Showing the 500 most recent of 2,255 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.
November 30, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
DRIVER WAS DUMPING LIMESTONE FROM TRUCK WHICH WAS ON LEVEL GROUND IN YARD STOCKPILE. DRIVER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DUMPING HIS LOAD OF STONE WHEN THE TRACTOR AND TRAILER TIPPED OVER ON THE PASS ENGER SIDE. DRIVER LANDED ON GROUND CLEAR OF TRUCK. DRIVER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSIOUS BY THE IMPACT OF THE FALL, BUT LATER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS. NO BLEEDING WAS NOTICED. DRIVER WAS LIFEFLIGHTED
November 27, 1991
KY · Coal
electrician, lineman
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Leeco Inc · Contact with electrical current
WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ON CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE EMPL'S FOREARM CONTACTED ENERGIZED 950 VOLT A.C. CIRCUIT. SUBJECT ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITH WHICH PERSONAL CONTACT WAS MADE WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE ENERGIZED HOWEVER ELECTRICAL CONTACTOR WAS STUCK IN MACHINES'S CONTROL PANEL. EMPL COULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THIS CONDITION EXISTED.
Loring Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object
AFTER BLASTING TO REMOVE LOOSE ROOF IN THE MINE, THE EMPLOYEE ENTERED AN AREA THAT HAD NOT BEEN CLEARED OR INSPECTED FOR WORK DUTIES. THE LOOSE ROCK FELL ON HIM, FATALLY INJURING HIM. THE EMPO LOYEE WAS WAITING FOR THE AREA TO BE CLEARED OF THE SHOT.
November 20, 1991
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Sternweis & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM BECAME ENTANGLED IN AN EXPOSED STUB SHAFT ON THE TAIL PULLEY OF THE CRUSHER DISCHARGE CONVEYOR. THIS RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES.
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by flying object
EMPL WAS HELPING SHOTFIRE MAN & AFTER THEY WERE FNISHED LOADING HOLE HE STEPPED AROUND CORNER. HE ADVISED SHOTFIRE MAN TO SHOOT IT. SHOT BLOWED OUT BACK STRIKING EMPL.
November 18, 1991
WV · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pine Run Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PINNED AGAINST MANTRIP AND OVERCAST
Addwest Mining Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
EMP PREPARING TO ATTACH ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CABLE BETWEEN ADD CAR COAL CONVEYING UNITS WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED INBY THE HIGHWALL BEING MINED. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN OFF LAUNCH PLATFORM SUSTAINING FATAL BLUNT TRAUMA INJURIES AND BURNS.
November 11, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Skyline Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ASSUME OPERATOR JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM FRONT END LOADER AS IT WAS DESCENDING BACKWARDS DOWN SLOPE. IT APPEARED LOADER BACKED OVER OPERATOR, RESULTING IN A FATAL INJURY.
November 11, 1991
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Brent Coal Corp · Contact with electrical current
VICTIM CAME IN CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CIRCUIT OF 480 VOLTS AC TRAILING CABLE ON STEEL BUGGY.
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER WAS MOVING POWDER FROM POWDER MAGAZINE TO FACE- STOPPED LHD TO MOVE POWER CABLE WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED. UNKNOWN CAUSE.
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE PARKED ANFO/POWDER TRUCK IN X-CUT 22 WHEN POWDER UNEXPECTEDLY EXPLODED.
November 8, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Navajo County · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WALKED BEHIND TRUCK BACKING UP.
November 7, 1991
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman
Fatality · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoosier Calcium Corp · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
HE WAS INJURED AS THE RESULT OF BECOMING ENTRAPPED BY SLIDING MATERIAL WHILE WORKING INSIDE A METAL BIN (ENCLOSED). THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A TRUCK FROM BELOW THE MATERIAL ATTACHED TO THE WALLS AROUND THEM (3 OF 4 WALLS HAD MATERIAL ATTACHED). THE SLIDING MATERIAL BURIED HIM COMPLETELY AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO HIS CHIN.
November 5, 1991
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Terry Eagle Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 5,1991 ABOUT 8:45 AM INJURED COAL TRUCK DRIVER EXPERIENCED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED BENEATH AN ENDLOADER IN THE STOCKPILE AREA OF THE PLANT.VICTIM HAD DUMPED HIS COAL LOAD,PARKED HIS TRUCK AND GOT OUT TO OBSERVE THE FROZEN COAL LOAD IN ANOTHER TRUCK ATTEMPTING TO DUMP WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE ENDLOADER.THE ENDLOADER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE STOCKPILE(EM
Eddy Potash Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
ADDING BELT AT 13 MINER. HE WAS PUTTING IDLERS ON ROPES. WHEN HE PICKED UP AN IDLER HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
November 27, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Round Mountain Gold Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES TO HAVE BEEN LIFTING A SCREEN WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULLIN THE FRONTAL GROIN AREA-WENT TO DOCTOR ON 12-05-91.
Tenneco Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A SECTION OF PIPE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA.
November 25, 1991
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Levisa Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
I.NAME DIDNT SHUT HEADDRIVE OFF.TOOK WIRE GUARD DOWN AND THE WIRE GOT CAUGHT ON HEADROLLER SHAFT.REACHED TO GET WIRE LOOSE AND GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN WIRE AND TWISTED ARM OFF 5" BACK FROM ?WRIST. ADDITIONAL GUARDING AND INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO EVERY EMPL ON JOB SITE.
November 25, 1991
PA · Coal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
MACHINERY
Diamond Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
USING TORCH TO BURN VIBRATOR WITH COMEALONG, R AHND PINCHED BETWEEN VIBRATOR R HAND MIDDLE FINGER LACER IT BONE CRUSHED AMPUTATION A MIDDLE JOINT OF FINGER
November 21, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Koch Carbon Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE WAS TAKING LOAD OF RAILS UNDERGROUND & ONE END OF RAIL FELL OFF OF CAR & HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT IT BACK ON CAR & STRAINED STOMACH.
November 19, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R .E. Janes Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BOTH FEET SLIPPED DOWNWARD WHEN CLIMBING DOWN BACKWARDS FROM THE TRACKS OF A CAT D8K DOZEIER ON TO A CONCRETE FLOOR.
November 18, 1991
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
MACHINERY
Mountain States Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
EMPLOYEE REACHED BEHIND GUARDED SPROCKET AND CHAIN TO CLEAN BEARING, FINGER CAUGHT IN DRIVE CHAIN. SEVERED LEFT SMALL FINGER AT KNUCKLE.
November 16, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED & HIS H ELPER WERE CARRYING AN ASSEMBLY FOR A SCOOP WHEN THE INJUREX TRIPPED & DROPPED THE ASSEMBLY & EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA
November 15, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
National Cement Company Of California Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS ASKED EARLY IN THE AM TO PICK UP HIS COKE SAMPLES.HE PICKED UP THE ONES ON THE COKE WEIGH BELTS #1 & #2 AND THE ONE FROM THE DELIVERY TRUCK,BUT FORGOT TO GET THE COKE FINES SAMPLE. WHEN THE LAB SUPERVISOR ASKED ABOUT THE SAMPLES,I TRIED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH INJURED,I COULD NOT GET HIM AT THIS TIME BY RADIO,SO I CAUGHT THE OTHER SHIFT HELPER IN THE LUNCH TRAILER AND TOLD
November 15, 1991
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Wendling Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WEATHER CONDITION WAS RAINING EMPLOYEE HAD COAT LYING OVER FRONT OF RADIATOR TO DRY FAN BLADES WAS REVERSED & BLOWING AIR OUT THE FRONT OF ENGING JACKS WERE IN PLACE EMPLYEES GOT COAT & AS HE WENT BY THE SIDE OF THE ENGING SUCTION FROM THE FAN PULLED HIS COAT INTO RADIATOR PULL WAS SO QUICK THAT ALT HOUGH EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAVE COAT ON HE COULD NOT LET GO OF IT FAST ENOUGH AMPUTATIO
November 14, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
electrician, lineman
ELECTRICAL
Magma Copper Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE TROUBLE SHOOTING 4160 VOLT BREAKER. WHEN INSTALLING UFSES HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH LIVE BUSS BAR.
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE IN REDUCTION WORKS AREA EMPL SLIPPED OFF LADDER ON LUBRICATION TRUCK.
Karban Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK ON OVERSIZE ROCK IN A JAW WITH A JACKHAMMER HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL CATCHING HIMSELF ON THE SIDES OF THE ROCK BOX WITH HIS ARMS.
November 12, 1991
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS CARRYING CRAIB BLOCK THROUGH A KENNEDY STOPPING DOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS HERNIA & FIRST DAY OFF WORK DUE TO HERNIA 11-26-91
November 11, 1991
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Agri-Chemicals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJ TRANSPORTING 2" X 4" X 8" SECTION OF ANGLE IRON 15' LONG. INJ LIFTED ONE END OF IRON TO POSITION A CABLE SLING UNDERNEATH FOR THE CRANE TO LIFT.FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN LOWER ABDOMEN.TH IS SENSATION EVOLVED INTO A HERNIA 1 MO LATER.
November 11, 1991
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alcoa World Alumina Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A WALL-MOUNTED STOOL IN THE RESTROOM AT BUILDING 158. HE WAS STRADDLING THE STOOL AND LIFTING IT TO WORK IT INTO PLACE WHEN HE FELT A BURNING PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABD OMEN. HE REPORTED TO THE DISPENSARY AND HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AN ABDOMINAL HERNIA. HE IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 11-15-91.
November 11, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
MACHINERY
South-East Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HE WAS HOLDING ROOF BOLT AGAINST HEAD OF BOLT MACHINE TO PUSH UP BOLT AND CAUGHT FOLDED UP AND MASHED LEFT RING FINGER.
November 11, 1991
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoover Color Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BAGS,DEVELOPED HERNIA.
November 10, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texas Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
I.NAME AND ANOTHER EMPL RELOCATING STEEL THEY EZCH PICKED UP ONE END OF CHANNEL-150-200 LBS- I.NAME EXPERIENCED SLIGHT PAIN IN GROIN.
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WAS STEPPING FROM PUSH KNEE OF CATHERINE M TO BARGE WHEN HE FELT PAIN AROUND HIS NAVEL THEN NOTICED A LUMP IN HIS NAVEL.
November 7, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
ELECTRICAL
Asarco Inc · Contact with electrical current
EMPL ASSISTING WITH SET UP OF PORTABLE LIGHT PLANT.THE MAST ON THE LIGHT PLANT STRUCK OVERHEAD HIGH VOLTAGE POWERLINES.
Rockwood Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL WAS CHANGING DRILL BITS ON DRILL RIG. WHILE LIFTING BIT WRENCH WEIGHING APPROX 50-70 LBS EMPL FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
2 EMPL LOADING CUTTING TORCH AND BOTTLES INTO SERVICE TRUCK WHILE PICKING UP BOTTLES EMPL RECD INGUINAL HERNIA TO RIGHT GROIN AREA.
November 5, 1991
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJ & COWORKER NOTICED CAB DOORS OPEN ON #561 SWITCHER LOCOMOTIVE.ENTERED CAB,COWORKER CROSSED CAB TO DOWNRIVER DOOR USING A CAP LAMP FOR ILLUMINATION.NEITHER EMPL TURNED CABLIGHTS ON.INJ DECI DED TO CHECK CAB HEATER AND PLACED RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF UNIT WRAPPING FINGERS OVER THE FAN SHROUD.FAN BLADE STRUCK END OF 3RD FINGER.
Pine Run Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING 6" PUMP
Cordova Clay Company Inc · Struck by flying object
INJURED WALKED UP FROM OUTSIDE AND APPROACHED RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO CHECK TIRE PRESSURE WITH PRESSURE GUAGE TO SEE IF AIR LOSS HAD OCCURED FROM THE AIR UP, AT THE BEGINNING WITH 80 POUNDS OF PRE SSURE. AT THIS TIME THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER WORK OR ANYTHING FROM EIGHTER EMPLOYEE. TIRE ONLY BLEW OUT, WALLS AND BOTTOM, OR TREAT SECTION OF TIRE BLEW OUT ONLY.
November 2, 1991
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eddy Potash Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
EMPL WAS BLOWING FRAMEWORK & FLOORS OFF WITH AIR HOSE WITH LANCE IN END OF IT. WHILE LOOKING UP HE STEPPED INTO OPENING SURROUDED BY KICKBOARDS FOOT WENT 27" DOWN HOLE & INTO FEED SCREW.
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BLOCKS, CONSTRUCTING A WALL WHEN THE WALL FELL OVER BEFORE BEING CAPPED OFF AND A BLOCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF HER RIGHT FOOT.
November 30, 1991
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amax Potash Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER MINER CABLE WHILE WALKING UP LONGWALL TOWARD MINER.
Hibbing Taconite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE CLAIMS TO BEEN BOARDING THE SHOVEL PIT 2300 THE LADDER DID NOT RETRACT WHEN HE GOT OFF IT AND HE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK WHEN HE PULLED IT UP. THE INJURY WAS NOT APPARENT FOR AWHILE .
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CLIMBING ON TOP OF SHOP CAR, SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
November 30, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner
MACHINERY
Doney Slate Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPL MOVING DIAMOND CHAINSAW ON TRACK AT THE CONCLUSION OF CUT.EMPL STEPPED ACROSS TRACK TO FLIP DIAMOND BELT TO CHECK WATER DISCHARGE HOLES FROR DRAINAGE.FOOT BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN LEVELING J ACK OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE TRACK AND MACHINE.FOOT WAS PINCHED UNTIL MACHINE PASSED AT WHICH TIME HE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE FOOT.
November 30, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Magma Copper Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
MOVING PUMP THAT WAS BURIED IN CONCENTRATE.
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON BOTTOM DECK WHEN A 5 TON RAILROAD JACK FALL 10' AND STRUCK HIM ON SHOULDER.
November 30, 1991
KY · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Harlan Cumberland Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING BELT LINE WHEN THE BELT BROKE, THROWING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BELT STRUCTURE.
Lava Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE SAID HE STEPPED UP ON TO THE LADDER ON THE LOADER TO GET INTO THE SEAT AND HIS FOOT SLID FROM ONE SIDE OF THE LADDER TO THE OTHER.
November 30, 1991
MD · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mettiki Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
PERSON WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE INTO SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE DROPPED BELT ROLLER WHICH FELL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT CAUSING INJURY.
November 30, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Magma Copper Company · Struck against a moving object
SHOVEL BUCKET DROPPED IN BED OF TRUCK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD TRUCK.
November 29, 1991
HI · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawaiian Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CLEANING OUT OFFICE.SLIPPED WITH HEAVY BOX.PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND HEAD.
November 29, 1991
NM · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE REPAIRMAN WAS LIFTING PLANETARY INTO POSITION ON 5L MINER.
November 29, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bull Run Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WALKING DOWN INCLINE INTO PIT OF SURFACE AREA,TRIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
November 29, 1991
TN · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & H Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE PICKED UP A BAG OF MORTAR MIX AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS HAND.
November 29, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
MACHINERY
Benco Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS PUTTING TWO PIECE OF DRILL STEEL TOGETHER IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE MINE ROOF WHEN HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF DRILL STEEL TEARING THE SKIN LOOSE ON HIS INDEX FINGER ON H IS LEFT HAND.
November 29, 1991
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Alpha Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SECTION FOREMAN WAS STANDING IN CROSSCUT BETWEEN 5 & 6 ENTRY AND S-CAR WAS PULLING COAL OUT OF #5 ENTRY WHEN IT CAME OUT OF HEADING IT HUNG INTO ROOF BOLTER CABLE WHICH WAS HUNG TO TOP ACROSS #5 ENTRY AND JERKED THE CABLE DOWN AND DRUG IT INTO THE FOREMAN CATCHING HIS RIGHT LEG AND TORE THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS KNEE.
November 29, 1991
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Greenley Energy Holdings Of Pa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
VICTIM WAS SHOVELING COAL SPILLAGE NEAR SCREENING PLANT. VICTIM INJURED LOWER BACK DURING SHOVELING PROCEDURE.
November 29, 1991
KY · Coal
cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator
MACHINERY
Oakwood Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TRAMMING CUTTER AND STEER THE MACHINE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
November 29, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tilden Mining Company L C · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF A LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SECOND RUNG FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE MAN LADDER. THE LADDER HAD ICE AND SNOW ON IT FROM THE TIRES. HE FELL BACK ONTO A LOADER PARK ED ALONGSIDE HIM, STRIKING HIS HEAD AND LOWER BACK AGAINST THE LOADER. HE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR ON 12-4-91 AND BEGAN TO LOSE TOME FROM WORK ON THAT DATE. DIAGNOSIS: BACK CONTUSION.
November 29, 1991
AL · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Lafarge Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLED OR TWISTED BACK WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF PRIMING FUEL PUMP ON SCRAPER ADN ADDED TO THE PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING ON INTO A HOLE WHILE CUTTING.
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS CARRYING MATERIAL AND HE RAN INTO A TIMBER WITH THE TOP OF HIS HEAD JAMMING HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.
November 29, 1991
AL · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS GETTING OFF MOTOR TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STEPPED UP ONTO THE FRAME OF THE 12CM-7 CONTUINUOUS MINER TO HANG A "NO PAIN" SIGN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
November 29, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Farmers Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
THIS IS A REOCCURRENCE OF A PRIOR INJURY OF 3-25-89. EMPLOYEE WAS TORQUEING/TIGHTENING BOLT SON AD8 CAT DOZER, WHEN OLD INJURY (LOWER BACK SPRAIN) WAS REINJURED.
November 29, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILL STEEL BROKE CUTTING RT. RING FINGER.
November 29, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nicole Coal Company Inc · Fall down raise, shaft or manway
SCRAPPED SIDE OF HEAD AND LEFT EYE ON CABLE HANGER BOARD WHILE CRAWLING OFF PIECE OF EQUIPMENT DID NOT SEE CABLE BOARD TURNED INTO IT AS HE WAS GETTING OFF.
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGED THAT ON APP. DEC. 1990 THAT HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND HIS NECK WAS JOLTED. APP. 1 MONTH LATER HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT AND STATED THE MAIN REASON FOR GOING TO THE DOCTOR W AS SWOLLEN GLANDS UNDERARMS.
New Horizons Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LOADING X-COLLAR ON TOP OF SCOOP,FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.LOADING...ON SURFACE.
November 29, 1991
AL · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Water Industries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING GUARD OFF SCREEN WHEN THE BELT MOVED BACKWARDS, PINNING HIS ANKLE TO THE CONVEYOR. HE INITIALLY DID NOT MISS ANY WORK DAYS, BUT INFECTION SET IN CAUSING HIM TO BE OFF AT A LATER DATE.
November 29, 1991
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vaco Resources Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK (PICKUP) THAT TOOK HIM ON THE HILL TO HIS DOZER. AS HE REACHED INTO THE BED OF THE PICKUP TO GET HIS LUNCH BUCKET HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL AND HIT HIS RIBS AGAINST THE TAILGATE. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT FELL THAT HE WAS HURT AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL DEC. 10, 1991.
November 29, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP A ROOF STRAP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING STRAP CATCHING RT. HAND.
November 29, 1991
VA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMPL ON KNEES LOADING LOOSE ROCK IN LOADER BUCKET.EMPL REMOVED SMALL PIECE OF ROCK WEDGED BETWEEN 2 LARGE ROCKS CAUSING LARGE ROCK TO SLIDE AGAINST HIS LEG.
Oil-Dri Georgia LLC · Fall from ladders
HYDRAULIC JACK SLIPPED FROM ITS POSITION AND HIT A LADDER THAT I.NAME WAS STANDING ON AND CAUSED I.NAME TO BE KNOCKED TO THE GROUND.
November 28, 1991
IN · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Solar Sources Mining LLC · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING BATTERY WITH WATER WHEN THE LID OF BATTERY BOX FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ACROSS HIS RIGHT ARM.
November 28, 1991
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE CLIMBING ABOARD RUBBER TRED DOZER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE LATE REPORT QUESTIONABLE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH INJURY BEING FOR GOUT
Whitaker Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY WHEN A SLUG OF ROCK FELL STRIKING ;HIM ON THE HEAD & SHOULDER BUCKLING HIS KNEES KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND
November 28, 1991
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING ON ROLL OF BELT & HURT BACK
November 28, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
INJURED WAS RIDING IN A MANTRIP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF HITTING HIM ON HEAD INJURING HIS NECK.
November 27, 1991
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Liter's Quarry Of Indiana Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LARGE ROCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER WITH A 4' LENGTH OF 3" DRILL STEEL. THE HYDRALIC HOE RAM WAS NOT OEPRABLE AT THIS TIME. JAW CRUSHER WAS RUNNING AND THE JAW PL ATE SLAMMED INTO THE 3" STEEL AND THE STEEL SLAMMED INTO THE VICTIM'S HAND. THE HOSPITAL DID NOT REALIZE A FRACTURE WAS INCURRED UNTIL THE VICTIM WENT IN FOR A RECHECK THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE
November 27, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LOADING A POST INTO SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN POST AND SCOOP BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE BELIEVES HE SCRATCHED HIS ARM DURING THE SHIFT. HE DEVELOPED SOME REDNESS AND SWELLING SEVEN DAYS LATER. AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED AN INFECTION FROM THE SCRATCH.
Meador Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
COME-ALONG CAME LOOSE LETTING THE BELT GO OVER THE TUBE CHAIN FROM COME-ALONG WRAPPED AROUND HIM TAKING HIM DOWN THE TUNNEL
November 27, 1991
TX · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL CHANGING BLADES ON SCRAPER ONE SLIPPED & FELL ONTO TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND.
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED FEELING PAIN IN HIS BACK AFTER STEPPIN INTO A SMALL HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A50 LB. BAG OF ROCK DUST ON HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE STEPPED INTO AN U NEVEN AREA ON THE MINE FLOOR CAUSING PAIN IN HIS BACK. DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 12-20-91. THE MINE WAS IDLED FROM 12-21-91 THRU 12-30-91.
November 27, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Fresa Construction Company · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS REMOVING TOW CABLE FROM A DISABLED TRUCK WHEN THE TRUCK DRIVER INADVERTANTLY OPENED TAILGATE CAUSING COAL TO SPILL ON INJURED'S LEGS. A BROKEN ANKLE RESULTED FROM THE INCIDENT.
November 27, 1991
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Omya Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS PICKING WOOD BLOCKING UP OFF THE GROUND.BLOCKING SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND RATHER THAN LETTING IT FALL ON HIS FOOT HE REACHED OUT AND CAUGHT BLOCKING JARRING HIS BACK.
November 27, 1991
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BASF Catalysts LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL STACKING BAGGED KAOLIN AT L 11 A BAGGER.STOPPED A BAG THAT WAS COMING OFF THE SKATES WITH HAND AND EXPERIENCED A POPPING IN HIS BACK.SUSTAINED LOW BACK STRAIN WITH MUSCLE SPASMS.
November 27, 1991
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
pumper
MACHINERY
Silver Cloud Granite Inc · Fall from piled material
APPLIED PRESSURE TO BLOCK JUMPED OUT OF WAY TWISTED KNEE
November 27, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vandalia Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING CRIB BLOCKS VICTIM STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
PAINTING CENTERS AND ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLT HITTING HIM ON RIGHT FOOT.
November 27, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Prater Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
REMOVED PIECE ROCK ROOF BOLTER AND SPRAINED WRIST,ROCK WAS LYING ON THE ATRS AND NEEDED PULLED OFF.
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE PUTTING WHEEL DOWN ON RUBBER RAIL WHEN RELEASING THE WHEEL, THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN JAW.
November 27, 1991
WV · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carter-Roag Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LOADING EMPTY OIL CANS INTO SCOOP BUCKET SHARP PAIN IN LEFT KNEE NOT ABLE TO PUT WEIGHT ON KNEE DOC DIAGNOSED BURSITIS WATER ON KNEE
November 27, 1991
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tarmac America Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REPAIRING A GREASE PUMP IN THE BENDING POSTION, AFTER A WHILE I STOOD UP AND FELT A LOWER PINCH IN MY BACK.
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF CAR WHILE DROPPING STEPPED IN RUT AND TURNED ANKLE.
November 27, 1991
MO · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riedel Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING FIRST SHIFT WHEN HE WAS GETTING ON DOZER HE REACHED UP SO HE COULD PULL HIMSELF ON TO DOZER WHEN HE DID HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK
Mountain Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
WITNESS STATED VICTIM WAS ON HIS KNEES THROWING TIMBERS INTO BUCKE TOF SCOOP WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND FELL TO GROUND.
November 27, 1991
KY · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
MACHINERY
Burning Ridge Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
CHANGING PLACES WITH MINER AND FOOT WAS TANGLED IN MINER CABLE AND FELL TWISTING KNEE.
November 27, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
WHILE CHANGING A CHECK VALVE ON THE SHEAR JACK ON 12 CM MINER THE INJURED BUMPED HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE CABLE HOOK.
November 27, 1991
IL · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, AS HE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AROUND A TURN. ONE OF THE TIRES WENT OVER A LEDGE CAUSING HIM TO BE BOUNCED INT EH SEAT OF THE CAR. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO H IS LOWER BACK AREA.
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
IN 65 W GETTING TOOLS OUT OF TOOL BOX.THE TOOL BOX LID CAME DOWN DRIVING FACE INTO BOX FRAME.
November 27, 1991
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Perry County Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON SIDE OF CRUSHER & SLIPPED HE SIT DOWN ON HIS KNEES & H IS RT KNEE POPPED
November 27, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Zca Mines Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS LOT TO GET A LOADER THAT HE WOULD BE OPERATING THA TDAY WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE FALLING ONTO HIS BACK.
November 27, 1991
PA · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
MACHINERY
Coal Contractors Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 4600 DRAGLINE AND NOTICED FUEL LEAK UNDER MACHINE. WHILE STOPPING THE LEAK HE WAS SPLASHED WITH DIESEL FUEL IN BOTH EYES.
November 27, 1991
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oglebay Norton Taconite Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE CLAIMS HE WAS LIFTING A PAN IN PLACE ON A PAN CONVEYOR AND THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK(1ST DAY OF LOST TIME 12-03-91).
Tilden Mining Company L C · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OUT A FAULTY METER-RELAY ON PRIMARY MILL STARTER DOOR.TO DO SO,HE HAD TO KNEEL DOWN ON BOTH KNEES.WHILE DOWN THE RIGHT KNEE SNAPPED,LOCKING IN BENT POSITION.A MINUTE OR S O LATER WAS ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN LEG BUT COULD NOTPUT WEIGHT ONTO LEG FOR APPROX 1 HOUR.HE SAW A DOCTOR ON 12-26-91 AND HAD SURGERY SCHEDULED ON 01-17-92.
November 27, 1991
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Flint Rock Products · Fall from machine
JUMPED DOWN FROM DUMP TRUCK.
November 27, 1991
IN · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & Ls Contracting Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJ SHOVELING DRILL SHAVINGS INTO BLASTHOLE.FOLLOWING DAY,WOKE WITH LOW BACK PAIN AND SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.MISSED WORK ON 11-27,THANKSGIVING WAS ON 11-28.
November 27, 1991
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING IRON STRAINED BACK
November 27, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wade Agricultural Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE CLIMBED INTO LOADER TURNED TO CLOSE DOOR, PUSHED DOOR AND TWISTED LEFT SHOULDER.
November 27, 1991
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rb Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM BELT-AS HE REACHED TO PULL ROCK OFF BELT, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
November 27, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 70 GALLON TNAK OF FUEL THAT WAS SUSPENDED FROM A HOIST AND HE GOT HIS ARM BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE I-BEAM.THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO THE RIGHT ELBOW.
November 26, 1991
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THIS IS A RECURRANCE OF THE ACCIDENT REPORT OF 11-11-91 HE WAS SHOVELING COAL ALONG THE RIB WHEN HE CLAIMED TO HAVE PULLED A MUSCLE BY HIS RIBS.
November 26, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Arch Of Illinois · Fall from ladders
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP A LADDER.THE BOTTOM OF LADDER SLIPPED OUT CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL.THE RUNG OF THE LADDER WAS ACROSS THE LEFT FOOT BRUISING THE TOP OF FOOT.
November 26, 1991
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Hibbing Taconite Company · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 170 TON TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED AT #58 SHOVEL BUCKET DROPPED HITTING BACK OF TRUCK & SLID OFF TO GROUND
Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING A PULL CHAIN FROM A BLAST HOLE DRILL & SPRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE BENT OVER AND PULLED.
November 26, 1991
IL · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
EMPL OPERATING RAMCAR AT MINE PIT WHEN FOREIGN MATERIAL STRUCK EYE.
November 26, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
ELECTRICAL
Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
EMPL LIFTING BATTERIES OUT OF BUGGY WHEN ONE EXPLODED CUTTING HIS THUMB.
November 26, 1991
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
GETTING OUT OF CAB ON HAUL TRUCK,LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF LANDING ON RIGHT LEG.
November 26, 1991
HI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hawaiian Cement · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
BREAKING MATERIAL WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND AIR LANCE.PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
Chevron Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SOME SCALE ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE MINER WHEN A ROCK SLID & CAUGHT HIS FINGER AGAINST THE METAL FRAME OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER
K & R Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE PUTTING GUARDS ON THE LIGHT PLANT. HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 1-14-92. HE THEN SAW A CHIROPRACTOR. SINCE HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR WHEN IT HAPPENED, THIS FORM WAS NO T FILLED OUT UNTIL NOW.
A A & W Coals Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPL WAS SITTING ON 8" BLOCK WELDING ON AIR LOCK DOORS THEY HAD BEEN WORKING APPROX 5 HRS WHEN RIB COAL ROLLED OFF STRIKING EMPL FRACTURIN FIBULA OF RT LEG.
Trojan Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LIFTING AND ROLLING ROCK FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEGS
November 26, 1991
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Elkay Mining Company · Fall from machine
SUBJECT WAS HAULING A LOAD OF REFUSE UP THE FIRST STEEP, TRUCK STARTED MISSING AND ENGINE QUIT. TRUCK STARTED HOLLYING BACKWARD AND VICTIM JUMPED FROM TRUCK 6 1/2 TO THE GROUND.
November 26, 1991
AL · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WAS WALKING DOWN RIVER BANK AT FRISCO RAILROAD BRIDGE TO MAKE CREW CHANGE & STEPPED ON A ROCK IT ROLLED & CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE
November 26, 1991
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shannopin Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS USING A HAMMER TO HIT A SPLICING TOOL WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF ENTERING HIS LT HAND
Heatherly Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
STEPPED OFF TRUCK, TWISTED ANKLE ON ROCK.
November 26, 1991
VA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
PULLING UP BASKET FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK DOWN TO BOTH LEGS
Central Ohio Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WAS STEPPING UP TO CHECK A HOIST GEAR AND FELT A POP IN THE LEFT KNEE.
November 26, 1991
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDERNEATH THE PRODUCTION CELLS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PLANK FROM FLOOR BOTTOM.WAS PUSHING BOARDS WITH BACK WHEN HIS LEGS GAVE WAY AND HE HAD A PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
Jasper Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING(PAIN IN LOWER BACK).
November 26, 1991
IL · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Big Ridge Inc · Struck against a moving object
THE SHUTTLE CAR THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WAS HIT BY ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR ALLEGEDLY CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SPRAIN/STRAIN HIS NECK.
November 26, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AT 3 :15 PM ON THE 8 SOUTHWEST SECTION.THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TORQUING A ROOF BOLT FROM A 12CM-14 MINER.THE STEEL BROKE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE ROTATION UNIT STRIKING HIM IN NOSE.FRACTURE OF NOSE AND 4 STITCHES.
November 26, 1991
WV · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagle Nest Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS RELOCATING CARRYING A HYDRAULIC TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORT PROP WHEN HE REPORTS THAT HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK
November 26, 1991
ND · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INSTALLING WHEELS UNDER A PORTABLE CONVEYOR CONVEYOR SWUNG OVER & HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEG
November 26, 1991
KY · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE MAKING A BELT SPLICE A RIVET GLANCED STRIKING HIM IN EYE.
South-East Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND SAID IT RAN OVER A ROCK AND HURT HIS LEFT SIDE.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object
AS EE WAS WALKING HE STEPPED ON A NAIL IN A WATER HOLE.
November 26, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Essroc Cement · Struck by falling object
PACKING VELVET #5 PACKING MACHINE. BAG DROPPED OFF #4 SPOUT ONTO RIGHT HEEEL, TWISTING LEG WHILE ON THE FOOT RAIL. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK. DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL 12-3-91. AT THA T TIME COMPLAINED OF SWELLING BEHIND RIGHT KNEE. BECAME LOST TIME 1-14-92. EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK 1-13-92 COMPLAINING OF PAIN. OPERATED ON 1-28-92. HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED WORK RELATED DUE
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
GETTING INTO THE CAB OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CAB OF THE MINER.
November 26, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS WALKING ALONG LEDGE ON RADIATOR TO GET INTO THE CAB OF HIS 773 CAT. HAUL TRUCK. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO GROUND (APPROX. 8').
Rock of Ages · Struck by powered moving object
AS THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS ABOUT TO SEPARATE TWO STONES THAT HAD BEEN SPLIT THE INJURED REACHED FOR HIS SLEDGE HAMMER THAT HE HAD LEFT ON THE STONE & WAS STRUCK ON THE RT THUMB BY THE FORK O F THE MACHINE
November 26, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE GETTING IN TRUCK
November 26, 1991
SD · Metal/Non-Metal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Homestake Mining Company of California · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PINCHED BETWEEN TWO LARGE POWDER CARS
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCK & GOB IN THE OLD 2E MAIN TRACK ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM IN THE RT FOREARM
November 26, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
welder (shop)
MACHINERY
WALKED BY HELPER WHO WAS GRINDING METAL AND A SMALL PIECE HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT EYE.
November 26, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING FROM SAG MILL JACKING CRADLE PIER TO A LADDER GOING DOWN TO GROUND FLOOR WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER SOME LOW RUN CONDUIT & FELL DOWN A SLOPED AREA THEN TO GROUND FLOOR
November 26, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
driller operator
MACHINERY
Magma Copper Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING AN UP-HOLE WITH A BAR-AND-ARM. DRILL CUTTINGS SPLASHED OFF THE MACHINE (OR WERE BLOWN BY THE EXHAUST) INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S FACE.
November 26, 1991
VA · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTER HITTING EE ON RIGHT LEG.
November 26, 1991
PR · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
HE WAS SWEEPING CEMENT & DUST WHEN HE STARTED TO FEEL ITCHING ON HIS ARM & LEG
November 26, 1991
OH · Coal
longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator
MACHINERY
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE HEADGATE DRUM ON THE SHEARER. THE BITS PICKED UP A PIECE OF STONE AND THROUGH IT ONTO THE PANLINE HAND RAIL WHERE INJUREDS LEFT HAND WAS POSITIONED, SMASHING LEFT FO REFINGER BETWEEN STONE AND HANDRAIL.
November 26, 1991
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mwca Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STOOD ON A PALLET TO PUT BOXES ONTO THE PALLET. THE PALLET BROKE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
November 25, 1991
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vetter Stone Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
WORKER WS STANDING ONT EH GROUND. HE PICKED UP A BALE OF STRAW, TURNED TO THROW IT AND PULLED A BACK MUSCLE.
November 25, 1991
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
FIRE
Strouth Coal Company-C V C · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HOSE ON DOZER BURST CAUSING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO COME IN CONTACT WITH TURBO CHARGER WHICH CAUSED A SMALL FIRE I NAME WAS LEANING OUT OF DOZER DOOR TRYING TO PUT OUT FIRE USING FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHEN DOOR FLEW BACK STRIKING I NAME ON HIS RT WRIST
November 25, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trojan Mining · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
TAKING BOARD OFF FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND GROIN
November 25, 1991
PA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lion Mining Company · Struck by falling object
WORKER WAS CARRYING 8' POST, TRIPPED ON THE CUT OFF END OF ANOTHER POST AND THE END OF THE POST HE WAS CARRYING STRUCK TOP OF LEFT FOOT BRUISING LEFT FOOT SEVERELY.
PULLING IN WIRE ROPE BROKE HIT HEAD ON PIPE WIRE WAS BEING PULLED BY HAND.
November 25, 1991
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sycamore Fuels Inc · Fall from machine
INJURED WAS PLACING A TARP ON A LOADED COAL TRUCK, WHILE UNDER A COMPANY TARPING RACK, THE HOLD DOWN STRAPS OF TARP WERE HUNG AND WHILE SHAKING TARP TO FREE THE STRAPS HE SLIPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND FLIPPED HEADFIRST ONTO HOOD OF TRUCK.
Huss Contracting Company · Struck by falling object
MOVING RAILROAD SILLS WHEN ONE FELL ON HIS HAND AND BROKE CENTER FINGER.
November 25, 1991
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
LTV Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL WAS LIFTING PAIL OF PARTS & FELT PAIN IN BACK. PAIN WAS RECURRENT THROUGH SHIFT.
November 25, 1991
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
OTHER
Waverly Mineral Products Company · Contact with electrical current
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF MINE SERVICE TRUCK AT PLANT.CLAIMS OF PAIN HAVE RESULTED IN LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DAYS PERIODICALLY SINCE FIRST INJURY.LATEST CLAIM STARTED 11-25-91.
Western Mingo Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
ON 3-7-91, AN INJURY REPORT WAS FILED ON I.NAME. AT THAT TIME HE LOST 51 DAYS. ON 5-21-91 HE CAME BACK TO WORK AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTER WORK HARDENING PROGRAM. FULL TIME WITH PAY. ON 11-25-91 HIS DOCTOR REMOVED HIM FOR REST.
Jeffrey Sand Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO HA DFALLEN, AND STRAINED HER BACK.
National Coal Inc · Fall from machine
PATIENT JUMPED FROM POWDER TRUCK AND INJURED LEFT KNEE.
November 25, 1991
PA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Allegh Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
FORKLIFT OPERATOR POSITIONING BELTDRIVE SPROCKET ONTO A SKID TO BE REMOVED FROM MINE TRACK AREA.AS HE BEGAN TO MOVE SPROCKET INTO POSITION,EMPL FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
November 25, 1991
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
EE TOLD FOREMAN AT THE END AT THE SHIFT HIS BACK WAS HURTING HE WORKER THE NEXT SHIFT AND MISSED THE NEXT SHIFT AND WENT TO THE DR AND STARTED LOST TIME.
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
WALKING TOWARD LONGWALL,EMPL STRUCK HEAD ON ROOF BOLT PLATE CAUSING STRAIN.
November 25, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Prestige Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE MINER, PART OF HIS NORMAL WORK DUTIES. WHILE WORKING WITH THE RUB RAIL, HE LIFTED THE RAIL PULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
November 25, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Coal Mac Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL FROM RECLAMATION DEPT WORKING IN BRUSHING AREA.ANOTHER EMPL HAD JUST COMPLETED SECURING A WINCH CABLE TO A FALLEN TREE.AS THE DOZER WAS PULLING THE TREE THE INJ EMPL WAS HIT BY A LIMB.INJ EMPL SAYS THE LIMB KNOCKED HIM INTO ROCK CLIFF DRUG HIM 10'.
November 25, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Magma Gold Ltd · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE INSPECTING 105O DUMP CYCLINDER.EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING TRIED TO STAND UP,KNOCKED OFF HARD HAT AND BUMPED HEAD ON AIR OUTLET PIPE.
November 25, 1991
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN PREPARING TO INSTALL A PLANK WITH AN INTEGRAL ROOF BOLTER WHEN THE PLANK STRUCK HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD
Mississippi Potash Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE GOT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE STOOD UP TO GET OFF THE MINER.
November 25, 1991
AL · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by flying object
PULLING PANLINE BACK FRONT PIN BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp · Struck against stationary object
INJURED WAS WALKING ALONG THE #4 SHAFT BOTTOM WHEN HE HIT HIS HAND IN A LOW ROOF AREA.HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL HE RECEIVED RESULTS FROM AN MRI ON 12-20-91.HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 12-21-91.
November 25, 1991
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Del Rio Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR ON 002 SECTION EE STATED THAT HE WAS SERVICING THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HIS FINGER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE IDENTIFICATION TAG ON THE TRAM MOTOR CAUSING A LACERATION EE TREATED UNDERGROUND AND TRANSPORTED TO THE SURFACE. EE WAS THEN TREATED AT THE HOPSITAL WITH 8 STITCHES.
November 25, 1991
PA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helvetia Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP ROCK. ROCK SLIPPED AND CUT EMPLOYEE'S HAND.
November 25, 1991
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
PC OF TOP COAL FELL HITTING IN HEAD AND SHOULDER
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine
DISMOUNTING TRUCK, WHILE COMING DOWN THE STEPS, THE BOTTOM ONE PULLED LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE ROADWAY.
November 25, 1991
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INSTALLING RF BOLT 2 X 4 SPRUNG BACK BOLT WENT IN HOLE, STRUCK ON BACK OF HAND AND FOREARM FRACT TO L FOREARM
November 25, 1991
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL HURT BACK SHOVELING UNDER CHUTE.SHOVELED 2-5 SHOVELS OF SPILLAGE AND FELT CRAMP IN BACK.DIDNT COMPLETE THE SHIFT AND BEGAN LOSING TIME 11-26-91.
November 25, 1991
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jersey Miniere Zinc Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
THREW WALLET PAIN IN LOWER BACK
November 25, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPL STANDING BESIDE BOLTER WHEN ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING CANOPY AND FALLING OFF STRIKING EMPL ON RIGHT FOOT AS HE TRIED TO RUN
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
TAKING SHOWER STEPPED OUT OF SHOWER ROOM FELL ON CONCRETE FLOOR.
Anthony Dally & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS ON LADDER MAKING GENERAL REPAIR AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
November 24, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
OTHER
INSPECTING A CAB ON AN 85 TON WABCO FOR STRESS OR CRACKS. THE CAB WAS BEING MOUNTED ON A NEW FRAME, IT WAS VERY WINDY AND EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. TWO TO THREE FEET TO THE GR OUND.
November 24, 1991
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
MACHINERY
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING RUBBER OFF OF BELT.RUBBER CAUGHT IN DRILL BIT AND WRAPPED AROUND HIS HAND.
November 24, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asarco Inc · Fall from machine
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF 563 BLADE AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LAST STEP AND HE LANDED WITH HIS FULL WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT ANKLE.
November 24, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE STATES TWO BAGS CAME OFF OF SPEED BELT A T SAME TIME. SECOND ONE HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE NECK. 50 LB BAGS.
Eastern Mingo Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
I.NAME MOVING RAIL WITH SLATE BAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND I.NAME FELL STRIKING RIGHT KNEE ON MINE FLOOR.HAPPENED AT BK 185 ON TRACK AT 3RD NW MAINS #4 ENTRY.
November 23, 1991
KY · Coal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kinney Branch Coal Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
17 1/2 FEET ABOVE GROUND ON PLATFORM STRUCK WITH PIPE LOST BALANCE FELL TO GROUND
November 23, 1991
WV · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ON THE 8TH FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT, SHEETS OF METAL WERE BEING MOVED ON A 4-WHEEL CART. TWO MEN REPOSITIONED THE METAL CAUSING THE METAL AND THE CART TO TIP FORWARD. WHEN THE EDGE OF THE METAL STRUCK THE FLOOR GRATING, THE CART MOVED BACKWARDS VERY QUICKLY STRIKING THE INJURED PERSON IN THE GROIN/STOMACH AREA CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS. THE FALL ALSO CAUSED LOWER BACK PAIN.
November 23, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Picher Filtration & Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PACKING BAGS, BELT STARTED GRABBED TABLE PULLED SELF BACK PULLED
November 23, 1991
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ricci Bros. Sand Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TAIL PULLEY GUARD ON THE BULK LOADING CONVEYOR WAS REPLACED AT THE DIRECTION OF MSHA INSPECTOR.THERE AREA A SERIES OF PROPORTIONING SLIDE GATES ABOVE A 40' HORIZONTAL SECTIN OF THE BELT.THE NE W TAIL PULLEY GUARD INTERFERED WITH THE SLIDE OF GATE POSITIONED 2' FROM END OF BELT.ORIGINALLY THE SLIDE OPENED AGAINST DIRECTION OF TRAVEL...OPER SUFFERED SEVERE LACERATIONS,BROKEN LITTLE F
November 23, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS STEPPING OFF A BELT AND WHEN HIS FOOT HIT THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
November 23, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
OTHER
Arch Of Illinois · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING THROUGH DOORWAY WHEN BLEW DOOR SHUT ON EMPLOYEES 1 ST FINGER ON RIGHT HAND,FRACTURING THE TIP OF THE FINGER.
November 23, 1991
KY · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Whitaker Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING A SCOOP MOVING A STAMLER FEEDER CABLE WHEN A LOOP OF CABLE HIT HIM ACROSS HIS KNEES.
November 23, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Green River Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE ON A SUPPLY JEEP INJURED CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE WHEEL AND BATTERY.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OIL LEVEL IN THE HEADGATE DRIVE. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK.
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS GETTING INTO NO.16 LOCOMOTIVE. WHEN HE STEPPED INTO LOCOMOTIVE HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
November 23, 1991
WV · Coal
longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator
MACHINERY
EMPL STATED HE WAS TAILSIDE OF SHEAR SETTING DOWN & TAILSIDE CUTTER DRUM THREW ROCK STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT HAND.
November 23, 1991
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
STRAINED BACK INSTALLING WATER LINE
November 23, 1991
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE SAYS HE WAS LIFTING ON BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE HAD TAKEN DAYS ON DOMESTIC BACK INJURY 1 WEEK PRIOR TO THIS.
November 23, 1991
IL · Coal
master mechanic, foreman, supervisor
OTHER
Arch Of Illinois · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN LOOSE END OF BELT WHEN THE WIND BLEW BELT AGAINST HIM KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND,CUTTING HIS CHEEK BELOW LEFT EYE.
Arch Of Illinois · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON CLOD OF DIRT FELT PAIN IN LOWER TO MID BACK.
November 23, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Costain Coal Inc · Flash burns (welding)
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH ON THE CAT. 988 END LOADER. HE WAS WELDING THE MOUNTING BRACKET IN PLACE WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY LOOKED AT THE ARC OF THE WELDING ROD. HE RECEIVED FLASH BURN TO THE EYES.
November 23, 1991
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Resources, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMOPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE IN THE MINE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.LATER THAT DAY HE BEGAN TO GET STIFF AND SORE.DURING THE EVENING HE WENT TO THE ER.HE WAS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR VACATIO N THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT; HOWEVER ONE WEEK LATER HE WAS STILL STIFF AND WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK THE WEEK OF 12-02-91.NOE TREATMENT HAS BEEN NECESSARY AS OF THIS TIME.
November 23, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southdown Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS GOING TO MIX AIRILON FOR SOUTH MILLS. WHILE MOVING 55 GALLON DRUM, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE DRUM ADN TRIED TO CATCH THE DRUM. DURING THE PROCESS HE STRAINED HIS BACK, SHOULDER AND ARM.
November 22, 1991
IL · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTPING TO EXIT A PERSONEEL CARRIER WHEN HE STUMBLED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE MINE FLOOR. WHILE STEPPING FROM A (JITNEY) PERSONNEL CARRIER THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT BECAM E CAUGHT ON THE FRME OF THE JITNEY CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS LEFT FOOT AND FALL TO THE FLOOR.
November 22, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Inc · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower
EMPL WAS GOING UP TOWER TO SPEAK WITH CRUSHER OPERATOR WHEN HE STOPPED TO CHECK SCREEN HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX 30' FROM TOWER.
November 22, 1991
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
MACHINERY
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN A METAL ROOF STRAP.THE STRAP SHIFTED AND DRILL STEEL GOT HUNG UP AND HE LET PRESSURE OFF THE DRILL.THE STRAP SLID OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT EAR.
Nicole Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
RIDING 3-WHEELER TO END OF TRACK AND HIT HARD HAT OVER ROOF BOLT PLATE BRUISING CERVICAL MUSCLES.TURNED CORNER AND DIDNT SEE ROOF BOLT PLATE HANGING DOWN.
November 22, 1991
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CLIMBING UP LADDER SLIPPED OFF STEP FELL PULLED MUSCLE IN L SHOULDER
November 22, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS STANDING ON THE PLANT CONVEYOR WHILE THE PLANT WAS BEING CLEANED. ANOTHER EE STARTED THE CONVEYOR, THE INJURED EE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO HIS HANDS AND KNEES.
November 22, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PRUNING KILNS LIMESTONE FELL INTO KILN MACHINE CONTACT WITH PRUNING BAR FORCE OF WHEEL CAUSED THE BAR TO GO UP INTO EMPLOYEES LEFT SHOULDER
November 22, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Allegheny Mineral Corp · Fall onto or against objects
THE MAN WAS CLEANING AROUND THE PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED BACKWARDS AGAINST A HANDRAIL.THIS CAUSED PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.
Tilden Mining Company L C · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED THE 1ST AND 2ND STAGE VAC. PUMPS ON T-1 #7 VAC. PUMP. HE WAS REMOVING THE COUPLINGS FROM THE 1ST STAGE AND WENT TO RETRIEVE THE HAND TOOLS FROM TOP OF MOTOR FOR THE VAC. P UMP. IN THE PROCESS HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN OIL ON THE VAC. PUMP BASE, TWISTING LEFT FOOT. DIAGNOSIS: ACUTE ANKLE SPRAIN. HE LOST TIME FROM WORK.
Gillibrand Industrial Sands, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SLIPPED ON LOOSE SAND AND WRENCHED LOWER BANK WHILE SHOVELING MUD FROM UNDER CONVEYOR BELT.
Southdown California Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRIVING OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME (EMPLOYEE REPORTED THIS INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON 6/11/92)
950 LOADER STEPPED OFF STEPPED ON ROCK ROLLED RIGHT ANKLE. FRACTURED BONE ABOVE RIGHT ANKLE.
November 22, 1991
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
ELECTRICAL
Smithrock Quarry Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WHILE TRYING TO START EQUIPMENT FROM ANOTHER BATTERY, THE BATTERY EXPLODED AND FOREIGN MATERIAL FLEW INTO HIS EYES.
November 22, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
REMOVING A DRAW BAR PIN DOLLEY DRIFTED PINNED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN PIN AND MOTOR RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 13 STITCHES HE SAID HE WAS WEARING GLOVES.
Mettiki Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPL DOING REHAB WORK LEVELING ROCK AND SETTING 5' X 30" CRIBS.RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON WET & MUDDY ROCK CAUSING FALL ON KNEE WITH LEG BENT UNDER TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
November 22, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Monterey Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL SPLITTING CABLE OPEN WITH UTILITY KNIFE TO TAPE LEADS,CUT RIGHT THIGH.MEDICAL VERIFICATION RECD 11-22-91.
November 22, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJ WORKING UNDER MINER PUTTING BACK SEAL PLATE ON PLANETARY -GOT SOMETHING IN EYE.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE REMOVING A COVER OFF OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER, EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE COVER AND A ROCK AS HE WAS LAYING IT DOWN.
Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPL ORIGINALLY PULLED GROIN MUSCLE 11-8-90.IT WAS A NO LOST TIME INJURY.AS TIME PROGRESSED,IT WAS FOUND THAT SURGERY WAS NEEDED FOR A HERNIA.BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 11-22-91 WHEN HE HAD SURGERY .WAS RELEASED TO RETURN 1-20-92.MISSED NO WORK BETWEEN 11-90 AND 11-91 DUE TO THIS CONDITION.#6 ENTRY/FACE.
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
A SMALL PIECE OF ROOF FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE RIGHT LEG AND FOOT. BRUISING THE LEG AND FOOT.
November 22, 1991
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED AND TWO OTHERS WERE MOVING 3" SANDPIPER PUMP ON A TWO WHEEL DOLLY. HE SAID HE WAS PULLING ON DOLLY WHEN WHEEL CAUGHT CASUING A SUDDEN JERK HE SAID HE FELT SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BAC K.
November 22, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Oneida Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PONY MOTOR'S HANDLE KICKED BACK AND FRACTURE WRIST.
Chisholm Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS CROSSING THE TRACK UNDERGROUND HE STEPPED ON A SHARP ROCK AND INJURED HIS RIGHT FOOT. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 12-9-91 WHICH WAS THE FIRST DAY ABSENT DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT.
BLOWING HOLES BLOW GUN STOPPED UP HOSE CAME OFF BLEW SAND IN EYES.
November 22, 1991
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SHOVELING UNDER BELT HEAD JACK SLIPPED CAUSING IT TO TWIST STRUCK ON CHEST BY BELT HEAD FRACT BREAST BONE
November 22, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object
EMPL STATED HE LOOKED AT WATCH & WALKED INTO PORTAL & KNOCKED HIM DOWN.
November 22, 1991
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Helvetia Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPL WALKING INTO SECTION AND HIT HEAD ON ROOF JAMMING NECK CAUSING PAIN IN NECK AND SHOULDERS. STARTED MISSING WORK 12-12-91.
November 22, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by falling object
LOOSE ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE. THE ROCK HAD BEEN WEAKEND BY THE FEEDER WHICH HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ROOF. THE FEEDER HAD BEEN REMOVED AND EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE AREA.
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A ROOF BOLTER WHEEL, HIT HAND WITH A HAMMER.
November 22, 1991
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
DURING THE PROCESS OF SPLICING #1 MAIN LINE BELT EMPLOYEE HAT FELL OFF AS HE ATTEMPTED T O PUT HIS HAT BACK ON HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON STRAP & CUT IT
November 22, 1991
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Holroyd Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT 5' PIPE.WHEN PIPE (9'LONG) HE WAS USING SLIPPED OUT OF HAND-PINNED LEG TO GROUND.
November 22, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rockwood Stone Inc · Fall from machine
EMPL WAS HELPING PUT 992 CAT LOADER TOGETHER. EMPL SLIPPED OFF FRONT LEFT FENDER FALLING APPROX NINE FEET LANDING ON BACK & WRIST ON GROUND.
November 22, 1991
IN · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE & ANOTHER MECHANIC WERE MOVING A HYDRAULIC PUMP INTO THE CAR OF A D-9 L T RACTOR FOR REPLACEMENT WITH THE AID OF A COM-A-LONG THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OUTSIDE THE CAB LIFTING & PUSHING ON THE PUMP WHILE IN A SLIGHTLTWISTED POSITION WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
Reading Anthracite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN WAS REPAIRING SHOVEL-TAKING FRIUTION BAND ON-IT SLIPPED-HITTING HIM IN LEG.
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPL WAS IN CROUCH POSITION IN GEAR REPAIR AREA EMPL GRASPED AN OVERHEAD PIECE OF METAL TO PULL HIMSELF TO STANDING POSITION DURING THIS TIME EMPL FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.
November 22, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HOLDING A PIPE ANOTHER EE HIT WITH HAMMER AND PINCHED FINGER.
November 22, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverside Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DESCENDING ON LADDER ON 992-C LOADER,EMPL TURNED TO LOOK DOWN AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
November 22, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Premium Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL LIFTING DOZER BATTERY BY HIMSELF AND HURT HIS BACK.
November 22, 1991
IN · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Indiana Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
HE WAS TRYING TO CLOSE A DOOR ON A MINE RAIL CAR. THE DOOR WAS STUCK, SO HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO MAKE IT CLOSE. AS HE WAS SWINGING THE HAMMER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
November 21, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL BACK WAS HURTING SEVERAL DAYS AND THOUGHT HE STRAINED IT WHILE BUILDING OVERCAST.REPORTED TO MGMT 12-2.
November 21, 1991
NE · Metal/Non-Metal
mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner
POWERED HAULAGE
Everett Olson S & G · Struck by powered moving object
ONE PERSON WAS LOADING A TRACK WITH GRAVEL AND WHILE BACKING UP STRUCK THE VICTIM.KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND RUNNING OVER HIS LEG.
November 21, 1991
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object
A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN RIB BOLT AND RIB HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABRASIONS ON THE RIGHT ARM.
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON THE FOOT.
Valley Camp Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND TWISTED ANKLE.
Mettiki Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
STANDING BESIDE MINER RIB ROLLED STRUCK STRUCK PERSON ROCK INJ HAND
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS TAKING A CONVEYOR SPRING OFF THE BRIDGE AND THE SPRING CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIS HAND CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE.
November 21, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Kannan Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS HANGING CABLE. THE CABLE WAS JERKED CAUSING THE CABLE TO CUT INTO HIS HAND.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CROSSING THE TRANSFER CONVEYOR AT L.W. HEADGATE EMPLOYEES SPRAINED RT ANKLE ON WAY TO LONGWALL TAILGATE.
Shannopin Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS CARRYING A BAG OF SAND WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH AREA
November 21, 1991
VA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Top Gun Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
HE WAS REANCHORING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE AS HE WAS BENT OVER A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS & STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD
WHILE PUSHING BUCKETS FOR MUCKING LOOE ROCK FELL FROM RIB STRIKING TOP OF HEAD. HE WAS WEARING HARD HAT.
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE WALKING ALONG BELT LINE SHE TRIPPED ON ROCK DUST HOSE CAUSING HER TO STRAIN BACK & ANKLE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT TO SAFETY DEPARTMENT UNTIL JANUARY 8 1992
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Struck by falling object
HE WAS CLEANING A STONE BIN WITH A METAL HOE, WHEN A BIG STONE FALL DOWN HIT THE HOE AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND WITH THAT ACTION.
November 21, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southmountain Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL LIFTING MINER TRAILING CABLE TO MOVE CABLE OUT OF PATH OF ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN EMPL STRAINED BACK.
November 21, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Preston Energy Inc · Struck by flying object
PLACING A PIECE OF STEEL TO WELD, LINED TI UP & HIT THE PIECE WITH A HAMMER & A CHIP FLEW & WENT INTO LEFT THUMB.
November 21, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Ash Grove Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RAW MILL CONVEYOR LINER BOLTS. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN A LIMITED ACCESS AREA, HE NOT THINKING, PASSED A BURNING CUTTING TORCH OVER HIS RIGHT HAND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS A TTEMPTING TO REACH A BOLT THAT HE INTENDED TO CUT OFF.
November 21, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Peora Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
CUTTING GALVANIZED GRADING WITH TORCHES
WHILE SCALING LOOSE ROCK FROM RIB, ROCK FELL FROM ABOVE STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN.
November 21, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PUTTING HOOK ON STONE. S TONE SLIPPED OUT OF HOOK AND HIT LEFT LEG.
November 21, 1991
IL · Coal
stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast
POWERED HAULAGE
Kenellis Energies Inc · Struck against a moving object
RUN THROUGH CURTAIN ON GOLF CAR & STRUCK MINER THAT WAS MOVING TO BOTTOM.
November 21, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object
BOLTING 3 RIGHT CROSSCUT-RIB ROLLED HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK KNOCKING HIM FORWARD. EMPLOYE EWALKED TO RIDE, COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK AT HIS BELTLINE.
November 21, 1991
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
FIRE
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
CUTTING TORCH HOSE PULLED APART AT FITTING IGNITED CLOTHING 2ND DEGREE BURN ON CALF.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL STATED THAT AS HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE LEFT ANKLE GOT CAUGHT LOOP OF CABLE & HE TWISTED LEFT ANKLE & KNEE.
November 21, 1991
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mwca Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OVER TO GET BOXES WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT ONE OF THE PIECES OF STRAPPING AND HE FELL ON THE GROUND, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
November 21, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A SLIGHT GRADE IN BUILDING WHERE HE WAS WORKING FOR THE DAY WITH WORK BOOTS UNTIED,WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
November 21, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Star Fire Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS HELPING CARRY CONCRETE FORMS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING WEIGHT OF FORMS TO SHIFT AND INDUCE TWISTING MOTION OF UPPER BODY RESULTING IN MUSCLE STRAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK.
Mingo Logan Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HIT BY METAL DOOR FROM BEHIND
November 21, 1991
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolomite Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REPAIRING TIRE.WHILE DISMOUNTING TIRE FROM RIM PULLED SHOULDER AND HURT IT.
WELDING ON CRUSHER FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TAIL BONE
November 21, 1991
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Old Prairie Products · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN SAND BETWEEN TROUGHING ROLLERS OF A POWERSCREEN BELT FEEDER. THE FEEDER BELT WAS STILL RUNNING WHEN THE VICTIMS FOREARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLER AND FEEDER BELT AND BECAME WEDGED. ANOTHER OPERATOR WAS STANDING NEARBY AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN MACHINE.
November 21, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Norlite Corp · Struck by falling object
PICKING UP COUPLING PIPE FELL INJ TO HAND
November 21, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE CUT THE METAL BAND HOLDING THE 8"X8"X8' WOODEN TIES AND THE TIE FELL ON HIS FOOT.
November 21, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Ibold Inc · Struck against a moving object
INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN HE SET THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTER DOWN ON HIS LEG.
November 21, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Black Dragon Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BENDING ROOF BOLT AND HAND SLIPPED OFF AND TWISTED BACK.
November 21, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southdown California Cement Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ON NOVMENER 21,1991 EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE BRAKE SHOE ON A ROCK CAR AT THE UNLOADING STATION WHEN HE FELT A POP.EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR AND DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME.ON FEB 13,1992 E MPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS KNEE HURT.HE WAS SENT TOTHE DOCTOR AND DOCTOR DETERMINED EMPLOYEE HAS ARTHRITIS.
November 21, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL WAS GOING DOWN STAIRS TO DRYER CONTROL ROOM WHEN HE FELL.
November 21, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by flying object
BACKING OUT OF SHIELD TRIPPED OVER HIS OWN FEET AS HE FELL HOSE FLEW CAUSED HIM TO BE STRUCK BY FLYING MATERIAL
November 21, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
F Taylor Mining Corp · Rubbed or abraded
FLUID ON L KNEE
Delaware Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHEN LIFTING STONE, EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
November 21, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Big Ridge Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EE WAS DUSTING ROCK WHEN ANOTHER EE MOVED THE ROCK DUSTER, JERKING THE HOSE AND TWISTING THE EE. THIS TWISTING ALLEGEDLY CAUSED THE EE TO STRAIN HIS SHOULDER, LOWER BACK, NECK, AND HIP.
November 21, 1991
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Coal Mac Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE CAUSE OF THE INJURY IS UNCERTAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER WHEN HIS LEFT LEG BECAME PAINFUL. EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES PAIN BECAME SO BAD THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK. NO ACCIDENT T RAMA OCCURRED THIS IS POSSIBLY TIED TO A 1985 BROKEN HIP" INJURY.
November 21, 1991
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
OTHER
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ORIGINAL ACCIDENT 11-21-91. MEDICALLY TREATED - SURGERY 8-20-92.
November 21, 1991
IL · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN THE HOUSE OF THE 2570 DRAGLINE & T RIPPED OVER A STA TIONARY BOX CHANNEL THAT CROSSED THE WALKWAY HE FELL TO THE FLOOR BRUISING HIS LEFT LEG HIP & HAND
November 21, 1991
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oil-Dri Georgia LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WHILE PULLING CONCRETE HOE THROUGH CONCRETE IN PROCESS OF SMOOTHING OUT CONCRETE. EMPL USED IMPROPER TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING JOB.
November 20, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE & FELL WHILE CLIMBING LADDER.
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE WALKING TOWARD FACE AREA, HE TRIPPED ON MINER CABLE AND STUMBLED CAUSING PAIN TO LEFT ANKLE.
November 20, 1991
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holnam Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL PUTTING EXHAUST SYSTEM ON PICKUP TRUCK USING KNEE TO HOLD UP MUFFLER WHILE WIRING IT IN PLACE.WAS WORKING LAYING ON HIS BACK UNDER TRUCK ON CEMENT FLOOR OF SHOP.EXPERIENCED PAIN ON WAY HO ME THAT AM AND ALSO UPON WAKING NEXT MORNING.HAD PAIN & TIGHTNESS IN LOWER BACK.
November 20, 1991
MA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN CLIMBING LADDER TO GET INTO END DUMP.HE THEN FELL BACKWARDS TO GROUND HITTING SHOULDER ON STEEL PLANT PART ON GROUND.NO LOST DAYS UNTIL MARCH 9,1992 FOR OPERATION.BEFORE THAT HE WAS WORKING AND GOING TO DOCTOR.
November 20, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A CRIB TIE ON TOP OF A CRIB AND THE CRIB TIE FELL OFF STRIKING INJUED IN THE CHEST.HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CATCH THE CRIB TIE.THIS RESULTED IN A BRUISE TO THE CHEST.
November 20, 1991
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Conakay Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE GETTING OFF MANTRIP THE OPERATOR OF THE MANTRIP LET IT ROLL BACK ON INJURED EE S FOOT INJURY WAS TO THE LEFT FOOT.
November 20, 1991
KY · Coal
auger operator, auger crew supervisor
MACHINERY
Marine Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP ON LADDER & MOVED AUGER CARRIAGE FORWARD & MASHED RIGHT FOOT AGAINST SAFETY POLE.
November 20, 1991
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Hills Lignite A Limited Liability Co · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE THROWING BAGS. BAGS ARE FILLED WITH LIGNITE MATERIAL WHICH WEIGH 50 LBS.
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WHILE WELDING ON A BLASTING PROTECTION SHIELD STEPPED ON A SPENT WELDING ROD WHICH WENT THRU HIS BOOT AND INTO HIS TOE. HE WAS SENT TO THE PHYSICIAN FOR TREATMENT. EMPLOYEE WAS RELEAS ED FOR URESTRICTED WORK THROUGH THE NEXT DAY. ON 11-21 HE RETURNED TO WORK, BUT IN THE AFTERNOON HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS FOR INFECTION AND CRUTCHES
November 20, 1991
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cambior Alaska Inc · Fall onto or against objects
I NAME WAS CARRYING PIPE HOSE WHILE WORKING ON PUMP I NAME SLIPPED & FELL LANDING ON BACK & HOSE LANDED ON TOP OF HIM SURFACE WAS SNOW & ICE
Helen Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
THE MAN WAS CARRYING A BOX OF FILDERS WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A PIECE OF COAL CAUSING HIM TO INJURE HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON SWIGING STEP, CHECKING ENGINE OIL ON THE HAUL TRUCK. STEP SWUMP INWARDS CAUSIGN EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE BALANCE AND FALL AGAINST FRONT TIRE AND THEN TO GROUND STRIKING HER HEAD AND NECK.
November 20, 1991
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Calco Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING CLEAN UP WORK. HE WAS LOADING WASTE INTO A WHEELBARROW TO TAKE TO DUMP AREA. HE MAY HAVE LOADED WHEELBARROW HEAVIER THAN HE SHOULD HAVE. HE PULLED MUSCLE OR STRAINED LOWER B AKC MUSCLE.
November 20, 1991
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REAPIR HOS EON PUMP.THE PLATFROM HE WAS STANDING ON FLOATED UNDER A PUMP PLATFORM.THIS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN HIS BACK.
November 20, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mecco Inc · Fall from machine
I NAME WAS STEPPING UP INT O EUCLID & SLIPPED ON TOP STEP HE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON LEFT ANKLE
November 20, 1991
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Garden Creek Pocahontas Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON A RAM PIN TRYING TO REMOVE IT. HIS PARTNER ACTIVATED THE RAM JACK AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE PIN AND FACELINE. HE NEEDED STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
Central Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPL HAD JUST FINISHED DUMPING ROCK WHEN HDY LINE BLEW. OIL OUT OF HOSE BLEW DIRECTLY ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. OIL CAUGHT ON FIRE BURNED UNTIL TRUCK DIED.
November 20, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lancaster Stone Products Llc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO REPLACE SKIRTING ON COVNEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND SLAMMED HIS RIGHT KNEE INTO THE RUNG OF THE LADDER.
Beaumont Concrete Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO MOVE SOME ROCK AROUND WITH A PRY BAR & HPD HIS HAND LAYING ON ANOTHER & ANOTHER ROCK. SLID DOWN ON HIS LITTEL FINGER-LEFT HAND, IT CUT & POSSIBLY BROKE HIS FINGER.
November 20, 1991
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Johns Creek Processing Company · Struck against a moving object
EMPL IS A BULLDOZER OPERATOR AND ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT REPORTED TO FOREMAN AT THE END OF THE SHIFT THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM AND HE WOULD BE GOING TO HIS DR.REOCCURRENCE FROM ACCIDENT ON 7-28-87.
November 20, 1991
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LEANED OVER ONE PALLET TO PICK UP ANOTHER PALLET AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
November 20, 1991
KY · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
MACHINERY
Cliffco Enterprise Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM SAID HE WAS STRUCK BY LOOSE LUMP OF COAL THAT REFLECTED OFF SOLID RIB CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF VICTIMS HEAD REQUIRING THREE STITCHS IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS 2 IN TOP & 1 B EHIND LEFT EAR.
November 20, 1991
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE HAD SCALED ROOF AND RIBS IN WORK AREA AND WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 8"X8"X4" FELL FROM HEIGHT ABOUT TWO FEET ABOVE HEAD AND STRUCK HIM ON B ACK AND LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING PAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER.
November 20, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Placer Dome U. S. Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING CONTRACT TIREMAN CHANGING A LOADER TIRE.ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS SLIPPED AND STARTED TO FALL WHEN OUR EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIM.OUR EMPLOYEE THEN SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.EMPLOYEE ON REGULAR DAY OFF NEXT THREE DAYS.RETURNED TO WORK 11-24-91, UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK 11-25-91.
November 20, 1991
PA · Coal
assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management
POWERED HAULAGE
Lion Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object
ON CART LOST CONTROL OVERTURNED ON TOP OF HIM
November 20, 1991
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
11/20/91 INJURED ALLEGED THAT HE HAD SLIPPED OFF THE LAST STEP OF A FRONT END LOADER BOARDING LADDER. HE CLAIMS HE FELL APPROX 3 FEET TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON BOTH FEET. HE ALSO CLAIMS TH AT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT HIP. HE REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON THE DAY OF THE ALLEGED ACCIDENT. 11-21-91, HE REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION STATING THAT HIS LOWER BACK AND RIG
EMPL CHANGING OIL FILTER ,CUT RIGHT THUMBJ ON JAGGED PIECE OF METAL RECD 8 STITCHES.
Holnam Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS STANDING WITH OPERATOR IN PRIMARY CRUHSER CONTROL BOOTH.OPERATOR'S CB RADIO FELL FROM SHELF AND AS INJURED REACHED TO CATCH RADIO,HE FELT PULL IN FRONT OF RIGHT SHOULDER.
November 20, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Magma Copper Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTING A PUMP WITH A COME-ALONG WHEN THE PUMP ROLLED ON ITS SIDE AND PINNED EMPLOYEE'S FOOT BETWEEN A PIPE AND THE PUMP.
November 20, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS MOVING A WATER PUMP ON THE TAILGATE ON THE LONGWALL AND WHILE PULLING ON THE PUMP HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
November 20, 1991
PA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pbs Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL LOWERING FLYWHEEL FROM PAN WHEN FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.
Wind River Resources Corp · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE INFORMED OTHER EMPLOYEE OF SORE ELBOW (REFERED TO HITTING IT THE DAY BEFORE). IT WAS MENTIONED IN PASSING FORM. TWELVE DAYS LATER EMPLOYEE WAS ASKED TO OPERATO DRILL OUTSIDE(COLD WE ATHER. EMPLOYEE THEN INFORMED EMPLOYEE THAT IF THAT WAS ALL THE WORK WE COULD OFFER HIM THAT HE THEN WOULD GO HOME AND TO A DOCTOR TO COMPLAIN ABOUT HIS ELBOW. THE ELBOW HE SAID WAS INJURED
November 20, 1991
OH · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS WALKING IN THE MINE WHEN HE STPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
Fiddle Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING SCOOP WHEN RIB ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK HIM.
November 20, 1991
PA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Lion Mining Company · Fall from machine
OPER GOLF CART CAUGHT R SHOULDER ON MINE ROOF IT THREW HIM FROM CART BRUISING R SHOULDER AND R RIB CAGE
November 20, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Teays Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PUTTING TOGETHER TWO PIECES OF WATER LINE- SMASHED MIDDLE FINGER- RIGHT HAND.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS OVERCAST ON SECTION 3 BELT INBY HEADER CARYING A SHOVEL WHEN SHE TRIPPED & FELL OFF OVERCAST HURTING LEFT ANKLE
Rawl Sales & Processing Company · Struck against stationary object
WHILE OPERATING MAN BUS EMPLOYEE HEAD HIT AGAINST MINE ROOF.
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS FILLING WATER TANK WITH HOSE TO WATER TRACK WHEN HOSE CAME OUT OF TANK. MAN TRIED TO GET OUT OF WAY OF WATER AND BACKED INTO WATER CAR HITTING RIGHT MIDDLE PART OF BACK .
November 20, 1991
PA · Coal
draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor
POWERED HAULAGE
Lion Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
IN MINE ON CART LOST CONTROL OF IT IT OVERTURNED ON TOP OF HIM SLIGHT BONE FRAGMENT MISSING ONE OF VERTABRAES IN NECK
Springfield Underground Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING A BASE ROCK OFF OF THE CEILING. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SCALING BAR AND AS HE WAS PRYING UPWARD, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER FRONT STOMACH.
November 20, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by flying object
WHILE WORKING ON LONGWALL SHEARER, A PIECE OF DEBRIS BLEW OFF OF LW SHIELD AND SCRATCHED THE INJURED'S LEFT EYE.
November 20, 1991
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Continental Cement Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPL REMOVED PORT COVER ON SUCTION PIPE ON HOPPER FOR DUST COLLECTOR FOR #2 FK PUMP AT PACKHOUSE IN ORDER TO GET CEMENT MOVING FROM HOPPAER. CEMENT STARTED MOVING SUDDENLY & FLUSHED OUT PORT H OLE STRIKING INJ IN FACE GETTING CEMENT IN BOTH EYES & RESULTIG IN CHEMICAL BURN TO LEFT EYE.
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CLIMBING IN MOTOR SLIPPED OFF STEP AND TWISTED ANKLE
November 20, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMPL WAS REMOVING BELT STRUCTURE FROM TRAILER. ROLLERS WERE TIED TOGETHER WHEN HE CUT WIRE THAT WAS TIED AROUND ROLLERS ROLLERS ROLLED DOWN OVER HAND CAUSING CONTUSION.
November 20, 1991
IL · Coal
scoop car operator
MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
MAN STATED TOP WORKING IN FRONT OF HIM, TURNED AROUND TO WATCH WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND TOP POPPED AND HE MOVED BACK QUICKLY AND TRIPPED OVER A ROCK AND FELL.
November 20, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
McElroy Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HELPING HANG VENTILATION TUBING, COVERED WITH COAL, LIFTING FELT PAIN IN L SIDE OF ABDOMEN
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE REPLACING A HYDRAULIC HOSE UNDER SHIELD, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN SHIELDS AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.
November 20, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Conakay Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE INJURED WAS INSTALLING DRILL STEEL, A PIECE OF ROCK CAUSED THE STEEL TO SLIP AND PINCHED THE INDEX FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND.
November 20, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE ALLEGES THAT AS HE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN UNIT 4 HE TURNED AND REACHED FOR A ROOF BOLT AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WORKED THIS SHIFT THEN AN 11-21-91 WENT OUT OF MINE TO DR WITH BACK PAIN.
November 20, 1991
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AS HE WAS INSTALLING ROLLERS ON THE BELT CONVEYOR, HE STRAINED HIS LEFT ARM.
November 20, 1991
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS AT CAB OF BOLTER GETTING A BIT RING FROM HIS BUCKET. HE WAS BENT FORWARD WHEN A PIECE OF TOP 2'X3'X3" FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS ABOVE HIM, STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT S HOULDER AND BACK OF THE HEAD.
November 20, 1991
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE LIFTED A 48 INCH BELT CHAIN FELT PAIN IN BACK AND UPPER NECK.
November 20, 1991
VA · Coal
electrician, lineman
OTHER
Comanche Coal Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data
EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF HARD FEELING FUNNY SECTION FOREAMAN & OWNER WAS UN-AWARE OF ANY INJURY. SECTION FOREMAN ASKED HIM IF HE INJURED HIS HAND & HE REPLIED NO THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPEN ED.
November 19, 1991
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
MACHINERY
Stillwater Mining Company · Struck by falling object
TIGHTENING BOLT SLAB OF ROCK FELL WEDGED SHAPED, STRUCK HIM
November 19, 1991
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Childress Service Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances
HOLDING PIECE OF PLATE TO BE WELDED.
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJ WAS GOING TO REMOVE VENTILATION ROD IN #1 ENTRY ON 6 NORTH SECTION SO MINER COULD CLEAN UP CURTAIN SIDE RIB. INJ NOTICED PIECE OF ROOF ROCK ABOUT TO FALL ON VENTILAITON ROD SO HE BEGAN TO MOVE BACK WHEN ROCK FELL ON ROD CAUSING END OF VENTILATION ROD TO STRIKE INJ IN LOWER PART OF BACK. ROCK MEASURED 3' IN DIAMETER & WAS 2 TO 3" THICK. VENTILATION ROD IS 22' LONG.
Rawl Sales & Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PERSON WAS TRAMMING SCOOP IN NO 5 ENTRY WHEN CANOPY RUBBED THE ROOF & THE CANOPY BROKE LOOSE FROM THE LEGS ON THE SCOOP & STRUCK THE LEFT LEG CAUSING INJURIES
November 19, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HANGING A TRAILING CABLE FOR A ROOFBOLT MACHINE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by falling object
WHILE OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE FACE AREA, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING THE INJURED MAN ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER. CONTUSION RIGHT SHOULDER.
November 19, 1991
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Branch Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE HAD TO GET OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO WALK AROUND AND GET THE TICKET FROM THE SCALE HOUSE WHEN HE FELL AND GRABBED ONTO THE FRONT TRUCK MIRROR. HE JERKED THE TOP OF HIS SHOULDERS AND BACK.
November 19, 1991
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Trojan Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS TIGHTING BELT BOARD AS HE DID HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
November 19, 1991
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Company · Struck against a moving object
INJURED WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AROUND A BLIND TURN. HE RAN INTO CONTINUOUS MIENR WHICH HAD BACKED OUT OF THE FACE. IMPACT THREW HIM FORWARD, THUS STRIKING HIS CHEST AGAINST STEERING WHEEL .
November 19, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harlan Kyva Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING BALL OF CONVEYOR BELT.
ROCK CAME OUT FROM BEHIND A MAT AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND.
November 19, 1991
WV · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
OTHER
Cannelton Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BACK PAIN EMPLOYEE HAS PERSISTANT AND RECURRING PAIN AND INDICATED ASSOCIATED WITH BACK PAIN HISTORY REPORTED 04-23-90,10-15-90,10-29-90 AND 11-18-91.INJURY REPORT 7000-1 WAS TIME LOST.THIS RE PORT IS RECURRING PAIN NON-INCIDENT-LOST WORKDAYS AS OF 11-19-91.
November 19, 1991
VA · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS MOVING FEEDER FROM TAILPIECE WITH SCOOP AND PULLING WHEN CHAIN BROKE AND THE END OF FEEDER THAT INJURED WAS ON WENT AGAIN THE TOP INJURING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT SHOULDER.
November 19, 1991
PA · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL PICKING UP SAFETY ROPE ,FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.NO DR UNTIL 11-21-91.
L B J Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TWO EE WAS GETTING ON PERSONNEL CARD AND THE FORWARD AND REVERSE SWITCH WAS LEFT IN THE FORWARD POSITION THE OPERATOR KNEE BUMP THE THROTTLE AND THE CART RAN OVER THE VICTIM LEFT FOOT, FRACTUR ING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
November 19, 1991
OH · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE ON A LOCOMOTIVE MOVING A LOWBAY ATTACHED WITH A CHAIN. THE CHAIN BROKE AND LOW-BOY STARTED DOWN AND UP AN INCLINE. THEY WERE FOLLOWING LOW-BOY WITH MOTOR TO WARN O THER WORKMEN. THE LOW-BOY ROLLED BACKWARDS AND STRUCK THE LOCOMOTIVE, INJURED WAS THROWN FROM MOTOR ON IMPACT.
Copper Range Company · Fall from machine
BACKING OUT OF INTERSECTION WHEN 3IN AIR HOSE BLEW APART STRUCK HIM KMNOCKING HIM OFF TRACTOR
November 19, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Live Oak Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL THROWING ROOF BOLT INTO PLACE WHEN BACK HURT.
November 19, 1991
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
TAKING BLOCKS OF STONE OFF CONVEYOR B ELT OF TILE SAW WHEN ONE PIECE OF STONE SLIPPED & FELL ON FOOT.
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TAKING A PIN OUT OF THE RUB RAIL ON THE MINER, AS HE REMOVED THE PIN, THE RAIL WAS IN A BIND AND SPRUNG OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT.
November 19, 1991
OH · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE ON A LOCOMOTIVE MOVING A LOWBAY ATTACHED WITH A CHAIN. THE CHAIN BROKE AND LOW-BOY STARTED DOWN AND UP AN INCLINE. THEY WERE FOLLOWING LOW-BOY WITH MOTOR TO WARN O THER WORKMEN. THE LOW-BOY ROLLED BACKWARDS AND STRUCK THE LOCOMOTIVE, INJURED RIGHT LEG WAS BETWEEN SEAT AND BRAKE UPON IMPACT(FXRT.LEG).
November 19, 1991
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
OTHER
Fife Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GUST OF WIND CAUGHT TAIL GATE-IT SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK DRIVER AS HE WAS RETURNING TO CAB AFTER CHECKING BOX TO SEE IF EMPTY.
Pioneer Concrete South Carolina Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE TRACK LOADER TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO THE GROUND HE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.
Black Pine Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS INSTALLING 3/4" PLATE STEEL INSIDE A DUMPBED. HE WAS LIFTING A PIECE ABOUT 4 FT INTO THE AIR, WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND JARRED HIS BACK. THE STEEL PLATE WEIGHED APPROX. 150 LBS. HE D ID NOT FALL DOWN OR DROP THE PLATE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED HE EXPEREINCED PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK.
INGUINAL HERNIA AS A RESULT OF LIFTING INJURY.
November 19, 1991
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPL INJURED WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER IN PRODUCTION UNIT.WHILE DRILLING INTO MINE ROOF,EMPL WAS STRUCK IN RIGHT LEG AND ANKLE BY A PIECE 12' X 7' X 3" ROOF MATERIAL.EMPL RECEIVED MINOR ABRA SIONS TO LOWER LEG AND FRACTURES TO RIGHT FIBULA AND NAVICULAR BONES IN RIGHT FOOT.
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS PULLING A NAIL OUT OF A HINGE THAT WAS ON A WOODEN DOOR AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
November 19, 1991
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alcoa World Alumina Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE CAME TO THE PLANT DISPENSARY COMPLAINING OF HIS KNEES "POPPING" AFTER SQUATTING DOWN WHILE PUTTING LEAVES IN THE BUILDING 35 14 PRESS. WHILE THIS PROBLEM CANNOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY ONE SPECIFIC INCIDENT, THE EMPLOYEE DID END UP HAVING SURGERY, RESULTING IN LOST WORK DAYS.
Castle Mountain Venture · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PRE-EXISTING BACK CONDITION. EMPLOYEE WORKING WITH SURVEY PARTY, CARRYING ROD, STEPPED ON ROCK, SLIPPED AND TWISTED BACK.
Floridin Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING UP ONTO FORKLIFT WITH HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT KNEE. HE FELT SOMETHING PULL INSIDE HIS KNEE.
November 19, 1991
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Mutual Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
BACK OVER ROCK ON D8K STOVED HIS BACK HE HAS HAD A BACK PROBLEM FOR YEARS.
November 19, 1991
AL · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Drummond Company, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A BANK TO GET TO HIS LOADER. HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD AGAINST THE LOADER FRAME.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WENT INTO THE FACE OF #4 ENTRY TO HELP SERVICE CREW WHEN HE STEPPED ON A CURTAIN STRIP (BOARD). A NAIL WENT THRU HIS BOOT AND INTO HIS FOOT (RT).
November 19, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
R J & C Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TWISTING PINNER AROUND WHEN IT CAUGHT THE FOOT UNDER THE DECK.
November 19, 1991
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PORTABLE OXYGEN & ATECTELENE TANK CART TO AN AREA IN THE OUTSIDE SUPPLY YARD TO DO SOME CUTTING. WHILE PULLING CART EMPLOYEE TRAMPED ON A STONE OR UNEVEN SURFACE AND TWI STED HIS RIGHT KNEE, CAUSING A SPRAIN OF THE LIGYHT KNEE.
November 19, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
High Power Energy · Fall from machine
EE, A MECHANIC, FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE BACK OF HIS MECHANIC'S TRUCK.
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJ USED HAMMER TO RELEASE EMULSION OUT OF SINGLE PROP THAT WAS SUPPORTING 4" I BEAM & BEAM SWUNG SIDEWAYS & STRUCK HIM IN SIDE OF HEAD CUTTING HEAD.
November 18, 1991
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
NYCO Minerals, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING AN EXOLEN ROTOR HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
November 18, 1991
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE WALKING, EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN A HOLE WITH WATER IN IT, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
CHANGING DRILL BIT CUT HIS KNEE ON ROCK
November 18, 1991
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Circle Cement · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF CEMENT AND FELT A SNAP IN HIS BACK. HE WAS IN SEVERE PAIN THE FOLLOWING DAY.
November 18, 1991
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jacob's Creek Stone Company Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS HOLDING PIN TO PUT IN BULLDOZER TRACK; ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TAPPED THE PIN WITH A HAMMER, WHICH BROKE OFF A STEEL SLIVER; THE SILVER OF STEEL (APPROX. 1/2") ENTERED TOP OF LEFT HAND AND ENT ERED KNUCKLE OF THIRD FINGER.-ONE ACCIDENT.
November 18, 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)
THIS EMPLOYEE REPORTED FEELING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER A COUPLING DEICE ON THE SHOP FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A COUPLER FROM AN UNDERGROUND RAIL CA R WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Horizons Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL STATED THAT CREW WAS REMOVING SPROCKET FROM SHAFT. HE WAS HOLDNG SLEDGE HAMMER BY HANDLE ON SPROCKET WHILE EMPL WAS USING ANOTHER SLEDGE HAMMER TO HIT ONE EMPL WAS HOLDING. ON DOWNWARD SW ING HANDLE OF INJ'S HAMMER BROKE ALLOWING HEAD OF INJ'S HAMMER TO HIT INJ'S LEFT HAND ON BACK SIDE JUST BELOW THUMB. GLOVES WERE BEING USED AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
November 18, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Con-Ag Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE DRIVING A BOLT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF THE SLEDGE HAMMER AND LODGED ITSELF IN HIS LEFT LEG.
November 18, 1991
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Kline Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FMC 300 ROOF BOLTER IN LOW COAL AND SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.
November 18, 1991
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LOADING ROCK BY HAND IN BACK OF TRUCK.PICKED UP A ROCK THAT WAS TOO BIG.FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF ABDOMEN.
November 18, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PREP PLANT TRYING TO PULL ONE INCH WATER HOSE THAT WAS STUCK IN MAGNETITE TANK GOT SHARP STABBING PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK.
Hardin County Materials Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED WAS CLEANING THE WALKWAY AND OPENING TH EPRIMARY CRUSHER ACCESS DOORS IN PREPARATION FOR THE CRUSHER INSPECTION. AS HE PULLED ON THE ACCESS DOOR, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
November 18, 1991
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Hobet Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
A BIF ROCK ROLLED INTO THE DOZER THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING JARRING THE EMPLOYEE'S NECK, ON 11-21 THE DR DETERMINED THE EMPLOYEE SHOULDE REMAIN OFF OWRK UNTIL 11-25-91 AND INCLUDE THE 11-18-91 THRU 11-21-91.
November 18, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Linda Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING PIT TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. HE LIFTED THE HOOD AND FELT PAIN IN HIS MIDBACK.
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP, RAN OVER TIMBER, JARRED SCOOP, PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
November 18, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ON THE WAY TO THE BELT FEEDER HE SAID HE HIT BUMP IN ROADWAY AND STARTED TO HAVE BACK PAIN.
November 18, 1991
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS IN THE 5 SOUTH 2 ME TRAVEL ENTRY RETRIEVING ROOF BOLTER CABLE. HE WAS PULLING THIS CABLE BY HAND SINCE THIS AREA IS ON RETURN AIR. HE SUFFERED A LOW BACK STRAIN.
Continental Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STACKING BUCKETS STRAINED UPPER ARM
November 18, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Monarch Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE HE CAUGHT HIMSELF AS HE STARTED TO FALL & STRAINED HIS BACK ALLEGED TO HAPPEN 11-18-91 FIRST REPORTED TO COMPANY 12-09-91
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EE WAS REACHING FOR PIN BOARDS ON THE BOLTER AND PIECEW OF GOB FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS 8 INCH BY 10 INCH 4 INCH THICK AND STRUCK HIM ON WRIST AND HE JERKED WRIST BACK AND STRAINED HIS WRIST.
November 18, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
OTHER
Asbury Advanced Materials · Struck by flying object
EMPL DUMPING CARBON MATERIAL FROM 1 TON SACKS.WIND BLEW SOME MATERIAL INTO
November 18, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE STATED HE WAS CARRYING CHAIN HOIST DOWN LONGWALL FACE AND STRAIN HIS RIGHT SIDE OF GROIN.
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG THE TRACK IN 5 WEST BELT HEADING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO BOTTOM ROCK ON THE TRACK.
November 18, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK AND WAS BEING LOADED WHEN THE SHOVEL BUCKET HIT THE TRUCK AND JOSTLED HIM CAUSING A PAIN IN THE NECK.
November 18, 1991
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
White County Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE STARTING BOOM PRESSURE & ROTATION STEEL HIT HEAD IN TOP & BENT THE STEEL CAME AROUND HITTING HIM ON LEFT WRIST
November 18, 1991
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILLING PUSHED BOLT UP GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE BOLTER HEAD
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Owensboro Coal Dock Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2 EMPL CLOSING DOORS ON RR CARS AFTER UNLOADING.I.NAME THUMB WAS CAUGHT IN DOOR WHEN IT CLOSED MASHING IT AND BREAKING IT FROM JOINT TO END.
November 18, 1991
PA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL CARRYING 54" BOTTOM ROLLER INTO BELTLINE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
November 18, 1991
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rissler & Mc Murry Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING COMPRESSED GAS CYLINDER OUT OF WELDING TRUCK.
Arch Of Kentucky · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EXAMINING G-NORTH #1 BELT.AT #22 X-CUT,STEPPED ON THE PIPELINE 6" TO WALK AROUND A CRIB.FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF PIPE SPRAINING RIGHT ANKLE.
November 18, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Magma Copper Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WAS KNEELING DOWN BURNING RAIL MATT WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT PAIN IN KNEE. INCIDENT RESULTED IN TORN MEDIAL CARTLIDGE RIGHT KNEE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Silver Nugget Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON 682 S & S SCOOP.THE BATTERY WAS NOT HAVING IN POSITION TO BE LOWERED ONTO SCOOP.INJURED PULLED THE BATTERY AROUND IN POSITION AND BATTERY SHIFTED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGE R.
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE REMOVING A SHIELD FROM A BELT DRIVE THE SHIELD SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT THUMB. STRAIN RIGHT THUMB.
Webster County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MAN WAS LETTING WHEELS DOWN ON A RUBBER RAIL SUPPLY CAR WHEN HIS FOOT BECAME CAUGHT.
November 18, 1991
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
I.NAME GETTING SAMPLE TUB FROM UNDER SAMPLER AT LOADOUT AND CUT HIS FINGER.
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STATES TO SUPERVISOR THAT WHILE HE WAS GETTING OUT OF CAB OF SCOOP HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HELPING MOVE MINER FORM 4 TO 5 PLACE, PULLING CABLE OUT OF ROAD TWISTED R KNEE
November 18, 1991
AL · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
HELPING WELDER BY HOLDING SOME METAL IN PLACE WHILE THE WELDER WAS WELDING IT TOGETHER ON THE PORTABLE CRUSHER NOT WELDING EYES SUBJECT TO RAYS FROM WELDING
November 18, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Hutchinson Salt Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
BECAME DIZZY AND DISORIENTED
November 18, 1991
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Akzo Nobel Salt Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WALKING ON DECKING AT NEW BARGE RAMP.SECTION OF DECKING GAVE WAY CAUSING EMPL TO FALL AND DISLOCATE LEFT SHOULDER.ACCIDENT CAUSED BY IMPROPER CONSTRUCTION OF BARGE RAMP DECKING.
November 18, 1991
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrod Concrete & Stone Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE HAD A PREVIOUS BACK INJURY TAHT WAS UNKNOWN TO THE COMPANY WHEN HE WAS HIRED. THE WORK THAT HE DOES FOR US HAS AGGREVATED THIS INJURY. THEIR WAS NEVER ATIME OF ACCIDENT. THIS WAS AN ON GOING PROBLEM. EMPLOYEE DOES A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT JOBS.
November 18, 1991
UT · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunnyside Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ADJUSTING FORKS ON LIFT CAUGHT FINGER ON IT
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL HAD PLACED SCOOP ON CHARGE & WAS IN PROCESS OF GETTING OFF TOP OF SCOOP WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ONTO IRREGULAR BOTTOMS. THIS CAUSED HIM TO SPRAIN LEFT ANKLE.
November 18, 1991
IL · Coal
belt cleaner, picker
OTHER
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STARTED MISSING AGAIN ON SAME INJURY ON 11-18-91 NO NEW OCCURRENCE.
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Triple S Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A ROCK HIT NECK AND CHEEK.
November 18, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
electrician, lineman
MACHINERY
Southern Nevada Paving · Flash burns (welding)
ASSISTING WELDER WHEN HE RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES.
November 18, 1991
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
ELECTRICAL
County Concrete Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START LOADER.ENGINE RAN FOR 3 TO 3 SECONDS AND STOPPED.FURTHER ATTEMPTS DID NOT START ENGINE.EMPLOYEE RAISED THE SEAT HOOKING IT WITH BUNGEE CORD TO HOLD IT FORWARD. WITH FEET OUTSIDE CAB HE APPEARED TO BE CHECKING BATTERY TERMINAL CONNECTIONS WHEN A BALL OF FLAME ERUPTED WITH OUT SOUND ENGULFING CAR.EMPLOYEE JUMPED BACK AND LANDED ON GROUND.WITHIN A SECO
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object
HE WAS PULLING ROCK OFF OF PINNER. IT SLID DOWN AND CAUGHT FINGER. CUT FINGER TOOK 5 STITCHES.
November 18, 1991
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
VICTIM WAS DRIVING 30 TON END DUMP TEREX FROM UNDERGROUND MINE TO A SURFACE HPPER. EMPLOYEE SAID THAT THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD. EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM TRUCK BRE AKING HIS LEFT ANKLE. TRUCK TRAVELED 30 FEET AND CAME TO A STOP.
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
MACHINERY
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING ROCK WITH BACKHOE. DROVE BACKHOE OVER BERM WITH BUCKET LOADED IN A RAISED POSITION CAUSING BACKHOE TO TILT FORWARD. BACKHOE TURNED OVER 2 1/2 TIMES.
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects
WALKING THRU X CUT SLIPPED ON ROCK FELL LANDED ON ANKLE
November 18, 1991
PA · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
APPLYING BRAKE TROLLEY POLE CAME LOOSE PINCHED L MIDDLE RING AND LITTLE FINGERS BETWEEN BRAKE AND POLE LOCK
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Kyber Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WORKING ON REFUSE BELT, PERSON WAS STANDING BESIDE OF BELT USING TORCH. CUTTING METAL OUT OF CHUTE FEEDING BELT. CUTTING METAL ABOUT HEAD-HIGH. TURNING SIDE WAYS AS HE WAS CUTTING METAL THEN FELT A SHARP PAIN IN BACK.
November 18, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Sycamore Fuels Inc · Fall onto or against objects
FOLLOWING ROOF BOLTER ACROSS SECTION TAKING DOWN CABLE ROOF BOLT OPERATOR TOOK CABLE UP ON REEL & CAUGHT HELPER LEG IN CABLE PULLED HELPERS LEG FROM UNDERNEATH HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL
November 18, 1991
AL · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
OTHER
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN ON 11-18-91.HE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH HIS LOWER BACK,RELATING TO THE ORIGINAL DATE OF 03-09-90.
November 18, 1991
PA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tanoma Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
WHILE OPERATING MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR EMPL WAS STRUCK BY PIECE OF ROOF ROCK 12"X14"X1/4" ON HEAD.
November 18, 1991
IL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object
REMOVING ROLELRS FROM THE LONGWALL BELT, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK INJURD ON THE HEAD.
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CLEANING UNDER BELT BROOM BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN BOTTOM OF BELT & THE BOTTOM ROLLER THIS CAUSED HIS HAND TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN BROOM & THE BOTTOM BELT IN PULLING HIS HAND FREE HE BRU ISED & ABRASED HIS HAND
November 18, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Tommy Creek Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN RIB ROLLED & HIT BACK.
EE SAID HE WAS POSITIONING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW.
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Hill Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CYINDER BLOCKS IN SCOOP BUCKET. WHEN ONE FELL OUT OF BUCKET AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT FOOT.
November 18, 1991
AL · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING 3 WEST "C" BELT DRIVE AND FELT PAIN IN BACK WHILE SHOVELING.
November 18, 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)
EE STATED HE WAS TRYING TO PUT COVER ON BATTERY WHEN OPPOSITE END HE WAS HOLDING FELL CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK.
November 18, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Arch Of Kentucky · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN N INCLINE WALKWAY FROM THE COALSILO HE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON THE HAND RAIL EMPLOYEE DIE NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 02-18-92
November 18, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bardon Materials Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE LIFTING A CUTTING EDGE (LEADING EDGE PROTECTOR - 50 LBS) AND PUSHING IT INTO PLACE ON A 988-B FRONT-END LOADER HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
York Building Products Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BENDING OVER WORKING ON REBUILDING ROLLERS FOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM.PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
November 18, 1991
VA · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gbl Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL LIFTING A PART FOR THE MINER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
Powell Mountain Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
STRAINED MUSCLE IN CHEST WHILE UNLOADING TIMBERS FROM SCOOP
Tug Valley Processing Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF PIPE AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
November 17, 1991
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ebasco-Losinger J/V · Fall from machine
UNKNOWN-ADVISED EMT IN COMPANY FIRST AID THAT HE SLIPPED ON STAIRS-PLANT CONTROL TRAILER-THREE DAYS BEFORE ABOVE DATE. BACK AND KNEE HURTING. HAS NOT BEEN TO JOB SINCE HE WAS SENT TO SEE DR.
November 17, 1991
IN · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warrick Holding Company · Fall onto or against objects
I.NAME MOUNTING PUMP TO START IT AND SLIPPED ON DECK OF PUMP.FELL,GRABBED HANDRAIL TO BREAK FALL.STARTED MISSING TIME 11-21-91.
November 17, 1991
KS · 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
INJURED WAS WALKING TO MACHINE SHOP AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE CLINKER, FALLING AND SPRAINING BACK. HE WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTOR BASE IN THE MACHINE SHOP.
Magma Copper Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HAD CLIMBED UP ON SHOVEL, WENT TO PULL LADDER UP WITH LEFT HAND, UNABLE, PROCEDDED TO USE BOTH HANDS AND PULLED LEFT SHOULDER.
November 17, 1991
WV · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
MACHINERY
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HOLDING DRILL STEEL WHILE THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS POSITIONING THE MACHINE TO PUT IN ANOTHER STEEL INJURED CAUGHTHIS THUMB BETWEEN DRILL STEEL & ATRS ROOF SUPPOR T FRAME
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WSA HELPING REMOVE BOTTOM PART OF BELT DRIVE GEAR GUARD FROM BELT DRIVE WHEN HIS END LSID UP CATCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE GEAR GUARD AND THE GEAR.
November 16, 1991
AL · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REACHED OUT FROM BUS FELT PAIN IN BACK
November 16, 1991
VA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CARRYING BELT STRUCTURE PUTTING IT THROUGH BRATTICE DOOR, CAUGHT L FOURTH FINGER ON IT
November 16, 1991
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
RIDING IN AN OPEN JEEP HALF TURNED IN SEAT WITH ARM ON BACK OF SEAT POLE JUMPED OFF WIRE HIT PLANK KNOCKING CRIB BLOCK FROM PLANK CRIB STRUCK HIM ON THE RT HAND FRACTURING HIS RT THUMB & IND EX FINGER
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPL WAS SETTING PUMP IN WATERHOLE HE SLIPPED ON ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL HE CUT LEFT HAND & TWISTED LEFT KNEE. SUTURE WERE REQUIRED IN CUT ON LEFT HAND.
Davidson Mining Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CAMPBELL MAINS EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS BOLTING TOP IN #3 ENTRY STEPPED IN HOLE TWISTED KNEE,THEN FELL ON IT.
Homestake Mining Company of California · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STEEL GOT STUCK AND HE USED 24 WRENCH TO MOVE IT, IT WOULD NOT MOVE SO HE APPLIED A CHEATER PIPE AND INJURED HIS SHOULDER SURGERY ON HIS SHOULDER 11-16-91.
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING 6' YELLOW WATER LINE WHEN HE DROPPED A JOINT ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
Mayo Resources Inc · Fall down stairs
EMPL CARRYING 2 BUCKETS OF SEAL TIGHT OUT OF THE PARTS TRAILER.SLIPPED & FELL ON STEPS OF PARTS TRAILER.
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON FEEDER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON BACK AND FINGER.
Carbon Tech Mining Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPERATOR HAD COMPLETED DRILLING A HOLE ON STABLE, LEVEL GROUND. OPERATOR DID NOT APPLY PARKING BRAKE PRIOR TO SETTING UP ON HOLE. OPERATOR LOWERED MAST AND LIFTED JACKS AND WALKED ABOUT 20' A WAY FROM DRILL TO TALK TO FELLOW WORKER. BOTH MEN NOTICED DRILL ROLLING TOWARD HIGHWALL AND DRILL OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO STOP MACHINE FROM ROLLING OFF HIGHWALL AND IN PROCESS SLIPPED OFF HIGHWA
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRY BAR TO UNLOAD RAILS FROM RAIL TRUCKS. WHEN HE PULLED HORIZONTALLY ON PRY BAR HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WAS CARRYING CRIB BLOCKS OVER OVERCAST & WHILE DOING SO HE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. ACCIDENT REPORT INITIALLY WAS FILED AS FIRST AID. EMPL INFORMED ME ON 12/6/91 THAT HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREAT MENT ON 12/5/91 FOR INJ THEREFORE WE ARE NOW FILING AS MEDICAL. EMPL HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK DUE TO INJ.
November 16, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Leivasy Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING ROCK WITH SLATE BAR PULLED MUSCLE IN L SHOULDER
Eastern Mingo Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF ROCKDUSTER AND CREELED ANKLE ON A PIECE OF ROCK HE STEPPED ON.
November 16, 1991
MD · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mettiki Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRYING TO LOOSEN PIPE FITTINGS EXPER PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN
November 16, 1991
PA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Helvetia Coal Company · Struck by falling object
OPER RF BOLTER STEELS DROPPED STRIKING HIM ON HEAD AND JAMMING NECK
November 16, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMPL USING A RATCHET AND CHEATER BAR TO REMOVE A BOLT FROM SHEAR COWL MOTOR.BOLT BROKE OFF,EMPL FELL STRIKING FACE AGAINST RANGING ARM.
Cooney Bros Coal Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF BULLDOZER AND SHUTTING DOOR, WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND SUFFERED NECK AND BACK PAIN AND INABILITY TO BREATHE.
November 16, 1991
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS CUTTING PIECE OF BELT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIM ON THE LEG.
Copper Range Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STEPPING OFF BASKET OF POWDER MACHINE AND BASKET WAS TOO HIGH CAUSING RIGHT KNEE TO TWIST.WENT TO DR 11-18 AND RECD DIABLED FOR WORK SLIP.
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE BELT WIPE ON THE NO.1 SLOPE BELT. HE HAD REMOVED THE BOLT THAT HELD THE WIPE'S FLAME IN PLACE. WHEN HE STARTED TO REMOVE THE FRAME IT FELL ONTO A CH UTE FRAME AND SMASHED THE EMPLOYEES LITTLE AND RING FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND. THE FINGERS WERE FRACTURED.
November 16, 1991
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPL WAS IN PROCESS OF PATCHING C2 NUGGET CHUTE. AS HE WAS MOVING AROUND TO MEASURE HE TRIPPED ON PIECE OF CONDUIT FALLING & STRIKING ARM & CHEST ON EDGE OF METAL BOX.
November 16, 1991
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rmc Pacific Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL'S DUTIES FOR DAY WERE TO ASSIST PLANT OILER IN CARRYING 5 GALL CANS OF OIL TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN PLANT. EMPL CLAIMS THAT SOMETIME DURING DAY HE HURT LOWER BACK. HE DOES OT KNOW EXACTLY WHEN OR HOW IT HAPPENED.
INJURED WAS COMING DOWN OFF OF THE STEEL STRUCTURE HE TOOK TOO LONG OF A STEP. HE WAS 8 FT FROM THE GROUND. HE DID NOT USE THE STAIRS.
November 16, 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 · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE USING A 602 BUCKET BLADE SCOOP TO PULL 4 INCH PLASTIC PIPE OUT OF THE TAIL ENTRY ON 5 J LONGWALL. EE AND CO EE WERE PULLING A PIECE OF PIPE OVER TO THE SCOOP BUCKET, WHICH WAS PARKED IN THE CROSSCUT OUTBY, AND WERE ATTEMPTING TO TIE THE END OF THE PIPE TO THE SCOOP EJECTOR BLADE WITH A PIECE OF ROPE. THE PIPE HAD TENSION ON IT, WHERE IT HAD BEEN PULLED
November 15, 1991
PA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gemini Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
THE INJURED WAS HELPING MOVE POWER AT THE FACE AREA OF 2ND NORTHEAST BELT SECTION WHILE MOVING POWER CBALE.FOR THE BRIDGE UNTI ACROSS THE BELT HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK-HEIGHT WAS 40 INCH ES AND WET BOTTOM.
November 15, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
ELECTRICAL
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Contact with electrical current
EMPL RECOUPLING IN-LINE COUPLER FOR AUXILLIARY FAN CABLE AND RECD ELECTRICAL SHOCK RENDERING HIM UNCONSCIOUS.
November 15, 1991
KY · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
MACHINERY
Adena Fuels Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BETWEEN MINER TAIL AND RIB AND MINER SLEW PINNING EMPLOYEE AGAINST RIB WITH TAIL.
November 15, 1991
SD · Metal/Non-Metal
driller operator
OTHER
EE WAS LOOSENING THE CHUCK ON A DIAMOND DRILL MACHINE. AS HE PULLED ON THE WRENCH. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE PLATFORM LANDING ON HIS LEFT SIDE WITH HIS LEFT ARM PINNED UNDER HIM.
November 15, 1991
IL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LOADIES ROOF BOLTE MATERIAL ONTO THE BOOM OF 12CM-3 ROOF BOLTER THE INJURED STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
November 15, 1991
IL · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
MACHINERY
AT THE MINER CAB AREA WATCHING THE CABLE WHILE MACHINE MADE A RIGHT TURN FOR A X-CUT.8" OF TOP ROCK FELL AND ROLLED BACK TO LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS.THE ROCK 8" X 3' X 4' STRUCK RIGHT LEG & ANKL
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPL HELPING PULL ROCK DUST HOSE,FELT PAIN IN BACK.
November 15, 1991
PA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS A 2 LEFT TRACK SWITCH AND HE BENT OVER AND THREW THE TRACK SWITCH FOR THE SIDE TRACK.MECHANICS WENT THRU THE SWITCH AND WHEN HIS BUDDY LOOKED UP HE SAW INJURED LAYING ON THE BOTTO M ON HIS BACK.
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING SOME STEEL BEAMS LIFTING THEM WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
Calaveras Materials Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHEEL LOADER WAS BEING SERVICED BY EMPL OVER A PIT-ABOUT 5' AT THE END OF THE PIT WAS EXPOSED.STEPPED OVER THE PIT-3'WIDE-SLIPPED & FELL.TORE LIGAMENTS IN LEFT ELBOW.
November 15, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
OTHER
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING TO THE DUMP BOX AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER TO DUMP MATERIAL FROM HER TRUCK AND A GUST OF WIND BLEW STUFF OFF THE RETURN GRIZZLEY BELT INTO FACE AND EYES. THE NEXT MORNING THE DOCTOR REMOVED A SMALL FRAGMENT OF METAL FROM THE RIGHT EYE.
November 15, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Hobet Mining Inc · Struck by flying object
WHILE REPAIRING A HEATER,EMPLOYEE TURNED THE UNIT ON TO TEST IT WHEN SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS EYE.
November 15, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C C Conley & Son'S Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES STRAINED BACK
Old Hickory Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE INJURED WAS HELPING TIE SHOT FOR BLASTING, HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF DRILL BENCH AN DLOST FOOTING. HE FELL ABOUT 6' TO NEXT LEVEL.