Showing the 500 most recent of 2,813 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.
April 29, 1991
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
Fatality · OTHER
B & B Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
2 EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTING A 500 GALLON DIESAL TANK, ALMOST FULL TO DREDGE. THE FUEL TANK WAS MOUNTED ON A STYROFOAM FLOT. ABOUT 8 1/2 X 8 1/2 X 2 FT. AS THEY CAME ALONG SIDE OF THE DREDGE THE Y WENT TO OTHER END OF FLOAT. THE FLOAT CONTINUED TO CAPSIZED DUE TO TANK NOT BEING FULL AND WIND CONDITIONS. VICTIM WAS BELIEVED TO BE CRUSHED BETWEEN THE FLOAT AND DREDGE.
Zortman Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
AT APPROX 10:00 AM ON 4-24-91, THE MINE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DRILL WHEN A PORTION OF THE OPEN PIT FLOOR COLLAPSED. THE OPERATOR FELL INTO THIS OPENING. SEARCH FOR THE DRILL OPERATOR INDIC ATED THAT HE WAS NOT ON THE SURFACE. THE HOLE HAD DUST COMING OUT OF THE OPENING, THUS VISIBILITY INTO THE HOLE WAS RESTRICTED. RESCUE OPERATIONS COMMENCED IMMEDIATELY.
April 24, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE'S WERE TRYING TO PULL TAIL SECTION BACK INTO PLACE. A PIPE HAD BEEN PUT ON HANDLE OF CHAIN FALL FOR EXTRA LEVERAGE. THE FALL CHAIN BROKE AND PIPE STRUCK INJURED IN CHEST. AS A RESU LT OF THE INJURY HE DIED AT HOSPITAL.
April 23, 1991
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
Fatality · MACHINERY
Steele Branch Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
FROM INITIAL INFORMATION EE JUMPED FROM GRADER AND WAS RUN OVER BY FRONT WHEEL RESULTING IN FATAL INJURY.
WHILE DOING PILLAR RECOVERY WORK THE VICTIM WAS HELPING ON A REMOTE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF THE ROOF APPROX. 30 INCH THICK X 18 FT LONG SLABBED OUT CATCHING THE ICTIM UNDER IT AND CAU SING IMMEDICATE DEATH. THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS ALSO COVERED UP.
WHILE DOING PILLAR RECOVERY WORK THE VICTIM WAS WAS RUNNING A REMOTE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF THE ROOF APPROX. 30 INCHX 18 FT WIDE X 80 FT LONG SLABBED OUT CATCHING THE VICTIM UNDER IT AND CAUSING IMMEDICATED DEATH THE MINER WAS ALSO COVERED UP.
April 17, 1991
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mississippi Potash Inc · Struck by falling object
A DEVELOPMENT PILLAR WAS BEING CUT IN A MODIFIED LONGWALL BY A CONTINUOUS MINER. THE ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR BEHIND THE MINER. BOTH THE OPERATOR'S HEARD A LARGE NOISE. T HE ACCIDENT VICTIM LEFT HIS SHUTTLE CAR AND WAS CRUSHED UNDER APPROXIMATE SIX INCHES OF SLAB. HAD HE STAYED WITH HIS EQUIPMENT, HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HURT. THE ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS FOUND APP
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM & 3 OTHERS WERE PULLING ON NEW BELTING USING CABLE SNATCH BLOCK AND END LOADERS. VICTIM WAS IN THE V AREA OF THE PULL, WHEN THE CABLE HOLDING THE SNATCH BROKE HE WAS IN DIRECT LINE OF THE PULLING CABLE WHICH HIT HIM IN THE HEAD KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.
Clinch Valley Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
EE WAS HANGING CURTAIN AND ROCK FELL STRIKING EE.
April 1, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Melvin Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TWO EMPLOYEE'S WERE LOADING 50' FIELD CONVEYOR ON A 45' FLAT BED TRAILER WHEN ROCKS WOULDN'T COME OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR FOREMAN CAME UP TO HELP BECAUSE OF A COPLE OF TRUCKS WERE WAITING TO B E LOADED. FOREMAN CLIMB INTO BUCKET TO LOOSEN BOLTS ON FORK. FOREMAN LOOSEN BOLTHOUSE AND HAD TURNED TO LOOSEN & VICTIM HAD CLIMB UP TO O IT. FOREMAN TURN BACK TO CHECK HIS & SOMETHING SH
April 30, 1991
UT · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Energy West Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE DRILLED FOR 4 FT ROOF BOLT PUT 4 FT BOLT ON WRENCH PUSHED IT UP USING BOLTER AND MISSED HOLE THE BOLT BENT SMASHING FINGER AGAINST STEEL GUIDE PINCHING OFF LEFT RING FINGER.
April 30, 1991
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Woodworth & Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TAKING A BEARING OFF SHAFT, COME A LONG BROKE AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN SHAFT AND BEARING BLOCK.
Corn Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRYING TO DISLODGE ROCK WITH BIG BAR AND MASHED MIDDLE RIGHT HAND FINGER. DOCTOR DECIDED TO REMOVE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND JOINT.
April 29, 1991
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Koch Carbon Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
PICKED UP COUPLING FOR MOTOR SHAFT AND WAS PLACEING IN CHUCK OF LATHE.
April 29, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Apache Aggregate & Paving Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON SCREEN WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS UPPER ADDOMEN.
April 27, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverside Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING LIFTING JACKS AT #4 RAW MILL. JACKS WERE UNDER MILL AND HAD TO BE SLID OUT TO OTHER END OF MILL. WHILE MOVING THEM, EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE RESULTING IN HERNIA.
April 25, 1991
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STRUCK BY ABDOMEN BY COME A LONG CHECKED SURGERY REQ FOR HERNIA
April 25, 1991
PA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tunnelton Mining Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
WHILE THROWING 5' POSTS INTO SHUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN NOTE-STARTED MISSING TIME 06-07-91.
April 25, 1991
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Centerline Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
OUTSIDE LOADING PVC WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN BACK AND STOMACH STARTED HURTING FROM WEIGHT OF PIPE BEING LIFTED.
April 24, 1991
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cambior Alaska Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING 12 INCH STEEL PIPE ELBOW. CARRIED APPROX. 50 FT AND PLACED IN BACK OF PICK UP SUFFERED WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE GROIN STRAIN. DR EXAMINATION ON 5-5-91 PRODUCED DIAGNOSIS OF DOUBLE HERNIA
April 24, 1991
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLED MUSCLE,RELEASING DUMP LEVER ON HIS TRUCK.
April 23, 1991
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premium Energy Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO HIS TRUCK & HE SLIPPED & HIT HIS BACK AGAINST THE BED OF HIS COAL TRUCK
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING UP COVER ON GEAR BOX ON HEAD PULLEY DRIVE SPROCKET OF 6" MINUS TRANSFER CONVEYOR. COVER SLIPPED WHILE IT WAS BEING REMOVED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN COVER AND GEAR BOX AN D SEVERED RIGHT RING FINGER.
April 22, 1991
PA · Coal
outside foreman, leadman
MACHINERY
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
USING BAND SAW THE BOARD SLIPPED AND HIT FINGER ON R HAND OFF AT 2ND KNUCKLE
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING RAIL AROUND ON FORKLIFT GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 PC OF RAIL AMPUT. TO DISTAL END OF MIDDLE FINGER OF L HAND
April 17, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL WAS INSTALLING INTENSIFIER ON BOOM OF D600 LOADER WHEN HE FELT PULL IN ABDOMINAL AREA. LIFTING OF INTENSIFIER CAUSED THIS.
April 17, 1991
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hibbing Taconite Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMP0LOYEE WAS CHIPPING NORDBAK INSIDE THE MILL WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL INJURING HIS LEFT HAND & KNEE HE RECEIVED FIRST AID ON 06-10-91 HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING AN INGULLINAL HERNIA IT HAS NOW BEEN RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT
April 16, 1991
KY · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
POWERED HAULAGE
J & V Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
APPARENTLY HE WAS BETWEEN SCOOP AND RIB WITH WHAT HE THOUGHT TO BE ADEQUATE CLEARANCE. THE SCOOP WAS MOVING SLOWLY BUT SLID SIDEWAYS APPROX. 12-18" AND INTO A RUT IN MINE FLOOR. SCOOP BUMPER S TRUCK END OF HIS STEEL TOE RUBBER WORK BOOT AND CRUSHED IT TO MINE FLOOR. DAMAGE TO 4 TOES WITH 3 BEING SURGICALLY REMOVED AT HOSPITAL LATER IN DAY.
April 16, 1991
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 100 # BAGSOF BENTONITE ON PALLETS, AND SUFFERED ABDOMINAL PAIN.
April 16, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
loader head operator, roscoe operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Teichert Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE ASSISTING PLANT OPERATOR TO REMOVE BOULDER IN FEEDER DOOR THE CONTROL OP. STARTED THE FEED BELT WITHOUT RECIEVING INSTRUCTION TO DO SO FROM THE PLANT OP IN DOING SO THE INJURY WAS CAUSE WHEN THE BOULDER HIT THE FEEDER DOOR AND THE INJURED PERSON RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BY THE DOOR WEIGHT AND THE FEEDER WALL CAUSING THE INJURY.
Drummond Company, Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
395 SHOVEL WAS IN PROCESS OF BEING DISASSEMBLED. EMPLOYEE WAS ON TUBE OF A LEG REMOVING PIN. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 14'9" TO TOP OF HOUSE.
April 11, 1991
PR · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp · Fall onto or against objects
WHILE CLEANING SLIPPED ON 10" PVC PIPE AND CUT HIMSELF ON RIGHT LEG
April 11, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Michigan Limestone Operations-Ltd Partnership · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED & CO-WORKER WERE TEST RUNNING A DOZER ENGINE TO CHECK THEIR REPAIR JOB INJURED WAS STANDING ON RT SIDE OF ENGING & TO THE R EAR OF THE TURBOCHARGER HE LOST HIS FOOTING & WAS GOING TO U SE THE TURBO H OUSING TO STABILIZE HIMSELF VACUMN EFFECT OF THE TURBO RUNNING APPEARS TO HAVE PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE NECK CUTTING INTO HIS INDEX FINGER (SURGICAL AMPUTATION AT THE FIRST JOI
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHERS LOAD STEEL RAILS AT THE SUPPLY YARD OF THE TURKEY NO. 4 MINE. A FORKLIFT WAS TO BE USED TO LIFT THE RAILS. AS EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SLIDE THE FORKS ON THE FORKLIFT, THE FORK FELL AND CAUGHT INJURED'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER MASHING IT (AMPUTATION OF FIRST JOINT).
EMPLOYEE IMPROPERLY LIFTED A SPARE HEATER WHICH RESULTED IN A HERNIA IN THE PERSONAL REGION.
Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING HEAVY TOOL BOX INTO MUCKER AND FELT STRAIN TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND LATER NOTICED SWELLING.
April 4, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appian Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
SHOVELING SAND AND GRAVEL SORENESS IN LOWER ABDOMEN
April 3, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Newmont USA Limited · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER OF A HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS UPPER ABDOMEN
April 1, 1991
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS HOOKING HCAIN TO A RAM CAR IN ORDER TO PULL A DRILL. THE DRILL MOVED BACKWARDS AND PREMATURELY TIGHTENED THE PULL CHAIN, THIS MOVEMENT CAUGHT THE INJURED'S FINGER BETWEEN THE CHAI N AND THE RAM CAR FRAME, THUS APUTATING PART OF HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGR.
April 1, 1991
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Surefire Coals Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT & ROLLING ROCK FROM BELT JERKED A LARGE ROCK & CAUSED HERNIA
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING HIS PROPOSED RUNWAY PRIOR TO RUNNING HIS SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHILE FALLING. BOTTOM CONDITIONS WERE WET AND MUDDY AND WAS ON A DOWNHILL G RADE.
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object
MAK,ING REPAIRS LG SECTION OF BANK FELL ON TOP OF EM P
April 30, 1991
TX · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Luminant Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS FINDING AND PICKING UP ROCKS OUT OF A FIELD. HE WAS USING A BILLY BAR TO HELP DIG THE ROCKS AND HELP GET THEM OUT OF THE SOIL. THERE WAS A STEEL PIECE OF PIPE IN THE FIELD, WHICH EE HIT WITH THE BAR CAUSING IT TO POP UP AND HIT HIM IN THE WRIST.
April 30, 1991
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Kyanite Mining Corp · Struck by flying object
DUST BLEW IN EYES WORKING IN BAGGING AREA
Utah Fuel Company · Struck by falling object
STEPPED FORWARD TO LET ANOTHER PERSON PASS, FACE ROLLED OUT STRUCK ON L FOOT
April 30, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buzzi Unicem USA · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING A NEW DUMP PLATE INTO THE OPENING ON TOP OF THE ELEVATOR. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK. HE WAS WORKING IN A CONFINED AREA, LIFTING AN AWKWARD PLATE AND PLACING IT THROUGH A SMALL OPENING, AND THEN LOWERING IT INTO PLACE.EXTREME CARE MUST BE TAKEN WHENEVER LIFTING AND MOVING OBJECTS IN SUCH AREAS.
April 30, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
SADDLE BOLTS BROKE CAUSING BUGGY TO HIT THE RIB.STEERING BOLTS BROKE CAUSING SHUTTLE CAR TO HIT RIB.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE WALKING EE STEPPED IN A DIP IN ROADWAY AND TWISTED LT KNEE.
D & L Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
EE WERE TRYING TO BREAK A TRAM CHAIN ON THE FLETCHER PINNER TO INSTALL A NEW CHAIN A CHISEL THAT HAD BEEN DRIVEN BETWEEN A CHAIN STRAP LINK AND ROLLER LINK SUDDENLY DISLODGED FROM THE CHAIN FL EW INTO THE AIR AND STRUCK EE IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING A SMALL CUT.
April 30, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED SLIPPED ON GRAVEL WHILE STEPPING ONTO CAT WALK TO LOAD TRUCK.
Locust Grove Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF HIS ROCK TRUCK AND WHEN HE STEP ON THE GROUND HE STEP ON A ROCK AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.
April 30, 1991
AL · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE PANLINE ON LONGWALL WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEEN LONWALL SHIELDS,STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN BACK OF HEAD AND NECK AND DOWN LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM.
April 30, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Andalex Resources Inc · Struck by flying object
HE HAD JUST FINISHED SERVICING OUR #29 PIT WATER PUMP. THIS IS A 6" DIESEL POWERED PUMPED. HE STARTED THE DIESEL ENGINE AND ENGAGED THE CLUTHC. AS THE CLUTCH ENGAGED, THE ENGINE-TO-PUMP DRI VESHAFT COUPLING "FLEW APART."
April 30, 1991
SD · Metal/Non-Metal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SHE WAS CARRYING A 50LB BOOM STAND TO THE MANCAR SHE WAS HOLDING THE STAND AT THE POINT OF THE HEIGHT BRACKETE SPOT & THE BRACKET WAS NOT SECURED IN PLACE THE HEIGHT BRACKET TWISTED HER TO DRO P THE STAND & IT FELL ON HER FOOT
April 30, 1991
PA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STEPS OFF OF 8BUTT OVERCAST & WHEN HE SET FOOT ON THE FLOOR FROM THE LAST STEP HIS FOOT WAS IN A SMALL RUT & TWISTED LEFT ANKLE
Asarco Inc · Fall from machine
PULLING ENGINE COVER ON TRUCK BOOTCAUGHT ON ELECTRICAL WIRE TO HEAD CAUSING HER TO FALL
April 30, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A D-10 DOZER. HE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER TO GET ANOTHER TOOL. AS HE EAS DISMOUNTING, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HE JUMPED FROM TEH DOZER TRACK TO THE GROUND, INJURING HIS KN EE. HEIGHT APPROX. 31/2 FT TO 4 FT HIGH.
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
INJURED WAS INSTALLING BOLT IN HOLE AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND TWISTED LOWER BACK, HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS NEXT TO RIB ON CURTAIN SIDE.
Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
AS INJURED WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF MONORAIL IN THE 20 RIGHT LONGWALL SECTION HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
Western Mingo Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING MINER CABLE BACK AND LEGS HURT
April 30, 1991
UT · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Plateau Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CHANGING OUT A BUMP VALVE ON #66 SHIELD WHEN THE COAL CAME OFF THE TAIL GATE DRUM. FELT PAIN IN INNER LEFT THIGH ABOVE KNEE.
April 30, 1991
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Utelite Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELTS WITH CUTTING TORCH HOT SLAG CAME FROM THE CUTTINGS & ENTERED LEFT EAR CAUSING BURNS EMPLO YEE INITIALLY RECEIVED FIRST AID SINCE THE EAR DID NOT HEAL HE HAD MEDICAL TREAT MENT WHICH WILL INCLUDE OUTPATIENT SURGERY07-11-91
April 30, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A COUPLING ON A CYLINDER AT THE RAW MILL. IN HANDLING THIS COUPLING, THAT WEIGHED AROUND EIGHTY POUNDS, EE FELT A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK TIGHTEN UP WHILE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.
April 30, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING PIN BOARDS STRAINED BACK
April 30, 1991
KY · Coal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
FIRE
Kem Coal Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
CUTTING HOLE IN PLATE AIRLINE ANTIFREEZE SPILLED ON HOT METAL IT BURST IN FLAMES BURNS TO L ARM
April 30, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A FEED PIPE IN REACH OF A COME-A-LONG TO HANG WHEN IT TURNED OVER STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOOT.
April 30, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE EMPL WAS WORKING ON 400 HOUGH LOADER HE SLIPPED IN OIL THAT WAS ON FLOOR OF TRUCK SHOP.
Trojan Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS SHOVELING BELT WHEN SHE STATED HER BACK STARTED HURTING.
April 30, 1991
AL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
OTHER
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STARTED EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN WHILE CARRYING PIPE.EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 04-16-91 HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 04-22-91 AND THEN STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN ON 04-30-91.
April 30, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kenellis Energies Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STRAINED RIGHT KNEE TAKING TOOL BOX TO TOOL SLIDE UNIT 2.
April 30, 1991
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE STACKING BLOCKS AT TAILPIECE PULLED SHOULDER
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS HELPING PUT MONORAIL ALONG THE BELT
April 30, 1991
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS WALKING TO THE TRAILER TO GET A TAPE MEASURE. WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING GOT INTO HIS EYE. HE MUST RUBBED HIS EYE AND IMBEDDED THE METAL IN IT.
April 30, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Owl Rock Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE DRIVING B-70 EUCLID, EMPLOYEE HIT POT HOLE.
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INSTALLING IDLER ON CHAIN LIFTING PULLEY PAIN N LOWER BACK
April 30, 1991
OH · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Mountain Spring Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL HEAD AND ROOF.
April 30, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS WORKING ON A 359 GNERATOR WITH A WRENCH. HIS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF A NUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO HIS LEFT WRIST.
Swenson Granite Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects
EMPL TURNED TO STEP AWAY FROM BURNER AND FOOT SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND LEG BANGED AGAINST BURNER FRAME.
April 30, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
WHILE TAKING A SHOWER INJURED EITHER STEPPED ON A SPAD OF STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT AGAINST A POST BAR.THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT WAS LACERATED NEAR THE MIDDLE OF HIS FOOT.7 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
April 30, 1991
PA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Tunnelton Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
WHILE OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR, INJURED EMPLOYEE JAMMED HIS NECK WHEN SHUTTLE CAR RUN OVER A HOLE IN RUNWAY.
April 30, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET A LEG OF A CONVEYOR TABLE. HE WAS USING A SPUD WRENCH TO ALIGN TWO HOLES AND FELT SHARP PAIN WHEN HE LIFTED TABLE.
April 30, 1991
AL · Coal
assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager
MACHINERY
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AS MINE FOREMAN WAS GOING THROUGH DOOR WITH TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF AIR PRESSURE ON IT, THE DOOR SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN HEAD. AS A RESULT HIS NECK BECAME SORE AND WHEN HE PICKED UP A BLOC K TO MOVE IT OFF HIS MANBUS, THE MUSCLES AROUND HIS NECK AND SHOULDER WERE STRAINED.
April 30, 1991
VA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
MACHINERY
C & S Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EE WAS PINNING TOP AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL.
Chisholm Coal Company · Struck by falling object
ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE PREPARATION PLANT, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE ALONG WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES REMOVED THE GUARD FROM TEH CLEAN COAL CRUSHER TO DO SOME MAINTEANACE WORK ON IT. THE GUARD WAS LEANED UP AGAINST THE HANDRAILS AND WHILE THEY WERE WORKING ON THE CRUSHER THE GUARD FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT LEG.
April 30, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
WALKING ALONG SIDE STAGELOADER & STRUCK HEAD AGAINST LOW HANGING ROOFBOLT
April 30, 1991
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fiddle Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE ON SHUTTLE CAR AND SLIPPED STRIKING LEFT KNEE ON CORNER OF MANTRIP BUS.
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LOWER BACK PAIN
April 30, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
WHILE ROOF BOLTING, MINER REACHED OUT TO GET A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINST THE CANOPY.
April 30, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elsinore Ready Mix Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING HVY EQUIP HE BACKED UP A PIECE OF HVY EQUIP TO FUEL ANOTHER PIECE OF HVY EQUIP WAS BEHIND IT HE WENT TO STEP UP ON BACK BUMPER OF FIRST PIECE OF HVY EQUIP & HIS RT LEG SLI PPED & WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF EQUIP
April 30, 1991
IL · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE REPORTED FEELING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW AFTER MOVING A SECTION OF THE TRAILING CABLES FOR THE BELT FEEDER OUT OF THE HAULAGE ROAD.
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE MAN WAS CARRYING A BRAKE ASSEMBLY, DOWN THE LONGWALL FACE, WHEN HE DEVELOPED BACK PAIN.
April 30, 1991
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
WHILE DUMPING BROKEN BAGS OF SAND INTO A DUMPSTER, STEPPED ON A FAN SUPPORT, TRIPPED, AND STRUCK KNEE ONT EH CORNER OF HTE METAL DUMPSTER.
April 30, 1991
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
GASOLINE ENGINE DRIVEN PORTABLE PUMP BEING USED IN A CONFINED SPACE WITH IMPROPER VENTILATION EMPLOYEE WAS AFFECTED BY CARBON MONXIDE WHEN HE ENTERED SPACE TO CHECK ON PUMP DID NOT LOOSE CONSC IENCENESS
April 30, 1991
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED GREENS CREEK ON 5-9-91 THAT AN INJURY HAD OCCURRED BACK ON 4-30-91. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD BENT OVER TO LIFT A PUMP UP THAT WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS SIDE AND REINJURED IT ON 5-7-91, WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A JUMBO.
April 30, 1991
TN · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Premium Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
SCRAPING RUST METAL
Hardin County Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE HAD HELPED LOAD A SHOT AND WAS CLEANING UP IN PREPARATION TO BLAST. AS HE REACHED TO GET A SHOVEL, HE FELT A PAIN AND A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.
April 30, 1991
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
POWERED HAULAGE
United Salt Carlsbad LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
EE DROVE TRUCK OFF ROAD TO TAKE A SHORT CUT TRUCK FELL THRU SOFT SALT SEAT BELT HURT HIS STOMACH. HE STOPPED TO CHECK AND FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK ON THE HARD SALT.
April 30, 1991
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kenellis Energies Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BENDING A ROOF BOLT PULLED SOMETING IN L ARM CUA
April 30, 1991
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
GASOLINE ENGINE DRIVEN PORTABLE PUMP BEING USED IN A CONFINED SPACE WITH INADWQUAT E VENTILATION EMPLOYEE WAS AFFECTED BY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS WHEN HE ENTERED SPACE TO CHECK PUMP DID NOT LOOSE CONSCIENCENESS
Stoney Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS IN #6 ENTRY TAKING LUGS OFF OF A MANTRIP WHEEL WHEN THE RATCHET SLIPPED OFF A LUG. INJURED SLIPPED FORWARD AND HURT HIS BACK.
Helvetia Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS INJURING UPPER BACK.
April 29, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE IS CLASSIFIED AS A GENERAL INSIDE LABORER HE WAS WORKING AS A ROOFBOLTER IN UNIT #2 WHILE HE WAS ROOFBOLTING A PIECE OF ROCK 3 INCHES BY 6 INCHES BY 2 FT FELL FROM THE ROOF & STRUCK H IM ON TOP OF HIS HARDHAT & DROVE HIM TO THE GROUND AFTER TRYING TO CONTINUE WORK HE COMPLAINED OF STIFFNESS & SORENESS IN HIS NECK THE IMPACT RESULTED IN THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVING A JAMMED NECK
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
SWINGING A DOUBLE-JACK, DRIVING METAL STAKES, POSSIBLY TORE ROTATOR CUFF.
Ameron Hawaii · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO STEADY DOWNHOLE DRILL HAMMER TO ASSIST A FELLOW EMPLOYE IN THREADING A NEW SECTION OF STEEL. IN THE PROCESS, HE ACCIDENTALLY ENTANGLED HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE HOIST CABLE W HICH PULLED TAUT WHEN THE HAMMER ROTATED. A SPECIAL TOOL ON THE RIG TO SECURE THE HAMMER WAS NOT USED. BOTH EMPLOYEES ARE EXPERIENCED DRILLERS.
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE ROCKDUTING HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN TWO TRACK TIES WHEN THE HOSE KICKED CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS LEFT KNEE.
Kenellis Energies Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE STEPPING OUT OF BUGGY CAB AN UNIT 2.
April 29, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
welder (shop)
MACHINERY
Billiton Minerals U S A · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OFF SIDE BOARDS ON HAUL TRUCK. WHILE CUTTING THRU A TRIPPLE SECTION OF STEEL THE METAL POPPED AND BLEW METAL BACK INTO HIS FACE AND SOME GOT BEHIND HIS GLASSES INTO HIS LE FT EYE.
Magma Copper Company · Fall from machine
CROSSING GRIZZLY LOST BALANCE FELL TWISTED ANKLE FRACT.
April 29, 1991
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Tara Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)
EMPLOYEE WAS IN GENERAL AREA WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WELDING MACHINE & SUSTAINED BURNS TO BOTH EYES I NAME WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTED COVER FOR EYES
April 29, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Independent Salt Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE WAS LOADING 50 BAGS OF SALT.
Pyro Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PICKED UP A BUNDLE OF PINS OFF BACK OF PINNER & WAS CARRYING TO FRONT OF PINNER STEPPED IN HOLE TWISTED RT ANKLE
April 29, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
welder (shop)
MACHINERY
Warner Company · Struck by falling object
EMPL CUT A WELD AND LIP FELL ON RIGHT FOOT.
April 29, 1991
KY · Coal
examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner
POWERED HAULAGE
Green River Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
GOLF CART HIT WET SPOT IN ROAD CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS ARM AGAINST TIMBER
April 29, 1991
AL · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
DRILLING HOLES IN BOTTOM TO TIE TAIL PIECE DOWN PICKED JACK HAMMER UP TO CHANGE HOLES FELT HIS LEFT KNEE POP.
April 29, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Natural Aggregates Corporation · Fall onto or against objects
WHILE WALKING ON FLAT GROUND NEAR CRUSHER EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A SMALL STONE CAPPROY 3/4" TO 1" AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
Mettiki Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
MOVING BLOCKS OUT OF WAY TO BUILD STOPPING BLOCK STUCK IN MUD FELT PAIN TRIED TO PULL PASIN IN LOWER BACK
April 29, 1991
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Long Branch Energy · Struck against stationary object
RIDING A S&S 820 UNIHAULER OUTSIDE, RAISED HIS HEAD AND HIT THE ROOF.
April 29, 1991
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
welder (shop)
MACHINERY
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PUNCHING HOLES IN SHORT PC OF FLAT STEEL STRIPS PUNCH HUNG IN METAL AS HE WAS PUNCHING HOLES SNATCHED L HAND IN PC OF METAL MASHING AND TEARING L INDEX FINGER 1ST JOINT
April 29, 1991
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyo-Ben, Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
HE WAS THROWING LOOSE SACKS ITNO A BOXCAR.
April 29, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Teays Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR BACKED MACHINE UP EE HAD RIGHT FOOT UNDER ROOF BOLTER.
April 29, 1991
WV · Coal
gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ON 1 LEFT SECTION, EMPLOYEE WHILE POSITIONING HANGING VENTILATION TUBE TO CONNECT ONTO SELF TRAM BLOWER WHEN THE LITTLE FINGER ON HER RIGHT HAND WAS STRUCK BY THE VENTILATION TUBE WHILE HAND W AS ON HANDLE OF BLOWER.
April 29, 1991
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Struck against a moving object
HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE DRIVING ROCK TRUCK.
April 29, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Long Branch Energy · Struck by falling object
INSTALLING ROOF BOLT AT START OF 4 BREAK RIGHT. WHEN DRILL STARTED THROUGH THE 8" X 24" SLAB FELL, PINNING HIS LEFT FOREARM AGAINST THE BOLT MACHINE.
April 29, 1991
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS MOUNTING HIS HAUL TRUCK WITH WET MUDDY BOOTS ON. HE SLIPPED, FELL AND CUT HIS KNEE CAP. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DAVIES COUNTY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. NO STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
April 29, 1991
CO · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Fuels-Utah Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE MINER WAS INJURED WHEN WALKING INTO THE MINE AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT ALONG SIE AN INCLIDED BELT LINE. THIS BELT AHD BEEN SHOVELED OFF ON PREVIOUS SHIFT AND LOOSE COAL WAS STILL PRESENT. HE SLIPPED ON THIS COALAND STARTED TO FALL WHEN HE CUAGHT HIMSELF RESULTING IN LOWER BACK PAIN.
Wallner Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
SETTING UP PORTABLE GRAVEL CRUSHING PLANT IN OUR PIT PLACING WOOD BLOCKING UNDER THE PLANT LIFTING AND PLACING WOOD BLOCKING UNDER THE PLANT STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
April 29, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holnam Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CABLE HOIST ON FLOOR IN STORES TO POSITION TO LIFT ONTO CART WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHILE MOVING BACK SPASM DEVELOPED
Black Butte Coal Company · Contact with electrical current
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PRE-ASSEMBLED SECTION OF RAILROAD W/CHERRY PICKER, WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK THE RIG & TRAVELED THROUGH RIGGING TO EMPLOYEE. (EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON GROUND WHILE R.R. PIECE W AS BEING MOVED BY CHERRY PICKER.)
April 29, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPL HAD FINISHED INSTALLING 1 ROW OF BOLTS AND OPERATOR MOVED BOLTER AND SET T-BAR.A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT ON BOLTER THEN BOUNCED OFF AND RODE EMPL AGAINST CURTAIN THEN TO THE BOTTO M TWISTING LEFT HIP.
April 29, 1991
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
AROUND WELDING & RECEIVED FLASH BURNS
April 29, 1991
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Adams County Road & Bridge · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INSTALLING BEARING WAS HIT BY HAMMER ON FINGER WHILE DRIVING ON BEARING.
April 29, 1991
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rox Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BATTERY ONTO A PALLET AND AS HE PICKED THE BATTERY UP, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE'S CHIROPRACTOR HAS TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS DISC TROUBLE.
April 29, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
BACKING UP HAUL TRUCK TO DUMP MISS JUDGED EDGE DROVE TRUCK OVER EDGE OF DUMP
West Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL FEEDER CABLE.
April 29, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object
WALKING DOWN HILL STEPPED ON ROCK TWISTED KNEE
April 29, 1991
WV · Coal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
MACHINERY
High Power Energy · Struck against a moving object
EE HYD SHOVEL OPERATOR WAS JOLTED WHILE OPERATING HIS DEMAG SHOVEL CAUSING HIM LOWER BACK HIM.
April 29, 1991
VA · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
MINER WAS CLIMBING ON A RAILROAD CAR TO TAKE THE BRAKE OFF WAS STANDING ON DRAWHEAD SLIPPED STRUCK LEG ON DOWNHEAD AND SHINED ARM.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CLEANING OUT THE GRIZZLY AT THE NO. 1 ROTARY DUMPA DN FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
April 29, 1991
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CLEANING D-9 DOZER TRACKS INJURED WAS REMOVING A LARGE PIECE OF MUD FROM THE TRACK FRAME AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
April 29, 1991
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Standard Lafarge · Fall from machine
CLIMBING OUT OF A HAUL TRUCK.
April 29, 1991
IN · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warrick County Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS UNDR A DOZER TIGHTING BOLTS IN AN UNUSAL POSITION & POPPED IT IS RIGHT SHOULDER.
Warrick Holding Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING AUGER STEEL ON #90. DRIL-TEC DRILL & PUTTING STM CAP ON WITH PIPE WRENCH AND WAS TIGHTENING CAP. WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT LOSE ANYTIME UNTIL 7 -8-91.
April 29, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Resco Products Inc · Struck by falling object
I.NAME REMOVING EMPTY PALLET OFF STORAGE SHELF.THE PALLET SLIPPED FROM GRASP AND FELL HITTING RIGHT FOOT.
April 29, 1991
CO · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trapper Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THIS CONDITION RESULTED FROM LONG-STANDING ATTRIBUTION FRAYING OF THE CUFF SECONDARY TO CHRONIC IMPINGMENT NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A SINGLE TRAUMATIC EPISODE
LTV Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOPPING FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
April 29, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTER HEAD AND THE DRILL STEEL.
April 29, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Sierrita Corp · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AND ADJUSTING MOLY HOPPER, WHEN HE BACKED OFF OF IT, FALLING ON A CONCRETE FLOOR.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHILE WALKING DOWN A STEEP HILL IN 1 ENTRY TOWARD THE FACE EE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURINGHIS RD SHOULDER.
Keystone Service Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS TRASPORTING 8 INCH PIPE ON A DOLLY FOR INSTALLATION WHEN THE PIPE STARTED ROLLING OFF DOLLY EE GRABBED HOLD OF PIPE TO TRY TO KEEP IT FROM ROLLING OFF THERE BY STRAINING LOWER BACK.
April 29, 1991
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS.STEEL STUCK IN ROOF AND THEN FELL AND MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE WRENCH ON THE BOLTER.
April 29, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
welder (shop)
MACHINERY
Amarillo Road Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WELDING ON 980 LOADER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
April 29, 1991
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eller & Olsen Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HELPING I.NAME KNOCK A RACE OUT OF BEARING HOUSING. PIECE OF METAL WEDGED INTO LEFT HAND SORE KNUCKLE.
April 29, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKING ON FCT, BACK HURTING
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY IN FACE AREA OF #3 ENTRY OF 21T OFF TURKEY MAIN SECT.MMJ#005-0 AS HE WAS HOLDING THE CABLE IN HIS HANDS THE MINER WAS TRAMMING PULLING T HE CABLE OUT OF HIS HANDS CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK
April 29, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SWEEPING UP PUMICE FINES BLEW IN EYES RUBBED EYE SCRATCHED EYE
April 29, 1991
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object
PERSON STATED, HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN HE WAS STRUCK OF THE RIGHT HAND BY FALLING CLOD. MAN COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND SWELLING TO HIS RIGHT HAND, THUMB AND MIDDLE FINGER.
April 29, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE PUT FOOT ON TOP OF FLOAT TO TAKE OFF CHAIN. THE FLOAT FLIPPED AND PINNED EE S RIGHT LEG BETWEEN FLOAT AND BARGE.
Sumate Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPENING BOX OF CONTROL CABLE CUT HAND WITH KNIFE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
JAMMED THUMB ON STEERING WHEEL OF GOFER.
April 29, 1991
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL CARRYING STICKS OF POWDER AND BUCKETS OF ROCKS FOR STEMMING BLASTING A SHOT.
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
MAN WAS WALKING DOWN RAMP ON SO SIDE OF 12CM-2 OVERCAST & STUMBLED ON A WOODEN CLEAT THAT WAS THERE TO PREVENT SLIPPING THE MAN STUMBLED & FELL CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RT KNEE
April 29, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Calmat Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN OFF A 4 FOOT LADDER ON THE DECK AND STEPPED ON A ROCK AT AN ANGLE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS AT TEMPTING TO APPLY PRESSURE WITH FOOT TO A CHAIN BLOCK & BLOCK TURNED PINNING FOOT
Amron Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WHILE USING SCROLL TYPE DRILL STEEL CAUGHT GLOVE ON DRILL STEEL INJURING LEFT HAND.
April 29, 1991
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE SWEEPING FLOOR FORKLIFT OPERATOR MADE A SHARP TURN AND RAN OVER RIGHT FOOT CAUSING DAMAGE TO RIGHT FOOT.
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS OPERATING A 5 TON WHEN A FLAT CAR CAUGHT 11/2 WATER LINE. THE LINE CAUGHT HIM AROUND THE CHEST AND HE TREIED TO LIFT THE HOSE OFF THE HOSE BROKE AT THE COUPLER AND SNAPPED STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT ARM AREA PULLING HIM OUT OF THE 5 TON TO THE MINE FLOOR ALSO CAUSING A FRACTURED RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
April 29, 1991
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Port Orchard Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ROCK BECAME LODGED AT TAIL PULLEY OF TUNNEL BELT LEADING TO CRUSHER SCREEN. HE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE ROCK WITH SHOVEL. SHOVEL BENT AROUND AND FORCED HAND INTO GUARD OF TAIL PULLEY LACERATING H IS LEFT RING FINGER.
April 29, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Elkay Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SUBJECT STATES THAT HE WAS BOLTING ROOF IN #2 FACE & WAS ON HIS RT KNEE & HE FELT PAIN IN HIS KNEE AS HE WAS BOLTING HE HAS TENDONITIS IN HIS RT KNEE AS THE ATTENDING DOC STATES THIS REPORT IS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BACK STRAIN FROM PRYING DOWN TOP COAL.
April 28, 1991
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHILE MOUNTING HIS MACHINE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DAVIES COUNTY HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. HIS ANKLE WAS TAPED AND WRAPPED.
April 28, 1991
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE INSTALLING WATER LINE WRENCHED SLIPPED MASHED FINGER
April 28, 1991
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPL WALKING UP TRACK ,HIT HEAD ON LOW OVERHANG.
Rushton Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING PUMP IN THE 2 ENTRY IN L NORTH PAIN IN LOWER BACK
April 28, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Glens Falls Cement Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS LANCING OUT A PLUGGED PIPE WHEN DUST SHOT BACK INTO HIS FACE THE DUST FILLED UP HIS SAFETY GLASSES & WENT INTO BOTH EYES
April 28, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AIR SHIM DRIVER AND GOT HIS HAND IN THE WAY.
April 28, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
electrician, lineman
ELECTRICAL
Ash Grove Cement Company · Flash burns (electric)
STABBING SWITCHGEAR SHORTED PHASE TO PHASE AND HPHASE TO GROUND DUE TO SCREWDRIVER GETTING IN POWER SUPPLY
April 28, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
All-Lite Aggregate · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF HAUL TRUCK, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST THE GRADER WHICH BRUISED/SPRAINED HIS RIGHT HAND.
April 28, 1991
SC · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W R Grace & Company-Conn · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE HAD CHECKED TANK FARM & WAS RETURNING TO MOTOR CONTROL WHEN SHE STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK WITH LEFT FOOT CAUSING HER TO FALL FRACTURE TO BONE IN RT ANKLE
Eagle Nest Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
THE EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE CARRYING AN ACETYLENE TANK STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST THE MINE FLOOR.
April 27, 1991
VA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPL STANDING IN AREA WHERE OVERCAST HAD BEEN CLEANED UP AND BOLTED.ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF HEAD.
April 27, 1991
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Covenant Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKING ON FEEDER FLIGHTS HIT SELF ON LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER.
April 27, 1991
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Agrico Chemical Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING CABLE.
Fordyce Company · Fall from machine
ADJUSTING WELDS MEN LOST BALANCE FELL BETWEEN FLOATATION AND BOAT
April 27, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ONTO HIGHLIFT STEPS IN ORDER TO GET INTO HIGHLIFT HIS FOOT MISSED HIS STEP AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET AND LANDED ON RIGHT ANKLE.TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
April 27, 1991
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dell Contractors Inc · Struck by flying object
HIT BEARING WITH HAMMER CHIP FLEW OFF
April 27, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge Midwest Incorporated · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
EE WAS POKING CLINKER BALLS OUT OF THE SKIP GRIZZLEY WITH A STEEL BAR WHEN THE BAR HUNG UP AND SLAMMED BACK HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT COLLAR BONE AND KNOCKING HIM OFF THE PLATFORM HE WAS STANDI NG ON. BRUISE TO RIGHT COLLAR BONE AREA, BUMP ON LEFT ELBOW AND EE SUFFERED A MILD CONCUSSION.
April 27, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
NOT A NEW ACCIDENT-AGGRAVATION OF PREVIOUS INJURY. DOCTOR PUT EMPLOYEE OFF WORK FOR ONE DAY.
April 27, 1991
AL · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A METAL SHAFT. A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT EYE LID.
April 27, 1991
MD · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pbs Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LOWER BACK INJ
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HE WAS INSPECTING THE INSIDE OF A SPROCKED WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE SPROCKET AND THE KEY WAY. CUT SUTURED TO FINGER.
AFTER EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKERS INSTALLED 6" X 8" WOODEN TRACK TIES HE STATED HIS BACK WAS HURT.
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INDEX FINGER WAS MASHED WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO SHUT CAR DOOR
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object
18 BLK M.N. STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN BACK. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5-2-91.
Chevron Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THROW A CHAIN AROUND A ROOF BOLT AND T BOARD IN THE MINE ROOF WHNE HE STEPPED ON AN OBJECT CAUSING HIS FOOT TO TURN ADN INJURED HIS ANKLE.
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED STATED HE WAS USING A 24" PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A 3" PIPE ELBOW WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHILE CARRYING SUPPLIES, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL STRIKING HIS BACK.
Leivasy Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BENT OVER PUTTING OIL IN MINER HURT BACK
April 27, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Select Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LOADING PIN SUPPLIES BENT DOWN TO GET SOME BOLTS AS HE RAISED UP LOWER BACK HURTING
Drummond Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE WAS LIFTING CRIB TIES WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
April 27, 1991
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE MAN WAS LIFTING A SHEARER CABLE FROM THE CABLE TROUGH WHEN HE DEVELOPED BACK PAIN.
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING AND CARRYING SUPPLIES, EMPLOYEE CLAIMS PAIN IN BACK.
April 27, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Select Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTS ON MACHINE. SAID HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK AND LEFT SIDE HIP.
April 26, 1991
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
grader operator, roadgrader operator
MACHINERY
Holnam Inc · Struck against a moving object
SCRAPER WAS EQUIPT WITH SEAT BELTS BUT EMPLOYEE NEGLECTED TO WEAR IT EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER WHEN HE HIT A ROUGH PLACE IN THE HAUL ROAD THE SCRAPER STARTED TO BOUNCE EMPLOYEE LANDED O N THE GEAR SHIFT
April 26, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
THE STEERING ON THE CAR WAS STIFF, INJURIED STATES HE PULLED A RIGHT SHOULDER MUSCLE. EE CAME OUT OF THE MINE AND STATED HE WAS INJURIED HE DID NOT GO TO A DR TIL FOUR DAYS LATER 4-30-91. WORK ERS COM IS CHECKING TO.
April 26, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Billiton Minerals U S A · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE PULLED SAFETY GUARD OFF ROLLS CRUSHER. ABOUT 5 MINS LATER HE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK. HE WAS SENT TO THE DR. THAT DAY.
April 26, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
pumper
OTHER
Walker Sand Inc · Struck by falling object
CHANGING HOSE, WIND CAUGHT HOOD AND CAUSED IT FALL HURTING SHOULDER
April 26, 1991
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Omya Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRYING TO BLOCK PHOTO EYE GLOVE CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS ON L HAND PINCHED BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS
April 26, 1991
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
outside foreman, leadman
MACHINERY
Smithrock Quarry Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
USING CUTTING TORCH HOT SLAG FLEW IN EAR
France Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
INJURED WAS USING OXYGEN-ACETYLENE CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A 55-GAL. STEEL DRUM IN HALF. THE DRUM HAD THE CAPS TIGHT AND HAD CONTAINED A FLAMMABLE LIQUID WITH NO VENTILATION. AS SPARKS ENTERED D RUM TO CONTENTS IGNITED AND THE DRUM EXPLODED.
April 26, 1991
AL · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING FRONT END LOADER. LOADER BOUNCED AND EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK ON SEAT.
April 26, 1991
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J R Simplot Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
RELEASED HAND BRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR. HAND GOT CAUGHT IN BRAKE RELEASE, SPRAIN TO LEFT WRIST.
April 26, 1991
DE · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHEN HE WAS COMING DONW THE LADDER OF THE SAND BIN HE MISSED THE LAST STEP AND HIS FOOT WENT BETWEEN STEPS AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
April 26, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CalPortland · Over-exertion in lifting objects
STACKING 50 LB HYDRATED LIME FELT PAIN IN L SHOULDER
April 26, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aurora Partnership · Over-exertion in lifting objects
BENDING OVER TO GET SAMPLE PAN WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.
April 26, 1991
PA · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gilberton Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING ROCK OUT FROM UNDER BELT LINE, EE STRAINED LEFT GROIN AREA.
April 26, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Sierrita Corp · Struck by flying object
DOZER AT #4 TAILINGS PIT WAS STUCK NEEDED TO BE PULLED OUT SO DOZER OPERATOR GOT LOADER OPERATOR PULL OUT. DOZER OPERATOR HAD CHAIN READY TO DOZER HOOKED CHIN TO CLEVIS THAT WAS DEFECTIVE THE CLEVIS BROKE HIT DOZER OPERATOR ON THE SIDE OFF THE HEAD.
April 26, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD A SUMP PUMP ON A FOUR WHEEL DOLLY. THE TWO EMPLOYEE WERE ROLLING THE DOLLY AND THE PUMP FELL OFF THE DOLLY, STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE.
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF FUELING MOTOR GRADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK RIGHT LOWER ARM ON GROUND, CAUSING SMALL CONTUSION TO ARM.
Magic Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CANOPY ON SCOOP STRUCK RIB BREAKING LEGS LOOSE SLID OVER HIT ON SHOULDER
Peora Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HAULING ROCK FROM THE SHAFT TO MUCK PIT CAUGHT HAND IN SPOKES AN STERRING WHEEL. INJURY RIGHT WRIST.
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MOVING WATER PUMP AND IT ROLLED OVER ON FOOT.
Harman Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TOOL BOX PLACING TOOLS IN THE BOX AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
April 26, 1991
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Solar Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF A ROPE SPOOL AND WAS REPAIRING A WATER PUMP ON A FRONT END LOADER. WHEN EMPLOYEE WENT TO STEP OFF THE SPOOL ONTO THE GROUND, HIS ANKLE TURNED CAUSING MAJOR LIGA MENT DAMAGE AND A SPIRAL FRACTURE OF THE UPPER NECK OF THE FIBULA.
Reebok Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE HAD REMOVED GUARDS FROM BELT DRIVE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN GOB AWAY FROM ROLLEN WHILE BELT WAS RUNNING EE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER EE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT WRIST.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK.
April 26, 1991
UT · Coal
examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner
MACHINERY
Energy West Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
OPERATING DOZER WHEN HE SCRAPPED LOW TOP.
April 26, 1991
SD · Metal/Non-Metal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HOISTING
I NAME WAS RIDING THE CAGE HORSEPLAY BROKE OUT & I NAME WAS INJURED
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS CRIMPING A CABLE TOGETHER HE HIT HIS RT RIB WITH THE HANDLE
April 26, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pine Creek Mining Iv Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED WS WELDING ON MINNER WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN HIS MIDDLE BACK.
April 26, 1991
WV · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
ELECTRICAL
McElroy Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)
PUTTING TOOLS UNDER SEAT OF LOCO POWER WIRE KNOCKED LOOSE CAUSING FLASH
De'Lyn Ltd · Struck by falling object
ROCK FELL ON BACK
April 26, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canada Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROOFBOLT SUPPLIES ONTO A LEE NORSE ROOFBOLTER WHILE LIFTING A BUNDLE OF ROOFBOLTS (10BOLTS) HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK INJURY OCCURED ON THE 002 SECTION
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STEPPED OFF A CONVEYOR BELT AND HURT LEFT FOOT.
April 26, 1991
PA · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
OTHER
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data
PUSHING CAR OF SUPPLIES TO 11 BUTT 1 LEFT MOTOR DROP OFF TRACK, JARRING OPERATOR'S BACK. HE HAS WORKED SINCE THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. HE STARTED MISSING TIME ON 5-12-87. DUE TO FURTHER INVESTI GATION, NO NEW INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE ORIGINAL 7000-1 WAS FILED. PLEASE ADD 5 DAYS TO THIS ACCIDENT DUE TO RE-OCCURANCE (4-26-91 TO 5-6-91).
Hoover Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
DOING CHECK ON DRILL LOST BALANCE GRABBED HOT STEEL BIT FOR SUPPORT
New Mexico Potash Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE EMPLOYEE BLOCKED A RAMCAR IN A RAISED POSITION TO CHANGE A BREAK CHAMER. HE GOT UNDER THE CAR AND RELEASED THE BRAKE CHAMBER, THIS ALLOWED THE CAR TO MOVE & TWIST OFF THE BLOCK, PINNING TH E EMPLOYEE UNDER THE CAR.
April 26, 1991
PA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING TO SET POSTS AFTER MINER BACKED OUT OF STUMP SLAP AND HE HEARD A SOUND ABOVE HIM LOOKED UP AND JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY OF LOOSE ROCK THAT WAS COMING DOWN AND THE ROCK CAUGHT HIS FOOT.
April 26, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pine Creek Mining Iv Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
THE PERSON WAS PULLING CABLE AND HURT MUSLES IN HIS UPPER CHEST AND BACK.
April 26, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE WALKING BY SHANTY AREA, HE STRUCK A ROOF BOLT WITH HIS HEAD.
THE TRACK MOUNTED MUCKING MACHINE DERAILED. WHILE IN THE MUCKER A ROCK FELL AND FELL ACROSS THE MUCKER AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LOWER LEG FRACTURE BOTH TIBIA AND FIBULA.
Stoney Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO MANTRIP TO COME OUTSIDE HE STARTED TO SIT DOWN & HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF ANGLE ON THE MANTRIP SEAT HE SAT DOWN HARD & INJURED HIS LEFT HIP & TAILBONE
April 26, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
OTHER AND EE WERE CHANGING HEAD SHAFT ASSY. ON THE FEEDER AS THEY LIFTED THE SHAFT ASSY TO POSITION FOR MOUNTING HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK SHAFT ASSEMBLY APP 300 PLUS LBS.
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A DIESEL SCOOP DOWN MS HAULROAD A ROCK DUSTER.A BATTERY POWERED 4-SEATER HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE HAULROAD.VISABILITY OF THE OPERATOR IN THE DIESEL SCOOP DID NOT ALLOW HIM TO SEE 4-SEATER,WHICH HE RAN INTO.SUSTAINED INJURY TO HIS LEFT KNEE WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY.
J K & G Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING IN SCOOP & TWISTED BACK HURTING LOWER BACK WENT TO DOC & REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 04-29-91
Leeco Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS GETTING IN THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT OF THE SCOOP AND HIS KNEE "POPPED".
April 26, 1991
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & H Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLED BACK WHILE MOVING ROLLER FROM BELT LINE
April 26, 1991
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INSTALLING ROOFBOLTS,EXPERIENCED PAIN IN MIDDLE BACK AREA.FINISHED REGULAR WORKSHIFT.REPORTED PAIN TO SHIFT FOREMAN AT END OF SHIFT.
April 26, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
driller operator
MACHINERY
Copper Range Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CHUNK OF LOOSE FELL FROM BROW WHERE OPER COULDNT SEE IT,HE JERKED BACK AWAY FROM LOOSE AND JARRED NECK.
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING CABLE IN HANGING UP DISLOCATED L WRIST
April 26, 1991
OH · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A 1/2" BOLT AND A HAMMER TO KNOCK-OUT A ROLL PIN OUT OF A CATCH HOOK ON THE FILTER PRESS LOCATED AT THE PREP. PLANT. THE HAMMER GLANCED OF THE BOLT AND STUCK HIS L EFT THUMB CAUSING A FRACTURE.
Hanson Permanente Cement Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
FELT PULL PAIN IN GROIN AREA WHILE WORKING TO REPALCE LINERS.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HANGING A VENTILATION TUBE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE COAL CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE
April 25, 1991
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sedan Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS DRIVING A PIN OUT OF A TEXAS FEEDER CHAIN. A CHIP OF METAL WENT INTO RIGHT HAND.
Washington Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ALLEGED INJURY NOT REPORTED UNTIL 05-08-91 EMPLOYEE CLAIMS BACK STRAIN DUE TO REMOVING A ROCK FROM ROADWAY
April 25, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WAS DRIVING PIT TRUCK. STEPPED THE TRUCK TO CHECK ON NOISE. WAS WALKING ACROSS FENDER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL 8 FEET TO GROUND. INJURED RIGHT ARM & SHOULDER.
April 25, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Champlain Stone Ltd · Struck by falling object
WHILE PATTETIZING STONE HE DROPPED A STONE ON HIS RT FOOT
April 25, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Grefco Minerals Inc · Struck by flying object
AS HE WAS PACKING BAGS, A BAG BURST FILLING HIS EYE WITH DIATOMACEOUS EARTH. HE HAD ASLO NEGLECTED TO KEEP THE PROPER HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT ON THE EQUIPMENT TO MATCH THE BAG.
April 25, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
electrician, lineman
ELECTRICAL
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Flash burns (electric)
EMPL WORKING ON 480V ELEC BOX,CONNECTING ADD'L GROUND CABLE WHEN WRENCH HE WAS USING CONTACTED ENERGIZED CIRCUIT.CONTRARY TO ESTABLISHED COMPANYT POLICY ELEC DIDNT DISCONNECT POWER AND LOCK-OU T BEFORE WORKING ON EQUIP.THE RESULTING ARC FLASH CAUSED 2ND DEGREE BURNS.
RAISING CAB ON TRUCK-CAB SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL AND HIT HIS SIDE.
April 25, 1991
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lynch Creek Quarry LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS JOB SITE TO HIS MACHINE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
April 25, 1991
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE HOOK BROKE OFF A CHAIN HOIST ALLOWING THE CHAIN TO SPRING BACK AND STRIKE THE VICTIM IN THE FACE BRUISING LEFT CHEEK AND CUTTING LEFT CHEEK AND FRACTURING LEFT CHEEK BONE.
April 25, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
ELECTRICAL
Pyro Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
CHARGER LOADER WAS SMOKING AND EMPLOYEE BREATHED SMOKE.
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
CARRYING AND DRAGGING 150 POUND TAMPER ALONG WITH OTHER EMP
April 25, 1991
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
JOSTLED WHEN TRUCK BEING LOADED BY FRONT END LOADER
April 25, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Struck by powered moving object
STANDING ON TRUCK STEPPED OUT OF BRONCO IT BEGAN TO DRIFT STRUCK HIM ON L SIDE AND PUSHED R SIDE OF HIP AND THIGH IN FLATBED
Hobet Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
THE EMPLOYEE STRUCK HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN UP OFF THE SEAT. WHEN HE CAME DOWN ON THE SEAT HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT TESTICLE RESULTING IN PAIN AND SWELLING.
Birchfield Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE.
April 25, 1991
VA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CHANGING BITS OR CONT MINER AND THE BIT HOLDING SNAP RING BROKE STRIKING HIS RT EYE.
April 25, 1991
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shannopin Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED WAS LIFTING CM CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
Mosaic Potash Carlsbad Inc · Struck by falling object
AS EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING A JOY LOADING MACHINE OUT OF A PILE OF ORE RT TRAM CHAIN BROKE ON MACHINE THIS CAUSED MACHINE TO SPIN IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTION & STRIKE WALL OF THE MINE A PIECE OF ORE SLOUGHED OFF THE WALL & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT THIGH
Helvetia Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING TOP BELT ROLLERS FROM UTILITY MOTOR. HE TOOK A ROLLER OFF THE PILE AND AS HE DID, ANOTHER ROLLER SLID AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND.
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO HIS ASSIGNED WORK LOCATION WHEN HE STUMBLED AND FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON A SECTION OF 1" AIRHOSE LYING IN THE WALKWAY, INJURING HIS RIGHT HI P, KNEE AND SHOULDER.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE USING A WHEEL BARROW, HAULING MUD AND LOOSE COAL HE ATTEMPTED TO DUMP IT OUT AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT ARM.
April 25, 1991
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE HELPING MIENR MOVE INTO #5 ENTRY, HE LIFTED THE CABLE TO HANG ACROSS #4 ENTRY, AND HUR THIS LOWER BACK.
April 25, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING RMEOVE A ROCK FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND WHILE HANDLING IT BY HAND HIS BACK WAS STRAINED.
April 25, 1991
IL · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
MACHINERY
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING MINER CABLE WHEN HE GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT AND PULLED BACK,DRAGGING HIS AHND AND HIS GLOVE BACK WITH IT.THIS CAUSED A STRAIN AND KNOT TO THE TOP OF HIS LEFT SHOULDER.EMPLOY EE WILL UNDERGO SURGERY TO REPAIR TORN ROTATOR CUFF.
April 25, 1991
OH · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
EE STATED HE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE NO. 33 JEEP WHEN IT SLID ON THE TRACK RAIL AND HIT ANOTHER VEHCILE. HE WAS THROWN INTO THE EDGE OF A SEAT CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS RIGHT LEG.
April 25, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object
HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING A PIN IN THE HOLE WHEN HE TURNED HIS HEAD FOR A SECOND OR TWO. WHEN HE TURNED BACK HE SCRATCHED HIS EYE ON THE CORNER OF A PIN BOARD
April 25, 1991
MT · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Energy Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE INVOLVED IN UNLOADING BLASTING SUPPLIES SUSTAINED INJURY TO LOW BACK AREA. CLINIC EVALUATION, DIAGNOSED MUSCLE STRAIN, RESULTING IN LOST TIME.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING UNLOAD A 20' JOINT OF ALUMINUM 4" WATER LINE FROM OFF THE BELT LINE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
April 25, 1991
WV · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN LOADING RAILS ONTO A FLAT CAR EARLIER IN THE SHIFT. WHEN HE FIRST NOTICED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP HE WAS NOT LIFTING. HE HAD EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT EARLIER IN THE DA Y,WHICH BECAME WORSE AS THE DAY PROGRESSED. EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS.
April 25, 1991
OH · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS ASSISTING IN CHANGING SOME BELT ROLLERS ON THE SLOPE BELT. HE WAS USING A COME-ALONG TO HELP RAISE THE BELT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE THE "DOG" THE HANDLE CAME OUT OF THE SOCKET. THIS CAUSED THE HANDLE SPROCKET TO SPRING FORWARD CATCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE SOCKET AND RELEASE DOG, FRACTURING IT.
April 25, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
OTHER
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPL WAITING ON ELEVATOR TO LEAVE MINE AT THE TEND OF SHIFT.EMPL INJURED BACK AFTER SITTING DOWN ONTO TABLE IN CONFERENCE ROOM UNDERGROUND.
April 25, 1991
OH · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
MACHINERY
Hillcrest Coal · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHEN OPERATING DRAGLINE. HOIST CABLE BROKE. HOIST CABLE CAME DOWN AND SHATTERED WINDSHIELD.
April 25, 1991
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC REPLACE SHIELD OVER COMPARTMENT WHEN LOST HIS GRIP AND MASHED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SHIELD AND SHUTTLE CAR FRAME.
April 25, 1991
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME WAS HELPING SLIDE I BEAM OVER & SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK HE STATED HIS LOWER BACK & LEG WAS HURTING LIKE IT DID BEFORE FROM AN OLD INJURY
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO A JITNEY.POOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EMPLOYEE AND THE JITNEY DRIVER.DRIVER TOOK OFF BEFORE EMPLOYEE GOT BOTH LEGS INTO JITNEY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SUSTAIN A S TRETCHING/STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT LEG AND HIP.
Glenrock Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE WORKING ON DRAGLINE BUCKET CLIMBING UP AND DOWN SCAFFOLDING PAIN IN LOWER SIDE OF ABDOMEN
April 25, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Payson Concrete & Materials Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STEPPED OFF INTO A HOLE WHILE RAKING AND SHOVELING UNDER BELTS.
April 25, 1991
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Essroc Cement Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PACKING BAGS PACKER WAS REACHING FOR A STACK ON BAGS HE WAS TWISTING FOR MORE BAGS HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK
April 25, 1991
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Midwest Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON LEVER TO CUT OFF WATER. HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF LEVER CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS ELBOW ON EUCLID WATER TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKED BY DR. NO BROKEN BONES WERE FOUND. HOWE VER COMPLICATONS DUE TOT HE ACCIDENT, SET IN ON 7-1-91 CAUSING LOST TIME. EMPLOYEE WILL BE OFF WORK FOR APPROX 3 WEEKS.
CARPENTER HELPER, WAS USING A HAMMER TO CLEAN A STEEL BEAM. A PARTICLE OF STEEL PRODUCED A SLIGHT INJURY TO HIS LEFT ARM.
April 25, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Monarch Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE OPENED DOOR THAT WAS STUCK AND HURT HIS BACK.
April 25, 1991
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Harford Ventures, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A 5FT DINGHY CHECKING A PUMP HE DID NOT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GET TO PUMP INSTEAD OF USING OARS HE PULLED HIMSELF BY HAND ALONG THE PIPE LEADING TO THE PUMP EMPLOYEE LO ST HIS BALANCE & FELL AGAINST THE SEAT EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE BRUISED HIS COLLAR BONE
Akzo Nobel Salt Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP A ROPE ON A TRAILING CABLE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS BACK PULL.
April 25, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
electrician, lineman
ELECTRICAL
Royal Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPENED ELECTRIC SWITCH UNDER LOAD. ARCED. HE STUMBLED AND HURT FOOT AS HE RAN OUT OF BUILDING.
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS UNLOADING ROOF BOLTS FROM SUPPLY CAR AND INTOTHE SCOOP OF A KERSEY WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK LEFT SHOULDER AND RING AND SMALL FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.
April 25, 1991
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Genesis Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED PERSON WAS REACHING TO RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER ON THE SIDE OF THE MINER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND LAYING ON TO OF THE MACHINE WHEN A ROCK FELL CUTTING HIS FINGER.
April 25, 1991
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Precious Metals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SCALING BAR TO MOVE A PIPELINE TO EFFECT A SANDILL FEEDLING CHANGEOVER HE WAS LOOKING UP AT ;HIS WORK SOME FOREIGN MATERIAL OFF THE PIPE GOT INTO HIS RT EYE HE WAS NOT AW ARE OF THIS UNTIL THE NEXT DAY DOC REPORT RECEIVED 05-0791 A FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED & EYE WAS MEDICATED
Sunshine Precious Metals Inc · Struck against stationary object
OPER FORKLIFT RAN UNDER PIPELINE BUMPED HEAD WHIPLASH
Crager Fork Mining Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
THROWING ROCK DUST OFF TWISTED LOWER PART OF BACK.
April 25, 1991
PR · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Metro Industries Inc · Fall onto or against objects
TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH: HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN THE CHEST. HE SAID HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST ONE OF THE STEPS OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER AS HE WAS WALKING PAST THEM.
April 25, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Premier Silica LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON THE NUMBER ONE HARDINGE BALL MILL WITH A RATCHET WRENCH WHEN HE FELT APULL IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK.
April 25, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Sonora Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object
WHILE IN THE CAB OF A HAUL WAITING TO BE LOADED, THE SHOVEL OPERATOR LOADED THE BED OF THE HAUL TRUCK CAUSING THE HAUL TRUCK OPERATOR TO JARRED HIS NECK.
Dover Equipment & Machine Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STACKING PIECE OF STEEL.
MCC, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS TIPPING A 55-GAL DRUM, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
Calmat Company · Struck against a moving object
EE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD COMPRESSED SPINE.
April 24, 1991
AL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Chevron Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT WHEN A DRILL STEEL BECAME LODGED IN A HOLE HE HAD DRILLED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE IT BY ROTATING IT WITH A WRENCH TO STEEL COMBINATION HIS HAND AND GLOVE BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND STEEL CAUSING INJURY TO HIS FINGERS.
April 24, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
SUBJECT WAS HAULING LW SHIELDS WITH A DIESEL SCOOP. WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE TRAVELWAY THIS CAUSED THE SHIELD AND THE SCOOP. WHICH CAUSED EE TO BE BOUNCED IN THE CAB OF THE SCOOP.
Glenrock Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE STRAIGHTENING OUT HOIST CHAIN ON RACK USED FOR WELDING, EMPLOYEE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.
April 24, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKING ON LOADER FELL OFF LOADER HIT SELF IN HEAD ABOVE THE L EYE WITH WRENCH
April 24, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WAS DRIVING BEARING ONTO SHAFTE HE HIT LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER RESULTING IN BRUISE ON BONE OF LEFT HAND.
April 24, 1991
PA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS ASCENDING LADDER OF LOADER AS HE RIGHT FOOT STEPPED ON SECOND RUNG FROM BOLTOOM IT SLIPPED OFF RUNG EE FELL TO GROUND TWISTING RIGHT KNEE LAST DAY WORK 5-22-91.
April 24, 1991
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Pine Creek Coal Company · Flash burns (welding)
ELECTRIC WELDING
April 24, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunward Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS DIGGING OUT THE TAILPULLEY WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
April 24, 1991
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED DRILLING A HOLE IN THE ROOF. WHILE DROPPING THE BOLTER HEAD DOWN FROM THE ROOF, THE BOLTS THAT SECURE THE DRILL CHUCK HAD VIBRATED LOOSE ALLOWING THE DRILL CHUCK TO COME OUT. EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING THE DRILL CHUCK BACK INTO PLACE WHEN A STEEL LODGED IN THE ROOF FELL OUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT THUMB.
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS JACKING THE SUPPLY CAR BACK ONTO THE TRACK. HANDLE FLEW UP AND IT STRUCK HIS WRIST.
April 24, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Arch Of Illinois · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING FEEDERS IN TUNNEL OF PREPARATION PLANT WHEN HE STEPPED OFF BELT TO FLOOR AND HIS RIGHT KNEE GAVE OUT. FELT BURNING PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF RIGHT KNEE NEXT TO PATELLA.
April 24, 1991
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING ON BELT AND ALLEGES HE REAGGRAVATED PREVIOUS BACK INJURY. EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK INJURIES. THE EMPLOYEE FILLED THE ACCIDENT REPORT OUT SIX DAYS LATER O N 4/30/91. THIS MATTER IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGAT
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME WAS PREPARING TO INSPECT THE BRUSHES ON THE 2570 DRAGLINE AS HE LOWERED THE GUARD ON T HE #4 SWING GENERATOR THE GUARD CAUGHT ON A SUPPORT BEAM HE GOT UNDER THE GUARD & PULLED DOWN TO H ELP CLEAR THE BEAM AS HE PULLED DOWN A HINGE ON THE GUARD BROKE & THE GUARD STRUCK I NAME RT SHOULDER CAUSING A CONTUSION & SORENESS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE REPORTED WHEN SHOVELING COAL UP ONTO THE CONVEYOR BELT PAIN WAS FELT IN HIS LOWER BACK.STARTED LOSING WORK ON 05-06-91.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by falling object
WORKING ON BLDG BRATTICE RIB ROLLED OUT BETWEEN RIB PINS AND PINNED FOOT AGAINST BRATTICE WALL.
Kentucky Prince Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
PERSON WAS LIFTING CANOPY OFF CAR WHEN HE INJURY HIS BACK.
Middle Ridge Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING ON WOODEN BEAM SPRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK.
Sunshine Precious Metals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
PICKED UP ROCK DRILL STRAINED BACK
April 24, 1991
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
D O & W Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
DRAW ROCK PULLED ROCK SLID DOWN BAR STRUCK IN HEAD AND SHOULDER
April 24, 1991
MD · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mettiki Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LOADING CRIB IN SCOOP PAIN IN LOWER L BACK
Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp · Fall onto or against objects
AS INJURED WAS CARRYING 2- 5 GALLON CANS OF SEALANT, HE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF BELT, FELL AND STRUCK HIS KNEE ON A RAIL.
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE HE WAS GETTING ON THE CAGE TO GO BELOW HE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS RT KNEE
April 24, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Milwhite Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EE WAS CUTTING END OF DRILL STEEL TO MAKE A PRY BAR FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK WHEN SPARKS FROM THE OBJECT BEING CUT WITH TORCH FLEW TO HIS SHIRT CATCHING IT ON FIRE AND DID NOT NOTICE TIL HIS STOMACH WAS BURNING.
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ICE COOLER FELT PAIN IN BACK.
April 24, 1991
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MECHANICE WAS CHECKING SCREEN FROM PLATFORM LEANED AGAINST HAND RAIL HAND RAIL GAVE WAY MECHANIC FELL A SHORT DISTANCE TO CONVEYOR HOPPER TWISTED KNEE
April 24, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Portland Cement · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED WAS LIFTING STEEL COVERS OFF DRAINAGE DITCH BELOW GROUND LEVEL AND STRAINED BACK.
April 24, 1991
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thompson Contractors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A ROCK THAT WAS HUNG IN CRUSHER AND BAR SLIPPED AND HIT TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.
April 24, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buzzi Unicem USA · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ACROSS A 10" TRANSPORT LINE. HE SLIPPED ON A WET PATCH ON TEH FLOOR FROM A SPILL OF GRINDING AID.
Unicorn Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A JEFFREY 1036 CONTINUOUS MINER BY REMOTE CONTROL, TURNING A RIGHT BREAK CUTTING COAL. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN TWO BOLTED STRAPS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, NECK & SHOULDER AREA.
April 24, 1991
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Vermont Structural Slate Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
WELDING SLAG BLEW IN GLOVE BURNING HAND WRIST
April 24, 1991
AL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO REPLACE PRIMARY HYDRO CYCLONE PUMP BARREL. BARREL FELL OFF OF DOLLY AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT.
April 24, 1991
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
M A Segale Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK. TRUCK WAS PARKED FOR LOADING. LOADER CAME UP TO THE TRUCK TOO FAST AND HIT THE TRUCK FROM THE REAR. EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN FROM THE JOLT.
April 24, 1991
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florence Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACK TO RAISE A SCOOP. THE JACK HANDLE SLIPPED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE NECK BELOW HIS RIGHT EAR.
April 24, 1991
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwest Paving Inc · Struck by flying object
WHILE REMOVING PUMP FROM CREEK DUE TO HIGHWATER FROM EXCESSIVE RAIN WATER GOT IN FACE GETTING ROCK IN EAR CAUSING INFECTION.
April 24, 1991
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
USING JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE MUD RING IT BROKE LOOSE, FELL STRUCK HIM ON HEAD AND L SHOULDER
Newmont USA Limited · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A BERM AFTER CHECKING A SHOT HE STEPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK & HYPEREXTENDED HIS RT ANKLE CAUSING A FX TO THE DISTAL END OF THE FIBULA
April 24, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Co Ca Mines Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE WORKING ON THE HYDROLIC SYSTEM OF THE 988 CAT LOADER.
WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM GRADER, OPERATOR'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE GROUND HARD.
April 24, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North American Salt Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN SHOVELING PILES OF SALT & MINICUBE FROM THE FLOOR INTO WASTE SALT CARTS THESE CARTS ARE THEN DUMPED BY HAND INTO THE DISSOLVING TANK DURING THE ACTIVITIES THE EMPL OYEE HAS DEVELOPED PAIN IN THE RT SHOULDER
April 24, 1991
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A H Smith Associates Limited Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REPAIRING SAND PLANT CRANE WHEN FAN ON CRANE HIT HAND CUTTING IT.
South-East Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HANGING MINER CABLE ON MINER & STRAINED HIS BACK HAPP ENED AT ;FACE #3 ENTRY
April 24, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Menominee County Road Commission · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE NOTED LARGE ROCK RESISTANT TO CRUSHING. IN ATTEMPT TO FREE IT, ANOTHER ROCK HIT THE GRATE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE FOOTING. HE FELL ONTO GRATE LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE PICKING UP AN ANGLE IRON INJURED FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK AREA.
April 24, 1991
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Camp Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL SHOVELING ON BELTLINE PICKED UP SHOVEL FULL OF MATERIAL,TURNED TO PUT IT ON BELTLINE AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN STOMACH.
April 24, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPL INJURED WHILE WORKING ON CONT.MINER.REPAIRING CONDUIT EMPL WAS STRUCK BY PIECE OF FALLING ROOF MATERIAL.PIECE OF ROOF MATERIAL 2' X 3' X 2" FELL STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT FOOT.
April 24, 1991
PA · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shannopin Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO A FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS BACK.
April 24, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED RECURRENCE OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK & RT H IP WHILE DRIVING T #745 QUARRY DUMP TRUCK EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOC & RETURNED TO WORK ON MODIFIED DUTY
April 24, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Arch Of Illinois · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ROCKS WHILE ASSISTING IN CABLE CHANGE IN PIT, HITTING RIGHT EAR, RIGHT SIDE AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
April 24, 1991
UT · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunnyside Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WALKING DOWN AN ENTRY STEPPED IN HOLE STRAINED BACK
April 24, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GOT OFF MANTRIP TO THROW SWITCH AT 2 RT MAINS DID NOT THROW SWITCH HANDLE FAR ENOUGH IT CAME BACK HIT ON TOP OF L FOOT
April 24, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Black Canyon Mining Company · Struck by falling object
I NAME WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE #7 ENTRY WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP MASHING HIS RT HAND
Chisholm Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS GOING TO GET A CABLE SPLICE KIT ON THE 420 SECTION HE RAN INTO A HALFHEADER AND INJURED HIS NECK THEN AGAIN ON 05-08-91 EMPLOYEE AGAIN BUMPED HIS HEAD AGAINST A HALFHEADER.
April 24, 1991
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING PALLET ON FREE TURNING ROLLERS FELT TWINGE IN LOWER BACK
April 24, 1991
VA · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
CRUSHER WAS PLUGGED WAS TAKING BACK PLATE OFF STRAINED HIS BACK.
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS BENDING OVER LIFTING A PICE OF DRAW ROCK AND PAIN WAS FELT IN HIS LOWER BACK.HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 05-01-91 AT THAT TIME HE STARTED MISSING WORK.
C & B Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
SCOOPING ROCK FALL, RAN INTO ROCK HURT LOWER PART OF BACK.
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
TIGHTENING BIT LUGS ON CONTINUOUS MINER AND BEGAN EXPEREINCING PAIN IN SHOULDER.
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A CAN OF STOPIT TO WALL BEHIND THE POWER CENTER.HE STATES HE TRIPPED ON CABLE AND FELL,USING HANDS TO BUFFER HIS FALL HE SISTAINED INJURY TO HIS RIGHT WRIST.
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A ROCK DUST HOSE ALONG SIDE A BELT LINE. HIS FEET SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR FRACTURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
April 24, 1991
WV · Coal
gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator
ELECTRICAL
Consolidation Coal Company · Contact with electrical current
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS MOVING LOADER CABLE FROM A SHUTTLE CAR HAUL ROAD WHEN HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
April 24, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Preston Energy Inc · Struck by falling object
TAKING LOAD OF SUPPLIES TO 5RT SECTION & STOPPED TO LOAD 4 POSTS LAYING ALONG TRACK ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN A CROSSBAR & PIT MOUTH CANOPY STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ELBOW & HIP
April 24, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL FEELING PAIN IN LOWER BACK REMOVING BELT WIPER ASSEMBLE FROM CONVEYOR STRUCTURE.
April 24, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Black Bear Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
WAS PUTTING UP LINE CURTAIN AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER, PUSHING HIM TO THE FLOOR.
April 24, 1991
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUT A OLD PIECE OF TRACK RAIL INTO A X-CUT AND HAS HE WAS PUSHING THE RAIL HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
April 24, 1991
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
DUMPING DUST BOX WHILE LIFTING DUST BAG ONTO BOLTER, FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
April 23, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A RAM JACK OFF #16 JEEP IN SUPPLY YARD WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. (JACK WEIGHT APPROX. 155 LBS.)
Jeddo-Highland Coal Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILLING A HANGER BOARD ON THE ROCK SHAKER THE DRILL TWISTED AND PULLED ON THUMB.
April 23, 1991
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pathfinder Mines Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS INSTALLING DOZER TILT LINE GUARDS ON A D-9 CATERPILLAR, WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
Akzo Nobel Salt Inc · Struck against stationary object
WHILE TRANSFERRING FUEL, EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF GETMAN ONTO SMALL CHUNK AND LOST FOOTING. HE THEN TURNED HIS ANKLE ON THE RIGHT LEG.
Wyoming Fuel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLLYEE WAS MOVING A 5HP PUMP THROUGH A MAN DOOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE DID NOT REPORT TO A DOC UNTIL 05 -20-91 HE WAS EXAMINED AT THIS TIME & WAS REMOVED FOM WORK IT BECAM E A LOST TIME ACCIDENT AS OF 05-20-91
Turris Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP AND CARRIED STEEL RAIL ABOUT 100 FT, FELT KNOT IN LEFT FLANK REGION. DIAGNOSED AS LEFT LATISSSIMUS AND PARASPINAL STRAIN. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT AND MUSCLE RELAXANT WERE PR ESCRIBED.
April 23, 1991
MD · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Mettiki Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
PERSON WAS PLACING BOARDS UNDER ARTS WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK PERSON ON THE LEFT THIGH CAUSING INJURY.
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS RIDING IN A JEEP THAT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER BUS CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
Robin Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE WAS CHANGING A SCOOP TIRE. WHILE LIFTING THE TIRE INTO POSITION FOR ALIGNMENT ON HUB, HE STRAINED BACK CAUSING SEVERE PAIN.
April 23, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A PULLEY FROM A BELT CONVEYOR. HE WAS PULLING ON THE PULLEY TRYING TO GET TO FREE, SPRAINED LOWER BACK.
April 23, 1991
WV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CHANGING V-BELTS ON FEEDER DRIVE. EMPLOYEE LOST HER FOOTING AND SLID DOWNWARD ALONG V-BELT DRIVES AND STRUCK HER JAW ON A GUARD.
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface
HAULING ROCK, TRYING TO PULL A PIECE OF CABLE OUT OF LOADER, BUCKET FILLED WITH ROCK, HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
Cold Spring Granite Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRYING TO REMOVE ROCK FROM DRILL CO WORKER PULLED UP ON DRILL STEEL FIGNER CAUGHT BETWEEN ROCK THE DRILL STEEL AND SIDE OF DRILL HOLE
April 23, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Alcoa World Alumina LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EEE WAS BLOWING SAND OVER MUD AT MUDLAKE 4 WHEN HE BACKED UP AND TRIPPED OVER THE AIR HOSE. WHEN THE EE FELL THE HOSE NOZZLE BLOWING SAND, CROSSED HIS ARM AND FOREARM CAUSING AN ABRASSION. THE HOSE THEN POINTED DOWN SHOOTING UP CAUSTIC MUD INTO THE EE S EYES.
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
CARRYING RAIL FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK
April 23, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROCK TO PLACE UNDER THE TIRE OF THE END LOADER, WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE MUD, AND HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LEFT ARM.
Top Gun Inc · Fall onto or against objects
WAS INSTALLING DRAINE PIPE. SLIPPED AND FELL ON FENCH STAKE. CAUISING HOLE IN RIGHT HIP.
April 23, 1991
RI · Metal/Non-Metal
assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cardi Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER STEPPING OFF THE LAST RUNG OF LADDER TO A EARTH MOVING VEHICLE (FRONT END LOADER).
CLEANING OFF GRIZZLY ROCK FELL FROM BACK CUT L FOREARM
April 23, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE SWITHCING INTO 1 EAST THE TROLLY POLE WENT TOWARD THE NORTH MAINS. HE RAISED UP AND PULLED THE POLE DOWN. HE FELT SOMETHING PULL UNDER HIS RIBS ON THE LEFT SIDE.
April 23, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS STANDING IN STONE BOX CLEANING THE CHUTE OUT WHEN HIS FOOT SLID CAUSING HIM TO SLIDE DOWN THE CHUTE. INJURED STRUCK HIS BACK ON TOP OF CHUTE AND PROCEEDED TO FALL DOWN CHUTE STRIKING HI S FEET ON A MOVING CONVEYOR.
Stoney Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A TOOL CHEST FROM HIS TOOL BOX INTO A MANTRIP & STRAINED HIS BACK
April 23, 1991
WV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fairfax Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT INJURED IN MOUTH CRACKING FRONT TEETH (#8&9)
April 23, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE MOVED ROOF BOLTER SO HE COULD CLEAN MUD FROM THE ATRS WHILE CLEANING A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM IN SHOULDER S AND BACK.
April 23, 1991
PA · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
MACHINERY
Rox Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEES PHYSICIAN FEELS THE TENDONITIS IN HIS WRIST WAS CAUSED BY REPEA TEDLY PULLING THE CONT ROL LEVERS ON THE CONTINUOUSMINER
Top Kat Mining Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object
WATCHING MINE CABLE RIB ROLLED STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER
Wyoming Fuel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WALKING TO CONT MINER STEPPED O;N CABLE FELL ON L HIP
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF COAL BROKE OFF THE RIB STRIKING HIM IN THE EYE.
April 23, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Miami Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object
I NAME WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UNLOADING TRUCK #183 AT A DUMP SITE THE HOIST RAM WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED WHEN THE LOWER END ANCHOR FAILED ALLOWING THE LOADED TRUCK BED TO FREE FALL ONTO THE TRUCK FRAME CAUSING A VIOLENT SUDDEN MOVEMENT TO THE ENTIRE TRUCK THIS SUDDEN MOVEMENT GAVE A WHIPLASH TO I NAME
April 23, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nerco Metals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE AUGER OF THE PRECIPATE FEEDER WAS STUCK AND NOT TURNING. THE INJURED PLACED A 48" PIPE WRENCH ON THE AUGER AND STOOD ON THE WRENCH TO TRY AND FREE THE AUGER. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE AUG ER STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE LEFT FOOT AND CAUSING A STRAIN AND SPRAIN OF THE LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE.
April 23, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL FELL FROM PLANT SCREEN PLATFORM.
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYESS STATES HE WAS MOVING RE-RAILERS LAOCTED ONT HE OP OF THE #3 LOCOMOTIVE WHNE HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE RE-RAILER AND THE TOP OF THE L OCOMOTIVE.
April 23, 1991
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Grant Gravel Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO PLACE A SHEET OF STEEL ON BACK OF TRUCK WHEN A FLYING PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK HIS RIGHT EYE.
April 23, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TIGHTENING A FITTING HIS WRENCH SLIPED HE WRENCHED HIS NECK AND BACK
April 23, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Struck by falling object
CLEARING AREA PICKED UP STEEL IT ROLLED BACK HITON L FOOT
Fiddle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLING MINER CABLE HURT BACK
April 23, 1991
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SLIPPED OFF LOADER CHANGING A AIR FILTER LANDED ON TAIL BONE AND BUTTOX
April 23, 1991
AL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE PINNING IN #3 X-CUT, DRILL STEEL FELL FROM HOLE AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN END OF STEEL AND HEAD OF PIN MACHINE.
South-East Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND HURT HIS BACK.
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall from machine
TIGHTENING BOLTS ON CYCLONE RAISED UP FELL BACK STRUCK HEAD ON CONCRETE FLOOR RESULTED IN BASAL SKULL FRACT
April 23, 1991
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Haydon, LLC · Fall from machine
CHECKING LOADER REACHED FOR BUCKET FELL TO GROUND PULLING LOWER BACK ON L SIDE AND L HIP Y
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT A WATER PUMP ON TO A PULL CART. WHEN HE PICKED UP ON PUMP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
April 23, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
FILTER HELPER WAS HANGING PIPE ON NORTH SIDE OF THE BLDG-HELPER WAS HOLDING PIPE IN POSITION,WELDERS ON THE TOP FLOOR STARTED WELDING WITHOUT WARNING-FIRE CAME DOWN ON TOP OF INJURED HIS BODY MOVED QUICKLY TO GET AWAY FROM THE FIRE.
April 23, 1991
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE EUCLID AND SLIPPED ON THE STEPS. THE STEPS WERE SLIPPERY FROM MUD.
Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HAD ARMS EXTENDED AND PULLED TO QUICK AND HARD IN THAT POSITION.
April 23, 1991
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Childress Service Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFITNG BAG OF FLOCK
April 23, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THEY WERE WORKING AT WELDING UP A HOLE IN THE DECK UNDERNEATH THE CLEANER JIG ON THE PORT SIDE. THE LADDER WAS LIFTED UP AND WATER STARTED COMING BACK INTO THE AREA UNDERNEATH THE CLEANER JIG SO THAT IT WASN'T POSSIBLE TO DO THE WELDING JOB. THEY HAD SOME TIME SO THEY DECIDED TO REMOVE THE TRIP HAZARD IN FRONT OF THE GOLD CAGE ON THE LOWER PORT DECK SIDE. HE WAS WORKING WITH I.NAME
April 23, 1991
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
INJ RIDING IN MANTRIP AND IT JARRED EXCESSIVELYT CAUSING PAIN IN NECK.
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD WHILE LIFTING THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAS REPLACED AIR LINE AND HAD CLIMBED BACK INTO OPERATORS' CAB TO CHECK THE AIR PRESSURE GUAGE. WHEN HE HAD STARTED TO CLIMB BACK DOWN LADDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. E MPLOYEE HAD BEEN WALKING IN MUD AND OIL WHILE HE WAS CLIMBING UP AND DOWN LADDER WHICH CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL.
April 23, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DELIVERY DRIVER SLIPPED & FELL FROM TRUCK RECEIVED STRAIN T O BACK & KNEE
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
1 SO SECTION WAS MOVING EXHAUST FAN WHEN WHEEL STRUCK LOOSE COAL CAUSING TONGUE TO GO INTO THE RIB PINNING LEFT HAND BETWEEN TONGUE & COAL RIB
April 23, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Riverside Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A COAL CAR DOOR WITH A BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING HER TO HURT HER BACK.
April 23, 1991
VA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object
ROCK FELL CATCHING EMPLOYEE ON FINGER CUTTING AND BROKE FINGER.
April 23, 1991
WV · Coal
grader operator, roadgrader operator
MACHINERY
Hudson Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
RUNNING ROAD GRADER ON HAULROAD MACHINE BLADE CAUGHT ROCK THROWING OPERATOR INTO TOP OF GRADER CAB.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLING SOLID BLOCK OUT OF MUD PULLED MUSCLE IN STOMACH
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE PICKED UP A CRIB BLOCK AND IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING IT TO THE TOP OF A CRIB, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED WAS PULLING HIS CAR CABLE WHICH WAS HUNG ON A TIMBER. WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER.
April 23, 1991
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
TRUCK DESCENDING FROM LOADING AREA TRANS POPPED OUT OF GEAR, LOST CONTROL JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK L LEG SUFFERED STRAIN UPON STRIKING GROUND
April 23, 1991
KY · Coal
driller operator
OTHER
Webster County Coal Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN HAD DRILLED THE FACE OF #6 ENTRY. AS HE WAS GETTING OFF THE DRILL (TO TAKE OFF HIS WATER HOSE) A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE PINS HITTING HIS RIGHT FOOT.
Hobet Mining Inc · Fall from machine
FOOT SLIPPED FELL TO GROUND STRUCK L FOREHEAD ON HANRAIL
April 23, 1991
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rox Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
CARRYING BUCKET FELT PAIN IN BACK
April 23, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mc Coy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BEHIND THE MINER OPERATOR (OPERATING A REMOTE MINER) ALONG THE RIGHT RIB OF THE #3 ENTRY ON THE 001 WORKING SECTION. A PIECE OF SLATE FELL (APPROX. 30" X 24" X 3") BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE 48" RESIN GROUTED ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM AND SIDE.
April 23, 1991
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Pine Creek Mining Iv Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRIVING MANTRIP FROM SECTION TO SURFACE WHEN THE STERRING WHEEL TURN SUDDENLY AND THE DRIVER'S RIGHT HAND WAS INSIDE OF THE STERRING WHEEL WHILE THE WHEEL WAS TURNING. THE MANTRIP MAY HAVE STRUCK THE RIB CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN SUDDENLY.
April 23, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
De Condor Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
RUNNING BUGGY CAUGHT HEAD ON CABLE OF OTHER BUGGY
April 23, 1991
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frazier Quarry Inc · Fall from machine
INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING BACKHOE AFTER HELPING REPLACE A BLOWN HYDRAULIC HOSE.THE INJURED APPARENTLY LOST HIS FOOTING WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO THE TRACK AND FELL TWO FEET TO THE GROUND,INJURING HIS NOSE AND BRUISING HIS FOREHEAD.AFTER RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION,IT WAS LEARNED THAT HE RECEIVED STITCHES FOR A NOSE LACERATION AND HAD POSSIBLY BROKEN THE NOSE.
Hobet Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING A BRAKE CALIPER INTO A SHELF, THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE TWISTED.
April 22, 1991
AL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP AN 8' ROOF BOLT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
April 22, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
MACHINERY
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILLING WHEN PC OF ROCK FELL CATCHING R HANDD RESULTING IN FRACT
Del Rio Inc · Struck by flying object
HE STATED THAT HE WAS GREASING THE MINER AT SERVICING TIME WHILE THE MINER CREW WAS GETTING A ROCK OFF THE TOP OF THE MINER.AS THE ROCK WAS BEING BEATEN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, A SMALL PIECE FLE W APPROX. 5' AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING PILLOW BEARINGS IN SHOP FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
April 22, 1991
VA · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON MINER AS HE OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING OUT. AS MACHINE PASSED A LOW PLACE, IT CAUGHT VICTIM'S HAND BETWEEN THE CANOPY AND TOP.
April 22, 1991
CO · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Fuel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SETTING BELT, DROPPED ON L HAND INJ SECOND FINGER ON L HAND
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WORKED AS A ROCK,PICKER AND HAD TO DO LIFTING.
April 22, 1991
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED HE HOOKED SLINGS TO SHEARING MACHINE & WAS CHECKING TENSION ON EACH LEG WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED THE LIFTING EYE ON ONE LEG SPREAD APART ALLOWING SLING LEG TO COME LOOSE FLY A ROUND & HIT HIM ON H IS RT ELBOW
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE WALKING UP THE TRACK ENTRY HE BUMPED HIS HEAD INTO A BROW
Adena Fuels Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BOX OF BITS OFF A DECK AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
April 22, 1991
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF MANTRIP AT MANTRIP STATION AND STARTED TO WALK TOWARD THE ELEVATOR. AS HE WALKED HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST A ROOF BOLT HEADER BOARD AND SUSTAINED A STRAINED NECK.
April 22, 1991
UT · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Southern Utah Fuel Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE WAS WELDING UNDERGROUND ON SWING SHIFT. THE NEXT MORNING HE WOKE UP WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS THIS ILLNESS WAS CAUSED BY THE EE NOTWEARING THE REQUIRED RESPIRATORY PROTECTION WHILE PERFORMI NG WELDING OPERATION.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ROCK DUST HOSE OFF BELT LINE WHEN HIS LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING.
April 22, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DOING REPAIR WORK ON CRUSHER SLIPPED ON AN OILY SURFACE & FELL APPROX 5FT TO CONVEYOR & 5FT FROM CONVEYOR TO GROUND STOVED NECXK KNEE & FINGER ALSO SMALL LACERATIONS TO HEAD
April 22, 1991
UT · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Energy West Mining Company · Struck by falling object
HANGING BRATTICE CURTAIN ACROSS INTAKE ENTRY TOP COAL FELL STRICKING WRIST
Western States Minerals Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
APPARENTLY WHEN EE WAS TAKING HIS SAMPLES, HE STEPPEED OFF THE BRIDGE ONTO THE PLASTIC LINER WHEWHICH WAS COVERED WITH FROST. HE SLIPPED AND FELL, INJURING HIS BACK THE LINER IS VERY SLIPPERY WHEN WET OR ICY.
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURE DPLACED THE FLAT EDGE OF A SLATE BAR IN A CRACK ABOVE THE ROCK HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL. HE PUSHED UP ON THE BAR AND THE ROCK GAVE DOWNSLIGHTLY. HE THEN PUSHED UP ON THE BAR WITH HIS SHOULDE.R THE ROCK CAME DOWN AS INJURED WAS WALKING BACK TO THEROOF BOLTER TO REPLACED SLATE BAR. INJURED FELT A SLIGHT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN, WHIHC BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE DUR
April 22, 1991
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Jersey Miniere Zinc Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DISASSEMBLE A COMPRESSED AIR LIEN WITHOUT BLEEDING OF THE PRESSURE. THE LINE BLEW APART AND COMPRESSED AIR STRUCK HIM.
April 22, 1991
IL · Coal
driver, jeep driver, tractor operator
MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STRAIGHTENING A ROOF BOLT & STRAINED LEFT ELBOW
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF A MOTOR WHEN SHE BUMPED HER RIGHT LEG.STARTED LOSING TIME 05-09-91(BLOOD CLOT) ACCIDNET OCCURRED 04-22-91.
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING MINER CABLE IN A TWISTING MOTION. STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
April 22, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Angst Inc · Fall onto or against objects
WHILE CARRYING A 5 GAL BACKET FILLED WITH DIRT FROM AN EMPTY SOLUTION POND LE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE COMPLAINED ABOUT LEFT KNEE.
Nerco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TWO MEN WERE MOVIGN DIRLL ROD. IT WAS SNOWING VERY HARD AND FOOTING WAS VERY LICK. ONE MAN SLIPPED AND DRAPPED HIS END OF THE ROAD. THE SECOND MAN HELD ON RESULTING IN PINCHED RIGHT HAND A ND MIDDLE FINGER FRACTURED.
April 22, 1991
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Eagle Nest Inc · Struck against stationary object
WALKING STRUK HEAD AGAINST BEAM
April 22, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT AND HIT HAND WHEN PUNCHING HOLES.
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WALKING ALONG SIDE THE ROOF BOLTER & STUMBLED ON A PIECE OF COAL TURNED HIS ANKLE AS HE WAS FALLING HE GRABBED FOR THE CANOPY OF THE ROOF BOLTER & INJURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER
April 22, 1991
PA · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS WALKING FROM THE GATE CONTROLS TO THE CARRYALL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE LAST STEP OF THE STAIRWAY, TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE AND CAUSING A STRAIN.
April 22, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Picher Filtration & Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING BAGS ONTO BELT, PICKED ONE UP AND GAVE IT A THROW. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM. IT STARTED TO SWELL AND GET STIFF.
April 22, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
THE EE WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF STEEL WITH A HAND OPERATED GRINDER WHEN A CHIP FLEW INTO HIS FACE AND BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES LODGIING IN HIS LEFT EYE.
Jackal Mining Company · Flash burns (electric)
HE WAS CHECKING HIGH VOLTAGE FOR SINGLE PHASE. HE HOOKED UP A LOW VOLTAGE METER TO HIGH VOLTAGE AND IT BLEW UP AND BURNT HIS HANDS.
Dmc Energy Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A BELT MOVE AT THE FACE AREA. HE WAS LIFTING AND PUSHING A ROLL OF CONVEYOR BELT AND FRACTURED HIS RIBS.
Saginaw Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS WALKING OVER TO B MAIN WEST 1 BELT HEAD, WHEN HE STEPPED ON A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN IT.
April 22, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
miner, prospector, nec
MACHINERY
Cold Spring Granite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WENT TO SHUT OFF THE AIR ON THE AIR HAMMER AFTER DRILLING A STONE WHEN HE TURNED ON ANOTHER AIR HOSE WHICH FLEW UP AND HIT HIM ACROSS THE NOSE AND ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING RAILROAD TIES FROM TRANSPORT VEHICLE-EMPLOYEE PULLED ONE TIE OFF THE TRUCK.THE RAILROAD TIE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES FOOT.NOTE: EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY TOE BOOTS.
April 22, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
I NAME STATED THAT HE WAS MARKING OFF A ROW OF BOLTS WHEN A ROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON HIS RT FOOT
Cannelton Industries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS EATING DINNER AT THE DINENR TABLE. THE OFF STD. S/C CABLE ANCHOR WAS JUST INBY TABLE. THE ANCHOR ONT HE S/C BROKE, WENT UP THE ENTRY PULLING THE TABLE AND INJURED.
T L H Coal Company · Struck by falling object
OPERATOR OF DAVEY DRILL WAS CHANGE DRILL STEELS AND HOISTED THE DRILL STEEL TOO HIGH WHICH CAUSED A GUARD TO BREAK LOOSE FALLING TO GROUND, STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON THE FOOT.
April 22, 1991
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
drill operator
MACHINERY
Campbell County Highway Department · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS ADJUSTING THE HEAD ON THE DRILL WHEN THE DRILL HEAD FLIPPED BACK AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND THUS BREAKING HIS RING FINGE ON THIS HAND.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND WATER LINE OUT OF RAODWAY WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.
Sycamore Fuels Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SHOVELING THE TAILPIECE AT #2 BELT HEAD AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A SYBMERGIBLE PUMP AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
April 22, 1991
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
WHILE IN DRYER-LEGS TOUCHED HEATED METAL CAUSING BLISTERS.
April 22, 1991
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Boone Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I NAME WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS HAND
April 22, 1991
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Wm. Mueller & Sons, Inc. · Flash burns (welding)
I.NAME WAS WELDING IN THE TRAILER AND HE WAS WORKING ON THE TRAILER ALSO AND GOT HIS EYES BURNED.
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WITH HIS HEAD ON THE BACK REST WHEN HE RAN OVER A SCRAPING HIS HEAD HIT THE TOP.
April 22, 1991
PA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GETTING OFF TRI-AXEL AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
April 22, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
MACHINERY
New York Trap Rock Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE INSTALLING A DRIVE SHAFT IN 40 TON TRUCK HE WAS USING A ONE INCH IMPACT TOOL.VIBRATION AND ANGLE AT WHICH HE WAS HOLDING TOOL CAUSED HIS LEFT ELBOW TO GET SORE.
April 22, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
welder (shop)
MACHINERY
A PIECE OF METAL FELL & HIT HIM ON HIS HEAD.
Chevron Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
EE STATED HE BUMPED HIS KNEE AGAINST THE SIDE OR CORNER OF A CONTROL BOX WHILE GETTING INTO THE CANOPY OF A SCOOP.
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
MOVING BOTTLE STRAINED THORACIC AREA
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EE WAS IN A SLIGHTLY BENT OVER POSITION, PULLING ON THE MINER CABLE AS THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BACKING OUT OF ITS WORK PLACE. A ROCK FELL BEHIND THE LINE CURTAIN, STRIKING THE EE S LEFT E LBOW AT A GLANCING BLOW.
Drummond Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS GETTING OFF A TRACK MOUNTED JEEP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
April 22, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
New York Trap Rock Corp · Struck against a moving object
EMPLLYEE WAS USING FRONT ENDLOADER TO CLEAR ROAD AREA OF ROCKS WHILE PUSHING ROCKS WITH BUCKET OF LOADER THE BUCKET BECAME JAMMED ON ROADWAY & THIS CAUSED HIS RT HAND TO BE JAMMED AGAINST STEE RING WHEELS
April 22, 1991
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N A L R Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
I NAME WAS REMOVING PINS FROM A BUCKET HE WAS HITTING THE PIN WITH A BAR IN ORDER TO LOOSEN WHEN THE PIN WAS FINALLY LOOSENED PRESSURE WAS RELIVEVED & THE BOOM ARMS FELL PINNING H IS RT HAND B ETWEEN THE BOOM ARMS & THE BAR WHICH WAS AGAINSTTHE TRAILER
April 22, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING DOG HOUSE STEPS, MIS-STEPPED ONTO A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING THE HOIST CABLE TO ENTER WEDGE HOLE. THIS CREATED TENSION (STRAIN) OF BODY & LEG MUSCLES. EXPEREINCES LEG PAIN THE DAY WHEN HE AWAKENED.
Chevron Mining Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS REMOVING AND LOADING PIECES OF BELTLINE STRUCTURE ONTO A SCOOP WHEN HE STEPPED ON AN UNEVEN PLACE ON THE BOTTOM CAUSING HIS FOOT TO SLIP AND INJURED HIS KNEE.
April 22, 1991
WV · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
MACHINERY
Bee Tree Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OFF OF MINER CONVEYOR HIT HIM ON LEFT SIDE BROKE 2 RIBS.
Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING OUT OF A BREAK ONTO TRACK AND STRUCK EMULSION LINE WITH HEAD.
April 22, 1991
AL · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northport Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
METAL PLATE STRUCK RIGHT WRIST.
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED WAS HELPING CHANGE A DRAW HEAD ON AN 18 TON MOTOR AND AS HE LIFTED TO HELP PUT IT IN PLACE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.