Mining Incidents

Mining Incidents in December 1994

All MSHA-reportable mining accidents in December 1994, sorted by severity. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities
6
Total incidents
1,803
Period
December 1994

Top operators this month

  1. 01 Jim Walter Resources Inc 43 incidents
  2. 02 Peabody Coal Company 32 incidents
  3. 03 Drummond Company, Inc. 28 incidents
  4. 04 Consolidation Coal Company 22 incidents
  5. 05 Costain Coal Inc 21 incidents

Most recent 500 incidents

Showing the 500 most recent of 1,803 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.

December 30, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM HAD DUMPED A LOAD OF COAL IN THE BIN. HE PULLED AWAY FROM BIN, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK, WENT TO REAR OF TRUCK TO CLEAN OFF LOOSE COAL FROM PUSH BLOCK. THE END LOADER USED TO CLEAN UP T HE BIN, BACKED AWAY FROM BIN, STRUCK HIM, PINNED HIM AGAINST BACK OF TRUCK.

December 17, 1994 PA · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · MACHINERY
K & K Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS WELDING ON BUCKET. WEIGHT OF SPREADER BAR AND CHAINS ON BUCKET MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING BUCKET TO ROLL OVER.

December 15, 1994 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Arch Of Illinois · Struck by falling object

FALL OF ROOF STRUCK CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR.

December 12, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED RUPTURED AORTA, SPLEEN AND LIVER, POSSIBLE SPINAL CORD FRACTURES, LARGE SCALP LACERATIONS AFTER FALLING 15' FROM INSIDE STONE BIN AND THRU BIN GATE TO THE GROUND (ADDITIONAL 12')

December 9, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Constructors Corp · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK DIDN'T MAKE CORNER AND DROVE OVER BERM AND FELL 200 FEET. DRIVER DIED AND TRUCK WAS TOTALED.

December 6, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tg Soda Ash Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A STOPPING WHEN A LARGE ROOF FALL OCCURRED, KILLING THE EMPLOYEE. LOCATION WAS 10,889 EAST AND 5405 NORTH. THE STOPPING WAS BEING REMOVED TO ALLOW THE INSTALLATI ON OF A NEW BLEEDER SYSTEM FOR VENTILATION.

December 29, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Idarado Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MIXING CONCRETE UNDERGROUND WITH PORTABLE MIXER. WHILE MOVING HANDLE ON MIXER HIS FOOT LSIPPED ON THE WET RAIL.

December 29, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calaveras Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 4FT LONG STEEL PRY BAR TO CLOSE LID ON A RAIL CAR WHEN EMPLOYEE PUSHED AGAINST THE BAR TO SECURE RAIL CAR LID HE STRAINED HIS LEFT GROIN AREA

December 28, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING CABLE ON BIT ON A BARGE AND CAUGHT FINGERS BEHIND CABLE.

December 28, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN CHAIN RIGGING WHILE MOVING 12" DIA PIPE WITH A FRONT END LOADER.

December 27, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C.M. Lohr Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WHEN SUDDEN PAID OCCURRED LATER DIAGNOSED AS HAVING AN INGUINAL HERNIA. EE HAD SURGERY ON DEC 30 TO REPAIR DAMAGE. HE IS CURRENTLY NOT WORKING AND TAKING PRESC RIBED MEDICATION FOR PAIN.

December 27, 1994 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS IS A LATE REPORTED INJURY. PERSON DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 1-14-95. STATED HE WAS LIFTING A 2IN X 4 IN X 18FT BOARD WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

December 27, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Urban Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STUCK HAND IN FAN BLADE & CUT OFF THREE FINGERS.

December 24, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
LTV Steel Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS GETTING BACK IN CAB OF CRAWLER TRACTOR 7571 AND CLOSED THE DOOR ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

December 22, 1994 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Barneys Canyon Mining · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE ALLEGES THAT HIS INGUINAL HERNIA WAS CAUSED BAT WORK SINCE HE IS MORE ACTIVE AT WORK THAN AT HOME. NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THECAUSE.

December 21, 1994 WV · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES THAT HE WAS CHANGING A LEG ON 9 SHIELD TAIL GATE LEG, WHEN THE HEAD GATE LEG CAME AWAY FROM THE ROOF AND TRAPPED HIS FINGER IN THE TAIL GATE LEG.

December 21, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING INSTALL V-BELTS. WHEN BELT ROLLED BACKWARD, HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELTS AND THE PULLEY.

December 21, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thompson Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVING TIRES FROM BOX OF PICKUP, TIRE SLIPPED FROM HIS GRIP AND PINCHED FINGER ON OPPOSITE HAND.

December 20, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

4" X 10' PIPE SECTION AND CLAMP ASSEMBLY HELD BY A CRANE WAS BEING ASSEMBLED ONTO PIPE ASSEMBLY ALREADY IN THE BORE HOLE. THE PIPE CAME OFF THE CLAMP AND DROPPED ABOUT 11" PINCHING EMPLOYEE'S THUMB AGAINST THE CLAMP ON THE OTHER SECTION.

December 19, 1994 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Haskell Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WENT TO ADJUST THE CLUTCH ON THE PTO-THREW IT OUT OFGEAR & GOT HIS FINGERS CAUGHT IN THE PULLEY PUMP PULLEY WAS STILL FREE WHEELING & HE REACHED AROUND GUARD & ATTEMPTED TO STOP PUMP FROM F REE WHEELING BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE TOP OF BELTS & THE BELTS TOOK HIS HAND INTO THE PULLEY

December 19, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD STRAW FROM THE BACK OF A TRUCK WHEN A BALE FELL OFF THE TRUCK STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD. HE CONTINUED TO WORK 2 MORE DAYS. WAS ADMITTED TO MEDICAL CENTER ON 12-23 AND RELEASED ON 12-25. HE CLAIMS IT HURT HIS BACK, NECK AND RUPTURED HIS NAVEL.

December 15, 1994 RI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Universal Truck & Equipment Leasing Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOOR GUARD WAS IN PLACE AND OPENED AT TAIL PULLEY SECTION. MATERIAL WAS SPILLING OUT ONTO BOTTOMOF TAIL PULLEY BETWEEN TAIL PULLEY AND BELT CAUSING IT TO GO OFF TRACK. WORKER WAS TRYING TO WIPE SPILLED MATERIAL WITH HIS HAND AT THE PINCHPOINT OF THE BELT AND TAIL PULLEY CAUSING HIS ARM TO BE PULLED IN.

December 14, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING IN CLEANING PLANT. PICKING ROCK FROM TABLE AND PUSHING THEM DOWN CHUTE. SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED HERNIA. SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR 1-17-95. UNTIL SURGERY EMPLOYEE CONTINUES TO WORK.

December 8, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DR STATED INJURY COULD HAVE BEEN FROM LIFTING OR STRAINING ON A OTEET.

December 8, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Mountain Production Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OPERATOR WAS WALKING FROM ONE BUILDING TO ANOTHER BUILDING. IT WAS RAINING. HIS FEET SLIPPED ON WET CONCRETE BUT HE DID NOT FALL. HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH, PAIN WENT AWAY. HE STARTED HAVING PAIN ON 12-19-94 AND WENT TO DOCTOR.

December 7, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Capital Quarries Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME: EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND WITH HIS RIGHT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HEAD PULLEY AND CONVEYOR BELT WITH THE PULLEY STILL RUNNING. A FELLOW EMPLOYEE HEARD HIS CRY FOR HELP, CUT THE P OWER OFF, HE THEN FELLT OT HE GUARD BELOW, THAT WAS ON ANOTHER CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY.

December 6, 1994 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tau Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS INSTALLING LIFT JACK ON D-9 DOZER, USING A 992 LOADER TO SUPPORT THE JACK. HE REACHED DONW TO ALING BEARING AND END OF JACK THE JACK SLIPPED INTO PLACE SUDDENLY WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT CAUGHT THE END OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

December 1, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Lhoist North America of Tennessee, Inc. · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

TEAM MEMBER WAS ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE IF BELT TENSION WAS CAUSE OF SCREW NOT TURNING, AND HAD GIVEN VERBAL INSTRUCTION TO OTHER TEAM MEMBER TO START/STOP SCREW, WHILE OBSERVING BELTS, WHEN H E GRABBED BELTS TO CHECK TENSION. DRIVE RESTARTED PINCHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN BELTS AND DRIVE SHIEVE.

December 31, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pine Creek Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED STRUCK RT KNEE ON SCOOP BUCKET. INJURED RT KNEE.

December 31, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING END DUMP REFUSE TRUCK, LAODER OPERATOR DROPPED LARGE ROCK FROM THE BUCKET CAUSIGN THE EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN UP IN THE AIR IN THE CAB OF HTE TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED A SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

December 31, 1994 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bristol Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED BACK WHILE MOVING MINER CABLE.

December 31, 1994 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Madison Branch Management Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING DOWN ON PORT-A-POWER HANDLE WITH HIS FOOT. THE TOOL WAS POSITIONED ON THE GROUND ON LOOSE MATERIAL. AS HE APPLIED PRESSURE THE TOOL ROLLED OVER CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FAL L.

December 31, 1994 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STRIKING OR BUMPING
Andes Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WALKING HE JJAMMMED HIS HEAD INTO THE TOP.

December 30, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP) EE RECEIVED A SCALP LACERATION & BACK CONTUSION

December 30, 1994 IL · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arch Of Illinois · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING CONCRETE PATIO BLOCKS AND ONE FELL, STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOOT. FRACTURED RIGHT GREAT TOE.

December 30, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP) CAUSING INJURY TO HER BACK & COMPLETE BODY TRAUMA

December 30, 1994 AL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP) CAUSING AN INJURY TO HER LEFT LEG

December 30, 1994 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Indian Gap Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON PILLAR LINE UNLOADING TMBERS. A CAP WEDGE FLEW UP STRIKING HIM IN HIS RIGH EYE. DID NOT GO TO D RUNTIL 12-31-94 AND DID NOT MISS NAY WORK UNTIL 1-3-95.

December 30, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shamrock Processing Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN CATWALK AROUND RC FEEDERS AT #2 RC TRUCK DUMP. FOOTING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE. NO LOST TIME REPORTED BECAUSE EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 1-26-95 AT WHI CH TIME SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON HIS RIGHT KNEE

December 30, 1994 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHEN HE THROUGH A CRADLE INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG.

December 30, 1994 AL · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP)

December 30, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP) COLLISION CAUSED INJURY TO EE RT FOOT LEFT ;TOE & LEFT THIGH

December 30, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AROUND BELT HEAD AND BACKED UP AND FELL AND GOT PAIN IN BACK AND PELVIC AREA. EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK BECAUSE OF FLU ON 1-26-95 AND THEN STARTED MISSING OWRK DUCT TO INJURY APP 2-1-95. FURTHER INVESTIGATION PD

December 30, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hibbing Taconite Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO CLEAN THE #5 CYCLONE PUMP AREA OF OIL SLURRY SPILLAGE. HE SLIPPED STRAINING HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE RECENTLY BEGAN PHYSICAL THERAPY, WHICH CONSTITUTES MEDICAL TREATMENT.

December 30, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUST THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHE MAN BUS(TRACK JEEP).

December 30, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JAC K)

December 30, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP)

December 30, 1994 AL · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

HEE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP)

December 30, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hiope Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS BOLTING THE FIRST CUT OUT OF A BREAK IN THE #6 ENTRY. HE WAS SWINGING HIS PINNER HEAD OUT TO PUT THE OUTSIDE BOLT UP WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKIING HIM IN THE BACK.

December 30, 1994 IN · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
J L S Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TEST DRILLING THE DRILL STEM WOULD NOT LINE UP & WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ALIGNE THE DRILL STEM EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN THE STEM & DECK MASHING HIS RIGHT FOOT.

December 30, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & G Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOADER OPERATOR WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER HE TURNED AROUND ON TOP LANDING TO BACK DOWN LADDER & TWISTED HIS KNEE. EMPOLOYEE DID NOT INFORM ANYONE & WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY. WE FOUND OUT HE WAS INJURED WHEN THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE CALLED ON 1/6/95 ABOUT HIS INSURANCE.

December 29, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Garves W Yates & Sons Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DISLODGE A ROCK HUNG IN THE FEEDER AND SMASHED THE END OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

December 29, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE WORKING AROUND 2C BELT DRIVE- HE WAS GOING DOWN AN EMBANKMENT & SLID & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE & STRUCK HIS LEFT LOWER [CALF] LEG AGAINST A 6 X 6 TIMBER. CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL GOING TO DR. ON 1/9/95.

December 29, 1994 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE CARRYING AND POURING BAGS OF CEMENT INTO A MIXER.

December 29, 1994 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THEY HAD TURNED X CUT RT OFF 20 ROOM OFF 1 LEFT BUTT. SOME DRAW ROCK WOULD NOT CAME DOWN SC OPERATOR WAS BOLTING IT UP. HE HAD JUST FINISHED INSTALLING A BOLT. HE REACHED BACK TO DROP THE ATRS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 6" THICK TUPPER TO 3" 20" WIDE, 20' LONG FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT BEHIND HIS STEEL TOE. HE WAS BOLTING PROPER SEG AND INSTALLING EXTRA BOLT.

December 29, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tipple Mine Inc · Struck by falling object

HE HAD INSTALLED HIS FIRST ROOF BOLT IN THE WORKING PLACE. HE WAS GETTING READY TO MOVE THE MACHINE & INSTALL THE SECOND BLOT, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM EDGE OF RIB & HIT RIGHT ANKL E. IT CRACKED A BONE. HE WORKED THE REST OF SHIFT, THOUGHT IT WAS JUST BRUISED.

December 29, 1994 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE STATES THAT WHILE RIDING SUPPLY JEEP, HE BOUNCED UP & STRUCK HEAD ON CANOPY CAUSING PAIN IN NECK.

December 29, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Lamplighter Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON FLAT CAR. FLAT CAR WRECKED AND PINNED MEPLOYEE UNDER IT HURT BACK RIBS AND KNEE.

December 29, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The National Lime & Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE PULLING ON NEW GATE STRAINED BACK. CLAIMANT ORIGINALLY DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME NOR DID HE HAVE RESTRICTIONS. ON 5/1/95 HE BECAN FEELING PAININ THE SAME AREA AFTER REMOVING BAGS AT BAGHOUSE . HIS PHYSICAN DID AN MRI ON 5/16/95 & SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED HIM FROM WORK BEGINNING 5/26/95.

December 29, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE HAS CONTINUALLY HAD PROBLEMS W/PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CABLE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE DIAGNOSED 12-19-94.

December 29, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Millington Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A TIRE. WHILE PULLING THE TUBE OUT OF THE TIRE EMPLOYEE FELT A LOWER GROIN PULL ON HIS LEFT SIDE.

December 29, 1994 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Black Dog Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON MINER. HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN GATHERING PAN AND HEAD ON MINER.

December 29, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lamplighter Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OPENING REJECT HOPPER DOOR, WHICH REQUIRES PULLING THE DOOR TO OPEN IT. THE DOOR WAS STRUCK EMPLOYEE PULLED ON THE DOOR, HE THEN FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK & RIGHT LEG.

December 29, 1994 AL · Coal timberman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS RIDING ON MANBUS WITH CO WORKERS ENROUTE TO WORK AREA WHEN A ROCK FELL WITHOUT WARNING AND STRUCK EE ON HIS FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION.

December 29, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Andes Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOPE FILED LEG AGAINST BATTERY.

December 29, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
LTV Steel Lime Plant · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED STATED THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE HELPING BRING 480 LIME ELEVATOR SPROCKET UP LIME COOLER STEPS.

December 29, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Miami Mining Corp · Fall from machine

EE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACK OF A SHOVEL. HE WASHANDING A WELDING LEAD TO ANOTHER EE ALSO ON THESHOVEL. WHILE DOING THIS HE STEPPED BACKWARDS & FELL OFF THE TRACK OF THE SHOVEL, FALLING TO THE GROUND.

December 29, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland River Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE MOUNTING LOADER & FOOT SLIPPED FROM LADDER, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST LOWER BACK.

December 29, 1994 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Westmoreland Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE STATED HE WAS HELPING MOVE PUMP ACROSS BELT LINE, STUMBLED AND FELL, TWISTING BACK.

December 29, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
3M Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS GOING FROM ONE SIDE OF A MACHINE TO ANOTHER WHILE DOING REPAIRS AND HAS TO DUCK UNDER SOME PIPING. HE STRUCK HIS HARD HAT AGAINST THE PIPING. ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS A FIRST AID CASE. EE SAW DR ON 1-11-95, FOR NECK PAIN. DR RECOMMENDS 10 LB. LIFTING RESTRICTION.

December 29, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cogema Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS CARRYING A 4X4 TIMBER ON RIGHT SHOULDER, STARTED UP A SMALL EMBANKMENT & HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED & BUCKLED.

December 29, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Continental Cement Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EE HAD JUST CHECKED FLUID LEVEL IN DUST INSUFFLATION AIR COMPRESSOR HEAT EXCHANGER AT KILN PIER #7. HE WAS CLIMBING DONW THE LADDER TO THE FLOOR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM RUNG OF TH E LADDER, WHICH IS ABOUT 24 INCHES OFF THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED HIM TO WRENCH HIS BACK. RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN TO THE MID SECTION OF HIS BACK.

December 29, 1994 AL · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Drummond Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

EE WAS GREASING PAN SCRAPER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STEP DOWN FROM HEIGHT OF APPROX. 6 FT HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING LEFT SIDE TO STRIKE PICKUP TRUCK AND FELL ONTO GROUND ON HIS BACK.

December 29, 1994 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Argos Puerto Rico Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CLEANING BUILT UP DUST FROM A COLLECTING FUNNEL AT THE PREHEATER AREA. THE FLOOR WAS WET AND SLIPPERY. TO AVOID GETTING DUST OVER HIM, HE RAN, SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE FLOOR, GETTING HOT DUST IN HIS HANDS.

December 28, 1994 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sand Springs Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE EXPLANATION ATTACHED HE WAS SHOVELING DIRT FROM UNDER THE SCALES. FILLING THE SHOVEL AND FLIPPING THE DIRT TO THE SIDE. HE TWISTED TO THE LEFT TO UNLOAD THE SHOVE L, WHEN HIS LOWER BACK POPPED, CAUSING PAIN. HE DROPPED THE SHOVEL, BRACED HIMSELF AND WAITED UNTIL THE PAIN EASED ENOUGH TO CLIMB OUT OF THE HOLE. HE WENT HOME TO TRY TO REST TO SEE IF IT

December 28, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE A SCOOP THE OPERATOR STARTED THE SCOOP. IT TRAMMED FORWARD RUNNING ACROSS HIS LEFT FOOT.

December 28, 1994 PA · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS LOADING EMPTY ROCK DUST BAGS ONTO THE E WHEELER. HIS FEET TANGLED IN BAGS ON THE BOTTOM AND HE TRIPPED FALLING ONTO 3 WHEELER, HITTING THE RT SIDE OF HIS CHEST. HE REPORTED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY , 12-29-94, BUT WAS UNABLE TO WORK. HE WAS TAKEN TO INDIANA HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS.

December 28, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE STUCK TRACK LIFTING JACK BY BEATING IT AGAINST GROUND. WHEN JACK BROKE FREE IT PINCHED HIS LEFT FOREFINGER AGAINST METAL ON MAIN LINE TRACK. REQUIRED 21 STITCHES.

December 28, 1994 NH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Swenson Granite Company LLC · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A SECTION OF RAIL FENCING TO BE INSTALLED IN ANOTHER PART OF THE QUARRY WHWEN HE STEPPED OFF THE LADDER SLIPPED & TURNED HIS BODY WHEN CATCHING HIS FALL NOTE UNABLE TO WO RK 12-29-94 AT NOON & RETURNED 01-04-95 AT 700AM

December 28, 1994 NM · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chevron Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ASSISTING A DRILLER THEY WERE UNLOADING A 9 7/8IN DRILL BIT AS HE REMOVED THE BOX THAT THE BIT WAS IN IT FELL OVER & STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE IT WAS DE TERMINED AT THE HOSPITAL THAT THERE WERE NO FRACTURES HOWEVER THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE BRUISING & SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE

December 28, 1994 IL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOUNTING THE 992 ENDLOADER AT THE BEGINING OF HIS SHIFT. AS HE STEPPED FROM ONE RUNG TO THE NEXT, HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WORKED UJNTIL 12-30-94 WHEN HE REPORTED OFF. EXTENT OF INJURY UNKNOWN. REPORT SUBMITTED TO SATISFY PART 50 GUIDELINES.

December 28, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New York Trap Rock Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS USING WATER HOSE TO CLEAN UNDER 7' CRUSHER. HE PULLED ON HOSE TO MOVE IT AND KNOCKED A PIECE OF METAL OFF A STANCHEON AND THE METAL FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

December 28, 1994 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING AKOMATSU D68P DOZER GETTING ROAD ON GRADE. WEN TINTO DITCH TO LET TRUCK BY HIM, WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE DITCH THE DOZER LEVELE DOFF AND THREW HIM INTO ROOF. A/C CONTROLS HITTING HI S HEAD.

December 28, 1994 KY · Coal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sidewinder Mining Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPING TO INSTALL SKIRT RUBBER ON LO-1 BELT LINE WHILE USING A 4 LB. SHOP HMMER, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT ARM.

December 28, 1994 AL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PULLING/LIFTING ON MINER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

December 28, 1994 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marietta Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE SAID HE WAS UNLOADING ROOF BOLT 8X8 PLATES AND MASHED HIS FINGER.

December 28, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Asarco Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE ACCOMPANYING EE IN HYDROLIFT #306 WHICHWAS GOING TO PEDERLICK PASS, HAUL TRUCK #307 SLID INTO THE HYDROLIFT CAUSING EE AND EE TO EXIT OUT OF HTE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. EE RECEIVED CONTUSIONS TO THE HIP AREA AND ALSO AGGRAVATED AN EXISTING BACK INJURY.

December 28, 1994 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT HE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG & KNEE. THE PAIN HAS INCREASED AS EMPLOYEE'S ACTIVITY LEVEL HAS INCREASED DURING HIS NORMAL WORK DUTIES. EMPLOYEE STARTED LO SING TIME FORM THIS INCIDENT ON 1/25/95.

December 28, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Benco Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

December 28, 1994 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tanoma Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK (APPROX. 2' X 2' X 6') FROM AN MBC CONVEYOR CHAIN IN THE C-10 (020-0) SECTION. WHILE REMOVING THE ROCK AND THROWING IT TOWARD THE COAL RIB IN X-CUT BELT TO R-1, EM PLOYEE TWISTED AND STRAINED HIS LOW BACK. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK ON 12-30-94. FIRST DAY OFF 12-30-94.

December 28, 1994 PA · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING BELT CROSSOVER, TRIPPED CAUSING CROSSOVERTO TWIST WHICH TWISTED SHOULDER. FIRST DAY OFF WORK 12-29-94.

December 28, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 12-28-94 THIS EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING J BOLTS LOOSE FORM BELT STRUCUTRE WHEN ONE OF HTE J BOLTS BROKE WHILE HE WAS ENTERING FORCE ON IT CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED WORKING TIL 1-14-95 WHEN HE WAS TAKEN TO MD COMPLAINING OF PAININ HIS LOWER BACK.

December 28, 1994 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Clay Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS UNPLUGGING BAGGER HE PUT HIS HAND UNDERNEATH THE BAG CLAMP & ACTIVATED IT

December 28, 1994 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mepco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS OPENING AIRLOCK DOOR 1 BLK INBY PIT MOUTH SLIPPED & TWISTED KNEE

December 28, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object

INJURED EE WAS COLLARING A HOLE USING A 6 FT DRILL STEEL AND A GARDNER DENVER JACK LEG DRILL. AS THE HOLE WAS COLLARED A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK AND ROLLED INTO THE INJURED'S LOWER LEFT LEG FR ACTURING /CHIPPING A BONE IN HIS LEFT ANKLE.

December 28, 1994 WV · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Mingo Logan Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS SETTING SHIELDS ON THE TAIL OF THE LONGWALL, AS HE RAISED SHIELD 168 AGAINST THE ROOF, A PIECE OF THE BASE LIFT JACK CYLINDER BROKE OFF STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE AREA OF HIS RT. RIBS CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS RIBS. THE PIECE OF METAL WHICH STRUCK THE INURED MEASURED 2"X4".

December 28, 1994 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Ridge Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF MINER NAD TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

December 28, 1994 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brewer Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS THAWING A FROZEN CAUSTIC PUMP. AFTER HE GOT IT RUNNING HE WAS CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS WORKING PROPERLY. HE HAD BEEN WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES THE ENTIRE TIME. UNTIL T HE LAST TIME HE CHECKED THE PUMP, AT WHICH TIME HE TOOK THEM OFF. AT THIS TIME A CAMLOCK FITTING BUSTED, SPRAYING THE EE WITH LIQUID CAUSTIC [BELIEVED TO BE 30-40% LIQUID CAUSTIC AT THIS TIME

December 28, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HE HURT HIS BACK ON 12-28-94, BUT LEFT MINE AS THOUGH HE WAS SICK. ON 1-3-95 MANAGEMENT WAS INFORMED IT WAS FOR AN INJURY. AFTER.

December 28, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
National Steel Pellet Company · Fall from machine

INJURED CLAIMS WHEN CLIMBING UP ON THE 4151 SHOVEL ON THE ENTRANCE LADDER SHE ATTEMPTED TO STEP FROM THE LADDER TO THE WALKWAY WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. ESTIMATE FALL ABOUT 12' TO 14'. SHE LANDED ON HER SIDE.

December 28, 1994 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS TRAMING A SCOOP BETWEEN #3 AND 4 CROSSCUT. IT IS LOW TOP. HE TURNED HEAD TO CHECK BUGGY CABLE. HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.

December 28, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING FUEL LINE ON BACK OF 28294 170 TRK. FOOT SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE JERKED BACK. FDO: 1/4/95

December 28, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Fordyce Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TAKING JACKET OFF WHILE IN ENGINE ROOM OF DRAGLINE. ENGINE HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED OUT AND GUARD HADNOT BEEN PUT BACK ON FAN. INJURED JACKET GOT CAUGHT IN FAN AND PULLED ARM INTO FA N. INJURED SUFFERED BROKEN ARM.

December 27, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hobet Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

ON 12/27/94 THE EMPLOYEE CALLED INTO THE OFFICE TO INFORM US THAT HE WOULD BE OFF WORK DUE TO CHRONIC BACK PAIN WHICH HE HAD SUFFERED FOR. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT NOR INCIDENT WHICH INDUCED THIS ABSENCE.

December 27, 1994 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National King Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SUBJECT STATED THAT A LARGE ROCK WAS CAUGHT ON THE BELT AT THE #2 EAST BELT TAILPIEC.E HE SHUT OFF HTE BELT AND ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE ROCK OFF OF THE BELT. THE FIRST ATTEMPT WAS UNSUUCCESSFU L. HE THEN TRIED AGAIN,T HIS TIME STANDIN GON HIS TIPTOES. HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS CALF MUSCLE ON BOTH LEGS. BY THE FOLLOWING MORNING, HE WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN THE CALF MUSCLES OF BOTH LE

December 27, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER PUTTING HOSE ON BOLTER & TWISTED RESULTING IN STRAIN TO BACK

December 27, 1994 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Central Ohio Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND COWORKERS WERE REMOVING A 7" PIN FROM THE DUMP RIGGIN OF A DRAGLINE. A BAR WAS BEING USED TO "TAP" THE PIN OUT. WHEN THE PIN CAME OUT, THE BAR WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE RIGGING AND RECOIL ED INTO EE'S RIGHT CHEEK.

December 27, 1994 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC · Fall from machine

OPERATOR OF DOZER ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT THE MACHINE AFTER REFUELING FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE CAT PAD LEFT LEG WENT BETWEEN THE CAT PAD & THE BLADE ARM RESULTING IN A SCRAPE/ABRASION/BRUISE TO LEFT L EG CAT PAD IS THE DOZER TRACK

December 27, 1994 WV · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martinka Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE TRACK HAULAGE DURING A WEEKLY EXAMINATION, TRIPPED OVER A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS RT KNEE ON A TRACK RAIL. NOTE: EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 3-22-95.

December 27, 1994 KY · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fairbanks Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE BUCKE TOF A LOADER STEPPED IN A HOLE, SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE. HE DID NOT SEE A DR UNTL 12-30-94.

December 27, 1994 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trent Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TOSSING CEMENT BLOCKS TO BUILD BRATTICE WALL TWISTED BACK, FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK & SHOULDERS & COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN UP.

December 27, 1994 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gordie Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THERE WAS LOOSE ROCK IN THE ROOF. EE WAS LOOKING TO DETERMINE WHAT TO DO TO MAKE IT SAFE, WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING HIMON THE BACK PUSHING HIM TO THE FLOOR. EE WAS UND ER THE ROCK UNTIL OTHER EE'S LIFTED THE ROCK OFF

December 27, 1994 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP & PUSHING A TRACK RAIL ON FORKS OF HYSTER WHEN PAIN IN LEFT HAND ALONG LITTLE FINGER EMPLOYEE HAS BROKEN THIS HAND 3 TIMES IN LAST YEAR

December 27, 1994 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

PULLING A #2 POWER CABLE AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE GOB ON THE MINE FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BAK. K.

December 27, 1994 AL · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING DOWN PANLINE. ROCK CAME UP FACE CONVEYOR PINCHING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN ROCK AND PANLINE.

December 27, 1994 VA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CARRYING BUCKET OF OIL TO HEAD DRIVE AND AS HE STARTED UNDER #1 SHIELD HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK.

December 27, 1994 PR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS CUTTING WITH ACETYLENE A METAL MOBILE CRANE PART. WHEN HE WAS MOVING THE PIECE OF METAL, THE HOT SIDE OF THE CUTTING AREA TOUCH HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

December 27, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER WHEN HE WENT OVER A ROLL IN THE MINE FLOOR, CAUSING HIS HEAD TO BE THROWN INTO THE CANOPY CAUSING NECK PAIN.

December 27, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Woodway Stone Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHILE WALKING; SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

December 27, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS KNEE ABOUT A MONTH AGO BUT DID NOT REPORT IT TO ANYONE. HE STATED HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF A 777 CAT TRUCK WHEN HE HURT HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE WENT TO TH E EMERGENCY ROOM ON 12/27/94 AND WAS X-RAYED AND GIVEN A BRACE.

December 27, 1994 WV · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall from ladders

DOCK HOUSE LOAD OUT FACILITY-INJURED WAS DESCENDING A LADDER & LOST HIS FOOTING & HAND HOLD & FELL TO A LOADED BARGE BELOW. HE STRUCK HIS LEFTARM TO BREAK THE FALL & FRACTURED HIS LEFT UPPER ARM. FALL WAS APPROX 8'.

December 27, 1994 WV · Coal scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE STATED THAT HE WAS HAND ROCKDUSTING THE MINE ROOF IN #4 ROOM ON 1 EAST. HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS AND FELL INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET, HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE ARM JACK. LOST TIME DID NOT START UNTIL 1-4-95.

December 27, 1994 TN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kellys Creek Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PULLING ROCK WITH A ROCK BAR AND HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

December 27, 1994 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE'S LEFT THIGH WAS STRUCK BY FLYROCK WHEN SHOT WAS DETONATED. BONE IN LEFT THIGH WAS BROKEN. LEFT LEG PLACED IN TRACTION WITH SURGERY TO FOLLOW.

December 27, 1994 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Concrete Nor'West · Fall from machine

CLIMBING OFF LADDER IN THE RAIN, SLIPPED OFF STEP. TRIED TO CATCH SELF WITH HANDRAIL AND FELL TO GROUND ON LOWER BACK AND ELBOWS.

December 27, 1994 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN GETTING OFF WA250 LOADER, EMPLOYEE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

December 27, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rickey S Winn Construction · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS RUNNING A LOADER HIS NORMAL JOB THE BUCKET CAUGHT ON THE HIGH WALL WHEN HE TRIED TO RAISETHE BUCKET IT JARRED THE LOADER WHICH RESULTED IN HIMSELF BEING JARRED HIS COMPLAINING INJURY IS HIS BACK

December 27, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OTU OF HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON STEP CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO TWIST.

December 27, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Big Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

HAD HAND ON HEAD [USING AS A SUPPORT] A ROCK FELL & HIT HIS HAND.

December 27, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Copper Range Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SOVELING IN DRYER ROOM OUT WINDOW ONTO DRIBBLE BELT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK WHEN LIFTING SHOVEL OFF FLOOR SAW DR ON 12-28-94 AND BEGAN LOSING TIME.

December 27, 1994 AL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Drummond Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE.

December 27, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Kentucky Solite Corporation · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS LIGHTING A KEROSENE SPACE HEATER. THE KEROSENE HAD GASOLINE MIXED INT WITH IT DUE TO A SUPPLIER ERROR. WHEN HE LIT THE HEATER, A FIREBALL FROM THE FUEL BURNED HIS FACE. THE SUPPLIER TES TED THE FUEL, FOUND IT TO CONTAIN GASOLINE, AND SHIPPED THE FUEL OFFSITE. THE REPORT IS LATE DUE TO THE TIME IT TOOK TO TEST.

December 27, 1994 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

EE WAS REPLACING A DRIVE BELT ON A SMALL CONVEYOR BIN. HE HAD SET THE NEW BELT INTO POSITION AND PROCEEDED TO TURN THE HEAD PULLEY USING A PIPE WRENCH AND A CHEATER PIPE. AS EE WAS ROLLING THE HEAD PULLEY, THE CHEATER PIPE SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL APPROX. 10' TO THE FROZEN GROUND BELOW. EE SUFFERED BRUISES TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND RIBS.

December 27, 1994 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE REPORTED ON 1-11-95 THAT HE HURT HIS BACK ON 12-27-94, WHILE HE WAS HELPING CHANG ECABLE REEL ON 21SC SHUTTLE CAR THIS WASN'T REPORTED BY EMPLOYEE IMMEDIATELY TO HIS SUPERVISOR.

December 26, 1994 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING BITS IN THE SHEARER WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK 55" X 41"W X 6-9" THICH FELL & STRUCK HIM.

December 26, 1994 KY · Coal driller operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Black Rose Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS MOVING OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE OF AN UNDERGROUND SHOT WHEN AN OBJECT HIT HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER. EE WAS 120FT AWAY AND OFF TO THE RT BREAK.

December 26, 1994 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Unicorn Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HELPING ON THE CONTINOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND THE RT RIB AND HIT HIM ON THE RT FOOT.

December 26, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Monarch Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER ABDOMEN WHEN HE TRIED TO OPEN INSPECTION DOOR ON CLINKER DRAG THAT WAS STUCK.

December 26, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELT ROLLER ON BELT LINE WAS CAUGHT BY A SPLICE ON BELT & CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.

December 26, 1994 VA · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Solid Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS TAKING MINE TRACTOR TO FACE. HE RAN THE TRACTOR OVER AMINE TIMBER AND IT BOUNCED INJURED AGAINST SIDE OF TRACTOR, BRUSIING HIS SIDE.

December 26, 1994 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunny Side Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING CABLE OFF OF PINNER REEL.

December 26, 1994 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Royal Harvest Ltd · Struck against stationary object

SCOOP OPERATOR WAS CHEANING ROAD LEADING TO THE TAIL PIECE IN THE #4 ENTRY. MAKING A TURN FROM #4 TO THE #3 ENTRY, THE OPERATOR DID NOT ALLOW ENOUGH ROOM FOR THIS TURN. HANGING CLOSE TO THE RI B, THE OPERATOR CAUGHT HIS LEFT EAR & LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD ON SOME LOW HANGING COAL.

December 24, 1994 AL · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS RIDING ON A LOCOMOTIVE , IT DERAILED AND THE EE JUMPED OFF THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND WAS PINNED AGAINST THE COAL RIB.

December 23, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Ridge Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

TRIPPED BACKWARD FROM MECHANICS TRUCK BUMPER & FELL TO GROUND APPROX 30 INCHES COMPLAINED OF PAIN & TINGLING IN RT ARM REFUSED TREATMENT STATED NOT HURT REFUSED AMBULANCE CALL

December 23, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mutual Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A HUGE BOULDER FELL FROM BUCKET OF LOADER, LANDING IN BED OF ROCK TRUCK, CAUSING SUDDEN MOTION OF SAID TRUCK, CAUSING ROCK TRUCK DRIVER TO COMPLAIN OF INJURIES OF NECK AND SHOULDERS.

December 23, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ohio Asphaltic Limestone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNSTOPPING A CHUTE IN THE PLANT WITH A STEEL ROD & ANOTHER WORKER HAD A HAMMER HITTING IT. HE OVER SWUNG & HIT HAND.

December 23, 1994 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MEN WERE REINSTALLING THE BELT DOLLY WITH THE SCOOP. THE MAN WAS GUIDING HE DOLLY INTO PLACE. HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED AND HIS MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DOLLY WHEEL & BELT STRUC TURE.

December 23, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Mearl Corp-Fmp Division · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER TRANSPORTING MATERIAL IN A WHEELBARROW THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED BACK PAIN TO HIS SUPERVISOR LATER IN THE AFTERNOON THE EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN BY A COMPANY PHYSICIAN WHOSE DIAGNOSIS WAS LOWER BAC K STRAIN

December 23, 1994 WV · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Elkay Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAS ACHRONIC BACK CONDITION DUE TO REPETITIVE TRAMA OF CONDITIONS WHILE WORKING UNDERGROUND ON 12-23-94 THE EMPLOYEE HAD REOCCURING BACK PAIN DUE TO OPERATING A HAULER ON UNEVEN TERRI AN

December 23, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STATES THAT HE WAS REACHING FOR CONCRETE BLOCK AND CUT RT INDEX FINGER. THE FINGER GOT INFECTED AND HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 1-16-95.

December 23, 1994 UT · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genwal Coal Company Inc · Fall down stairs

WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS FROM OFFICES, EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING HIS GLASSES (BI-FOCALS) AND MISSED THE STEP FALLING ON TO HIS LT. LEG CAUSING A FRACTURE/DISLOCATION OF HIS LEFT ANKLE.

December 23, 1994 IL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid State Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS LIFTING A BOX WITH BLASTING CAPS IN IT. HE THEN HURT HIS LOWER BACK. HE SAID HE HAD ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND THE OTHER ON THE MAGAZINE. THIS IS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

December 23, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Jude Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 2X2X6 FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE LOWER BACK.

December 22, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Becky Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT HIT ON RT EYE WITH COAL PARTICLE INJURY SEEMS TO BE MINER PARTICLE EMBEDDED IN EYE CAUSING IRRITATION HE RAN ACROSS A BLOCK OF COAL THAT BUSTED EMPLOYEE WASWEARING GOGGLES THE PAR TICLE CAME IN AT THE SIDE

December 22, 1994 KY · Coal brattice man/worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON RUBBER RAIL TRAILER AND WAS STACKING CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR BRATTICE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT LEG.

December 22, 1994 IL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING PANEL IN SCREEN HIT PANEL WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. HAMMER GLANCED OFF & HIT TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

December 22, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & L Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING GUARD BACK ON IN LOADER AND IT SLIPPED AND CUT THE END OF RIS LITTLE FINGER ON RIS RIGHT HAND.

December 22, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beaumont Concrete Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER FROM ROD DECK PLATFORM WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL APPROX 6' TO GROUND.

December 22, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Line Stone Co Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ROCKS AT PRIMARY CRUSHER OR CLIMBING LADDER ON QUARRY TRUCK #806.

December 22, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Flathead County · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FLAT ROCK STUCK IN CRUSHER FEED CHUTE. CRUSHER AND CONVEYOR WERE SHUT DOWN. HE WAS ROCKING THE BOULDER BACK AND FORTH WITH HIS FEET WHEN IT SLID. IT CAUGHT THE SOLE OF HIS BOOT AND HYPEREXTENE DEHIS RT ANKLE TO THE OUTSIDE.

December 22, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Dry Branch Kaolin Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 60 HP ELECTRICAL MOTOR WITH A BOOM TURCK WHEN THE LIFTING EYE STRIPPED OUT OF THE MOTOR HOUSING. THE MOTOR BRUISED HIS RIGHT FOOT.

December 22, 1994 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Royal Harvest Ltd · Struck by powered moving object

THE INJURED PERSON WAS HANGING CURTAIN IN FACE NEAR THE REAR OF MINER. HAVING HIS BACK TOWARDS THE MINER, SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE WORKER, AND SLIGHTLY CAUGHT THE WORKER IN HIS BACK WITH THE END OF THE SHUTTLE CAR.

December 22, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PROPERLY DISMOUNTING BLADE ARM ON A CAT D-11 DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN TERRAIN OR ROCK & TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 1/20/ 95 & REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT THAT HE DID ON 1/21/95.

December 22, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING TOGETHER WATER LINE, PIG CAME OUT OF LINE, THE PRESSURE JERKED THE PIPE PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN PIPE COUPLER AND VALVE.

December 22, 1994 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT AS HE WAS CLEANING UP FACES OF ENTRY #1 IN UNIT #1 A PIECE OF SLATE FELL OUT OF BUCKET OF HIS SCOOP AND HE RAN OVER IT CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE IN SEAT AND STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK. WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL ER TO BE CHECKED.

December 22, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chisholm Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER HELPING OTHERS MAKE A BELT SPLICE HE WAS LIFTING BELT CLAMPS TO LOAD THEM ONTO A MOTOR WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.

December 22, 1994 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN WALKWAY WAITING FOR OTHER BOLTER TO FINISH LAST BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON ARM.

December 22, 1994 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Nest Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE HURT HIS BAKC HELPIGN PULL A PIECE OF 4/0 CABLE THRU A STOPPING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

December 22, 1994 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Western Mingo Coal Company · Struck by falling object

RIB ROW HIT LEG WHILE TRAMING FEEDER.

December 22, 1994 AL · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATING SCOOP TRACTOR IN THE 1 ENTRY TRAVELING OUTBY WITH LOAD OF MATERIAL WHEN SCOOP TRAVELED OVER UNEVEN MINE FLOOR CAUSING EMPLOYEE'S HEAD TO STRIKE UNDERSIDE OF CANOPY INJURING HI S NECK AND UPPER BACK BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES.

December 22, 1994 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
D & L Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF A BLOCK OF COAL, SHOVELING DIRT & CLEANINGS INTO THE LOADER BUCKET WHEN SOME SCHALE FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL. UPON RETREATING TO AVOID THE SHALE MATERIAL, HE TURNED HIS ANKLE, RESULTING IN A SMALL FRACTURE ON THE ANKLE BONE.

December 22, 1994 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

EMPLOYEE PULLED BACK WHEN LIFTING ON AUGER OF SCREW 54.

December 22, 1994 NM · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE LONGWALL FACE WHILE CUTTING COAL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE LOOSE COAL & ROCK ON THE GROUND. THIS LED TO EMPLOYEE SDTRAINING A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT THIGH. EMPLOYEE'S FI RST DAY OFF OF WORK WAS 12/28/94.

December 22, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF PIPE AND HURT HIS BACK.

December 22, 1994 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SEAT OF #3-777 WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE STEERING COLUMN.

December 22, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BELT FRAMING WITH A COAL BAR. COAL BAR SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE NOSE.

December 22, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS TRAVELING THE TRACK ENTRY OF 1ST LEFT WHEN ROCK FROM THE MINE ROOF FELL & STRUCK INJURED ON THE HEAD & BACK. THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON THE 1ST LEFT TRACK AT #47 CROSSCUT. INJURED WAS IN AN OPEN AIR MANTRIP.

December 22, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Collier Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

VICITM WAS PUSHING A STEEL BAR, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD ON A PIECE OF STEEL.

December 21, 1994 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eagleshire Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON MONDAY 12-12-94, AND WAS OFF WORK 12-13-94. ON WED. 12-21-94 EE WAS WORKING ON A SCREENING PLANT. HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE COMPLAINED THAT HIS RIBS WERE SORE AND WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE CHECKED. HE WAS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AND WORKED LT DUTY AS A SCALEMASTER FOR 2 DAYS, WAS OFF 2 MORE DAYS FOR CHRISTMAS, CAME BACK TO WORK AND GOT ILL. HE

December 21, 1994 OH · Coal auger helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CRANKIGN DOWN SUCTION HOSE ON 6" PUMP WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF OF HAND CRANK DDUE TO ICE. CRANK HANDLE CONTINUED TO GO AROUND NAD CAME BACK AND HIT THE BACK OF HIS HAND.

December 21, 1994 UT · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
Graymont Western US Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE DRILLING IN THE KILN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK. WHILE DRILLING BRICK IN THE KILN WITH A HILT DRILL, WHEN HE PULLED IT OUT OF THE HOLE HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

December 21, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Of Central California · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A PIECE OF IRON OFF A PIPE. A PIECE OF IRON FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

December 21, 1994 OK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oklahoma Red Granite Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS UNTANGLING A TWISTED STEEL CABLE. CABLE BACKLASHED, WRAPPED AROUND LEFT ARM AND HAND.

December 21, 1994 NM · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Western Ag-Minerals Company · Rubbed or abraded

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ODWN TO WELD AN DFELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AT HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL HE WENT OT HE DR ON 1-9-95. FIRST DAY LOST.

December 21, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ricci Bros. Sand Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HURT BACK CLEANING CONVEYOR UNDER DRY FEED SYSTEM.

December 21, 1994 NH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Concord Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SLIDING A SHAFT IN A SCREEN AND INJURED HIS BACK.

December 21, 1994 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CHANGING BATTERY ON SCOOP WHEN HE SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN JACK AND SCOOP FRAME BREAKING FINGER.

December 21, 1994 CT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roncari Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNBOLT A V-BELT GUARD FROM ITS SUPPORT BRACE SO IT COULD BE REMOVED. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND RESTING ON THE BRACE, WHEN PULLING OUT THE B0LT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. WHEN THE B OLT WAS PULLED, THE GUARD DROPPED AN 1 1/2" & LANDED ON THE END OF EMPLOYEE'S THUMB.

December 21, 1994 IL · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PERSON STATED, TRIPPED OVER TRACK SWITCH AND FELL TO THE GROUND. PERSON COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO HEAD, NECK, BACK AND SHOULDER.

December 21, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 2" PIPE CAP ON WATER TANK. THE WATER TANK WAS PRESSURIZED. THE BLEED VALVE ON CAP WAS NOT OPENED OT RELEIVE PRESSURE SOTHE CAP SHO INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S FACE CUTTIGN IT. IT.

December 21, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
W G S Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE SAID WHILE HE WAS WORKING IN NO. 4 ENTRY A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, STRIKING HIM ON BACK.

December 21, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Justin Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS BOLTING CORNER IN BREAK THROUGH BETWEEN 6&7 BREAK HAD CUT THROUGH INTO 7 BOLT MACHINE HEAD WAS SWUNG OUT INJURED WAS IN KNEELING POSITION UNDER CANOPY WHEN ROCK BROW BROKE AT EDGE OF CANOPY STRIKING INJURED ON RT HIP ROCK MEASURED 3FT LONGX2FT WIDEX8IN THICK

December 21, 1994 VA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS FLIPPING STEEL RAIL WITH SLATE BAR WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG. PAIN KEPT GETTING WORSE AND BACK STARTED STIFFENING UP.

December 21, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Altec Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LETTING STEEL DOWN OUT OF HOLE, WRENCH FLEW OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN ELBOW.

December 21, 1994 PA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS INSTALLING A SLUE (SHHIELD CONTROL UNIT) ONTO A SHIELD DURING A NEW LONG-WALL SET-UP FACE DURING A LONG-WALL MOVE. WHIEL PUSHING IT INTO PLACE, HE STRAINED/SPRAINEED HIS RIGHT THUMB.

December 21, 1994 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WALKING PAST A PARKED SCOOP SLIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING LOWER BACK AGAINST SCOOP.

December 21, 1994 WV · Coal loading machine/gather arm loader helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED STRAINED HISBACK WHILE HANGING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLLE DURING A POWER MOVE.

December 21, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastwood Construction Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING BOLTER FROM 4 TO 3 STEPPED IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

December 21, 1994 TN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING IN INTAKE ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING EE ON HARD HAT CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND INJURY HIS KNEE.

December 21, 1994 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING AN EIGHT FOOT ROOF BOLT TO PUT INTO DRILLED HOLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT KNEE.

December 21, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLETED HIS DUTIES ON 12-21-94 WITH NO NOTICEABLE INCIDENT HE WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY WITH DISCOMFORT IN HIS RT EYE HE WENT TO THE DOC & HE FOUND A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG IN HIS EYE

December 21, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaskaskia Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELT TRIPOUT THEBELTWAS FULL OF ROCK& HOPPER WAS FULL STARTED SHOVELING ROCK OFF BELT & HOPPER WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED LOST FOOTING TWISTED LOWER BACK TORE MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK

December 21, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MAN STATES HE WAS STANDING IN ENTRY AND SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON BACK OF HEAD CAUSING LACERATION (4 SUTURES)

December 21, 1994 KY · Coal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Adena Fuels Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUSHING TAIL PIECE OVER USING A BAR, THE CHAIN BROKE AND BAR HIT HIS LEG.

December 21, 1994 AL · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING UP TRACK WHEN FOOT SLIPPED AND GOT HUNG BETWEEN TRACK TIE AND RAIL. TRIED TO BREAK FALL AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE AND BACK.

December 21, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Adena Fuels Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A PART INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND INJURED HIS BACK.

December 21, 1994 PA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING AROUND A SUPPLY CAR TO UNLOAD ROCKDUST. AS HE WALKED ALONG SIDE THE CAR, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT LEG AND KNEE.

December 21, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Picher Filtration & Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

DURING A MAINTENANCAE DOWN DAY HE WAS 0UTSIDE IN THE FINISHED END TOWER LIFTING A BERING OUT OF THE ROTEX SCREEN. HE BUMPED HIS HAND ON THE LID.

December 21, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Maxville Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE PARKED HIS TRUCK UNDER OUT 5 BIN AND GOT OUT OF IT. WHEN HE WENT TO GET BACK INTO IT A ROCK FELL FROM PLANT SOMEWHERE STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK. I COULDNT DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE ROCK CAME FROM.

December 21, 1994 AL · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Drummond Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WORKING AS SHIELD OPERATOR. HE WAS FOLLOWING UP ON PUSH WHEN PAN LINE WAS PUSHED UP, RAMBAR (ACROSS 3 SHIELDS) SLID BACK DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN SHIELD AND RAM BAR.

December 21, 1994 AL · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BOXES OF RESIN ONTO THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE FELT AND HEARD A POPPING IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. NOTE: THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 12-21-94. HE HURT HIS BACK ON 1-10-95 WHICH BEC AME A LOST TIME. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THIS INJURY WAS PERTAINING TO HIS BACK INJURY OF 1-10-95.

December 21, 1994 IL · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSON STATED, HE WAS LIFTING METAL FORKS. THE METAL FORKS SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP AND CAUGHT HIS RT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE LIFT FORK AND THE BUCKET OF 966 ENDLOADER.

December 20, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Last Chance Leasing Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE PINNIGN TOP A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELLF ORM BESIDE CANOPY TO STRICK HIM ON HE LEFT HIP AREA.

December 20, 1994 VA · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING DOWN FACE TO PULL LONGWALL JACKWHENHETURNED TO ADVANCE THE NEXT JACK HE TWISTED HIS RT KNEE

December 20, 1994 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LAYING TRACK GRT SECTION WHILE CARRYING TIE ON SHOULDER TRIPPED OVER A TIE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

December 20, 1994 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp · Struck against a moving object

HAULING COAL IN BUGGIE, LOST POWER AND BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING EE TO HIT HEAD ON CANOPY LEG.

December 20, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Adena Fuels Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CRIB BLOCKS IN SCOOP BUCKET & BUILDING CRIBS & HURT HIS BACK - NOT REPORTED UNTIL 12/20/94.

December 20, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Dynasty Coal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

THE SHUTTLE CAR EE WAS WORKING ON WASN'T MOVED OUT OF THE ROADWAY FAR ENOUGH. THIS CAUSED HIM TO BE HIT BY ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR BEING OPERATED BY ANOTHER EE. THE ACCIDENT BROKE BOTH OF EE'S SHO ULDERS, SHATTERED HIS LEFT SHOULDER BLADE AND CUT IT. BROKE 3 RIBS AND POSSIBLY CRACKED HIS SPINE.

December 20, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HANGING AND WORKING IN AN ENGINE WELL ON A TORQUE CONVERTER IN A H.D. #16 FIAT ALLIS BULL DOZER. WORKING IN A VERY CONFINED AREA IN AN AKWARD POSITION.

December 20, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Double N Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING AROUND ROOF BOLTER AND STEPPED ON BLOCK OF COAL, FALLING AND TWISTING RT KNEE.

December 20, 1994 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A PARKED MANBUS WHEN IT WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.

December 20, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Solite Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED PERSON AND THE WITNESS WERE LIFTING A 25 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR OFF A STAND. THEY WERE USING A BAR THRU THE EYEBOLT ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE MOTOR AS A MEANS TO GRIP AND LIFT. THE MOT OR WHEN THEY GOT THE MOTOR OFF THE STAND THE EYEBOLT BROKE. THE JERK FROM THE EYEBOLT BREAKING JERKED THE INJURED MAN S BACK, CAUSING THE INJURY.

December 20, 1994 AZ · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Mesa Pipeline Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STANDING ON A NARROW PLATFORM ON THE GUIDE OF A CAGE PACTOR DROP CHUTE. WASHING DOWN COAL DUST BUILD UP WITH PRESSURIZED WATER HOSE. THE WATER HOSE DROPPED BEHIND HIM WHILE HOLDING THE H OSE OVER HIS SHOULDER, THE WATER HOSE JERKED BACKWARD TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.

December 20, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kentucky Select Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PINNING TOP AND PIN WRENCH SLIP OFF AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON HEAD OF PINNER.

December 20, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Le Sueur-Richmond Slate Corp · Struck against stationary object

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DISCARDING WASTE PIECES OF SLATE INTO TRASH BIN. HE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN SLATE AND TRASH BIN.

December 20, 1994 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING TOOLS FROM THE THRLEE-WHEELER INTO HIS TOOL BOX, WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY TRAMMED THE SCOOP INTO THE BACKEND OF THE THREE-WHEELER, CAUSING THE FRONT END OF T HE THREE-WHEELER TO SWING TOWARD THE TOOL BOX, PINCHING THE EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE TOOL BOX & THE THREE-WHEELER.

December 20, 1994 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hobet Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

ON 12-20-94, WHILE BACKING HIS ENDLOADER UP, THE MACHINE STRUCK THE HIGHWALL JOLTING THE EMPLOYEE RESULTING IN LOW BACK PAIN AND SORENESS. ON 1-30-95, FOLLOWING MEDICAL EVALUATION, THE EMPLOYE E BEGAN TO MISS WORK.

December 20, 1994 AK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Usibelli Coal Mine Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL OFF LOADER WHILE REPAIRING HYD LIFT LADDER.

December 20, 1994 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRAMMING THE CONT. MINER TO THE FACE WITH THE MACHINE ON REMOTE CONTROL. EE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE OUTBY CANOPY POST. EE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MACHINE & THE RIB LINE AS THE MACHINE SL EWED OVER.

December 20, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PULLING THE SLACK OUT OF THE SCOOP SHARGER CABLE WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF CAUSING A PAIN IN HIS NECK.

December 20, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Scant Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER OPER PUT STAB JACK DOWN ON HIS OWN FOOT MASHING BIG TOE ON RIGHT FOOT. TOE NAIL WAS PARTLY TORN OFF VICTIM FINISHED REMOVING NAIL. I WRAPPED TOE IN GUAZE. SAID HE WOULD DOCTOR TOE AT HOME LEFT SECTION AT 9:40 P.M.

December 20, 1994 WV · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marfork Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING THE BAND ON A BUNDLE OF TIMBERS AND THE CENTER SECTION BROKE LOOSE. THE TIMBERS KNOCKED HIS FEET OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HIT HIS HEAD AND LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A MAS HED LEFT HAND. HE ALSO RECEIVED A BLOW TO HIS LEFT FOOT AND HIS HEAD.

December 20, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Commercial Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A CLEVIS FOR A HOLDING STRAP. THE CLEVIS NEEDED TO BE TAPPED SHUT TO PREVENT THE STRAP FROM FALLING OUT. A VENDOR DRIVER [PENN DIESEL CO] THAT WAS DELIVERING THE TRANSMISS ION WAS TAPPING THE CLEVIS WITH A 4# SLEDGE WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING IT. THE VENDOR DRIVER MISSED & STRUCK OUR EMPLOYEE'S THUMB. THOUGHT IT ONLY BRUSIED, BUT X-RAY SHOWED IT BROKEN.

December 20, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seubert Excavators Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CHANGING TOGGLE PLATES ON CRUSHER AND WAS PUSHING THE TOGGLES WITH HIS RT FOOT AND THE JAW SWUNG DOWN ONTO HIS ANKLE.

December 20, 1994 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PUTTING OIL IN MINER, TURNED TO PICK UP 5 GALLON CAN OF HYDRAULIC OIL AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

December 19, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunrise Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE. PULLED ON CABLE, TWISTED BACK.

December 19, 1994 AL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED & CO-WORKER WERE MOVING A JOINT OF 4" STEEL PIPE FROM CROSS CUT. AS THEY MOVED IT FORM RIB, CO-WORKER UNEXPECTEDLY THREW HIS END OF HTE PIPE AORUND. THE PIPE STRUCK THE INJURE DON HI S LEFT FOOT RESULTING INA CONTUSION.

December 19, 1994 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING 2 ROOF BOLT BUNDLES OF PLATES [20] WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK THAT PUT HIM DOWN TO HIS KNEES.

December 19, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS UNBLOCKING BIN SCREENING WHILE CLMBING DOWN FROM CLAM GATE HIS FOOT SLIPPED MAKING HIM FALL FORWARD HITTING HIS RIGHT SHIN ON A STONE.

December 19, 1994 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING THRU THE PACKING MACHINE STAIR WHEN SUDDENLY A RIGHT FOOT SLIDE AND STRAIN HIS ANKLE.

December 19, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS MOVING SOME ROLLERS. WHILE SHIFTING THEM, HE PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

December 19, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tg Soda Ash Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING IN CAUSTIC PLANT AND CAUSTIC LOADOUT MOST OF THE DAY. HE APPARENTLY HAD SOME CAUSTIC DUST ON HIS HANDS WHICH HE ADVERTENTLY RUBBED INTO HIS LEFT EYE, CAUSING A CHEMICAL BURN TO THE EYE.

December 19, 1994 VI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virgin Islands Alumina Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE COMING DOWN STEPS THAT WERE SLIGHTLY UNEVEN, SLIPEPD AND WHILE CATCHING HIMSELF TWISTED LEFT ANKLE. THIS HAPPENED IN UNIT 7.

December 19, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kyanite Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON TO A ROCK TO ENTER REAR OF EXPLOSIVES TRAILER IN CUT. HE PULLED LIGAMENTS IN LEFT ANKLE.

December 19, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS TIGHTENING A TIRE WHEN A WHEEL STUD BROKE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL.

December 19, 1994 WV · Coal mechanic helper EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Cyprus Kanawha Corp · Struck by flying object

THE MECHANIC STATED TO ME THAT AFTER PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRE, HE WAS BENT OVER THE TIRE CHECKING THE AIR PRESSURE WHEN THE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT CAUSING THE TIRE TO STRIKE HIM IN THE LEFT KNEE ARE A.

December 19, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Leander Cut Stone Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CLEANING BEHIND QUARRY SAW, WHEN ROCK CAME FLYING OUT & HIT HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HEAD,TO THE LEFT OF THE LEFT EYE.

December 19, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hibbing Taconite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BY HIS WORK BENCH IN THE MINE SERVICE BUILDING WELD SHOP. HE BENT OVER TO GET A MEASUREMENT O A CART HE WAS WORKING ON. WHEN HE STOOD UP AND TURNED TOWARDS HIS WORK BENCH, HE EXPERIENCE D EXTREME BACK PAIN. EE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 12-20-94.

December 19, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Empire Iron Mining Partnership · Struck against a moving object

WHILE SHOVEL WAS LOADING HIS TRUCK A CHUNK HIT THE TRUCK BOX SIDERAIL. THE JOLT CAUSED HIS RIGHT KNEE TO HIT THE DASH. HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT.

December 19, 1994 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS USING A HAND HELD CUTTER TO CUT A LEAD INTO ON A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHENHE GRIPPED THE HANDLES OF THE CUTTER TOGETHER HE PINCHED THE SKIN BETWEEN HIS RT INDEX FINGER & THUMB

December 19, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRYING TO FREE THE DOOR ON THE LOADING BINS AT THE SECONDARY PLANT BY HAMMERING ON IT IT CAME LOOSE UNEXPECTEDLY & CAUGHT THE END OF THE MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RT HAND AT THE PINCH POINT

December 19, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING COUPLING TO REINSTALL.

December 19, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oglebay Norton Taconite Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING SHOVEL BUCKET, WHEN HE TRIPPED ON BUCKET PIN AND FELL LANDING ON RIGHT LEG. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS TEMPORARILY BLINDED BY PORTABLE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND DID NOT SEE PIN.

December 19, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Faith Coal Sales Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE MINE BUGGY ON WHICH THE INJURED MAN WAS RIDING WAS GOING TOO FAST OVER SOME ROUGH MINE FLOOR, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE UP OFF THE BUGGY.

December 19, 1994 IL · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

REPLACING A PLUG ON A CABLE NEAR THE TAIL PIECE, A ROCK CAME OVER THE TRANSFER POINT AND CAME OFF OF THE BELT HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT LEG.

December 19, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator OTHER
Arch Of Kentucky · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 12/19/94. HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING ARTHRITIS.

December 19, 1994 CT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tilcon Connecticut Inc · Fall from machine

EE STOPPED HIS TRUCK WAITING FOR SIGNAL TO MOVE IN POSITION FOR LOADING. OPENED DOOR AND FELL APPROX 8 FT FROM EUCLID TRUCK. HE DOESN'T REMEMBER THIS HAPPENING, HE ONLY REMEMBERS FINDING HIMSE LF ON GROUND.

December 19, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MAN WAS WALKING DOWN FACE CHAIN WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF FLIGHT AND TURNED ANKLE.

December 19, 1994 WV · Coal belt cleaner, picker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cannelton Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ORIGINAL INJURY 5-29-90. EMPLOYEE HAS PERSISTENT AND RECURRING BACK PAIN AND ACCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH BACK PAIN HISTORY. REPORTED 9-9-92, 12-28-92, 10-20-90, 12-29-87, 11-12-87, 4-16-82. THIS REPORT IS RECURRING BACK PAIN, LUMBROSACRAL DISC SYNDROME.

December 19, 1994 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator OTHER
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ORIGINAL ACCIDENT 4-22-93. PLEASE ADD ONE ADDITIONAL DAY TO THIS REPORT- REOCCURRANCE. MISSED WORK ON 12-20-94.

December 19, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Southdown Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BROKEN SECITON OF SCREW CONVEYOR WITH A USE OF A CUTTING TORCH. HE WAS CUTTING TH ESCREW SECTION WHEN HOT SLAG FELL ON HIS FOREARM, CAUSING BURN. EMPLOYEE FIRST MEDIC AL EXAM ON 12-28-94, WHEN ARM APPEARED SWOLLEN AND INFECTED. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED OT WORK REGULARL SCHEDULED SHIFT UNTIL 1-6-95. ARM WAS NOT HEALING AS EXPECTED.

December 19, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NONPOWERED HAULAGE
CalPortland · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WASWALKING BACKWARDS PULLING A CART WITH A FULLER PUMP BEARING HOUSING ON IT ONE WHEEL OF THE CART CAUGHT ON A RUBBER MAT WHICH CAUSED THE CART TO TIP & THE BEARING HOUSING TO FALL/S LIDE AGAINST THE EMPLOYEES HANDS

December 19, 1994 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Coal Miners Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS ALLEGEDLY INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN THE MACHINE SHIFTED TOWARD HIM (CAUSED BY THE UPWARD PRESSURE OF THE WRENCH). HE QUICKLY JUMPED FROM A SQUAT POSITION--HIS KNEE POPPED AND PAIN SHOT THRU IT. IT CONTINUED POPPING AND HURTING THE REST OF THE SHIFT. ACCIDENT ALONG WITH DR. EXCUSE REPORTED TO CO. ON 12-22-94.

December 19, 1994 AL · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS THE SHEARER CAME FROM SINGLE SEAM INTO TWIN SEAM AREA THE HEAD GATE DRUM CAUGHT A ROCK PROPELLING IT THROUGHT HE AIR STRIKING INJURED ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. ROCK WAS APPROX 12"X14"X10".

December 19, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER STARTING THE PORTABLE GENERATOR MOUNTED ON A TRUCK FRAME, THE EE STEPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND WHILE HOLDING ONTO A PART OF THE GENERATOR STRAINING HIS RIGHT SHOULDE.R

December 19, 1994 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP ROADWAY WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ONA ROOF BOLT.

December 19, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland River Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED HAD LIFTED A SECTION OF EMPTY PIPE TO CLEAN A FOOT VALVE, AFTER CLEANING THE VALVE INJURED FILLED THE PIPE WITH WATER TO PRIME THE PUMP. THE PIPE SLIPPED AND INJURED TRIED TO CATCH IT , FORGETTING THAT IT WAS FULL OF WATER, WHICH RESULTED IN INJURED STRAINING HIS BACK. NOTE: INJURED WORKED UNTIL 1-12-95, AND SAW ADR ON 1-16-95 AT WHICH TIME THE DR TOLD HIM TO TAKE OFF FROM

December 19, 1994 VA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Humphreys Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF HTE DRILL. WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO THE GORUND, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. WENT TO DR ON 12-20-94, X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS SPR AINED RIGT ANKLE. RETURNE DOT WORK ON 12-21-94.

December 18, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Altec Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WENT THRU FLIGHT PAD RAISED UP INTO BOW LOW PLACE STORE UP NECK.

December 18, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLOSING A DOOR ON A BLOWER LINE. HE WAS PULLING THE DOOR CLOSED WITH HIS RT HAND WHEN THE DOG EAR OF THE DOOR STRUCK HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

December 18, 1994 WY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Shoshone Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEEE WAS DEMOBILIZING EQUIPMENT NEAR LONGWALL. HE SLIPPED ON AIR LINES & LANDED ON PAN LINE. THEIS CAUSED SEVERE CONTUSION TO HIS LEFT HIP. INFECTION IN THE LEFT HIP OCCURRED WITHIN 24 HR S THEREAFTER.

December 18, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners LLC · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING A JOY CONTINOUS MINER. AFTER LOADING THE SHUTTLE CAR, THE CAR PULLED AWAY FROM THE MINER AND SMALL ROCK FELL OFF THE BACK OF THE SHUTTLE CAR, STRIKING THE EE ON THE CALF OF HI S RT LEG. INITIALLY A FIRST AID CASE (BRUISE). ACCIDENT BECAME RECORDABLE 12-30-94. EE WAS SEEN BY A DR FOR SWELLING OF FOOT. OFF TOO KEEP LEG ELEVATED 1 WEEK.

December 17, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS SCOOPING THE #1 CONVEYOR BELT, APPROX. 4 CROSS CUTS UNDERGROUND. INJURED STATED THAT AS HE WAS SCOOPING UP SOME GOB. A FOREIGN OBJECT (ASSUMED TO BE OLD PLASTIC WATER LINE) SLID AC ROSS THE SCOOP BUCKET, STRIKING HIM ON THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE. NO ONE WITNESSED THE DIRECT CONTACT, BUT PLASTIC WATER LINE WAS PRESENT IN THE AREA.

December 17, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & S Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SAID HE WAS BENDING ROOF BOLT AND PULLED MUSCLE OUT.

December 17, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE KNEELING ON R. KNEE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WHEN A BROW [APPROX 6'L X 10" W TAPERING DOWN TO 5"W X 5" TO 7" THICK] FELL STRIKING HIM ON LOWER LEFT LEG WHICH WAS EXTEDED BEHIND HIM.

December 17, 1994 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING CONT MINER CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WAS IN 9M.N. SECTION #5 ENTRY AT SURVEY TAG 1899.

December 17, 1994 IN · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Beauty Underground Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS EXTENDING SIGHTS IN THE 7 ENTRY USING A LASER. AS HE WALKED BACK TO GET THIS DEVICE HIS FOOT STUCK IN THE MUD. HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS HIP AND LEG AFTER PULLING HIS FOOT OUT OF THE S OFT FLOOR MUD.

December 17, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 12-17-94 EE WAS DRAGGING A RAM JACK, WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT REPORT IT AND BEGAN HIS PRESCHEDULED VACATION. HE RETURNED TO WORK AS SCHEDULED ON 12-31-94. ON 1-1-95, AS HE WAS CHANGING A TILT JACK, HE AGAIN STRAINED HIS BACKAND STATED THAT HE MUST HAVE RETURNED TO WORK TOO SOON AFTER THE ORIGINAL INJURY. HE IS NOW SEEKING MEDICAL INTERVENTION.

December 17, 1994 AL · Coal driller operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CLAIMED HE TURNED HIS ANKLE. TOLD FOREMAN HE WAS OK, HOWEVER HE WENT TO THE DR AND STARTED LOSING TIME 12-28-94, DUE TO THIS INJURY.

December 17, 1994 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING REOVER DE GAS PIPE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

December 17, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Lac Bullfrog Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING SPLIT SET ROCK BOLTS WITH A GARDINIER DENVER JACKLEG. WHILE REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE, EE LOST HIS FOOTING AND CONTROL OF JACKLEG. THE JACKLEG STRUCK EE ON LEFT KNEE. E E WAS TREATED AT MEDICAL CLINIC AND PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

December 17, 1994 KY · Coal hoistman, hoist operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sextet Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LOADING BELT FRAMING ON SUPPLY TRAILER. STRAINING LOWER BACK ON 9-19-94, BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. REINJURED ON 12-17-94 MOVING BELT FRAMING UNDERGROUND. EE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 12-10-94. HAD SURGERY ON BACK 1-9-95.

December 17, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
McElroy Coal Company · Fall from machine

MAIN EAST MAN WAS CLIMBING UP ON AUXILLARY FAN TO PUSH RESET BUTTON WHICH WAS ON RIB LINE SIDE HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF AND HE TREID TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH LEFT HAND HE STRAINED HIS LEFT ELBOW POSS IBLY TURN TENDON./

December 17, 1994 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Monterey Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INJURED RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE LOOSENING BOLTS FROM A COVER CAUSING A POSSIBLE PINCHED NERVE. EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON MAR 7, 1995.

December 17, 1994 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Black Beauty Underground Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF A SCOOP BUCKET AFTER REPAIRING SCOOP. WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE HAS INJURED THIS KNEE SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST YEARS. HIS DR. PE RFORMED OP. SCOPE SURGERY ON KNEE ON 1-18-95. EVEN THOUGH THIS ACCICENT WAS ON 12-17-94 IT DID NOT BECOME AN LTA REPORTABLE UNTIL 1-19-95.

December 17, 1994 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT AS HE WAS HOOKING UP SLINGER DUSTER TO SCOOP THE DUSTER TONGUE DROPPED ON HIS FINGER PINCHING IT BETWEEN THE TONGUE AND THE SCOOP BUMPE. WENT TO DR ON 12-19-94. THIS OC CURRED IN UNIT #3.

December 17, 1994 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING KERSEY TRACTOR, HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY, CAUSING HIM TO HIT ELBOW ON KERSEY DECK. EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 1-3-95.

December 17, 1994 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastwood Construction Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED STATED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON MINER CABLE. THIS INJURY WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR & STARTED MISSING WORK 02/04/95.

December 17, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Opportunity Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PERSON WAS DRIVING TRUCK AND SAID IT STARTED BOUNCING AND HURT HIS BACK.

December 17, 1994 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Brushy Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

LEAVING BOTTOM DRIVING GOLF CART ANOTHER CART STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM & HE RUN IN TO BACK OF; CART HITTING KNEE ON STEERING COLUMN

December 17, 1994 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

MAN WAS LIFTING & THROWING A COIL OF TAKEUP WINCH ROPE INTO BACK OF TRUCK UNDERGROUND ON 12/17/94 WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT RIBCAGE. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT 12/19/94 ON HIS NEXT SH IFT THEN LEFT WORK DUE TO THE REPORTED INJURY 3 HOURS INTO THE SHIFT.

December 17, 1994 AL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 3-30-95. WAS WALKING UP CAT WALK AND FELL.

December 17, 1994 PA · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner MACHINERY
Genesis Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS POSITIONING ROOFBOLTER IN THE FACE WHILE LOOKING OVER THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. WHEN IT BECAME NECESSARY TO BACK UP, HE DID SO WITHOUT LOOKING, AND CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE CA NOPY AND AN OFFSET IN THE ROOF.

December 17, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Kentucky Select Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HELPING MOVE THE MINER INTO NO. 7 ENTRY.L AFTER COMPLETING THE MOVE THE MINER OPERATOR BACK THE MINER OUT OF THE FACE TO SET BITS. WHILE HE WAS WALKING BY THE MINER A PIECE OF ROCK 18 I MCHES BY 21 INCHES BY 2 INCHES FELL FROM THE ROOF HITTING HIS HARD HAT.

December 17, 1994 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A BELT SCRAPER FROM UNDER #1 NORTH BELT AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

December 17, 1994 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Western Mingo Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RUNNIGN A SHUTTLE CAR ON THE SECTION, THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

December 17, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Martin County Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE ROOF FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND UPPER NECK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 3-16-95. EMPLOYEE UNDERWENT SURGERY OF HIS NECK ON THI S DATE.

December 17, 1994 AL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HANGING FLEX TUBING IN NO. 1 HEADING, FELL ON ROCK HURT LEFT LEG.

December 17, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE AT FOX 10 OVERBURDEN PIT WAS SERVICING A CAT 992 LOADER. HE WAS PULLING THE GREASE HOSE OUT OF THE REEL ON THE SERVICE TRUCK, WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND FELL ON THE GROUND. HE BROKE TWO BONES IN HIS RIGHT HAND, BETWEEN THE WRIST AND THE KNUCKLES.

December 17, 1994 OK · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Farrell-Cooper Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED ATTEMPTED TO PULL UP A RAMP IN TOO HIGH OF A GEAR. THE TRUCK PONERED OUT AND KILLED THE ENGINE. THE INJURED THE TRUCK DRIVER ALLOWED THE TRUCK TO ROLL BACK DOWN THE RAMP APPROX. 20 FT AND INTO THE BERM WHERE IT TURNED OVER IN IT SIDE BRUISING THE INJURED ELBOW.

December 17, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amerikanuak Inc · Fall onto or against objects

12-17-94 - SLIPPED ON TRACKS AND HIT BACK. WORKED UNTIL 1-3-95;4 SCHEDULED DAYS OFF. MISSED 8,9,10,11 WORK DAYS, 4 SCHEDULED DAYS OFF, MISSED 16,17,18,19 WORK DAYS.

December 16, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS MOVING THE PARTS CAR DOWN THE TAIL ENTRY WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL DROPPED IN A LOWER HOLE CAUSING INJURED TO BE JERKED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION & CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

December 16, 1994 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TORQUE ON BOLTER WHEN TORQUE WRENCH SPUN AROUND STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT WRIST. [MAN STARTED LOOSING TIME ON 12/21/94 FOR THIS ACCIDENT]

December 16, 1994 IL · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DELIVERING SMALL PARTS TO 1N/4E UNIT, ABOUT 2 X-CUTS FROM UNIT A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE & CHEST.

December 16, 1994 WY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Shoshone Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN SCOOP HANGING CABLE AND W/O WARNING A SUPV. GOT IN OPR.SEAT AND HIT RAM OUT CONTROL. EE SUFFERED EXTREME PAIN AND HIGH VEIN PRESSURE. NO BONES BROKEN AND IS ON CRUTCHES UNTIL DR'S. R ELEASE.

December 16, 1994 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR. SHUTTLE CAR & CONTINUOUS MINER COLLIDED.

December 16, 1994 OH · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper STRIKING OR BUMPING
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

YEMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH A CROSS-CUT CARRYING 2-5 GAL CANS OF WATER WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO A BOLT BLOCK KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND AND CAUSING MOMENTARY UNCONSCIOUSNESS.

December 16, 1994 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RE-RAIL AN AIRCOMPRESSOR HE CUT HIS FINGER. EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HOLDING A BOARD UNDER THE CAR AN CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE COMPRESSOR & THE 1 HOLE BOARD.

December 16, 1994 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Nest Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING TWO CO-WORKERS CARRY A JACK HAMMER TO THE ELEVATOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

December 16, 1994 IL · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING BRAKE OFF GEAR CASE, BRAKE POPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT LEG.

December 16, 1994 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basin Resources Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED JACK USED TO LIFT FCT SLIPPED PINCHING RT INDEX FINGER & RT MIDDLE FINGER

December 16, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEES FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER & A CRIB BLOCK WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A CRAWLER PAD

December 16, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO HIS TRUCK AT THE START OF SHIFT, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN ICY SPOT CAUSING HIM TO FALL, LANDING ON THE LEFT HIP. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE X-RAYS REVE ALED NO BROKEN BONES. DIAGNOSED AS BRUISED.

December 16, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE ALLEGED INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE INJURED BENT OVER TO ENTER A LOW AREA IN THE MINE--HE STATES HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK & COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.

December 16, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Bell County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SCRAPING COAL AWAY FROM THE HEAD ROLLER & SCRAPER WITH A CAP BOARD. HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SCRAPER & BRUISED IT.

December 16, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Owl Rock Products · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBING INTO TUB OF DSI SLIPPED & HIT BUTT JARRING HIS TAILBONE

December 16, 1994 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O'Connor Brothers Incorporated · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF EXTEC PORTABLE PLANT & FELL TO GROUND, CAUSING MULTIPLE BRUISES. A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE ACCUMULATION OF EXCESSIVE FROST ON THE PLANT. MULTIPLE BRUISES, EXTERNAL & INTERNAL, WERE INCURRED. THERE WERE NO BROKEN BONES OR HEAD INJURIES.

December 16, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Howard Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO CAB OF EUCLID WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. APPARENTLY HIS HAND WAS SECURE, BUT HIS BACK WAS TWISTED.

December 16, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Cat Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A PALLET ON CONVEYOR BY PALLETIZER ON PACKAGING LING. CORNER OF PALLET HUNG ON RAIL OF CONVEYOR. WHEN PALLET CAME LOOSE IT CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S ARM BETWEEN GUARD RAIL FOR ELE CTRONIC EYE AND PALLET BRUISING AND SCRAPING RIGHT ARM.

December 16, 1994 PA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A 5IN SLURRY FEED PIPE INSIDE THE #14 PLANT WHILE PLACING THE PIPE INTO POSITION THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE ON A SLIPPERY PILE OF MATERIAL FALLING BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS HAND AGAINST THE GROUND

December 16, 1994 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING INTO POSITION TO LOAD A RAIL CAR WITH PREPARED COAL WHEN HE SLIPPED ONA HOSE, CAUSIGN HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.

December 16, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Webster County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS CHANGING BEARINGS ON A TAILROLLER. HE WAS USING A PRYBAR & THE ROLLER SHIFTED CAUSING THE BAR TO CATCH HIS FINGER.

December 16, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK,INSIDE PRECIPATOR,INLET DUCT MATERIAL BUILD UP SHOOK LOOSE CAUSING DUST AND POWDER ACCUMULATION TO TRAP HIM ON SCAFFOLDING.

December 16, 1994 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ENZ, INC. · Fall from machine

RAINING, SLIPPED ON TRACKS (FUELING DOZER). FELL TO GROUND.

December 16, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Boone Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND WHERE THE SCOOP SWIVELS. THE SCOOP OPERATOR MOVED THE MACHINE AND PINCHED HIS HAND.

December 16, 1994 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Utah Fuel Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS PULLING SLCAK OUT OF THE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE BELT CLAMP BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD BEHIND THE LEFT EAR CAUSING A CONCUSSION AND LACERATION BEHIND THE LEFT EAR .

December 16, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck against stationary object

EE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LITTLE FINGER WHILE HANDLING STEEL REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

December 16, 1994 AL · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

SHEARER THREW ROCK INTO PANLINE, ROCK FELL AND HIT FOOT.

December 16, 1994 WV · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountain View Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS WALKING A GRIP STRUT WALKWAY. HE SLIPPED WHILE REACHING FOR HIS BALANCE HE GRABBED THE METAL SHEETING HE WAS INSTALLING. HE MORE LIKELY CAUGHT HIS TOES ON THE VERY ABRASIVE GRIP STRUT A S OPPOSED TO TRIPPING AS THE FOREMAN REPORTED.

December 16, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING 60 INCH BELT ROLLERS HE STARTED HAVING PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK AND IN HIS LEG.

December 16, 1994 WV · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SHIELDS AND ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE SHIELD AND STRCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT, FRACTURIG HIS RIGHT FOOT.

December 16, 1994 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING. HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW A COUPLE OF TIMES EARLIER IN THE SHIFT WHILE DOING DIFFERENT JOBS.

December 16, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eighty-Four Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A LARGE ROCK OFF THE TRACKS WITH A BAR AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELT A PULL IN HIS STOMACH AREA. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT WAS NOT WAITING FOR MORE HELP. NO RULES WERE BR OKEN, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED, MINER PROFICIENCY MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR AND PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT WAS BEING WORN.

December 16, 1994 UT · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Energy West Mining Company · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN SHIELDS WHEN EE WAS PULLING SHIELDS NEAR TAIL GATE. EE WAS WEARING METATARSAL TYPE BOOTS.

December 16, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK, INSIDE PRECIPATOR, INLET DUCT MATERIAL BUILD-UP SHOOK LOOSE CAUSING DUST & POWDER ACCUMULATION TO TRAP HIM ON SCAFFOLDING.

December 16, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Drummond Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AIR HOSE CAME OFF JACKHAMMER CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARD AND HURT HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

December 15, 1994 VA · Coal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES WERE FOLDING DOWN THE DRILL CATWALK WHEN THE SUPPORT LEG FROM THE CATWALK SWUNG OUT AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

December 15, 1994 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eighty-Four Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STANDING NEAR THE ATRS AFTER FINISHING HIS BOLT THE OPERATOR LOWERED THE ATRS TO MOVE INTO POSITION FOR NEXT ROW AND A PIECE OF BINDER FELL AND STRUCK EE ON HIS FOOT. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT WAS NOT STANDING BACK AWAY FROM THE ATRS WHEN LOWERING. NO RULES OR REGULATIONS WERE BROKEN. PERSONNEL EQUIP. WAS WORN, AND MINER PROFICIENCY COULD HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.

December 15, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Dbe Excavating Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CUT HIS LEFT WRIST ON FEEDER BELT. EMPLOYEE FAILED TO SHUT OFF BELT FIRST AS HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO. NO ONE SAW ACCIDENT OCCUR. EMPLOYEE STATED HE GOT HAND CAUGHT IN CHAIN & SPROCKET .

December 15, 1994 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PERFORMING PRESHIFT EXAMINATIONS WHEN HE STEPPED IN AN UNEVEN PLACE IN THE MINE FLOOR, CAUSING HIM TO SPRAIN HIS LEFT KNEE.

December 15, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
BASF Catalysts LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON ONE SIDE OF A FORKLIFT RAMP IN ORDER TO ALLOW A FORKLIFT OPERATOR TO SLIDE HIS FORKS UNDER THE RAMP, THE RAMP SHIFTED & THE EMPLOYEE FELL ONTO THE WAREHOUSE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE HIT THE FLOOR.

December 15, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH A TORCH AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE.

December 15, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Magma Nevada Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN INTO THE TRENCH TO DO SOIL DENSITY TESTS WHEN HE HOPPED DOWN THE LAST FEW FEET & POPPED HIS KNEE

December 15, 1994 KY · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner ELECTRICAL
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Flash burns (electric)

EE WAS PLUGGING UP A SET OF SCOOP BATTERIES WHEN HIS HAND WAS BURNED BY AN ELECTRICAL ARC CAUSED BY A GROUNDED LEAD.

December 15, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING BED RAILS WITH A SECOND INDIVIDUAL FROM A SCOOP BUCKET THAT WAS STOPPED/PARKED RAILS SHIFTED AS ONE OF THE RAILS WAS MOVED CAUSING THEM TO SLIDE CATCHING INDIVIDUALS RT LEG

December 15, 1994 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mobil Mining & Minerals Company · Fall from machine

THE VICTIM WAS DISMOUNTING FROM HIS FORKLIFT WHEN HIS GROUND FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARDS.HIS OTHER FOOT LEFT BECAME WEDGED IN THE STEP AND LIGAMENT DAMAGE OCCURRED.

December 15, 1994 IL · Coal timberman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

A ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE SHIELDS ON THE LONGWALL FACE HITTING THE MANS RT HAND WHICH WAS ON TOP OF THE HAND RAIL OF THECABLE RACK ROCK WAS 7INX8IN IN SIZE

December 15, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hilltop Basic Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PUSHING HANGDOWN RUBBER BACK IN THE SHAKER AFTER CHANGING A SCREEN. WHILE PUSHING ON THE RUBBER, HE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.

December 15, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amerikanuak Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HAPPENED AT BEGINNING WHILE UNLOADING 55 GALLON OIL DRUM FROM A LOADER THE DRUM TIPPED TO FAR & EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL SMASHING HIS FINGERS AGAINST ANOTHER DRUM.

December 15, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leslie Resources Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHIGN A DRIVE LIME OUT OF A D11 ACAT BULLDOZER WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER TEAR.

December 15, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hanson Permanente Cement Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS CHANGING PUMP, OPENED LINE PRESSURE AND DUST BLEW OUT.

December 15, 1994 IL · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object

STONE FELL FROM BETWEEN SHIELDS AND STRUCK RIGHT THUMB.

December 15, 1994 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bbc Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELIN ON JOB HAUL ROAD EN ROUTE TO OFFICE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF S-10 PICK-UP TRUCK AND HIT A COAL TRUCK HEAD ON.

December 15, 1994 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Premium Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ACCIDENT REPORTED ON 1-2-95. PUTTING A DRUM OF OIL IN BUCKET OF LOADER.

December 15, 1994 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Original Fuels Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS WORKING ON A ROLLER WITH THE AIR GUN AND DOZER BLADE CAME DOWN ON HIS HAND.

December 15, 1994 AL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Dravo Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INT HE SACKING SHOUDE OPERATING THE PALLITIZER. AT THE END OF TH EDYA HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR HIS KNEE WAS BOTHERING HIM AND THOUGHT IT WAS AN OLD FOOTBALL INJURY. ON 12- 26, HE WENT TO HIS DR WHO REFERRED HIM TO AN ORTHO. DR WHO KEP HIM OF FWORK FROM 12-28- TO 1-10-95. HE RETURNE DTO WORK ON 1-11 THE NEXT DAY EE AND A UNION REP, CAME TO MY OFFICE WANTIGN TO T

December 15, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
McElroy Coal Company · Fall from ladders

PERSON WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER AT BOTTOM OF COAL BELT SLOPE STEPPING ON LAST RUNG SLIPPED ON BOTTOM AND INJURED RIGHT ANKLE AN RIGHT KNEE.

December 15, 1994 OK · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Farrell-Cooper Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE HELPING TO RELUG A DRAG CABLE ON THE DRAGLINE, A 3/4 X 1 INCH PIECE OF THE SLEDGE HAMMER BROKE OFF AND LODGED IN HIS LEG MUSCLE, REQUIRING SURGERY TO REMOVE IT.

December 15, 1994 AL · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender MACHINERY
Blue Circle Cement · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RAMMING BAR ON PALLETIZER WAS 1 TO 2 INCHES UP TOO FAR AND EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO MOVE IT WHEN HE DID, IT JUMPED THE AUTOMATIC STOP AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE PALLETIZER FRAM E, CUTTING HIS THUMB.

December 15, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING AT THE #2 DRIVE HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

December 15, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Magma Copper Company · Fall down stairs

EE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS. HE INJURED HIS KNEE AND BEGAN LOSING TIME ON 12-16-94.

December 15, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FIRE
Specialty Granules LLC · Fall from machine

A DEFECTIVE HYDRAULIC HOSE FITTING SEPARATED SPRAYING HYDRAULIC OIL INTO HOT ENGINE THUS CAUSING A FLASH FIRE ENGULFING OPERATORS CAB EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF LOADER BREAKING RT LEG

December 15, 1994 OH · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waterloo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNDER THE SERVICE TRUCK REMOVING THE OIL FILTER HE PULLED THE TENDONS IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BODY IN THE FRONT. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HAS BEEN RESTRICTED FROM WORK DUTIES TEMPORA RILY.

December 15, 1994 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cambior Alaska Inc · Fall down stairs

ON 12-15-94 EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE STEPS COMMING FROM THE CAMP HOUSING UNIT. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED HITCH (12/15-12/28). WHILE ON R&R HE SAW A DR. HE CALL ED ON 1/3/95 TO SAY HE WOULD NOT BE RETURNING ON 1/5/95.

December 15, 1994 IN · 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 EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS NECK/SHOULDER/ARM, WHILE INSTALLING A TRANSFER CASE INTO A LIGHT DUTY TRUCK. THE TRANSFER CASE SLIPPED AS HE LIFTED IT AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STABILIZE I T, HE FELT PAIN.

December 15, 1994 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R W Beck Plant Management Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING A LARGE CHUNK OF GOB STUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE CHUTE, A PIECE BROKE LOOSE, HIT THE BAR WHICH HE WAS DIGGING WITH AND FORCED THE BAR ONTO HIS RIGHT THIGH. INJURY CONSISTED OF BRUI SE AND PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT THIGH.

December 15, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hanson Permanente Cement Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE CHANGING OF PUMPS. OPENED LINE UNDER PRESSURE AND DUST BLEW OUT.

December 15, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Adena Fuels Inc · Fall down stairs

EE WAS CARRYING FLIGHTS DOWNSTAIRS AND MISSED A STEP GOING DOWN WITH FLIGHTS IN HIS HAND CAUSING BACK STRAIN.

December 15, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Grand Eagle Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE SUFFERED A PULLING FEELING IN LOWER STOMACH. IT WS NOT UNTIL AN EXAMINATION WAS MADE BY DOCTOR THAT IT WAS FELT TO BE A RUPTURE [THIS INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED TO GRAND E AGLE AS WORK RELATED UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS

December 15, 1994 HI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Grace Pacific LLC · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING CONDITIONS IN QUARRY CAUSE OF SORE NECK, SHOULDER & LOWER BACK.

December 14, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Calaveras Cement Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS STANDING ALONG SIDE PNEUMATIC KILN STRIPPER WHEN A PIECE OF COATING APPROX 10 IN X 10 IN X 3 IN - (8-10#), BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS HARD HAT. HE RECEIVEDA SLIGHT CONCUSSIO N AND A SMALL SCALP ABRASION.

December 14, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
High Power Energy · Fall from machine

EE HAD COMPLETED STEAM CLEANING A TRUCK AND AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING, HE SLIPPED ON A STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

December 14, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Long Branch Energy · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLTER HELPER WAS MISTALLING A 9FT COMBINATION ROCK BOT WHEN ROOF BOLT BUCKLED & STRUCK HIM ON THE RT ELBOW THE ELBOW IS NOT BROKEN & HAS POSSIBLE BRUISES AND/OR STRAINED LIGAMENTS

December 14, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SULFUR BALL FROM BELT PRESS (APPROX. 100 LBS.) TO DROP DOWN SHOOT WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS SHOULDER.

December 14, 1994 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ExxonMobil Coal USA Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHEN HE HEARD HIS SHOULDER POP.

December 14, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A RAW SHALE SILO WITH A METAL PRY BAR. HE WAS WORKING FROM OUTSIDE THE SILO THROUGH THE DOORWAY WORKING SHALE LOOSE FORM THE INSIDE WALL. HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE D OOR FRAME, CUTTING IT SEVERELY. HE WAS SENT TO MT. DIABLO MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY WHERE THEY DETERLMINED HIS RIGHT THUMB WA BROKEN.

December 14, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LTV Steel Mining Company · Fall from machine

WHILE GETTING OUT OF 8047 MECHANIC SERVICE TRUCK AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF RUNNING BOARD CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE AND TWIST KNEE.

December 14, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Killough Quarries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE HAD PARKED HER TRUCK FOR THE DAY & WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING AREA WHEN SHE ALLEGEDLY TRIPPED OVER A ROCK & FELL ON HER RT HAND REINJURING A BREAK THAT OCCURRED IN OCT 1994

December 14, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Copper Range Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

RETURNING AIR WRENCH INTO STOARGE LOCKER HE STOOPED OVER TO LIFT IT INTO LOWER COMPARTMENT OF LOCKER & FELT PRESSURE AROUND WAIST AREA & ASTABBING PAIN IN RECTAL AREA

December 14, 1994 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Carter-Roag Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE STARTING A RIGHT HAND CROSSCUT OUT OF #9 ENTRY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 6" AROUND 1/2 TO 2" THICK FELL OUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF LEFT HAND. HE WAS USING RIGHT HAND TO OPERATE MACHINE W ITH LEFT LAYING FLAT ON BOTTOM WHEN ROCK FELL. HE WORKED THE NEXT DAY NOT THINKING ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH HAND. HE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 12/16/94.

December 14, 1994 KY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PULLING ON BELT USING A PAN OF CHANNEL LOCKS CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED OFF BELT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TOFALL HURTING HIS RT SHOULDER & RT HIP

December 14, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
B & M Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

MOBIL CRANE WITH LOADED BLOCK FELL INTO QUARRY HOLE APPROX 70 TO 75 FT DOWN. ALL WORKERS WERE OUT OF QUARRY ONLY PERSON INJURED WAS CRANE OPERATOR.

December 14, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverstone Group, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING PULLING & LIFTING WITH HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS TAKING APART THE DREDGE BOAT

December 14, 1994 NM · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
San Juan Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS UNHOOKING D-RING FROM CRANE HOOK WHEN THE D-RING FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT LOWER LEG, CAUSING A CONTUSION.

December 14, 1994 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BOLTER INTO FALL OF #1 ENTRY & A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD & SHOULDER.

December 14, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Long Branch Energy · Struck by falling object

ROOF DRILL OPERATOR HAD MOVED MACHINE INTO NO. 3 RIGHT BREAK & WAS MAKING UP BOLTS ON OFF SIDE OF BOLTER AFTER POSITIONING ATRS. AS HE WS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR JOB A PIECE OF SLATE & COLE [3' X 4' X 0/2"] FELL FROM THE ROOF & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD & RIGHT SHOULDER.

December 14, 1994 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMTPING TO INSTALL A FEEDER CAR CONVEYOR FLIGHT. WHEN THE RAIROAD JACK SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS FACE. HE ALSO DROPPED THE FLIGHT THAT HE WAS INSTALLING ON HIS RIGHT WRIST AND HA ND. HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS LACERATED AND TOOTH WAS CHIPPED IN HIS LOWER JAW.

December 14, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS REACHING FOR ROOF BOLT PLATES AND WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK ON THE LEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATION TO THE MIDDLE & INDEX FINGERS.

December 14, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C D T Landfill Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLEANING FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT HE OBSERVED MUD BUILDING UP UNDER TAIL PULLEY. HE HAD BEEN TOLD SEVERAL TIMES NOT TO CLEAN THE TAIL PULLEY WHILE THE PLANT WAS RUNNING. RATHER THAN SHUTTING PLANT DOWN HE STUCK HIS SHOVEL IN TO THE TAIL PULLEY, CATCHING THE SHOVEL & PULLED HIS HAND BACK BETWEEN THE METAL FRAM & THE SHOVEL.

December 14, 1994 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Struck by falling object

EE WAS SITTING AT THE SECTION POWER CENTER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL LATER THAT DAY WITH BACK PAI N.

December 14, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED AN AS YET UNDIAGNOSED INJURY TO A VERTEBRAE IN HIS NECK. AT THIS POINT WE KNOW HE SAYS THE WEAR & TEAR OF THE EQUIPMENT OVER TIME CAUSED THIS.

December 14, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Leslie Resources Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE EXCHANGING AN ENGINE ON A DION BULLDOZER, EE WAS IN AN AKWARD POSITION ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT RETURN COOLANT HOSES TO THE BOTTOM RADIATOR OUTLET, WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOUL DER.

December 14, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Circle Cement · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING PUMP FROM A PIT AND HAD TO STEP OVER A SAFETY CHAIN. WHEN STEPPING OVER CHAIN EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER THE CHAIN AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

December 14, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Firstmiss Gold Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MEPLOYYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP 10' HQ INNER TUBE TO DUMP IT. WHEN HE STARTED TO STRAIGTEN UP WITH THE FULL INNER TUBE, HE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIIS BACK.

December 14, 1994 CO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Terror Creek Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE HILL TO GET THE LOADER TO PLOW THE HILL SO THEY COULD GET THE TRUCK UP THE HILL AND FELL DIRECTLY ON HIS BACK. DURING THE FALL HIS GLASSES WERE ALSO KNOCKED OFF.

December 14, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Maple Meadow Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING DRILL STEEL, LEFT GLOVE CAUGHT DRILL STEEL, BURR ON THE STEEL, WRAPPING HANDAROUND THE DRILL STEEL.

December 14, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cannelton Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE STATES THAT HE WAS LOADING A BUCKET OF OIL WHEN THE BUCKET BESIDE IT FELL & HIT HIS LEFT HAND

December 14, 1994 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN HE STEPPED ON A 4" WATER LINE CAUSING HIM TO BREAK HIS ANKLE.

December 14, 1994 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE CARRYING CRIB TIMBERS. FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 12-29-94.

December 14, 1994 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE RETURN REGULATOR. HE PUT HIS HANDS ON SIDE OF FRAMES, THE FRAMES SLIPPED AND CUT THREE FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.

December 14, 1994 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Ancient Sun Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING DOZER; WHILE DOZER WAS IN REVERSE MOTION IT HIT A BUMP. EMPLOYEE'S BACK CRACKED AND SPASMS STARTED IN BACK.

December 14, 1994 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F G Sullivan Jr Contractor · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LUMBAR STRAIN- REPORTED TO FOREMAN ON 12-20-94.

December 14, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roadfork Development Co Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LOADING CONTAINERS OF HYDRAULIC OIL INTO SCOOP AS HE WAS LIFTING HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

December 14, 1994 IL · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS RIDING ON JITNEY, JITNEY HIT BUMP, HE RAISED UP AS THEY HIT BUMP. WHEN HE CAME UP, SEAT ALSO CAME UP. WHEN SEAT WEN TBACK IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN SEAT AND FRAME O F JITNEY.

December 14, 1994 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
B & Ls Contracting Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS USING HIGH PRESSURE STEAM CLEANER TO CLEAN OIL &DIRT FROM THE JOY LAUNCH VEHICLE AS HE WAS PULLING THE HOST UP THE STAIR IT RUPTURED JUST BELOW THE HANDLE HE WAS SPRAYED WITH HOT W ATER & STEAM BEFORE HE COULD ESCAPE HE RECEIVED MINOR (1ST DEGREE) BURNS TO HIS FACE & BACK

December 14, 1994 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD PRE-SHEDULED SURGERY TO HIS LEFT KNEE IN FEB 1995 BUT ON 11-28-94 HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE FREEING HIMSELF IN A MUDDY AREA. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND ON 12-14-94 WHILE STEPPING FO WN FROM A TRACK MOTOR, HE TWISTED THE SAME KNEE AND WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO WORK.

December 14, 1994 IL · 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 STATES HE WAS TRYING TO BREAK A HEADER BOARD BY HITTING IT ON BOLTER FRAME. WHEN HE DID THAT, HE CAUGHT HIS INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE BOARD AND FRAME OF BOLTER CAUSING LACERATION.

December 14, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EE BENT OVER TO MOVE CABLE AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN PINS HITTING HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

December 14, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Benco Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING 4' RESIN BOLT IN A HOLE WHILE SPINNING THE BOLT HIS GOVE CAUGHT ON THE BOLT BREAKING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

December 13, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager MACHINERY
Tilden Mining Company L C · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CHECKING THE LEVEL OF TRAMP MATERIAL IN THE UNIT I ROOM. WHILE LOOKING INTO THE CHUNK ROOM AT THE COOLER OVERFLOW GATE LOCATION, HE HEARD A COOLER PALLET DUMP IN THE DUMP ZONE ABOVE HIM . HE TURNED TO LEAVE THE AREA HE WAS IN BUT WAS TOO LATE TO AVOID DUST ASSOCIATED WITH THE MATERIAL WHICH HAD DUMPED OFF THE COOLER PALLET. DIAGNOSIS 2ND DEGREE BURN TO BODY SURFACE AREA.

December 13, 1994 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CHANGING BIT ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER & STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER. INJURED WAS WEARING GLOVES.

December 13, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mann Bros., Inc. · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING ON CONVEYOR & GOT HIS LEG CAUGHTIN FRAMEWORK. HE FELL & LANDED ON HIS NECK & SHOULDER, ALSO GOT CUTS ON EACH OF HIS LEGS [MINOR]. HE WENT TO DOCTOR 12/14/94 & DOCTOR TOLD HIM T O TAKE 3 DAYS OFF.

December 13, 1994 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE HOOKS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

December 13, 1994 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blake Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A TIMBER, SAW SLIPPED CUTTING EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB & INDEX FINGER.

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT ARM BY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK CAUSING A LACERATION ON THE LEFT ARM.

December 13, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Holliday Sand & Gravel Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS JUMP STARTING THE WENCH & THE BATTERY EXPLODED

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Narrows Branch Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE HAD BEEN WORKING AS A MINER HELPER, KEEPING THE CABLE OUT OF THE WAY. AS HE PULLED THE CABLE, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big River Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPENING ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOOR AND STRUCKHIS KNEE WITH THE DOOR.

December 13, 1994 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A GREASE FITTING FROM A TAKEUP PULLEY BEARING. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON AN ANGLE IRON WHICH CAUSED A CHEST WALL CONTUSION.

December 13, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tilden Mining Company L C · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING USED CONVEYOR BELTING INTO A RAILROAD GONDOLA FOR SHIPMENT. WHILE IN PROCESS ON ENTERING CAR BY USED OF A LADDER LEANED UP AGAINST HTE SIDE OF HTE CAR, THE LADDER SLIPPED CAUSIGN HIM TO FALL APPROX 8' ONTO GROUND. LADDER WAS POSITIONED IN A WAY THAT IT WAS LEANING AGAINST THE CAR AND OVER A GUARD RAILING. WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Fall from machine

EE STATES THAT WHEN HE JUMPED DOWN INTO INTERNAL DRAIN DITCH APPROX. 42" DEEP HE FELT PAIN IN RT KNEE. INJURY RESULTED INS ORENESS AND EE SAW DR.

December 13, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PULLING A BOULDER FROM THE HOPPER AND ABNOTHER ROCK FELL ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT CRUSHING HIS BIG TOE.

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE STATES THAT WHILE OPERATING MINER HE WAS STRUCK BY PIECE OF SLATE THAT FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS 4 ROWS OUTBY FACE. HE RECEIVED CONTUSION AND ABRASION TO L SHOULDER AND NECK.

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

9-29-94 EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE HILL TO THE HOPPED WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL INJURING HIS BACK. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 10-10-94. HE WORKED TILL 12-13-94 WHEN HE WENT BACK TO HIS DO CTOR COMPLAINING OF PAIN FROM ACCIDENT DATED 9-29-94.

December 13, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New York Trap Rock Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM CAB OF WATER TRUCK. AS HE STEPPED ON FROZEN GROUND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

December 13, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Baldwin Mining Company · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL ON ROOF BOLTERS LEFT ARM WHEN BOLTING PLACE. NOT INJURED SERIOUS "BRUISED". PUTTING IN LAST BOLT IN WORKING FACE. LOOSE ROCK FELL AROUND 2 ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON LEFT ARM.

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rawl Sales & Processing Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A TOOL POUCH AND HIS FEET SLIPPED ON THE MUDDY MINE FLOOR AND HE FELL. FOLLOWING THE FALL TO THE MINE FLOOR, THE EE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP. REPORTABLITY DETERMINATION MADE ON 12-29-94. THIS ACCIDENT SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A DEGREE 3, CLASSIFICATION 18 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON EVENT.

December 13, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE JACKHAMMER IN THE QUARRY. CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN A PIECE OF STEEL GUARD AND THE JACKHAMMER. HAD STITCHES.

December 13, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LOWERING HIS BOLTER HEAD THE WRENCH CAME OFF THE STEEL & HE WAS REACHING FOR THE WRENCH THE STEEL FELL DOWN HITTING HIM ON THE THUMB

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Unicorn Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING UP A CABLE WITH THE SCOOP WHEN THE ROPE BROKE CAUSING THE CAT HEAD TO STRIKE EE IN THE FACE.

December 13, 1994 PA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Helvetia Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE FINISHING UP THE LAST DRILL HOLE IN CROSSCUT 5-0 A-4 ROOMS EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF SCALE FRACTURING TWO TOES ON HIS LEFT FOOT

December 13, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Permian Stone Corp · Fall from machine

ON 12-13-94 EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ON TETEX LADDER, SLIPPED & FELL ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ASKED IF HE WANTED TO SEE A DR. HE SAID NO. LATER HE SAID HIS KNEE HURT & WENT TO DR. ON 12-27-94 GIVEN PILL S AND RETURNED TO WORK. ON 1-19-95 RETURNED TO DR. AND TOLD TO TAKE A WEEK OFF.

December 13, 1994 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A CRESCENT WRENCH ON A 3-WAY VALVE. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIMSELF ON THE RIGHT CHEEK. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR AND BEGAN MISSING ON 8-29-95. MEDICAL REPORT RECEIVED FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY ON 9-18-95 REVEALED THAT A PROBLEM WITH HIS RIGHT EYE MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM THE SECONDARY TRAUMA INJURY ON 12-13-94.

December 13, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barretts Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE CARRYING AN EMPTY TANK OF PROPANE ON HIS SHOULDER, TO THE FILLING SITE, EE SLIPPED ON THE ICE IN THE SILO ALLEY. TO CATCH HIS FALL FROM, HE PUT HIS RT HAND OUT IN FRONT TO HELP CUSHION H IS FALL. THE PROPANE TANK FELL FROM HIS SHOULDER, HITTING THE BACK OF HIS RT HAND.

December 13, 1994 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STAES WHILE WORKING TO RECOVER BELT AT 9E TRACK ENTRY HE TRIPPED & FELL WHILE STEPPING OVER BELT INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE. NOTE: THIS EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1/26/9 AT THAT TIL ME HE BEGAN ATO BE ABSENT & HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK TO DATE.

December 13, 1994 IL · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER MOVING 8 X8 WOODEN POST ON LONGWALL #2 SETUP ROOM.

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PLASTERING A BRATTICE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD. EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 12-22-94 AND DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 12-28-94. DR SAID HE HAS A MILD CON CUSSION. DID BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 12-28-94.

December 13, 1994 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SERVICING A D9 TRACTOR, WHEN HE LIFTED A 5 GALLON BUCKET HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING LEVEL OF WATER TANK BY CLIMBING LADDER AND LIFTIN GLID, EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND LET LID LOOSE FALLING ON FINGER, INDEX RIGHT HAND RESUILTING IN FRACTURE TO FINGER.

December 13, 1994 VA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper POWERED HAULAGE
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A MANTRIP WHICH SLIP INTO A PARKED BUS ON A GRADE.

December 12, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS WALKING DOWN A HILLSIDE AND SLIPPED ON A SMALL ROCK AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT GO TO A DR AND WAS WORKING UNTIL 12-30-94 DR SAID HE SHOULD BE OFF WORK FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS.

December 12, 1994 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD A AUGER STUCK IN HOLE,, HAD WRENCH ON DRILL TRYINGG TO GET IT LOOSE & COULDN'T LOWERED BOOM AND HEARD SOMETHING POP BEHIND HIM, TURNED AROUND TO LOOK AND AUGER FELL OUT OF HOLE & STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND.

December 12, 1994 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hobet Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS THE EE STEPPED OFF OF A BULLDOZER ON 12-09-94 HE FELT AS IF IT JAMMED HIS LEG UPWARD. ON 12-12-94 HE BEGAN TO MISS WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY.

December 12, 1994 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mon-View Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

AT THE UNDERGROUND TIPPLE, THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE AREA WAS DRY WITH UNEVEN BOTTOM.

December 12, 1994 AZ · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Western Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED SAID HE WAS DRIVING A 2.5 TON MECHANIC TRUCK AND WAS TAKING A RUN AT AN INCLINE. WHEN HE GOT TO THE TOP, THE TRUCK TIRE HIT A POT HOLE IN ROAD, CAUSING TRUCK TO BE JARRED. HE FELT HE MUST HAVE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AT THIS TIME.

December 12, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company Minerals Group · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WS DUMPING A LOAD OF CLAY. HE NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE CLAY WAS STUCK IN THE BED OF HTE TRUCK. HE SLAMMED THE TAILGATE 3 TIMES TRYING TO DISLODGE THE CLAY ON THE THIRD TRY, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGERS IN THE TAILGATE.

December 12, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Zinc Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PLACING A LOADER HUB ON A PALLET.

December 12, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED WHILE OPERATIN CONTINUOUS MINER HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. HE WORKED UNTIL 12-15-94 WHEN HE WENT TO A DR., WHO STATED IT MIGHT BE STRESSED MUSCLES. EE RETURNED TO WORK ON 12-19-94 AFTER MISSING 2 DAYS' WORK AND STATED HE WAS OK.

December 12, 1994 AL · Coal belt cleaner, picker OTHER
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ORIGINAL ACCIDENT 4-15-94. STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN 12-12-94. BACK STRAIN.

December 12, 1994 IN · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD LOADED AN ELEVATOR FOOT SHAFT INTO THE BUCKET OF A BOBCAT TRACTOR. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE RAISED THE BUCKET OF THE BOBCAT AND THE SHAFT BEGAN TO FALL FROM THE BUCKET. EMPLOYEE CAUGHT THE SHAFT WITH HIS HANDS AND RETURNED THE SHAFT TO THE BUCKET. EMPLOYEE STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS UPPER BACK.

December 12, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Altec Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PINNING TOP WHEN HE WENT TO CHANGE THE DRILL STEEL HE GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT AND TURNED THE ROTATION ON AND BROKE FINGER.

December 12, 1994 AZ · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Western Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS DISMOUNTING A WATER TRUCK WHEN SHE FELL 58" TO GROUND. A THIN SHEET OF ICE HAD FORMED ON THE BUMPER/STEP FROM PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES. BOTH FEET SLIPPED ON ICE, SHE LOST HER GRIP ON HANDRAI LS--FALLING OVER BACKWARD TO FROZEN GROUND--STRIKING WITH BACK OF HEAD.

December 12, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Unicorn Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STARTING #1 BELT. AFTER STARTING THE BELT, HE NOTICED A ROLLER WAS STUCK. WHEN HE TRIED TO FREE IT, HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE GUARD CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT H AND.

December 12, 1994 ND · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Coteau Properties Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING DRAGLINE POWER CABLE. HE HAS HAD PREVIOUS BACK PROBLEMS.

December 12, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING ON A WALK AROUND SAFETY INSPECTION WITH A D.E.R. INSPECTOR. EE BENT OVER TO PASS UNDER A PIPELINE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

December 12, 1994 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Noseman Branch Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM WAS CUTTING BOLTS OUT FO WHEEL UNIT LETTING WHEEL UNIT FALL ON HIS FOOT BREAKING TOE ON RIGHT FOOT.

December 12, 1994 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Mine Holding Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES: HE STARTED TO CLIMB DOWN OFF HAUL TRUCK, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER,LEAVING HIS LEFT FOOT ON 2ND STEP OF LADDER. AS HIS BODY CAME DOWN IT OVER EXTENDED THE HAMSTRIN G MUSCLE IN LEFT LEG. STRETCHING INJURY MEDIAL HAMSTRING WITH SWELLING AND DISCOLORATION. NOTE: EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL DEC. 15, 1994.

December 12, 1994 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Glen Allen Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RIDING MANTRIP INSIDE, GOT HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND MANTRIP IN LOW AREA OF HAULWAY.

December 12, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Mitsubishi Cement Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING POKEDOWN IN A DROPOUT BOX EMPLOYEE TURNED THE AIR PRESSURE ON THE AIR LANCE TOO HIGH CAUSING MATERIAL TO FLUSH OUT TOWARDS HIM MATERIAL LANDED ON ARM OF HOT SUIT & SLID DOWN ARM INTO GLOVE

December 12, 1994 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STATES THAT WHILE SHOVELING ROCK DUST INTO HOPPER OF ROCK DUSTING MACHINE, HE STUMBLED AND L. INDEX FINGER GOT CUT AND FRACTURED BY AUGER.

December 12, 1994 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

AT THE BOTTOM END OF 6-SOUTH SIDE TRACK, EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF 50-TON LOCOMOTIVE TO REMOVE SAFETY CHAIN FROM EMPTIES WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS CHEST A GAINST THE FRAME OF THE MOTOR.

December 12, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING A CO-WORKER CAME IN AND OPENED DOOR CAUSING THE DOOR TO HIT MY RIGHT SHOULDER.

December 12, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED BACK STRAIN WHILE DOING CLEANUP(SHOVELING) IN A CLAIM TUNNEL.

December 12, 1994 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS PUTTING IN A CONVEYOR FLIGHT IN THE FACE CHAIN WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, HIPS AND LEGS.

December 12, 1994 WV · Coal wireman, communications man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall from machine

MINER WAS STANDING ON THE DECK OF A EMPTY SUPPLY CAR INSTALLING TROLLEY WIRE HANGERS. HE WAS STRUCK BY A LOOSE PIECE OF STONE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL OFF THE CAR, STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER O N THE MINE FLOOR.

December 12, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LOADING DRILL BLAST HOLES AND FELT PAIN IN UPPER RT ABDOMEN, WET HOLE SLEVES OF PRELL APPROX 40 LBS. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6:00 PM.

December 12, 1994 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP HYD. POST BESIDE TAILPIECE WHEN A LOOSE ROCK FELL FROM RIB WHERE HE HAD BEEN PUSHING AGAINST WITH PAST TO ALIGN TAILPIECE BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER.

December 12, 1994 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Co. Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN AN OFFICE BUILDING. WHEN HE AROSE HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 12-15-94. EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF BA CK PROBLEMS.