Mining Incidents in January 1997

002 SECTION INBY SPAD NUMBER 9221 APPROX. 63' IN THE NUMBER 3 ENTRY AT A INTERSECTION. VICTIM HAD BEEN OPERATING A 482 SCOOP AND STOPPED IN INTERSECTION TO HAVE A ELECTRICIAN CHECK A BUCKET JA CK PIN. ANOTHER SCOOP OPERATOR HAULING COAL CAMETHRU SAME INTERSECTION NOT SEEING VICTIMS SCOOP THAT HAD HIS ROADWAY BLOCKED. HIS BUCKET RAN INTO VICTIMS DECK CAUSING A CRUSHING DEATH.

THE VICTIM HAD DRIVEN A 1991 TOYOTA PICK-UP TRUCK FROM THE COAL STORAGE AREA TO THE MINE SHOP LOCATED ON THE SURFACE AREA OF THIS MINE. THE VICTIM PARKED THE TRUCK AND HAD GOTTEN OUT AND WAS S TANDING BESIDE OF THE TRUCK WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED ACCORDING TO WITNESSES. THE CAUSE OF THEEXPLOSION IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME, MSHA'S INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING.

WORKER FELL FROM AN UPPER LEVEL APPROX 30' ONTO A CONCRETE FLOOR. (NOTE: LABORER WAS SUPPLIED BY A TEMPORARY AENCY).

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING 3.5 YARD LHD WHEN THE EQUIPMENT MOVED PINNING THE EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RIB.

WHILE THAWING FROZEN MATERIAL FROM BELT TAIL PULLEY AT THE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE REMOVED GUARD AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN MOVING TAIL PULLEY, SUFFERIN GFATAL INJURIES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON COARSE AGGREGATE WASH PLANT. BLADE MILL CRUSHED EMPLOYEE. REPORT WAS DELAYED DUE TO TRANSFERRING OF REPORTING RESPONSIBLITY AND INTERNAL MISCOMMUNCIATON. VERBAL REPO RTING WAS COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY (1-8-97).

EE WAS WORKING ON THE 2615 LEVEL. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE CONNECTION OF DETONATING CORD TO AN ELECTRC BLASTING CAP AFTER HAVING WIRED THE CAP INTO A TEMPORARY BLASTING LINE. THE ELECTR IC BLASTING CAP PREMATURELY DETONATED WHICH DETONATED THE PRIMER CORD WHICH EE WAS HOLDING. AMPUTATION OF 4TH & 5TH FINGER; PARTIAL AMPUTATION THUMB, INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS OF LEFT HAND.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIS EE SLIPPED ON A PILE OF COAL. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY IF OCCURRED IS AWARENESS. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS WERE NOT A FACTOR, MINING EQUIP/SYSTEMSWAS NOT A FACTOR.

EE OVEREXERTED HIMSELF PULLING HIS ABDOMINAL AREA CAUSING A HERNIA.

CLINKER ON GROUND - EE SLIPPED.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL SOME MINING BELT OUT OF MUD. FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS RIGHT SIDE.

EE WAS INSTALLING DRIVELINE. AS HE WAS LIFTING THE DRIVELINE INTO POSITION, HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS STOMACH.

CHECKING DRIVE BELTS ON CONVEYERS RIGHT HAND ALL FINGERS RING FINGER CUT OFF BELOW FIRST JOINT MIDDLE FINGER TOOK NAIL AND TIP OFF THE OTHER TWO FINGERS WERE FRACTURED AND CUT. SIDE OF HAND. C UT.

EE WAS EXITING SHOVEL AT SHIFT CHANGE. THE MANLIFE WAS STUCK. INSTEAD OF PULLING THE BIG BOARDING LADDER DOWN [WHICH IS HEAVY & HARD TO PULL DOWN] THE EE PUT HIS TOTE BAG THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE HAND RAIL, CRAWLED THROUGH HIMSELF & RODE THE LADDER DOWN. THE LADDER STARTED MOVING IMMEDIATELY SO HE GRABBED THE HAND RAIL SUPPORT & PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN LADDER & BRACKET.AMPUTATI

SUBSEQUENT TO LIFTING A 94# BAG OF CEMENT, EE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT GROIN WHILE DRIVING FORKLIFT

INSTALLING AIR COMPRESSOR ON 350 INTERNATIONATIONBACK DUMP, CONFINED SPACE, STRAINED ABDOMEN AREA.

6ON 1-27-97, EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A 6" PUMP HOSE, THE FOLLOWING MORNIGN THE EMPLOYEE WAS VERY SORE IN THE GROIN AREA. HE NEVER WENT TO THE DR, SORENESS CONTINUED OFF AND ON UNTIL 2-24-97. AFTE RMOVING PUMP AND DRAGGING HOSE A KNOT APPEARED BENEATH RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER GROIN HE WENT TO THE DR 3-3-97. DIAGNOSED AS HERNIA. SURGERY BEING SCHEDULED.

THE INJURED WAS ON HIS KNEES PULLING MINER. HE WAS TRYING TO PULL SEVERAL LOOPS AT ONCE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN AND BURNING IN HIS RIGHT SIDE. 1ST DAY LOST TIME 1-24-97.

REMOVING OLD CHUTE FROM BASEMENT, CHUTE GOT CAUGHT ON THE HAND RAIL OF BASEMENT STEPS. INJURED TRIED TO PULL CHUTE FREE. IT SWUNG AROUND PINCHING INJURED'S RING FINGER BETWEEN CHUTE AND 12" WA TER LINE. RESULTED IN PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF FINGERTIP.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A LARGE ROCK FROM THE PICKING TABLE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER RIGHT GROIN/ABDOMEN ARA.

TIGHTENING BOLTS ON DREDGE SUCTION, WORKING OVER HAD NAD PULLING ON COMBINATION WRENCH. PULLED OLD HERNIA IN GROIN.

WHILE CLEANING CHUNKS FROM FLY ASH SILO EMP PUT ARM INTO CHUTE THROUGH THE CLEANOUT PORT. EMPS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH OPERATING ROTARY FEEDERAMPUTATING INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS AT THE FIRST KNUCKLE OF THE RIGHT HAND.

PERSON WAS PULLING MINER CABLE TO GET ENOUGH SLACK TO HANG UP ACROSS ENTRY TO ALLOW EQUIPMENT TO TRAM UNDER IT. AS HE WAS PULLING ON CABLE HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT GROIN AREA.

CONTRACTOR WAS RAKING OUT LEFT OVER CASTABLE IN MIXER DOOR WAY WHEN HIS HAND WENT INSIDE TO FAR & THE MIXER BLADE CAUGHT HIS 1ST 2 FINGERS.

EE WAS HELPING TO HANG A MINER CABLE AND HE FELT SOMETHING PULLING IN HIS GROIN AREA DIAGNOSIS HERNIA EE HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK DUE TO THIS INCIDENT.

SHOVE MAINTENANCE RUN CREW WAS CALLED TO SHOVEL TO CORRECT A PROBLEM THE OPERATOR WAS HAVING WITH THE TRIP SYSTEM. EE WAS GOING TO LOOK AT THE OPERATION OF THE TRIP DRUM WHILE THE OPERATOR EXT ENDED THE DIPPER HANDLE TO INSURE THAT THE DRUM WOULD RELEASE CABLE. THE HANDLE PULLED ON THE TRIP CABLE WHICH CAUSED THE BUCKET TO TRIP. EE HAD HAND ON ASSEMBLY& CAUGHT HIS HAND.

AS A LOADER OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO CONVEY A BOULDER ONTO THE TAIL OF THE LOADER, THE BOULDER ROLLED OFF THE BOOM AND MASHED TWO FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING UNDER CONVEYOR BELT TO RETRIEVE A ROCK, ARM WAS PULLED AND THE RIGHT FINGER CAUGHT ON A BELT SCRAPER, AMPUTATING THE DISTAL TIP.

EE WAS ROLLING TRASH BARREL TO LOADER WHEN BARREL STARTED TO FALL OVER, EE CAUGHT BARREL TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING AND PULLED GROIN.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT VALVE BLOCK ONTO SHIELD PONTOON WHICH RESULTED IN AN INGUINAL HERNIA.

THROWING CRIB BLOCK OFF CART AT SEAL, EE OVER EXTENDED HIS SHOULDER. THIS EE DID NOT START TO MISS WORK UNTIL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1997.

SLINGING ROCK WITH CABLES/ONE MAN PULLING CABLE AROUND ROCK--CABLE SLIPPED LOOSE HITTING EE ON BACK OF HARD HAT.

EE REPORTED SHE WAS DUMPING A SAMPLE BUCKET WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HER GRASP JERKING HER RIGHT ARM. EE HAD SURGERY FOR TORN ROTATOR CUFF OF RIGHT ARM.

WHILE SHOVELING FINE GROUND LIMESTONE, EMPLOYEE FELT SHOULDER PAIN BOTH SIDES AROUND HIS NECK/COLLAR BONE. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR EXAMINATION. SUSPECTED THAT PROBLEM WAS NOT WORK RELATED MOTOR CROSS RACING. PAIN CONTINUED. EMPLOYEE WENT TO ANOTHER DOCTOR. WE RECEIVED REPORT OF TRON SHOULDER MUSCLE DUE TO WORK RELATED ACTIVITY. SURGREY COMPLETED ON 2-18-98.

THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK WHILE WALKING AROUND ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. WHEN HE FELL HE GRABBED ONTO THE MACHINE AND PULLED HIS LEFT SHOULDER ELBOW. NOTE: THIS EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON 1/31 /97, HE WORKED UNTIL 3/10/97 WHEN HE STARTED LOSING TIME AWAY FROM WORK.

WHILE GETTING TIMBER OUT OF DOLLY, THE MBC BACKED UP AND THE BELT GUIDE BACKED OVER THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

EMP WAS ON SOUTH MAINS SECTION #5 HEADING TIGHTENING BOLTS ON BOOM OF 12-CM-3 MINER WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

THE EE ALLEGES HE WAS INJURED ON 1/31/97, HOWEVER DID NOT REPORT AN INJURY UNTIL 2/7/97. THERE WERE NOT ANY WITNESSES. THE INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE & WE ARE REPORTING THIS ONLY BASED ON LIM ITED INFORMATION & QUESTIONABLE AREAS TO BE DETERMINED. WE DO NOT PRESENTLY CONSIDER IT A VALID COMPANY REPORT BECAUSE OF POLICY.

WORKING AT SURGE TOWER - CLEANING DEBRIS AND THROWING TO GROUND DUMP AREA - PULLED RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS INSTALLING 3/4-2 1/2" RIGID CONDUIT THE DAY HE CLAIMS HE WAS INJURED.

HE WAS DRAGGING YIELD PROP DOWN TAILGATE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE NECK.

HE WAS CHECKING THE PUMP ON DIESEL PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN THE RIDE BEGAN TO MOVE CATCHING HIS LEGS BETWEEN PERSONNEL CARRIER AND RIB.

WHILE WORKING IN THE OPERATORS' COMPARTMENT OF A SHUTTLE CAR, MECHANIC WAS CHANGING POSITIONS AND GELT A PAIN IN LEFT KNEE. SUBSEQUENT VISIT TO A DR. INDICATED SPRAINED/STRAINED KNEE CARTILAGE .

EE INSTALLING A SOCKET ON THE 51/2 FT CRUSHER WHEN CHECKING THE CLEARANCE HE PLACED HIS HANDS BETWEEN THE SOCKET & MAIN FRAME, WHEN CHECKING THE CLEARANCE SOCKET DROPPED & PINCHED EE FINGER

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK ABOUT 1' X 1' X 1" THICK FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF RIGHT SHOULDER CAUSING A BRUISE.

WHILE REPLACING BUCKET LINE ON DREDGE LADDER WITH TWO OTHER REPAIRMEN, A 1 1/2 BAR THAT IS USED TO PUSH OUT PINS, ROLLED OFF DREDGE LADDER, THE END OF BAR STRUCK THE TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

BREAKING CONCRETE OFF OF WIRE WHEN PIECE OF CONCRETE FLEW OFF & LANDED ON LEFT FOOT.

CURRING A STRAP LINK OFFICE OF CONVEYOR CHAIN ON MINER ACETYLENE TANK WAS LEAKING AND A SPRARK FROM THE METAL IGNITED THE ACETYLENE TANK OR GAGE. ROBERTS FACE WAS BURNED BUT HE SAID HE WAS OK . HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT. IB ROGHT HIM OUT AT END OF SHIFT AND HE DROVE HOME.

THE INJURED WAS LOADING A 4'X38"X3/8" PIECE OF SHEET METAL ONTO A FLAT CAR WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.

WHILE MOVING AN ENGINE BLOCK UNDER THE WORK BENCH, EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 1/30/97

DRIVING ROCK TRUCK - TRUCK RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK IN THE ROAD AND JARRED UPPER BODY.

WATER FROM THE TOP OF A TEMPORARY FILL AREA WAS RUSHING OVER THE FILL MATERIAL TOWARD TEH LOWER LEVEL OF THE PIT WHERE EMP WAS WORKING. EMP QUICKLY RAN TO HAUL TRUCK, CLIMBED UP TO CAB, AND RO DE OUT OF AREA TO A SAFE LOCATION.

WHILE DRILLING HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING 2ND PIECE ON BOTTOM OF DRILL STEEL. WHEN UP PRESSURE WAS APPLIED STEEL JUMPED OUT OF CHUCK STRIKIGN EMPLOYEE IN HAND. EMPLOYEE HAD FOR A PPROX 9 DAYS HE THEN WENT TO DR WHO APPLIED A SPLINT.

PREPARING TO MOUNT NEW OVERLOAD ONTO WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS MOUNTING PLATE ON 480 VOLT MOTOR STARTER BY DRILLING HOLES THROUGH PLATE. PLATE WAS ACTUALLY BACK PLATE OF STARTER WHICH PROTECTED BUS BAR CONTACT. DRILL BIT CONTACTED BUS BAR; ELECTRIC FLASH OCCURRED.

WALKING BESIDE A FEEDER WHEN DRAW ROCK SLIPPED FROM RIB STRIKIGN EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING ROCK DUST IN LOW COAL AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FINISHED THAT SHIFT AND WORKED THE NEXT SHIFT ALSO. HE WENT TO THE DR. ON 2-1-97. THE ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE ON 2-3-97 WHEN HE DID NOT REPORT FOR WORK.

EE STATED THAT HE HAD FINISHED ROOF BOLTING AND PULLED UP IN THE INTERSECTION TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT PLACE, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS. THE ROCK STRUCK EE ON THE HEAD AND HE WAS CUT BY HIS HARD HAT LINER. EE WAS TRANSPORTED TOTHE DR WHERE HE RECEIVED STITCHES TO HIS HEAD

EE WAS INSTALLING A WHEEL UNIT ON A SHUTTLE CAR, WHEN HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GRIND A BOLT OFF WITH A HAND HELD GRINDER. WHILE GRINDING ON THE BOLT, THE GRINDER KICKED BACK AND HIT HIM ACROSS THE LEFT WRIST CAUSING TWO LACERATIONS.

EMP ALLEGES THAT WHILE GETTING OUT OF A MANTRIP HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

WHILE WORKING AROUND DRILL RIG & COMPRESSOR: SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL. TWISTED BACK ON THE FALL. LOWER BACK AREA.

WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS IN FLANGE, DEVELOPED PAININ LOWER BACK.

WHILE PICKING UP A PIECE OF ROCK OUT OF HIS WORK AREA, THE CORNERS BROKE OFF CAUSING THE ROCK TO FALL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. (BRUISED RIGHT FOOT)

HE WAS CLEANING RAM ON RAMCAR & SLIPPED, GRABBING HOLD OF CAR TO NOT HIT THE GROUND & PULLED HIS BACK.

STEPPED OFF A SUPPLY CAR BACKWARDS AND HURT ANKLE.

EE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER AND WAS STANDING NEAR THE LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS BETWEEN LOADS. A PIECE OF LAMINATED ROCK APPROX. 3' WIDE X 4.5' LONG AND 1" TO 7" THICK FELL FROM THE INGY EDGE OF THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS. THE EE THINKS THE ROCK BRUSHED HIS HARD ON THE SIDE AS HE WAS TURNING TO MOVE AWAY FROM IT. IT IS FELT HIS ANKLE WAS BROKEN AS HE SUDDENLY TURNED AND FELL.

THIS EE ORIGINALLY SUSTAINED A KNEE INJURY AT THE MINE SITE ON 1-30-97. HE INJURED HIS KNEE WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE AS HE W3AS PULLING SLACK (THE CABLE WAS LOOSE-ENDED , NOT ENERGIZED). ON 7-7-97 HE AGGRAVATED HIS ORIGINAL KNEE INJURY BY LOSING HIS BALANCE AFTER STEPPING ON A PIECE OF COAL.

STEPPING OFF BELTHEAD AND TWISTED ANKLE.

VERY WINDY DAY--WORKING OUTSIDE--OBJECT FLEW UNDER SAFETY GLASSES ENTERING R EYE

WHILE PUTING GEAR INTO CRUSHER, IT SLIPPED AND PINNED HAND BETWEEN GEAR AND METAL.

EE WAS CHIPPING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLINKER TANK WITH A CHIPPING GUN TO CLEAR MATERIAL AWAY. LARGE PIECE OF CLINKER BUILDUP FELL ON EE'S ARM.

EE WAS ATTEMTING TO RAISE ONE SECTION OF THE HINGE COVER ON A LARGE BATTERY PACK. WHILE IT WAS SUPPORTING THE WEIGHT OF A SECOND COVER. ONCE HE RAISED THE COVER OFF THE SUPPORT, THE WEIGHT WAS MORE THAN HE COULD HANDLE. THE COVERS FELL MASHING HIS HAND AND FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE #1 SCREEN IN THE BOUND BROOK QUARRY YARD, HE STUMBLEED BACKWARDS AND TWISTED HIS LEFT/ANKLE.

STEPPING OVER AUGER AND STEP WOBBLED CAUSING EE TO FALL AND TWIST ANKLE.

INJURED WAS HELPING ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR MAKE UP BOLTS. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK IN HALF A BOLT BLOCK BY HITTING IT ON THE CORNER OF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. WHEN THE BLOCK BROKE, HALF OF I T STRUCK THE INJURED ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT METAL, TORCH CAUGHT ON POCKET CAUSING FLAME TO PASS OVER HAND.

EMP MISSED LAST RUNG WHILE DESCENDING LADDER. TWISTED BODY. FELL AND STRUCK HIS BACK AGAINST A CATHODE TRANSFER RACK HOOK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING THE LIP OF A 966 LOADER BUCKET. THE BUCKET WAS ON JACK STANDS. WHEN THE LIP WAS REMOVED THE CENTER OF GRAVITIY SHIFTED ON THE BUCKET. BEFORE HE REALIZED THE SHIFT IN THE B UCKET, HE LEANED ON IT AND THE BUCKET FLIPPED OVER, LEAVING HIM UNDER IT IN THE CONCAVE PORTION.

EE STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN.

EE WASHING A WINDSHIELD ON HIS LOADER, WHEN STEPPED OUT ON THE TIRE, HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

SNOW HAD CAUSED A PATCH OF ICE. EMP SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL ON LEFT WRIST.

EE WAS WAITING FOR ANTOHER EMPLOYEE TO RELEASE THE COME-A-LONG WHEN HE LOOKED TO SEE A JACK WAS BACK FOR ENOUGH. WHEN THE COM-A-LONG WAS RELEASED THE COME-A-LONG BROKE. RELEASING THE JAW CAT CHIGN HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE JAW AND COME-A-LONG.

LOADER OPERATOR SLIMBED DOWN OFF LOADER AT QUITTING TIME, STEPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER & FELL DOWN ON GROUND.

SLIPPED ON STEP & HIT BOTH KNEES ON TRUCK.

EMP WAS REMOVING A GUARD TO A SHIV (PULLEY). BELIEVED THERE TO BE 2 BOLTS HOLDING THE BOTTOM TOGETHER WHEN ONLY ONE BOLT WAS PRESENT. WHEN HE REMOVED ONE BOLT, GUARD DROPPED ONTO HIS FINGER. F INGER SMASHED FROM BOTTOM OF FINGERNAIL UP.

INJURED PERSON WAS WALKIGN IN #3 ENTRY OF MAIN A WORKING SECTION WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL IN A WER AREA LANDING ON HIS SELF CONTAINED SELF RESCUER. SUSTAINED A LUMBAR SACRAL SPRAIN. RECEIVING PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR INJURY. STARTED LOSING TIME4-2-97.

EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A CRUSHER, AFTER COMPLETING THE MAINTENANCE, EE WAS PICKING UP HIS TOOLS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON FROST WHICH CAUSE HIM TO FALL. WHILE FALLING EE TRIED CATCHING HIMS ELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THIS CAUSED EE'S WRIST TO BREAK.

OPERATING RUBBER TIRE DOZER DRIVING ON HAND ROAD HIT HOLE OR ROUGHT AREA WHICH JERKED HIM AROUND IN SEAT. NOTICED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE SLIPPED IN MUD & STRAINED LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE WALKING STEPPED IN MUD HOLE. AS EMPLOYEE WAS PULLED OUT OF HOLE FELT PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING TWO PALLETS OFF A STACK. UPON LIFTING UP SECOND PALLET, EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING A DOZER. HE HAD ONE FOOT ON THE TURNION ARM OF THE DOZER & PLACED THE OTHER ON THE GROUND WHICH HAD ICE ON IT. HE SLIPPED & FELL BACKWARDS AND HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND, HE HAD PAIN AND SWELLING TO THE RIGHT WRIST.

EE WAS CLEANING ON FEEDER & AS HE WENT FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER HE BUMPED HIS KNEE ON COAL PILE. EE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 2/11/97.

STEPPING OFF WELDING TRUCK ONTO GROND STEPPED ON FROZEN MUD AND TWISTED ANKLE.

OUTSIDE MAN WAS BACKING MANTRIP TRAILER UP HILL WHEN TRAILER JACK KNIFED AND BROKE BAIL OFF TURNING TRAILER LOOSE THEN TRAILER HIT HIS LEFT LEG

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING AND JERKING ON ROCK BAR TRYING TO PRY METAL SKIRTS ON AUXILIARY FEEDER AWAY FROM BELT LINE.

EE STATES HE WAS GETTING OUT OF MANBUS ALONG 5 DIL TRACK, WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF SLATE, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RITGHT KNEE.

DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 2-12-97. WAS WALKING, SLIPPED AND FELL.

VICTIM STATED IN YARD BEHIND SHOP WORKING ON SCOOP, SLIPPED ON ICE, STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON ICE. PAIN CONTINUED WENT TO DR ON 2-18-97. CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 4-29-97, AT THAT TIME STARTED LOOSING SCHEDULED WORK DAYS. BEGAN MSHA REPORTABLE 4-29-97

THE HIGH PRESSURE TO FACE WAS SHUT OFF. HE PULLED ON THE SHUT OFF VALVE TO TURN THE PRESSURE ON AND THE HANDLE BROKE. HE BEGAN TO FALL AND TWISTED HIS BACK. DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIATED DISC ON 2- 6-97 & HE ALSO STARTED MISSING WORK ON 2-6-97. INDIVIDUAL WORKDER FROM 1-31-97 UNTIL 2-6-97.

EMPLOYEE PLACED LEFT FOOT UNDER RELAY BAR CONNECTED TO SHIELD RELAY BAR DROPPED IN PROCESS CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S FOOT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING METARLSAPL BOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING NEW RETURN IDLER(TUCK ROLL) ON 18" TROUGH CONVEYOR, 1 END SUPPORTED IN PILLOW BLOCK BEARING. GETTING INTO POSITION TO ATTACH 2ND PILLOW BLOCK BEARING, IDLER SLIPPED OUT OF FIRST SUPPORTING BEARING LACERATING INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TOP ROLLER IN TAIL OF #2 BELT WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

STANDING NEXT TO CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN RIB POPPED OT AND HIT HIS KNEE RIBS WERE BOLTED IN AREA ANND RIB WERE NOT SLOGHING.

HANDLING SUPPLIES WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RIGHT BICEP.

GETTING INTO CAB, SLIPPED, HELD ON WITH LEFT HAND AND STRAINED HER LEFT SHOULDER TO KEEP FROM FALL.

REMOVING ROCKS FROM CRUSHER, THEN SLIPPED GOING UP STAIRS AT GEN. SET TRAILER.

WHILE CARRYING A PROP, ANOTHER EE STUMBLED AND FELL TOWARDS EE. THE PROP STRUCK AND PINCHED EE'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER. THE FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

PIECE OF ROCK FROM RIB TO FIRST PIN.

REPAIRING DAMAGED CABLE WITHOUT DE-ENERGIZING, LOCKING AND TAGGING THE CIRCUIT. ONE CABLE SHORTED OUT CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FOUR FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.

EE STEPPED OFF D11N BLADE PUSH ARM & SAID HE HURT HIS KNEE.

EE WAS HANDLING A 4 X 4 CRIB BLOCK - WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

THE EE WAS STANDING ON A CRIB BLOCK SO HE COULD TAKE THE CABLE OFF THE HOOKS OVERHEAD. THE CRIB BLOCK ROLLED AND THE EE FELL OFF TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. THE EE CONTINUED TO WORK AND ON 2-10-97 HAD A MRI DONE BECAUSE THE KNEE WAS GETTING WORSE. IT WAS NOTED THE EE HAD LEGIMATE DAMAGE AND WOULD NEED SURGERY. HE WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY UNTIL HIS SURGERY DATE OF 2-18. HE HAS NOT MISS

AN ENGINE ROLLED OFF CRIB BLOCKS KNOCKING INJURED AGAINST THE BUMPER OF A SERVICE TRUCK CAUSING FRACTURE TO LEG.

CAUGHT CORNER OF PALLET. SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT RIBS AGAINST PALLET.

EE REPORTED HAVING PAIN IN BACK WHICH PROGRESSIONELY WORSENED AS THE SHIFT PROGRESSED.

TRIPPED ON RIB ROOL HIT LEFT KNEE ON ROOF BOLTER LANDED ON RIGHT KNEE FELL ON ROCK HITTING BACK.

THE EE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE UG. THE INJURY WAS INITIALLY A NO LOST TIME. THE EE DID NOT SEE A DR. UNTIL 2/4/97. HE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 4/7/97.

THE INJURED PICKED UP A TIMBER AND INJURED HIS BACK.

EE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RAILRUNNER FRAME AND ASTEEL I-BEAM ALONG TRACK AT #5 DRIVE.

EE WA REMOVING BOLTS FROM A CRUSHER GEAR PLATE. HE WAS IN A SQUATING POSITION WHILE LOOSENING THE BOLTS. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE REMOVING THE BOLTS.

CUT RIGHT HAND ON AUGER SHEAVE.

ROLLER ON HOPPER STOPPED WORKING. EMP TRYING TO START ROLLER BY MOVING WITH HAND, BUT MOTOR STILL ON, SO IT STARTED ROLLING AND HAND GOT CAUGHT UP TO THE ELBOW. DID NOT BREAK, DR SAYS ALMOST.

WHILE WELDING ON BOWL OF SCRAPER, FLASH FROM WELDER BURNED EMPLOYEE'S EYES.

INJURED AND ONE OTHER WERE TAKING FRONT COVER OFF OF ELECTRICAL BREAKER BOX, WHEN THE COVER CAME LOOSE AND FELL STRAIGHT DOWN ABOUT 1 FOOT AND LANDED ON THE TOES OF THE INJURED.

LIFTING TRASH CANS.

NUT BROKE OFF CANOPY JACK WHEN OEPERATOR LET CANOPY DOWN, CANOPY FELL STRIKIGN OEPRATOR ON TO POF HEAD CAUSING NECK INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS AND WHILE WORKING IN A TWISTED POSITION IN A CRAMPED AREA HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS PUSH ASH THROUGH END DOOR OF BOILER WITH A HOE, HE FELT SOMETHING TEAR IN GROING AREA.

EE WAS USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT HIS LUNCH WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STABBED HIMSELF INTHE LEFT INDEX FINGER, RESULTING IN A SEVERED TENDON, REQUIRING SURGICAL REPAIR & RESTRICTED DUTY.

THE MILL LINERMAN WERE INSTALLING THE INCHER WHICH TURNS THE MILL IN PREPARATION FOR THE MILL REPAIR. THE INCHER WAS INSTALLED & EE WAS TIGHTENING THE INCHER BOLTS. THE BOLT WAS TIGHT & THEN L ET LOOSE & HIS BACK WENT OUT. UPON INVESTIGATIONIT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BOLT HAD STRIPPED THREADS.

NEW INJURY - AGGREVATED BY WORK

REMOVING PUMP FROM WA700 LOADER, PUMP SLIPPED DOWN AND STRUCK L HAND. INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS INJURED.

WHILE BOLTING ROOF A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL INBY MACHINE AND EMPLOYEE TURNED AND PROCEEDED OUTBY BOOM ON MACHINE AND HIT HIS ANKLE ON THE MACHINE.

EE WAS GOING UPHILL IN 3RD GEAR, AND LOST POWER. HIS TRUCK STARTED GOING BACKWARDS, HIT A ROCK, FLIPPED TRUCK ON ITS SIDE.

EMP WAS CLIMBING OFF THE 930 LOADER. SLIPPED ANDFELL APPROX 3-4' HIGH. IT HAD BEEN RAINING.

EE STATED THAT HE CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE SILO TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF FINISHED GOODS INSIDE. HE SLIPPED ON THE SPILLAGE (WET CONDITIONS) AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. THIS INCIDENT AGGRAVATED AN OLD INJURY (HERNIATED DISC), AND HE RECEIVED A STEROID EPIDURAL INJECTION FOR PAIN RELIEF.

EE STATES WHILE LAYING DRILL PIPE, HE SLIPPED OFF TOP OF PIPE RACK, STRUCK CORNER OF DRILL DECK, LACERATING LEFT LEG.

STONE WAS PICKED UP-LEFT HAND SHIRT SLEEVE WAS CAUGHT ON ROLLER BED CAUSING STONE TO DROP ON LEFT HAND RING FINGER.

GETTING INTO THE LOADER AND FELT PULLING IN GROIN.

USING HAND GRINDER WHEN METAL FLEW UNDER HIS HOOD AND INTO LEFT EYE.

EE WAS STRAIGHTENING ROOF SKIN OVER CHUCK OF BOLTER WHEN HE PULLED UPPER BACK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

WELDER/BURNER BURNING APART SCRAP STRUCTURAL STEEL. APPROX 5'X4'X 1/4" AND APPROX 200 LBS IN WEIGHT. BURNER POSTIONED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF MATERIAL BEING CUT UNDER ASSUMPTION PIECE WAS FROZEN T O GROUND. WHEN CUT FINISHED, PIECE FELL ONTO BURNERS LOWER BODY. BROKEN LEFT FEMUR AND HIP.

INDIVIDUAL FELL INTO ENERGIZED 12,000 VOLT CABLECAUSING ELECTRICAL BURNS.

EE WAS PICKING UP A WELDER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

WHILE WALKING UP STAIRS IN PLANT BUILDING AFTER CLEANING AREA AROUND SC-9 CONVEYOR, CAUGHT TOE OF LEFT BOOT UNDER EDGE OF STEP & FELL FORWARD. PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT THIGH.

AFTER HE FINISHED FUELING EMP WAS CLIMBING OFF THE FUEL TRUCK AND AS HE STEPPED ON GROUND FOOT WAS TURNED OVER IN A RUT AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

FOREIGN OBJECTS BLEW FROM VENT OF TRUCK INTO EE'S EYE.

INJURED PERSON WAS HELPING OTHER EE MOVE A PIECE OF 1 1/2 THICK PIECE OF STEEL AROUND TO PUT A METAL CABLE AROUND. WHEN INJURED PERSON MOVED THE STEEL, HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB AGAINST ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL. THE METAL TORE A PIECE OF FLESH OFF HIS THUMB, IMBEDDING METAL UNDERNEATH THE WOUND.

A PIN CAME OUT CAUSING BUCKET TO SHIFT WHICH MADE THE PRY BAR MOVE. PRY BAR CAME LOOSE HITTING EMP IN THE FACE AND SIDE OF HEAD.

EE AND COWORKER WERE STARTING A CAT SCRAPER. EE HAD SPRAYED SOME ETHER INTO THE AIR CLEANER AS COWORKER STARTED THE ENGINE. EE STARTED TO WALK AROUND THE FRONT OF THE SCRAPER ON THE WALKWAY WH EN THE BAIL RAISED UP CATCHING EE'S RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN THE BAIL FRAME AND THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER.

EE WAS CONNECTING 2 PIECES OF PIPE USING WELDER.HE WAS HOLDING WEIGHT OF PIPE TO LINE UP SO HE COULD DO THE WELDING.

WHILE LOOKING FOR LIFTER AFTER CLEANING WITH THE LITTLE LOADER, A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE FACE AND STRUCK EE ON THE FOOT.

LIFTING EMPTY BAGS ONTO A TABLE AS SET-UP TO BAGSALT

EE WAS REPAIRING A ROLL CRUSHER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ROLL A PLATE WITH A STEEL BAR, THE BAR SLIPPED FROM IT'S POSITION CAUSING THE EE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE & FALL TO THE GROUND APPROX 9'. NO FALL PROTECTION WAS USED.

EMP WAS STANDING ON A LADDER DRIVING BOLT OUT OFCRUSHER JAW AT QUARRY WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. HE SLIPPED OFF LADDER WHILE SWINGING THE SLEDGE HAMMERTWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS IS BEING REPORTED ON THE 11TH WORK DAY AFTER INJURY AS EMP DID NOTREQUEST TO CONSULT DR UNTIL 2-10-97.

EE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM AROUND THE TAIL PULLEY AT THE RUN OF MINE BELT WHEN HE FELT PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES.

SLIPPED AND FELL OFF BASS BOAT ONTO ROCK ON FOOT WALL.

WAS LIFTING A PUMP INTO A SCOOP AND HURT BACK.

EMPLOYEE SENT FOR FOREMAN ON 1-27-97 AT APPROX 830 TO GET A RIDE OUTSIDE SIAD HE WAS SICK. WHEN ARRIVING AT BELT FEEDER. HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT HE AHD KIDNEY STONES. SENT HIM TO DR A ND HER CALLED BACK LATER TO SAY HE WAS BEING SENT TO ANOTHER DR.

WHILE MAKING A FIREBOSS RUN IN WEST PORTAL, EMP STOPPED JEEP TO REMOVE SOME ROCK THAT HAD KNOCKED DOWN A WATER LINE. WHEN HE WENT TO GET OUT OF JEEP HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND HAD TO BE HELPED OUT OF MINE.

EE WAS LIFTING PROP & STRAINED LOWER BACK.

WAS WORKING ON A WALK THRU BOLTER PLATFORM. AS HE WENT TO STEP DOWN OFF PLATFORM HE MISSED A STEP, SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3-25-97 WHEN HE HAD ARTHR OSCOPIC SURGERY.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING LEFT HAND ON DRILL STEEL WHILE DRILLING. STEEL CAUGHT GLOVE AND TWISTED HIS HAND CAUSING CONTUSTION.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN A BUGGY ANCHOR, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SCOOP TIRE BY USING A SLATEBAR PLACED UNDER TIRE AND TO LIFT IT AND WHILE DONG SO HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. LATER HE HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED FROM THE MINE AND TO THE HOSPITAL.

LOADED TRUCK WITH COAL THEN DROVE TRUCK INTO BREAKER YARD.

EE WAS CLEANING DUST OUT OF BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.

INJURED WAS OPERATING LHD WITH A FULL BUCKET OF ORE, WHEN HE DROVE OVER ROUGH TERRAIN CAUSING HIM TO BE BOUNCED AROUND IN THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP THE SOUTH MAINS RIGHT #2 ENTRY TO DUST SOUTH MAINS RIGHT #3. HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

THE INJURED WAS PULLING PIN FROM THE RUB RAIL OF THE MINER WHEN THE RAIL FELL ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT, BREAKING THREE BONES.

WALKING ON SURFACE DOING EXAMINATION, SLIPPEDON ICE BOUNCED WITH SNOW AND STRAINED KNEE.

EE WAS LOADING ROCK DUST FROM BAGS IN A ROCKDUSTER WHEN HE LIFTED A BAG OF ROCK DUST HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

SLID OFF LADDER DOWN FACE OF MUCK PILE. LADDER WAS NOT SET. HURT RIGHT KNEE.

AS EE WAS CHECKING FANS, HE MOVED A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL & HURT HIS BACK.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING THE FAN SCRAPER AFTER REFUELING HOLDING HAND RAIL WITH LEFT HAND WHEN LEFT SHOULDER POPPED WITH SEVERE PAIN & IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SWELL. EE FIRST WORK DAY LOST BECAUSE O F INJURY WAS 4/15/97

WHILE USING SHOVEL, TWISTED WRONG AND EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.

EMP WAS OPERATING JAMMER PUSHING BACKFILL AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTENING OUT A ROOF BOLT THAT HE AHD INSERTED INTO A DRILLE DHOLE WHEN THE BOLT WENT SIDEWAYS AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN.

WHILE DISMOUNTING THE DRILL, EE'S HAND SLIPPED FROM THE HANDRAIL CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. IN DOING SO, EE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

EE CLOSED AN AIR SWITCH THAT SHORTED TO GROUND. HE DID NOT CLAIM ANY INJURY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVENT. ABOUT 1/2 HR LATER HE SAID HIS HAND & ARM HURT. BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE SHORTI NG OF THE 69,000 VOLT POWER LINE TO GROUND HE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSP FOR EXAM. THE DR COULD ONLY FIND A CONTUSION TO THE RIGHT HAND & SORENESS TO THE SHOULDER. HOWEVER THE DR DECIDED TO TAKE

INJURED WAS IN 3 M8C SLIDE PAN ON 3 UNIT. OTHER SERVICE PEOPLE WERE CHOCKING PANIC SWITCHES ON THE OTHER MBC S WHEN THEY STARTED THE 4 MBC TO CHECK TO THE PANIC SWITCH THEY ACCIDENTLY TRAMMED 4 MBC BACKWARDS PINNING THE INJURED BETWEEN THE PIG AND MBC CAUSING BRUISES AND SORNESS TO THE RIGHT HIP AREA.

THE INJURED WAS MOVING A DE-WATERING PUMP FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. HE SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS ELBOW AGAINST A CONCRETE WALL ON THE DRAW WALL.

WHILE OPENING A DOOR, THE EMP PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

EE PLACED A CROW BAR IN THE MILL FEEDER TO UN-CLOG THE FEEDER & THE CROW BAR WAS DRAWN INTO THE MILL, CAUSING LACERATIONS TO THREE FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.

HE WAS WATCHING WATER HOSE BEING PULLED. HE STEPPED IN A LOOP AND THE LOOP PULLED TIGHT, FRACTURING HIS LEFT LEG ABOVE THE ANKLE.

POURING CONCRETE AT UNDER GROUND DUMP, MAN GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE. PAIN INCREASED, SAW DR. AND FOUND OUT IT WAS SLIVER OF METAL IN LEFT EYE.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING HEAVY CABLE IN LOW TOP, HIS LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING.

EMPLOYEE STARTED LOSING TIME 1-25-97.

HELPING REMOVE A PIECE OF METAL FROM A CHUTE ON A RAW COAL VIBRATOR. THE METAL AND STRUCK THE TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

NO TREATMENT OTHER THAN DIAGNOSTIC RECEIVED FOR THIS INJURY UNTIL 12-4-97. EE WAS WORKING ON POPPIT VALVE OF DUST COLLECTOR WHICH CYCLED ON TO HIS LEFT HAND COMPRESSING LIGAMENT ON A NERVE. HE DID NOT TURN AIR OFF OR BLOCK POPPIT VALVE.

MAN SSTATED HE WAS GETTING ROCK OUT OF SECTION TAIL PIECE, TOLD BELT MAN TO BUMP BELT. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO ROCK TO THROW OFF BELT, WHEN ANOTHER PIECE CAME LOOSE AND SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FIGNEE R BETWEEN THEM.

WAS COMING DOWN HILL ON VERSA-TRACK, BRAKES FADED, BOUNCED AND HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY.

EE WAS CLEANING NEAR OUTSIDE SLATE BIN. THE EE WAS LOADING A 8 FOOT PIECE OF RAIL AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE RAIL AND SLATE WAGON.

CLAIMS HE SPRAINED HIS BACK WHILE MOVING PIN CABLE.

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO MOVE AND LIFT ELEVATOR BELT.

THE INJURED WAS CARRYING A PLANETARY GERA THROUGH MUD AND WATER TO THE SECTION BELT FEEDER. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS LEG AND KNEE.

A SCOOP TRACTOR WAS LIFTING THE BACK END OF A GOLF CART UP SLIGHTLY TO REALIGN READ SPRING & TO INSERT A BOLT INTO SPRING FOR STRENGTH. WORKER LIFTER THE BACK OF THE CART SLIGHTLY TO ASSIST IN THIS REPAIR PROCEDURE & STRAINED LOWER BACK. WORKER DIDNOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 1/29/97, WHEN HE RECEIVED 1ST CHIRO. TREATMENT & THEN ONLY MISSED THAT DAY.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE STEPPED OFF THE TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND TURNED HIS RIGHT KNEE. NOTE: THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK AND DID NOT SEE A DR. UNTIL FEB. 4, 1997.

ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF FACE. THE CABLE PULLED TIGHT AGAINST HIS HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT THUMB.

1 SOUTH 1 LEFT ADVANCING SECTION IN WET AND MUDDY BOTTOM CONDITIONS. THE EE WAS MEASURING DISTANCE OF CROSSCUT FROM #6 ENTRY. AS HE WALKED TO THE FACE HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF WET SLATE, TWISI TING HIS RT KNEE AND ANKLE. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ON 2-21-97.

EE WAS PULLING FUEL HOSE OFF A LUBE TRUCK TO FUEL A DRILL AND STEPPED INTO A CRACK ON THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED THE INDIVIDUAL TO TWIST, SKIN, ANDBRUISE HIS LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING A DRAGLINE AFTER GREASING A DUMP SHIEVE. HE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACKS STEPPING ONTO THE CATWAL WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE LOCKED UP.

HE WAS LEANING OVER TRAILER, PULLING ON A BLOCK WHICH WAS STUCK IN MUD. HE HAD TO JERK ON THE BLOCK WHICH CAUSED PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. DIDN'T GO TO DR UNTIL 2-14-97.

WHILE USING AN AIR POWERED CHAIN SAW--THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FLEW APART AND A PIECE OF THE SAW HIT THE MINER ABOVE THE EYE CUTTING HIS EYEBROW REQURING SUTURES.

BENDING A 48" ROOF BOLT, PULLED MUSCLE ON RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE TOLD ME THAT AT 1:30 PM HE THOUGHT THAT HE MIGHT'VE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK EARLIER THAT MORNING.

VICTIM HAD DRILLED PART OF ROOF BOLT HOLE, REMOVED THE STEEL TO REPLACE BIT WHEN ROCK FELL FROM FACE STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK. LAST ROW OF BOLTS(NO. 3 BOLT FROM LEFT RIB) WAS TO BE INSTALLED. 6 BOLTS CROSSWISE WERE BEING INSTALLED IN 19' WIDE PLACE.

AN EE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR A BROKEN CABLE ON THE DRAGLINE. HE WAS DRIVING A WEDGE THROUGH THE CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW FROM THE HAMMER OR WEDGE AND INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS NOT WEARING SA FETY GLASSES. SURGERY WAS REQUIRED ON HIS EYE. THE MINE OPERATOR MAKES AVAILABLE SAFETY GLASSES TO ALL EES.

EE WAS WALKING WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK & FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE PICKED UP 2 BUCKETS OF BRATTICE SEALANT AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EE STATED THAT WHILE WALKING AROUND CATWALK ON FRONT OF TRUCK HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND.

WHILE CLENAING RAP DRIVE BREAK OVER PULLEY WITH SCRAPER BAR, BAR GOT CAUGHT RIGHT HAND TO BE PULLED INWARD.

TWO EE'S WERE USING APROPANE HEATER TO DEFROST A DUST COLLECTOR ON A DRILL WHEN A FLASH FIR HAPPENED AS A 3 EE WALK BY CAUSING HIM TO GET BURNED.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE CARRYING A LADDER, HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE, HURTING THE SECOND TOE FROM THE LEFT (ON HIS RIGHT FOOT) AND HTAT HE ALSO HURT HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.

EE WAS CUTTING TAPE OFF AN ELECTRICAL CORD. THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL ER WHERE HE RECEIVED 24 STITCHES. HE WAS RELEASED TO GO BACK TO WORK.

EE WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW BACK TO A AREA WHERE SHE COULD UNLOAD IT. SHE HAD JUST CLEANED THE TAKE UP AREA OF THE BELT AND UPON PUSHING IT BACK TO UNLOAD, THE WHEELBARROW STARTED TO TIP OVER AND SHE TRIED TO PREVENT IT.

WORKING ON BELTS AT THE #4 BELT WHERE TWO BELTS DUMP FROM DIFFERENT SIDES. STUCK HIS HEAD OVER TO SEE IF A ROCK WAS CLEARING ON 1 BELT ROCK CAME OF THE OTHER BELT HITTING HIM IN BACK OF HEAD.

EE WAS LEANING FORWARD ADJUSTING THE SEAT THE STEERING COLUMN FELL FORWARD CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER MAN IN MOVING A STEEL BEAM. THE OTHER MAN DROPPED HIS END, CAUSING EE TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT COMPLETELY.

EE WS GETTING OFF 631D CATERPILLER PAN, HIS FOOTSLIPPED OFF OF STEP. EE HELD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL & THE HAND HOLD WHEN HE FELL HIS LEFT ELBOW HIT THE DASHBOARD RESULTING IN INFLAMED ELBOW

RIB ROLLED AND CAUGHT EE AGAINST MINER.

EE HAD FINISHED SERVICING AT 777B END DUMP WHEN HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE EQUIPMENT WHEN LOST HIS FOOTING ON DAMP-MUDDY LADDER SLIPPED & FELL

EE WORKED OUTSIDE ON VARIOUS JOBS. AFTER SHIFT, HE REPORTED HURT ABDOMEN.

SEMITRAILER USED AS TOOL ROOM AND FIELD OFFICE CONTAINED HEATER. HEATER STARTED LATE AFTERNOON 1-22, THERMOSTAT SET. 0700 EE'S ENTERED TRAILER TO BE GIVEN JOB ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE DAY. HEATER A PPEARED TO BE FUNCTIONING WELL. AFTER BEING IN TRAILER FOR TIMES OF 10-40 MINUTES, EES BEGAN TO FEEL ILL, NAUSEA, HEADACHED, PALPITATIONS.

SLIPPED ON STEPS RESULTING IN BACK PAIN.

EE AND OTHER EE WERE PULLING A 4/3 CABLE OFF A SPOOL WHEN EE EXPERIENCED A BURNING SENSATION IN THE RIGHT GROIN AREA. EXAMINATION BY A SURGEON REVEALED HE HAD A HERNIA WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SURG ERY.

C-7 SECT. EE WAS HELPING LOAD CONCRETE BLOCKS INTO A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN A CONCRETE BLOCK HAD FALLED OFF OF THE FILE AS HE WAS THROWING A BLOCK INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET. HIS FINGER RT INDEX WAS CAU GHT BETWEEN THE BLOCK HE WAS THROWING & THE FRAME BLOCK. HE RECD CRUSHING INJURIES & A FRACTUREDFINGER

EE WA CARRYING OXYGEN TANK, HE SLIPPED ON ICE CAUSING BACK TO BE IN AWKWARD POSITION

WOOD WITH NAIL PUNCTURED RIGHT HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF WOOD OFF OF TUNNEL WALL. WOOD FELL AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH IT. NAIL IN THE WOOD PUNCTURED RIGHT HAND BETWEEN INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOOSING TIME UNTIL WOUND BECAME INFECTED ON 1-30-97.

SEMIT TRAILER USED AS TOOL ROOM AND FIELD OFFICE. CONTAINED HEATER. HEATER STARTED LATE AFTERNOON 1-22 & THERMOSTAT SET. 0700 EES ENTERED TRAILER TO BE GIVEN JOB ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE DAY. HEATE R SEEMED TO BE FUNCTIONING WELL. AFTER BEING IN THE TRAILER FOR TIMES OF 10-40 MINUTES EES BEGAN FELL ILL, NAUSEA, HEADACHE, PALPITATION.

EE WAS RIDING IN A MANTRIP. THE MANTRIP WENT OFF TRACK DUE TO AN UNKNOWN BROKEN RAIL (5' PIECE). EE WAS SITTING IN SEAT AND JAMMED NECK AGAINST CEILING OF MANTRIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON LEFT FOOT WHILE RIDING MANTRIP AND VEHICLE HIT A HOLE IN ROAD CAUSING FOOT TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN HIS BODY AND THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. (EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 2-3-97.)

INJURED WAS CARRYING BLOCKING FOR TRACK WORK WHEN STEPPED ONTO THE UNEVEN MINE FLOOR AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

IN JAN. EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER FROM SOLUBLEOIL TANK. FOOT SLIPPED OFF METAL LADDER RUNG & HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WHICH RESULTED IN A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 2/19/97

EE SLIPPED OFF OF LADDER IN RAISE MANWAY. EE'S FOOT WENT THROUGH THE LADDER RUNGS, & EE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

WHILE ADDING COOLANT TO RADIATOR, MECHANIC LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED OFF OF LEFT KNEE, STRAINED ONLY.

EE WENT TO DR. AND BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 1-27-97. EE WAS HELPING ON LONGWALL REMOVAL. HE WAS SETTING CRIBS. AS HE TURNED HIS FEET BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CARBOY OF DISTILLED WATER AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK.

EE WAS GOING UNDER MINER FROM BREAK SIDE AND HIT RIB BY NEGLIGENCE. A PIECE OF COAL FELL OFF RIB WEIGHING ABOUT 15#, HIT FENDER OF S/C, ROLLING INTO EMPTY SEAT, AND ROLLED ONTO LEFT KNEE.

CHAIN FALL FELL THROUGH OPENING ON THE ROOF AS EE WAS WALKING UNDER OPENING.

EMPLOYEE LIFTGED THE WELDR MOTOR HOOD AND STUCK HIS RIGHT HAND INTO, THE MOTOR. COMPARTMENT. STRIKING RIGHT HAND FINGERS AGAINST MOTOR FAN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE LOADER WHEN THE STEP BROKE. THE CABLE STEP HAD RUSTED IN SIDE THE LADDER, WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE LADDER THE CABLE BROKE, HE FELL TO THE GROUND SEPARATING H IS LEFT SHOULDER.

WHILE TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY, WHICH BRUISED THE BACK OF NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

OPERATOR STALLED HIS DOZER HE THEN CLIMBED OUTSIDE ONTO TRACKS AND TRIED TO START DOZER BY CROSSING STARTER WITH A SCREWDRIVER. THE DOZZER STARTED RELEASING THE HYDROLIC BRAKING SYSTEM. THE OPERATOR HAD PUT BOTH THEH RIPPER AND BLADE ON THE GROUND BUT THE MACHINE DRIFTED BACK THROWING THE OEPRATOR TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A DERAILED SUPPLY CAR ON TRACK WITH AN AIR BAG WHEN ANOTHER TRIP (MOTOR WITH DOLLIES) STRUCK HIS TRIP, PINNING HIM BETWEEN TWO SUPPLY CARS.

HE CLIMBED UP TO TOP A TOWER TO SET STEEL BACK IN THE CARESALE. WHEN CLIMBING DOWN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 14 FT. ONTO THE ENGINE. WHEN HE FELL HE BROKE HIS NOSE AND RIGHT ANKLE AND TAILBONE AND CUT LEFT EAR UP.

SEMIT TRAILER USED AS TOOL ROOM AND FIELD OFFICE CONTAINED HEATER. HEATER STARTED LATE AFTERNOON 1-22, THERMOSTAT SET. 0700 EES ENTERED TRAILER TO BE GIVEN JOB ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE DAY. HEATER APPEARED TO BE FUNCTIONING WELL. AFTER IN THE TRAILER FOR TIMES OF 10-40- MINUTES EES BEGAN TO FELL ILL, NAUSEA, HEADACHE, PALPITATIONS.

EMP WAS WORKING LEVER ON A COME A LONG (WINCH) AND PULLED CHEST MUSCLE.

PULLING ROCK WITH SLATE BAR LOST HIS BALANCE GRABING TO MACHINE CUT HIS HAND

LIFTED A 100LB BAG AND THREW IT ON THE PALLET.

EE WAS LINING UP HOLES FOR BUSHING AND SHEAR PIN; PUT MIDDLE FINGER IN HOLE TOP HOUSING TO LINE UP WITH BOTTOM; TURNING TOP ONE FINGER CAUGHT IN BOTTOM ONE (HOUSING HOLE) WHGILE TURNING TOP LO OSE BY HAND WITH DRIVE BELT.

WHILE GETTING A SHEET OF PLYWOOD, CLIMBED OVER A PILE OF GRINDING BALLS, TURNED AND STEPPED ON LOOSE BALL, TWISTING ANKLE.

RUN SC INTO RIB KNOCKING LOOSE COAL OFF RIB HITTING EARSEL ON KNEE.

EMP STATED HE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING DOWN THE RAMP FROM THE OVERCAST ON THE 7 RIGHT BELT AND FELTLOW BACK PAIN.

INJURED WAS PULLING IN SHIELDS AT TAILGATE. TAILGATE DRIVE PULLED BACK SLIGHTLY PINCHED RT FOOT FROM ANKLE DOWN BETWEEN TOE OF SHIELD & DRIVE. CO-WORKER WAS IN AREA & SAW INCIDENT OCCUR & HE P USHED RAM BUTTON TO PUSH DRIVE AWAY FROM FOOT.

EE SLIPPED ON ICE & SPRAINED ANKLE.

SEMITRAILER USED AS TOOL ROOM AND FIELD OFFICE. CONTAINED HEATER. HEATER STARTED LATE AFTERNOON AND THEMOSTAT SET. 0700 EES ENTERED TRAILER TO BE GIVEN JOB ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE DAY. HEATER APPE ARED TO BE FUNCTIONING WELL. AFTER BEING IN THE TRAILER FOR TIMES OF 10-40 MINUTES EES; BEGAN TO FEEL ILL, NEAUSE, HEADACHE, PALPITATION.

EE CLIMBED THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS & WHEN HE REACHED THE TOP HE COLLAPSED & WENT UNCONSCIOUS. PLANT EE CALLED 911 WHILE ANOTHER PLANT EE STARTED FIRST AID. EE WAS THEN TANSPORTED TO THE HOSPIT AL.

WHILE OPERATING THE GRADER ON THE HAUL ROAD, EMPLOYEE HIT A ROCK WITH THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN FROM HIS SEAT, INJURING HIS BACK.

EE WAS PULLING ON A WASH DOWN HOSE WHICH IS USED ON 3RD SHIFT TO WASH EQUIPMENT WHEN HE PULLED HARD AT HOSE & FELT SHOULDER PULL.

EMP WAS PULLING ON BELT TO SET A TAIL PIECE, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A WATER HOSE TOGETHER TO HOOK UP COUPLER. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS LAYING CEMENT BLOCKS FROM A KNEELED POSITION. AFTER FINISHING THE JOB HE TRIED TO STRIGHTEN UP WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

SLIPPED WHILE WALKING ON ICY UNEVEN GROUND. IN A AVOIDING A FALL HE TWISTED HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN A METAL STOPPING IN THE 1ST WEST MAIN RETURN. WHILE PULLING ON A PANEL HE SUFFERED A STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT & LEFT SHOULDER. NOTE: EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 6-9-97 1ST DAY MI SSED.

THAWING WAS OCCURRING FROM PREVIOUS HARD FREEZE. A SPRING IN THE AREA ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE LOOSENING OF MATERIAL ABOVE WORKER. FROZEN MATERIAL AND OR ROTTEN ROCK TURNED LOOSE ABOVE WORKER S TRIKING HIM IN THE BACK. WORKER SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS, DAMAGE TO SHOULDER AND LUNGS, AND SEVERE D=BRUISE. RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL 1-29-97.

R LEG BRUISED. ROPE BEING USED TO LOWER 6" PIPE WAS IMPROPERLY ATTACHED & OF INSUFFICIENT LENGHT

EE WAS WORKING ON RAM AT 50 X 60 CRUSHER, HOLDING UP ONE END OF HYDRAULIC CYLINDER. WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO LINE IT UP, THE CYLINDER SLIPPED & FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT. AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT IT WAS RAINING & STARTING TO FREEZE.

DEMAG OPERATOR WAS SWINGING 1ST BUCKET OF MATERIAL TO LOAD HAUL TRUCK. BUCKET STRUCK BACK OF HAUL TRUCK JARRING HAUL TRUCK OPERATOR.

BAGGING DUST AND KICKED BAG OF DUST OFF SPOUT, BAG HIT HIS LEFT LEG KNOCKING IT OFF STEP AND A BAG ON BELT LINE CAUGHT FOOT TWISTING FOOT.

EMPLOYEE LOST TIME 1-22-97.

CREW WAS TAKING DOWN CABLE FROM THE MINE ROOF. EMP REINJURED A MUSCLE IN RIB CAGE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN ROCKS WITH A PRY BAR WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF A STRAP WHERE HE WAS STANDINGAND STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THE ROCK WHICH MEASURED 18"X18"X3" THICK WAS LOCATED O N A STRAP ABOVE HIS HEAD. EMP. HAD PRYED LOOSE MATERIAL OFF OF THIS STRAP BEFORE ADVANCING BEFORE BOLTER CAME IN. EMP. FINISHED HIS SHIFT & WORKED NEXT BUT MISSED ON 1-24-97 FROM STIFFNESS.

THE EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS HAVING BACK PAIN, SAID HEMUST HAVE TWISTED IT. DID NTOKNOW WHEN OR HOW HE HURT HIS BACK. HE HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK.

EE WAS CUTTING A HOLE IN GRATE LINER & NEEDED TOFLIP THE LINER OVER TO FINISH HIS CUT & HURT HISBACK BY LIFTING LINER

WHILE LIFTING PUMP & SCREEN BOX OUT OF WATER HOLE, BACK WAS STRAINDED, CAUSING RUPTURE OF DISC.

GARDEN B SHAFT WHILE SUSPENDING A LONGWALL LEAD DRIVE ON THE SERVICE CAGE HOIST A PIECE OF METALCAME LOOSE WHEN THE HOOK SLIPPED STRICKING HIS LEFT KNEE AND ANKLE AREA. NOTE: EE STARTED MISSI NG WORK ON 9/24/97

EE WAS HANDLING MINER CABLE IN THE #3 ENTRY OF 1 SOUTH 1 LEFT WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE APPROX. 3'X4'X1/2-2" THICK FELL BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDER. THE SECTION WA S WET AND MUDDY.

EE AND EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BELT WIPER ON THE WEST BELT USST OUTBY THE SECITON TAIL. THEY AND THE REST OF THE CREW HAD JUST FINISHED A BELT MOVE. TWO OTHER FELLOWS WERE ISNTALLING 3" D IAMTER YELLOW MINE PIPE ABOUT 200' TOTAL LENGTH. ONE OF THE FELLOW WENT TO ENERGIZED THE LINE AND FLUSHED THE PIPE. THE END OF TH EPIPE AND VALVE WAS ABOUT 14' FROM EE'S LOCATION. THEIR WAS

EE WAS ASSISTING CO WORKERS IN ADVANCING THE 2" WATER LINE TO THE MINE FACE. THE EE WAS WALKING APPROX. 5 BREAKS OUTBY SECTION POWER CENTER SEARCHING FOR KN ADDITIONAL SECTION CF WATER LINE WE WHEN A ROCK FROM THE ROOF STRUCK BEHLER ON TOP OF HEAD.

STARTED LOSING TIME 1-22-97.

EE WAS WALKING UP THE STAIRS INSIDE THE LINDEN MINE OFFICE AT BULLIT MINE. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON ONE OF THE STAIRS , EE STATED HIS RIGHT LEG WENT OUT AND HE WENT DOWN ON ONE LEG, RESULT ING IN FRACTURING RIGHT HIP

THE EE WAS DRAGGING ROCK DUST HOSE FROM THE MACHINE TO THE FACE, WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF COAL FELL FROM THE TOP, STRIKING EE ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE. THE HEAD COAL FEEL BETWEEN THE INSTALLED ROOF BOLTS. NO ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS-SECTION IS DRY

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH GARDNER DENVER DRILL WHEN THE HAMMER WAS AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE EMPLOYEE. AN AIR HOSE CAME OFF THE DRILL AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE RESULTING IN 10 STITCHES TO HIS NOSE.

EE WAS OPEATING SCOOP TO GO GET SUPPLIES & A ROCK FELL BETWEEN 2 ROOFBOLTS AROUND 3' X 4' RANGING 1" TO 6" THICK & BUSTED ON TOP OF SCOOP CANAPY& A PIECE OF ROOCK HIT HIM IN THE SHOULDER.

WALKING TO WORK AREA AND SLIPPED IN MUD.

EMPLOYEE MOVED ROOF BOLTER UP. WENT TO GET UNDER CANOPY AND TRIPPED OVER A LUMP OF COAL.

THE INJURED STEPPED OFF THE SHUTTLE CAR AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING TRACTOR TO SURFACE AT EN DOF SHIFT. WHIEL TRAMMING, NDER A PUMP DISCHARGE LINE, HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT IN THE LINE AS HE WAS LIFTING IT FOR ADDITIONAL CLEARANCE WEDGING HIS WRIST AND ELBOW BETWEEN THE MINE ROOF AND TRACTOR FRAME. SEAM HEIGHT OF THIS MINE IS 24".

EE WAS MOUNTING A D-11 DOZER TO PERFORM ELECTRICAL REPAIRS. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE PUSH ARM. HIS LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRACK AND PUSHARM CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT LEG PULLED MUSCLE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY RM HAD EXAM AND X RAY. DR ALLOWED HIM TO RETURN TO FALL DUTY THE SAME SHIFT. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 2-6-97.

DESCENDING OUTSIDE STEPS IN RAIN AND MUD WITH HANDS FULL OF TOOLS. SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING ARM, SHOULDER AND LEG. A DR. RESTRICTED HIM FROM DUTY.

CHANGING WEIGHT FEEDER BELT CUTTING BELT IN HALF & CUTTING HOLE IN BELT FOR ROPE TO PULL OUT WITH 2 PEOPLE.

EMP WAS STEPPING OVER I-BEAM ON GROUND. WHILE STEPPING OVER BEAM, EMP STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED ANKLE.

EMP WAS USING A PRY BAR TO LOOSEN THE BELLY PAN ON A D-6 DOZER. PAN FELL OFF AND EMP LOST HIS GRIP ON PRY BAR. BAR FELL AND STRUCK EMP ON TOP OFTHE RIGHT WRIST.

EE WAS RUNNING #54 MOTOR, WHEN HE SAW ANOTHER MOTOR COMING DOWN HILL TOWARD HIM. THE MOTORS COLLIDED CAUSING EE TO BUMP HIS TAILBONE ON MOTOR.

THE INJURED WAS STARTING TO UNLOAD ROOF BOLTS FROM A TRAILER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 2'X6'X10" FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HAND, SHOULDER AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT WRIST AREA CAUSI NG AN ABRASION, BRUISE, AND SWELLING TO THE WRIST AND HAND AREA. REPORTED BACK TO WORK ON 1-22-97 AND ON 1-23-97 INFORMED AS THAT HIS HAND WAS BROKEN.

THE INJURED EE WAS PUSHING ON A BELT TO LOAD INTO A SCOOP BUCKET. WHEN HE PUSHED ON THE BELT, HESTRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

WHILE DRIVING A TRACTOR IN THE MINE, THE DOOR ON THE TRACTOR FELL OFF. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CATCH IT, HE PICKED UP HIS HEAD AND IT STRUCK AN OVERCAST.

WHEN EE SWUNG CANOPY OUT IT CAUGHT HUM ABOVE LEFT KNEE CAP. EMPLOYER WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTI 1-30-97 OF INJURY.

RIB ROLLED OUT HITTING UPPER BACK.

HELPING CARRY PARATS TO COAL CHUTE FROM TRACK TO 3RD M/NORTH TRANSFER IN LOW TOP STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EE WAS PUTTING THE FRONT DRIVE LINE BACK IN THE FOREMAN S PICK UP TRUCK WHEN SOME DIRT GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HIS EYE WAS WASHED OUT WITH EYE WASH, BUT HE STILL HAD SOME PAIN IN HIS EYE SO HE W AS SENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BOARDING THE BUS (SCHOOL BUS) WHILE TAKING HIS FIRST STEP HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

MOVING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMP STATED HE WAS LOADING THE LAST 2' OF SOLID ROCK WHICH WAS LEFT ON TOP OF THE COAL SEAM. HAD LOADER BUCKET HOOKED UNDER A SLAB OF ROCK, CAUSING REAR TIRES OF LOADER TO RAISE APPROX 18" OFF GROUND. WHEN ROCK BROKE IT ALLOWED LAODER TO FALL. EMP FINISHED THE SHIFT AND WORKED UNTIL 8:00PM ON 1-22-97. DIAGNOSIS WILL BE MADE ON 1-27-97.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A DIESEL FUEL TRUCK ACROSS THE TOP OF A CHECK DAM TO REFUEL EQUIPMENT. HE STATED THE TRUCK PULLED TO THE LEFT AND THE TIRES WENT OFF THE EDGE OF THE ROAD CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL OVER AND DOWN THE DAM SLOPE(4-1 ANGLE).RAOD CONDITIONS WERE SLICK, MUDDY AND ICE. SEATBELT NOT WORN. THE TRUCK WAS FULLY LOADED AND CARRIED ABOUT 3000-3500 GALLONS OF FUEL.

EE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS LIFTING THE WHEEL CHOCK FROM THE WATER TRUCK, HE FELT A PINCHED NERVE.

EMP STATES: HE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE BOLTING MACHINE WHEN THE OPERATOR REPOSITIONED (MOVED) THE BOLTER, RUNNING OVER HIS LEFT FOOT, BREAKING TWO TOES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM THE MANTRIP PARKING LOT TO SURFACE SHOP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE CAUSING POSSIBLE TORN ROTATOR CUFF INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER.

VICTIM WAS CHECKING BITS AT AUGER HEAD. A ROCK FELL FROM ABOUT 10-12' UP THE HIGHWALL. IT FELL BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND THE HIGHWALL AND STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE THIGHS OF BOTH LEGS JUST ABOVE THE KNEES. THE VICTIM SUFFERED BRUUISING OF BOTH LEGS AND ONE SMALL CUT. HE WAS SENT FROM THE HOSPITAL THE SAME DAY.

MAN WAS PULLING ON A CONVEYOR BELT WITH HAND BELT CLAMP. THE CLAMP SLIPPED CAUSING MAN TO FALL DOWN. WHILE FALLING DOWN, HE EXTENDED LEFT ARM TO CATCH HIMSELF. HIS LEFT HAND STOPPED HIS FALL B UT HIS LEFT WRIST BROKE. CONVEYOR BELT WAS COLD AND HAD FROST ON IT DUE TO COLD WEATHER.

EE WAS CHANGING THE CUTTING EDGES ON A 375 KOMATSU BULLDOZER. AS HE LIFTED A USED CUTTING EDGE TO PLACE IT IN THE BED OF HIS MAINTEANCE TRUCK, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE PAIN DIMINSHE D SHORTLY BUT WAS FELT AGAIN LATER IN HIS SHIFT WHILE PERFORMING ANOTHER TASK. THE NEXT MORNING HE CONTINUED TO FELL PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND PAIN RADIATING DOWN HIS LEG. HE WENT TO A PHYSI

EE WAS OPERATING A SKID LOADER LOADING A TRUCK. THE LOADER TILTED FORWARD, THE EE PUT HIS HAND OUTSIDE THE LOAD CAGE ONTO THE TRUCK. AS THE LOADER TILTED FORWARD, THE CAGE CAUGHT HIS RT. INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE TRUCK.

INJURED SATED HE WAS ON THE ROOF, HE WENT TO GRAB A PIECE OF SHEETING, SLIPPED AND FELL, LANDING ON RIGHT KNEE CAP.

EE WAS CLEANING HHL SURGE TANK. DUST GO TINTO EE S EYES. EE STAYED INSIDE OF BIN FOR APP. 1/2 HOURS BEFORE COMING OUT.

EE STATED THAT HE PICKED UP THE WHEELBARROW HANDLES AND EXPERIENCED NECK PAIN.

WAS PACKING BAGS AT #2 PACKER & CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND PLATE AND IT PULLLED FINGERS IN & SMASHED THEM

EMP WAS REMOVING OLD BUGGY CABLE TO REPLACE WITHNEW ONE. AS OLD CABLE WAS BEING PULLED OFF, EMPSFOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE AND BUGGY (SHUTTLECAR).

EE WAS SWINGING A PICK WHICH HIT ON OVER HEAD OBSTRUCTION, BROKE LOOSE FROM GRIP & STRUCK EE IN RIGHT SHIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GUARD TO REPLACE ROLLER ON BELT. AFTER TURNING BLOWER AROUND IT KICKED BACK AND FELL OFF STAND. IN TRYING TO CATCH THE BLOWER WITH HIS HAND, IT BENT HIS WRIST BACK, SPRAI NING WRIST.

EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE MOUNTING HAULAGE TRUCK LADDER, LANDING ON BACK.

EMPLOYEE PULLED CHEST MUSCLE WHILE CLIMBING OTU OF HAUL TRUCK.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WATERING THE BUGGY HAULROAD THE SHUTTLE WAS TRAMMED INBY TOWARD THE FACE. AS THE SHUTTLE CAR TRAVELED THROUGH THE CROSSCUT THE CABLE SHIPPED ACROSS THE ENTRY STRIKING THE EE CAUSING HIM TO FALL, LANDING ON HIS CAP LAMP BATTERY

EE RAN OVER A ROCK WITH A DOZER AND WHEN THE DOZER CAME BACK DOWN ON THE ROADWAY, IT HIT SOLID ON THE HARD SURFACE OF THE ROAD. THIS CAUSED SHARP PAINS IN HIS LOWER BACK, THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HIP AND HIS LEFT LEG.

EE WAS STANDING ON THE BUMPER OF HIS GREASE TRUCK, WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN, HIS FOOT HUNG CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE.

WHILE BACKING UP DOZER, OPERATOR HIT A ROCK JAMMING NECK.

EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL FOR THE WELDER. THE FLASH FROM THE WELDING ARC, IRRITATED HIS EYES.

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON AN IMPACTOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

WAS LOADING RAILROAD RAIL ON TRAILER AND RAIL SLIPPED AND MASHED FINGER HAD TO HAVE STITCHES

EE STEPPED ON A PALLET, THE PALLET MOVED AS EE WAS GETTING OFF. EE FELLHITTING HIS RIGHT CHEEK ON A MOTOR. BRUISE TO RIGHT CHEEK.

EE WAS PLASTERIG STOPPING AND WHILE PLASTERING AROUND TOP 7' HIGH A DAB OF PLASTER DROPPED AND GOT INTO HIS EYE.

EMP WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO TIGHTEN A 2" HOSECLAMP. THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED OFF THE CLAMP AND CAUSED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS LEFT HAND. THE WOUND BECAME INFECTED 2 DAYS LATER.

HAULING WATER PIPE ON SCOOP AND IT CAME LOOSE AND A PIECE STRUCK ON CHEEK BONE.

EMP WAS BENDIGN ROOF BOLT. FELT HURT IN LOWER BACK AND TINGLING IN RIGHT LEG. POSSIBLE PULLED MUSCLE OR SLIPPED DISC IN LOWER BACK.

EMP WAS SCOOTING MINER MOTOR ONTO SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE STARTED EXPERIENCING PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND NUMBNESS IN RIGHT LEG. REPORTED ON 1-22-97.

LOWER BELT AT TRIPPER DRIVE WHEN BELT RAIL SLIPPED OUT OF SLOTS IN SPREADER BAR, DROPPING THE OTHER RAIL ONTO RIGHT SHOULDER AND COLLARBONE. FRACTURED COLLARBONE.

EE STATED HE ROCK IN ROADWAY AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.

WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE AT IN-LINE PLUG TO THROW CABLE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE AND FELT A PAIN IN THE BACK.

EE WAS ENTERING BATH HOUSE TO CHANGE CLOTHES-HE SLIPPED & FELL ON ICE, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND

WHILE FUELING LOCOMOTIVE, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE 01-20-97. RECENTLY (6-3-97) HE STEPPED OFF LOCOMOTIVE ONTO ROCK AND HIS KNEE BUCKLED. DOCTOR ATTRIBUTES KNEE CONDITION TO 01-20-97 INCIDE NT.

EES WERE CALLED TO 1431 SHOVEL BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER. WHILE PULLING THE HIGH VOLTAGE PLUG APART ON THE TRAILING CABLE EE'S FOOTING SLIPPED IN THE SNOW CAUSING HIS BACK TO TWIST & FELT SOME STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. NO GREAT DISCOMFORT WAS FELT AT THIS TIME SO EE CONTINUED TO HELP HIS PARTNER TO REMOVE THE CABLE PLUG AT 1431 SUBSTATION. AT THIS TIME BEGAN TO FELL PAIN IN LOW BACK

EMP WAS REMOVING TOOTH FROM LOADER. HIT TOOTH WITH HAMMER TO LOOSEN UP AND THE CORNER OF TOOTH CHIPPED AND METAL WENT INTO LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE NOTICED TIGHTENING OF MUSCLES IN MOVE OF BACK ON 1-10 & 1-11. REPORTED FOR DUTY ON 1-15-97. EE EXCUSED HIMSELF FROM DUTY DUE TO BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS STACKIGN 50# BAGS DURING ABOV E MENTIONED PERIOD.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OUT OF HIS TRUCK. HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX 6'. HE TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL & LANDED ON HIS LEFT ARM & ELBOW. HE WAS TAKEN TO OUR LOCAL NEIGHBOR HEALTH SERVICE. AFTER X-RAYS TAKEN HE WAS SENT TO N.E. ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.

EMLOYEE WHO WAS TROUBESHOOTING PROXIMITY SWITCH ON PALLETIIZER BAG TABLE. AS TABLE WAS CYCLED (LOWERED), THE LEFT HAND WAS NIPPED IN THE LOWER TRACK.

WHILE USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN A BELT PAN LINE INTHE RAW COAL TUNNEL AT THE PREP PLANT, THE INJURED'S GLOVE ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT ON THE BELT AND PULLED HIS ARM BETWEEN THE BELT AND A BELT RO LLER RESULTING IN BRUISE AND SWELLING OF HIS LEFT FOREARM.

EE WAS HELPING COWORKER INSTALL HEAD LAGGING ON CONV. #7. HE WENT HOME THAT NIGHT--HIS EYE STARTED HURTING.HE WENT TO HOSPITAL--THEY REMOVED A PIECE OF IRON. HE DID NOT HAVE SAFETY GLASSES ON THAT DAY.

THE EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEAT THE SIGH OF A STOPPED UP COAL CHUTE IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOAN THE MATERIAL AS HE SWUNG THE HAMMER HE BEGIN TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS BACK.

WAS CHECKING BELTS ON CRUSHER BEFORE STARTUP. THIS REQUIRES STANDING ON A LADDER, WHILE STANDING LADDER FELL BACKWARDS.

EE HAD SEEN A DOCTOR 2 WEEKS EARLIER FOR NUMBNESS IN HIS ARM, HE STATED HE DIDN'T KNOW IT IF WAS WORK RELATED. ON 1/20/97 AFTER DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK A COUPLE OF HOURS HE LEFT WORK COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN HIS ARMS, NECK & SHOULDERS.

TRYING TO CEMENT LARGE ROCK OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT IN RECLAIM TUNNEL. SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS FROM CONVEYOR PLATFARM, TRIED TO BREAK FALL WITH LEFT HAND. BROKE RIGHT WRIST.

EE WAS WALKING THROUGH A XCUT WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A ROOF CHANNEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER AND MISSED THE LAST STEP LANDING ON THE GROUND TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

THE EE STATED WHILE GOING TO THE MINER TO GET A LOAD OF COAL ON HIS SHUTTLE CAR, HE HIT A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP HURTING HIS LOWER BACK.

SUBECT WAS DESCENDIGN STAIRWAY BETWEEN THE 5TH AND 6TH FLOORS OF THE PREPARATION PLANT. SUBECT APPARENTLY LOSS BALANCE TEMPORARILY AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS TRANSPORTING A 5 GALLON CAN OF DIESEL FUEL UNDERGROUND AND WHEN HE LIFTED THE CONTAINER TO FUEL A MANTRIP, HE PULLED OR STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS CHEST.

EMP WAS COMING OUT OF TIPPLE DOOR ONTO STAIRWAY. SLIPPED ON ICE AND SLID DOWN THE STEPS. EMP SUFFERED A CONTUSION ON HIS LEFT KNEE AND A LUMBAR STRAIN.

CLIMBING DOWN FROM DRILL (DM45), FOOT SLIPPED. EMP PREVENTED FALL BY HOLDING HANDRAIL WITH RIGHTHAND AND PULLED SHOULDER.

EE WAS TAKING 828 COAL HAULER INSIDE. THE HAULER RAN OVER SOME LOOSE ROCK CAUSING OPERATOR TO HIT HEAD ON ROOF.

EE WA USIN GA PRY BAR TO RAISE A CLUTCH ASSEMBLY IN ORDER TO PLACE A SHIM UNDER ONE OF THE CORNER LEGS. WHILE DOING THIS THE BAR SLIPPED AND EE FELL. THIS RESULTED INTO ALL THE WEIGHT BEIGN SHIFTED TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE, FRACTURING A BONE IN THAT ANKLE.

EMP WAS OPERATING LOADER IN SPECIAL PRODUCTS PLANT. HIT A HIDDEN ROCK IN THE GROUND WITH LOADER BUCKET CAUSING A JOLT AND EMPS UPPER STOMACHE HIT THE SAFETY BAR OF THE LOADER.

EMPLOYEE WAS FOLLOWING A CABLE IN AN ENTRY. NEAR THE SHAFT BOTTOM. HE DID NOT SEE THE ICE ON THE MINE FLOOR. SLIPPED ON THE ICE.

EMPLOYEE HAD HAND LAYING ON CABLE TRAY WHILE ADVANCING SHIELD WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED OFF HEADGATE DRUM AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE A TAIL PULLEY BELT GUARD IN PLANT 1 TUNNEL AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. TAIL PULLEY BELT GUARD WAS REMOVED AND LAYING TO THE SIDE OF CONVEYOR WHILE NEW BELT WAS BEING INSTALLED. OLD BELT WAS BEING REMOVED FROM CONVEYOR AND SLACK GOT INTO THE BELT. IT PUSHED THE GUARD INTO THE EE.

CLIMBING LADDER ON STORAGE TANK. FOOT SLIPPED THROUGH LADDER RUNGS AND TWISTED KNEE.

EE RECEIVED WELD FLASH WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK.

CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF LOADER--APPARENTLY LOST GRIP & FELL BACKWARD TO THE GROUND LANDING ON BACK AND SIDE OF RIBS.

REMOVING GRIZZLEY BARS FROM NO. 4 COLLER--LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT UNDER BARS PINCHING END OF FINGER (RING).

WAS WORKING AT TOP OF SCALPING TOWER CHIPPING ICE OFF BELLY PAN OF SLOPE BELT. A PIECE OF ICE (3' X 2' X 6") CAME LOOSE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ICE AND THE FRAME OF THE BELLY PAN.

EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK AND WAS RETURNING FROM THE DUMP WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROADWAY JARRING THE TRUCK..

WORKER WAS WORKING ON SCREENING PLANT WENT TO CLIMB OVER FEEDER BOX, AND THE FEEDER BOX SLIPPED AND CAME AGAINST. WORKERS LEGS.

EE SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE WALKING FROM PERSON TRUCK TO EE TRAILER AND HURT HIS RIGHT KNEE. WORKED UNTIL 2-4-97, WENT TO DR ON 2-11-97 AND 2-18-97 COMPLAINING OF HIS RIGHT SHOULDER HURTING RETURN ED TO WORK ON 2-19-97.

EE WAS PULLING ON MINER #6 CABLE AND SOMETHING IN HIS BACK POPPED, HAD NUMB PLACE IN BACK. INJURED REPORTED TO WORK AGAIN AT 2300 BUT DID LEAVE EARLY. ON 1-20-97 CALLED AND SAID HE WOULD BE OF F FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACING AN AIR BRAKE ASSEMBLY ON A 2570 DRAGLINE. AS THE BRAKE WAS BEING PLACED IN POSITION, EE HAD HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE ASSEMBLY AND THE PEDESTAL AND HIS FINGERS WERE PINCHED.

WHILE REMOVING METAL REATINER BAND FROM A BUNDELOF ROOFBOLTS THE CUT BAND CAME LOOSE & THE END THAT WAS PULLED FROM UNDER THE BOLTS, COILED UP &STRUCK INDIVIDUAL IN FOREHEAD & AS HE PULLED BAN D DOWN AND AWAY, THE END OF THE BAND KNOCKED HISSAFETY GLASSES OFF & HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING A PUNCTURE & LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT EYEBALL. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED & IT APPEARS THE EYE

EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE, STARTE MISSING WORK 3-7-97 ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION SLIP AND FALL OF PERSON.

EE OPERTING SHUTTLE CAR WITH HAND HOLDING ON TO BOTTOM OF DECK. HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SHUTTLE CAR AND RIB. OPERATOR SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OPERATING SC HOLDING ONTO BOTTOM OF DECK

WHILE LIFTING TIRE TO PUT IT ON MUCKER STRAINED LEFT SIDE.

EMPLOYEE STATED SHE WAS TAKING DRILL AGUER OUT OF ROOF BOLT HOLE WHEN APIECEW OF ROCK DISLODGED FROM ROOF AND STRUCK HER ON HER HEAD, CAUSING PAIN IN NECK AND SHOULDER. DR'S REPORT RECEIVED O N 1-21-97 STATING, TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE STRAIN AND HEADACHES. DIAGOSED ON 1-20-97. TO DATE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN OFF 8 DAYS.

WAS HOLDING SHEET OF PLYWOOD, HAND SLIPPED OFF A I HIT MYSELF WITH MY THUMB IN MY RIGHT EYE.

MAN PICKED UP BOX A RESIN OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP AND TURNED HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

WAS WALKING UP SSTEPS IN BREAKER BUILDIGN WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON INCY STEPS. CONTINUED TO WROK UNTIL 3-19-97 WHEN HE WENT OFF WORK TO REPAIR ON OLD NAVICULAR INJURY THAT WAS AGGRAVATED B Y THE FALL.

WHILE CLEARING HANGUP IN TRANSFER BOX, EE FELL AGAINST MOVING CONVEYOR BELT

GRADER WAS FROZE UP ON HAUL ROAD. HE WAS THAWING OUT FUEL LINE. HE WAS STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE GRADER. ANOTHER GRADER WAS MAKING A ROAD AROUND THE GRADER WHEN HIS BRAKES AND FUEL FROZE UP, KILLING ENGINE. IT ROLLED BACKWARDS, HIT THE OTHER GRADER. HE JUMPED OFF THE SIDE AND HURT HIS KNEE.

EE, WAS SITTING IN THE OPERATOR SEAT WHILE ROCK TRUCK WAS PARKED. EE PASSED OUT & FELL HEAD FIRST TO THE FLOOR.

EE AND ANOTHER PERSON WERE REMOVING ROCKS FROM ROADWAY. WHEN FINISHED, EE HAD A BACKACHE.

EE WAS STANDING ON CONVEYOR WHEN OPERATOR STARTED IT. HE FELL BACKWARD LANDING ON HIS SHOULDER. RIGHT ARM HAS BEEN IMMOBILIZED IN A SLING FOR POSSIBLE PULLED LIGAMENTS.

EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT, AS HE WAS PUSHINGTHE BOLT UP WITH THE HOLE (VIA USE OF THE DRILL HEAD) HE ATTEMPTED TO POSITION THE ROOF BOLT PLATE, THE BOLT BENT, PINCHING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FIN GER BETWEEN THE BOLT HEAD & THE DRILL HEAD

WHILE WALKING FROM THE WAREHOUSE TO THE SLOPE THE INJURED SLIPPED ON THE ICE & FELL CAUSING A LACERATION APPROXIMATELY 2" LONG ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

WAS WELDING NUTS ONTO ROTOR OF BIRD DRYER WHEN THE ROTOR SHIFTED PINCHING HIS LEFT FINGER. HE WORKED UNTIL 9/29/97 WHEN HE WENT OFF TO WORK FOR SURGERY TO REPAIR TENDON IN HIS FINGERS.

WHILE GETTING INTO THE EUCLID R-50, HE FELL FROM THE LADDER & HIT THE BUMBER OF THE EUCLID ON THE WAY DOWN. THIS RESULTED IN A BROKEN TAIL BONE.

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND RIB MEASURING 30"X4'X5" HITTING INJURED IN HEAD SHOULDER AND STOMACH AREA. RESULTING IN POSSIBLE LIGHT CONCUSSION INJURED WENT TO DR ON 1-18-97 DUE TO VOMITING AND HEADACHES CAT SCAN DONE.

THE EE STATES THAT A PIECE OF COAL FELL OUT OF THE TOP & STRUCK HIM ON THE TOP ON HIS HARD HAT. HE WAS EXAMINED BY THE DOCTOR ON 1/18/97 & RELEASED TO WORK UNLESS HE WAS UNABLE TO DO THE WORK. THE EE STATES THAT HE RETURNED TO THE FR. ON 1/23/97 & WAS ADVISED TO TAKE 2 TO 3 WEEKS OFF WORK. THE EE STATES THAT HIS NECK WAS "STRAINED" ON THE LEFT SIDE.

EE WAS WALKING IN A LOW ENTRY CARRYING TWO SHORT SHAFT TO REPAIR THE MINER. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT BOARD JAMMING HIS NECK. HE DID NOT GO TO A DR UNTIL 2-3-97 AND DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICA L TREATMENT UNTIL 2-12-97.

THE EE WAS LIFTING A SPROKET & THIS CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS ABDOMINAL AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A HANDRAIL, TURNED AROUND TO PLACE SECTION OF RAIL BEHIND HIM. WHEN HE TURNED BACK TO FACE WORK AREA, LARGE AMOUNT OF STEAM ENGULFED AREA. HE LOST VISIBILITY, BECAME DISO RIENTED AND STEPPED FORWARD OFF THE DECKING TO GROUND LEVEL BELOW.

VICTIM STATED: WALKNG ALONG A BELTING FEET WAS MUDDY, HE SLIPPED, FALLING AND BUMPED HIS LEFT UPPER ARM AGAINST A WOODEN TIMBER.

THE INJURED EE WAS WALKING TO THE UNIT TRANSFORMER, HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF SLATE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP JARRING HIS LEFT KNEE. THE EE HAD SURJURY ON 3/18/97.

EE WAS CLIMBING ON PUSH ARM TO RETRIEVE TOOLS AFTER FINISHING JOB. HE SLIPPED ON PUSH ARM AND FELL BACKWARDS WITH RIGHT ARM STRIKING TILT CYLINDER.

TAKING ENGINE OUT OF LOADER.EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING BOLTS LOOSE FROM MUFFLER TO TURBO. ONE BOLT WAS REAL TIGHT,WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE. EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE FLOOR FRACTURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. (HE HA D ONE FOOT ON THE TOP STEP,THE OTHER ON FRAME OFTHE TIRE.)

EE STATES THAT WHILE WALKING IN ENTRY HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT ANKLE. THIS ANKLE HAS BONE FUSED FROM AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN 1993. BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 1/21/97.

UPON LIFTING A METAL PLATE, IT MOVED AND TWIST THE WRIST ON HIS LEFT HAND.

THE ROOF BOLTING STEEL WAS STOPPED UP AND AS HE WAS KNOCKING THE STEEL AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTER BOOM, IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE STEEL, HE CAUGHT HISFINGER BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTER STEEL AND ROOF BO LTER BOOM.

EE WAS CLIMBING THE STAIRS TO THE PLANT LUNCH ROOM. AS HE STARTED UP THE STEPS FROM THE BOTTOM, HE SLIPPED. EE TRIED TOKEEPFROM FALLING BY GRABBING THE HAND RAIL-STRAINING HIS BACK

EMLOYEE STEPPED ON LUMP OF COAL IN TUNNEL TURNED ANKLE.

THE EE WAS MAKING A POWER MOVE IN #3 ENTRY/#2 SECTION WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE HE WAS PICKING UP A CABLE.

INJURED WAS WALKING ACROSS SECTION AND SLIPPED ON SOME MUDDY MINE FLOOR. WHEN HE SLIPPED HE QUICKLY TWISTED HIS BODY TO KEEP FROM FALLING. WHEN HE TWISTED HE ALSO TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE, CAUSIN G PAIN IN HIS KNEE. HE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK (THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OK) UNTIL 1-21-97 AND THEN DECIDED TO HAVE HIS KNEE CHECKED. HE MISSED ONE DAY & THEN RETURNED TO WORK ON 1-23-97.

WORKING ON CUT OFF SAW, WHILE WORKING ON STONE, TWISTED HIS BACK UNLOADING STONE FROM SAW TABLE TO PALLET.

EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE WATER PUMP AND THE WATER TRUCK, HESLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS KNEE ON THE GROUND. THE KNEE CONTINUED TO HURT AND GOT WORSE UNTIL WALKING BECAME DIFFICULT. HE REPORT ED THE INJURY ON 1-27-97.

THE EE WAS PUSHING BOLT UP TO TOP WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN BOLT & HEADS IN ROOFBOLTER.

CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY & COAL RIB MASHED RIGHT ARM.

THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TOSS A 42" TIMBER FROM ONE. LOCATION TO ANOTHER. WHEN HE THREW THE TIMBER, HE LOST HIS FOOTING IN LOOSE COAL AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY. THIS ACTION RESULTED IN LOWER BACK STRAIN.

EE WAS PULLING SHIELDS USING ELECTRO-FLEX AND A ROCK WA IN FRONT OF SHIELD. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN ROCK AND CLEVICE.

RUNNING SC IN #4 ENTRY HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY, BOUNCED UP AGAINST CANOPY AND HURT LOWER BACK.

EE SLIPPED ON EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL CAUSING PAIN INHIS LOWER BACK. EE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 1-24-97.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING MATERIALS AND LACERATED HIS FINGER.

WHILE EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL, EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 1/21/97 AT WHICH TIME THIS BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS LETTING A 5' YIELDABLE LEG SKID DOWN OVER THE GOB PLATE OF THE LONGWALL. THE FOOT ON THE YIELDABLE LEG CAUGHT HIS ARM AND SMACKED IT AGAINST THE GOB PLATE. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WA S AWARENESS. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR. PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT O.K., MINER KNOWLEDGE MAYBE FACTOR. MINING EQUIPMENT/ SYSTEMS COULD BE A FACTOR.

EMP STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS CLIMBING ON A LADDER GETTING INTO LOADER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AN DHE LOST HIS FOOTING. HE THEN GRABBED ONTO THE LADDER TO CATCH HIS FALL AND STRAINED SOME BACK MUSCLE S. HE WORKED THE REST OF THURSDAY AND ALSO ON FRIDAY. WHEN HE CAME IN ON MONDAY HE DECIDED TO GO TO HOSPITAL DUE TO BACK PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE PUMP PART OF A PORTA PACK DOWN WHILE HIS CO-WORKER WAS PUMPING AND A PIECE OF METAL BROKE LOOSE, SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS KNEE. CAUSE OF INJURY WAS BEING TO CLOSE TO METAL WHILE EXERTING PRESSURE. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OK, MINER KNOWLEDGE COULD BE A FACTOR.

EE WAS DIGGING OUT LONG CONVEYOR AND WAS TRYING TO GET BETTER FOOTING. EE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST I-BEAM, INJURING LOWER BACK.

EMP STATED HE HAD DISMOUNTED HIS DOZER AND WAS WALKING TO HIS PICKUP TRUCK. SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

THE INJURED CHANGED THE DRIVE CHAIN ON THE BELT HEAD AND WHEN HE PUT THE GUARD ON THE CHAIN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

DROPPED HIS WRAP-WRENCH AND INSTINCTIVELY TRIED TO CATCH IT. THE ROTATION UNIT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO IT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF ROCKDUST WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, BRUISING HIS LEFT RIBS AND ARM. THE AREA WAS WET AND MUDDY.

WORKING ON BLASTING CREW, SNOW WAS COVERING A CRACK, HE STEPPED IN CRACK AND INJURED RIGHT LEG.

HE WAS SORTING CHLORITE AT THE ANTLER MINE. HE WAS PULLING A ROCK OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT INTO THE WASTE BIN. ANOTHER EE PULLED A ROCK OFF AT THE SAME TIME. THE ROCK HIT HIS FINGER AND BRUISED I T.

ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS, INJURED LEFT INDEX FINGER & BACK

WHILE REMOVING DRILL ROD FORM MACHINE, UPPER WRENCH BROKE AND CAME OUT STRIKING EMPLYEE'S LEFT FOOT.

INJURED WAS WALKING TO CONTROL ROOM OF FINE GRIND PLANT AND SLIPPED ON AN ICY SURFACE CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HIT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ONT HE GROUND CUTTING IT OPEN.

EE WAS ON HIS WAY TO COMPANY TRUCK TO GET IN TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON SNOW AND ICE ON THE PAVEMENT.

EMPLOYEE AND PARTNER WERE CALLED TO 1424 SHOVEL TO REPAIR THE HEATER IN THE OPERATOR'S CAB. AS EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE SHOVEL MACHINE HOUSE DOOR, STEPPING ONTO THE WALKWAY OUTSIDE, HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE JUST OUTSIDE THE DOORWAY. HE WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE HANDRAIL TO PREVENT FROM FALLING COMPLETELY, BUT IN DOING SO, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. DIAGNOSIS: SPRAIN. BEGAN TO LOSE TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT TO START DOZER. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE BLOWING SNOW (30 MPH WINDS). HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS DESCENDING STAIR TOWER ON THE CLINKER BLDG. WITH A PROPANE HEATER IN HIS RIGHT HAND. HE WAS AT THE FINAL FLIGHT BEFORE THE PLATFORM TO DESCEND THE FINAL 7 STAIR TO THE GROUND ELEVATION. HIS LEFT HAND WASON THE HANDRAIL, THE HANDRAIL TURNED, AND EE MISSED THE STEP. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BUT BUMPED THE CROSS BRACE. FELL APPROX. 15" AND LANDED ON HIS FEET.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A CHOCK ONTO A TRUCK, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EE WAS REMOVING SAND FROM THE GRIZZLY AND HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN THE BARS OFTHE GRIZZLY

EMPLOYEE BUMPED RIGHT SHOULDER ON SPILL CONVYOR FRAME WHILE WALKING AROUND NORTH MAIN HEADER.

EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING ON BOTTOM ROLLER, TO PUT ON BELT ROPE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

CUTTING WITH TORCH SPARK WENT IN RIGHT EAR.

THE EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY & HIT HIS HEAD INTO THE CANOPY. HE WAS WORKING ON #1 SECTION.

WHILE TRIPPING TOOLS, EE WAS USING A SLATE BAR BETWEEN THE DRILL PIPE AND TABLE CHUCKS. THE BAR SLIPPED OFF AND HE STARTED TO FALL BACKWARDS. EE CAUGHT HIMSSELF ON THE TONG JACK CABLE. EE S AID THAT HE WAS OK, AND RESUMED HIS TASK A FEW MINUTES LATER. EE CALLED OFF FROM WORK, WITH SORE BACK 4 DAYS LATER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE CRUSHER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER ABDOMINAL AREA.

MINER OPERATING A JACKLEG DRILL COLLARING A HOLE AT A CLOSE ANGLE. THE BIT SLIPPED OUT OF THE HOLE AND THE DRILL FOLDED BACK AGAINST THE LEG, PINCHING HIS LEFT HAND.

DRIVER WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVAL OF REFUSE FROZEN TO BACK OF DUMP TRAILER BED. SAFETY ARM, USED FOR IMMOBILIZING TAILGATE, WAS ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED LOOSE BY COWORKER. THIS ALLOWED TAILGATE TO S HUT AND BUMPED DRIVERS HEAD AS HE WAS WATCHING THE WORK. DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO EMERG HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION AND RELEASED BY DR APPROX 2 HOURS LATER.

THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF RESIN GLUE OFF OF MINER CANOPY ON MINER & WAS PLACING CLOSER TO ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INSTALLING RACK ON TRUCK W/LOADER. ROLLED TOO MUCH W/BUCKET, PINNING EMPLOYEE. PAIN TO BACK AND CHEST. TAKEN TO EMERGENCY.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE RT.SIDE OF A LEE NORSE ROOF BOLTER ON UNIT 1, ENTRY #4. HIS BUDDY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOLTER WAS FINISHING A HOLE WHEN THE HEAD OF THE WRENCH SNAPPED OFF & FLEW ACROSS THE BOLTER & STRUCK INJURED IN THE FACE. THIS RESULTED IN LACERATIONS TO THE FACE, CONTUSIONS & BROKEN TEETH.

WHILE PLACING ROCK HIS HAND SLIPPED AND SMASHED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

THE EE WAS WALKING, WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE WHICH CONTAINED MUD AND WATER ALMOST FOLDING TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. NOTE: THIS EE'S DATE OF INJURY WAS 01/15/97, HE WORKED UNTIL 01/30/97 WHICH A T THAT TIME HE STARTED LOSING TIME AWAY FROM WORK.

ICE ON CATWALK APPROACHED TO SCALEHOUSE. INJURED NECK AND BRUISED KIDNEY.

WHILE PREPARING FLATBED FOR SHIPMENT, EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING AND FELL FROM TRUCK.

EE WAS STRAIGHTENING A METAL SHUTTLE CAR DRAG. AS HE WAS LIFTING ON THE DRAG HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.

INDIVIDUAL WAS TRAMMING CONTINUOUS MINER ACROSS SECTION WHEN THE MINER WAS TRAMMED OVER A PLACE INT HE BOTTOM THAT CAUSED THE DECK OF THE MINER TO BE RAISED IN THE AIR, PUSHING OPERATOR AGAINS T THE MINE TOP.

THE EE WAS CUTTING THE BOLTS OUT OF THE GUARD RAIL (RUB RAIL) TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON THE TRAMMOTOR WHEN IT CAME LOOSE UNDER PRESSURE & LANDEDON HIS FOOT

EE STATED THAT SOMETIME DURING THE SHIFT HIS BACK FELT TIGHT FROM LIFTING PATIO BLOCKS

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH DOORS GOING TO TRACK LOADING AREA WHEN DOORS CLOSED SUDDENLY, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK AND CHEST.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE EXIT LADDER TO GT OFF THE WA-700 KOMATSU LOADER. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD OPERATED THIS NEW LOADE.R IT IS MUCH LARGEER THAN THE OLD LOADER AND THE LAST ST EP IS FATERH FROM THE GROUND THAN THE EMPLOYE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO. WHEN HE STEPPED FOR THE GROUND, HE GOT HIS FOOT HUN IN THE BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LADDER AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

SPOT BOLTING ON OLD MINE ENTRIES. EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR. HE HAD A HOLD OF THE BOLTER STEEL AND HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT PULLING HIS GLOVE FROM HIS HAND AND BREAKING HIS RIG HT ARM.

OPERATOR WAS WORKING TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE COAL & LOADER RAN OFF EDGE COAL 2 FEET HIGH & JOLTED OPERATOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A HOLE AT THE BOTTOM OF A CEMENT BLOCK WALL AND HE REACHED THRU THE HOLE OT STRAIGHTEN OUT A BLOCK. THE BLOCK ABOVE FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIS THUMB. CAUSE OF THIS INJUR Y WAS AWARENESS AND TAKEN CORRECTIVE ACTION WHEN A HAZARD WAS PRESENT. COMPLAINCE WITH RULES/REGS WAS NTO A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS BEIGN WORN, MINER INCENTIVE.

EE REPORTED HE SLIPPED ON SNOW AND INJURED RT KNEE.

EMP CLEANING A BUILDUP OF MATERIAL FROM AN OVERHEAD STORAGE BIN. A CHUNK OF BUILD UP DUST FELL FROM ABOVE AND STRUCK EMP ABOVE KIDNEY ON BACK. EMP WAS STOOPED OVER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. EMP B EGAN LOST TIME ON 2-4-97.

RE OCCURANCE OF OLD INJURY--EE WAS CLEANING SNOWFROM DUST COLLECTR PIPES, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK RESULTING IN LOST TIME. REOCCURANCE OF INJURY TO BACK

EE STATES THAT HE FELL ON THE ICE WHILE WALKING FROM HIS VEHICLE TO THE PLANT. CONDITIONS WERE WEXTREMELY SLICK DUE TO A SEVERE ICE STORM. HIS BACK CONTINUES TO BOTHER HIM AN DHE RETURNED TO T HE DR ON 2-11-97 AND PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS PRESCRIBED.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN PIECE OF ROCK CAUGHT IN JAW CRUSHER

EE WAS GOING TO CHANGE BATTERIES ON A SCOOP, WHEN HE STARTED TO GET UPON THE SCOOP HIS BACK WENT OUT.

EE WAS WORKING ON A 6" DISCHARGE LINE THE WAS FROZE UP. WHILE HOLDING A ROCK BAR THE SUPERVISOR CHARGED THE PUMP THUS CAUSING THE LINE TO BREAK. THE PIPE STRUCK THE EE ON RIGHT ANKLE.

JACKING 65 LB RAIL AND JACK HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF JACK STRIKIGN EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH.

WHILE CROSSING OVERCAST INJURED PERSON STEPPED ON PORTABLE STEPS WHICH GAVE WAY RESULTING IN SPRAIN OF RIGHT ANKLE.

WAS FUELING UP A LOADER. STEPPED ON A BLOCK AND BLOCK FELL. FELL ON GROUND AND BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER.

INJURED WAS WALKING THE 3RD MAIN NORTH BELT PERFORMING AN ONSHIFT. HE STEPPED UP ON AN OVERCAST, AND SOMETHING PULLED IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE SLIPPED ON LOOSE COAL MATERIAL & FELL AGAINIST THE RIB INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS DRIVING AROUND CORNER AND A ROCK (2'X3'X 3" FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE NECK). BY 12:30 PM HEWAS COMPLAINING ABOUT NECK GETTING STIFF. EE ALSO COMPLAINED LATER ABOUT THIS INJURY HURTING HIS BACK.

EE WAS CHANGING DRILL STEEL WHEN HE STEPPED BACK A FEW FEET, A ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND HIT EE ON THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE SEEN 2 LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK HANGING DOWN FROM THE TOP. HE STOPPED TO PULL IT DOWN. IT HIT THE TROLLEY WIRE AND FLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS OTHER HAND AND CUT HIS HAND.

THE SCOOP CUT THE BOLTER CABLE CAUSING THE BREAKER TO KNOCK. INJURED PUT BREAKER BACK IN CAUSING A ELECTRICAL ARC WHICH RESULTED IN BURNS TO HIS HAND.

CROSSCUT AT UNDERGROUND SHOP, EE WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER EE THROUGH A MAN DOOR. 1ST PERSON THROUGHSLIPPED & FELL AND LET GO OF THE DOOR. THE METALMAN DOOR THEN CAME DOWN SUDDENLY HITTING EE'S RI GHT RING & MIDDLE FINGERS

EE REPORTED A POSSIBLE HERNIA. HE ALLEGES HE HAD SURGERY FOR A HERNIA APPROX 12 YEARS AGO. HE HAS NO IDEA WHEN THIS CURRENT HERNIA PROBLEM HAPPENED, HOWEVER, HE REPORTED IT 1-14-97. NO ACCIDEN T OR INJURY.

EMPLOYEE MISSED WORK DUE TO BACK PROBLEMS

WHILE HE WAS USING A PROPANE TORCH A FOOT HANDLE WITH A TORCH END THE TORCH END BECAME TOO CLOSE TO THE BELT ROLLER KNOCKING THE TORCH END AGAINS THE ROLLER AND THE OTHER END HAND PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE WALK WAY STRUCTURE.

WALKING FROM PARKING LOT TO WORK, EE SLIPPED ON A SLICK SPOT NEAR ATHE SECURITY STATION

THE INJURED WAS LEAVING THE LUNCHROOM AFTER LUNCH AND HE SNEEZED CAUSING PAIN IN HIS NECK.

ON WAY TO WORK EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICY AREA NEAR GUARD STATION AND INJURED LEFT SHOULDER. A DETERMINATION WAS MADE TO PERFORM SURGERY AFTER SHOULDER FAILED TO RESPOND TO THERAPY. FIRST SHIF T MISSED WAS ON 4/9/97.

SLIPPEDON WET GROUND AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO SCSR WHICH WAS ON HIS BELT.

ELECTRICIANS WERE CHANGING MOTOR ON JAW AND AS THEY WERE LOWERING IT INTO POSITION EE WAS ASKED IF HIS HANDS WERE CLEAR, HE SAID YES. WHEN THE MOTOR WAS LOWERED DOWN IT CAUGHT THE INSIDE TIP O F HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND SUPPORT.

EMPLOYEE WALKED OUT OF THE SHOP AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE ICE. THE EMPLOYEE PULLED LIGAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. OPERATION ON 2/11/97 ON RIGHT KNEE.

STONE SLAB STRUCK EE'S BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP BIG ROCKS IN OR AROUND AGLIME HOPPER IN RESULT HE SPRAINED HIS BACK AND HURT HIS THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP CRIBBING BLOCKS IN PREPARATION TO MOVE PORTABLE CRUSHER.

EE WAS COMING OUT OF THE DRYER CONTROL ROOM, WHEN HE SAW A SMALL PATCH OF ICE. HE TRIED TO STEP OVER THE PATCH TO AVOID IT, BUT THE PLACE HE STEPPED STILL HAD A THIN LAYER OF ICE COVERING IT. THIS CAUSED EE TO SLIP AND FALL DOWN ON HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE CATWALK.

WHILE THE EE WAS BOLTING TOP, HE WAS CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER THE ROOF BOLTER BOOM FOR MORE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BOOM AND MINE FLOOR TO USE LONGER DRILL STEEL WHEN HE PLACED HIS THUMB ON TOP O F THE DRILL STEEL AND ACCIDENTLY HIT THE STAB JACK LEVER CAUSING THE DRILL STEEL TO RAISE CATCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE MINE ROOF AND THE DRILL STEEL. END OF RIGHT THUMB TORN OFF.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS SUPPOSED TO OCCUR WHEN AN EMPLOYEE WAS SEARCHING FOR A BUCKE IN THE RETURN AND HE CLAIMS HE FELL. HURTING HIS SHOULDER. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS UNSAFE PROTECTIVE EQUIPME NT (WORN BOOTS). COMPLAINCE WITH RULES/REGS WAS NOT A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS INADEQUATE, MINER INCENTIVE WAS A FACTOR, MINING EQUIPMENT/SYSTEMS WAS NOT A FACTOR

PICKED UP BOX OF BLUE FROM SCOOP BUCKE TO BACK OF BOLTER, THEN SAID HE HURT HIS BACK. HAD TO BRING OUT SIDE.

EE WAS BLOCKING UP COAL DRILL WHICH HAD BECOME STUCK. DRILL SHIFTED & SETTLE ON EE'S LEFT THUMB CAUSING LACERATION.

MOVING IDLERS AND FELT PAIN TO NECK AND SHOULDRS. FIRST REPORTED 1-14-97. LOST TIME 2-4-97.

EE WAS CLEARING BRUSH FROM THE EDGE OF THE QUARRY, GETTING READY TO SET UP HIS BURNER IN THIS NEW LOCATION.

WHILE UNLOADING RAIL FROM RAIL TRUCKS HE PULLED A RAIL OFF AND A SECOND RAIL WAS STUCK TO IT. THE SECOND RAIL HIT HIM IN THE LEFT SHIN SLIPPING ON ACROSS HIS LEFT FOOT.

USING BAR TO GUIDE STEEL SHEET INTO POSITION. BAR SLIPPED. CUTTING LEFT LOWER LEG.