All MSHA-reportable mining accidents in March 1991, sorted by severity. Fatalities appear first.
Showing the 500 most recent of 2,777 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.
ROOF BOLT OPERATOR WAS A BOUT SIX FOOT INBY PERMINATE SUPORT NO EYE WITNESS.
HE WAS FIRING A BLAST AND UPWARD PRESSURES FROM THE BLAST CAUSED CONNECTING WIRE OR AND CAP LEG WIRE TO CONTACT THE OVERHEAD POWELINE IN SOME CONFIGURATION CAUSING ELECTRICITY TO FOLLOW BACK T O THE BLASTING MACHINE RESULTING IN ELECTROCUTION.
EMPL WAS WORKING A DIAMOND DRILL OPERATORAT 4100 LEVEL 69 STOPE 17L & WAS LAST HEARD FROM WHEN HE ALLED TELE OPER AROUND 11:00AM EMPL WAS FOUND IN 46 BOREHOLE 4100-4400 APPROX 4:40 PM.
FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON VICTIM VENTRUREDOUT OVR MATERIAL HE KNEW TO BE BRIDGED. MATERIAL GAVE WAY & HE WAS DRAWN INTO CHUTE.
THE EE AND HIS CREW WERE ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE CONTINUOUS MINER FROM THE MUD AT THE FACE. A RAMCAR WHICH BROUGHT IN TIMBERS TO BE CUT AND PLACED UNDER THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS MOVED APPROX. 8 5 FT UPHILL FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE RAMCAR 6 MIN LATER STARTED ROLLING BACK DOWN THE HILL TOWARD THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE EE ATTEMPTED TO RUN TOWARD THE CONTINUOUS MINER TAIL BUT WAS
EMPLS WERE PUSHING CABLE BOLTS INTO HOLE BY HAND. FIRST CABLE FELL OUT OF HOLE & STRUCK EMPL ON RIGHT SIDE OF NECK SEVERING ARTERY.
EMPL WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK JTA0627 WITH LOAD OF ORE TO ORE DUMP. HE BACKED UP TO BERM & STARTED TO DUMP WHEN APPARENTLY DUMP FAILED CAUSING HAUL TRUCK TO ROLL OVER BACKWARDS OFF OF ORE DUMP 7 0 TO 70' ROLLING SEVERAL TIMES COMING TO REST ONRIGHT SIDE OF TRUCK AT BOTTOM OF SLOPE.
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF APPROX. 5 FT THICK 15FT WIDE 40FT LONG THE END HITTING THE VICTIM CAUSING HEAD INJURIES RESULTING IN DEATH.
VICTIM WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE FALLEN APPROX 85'. CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO ACCIDENT ARE UNKNOWN BECAUSE THERE WERE NO EYE WITNESSES.
CRUSHED PELVIS AND RIBS AND BROKEN RIGHT LEG DUE TO ROCK FALLING FROM HIGHWALL AFTER EE GOT OFF DOZEN TO CHECK COAL SEAM.
IT WAS NECESSARY FOR EMPL TO RAISE BOOM ON MOBILE TRUCK CRANE SO ANOTHER EMPL COULD CHECK FUEL FILTER.MOTOR ON TRUCK HAD DIED & END OF BOOM WAS DIRECTLY BENEATH 13,800 VOLVT LINE. OPERATOR HAD ARC FROM ELECTRIC LINE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH BOOM. OPERATOR SAW FIRE BUT CONTINUED TO HOLD BOOM RAISING LEVER & BOOM CONTINUED TO RISE. OPERATOR TURNED LOOSE OF LEVER & JUMPED FREE OF CRANE.
VICTIM & ANOTHER EMPL WERE TROUBLE SHOOTING PROBLEMS WITH ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR. VICTIM ENTERED HIGH VOLTAGE CONNECTION BOX WITHOUT PROPERLY DE-ENERGIZING & LOCKING OUT POWER SOURCE. VIC TIM CAME IN CONTACT WITH 30,000 TO 50,000 VOLTS OF D.C. CURRENT.
UNLOADING EQUIPMENT FROM FLAT BED TRAILER WHEN 8X12X14 INCH ROUND STEEL PIPE SLIPPED THRU CHAIN HOIST INTO A STEEL BEAM CAUSING AMPUTATION OF 1/2 INCH TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS MOVING AHEAVY BEAM AND HE FELT A PULLING AND BURNING IN HIW LOWER STOMACH.
THE MATERIAL DISCHARGE CHUTE BELOW THE 66 MILL CYCLONE HAD BECOME PLUGGED OR BLOCKED OFF,THE ASST OPERATOR INSPECTED THE CHUTE TO CORRECT THE BLOCKAGE BY REMOVING THE SAMPLE PORT AND STICKING HIS HAND AND ARM INTO THE SAMPLE PORT.THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF THE ROTARY VALVE.TO CONTACT THE ROTARY VALVE THE ASST OPER MUST HAVE REACHED UPWARD CAUSING HIS FINGERS TO BE SEVERED B
EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF WOOD THAT WAS STUCK IN THE DOORS OF A DEMPSTER BUCKET THE PIECE OF WOOD SLIPPED OUT AND HIS FINGERS WERE PINCHED BETWEEN THE DEMPSTER DOORS AND THE MAIN BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT #22 SILO TO REPAIR A ROTARY VALVE. FOUR HOPPER CARS WERE ON THE RAILROAD TRACK UNDER THE SILOS. HIS PARTNER WENT UP THE STAIRS TO THE PLATFORM ABOVE THE TRACK TO GET TO THE VAL VE. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF A HOPPER CAR, THE ENGINE RETURNED TO THE TRACK AND STARTED TO MOVE THE CARS. THE EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY STARTED DOWN THE LADDER ON THE BACK OF THE
LIFTING CUPLER ON BRAKE CAR PULLED SOMETHING IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OPER ON FOR HERNIA
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A HOIST JACK TO REPLACE A PIN WHEN THE STRAP CAME LOOSE FROM THE JACK AND THE WEIGHT OF THE JACK FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE.EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HOLD JACK IN PLACE TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO HANDRAIL C-13 BRACING HIMSELF WITH RT HAND HE THEN STUCK HIS LEFT HAND UNDER BELT GUARD WHEN HE PRESSED DOWN ON SLACK BELT THE BELT THIGHTEN PULLING HIS TWO FINGERS BETWE EN BELT & REAR PULLEY IN CLOCK WISE MOTION FROM BOTTOM TO TOP AMPUTATING ENDS OF FINGERS
HE WAS SHOVELING IN THE AREA OF THE WEST "A" BELT DRIVE. AS HE PLACED A SHOVEL OF WET MATERIAL ONTO THE BELT, HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN. THIS WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A HE RNIA AND ON 3-28-91, HE BEGAN TO MISS WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY.
WAS USING A GRINDER IN THE TAP SHOP WHEN HIS THUMB GOT CAUGHT IN THE GRINDER.
EMPL WAS UNLOADING CYLINDER HEAD FROM BACK OF TRUCK & TRYING TO PUT IT ON TABLE. WHEN HE LIFTED BACK OF CYLINDER TO PUSH IT ON TABLE HE FELT PAIN ON ABDOMINAL BUT IGNORED IT & KEPT ON WORKIN G . EMPL TOLD NO ONE ABOUT THIS INCIDENT.
INJURED WAS OPERATING THE HOIST OF A SALEM AUGER MACHINE TO LIFT THE END OF AN SINGER CONVEYOR WHEN THE HOIST TROLLEY CAME OFF THE BOOM AND HIT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WHICH WAS ON THE CONVEYOR .THIS FORM IS LATE AS THIS IS THE FIRST ACCIDENTWE HAD AND AS A CONTRACTOR I WAS UNAWARE OF REPORTING PROCEDURE.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED INJURY TO COMPANY 07-03-91 ALLEDGING TRAUMA BEGAN LAST DAY WORKED 03-07-91
TWO MEN WERE CHANGING FAN BELTS ON THE 85 TON ROCK TRUCK. THEY GOT THE NEW BELTS ON AND EE FELT SOMETHING WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. HE TOLD OTHER EMPLOYEE TO GO UP AND STARTED THE IT AND LET IT RU N AWHILE THINKING IT WOULD STRAIGHTEN ITSELF OUT. OTHER EMPLOYEE'S FIRST ATTEMPT TO START IT FAILED. AT THIS TIME, EE REACHED IN AND GRABBED TO BELT. OTHER EMPLOYEE, NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE EE,
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN OPEN WRENCH TO TAKE A NUT OFF OF A WEDAG DOOR/WHEN HE PULLED ON THE WRENCH HE FELT SEVERE PAIN IN H IS LOWER LEFT & ABDOMEN POISSIBLY IMPROPER BODY POSITION & NEED TO US E A WRENCH OF A LARGER LENGTH DR STATED IT WAS A STRAIN LEFT INGUIAL HERNIA
WHILE REMOVING ROCK FROM BETWEEN TRACK FRAME & TRACK EMPL FELT PAIN IN ABDOMINE.
I NAME WAS CHANGING OUT TRAM MOTOR ON 21SC SHUTTLE CAR THE MOTOR SLIPPED CUTTING THE END OF HIS INDEX FINGER OFF ON HIS LEFT HAND
RE-WIRING THE CRUSHING PLANT THE INJURED WAS PULLING THE HEAVY WIRE.
MOVING MINER CABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING SLIDE LOG ON A HEAD PULLEY IN THE SHOP. HE SAID HE TRIED TO LIFT PULLEY BUT REALIZED IT WAS TOO HEAVY AND GOT ASSISTANCE. HE FINISHED JOB AND THE WORK DAY. ON THE NEXT MORNING HE WOKE UP WITH WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A HERNIA.
WORKING ON TRUCK UNDER HOOD, LAYING ON FENDER HOOD SLIPPED DOWN AND BUMPED HIM IN THE HEAD AND BE JERKED BACK AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
WHILE KNEELING DOWN ON ROCK CLEANING OUT ROCK FROM CRUSHER, HE FELT A HOT FEELING IN HIS KNEE.
COUPLING TRACK MOTOR TO CAR USING STIFF TOUNGE TRYING TO GET PIN IN COUPLING HOLE MOTOR PULLED OUT PULLING PIN DOWN ON FIGNER SMASHING IT.
USING HAMMER DEVEL TENNIS ELBOW
WALKING ACROSS CHECKERED PLATE FLOOR,GRATING WELDED TO CHECKER PLATE OT BROKE HE FELL THROUGH AND CAUGHT HIMSELF ARM PIT DEEP.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A NEW SHANK ON SHOVEL BUCKET. THE BUCKET WAS LEFT IN A POSITION ON A RAMP THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO LINE UP THE SHANK WITH THE BUCKET USING THE CRANE ON THE SHOVEL CREW RUN TRUCK. TRYING TO ASSIST THE CRANE, HE GRABBED A HOLD OF THE FRONT OF THE SHANK AND ATTEMTPED TO PUSH IT INTO POSITION. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HEATER ON END LOADER, WHEN THE SWITCH WAS TURNED ON AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER WITH FAN BLADES.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING ROP IN THE 1ST CUT OF THE RIGHT BREAK IN THE #3 ENTRY, 2 SOUTH SECTION MMU# 001-0. AFTER FINISHING A ROW OF BOLTS HE KNELT BESIDE THE BOLTING MACHINE, WHILE THE OTHER BOLT ER OPERATOR MOVED THE MACHINE UP TO THE NEXT ROW, THE MACHINE TIRE ROLLED AGAINST A ROCK, CAUSING TI TO SLIDE AGAINST EMPLOYEE, KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE RIB, SCRATCHING AND BRUISING HIS LEFT
I NAME WAS IN PRECESS OF ALIGNING A PIECE OF BGELT STRUCTURE THE PIECE OF BOTTOM STRUCTURE HAD TURNED OVER & I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO RT IT WHEN STRUCTURE CAME OFF BELT ROPE CATCHING FINGER BE TWEEN ROPE & STRUCTURE
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CHECKING SECO SCREEN FOR HOLES IN SCREEN CLOTH. INSTREAD OD USING THE STEP LADDER PROVIDED THE JUMPED 3' TO WALKWAY LEVEL. HE DIDN'T REALIZE THE GUARD WAS BY HIS LEFT SI DE AS HE WAS LOOKING RIGHT. HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE EDGE OF THE GUARD. ELBOW WAS BRUISED. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT FOR 2 DAYS.
HE WAS TURNING A HOLD DOWN SCREW WITH WRENCH AND FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK.
INJURED CLAIMS WHILE STEPPING OVER THE SEAL WATER PIPE FOR THE RECIRCULATING PUMPS TO CHECK THE WATER PRESSURE GUAGE HE TRIPPED ON THE PIPE AND SPRAINED HIS LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON THE MAIN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND WAS ZAPPED.WHEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND,HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE CURBING AROUND THE MAIN SYSTEM.HIS HAND WAS BURNED.HE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE PAD.
CONVEYOR CHAIN CAME OFF MINER FOOTSHAFT MAN WAS USING BAR TO TRY TO PUT BACK ON AND BAR SLIPPED.HE HIT WRIST AND KNOCKED IT OUT OF JOINT.
EMPLOYEE RAN TO AVOID BEING SPLASHED WITH MUD & STRUCK AGAINST AN ANGLE IRON HOLDING THE COMMUNICATIONS PHONE TO THE DRAGLINE OPERATOR HIS HARD HAT WAS KNOCKED OFF & HE RECEIVED A 7IN CUT ON FOREHEAD OVER THE LEFT EYE REQUIRING 25 SUTUR ESEMPLOYEE REMAINS OFF
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPREAD CONCRETE UNDER THE STONE BINS THE CONCRETE WENT OVER THE TOP OF HIS BOOTS CAUSING SKIN IRRITATION TO HIS FEET AND LEGS.
WAS BACKING UP 506 BRIDGE CONVEYOR AND CAUGHT ELBOW AGAINST STOP OF MINE WITH HAND STILL ON LEVER JAMMING WRIST AGAINST LEVER.
EE STATED HE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF FORKLIFT HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND INJURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
A PIECE OF RASH FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATES DURING THE COURSE OF HIS EMPLOYEMENT HE HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL BACK INJURIES CAUSED BY HEAVY LIFTING, RESULTING IN LOW BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY FOR HIS BACK CONDITION ON 10/10/91.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE INTAKE & SLIPPED ON UNEVEN BOTTOM & FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK LOST TIME DID NOT START UNTIL 04-10-91
THE TOP WAS CHANGING FROM SLATE TO SANDSTONE AND IT WAS BEING STRAPPED. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE STRAPS AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LOWER BACK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING IN THE #5 ENTRY WHEN THE DRAW ROCK FELL.
PERSON STATED HE WAS SHOVELING COAL ON THE BELT. STATED, HE WAS THROWING COAL OVERHEAD WHEN HE FELT PAIN TO HIS RIB AREA.
BLASTING CONTRACTOR PUTTING OFF A ROUTINE SHOT. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN,THIS SHOT HAD AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF FLYROCK, HIT INJ PERSON(CONTRACTOR) ON LEFT ANKLE.CAUSED A BROKEN ANKLE.
HE WAS TAKING DOWN CURTAIN AND HE SAID SCOOP CAUGHT HIS LEFT LEG.NO BRUISE OR CUTS WERE DETECTED.
AFTER REPORTING FOR WORK ON 3-30-91, EMPLOYEE REPORTED A SORE NECK CAUSED BY WORKING ON A ROCK FILL IN D-8 CAT DOZER ON 3-28-91. HE STATED IT WAS ALSO AGGRAVATED BY RUNNING R.T. DOZER ON ROUGH ROADS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. HE SAW A DOCTOR ON 3-30-91.
WHILE WALKING I NAME HIT THE SIDE OF HIS RT FOOT ON A CRIB BLOCK THAT WAS LAYING ALONG THE RIB
EE WAS PRYING A ROCK FROM THE GRIZZLY FEEDER WITH A PRY BAR. WHEN THE ROCK CAME LOOSE THE PRY BAR FLEW BACK AGAINST HIS CHEST. HE DID NOT FEEL PAIN IN HIS CHEST UNTIL A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER. EE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK, BUT THE PAIN HAD BEEN CAUSED BY THE PRY BAR ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS MOPPING UP WATER ON THE BATH HOUSE FLOOR WHEN HIS RIGHT LEG GAVE WAY AND HE FELL.
EXCESSIVE SHOVELING.
THE CONTROL LEVER ON A ROAD GRADERS BLADE LIFTING CONTROL VIBRATED AND HIT THE EE ON THE INDEX FINGER CAUSING IT TO SWELL BRUISE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON CABLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE IT AND PULLED SHOULDER MUSCLE.
A S THE INJURED STARTED TO DRILL A HOLE TO SPOT AN ADDITIONAL ROOF BOLT IN THE #2 ENTRY OF THE 3 EAST SECTION A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 48IN LONGX24IN TAPERING TO 6IN X11IN TAPARING TO 2IN THICK THICK FELL FROM THE ROCK THE PIECE GRAZED HIS RT SHOULDER PUSHING HIM TOWARD THE RIB THE PIECE MEN STRUCK LOWER RT LEG
I NAME STATED HE GOT HIS LEFT ANKLE & LOWER LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIB & THE SHUTTLE CAR WHILE TRAMMING TO THE FEEDER
INJURED WAS UNLOADING 50# SACKS OF ROCK DUST FORM FLAT MATERIAL CAN INTO WHEELBARROW. AS INJURED STARTED TO PUSH LOADED WHEEL BARROW, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EE WAS IN PROCESS OF INSERTING DRILL STEEL IN DRILL POT OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE LAST ROW OF BOLTS NEAREST COALFACE WHEN THE COAL EITHER POP OFF OR ROLLED OFF CATCHING HIS RIGHT FOREMAN BETWEEN FAILED MATERIAL AND ROOF BOLTER MAST.
EE WAS SLOPPING BOTTOM AND HE BACKED OUT AND TURNED THE MINER TO THE RIGHT AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HEEL BETWEEN THE DECK AND A HIGH PLACE IN BOTTOM
EMPLOYEE WAS PACKING A BAG OF ROCK DUST WHEN HE RAN INTO A FIRE VALVE. HE THEN FELL AGIANST THE RIB AND ONTO THE FLOOR CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT SIDE AND ABRASION TO FACE LEGS AND HANDS.
THE CONVEYOR CHAIN WAS CAUGHT AND WOULD NOT MOVE, AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO FREE THE CHAIN BY STARTING THE CHAIN. THE CHAIN THEN BROKE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG.
USING CHAIN AND COMALONG - CHAIN SLIPPED- KNOCKING EMPLOYEE INTO CLARIFIER SIDE.
HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR IN THE NO. 3 ENTRY OF THE 4R1NW SECTION. WHLE DESCENDING A GRADE, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE SHUTTLE CAR AND STRUCK THE LEFT RIB. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO BACK THE SHUTT LE CAR AWAY FROM THE RIB, HIS LEFT FOOT BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE RIB.
EMPL STARTING SMALL PUMP,PULLED ON CORD AND PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.
ROOF BOLTER WAS TRAMING ACROSS SECTION SHUTTLE CAR CAME AROUND CORNER & HIP ROOF BOLTER CAUSING THE BOLT ER OPERATOR TO BE JARRED CAUSING INJURED TO THE EMPLOYEES BACK ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORT AT DATE OF INJURY WAS REPORTED WHEN EMPLOYEE CAME BACK TO WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION WHILE BOLTING A TRANSMISSION PAN ON A 992C LOADER. HE LIFTED A PAN OF BOLTS THAT WEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 15 LBS AND WHILE DOING SO, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A BOLT ALONG THE RIGHT RIB. WHILE DOING SO, HE WAS STRUCK BY A COAL RIB ROLL WHICH KNOCKED HIM AGAINST THE BOLT MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS PUTTING HIS DRILL AUGER INTO CHUCK OF ROOF BOLTER AND BEFORE THE AUGER WAS STRAIGHT INSIDE OF CHUCK HE CLOSED HIS SAFETY CLAMP ON THE AUGER CAUSING HIS AUGER TO OVEREXTEND HIS RIGHT ELBOW. THE EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED UP TO THIS POINT AND STARTED MISSING WORK ON 4-5-91.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LOAD A ROLL OF 4" WIRE INTO A LHD BUCKET. THE LHD IN WHICH THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROLLED BACKWARDS AND PINNED HIS LEG BETWEEN HIS LHD AND THE ROLL OF WIRE IN THE SECOND LHD.
PUTTING PATIO BLOCKS ON OVERCAST STRAINED BACK
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROOF FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS INJURING RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING CLOTHES IN WASHHOUSE WHEN HE STUBBED HIS TOE ON A BENCH
EE WAS LIFTING BULLDOZER TRACK WITH BOOM TRUCK CHAINE CAME LOOSE STRIKING EE ON LEFT SIDE OF NECK.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING MOVE BELT AND FELT A CATCH IN HIS BACK BUT DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AFTER GOING HOME AND THE NEXT DAY HE STATED THAT HIS BACK STARTED HURTING AN D HE WOULDN'T HARDLY WALK AND THAT IS WHEN HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR.
THE EE WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 30 X 30 X 0 X 3 FELL STRIKING INJURED S RIGHT LEG.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STEP UP OUT OF SUMP AT TRIPPER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING HIS NECK ON A CRIB BLOCK.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT SHOULDER AREAR WHEN THE SHUTTLECAR CANOPY STRUCK THE TOP & HIT RESIN BOLTS & KNOCKED THE CANOPY LOOSE & STTRUCK HIM ON THE SHOULDER
INJURED WAS CRAWLING ON HANDS & KNEES & HIS RT KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL
WHILE DRIVING A ONE TON TRUCK TO THE QUARRY THE BRAKES FAILED ON THE TRUCK THE DRIVER ELECTED TO RUN THE TRUCK INTO PILE TO STOP. HE CUT HIS HEAD BRUISED HIS LEFT LEG BRAKES WORKED WHEN HE HAD JUST BACKED AWAY FROM SHOP. 100 YARDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PALLET ON CONVEYOR, HOOKING UP CHOKER TO LIFT BUNDLE OF IDLERS. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ROLLERS BETWEEN LEGS AND LANDED ON BUTTOCKS AND TAILBONE.
TRUCK WAS BACKING INTO THE DUMPING AREA WHEN THE UNIT JACK KNIFED. THE TRAILER OVERTURNED AND THE TRACTOR WAS REARED UP ON REAR WHEELS. THE DRIVER WAS BOUNCED AROUND WHICH CUT HIS HEAD AND CRU SHED SPINAL CORD.
SLIP WHILE WORKING ON GEN JET. CUT FINGER ON EDGE OF FAN AND SHROUD.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM A 992C CATERPILLAR LOADER, SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 9 FT. TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET, BUT FELL SIDEWAYS AND HIT THE GROUND, CAUSING FRACTURE TO LUMBAR SPINE AREA. DOCTOR SPECIFIED APPROX. 2 WEEKS REST BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK.
CONTINUOUS MINER WAS STUCK IN FACE AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING CRIB BLOCKS OVER BOOM OF MINER FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 6 FEET WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK. COAL HEIGHT WAS 72".
WHILE ROCKDUSTING ALONG 4SO BELTLINE BETWEEN 4SO NO 1 DRIVE & TRANSFER INDIVIDUAL WAS EVIDENTLY STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROCK WHICH CAME OFF THE BELTLINE INJURED WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS
EE WAS IN THE CROSSCUT OF NO.1 ENTRY APPROX. FIVE FEET FROM SPAD NO 4680 ON THE 002 1 EAST OFF PARALLEL SECTION WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP THE MINER CABLE WHICH IS A 20 SHIELDED CABLE AND M OVING IT OUT OF THE HAULROAD HE CLAIMS TO HAVE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 4-2-91.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A WHEEL BORROW WHEN HE SLIPPED ON MUD AND PULLED LEFT SIDE BACK MUSCLE.
INJURED WAS RIDING MANTRIP TO SECTION. MANTRIP GOT LOSE AND HIT A JEEP AT THE END OF TRACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PORTRABLE GENERATOR & TRIED TO LIFT & CARRY IT ALONE
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING A BOULDER ON THE GRIZZLY, ANOTHER BOULDER CAME OUT OF THE DRAW POINT, STRUCK THE BAR AND SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND CONCRETE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A PART IAL AMPUTATION, RIGHT INDEX FINGER, AND CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK. PER CALL NO BONE WAS INVOLVED.
RIGHT HAND CUAGHT BETWEEN BARS ON CUTTING MACHINE & BLOCK OF STONE.
MAN LIFTED OXYGEN AND FELT DISCOMFORT IN STOMACH.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT A REOCCURRING BACK PROBLEM IS CAUSING HER TO BE INCOMPACITATED. SHE STATED THAT SHE CANNOT RECALL THE EXACT MOMENT OF STRAIN. SHE RECALLS PAIN PRIOR TO THE SHIFT. SHE WOR KED THROUGHOUT THE SHIFT WITH CONTINUING PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE STATES THIS IS A REAGGRAVATION OF HER PREVIOUS INJURY.
CLOSING VALVE ON #3 COOLING WATER PUMP,FELT BURNING SENSATION IN STOMACH AREA.
DRIVER WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED KNEE PAIN. TWISTED THE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE AND A CO-WORKER WERE LIFTING AND LOADING TWO TOOL BOXES ONTO THE BACK OF A THREE WHEELER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN CAUSING INFLAMMED MUSCLES.
REMOVING ROCK OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR BY LIFTING STRAINED BACK
LOADING BLOCK IN SCOOP TWISTED AND STRAINED BACK.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS ROLLING A CHUNK OF CASTABLE REFRACTORY MATERIAL WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CHUNK AND A PIECE OF METAL.
PERSON STATED; HE WAS LIFTING PARTS FOR THE SCRUBBER HOUSING AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AREA.
EE TWISTED FOOT WHILE CLEANING WEIGH SCALES.
EE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OVER HIS HEAD HE STATES.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE FELL & REAGGRAVATED A PREVIOUS BACK INJURY EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN ABHSENT FROM WORK SINCE 04-02-9 1 MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT THE EMPLOYEE TO DETERMINE THE REAWSON F OR HIS ABSENCE FROM WORK DUE TO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WE ARE SUBMITTING A 7000-1 HOWEVER THIS MATTER IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION
HE WAS PUTTING UP ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN RIB AND ROOF BOLT AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.
DRAW ROCK FELL ON TOP OF CONTINUOUS MINER. INJURED WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WITH OXY/ACE TORCH. TORCH POPPED AND A PIECE OF HOT SLAG OR METAL WENT INTO HIS LEFT EAR.
WAS WORKING ON HIS PLANT AT THE SHOP. AS HE WAS COMPING DOWN THE LADDER, THE LADDER SHIFTED AND CAME OUT FROLM UNDERNEATH HIMCAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS SHOULDER. HE MAY HAVE A TORN ROTATOR CUP.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE SETTING A TAILPIECE A PIECE OF ROOF FELL AND STRUCK HER ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING CO VECHILE ON THE PINEY ROAD WHEN HE STRUCK A ROCK ON THE ROAD CAUSING THE INJURY TO HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SEATED IN THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT OF A JITNEY,AS THE JITNEY WAS IN A FORWARD MOTION WHEN A LOCMOTIVE PUSHING TWO CARS COLLIDED WITH THE JITNEY FROM THE REAR.THE JITNEY WAS U NABLE TO CLEAR THE SWITCH AREA AS THE CARS WERE BEING PUSHED TOWARD THE SWITCH,WHEN THE FIRST CAR ON THE INBY END STRUCK THE JITNEY ON THE RIGHT REAR CORNER.
EE HAD DISMOUNTED FROM D-5 DOZER WENT TO THE BACK OF HIS MACHINE AND WAS BENDING TO HIS RIGHT TO LOOK FOR AN OIL LEAK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SHAKER SCREENS AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 04-11-91 WHEN DOCTOR PUT HIM ON PAIM MEDICATION AND SAID HE COULD NOT DRIVE A VEHICLE WHILE TAKING THE MEDICATION.
HE WAS LIFTING 8X12 PIECE OF PIPE INTO POSITION WHEN HE FELT PAIN RIGHT SHOULDER AREA. HE WAS LIFTING IN A CONFINED AREA. PERSON STARTED MISSING WORK 4-12-91.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WENT 2 BREAKS BACK FROM THE FACE TO GET SOME TIE WIRE TO USE TO HANG CABLES FROM THE ROOF. EMPLOYEE SAW AND HEARD A SHUTTLE CAR COMING EMPTY BACK TO THE FACE. EMPLOYEE STEPP ED OVER NEXT TO THE RIB TO ALLOW THE CAR TOP. THE CAR SLOWED WHEN APPROACED THE CAR RAN OVER A WET SPOT IN THE ROAD AND SLID OVER STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE LOWER LEGS. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE DECID
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING A CHAIN AROUND THE TONGUE OF A TRAILER THAT HAD JUMPED TRACK WHEN EE (ON THE OTHER MOTOR) MOVED CAUSING EE TO GET HIS FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CHAIN LINKS.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PULLING A TRIP OF LOADS OUTSIDE WHEN 1 CAR WRECKED CAUSING CARS TO UNCOUPLE AND CARS RAN AGAINST MOTOR JARRING HIM TO DECK SEAT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING IN MUD LOADING BLOCKS INTO A SCOOP. HIS FEET CAME OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE LANDED ON BLOCKS.
AT END OF SHIFT WAS SERVICING SCOOP OUTSIDE OF MINE WAS CUTTING PIECE OF BELT TO PLACE ON TOP OF BATTERIES KNIFE SLIPPED.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK ONTO SLIPPERY MUDDY GROUND TWISTED LEFT KNEE
LIFTING FLIGHT BAR INTO STAMLER AND INJURED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE SHUTTLE CAR CABLE. WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR BEGAN TO TRAM TOWARD THE FEEDER, THE CAR'S CABLE BECAME TAUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING MOVE TRACK RAILS FROM HAULAGE GRADE, WHILE LIFTING THE PIECE OF RAIL HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK.
EE STATED THAT WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT THE TRAILING CABLE ON THE S CAR HAD PULLED OUT OF THE REEL HE WENT DIRECTLY TO THE CABLE AND BEGAN MAKING REPAIRS. WHEN HE CUT INTO THE CABLE AN ARE OCCU RRED CAUSING BURN TO HIS LEFT HARD. HE HAD FAIL TO DENERGIZE THE CABLE.
PULLING ON BRAKE OF RAILROAD CAR.PULL MUSCLE IN LOWER RIGHT RIB.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK WHEN A PIECE HIT HIM ON HIS SHOULDER & WRIST.
INJURED WAS OPERATING ROOF DRILL WHEN A ROCK APPROX. 10 IN. WIDE X 12 IN. LONG X 2 IN. THICK FELL FROM TOP AND STRUCK INJURED ON LEFT RIGHT FINGER.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING IN THE #2 UNIT AT 6090'X-CUT. HE SLIPPED ON A FLAT WET ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT LOWER LEG CAUSING A KNHEE STRAIN.
ADJUSTING HAMMERS ON HAMMERMILL-FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 5 FEET FELL ON THE GROUND AND BRUISED HIS ARM AND SIDE. NO BROKEN BONES JUST BRUISE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE TIRE FROM A 482 SCOOP WHEN THE TIRE FELL OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ROCKBOLTING. HE WAS LEANING HIS MACHINE AGAINST THE RIB WHEN A ROCK FELL AND SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE ROCK. HE RECEIVED STITCHES, PRESCRIPTION AND THIS IS A LOST TIME MAKING IT REPORTABLE.
GETTING DRILL STEEL OUT OF TOP AND CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.HAPPENED AT FACE OF B-SECTION.
WHILE MOVING TUBES OF EXPLOSIVES TO REGR OF TRUCK FOR REMOVAL INJURED FELT PAIN IN NECK AREA.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE TURNED TO RUN AS THE TOP STARTED FALLING ON THE PILLAR LINE BEHIND THE BREAKER POST & TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK LOST TIME DID NOT START UNTIL APRIL 4 1991
REMOVING DIFFERENTIAL PLATE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FELL, DROPPING ONTO KNEE.
INJURED MAN HAD JUST FINISHED INSTALLING A BOLT TO SUPPORT THE ROOF, THE LOADER WAS LOADING THE BUGGY WHEN THE BUGGY HIT THE TUBES AND CAUSED THE LAST 4 TUBES AT THE FACE TO FALL AND HIT EMPLO YEE IN THE BACK.
EE WAS MOUNTING D 10 DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE DOZER TRACK ONTO THE CATWALK, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE OPERATING TAG LINE, ROPE FROM SNATCH BLOCK BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.
HE WAS HOLDING PIN TRYING TO GET CONVEYOR CHAIN BACK ON MINER AND HIT HIS RIGHT THUMB WITH HAMMER.
HELPING LIFT A BATTERY CHARGER AND OTHERS THAT WERE LIFTING DROPPED THEIR END CAUSING INJURED TO BE INJURED.
EE WAS OPERATING A OVERHEAD CRANE THE EE WAS PUSHING THE LOW GEAR LEVER. THE LEVER LODGED AND THE EE PUSHED THE LEVER FORWARD TO UNLODGE THE LEVER UNLOADGED AND THE LEFT HAND QUICLY WENT FORWA RD SMASHING AND CUTTING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THELEFT HAND AGAINST THE METAL CRANE.
WHILE PULLING ON 55 GAL. GREASE DRUM TO TIP DRUM ON TO EDGE FOR ROLLING INJURED FELT PAIN IN GROIN.
WHILE CHANGING A TIRE ON A SLOPED SURFACE JACK HANDLE HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE CHIN
HE WAS HELPING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PERMANENT SEAL. WHILE TRYING TO PLACE A CONCRETE BLOCK AGAINST THE RIB HE LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIS LEFT THUMB TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE CONCRETE BLO CK AND THE COAL RIB, FRACTURING IT.
HE WAS WORKING ON A BOLTER HEAD IN THE SHOP. WHEN HE WENT TO ROLL THE BOLTER HEAD OVER, HE PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD 6 X 6 X 8' POST FROM SCOOP AS SOME ROLLED ONTO ONE HE HAD HOLD OF CAUSING WRIST TO TURN.
RETRIEVING USED PARTS TRIPED CARRYING THE PULLEY LACER TO L THUMB
EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE HANGING MINER CABLE IN ORDER FOR THE SCOOP TO GET TO #2 HEADING. THEY HAD TO HAND THE CABLE ABOUT 6 1/2 FEET IN THE AIR AND EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE MINER CABLE UP WHILE CO-WORKER TIED THE CABLE. WHILE LIFTING THE CABLE, EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE EXPERIENCED A PULLING SENSATION AND A PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS ABDOMEN.
I NAME WAS PULLING A SHUTTLE CAR DRAY INTO THE 2 PORTAL SHOP AREA WITH THE GATOR PARTS CAR HE PICKED UP A BATTERY TO CARRY OVER TO A REPAIRMAN & TRIPPED OVER THE S CAR DRAG
WHILE SAWING A TIMBER WITH A CHAIN SAW THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE ON THE BAR STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER CUTTING IT.
FOREMAN WAS BACKING JEEP ABOUT 5FT EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING TRACK BEHIND THE JEEP FOREMAN DID NOT SEE THE EMPLOYEE JEEP HIT EMPLOYEE & HE FELL ON HIS RT WRIST A PHYSICIAN DID NOT DETERMINE THAT T HERE WAS A FX UNTIL NOR DID HE START MISSING WORK UNTIL 05-11-91
ATTEMPTED TO LIFT TROLLEY WIRE IN PLACE, FEELING PAIN IN L GROIN
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HOOK UP DUSTER TO SCOOP BUCKET, TONGUE OF DUSTER SMAHSED LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
TRAMMING MINER FROM OUTSIDE AND WENT TO A DIFFERENTELEVATION IN THE WAY THE COAL LAYED AND THE MINE CAME UP AND THE CANOPY STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD JAMING HIS HEAD AND NECK.
HE WAS COMING OFF A HILL IN TOO HIGH A GEAR AND TRIED TO DOWN SHIFT AND KILLED HIS ENGINE WITH ATHE J-BRAKE. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND TURNED OVER.
HELPING WITH WELDING, WIND SWIRLED THE DIRT AROUND AND CAUSED TWO PIECES OF METAL TO ENTER HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PIT PERFORMING HIS REGULAR JOB. HE HAD HIS BACK TO THE HIGH WALL AND WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT CALF MUSCLE BY A ROCK FALLING FROM THE HIGH WALL. HE THOUGH HE WAS OK AND DID N OT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 4/1/91. WAS THEN OFF 4/2 AND 4/3.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYHING SLATE AND TRIPPED AND GRABBED TRIMMING MACHINE TO CATCH HIS BALANCE AND IN DOING SO HE JAMMED HIS HAND AGIANST THE TRIMMING MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A SMALL ROCK OUT OF THE WAY AND HURT HIS BACK.
HE WAS PULLING ROCKS OFF HIS TRUCK BY HAND. AS HE STEPPED BACK, HE TRIPPED THEN FELL ONTO HIS ARM. CAUSING IT TO FRACTURE.
EE WAS CHANGING A SCREEN ON THE 6 X 16 SHAKER OF THE CRUSHER. HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE DECK AND TWISTED WRONG CAUSING PAIN IN HIS BACK.
WAS ON SIDE OF TRUCK LOADING STONE SLIPPED OFF SIDE OF TRAILER WHEN GETTING DOWN & HURT KNEE TRAILER WAS WET FROM RAIN & POWER LITES WENT OUT
EE STATED HE WAS WORKING ON TEREX ENDDUMP 102 HE WAS PUTTING BED PINS IN TO HOLD BED UP. WHEN HE PUT PINS IN THE MUST HAVE TWISTED WRONG AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
INJURED CLAIMS HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE NO.3 MILL PACKER STAIRS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING LOW BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE CAB OF THE DRILL RIG WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL,LANDING ON HIS BACK.MUSCLE SPASMS REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION,EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED TO LIGHT DUTY,HOWEVER HE DIDN'T RETURN .
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING DOWN LW FACE, THE PANLINE PUSHED. AS HE WAS WALKING AND STEPPING OVER RELAY BARS, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF SHIELD BASE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HIT HIS LEFT SHIN ON DA RAM BOX.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING SOMETHING ON SHOVEL. HE BENT TO GO UNDER SOMETHING AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD. HOS LOST HIS BALANCE AND THE WIND WAS GUSTING 70 TO 80 MPH AND CAUGHT HIM AND BLEW HIM OFF THE SH OVEL. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK. AMBULANCE WAS CALLED.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS BAGGING HYDRATED LIME & WHEN HE PLACE A BAG ONTO THE PALLET HE GOT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 50LB SACK OF PRELL EXPLOSIVE WHEN SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK.
WHILE WELDING STRAPS IN D-2 BALLING DRUM, EMPLOYEE TURNED AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.
WORK SHIFT WAS JUST ENDING, DROVE LOARDER TO PARKING AREA, THE WIND WAS BLOWING UP TO 68 MPH AND AS SHE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM THE LOADER WAS HOLDING ON RAIL WITH RIGHT HAND AND SHUTING THE DO OR OF LOADER WITH LEFT HAND, THE WIND CAUGHT DOOR AND CAUSED HER TO LOOSE GRIP ON RAIL. SHE FELLL ON HER BACK TO THE GROUND.
PINCHED FINGER WHILE REPAIRING CLUTCH ON ENGINE OF CRUSHER.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING SHUTTER DOORS ON RADIATOR OF DEMAG SHOVEL. SE ATTACHED.
JUMPED DOWN OFF A ROOF OF A SHED.
PER MD REPORT"COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN HER RIGHT AHND...HAS A TENDONITIS INVOLVING THE FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS.SHE MAY BE DEVELOPING A TRIGGER THUMB"LAST DAY WORKED WAS 03-27-91.EMPLOYEE HAD CTS SURGERY AND WAS LATER LAID OFF ON JUNE 1,1991.
FELT PULL IN GROIN AREA WHILE LIFTING A DOME LID ON A GARBAGE CAN.
INJURED ADN HELPER HAD REPLACED CONTACT BLOCK AND REPLACED FUSES IN 3 PHASE SWITCH BOX. THEY HAD A SPARE FUSE THAT THEY WERE UNSURE OF AND DECIDED TO TEST IT. INJURED TOOK FUSE AND STUCK ONE E ND AGAINST HOT POLE OF BOX AND WHEN REACHED FOR FOR AMP TESTER APPARENTLY MOVED THE FUSE END UPWARDS AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE SWITCH BAR. THE FUSE AND BAR ARCED BURNINGHIM AND MADE SMOKE SOM
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING FIRE HOSE TO CLEAN OUT MUCKER AT MW#1 HEAD.WHEN HE PULLED IT AROUND THE CRONER AT MW31 HE SLIPPED AND FELL,CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.WHEN HE HIT THE GROU ND HE LANDED ON THE FINGER DISLOCATING IT.
5NW LONGWALL SHOVELING SHIELD TOES. PUT SHOVEL HANDLE AGAINST RIGHT KNEE TO PUSH, KNEE POPPED AND HE EXPERIENCED PAIN. SUFFERED SPRAIN OR STRAIN TO RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON #3 COOLER ARCHES THROUGH THE HOLE IN KILN ROOM FLOOR. WHEN THROUGH, BENT OVER THE PICK UP STEEL PLATE THAT COVERS HOLE IN FLOOR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
WHILE DRIVING HIS TRUCK FROM THE DUMP BACK TO THE PREP PLANT THE EMPLOYEE'S HIT A ROUGHT PLACE IN THE ROAD RESULTING INA STRAIN TO HIS NECK AND BACK.
WHILE HOOKING CHAIN TO RADIATOR HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE RADIATOR AND LOADER BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE I NAME CALLED SAFETY DIRECTOR I NAME ON 03-29-91 & INFORMED ME THAT UPON ARISING ON 03-28-91 A VACATION DAY HE HAD SEVERE BACK PAIN & SAID HE WOULD NOT BE COMING TO WORK UNTIL HE FEL T BETTER & WAS GOING TO SEE A DOC AT THIS TIME HE MADE NO REFERENCE TO THE BACK PAIN BEING JOB RELATED HE USED PERSONAL SICK LEAVE FOR THE NEXT 15 DAYS UPON RETURNING TO WORK ON 04-22-91 I TA
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AIR HOSE TO BLW DUST OUT OF DRAGLINE HOUSING DRAGLINE SWUNG AROUND CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE BALANCE.EMPLOYEE FELL ONTO BOLT JUTTING UP FROM FLOOR.HIT MID-BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE FRACTURED HIS ANKLE WHILE LOADING THE POWDER TRUCK.HE ALLEGES STEPPING ON A ROCK.
WHILE REFUELING A HEATER, THE FUMES FROM THE FUEL IGNITED CAUSING A FLASH AND BURNED HIS FACE AND ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED THE JOB TASK OF CLEANING SPILLED MATERIAL FROM UNDERNEATH THE NO 1 & NO 2 CLINKER CONVEYOR BELTS WHILE SWEEPING IN THIS AREA HIS FEET SLIPPED ON LOOSE CLINKER CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE & FALL TO THE GROUND LEVEL LANDING ON HIS RT HAND THIS RESULTED IN A FX OF THE WRIST
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THE AXLE BROKE ON THE REAR TRACTOR WHEELS CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR FRAME AND THE BACK OF THE CAB.
EE WAS MOVING 3' SOCKET AROUND ON TURNTABLE. THE BOTTOM HAD A BURR ON IT AND AS EE TURNED SOCKET, HIS HAND SLID ACROSS BURR, SLICING ALL 4 FINGERS-15 TOTAL STITCHES, PRESC-GIVEN 2 DAYS LOST TI ME.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. MAN HAS HAD SURGERY ON THIS KNEE AND IT IS CONTINUALLY BOTHERING HIM.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE IN CABLE HANGER WHEN CABLE SHIPPED AND HE RAN HOOK OF CABLE HANGER THRU SKIN BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
INJURED WAS WORKING AS A TRACKMAN ON THE WEST MAINS SECTION. AS HE WAS DRIVING A TRACK SPIKE INTO A TRACK TIE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER. WHEN HE LOWERED THE DRILL HEAD AND WAS POSITIONING IT, THE HEAD PUSHED ON A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK AND HIS FOOT BECAME SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE MINE BOTTOM.
EE WAS ATTEMPING TO DISMOUNT FROM HIGH LIFT TRIPED AND STRUCT THE GROUND. EE HAS A BACK INJURY.
GETTING IN THE MANTRIP AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF A SECTION OF WATER LINE CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS ON THE BELT ROPE.
EMPL FELL WHILE PULLING ROCK DUST HOSE AND INJURED BACK,HIP,LEG,ETC.SEE ATTCH LETTER.
AFTER REPLACING A 1/2IN INT ERNAL HOSE INSIDE A SHIELD EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN WENT TO DOC ON 03-28-91 RETURNED TO WORK ON 04-04-91 STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN 04-11-91
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE TAIL MOTOR ON A 5 CAR TRIP. THE 2 END CARS UNCOUPLED AND RAN BACK INTO HIS MOTOR CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS KNEE ON MOTOR.
EE FINISHED LOADING A MUCKTRAIN FROM ACHUTE. IN THE PROCESS OF DESCENDING FROM THE LOADING PLATFORM TO THE TRACK LEVEL, HE EXPERIENCED A MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS LOWER BACK.
DRIVING PUSH OUT CAR, HIT HOLE IN MINE JARRING BACK
EE WAS LIFTING SECTION OF MONORAIL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
THE GROUND WAS VERY MUDDY, DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. PIPE WAS BEING UNLOADED WHEN EE SLIPPED AND FELL THE PIPE FELL ON HIS ANKLE. HIS ANKLE IS SWOLLEN, NOT BROKEN.
EMPLOYEE HAD A RATCHET AND SOCKET TIGHTENING UP A ROPE CLAMP WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED ONT HE TAILE PIECE JACK AND TURNED TAIL PIECE LOOSE AND SLID BACK ON EMPLOYEE'S BACK.
ALLEGES THAT HE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE A ROLLER FROM UNDER A PILE OF MATERIAL AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT ELBOW.
TOOL BOX WAS BEING LIFTED INTO PLACE TOOL BOX HUNG ON HAND RAIL THEN SLIPPED FREE PINNING EMPLOYEES LEG BETWEEN TOOL BOX AND BRACE ON WALL.
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED LOST HIS BALANCE AND STRAINED HIS KNEE,AS HE WAS WALKING ACROSS SECTION.
INJURED WAS STANDING ON 6 X 6 BLOCK LIFTING PUMP WHEN BLOCK ROLLED OVER CAUSING INJURED TO FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE FACE OF THE #1 ENTRY, 2 SOUT PARALLEL SECTION, MMU#005-0. AS HE SWUNG THE DRILL HEAD TOWARD THE LEFT RIB, TO PUT UP THE OUTSIDE BOLT, HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE DRILL HEAD, JUST ABOVE HIS KNEE PAD. BRUISE ON RIGHT KNEE.
PAINTER WAS LIFTING BUCKETS OF PAINT.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE REAGGRAVATED A PREVIOUS BACK INJURY ON 3/27/91. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 5/6/91 WHEN HE STATED THAT ON 5/4/91 HE REINJURED HIS BACK.
CRAWLING AND KNEE STARTED HURTING. A LUMP OF COAL WAS CAUGHT IN A HOLE IN KNEEPAD.
WHILE REMOVING A JACK FROM THE LOADOUT BELT THAT IS USED TO PREVENT WATER BUILDUP ON THE BELT, THE JACK RELEASE MEC. SLIPPED CATCHING THE LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE JACK HANDLE AND THE JACK FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING FOR THE RIBS TO WORK BEFORE STARTING TO BOLT WHEN HE BEGAN TO BOLT T HE RIB POPPED & STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD
MEN STOPPED WORK AT THE DEWEY MINE FOR LUNCH AT NOON I NAME HAD BEEN RUNNING KOMATSU WA600 WHEEL LOADER & HAD DUG THE BUCKET INTO THE PILE & APPLIED DOWN PRESSURE BEFORE SHUTTING MACHINE OFF I NAME INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN RUNNING A EUCLIDR-35 ROCK T RUCK AFTER PARKING TRUCK HE WALKED OVER TO EAT WITH I NAME AT 12:20 PM I NAME DROVE UP IN HIS FORD F150 TRUCK TO SPEAK WITH I NAME &
WHILE PUTTING SCRAP METAL INTO DUMPSTER THE SKID EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST BACK
INJURED WAS CRAWLING ON HANDS AND KNEES AND HIT RIGHT KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING UP THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE TRAILING CABLE, FOR THE SCOOP TO PASS UNDER, IN THE FACE AREA OF THE #3 ENTRY, 2 SOUTH PARALLEL SECTION, MMU#005-0. AS THE SCOOP PASSED UNDER THE CABLE, THE TIRE RAN UPON A ROCK, THEN ROLLED BACK CAUSIGN THE BATTERY BOX TO SCOOT ACROSS EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT, BRUISING IT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WATCHING CABLES AT TAILPIECE AND AS THE CABLE STARTED PULLING DOWN. THE CABLES CAUGHT A 1 1/2 HP PUMP AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET PUMP OUT OF THE WAY. AS HE REACHED FOR THE PUMP THE CABLE KOCKED TIMBER LOOSE AND IT STRUCK HS RIGHT SHOULDER. FIRST DAY OFF 5-9-91.
STANDING BESIDE LOW BANG WITH I-BEAM ON IT. SCOOP WAS GETTING IN POSITION TO UNLOAD. SCOOP STRUCK I-BEAM CAUSING IT TO FALL ON EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WITH THE FOREMAN @ THE ENTRANCE TO THE PIT. IT APPEARS THE ROCK IN QUESTION WAS THE ONLY ONE TO LEAVE WHEN THE SHOT WAS DETANETED AND TRAVELLED APPROX 1200 FT. AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE SIDE CRACKING SOME RIBS MSHA WAS NOTIFIED LOCALLY OUT OF THE B'HAM ALA OFFICE.
A ROCK GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND TALL PULLEY ON A CONVEYOR EE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE ROCK WITHOUT SHUTTING BELT OFF RESULT CAUGHT FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY NOTE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO STOP AND LOCK OUT BELTS PRIOR THEWORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND STEPPED TO CHIP SLAG OFF WELD.WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG HIT HIM IN THE EYE.THE EMPLOYEE DID HAVE ON SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A WOODEN CATWALK AND SLIPPED AND FELL DUE TO A WET SURFACE. BRUISED LOWER PART OF RIGHT BACK.
GETTING OUT OF BIN TRUCK SLIPPED GRABBED HAND RAIL TO BREAK FALL PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PACKED ARE IN FEEDER CHUTE, EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY BELT, PACKED MATERIAL CAME LOOSE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ANKLE. HAIRLINE FX AND TENDON DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED.
THE SPADE PART OF A SHOVEL WAS IN THE TAIL PULLEY OF A CONVEYOR BELT WHILE IT WAS RUNNING.THE EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING IT TO SEE IF IT WAS GOING TO WORK ITS WAY OUT.I SOMEHOW WEDGED JUST RIGHT CA USING IT TO FLY OUT HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE CAUSING LACERATIONS TO THE NOSE AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING OFF EXOLON MACHINES AS PART OF HIS NORMAL DUTIES. FLEDSPAR WAS BLOWN INTO HIS LEFT EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE NOT BEING WORN AT THE TIME. EYEWASH AT THAT TIME AND CONTINU ED WORKING, INCLUDING THE NEXT DAY. INFLAMATION OF EYE HAD ONSET AFTER ACCIDENT DATE. OUT OF WORK 4-1-91 ONLY.
ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIS LOADER TO ATTEMPT TO PULL THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S BULLDOZER FROM THE MUD WHEN THE CABLE USED BROKE. INJURED WAS STRUCK ON THE R. BICEP BY THE FREE END OF THE CABL E WHICH LASHED BACK. INJURED WAS IN THE OPERATOR'S SEAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON CONVEYOR BELT CHECKING AN APPARENT LOOSE WIRE ON THE MOTOR WHEN THE CONVEYOR TURNED & PINCHED HIS LEGS BETWEEN BELT & MOTOR STAND X-RAYS TAKEN WERE NE GATIVE & HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING SUSTAINED BRUISES & SPRAINS TO BOTH ANKLES HE WAS PLACED ON A NO-WORK STATUS IN ORDER TO KEEP HIS FEET ELEVATED UNTIL THE SWELLING SUBSIDES
INSTALLING TRANSMISSION TO MOTOR TRYING TO PUSH COVER PLATE ON WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PINCH IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED THE LOADER HE WAS OPERATING AND WHILE WALKING THE AREA, TRIPPED OVER A ROCK AND FELL TO THE GROUND CUTTING HIS LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BUCKET TOOTH ON DRAGLINE, SLEDGE HAMME HIT BOLT WHICH KNOCKED TOOTH OFF AND WENT EMPLOYEE'S LEG.
INJURED OPENED THE DOOR ON MP2 TO RESET BREAKER.THE DOOR ON MP2 CAME IN CONTACT WITH WIRE FROM TRANSFORMER CAUSING INJURED TO SUFFER SEVERE SHOCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER FROM THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT OF THE 950 CATEPILLAR PAYLOADER AS HIS RT FOOT CONTACTED THE LAST RUNG IT SLIPPED FROM THE RUNG & A S HIS F EET CONTACTED GROU ND LEVEL THE SUDDEN JOLT RESULTED N PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCK AT HEADGATE LW 4 PANEL 16, WHEN STRAIN HIS BACK.
HE WAS PICKING ROCK OUT OF THE COAL PILE. HE SLIPPED AND FELL, HURTING HIS NECK. HE WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY. HE WAS TOLD TO GO TO THE DR. BUT DIDN'T GO UNTIL THE MORNING OF 3-28-91. HE RE PORTED THE DR'S COMMENTS THE SAME MORNING AND WAS SENT BACK HOME.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE BENT OVER TO REACH FOR RACHET, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE EE WAS SERVICING SHEARER A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING EE ON LEFT INDEX FINGER.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING COAL SPILLAGE FROM RECLAIM TUNNEL AND WHILE WALKING THROUGH TUNNEL HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A PIPE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE GETTING OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR.EMPLOYEE WORKED THE REST OF THE WEEK AFTER INJURY-WENT TO DOCTOR OVER THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
EE WAS HELPING TO SET TIMBERS HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP TIMBER AND SMALL PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK EE ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
SITTING IN SCOOP LIFTING BUGGY TO CHANGE TIRE. BLOCKING THAT WAS BEING USED GAVE WAY JARRING HIM WHILE IN SETTING PROSITION.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF AN EIGHT TON TRACK LOCOMOTIVE. AS THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT, HE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED IN TO A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR, TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN THE VEHICLE HE WAS SITTING IN WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHILE SITTING IN A PARKED PERSONNEL CARRIER (JITNEY), THE EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS NECK WHEN ANOTHER TRA CK VEHICLE STRUCK THE PARKED JITNEY.
MEDICAL VERIFICATION RECEIVED ON 4-24-91. EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING AND CARRYING ROTATION UNIT OFF ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
THE INJURIES SLIPPED ON SOME DRILL CUTTING, ON 6-13-91. HE BEGAN LOSING TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE DECK OF A SHUTTLE CAR AND BACKED INTO ONE OF THE CANOPY LEGS.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS WALKING UPRIGHT WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE BRUSING HIS RIGHT HEEL.
INJURED AND PARTNER HAD BARRED LOOSE AND WERE CLEANING BOTTOM HOLES WHEN PARTNER FLIPPED A ROCK CAUSING ROCK TO SLIDE DOWN AND LAND ON INJURED'S FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT SHE TRIPPED OVER CO-WORKERS DINNER BUCKET (NEXT TO BACK DOOR) CAUSING SPRAIN TO LEFT FOOT.
ANOTHER MOTOR ROLLED INTO BACK OF MOTOR HE WAS IN.
INJURED WAS CRAWLING ACROSS A BELT CROSSING POINT WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON A LOOSE BOARD CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE MINE FLOOR INJURING HIS SHOULDER AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE BELT OVERCAST HE PICKED UP METAL BEAM AND HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL.HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.
6 NORTHWEST SECTION-EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL A RAIL WITH 3 OTHER MEN-RIGHT KNEE WAS HYPEREXTENDED.EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 04-04-91.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 04-17-91
EE WAS ASSISTING A MILLWRIGHT BY GRINDING ANGLE STEEL. WHILE GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL CHIP DEFLECTED FROM THE SURFACE WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASES AND ENTERED HISS RIGHT EYE.
INJURED WAS THROWING TRACK SWITCH AT THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT BUILDING,TO PUT SUPPLY MOTOR ON SIDE TRACK ON YARD.THE SWITCH WAS HARD TO THROW AND INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.THE SWITCH TIE HAD BEEN MOVED AND THE SPRING BAR WAS HITTING TIE.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN THE VEHICLE HE WAS SITTING IN WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.WHILE SITTING IN A PARKED PERSONNEL CARRIER(JITNEY).THE EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS NECK AND LOWER BACK WHEN ANOTHER TRACK VEHICLE STRUCK THE PARKED JITNEY.
EE WAS HELPING ON BOLTED BACKED BOLTER OUT OF PLACE TO LET SCOOP IN TO CLEAN BACKED BOLTER WAS BACK IN INTERSECTION ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS HITTING HIM ON FOOT.
PERSON STATED: WAS SHOVELING ON THE BELT WHEN HE HEARD THE MAIN BELT START TO SLOW STATED, HE WAS NOT SURE IF THE SUB MAIN BELT WOULD SHUT OFF PROPERLY. PERSON STARTED TO RUN TO THE BELT SWI TCH BOX WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST THE BELT WIPER FRAME.
EE WAS PITCHING TIMBERS FROM SCOOP BUCKET.
HURT SELF LIFTING BAR HANGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OF LW 4 FACE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING BELT TAIL PIECE. AS HE RAISED SHOVEL TO PUT COAL ON BELT INJRUED TWISTED HIS BODY AROUND. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A SPOOL OF WIRE ROPE IN #3 ENTRY OF 001 SEC. EMPLOYEE STRAINED LEFT KNEE
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED BY FALLEN ROOF MATERIAL WHILE OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER. WHILE DRILLING INTO THE MINE ROOF A LARGE PIECE OF MATERIAL (5'X4'X2' THICK) FELL ONTO THE ATRS CAUSING IT TO B REAK INTO SMALLER PIECES WHICH STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S LOWER BACK.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN THE VEHICLE IN WHIHC HE WAS A PASSENGER WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER TRACK VEHICLE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTPING TO STAND UP TO EXIT THE PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN THE VEHI CLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER. THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED FEELING PAIN IN HIS NECK, RIGHT KNEE AND RIGHT WRIST.
PERSON STATED;HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL MINER CABLE FROM PILE OF COAL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.PERSON STATED HE HAS A SLIPPED DISC.
INJURED WAS ROOF B0LTING WHEN HE PLACED HIS LT HAND ON THE TRAY AND A PIECE OF SLATE FELL PINCHING HIS LT HAND AGAINST THE DRILL FRAME.
STARTED TO CRAWL UP INTO EUCLID TRUCK-FEET WERE WET AND MUDDY. FOOT SLIPPED OFF RUNG AND EMPLOYEE HIT ON BOTTOM STEP OF EUCLID.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING AND SERVICING/GREASING AT THE PRIMARY PLANT, HIS USUAL JOB DUTY. HE LOST HIS BALANCE WHEN TRANSVERSING AROUND A MOTOR, AN EYE LIFT ON THE MOTOR TURNED WITH HIM. EMPLO YEE FELL TO THE GROUND, ABOUT NINE FEET DOWN, ONTO HIS LEFT ANKLE. DIAGNOSIS IS FRACTURE TO LEFT ANKLE AND TORN LIGAMENTS IN LEFT ANKLE.
TRYING TO BOLT KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT STRUCK LEFT WRIST AND HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A BAG OF LIME DOWN ON A PALELT AND PULLED HIS BACK.
OEPRATING A S.C. RUN OVER CRIB BLOCK HURT AND OIL BONE.
HE WAS CHECKING THE SETTLING RATE OF A THICKENER. HE HAD JUST DIPPED THE CUP AND POLE IN THE CENTER WELL OF THE THICKENER AND PULLED IT OUT AND SET IT ON TOP OF HANDRAIL. WHILE DOING THIS, SOM ETHING WAS BLOWN INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
INJURED SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE WALKING DOWN A 2ND LEFT INTAKE ENTRY.THE ENTRY AND A SLIGHT GRADE TO THE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF A CONVEYOR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE TIRE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SURFACE GRINDER IN THE WELD SHOP. IT WAS VERY WINDY THAT DAY. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. FORIGN DEBRIS BLEW INTO HIS L EYE.
PULLING A STEEL CABLE OUT FROM UNDER A PILE OF TIMBERS AND HAD A ROOF BOLT ATTACHED TO A TRUCK PULLING THE CABLE. THE ROOF BOLT SLIPPED AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING AT MAN TRIP, WAS UNAWARE HE WAS STANDING ON TRACK BETWEEN TWO MOTORS. ONE OF THE MOTORS ROLLED HITTING ELMPLOYEE ON LEG.
PICKED UP A LARGE ROCK TO THROW INTO LOADER BUCKET AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK ON LOWER RIGHT SIDE.
SHOVELING ON THE BELT AND FELT SPASMS IN LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING A CAP BOARD AGAINST THE FRAME OF A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN DOING SO HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE CAP BOARD RESULTING IN A FX
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A WATER HOSE IT WAS MUDDY HE SLIPPED & FELL ON HIS SIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A HOOD OUT OF THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND HE TURNED WRONG AND HURT HIS BACK.EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN 2 PRESCRIPTIONS AND THIS IS LOST TIME MAKING IT REPORTABLE X-RAYS WERE ALSO TAKE N.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING CATWALK WHEN HE TORE TENDONS & LIGAMENT IN LEFT FOREARM.
WHILE PULLING UP ON RUBBER TIRE BRACKET TO DROP, WHEEL BRACKET FOULDED UP AGAINST ROOF BOLT. CUASING HIM TO JERK WITH HIS BACK CAUSING PAIN TO GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF BACKHOE AND SLIPPED ON WET GROUND AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE BACKHOE TRACK.ELBOW HAS BUMP ON IT AND RIGHT FOREARM HURTS.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT SHE WAS REMOVING A 4" WATER LINE COUPLING. THE COUPLING STRUCK HER ON THE RIGHT LOWER LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHOPPING A PIECE OF STONE WITH STEEL TOOL.
INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING FROM BOBCAT LOADER 843.HE WAS ON FRONT TIRE PREPARING TO DISMOUNT TO FLOOR,WHEN HE STEPPED OFF TIRE TO FLOOR HIS ANKLE GAVE WAY.AREA WAS CLEAN AND CLEAR CONCRETE FLOOR IN SHOP AREA.
BACK WAS SORE AFTER DOING MAINTENANCE ON SCREEN AT CRUSHING PLANT. TWO DAYS LATER HE REPORTED TO DR. AND WAS TOLD TO WORK LIGHT DUTY FOR ONE WEEK. INSTEAD OF LIGHT DUTY, HE CHOSE TO MISS WORK FOR REMAINDER OF WEEK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING 2 1/4IN ASHLAR OFF OF POWER ROLLERS WENT TO TAKE A PIECE OFF & HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN THE POWER ROLLER
CLAIMANT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT FINAL DRIVE CARRIER FROM REAR OF TRUCK INTO PLACE ON A 35 TON TRUCK EMPLOYEES BACK TIGHTENED UP EMPLLYEE SUFERED A LOWER BACK STRAIN
EMPL CLEANING FOOTWALL TO PREPARE TO BUILD A SEAL,STRAINED BACK LIFTING A ROCK. ACCIDENT OCCURRED 3-25-91 BUT EMPL DIDNT START LOSING WORK UNTIL 4-2-91.
EE WAS USING PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN ON A PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT FLYING DEBRIES CAME BACK ON HIM STRIKING HIM IN HIS EYES.
GOING TO SHUT OFF WELDER AND STEPPED INTO HOLE AND TWISTED OR PULLED LEFT KNEE.
CHANGING JACK ON ROCK PLANT. IT CAME OUT OF SLOT, FELL AND HIT IN FACE.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON A SUMP PUMP IN THE CONCENTRATOR.THERE WAS ABOUT 10" OF WATER AROUND IT AND THE INJURED DIDN'T WANT TO GET HIS FEET WET ORWALK TO THEDRY TO GET RUBBER BOOTS SO HE LAID AN EXTENSION LADDER DOWN WITH ONE END ON THE PUMP BASE AND THE OTHER ON THE FLOOR.HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO WALK THE RUNGS TO THE PUMP BUT SLIPPED OFF INTO THE WATER HITTING THE TOP OF HIS FOOT AND
EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING A 5 GALLON DRUM OF OIL TO SHOULDER LEVEL. THIS FORM WAS NOT FILED IN TIMELY FASHION BECAUSE OF SUSPICIOUS NATURE OF INJURY. WE WERE RECENTLY INFOR MED THAT IT NEEDED TO BE FILED INJURY. EMPLOYEE HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK. A HEARING ON CASE WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 1991 BUT CANCELLED.
BEATING ON A ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER TRYING TO BREAK UP ROCK WHEN SLEDGE HAMMER GLANCED OFF STRIKING HIS RT WRIST SEVERE SPRAIN RT WRIST
EE PICKED UP A 40 LB STEEL PLATE FROM THE GROUND HURT BACK PICKING UP THIS PLATE.
SUPERVISOR WAS INSPECTING CLAY SLURRY PUMPS WHEN HE STPPED OVER A CLAY SLIP LINE,C ATCHING HIS FOOT AND FALLING TO THE FLOOR. WELDED TO THE PIPE LINE, IS A VERTICL HANDHOLD TO ASSIST INDIVIDU AL STEPPING OVER PIPE. WHEN HE STARTED TO FALL, HE CONTINUED TO HOLD ON THE HANDHOLD CAUSING DISLOCATION TO HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE LIFTING TIMBERS AND STRAINED GROIN.
TRYING TO UNCLOG WATER SPRAY BETWEEN BELTS BELT CAUGHT ARM PULLED IT AROUND DISCHARGE ROLLER
EMPLOYEE STATES HE MIGHT HAVE FELT A CRAMP OR STING WHEN HE GOT DOWN FROM HIS TRUCK TO GO HOME ON MARCH 25,1991.HE HAD SEVERE BACK PAIN WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK.HIS BACK HURT ALL NIGHT.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO GET A SAMPLE DURING A HEAVY SNOW STORM AS HE STEPPED OFF A CONCRETE PAD ONTO THE GORUND, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A ICY AREA. STATES HE STRUCK SHOLDER AND HEAD. FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND REPORTED TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT HOSPITAL TO BE CHECKED. GIVEN PAIN MEDICATION AND MUSCLE RELAXERS AND ADVISED TO STAY OFF WORK FOR TWO DAYS BY E.R. DOCTOR.
HE WAS LIFTING OXYGEN TANKS INTO THE BGACK OF A TRUCK HE MUST HAVE PULLED MUSCLES
TURNING OVER A PIECE OF STEEL AND HURT SHOULDER.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SKID A MOVING MINE CAR THE CAR DE-RAILED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.
WORKING ON 992 LOADER SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER & FELT PAIN IN UPPER STOMACH
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BAG ONTO A PALLET AT BUILDING 426. THE BAG WAS IN A PALLETIZER AND HE HAD TO STRAIGHTEN IT. AS HE PULLED AND TURNED, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
AFTER ROLLING UP 45 FT. OF A 60 FT. 3" HYDRAULIC HOSE, PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER BACK APPEARED.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE LADDER ON A 992 LOADER AND SLIPPED FROM THE BOTTOM STEP. HE FELL ON HIS BACK HE SUFFERED A RUPTURED DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE JACK LINE WHEN SUDDENLY A PORTION OF ROOF FELL OUT BETWEEN SHIELDS AND STRUCK HIM ON LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING A WEDGE ABOVE THE TOP OF A STOPPING WITH A HAMMER MISSED WEDGE & HIT ROOF CAUSING A ROCK TO HIT HIS LEFT EY E
LIFTING BELT FRAMING TO PUT ON ROPES IN HEADER HOLE AND STRAINED BACK.
I NAME STATED THAT HE WAS USING THE R EMOTE CONTROL BOX T RAMMING THE MINER OUT OF THE FACE OF #4 ENT HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS WATCHING THE MINER WHEN HE ST EPPED IN A OFFSET IN THE BOTTOM & F ELL HURTING HIS LEFT KNEE
HE WAS PICKING BIG ROCKS AND MUD OFF FIELD BELT,A ROCK STUCK IN HOPPER WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT CARRIED HAND INTO ROLLER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUMPING UP A JACK TO DO SOME REPAIRS ON A LOADER WHEN THE JACKS SLIPPED & HIT HIM ON THE RT SIDE HIP & UPPER THIGH
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM SHOWER & STEPPED OFF FLOOR MAT ONTO WET FLOOR HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL LANDING ON RT SHOULDER
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE CHANGING A TIRE ON A 651 SCRAPER HE WAS MOVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE PRYING THE BEAD SEAT BAND LOOSE.WHILE WALKING TO THE OTHER SIDE THERE WAS MOVEMENT IN THE TIRE. THE EMPLOYEE IN A REFLEX MOTION SUDDENLY TURNED TOWARDS THE TIRE TO CATCH THE HEAD SEAT BAND,WHICH NEVER DID FALL,PULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER GROIN.AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO PREVENT A P
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON THE PLATFORM AND MADE A TURN TO HIS RIGHT THROWING HIS KNEES (RIGHT) IN A STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO WELD TYLER MOTORBASE ACCDIENTLY TOUCHED METAL WITH WELDING ROD CAUSING ARC.
PULLING BELT ROPE HIT HEAD ON TIMBER JAMMED NECK
EE JARRED BACK WHILE OPERATING TRAM ON ROUGH ROADWAYS.
EMPL MAKING PRESHIFT EXAM AND WAS CRAWLING ALONGSIDE A 3-WHEELER WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL BEHIND EMPL. WHEN EMPL TURNED TO SEE WHAT HAD FALLEN , HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON THE 3-WHEELER.DIDNT MISS WORK UNTIL 11-20-92.
WALKING ALONG 2 NORTH BELT HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF CAUSING PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER EE WAS INJURED 3-21-91 BEGIN LOSING TIME 3-25-91.
GOING DOWN STEPS FELL ON STEPS
FUSING PIPE AND IT RAN OUT LINE, TRYING MOVE MAHCIN
INJURED WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, WHILE TRAVELLING FOR LOAD OF COAL. BUGGY HIT A HOLE IN ROADWAY AND INJURED BOUNCED AND HIT SIDE OF SHUTTLE CAR SEAT.
I NAME STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING TOWARD TRACK SUPPLY AREA TO GET SOME MATERIAL WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.
MARCH 25 EE BEGAN FEELING PAIN IN LEFT KNEE DUE TO CRAWLING IN MINE EE WAS ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING BELTLINE AND ROCKDUSTING IN MINE WHEN PAIN STRUCK LEFT KNEE. THIS INCUDENT OCCURED MAY 21, 199 1 AND RESULTED IN SURGERY.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE LIFTING MATERIALS HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS NECK AREA. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED STRAIN TO NECK.
EE WAS MOVING WATER DISCHARGE HOSE THE AREA WAS WET MUDDY HE SLIPPED INJURING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE AIRLOCK DOOR AT MINE BOTTOM. AS HE WAS WALKING THRU THE DOOR, ANOTHER DOOR WAS OPENED CREATING HIGH PRESSURE RESULTING THE DOOR TO CLOSE QUICKLY STRIKING HIS K NEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A RUBBER MAT. THE MAT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS BESIDE POWER CENTER RAMCAR CAUGHT MINER CABLE CAUSING IT TO JERK EE DOWN.
WHEELER STATED THAT HE WAS PUTTING FRESH WATER LINE AND RED DEVIL CHAIN HOIST SLIPPED CAUSING ALLEGED INJURY TO NECK AND BACK.
WORKING ON METAL ROLLER AND DROPPED ON HAND; OPEN WOUND ON PALM
SLIPPED AND FELL AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIP RAPING DRAINAGE DITCHES WITH LARGE ROCKS WHILE LIFTING A ROCK EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK
EE HAD BACK PROBLEMS AND REPORTED HIS BACK WAS HURTING ON 3-21-91 AT 530 P.M. NO EVENT OCCURRED SO WE ARE REPORTING THIS AS AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS CAUSED BY NORMAL JOB DUTIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCK OUT OF ROAD. WAY AFTER MOVING ROCK, HE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO CAB ON R-35, ATTEMPTED TO GRAB STEERING WHEEL TO GET IN CAB, MISSED STEERING WHEEL AND FELL TO GROUND. ST RAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A SCOOP AND HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF AND COMPLAINED OF A STIFF NECK.
WHILE CARRYING A 2" FLIGHT PUMP, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON BOTTOM AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT WRIST AND ARM.
I NAME WAS GOING THRU AN INTERSECTION IN THE MINES WHEN HIS HAT HIT THE TOP HE REACHED UP TO ADJUST HIS HAT & HIS ELBOW HIT THE TOP
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE FACE OF THE #3 ENTRY OF THE BEAR BRANCH MAIN SECTION. MMU#001-0. HE WAS USING 6' RESIN RODS, BENDING THEM TO GET THEM IN THE HOLES. AS HE WAS PUSHING A ROD I NTO A HOLE, HE WAS HOLDING THE ROD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, (USING DRILL HEAD TO RAISE ROD). THE ROD WENT UP AGAINST THE CANOPY ADN CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROD AND THE CANOPY OF THE DRI
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BUNDLE OF SIX FOOT ROOF BOLTS ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. WHILE WALKING TO HIS CENTER BOLTER HE STUMBLED. HE DID NOT FALL BUT AS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK .
THE INDIVIDUAL INJURED HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING A SNADSTONE ROCK FROM THE ROADWAY WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN OUTLET CABLE WHEN LOOSE ROCK STARTED DRIBBLING FROM THE BACK AND HE FELL ON ROCK WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE WAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING 3 WHEELER LOOKING AT THE MINER CABLE WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD IN LOW TOP CAUSING STIFF NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A PRESHIFT EXAMINATION OF #3-54IN BELT HE WAS OPPOSITE THE TRACK SIDE OF THE BELT BETWEEN #66 A BLOCK WHEN HE ALLEGES HE SLIPPED ON WET UNEVEN BOTTOM T WISTING HIS LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE SHOVELING ROCKDUST FROM THE TRAILER TO THE HOPPER OF THE DUSTER, HE FELT LOW BACK PAIN WHE HE TWISTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER WITH REMOTE CONTROL WHEN SMALL COAL RIB ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE LOADING TIMBERS INTO A SCOOP BUCKET ALONG THE F BELT SUPPLY ROAD, HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN TWO TIMBERS AND MASHED IT.
EE WAS WALKING FROM LOW IN SECTION TO TRACK TO SET POWER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A RAIL RUNNER COMING OUTSIDE AT END OF SHIRT WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF COAL OR DIRT IN RT EYE
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK (APPROX. 2" THICK X 14" X 16") FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON LOWER BACK.
ON NOV.7, 1990 EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO E-5 BELT THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON. WHILE WORKING OVER INTO THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT HE STATED THAT WHILE SHOVELING SPILLAGE AT THE BELTHEAD HE SUSTAINED A STRAIN TO HIS BACK. EMPLOYE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY AT THE TIME, HOWEVER, STARTED MISSING WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY ON 3/25/91.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAND ROCK DUSTING THE TOP. WHILE WALKING UP THE ENTRY EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST A PARKED SCOOP.
WHIEL TIGHTENING A BOLT ONA UNIHAULER. HE SLIPPED AND SPRIANED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS UNLOADING RAIL BARS FROM A TRACK CAR RESULTING IN A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE LOWERING A FEE3DER PIN HE HIT HIMSELF WITH A PADEYE WHICH IS WELDED TO THE TOP OF THE PIN
CHANGING TEETH ON HYDRAULIC SHOVEL BUCKET.SNOWY & MUDDY CONDITIONS-SLIPPED & FELL WRENCHING BACK AND KNEE.CONTINUED TO WORK WITH DIFFICULTY UNTIL 6-8-91.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE BREAK THRU BETWEEN THE 2 AND 3 ENTRY FACE AREA OF THE BEAR BRANCH MAIN SECTION MMU 00-1. WHEN FINISHING HIS SIDE HE STARTED HELPING THE OTHER OPERATOR. AFTER DRILLING A HOLE WHILE THE OPERATOR LET THE HEAD DOWN, EE STARTED PUTTING THE BOLT IN THE HOLE. THE OPERATOR CONTINUED TO LET THE HEAD DOWN AND IT CAME DOWN ON EE LEFT FOOT FRACTURING HIS BIG TOE.
PULLING JUMBO HOSES WITH SCOOP WHEN HOSE CAUGHT ON ROCK, STRETCHED, RELEASED AND THEN FLEW AND HIT INJURED ON CALF OF RIGHT LEG CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
WHILE WALKING, INJURED TRIPPED OVER AN OIL FILL RUBBER HOSE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, TWISTING ANKLE.
WHILE MOUNTING TRUCK, EE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE HEADACHE BOARD, AT THAT TIME, EE EXPERIENCED A HEADACHE.
RIDING IN A 3 WHEEL MANTRIP WHEN IT WENT THROUGH A CURTAIN AND HE CAUGHT HIS ARM IN THE CURTAIN PULLING HIM BACKWARDS IN HTE MANTRIP STRAINING HIS ARM,SHOULDER AND NECK.
PERSON STATED; WHILE BLEEDING BRAKES ON BUGGY, THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE SHUTTLE CAR.
PUTTING A 2 SECTION ROOF BOLT AUGER IN THE HOLE, WHEN HE FORCED THE AUGERS TOGETHER HE CAUGHT HIS THUMB AND INDEX FINGER IN BETWEEN THE SECTIONS.
LOADING A BARREL OF OIL ONTO A PICKUP TRUCK FROM THE CAGE. STRAINED SHOULDER.
OPERATOR WAS BACKING FROM UNDER A CONVEYOR WHEN STRUCK ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD ABOVE THE EAR WITH A BLUNT OBJECT OF UNKNOWN MATERIAL POSSIBLALY CONCRETE OR REBAR HE WAS NOT WEARING A HARD HAT.
UNKNOWN EMPLOYEE USES GRINDING MACHINERY FREQUENTLY-EMPLOYEE DOES WEAR SAFETY GLASSES-EMPLOYEE ALSO AROUND DUST AND SAND-SORENESS OF RIGHT EYE WAS CHIE COMPLAINT.
PERSONSTATED; HE AND ANOTHER PERSON WERE LIFTING A ROLL OF BELT ROPE ONTO A PERSONEL LOCOMOTIVE. THE SPOOL OF ROPE SLIPPED AND WHEN PERSON REACHED FOR IT HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH AN OPEN TRACK DOOR WHICH FELL AGAINST INJURED AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND AND HIT LEFT KNEE AGAINST MINE RAIL, DOOR HAD BEEN HIT BY SUPPLY CARS EARLIER AND WERE NOT PROPERLY RE-INSTALLED, ALLOWING DOOR TO FALL OVER.
CLIMBING ON DOZER FOOT SLIPPED FELL ON SAME LEVEL
WHILE PULLING A PUMP FROM A CIP TANK WITH A CHAIN HOIST AND COME-ALONG, THE METAL THE COME-ALONG WAS CONNECTED TO GAVE WAY CAUSING THE PUMP TO SET ON THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT, RESULTING IN A F RACTURE TO THE ARCH.
WAS TOLD NOT TO CUT THE BIGGER TREE BUT WENT AHEAD AND TRIED TO CUT ONE SAW KICKED BACK HITTING HIS KNEE CUTTING IT.
WAS BUSITNG ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER PIECE ROCK FCHIPPED STRIKING VICTIM IN RIGHT EYE.
C/O LEFT KNEE POPPED WHEN STEPPING DOWN AND TURNING TO HIS LEFT.
EE WAS HOLDING BELT WITH ONE HAND WHILE CUTTING IT WITH THE OTHER HAND WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE STABBED HIMSELF ON THE RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS PICKING UP A TIMBER, WHEN HIS LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING HIM.
MAN WELDING ON BOLTER CANOPY AND METAL WENT IN RT EAR.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEG AGAINST THE ANGLE IRON WHILE WORKING ON A CONE CRUSHER.
SUBJECT WAS TRYING TO PUT A S CAR TIRE ON AND IT DID NOT WANT TO GO EASILY SO THE VICTIM USED A CRIB BLOCK TO ATTEMPT TO BEAT THE TIRE ON THE SHUTTLE CAR AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.DOCTOR SAY S HE HAS STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.X-RAYS AND MEDICATION WAS GIVEN.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHILT WORKING ON THE GATHERING PAN OF A CONTINUOUS MINER. WHILE REPLACING COMPONENTS IN THE GATHERING PAN, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE SMOOTH SURFACE OF THE PAN CAUSI NG PAIN IN THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHER EMPLOYEES TO MOVE A STEEL RAIL AND AS HE WAS HELPING MOVE THE STEEL RAIL HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK.
HELPING MOVE CABLE INJ SHOULDER
EE WAS USING HAND DRILL WHEN IT TWISTED WHILE HE HELD DRILL.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED ANKLE WHILE WORKING ON THE BURNER FLOOR OF THE KILN BU ILDING EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL HELP ON 03-2 5-91 WITHOUT NOTIFYING MANAGEMENT DOC CALLED FOR INFORMATION ON 04-10-91 THU S GENERATING INVESTIGATION & THIS REPORT
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A SMALL CUT ON HIS FINGER.THE CUT LATER BECAME INFECTED.
WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS, SLIPPED & FELL. THE STEPS WAS WET DUE TO RAIN.
AFTER LOSING POWER ON SHOVEL EMPLOYEE GOT DOWN & WALKED TO FOREMANS PICKUP UPON ENTERING THE WARM PICKUP HIS GLASSES FOGGED & HE REMOVED THEM TO WIPE THEM AT THE SAME TIME HE CLAPPED HIS BOOTS TOGETHER TO KNOCK OFF THE WET CONCENTRATE THAT COLLECTED ON THEM THE CONCENTRAT E SPLATTERED INTO HIS FACE & EYE HE SAW A DOC ON 03-24-91 DIAGNOSIS CORNEAL ABRASION HE LOST ONE DAY OF WORK
WIND BLEW METAL AND RUST CHIPS IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BIN WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING LEFT THUMB ORIGIONALLY DR THOUGHT ONLY INJURED TENDONS BUT CALLED EMPLOYEE ON 03-29-91 & TOLD HIM HE HAD A FX
SHOVELING COAL IN BELT LINE, HURTING BACK.
GOING DOWN INCLINE AND DOWNSHIFTED FRONT-END LOADER WHEN THE ENGINE DIED-JUMPED FROM LOADER AND FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE ON LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE IS CLASSIFIED AS A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL DOWN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FROM THE MINE ROOF, WHEN THE ROCK FELL IT BROKE UP UPON IMPACT, A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 4 "X12"X1.5" HIT HIM ON TOP OF HS LEFT FOOT NFLICTINFLICTING A CONTUSION.
REMOVING A CHAIN FROM TOP OF LONGWALL SHIELD. THE SHIELD WAS LOWERED WHICH BROUGHT TIP OF SHIELD UP CATCHING HAND BETWEEN SHIELD AND ROOF.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON 002 SECTION WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND STARTED TO FALL A CABLE HANGER WAS HANGING FROM A ROOF BOLT NEAR HE AND HE REACHED AND CAUGHT IT WAIT HIS HAND AS HE FELL. THE HANGER REMOVED IN PLACE AND REOUTBY EE BREAKINGHIS FALL BY GRABBING THE HANGER HIS LEFT SHOULDER WAS DISLOCATED.
WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK CHUNKS AND GOT A SUDDEN PAIN IN CHEST.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DRILL WHEN SOME ROCKS FELL OFF THE HIGHWALL AS A RESULT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL, AND CAME DOWN ON THE DRILL AND INTO THE CAB. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM AND LEG WAS BRU ISED.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CARRYING A 2" WATERPUMP, WEIGH. APPROX. 75LBS. ON BARGE 708, EMPLOYEE TWISTED PUMP AROUND TO SET ON BARGE. WHEN HE STOOD UP HE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK.
PUSHING DRILL STEEL UP STEEL HUNG UP BENT SIDEWAYS CATCHING THUMB ON RIGHT HAND.
TRAMMED THE BRIDGE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT AND ANKLE.
WORKING AT NEAR END OF MOTOR PIT TURNED AND STEPPED IN PIT.
HAND AND WRIST STARTED HURTING WHEN PULLING LEVERS ON MINES. LEFT HAND AND WRIST.
DIP IN HAUL ROAD WHERE SHUTTLE CAR NORMALLY RAN CAUSING JOLTING TRAUMA TO SPINE.
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS COMPLETEING SOME WORK ON THE BELT HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY & SLIPPED ON WET UNEVEN SURFACE CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS WHILE FALLING EMPLOYEE STRUCK HAND ON BELT HARDWARE C AUSING INJURY TO LT WRIST
EMPLOYEE WAS SANDBLASTING UNDERSIDE OF PLATFORM SCALE AT GUARD HOUSE WHEN HE TIPPED AND FELL HITTING BACK ON PILE OF CRIBBING.
EE WAS OPR. BOLT MACH. PUTTING-UP A ROOF BOLT AS HE STARTED THE ROTATION AND PUSHING THE GLUE BOLT INTO THE HOLE THE BOLT BENT AND CAUSED THE WRENCH TO TWIST HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A HINGE PIN ON THE RT REAR OF A HAUL TRUCK HE INSTALLED A LADDER AGAINST THE REAR TIRE HAUL T RUCK WAS MUDDY & CREATING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & TRIED TO CATCH HIS BALANCE ON A NEARBY PLATFORM LADDER PL ATFORM LADDER KICKED THUS EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND HE STRUCK HIS HEAD SHOULDER & RIBS AS HE FELL
STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING GREASE HOSE AT THE HANDLE VALVE.WHEN THE AIR WAS TURNED ON TO OPERATE PUMP.THE PUMP TOOK ON TOO MUCH AIR AND THE END OF THE HOSE SNAPPED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING A TIMBER WHEN ANOTHER TIMBER SLID DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT WRIST BETWEEN THE TIMBER AND SCOOP BUCKET.
INJURED WAS PULLING CHOCKS TO STRAIGHTEN PAN LINE. FALLING DUST FROM CHOCKS WHEN IN INJURED EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING HAND RAIL PIPE AND A PIECE FLIPPED OVER AND STRUCK HIM IN THE NECK.
END DUMPING AND BACK FILLING OPEN PIT,DUE TO EXTREME RAIN FALL OVER 2 MONTH PERIOD,DUMPING PAD GAVE WAY.
MINER WAS OPERATING TRAIL MOTOR WHEN THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF THE TROLEY WIRE.AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE POLE ASSEMBLY BACK ON THE TROLLEY WIRE HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TROLLEY WIR E.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE HAND RAIL ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK CAB WHICH WAS WET & SLIPPERY DUE TO RAIN WITHOUT A GRIP ON THE TRUCKS HAND RAIL THE EMPLOYE E WAS FORCED TO JUMP FROM THE TRUCK INSTEAD OF USING THE FOOT STEPS THAT AE BUILT INTO THE TRUCKS FUEL TANKS WHEN THE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON THE GROUND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE BEGA
INJURED WAS WALKING IN SHOP WHEN HE STEPPED ON A NAIL STICKING THROUGH A WOODEN PALLET.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS LIFTING A BELT ROLLER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST EPPING DOWN FROM HIGHLIFT WHN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SWINGING STEP AT BOTTOM OF LADDER WHEN HE LANDED HE TWISTED KNEE EMPLOYEE DID NOT GET TO DOC UNTIL 04-16-91 LOST TIME BEG AN 04-19=91
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING HANG UP IN BALL MILL CONVEYOR FEED CHUTE WITH BAR HIS RT THUMB STRUCK A POST SUPPORTING THE EMERGENCY STOP CORD ON THE CONVEYOR CAUSING A SEVERE BRUISE
UPON INTERVIEWING EMPLOYEE, THE CONDITIONS CONTIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT ARE UNCLEAR. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK BUT COULD NOT SAY WHAT HE WAS DOING, HE BELIEVES IT WAS FROM LIFTI NG, BUT CAN'T LINK THE INJURY TO LIFTING ANYTHING SPECIFIC.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO WORK, STEPPED IN HOLE FOR SPRINKLER HEAD AND FELL ON FORWARD. REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 3-25, SOUGHT MEDICAL HELP 3-27, REPORTED TO MGR WHEN HE RETURNED FROM VACATION 4-2-91 .
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING CABLE SPLICE IN SHUTTLE CAR CABLE,WHEN HE HIT ANVIL TO CRIMP THE SLPICE RING A PIECE OF THE ANVIL BROKE OFF AND STUCK INTO HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND INDEX FINGER .
WHILE CHECKING AIR SANDER, HAD SANDER RUNNING=SANDINC DISK BROKE. PIECE FEWL & HIT ON LEG REQUIRED STITCHES.
WAS HELPING 4 OTHER MEN INSTAL AIR LOCK FELT PAIN IN BACK LATER IN SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON MINER SITTING AGAINST COAL RIB WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF RIB WITH ROCK IN IT FELL OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING AIRLOCK DOOR ON 9TH MAIN TRAVELWAY AT 80 CROSSCUT AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PLASTERING STOPPINGS AND PLASTER SPLATTERED INTO BOTH EYES.
EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER AND DUE TO SULPHUR AND MISSING BIT LUGS, HE WAS "BOUNCED AROUND" EXCESSIVELY CAUSING HIS NECK TO HURT. HE WORKED SAT AND SUN. AND THE PAIN INCREASED. A PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED MUSCLE STRAIN DUE TO REPEATED TRAUMA AND TOLD HIM TO TAKE TIME OFF, REST, ETC.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE INSTALLING TROLLEY FEEDER LINE, HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER STOMACH AREA, AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HANG THE CABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING THE PLANT. HE WAS REPLACING CLAMPS ON THE YIGS, HE CUT HIMSELF WITH A PIECE OF WIRE ON THE CLAMP.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING ONTO APRON FEEDER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE STEEL AND LOST HIS BALANCE.HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GUNITE WALL AND THEN DOWN TO THE FLOOR OF THE CRUSHER.RIBS,L ARM,R AR M,INTERNAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A SECOND EMPLOYEE MOVE A 10" PVC PIPE FROM ONE SLURRY TANK TO ANOTHER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSED KILN DUST TO BLOW INTO EYES WHEN EMPLOYEE CLIMBED OUT OF TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK LATER IN SHIFT HE WAS LIFTING A LOWBOY TONGUE & FELT PAIN AGAIN
MAN WAS WORKING ON DRILL PUSHAR STUCK STEEL INTO RACK SPRAIN STAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BELOW A MANWAY WHILE PARTNER WAS GOING UP. HIS PARTNER STEPPED ON A 4" PIPE COLLAR BRACE WHICH FELL DOWN AND STRUCK HIS FOOT. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A CONTUSION, RIGHT FOOT, WITH SOFT TISSUE TRAUMA, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING BELT ONTO THE BELT CAR AND HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AND MID FINGERS BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL.
A PIECE OF SLATE 20" WIDE 36" LONG 1" TO 3" THICK, FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT HIP. BRUISED RIGHT HIP.
HANGING PIPE STRAINED BACK.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED BY FALLING ROOF RIB MATERIAL EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SECURE A SET OF OXYGENACETYLENE TANKS TO THE RIB WHEN MATERIAL SIZE UNKNOWN FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEES FACE & MID BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS MINER HELPER MOVING TRAILING CABLE OUT OF WAY OF CONTINUOUS MINER.THE MINER OPERATOR BACKED MACHINE UP CATCHING EMPLOYEES LEFT ARM BETWEEN MACHINE AND MINE ROOF BREAKING 3 BONES I N LOWER LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTING TO REPOSITION FORKS BY PULLING ON LOCKPIN CHAIN ATTACHED TO THE FORK. CHAIN WELD BROKE. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, FELL BACKWARD LANDING ON LEFT SHOULDER. CONTUSION TO SHOULDER R ESULTED IN ROTATOR CUFF TEAR RESULTING IN SURGERG AND LOST TIME INJURY BEGINNING ON 5-8-91.
MECHANIC WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A CONVEYOR ROLLER REACHED FOR A PIECE OF PAPER STUCK IN A ROLLER AND CAUGHT HIS HAND IN THE ROLLER. HE JERKED HIS HAND BACK, BUT RECEIVED A DEEP LACERATION ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE AND HIS PARTNER WERE WORKING WITH A GETTMAN BOOM TRUCK,BOTH INDIVIDUALS HAD GOTTEN OFF THE TRUCK.THE INJURED MAN BEGAN TO TAKE SUPPLIES OFF OF THE TRUCK WHILE HIS PARTNER BEGAN SETTIN G THE OUTRIGGERS.DURING THIS PROCESS AN OUTRIGGER WAS SET ON TOP OF THE FOOT (RIGHT) OF THE MAN REMOVING SUPPLIES LOST TIME HAS RESULTED FROM A FRACTURED BONE IN THE FOOT.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING ALONG TRACK HAULAGE WHEN HIS SHOVEL STRUCK THE TROLLY WIRE WHILE THROWING MATERIAL INTO MINE CAR.
WHILE WALKING ON THE FLOOR ON THE INDEPENDANT #6 MINEHE STEPPED ON A BOARD TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
MINER WAS PULLING DUST HOSE DOWN BELT AND HURT BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON CAR TO CHECK A WATER LEAK ON HIS SCRUBBER AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LEG AS HE WAS STEPPING UP ON THE BUMPER OF THE CAR.
PUTTING CASING IN THE HOLE HE WAS STANDING ON PIPE RACK,PULLING ON ROPE IT BUSTED FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS SIDE AND HURT HIS BACK.DECIDED TO GO TO DOCTOR 04-03-91.
THE EE WAS LOADING STRAPS ON A SCOOP AND STRAINED HIS BACK. THERE WAS NO LOST TIME AT THAT TIME BUT HE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AND TOPPED WORK ON.
PULLING ELECTRIC CABLE AND SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD AND HURT BACK.
THE MAN WAS PULLING UP SHIELDS, WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROCK THAT FELL OFF A SHIELD.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BENDING OVER AND PULLING ON A CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED. HE FELL ON HIS BACK AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SQUAT POSITION, PICKING ROCKS OFF OF THE CATWALK AT THE PRIMARY SCREEN AND WHEN HE STOOD UP, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE I-BEAM ABOVE HIM.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS INJURIES WHILE A PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE THAT WAS PULLING AN EMPTY EQUIPMENT TRAILER, TRAILER WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT REAR FENDER, VEHICLE WAS NOT STRUCK. INJURIES NOT REPORTED TIL 4-5-91.
EE WAS STEPPING OFF A DRILL WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE HE SAW A DR ON 3-22-91 AND HAS BEEN OFF EVER SINCE HE TORE THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A CHAIR, SO SHE COULD REMOVE BOOTS FROM THE TOP OF THE LOCKERS. EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE CHAIR TO CONCRETE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING WALLS IN THE BATH HOUSE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OFF HOPPER CAR, SLIPPED, TRIED TO CATCH SELF WITH LEFT ARM, PULLED LEFT ARM, MUSCLE STRAIN.
EE WAS ASSISTING WITH MAINTENANCE ON PLANT WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM A LOOSE A HIT HIM ON ISDE OF HARD HAT AND HEAD.
NECK PAIN-RUNNING D7 DOZER FORWARD AND BACKWARD, TURNING HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING BOLTER WHEN LOOSE PEELED OFF RIB AND HIT HER.
WAS CHANGING OVER FROM MT BARGE TO LOADED BARGE & JUMPED DOWN
BUMPED KNEE 1ST DAY OTU 3-26-91.
MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON STEAMJENNY AND OTHER WAS HOLDING THE NOZZLE. EE WAS STANDING BESIDE OTHER OBSERVING THE WORK ACTICITY WHEN OTHER ADJUSTED THE WATER PRESSURE AND THE WATER CAME OUT WITH SUCK AND FORCE THAT THE NOZZLE FLEW UP AND HIT IN THE FACE.
FELL DOWN WHILE CROSSING OVER SCOOP TO PLUG BRATTERS UP.
HE WAS INSTALLING ANEW SCREEN ON CRUSHER AND REMODELING FEED SCHUTE TO CONE, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 3 FEET TO GROUND.
WAS GREASING THE SWING SHAFT FITTING AND FELL THROUGH COVER.
LIFTING TOE OF SHIELD FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
ON 3/14/91 EMPL SLIPPED ON SCRAPER & BUMPED RIBS. THIS WAS NOT REPORTE AS EMPL DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON 3/21/91 HE BUMPED RIBS WITH AIR WRENCH WHICH AGGAVATEDINJURY & MADE HIM SEEK MEDICAL HELP.
WAS UNLOADING MATERIALS FROM SCOOP BUCKET. SLIPPED AND FELL, LANDING WITH RIGHT RIB AREA AGAINST SCOOP BUCKET, CAUSING FRACTURE OF RIGHT RIB.
ROCK CAME OFF SPOIL PILE AND HIT BED OF TRUCK,JARRING EMPLOYEE.
EQUIPMENT LOST ALL MOTIVE POWER WHILE DESCENDING DECLINE,CONTACTED MUCK PILE AND ROLLED OVER ON LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING THROUGH #3 ENTRY WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF RASH FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDER.
EE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN A LARGE RIB BROKE OFF CATCHING HE ON HIS LEFT LEG HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL SCRATCHES ON HIS LEFT WRIST AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH A JACKLEG DRILL.HE WAS STANDING WITH ONE FOOT ON THE STINGER.THE LEG KICKED OUT.THE HANDLE ON THE LEG STRUCK THE MINERS LEFT ANKLE AND FOOT CAUSING A BRUISE.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CARRYING ROCK DUST AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WHILE CUTTING OFF A PIECE OF WATE LINE WITH A AXE-A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF THE AXE AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
INJURED HAD A LARGE ROCK STUCK IN THE PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER. HE WAS USING A LARGE HEAVY HOOK ATTACHED TO AN ELECTRIC HOIST TO REMOVE THE ROCK. WHEN THE HOOK WAS BEING POSITIONED BY HAND TO HOO K THE ROCK, THE HOOK JAMMED BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE MOVING SWIG JAW THROWING THE END OF THE HOOK BEING HELD BY HAND AGAINST THE STEEL FEED HOPPER, PINCHING HIS HAND IN BETWEEN. HIS RING FING
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE HELPING A FELLOW EMPLOYEE LIFT AND SLIDE A PARTIAL ROLL OF BELT INTO A SHUTTLE CAR, HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS LOADING A ROLL OF CHAIN LINK FENCING INTO A TIMBER SKIP SO IT COULD BE HOSITED TO THE STOPE CREW ABOVE. HE SET THE ROLL OF FENCING ON THIS FOOT LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. THE ROLL OF EN CING FELL ON TOP OF HIM CAUSING BRUISES TO HIS LEFT SIDE AND HIP AND EGO.
EE STATES THAT HE JARRED HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING THE MINER CABLE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT A KNOT IN A LOPP. HIS BUDDY DROPPED HIS SECTION OF CABLE PUTTING THE ENTIRE OF A SECTION OF CABLE ON HIS SHOULDER. HE SUSTAINED A STRAIN TO HIS NECK AND LOWER BACK.
EE WAS UNLOADING TRUCK OF EXPLOSIVES SLIPPED AND FELL.
PULLING A SHUTTLE CAR OUT FROM BEHIND MIENR TO MAKE REPAIRS. THE HOOK CAME LOSOE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN FACE. THIS CAUSED LACERATIONS ABOVE AND BELOW RIGHT AND FRACTURES OF THE CHECK BONE.