BACKED QUARRY H5UL TRICK TO CLOSE TO EDGE OF STOCKPILE DUMPING AREA ANDTRUCK OVERTURNED.
Mining Incidents in October 1987
All MSHA-reportable mining accidents in October 1987, sorted by severity. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities
- 10
- Total incidents
- 3,299
- Period
- October 1987
Top operators this month
- 01 Consolidation Coal Company 132 incidents
- 02 Peabody Coal Company 123 incidents
- 03 Eastern Associated Coal Corp 68 incidents
- 04 Beth Energy Mines Inc 65 incidents
- 05 Jim Walter Resources Inc 54 incidents
Most recent 500 incidents
Showing the 500 most recent of 3,299 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.
THE MAN WAS INS7ALLING FISH PLATES ALONG THE 2 WEST TRACK WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A GALIS TRACK JEEP THAT WAS PROPELLED INTO HIM BY A RUNAWAY MOTOR TRIP (5 LOADED CARS AND 1 15 TON MOTOR THE GA LIS JEEP STRUCK3THE MAN AND CARRIED HIM APPROX 27 FT PINNING HIM AGAINST AN OVERCAST
THE VICTIM WAS 2PERATING A CAT D-8 DOZER RIPPING MATERIAL ON A BENCH. HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE AND THE DOZER STARTED TO TIP OVER. THE VICTIM JUMPED OUT AND THE DOZER ROLLED OVER ON HIM.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 SUPERVISING THE REMOVAL SHEAVES FROM THE DRAGLINE BOOM THE P & H CRANE OPERATOR HAD THE JIB IN THE AIR PREPARING TO LIFT THE HOIST CABLES OF THE DRAGLINE BOOM AND WHEN HE HAD LIFTED THE CAB5E APPROX 8 IN THE JIB FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE AT THE BASE OF HIS HEAD THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT KNOCKED HIM INTO THE DRAGLINE SHEAVE THUS CAUSING THE CRUSHING FATAL INJURY TO EMPL
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING BRICK FROM THE KILN USING A CASE UNI-LOADER WITH A JACK HAMMER ATTACHMENT. HE LEANED OUT OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAB (RESON UNKNOWN) WITH THE HYDRALIC ARMS IN THE RAISED POSTION. THE A9M DROPPED AND PINNED THE EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE FRAME. HE LIFTED THE ARM OFF OF HIS BODY, SHUT OFF THE MACHINE AND WALKED APPROX. 20' BEFORE COLLAPPING.
INSTALLED A NEW3HYDRAULIC LINE JOB WAS COMPLETED MECHANIC WAS 15-20 FT CLEAR OF MACHINE TOLD OPERATOR TO START IT UP AND TRY IT OUT OPERATOR CT STARTED MACHINE AND TURNED IT AWAY FROM THE ME CHANIC THE MECH5NIC WENT UNDERNEATH THE OPERATING MACHINE ON HIS OWN W/O SIGNALING OPERATOR TO TELL HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH A 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AFTER BOLT WAS INSTALLED A LARGE ROCK THAT THE ROOF BOLT HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN FELL AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEES HEAD BETWE EN THE ROCK AND3THE DRILL HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING LEAD MOTOR WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO A WAGON AND TAIL MOTOR IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE WAGON WENT OFF TRACK AND IN TURN CAUSED THE LEAD MOTOR TO DERAIL THE LEAD MOTOR IMPACTED WITH A CONCRET9 BLOCK WALL WHICH FELL DOWN AND CRUSHED THE EMPLOYEE
TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE FATALLY INJURED WHEN A ROCK SLIDE OCCURRED. I,NAME WAS OPERATING A 235 CATERPILLAR BACKHOE USED TO LOAD EUCLID DUMP TRUCKS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A GARDNER DENVER TRACK DRILL. T2E ROCK SLIDE OCCURRED CRUSHING THECAB OF THE BACKHOE, KNOCKING HIM OUT OF THE CAB AND COVERING HIM ALONG THE INSIDE OF THE TRACKS. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES ALONG THE T
I,NAME WAS FATA5LY INJURED WHEN AN UNPLANNED SLOPE FAILURE OCCURRED. SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF LARGE BOULDERS AND LOOSE MATERIAL FROM APPROX. 70 FT HIGH PIT HIGHWALL FAILED, BURYING AND CRUSHIN G THE TRACK DRI5L OPERATOR.
I.NAME CLAIMED 4HILE HE WAS PREPAIRING TO CHECK B C SCREENS HE WAS LIFTING UP THE DISCHARGE CHUTE WITH 3 OTHER EMPLOYEES HE FELT A PULL AND SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER RT ABDOMEN APPROX 3 WEEKS L ATER WHILE AT H2ME HE FELT MORE PAIN AGAIN THIS TIME MORE SEVERE HE THEN WENT TO THE DOCTOR
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO CARRY A CONTINOUS MINER HEADJACK EXPERIENCED SORENESS NEXT DAY
EMP WAS REPLACI3G A CENTER PIN ON THE LEAF SPRINGS OF A SERVICE TRUCK THE TRUCK WAS SUPPORTED BY 2 BLOCKS AND A JACK UNDER THE MAIN FRAME AND THE SPRINGS BY A FLOR JACK. AS THE FLOOR JACK WAS LOWERED TO 9EADJUST THE OTHER JACK SLIPPED CAUSING THE AXLE TO FALL STRIKING EMPLOYEE
HELPING PULL MO7OR INTO HEAD DRIVE,RESTING HIS F LEFT HAND ON WIRE ROPE AND PUSHING ON MOTOR WITH RIGHT.AS ROPE MOVED INWARD EMPL LEFT HAND WENT INTO SHEAVE WHEEL CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING GD-83 DRILL FROM BUCKET EMPLOYEE FELT STRAIN BUT DID NOT REALIZE HIS INJURY
MECHANIC WAS IN8TALLING CUTTER BAR ON MACHINE WHEN ALINING ADJUSTMENT SCREW FOR CUTTER CHAIN RT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ADJUSTING SCREW AND SOCKET FOR ADJUSTING SCREW CUTTING FINGER OF F AT FIRST JOIN7 FROM NAIL
BELT FROM UNDER3DRY SCREEN STGALLED & WHEN RESTARTED MOTOR PULLEY WAS SPINNING BUT V-BELTS WERE NOT MOVING FOREMAN THEN CLIMBED ONTO UNUSED BELT WHICH WAQS ADJECENT & PROCEED TO HIT MIDDLE OF V-BELTS WITH TH9 HEEL OF HIS GLOVED HAND TO TIGHTEN TENSION GLOVE WAS CAUGHT & PULLED INTO V-PULLEY SEVERING FOREMANS RT.THUMB AT FIRST JOINT LENGTHY SEARCH COULD NOT LOCATE THUMB FOR POSSIBLE
WHILE EMP WAS H2OKING A BOULDER HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS GROIN. RESULT IN RIGHT INGUINAL HERNIA AND WAAS TAKEN OFF THE JOB FOR SURGERY
EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 HE WAS REPAIRING BELT USING A SHIEVE WHEEL WHEN THE MOTOR BACKED OFF ON THE CABLE CAUSING LEFT HAND TO BE PULLED INTO THE SHIEVE WHEEL
WHILE DRIVING J9EP INTO MINES PASSED A 2ND JEEP & THEY BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER & HAND ON HIS PAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HIS JEEP LIGHT POST & JEEP PAN & HIS LEFT RING FINGER 1ST JOINT WAS CUT OF F 3
PULLING CORE FR2M HOLE TO DO THIS PULL ROPE IS WRAPPED AROUND BULL HEAD WITH 3 LAPS FOR PULLING THE TIGHT END OVERLAPPED THE WRAPS ON BULL HEAD WHICH IN TURN WINDS UP SLACK ROPE WE SURMISE HI S GLOVE GOT CAU1HT ON ROPE AND PULLED HIS THUMB IN UNDER WRAPPING OF ROPE HE PULLED HIMSELF FREE WHILE ANOTHER MAN SHUT OFF MACHINE
LIFTING RR TIE 6NDER TRUCK SMASHED RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN BED OF TRUCK AND TIE CUTTING OFF TIP OF THUMB RIGHT BELOW FINGERNAIL.
I.NAME WAS WORK3NG AS POCKETMAN & WAS DROPPING R.R.CARS FROM POCKET AREA (#8 TRACK) TO TAIL-TRACK AREA #9-TRACK HE WAS PULLING DROP HOSE OVER #24 RAIL-SWITCH SO LOADER OPERATOR CAOULD PULL HO SE BACK TO POCK9T AREA WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN H IS LEFT GROIN AREA
TEARING CRUSHER3APART, RUNNING AN AIR WRENCH, STRAINED STOMACH MUSCLES
EMPLOYEES WERE 6SING TORCH TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM FLANGE ON TANK AND WERE SEVERLY BURNED
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO TIGHTEN JAW ON JAW CRUSHER EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM MAIN FRAME OF PORTABLE CRUSHER ONTO TAILGATE OF A CO.VEHICLE TAILGATE SUDDENLY OPENED EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE & RT.HAND(R-RING)3FINGER MADE CONTACT WITH FLY WHEEL DRIVE
EMPL STANDING O3 TOP OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN LEVER AND LEVELING ARM.
I,NAME AND ANOT2ER MECHANIC WERE CHECKING THE BRAKES ON A DUMPSTER TRUCK THE OTHER MECHANIC WAS IN THE CAB APPLYING THE BRAKES, WHILE I,NAME WAS UNDER THE TRUCK TRYING TO DETECT AN AIR LEAK. I ,NAME CALLED TO3THE OTHER MECHANIC TO RELEASE THE BRAKES AND THE INJURED DID NOT REMOVE HIS FINGERS WHEN THEY WERE RELEASED AND PINCHED THEM BETWEEN THE WASHER AND A CYLINDER.
PICKED UP CHISE5 POINT & CARRIED IT UP STEPS.
PULLING CABLE O0F ROOF BOLTER REEL FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.WORKED UNTIL 1-4-88.
EMPLOYEE WAS PO6RING OPEN GEAR GREASE ON BULL GEAR AT SAND SCREW EMPLOYEE LOST RIGHT EAR THUMB & INDEX FINGER OF RT.HAND BROKEN COLLAR BONE ON RT.SIDE SOME BROKEN RIBS ON RT.SIDE AMPUTATION OF LEFT FOOT APPRO3.6 INCH.BELOW KNEE
HAND CAUGHT IN 5 BELTS WHEN OTHER OPERATOR STARTED IT BY MISCOMMUTING
PULLING ON DRIL5 THAT HAD STUCK IN THE HOLE RUPTURED RIGHT LOWER STOMACH.
WHILE OPERATING3CRUSHER,ROCK BECAME CAUGHT IN BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT.TRIED TO FREE ROCK AND PINKY ON LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT CUTTING TIP OF PINKY OFF TO 1ST KNUCKLE.
WE WERE CLEANIN1 UP A ROCK FALL. HE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER, THE STEEL WAS LONG AND HE WAS HELPING HOLD IT STEADY. HES GLOVE CAUGHT IN A BURR OR WELD TWISTING AND TEARINGGLOVE OFF. THIS RES ULTED IN AN AM1UTATION OF THE FIRST JOINT ON LITTLE FINGER. ON HIS LEFT HAND. THE TWISTING OF THE GOLVE RESULTED IN THIS INJURY
EMPLOYEE TRAMMI3G MBC FROM FACE OF #2 ENTRY WHILE TRAMMING MACHINE RAN CRAWLER TRACK OVER TOES OF RIGHT FOOT THIS CAUSED SEVERE CRUSHING OF TOES RESULTING IN AMPUTATION IN HOSPITAL
EMPL LINING UP 2PENING FOR PANLINE PIN WHEN PANLINE SPRANG FORWARD CUT EMPL MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
THIS EMPLOYEE W5S INJURIED DURING HORSEPLAY WHILE ON DUTY. A CO WORKER HIT HIM IN THE EYE WITH A DIRT C LOD CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT EYE. AT TH IS TIME THE DR 7HINKS THERE WILL BE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING MOVE F BR ONTO LONGWALL FACE IN PRE PARATION TO REMOVE SHILED DURING LONGWALL MOVES. STRAINED LEFT GROIN AREA RESULTING IN A RUPTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING A STEEL PIPE IN A ROLL OF BELTING WHEN THE ROLL WAS PULLED THE PIPE CUT THUMB ON LEFT HAND. THUMB WAS CUT AND MASHED AND WAS LATER AMPUTETED AT FIRST JOINT.
LIFTING CEMENT 0ORMS OVER RETAINMENT WALL.
THE INJURED WAS3CLEANING PRODUCT FROM WIPER ON HEAD ROLLER OF OVERSIZE PRODEUCT BELT,WITH APUNCH WHILE BELT WAS RUNNING.THE PUNCH BETWEEN WIPER AND BELT ON HEAD ROLLER,PULLING FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND INTO THE 1INCH POINT.AMPUTATING THE FIRST JOINT OF LITTLE AND TWO MIDDLE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND.
BILLING UP SKIP3TO RESPOT & LAYED LEFT HAND ON BEAM BETWEEN LANDING GATES. CAGER PUSHED GATE CLOSED & I.NAMES LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS PICHED BETWEEN GATE & POST.
DRIVER EXPERIEN7ED DIZZINESS AND DROVE OFF SIDE OF ROAD VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BUT NOT TOTALED
MAINTENANCE WAS3TROUBLESHOOTING ENGINE PROBLEM ON TELETRAM. INJURED WAS ON TOP OF MACHINE & WAS CLIMBING DOWN WHEN HE REACHED FOR THE LIP ON RADIATOR ENCLOSURE & CONTACTED THE TURNING FAN. 3 FINGERS FRAC7URED 2 LACERATED.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING A GEAR INTO DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING. AS FELL INTO PLACE, EMPLOYEE DIDN'T REMOVE HAND QUICKLY ENOUGH. LOST TIP OF LEFT INDEX FINGER- APPROX. 1X1/2
EMPL IN STAGE L2ADER BURSTING RTOCK.ANOTHER EMPL UNDERSTOOD HIM SAY START THE CHAIN AND THEN HERARD HIM CALL FOR HELP AND DIDNT SEE HIM.THE CHAIN HAD RUN HIM UNDER ROCK CRUSHER.EMPL SUFFERED F X PELVIS,RIGHT 0OOT,DISLOCATED HIP JOINT AND 13 FX RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A FABRICATED ELECTRIC MOTOR ADJUSTING SLIDE (APPROX.WT.60LBS.) REPORTED WELLING IN LOWER ABDOMEN ON 100387 TOLD TO REPORT IN 3-4 DAYS IF SWELLING DID NOT GO DOWN SENT TO D OCTOR ON 1012873DIAGNOSED AS INGUINAL HERNIA SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 102987 NO LOST TIME AS OF 102887
EMP HAD GONE UP3DRILL MAST TO ATTACH A LIFT NIPPLE AND WINCH LINE ONTO A STEEL THAT HAD FALLEN OUT OF CAROSEL, WHILE MOVING RIG OVER ROUGH GROUND. AS THE MAN WAS CLIMBING DIWK SIDE OF MAST HI FOOT BECAME PIN7HED BETWEEN THE GUIDE ROLLER ON TRAVELING HEAD AND SOME ANGLE IRON SUPPORTS. THE INDIVIDUAL HAS LOST ALL TOES AND END OF FOOT
LIFTED A 90 LB 8TEEL DISC TO A WELDING BENCH CAUSING PAIN IN GROIN RT SIDE
INJURED WAS TRA4MING MINER THRU CROSSCUT 4 TO 5 AND WAS TURNING TO THE RIGHT INTO #5 ENTRY. INJURED HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF CANOPY. THERE WASA ROLL IN THE SEAM AND THE CANOPY HIT THE MINE ROOF PINCHING 3NJUREDS HAND BETWEEN CANOPY & MINE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING DUMP VALVE ON THE MILL LAB BUILDING VACUUM BAG HOUSE AND REACHED INTO THE ROTATING VALVE.HE HAD FORGOTTEN THAT HE HAD STARTED THE MACHINE RUNNING AND REACED INTO THE VALV E AREA TO CHECK3FOR FOREIGN MATERIAL.WHEN HE DID THIS THE ROTATING STAR VALVE CAUGHT THE END OF HIS LONG FINGER AND REMOVED IT.
INJURED WAS WAL5ING BACKWARD APPLYING ROCKDUST TO ROOF AND RIBS WHEN HISHEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ROOF. APPROX. 1 HOUR LATER INJURED COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN MIDDLE PART OF BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING FROM THE WORKING SECTION TO THE MANTRIP STATION EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELT A PAIN IN H IS SIDE (NOTE ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 110587 WHEN EMPLOYEE STGARTED MISSING W ORK 3
WHILE HELPING O3 PINNER PIECE OF ROCK FELL OFF RIB & HIT HIM IN UPPER PART OF BACK THE PIECE OF ROCK WAS 3IN T HICK 18IN LONG & 18IN WIDE
INJURED WAS REP5ACING LOWER BODY SECTION ON A CYCLONE. THESE SECTIONS ARE HEAVY AND YOU HAVE TO GET IN AN AWKWARD POSITION TO INSTALL THEM.
EMP STATED THAT3HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING A BUNDLE OF 6 FT ROOF BOLTS
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING OLD TIPS OFF CRUSHER HAMMER WHEN A PC.OF STEEL BROKE OFF & PUNCTURED LEFT LEG AT LOWER INNER CALF
TRANSL-R.DURAN 4SHA DENVER-EMPL DRIVING MACK TRUCK.ENGINE STALLED AND WAS WITHOUT STEERING CONTROL.THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS TOWARD ARTIFICIAL POND-LAKE.DRIVER JUMPED FROM TRUCK RECD BLOW ON LEFT LEG. 3
WORKING ON JOHN3DEERE 850 DOZER. PIN FLEW OFF AND WENT IN THE LEG.
WHEN GRADING TH9 ROAD UNDER BELT THE CANOPY POST CAUGHT ON A LOWER BELT ROLLER HANGER THE BELT SNAPPED BACK CAUSING THE ROLLER AND BELT HANGER TO STRIKE THE TOP OF THE HEAD AND HARD HAT IT CRA CKED THE HARD H5T AND CAUSED CONCUSSION TO THE CVICTIM
EMP ALLEGES HE 4AS SCALING THE TOP ON HIS KNEES. HE PULLED A ROCK DOWN. THE ROCK SLID OFF OF ANOTHER ROCK AND HIT HIS LEFT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A LOADER IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION AND BACK STARTED HURTING HIM.
SEE ATTACHED:P#1 AS HE WAS LYING ON SCREEN IN BATH UNIT HE CRAWLED BACKWARDS AND HIT BACK BEGAN HURTING IN SAME AREA AS BEFORE.P#2 RETURNED TO DR ...WOULD BE REQ TO MISS WORK UNTIL BACK CONDIT ION RESTABILIZED ITSELF.COMPANY ACCID.INVESTIGATOR WENT TO DR OFFICE TO SUBSTANTIATE.
EMP WAS ASSIGNE8 TO REPLACE STEEL LINERS INSIDE #2 KILN COAL MILL FAN HOUSING. TO POSITION THE LINERS A COME-ALONG WAS USED. ASSISTING WAS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO OPERATED THE COME-ALONG. INJURED SAID HE WAS TUG1ING/PULLING ACTIVITIES THAT INJURED FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK AT WHICH TIME HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE LINERS WIEGHED APPRX 100 LBS. HE INDICATED THAT T
EMP WAS SHOVELI3G UP COAL AT THE BELT DRIVE & WHEN SHE THREW A SHOVEL FULL OF COAL ONTO THE BELT SHE HIT HER HAND ON THE WATER PIPE THAT RUNS ALONG THE BELT
EMPLOYEE WAS BU3LDING CRIB ON COLLARS AT 8 LEFT FALL WITH 6"X6"X6' TIMBERS HE DROPPED TIMBER WITH HIS HAND UNDER IT AND CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN ANOTHER TIMBER.
EMP WAS CLIMBIN1 STAIRS ON HIS WAY TO THE AUTOMATIC SAMPLER WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIPE RESULTING IN A DIAGNOSIS OF CONCUSSION AND CERVICAL STRAIN
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS REMOVING A 6" VALVE AND RUBBER HOSE FROM A PORTABLE PUMP, AND WHILE USING A BAR TO MOVE THE HOSE HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPL LOADING RO7KDUST ONTO SCOOP PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR IT HIT BUMP IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HEAD ON CANOPY INJURING HIS NECK.DR RELEASED HIM WITH NO DAYS LOST.BEGAN MISSING FOLLOWING YEAR-SEE ATTACHED LETTER.LAST WORKED 12-30-87.
THE INJURED STA7ED THAT HE WAS GETTING OUT OF A PORTAL BUS. HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHEN HE STEPPED IN A MUD HOLE.
HE SAID HE FELT3A PAIN IN UPPER BACK WHEN HE PICKED UP CHAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING THE DUST TANK INTO 1 RT SECTION WITH THE 10 TON MOTOR WHEN GOING THE TURN THE CHAIN GOT TIGHT AND BROKE THE TOP BRACKET OFF THAT THE SAFETY CHAIN PIN GOIES THROUGH AND FLE W BACK AND STRU7K EMPLOYEE ABOVE TE RT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING DIRT WHEN A SUDDEN UNSET BACK PAIN CAME ONE.
I.NAME WAS PULL3NG A PIECE OF 42IN CONVEYOR BELT WITH CHANNEL LOCKS AT 6LT BELT DRIVE AS HE PULLED BACK HE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS LEFT FOOT HE FINISHED SHIFT WENT TO MANCHIN CLINIC NEXT DAYT NEXT DAY TREATE8 FOR SLIGHT SPRAIN NO BROKEN BONES OR SWELLING GIVEN (3 DAYS OFF)
EMPL SCHEDULED 0OR ROOF SURGERY 10-30-87.THIS IS AGGRAVATION OF PREEXISTING CONDITION ORIGINAL DATE 2-7-86.EMPL UNDERWENT ARTHROSCOPIC SURGER 4-10-87 WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
EMPL MOVING ROC5 ON FLAT WAGON.IT WAS BEING PREPARED FOR PARADE.INJURIES SUSTAINED WHILE WORKING ON NON-QUARRYING JOB.
LIFTING RAILS T2 PUT ON SCOOP AND STRAINED LOW BACK
INJURED WAS GRE5SING MILL STEPPED BACKWARD AWAY FROM CAGE MILL TRIPPED AND FELL OUT DOOR LANDED AND FELL ON EDGE OF STONE PILE AND TWISTED RT KNEE
EMPL TAKING DOW3 CURTAIN IN FACE OF #5 ENTRY OF 2 SO PARALLEL SECITON 001-0.AS HE WAS PULLING CRURTAIN SOME PARTICLES OF ROCK FLEW INTO LEFT EYE SCRATCHING IT.
SAND PLANT IS S2UT DOWN FOR WINTER MAINTENANCE.HOPPER WAS DISCONNECTED FOR SCREEN REPAIR.HOPPER WAS CHAINED BACK TO STEEL BEAM.HE LOST BALANCE HITTING HOPPER,THIS RESULTED IN DISCONNECTING CHA IN,CAUSING HOPP9R TO FALL AND HIT HIS FOPOT.CHAIN WAS TOO SHORT FOR JOB INTENDED-LONGER CHAIN WOULD HAVE PREVENTED ACCIDENT. IN,CAUSING HOPP9R TO HIT HIS FOOT. CHAIN WAS TOO SHORT FOR JOB INT
WHILE WALKING D2WN SOME STEPS BETWEEN #2 AND #3 ROD MILLS, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE
EMPLOYEE APPARE3TLY LOST CONTROL OF A LOADED HAUL TRUCK TRAVELING DOWN A RAMP AND WENT THROUGH THE SAFETY BERM AND OVER THE PIT WALL
THE INJURED SLI1PED OFF THE LADDER OF THE HAUL TRUCK AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE TRUCK.
STEPPED ON LOOS9 ROCK WHICH SLID CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST LEFT KNEE.
I NAME AND HIS 2ELPER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSPECTING AND SERVICING AN OVERHEAD CRANE. HE WAS TIED OFF WITH A SAFETY BELT AND LANYARD. WHEN HE LEANED OVER TO CHECK THE CRANE SHEAVES, HE FELT HIMSELF FALL A3D STOPPED SUDDENLY BY THE BELT AND LANYARD. HE FELL APPROX. 6 FT.
EMPLOYEE RECEIV9D AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK (BURN) TO BOTH HANDS WHEN HE REACHED & GRABBED A BAD PLACE ON THE LOADERS POWER CABLE.
#3 ENTRY IN 6A 8ECTION EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING ONE SECTION OF 18IN IN DIAMETER EXHAUST TUBING FROM ROOF EXHAUST TUBING CAME LOOSE & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ONTHE RIGHT THUMB
INJ WAS REMOVIN1 ROOF BOLTS OFF TRAILING CABLE THAT HAD FALEN OFF ROOF BOLTING BMACHINE. HIS HELPER MOVED MACHINE BACKWARDS CATCHING HIS RT FOOT BENEATH MACHINE. POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF BIG TOE ON RT FOOT BRUI8E AND LACERATION
EMPL OPERATING 8COOP ON MAIN NORTH TRAVELWAY INBY OLD 3 LEFT SECTION.PIECE OF RIB ROLLED OUT STRUCK SCOOP AND CAME INTO OPER CAB STRIKING EMPL ON RIGHT ELBOW.
EMP WAS STANDIN1 ON ENGINE HOOD USING WATER HOSE TO FILL RADIATOR - SLIPPED ON F ROST AND TWISTED LEFT SIDE AND LOWER BACK
REACHED UP TO P6LL HIMSELF ONTO ANOTHER LEVEL.BARE HAND MADE CONTACT WITH SHARP POINT ON GRANITE.STITCHES REQUIRED.
I,NAME WAS RAIS3NG A WHEEL FRAME ON A SUPPLY CAR. THE WHEEL FROM WAS PARTIALLY FROYE ON THE SUPPLY CAR. HE GAVE IT A JERK AND BROKE IT LOOSE, BUT HURT HIS LOWER BACK AND LEFT HIP IN THE PROCES S. 3
SHOVEL CAUGHT I3 BELT LINE AND JERKED HIS ARM WHICH CAUSED PAIN IN HIS NECK AND ARM.
MINER WAS LIFTI3G SCISSOR PART OF A ROOF BOLTER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
REPAIRING DRIVE1LINE, IT SLIPPED, EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH OR BRACE IT AND SPRAINED SHOULDER AND FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING A CHISEL INTO HUB OF A DRUM UNIT FOR A DRAGLINE HE HAD TO SEPARATE HUB FROM UNIT HE HAD BEEN HITTING THE CHISEL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER THE CHISEL CAME OUT OF THE HUB & EMBE DDED INTO SKUL5 INBETWEEN THE LEFT EYE & NOSE AREA AT ALMOST A STRAIGHT TO VERY SLIGHTLY UPWARD ANGLE
BOTTOM WALKING 5LONG TRACK AND TRIPPED OVER CROSSBOND GOING OVER TRACK
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE FELT PAIN IN BACK WHEN THROWING TIMBER
EMPLOYEE WAS UN5OADING SUPPLIES FROM SCOOP TO ROOF BOLTER TURNED & FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER PART OF HIS BACK FALLING ON HIS SELF RESCUER
EMPL ROOF BOLTI3G AND WAS WALKING BACK TO MAKE UP PIN.TOP COAL MEAS 2.5' X 3.5' X 4-8'' STRUCK TOP OF HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS EX3TING LOADING RAMP BY JUMPING OFF RATHER THAN U SING PROVIDED STAIRWAY. HE FAILED TO LAND PROPERLY LOSING HIS BALANCE AND FALLING FORWARD, STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE INSIDE RAIL OF THE TR5CK. INJURY IN THE FORM OF DISLOCATION OF THE ELBOW AND CHIPPING THE SOCKET POINT REQUIRING REMOVAL OF THE CHIP BY SURGERY.
EMPLOYEE AND HI8 BUDDY WERE INSTALLING ROOF BOOLTS IN A HIGH SLACK HIS BUDDY WAS STANDING ON BOLTS PUTTING GLUE & THE BOLT IN THE HOLE WHEN A HEADER BLOCK & PLATE SLID DOWN THE BOLT & HIT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE F3NGER.
HIT ROCK AND HU9T BACK.WHILE RUNNING DOZER,HE RAN OVER A ROCK AND IT THREW HIM INTO ARMREST.
HE WAS GOING TO3TIGHTEN A CANVAS AND HE HAD TO UNTIE THE MINER CABLE FROM THE ROOF BOLTS TO GET THE CANVAS TO THE BOTTOM, THERE WAS TENSION ON THE M INER CABLE AND WHEN HE UNTIED THE FIRST WIR E THE WHOLE CAB5E CAME DOWN AND HIT BOTH OF HIS KNEES
CLEANING MUSD O6T OF DRILL STEELS WITH A WIRE AND RAG. HE WAS PULLING THE WIRE OUT WHEN HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFDT SHOULDER JOINT AND THAT HIS LEFT HAND FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO SLEEP.
EMPL MOVING 6 X36 TIMBERS STEPPED ON TIMBER BUTT AND SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON LEFT HAND.
INJ WAS NOT REP2RTED TO THE OPERATOR UNTIL 11-2-87 SHE WAS SHOVELING BELT WHEN HER SHOVEL HIT THE BELT AND KICKED BACK, STRIKING HER IN THE KNEE
4LT. 650 PICKE8 UP BELT CRADLE ROLLER AND GOT OFF BALANCE AND GOT PAIN IN UPPER BACK WHEN HE C AUGHT HIMSELF
WHILE OPERATING315 TON MOTOR ON 5 SOUTH TRACK, HE PICKED UP HIS HEAD TO LOOK AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A 60# RAIL - MANTRIP WAS IN MOTION
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE LIFTED THE CABLE FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
HE WAS INSIDE T2E BED OF THE TRUCK MEASURING IT CLIMBING OUT HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACK INTO TRUCK
IT IS ALLEGED T2AT THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING A PIECE OF METAL AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN HIS EYE.
HE WAS HANDLING3A SPLICE AND IT FIRED UP
EMPL CHANGING H2DRAULIC HOSE ON DOZER.HE WAS LAYING ACROSS DOOR JAM REACHING UNDER FLOOR BOARD PULLING ON LINE.THE WEIGHT AND PULLING FORCE OF MECHANIC ACROSS SHARP EDGE OF DOOR JAM CAUSED EMP L RIBS TO CRACK1
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 PLACING A BOLT INTO POSITION TO BE HEATED AND BENT. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE TORCH. WHEN THE INJURED EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER TO PLACE THE BOLT INTO THE NUT, HIS ARM PASSE D TOO CLOSE TO 7HE TORCH. HE HAS 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.
EMPLOYEE WAS BA9RING ROCK FROM UNDER CRUSHER, AR OCK SLID DOWN THE BAR AND STRUCK HIS FOREARM AND THUMB.
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE COAL TWISTING ANKLE.
WHILE EMP WAS C2UTE TAPPING HE BENT DOWN AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LUMBO SACRAL STRAIN, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
THE VICTIM WAS 4ALKING ALONG #1 WEST BELT,HIS FOOR SLIPPED,CAUSING HIM TO FALL INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.
PULLING DRILL S7EEL AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
REPAIRMAN WAS W2RKING ON BATTERY CHARGER AND BIDESED A WRENCH BETWEN THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LEAD ON THE SCOOP BATTERIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON CRANITE LEDGE WHEN A PIEDCE OF STONE STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S FOOT AND FRACTURED TOE.
THE INJURED EMP5OYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE RECOVERING SOME 4" WATERLINE FOR A BELT SET-UP.WHILE CARRYING THE 20' SECTION,THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE WET SLOPPY BOTTOM,TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. 3
THIS IS A RE-OC7URRANCE OF A INJURY SUSTAINED ON 11-19-79 WHICH RE-OCCURRED ON 5-15-80, 11-10-828, 3-15-83, 7-12-84, 9-16-85, 6-19-86, 8-19- 86,8-19-87 & 10-3--87. THE EMP FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS ON OCT1 30,1987. ENCLOSED IS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL ACCIDENT, THE RE-OCCORRANCE FORM, AND THE MOST RECENT ACCIDENT 700-1 FORM
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 WORKING WITH A TRACK LAYING CREW. THE INJURED MAN AND 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES HAD JUST LIFTED JOINT RAIL ON THE CRIB BLOCK. HE THAN TRIED TO MOVE THE RAIL FURTHER ONTO THE CRIB BY HIMSELF. WHEN3HE LIFTED THE RAIL, HE HEARD SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS LEVELING3A PAD BEHIND A 2400 DRAGLINE. HE STOPPED AND GOT OFF THE BULLDOZER AND ASKED ANOTHER OPERATOR TO RELIEVE HIM FRO AWHILE SO HE COULD TAKE A BREAK. AFTER THE BREAK HE APPROACHED THE BULLDOZER F9OM BEHIND ON THE LEFT SIDE AND HE TRIED TO GET ON WHILE THE BULLDOZER WAS STILL IN MOTION. THE OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE OR HEAR HIM.
EMPLOYEE HELPIN1 I.NAME PICKUP A PANEL BOX LID PULLING SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK CAUSING SEVERE PAIN A TINGLING SENSATION IN HIS RT.FOOT ALONG WITH VOMITING
HE WAS CRAWLING3AROUND WHEN HIS KNEE BECOME SWOLLEN.
I.NAME WAS LIF7ING THE ROPE ON THE 4S/3E BELT WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER MAN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK I.NAME HAS RECURRING BACK PROBLEMS AND THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR HIM TO FEEL BACK PAIN DIAGNO SIS WAS LUMBAR 8TRAIN
INJ IN PROCESS 2F MAKING SPLICE IN MINER CABLE.HAD CABLE LYING ON RIGHT LEG SPLITTING CABLE TOWARD HIMSELF.BELT KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ONE END OF LIGHT PLANT TO HOOK UP TO BALL ON PICK-UP TRUCK AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK TWO HOURS LATER.
NOT KNOWN, POSS3BLY HAPPENED WHILE SHOVELING
WAS WORKING IN 8HOP ON SURFACE MAKING METAL BRASCES FOR BELT DRIVE AND PICKED UP 18 FT OF 3 IN ANGLE IRON THIS WAS MATERIAL HE WAS CUTTING BRACES OUT OF AND WHEN HE PICKED UPP THIS MATERIAL H E SPRAINED LEFT3WRIST
MOVING MINER CA6LE AND STEPPED ON A ROCK.THIS CAUSED HIM TO JERK AND HE FELT PAIN IN HSI BACK.DIAG -STRAIN OF LUMBO-SACRAL SPINE.SEE ATTACHED
PREPARING TO LE5VE FACE MINER JUMPED DOWN MUCK PILE AND SPRAINED ANKLE
FELL BETWEEN T2E SCOOP AND RIB WHILE CHANGING BATTERIES RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS TO THE RIBS
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING ATHEY WAGON WHEN THE SEAT SHIFTED SUDDENLY FROM BEING BOLTED DOWN INCORRECTLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING A 5' HIGH BURM WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCKS AND FELL, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND, LITTLE FINGER.
EMPL DESCENDING3LADDER-WAY OFF HAUL TRUCK SLIPPED OFF ICY RUNG LANDING ERECT OF FROZEN GROUND.EMPL FELL 8-9'.
HE WAS PULLING 2N GALIS CABLE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
DESCENDING A FL3GHT OF STAIRS AND TRIPPED ANDFELL APP. 8 10 FT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PU3CHING HOLES IN SHEETS OF STAINLESS STEEL FOR A FRAME DECK TO THE ID SCREENS THE STEEL SLIPPED THROUGH HIS ARM CUTTING IT THROUGH HIS COAT AND SHIRT CAUSING A LACERATION TO LOW ER LEFT ARM 3
THE MINER HELPE9 WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN MINER SWUNG THE BOOM THE VICTIM LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN MINER BOOM AND FRAME. VICTIMS LEG WAS BRUISED.
TIGHTENING OF D9ILL STEEL, 4TH PIECE OF STEEL OUT OF HOLE, CHAIN ON DRILL CAUGHT WHEN REVERSING DIRECTION. CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN CHAIN AND STEEL CUTTING OFF TIP OF RING FINGER AND FRACTURIN G THE MIDDLE FI3GER. EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE ROTATING HIMSELF. REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR I,NAME AND WENTTO SARATOGA HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. SURGERY WAS DONE ON HAND WILL BE OUT OF WORK AT
DISMOUNTING MAC2INE FROM A STEP & HANDHOLD ON THE REAR OF THE TRANSMISSION WHEN HIS ANKLE GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL THREE )3)FT.TO THE GROUND HE LANDED ON HIS FEET BUT HIS RT.KNEE TWISTED CAUSING A MINOR3SPRAIN
WHILE MAN WAS G9 TTING DOWN FROM MACHINE SLIPPED AND TWISTED ANJLE
I NAME WAS SWIN1ING THE SLEDGE HAMMR WHILE I NAME WAS TACKING THE BUCKET FOR I NAME. I NAME WAS S TANDING RIGHT IN F RONT AND GOT HIT IN THE STOMACH AREA WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER
EMPLOYEE WAS MA5ING FIREBOSS RUN WHEN THE MANBUS HE WAS RIDING STUCK IN POINT CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE A COAL RIB THROWING HIM AGAINST MACHINE BRUISING HIS KNEE.
EMPL MANUVERING3HOIST CHAIN INTO DIFFERENT POSITION WITH PRY BAR SO HE COULD FINISH WELDING A LINK.FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.DIDNT MISS ANY DAYS UNTIL 11-6-87.
5 WEST SECTION,3EMP WAS STANDING UNDER TIP OF #94 SHIELD WATCHING SHIELD OPERATOR DROP AND MOVE UP #95 SHIELD, HE NOTICED THE TOP STRATA TO CRACK HE TURNED AND STARTED AWAY BUT WAS CAUGHT BY R OCK WHEN IT FEL5 AND ROLLED ONTO HIS LEFT LEG CAUSING CONTUSION AND SPRAIN TO LEFT KNEE
WHILE TIGHTENIN1 BRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR, EMPLOYEE PUT HIMSELF IN A STRAIN AND RE-INJURED HIS BACK MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 THAT A SALAMANDER AT THE SHAFT COLLART LEAKED FUMES WHICH NAUSEATED HIM WHO WAS WORKING IN THE SKIP POCKET. BELOW THE COLLAR. THIS IS A DOWNCAST SHAFT WITH APPROX. 2608000CU BIC FEET PER MI3UTE OF VENTILATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A PIECE OF CRIBBING AT COAL TIPPLE. AFTER LIFTING AND MOVING THIS CRIBBING HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN AND PAIN DOWN LEFT LEG. AFTER PAIN REMAINED FOR A FEW DAYS EMPLOYEE DECI DED TO SEE A DO7TOR. THIS ACCIDENT IN NO WAY INVOLVED A VIOLATION OF RULES & REGULATIONS OR JOB SKILLS, MINER PROFICIENCY, TRAINING AND ATTITUDE.
HE STATED THAT 4HILE HE WAS SHOVELING THE BELTLINE, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG. HE SAID HE WAS TWISTING HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING. THE DOCTOR'S INITIAL DIAGNOSIS WAS A PULLED HAMSTRING. A SEC OND OPINION REV9ALED A HERNIATRED DISC.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO4ERING HIS DRILL TON A ROOF BOLTER. A ROCK CAUSED THE POT TO TILT AND HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT 3RD FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL AND THE BOLTER CANOPY POST.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING MANIFOLD FROM A DOZER WHEN GETTING UP HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE STARTER UNIT CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE LEFT LEG AGAINST A MOUNTING BOLT RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE LOW ER PART OF HIS 5EFT LEG
WHILE TRANSFERR3NG SUPPLIES FROM THE UNDERGROUND SUPPLY TRAILER TO THE ROOFBOLTING MACHINE THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK. THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK HOPING THE PAIN WOULD GO AWAY HE DID NOT REP2RT THIS ACCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISON UNTIL QUITTING TIME ON 11-4-87 AT THAT TIME HE STATED THAT HIS BACK WAS STRILL HURTING AND HE WAS GOING TO SEE A DR THE NEXT DAY.
HE WAS SETTING 9OOF JACKS AND SOMTHING GOT IN HIS EYE. SAW DOCTOR FOR REMOVEL OF RUST SPOT FROM LET CORNEA.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING MOVE A ROLL OF 36IN BELT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK
DRIVING LOADER 2FF OF HILL AND BRAKES FAILED.
EMPLOYEE STATED3TO NURSE, WALKING, STEPPED IN HOLE AND TWISTED LEG.
MAN WAS CARRYIN1 AN OXYGEN TANK AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK DIAGNOSED AS MUSCLE STRAIN
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS GETTING OUT OF A VAN, HE SLIPPED AND GRABBED THE HANDRAIL TO KEEP FROM FALLING WHEN HE FELT HIS BICEP PULL LOOSE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN AN AVULSED TENDON, RIGHT BICEP MU SCLE, CAUSING H3M TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3SUPPLY AREA ON SURFACE.HE WAS LOADING SAND BAGS ONTO SUPPLY CAR.AS HE WAS LIFTING A BAG,HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
ROCK FELL HIT HIM AND HE HAS HAD BACK PROBLEMS SINCE.-AUDIT
EMP WAS WORKING3ON CHUNK B R E A KER, TRIPPED AND BURNED LEFT HAND WITH TORCH
INJURED WAS HAN8ING A MAIN CONTROL VALVE THROUGH A STOPPING DOOR TO A CO-WORKER TO LOAD ON SCOOP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
FEEDER IN #3 EN7RY HE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A STAMLER FEEDER WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED MASHING HIS FINGER AGAINST THE FEEDER (LEFT RING FINGER)
DAMPING DOWN BE5T .BELT SPLICE CAUGHT EMPL HAND PULLING IT INTO ROLLER.
EMPLOYEE SAID H9 ATTEMPTED TO RAISE UP AN IMPELLER FOR A PUMP WHEN HE FELT IN HIS STOMACH.
EMP WAS TRYING 7O GET PLATES OFF OF BOLT MACHINE WHEN OPERATOR TRAMMED MACHINE AND RAN OVER EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT. HE RETURNED TO WORK 11 03 87 BUT HAD DEHISCENCE OF LEFT FOOT FROM EDEMA
INJURED HAD JUS7 CUT AND DEAD-ENDED TROLLEY WIRE.STEPPED OFF FLAT TRUCK WHICH HE WAS STANDING ON TO CUT TROLLEY WIRE AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING THE SMALL CYCLONE HE FINISHED CLEANING THE TOP SECTION AND HE THEN OPENED THE TROP DOOR ON THE SIDE OF THE CYCLONE ON THE BOTTOM HE PUT HIS LEFT ARM IN THE OPENING TO CLE AN OUT THE DUST3THE SOID CHUCK FELL DOWN ON HIS ARM PINNING HIS ARM HE CALLED TO HIS BUDDY, HE PULLED HIS ARM FREE & CAWLED OUT HE WORKED THE SHIFT OUT.
I.NAME DOING RE1AIR WORK IN BOILER CAR.WHILE PRYING WITH BAR THE BAR LOST ITS HOLD PINCHING I.NAME LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN BAR AND PIECE OF SCRAP STEEL ON FLOOR.CUT AND BROKE TIP OF LITTLE FINGER. 3
AS WALKING DOWN3TGRAM ROAD IL.NAME WAS WALKING IN HIGH TOP (6FT) AS TOP LOWERED TO NORMAL HEIGHT I.LNAME HIT HIS HEAD ON BROWL OF LOW TOP
LIFTING & MOVIN1 GASOLINE TAMPER WITH ANOTHER EMPL SLIPPED & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.EMPL WENT TO DR ON 11-3-87 AT EMPLOYERS INSISTANCE.
EMP WAS CLIMBIN1 UP TO CLEAN THE BACK GLASS OF PAN SCRAPER WHEN HE MISSED THE NAND HOLD AND FELL OFF
HE AND ANOTHER 9MPLOYEE WERE PUTTING A TRACK BACK ON THE 261 BACKHOE AND HE WAS USING A PRY BAR PULLING ON THE TRACK. WHILE PULLING ON THE PRY BAR HE HURT HIS BACK.
REMOVING BLOCKS FROM UNDER CRUSHER, AS CRUSHER WAS GOING TO BE MOVED. PICKED UP BLOCK AND THREW NECK OUT.
WAS GETTING DOW3 OUT OF HIGHLIFT & SLIPPED DOWN LADDER & FELL TO THE GROUND HURTING LOWER BACK
UNDER CONVEYOR 5OADING TRUCK WITH 3A MATERIAL, JUMPED OFF THE TRUCK AND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.
INJ WAS ADJUSTI3G DRILL STEEL THAT HAD SHIFTED FROM STORAGE RACK-HE WAS STRADLING LOWERED MAST AND BRACING STEEL WITH R HAND WHILE REACHING WITH L HAND WHEN STEEL SHIFTED POSITION, CRUSHING TI P OF RING FINGE9 ON RIGHT HAND
STRAINED UPPER 6ODY WHILE LIFTING HEAD ONTO MOTOR.
SHOVELING STONE3FROM UNDER CONVEYOR BELT.
I,NAME WAS ASSI8TING IN RELINGIN OF THE BALLMILL (LEWISTOWN) WHEN, AFTER SECURING ACCESS HATCH, THE TURNED AND DISMOUNTED OFF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MILL CATCHING HIS RIGHT HEEL ON TOE GUARD. T HE MOMENTEM CAU8ED HIS ANKLE TO TURN UNDER RESULTING IN LIGAMENT AND MUSCLE DAMAGE TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMP WAS DISMOUN7ING SHOVEL LADDER. WHILE DISMOUNTING LADDER EMP TWISTED HIS FOOT FRACTURING HIS ANKLE
WHILE MOVING A 0ILING CABINET ON A WHEEL CART, CABINET SLIPPED OFF OF CART, STRICKING EMPLOYEE IN THE THIGH.
STANDING IN WET CONCRETE ALL DAY WITH REGULAR WORK SHOES APPARENTLY CAUSED ALKALI BURNS ON LEFT FOOT WHERE SHOES RUBBED CAUSING INFECTED BLISTERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS UN5OADING CONCRETE MIX BY HAND HE TWISTED AND INJURED HIS BACK.
PUTED UP BOLTS 1IN TOP FINGER HURT WHEN ROCK FELL FROM TOP.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 HELPING THE GENERAL MINE FOREMAN TAKE DOWN SOME LOOSE ROCK IN THE INTAKE AIRWAY. HE INADVERTENTLY STRUCK A ROOF BOLT DISLODGING A PIECE OF DRIED RESIN WHICH STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. 3
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS WALKING OUT OF BUCKET WELDING SHOP A PARTICLE OF DIRT FLEW INTO HIS EYE OFF OF WELDING HELMET
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK OPEN CAR DOOR & HAD RIGHT FOOT UP ON TOE BOARD & DOOR CAME OPEN STRUCK FOOT CAUSING BRUISE
STRAINED BACK MUSCLE IN LOWER RIGHT BACK WHILE MOVING SMALL ELECTRICAL MOTORS BY HAND.
WHILE HE WAS RE4OVING THE REMAINING WIRE ROPE FROM CRANE #3 AT THE TUFF PILE, HE IMPACTED HIS LEFT WRIST WHEN HE THREW IT.
EMP WAS WATCHIN1 A SAFETY FILM AND KNEE LOCKED UP, TOOK HIM TO DR. AND WHILE BEING EXAMINED THE KNEE STARTED WORKING FINE AND HE RETURNED TO WORK, ON 11-13-87 HE WENT TO ANOTHER DR AND BROUGHT BACK A NOTE SAY3NG HE W AS NOT TO WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
EMP WAS WORKING3ON THE SECONDARY PLANT DIGGING OOUT THE BLOCKED OFF CRUSHER WITH A BAR. HE WAS HITTING THE BAR WITH A HAMMER WHEN IT CHIPPED THUS HITTING LEFT HAND
EMP WAS PULLING3ON A 220# BAG (WITH THE HELP OF A SECOND EMPLOYEE) WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. NOTE:I.NAME CAME TO WORK ON 10-7-87, HE WAS DISMISSED ON 11-4-87DUE TO UNSATISFACTORY WORK, SWG HAS 5 30 DAY PROBATION PERIOD, AFTER HE WAS DISMISSED HE INFORMED SWG OF THIS INJURY
I,NAME WAS CLEA3ING WINDOWS ON LOADER. WHILE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON BATTERY UNDER DRIVER SEAT. LOADER WAS RUNNING AND BEGAN TO FREELY TURN CATCHING HIS FOOT AT PINCH POINT OF LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING UP THE STEPS TO ENTER THE CAB OF A 633 CAT SCRAPER WAGON. EMPLOYEE SAID HIS FOOT WAS WET AND HE SLIPPED ON THE STEPS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA7CHING SLUDGE PUMP HE JUMPED FROM A HIGH GRADE TO A LOW GRADE TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE WHEN HE REACHED THE LOW GRADE RESULTING IN A BROKEN ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON PRODUCTION LINE THIS DUTY REQUIRED EMPLOYEE TO LIFT 50-55 # BAGS OFF CONVEYOR ON TO PALLET WHILE PERFOMRING THIS OPERATION EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS RU3NING FORM FILL HEAT SEAL MACHINE SMALL PIECE OF HEAT SEAL PAPER GOT STUCK EMPLOYEE STUCK HAND UNDER FRONT GUARD TO GET PAPER THOUGHT MACHINE WAS TURNED ONTO NO BAG BUT WAS NOT BLADE JAWS SHU7 DOWN ON EMPLOYEES FINGERS AS HE WAS PULLING HIS HAND OUT CUT FINGERS ON RT HAND
WHILE ASSEMBLIN1 GRATE BLANKETS IN #2 REPAIR BAY, EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A CHAIN LINK THAT SLIPPED OFF A PALLET. WHILE LIFTING LINK FROM FLOOR TO ASSEMBLE RACK HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BAC K RESULTING IN 5 DIAGNOSIS OF MUSCLE STRAIN, LUMBAR. (LINK AND CASTING ASSEMBLY WEIGHT- 115 LBS.)
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS WORKING UNDER PICK-UP TRUCK,GOT SHARP PAIN.
INJURED WAS CHA3GING SCREENS IN LOWER END SHAKER(#5037) WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. INJURED WAS STANDING ON A BEAM WHEN THE SCREEN SLIPPED AND THE WEIGHT OF SCREEN LANDED ON HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE SAID H9 STRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST WHILE WORKING IN #3 COAL-MILL ON 1-14-88 EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS TOLD THAT HE HAD A GANGLION CYST. EMPLOYEE SAID IT WAS WORK RELATED AND H AD IT REMOVED O3 1-28-88 FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 1-28-88.
INJURED WAS PAS8ENGER IN EUCLID HAUL TRACTOR, RIDING FROM CRUSHER AREA TO QUARRY OFFICE TO MAKE PHONE CALL AND HAVE COFFEE. AS HE DESCENDED TRACTOR LADDER (OUTSIDE QUARRY OFFICE BUILDING), IN JURED STEPPED W9ONG AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
WHILE HOOKING T2NGS TO A RAIL SET, THE MAN FELT A PAIN
FLASH BURN TO E2ES FROM WELDER
ADJUSTING NUT O3 CONE CRUSHER SHIFTED PINCHING LEFT FOOT AGAINST CRUSHER MAIN FRAME. LEFT FOOT WAS SEVERELY BRUISED
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A LARGE ROCK FROM JAW CRUSHER EMPLOYEE MOVED ARM BACK AND HIT ELBOW ON PIPE RAILING
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3COMPANY SKIFF BOAT, BOAT TIED ALONG SIDE OF CATERINE M TUGBOAT, EMPLOYEE STEPPEDON DECK OF CATHERINE M AND TRIPPED ON THE TOE KNEE CABLE THAT IS ABOUT 3 FT OFF OF DECK. EMPLOYE E DID NOT LIFT 0OOT HIGH ENOUGH TO CROSS CABLE.
WAS DRIVING A R2CK TRUCK AND HAD AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING ANOTHER ROCK TRUCK. TRUCK HIT THE BED OF FRONT TRUCK. WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO HAVE BROKEN FEMURS, A HEAD INJURY CUT AND SEVERAL SC9ATCHES AND BRUISES.
WAS MOVING BAG 2F ROCK DUST AND HURT BACK
BENT OVER TO MO5E DRAG CABLE FOR DRAGLINE.
A PIECE OF CAP 9OCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SHOULDER
A SMALL PIECE O0 ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD WHILE COMING IN THE MANTRIP.
PROP FELL HITT3NG EMPLOYEE IN BACK OF HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING AN OIL DRUM AND STRAINED SOMETHING IN LEFT SHOULDER.
INJURED STATED 7HAT HE WAS UNLOADING CRIBS FROM SCOOP WHILE GETTING OUT OF SCOOP HE STEPPED ON LOOSE PIECE OF COAL TWISTING ANKLE
EMP CLAINMS FIR8T SIGN OF ANY INJ WAS PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN LOWER BACK AT HOME 10 28 87 AT DINNER TABLE. THERE WAS NO SIGN OR SYMPTON OF IN OR INCIDENT PRIOR TO THAT TIME. EMP WORKED A NORM 8 HR DAY OF 6 132 HRS OF DRIVING QUARRY HAULER, HAULING STONE TO PRIMARY CRYSHER. HE ALSO WORKED 1 1/2 HRS CLEANING UP AT NOON. EMP HAD NO SIGN OF INJURY OR STIFFNESS GOING HOME AFTER WORK.
WHILE PINNING T2E PINNER AUGER BECAME HUNG STRUCK THE ROOF THE OPERATOR PULLED JERKED HARD TO REMOVE THE AUGER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WENT T2 END OF TRACK TO GET LUGS FOR THE MINER HEAD REPAIR. AS HE PICKED UP THE BAG THEY WERE IN AND PUT ON HIS SHOULDER, HE TURNED AROUND TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK AND LOWER RIGHT GRO IN AREA. 3
MAN STATED THAT3AS HE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE MINER TO CHECK THE METHANE MONITOR A PC OF TOP FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND FRACTURED LEFT THUMB
EMPLOYEE KNOCKE8 OUT POST AND THREW IT TO HIS SIDE WHEN HE SAID THAT HE PULLED OR HURT HIS BACK
INJURED WAS CRA4LING ACROSS FACE LINE AT CRUSHER WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING INJURED ON BACK AND HIP
INJURED STATED 5S HE WAS GETTING OUT OF LOCOMOTIVE HIS METATARSAL RUBBER BOOT CAUGHT THE EDGE OF I.NAME & TRIPPED HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL
A SCOOP WENT TH9OUGH A FLY CURTAIN AND THE CURTAIN DRUGS ON OF THE BATTERY COVERS PARTLY OFF. THE SCOOP OPERATOR STOPPED JUST THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND CAME BACK THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND ASKED FO R HELP TO REPLA7E THE COVER THE FOREMAN WENT TO HELP HIM THE NEXT SCOOP OPERATOR HEARED. THEM TALKING BUT FOR SAME REASON CAME ON THROUGH THE CURTAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS SC5LING LOOSE ROCK DOWN FROM WORKING FACE. HE WAS USING A SCALING BAR AND A BUCKET TRUCK. HE WAS PRYING ON A ROCK WHEN HIS BAR SLIPPED AND HE BUMPED HIS SIDE ON HTE BASKET HE WAS STANDING IN. X-9AYS SHOWED THAT HE BRUISED HIS RIBS.
EMP WAS IN A VE3TILATION RAISE, FORMING THE SIDES FOR CONCRETE WHEN A SLAB PEELED OFF THE RIB ABOVE HIM HITTING HIM ON THE BACK AND RT ARM. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A CONTUSION, HO HEMATOMA, ABRAS3ON RIGHT FLANK AND HIP ON 10 30 87 EMP WAS TAKEN OFF THE WORK SCHEDULE RESULTING IN LOST TIME INJURY
INJURED LEFT AN5LE AS HE STEPPED OUT OF SUPPLY BUS ONTO UNEVEN BOTTOM, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
MAN CLIMBING ON3LOADER TO GET A LOADING TICKET WHEN HE CLIMBED DOWN HE MISSED THE LAST STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND
HANDLING PIECE 2F CRANE BOOM TO LOAD WHEN IT TIPPED STRIKING INJURED ON HEAD, SPRAINING BACK AND NECK.
HOSE ON SAFETY 9ELIEF VALVE OF IR 1400 COMPRESSOR #508144 HIT I.NAME IN FACE NOTE LOST TIME EFFECTIVE 102987 RETURNED TO WORK 110387 OUT AGAIN 110987
EMPLOYEE WAS PO6LLING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE OFF OF THE REEL & WHILE LOOKING IN REEL COMPARTMENT TO CHECK CABLE REEL THE COVER FELL BRUISING HIS RT.HAND
THE EMPLOYEE ST5TES THAT AS HE WAS TRAMMING A SHUTTLE CAR IN 4 ENTRY OF 2 EAST HE DROVE OVER AND OFF SET IN THE BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY STRAINING HIS NECK.
EMP WAS OPERATI3G ENDLOADER BACKED OVER LARGE OBJECT JERKING STEERING WHEEL OUT OF HIS HANDS STRAINING LEFT SHOULDER AND B ACK
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS WALKING ACROSS BOTTOM FLOOR OF ROTARY DUMP AND HIS LEFT KNEE GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE AND LOWER BACK.
WAS USING A HAN8 GRINDER ON BULL GEAR A PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN BEHIND HIS GLASSES AND GOT IN HIS EYES.
UNKNOWN FOR SUR9. EMPLOYEE SAYS HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY LUMP OF COAL BUT IS NOT SURE.
THE MAN PUSHED 5 LIFTING JACK UNDER A MOTOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
OPERATING REMOT9 CONTROL MINER-BACKED MINER OUT OF CUT GOT UP TO WALK AROUND TO OTHER SIDE OF MACHINE-TWISTED KNEE WHEN GETTING UP. MINING HEIGHT 42".
EMP WAS OPERATI3G A LOADER WHEN HE RAN OVER A REOCK IN THE ROADWAY, HE WAS THROWN BACK IN THE SEAT AND INJURED HIS NECK
HUNG MINER CABLE ON WIRE BROKE CABLE STRUCK RIGHT SHOULDER.BURSITIS IN RIGHT SHOULDER.DID NOT MISS UNTIL 01-07-88 DID NOT KNOW CONDITION WAS WORK RELATED UNTIL RECEIVED COMPENSATION REPORT.
LOADING 12'STRA1S AND STRAINED LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
SCOOP WENT THRO6GH FLY CURTIAN & THE CURTAIN DRUG ONE OF THE BATTERY COVERS PARTLY OFF THE SCOOP OPERATOR STOOPED JUST THROUGH THE CURTIAN & CAME BACK THROUGH THE CURTIAN & ASKED FOR HELP TO R EPLACE THE COVE9 THE FOREMAN WENT TO HELP HIM, THE NEXT SCOOP OPERATOR HEARED THEM TALKING BUT FOR SOME CAME ON THROUGH THE CURTIAN.
EMPL SPLICING A3R-LEIT HOSE WHEN SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND JABBED HIM IN LEFT HAND.
THE INJURED WAS3LOADING A HEADING WHEN AROCK(BELIEVED TO BE LOOSENED BY DRILLING ACTIVITY) FELL APPROXIMATELY 16 FEET AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT,BACK AND FOOT.HE RECEIVED LACERATIONS TO TH E HEAD,BROKEN B5CK,AND BONES BROKEN IN THE FOOT.
I WAS ROLLING I4PACTOR BAR TO LOOSEN ROCK, MY R FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT BETWEEN IMPACTOR BAR AND C RUSHER, CUTTING OFF CIRCULATION TO FOOT AND BRUISING ANKLE
THIS WAS CAUSED3FROM THE FUMES COMING FROM PIKE S DRUM PLANT DOWN BACK. THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TRUCKS TO KEEP THE PLANT RUNNNG STEADY, SO WHEN THEY FIRED UP THE PLANT, THE FUMES CAME UP FORM XX FROM THE PLA3T. THE WIND WAS BLWOING FROM THE SOUTH AND THE FUMES FROM THE UNBURNED FUEL BURNED HIS THROAT. THE PIKE PLANT IS NOW CLOSED FOR THE SEASON.
MAN STATED; THA7 WHILE CARRYING TIMBER, HE LOST GRIP ON TIMBER, DROPPING IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING CRACK FRACTURE TO BONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A 966D CAT LOADER AND HIT A POT HOLE THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BODY AND INJURE HIS LOWER BACK
WHEN PULLING RA3L OFF SCOOP, RAIL FELL AND TWISTED LEFT LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A KEY WAY IN A 1 1/4" SHAFT. HE PUT HIS HAND UP ON THE VICE UNIT AND THE SLIDE ON THE SHAPER HEAD PINNED HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND THE VICE UNIT.
WHILE PRYING A 9OCK OUT OF JAW WITH A BAR-THE ROCK MOVED CAUSING THE BAR TO JUMP BACK AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HAND.
UNLOADING TIMBE9S TIMBER STRUCK FOOT.
I.NAME SWING IN1 SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIKE B&O HAMMER WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUSING SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIKE SLEDGE HAMMER.
EMP AND HIS PAR7NER WERE REMOVING A STUCK DRILL STEEL FROM THE LOWER RIB, WHEN THE DRILL STEEL CAME FREE, HIS PARTNER LOST CONTROL OF THE MACHINE AND IT SWUNG AROUND, STRIKING HIM ON THE FACE RESULTING IN A 3CUT TO THE UPPER LIP, REQUIRING SUTURES BY PLASTIC SURGEON CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK
INJURED STATED 7HAT HE WAS GETTING INTO MANTRIP JEEP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPL WENT TO CH6TE TO MEASURE FOR PLATIN,HAD PUT EXTENSION LADDER IN CHUTE.LADDER WAS UPSIDE DOWN.EMPL GOT ROPE TO TIE LADDER SECTIONS TOGETHER,CHUTE OPENED,EMPL FELL THRU CHUTE TO GROUND.
EMP STATED THAT3WHILE DRIVING NAIL INTO HEADER BOARD TO ESTABLISH FACE VENTILATION IN ENTRY 6 19 ROOM 3 UNIT. WHEN HE STRUCK THE NAIL THE EMP STATED SOMETHING STRUCK HIM IN EYE MAYBE THE NAIL CAUSING LACERAT3ON TO EYE
EMPL KNELT DOWN3TO DISLODGE ROCK BLOCKING FLOW OF MATERIAL TO JAW CRUSHER.WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP HE COMPLAINED KNEE POPPED OUT.UNABLE TO PUT BODY WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG.
EMP WAS PICKING3UP A JIG SCREEN AT THE WASHER AND STRAINED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HE WAS BRUSH PAINTING WITH ACRYLIC ENAMEL RED SPOT BRAND PAINT AND XYLENOL THINNER IN THE CENTER WING ROOM. HE STATED THAT HE FELT DIZZY AND WENT TO THE LANDING ON THE RIGHT SH OE WHERE HE LOS7 CONSCIOUSNESS.
I.NAME GOT OFF 7RACTOR TRIPPED ON ROCK AND HIT RIGHT KNEE ON TRACTOR BUMPER.
INJURED WAS HAM4ERING IN UPWARD DIRECTION ON ADJUSTOR ARM FOR SETTING BLADES ON #2 FINISH MILL SEPARATOR WHILE HAMMERING INJURED FELT PULL IN RT SHOULDER
THE INJURED WAS3WALKING AROUND THE BELT FEEDER AND STEPPED ON SOME LOOSE COAL CAUSING HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE.EMPLOYEE WAS NOT REFERRED TO DOCTOR UNTIL 11-02-87.
MAN ALLEGES HE 4AS HAULING A LOAD OF COAL FROM PIT WHEN HE LOST CONTROL ON CURVE WHICH WAS WET FROM NIGHT RAIN AS HE STEPPED ON BRAKE THE TRAILER JACK-KNIFED CAUSING TRUCK TO SLIP INTO SMALL DITCH & MAN BUM1ED HIS SIDE AGAINST ARM REST ON DOOR FRACTURING LEFT RIBS 070809
OPERATING SCOOP3CLEANING ENTRY BUCKET HIT OFFSET INJURING BACK STRAIN.
WAS PRYING DOWN3PIECE OF ROCK AND WHEN FELL IT FLIPPED OVER ON PRY BAR AND POINT OF BAR WAS IN PALM RT HAND AND CAUGHT HIS RT AHND BETWEEN LIFHT ON ROOF BOLTER AND PRY BAR CAUSING A PUNCTURE W OUND TO PALM OF3 HAND
INJURED STATED 2E WAS WALKING ON SIDE HILL ENTRY & SLIPPED HE SAID HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK PROBABLY STRAINING OR PULLING MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK INJURED WAS TAKING SELF TO DOC.102587 APPROX. 1200NOON ACCIDE3T OCCURRED NEAR SPAD 104 ON DEWITT MAINS SECTION IN #6 ENTRY
FELL WHILE BREA5ING ROCK THAT WA CAUGHT IN THE RIGHT MAINS LG. THE BELT WAS WET AND SLIPPERY CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE FOOTING.
WHILE ON 4 BUTT3SECTION HE STARTED TO GET OUT OF A/C SHUTTLE CAR GOT A CATCH IN HIS HIP- LEFT HIP - NO ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT - EXAMING DR SAID POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SUTTLE CAR
REMOVING ROCK A3D TO FROM STACKER TO FREE BELT STRAINED BACK SLIPPED VERTABLE WILL BE RE EX.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A HAND OPERATED SPLICING MACHINE TO INSTALL A SPLICE ON A 42" MINE BELT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
MINE ELECTRICIA3 & A HELPER WERE CAPPING ENDS OF A SPARE TRAIL CABLE WHEN THE HELPER DROPPED WENEND OF THE CABLE THE END STRUCK THE ELECTRICIAN ON TOP OF THE LEFT FOOT (BEHIND STEEL TOE)
RAISING ENGINE 9ND OF LOADER TO CHANGE TIRE WITH ANOTHER LOADER,REACHED TO BLOCK AXLE WITH BLOXK,LOADER MOVED AND CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN TIRE AND BUCKET OF LIFTING LOADER.
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS GOING UNDER MINER CABLE CAUGHT HEAD ON CABLE RUN S.C. INTO RIB
INFORMATION NOT3GIVEN TO MANAGEMENT UNTIL AFTER THE TEN DAYS EXPIRED STEPPING OUT OF JEEP TOE OF RT.BOOT CAUGHT ON RAIL STRETCHING R.KNEE LATER SAME DAY CLIMBING OVER OVERCAST PUT R.FOOT ON LA ST BLOCK WHEN T2E BLOCK ROLLED TWISTED R.KNEE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CATCH HIS FALL
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING FROM BELT DRIVE TO TRACK ENTRY TO GET A BAG OF REOCKDUST AND FELL INJURIUN.INJURING HIS LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED OUT HOSPTIAL BUT ELECTRED TO GO TO HIS OWN PERSONAL D9 FOR ADDITIONAL TREATMENT.
WAS LOADING POW8ER(BLASTING) INTO SUPPLY CAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
PULLING POWER C5BLE IN SANDPIT WITH WORKBOAT. THE OUTBOARD MOTOR HIT A SANDBAR CAUSING IT TO KICK UP INTO THE KNEE OF THE OPERATOR. THE FLYWHEEL WAS STILL SPINNING AND CAME IN DIRECT CONTACT W ITH EMPLOYEE'S 5EFT KNEE CAUSING A LACERATION AND TENDON TO BE SEVERED.
EMPLOYEE ON HANDS AND KNEES INSPECTING ALIGNMENT OF COMPRESSOR WHEELS ON LOWBOY TRAILER. HE STARTED TO GET UP, HE HEARD A SNAP AND FELT SHARP BURNING PAIN IN LEFT KNEE. DAMAGE NOT KNOWN AT THI S TIME.
DRIVING END DUM1 ON FLAT SURFACE.MUSJUDGED DISTANCE & CAME TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF ROADWAY.TRUCK TURNED OVER AND HE WAS THROWN FROM TRUCK.DOESNT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED ONLY REMEMBERS TRUCK BEGINN ING TO TURN THE3 BEING OUT AND CRAWLING UP EMBANKMENT AFTER TRUCK STOPPED.
INJURED STATED 7HAT HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHILE CLIMBING INTO LOCOMOTIVE
EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG REPAIR WORK ON THE 5761 SHOVEL. HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 FROM DRILL ONTO GROUND AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT AS HE WAS WALKING AT TOP FLOOR OF GRINDER CELLS AREA HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED FORWARD THERE WAS SOME PRODUCT ON FLOOR AT #26 BIRD FEED WEIR TWO WEIRS ARE IN THIS AREA & OCCAS IONALLY RUN OVE9 WITH FOAM
EMPL HELPING MO5E MINER ACROSS UNIT AS HE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE HE SLIPPED IN SOME LOOSE COAL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
LIFTING ROCK- H6RT BACK.
EMP WAS LOADING3BAGS OF ANFO ON TO THE LOADING RIG AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK
EMP WAS SHOOTIN1 COAL WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN PINS STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF HEAD
EMPLOYEE BEGAN 7OMPLAINING OF SEDVERE B ACK PAIN & MUSCLE SPASMS WHILE DRIVING 777 CAT TRUCK EMPLOYEE HAS ALSO MENTIONED HAVING SIMILAR BACK PAIN BEFORE COMING TO WORK THIS INCIDENT STILL PEND ING DOC. REPORT3
THE VICTIM WAS 9EPLACING A BEARTING ON THE BELT TAIL ROLLER WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED,STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT THUMB AND HAND.
WHILE CHANGING 4EIGHTS ON CONE, EYE BROKE, KICKED OUT BLOCK AND CONE DROPPED ON EMPLOYEE'S HAND.
MAN WAS WORKING3OUT OF BUCKET TRUCK. CAUGHT LEFT ARM BETWEEN BUCKET AND TOWER HE WAS PAINTING HURT LEFT FOREARM
EMPLOYEE PICKED3UP BRAKE WHEN IT SWIVELED CUTTING HIS FINGER
I NAME WAS DRIV3NG THE 32 SHUTTLE CAR. THE CAR JUMPED INTO HIGH TRAM, RAMMING INTO THE BACK OF THE MINER. THIS CAUSED HIM TO BE THROWN FROM HIS SEAT. HE SAID THAT HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BEFORE HE F ELL OUT OF THE 7AB, BUT HE HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE SEAT ACROSS FROM HIM. DIAGNOSIS WAS RIGHT KNEE DISCOMFORT WITH CHONDROMALACIA.
I.NAME WALKED U1 TO CAR & PUT HIS RT.HAND ON REEL SIDE BOARD REEL COVER FELL & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN COVER & THE BOARD DIAGNOSIS WAS SOFT TISSUE INJURY TO RT.HAND I.NAME MISSED ONE DAY DUE TO DIAGNOSTIC R9ASONS HIS DOC.WAS WAITING FOR RADIOLOGIST TO READ X-RAYS & MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A FX.THERE WAS NOT & I.NAME WAS RETURNED TO WORK
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 HELPING PULL A WINCH TRUCK CABLE UP HILL WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
PUSHING AGAINST3CONVEYOR CARRIAGE STRAINED BACK
SHOVELING ON BE5T, STRAINED LOWER ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CR5WLING THROUGH BRADDISH OPENING LEFT KNEE POPPED.
FILLING 50 LB S5CKS WITH PRODUCT AND STACKING SACKS ONTO PALLET.BACK BEGAN TO HURT AND GOT WORKSSE AS HE CONTINUED TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO MOVE BULL GEAR FOR BELT DRIVE AND WHEN HE STARTED TO LIFT HE HAD SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO4ERING DRILL STEEL FROM A DRILLED HOLE WHEN HIS HAND WAS STRUCK BY THE STEEL. THE TOP SECTION OF THE STEEL WAS LODGED IN THE HOLE AND EMPLOYEE REACHED TO GET THE STEEL WHEN THE STEEL FELL FROM3THE HOLE.
MOTORMAN WAS AT7EMPTING TO DISLODGE ROCK FROM A MICK CHUTE USING A SCALING BAR.A ROCK FELL FROM THE CHUTE STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT HAND.
PUTTING CAIN GA7E INTO PLACE ON SUMP.FLOOR WAS COVERED BY MUD TO 6-8'' DEEP.FOOT CAUGHT IN THE MUD ,FELL TWISTING LEFT KNEE AND BANGING LEFT ELBOW ON FLOOR SUMP.
PICKED UP OIL B5RREL AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE APPARE3TLY LOST CONTROL OF A LOADED HAUL TRUCK TRAVELING DOWN B RAMP
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 LIFTING A STEEL PLATE THAT HE HAD BEEN WELDING ON WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LEG.
WALKING UP DIRT3EMBANKMENT NEAR TRUCK SCALES, SLIPPED & FELL ON LEFT WRIST SPRAINED LEFT WRIST.
EMPL REPAIRING EQUIP AND STRAINED BACK.
PUTTING GEAR LU6 ON GEARS WITH A WOODEN PADDLE PADDLE GOT CAUGHT PULLING RT HAND INTO GEARS
INJ RAISING ENG3NE COMPARTMENT HOOD TO CHECK ENGINE OIL.WHEN FINISHED HE COUGHED SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF A COULD HE HAD.AFTER COUGHING HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL EXTENDED G9EASING HOSE FROM REEL ON DRAGLINE.AUTO CATCH TO PREVENT HOSE FROM REWINDING DEFECTIVE.EMPL PLACE OBJECT ON REEL TO JAM RETURN.OBJECT FELL OUT HOSE RETRACKED AND HIT HIM IN LOWE R RIB AREA. 3
WORKING INSIDE 7HE HOPPER OF G10A DUST COLLECTOR. SHOVELING DIRT AWAY FROM THE SCREW CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE TURNED TO THROW MATERIAL OVER SHOULDER, AS HE DID SO HE TWISTED AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
PICKING UP RAIL9OAD RAIL, CHAIN SLIPPED 4X4 KICKED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE UNDER CHIN.
TRIED TO LEFT H9AVY OBJECT BY HIMSELF
THERE IS A HIGH3STEP ON THE ROCK TRUCK, THAT IS THE WAY THE TRUCKS ARE MANUFACTURED
EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG RECLAIMING WORK. HE PULLED HIS D-3 CATERPILLAR DOZER TO A STOP AND WAS GETTING DOWN FROM DOZER TO EAT LUNCH. THE WEATHER WAS A MISTY RAIN. WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON TRACKS OF DOZER, HIS F9ET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINST TRACK CAUSING A BRUISE TO ELBOW.
I NAME WAS SETT3NG A 20 FT JOINT OF PIPE ONTO A PIPE JACK WITH FORK LIFT. HE AS ADJUSTING PIPE STAND AND PIPE SLIPPED OFF FORKS OF FORK LIFT CAUSING LOCK RING ON PIPE JACK TO SLIP, CAUSING ALL WEIGHT OF THE 1IPE TO FALL ON HIS LEFT ARM CAUSING HIM TO INJURY HIS BACK.
OPERATING SCRAP9R ON SPOIL SIDE OF 1050 PIT LAYING DOWN TOPSOIL WHEN SCRAPER SLID ON MUD INTO DEPRESSION RESULTING IN JARRING MOTION TO HEAD AND NECK.
EMP WAS UNPLUGG3NG CYCLONES HURIED TO SHUT OFF WATER HOSE AND BUMPED KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS PU8HING ROTOR ON 16-A ATRITOR AND TWISTED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING ACROSS A 2'X6' PLANK TO AVOID MUDDY FLOOR CONDITIONS WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF PLANT, CAUSING FALL TO FLOOR. HIS RIGHT LEG FOLDED UNDER BODY AND WHEN CONTACTED FLOOR , CAUSED SPRAIN3TO RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO DISSASSEMBLE DRAG FRICTION CLUTCH USING WRENCH & AIR IMPACE GUN SOCKET BROKE CUTTING LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS BUILDING CRIBS & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO CRIBS CAUSING A CRUSHING FX. OF THE RT.LITTLE FINGER
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 OFF OF HIS SHUTTLE CAR AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS KNEE.
EMP WAS PULLING3ON A MINER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
TAKING CABLE OF0 OF CABLE REEL AND CABLE WORKED A LOOP IN IT. WAS STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SHOULDER.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 HELPING TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES MOVE A SHIP PUMP. THE PUMP HAD TO MOVED 2 X-CUTS AND BE PLACE IN A DAM. WHEN THE JOB WAS COMPLETED THE EMPLOYEE BEGAN HAVING BACK PAINS. HE GOT A BACK SPRAIN.3
I.NAME TRYING T2 LOAD DUSTER AND DUST WASNT COMING DOWN.HE PULLED THE LOCK BACK ON FILL COUPLER AND TAPPED COUPLER.IT BROKE LOOSE AND THE DUST STARTED COMING DOWN.FILL TUBE HIT HIM IN LEGS,RIG HT ARM,GROIN.HA8 MULTIPLE ABRASIONS OVER THESE AREAS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING UP ON DOZER
TRYING TO CUT O0F MINE CAR WITH SLATE BAR WHEN FLAGGING THE MOTORMAN TO PULL OFF HE CAUGHT LEG UNDER THE MINE CAR WHEEL.
WAS USING ETHER3TO START TRUCK TRUCK BACKFIRED CAUSING BURNS TO THUMB & FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND
I NAME WAS HELP3NG ASSEMBLE A 6 IN VIC WEWERE CARRYING A PIECE OF PIPE ABOUT 12 FT LONG. I NAME WAS MOVING BACKWARD, TRIPPED ON PIECE OF 3 IN DRISCOPIPE CAUSING HI TO FALL IN WHICH THE PIPE FELL DIRECTLY O3 HIS CHEST. HE WAS SEING THE DOCTOR FOR HIS BACK ONLY
CHAIN BROKE ON 8RILL HEAD, CAUSING LACERATION ON LEFT EYELID.
EMPLOYEE WHILE 6NLOADING PROPS FROM TRAM;DROPPED PROP AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN ANOTHER PROP.DAY MISSED WAS NOT DUE TO INJURY.
HE CAME BACK TO3WORK ON DOCTORS RELEASE.HE SAID TO LET HIM WORK TWO DAYS TO SEE IF HIS BACK WAS OK.HE WORKED ONE AND HALF HOURS AND SAID THAT HE LIFTED A 8"X12"X1" ROCK AND IT HURT HIS BACK.HE FINISHED THE D5Y AND WORKED 6 HOURS THE NEXT DAY.
REPAIRING BOLTE9 ON JOY MINER 4LT 650 WHILE TRYING TO LIFT BOLTER HEAD BACK INTO POSITION GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK, DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 10-31-87
EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING BELT LINE WHEN SUDDENLY FELT SHAPR PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
CLAIMIANT STATE8 HE WAS CLEANING IN THE BASEMENT OF OLD PLANT AND SLIPPED WHILE THROWING A PIECE OF GRATING OUT THE DOOR AND FELL AND FRACTURED TWO RIBS ON LEFT SIDE OF BODY
INJURED WAS ATT9MPTING TO ALIGN BOLT HOLE FOR BUGDUSTER BOLT. EMPLOYEE PLACED SCREWDRIVER IN BOLT HOLE, WHEN THE BUGDUSTER MOTOR TURNED, CAUSING THE SCREWDRIVER TO SLIP, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON H IS FINGER. THE 4ACHINE EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING WAS DE-ENERGIZED AT THE TIME OF INJURY.
WHILE DRIVING T2E #9 SHUTTLE CAR TOWARD THE FEEDER, THE CAR HIT A BUMP THROWING HIM SEVERAL INCHES INTO THE AIR. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING DOWN SLOPE WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED INTO SUMP AT BOTTOM OF SLOPE TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE MINING IN3THE RIGHT CROSSCUT JUST INBY THE RETURN ROADWAY, A SLIP MEASURING APPROX. 25' LONG BY 5' WIDE AND 4' THICK SUDDENLY DROPPED OUT AND FELL ON THE CONTINUOUS MINERTHE FOREMAN, LOC ATED BETWEEN TH9 LAST BOLT AND THE RIGHT RIB WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROCK 4' BY 4' BY 6" THICK WHICH FELL AS THE LARGE SLIP CAME DOWN. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED PELVIS.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING POSITION BELT STANDS ON A SUPPLY CAR WHEN HIS BUDDY PULLED ON THE STANDS & CAUGHT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN TWO STANDS
VICTIM WAS OPER5TING ROOF BOLTER WHEN SMALL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING LEFT HAND
EMP WALKED IN A3CROSSCUT AND BUMPED HIS KNEE ON A PALLET OF BELT ROLLERS. BEGAN MISSING 11 6 87
EMPLOYEE WAS HI7 IN THE BACK OF HIS LEGS WITH PINNER CABLE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS SELF-RESCUER.
CLEANING AROUND3BELT TAILPIECE.SHOVEL CAUGHT IN BELT AND KICKED BACK KNOCKING HIM INTO BELT DELUGE SYSTEM.
WHILE TROUBLESH2OTING A TRACK TAMPER EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND CLOSE TO A CONTACTOR WHEN AN ARC WAS CREATED AND BURNED HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DI8MOUNTING A 777 ROCK TRUCK. WHEN HE REACHED THE BUMPER HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND INSTEAD OF USING THE STEPS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
PT WAS CARRYIN1 4IN CONDUIT WHEN THE GROUND HE WAS WALKING ON GAUE WAY MULT INJURIES
EMPLOYEE STATED3WHILE CHANGING SHUTTLE CAR TIE OFF AROUND HE STRUCK HEAD AGAINST LOW HEADER BOARD CAUSING STRAIN TO NECK
HEAD FELL OUT O0 ROOF, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HIS LEFT LEG.
INJ WAS JACKING3MOTOR BACK ON THE TRACK WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS CHEST
A D-8 TRACTOR WAS BEING FUELED. THE NOZZLE CAME OUT OF THE TANK AND SPRAYED EMPLOYEE WITH FUEL. IN HIS HASTE TO CONTROL THE HOSE, EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS KNEE. NOTE: ORIGINAL ACCDIENT DID NOT RES ULT IN LOST TIME. ON 4-20-88 ORTHO PHYSICIAN INDICATED SURGERY WAS NECCESSARY ON KNEE ORIGINALLY INJURED IN ABOVE ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING HD41 DOZER AND HE STATES HE INJURED HIS BACK RUNNING OVER ROUGH GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST9PPING ONTO RAW COAL HOPPER, SLIPPED AND FELL BACK ON CONCRETE SLAB HITTING BACK.
DESCENDING LADD9R ON TRACK DOZER UNIT NO 1140. SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG STRIKING LEFT HAND ON TRACK CAUSING FRACTURE TO LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
OTHER EMPLOYEE 4AS WORKING ON THE SCREEN I,NAME WAS ON THE GROUND, OTHER EMPLOYEE ASKED I,NAME TO GET HIM A BAR, HE CLIMBED ONTO THE CONVEYOR (RETURN) TO GIVE HIM THE BAR HE SLIPPED OR LOST HI S BALANCE, FALL3TO THE GROUND (APPROX. 4.5 FT). THE PLANT WAS DOWN AT TIME ACCIDENT.
SLIPPED OFF TR6CK WHILE REPAIRING LIGHTS AND FELL ON BACK
WHILE PLACING G9ATING OVER WASH PIT BY HAND EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN ONE GRATE THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE AND THE ONE HE WAS TRYING TO PLACE OVER THE PIT HE MASHED THE END OF HIS MIDD LE FINGER ON RT3HAND NAIL BED AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO JUMP START THE LIGHT PLANT WHEN THE PROP THAT WAS HOLDING THE BATTERY COVER UP SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE
EMPLOYEE STATES3HAD GONE AFTER A LOAD OF BULK EXPLOSIVES WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO DRILL VIA MAIN ACCESS ROAD THERE WAS A BAD PLACE IN THE ROAD & HE HIT THE PLACE WITH POWDER TRUCK & REINJURED HI S BACK EMPLOYEE3HAD ALREADY TRAVELED THIS SAME ROADTWICE BEFORE THIS NIGHT EMPLOYEE HAS A CONTINUING HISTORY OF BACK INJURIES THAT REOCCUR QUITE FREQUENTLY
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS MARKING A MOTOR LEAD BY NOTCHING THE INSULRATION WITH A KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS INDEX FINGER & SEVERING TENDON IN THAT FINGER SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO RECONNECT THE TENDON 3
EMPLOYEE WAS DI8MOUNTING FROM SCRAPER AT SUPPER TIME AND RING ON RIGHT HAND CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AROUND THE DOOR HANDLE OF CAB. CAUSED SKIN, MUSCLE, TO BE TORN AWAY FROM BONE.
VICTIM WAS USIN1 12 IN LONG 24 OZ MASONRY HAMMER TO PRY N BELT TAILPIECE SIDEBOARD. THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIS RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER AND THE METAL FRAME OF TAILPI9CE. RESULTING IN INJURY LACERATION OF THE DISTAL JOINT AND DISPLACEMENT OF THE FINGERNAIL OF THE LEFT RING FINGER
I.NAME IS A BUI5DING CONTRACTOR (CARPENTER) & WAS IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING AN OFFICE AT VIRGINIA CREWS PREP PLANT WHILE HE WAS USING A CIRCLE SAW TO CUT SOME PANELING HE SLIPPED & CUT TOP OF HIS WRIST 3
EMPLOYEE WAS SU1POSED TO HAVE SPRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHILE CARRYING A CASE OF BLASTING POWDER.
I.NAME WAS HELP3NG TO PULL UP SOME ROOF BOLT CABLE WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER LOOSE CABLE AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE HE WORKED THE FOLLOWING DAY AND MISSED THE NEXT THREE
EMP REACHED OVE9 ONTO A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO PICK UP A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLT PLATES. HE TWISTED HIS BACK RESULTING IN A BACK STRAIN
FELL OFF LADDER3CHECKING WATER TANK
HOLDING END OF 4ATER LINE WHEN WATER WAS TURNED ON COAL SHOT OUT OF THE END OF THE LINE.THE COALFLEW STRIKING RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL2SING BATTERY BOX ON FRONT END LOADER AND SLIPPED OUT FALLING TO THE GROUND HE LANDED ON LEFT LEG BREAKING HIS ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING TORQUE ON ROOF BOLTER USING A KEY STOCK PLUG & TORQUE WRENCH BOTH WERE INSERTED IN DRILL HEAD WRONG LEVER WAS IN ADVERTENLLY PUSHED CAUSING TORQUE WRENCH TO SWING AROUND STRIKING EMPLOY9E IN RT.RIBS CAUSING 3 FX.RIBS ON RT.SIDE
WHILE TRAMMING 8HUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE HAD HAND ON BOOM SHUTTLE CAR WENT THRU DIP IN ROADWAY CAUSING BOOM TO HIT BOTTOM AND RAISE WHEN SHUTTLE CAR CAME OUT OF DIP BOOM WENT BACK DOWN AND PINCHED HIS FINGERS BE7WEEN THE BOOM SIDE BOARD AND FRAME OF SHUTTLE CAR
EMP WAS PINNING3TOP, WHEN COAL ROLLED OFF RIB - STRIKING HIM ON BACK
B ENTRY MAIN EA8T TRACK ENTRY I NAME WAS RIDING OUTO F THE MINE, WITH A MOTORMAN ON A 9 TON MOTOR, WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH A SET OF VENT DOORS, THE OPERATOR OF THE LOCOMOTIVE STATED THE DOORS CLOSED SUDDENLY1 ONE OF THE DOORS APARENTLY STRUCK I NAME CAUSING MULTIPLE NJURIES TO HIS PELVIS AND LEGS
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING LOADER. HE BACKED INTO A ROCK AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE REAR WINDOW.
EMPLOYEE FELL 2FF LADDER CAUGHT LEFT HAND IN PALM ON CABEL SUPPORT HOOK CUT & TORE THROUGH PALM OF HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS MA5ING ON SHIFT EXAM AND STEPPED ON CHUNK OF COAL AND TWISTED KNEE.
MUDDY CONDITION8 CONTRIBUTED TO THE OPERATORS ACCIDENT. THE TRACKS WERE MUDDY & HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE TRACK, WHEN HE TURNED TO OPEN THE DOOR, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRACK & PULLED A M USCLE IN HIS BA7K
EMPL CARRYING 13END OF 20'PIPE OF WATER PIPE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT UPPER ARM.
EMPLOYEE SAID H9 WAS LIFTING ON A BELT ROLLER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
STEPPED OFF COA5 DRILL TO HANG GLO RODS TO TAKEUP CENTER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STRUCK3HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE DECK OF THE SCOOP HE WAS OPERATING.
HE WAS ON 6TH F5OOR OF PLANT TO WIRE UP A MOTOR TO #1A SYSTEM SEPARATOR WHICH HAD JUST HAD THE DRUM REPLACED.THE HANDRAILS AROUND STEPS AT MIDDS CYCLONE HAD TO BE REMOVED TO GET DRUM INTO PLAC E.BELTING HAD B9EN PLACED ON THE FLOOR IN THE AREA TO KEEP THE DRUM FROM CATCHING ON GRATING AS IT WAS BEING PUT INTO PLACE.THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE BELTING AND FELL OFF SIDE OF STEPS WHER
CHANGING A HYDR5ULIC HOSE ON A TRACK MOUNTED DC ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE PULLED THE HOSE OFF THE FITTING THE HOSE STRUCK THE TROLLEY WIRE CAUSING A ARC
I.NAME STANDING3BESIDE ROOF BOLTER.STEPPED ON LUMP OF COAL AND STRAINED RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK.WORKED 10-27-10-29.MISSED 10-30 AND RTW AFTER WEEKEND 11-2.MISSED 1 DAY AND SAW DR ON THAT DAY AL SO GIVEN RX. 3
THE VICTIM SMEL5ED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR, HE THEN GOT OFF THE SHUTTLE CAR AND LOOKED UNDERNEATLY OF IT 14 DOING SO THE WHEEL UNTI ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS HOT AND LEANING ON THE TIRE CAUSING T2E TIE TO BLOW UP IN THE VICTIM S FACE.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 USING THE BOLTER TO TIGHTEN A ROOF BOLT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON NOSE AND FOREHEAD.
MAINTANCE ON RA3L-ROAD CAR.
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR & RAN OVER ROCK OR TIMBER & JAMMED HEAD AGAINST CANOPY
EMP STATES THAT3AS HE WAS BRINGING A PUMP OUT OF THE 1ST LEFT SECTION, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A MAN - DOOR INJURING HIS NECK
HE WAS SHOVELIN1 OUT DRIVE ROLLERS ON CROSS BELT ON 3RD RIGHT SECTION- PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
VICTIM WAS TRAM4ING FLETCHER ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.PAN OVER A CHUNK IN ROADWAY CAUSING THE MACHINE TO "JUMP" AND JARRED LOWER BACK.
I.NAME WAS CARR2ING ROCK DUST FROM A SUPPLY CAR PARKED ON THE TRACK & PUTTING IT IN THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP WHILE DOING THIS HE TRIPPED & FELL STGRIKING ONE OF THE MINE RAILS INJURING HIS BA CK 3
EMP WAS STEPPIN1 ON ROLLER OF BELT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE
EMPLOYEE COMPLA3NED OF PAINS TO LOWER BACK AFTER CARRYING THE MINER REMOTE CONTROL BOX. HE CONTINED TO WORK UNTIL 11-5-87. HE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 11-5-87.
ROCK LAYING IN 9OADWAY, SHUTTLE CAR RAN OVER ROCK BOUNCING OPERATOR UP AND STRAINING HIS BACK.
I.NAME WAS CRAW5ING UNDERNEATH A MOBILE BRIDGE UNIT WHEN MOBILE BRIDGE WAS LOWERED UNEXPECTEDLY STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK
EMPL WALKING DO4N CONVEYOR WALKWAY STEPPED ON ROCK AND TURNED ANKLE.EMPL WEIGHT CAUSED INJURED ANKLE.
RUNNING PINNER 7OP COAL FELL AND CAUSED BRUISE TO NECK.
EMPLOYEE SHOVEL3NG TURNED TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMP WAS REPLACI3G TRANSMISSION IN COMPANY TRUCK AND STRAINED LOWER BACK, STRAIN OCCURRED WHEN HE LIFTED TRANSMISSION INTO PLACE
EMPLOYEE STAES 2E WAS CLEANING ROCKS FROM FEEDER & INJURED HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE STATES HE FELT SHARP PAIN WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER.
INJURED PARTY W5S SERVICING DREDGE HE WAS LEANING OVER TO GREASE FITTING WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE STRUCK HIS RT.LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEE
ROADS HAD BEEN 4ATERED, 2 TRUCKS APPROACHING INTERSECTION SIMULTANIOUSLY AND WHEN ATTEMPTED TO TAKE MEASURES TO AVOID A COLLISION - LOST FRACTIOXX LOST TRACTION AND SKIDDED
THE HOPPER WAS 0ULL (PLUGGED UP),WHILE TRYING TO OPEN HOPPER,AUTO CONTROL CLOSED GATE ON EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND GIVING A BADLY BRUISED HAND AND WRIST.
I NAME WAS SHOV9LING SAND IN PIT AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER
WHILE GOING TO 1ICK UP TIMBER, EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON PIECE OF ROCK AND FELL, LANDING ON HIS BUTTOCKS. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED SPRAIN AND X-RAYS REVEALED SPURRING OF T5 AND POSSIBLE COMPRESSION FRACTU RE OF T-8 VERTE6RAE. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN PRESCIPTION FOR FLEXRIL. FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT REVEALED NO FRACTURE OF T-8 VERTEBRAE;DIAGNOSIS- LUMBO-SACRAL STRAIN.
WELDING PIECE OF SLAG WENT DOWN EMPLOYEE BOOT BURNED SMALL WHOLE IN INSTEP SIZE OF PIN HEAD.
HE WAS PULLING 4INER CABLE IN AN AEA WITH MUDDY BOTTOM HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD & PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO PUT GAS POWERED WATER PUMP ONTO PALLET WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD CO4PLETED FILLING BULK LUBE TANK ON SHOVEL #4. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REELING THE LUBE LINE UP, AS THE LINE NEARED THE END IT FLIPPED UP STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE SCROTUM. TH E EMPLOYEE THEN3WAITED THREE DAYS TO REPORT THE INJURY AND VISIT A DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON THE HEATING UNIT IN THE SHOP,TROUBLE SHOOTING.ALL FUSES WERE PULLED.THE MAIN POWER WAS STILL COMING INTO THE HEATER SO EMPLOYEE COULD CHECK FOR THE PROBLEM.WHEN EMPLOYE E REACHED FOR A3WIRE HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE HOT SIDE OF THE FUSE HOLDER CAUSING THE SHOCK.EMPLOYEE HAD THE RIGHT HAND BURNED AND BOTH SHOULDERS WERE DISLOCATED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON THE SWING BRAKE AND IN THE PROCESS OF RELEASING THE BRAKE THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB IN IT,CAUSING A MASHED THUMB.
EMPLOYEES WAS D3GGING A DITCH WITH OPERATOR BUCKET WAS DOWN OPERATOR SLIPED IN MACHINE & HIT LEVER BUCKET HIT SHOVEL SHOVEL HIT LEFT THUMB & KNOCKED HIM BACKWARDS & TWISTED RIGHT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING AROUND CORNER OF CONTROL ROOM LEFTR LEG WENT THROUGH HOLE IN FLOOR
EMP WAS GRINDIN1 WITH ANGLE GRINDER. IT SLIPPED AND THE GRINDING WHEEL TOUCHED HIS RT KNEE CUTTING IT REQUIRED 4 SUTURES
WHILE TRAVELING3TO SECTION ON GOLF CART, BRAKES FAILED AND EMPLOYEE HIT AIRLOCK DOOR.
INJURED WAS CAR9ING A PUMP INTO THE RAISE MAINS PUMP HOUSE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A BLOCK THAT TIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
THE MAN WAS STA3DING ALONG SIDE OF THE 2 WEST TRACK WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A GALIS TRACK JEEP THAT WAS PROPELLED INTO HIM BY A RUNAWAY MOTOR TRIP(5 CARS 1 15 TON MOTOR)ALONG WITH 2 GALIS TRACK JEEPS. 3
INJURED WAS CHA3GING ONTO CENTER STRIP IN #27 DOWN CREEK VIBRATOR INJURED STOOD UP BUMPING INTO LOW OVERHEAD PIPE LINE INJURING HIS NECK
THE INJURED ALL9GES HE DISLOCATED A RIB WHILE PINNING THE LAST TWO LOWER BRIDGE LINES ON THE MAST OF THE 2570-C DRAGLINE.
LOADING DOZER ON A FLATBED TRAILER. JUMPED DOWN OFF THE TRAILER TO LOOSEN SOME CHAINS AND HIT BLOCK OF WOOD USED FOR BLOCKING EQUIPMENT AND TORE LIGAMENTS IN RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE HAS BE9N USING A JACKHAMMER AND HAS AGGRAVATED HIS HANDS AND NEW HASBEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (INFLAMATION OF CARPALS IN THE HANDS.)
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING THE TRAIL CABLE CREW REPOSITION A CABLE WHILE LIFTING THE CABLE EMPLOYEES LOWER BACK MUSCLES BECAME SPASMODIC
EMPLOYEE WAS AS8IGNED TO CHANGE THE HEADSHAFT SPROCKET TO K-555 DRAG. EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN THE NEW HALF OF THE HEADSHAFT SPROCKET FELL OVER AND LANDED ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT., THE SPRO CKET AT THE TIM9 IT FELL WAS BEING PULLED INTO LOCATION WITH A COME A LONG OPERATED BY INJURED EMPLOYEE. THE LOCATION OF HEADSHAFT SPROCKET WAS IN A VERY TIGHT SPACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING TRUCK & EITHER TWISTED RT.KNEE OR SQUATTED TOO LONG ON KNEE
EMPL GETTING ON7O SHOVEL WITH TRIP CABLE OVER SHOULDER FELT STRAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
TIGHTENING BOLT3BENEATH CRUSHER APRON, A PIECE OF RUSTY METAL FELL INTO RIGHT EYE.
HE WAS RETURNIN1 BACK TO SHOP THROUGH THE EAST WALL DOOR FOR LUNCH IN THE BREAKROOM, AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SHOP. WHILE WALKING BETWEEN SEVERAL WORK STANDS TO HIS LEFT AND CUT-OFF SAE HE STEPPED DOWN O3TO ONE OF TWO PIPE SECTIONS ON THE FLOOR TWISTING HIS RIGHT FOOT AND FALLING DOWN HARD ONTO FOOT.
EMPL NOTICED OI5 LEAKING FROM TOP OF RADIATOR AREA WHILE ENGINE RUNNING PUT LEFT HAND AROUND AREA OF LEAK-FAN GLAZED AND CUT 2 FINGERS.
WHILE PULLING O3 A BAR TO CLOSE A RAIL CAR DOOR HE FELT A POP AND PAIN IN LOW BACK AREAS.
EMPLOYEE TWISTE8 ANKLE WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM DRAG DRUM.
THE PLANT OPERA7OR WAS OPERATING PLANT FROM CONTROL ROOM, WHEN THE CMI DRIER TRIPPED ITS BREADER. THE PLANT OPERATOR WENT TO THE MOTOR CONTROL CENTER. ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE CONTROL CENTER HE DECIDED TO CHEC5 THE MOTOR FOR BINDING. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN CONTROL ROOM STARTED THE MOTOR. PLANT OPERATOR LOST THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
PULLING FAN BEL7S ATTACHED TO BREAKER BAR FOR EASIER LIFTING WITH HANDS WHILE BENDING TO LIFT BAR ,BACK WAS SPRAINED.
REMOVING V-BELT3GUARD OFF VACUUM PUMP AND CAUGHT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN GUARD AND SHEAVE FRACTURING FINGER.
EMP WAS CARRYIN1 WASTE CEMENT DWON THE STEPS TO NUMBER 5 ELEVATOR DRAG, TWISTED BACK CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK
HE WAS STEPPING3OUT OF THE ENGINE HOUSE & STEPPED ON THE BOTTOM RAIL OF THE DOOR LOST BALANCE & TWISTED HIS ANKLE
REMOVING CONVEY2R BELT FROM TIPPLE WHEN A BEAM BROKE AND FELL HITTING ON HAND AND BREAKING LITTLE FINGER ON RT HAND AND TEARING THE LIGAMENT
EMP ALLEGES HE 4AS HELPING MOVE A CABLE. PART OF CABLE WAS STILL HANGING. CABLE FELL AND HIT EMP ON UPPER BACK. EMP RETURNED TO WORK HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT BUT BEGAN LOSING TIME 11 04 87
INDIVIDUAL WAS 3N THE PROCESS OF LOADING BRATTICE BLOCKING A SCOOP FOR TRANSPORTATION UNDERGROUND. WHEN A BLOCK TUMBLED OFF THE PALLET OF BLOCK MASHING INDIVIDUALS HAND BETWEEN TWO BLOCKS CRUS HING THE MIDDLE3FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE HAD JU8T PULLED SHIELD AND WAS MOVING DOWN THE PAN LINE WHEN A 1 1/4" HYDRAULIC HOSE BLEW OFF HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT ANKLE.(THIS RESULTED IN AFRACTURE OF THE RIGHT ANKLE).
PLACING A DOLLY3ON TRACK & HE SMASHED HIS FINGER WITH A JACK BETWEEN THE JACK HANDLE & SOCKET LEVER
EMP WAS HELPING3CO-WORKER PULL CONVEYOR BELT OFF WITH A ROPE GRAB AND A MINE JEEP. AS THE BELT WS BEING PULLED WITH THE JEEP THE GRAB SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE & GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 OTHER CABLES DAUSING HIS R.KNEE TO TWIST
HIT BACK ON ROO0 BOLT WHILE WALKING IN MINE.
AS PICKING UP 8HOVEL FULL OF COAL AND TURNING TO PUT COAL ON BELT HE FELT PAIN IN BACK
SETTING TIMBERS3THA STRAINED BACK
INJURED WAS WAL5ING ALONG MANTRIP GOING INTO 3 EAST SECTION WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO A TRACK TIE SLIPPED & FELL TWISTING HIS ANKLE
INJURED WAS CLE5NING A COAL SPILL. WHILE SO DOING HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL SHOVELING 8PILLED COAL ALONG BELT STEPPED IN MUD AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
WHILE OPERATING3THE OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR THE RIB ROLLED INTO DECK OF THE SHUTTLE CAR
INJ BENT DOWN T2 LIFT BELT WITH BAR TO PUT IN CHAIN BLOCKS AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
STEPPING THROUG2 CAB ON LOCOMOTIVE BUMPED HEAD ON CAB CAUSING STRAIN TO NECK.
WHILE BOLTING T2E EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UPA BOLT WHEN THE IMPACT WRENCH FELL OVER STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RT SHOULDER
MOVING BELT STE1PED OFF #5 TAILPIECE TWISTED ANKLE AND BROKE IT.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT WHILE HELPING ON A BELT MOVE IN UNIT 1 HE WAS HANDLING A SPOOL OF WIRE BELT ROPE AND FELT A SORENESS IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR AND RETURNED TO WORK ON HI S NEXT SCHEDULE8 SHIFT. HE WAS THEN NOTIFIED ON 10-26-87 OF A POSSIBLE BONE CHIP IN ELBOW AND MISSING WORK EFFECTIVE 10-27-87. .
EMP WAS BAGGING3CLAY WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENASATION IN RIGHT HAND. LATER, HE NOTICED A KNOW THERE WHERE IT HAD BEEN BURNING. IT WAS DIRST DIAGNOSED AS TENDON IRRITATION BUT WHEN IT DID NO RESPOND TO MEDI7ATION, IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS CYST AND WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED FROM HAND 11 16 87 EMP WORKED FULL TIME UNTIL THEN
MOVING ROCK OFF3TRACK HURT OLD INJURY OF LOWER BACK.
EMPL RUNNING SH6TTLE CAR HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY AND FELT PAIN IN HIS HIP.
WHILE LOADING S7EEL GATE IN SKIPLOADER BUCKET, EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED ON WET STEEL INJURING LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS CLE5NING SPILLAGE FROM UNDER 3 NORTHEAST BELT LINE WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO THE TRACK RAIL HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT HIS BALANCE HE TWISTED HI S LEFT KNEE 3
EMPLOYEE WAS HA3GING TRAILING CABLE OF MACHINE HE OPERATES ONTO OVERHEAD CABLE HANGER. AS HE LIFTED CABLE, HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WATCHING FOR D9BRIS ON CONVEYOR BELT LUNGED FOR TRAMP IRON ON BELT. PULLED MUSCLE IN CALF OF LEFT LEG
EMP WAS WALKING3DOWN SOME STAIRS IN THE WAREHOUSE TO ANSWER THE PHONE AND REPOERTED HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE
EMPL MOVING POW9R ,BENT DOWN TO PULL SOME CABLE AND FELT KNEE TWIST AND HEARD IT POP.
EMP STATED HE D9OPPED A FIBERCRETE CRIB BLOCK STRIKING HIM ON THE KNEE
RAN OVER ROCK WITH SCOOP IT BOUNCED HIT UP AND DOWN IN SCOOP SEAT HURT HIS BACK. -AUDIT.
JACKING KINK OU7 OF TRACK ON MAINLINE HAULAGE AT 68 + 00 AND TWISTED BACK.
EMP WAS WALKING3DOWN STAIRS HIS FOOT MISED A STEP AND HE FELL DOWN 2 OR 3 STEPS. EMP DID NOT MISS WORK OVER THIS INJURY UNTIL 11 02 87
WHILE DISMOUNTI3G A TEREX TRUCK LADDER, I NAME EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN
4 LEFT 6 SOUTH.3EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING UP TAKE UP BOLTS ON SHUTTLE CAR CONVEYOR CHAIN AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE WAS USING A WRENCH WITH AN EXTENSION ON END OF HANDLE.
THE BOLTER HAD 9UN INTO LEFT RIB AS IT STARTED THROUGH CROSSCUT FROM 3 ENT AND FOWLED PANIC SWITCH & ATRS CONTROL. HE WENT ONVER TOP OF ATRS FROM FRONT OF BOLTER TO UNFOWL PANIC SWITCH WHEN H HE RELEASED SWI7CH HE TOLD OPERATOR TO START IT, UNKNOWN OT ANYONE THE ATRS LEVER WAS IN UP POSITION, WHEN IT STARTED IT RAISED HIM AGAINST THE ROOF
EMP WAS HELPING3ROLL A 2 IN PLASTIC PIPE. THE PIPE BROKE IN A COIL AND LOOSE END STRUCK EMP IN LEFT EYE
EMPLOYEES WERE 6SING CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM FLANGE ON TANK SEVERLY BURNED BOTH VICTIMS
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HE FELL THROUGH A METAL HATCH ON THE ROOF ON THE CONCENTRATOR
EMPLOYEE HAD HI8 ARM RESTING ON THE CAB OF A SCOOP WHILE GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SCOOP OPERATOR WHEN A PIECE OF STONE FELL FROM THE ROOF & STRUCK HIS RIGHT ARM & HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PE9FORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON 988 CAT LOADER. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF THE BACK OF THE LOADER AND LANDED ON HIS BUTTOCKS CAUSING COMPRESSED FRACTURE TO THE 5 TH LUMBAR VERTEBRA. A LSO FRACTURED L9FT WRIST.
THE INJURED WAS3INSTLLING CABEL IN ROPE SOCKET WHEN THE END WHIPPED OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD OVER HIS RIGHT EYE CUTTING IT OPEN.
ON 2 SOUTH WEST3LONGWALL SECTION ROCK FELL OFF SHIELD AND HIT SHEAR CAUSING IT TO ROLL OVER THE PANLINE STRIKING MAN IN THE LOWER RIGHT LEG- CONTUSION.
ON THE 3 NORTHW9ST CONTINUOUS MINER SECTION. LAID TUBE (VENTILATION) DOWN WAITING ON MINER TO STOP CUTTING. STOOD ON TOP OF TUBE TO GET BACK FROM COAL COMING ONTO LEGS AND FEET. SLIPPED OFF B VENTILATION TUB9 STRIKING TAILBONE; CONTUSION TO COCCYX.
PUSHING DOWN ON3WRENCH WHILE REMOVING STUDS ON WHEEL OF EUCLID,SOMETHING CRACKED IN BACK CAUSING SEVERE PAIN.
WORKER TRIED TO3REMOVE A FUSE FROM A FUSE BLOCK WITH POWER ON, AS THIS WAS A 440 VOLT SYSTEM. THIS CAUSED A FLASH WHICH INFLICKED 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON THE BACK OF HIS HAND (RIGHT).
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3TO HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DOUBLE DOORS ON THE NORTH-EAST SIDE OF LONE3-AGLOMERATOR-WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS CHEST AGAINST THE DOOR HANDLE.HE DID NOT REPORT THE DOOR HANDLE.HE3DID NOR REPORT THE INCIDENT UNRIL 10-26-87 NOR SEEK MEDICAK AID UNTIL THE SAME DATE.
EMP WAS DRIVING3HAUL TRUCK TO DELIVER GYPSUM TO S TOCKPILE AREA NEAR CRUSHING PLANT. HE DUMPED HIS LOAD AT STOCKPILE AND DRIVE 1500 FT WITH BOX RAISED STRIKING THE UNDRSIDE OF HIGHWAY BRIDG WHICH CROSSES T2E HAUL ROAD FROM THE QUARRY TO THE CRUSHING PLANT
4-NORTH FELL OF0 TOP OF MINER WHILE CLEANING ROCK OFF TOP OF IT, HURT BACK & RIBS, SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK & FELL OFF SIDE
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HE WAS BACKING UP THE DUMP TRUCK TO THE STOCK PILE WHEN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL CAUGHT A RUT AND THE STEERING WHEEL SNAPPED BACKON HIS LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE STATED3WHEN STARTING TO GET OFF OF TRUCK HE MISSED 1ST STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS HEAD ON GROUND
WHILE CUTTING WOOD ON A TABLE SAW, HE CUT OFF THE TIP OF HIS THUMB.
INJURED LOWER B5CK EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR BOTH ENDS OF THE SHUTTLE CAR DRAGGED THE BOTTOM JARRING HIM AND INJURING HIS LOWER BACK