VICTIM WAS FOUND UNDER A SECTION OF FALLEN DRAW ROCK IN THE NO. 6 ENTRY ON THE OFF-SIDE OF THE CONTIONUS MINER ABOUT 2 FEET OUT FROM UNER SUPORRTED TOP. INTERVEIWS WERE HELD WITH PERSONS WHO FOUND AND RECOVERED THE VICTIM, BUT IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED THE REASON FOR TRAVELING BEYOND THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS.
Mining Incidents in October 1988
All MSHA-reportable mining accidents in October 1988, sorted by severity. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities
- 12
- Total incidents
- 3,114
- Period
- October 1988
Top operators this month
- 01 Peabody Coal Company 141 incidents
- 02 Consolidation Coal Company 66 incidents
- 03 Eastern Associated Coal Corp 63 incidents
- 04 Island Creek Coal Company 51 incidents
- 05 Keystone Coal Mining Corp 49 incidents
Most recent 500 incidents
Showing the 500 most recent of 3,114 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.
CAT LOADER WAS CLEANING UP IN PIT CAT TRUCK PULLED BEHIND LOADER LOADER BACKED INTO FRONT END OF TRUCK CRUSHING DRIVER OF TRUCK BETWEEN LOADER AND TRUCK ON LADDER AS HE WAS DESCENDING LADDERWA Y
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REPAIR A TRAIL CABLE OF SHOVEL. AFTER THEY HAD COMPLETED THE REPAIRS A ROCK ROLLED FROM THE SPOIL AND STRUCK HIM.
VICTIM WAS OPERATING A DRILL RIG FOR REASONS UNKNOWN HE GOT OFF THE RIG AND APPARENTLY WAS STANDING BACK NEAR THE RT REAR SIDE APPROX 25 TONS OF ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK DIRECTLY ON HIM
THERE WAS NO WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT. THE BODY WAS FOUND LAYING ON THE TRACK. PHYSICEVIENCE INDICATES VITIM WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED RAIL MANBUS PUSHING A SUPPLY CAR.
VICTIM WAS SERVICING LEFT FRONT HYDRAULIC GAS STRUT ON TRUCK. UPON INSPECTION OF STRUT VICTIM SDISCOVERED FILM OF OIL ON STRUT. HE CLIMBED UPON LEFT FRONT TIRE DIRECTLY UNDER FENDER. AS VIC TIM LOOSENED THREE BOLTS TO COVER PLATE OF STRUT, PRESSURE WAS RELEASED ON STRUT CYLINDER CAUSING FENDER TO FALL ONTO VICTIMS BACK AND MID-SECTION CRUSHING HIM.
EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHER CREW MEMBERS WERE MOVING AN AIR TRACK DRILL DOWN A LEVEL ROAD THE DRILL OPERATOR POSITIONED HIMSELF RIDING THE HYDRAULIC TANK WHICH IS AN UNAUTHORIZED POSITION FOR TRAV EL THE BOOM CYCLINDER DUMP PIN CAME OUT ALLOWING THE MAST TO FALL ON SUBJECT FATALLY INJURING HIM
EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED ON 10-12-88 THE VICTIM STANDING WAS WORKING FROM THE OPERATOR CONTROL AREA OF A CASE UNI-LOADER MODEL 1835B WIHT THE BUCKET PARTIALLY RAISED IN THE AIR WHEN HE WA S CRUSHED BETWEEN THE BOOM ARM AND THE ROLL OVER PROTECTION
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO WORK STATION JUST AFTER LUNCH CLIMBING STRUCTURAL STEEL TO GET THERE WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOOSEN HIS GRIP AND FELL
SCRAPER #26-821 OPERATED BY I.NAME RETURNING TO LOADING AREA EMPTY WAS STRUCK BY SCRAPER OPERATED BY I.NAME WHO WAS EMPLOYED BY SUMMIT INC
IT IS BELEIVED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNCLOG THE RAW COAL FEED HOPPER. HE WAS STRUCK WITH A SURGE OF NEW COAL.
VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO NEGOTIATE A TURN ON THE SHUTTLE CAR, AND IN DOING SO, HE ATTEMPTED TO SEE BETTER BY REMOVING HIMSELF FROM UNDER THE CANOPY AND WAS TRAPPED AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE CANOPY.
EMPL WAS CHANGING V BELTS ON #9 EIMCO REVERSING SCREW WHEN THE TIMER ACTIVATED THE MOTOR HIS INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS R HAND WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PULLEY AND THE BELT CUTTING OFF THE LAST JOINT OF THESE FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS DUM PING GRATES PULLED LOWER GROIN EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY 1-23-89 THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME EMPLOYER WAS AWARE OF ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT
EMPL ALLEGES THAT HE OBTAAINED THE HERNIA BY OPERATING A LOADER
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING THE CABLE BACK ONTO THE AIR TUGGER HIS LEFT MIDDLE FFINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN DRUM AND CABLE CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FINGER
LIFTED SCREENS.MINOR OUTPATIENT SURGERY WITH 6 WKS RECUPERATION.NOT LIFTING.WILL BE ABLE TO RETRW NORMAL DUTIES WITH NO REPERCUSSION.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PIPE CLAMP AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE DID NOT LOSE TIME FROM WORK BUT DID RECEIVE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
EMPLOYEE SAYS HE WAS LIFTING HOPPER DOOR AND FELT PAIN IN THE LEFT GROIN AREA.
HE WAS CHANGING A FLAT TIRE ON A SHUTTLECAR LIFT THE TIRE TO CHANGE OUT AND HAD BURNING AND STRAIN TO THE GROIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE ACT OF CLEANING UP PLANT GROUND FLOOR OF MUD & SCRAPE METAL IN TRYING TO PICK UP A PIECE OF SCRAPE METEAL HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA SUPERVISOR ADVISED HIM TO GO TO A DOC.OR SEE HIS OWN PHYSICIAN AS SEEON AS POSSIBLE
EMPLOYEE'S JOB WAS TO FABRICATE PLATFORM 8'X14'. A 3/8 "X 4"X20' ANGLE IRON (196 LBS) WAS PUT UNDER PLATFORM TO AVOID TRIPPING HAZARD 2 DAYS PRIOR. ANGLE WAS ON 8"X8"X1' BLOCK. EMPLOYEE REACHE D DOWN TO PULL ANGLE IRON OUT FARTHER FOR A BETTER HOOK UP WITH CRANE OVERHEAD. ER HOOK UP WITH A CRANE OVERHEAD. WHILE PULLING IT OUT HE FELT PAIN ON RIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN DIAGNOIS OF STRA
EMPL CLAIMS INJURY WHILE REMOVING SEAT IN LOADER TO GET SEAT BELTS OUT NOT REPORTED UNTIL NEXT DAY CLAIM QUESTIONED AND FINALLY ACCEPTED AS INDUSTRILA NOT MEDICAL ON 11-21-88
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES THAT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER RT. SIDE AFTER HE LIFTED A PIPE THREADER.
WHILE ON HIS WON TIME OUR EMPLOYE TOOK IT UPON HIM SELF TO CHECK THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, HE DID THIS BY MEANS OF HIS PERSONAL THREE WHEELER HIS FOOT STRUCK A ROCK AND HIS SMALL TOE WAS REMOVED. H E WAS NOT WEARING PROPER SHOES AND WAS AT THE MINE SITE WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE.
EMPL WAS REMOVING CUTTING EDGE AND TEETH OF 988 LOADER FROM LOAD INA 769 TRUCK BECAUSE THEY HAD BROKEN OFF LOADER THEY WERE IN 2 PIECES WHEN HE LIFTED LARGER PIECE HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS STOMACH AND BACK FOLLOWED BY NAUSEA
RAISING TOP TRACTION WITH OVERHEAD HOIST. LOAD GOT CAUGHT. EMPLOYEE PUSHED ON SHEAVE BLOCK WITH RIGHT HAND. LOAD FREED AND JUMPED UP, SHEAVE BLOCK TWISTED AROUND, WHEN SHEAVE BLOCK CAME DOWN, IT CAUGHT EMPLOYEE FINGERS BETWEEN SHEAVE BLOCK AND CABLE.
MOVING 55 GAL DRUM HOWARD FELT SOMETHING FIVE IN GROIN AREA.
EMP WA USIGN PRY BAR TO LOOSEN ROCK BUILD UP WHEN RUPTUIRED HERNIA OCC.
INJURED WAS GRINDING PIECE OF STEEL ON POWER GRINDER METAL CAUGHT ON GRIND WHEEL PULLING IT IN AND PULLED INJURIES THUMB IN WITH IT INJURY LOST END OF LEFT HAND THUMB.
THE VICTIM DE-ENERGIZED A 480VOLT DISTRIBUTION CIRCUIT IN ORDER TO PERFORM REPAIRS TO A CUT OUT SWITCH,CLIMBED A POLE ON WHICH THE SWITCH WAS LOCATED SAND INADVERTENTLY CONTACTED A BARE,ENERGI ZED VOLTAGE CONDUCTOR(7200 VOLTS LINE TO GROUND.
MAN FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF CATERPILLAR 773 TRUCK THAT HE HAD BEEN DRIVING HE MISJUDGED HIS DISTANCE WHILE REACHING FOR HAND RAIL CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE & TO FALL FROM CAT.WALK TO THE GROUND LANDED ONTO HIS FEET CAUSING A FX.IN LOWER LEG & ANKLE
INJ WA> LIFTING ROLLER ONTO A CONVEYOR FRAME AND ROLLER SLIPPED OFF AND SMASHED FINGERS HAD TO HAVE FINGERTIP REMOVED BY SURGERY.
WHILE HELPING MOVE DESK EMPL DEVELOPED HERNIA.
LIFING OR STRETING ACROSS SUPPLY TRILEP ATT TO RAISE CONCRETE BLOCK AND POSS CUASED STRAIN OR HERNIA.
HAT FELL OFF & REACHED TO GET IT AND RAN SCOOP INTO RIB.(#20-CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN SCOOP AND TOP.
PARTNER INJURED TRIED TO SPRAY BELT DRESSING ON HEADPULLEY.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A DEFLECTOR PLATE ON THE SHUTTLE CONVEYOR THE DEFLECTOR WAS BROUGHT CLOSE TO THE RUNNING CONVEYOR THE CONVEYOR GRIPPED THE PLATE AND HIS HAND PULLING T HEM DOWNWARD CAUSING SEVERE LACERATION
SHAFT REPAIRMAN WAS MOVING A SHAFT GUIDE IN THE PROCESS HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN THE AREA OF AN UNREPAIRED HERNIA HE HAD THE HERNIA WHEN HE R EHIRED ON 041388
INJURED WAS SORTING BLOCKS OUT OF A PILE AND MOVING THEM TO A POINT WHERE THEY COULD BE LOADED ON A TRUCK. AS HE WAS TOSSING A CONCRETE BLOCK, HE FELT A PAIN AROUND HIS NAVEL AREA. A FEW DAYS LATER NOTICED SWELLING.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT MEN WERE JACKING IN BODY FILL BOLTS IN SEGMENTS ON 1260 DRAGLINE REPAIR JOB I.NAME PUT NUT ON BOLT AND IMPACT AIR WRENCH TO HELP THE JACK THE BOLT RELIEVED AND IT JUMPED T HROUGH PUSHING THE AIR IMPACT WRENCH UP AGAINST SWING FLOOR THE RESULT WAS I.NAMES LEFT THUMB WAS SMASHED BETWEEN AIR IMPACT WRENCH AND SWING FLOOR WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND HAD TO HAVE TEH L
CLIMBING UP MASS ON DAREY DRILL FREEING A CABLE AND KELLY HEAD DROPPED AND HIT FOOT
WHILE JACKING GOODMAN MULE BY TRACK PULLED RIGHT GROIN.
INJURED WAS PINNING THE FACE OF #5 ENTRY WHEN HE GOT THE TOP SECTION OF HIS PINNER STEEL HUNG IN THE ROOF. WHILE TRYING TO GET STEEL OUT OF HOLE HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE B OTTOM SECTION OF PINNER STEEL AND THE ROOF MASHING THE END OF HIS FINGER OFF.
EMPL REMOVING SCREEN FROM PLANT FOR REPLACEMENT.HOLE IN SCREEN -EMPL WAS PULLING ON SCREEN AND TWISTED BODY WRONG WAY.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES AN ACCIDENT HE PICKED UP A 3"X4' SHAFT AND HIT A PIN TO OPEN AN INSPECTION DOOR.HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR HE FELT BAD SO HE LEFT HIS SHIFT AT MID-SHIFT.HE DID NOT REPORT TO H IS NEXT SHIFT,HE TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD A HERNIA,TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HE DID LIFTING SOME BOXES ON OCTOBER 4TH.WHEN THE SAFETYDIRECTOR TALKED TO HIM HE SAID A COMPLETELY DIF
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE STEEL PLATES WHICH WERE BEING PULLED BY A TUGGER HOIST. THE PLATE HUNG UP AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE IT, THE PLATE SPRUNG LOOSE AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CEM ENT WALL AND THE PLATE. THIS INCIDNET RESULTED IN A PARTICAL AMPUTATION, DISTAL PHALNAX LET MIDDDLE FINGER.
WORKING AROUND SCREENING PLANT EQUIPMENT. PARTIAL LOSS OF FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE DRIVE BELTS FROM THE SCREEN HE DID NOT HAVE THE BELTS LOOSE ENOUGH TO COME OUT OF V GROOVE AND TRIED TO PULL THE BELT OVER THE SHEAVE THE COUNTER WEIGHTED SCREEN DRIV E ROLLED BACK AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN BELT AND SHEAVE
I.NAME WAS STANDING ON DOCK AT S.L.WAREHOUSE WHILE I.NAME WAS USING A FORKLIFT TO LOAD EMPTY PALLETS INTO THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK I.NAME KICKED PALLETS OFF INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK & I. NAME STARTED TO BRING THE FORKS BACK I.NAME GOT THE TIP OF HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT
EMPLOYEE REGULAR JOB WAS A BHATCHMAN OF CONCRETE AT THIS TIME OF DAY WE HAD NO CONCRETE ORDERS AND HE WENT OVER TO THE PULVERIZING PLANT TO HELP THE MEN WORKING THERE LOADING 100 LB BAGS ONTO PALLETS. WHILE LIFTING SOME OF THESE BAGS FROM CONVEYOR TO PALLETTS HE TWISTED HIS BODY CAUSING A HERNIA ON HIS LEFT LOWER PART OF ABDOMEN EMPLOYEE WILL GO INTO HOSP 4/6/89 FOR OPERATION WILL
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON GYRODISC CRUSHER IN TABULAR AREA WHEN METAL BAR HOLDING THE MAIN FRAME OFF THE CRUSHER SWUNG AROUND ABRUPTLY HITTING HIS FINGER & SLICING IT OFF IN HIS GLOVE
THE BASIC CAUSE OF THE INJURY WAS AN UNSAFE ACT.THE INJURED USED THE WRONG TOOL FOR A JOB AND TOOK AN UNSAFVE POSITION.THE INJURED WAS ATTEMTPING TO REPLACE A BROKEN HAMMER WOOD HANDLE.THE NEW HANDLE THAT WAS USED TO BE INSTALLED WASA TOO LARGE AND WOULD NOT FIT THE HEAD.THE INJURED DECIDED TO USE A METAL CURRING BANDSAW INSTEAD OF A GRINDER WHICH WAS AVAILABLE AND NEAR BY.THE INJU
I NAME HAD A HERNIA OPERATION FROM AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED ON 12-9-87 AFTER HIS OPERATION FOR THIS HERNIA HE WAS OFF TILL 2-29-88 WHEN HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 10-3-88 HE WAS LIFTING BAGS THA T WEIGHED 100 LBS WHICH WAS TO HEAVY FOR HIS BODY TO STAND AND HE RUPTURED HIMSELF AGAIN THIS HERNIS WAS AT THE SAME PLACE ON HIS BODY WHERE HE WAS OPERATED THE FIRST TIME EMPL IS STILL WORKIN
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING THE FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
INJ ON TOP OF ROOF BOLTER,REMOVING COVER BOLTS.WHEN HE FINISHED HE STEPPED OFF BOLTER.WHEN LEFT FOOT TOUCHED BOTTOM FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE.
MAN WAS RIDING UNDER OVERCAST HAD HEAD TOO HIGH & HIT HEAD ON OVERCAST FRAE #90 X-CUT ON MSW ROAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES OFF THE SHUTTLE CAR. HE WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD CHANNELS AND TRIPPED OVER ONE. CHANNEL FELL INTO ANOTHER CHANNEL. EMPLOYEE PICNCHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN 2 C HANNELS.
INJURED WAS FILLING THE POD DUSTER AT THE MAIN WEST DUST HOLE. THE HOSE BETWEEN THE DUST HOLE AND THE TANK BECAME PLUGGED AND PRESSURIZED DUE TO ADDITIONAL DUST BACKED UP IN THE DUST HOLE PIPE. AS HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE FLEXIBLE HOSE UNSTOPPED, IT BROKE LOOSE, STRIKING HIM. DIAGNOSIS WAS ABRASION TO LEFT FOREARM AND SPRAIN OF LEFT WRIST. ALSO, ABRASION TO FREHEAD AND LEFT W
WHILE PUSHING CONCRETE BUCKET AROUND SHAFT, EMPLOYEE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE AND FELL ON SELF RESCUER.
INJURED WHILE RECONNECTING A 6" WATER LINE CAUGHT HIS R INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN A TEE AND THE WATER LINE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP TRACTOR WHEN IT STRUCK A BUMP IN RUNWAY RT.UNDER THE SEAT & PUSHED THE SEAT UP JAMMING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY CAUSING BACK HIP & RT.LEG PAIN FIRST DAY OF MI DICAL TREATMENT ONLY ON 111888
HE WAS COMING DOWN FROM A RAIL OFF DRAGLINE BY ONE OF THE LEGS AS HE PUT HIS FEET ON THE GROUND HE LET GO OF THE RAIL & HE SLIPPED & T WISTED HIS LEFT KNEE
STRAPPING KETTLE BOTTOM IT SLIPPED OUT GLANCED OFF CANOPY STRUCK HIM IN SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT BREAKING 3 BONES.
AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WAS BEING LOWERED TO THE PLATFORM, THE PAD-EYE SLIPPED OUT OF THE CHAIN FALL HOOK. AS THE UNIT FELL, THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY ; BUT IT BOUNCED ONTO THE LOWER OUTSIDE PART OF HIS LEFT LEG. HIS ANKLE WAS DISLOCATED AND FRACTURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROCK FROM THE MINER AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN NECK AND BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AND ROCK ALONG BELTLINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING FORKLIFT ACROSS PAVED YARD, A SCRAPER PLATE BEING CARRIED ON THE FORKS JOLTED LOOSE WHEN THE FORKLIFT WAS DRIVEN THROUHG A DEPRESSION IN THE PAVEMENT. CONSEQUENTLY, THE FORKLIFT RAN OVER THE SCRAPER PLATE AND TIPPED OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE, PINNING THE DRIVER BETWEEN THE ROPS AND THE GROUND.
OPER. SHEAR ROCK FLIPPED OFF DRUM MASHING EMP HAD AGAINST HAND RAIL.
MAN WS ON NORTH LONWALL POSTIONED ETWEEN SETS OF SHIELDS. HEAD OF SHERARER WAS BEING PUSHED OFF TO ALLOW THE CHAINGE OF A RANGING ARM. MAN WAS WATCHING WOODEN BLOCK PLACED BETWEEN CRAWL PAN AND BACK OF FACE LINE AS IT WAS PUSHED FROM JACK BY ANOTHER MAN. THIS BLOCK CAME OUT UNDER PRESSURE STRICKING MAN ON LEFT THIGH CAUSING SEVERE BRUISE.
EMPL USING PRY BAR TO REMOVE ROCK FROM ROOF OF MINE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
I.NAME BUSTING ROCK AT TAILPIECE FEEDER WHEN SOMETHING IN RIGHT ARM PULLED.
I.NAME WAS GOING AROUND A CURTAIN ON THE SIDE OBEING HELD WITH A POGO STICK A CHUNK OF COAL RIB 2 FT X 3 FT X 6 IN WAS DISLODGED THE CHUNK SLID DOWN AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF THE FOOT
ROCK FALL FROM CONVEYOR BELT ROCK FALL INTO BOBCAT FROM CONVEYOR BELT HITTING MAN.
STEPPING ACROSS BELT SPRANG AND BRUSED ANKLE
WHILE IN THE PROCEDSS OF CHANGING A RAM JACK HOSE ON A KLOECKNER BEIRCOURT SHIELD THE INJURED MATHE NOSE
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF THE TRUCK AND REPORTED THAT HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE EARTH.
EMPLOYEE'S JOB WAS TO ADVANCE THE SHIELDS. AS HE WAS ADVANCING SHIELDS FROM #107 SHIELD TOWARDS THE HEADGATE, AND WHILE LOWERING #84 SHIELD, HIS RIGHT ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE CANOPY AND THE SPILL TRAY TUBE GUIDE CAUSING DEEP LACERATION.
INJURED STUCK HIS HEAD ON OVERHEAD ROOF SUPPORT THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED 1 HR.&20M.INTO INJUREDS FIRST SHIFT WORKED AFTER RETURNING FROM A LOST TIME INJURY THE PRIOR INJURY RESULTED IN 86 DAYS LOST TIME INJURIES WERE IDENTICALINJURED DOC.INDICATED HE CONSIDERED THIS A REAGRAVATION OF THE INJURY OF 061488 DR.ALSO STATED HE THOUGHT INJURED MAY HAVE RETURNED TOO SOON WE CONDIER THIS TO
WHILE HE WAS RUNNING THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE, A SMALL RIB ROLL OCCURRED PINNING HIS LEFT AG AGAINST THE CANOPY ON THE MINER.
ATTENDED AUCTION OVER WEEKKEND & PURCHASED HYDROAULIC UNITS FOR MILL SYSTEM WAS LOADING MANUALLY IN PICKUP WHEN BACK POPPED & PINCHED NERVE IN LOWER BACK WENT HOME AND LAID DOWN.
EMPLOYEE REACHED FORWARD TO ASSIST A NEW EMPLOYEE TO LIFT A HEAVY PIECE OF METAL INTO A LOADER BUCKET. NEW EMPLOYEE LET GO WITHOUT A WARNING. THE METAL FORCED EMPLOYEE'S HAND SHARPLY AGAINST I NSIDE SURFACE OF LOADER BUCKET.
WORKING ON DOZER TRACKS CAUGHT AND BROKE TWO FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING OLD HEAD ROLLER LAYING IN DITCH, BY HIMSELF & HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD SHOT A 2 WAY IN 7 ROOM THEN WENT INTO ADJACENT ROOM TO LOAD A 2 WAY AFTER LOADING 2ND 2WAY HE MOVED TO THE NEXT ROOM & STARTED TO LOAD ANOTHER 2 WAY WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF SHORTRN ESS OF BREATH
EMPL STRAINED BACK WHEN LOADING 5 GAL BUCKETS OF OIL ONTO BOSS BUGGY. EMPL WAS SWINGING HIS BODY AROUND WITH LOAD WAS CAUSE OF INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A GO-BETWEEN USING A PICKAROO. AS HE WAS PICKING HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE CONTROL ROD. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN TRAUMA TO HIS RIGHT THUMB CAUSING HI M TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES IN FLOOR WITH AIR DIRILL AND PULLED MUSCLE WHEN LIFTING DRILL OUT OF HOLE.
CONT.MINER IN WATER SO INJ WENT TO GET BAG OF ROCK DUST TO SIT ON AND STEPPED IN HOLE TWISTED HSI BACK.
CUTTING TRIP OF COAL AT 7 NORTH TIPPLE.COULDNT GET TRIP TO CUT STEPPED CLOSER TO RAIL USING CUT OFF EXTENSION LEVER STPPED ON RAIL WITH LEFT FOOT AND CAR RAN OVER HARD TOE OF LEFT BOOT.3 FX TO ES.
MAN STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING A BUNDLE OF 5 FT. ROOF BOLTS OFF A SUPPLY CAR WHEN HE THINKS HE MIGHT HAVE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK AGAIN.PER MEDICAL EXAM- ARTHRITIS POSSIBLE CAUSE. NO VERI FICATION AS OF 11-8-88.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELLING LOOSE COAL TO B UILD A STEPPING. WHEN HE FINISHED SHOVELLING HE STATED HE COULD NOT GET UP BECAUSE HIS BACK WAS LOCKED UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STIRS BEHIND THE LAB WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE GAVE OUT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.
INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING TRUCK TO PUMP WATER INTO TANK AS HE DISMOUNTED HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL STRIKING HIS TAILBONE ON THE FUEL TANK (STEP)
HE WAS OPERATING A BOBCAT WHEEL LADER OUTSIDE THE TIPPLE USING IT TO MOVE A CENTRIFUGAL DRYER TOP IN THE BUCKET. AS HE HAD THE MACHINE BUCKET HOISTED NEAR ITS HIGHER LEVEL HE NOTICED A PIECE OF METAL DANGLING FROM THE DRYEER TOP AND RUBBING AGAINST TIRES. WHILE PUSHING THE DRYER TOP WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT HIS LEFT FOOT HIT THE HOSIT CONTROL CAUSING THE BOOM TO LOWER AND CATCHING HI
EMP WAS WORKING ON FEDDER BREAKER. HE WAS BENT OVER WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS R. KNEE. AT 4:30 HIS KNEE STARTED BOTHERING HIM AND HE ASKED TO LEAVE.
WHILE BACKING RD-12 TO PRIMARY CRUSHER, THE STOP GAVE AWAY ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO ROLL BACK INTO PRIMARY CRUSHER. WHILE TRYING TO PULL TRUCK OUT OF SRUSHER, USING A CHAIN ON A LOADER, A CHAIN HOOK CAME LOOSE HITTING HIM IN THE ABDOMINAL AREA.
LOOSENING A GOOSENECK AND COULDN'T GET IT LOOSE, SO HE USED A SPLIT BOLT DRIVER TO HIT THE WRENCH. HE MISSED THE WRENCH AND THE DRIVER HIT THE WALL BENDING HIS THUMB BACK.
WATCHING TAIL PIECE AND PULLED ON A ROKC AND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN MUSCLE IN NECK
WHILE TRYING TO PULL THE GUARD FOR THE TAILGATE MOTOR OUT OF THE PACKWALL, THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN.
WHILE MOVING A PIECE OF 3 INCH STEEL TO BE USED ON PRESS STEEL SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF EMPL FOOT
BACKING UP TRUCK, HIT PILE OF STONE, HE BRUISED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STTED THAT HE WAS PUSHING ON A ROOF BOLT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF LOADER #325 HE SLIPPED IN THE LAST STEP OF THE LADDER FEELING PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK AND LANGOROUS R LEG
EMPLOYEE STATED, HE WAS CARRYING A BELT CLAMP IN AND SLIPPED, FELT KNEE POP, WENT DOWN BUT NOT ALL THE WAY. STEPPED IN HOLE.
WHEN INJURED DISMOUNTED FROM TRUCK HE HIT HIS KNEE BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW ON WHAT OR HOW.
EMPL WAS CHANGING THE OIL LEVEL ON THE DOZER HE SLIPPED WHILE STANDING ON THE TRACK AND FELL STRIKING HIS R HAND AGAINST THE DOZER
PICKING UP A BUNDLE OF ROOFBOLTS FELT R ARM PAIN STRAIN R ARM
WHILE USING A CLAW BAR PULLING SPIKES FROM DERAILMENT HE FELT A JOINT IN HIS LOWER BACK SLIP
EMPL WAS BOLTING WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER BETWEEN A ROOF PLATE AND THE ROOF
3 SO WEST CLEANING CAN OUT WHEN LEVER THAT OPER. UNIT WA> MOVED LID CLOSED CATCHING MANS FINGERS.
LOADING CABLE TWISTED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SCOOPING COAL AND RIB COAL AND ROCK FELL HITTING HIM.
I,NAME WAS PULLING WELDING LEAD THROUGH ROTATING FRAME IN THE PROCESS. HE BUMPED HIS HEAD. I,NAME SAID HE WAS ALLRIGHT AND CONTINUED TO WORK ON 11-1-88 AT 9:00AM. HE STARTED COMPLAINING OR DIZ ZINESS & SORENESS TO HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS. I,NAME SAID HE HAD RECEIVED NECK INJURING FROM CAR WRECK LAST YEAR.
MAN WAS WALKING ALONG THE TRACK WHEN HE BUMPED INTO A POST CAUSING IT TO DISLODGE THE DISLODGED DPOST FELL STRIKING THE MAN ON HIS LEFT FOOT
EMPL WAS WALKING BETWEEN RIB AND ROOF A ROCK ROLLED FROM THE RIB HITTING EMPL KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE SCOOP
OPER. LOADER HIT WALL JARRED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A FLAT TIRE ON A DAVEY DRILL HE REMOVED THE FLAT TIRE AND WHEN HE WAS PLACING A NEW TIRE ON THE TRUCK HE PLACED HIS BACK AGAINST THE TIRE AND PLACED HIS HANDS UNDER THE R IM AND HIS THE COMPLETE TIRE ON TO THE TRUCK HE FELT SOMETHING PULL AND FELT BURNING SENSATION BETWEEN HIS SHOULER BLADES.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE PICKED UP A CRIB BLOCK FROM SUPPLY CAR TO THROW INTO A CROSS CUT AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
REMOVING LODGED ROCK FROM TAIL PULLEY,RIGHT ARM UPPER MUSCLES AND CHEST MUSCLES INJURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS DECENDING A LADDER WHEN HER FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HER TO FALL SHE GRABBED WITH ONE HAND AND THE FULL WEIGHT OF HER BODY STRAINED HER SHOULDER.
PUTTING CANOPY UP WHEN ROCK BROKE LOOSE HITTING HIM ON HEAD AND LEFT LEG. CUT HIS HEAD AND BRUISED LEFT KNEE. NO SUTURES REQUIRED ON HEAD-TINCTURE OF BENZOIN APPLIED ANDTETANUS TOXOID 0.5 CC.
EMPL RUNNING MINER ON REMOTE WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON UPPER BACK IN 001 SECTION #4 ENTRY.
EMPL HAS BAD KNEE.DOESNT KNOW ANYTHING HE DID TO HURT KNEE,JUST WORKING AT REG.JOB.
FOREMAN WAS HELPING PIN CREW WHEN APICE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT AHND BREAKING HIS RING FINGER.
EMPL WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ON SCOOP WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK
PULLING WATER HOSE BACK FROM FACE.STEPPED ON LAUMP OF COAL TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED WAS HELPING FELLOW WORKERS TOGET A DIISEL SCOOP UN STUCK . INJURED WAS KNEELING BESIDE TE SCOOP PLACING BLOCKING UNDER IT AND WHEN HE GOT UP HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK ON 10-30-88 DUE TO PAIN AND SWELLING OF HIS RIGHT KNEE. ON 3-26-84, HE WAS KNEELING ON FLOOR TO CONNECT WIRES AND KNELT ON A SMALL OBJECT. THE DOCTOR FEL T HE HAD A MENSICAL TEAR AT THE TIME BUT SYMTOMS WERE NOT SEVERE ENOUGH TO WARRANT ANY SPECIFIC TREATMENT. DUE TO A RECURANCE OF SYMTOMS AT THIS TIME HE SCHEDULED TO HAVE SURGERY.
EMPL ADJUSTING SCAFFOLD INSIDE OF #1 WASHER.SCAFFOLD CLAMP LOOSENED AND SCAFFOLD PIPE TILTED EMPL FELL 2' IN SITTING POSITION ON 1'' PIECE OF METAL WELDED TO FILL LINE.
PULLING TROLLEY WIRE TOGETHER WITH COME-ALONG AND CLAMPS.CLAMP SLIPPED OFF TROLLEY WIRE AND STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING 480 CABLE HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK. "ADD ONE DAY (1) -- LOST TIME ACCIDENTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCKS AT THE WASHPLANT, STUMBLED AND FELL, LANDED ON HIS LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE FINISHED SHIFT. AFTER WORK HIS LEFT KNEE AND LOWER LEG, FOOT SWELLED UP AND GOT VERY SORE.
STRAINED BACK WHILE SWINGING A 20 LB HAMMER TO LOOSEN BOLTS ON KILN TRUNNION
THE INJURED HAD OPENED A WOOD DOOR ACROSS THE TRACK ENTRY NEAR THE CAGE BOTTOM AND WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY THE DOOR RESULTING IN A FRACTURED LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING ALL OF GROUND WHEN MORE CAME DOWN HE TURNED AND RAN INJURING RT LEG HE WENT TO DR ON 10-30-88 AND RETURNED TO WORK ON 11-3-88 HE RETURNED TO DR FOR A RECHECK AND WAS G IVEN A DISABLED FOR WORK SLIP
HE STATED THAT HE WAS SETTING 8" X 10" COLLARS IN A FAULT AREA BESIDE THE BELT AND STRAINED HI BACK. THIS OCCURRED 200' OUTBY THE TAILPIECE ON 3E4 DEV.
EMPL CHECKING MINER CABLE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OUT OF ROADWAY.PIECE WAS THROWN FROM MINER CONVEYOR BOOM-ROCK WHEN IT STARTED UP WHICH CAUSED FX TO RIGHT ANKLE.
I.NAME WAS HAULING COAL WITH A SHUTTLE CAR & HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY & THE SHUTTLECAR BOTTOMED OUT CAUSING I.NAME TO HAVE THE BREATH KNOCKED OUT OF HIM
STEPPED OFF OF A LADDER-TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
HE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM KEYWAY HE LIFTED A ROCK TO THROW IT OUT OF THE KEYWAY AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK BECAUSE OF LIFTING THE ROCK HE PULLED A MUSCLE AND SEVERE PAIN CAUSED HIM TO GO HOME H E THEN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR A PULLED WING MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING STICK FROM CLAY GRAVEL MIXING OPERATION HE HAD HIS BACK TO DOZER & WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO IT THE BLADE STRUCK HIS FOOT WHEN HE TRIED TO PULL HIS FOOT OUT OF THE LOOSE DIRT HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE
WHILE BACKING UP STEPS WITH OIL COOLER EMPLOYEE FELL FORWARD DOWN STEPS
LAYING BLOCK ON STOPPING NEAR TOP WALL TIPPED OVER WHEN I NAME WAS LEANED OVER BREAKING BLOCK L MIDDLE FINGER STRUCK BY FALLING BLOCK
EMPLOYEE REPORTS AT SOUTH END OF TAILINGS POND, BOAT WAS GOING ABOUT 15 MPH AND HIT A SANDY SPOT, THROWING HER AGAINST FRONT OF BOAT.
ROCK FELL FROM SCREEN DECK AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON HEAD AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPL SLIPPED & FELL BACKWARDS FROM ON TOP OF BELT CONVEYOR TAILPIECE HE WAS HELPING POSITION OUT OF BATTERY TRACTOR BUCKET.
STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF COAL.
STRAINED LOWE BACK PULING ON MINER CABLE LOST HIS FOOTING SLIPED AND FEL ON LOWER BACK.
LIFTING A RAIL STRAINED HIS BACK
MAN WAS TORQUING UP BOLT WHEN A PC. OF ROCK PUSHED OUT FROM UNDER THE HEADER BOARD OF THE BOLT AND FELL ON HIS LEFT ELBOW PART OF HIS FOREARM. BRUISED. HOSPITAL REFUSED TO RELAESE-HIS DOCTOR U NAVAILABE UNTIL 10-31-88 AT WHICH TIME MAN WAS ON DAY SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HELPING REMOVE A GEAR FROM THE 348 DRIVE AND THE REPEATED PUSHING AND PULLING WITH A PRY BAR CAUSED HIS ELBOW TO START HURTING
HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE 992C LOADER. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE LADDER ON THE LOADER. AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HE FELT A SNAP IN HIS WRIST (RIGHT). UPON GOING FOR X-RAYS, THIS WRIST WAS BROKEN.
EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK EARLY 10/29/88 SICK WITH THE FLU. ON 10/30/88 CALLED IN SICK WITH BACK PAIN. ON 10/31/88 CALLED IN SICK AGAIN WITH BACK PAIN. WENT TO THE DOCTOR THINKING THE FLU HAD SETTLED IN HER KIDNEYS. THE DOCTOR FOUND AN INFLAMED AREA ON THE LOWER BACK. THE DOCTOR ASKED ABOUT NAY PHYSICAL WORK SHE COULD HAVE PERFORMED. THE EMPLOYEE REMEMBERED SHOVELING SAND ON 10/29/88. THE
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING CARRY A BOTTOM BELT ROLLER AND AS HE WAS PUTTING THE ROLLER DOWN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE. WHILE LIFTING CABLE UP HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN AREA. CABLE WAS 4/0 SIZE CABLE.
WA> WORKING ON SCAFFOLDING WHEN SLIPED AND FELL 4 TO 6 FT LANDING ON RIGHT LEG JAMMING R. KNEE.
SETTING TIMBERS ON SEC.BELT AND AND/OR LAYING BLOCKS FOR STOPPING WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO THROW THE TRACK SWITCH BACK AT THE MOUTH OF 5 F WHEN TWISTED HIS BACK
A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK THE MINER AND OPERATOR CAUSING INJURIES TO THE SHOULDER AREA OF THE OPERATOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP AN ARTICULATING JACK TO PUT ON THE SHEARER MACHINE WHEN HE STTED HE STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING IT UP. THE INJURED WAS ON THE 4-DEV LONGWALL SECTION AT THE HEAD JACKS.
HE WAS WORKING THE ROOF DOWN AND PUT BAR UP AGAINST ROOF WHEN HE BENT KNEES AND PUSHED HE HURT HIS BACK
IN SHUTTLE CAR UNDER MINER STRUCK FROM THE SIDE BY ANOTHER S/C COMING TO THE MINER THROUGH A BREAK
EMPL WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF RUNWAY WHILE LIFTING MINER CABLE HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ROCK OFF OF MINER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK ABOUT THE SIZE OF A MINERS CAP 1 1/2 IN THICK FELL ON I.NAMES ARM WHICH LAY ACROSS TIMBER KNOCKER ON MESCHER TRACTOR BREAKING HIS ARM
STRUCK BY FALLING PIPE WHILE DUMPING CAR INTO ORE PASS.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AN OLD SHUTTLE CAR CHAIN FROM THE CAR WHEN THE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK
SHOVELING COAL WHEN HE DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN.
EMPL WAS TAKING LEADS OUT OF A HIGH VOLTAGE BOX WHICH HAD A BROKEN INSULATOR THE LEAD WAS HARD TO LOOSEN AND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HIT THE BROKEN INSULATOR
EMPL IN ROUTE FROM FACE TO FF.EEDER WITH EMPTY BUGGY WHEN BUGGY WENT OVER AN UNEVEN PLACE IN BOTTOM STRIKING HEAD ON MINE TOP.
ROCK FELL BETWEEN PINS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK & HIP
HE WAS GOING TO MINER (OFF STD BUGGY) THROUGH A FLY. HE WAS WATCHING OFFSIDE TRYING TO AVOID MINER CABLE. HIS CANOPY SCRUBBED RIB. BEFORE HE COULD STOP, THE RIB RAKED HIS HAND WHICH WAS ON A H ANDLE 4" INSIDE AND HANGING DOWN FROM THE CANOPY. IT HAPPENED ON 4 DEV 5 SOUTH #2 LEFT BREAK.
INJURED WAS STRAIGHTENING A ROOF BOLT DURING INSTALLATION AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMPL GOT UP FROM LUNCH TABLE. STARTED TO WALK AWAY WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE WENT OUT & HE FELL TO THE FLOOR.
WHILE PREPARING EMPTY RAILROAD CARS FOR LOADING, THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP A DOOR ON AN EMPTY WHEN THEBAR HEWAS USING SLIPPED AND HE FELL DOWN ON HIS RIGHT KNEE THEREBY AGGRAVATING AND OLD K NEE INJURY. EXTENET OF DAMAGE IS STILL UNKNOWN ASOF THIS TIME.
WHILE BOLTING TOP HE WALKED ARUND ROOF BOLTER TO GET A ROOF BOLT AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIS BIG RT TOE
WORKING ON 5 LEFT SECTION ROOF BOLTING ON THE OCNTINUOUS MINER. THE INJURED WAS MOVING WOODEN PLANKS WHEN FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PLANKS CAUSING A FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE CUT HIS FINGER (LEFT) WHEN HE CAUGHT IT BETWEEN SOME FALLING TUBING.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP TWO JOINTS OF TWO INCH PIPE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
DRILLING HOLE AND KETTLE BOTTOM FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND INJURED LEFT HAND AND RIGHT LOWER LEG.
INJ & HELPER WERE ROOF BOLTING A FALL.INJURED MAN REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP STOPER AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS AOBUT TO GO THROUGH OPEN MANDOOR IN STOPPING WHEN DOOR WAS BLOWN CLOSED. DOOR HANDLE STRUCK INJURED ON RIGHT THUMB, FORCING THUMB BACK, FRACTURING BONE ABOVE JOINT. INJURY OCCURRE D IN 5 LEFT 6 SOUTH.
ORIGINAL INCIDENT WAS TWISTING MOTION OF BACK WHILE COMING OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK HE WAS WORKING ON. DR'S FINDINGS AT THAT TIME WAS SPONDYLOLISTHESIS. CURRENT PROBLEMS ARE INCREASED PAIN PREV ENTING EMPL FROM WORKING.
BREAK BOLTS LOOSE AND STRIANED BACK MAY BE RECURR. FORM PAST INJ 3-21-88
INJ WAS CUTTING PC OF META6 SIDING ALREADY IN PALCE FORM MIDDLE TO TOP AT DOORWAY IN FRONT OF GENERATOR MOTOR. WIND BLEW METAL FRAGMENT INTO HIS EYE.
IN THE PENTHOUSE OF 2B PRESCIPTITATOR LIT THE OXY ACET TORCH AND IT TOUCHED HIS HAND WHILE CLEANING THE TIP
EMP WA> UNLOADING 2" PIPE FROM A TRUCK AND CLAIME D HE HURT BACK.
LOG WASHER PLUGGED UP ON THE WASHING PLANT TO UNPLUG HE HAD A WATER HOSE IN ONE HAND AND BENT DOWN TO PICKUP SCREEN WITH THE OTHER HAND WHICH WAS FULL OF STONE AND FELT SOMETHING IN HIS BACK P ULL LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK
SWITCH BOX EXPLODED EMPL REACHED OUT TO TURN LUBE PUMP MOTOR,BURNING RIGHT HAND.RECD 2ND DEGREE BURNS.
PERSON WAS BUILDING BLOCK STOPPING WAS PICKING UP 8" CINDER BLOCK WHICH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL ON RIGHT FOOT BEHIND METATARSAL PROTECTING CAUSIGN BRUISE TO TOP OF FT.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING DOWN WELDING A CHAIN ON THE POID ELEVATOR.FINISHED JOB AND GOT UP TO LEAVE WHEN HIS RIGHT BOOT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING CAUSING HIS RIGHT KNEE TO TWIST.
EMP WAS LIFTING AND CARRYING ROLLER LINER FOR THE RAW MILL ROLL PRESS. EMP BENT FORWARD TO POUT THE PLATE DOWN AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
HOSE BURST WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING TOP HOT OIL HIT HIM IN FACE
MAN WAS SQUATTING TIGHTENING BOLTS ON BELT HEAD AND INJURED CARTILAGE LIGAMENTS IN LEFT KNEE.
HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE BALL MILL FLOOR, INSPECTING DROP BOXES AND CYCLONES. HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF WELDING ROD AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WAS OPERATED ON THIS KNEE 2/88 DUE TO A NONINDU
EMPL WAS CLIMBING OUT OF MANWAY INTO A STOPE WHEN HIS GEOLOGIST VEST CAUGHT ON SERVICE LINE HE JERKED TO PULL FREE AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE BACK OF THE STOPE THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED BUT N O TREATMENT WAS SOUGHT UNTIL SOMETIME AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED THE EMPL WAS EXAMINED AND SCHEDULED FOR SUGERY 12-29-88
INJURED WAS INSTALLING AN 8' OF ANGLE IRON.THEY WERE LIFTING IT INTO PLACE WITH A 3/4 TON HOIST.INJURED TRIED TO MOVE IT TO THE CENTER OF THE BEAM WHEN IT SLIPPED DOWNWARD CAUSING A STRAIN TO THE INJUREDS RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING 55 GAL BARREL ALONG RACK AT THE OIL STORAGE SLAB WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN LOWER BACK
THE INJURED WAS KNEELING ON RC-10 CONVEYOR WALKWAY IN A BENT POSITION ASHE WAS LIFTING A CONVEYOR RETURN ROLLER. THE RETURN ROLLER HAD TO BE REPLACED AND AS THE INJURED PICKED IT UP WITH THE H ELP OF HIS PARTNER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE ROLLER WEIGHED ABOUT 50 POUNDS.
LEANED OVER AND STRAINED A BACK MUSCLE.
STANDING ON LADDER CLEANING SCREEN ON LOG WASHER, SLIPPED WHEN HE LOST BALANCE AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RIGHT ARM/HAND, PULLED SHOULDER AND BACK.
WALKING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS,SLIPPED AND MISSED A STEP.PAIN STARTED IN HIP.
WHILE LEANING OVER BELT AND SORTING ROCK EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN HER BACK.
EMPL WAS IN PROCESS OF PLACING SPOUT PORTION OF EMPTY SUPERBAG ON METAL LOADOUT SPOUT AT BOTTOM OF 5 MOL LOADOUT BIN LOCATED ON GROUND FLOOR OF MAIN SACKROOM WHEN FORKLIFT OPERATOR REMOUNTED LIFT TRUCK & ATTEMPTED TO MOVE FORKS HORIZONTALLY & INADVERTENTLY MOVED FORKS VERTICALLY CAUSING EMPL RIGHT FOREARM TO BECOME PINNED BETWEEN METAL SPOUT & RIGHT FORK.
EMPL WAS STEPPING DOWN OF ALLION FELT STINGING TYPE PAIIN IN KNEE. LATER THAT NIGHT FELT PAIN. EMPL HAD SURGERY ON 1/23/89 RETURNED TO WORK ON 1/30/89 SAFETY OFFICE NOTIFIED ON 2/1/89.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING PROTABLE/MOBILE COAL CRUSHER AFTER CRUSHING A SAMPLE. HAND WAS INSIDE CRUSHER HOUSING; HE DROPPED UPPER HOUSING ON HIS THUMB. THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER HOU SING, CAUSING INJURY TO THE THUMB.
WAS HELPING CHANGE BARRELL IN WATER PUMP FELT PAIIN IN BACK WHILE LIFTING PUMP BARRELL.
LIFTING A TRANSMISSION, SLIPPED A DISC.
SHOVEL FLIPPED LARGE ROCK OUT AND IT SLID OVER PILE DOWN AND HIT DOZER EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT TORQUE CONVERTER WITH OTHER MEN AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
MAN WAS WORKING ON LOADER BUCKET, BRAVE BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK MAN ON HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A WASH DOWN HOSE UP THE CATWALK ON THE BREAKER FEED BELT. HE SLIPPED, FELL & HIT ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW. COAL & ROCK ON CATWALK/SLIPPY.
INDIVIDUAL WAS FUELING EQUIPMENT WITH THE FUEL TRUCK AND WAS RETRACTING THE FUEL HOSE BY PUSHING THE RETRACT BUTTON WITH ONE HAND AND HOLDING THE NOZZLE WITH THE OTHER HAND. AS THE HOSE WAS BE ING REELED IN IT TWISTENDAND CAUSED AN INJURY TO THE HAND HOLDING IT. THIS INDICIDUAL DID NOT MISS ANY WORK FROM THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 11-8-88.
INJURED WAS STEPPING OFF OF A LADDER AND WHEN HE PUT HIS FOOT DOWN ON A ROCK AND THE ROCK ROLLED CAUSING HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE RESULTING IN A SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE. LOST TIME BEGAN ON 11-1-8 8.
SLIPPED OFF OF ELEVATOR STEPS WHILE CARRYING A BUCKET OF SOAP. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
CAUGHT WEBBING OF LEFT AHND BETWEEN TWO BLOCKS OF CRANE WHILE GIVING SIGNAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING IN MACHINE WHEN FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRACK CAUSING HIM TO HIT TRACK W/LEG AGD THEN FELL TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP & DRILL STEEL THREW A SMALL PIECE OF SANDSTONE INTO HIS EYE
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SHOVELING ALONG BELTLINE DUE TO CONTIOUS MINER BEING REPAIRED AND AFTER HAD HAD BEEN BACK WORKING FOR O HOURS HE THEN TOLD THE FOREMAN OF THE LOWER BACK INJURY.
PUTTING FRONT PIN IN RELAY B AR 171 SHIELD WHEN ROCK FELL OUT TAILGATE AND STRUCK EMP ON R. KNEE PINNING LEG. EMP WAS INJ ON 10-28-88 BUT DID NOT LOSE TIME AWAY FROM WORK UNTIL 12-08-88.
I SENT TWO MEN TO POWER BOX TO GET BOOM LIFT JACK FOR CUTTER WHEN THEY PICKED IT UP INJURED CREALED OVER & COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. ANOTHER EMPL INFORMED ME OF THIS ACCIDENT & I BEING A CERTIFIED EMT IN W. VA. PLACED INJURED ON LONG SPINE BOARD & TRANSPORTED HIM TO HOSPITAL BY DELBARTON RESCUE SQUAD.
CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN AUGER AND BOOM.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL SPILLAGE ON M-ENTRY #I BELT TAILPIECE, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WAS TAKING LOAD OF COAL TO DUMPING POINT WHEN HE RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY AND JAMMED HIS HEAD IN TOP OF CANOPY. COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN NECK AND UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE OFF OF SHUTTLE CAR FOR PRE-OPERATIONAL INSPECTION WHEN THE TENSION SUDDENLY EASED UP CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, STEP ON A PIECE OF SLATE, TWIST HIS KNEE AND FALL DOWN.
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED BACK PAIN RADIATING TO HIS LEFT HIP WHILE PULLING ON HIS BOOTS PRIOR TO HIS SHIFT IN THE MENS' DRY AT THE THE MINE. EMPLOYEE WORKED THE ENTIRE SHIFT BUT HIS PAIN PROGRESSIVE LY WORSENED. HE REPORTED OFF WORK ON OCTOBER 28 & 29 AND UPON RETURNING TO WORK ON OCTOBER 30, 1988 EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HIS INJURY OCCURRED AT WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB UP ON A BENCH 3' HIGH WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS AND LANDED ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE WELDERS AND THE FLASH OF THE WELD BURNT HIS EYES.
THE INJURED BURNT HIS EYE WHILE WELDING ON BOOM,DUE TO A SMALL CHIP IN HIS WELDING LENS THAT WENT UNDETECTED THROUGH HIS WHOLE SHIFT ON 10-27-88.HE DID NOT NOTICE HIS EYE WAS BURNT UNTIL 11-28 -88.HE WORKED UNTIL 10:00PM ON 11-28-88.
THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM THE TRACK OF A D9-CATERPILLAR DOZER FROM ABOUT 4 FEET HEIGHT TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE STATED: HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH WHEN HE BURNT A HOLE IN THE TORCH HOSE. HE GRABBED THE HOSE TO TWIST IT TO SHUT OFF THE GAS. THE SUPPORTED COMBUSTION CAUSING HIM TO BE BURNED.
STANDING ON PALLET HOLDING PIPE FOR CUTING STEPED OFF PALET AND FEL ACROSS LAODING CONVEYOR RIBS WERE FRACTURED DUE TOINCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PULLING ON A RAIL CAR COUPLER
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER MISSED STEP FELL TO GROUND LANDED ON HIS SEAT AND LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE HAD TO RETURN TO DR
MINER WAS BOLTING BACK WHEN A SMALL ROCK FROM BETWEEN THE EDGE OF OLD AND NEW WIRE SHOULDER RECEIVED BRUISE AND SEVERAL SLIGHT SCRATCHES WENT TO DR ON 10-31-88 COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN TRD TO WNET TO DR AGAIN ON 11-9 WITH BACK PAIN RTD TO WORK WITH FOLLOW UP SCHEDULED FOR 12-7-88 WENT TO DR ON 12-7-88 DIAGNOSED AS DISC DISEASE BECAME LTA ON 12-8-88
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BIN GATE TO LOAD TANDEM DUMPS UNDER SCREEN TOWER. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO MOVE OUT OF A REA UNTIL TRUCK WAS POSITIONED AND STOPPED COMPLETELY. HE FAILED TO DO T HIS AND WAS PINNED AGAINST SCREEN TOWER WALL BY TRUCK.
EMPL DUMPED POT OF MOLTEN GOLD AND SLAG BEFORE IT COOLED PROPERLY.IT POPPED AND BLEW HOT GOLD ON HIS FACE ,NECK,& BACK.
EMPL REMOVING TRANS FILTERS FROMCAT 769 TRUCK.FITTING WAS TIGHT AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE,FELT LEFT ELBOW POP AND IMMEDIATELY WAS SORE.DR ON 11-1-88 -COULDNT STRAIGHTEN ARM DUE TO PAIN.WORKED UNT IL 11-21-88 OFF SINCE.TO DR AGAIN.EST 2WKS OFF.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS WALKING BACK UP STEPS ON DRILL AND HURT HIS BACK. HAS HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF BACK PROBLEMS.
INJURED WAS ASSIGNED WITH ANOTHER WORKER TO CHANGE LINERS OF DISCHARGE CHUTE. WHILE CARRYING AND INSTALLING THE ALUMINIUM PLANK TO GAIN ACESS TO THE LINERS THAT WERE TO BE CHAINGED, INJURED F ELT A PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
EMPL WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A TRUCK HE JUMPED OFF OF THE LADDER INJURING THE HEEL OF HIS FOOT EMPL HAD BACKED THE TRUCK INTO A STONE PILE AFTER HIS BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE TRUCK COMPLETELY I NVESTIGATION REVEALED THE BRAKES WERE OK AT THE START OFTHE SHIFT MECHANICS FOUND A SMALL HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE A FACTORY REP HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO LOOK AT
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF SMALL FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON THE FRAME, ALMOSTY FELL, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
TWISTED R ANKLE DR ADVISED TO STAY OFF OF FOR 1 DAY EMPL WAS USING HANDRAIL TO ELEVATE HIMSELT FOR OVERHEAD JOB SLIPPED OFF RAIL TWISTING ANKLE
EMPLOYEE FELT A FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN HIS LEFT EYE.
HELPING BALANCE PALLET BEING LOADED ON CONTAINER,EMPL STRAINED MUSCLES IN RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ROCK PILE.A 6" ROCK FELL OFF OF #5 BELT FROM ABOVE HITTING EMPLOYEE'S BACK CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BLANCE AND FALL DOWN TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STRUCK AND KNOCKED DOWN BY PICKUP TRUCK BEING BACKED UP IN DRIVEWAY BY HIS SUPERVISOR.
SLIP/FALL OF PERSON. EMPLOYEE WS WALKING TO THE BACK OF THE BOLTER TO PAINT A ROOF PLATE. THE BOLTER WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME. HE TRIPPED AS HE WAS WALKING AND FELL WITH HAND AGAINST ST ACKED ROOF PLATES CUTTING HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A RUBBER TIRED DOZER IN THE PIT ON TOP OF UNMINED COAL. SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND GRIP AND FELL APPROX. 6 FT TO THE GROUND FRACTURING THE L 1 VERTEBRAE IN HER SPINE.
INJURED BACK WHILE USING DUMP LEVER ON THE COAL TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO THE TOOL ROOM ON A LOWER DECK. AS HE DECENDED DOWN THE STAIRS HE SLIPPED, FELL & ROLLED DOWN THE FLIGHT OF STAIRS LANDING ON HIS BACK. HE WAS ABLE TO WALK (SLOWLY) TO THE HETICOPTER PAD, 3 FLIGHTS UP FOR TRANSPORTATION TO SHORE.
DRIVING ROCK TRUCK TO THE ROCK DUMPWHEN HE FELT DIZZY.STOPPED THE TRUCK AND GOT OUT WHEN HE DID HE PASSED OUT.
I.NAME STEPPED FROM RIGHT PUSH ARM OF MACHINE ONTO LOOSE MATERIAL ON GROUND IN CUT.VARIOUS SIZES OF ROCKS WHERE HE STEPPED -TURNED HIS ANKLE.TURNED HIS ANKLE IT WAS SWELLING UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS SCRAPING UP COAL WITH LOADER AND THE LOADER SLID INTO A DITCH.
EMPLOYEE HAD HIS RIGHT FOOT UNDER APIECE OF STEEL THAT HE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON.THE STEEL FELL ABOUT 16" AND HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT,CAUSING INJURY .INJURED FOOT RIGHT ABOVE STEEL TOED SAFETY SHOE.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS BENT OVER SHOVELING IN THE HOLES AND THE PAIN STRUCK HIS ABCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER. OPERATOR MOVED BOLTER WHEN INJURED WAS NEAR MACHINE. THE BACK TIRE RAN OVER THE INJURED'S LEFT FOOT.
INSTALLING PIECE OF PIPE IN NEW 2'' VALVE HELD BY A VISE.DURING A PPLICATION OF FORCE THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED STRIKING AGAINST FINGER WHICH WAS BETWEEN VALVE AND WRENCH.VALVE ALSO SLIPPED WITHING VISE -LACERATION OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.
INJ CLEANING PLACE FOR CRIB BLOCKS TO SIT LEVEL. SO BELT TAILPIECE COULD SIT ON TOP OF CRIB BLOCKS.INJ WAS BENT OVER CLEANING AND TAIL PIECE WAS RAISED IN AIR.CHAIN SLIPPED THAT WAS HOLDING IT AND TAILPIECE FELL ON MAN.12 WEST MAIN 3/30.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE PICKED UP OXYGEN BOTTLE OFF PARTS JEEP AND FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF ROCKDUST AND TRIPPED OVER A ROCK AND HE SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE AS HE FELL DOWN.
I.NAME WAS PULLING SHIELDS NEAR #10 ALONG LONGWALL FACE THE FACE BUMPED A COAL CHUNK PASSED OVER THE SHEARER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST HE THEN FELL DOWN ON THE SHIELD TOES INJURING HI S BACK AND RIBS
I,NAME WAS FIXING A WATER LEAK IN THE BELT ENTRY ON THE BLIND SIDE OF THE OFF SIDE CAR DRIVER. THE CAR DRIVER TURNED THE CORNER NOT SEEING I,NAME FLAGGING AND HITHIM WITH HIS SHUTTLE CAR CAUSI NG CONTUSION & A 2 BROKEN RIB.
I. NAME WAS HELPING BUILD A WALL IN THE MINE FAN HOUSING USING SOLID 8" CONCRETE BLOCKS. AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, PAIN WAS FELT IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE STARTED LOSING WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY ON 12-1-88.
EMP INJ BACK WHILE LIFTING PUMP MOTOR FORM JOY SHUTTLE CAR.
SHUTTLE CAR WAS TRAMMING TOWARD FACE WHEN CABLE PULLED APART WHILE THERE WAS CROSSING IT CAUSING IT TO STRIKE HIM ON ANKLE WHERE IT PULLED APART.
JPUSHING ROCK OFF MINER AND STRIA(ED BACK.
EMPL WAS BAGGING MATERIAL AND STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING MATERIAL ON TO PALLET
EMPL RAISED UP UNDER BELT ROPE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.STARTED LOST WORK DAYS 11-8-88..
POWERED HAULAGE EMPL WAS TRAMMING RIB DRILL WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT OUT OF OPERATOR COMPARTMENT. FOOT CAUGHT IN RUT & WAS DRUG BEHIND HIM & UNDER CAB. HE REECEIVED SPRAINED ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE FLOW OF MATERIAL. CLIMBED UP ON THE WHISPER VIBE TO CHECK THE HOPPER AT THE END OF THE BELT AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE VIBRATOR MOTOR.
EMPL WALKING NEAR MUCK TRAIN -ASSIGNED AS SWAMPER.SLIPPED & FELL AGAINST STACK OF TIMBER BRUISING HIS ELBOW.
EMPL WASLKED INTO ROOF BOLT BLOCK & HIT HEAD WHILE CARRYING PROPS IN #9 ENTRY AT SKIP SHAFT.
EMPLOYEE WALKING DOWN STAIRWAY STEPPED WRONG AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE AND FELT IT POP .
EMPL WAS PUSHING A HAND DRILL AGAINST RIB WHEN FOOT SLIPPED IN LOOSE COAL NOTIFIED 1-3-89 THAT EMPL WOULD BE MISSING WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS ADVANCING LINE CURTAIN TO FACE WITH HAND ON BOOM OF ROOF BOLTER OTHER OPERATOR RETRACTED BOOM CATCHING EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN BOOM AND MACHINE AVULSION AND CRUSHING INJURY TO L EFT INDEX FINGER
THE SHUTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS PULLING UNDERNEATH MINER BOOM, HE BUMPED THE BACK OF THE MINER THEREFORE BOUNCING THE MINER OPERATOR INTO THE MINE ROOF.
EMPL WAS PINCHING DRIVE SHAFT FORWARD TO HOOK UP TO SCOOP BAR SLIPPED PINCHING LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN BAR & FRAME OF SCOOP. LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND MASHED.
INJ TRAMMING ROOF DRILL CLOSE TO RIB WHEN WHEEL GOT ON HIS FOOT.
WAS PUTTING BELT DRESSING ON A PULLEY.THE CAN SLIPPED OUT OF HIS AHND AND WHEN HE WAS REACHING FOR THE CAN HIS AHND GOT CAUGHT BY THE BELT AND PULLEY TWISTING HIS HAND.
PULLLING CABLE OFF REEL AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK
REMOVING CABLE FROM CABLE HOOK ON MINER & STGRAIN BACK
WHILE MOVING A TOOL BOX, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL DROPPING THE TOOL BOX ON HIS FINGER. 10-29 & 10-30 WERE NORMAL DAYS OFF.
MACHINERY-THE EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A CABLE TO THE CONTINUOUS MINER. WHEN HE LIFTED THE CABLE HE FELT A POP IN HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TIRE ON FORK TRUCK AND STRAINED BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS DISCONNECTING CABLE RIGGING BETWEEN TWO BARGES WHEN L EFT HAND FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN TIMBERHEAD AND CABLE.EMPLOYEE USED RIGHT AHND TO FREE LEFT HAND BUT HIS RIGHT HAND BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN CABLE AND DECK OF BARGE.EMPLOYEE RECEIVED LACERATIONS TO LEFT HAND FINGERS AND FRACTURE TO RIGHT HAND.
INJURY & PERSON WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE & JACKING A GRIP HOIST WHEN IT SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE RIB CAGE.
MAN STATES THAT WHILE LOADING ROOF BOLTER HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN LEFT THIGH
THE VICTIM WAS ROOFBOLTING WHEN A RIB CAME LOSE AND FELL STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE LEG
GETTING OUT OF SCOOP USING HAND HOLDS ON CANOPY TO PULL HIMSELF OUT OF DECK, STRAINED LOWER BACK.
WHILE GETTING BELT STRUCTURE OUT OF BELT ? BELT BACK RIB ROLLED OFF KNOCKING HIM DOWN. HIS HAT CAME OFF AND PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK OR COAL HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.
A ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF FFALLING ON HIM FROM HIS RIGHT SHOULDER TO HIS RIGHT FOOT.
TAKING HOSE OFF JACK ON FEEDER WHEN OIL SPRAYED IN EAR.
TIGHTING HEADBOLT WITH WRENCH WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING CHEST AREA
WALKING BELT 1 SLIP AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING THROUGH FLY CURTAINS BEHIND A LOADED RAM CAR GOING TO DUMP RAM CAR COULDNT MAKE TURN GOING TOWARD THE FEEDER & STARTED TO BACK UP HITTING HIS LEFT LEG & KNO CKING HIM DOWN NOTE WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK HE JERKED HIS NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING PAST A MANTRIP AND TRIPPED ON BELT TIE-DOWN SHOE.
INJURED AND COWORKER WERE SWITHCING OUT JEEP AT 3 HLG CUT THRU AND THE POLE CAME OFF TROLLEY WIRE INJURED GOT UP TO GET THE POLE AND AS HE RECHED FOR THE PLE HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS R SHOULDE R
EMPLOYEE WALKING ALONG BELTLINE HEAD STRUCK BOARD BOLTED TO MINE ROOF CERVICAL STRAIN DID NOT BECOME LOST TIME UNTIL 102888
THE INJURED BENT OVER TO PICK UP APICE OF BLET STRUCTURE AND STRAINED HIS ABCK.3 EAST 5TH DEVELPMENT NEAR THE END OF THE TRACK WAS THE SITE OF THIS ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC WHILE GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL. A FRAGMENT APPARENTLY ENTER HIS EYE AND BECAME EMBEDDED.
WHILE MINING HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.
WHEN REMOVING COME-ALONGS FROM A F C CHAIN INJURED RELEASED TENSION FROM COME-ALONGS AND CAUGHT LEFT THUMB BETWEEN ROPE SPOOL COG AND LATCH
INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS & SLIPPED & FELL & FX.HIS RT.ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS ON BACKHOE AND WHEN HE DISMOUNTED HE CAUGHT LEFT FOOT IN TRACKS.
TRUCK DRIVER BACKED TRUCK UNDER LOADER.LARGE ROCK JARRED TRUCK CAUSING EMPL TO STRIKE AREA OF TRUCK.BRUISED RIB AND PULLED MUSCLES IN SHOULDER.
WAS UNLOADING CABLE OFF OF FORK LIFT OUTSIDE SHOP STEPPED ON RAIL THAT WAS EMBEDED IN CEMENT FLLOR AND TWISTED L ANKLE
EMPL REMOVED SAFETY GUARD TO DISLODGE ROCK WITH RIGHT FOOT TROUSER LEG CAUGHT ON TURNING TAIL PULLEY OR SHAFT MASHING OUTSIDE OF RIGHT FOOT AGAINST CONVEYOR FRAME.
EMPL WAS GETTING OFF MANBUS HE HIT HIS HEAD CAUSING STRAIN TO HIS NECK
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING A PUMP ON THE SHUTTLE CAR AND HIS NECK STARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE STATED, "WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT PIN UP, LOOSE ROCK FELL STRUCK MAN ON HEAD, NOSE AND JAMMED HIS NECK.
EMPL CAME TO WORK WITH PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND DOWN LEFT LEG...HAD FELT PAIN FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WHILE BAGGING 50 LB SAND AND TRIED TO WORK IT OUT BUT PAIN INCREASED.ALSO DROVE PIT TRUCK ON O VERTIME.
WAS UNCOVERING ORE PILE WHICH HAD BEEN COVERED WITH POLYETHYLENE TO PROTECT FROM WEATHER WHEN HE MADE AN AWKWARD STEP AND PULLED MUSCLE BETWEEN RIBS ON RT SIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS THE OPERATOR OF A HAULER. HE RAN OVER A HOLE ON THE HARD ROAD CAUSING THE HAULER TO JAR HIM IN THE OPERATOR'S CAB.
INJ GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND JPIPE ON BIN OF PACKER WHERE HE WAS PACKAGING AND PUTTING SACKS ON FORKLIFT OF 12XDOWN. FORKLIFT WA> MOVED AND INJ FINGER WAS FREED. R. INDEX FINGER BROKEN.
THE INJURED"S RECURRING BACK PROBLEMS AGAIN INCAPACITATED HIM FROM 10-26-88 TO 02-01-89.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A 48" TENSION REBAR ROOF BOLT IN A MINING HEIGHT OF 45" THE INJURED FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF STRAIGHTENING THE ROOF BOLT
HE WAS PULLING IN THE #2 SHIELD FROM THE #3 SHIELD. HE HAD HIS FOOT UNDER THE RELAY BAR AND THE BAR CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT FOOT FRACTURING TWO TOES.
SLIPPED WHILE SHOVELING AND TWISTED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PRESSURE PUMP IN ORDER TO HOOK IT UP AND RECEIVED A BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING TIGHT HYDRAULIC HOSE FITTING ON SLINGER-DUSTER. FITTING CAME LOOSE ALL AT ONCE AND HE JAMMED HIS WRIST.
SHOVELING COAL OUT FROM UNDER HEAD
EMPL WORKING ON TRUCK EXTRACTING AXLE BOLTS -PAIN STARTED.WENT TO GET ADDITIONAL TOOLS PAIN GRADUALLY GOT WORSE FOR REST OF DAY AND FOLLOWING DAYS.EMPL REPORTED INJURY 11-08-88.EMPL STANDING U P FROM SETTING POSITION TO GO AFTER SOME MORE TOOLS.DR DIAG PINCHED NERVE.
MAN STATED HE HURT HIS ABCK WHEN HE HIT AHOLE IN THE HAULAGE WAY WHILE TAKING A LOAD OF COAL TO THE FEEDER. BACK PAIN.
MAN WAS ON 10 DEV SOUTH HELPING INSTALL MAN DOOR INTO STOPPING.AS HE HELD MANDOOR FOR ANOTHER MAN TO KNOCK IT INTO PLACE A CINDER BLOCK FELL STRIKING MAN ON RIGHT RING FINGER CAUSING LOSS OF F INGER NAIL AND 4 STITCHES.
INJ JUMPED FORM MOVING TRACK VEHICLE FELL AND S TRUCK HIS HEAD RESULTING IN CERVICAL STRAIN.
I.NAME AND I.NAME WERE LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY COULD MOVE SOME SAND TO GET TO THE GRAVEL THEY WERE JUST STANDING THERE WHEN THE GROUND GAVE WAY CAUSING I.NAME TO FALL 20 TO 25 FT TO THE GROUND
LIME BUILDUP ON MOTOR SHEAVE DISCHARGEED LIME INTO EMP EYES CAUSING LIME BURNS BOTH EYES.
INJURED WAS DESCENDING A FIXED LADDER FROM ON TOP OF THE TAILINGS SUMP TANKS. HELIFTED THE PIVOTING ARM WHICH PROTECTS THE LADDER OPENING WITH HIS RIGHT HAND STEPPED ONTO THE LADDER WITH HIS E HIS LEFT FOOT AND GRABBED THE TOP RUNG WITH HIS LEFT HAND. AS HE LET GO OF THE PIVOTING ARM HIS LEFT HAND AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE LADDER AND HE FELL 16-18' TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR ONTO HIS
EMPL INSTALLING WVC ON RAMCAR.PIECE OF SLATE FELL STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT CALF.
SAID EMPOLOYEE WAS FOREMAN SAID EMPLOYEE WENT WITH THE ELECTRICIAN TO CHECK POWER IN CONTROL PANNEL SAID EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ELECTRICIAN WHEN LID WAS REMOVED TWO WERE COME TOGETHER CAUSINGF A ELECTRICAL FLASH
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK AND FELL DOWN THE SLOPE OF THE LEACH PAD.
WHILE INSTALLING A COUPLING SLEEVE THE INJURED CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SLEEVE AND A ROD MILL MOTOR.
INJURED CLAIMED THAT HE STEPPED ON ROCK SLIPPED CAUSING LEGS TO SPLIT.HE CLAIMS TO HAVE PAINS IN THE LOWER BACK,RIGHT KNEE LEFT KNEE WHEN CHECKED BY EMT THERE WAS NOT NOTICEABLE SWELLING IN LE FT KNEE AREA.
I,NAME WAS TRYING TO BAR A STONE INTO THE JAW CRUSHER. BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ON THE JAW.
EMPL MOVING MINER FROM #3 HDG TO #2 HDG.CABLE GETTING TANGLED UP AND HE WAS TRYING TO UNTANGLE IT.
EMPL WAS LIFTING 6" WATTERLINE WHEN HE TWISTED BACK.
HE WAS TRAMING MINER WHEN CAB RODE UPON A ROCK AND DROPPED OFF JARRING HIS BACK
EMPL WALKING AND WALKED INTO ROOF BLOCK AND JAMMED HIS NECK.
I.NAME REPLACING MOTOR COVER DOOR.USED IMPROPER LIFTING PROCEDURES AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
HAUL TRUCK OPER. SUFFERE D SEVERE BACK MUSCL E STRAIN WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BODY SO T HAT HE COULD LOOK OUT LEFT HAND WINDOW TO CHECK ON CORRECT POSITION AT DUMP. IMPAIRMENT TOCONSISTS OF ACKU TE PAIN IN BACK MUSCLR NAD RESTRICTED MOVEMNET.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON EUCLID TRUCK. HE HAD CHECKED THE ENGINE OIL AND WAS PREPARING TO HOOK UP AIR HOSE TO START ENGINE. THE HOSE WAS HUNG ON SOMETHING AND SO EMPLOYEE JERKED HOSE. HOSE CAME LOOSE AND THE COUPLING ON THE HOSE HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD. CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 11-4- 88- WENT TO DOCTOR.
SCRAPER DOOR CAME OPEN AND WHILE REACHING TO SHUT DOOR,SCRAPER HIT SERIES OF BUMPS IN ROAD CAUSING EMPL TO GO FORWARD AND HIT STEERING WHEEL ON LEFT SIDE OF RIB CAGE.
AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT EMPLOYEE WAS ANCHORING A LADDER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RECLAIM TUNNEL ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING A 2 X 4 X 10 BOARD WITH A ROPE THE ROPE GOT HUNG UP CAUSING THE BOARD TO SLIP THROUGH AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF MACK QUARRY TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WALKWAY AND FELL ON TAIL BONE
EMPLOYEE SHOVELING SAYS HE HAD SOME DISCOMFORT SAYS HE TOLD SUPERVISOR APPROX 2 WEEKS LATER 11-10-88 HE WENT TO DR DR RELEASED ON 11-14-88 THEN APPROX 11-18-88 WENT BACK DR RELEASED AGAIN ON 1-25-89
WHILE GETTING INTO A GRADER, EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED. HE THEN FELL BACK AND LANDED ON THE CORNER OF THE BLADE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING LIGHTENING RODS ONTO CONCRETE STRUCTURE SLIPPED AND CUT HANDS ON RODS.
EMPLOYEE STATED, "WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT PIN UP, LOOSE ROCK FELL STRUCK MAN ON HEAD, NOSE AND JAMMED HIS NECK."
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF PAN. STEPPED ON GROUND WITH LEFT FOOT, POSSIBLY STEPPING ON A ROCK, RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT IN CHAIN STEP OF PAN. LEFT FOOT GAVE AWAY, TWISTING.
I.NAME WAS WORKING AS A CONTINUOUS MINER HELPER WHEN A PIECE OF CAP COAL APPROX.18IN.IN DIAMETER & UP TO 2 INCHES THICK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD & ALSO HIT HIS RT.KNEE THIS RESULTE D IN SORENESS TO HIS UPPER BACK & RT.KNEE
EMPL STATES THAT HE WAS STACKING 50LB BAGS OF LIME AND DURING THE COURSE OF THE SHIFT HIS BACK BECAME SORE SHORTLY AFTER HISLUNCH BREAK HIS BACK BECAME SO PAINFUL THAT HE HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL A TTENTION
INJRED WAS INSTALLING HANDRAIL ON CONVEYOR WALKWAY 20' SECTION. HE SLIPPED & FELL TO HIS KNEES SPRAINING HIS BACK.
THE MAN WAS THROWING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS PILING 50 LB. BAGS AT THE END OF A CONVEYOR, FELT PAIN IN BACK OF HIS NECK.
ROCK FELL THROUGH PINS & HIT HIS RT.SHOULDER & CENTER BACK
INJURED WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE RAN OVER SOME ROUGH ROADWAY IN A CROSSCUT BETWEEN #2 AND #3 ENTRY HURTING HIS BACK INJURED IS TAKING PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR THIS INJURY INJURED REPORT ED THIS INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON 11-3-88 AND BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 11-4-88
AN EMPLOYEE WAS SWITCHING OUT SOME MOTORS ON THE BOTTOM WHEN JITNEY #148 THREW THE EMPLOYEE OFF DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CONTROLLER THE JITNEY THEN WENT INBY AND STRUCK ANOTHER JITNEY THAT WAS ON T
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG WITH THE SHEARER AND TRIPPED OVER A CABLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TWISTING HIS HIP
CHANGING HOSES ON FEEDER,FEEDER FELL ON HIS FOOT.
MAN INSTALLING BOLT.ACE BANDAGE ON HAND CAUGHT ON BOLT TWISTED HIS ARM AROUND SHAFT OF BOLT.
AS CONVEYOR WA> BEING LOWERED EMP REACHED BENEATH CONVEY.TO RETRACT IT EMP PUSHED WRONG SWITHC EXTENDING CONVEY. AND SQUEEZED HIS L. FOREAR M AGAINST BG OF LI MESTONE EMP PAN ICKED AND AGAI N HIT WRONG SWITCH CONVEYOR WA> BEING PUT AWAY AT THIS TIME. CONTUSION TO WRIST AND ULNAR NERVE EXPER. SOME NUMBNESS FULL RECOVERY EXPECTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A SPARE #11 CONVEYOR BELT ONE END WAS STRIPPED AND THE BELT WAS READY TO ROLL ON POWER REEL WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 1/4 ROLLED IT SLID ON THE SPOOL CONED EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO PU SH IT BACK INTO PLACE ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY THROUGH IT CONED AGAIN AND EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK TRYING TO GET IT BACK INTO PLACE DIAGNOSIS ACUTE LS STRAIN HE BEGAN TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK ON
HAND TOOL. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LEVER DEVICE TO OPEN AN AIRLOCK DOOR WHEN HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS SHOULDER.
I.NAME WAS STANDING ON A LADDER INSTALLING A SHEET OF ROOF MATERIAL WHEN LADDER SLID DOWN THE SIDE OF THE BLDG.CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS LEFTSIDE ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR I.NAME BRUISED HIS LE FT SHOULDER RIBS & HEEL
LIFTING SAMPLE BUCKET ONTO TABLE. BUCKET WAS TOO HEAVY. SHE STRAINED HER LOWER BACK. INPROPER LIFTING METHOD.
PLANT OPERATOR DID NOT LOCK OUT EQUIPMENT. STARTED REMOVING PLUG FROM 36" EL-JAY CONE CRUSHER, ROCK CAME OFF OF PRIM SCREEN AND HIT OPERATOR ON SIDE OF FACE (TEMPLE) INJURY TO FACE WASA SWOLLE BRUIES APPROX. 1" DIAMETER ANDEXTENDED OUT ABOUT 3/8" TO 1/2" FROM SURFACE.
WHILE TIGHTNING BOLTS ON CONTROL LEVER WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HAND TO HIT ANOTHER BOLT & CUT HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS TREATED AT HOSPITAL & RELEASED TO WORK NEXT DAY. INFECTION SET UP IN HAND & ON 10/27/88 WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL & HIS HAND WAS OPERATED ON TIME OFF FROM WORK IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIANGING OIL UNDER WATER TRUCK AND WHILE REACHING UP UNDER TRUCK TWISTED HIS NECK.
THIS WAS AN AGGRAVATION OF THE INJURY REPORTED 11/6/86 ON MSHA 36-07774 WHERE A BOULDER FELL. THE D-10 HIT THE BOULDER. I,NAME WAS THROWN AGAINST THE WINDOW OF THE D10. THIS WAS AN AGGRAVATION OF THE INJURY REPORTED 11/6/86 ON MSHA 36-0774 WHERE A BOULDER FELL. THE D-10 HIT THE BOULDER. I,NAME WAS THROWN AGAINST THE WINDOW OF THE D10.
EMPLOYEE STGATED HE WAS MOVING AN 8IN.PIPE TEE ON THE WELDERS TABLE & FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK
AS HE STEPPED FROM TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP AND TWISTED BACK
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A BOLT IN A CATHEAD THE RATCHET STGRIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS & HIT HIS ARM ON THE SIDE OF A MINER HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL ON BREAK. HE REACHED FOR THE BALL AT THE SAME TIME AS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE POKED HIM IN THE EYE ACCIDENTALLY.
EMPLOYEE POSITONED HIS SCRAPER IN ORDER TO WIPE MUD FROM THE LOAD LIGHT LOCATED AT THE HITCH. HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STRUCK HAND ON CHAIN WHEN JERKING ELECTRODE HOLDER FROM STICKING WELDING ELECTRODE MEDICAL TREATMENT NOT SOUGHT UNTIL 10-28
HE WAS USING A CHAIN HOIST TO LIFT A #4 SCREEN. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE OF CHEST AND UPPER ARM. MAY HAVE BURST A VEIN IN HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH.THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE FELL CAUSING A PAIN IN HIS ABCK.
EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE CLIMBING A RAILROAD CAR.
WAS PULLING MINER CABLE COMPALINED OF LOWSER BACK PAIN AND GROIN BURNING DID NOT LEAVE WORK SITE.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED ONE END OF AN OKA TIMBER THEN DROPPED IT ON HIS FOOT . HANDLING MATERIAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP STRAIN BACK BENDING BOLTS.
HE WAS GETTING ON CAGE AT 300' LEVEL WHEN CAGE LOWRED CATCHING HIM BETWEEN BOARD & CAGE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS JACKING UP THE TRACK THE PUMP HANDLE SLIPPED MASHING HIS FINGER
WHILE LOWERING THE RUBBER WHEELS ON A RUBBER RAIL SUPPLY CAR MANS FOOT WAS CAUGTH
SCOOP DRIFTED OFF ON FEET.
EMPL REMOVING PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE SAIL BOAT FROM MINE ROOF WHEN WRNENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT HEAD AND STRUCK RIGHT EYE.
WHILE THROWING POST FROM SUPPLY CAR INTO BUCKET OF SCOOP, EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING DOWN BANK WHERE TRACK HAD BEEN GRADED OUT FOR A SUB-MAIN. HE STEPPED DOWN ON THE TRACK INTO ABOUT A 6" DEEP HOLE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TURN HIS LEFT KNEE.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS SWITCHING OUT SOME MOTORS ON THE BOTTOM WHEN JITNEY NUMBER 148 THREW THE EMPLOYEE OFF DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CONTROLLER THE JITNEY THEN WENT INBY AND STURCK ANOTHER JITNEY THAT WAS ON THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM WITH 5 EMPLOYEES
INJURED WAS MOVING CRIB BLOCKS BACK ON TAIL OF LONGWALL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER R SIDE HE FINISHED SHIFT AND CAME TO WORK 10-26-88 AND WORKED TILL 10:00PM AND SAID PAIN HAD GOTTEN WORSE REPORTED INJURY 10-26-88
GETTING READY TO MVOE CABLE REEL HOUSING & FELT SNAP IN MID LOW BACK
EMPL TAKING DOWN 2 X 4 USING TORQUE WRENCH AND WHEN HE PULLED ON WRENCH STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON BACK OF SCOOP WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP & THE ROOF
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 PMWHILE PULLING UP MINER CABLE SLACK IN THE X-CUT 3-2 IN THE NUMBER 6 BREAK OF 4WEST 001 SECTION.THE INJURED THE MINER OPERATOR PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INJ REMOVING TAIL SHAFT FROM SHUTTLECAR.LEANED NEW SHAFT AGAINST SC.STARTED TO REMOVE OLD SHAFT CRAWLING UNDER SC.BEGAN TO REMOVE OLD SHAFT NEW SHAFT SLIPPED FROM SIDE OF SC AND STRUCK ON LEFT ANKLE.
USING SCRU-GUN DRIVING SELF TAPPING SCREWS.
INJ OPERATING ROOF DRILL.COMPLETED DRILLING BOLT HOLE,REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE AND STRAINED LEFT HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SOME BLOCKS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
SLIP DUE TO WET SHOES. FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING SLIGHT JAR, NOTICED PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE, WORKED FIVE TO TEN MINUTES, THEN HAD TROUBLE BREATHING AND WAS TRANSPROTED TO HOSPITAL. INJURED THOUGHT HE WAS HVING GAS PAINS AT FIRST WAS THE REASON HE DIDN'T GET TREATMENT IMMEDIATELY. INJURED SAID HE HADN'T FALLEN OR HAD ANY SUDDEN BLOWS DURING THE DAY OTHER THAN THE FOOT SLIPPING FROM BOTTOM
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE #2 X-CUT TO #3 ON THE 2D-4 NORTH SECTION A PIECE OF ROOF COAL AND ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS RT FOOT CAUSING IT TO BE SHOVED FORWARD RESULTING IN A SPRAIN ED ANKLE
EMP TOLD FACE BOSS THAT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AFTER UNLOADING CAR OF ROCK DUST. ATT. MEMO
THE INJURED WAS LOADING A BOX OF 5 SELF-CONTAINED-SELF-RESCUERS FROM THE MINE FLOOR ONTO THE MANTRIP HE BENT OVER AND PULLED THE BOX TOWARD HIMSLF SLIDING THE BOX ACROOS THE MINE FLOOR STRAINI NG HIS BACK.
THE INJURED WAS PULLING UP MINER CABLE WHEN HE PULLED THE MUSCLES IN THE LOWER ABACK.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS SWITCHING OUT SOME MOTORS ON THE BOTTOM WHEN JITNEY NUMBER 148 THREW THE EMPLOYEE OFF DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CONTROLLER THE JITNEY THEN WENT INBY AND STRUCK ANOTHER JITNEY THAT WAS ON THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM WITH 5 EMPLOYEES
AN EMPLOYEE WAS SWITCHING OUT SOME MOTORS ON THE BOTTOM WHEN THE JITNEY NUMBER 148 THREW THE EMPLOYEE OFF DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CONTROLLER THE JITNEY THEN WENT INBY AND STRUCK ANOTHER JITNEY THA T WAS ON THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM WITH 5 EMPLOYEES
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING PINNER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN IT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AFTER GOING OVER A RIDGE BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AND EXHAUST ENTRIES. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY.
HE WAS TRAMMING HIS CAR IN A BREAK OUTBY FACE LOST CONTROL AND HIT RIB.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS RIDING IN THE MANTRIP HIT A BAD PLACE IN THE TRACK CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS SHOULDER
INJURFED STATED HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE IN PROCESS OF LOADING WOODEN CRIB BLOCKS OFF OF SUPPLY TRACTOR INTO BILL OF SCOOP
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN SOME DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON THE BACK CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION
EMPLOYEE STATED"WHEN I LIFTED ONE OF THEM STRUCTURE OFF OF BELT LINE BOTTOM WET FEET SUNK DOWN WHEN I LIFTED.
WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ANDF ELL DOWN THE LAST 4 STEPS.
LIFTED A BRACKED W/ PLATE WEIGHING APPROX 35 LB FROM HEIGHT OF 3 FT AND LOWERED IT TO THE GROUND
EMPLOYEE WAS SQUATTING DOWN HELPING FOREMAN MEASURE A PIECE OF STONE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO STAND UP, BACK MADE SNAPPING SOUND, PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
HE WAS LOOKING OUT WINDOW IN DOOR WHEN HAULER TRUCK WAS DUMPING ROCK IN CRUSHER FEEDER, ROCK CAOME OFF HAULER AND BOUNCED THROUGH DOOR OF CRUSHER BUILDING. HITTING HIM ON HIS LEGS.
EMPLOYEE WS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE MINER CABLE OUT OF ROAD WAY. HE STEPPED ON A SLICK ROCK ON THE MINE FLOOR, SLIPPED AND FELL THEREFORE HURTING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE REMOVING STRUT ARM BUSHINGS ON PICK UP TRUCK WITH WRENCH PULLING ON WRENCH TO REMOVE STRUT ARM BUSING PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
REMOVING OUTER DRUM LINERS FROM INSIDE RAW MILL SEPARATOR.ONE OLD LINER PLATES LAST BOLT WAS CUT PLATE SHIFTED CAUSING INJURED TO LOSE HOLD ON PLATE.CONFINED SPACE DIDNT ALLOW HIM TO MOVE FOOT OUT OF WAY.PLATE STRUCK RIGHT SHOE BEHIND STEEL TOE PROTECTION.
HEATING PIPE TO THAW PUMP OUT TOOK FLEXABLE LINE LOOSE WHEN THEY TOOK THIS OFF HE WAS SPRAYED WITH HOT WATER
I WAS USING A METAL HOOK TO PULL STONE SLAB AND IT SLIPPED AND MY ELBOW HIT THE METAL FRAME ON THE MACHINE CAUSING PAIN IN MY SHOULDER, NECK AND ARM.
CREW WAS REMOVING A LOWER & UPPER MANTLE FROM SUPPLIER TRUCK VIA CRANE HAD PLACED THEM ON GROUND UPPER MANTLE WAS STUCK IN LOWER MANTLE I.NAME WAS REMOVING CHAIN FROM HOOK OF THE CRANE PLACI NG ONE HAND ON THE LOWER MANTLE THE OTHER ON THE CHAIN THE UPPER MANTLE CAME LOOSE & PINCHED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THEM MASHED & CUT FINGERS
EMPL SLIPPED FROM TIRE HE WAS STEPPING ON & FELL TO GROUND ANDING ON FEET. WHEN HE LANDED HE FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER BEHIND CONVEYOR CHAIN LINK WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING THE CHAIN LINK, DRIVING THE LINK TOGETHER. THE EMPLOYEE DRIVING THE LINK MISSED AND HIT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S HAND BREAKING A FINGER.
AFTER ASSISTING IN GETTING A PALLET OF BAGS OFF THE TOP OF ANOTHER PALLET, EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF, STRAINING HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING BELT CLAMP FROM BELTLINE OUT TO HIS JEEP. IN THE PROCESS, HE JERKED HIS RIGHT ARM WHEN HE WENT TO PUT IT DOWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT HOPPER UNDER AUGER AND HIT HAND WITH HAMMER.
HE WAS WORKING ON A 3FT AND 2 FT PLATE OF METAL. HE DROPPED IN ON HIS LEFT FOOT. IT WAS JUST BRUISED.'
BRUISED R KNEE WHILE CRAWLING
DOOR ON GRADALL TRUCK SLAMMED SHUT HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT THUMB KNOCKED NAIL OFF.
WOMAN REACHED FOR A TIMBER JUST AS FOREMAN PUSHED SOME TOWARD HER. SIMPLE FRACTURE TO MIDDLE FINGER & BONE CHIP TO RING FINGER-INDEX BRUISED-RIGHT HAND. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 10 -31-88.
THE DAY AFTER EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, EMPLOYEE SAYS HIS KNEE BECAME SWOLLEN AND INFLAMMED.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF ORE TRUCK. THE STEP WAS SLIPPERY. HE SLIPPED, FELL TO THE GROUDN AND LANDED ON HIS BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE, DIZZINESS AND A SORE NECK.
PLANT ELECTRICIAN WAS INSTALLING A 60 AMP 3 PHASE OUTLET THE LEADS WERE CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET AND THE GROUND WIRE CAME IN CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE INCOMING FEEDERS THE 400 AMP MAIN BREAKERS SHORTED TO THE ELECTRICAL PANEL CABINET CAUSING THE VOLTAGE TO ENTER HIS BODY THROUGH HIS RT ARM HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OVERNIGHT OBSERVATION AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY
WHILE BREAKING OPEN A BUNDLE OF BOLTS, A METAL STRAP HOLDING THE BOLTS TOGETHER HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANDING SUPPLIES FROM SCOOP BUCKET TO THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
AS OPERATING SUPPLY MOTOR JARRING OF THE MOTOR & MANUAL LIFTING OF SUPPLIES FROM SUPPLY CARS INJURED LOWER BACK
CLIMBING OUT OF DRAG SCRAPED BACK ON SHALE DRAG.
SCALE RAILING WAS DAMP FROM DEW AND THE DRIVER WAS WEARING SNEAKERS.
STRIPPING WIRE (NORMAL JOB-RELATED DUTIES) AND KNIFE SLIPPED.
EMPLOYEE NOTICED A ROLLER NOT TURNING ON A CONVEYOR APPROX 12 FT HIGH HE POSITIONED A BOB-CAT LOADER UNDER THE BELT RAISED THE BUCKET AND CLIMBED UP THE LIFT ARMS TO WORK OUT OF THE BUCKET H E REACHED INTO TURNED THE ROLLER AND THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE PULLING HIS ARM OVER THE ROLLER HE HAD BEEN WARNED 1 1/2 HRS PRIOR TO HTIS NOT TO WORK AROUND MOVING BELTS
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DRILL OUT OF MUD.THE DRILL WAS STUCK AND HAD TO BE PULLED WITH A DOZER.EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING ON DRILL TOW CABLE AND PULLED HIS ABCK.
CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON PATROL FELT SHARP PAINB IN SHOULDER RIGHT SIDE.FINISH CUTTING EDGES AND WENT UP ON HILL TO SHUT OFF E-81 TRUCK.STARTED TO CLIMB UP LADDER ON TRUCK DISLOCATED RIGHT SH OULDER.
I WAS WALKING THROUGH PROCESS AREA TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING SHOULDER AGAINST WALL OF ANGLE IRON BRACES
HE WAS GETTING ONTO A DOZER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. HE WAS GIVEN MEDICATION AT THE HOSTPITAL.
AS HE TRAMMED SCOOP THRU VENTILATION CURTAIN HE CAUGHT HEAD ON CURTAIN WHICH RESULTED IN STRAINED NECK.
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A PINBOARD CAUSING PAIN IN HIS NECK REGION
EMP WAS CARRYING ROCK DUST TO SCOOP WHEN BACK STARTED HURTING.
EMP HAS HAD PREVIOUS BAK PROBLEMS A CONSTANT CNDITION AND CONDITION WAS AGGRAVATED WHILE OPER. LOADER. PAINS GOT WORSE ON 10-24-88, AFFECYING THE FEELINGS IN L. LEG.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING APORTABEL STEAM CLEANER TO WASH DOWN THE COAL MILL GEAR BOX WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND ENGAGED THE WAND.THE WAND WHIPPED ACROSS THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT WITH HIGH PRESSURE WATER.
INJ TOLD BELT MACHINE OPER. TO MOVE AND OPER. MOVED MACHINE BACK ROLLING WHEEL ONTO L. FT. OF INJ BADLY BRUISING AND CRUSHING L. FT. BUT NO BROKEN BONES.
EXCESSIVELY CROUCHING AND BENDING OVER WHILE UNPAKCING COMPUTER SOFTWARE CAUSING BACK TO BECOME SORE.
VICTIM EXITED HAUL TRUCK, FACING OUTWARD HEEL SLIPPED OFF TOP STEP OF TRUCK CAUSING FALL.
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING TO GRADE WHILE WALKING HIE STEPPED ON WOODEN TRACK THAT HAD N OT BEEN SPIKED DOWN YET. TRACT TURNED CAUSING EMPL TO FALL TWISTING BACK & JAMMING RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN OVER A NI-PAK MACHINE TO DO SOME WELDING ON TI AND F ELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.
HE WAS DRILLING ON A STONE, WHEN HIS LEG SLIPPED, AND HE INJURED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT LEG.
CARRYING WATER TO BATTERY EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD ON A CABLE AND STOWED HIS NECK.
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING THROUGH BREAK GOT DECK TOO CLOSE TO RIB HIT RIB CAUSED RIB TO ROLL IN DECK
MAN STATED THAT WHEN HE LOWERED HIS BOOM HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SLATE AND SLID UNDER THE BOOM FRACTURES TO LEFT FOOT
INJ WASIN PROCESS OF CUTTING HO LE IN BELT WHEN BELT KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF BELT AND CUTTING INJ LT. HAND.
MAN STATED THAT ASS HE WAS PREARING TO BOLT A ROCK FELL FROM THE RIB OF THE COAL SEAM,STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER BRUISED ONLY.
PULLING A FLY WHEEL AND DROPPED IT ON HIS LEFT AHAND.
INJ BUILDING BRATTICES,INJ BEGAN TO STACK CONCRETE BLOCKS CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN 2 CONCRETE BLOCKS.
ROCK FELL IN FACE CATCHING EMPL FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GREASING THE CAT WHEN THE GREASE HOSE ON THE SERVICE TRUCK RUPTURED AND HIGH PRESSURE GREASE CUT AND PENETRATED HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS SCATTERING ROCK DUST AND STRAINED OR INJURED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM DOZER FOOT SLIPPED TURNED ANKLE .
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN DOCK AND TEPPED ON BALL. WAS ALREADY HAVING BACK PAIN.
EMPL STATES HE WAS WALKING IN THE RCOLAN TUNNEL THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND HE CONTINUED TO WALK STRIKING A 3 LEGGED CHAIN PIP WISE HE FELL ONTO THE FLLOR STRIKING HIS R KNEE
HELPING LIFT PUMP MOTOR FOR LOADER AND POSSIBLY STRAIGHTENED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STARTED TO CHANGE PINNER STEEL & SMALL PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIM ON LEFT KNEE BRUISING IT
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WATER BOX TO HIM. IN DOING THIS, HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SIDE.
PUTTING JACK HAMMER HOLE IN ROCK ROCK FELL ONE WAY AND HE JUMPED BACK OTHER WYA TWISTING MUCLE IN LEG.
EMPL STANDING IN WALKWAY COAL FLUME BROKE LOOSE OVERHEAD HITTING EMPL IN HEAD.
ELECTRICIAN WAS ENGAGED IN THE ELECTRICAL TESTING OF BUCKET WHEEL #2, WORKING INSIDE THE ELECTRICAL HOUSE ON A MOTOR CONTROL CENTER (480 V) TERMINAL. ELECTRICIAN APPARENTLY TOUCHED AN UNINSULA TED AREA OF THE TEST JUMPER (ATTACHED TO THE TERMINAL) RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
HE WAS LOADING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE ON THE TAIL OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. WHILE LIFTING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LEFT LEG.
10-24-88 LIFTING RAILROAD TIE PUSHED IT ONTO FORKLIFT AND EXPERIENCE PAIN IN LOWER CENTER/BACK 10-27-88 REINJURED WHILE LIFTING PLAT STAYED ON JOB 10-24-88 AND 10-27-88 REPORTED INJURY TO HOSP ITAL ON 11-3-88
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE WAS REPOSITIONING THE SEAT IN THE OPERATORS' DECK OF THE SHUTTLE CAR, HE F ELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK WHILE LIFTING THE SEAT.
THE INJURED STATED THAT HE HAD JUST POSITIONED HIMSELF ON THE REMOTE CONTROL CONSOL CHAIR LOCATED NEXT TO THE INBY IN THE CROSS CUT BETWEEN #2 & #3 RIGHT ENTRY AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRAMM ING THE MINER BACK TO THE #29 PILLAR TO RESUME SLABKING OF THIS #29 PILLAR WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX. 3'1/2" X 4' X 1 1/2" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN TWO ROOF BOLTS ONTO THE REMOTT CONSOL
WHEN WALKING TO TOOL SHED SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING KNEE
INJURED WAS WORKING ON #68 SHUTTLE CAR AROUND REEL. INJURED WAS PUTTING SIDE REEL COVER BACK ON WHEN REEL LID COVER FELL & STRUCK INJUURED'S LEFT THUMB. LID PROP WAS IN PLACE.
INJURED WAS ASSISTING A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR TO REHANG A CM CABLE THAT HAD FALLEN TO THE MINE FLOOR ACROSS THE SHUTTLE CARS ROADWAY INJURED HAD HOOKED A CHAIN TO A ROOF BOLT PLATE LOOPED IT AR OUND THE CABLE AND WAS RAISING THE CABLE TO THE ROOF WITH THE CHAIN WHEN HE EXPERIENCED ELCTRICAL SHOCK INVESTIGATION REVEALED A DAMGED PLACE IN THE CABLE DURING THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUN
THE MAN STATES THAT HE WAS RIDING ON A TRACK JEEP THAT DERAILED, CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIS BACK & NECK.
I WAS STEPPING OFF REAR BUMBER ON TRUCK, WHEN I STEPPED ON A SMALL RIDGE, LEFT BY A DOZER OVEREXTENDED ANKLE CAUSING ANKLE TOSWELL, REINJURING AN OLD BROKEN ANKLE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A FEEDER INSIDE A SILO TUNNEL. THE EMPLOYEE MOVED RAPIDLY AND FELL BACK AGAINST THE WALL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING DOWN HAULWAY TOWEARD DINNER HOLE SLIPPING IN MUD T WISTING HIS KNEE
WHILE TRYING TO LIFT AND MOVE BUNDLE OF OLD DUST COLLECTOR BAGS INJURED EMPLOYEE PULLED BACK MUSCLE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS EITHER NOT AWARE OF WEIGHT OR WAS NOT PROPERLY POSITIONED TO MOVE BAGS BAGS COULD HAVE BEEN TIED INTO SMALLER BUNDLES BEFORE LIFTING OR INJURED EMPLOYEE COULD HAVE ASKED FOR HELP
ROCK FELL FROM RIB HITTING TOP OF HEAD CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL ON LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ALONG BELT HE CAUGHT TOE OF BOOT AND INJURED LEFT KNEE.
INJURED WAS HITTING THE HOOD ON #5 NITRATE TRUCK, IT WS QUITE HEAVY AND HARD TO LIFT, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS SHOULDERS AND NECK, HE WORKED OUT THE SHIFT AND WENT HOME. HE RETURNED TO WOR K THE NEXT DAY, AND WORKED THROUGH OUT THE WEEK, THE FIRST DAY MISSED WORK WAS 10-31-88.
KNOCKING A BUCKET PIN LOOSE WITHA HAMMER & A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF & STUCK IN HIS RT.HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING OXYGEN TANK FROM STORAGE AREA TO WELDING BAY BY DRAGGING IT
EMPLOYEE LOOSENING DRAIN FOR DIFFERENTIAL AND WHEN PLUG BROKE FREE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE TOP OF HAND AGAINST LIP OF BELLY PAN ON 637PAN
EMPLOYEE STARTED TO MOVE OFF OF PIPE AND FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN FLANGE AND PIPE. EMPLOYEE ALMOST FELL AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
HELPING UNLOAD 6 X 8 X 6 POST.
MUDDY AND SLICK BOTTOM
STEERING CLUTCH ON CAT D-7 DOZER NEEDED REPAIR TO FACILITATE WORK OPERATORS SEAT HAD TO BE REMOVED WHILE LIFTING THE SEAT THROUGH THE DOOR OF THE DOZER THE SEAT SLIPPED CRUSHING THE VICTIMS L ITTLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE SEAT & THE DOZERS TRACK CLEATS
EMPLOYEE WAS IN MACHINE SHOP AREA COMING DOWN STEPS FROM PARTS DEPT TO SHOP AREA.ON LAST STEP HE TURNED RIGHT & BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON A SET OF WOODEN STEPS USED ON WORKING ON COMPANY TRUCK S.