Mining Incidents

Mining Incidents in May 1988

All MSHA-reportable mining accidents in May 1988, sorted by severity. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities
6
Total incidents
3,029
Period
May 1988

Top operators this month

  1. 01 Peabody Coal Company 88 incidents
  2. 02 Consolidation Coal Company 79 incidents
  3. 03 Eastern Associated Coal Corp 59 incidents
  4. 04 Asarco Inc 45 incidents
  5. 05 Southern Ohio Coal Company 43 incidents

Most recent 500 incidents

Showing the 500 most recent of 3,029 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.

May 31, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 980 B FRONEND LOADER AND APPARENTLY FLIPPED INTO THE MUCK POND ON ITS TOP BURYING THE MACHINE AND OPERATOR UNDER THE WATER UP TO MIDWAY OF WH EELS UNDETERMINED WHETHER THE LOST CONTROL OR SIMPLY BACKED IN.

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Island Creek Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

I.NAME ELECTRICIAN PUMPER WAS W ORKING ON SPLICE IN A #10-4 COND.PUMP CABLE WHEN HE APPARENTLY MADE CONTACT PHASE TO PHASE WITH THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTORS

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUSPECTED TO BE STRUCK BY DRILL STEEL TO NECK & JAW AREA

May 25, 1988 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Boich Mining Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING CLEAN-UP WORK ON A PLATFORM UNDER THE STACKER BELT WHILE IT WAS RUNNING.THERE WAS NO WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT.A LONG HANDLE SHOVEL WAS BROKEN AND ON THE PLATFORM WITH THE INS URED EMPLOYEE.HE TALKED TO FELLOW EMPLOYEES AND EMT SQUAD WAND WAS CONSCIOUS WHEN MOVED TO THE AMBULANCE.HE DIED AT 1:00 PM AT THE HOSPTIAL.

May 13, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Joliet Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BACKHOE BREAKER ARM STRUCK ONE EMPLOYEE AND CAUGHT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND FRAME. HYDRALIC HAMMER STANLEY 250 MB.

May 31, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL ONTO A CONVEYOR BELT - SEVERAL DAYS LATER HE COMPLAINED OF PAININ HIS STOMACH AND WAS TOLD HE HAD A HERNIA.

May 28, 1988 WA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Centralia Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS CHARGING HOIST ROPE ON 1140 SHOVEL. HE WAS PULLING ROPE WITH AIR TUGGER WHEN LINE WAS BULDING UP ON SIDE OF DRUM. HE WAS PUSHING ROPE OVER ONTO MIDDLE OF DRUM WHEN HIS HAND GOT CAU GHT UDER LINE AMPUTATING 5TH FINGER. THIS IS REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF SURGERY.

May 27, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLERS HELPER WAS RUNNING WIRELINE WHEN OVERSOHT RELEASED CORE TUBE ABOUT TWO FEET OUT OF HOLE HELPER GRABBED FOR THE TUBE (INSTINCTIVELY) AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE BUT IT WAS TO O LATE AND HIS THUMB WAS SHEARED OFF AT THE JOINT HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO REACK FOR THE TUBE IF THE OVERSHOT RELEASED TOO SOON

May 26, 1988 UT · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner MACHINERY
Utah Fuel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS CUTTING THE FIRST LOAD OFF THE LEFT SIDE WITH THE HEAD DOWN. HE WOALKED UP BESIDE THE CAB OF THE MINER TO HELP GUIDE HIM IN CUTTING THE FLOOR. AT THE TIME RAISED THE HEAD OF THE MINER SLIGHTLY, WHICH SENT THE MINER SLIDING FORWARD AND THE BACK OF THE MINER SLIDING INTO THE RIGHT RIB. HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL IT. HE SAW THE MINER SLIDING TOWARDS HIM AND TURNED AROUND AND

May 25, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Akzo Nobel Salt Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HERNIA

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thin Seams Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED TO HAVE GOTTEN HURT ON 5-3-88 WORKED EVERY DAY AFTERWARDS UNTIL ON 5-24-88 THAT NIGHT HE NOTIFIED MANAGEMENT THAT HE WAS HURT

May 21, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barretts Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WORKED OVER ON GRAVEYARD AND WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK IN JET MILL AREA STACKING BAGS OF MATERIAL. WHILE STACKING BAGS A BAG STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE. EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN TO RIGHT SID E OF ABDOMEN. MAY HAVE STRAINED TRYING TO CATCHBAG.

May 21, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cobleskill Stone Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BEFORE LEAVING WORK , EMP CLIMBED INTO THE 225 CAT BACKHOE TO CLOSE WINDOWS WHEN GETTING OUT OF BACKHOE, EMP SLAMMED DOOR AND CAUGHT HIS L. RING FINGER IN DOOR, THE TIP OF HIS FINGER FROM NAI L TIP WAS TAKEN OFF HE HAND BY FORCE. ,,

May 20, 1988 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I. NAME WAS EMPTYING METAL SHAVING S FROM A BUCKET IN MACHINE SHOP. BUCKET WEIGHHED ABOUT 20 POUNDS AND WAS ON A HAND CART. WHEN ATTEMPTIGN TO DUM BUCKET INTO DUMPSTER, BUCKET HUNG UP ON CAR T AND FELL BACK. EM. TRIED TO CATCH IT AND FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN GROIN AREA.

May 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morton Salt Division · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP HELPED MOVE FRAME IN SHOPO APROC 300 LBS LATER EMP FELT PAIN IN LOWER R. ABDOMEN. EMP RE. ACC. 2 WKS LATER WHEN HE NOTICED SWELLING NO LOST TIME UNTIL 9-27-889

May 19, 1988 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Pyro Mining Company · Struck by falling object

LOOSE ROCK FELL OFF SHAFT WALL STRUCK EMPL ON RIGHT LEG & RIGHT HAND, AMPUTATED RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN KNEE & ANKLE ALSO HAS FRACTURES IN RIGHT HAND.

May 18, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Four H Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING BATTERY POWERED COAL HAULAGE TRAILOR INTO LOADING HOLE THE EMPLOYEE PLACED RT.HAND ON TOP OF COUPLING PIN RESULTING IN LACERATION OF LITTLE FINGERS ON RT.HAND

May 16, 1988 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Central Ohio Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING A CRAWLER ROLLER INTO FRAME D-9 DOZER A FLOOR CRAGNE WAS USED TO POUTION THE ROLLER THE LONG TIPS LIFT BRACKET SLIPPED FROM THE ROLLER DUE TO MUD IN THE SEAT THE TOLLER FELL 6 8 INC

May 16, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tunnelton Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING BRAKE ARM AND BRAKE SHOE ON TRUCK COCOMPURE INJURED EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA. NOTH INJURED WORKED TILL 6-8-88 THEN AFTER DR VISIT STAND VISIT.

May 14, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Lone Star Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT RIGHT INDEX FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN KILN DRIVE COUPLER GEARS,AUXIULLAARY MOTOR DRIVE.LACERATED END OF FINGER.LOST SMALL BONE AND FINGER NAIL.CLEANED AND SUTURED END OF FINGER.

May 13, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL STATED THAT HE PICKED UP PORTION OF MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN.

May 13, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Hecla Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HELPER AND DRILLER WERE PULLING CORE TUBE OUT OF HOLE HELPER WAS WIPING TUBE WHEN IT KICKED LOOSE FROM OVERSHOT HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TUBE AND DRILL ROD

May 12, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Asarco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING BETWEEN TWO RAILROAD CARS ON A SPUR TRACK,OPERATING THE CARS BRAKE.ONE CAR DERAILED AND THE EMPLOYEES LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BRAKE WHEELS.THE TIP OF THE LE FT RING FINGER WAS ALVULSED,REQUIRING SUTIRES.THE FINGER JOINT WAS NOT INVOLVED.THIS INJURY DID NOT CAUSE ANY TIME LOST.

May 12, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cambior Alaska Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING INSTLLING A LARGE ROCK GUARD UNDERNEATH A DOZER, FELT A BURNING TEARING SENSATION LOWER ABDOMIN.

May 12, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sharcau Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOZER WITH WINCH WAS PULLING LOGS OUT OF BRUSH PILE IN CLEARING OF MINE FACE UP AREA INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD WORKED IN LOGGING ABOUT 2 YEARS FAMILY HAS SAWMILL HE WAS WORKING THE CABLE HOOKING AR OUND LOGS THE BIGTO BURN TO SAVE TAKE TO SAWMILL THIS WAS THE FIRST LOG PULLED OUT O F THE BRUSHE PILE INJURED WHIL TRYING TO RELEASE ABOVE.

May 12, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Scott County Limestone · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CRUSHER HAD JAMMED AND HE WAS THROWING LARGE ROCK OUT OF CRUSHER TO GET IT UNJAMMED AND HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER STOMACH

May 12, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Price Construction · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL CONVEYOR BELT UNDER SHAKER SCREEN, WHICH WAS AN AREA THAT WAS VERY HARD TO GET TO AND IT WAS TALKING THE HELP OF ALL AVAILABLE TO THREAD THE BELT ONTO THE CONVEYO R. EMPLOYEE JUST STRAINED TOO HARD CAUSING HERNIA.

May 11, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M A Walker Llc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

BOTH HANDS ON BIN LEVER PULLING BACKWARDS TO OPEN BIN GATE ON 2# ROCK AND FELT STRAIN IN GROIN ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TILL 6-21-88 TO M.A. WALKER.

May 11, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laran Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS HELPING ON A BOLT MACHINE BENDING ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE STRAINED HIMSELF HERNIA IN GROIN AREA

May 10, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stuart M Perry Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED WAS CLEANING OUT THE GARAGE HE WAS EMPTYING TRASH INTO THE DUMPSTER AND INJURED HIS SIDE.

May 10, 1988 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Scurfield Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING 5 GAL BUCKETS OF GREASE FROM CENTER BIN AREA HE WAS WORKING ON HANDS AND KNEES WHEN HAPPENED.

May 9, 1988 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & H Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE THINKS HE RUPTURED HIMSELF WHILE ROOF BOLTING.

May 8, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN A CONFINED SPACE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PASSING TOOLS TO HIM.THE SECOND EMPLOYEE TOSSED A SHARPENED GROUND WHICH THE INJURED EMPLOYEE CAUGHT,LACERATING HIS THUMB.THIS DID NOT RESULT IN ANY LOST TIME ,BUT DID REQUIRE SUTURES.

May 7, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rinker Southeastern Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE CHANGING PUNCH PLATE FOR SHAKER SCREENS HE REAGGRAVATED PRIOR INJURY WHICH OCCURRED DOING THE SAME TASK.

May 7, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Star Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING U A LADDER OFF A PILE OF BRICK HE TWISTED & FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER STOMACH EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A RUPTURE ON RT.SIDE DOC.PUSHED IT BACK IN & TOLD THE EMPLOYEE HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT OPERATED ON & REPAIRED PROPERLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE HE IS BACK AT WORK BUT RESTRICTED

May 7, 1988 OR · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bart Associates Inc · Fall from machine

WAS PRYING LID OVER ON SAND IMPACTOR STANDING ON TOP OF THE MACHINE AND LOST MY PRY WITH THE BAR AND FELL OFF THE UNIT ONTO A DIG OUT HOLE WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE IMPACTOR CLOSED UP AFTER W E'D DONE REPAIR WORK ON IT ANVIL APRON HAD HUNG UP IS WHY I NAME WAS PRYING

May 5, 1988 OH · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE MAN STATED HE PICKED UP ONE END OF A WATER PUMP TO POSITION IT.SAID FELT BURNING AND TEARING IN THE GROIN AREA.LOCATION B MAIN EAST-ABOUT ONE X-CUT INBY OLD 2 SOUTH DR. LEFFT INGUINAL HERN IA.

May 5, 1988 PA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gilberton Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFTING STEEL PLATE INTO UPRIGHT POSITION FOR WELDING. WHILE EMPL WAS LIFTING HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

May 5, 1988 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING THE MINER CABLE UPON THE BRIDGE, HE PULLED A MUSCLE. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR A FEW DAYS LATER AND WAS TOLD HE HAD A HERNIA. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO ME UNTIL MAY 18-88.

May 4, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING CHANGE BUCKET OVER TO THE ROCK BREAKER. WHILE LINING UP THE MAIN BOOM TO PUT THE PIN IN, THE MECHINIC SIGNELED THE OPERATOR TO RAISE THE BOOM. THE INJURED STRUCK HIS FING ERS IN THE PIN HOLE FORM SOME UNKNOWN REASON.

May 4, 1988 IL · Coal inspector HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kerr-Mc Gee Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL & 3 OTHERS WERE LIFTING LARGE METAL DOOR TO PLACE ON HINGES. EMPL FELT ABDOMINAL PAIN & WAS EXAMINED & HERNIA WAS DETERMINED. THIS EMPL WORKED HIS REGULAR JOB THROUGH 5/29/88 & SURGE RY WAS SCHEDULED FOR 5/31/88.

May 3, 1988 AL · Coal loading machine/gather arm loader helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL WORKS AS LOADER HELPER. AS LOADER WAS TRAMMING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, EMPL WAS MOVING CABLE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AS HE PULLED ON TRAILING CABLE.

May 3, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Syar Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROLLING ROCK OUT OF ROADWAY

May 3, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INSTALLING RETURN ROLLER IN RAW COAL BELT & WHILE PUSHING ROLLER WITH HIS FEET HE DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

May 3, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller MACHINERY
Jointa Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME FELT A STRAIN IN THE GROIN AREA. A DAY OR SO LATER A GROWTH IN THAT AREA APPEARED. I.NAME SAYS THE LIFTING OF SECTIONS OF DRILL STEEL CAUSED THE STRAIN.

May 3, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING OUT OF BULLDOZER, CLOSED DOOR CATCHING TIP OF RIGHT FOURTH DIGIT.

May 3, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Elkhorn Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS STOPPED ON HILL WAITING FOR ROAD TO BE CLEARED. HAUL TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING APPARENTLY HAD BRAKE FAILURE & STARTED ROLLING. EMPL WAS UNABLE TO STOP TRUCK & EITHER JUMPED OR FELL FR OM TRUCK. HIS RIGHT LEG WAS RAN OVER BY TRUCK. INJURY RESULTED IN PORTION OF LEG BEING AMPUTATED.

May 2, 1988 NM · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Chevron Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING AIR HOSE FROM THE LEFT HOUSE TO THE RIGHT HOUSE ON THE SHOVEL. WHEN HE LOST HIS BALNCE AND CAUGHT AIR COMPRESSOR FAN, WHICH WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. HE WA WE ARING A RUBBER GLVE, THE FAN BELT CAUGHT THE GLOCR AND PULLED THE FINGER THROUGH THE FAN AND CUT THE FINGER OFF.

May 2, 1988 AL · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WORKS AS MOTORMAN HE ADD ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING A PERSONNEL JEEP FROM THE TRACK THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS SIGNALING TO THE OPERTOR TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE SCOOP BUCKET CAUGHT T HE INJUREDS FOOT BETWEEN THE BLADE AND THE TRACK

May 1, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Ossie Finley Building Stone · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRACKS OF THE TRACK LOADER AND PICK UP TRUCK FRONT END AFTER JUMP STARTING THE TRACK LOADER. THE LOADER EIGHTER STARTED IN GEAR OR JUMPED IN GEAR CAUSING T TH LOADER TO BACK UP AOPPROX. 10 FEET INJURES INCLUDED LACERATION HEMATOMA ABOVE RIGHT EYE, BRUISED CHEST LARGE ADOMNAIL LACERATION WITH EXPOSED INTESTINES LARGE LACERATION TO BACK OF LEGS OR

May 1, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Witco Corp-Inorganics Specialties Div · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SAID THAT THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE WAS LIFTING 50# BAGS OF PRODUCT, IN MAY OF 1988. NOTE: EMPLOYEE REPORTED THIS INJURY IN FEBRUARY, 1989.

May 31, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WORKING ON A LEAKY VALVE IN THE PELLET PLANT OIL ROOM WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN THE VALVE, THE TREADS STRIPPED AND THE VALVE BLEW APART STRIKING INJURED BETWEEN THE EYES BREAKING THE RIGHT LENSE ON HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD.

May 31, 1988 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy West Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I. NAME WAS WALKING THROUGH A WATER HOLE IN A BELTLINE AND TWISTED HER ANKLE ON A LUMP OF COAL

May 31, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hunt Midwest Mining Inc · Fall from ladders

HE WAS CLIMBING UP TO THE CAB OF A WABCO TRUCK AND PUT HIS FOOT IN THE RUNG OF THE LADDER AND SLIPPED CAUSING STIFFNESS TO HIS NECK.

May 31, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Stoney Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

I. NAME STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ON 5 LEFT SECTION, HIT HOLE IN ROUGH ROADWAY, SPRAINING HIS BACK.

May 31, 1988 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS HELPING SET FEEDER IN 2N/4W HE WAS HANDLING RIB BOARDS & TWISTED HIS BACK DIAGNOSED WITH HERNIATED LUMBAR DISC.L-5 S-1 & UNDERGOING SURGERY 061588 BEGAN MISSING 060388

May 31, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING 20 LB HAMMER IN BASEBALL BAT FASHION TO TIGHTEN A NUT ON MAIN SHAFT CRUSHER ASSEMBLY AND APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES WHILE DOING SO

May 31, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE THE HEAD OF A ROOF DRILL WITH HIS HAND ON THE DRILL STEEL. HE INADVERTENTLY OPERATED THE ROTATION LEVER AND THE STEEL STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB.

May 31, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BESIDE ROOF DRILL AS THE DRILL TRAMMED ACROSS THE SECTION.HE DROPPED HIS GLOVES THUS TURNING ASIDE TO PICK THEM UP AS HE PAUSED ,THE DRILL RAN ACROSS HIS FOOT.

May 31, 1988 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH JACKLEG WHEN THE DRILL LEG KICK OUT CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS FOOTING. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 31, 1988 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ami Dri Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

A FRONT LOADER OPERATOR WAS ASSIGNED TO HELP MAINTENANCE CREW ERRECT A PLATFORM TO POUR REFRACTORY IN KILN. THE HELPER WAS ON THE PLATFORM TO UNLOOSEN CHAIN, HE LOOSENED THE CHAIN, THE LOOSE END CAUGHT ON A SUPPORT ON THE PLATFORM TO MOVE SLIGHTLY, WHICH CAUSED THE HELPER TO LOSE BALANCE, FALL TO THE GROUND, A DISTANCE OF 4'6" CAUSING BRUISES TO LOWER BACK AREA.

May 31, 1988 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE MAKING GAS CHECKS IN NO. 1 HEADING ON 0-EAST SECTION (APPROX 50 FT) SPAD 4974, A SMALL ROCK APPROX 18" X 12" X 1 3/4 " FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING EMP. ON THE LEFT HAND, FRACTURING THE KN NUCKLE OF LHIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

May 31, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reynolds Metals Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A SECTION OF GRATING 12X 12 INCH WAS CUT OUT OF A PLATFORM TO RUN THE CABLE OF THE CRADE THRU THE OPENING TO PICK UP A SECTION OF PIPE TO BE INSTALLED UNDER THE PLATFORM. THE PIECE HAD JUST BE EN CUT WHEN I NAME WALKED INTO THE OPENING AND PUT HIS LEG THRU THE GRATING HOLE AS HE TURNED 70 DIAG A WELDING LEAD.

May 31, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Diamond Materials · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER A LODING HOPPER CLEANING A TAIL PULLEY WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM A LOADER BUCKET HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK BRUISED BACK AND LEG

May 31, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING STEPS TO ENTER LOADER AND SLIPPED ON A STEP AND STRAINED HIS BACK

May 31, 1988 IL · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Monterey Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF MINER AFTER REPAIRING WATER SPRAY ON THROAT OF MINER JUMPED DOWN & FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE

May 31, 1988 KY · Coal brattice man/worker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green River Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS BUILDING BRATTICE. HE WAS IN PROCESS OF CAPPING BRATTICE OFF AS HE WAS STRIKING COPBOARDS WITH HAMMER, HAMMER STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB FRACTURING IT.

May 31, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF A BULK TANKER PUTTING THE SAMPLE BASKET BACK ON ITS HOOK WHEN HE STEPPED INTO THE FILL HOLE ON THE TANKER.

May 31, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS IN A STANDING POSITION,USING A SLATE BAR TO BRAKE BOARD FROM A PALLET OF RESIN,WHEN HE PULLED ON THE BAR,HE STATED THAT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SIDE.

May 31, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stone Man Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE SHOP OVERHEAD DOOR HUNG UP WHILE PULLING ON THIS DOOR HE STRAINED HIMSELF IN HIS GROIN AREA

May 31, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gateway Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING MINER CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TURNED HIS LEFT KNEE.

May 31, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO SCOOP TRACTOR. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM IN-UNDER HIM, FALLING DOWN AND STIKING RIGHT KNEE ON FRAME OF SCOOP TRACTOR.

May 31, 1988 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS WORKING ON CHARGER FOR 15 TON MOTOR THERE WAS A TIMBER LYING BY THE TRUCK HE THREW IT OUT OF THE WAY & IT CAME DOWN ON HIS RT.THUMB MASHING IT DIAGNOSIS WAS FX.OF RT.THUMB

May 31, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH THE BULLGANG INSTALLING VENT TUBE ON THE 1416 LEVEL. THE VENT TUBE FELL AND KNOCKED A 4 INCH AIR PIPE DOWN WHICH LANDED ON HIS HEAD. HE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT DEVELOPE A STIFF NECK AND UPPER BACK.

May 31, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Steve Foerster Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF LOADER AND STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TURNED ANKLE CAUSING SPRAIN

May 31, 1988 ID · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Fall down raise, shaft or manway

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP THE RAISE WHEN H E SLIPPED CAUSING HIM T O FALL APPROX. 5 FT FRACTURING HIS LEFT RIBS.

May 31, 1988 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD MOVED THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUT OF THE OPERATOR'S SEAT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING A STRAIN WITH FLUID BUILD UP.

May 31, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Minton Hickory Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

MAN WAS OPERATING SCOOP AND HIT SA HOLE I T HE ROADWAY. HE WAS BOUNCED UP AND CAME DOWN ON HIS RT.SHOULDER BLADE WHICH HIT AGAINST SCOOP DECK.

May 31, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL WAS CUTTING WELD LOOSE. THERE WAS TOO MUCH TENSION ON CONVEYOR WHEN WELD WAS CUT CAUSING CONVEYOR TO JUMP INTO AIR. WELDING TORCH WAS PULLED OUT OF EMPL'S HAND & ACROSS HIS ARM CAUSIN G THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT ARM.

May 31, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jefferson Materials Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A CLEAR DAY HE WAS RUNNING BESIDE THE CONVEYOR BETL, HE SLIPPED ON A CROCK AND TRIPPED HE SLIPPESPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

May 31, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & K Coal Company · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS CHECKING FOR HYDRAULIC LEAK ON PAN. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY WALKED AROUND MACHINE BUT COULD NOT LOCATE LEAK. HE THEN WENT TO WALK ACROSS FULE TANK. AS HE WAS CROSSING FULE TANK HIS F EET SLIPPED & HE FELL APPROX 12-15' TO GROUND SUSTAINING INJURY.

May 31, 1988 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS PULLING A SLIDER TUBE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS ELBOW

May 31, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE REACHED INTO AREA UNDER PLANT BELT WITH GLOVE ON GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN IDLER AND PULLED HAND BETWEEN BELT AND IDLER.

May 31, 1988 IL · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WALKING SEAL LINE EMPLOYEE STUMBLED TWICE OVER THE SAME CHUNK- SECOND TIME HE SPRAINED THE RIGHT ANKLE.

May 31, 1988 CO · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Fuel Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS PUTTING MINER CABLE ON MINER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ELBOW THIS ACCIDENT IS BEING SUBMITTED LATE BECAUSE WERE NOT NOTIFIED BY MEDICAL DEPT.THAT MAN WAS TAKEN OFF WORK

May 31, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUHING CRIB ACROSS SUPPLY CR WITH RIGHT HAND AND SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AND HIT LEFT HAND BETWEEN CAR AND CRIB.

May 31, 1988 PR · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GRINDING A COPPER PART 1-1/2 " WIDE X 3-1/2" LONG IN THE GRINDING MACHINE THE GRINDING WHEEL PULLED THE PART AND CAUGHT HIS L HAND THUMB SUFFERING DEEP LACERATION AND LOST PORTION OF HI S NAIL

May 31, 1988 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Basic Industries Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON QUARRY HAUL TRUCK WHEN FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM RUNG HE HUNG ON WITH LEFT HAND CAUSING HIM TO SUPPORT HIS RIGHT WITH A JERK RESULTING IN INJRY TO HIS LEFT SH OULDER.

May 31, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL LEAVING THE FEEDED CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY (STARTED MISSING WORK AND WENT TO DOCTOR ON 6-6-88).

May 31, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
American Colloid Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE DRYER CHUTES AND STEPPED ON A CLEANING ROD AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

May 31, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oglebay Norton Taconite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A PIECE OF IRON WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER. THE IRON WAS BEING CLEANED AND READED FOR WELDING. AS HE STRUCK THE IRON, THE PIECE FELL FROM POSTION STRICKING HIM IN THE FOOT.

May 31, 1988 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Manning Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIPE RACK ON DRILL SPUN AROUND AND CAUGHT THUMB.

May 31, 1988 OH · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by falling object

REMOVING COVER FROM CONTROL PANEL ON FRONT OF SHEARER. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE COVER WITH HIS GRIGHT HAND WHEN THE COVER DROPPED DOWN AND SMASHED HIS FINGERS.

May 31, 1988 IL · Coal brattice man/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kenellis Energies Inc · Struck by flying object

BLDG.A BRATTICE WHEN SAND BLEW OFF BLOCKS INTO LEFT EYE FINISHED THE SHIFT BUT CAUSED EYE IRRITATION LOST TIME ONLY

May 31, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florence Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED WAS CARRYINGF FIVE,FOUR FOOT LONG ROOF BOLTS.HE STATED HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HI SKNEE ON A SMALL ROCK.

May 31, 1988 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ONTO THE SCOOP. HE BUMPED HIS KNEE ON SCOOP DIPPER BRUISING AND CONTUSING RIGHT KNEE.

May 31, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

COMPLAINED OF LOW BACK PAIN DURING THE NORMAL COURSE OF JOB DUTIES. HE HAS BEEN UNDER MEDICAL ATTENTION IN PAST FOR BACK PROBLEMS. HE WAS UNLOADING ROCK DUST.

May 31, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS USING A BAR TO PRY THE CAT PADS BACK ON A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK.A BURNING SENSATION.

May 31, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE RIDING ON TRACK JEEP HE STRUCK A LOW HEADER KNOCKING HIS HAT OFF THEN STRUCK HIS HEAD ON ANOTHER HEADER.

May 31, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Union Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STEPPED OUT OF QUARRRY HAUL TRUCK WHILE DOING SO TWISTED BACK & PINCHED SCIATIC NERVE, RIGHT HIP.

May 31, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ideal Basic Industries-Cement Division · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BASKET FROM TOP OF BULK TRUCK BASKET TURNED OVER STRIKING EMPLOYEES LEFT KNEE

May 31, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elmhurst-Chicago Stone · Struck by falling object

BOLTS HOLDING ELECTRIC MOTOR DOWN, CAME LOOSE CAUSING V BELTS TO COME OFF. WHEN CRUSHER OPERATOR AND CONVEYOR MAN INVESTIGATED, THEY ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN MOTOR, BUT SLIPPED AND FELL OFF PL ATFORM STRIKING CONVEYOR MAN IN CHEST.

May 31, 1988 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lady H Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED STATED THAT HE TRIPPED AND HIT HIS KNEE ON GRATING ON THE WALKWAY

May 31, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Smoot Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING BELT UP WITH ABAR SO WORKMAN COULD PUT TOP STURTURE IN PLACE. ACUTE BACK SPRAIN.

May 31, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lafarge Corp · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED MAN WAS OPERATING A BOB CAT SKID LOADER TO CLEAN UP THE CHUNKS OF HARD CEMENT THAT HAD BEEN THROWN OUT OF THE PACKHOUSE BASEMENT HE WAS ABOUT TO DUMP THEM INTO A DUMP TRUCK WHENA CHUNK FELL OFF THE BACK SIDE OF THE RAISED BUCKET INTO THE OPERATORS CAGE THE CHUNK HIT THE MANS KNEE AND BADLY BRUISED IT

May 31, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL WAS PULLING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE OUT OF ROAD WAY THEREFORE HURTING LOWER BACK.

May 31, 1988 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountain Clay Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WAS STANDING NEAR A MECHANIC WHO WAS DRIVING A TRACK PIN INTO PLACE. A METAL FRAGMENT CHIPPED OFF THE TRACK PIN AND HIT EMP. IN THE LIP. THE INJURY DID NOT SEEM SEVERE ENOUGH TO WARRANT LOST WORK DAYS BUT HE MISSED 2 DAYS.

May 31, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ROLLING A CROSSBAR ON TOP OF STAGE LOADER WHEN ONE END FELL AND PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE CROSSBAR AND DUKE JACK.

May 31, 1988 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

MAN STATED THAT HE HIT HIS GROIN AREA ON THE FEEDER AS HE WAS WALKING AROUND IT TO RESTART IT. HE CLAIMS HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE COAL.

May 31, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dmc Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING MINER CABLE NEXT TO RIB AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND RIB STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK AND SHOULDER

May 31, 1988 IL · Coal rock duster MACHINERY
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING BAG DUST INTO ROCK DUSTER ON S&S SCOOP SHE GOT HER LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN AUGER FX.HER MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND HOSPITALIZED FOR SURGERY ON FINGER

May 31, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Cannelton Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING LONG TONGUE FROM DOLLEY WITH AID OF FORK LIFT WHEN TONGUE SLIPPED OFF STRIKING TOP OF RT FOOT

May 31, 1988 IL · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Fall from machine

I. NAME CRAWLED UP ON THE 2N/1E #1 BELT TAIL TO REMOVE A ROCK CAUGHT IN THE BELT CHUTE. THE BELT STARTED AND TREW HIM OFF OF THE BELT. DID NOT BEGIN MISSING TIME UNTIL 6/6/88. DIAGNOSED WHI TH CERVICAL STRAIN.

May 31, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING LOADER TOWARDS PIPE 48 INCH CMP ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING THE LOADERS BUCKET TO HIT THE 1ST JOINT OF PIPE WHICH ROLLED INTO I NAME AND PINCHED ;H IM BETWEEN OTHER PIPE.

May 31, 1988 MD · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mettiki Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS AT AMD PLANT (CONTROL ROOM) TO THE LOWER LEVEL WHEN HE STUMBLED PUTTING ALL OF HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT ANKLE TWISTING IT.

May 31, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

SIGNING FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND SLIPPED ON 3" INE AT 9 SOUTH DRIVE.

May 31, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
Independent Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances

I.NAME WAS USING STEAM CLEANER IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STEAM BURNED HIS RT.ARM

May 31, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dmc Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING MINER CABLE AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND RIB STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK.

May 31, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Irving Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HE & CO-WORKER WERE IN PROCESS OF CHANING DRAG CABLE ON CRANE OPERATOR PUT CHAIN ON CABLE & HOOKED IT TO WELDING TRUCK TO PULL SLACK OUT. WHILE TIGHTENING CABLE INSURED MAN WAS TRYING TO REPLACE WEDGE WHEN CABLE SNAPPED GETTING HIS FINGER.

May 31, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holnam Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING 89 LB. SPROCKET FROM BACK OF TRUCK AND PLACING IT ON GROUND.

May 31, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Marble Shop Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN IRON DUMP BUCKET & ROCK WHILE DUMPING MARBLE SCRAP. BOT WAS TORN OFF FOOT & FOOT & WERE CUT & MASHED.

May 31, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Gypsum Company · Struck by flying object

DURING WORK TIME I.NAME ADN 3 OTHER MINERS WERE SHOOTING RUBBER BANDS AT EACH OTHER PLAYING A GAME I.NAME PULLED BACK A RUBBER BAND IN ORDER TO SHOOT IT THE RUBBER BAND BROKE STRIKING HIM ON THE RT LOWER EYE LID CAUSING A BLOOD BLISTER ON THE OUTSIDE AND INTERNAL HEMORRAGING

May 31, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS CLOSING THE ACCESS DOOR TO THE SUMP ON LINE 8. THE DOOR WAS STIFF, SO HE PUSHED ON IT HARD. IT WENT SHUT PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE LATCH AND THE DOOR.

May 31, 1988 IL · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arch Of Illinois · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF GOING UP STAIRWAY TO ELEVATOR ON 5872 WHEEL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK ABOUT THE 3RD STEP FROM BOTTOM

May 30, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L G Everist Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A SHOVEL CABLE & HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK

May 30, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company · Contact with electrical current

CAME IN CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CIRCUIT (4160 V) WHILE WORKING ON CABLE IN JUNCTION BOX OF #29 SHOVEL - FAILED TO PULL FUSES ON POLE, TOUCHED BOX LIK AND INSULATOR WITH WRENCH.

May 30, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Blue Circle Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE HAD STATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO REMOVE A BOLT FROM THE COAL FEED SCREW WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT TOOK PLACE UNTIL I NAME CAN TELL US WHAT ACTIONS HE TOOK AFTER THAT PO INT. THE EMPLOYEE S ARM WAS PUT INTO OR DRAWN INTO A COAL FEED SCREW THAT WAS RUNNING AN AMENDED FORM WILL BE SENT IN WHEN FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

May 30, 1988 PR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
SAN LORENZO SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS SOLDERING WHEN A BIT OF THE HOT METAL DROPPED INTO HIS RT.BOOT VICTIM RECEIVED VARIOUS BURNS ON HIS FOOT

May 30, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED SLIPPED WHEN ENTERING TUNNEL AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON CONVEYOR SUPPORT FRAME.

May 30, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHANGING A DEWATERING SCREEN ON LINE 8. AS HE WAS BENDING OVER TO INSTALL THE SCREEN HE FLET A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEGS.

May 30, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greens Creek Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED MAST OF RBM7 RAISE BORING MACHINE TO REMOVE A 2" BULL HOSE FROM THE SWIVEL.A COMBINATION OF OIL SOAKED BOOTS NOT BEING TIED OFF THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATLEY 8 F EET TO THE MAIN WORK DECK.

May 30, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK SLIPPED FORM MINE TOP AND STRUCK INJ IN CHEST.

May 30, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Minutemen Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

COMING OUT SIDE ON MANTRIP, WHEN A TRACK MOTOR RAN INTO MAN TRIP CAUSING HIM TO BRUISE NECK.

May 30, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jabro Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS REMOVING CAP FROM RADIATOR WHICH WAS OVERHEATING IT BLEW UP AND INJURED FELL AND HURT HIS KNEE

May 30, 1988 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Topper Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS LOADING ONSIDE SHUTTLE CAR PREPARING TO LEAVE FACE AREA OF #4 HEADING WHEN LOOSE DRAW SLATE FELL ON LEFT SHOULDER & NECK.

May 30, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pyro Mining Company · Struck by falling object

SLATE FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS STRIKING EMP. ON HEAD AND SHOULDERS.

May 30, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jabro Coal Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS REMOVING CAP FROM RADIATOR THAT WAS OVERHEATING AND IT BLEW UP THROWING HOT WATER OVER HIM CAUSING BURNS

May 30, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perkins Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A MESCHER MINE TRACTO HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON A ROOF BOLT PULLED LIGAMENTS IN LEFT ARM

May 30, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Minutemen Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

COMING OUTSIDE ON MANTRIP WHEN A TRACK MTOR RAN INTO BACK OF MANTRIP CAUSING A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.

May 30, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Middle Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING SCOOP RAN OVER A ROCK WHICH RAISED SCOOP UP ON GROUND THEN EMPLOYEE UP AGAINST CANOPY WHEN HE COME BACK DOWN IN SEAT JOLT HURT BACK.

May 30, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Swift Coal Company · Struck by flying object

INJ OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN OBJECT ROCK FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE ARM.

May 30, 1988 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amax Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS GOING TO USE A D-6 TRACTOR TO CHECK A PUMP THAT WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE BY TRUCK. WHEN HE UNLATCHED THE DOOR TO CLOW IT, HIS RIGHT THU B BECAME CAUGHT AS THE DOOR CLOSED. THE DOOR CL OSED ON HIS THUMB.

May 29, 1988 PA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS CARRYING A ALUMINUM PIPE WITH HIS BUDDY TO THE WORK SITE. HE TRIPPED ON SOME DEBRIS CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE BOTTOM STRICKING HIS LEFT ELBOW.

May 29, 1988 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E-Town Supply Company · Fall from ladders

I.NAME WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER AND LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL WHEN HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT HAND IT BROKE

May 29, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE H2O LINE HAD BEEN HIT WITH THE HEAD DRIVER COMING OUT ON EVENING SHIFT. WHIEL IN TRANSIT TO 6 RIGHT, MA(TRIP HIT COUPLING CAUSING MANTRIP TO WRECK, CAUSING EMP TO BE THROWN FORWARD, HIT TING CONTROLS.

May 29, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Co Ca Mines Inc · Fall onto or against objects

REMOVING FEEDER CHUTE FROM ROTARY CRUSHER WIND CAUGHT THE CHUTE AND KNOCKED EMPLOYEE OFF THE CRUSHER ONTO A GUARD RAIL HE WAS USING THE PROPER TOOLS HE SHOULD HAVE USED EXTRA PRECAUTIONS DUE T HE STRONG WINDS HE HAD THE PROPER TRAINING FOR THE JOB HE WAS WEARING THE PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT

May 28, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
V H W Inc · Fall from machine

JUMPED OFF TRUCK LANDED ON ROCK TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.

May 28, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dry Branch Kaolin Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING SAMPLE DOOR ON EIMCO. THE DOOR WAS STUCK SHUT AND WHILE FORKING IT OPEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.

May 28, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Redland Stone Products Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END AND PARKED NEXT TO A SECOND LOADER TO TALK TO THE OPERATOR. INSTEAD OF USING THE STEPS THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM ONE LOADER TO THE OTHER AND AS HE WAS JUMPIN G BACK TO HIS MACHINE HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL LANDING ON THE GROUND.

May 28, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON SHOULDER BY CHUTE GATE HANDLE LEFT UNSECURED STRUCK BY-1ST DAY LOST 060388

May 28, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAKING OFF CONVEYOR 26 IT GOT STUCK AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PRY IT OUT. WHEN HE PRIED IT OUT, IT SLID BACK TOWARDS HIM CAUSING BAR TO GO FORWARD AND PINCH HIS FINGER. REQUIRED 13 STITCHES.

May 28, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stone Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD A 55 GAL DRUM OF OIL OFF A PICK UP TRUCK AS THEY WERE SLIDING THE DRUM OFF THE TAILGATE IT SUDDENLY FELL TO THE GROUND CATCHING EMPLOYEE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE DRUM AND TAILGATED OF PICK UP TRUCK EMPLOYEE HAS A BROKEN BONE IN TIP OF RING FINGER AND THE TIPS OF 2 OTHER FINGERS BRUISED.

May 28, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Reynolds Metals Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HOLE IN RUBBER B OOT COMPANY FURNISHED NEW BOOTS UPON REQUEST CAUSTIIC BURN ON FOOT.

May 28, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
V H W Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING DOWN IN PIET, BOTH EYES STARTED BURNING.

May 28, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Givens & Maggard Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS HANGING CABLE. SLIPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED BACK WHILE TRYING NOT TO DROP CABLE. RESTED OVER WEEKEND - WORKED 4 HRS. 5/30/,,. WENT TO DOCTOR 5/31/88. RETN TO WORK 6/6/88 - WORKED 2 DE AYS. RETN'D TO DOCTOR. STAY OFF 2 MORE WEEKS.

May 28, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Magma Copper Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING A HANG UP DOWN THROUGH THE RAIL MAT. WHEN THE HANGUP BROKE LOOSE, A ROCK HIT THE TIP OF HIS SCALING BAR CAUSING THE HAND-HELD END TO FLIP UP, CATCHING HIS HAND AGAINST TH STEEL CHUTE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LACERATION, LEFT RING FINGER, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIMEFROM WORK.

May 28, 1988 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Processing Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWING TIMBERS ACROSS BELT LIN AND STRAINED SOMETHING IN THE BACK.

May 28, 1988 PR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLEANING SOME GRIDS OF MILL SEPERATOR #3 SEPERATOR WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER.AT THAT MOMENT THE HAMMER FORCED IN AND TRYING TO PULL IT WRAPPED AROUND HIS RIGHT HAND,SUFFERING TRAUMA AND ST RING APIN IN HIS RIGHT HAND.

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & Y Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS PULLING THE MINER CABLE ON THE LONG JOHN WHEN HE TWISTED AROUND AND STRAINED HIS HIP.

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
East Ky Jen-Dawn Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETED HELPING DRILLING A PLACE IN FACE AND WAS MOVING DRILL WHEN HIS LOOSE GLOVE BECAME ENTANGLED IN BELTS AND HIS HAND WAS PULLED BETWEEN BELTS AND GUARD WHICH CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER.

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Addwest Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO CHECK COOLANT LEVEL IN RADIATOR OF D-10 AS EMPLOYEE RELEASED PRESSURE ON RADIATOR CAP HOT COOLANT SPRAYED ONTO EMPLOYEES CHEST AND UNDER PORTION OF LEFT ARM CAUSING 1 ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck by falling object

HE WAS CUTTING A FACE SPRAG OFF OF A ROOF SHIELD WHEN IT FELL TO THE GROUND IT BOUNCED UP AND HIT HIS RIGHT LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEE

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hidden Hollow Energy Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PT HAD FINISHED WORK ON 265 MINER AND HAD HIS HAND FULL OF TOOLS GOING TO WORK ON OFF STANDARD CAR MINE FLOOR STEEP UNEVEN AND OILY PTS RT FOOT SLIPPED AND SLID IN A HOLE IN FLOOR TORE MUSCEL E IN CALF IN HIS RT LEG

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck by falling object

HE WAS CUTTING A FOREPOLE OFF OF A ROOF SHIELD WHEN IT FELL AND HIT THE FACE CONVEYOR IT BOUNCED OVER STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Givens Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING COBLE (DC) . IT BROKE APART CAUSING HIM TO BURN HIS HANDS.

May 27, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

HE WAS CLEANING OFF MINER. HE STATED ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND HIT HIS HEAD THIS CAUSED NECK PAIN. THE ROCK HE SAID HIT HIM WAS 2'4" LONG 1'2" WIDE 1" THICK.

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL FROM AN ENDLOADER BUCKET. HE WAS ROLLING IT OUT ONTO THE GROUND AND DROPPED IT CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER BARRELL THAT WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Triple S Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURD WAS INSTALLING BOLTS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT:WAS INSTALLING SECOND BOLT AND HAD DRILED HOSE 18" AND WAS INSTALLING FINISHING STEEL WHEN ROCK FELL.

May 27, 1988 AL · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE CANOPY ON FLETCHER ROOF DRILL OVER WHILE IT WAS STILL FIRM AGAINST ROOF WHEN CANOPY RELEASED IT STRUCK I NAME ON THE HEAD

May 27, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

USING COME ALONG TOOTH BROKE FELL INJURED BACK.

May 27, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cambior Alaska Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PT L ULLED APPROX 100 LB SLAB OF IRON OFF OF A RACK AT CHEST LEVEL AND CARRIED APPROX 30 FT TO HIS WORK TABLE AFTER SETTING IT DOWN HE FELT PAIN IN S HIS BACK

May 27, 1988 PA · Coal rock duster HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED BEGAN MISSING WORKON ON 5/27/88 DUE TO REOCCURANCE OF INJURY WHICH TOOK PLACE ON 4/28/88. ORIGINAL INJURY OCCURRED WHEN MAN WAS DRAGGING ROCK DUST HOSE THROUGH RETURN & IT BECAM ECAUG HT ON RIB CAUSING INJURED TO FALL BACKWARDS TO GROUND.

May 27, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Navarro Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. CLAINS ACCIDENT HAPENED 6 WEEKS AGO FORM 7-8-88 HELPING OPERATOR WORK ON HOIST LINE F DRAG LINE.

May 27, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CUTTING GRASS & SMALL BRUSH WITH HAD HELD SICKLE BAR. AS SICKLE BAR STRUCK THORN BUSH, BRANCH RICK-A-SHAYED UP TOWARD HIS FACE WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES & S CRATCHED PUPIL OF R IGHT EYE.

May 27, 1988 AL · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN RT.RETURN OF #8 SEC.HE STEPPED ON A WET ROCK & SLIPPED TWISTING HIS KNEE ON HIS LEFT LEG NOTE EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON 052788 BUT CONTINUED TO WORK & BEGAN LOSING TIME 060588

May 27, 1988 VA · Coal battery station operator ELECTRICAL
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BATTERY CABLE GROUNDED OUT, CAUSING SMOKE AND FIRE. EMPLOYEE BREATHING SMOKE GOT SICK.

May 27, 1988 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG THE #3 ENTRY WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

May 27, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Politte Ready Mix LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A TEREX 7250AA LOADER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE STEP AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

May 27, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS LOADER, WHEN HE REACHED UP TO SHUT LOADER DOOR HIS FEET SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG, HE FELKL BACKWARDS STRICKING HIS BACK AGAINST THE TIRE.

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
South-East Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS PUTTING GEARS ON LEFT SIDE OF 2 HEADDRIVE. WAS HITTING GEARS WITHSLEDGEHAMMER AND CAUGHT THUMB WITH SLEDGEHAMMER.

May 27, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Dixon-Marquette Cement Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS ENGAGED IN PULLING FUSES FOR THE #1 RAW MILL WHEN THE 3RD FESE WAS PULLED AN ELECTRICAL FLASHOVER OCCURRED RESULTING IN BURNS TO THE UPPER TORSO FACE NECK HEAD AND BACK

May 27, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E R Jahna Industries Inc · Fall from piled material

LABOR WAS ON THE SIDE OF A STOCKPILE ABOUT HALFWAY TO THE TOP PICKING CLAY. THE SIDE OF THE PILE SLID DWN AND HE SLID DOWN WITH IT. WHEN HE STOPPED HIMSELF HE STRAINED HIS MIDDLE BACK.

May 27, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverside Refractories Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL USED AS A DRAIN TROUGH CORER.

May 27, 1988 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STATED HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PRYING ON A ROCK LODGED IN ROCK CHUTE.

May 27, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Reading Anthracite Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON COMPRESSOR ON LINE TRUCK, COMPRESSOR WAS FALLING, IN GETTING AWAY TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE HE W AS ASSISTING TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES LIFT A 4 FT X 8 FT X 3/16 IN. SHHET OF METAL ONTO THE LOWBOY FENDER HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

May 27, 1988 IL · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A SIX INCH PUMP CASING FROM A CRANE TO A WHEEL CART. THE CRANE COULD NOT PLACE THE PUMP PART DIRECTLY ONTO THE CART, SO THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING THE PUMP CASING TOWARD THE CART. THE EMPLOYEE FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOOR ON RAILROAD CAR AND BAR CAME OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON HEAD CAUSING CONCUSSION AND WHILE FALLING TO GROUND TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF AND TWISTED NECK HIT GROUND CAUSED SCRA TCHED RT KNEE

May 27, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Rhone-Poulenc Of Wyoming L P · Struck by flying object

I NAME WAS WALKING TOWARD 7 ENTRY IN LAST OPEN X CUT WHEN CUTTER WAS PULLING INTO 7 ENTRY WHEN A ROCK SPIT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE REAR TIRE, STRIKING HIM BELOW THE RIGHT KNEE, CAUSING SWELLIN G AND A LARGE BRUISE. EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPTIAL AND CHECKED FOR FRACTURE ON JUNE 1, 1988 EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR FOR FOLLOW UP VISIT. EMPLOYEE NEEDED TO HAVE COLLECTED BLOOD DRAINE

May 27, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM TOP OF LMINER, AND THE ROCK SLID DOWN AND MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE PAN.

May 27, 1988 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO DRIVE KEEPER OUT WITH A PICK HAMMER AND SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN SLEDGE GLANCE OFF STIKING LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELT IN ORDER TO MAKE A SPLICE KNIFE SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE CUT HIS RIGHT THIGH.EMPLOYEE RECEIVED STITCHES.

May 27, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lady H Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED THAT HE SHOVELED COAL FROM THE TAIL OF #1 3RD WEST BELT A& STRAINED HIS BACK

May 27, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
B D & J Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE PUSHED SCOOP LEVER INTO DOWN POSITION AND IT HUNG LIFTING EMPLOYEE INTO TOP STRIKING HIS HEAD

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOADING 7200 POWER CABLE TWISTED L KNEE.

May 26, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Francis M Moon Inc · Fall from machine

STANDING ON LOADER WITH GREASEY FEET AND SLIPPED OFF.

May 26, 1988 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · Struck against a moving object

RIDING OUT OF THE MINE ON A MANTRIP. THE MANTRIP HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, JARRING HIS NECK. NATURE OF INJURY- STIFF NECK.

May 26, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE CLIMBING UP LADDER ON FRONT END LOADER, SLIPPED AND BRUISED LEFT LOWER LEG. EMPLOYEE HAD OIL ON BOOT WHICH CAUSED HIM TO SLIP.

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS WALKING TO MANTRIP AND STEPPED OVER A PILE OF 1/2" CHAIN (APPROX. 20FT), TRIPPED AND FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR TURNING HIS ANKLE (LEFT)

May 26, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED IN OIL, TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THE INCIDENT HAPPENED 3-4 WEEKS PRIOR TO 5-26-88, EXACT DATE NOT AVAILABLE. DATE OF FIRST TREATMENT IS 5-26-88.

May 26, 1988 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER TO PICK UP CAT IDLER, FELT BACK CATCH, COULD NOT GET ON DOWN OR BACK UP.

May 26, 1988 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Continent Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING A 55 GAL DRUM ONTO A PEDESTAL, THE DRUM SLIPPED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT KNEE.

May 26, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HAD INSTALLED RIB BOLT WAS SWINGING MAST IN WHEN DRILL STEEL CAUGHT CANOPY JACK LEG. DRILL STEEL FLEW & HIT EMPL IN FACE, FRACTURE TO NOSE.

May 26, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buzzi Unicem USA · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS OF CEMENT CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK AND UPPER LEG.

May 26, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Union Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR DRIVING EUCLID HUL TRUCK, TRIED TO SHIFT GEARS WHILE CLIMBING RAMP. MISSED HIS GEAR AND PERMITTED TRUCK TO RUN BACK WARD INNTO BERM UPSETTING TRUCK. CAUSING BRUISE OF LEFT THIGH. NO TE:DRIVERS ARE ALL INSPECTED TO S TART UP RAMPS UP A RAMPS IN A GEAR THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GET TRUCK TO TOP.

May 26, 1988 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Grant I Sharp · Struck against stationary object

GUARD RAILING

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Mines Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PUMP WAS NOT PUMPING AND WHILE RAISING THE SUCTION LINE TO CHECK THE PUMP PRESSURE HAD BUILT UP CAUSING THE LINE TO HIT THE EMPLOYEE KNOCKING HIMDOWN.

May 26, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Jacob's Creek Stone Company Incorporated · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS BREAKING STONE WITH AN AIR HAMMER, THE STONE SPLIT AND THREW THE MAN ON THE GROUND.

May 26, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN IN THE PIT SHOVELING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AT THE JAW BELT, STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

May 26, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE STANDING BY, PUT HAND NEXT TO SHACKLE. IT TURNED AND CAUGHT FINGERTIP.

May 26, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Howard Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME THREW HIS THERMOS HIS THERMOS TO I.NAME FOR I.NAME TO FILL WITH WATER THE THERMOS HIT I.NAME IN THE NOSE AND BROKE HIS NOSE

May 26, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Cold Spring Granite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING GROUT TRUCK WHEN POWER STERRING UNIT BROKE THE WHEEL TURNED CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN

May 26, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Yager Materials LLC · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF LADDER TWISTED ANKLE.

May 26, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
London Mine Venture · Flash burns (electric)

CHECKING PHASE VOLTAGE ON 480 VOVOLT O-PHASE DISCONNECT. VOLTMETHER 10 METER WAS SET IN OFF READING POSITION A(D HAD WIRE JUMMPER WHERE FUSE BELONGED. UPON TOUCHIG METER PROBE TO "B" AND "C " PHASES, ARC OF ELECTRICITY INITIATED IN METAL AND DISCONNECT BOX. ELECTRICIAN WAS THROWN BACK 10 FT. BURNT HANDS, NECK FACE, EYES. NO SAFETY GLASSES BEING WORN.

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATING MOTOR ON SLOPE BOTTOM POLE CAME OFF TROLLEY AND WHEN HE REACHED FOR POLE, CAUGHT HIS FINER BETWEEN PLOE AND HEADER OVER TOP HAULAGE DOOR.

May 26, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
LITTLE HILL MINES, INC. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I.NAME WAS W ORKING ON A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER HE ATTEMPTED TO LOOSEN BOLTS WITH A 3/4 DRILL SWING HANDLE TOOL HE WAS GOING TO USE HIS RT.FOOT FOR LEVERAGE TO LOOSEN BOLT HIS FOOT MISSED TOOL HAN DLE & WHEN HIS FOOT HIT THE GROUND H IS KNEE APPARENTLY TWISTED & TORE THE CARTILAGE

May 26, 1988 WA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Centralia Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO INJURY-GENERAL WORK NO ACUTE INJURY.

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Elm Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

ROCK TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED AND A ROCK FELL FROM LADDER BUCKET HITTING WALL OF TRUCK BED JOLTED DRIVER AROUND IN THE CAB OF TRUCK. LOWER LEG AND BACK PAIN.

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Krach & Gearhart · Fall from ladders

AT STARTING TIME INJURED WAS ASCENDING LADDER OF FRONT END LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG & VICTIM FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT ARM ON FRONT END LOADER TIRE CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT ARM. AC CIDENT WAS NOT DUE TO MINERS PROFICIENCY SKILL OR TRAINING.

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
J Smith Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LOADER BUCKET WITH A FORKLIFT HE HEARD SOMETHING DRAGGING STOPPED TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT IT WAS THE BUCKET ARM WAS WEDGED ON THE FORKLIFT ARM AND HE PULLED ON THE BUCKET ARM TO GET IT UNWEDGED AND IN DOING SO THE BUCKET ARM CAME UP AND HIT HIS LEG

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME SAID HE WAS USING PRY BAR TO PULL BROKEN TRACK TOGETHER SO IT COULD BE PINNED. BAR SLIPPED CAUSING PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal brattice man/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
McElroy Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON THE 110 SECTION MAN WAS LOADING PLANK ON JOY LOADER FROM ASCOOP CAR. HE HIT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PLANK HE WAS CARRYING AND ON E ON LOADER.

May 26, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Va-Ky Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALING BELT STRUCTURE. 2 EMPLOYEES WERE HOLDING UP BELT ROPE WHEN ONE EMPLOYEE DROPPED HIS SIDE THEREFORE PUTTING A STRAIN ON OTHER EMPLOYEE.

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gordon Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING JEEP CAME AROUND CURVBE & HIT ANOTHERF JEEP HEAD ON & HIS HEAD HIT PANIC BAR, CUT ON RIGHT EYE RESULTED IN STITCHES.

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING UNDER OLD SPILLBOARD LEANING AGAINST WHEN SPILL SLID DOWN HITTING HIM.

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kesscoals Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED STOPPED TRACTOR IN INTERSECTION #3 ROOM TO TURN DOWN #2 ROOM. THERE WAS A BLISTER OF TOP COAL APPROX. 3"X1 1/2"X6' FELL STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT ELBOW BRUISING ELBOW.

May 26, 1988 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE FACE OF CROSSCUT BETWEEN ROOM 1 & 2 WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM ROOF AND HIT BOLTER POT AND SPUN OFF STRIKING HIM IN FACE THIS OCCURRED IN U NIT 5 WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM TO BE CHECKED

May 26, 1988 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Utah Fuel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING OUT SWING ARM CYCLINDER ON ROOF BOLTER, CHAIN CAME LOOSE WHICH WAS HOOKED TO ROOF ALLOWING MASK TO SWING IN AN PINCH UPPER BODY.

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rickey S Winn Construction · Struck by falling object

EMP. WAS CLEANING COAL AND REMOVING ROCKS FROM PIT. HE ICKED UP A ROCK AND DROPPED IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

May 26, 1988 CO · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS

THE BOLTING CYCLE WAS JUST COMPLETED IN THE RT CROSS CUT I.NAME WAS MOVING THE SCREW JACKS FORWARD ALONG THE LEFT RIB WHEN A JACK FELL HITTING HIS RT FOOT ON THE INSTEP THE INJURY WAS CRUSHED SKIN AND A BAD BRUISE TO THE FOOT

May 26, 1988 AL · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Drummond Company, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEES WERE REBUILDING THE DRAGLINE BUCKET AT THE WELDING SHOP A WEAR PLATE HAD BEEN HEATED AND THE SUPERVISOR WALKED OUT ON THE SCAFFOLD TO CHECK IT THE SCAFFOLD BOARD TURNED AND THE SUPER VISOR FELL ONTO THE HOT PLATE

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN SAID HE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM BETWEEN THE BELT AND AS HE FLIPPED THE ROCK OVER TI HIT A ROLLER AND THEN CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE ROCK AND BELT ROPE.

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING RESIN BOLTS AND STEPPED IN HOLE COVERED WITH WATER AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING 63LB STEEL RAILS & LATER WAS SAWING TIMBERS & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PUT CLOTHES ON PRIOR TO ENTERING THE MINE WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO STRAIGHTEN UP CAUSING SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN (NERVE) SCIATICA.

May 26, 1988 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WAS BOLTING ON 12 CM-7 SWUNG BOOM TOWARDS RIB WASS WATCHING BOOM WHEN STEPPED ON ROCK LAYING AGAINST RIB & TWISTED R KNEE & ANKLE.

May 26, 1988 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS CARRYING ROOF BLOCKS TO THE FRON TOF THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE STEPPED IN AHOLE AND WRENCHED HIS ABCK.

May 26, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Magma Copper Company · Struck by falling object

EMP. HAD COMPLETED DRILLING A HOLE IN THE FACE. AS HE PULED BACK ON HIS MACHINE, LOOSE MATERIAL BROKE FREE, FALLING FROM THE FACE AND ON HIS MACHINE, LOOSE MATERIAL BROKE FREE, FALLING FRO M THE FACE STRIKING ON THE SHOULDER. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS AN D ABRASION, NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER AND A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT ARM REQUIRING TWO SUTURES AND IS NOW A LOST

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
San-West Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE SCOOPING RIGHT RIB OF BREAK BETWEEN 2&3 HEADING SCOOP HIT OFF SET OF RIB AND JACKKNIFFED INTOT HE RIB THE SCOOP JUMPED FROM LOW TRAM TO HIGH TRAM CAUSING THIS ACCIDENT.

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A PORTION OF STEEL WATER LINE THAT WAS SUBMERGED UNDER WATER. WHILE LIFTING THE STEEL LINE, THE MMAN LACERATED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

May 26, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING BITS TO MINER IN ORDER TO BIT IT UP WHEN A ROCK 1IN.X2FT.X2FT FELL OUT OF BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AREA

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE CHECKING SUCTION ON CHUCK HEAD DRILL STEELS FELL OUT OF HOLE & HIT TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING NUT FOR HINGE PIN BOLT ON KERSEY SCOOP IN SECTION WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tanoma Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN ALLEGES HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHEN HE WAS GETTING OUT OF A MOBLE BRIDGE CARRIER FROM A SITTING TO A STANDING POSTION. STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AS EMPL MOWING WELDER HE LIFTED ONE END AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN.NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 8-8-88 WHEN HE ENTERED HOSPITAL TO HAVE HERNIA SURGICALLY REPAIRED.

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Zion Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MECHANIC SAW THAT HIS TRUCK WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS AND HE OVER REACTED AND CUT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON THE MINE OFFICE DOOR TRYING TO GET TO IT.

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator FIRE
Richland Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 988 LOADER, WHEN A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURSTED CAUSING OIL TO SPRAY ON ENGINE CAUSING A FIRE. EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM LOADER TO AVOID BEING BURNED. HE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND R OLLED TO ONE SIDE CAUSING A FRACTURE IN HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED HE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE DECK OF A BATTERY SCOOP WHICH HAS A CANOPY WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING CEMENT BLOCKS THROUGH A MAN DOOR WHEN A CO-WORKER THREW A BLOCK IT MISSED THE DOOR HITTING THE FRAME AND BOUNCING BACK STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON BIG TOE CAUSING A FRACTURE O N RIGHT TOE. FIRST DAY OFF 5-31-88.

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Pyro Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE IS A 630 EIMCO MUCKER OPERATOR. WHILE LOADING BUCKET, HE ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE PLACE IN LINE WITH THE DIPPER ON THE 630 EIMCO AND HIT HIMSELF WITH THE DIPPER ON THE 630 EIMCO AS HE DI SCHARGED THE LOADED DIPPER INTO THE BUCKET.

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING MINER WHEN A PIECE OFDRAW ROCK FELL FROM RIB TO THE ROOF BOLT PATTERN STRICKING HIM AGAINST THE BACK.

May 26, 1988 IL · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE SECTION SUPERVISOR LIFTED A BATTERY LID SCOOP TRACTOR TO CHECK THE WATER LEVEL OF THE BATTERY. WHEN HE LIFTED THE COVER HE FELT A STRAIN TO HIS STOMACH.

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
McElroy Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THROWING TRACK SWITCH, AT 1 SOUTH LOADED TRACK, SWITCH HAD BEEN DAMAGED FROM CAR OFF TRACK PREVIOUSLY - STRAINED GROIN AREA. MAN WORKED UNTIL 6/16/88 - HAD PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED CONTRACTUAL C DAY FOR 6/17/88 AND 6/20/88 AND THEN DIDN'T RETURN ON 6/21/88.

May 26, 1988 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS MOVING THE CONT MINER CABLE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 2 NAME STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Harley Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL WHEEL JERKED METAL CAUSING LEFT THUMB TO GO INTO GRINDING WHEEL

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal belt cleaner, picker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS EXPERIENCING ELBOW DISCOMFORT WHILE SHOVELING BELT. HE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR WHO DIAGNOSED TENDONITUS IN LEFT ELBOW, AND INFLAMMATION OF TENDONS DUE TO REPEATED USAGE.

May 26, 1988 MD · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Mettiki Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

LOOSE COAL AND ROCK FELL BETWEEN SHEILDS WHEN INJ. LOWERED THE SHEILD. MATERIAL SLID ACROSS SHEILD STRIKING INJ. ON RIGHT LEG ANBOVE KNEE CAUSING CONTUSIONS.

May 25, 1988 AL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING ON THE 3 SECTION WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BENT, HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT WRIST.

May 25, 1988 OH · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS ROTATING A GEAR ON A FINAL DRIVE FOR A CONTINUOUS MINER. THE FINAL DRIVE WAS BEING REPAIRED IN AN OUTSIDE SHOP. HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEN THE GEAR AND A PULL BOLT. HIS

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagle Nest Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UPRIGHT PLASTERING A BLOCK STOPPING WHEN HE REPORTS THAT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE TURNED TO GET MORE MORTAR TO PUT ONTO THE STOPPING.

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Nest Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING UPRIGHT RIDING IN A MANTRIP JEEP WHEN THE JEEP HE WAS RIDING STRUCK A STOPPED JEEP ON THE TRACK IN FORN OF THEM JERKING THE INJURED CAUSING PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

May 25, 1988 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIFTING UP ON BELT ROPE WHICH SUPPORTS BELT LINE STRUCTURE WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO CLIP BELT CHAIN BACK ON ROPE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

May 25, 1988 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alcoa World Alumina Llc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS UP ON CATWALK ASENDING A LADDER FELL APPROX. 15 FEET ON LANDING AND COMPAINED OF BACK PAIN.

May 25, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS STANDING IN THE NO. 1 ENTRY 75 FT OUTBY SPAD NO. 4388 ON THE PARALLEL MAINS (002) SECTION ATTEMPTING TO PULL A CURTAIN FROM UNDER SOME LOOSE COAL. AS HE PULLED HE SAID HE TWISTED D

May 25, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS HE LET ATRS DOWN THEREFORE LETTING PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FALL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ON HIP & LEG.

May 25, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverside Refractories Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 100 LB BAGS ONTO PALLET.

May 25, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pyro Mining Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE NEW D.A. RAM ACROSS FACE WHEN IT SLID OFF AFC AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Nest Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING UPRIGHT RIDING IN A MANTRIP JEEP WHEN THE JEEP STRUCK A STOPPED JEEP ON THE TRACK IN FRONT OF THEM THROWING THE INJURED AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE JEEP HE WAS RIDING CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

May 25, 1988 IL · Coal brattice man/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MAN STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS HANDLING PROPS WHILE TIMBERING HE DROPPED PROP ON HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING POSSIBLE FRACTURE.

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS MOVNG ROCK BY HAND. HE FLIPPED ONE ROCK WHICH STRUCK ANOTHER ROCK. HIS THUMB ON RIGHT HAND WENT BETWEEN BOTH ROCKS

May 25, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Superior Mining & Mineral Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS BACK AND LEFT HIP.

May 25, 1988 OH · Coal brattice man/worker POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

MAN STGATED HE WAS JARRED AROUND ON CANOPY OPERATOR DECK ON THE S&S SCOOP

May 25, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Blue Circle Materials Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WALKING THROUGH SAND PLANT AREA WHEN HE SUDDENLY FELT PAIN IN RIGHT CALF. EMPLOYEE MISSED WORK ON 5-27-88.

May 25, 1988 AL · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED & FELLOW WORKERS WERE PULLING HYDRAULIC BELT TAKEUP UNIT OUT OF SWAG IN MINE FLOOR WITH 3 TON HOIST. WHEN UNIT STARTED TO SLIDE ON MINE FLOOR SMALL PIECE OF COAL FLEW UP & STRUCK INJU RED IN EYE.

May 25, 1988 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING TAKE A SHUTTLE CAR DOWN THE SLOPER AND BUMPED HIS KNEE AGAINST THE BELT ROLLER FRAME.

May 25, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL ON EMPL PINNING HIS FOOT UNDER HIM.

May 25, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perfect Concrete · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

BACKED OFF A WALKWAY ON THE WASH PLANT.

May 25, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
LTV Steel Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING MOTOR ON FEEDER HIS FINGERS WERE PINCHED BETWEEN CYLINDER & FRAME.

May 25, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Energy Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS PICKING UP SAM PLE BUCKET AND LOADING IN PANS TO BE DRIED. STANDING UP HE FELT SHARP PAIN FROM NECK DOWN TO MIDDLE OF BACK. SORE FOR REST OF DAY SEEN DECTOR

May 25, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TURNED TO LOOK OVER HIS SHOULDER AND FELT MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS LOWER BACK AND DOWN HIS LEGS OPERATING FRONT END LOADER

May 25, 1988 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT WITH RATCHET. CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECE OF METAL.

May 25, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cross Gates Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRICKING PANEL BOARD ON SCOOP WITH HAMMER. PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE EYE AND LODGED METAL WAS REMOVED BY DOCTOR.

May 25, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basic Rock & Sand · Fall from machine

STANDING ON SCRAPER BREAKING BOLT LOOSE AND LOST BALANCE FELL ABOUT 7 FT BREAKING BONE IN RT BOREARM

May 25, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Christy Minerals LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON ABBY DRILL USING A GRINDING MACHINE AND GOT A METAL CHIP IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Nest Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STGANDING UPRIGHT REACHING UPWARD TO HANG 7200 HV CABLE ON MESSENGER LINE USING A METAL INSULATED HOOK WHEN HANGER HOOK SLIPPED CUTTING INJUREDS RT.HAND

May 25, 1988 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Benjamin Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS DRIVING THE NITRATE TRUCK ON THE HAUL ROAD AND THERE WAS A PLACE ON THE ROAD THAT A BULLDOZER TURNED AT, AND WAS ROUGH. HE STATED THE TRUCK GAVE A ROUGH JAR, AND THE SEAT IN THE TU TRUCK HIT BOTTOM AND JARRED HIM.

May 25, 1988 VA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

REMOVING RADIATOR CAP, CAP BROKE AND SPRAYED HOT ANTI-FREEZE ON RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST.

May 25, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT A SCREENING PLANT WHEN A LARGE ROCK BECAME LODGED IN HOPPER I.NAME ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE ROCK WHEN IT DISLODGED AT THE BASE & TURNED OVER ON HIS HAND

May 25, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Portland Cement · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS SUPERVISING A BRICK CREW AND A PIECE OF COATING FROM KILN (APPROX 100 LBS) STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDER AREAS

May 25, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W R Grace & Company-Conn · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING BAGS OF KAOLIN CLAY ONTO THE BAG CONVEYOR AND EXPERIENCED PAIN TO THE LOWER BACK AREA.

May 25, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Island Creek Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE PULLING ON A RUBBER BELT HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN HE FELL HE HAD A HAMMER ON HIS MINERS BELT AND THE HAMMER STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT RIB CAGE.

May 25, 1988 AL · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING PALLET TO BACK OF TRUCK AND BOARD PULLED LOOSE AND HE FELL OFF REAR OF TRUCK HITTING HIS HEAD AND KNEE.

May 25, 1988 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE CARRYING A ELECTRIC HYDRALIC POWER SUPPLY BOX DOWN THE LONGWALL FACE.

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ONE OF THE TRANSMISSION STUD BOLTS BROKE AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING IT. THE TRANSMISSION FELL ONTO THE INJUREDS HAND.

May 25, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET AND EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONTO SCOOP BUCKET STOP AS OPERATOR RAISED SCOOP BUCKET OFF BOTTOM CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S TWO FINGERS BETWEEN SCOOP FRAME AND SCOOP STOP.

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Nest Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UNBOARDING THE MANBUS WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY THE FOLLOWING TRACK JEEP WHICH WAS HIT BY A THIRD TRACK JEEP KNOCKING IT INTO THE MANBUS CAUSING THE INJUR ED TO WRENCH HIS BACK AND STRIKE HIS BACK AGAISNT THE MANBUS

May 25, 1988 ID · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Argee Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING POWDER TRUCK DID NOT SHIFT FEET WHEN TWISTING WITH WAS CAUSING BACK STRAIN.

May 25, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lebanon Rock Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS BRIING STONE INTO CRUSHER & WENT TO GET ANOTHER BUC KET OF STONE FOR CRUSHER WHEN STONE GOT CAUGHT IN JAW OF CRUSHER. HE GOT OFF LOADER & WENT UP TO ASSIST IN GETTING STONE THRU C RUSHER WHEN STONE WAS THROUGH BELT WAS ACTIVATED & EMPL WAS ON ANOTHER VELTR NOT VISIBLE FROM CONTROL PANEL. UPON SEEING HIM COMING UP RETURN BELT FOR SCREEN MACHINE WAS SHUT OFF BY EMPL.

May 25, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Mearl Corp-Fmp Division · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

APPROX.100PM EMPLOYEE WAS BIT BY SOMETHING IN HIS BOOT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR WAS PRESENT AT THE TIME NEXT MORNING WOUND HAD ENLARGED & AT THIS TIME SUSPICIONS OF INSECT BIT ESCALATED UPON ARR AL AT EMERGENCY ROOM BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER WAS S AID TO BE THE CAUSE

May 25, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dry Branch Kaolin Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 2INCH ALUMINUM LINE WHEN HE FELL & BROKE HIS LEFT WRIST 2INC.PIPE BROKE CAUSING FALL

May 25, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Rock Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ASSISTING DRILL OPERATOR CHANGE STEEL ON DRILL RIG, CAUGHT LEG BETWEEN CAROUSEL AND CHASSEXXX CHASSIS.

May 25, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Savage Rock Products · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING DISCHARGE LID ON END OF SIZER IN CHIP CHUTE, COVER ON HELME DID NOT CLOSE.

May 25, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Echo Bay Exploration Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BARRING DOWN I NAME SCRATCHED HIS FINGER ON A SCALING BAR IT GOT INFECTED

May 25, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Stone Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF LOADER BUCKET WHILE CLIMBING DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST THE BACK OF LOADER BUCKET

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE RAILROAD CAR DOOR BAR HE WAS USING TO CLOSE DOOR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL JARRING HIS BACK.

May 25, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The National Lime and Stone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ON CATWALK IT WAS COVERED WITH STONE AS 2 WAS WALKING DOWN & TRIPPED & TWISTED MY RIGHT KNEE.

May 24, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green River Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

THE VICTIM AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE PASSING TIMBERS, THE VICTIM WENT TO GRAB A TIMBER WHEN THE OTHER EMPLOYEE THREW A TIMBER TOWARD THE VICTIM. THE TIMBER STRUCK THE LITTLE FINGER OF THE RIG HT HAND ON THE VICTIM WHEN IT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TIMBERS.

May 24, 1988 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED, WAS TIGHTENING BIT LUG WITH WRENCH, WRENCH SLIPPED OFF, MAN FELL BACKWARDS HURTING LOW BACK.

May 24, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Stoney Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TIGHTENING PLUG ON MINER WITH CHISEL WHEN SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND STRUCK IN EYE HE WAS WEARING PRESCRIPTION SAFETY GLASSES AT TIME OF ACCIDETNN

May 24, 1988 PA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Fall onto or against objects

AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS COAL MOTOR HIS LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT ON THE OPERATORS SEAT BY HIS METATARUL GUARD CAUSE HIM TO SLIP AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE AND CALF.

May 24, 1988 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Continent Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS WALKING DOWN A SLOPE WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOMETHING CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALNCE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

May 24, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL ALLEDES HE JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO ROOF WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHICH CAUSED CERVICAL STRAIN.

May 24, 1988 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

HE HAD DRILLED THE ANGLE HOLE FOR THE TRUSS BOLT AND AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLT A PIECE OF RAOCK FELL HITTING HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE ROCK WAS APPROX. 12 INCHES LONG. HE DID NOT LEAVE DURING THE SHIFT TO GET HIS FOOT CHECKED.

May 24, 1988 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON PIPE FOOT SLIPPED & FELL AGAINST MOTOR BASE

May 24, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Struck by flying object

ACTUAL CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNKNOWN. MINER HIT AIRLINE WITH FRONT END LOADER ON WAY OUT OF MINE. COUPLING IN AIRLINE PULLED APART & AIRBLAST HIT MINER IN FACE. DRS. PROGNOSIS BILATERAL CORNEAL FOREIGN BODIES & SANDBLAST TO FACE.

May 24, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL STATED THAT WHILE LIFTING MINER CABLE, HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

May 24, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object

BOLTING IN INTAKE ESCAPEWAY WITH GOPHER AIR DRILL. LOOSE TOP WAS PRIER DOWN BEFORE BOLTING. WHEN AUGER WAS PUSHED AGAINST THE TOP, A PIECE OF SLATE FELL ON VICTIMS LEFT ANKLE CAUSING A BRUIS E.

May 24, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING INSTALLATION OF SHEAR PIN & FEEDER MOTOR WAS JOGGED WHILE ALIGNING HOLES PIN FLEW OUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN FOREHEAD CAUSING NECK STRAIN & LACERATION

May 24, 1988 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I. NAME WAS ASSIGNED TO SWITCH SPENT LIQUOR PUMP FROM SOUTH PUMP TO NORTH PUMP DISCHARGE VALVE. THE NORTH PUMP WAS OPENED WHIKE SOUTH UMP WAS RUNNING . SUCTION VALVE ON NORTH PUMP WAS CLOSED .LIQUOR ENTERED DISCHARGE LINE OF NORTH PUP AT ABOUT 210 POUNDS, CHECK VALVE DID NOT HOLD. VENT WAS OPEN ON NRTH PUMP. LIQUOR FILLED NORTH PUMP. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE VENT ON NORTH PU

May 24, 1988 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS HELPING GET OLD UNDERFLOW PUMP FROM UNDDR THICKNER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

May 24, 1988 WV · Coal welder HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Benafuels Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

DRAGGING LEG UPRIGHT ACROSS FACE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

May 24, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Highway Pavers Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF A LOADER HIS FOOT LIPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP AND HE FELL 3 FEET.

May 24, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING LOOSE STONE FROM UNDER CONVEYOR BELT A ROCK HIT THE CRUSHER BOX, BOUNCED OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.

May 24, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Riggs Resources · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SKIDSTER WHEN IT STALLED INSTEAD OF ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE MOTOR OR DRIVING IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, HE JUMPED OUT WHILE THE SKIDSTER WAS STILL MOVING.

May 24, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Elsinore Ready Mix Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS FINISHING UP A LUBE JOB ON A LOADER UTILIZING A GREASE GUN. SOME CAKED ON MATERIAL WORKED LOOSE AND FELL INTO HIS FACE AND EYES HE IMMEDIATELY WASHED IT OFF BUT DURING THE NIGHT H E EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT EYE SO HE WENT TO THE EMERGECY ROOM THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

May 24, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Beverly Materials LLC · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS GETTING OFF 475 TO HELP FELLOW EMPLOYEE & STEPPED ON ROCK BELOW LADDER OF MACHINE THEREBY TWISTING HIS RT.ANKLE DECLINED GOING TO DOC.SAID HE WULD GO TO HIS OWN DOC.

May 24, 1988 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Saginaw Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE LOADING UNIT TRAIN THE NEXT STRING OF CARS STRUCK CARS BEING LOADED. THE EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND WAS THROWN INTO SIDE OF CAR.

May 24, 1988 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE MANDOOR AT THE TOPOF THE SLOPE THE TREMENDOUS VELOCITY OF AIR BLEW HIM SIDEWAYS TWISTING HIS LEFT ARM HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE FRAME WIHT HIS LEFT HAND TO KEEP FROM FALLING

May 24, 1988 MO · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS RUNNING SEATER STONE ON GENERATOR COMMUTATOR WHEN STONE BROKE. HIS FINGER WAS JERKED & CONTACTED RISER BARS. SEVERE ABRASION RESULTED EMPL WAS WEARING LEATHER GLOVES.

May 24, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O K Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON DOZER & PAN FELL ON FINGER BROKEN FINGER

May 24, 1988 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Saginaw Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE LOADING UNIT TRAIN THE NEXT STRING OF CARS BEING BROUGHT DOWN STRUCK CAR BEING LOADED CAUSING WORKER TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND BE THROWN AGAINST CAR CAUSING INJURY

May 24, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A DRIVE SHAFT ON AN R-35 HAUL TRUCK WHEN DRIVE SHAFT SLID DOWN & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN YOKE & THE SHAFT

May 24, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMVOING A TOOL BOX ON WELDING SERVICE TRUCK. AROLL OF ROPE BEHIND THE TOOL BOX PREVENTED THE LID FROM LAYING BACK IN POSTION. THE LID FELL, FRACTURING HIS RIGHT HAND INDEX FING ER.

May 24, 1988 IL · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arch Of Illinois · Struck against stationary object

DESCENDING STAIRWAY ONTO LOWER FRAME OF 5761 STRIPPING SHOVEL WHEN STRUCK BACK OF HEAD OF STEEL FRAMEWORK. SHORT TIME WHEN STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON STEEL FRAMEWORK. SHORT TIME LATER VICTIM COMPL AINED OF PAIN IN HEAD. PAIN WORSENED UNTIL AMBULANCE WAS FINALLY CALLED FOR TRANSPORT TO HOSPITAL.

May 24, 1988 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Fall from machine

ENTERING CAB OF HAUL TRUCK #110 FOOT SLIPPED FROM 2ND STEP OF CAB(APPROXIMATELYU 3 1/2FT)AND FELL TO GROUND TWISTING LEFT KNEE SEVERLY.

May 24, 1988 IN · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Mining · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING CRUSHER COAL PREPARTION PLANT WHEN A PIECE OF COAL WEIGHING APPROX. 8 POUNDS FELL FROM A VIBRATING SCREEN 15 FEET ABOVE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A MILD CONCUSSION AND NECK STRAIN.

May 24, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland River Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS REMOVING TIE ROD FROM UNIT RIG TRUCK, WHILE DOING SO TIE ROD FELL & S TRUCK EMPL CAUSING AN INJURY.

May 24, 1988 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LOADING OXYGEN TANK ON TO SUPPLY TRUCK FRO TRANSPORT WHEN HE SAID HE FELT SOME THING PULL IN HIS LOWER STOMACH AND GROIN AREA.

May 24, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Powell Mountain Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND A ROCK FLEW OUT OF THE MINER BOOM AND STRUCK HIM ON THE CHEEK NEAR HIS RIGHT EYE.

May 24, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appolo Fuels Inc · Fall from machine

WAS GETTING OFF OF DOZER TO TALK TO THE FOREMAN AND HE SLIPPED ON TRACK FALLING TO THE GROUND.

May 24, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pyro Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP SAID HE REC. CONCRETE BURNS WHILE HELPING MUCK OUT SHAFT AFTER A POUR.

May 24, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Karst Robbins Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WAS GETTING OFF THE MAN TRIP TWISTED HIS LEG.

May 24, 1988 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A BRATTICE WHEN HIS LEFT THUMB WAS BRUISED BY BLOCKS BEING THROWN ACROSS BELT LINE

May 24, 1988 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shannopin Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A 40# BAG OF ROCK DUST AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN.

May 24, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ringold Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I. NAME WAS SETTING JACK PIPE TO ANKOR THE TAILPC. AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HOLE FELL AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT AND FINGER.

May 24, 1988 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helvetia Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE VICTIM WAS WALKING TO PICK UP HIS SCSR WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A HOLE, SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

May 24, 1988 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING A JACK INTO A COAL HAULER IN A STOOPED OVER POSTION AND STRAINED LOW BACK.

May 24, 1988 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
McElroy Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AT 3 SOUTH SECTION MAN WAS LIFTING DIGGING ARM OFF LOADING MACHINE.

May 24, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Pratt Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WHEN THE METAL FELL AND STRUCK HIS RT FOOT RESULTING IN THE FRACTURE OF THE 5TH TOE OF RT FOOT

May 24, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS AT COLLAR OF A VENTILATION WINZE OPERATING AN LHD WINZE GRADE WAS 30% EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL RESPONSE OF MACHINE & TRAVELED DOWN GRADE FOR A DISTANCE OF 100FT.DURING THE UN-CONTR LLED TRAVEL THE EMPLOYEE SPRAINED HIS RT.ANKLE LEFT KNEE & PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS RT.SHOULDER

May 24, 1988 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING WATER VALVE GOT FINGER BETWEEN HAND WHEEL AND BOLT.

May 24, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Helvetia Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ALONG SOUTH BELT LINE WHEN A SHOVEL FULL OF COAL. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT ON THE BELT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE JABCO PULL CORD AND SPLASHED COAL IN EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE .

May 24, 1988 OH · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Fall from machine

I NAME STEPPED OUT OF A 15 TON MOTOR TO HOOK UP SOME SAFETY CHAINS WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE MINE FLOOR HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

May 24, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO TAKE THE CANOPY POST OFF OF THE SHUTTLE CAR WHICH WAS DRAGGING TOP STRUCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND BOUNCED BACK PULLING MUSCLES AND OR LIGAMENTS IN LEFT ARM.

May 24, 1988 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P R Aggregates Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING MOTOR THE MOTOR MOVED AND HE WAS HIT BY THE MOTOR IN HIS RIGHT ANKLE SUFFERING SMALL FRACTURES.

May 24, 1988 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BELT LINE WHEN HE PULLED THE SHOVEL OUT FROM UNDER THE DRIVE HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE RIB BEHIND HIM.

May 24, 1988 TX · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Luminant Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING PINS OUT OF BUCKET HAMMER GLANCED OF BUCKET & HIT TOP OF FOOT.

May 24, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS IN HIS WELDING TRUCK & HE WAS GETTING OUT OF DRIVER'S SEAT WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OUT OF WELDING TRUCK. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OUT OF WELDING TRUCK HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. EMPL WEN T TO DR., DR FOUND THAT TWO LIGAMENTS WERE TOWN IN EMPL'S LEFT ANKLE.

May 24, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 6-3-88 LABORER ALLEGED SUSTAINING AN INJURY AT WORK WHILE DRINKING WATER IN THE TERTIARY CRUSHER CONTROL ROOM DURING THE AFTERNOON SHIFT ON THE ABOVE DATE SHE STATES IN THE COMP REPORT WHI LE TURNING HER NECK SHE FELT A PAIN FOR A MOMENT AND WENT BACK TO WORK NO LAB REPORT WAS INITIATED NOR WAS ANY SUPERVISOR NOTIFIED THEREFORE THE RESULTING TIME OFF WORK IS BEING CONTESTED WIT

May 24, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Genesee Le Roy Stone Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING STEEL BEING CUT WAITING TO REMOVE STEEL WHEN STEEL SUDDENLY FELL ON HIS RT LEG BREAKING HIS ANKLE AND SHIN BONE

May 24, 1988 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS WALKING UNDERGROUND WHEN HE STRUCK HEAD ON A STEEL ROOF MAT.

May 24, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Tunnels Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON TOP OF TIN ROOF OF #2 CONVEYOR HE GRABBED A CROSS MEMBER & TOOK LARGE STEP CAUSING A TWIST TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK

May 24, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Blue Circle Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS HELPING OTHER DRILLER ATTEMPT TO BREAK DRILL STEEL STRING WHEN STEEL CHIP FLEW FROM COUPLING & PENETRATED RT.ARM OUT PATIENT SURGERY PERFORMED AT HOSPITAL TO REMOVE STEEL CHIP

May 24, 1988 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL TYING OFF BARGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND WHILE PULLING ANCHOR ROPE HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

May 24, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
United Salt Carlsbad LLC · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED HE GOT HIS EYES BURNED WHILE HELPING ANOTHER WELDER. EMPLOYEE ADMITTED THAT HE WAS NOT WEARING WELDING HOOD.

May 24, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

THE INJURED WAS SENT TO STACKER TO REPLACE A JUCNCTION BOX. HE HAD TO CLIMB A LADDER SIX FEET TO REACH THE JUNCTION BOX. AS THE INJURED STOOD ON THE LADDER IT SUDDENLY SLIPPED OUT FROM BENEA TH HIM AND HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

May 24, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS PULLING SHOVEL CABLE TO DRAY, WHEN HE FELT HIS BACK GO OUT.

May 24, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company · Fall from ladders

INJURED WAS DESCENDING LADDER FROM MACHINE HOUSE IN PREPERATION TO MOVE DRILL HE SLIPPED ON SOME GREASE ON STAIRS TRIKING BACK OF RIGHT LET ON LADDER.

May 24, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM A LOADER CUTTING EDGE HOLDING THE HEAD OF BOLT WITH LEFT PALM WHILE OPERATING ANIMPACT WRENCH WITH RIGHT HAND.BOLT HEAD SPUN CUTTING LEFT PALM.

May 24, 1988 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Morton Salt Division · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UPON SEING INSCE, EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO GET INSECT SPRAY WHEN BITTEN.

May 24, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Webster County Coal Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

I.NAME WAS THROWING TIMBERS IN LOW TOP WHEN HE STRAINED HIS GROIN

May 23, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L S Starrett Company · Fall onto or against objects

JUMPING FORM ONE ROCK TO ANOTHER AS HE HAS TO DO FREQUENTLY FELT KNEE POP. DR. FEELS PRESENT PROBLEM COMES FORM JOB RELATED ACCIDENT WHICH WAS NO;T REP. TO US AT TIME IT HAPPENDED THY THOUGHT IT WAS NOT SERIOUS.

May 23, 1988 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Ready Mix Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

UNLOADING END DUMP HAUL TRUCK AT PIT RUN STOCKPILE, TRUCK BED BROKE AND SHIFTED THROWING DRIVE AGAINST CONTROLS INJURING LOWER BACK.

May 23, 1988 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STOCKER DRILL FELL AND EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT - STRAINED HIS BACK.

May 23, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Industries Inc · Struck by flying object

USING A HAMMER TO LLOSEN ROCKS IN HOLES OF CATWALK PRIOR TO CLEANING SAME.ROCK CAME UP STRIKING LEFT EYE.

May 23, 1988 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WAS WALKING BACK TO MAKE UP ROOF BOLT ON LEFT SIDE OF MACHINE. HE STUMBLED & FELL TO BOTTOM INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE. DIAGNOSIS IS STRAIN OF LEFT KNEE LIGAMENT & AGGRAVATION OF PRE-EXIS TING ARTHRITIS.

May 23, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northrup Concrete Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A ROCK WITH A CROWBAR ROCK MOVED HIS HAND SMASHED BETWEEN THE CROW BAR AND A MACHINE

May 23, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Wysox Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CONTRACTED OUTSIDE MECHANIC HAD HIS LEGS BROKEN WHEN HE BECAME PINNED BETWEEN A DOZER AND HIS REPAIR TRUCK.THE DOXER WAS STARTED WHILE IN GEAR.

May 23, 1988 UT · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
United States Fuel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS WALKING FROM LEFT SIDE OF ENTRY TO RIGHT SIDE. THERE WAS APPROX. 8" OF WATER IN ENTRY- STEPPED ON MINER CABLE, SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT SIDE OF BODY INJURING HIS RIBS.

May 23, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOOSE IMPACT WRENCH GOT CAUGHT IN TROUSER LEG

May 23, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cold Spring Granite Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HOOKING STONE THE EMPLOYEE WAS JERKING ON THE HOOK.

May 23, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Espanola Transit Mix, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRAKES ON R-50 FAILED, STEERING LOCKED. INJURED COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.

May 23, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Drenth Brothers, Inc. · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS STANDING ON GRIZZLEY OVER FEED HOPPER. GRIZZLEY WAS BEING LIFTED UP ON ONE SIDE FOR ACCESS INTO HOPPER BY C HAIN TIED FROM GIZZLEY BAR TO FRONET END LOADER BUCKET. GRIZZLEY BAR BRO KE LOOSE CUASING GRIZZLEY TO FALL BACK & EMPL FELL APPROX 9' TO GROUND INJURING HIS HEEL.

May 23, 1988 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hammett Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK WHEN HE STOPPED ONTO STEP DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING L HIMFOR FELL OUT OF TRUCK STRIKING HIS BACK ON SEDDER TANK FUEL OR GREASE ON SHOES PROBABLY CAUSED FOOT TO SLIP SUSTAINED BRUISE TO BACK.

May 23, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Masters-Jackson Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL CLIMBED ONTO IMPACT CRUSHER TO CHECK ADJUSTMENT, LOST FOOTING & FELL OFF RESULTING IN FRACTURE TO RIGHT LEG SUPERIOR TO ANKLE.

May 23, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM LADDER SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER INITIALLY REPORTED AS MINOT SPRAIN.SURGERY 06-27-88 UNDERWENT SURGERY FOR RUPTURED DISC WITH OUT CLEARANCE OR APPROVAL FROM COMPANY OR INSURANCE CARRIER.UNDER INVESTIGATION BY LIBERTY MUTUAL INJURY COULD HAVE BEEN FROM PERSONAL ACCIDENT WHEN FALLING FROM HORSE.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mathies Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE UNLOADING A PC OF ROCK THAT HAD BECOME LODGED IN THE CRUSHER FEEDER, VICTIM WAS ATTEPTING TO MOVE ROCK.WEIGHT OVER 50 LBS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WORKED THE RET OF T SHIFT. MANAGEMENT BEXAME AWARE THAT THIS WAS A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT ON 7-19-88.

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Twin-Branch Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLEANING AROUND THE #3 TAILPIECE WHEN A RIB ROLL OCCURRED IN THE AREA HE WAS WORKING. THE RIB ROLL HIT HIM RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE BACK, RIBS AND RIGHT ARM.

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

ON 5-23-88 EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON SHIELD CAUSING A CERVICAL INJURY BUT HE MISSED NO WORK. IN AUGUST OF '88 HE CAUGHT HIS LAMP CORD ON SHIELD VALVE AGAIN INJURING HIS NECK. HE STILL MISSED NO WORK UNTIL 2-9-89 WHEN HE UNDERWENT CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY FOR A HERNIATED DISC.

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
Carter-Roag Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO ALIGN BOLT HOLESIN MINER BOOM HINGE PIN, THE SPRING BOARD ON MINER WAS HUNG ON A FLIGHT. WHEN THE BOOM WAS SWUNG SLIGHTLY, THE SPRING BOARD JUMPED RAPIDLY AND HIT ON TOP OF IN

May 23, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hycroft Resources & Development, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING OIL BARRLES ON R & O CRANE. HE SLIPPED ON SOME OIL THAT WAS ON THE BED OF THE R & O AND FELL TO THE TRUCK BED HURTING HISRIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT HIP.

May 23, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pioneer Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS BAGGING ROOFING MATERIAL WHEN HE STEPPED AND TWISTED HIS ARCH IN HIS LEFT FOOT. HE REPORTED IT TO OTHER AT11 15 AM NO WITNESS HE TOOK HIM INTO THE DR X RAYS WERE TAKEN NO BROKEN BON WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR HE MISSED ONE DAY OF WORK.

May 23, 1988 MA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
New York Trap Rock Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HOLDING BRAKE AND THROTTLE PEDALS AND PULLING LEVER, MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WAS STRAINED.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler ELECTRICAL
International Anthracite Corp · Contact with electrical current

WHILE ASSISTING THE ELECTRICIAN THE METER HE WAS HOLDING BECAME ENERGIZED.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR THROUGH A CROSS CUT WHEN THE CANOPY SCRAPPED THE RIB CAUSE COAL TO BECOME EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT EYE. (FOREIGN OBJECT).

May 23, 1988 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Struck by falling object

I NAME BENT OVER TO PICK UP A REMOTE BOX WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOFBOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES - 9 MAIN NORTH WEST

May 23, 1988 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bullion Hollow Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS HELPING CARRY A 36" TAIL ROLLER WHEN HIS HIP WAS SPRAINED.

May 23, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Ash Grove Cement Company · Struck by falling object

GIRTH GEAR ON 12 FT DIA X 450 FT KILN HAD BEEN ROTATED 180 DEG WELDERS WERE WELDING SPRING PLATES TO KILN SHELL WHEN THEY WERE STOPPED BY A SUDDEN HARD RAIN AFTER THE RAIN HAD SLOWED THE CREW OF 3 REPAIRMEN AND 2 WELDERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO PLACE A TARPAULIN OVER THE TOP OF KILN SO WELDING COULD PRECEED ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS WHEN THE ABOVE WAS REQUIRED ANGLE IRONS WERE WELDED TO

May 23, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Arizona Flux Mines Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS IN THE SHAMROCK 300 FT LEVEL WAS DRILLING IN A RAISE AND A ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT

May 23, 1988 MD · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mettiki Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

INJ. WAS PULLING RIB STEEL OUT OF RIB, HIS HAND SLIPPED FREE LETTING HIM FALL BACK AGAINST RIB DRIL. INJ. STRUCK LEFT SIDE OF HIS RIB CAGE AGAINST RIB DRILL SUFFERING SEVERE CONTINUNSIONS.

May 23, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING EQUIPMENT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED CRAMPS IN LOWER BACK AND LEGS.

May 23, 1988 ID · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator MACHINERY
Sunshine Precious Metals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SLUSHER IN A STOPE SLUSHER WAS HELD IN PLACE IN A STATIONARY POSITION THROUGH THE USE OF CHAIN BINDERS THE JERKING ACTION FO THE SLUSHER RESULTED IN ONE OF THE CHAIN BINDERS OPENING UP SUDDENLY THE HANDLE OF THE CHAIN BINDER STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE UPPER FOOT/ANKLE AREA

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Helvetia Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PULLING CABLE KNEE DOWN RIB POPPED OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE LEFT SIDE LOWER BACK.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WALKING FROM SECTION MANTRIP TO HIS ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. INJURED WAS EXAMINED BY PHYSICIAN AT THIS TIME & CONTINUED TO WRK UNTIL 8/17/88 WHEN HIS KNEE WAS REEXAMINED.

May 23, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck by flying object

HE WAS JACKING A WRECKED SUPPLY CAR BACK ON THE RAIL WHEN THE LIFTING JACK SLIPPED OUT AND FLEW UP STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT EAR

May 23, 1988 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

RUNNING SHEARER ROCK FELL SMASHING RIGHT THUMB AGAINST GUARDRAIL FRACTURE RIGHT THUMB WITH SUTURES.

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPRAINED LET THUMB, WAS TAKING A COAL SAMPLE, HE SWUNG SAMPLER UNDER COAL, WHEN SAMPLER CAME AROUND HE TRIED TO CATCH IT. THE SAMPLER HIT HIS LEFT THUMB BENDING IT BACKWARDS.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING .A LOW ROOF BOLT WAS STICKING OUT OF THE ROOF WHEN HE STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS NECK CAUSING STRAIN MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS ON HIS NECK CAUSING STRAIN MUSCLES IN LIGAMENTS IN H IS NECK.BECAME A LOST TIME ON 05-25-88 WAS NOT REPORTED AS A LOST TIME UNTIL 06-03-88.

May 23, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF A LADDER AND TWISTED ANKLE ON UNEVEN GROUND.

May 23, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Omya East · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRING 2 PAILS OF MEDIA DOWN STAIRS OPERATOR LOST BALANCE AND WHEN HE HIT LANDING WEIGHT OF PAILS PULLED ON ARM CAUSING ACUTE SPRAIN OF ROTATOR CUP ON LEFT SHOULDER. '

May 23, 1988 OH · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE MINER USING RADIO REMOTE MEANS IN THE #1 ENTRY ON 1R-SM SECTION A PIECE OF FLYING METAL APPROX 4 MM HIT EMPLOYEES GLASSES KNOCKING THE LENS OUT OF THE FRAME AND BECA ME LODGED IN EMPLOYEES EYE

May 23, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Acme Stone Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

OIL HOSE BUSTED SPRAYING OIL ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND EMPLOYEE. FIRE RESULTED BURNING THE EMPLOYEE.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florence Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

USING A ROCK BAR TO PRY UP CONVEYUOR BELT SO A IDLER ROLLER COULD BE INSTALLED EMPLOYEE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE OF HIS BACK

May 23, 1988 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS GETTING T BOARDS FOR HEADGATE AS HE WALKED AROUND A RAIL CAR HE TRIPPED OVER SOMTHING AND FELL. HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE TRIPPED OVER.

May 23, 1988 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hubert E Butler Construction Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE TAPPING CHISEL WITH HAMMER, FOREIGN BODY FLEW INTO EYE. FOREIGN BODY REMOVED BY EYE SURGEON.

May 23, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck by falling object

HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE RIB WHEN A 610 SCOOP CAME BY CARRYING A PAN SECTION WHEN SCOOP TURNED THE CORNER IT KNOCKED OUT A FRICTION PROP USED TO SUPPORT THE ROOF THE PROP FELL STRIKING ON THE LEFT FOREARM AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

May 23, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO REMOVE CHOCK FROM WHEEL OF HAUL TRUCK BEFORE OPERATING SAME SEH SUBSEQUENTLY RAN OVER THE CHOCK EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED AND REMOVED THE CHOCK FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK WHILE D RAGGING THE CHOCK AND IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP THE CHOCK EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HER BACK

May 23, 1988 UT · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
United States Fuel Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS ON CROSS ANGLE BRACE CUTTING BACK PANEL OFF ELEVATOR HOUSING. AS PIECE FELL DOWN, HE SLIPPED AND BUMPED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

May 23, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A COME-ALONG WHEN HE NOTICED A KNOT ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND HIS ARM STARTED TO SWELL.EMPLOYEE DOESN'T REMEMBER HITTING ELBOW.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florence Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHIE SWEEPING FLOOR WITH BROOM.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helvetia Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO SCOOP WHEN HIS HANDS SLIPPED OFF CANOPY & HIS RT.LEG WENT INTO BOTTOM

May 23, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS REMOVING BRICK FROM KILN WITH A CHIPPING GUN. A BRICK FELL FROM THE KILN ROOF ONTO HIS HAND, WHICH WAS HOLDING THE CHIPPING GUN. UPON IMPACT, HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER SUSTAINED A COMPOUND FRACTURE AND LACERATIONS.

May 23, 1988 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Dixie Fuel Company · Struck against stationary object

HE RUNNING #3 BELT HAS AN ANEMEMOMETER ON HI BELT, IT CAUGHT, AND BUMPED HIS LEFT EBLOW ON BELT STRUCTURE.

May 23, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BOLT MACHINE AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE WITH BOLTER AND BRUISED HIS KNEE. HE HAD KNEE X-RAYED.

May 23, 1988 IL · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS JACKING UP THE SCOOP TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE AND ONE OF THE PIECES OF 4X4'S HE WAS USING FELL OVER ON HIS AHND AND THERE WAS A STAPLE STICKING OUT THAT STRUCK IN HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND.

May 23, 1988 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monterey Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING 18" VENTILATION TUBING FELT A POP IN RIGHT ELBOW LATER FELT PAIN

May 23, 1988 KY · Coal timberman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS LIFTING CRIB BLOCK & STACKING CRIBS HE SAID HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK I.NAME HAS HAD HISTORY OF LOWER BACK PROBLEMS HAD MISSED WORK SEVERAL YEARS AGO

May 23, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS WORKING IN THE SHOP AND PICKED UP A BATTERY FOR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Triad Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING A CHAIN SAW TO CUT TREES CHAINSAW KICKED BACK AND CUT UPER LEFT LEG.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE I.NAME WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE BELT TAKE UP HE LOST HIS BALANCE HE TRIED TO STOP HIS FALL & HE FELT A PAIN IN H IS BACK

May 23, 1988 PR · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ON MAY 23 1988 AROUND 315 PM HE PROCEEDED TO MOVE FROM TOP OF A DRUM A LUBRICATING PUMP THAT WEIGHS FROM 200 TO 250 LBS IT WAS MOVED WITH THE HELP OF A COMPANION AT THAT MOMENT HEDID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN. WHILE HE WAS IN HIS HOME AROUND 330 PM HE BEGAN TO FEEL RIGIDITY IN THE LOWER PART OF THE BACK.

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rebb Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING A BATTERY STAND AND IT SLIPPED AND PUSHED HIM BACKWARDS

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mathies Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE OPERATING A TRACK HAULAGE LOCOMOTIVE, VICTIM PASSED UNDER A CROSSING TROLLEY WIRE THAT WAS GUARDED WITH WOODEN BOARDS. THE VICTIM STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE WOODEN GUARD JAMMING HIS HEAD DO WN ONTO HIS NECK. THIS ACCIDENT INVOLVED NO VIOLATIONS OF APPROVED RULES AND OR REGULATIONS. VICTIM WORKED UNTIL FIRST DAY MISSED 6/20.

May 23, 1988 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Muskingum Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS HAULING A LOAD OF TOPSOIL DOWN A HILL WITH A 637 SCRAPER THE SCRAPER STARTED BOUNCING BECAUSE OF THE ROUGH GROUND THE OPERTOR WAS JARRED UP AND DOWN IN HIS SEAT WITH SEAT BELT ON WHEN HE STOPPED THE SCRAPER HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS HIPS AND LOWER BACK

May 23, 1988 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Leeco Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE UNPLUGGED A CATHEAD WHILE UNDER LOAD CAUSING A PHASE TO PHASE ARC WHICH BURNED HIS RIGHT HAND.

May 23, 1988 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Fuel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS TAKING A SHOWER WHEN HE FELT SOETHING IN HIS EYE HE RUBBED IT & THOUGHT IT WAS OK ON THE WAY HOME IT STARTED BOTHERING HIM HE WENT TO THE DOC.THE FOLLOWING MORNING

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
Saturn Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HANDS-OFF STEEL BRACKET AND TOP.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal belt cleaner, picker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gateway Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A BAG OF ROCKDUST AND WAS TURNING AS HE PICKED IT UP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER PART OF BACK

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Duquesne Light Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS INJURED WAS PULLING THE HOSE AND CABLE THE HOISE GOT TANGLED AS HE TRIED TO FREE THE HOSE IT HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE.

May 23, 1988 OH · Coal coal sampler OTHER
Marietta Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE CRUSHER BUILDING ON THE 2ND FLOOR NEAR THE STEPS GOING TO THE THIRD FLOOR. NO INJURIES WERE VISIBLE. DURING THE PAST NINE YEARS, HE HAS SUFFERED BLACKOUTS AND CONVULSIONS APPARENTLY AS A RESULT OF AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.

May 23, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tarmac-Lonestar Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE HOIST CYLINDERS ON A FRONT END LOADER HE WAS STANDING ON THE BOOM ARMS AND USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE OUT THE PIN SECURING THE HOIST CYLINDER PISTON STRAINED HIS BACK

May 23, 1988 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Kenellis Energies Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING A WIRE ROPE WITH PERSONNEL CARRIER LOOSE AND CAME AROUND AND HIT MAN IN UPPER LIP 3 STITCHES.

May 23, 1988 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

THE INJURED TURNED AROUND TO PICK UP A PORT-A-BVAND WHICH IS MOTOR OPERATED HACK SAW HAND TOOL.APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 25 LBS. WITH THE TURN IN HIS ABCK AND WEIGHT OF TOOL HE PULLED HIS ABCK MUS CLES.

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Clinch Valley Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

HE WAS BOLTING ROOF WHEN A SLUG FELL STRIKING HIM ON RT. SIDE OF HEAD AND SHOULDER.

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Benafuels Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING ON JACK WHEN JACKSETTER PUSHED RAM CONTROL SWITCH TO THAT JACK. RELAY BAR PUSHED FORWARD CATCHING HIS LEFT BUTTOCKS BETWEEN RELAY BAR AND JACK LEG.

May 23, 1988 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED SUPERVISOR THAT HE THOUGH HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK WHILE OPERATING HIS SHUTTLE CAR. HE STATED WHILE TRAMMING BACK AND FORTH TO THE MINER IN ROOM THERE WAS A DIP THE ROADWAY THAT JARRED HIM CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWE BACK.

May 23, 1988 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Benjamin Coal Company · Fall from machine

OPERATOR OF A COMPANY TRIAXLE CLIMBED THE LADDER ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO SEE IF THE SLUDGE HE WAS HAULING HAD ALL DUMPED FROMTHE BED AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON T HE GROUND INJURING HIS BACK RT RIBS AND NECK AND BREAKING HIS GLASSES

May 23, 1988 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

DRAW ROCK FELL INBY LAST ROW OF BOLTS. THE ROCK BROKE OFF AT LAST ROW OF BOLTS AND ROCK STRUCK VICTIM.

May 23, 1988 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS INSTALLING PATTERN ROOF BOLT WHEN ROCK, 2 1/2'X2 1/2'X1 1/2" THICK FELL OUT FROM TOP JUST INBY LAST ROW OF BOLTS.. ROCK APPARENTLY FELL OUT LANDING ON ITS END & THEN FELL OVER FLAT S TRIKING EMPL ON RIGHT LEG. EMPL WAS INSERTING BOLT IN HOLE WHEN ROCK FELL.

May 23, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Le Sueur-Richmond Slate Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIFTING A SLATE ROCK OFF CONVEYOR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOLDER.