Mining Incidents in March 1998

EE WAS REMOVING CRIB BLOCKS FROM LEFT RIB. HE WENT AROUND THE BACK END OF THE SCOOP TO GET THE CRIB BLOCKS ON THAT SIDE. AS HE DID, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL RROM THE RIB TO THE BOLTS. THE ROCK FEL L ON THE SIDE OF THE SCOOP & SLIDE DOWN CATCHING THE EE'S HEAD BETWEEN THE ROCK & THE MINE FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING HEAD PULLEY GEAR BOX ON RADIUS ARM BELT IN AREA ABOVE SAND PILE #4 AFTER PROPERLY. LOCKING OUT BELT AND ENERGY SOURCE. PROEPRLY GUARDED PLATFORM WAS PROVIDED AND USED. NOT KNOWN AS TO WHY OR HOW EMPLOYEE LEFT PLATFORM. EMPLOYEE WAS LATER FOUND AND RESCUED FROM PRODUCT CHUTE BENEATH SAND PILE #4.

IMPROPER PARKING ON SLOPE AND FAILURE TO SET BRAKES

SELF-EMPLOYED TRUCK DRIVER WAS STANDING A SCALE. I OBSERVED HIM STANDING THEN LOOKED AWAY ABOUT 20 SECS LATER I LOOKED BACK AND HE WAS FACE DOWN LYING ON SCALE. NO SIGNS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HI M OR WHAT CAUSED HIM TO FALL. LOADER OPERATOR SAID HE APPEARED PALE WHEN HE LOADED HIM EARLIER.

A MAN WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH WHEN CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT. A SCOOP TRAMMING THROUGH A DROP CURTAIN, HIT A MANTRIP RIDE, PUSHING IT BACK ABOUT 2'. THE VICTUM WAS CRAWLING BETWEEN THE MANTRIP RIDE AND THE RIB AT THAT MOMENT.

EMPLLOYEE WAS FOUND INW ATER NEXT TO DREDGE, WITH LIFE JACKET ON. SITUATION BEING INVESTIGATED. EMPLOYEE HAD 27 YEARS EXPERIENCE OPERATING YARDERS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN LOGGING INDUSTRY,, SMILIAR TO OEPRATING WINCHS ON DREDGE. EMLOYEE WS KNOWN TO HAVE DIABETES.

EMPLOYEE AND PARTNER WERE WORKING ON THE 3570 LEVEL. EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A ROCK SLAB FELL FROM THE BACK ADN UPPER RIB OF THE RAISE STATION EXCAVATION. HE AND HIS PARTNER WERE PLACING ONE END OF A STEELL CAP ON TOP OF THE SUPPORT POSTS AT THE TIME OF THE GROUND FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A SAFETY JACK IN THE NO.3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM.

WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR A JAM ON THE MACHINE, IT CLOSED ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE LOST MOST OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER Y

EE SUSTAINED RIGHT INGUINAL HERNIA WHILE TRYING TO OPEN A VALVE.

WAS SETTING A STEEL GUARD OVER A COUPLER WHEN GUARD SLIPPED & GOT HAND ON SHAFT, & CUT OFF PART OF INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

WHILE WORKING IN THE SHOP ON A TAIL PULLEY HE LIFTED IT OFF THE STAND TO MOVE IT. WHEN HE DID IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. WHEN HE GRABBED FOR IT HE FELT A SHARP BURNING IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDO MEN. HE DID NOT GO TO DR. OR MISS ANY WORK UNTIL4-7-98 WHEN HE WENT TO DR. DR. SAID HE HAD A HERNIA.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING SOME SUPPLIES WITH A SMALL AIR TUGGER TO THE SHAFT BOTTOM DURING A SHAFT SINKING OPERATION. THE EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE CABLE. WHEN HE STARTED THE TUGGER UP AGAIN, HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CABLE AND THE SHEAVE BLOCK. EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE 1ST JOINT (TIP) OF LITTLE FINGER AMPUTATED.

LIFTING 5 HP PUMP, FELT PAIN IN GROIN, DIAGNOSED WHITH HERNIA.

EE WAS GUIDING DENSIFYIER SCREW TO GROUND, DURING THE UNLOADING WHEN THE SCREW TWISTED & PINNED HIS HAND ON THE GROUND.

EE WAS DRILLING HOLES WITH DRILL RIG. HE WAS LETTING DOWN THE AUGER. IT DIDN'T LINE UP WITH THE CUCK ON DRILL. HE REACHED OVER TO LINE THEM UP WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND DIDN'T LET THE PRESSURE O FF AND IT PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST DRILLE FRAME & AUGER, BREAKING THUMB & CUTTING OPFF 1ST JOINT OF INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON 2.5" X 2.5" X 1/4" ON TO AN F600 TRUCK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN. A HERNIA WAS REPORTED TO COMPANY ON 6-8-98.

EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LEFT INGUINAL HERNIA WHEN HE STRETCHED FORWARD TO KEEP FROM FALING AS A RESULT OF SLIPPING WHILE WALKING IN SLIPPERY MUCK AT THE SOLVENT EXTRACTION DUMP LEACH PAD.

EE WAS SALVAGING CONVEYOR BELT IDLERS IN CONVEYOR DRIFT. AS HE WAS STACKING THE IDLERS ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO IDLERS. THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS AMP UTATED, INCLUDING BONE LOSS.

EE WAS DESCENDING FROM 460 DRAGLINE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

EE WAS HELPING COWORKERS ATTACH A HOIST CABLE END TO A HOIST DRUM LUCKER CLAMP ASSEMBLY USING AN ELECTRIC TUGGER. AS THE HOIST CABLE END STARTEDUP INTO THE LUCKER CLAMP, EE INADVERTENELY PLACE D HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE TUGGER CABLE CATCHING THE DISTAL PORTION OF THE LAST 3 FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE SHEAVE WHEEL AND 9/16" CABLE. INJURY RESULTED IN AVULSION TO DISTAL PORTI

EE WAS TRYING TO SEPARATE SECTIONS OF DRILL RODS BY PUTTING A LARGE WRENCH ON THE LOWER SECTION & HAVING THE OEPRATOR TO ENGAGE THE DRIVE. HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH & THE DRI LL FRAM. THE TIPOF HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS AMPUTATED.

INJ WAS UNLOADING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET & CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND UNDER BUCKET BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE BUCKET AND THE MINE FLOORINJ WAS IN THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP WHEN THE ACCI DENT OCCURRED. LOST 21/2 FINGERS

WORKER WAS RIDING ILLEGALLY ON UNDERGROUND HAUL TRUCK, WHEN FRONT WHEEL DROPPED DOWN INTO THE DITCH PIPE, THE INJ WORKER SLIPPED OFF HOOD AND LANDED ON THE FLOOR. AT THE TIME THERE WAS CONCERN WITH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BEING INJURED AT THE HOSPITAL I WAS TOLD THAT HIS SHOULDER WAS OK BUTSUSPECTED NECK RE-INJURY. THEY DONE MRI FINDING HIS NECK AHD THE VERTEBRATES.

EE WAS BREAKING A BOLT LOOSE ON AN OVERHEAD PIPEWHITH A BREAKER BAR WHEN THE NUT BROKE LOOSE. HECAUGHT HIS BALANCE TO PREVENT FALLING AT THIS POINT HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. THIS EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNEA ON 3/18/98. HE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 3/19/98

EE WAS ASSISTING THE REPAIRS OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR TO A COAL VIBRATOR. WHEN EE LIFTED THE MOTOR OFF THE HOIST, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SCREEN FRAMES AND WHILE LIFTING FRAMES FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN/NAVEL AREA. EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR HERNIA ON 3-3-98.

EE GOT OFF THE PERSONNAL CARRIER TO SIGN A DATE BOARD. HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN WET BOTTOM AND HIS FEET WENT UNDER THE PERSONNAL CARRIER, CAUSING THELEFT KNEE TO TWIST

WHILE LOADING MINER, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL LANDING ON THE EE'S LEFT FOOT.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING CHANGE A SCREEN OUT IN D&R IN PLANT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND PAIN GOT WORSE. HE STARTED MISSING WORK ON APRIL 5, 1998.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING THE BLADE CONTROL LEVER DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF THE D10 DOZER- STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

WALL TRACK SWITCH INC-7 OFF LENGTH SECTION EE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE APPRETIOR FROM PARTMENT OF HIS MOTOR TO THROW A TRACKSWITCH AND STOPPED ON A LUM OF COAL AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKEL.

EE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE OVER HIS HEAD TO HANG FROM TOP WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK.

ROCK DUST WAS BLOWN INTO EYES WHEN DUSTER CAP BLEW OFF.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER PUSHING SPOIL OFF OF THE BENCH. AS HE WAS BACKING UP THE DOZER, HE BACK OVER SOME ROCKS LAYING IN THE ROAD CAUSING THE DOZER TO JAR HIM RESULTING IN A WHIPLASH EFFECT TO HIS NECK.

ORE SLURRY PIT BECAME PLUGGED WITH LARGE ROCK, CAUSING PROCESS WATER & MILL PROCESS SLURRY TO BUILD UP. PLUGGED CULVERT ON INCLINE OF 15 TO 20 DEGREES. EE WENT UP CULVERT TO DISLODGE BLOCKAGE. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE DEBRIS, THE FORCE OF EXISTING POOL OF WATER IN PIT BROKE BLOCKAGE FREE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO FLOW & BE PUSHED DOWN CULVERT PIPE.

DOESN'T KNOW HOW HE HURT IT.

HE WAS SUPPLYING THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE IN NO 2 ENTRY. WHILE LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MACHINE NEAR THE DUST BOX AREA, A ROCK RIB ROLLED OUT PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE MACHINE. THE PORTION OF ROCK THAT STRUCK HIM WAS APPROX. 10' X 24" X 4-18".

EE WAS WORKING ON A SCREW CONVEYOR IN KILN 6 PRIMARY ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR. WHILE DESCENDING A LADDER, HE JUMPED OFF THE SECOND TO THE LAST RUNG. WHEN HE LANDED ON HIS FEET ON THE CONCRET E FLOOR HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS OPERATING CO. TRK #347, HE WAS BEING LOADED BY CAT 992D LOADER. TRK #348 CAME INTO PIT PULLED UP & STAGED TO BACK UNDER LOADER. OPERATOR OF TRK. #348, LOOKED INTO MIRROR, & SEEING LOADE R BUCKET IN AIR, BACKED INTO PIT LOADING AREA. HE THOUGH TRK #347 HAD LEFT THE PIT. TRK. #348 BACKED INTO THE FRONT OF TRK #347, HIS BED CONTACTED THE CAB, INJURING EE. 1ST DAY MISSED, 4/3/98

EE WAS HIT ON FOOT AND KNOCKED DOWN--STATES THAT HE STRAINED HIS NECK AS A RESULT OF THE FALL. BEGAN LOSING TIME 10-01-98.

INJURED CLAINS TO HAVE SLIPPED AND TWISTED BACK WHILE CLEANING ON VORSIEVE SCREEN WITH A PIECE OF 2" PVC PIPE WHILE WORKING ON 3RD FLOOR OF PREP. PLANT THE ALLEDGED INJURY ACCURED ON 3-31-98 A ND WAS NOT PROPERLY REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR UNTIL4-13-98 WHEN INJURED VISITED EMERGECY RM AT HOPSPITAL.

PULLING WIRE THROUGH PIPE--STRAINED.

DURING REMOVAL OF REAR AXLE U BOLTS, CUTTING TORCH ROLLED IN HAND PASSING TIP OVER FINGERS OF LEFT HAND BURNING THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS ON LEFT HAND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

EE WAS RELIGHTING A ZINC POT WHEN IT FLASHED BACK INTO HIS FACE, THROAT, & LEFT ARM.

EE PUT FULL WEIGHT ON LEFT ARM WHEN JUMPING OFF FEEDER HEARD SOMETHING POP. WENT TO DR HE HAD RUPURTED TENDON IN BICEP LEFT ARM.

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING A SAFETY JACK ON UNIT THE INJURED STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MANNING THE MAIN ENTRANCE GATE. A VEHICLE ENTERED THE PLANT AT PERIMETER, TURNED AROUND AND TRIED TO EXIT AT A HIGH SPEED. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE ROADWAY SIGNALLING FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. HE WAS FORCED TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY OF THE VEHICLE AND IN DOING SO TRIPPED AND FELL SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

WORKING ON FINAL DRIVE ON DOZER: INJURED LOOSENED PLUG TO RELIEVE PRESSURE. WHEN OIL STOPPED OOZING FORM PLUG, HE THOUGHT PRESSURE WAS OFF & PROCEEDED TO REMOVE PLUG AT WHICH TIME THE PLUG BLE W OUT SPEWING OIL ONTO INJ'S RIGHT HAND AND ARM RESULTING IN BURNS TO THESE AREAS.

EMPLOYEE GOT OFF MANTRIP TO CLOSE DOOR. FORCE OF FAN CAUSED DOOR TO SLAM AGAINST HIS LEFT HAND MASHING AND BREAKING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. \

WHILE WORKING EE SLIPPED ON FLOOR INJURING HIS RIGHT KNEE. * REPORT RECEIVED SHOWING EE GETTING PHYSICAL THERAPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING TO FILL AREA WHEN HE HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD THAT CAUSED HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE TRUCK CAB.

EE WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT TO INSTALL IT INTO THE HOLE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM.

HE WAS GOING OVER TO THE SCREEN DECK AND THE LOADER MOVED FORWARD HITTING HIS BACK.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO WELD AND PAD EYE ON THE ROCK BREAKER, THE ROCK BREAKER HAD TO BE ROLLED OVER AND IN DOING SO PINCHED EE BETWEEN THE ROCK BREAKER AND THE OXY ACETYLENE RACK CAUSING A HAIRLI NE FRACTURE TO THE LOWER RIGHT LEG.

TWO PODS WERE PULLED THROUGH THE BULK ROCK DUST FILL AREA AND WERE THEN BACKED UP TO THROW THE POD CLOSER TO THE HOLE. THE EMPLOYEE STARTED TO HOOK THE FILL HOSE WHEN THE POD SHIFTED CATCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE WHEEL AND A SPARE TIMBER LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR PARTIALLY BURIED IN ROCKDUST.

EE STATED HE WAS STANDING AT THE BATTERY END OF A SCOOP IN NO.6 ENTRY WHEN NO.9 SHUTTLE CAR PULLED INTO ENTRY AND STRUCK THE EE'S LOWER RIGHT LEG.

WHILE CLEANING THE GRIZZLY, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A LARGE ROCK ON 3-30-98. HE SAW A DOCTOR ON 4-6-98.

EE WAS CLEANING AROUND A CONVEYOR SUPPORT, EE FAILED TO SEE THE CONCRETE PIER & HER CAUGHT THE BOTTOM LEFT SIDE OF BUCKET ON THE CONCRET PIER, CAUSING EQUIPMENT TO STOP SUDDENLY.

THE EMPLOYEE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE UPPER PART OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK EXTENDING TO THE LEFT ARM. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S ARMS IN THE COURSE OF HIS USUAL WORK.

EE WAS HELPING PUT NEW PC-9 BELT ON & FELT BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN AREA. HE WENT TO THE DR 3/31/98 & IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHENING A ROOF BOLT TO INSTALLIT IN THE ROOF. THE HEAD OF THE PIN DIDN'T LINE UP WIHT CHUCK. HE BUMPED THE ROTATION SO IT WOULD LINE UP WHEN THE HEAD OF THE BOLT AND PLATE CA UGHT HIS GLOVE, PULLING HIS ARM AROUND BOLT, THRWING HIM FORWARD.

FUELING 201 LD PIT TRUCK, AS HE WAS PUTTING HOSE INTO TANK IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND, HE REACHED FOR IT & LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL 6' TO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

THE INJURED PERSON WAS MAKING BELT SPLICE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

THE EE WAS USING A SAFETY BOLT WHILE CLEANING SOME WATER SPRAYS. AFTER THE JOB WAS COMPLETED HE BEGAN TO FELL PAIN IN HIS BACK.

MAN STANDING BETWEEN CLOSELY PARKED PU TRUCK & A MAINTENANCE TRUCK, TRUCKS FACING SAME DIRECTION. DRIVER OF MAINT. TRUCK STARTED A BACKING TURN, PINCHING THE STANDING PERSON BETWEEN RIGHT FRON T FENDER OF MAINT. TRUCK & L DOOR OF PU TRUCK & THEREFORE BRUISING HIS LEFT THIGH.

HAD COMPLETED PULLING GROUND WIRE INTO CABLE TROUGH AND MADE GROUND WIRE CONNECTION GETTNG READY TOPUT TROUGH COVER ON, WHEN A FLASH TO OURLEFT OCCURRED IN TROUGH.

WHILE RIPPING OUT A BOULDER IN THE ROADWAY WITH A DOZER, EE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.

EE CRAWLED ONTO THE AXLES OF THE CONVEYOR AND BEGAN JUMPING UP AND DOWN TO TRY AND FREE THE POLES.THE CONVEYOR FELL ON EE CAUSING MULTIPLE BONE FRACTURES TO HIS RIGHT LEG, BONE HIP, BONE ANKEL AND SKULL JAW RIBS. RIGHT LUNG TO BE PUNCTURED

THE EE WAS SQUARING A 6 INCH CHANNEL IRON WITH A 6 INCH I BEAM, THE I BEAM FELL ON THE EE'S RIGHT HAND HIS RIGHT SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS WERE CUT.

EE AND OTHER EE WERE SPLITTING A ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMERS WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FROM ONE OF THE HAMMERS SPLITTERED OFF AND STRUCK EE IN HIS RIGHT ARM. IT LODGED UNDER HIS SKIN.

3 EAST LONGWALL EE STATED HE TRIPPED OVER THE ELECTRICAL MATTINE AT HEADGATE BOX, THEN STEPPED ON A ROUND ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST THE MINE FLOOR RESULT ING A DISLOCATION OF THE ELBOW.

OPERATOR WAS IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION WHEN HE REPORTED TO WORK. SHORTLY AFTER 0915 HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT ARM. SWELLING OCCURRED. LEFT JOB SIT FOR TREATMENT. PREVIOUS TO THIS, HE WAS OP ERATING A D-10N CAT DOZER.

LOADING 2300 CABLE ON CAR, STRAIN BACK. *SPECIALIST NOTIFIED US ON 4/7/98 THAT THIS IS A NEW INJURY.

EE WAS SHOVELING MUCK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP WITH SUPPLIES FROM SURFACETO SECTION WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK NEAR BRATTICE#104. THIS CAUSED THE SCOOP TO RISE UP ON OPERATOR'S SIDE, BUMPING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE FOOF. NH HIS NECK IS SUPPOSED TO BE STRAINED.

EE WAS STANDING ON CATWALK REMOVING SCALE FROM STEAM SPARGER. FORCE FROM WEIGHT OF SCALE PLUS THE FORCE FROM THE SCALE GUN CAUSED THE PIPE TOBREAK AT THE LOWER FLANGE-NEAR EE'S FEET. THE PIPE STRICK THE EE AND HE FELL INTO THE SECONDARY TANK. THE EE WAS KNOCKED INTO THE LAUNDER WHICH SRURROUNDS THE PERIMETER OF THE TANK. EE IS AWAY FROM WORK WITH LOST TIME INJURY.

STRAINED BACK WHILE OPERATING YARD LOADER.

PLACED HAND ON ROOF BOLTER ARM TO RAISE UP, DRAWSLATE STRUCK LEFT HAND.

EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE INSTALLING A CLEAN UP PUMP ON THE FLOOR INJ EE PICKED UP A 90DEG ALL AND FLANGE AND TURNED TO HAND IT TO OTHER EE AND THIS RESULTED IN EE PULLING ON MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING RUB-RAIL OFF ON RIGHT MINER WHEN RAIL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

WHILE WORKING ON THE DRILL, EE STEPPED DOWN AND SLIPPED ON HIS KNEE.

INJURED STRAINED HIS BACK WHENHE SLIPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL & FELL.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND STATED HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE IN MID-SECTION OF BACK.

THE INJURED AND TWO CO-WORKERS WERE LOADING CONVEYORS ON A TRAILER TO BE REMOVED FROM THE YARD. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE HAND RAILING NEEDED TO BE REMOVED FROM ONE CONVEYOR SO THAT IT WOULD SE T PROPERLY ON THE TRAILER. THE INJURED WAS CUTTING THE RAILING WHILE ON THE TRUCK BED WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED AND THE INJURED FELL TO THE GROUND.

PULLING A LINE CURTAIN OUT OF A WATER HOLE IN #5HEADING & HURT HIS BACK

WHILE PULLING THE WATER PUMP HOSE UP TO THE TRUCK IT STARTED TO SLIP AWAY SO EE GRABBED IT HARDER

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON 14 CM GATHERING ARM WHEN THE HEX BIT SLIPPED OUT OF THE ALLEN BOLT. EE S RIGHT HAND STRUCK SHARP EDGE ON ARM, CUTTING FINGER.

40 TON CRANE WAS LEASED TO ESSROC AND UNDER ESSROC SUPERVISION AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. [EMPLOYEE TURNED CRANE OVER]

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS THUMB ON HIS RT HAND BETWEEN A CRIB BLOCK AND A SCOOP BATTERY.

STRAINED ANKLE, FOOT HUNG IN CURTAIN WHILE PULLING ON WATERLINE.

HAD COMPLETED PULLING GROUND WIRE INTO CABLE TROUGH & MADE GROUND WIRE CONNECTION GETTING READY TO PUT TROUGH COVER ON, WHEN A FLASH TO OUR LEFT OCCURED IN TROUGH.

HE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM HIS DRILL & HIS SHOULDER "POPPED".

WAS BENT OVER CHANGING A RETURN ROLLER ON BELT. WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. ON 6-22-98 HE WAS WORKING AND AGAIN EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN. HE WAS SENT TO A DOCTOR ON 6-23-9 8 WHO DISABLED HIM.

EE STOOD ON PUMP TO OPEN WASTE OIL CONTAINER WETBOOT SOLE CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND CATCH HMSELF WITH RIGHT ARM, STRAINING SHOULDER.

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOOMER USING LEVERAGE PIPE WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN SHOULDER.

OPERATOR WAS PULLING BRUSH TO BUILD ROAD TREE CAUGHT BEHING ANOTHER TREE AND JUMPED OVER STRICKING LABORER ON LOWER PART OF RIGHT LEG SUBJECT WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE LEG WAS DETERMINED TO BE BROKEN.

EE WAS GOING TO CHANGE BRUSHES ON A CLEAN COAL SWEEP SAMPLER. HE GOT ON THE BELT TO DETERMINE HOW THE REPAIR SHOULD BE MADE & WAS STRUCK BY THE SAMPLE BUCKET. IT APPEARS THAT HE MUST HAVE TRIP PED SOMETHING IN THE SAMPLER CAUSING THE BUCKET TO SWING.

A ROCK 0"-6" X 42" X 48" FELL FROM ROOF, FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS WITHOUT WARNING, STRIKING A MAN SITTING IN THE DECK OF A ROOF BOLT MACHINE. IT PUSHED HIS HEAD INTO THE MACHINE, LACERATING HIS HEAD, BRUSING HIS BACK BEFORE FALLING ONTO HIS FOOT, LACERATING IT & FRACTURING A BONE IN HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE REAR OF A CATEPILLAR 16G MOTORGRADER. HIS RIGHT FOOT BECAME MOMENTARILY CAUGHT IN A BRAKE LINE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL OFF OF THE MACHINE. EM PLOYEE LANDED ON HIS LEFT ELBOW. PAIN AND SWELLING, AND POSSIBLY FRACTURED ELBOW.

CLIMBING OFF A 992C, FOOT SLIPPED, LOST BALANCE, TWISTED KNEE.

EE WAS MOVING A HEAVY SPOOL OF ELECTRICAL WIRE. WHEN EE PULLED ON THE SPOOL, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE HAD A LOWER BACK INJURY PRIOR TO THIS EVENTS.

HE WAS STANDING IN THE ENTRY AND WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A ROCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO CUT PIPE STAND IN TWO WIHT A GRINDER! GRINDER CAUGHT AND KICKED BACK STRIKING LEFT FOREARM. GRINDING OR CUTTING MEAT ONARM.

EE WAS INSIDE THE BELLY PAN CLEARING MAT'L FROM THE WALLS, WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF MAT'L BROKE LOOSE FROM THE SOUTH WALL & HIT THE LADDER HE WAS STANDING ON. HE FELL FROM THE LADDER & SOME MATER IAL HIT HIS FACE.

LIFTING PACKSETTERS.

EE STATED WHILE PULLING CABLE FELT PAIN IN RT SIDE. *EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 4/27/98.

EMPLOYEE HOOKED CAHIN TO 3 FEEDER TUBES. CAHIN WAS TOO LONG TO CLEAR THE AREA. LEAD PERSON WAS DIRECTING OPERATOR TO LET PIPE DOWN FOR CAHIN READJUSTMENT AND BEFORE PIPES HAD SETTLES, THE EMPL OYEE REACHED T OADJUST CAHIN, PIPES SHIFTED THUSCAUSING THE OPEN WOUND FRACTURE ON HIS RIGHT RING FINGER TIP.

MAKING BELT SPLICE, HAMMER CHIPPED PIECE AND HIT LIP.

HE WAS RUNNING MINER WHEN A ROCK FROM 0 TO 1' THICK BY 8' X 10' LONG FELL FROM THE ROOF AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD, KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND PINNING HIM UNDER IT. HE WAS APPROX. 5' INBY LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS.

ROOF BOLTER OPERATER WAS INSTALLING BOLT & STRAP WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM BROKE LOOSE PINNING OPERATOR TO GROUND.

EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE #5 ENTRY ON THE 001 SECTION. AS HE WAS SWINGING THE HEAD OVER, HE NOTICIE A PIECE OF ROCK FALLING. HE THEN TURNED TO AVOID IT AND THE ROCK HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HEEL.

THE INJURED WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS & STRAPS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RT. LEG.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT AND FELT A POP IN HIS BACK.

SEVERAL EES TRYING TO MOVE VOLVO TRUCK AWAY FROM BACKHOE--SEVERAL OTHERS STANDING AROUND. ROCKS FELL FROM BED OF TRUCK--ONE STRUCK EE'S LEG.

EMPLOYEE WORKING ON DRYER AT PREP PLANT. HOPPER ASSEMBLY CAME LOOSE, HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT EYE BROW KNOCKING HIM INTO WALL.

WHEN THE PUMP WAS RESTARTED, EE NOTICED THAT THE HOSE WAS "TWISTED" ACROSS THE HAUL ROAD. EE ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE DISCHARGE HOSE UNDER PRESSURE. THE HOSE CAUGHT THE EE'S GLOVE & HAND. HE SU STAINED A STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT WRIST.

INJURED WAS EXITING SAMPLE BUILDING WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER DOOR SATCH CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND HITTING HIS CHIN ON GROUND CAUSING INJURY.

INJURED WAS CHANGING OIL IN CAT. HE WAS TAKING OIL FROM SMALL PAN INTO LARGER DISPOSABLE CONTAINER. HE WAS IN BENT POSITION, WHEN HIS BACK POPPED. PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL BY AMBULA NCE.

EE WAS DUMPING LOAD ON PAD, WHEN LOAD SHIFTED JARRING HIS NECK.

TRUCK STARTED TO TURN OVER, BACKHOE WENT TO LOW SIDE OF TRUCK--USED BUCKET TO HELP TRUCK MOVE FORWARD. WHEN TRUCK HAD MOVED FORWARD--OPERATOR IN TRUCK LIFTED BED PARTIALLY--BACKHOE WAS NOT CLE AR. BED STRUC CAB OF BACKGHOE--PUSHING BACKHOE CAB ONTO OPERATOR'S FEET.

PICKING UP 15 FT REBAR PIPE BROKE LEFT ARM.

EE HAD BEEN USING AN AIR HAMMER WHILE CLEANING UP AN AREA IN THE RAW PLANT SILOS. HE CLAIMS REPETATIVE MOTION ALONG WITH AWKWARD MOVEMENTS CAUSED A STRAIN.

ENDLOADER PARKED AT SUPPLIES & ROCK TRUCK BACKEDINTO END LOADER.PARK BRAKE WAS SET BUT TRUCK HITEND LOADER MAKING BUCKET ON LOADER GO AGAINST ANKLE OF EE'S FOOT

RIGHT FT SPRING BROKE WHERE ROAD HAD ELEVATION CAUSING TRACTOR AND TRAILOR TO OVER TURN.

EE WAS WORKING ON A FEEDER BREAKER HE DID HAVE IAT LOCKED OUT BUT SOME OTHER PARTY LOCKED THE BELT OUT & WHEN THEY FINISHED & REMOVED THEIR LOCK, THE BELT STARTED UP & RUN EE THROUGH THE DISCH ARGE END OF THE FEEDER, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE PELVIS & THE LOWER BACK.

INJURED FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA WHEN LIFTED A BUCKET OF PARTS.

INJURED WAS GOING THROUGH A MAN DOOR WHEN HE STRAIGHTEN UP AFTER GOING THRU DOOR HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED CAUSING PAIN AND RESULTED IN TORN CARTILAGE.

WHEEL BROKE OFF MANTRIP,THROWING VICTIM WITH A SUDDEN STOP.

EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING A CHAIN TO PULL ROCK OFF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. AS HE WAS GETTING INTO POSITION TO HOOK THE CHAIN, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER.

INJURED PARTY HAD JUST GOF OFF HIS SHUTTLE CAR AND WALKED AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR. AS HE WAS READY TO STOP HE STEADYED HIS RIGHT ON FRONT OF CAR TO HEL HOLD HIS BALANCE. HE TRIPPED AND AS HE TRYED TO CATCH HIS SELF HE DRUG HIS RIGHT HAND ON FRONT OF SHUTTLE CAR STRIKING A METAL BURR CUTTING END OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS TRAMMING MINER BACK FROM FACE. HE HAD HISRIGHT FOOT POSITIONED BETWEEN CABLE AND MINER FRAME. THE MINER CAUGHT THE CABLE, WHICH TIGHTENEDUP CATCHING RIGHT FOOT & LEG BETWEEN CABLE & MIN ER FRAME. THE RESULT WAS A FRACTURE TO THE TIBULA ABOVE THE ANKLE. NO DAYS OF WORK WERE LOST RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY ONLY

FELL ON ICE UNDER WATER INJURED HER SHOULDER AND BACK.

CONDUCTING CONTINUITY AND RESISTANCE OF GROUND SYSTEM. A FALT OCCURRED IN THE ENERGIZED 480 VOLT MAIN DISCONNECT SWITCH FOR OIL HOUSE RESULTING IN PHASE TO GROUND AND PHASE TO PHASE FALT. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ARC CAUSED BURNS TO FACE AND HANDS AND ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

PICKING UP OUTRIGGER PLATE. PICKED IT UP TO PUT IT IN THE HOLDER. IT SLIPPED AND FELL OUT OF HOLDER. HE TRIED TO CATCH IT AND THE PLATE SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND THE PLATE.

EE WAS GOING TO TOOL CAR & STEPPED IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

MOVED THE DRILL OFF THE BLASTING SITE & WHILE WAITING FOR THE SHOOT, THE DRILLER WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE DRILL BIT. HE HAD PARKED UNDER A HIGH VOLTAGE LINE. ALSO, THERE WAS A GAS LINE ABOUT 10 ' BELOW GROUND IN SAME AREA. DRILL RIG BOOM HIT THE HIGH VOLTAGE LINE, GROUNDED AND CAUSED A GAS EXPLOSION. DRILLER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO ALL 4 EXTREMITIES.

STEPPED DOWN OFF OF TRUCK, TURNED ANKLE ON RIGHT TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BOLTING MACHINE IN A BELT TRENCH. HE WAS INSTALLING BELT HANGER CHAINS ON ROOF BOLTS. AS HE TIGHTENED BOLT WITH CHAIN ON IT THE CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND HIS ARM AND THE BO LT WRENCH. HE PUSHED PANIC BAR, SHUT THE MACHINEDOWN. HIS RIGHT FOREARM WAS FRACTURED.

EE ALLEDGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE MOVING A PUMP TO A WATER HOLE.

SAMPLING STOCKPILE OF COAL, TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN THE PILE TO BOTTOM.

EE GET A 5 GAL CAN OF OIL DOWN ONTO THE MINE FLOOR, THEN STARTED TO WALK AWAY FROM IT. WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE BECAME UNSTABLE FELT LIKE IT JUST GAVE UP ITS SUPPORT ABILITY-NO PAIN WITH THIS SENSAT ION. WORKING IN 7 NORTH MAINS SECTION #3 ENTRY JUST INBY TRACK.

EE WAS OPERATING THE CONT MINER AND STARTING A CROSSCUT BETWEEN #2 & #3 ENTRY. EE WAS ON LEFTHAND SIDE OF THE MINER LINING UP HIS CROSSCUT. THE RIBS HAD BEEN BOLTED EXCEPT WHERE #1 & #2 ENTRY WAS GOING TO BREAK THROUGH. EE WAS STANDING IN LINE WITH THE AREA WHERE THE RIBS WERE NOT BOLTED. A RIB CAME DOWN STRIKING EE ON THE BACK OF THE RIGHT LEG. THE RIB MEASURED 8'HX4'WX8" TH

CONDUCTING CONTINUITY AND RESISTANCE OF GROUND SYSTEM. A FALT OCCURRED IN THE ENERGIZED 480 VOLT MAIN DISCONNECT SWITCH FOR OIL HOUSE RESULTING IN PHASE TO GROUND AND PHASE TO PHASE FALT. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ARC CAUSED BURNS TO FACE AND HANDS AND ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

HE WAS JOGGING BELT TO CHECK FOR REPAIR AND HE SLIPPED IN SAND UNDER BUTTONS AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS WELDING A SET OF LEGS ON THE BELT. EE'S LEG SLIPPED OUT AND FELL ON SOME ROCKS.

SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING ON SCRAPER TO CHANGE OIL, INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.

PICKUP TRUCK GOT STUCK IN SAND. USED A COMEALONG AND CHAIN TO PUL TRUCK OUT. CHAIN LINK BROKE AND COMEALONG HIT EE IN THIGH. THIGH WAS BRUISED. NO IMPAIRMENT.

PICKUP TRUCK GOT STUCK IN SAND. USED A COMEALONG AND CHAIN TO PULL TRUCK OUT. CHAIN LINK BROKE AND COMEALONG HIT EE IN THIGH. THIGH WAS BRUISED . NO IMPAIRMENT.

WHILE HELPING TOHANG MINER CABLE IN UNIT #1,THE INJURED FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS WAITING TO LOAD A CAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN PINS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND THE HEAD OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WORKING ON THE WATER SPRAYS. WHILE DOING THIS HIS LEFT KNEE STRUCK A CUTTING BIT BRUISING THAT KNEE. INITIALLY EMPLOYEE'S INJURY WA S DIAGNOSED AS A CONTUSION HOWEVER IN A CONVERSATION WITH HOM ON 4.25.98 HE REVEALED HE HAD TO HAVE FLUIDS DRAINED FROM THAT KNEE ON A LATER DOCTOR'S VISIT.

WHILE WORKING ON BATTERIES ACID ACCIDENTALLY GOT INTO EYES--ACID SPASHED INTO EYES.

TWISTED ANKLE

AT 12:30PM EE CUT 20' OUT OF RIGHT SIDE PILLAR SPLIT. HE SET MINER OVER TO CUT UP LEFT SIDE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS APPROX 3' X 4' X 3" TO 4' THICK, PINNING HIS HEAD B ETWEEN HIS KNEES. A CO-WORKER HEARD HIS CALL FOR HELP, FLIPPED ROCK OFF OF HIM. EE HAD 4 VIRTABRYS COMPRESSED IN HIS LOWER BACK, WHICH HAD HAPPENED EARLIER IN HIS MINING HISTORY BEFOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A ROOF BOLT OPERATOR. HE REACHED UP AND PULLED A ROOF BOLT UP INOT THE DRILL HOLE. AS HE WAS HOLDING THE BOLT IN PLACE, THE THE OPERATOR LOWERED THE DRILL HEAD CATCHING TH E HELPERS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD METALMOTOR GUARDING, AND A ROCK WHICH WAS ON THE MINE FLOOR.

MISSING TIME FROM A 4-15-96 INCIDENT TO BACK. EE MISSED DAYS, 3-27,28,29, 4-3 THRU 47, 4-15, 4-30, 6-24 AND 8-21 TO PRESENT TIME.

4 LEFT-4 NORTH MAN WAS PULLING BONDER OUT OF A VEHICLE, PICKED IT UP TO CARRY, GOT SHARP PAIN IN BACK, FELL DOWN. BONDER HIT LEG.

EMPLOYEE REPORTEDLY WAS LOADING BAGS ONTO A SCOOP.

EE WAS GETTING OFF CAGE, SHE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HER ANKLE.

MAN WAS USING A PRY BAR ON A COVER. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED CATHCING RIGHT HAND.

EMPLYOEE WAS TRAMPING A HUTTLE CAR FORM THE DUMPPOINT TO THE MIVER. HE MADE A RIGHT TURN FROM NO. 3 ENTRY TO GO T ONO. 4 ENTRY AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM ON THE CORNER OF THE PILLAR. HJIS ARM WA S CUT AND FRACTURED APPROX. 2 IN. BELOW ELBOW.

EE ALLEDGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE HANDLING BELT STRUCTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING IN A FACE AREA TO GET HIS TRUCK LOADED WITH MUCK. HE BACKED INTO A LEDGE AND THIS JARRED HIM AROUND AND STARTED HIS NECK ADNB SHOULDER CAUSING HIM PAIN.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A CHAIN WITH A COME-ALONG TO SECURE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON A TRAILER. WHEN HE SHIFTED HIS WEIGHT TO HIS LEFT FOOT, HIS LEFT KNEE BECAME DISLOCATED. HE HAD ORTHOSCOPIC SURGER Y ON THE SAME KNEE IN 1988.

INJURED WAS LIFTING A FEED JACK OUT OF A BOLTER HEAD WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

WHILE THROWING CRIB BLOCK OUT OF THE WAY, HIS LITTLE FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN TWO BLOCK.

EE STATED WHILE REMOVING TRAFFIN IDLER FROM THE BELT FRAME, HE PUSHED THE IDLER AWAY FROM HIMSELF AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE IDLER FLANGE AND BELT CHANNEL.

EE REPLACED A SCREEN PANAEL & HAD INSTALLED A REAR INSPECTION COVER. IN THE PROCESS OF TIGHTENING THE BOLTS WITH A RATCHET HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. HE VISITED A DOCTOR AT LUNCH & FINISHED H IS SHIFT. THE NEXT DAY HE FELT PAIN & MADE A DR.APPT. HE WAS PUT ON NO DUTY STATUS. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 3/30/98 WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING A PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR TO PICKUP. HE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO LIFT THE FRONT OF THE COMPRESSOR WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF THE BAR AND STRUCK HIM IN THE ANKLE.

PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OFF OF CANOPY, HITTING THE COAL RIB AND EE IN THE LOWER BACK.

MINER HELPER WAS MOVING CABLE WHEN HE LAID HIS LEFT HAND ON THE CABLE SECURE CLAMP AND HIS ELBOW GOT AGAINST THE TOP RESULTING IN A BROKE WRIST.

GETTING DOWN OFF TRACKHOE & SLIPPED OFF TRACK & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN HIS ASSIGNED WORK AREA, WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER AN AIR HOSE.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A LOADER IN A COAL STOCKPILE ADJACENT TO A HIGHWALL AS HE WAS LOADING COAL, THE LOADER BUCKET SNAGGED A ROCK IN THE HIGHWALL. THIS MOMENTARILY STOPPED THE LOADER BUT AS THE LOADER BUCKET FREED FROM THE ROCK, THE LOADER MOVED SUDDENLY JARRING THE EMPLOYEE.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF JUMPSTARTING A CATERPILLER 16G ROAD GRADER. USING A SET OF BOOSTER CABLES EE CLAMPED ONTO THE GRADER BATTERY THEN PROCVCEDED TO CONNECT THE BATTERY ON A CATERPILLER 77 7 END DUP TRUCK. HE CONNECTED T0 THE POSITIVE TERMINAL AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CONNECT TO THENEGATIVE TERMINAL AN EXPLOSION OCCURED

WHILE LIFTING CRIBS, STRAINED WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OF A HANGER BOLT FOR OLD BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE MOVED HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO OPERATE A 992G ON 3/23/98. EE FURTHER STATED THAT HE BY 3/25/98 THAT THE MACHINE WAS SO STIFF THAN ANY MOTION CAUSED BACK PAIN. HE NOTIFIED THE FOREM AN AND WAS REASSIGNED TO A 992C. EE WORKED UNTIL4/10/98. HE VISISTED HAZARD ARH AT 7:00AM ON 4/10/98 WHERE HE WAS GIVEN 3 DAYS OFF WORK

PICKED UP A TIMBERS, PAIN IN LOWER BACK

WHILE HELPING TO OPERATE A BEETLE DRILL, DRILLIGN A 25 DEG ANGLE HOLE, HE WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND BRACING HIMSELF FOR LEVERAGE WITH HIS LEFT HAND ON THE TABLE OF THE DR ILL BY THE WRENCH. WHEN THE STEEL WENT ONTO THE OTHER STEEL, THE WRENCH MOVED AND TURNED THE STEEL THAT WAS IN THE GROUND. THE ROTATION WAS NOT ON HOWEVER.

PICKED UP 506 BRIDGE CARRIER SPEEDREDUCER STRAINED BACK.

WHILE HAMMERING ON THE WEDGE OF THE DRAGLINE, HEFELT THAT A PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DR YET. HE WILL SEE DR MOTA ON 5/19/98. HAS INFECTION IN HIS EYE. DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY MISSED TIME FROM WORK

WAS PULLING ON BELT PIPE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS KNEE

VICTIM WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

HE LIFTED A BAG OF GRAPHITE IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF HIS DUTIES AND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA.

EE PUT A PIECE OF STONE IN A DUMPSTER AND THEN WENT TO PICK UP A HAMMER AND FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA

HOISTMAN IN 31OO DRIFT. DRIVING MOTOR, OPENED AIR DOOR AND SOMETING GOT IN HIS EYE. DID NOT SEEK TREAMENT UNTIL 3/265/98

EMPLOYEE WAS ALIGNING A CONVEOR BELT WHEN HIS ARM GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR. HIS ARM WAS BROKEN AND HAD SERIOUS CUTS.

IT IS ALLEGED THAT AFTER COMPLETING HIS SCHEDULED SHIFT, EE WAS WALKING TO HIS VEHICLE WHICH WEAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT AT COMPANY. A GUST OF WIND CAME UP AND BLEW DUST/LIME INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE WENT HOME AND WASHED THE EYE AND IN THE MORNING HE STILL AHD THE SENSATION THAT THE PARTICLE WAS IN THE LEFT EYE.

EE HELPING TO LOWER BELT STRUCTURE WHEN THE STRUCTURE SLIPPED

THE INJURED PERSON SAID HE WAS RIDING UP BELT LINE ON A 3 WHEEL CART. HE WAS HAULING A TIMBER. THE TIMBER STARTED TO FALL OFF. WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO STRAIGHTEN THE TIMBER UP E RAN INTO A BO TTOM PIECE OF STRUCTURE ON THE NO. 4 BELT LINE ,N 12' INBY SURVEY STATION 383.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL IN A DOZER ENGINE. AS HE WAS GETTING OFF OF THE MACHINE HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF ONTO THE GROUND.

MINER HELPER WAS STRUCK ON LEFT FEMUR BY BOOM ON 14CM10 MACHINE APPROX. 7.5" BELOW LEFT HIP JOINT.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK #223. AS EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL HIS RIGHT THUMB GOT CAUGHT IN THE STEERING WHEEL TWISTING HIS RIGHT THUMB AND RIGHT WRIST.

EE STATED WHILE PICKING UP A CRIB BLOCK FELT PAIN IN BACK WHEN HE TWISTED TO INSTALL BLOCK ON CRIB BEING BUILT.

THE INJURED EE WAS ON THE TAILPIECE CLEANING ON THE BELTS. AS HE TRIED TO GET DOWN HE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS BACK, RESULTING IN A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

WHEN UNLOADING TIMBERS FROM A SUPPLY CAR, THE INJURED'S LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO TIMBERS WHEN A TIMBER WAS DISLODGED STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THIS INJURY R ESULTED IN A BROKEN BONE OF THE 5TH FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

A TRUCK DRIVER STOPPED HIS HAUL TRUCK TO MOVE A ROCK OFF THE RAMP WHICH HAD FALLEN OUT OF A TRUCK. IN DOING SO HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE STATED SHE WAS WALKING DOWN BELT SLOPE AND SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND STRUCK HER ARCH ON A WALKWAY BOARD. EE STATES SHE HAS HAD ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH HER FOOT SINCE THE ACCIDENT. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 7-30-98. IT IS UNSURE AT THIS TIME WHETHER IT IS A STRAIN, POSSIBLE FRACTURE OR CALCIUM DEPOSITS.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING THE CONVEYOR CHAIN TAKE-UP BOLT ON THE STANDARD DRIVE SHUTTLE. WHILE PULLING ON BAR TO TIGHTEN THE BOLT THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF. THE SUDDEN SLIP CAUSED THE EMPLOYEES LEF T ANKLE TO CREEL AS HIS WEIGHT SHIFTED, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE AND OHTER EMPLOYEE WERE GOING TO REPLACE A BAD ROLLER. EMPLOYEE SHUT THE BELT SWITCH OFF JUST INBY XC 22 ON 16 1ST SOUTH BELT. EMPLOYEESTARTED ACROSS THE BELT WHEN THE BELT CAME ON EM PLOYEE TREAVELED DOWN THE BELT 3 X-CUTS (210').

EE STATED HE WAS CARRYING 50# BAGS OF ROCK DUST IN LOW TOP WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACKFIRST LSOT WORK DAY OCCURED ON 3/26/98

MAKING BELT SPLICE & CHAIN BROKE & BELT KNIFE CAME UP & HIT EE IN THE MOUTH.

THE MAN WAS WELIDING A BEAM WHEN AN UNEXPECTED FLASH BURNED BOTH EYES.

EE HAD JUST FINISHED TIGHTENING A ROOF BOLT AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NEXT ONE HIS LEFT FOOT BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS USING AN AIR DRILL TO REMOVE A BROKEN IDLER CAP BOLT FRAME D-8N DOZER. WHILE WEARING APAESCRIPTION SAFETY GLASSES WITHOUT SIDE SHIELDS A SMALL PIECE OF METAL GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSIN G CORNEAL ABRAISIONS. HE WAS TREATED WITH ANTIBIOITICE EYE DROPS AND A PRESSURE DRESSING AND MISSED 3 DAYS OF WORK.

THE INJURED WAS LAYING CABLE OFF OF SIDE OF MINER WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OFF, KNOCKING THE INJURED AGAISNT THE SIDE OF MINER AND FALLING ON HIS RIGHT LEG BREAKING THE LEG.

SLIPPED ON BUCKET LADDER ON DREDGE HIT UNDER LEFT UPPER ARM ON IRON.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE INJURED HIS LOWBACK AND LEFT HIP WHILE STANDING ON THE GROUND PICKING UPSTRAIN INSULATOR BELLS AND LOADING THEM INTO THE BED OF A COMPANY OWNED PICKUP.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STANDING ON RIGHT DRAGLINE SHOE, AS THE WITNESS REPOSTIONED THE STEEL PLATE. THE PALTE'S WEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING IT TO SLIDE TOWARD THE TUB, HITTING INJURED'S RIGHT LOWER LEG AND ANKLE.

CLEANING SNOW AND ICE OFF WINDSHIELD OF CRANE AND SLIPPED AND FELL.

WHILE LOADING 10FT SECTION OF DRILL PIPE ON PIPETRUCK EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK AND FELL OFF PIPE TRUCK 3FT LANDING ON WINCH HOUSING HIS TAIL BONE ABSORBED THE ENTIRE IMPACT OF THE FALL.

EE LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE FUELING A D-7 DOZER. HE STEPPED ONTO A NEAR BY NJ BARRIER AND FELL. NOTE - ACCIDENT REPORT MADE ON 5/29/98 DUE TO CONTINUING PAIN. FISRT DAY OFF WAS 7-12-98. SCOPE KN EE/TEST

EE WAS PULLING DRAW ROCK WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF DRILL AND FELL OFF OF DRILL LNADING ON RIGHT ARM.

THIS EE FELT PAINS IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE CARRIED A DRILL STEEL FROM THE STEEL ROCK ON THE BACK OF THE DRILL IN THE BEAM.

EE WAS BEATING ON THE SIDE OF THE BIN WITH A BAR WHEN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER POPPER CAUSING HIS ARM TO GO NUMB AND FINGERS BEGAN TO TINGLE.

EE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PELLET MILL DOOR AND THE PELLET MILL WHEN A SECOND EE CLOSED THE DOOR TO THE SYSTEM NOT REALIZING A PERSON WAS IN THE AREA. INJURED EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 3-1 1 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURED RIB AND A SEPARATED SHOULDER.

INJURED PARTY HAD BEEN RUNNING THE ROOF BOLTER WITH HIS EYE PROTECTION ON HIS EYE, PROTECTOIN HAD FOGGED UP ON HIM SO HE TOOK HIS GLASSES OFF FOR JUST A MIN. WHI8LE HIS GALSSES WERE OFF SOMETH ING BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. IT DID NOT BOTHER HIM THAT MUCH TILL 3.26.98 THAT'S WHEN HE DECIDED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.

EE STATED WHILE TRAMMING LOADED RAM CAR TO FEEDER. THE STEERING JACK BROKE CAUSING RAM CAR TO HIT COAL RIB CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED INSIDE OPERATION DECK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK 4/3/98

EMPLOYEE INJURED ANKLE WHILE CLIMBING ONTO STONE MUCK PILE TO RETRIEVE A FUEL CAN.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS DRIVING A B&E BACKHOE TO THE MINE SHOP, THE ENGINE DIED. HE STEPPED OFF THE MACHINE BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE MACHINE. INVESTIGAT ION REVEALED THAT THE MACHINE HAD ADEQUATE BRAKES.

MINER WAS SPLICING A PLUG CORD ON A GRINDER WHENKNIFE HE WAS USNING SLIPPED AND CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE TO HIS THUMB

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IN A BELT TRENCH. HE HAD PULLED THE MACH INTO A CUT AND HAD SET THE ATRS AGAINST THE TOP. HE WAS STANDING BY THE CONTROLS OF THE MACHINE WHEN A PI ECE OF STONE FELL FEOM THE TOP BETWEEN RIB AND FIRST BOLT. STONE STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A TOOTH ON SHOVEL BUCKET, REACHED OVER TO LIFT TOOTH AND STRAINED BACK.

EE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON A SCOOP AND FELL DOWN IN THE MUD

EMPLOYEE WAS SPRAINED/STRAINED HIA BACK WHIL EHE LIFTED A HYDRAULIC JACK (APPROX. WEIGHT 100 LBS.) FROM UNDER NO.4 HARDINGS MILL. INDIVIDUAL BENT OVER TO LIT JAK UP ONTO CART AND FELT PAININ L OWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN #2 ENTRY. HE WAS LOADING BOLTS ONTO HIS MACHINE. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN ANDBURNING IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. ACCIDENT OCURED DUE TO MOVING TOO FAST, OVER EXERTION, AND USING IMPOROPER LIFTING PROCEDURES. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKENTO THE BLACKEY/LEATHERWOOD CLINIC. EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PULLED BACK MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A PULL EYE BUSHING IN A DRAGLINE BUCKET. HE WAS SWINGING AN 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER OVER HIS HEAD WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO COMPANY SERVICE TRUCK. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR JAM AND JAMMED HIS NECK.

MINER MOVED TO #3 HEADING WHEN INJURED EMPLOYEE (SECTION FOREMAN) WAS MOVING BACK FROM FACE AREA AS MINER STARTED TO LOAD FROM LEFT SIDE W/CURTAIN EXHAUSTING ON LEFT SIDE. JOY 10S/C SHUTTLE CA R MOVED TO FACE AND WHILE LOADING UNDER MINER BACKED TO PULL CHAIN AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT HIP. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO PHELPS CLINIC THEN TO BUCHANAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN GRUNDY THEN RELEA

EE WAS PULLLING A MINER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LIFTING A METAL RAMP BETWEEN CONTAINER AND DOCK TO STRAIGHTEN IT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A BELT STORAGE UNIT AND AND AS HE STEPPED OVER THE FRAME, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE AREA WAS DRY, LEVEL, AND WELL LIGHTED.

ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE PIN IN SNAKE HEAD WHEN BAR MASHED HAND.

EE WAS WASHING SLABS THAT CAME OUT OF GANG SAW. WE HAVE TO WASH THE SLABS BEGORE THE STEEL SHOT RUSTS INTO THE GRANITE. THESE SLABS ARE THIN AND PULLED BACK BY HAND. EE LET ONE MASHE FINGER.

EE INJURED NECK WHILE OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER. REPORT RECEIVED SHOWING EE GETTING CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS.

EE WAS LIFTING STONE FROM THE GROUND AND PLACINGIT ON A PALLET AND AS SHE WAS BENDING OVER SHEF FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK. EE WORKED MARCH 23,24, 25 A HALF DAY ON 3/26/98 BEFORE SHE REPORTED HER INJURY WHICH SHE SAYS OCCURED ON 3/23/98

EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING ON OFF SIDE WEST C BELT @ SO. HEADER. SHE STARTED TO STEP UP ON A BANK TO GO IN XCUT AND FELL LANDING ON LEFT KNEE.THIS AREA IS DAMP AND VERY SLIPPERY.

EE WAS SPOTTING FOR LOADER OPERATOR WHO WAS PUSHING OFF BERM, THE GROUND GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL 30-35'. HE HAS A BROKEN LEFT LEG, TWO CRACKED VERTEBRAIE, CUTS AND BRUISES.

USING PIPE WRENCH TO RELEASE PRESSURE SPRING IN CLEARAFIER STORED ENERGY ON SPRING CAUSED IT TO SPIT BACKWARD HITTING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM.

EE WAS BACKING MINES OUT OF FACE AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP MINES TRAILING CABLE AND SAID HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.

WHILE RUNNING SCOOP CAUGHT A PEICE OF 2" PIPE, IT SPRUNG BACK AND HIT HIM IN HEAD.

WAS INSTALLING INTERLOCK BAND WHICH DROPPED AND SQUEEZED LEFT HAND BETWEEN BAND AND SHAFT.

EE WAS EXITING THE MAIN OFFICE BUILDING THROUGH THE DOOR THAT IS BY THE NURSE'S STATION. HE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED IN THE AREA. EE SLIPPED ON THE ICE RIDGE BETWEEN THE PAVEMENT & THE PARKING AREA & TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE WENT OFF FOR SURGERY ON 6-16.

EE WAS ATTACHING THE TAILGATE TO HIS LEFT JACKS WHEN TAILGATE SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN IT AND THE BED FRAME. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

GUARD WAS ON AN EMPTY BARGE, PULLED ON A WIRE CABOLE AND GOT A CRAMP IN HIS STOMACH.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN THE NUTS ON SCREWS OF SHAKER. STRAINED GROIN, RIGHT SIDE, MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN THE WORKING SECTION AND SLIPPED TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING TO A NEW LOCATION TO TRAM THE MINER REMOTELY WHEN HE SLIPPED.

EE WAS CHANGING GUARD ON BELT. STATED HE WAS SITTING ON BOTTOM BELT WHEN BELT LET LOOSE AND ROLLED HIM IN BELT ROLLER. \

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING A TUBE LOCATED ON THE REAR OF THE AUGER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT LEG ON THE GROUND CONTROL VALVE.

THE MAN WAS CLIMBING THE STEPS OF THE 775 HAUL TRUCK WHEN HIS LEG SLIPPED ON ICE OR FROST CAUSING AN IRRITATION TO HIS LEFT HIP NERVE. WILL BE OFF WORK A WEEK OR SO.

INJ PERSON WAS MOVING TO THE REAR OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND HIS LOWER BACK WAS INJURED

EE WAS COMING OUT OF MANDOOR IN BRATTICE--SLIPPED & TRIED TO BRACE HIMSELF. IN PROCESS, STRAIN LT. SHOULDER.

EE STATED HE WAS CLOSING THE CAR DOORS ON RAILROAD CARS WITH A PRY BAR. AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE PRY BAR TO CLOSE A RAILROAD CAR BOTTOM, THE PRYBAR SLIPPED OFF OF THE DOOR LATCH CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE JERKED HS BACK WHEN THE BARSUDDENLY CAME LOOSE AND THEN FELL BACKWARDS ONTOTHE GROUND. FIRST LOST WEEK DAY OCCURRED ON 3/24/98

CHECKING ROTARY BREAKER AND #1 FEED BELT, FELL GOIN UP STEPS AND CUT RIGHT SHIN, LEFT KNEE AND BRUISED RIGHT HEEL.

WAS RIDING MANTRIP, WHICH IS A TRAILER HOOK TO A PERMISSIBLE BUGGY. THE MANTRIP RAN OVER A ROCK AND BOUNCED UP WHEN HE BOUNCED HE CAME DOWN AND LANDED ON HIS BATTERY CREATING HIS PROBLEM.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR TWISTING RT. KNEE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD PRIOR SURGERY ON KNEE. EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 4.1.98.

THE DRIVER WAS HAULING ON A WET MUDDY ONE LANE ROAD WHEN HE TRAVELED TO CLOSE TO THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF BERM. THE DRIVER STOPPED THE TRUCK THEN BACKED UP TO WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE ROAD AND PROCE DED FORWARD THEN THE DRIVER STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND OUT A HARD RIGHT AND STOPPED THE TRUCK AGAIN. HE THEN WAS TO CLOSE TO THE BERM AND THE ROAD UNDERNEATH THE LEFT REAR WHEELS BROKE CAUSING

STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING COVER ON HEAD DRIVE.

WHILE CORSSING BELT LEG GOT STUCK, TWISTED DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 4/13/98

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 495 SHOVEL TRAILING CABLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. STARTED MISSING WORK 3/25/98.

EE WAS OPERATING THE TRUCK ON UNEVEN GROUND. HE OPENED THE DOOR TO LOOK. TRUCK STARTED SLIDING SIDEWAYS. DOOR SHUT ON HAND CATCHING INDEX FINGER.

EE STATED AS HE WAS STEPPING OFF OF TRUCK BED BACKWARDS, THE BACK OF HIS LEG BEHIND THE KNEE HIT A PIECE OF METAL ON A DOZER. STAYED ON JOB UNTIL 6/9 AND RETURNED 7/27

HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON STAIRWAY SUPPORT AND MOVING, SLIPPED & FELL APPROX. 15' TO CONCRETE.

VICTIM STATED HIS KNEE LOCKED UP DUE TO AN OLD INJURY HE HAD IN 1994. EE STATED TO THE SUPT., THAT HE DID NOT INJURE HIMSELFT INSIDE THE MINE IT WAS AN OLD INJURY ACTING UP AGAIN. HE WAS WALKI NG WHEN IT HAPPENED.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIS EE WAS CARRYING 50# ROCK DUST BAGS FROM THE TRACK & THEN THRU A MANDOOR. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS OVEREXERTION & IMPROPER LIFTING. COMPLIANCE WITH RULE S/REGS WAS A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT NOT ADEQUATE [BACK SUPPORT], MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR, MINING EQUIPMENT/SYSTEM OK.

MAN WAS MOVING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE DURING A POWER MOVE. WHEN HE STOPPED THE THREE WHEELER AND THREW THE CALBE OFF AND OVER NEXT TO THE RIB. HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EE SLIPPED GETTING OFF TRACTOR & FELL ON RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE UNLOADING CONVEYOR OFF LOWBOY THEY HOOKED CABLE FROM THE CRANE TO UNLOAD IT. AFTER TAKING THE HOOK OFF CO-WORKER WENT TO SWING CRANE. CABLE CAUGHT CONVEYOR & PULLED CONVEYOR UP. INJURED SLIPPED AND GRABBED CABLE, IT JERKED AND PULLEDSHOULDER AND ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BELT AND STRUCTURE ONTO A SUPPLY CAR.DURING THIS JOB HE STRAINED HIS LOWER TORSO.

THERE WAS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF DUST IN THE BULK STATION.

THE INJURED EE HAD HIS HAND ON THE SHIELD OF THE 14C, CONTINUOUS MINER LOOKING FOR AN OIL LEAK. AS HE WAS DOWN LOOKING, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND. I T CAUSED A LACERATION OF THE RIGHT RING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE BENT DOWN TO TIE HIS SHOE AND HE FELT HIS BACK TIGHTEN UP.

EE WAS MOVING A LARGE ANGLE IRON WITH ANOTHER. THE ANGLE IRON WAS BEING SUPPORTED BY A SLING. THE SLING SLIPPED CAUGHT EE'S HAND TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ANGLE IRON AND A CHUTE, EE SUSTAIN ED A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT HAND CURRENTLY ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

HE USED HIS FOOT TO SCRAPE THE FLOOR AREA AFTER REMOVING AN ELECTRICAL MAT AND COMPLETELY PUNCTURED THE WIDTH OF HIS FOOT.

A PALLET WAS LYING ON FLOOR, BY THE JOB THE EE WAS WORKING ON. THE EE STEPPED ON THE EDGE AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE GETTING ON MANLIFT TO GO FROM 4TH FLOOR TO THIRD FLOOR AND FELL OFF.

A ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND STRUCK EE ON BACK AND FOOT. LEFT FOOT WAS BROKEN.

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS STANDING IN LOADER BUCKET CLEANING A PORTABLE SCREEN & FEEDER BELT. HE STEPPED ON A BOLT ABOUT 1.5" HIGH HOLDING THE BUCKET CUTTER EDGE, SLIPPED & TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS WORKING ON TEMPORARY FLOOR PLACED OVER DISCHARGE HOPPER TO BOLT SCREEN IN PLACE AND THE FLOOR JOIST BROKE AND FLOORING GAVE WAY AND EE FEEL INTO DISCHARGE HOPPER AND BIN.

A BELT WIPER BLOWER WAS BEING RAISED WITH CHAIN BLOCKS IN ORDER TO REMOVE IT BY ONE EE THE INJURED EE WAS GUIDING IT WITH HIS HANDS AND THE WIPER BLOWER SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND THE EE STATES IT PULLED HIM FORWARD CAUSING BACK AND STOMACH PAIN DIAGNOSIS POSSIBLE DISC PROBLEM.

EMPLOYEE ROOFED HIS HEAD WHILE OPERATING A UNIHAULER.

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING THE CONVEYOR WHILE THE AUGER MACHING WAS BEING SET UP FOR THE NEXT HOLE. APPARENTLY HID LGOVE GOT CAUGHT IN THE MOVING BELT PULLING HIS HAND IN BREAKING THE RING FINGER O N HIS LEFT HAND.

WALKING ACROSS A DITCH ON A CONCRETE SLAB, WAS JARRED CAUSING PAIN TO SHOOT THRU NECK WHILE CARRYING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF SAND.

HYD DRILL FOULED UP, TWISTED AROUND STRIKING LEG.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RE-ENTER 5157 STOPE AFTER THE BLAST, HE CLIMBER UP THROUGH THE MANWAY OPENING & SLIPPED, FELL BACK & HIT HIS BACK AGAINST A 3" X 12" X 8' LAGGING THAT WAS COVERING THE TOP OF THE MANWAY. CAUSING SEVERE CONTUSION TO HIS BACK.

HE STATED HE WAS HELPING SPREAD CONCRETE AT THE NEW MECHANICS' SHACK. WATER OFF THE CONCRETE GOT INTO HIS BOOTS. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, THIS RESULTED IN A CHEMICAL TYPE BURN OR IRRITATION TO THE SKIN ABOVE HIS ANKLES. HE STARTED MISSING ON 3-25-98.

INJURED WAS STRUCK IN RIGHT LEG BY RIB RAIL WHILE MINING IN #3 ENTRY OF INBY SECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND BELT.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIS EE WAS WALKING BACK TO THE TOOL CAR HE CLAIMS TO HAVE STEPPED IN A HOLE HURTING HIS KNEE. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS AWARENESS AND BOTTOM CONDITIONS. COM PLIANCE WITH RULES REGS WAS NOT A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT NOT WORN (KNEE SUPPORT) MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR MINING EQUIPMENT/SYSTEMS OK.

EE STRAINED HIS BACK MOVING BELT STRUCTURE.

INJURED WAS LIFTING A STEEL TIE WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK. BOTTOMS WERE UNEVEN & WET.

EE STATES THAT WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOARD, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON LEFT THUMB CAUSING SIMPLE FRACTURE.

HE WAS HELPING PUT UP AN AIR LOCK DOOR ON TRACK. AS HE WAS LIFTING HE GOT HIS EAR NEXT TO A PEICE OF METAL AND OUT HIS EAR.

INJURED STATED THAT AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE GRADER, HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE BLADE. IT RESULTED INTO 2 FRACTURED RIBS.

HE WAS LEAVING THE PROPERTY AT THE END OF THE SHIFT AND REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD LEFT THE COMPRESSOR ON IN THE PUMPHOUSE. HE DROVE HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE ACROSS A SHALLOW DITCH RATHER THAN USING T HE WALKWAY AND GOT STUCK. AS HE DROVE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, HE STRUCK A SUPPORT BEAM AND JARRED HIS NECK SLIGHTLY. HIS NECK BOTHERED HIM SOMEWHAT AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN ACUTE CERVICAL

EE WAS STEPPING OFF OF AN OVERCAST WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY STRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

INJURED WAS ASSISTING IN LIFTING 6" X 12' PIPE ON A CART. WHEN TURNING TO PUT THE PIPE ON THE CART HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. OFF THE JOB 5/19/98.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS INSTALLING FRAME WORK TO CONVEYOR IN PLACE, AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CUTTING THE FACE OF A D8 DOZER BLADE. A SECTION OF THE BLADE SPRANG OUTWARD HITTING THE EE IN THE LEFT KNEE. THIS OCCURRACE DID NOT BOTHER EE AT FIRST BUT AFTER A FEW DAYS HIS PAIN INCR EASEAD. HE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR ON 3/27/98 & PLACED CRUTCHES FOR A WEEK.

OPER WENT TO TURN AROUND TO BACK UNDER LOADER AND HIT WHEEL RUTS WHICH CAUSED HER TO HURT NECK ADN BACK.

WHILE WALKING ON A CONVEYOR CATWALK, THE EE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE ANGLE IRON SUPPORT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF EQIPMENT WITH ANOTHER EMPLYEE AND BEGAN HAVING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER ON THE ROCK TRUCK WHEN THE LADDER CAME OUT FROM UNDER HIM, LANDING THE EE ON HIS LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE SUSTAINED A BACK STRAIN WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A MUD PUDDLE, SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE STAIRWELL IN A EFFORT TO KEEP FROM FALLING.

WHILE SECURING AN EMPTY BARGE TO THE TUG BOAT DONNA LEE II A SHEAVE WHEEL FAILED. CAME OUT OF A MOUNTING AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT ANKLE.

EE STATED THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE HYD SYSTEM, CAUSING THE MACHINE TO FREE-SWING. THE BOOM MADE CONTACT WITH A TREE, CAUSING EE TO BE THROWN FROM THE MACHINE. EE FUTHER STATED THAT HIS S EAT BELT HAD COME LOOSE ALLOWING HIM TO BE THROW OUT OF THE OPEN DOOR. HE WAS X RAYED AT THE HAZARD ARH EMERGENCY ROOM AND RELEASED.

INJURED WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES WHEN HE STARTED TO GET UP HE HEARED A POP IN HIS KNEE AND IT STARTED HURTING.

HE WAS GETTING OUT OF EXCAVATOR AT QUITTING TIME AND TURNED AROUND IN CAB TO GET HIS DINNER BUCKET AND HURT HIS BACK.

WHILE INSTALLING & MOVING INTO POSITON A NEW CYLINDER HEAD ONA MTU ENGINE, EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER

WHILE CHANGING A WATERLINE, STEPPED ON PIPE WRENCH TO OPEN VALVE, FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN CALF MUSCLE.

WHILE TRYING TO CLEAN OUT TOP OF ELEVATOR, EE WAS HAMMERING ON THE AIR SLIDE AND THE BOX GOING TO THE AIR SLIDE. EE WAS TWISTED AND FELT BACK POP. IT STARTED HURTING AND GETTING STIFF AFTER TH AT.

WHILE BALANCING THE BLADE ON 2 P-1, IT CAME APART AND SHOT PIECES IN ALL DIRECTIONS. A PIECE HIT EE S ANKLE BREAKING IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS FIRE BOSSING #11 BELT AND SLIPPED IN A WET AREA. SHE LATER PICKED UP A TOOL BAG AND EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN LOW BACK. PRIOR TO BACK PAIN SHE HAD EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RIGHT LEG.

EE WAS RUNNING A 10SC SHUTTLE CAR. AS HE WAS TRAMMING THE MACHINE A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF. WHEN HE SAW IT FALLING HE TWISTED AROUND TO AVOID IT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

WHILE WALKING DOWN BELT LINE HE SLIPPED ON AN ACCUMULATION OF ROCKS CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS REPORT IS FILED LATE DUE TO FINDING OUT 04-03-98 HE WOULD BE HAVING SURGERY 04-06-

EE WAS CARRYING COAL SAMPLE CONTAINED IN A BAG WEIGHING APPROX 30 LBS. HE SLIPPED AND FELL DOWNA STAIRWAY CAUSING BRUSING INJURIES TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND FOREARM, LOW BACK, AND RIGHT ANKLE

EE WAS SHOVELING ON 4 BELT AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK AND SHOULDERS.

WHILE EE WAS HELPING ON MINER, A RIB ROLL OCCURRED AND HIT EE ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. THIS CVAUSED INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT SIDE & BACK.

EMPLOYEE SCOOP OPER WAS MOVING CYNDER BLOCKS BY HAND WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAINST SCOOP BUCKET AND CYNDER BLOCK, MASHING HIS FINGER NAIL ON RIGHT HAND.

WHILE CHANGING PLACES WITH MINER EE TRIPPED OVERMINER CABLE AND FELL COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN BACK AND HIP

EE WAS CHANGING OXYGEN TANKS OUT ON TOOL CAR. AS HE WAS LOADING THE FILLED OXYGEN TANK BACK ONTO THE TOOL CAR, HE TWISTED HIS BACK & PULLED A MUSCLE.

BACKING HAUL TRUCK UP TO CRUSHER IMPACT ROCK CAME FROM CRUSHER HIT MIRROR BOUNCED OFF AND STRUCK EE IN SIDE OF HEAD.

EE WAS DISLODGING A 100# BAG FROM CONVEYOR ON A PALIETIZING UNIT. HE ALLEGES HE HAS PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. HE ALSO ALLEDGES THAT THIS IS A REOCCURANCE FROM A PRIOR INJURY AT A DIFFERENT PLACE O F EMPLOYMENT. AFTER A 2ND OPINION, THE DOCTOR DECIDED TO PERFORM ORTHOSCOPIC SURGERY TO EXPLORE THE INJURY.

CRAWLING FROM ROOF BOLTER IN #9 TOWARDS MINER IN 9BK. ROOF FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS 3" THICK- 3 1/2 'WIDE- 5'LONG, HITTING HIM ON LT HIP AND SIDE.

EMPLOYEE PARKED CAT D-11 DOZER AT BOTTOM OF SPOIL BANK AND WALKED DOWN APPROX. 3 FT. TO THE COAL SEAM. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE LAST ROCK ONTO THE COAL HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FEL. EMPLOYEE SAI T HE AREA WAS WELL LIGHTED AND HE COULD SEE GOOD.

ADJUSTING THE GATE IN THE PIT 1 TUNNEL WHEN THE EMPLOYEE SAYS A ROCK CAME OFF THE BELT AND BRUISED HIS BACK. *NOTE THE BELT IS CHEST HIGH AND WE ARE UNSURE AT THIS POINT HOW THIS COULD HAVE H APPENED-HITTING HIM IN THE BACK.

WHILE CROSSING RFM EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON RFM AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A WHEELBARROW FILLED WITH REFRACTORY MATERIAL. AS HE LIFTED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AREA.

EE WAS MOVING GRATING IN BASEMENT OF STEP II AGGLMERATOR & SLIPPED ON TACONITE PELLETS, TWISTING HIS BACK. STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK. 1-MISSED 3 SHIFTS. RTW 3/24/98.

ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR'S RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK THAT FELL OUT BETWEENATRS AND CANOPY AND THE DRILL POT.

UNDERNEATH CRUSHER CLEANING PADS WITH WATER HOSE. ROCK RICHOCETED OFF POWER BOX NEXT TO CRUSHER

INJURED WAS CHANGING A 10" KNIFE GATE VALVE. WHEN HE LIFTED THE VALVE BY HAND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

WORKER CLIMBED ON A PUMP TO MEASURE PIPE-GRABBED PIPE FOR BALANCE & PIPE MOVED CAUSING WORKER TO FALL 31 INCHES TO UNEVEN FLOOR-LANDED ON A 2" HOSE ON FLOOR-LATERALLY ROTATING LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A CLAMP FROM A CONVEYOR BELT AND THE CLAMP SPRUNG OPEN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER CUTTING IT. WHILE HE WAS CLEANING HIS WOUND EMPLOYEE BECAME DIZZY AND PASSED OUT SCRAPPING H IS FACE AND CHIPPING HIS TOOTH.

EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL (1/2" X4' X 8') WITH 2 OTHER EES. THEY WERE HOLDING UPRIGHT IN 8' EDGE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS CUTTING IT IN HALF. WHEN CUT WAS COMPLETED, STEEL KICKED AROUND CAME OFF BOARD IT WAS RESTING ON AND LANDED ON EE'S TOES.

WAS GOING IN ON RAIL RUNNER AND WAS LOOKING BACK AND HIT HEAD ON TOP. HE SAID HIS NECK STARTING HURTING AND HE COULD HARDLY SWALLOW.

EE WAS CUTTING SKIRT RUBBER. WHEN CUTTING HE WAS PULLING THE BELT KNIFE TOWARD HIMSELF, AND CUT LEFT LEG.

EE STATED WHILE GETTING OUT OF SCOOP/SLIP PULLING MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

USING WOOD CHISEL TO NOTCH 2" X 4"; CHISEL SLIPPED & CUT WRIST.

THE ONLY INFO THAT I HAVE ON THIS INJURY IS HE MISSED WORK ON 3-23-98. WHEN HE CALLED IN MONDAY MORNING, HE SAID HE WENT TO THE EYE DOCTOR AND HAD A PIECE OF COAL REMOVED FROM HIS EYE. HE SAID HE GOT IT IN THERE ON WED (3-18-98). CONDITIONS ON 3-18-98 WERE VERY WET AND LIGHT WIND. HE WAS SHOVELING COAL SPILLAGE.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE LONGWALL FACE AT THE TAILGATE AREA. ANOTHER EE WAS OPERATING THE FACE CONVEYOR CHAIN TENSIONER. A STAPLE IN THE HYDRAULIC HOSE OF THE CHAIN TENSIONER CAME OUT OF THE COUP LER. THE HOSE STRUCK EE AND RIGHT SIDE OF HAND & PRESSURIZED FLUID BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EAR DAMAGING HIS EARDRUM

EE STATES, HE HAD PICKED UP A 50# BAG OFF OF THE CONVEYOR ROLLER & TURNED TO PUT IT ON THE PALLET, WHEN HE SAID HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADVANCE SHIELD #140. ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN SHIELDW STRIKING HIS LOWER BACK AREA. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS TWO CRACKED RIBS ON RIGHT SIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A JUNK PIECE OF MINER CABLE ON SURFACE WITH 3-WHEEL CART AND HOLDING ON TO IT BY HAND. IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND. TAKING 5 STITCHES TO FIX INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS REFUELING DOZER. AS HE WAS GETTING OFF DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRACK AND HE FELL APPROX. 5 FEET TO THE GROUND INJURING BACK.

WAS GETTING DOWN FROM DOZER, SLIPPED AND PULLED SHOULDER MUSCLE.

EE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OUT PIPE WITH AIR HOSE HIT AIR HOSE VALVE, LOST CONTROL OF HOSE & INJURED LEFT CALF.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THROW A ROLL OF CANVAS ACROSS A FLAT CAR. HIS HAND SLIPPED ALLOWING CANVAS TO STRIKE CAR UNCOUPLER DURING THROWING MOTION CAUSING PAIN IN RT SHOULDER.

EE WAS WALKING THROUGH DEEP MUD AND FELL AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EE ALLEGES LOWER BACK PAIN ON 3-18 BUT HE NEVER REPORTED ANY INJURY. HE LEFT WORK AT THE END OF THE DAY ON 3-18 AND REPORTED NO INJURY. HE HAS NOT REPORTED TO WORK, NO HAS HE CALLED IN TO SAY HE WOULD BWE OUT SINCE 3-18; ON 3-24 THE WHITEHAL HEALTH CENTER PHONED STATING EE WAS TGHERE ALLEGING LOWER BAKC PAIN FROM WORKING ON 3-18.

EMPLOYEE CLEANING IN SUMP ON OFF SIDE OF SLOPE TAIL AND A PIECE OF METAL SLID OFF OF BANK ON SIDE OF SUMP.

A RIB ROLLED MEASURING 7 1/2' L X 26" W X 13" THICK IN #3 LEFT BREAK STRIKING EE AND MINER HELPER.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE FIRE BOSSING THE 3 RIGHT TRACK ENTRY HE WAS GOING THROUGH A MANDOOR WHEN HE STEPPED ON LOOSE COAL TWISTING HIS KNEE.

EE HAD POSITIONED A 250# PLANETARY GEAR ON GARAGE FLOOR W/LIFTING CAGLE AND CLEVIS. HE USED A PRY BAR TO LIFT THE GEAR TO REMOVE THE CLEVIS PIN. THE GEAR SLID DOWN THE BAR CAUSING THE CLEVIS P IN TO PENETRATE THE FIRST JOINT OF LEFT INDEX FINGER. INJURY CAUSED AN OPEN WOUND AND CHIPPED BONE IN LEFT INDEX FINGER.

MOVING SPARE PARTS AND ROLLED METAL ROLLER OVER LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPLACE SIDE PANELS ON 992-C FEL. EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER THE TIRE TO PUT BOLTS BACK IN PANEL. HE BRUISED LEFT SIDE ABOVE HIS WAIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCK OFF SHILED AND STRAIN LOWER BACK.

A RIB ROLL MEASURING 47 1/2' L X 26" W X 13" THICK IN #3 LEFT BREAK STRIKING EE AND MINER HELPER.

INJURED WAS STANDING WHEN A SINGLE PROP FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HODLING PUNCH TO PUT IN RUBBER BELTING. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER BUT MISSED PUNCH AND HIT INJURED'S THUMB RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WET STEP WHILE TRYING TO ENTER HAUL TRUCK CAB. INJURED RIGHT KNEE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

LIFTING MATERIALS TO PUT IN TRASH CAR UNDERGROUND, FELT PAIN IN STOMACH, TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL

ON 3I SECTION SHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, ROOF COAL FELL OUT HITTING LT ELBOW CAUSING ABRASION AND CONTUSION. WORKED TO 4/14/98 DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE INFLAMATION OF ELBOW

INJURED WAS PLUGGING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE PLUG INTO POWER CENTER. WHEN INJURED KNEELED DOWN HIS LEFT KNEE STRUCK A PROTRUDING NAIL THAT WAS IN RUBBER MATTING.

THE COAL CRUSHER WAS PLUGGED. EE WAS TRYING TO MOVE IT WITH A 4' BAR, CAUSING STRAIN RESULTING IN A HERNIA.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING SLOWLY IN AN ENTRY WHEN AN ACHING PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS RT LOWER LEG. HE INDICATED THE HE HAD NO ACCIDENT, OR ANY SPECIFIC INCIDENT SUCH AS A SLIP TRIP FALL SUDDEN JERK OR NO OVER EXERTION. DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED HIS LEG TO DEVELOP AN ACHING PAIN. (DR. DIAGNOSIS RECEIVED 3-27-98). LEVEL CONDITION AND NO OBSTRUCTIONS.

WELDING OFF OF A LADDER. REACHING OUT WITH LEFT HAND ON LOADER BUCKET. BRACING WEIGHT OF BODY ON LEFT WRIST.

EE SAID HIS BACK HAD BEEN "BOTHERING" HIM FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. HE NOTICED A "POP" IN HIS BACK WHILE HE WAS DRILLING HOLES WITH THE PLUG DRILL.

INJURED WAS WORKING ON #8 S/CAR PANEL & WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIS LEFT KNEE POPPED. HIS KNEW IS SORE & HAS SLIGHT SWELLING. HE WENT TO THE DR ON 3/20/98. RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT. HE HAS AN APPOINTMENT WITH ANOTHER DR. IN A WEEK. HE WAS GIVEN MEDICATION FOR INFLAMATION.

LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE

INJURED STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS USING A PRY BARTO LIFT A CONVEYOR BELT IN ORDER TO CHANGE A TOPIDLER ROLLER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 5.1.98.

WHILE SERVICING HIS MACHINE HE PICKED UP AN EMPTY 55 GALLON DRUM TO PUT WASTE OIL IN AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS WORKING ON A CAT A-FRAME. HE NEEDED TO ROLL FRAME OVER SO HE HOOKED A-FRAME TO A CHAIN HOIST & PROCEEDED TO LIFT & ROLL FRAME OVER. AS HE SET FRAME DOWN ON THE FLOOR, HIS ONE FOOT WAS I N A POSITION THAT IF THE FRAME ROLLED BACK IT WOULD PIN HIS FOOT. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE CHAIN WAS LOOSENED. A-FRAME WAS NOT SET & BLOCKED PROPERLLY. EE BRUISED TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS PULLING ON A MINER CABLE AND FELT A TWINGE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INCINDENT TO ANYONE PRIOR TO LEAVING MINE. EMPLOYEE CALLED U/G SAFETY DIRECTOR ON FOLLOWING DAY OF SHIFT ENDING,STATED HE FELT HE NEEDED TO SEEA DOCTOR.EMPLOYEE WAS STARTED ON PHYSICAL THERAPY.EMPLOYEE WAS NOT ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK ON NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT AFTER ACCIDENT MARCH 20,1998.

EE REACHED BEHIND THE SEAT & GOT HIS FINGER CUT BY THE HEATER FAN.

WAS TKAING OFF BELLY PAN WHEN A BOLT BROKE, PAN FELL ON MECHANIC'S HAND.

EE TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON 3-17-98. HE HAD WORKED BUT HIS ANKLE WAS WEAK AND WOULD SWELL UP SOMETIME. HE WENT TO THE DR AND THERE IS SOME WEAK TENDONS. THE DR. HAS HIM OFF FROM 9-2 TO 9-21 EST. T IME. EE WENT TO THE DR. ON 9-1-98.

EE WAS PICKING UP AN ACETYLENE BOTTLE WITH AN AIR TUGGER AND PUSHED OVER EDGE OF HOPPER TO SET ON FLOOR.

THE TAILPIECE WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED WHEN THE BELT WAS STARTED. AT THAT POINT TWO EMPLOYEES JUMPED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND ONE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON THE INJURED RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO THE INJUREDS RIGHT WRIST.

EE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK & BEING LOADED BY 994 CAT LOADER WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE LOADER BUCKET & STRUCK THE CANOPY OF THE TRUCK BOUNCING THE TRUCK CAB. DRIVER WAS SHAKEN UP & INJURED HIS HEAD & NECK.

EE WAS TURNING PLUG ON TRANSFORMER POWER BOX AND SPRAINED CHEST.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIS EE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS FROM AN OVERCAST. HE MISSED THE STEP AND FELL. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS AWAREMENSS. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REG WAS A FACTOR. PR OTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS OK, MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR. MINING EQUIPMENT/SYSTMES WAS OK

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A BOLT IN TOP & BOLT KICKE DOVER & HIT HIS WRIST.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING A TIRE ON A SHUTTLE CAR. AS THE WHEEL SLID OFF THE WHEEL UNIT EE PUSHED THE TIRE BACK ON TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING ON HIM.

EE WAS CARRYING PIPE WHEN HE TURNED HIS ANKLE. EE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 1-13-99 DUE TO CONTINUING PROBLEMS WITH ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP AND WAS CARRYING A 5 GAL BUCKET OF COAL MILL REJECTS. WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

HE WAS CROSSING THE UNIT TAILPIECE TO GET A ROCK OUT WHEN A ROCK HIT HIS FOOT AND HE FELL ON THE BELT AND WENT INTO THE COW CATCHER. COAL HIT AND THE BELT RUBBED HIS RIGHT ARM AND HIP AREA CAU SING ABRASIONS TO HIS SIDE.

WHILE AT WORKBENCH BUMPED BARREL WITH AN AXLE ON IT & AXLE FELL ON FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING HIS WORK AREA TO INSTALL GROUND SUPPORT. AS HE LIFTED A ROLL OF SUPPORT WIRE (APPROX WEIGHT = 250LBS) HE FELT PAIN IN HISLOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS CARRYING A CAN OF OIL IN EACH AHDN AND FELT A PAIN IN BOTH LEGHS AS HE MADE A TURN TOWARDS ANOTHER ENTRY. INJURED FELL FORWARD AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK AS HE GOT UP.

INJURED WAS SHOVELING ON 2A TAILPIECE & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. ALSO HAD PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG. GOES TO DOCTOR [SPECIALIST] ON 4-6-98.

SUBJECT WAS IN PROCESS OF PUTTING IN SWITCH BOX WHEN SWITCH BOX BLOWED UP.

THE WORKER HURT HIS BACK LIFTING A CAN OF GREASE WITH A PUMP IN IT. HE WAS UNDER A WORK SHED WHEN IT HAPPENED. HE LIFTED THE CAN AND SET IT UP ON A BENCH WHICHIS ABOUT 18" HIGH. THE ACCIDENT O CCURED ON 3-17-98 BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY LOST TIMEUNTIL 3-23-98.

RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR OUT OF FACE. RIGHT LEG WAS OUT OF CAB BETWEEN SHUTTLE CAR AND RIB, 5 CROSSCUT IN 6 13 BLK 5 LEFT SECTION BROKEN BONES IN ANKLE.

WAS PULLING CABLE ON MINER, WHNE HE FELT A LARGER PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA. WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR EXAM & XRAYS.

WHILE PULOLING TORCH FROM WASH PLANT, TORCH STRUCK EE IN THE FACE.

INJURED WAS OPERATING A RAM CAR AND RAN OVER A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK ON THE HAULWAY CAUSING INJURED'S KNEE TO BE THROWN BACKWARDS AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE RAM CAR.

EE WAS BALING 10#BAGS OF CAT LITTER. HE TURNED TO PUT 40# BALE ON CONVEYOR BELT AND FELT BACK POP

CLIMBING ONTO BULLDOZER.

NOT A NEW INJURY. PULLED L ELBOW WHILE DUMPING BARRELS OF PRODUCT THIS IS A RE-INJURY TO ELBOW-SEE 6/96 AND 11/97 REPORT. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME HE HAS REINJURED THIS ELBOW AFTER OBTAINING A F ULL RELEASE TO RETURN TO WORK- ALL SIIS CLAIMS ARE UNDER RE-OPENED 6/96 CLAIM IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A NEW INJURY.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN CONVEYOR LINE TO CHECK TAIL PULLEY. THE EE CRAWLED THROUGH THE HANDRAILS & EXITED THE WALKWAY, WALKING INSTEAD ON THE ROCKY SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ROCK S, INJURING HIS LEFT FOOT. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL MARCH 23, 1998.

THE EE WAS MOVING METAL FROM BASEMENT TO 6TH FLOOR BY LIFTING PUSHING & PULLING CAUSING INJURY TO ELBOW (LEFT).

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, HIT SOME BUMBS AND WAS THROWN INTO THE ROOF OF THE CAB, THEN THE EE STATED HE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CAB.

WAS LIFTING VIBRATOR AND PULLED MUSLE IN LEFT GRION.

EE TRYING TO MOVE CRIBB BLOCKS EXP. PAIN IN BACK.

EE STATED HE JARRED HIS BACK WHEN A WHEEL BROKE OFF MANTRIP. THE EE HAS HAD PRIOR BACK SURGERY.

WHILE LOADING BELT STRUCTURE,THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.

EE REPORTEDLY WAS KNOCKING A HOLE IN A BRATTICE WALL WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY CEMENT BLOCK.

EMPLOYE WAS SRUCK ON THE LEFT THUMB BY A PIECE OF DRAWROCK. THE THUMB SUFFERED A FRACTURE.

A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.

THE EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE TRYING TO LINE UP A WHEEL UNIT ON A SHUTTLE CAR, THE WHEEL UNIT FELL, CUTTING THE END OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.

WHILE WALKING THROUGH PLANT, STEPPED OVER STEEL ON GROUND AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

TWO SCOOP OPERATOR WERE ATTEMPTING TO TRANSFER A SPOOL OF CABLE FROM ONE SCOOP TO ANOTHER WHEN ONE SCOOP LIFTED THE OTHER SCOOP UP BY THE BUCKET. THE VISION OF THE OPERATOR WAS BLOCKED BY THE SPOOL OF CABLE, SO HE WAS UNAWARE THAT HE WAS LIFTING THE OTHER SCOOP, WHEN THE TRANSFER WAS COMPLETE OPERATOR DROP HIS SCOOP BUCKET CAUSING LIFTED SCOOP OPERATO TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY

HAND LOADING MUDDY TIMBERS IN SCOOP.

EE WAS USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF CROWN BAR RUBBER SLIPPED OFF RUBBER AND CUT FINGER.

EE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE LOADING GLUE INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET.

MAN WAS GETTING ON 6' STEPLADDER AT AN ANGLE. LADDER MOVED, THROWING MAN OFF BALANCE. MAN FELL 4-5' STRIKING 2"X2" ANGLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A RIPPER CONTROL VALVE HELOST HIS RIGHT FOOTING CASUING HIS LEFT KNEE TO BE BENT AND STRAINED-RESULTING IN TORN CARTILAGETHE EMPLOYEE DIDN'T THINK INJURY WAS SERIOUS DID N'T SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 4.6.98. DIDN'T REPORT AS WORKMAN'S COMP ACCIDENT, DOCTOR BILLED EMPLOYEE'S INSURANCE, INFORMED SUPERVISOR INJURY WAS WORKRELATED DUE TO DOCTORS DIAGNOSIS.

CLIMBING UP ON 72 PLANT. MUD ON SHOE. FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON ROCK.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON FROZEN SAND WHEN SHOVELING.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CONTAINER BY HAND, LIFTED 50 LB. BAG ABOVE HEAD AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EE WAS PULLING CENTER PIN FROM DION EQUALIZER BAR, HELPER HIT THE PIN WITH A HAMMER A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLACKED OFF THE PIN, STRIKING EE IN THE RIGHT HAND METAL SLIVER REMEOVED AT HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM

UNLOADING CRIB BLOCKS FROM SUPPLY CAR, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

JARRING IMPACT FROM FROZEN MATERIAL IN HAUL TRUCK.

CRANE BOOM FAILED WHILE HOISTING SUSPENDED LOAD APPROX. 3 FT ABOVE GROUND. LOAD STRUCK EE AND KNOCKED HIM TO GROUND CAUSING INJURIES.

EE WAS GETTING OFF MANGUS AND FELL STRIKING HER LEFT SHOULDER ON FOOTWALL.

SHOVELING #8 BELT OVER STRESSED MUSCLES AND COOLED DOWN TOO FAST.

2 SERVICE TRUCK DRIVERS WERE CHANGING THE RIPPER TOOTH ON A D-11 CRAWLER TRACTOR LOCATED AT THE #57 SHOVEL IN THE EAST PIT. A MECHANIC USED A TORCH TO CUT THE TOOTH LOOSE. ONE OF THE SERVICE T RUCK DRIVERS ATTEMPTED TO USE A 16# SLEDGE HAMMER TO POUND THE TOOTH OFF. ON THE FIRST HIT, A PIECE BROKE OFF THE TOOTH & STRUCK THE EE IN THE RIGHT SHIN. EE WA TAKEN OFF WORK FOR 4 DAYS, REL

DID NOT LOOSE TIME UNTIL 10/6/98 STRAINED BACK OPERATING DOZER

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF EXCAVATOR AND STEPPED ON TRACK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT THE OTHER TRACK ON HIS SIDE.

INJURED MAN WAS HELPING ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR CHANGE DRILL STEELS. INJURED MAN DID NOT GETHIS HAND CLEAR OF DRILL GUIDE WHEN IT WAS ACTIVATED RESULTING IN A SEVERE LACERATION OF THE LEFT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK BOTTOM ROLLERS LOOSE FROM SK40 ROCK DRILL, ROLLER FRAME, HADTO BEND OVER TO HIT EACH SIDE OF ROLLER OFTEN WORKING IN A BENT OVER POSITION FOR SERVERAL MIN UTES HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EE HAD BOLTED AND WAS STARTING TO DRILL THE FACE. THE NIGHT UPPER CORNER OF THE FACE FELL AND STRUCK THE JACKLEG, THEN STRUCK THE EE S CHEST.

INJURED EE WAS UNSTACKING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE ON INTAKE #2 ROADWAY WHEN HE WAS SHOCKED BY ELECTRICAL CURRENT. EE WAS TAKEN TO PIKEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED IN THE ER & HELD OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION, THEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY.

INJURED PERSON ALLEGED THAT WHILE HE WAS OPERATING A D-7 MACHINERY ANOTHER CO-WORKER WAS ON A TRUCK AND HE NOTICED THAT ON THE PLATFORM OF THE TRUCK THERE WAS A ROCK IMBEDDED. EE CLIMBED DOWN FROM HIS EQUIPMENT AND STARTED TRYING TO DISLODGE THE ROCK WITH A PIPE. WHEN HE WAS PRYING THE ROCK THE PIPE SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND PINCHING THE LEFT HAND POINTER FINGER.

VICTIM WAS RELEASING RED-DEVILS. BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER ON RT. HAND.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ABOUT TO CLIMB A LADDER TO DO ELEVATED WORK ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF THE PLANT. AT SOME POINT BEFROE HE MOUNTED THE LADDER HIS KNEE GAVE OUT AND HE FELL BACKWARDS. WITNESS THINK TH ELADDER MOVED BUT CAN'T BE SURE,THE VICTIMS UNCERTAIN ALSO.VICTIM HAS A HISTORY OF KNEE PROBLEMS.

BURNED ARM & WRIST WHILE WELDING.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A SCRAPER AND THE SCRAPER WAS BEING PUSHED BY 2 PUSH TRACTORS. THE LAST TRACTOR HIT THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE SCRAPER AND MADE IT RUN INTO SCRAPER WHICH JARRED THE OPERATOR.

EE WAS REMOVING CUTTING EDGE BOLTS FROM A CAT 966D LOADER. WHEN EDGE DROPPED ON HIS FOOT CAUSING A FRACTURE.

EE STATED HE JAMMER HIS NECK AT START OF SHIFT GETTING ON MANTRIP. EE HAS HAD PRIOR SURGERY ON NECK.

PLEASE, SEE ATTACHED: EE WORKING ON REINSTALLATION OF CEMENT MILL BEARING COVER WHICH WA RESTING ON THE FLOOR. WHEN IT WAS RAISED, IT SHIFTED SIDEWAYS & EE TRIED TO STABILIZE IT, & HIS RIGHT H AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE COVER & A BEAM. ER X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE. RETURNED TO DUTY. FOLLOW UP VISIT X-RAYS REVEALED A MAYOR TRAUMA IN HIS RIGHT HAND FOR WHICH HE WAS PUT ON MEDICAL REST.

EE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL ONTO BELT,AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

CLIMBED UP ON STONE SCREEN TO REANGLE CHUTE PLATE TO MAKE MORE STONE GO UP THE 2B WASH SCREEN. WHEN I FINISHED I TURNED TO CLIMB DOWN, MY KNEE POPPED GAVE OUT AND I FELL TO THE GROUND.

MINER WAS CHANGING OUT WORN SCREEN PANELS ON TOP DECK OF SHAKER. WHILE LIFTING 4X5' SCREEN PANEL AND DROPPING TO GROUND BELOW, TENDON IN RIGHT BICEP TORE.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER ON THE ROCK TRUCK. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO LADDER WITH ONE HAND AND CARRYING A BUCKET OF OIL IN THE OTGHER. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS ARM, NEAR THE SHOULDER, ARM HE W AS CARRYING OIL IN.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE SLIPPED ON THE DREDGE ON 3-13-98. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 3-13-98. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 3-16-98 WHEN HE TELEPHONED IN TO WORK TO STATE THAT HE WOULD NOT BE INDUE TO SLIPPING ON THE DREDGE 3-13-98.

EE GOT UP ON THE CATWALK TO THE GRAVEL SHOOT ON DREDGE III TO PUT A HOSE BACK ON GRAVEL SHOOT, STARTED BACK DOWN LADDER AND SLIPPED AND FELL 18'. LADDER HAD ICE ON IT.

EE MAKING A BELT SPLICE WHEN BELT KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT INDEX FINGER. SPOKE WITH EE 3/19/98 CONCERNING INJURY.

EE WAS PRYING A ROCK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND HIT HIS FINGER.

THE EE WAS WORKING AT OUR OUTSIDE SHOP AS HE UNBOLTED A VALVE BANK OF A CRUSHER FEEDER. IT DROPPED PINCHING THE EE HAND BETWEEN THE VALVE BANK AND THE FRAME OF THE CRUSHER.

EE WAS BACKING HIS TRUCK UNDER THE DEMAG TO BE LOADED WITH OVERBURDEN. WHEN EE TURNED HIS NECK TO LOOK BEHIND HIMSELF, HE FELT A PAIN & BEGAN TO HAVE BLURRED VISION.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE 2ND TO LAST CAR OF ANEMPTY TRAIN, WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED CAUSING THEDOOR TO OPEN AND THE LEFT LEG THEN ENTERED THE PINCH-POINT. THERE WERE NO FRACTURES, THE LEG WAS BRUISED BADLY. THERE WERE SAFETY EQUIPMENT SAFEGUARDS PROVIDED BUT WERE NOT USED.

WHILE TRAVELING OUT OF THE MINE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF SCALE INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER

CLEANING A BELT HEAD WITH A SHOVEL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

WHILE USING METAL BASKETS FOR RECLAIMED CONVEYORPARTS THE INJURY OCCURED WHEN TWO BASKETS WERE STUCK TOGETHER. THE INJURY OCCURED WHEN HE TRIEDTO PULL THEM APART.

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. 1ST DAY OF RESTRICTED DUTY WAS 3-16-98.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BATTERY IN A COAL TRUCK WHEN BATTERY FELL TO ONE SIDE AND PULLED HIM OUT OF THE TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE DROPPED A "CATHEAD" WRENCH AND IT STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT BEHING THE STEEL TOE BRUISING HIS FOOT.

EE REPORTEDLY WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT HAND BY A CRIB BLOCK WHILE HANDLING MATERIAL.

LIFTING HEAD JACK FOR MINER.

FAILURE OF INJ EE TO DE-ENERGIZE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND LOCK OUT SAME BEFORE WORKING ON

EE WAS REMOVING A COLLECTOR PLATE FROM A SHIPPING CONTAINER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED A EE LACERATED HIS FINGER. HE WAS TAKEN TO CASTLE ROCK MED CENTER. GREEN RIVER WHEN HE RECEIVED 6 SUTURES FOR A 1.5 CM LACERATION ON HIS INDEX FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND HE RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY THAT WORKED EVERYDAY.

EE HAD FINISHED CHECKING HIS TRAILER AFTER BEING LOADED, WAS GETTING BACK NTO HIS TRUCK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON HIS FUEL TANK, AND HE HIT HIS LEFT SIDE ON THE HYDRAULIC TANK.

EE WAS WORKING BEHIND A ROCK HOPPER THAT WAS BEING FED WITH A FRONT-END LOADER. AS THE LOADER DUMPED A BUCKET FULL OF ROCK INTO THE HOPPER A ROCK FELL OVER THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOPPER & STRUCK THE EE ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD. EE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT AT THE TIME. EE EXPERIENCED NECK PAIN & DOUBLE VISION.

FAILURE OF INJ EE TO DENERGIZE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND LOCK OUT SAME BEFORE WORKING ON.

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT ARM RESULTING IN A DISLOCATED SHOULDER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING SHIFT WITH A LIGHT DUTY RELEASE.

ALLEGED THAT WHILE SITTING ON THE REJECT SCREW CONVEYOR AND TIGHTENING THE BOLTS WITH A RATCHET AND SOCKET HE FELT A SMALL PAIN IN HIS LOWER STOMACH AREA WHEN HE HAD FINISHED. AFTER HE ATE LUN CH THE PAIN BECAME SEVERE. HE WENT TO URGENT CARE IN FOND DU LOAC THAT NIGHT AND THE DR. SAID ITMAY BE A PULLED MUSCLE. HE ALSO USED PIPE WRENCHTO TURN CONVEYOR & INJ. COULD HAVE OCCURRED THE

EE WAS ASSISTING IN TURNING THE DRAG ROP DRUM ON A 2570 DRAGLINE IN ORDER TO POSITION IT TO RECEIVE NEW DRAG CABLES. A STEEL CABLE AND A SHACKLE WERE HOOKED TO THE MAIN HOIST OVERHEAD. AS PRES SURE WAS PUT ON THE DRUM, THE SHACKLE BROKE CAUSING BOTH SHACKLE AND CABLE TO FLY VACKWARD STRIKING EE IN CHEST AND FACE.

IT IS ALLEGED THAT EE HURT HIS BACK ON MARCH 12, 1998 DURING WORK HOURS. HE STATED TO DUEY VALLE ON MARCH 13,1998 THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE. HE HAD TO BULK BAG ON MARCH 12,1998 AND SAID THAT SOME THING MAY HAVE HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING THEFORKLIFT. IT MAY ALSO HAVE OCCURED BECAUSE OF ALWAYS HAVING TO LOOK BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING THE FORKLIFT.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL.

EE WAS HAMMERING A PIECE OF METAL, A CHIP FLEW INTO HIS HAND, EMBEDDING.

WAS SWITCHING BUCKET ON TOYOTA UTILITY LOADER & GOT OFF MACHINE TO LOCK BUCKET INTO PLACE. IT CAME DOWN ON RIGHT FOOT.

WAS CLIMBING INTO THE CAB OF THIS TRUCK, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL, SKINNING HIS SHIN & BRUISING HIS KNEE ON THE STEP.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE SERVICE BAY OF THE SHOP. THE TWO MECHANICS WERE BLEEDING THE PRESSURE FROM FUEL LINES TO CHANGE THE FULE FILTERS ON THE SCALER (CATEPILLAR 214 BA CKHOE). THE ACCESS PANELS TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WERE OPEN AND SUPPORTED BY A SLIDING TUBE AND ROD ASSEMBLY PROVIDED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE EMPLOYEE BUMPED THE SUPPORT CAUSING THE DOOR

A SHIELD TO SHIELD 1 1/4" HOSE BURST. EE TRYING TO GET AWAY SLIP AND FELL HIT FACE ON RELAY BAR OR FACE CONVEYOR.

EE WAS CROSSING OVER SUPPLY CARS AT THE END OF THE LONGWALL SECTION TRACK. HIS FOOTING SLIPPED & HE STRUCK HIS KNEE ON THE COUPLER OF A SUPPLY CAR THAT WAS PARKED AT THE END OF THE TRACK.

EE WAS ENGAGED IN DRILLING THE FACE WHEN A PREMATUR DETONATION OF A STEMMED HOLE OCCURRED.

EE WAS LOADING HOLES TO BE SHOT WHEN PREMATURE DETONATION OF A STEMMED HOLE OCCURRED.

HE WAS ENROUTE FROM THE FEEDER TO TEH MINER WHENHIS HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WIHT THE MINE ROOF. HE CONTINUED TO HAUL COAL W/OUT NOTIFYING ANYONE OF WHAT HAPPENED. HE THEN TOLD THE MINE FOREMAN HE WAS FEELING SICK. HE WAS THEN T-PORTED TO THE SURFACE WHERE AN AMBULANCE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. AFTER X-RAYS THE DR. SAID HE HAD MUSCLE SPASMS AND RELEASED HIM.

DRAW ROCK SLIPPED FROM TOP SCRAPING EE'S BACK.

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO PRY UP A FEEDER CHAIN AND TO POSITION A FOOT SHAFT WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS STOMACH AND EXPERIENCED PAIN WHEN LIFTING HIS LEFT LEG.

STRUCK UPPER LEFT KNEE ON THE TOW CLEAT WHICH ISLOCATED ON THE BUMPER OF THE DUMPSTER TRUCK

LIFTING MATERIAL TWISTED WRONG PULLING BACK MUSCLE. EE WAS LOADING SHOT. PICKED UP A STICK OF BLASTING MATERIAL AND TWISTED WRONG PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EE WAS UNHOOKING A PULL CHAIN FROM SCOOP & BELT TAIL PIECE WHEN SCOOP STRUCK EE'S RIGHT KNEE, CAUSING FRACTURE, KNEE CAP.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE PLASTIC JAM ON STRETCH WRAP MACHINE WHILE MACHINE WAS STILL RUNNING PULLING LEFT ARM BETWEEN THE TWO STRETCH ROLLERS. THIS ACCIDENT RESULTED FROM A DISREGARD TO CO MPANY POLICY WHICH STATES TO SHUT DOWN AND LOCK.

EMPLOYEE STUMBLED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS LETTING THE HEAD DOWN ON THE BOLTER WHEN HE SLIPPED. HE REACHED OUT WITH HIS HAND TO CATCH HIMSELF AND THE DRILLS FELL OUT OF THE REACHED OUT WITH HIS HAND TO CATCH HIMSELF AND THE DRIL LS FELL OUT OF THE ROOF STRIKING HIS FINGER.

EE WAS STRUCK IN KNEE BY CROWD CABLE.

PULLING OUT ELEVATOR WHEN IT KICKED BACK AND PINNED ARM BETWEEN IT AND AUGER MACHINE.

EE WAS HOSING OFF PAD AND WAS SPLASHED IN EYE WHICH MOMENTARILY DISORIENTED. HE STEPPED OFF PAD AND TWISTED KNEE.

INJURED WAS OPERATING CONTINIOUS MINER WITH HIS BACK TO THE RIB WHEN A PIECE OF COAL 7' HIGH X 9' FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE.

REVISED REPORT, STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN 3-11-98.

THE EE STEPPED DOWN OFF OF THE BACKHOE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE RESULTING IN A SPRAINED ANKLE.

THE INJURED EE WAS HANGING UP MINER CABLE. WHEN THE END OF THE TIE-WIRE, WENT BETWEEN HIS GLASSES AND FACE AND SCRATCHED HIS LEFT EYE.

INJURED WAS GETTING A STRAP FROM A TOOL BOX WHEN THE LID FELL ON HIS LEFT ARM.

LOADING BOLT SUPPLIES ON BOLTER, TWISTED BACK.

EE IS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC WORKING AT OUR PREP. PLANT. EE WAS CALLED TO THE MINE SITE TO REPAIR THE CAT 980END LAODER. EE GOT INTO MUD AT THE JOB SITE. WHEN EE CLIMBED ONTO THE TOOL TRUC K HE SLIPPED. EE FELL ABOUT 4' ONTO THE GROUND. EE LANDED ON LEFT HIP & SIDE. EE WORKED 3/12/98, BUT COULD NOT 3/13/98. EE WENT TO THE DR. 3/13/98.