"SEE ATTACHED";PER FINAL INVESTIGATION.HAUL TRUCK RAN OUT OF FUEL.IT WAS REFUELED,ETC,OPER CALLED OVER RADIO STILL HAVING PROBLEMS.THEY RETURNED,ONE PARKED SERVICE VEHICLE SV-05 15' IN FRONT O F HAULTRUCK,FACING IT.I.NAME ARRIVED IN ANOTHER SVC TRK BOTH WALKED TOWARD HAULTRUCK,SVC TRUCK ROLLED DOWN 9% GRADE RAMP PINNED I.NAME AGAINST LADDER LOCATED IN FRONT OF TRUCK.RESULTED IN FAT
Mining Incidents in August 1990
All MSHA-reportable mining accidents in August 1990, sorted by severity. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities
- 11
- Total incidents
- 3,268
- Period
- August 1990
Top operators this month
- 01 Peabody Coal Company 111 incidents
- 02 Consolidation Coal Company 64 incidents
- 03 Old Ben Coal Company 55 incidents
- 04 Eastern Associated Coal Corp 48 incidents
- 05 Island Creek Coal Company 45 incidents
Most recent 500 incidents
Showing the 500 most recent of 3,268 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING A PILLAR SPLIT IN BLOCK #75, 30 FEET INBY STATION NO. 488; IT APPEARS THE ROOF BOLTER WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION, REMOVING A TWO FOOT DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL (8 FT LONG, 51 INCHES AT WIDEST POINT AND 4 INCHES THICK) STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE WHICH CAUSED THE FATAL ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLICE THE F-2 CONVEYOR BELT TOGETHER. HE CLIMBED UP ON THE BELT TO SECURE IT TO THE CONVEYOR FRAME. THE BOLTS HOLDING THE CLAMP TOGETHER PULLED THROUGH THE BELT LET TING THE BELT ROLL BACK DOWN THE FRAME. HE WAS ON THE BELT AS IT ROLLED DOWN THE FRAME FOR APPROX. 250' AND THEN FELL APPROX. 30' TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PRIMARY HOLE.
THE LOADER WENT OVER A BERM AND CONTINUED TO FALL TO QUARRY FLOOR.
THE DRIVER OF #375 HAUL TRUCK WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK SHE WAS OPERATING COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH #371 HAUL TRUCK APPROXIMATELY 1/5 MILE FROM THE TRUCK DUMP. THE DRIVER OF #371 WAS AP PROACHING THE TRUCK DUMP WITH A FULL LOAD COAL AND MAKING A LANE CHANGE. THE DRIVER OF #375 DID NOT MAKE THE LANE CHANGE IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATION AND THE TRUCKS COLLIDED. THE DRIVER OF #375
THE EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A BRIDGE BOARD ENTERED THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND PINNED HIM BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND THE PLANK. THE RIGHT LUNG WAS INJURED AND RIBS 5, 6 AND 7 WERE FRACTURED. THERE WAS A RESTRICTION OF BLOOD FROM THE HEAD CAUSING DEATH. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HARRISBURG HOSPITAL BY THE COUNTY CORONER.
THE VICTIM WAS ROOFING A FLAT ROOF AND ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE VICTIM WAS STOOPED AT THE EDGE OF THE ROOF, GETTING READY TO CHALK A LINE WHEN HE FELL OFF OF THE ROOF. HE FELL 29 FEET.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A PIECE OF UNSECURED FLOOR GRATING WHEN GRATING VIBRATED LOOSE. EMPLOYEE FELL TO BELOW, WITH GRATING, FALLING 61 FEET TO HIS DEATH.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING SCRAP METAL WITH THE DOZER. A VALVE BROKE OFF A PROPANE TANK CAUSING PROPANE GAS TO LEAK INTO THE AIR. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED OFF THE PERMITTED AREA.
THE REMOTE CONTROL CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BEING OPERATED IN THE FACE OF #9 ROOM OF THE 0 SOUTH OFF 1ST EAST UNIT#002-0. AT APPROX. 6:25 PM A MASSIVE ROOF FALL OCCURRED FATALLY CRUSHING THE MINER OPERATOR DANZIL GOINS. THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROX. 50 FT LONG, 14 FT WIDE, 0" TO 4FT THICK.
TRANSFORMER GIVING FALSE READING ON THE GROUND PHASE OF THE SWITCH. THE HAND-HELD MOMENTARY PUSH BUTTON WAS APPARENTLY MISSING DURING THE TIME HE WAS USING IT. WHEN HIS THUMB CONTACTED THE ENE RGIZED MECHANISM HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE TRAMMING A LOADED S/C TO DUMP, HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY WHICH BOUNCED HIM AROUND IN THE COMPARTMENT. THE BOUNCE OF THE S/C CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS HANDHOLD AND WHEN HE RE ACHED BACK TO REGAIN HIS HOLD, HIS HAND WAS PLACED ON EDGE OF THE CANOPY WITH TIPS OF FINGERS OVER TOP OF CANOPY. THE SHUTTLE CAR CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ROOF, AMPUTATING HIS TIP OF RT INDEX
LIFTING CONSTANT VOLUME PUMP PULL IN L SIDE
CHANGES IN ROOF, THINK LAYERS OF SHALE CHANGING TO SANDSTONE. LAYER OF SHALE MEASURING 3 TO 5 INCHES THICK X 48 INCHES X 30 TO 60 INCHES FELL FROM OPEN INTERSECTION RIDING THROUGH LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING ROAD TAR PLACED ON HAUL ROAD. HE LOOKED AHEAD AND SAW THE CHIPS WERE NOT SPREADING AS THEY SHOULD. HE STOPPED HIS TRUCK, DISMOUNTED, WENT TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND NOT ICED THE SPINNERS WHICH SPREAD THE CHIPS WAS PLUGGED. AT THIS TIME, HE SLIPPED ON THE ROAD TAR AND CAUGHT HIMSELF BY REACHING FOR THE SPINNER COVER, OR HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN IN THE ROAD TAR. H
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A SLURRY PUMP FROM A SUMP HOLE BENEATH A CONVEYOR BELT. AS HE LIFTED THE PUMP HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS BENT OVER PULLING BELT STAND FROM UNDER BELT LINE AFTER WHICH HE BEGAN FEELING PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTYING BAGS OF CERAMIC BALLS INTO #2 WHITE RAW MILL WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS STOMACH.
EE WAS CHANGING THE V-BELT ON THE SHEAVE FOR THE BUCKET ELEVATOR DRIVE AND HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED UNDER THE BELT AND THE ENDS OF HIS 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND WERE PINCHED OFF AT TH E BASE OF THE FINGER NAIL. THE SKIN ON THE END OF THE MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED OFF ALSO.
PUT FINGER IN CHAIN ROLLER PRY BAR SLIPPED IT SEVERED HIS FINGER
EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS BENT OVER PULLING A BOTTOM BELT ROLLER UP OUT OF THICK MUD WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH
THE MAN WAS LIFTING A RELAY BAR FOR A SHIELD WHEN HE INJURED HIS GROIN
THE EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED BOLTING AND WAS STEPPING INTO THE CENTER CATWALK OF THE BOLTER AND PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE BOLTER TRAY. A ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE 1ST & 2ND JOINTS. THE EMPLOYEE'S F INGER WAS REMOVED AT THE FIRST JOINT.
WHILE LOADING BULL CABLE FROM THE GROUND TO THE FLATBED TRUCK I LIFTED THE CABLE & I FELT SOMETHING PULL IN MY ABDOMEN
EMPL REMOVING ROCK FROM TAIL PULLEY #13 FEED BELT FOR PLACER PLANT.BELT NOT LOCKED OUT-BECAME ENERGIZED.EMPL RIGHT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN TAIL PULLEY AND TAIL PULLEY BEARING SEVERING RIGHT ARM.
EMP & OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE IN PROCESS OF CLOSING KNIFE GATE VALVE WITH CHAIN WALKERS ON BRAW FEED INJECTION LINE. VALVE STEM & KNIFE CAME OUT OF VALVE BODY & RELEASED H2O STRIKING HER. SHE FELL OVER PIPE & FELL ON TO ANOTHER PIPE STRIKING THE L SIDE OF HER FACE.
ROCK HOOPER PLUGGED UP WENT UP TO UNPLUG IT WITH BAR.PULLED ON BAR AND HURT LOWER STOMACH MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO HAND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE A KEY FOR A PADLOCK. WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP, HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS MIDSECTION. HE FELT MINIMAL DISCOMFORT AT THIS TIME. ON 8/22/90 HE REQUESTED TO SEE A DOCTOR, STATING THAT HIS STOMACH WAS SORE.
EMPL STATES HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON BAGHOUSE COLLECTOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE GROIN. ABOUT WEEK LATER HE HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT OF PAIN BUT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING UNTIL 9/17 WH EN PAIN BECAME WORSE &HE WAS SEEN BY MEDICAL DR WHO CONFIRMED RIGHT SIDE HEARNIA. HE WILL HAVE SURGERY ON 9/24 WHICH WILL BE FIRST DAY OF LOST TIME.
I.NAME CLIMBED LADDER TO HAND BOLTS TO CONNECTOR.REACHED TO GIVE BOLTS TO OTHER THE TIED-OFF LADDER SLIPPED ,FELL TO GROUND BREAKING HIS BACK.
THE EE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SCOP AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER BRACKET. HIS HAND WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CAB. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPTIAL AND X RAYS REVEALED THREE FRACTURED PLACES IN THE RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.THE EE IS EXPECTED TO LOSE TWO TO THREE WEEKS WORK.
WASHING DOWN FIRST FLOOR WITH 1 1/2" WATER HOSE,I.NAME BACKING UP AND TRIPPED.FELL ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR STRIKING BACK AND RIGHT ELBOW.
HARD HAT DROPPED,WHILE REACHING FOR IT REACHED UP WITH OTHER HAND TO HOLD ON AND STUCK IT INTO A BELT PULLEY.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HOUSEKEEPING TASK ON MATERIAL STORAGE ROACKS FOR ASSORTED PIPE AND BAR STOCK. EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING MATERIAL TO PLACE IN RACK AND FELT A PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA.
HE WAS MAKING CLEAN UP PASS WITH SR-500 MINER IN #4 HEADING, WHEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN COAL RIB AND MINER. HE WAS USING A RADIUS REMOTE AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. MACHIN E WAS CHECKED BY MAINT. FOREMAN AND NO FAULTS MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL WAS FOUND.
EMPL REMOVING SPROCKET FROM GEAR REDUCER,BOLT BOROKE IN PULLEY ROLLER.THREW EMPL OFF BALANCE.DR DIAG AS POSSIBLE HERNIA.RECURRENCE OF PREVIOUS INJURY NON-WORK RELATED,NOT REPORTED,DIAG THEN AS SEVERE MUSCLE STRAIN AND TREATED AS SUCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A PIECE OF LUMBER ON TABLE TO FEED INTO A PLANER. WHEN HIS HAND GOT CLOSE TO THE BLADES, HIS GOLVE WAS CAUGHT AND HIS LITTLE FINGER PULLED INTO THE PLANER. DAMAGE WAS LACE RATION AND PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF THE FIRST JOINT OF THE LITTLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED: THAT HE WAS CHANGING AN EB CHUTE AND WAS LIFTING A HEAVY OBJECT AND HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA. NOTE: I.NAME REPORTED INCIDENT AS 1ST AID ON 8-14-90 AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR IN SEPTEMBER AND IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 10-29-90.
AS THE RESULT OF A PREVIOUS INJURY CORRCTIVE SURGERY FOR A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR WAS CONDUCTED THIS HAS RESULTED IN A WORK INCAPCITY OF TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY PERCENT IN THE SHOULDER DATE RECEIVED REPORT -CORRECTED COPY FROM DOC 11-29-90
EE WAS POSSIBLY GOING TO MARK UP PLACE TO BOLT WHEN HE WENT ONTO FROM UNDER ROOF SUPPORT. WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIM.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING A CO-WORKER LIFT A DUKE JACK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN
TRYING TO REMOVE BOULDER FROM JAW CRUSHER PICKED UP LARGE ROCK & PULLED SOMETHING
GETTING OFF GRADER-SLIPPED & FELL
THE CREW WAS ADDING A LENGTH OF DRILL PIPE TO DRILL THE HOLE DEEPER WHEN HE TOOK THE CLAMP OFF, THE PIPE FELL ON HIS FINGER. EE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CUT OFF THE 2ND JOINT.
EMPL BACKED ROCK TRUCK UP NEAR EDGE OF ORE STOCKPILE TO DUMP LOAD.THE BANK OF STOCKPILE SLUMPED CAUSING REAR WHEELS TO DROP 5'.THE TRUCKS FRONT END CAME OFF GROUND AND OVERTURNED,LANDED ON ITS TOP.OPER NOT WEARING SAFETY BELT.SUSTAINED MAJOR INTERNAL INJURIES,SHATTERED 3 VERTEBRAE,POSSIBLE HEAD INJURIES.
MINER REMOVING PIPE FROM LADDER IT SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND BEAM
INJURED RAISED A LIFTING JACK ONTO HIS MOTOR AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA. FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 8-13-90. THIS INVOLVED NO VIOLATON OF ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS.
PAIN I N LOWER ABDOMEN LIFTING PIPES PAIN AGAIN ON 8-14-90 AFTER PULLING GUY ROPES
I.NAME GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR,IN LAST OPEN X-CUT OF 002 SECTION BETWEEN #1 & #2 HEADINGS WHEN PIECE OF MINE ROOF 3' X 4' FROM 1-18" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS,STRUCK I.NAME MIDWAY OF BACK AND UPPER BODY.
LOADING TOP ROW ROCK FELL ON BUCKET LANDED ON R FOOT, CRUSHING LITTLE TOE AND LACER IT WAS REMOVED BY SURGEON AT MED CENTER
DRIVER WENT TO CLIMB INTO HIS TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER.
ORIGINAL DATE OF ACCIDENT WAS 10-25-85. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A PLATE UNDER THE FEEDER. THE PLATE WAS CARRIED FOUR FEET AND ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER, EMPLOYEE FELT A SHA RP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP. HAS BEEN OFF ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. PRIOR TO THIS TIME HE WAS OFF 12-7 THROUGH 12-22-89. IS OFF AGAIN ON 8-4-90.
HE WAS INSTALLING A REAR-END DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY IN A TRUCK THERE WERE NO ILL EFFECTS UNTIL 10 DAYS LATER (WHILE EMPLOYED BY JONES & BRAGUE IN 1979 HE DEVELOPED A HERNIA IN A DIFFERENT AREA OF HIS BODY WHICH WAS REPORTED)
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN UNLOADING ROOF BOLTS FROM THE BOLTING MACHINE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AND HAS HAD SURGERY FOR A RUPTURED DISC. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 7-31 AND WORKED 8-1-90. HE IS OFF AGAI N AS OF 8-2-90. FIRST INJURY 6-14-89, THEN SURGERY.
EMPLOYER WAS HELPING SCALE THE HIGHWALL OVER #4 PORTAL. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO A SAFETY ROPE AND ANCHOR POINT. AS EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT TO BAR A ROCK OFF O F THE HIGHWALL, HE FELL. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ORDURING THE FALL, THE HOOK AND LATCH SYSTEM ON THE SAFETY ROPE DISENGAGED FROM THE SAFETY BELT. THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 30' TO A SLOPING MUCK
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN HUNG BOLT WHEN HE MASHED FINGER CAUSING AMPUTATION OF FINGER AT SECOND JOINT
EMPL AND 3 OTHERS STACKING 6"I-BEAMS IN BELT ENTRY.EMPL& OTHER LIFTED THEIR END 0F BEAM ONTO STACK AND WAS HELPING IT INTO PLACE AS THE 2 OTHERS LIFTED THE OTHER END.WHEN END WAS ONTO PILE,BEA M MOVED AND EMPL CAUGHT FINGER-RIGHT INDEX-BETWEEN BEAM BEING HELD AND ANOTHER
EE WAS CHECKING THE AIR VOLUME ON A SQUIRREL CAGE FAN IN PREPARATION TO INSTALL IT ONE THE GRIT PLANT BAGGING SYSTEM. UPON STICKING HIS RIGHT HAND IN EXHAUST OF SQUIRREL CAGE FAN THE FAN CAUGH T HIS 1,2,3 FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND CUTTING THEUNDER SIDE OF EACH.
ROCK WAS HUNG IN TAILGATE OF DUMP TRUCK. PULLED TAILGATE OUT & FAILED TO TURN LOOSE WHEN TAILGATE CAME BACK.
WHILE WORKING ON BOLT MACHINE HE CAUGHT LIGHT CORD ON RAISE LEVER FOR BOOM & CAUSED BOOM TO LOWER. FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BOOM & FRAME.
UNKNOWN- DURING NORMAL COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYEE NOTICED A BULGE IN HIS STOMACH.
EMPL HELPING MECHANIC REPAIR PLATE ON SCALPER SCREEN.FELL OFF FEEDER HOPPER.PAIN IN LEFT ARM,RIGHT ARM AND CHEST.
CLIMBING LADDER TO DRILL LADDER SHIFTED STRUCK R LEG ON LADDER
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING 16" SUCKER TUBING OFF DELIVERY TRUCK WHEN PIECE OF TUBING SLID AND MASHED RIGHT THUMB AGAINST TRUCK BED.
BACK STARTED BOTHERING HIM AFTER WORK-UNSURE OR WHEN OR HOW HE STRAINED HIS BACK BUT THINK THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE WAS DRILLING LIFTERS OR PUTTING AWAY EQUIPMENT BEFORE BLASTING
WALKING TOWARD SCALE HOUSE, STEPPED INTO A HOLE, PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
WHILE INSTALLING A RIGHT SIDE, RIB BOLT THE 8' BOLT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE CONTROL LEVER CAUSING THE DRILL POT TO COME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE BOLT IN THE ROOF.
CAUGHT A ROCK ON HIGHWALL AND TIPPED LOADER FORWARD.THIS THREW HIM INTO STEERING WHEEL.HIT RIGHT SIDE,RIBS AND KNEES.PAIN DIDNT START FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS.DIDNT CLAIM HURT ON JOB UNTIL 1-3-91 AND THEN WAS REPORTED TO SUPV.
INJURED WAS WALKING IN MUD LOST BALANCE & FELL STRIKING RIGHT KNEE ON ROCK UNDER MUD.
THE MECHANIC HAD GONE UP TO THE 480-W DRAGLINE TO USE THE RADIO. AS HE DISMOUNTED THE MACHINE, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE CAUSING SPRAIN TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LOW BACK STRAIN WHILE LIFTING A PUMP IMPELLER.
THE INJURED SAID HE WAS TAKING A BAG OF ROCK DUST OVER TO THE BELT DRIVE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AND HIS HEAD OR NECK HIT RAIL ON BELT LINE ON OFF SIDE OF BELT LINE.
HE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF AN OVERCAST.
HE WAS OPERATING A FENCE POST DRIVER. THE DRIVER SLIPPED OFF OF FENCE POST KICKING BACK AT HIM AND STRIKING HIM ON HIS HARD HAT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD USED TWO(2) PIECES OF DRILL STEEL TO DRILL A HOLD IN ORDER TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT HE WAS REMOVING THE BOTTOM PIECE OF STEEL WHEN THE TOP PIECE MOMENTIARILY HUNG IN THE HOLE & THEN UNEXPECTEDLY CAME DOWN STRIKING HIM ON THE RT FOREFINGER
HE STRAINED BACK LIFTING TIMBERS WHICH THEY WER EXTRACTING PILLARS. HE WORKED FROM 8/31 TO 9/4 LOST TIME STARTED ON 9/5.
WHILE CRAWLING UNDER EQUIPMENT AS AN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC, HIS KNEE BEGAN TO HURT, NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT.
HE WAS PULLING WATER LIME TO BELT LINE & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING OUT THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE TEETH ON THE BUCKET WITH A HAMMER AND SPIKE MALL WHEN A CHIP OF METAL CAME OFF THE SPIKE MALL AND ENTERED HIS LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO SHUTTLE CAR DECK IN THE #3 ENTRY FACE OF THE 1 NORTH MAIN SECTION,I.D. #004-0.AS HE GOT INTO THE DECK,HE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE CAR FRAME.NOTE: EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 09-10-90.THIS REPORT WAS FILLED OUT BY FOREMAN ON 09-09-90, AND RECEIVED IN OFFICE ON 09-10-90.
THE MAN SLIPPED & FELL ON A CATWALK WHILE HELPING TO CHANGE SOME SCREENS INJURING HIS PELVIS
HIT ELBOW WHILE CHANGING OIL ON #2 SCREEN & 30 MIN LATER WAS USING HAMMER TO BREAK A ROCK HUNG IN BACKHOE/HAMMER AT JAW CRUSHER NOTICE PAIN & SWELLING IN ELBOW
EMPLOYEE SPENT MOST OF SHIFT HAULING CONVEYOR BELT, BELT STRUCTURE, AND OTHER MATERIALS. HE STRAINED HIS BACK SOMETIME DURING THE SHIFT.
EE WAS HANDLING A STEEL CABLE ROPE TO HOOK THE MILL WHIZZER SEPERATOR WHEN THE FRAYED SPOT ON THE CABLE PUNTURE HIS FINGER.
EMP WAS TURNING WATER VALVE OFF WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP ON UPPER BACK.
HE STARTED EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS KNEE
INJURED IS THE PLANTMAN.3" ROCK FLEW UP AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT AREA OF THE CHEEK.
DRIVER WAS SITTING IN TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED, ROCK OFF LOADER BUCKET CAME THROUGH WINDOW AND STRUCK LEFT ARM.
INJURED WAS WALKING IN BELT ENTRY WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL TO MINE FLOOR.
EMPL REMOVING 12" PIECE SMALL ROPE FROM TOP LOOP OF BULK BAG.AS HE FINISHED TURNED TO LEFT AND STARTED TO WALK.FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK,EMPL SAT DOWN TO RELIEVE PAIN.SUPV NOTIFIED BY EMPL WORKING IN AREA.SUPV KEPT INJ ON FLOOR UNTIL AMBULANCE ARRIVED TO TRANSPORT EMPL TO HOSPITAL.
MOVING STEP LADDER TWISTED BACK CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BUNDLE OF 5' EXTENSION STEELS FROM THE STORAGE RACK AND OTHER BUNDLE FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE TWOSTED HIS ANKLE WHILE CARRYING SUPPLIES.
HAS 2 FX RIBS REPORT NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME 09-11-90 REPORT RECEIVED 09-12-90 IN MY OFFICE WHILE WORKING IN A THICKNER COMMON LAUNDERWHILE STANDING ON A SHORT LADDER HE LOST HIS BALANCE & STRUCK HIS RT SIDE AGAINST ANGLE IRON SUPPORT DID NOT GO TO DOC UNTIL 09-04-90
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING LIPSAVER ON 600 LOADER BUCKET.HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS UNDER WELDING HOOD.FLUX ON WELD MUST HAVE POPPED AND MOLTEN PIECES WERE BLOWN BY WIND BEHIND HOOD AND GLASSES AND CUT INTO RIGHT EYE AND EYE LIDS.
THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED A PUMP ON THE BOTTOM IN LOW COAL AND STRAINED HIS BACK. LIFTED AND SWUNG BACK AROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING IN SECTION 8 AND ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE A SECTION OF CEILING ROCK. A ROCK, WHICH WAS ADJACENT TO THE ONE BEING SCALED, FELL HITTING THE SCALING BAR. THE SCALING BAR STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE RESULTING IN A SEVERE BRUISE.
THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A DRILL STEEL INTO THE DRILL CHUCK ON A ROCK BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS RIBS AGAINST THE DRILL HEAD
PULLED UP LICK WITH PRY BAR TO LOCK CAR DOOR
DRIVING JEEP DOWN TRACK WHEN JEEP CAME OFF TRACK
HE WAS SETTING A S/C DRAG UP ON THE BUMPER OF THE CAR. HE SAT THE DRAG DOWN ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
CUTTING CONDUIT WITH KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED CUT L THUMB
MILL MINTENANCE PERSON WAS RELOCATING ELECTRIC MOTORS ON SHELF & STRAINED HIS BACK & SHOULDER NO CONDITIONS AT MILL AFFECTED THE INJURY
EMPLOYEE STOOD UP FROM BEHIND HIS DESK, TURNED TO THE LEFT TO WALK AND STRAINED THE LIGAMENT IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
ANAOT HER EMPLOYEE & MAN WAS CARRYING A ROLLED UP 20FT PIECE OF BELT THE OTHER EMPLOYEE TRIPPED & FELL I NAME HELD ONTO ROLL WHEN MAN FELL CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT ELBOW
MAN WAS CLEANING OUT DITCH AT BELT DRIVE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON MUDDY BOTTOM & TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CHANGE RUBBER SCREEN PANEL IN #1 SCREEN ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A PANEL & PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE GROIN AREA
EMPL DRILLING ON BLOCK OF STONE.STUMBLED ON DEBRIS SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HANGING THE BELT UP FOR A LAY-UP AND WHEN HE LIFTED THE BELT UP, HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK. MAN CONTINUED TO WORK WITHOUT SEEING A DOCTOR UNTIL 10-08-90.
INJURED STATED THAT SHE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL ONTO THE 10EAST BELTLINE WHEN SHE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK IN THE WALKWAY CAUSING HER TO FALL ON HER BACK CAUSING THE ACCIDENT
MAN STATED HE HAD NECK PAIN HE TOLD EMPL THAT HE WASN'T INJ AT MINE. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED LATE BECAUSE EMPL WAS UNAWARE THAT THIS INJ WAS JOB RELATED.
INJURED CLAIMS HE STEPPED OVER STEEL THAT WAS ON GROUND LEFT FOOT LANDED ON CEMENT PAD TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.
CLAIMANT STATES THAT: THE MOTOR WAS CHOKING DOWN AND HE JUMPED UP ON LADDER AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE.
OUTSIDE MAN LOADING TIMBER IN SCOOP BUCKET SCOOP OPERATOR MOVED HITTING MAN ON LEG WITH OF THE SCOOP.
EE STATED HE AND EE WERE LOADING A TOOL BOX ONTO A 10SC WHEN HE TRIPPED CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOOL BOX AND THE HANDLE OF EANOTHER TOOL BOX.
WHILE WALKING DOWN TIGHT SIDE OF SLOPE BELT, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WET LOOSE MATERIAL AND STARTED TO FALL. SHE HAD HER RIGHT HAND ON THE HANDRAIL AND PREVENTED HERSELF FROM FALLING BUT IN THE PR OCESS SHE SPRAINED HER RIGHT WRIST.
ON 9/7/90 EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND STATED THAT ON 8/30/90 HE LIFTED A PUMP FROM THE GATOR AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITHOUT REPORTING THE ACCIDENT BUT THEN HE BEGAN TO FEEL WORSE AND HIS FIRST DAY OF WORK MISSED DUE TO THE ACCIDENT WAS ON 9/6/90.
HE WAS PUTTING HOOK DOWN FROM CRANE AND IT SWUNG AWAY AND CAME BACK AND PINCHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE HOOK.
TIMBER TRUCK DERAILED AS EE WAS LIFTING IT BACK ONTO THE TRACK HE FELT A PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
PULLING OUT HEADING WITH ORE CAR, GOT BEHIND GAVE ORE CAR PUSH, ORE CAR GOT PART WAY TRACTOR FLIPPED OVER OPER STILL IN SEAT HIT HEAD AND HIP WHEN HE CAME TO FLOOR ON SIDE
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD SHOULDER AND BACK.
WHILE REMOVING PACKING EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS FINGER WHEN THE PACKING PULLER BROKE
AJUSTING CONVEYOR BELT STANDING A PLANKS PLANKS GAVE WAY.
HE STARTED TO PICK-UP A 5 GALLON CAN OF HYDRAULIC OIL. THE CAN WAS STUCK IN MUD. HE SAYS WHEN HE LIFTED UP ON THE CAN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING TRACK WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY STUCK HIS FOOT UNDER THE PAN AND INSTRUCTED THE REPAIRMAN TO LET THE PAN DOWN.
WHILE SHOVELING GRAVEL FROM UNDER THE PRIMARY SCREEN MAN FELT BACK PAIN.
EMPL WAS WORKING WITH OTHERS ON BUCKET OF OUR 1260 DRAGLINE. THEY WERE WORKING THE BUCKET PIN OUT WITH HAMMER & PUNCH. PIECE OF PUNCH PLINTERED OFF & LODGED IN EMPLS CHEST CLOSE TO THE RIB. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE SPLINTER WAS REMOVED. STITCHES WERE ALSO APPLIED.
HE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH ON THE CRUSHER CONE,HELPING TO TEAR DOWN THE CONE TO REPLACE THE LINERS.HE STRAINED HIMSELF.THE DIAGNOSIS IS A FLOOTING RIB.
WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OVER AND BUMPED HIS KNEE ONT HE BUMPER OF THE OFF STD. SHUTTLE CAR.
EMPLOYEE DROPPED HOLLOW CONCRETE BLOCK ON LEG WHILE UNLOADING BLOCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURRED INJURING HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HELPING MOVE A 5 TON MINE CAR WHEN IT STARTED TO SWING. HE JUMPED BACK OUT OF WAY AND STEPPED IN A HOLE.
WALKED AROUND END OF LOADER INTO BRIGHT SUN,STRUCK HEAD ON OPEN DOOR,SUTURES REQ
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF FELDSPAR FROM A GATE IN THE CRUSHER PIT.HE SLIPPED FROM THE RAILING HE WAS STANDING ON CAUSING ANOTHER PIECE OF FELDSPAR TO ROLL DOWN FROM THE PILE.THI S ROLLING PIECE OF ORE HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE.EMPLOYEE MISSED 1/2 DAY OF WORK AND DID NOT SEE A PHYSICIAN.
REPLACING SCREEN ON TABLE IN PLANT.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS GREASING THE BACKHOE WHEN HE TWISTED TO TURN AROUND AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL STATED WHILE TIGHTENING BOLT ON MINER BOLT BROKE CASUING HIM TO STRIKE RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST MINER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING SHIELDS FROM #16 TO HEAD. CO-WORKER ATTEMPTED TO HELP HIM SET SHIELDS AND #12 SHIELD WAS BROUGHT IN TO PAN BY CO-WORKER AT WHICH TIME A ROCK FELL STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT FOREFINGER CAUSING A FRACTURE.
FLASH TO EYES FROM D.C. TROLLEY WIRE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON #4 FINISH CLINKER WEIGHFEEDER BELT SKIRTIN AND CLAIMS HE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE CLINKER AND FELL TO HIS KNEES.
INSTALLING PIECE OF AIRLIFT PIPE WHEN OTHER PUSHED PIPES TOGETHER I.NAME GOT FINGERS CAUGHT.ALL FINGERS BOTH HANDS WERE CAUGHT BUT LEFT HAND LOOKED UNINJURED.THE 3 MIDDLE FINGERS ON RIGHT HAN D BRUISED & SWOLLEN,ONE REQ SOME STITCHES.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING ALONG WITH THE SHEAR, CUTTING TOWARD THE TAIL AND WALKED INTO THE LIGHT ON JACK 90 HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.
WALKING CAUGHT L ONG BOLT CUT ON BACK
LOADING A PIECE OF STONE ON A PALLET WEIGHING APPROX 17 5 LBS SMASHING RT MIDDLE FINGER WITH STONE
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A 20' DOLLY TOW BAR USING AN 8 TON LOCOMOTIVE. THE TOW BAR WAS ATTACHED TO THE LOCOMOTIVE WITH A ROPE AND SMALL STEEL BAR THROUGH THE EXIT OF THE TOW BAR. THE ROPE SLIPPED CAUSING THE BAR TO STRIKE HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE OF CHEST.
A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK OF STOPE LANDING ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A BRUISE TO THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE OPERATING PAN, HIT BUMP WAS JOLTES, STRUCK LEG AGAINST EQUIPMENT & LACERATED LEG. EQUIPMENT WAS BACK UP ALARM INSTALLED IN CAB AREA.
INJURED REPORTS THAT HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE TURNED SUDDENLYTO AVOID BEING SPRAYED BY HYDRAULIC OIL WHEN A HOSE CONNECTOR CAME APART WHILE PRESSURIZED
HELPING ON MIN ER WHILE CUT BEING TAKEN OUT COAL RIB STRIKING HIM IN BACK
OPERATING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE & A PIECE OF COAL BROKE LOOSE & HIT HIM
EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING SCOOP AND HIT HIS LOWER BACK ON SCOOP SEAT.
CONVEYOR CHAIN HUNG UP ON 21 JOY SHUTTLE CAR. WHILE WORKING UNDER S/C TRYING TO FREE A FLIGHT HE HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER. POSSIBLY PULLED MUSCLES OR SEPARATION.
EE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE HANDLING MATERIALS.
EE WAS WORKING ON AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ON THE MECHANICS TRUCK ASSIGNED TO HIM. HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE REAR BUMPER AND HIT HIS KNEE ON THE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THEY WERE WAITING ON THE MINER TO CUT OUT OF THEIR WAY AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON HEAD, SHOULDERS AND LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS REACHING TO CHANGE DRILL STEELS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL LYING ON THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE THE DRILL STEEL THEN BOUNCED UP STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT UPPER ARM
EMPL STATED WHILE PICKING UP 4X4 CRIB BLOCK & HURT RIGHT ARM.
EE WALKING DOWN SLOPE AND TOES GOT STUCK IN A CRACK IN THE GROUND, HEEL SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
RELEASING BRAKE ON RR HOPPER BROKE LATCHFAILED CAUSING BRAKE WHEEL TO RELEASE SPIN RAPIDLY L HAND STRUCK BY WHEEL AS IT TURNED
HE WAS PULLING DOWN FLY PADS TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION FELT PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDER'S (UPPER BACK).
EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO ORTHOPEDIC DR. ON 2-1-91 DUE TO REOCCURRING PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW. HAS BEEN GIVEN A DIAGNOSIS AS "TENNIS ELBOW" AND INJURY ON 8-29-90 AGGRAVATED PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS ORIGINALLY INJURED ON THE DATE SHOWN ABOVE. WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS AT HOME ON 8-29-90, HIS RIGHT LEG SWELLED UP AGAIN. THERE WAS NO NEW ACCIDENT ON 8-29-90. HIS DR. HAS CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS A REOCCURRENCE OF THE 6-23-90 INJURY.
WHILE LIFTING A BOTTOM BELT ROLLER ONTO THE ROPE THE INJURED PERSON PULLED HIS BACK OUT OF PLACE.
INJ DID NOT REPORT INJ GOT SM LUMP UNDER HIS KNEE PAD WHILE CRAWLING AND BRUISED HIS R T KNEE
WHILE ROCK BOLTING THE BACK, A 6 FOOT DRILL STEEL BROKE OFF. THE MACHINE LURCHED UPWARD AND PUSHED ALONG THE BACK. WHEN THE LEG FULLY EXTENDED IT STARTED FALLING TO THE LEFT. THE EMPLOYEE, THE DRILL OPERATOR, WAS STANDNG TO THE LEFT OF THE MACHINE. HE INDICATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE MACHINE WAS GOING TO FALL TOWARD HIS PARTNER BUT IT ACTUALLY FELL TOWARD HIMSELF. HE REACHED FOR IT, M
PINNER STEEL WAS LAYING IN TRAY ON SIDE OF BOOM OF ROOF BOLTER SWING BOOM TO PUT UP RIB PIN BOOM HIT PIN STEEL & KNOCKED PIN IN LEFT EYE. FOUR STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. INJ STATED HE WAS WEARING
WHILE CHANGING OIL ON CRUSHER MOTOR, EMPLOYEE PULLED OIL PLUG AND WHILE LOOKING UP AT BAD TOP, OIL FLOWED OUT INTO EMPLOYEE'S BOOT BURNING RIGHT FOOT.
EMPL STATED HE HAD HAD PROBLEMS WITH BACK SINCE DATE OF INITIAL INJURY 3/16/89. DR ALSO STATES BACK PROBLEM IS DUE TO INJURY ON 3/16/89 . WHILE PULLING STONE DOWN PIECE OF STONE STRUCK EMPL ON LEFT SHOULDER & DOWN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING TIMBERS & SLIPPED & FELL SPRAINING LEFT ANKLE
BOLTING PIE SECTIONS OF A REFUSE BIN TOGETHER. A LIFTING LUG HAD BEEN WELDED ON THE PIE SECTION TO HOIST IT INTO PLACE, USING A BOOM TRUCK TO LIFT WITH. THE WELD ON LIFTING LUG FAILED, CAUSING THE PIE SECTION TO FALL, WHICH STRUCK I.NAME.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE OPERATING THE MINER ON 002 SECTION.
HE LEANED OVER TO GET A ROCK OUT FROM BETWEEN A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT.LOST HIS BALANCE FELL IN BETWEN BELT A TAIL ROLLER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING ON THE BELTLINE AND HIT A BOARD WHICH KNOCKED HIM OFF THE BELTLINE.
ROCK FELL AT BELT ENTRY STRIKING SUBJECT ON NECK AND SHOULDERS.
INJ HAS NOW STARTED TO MIS WORK AGAIN 8/30/90 DUE TO LINGRING PROBLEMS OF ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO EMPL THERE HAS BEEN NO NEW OCCURRANCE.
I NAME STATED THAT HE BOLTING FORM LEFT TO RIGHT IN BOLT PATTERN WAS PUTTING UP LEFT BOLT NEXT TO RIB & STATED THAT A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN RIB & CANOPY HITTING HIM IN SHOULDER
WHILE DOING ROUTINE BELT SPILLAGE CLEANUP EMPL ALLOWED SHOVEL TO CONTACT BELT ROLLER WHICH KICKED BACK & INJ SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS TIGHTING 6" WATER CLAMP WITH RACHET. TEH RACHET SLIPPED SMASHING LEFT THUMB OF INJUIRED.
PULLING LOOP OF CABLE TO REMOVE THE CABLE FROM THE ROADWAY. EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACK ON BOTH SIDES WHILE PULLING ON CABLE. BOTH LEGS AND LOWER BACK WERE REPORTED TO BE INJURED BY EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING SCOOP AND RAN OVER PIECE OF PLASTIC PIPE AND PIPE CAME UP IN CAB OF SCOOP, HITTING EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT TEMPLE OF HEAD.
CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON DOZER,BOLT FLEW OUT AND HIT EMPL LEFT HAND.
VICTIM WAS CONNECTING DRILL STEEL DURING A NORMAL CYCLE OF BOLTING TOP WHEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF THE DRILL STREET CAUSING HIS FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND TO BRAKE.
WELDING REBAR & TOUCHED HOT REBAR DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 9/07 INFECTION SET IN.
WHILE TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED WITH MATERIAL,THE JARRING CREATED PAIN IN EMPLOYEE'S NECK.
HE WAS CHANGING THE SADDLES ON THE PACKER ON HIS KNEES & WHEN HE RAISED UP HE CUT HIS HEAD ON THE BAG SPOUT
EE WAS CLEANING THE DISCHARGE CHUTE BENEATH SECONDARY CRUSHER BY HITTING THE MATERIAL WITH A PRY BAR. DURING ONE OF HIS JABS, THE PRY BAR CONTINUED PAST AN ANTICIPATED POINT WHICH CAUSED HIS L EFT FINGER TO HIT THE SIDE OF THE DISCHARGE CHUTE. THIS CAUSED THE FINGER NAIL TO BE LOST AND RECEIVED THREE STITCHES IN THE SAME AREA.
EMPL WAS BENDING DOWN TO CLEAN OFF SAW BED WHEN HE TWISTED WRONG STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AREA.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SHOVELING ROCK FROM UNDER A CONVEYOR, SLIPPED AND FELL, AND KNEE STRUCK A PIECE OF STONE.
WHILE CHANGING TIRES IN THE MOBILE MAINTENANCE GARAGE EMPLOYEE GOT A PIECE OF RUST IN HIS EYE.
INJURED WAS DRIVING TRUCK #6624 EUCLID DOWN HAUL ROAD WHEN HE HIT BUMP IN ROAD & IT TOSSED HIM UPWARDS. HETHEN HIT HEAD ON CAB ROOF WHICH HURT NECK.
STEPPED ON ROCK GETTING OFF DRILL TWISTED L ANKLE
STRAINED LOWER BACK LIFTING SCOOP TIRE OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET
EMPL WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER & TWISTED LEFT KNEE WHEN STEPPING OFF HYDRAULIC MANLIFT.
LARGE BOULDER WAS IN BANK WHERE WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED. BUCKET TEETH WAS PLACED UNDER BOULDER & PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. TEETH SLIPPED OFF BOULDER CASUING LOADER TO BOUNCE. THIS CASUED WHIPLASH MOTION TO NECK OF EMPL. DR SUGGESTED FEW DAYS REST WITH FULL DUTY RELEASE DATED 9/4.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS GUIDING A CRIB & DROPPED A CRIB BLOCK ON HIS HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK.HE BACKED IN UNDER THE SHOVEL TO BE LOADED.WHILE BEING LOADED,A LARGE BOULDER DROPPED OUT OF THE BUCKET HITTING THE HEADACHE RACK RESULTING IN THIS EMPLOYEE JARRING HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING ALONG A BELT LINE AND AS HE STARTED TO TURN AND DUMP HIS SHOVEL FULL OF MATERIAL ON BELT HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.
EMPL LOOSENING BOLTS ON SPEED REDUCER OF OFF-STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR.USING A RACHET TO TAKE BOLTS LOOSE.RACHET EITHER SLIPPED OR CAME LOOSE CAUSING EMPL TO FALL BACK ON RIGHT LEG.
REMOVING ROCKS FROM HOPPER SLIPPED HIT FOOT AGAINST RAIL ROAD TRACK
HH WAS LOOSENING A BOLT ON THE DREDGE WATER PUMP. THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIS HAND TO STRIKE A CLAMP WHICH LACERATED HIS FINGER.
SHOVELING ROCK AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING A PIECE OF REBAR AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR AND REPORTED TO SPECIALIST WILL BE OFF WORK 2 TO 3 WEEKS.
CARRYING ROCK DUST AND HURT LOWER BACK.
WHEN TRYING TO CLEAR ROCK FROM THE CRUSHER,HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS NECK.
LIFTED HOOD TO CHIP SLAG AND SLAG FLEW IN L EYE
CARRYING PC OF FEEDER WITH OTHER EMP FEEDED FELL HIT HIM ON BACK OF LEG KNOCKED HIM TO GROUND.
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING I.NAME IN HIPS,BACK AREA NO BROKEN BONES OCCURRED.BRUISES & CONTUSIONS DID OCCURR..
THE MAN WAS TRAMMING THE ROOF BOLTER BACK A SHORT DISTANCE TO LOOSEN THE TRAILING CABLE THE HE WAS PULLING. HE HAD HIS RIGHT ARM RESTING ON THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE WITH HIS ELBOW POINTED TOWA RD THE ROOF. AS HE STARTED TO TRAM HE JAMMED HIS ELBOW AGAINST A HEADER BOARD CAUSING HIS WRIST TO TWIST.
EE HAD BEEN PUTTING OIL IN 785 ROCK TRUCK, WHEN THE HYDRAULIC JACK FELL ON FOOT.
INJURED & COWORKER WERE LOADING 60' DOWDY BELT ROLLERS INTO BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK WHEN INJURED FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOUDLER. ROLLER WEIGHS APPROX 75 LBS. INJURED & COWROKER WERE LIFTING ROLLER AP PROX 30' INTO BAK OF TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD A BARREL OF OIL INTO A SCOOP, HE STATED THE BUCKET LEAKED OFF CAUSING THE BUCKET TO FALL AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE WALKED THROUGH THE BASEMENT. HE NOTICED THAT THE TRASH PUMP WAS NOT PUMPING. HE PULLED THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH TO DEENERGIZED THE PUMP TO ALLOW THE PUMP TO BACK-FLUSH. SHORTHLY AFTER HE PULLED THE SWITCH, THE PUMP 'EXPLODED' AND PIECES OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN SEVERAL PLACES. LACERATION HEAD; BURNS TO FACE,BACK LEGS ARMS.
WHILE REMOVING AN 8IN ELBOW IT STRUCK EMPLOYEES RIGHT SHOULDER
HE HAD SLIPPED & FALLEN ON 8/29/90 WHILE WASHING DOZER. HE WAS UNSURE IF THERE WAS CONNECTION BETWEEN MEDICAL PROBLEMS & FALL. A WEEK LATER ON 11/13/90 HE REMEMBVER EARLIER CONVERSATION WITH D RS WHO TOLD HIM INCIDENT WAS RELATED TO HIS MEDICAL PROBLEMS.
WHILE LOADING ROCK DUST, EMPLOYEE TWISTED BACK.
INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A PRESSURE RELEASE CAP FROM THE PRIMING MECHANISM ON A 6" WATER PUMP. IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING THE CAP, THE PRESSURE CAUSED IT TO BLOW OFF. THE STEAM THAT WAS RELEASED, BURNED HIS RIGHT ARM CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FOREARM. THE RIGHT OF HIS FACE WAS ALSO SLIGHTLY BURNED, NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH HOWEVER, TO REQUIRE. ANY SUBSTANTIAL ME
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING MUD FROM SCREEN CHUTE WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS THUMB,BREAKING IT IN THREE PLACES.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR TURNED CORNER TO SHORT AND BUMPED (LF) ELBOW AGAINST RIB OF COAL.
THE MAN STATED HE HAD BUILT TWO (2) BRATTICES THE DAY BEFORE AND WAS BUILDING BRATTICES TODAY (ON UNIT #8) SAID HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 60 DEGREE DRILL,PULLING PIPE.THE CLUTCH ENGAGED AND PULLED HIM INTO THE WHIRL.HE WAS HOLDING PIPE AT THE TIME THE CLUTCH ENGAGED.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON DECK WHILE CARRYING TUBE, FELL AND HTI SHOULDER ON PUMP, DISLOCATING LEFT SHOULDER.
WHILE ONE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING PIPE OUT OF A DITCH WITH A TRACTOR, THE PIPE GOT IN A BIND AND JUMPED OUT OF THE DITCH, STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT LEG. PAIN AND SWELLING AT THE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING A PRESHIFT INSPECTION ON A CAT 85 TON HAUL TRUCK.PLACED HIS HAND ON THE DOOR JAMB AND CLOSED THE DOOR ON IT.
LIFTING GREASE BARREL ON TRUCK STRAINED LOWER BACK
A ROCK WAS STUCK IN THE CRUSHER. HE BEAT IT WITH A MALL TO GET IT LOOSE. A PIECE OF THE ROCK FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FOREHEAD. 1 1/2" GASH REQUIRING STITCHES.
AGGRAVATION OF PREVIOUS INJURY ON 6-29-90.
EE WAS DUMPING STONE INTO EUCLID AND HE SLIPPED OFF OF CATWALK CATCHING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON CATWALK.
DUST BLOWING-PARTICLE ENTERED WORKERS EYE
PULLING BACK PLATE.
EMPL MOVING LARGE ROCK FROM EDGE OF DUMP TRUCK WHEN ROCK HIT EMPL RIGHT HAND.
EMPL WAS GETTING OFF OF TRACTOR STEPPED ON STAKE & TWISTED LEFT FOOT.
HE WAS STACKING 50 LB. BALES, 7 TO A LAYER, 7 LAYERS HIGH, ON A PALLET. HE WAS PUTTING A BALE ON APPROX. THE 4TH LAYER WHEN HE GOT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE TWISTED HIS BODY AS HE TUR NED TO PUT THE BALE ON THE PALLET--HE DID NOT MOVE HIS FEET, JUST HIS UPPER BODY AS HE TURNED.
WHILE EMPL WAS WELDING REAR END HOUSING ON TRUCK PIECE OF METAL GOT IN LEFT EYE WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED BY DR.
HE WAS STEPPING BACKWARDS OFF THE PLATFORM AT THE DISPATCH OFFICE WHEN SHE MISSED A STEP FALLING BACKWARDS AND LANDING ON HER SIDE.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE QUARRY TRUCK. THE OPERATOR STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK AND TWISTED AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
I.NAME STEPPING OFF STAIRWAY TO PEP SCREEN,FOOT HIT UPON BUMP OF OLD FOOTPRINT.FOOT SLIPPED SPRAINING LEFT ANKLE,CAUSING FALL INTO BOTTOM OF HANDRAIL WHICH BRUISED AND CUT UPPER RIGHT ARM,SHOU LDER.WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY THEN REPORTED IT NEXT AM -FOOT WAS TOO SORE TO WORK TRUCK PEDDLES.
WHILE SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE WEDGE IN 5 1/2' CRUSHER EMPLS LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF HAMMER & HE PULLED SOMETHING IN RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A FOREIGN OBJECT FROM DROP CHUTE AT #122 FEEDER GATE, WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE THE OBJECT IT FELL ON EMPLOYEES HAND PINNING ARM BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND OBJECT.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING TO DESCEND FROM WATER TRUCK,REACHED FOR A HANDHOLD AND MISSED CAUSING HIM TO FALL 7 FT TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING BOTTOM GATES ON WASTE TRAILER, HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL ON HIS BACK.
WORKING ON MACK TRUCK IN SHOP: PUTTING A CENTER BOLT IN REAR SPRING OF A TRUCK REAR JACK SLIPPED CAUSING SPRING TO COME DOWN ON HAND. BROKE FINGER.
SPROCKET CHAIN GUARD SLIPPED WHILE WORKING ON SPROKECT-STRUCK HIS RIGHT THUMB.
REPORTED TO US THAT HE WAS NOT HURT & WOULD NOT GO TO DR & BECAUSE OF THIS I DID NOT REPORT TO MSHA AT THAT TIME. ON 3/7/91 WORKERS COMP FORM FILLED OUT BY EMPL & SENT FROM DRS OFFICE. TREATME NT & CHARGES GO BACK TO 8/28/90. WAS OFF WORK FOR 6 MONTHS & DIAGNOSIS WAS HEADACHE.
CLEANING FILTER WITH AIR, METAL PART LODGED IN EYE LEFT
DISMOUNTING FROM SHOE DRAGLINE FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EMP TO FALL STRUCK ON ROCK
EE WAS RUNNING A DOZER AND STOPPED TO CHECK WATER LEVEL IN THE RADIATOR. WHEN HE TOOK THE RADIATOR CAP OFF, WATER BLEW OUT ONTO BOTH HIS LEGS, BURNING THEM BADLY.
EMPLOYEE STATED: HE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER/PAN 2000 FT WEST OF THE TRUCK HOPPER IN OLD SPOIL AREA,DOING RECLAMATION WORK,WHEN HE RAN INTO A WASHED OUT AREA,WHILE LAYING TOP SOIL.IMPACT THREW HIM UP AGAINST THE CAB DOOR,OVER CONTROLS.
INJURED WAS LIFTING CONCRETE CRIB BLOCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BAKC.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HELPING SET A SHIELD A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT LEG RESULTING IN A FX TO THE TIBIA & A BAD CONTUSION TO THE KNEE AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING 50 LB OF ROCK DUST OVER TOP OF ROCKFALL WHEN SHE FELT KNOT IN HER BACK. THIS AREA WAS LOW TOP.
WAITING TO LOAD SHUTTLE CAR OPER RAN OVER CABLE CAUSING SMOKE HE RAN OUT LOST HAT HIT HEAD ON RF BOLT PLATE
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ALIGN A LARGE ROD WHEN IT CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN THE ROD & FRAME OF FILTER PRESS (AS DESCRIBED BY SUPERVIROR)
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO OPERATE AN A/C ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE WAS INJURD. WHILE THE EMPLOYEE PLACED THE DRILL AUGER INTO PLACE PREPARING TO DRILL A HOLE INTO THE MINE ROOF HE WAS STRUCK ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW BY A PIECE OF ROOF MATERIAL. ('6" X 1' X 3").
EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS BENT OVER PICKING UP A ROCK (APPROX 25POUNDS) WHICH WAS LAYING ON SHIELD BASE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT WRIST
SETTING RF JACK LET IT FALL HIT ON R FOOT
SHOVELING LOOSE COAL ALONG RIB TURNED TO TALK TWISTED KNEE
OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, SHE REACHED TO RING BELL BEFORE TRAVELING THROUGH CHECK CURTAIN. AS SHE REACHED FOR THE CABLE TO RING THE BELL, WHE RAN OVER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HER TO BE BOUN CED IN CANOPY, HER LEFT HAND CAME DOWN AND HER FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOOM AND THE METAL FLANGE OF THE OPERATORS DECK. (FRACTURES TO THE TIPS OF THE RING FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER, FI
INJURED WAS SHOVELING BELT INJURED NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PUMP, STRADLING PUMP, FOOT SLIPPED FELL AGAINST PUMP.
EE WAS REMOVING A FLIGHT FROM A CONVEYOR CHAIN ON A CONTINUOUS MINER. WHEN HE HIT THE PIN WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE MOUNTIN A D-11 DOZER HIS FEET AND HANDS SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS, TO THE GROUND. HE REACHED OUT WITH HIS LEFT ARM TO CATCH HIS FALL AND TWISTED, STRAINED MU SCLES AND BRUISED ARM ABOVE AND BELOW HIS ELBOW.
EMPL WAS TAKING REEL COVER OFF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN ROCK FELL BETWEEN PINS ON TOP OF BACK.
A PIECE OF COAL FELL OFF OF COAL AND WENT INTO LEFT EAR.
HH FAILED TO REPORT TO WORK ON THE FOLLOWING SHIFT AFTER HIS TURBO CAUGHT ON FIRE. HIS WIFE CALLED IN AND SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. NO REPORT MADE TO HIS FOREMAN AS O F 8/31/90. HE AS NOT WORKED SINCE THE 8/28/90.
LIFTING VENT TUBING IN FACE IN #1 ENTRY FELT PINCH IN R WRIST
PLUGGING SCOOP PLUG ONTO POWER BOX AND WHEN HE PLUGGED IT IN THE BREAKER BLEW UP
EMPL HURT BACK WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE.
INJURED WALKED TO HEAD OF CONVEYOR WHERE TWO TUNNELMEN WERE ADDING CHLORIDE FLAKES FROM 100# BAGS ONTO STONE. LOADING HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR 9 HRS & WOODEN FLOOR THERE WAS WET FROM CHLORIDE. IN JURED WAS STANDING ON FLAT WOODED FLOOR WITH EMPTY CHORIDE BAG IN HAND AS HE TURNED TO THROW BAG ON PILE OF OTHER BAGS HE SLIPPED SLIGHTLY & FELT KNEE POP. HE FELT PAIN IN KNEE & AS HE GRABBE
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A 6X8 POST AND SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST BELT STRUCTURE. (AS DESCRIBED BY EMPLOYEE).
HE WAS OPERATING 120-L CONTINUOUS MINER. PIECE ROCK (KETTLE BOTTOM) FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS, STRIKING HIS HEAD, BACK OF NECK AND SHOULDERS.
GETTING OFF DINKY TRIPPED ON SAND BOX LID FELL B GRABBED THE HAND RAIL PULLED R SHOULDER HURT PULLED IT
WHILE LACING THE CABLES ON THE 4600 MANITOWAC DRAGLINE, ONE CABLE SLIPPED OFF THE BACK PULLEY AND CAUGHT HIM ACROSS THE LEFT ANKLE.
MAN HAD DRILLED THE FACE OF #6 ENTRY. AS HE WAS GETTING OFF THE DRILL TO TAKE OFF HIS WATER HOSE, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE PINS HITTING HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE IS CLASSIFIED AS A ROOF BOLTER.HE WAS BOLTING IN #4 ROOM IN UNIT #2.HE STEPPED ON A CHIUNK OF COAL CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL,WHEN HE FELL HE STRUCK THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT KNEE ON T HE CORNER OF THE SEAT IN THE CAB ON THE ROOF BOLTER,THIS IMPACT CAUSED A CONTUSION ON THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT KNEE.COMPANY INVSTIGATION IS STILL PENDING ON THIS INCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO HIS TRUCK FROM THE PUMP STATION. HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIS ARM STRUCK A WOOD STICK. HE HAD BEEN WELDING ON THE PUMP STATION.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE PICKED UP 2 BOXES OF MINER BITS AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
WHILE CUTTING A TOE WITH AN UNDERCUTTER, A PIECE OF SALT BROKE FREE AND CAUSED THE UNDERCUTTER TO MOVE. THE OPERATOR, JUMPED FROM THE MACHINE AND WAS STRUCK BY THE MOVING END OF THE UNDERCUTTE R.
REPOSITIONING A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE IN A TRUCK.
I.NAME WAS CHANGING BELTS ON CONE OF THE CRUSHER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. NOT A PROBLEM UNTIL MID WEEK (9/5/90). TOLD BY DOCTOR TO STAY OFF FOOT FOR 2 WKS TO LET TOE HE AL (ON 9/10/90).
EMPL WAS HELPING TWO OTHER EMPLS REMOVE SCREW CONVEYOR SECTION OUT OF SCREW HOUSING WHEN HE FELT LOT OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HEATING BOLT WHEN OIL IN BOLT FLASHED AND HE JUMPED DOWN FROM MACHINE.
EMPL WENT OUT ON BEAM TO REMOVE COMEALONG. COMEALONG CAME LOOSE CAUSING EMPL TO LOOSE BALANCE & FELL APPROX FIVE FEET ONTO HANDRAIL THEN ABOUT ANOTHER 6' TO FLOOR.
SHOVELING BELT AND HURT BACK.
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF, AND STRUCK INJURED EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOOT.
HE WAS PUTTING BREAKER IN ON ROOF BOLTER AND THE TOP LOGS ON THE BREAKER GROUNDED AND FIRE FLASHED BACK CAUSING BURNS TO HIS LEFT ARM AND LEFT SIDE.
PULLING MINER CABLE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS WITH MINER CABLE, CAUSING MINER CABLE TO FALL ON CHEST AREA.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT A PIECE OF COAL POPPED OFF THE RIB STRIKING HIS HEAD AND NECK.
THE MAN WAS OPERATING A TRACK JEEP, THAT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER JEEP.
GO UNDER BELT CONV STRUCK HIS HEAD ON FRAME OF STRUCTURE
EE WAS MOVING THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OVER A WINDRAW OF COAL THAT THE CONTINUOUS MINER HAD MADE WHLE CUTTING BOTTOM COAL EE LOST HIS FOOTING STUMBLED TO THE FLOOR AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT KN EE.
EMPL GOT OFF MOTOR TO THROW A SWITCH FOR MOTOR HE WAS OPERATING WHEN HE RECD PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INJ EMPL WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN CANOPY STRUCK MINE ROOF & JOLTED HIM.
EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT AN AIR COMPRESSOR TO INSTALL IT ON A TRUCK.
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN GRAVEL OUT OF COAL CAR WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL THRU EMPTY DOOR WHICH WAS OPEN ON BOTTOM.
EMPL STATED HE WAS CARRYING TOP BELT STRUCTYURE WHEN LEFT FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELT PAIN IN KNEE.
EMPLOYEE ADN THREE OTHER MEN WERE LOADING A BELT BOLT. LONG X 36" WIDE. HE WENT TO A DR. ON THE 28 COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN. NO COMPLAINTS ON JOB SITE.
STEPPED OFF ENDLOADER AND INJURED FOOT AND CUT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO MOVE A RAIL WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO PULL MINER WITH RAM CAR MINER WAS STUCK IN 4 RIGHT AFTER PULLING SLACK OUT OF CABLE RAM CAR CAME TO AN ABRUPT HALT AS A RESULT JERKING NECK.
DRILL STEEL STUCK INTO ROOF. EMPLOYEE LAID HANDS ON BOLTER (DRILL POT) WHILE LEANING AND LOOKING FOR STEEL. THE STEEL THEN RELEASED FROM ROOF AND FELL ON INJURED'S HAND OR FINGER.
INJURED WAS JACKING A WRECKED DOLLY BACK ON TRACT AT 6 C SWITCH. THE DOLLY WAS IN A RAISED POSITION WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE DOLLY, ONT HE JACK, CAUSED THE JACK BAR TO "FLY UP" AND STRIKE INJUR ED UNDER HIS CHIN. INJURED STATED HE HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE JACK BAR. THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE DOLLY.
EMPL WAS HELPING MECHANIC CHANGE HYDRAULIC PUMP ON PUMP ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN PUMP MOVED SIDEWAYS CATCHING EMPLS HAND BETEEN PUMP & SHEET METAL OF MACHINE. THIS RESULTED IN RIGHT HAND BEI NG BROKEN.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE A STOPPED DERAILED CARRIER LOADING A POER CABLE ONTO THE CARRIER.THE CARRIER WAS BEING RERAILED WHEN IT LANDED UPON BOTH FEET.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN PATH ALONG CONVEYOR BELT FROM 1-LEVEL POCKET TO 2-LEVEL TRANSFER AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN ON THE PATH HE SLIPPED AND GRABBED A HOLD OF THE HAND RAIL ALONG THE BLET TO C ATCH HIMSELF AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
REUBEN WAS LIFTING A STEEL DOOR ON THE B SCRUBBER
POURING AND SPREADING CONCRETE FOR ROADWAY.
THIS EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOWER 24" VENTILIATION TUBE FROM THE MINE ROOF.AS THIS EMPLOYEE HELD THE WEIGHT OF THE TUBE,THE OTHER EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO SEPARATE THE TUBES FROM THE OTHERS.AS THE TUBES SHIFTED THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT CAUSED THIS EMPLOYEE TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG.
THE INDIVIDUAL REPORTED TO HIS FOREARM THAT HE WAS HAVING FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS. THE FOREMAN TOOK THE MAN TO THE SURFACE WHERE HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPTIAL WE RECIEVED INFORMATION FROM THE H OSPTIAL ON 8-28-90 THAT HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE, PAIN IN SIDE.
WHILE GETTING OFF DOZE,R SLIPPED AND TURNED OVER ON RIGHT ANKLE. PAIN AND SWELLING IN RIGHT LEG.
HE STATED THAT HE PICKED UP A TIMBER AND WAS TWISTING AROUND TO SET IT WITH HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS TRANSPORTED FROM THE MINE TO THE HOSPITAL AT THAT TIME.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING UNDERGROUND WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE BOTTOM. THIS REUSLTED IN A JOLT TO HIS BACK CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS BACK.
POURING AND SPREADING CONCRETE FOR ROADWAY.
BACK ING UP HIT ROOF BOLT ONE BOLT FLEW UP CAUGHT HIS BACK
EMP. WAS SHIFTING 55 GALLON DRUMS FROM THE FLOOR OF A DELIVERY TRUCK TO PALLETS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
WHILE TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR (STANDARD SIDE CAR) FROM FEEDER BACK TO CONTINUOUS MINER. TRAVELING ALONG THE #4 ENTRY ROADWAY, CAR TIRE DROPPED INTO A HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING INJURED TO BE BOUNCED UPWARD, THEN BACK DOWN SUDDENLY, RESULTING IN AN ALLEGED INJURY TO THE LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SHORT CHAIN TO PULL LONGWALL PANLINE AWAY FROM THE FACE POWERED BY A SHIELD RAM JACK,WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED OFF THE RAM JACK PIN AND STRUCK HIM ON BOTH LEGS RESULTING IN C
DRIVING PLANT TRUCK WHEN FOREIGN SUBSTANCE BLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.
HELPING PUT BOOM END OF S CAR ON CRIB BLOCK THAT WAS USED FOR SUPPORT BECAME DISLODGED STRIKING HIM ON SIDE
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING PAINS IN HIS BACK FROM STEERING A SHUTTLE CAR.
EMPLOYEE WENT UPSTAIRS TO HIS LOCKER TO PICK UP RAGS FOR THE STOREROOM. ON HIS WAY BACK DOWN THE STAIRS, HE ALLEGEDLY SLIPPED AND FELT PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK. NOTE: EMPLOYEE HAS A H ISTORY OF RE-OCCURRING BACK INJURIES.
THE MAN WAS ROCK BOLTING THE BACK IN A RAISE. A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT ABOVE THE METATARSAL GUARD. HE ONLY BRUISED THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT. HE MISSED A DAY ON SEPT. 6 RESULTING IN A LOST TIME OF 1 DAY. HE DID NOT FEEL MISSING A DAY A WEEK LATER WOULD MAKE IT A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DRILL STEELS, THE STEEL FELL HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD, EAR, NECK & COLLARBONE. HE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION & CUT TO EAR.
FORKLIFT AND TRUCK DRIVER WERE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION TOWARDS ENTRANCE RAMP TO PLANT. AS FORKLIFT STARTED UP RAMP, THE OPERATOR REMEMBERED A JOB HE NEEDED TO DO. HE PUT THE FORKLIFT IN R EVERSE AND WITHOUT SUFFICIENTLY LOOKING BACK, PROCEEDED BACK DWON THE RAMP. HE BACKED INTO THE TRUCK DRIVER AND, BEFORE HE COULD STOP, KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND RAN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE WI
LOADING SHOT AND STRADDLING THE HOLE HE STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPL LOADING RAILCAR.DESCENDED LADDER AND STEPPED TO GROUND.STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TURNED LEFT FOOT.
INJURED WASSTEPPING DOWN FROM LADDER & TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE ON LOW PLACE OF CATWALK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A GLANDWATER LINE AT A FILTRATE PUMP TO SEE IF IT WAS GETTING WATER. EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO LOOSEN LINE WITH A WRENCH WHEN TO PUMP CASE FLEW APART STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT AR M AND IN TWO AREAS ABOUT THE LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN. THE EMPLOYEE REQUIRED SUTURES IN ALL THREEE AREAS TO CLOSE THE LACERATIONS.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CARRYING 2 CANS OF HYDRAULIC OIL UNDER MINER BOOM WHEN HE SLIPPED-INJURED HIS BACK & LT KNEE
PULLING BARGE CABLE OUT TO BARGE,CABLE GOT PINCHED BETWEEN BARGE & DREDGE FELT PAIN IN MID BACK AREA.
WHILE GETTING OUT OF DRILL FOOT OR HEEL CAUGHT STEP SUBJECT LOST BALANCE & FELL TO GROUND. INCIDENT DID NOT VIOLATE RULES & REGULATIONS ON JOB SKILLS MINE PROFICIENCY TRAINING & ATTITUDE.
LIFTED FULL CAN OF GREASE FROM GROUND TO FUEL TK
EMPLOYEE STATED A ROOF FALL OCCURRED BEHIND THE LONGWALL SHIELDS WHILE HE WAS HOLDING ONTO AN OBJECT ON FACE LINE, AND AIR FROM THE FALL RUSHING BY CAUSED HIS LOWER BACK AND LT. SHOULDER TO JE ERK. NOTE: EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK OR GO TO A DOCTOR UNTIL 8-27-90.
EMPLOYEE STATES HEWAS USING A HOE TO CLEAN BESIDE THE B BELT WHEN THE HANDLE OF THE HOE KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE BREAKING HIS SAFETY GLASSES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUT UNDER THE RIGHT EYE AND REQUIRED SEVERAL SUTURES.
WHILE ENGINE ON CRUSHER OVERHEATED EMPL OPENED RADIATOR CAP SLIGHTLY TO RELIEVE PRESSURE & THEN OPENED CAP FURTHER & HOT WATER SPRAYED ON ARM/CHEST AREA CAUSING SUPERFICIAL BURNS.
EMPL PUTTING HOSE BACK,STEPPED BACK TOO FAR AND FELL ON BOTH HEELS FX LEFT HEEL.
EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS USING A 1\2 INCH DRIVE BREAKER BAR AND SOCKET TO LOOSEN A BOLT ON THE SIDE OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER HEAD WHEN THE SOCKET SLIPPED CAUSING THE BAR AND HIS FINGER TO CONTACT A WATER SPRAY BLOCK ON THE HEAD. THIS OCCURRED IN UNIT 2.
WALKING ACROSS SHOT BENCH AND STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED ANKLE.
WHILE TAKING A COAL SAMPLE FROM THE TOP OF A RAILROAD CAR, INJURED BACK WHILE SHOVELING SAMPLE. COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPL STATED HE WAS CARRYING BELT STRUCURE & TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WS REPLACING BEARING ON #39 CONVEYOR BELT ON TAIL PULLEY. BEARING HOUSING BROKE AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SHAFT AND FRAME. CUT PALM OF HAND AND CHIPPED BONE IN RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS MORENTING 10L CAT. DOZER WHEN AFTER GRABBING THE HANDHOLD TO PULL HIMSELF UP ON THE DOZER HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS COVER BACK.
SLIPPED ON FLOOR HEAVE AND DROPPED INTO HOLE WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT WHICH CAUSED HIM TO JAM HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
WHILE PULLING TO OPEN A REJECT HOPPER DOOR, HE INJURED HIS BACK.
2 EMPLOYEES HAD COMEALONGTIED TO BUMPER OF A TRUCK AND A BEAM TO TRY TO GET A KINK OUT OF THE COMEALONG.THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK BROKE OFF AND PINCHED THE ONE EMPLOYEES FINGER.
WHILE A TOP A LADDER CLEANING WINDOWS OF A SCALE HOUSE IN DISBATCHE FRACTURED HIS ANKLE WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT BENEATH HIM RESULTING IN A FALL OF APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET.
WALKING ON DOCKS & SLIPPED ON MUDDY SURFACE
EE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT 11 WHICH REQUIRED THE EE TO LEAN TO HIS RIGHT, TO OBSERVE HIS FORKS. AS A RESULT OF THIS ACTIVITY, THE EE COMPLAINED HIS BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM AND HIS RIGHT SIDE WA S NUMB. THE EE HAS HAD CONTINUING BACK COMPLAINTS SINCE HIS FALL FROM A TRUCK A YEAR AND HALF AGO.
HOOKING UP ROCK BASKET TO CLEVIS.WHILE HOOKING UP CHAIN ON BASKET -THE SHACKLE WAS HONGING OFF THE TOOTH OF THE SHOVEL-THE CLEVIS SLIPPED OFF AND HIT I.NAME ON THE SHOULDER AND BACK.
I.NAME WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A 2' X 2' KETTLE BOTTOM FELL AND SCRAPED HIM DOWN THE BACK AND HIP.
I NAME REPORTS HE EXPERIENCED PAIN AS HE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT A HEAVY PART
WHILE MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING DOWN HAUL ROAD BETWEEN 1 MAIN AND 2H. HE HIT OFFSET AND WHILE OPERATING LHD LOADER AND HURT HIS BACK.
...STRAINED LOWER BACK CLIMBING BACK ON LOADER AFTER FUELING IT UP.BACK IS HURTING.
IN NORMAL COURSE OF WORK DUTIS EMPL BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN LOWER BACK & RIGHT HIP.
EMPL CLIMBED ON MACHINE TO RETIREVE AIR HOSE. HE WAS STEPPING DOWN WHEN HIS RT FOOT LANDED ON RUBO BRACKET. THIS FRATURED SMALL BONE IN FOOT. HE WAS TAKEN TO DR & FOOT WAS XRAYED. DR DID PRESC RIBE ANKLE SUPPORT & MEDICINE FOR PAIN.
GOING DOWNSTAIRS, TRIPPED ON 2ND STAIR, GRABBED FOR HANDRAIL AND CAUGHT HAND ON OUTSIDE RAIL, FELL TO GROUND AND FRACTURED WRIST.
GOT OUT OF PICKUP WALKING ON GRAVEL TO THE MIANTENANCE BUILDING.TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING BOOM ON PORTABLE LIGHT XXX PLANT. EMPLOYEE PLACED HIMSELF IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHILE TRYING TO RETRACT BOOM,S TRAINING MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. THE FLOOR WAS APPROX. 2 TO 3 INCHES UNEVEN IN THE AREA.
I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIN THAT HOLDS THE SHIELDS HYDRAULIC TOE LIFT JACK. HE WAS WORKING IN THE OUTSIDE YARD AND WAS USING A SMALL PRY BAR TO PRY THE PIN OUT. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED O FF AND HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE SHIELD CAUSING THE INJURY. LOST DAYS BEGAN 8-27-90.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING PREVENTING MAINTENANCE ON THE #1303, ST-8A WAGNER LOADER. HE FINISHED REFUELING IT AND WAS DESCENDING THE LADDERWAY. WHEN HE RREACHED THE LAST RUNG ON THE LADDERWAY, HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND STEPPING ON THE FUEL HOSE.HIS RIGHT ANKLE TURNED ON HIM.
PERSON WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING BELT TAKEUP POWER PACK WHEN LINE STARTER WENT PHASE TO PHASE BURNING RIGHT HAND & ARM.
CIRCUIT BREAKER BLEW UP IN #5 BELT STARTER BOX WHEN BREAKER WAS PUT IN. BURNED HAND, WRIST AND LOWER PORTION OF RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETED PLACING BOMBS IN THE DRAW POINTS IN THE LINE. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TYING THE INDIVIDUAL BOMBS TO THE TRUNK LINE. AS HE WALKED FROM ONE DRAW POINT TO ANOTHER, A ROCK FELL IN THE DRAW BEHIND HIM, BOUNCED & STRUCK HIS LEG. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A COMMINUTED FRACTURE-LEFT FIBULA, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
I.NAME WAS LIFTING A DRIVE LINE CONTINUOUS MINER, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS. I.NAME CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE SHIFT AND 6 1/2 HOURS ON THE 27TH OF AUGUST. HE CONSULTED A DOCTOR ON 8/28/90 AND RETURNED TO WORK ON 8/30/90.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN GREASE WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF HOIST MOTOR SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE
SUBJECT CLEANING UP AROUND MINE SURFACE AREA SPRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING BELT AND HURT HIS RIGHT HIP THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO ME UNTIL 9-13-90 HE WAS SHOVELING ON #3 BELT.
WAS MOVING A PIECE OF ROCK OUT OF ROADWAY WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.
INJ EMPL WAS LIFITING ON GUARD RAIL TO REMOVE IT FROM FRAME OF CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF RETRIEVING THE SCOOP FROM THE #5 RIGHT SECTION. HE STATED THAT HE HAD TO MOVE THE MINER CABLE AND MINER BEFORE HE COULD GET TO THE SCOOPY IN ORDER TO MOVE IT OFF TH E SECTION BEFORE HE COULD WORK ON IT.
4 SOUTH SECTION DRAGGING 7200 CABLE ALONG BELTLINE SLIPPED AND STRAINED LOWER BACK AND NECK. MAN RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK ON 9-4-90 BROKE HAND AT HOME ON 9-3-90.
LEON WAS SHOVELING RIB RASH ON #1 MW BELT WHEN HE HURT BACK.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF A PICK UP WHEN HE STEPPED ON A CHUNCK OF COAL TWISTING HIS KNEE.
INJURED WAS CLEANING UP AN AREA,HE LIFTED A 5 GAL BUCKET OF MATERIAL AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN.
INSTALLING JACK PIN IN MINER EMP LAID PC OF ROUND STEEL DOWN OUT OF HIS WAY FELT MUSCLE PULL
EMPLOYEE WERE ROLLING A 85' ROLL OF 30" CONVEYOR BELT FROM LOADER BUCKET ONTO C103 CATWALK. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE BELT. CAUSING THE WEIGHT TO SHIFT ONTO I.NAME.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING AROUND FEEDER WHEN SOMEONE STARTED S.C. CAUSING THE CABLE TO PICK UP ON REEL, WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE CABLE HIT HIM IN THE GROIN. INJURED WENT TO DOCTOR 9/4/9 0. STARTED MISSING WORK 9/4/90.
USING GRINDER TO REMOVE OLD WELD FROM PIECE OF METAL.STEEL PARTICLE FLEW INTO LEFT EYE.
THE INJURED WAS MOVING CRIB BLOCKS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT, STRIKING THE INJURED ONT HE SIDE OF THE RIGHT HAND AND LITTLE FINGER. A CUT ON THE HAND WAS THE RESULT.
MAN STATED WHILE WALKING HE STEPPED ON CHUNK OF CLOD/COAL FELL HURTING LOWER BACK & LEFT HAND.
CLAIMANT STATES THAT WHILE CLEANING UP HIS TOOLS A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING CLAIMANT BELOW HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING CLAIMANT TO FALL TO THE GROUND, CAUSING LIGAMENT AND TENDON DAMAGE TO LE FT ANKLE.
EMPL WALKING UP ON LEFT REAR TIRE TO GET IN LOADER.REACHED FOR HANDRAIL,IT BROKE AND HE FELL HIT TIRE AND THEN FELL TO GROUND.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING LOCK LINE UP OFF THE END OF THE BARGE THERE WAS A CLEVIS ON THE END OF THE LINE WHEN IT CAME OVER THE TOP OF THE BARGE THE CLEVIS HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE RT ELBOW
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING A LIGHT PLANT AND GOT DIESEL FUEL IN HIS EYES REQUIRING MEDICATION AND DAYS FROM WORK.
A WHEEL WAS REMOVED FROM TRUCK AND PLACED AGAINST WALL--WHEEL FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS TEARING BRICK OUT OF #3 KILN TO MAKE A PATCH. THEY WERE USING A JACK HAMMER TO REMOVE THE OLD BRICK. EMPLOYEE HAD HIS RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF KILN TO BRACE HIMSELF, AND A BRICK SLID DOWN THE SIDE OF THE KILN AND HIT HIS RIGHT SHIN. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR AFTER WORK ON 8/27/90.
DRIVING QUARRY TRUCK,WHEEL DROPPED IN CLAY HOLE CAUSING TRUCK TO JOLT DRIVER TWISTING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ARCING LOADED BUCKET WHEN METAL DUST CAME UNDER WELDING HOOD.
SLIPPED & FELL HITTING SHOULDER ON RIB CHIPPING BONE.
USING BRICK JACK TO MOVE PALLETS OF BRICK ON LEFVEL CONCRETE FLOOR.EMPL LEFT ANKLE STARTED TO HURT & SWELL.EMPL WENT TO DR 8-26-90.
STANDING ON PLYWOOD PLATFORM, PLYWOOD SLIPPED EMP FELL TO FLOOR
ROCK CRUSHER JAMMED,OPER USED PRYBAR TO DISLODGE JAM.IMPACTOR THREW PRYBAR BACK CAUSING LACERATION ON OPER RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING HYDRATED LIME AND GOT LIME IN BOTH EYES. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY SUPERVISION TO WEAR EYE PROTECTION, BUT HAND REFUSED.
EMPLOYEE SAYS THAT HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK WHILE OPERATING WATER TRUCK FRIDAY 08-24-90.ON THIS TIME CARD FOR THAT DAY HE CHECKED THE COLUMN FOR NO INJURY TODAY.HE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR U NTIL THE FOLLOWING MONDAY 08-27-90.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A TRUCK STEP AND RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES.
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. AS HE LIFTED ROOF BOLTS & WOODEN HEADER BOARDS PAIN WAS FELT IN GROIN AREA.
AS EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO PUT THE LIDS BACK ON THE MINER, THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT EE WHO WAS IN FRONT OF THE MINER.
BAGGING SAND TURNED 100LB BAG, FELT STING IN BACK
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING DOWN BESIDE BELTLINE HE SLIPPED & FELL ON WATERLINE-SPRAINING HIS BACK
EE WAS WALKING PANLINE AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A LOW SHIELD.
THE MAN WAS MOVING A WALKING SHIELD WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM OFF THE TOP OF A SHIELD.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEEL BAR TO PULL DOWN LOOSE ROOF MATERIAL. AS THE EMPLOYEE PRYED ON ONE PIECE OF LOOSE SLATE, ANOTHER PIECE FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SHOULDER.
I NAME WAS MOVING RAILROAD TIES FELT SMALL PAIN IN STOMACH.
EE STATED WHILE WALKING DOWN LOOSE GOB PILE AT 27 ROCK HE SLIPPED BUT DID NOT FALL CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.
AS INJURED WAS HELPING HANG VENTILATION TUBING IN THE #2 AND #3 X-CUT IN THE 20 RT SECTION,HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.INJURED DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 09-17-90.
EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. HOWEVER THERE WAS A FALL INVOLVED, FROM THE GRADALL HE WAS OPERATING. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED ABRASION ON RIGHT ELBOW, PUNCTURE WOUND ON UPPER LEFT ARM, LACERATION ON UPPER FOREHEAD, BRUISES TO LOWER BACK, AND 2 BLACKENED EYES. FRACTURES TO 3 TEETH.
INJ WAS GETTING OFF BRIDGE CARRIER WHEN HE HIT FOOT ON SIDE OF BRIDGE.,
OPERATING DOZER ON HILLSIDE IN PIT AREA. DOZER RAN OVER LARGE ROCKS RESULTING IN A SHARP JOLT.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING UP ON FACE CHAIN FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK-DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 09-04-90.ON 09-10-90 HE REPORTED OFF WORK DUE TO BACK INJURY.
EE WAS GOING TO ALIGN PAN FEEDER, LEFT ANKLE GAVE WAY AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TRYING TO BUST UP A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN PIECES OF ROCK FLEW AND HIT INJURED IN EYES.
OPER CONT MINER PC OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON L HAND CATCHING HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND STATION
DESLAGGING WELDED SEAM & SMALL SLAG PARTICLE ENTER EYE. SLAG WASHED OUT OF EYE BUT RUST RING DEVELOPED & EMPL HAD TO GO BACK TO DOC. ON 8/30 & GET RUST RING REMOVED. LOST WORK 8/31 WILL BE BAC K AFTER LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
WHILE WORKING ON EQUIPMENT EMPLOYEE BUMPED LEFT SHIN DID NOT SEEK FIRST AID & SHIN DEVELOPED BLOOD POISONING REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 08-29-90 WENT TO DOC ON 08-28-90
REMOVING UNIT USING COME A LONG, COME A LONG SLIPPED UNIT FELL ON EMP FT AS GETTING OUT OF WAY
EMPL WAS STANDING NEAR BACK OF TRUCK ON TOP OF PARTIAL LOAD OF POST AS POSTS WERE BEING LOADED. EMPL FELL FROM LOAD ABOUT 9' TO GROUND & LANDED ON LEFT ELBOW. TOOK EMPL TO HELENA TO ST PETERS HOSP FOR TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD ANGLE IRON FROM ALAMO IRON TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON FELL OFF TRUCK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT ANKLE.
WAS INSTALLING A SPRING ON A R-35 EUCLID TRUCK USING A CHAIN HOIST-CHAIN BROKE LETTINGA FRAME FALL ON EMPLOYEE GLANCING BLOW.
WELD BROKE WHILE WORKING ON S CAFFOLDING HE FELL TO JAW CRUSHER
INJURED EMPL WAS LOADING PALLETS OF ASBESTOS FIBER ONTO TRACTOR TRAILER WITH ELECTRIC TRANSPORTER WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY PINCHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN TRANSPORTER HANDLE & LEFT SIDE OF TRAILER BOX WALL.
CLIMBING UP LADDER TO UNCHOKE CONE ON #2 SPRAY DRYER AFTER UNCHOCKING THE CONE HE STARTED CLEANING THE CLAY OFF #2 SCREW USING HIS RT HAND & AT THAT TIME A PIECE OF METAL WHICH WAS UNDER THE B UILD-UP FELL & STRUCK LEFT INDEX FINGER
I.NAME WAS PULLING ON THE AIR HOSE TO TAKE UP SLACK IN IT WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PICKED UP THE AIR HOSE TO ASSIST HIM. THIS SHIFTED THE WEIGHT OF THE HOSE THAT I.NAME WAS PULLING ON, AND CAUSED HIM TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL, STRAINING HIS LEFT KNEE.
PIT AREA WHILE WELDING ON A PIECE OF METAL FOR DLL THE PLATE SLIPPED HITTING BOTH WORKERS HANDS.
I.NAME WAS LOADING CINDER BLOCKS IN SCOOP BUCKET AND A BLOCK FELL FROM TOP OF STACK AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT FOOT.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF AN M-120 TRUCK SHE LOST HER FOOTING SLIPPED FROM LADDER FELL TO GROUND BELOW WET WEATHER W/MUD
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ONTO EXCAVATOR AND FELT A PULL IN UPPER RIGHT LEG.
GETTING DRESSED FOR WORK WHEN BASKET IN WASHHOUSE FELL FROM CEILING & STRUCK RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE IS CLASSIFIED AS AN MECHANIC DISCHARGE CHUTE WAS HUNG UP AT THE CLEAN COAL SILO HE WAS LAYING ON HIS SIDE ON A CATWALK TRY ING TO FREE THE CHUTE WITH A CUTTING TORCH THE TORCH POPPED & BLEW BACK HOT MOLTEN METAL THIS HOT MATERIAL GOT INTO THE EMPLOYEES EAR RESULTING IN A 1ST DEGREE BURN TO EAR CANAL OF THE LEFT EAR INCIDENT NOW APPEARS REPOTABLE HOWEVER COMPANY INVESTIGAT
MOVING DRUMS OF OIL FROM LUBE TRUCK TO DOCK, POSITION HE WAS IN WHILE LIFTING OIL CUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK. DID NOT HAVE LOST TIME FROM WORK IMMEDIATELY. IS OFF THIS WEEK AND DOCTOR'S REQUE ST TO RELIEVE MUSCLE SPASM.
LIFTING STEEL BAR WITH OTHER CAUGHT INDEX FINGER OF R HAND UNDER IT BREAKING BONE IN TIP OF FINGER
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE RIDING MANTRIP, LOOSE SHELL FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND LANDED ON MANTRIP.
CLEANING UP AROUND MINE SURFACE AREA,STRAINED BACK,TWISTED.
INJ SHOVELING TAILPIECE,BELT SPLICE CAUGHT SHOVEL PUSHING IT INTO RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE AND HIS PARTNER WERE LIFTING TIMBER POSTS FROM THE GROUND ONTO A SUPPLY FLAT. HE SLIPPED AND DROPPED THE POST CATCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE CAR STAKE AND POST. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A LARGE LACERATION WITH AVULSED NAIL AND FRACTURE, LEFT THUMB, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
MOVING BELT STRUCTURE, CAUGHT FINGER.
OPER DROVE MACHINE WENT AROUND TO TACK UP LOOSE CURTAIN MACHINE MOVED INJ STRUCK ON LEG BY MACHINE
INJURED WAS SHOVELING THE LEFT RIB IN #3 ENTRY, BEFORE INSTALLING LIEN CURTAIN, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. INJURED WAS BESIDE THE ROOF BOLTER AND THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BOLTER AND RIB WAS 4 FEET. INJURED HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS AND HAS ATTENDED BACK SCHOOL.
I.NAME WAS MUCKING A DRIFT, THE BUCKET CAUGHT A BOULDER, TIPPED THE MUCKER AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE WALL OF THE DRIFT.
EMPLOYEE SAID THE AIR COMPRESSOR KILL SWITCH WAS B.O. AND HE STUCK HIS RIGHT HAND INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN THE DARK LOOKING FOR METHOD TO SHUT ENGINE OFF AND RIGHT HAND MADE CONTACT WI TH FAN.
EMPL WAS CLEANING BELT AFTER BELT MOVE EMPL WAS SHOVELING WET MATERIALS & STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING WET MATERIALS & LOADING ON BELT.
MAKING REPAIRS TO DOZER.
EMPL WAS WORKING ON CAT WALK HEN IT GAVE WAY & EMPL FELL 15' TO GROUND DISLOCTING RIGHT ELBOW. WHOLE BODY HIT GROUND.
PARTICLES IN AIRE FROM T.D.FAN LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.
CLIMBING DOWN LADDER LOST FOOTING FELL
INJURED WAS CUTTING BRIDGE BOARD. THE PIECE THAT WAS SAWED OFF FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPL STEPPING UP SIDE OF UNDERPASS,SLIPPED AND FELL IN UNDERPASS.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON LADDER WHILE DISMOUNTING DOZER AT END OF SHIFT. ALTHOUGH THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED 8-24-90 AND EMPLOYEE MADE A ONE-TIME DIAGNOSTIC VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE HAD NO TIME L OST UNTIL 9-19-90. EMPLOYEE IS NOW SEEING A PHYSDICIAN FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.
MAN SAID HE WAS MOVING TRACK RAIL WITH BAR WHEN STRAINED BACK.
EMPL RAISED UP,STRUCK HEAD ON HEADER WHILE RIDING TRACK MOTOR OFF SECTION SUPPLY TRACK.
CHECKING OIL IN TRANSMISSION, SLIPPED AND FELL ON SEAT WITH RIGHT SIDE.
EMPL WAS CUTTING HOSE WITH KNIFE. WHEN CUTTING THROUGH PUSH KNIFE & SLICED 1ST FINGER & BACK OF HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING LOOSE MATERIAL FROM THE FACE AND SAW A LARGE ROCK BEGINNING TO FALL. HE QUICKLY STEPPED BACK ONTO THE GRIZZLY AND HIS RIGHT LEG WENT BETWEEN THE RAILS. HE FELL DOWN ONTO T HE GRIZZLY, LEAVING HIS LEFT LEG EXPOSED. THE ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT LEG. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURE-LET DISTAL FIBULA, CAUSING HIM TO LOST TIME FROM WORK.
HE AND ANOTHER MAN WERE LIFTING A 30-40 LB HOOD OFF A WATER PUMP. THE HOOD WAS WET FROM DEW. THEY LIFTED THE HOOD APPROX. 30 INCHES WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND.
WHILE CLEANING UP SPILLAGE UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT, EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.
HE WAS WORKING IN THE SHOP WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A HYDRAULIC HOSE. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED STITCHES. HOWEVER, HE DID RETURN TO WORK THE SAME NIGHT.
INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF TAKING SCOOP OFF CHAREGE. HE STEPPED UP ON HINGE JACK ON SCOOP WITH RIGHT FOOT & WAS GOING TO SWING LEFT LEG UP ON TOP WHEN HE STRUCK SIDE OF SCOOP WITH LEFT KNEE. Y
ABOUT 2:30PM HH STRAINED HIS LEFT TESTICLE WHILE LIFTING ROCK FROM TAILPIECE. OYEE ON THE ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINING CABLE AND COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN CENTER OF BACK AND UP RIGHT SIDE.
EMPL WAS PICKING UP ON BELT DRIVE MOTOR. WHEN MOTOR WAS SHOVED FORWARD EMPL SRPAINED KNEE.
MOVING UP CABLE ON U-11 - PULLING CABLE INTO BREAKER BOX. EMPLOYEE IN KNEELING POSITION. STOOD UP WHEN FINISHED, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
SHE WAS DRIVING 9166 PRODUCTION TRUCK AND WAS BEING LOADED BY 9252 LOADER. THE LOADER OPERATOR DROPPED A LARGE CHUNK INTO THE BOX WHICH JARRED THE TRUCK AND THE EMPLOYEE AND RESULTED IN HER HA VING A SORE BACK (LOST TIME).
EMPL WORKING AS LABORER IN #3 KILN TEARING BRICK OUT.WAS USING SCALING BAR TO KNOCK BRICK DOWN WHEN THEY WOULD HIT THEY FELL IN LIME DUST.FAN WAS RUNNING AND IT BLEW DUST INTO HIS EYES.
WAS CUTTING A WIRE ROPE WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW INTO HIS RT EYE & SCRATCHED EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 6"X6"X5 1/2' BLOCK WHICH WAS IN PLACE OVER A RAIL BEAM.WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE BLOCK,APIECE OF ROCK FELL ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BLOCK CATCHING EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND THE ROOF.
I.NAME SHOVELING GROUT,TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPL WAS MAKING BELT SPLICE ON #3 BELT LINE WHERE HE STARTED TO CUT PIECE OF BELT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED THROUGH BELT CUTTING HIM ON RIGHT THIGH.
DIGGING WITH PICK AND SHOVEL SUSTAINED SUDDEN ONSET OF SPASM PAIN IN LOW BACK
WHILE OPERATING A LOADER AT THE FACE, THE LOADER ARM GOT HUNG UP IN HARD COAL CAUSING THE LOADER TO JERK. THE INJURED WAS HOLDING ONTO THE LEVERS AS HE WAS JERKED CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS RIG HT SHOULDER.
WALKING ALONG WALKING BY HEAD HOUSE ROCK PUSHER WHEN INJURED FELL PARTIALLY THROUGH FLOOR HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BUT HURT HIS SHOULDER
INJURED WAS HELPING IN LIFTING LONGWALL EQUPMENT ON MINE FLAT CAR CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER RT HAND BETWEEN EQUIPMENT & MINE FLOOR
EE WAS DRIVING UP HILL FROM FUEL TANK TO PLANT AREA. THE TRUCK WAS LOADED AND FAILED TO PULL THE HILL. THE FOOT BRAKE DID NOT HOLD THE TRUCK AND HE BACKED DOWN THE HILL AND AROUND A CORNER OF THE ROAD. THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS ROLLED UP ON THEEDGE OF THE LIME PILE AND THE TRUCK OVERTURNED.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A 12' X 3/4" ROOF BOLT. ROOF BOLT WAS BENT AND LODGED IN HOLE. CO-WORKER WAS USING ROOF BOLT WRENCH TO STRIKE BENT ROOF BOLT IN ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN IT. SOCKET END OF R OOF BOLT WRENCH CAME OFF STRIKING INJURED IN CHEST.
LIFTING BUCKET OF MINER BITS OFF OF MINER HE WAS OPER
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SLABS ON OUR YARD WITH TOWMOTOR, AS HE CAME BACK INTO THE BLDG HE FELT A STING UNDER HIS LEFT ARM. HE KNOCKED THE BEE OFF AND IMMEDIATELY BECAME DIZZY AND BEGAN ITCHING . FOREMAN IMMEDIATELY TOOK EMPLOYEE TO EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT. DOCTOR GAVE SHOTS AND MEDICINE AND INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEE TO SEE A DOCTOR FOR TESTING, WHICH HE DID, AND IS NOW TAKING TREAT
BENT OVER PUMP SCOOP REACHED BACK TO BROKE 5 TH RIB
HAD LOOSE DRAW ROCK FALL & HIT HIM BRUISED RIGHT SIDE & HIP.
THE VICTIMA ND PARTNER WERE PUSHING CONCENTRATE BARREL INTO A FRONT END LOADER BUCKE TWHEN ONE OF THE BARRELS BEING PUSHED BROKE IN TWO AFTER HITTING HTE BUCKET LIP. THE TOP OF THE BARREL FEL L INTO THE BUCKET THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL FELL BACK LANDING ON THE VICTIMS FOOT.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING AROUND TAILPIECE AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
AREA WHERE INJURED FELL WAS MUDDY & VERY SLICK WHILE WALKING TOWARDS FLY PADS WHICH HE WAS GOING TO TAKE DOWN SLIPPED & FELL HURTING BACK POSSIBLE STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING COAL WITH A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A BIT LUG CAME OFF, HITTING HIM ON THE HAND.
EMPL DRAGGING 3" X 8" PLANK OVER TOP OF MC 007 SECTION BELT OVERCAST,AGGRAVATED LEFT KNEE RESULTING IN MINERS KNEE.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS RIB COAL FELL & STRUCK THE INJURED EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT ARM
MOVING METAL OFF SILO, PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A PTO BREAKER ON A SCOOP WHEN A SCREWDRIVER MADE CONTACT WITH A POWER LEAD CAUSING A FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES
EMPL WAS LOADING HEADER BOARD. PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMPL GETTING ROCK OFF MINER,ROCK HIT HIM ON RIGHT FOREARM AND CUT IT.
EMPL WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY HE HAD PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE IS GOING TO HAVE SURGRY ON KNEE. STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN ON 8/23/90. THIS INJURY IS SAME ONE SUSTAINED ON 11/16/89. EMPLOYEE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED FOR DAYS LOST BEGINNING 2/12/90. (PREEXISTING CONDITION, INJURY AGGRAVATED BY WORK)
USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO SEAT OFF LEAKING VALVES PAIN IN UPPER BACK
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM CONCRETE SLAB AND STEPPED ONTO PIECE OF ANGLE IRON, THE ANGLE CAUSED HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE.
MAN WAS BENT OVER PULLING ROCK OUT FROM UNDER BOTTOM BELT WHEN BACK STAR EE HURTING HIM.
THE MAN WAS DRILLING WITH A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM DOZER,LANDED ON FEET AND FELL FORWARD ON HANDS AND KNEES HURTING BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PLACE A CHUTE INTO POSITION ON A GRAVEL WASHING PLANT. WHEN THE CHUTE DID NOT SET PROPERLY THE EMPLOYEE MOMENTARILY LOST HIS BALANCE AND PLACED HIS LEFT HAND IN A POSIT ION THAT WAS CAUGHT BY THE CHUTE WHEN IT DID SLIP INTO PLACE RESULTING IN MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF THE LEFT HAND FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FRONT LIGHT ON D-9 DOZER. DURING THIS TASK HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT THIGH ON BACKSIDE OF BLADE.
REMOVING POWER CABLE FROM GARAGE CABLE GOT CAUGHT ON HOOK ON SWITCHBOX BEING REPAIRED THE INJURY OCCURED WHILE I LIFTED THE CABLE FROM HOOK ON BOX
HE PUSHE DREAL HARD TO GET A LARGE STONE OFF ROLLERS AND FELT A SHARP PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST.