Mining Incidents in February 1991

I NAME OPERATING SCOOP IN REMOTE MODE SCOOPED FACE 3 ENTRY WHILE BACKING HE WAS STRUCK BY SCOOP CRUSHED BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROOF BOLTER SETTING IN X CUT CRUSHING BLOW CAUSED FATAL INJURIES TO RI GHT SIDE OF TORCO.

EMPL & FOREMAN HAD BEEN WELDING ADDITIONAL FITTINGS ON PRTABLE FUEL TANKS. TANKS HAD BEEN FILLED WITH WATER DURING WELDING OPERATION. AFTER FINISHING WLEDING TANKS WERE BEING DRAINED & FOREMAN WALKED INTO SHOP TO WORK ON HOSES. FOR SOME REASON UNKNOWN TO US EMPL CLIMBED IN BETWEEN FUEL TANKS & EXPLOSION OCCURED CAUSING INSTAND DEATH. CAUSE OF IGNITION IS UNKNOWN.

LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND SKID INTO BERM AND ROLLED OVER EMBANKMENT(BERM) DOWN SLOP

MASSIVE ROOF FALL ON 2-13-91 ABOUT 4:00 PM. EXTENDED FROM FACE TO ABOUT 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY, EST UP TO 12 FT THICK. RECOVERY CREWS USED COMPRESSED AIR PICKS TO BREAK UP MASSIVE ROCK TO REACH V ICTIMS

MASSIVE ROOF FALL ON 2-13-91 ABOUT 4:00 PM. EXTENDED FROM FACE TO ABOUT 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY, EST UP TO 12 FT THICK. RECOVERY CREWS USED COMPRESSED AIR PICKS TO BREAK UP MASSIVE ROCK TO REACH V ICTIMS

MASSIVE ROOF FALL ON 2-13-91 ABOUT 4:00 PM. EXTENDED FROM FACE TO ABOUT 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY, EST UP TO 12 FT THICK. RECOVERY CREWS USED COMPRESSED AIR PICKS TO BREAK UP MASSIVE ROCK TO REACH V ICTIMS

MASSIVE ROOF FALL ON 2-13-91 ABOUT 4:00 PM. EXTENDED FROM FACE TO ABOUT 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY, EST UP TO 12 FT THICK. RECOVERY CREWS USED COMPRESSED AIR PICKS TO BREAK UP MASSIVE ROCK TO REACH V ICTIMS

INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FAILURE OF CONTRACTOR TO INSPECT HIGHWALL FOR DETERIORATION, RESULTED IN LOOSE ROCK DISLODGING FROM HIGHWALL STRIKING THE VICTIM FATALLY

ASSISTING IN CLEARING BLOCKAGE IN VALVE OPER ROTARY VALVE BELOW BOX DISCHARGE OUTLET MACHINE NOT SHUT OFF FALLING MATERIAL FORCED EMP HAND IN ROTATING VALVE CAUSING THE INJ

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS LIFTING AN AIR HOSE ON JUMBO DRILL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT GROIN. A DAY LATER HE NOTICED A BUMP AND ON 3-1-91 A MEDICAL DOCTOR CONFIRMED A RIGHT SID E HERNIA.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A 110 VOLT SUBMERSIBLE PUMP INTO AN 8" PIPE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A CONVEYOR BELT AND STRAINED HIS ABDOMEN.

WAS PUTTING PIN BACK IN THAT HELD TRACK ON FEEDER. OTHER MAN MOVED FEEDER WHILE HIS FINGER WAS IN THE WAY. IT CUT THE END OF HIS FINGER OFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING 16 LBS SLEDGE HAMMER, FELT PAIN IN BACK.

LIFTING SHIELD ON CONE- IMPROPER LIFTING.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION THE JACKLEG WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE SOFT MUCK.HE THEN FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN.

REPAIRING BELT PULLEY -GAVE SIGNAL TO START PULLEY-PULLEY DID NOT MOVE-MAN ON GROUND DID NOT SEE SIGNAL TO TURN OFF-TRIED TO HAND TURN PULLEY-ELECTRICITY WAS ON-SO PULLEY KICKED OVER CATCHING FINGER IN SAID PULLEY.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE PULLED HIS GROIN WHILE CLOSING STONE BOX DOORS(HEAVY STEEL DOORS ON THE STONE BOX OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER) EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME FOR THIS INJURY UNTIL 03-04-91 H E TOOK VACATION FROM 03-04-91 TO 03-08-91 BUT STILL COUL NOT RETURN TO WORK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE OVER THE MINER HEAD.AS THE CABLE WAS BEING LIFTED THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE CHANGED VBELT DRIVE UNIT ON MILL STARTED MILL & CUT OFF MILL MILL WAS SHUT OFF BUT STILL MOVING EMPLOYEE WAS CHOCKING BELT TENSIONS GOT FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN MILL BELT & PULLEY

INSTALLING GUIDE TO COAL DAY TANK CONVEYOR PIPE SLIPPED LANDING ON LEFT RING FINGER END OF RINGER WAS CRUSHED TIP OF FINGER WAS LOST.

THE WAS PULLING ON MIENR CABLE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ON 2-12-91. HOWEVER, HE CONTINUED TO WORK THINKING IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT. THEN ON 2-20-91 HE INFORMED US OF THE ACCIDENT AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO SEE A DOCTOR.

HE WAS MOVING RAILS ON A SUPPLY CAR, WHEN HE CAUGHT THE TIP OF HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO RAILS.

WHILE MOVING "C" SLOPE CURB DOWN LEFT HAND ROLL CASE PAST SAW, WHICH WAS SHUT OFF, HIS HAND (GLOVED) THAT WAS PUSHING THE CURB PASSED TOO CLOSE TO THE SLOWING SAW BLADE AND HIS THUMB WAS PULLE D INTO THE SAW SEVERING THE RIGHT THUMB AT AN ANGLE.

ON 02-17-91 EMPLOYEE WAS RE-RAILING A JEEP WITH A LIFTING JACK.IN THE PROCESS,ALLEGES HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN.ON 03-07-91 THE EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK DUE TO AN ALLEGED HERN IA.

I.NAME ADJUSTING TENSION ON PUMP V-BELT DRIVE WHEN RIGHT INDEX FINGER BECAME CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT OF BELT AND MOTOR SHEAVE.

EE WAS HELPING HIS PARTNER MOVE A PIECE OF 8 INCH STEEL PIPE OUT OF THEIR WORK AREA. AS HE MOVED HIS END OF THE PIPE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. THIS INCIDENT RESULTE D IN AN ACUTE LEFT INGUINAL HERNIA. HE WAS REFERRED TO A GENERAL SURGEON AND WAS TAKEN OFF THE JOB FOR SURGERY.

COUPLING 6" SLURRY LINE TOGETHER AT ELBOW AREA. ELBOW FELL INTO PLACE- STRUCK EMPLOYEE- AMPUTATION 1ST JOINT INDEX FINGER LEFT HAND- SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON STEPS AT WATER PUMPS. EMPLOYEE SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 3-12-91, NO LOST TIME UNTIL 3-12-91. HE WILL BE OFF FOR 4 TO 6 WEEKS.

WHILE USING A CHOKER CABLE TO LIFT AND TRANSPORT A LOADER BUCKET INTO THE SHOP, THE CHOKER WAS HOOKED OVER TWO LOADER TEETH ON A 988 CAT LOADER THAT WAS USED TO MOVE THE UNUSED BUCKET ONE END OF THE CABLE SLIPPED OFF THE TOOTH AND HE TRIED TO REPLACE IT WHILE THE OPERATOR WAS STILL LIFTING. HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED AND HE LOST 1/4 INCH OFF THE END.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING STEEL.

WHILE LIFTING A HEAVY OBJECT, HE RUPTURED AN INTESTINE.

WHILE PULLING WELDER SLED INTO SCOOPBUCKET USING SCOOP RAM & CHAIN INJ GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN RAM & CHAIN CUTTING OFF TIP OF LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

EMPL REPORTED THAT HE & ANOTHER EMPL WERE PUTTING SCRAP METAL ONTO PALLETS TO BE SHIPPED OUT. AS THEY LIFTED SCRAP HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN. NO REPORTED UNTIL 2/11/91.

INJ AND 3 OTHERS CARRYING WALKTHROUGH DOOR AND INJ COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT AND TURN OVER POT DISC FOR CONTINOUS MINER.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS HELPING INSTALL HOIST ROPES ON THE SHOVEL AND WAS THREADING THE ROPE THROUGH THE POINT SHEAVE AND WAS PULLING ON THE ROPE.THREE DAYS LATER HE REPORTED A LUMP IN HI S LOWER ABDOMEN WHICH WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA.FEBRUARY 11,1991 WAS HIS FIRST DAY OFF WORK.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A PELLET SCREEN PUNCH PLATE ALONE WHEN SUDDENLY HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

WAS DRILLING WITH 18" DRILL STEEL IN SAND ROCK TOP HAD LEFT HAND ON STEEL. STEEL BROKE WHERE IT COUPLED CATCHING LEFT HAND AGAINST TOP. HAD TO HAVE LITTLE FINGER AMPUTATED AT HOSPITAL.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH BLOCKING TIMBER AND CABLES WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA. HE DID NOT FEEL AT THE TIME THAT THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE AND CONTINUE D TO WORK THE REMAINDER OF HIS SCHEDULED SHIFT. ON 2-2-91, HE WOKE UP WITH SWELLING IN GROIN AREA. INJURED WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON THIS DATE AND WAS TREATED FOR A POSSIBLE HERNIA. HE WAS RE-E

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING HALF HEADERS OFF HTE ROOF BOLTER, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE CAME TO WORK FOR 2 HRS ON 2/28/91 THEN FOUND HIS FOREMAN & SAID HIS BACK HURT. WHEN ASKED HOW, WHEN WHERE IF HAPPENED, HE DIDN'T KNOW SAID IT PROBABLY HAPPENED AT HOME. SO HE WENT HOM E. HIS WIFE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL EMER. RM. ON 3/1/91 HE CALLED & WOULD BE OFF TILL TUESDAY, HAD ANOTHER DR'S APPT. 3/4/91. 3/5/91 CAME IN WITH DRS EXCUSE FOR MONTH OF MARCH. WANTED TO CHA

EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A PIECE OF CAHNNEL IRON.ONE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP AND THE PIECE OF IRON FELL ON HAND.

CHIPPING SLAG ON FORM FOR KILN HOOD, WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, A PIECE OF SLAG HIT HIS LEFT EYE. CORNEAL ABRASION.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BACK THROUGH SHOT ROCK TO PULL CABLE UP IN AN AREA THAT LOOKED SAFE.EMPLOYEE TOOK A STEP FORWRD AND THE DIRT GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL HURTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

HE WAS PULLING WIRE CABLE UP TO TAIL PIECE FOR A BELT MOVE AND HIS RIGHT KNEE GAVE WAY ON HIM WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON ROPE.

HE SAID HE WAS LIFTING ON 4" STEEL WATER PIPE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

HE GOT OFF 3-WHEELER AND HIT HIS RIGHT LEG AGAINST IT, RESULTING IN SEVERE CONTUSIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON BATTERY CASE OF AUTO CAR TRUCK.CLEANING OFF SIDE MIRROR,JUMPED OFF TO THE GROUND(APPLY 3 FT LANDING IN A HOLE.

PIECE OF ROOF STEEL CHIPPED OFF HIT EMPLOYEE IN TOP OF RIGHT HAND AND THUMB.

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY ON THE CAR

LIFTING 40 FT SECTION OF PIPE PIPEFELL AND HIT HIM ON SHOULDER.

PULLING LENGTH OF 12" PIPE FROM PIPE-WELDING BUILDING. FLANGE ON END OF PIPE CAUGHT DOOR FRAME. WHEN FLANGE SLIPPED FREE, DOOR FRAME RECOILED, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOREARM.

WHILE CLIMBING UP INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF HIS TRUCK TO TURN A HEATER WATER VALVE OFF THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED A LIGAMENT IN HIS RIGHT HAND-MIDDLE FINGER.

PRELIMARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES SWITCHMAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO BOARD A MOVING TRAIN WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS RUN OVER BY A TRAIN CAR WHEEL.

STEPPED OFF AN 8" CEMENT PAD WHILE CARRYING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ONTO A DRILL DECK TO RETRIEVE A SAMPLE WHEN HE SLIPPED, CAUSING A BACK STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE NOSE OF THE KILN & BURNT HIS EYES

THE INJURED PERSON WAS INSTALLING A LOADER TIRE WHILE TYRING TO LIFT THE TIRE INTO PLACE HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON BACK OF TRUCK WHEN HIS LEG SLIPPED OFF THE TRUCK,HITTING THE SIDE RAIL ON THE TRUCK.ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 03-06-91.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF THE DOZER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. HE SLIPPED ON ONE OF THE TRACK PADS CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS LEFT ELBOW AND FOREARM ON A TRACK PAD. HE SUSTAIN ED TWO BONE CHIPS IN HIS LEFT ELBOW AND A BROKEN BONE IN HIS LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER BELT AND TWISTED LOWER BACK.

WAS REBRICKING K-4 KILN KNEELED DOWN ON A BROKEN PIECES OF BRICK.

EE WAS PUSHING OPEN THE DOOR TO A POWDER MAGIZINE AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.

HE TRIPPED OVER THE MINER CABLE.

WORKING ON BELTLINE, LIFTING STRUCTURE AND HURT LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING A ROCK INTO THE CRUSHER JAW WHEN HER ARM AND HAND WERE SLAMMED BACK INTO THE FRAME WORK AROUND JAW.IT WAS LATER FOUND THAT THE FRAME WORK WAS BENT INTO ITS USUAL POSITION BY A PREVIOUS ROCK REMOVAL.THE FRAME HAS SINCE BBEEN STRAIGHTENED.

MINER WAS MUCKING WITH CAVO 310 RUBBER TIRE MUCKER WHEN A BOULDER ROLLED OFF THE MUCK PILE, STRIKING HIS FOOT.

MINER OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING MINER WITH KENOTE BOX ON TOP OF MINER. BOX FELL OFF CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN BOX AND MINE BOTTOM BRUISING HIS LEFT THUMB.

EE WAS CLEARING A LARGE ROCK OUT FROM UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER AT THE CRUSHER RUN PLANT. WHILE GETTING OUT FROM UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER, HE HIT HIS RIGHT SIDE FO BACK ON A STEEL I-BEAM. HE SAYS HE ALSO PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE SAME AREA AT THE SAME TIME.

EE WAS LOADING SMALL RIP RAP ROCKS ON TRUCK WHEN ONE OF THE ROCKS BROKE HITTING HIM IN THE CHEST RESULTING IN A BRUISE TO HIS RIBS.

TAILPIECE FELL FROM CRIB BLOCK STRIKING RIGHT FOOT.

EMPL WORKING BETWEEN 2 SCREENS IN SCREENHOUSE AT THE SMALL DRYER AND STEPPED THROUGH THE CATWALK WHERE A SECTION HAD BEEN REMOVED.THE RESULT WAS AN OPEN FRACTURE OF RIGHT LEG.

EE WAS WALKING PAST THE EL JAY CRUSHER WHEN THE CRUSHER BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN. EE VIEW TO BE LOWER WAS BLOCKED SO HE TRIED TO PLACE HIMSELF IN VIEW TO SEE WHY IT WAS SHUTTING DOWN. EE WASY STAND ING UNBALALNCED, HE TURNED QUICKLY LOSING HIS BALANCE AND TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF. HE TWISTED HIS BACK IN THE PROCESS

EMPLOYEE HAD PULLED MINER CABLE OVER AND WAS WAITING ON MINER TO COME ACROSS, WHEN HE PULLED HIS HAT OFF TO SCRATCH HIS HEAD AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN PINS AND HIT HIM IN THE T OP OF HIS HEAD.

P-10 SECTION. CUTTING LINE CURTAIN OUT OF CONVEYOR CHAIN ON SHUTTLE CAR. LOST HIS BALANCE AND KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING A LACERATION OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.

USING BALL PIN HAMMER & CHIESEL BEATING ON BROKEN BAR CHIP OFF CHIESEL FLEW IN LEFT EYE. UNKNOWN AMOUNT DAMAGE.

INJURED WAS LOADING "C" CHANNELS ON ROOF BOLTER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE ROOF BOLTER WAS THEN TRAMMED TO #5 ENTRY AND AS INJURED WAS UNLOADING THE ROOF BOLTER CABLE HIS RIGHT LEG B ECAME WEAK.

CRAWLING AROUND IN MINES KNEE SWELLED UP. FLUID ON KNEE.

EE STARTED HAVING KNEE PAIN, SAID FROM CRAWLING AROUND ON HIS KNEE. SAID HE HAD SURGERY ON IT BEFORE AND THAT DR TOLD HIM HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TOUBLE AGAIN DUE TO SCAR TISSUE & BONE SPURS.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING ON SHIELDS BEING INSTALLED ALONG THE LONGWALL FACE WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED.

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED DRILLING HEADING,MOVED DRILL RIG BACK TO CLEAN AND PAINT DRILL HOLES FOR POWDERMAN.INJURED TOLD FOREMAN HE HAD HEARD THE FACE SNAPPING AND TRIED TO RUN BACK TOWARD THE DR ILL BUT WAS HIT BY A LARGE SLAB OF LOOSE WHICH FELL FEOM THE FACE (8'X8').

HELPING ROLL BELT ONTO WINDER AT 2 LW HEADER PULLING ON BELT WITH PAIR OF PLIERS FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS HAULING TUBING VENT FROM THE AND REMOVE IT FROMN SECITON WHEN EXPLISION OCCURRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOWERING AFTER HIS SHIFT AND SOMEONE FLUSHED A TOILET AND HOT WATER BURNED HIM. WHEN HE JUMPED BUT OF SHOWER HE SLIPPED AND HURT KNEE AND BACK. SENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM NEXT DAY.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING ON SHIELD BEING INSTALLED ON THE LONGWALL FACE.

WALKING TWISTED HIS KNEE.

DRIVING DUMP TURKC HIT BUMP IN ROAD JARRING CAUSED BACK INJURY.

EE WAS HELPING MINER OPERATIN HANG MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN & A "CATCH" IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE REMOVING TIRE FROM WHEEL HUB THE WEDGE BARBEING USED SLIPPED & CUT FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO REMOVE A PERMANENT METAL LIFTH POLE ABOUT 35' TALL. EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTED TO TOP OF THE POLE IN A MANBASKET SUSPENDED FROM A CRANE AT WHICH TIME HIS RIGGING WAS ATTACHE D TO THE POLE. THE MANBASKET WAS THEN SET DOWN AND THE EMPLOYEE THEN CLIMBED THE PERMANENT STEPS ON THE POLE TO THE TOP TO CONNECT THE RIGGING TO THE CRANE. THE POLE WAS CORRODED UNDER GROUND

THROWING ROPE TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND FELL OF DOCK,CAUGHT THE HOPPER CAR AND DID NOT HIT THE GROUND BELOW,FELL ON MY TAILBONE ON THE DECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A BOX OF DIAMOND DRILL CONE & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED 2 DAYS BEFORE A COMPANY WIDE LAY OFF IN WHICH HE WAS TERMINATED

CREW WAS PICKING UP A R35 TIRE WITH A BOBCAT TIRE SLIPPED IN THE BUCKET CATCHING EMPLOYEE FINGER BETWEEN THE BOBCAT BUCKET K& TIRE RIMS

INJURED STATED SHE WAS PARKED HALFWAY DOWN RAMP 12, SHE WAS DISMOUNTING HAUL TRUCK TO USE THE TOILET FACILITIES WHEN SHE MISSED HER FOOTING ON SECOND STEP CAUSING HER TO LOOSE HER BALANCE AND FALL FROM HAUL TRUCK 9 1/2 FEET DOWN. SHE TRIED TO CATCH HERSELF WITH HER LEFT HAND UPON LANDING, FRACTURING HER LEFT WRIST AND CAUSING PAIN TO HER BACK.

MAN WAS BACKING ROOF BOLTER OUT OF #3 ENTRY AND BACKED INTO 4 WHEELER PORTA-BUS. HE HAD RIGHT FOOT OUT OF BOLTER DECK AND MASHED HIS FOOT WHEN HE BUMPED 4 WHEELER.

WHILE CARRYING A 3FT GUARD TO BE INSTALLED ON A PALLETIZER EMPLOYEE MISSED THE STEP SLIPPED & FELL INTO THE HANDRAIL IMPACTING IT WITH THE RT SIDE OF HIS CHEST

DRILL STEEL WAS LOADED INTO DIPPER OF ST-8 AND BROKE OFF AGAINST A PILLAR, STRIKING OPERATOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP ROOF BOLTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER PLANT. WEDGE FELL OUT OF CRUSHER ABOVE HIM FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD.

EE WAS OPERATING BAGGER AND RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT AND MASHED.

INJURED WAS SHOVELING AND LOADING DYNAMILL HAMMERS IN LOADER BUCKET,HAMMERS INVOLVED WEIGHING APPROX 100 LBS.WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF BACK HURTING EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO PERFORM JOB DUTIES UNTIL G OING TO DOCTOR ON 03-05-91.EMPLOYEE DID NOT REQUEST DOCTOR UNTIL THIS TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS INST ALLING A CHOKE CHAIN IN CONVEYOR THROAT OF FEEDER BREAKER AS HE STOOD UP & TURNED TO HIS RT HE HIT HIS HEAD INTO A BELT CHAIN ANCHOR SECUR ED TO THE ROOF HE JAMMED HIS NECK & FELT AMMEACLIARE PAIN IN NECK & RT SHOULDER

CLEANING DRILL BENCH WITH DOZER, PICKED UP CORNER BIT HURT BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING A 8" PIPE WITH A 3# HAMMER BECAUSE IT WAS PLUGGED. HE SWUNG ANDHIT A GLANCING BLOW ON THE PIPE WHICH HE FELT CAUSED A PROBLEM WITH HIS NECK. AND SHOULDER.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER OR SQUATTING DOWN TRAPPING A BOX WHEN HER BACK "GAVE OUT" AND THE MUSCLES WENT INTO SPASM.

WAS DESCENDING LADDER FROM CAT 777 TRUCK WAS ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP AND SLIPPED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK TO THE GOUND LEVEL. SKINNED RIGHT KNEE HIT LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE INS IDE LEG SORE AND TOES ON BOTH FEET SORE. POSSIBLY TWISTED LEFT LEG NO LOST TIME ON 3-20-91 EE SAW DR BUT DR ID NOT RELATE COMPIANT TO THIS ACCIDENT.

MAN WAS RIDING A 2 MAN PERSONNEL CARRIER TO D02 SECTION WHEN HE MET A SCOOP TRAVELING TOWARD OUTSIDE. THE MAN PULLED INTO A BREAK TO LET SCOOP PASS. THE HAULROAD WAS ROUGH AND MUDDY. THE BATTE RY END OF SCOOP SLID INTO THE PERSONNEL CARRIER JARRING THE MAN AND INJURING HIS BACK.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING ON SHIELDS BEING INSTALLED ALONG THE LONGWALL FACE WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS HAULING TUBING VENT FROM THE SECTION WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED.

E;MPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DISSENDING LADDER ON SHOVEL BOOM WHEN HE SLIPPED ON HOUSE OF ROOF & TURNED RT ANKLE THERE WAS NO GREASE OR OIL ON THE HOUSE ROOF

CLEANING OUT DRILL POT WHEN DRILL STEEL BROKE LOOSE FALLING OUT OF THE TOP AND STRIKING EMPLOYEES MIDDLE FINGER.

MANTRIP WAS GOING FROM SHOP TO 1ST EAST ON BOTTOM WHILE GOING AROUND CURVE BUS JUMPED OFF TRACK WITH THE FRONT SET OF WHEELS. EE SAID THAT HE HURT HIS NECK AGAIN.

STEPPED OFF TRACKMOBILE AND TWISTED KNEE RESULTING IN TORN MUSCLES REQUIRING SURGERY.

15-M MAN WAS PUTTING CONTACTOR BOX LID ON A JOY SHUTTLE CAR AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS HELPING TAKE VENT TUBING DOWN AND REMOVE IT FROM SECTION WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE DRIVING TOWARD FACE IN #2 ENTRY ON #2 UNIT S/CAR HI T HOLE IN ROADWAY & BOUNCED HIM INTO CANOPY

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT USING HIS KNEE.LOCATION #7 RIGHT BREAK.

EE WAS CUTTING BOLTS HOLDING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER BUCKET. AFTER LAST BOLT WAS CUT AND TORCH WAS PUT AWAY CUTTING EDGE FELL, SENDING SLAG INTO EE S EYE. EE LEFT EYE WAS BURNED AND BRUISED.

THE INDIVUDUAL WAS TAKING DOWN TUBING VENTILATION AND CARRYING IT OUT WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON LOOSE COAL AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS FOOTING. EMPLOYEE FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS TAKING DOWN VENT TUBING AND REMOVING IT WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED.

EMPLS WERE REPLACING OXYGEN BOTTLE WHEN IT FELL & STRUCK INJ ON LT FOOT.

AFTER REPLACING THE BAGS ON THE R.O., HE WAS TIGTING THE BOLTS BACK ON THE LID WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACK. UPON FALLING BACK HE LANDED ON THE BOTTOM PIPE OF THE R.O. ACCROSS HIS BACK.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING REMOVE OLD BELT STRUCTURE FROM BELT DRIVE AREA. WHILE LAYING UNDER THE STRUCTURE AND POUNDING ON BELT RAIL PIN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF THE HAMMER FLING UNDER HIS GLASSES STRIKING HIM IN THE EYE.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE WALKING THOUGH A CURTAIN A UNITRAC WAS COMING THROUGH AT THE SAME TIME AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEG.

A PIECE OF METAL USED FOR SPILL BAORD HAD SLIPPED OFF THE SIDE OF THE TAIL PIECE, WHILE EE WAS SHOVELING COAL THAT WAS PILLED FROM BUGG. HE STEPPED ON METAL CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO TWIST.

EE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE HANGING MONORAIL WHEN EE REPORTED HE HAD STRAINED HIS LOWER ABDOMEN WHEN HE WAS HOLDING RAIL UP.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE GOT HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT AHND PINCHED BETWEEN A TIE AND A PIECE OF RAIL(WENT TO DOCTOR 03-01-91).

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PICKING UP SLAB OF CONCRETE WITH ANOTHER MINER. WHENEVER OTHER MINER LOWERED HIS END, THIS LEFT ALL THE WEIGHT IN HIS HAND. HE THEN HEARD HIS BACK POP.

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING UNDERGROUND SHOP WHEN HE STUCK HIS HEAD ON A 7200 AC POWER PLUG.

EE REPORTED IN JUNE 1991 THAT ON THIS DATE IN FEB HE WAS JACKING A MANTRIP ONTO THE TRACK AND EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS ELBOW HE CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HIS ELBOW AND ON 2-12-92 HE IS TO HAVE SURGERY ON THE ELBOW. STARTED LOOSING TIMEON 2-12-92.

GOING DOWN STAIRS AND SLIPPED TWISTING RIGHT GROIN/LEG.

INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE USING A SCHROEDER DRILL TO STRAP RIBS IN #3 ENTRY ON 7A. THEY WERE TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH INSERTED INTO THE DRILL CHUCK TO TIGHTEN THE BOLT. THE BOLT WAS TI GHT AND THE DRILL ROTATED OUT THEIR HANDS AND THE HANDLE OF THE DRILL STRUCK INJURED'S UPPER LIP, RIGHT SIDE.

WHILE PULLING ON THE MINER CABLE HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

WAS UNLOADING ROCKDUST OFF BELT,HIS HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON BELT ROLLER.

EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS LOW BACK WHEN HE REGAINED HIS BALANCE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A WET SURFACE IN THE MILL.

WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER THE EMPLOYEE PULLED HIS SHOULDER CAUSING SEVERE PAIN TO SHOULDER AND ARM.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WASH DOWN HOSE GOT CAUGHT UNDER SHEARER & FLIPPED & HIT THE LEFT SIDE ON NECK

HE WAS USING THE WELDER AND EVEN THOUGH HE HAD A HOOD ON THE ARC FROM THE WELDER GOT INTO HIS EYE.

OPERATING ROOF BOLTER, CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN ATRS & TOP.

LOW HEIGHT MAN WAS SITTING ON KNEES.

EE CLAIMS AS HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP CEMENT BLOCK A PIECE OF RIB 3FT LONG 2 FT WIDE 1 1/2 FT THICK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON HEAD SHOULDER LEG.

PERSON WAS PULLING MINER CABLE BACK WHEN HE LOST FOOTING & FELL CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RT HAND CAUSING PAIN IN SHOULDER

WHILE HOLDING CABLE GOT RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE AND BOLTER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH A PICE OF METAL FOR A BRIDGE CARRIER WHEN THE METAL FELL ON HIS FOOT.

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF AN EIGHT TON TRACK LOCOMOTIVE.THE EMPLOYEE HAD STEPPED DOWN ONTO THE MINE FLOOR WHEN SHE LOST HER BALANCE.HER FOOT WA S PLACED AT THE EDGE OF A TIRE RUT APPROXIMATELY1' DEEP;WHEN SHE LOST HER BALANCE SHE FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR INJURING HER WRIST WRIST,HAND,SHOULDER AND NECK AND BACK.

KNEELING ON FLOOR IN MTC SHOP,STRIPPING AROMOR OFF CABLE.HAD STRIPPED OTHER END BEFORE BREAKTIMEAFTER BREAKING STARTED OTHER END AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK BUTTOCKS AND LEGS.SAT DOWN HO PING PAIN WOULD GO AWAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING BOLT THE LONGWALL FACELINE USING A GOPHER DRILL WHEN THE EMPLOYEE FELL STRIKING LEFT KNEE AGAINST PANLINE

EE WAS KNOCKING COAL LOOSE FROM THE TOP WITH A WRENCH WHILE DOING THIS HE HIT HIMSELF WITH THE WRENCH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS JAW. HIS JAW WAS X RAYED BUT WAS NEGATIVE THE DR GAVE MR EE TWO P RESCRIPTIONS DEIAGNOSIS WAS CONTUSION OF THE NECK.

THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING CARRYING A CINDER BLOCK, WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND LOST HIS BALANCE. HE FELL DOWN WITH BLOCK AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN COAL RIB AND CINDER BLOCK .

INJURED ,A WELDER,FELL WHILE WORKING ON A CAT 777 ROCK TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SLIDING A STARTING BOX IN A SCOOP DIPPER TO BE MOVED STARTING BOX SLIPPED AND CAUGHT 2 MIDDLE FINGERS ON LEFT AHND CAUSING BLEEDING AND POSSIBLE BROKEN FINGERS.

THIS EE REPORTED FEELING PAIN IN BOTH FOREARMS AFTER JARRING THEM WHILE LOADING MATERIALS INTO THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP TRACTOR. NUMBEROUS TEST EVALUATIONS AND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE A DIAGNOSIS. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITHDE QUEVAINS DIEASE A NERVE DISORDER RESULTING FROM REPEATED MOTION OF THUMB.

MINER STATES HE WAS LAYING CONCRETE BLOCKS AND HE SMASHED HIS LEFT LONG FINGER BETWEEN RIB AND CONCRETE BLOCKS.

INJURED WAS ON OPERATOR SIDE OF MINER. HE PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN RUBRAIL AND MACHINE FRAME WITH BACK TOWARD RAIL. HE WAS LOOKING UNDER MINER AT CAT CHAIN. RUBRAIL SWUNG TOWARD INJURED STRIKING HIM IN BACK CAUSING HIS FACE TO STRIKE FRAME OF MINER ALSO CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE SLIPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL WHILE WALKING DOWN SLOPE AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEES HANDS SWELLED UP AFTER 2 DAYS OF USING JACK HAMMER DOCTORS SLIPPED SAYS REPEATED TRAUMA

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UG WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SUNK IN SOME GOB.AS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF FROM FALLING,HE TWISTED HIS BACK.HE IS CURRENTLY ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE PICKED UP A ROOF BOLT THAT HAD A SHARP PIECE OF METAL ON IT CAUSING A CUT TO HIS RIGHT HAND. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

PERSON WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM PUMP CAR HIS RT FOOT CAME DOWN ON ROCK CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO TURN UNDER & PERSON FELL TO GROUND

WHILE PUSHING BOULDERS NEAR THE HIGHWALL A NUMBER OF BOULDERS STUFFED OFF THE HIGHWALL JARRING THE DOZER.THE DOZER SHOOK HARD AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN AGAINST THE SIDE PANEL OF THE DOZER HI TTING HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE PANEL.

EE WAS IN THE MAST, CHECKING THE CLEARNACE BETWEEN THE HEAD & CARROUSEL HE HAD HIS ARM HOOKED THROUGH THE MAST, WHEN THE DRILLER MOVED THE TOP HEAD HIS ARM WAS PINCHED BY THE TRAVELING BLOCK.

LOADER BACKED INTO TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING OUT OF RUNAROUND AND SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND JAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST A ROOF BLOCK.

HOT SLAG WENT INTO EMPLOYEES'S RIGHT EYE.

PULLED AN EIGHTY 80 LB BAG OFF OF THE CONVEYOR AND PULLED BACK MUSCLES.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL WHILE A WELDE SPOT TO HOLD IN PLACE. EMPLOYEE TURNED AROUND BEFORE WELDER WAS FINISHED AND RECEIVED FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES.

WHILE WELDING ON DRAGLINE BUCKET RANDY RAISED HIS WELDING HOOD WHILE CHIPPING WELD-A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW IN HIS LEFT EYE.

PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK, LIFTING A LARGE BATTERY OUT OF A 988 LOADER.

WHILE SHOVELING UNDER THE PLANTS TAIL PULLEY, THE SHOVEL HANDLE GOT CAUGHT ON TAIL PULLEY WHICH RESULTED IN TWO LACERATED FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING WELDING REPAIRS TO PRIMARY DRILL. THERE WERE ALSO OTHER MECHANICS DOING WELDING IN THE REPAIR SHOP.

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES SHE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK & HIT A BUMP WHICH INJURED HER NECK OR BACK

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING GROUT IN THE QUARRY WITH A LOADER AND GROUT TRUCK WHEN SMALL ROCK CHIPS FLEW AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE CAUSING A MINOR CUT OR SCRATCH ON HIS LOWER RIGHT EYE.

I NAME & I NAME WERE REMOVING PINS ON LOADER BUCKET I NAME LEFT & THEN RETURNED MINUTES LATER I NAME WAS NOT AWARE OF I NAME PRESCENCEK & STRUCK AT THE PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER CAUSING A PUNCH TO COME OUT WHICH HIT I NAME ON THE HEAD

HE WAS RECLAINING PELLETS ON 22X BELT. AN APARENTLY A H7YDRAULIC OIL LINE BROKE AND A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE LOADER AND SPREAD TO THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLOCKING A SAFE EXIT BY LADDER HE JUMPED OFF OF THE LOADER APPROX. 7FT THE GROUND AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM A OFF-ROADHAUL TRUCK INJURED PERSON TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

HE WAS GETTING DRAW ROCK OFF MINER AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE MINER AND CUT THE THUMB ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A PACKING WATER LINE WHEN HE FELT A DROP HIT HIM ON THE NECK. HE LOOKDED UP AND ANOTHER DROP, OR DROPS, HIT HIM IN HIS EYES AND FACE. THIS CHEMICAL WAS LATER FOUND TO B E CAUSTIC SODA.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE JUMPED OFF THE SCREEN AND WENT TO TURN OFF A BELT.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A FORK TRUCK WHEN IT HIT A HOLE,CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN HIS NECK.INJURY WAS NOT CONSIDERED SERIOUS AT THIS TIME BUT SYMTOMS HAVE RE-OCCURRED WHICH AREA BELIEVED TO BE R ELATED TO THIS INCIDENT.HE HAS HAD NECK SURGERY AND IS NOW OFF WORK.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER,THE MACHINE AND EMPLOYEE HIT HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE CAB.

I NAME FELL OFF CAB PROTECTOR OF EUCLID R85 WHILE ASSISTING MECHANIC IN LOADING STEEL ON TRUCK TO WELL FOR PLATING

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING COAL IN PIT WITH MICHIGAN L-320 FRONT END LOADER WHEN A LARGE ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM THE HIGHWALL STRIKING THE FRONT OF THE OPERATOR'S CAB, BREAKING THE WINDSHIELD AND JARR ING THE OPERATOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING THE 7 NO BELT AT 1RT 7 NO HEAD & WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM X-OVER HE STEPPED ON A 4IN T & TRIPPED & FELL TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS TO PLACE ON TOP OF ROOF BOLTER MACHINE WHEN PAIN WAS FELT IN HIS RIGHT GROIN.

CUTTING MACHINE BACKING OUT OF #9 HEADING THOUGHT HE WAS IN THE CLEAR & SHOT FIRER SHOT #8 BREAK & ONE HOLD BLOW TOREN SCATTERING FINE COAL ON CUTTER MAN

INJURED WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW WHEN THE HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS AT DUMP EMPTYING CAR OF COAL. WHEN HE WENT TO CHANGE SEATS FOR DRIVING BACK TO MINER, HE SUPPOSEDLY STRAINED RIGHT KNEE WHEN EXCHANGING POSITIONS.

WORKER WAS PRYING A ROCK FROM THE GRIZZLY FEDDER BAR WITH A BAR CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS SHOULDER.

I.NAME CLEANING UP A CUT OF COAL. WHILE BACKING UP MINER THE CANOPY CAUGHT A ROOF BOLT PLATE. CANOPY PULLED UP OFF STANDS AND FELL ON THE BACK OF OPERATOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING CANOPY AND SLIDING OFF CATCHING HIS SHOULDER AND LEG.

PLEASE CHARGE ADDIATIONAL DAYS OF LOST TIME DUE TO RECURRENCE OF BACK PROBLEMS.

MINER HELPER PULLING CABLES OUT OF ROADWAY.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE BENT OVER TO PUT A CRIB BLOCK UNDER A JACK AND TRIPPED OVER HIS FEET AND THEN OVER HOSES AND FELL AND THEN FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS LIFTING ON A PUMP AND FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.

WHILE UNLOADING ROCK DUST FROM A SCOOP, HIS FOOT WAS CRUSHED AS SCOOP BUCKET WAS INADVERTENTLY LOWERED.

AFTER UNLOADING A BARREL OF OIL FROM A JEEP THE INJURED STEPPED OFF THE JEEP & FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK

REACHED INTO CONVEYOR TO PULL OUT PIECE OF RUBBER- LOOSE CLOTHING CAUGHT AND PULLED ARM THRU PULLEY. BROKE ARM AND HAND BONES.

I NAME & I NAME WERE PRESURING UP WELL #3020 WHEN THE PRESSURE CAUSED PIPT TO SHOOT UP IN THE AIR AT THAT MOMENT HE DOVE TO THE GROUND WHERE UPON HE MUST HAVE HIT HIS LEG ON A ROCK CAUSING THE BRUISE IT DID NOT BEGIN TO BOTHER HIM UNTIL 03-05-91 WENT TO SEE DOC & THE DOC SENT HIM HOME RECEIVED MEDICATION & I NAME RETURNE TO WORK 03-06-91

EMPLOYEES WERE TEARING DOWN AN OLD WOODEN BUILDING AND EMPLOYEE FELL FROM A LADDER PLACED AGAINST THE WALL OF BUILDING.HE FELL ABOUT 6' LANDED ON FEET AND FELL BACKWARD TO GROUND.HE DID NOT RE PORT FALL WORKED THE COMPLETE SHIFT,REPORTED TO WORK 02-26-91 AND 02-27-91 AND CAME TO SUPERVISOR AT 8:30 AM AFTER BEGINNING SHIFT AT 7:30 SUPERVISOR HAD EMPLOYEE GO TO DOCTOR.

WHILE DIGGING OUT TAIL PULLEY, SOMETHING SNAPPED IN EMPLOYEE'S BACK CAUSING SHARP PAIN. THIS REPORT WAS ORIGINALLY FILED ON 1-24-89- THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP REPORT DUE TO A REOCCURRANCE OF BACK PAIN. FIRST DAY OUT FOR THIS REOCCURRANCE IS: 2-25-91.

HE HAD HIS FINGER UNDER A HEAVY OBJECT (4000LBS) WHEN THE LOADER LIFTING IT RELAXED AND THE OBJECT PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HEAVY OBJECT AND A PART OF THE CRUSHER.HE WAS HELPING WITH CRU SHER MAINTENANCE.

WHILE WIRING TWO HYD HOSES TOGETHER ON TRACTOR AND PUSH OUT CAR WIRE HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE.

COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TWO EE WORKING TOGETHER FAILED AN DCONVEYOR WAS STARTED WHEN EE WAS ON CONVEYOR EE FELL FROM CONVE3YOR AND SPRAINED ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE, LOST FOOTING AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED, " I UNLOADED A WHEEL BARREL (LOADED WITH SAND) TIPPED IT FORWARD, IT HIT LOADER BUCKET AND JARRED ME BACKWARDS. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AT THE TIME BUT THAT NIGHT I FELT NEEDLES AND PINS IN MY BACK. AT WORK NEXT DAY BACK VERY PAINFUL, WENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TWO CARPETS FROM A SHELF ABOUT 3 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR AND PLACING THEM ONTO THE BOTTOM SHELF OF A WHEELED CART. AS HE BEND OVER AND TWISTED TO PUT THE CARPETS ON THE CART HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING ALONG JACKLINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF FELL OUT BETWEEN SHIELDS AND STRUCK HIS LEFT EAR.

GETTING DOWN OFF LADDER-MISSED STEP AND FELL-MAKING CONTACT W/GROUND ON RIGHT SHOULDER-RAINING AT THE TIME-WETNERS COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING DUST COLLECTOR BAGS WHEN DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER USING A CUTTING TORCH. RUNGS ON LADDER BROKE. EMPLOYEE FELL.

WALKING AND FELT PAIN. NO INCIDENT. BEING SUBMITTED TO ABATE A VIOLATION ONLY.

INJURED WAS HELPING MOVE THE POWER CABLE ON OUR BE1650 SHOVEL.IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING AND PULLING HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 2 DAYS LATER ON 02-27-9 1HE WENT TO OWENSBORO DAVIES COUNTY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED WITH KIDNEY PROBLEMS.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASCENDING STAIRS IN THE 6TH FLOOR OF THE TIPPLE.EMPLOYEE STATED HE MISSED A STEP AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT ARM BETWEEN ELBOW AND WRIST.EMPLOYEE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WI TH THIS ARM AND WAS ADVISED TO STAY OFF WORK TWO DAYS BY THE ATTENDING DR ARM WAS APPARENTLY ONLY BRUISED.

DIRT ENTERED EYE WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING COAL

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SCALED A ROCK FROM THE ROOF ROCK HIT THE BEL5T RAIL-THEN BOUNCED HITTING THE WATER PIPE THEN BOUNCING ON EMPLOYEES TOE ROCK BENT THE STEEL TOE ON HIS BOOT EMPLOYEE WORKED A CO UPLE DAYS BEFOR E GOING TO THE DR 02-28-91 MISSED WORK 3-1-91 EMP0LOYEE HAD PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED VACATION FOR 3-2- THRU 3-17 I WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FX 03-15

LIFTING & MOVING SCREENS

EMPL WAS MOVING CABLE & STRAINED LOWER BACK.

INJURED HAD PARKED THE MACK ROCK TRUCK UNDER THE CHUTE AT THE BRADFORD ROCK BREAKER AS INJURED STEPPED OUT OF THE ROCK TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING OUT OVER THE ROOF BOLTER MACHINE LIFTING A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS WHEN PAIN WAS FELT IN HIS LEFT ELBOW.

WHILE MOVING A BOX OF GLUE STRAINED BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE WHEN HE LIFTED A STOPER DRILL.

EMPLOYEE TWISTED LOWER BACK WHILE ROOF BOLTING THE REPETITIVE TWISTING MOTION PERFORMED BY EMPLOYEE DURING HIS NORMAL BOLTING DUTIES CAUSED HIS BACK PROBLEM

WHILE HANDLING MINER CABLE PLACED LEFT AHND-WRIST ON TOP OF CANOPY-CAUGHT LEFT WRIST BETWEEN TOP ANS CANOPY.

WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER HE TURNED AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

PERSON LOST BALANCE WHILE GOING DOWN STEPS.TRIED TO CATCH HIMSLEF WITH HANDRAIL AND TWISTED BACK.HIS BACK HIT STEP.TWISTED AS HE WENT DOWN.

HE WAS WALKING UP AN INCLINE TO TAKE A MORNING BREAK AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK.HE TRIED TO KEEP HIMSELF FROM FALLING AND HIS BACK WRENCHED BACKEWARDS AND THEN HE DID FALL FORWARD AND HIT HIS R IGHT FOREHEAD ON HIS LUNCHBOX.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN HOLE AND TWISTED KNEE.STARTED MISSING WORK 03-09-91.

WAS INSTALLING A FAN,LEANING OVER TRUCK AND PULLED MUSCLES IN THE GROIN AREA.DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR AND DID NOT LOSE ANY WORK TIME UNTIL FOLLOWING WEEK WHEN DOCTORS OFFICE NOTIFIED THAT HE HAD B EEN EXAMINED AND HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY.05-05-91.

INJURED CALL ANOTHER EMPLOYEE NEXT DAY AND SAID HE HAD HURT HIS BACK CUTTING WATERLINE OFF AT END OF SHIFT.

HIT WITH FALLING ROCK ON BACK OF HEAD AND BACK.

EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE LOADING BOLTS INTO SCOOP BUCKET. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON MARCH 14, 1991 AND BEGAN LOSING TIME.

INJURED WAS LIFTING H20 LINE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BODY SH IFTING HIS WEIGHT WHICH CAUSED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

PERSON STATED HE WAS RIDING IN A MANTRIP WHEN IT JUMPED THE TRACK.PERSON COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO HIS BACK AREA.

THE MAN WAS LIFTING THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE TO HANG UP WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIW LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVLEING ALONG BELT WHEN SHOVEL CONTACTED ROLLER CAUSING SHOVEL TO KICK BACK STRIKING HIS LEFT ARM.

EE WAS GETTING INTO THE WATER TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.

I NAME WAS INSTALLING A TORQUE ON MACHINE MACHINE TRACKS WERE COVERED WITH SNOW & ICE HE BENT DOWN TO INSTALL A BOLT & HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE ICE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP OFF OF THE TRACK & HIT HI S LEFT LEG ON THE TRACK PAD

HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE DECK OF HIS A-COAL HAULER AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST A BOLT THAT HOLDS A COVER OVER HYDRAULIC HOSES.

WHILE CLIMBING ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER LADDER, THE EMPLOYEE HIT HIS KNEE ON ONE OF THE LADDER RUNGS, A STATIONART METAL OBJECT, CAUSING IMMEDIATE AND INCREASING IRRITATION.

WHILE LAYING OUT A DRILL PATTERN, THE INJURED STUMBLED ON A DIRT CLOD AND STRAINED HIS KNEE.

WHEEL OF JEEP CAME OFF TRACK AT PORTAL SWITCH WHEN TRYING TO PUT JEEP BACK ON TRACK COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VECHICLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND A TANK, WHEN HE LOOKED BACK TO SEE SOMEONE TALKING BEHIND HIM. AND AT THAT TIME TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF CONCRETE BEING USED TO BLOCK WATER.

WHEN HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE LOW LOW SOLID BELT STRUCTURE WITH HIS SCOOP HE CAUGHT HIS EAR ON A ROOF BOLT.THIS RESULTED IN A CUT EAR.

EE WAS WORKING ON CONTINUOUS MINER. SMALL PIECE OR RIB ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK EE ON HIS BACK.

THS IS A REOCCURENCE OF ACCIDENT THAT FIRST HAPPEN 10-16-89 WHILE LIFTING EMPLOYEE TRIED TO R ETURN TO WORK

EE WAS UNCHAINING A DOZER FROM THE LOW-BOY TRUCK TRAILER, WHEN EE KNELT DOWN EE PUT HIS KNEE CAP ON A SHARP ROCK WHICH IMMEDIATELY CAUSED HIM TO JERK UP QUICKLY AND IN DOING SO, EE HIT THE SAM E KNEE (LEFT) ON THE CORNER OF THE TRAILER CAUSIING SOME PAIN, SWELLING AND A BRUISE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MUD FROM THE TRACKS ON THE 245 BACKHOE AS HE PRYED DOWN ON THE TILE SPADE HE FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK

INJURED & COWORKER WERE UNLOADING RAILS OFF THE END OF A FLAT CAR AT THE END OF TRACK ON 6H SECTION PULLING THE RAILS OFF THE FLAT BY HAND INJURED WAS STANDING ON ONE SIDE & WHEN HE PULLED ON THE RAIL HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT LEG

EMPLOYEE STATED THE NEXT DAY THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE AND THAT HE THOUGHT HE HURT IT THE DAY BEFORE UNLOADING ROOF BOLTS OUT OF THE SCOOP.

EE WAS HAULING DIRT WITH A DUMP TRUCK MUD BUILD UP AT TAILGATE HE WAS SWINGING TAILGATE BACK AND FORTH TO KNOCK MUD LOOSE WHILE DOING THIS HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIB AREA. X RAY NEGATIVE PA IN PILLS MUSCLE RELAXNESS EE DID NOT GOT TO DR UNITL THE 26TH HE WORKED HALF DAY ON 26TH.

MOVING POLES TO OTHER AREA, PULLED LOWER BACK OUT.

HE WAS CLIMBING UP THE 992 LOADER WITH GREASE HOSE. THE HOSE STARTED TO REWIND. IT STARTLED HIM AND HE FELL.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING TAILGATE END OF THE SHEARER. A LARGE SLAB (9"X15"X30") FELL FROM THE FACE AGAINST SHEARER. THE TOP O FTHE SLAB CAME ACROSS THE SHEARER STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT ARM AND F ELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT FRACTURING HIS BIG TOE.

WHILE CLEANING SHOWER ROOM FLOOR INJURED, SLIPPED ON FLOOR DRAIN, AND HURT SHOULDER.

WHILE EMPL WAS HARDFACING CRUSHER SCREEN HE STRAINED RIGHT KNEE,

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING A LOADING DOCK BOARD IN A RAILROAD BOXCAR. WHILE STRADDLING THE BOARD, HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT IT AND PLACE IT IN THE CAR TO THE WAREHOUSE. THE PROCESS OF L IFTING CAUSED HIM TO PULL A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT UPPER THIGH.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN AN AREA OF WET AND MUCKY FOOTING CONDITIONS. HIS RIGHT FOOT BECAME STUCK IN THE MUCK AND IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING IT FREE HE INJURED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERA TING MINER CUTTING ROCK WHEN MINER BROUNCED CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIS BACK

EE WAS MANEUVERING AN 3" PIECE OF PVC PIPE INTO POSITION IN OUR PREPARATION PLANT. THE COUPLING THAT HE HAD THE PIPE FITTED TO CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE PIPE TO FALL AND STRIKE HIM ON THE RIGHT F OOT. HIS BIG TOE WAS BROKEN. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

REMOVING PAILPULLEY ASSEMBLY ON THE CONVEYOR.IT SLIPPED AND HIT TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

HE WAS STANDING INSIDE OF S-2 SECREEN WHILE REPALCING BOTTOM DECK SCREENS. HE WAS TURNING AROUN WENT TO STEP DOWN AND MISSED THE STEP AND HIT LEFT KNEE AND LEG ON SUPPORT BAY.

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO USE THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO CLEAN UP AND LOAD OUT FALLEN MATERIAL FROM AN AREA THAT HAD BEEN MINED BY THE PREVIOUS SHIFT. AS THE EMPLOYEE TRAMMED THE MINER (BY REMOTE COTNROL TRANSMITTER) TOWARDS THE FACE AREA, A PIECE OF ROOF MATERIAL APPROX 2" X22"X36" FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOREARM.

INJURED BENT OVER TO PULL BARREL OF OIL TOWARDS HIM AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPL CLIMBING OFF LOADER TO START FUELING HIS MACHINE -BOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN LADDER AND STEP CAUSING FALL AGAINST SIDE OF FUEL TRUCK.

EE STRAINED RT HIP AND RT LEG AND BACK WHILE GOING THRU A MANDOOR FROM INTAKE AIR TO RETURN AIRON 1 SECTION NOTE EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 4-3-91.

INJURED WAS USING A BAR TO PRY ON POT BEING REMOVED FROM JOY MINER. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO SHIFT ALL HIS WEIGHT ON THE LEFT LEG CAUSING HIM TO FALL. THIS RESULTED IN BROKEN LEFT LEG JU ST ABOVE THE ANKLE.

HE WAS SHOVELING #2 BELT LINE AND PICKED UP A PIECE OF 36" STRUCTURE AND PUT OUT OF THE WAY. THEN HE PICKED UP A 6 INCH HOLLOW BLOCK ABOUT A FOOT OFF THE GROUND AND HAD TO DROP IT, HIS BACK ST ARTED HURTING HIM.

EE SUFFERED A LOWER BACK STRAIN WHILE LIFTING CRIB TIES. EE WAS WORKING IN THE 5 SOUTH RETURN.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING FREE CONTINOUS MINER FROM ROOF FALL. PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S BACK.

1 RT SECTION. ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A STEEL WHICH WAS HUNG UP IN THE HOLE. HE WAS TRYING TO ALIGN THE BOLT WRENCH WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE DRILL STEEL WHEN HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLT WR ENCH AND THE 3 HOLE BOARD. FRACTURE AND LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PREPARING TO DISEMBACK FROM A MANTRIP WHEN HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE END OF A CROSS TIE CAUSING HIS FOOT TO TURN OR TWIST.

WHILE INSTALLING SEDIMENT POND LINER, HE WAS BACKING UP AND LOST HIS FOOTING ON SLOPE. WHEN HE FELL, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE AND ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING COVER ON OVERLAND BELT.AS HE WAS PUSHING ON COVER,HE BEGAN HAVING PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW.

WALKING AROUND TOOL SHED TOOL BOX LID FELL AND STRUCK FOOT.

INJURED WAS WASHINGTON COAL OUT OF BELLY PAN ON D7H.WHEN HE STARTED TO STAND UP ON RIGHT TRACK,HE STRUCK HIS HARD HAT ON HAND RAIL AND LOST HIS BALANCE.HE FELL BACKWARDS OFF MACHINE.HIS LEG WE NT BETWEEN TILT CYCLINDER AND TRACK.HE CONTINUEDTO FALL AND HIS BODY WEIGHT WAS PUT ON KNEE PULLING THE LIGAMENTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNCHOKING A MAGNESITE BALL MILL FINES LINE THAT WAS CHOKED UP. EMPLOYEE HAS HITTING PIPE WITH A HAMMER AND FINES FELL FROM ABOVE AND ENTERED LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFET Y GLASSES AT THE TIME BUT DID NOT HAVE DUST GOGGLES ON.

MAINTANCE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT 6" (I) BEAM IN PLACE AT SCREENING PLANT, ON OVER HEAD CONSTRUCTION ON BIN DOORS WHEN STRAINED BACK UPON LIFTING (I) BEAM.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING BELT UP WITH A BAR TO PUT ROLLER IN WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING OUT CABLE LINE WHEN THAWED DIRT CAME LOOSE FROM FROZEN DIRT FELL IN ON HIM

INJURED AN A GROUP OF MEN WERE PULLING A LONG LENGTH OF WIRE THROUGH CONDUIT.HE OVEREXTENDED HIMSELF.

INJURED WAS PUTTING CONDUIT SR MINER CABLE WHEN HIS BACK BECAME SORE.THIS RESULTED IN A SLIPPED DISC.

EMPLOYTT STATED WHILE HANDLING A MINER CABLE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN.

INJURED HAD STEPPED ONTO EAST ROTOR IMPACTOR TO REACH WEST ROTOR TO CLEAN OUT PLUGGED AREA ZS THE EAST ROTOR BEGAN TO TURN FROM HIS WEIGHT HE REALIZED THE ROTORS HAD NOT BEEN TIED OR SECURED A GAINST MOVEMENT IN ADDITION TO BEING LOCKED OUT AS HE QUICKLY WENT OUT THE ENTRANCE DOOR HIS LEFT CALF GOT PINCHED BETWEEN DOOR FARME & IMPACTOR HE CONTINUED WORKING FROM A SIDE ACCESS DOOR F

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO JACK UP A FLAT BED CAR TO REINSTALL THE CAR ON THE TRACK.THE JACK SLIPPED AND THE HANDLE FLEW OUT STRIKING THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE LEFT LEG.

EMPL WAS SPLITTINGS TONE WHEN PIECE FLEW UP & HIT HIM IN EYE.

HIT HOLE IN HAULROAD-HURT RIGHT SIDE

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FIN HOE IN A CLEANOUT OF THE STOPE. A SLAB FELL FROM THE HANGING WALL, STRUCK HIS POSTERIOR AND KNOCED HIM DOWN. ADDITIONAL ROCK FELL, CAUSING CUTS TO THE HEAD, ARMS & R IGHT LEG. THE RIGHT ELBOW WAS FRACTURED.

EMPL STACKING BRICK ON LEVEL 5 OF TOWER.TRIPPED OVER PALLET AND SPRAINED ANKLE.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING MOVE A TRACK RAIL ACROSS ENTRY WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RECTOM.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING MAN TRIP TO SURFACE AND STRUCK HOLE IN TRAVELWAY CAUSING THE MANTRIP TO BOUNCE AND EMPLOYEE HIT BACK ON SEAT.

REMOVING SWIVEL FROM QUIL ROD. FOOTCLAMP SLIPPED. RODS SLIP BACK IN HOLE, PINNING FINGER BETWEEN SWIVEL AND CHUCK PLATE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING OFF POWER ON ENDLOADER & PUT HAND IN FAN

PINNER WENT TO MOVE TO NEXT BOLT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

INJURED WAS HELPING CARRY AN I-BEAM WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.

AFTER TAPPING A RAIL WITH A HAMMER THE MAN CLAIMS THAT HE FELT PAIN.

STRAIGHTENING A TROLLEY PIE HANGER USING A BAR FOR LEVERAGE HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE,HE CONTINUED TO WORK -2 DAYS LATER HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS TOLD HE HAD A FRACT URED LEG JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE.

INJURED FELL FROM LADDER & COMPLAINED OF BRUISED RT SHOULDER

HE WAS CLEANING A FAN WITH A SCRAPER. HE TURNED TO PICK UP A HAMMER AND HEARD A CRACK. HE WOKE WITH SEVERE PAIN.

AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LADDER OF THE FARM TRACTOR HIS RT FOOT WENT IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS RT ANKLE THEIR WAS SWELLING FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD BACK PAIN AFTER OPERATING A DUMP TRUCK ON THE ROAD TO THE REFUSE DUMP.

INJURED WAS CLEARING AND CUTTING TREES ON WORK AREA WHEN A DEAD LIMB FELL OUT OF TREE STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER BRUISING HIS SHOULDER.

TRAMMING MINER OVER ROLL IN BOTTOM THROWING IN TOP

GETTING OFF DOZER & SLIPPED & FELL & HURT HIS BACK ARM & SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE BASKET IN THE #19 WEDGE DRYER ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF THE PREPARATION PLANT. AFTER STRIKING ALL THE BOLTS FROM INSIDE THE BASKET, HE BEGAN TO PICK UP THE LEFT OVER BOLTS UP OFF THE PLANT FLOOR. AS HE WAS PICKING UP THE BOLTS HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK, HIP AND LEGS.

BACKED PINNER OUT OF FACE. ATEEMPTED TO REMOVE ROCK, PINNER RAN OVER THUMB LEFT HAND.

WORK ON NEW COBBLE CHUTE LOST BALANCE & FELL

WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING CUTTER PANEL THAT THAD JUST BEEN PUT IN SERVICE. EMPLOYEE TOLD EE TO KNOCK THE BREAKER ON MACHINE. HE ONLY KNOCK ONE BREAKER ON MACHINE. WHAT WAS NECESSARY WAS TO KNOCK AN ADDITIONAL BREAKER TO THE CUTTING MOTOR CONTACTORS. THERE IS A SIGN BY BREAKERS STATING TO TURN OFF BOTH BREAKERS. EE ASSUMED POWER WAS OFF, REACHED IN AND CONTACTED ALIVE CONDUCTOR.

INJURED STATED THAT HE STARTED TO STEP UPON TRUCK STEP & HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE TWISTED HIS KNEE

WHILE SHOVELING 6 SOUTH BELT EMPL STATED THAT HE HIT HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF.

TKS SHAFT PINCHED HAND AGAINST THE FRAME.

ON 2-22-91 EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM AN APPROXIMATELY 6" STEP (CONCRETE PAD) IN THE UG WAREHOUSE. HE WAS CHECKED AND X-RAYED BY THE COMPANY DOCTOR. NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG AND HE WAS RELEASED BACK TO DUTY. HIS RIGHT KNEE STARTED SWELLING, HE WAS TAKE TO A ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST WHO RECOMMENDED MICROSCOPIC SURGERY TO BE ON 4-3-91. HE UNDERWENT THIS SURGERY ON 4-3-91,

EMPL GOING THROUGH REVOLVING DOORS ON MINE BOTTOM AIRLOCK,STRAINED RIGHT BICEP.BEGAN MISSING WORK 5-24-92. SAFETY DEPT WAS INFORMED 7-27-92 THAT EMPL WAS OFF WORK DUE TO THIS 91 INJURY.(WE WER E PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT EMPL WAS TAKING EARLY RETIREMENT.) THIS IS THE REASON FOR THIS REPORT BEING LATE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BETWEEN BEAM AND COMPRESSOR WHEN BEAM WAS MOVED BY BACKHOE CAUSING BEAM TO FALL OVER AND PIN EMPLOYEES LEGS.

MAN WAS CUTTING PIECE OF METAL OFF BOLTER BOOM WITH TORCH FLAME WENT IN TO HOSE SETTING OIL ON FIRE BURNING FACE & HANDS

HE WAS SETTING A POGO CURTAIN JACK AND SCRAPED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE TOP CAUSING A MINOR SCRAPE PLACE. HE STATED HE WAS WEARING GLOVES AT THE TIME OF INJURY. (WHITE MULE LEATHER)

PULLING A PIECE OF METAL IN FROM HOIST.

WORKING ON TRACTOR WITH HAMMER & HIT FINGER SHAFT WAS BEING INSTALLED IN TRACKER

EE WAS STANDING BEHIND 4 SLICER BY THE STEPS LOADER WAS FILLING HOPPER AND HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING CLAY LUMPS.

EE WAS DRAGGING SINGLE PROP, ROCK FELL FROM COAL BLOCK, STRIKING LEFT HIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE MINER CABLE & STRAINED HIS WRIST

DURING ROUTINE TIMBERING OPERATIONS DURING SECOND MINING PROCEDURES, SAID MINER DEVELOPED LOWER BACK PAIN.

THE BATTERY COVER SLIPPED ON THE SCOOP WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO PUT IT BACK ON, WHEN HE OVERREACHED AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WHILE WATERING DOWN RUNWAYS NOTICED A PICE OF ROCK LAYING ON THE ROADWAY NEAR FEEDER.HE WENT TO PICK THE ROCK UP TO GET OUT OF ROAD.AS HE WENT TO TOSS THE ROCK EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK.ROCK WAS ROUND IN FORMATION WITH AN APPROXATE WEIGHT OF 35 POUNDS.

OPERATING A SCOOP AT # 10 BREAK ON THE 1ST. NORTH SECTION AND HIS HIP STARTED HURTING.THIS 7000-1 IS BEING SUBMITTED ONLY TO ABATE CITATION # 3387296.

THERE WERE TWO ROOF BOLTS HANGING DOWN ABOUT 6" FROM TOP.THESE WERE EXPOSED BECAUSE WE HAD TO TAKE DOWN SOME LOOSE TOP AND COAL.INJURED WAS AWARE OF THESE BOLTS.WHILE POSITIONING THE MINER AND HIMSLEF TO MINE,HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A BOLTSAS HE WAS TURNING TO SEE WHERE THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS LOCATED.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING AMOUNT OF CABLE LEFT ON HIS S.C REEL. WHEN THE LID COVER FOR THE REEL COMPARTMENT FELL ON HIS HAND.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING UP USED BELT. HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE WELDING A HEAD WHEEL ON THE SILT PLANT SHAKER. A FORIEGN OBJECT BECAME LODGED IN LEFT EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A DRILL RIG AFTER STOPPING HE WENT TO STEP OFF RIG & STEPPED ON A ROCK & TWISTED HIS ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DUST COLLECTION BAGS ON GRIFFITH DUST COLLECTOR. EMPLOYEE REMOVED FULL BAG AND TURNED TO PLACE BAG OUTSIDE COLLECTOR.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN DRIVING A FORKLIFT IN THE BACK OF THE COLD STORAGE WHEN HE STRUCK A BUMP AND HIT HIS HEAD(WEARING HARD HAT) ON ROOF OF CAB.

INJURED WAS PLACING A PICE OF STONE INTO A METAL BOX,HIS FINGER WAS PINNED BETWEEN STONE AND BOX.

HURT BACK SLIGHTLY ON 2-21-91 WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE & THEN ON 2-22-91 TURNED AROUND IN BUGGY SEAT & FELT SOMETHING TEAR. ALSO PAIN IN RIGHT LEG.

GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL WITH AN ELECTRIC GRINDER.

I NAME WAS SHOVELING AN AREA AROUND THE SECTION FEEDER UNIT WHEN AS HE WAS WALKING HE STEPPED ON A CHUNK OF COAL & SLIPPED TWISTING HIS RT ANKLE UNDER HIS LEG HE SUFFERED A SPRAIN TO THE RT AN KLE I NAME WORKED THE NEXT SHIFT OF 02-22-91 BUTHAS NOT RETURNED SINCE 02-25-91

INJURED WAS GETTING DRESSED BEFORE WORK IN THE MAINTENANCE LOCKER ROOM WHEN HE BENT OVER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN WHICH GRADUALLY BECAME WORSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING STARTERS IN THE BLENDING SILOS. HE REMOVED THE CONTROL FUSES IN THE STARTER, PORCEEDED TO ATTACH A JUMPER TO THE CONTROL CIRCUT. GROUNDED THE LINE SIDE OF THE FUSE CLIP I NSTEAD OF THE LOAD SIDE, HAD NOT OPENEND & LOCKED THE STARTER BREAKER. INTENTIONAL GROUND CAUSED THE BREAKER TO TRIP & THE JUMPER TO BURN UP. FLASH CAUSED 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

WHILE ADJUSTING OVERCAST STEPS A PORTION OF RIB WAS DISLODGED CAUSING THE RIB TO FALL STRIKING HIM ON THE RT SHOULDER LEFT KNEE & LEFT ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TRACK MOUNTED ROOF BOLTER. WHILE DRILLING A HOLE A PIECE OF SLATE WHICH HAD BEEN DRILLED THROUGH SLID DOWN THE DRILL STEEL AND BEGAN TO ROTATE. THE PIECE OF SLATE BROK E AWAY AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT CHEEK BONE.

EE WAS HAVING DISCHARGE PROBLEMS W/HYDRATOR WHEN OPENING THE DISCHARGE VALVE HE WRENCHED HIS SHOUDLER AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME THE PAIN BECAME WORSE & HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.

INJURED STATED WHILE CLIMBING A LADDER TO ROCK DUST THE TOP OF THE OVERCAST FOR 1 UNIT HE SLIP AND FELL AND HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO SET TIMBERS. WHEN HE PICKED UP ONE END OF TIMBER HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER STOMACH.

EE WAS TRAMMING WITH BOLTER WHEN THE CANOPY FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.

WHILE OPERATING A REMOTE MINER INJURED EMPLOYEE BUMPED HEAD AGAINST ROOF BOLT. (STRAINED NECK)

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN MAKING REPAIRSON A WELDER AND WHNE HE PUT THE DISCONNECT BACK IN THERE WAS AN ARC FLASH OUT OF THE BREAKER BOX CAUSING BURNS ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND HAND.

EE STATED THAT WHILE CROSSING MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR AT START OF SHIFT HIS BACK POPPED IN THE LOWER LUMBAR AREA.,

WHILE THROWING ROCKDUST ACROSS BELT TWISTED BACK.

EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING LIDS ON TAILPIECE AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.

INJURED WAS WALKING WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL, SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.

RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR. HIT BUMP IN ROAD & JAMMED HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.

SETTING 8 X 8'S AND STRAINED RIGHT GROIN AREA.

INJURED WAS REACHING FOR A DRILL STEEL IN A HIGH PLACE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK, SHOULDER AND ARMS.

INJURED WAS BUILDING A FIBER BLOCK PIER A HE PLACED THE LAST BLOCK ON THE PRIER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

INJURED WAS STRUCK BY A RECOILING PIECE OF DRILL STEEL WHICH WAS INSERTED IN A CLEVIS ON AN EQUIPMENT CARRIER WHICH WAS PULLING A BUS.

WHILE GOING THROUGH MINE OPERATING SHUTTLECAR EMPL STRUCK HEAD AGAINST LOW PLACE IN TOP.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE THROWING TRASH INTO TRASH BEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

INJ SCALING ROOF PRIOR TO DRILLING ROOF BOLT HOLE.STANDING UNDER CANOPY.ROOF WAS 10'HIGH.ROCK FELL STRIKING CANOPY THEN STRIKING INJ ON BACK FORCING HIM TO BOTTOM STRIKING RIGHT KNEE ON BOTTOM

CLEAN PIT OFF PIT AREAS OFF CEDAR GROVES SO DRILL MAN GOOD. DRILL DOWN TO UPPER ALMA. WAS AT THE EDGE. CHANGE FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE.

WHEN MAKING A SPLICE LEFT THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT BLOCKS. SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIMBERS ONTO BLADE OF SCOOP AND HAD PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE AND HIS PARTNER WERE CARRYING A 6"X8"X12' STRINGER (PIECE OF TIMBER) WHEN HE FELT HIS HIP POP OUT. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN AN ACUTE STRAIN, LEFT HIP, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM W ORK.

PULL MUSCLE IN BACK LIFTING BELT

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE HELPING PULL BOLTER CABLE, HE STRAINED GROIN AREA. THE EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED UP TO 9-5-91 AND WENT OFF WORK ON 9-6-91 FOR HERNIA OPERATION.

HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK OR COAL HIS HAT FELL OFF & HIS HEAD H IT THE TOP & CUT IT

INJ SITTING AT DESK WHILE FLUOURESCENT LIGHT WAS BEING REPLACED ABOVE .LIGHT WAS DROPPED ONTO DESK -SHATTERED AND PIECES OF GLASS HIT EYES.

CLEANING PREHEAT TOWER PULLING DUMP CART FROM ELEVATOR. WHEEL CAUGHT IN DOOR OPENING AND PINNED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN CART AND ELEVATOR WALL. COMPLAINING RIGHT SIDE HURTING. CONTUSION TO RIGHT CHES T. NO JOB AVAILABLE WITH LIGHT DUTY RESTRICTIONS

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING THE BELT AS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING STRUCTURE UNDER NEATH. AS HE WAS HELPING LIFT THE BELT HE INADVERTLY STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE FIRST DAY HE M ISSED WORK WAS 2-25-91.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS STRUCK ON END OF NOSE BY A FLAT ROUND PIECE OF CAP ROCK APPROX 4 TO 6IN IN SIZE RECEIVED A 5/8IN LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 8 STITCHES AT HOSPITAL WAS ROOF BOLTI NG & ROCK FELL FROM INSIDE ATRS WHILE HOLE FOR BOLT WAS BEING DRILLED THIS OCCURRED IN UNIT 3 IN ROOM #1

DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING VICTIM ON HEAD.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING LINE UP LARGE ATORAGE TANKS ON DRAGLINE.WHILE PUSHING ON TANK WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HE STATED HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

AS HE WAS STACKING BLOCK FOR AN OVERCAST, A PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED OFF THE RIB AND STRUCK HIS FOOT. THIS FRACTURED HIS LEFT LITTLE TOE.

DID NOT RECEIVE DOCTORS INFORMATION UNTIL 2-28-91. THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO ASSIST SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES RECOVER CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE AND LOAD THIS SAME MATERIAL ONTO A FLAT SUPPL Y CAR. AFTER LOADING HTE MATERIAL ONTO THE SUPPLY CAR THIS EMPLOYEE REPORTEDLY FELT PAIN IN HER BACK.

AS HE WAS BOLTING HIS ARM BRUSHED AGAINST THE DRILL ROTATION HYDRAULIC HOSE.THIS ARM WAS PUNCTURED BY A SMALL WIRE PROTRUDING FROM A FRAYED HYDRAULIC HOSE.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON THE HAND BETWEEN A TIMBER AND THE METAL END OF A SUPPLY CAR.

HE WAS PUTTING A PIN INTO SK-09 MACHINE, WHILE STRIKING IT WITH A PIECE OF METAL IT BOUNCED BACK HITTING HIM ON HIS RIGHT CHEEK ON FACE.

A PIECE OF WOOD WAS LEFT ON THE FLOOR & I NAME STEPPED ON THE WOOD & A NAIL STICKING THROUGH IT THE NAIL CAUSED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS FOOT NO PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RECEIVED

WHILE DOING MAINTENANCE ON 8 ELEVATOR IN WET GRINDING FACILITY, EE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK REGION.

THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST.

EE WAS PRIMING WITH PARTNER WHEN LOOSE FELL OFF FACE HITTING HIM IN BACK.

GRINDING ON PIECE OF METAL WHEN PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-4 DOZER TO PUSH UP CLAY PILES.WHILE BACKING OFF CLAY PILE THE DOZER RAN OVER A LUMP OF CLAY AND DOZER TRACK CAME DOWN ON CONCRETE PAD JARRING THE EMPLOYEE AND CAUSIN G PAIN TO LOWER BACK.EMPLOYEE REFUSED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AT THIS TIME.EMPLOYEE TOLD HIS FOREMAN ON MARCH 4,1991 THAT HIS BACK WAS STILL HURTING AND HE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR.

ROLLING ROCK ONTO GRATES ROCK ROLLED ONR IGHT INDEX FINGE.R

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE SLIPPED IN MUD WHILE GREASING A REFUGE BELT HEAD-INJURED LEFT ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SOME CRUSHER HAMMERS WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT

EMPL WAS DOING BRICK WORK IN LIME WORK IN LIME KILN. HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN BACK & WAS TAKEN TO PLANT PHYSICIAN. HE WAS GIVEN MEDICATION & TOLD TO REST.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING SCREENS ON CRUSHING SYSTEM. ONE OF THE SCREENS DROPPED ON HIS FOOT AND A LOOSE WIRE PENETRATED THROUGH HIS BOOT, CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING PUMPERS TRUCK ON 6-6 LATERAL ROAD. HEW AS TURNED LOOKING THROUGH REAR WINDOW OF TRUCK WHEN TRUCK HIT A HOLE IN ROAD, JARRING EMPLOYEE AND INJURING HIS BACK.

MEHCANICS WERE BUILDING TEREX 3308E TRUCK. THE INJURED WAS USING PRY BAR TO INSTALL BED HINGE PIN. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARDS AND LANDED ON A BRACE IPE WHICH WAS LAYING ONT HE GRO UND. HE INJURED HIS BACK.

STANDING BY CONVEYOR DISLODGING A PICE OF COAL SLIPPED HITTING RIGHT KNEE ON THE ANGLE IRON THAT HOLDS THE CONVEYOR IN PLACE AT WASH PLANT.

EMPLOYEE WHILE DRIVING HAUL TRUCK HIT DIP IN HAUL ROAD.THE ENSUING BOUNCE MADE NECK RIGHT SHOULDER AND HIP SORE.WAS WEARING SEAT BELTS.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WORKING AT #2 WASHER BOX WHERE THEY WERE WELDING & CUTTING LINERS OU T OF WASHER BOX NEXT DAY EMPLOYEE WENT TO PHYSICIAN FOR POSSIBLE FLASH(WELDING)BURN TO EYES

TRAMMING BRIDGE FROM FARE OF 2 ENTRY GOT SQUEEZED BETWEEN BRIDGE AND RIB OF 3.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SLACK OUT OF PINNER CABLE & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

INJURED WAS HANGING SCREEN WIRE ONTO HOOK MOUNTED ON TOP OF LONGWALL SHIELD INJURED WAS PUSHING UPWARDS ON THIS SCREEN WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST

GRINDING TURN GEAR ON DRAGLINE PIECE OF SLAG FLEW OFF & WENT INTO LEFT EYE

OPERATOR WAS TURNING AROUND TO SWITCH SEAT POSITION ON S.C. HE WAS OPERATING. HIS KNEE GAVE OUT.

PUTTING FENDER ON S/C-PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLAINED OF LOW BACK PAIN FOR SOME TIME PRIOR TO 2-21-91. REPORTED ON 2-25-91.

MINER CABLE FELL ON BUGGY OPERATOR AND CUT HIS HEAD.

INDIVIDUAL WAS LIFTING PLATE OF STEEL HE DROPPED IF AND IT FELL ON FOOT.

PUTTING CONVEYOR BELT TOGETHER COME A LONG RELEASED AND HIT LEFT LEG.

MIXING DRY CEMENT AND WATER. DUST FROM DRY CEMENT IN EYES. SWELLING OF BOTH EYES.

INJURED AND CO-WORKERS WERE USING A SET OF CHAIN FALLS TO PULL A COOLER GRATE SUPPORT THROUGH A OPEN ON TEH SDIE OF #1 COOLER. INJURED WAS GUIDING THE SUPPORT ROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE COOLER. THE SUPPORT SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE SUPPORT AND COOLER FRAME.

HE PUT CHEATER PIPE ON VICE HANDLE PIPE SLIPPED OFF HIT HIM ABOVE RIGHT EYE CAUSING SMALL GASH.

HE WAS INSIDE A DUST COLLECTOR WHEN THE MEN WORKING ABOVE HIM TOLD HIM TO GET OUT BCAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO PUSH SOME CLAY THROUGH THE COLLECTOR. HE APPARENTLY DID NOT GET OUT AND WAS OVERCOME FROM THE DUST FUMES. HE WAS WEAK AND DIZZY. HE WAS WEARING A RESPIRATOR.

PERSON WAS TRYING TO REMOVE DRILL STEEL WHICH HAD BECOME LODGED IN THE RIB PERSON REACHED OUT & OVER EXTENDED HIMSELF & WHEN HE PULLED ON STEEL HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK

WHILE WORKING IN THE TUB OF DRAGLINE DRE84 GOT AIRBORNE PARTICLE IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A BARREL HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING BIN UNDER DUST SCREEN.EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A PICE OF STEEL AT THE SIDE OF A STORAGE BIN,WHEN STEEL SLIPPED AND SMASHED EMPLOYEE'S THUMB ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON FEEDER CABLE AND FELT A STRAINING IN HIS BACK.

HE WS KNEELING LIFTING REACHING PULLING AND MOVING ROCK. WHILE REACHING AND PULLING ON A PIECE OF ROCK, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER RIGHT PART OF HIS ABDOMIN.

BACK STRAIN FROM TRYING TO REMOVE A PUMP FROM CROSSCUT AT LONGWALL TAILGATE. SEE 70001 FOR 11-14-90.

TWISTED LEFT KNEE WHILE THROWING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROAD IN UNIT 1.

EMPLOYEE STATES STANDING BEHIND A POWDER TRUCK OPERATING THE BIN DOOR CONTROLS.A HYDRAULIC LINE LOCATED TO HER LEFT DEVELOPED A PIN HOLE AND SPRAYED HYDRAULIC OIL,STRIKING HER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE AND GOT SOME OIL IN HER LEFT EYE CAUSING PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING HTE GATE ON THE 3/4 ROCK, BUNKER AND A SMALL ROCK CHIP BOUNCED OFF THE TRUCK AND GOT IN HIS EYE.

EE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT PLATES ON THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FINGERS BETWEEN THE PLATES AND THE MACHINE, CAUSING INJURY TO HIS THIRD AND FORTH FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS WO RKING IN THE NO. SEVEN ENTRY.

PUTTING IN BELT AND 48" BELT ROLLER DROPPED ONTO RIGHT HAND.

RFM STRUCTURE ONTO A SUPPLY CAR WHILE THE RFM WAS BEING LIFTED AND PUSHED BY A SCOOP TRACTOR IN THE D3 SECTION. THE RFM SLIPPED OFF OF THE SCOOP BUCKET AND ROOFED OUT, CATCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE RFM.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TWO OTHERS PICK UP A 55 GAL. DRUM OF OIL TO PUT ON THE OIL RACK & PULLED OR STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

WAS WALKING DOWN FACE LOOKING FOR THE BOSS AND A HOSE BLOWED ON #10 SHIELD AND FLUID GOT IN HIS EYES.

WAS WALKING UP THROUGHT EH PIT AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE DIRT AND RACKS.

WAS HELPING WELDER BY HOLDING MATERIAL IN PLACE. DID NOT FULLY TURN FROM WELDER AND GOT WELD FLASH IN BOTH EYES.

MINER CABLE FELL DOWN WHILE EMPL WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR DIDN'T HAE TIME TO STOP. MINER CBLE HIT OPERATOR BREAKING LEFT ARM & COLLARBONE.

BACK JARRED WHILE OPERATING COMPACTOR.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE ASSISTING A FELLOW WORKER TO INSTALL A SEAT BACK INTO A DOZER FELT PAIN LOWER BACK. THE SEAT WAS LIFTED BY BOTH MECHANICS FROM TEH SHOP FOOR THEN UP ONTO THE DOZER T RACK AND THEN ONTO THE RUNNING DOCK OF THE DOZER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOOSE HIS BALANCE.

ON LADDER WORKING FELL ON HIS R SIDE

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PALLET OF RESIN OUT OF A BIN. HE BECAME PINNED BETWEEN A HORIZONTAL BEAM AND THE CONTROLLER OF THE MACHINE.

EMPLOYEE LIFTING SECTION OF SLURRY PUMP INTO PLACE WITH CHAIN HOIST. ONE STABILIZING CHAIN SLIPPED OFF THE LOAD RESULTING IN BACKLASH IN CHAIN EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING. STUMBLED BACKWARDS AND CAUG HT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND, SHARPLY FOLDING LITTLE, RING & INDEX FINGERS UNDER, RESULTING IN SEVERE SPRAIN OF HAND.

WHILE I NAME FEATHER WAS WORKING AT BREAKEN AT METTIKI PREP PLANT WHEN JOB WAS FINISHED I NAME WAS LEAVING JOB FIGHT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON CATWALK FALLING FACE DOWN WITH LEFT FIST HITTING HIM IN THE CHEST CAUSING HIM TO INJURY CARTILAGE IN CHEST

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF LOADER AND TWISTED ANGLE ON GROUND.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS GOING TO TRANSFORMER TO RESET MINE BREAKER AND STEPPED IN HOLE JERKING LOWER BACK.HOLE SIZE WAS 24" CROSSWISE 0"X3" DEEP.

EMPLOYEE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES AND HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN RUBBISH BOX AND FLOOR OF DUMP TRUCK.

PULLING BELT TOGETHER WITH GRIP HOIST WHEN CHAIN ON CLAMP BROKE ALLOWING GRIP HOIST HANDLE STRUCK INJURED IN RIGHT RIB CAGE.

WAS CLEANING U COAL MOVED OLD ROPE IT FLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE. DIRT IN EYE. HE WENT TO EYE DOCTOR.

INJURY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 03-04 WHEN EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR.EMPLOYEE WAS ON STEP LADDER LABELING RAIL CARS.STEPPED OFF OF LADDER AND HI HIS BACK ON LADDER OF ADJACENT RAIL CAR.

MAN WAD LIFITING ROCK FROM TAILPIECE & DROPPED IT ON FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING OVERSIZED ROCK (20-50 LBS) FROM CONVEYOR BELT AND PULLED HIS SHOULDER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT OR PICK A ROCK APPROX. 40 LBS.

WHILE PULLING A PUMP CABLE 10-5 TYPE.EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM AND STRAINED LOWER BACK..

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE CAB OF THE MOTOR HE SLIPPED & SCRAPPED BOTH SHINS & HIS RT WRIST & FOREARM

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A SPLICE ON BOLTER CABLE. HE HAD COMPLETED MAKING SPLICE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING BOOT OVER TOP. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE PULLING CALBE THROUGH THE BOOT WHEN HI S RIGHT THUMB TWISTED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF BOOT CAUSING LIGAMENT TO PULL A FRAGMENT OF BONE OFF.

02-20-91FILED AS RECURRENCE TO PREVIOUS INJURY.THIS LATE REPORT IS FILED DUE TO AN INTERCOMPANY AUDIT CONDUCTED BY ISLAND CREEK.

EMPLOYEE AND PARTNER HAD PULLED FEED CHUTE BUT WATER WAS LEAKING THROUGH BAD CYCLONE MAKE UP WATER VALVES. IN ORDER TO STOP LEAK AT ENTRANCE TO THE MILL WHERE LININING WORK WOULD BE DONE, EMPL OYEE HURRIED OUT OF WAY TO SHUT OFF AIR, STRUCK HEAD ON LOW BEAM.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING & STEPPED ON A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE & IT ROLLED & HE SLIPPED & STRUCK H IS KNEE WHEN HE TRIED TO KEEP FROM FALLING EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNIL 03-06-91 WHEN HE STARTED MISSING TIME FROM WORK

EMPL WAS PERFORMING MAINTANINCE ON ROOF BOLTER & WAS WATCHING STAILIZING JACK WITH HAND RESTING ON BOOM. HE REACHED FOR SPIN LEVER CONSTRUCTED RAISE LEVER & LEFT HAND WAS CUAGHT BETWEEN BOOM & ROOF.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING AN ELEVATOR(PIECE OF STEEL WEIGHING APPROX 80-90#) FROM #1 TUNNEL.HE HAD PICKED UP AND PUT A PIECE OF RAIL ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER TO CARRY UP FIRST FLIGH T OF STAIRS.WHEN HE GOT TO THE TOP OF FIRST FLIGT OF STAIRS HE STOOPED DOWN TO LAY STEEL ACROSS THE TOP OF HAND RAILS.WHILE IN PROCESS OF DOING THIS HE LOST CONTROL OF THE STEEL,IT ROLLED AND

A LARGE ROCK APPROX 1 TO 1 1/2 CUBIC YARDS ROLLED OUT OF THE HIGHWALL ACROSS THE PIT AND STRUCK THE EE GREASE TRUCK JARRING HIM AND RESULTING IN A STRAIN TO HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK.

CAUGHT RIGHT ARM IN TAIL PIECE.

WAS WALKING OUT OF HIS WORK AREA IN THE ECONOMY ARCH. STORAGE BAY WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN TO HIS LOWER LEFT SIDE. THE PAIN INCREASED WHEN HE TRIED TO CONTINUE WALKING. WAS TAKEN TO HIM TO CLINIC EMERGENCY ROOM. HE WAS EXAMINED AND RELEASED. DR. SAID IT WAS A STRAIN TO THE TESTICLE SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT. NO TREATMENT WAS REQUIRED.

OPERATING A DOZER IN CLEAN COAL STOCKPILE,EMPLS DOZER STRUCK BY ANOTHER DOZER RESULTING IN A BACK INJURY.EMPL STARTED MISSING WORK DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT ON 2-9-92.COMPANY OFFICIAL NOTIFIED ON 4-24-92.

EE WAS CHANGING PUMP ON FEEDER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER AND NECK WHEN PULLING A CHANNEL LOCKS.

WHEN THE INJURED WAS GETTING OFF HIS JEEP TO THROW A SWITCH THE SEAT BROKE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND AS HE FELL HIS ONE LEG APPARENTLY BECAME PINNED IN THE JEEP HIS OTHER LEG DEACTINATED THE E MERGENCY BRAKE AND THE JEEP STARTED TO DRIFT PULLING THE INJURED A SHORT DISTANCE WITH HIM.

HE STRUCK A RIB IN THE CAT. THE STEERING WHEEL TWISTED, WRENCHING HIS ARM. HE SUFFERED A TORN ROTATOR CUFF.

EE WAS HOOKING AN S&S TRACTOR TO A SUPPLY TRAILER. HE GOT OFF OF THE TRACTOR BUT DID NOT SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE TRACTOR ROLLED BACK AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT AND LOWER LEG BETWEEN THE TRA CTOR TRAILER.

EMPL BOLTING AT FACE OF #2 ENTRY IN UNIT #3,PIECE OF ROCK LOOSENED UP WHILE DRILLING,HE STOPPED TO PULL IT DOWN.WHEN ROCK FELL IT STRICK GLANCING BLOW OFF ARM OF ROOF BOLTER AND LANDED ON EMPL LOWER LEFT LEG.RESULTED IN FRACTURED LEFT MEDIAL MALLEOULUS AND A FX LEFT DISTAL FIBULA.

BACKING CRAWLER UP AND SEAT WENT OVER A ROCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SCFEEN PANEL AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIS HEAD TO HIT THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT CANOPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING UP THE LADDER AND MISSED THE STEP HURTING AND HITTING HIS KNEE.

WAS OPON THE PRE-SCREEN OF THE WASHER, STARTED TO COME DOWN THE LADDER, SLIPPED, TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF, AND PULLED HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM.

WHILE REMOVING LUG NUTS WITH SOCKET WRENCH WRENCH BROKE STRIKING LEFT ELBOW.

WALKING A 55 GAL. DRUM OF HYDRAULIC FUEL, THE DRUM SLIPPED & HE REACHED TO GRAB THE DRUM AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SIDE.

PUTTING WELDER IN SHUTTLE CAR PULLED MUSCLE IN CHEST.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HIS TRUCK AND THE TRUCK LOST ITS STEERING. AGTER LOSING ITS STEERING, THE TRUCK HIT A BERM INJURING THE EMPLOYEE'S NECK AND SHOULDER.

EMPL INJURED LEFT LEG WHILE UNLOADING MATERIAL FROM CAR. WORKING ON THE SURFACE,EMPL WAS STANDING NEXT TO A MATERIAL CAR UNLOADING TRASH. STEPPED AWAY FROM THE CAR,LEFT SHOE BECAME CAUGHT CAUS ING LOSS OF BALANCE AND FALL TO THE GROUND.CAUSED PAIN TO LEFT THIGH.

EMPLOYEE USED A 600 BOLT AMP METER TO CHECK A 2400 VOLT LINE TO THE SLURRY PUMP WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE LEADS OF THE AMP METER TO THE FUSE IT CAUSED AN EXPLOSION RESULTING IN SECOND DEGR EE BURNS TO HS HANDS

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER ON A HAUL TRUCK AND STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK ADN TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

WHILE LOADING THE ROOF BOLTER WITH SLATE EE STRAINED ;HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE. HE WAS LIFTING THE PLATES.

EE WAS REMOVING A BELT PIN WHEN THE PIN STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE STATED SHE INJURED HER RIGHT WRIST WHILE SHOVELING LOOSE MATERIAL FROM UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT.

INJURED WAS SHOVELING COAL INBY THE FEEDER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS USING COMPRESSED AIR HOSES WITH NOZZLE TO CLEAN EQUIPMENT PARTS AIR STREAM DEFLECTED AND CARRIED FOREIGN PARTICLE INTO LEFT EYE NO EYE PROTECTION WAS IN USE.

PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FALL STRIKING PINNER OPERATOR ON LOWER BACK CAUSING BRUISES TO LOWER BACK

13-M EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE USE A DUKE TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE STAGE LOADER CHAIN THE DUKE FLEW OUT & STRUCK I NAME ON HIS RT ARM ABOVE THE WRIST

EMPL GRINDING ON METAL GUARD,SMALL PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.

INJURED WAS RUNNING THE JAW CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

MACHANICS WERE PREPARING MUCKER TO BE MOVED, MEAN WHILE ELECTRICIANS BACKED UP TO MUCER (2-3- FEET) TO RETRIEVE TOOLS. ELECTRICIAN GOT BACK IN MANCARRIER TO LEAVE. PROCEEDED TO LEAVE, BUT VEH ICLE LUNGED BACKWARDS STRIKING MINER HWO WAS TAKING MATERIAL OUT OF MUCKER BUCKET PINNING HIM BETWEEN VEHICLES.

HE WAS OPERATING 9010 SHOVEL WHEN HE JARRED HIS BACK WHILE CLEANING UP BOTTOM WITH THE SHOVEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING W 2 OTHER MEN AT JAW CRUSHER.AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF OF A SWING JAW CRUSHER TO A LOWER PART OF THE PLATFORM HE HIT HIS KNEE AGAINST A BROKEN PIPE.THIS CAUSED AN ABRASION ON HIS RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS JERKING ON LINE CURTAIN WHILE TAKING IT DOWN WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A 2 1/2" WATER HOSE UP STEPS AND OVER A HANDRAIL IN ORDER TO WASH DOWN FLASH OF PLANT WHILE PULLING HOSE OVER HANDRAIL HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK, CHEST, LEFT ARM AND WAS H AVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING SPILLED COAL ONTO BELT AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

WHILE DRIVING A JC1-250 SCOOP TRAM THE EMPLOYEE PULLED AN OVERHEAD ROPE TO OPEN THE AIRDOORS.HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROPE AND THE ROPS CANOPY AND CUT HIS THUMB.

EMPL FINISH KICK IN BLAST-HOLE AND WAS MOUNTING SK-25 DRILL.SLIP AND ALL WEIGHT WAS ON LEFT HAND ,ARM AND SHOULDER.

HE WAS REMOVING A VIBRATOR FROM A BENTONIRE CAR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF AND REAGGRAVATED A PREVIOUS NECK INJURY. THE EMPLOYEE HAS HAD A HISTORY OF ALLEGED NECK AND BACK INJURIES.

MINER OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE MINER BY A RADIO CONTROL OPERATOR WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF #4 ENTRY & THE REAR END OF THE MINER CAUGHT THE OPERATORS LEFT LEG

EMPLOYEE WAS SAWING TIMBERS AND HAVING TO THROW THE TIMBERS AND HURT HIS BACK.

HE WAS OPERATING A 3/4 DRIVE AIR WRENCH (15LBS) IN AN AWKWARD POSITION TRYING TO LOOSEN A BOLT ON THE TAMROCK DRILL AND THE WEIGHT POSITION CAUSING

SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL DOWN

CLEANING OUT FORM MIDWEST REBAR LOADING REBAR ON SILO DECK BY HAND EMPLOYEE LOOKED OUT OF FORMS AND WAS HT IN JAW WITH REBAR. HE LOOKED AT EMPLOYEE JAW NO VISABLE MARKS CUTS ETC. ON EMPLOYE E JAW. DID NOT REPORT TO A DOCTOR UNTIL 2-25-90 ON DR'S EXCUSE SHEET.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS REACHING OVERHEAD TO REMOVE WATER LINE THAT WAS HUNG IN HANGER WHILE REMOVING HOSE HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN HOSE & HANGER (INSULATOR ) RESULTING IN AN INJURY

USING MATICH TO CLEAN UNDER TRUCK HIT PART WITH MATTICH-PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF AND HIT LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEES WAS WALKING ON HIS KNEES CARRYING A BOX OF RESIN WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A ROLL OF MINE CANVAS FROM MINER TO CROSSCUT. HE FELT A PULL IN BACK AND AS SHIFT WENT ON THE BACK TIGHTENED.

BUILDING A RR TIE RETAINING WALL WHEN INJURED SLIPPED RESULTING IN LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

BENDING OVER A LITTLE HAD A HOSE IN ONE HAND AND A COUPLER IN THE OTHER.HE TRIED TO PULL THEM TOGETHER WITH HIS ARMS AND HANDS.AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS TRYING TO PULL HIS ONE FOOT OUT OF 6" OF MUD BY TWISTING.

WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT.

HIS ENDLOADER CROSSED THE SUPPLY YARD RAILROAD TRACKS AT AN ANGLE CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK

EE WAS TRYING TO PRY DRILL STEEL BACK INTO ITS RACK WHEN BAR SLIPPED BAR FLEW BACK STRIKING HIM ON THE FINGERS THE STEEL ROLLED OUT OF RACK HITTING HIM ON THE FOOT.