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.
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
- 01 Jim Walter Resources Inc 43 incidents
- 02 Peabody Coal Company 32 incidents
- 03 Drummond Company, Inc. 28 incidents
- 04 Consolidation Coal Company 22 incidents
- 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.
HE WAS WELDING ON BUCKET. WEIGHT OF SPREADER BAR AND CHAINS ON BUCKET MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING BUCKET TO ROLL OVER.
FALL OF ROOF STRUCK CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR.
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')
TRUCK DIDN'T MAKE CORNER AND DROVE OVER BERM AND FELL 200 FEET. DRIVER DIED AND TRUCK WAS TOTALED.
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.
EE WAS MIXING CONCRETE UNDERGROUND WITH PORTABLE MIXER. WHILE MOVING HANDLE ON MIXER HIS FOOT LSIPPED ON THE WET RAIL.
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
MOVING CABLE ON BIT ON A BARGE AND CAUGHT FINGERS BEHIND CABLE.
EMPLOYEE GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN CHAIN RIGGING WHILE MOVING 12" DIA PIPE WITH A FRONT END LOADER.
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.
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.
STUCK HAND IN FAN BLADE & CUT OFF THREE FINGERS.
EE WAS GETTING BACK IN CAB OF CRAWLER TRACTOR 7571 AND CLOSED THE DOOR ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
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.
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.
EE WAS HELPING INSTALL V-BELTS. WHEN BELT ROLLED BACKWARD, HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELTS AND THE PULLEY.
INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVING TIRES FROM BOX OF PICKUP, TIRE SLIPPED FROM HIS GRIP AND PINCHED FINGER ON OPPOSITE HAND.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE RAISED END OF SPRAY BAR TO TAKE STSRAIN OFF TURNBUCKLE IN ORDER TO TIGHTEN/RAISE SPRAY BAR
DR STATED INJURY COULD HAVE BEEN FROM LIFTING OR STRAINING ON A OTEET.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SLIPPED STRUCK RT KNEE ON SCOOP BUCKET. INJURED RT KNEE.
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.
STRAINED BACK WHILE MOVING MINER CABLE.
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.
WHILE WALKING HE JJAMMMED HIS HEAD INTO THE TOP.
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
EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING CONCRETE PATIO BLOCKS AND ONE FELL, STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOOT. FRACTURED RIGHT GREAT TOE.
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
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
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.
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
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHEN HE THROUGH A CRADLE INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG.
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP)
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
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
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING LEVERS ON DRIL WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.
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.
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUST THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHE MAN BUS(TRACK JEEP).
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JAC K)
EE WAS PULLING CABLE INTO CABINETS OF SHOVEL.
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP)
HEE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP)
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPIGN ANOTHER WORKER CARRY A SPOOL OF CABLE WHEN HE WAS INJURED.
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.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DISLODGE A ROCK HUNG IN THE FEEDER AND SMASHED THE END OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
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.
THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE CARRYING AND POURING BAGS OF CEMENT INTO A MIXER.
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.
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.
EE STATES THAT WHILE RIDING SUPPLY JEEP, HE BOUNCED UP & STRUCK HEAD ON CANOPY CAUSING PAIN IN NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON FLAT CAR. FLAT CAR WRECKED AND PINNED MEPLOYEE UNDER IT HURT BACK RIBS AND KNEE.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A TIRE. WHILE PULLING THE TUBE OUT OF THE TIRE EMPLOYEE FELT A LOWER GROIN PULL ON HIS LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON MINER. HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN GATHERING PAN AND HEAD ON MINER.
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.
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.
SCOPE FILED LEG AGAINST BATTERY.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BAGS ON MORTOR
INJURED STATED THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE HELPING BRING 480 LIME ELEVATOR SPROCKET UP LIME COOLER STEPS.
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.
EMPLOYEE MOUNTING LOADER & FOOT SLIPPED FROM LADDER, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST LOWER BACK.
EE STATED HE WAS HELPING MOVE PUMP ACROSS BELT LINE, STUMBLED AND FELL, TWISTING BACK.
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.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CARRYING A 4X4 TIMBER ON RIGHT SHOULDER, STARTED UP A SMALL EMBANKMENT & HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED & BUCKLED.
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.
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.
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.
STRAINED RT SHOULDER WHILE PULLING ON PRY BAR. EE REC'D MEDICAL TRESTMENT 12-30-94.
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
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE A SCOOP THE OPERATOR STARTED THE SCOOP. IT TRAMMED FORWARD RUNNING ACROSS HIS LEFT FOOT.
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.
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.
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
RE-OCCURRENCE 12/28/94
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
EE WAS PULLING/LIFTING ON MINER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EE SAID HE WAS UNLOADING ROOF BOLT 8X8 PLATES AND MASHED HIS FINGER.
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.
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.
EE WAS SHOVELING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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.
MOVING BELT CROSSOVER, TRIPPED CAUSING CROSSOVERTO TWIST WHICH TWISTED SHOULDER. FIRST DAY OFF WORK 12-29-94.
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.
HE WAS UNPLUGGING BAGGER HE PUT HIS HAND UNDERNEATH THE BAG CLAMP & ACTIVATED IT
WAS OPENING AIRLOCK DOOR 1 BLK INBY PIT MOUTH SLIPPED & TWISTED KNEE
WHILE EE WAS LOADING BOTTOM ROWS, A SECTION OF THE MINING FACE FELL OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT THIGH.
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.
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".
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF MINER NAD TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
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
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.
MINER FAILED TO PROPERLY BAR DOWN WHICH CAUSED INJURY TO HIS LOWER BACK.
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.
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.
INSTALLING FUEL LINE ON BACK OF 28294 170 TRK. FOOT SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE JERKED BACK. FDO: 1/4/95
EMPLOYEE DROPPED BLOCK ON FOOT WHILE LAYING BRATTICE ON #3 SECTION
WHILE MOVING MATERIAL, EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
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.
EE WAS WELDING ON WAGNER RAM CAR AND RECEIVED FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES
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.
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
EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER PUTTING HOSE ON BOLTER & TWISTED RESULTING IN STRAIN TO BACK
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.
STEPPED OFF A TRACTOR & SPRAINED HIS KNEE
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
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.
HANGING MINER CABLE IN WEST BLEEDER SECTION. HURT HIS BACK.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS TOSSING CEMENT BLOCKS TO BUILD BRATTICE WALL TWISTED BACK, FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK & SHOULDERS & COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN UP.
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
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
PULLING A #2 POWER CABLE AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE GOB ON THE MINE FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BAK. K.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING DOWN PANLINE. ROCK CAME UP FACE CONVEYOR PINCHING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN ROCK AND PANLINE.
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.
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.
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.
STEPPED IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHILE WALKING; SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
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.
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'.
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.
WAS PULLING ROCK WITH A ROCK BAR AND HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
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.
USING PRY BAR TO CLOSE A RAZILROAD CAR BULKHEAD WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED & INJUJRED A FINGER
CLIMBING OFF LADDER IN THE RAIN, SLIPPED OFF STEP. TRIED TO CATCH SELF WITH HANDRAIL AND FELL TO GROUND ON LOWER BACK AND ELBOWS.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN MUD AND TWISTED HIP.
WHEN GETTING OFF WA250 LOADER, EMPLOYEE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
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
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OTU OF HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON STEP CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO TWIST.
HAD HAND ON HEAD [USING AS A SUPPORT] A ROCK FELL & HIT HIS HAND.
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.
EE WAS WALKING WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE.
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.
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.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE PULLED STAPLE OUT OF PANLINE DOOR TOP & THE DOOR FELL ON HIS RT FOOT
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER ABDOMEN WHEN HE TRIED TO OPEN INSPECTION DOOR ON CLINKER DRAG THAT WAS STUCK.
BELT ROLLER ON BELT LINE WAS CAUGHT BY A SPLICE ON BELT & CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.
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.
PULLING CABLE OFF OF PINNER REEL.
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.
EE WAS RIDING ON A LOCOMOTIVE , IT DERAILED AND THE EE JUMPED OFF THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND WAS PINNED AGAINST THE COAL RIB.
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
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.
UNSTOPPING A CHUTE IN THE PLANT WITH A STEEL ROD & ANOTHER WORKER HAD A HAMMER HITTING IT. HE OVER SWUNG & HIT HAND.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
THE INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 2X2X6 FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE LOWER BACK.
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
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON RUBBER RAIL TRAILER AND WAS STACKING CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR BRATTICE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT LEG.
INSTALLING PANEL IN SCREEN HIT PANEL WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. HAMMER GLANCED OFF & HIT TOP OF LEFT FOOT.
PUTTING GUARD BACK ON IN LOADER AND IT SLIPPED AND CUT THE END OF RIS LITTLE FINGER ON RIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER FROM ROD DECK PLATFORM WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL APPROX 6' TO GROUND.
LIFTING ROCKS AT PRIMARY CRUSHER OR CLIMBING LADDER ON QUARRY TRUCK #806.
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.
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.
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.
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.
PUTTING TOGETHER WATER LINE, PIG CAME OUT OF LINE, THE PRESSURE JERKED THE PIPE PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN PIPE COUPLER AND VALVE.
SHOVELING COAL ON TO BELT & TWISTED WRONG WAY HURTING HIS BACK HY\URT BACK EARLIER THIS YEAR SOME AREA OF BACK
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.
AFTER HELPING OTHERS MAKE A BELT SPLICE HE WAS LIFTING BELT CLAMPS TO LOAD THEM ONTO A MOTOR WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN WALKWAY WAITING FOR OTHER BOLTER TO FINISH LAST BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON ARM.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE HURT HIS BAKC HELPIGN PULL A PIECE OF 4/0 CABLE THRU A STOPPING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.
RIB ROW HIT LEG WHILE TRAMING FEEDER.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE PULLED BACK WHEN LIFTING ON AUGER OF SCREW 54.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF PIPE AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SEAT OF #3-777 WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE STEERING COLUMN.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BELT FRAMING WITH A COAL BAR. COAL BAR SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE NOSE.
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.
VICITM WAS PUSHING A STEEL BAR, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD ON A PIECE OF STEEL.
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
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A PIECE OF IRON OFF A PIPE. A PIECE OF IRON FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
HE WAS UNTANGLING A TWISTED STEEL CABLE. CABLE BACKLASHED, WRAPPED AROUND LEFT ARM AND HAND.
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.
EMPLOYEE HURT BACK CLEANING CONVEYOR UNDER DRY FEED SYSTEM.
EMPLOYEE WAS SLIDING A SHAFT IN A SCREEN AND INJURED HIS BACK.
EE WAS CHANGING BATTERY ON SCOOP WHEN HE SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN JACK AND SCOOP FRAME BREAKING FINGER.
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.
PERSON STATED, TRIPPED OVER TRACK SWITCH AND FELL TO THE GROUND. PERSON COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO HEAD, NECK, BACK AND SHOULDER.
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.
EMPLOYEE SAID WHILE HE WAS WORKING IN NO. 4 ENTRY A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, STRIKING HIM ON BACK.
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
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.
LETTING STEEL DOWN OUT OF HOLE, WRENCH FLEW OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN ELBOW.
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.
EE WAS WALKING PAST A PARKED SCOOP SLIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING LOWER BACK AGAINST SCOOP.
INJURED STRAINED HISBACK WHILE HANGING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLLE DURING A POWER MOVE.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING BOLTER FROM 4 TO 3 STEPPED IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING AN EIGHT FOOT ROOF BOLT TO PUT INTO DRILLED HOLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT KNEE.
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
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
MAN STATES HE WAS STANDING IN ENTRY AND SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON BACK OF HEAD CAUSING LACERATION (4 SUTURES)
EE WAS PUSHING TAIL PIECE OVER USING A BAR, THE CHAIN BROKE AND BAR HIT HIS LEG.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A PART INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND INJURED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE WHILE GOING THROUGH A MAN DOOR.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
WHILE PINNIGN TOP A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELLF ORM BESIDE CANOPY TO STRICK HIM ON HE LEFT HIP AREA.
WALKING DOWN FACE TO PULL LONGWALL JACKWHENHETURNED TO ADVANCE THE NEXT JACK HE TWISTED HIS RT KNEE
LAYING TRACK GRT SECTION WHILE CARRYING TIE ON SHOULDER TRIPPED OVER A TIE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
HAULING COAL IN BUGGIE, LOST POWER AND BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING EE TO HIT HEAD ON CANOPY LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CRIB BLOCKS IN SCOOP BUCKET & BUILDING CRIBS & HURT HIS BACK - NOT REPORTED UNTIL 12/20/94.
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.
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.
SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE, LANDING ON HIS BACK.
EE WAS WALKING AROUND ROOF BOLTER AND STEPPED ON BLOCK OF COAL, FALLING AND TWISTING RT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A PARKED MANBUS WHEN IT WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.
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.
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.
HE WAS PINNING TOP AND PIN WRENCH SLIP OFF AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON HEAD OF PINNER.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DISCARDING WASTE PIECES OF SLATE INTO TRASH BIN. HE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN SLATE AND TRASH BIN.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE FELL OFF LOADER WHILE REPAIRING HYD LIFT LADDER.
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.
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.
EE WAS TAKING RIB RAIL OFF MINER. FALL ON LEFT FOOT.
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.
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.
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.
CHANGING TOGGLE PLATES ON CRUSHER AND WAS PUSHING THE TOGGLES WITH HIS RT FOOT AND THE JAW SWUNG DOWN ONTO HIS ANKLE.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE. PULLED ON CABLE, TWISTED BACK.
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.
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.
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.
EE WAS WALKING THRU THE PACKING MACHINE STAIR WHEN SUDDENLY A RIGHT FOOT SLIDE AND STRAIN HIS ANKLE.
WAS MOVING SOME ROLLERS. WHILE SHIFTING THEM, HE PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
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.
PICKING UP BAGS OF LIME AND CARRYING THEM TO SHIPPING AREA. HAD STRONG PAIN IN NECK AND BACK.
WHILE COMING DOWN STEPS THAT WERE SLIGHTLY UNEVEN, SLIPEPD AND WHILE CATCHING HIMSELF TWISTED LEFT ANKLE. THIS HAPPENED IN UNIT 7.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON TO A ROCK TO ENTER REAR OF EXPLOSIVES TRAILER IN CUT. HE PULLED LIGAMENTS IN LEFT ANKLE.
HE WAS TIGHTENING A TIRE WHEN A WHEEL STUD BROKE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
LIFTING COUPLING TO REINSTALL.
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.
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.
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.
THE EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 12/19/94. HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING ARTHRITIS.
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.
MAN WAS WALKING DOWN FACE CHAIN WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF FLIGHT AND TURNED ANKLE.
DROPPED RAIL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT WHILE DISASSEMBLING.
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.
RUNNING THE CONTINUOUS MINER: THE RIB ROLLED OUT (APPROX. 3' X 3' X 10") AND STRUCK MAN IN LEFT KNEE.
ORIGINAL ACCIDENT 4-22-93. PLEASE ADD ONE ADDITIONAL DAY TO THIS REPORT- REOCCURRANCE. MISSED WORK ON 12-20-94.
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.
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
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.
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".
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
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP ROADWAY WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ONA ROOF BOLT.
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
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.
EE WENT THRU FLIGHT PAD RAISED UP INTO BOW LOW PLACE STORE UP NECK.
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.
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.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING OFF BELT AND HURT HIS LEFT HIP.
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.
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.
HE SAID HE WAS BENDING ROOF BOLT AND PULLED MUSCLE OUT.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
EE WAS HELPING REOVER DE GAS PIPE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
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.
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.
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./
EMPLOYEE INJURED RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE LOOSENING BOLTS FROM A COVER CAUSING A POSSIBLE PINCHED NERVE. EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON MAR 7, 1995.
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.
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.
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.
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.
PERSON WAS DRIVING TRUCK AND SAID IT STARTED BOUNCING AND HURT HIS BACK.
HE WAS HELPING LOAD HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED SOMETHING IN UPPER BACK.
LEAVING BOTTOM DRIVING GOLF CART ANOTHER CART STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM & HE RUN IN TO BACK OF; CART HITTING KNEE ON STEERING COLUMN
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.
DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 3-30-95. WAS WALKING UP CAT WALK AND FELL.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A BELT SCRAPER FROM UNDER #1 NORTH BELT AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE RUNNIGN A SHUTTLE CAR ON THE SECTION, THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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.
HANGING FLEX TUBING IN NO. 1 HEADING, FELL ON ROCK HURT LEFT LEG.
SLIPPED WHIILE DESCENDING ROCK PILE.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR. SHUTTLE CAR & CONTINUOUS MINER COLLIDED.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING TWO CO-WORKERS CARRY A JACK HAMMER TO THE ELEVATOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
TAKING BRAKE OFF GEAR CASE, BRAKE POPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATED JACK USED TO LIFT FCT SLIPPED PINCHING RT INDEX FINGER & RT MIDDLE FINGER
THE EMPLOYEES FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER & A CRIB BLOCK WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A CRAWLER PAD
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS SCRAPING COAL AWAY FROM THE HEAD ROLLER & SCRAPER WITH A CAP BOARD. HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SCRAPER & BRUISED IT.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBING INTO TUB OF DSI SLIPPED & HIT BUTT JARRING HIS TAILBONE
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.
EE WAS CLIMBING INTO CAB OF EUCLID WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. APPARENTLY HIS HAND WAS SECURE, BUT HIS BACK WAS TWISTED.
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.
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
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.
MAN WAS CHANGING BEARINGS ON A TAILROLLER. HE WAS USING A PRYBAR & THE ROLLER SHIFTED CAUSING THE BAR TO CATCH HIS FINGER.
WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK,INSIDE PRECIPATOR,INLET DUCT MATERIAL BUILD UP SHOOK LOOSE CAUSING DUST AND POWDER ACCUMULATION TO TRAP HIM ON SCAFFOLDING.
RAINING, SLIPPED ON TRACKS (FUELING DOZER). FELL TO GROUND.
EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND WHERE THE SCOOP SWIVELS. THE SCOOP OPERATOR MOVED THE MACHINE AND PINCHED HIS HAND.
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 .
EE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LITTLE FINGER WHILE HANDLING STEEL REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.
SHEARER THREW ROCK INTO PANLINE, ROCK FELL AND HIT FOOT.
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.
WHILE LIFTING 60 INCH BELT ROLLERS HE STARTED HAVING PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK AND IN HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SHIELDS AND ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE SHIELD AND STRCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT, FRACTURIG HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING. HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW A COUPLE OF TIMES EARLIER IN THE SHIFT WHILE DOING DIFFERENT JOBS.
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.
ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN SHIELDS WHEN EE WAS PULLING SHIELDS NEAR TAIL GATE. EE WAS WEARING METATARSAL TYPE BOOTS.
WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK, INSIDE PRECIPATOR, INLET DUCT MATERIAL BUILD-UP SHOOK LOOSE CAUSING DUST & POWDER ACCUMULATION TO TRAP HIM ON SCAFFOLDING.
AIR HOSE CAME OFF JACKHAMMER CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARD AND HURT HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEES WERE FOLDING DOWN THE DRILL CATWALK WHEN THE SUPPORT LEG FROM THE CATWALK SWUNG OUT AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.
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.
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 .
EE WAS PERFORMING PRESHIFT EXAMINATIONS WHEN HE STEPPED IN AN UNEVEN PLACE IN THE MINE FLOOR, CAUSING HIM TO SPRAIN HIS LEFT KNEE.
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.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH A TORCH AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN INTO THE TRENCH TO DO SOIL DENSITY TESTS WHEN HE HOPPED DOWN THE LAST FEW FEET & POPPED HIS KNEE
EE WAS PLUGGING UP A SET OF SCOOP BATTERIES WHEN HIS HAND WAS BURNED BY AN ELECTRICAL ARC CAUSED BY A GROUNDED LEAD.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHIGN A DRIVE LIME OUT OF A D11 ACAT BULLDOZER WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER TEAR.
EE WAS CHANGING PUMP, OPENED LINE PRESSURE AND DUST BLEW OUT.
STONE FELL FROM BETWEEN SHIELDS AND STRUCK RIGHT THUMB.
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.
ACCIDENT REPORTED ON 1-2-95. PUTTING A DRUM OF OIL IN BUCKET OF LOADER.
INJURED WAS CARRYING MATERIAL & TRIPPED OVER A V BELT LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR THAT HE FAAILED TO OBSERVE
EE WAS WORKING ON A ROLLER WITH THE AIR GUN AND DOZER BLADE CAME DOWN ON HIS HAND.
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
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.
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.
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.
WHILE SHOVELING AT THE #2 DRIVE HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
EE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS. HE INJURED HIS KNEE AND BEGAN LOSING TIME ON 12-16-94.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE CHANGING OF PUMPS. OPENED LINE UNDER PRESSURE AND DUST BLEW OUT.
EE WAS CARRYING FLIGHTS DOWNSTAIRS AND MISSED A STEP GOING DOWN WITH FLIGHTS IN HIS HAND CAUSING BACK STRAIN.
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
DRIVING CONDITIONS IN QUARRY CAUSE OF SORE NECK, SHOULDER & LOWER BACK.
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.
EE HAD COMPLETED STEAM CLEANING A TRUCK AND AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING, HE SLIPPED ON A STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
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
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SULFUR BALL FROM BELT PRESS (APPROX. 100 LBS.) TO DROP DOWN SHOOT WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHEN HE HEARD HIS SHOULDER POP.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING PULLING & LIFTING WITH HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS TAKING APART THE DREDGE BOAT
HE WAS UNHOOKING D-RING FROM CRANE HOOK WHEN THE D-RING FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT LOWER LEG, CAUSING A CONTUSION.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BOLTER INTO FALL OF #1 ENTRY & A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD & SHOULDER.
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.
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.
EE WAS REACHING FOR ROOF BOLT PLATES AND WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK ON THE LEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATION TO THE MIDDLE & INDEX FINGERS.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING DRILL STEEL, LEFT GLOVE CAUGHT DRILL STEEL, BURR ON THE STEEL, WRAPPING HANDAROUND THE DRILL STEEL.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS LOADING A BUCKET OF OIL WHEN THE BUCKET BESIDE IT FELL & HIT HIS LEFT HAND
EE SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN HE STEPPED ON A 4" WATER LINE CAUSING HIM TO BREAK HIS ANKLE.
EE STATED HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE CARRYING CRIB TIMBERS. FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 12-29-94.
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.
OPERATING DOZER; WHILE DOZER WAS IN REVERSE MOTION IT HIT A BUMP. EMPLOYEE'S BACK CRACKED AND SPASMS STARTED IN BACK.
LUMBAR STRAIN- REPORTED TO FOREMAN ON 12-20-94.
EE WAS LOADING CONTAINERS OF HYDRAULIC OIL INTO SCOOP AS HE WAS LIFTING HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
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.
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
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.
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.
EE BENT OVER TO MOVE CABLE AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN PINS HITTING HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
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.
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.
INJURED WAS CHANGING BIT ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER & STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER. INJURED WAS WEARING GLOVES.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE HOOKS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A TIMBER, SAW SLIPPED CUTTING EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB & INDEX FINGER.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT ARM BY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK CAUSING A LACERATION ON THE LEFT ARM.
HE WAS JUMP STARTING THE WENCH & THE BATTERY EXPLODED
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.
EE WAS OPENING ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOOR AND STRUCKHIS KNEE WITH THE DOOR.
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.
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
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.
EE WAS PULLING A BOULDER FROM THE HOPPER AND ABNOTHER ROCK FELL ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT CRUSHING HIS BIG TOE.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM CAB OF WATER TRUCK. AS HE STEPPED ON FROZEN GROUND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
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.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE JACKHAMMER IN THE QUARRY. CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN A PIECE OF STEEL GUARD AND THE JACKHAMMER. HAD STITCHES.
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
EE WAS PULLING UP A CABLE WITH THE SCOOP WHEN THE ROPE BROKE CAUSING THE CAT HEAD TO STRIKE EE IN THE FACE.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
MAN FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER MOVING 8 X8 WOODEN POST ON LONGWALL #2 SETUP ROOM.
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.
EE WAS SERVICING A D9 TRACTOR, WHEN HE LIFTED A 5 GALLON BUCKET HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A MANTRIP WHICH SLIP INTO A PARKED BUS ON A GRADE.
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.
WHILE STEPPING OVER PIPE, FEET SLIPPED CAUSING BROKEN RIBS.
WHILE SWING HAMMER TO SET BITS IN MINER HE STRAINED HIS LT HAND.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
THIS EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PLACING A LOADER HUB ON A PALLET.
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.
ORIGINAL ACCIDENT 4-15-94. STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN 12-12-94. BACK STRAIN.
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.
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.
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.
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.
EE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING DRAGLINE POWER CABLE. HE HAS HAD PREVIOUS BACK PROBLEMS.
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.
THE VICTIM WAS CUTTING BOLTS OUT FO WHEEL UNIT LETTING WHEEL UNIT FALL ON HIS FOOT BREAKING TOE ON RIGHT FOOT.
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.
WHILE RIDING MANTRIP INSIDE, GOT HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND MANTRIP IN LOW AREA OF HAULWAY.
HE WAS HANGING HI LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL INJURING HIS RT HIP
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
EE STATED THAT ON HIS WAY TO MANTRIP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A LOW BOARD.
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.
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.
WHILE WORKING A CO-WORKER CAME IN AND OPENED DOOR CAUSING THE DOOR TO HIT MY RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED BACK STRAIN WHILE DOING CLEANUP(SHOVELING) IN A CLAIM TUNNEL.
EE STATED HE WAS PUTTING IN A CONVEYOR FLIGHT IN THE FACE CHAIN WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, HIPS AND LEGS.
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.
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.
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.
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.