST ROOF CAUSING SPRAIN TO LEFT WRIST.
August 28, 1985
WV · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL THE SHEAR CABLE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER GROIN.
August 28, 1985
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ALL DAY AND BURNED HIS EYES
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object
INJURED PUT HIS LEFT ARM IN THE L OF THE ROCK DUST CHUTE TO TRY AND DIG OUT THE WET ROCK DUST, WHEN THE ROCK DUST BROKE LOOSE IN THE PIPE ABOVE HIS ARM AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT ARM, FRACTURING IT I N TWO PLACES JUST ABOVE THE WRIST
August 28, 1985
IL · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arch Of Illinois · Struck by falling object
BROKE SMALL BONE IN HAND WHILE PUSHING DIRT AWAY FROM THE REAR RADITOR A DIRT CLOD BROKE OFF AND FELL ON HIS HAND
August 28, 1985
AL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
INJURED WAS COLLARING A ROOF BOLT HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 6FT 7IN LONG 3FT 4 IN WIDE AND 9 IN THICK FELL IT STRUCK THE FOOTWALL ON EDGE THEN CAME TO REST AGAINST THE BACK SIDE OF INJUREDS LEGS
August 28, 1985
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Walker Stone Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object
WHILE SHOVELING3UNDER CRUSHER. BOBCAT TURNED AND HIT EMPLOYEE
August 28, 1985
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawkview Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS BUILDING A BRATTICE WALL. HE WAS REACHING FOR A CEMENT BLOCK & HURT HIS BACK.
E G B Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING SMALL ROCK APPROX 10 LBS FROM HAUL ROAD - MANUALLY - THREW VERTEBRAE OUT OF PLACE - LOWER BACK
August 28, 1985
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS IN 1577 TRUCK BEING LOADED BY 1420 SHOVEL AT 1305 BENCH WEST SINK. EE NOTICED A CHUNCK ON THE BUCKET AS SHOVEL SWUNG OVER TRUCK HE THOUGH IT WOULD FALL OFF SO HE GRABBED STEERING WHE EL IN BOTH HANDS TO BRACE HI,MSELF. THE CHUNCK DID COME OFF LANDING ON THE CANOPY OF TRUCK IT WAS QUITE LARGE & ROCKED THE TRUCK FROM SIDE TO SIDE. EE WAS JARRED & ROCKED IN THE TRUCK C
August 28, 1985
WV · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
MACHINERY
Kitt Energy Corp · Struck by falling object
WHILE PULLING THE LONGWALL TAILGATE SHIELD WHEN A PC OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN 200 & 201 SHIELDS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOOT ROCK THEN ROLLED ONTO HIS RT FOOT RESULTING IN CONTUSION TO HIS BIG TOE
August 28, 1985
AL · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF A T@RACTOR AND SLIPPED, HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND JAMMED HIS FINGER INTO HIS HAND. EMPLOYEE HADTO UNDERGO SURGERY TO SET FINGER.
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object
A BUNDLE OF TRU8S BOLTS STRUCK EMPLOYEE SPRAINED KNEE ROLLED OFF TOP OF SUPPLY JEEP THIS INJURY ORIGINALLY REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT AS NON-DISABLING DID NT MISS ANY WORK UTIL 090385
August 28, 1985
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Webster County Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING ON A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A BELT KNIFE. HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING THE KNIFE TO CUT THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.
August 28, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Upshur Coals Corp · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER PERMANENTLY SUPPORTED TOP WHEN A PIECE OF TOP CAME OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND RODE THE VICTIM TO THE GROUND CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE LOWER LEFT ARM
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATES WAS SETTING BITS IN A MINER AND HIT FINGER WITH A BIT WRENCH
August 28, 1985
WV · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS IN OPERATOR DECK OF SUPPLY MOTOR THAT WAS DOWN ANDBEING PULLED BY ANOTHER SUPPLY MOTOR. AS OTHER SUPPLY MOTOR STARTED PULLING THE MOTOR THAT WAS DOWN, THE DOWN SUPPLY MOTOR DRIFTED BACK CAUSING CHAIN TO BREAK AND STRIKE INJURED IN FACE.
August 28, 1985
PA · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
MACHINERY
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE EE WAS USING A HAMMER HANDLE TO BREAK-UP A WET LUMP OF ROCK DUST IN THE SCOOP ROCK DUST HOPPER THE WORM GEAR CAUGHT THE HANDLE & HIS R INDEX FINGER.
Elkay Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMP WAS LOADING ROCK FROM UNDER BORE HOLE, LOOSE ROCK FELL, COVERING EMPLOYEE FROM NECK DOWN
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEES FOREM5N STATED THE EMPLOYEE TOLD HIM SHE TRIPPED OVER SOME STRAPPING MATERIAL THAT WAS HANGING OFF A CAR LOADED WITH CRIB BLOCKS INJURING HER KNEES.
August 28, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Harman Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HEAD OF ROOF BOLTER WAS LET DOWN ON HIS KNEE.
August 28, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
outside foreman, leadman
ELECTRICAL
Ortega Rock Quarry · Contact with hot objects or substances
WAS ON CONTROL TOWER PLANT WHEN ELECTRICAL BOX X/2 STARTER BUTTONS EXPLODED
August 28, 1985
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lithium Corp Of America · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I,NAME AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING A WOODEN BLOCK UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF A USED FLAT BED (SMALL PICK-UP TRUCK). ONE END OF THE CHAIN WAS HOOKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD BOARD OF THE BED, IT RAN THROUGH A SHACKLE ON THE LOADER BUCKET, AND HOOKED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD BOARD. I,NAME REACHED BETWEEN THE BLOCK & BED TO SLIDE THE BLOCK INTO POSITION WH
August 28, 1985
AL · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE INSTALLING I-BEAM FOR BELT HEADER, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Struck by falling object
THE EE WAS WLAKING ALONG SCOOP AHULAGE & A PC OF RIB 1\X1 1/2\X7\ FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON T HE R SIDE KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE PARKED SCOOP ON HIS L ARM.
P & N Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
HE WAS GET TING A COAL SAMPLE IN THE PIT AND HIM ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND HIP AND ANKLE
August 28, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
ALLEDGEDLY, INJURED WAS SHOVELING UNDER AGGREGATE PLANT WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.
August 28, 1985
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object
EMPL GETTING OFF TRACK JITNEY AND HIT HIS KNEE ON SEAT OF JITNEY.
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED WAS PULLING ROCK WITH SLATE BAR WHEN HE FELT POP IN BACK
August 27, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
T & M Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
PULLING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK
MAN WAS GETTING OUT OF PERSONNEL CARRIER AND BUMPED RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE FRAME OF PERSONNEL CARRIER.
August 27, 1985
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED STATES, "I PICKED UP A BUNDLE OF NINE FOOT BOLTS TO PUT IN THE MOTOR TO TAKE BACK TO THE SECTION TO BOLT WITH. LATER 2 STARTED GETTING A KNOT IN MY BACK
August 27, 1985
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Independent Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME HAD HIS FOOT IN THE PALLET AND THE FORK LIFT OPERATOR STARTED TO LIFT THE PALLET WITH HIS FOOT STILL IN PALLET.
August 27, 1985
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawkview Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TIEING MINER CABLE TO A ROOF BOLT PLATE WHEN HE PUNCHED HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH THE WIRE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object
WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON PRESSURE TANK,IT EXPLODED BLOWING ROCK DUST INTO BOTH EYES.
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
MAN WAS SHOVELING BELT LINE WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK RESULTING IN A PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
G & G Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
WORKER WAS REMOVING LARGE ROCK FROM BELT AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BELT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE CANOPY OF THE LOADING MACHINE WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE RIB ONTO THE CANOPY AND THEN ONTO EMPLOYEE\S R FOOT.
Sunshine Precious Metals Inc · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS CARRYING A JACKLEG DRILL FROM THE FACE OF HIS STOPE BACK TOWARD THE MANWAY. HE STEPPED ON A ROUND ROCK IN THE WALKWAY IN THE STOPE & TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
August 27, 1985
TX · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE SETTING A COMPRESSOR,THE LOAD SHIFTED AND IT LANDED ON I NAME TOE,BREAKING THE GREAT TOE ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
August 27, 1985
WV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE WORKING AS SECOND SHIFT BAGGER A MIS SPOUTED BAG FELL ONTO CHAIN CONVEYOR AS EMP TRIED TO RETRIEVE BAG HIS 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS GOT CAUGHTIN THE CHAIN AND PINCHED AGAINST CHAIN AND SIDE RAIL
August 27, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON SIDE OF CRUSHER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & HUNG TO LADDER.
Cold Spring Granite Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A JACK HAMMER. WHEN HE LIFTED THE JACKHAMMER HE FELT A SHARP PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
August 27, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A STARTER WHEN THE METER HE WAS USING BLEW UP IN HIS FACE CAUSING HIS EYE BROWS TO BE SINGED AND A BURNING SENSATION ON THIS FACE FLASH TO EYES ALSO
August 27, 1985
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
ELECTRICAL
Allied Block Chemical Company · Contact with electrical current
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON TOP OF A RAILCAR.HE WAS LIFTING A LADDER OUT OF A HOLE IN THE RAIL CAR.WHEN HE LIFTED THE LADDER,IT HIT AN ELECTRIC LINE.
August 27, 1985
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck by falling object
BARRING DOWN BRICK INSIDE ROTARY KILN WHEN SEVERAL BRICK FELL FROM OVERHEAD STRIKING RIGHT FOREARM.
August 27, 1985
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FILTER CLOTH ON VACUUM FILTER. HE WAS WORKING IN A BENT POSITION ON HIS KNEES WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
August 27, 1985
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE EXITING CAB OF EUCLID TRUCK FOR LUNCH BREAK EMP GOT FEET TANGLED UP WHILE TRYING TO DECEND TRUCK STEPS AND FELL TO GROUND
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE HURT HIS KNEE WHEN HE JUMPED DOWN OUT OF THE REED DRILL.
August 27, 1985
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIPE COUPLING WITH A PAIR OF PLIERSWHICH WAS TO BE WELDED UNDER THE HOIST DRUM ON 1419 SHOVEL. AS THE WELDER STARTED TO WELD, HE TOLD EMPLOYEE IT WAS OKAY TO LET THE COU PLING GO. EMPLOYEE TURNED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
August 27, 1985
MA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Lime Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REMOVING A GEAR IT SLIPPED CUT AND BRUISED FOREARM
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
HE WAS TAKING THE FREE BOARD MEASUREMENTS ON BARGE #591,STEPPED ON PART OF THE BROKEN PEN,HURT HIS BIG TOE ON LEFT FOOT.
August 27, 1985
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMP WAS ENTERING TRUCK HE HAD GREASE ON HIS SHOES AND SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING THE RUNNING BOARD OF THE WATER TRUCK, RESULTING INPOSSIBLE FRACTURE OF COCCYX
August 27, 1985
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woosung Quarry Products · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING ON THE WATER PUMP ON QUARRY FLOOR WHEN VICTIM WALKER OVER TO WALL WHERE WATER HOSE EXTENDED UP AND OVER WALL.NOT KNOWING HE WAS THERE THEY OVERTOP PUMP ONLY WATER WENT OV WALL IN HOSE IT LOSSEN A ROCK AT TOP OF WALL WHICH FELL HITTING VICTIM ON BACK AS HE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM WALL.
Kern Rock Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PUSHING DIRT UP ON SUMP BANK.
August 27, 1985
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SLIPPED ON ROCKS HURT ANKLE
Nesquehoning Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A VOLUTE HOUSING OUT OF HIS WAY AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
August 27, 1985
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
N A L R Coal Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DOZER OP WAS HIGHWALLING HE ADVISED HE NEEDED SOME TREES CUT IN FRONT OF HIM. SUBJECT GOT CHAIN SAW & WENT TO CUT TREES. SMALL TREE WAS LEANING OVER & DOZER OP WAS CUTTING IT W/HATCHET. CHAIN SAW OP SAID HE WOULD FINISH CUTTING TREE DOZER OP ADVISED HIM NOT TO STAND ON E DGE OF HIGHWALL BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT HOLD HIM BUT HE WENT ON ANYWAY. GROUND BROKE FROM UNDER HIM & HE SLID DOWN
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object
I NAME WAS WELDING ON A 77 CAT TRUCKBED WHEN HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON APIECE OF METAL
Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
MAN PULLING MINER CABLE BY HAND WHEN CABLE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND CAUSED BONE TO BREAK ON SHOULDER BLADE RIGHT SIDE.
Drummond Company, Inc. · Flash burns (electric)
INJ CHECKING POWER ON LOADER PLUG OUTLET AT FACE TRANSFORMER WHEN HE GOT TEST PROBE AGAINST PHASE AND FRAME OF THE PLUG CAUSING ELECTRICAL FLASH BURNING PORTION OF HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING THE A CIDENT
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by falling object
EMP WAS INSTALLING A STABILIZER SHOE ON JOY 12CM5 MINER AND THE STABILIZER SHOE DROPPED APPROX 12 INCHES PINNING EMPLOYES HAND TO MINER FRAME
August 27, 1985
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
RIDING IN BATTERY TRACTOR KERSEY AND STRUCK HEAD AGAINST ROOF SUPPORT BOARD
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING ROOF JACK UP ON MAT WHEN A SLAB OF ROCK IN THE RIB ABOVE THE COAL FELL OUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE AND SLAMMING HIS FACE AND HEAD INTO SIDE OF FLETCHER CUT FOREHEAD AND SPLIT L IPS ROCK BRUISED FOOT AND TWISTED ANKLE CUT ON LIPS AND FOREHEAD, TWISTED LEFT ANKLE AND BRUISED FOOT.
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING ON BAR & CHANGING BIT LUGS ON HEAD OF MINER. FELT PAIN IN RIGHT GROIN.
Capitol Cement Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING PIPE WEIGHING APPROX 100#.
Tuscaloosa Energy Corp · Struck by falling object
INJ WAS INSTALLING A LINE CURTAIN IN THE 2ND CROSS CUT IN THE #2 ENTRY OF 0070 SECTION WHEN AN UNDECTED KETTLEBOTTOM FELL INJURING THE VICTIM
Emery Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
INJURED PERSON WAS CARRYING EMULSION LINE THROUGH A WATER HOLE & SLIPPED TWISTING RT FOOT.
August 27, 1985
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chisholm Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE HE WAS LOADING BUNDLES OF ROOF BOLTS ONTO THE ROOF BOLTER FROM THE SCOOP. THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.
August 27, 1985
UT · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
United States Fuel Company · Struck by falling object
INJ INSTALLING 9OOF BOLT NEXT TO THE RIB WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL OFF RIB AND STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT ANKLE.
August 27, 1985
WV · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object
INJURED STRUCK HIS RIGHT THIGH AGAINST THE FRAME OF A 50 TON LOCOMOTIVE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER LOCOMOTIVE
August 27, 1985
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Molycorp Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE DRILLING PIN HOLES IN SLAB AT 2 SHAFT, BATCH PLANT, TO BE USED AS BRACING PINS AND AS HE WAS DRILLING THE DRILL STEEL HUNG UP CAUSING THE HAMMER TO SPIN AROUND WHICH STRUCK HIM.
August 27, 1985
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
EMP WAS USING A 1 IN SPLINE DRIVE IMPACT WRENCHHTO REMOVE TRUNION CAP COVER FROM D9 DOZER EMP WAS WORKING IN A STOOPED POSITION AND AS HE LIFTED THE IMPACT WRENCH HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN H IS BACK
August 27, 1985
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
drill operator
MACHINERY
Andesite Rock Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS SAWING LOG ON UNDERSIDE WHEN LOG ALLEGEDLY ROLLED FORCING CHAINSAW TO KICKBACK AND CUT OPEN LEFT LEG
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING AT A SCOOP BATTERY STAND, WHICH WAS BEING REPAIRED. HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY AND IT FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT. A FRACTURE WAS SUSTAINED.
Vanderbilt Minerals Corp · Struck by falling object
WORKING ON STAGING IN TIMBERED STOPE WHEN ORE FG FELL FROM BACK OR RIB STRIKING EMPLOYEE
August 26, 1985
TN · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beech Grove Processing Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE ALONG WITH FELLOW EE WAS IN PROCESS OF LOADING TRUCK TIRE IN PICK-UP WHILE LIFTING TIRE EE FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object
MAN WORKING IN 1LANT - PIECE OF GRANITE FELL AND HIT MAN'S FOREARM
August 26, 1985
WV · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
MACHINERY
Omar Mining Company · Struck by falling object
I.NAME OPERATING MINER AND AS HE WAS BACKING UP MINER OUT OF THE FACE TO CLEAN UP OPERATOR SIDE THE CANOPY CAUGHT OVER HALF HEADER AND LIFTED CANOPY UP AND OUT OF THE BRACKETS.WHEN THE PIN HEA D SHEARED OFF,CANOPY FELL AND LEGS OF CANOPY HIT HIM IN THE BACK.
August 26, 1985
VA · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS EXTENDING CURTAIN ROD TO FACE WHEN ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON SHOULDER.
August 26, 1985
OH · Coal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
POWERED HAULAGE
Jc Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE EMP WAS PREPARING TO AIR START A ROCK TRUCK THE FUEL TRUCK DRIVER BACKED THE FUEL TRUCK INTO THE LUBE TRUCK PINCHING VICTIM AGAINST THE BACKSTEP OF THE LUBE TRUCK
August 26, 1985
IL · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
EMPL SHIFTING IN HIS SEAT TO GET MORE COMFORTABLE,MANTRIP WENT THROUGH A SWITCH CAUSING HIM TO BE KNOCKED OFF BALANCE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK.THE EMPL DIDNT NOTIFY ANYONE UNT IL AUG 30 THAT HE WAS OFF WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY BECAUSE HE HAD WORKED AUG 29.
August 26, 1985
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
rock driller
MACHINERY
Genstar Stone Products Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL STANDING IN FRONT OF DIESEL MOTOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CRANK START MOTOR WITH BOTH HANDS.DIESEL ENGINE KICKED BACKWARD CAUSING SUDDEN JERK TO EMPL LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK,PULLING MUSCLES.
Central Paving Products · Struck by flying object
WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A RETURN ROLL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A FLAKE OF STEEL CHIPPED LOOSE AND ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE
Cobb Rock Inc · Struck against a moving object
MAKING A SERVICE RUN, WHEN THE PICK UP TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY AN ON COMING VEHICLE.
Dolese Bros Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL STRAINED LOWER LEFT BACK WHILE LIFTING PIECES OF CHANNEL IRON.
August 26, 1985
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nello L Teer Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
ROUTINE JOB PERFORMANCE. EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A ROLL OF 3/4" CABLE, CARRIED IT A SHORT DISTANCE, PUT IT DOWN AND NOTICED BACK PAIN.
August 26, 1985
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kmg Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL UNCLOG SAND CYCLONE DISCHARGE PIPE 6\\ PVC BY MANUALLY LIFTING AND SHAKING PIPE TO FREE BLOCKAGE.EMPL STRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLE.
August 26, 1985
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Norlite Corp · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS PULLING CHAIN ON CRUSHER WHEN THE CHAIN GAVE WAY & THREW HIM BACK AGAINST BEAM HITTING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD
August 26, 1985
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sterling Gold Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING WOODEN BLOCKS INTO AN ELMAC LOADER BUCKET WHEN HE HIT THE BACK OF HIS HAND ON A PALLET FORK ATTACHED TO THE BUCKET.
August 26, 1985
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Howard Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CLEANING CRUSHER HOPPER WITH SHOVEL WHEN A LARGE ROCK ROLLED DOWN FROM SIDE HIT FLOOR OF HOPPER ROLLING ONTO EES FOOT.
August 26, 1985
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holnam Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL USING SHOVEL TO PRY BUILD-UP OF MATERIAL OFF ADMIN BLDG ROOF WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND HIP.
August 26, 1985
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J M Huber Corp · Struck by flying object
I.NAME WAS WORKING WITH I.NAME & I.NAME SNUBBING A HOIST CABLE ON #11 DRAGLINE. I.NAME STRUCK THE WEDGE IN THE CABLE SOCKET WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND A METAL SHARD FLEW OFF AND STRUCK I.NAME IN THE EYE LID ABOVER HIS RIGHT EYE
August 26, 1985
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
MACHINERY
I.NAME BENT OVER TO PICK UP A NUT THAT WAS LYING ON DECK NEXT TO SNATCH BLOCK THE DREDGE WAS SETTING UP IN NEW AREA WHEN SNATCH BLOCK RAISED UP OFF DECK STRIKING I.NAME ABOVE EYE.THIS WAS THE ANCHOR LINE
August 26, 1985
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Rinker Southeastern Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING FROM HIS CAR TO THE TIME CLOCK AS HE WALKED HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO WRENCH HIS BACK HE DID NOT FALL TO THE GROUND.
Castle Concrete Aggregates · Struck against a moving object
EMP WAS DRIVING 4X4 PICKUP OUT OF QUARRY TO LUNCH ROOM AREA ONE OF THE TIRES ON THE STEERING AXLE STRUCK A ROCK CAUSING EMP TO LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL
August 26, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SHOVELLING CATCH BASIN OUT AND GOT PAIN IN THE BACK.
Calmat Company · Struck against stationary object
HE HAD FINISHED WELDING AND STARTED TO WRAP UP AND STEPPED OFF THE SHOVEL BUCKET ONTO A ROCK AND HIS ANKLE TWISTED OVER
EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING RAIL ROAD CARS FROM LOAD OUT BIN WHEN TIGHTEN BRAKE ON R.R. CAR THE CARS DID NTO SLOW DOWN SO HE JUMPED FROM CAR INJURING HIS LEFT FOOT.
August 26, 1985
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Grafton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING SULFUR BALLS OFFTHE BELTLINE AND LUMP OF COAL HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT HAND CAUSING ABRUSION AND FRACTURE.
Al Hamilton Contracting Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPL OPERATING ROCK TRUCK.PARKED ROCK TRUCK IN PARKING AREA,SHUT IT OFF,STEPPED DOWN THE LADDER OF TRUCK ONTO A ROCK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
Benjamin Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING A SUMP PUMP HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
August 26, 1985
OH · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Cravat Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data
OPERATOR BECAME DIZZY LOSS OF VISION POSSIBLY DUE TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE LVICTIM WAS TAKEN TO UNION HOSPTIAL .
August 26, 1985
IL · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ATTEMPTING TO ENTER UTILITY TRUCK REACHED FOR HAND HOLD - FOOT SLIPPED PULLING SHOULDER
August 26, 1985
CO · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Walden Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
TRAVELING TO FAST FOR CONDITIONS OF WATERED HAUL ROAD. LOST CONTROL AND HIT DIRT BERM CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD
Harman Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
STRAINED BACK LIFTING PIECE OF ROCK FROM BEHIND BUCKET.
August 26, 1985
WV · Coal
driver, jeep driver, tractor operator
MACHINERY
Stoney Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HELPING MINER OPERATOR MOVE MINER WHEN I,NAME GOT LEFT FOOT CAUGHT UNDER FLOATING DECK, WAS LAYING MINER CABLE UP IN HOOKS ON MINER.
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
HAD A REOCCUREN7E OF HIS 9-15-82 INJURY. HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE THROWING A 5X7 TIMBER, HE MISSED TWO DAYS OF WORK PLESE CHANGE THE TWO DAYS TO THE ORIGNAL INJURY 9-15-82 . I HAVE EN CLOSED THE REQU3RED PHYSICIAN STATEMENT.
August 26, 1985
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Camp Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REMOVING ROCK FROM ROADWAY AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
August 26, 1985
IL · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
FILLING FLINGER DUSTER,WHILE LIFTING TONGUE ON DUSTER,FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
August 26, 1985
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
I.NAME AND 2 OTHER MEN LIFTING TAILING CYCLONE AND HAD IT ON THEIR SHOULDERS WHILE ANOTHER MAN PLACED X-BRACE ON 20\DISCHARGE LINE.BRACE FELL AFTER IT WAS IN POSITION AND PUT ADDITIONAL WEIGHT ON MEN HOLDING CYCLONE AND PUSHING IT DOWN. I.NAME WAS HOLDING MORE WEIGHT AND IT SEPARATED RIGHT CLAVICLE FROM HIS SHOULDER.
August 26, 1985
VA · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cavalier Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ROCK WITH SLATE BAN, ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON LT. FOOR.
August 26, 1985
UT · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
United States Fuel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS CHECKING WATER HOSE TO BOLTER WHEN HELPER TURNED ON CABLE REEL THE CABLE STRUCK INJURED MAN AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN
August 26, 1985
IL · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Diggin Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
PICKING UP A CRUSHER SCREEN BY HIMSELF AND IT TILTED AND FELL OVER BLOCKS AND TOOK HIM WITH IT. HIS FINGERS WERE STUCK IN SCREEN. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT SIDE HIP AND SHOULDER.
August 26, 1985
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Struck by falling object
INJ WAS OPERATING ROOF DRILL DRILLING BOLT HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND SHOULDER
August 26, 1985
AL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS PINNING IN THE #2 X-CUT WHEN HE REACHED TO MOVE THE DRILL POT FORWARD, HEEMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PINNING IN THE #2 X-CUT WHEN HE REACHED TO MOVE THE DRILL POT FORWARD, HE HE HIT THE LEVE9 THAT MOVES THE DRILL POT UP AND DOWN. THE POT CAME DOWN ONTO THE END OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.
Carter-Roag Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP A PULL CHAIN TO PULL BOOM CHAIN OUT OF MINER HE WAS INSTRUCTING OTHER MAN WHEN TO PULL & WHEN HE TOLD THEM TO PULL ON CHAIN HIS HAND WAS BETWEEN PULL CHAIN & A KEEPER P IN ON MACHINE
EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING TIMBER ON A PILLAR LINE WHEN A SHUTTLE CAR RAN OVER A BLOCK OF COAL, SHOOTING A PIECE OF IT INTO THE SIDE OF THE EMPLOYEES EAR.
Mon River Mining Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
MAN WAS LIFTING A BOX OF RESIN FROM IN BACK OF BOLTING MACHINE AND THROWING BOX ON FRONT OF MACHINE TWISTED BACK
August 26, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER AND PLACED FLOOR JACK ON A PIECE OF ROCK ON THE MINE FLOOR. THE ROCK BROKE UNDER PRESSURE ALLOWING THE FRONT OF MACHINE TO LOWER ABRUPTLY CAUSING THE CANOPY TO STRIKE HIS HEAD
August 26, 1985
UT · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emery Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PERSON WAS THROWING TRACK SWITCH & STRAINED LOWER BACK.
August 26, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PUTTING ROOF BOLT BEARING PLATES ON BOLTER CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN PLATES RESULTING IN LACERATION
August 26, 1985
KY · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I WAS PINNING WHEN GLOVE GOT CAGUGHT IN PINNER STEEL AND SPUN ME AROUND JERKING MY ARM, LEFT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK.
Helvetia Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE UNLOADING A CAR OF CEMENT BLOCKS, THE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING THESE BLOCKS INTO A SCOOP, WHEN HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO CEMENT BLOCKS, BREAKING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE STATES WAS PUTTING A MANBUS ON CHARGE CHARGER COVER LID FELL STRIKING MY RT HAND HAS HAD TWO INJECTIONS FOR HAND AND IS LOSING TIME
August 26, 1985
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Pontiki Coal Corp · Fall from machine
THE EE WAS RIDING IN A 5 TON MOTOR/MANTRIP WHEN HE RAISED UP HITTING THE ROOF WHICH KNOCKED HIM OFF OF THE MOTOR CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE RAIL WITH HIS SHOULDER.
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CRAWLING THROUGH WIRING TROUGH AND SCRAPER HIS ELBOW ON SIDE OF TROUGH.
Kristi Ann Coal Inc · Struck by falling object
SMALL PIECE OF 3ROOF FELL - STRIKING RIGHT WRIST OF PERSON
Terco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MESCHER MINE SCOOP WHEN HIS RT KNEE BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE JEEP DECK AND BRAKE PEDAL CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SPRAIN RT KNEE
August 26, 1985
AL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by powered moving object
EMPLOYEE STATED3THE ROCK DUST TANKS WERE BEING BROUGHT BACK IN TO THE BOTTOM. WHEN THEY REACHED THE JEEP CHARGING STATION, THE SWITCH WAS THROWN FOR THE KICK BACK. THE TWO MOTORS AND ROCK DU ST TANKS COLLID9D INTO SEVERAL PARKED JEEPS AND MANBUSSES.
August 26, 1985
WY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMP WAS CLIMBING OFF THE SHOVEL WHEN HE STEPPED IN A GROUND DEPRESSION AND TWISTED HIS KNEE
August 24, 1985
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THIS MAN SAID HE WAS MOVING ROOF DRILL WHEN DRILL CAUGHT A BOARD WHICH THEN STRUCK HIS RIGHT ARM
Ideal Basic Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HELPING REPAIR 7ONVEYOR BELT, WHILE PULLING ON B ELT FELT PAIN IN B ACK
August 24, 1985
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
OTHER
Eagle Picher Filtration & Minerals Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GOING DOWNSTAIRS FROM LAB AND STARTED TO STEP DOWN FELT KNEE POP
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJUREDS FOOT SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH A MINE CAR OFF OF A LIFTING JACK ON TO THE TRACK
Mid-Continent Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP PUSHED A RESIN TYPE ROOFBOLT INTO THE HOLES WITH HIS HEAD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ON THE DATE ABOVE WHEN HE REPORTED THIS ON 8-26-85 HE WAS WARNED NEVER TO INSERT BOLTS THIS WAY AND HIS FOREM AN WAS ALSO CALLED IN. ON 8-29-85 HE COMPLAINED OF CONTINUED STIFFNESS IN NECK AND BACK & WAS DIRECTED TO MEDICAL ATTENTION. HE IS NOW REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNCLOG ROCKDUST HOSE WHEN THE AIR TRAPPED IN THE HOSE CAME OUT SUDDENLY THE END OF THE HOSE STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE RESULTING IN LACERATIONS
August 24, 1985
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Boone Energy · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I NAME WAS HELPING MOVE A BELT HEAD WITH A SCOOP HE WAS ON THE OFF SIDE OF SCOOP TO SEE IF IT WAS CLEARING WATER LINE WHEN THE SCOOP OPERATOR STARTED TO TRAM THE SCOOP IT SLID TO ONE SIDE PI PINNIN I NAME AGAINST THE RIB I NAMES LEFT HAND WAS INJURED
August 24, 1985
CT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS BA1GING BRIX. AS HE TURNED TOP UT A BAG ON THE CART HIS BACK AND NECK STARTED TO HURT.
Calmat Company · Struck against stationary object
STANDING ON A LADDER ABOUT 15\ OFF THE GROUND PULLING WIRE. LADDER SLIPPED AROUND BACKWARD. REACHED FOR SOMETHING TO GET HIS B ALANCE SHARP EDGE ON BOX CUT FINGER
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
STAGGERING MINER AND A ROCK FELL OUT OF ROOF AND HIT HEAD,BACK OF NECK,RIGHT AND LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT KNEE.
Thelma Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
EMP WAS ASSISTING THE DRILL OPERATOR AND LOADER OPERATOR IN PREPARING THE NO.1 FACE FOR BLASTING. THE 4 HOLES HAD BEEN LOADED THE THE LEG WIRES ATTACHED TO THE SHOOTING CABLE THE 3 MEN HAD LEF T THE FACE AREA. THE DRILL OPERATOR GOT ON THE DRILL THAT HAD BEEN BACKED OUT OF THE PLACE AND WAS MOVING IT TO A SAFER LOCATION. FOR SOME REASON THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR,INJURED PERSON, FELT
Barnes & Tucker Company · Struck against stationary object
REMOVING 6 TON MOTOR FROM CHARGER REACHED TO THROW BREAKER AND STRUCK ELBOW AGAINST FRAME OF MOTOR.
August 23, 1985
IL · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I WAS GETTING O6T OF THE SCOOP AND TWISTED MY RIGHT KNEE. STATRED MISSING TIME ON 12-10-85.
Phelps Dodge Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
I.NAME WS GUIDING H CARS ONTO A SIDE SWITCH AND STRAINED HIS BACK (MAN FINISHED SHIFT FRIDAY AND WORKED MONDAY AUGUST 26, 1985 - REPORTED OFF TUESDAY AUGUST 27).
August 23, 1985
WV · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Beckley Coal Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object
INJ WALKING BESIDE TRACK AND WAS STRUCK BY PASSING MOTOR.
August 23, 1985
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black River Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE HAD FINISHED POWDERING THE FACE 49 EAST AFTER TYING CAP WIRES TOGETHER SHE STARTED TO TURN AROUND & HAD HER FOOT BETWEEN ROCKS & TWISTED HER RT KNEE.
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATES: "WAS SHOVELING ON BELT. I RAN INTO A LOW-HANGING ROOFBOLT."
August 23, 1985
IL · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arch Of Illinois · Struck by falling object
BRUISED RT ANKLE WHEN A PIECE OF WEAR 1/2IN PLATE SLID OFF OF FORK LIFT AND STRUCK HIM ON ANKLE
August 23, 1985
AL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A MINOR CABLE AND WATER HOSE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
August 23, 1985
PA · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Benjamin Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO DRAGLINE AND FELT SOMETHING PULL AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.
August 23, 1985
IN · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Contract Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS HELPING INSTALL FINAL DRIVE ON A DOZER AND HE WAS HOLDING A PUNCH AND ANOTHER EMP SWUNG A SLEDGE HAMMER AT PUNCH AND HIT I NAME ON FINGER
Magma Copper Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS JACKING UP AN E-40 MUCKER WITH A TRACK JACK WHEN THE JACK CATCH SLIPPED & THE HANDLE HIT HIM ON THE RT SIDE OF HEAD CUTTING HIS RT EAR. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO T HE R T EAR LOBE CAUSING EE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
August 23, 1985
AL · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ROCK FROM ROOF WHILE STANIDNG IN MUD HE WAS USING AN 8 FT DRILL STEEL TO PULL IT DOWN THE ROCK CAME LOOSE CARRYING THE STEEL WITH IT THSI TWISTED THE EMPLOYEES BODY AND W HILE HIS FEET WAS IN THE MUD THIS CAUSED HIS FE KNEE TO BE TWISTED RESULTING IN A TORN CARTILIDGE IN RT KNEE
August 23, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING THE FUEL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE CURB OF THE CEMENT SLAB.
August 23, 1985
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Walker Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I.NAME WAS CLEANING MATERIAL OUT OF THE FEEDER GATE WITH A BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS R HAND AGAINST THE F E EDER GATE CAUSING SUPERFICIAL LACERATIONS (NONE BLEEDING) AND PAIN IN JOINTS OF THE RIGHT HAND
Barnes & Tucker Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
MAN WAS HELPING3CARRY A RAM TO THE FACE CONVEYOR TAIL AND STRAINED HIS BACK
August 23, 1985
AL · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
MACHINERY
Drummond Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TRAMMING A MINER BACK OUT OF THE PLACE HE WAS ING.HAD RIGHT FOOT OUTSIDE DECK PAN AND IT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN MINER AND RIB.
August 23, 1985
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Standard Slag Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS RETENSIONING SCREEN PANELS WITH A COME-A-LONG PROVIDED WITH THE SCREEN,WHEN HE FELL 81/2FT.BETWEEN STRUCTURE CROSS MEMBER AND SIDE OF OLD SCREEN.HE RECEIVED NUMEROUS ABRASIONS &F BUMPS ON RT. ELBOW,ARM & LEGS.
August 23, 1985
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Norlite Corp · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3WHILE GETTING OUT OF TRUCK THE STEP BROKE AND HE HIT HIS LEG AGAINST METAL AND GOT CUT
August 23, 1985
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M A Hanna Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED WAS WORKING ON 4152 DOWER SHOVEL AT ELBOW ROOM REPAIR AREA HE WAS PUSHING BUCKET PINS IN AND HIS BACK STIFFENED UP LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
August 23, 1985
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
OTHER
I,NAME WAS LOADING SAMPLE DIRT INTO 55 GALLON DRUMS. HIGH WINDS CAUSED DIRT AND/OR DUST TO FALL IN EYE.
August 23, 1985
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
outside foreman, leadman
MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object
DRILLING STONE IN QUARRY CHIP OF GRANITE FLEW UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO EYE.
Manville Sales Corp · Fall onto or against objects
EMP WAS DRIVING A UNIT LOADER SHE WAS TRUNING UNIT LOADER TO PICK UP UNIT ONM PALLET WHEELS OF UNIT LOADER SLIPPED ON METAL BRACKETS IN FLOOR CAUSING EMP TO SLIP OUT OF THE LOADER ONTO THE FLO HITTING HER KNEES ON SIDE OF TRAIN
August 23, 1985
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Absorbent Clay Products Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
PROPANE TANKS WITH HOSES THAT CONNECT TO FORKLIFT GAS TANKS.BURNT RIGHT HAND 3 FINGERS AND LEFT HAND THUMB.
August 23, 1985
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO WASH DOWN 6 CONVEYOR AND DRIP TRAY ON 11 PRIMARY GRINDING LINE. HE HAD TO PUT THREE HOSES TOGETHER TO GET WATER FROM THE TAIL PULLEY END OF BELT. WHILE HE WAS PUL LING THE HOSES UP TO WHERE HE WAS GOING TO START WASHING HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
August 23, 1985
OH · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLYEE WAS BENT OVER PICKING UP A SET OF COAL CAR AXLES TO SET ON TRACK RAILS AND PULLED HIS BACK
August 23, 1985
OH · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE INJURED WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AS THE CAR ROUNDED A CORNER IT SLIPPED AND SLED INTO THE RIB. PINCHING THE INJURED\S ELBOW BETWEEN THE S.C. AND COAL RIB.
August 23, 1985
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMP WAS HELPING3TO INSTALL A SIDE CONVEYOR WHEN TWO BOLTS BROKE OFF THE BOTTOM CAUSING IT TO TIP OVER AND THROWING HIM OFF TO THE GROUND
August 23, 1985
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE HAD LOADED A COVERED HOPPER OF ROCK DUST AND WAS LOCKING THE TOP DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS RIGHT WRIST
August 23, 1985
WV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millville Quarry Inc · Fall from machine
JUMPED FROM R/R3CAR OTHER CARS BEING PUSHED IN HIT HEAD ON INJURY LEFT KNEE.
August 23, 1985
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alaska Mineral Resources Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME COMPLAINED OF SORENESS AND NUMBNESS IN HAND AND WRISTS AFTER A DAY OF HAND SHOVELING UNDER GRIZZLY FEEDER AT MINE SITE
Northwestern Resources Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME WAS AIRARCING WHEN FRAGMENTS OF METAL BOUNCED OFF A BULKHEAD BACK INTO HIS FACE ENTERING BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT EYE.
Fountain Bay Mining Company Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
SELF PRESSURE BETWEEN SCOOP DECK AND RIB PINCHED AND BRUISED REAR END
August 22, 1985
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tower Rock Stone Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROLLER ON SHAFT AT SAME TIME ANOTHER ROLLER WAS BEING WORKED ON ABOUT 15FT AWAY A PC OF CAST IRON METAL WAS CHIPPED OFF SECOND ROLLER FLEW OFF & HIT I.NAME IN RT HAND
August 22, 1985
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W R Grace & Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS REMOVING A 3\ SECTION OF COVERING ON A SCREW CONVEYOR TROUGH TO I NSTALL NEW AGSKETS ON THE COVER. AS HE WAS LIFTING THE COVER HE SUFFERED AN I NJURY TO HIS BACK THAT SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME SO PAINFULL THAT HE COULD NO LONGER WORK.
August 22, 1985
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
D L M Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
HE WAS DRIVING A 1973 CLINE TRUCK AND INHALED FUMES FROM THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HAVE SHORTNESS OF BREATHE AND TO BECOME LIGHT HEADED.
August 22, 1985
OH · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
MACHINERY
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BOLT WHILE IT WAS SPINNING. HE WAS WEARING RUBBER COATED GLOVES. THE GLOVE GOT CAUGHT ON THE BOLT.
August 22, 1985
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE HAD PICKED UP A BELT ROLLER. WHILE WALKING WITH IT, STUMBLED AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
August 22, 1985
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barnes & Tucker Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN WAS STRAIGHTENING ROOF BOLTS IN BOLT HOLE. BOLT TWISTED & MAN STRAINED RT SHOULDER.
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING THROUGH A 4\ MAN DOOR.WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR FRAME.
August 22, 1985
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING HEADROLLER WITH CHAIN.CHAIN BROKE.HEADROLLER STRUCK FRONT OF RIGHT AND LEFT LEGS.CONTUSION,ABRASIONS OF RIGHT AND LEFT LEGS.HYPEREXTENSION INJURY TO BOTH KNEES.
M A Hanna Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED CLAIMS HE WRENCHED HIS BACK WHILE CHANGING A 55GAL.OIL DRUM.
Barnes & Tucker Company · Struck against stationary object
MAN WAS HELPING TO REMOVE CONVEYOR BELT AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A METAL ROOF HANGER THAT WAS USED TO SUPPORT THE FIRE SENSOR LINE CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE LEFT EAR 10 STITCHES
Penn Allegh Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING 60# RAILS IN THE TRACK ENTRY NEAR THE NORTH MAINS SECTION. AS HE BEGAN TO LIFT THE RAIL INTO ITS PROPER POSITION, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK REGION.
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGH BOTTOM AND INJURED BACK.
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WALKING DOWN STEEP ROCKY HILL SLIPPED AND FELL
August 22, 1985
IL · Coal
longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator
MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by flying object
OPERATING SHEAR PIECE OF COAL FLEW UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND GOT IN LEFT EYE.
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE STATED HE FELL FROM THE 291 BUCKET APPROX 8 FT TO THE GROUND CHIPPING A BONE IN HIS LEFT FOOT
August 22, 1985
SC · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Aggregates Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPL USING OUTSIDE BATHROOM FACILITIES SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT SIDE RESULTING IN G IN BROKEN WRIST AND 2 BROKEN RIBS.
Bunker Limited Partnership · Struck against a moving object
HOISTING CONVEYANCE BECAME DERAILED FROM GUIDE THREW EE TO THE FLOOR.
August 22, 1985
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Calmet Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE HAVING NOT PUT SAFETY GOGGLES ON AFTER LUNCH AT 10 30 AM WAS RELEASING QUICK CONNECTOR FROM PUMP ORE CONCENTRATE SLURRY FROM HOSE BLEW INTO EMPLOYEES FACE FIRST AID WASHED CONCENTRATE FROM FACE OF SHOWERED EMPLOYEE AND THEN SENT TO OPTHALMOLOGIST FOR FURTHER REMOVAL OF CONCENTRATE AND EVALUATION TREATMENT OF EYES.
August 22, 1985
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glasgow Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS LIFTING A WATER JUG & AS HE TURNED AROUND PULLED MUSCLES IN L OWER BACK.
August 22, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WHILE ADJUSTING A BELT WITH A PIPE WRENCH, HE WAS TAKING UP ON A PULLEY AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
August 22, 1985
PA · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Land Development Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
SWINGING SLEDGE TO REMOVE SHAFT (TO REMOVE HOUSE ROLLERS) ON DRAGLINE ON KNEES LEANING OVER.
August 22, 1985
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Resco Products Inc · Fall from machine
PIT CREW CLEANING SEDIMENT POND PAN BEGAN SLIDING PERSON JUMPED FREE BEFORE MACHINERY SLID INTO POND
August 22, 1985
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockwell Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING PAILS OF MUD OUT OF THE SCALE PIT ALL DAY ON THE 21ST. WHEN HE CAME TO WORK ON THE 22ND HE WAS STIFF AND SORE FROM LIFTING THE DAY BEFORE. HE WAS EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN SO HE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR. HE STAYED HOME THE NEXT DAY TO REST HIS BACK MUSCLES SO THAT HE WOULD NOT PULL ANY MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
Newmont USA Limited · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL ASCENDING FORKLIFT-PUT WEIGHT ON LEFT KNEE AND IT GAVE WAY.NO REAL ACCIDENT CAUSATION -MAY BE INDICATIVE OF PRIOR PROBLEM.
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Struck by falling object
EMPL ASSISTING REMOVAL OF SYMONS FORM WHEN ANOTHER EMPL PULLED FORM DOWN ON HER.
August 22, 1985
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phillips Companies · Struck against stationary object
SUBJECT WAS SHOVELING UNDER A PORTABLE CRUSHING PLANT. RAISING UP HE KNOCKED OFF HIS HARD HAT, THEN RAISED UP AGAIN, HITTING THE CORNER OF THE FRAME. THIS CAUSED A GASH IN THE TOP OF HIS HEAD REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES.
August 22, 1985
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS USI3G A JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE HARD CEMENT FROM LID ON SCREW BOX. HE TURNED TO MOVE DOWN TUNNEL AND LOST HIS BALANCE , CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.
August 22, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Dominion Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object
EMPL DRILLING HOLE FOR #4 BOLT IN 2ND ROW OF BOLTS.INSTALLING WHEN PIECE OF ROCK CAME OUT FROM BETEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT ARM.
August 22, 1985
CO · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Trapper Mining Inc · Fall down raise, shaft or manway
THE MAINTENANCE CREW WAS PUSHING A FLANGE ONTO A SHAFT USING TWO PORTA POWER JACKS WHEN A ALL THREAD BOLT GAVE AWAY HE WAS STANDING ON THE SHAFT BOLTING THE FLANGE ONTO THE DRUM WHEN THE BOLT
August 22, 1985
WV · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
OTHER
Ramada Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
HIT BACK ON MAN TRIP
August 22, 1985
KY · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
MACHINERY
Coal Bucket Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
PINNER WAS PUTT3NG UP LAST ROW OF BOLTS LAST PIN ROCK FELL BETWEEN LAST ROW OF BOLTS AND THE FACE &FOOT DISTANCE,HITTING PINNER HELPER ON THE BACK.
Newmont USA Limited · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING WEAR (WARE?) EDGE
August 22, 1985
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Struck against stationary object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HURRIEDLY ATTEMPTING TO GET OFF THE BOBCAT. WHEN HE PUSHED THE CAGE UP HE JAMMED HIS THUMB INTO THE TOP OF THE CAGE.
August 22, 1985
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Bizwil Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE STRAW BLOWER WHILE IT WAS BEING BACKED OVER A SLOPE. BLOWER RAN OVER BIG ROCK, EMPLOYEE GRABBED RAIL AND CUT HAND.
August 22, 1985
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Feldspar Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMP WAS LIFTING HEAVY OBJECT LID TO CALCINER HURT LOWER BACK PULLED MUSCLE
Trapper Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE MAINTENANCE CREW WAS PUSHING A FLANGE ONTO A SHAFT USING TWO PORTA POWER JACKS WHEN THE ALL THREAD BOLT GAVE AWAY I NAME WAS STANDING ON THE WALKWAY AND WAS KNOCKED OVER BY A MECHANIC WHO FELL FROM ABOVE. ONE O F THE JACKS THEN HIT HIS LEFT HEEL.
August 22, 1985
VA · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
OTHER
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER WORKING ON A PIECE OF PIPE & HE TURNED AROUND & TWISTED HIS BACK.
August 22, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Transit Mixed Concrete Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
SKIP LOADER DOO9 SHUT ON T HUMB OF LEFT HAND.
August 22, 1985
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Clark Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances
REPLACEING SCREENS ON BARRELL MAN REACHED FOR PART JUST AS OTHER PERSON STARTED TO CUT WITH TORCH HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH FLAME
Locher & Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN CLEANING A GEAR BOX WITH AIR AND HAD GOTTEN DIRT AND GRIME ON HIS FACE AND WITH SWEATING LOOSE MATTER HAD GETTEN IN HIS LRIGHT EYE. IT REALLY DIDN\T BOTHER HIM UNTIL THE NIGH T OF AND IT SCATCHED HIS EYE, EYELID WAS SWELLED NEXT MORNING. EYE WAS WASHED AND SENT TO EYE DOCTOR. TWO GRAINS OF MATTER WHERE REMOVED FROM EYE CORNEAL, GIVEN EYE DROPS AND RETURNED BACK T
Inferno Coals Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MACHINE WITH WATER HOSE AND REMOVING LOOSE MATERIAL FROM MACHINE. WHEN EMPLOYEE GOES BACK TO OPERATORS STATION TO OPERATE MACHINE ANDSITS DOWN, LOOSE DRAW SLATE FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRIKES EXPOSEL RIGHT LOWER LEG.
August 21, 1985
OH · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
MACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A SHIELD WHEN THE PAN CAME BACK AND PINCHED HIS H AND BETWEEN THE CONTROL LEVER AND THE SPILL PLATE.
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
MOVING CABLE ANOTHER GUY LIFTED ONE WHILE MAN WAS LIFTING ANOTHER MAN TRIPPED AND FELL ON LFT WRIST
JACKING TANK DUSTER BACK ON TRACK WHEN JACK KICKED OUT STRIKING RIGHT HAND AND THEN STRIKING HIM ON LEFT LEG.FX RIGHT HAND,6 SUTURES RIGHT HAND,BUMP ON LEFT LEG.
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL LIFTING RAIL TO PUT ON FLAT CAR AND HE FELT HIS LOWER BACK POP.EMPL RETURNED NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT ON 8-22 THEN HE MISSED NEXT 3 SHIFTS 8-23,8-24,AND 8-26.COMPLETED SHOFT IN 8-21.
August 21, 1985
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING MINER CABLE AND A PIECE OF CLOD FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAL AND NECK. HE SUFFERED COMPANION FRACTURE OF C-5 VENTEBRAE.
August 21, 1985
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine
MAN STATED THAT HE JUMPED DOWN OFF OF A STAMLER FEEDER AND WHEN HE LANDED ON THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK
August 21, 1985
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Martin Co. Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
VICTIM AND I.NAME WERE ROOF BOLTING WITH A FLETCHER TWIN-BOOM DDM-15 ROOF BOLTER VICTIM REACHED TO GET A BOLT WRENCH AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLT WRENCH AND THE MAST ASSEMBLY OF THE LEFT BOOM THE BOOM WAS BEING LOWERED BY HYDRAULIC POWER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE BOLT WRENCH WAS LAYING NEAR THE DESCENDING MAST ASSEMBLY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT
Con-Lime Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
CHUTE FROM FEEDER BECAME PLUGGED WITH AN OLD PIECE OF STEEL WHILE CRUSHING SYSTEM WAS SHUTDOWN AND REMOVAL OF STEEL TOOK PLACE WHILE REMOVING THE PIECE OF STEEL IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THE VICTI MS TWO FINGERS BETWEEN THE SKIRTBOARD AND THE PIECE OF STEEL
August 21, 1985
PA · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
MACHINERY
Barnes & Tucker Company · Struck against stationary object
MAN WAS WALKING BEHIND A CONTINOUS MINER, OPERATING SAME VIA REMOTE CONTROL. STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST OVERHANG IN ROOF AND TWISTED HIS NECK - STRAIN OF NECK.
August 21, 1985
PA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bcnr Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects
WALKING IN EMPTY TRACK OF THE 3 EAST SECTION INJURED SLIPPED ON THE AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND INJURED HIS LEFT WRIST.
August 21, 1985
PA · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barnes & Tucker Company · Struck against a moving object
MAN BUMPED RIGHT KNEE ON FLIGHT CAUSING A BRUISE.
Doe Run Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
HE WENT BACK TO CHECK ON SWING THAT HE HAD JUST BLASTED. HE ENTERED TOO SOON AFTER BLASTING AND INHALED TOXIC FUMES FROM BLASTING WITH AN/FO
August 21, 1985
PA · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Ltv Steel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS BETWEEN LOADS CUTTING LOADS WHEN CARS MOVED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS SHOULDERS.
August 21, 1985
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Hoopwood Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN WAS HELPING ON BOLTER, REPLACING BOLTS AT PORTAL OF #2 ENTRY. THE TOP WAS 9\ HIGH AND THE BOLTER OPERATOR NEEDED HELP HOLDING HIS STEEL TO START A HOLE. THE BOLTER STEEL CAME LOOSE AND HI T THE MAN HELPING ON THE HAND, HURTING HIS THUMB.
August 21, 1985
PA · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
POWERED HAULAGE
Glen Irvan Corp · Struck against stationary object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE MINE ON A JEEP. THE JEEP WENT OVER A PROP CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BOUNCE UP AND HIT THE ROOF WITH HIS LEFT KNEE.
Florence Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING TROLLEY POLE ON AN OPEN TRACK JEEP AS HE WAS TURNING THE POLE HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE RESISTER BOX INJURING HIS LEFT RIB CAGE - BRUISE.
August 21, 1985
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
welder (shop)
MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE STATES3SHE GOT SOMETHING IN HER EYE WHILE DOING SOME GRINDING.
INJURED WAS SNAKING A PLUGGED UP NOSE WHEN THE HOSE UNCOUPLED AND STRATOSEAL FLEW INTO HIS FACE THE STRATOSEAL CAUSED AN ABRASION TO THE CONJUNCTIVA OF THE RIGHT EYE.
August 21, 1985
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maryland Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS WHILE TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT SKIDS ONE SLIPPED HIT MY LEFT LEG AT SHIN BONE AREA
INJ WAS HANGING VENTILATION TUBING WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM THE FACE
August 21, 1985
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STACKING BAGS AND TURNED AND HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED.
August 21, 1985
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Ray Mines Division · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REPLACING A CLAMPING CYLINDER ON A CONE CRUSHER WHEN HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CYLINDER AND A HANDRAIL
August 21, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rock Products Of Texas · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CUTTING RUBBER BELT SKIRTING WITH BELT KNIFE - K JERKED KNIFE AND CUT R HAND THAAT WAS HOLDING THE RUBBER BELT
August 21, 1985
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE MOVING STEEL, I NAME CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL AND STEEL RACK.
August 21, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE INSTALLIN1 A NEW HEAD PULLEY ON SWITCH BACK CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by falling object
REPAIRING THE CLAY PUMP HE DROPPED THE FOWLER PLATE ON HIS HAND.
August 21, 1985
NM · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chevron Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME WAS REPAIRING MUD FLAP ON HAUL TRUCK #2250 THE BRACKET WAS BENT AND HE TOOK A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEND IT BACK IN PLACE EMP WAS STANDING ON STEP AND SWUNG HAMMER TO HIT BRACKET WHEN HE MIS MISSED THE BRACKET AND CAUSING PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
August 21, 1985
WA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Centralia Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
WHILE I.NAME WAS SPREADING LARGE PIT RUN ROCK AT THE WELDERS LDA HE BACKED OVER A BERM AND DOZER 2440 CAME DOWN HARD ON ANOTHER ROCK THE SEAT BOTTOMED OUT AND A PAIN STARTED IN HIS LOWER ABDO MEN AND GROIN AREA
MAN WAS WORKING AROUND #7 BEDGRATE DRIVE, WHEN CLINKER DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE. HE APPARENTLY RUBBED THE EYE, CAUSING THE ABRASIONS.
August 21, 1985
OH · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME WAS SHOV9LING AT THE BIN, WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL THAT HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM A BELT HEAD CAME OVER THE DRIVE AND STRUCK I.NAME IN THE SHOULDER
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
EE STATES WAS HAMMERING ON BELT SPLICES PAIN BURNING RIGHT ARM & LEFT WRIST.
C & N Coal Company · Struck by falling object
MOVING DRILL FROM ONE SIDE OF MINE TO THE OTHER WITH SCOOP.DRILL TURNED OVER AND HIT HIS RIBS.
August 21, 1985
AL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PINNING OVERCAST,WHILE LIFTING 6\ PINS HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
August 21, 1985
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
INJURED STATES I WAS BENT OVER MOVING UP SHIELDS WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE SHIELDS AND HIT MY BACK
August 21, 1985
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
WAS DRIVING A SCOOP AND PUSHING ANOTHER SCOOP THAT HAD STOPPED RUNNING. THE SCOOP THAT HE WAS PUSHING WENT THRU A LOW SPOT AND CAUGHT THE FRONT OF MY SCOOP, LIFTING IT ABOUT 3 FT INTO THE AIR THEN DROPPING IT THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO JARR.
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATE "I WENT INOT FACE TO SHOOT, WAS PACKING POWER WHEN I WALKED INTO A PIN BOARD, I CAUGHT MYSELF TO PREVENT MYSEFT FROM FALLING AND TWISTED MY LOWER BACK.
Fray Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS IS SITTING POSITION EATING LUNCH - HE HAS SAT DOWN BETWEEN RIB & TIMBERS - A ROCK RANGING FROM 1 TO 2 1/2" THICKNESS 4\ LONG & 3 1/2\ WIDE FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB & ROOFBOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HIS BACK, RIBS & RIGHT FOOT.
August 21, 1985
AL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A PIN IN TRAVEL CHAIN ON DRAGLINE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRAINED BACK
Saginaw Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE MAND WAS TAKING DRUM OF OIL OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR TO SERVICE MAINER HE SMASHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN DRUM OF OIL AND MINER BOOM
August 21, 1985
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
HE SAID THE AIR SEAT LOST ITS CHARGE & JARRED HIS BACK. COULD FIND NO DEFECT IN THE SEAT & ITS RUN 6 SHIFTS SINCE THE ACCIDENT & HASN\T HAPPENED AGAIN.
Cold Spring Granite Company · Struck by falling object
STONE TIPPED OVER ONTO TOE.
August 21, 1985
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
CLEANING IN \\A\\ MILL ROOM CEMENT DUST FELL ON EMPL.
Maple Meadow Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHILE PUTTING NUT ON A BOLT ON FEEDER/CRUSHER WHILE ANOTHER CO-WORKER HELD SHIELD UP WITH SLATE BAR. BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT MAN\S FINGER ON EDGE OF SHIELD AS IT FELL.
August 20, 1985
IL · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WHILE IN SHOWER ROOM AT END OF SHIFT RAISED HIS BASKET TO UPRIGHT POSITION-HIS BASKET BUMPED ANOTHER BASKET IN UPRIGHT POSITION AND A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON 3 RD FINGER OF RIGHT HAND. RESULTED IN A FRACTURE.
August 20, 1985
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Eagle Nest Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS WALKING BENT SLIGHTLY FORWARD FROM DINNER AREA BVACK TO WORK AREA WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST HALF-HEADER ATTACHED TO MINE ROOF THUS STAVING HIS NECK
Bcnr Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE INSTALLING 60 BLS TRACK EMPLOYEE STOPPED TO EAT LUNCH. AFTER RESUMING WORK INJURED FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object
MAN STATED, THAT PIECE OF CLOD FELL HITTING HIM ON HEAD & BACK WHILE SHOVELING ON BELT LINE.
August 20, 1985
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
BOLTING ON 1+ SIDE OF C/M RAISED A JOINT OF VENT TUBING TO HANG SLIPPED PUT HIS HAND OUT TO BREAK FALL TWISTED LEFT ARM-DIAGNISIS AS POSSIBLE ROTATOR CUFF TEAR.
August 20, 1985
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Bagdad Copper Corp · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE REPORT8 WAS BACKING TRUCK TO SHOVEL AND DIPPER WASN'T DROPPED, HIT SHOVEL CAUSING DECELERATION TO MID AND LOWER BACK.
August 20, 1985
AL · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R & S Materials Inc · Fall from machine
EXCESSIVE GREASE ON MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR WAS STANDING ON SAME STEAM CLEANING SAME SLIPPED & FELL OFF GRADER LANDED ON RT LEG ME CONTUSION/MEDIAL COLLATUAL LIGAMENT STRAIN RT KNEE
August 20, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S G Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS BE3DING A ROOF BOLT & SAID HE HURT HIS BACK (NO REPORT WAS TURNED IN UNTIL 090685) THIS REPORT IS BEING SENT IN DUE TO & AS A RESULT OF AN AUDIT ON 011486
August 20, 1985
IL · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Arch Of Illinois · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE JARRED BACK COMING OUT OF NO 2 INCLINE 6360 PIT ON 6 COAL HE HIT A HOLE
August 20, 1985
OH · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cravat Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING PIECE OF STEEL AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.
DRILLING WHEN ROCK FELL OFF THE WALL AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT
August 20, 1985
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Duval Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMP WAS CHECKING LOCATION OF SODIUM HYDROSULFIDE LINE AND FITTING CAME LOOSE, SPRAYING LIQUID INTO FACE
August 20, 1985
IN · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Contract Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMP WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE CRUSHER AND WAS LIFTING A 10X10X4 TIE HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK
Lynn Coal Company Of Va Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
INJURED WAS UND9R RIPPER HEAD TIGHTING BOLTS WITH A WRENCH AND SLEDGE HAMMER. HE SWUNG THE HAMMER, MISSED THE WRENCH, PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.
Roxana Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX. 3\X3\X3" FELL ON SIXXX SAID PERSON WHILE HE WAS PREFORMING USUAL DUTY AS A ROOF BOLT HELPER CAUSING INJURIES TO THE HEAD REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION.
Saginaw Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects
AS RECOVING STONE FROM TAILPIECE - STONE BROKE CAUSING MAN TO STRIKE HEAD ON JACK PIPE.
August 20, 1985
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
MACHINERY
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WAS PARKED IN ROADWAY AND HAD SCOOP BLOCKED INJ ATTEMPTED TO TRAM ROOF BOLTING MACHINE OUT OF THE WAY AS HE DID HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY THE MACHINE BOUNCED UP AND CAME DOWN ON HIS RT FOOT
C & R Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR PULLING LOOSE DRAW ROCK WITH SLATE BAR ROCK FELL ON SLATE BAR KNOCKING SLATE BAR AGAINST HIS LEG, TWISTED HIS KNEE
August 20, 1985
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennweir Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO USE FORK LIFT IN SHOP WENT TO REMOVE TONGUE AS TO USE ONLY FORKS AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK
August 20, 1985
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
STACKING BUCKETS BEHIND MATERIAL YARD AT B SHAFT WEIGHING 80 LBS EA. DROPPED BUCKET ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE ONTO CAR AND STRAINED BACK.
August 20, 1985
WV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millville Quarry Inc · Fall from machine
JUMPED WHILE DR2PPING RR CARS-TWISTED KNEE INJURY-TORN LIGAMENTS.
August 20, 1985
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
VICTIM SAS HAULING SUPPLIES ON SCOOP. CANOPY OF SCOOP CAUGHT TOP AND BROKE CANOPY CATCHING VICTIMS R HAND BETWEEN CANOPY AND SCOOP FRAME FRACTURING R HAND
August 20, 1985
HI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hilo Coast Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE REMOVING OVER SIZED ROCK FROM CRUSHER TONGS USED TO LIFT ROCK SLIPPED AND TONGS STRUCK FOOT BRUSING IT.
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS ASSIGNED TO CUT & CARRY PROPS TO REINFORCE AN AREA IN A OUTBY AIR COURSE. DURING THE COURSE OF T HE SHIFT SHE HAD HELPED CATT SEVERAL PROPS TOT H E BELT & THEN THROW THE PROPS ONTO & OVER THE BELT. NO REPORT WAS MADE ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. BUT THE EE CALLED IN ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED UNTIL 8-23-85.
Plateau Mining Company · Contact with electrical current
INJURED WAS STARTING TO WORK ON THE 110 VOLT CONTROL CIRCUIT IN THE OPERATOR\S COMPARTMENT OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER,WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ENERGIZED 480 V CIRCUIT FEEDING THE CUTTER M MOTORS.HE SUFFERED BURNS ON THE THUMB AND FIRST THREE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND.
Greenwich Collieries-Div/Pa Mines Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPL PULLING MINER CABLE BY HAND AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
August 20, 1985
IL · Coal
chute blaster, rockman, hang-up man, raise blaster
POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
RIDING ON MOTOR ON WAY OUT, POLE CAME OFF MOTOR AND KNOCKED ROCK DOWN, HIT HARD HAT AND BRIDGE OF NOSE. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
August 20, 1985
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING IN THE HAULAGE ROAD AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE-SPRAINED RT. ANKLE.
Vulcan Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE ROLLING BARRELS-EMPTY-FROM GREASE RACK ONTO TRUCK. BARREL SLIPPED FROM GRASP & EE MADE ATTEMPT TO CATCH IT OFF BALANCE & STRAINE BACK.
August 20, 1985
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING R-50 EUCLID ROCK TRUCK RT WRIST HIT STEERING WHEEL REINJURING ARM BROKEN ON 6-25-84 CRACKED IN SAME BREAK AREZ
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
LAYING BLOCK STOPPING TRIPPED ON BLOCK AND HIT RT FOOT ON BLOCK
North River Energy Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL HELPING PULL AND CONNECT PANLINE TOGETHER AFTER REMOVING SECTION OF THE PANLINE.A HEAVY CHAIN AND HOOK COMB BEING USED AND CONNECTED FROM PANLINE TO CONVEYOR CHAIN.WHEN CONVEYOR ENERGIZED THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE AND WAS THROWN IN EMPL DIRECTION STRIKING HIM.
Webster County Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMP WAS INSTALLING DOWNCOMERS IN BOTTOM OF SHAFT STRAINED
August 20, 1985
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Scotts Branch Mine · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ON MANTRIP, A PIECE OF SCALE FELL FROM THE TOP AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK.
Pete Lien & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING AND LOADING HOLES FOR A SHOT AND HAD BEEN CARRYING HEAVY BAGS OF ANFO HE HAD BEEN USING HIS BACK EXTENSIVELY THAT DAY
August 20, 1985
OH · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nacco Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMP WAS LIFTING A T RAILING CABLE FOR A C/M MACHINE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE CABLE OVER HEAD OF MINING MACHINE HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
August 20, 1985
AL · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WALKING OVER TO TURN OFF AIR VALVE,TRIPPED ON HOSE.
August 20, 1985
PA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Florence Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY HIT RIB RIB FELL DOWN STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ANKLE AND LEFT KNEE.
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING BOLT TO ROOF BOLTER WHEN A STONE FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER.
August 20, 1985
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL STANDING WITH ONE FOOT ON TOP OF TRACK OF DOZER AND THE OTHER FOOT ON THE PUSH ARM,HE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOOR AND LOST HIS BALANCE.AS HE FELL BACKWARD HIS FOOT CAUGHT AN D HE LANDED ON THE GROUND ON HIS LOWER BACK.FALL WAS 5\.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects
EMP WAS TIGHTENING A ROOF BOLTER WHEEL NUT WITH RATCHET AND CHEATER BAR- BAR SLIPPED LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST ROOF BLOLT MACHINE
August 20, 1985
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sipple Brick Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMP HAD LUBRICA7ED THE APRON FEEDER THE OIL DRIPPED ON FLOOR EMP WAS CLEANING DIRT AND SAND FROM GRINDER BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON OIL AND FELL HE FELL AGAINST BELT AND THEN AGAINST WALL
August 20, 1985
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Three Rivers Rock Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS USING SMALL STEEL PRY BAR TO PRY A HYP LINE OFF A HIGHWAY HAUL TRUCK WHEN THE CORNER OF THE LINE BROKE CAUSING THE BAR TO SLIP AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT TESTICLE
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING COAL ALONG A CONVEYOR BELT
August 20, 1985
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH
August 20, 1985
KY · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck by falling object
STANDING BETWEEN 2 SHIELDS & A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL.
August 20, 1985
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A FLAP GATE IN THE F-K PUMP WHEN I T FELL ON HIS LEFT RING FINGER.
August 20, 1985
SD · Metal/Non-Metal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
MACHINERY
Wharf Resources (USA) Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CAT 245 SHOVEL DIGGING ROCK FROM THE PIT. HE WAS PRYING A ROCK LOOSE WITH THE SHOVEL BUCKET WHEN THE ROCK CAME LOOSE THE SHOVEL JOLTED FORWARD STRAINING THE OPERATORS BACK.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS UNLOADING A RAM CAR TRAILER TIRE OUT OF THE PARTS JEEP. THE TIRE BOUNCED BACK, CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE BODY OF THE JEEP.
August 20, 1985
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Monarch Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMP WAS WALKING OUT OF ROTARY KILN AND SLIPPED ON CURVED SURFACE OF THE KILN FALLING AGAINST A FORKLIFT TRUCK EMP CONTINUED TO WORK WITH SOME DISCOMFORT UNTIL HE WENT TO THE DR ON 10-22-85
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
EMP WAS OPERATING UNITRACK AND BUMPING AND BOUCNCING AROUND WHILE CLEANING RIBS STRAINED LOWER BACK
August 19, 1985
IL · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPL STOPPED HIS MOTOR ON TRACK ENTRY JUST INBY 9E M.S. SWITCH PULLING ONE LOADED AND ONE EMPTY CAR.THE 2ND MOTORMAN FOLLOWING BEHIND AND NOT SEEING OTHER MOTOR HAD STOPPED AND ROLLED BACK.THE 2ND MOTORMAN APPLIED BRAKES CAUSING HIM TO SLIDE AND HIT SUPPLY CARS THROWING MOTORMAN OUT OF MOTOR ONTO SUPPLY CAR.
August 19, 1985
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Prairie Materials Sales Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME GOT OFF 7O PUT A CHAIN AROUND THE SKID PLATE. HE FAILED TO PUT THE BUCKET DOWN OR BLOCK THE WHEELS AS HE HAD BEEN INFORMED TO DO BEFORE. THE MACHINE BEING ON AN INCLINE ROLLED AHEAD WIT H BUCKET CATCHI3G HIS LEFT LEG BREAKING THE BONE IN THE LOWER PART
Monarch Cement Company · Struck against stationary object
INJURED WAS WALKING IN FINISH GRIND DEPARTMENT AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE CLINKER AND HIT ELBOW.
August 19, 1985
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Fred Weber Inc · Struck against stationary object
WALKING ACROSS YARD BETWEEN PORTABLE PLANT AND SHOP WHEN HE APPARENTLY STEPPED ONTO LOOSE ROCK AND TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE
August 19, 1985
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MAN WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER FROM A LIME TANK AT A TREATMENT PLANT. HE MISSED A RUNG ON LADDER AND SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 4 FEET MAN FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
August 19, 1985
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED MAN WAS DESCENDING METAL STAIRWAY IN THE PROPORTIONING BUILDING AND AS HE STEPPED ON THE BOTTOM STAIR, HE CLAIMS HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF.
August 19, 1985
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Armstrong Cement & Supply Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TWISTED R/HIP - OFF BALANCE MOVEMENT, TRYING TO CATCH 1 BAG OF CEMENT ON CONVEYOR BELT - 8-21-85 DR SAID TO STAY OFF LEG
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMP WAS WORKING ON WATER LINE TO FEEDER THE VALVE BURST AND HOT WATER HIT HER IN ABDOMEN
Kocher Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT LOADING CHUTE ROCK BECAME LODGED IN CHUTE AND EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF LOOSENING SAID ROCK
August 19, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THIS MAN SAID HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WHEN BOLT BENT STRIKING AND BREAKING HIS THUMB.
August 19, 1985
IL · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPL LIFTING ROOFBOLTS WHEN HE SLIPPED.
August 19, 1985
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
The Monarch Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SMALL RAKE WITH 21/2" BLADE AND 36" HANDLE (THE EQUIVALENT TO A FIREPLACE TOOL) TO SEARCH THROUGH PULVERIZED COAL BED FOR FOREIGN MATTER. ROLLS OF MILL WERE STILL SPINNING AND CAUGHT RAKE AND THRUST THE "T" SHAPED HANDLE AGAINST COAL MILL DOOR; MASHED RING FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE AND DOOR FRAME OF MILL.
August 19, 1985
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS CLEANING OUT THE SCOOP BUCKET AND WHEN HE STEPPED BETWEEN THE BLADE AND THE RAM OF THE BUCKET WHEN SCOOP ROLLED CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL BUMPING HIS KNEE ON THE BU CKET OF THE SCO2P
Evans Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
STRAINED LEG WHILE PUSHING ON WRENCH DEVELOPED BLOOD CLOT IN LEG.
Kaiser Cement Corp · Struck by flying object
EMP WAS STRAIGHTENING STEEL TEETH ON A LOADER BUCKET A STEEL FRAGMENT SPLINTERED OFF BUCKET AND WAS PROJECTED INTO EMPLOYEES LEG
August 19, 1985
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WHILE REPLACING KING PIN ON BACKHOE HAMMERING PUNCH TO DRIVE KING PIN OUT OF AXLE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF PUNCH STRUCK LEFT HAND
August 19, 1985
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Potomac Coal Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
SLIPPED & FELL APPROX 10FT FROM 1 LEVEL OF PLANT FLOOR TO NEXT LWCWL QHILW HW QA OUTSIDE PLATFORM WHEN HE WAS REACHING FOR A HOSE & LOST HIS FOOTING
Pioneer Construction Materials Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE TRIPPED OVER A ROOT WITH HIS RT FOOT & CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RT FOOT SPRAINING HIS FOOT.
August 19, 1985
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object
OPERATING MANTRIP CAUGHT HEAD ON HEADER CAPLAMP
August 19, 1985
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
East Ridge Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
SLIPPED WHILE PULLING FUEL LOSE TO FUEL MACHINE.SPRAINED SHOULDER.
Somerset Coal Company · Struck by flying object
HAMMERING ON A CUTER HUB AND A PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM ON THE ARM AND WENT TO THE BONE
August 19, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge Corp · Fall down stairs
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING UP STEPS OF TOWER, KNEE LOCKED UP CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS LEFT KNEE.
August 19, 1985
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
INJ EMPL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY BELT NOT RUNNING STRAIGHT ON DISCHARGE ROLLER AND BELT SPLICE CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HIS RIGHT HAND INTO AND AROUND DISCHARGE ROLLER.
August 19, 1985
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Arizona Portland Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHILE CARRYING LADDER FROM WORK LOCATION EMPLOYEE STEPPED OVER A MACHINE GUARD MISJUDGING THE DIFFERENCE IN FLOOR LEVELS LOST HIS BALANCE AND STRUCK FOOT AGAINST FLOOR.
August 19, 1985
OH · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A ROLL OF BELTING ONTO A LOWBOY, THE ROLL SPUN AROUND AND WHEN HE TRIED TO KEEP IT FROM ROLLING BACK, HE STRAINED HIS GROIN.
August 19, 1985
CO · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Powderhorn Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
MINER USING BOBCAT LOADER DOING CLEANUP AROUND PREP PLANT.CLUTCH GRABBED CAUSING LOADER TO JUMP THROWING MINERS HEAD AGAINST PIPE.RESULT WAS BRUISED AND FX NOSE.
Mathies Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A LOADED 900 TON BARGE AGAINST A RIVER CELL A 11/2 INCH ROPE SUPPED AND STRUCK VICTIM IN LEFT ANKLE FRACTURING SAME.
August 19, 1985
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Albuquerque Gravel Products Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
IMPROPER TURNING BY INJ WHILE CARRYING LOAD.
August 19, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJ CAUGHT HER FINGER BETWEEN ATRS AR ON ROOF BOLTER AND ATRS EXTENSION BLOCKWHILE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THE EXTENSION
Pontiki Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WHILE LOADING A PIECE OF BELT INTO A 5TON BATTERY TRACK LOCOMOTIVE ON THE NO. 3 SECTION, THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIMSELF IN THE GROIN AREA.
August 19, 1985
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Norlite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL LIFTING TOP OFF FUEL TANKS WHEN HE FELT STRAIN IN HIS BACK.
August 19, 1985
MO · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
I,NAME WAS OPERATING A DOZER WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK WHICH HAD FALLEN OUT OF A SIDE CUT. THE JOLT OF THE DOZER RUNNING OVER THE ROCK CAUSED A BACK SPRAIN. THIS OCCURRED WHILE I,NAME WAS OPERAT ING THE DOZER IN THE SPOIL.
August 19, 1985
IL · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATED3LIFTED HIS SHUTTLE CAR TIRE OFF TO LOSEN CABLE WHEN HE DID THIS HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT HAND. HE WENT BACK TO HIS DOCTOR ON 10-14-85 AND TOLD HE HAD A TORN LIGAMENT IN HIS RIGHT IN8EX FINGER AND WOULD NEED SURGERY. THIS WAS PREFORMED ON 12-30-85.
Martiki Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP STATED HE WAS CLIMBING #007 SHOVEL LADDER WITH ONE HAND USING OTHER HAND TO HOLD DINNER BUCKET AND STRAINED BACK WHILE PULLING HIMSELF UP LADDER THERE IS A ROPE PROVIDEDON EACH SHOVEL FOR EMPLOYEES TO TIE OBJECT TO AND PULL THEM UP TO SHOVEL THEY ARE TAUGHT TO USE THREE POINT CONTACT AT ALL T IMES WHILE ACCENDING OR DECENDING EQUIPMENT
August 19, 1985
CT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
John J Brennan Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SPRAINED BACK WHILE BARRING CHUNK IN CRUSHER
August 19, 1985
OH · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
MACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE LONGWALL WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE SHIELDS AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND.