Mining Incidents in January 1996

AN AA TRUCK DRIVER POWERED BACKWARDS THROUGH A WELL ESTABLISHED BERM AT AN ANGLE. THE TRUCK OVERTURNED CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE.

ON WEDNESDAY 01-24-96 AT APPROX 4:15PM A FTAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE RIVER LOADOUT FACILITY OFCONSOLIDATION COAL CO HUMPHREY NO 7 MINE. THE EMPLOYEE,A RIVERMAN,FELL INTO THE MONONGAHELA RIVE R FROM A TUG BOAT WHILE CAPTURING A LOADED COAL RIVER BARGE.THE EMPLOYEE WAS RECOVERED BY CONSOLIDATION COAL CO EMPLOYEE AND TRANSPORTED TO RUBY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MORGANTOWN, WV.MEMBERS OF

THE TOP DECK OF A STEEL BARGE 20' BY 12' BY 12'4" X1/4" WAS BEING REMOVED.ONE HALF HAD BEEN CUT FREE FROM THE BARGE EXCEPT APPROXIMATELY 7' OF ONE 20' SIDE.THERE WAS A LIFTING MACHINE ATTACHED TO THE SHEET METAL ALONG THE 6' SIDE WHICH WAS FURTHEST FROM THE UNCUT SECTION OF THE DECK.THE END OF THE SHEET METAL WAS ATTACHED TO THE LIFTING BOOM WITH A CHAIN AND SHEET METAL CLAMP.THE C

A STACK OF CRIB BLOCKS BEING USED TO HOLD THE MINER HEAD COLLAPSED ALLOWING THE MINER HEAD TO FALL ON EMPLOYEE.

HE HAD BEEN RUNNING THE LOADER (980B) ON AND OFF DURING THE WEEK, YET HE WAS NOT GETTING A FULL LOAD WITH THE BUCKET, SO I.NAME GOT ON THE LOADER TO SHOW HIM HOW. WITH I.NAME IN THE DRIVER'S S EAT, HE WAS SITTING ON THE DECK HALF IN AND HALF OUT OF THE CAB. AS I.NAME WAS BACKING UP, HE HIT A LARGE ROCK WITH ONE OF THE LOADER TIRES CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND WHEN I.NAME LOOKED BACK HE

EE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF PRODUCT IN A PRESSWELL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE.

EE ALLEDGES HE STRAINED HIS STOMACH WHILE OPENING CLEAR COAL CHUTE.

STACKING 50 LB BAGS C.P. AS HE RAISED UP HE FELT A PAIN IN RIGHT GROIN INGUINAL HERNIA.

EMPLOYEE WAS FITTING TWO PLATES OF STEEL TOGETHER, HOLDING ONE PLATE WITH MAGNET. PLATE FEL STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE FINGER AND RING FINGER.

WAS DISMANTELING PLANT IN ORDER TO POSITION IN NEW CONFIGURATION. THE PIECE SUDDENLY MOVED AND CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER, CUTTING IT OFF AT ABOUT THE SECOND KNUCKLE.

A FORKLIFT WAS TO REMOVE STEELCOVER 6X6X 3/4 AND WAS POSITIONED TO INSERT THE FORK INTO THE SLIDING HANDLE. FORK WAS A FEW INCHES FROM HANDLE WHEN ENGINE DIED AND INJURED THOUGHT FORK HAD STOP PED. REACHED TO LIFT HANDLE. THUMB WAS SEVERED AT FIRST JOINT.

EE WAS REASSEMBLING A BROKEN SANDLINE IN QUARRY. WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON FLANGES, HE SLIPPED AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA.

EE WAS ASSISTING OTHER EMPLOYEES TO ALIGN A SECTION OF GRIP STRUT INTO PLACE, WHEN SECTION WENT INTO PLACE IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE GRIP STRUT AND THE ANKLE IN WHICH IT BELONGED.

EE WAS PULLING ON STEEL CABLE WHICH WAS BEING USED TO RE-THREAD BELT & CAUSED HERNIA.

WHILE PRESSING ON TROUGH WITH HANDS, FINGER SLIPPED INTO A HOLE. THE HOLES ARE TO INSERT A METAL ROD WHEN YOU NEED TO HOLD THE WEIGHTS IN THE UPPER POSITION. THE FINGER ACCIDENTLY SLIPPED INTO THE HOLE AT PRECISELY THE WRONG MOMENT: THE GATE WEIGHT CAME DOWN THE TROUGH AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE FINGER, SEVERING IT AT FIRST KNUCKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO PULL UP A ONE AND 1/2" HOSE. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS DOING THIS HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS GROING AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SAMPLE BUCKET TO A HIGHER LEVEL WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN ABDOMEN, CAUSING A LUMP. EMPLOYEE WAS DAIGNOSED WITH A RIGHT INGUINAL HERNIA AND RELEASED TO ALTERNATE WROK.

EE WAS CARRYING ROLLER ON SHOULDER & SLIPPED ON LOOSE SAND, FELT PAIN IN LEFT GROIN.

WELDING ON TOOTH BASE, WHEN MOVING AND LIFTING IT HE FELT PULLING IN STOMACH AREA AND FOUND A SORE SPOT STICKING OUT.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE FROZEN CHUTE FROM PLANT. WHEN CHUTE BROKE LOOSE IT PINCHED RING FINGER BETWEEN CHUTE AND SCREEN. EE WAS WEARING GLOVES, SO EXTENT OF INJURY WAS NOT VISIBLE. WE TOOK HIM TO HOSPITAL. THEY MOVED HIM TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL WHERE FINGER WAS REMOVED.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF DRAWROCK APPX 3'X2'X2".

INJURED WORKER WAS GETTING TOOLS TO WORK OF THE UKE TRUCK. HE WAS WALKING TO A CO-WORKER'S TRUCK& SLIPPED ON THE ICE, HURTING LEFT ARM & HIP. REASON OF REPORTING LATE: THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT RE PORTED SOONER BECAUSE EE HAS BEEN REGULARLY WORKING & IT DIS NOT APPEAR VERY SERIOUS. BECAUSE OFPAIN THIS AM THE DOCTOR TOOK HIM OFF WORK FOR A WEEK.

BUILDING STOPPING APPROX. 4' HIGH. FELL OVER CAUSING INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO WORK ON HIS LOADER AND WAS GETTING DOWN TO GET TOOLS. WHEN HE STEPPED FROM HIS LOADER ONTO A STEP LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 4 FEET TO THE CEM ENT FLOOR FRACTURING HIS RIGHT LEG NEAR THE HIP SOCKET.

EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BACK PAIN WHILE WORKING THE SPREAD TO SIDE.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS BACK INJURY, BUT CANNOT GIVE A SPECIFIC TIME OR INCIDENT WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED.

THE EE WAS CLEANING RAIL ROAD CARS ON THE INSIDE OF THE CARS WHEN HE WAS EXITING A CAR HE SLIPPED ON THE RAILROAD TRACK. THE TRACK WAS COVERED W SNOW MAKING IT SLIPPERY. AS HE SLIPPED. HE HAD TO SHIFT HIS BODY WEIGHT TO KEEP FROM FALLING. AS HE DID HIS BACK TWISTED CAUSING LOWER BACK MUSCLE STRAIN.

PULLING HOSE OFF TRUCK, STEPPED IN HOLE TWISTING BACK.

THE INJURED WAS LOADING JUNK INTO HIS UNI-HAULER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO THROW A PIECE OF SCRAP ANGLE IRON ONTO THE UNI-HAULER, IT SLIPPED FROM HISHAND & SMASHED THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RT. HAND BETWEEN THE SCRAP & UNI-HAULER.

WALKING DOWN A STAIR CASE WHEN THEN HIS ANKLE FOLDED CAUSING HIS FOOT TO CATCH BETWEEN BOTTOM OF STAIR AND LANDING, INJURING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

THIS EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM THE CAGE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO FREE THE WATERLINE FROM UNDER THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE REMOTE STATION LEFT TRAM LEVER CONTACTED THE WATERLINE. THIS ACTION ACTIVATED THE LEFT CAT CAUSING TH E MACHINE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EMPLOYEE. BEFORE HE COULD STO THE MINER IT HAD CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN THE RIGHT REAR CORNER OF THE MACHINE AND A COAL RIB.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING ROLL A MATERIAL BASKET FROM A SPUR ONTPO THE MAIN TRACK TO THE SHAFT SO IT COULD BE LOWERED. AS HE AND COWORKERS WERE ROTATING THE ROUNDTABLE FROM NORTH TO EAST, EE KNELT ON THE EAST TO PLACE A ROUNDTABLE LOCKPIN. WHEELS OF FLATCAR HAD NOT BEEN BLOCKED. CAR ROLLED TO THE EAST AGAINST THE TRACK CAUSING THE LOAD TO TIP AND FALL ON EE, CAUSING MULTIPLE FRACTURES.

THE #4 SHUTTLE CAR GOT WEDGEAD AT A 4-WAY INTERSECTION WHEN THE OPERATOR WENT TO GET THE OTHER SHUTTLE CAR, TO PUSH IT OUT, THE CMO HELPER GOT INTO SHUTTLE CAR ATTEMPTING TO MOVE IT. WHEN THE OTHER SHUTTLE CAR ARRIVED IT BEGAN TO PUSH THE STUCK CAR. IT SLIPPED & THE BUMPER STRUCK THE DOOR TO OPERATOR COMPARTMENT, BENDING IT, SQUEZING THE OPERATOR FOOT BETWEEN TRAM PEDAL & DOOR.

PIECE IF ROCK 3/4" THICK, 10" WIDE, 18" LONG HITTHE INJURED MAN IN HEAD & HAND. WORKING IN PILLER AREA. LEFT ARM & NECK STIFF.

EMPLOYEE JACKING WRECK ON TRACK. JACK CREELED OUT HITTING ON ARM.

EE STATED HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SCOOP. HE HAD HIS HANDS ON THE HANDLE PUTTING HIMSELF OUT. HE CAUGHT ON THE SIDES WHILE PULLING HIMSELF UP CAUSING HIM TO FIRST HIS BACK. EE REPORTED THE AC CIDENT AND CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3-11-96 WHEN HE CONSULTED A DR AND SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED.

OPERATOR ATTEMPTING TO FREE ROCK TO ALLOW PASSAGE THROUGH CRUSHER. A SHORT LENGTH OF CABLE WITH A BACKHOE BUCKET TOOTH SECURED TO IT IS USED TO HELP FREE/DISLODGE ROCK. UPON DISLODGING ROCK TH E TOOTH FLEW UP & STRUCK OPERATOR ON/UNDER CHIN CAUSING CUT THAT REQUIRED 6[SIX] STITCHES TO CLOSE.

ADJUSTING SHOVEL TRACKS REQUIRS INSERTING A HYDRAULIC JACK IN THE TAKE-UP AXLE AND THE JACK EXTENDED UNTIL TRACKS ARE APPROPRIATELY TENSIONED. HE WAS CHECKING THE PRESSURE GUAGE WHEN THE HYDRA ULIC JACK SPRANG OUT OF THE TAKE-UP AXLE, STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT THIGH AND THROWING HIM 4 TO 6 FEET BACKWARD. HE RECEIVED BRUISES AND A FRACTURE TO THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS GETTING OFF HIS DOZER AND STATED THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE, THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR EVENTS.

RIB ROLLED OFF & HIT LEG & ARM.

INJURED WAS WALKING FROM THE CUTOUT BELT TO THE OUTSIDE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED RTANKLE.

APPARENTLY EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS A SNOW COVERED DRILL BENCH WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT ELBOW CAUSING A DEEP BRUISE TO LEFT SHOULDER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE SLOPE BELT WHEN HER SHOVEL IMPACTED A ROCK, TRANSMITTING THE IMPACT THROUGH THE SHOVEL.

THE INJURED SLIPPED AND FELL FROM TOP OF ATTRITION BAND CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE TOP OF ATTRITIONER BANK WITH HIS BODY (UNDER LEFT ARM).

AFTAER DUMPING BARITE ORE INTO APRON FEEDER WITHFEL EE WAS BREAKING THE LARGER ROCKS ON TOP OF GRID WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER [16#] WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CALLED SUPERVISOR & GOT SOMEONE TO RELIEVE HIM. HE WENT TO DOCTOR THE NEXT MORNING WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSEAD WITHA STRAINED BACK.

CONTRACTOR ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE UNDESIRABLE MATERIAL FROM MOVING CONVEYOR BELT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. RIGHT ARM ROLLED AS CONVEYOR WAS MOVING LEADING TO HIS RIGHT ARM BEING PINCHED BETWEEN CONVEY OR HEAD PULLY AND DISCHARGE CHUTE INFLICTING LACERATIONTO RIGHT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A SMALL PIECE OF WOOD THROUGH BLADE. A PIECE KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT FINGER AND THUMB, PUSHING BACK AND TEARING THE FINGER NAIL AND FLESH ON TIP OF RING FINGER.

WHILE SPRAYING EQUIPMENT, HOT WATER GOT INTO GLOVE CAUSING A SCALD.

DURING CLEANUP OF MATERIAL SPILLAGE USING BUSTER& SHOVEL, EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A SET OF STEPS FOR ACCESS TO SCALEHOUSE. THE STEPS WERE STE IN PLACE AND TACK WELDED. INJURED PREPARED TO MAKE PERMANENT WELD, STEPS FELL ABOUT 16' TO GROUND WITH INJURE D ON THEM.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING BELT AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING D8N, AS HE WAS BACKING UP HE ALLEGED HE BACKED INTO THE HIGHWALL HURTING HIS BACK.

HE WENT TO MOVE MINER CABLE OUT OF ROAD WAY & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

FILLING UP WATER WAGON AND SLIPPED ON PLASTIC AND STRAINED BACK.

WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, HE WAS JARRED AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY. HE STRAINED A TENDON IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA.

EE WAS LOADING TIMBERS ONTO SCOOP & STRAINED HISBACK.

EMPLOYEES SAIS STOPPING OVERTURNED, CINDER BLOCKS HIT HIM. WAS NOTIFIED BY PHONE 1-31-96 AT 6:21PM BY DAUGHTER - HURT HIS NECK.

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS YARD AND SLIPPED. PULLED SOMETHING IN LEG.'

HE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT HIS BACK PULL (SHARP PAIN).

EE COMING DOWN STEPS OF CRUSHER BUILDING, SLIPPED ON STEPS AND FELL.

FELL OFF END LOADER INJURING RIGHT WRIST AND RIGHT FOOT.

CLAIMANT STATES HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER ON THE 560 LOADER HE SLIPPED, MISSING LST TWO STEPS - CAUSING HIM TO FALL, LANDING HARD ON HIS FEET & FALLING BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS KNEELING DOWN & FELT PAIN INHIS LEFT KNEEWHEN HE STOOD UP.

INJURED STATED THAT HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST A CRIB HURTING HIS BACK AND SHOULDER.

EE WAS MAKING REPAIR ON TRUCK. HE WAS LIFTING THE PTO SHAFT FROM THE TRUCK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN TO THE LOWER LUMBAR REGION OF HIS BACK.

ROOF BOLTING AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER- WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR.

BOLTING TOP WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK. ROCK WAS 2 1/2 FOOT BY 3 FOOT LONG BY 3 INCHES.

PERSON WAS BACKING A SECTION LUBE TRUCK UP THE GRADE TOWARDS THE FACE AREA WHEN THE MACHINE CAMEOUT OF 1ST GEAR & WENT TO SECOND OR WAS BUMPED OUT OF GEAR & RAN DOWN THE GRADE & INTO A SCOOP W HICH WAS PARKED BELOW IT. THE BUCKET OF SCOOP HIT THE DOOR OF LUBE TRUCK & KNOCKED DOOR INTO OPERATOR CAUSING INJURY.

THE EE WORDED A FULL SHIFT IN THE PREP PLANT. HECALLED THE NEXT DAY & SAID HIS KNEES WERE HURTING REAL BAD, THE STAIRS HAD AGGRAVATED AN OLD INJURY. THIS WAS NOT DETERMINED UNTIL FEBRUARY BY W C SO THIS FORM IS LATE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING 10/5 PUMP CABLE OVER LEFT SHOULDER AND CABLE GOT CAUGHT ON BELT STRUCTURE. PROCEEDED TO GIVE 10/5 CABLE A JERK AND PULLED SOMETHING IN LEFT SHOULDER.

LOADER OPERATOR WAS CLEANIGN CCOAL OFF WITH 988 AND BACKED INTO HIGHWALL TO AVOID BACKING INTO DOZER.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING ON THE BELT ROPE TO REMOVE A BELT CHAIN AND HURT HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO THE CONTINUOUS MINER ON THE 1 LEFT OF 2 NORTH SECTION, AS HE LIFTED A COVER ONTO THE MINER, HE FELT A MUSCLE PULL TO HIS LEFT ELBOW, FOLLOWED BY PAIN. THE SECTI ON HAS NORMAL MINNG CONDITIONS.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE HELPING SPLICE #2 BELT LINE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ONTO BELT WHEN HE ALLGEDLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A TORN BELT CLIP OUT AND CUT HIS HAND IN THE PROCESS.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING THE JUMPER CABLES THAT ARE USED TO CHANGE SCOOP BATTERIES INTO A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER RIGHT HIP.

EE WAS HANGING CURTAIN ON #2 UNIT, #3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS, STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

INJURED FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE HELPING INSTALL A TRACTION MOTOR IN CONTINUOUS MINER.

EE CLAIMED HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE HE WAS WORKING WITH A PRY BAR TO REMOVE A BELT ROLLER ON THE HE BELT.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH A GD-83 DRILL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

OVERUSE INJURY FROM PULLING BAGS FROM PALLETIZER

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A STRATA PROP IN A LOW ROOF AREA. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE MINE ROOF AND FELL DOWN.

EE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR & HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON WALL, CAUSING FLUID TO DEVELOP.

EMPLOYEE'S SUPERVISOR WAS TOLD THAT EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL ON A TWO MAN GATOR. DURING THE LIFTING PROCESS HE SUFFERED A STRAIN TO HIS BACK.

WHEN CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IN HIS DOZER THE INJURED'S FOOT SLIPPED AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE LOWER RIGHT PORTION OF HIS BACK.

WHEN LEAAVING DREDGE, STEPPED OFF WALKWAY, AND SLIPPED IN MUD ON BANK.

AFTER BEING LOADED BY BACKHOE A DUMP TRK, GOT STUCK. LOADER WAS HOOKED TO THE TRK. TO PULL IT OUT. THE HOOK ON THE TRK THAT THE CABLE WAS ATTACHED TO BROKE LOOSE AND A PIECE OF 3/4" BOLT WAS PROPELLED INTO THE VICTIMS FACE. TWO TEETH WERE KNOCKED OUT AND LACERATIONS TO LIP AND CHIN. VICTIM WAS OVER 25' AWAY.

WHILE TRYING TO TAKE THE BOLTS OFF THE 3-0-5 SPROCKET WITH THE WRENCH, IT WOULD NOT COME OUT. SOHE DOUBLE WRENCHED IT, BUT WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT KNUCKLES ON THE TEETH OF SPROCKET.

EE WAS PUTTING A LARGE PIECE OF ROUND STEEL INTO THE BANDSAW AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL AND AN ANGLE IRON STOPPED ON THE MACHINE, CUTTING HIS FINGER.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISMOUNT THE KOMATSU DOZER AFTER LUNCH BREAR & ON HER LAST STEP SHE STEPPEDON SOME ROCKS. IT APPEARS SHE MAY HAVE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE CALF AREA OF HER RIGHT LEG. HOWEVE R, SHE DID FINISH THE SHIFT THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THE INJURY APPEARED TO BE MINOR.

LUMBAR (BACK) STRAIN DUE TO BOUNCING IN LOADER.

EE WAS LOADING TRUCKS WITH THE FRONT END LOADER ABOUT 700 PM CAME INTO THE DOCK OFFICE COMPLAINING OF GETTING ROCK SALT DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WASHED HIS EYE OUT WITH EYE WASH SOLUTION AND CONTINUED TO WORK HIS SHIFT. HE CALLED IN ON 1-30-96 SAYING HIS EYE WAS RED, SWOLLEN AND HURTING.

EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING A NEWLY INSTALLED HANDRAIL ON A CAT 777 ROCK TRUCK. HE WAS HOLDING ON THE RAIL WITH ONE HAND. HE TWISTED TO THE SIDE TO CONTINUE PAINTING. THIS MOTION CAUSED A BACK MUSCL E STRAIN.

THE MAN HIT HIS LEFT HAND WITH A PICK HAMMER, WHILE POUNDING ON THE ROOF ON THE MINE.

EE AND MYSELF WERE WORKING ON A GRAVEL TRAILER WHEN THE FIFTH WHEEL FELL AND STRUCK HE ACROSS HIS UPPER LEG BONES. HIS RIGHT LEG WAS FRACTURED BETWEEN THE HIP AND KNEE. HE IS EXPECTED TO COMPL ETELY RECOVER. THE LEG BONE WAS PINNED TOGETHER.HIS LEFT LEG WAS SCRAPED BUT NOT SERIOUSLY.

EE WAS OPERATING AIRTRACK. EE LIFTED A PIECE OF STEEL TO PUT IT IN THE RACK WHEN HE LOST STRENGTH IN ARM AND FELT SHARP PAIN.

EE WAS SERVICING DUETZ WATER PUMP AT THE PIT. AFTER HE SERVICED PUMP HE TRIED TO START PUMP IT WOULD NOT HE WENT TO CHECK BATTERY CABLES WHEN HE MOVED THE CABLES THE BATTERY BLEW UP IN HIS FAC E.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER CO-WORKER ON A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE FOR THE 10SC. THE SHUTTLE CAR TIRE FELL OVER AGAINST THE MECHANIC AND THIS EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO HELP AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK. CA USE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT HAVING ENOUGH HELP TO START WITH. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR, PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT OK, MINER ATTITUDE MA BE A FACTOR.

EE WAS WELDING AND TH WELDING ARE BURNED HIS EYES.

STEAM GINNY HOSE HAD A HOLE IN IT. EE STOOD ON HOSE TRYING TO STOP LEAK. THE HOT WATER PENITRATED HIS BOOT & BURNT HIS FOOT.

EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BAKC WHILE ARRANGIN SUPPLIES ON BOLTER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK BROW, WHEN AN ADJACENT PIECE OF BROW (APPROX. 3' X 6" X 6") ALSO FELL STRIKING INJURED'S LOWER LEFT LEG, CAUSING MULTIPLE FRACTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A STUCK DRILL STEEL FROM THE ROOF WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULLING IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CROSSING THE BELT CROSSOVER TRIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS STRUCK IN THE GROIN WITH THE CHARGER JUMPER CABLE.

WHERE THE TOP HAD FALLEN OUT THE UNIFORMITY OF THE TOP WAS NOT SMOOTH.

EE WAS USING THE JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE OLD CASTABLE LINING FROM KILN 2. HIS GRIP SLIPPED CAUSING THE JACKHAMMER TO LAND ON HIS LEFT FOOT. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN TOE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING HE CUTTER WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF, HURTING HIS NECK.

WAS CUTTING ROCK ON A ROCK CHOPPER & CUT TWO FINGERS.

THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT RUB RAIL BACK ON THE #1 MINER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING JIB OUT OF MOBILE CRANE. EMPLOYEE KNOCKED ALL THE BOLTS OUT (4) CAUSING THE BOOM JIB TO COME LOOSE. IT DROPPED APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE NEGLECTED TO REMOVE HIS LEFT FOOT UNDER THE JIB BFORE REMOVING THE BOLTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SOME MUD FROM UNDER DRIVE AND WAS PUTTING THE MUD ON THE WALKWAY TO BE SHOVELED ONTO THE BELT. HE STEPPED IN THE MUD AND AS HE REACHED FOR HIS SHOVEL HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND STARTED TO FALL. HIS BODY FELL BUT HIS FOOT STAYED PLANTED IN THE MUD.

WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK AFTER STARTING IT, HE SLIPPED OFF THE STEP AND HIT HIS SHIN. HE REPORTED IT THAT SHIFT BUT CONTINUED TO WORK FOR ANOTHER WEEK UNTIL IT BOTHERED HIM AND HE WENT TO T HE DR.

DRIVER WALKED OUT ON THE DECK AT CAT WATER TRUCK TO CHECK WATER LEVEL IN A TANK THAT HE WAS FILLING. HE SLIPPED ON SOME SNOW ICE AND FELL APRROX 7 OR 8 FEET TO THE GROUND.

WAS STARTING TO DRILL, WAS HOLDING DRILL STEEL WITH LEFT HAND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HAND & DRILL HEAD OF ROOF BOLTER.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISTRIBUTING STRUCTURE TO BELT LO BELT UP. HE THREW A BOTTOM STAND WHILE TWISTING AND TURNING AND HAD A BURNING IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING FORKLIFT TO LOAD A FEEDHOPPERFOR THE FCP. FORK CAME LOOSE AND FELL INTO THE HOPPER. EMP GOT INTO THE HOPPER AND LIFTED FORKOUT AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN THE HOPPER AND FORK. S WELLING AND CONTUSION TO LEFT RING FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER. NO BREAKS, BUT EMPLOYEE LOST ONE WORK DAY.

WHILE CLIMBING THE LADDER HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER RUNG. EE GRABBED THE LADDER RUNG WITHHIS RIGHT HAND & FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON 7/19/96. HE WENT FOR SURGERY ON THE SHOULDER.

THE EE WAS WALKING ALONG TRACK WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON SOME ROCKS & FELL INJURING HER RIGHT SHOULDER.

#6 ENTRY ABOUT 60' INBY SPAD 3406 ON CORNER OF A CUT BACK. EE WAS PREPARING TO MOVE MINER CABLE WHEN A BROW, LEFT WHEN CUTTING A CORNER, FELL, CRUSHING HIM AGAINST THE BOTTOM.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE &HURT HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SPADDING A PIECE OF CANVAS TO THE ROOF AND A PIECE OF SLATE (SLICKENSIDE MATERIAL) FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK THE END OF HIS NOSE. CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT SCALING DOWN MA TERIAL AND SLIPPERY MATERIAL. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR. MINER PORFICIENCY MAYBE A FACTOR. MINING EQUIP/SYSTEM NOT A FACTOR, PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT WAS BEING WORN.

INJURED BACK WHILE LOADING BOLTS FROM SUPPLY CAR INTO SCOOP BUCKET.

WELDER FLASH.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 992 ENDLOADER. HE ALLEGES THAT PAIN IN HIS BACK IS ATTRIBUTED TO OPERATING ENDLOADER. NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT IS INDICATED.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP CAR UNDERGROUND. THE CAR JUMPED THE TRACK AND HE SAID IT JERKED HIM AROUND SOME AND THE D-RING ON HIS MINER'S BELT CAUSED HIM TO HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

EE & COWORKER WERE REMOVING PARTS FROM JEEP TO BE SENT OUTSIDE. BAD WHEEL ON CART WOULD NOT TURN, & HE HAD TO JERK IT AROUND TO GET IT TO MOVER.

EMP AND 2 COWORKERS WERE PUTTING THE RUB RAIL BACK IN PLACE ON THE 1071 CONTINUOUS MINER ON THE 11L25W SECTION. ONE END OF THE RUB RAIL FELL OUTOF ITS BRACKET AND STRUCK EMP ON TOP OF RIGHT FO OT RESULTING IN CONTUSION AND SWELLING.

EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON ROOF DRILL REPLACING HYDRAULIC HOSES. HE ATTEMPTED TO STEP DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE ROOF DRILL USING HAND TO BRACE ON ROOF DRILL WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE BAND FROM BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS PUNCTURING HIS LEFT HAND.

EE GOT CAUGHT UNDER ATRS SYSTEM ON ROOF BOLTER MACHINE.

INJURED SLIPPED & FELL, TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF &LANDED ON ARM & SHOULDER. DISLOCATING SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A METAL PIPE. EMP'S END WAS ABOUT 50 POUNDS. FELT PULL IN ABDOMEN. ABDOMINAL HERNIA.

EE SLIPPED ON SNOW AND ICE AND FELL TO PAVEMENT WHILE WALKING BETWEEN BUILDINGS.

WHILE CLEANING UP AROUND A CONVEYOR THE OPERATOR HIT A ROCK WHICH WAS PROTRUDING FROM THE GROUND SURFACE. HE WAS USING A BOBCAT TO CLEAN UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CONVEYORS AT CRUSHER. HE WAS PUSHING ON A 4 FT LENGTH OF PIPE AND A RATCHET ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN BOLTS. AS HE PUSHED HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN AREA.

EE WAS WALKING FROM MILL AREA TO END OF PROPERTY. HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND HIS LEFT FOOT FOLDED UNDER HIM.

SEVERE LACERATION TO ANTERIOR ASPECT OF R HAND. TENDONS WERE LACERATED - UNABLE TO EXTEND 3,4,&5TH FINGERS. WORKING ON FEEDED, TRIPPED - R HAND HIT STEEL ON FEEDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK OFF OF A BELT AND STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.

EE WAS PERFORMING CLEAN UP WITH A SHOVEL & WHEELBARROW, WHILE RETURNING FROM EMPTYING THE WHEEL BARROW HE STRUCK A LOW AIR LINE PIPE.

THE EE WAS CLIKBING DOWN OFF THE LOADER AND SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM STEP.

EE WAS CUTTING OFF OLD BUSHING FROM PUSH ARM TRUNION. SLAG BLEW INTO AIR AND A PIECE OF MOLTEN METAL LANDED IN LEFT EAR. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 1-26-96. NO LOSS TIME FROM WORK UNTIL SURGERY ON 4 -2-96.

THE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON GRADER INSIDE OF SHOP. HE STARTED TO STEP DOWN FROM RIGHT SIDE OF CAB TO GET PARTS. HE LOST HIS FOOTHOLD AND FELL TO THE FLOOR WHILE STRIKING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD O N BACK OF GRADER BLADE. HE HAD LACERATION ON BACK OF HEAD.

SECTION FOREMAN HAD MADE FIRE BOSS RUN & WAS ON HIS WAY BACK OUT RIDING 3-WHEEL. STARTED TO RUN THROUGH FLY STUCK HAND OUT, WENT THROUGH HOLE & DRUG HIM BACK. INJURED HIS ARM.

EE TRIPPED OVER A PALLET HURTING HIS BACK. THIS BECAME A RTA 2/1/96.

ROOF BOLTING WITH SECTION AUGERS--AUGER BROKE & ROTATION SWUNG IT AROUND & HIT OPERATOR ON THE INDEX FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND. FINGER SET & HAND PUT IN CAST. OFF 3-4 WEEKS.

INJURED WAS LIFTING AN 8 INCH WATERLINE, FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

THE INJURED WAS OPERATING BRIDGE CARRIER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE TRAM LEVER AND THE BRIDGE TURNED SIDE WAYS CATCHING HIS RT. FOOT BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE BRIDGE AND THE BELT STRUCTURE.

HE WAS DOING WELDING WORK ON A SEVEN YARAD BUCKET IN A STOOPED POSITION FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT A POP IN HIS BACK.

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND MASHED THE INDEX FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE OPERATOR, CAUSING A SMALL CUT AND A BROKEN BONE.

TAKING MOTOR OFF OF #2 BELT DRIVE. TWISTED BACK.75 H.P. MOTOR.

EE WAS WORKING ON SECTION 4012 INSTALLING CURTAIN AND OTHER VENTILATION DEVICES WHEN SHE FELT A SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK. SOME OF THE CURTAIN DROPS WAS BUILT OUT OF USED CONVEYOR MATERIAL.

BOLTER OPERATOR WAS LOADING AND HIS MACHIN3E WITH BOLTING SUPPLIES HE WAS CARRYING A BOX OF GLUE FROM THE SUPPLY TROUBLE TO THE BOLTER. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF LOOSE KNOCK ON THE MINE FLOOR S LIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING A KNEE WROTE RX 2-6-96.

EE & 2 OTHER EES WAS MOVING A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 400# OFF OF A MINER. WHILE PULLING AT ROCK HEFELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK & LEFT LEG WENT NUMB.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING FILTER DRIVE IN WASHER, HE RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST AIR BLASTER RESULTING IN A JAMMED NECK.

UNLOADING 4' RESIN OFF OF TRACK SUPPLY CAR, COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN. (PULLED MUSCLE)

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED THE STEPS TO START THE PRIMARY CRUSHER ENGINE. WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE STEP TO START THE ENGINE, HE SLIPPED ON AN ICY STEP AND FELL SIX FEET TO THE GROUND.

UPON TRYING TO LIFT A ROCK THAT FELL IN THE FEEDER, HE GOT DOWN AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK, WHICH STOPPED HIM FROM WORKING.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING TOP ROLLER ON #2 BELT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 1/4" X 10" X 8" FELL STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF HEAD AND NECK.

WHILE HOOKING A 3" WATER HOSE TOGETHER, ONE OF THE HOSES HAD SOME HOLES IN IT SO HE TOOK OUT A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT OFF THE BAD END. THE KNIFE SLIPPED FROM THE HOSE & STABBED LOWER LEFT FORE A RM.

EE SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. DID NOT NOTIFY HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL 2-7-96.

WHILE PACKING HOLE PLUG, INJURED USED LEFT KNEE KICKING PARTIALLY FILLED BAGS, IN AN EFFORT TO GET BAGS COMPLETELY FILLED, CAUSING SEVERE PAIN AND SWELLING TO LEFT KNEE.

AFTER FINISHING THE JOB WITH THE ELECTRICIAN, EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM TOP OF APRON CONV. HOOD. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF TOP OF HANDRAIL AS HE WAS LEANING OVER TO GRASP THE SAME HANDRAIL AN D HE FELL. HIS THIGH STRUCK THE ANGLE FRAMING WHILE FALLING AND HE LANDED IN PILE OF DUST.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE TRUCK BRAKES "FELT FUNNY". THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS AND WAS RELEASED.

ROUSTABOUT CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FUSING SOME POLY PIPE. THE PIPE HAD BEEN CUT AND SHAVED IN PREPARAION FOR FUSING. VICTIM WAS HOLDING THE PIPE WHILE IT WAS BEING CLEANED. THERE WAS A GAS IGNITION BEHIND THE VICTIM CAUSING BURNS TO THE LEFT HAND AND HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING STEERING LINK ON SHUTTLE CAR. STRAIN LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS DOING CLEAN UP BY THE CRUSHER WHEN SOMETHING STRUCK ENTERED HIS SIGHT EYE. VISION IN THE EYE HAD NOT RETURNED TO NORMAL.

WHILE INSPECTING FOR POSSIBLE PLUG ON THE SPRAY TOWER, VESSEL FLUSHED WHEN THE PORT WAS OPENED AND ALKALI DUST COVERED THE EMPLOYEE AND GOT INTO BOTH EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS AT A SWITCH PANEL WHICH WAS NEAR AN AREA MAINTENANCE WAS REPLACING THE FLOOR GRATING. THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK FROM THE PANEL AND FELL THROUGH A HOLE IN THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE FELL 4 TO 5 FEET TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

EE WAS ASSISTING INSTALLING A RADIATOR INTO A D9L. CAT DOZER. HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS TO A RADIATOR HOSE ON LOWER PORTAINS OF RADIATOR. EE STRAINE HIMSELF IN THE ADBOMAN AREA AND BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING A DOZER AT THE DUMP AREA WITH THE FUEL TRUCK. WHEN EMPLOYEE PULLED FUEL HOSE FROM TRUCK HE FELT A PAIN IN LEFT FOREARM/ELBOW AREA.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING A 980 FRONT END LOADER. CONDITIONS WAS RAINING AND MUDDY. EE SLIPPED CATCHING HIMSELF WITH RT HAND, PULLING MUSCLE IN RT ELBOW.

ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON SHOULDER AND CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON ATRS FROM TD2 ROOF BOLTER.

YTORCH-SLAG BLOWN IN BEHIND CUTTING GOGGLE AND SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CARRYING A DOG BONE ACROSS LONGWALL FACE, SLIPPED AND FELL RESULTING IN AN ABRASION ON HIS LEFT SHIN.

EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 35 FEET THROUGH OPEN DOOR OF WORK DECK. EMP WAS HELPING TO CLOSE OPEN DOOR.NO ONE WITNESSED FALL. INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT USING SAFETY LANYARD THAT WAS ATTACHED TO HIS BELT.

INJURED WAS CLEANING TAIL END OF 803 WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS LEFT SIDE ON METAL PAN.

WHILE RIDING IN FAR BACK OF MANTRIP, MANTRIP HIT HOLE JUST INSIDE PORTAL, BOUNCING EE UP INTO METAL TOP KNOCKIN GOFF HARD HAT, WHEN REAR WHEELS TRAVELED THRU HOLE IT BOUNCED HIM BACK UP INTO C ROSS BAR ON ROOF STRIKING HEAD AGAINST IT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LONGWALL SHEAR WHEN COAL FELL OFF THE FACE BLOWING DUST INTO THE INJURED'S LEFT EYE. NOTE: ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE ON 1-29-96 WHEN EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK DUE TO INJURY.

THE INJURED WAS CLEANING UNDER AND TRAINING RETURN IDLER ROLLERS ON THE 72" SOUTH BELT, WHEN HIS SHOVEL BECAME CAUGHT IN THE ROLLER PULLING HIS ARM INTO THE ROLLER.

HE WAS CLEANING A BLOCK, A PIECE FLACKED OFF & SMALL PIECES WENT INTO HIS EYE.

THERE WAS A MIX-UP IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO OPERATORS OF TRACK EQUIPMENT. A 20 TON OPERATOR AND A PERSONNEL CARRIER OPERATOR FAIL TO NOTIFY THE DISPATCHER OF THEIR LOCATION, CAUSING A COLL ISION OF TWO PIECES OF TRACK EQUIPMENT, IN A BLIND AREA ALONG THE TRACK.

STRAINED ABDOMEN TURNING FAN ROTOR ON BABCOCK FAN.

PULLING A PIECE OF PINNER STEEL OUT OF TOP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EE WAS CARRYING OIL TO A MACHINE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE WALKING EE SLIPPED ONSNOW FELL TO KNEES GOT BACK UP AND CONTINUED TO WORK. WENT DR NEXT DAY AND ADVISED TO TAKE 2 DAYS OFF.

EE WAS ON TOP OF SCOOP UNHOOKING CHARGAER BELLS FROM BATTERIES. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET OFF SCOOP HIS LEG BECAME FOULED IN HOLE OF FRAME THAT ENCASES THE FIRE SUPPRESSION CANISTER. HE THEN FEL L BACKWARDS WITH LEG STILL FOULED IN FRAME. THISRESULTED IN MUSCLE STRAINS IN HIS LEG & BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM THE FOREMANS OFFICE TOTHE SECONDARY PLANT. HE SLIPPED REINJURING HIS BACK (1993 INJURY). EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT BUT DID NOT SEE DR UNTIL LATER THAT MONTH. WAS SEEN BY DR & OFF WORK 1-29-96.

EE WAS FREEING UP ROLLERS ON THE 5/8" GRAVEL STACKING CONVEYOR AND UPON COMPLETION OF HIS WORK HE STEPPED ONTO THE HANDRAILING AT BOTTOM OF CONVEYOR AND JUMPED APPROX 3 1/2' TO THE GROUND INST EAD OF USING THE ACESS LADDER PROVIDED. HIS RIGHT ANKLE WAS SPRAINED AS A RESULT.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ON THE LOADER HE'D BEEN WORKING ON, HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE AND TWISTED ANKLE AND KNEE.

WHILE BUILDING STOPPING, EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A BLOCK AND TWISTED HER TORSO TO PLACE BLOCK ON STOPPING. FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. NOW OFF WORK A FEW DAYS.

TURNED OVER HAUL TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN ROUTE TO CHECK T-2 COMPRESSOR ROOM AND AS HE WAS WALKING ON THE RAMP BETWEEN FLUX STORAGE TANKS HE TRIPPED ON A HOSE THAT WAS LAYING ACROSS THE WALKWAY. HE DID NOT FALL. DIAG NOSIS: RIGHT KNEE STRAN. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO HVE SURGERYR ON HIS KNEE ON 3-14-96 AND BEGAN TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK ON 3-14-96.

HE WAS LIFTING A SHAKER BEARING AND HURT HIS UPPER BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT INTO THE TOP. THE AVERAGE COAL SEAM IS 40" TO 42". HE HAD TO BEND THE BOLT THE GET IT STARTED INTO THE PREDRILLED HOLE. WHEN HE STARTED TO STRAIGHTEN IT BACK OUT AFTER STARTING IT INTO THE HOLE, THE BOLT SLIPPED AND HE HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

A ROCK SLID OFF THE CONT. MINER. EMPLOYEE JUMPEDOUT OF THE WAY AND SLIPPED AND FELL. HE LANDED ON THE CONT. MINER REMOTE BOX.

THE EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO ASSIST TWO OTHER EMPLOYEE SLIDE TRACK OVER ON CENTERS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE SLIPPED ON ROCK AND ICE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. KNEE SWELLED AND BECAME PAINFUL. EE SAW THE DR. AND WAS GIVEN LIGHT DUTY FOR THE WEEK.

EE REPEATEDLY WAS CRAWLING THROUGHOUT THE 1 RIGHT WORKING SECTION

EE STATED HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE TIMBERING IN THE INTAKE AIRCOURSE. EE WAS HELPING INSTALL 10' TIMBERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A MACHINE PART AND SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN TO GET ON THE DREDGE TO GO TO WORK & SLIPPED & FELL ON THE ICE. HE FELL DIRECTLY ON HIS BUTTOCKS & HURT HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING DURING RAIN STORM WHEN HIS FOOTING BECAME VERY SLIPPERY. WHILE FILLING A PORTABLE TANK ON TRUCK, HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM TRUCK STRIKING A CONCRETE PIER, RESULTING IN INJU RY.

MECHANIC WAS DRIVING PIN OUT OF CAT PAD & MISSEDBAR & STRUCK INJURED IN THE HEAD WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING BESIDE EMULSION MIXER CAR ON LONGWALL SECTION WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF BOLT. AS HE TRIED TO CATCH HIS BALANCE HE FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK. RECEIVED MEDICAL CON FIRMATION ON 1-29-96. STARTED THERAPY ON 1-30-96. ESTIMATE 2 TO 4 WEEKS OFF WORK.

D6 WAS BREAKING DOWN AN OLD SPOIL BAND WHEN HE BACKED UP HE GOT ON AN OLD LOG IN THE SPOIL WHICHWAS MUDDY AND AND WET DUE TO THE RAIN AND SNOW. THE DOZER TURNED OVER. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT AND THE ONLY SERIOUS INJURY HE RECEIVED WAS A CUT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD ABOUT 1 INCH LONG. I TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD IT STITCHED UP AND BROUGHT HIM HOME.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A TRANSFORMER WITH A SCOOP TRACTOR. THE SCOOP SLIPPED OFF THE TRANSFORMER AND BOUNCED EMPLOYEE IN THE OPERATOR SEAT. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A LOW BACK INJURY FROM THE JARRING.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO HER DUMP SHANT AFTER SPOTTING A ROCK TRUCK AT THE DUMP ARA WHEN SHE FELL OVER SOME VERY DEEP RUTS OF MED. EMPLOYEE HAS FALLEN SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST.

EE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN AFTER DRIVING A SCRAPER OVER A FROZEN CHUNK. HIS FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 1-29-96.

EE WAS ASKED TO ASSIST ANOTHER EE IN SERVICING EQUIPMENT, WHEN STEPPING FROM GREASE TRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT STEPPED INTO A DEPRESSION. CAUSING THE ANKLE TO ROLL OUT RESULTING IN A SPRAIN OR POSSI BLE FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE PERFORMING PRESHIFT MAINTENANCE PUTTINGHYDRAULIC OIL INTO MACHINE. WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM A HIGHLIFT HE SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO SKID OF BULK OIL TANK.

EE WAS LIFTING & POSITIONIN STEEL PLATES IN A SPACE-RESTRICTED AREA FOR MOST OF THE DAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE FELT SORENESS IN HIS BACK. PAIN INCREASED BY MORNING AT WHICH TIME HE REPORTE D IT & WENT TO THE DOCTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OFF PALLET SUSPENDED BY FORKLIFT. WHEN EMP TURNED TO GET OFF, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, HURTING HIS BACK.

INJURED WAS MOVING SEVEN FOOT TIMBERS (BY HAND) FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER LOCATION. APPROX. ONE HALF HOUR LATER INJURED STARTED TO HAVE SHARP PAINS AND BURNING IN HIS LEFT SIDE AND LEFT CHE ST AREA.

EMP WAS OCMING DOWN ON LADDER OF RAILCAR. FOOT SLIPPED, EMP STARTED TO FALL. CAUGHT HIMSELF 4 RUNGS DOWN THE LADDER BUT BUMPED LEFT KNEE ON LADDER AS HE WAS FALLING.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT ALONG 2R BELT LINE. HE WAS ON HIS KNEES WHILE SHOVELING AND HAD TO SHOVEL UP THE COAL & TWIST AROUND AND PUT COAL ON BELT LINE.

ROCK BECAME LODGED UNDER CONVEYOR CHAIN, WITH BOOM UP, SWUNG TO RIGHT POSTION. FORCED CONVEYOR CHAIN FROM UNDER HOLD DOWN PLATE OVER TO OPERATORSEAT. CHAIN HIT OPERATOR IN FACE RESULTING IN CU T OT BRIDGE OF NOSE AND CUT UNDER LEFT EYE.

EE WAS USING AN AIR LANCE TO BLOW DUST BUILDUP OFF BYPASS DUST PUMP & DUST GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

INJURED WAS PULLING ON THE HEAD OF A CONTINUOUS MIENR TO ROTATE THE HEAD TO CHANGE BITS. AS HE PULLED, HE FELT SOMETHING STRAIN IN NECK AND UPPER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR OUT DUST COLLECTOR DISCHARGE, AND FAILED TO DE-ENERGIZE ROTARY VALVE. EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT IN MOVING ROTARY VALVE INSIDE DUST COLLECTOR.

EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL UNDER CONVEYOR BELT & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN THE NO. 6 ENTRY, WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT TOP STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HIS SHOULDER AND ARM. EMPLOYEE CALL IN ON JANUARY 26 HAVING PROBLEMS FROM HIS INJURIES. EMPLOYEE HAD CONTUSION ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM.

LOADING ROCK DUST [50 LB BAG] TWISTED BACK.

EMPLOYEE GOT HIS LEFT FOOT TANGLED IN A METAL BAND CAUSING HIM TO FALL HURTING HIS LEFT HIP AND LEG. BECAME A LTA 2/1/96.

EE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK STRAIN RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A BULK RAIL CAR AND SLIPPED ON SNOW.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON LEFT LEG BELOW KNEE BY A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE WHICH ROLLED BACK TOWARD HIM AFTER HE THREW IT ONTO A PILE OF STORED STRUCTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON THE EDGE OF A CHAIR. WHEN SHE LEANED FOREWARD TO PICK SOMETHING UP AND STARTED TO SIT BACK DOWN, SHE MISSED HER CHAIR AND FELL TO THE FLOOR.

SLIPPED AND FELL ON STEEL AIR MOTOR OFF OF GRATING ON TRACK DRILL.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A UNI-HAULER TIRE TO BE LAODED ONTO A FLATCAR WHEN SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS WRIST.

MOTOR BARN SWITCH CAUGHT HEEL OF LEFT FOOT AND FELL TWISTING LEFT FOOT. INDIVIDUAL STATED HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE CAUGHT HEEL ON. FRACTURED BONE LEFT FOOT.

EE DROVE S&S 482 SCOOP INTO CROSSCUT 3 BREAKS OUT BY FACE BETWEEN THE #3 & #4 ENRTY. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON EE WHILE CROSSING BREAK.

WHILE WALKING, TRIPPED OVER A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HANDS AND KNEES.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING, WELDING, CUTTING AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE ON A 994. SMALL PIECE OF METAL OR SLAG WENT INTO LEFT EYE.

EE SAYS HE FELL 18' TO A CONCRETE FLOOR. LANDING ONHIS BACKSIDE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. THE MAN LEFT THE JOB SITE UNDER HIS OWN POWER. DR.'S REPORT NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF INJURY. XRAYS WERE NEG ATIVE.

THE EE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE HOOD TO THE CAB DECK OF A WABCO 85D END DUMP TRUCK APPROX. 2 FT IN HEIGHT AND STEPPED ON AN EYE BOLT MOUNTED ON THE CAB DECK. THIS CAUSED THE EE TO TWIST HIS ANKLE .

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A "MONSTER MAT" (HEAVY STEEL GAGE) FROM THE FAN TO THE BOLTER WHEN HE STARTED EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. FIRST DAY OFF 1-24-96

EE RODE MANTRIP INTO MINE. AS HE GOT OFF THE CAGE HE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS LEFT LEG AND LOWER BACK.

ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS (1'X1') STRIKIGN EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING FLY PADS ACROSS #2 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK(APPROX. 3' X 1 1/2' X 1")FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HER ON TOP OF HEAD CAUSING A CERVICAL STRAIN.

DRILL WAS DRILLING WHEN THE LEFT HAND PRESSURE CHAIN BROKE, JUST ABOVE TOP DRIVE. STEEL NEEDED TO BE REMOVED FROM HOLE SO THAT BOOM COULD BE LOWERED AND CHAIN REPAIRED W\O NEEDING TO CLIMB BOO M. OPERATOR RAISING STEEL WHILE ADJACENT DRILL OP & MAINT MAN STANDING ON DRILL DECK. WHEN CHAIN HAD MORE WT ON DOWN SIDE, IT ROLLED OFF TOP IDLER PULLEY & LANDED ON ADJACENT DRILL OPERATOR.

EE WAS CARRYING TIMBERS ACROSS OVERCAST AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING IN BELT BOX [BELT WON'T RUN] WHEN IT FLASHED OUT INTOVICTIM FACAL AREA.

WORKER WAS CROSSING SNOWY PARKING LOT. WORKER SLIPPED AND FELL, LANDING AWKWARDLY, CAUSING DISLOCATION OF LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS REPLACING A PRESSURE PUMP ON BED PLATE & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN PUMP & BASE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BEAMS UNDER ARCHES WHEN BEAM SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN A PINCH POINT BETWEEN BEAM AND TRACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING. ROCK BOUNCED OFF SHUTE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOOT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOOSING TIME TIL 6-11-97 DUE TO SURGERY.

THEY WERE MOVING THE CRANE FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER AND HE HAD TO BACK AROUND SOME UN-EVEN TERRAIN WHEN THE CRANE TIPPED OVER. TIPPED TO THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH WAS NOT THE DRIVER'S SIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 6" PIPE AND HURT HIS BACK.

EE WAS CHAINGING DOWN A SET OF TIRES ON A FLAT BED TRAILER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND WAS TWISTED IN THE CHAIN, BREAKING A BONE IN HIS LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A PILE OF COAL SPILLAGE, SHOVELING. SHE STEPPED BACK AND TWISTED HER RIGHT KNEE, RESULTING IN A SPRAINED RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE LOADING PULLEY'S ON TRUCK AT THE BROCKPORTPLANT TO TAKE BACK TO PINFIELD PLANT HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN PULLEY & ANGLE.

EE WAS HELPING TO PUSH A LARGE ROCK, WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

INJURED WAS CUTTING CHAINS IN ROTARY KILN USING AN ARC SLICE TORCH. AS INJURED WAS REMOVING A SPENT SLICE ROD BY LOOSENING THE COLLET NUT WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND SQUEEZING THE TRIGGER OF THE SL ICE TORCH WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO RELEASE OXYGEN UNDER PRESSURE WHICH PUSHED THE ROD OUT OF THE COLLET. A SMOLDERING FIRE ON HIS SLEEVE BURST IN FLAME FROM THE OXY. CAUSING 2ND DEG BURN TO WRI

LIFTING OXYGEN TANK ON TO THE TRUCK.

EE WAS WORKING AT ROCK PIT, HE WAS GETTING A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL OUT OF BACK OF TRUCK. LIFTED IT UP OVER BODY OF TRUCK AND HURTING HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS TAKING A PIECE OF ROCK THAT WAS STUCK IN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN. THE ROCK SHIFTED & PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND & WRIST WITH ROCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONTO A ROPE TO KEEP FROM BRAKING. THE CHUTE CAME LOOSE AND PULLED HIS ARM.

EE RAISED UP ON MANTRIP COME IN CONTACT WITH CITY CANOPY BRUISING BACK AND RIBBS.

EE WAS KNOCKING FROZEN MUD OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE BAR HE WAS USING SMASHED THE LEFT RING FINGER. THIS TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO STARTING UP THE CRUSHING EQUIPMENT.

ENOKITEE WAS ON A BIMONTHLY INSPECTION AND WAS WALKING IN AN OLD ABANDONED POWER CENTER CROSS CUT WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS LEFTKNEE. EMP HAS BEEN WORKING BUT HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE PAIN AND INSTABILITY UNTIL 4-2-96.

UNLOADING STONE TOPS FROM RACK TO CONVEYOR LINE AND TWISTED BACK CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK. MUSCLE STRAIN IN LOWER BACK. MEDICATION AND TWO DAYS REST.

2 MAINTENANCE MEN WERE TRYING TO FREE A JAMMED SCREW CONVEYOR WITH A PIPE WRENCH, THE SCREW CONVEYOR & BELT CONVEYOR ON WHICH THEY WERE STANDINGWERE LOCKED OUT, THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED ALLOWIN G ONE MAN TO FALL BACKWARDS OFF THE CONVEYOR HITTING THE FROZEN GROUND RESULTING IN A FRACTURED RIGHT ARM [HUMERUS]

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE SHUTTLE CAR AND SAID HE MUST HAVE HAD OIL ON THE BOTTOM OF BOOTS AND HE SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK THE DOOR LATCH ON CAR. CAUASE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS POSSIBLE OIL ON BOTTOM OF COMPARTMENT FLOOR AND AWARENESS. MINERPROFICIENCY MAYBE A FACTOR, PERSONNEL EQUIP. WAS OK COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS OK. 10SC END COMPARTMENT INVOLVED.

EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTING TRASH INTO OUTSIDE RECEPTACLE CARRYING 3 BAGS. STANDING ON ICE, SHE TRIED TO SWING BAG FROM GROUND INTO DUMPSTER AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE. BRUISED TAILBONE AND STIFF BA CK. MRI RESULTS SHOW HERNIATED DISCS C6-C7 AN T2-T3 - NEURAL ENCROACHMENT AT C6-C7.

EE STATED AS HE WAS UNLOADING A SUPPLY CAR OF TIMBERS ON SUPPLY ROAD, A SUPPLY MOTOR ATTEMPTED TO GO BY THE CAR & BUMPED THE CAR INTO HIS LEFT ANKLE RESULTING IN A BRUISE.

EE WAS REMOVING A FLAT ROCK FROM TAIL PIECE AND IT DISLODGED AND CAUGHT HIS LIGHT CORD AND DRAGGED HIM 10' DOWN BELT LINE.

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON THE BELT FEED PLATFORM WIRING UP A BELT SWITCH. HE LEANED BACK TO PICK UP HIS KNIFE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE HURT LOWER BACK WHILE DRIVING ROCK TRUCK ACROSS ROUGH ROAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BACKING THE THREE WHEELER WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL HIT A ROCK. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN, JERKING EMPLOYEE'S ARMS AND NECK RESULTING IN MUSCLE ST RAINS OF THE NECK.

WAS HIT ON LEFT KNEE BY A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL THAT WAS SWINGING ON A BOOM CABLE.

EE WAS LIFTING A SHOVEL FULL OF DIRT (SWEEPINGS) INTO A WHEELBARROW AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

LIFTING 100# BAGS OF SAND, STRAINED STOMACH MUSCLES.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A ROLL A PLASTIC SHRINKWRAP ACROSS FLOOR, WHEN IT HIT A HIGH PLACE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. FALL CAUSED INJURY TO LEG.

THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED HIS RIGHT HAND BEING CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOLLOW END OF A SCALING BAR AND THE RAILING OF A BOOM BASKET. AN AVULSION OF TISSUE IN THE UPPER LEFT PALM AREA AND A FRACTURE OF THE PROXIMAL PHALANGE OF THE FIFTH FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND RESULTED.

EE WAS WALKING TO WORK AREA AND SLIPPED ON ICE AT PORTAL AND HYPER EXTENDDED WRIST WHEN HE LANDED ON IT. WORKING WITH JACKLEG DRILL HAS CONTINUALLY IRRITATED WRIST. ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO SU PERVISOR ON 2-11-96, EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ASSISTANC ON 4-15-96.

THE EMPLOYEE STARTED OUT THE BACK OF THE PREP PLANT WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE CORNER OF A SIDE PLATE FRAME FOR THE INCLINE THAT HAD BEEN STORED IN A PARTS ST ORAGE AREA.

EE WAS PULLING BAGS OFF OF PALLETIZER TO RESTACK PALLET WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE PUTTING BOLT IN MINE TOP WHEN ROCK SLIPPED BRUSHING BY EMPLOYEE'S LEFT SIDE.

ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS. SIZE 3' X 1' X 1/2 " THICK. ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM.

2 LEFT- 4 SOUTH BELT LINE. MAN WAS TAKING BOLTS OUT OF COUPLER AT #2 DRIVE (HELPER DRIVE) WHEN INBY SECTION SHIFTED CATCHING MAN'S LEFT ARM ABOVE ELBOW BETWEEN TWO POINTS.

INJURED WAS STADNING IN CONVEYOR OF SHUTTLE CAR PULLING TOOL BOXES IN CAR, SLIPPED AND FELL OUT HITTING HIS SIDE INTO SCOOP BUCKET.

PICKING UP IRON AND FELL ON A CLINKER BALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING DOWN BINDER LEVER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FORWARD WITH LEVER STRIKING HIS EYE.

EE WAS CROSSING #2 BRIDGE IN A-8 1 LT & TWISTD HIS BACK WHEN HE SLIPPED.

EE WAS WALKING PAST ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN A RIB ROLL OCCURRED - PINNING HIM AGAINST BOLTER.

EMPLOYEE WAS JACKING UP CONVEYOR TO PUT ON BLOCKS. THE CONVEYOR SLIIPPED AND FELL ON EMLOYEE'S LEG. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED TORN LIGAMENTS TO KNEE.

EE WAS SITTING ON SCAFFOLD BOARDS AT HEADER WHENA CRIB TIE [APPROX WT 50LBS?] FELL FROM A HEIGHTOF 3 TO 4 FT & STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT.

PUTTING BOOM POLE BACK IN STORAGE, THE BOOM POLEROLLED OFF SUPPORT STAND & FELL ON LEFT FOOT, BREAKING & CRUSHING THE FOOT.

LIFTING ONE END OF A 6"X 30' FOOT LONG PIPE. LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK STARTED HURTING.

EE WAS LAYING A PIECE OF 2" STEEL PIPE ON TOP OF DIESEL SCOOP & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN PIPE & EDGE OF FENDER ON SCOOP, CUTTING & BROKE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THE DECK BRUSHING BACK INTO THE HOLE ON THE DRILL DECK. THE BRUSHING FELL INTO PLACE AS SOON AS HE MOVED IT.

DOEN SOMETHING TO HIS KNEE WHLE HANGING CURTAINS.

WHILE DESCENDING FROM THE FRONT LOADER, THE VICTIM'S R ANKLE GAVE WAY, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB THE UPPER LADER & HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LOADER & THE LADDER. HIS TOTA L BODY WEIGHT WAS SUSPENDED UNTIL HE REGAINED MOMENTUM & WAS ABLE TO LIFT HIS HAND OUT OF THE LOADER LADDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A BELT CLAMP ON A BELT RAIL IN PREPRATION TO MAKE A BELT SPLICE. WHEN HE LIFTED ON THE CLAMP HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH PAIN, ON MARCH 15, EMPLOYEE HAD AN MRI WHICH REVEALED A RUPTURED DISC AND EMPLOYEE WENT OFF WORK FOR THERAPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FROM BESIDE OF MINER WHEN A MIDDLEMAN FELL OUT OF THE FACE HITTING THE MINER THEN HITTING EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING THREE ROWS OF BOLTS BACK FROM THE FACE OF COAL.

EE WAS GREASING THE HIGHLIFT, COMING OFF HIGHLIFT, SLIPPED, RAN HIS HAND INTO SIDE OF BUCKET.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN AN AREA OF 8'. SHE REACHED FOR FINISHING AUGER TO TAKE APART. THE AUGER ON TOP WAS STUCK. WHEN SHE PULLED APART THE AUGER, THE ONE ON TOP FELL AND SMASHED AND LACERATED HER LEFT RING FINGER.

HAULING SUPPLIES & CHAIN BINDER HIT LOWER RIGHT LEG.

PULLING CABLE, SLIPPED, FELL BACKWARD LANDED ON RIGHT HIP.

THE INJURED WAS WALKING ALONG THE ROADWAY IN THE TRACK ENTRY WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

FUELER MISSED BOTTOM STEP ON FUEL TRUCK LADDER THUS FALLING AND EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.

AS EE WAS PULLING A STUCK AUGER FROM A POT & STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEES WERE GETTING IN RAILS FROM SURFACE. EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE BRIDLE BAR THAT HOLDS THE RAILS FROM THE HOOK ON THE CRANE WHEN LOAD TWISTED, CATCHING EMP'S LEFT MIDDLE FINGER B ETWEEN HOOK AND BRIDLE BAR.

INDIVIDUAL STATED HE WAS WALKING TO PERSONAL CAR IN MINE PARKING LOT SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL, HURT BACK HIP.

EE HAD ACCOMPANIED AN ELECTRICIAN WHO WAS PREPARING TO MAKE A HIGH VOLTAGE SPLICE. THE ELECTRICIAN RECEIVED A FLASH ARC WHICH CAUGHT HIS COVERALLS ON FIRE. EE BURNED HIS LEFT HAND PUTTING OU T THE FIRE ON THE ELECTRICIANS COVERALLS.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS RIDING IN THE REAR COMPARTMENT OF THE MANTRIP. HE WENT TO CHANGE HIS POSITION OF SITTING WHEN HE MOVED HE RAISED UP FURTHER THAN HE INTENDED TO STRIKING THE SIDE OF HIS FACE UP AGAINST THE TOP. THIS CAUSED A SERVERE CUT TO HIS RIGHT CHEEK AREA. RIGHT CORNER OF HIS EYE, AND RIGHT EYELID.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE TO MAKE A SPLICE IN IT. A LOAD BREAKER SWITCH FOR THIS BRANCH LINE MALFUNCTIONED. POWER HAD KNOCKED ON THE SURFACE AND WHEN IT WAS ENERGIZED EE RECE IVED FLASH BURNS TO HIS FACE, NECK AND BOTH HANDS.

WHEN LIFTING A 1 GALLON PLASTIC BIT VUCKET WHICH CONTAINED SOME FITTINGS THE INJURED EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE MIDSECTION OF HIS BACK. THE BUCKET WEIGHED 5 TO 10 LBS. SEAM HEIGHT APPROX. 72 INCH ES.

INDIVIDUAL WAS HOOKING A CHAIN TO THE SUPPORT LEG OF CONVEYOR AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKIGN HIS HIP, LEG AND TAILBONE AGAINST THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER HAUL TRUKC CHECKING HYD. FLUID AND RAISED UP TO SOON AND HIT HIS BACK ON HYDRAULIC TANK.

MOVING CUTTING TORCHES ON A CART, EE SLIPPED UNDER THE CART & THE CART & TORCHES FELL ON HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING FROM PARKING LOT INTO PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE. HE BROKE HIS TIBIA AND FIBIA OF HIS RIGHT LEG ABOVE HIS ANKLE.

EE AND SOME FELLOW EES WERE CHANGING BEARING ON THE WABBLERS, AND WHEN HE WAS TAKING THE SPROCKET OFF TO GET THE BEARING HE SNATCHED ON THE SPROCKET AND HIS ELBOW HIT THE HAND RAIL.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING AN ELECTRICAL MAGNETIC WHERE A WIRE WAS PEELED. HE DID NOT NOTICE IT AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

EE PERFORMING WELDING REPAIRS OR EQUIPMENT WELDING FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES.

EE WAS BURNNG A PIN ON A TRACTOR AND SOME MOLTED METAL FLEW INTO THE WELDING GLOVE ON HIS RIGHT HAND. HERECEIVED A 2ND DEGREE BURN ON HIS RIGHT HAND. WAS UNABLE TO USE HAND AND RETURN TO WOR K UNTI THE 8TH OF FEBRUARY 1996.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS RIGHT ELBOW DRAGGING BROKEN TRACK. DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 3/13/96.

CLEANING UP SHOP & HE & ANOTHER EE WERE LIFTING HEAVY METAL TOGETHER. EVIDENTLY LIFTED WRONG. NEXT DAY SWELLING OCCURRED TO HIS LOWER BACK.

CHANGING PIN ON BUCKET ARM OF 950 CAT END LOADER, ARM SLIPPED OFF PIN CATCHING RIGHT HAND [RING FINGER] CUTTING FINGER.

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO THE ENDLOADER OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

HE WAS OPERATING THE 350 LOADER ON A RISE, WHICH GAVE WAY. UPON TRYING TO GET UP, HE FELT A MUSCLE TEAR AND A PAIN THAT PARALYZED HIS MOVEMENT.

OPERATOR OF THE COAL HAULER WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR DUMPED SOME ROCK INTO THE HAULER BED. JOLTED HIM CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN.

INJURED WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN HE LOWERED DRILL POT HEAD DOWN ON RIGHT KNEE CAUSING ABRASIONS.

INJURED EE WAS THROWING TIMBERS TO SET BREAKER TIMBERS & TWISTED BACK & SPRAINED WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTIN OUT OF A HOPPER RAILCAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE INJURED THE RIGHT SIDE OF RIBS.

VICTIM WASS HOOKING OVEER CENTR LINE WITH BACK TO CONTINIOUS MINER WHEN OEPRATOR VACATED UP AND CAUGHT VICTIM WITH BOOM.

EE WAS WALKING THROUGH MUD,GOT HIS FOOT STUCK INIT & TWISTED HIS KNEE. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 1/23/96.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BOTTOM PORTION OF A ROOF BOLT IN THE HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF SLICKENSLIDE MATERIAL FELL OUT OF THE SOLID RIB OF NO. 1 ENTRY OF 8CHG SECTION AND STRUCK HIM. CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS BEING STRUCK BY THE SLICKENSIDE MATERIAL. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES OR REGS NOT A FACTOR, PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT OK, MINER SKILLS MAY BE A FACTOR, MINING EQUIPMENT/SYSTEMS OK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A ROOF BOLTER TRAILING CABLE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A CHUNK OF COAL AND TRIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL FEB. 1,1996 WHEN HE BEGAN MISSING DUE TO HIS PHYSICIANS ORDERS. HE IS BEING TREATED FOR A KNEE STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING AROUND PINNER AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS SERVING SCRUBBER WHEN SCRUBBER LID FELL ON HIS FINGER.

USING A PRY BAR TO DISLODGE IT WHEN ROCK BAR SLIPPED PINCHING THUMB BETWEEN BAR AND PIECE OF METAL.

WHILE INSTALLING THE OUTSIDE BOLT, A PIECE OF SLATE FELL PULLING OUT DUST HOSE. HE REPOSITIONED THE DUAL HEAD AND WAS REPAIRIGN HOSE WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL, STRIKING HIS LEFT EAR, CAUSING A LACERATION.

DRILLING, STEEL GOT HUNG IN HOLE, HE PULLED STEEL, STRAINED BACK. DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 1-22-96.

EE BANGED RIGHT HAND WHILE HELPING WORK ON DOZER.

EE & ANOTHER EE PUT IN A MOTOR REDUCER ON THE COARSE TRACTION ROTO VALVE. NEXT MORNING HAD PAINSIN RIGHT LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A BOARD PLATFORM PUTTING THE CAP ON A COLLECTOR PIPE. AS HE STEPPED OFF THE PLATFORM, A BOARD SHIFTED AND ROLLED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNE E IN THE FALL CAUSING A BAD SPRAIN AND SWELLING.THE KNEE HAD TO BE DRAINED.

EE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK SHELL FROM ROCK SO THAT HE COULD DRILL WHEN CHIP FLEW UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO RIGHT EYE.

HE WAS REMOVING A COVER FOR THE CONTACTOR BOX ON MANTRIP 7763. THE COVER WAS STUCK AND WHEN HE JERKED ON IT HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

BUILDING BRATTICE WALL CEMENT BLOCK FELL ON HAND.

INDIVIDUAL WAS HELPING TO CLEAN OUT A SCRUBBER ON THE HYDRATE LIEM SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE LIME FELL DOWN FROM ABOVE AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

THE EE HAD A FOREIGN BODY BLOW INTO EYE WHILE PERFORMED REGULAR WORK OINTMENT FOR PREVENTIVE INFECTION MEASURES WAS PERCRIBED.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING OXYGEN BOTTLE OFF OF TRAILER MOUNTED WELDER TO PLACE IT ON THE GROUND. AS HE TWISTED AND TURNED TO DO THIS, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS WORKING IN STATION PIT WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM THE FLOOR TO A DUMPSTER. SUDDENLY GOT PAIN IN HIS BACK. STRAINED MUSCLE. NOT PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT.

EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF WASHING OUT SOME BARRELS. HE WAS STANDING ON A PIECE OF WET AND GREASY METAL WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE INJURY. INJURY DIAGNOSE D AS LUMBAR STRAIN.

VICTIM WAS REACHING FOR PINNED STEEL & STRAINED BACK.

EMPLOYEE EMPTIED HIS DUST BOX AND WAS CRAWLING AROUND IN FRONT OF THE BOLTER AND RAN INTO THE ATRS WITH HIS LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK CAUSING A BURNING SENSATION NEAR HIS KIDNEY.

THE INJURED WAS CARRYING 50 LB BAGS OF ROCKDUST WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A 2" ANCHOR PIN THAT HA DBEEN LEFT IN THE MINE FLOOR.

HE WAS OPERATING THE REMOTE CONTROLLED CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE 1 RIGHT CROSSCUT OF THE 4 LEFT 2 WEST SECTION. WHILE STANDING ALONG THE LEFT RIBLINE, AT THE THIRD ROW OF ROOF BOLTS OUTBY THE FA CE, A CHUNK OF CAP COAL FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM, KNOCKING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURE OF THE L-4 VERTEBRAE OF HIS BACK.

EMP AND COWORKER WERE REMOVING A 42" TROUGHING IDLER FROM AN INACTIVE BELT. AS EMP ATTEMPTED TO LIFT IDLER (APPROX 50 LBS) HE REPORTED EXPERIENCING PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WO RK UNTIL 1-25-96. THIS ACCIDENT IS DEG 3 AND A CLASS 09 EVENT.

EE WAS USING COME A LONGS TO SET CRUSHER GUARD. CHAIN BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

MOTOR GRADER BACKED OVER ROCK IN ROAD RESULTING IN INJURY TO BACK WHEN GRADER TIRE SLIPPED FROM ROCK & CAME TO SUDDEN STOP AGAINST ROADWAY.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE ADN A CO-WORKER WERE BOLTING WHEN THE INJURED PULLED A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK, IT SLID THORUGH AND UNDER THE BOLTING MACHINE, STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT.

WHILE REMOVING AN OIL FILTER FROM A GRADER THE EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE PULLED ON THE OIL FILTER WRENCH RESULTING IN A LOSS OF TIME.

LIFTING LID ON FEEDER WITH SLATE BAR AND SLATE BAR SLIPPED. LID FELL AND MASHED FINGER.

EE WAS REPLACING TRACKS ON A D11N DOZER. THE TRACKS WERE ON A BOOM BEING LOWERED INTO PLACE, THE HOOK SLIPPED ON THE CHAIN AND THE TRACKS FELL ONTO THE FINAL DRIVE CATCHIN HIS LEFT HAND BETWE EN THEM. THE LITTLE FINGER WAS ALMOST SEVERED AND THE INDEX FINGER WAS CUT AND CRUSHED.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING TOGETHER CONVEYOR BELT WITH CHAIN HOIST AND BELT CLAMPS WHEN THE CLAMPS SLIPPED AND THE BELT FLEW BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT ELBOW. CONVEYOR BELT NOT CAPABLE OF USE. I AM CONSIDERING THIS A HANDTOOL TYPE ACCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE BECAME UNCONCIOUS WHEN A ROOF BOLT WAS THROWN FROM END OF CONVEYOR AND STRUCK REAR OF OPERATORS DECK OF A ROCK MINER. EMPLOYEE WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION AND RELEASED FROM HOS PITAL. EXAMINATION COULD FIND NO PHYSICAL INJURY

INJURED AND TWO CO-WORKERS WERE GOING TO ROCK DUST THE PLACE THAT THEY HAD JUST ROOF BOLTED. INJURED WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND WAS GOING TO REMOVE THE ROCK DUST HOSE. THE ROCK DUST HOSE WAS FOULED BY THE ATRS. A CO-WORKER LOOKED AT THE SITUATION AND WALKED BAKC TO RAISE THE ATRS TO FREE THE FOULED ROCK DUST HOSE. INJURED'S RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER ATRS PAD

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A ROOFBOLT IN A DRILL HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL BETWEEN TWO BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE. (EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANYWORK UNTIL 4-1-96)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHEN FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE MOVING HAULPAKS,EE SLIPPED GETTING OFF TRUCK & GOT HOOKED UP ON HANDRAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING THE BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING THE T.B.M. WATER GOT INTO HIS BOOT CAUSED A RASH.

EMPLOYEE SAID THAT ON 1-17-96 & 1-18-96 HE WAS SHOVELING, USING A LITTLE JACKHAMMER AND LIFTING STONE - GETTING READY TO MOVE HIS BURNER TO A NEW LOCATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING DOWN LONGWALL FACE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK.

LOCOMOTIVE LOST POWER GOING UP A HILL AND ROLLED INTO ANOTHER LOCOMOTIVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING AIR BRAKE CHAMBER ON PROPEL BRAKES ON DRAGLINE WHEN LEFT THUMB BECAME CAUGHT WHILE LINING UP RODS ON AIR CHAMBER.

TRYING TO RAISE A STEEL ROLL UP DOOR ON THE WEST SIDE OF "B" SHAFT WASH HOUSE AND STRAINED HIS BACK. THE EQUIVALENT WEIGHT IN RAISING THIS DOOR WOULD BE APPROX. 50 LBS.

CLIMBED THRU A REMOVABLE HATCH IN CATWALK, TURNED AROUND, STEPPED BACK INTO THE HOLE AND LANDED ON LEFT FOOT AND KNEE.

UNLOADING ACETYLENE TANKS OFF OF TRUCK. WENT TO TURN AROUND WHILE HOLD TANKS AND TWISTED THE WRONG WAY. FELT PULL - LOWER BACK.

EE STATED HE DISMOUNTED FROM THE DECK OF A UNI HAULER AND STRUCKHIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE MEATL DECK.

STANDING ON CONVEYOR ATTEMPTING TO PULL SKIRTS ON TAILPIECE FROM UNDER FRAME. CONBEYOR STARTED AND PULLED EMPLOYEE'S ARM CAUSING AN INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER & THROWING EMP OFF ONTO MINE FLOOR

LOADER OPERATOR, EE WENT OUTSIDE TO WASH WINDOW S WHEN A GUST OF WIND MADE HIM LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF LOADER. ALL HANDRAILS WERE IN PLACE. CRACKED RIBS AND SORENESS IS ALL THAT IS KNO WN TO BE WRONG AT TIME OF WRITING.

EE WAS EATING LUNCH WHEN A ROCK FELL HITTING HIMON THE LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT AND BOLT WITH A CRESCENT WRENCH. THE WRENCH SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND CHIPPING HIS 2 UPPER FRONT TEETH.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 5 GALLON CANS OF OIL WHEN STARTED HAVING PAIN IN NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING BALES OF PRODUCT ON A PALLET.HE TURNED AND HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINST A MOVING FORKLIFT JAMMING HIS SHOULDER.

EE WAS LIFTING BRATTICE BLOCK AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A BROKEN CONVEYOR CHAIN ON A CONTINUOUS MINER. HE WAS STRIKING THE CHAIN WITH A HAMMER. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE CHAIN AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT, BRUISING HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS SAWING TIMBERS DURING PILAR REMOVAL WHEN SAW HIT A KNOT IN TIMBER CAUSING SAW TO JUMP OUT CUTTING EMPLOYEE HAND.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING A DOZER. THE WAS CLOSING THE DOOR AND HIS LEFT SHOULDER CAME OUT OF JOINT. THE DOZER WAS NOT RUNNING.

ACCIDENT VICTIM HIS IN LEG WITH METAL FRAGMENT FROM DOZER RIPPER TOOTH AS IT WAS STRUCK WITH HAMMER.

EE SLIPPED ON A RELAY BAR WHILE OPERATING THE SHEARER.

SCALING, ROCK FELL ON RIGHT FOOT.

EE STATES, HE WAS BAGGING 50 LBS BAGS OF PRODUCT AT THE ROLLER MILL, WHEN HE WENT TO PUT THE BAG ON THE SCALE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP.

EE WAS PUMPING KEROSENE FROM STORAGE TANK INTO KEROSENE HEATER AND KEROSENE SPILLED ON RIGHT FOOT.

TRUNION CAP FELL ABAINST METAL PLATFORM. TRAPPEDEMPLOYEES LEFT LEG BETWEEN CAP AND PLATFORM.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK A ROCK IN THE CRUSHER JAW WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND HE PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS UPPER BODY.

VICTIM WAS BENDING OVER TO WORK ON A CHAIN AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.

STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE BENDING & REACHING INSTALLING CONVEYOR ROLLERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING INTO DUMP AREA, GETTING READY TO BACK UP AND DUMP. HE HIT A BUMP THAT JARRED HIS LOWER BACK.

THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE 7000-1 DATED 11-10-95. THIS EMPLOYEE STARTED LOSING ADDITIONAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ON 1-17-96 DUE TO THE PREVIOUS INJURY. NO. 5 MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 11-17-95 AND IS STILL IDLE DUE TO A SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.

WHIILE CROSSING UNDERNEATH MINER CABLE, CABLE CAME AROUND HITTING MAN ON NECK, SHOULDER AND BACK.

EE STATED HE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF HAULWAY FEELING SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING WHEN HE PUSHED FORWAD, HAND SSLIPPED ON HANDLE AND HANDLE HIT HIS RIGHT TESTICLE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A RIGHT INGUIAL HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY, CAUSING EMPLOYEE T O LOSE TIME FROM WORK.

A WOODEN PALLET WITH TWO LAYERS OF 5O# LIME HYDRATE BAGS WAS NOT IN PROPER ALIGNMENT INSIDE PALLETIZER. EMPLOYEE LEANED FORWARD AND PULLED SIDEWAYS ON THE PALLET. REPORTED HTAT HE PULLED MUSCL E IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS WORKING ON A DRILLTECH D40K. WHILE HE WAS DRIVING PINS IN TOP OF PULL DOWN CYLINDERS LAYING ACROSS MASS, HE SWUNG HIS HAMMER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

MOVING TRAINING CABLE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SHARP OBJECT.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING L/W SHIELDS WHEN THE SIDE FLAP BROKE OFF AND FELL HITTING EMP ON THE LEFT FOOT AND RIGHT LEG.

THE EE WAS SETTING SHIELD WHEN HE STEPPED OFF TOE OF SHIELD INTO A HOLE & TWISTED HIS RIGHT LEG ALSO INJURING HIS BACK.

EE STEPPED OFF OF A STOPPED BATTERY MOTOR & STEPPED ON THE SWITCHGEAR INSTEAD OF THE GROUND, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE & TWISITING HIS ANKLE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN A RIGHT ANKLE SPRA IN CAUSING EE TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.

EE HAD TRAVELED FROM THE MAIN OFFICE TO THE LOCOMOTIVE SHED IN HIS PICKUP TO CHECK ON ONE OF HIS MEN. HE PROCEEDED TO WALK FROM HIS PARKED TRUKC TO THE SOUTH ENTRANCE DOOR OF THE SHOP. WHILE W ALKING, EE SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE THAT WAS COVERED WITH LIGHT SNOW BENDING HIS RIGHT KNEE BACKWARDS.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES.

HAD COMPLETED CUTTING A CROSS CUT THROUGH. EMP WAS KNEELING CLOSE TO RIB WHEN CONTINUOUS MINER TRAILING CABLE BECAME TIGHT CATCHING EMP IN PINCHPOINT CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING A "3-WHEELER" DOWN THE ROADWAY. THE TRAM SWITCH WAS IN THE REVESE POSITION. HE PUSHED THE TRAM PEDAL ANTICIPATING GOING FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WENT BACKWARDS -CAU SING HIM TO HIT BATTERY CHARGER WITH HIS BACK.

RUNNING SLUSHER WHEN BUCKET CAUGHT ON A ROCK CAUSING SLUSHER TO RISE. THHIS SUDDEN RISE CAUSED EE TO HIT HIS HARD HAT ON THE LOW CEILING WITH JERK. THIS RESULTED IN A STIFF NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON SCRAPER #201 USING A 3 POINT CONTACT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM RUNG. HE LOST HIS HAND HOLDS AND FELL APPROX 2.5 FEET LANDING ON BUTTOCKS AND BACK.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE DISMOUNTING DOZER.

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER & A PIECE OF ROCK SPUN OFF DRILL STEEL & STRUCK EE.

INJURED WAS PUTTING A PLANK ON A SHEILD PIECE STONE FELL AND STRUCK HIM.

WHILE USING JACKHAMMER TO HELP DISMANTLE PLANT, HAMMER SLIPPED AND STRUCK RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS RELIEVING PRESSURE FROM A CHEMICAL INJECTION LINE BY OPENING THE VALVE. AS HE OPENED THE VALVE TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE, HE COVERED THE VALVE WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO KEEP FROM BEING SPLASHED. AS HE OPENED THE VALVE, THE HIGH PRESSURE INJECTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF CHEMICAL UNDER THE SKIN.

EE WAS TRAMMING MBC AHEAD WHEN THE FRONT OF THE SEAT CAUGHT ON A LIP ON THE BOTTOM AND FLIPPED THE BACK UP JAMMING HIS HEAD INTO THE ROOF.

EE PICKED UP A PIECE OF STEEL CATWALK AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS MOVING BATTERY STATION & WAS IN TIGHT SPOT AGAINST RIB. EE WAS STANDING AT BACK PART OF SCOOP & COWORKER PINCHED HIS LOWER LEG WITH SCOOP BRATTICE BLOCK.

CLIMBING OFF LADDER OUT OF PIT IN #1 ELEVATOR SHAFT WHEN A RUNG ON THE LADDER BROKE. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM TO KEEP FROM FALLING, CAUSING STRAIN TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER, BACK AND NEC K.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HEAD AGAINST A CURTAIN BOARD, HURTING HIS NECK.

PIPE WRENCH WAS USED TO TURN CONVEYOR SHAFT. OPERATIOR TURNED ON CONVEYOR, WHEN IT STARTED TOSSED PIPE WRENCH INTO HELPER'S FACAE CUTTING HIS CHIN.

CHANGING A TIRE ON AN 828 RAM CAR WHEN EMP TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS CAUSING THE RAM CAR TIRE TO FALL ON LOWER LEFT LEG AND ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF TRUCK AS A PASSENGER WHILE DRIVER WAS DUMPING ROCK AND ROCK FELL ON HIS HEAD WHILE HE WAS OUTSIDE NEAR THE DOORWAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO LOOSEN A FITTING TO CHANGE A SUCTION HOSE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN AN OPEN FRACTURE TO THE TIP END.

EE DRIVING LOADED HAUL TRUCK LOST CONTROL ON SURVE RAN OFF ROAD INTO LEFT ROAD DITCH. FRONT OF TRUCK CAN UP STEEP DITCH SLOPE EE HIT RIGHT ANKLE ON UNKNOWN OBJECT CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING. FI RST AID ADMINSTERED.

EE WAS TRANSPORTING A COWORKER WHOM HAD SHOWN UP LATE FOR WORK TO HIS WORK AREA. SINCE THE COWORKER HAD ARRIVED LATE, THE ONLY PERSONNEL CARRIER LEFT WAS LOW ON CHARGE AND HAD TO BE PUSHED UP A GRADE. WHEN THE CARRIER TOPPED THE GRADE THE SPEED INCREASED AND INJURED FELL INTO THE CARRIER WITH THE UPPER PART OF HIS BODY.

EE THREW A CAN OF OIL INTO 3-WHEELER. HE WENT DOWN ON HIS KNEES & COULDN'T GET UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS DIS-EMBARKING FROM MANTRIP. PULLED MUSCLE OR TENDON IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE GREASING EQUIPMENT, STANDING ON SIDE OF FRONT-END LOADER, FELL OFF, HITTING ARM AND HEAD ON GROUND.

EE WAS AT #6 ENTRY ON 001 SECTION LOADING LONG BOARDS ON A SCOOP WHEN HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK. THIS BECAME A LTA ON 7/24/96.

EE WAS MOVING AWAY SOME DUST MATERIAL FROM ATHE ALKALI BY PASS TO NO. 6 KILN, HE WAS USING A ROPE TO GET UP & DOWN FROM THE KILN, AT ONE MOMENT WHEN HE WAS GETTING DOWN, THE ROPE PRICKED HIS T HIRD FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND CAUSING A TRAUMA &LACERATION.

WAS TRAMMING FULL FACE MINER. AS HE MOVED MINER IT SLEWED TO HIS SIDE AND PINNED HIM AGAINST RIB.

EMPLOYEE REMOVED DOOR FROM SCRUBBER AND ALLEGEDLY PULLED HIS BACK WHILE LAYING IT DOWN. LOST TIME DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL 2/5/96.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT ROCK, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE POUNDING OUT CUTTING EDGE BOLTS ON A LOADER BUCKET, EE'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED FORWARD AND HIS RIGHT KNEE STRUCK THE BUCKET LIP.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS GETTING OFF OF THE BULLDOZER WHEN HE OVER EXTENDED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS HELPING JUMP START HIS LOADER. HE WAS HOOKING UP JUMPER CABLES TO HIS BATTERIES, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL APPROX. 4' TO THE GROUND. HE BRUISED HIS RIGHT LEG AND LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CLEANING SNOW FROM THE TOP OF RAIL CARS. AFTER CLEANING, HE OPENED THE TOP HATCH COVER AND FEL A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMP WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT GLUE IN A SCOOP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. AT THE TIME OF INJURY 1-15-96 EMP ONLY WANTED TO FILE INJURY AS AN INCIDENT AND CONTINUE WORKING. ON 1-29-96 WENT TO DR AND BASED ON DRS EXAMINATION IT WAS DETERMINED THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD RECEIVE REST AND PHYSICAL THERAPY. STARTED MISSING TIME ON 1-30-96.

EE WAS CARRYING A BUNDLE OF 6' ROOF BOLTS TO BOLTER, WHEN HE STEP ON PIECE OF COAL ON THE BOTTOM, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE, THE 1 N SECTION IS DRY IN NORMAL MINING CONDITIONS.

AFTER COMPLETING A BELT SPICE THE INJURED RAISED UP, FROM A SQUATTING POSITION, AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT BIG TOE.

EE AND SEVERAL OTHER COWORKERS WERE CARRYING 2" X 6" AND 1" X 12" ROUGH CUT BOARDS (PLANKS) TO BE USED IN CONSTRUCTING A BRIDGE WHEN BACK WAS INJURED.

EE WAS ON TOP OF THE POWDER TRUCK UNLOADING POWDER. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN, HE PULLED IN THE KNEE. DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 12-2-95. ONLY MISSED TIME TO GO TO THE DR. HE HAD HIS KNEE OPERATED ON 10-20-95. HE IS OFF ON SAME INJURY 1-15-96.

HIT BY FALLING ROCK WHILE BENDING TO GET BITS OUT OF THE TOOL BOX OF THE ROOF BOLTER.

EE WAS WELDING. LEFT SHIRT SLEVE CAUGHT FIRE. EE JUMPED UP FROM SEATED POSITION TO EXTINGUISH FLAME. SLIPPED ON ICE, FELL ON LEFT HIP CAUSING BRUISE.

WHILE WORKING ON SWING BLOCK, EMPOYEE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE SWINGING A 4# HAMMER.

EMP WAS WALKING OVER OT THE NEXT ENTRY TO ROLL UP THE CURTAIN FOR THE START OF THE NEXT CUT. STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK LAYING ONA CLEAN HARD FLOORROCK ROLLED UNDER HIS FOOT TWISTING KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TWO OTHERS MOVE A SECTION OF 4/0 CABLE TO SIDE OF ENTRY. HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK ON 10-4-95 HE WAS OFF WORK FOR 10 DAYS AND ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 5 DAYS. HE RETURNED TO HIS REGULAR JOB ON 11-27-95.

RIB ROLL FROM COAL SEAM, HIT EMPLOYEE ON HIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN SETTING A GUARD ON A BUCKET ELEVATOR WHEN HE STEPPED OFF A GRATING AND FELL APPROX TWELVE FEET, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND SIDE. MEDICAL REPORT STATES FRACTURE OF RIGHT WRIST AND FRACTURE OF RIBS 8 THRU 12 ON RIGHT SIDE.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP ON FEED CHUTE TO LONG ROCK BELT. HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH LEFT ARM.

FOREIGN MATERIAL CAME UP UNDER WELDING HOOD WHILE EE WAS WELDING ON CRUSHER CONE.

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED LOADING SKIPS AT THE #1 SHAFT LOADING PACKET, AND STARTED DOWN TEH LADDER TO THE STATION FLOOR. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OF THE LADDER RUNG. HE WAS UNABLE TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HE FELL 10-15' TO THE STATION FLOOR. EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A STEEL POST AS HE HIT THE FLOOR.

THE FIRE WS TAKEN OUT OF TH KILN AT 7:45 AM ON JANUARY 15. AT 3:45 PM. THE INJURED AND ANOTHER SUPERVISOR ENTERED THE KILN FOR INSPECTION. AT 6:00 PM THE INJJRED PERSON AND THE CREW ENTERED THE KILN FOR REPAIRS. THE JOB WAS COMPLETED AT 11:30 PM. AFTERWARD THE INJURED TOOK A SHOWER AND NOTICED A BLISTER ON HIS FOOT.

DRIVING MANTRIP- FRONT WHEELS HIT A HOLE AND STEERING WHEEL WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK THE BACK OF LEFT HAND.

DRIVE BELT CAME LOOSE ON SHAKER SCREEN. EMPLOYEE SHUT DOWN EQUIPMENT AND PROCEEDED TO ADJUST BELT. HAND SLIPPED AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN V-BELT AND PULLEY. INJURED 1ST AND 4TH KNUCKLE OF LEFT HA ND REQUIRING STITCHES IN BOTH FINGERS.

HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A LOOP OF MINER CABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE ROADWAY. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK (LOWER-MIDDLE). HE SAID HE HAS DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO- BENDING OV ER BACK GOES OUT.

EE WAS HAULING FLYASH, STOPPED TO SCRAP HIS TRAILER & BREAK UP AN ASH BRIDGE. THE ASH BRIDGE CAME FREE, FALLING DOWN & THE FALLING ASH CHUNKS BURIED RIGHT LEG, TWISTING RIGHT KNEE OF THE EE.

INJURED EMP WAS RIDING AS PASSENGER IN REAR SEATOF CO SUBURBAN #229. CREW WAS TRAVELING FROM DRAGLINE TO SHOP AND AS VEHICLE ENTERED THE CURVE AT JUNCTION OF RAMPS J-6&7, IT SLID SIDEWAYS AND OVERTURNED. INJURED EMP WAS TRAPPED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO BE EXTRICATED BY RESCUE TEAM. RECEIVED 6 FRACTURED RIBS AND CONTUSIONS OF THE CHEST AREA.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE COMPANY SUBURBAN #229. THE CREW WAS TRAVELING FROM THE DRAGLING TO THE SHOP AND AS THE VEHICLE ENTERED THE CURVE AT THE JUNCTION OF RAMPS 16&7, IT SLID SI DEWAYS AND OVERTURNED. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE AND RECEIVED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE, LACERATIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO THE HEAD AND ARM.

EE WAS GOING DOWN BY THE STAIR AT THE GUYPSUM CONVEYOR AREA, SLIPPED & RECEIVED TRAUMA TO THE FIRTH FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND.

290+00 ON THE MAINLINE THE INJURED AND 2 OR 3 OTHER PERSONS WERE LIFTING AN 8' PIECE OF 85# RAIL AND HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN IN THE RIGHT GROIN. RECEIVED A HERNIA REQUIRING SURGICAL REPAIR. DID NOT START TO MISS UNTIL 1-22-96.

EE WAS MOVING A METAL TABLE WITH C0-WORKER IN THE #6 KILN. HE PRICKED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN HOOD KILN & THE METAL TABLE.

INJURED EMP WAS RIDING IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF CO SUBURBAN #229. CREW WAS TRAVELING FROM DRAGLINE TO SHOP AND AS VEHICLE ENTERED CURVE AT THEJUNCTION OF RAMPS J-6&7, IT LSID SIDEWAYS AND OV ERTURNED. INJURED EMP WAS THROWN FROM VEHICLE AND RECEIVED A BROKEN ANKLE, FRACTURED RIB, LACERATIONS AND CONTUSIONS OF THE HEAD AND RT FOREARM AND CONTUSIONS OF THE RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING 8LB HAMMER TO DRIVE IN BUSHING INTO A BOSS. GRIP ON HANDLE CAME OFF CAUSING HAMMER TO STRIKE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN A HOLE BESIDE THE PLOW ON #2 LONGWALL AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE FELL. EMPLOYEE STARTED LOSING TIME 1-17-96 DUE TO SURGERY ON HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE HOT ELEVATOR, WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

HE WAS ASKED TO GO FROM CRUSHER TO GOLD PIT TO CHECK ON MATERIALS IN THE STOCK PILE. THERE WAS A FAILURE TO CONTROL SPEED ON PERSONAL MOTORCYCLEAND RAN INTO ROCK SLIDE. HE SUFFERED SKULL FRACT URE, BLOOD CLOT BEHIND THE EAR AND BROKEN COLLAR BONE.

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH PUTTING THE HOOD BACK ONT HE LUBE TRUCK. EE WAS LIFTING UP THE HOOD WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD, TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK, CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMP WAS BACKING THE MINER THROUGH A CROSSCUT WHEN A ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CARRYING A BOX OF RAM IN THE KILN NOSE AND TRIPPED ON AN AIR HOSE, TWISTING HIS BACK.

EE IS STATING THAT HE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO GET TO HOIST DRUM PLATFORM. LADDER IS APPROX. 5' HIGH AND ATTACHED TO HOIST DRUM PEDESTAL. BOTTOM OF EE'S SHOES WER GREASE COVERED. AS EE ASCENDE D THE LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF SECOND RUNG. THIS CAUSED EE'S WEIGHT TO SHIFT TO RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER AS HE TRIED TO CATCH HIS BALANCE.

EE STATED THAT HE SAT DOWN ON MINE FLOOR AND WAS MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO KICK A MEGA BLOCK OUT OF A BRATTICE. THE FIRST KICK WITH RIGHT FOOT MOVED THE MEGA BLOCK PART OF WAY AT AN ANGLE. AND AN A TTEMPTY TO KICK WITH LEFT FOOT RESULTED IN AN INJURY. INJURY WAS FIRST DIAGNOSIS AS LEFT STRAIN TO LEG. AFTER FURTHER EVALUATION IT WAS OCCURRED ON LONG WALL.

RAISED BODY AND STRUCK HEAD ON SIDE OF HOPPER IN BAGHOUSE, STATES JAMMED NECK--PAIN PERSISTS.

MASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER IN TRUCK DOOR.

EE & ONE OTHER PERSON LIFTER AN ADAPTOR FOR A LOADER BUCKET UP TO THE LIP OF THE BUCKET. EE SAIDHE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING CRIB BLOCKS FROM A SUPPLY CAR, UNDERGROUND AT THE END OF THE TRACK. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND HANDHOLD, FALLING FORWARD AND ALLEGED THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

AFTER FUELING EQUIPMENT, EE WAS REELING THE HOSE BACK INTO THE FUEL TRUCK WITH THE AUTOMATIC RECOIL, WHEN THE FUEL NOZZLE WAS JERKED FROM HIS HAND. THIS CAUSED HIS ARM TO JERKED AND TWISTED.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE WALKING DOWN 7 BELT AND HE STOPPED TO CHECK SPLICES. WHILE CHECKING SPLICES A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT.

STATEMENT FROM EMP - A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED OFF RIB AND STRUCK HIM IN LOWER BACK. LUMP OF COAL WEIGHED APPROX 25 LBS. HEIGHT OF MINES APPROX 42".

EE WAS CLEANING OUT CLINKER COATING, FROM KILN #6 WHEN SUDDENLY A CLINKER COATING PIECE FELL DOWN & HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

INDIVIDUAL WAS LOADING SUPPLIES, ROCKDUST, ON TO A TRAILER, LIFTING AND TWISTING HIS BODY AS HE LOADED THE ROCKDUST WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE TRANSPORTED HIMSELF TO DR./CHIROPRAC TOR FOR TREATMENT.

EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON THE BACK.

EE STATES THAT WHILE SHE WAS WORKING WITH WATAERBLASTER HOSE, SHE FELT A SHARP PAIN INHER LOWER BACK. SHE STOPPED, WAITED A WHILE & BEGAN WORK AGAIN. THE PAIN REOCCURRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING VALVES FROM A PICKUP TRUCK AT BUILDING 445 WHEN HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. HE REPORTED TO THE PLANT DISPENSARY WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR A BACK STRAIN AND PL ACED OFF WORK.

BOLT SECURING TORQUE ARM ON BUCKET ELEVATOR DRIVE UNIT WAS PULLE DBEFORE THE UNIT WAS SECURED WITH A CRANE. UNIT ROTATED AROUND DRIVE SHAFT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SHOULDER.

INJURED WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR GOING TO THE MINER FROM THE FEEDER. A ROCK 10 IN. X 7 IN. X 1 1/2 IN. WAS LAYING ON TOP OF THE CANOPY. THE BOUNCING OF THE SHUTTLE CAR CAUSED THE ROCK TO SL IDE OFF THE CANOPY AND INTO THE OPERATOR S COMPARTMENT AND STRIKE INJUED S LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE SLACK TRACK AND THE BONE TRACK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE. HE STATES HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND SPRAINED HIS BACK TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF.

INJURED PERSON WAS ENTERING THE CAB OF DOZER D-1#3. AFTER MECHANICS FINISHED WORKING ONT HE BATTERIES, EE TURNED TO RE-ENTER THE CAB OF THE MACHINE. THIS TURNING OR TWISTING INJURED HIS BACK . EE HAS A HISTORY OF RECURRING BACK PROBLEMS.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF METAL PLATFORM HE SLIPPED ON METAL AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON BOTH HAND SRESULTING IN FRACTURES TO BOTH WRISTS.

WAS WALKING OFF OF CONCRETE SLAB ON TO DIRT, STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS ANKLE UNDER.

EMPLOYEE WASS WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT SLIIPPED AND FELL ON ICE HITTING ON HIS BACK AND HEAD HE SLIPPED A DIS IN HIS NECK.

MAN CENTER BOLTING WITH FLETCHER BOLTER- LOWERED MAST AND SMASHED LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 1-11-96.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE LITTLE FINGER RIGHT HAND WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM ROOF.ON THE RIGHT SECTION OFF ONE SOUTH.

EE WAS REPAIRING VALVE BANK WHEN RUB RAIL UNEXPECTEDLY DROPPED ONTO LEG.