Mining Incidents in August 1998

HE ATTEMPTED TO INFLATE A FLAT TIRE ON A CHEVE TANK C-50 WHEN THE TIRE BLOW UP HITTING HIM IN HEAD.

POWER (480 V) TO THE SHUTTLE CAR LOCATED AT THE 7 SHAFT PUMP PROJECT AREA WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN THE GROUND FAULT UNIT TRIPPED. THE CIRCUIT WAS DE-ENERGIZED AND THE TRAILING CABLE, WHICH WAS PAR TIALLY COVERED WITH WATER, WAS HUNG ALONG THE RIB IN ORDER TO DUMP MATERIAL IN RUTS CREATED BY MOBILE EQUIPMENT. POWER WAS RESTORED TO THE SHUTTLE CAR. THE VICTIM CONTACTED A DAMAGED SPOT ON

THE SHIFT MANAGER TURNED THE VALVE ON THE PIPE PLUG WHICH WAS CONNECTED TO AN AIR COMPRESSOR ON THE BANK TO INFLATE THE PLUG. WHEN HE FELT THERE WAS ENOUGH AIR IN THE PIPE PLUG, HE SHUT THE VA LVE AND STATED OUT LOUD, "I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH AIR IN THE BLADDER, BUT THERE IS STILL SEEPAGE BETWEEN THE BLADDER AND THE PIPE." THE DECEASED BENT OVER THE PIPE AND TURNED THE AIR VALVE ON

EMPLOYEES WERE VACUUMING OUT HOPPER CAR. HE WAS STANDING ON LADDER INSIDE CAR SHOVELING CLAY OFF SIDES OF CAR. HE ASKED EE TO TELL ANOTHER EE TO SHUT OFF VACUUM. I.NAME COULD NOT HEAR HIM SO H E WENT DOWN AND SHUT OFF VACUUM HIMSELF. HE IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK UP ON TOP OF CAR TO CHECK ON FRANK. HE COULD NOT SEE HIM. THE CLAY HAD CAVED IN ON TOP OF HIM: HE COULD ONLY SEE HIS LANYARD.

VICTIM HAD LEFT THE SURFACE MINE AREA WITH A LOAD OF COAL. HIS TRUCK WAS LATER DISCOVERED OVERTURNED ON THE HAUL ROAD WITH VICTIM UNDERNEATH. ITAPPEARED THAT VICTIM HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE VEH ICLE AND HAD JUMPED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE APPEAREDTO BE HEADED OVER AN EMBANKMENT.

BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, IT APPEARS THAT AN EMPLOYEE OF LAYNE CHRISTENSEN CO, DIED ON TUESDAY, 8-18-98. HIS DEAD BODY WAS DISCOVERED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OF LAYNE CHRISTENSEN AT AP PROX. 5:15 PM. HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED LYING FACE DOWN IN A MUD SUMP IN APPROX. 3 FEET OF WATER. AT THIS TIME IT IS UNKNOWNN WHAT CAUSED HIS DEATH.

STRUCK ON LEFT SIDE OF CHEST BY LEFT FRONT TIRE OF CHEVROLET WHTE 1500 TRUCK, CAUSING BROKEN RIBS.

MINE FOREMAN WAS CLEANING UP A BOOM HOLE. HE HADTRAVELED INBY SUPPORTED ROOF WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF A VALVE IN THE 4 WEST TAILINGS DAM. HE WAS FOUND RECLINING BESIDE THE VALVE.

PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & CAUGHT LEFT SIDE OF HIP AND CRUSHED PELVIS.

TECHNICIAN A HYDRAULIC LINE FROM VALVE BANK ON A 990 WHEEL LOADER. THIS ACTION RELIEVED HYDRAULIC OIL FROM CYLINDERS. THIS WORK WAS PERFORMED IN CLOSE WORKING AREA UNDER LOADER FRAME. THE LOAD ER FRAME THEN MOVED DOWNWARD PINNING AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRUSHING TECHNICIAN BETWEEN LOAD FRAME AND MAIN BODY OF THE 990.

EMPLOYE WAS IN PROCESS OF MOVING HAULAGE SYSTEM DOLLY BREAKER ASSEMBLY FROM DOLLY INTO BOOM OF #1 BRIDGE. DURING THIS PROCESS HE FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN & GROIN AREA. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING S TRAINED MUSCLES IN ABDOMEN AND GROIN AREA WITH A POSSIBLE HERNIA.

EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LOADING A WELDER ONTO THE BACK OF A PICKUP TURCK. HIS FINGER WAS UNDER IT WHEN THEY SET IT DOWN WHICH CUT OFF THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS UIN PROCESS OF CHANGING PRODUCT SIZING SCREENS IN PRATER HAMMERMILL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE OF GROIN AREEA, WHILE PULLING ON SCREEN PANEL.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRILL HOLE IN ROOF TO INSERT RESIN AND ROOF BOLT. WHILE HOLDING THE DRIVER STEEL AND FINISHER STEEL TOGETHER HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF THE STEEL AND TURNED AROUND VISUALLY VIEW ED THE HAND CONTROLS. HE CONTINUED IN THIS FASHION WHILE OPERATING THE CONTROLS, THE STEEL BECAME SEPARATED AND HIS THUMB WAS THEN PINCHED BETWEEN THE TWO STEELS.

EE (ALONG WITH COWORKERS) WERE MOVING A TEMPORARY SERVICE & TRANSFORMER. WHILE MOVING THE PIECE HE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS ABDOMEN. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA

ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 9/12/98 WAS DIAGNOSED ON 1013/98 AS A HERNIA. EE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING COAL & MAGNITITER AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA

WHILE INSTALLING DRILL BIT ONTO HAMMER DRILL CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND IN PINCH POINT WHEN HAMMER DRILL ROTATING CLOCKWISE ENGAGED DRILL BIT SEVERING LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND J OINT. EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS SQUATTTING DOWN HOLDING DRILL BIT TO ALIGN IT WITH HAMMER DRILL. WHEN HE LET GO OF DRILL BIT, HIS FEET ROLLED ON LOOSE ROCK AND HE LOST BALANCE, FELL BACKWARD DROPP

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BULK LOAD OUT AUGER SYSTEM. HE HAD CHANGED OUT THE MOTOR AND CLEANED UP WORK AREA. EMPLOYEE PICKED UP OLD MOTOR TO CARRY IT DOWNSTAIRS. MOTOR BEGAN TO SLIP OUT OF HIS H AND. HE TRIED TO CATCH IT AND LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND METAL GRADING- DISTAL JOINT REMOVED.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO OPEN A RAILCAR DOOR AND WHEN HE PULLED ON THE BAR HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN.

EE PICKED UP A ROCK TO REMOVE IT FROM THE HAUL ROAD AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. UPON MEDICAL EXAMINATION HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A INGUINALHERNIA. HE WAS RELEASED BACK TO WORK ON RESTRICT ED DUTY PENDING SCHEDULING OF SURGERY

#8 ENTRY INBY SPAD 5277. EE WAS LIFTING A RUB ON A CONTINUOUS MINER WITH A SLATE BAR. HE FELT A BURNING IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN. LATER A SMALL KNOT APPEARED IN THE AREA. THE EE CONTINUED TO WORK ON AUGUST 24, 1998 HE WENT TO THE DR. ON THIS DATE THE DR. DIAGNOSED A HERNIA AND THE EE DID START MISSING ON THIS DATE (8-24-98)

EE WAS OPERATING PAN SCRAPER. AS HE WAS MAKING A TURN, HE HIT A BUMP. HE THOUGH IT WAS A PULLED MUSCLE. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 8-18 WHEN THE PAIN WOULD NOT GO AWAY.

FIXING WATER HOSE ON RADIATOR. SLIPPED INTO FAN BELT. CAUGHT HAND AND CUT LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND OFF.

ALLEGEDLY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE ELEVATOR DOOR, EE WAS PULLING ON DOOR WHEN IT GOT STUCK STOPPING SUDDENLY. HE FELT PAIN IN THE R SIDE OF HIS GROIN.

HE WAS PLACING SHIM UNDER ELECTRIC MOTOR ON PIT BIN THAT WAS BEING HELD UP BY PRY BAR WHEN THE PRYBAR SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER & CUT THE END OFF.

EE WAS PULLING A SMALL ROPE THAT HAD SNAGGED ON A MUCH LARGER WIRE ROPE UNDER WATER IN TEH RIVER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS ABDOMIN. SUBSEQUENT EXAINATION REVEALED AN ABDOMINAL HERNIA.

EE WAS ADJUSTING SEAT IN HIS FRONT END LOADER. WHILE ADJUSTING SEAT THE SPRING IN THE SEAT RELEASED, CATCHING HIS FINGER UNDER THE FRONT OF THE SEAT.

EE WAS WALKING UP SLOPE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING PAIN AROUND NOAVEL. EE CONTUINED UP SLOPE AND TRIED TO PICK UP ROCK AND FELT MORE PAIN AND REPORTED TO SAFETY.

EE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE & ALLEGES HERNIA

WHILE DRIVING QUARRY TRUCK, HE REACHED AROUND THE SEAT AND HIT THE AIR CONDTIONER FAN. CUT TIP OF FINGER OFF

BOOM TRUCK REMOVING AN APRON OUT OF 631 SCRAPPER, PUTTING APRON OUT OF PAN AND IT WEDGED. APRON SLIPPED AND COUGHT THUMB.

SHOVELING CRUSHED ROCK FROM UNDER A TAIL PULLEY ON CRUSHER. (HERNIA)

IMPROPER LIFTING WORKING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION FIRST LOST WORKDAY WAS 9/8/98

MOLLY ON CABLE STUCK IN SHIEVE WHILE TRYING TO PULL MOLLY TREE A BAR ON CABLE SNAGGED FINGER & PULLED FINGER INTO SHIEVE

EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND FINGERS BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN A WALKING STICK THAT HE CARRIES AND THE RIB. ALL 4 FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND WERE LACERATED. HIS PINKY FING ER WAS FRACTUREE.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE JUMPED DOWN FROM AN EMPTY (JUMBO) BARGE TO A LOADED (STANDARD) BARGE LANDING ON HIS LEFT FOOT BRUISING HIS LEFT HEEL.

CLEANING ROCK OFF MINE, WHEN HE STARTED THE CONVEYOR A ROCK FLEW OUT AND HIT HIM ON LEFT LOWER LEG.

WHEN TRYING TO UNJAM THE CONVEYOR, EE GOT HIS HFINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT & THE HEADROLLER RESULTING IN THE BONE AT THE TIP OF THERING FINGER HAVING TO BE TRIMMED BACK

SLIPPED ON WALKWAY

EE WAS BENT OVER TAPING A CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN/CATCH IN HIS BACK. EE HAD A PRIOR LOST TIME WITH BACK IN 1997.

LOWERING BONNET ON TOP OF CRUSHER WITH CRANE WHEN BONNETT CAME APART. LOWER PART OF BONNET (1/2 STEEL PLATE) FELL 18" AND LANDED ON RIGHT BIG TOE

EE WAS CUTTING WIPERS FOR HEAD PULLEY WHEN THE CUTTER SLIPPED AND CUTH THE FLESHY AREA BELOW THE THUMB. HE WENT IN FOR STITCHES AND THE ACCIDENT WAS TREATED AS FIRST AID. BY CONTINUING TO USE IT AT WORK AND DIRT BIKES IT WAS NOT HEALING RIGHT WHEN HE WENT IN TO HAVE STITCHES REMOVE. THE DR REQUESTED HE TAKE THREE DAYS OFF AND COME BACK ON FRIDAY.

UNLOADING TRUCK - RELEASED CHAIN BINDER - LOST HIS BALANCE AND BUMPED HIS TAIL BONE ON MACHINE TO BE UNLOADED.

EMPLOYEE STATED ON 9/1/98 THAT HE WAS SHOVELING BELT, SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST BELT STRUCTURE CAUSING BRUISE TO LEFT RIB.

WHILE HAMMERING MISSED AND HIT HIS FINGER.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A OXYGEN COMPRESSEDBOTTLE. HE GRABED HOLD OF THE PROTECTIVE CAP TO LIFT AND THE CAP CAME OFF STRIKING HIM ON THE MOUTH. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS AWARENESS AND CA P NOT SECURED. MINER PROFIECIENCY A FACTOR, PRO TECTIVE EQUIPMENT NOT A FACTOR, COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR, MINING EQUIPMENT/SYSTEMS OK

EE'S SAFETY GLASSES HAD FOGGED. HE REMOVED GLASSES TO CLEAR THEM. WITH GLASSES OFF, HE LOOKED UP AS HE FELT XXXX HARD HAT SLIPPING AND A PIECE OF STONE FELL FROM GRATING UNDER WHICH EE WAS STA NDING AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING INJURY.

INJ WAS TRANSFERING SCREEN PANELS FROM THE AC SCREEN TO A PALLET WHEN HE FELT A PULLING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EE WAS CHANGING DRIVE BELTS ON #2C DUST COLLECTOR WHEN HIS FINGER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE SHEAVE.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF MATERIAL TRAILER ONTO GROUND. EMP STEPPED ON CHUNK OF COAL CAUSING EMP TO SPRAIN HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

LIFTED 5 GAL BUCKET OF OIL, TURNED & TWISTED BACK.

EE FELL FROM TOP OF GRAVEL SCREW WHERE HE WAS GETTING NUTS LOOSE TO DISMOUNT THE ELECTRIC MOTOR.THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK & UPPER JAW AREA HIT THE TOP EDGE OF THE CONVEYOR HOPPER. EE WAS STAN DING ON A NARROW LEDGE & HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE

EE STEPPED DOWN OFF OF PAN AND FELT A POP IN LEFT HIP AREA. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 9/15/98

B-14 #2 ENTRY INJURED WAS DRAGGING A VENT TUBE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON SLIPPERY BOTTOM & FELL STRIKING THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK. HE WORKED HIS NEXT TWO SHIFTS AND BEGAN MISSING ON 9/3/98 . THE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A DEEP CONTUSION.

EE WAS BACKING UP END DUMP OVER SURGE PILE, WHENTHE BANK UNDERNEATH HIM GAVE WAY, SENDING THE EE& THE END DUMP SLIDING DOWN, ROLLING OVER TIPPING ON ITS SIDE DOWN THE HILL. THE DRIVER WAS THRO WN OUT OF THE WINDOW & LANDED ON THE GROUND. CAUSING BRUISES, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSP ER BY AMBULANCE

EE WAS UNLOADING A ROUND PROP FROM TRAILOR, WHEN PROP HUNG ON A BOARD, BOUNCING OUT, HITTING LEFT FOOT (TOP) CAUSING A BRUISE.

EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP A BELT TEMPLATE TOOL, THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK, DUE TO THE TEMPLATE BEING STUCK IN THE MUD.

ON 8-31-98 EE WAS PUTTING GLUE ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE TURNING WITH GLUE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND WENT TO DR THAT NIGHT AND RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. ON 10-1-98, EE TURNED IN A LIGHT DUTY SLIP TO FOREMAN AND REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AS A LOST TIME.

WHILE CHANGING A TOOTH ON A 992 LOADER THE EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO STRIKE AND A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS LEG.

DISCONNECTING PONTOON FROM DREDGE, STEPPED ONTO BOAT AND FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER, STRIKING KNEE ON PIPE. EE DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME UNTIL A SURGERY WAS NECESSITATED ON 11-9-98.

HELPING GET A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE METAL RACK& GOT HIS LEFT FOOT HUNG IN SOME SCRAP METAL & WTISTED HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE INSIDE OF THE LEG. RECD MEDICAL INFORMATION ON 9/16/98

EE WAS SERVICING A 14BU LOADER WHICH WAS UNDER ENEGRIZED TROLLY WIRE WITH A ROSE GUN. HE CONTACTED THE TROLLY WIRE WITH THE PLUNGER OF THE ROSEGUN

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A MINER OPERATOR BACK UP WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTD HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS PERFORMING SLOPE RECLAMATION WORK IN PIT AREA WHEN HE BACKED DOZER ON A FLAT ROCK AND LOOSE MATERIAL CAUSING DOZER TO SLIP & ROLL OVER RESULTING IN CUTS TO HEAD AND SHOULDER INJURY

REMOVING TUBE (VENT TUBE) TO STORE IN XCUT. SPAD PULLED OUT OF TOP & TUBE FELL AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE.

A RAMCAR WAS REPORTED DOWN IN WAY OF BELT MOVE. MINE FOREMAN ATTEMPTED TO AIR UP CAR AND MOVE. WHILE MOVING RAM CAR, THE TRAILER SIDE RAN UP ANDOVER A SUPPLY TRAILOR CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO BE BOUNCED UPWARD INTO THE CANOPY

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF FLAGGING. AS HE STRAIGHTENED UP, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK "FRIDAY AUG 28". HE DIDN'T SAY HOW. HE SAID HE DIDN'T TELL ANYONE. ON MONDAY "AUG 31", HE SAID HE WAS RIDING HIS 4 WHEEL MANTRIP AND RAN OVER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND HURT IT AGAIN.

EE WAS STANDING ON A SCAFFOLD PLATFORM LOWERING A COMEALONG TO THE FLOOR. THE WEIGHT OF THE COMEALONG PLUS EE'S WEIGHT CAUSED THE SCAFFOLD PLATROM TO FALL. EE FELL APPROX 8 FT TO THE FLOOR

EE STATED THAT WHILE WALKING DOWN THE #1 BELT LINE HE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM. HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HIMSELF RESULTING IN A STRAIN TO THE LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT KNEE

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF 990 LOADER, MISSED A STEP AND FELL TO GROUND FRACTURING LEFT WRIST

WHILE CUTTING STEEL WITH A CUTTING TORCH ADJACENT TO CONCRETE, THE HEATED CONCRETE POPPED SENDING A SMALL PIECE OF HEATED CONTRETE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO LEFT EYE T

EE WAS DRIVING THE DRILL WATER TRUCK, LOADED WITH WATER, DOWN A HAUL ROAD. AS HE APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION, HE FELT HE COULD NOT STOP AND RAN THE TRUCK INTO THE BERM.

EE WAS HANGING 2" PIPE HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH IT UP WHILE TYING IT WITH HIS OTHER HAND & STRAINEDHIS BACK

EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHEN PUSHING HIMSELF UP OTU OF MOTOR CONTACTOR COMPARTMENT. DIAGNOSED AS BACK STRAIN ON 8-29-98.

USING SHOVEL, STRAINED BACK.

INJ EE WAS CLEANING SHUTTLE CARDECK WHEN HE STRUCK HIS ARM AGAINST PIECE OF SHARP METAL

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUSHING OUT OF A SHOT. AS HE HALF-TURNED IN HIS SEAT TO BACK UP, HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A ROCK THAT HAD FALLEN IN HIS PATH, CAUSING A JERK TO HIS BACK. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE MARY BRECKINGRIDGE HOSPITAL ER IN HYDEN,KY, WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE LOWER DECK SCREEN ON THE SCRUBBER SCREEN WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN BENDING OVER THEN STRAIGHTENING BACKUP AND TWISTING.

EE WAS WORKING ON HE 3NE SUBMAINS TRACK BOLTING METAL STRAPS UP TO SUPPORT THE RIBS. EE WAS WALKING BACK TO THE TRACK BOLTER AFTER EATING LUNCH. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK IN THE WALKWAY AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING UP TO THE L400 SCREEN BY LIME LOADOUT, SLIPPED ON THE STAIRS AND STRETCHED HIS BACK AND LEG.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, THE EE LIFTED LARGE PIECES OF SHALE OUT OF THE SIDE DOOR OF THE CRUSHER AND THREW THEM OVER A HANDRAIL TO THE GROUND. HE FELT A STRAIN ABOVE HIS BELLY BUTTON AND VENTRAL HERNIA DEVELOPED AS A RESULT. EE DID NOT SEE DR UNTIL 10-9-98. HE UNDERWENT SURGERY TO REPAIR THE HERNIA ON 10-16-98.

EE WAS VACCUMING THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE CRUNCHER BUILDING WHEN THE HOSE PLUGGED HE TOOK THE NOZZLE OFF TO CLEAR THE BLOCKAGE. THE BLOCKAGE CLEANED AND THE HOSE STUCK TO HIS SIDE AS HE TRYED TO P ULL THE HOSE FROM HIS SIDE HIS ARM WAS PULLED INTO THE HOSE.

THE EE WAS PULLING OUT A CONCRETE FORM FROM BETWEEN THE 5 COLLECTOR FLUSH VALVE AND PHIL SUMP WITH ANOTHER EE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CRAWLING BY AN ELECTRICAL CABLE WHEN HIS FOOT HIT THE CABLE CAUSING AN ARC FLASH THAT BURNED HIS LEFT HAND. HE WORKED UNTIL 9-3, WHEN HE NOTICED SOME INFECTION. HE WENT TO DR THURSDAY A FTERNOON AND DR TREATED THE INFECTION.

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF LETTING DOWN CABLE OUT OF CABLE HANGERS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS STOMACH

A ROCK MEASURING 3' X 4' X 3" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK EE ON LT. SIDE OF HEAD. IT RESULTED IN LACERATIONS ABOVE LT. EAR.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE SURFACE SHOP. HE BENT DOWN TO LIFT AND PULL A CHAIN TO SLIDE IT THROUGH THE BACK DOOR OF THE SHOP WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. NOTE: THIS EE WAS INJURED ON 8/29/98, H E CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5/12/99 AND STARTED LOSING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK.

WORKING ON DEFLECTION SHEAVES AT 010 DRAGLINE FROM 1200 TO 1250 USING A COMEALONG TO PUT THE HOIST ROPES BACK IN THE SHEAVES. AT 1530 TO 1545 WAS ON THE GROUND MOVING CABLE FOR TH4E POSITIONIN G OF 010. PUTTING THE CABLE DOWN AND WALKING BACK TO THE MACHINE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. AFTER GETTING ON THE MACHINE, THE PAIN BECAME MORE INTENSE & HAD TO LIE DOWN ON THE BENCH IN THE

EE STATED WHILE CARRYING CRIB BLOCKS TO THE MAN TRIP HE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO FALL. EE NEVER STARTED MISSING WORK UNTIL 9/22/98

WORKING ON CHANGING BELT FLAPS ON FEEDER, CRESCENT WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT HEAD AND FINGERS HIT SIDE OF FEEDER. WENT TO CLINIC, CLEANED, TETANUS SHOT, ORAL ANTIBIOTICS. WORKED 8-29, WENT TO HO SPITAL 8-30, IV ANTIBIOTICS, SURGERY 9-1 FOR DEBRIDEMENT OF FINGER.

BECAME REOPRTABLE 9-15-98. STRAINED BACK WHILE MOVING ROCK OUT OF HIS PATH.

EE WAS SWINGING DRILL POT BACK AND FORTH ON BOTTOM. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT KNEE BETWEEN DRILL POT AND COAL WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. THIS EE CONTINUED TO DO NORMAL JOB DUTIES UNTIL 9-16-98 WHEN HE BEGAN LIGHT DUTY. EE WORKS AT THIS TIME.

LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE ONTO ROLL BACK AND PULLED LEFT SIDE GROIN MUSCLE.

EE WAS MOVING M.R.S. OUT OF PILLAR LINE AND WAS HELPING WITH M.R.S. CABLE ABOUT 30' FROM M.R.S. A PIECE OF ROCK 3' X 9' X 1' THICK FELL FROM ROOF BETWEEN ROOF SUPPORT, KNOCKING HIKM DOEN AND R ESTING ON ANKLE.

EE MOVING MINER CABLE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN

WHILE TRYING TO DUMP TRUCK THE PTO DID NOT ENGAGE ALL THE WAY. IT RAISED THE BED ABOUT 1 1/2". EE GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND KNELT BESIDE IT. HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND OUT TO SUPPROT HIMSELF WHILE TRYING TO KICK THE PTO IN. HIS HAND WAS BETWEEN THE BED AND THE FRAME, WHEN HE KICKED THE PTO IT DISENGAGED THE UNTI, LETTING THE BED COME DOWN ON HIS FINGERS.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING FORK FROM WELDING TABLE. OVER-HEAD CHAIN HOIST WAS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR LIFTING. WHEN SETTING FORK ON GROUND, FINGERS GOT CAUGHT UNDER FORK.

OPERATOR WAS REMOVING TALL GRASS AND TOP SOIL WITH CAT SCRAPER. ONE WHEEL OF THE SCRAPER HIT A HOLE AND EE WAS THROWN SIDEWAYS, RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN ON LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

CARRYING 60 LB BAGS OF CONCRETE AND TRIPPED OVER REBAR CAUSING BACK STRAIN.

HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE PUSH ARM OF 580 D-10 GROUND TRACTOR, HIS LEFT FOOT STRUCK THE STEP ON THE BALL OF THE FOOT CAUSING A SPRAIN.

CLEANING UP SCRAP STEEL, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS WRAPPING A CABLE UP IN THE WARSAW PIT. THE CABLE BROKE AND HIT EE ON HIS HEAD. EE FELL TOTHE GROUND AND IS NOW NOT CURRENTLY WORKING. THEACCIDENT CAUSED EE TO GET STITCHES IN HIS HEAD & POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS SHOVELING SALT, AND NOTCIED A BULGE IN HIS GROIN.

HE WAS CHANGING FUEL FILTERS ON A D-10 DOZER. WHEN HE FINISHED, HE WAS DESCENDING OFF OF THE RI PPER AND HIS SHOE CAUGHT ON A LITTLE LIP ON THE RIPPER AND HE TRIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE ONTO THE GROUND. HE FRACTURED HIS LEFT ELBOW ANDSPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE PLACING A 1" SCREENS CLOTH (4'X4'PANELS) FROM FORKS ON JCG LEVEL WITH SCREEN RACK ONTO RACK. EE FELT HIS BACK GET HOT AFTER COMPLETEING TASK HE MENTIONED TO OTHER EE HIS BACK HURTS. HE CONTINUED WORKING HELPING WELD WHEN HE STARTED HURTING AND CALL FOREMAN

EE SLIPPED IN THE MUD. WHEN HE FELL HIS HAND STRUCK A NAIL ON THE MINE FLOOR. THE NAIL PUNCTURED THE PALM OF HIS HAND. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER, TREATED AND RELEASED.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP STEPS OF LOADER, HE GOT TO THE 3RD STEP AND HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED, HE SLID DOWN THE STEPS TO THE GROUND AND HURT HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED THRU BELT AND CUT HIS LEG.

AFTER THE AREA IN QUESTION HAD BEEN SCALED AND BEEN BOLTED, HE LINED DRILL RIB THAT WAS STICKING OUT APPROX. 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 X 16' HIGH. HE MOVED FORWARD AND HAD THE BASKET DIRECTLY ACROSS AREA WHICH FELL. HE SAID THAT HE GOT UP INTO THE BASKET TO CHECK GROUND AND SAW IT DRIBBLE. AS HE STARTED MOVING AWAY FROM THE RIB, A SLAB HIT THE BASKET AND KNOCKED HIM OUT.

INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH A SINGLE BOOM ROOF BOLTER. WHILE POSITIONING TO INSTALL DRILL STEEL STABILIZING JACK CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT TO MINE FLOOR. RIGHT FOOT WAS CRUSHED, NO FRACTURES.

EE WAS CHECKING OUT THE PROBLEM WITH A WELDING OUTLET ON LINE #15 ON THE FEED END OF THE PEBBLE MILL. HE FIRST TAPPED OUT THE DIRT & DUST OUT OF THE PLUG IN WITH A SCREW DRIVER. WHEN HE BENT D OWN THE CHECK THE PLUG, DIRT & DUST DROPPED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS LIFTING MATERIAL INTO VERSA-TRAC BUCKET WHEN HE STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER. EE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 8/31/98

INJURED BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PLATE CLAMP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. 10-27-98 WAS LAST DAY WORKED.

EE WAS HELPING PULL T/G DRUM WITH PULL BOLTS. EE WAS ON FACE SIDE OF DRUM, DRUM POPPED OFF AND CAUGHT EE BETWEEN DRUM AND FOOT WALL.

AN EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE INTO SCOOP. HE BRUISED HIS RIGHT HAND.

BUGGY WENT BY ANCHOR, CABLE CAUGHT CANOPY AND PULLED ANCHOR DOWN & HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.

EMLOYEE LIFTED BAG OF ROCK DUST (APPROX 50 LBS) AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN LIFTING AN AIR BREATHER. HE IS PRESENTLY ON MODIFIED DUTY FOR 3WEEKS WHILE DOING PHYSICAL THERAPY

A LOOSE PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WAS LAYING OVERHEAD, IT WAS DISLODGED AND FELL ON EMPLOYEES LEFT SHOULDER.

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT SCALE OF ROCK FELL ON SHOULDER.

EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER. THE TRAY THAT HOLDS EXTRA BOLTS AND PLATES SLID OFF, STRIKING CANOPY CONTROL, CAUSING THE CANOPY TO FALL. THE CANOPY STRUCK EE ON THE HEAD AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING INJURY TO HIS HEAD, NECK, ANDBACK,AND FRACTURED HIS ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING STRUCTURE FOR THE BELT AND WHILE DOING THIS HE SET A RAIL ON THE FRAME AND IT FELL ON HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIS EE WAS CARRYING 2 KENNEDY PANELS FOR A STEEL STOPPING. HE CLAIMNS TO HAVE FELT BACK PAIN WHILE CARRYING THESE ITEMS. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS OVEREXERT ION AND AWARENESS, COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS WAA FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT NOT WORN, MINER ATTITUDE A FACTOR, MINING EQUIPMNENT/SYSTEMS NOT A FACTOR.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF A PUMP AND SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. *BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 10/31/98.

EE WAS REMOVING FURNACE COOLER HEADS AND PLACING THEM ON CART. HE HURT HIS LOWER RIGHT HIP.

AS EE PREPARED TO LOAD THE 4TH HOLE IN FRT ROW WITH AN/FO HE TOSSED HIS TAPE OVER THE CREST TO CHECK THE BURDEN ON THIS HOLE. EE SAID HE REMEMVERED READING 12 FT ON THE TAPE THEN WAS SLIDING DOWN THE FACE. AT ABOUT 8FT DOWN THE FACE HE GRABBED ONTO A ROCK & TRIED TO HOLE ON. NOT BEING ABLE TO HOLD ON HE SLID ANOTHER 30FT TO THE TOE.DURING HIS SLIDE HIS HARD HAT MANAGED TO STAY ON

FUELING LOADER, GAS OVERFLOWED ONTO COAL FLOOR. EE SLIPPED & HIT SHOULDERE ON COUNTERWEIGHT.

EE WAS PULLING CABLE AND HURT HIS LEG ON 8/27/98. HE SAYS THIS WAS A REU=INJURY FROM A FEW DAYS PREVIOUS. HE REPORTED INJURY 8/27/98.

EE WAS IN AN OVERHEAD BUCKET WHEN THE WELD HOLDING THE BUCKET TO THE BOOM BROKE. THE BUCKET AND THE EE BOTH FELL TO THE SURFACE BREAKING BOTH WRISTS OF THE EE. THE EE FELL APPROX. 15' TO THE G ROUND.

EMPLOYEE LOADING ROOF BOLT PAIN IN BACK.

EE WAS LEVELING THE BELT STRUCTURE WHEN A RIB ROLL (5'X3"X10") STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT

EE WAS COLLARING HOLE W/JACKLEG DRILL, WHEN ROCKFELL FROM BACK AND HIT HAND ON DRILL, LACERATING IT.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIS EE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY OVER A POINT RAIL ON A TRACK SWITCH. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE FALLEN DOWN & TWISTED HIS KNEE. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS AWARENESS AND SWITCH NOT WORKING PROPERLY. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS WAS A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIP WAS NOT WORN, MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR, MINING EQUIP SYSTEMS OK

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING DUST TO PUT IN DUSTER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK AND SHOULDER.

EE IS A CONTRACT HAULER FOR TRIMAC, WHICH IS A REGULAR CUSTOMER OF LIME PLANT. HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE CAB OF HIS TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON WET LIME AND FELL - RESULTING IN FRACTURED LEFT WRIST. PER RICH WHITE - RAPID CITY MSHA OFFICE - THIS IS A REPORTABLE INCIDENT FOR PETE LIEN & SONS - NOT CHARGABLE.

WELDER WAS PUTTING WELDING RODS AWAY, HE SLAMMEDTHE WELDING BOX DOOR ON HIS RIGHT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN LADDER ON BACK SIDE OF 80 YD MARION DRAGLINE BUCKET. HE WAS CUTTING SAFETY RAILING LOOSE SO THEY COULD TURN THE BUCKET FOR REBUILD WORK. WHEN HE STARTED DOWN LADDER H IS FOOT SLIPPED. HE FELL LANDING HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT ELBOW, HITTIGN IT AGAINST DRAGLINE BUCKET.

EE WAS CUTTING 4" ROCK. WHILE THE TREADMILL WAS IN REVERSE THE ROCK TUMBLED UPWARD AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER AGAINST THE UPPER TEETH. HE RECEIVED 10 STITCHES AND A FRACTURED THUMB

WHILE GREASING CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE'S LEG SLIPPED CAUSING SEVERE BACK PAIN.

WHILE CLIMBING OFF A LOCOMOTIVE EE SLIPPED INJURING LEFT KNEE.

HE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYOR WHEN HE FELL OFF 5 TO 6 FEET AND THEN ROLLED ANOTHER 8 TO 9 FEET.

EE WAS AT A SUPPLIES TO PICK UP A PUMP EE WAS IN BACK OF TRUCK REARRANGING MATERIALS FOR PLACEMENT OF PUMP WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. NOTE: THIS ACCIDEN IS BEING CONTES TED &IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE WC CARRIER

EE STATED THAT AS HE WAS RESETTING A BREAKER ON A BATTERY POWERED SCOOP HE WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT HAND BY FALLING ROCK. THE FALLING ROCK 3"X3"X1/2" STRUCK THE EE ON THE RING FINGER OF HIS RIG HT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION

EE WAS INSTALLING RETURN ROLLER ON A 3C" FIELD CONV WHEN ONE ROLLER CAME LOOSE AND HIT HER ON THE R SHOULDER & THUMB HAD TORN LIGAMENTS IN R HAND THUMB

EE STATED: WALKING ACROSS MINE PARKING LOT, STEPPING OVER PARKING LOT GUARD RAIL, STUMBLED AND FELL FALLING TO GROUND, BODY LANDING ON FOOT.

HANDLING JACKHAMMER/AIR DRILL AND CAUSED INJURY TO THE BACK.

THE INJURED WAS PULLING MINER CABLE ALSO WITH HELP OF SHUTTLE CAR. AS THE SHUTTLE CAR PULLED THE CABLE AROUND THE CORNER, HE WAS CAUGHT AGAINST THE RIB INJURING HIS KNEE.

PICKING UP WATER PUMP PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK AFTER TIGHTENING BREAST LINE ON SPAR BARGE. DIAGNOSED AS SHOULDER AND BACK STRAIN ON 8-27-98.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIS EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE OIL SKID,SLIPPED ON OIL AND ROUNDED FOOT STEP. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS AWARENESS AND OILY FLOOR. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/R EGS WAS A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT AFACTOR, MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR, MINING EQUIPMENT/SYSTEMS NOT A FACTOR.

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON 966C CAT ENDLOADER AND REACHED INTO THE CAB AND GOT HIS HARD HAT. HE STOOD UP AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED ABOUT BACK PAIN AND WAS TOLD TO GO SEE A DOCTOR.

INDIVIDUAL WAS DRILLING A HOLE WITH STARTER STEEL. STEEL PLUGGED. HE REMOVED STEEL AND CLEARED IT. WAS PREPARING TO REINSERT STEEL INTO HOLE WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE ROTATION LEVER. LEFT HAND CAUGHT BY ROTATING STEEL.

EE WAS CLEANING ROCK OUT OF 5 1/2 CONE CRUSHER WHEN ROCK SLID DOWN CRUSHER CHUTE STRIKING EE ON RIGHT UPPER FOOT CAUSING CONTUSION.

EE HAD TO TURN A CORNER WHILE CARRYING A REPULPER SHAFT. IN TURNING THE CORNER HE TWISTED HIS BODY STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT OR REPORT TO ESH DEPT UNTIL NOVEM BER 98. JOB RESTRICTIONS-NO LIFTING GREATER THAN20 LBS.

EE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE CARRYING A BENCH TO NEW DINNER AREA, LATER IN THE SHIFT HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND TWISTED THE SAME KNEE AGAIN.

EE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE IIFTING BELT STRUCTURE CRADLE. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 9/4/98

DRILLING A HOLE IN ROOF A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND PUSHING HIS LEG UNDER BOLTER BOOM

EE STATED HE FELL OFF 922-C COUNTER WEIGHT WHILE DISMOUNTING.

EE WAS UP ON INSIDE FRAME GREASING THE DRIVE SHAFT, IT WAS RAINING AND THE FRAME WAS SLICK. EE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS BACK ON THE FRAME ON HIS RIGHT,BACK SIDE

EE WAS REPAIRING AN OVERHEAD CRANE IN THE CONCENTRATOR BUILDING AND AGGRAVATED AN EXISTING HERNIA BY CLIMBING UP AND DOWN TO CRANE. EE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 10-5-98 DUE TO SURGERY TO REPAIR HE RNIA.

HE WAS LIGHTING BURNER AND FAILED TO OPEN AIR VALVE TO CLEAR FUEL OUT OF TIP AND STAFF. THIS RESULTED IN THE FLASH BACK WHICH BURNT HIS RIGHT LEG.

EE WAS CLEANING BLOWING FIRES AND DUST FROM GRINDER 2 FELL ON BACK OF NECK.

EE HAD JUST TRAMMED THE 992C (MACHINE #426) TO THE PARKING LOT AREA & HAD EXITED THE MACHINE. WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EE HE ATTMEPTED TO ROLLA STEEL PIPE (15" X 7') INTO THE BUCKET OF 992C. W HILE THE EE WAS BENT DOWN ROLLING THE PIPE--HE FELT MUSCLES PULL IN THE SMALL OF HIS BACK. HE RECEIVED X-RAYS, MRI AND WILL SEE A NEUROSURGEON.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE AN OVERHEAD WATER VALVE WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL HE SHIFTED HIS BODY WEIGHT ONTO HIS RT LEG AND HIS KNEE GAVE OUT.

LIFTING BELLY PAN ON LOADER TO REPLACE A HOSE

A MECHANIC WAS USING A HAND GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDER WHEEL BORKE APART. STRIKING EE IN THE RIGHTLEG JUST ABOVE THE NEE

EE WAS BOLTING AND AT THE END OF THE SHIFT HE HAD SWELLING AND PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

DRAW ROCK SLIPPED FROM TOP STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND, 3RD FINGER. DUE TO INFORMATION RECEIVED THIS REPORT WAS NOT FILED, IMPRESSION WAS THE OPERATOR OF MINE SITE WOULD FILE.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS DIGGING OUT DRAIN PIPE IN A POND WHEN SOME EARTHEN MATERIAL SLID DOWN ONTO HIS RT LEG. HE DID NOT GO THE DR BUT DID MISS THE 8-27-98 WORK SHIFT DUE TO A BRUISED RT KNEE. INJURY REPORTABLE DUE TO LOST WORKDAY ON 8-27-98

EE WAS LOADING SUPERBOLTS ON PINNER WHEN A PIECEOF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF & STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM

PANIC BAR KNOCKED ON SHUTTLE CAR COMING OFF DUMP, ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR CAME IN ON OTHER SIDE AND RAN INTO HIM, BRUISING VICTIMS HIP.

EE WAS MOVING SHIELD WHEN A HIGH PRESSURE EMULSION HOSE BLEW STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT FOREARM

LIFTING A PUMP IN THE BED OF THE SERVICE CAP AND FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS MOVING CABLE, WHEN MACHINE ROLLED BACK ON FOOT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A HYDRAULIC HOSE AND CHECKING IT FOR LEAKS. OIL FROM A LEAKING PIN HOLE BLEW THROUGH THE EMPLOYEE'S GLOVE AND "TATTOOED" HIS RIGHT HAND.

WAS CLEANING UP THE TOOL BOX ON THE DRILL RIG WHEN A SPARE POWER BREAK OUT WRENCH FELL AND SMASHED THE LITTLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.

SHOVELING OFF THE CATWALK AT THE CRUSHER.

INJ WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT ANKLE BY A FALLING ROCK WHILE OPERATING A CONT MINER

WHILE EE WAS BOLTING ROOF IN #6 RIGHT XCUT, A PORTION OF ROOF APPROX 1FTX21/2FTX6" DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF STRIKING EE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT

EE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTING SUPPLIES ONTO A ROOFBOLTER. AFTERWARDS HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONT TO WORK UNTIL 9/3/98. THAT'SWHEN HE SOUGHT MED TREATMENT. HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 9/4/98

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING PARTS RUNNER IN UNLOADING REPAIR PARTS. A LARGE PIN FELL OFF THE TRUCK AND STRUCK HIS FOOT BREAKING A TOE.

HE WAS RIDING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF CHALLENGER 95 AND WAS LOOKING BACK WATCHING THE PULL SCRAPERS WHEN THE CHALLENGER HIT A BUMP AND HE FLEW UP OUT OF THE SEAT AND BACK DOWN INTO THE SEAT.

EE ATTEMPTING LIFT/MOVE 100-150 LB. BOULDER FROM HAUL ROAD IMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUE. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUMBAR SPRAIN.

CARRYING BAG OF ROCK DUST AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS REMOVING LID FROM BUCKET OF MINE SEALANT WHEN SEALANT SPLASHED INTO HIS EYE.

PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EE ON RIGHT KNEE

EE DESCENDED STEPS ON CONVEYOR #2 TO THE GROUND, THEN AFTER PLACING BOTH FEET ON GROUND TOOK A STEP AND STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND TWIST KNEE.

EE WAS INSTALLING A FITTING ON A HOSE USING AN ASSEMBLING MACHINE. WHEN HE WAS PUSHING THE HOSE TO MATE IT WITH THE FITTING, THE FITTING SLIPPED OFF THE VISE. THIS CAUSED HIS LEFT HAND TO SLIP OFF THE HOSE VISE ASSEMBLY AND GET CAUGHT BY THE VISE.

TRACTOR TRAILER LOADED WITH COAL BACK INTO FEED #1 PILE STARTED TO DUMP AT ABOUT HALF SCOOP TRAILER BEGAN TO GO OVER. DRIVER TRIED TO PROP BED BUT WAS TOO LATE.

WHILE OEPRATING SCRAOER--GOING BACK TO DUMP A LIGHT LOAD OVER VERY ROUGH GROUND AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN EXCESSIVE SPEED FOR CONDITIONS--INJURED LOWER BACK FROM A HARD BOUNCE--RADIOED FOR HEL P.

EMPLOYEE WAS POUNDING SCREENS ON THE SIMPLICITY SCREEN DECK. HE WAS EITHER KNEELING ON ROCK OR BUMPED HIS KNEE OR TWISTED WHEN CLIMBING FROM THE SCREEN BOX.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVER OF CAT TRUCK WHICH WAS BEING LOADED WITH LARGE ROCK TO BE DRIVEN BY EMPLOYEE TO ROCK CRUSHER. LARGE ROCK CAUSED TRUCK TO GO UP AND JARRED HEAD AND NECK OF EMPLOYEE.

EE STEPPED OUT OF OPERATORS COMPARTMENT ONTO CATWALK, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS RIGHT ARM AND FRACTURING IT JUST BELOW THE ELBOW.

PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON EE'S LETTER DATED 10/28/98 RULES THAT THIS IS A NEW INJURY INSTEAD OF AGGREVATION TO OLD INJURY

THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR HAD JUST FINISHED PUTTING UP THE LAST BOLT IN BREAK (5) TO (6) ON THE 001-B SECTION, WHEN HE LET THE OPERATORS CANOPY DOWN IT CAUGHT THE ATRS PLATE MOMENTARILY THEN D ROPPED SUDDENLY STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON THE HARD HAT & SHOULDER. QUANTITY OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME

WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL MINER OFF OF ITS CABLE USING A UNHAULER AND A BIG PULL CHAIN WHILE PULLING AND JERKING THE MINER CHAIN SLIPPED OFF AND WITH A GLANCING BLOW HIT EE . BRUISE HIS LEFT ANKL E AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS RIBS

CONTRACTED EE WAS HOSING OFF SAND UNDER SCREEN TOWER WHEN A CHUNK OF MATERIAL FELL AND STRUCK HIM ACROSS THE BACK.

EE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ON A STRAINING CLAMPOF THE BACK OF A HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE PLUG. WHEN THE CABLE HUNG ABOVE FELL STRIKING HIM CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS IMPROPER HOOKS AND WEIGHT. COMPLI ANCE WITH RULES REGS WAS NOT A FACTOR. PROTECT EIVE EQUIPMENT OK, MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR MINING EQUIPMENT/SYSTEMS OK

EE SPENT SHIFT DUSTING AND MOVING ROCKDUST AND REPORTED INJURY BY PHONE. NO SPECIFIC TIME REPORTED.

EE WAS BOLTING TOP. PUT BOLT UP, THEN LET ATRS DOWN TO RESET FOIR NEXT BOLYT. HE WAS NOT IN THE CLEAR WHEN HE PULED LEVER TO LET ATRS DOWN AND IT CONTACTED HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM MINER. ROCK SLIPPED OFF ON TO RIGHT ANKLE AND FRACTURED.

ENDLOADER & ROCK TRUCK BACKED INTO EACHOTHER RESULTING IN INJURY TO ENDLOADER OPERATOR.

RUNNING TRUCK IN TOO HIGH A GEAR GOING UP A GRADE RAN OUT OF POWER, LOST CONTROL & ROLLED OVER

EE WAS OPERATING A S & S SCOOP. HE TRAMMED SCOOP OVER A END OF A PROP BOUNCING HIM IN SEAT, STRAINING LOWER LEFT HIP.

EE WAS IN THE CAGE UNDER THE BULK ANFO BINS WHILE THE POWDER TRUCK WAS MOVING UP. AFTER THE TRUCK WAS POSITIONED, SHE STEPPED DOWN ONTO THE TRUCK AND TURNED HER KNEE.

EMP STRAINED LT FOOT WHEN HE STEPPED ON LUMP OF COAL AS HE STEPPED FROM STAIRWAY TO FLOOR OF PLANT

HE WAS DUMPING A TRUCK LOAD OF SPOIL ON AN ELEVATED DUMP SITE AND BACK UP TOO FAR AND HIS TRUCK ROLLED OVER (TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE).

EE WAS ASSISTING IN CHANGING A SCVREEN I A DRYER. HE APPRENTLY HERNIATED A DISC IN HIS NECK WHILE TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ON THE SCREEN.

PULLING CONCRETE WITH RAKE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

INJ WAS CARRYING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE HELPING TO LIFT STEEL RAIL PAIN IN BACK

WHILE HOLDING BLOCK, SLEDGEHAMMER HIT BLOCK ONTOLEFT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO DRILL ROOF BOLT HOLE WHEN SLIP OF ROCK ABOUT 18"LONG, 6"WIDE, & 5"THICK FELL CATCHING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

EE REPORTS THAT WHILE HELPING ANOTHER EE ROLL A PRE-ROLLED 100' SECTION OF BELT TO ONE SIDE OF AN ENTRY TO ANOTHER, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THIS CLAIM IS UNDER INVESTIGATION DUE TO A QUESTIONABLE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUND THIS REPORT. THE EE WORKING WITH HIM WAS NOT AWARE OF AN INJURY OCCURRING EITHER.

EE WAS PULLING SLACK OUT OF WINCH CABLE & FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER

EE WAS WORKING ON THE 3440 LEVEL. HE WAS RIDING ON THE BACK OF A MOTOR WHEN IT CAME OFF THE TRACK. WHEN THIS HAPPENED HE FELT A PINCH IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE SUSTAINED A LOWER BACK STRAIN AND RE TURNED TO WORK. ON/22/99 THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED THAT ON 2/15/99 EE WAS TAKEN OFF THE JOB DUE TO THE INDUSTRIAL BACK INJURY. HE IS NOW A LOST TIME INJURY.

EE WAS INSTALLING DUST COLLECTOR BAGS AND IN THE PROCESS WAS PULLING AND PUSHING ON THE BAGS. SAID HIS SHOULDER WAS POPPING AND CRACKING WHILE HE WAS DOING THE WORK AND HAS BEEN HURTING EVER S INCE. HE DID NOT REQUEST TO SEE A DR UNTIL 9-21-09, HOWEVER HE HAS HAD AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS SHOULDER. THIS IS A REINJURY. ASTER CONTINUED PROBLEMS TEST REVEALED SURGERY NECESSARY.

INJURED WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE. A PIECE WAS STUCK WHEN THE INJURED PULLED THE STRUCTURE. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IUN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT CHUTE-SLIPPED TWISTED BACK

EE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING #8 ENTRY WHEN HE PUSHED A PILE OF COAL UP & THEN TRAM SCOOP OVER IT CAUSING HIS INJURY. HE WAS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL ON 8/27/98

EE WAS KNOCKING BRATTICE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

DOING MAINTENANCE WORK WITH PLIERS, BROKE TOOTH.

THE EE WAS LIFTING A FLIGHT FOR THE VESSEL CONVEYOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE HAS HISTORY OF BACK PAIN 10/21/96-8/11/97

EMPLOYEE WAS LOCATED ALONG 9-S TRACK WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO HELP UNTANGLE A WIRE ROPE CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE CLIMBING ONTO A FUEL TRUCKHE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT ARM AND NECK

EMPLOYEE INDICATED THAT WHILE HE WAS REMOVIMG SOME ROCKS FROM A MILL, A ROCK DISLODGED AND HIT ON THE LEFT EYE SUSTAINING A CUT ON THE LOWER PAR OF THE EYE. TWO SUTURE STITCHES WERE APPLIED.

INJ WAS STANDING ON SOME BLOCK KNOCKING OUT A BLOCK BRATTICE WITH A HAMMER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL

THE INJURED EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRILL A HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT. A PIECE OF ROCK SUDDENLY FELL STRIKING HIM ON BOTH LEGS.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE EE TO LAND ON THE WRENCHING BAR.

EE WAS STANDING AT THE HEADGATE. A STONE FELL FROM THE RIBLINE 12-13 FT HIGH. STONE STRUCK ANOTHER FIRST, THEN HIT THE EE ON HIS LOWER RIGHT LEGRIGHT FOOT, AND LOWER LEFT LEG. PIECE OF STONE WAS 27"X18"X6" IN SIZE

INJ WAS PUSHING UP PAN LINE. HE PUT IN A PUSH BATCH AT NO 70 SHEILD AND STARTED THE PUSH GOINGTOWARD THE HEADGATE. WHEN EE PUSHED THE START BUTTON TO PUSH THE LINE NO70 SHIELD ADVANCED TRA PPING BOTH OF HIS LEGS

BOX TURNED OVER.

EE WAS WALKING THE QUARRY. HE STEPPED ON A RATTLESNAKE AND IT BIT HIM THROUGH HIS BOOT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THE ANTI-VENUM

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING NEXT TO CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT AND RIGHT ARM.

EE STATED HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE DRIVING HAUL TRUCK OVER ROUGH GROUND BUT DID NOT CLAIM INJURY UNTIL THIRTEEN (13) DAYS LATER AFTER USING SHOVEL FOR A WEEK.

EE WAS STRUCK ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD BY A PIECE OF SCALE IN A-1 ROOMS SECTION. EE WAS BENT OVER CLEANING UP DEBRIS.

DRY GROUND- SHE WAS WALKING DOWN DRIVEWAY TO PUNCH IT AND SLIPPED AND FELL.

WORKING WITH MECHANIC TO INSTALL HOIST PUMP--A CRANE WAS USED TO POSITION PUMP THEN IT WAS MANUALLY SET & BOLTED INTO PLACE. THERE IS A LOST OF TWISTING AND PUSHING INVOLVED WHILE BOLTING IN T HE PUMP. THIS IS PERFORMED OVE HEAD WHILE THE PUMP IS SUSPENDED BY A CVRANE. THE TWISTING & REACHING WHILE BOLTING PUMP IN PLACE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BOX RAIL CAR. THE CAR DOOR ON THE CAR WAS NOT COMPLETELY OPEN. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS RESTING ON THE DOOR STOP. WHEN THE RAILCAR MOVED FORWARD AND CONTACTED ANO THER CAR, THE DOOR SLID THE REST OF THE WAY OPEN (TOWARD THE STOP) SMASHING THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE STOP.

REAR OF SERVICE TRUCK HAD OIL ON FLOOR AND HAND RAILS WERE SLICK. ALL OF THIS CAUSED MULTIPLE STRAINS AND BRUISES.

WAS CLIMBING INTO A DJB AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE CHEST. IT DID NOT HURT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, SO IT DID NOT GET REPORTED UNTIL THEN.

ROCK FELL OFF HOPPER WALL HIT EE IN BACK KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND IN TURN HARD HAT FELL OFF AND EEHIT HIS HEAD ON ROCK

WINDSHIELD ON D9 DOZER WAS CRACKED. TRACKS OF DOZER THREW UP ROCKS THAT SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD.

USING SLEDGEHAMMER TO REMOVE TOOTH FROM LOADER BUCKET, PIECE OF STEEL PENETRATED LOWER RIGHT LEG

EE WAS CLEANING A SHOTCRETE WITH A PRESSURE WASHER. HE DISASSEMBLED THE NOZZEL AFTER CLEANING THE EXTERIOR PORTION AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN SMALL COMPENTS BY HOLDING THEM IN HIS LEFT HAND AND US ING THE SPRAY WAND IN HIS RIGHT HAND. HE INFLICTED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIS EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER CO-WORKER IN SETTING A SAMPSON POST TO ANCHOR THE TAILPIECE. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE LOST GRIP OF IT.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WORKING ON 16 DUST COLLECTOR ACTUATORS. DUST COLLECTOR DUMPED INTO COOLER WHICH KICKED OFF COOLER. WENT TO CLEAN COOLER, OPENED DOOR WHEN CEMENT DROPPED INTO HOPPER AND SHOT DIRECTLY INTO FACE BURNING EYES. LAST DAY WORKED 8-24-98.

EE WAS STANDING AT THE HEADGATE AREA. A PIECE OF STONE FELL FROM THE RIBLINE AT 12-13 FT HIGH.STONE STRUCK EE ON TOP OF HARD HAT. PIECE OF STONE WAS 27"X18"X6" IN SIZE

WHILE BENDING TO REPIAR CONVEYOR BELT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

REMOVING BRAKES & CLUTCHES AS A UNIT, WAS PRYINGWITH A 4' PRY BAR AGAINST THE MAIN CASE, THE BRAKE UNIT CAME LOOSE SUDDENLY AND FELL TOWARDS EE IN TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE UNIT CAME AGAINS THE BAR FORCING IT AGAINST THE LEFT LEG.

EE CAME TO SUPERVISOR ON 8/24/98 AND TOLD HIM HEHAD SLIPPED ONTHE DOZER ABOUT 3 WKS AGO. HIS RIGHT SHIN HAD BEEN SWOLLEN AND HE NOW WANTS TO GO TO DR. LATE REPORT HAPPENED 3 WKS AGO WORKER NEVER REPORTED.

HAD HAND ON SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY LEANED OVER TALKING TO SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WITH ELBOW TOWARDS ROOF. SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR MOVED MACHINE JAMMINGELBOW INTO ROOF AND WRIST INTO CANOPU

EE WAS OPERATING TS24 PAN AND WHILE DUMPING IN THE DUMP ZONE HE RAN OVER A LARGE RAOCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO JAR FROM HIS SEAT AND STRAIN HIS BACKAND NECK. HE DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 8/27/98

EE WAS CLOSING THE DOOR TO THE WATER TRUCK. HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE LATCH ADN HAD TO USE BOTH HANDS TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND WERE CAUGHT IN THE DO OR JAM. BOTH FINGERS WERE LACERATED AND THE MIDDLE FINGER WAS BROKEN.

EE WAS JACKING ON A WRECK MANTRIP AND JACK TILTED AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN JACK AND MANTRIP.

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROLLER FROM THE MAGNET ON A BELT. THE DAY WAS HOT AND HUMID AND HE REMOVED HIS GLASSES TO WIPE HIS EYES BECAUSE OF THE SWEAT AND HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EY E.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A DRINKING WATER JUG INTO A MUCK BUCKET AND STEPPED BACKWARD ONTO A RAIL AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

CHANGING A HOSE THAT HAD BLOWN ON 992 LOADER. HE HAD TO LAY ON HIS BACK ON THE LOADERS TRANSMISSION TO CHANGE THE HOSE. IT WAS VERY CRAMPED AND TIGHT. HE PULLED ON THE HOSE TO GET IT TO FIT AN D INJURED HIS BACK LOWER LEFT. HE HAD PAIN DOWN LEFT LEG AND GROIN AREA.

EE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT SHOULDER BY FALL CHAIN COME-ALONG. THE COME-ALONG WAS NOT UNDER LOAD. THE COME-ALONG SLIPPED OFF A BELT HANGER CHAIN. EE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

LIME BLOWING IN AIR GOT IN EE'S .

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK, AS HE LIFTED THE SHOVEL UPWARD HE SMASHED THE THUMB BETWEEN THE HANDLE OF THE SHOVEL AND CONVEYOR.

WHILE DRAGGING A ROCK TARP FROM CROSSCUT TO NEXTCROSSCUT INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER

THE EE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE FROM THE PRIMARY CRUSHER EAST OF PICKING BELT. WHEN HE LIFTED A FULL LOAD AND TWISTED TO THROW, HE FELT MUSCLES PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. SORENESS INCREASED DURIN G THE NIGHT AND THE FOLLOWING DAY HE WAS UNABLE TO REPORT TO WORK,

EE WAS WORKING AROUND A PUMP IN THE SHAFT BOTTOM AREA. A SEAL ON THE PUMP VALVE BLEW OUT AND HIT EE IN THE FACE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO HIS KNEES. NOTE: EE CONTINUED T O WORK THRU 8-28-98. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTIONON 8-31-98, WHICH WAS HIS FIRST DAY OFF WORK.

EE WAS ROOFBOLTING ON THIS SHIFT, HE HAD FINISHED PINNING & WAS HELPING TO SERVICE #3 PLACE. HE BENT OVER TO GET SLIDING CURTAIN & PULL BACK OUT OF COAL & IT TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE

WHILE FILLING ROCK DUST TANKS & THE FELL HOSE BLEW OFF AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT HIMSELF HE PUT HIS HANDS UP. HOSE STRUCK HIS HANDS & HE TWISTED HIS NECK CAUSING A HERIATED DISC IN NECK.

EE STATED THAT HE BENT OVER TO MVOE THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN IS LOWER BACK. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL THE 27TH OF AUGUST WHEN HE LOST TIME WITH THIS INJUR Y.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND BUS TO THROW A SWITCH WHEN HE WAS STRUCK WITH THE MANTRIP.

WHILE DRIVING WEDGE OUT OF LEFT DRAG ROPE ON 010 DRAGLINE, MISSED WEDGE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT THE DRAG SOCKET. WHEN THE SLEDGE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE SOCKET, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LOAD TRACK ONTO CAR. EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY THAT CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY. EE EXPERIENCED HEAD AND BACK PAIN. HE CONSULTED A DR. AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCLE STRAIN.

DRIVING HINGE PIN OUT OF A BELT HEAD BOOM. MISSED PIN AND HIT LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO BATTERY STATION TO CHANGE OUT SCOOP BATTERIES. WHEN UNPLUGGING BATTERIES, HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH DC VOLTAGE, CAUSING BURN TO RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS ARRANGING CABLE CLOSE TO RIB DURING A SECTION POWER MOVE. A RIB ROLL FELL WHILE HE WAS INA CROUCHED POSITION AND HIT HIM IN THE LOWER BACK AND ARMS CAUSING A POSSIBLE MUSCLE STRAIN. EE WAS XRAYED TREATED AND RELEASED FROM CAMC GENERAL DIV.

THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTING TO FREE ROOF-BOLTER STUCK IN THE MUD WHEN BOLTER WAS FREED IT SLIPPED AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND.

TRIPING TAIL LEVER ON DUMP, HANDLE SNAPPED DOWN HITTING RT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS PRYING ROCK OFF THE HEAD OF CONTINUOUS MINER CM20. ON SEPT 4 HE WENT FOR MRI, WHICH INDICATED A FRACTURE OF LEFT WRIST. HE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY SEPT. 4, 1998.

SETTING 12-D TAILPIECE WEDGING SUPPORT BEAMS USING SLEDGE HAMMER. DEVELOPED PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

PINNER STEEL HUNG IN ROOF, EE WAS PULLING DOWN ON STEEL WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE IT PINCHED & MASHED HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER ON HIS STEEL WRENCH THAT WAS IN THE PINNERS CHUCK

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SPEED REDUCER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

WHILE CHANGING A TRAFFLING ROLL, EE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 3/99

MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO CRUSHER EE HIT HIS HAND WITH A HAMMER. RIGHT INDEX FINGER

MAN WAS BOLTING TOP. HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON BOLTER HEAD. WRENCH BROKE AND HEAD WENT TO TOP MASHING 3 FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING AN AIR LINE VALVE WHEN THE HOSE CAME OFF THE C P COUPLING STRIKING HIM IN THE NOSE. JUST RECEIVED REPORT SHOWING EMPLOYEE'S NOSE WAS FRACTURED.

THERE WAS SLIME ON TRACKS OF BACKHOE. OPERATOR STEPPED OUT OF CAB ONTO THE SLIME COVERED TRACKSOPERATOR SLIPPED OFF TRACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND-TWISTED KNEE.

EE STATED WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR HE RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO BUMP RIGHT SHOULDER. EE VISITED DR. ON 8-22-98 WITH NECK PAIN - WORKED 8-24-98 STARTED MISSING 8-25-98.

COMING DOWN LOADER LADDER, EE TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE AND THEN HEARD A LOUD POP.

HE WAS DRIVING ON A MUDDY ROAD WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS TRK., WHEN HE APPLIED HIS BRAKES. THE TRUCK ROTATED 180 DEGREES AND SLID OFF THE ROAD AND TURNED OVER ON ITS LEFT SIDE.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF SURGE BIN, AFTER PERFORMING MAINTENANCE REPAIRS, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS HANGING ROOF BOLTER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AT REGULAR DUTY UNTIL 8-27, WHEN HE WAS TAKEN TO SEE A DR. FROM WORK.

HURT SHOULDER GETTING OUT OF SCOOP, FELL AND ALSO HURT BACK.

EE SWITCHED A JEEP INTO A SIDE TRACK, CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF THE TROLLY POLE AND SET DOWN ON SEAT. HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOW BACK WHICH RADIATED INTO RIGHT LEG. PAIN PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED AND HE CAME TO SURFACE AT 8:30 AM TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING. CLAM LEANED OVER AND HIT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS CHANGING GRINDER SCREEN ON 2 (4Y825) GRINDER. CALDIUM DUST CAME IN CONTACT WITH SKIN ON NECK AND UPPER BACK.

CRAWLING AND BOLTING TOP HURT LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE REMOVING FITTING FROM VICE MOUNTED ON TOOL CAR - HANDLE STRUCK TOP OF HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE-CONNECTING THE SCOOPS HYD. HOSES LEANING OVER SCOOP BUCKET. HE INSTRUCTED THE SCOOP OPERATOR TO TRY SCOOP. OPERATOR PULLED INJECTOR BLADE BACK AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S PENIS CAUSI NG A BRUISE.

HE WAS KNEELING ON GROUND FASTENING WIRE ROPE TOGETHER WHEN A SCOOP APPROACHED FROM BEHIND HIM. HE WAS STRUCK ON BACK AND RAN OVER BY BATTERY END OF SCOOP. SUFFERING MULTIPLE INJURIES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING COVER ON RAM CAR AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HYPERTENSION OF RIGHT ARM. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 8-25-98, STARTED MISSING ON 8-26-98.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE LID ON TOOL BOX WHEN HANDLE BROKE ON LID CAUSING IT TO CLOSE ON BOTH OF HIS THUMBS.

PUSHING MATERIAL WITH A DOZER RAN OVER A ROCK THE DOZER SET DOWN AND JARRED HIS BACK.

ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLT, WHILE OPERATOR WAS CLEANING UP PLACE.

EE WAS HELPING WITH MINER CABLE WHEN THE MINER CABLE PULLED TIGHT, HIS LEFT LEG WAS IN BETWEEN CABLE AND THE COAL RIB. THIS EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 10-6-98.

PULLING BELT TAKE UP, CABLE UNDER BEAM. PRYING ON THE BEAM TO FREE CABLE, THE BEAM ROLLED OVER ON THE LEFT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT RUB RAIL BACK ON THE MINER WHEN HE DROPPED IT ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

THE INJURED WORKER WAS PUTTING UP THE INSIDE BOLT IN THE #5 ENTRY WHEN A ROCK THE SIZE OF A VOLLEYBALL STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD CAUSING A HEADACHE AND SYMPTOMS OF SHOCK.

WALKING ACROSS PLANT LOT AND STEPPED ON LARGE GRAVEL AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF ROCK TRUCK WHEN TRUCK MOVED AND SHE FELL TO GROUND.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN HOLE ON ROCK RECLAIMER AND SCRAPED HIS RIGHT THIGH.

SLIPPED OFF EDGE OF DIRT WHILE WALKING ACROSS LOT

COAL WASHED OUT OF BUNKER HE GOT STUCK IN GOB

OPERATOR INSTALLED 1ST BOLT IN THE CUT. HE HAD REPOSITIONED BOLTER SO THE OTHER OPR COULD PUT UP ADDITIONAL BOLT. HE WAS WAITING ON THE OTHER OPR TO FINISH HIS BOLT. SITTING ON RIB 3 RAIL OF B OLTS OUTBY LAST ROW WHEN A ROCK & COAL BROW FELL HITTING HIM ON LEFT KNEE. ROCK & COAL 18" TRIANGLE. 2" THICK. (#5 RT CUT THROUGH TO #6. 140' INBY SPAD #136.)

EE WAS DRILLING 5/16" HOLE IN 4"X6" STEEL PLATE WITHOUT USING A DRILL VISE. THE DRILL BIT HUNG UP IN THE PLATE CAUSING THE PLATE TO ROTATE WITH THE DRILL SPEED. THE CORNER OF THE PLATE STRUCK THE EE ON THE LEFT FOREARM.

OPER. WAS TRAMMING TOWARD MINER, AND ROCK LAYING IN HAUL ROAD. BUGGY RAN OVER ROCK THROWING OPER. UP AND HITTING HEAD ON CANOPY.

EE WAS HELPING MOVE THE CONT MINER'S TRAILING CABLE OUT OF THE HAUL ROAD. AFTERWARDS, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK

EE STATED THAT WHILE GETTING OFF A DRILL STEP, HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

RAINY DAY - WENT TO STEP OFF OF FORLK LIFT , LOST FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARDS FLAT ON BACK - RT ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON GOLF CART AND GOT FOREIGN OBJECT IN LEFT EYE.

THE INJURED WAS HANGING A CURTAIN WHEN THE RIB ROLLED KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND STRAINING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND BRUISING THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG. 1ST DAY OFF DO TO INJURY WAS 9/4/98

HE BURNED HIS HAND WHILE PUSHING A CAT HEAD AT THE SECTION POWER CENTER.

DRIVING A RAM CAR AND HIT A HOLE IN ROAD. HE BOUNCED HIMSELF INTO TOP OF CAB HURTING HIS NECK AND LT. ARM.

WHILE CARRYING PIPE ON SHOULDER THROUGH A MUD HOLE, LEFT FOOT GOT STUCK IN MUD CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE LEANED TIRE AND WHEEL AGAINST STEEL POST (10" DIR) AND TURNED TO WALK AWAY WHEN HE TURNED TIRE FELL OVER STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

INSTALLING CAMSHAFT INTO A CAT 3516 ENGINE WHILE IN FRAME USING HOIST ON TRUCK. I WAS STANDING IN ONE POSITION FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME LEANING OVER TORQUE CONVERTER. NOTICED THE NEXT COUPLE O F DAYS BAK (LOWER, LEFT HIP HURTING.

HE WAS CHANGING THE BELTING SWIVEL ON A CRUSHER. HIS WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER.

EE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS NECK. NO ACTUAL OCCURENCE TO CAUSE PAIN. SUSPECTED STRAIN FROM LOOKING BACK.

EE WAS EXITING CONTROL CAB AS HE STEPPED DOWN THE LADDER THE TRAP DOOR TO THE CAB RELEASED HE DID NOT DUCK IN TIME AND THE DOOR HIT HIM ON THEBACK OF HEAD & NECK

HE WAS DRIVING D25C END DUMP THE BED RAISED UP AND HIT AN OVERPASS. HE HAD HIS SEAT BELT ON AND EYELID HIT STEERING WHEEL AND HAD TO HAVE STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE EXPERENCED SEVERE BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING BAGS OF CHEMICAL (100 LBS.) CONGENITAL BACK PROBLEM WAS AGGRAVATED OVER TIME.

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING METAL AND HE HAD GLASSES AND A SHIELD ON. SOME FOREIGN MATERIAL ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO HIS EYE, BUT HE DID NOT NOTICE IT UNTIL HE GOT HOME AFTER WORK.

THE EE STEPPED ON SOME WET GROUND SILICA & SLIPPED & FELL ONTO THE CONCRETE ROADWAY TO THE BACK OF THE MILL BLDG

EE ALLEGES HE WAS PUSHING MATERIAL WITH DOZER AND BACKED OVER ROCK. THE DOZER CAME DOWN HARD AND WHEN IT HIT, IT MUST HAVE TWISTED BACK. ON FRIDAY HE AGAIN FELT PAIN WHILE DOZING. ON SATURDAY HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF BED. HS FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1998.

WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE AND HANGING CABLE

EMPLOYEE STATED HE HURT HIS BACK FROM A JAR WHEN THE 21SC SHUTTLE CAR HE WAS OPERATING HIT A HOLE.

EE WAS CARRYING STRAPS. EE ALLOWED HIS FINGER TO GET INTO A PINCH POINT. THE STRAPS WEIGH ABOUNT 3 TO 5 LBS EACN, AND EE REPORTED HE WAS CARRYING 30 OR MORE. EE PUT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LOAD D OWN FIRST, ALLOWING THE LOAD TO SHIFT AND INJURED HIS FINGER. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER AT WHITESBURG ARH. X-RAY REVEALED A BROKEN FINGER ON THE END.

EE WAS WALKING OVER AN OVERCAST AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. HE CAUGHT HIS BOOTS ON A CLEAT. EE WORKED UNTIL 9/1/98 BEFORE MISSING TIME

AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT BEFORE WORK BEGAN LOOKING AT STRAIGHTENING WHEEL ON PROBE. HE BENT OVER, THEN STRAIGHTENED BACK UP AND FELT SOME BACK PAIN IN LOWER BACK. FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 8-20-98.

EE WAS SETTING TIMBERS WHEN HE GRABBED ONE & TURNED AROUND, COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN. TIS ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 4/25/98 WHEN EE BEGAN MISSING TIME

THROWING TRAILING CABLE OVER ROOF BOLTER. STEPPED ON A PIECE OF LOOSE COAL. STRAINED KNEE.

EMPLOYEE SHOVELING BELT AND FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK.

PERSON WAS PULLING ROCK WITH A 992 WHEN TEETH STOPPED ON SLAB OF ROCK AND CREATED JERKING MOTION.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE PUSHING A RAM CAR UPHILL WITH A RAM CAR. IN PROCESS HE HIT HEAD AGAINST CANOPY OF RAM CAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN PINS AND STRUCK RIGHT CALF SHIN.

INJURED WAS TRAVELING DOWN 3RD NORTH TRAVELROAD ON A BLUE 3-WHEEL DIESEL WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP HURTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK AREA. HE WENT TO CHIROPR ACTOR SEVERAL TIMES AND TO THE MEDICAL DR ON 8-2. HE HAS A SORE MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN LEFT INDEX FINGER BY ROCK THROW FROM SHEARER.

EE WAS OPERATING MANTRIP WHEN FRONT WHEEL STRUCKA ROCK CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN AROUNDSTRIKING HIS WRIST WITH THE KNOB THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE STEERING WHEEL--THUS BREAKING EE'S WRIS T.

EE HAD JUST THROWN A TRACK SWITCH FOR A JEEP TO CLEAR AS HE BEGAN TO STEP BACK THE SWITCH THROW HANDLE SPRUNG BACK AND STRUCK EE ON THE LEFT KNEE.

THE EE WAS ASSISTING WITH INSTALLATION OF THE #3 FINISH GRINDING MILL FEED END LINERS. THE INJURED EE AND TWO OTHER MILLWRIGHTS HAD POSITIONED A LINER AND WERE ATTEMPTING TO ROTATE IT CLOCKWIS E INTO POSITION. THEY LET THE LINE BACK DOWN TO HANG ON A BAR. THE LINER SUDDENLY SHIFTED, BREAKING LOOSE FROM A STEEL BURR ON THE BACK OF THE LINE, CRUSHING EE'S RIGHT HAND FINGERTIP.

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE HE AND 2 OTHER EE WERE PULLING CABLE TO THE 3 NORTH CONSTRUCTION BELT STARTER BOX. EE STATED HIS FOOT BECAME LODGED AS THEY WERE PULLING THE CABLE CAUSING THE TWISTING MOTION

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MOTOR ON TRACK, HIT CRIBB-CRIBB HIT ARM.

FELL OFF MACHINERY-INJURED HIS HAND

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS USING RAILROAD JACK AND SLATE BAR TO LIFT LONG JOHN STRUCTURE UP. SLATE BAR KICKED OUT JACK AND HIT HIM IN SIDE OF HEAD.

EE CLAIMS HE IS UNSURE OF THE EXACT CAUSE OF HISBACK PAIN BUT BELIEVES IT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY LIFTING STEEL CUTTING EDGES THE DAY BEFORE HE FELT PAIN

EE STATED CABLE FELL & STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HEADEE REPORTED INCIDENT ON 10/14/98 EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 12/14/98

HE WAS HELPING PULL UP SCREENS ON THE SCREEN UNIT OF THE PORTABLE PLANT AND LOST HIS FOOTING CAUISNG HIM HIM TO SLIP AND FALL ON HIS TAILEND.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING LIMESTONE POWDER WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS BACK. THIS RE-AGGRAVATED A PREVIOUS INJURY.

HE WAS EXAMINING TOE OF STRIPPING FACE. A ROCK FELL AND ROLLED ON HIS LEG AND FRACTURING RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRAPHITING THE KILN AND JUMPED OFF THE PIER, JARRING HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CAT 988B ENDLOADER IN THE COAL YARD. HE STOPPED THE MACHINE TO GET OUT AND STRETCH HIS LEGS. HIS LEFT FOOT WAS RESTING ON THE CAB FLOOR BETWEEN THE FLOOR HORN BUTTON AND THE DE-CLUTCH PEDAL. HE RAISED TO GET OUT OF THE SEAT WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT LODGED BETWEEN THE HORN BUTTON AND TEH BOTTOM LEFT EDGE OF THE DE-CLUTCH PEDAL. THIS TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE, AGGRAV

USING GRINDER-GRINDER SLIPPED & STRUCK RIGHT LEGABOVE KNEE

PULLING A MAN HOLE COVER FROM A CONVEYOR MAGNET ON A RECYCLE CRUSHER.

EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK WHILE LIFTING DIAGNOSED ON 8/18/98 AS A NEW LUMBAR STRAIN

EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK MUSCLES WHILE WORKING INSIDE A BALL MILL.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE FACE AREA WHEN HIS DRILL STEEL CAME OUT OF THE DRILL HEAD AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE FOREHEAD, RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

WHILE KNEELING ON PIECE OF STYROFOAM, EE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. NO IMMEDIATE SORENESS OR PROBLEM SEEMED PRESENT, SO HE IGNORED IT. THAT EVENING HIS KNEE STIFFENED AND SWELLE D. HE TOOK ANTI INFLAMMATOIRES TO REDUCE THE SWELLING. PT STARTED ON 8/21/98 SURGERY SCHEDULED 10/2/98. DX: MEDIAL PLICA. DETERMINATION WAS MADE POST SURGERY REPORT IF THIS WAS WORK RELATED

CLEANING THE SURGE TUNNEL. SHOVELING FINE CRUSHED STONE ONTO SURGE BETL. STRAIND BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE STARTED TO DRILL HOLE IN THE ROOF, A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND.

QUARRY DRILL BIT FELL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE HAS MISSED DAYS WORK FROM AUG 18, 1998 THROUGH FEB 2, 1999. THE TOTAL DAYS MISSED FOR THIS PERIOD WAS 111.

HE WAS CUTTING BOTTOM ON #2 ENTRY OF D-MAINS WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FLEW FROM THE RIPPER HEAD OF JOY MINER GOING IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE UNCOUPLING HOSE FROM A PUMP WHICH WAS PLUGGED WITH DEBRIS, MUD, ETC AND THE BOWL OF THE PUMP HAD EVIDENTLY HEATED UP DUE TO NOW PUMPING THROUGH. WHEN EMPLOYEE TOOK COUPLER OFF HOT STE AM AND WATER SPRAYED HIS BACK CAUSING IT TO BE BURNED.

USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE REFUSE FROM GRIZZLY FEEDER.

EE WAS WORKING ON A DIIN TRACTOR AND THE TARP STRAP HOOK BROKE, HITTING HIM IN THE NOSE.

EE WAS HOOKING UP WELDER TO TRUCK. THE JACK DID NOT GO LOW ENOUGHT SO HE PUT TONGUE OF TRAILER THAT HOLDS WELDER ON THE TRUCK AND PULLED OUT JACK. THE TONGUE SLIPPED OFF TRUCK & FELL ON HIS L EFT FOOT

ROLLING BELT ON PUMP SHEEVE-PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN BELT AND SHEEVE

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN THE FLOOR. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE FOOTREST AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLTER FOOT REST AND THE FLOOR BREAKING HIS LEG ABOV E THE KNEE. I MEAN ABOVE THE ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO LIFT TONGUE ON COMPRESSOR TO HOOK UP.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIES EE WAS UNLOADING SHORT CHANNELS OFF OF SUPPLY CAR ONTO THE SCOOP. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HIS FOOT BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. COMPLIANC E WITH RULES/REGS WAS A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (BACK SUPPORT) NOT WORN, MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR, MINING SYSTEMS A FACTOR.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO STAND A HEAVY STEEL PLATE TO LEAN IT AGAINST THE WALL AT THE 1100 STATION. EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATE BACK PAIN. THIS IS AN EXACERBATION OF A PREVIOUS INJU RY.

IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING A MATERIAL DOOR, EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE IS A LOST TIME INJURY.

A CREW OF MEN WERE MAKING A BELT MOVE. IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE #3 BELT LINE BACK TOGETHER WITH A STEEL ROPE HOIST, EE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT HAND WITH A JACKING BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION CAUSING EE'S FINGERS TO BE SMASHED & THUMB SMASHED & CUT BADLY

HE PICKED UP A TIMBER AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.

EE HAD PLACED A 7' SHELL LADDER AGAINST THE SHELL. AFTER PLACING THE LADDER HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING THE LADDER TO TIE IT OFF. HE WAS ON THE SECOND OR THIRD RUNG FROM THE BOTTOM, WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT BELOW HIM. EE FELL PLACI HIS ARM OUT TO CATCH HIS FALL, THEREBY FRACTURING HIS RT WRIST.

COMING DOWN AN ELEVATOR WHEN IT WAS WET & MUDDY.SLIPPED AND PULLED SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE LOADER WOULD NOT START . HE RAISED THE LID ON THE BATTERY BOX TO CHECK THE TERMINAL ENDS. AS HE SHUT THE LID ON THE BATTERY BOX, THE WIND BLEW A FOREIGN BODY INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE FOREIGN BODY WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND WENT TO DOCTOR ON 8-19-98 TO HAVE IT REMOVED. ONE LOST WORKDAY THUS INCURRED.

EE WAS CUTTING WOOD FOR FRAMES FOR MINE SITE SIGNS. HE REACHED INTO THE SAW TO RETRIEVE CUT LUMBER WHEN HIS LEFT ARM WENT AGAINST THE SAW BLADE CUTTING HIS ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING MESH WIRE ON STEEL, THE STEEL WAS ROTATING AND HE GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT AND IT MASHED HIS HAND.

THE EE WAS ADJUSTING THE SEAT ON HIS HAUL TRUCK, WHEN HIS LEFT RING FINGER CONTACTED THE END OF A 1/8" WIRE CABLE. THE EE REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON 8-22. HE WAS REFERRED FOR TREATMENT AND WAS F OUND TO HAVE BLOOD POISONING IN HIS FINGER. THE EE WAS OFF HIS SCHEDULED SHIFT ON 8-24-98.

RIGHT KNEE PAIN. UNKNOWN WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED.

EE WAS PICKING UP A FULL BUCKET OF BITS (U71'S) IN A-1 ROOMS SECTION. EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THIS CONDITION UNTIL 8-24-98. THIS IS NOW CONS IDERED LOST TIME FROM WORK, EFFECTIVE 8-24-98.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UNLOADING A 12 VOLT, 4DBATTERY USED TO POWER PORTABLE FUEL PUMP. EE REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR AT END OF SHIFT THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK LIFTING THE BATTERY OUT OF THE TRA NSPORT TRAILER. EE WAS TAKEN TO DR DRONEY WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCLE SPASMS AND WAS GIVEN MEDICATION. DR ROONEY RECOMMENED EE REST HIS BACK MUSCLES FOR 10 DAYS

EMPLOYEE STATED HE TWISTED HIS KNEE- PULLING OUT OF LOOSE MUCK.

EE HAD BACKED CONTINOUS MINER ACROSS SECTION. HE AND HIS HELPER WERE MOVING LOOPS OF EXCESS MINER CABLE AGAINST RIB SO HE COULD MOVE MINER FORWARD. EE FELT PAIN IN LT SHOULDER. FIRST SOUGHT ME DICAL ATTENTION ON 10-27-98 AND WAS RELEASED FORFULL DUTY. HE AGAIN SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 11-18-98, AT WHICH TIME HE WENT OFF WORK.

EMPLOYEE JUMPING FROM CATWALK TO LADDER. MISSED LADDER FELL HITTING HEAD.

WEDGED BETWEEN ROOF AND EQUIPMENT, JAMMED HEAD AND SHOULDER.

DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLT HITTING HIM ON TOP OF HIS HEAD.

INJURED WAS SHOVELING BELT WHEN A PIECE OF R0CK CAME OFF BELT STRIKING LEFT ARM CAUSING A BRUISE.

LOADING OXYGEN & ACETYLENE BOTTLES ONTO ELEVATORPLATFORM STRAINED BACK

WHILE WORKING ON JOY MINER WITH BROKE CAT HEAD, HE WAS HIT IN LEFT EAR IN #7 ENTRY ON D-MAIN WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIS EE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS SHUTTLECAR WHEN HE CLAIMS TO HAVE STEPPED IN A HOLE, TWISTING HIS KNEE. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS AWARENESS. COMPLIANCE WITH R ULE/REGS WAS NOT A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (KNEE SUPPORT) NOT WORN, MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR, MINING EQUIPMENT/SYSTEMS NOT A FACTOR.

EE WAS WALKING ON THE SECTION WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING RIGHT KNEE. RIGHT KNEE WAS SWELLED AND COULDN'T PUT A LOT OF WEIGHT ON IT.

FLOAT DECK WAS STUCK ON MINER. TRIED TO PRY LOOSE IT GAVE, PRY BAR SLIPPED HITTING LEFT INDEX FINGER.

TAIL ROLLER FELL OFF TAIL PIECE AND PINCHED FINGER IN BETWEEN ROLLER AND MINE BOTTOM.

THE EE WAS LIFTING A MICON BARRELL AND ALLEGEDLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CHANGING A BEARING ON A TENSION ROLLER EE WAS STRAIGTEN A GREASE SEAL, WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT.

EE WAS LOADING THE DRILL HOLES WITH ANFO WHEN HESTEPPED ON LOOSE ROCK, STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK & LEG

EMPLOYEE STATED HE FELL IN A HOLE WHILE CHECKING THE OUTSIDE COAL STACKER BELT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE #3 SHAFT STAIRS WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT BECAME CAUGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE STEP. HE STARTED TO FALL FORWARD BUT CAUGHT THE SECOND STEP, DID NOT FALL, BUT DID INJURE HIS BACK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A LUMBAR STRAIN AND WAS TAKEN OFF THE JOB AS OF 8-18-98.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT HANGING MONORAIL IN ADVANCE OF THE LONGWALL. AS HE RAISED A SECTION HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EE DRILLED A STARTER HOLE WHEN HE ADDED THE SECTIONAL AUGERS TO DRILL A (5') HOLE EE DIDN'T HAVEENOUGH ROOM FOR CLEARANCE TO CONNECT AUGERS SO HE RAISED HIS BOOM WITH BOTH AUGERS IN LEFT HAND BOTTOM AUGER CAUGHT OR TENSON & LIGMENTS & DANA GE IN THIS MISHAP

GEOTEMPS EMPLOYEE WORKING FOR ROSSON CONSTRUCTION ON CYPRUS SIERRITA MINE SITE WAS DRIVING A LOADER DOWNHILL. RAIN HAD WASHED OUT PART OF ROAD WAWAY. DRIVER HIT A POT HOLE AND WAS KNOCKED AROU ND IN THE LOADER. HAD HURT HIS NECK (STIFF) AND HAD MUSCLE SPASM.

CHANGING CUTTING EDGE ON 980C LOADER DROPPED ONTO FOOT.

HE HAD TAKEN THE FUELWAGON FILLED IT AND RETURNED IT TO PIT FOR TRACK TYPE EQUIP. TO FUEL UP WHEN HE PULLED PIN FROM WAGON TONGUE FRONT WHEELS TURN CAUSING TONGUE TO STRIKE HIM IN RIGHT LEG AN D ANKLE BRUISING IT.

AFTER SHOVELING TO DO CLEANUP BY D2-FC1, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AS HE WALKED TO THE BREAK ROOM. NO REPORT WAS MADE UNTIL 8-21-98. HE WAS SENT TO A DOCTOR, BUT LOST NO TIME AND CO NTINUED HIS REGULAR WORK. ON 2-23-99 HE HAD KNEE SURGERY AND IS NOW OFF WORK AS HE RECOVERS. FIRST WORKDAY MISSED WAS 2-25-99.

EMPLOYEE HELPING TO REMOVE GEAR REDUCER FROM MOUNTING WHEN GEAR REDUCER SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AND STOPPED MOVING. THE SUDDEN STOPPAGE RESULTED IN THE SUDDEN CONTRACTION OF A LOWER BACK MUSCLE (PULLED MUSCLE).

EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING FOR THE PLANT TO RE-START. HE CLIMBED UP THE BIN SUPPORT TO SIT ON AN I-BEAM TO GET A BREEZE. AS HE WAS COMING BACK DOWN, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROX. 11 1/2 FEET TO THE GROUND. HIS LEFT SHOULDER STRUCK ACROSS BAR CAUSING A FRACTURE. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS HARD HAT DURING THE FALL AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND CAUSING A LACERATION AND CONCUSSION.

HE WAS WORKING ON A BROKE CAT DAD ON JOY MINER IN #7 ENTRY OF D-MAINS WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER PUSHING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE JOY MI NER FRAME CUTTIGN HIS RIGHT CHEEK.

EE WAS GOING DOWN A SET OF STAIRS AND ON THE LAST STEP HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND TWISTED ANKLE.

EE WAS CARRYING FEEDER FLIGHTS FROM #5 TO #4 ENTRY. EE SLIPPED IN THE MUD. WITH THE WEIGHT AND FALLING THE EE STRAINED/SPRAINED HIS BACK. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE SURFACE, THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE E R AT HAZARD ARH

GETTING OFF THE FRONT END LOADER, HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF TOP, STRIKING KNUCKLE ON LEFT HAND.

HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND FOOT.

INJ EE WAS REPLACING A CORNER BIT ON THE BLADE OF A CAT D-I0N DOZER. THE BIT WAS SUPPORTED BY A METAL BAR THROUGH A BOLT HOLE WITH A NYLON STRAPWHILE TRYING TO ALIGN FOR PLACEMENT OF BOLTS, TH E BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HOLE ALLOWING CORNER BIT TO FALL STRIKING EE LEFT FOOT

E-1#1 ENTRY AT 17+55. HE WAS BOLTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ALPINE MINER. A ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN TWO STRAPS & GLANCED OFF OF THE RIB PROTECTOR & STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT ANKLE. THE RO CK WAS 2'X2 1/2'X2"THICK AND FELL APPROX 7'. HE RECEIVED A FRACTURED RT ANKLE WHICH REQUIRED 2 SCREWS AND A CAST TO REPAIR.

INJ WAS WORKING OFF OF A SCAFFORD, WHILE LEANINGFORWARD TO PLACE BOLT INTO STRUCTURE STEEL BEAM FOOT SLIPPED AND INJURED TWISTED BACK

THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A REAR GEAR ASSEMBLY ON A SCOOP, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATES: SPRAINED BACK WHILE STEMMING HOLES.

WHILE PREFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A 950 LOADER PARKING BRAKE. THE EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE STATED HE WAS WELDING ON TROMEL SCREENS AND SLIPPED WHILE TRYING TO STAND. HE BUMPED KNEE.

INJURED EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS DRILLING AT THE MOUNTAIN AND WHEN HE CHANGED THE DRILL THE WEIGHT OF SAME PUSHED HIM BACKWARDS AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, INJURING HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.

EE WAS HAULING COAL FROM HIGH WALL MINER WITH TRUCK LOADED. THE WEATHER WAS SLICK, MUDDY AND RAINING. THE ROAD WAS IN BAD SHAPE. WHILE LOADED AND TRAVELING IN ROAD HE SLIPPED INTO A CHUG HOLE CAUSING HIS TRUCK TO TURN OVER ON IT'S SIDE. THETRUCK WAS LIFTED UP

SOE CONCRETE SPILLAGE ESCAPED BETWEEN A CONCRETE FUNNEL AND THE PLACING HOSE. OVER TIME THE CONCRETE ACCUMULATED ON WORKER'S SHOULDERS AND SOAKED THROUGH HIS CLOTHING. THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF T IME BEFORE HE CLEANED IT OFF CONTRIBUTED TO THE SEVERITY OF THE BURN.

EE WAS INSTALLING A ROD WIPER BETWEEN THE FOOT CLAMP AND THE HEAD. OTHER EE WAS NOT HOLDING THE FOOT CLAMP LEVER IN A CLOSED POSITION WHILE EE WAS INSTALLING ROD WIPER. THE FOOT CLAMP SLIPPED CATCHING EE'S LEFT HAND BETWEE 2 PIECES OF STEEL

PIECE OF METAL IN LEG WHEN WELDING

SITTING CRIBS HIT BY SCOOP ON RIGHT LEG & KNEE.

EE STRAINED BACK/NECK ON 8/16/98 HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY AS ON THE JOB ACCIDENT UNTIL 8/24/98 A TOTOAL OF 3 DAYS WERE LOST TIME. HE RETD TOHIS REGULAR JOB ON 8/25/98

RIDING SCOOP DIPPER INSIDE & RAN OVER ROCK OR HUMP IN ROAD CAUSING SCOOP TO BOUNCE & JAR HIS BACK.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A WOODEN PALLET THAT WAS STUCK IN THE MUD. AS HE LIFTED HE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE HAND LIFTING VENT PIPE CONTD TO WORK NORMAL DUTIES. HAND STARTED TO DETERIORATE OVER NEXT FEWMOS. EE FINALLY SAW AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST 12/1/98. SERIOUS NERVE DAMAGE WAS DIAGNOSED & CORRE CTIVE SURGERY IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED FOR 12/4/98 EE'S FRIST DAY LOST FROM WORK ATER DIAGNOSIS WASCOMPLTETED 12/2/98

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING THE TAILGATE DRIVE MOTOR COVER THROUGH DEEP MUD. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OVER RELAY BAR. EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

WHILE WORKING ON ROD SUPPORT ALONG THE MAIN LINE TRACK HAULAGE, THE MINER LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. HE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST A ROOF BOLT INJURIGN HIS HAND AND FINGERS.

INJURED WAS IN THE LOWER YARD. HE WAS WALKING TO THE TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK AND TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS UNDERNEATH THE ROAD GRADER (WORKING ON GRADER0. HE ROLLED OVER TO SIT UP. WHEN HE DID THIS, HE FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT KNEE. HE COULD NOT GET UP AND COULD NOT PUT ANY WEIGHT ON THE KNEE.

WHILE MOVING A WHEELBARROW HE LOST CONTROL OF IT. HE DEVELOPED A HERNIA WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GAINCONTROL OF WHEELBARROW. RECD REPORT EE IS SCHEDULED FOR HERNIA SURGERY

WHILE WALKIGN ON THE BASEMENT FLOOR HE SLIPPED AND EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS GROIN. OFF FOR SURGERY 1-5-99.

STEPPED ON ROCK TWISTING ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE PULLING ON BELT STRUCTURE HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE CARRYING A PIECE OF PIN STOCK, THE INJURED'S BACK POPPED AND BEGAN TO HURT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING ABOVE LOCKERS AT THE WASH RACK AREA TO RETRIEVE A BOX OF PAPER TOWELS AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. DR. REPORTED PROBLEM TO BE A STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS CRIBBING UP CONVEYOR ON MINER. HE PICKED UP A CRIB BLOCK THAT WAS COVERED OIL. CRIB BLOCK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS STEAM CLEANING THE BED OF THE SERVICE TRUCK. WHEN HE SQUEEZED THE HANDLE TO START THE MACHINE, THE WAND JERKED & HIT HIM IN THE LEFT FOOT, STEAMING HIS FOOT FOR SEVERAL SECONDS.

EE WAS CARRYING A CHAIN HOIST DOWN THE LONG WALL PANLINE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE WET SHIELD FEET. AS HE SLIPPED ON, HE TWISTED HIS KNEE. EE MISSED NO TIME OR SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTN UNTIL 9/3/98.

INJURED WAS PUTTING SLEDGE HAMMER IN TOOL BOX. AFTER SLEDGE HAMMER WAS PLACED INTO BOX, HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY TWISTING RIGHT KNEE HEARING A POPPING SOUND.

EE TWISTED RT KNEE ON SCREW IN #2 FINISH DUST COLLECTOR. WENT TO DR 8/27/98. OFF WORK AS OF 9/8/98

EE WAS WASHING TRUCK #434 WITH POWERWASHER WHEN HE GOT DONE HE TOOK OFF HIS SAFETY GLASSES DIRT ON GLASSES FELL IN HIS RIGHT EYE

ON THE FOURTH TRIP OF THE DAY, THE TRUCK THAT WAS HAULING ROCK FROM THE QUARRY TO THE CRUSHER HAD A MALFUNCTION OF ITS BRAKES WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH THE TRUCK BEING OUT OF GEAR OR COMING OUT OF GEAR, CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. THE TRUCK WENT OFF A 25-30' EMBANKMENT, LANDING ON THE SWITCH HOUSE NEXT TO THE CRUSHER AND DESTROYING NEARLY ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL GEAR. THE DRIVE

THE EE WAS PLACING SCRAP METAL IN A CONTAINER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A SCRAPER FROM THE MUCK W/CABLES ATTACHED TO LOADER. CABLE WAS TAUGHT & SNAPPED BACK & HIT EE IN STOMACH. CAUSING INTERNAL INJURY.

EE WAS OPERATING THE MINER WHEN ROCK FLEW FROM RIPPER HEAD STRIKING HIM IN FACE NEAR EYE. NO STITCHES REQUIRED ONLY SMALL CUT AND BRUISE.

WHILE TRAVELLING INSIDE THE MINE GOING TO THE SECTION, THE MOTORS RAN TOGETHER CAUSING THE INJURED EE TO BE THROWN OUT, INJURING HIS BACK.

WAS BENDING ROOF BOLT OVER CANOPY AND BOLT SLIPPED. HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON SELF RESCUER.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON STACKER IN ORDER TO MAKE REPAIRS STEPPED BACK AND DOWN WITH RIGHT FOOT AS LEFT TOE BECAME LODGED UNDER THE STACKER, LEFT FOOT WAS HYPER-EXTENDED.

EMPLOYEE WAS REBUILDING COAL MILL ROLLS AND WAS LIFTING PARTS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 8/27/98.

STEPPING FROM LADDER TO OP OF AIR COMPRESSOR RADIATOR, FOOT SLIPPED ON DIRTY SURFACE, BODY TWISTED

HE IS UNSURE OF EXACTLY WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. HE WAS HELPING REPAIR THE PLANT BY REPLACING A 10 HP MOTOR AND HELPING UNPLUG THE FLUME UNE.

HE WAS DOING AN OIL CHECK ON HIS TRUCK. THE HOOD SLIPPED THE LATCH AND FELL ON HIS HAND. HE TRIED TO CATCH IT BUT THE HOOD PINCHED AND CUT HIS FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE GOT HIS LEFT FOOT PINCHED BETWEEN HIS PARKED LIFT TRUCK AND ANOTHER LIFT TRUCK BEING DRIVEN BY ANOTHER OPERATOR. AS HE CAME OVER TO SPEAK WITH THE FIRST OPERATOR, THE SECOND OPERATOR WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE WITH A PALLET ON HIS FORKS. THE PALLET SHIFTED WHICH DREW THE OPERATOR'S ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE FIRST LIFT TRUCK.

INJURED WENT FROM HIS LUNCH BREAK AND BEGAN THROWING 50 LB BAGS. AFTER TWO PALLETS HE BEGAN TO GEEL PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS PUTTING UP A STRAP. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE A.T.R.S. AND A ROOF BOLT THE ROCK STRUCK THE CANOPY, BORKE, AND HIT EE THE ROCK INJURED THE EE ON THE HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDER AREA. EE WAS TREATED BY ONDUTY MET AND TRANSPORTED TO THE ER AT WHITESBURY HOSP

EE MISSED A STEP GETTING ON FORKLIFT CAUSING HIMTO STRIKE HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE SIDE OF THE FORKLIFT. EE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNITL 9/10/98

EE STRUCK A PIECE OF ROCK (25"LONG X 20"WIDE X 8-12"THICK) WITH HAMMER, ALONG THE RIGHT RIB OF #8 ENTRY, 3RD X-CUT OUTBY FACE, IT DISLODGED STRICKING HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG. HE WAS TRANSPORTED T O RMC FOR X-RAYS BY AMBULANCE. THE X-RAYS SHOWED NEGATIVE. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED WITH A SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.

THE MINER CREW MOVED THE MINER AND PULLED THE SLACK CABLE OUT WITH A JEEP. AS THE EE WAS THROWING THE CABLE LOOP AGAINST THE RIB WITH A ROPE, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. THE EE CONTIN UED TO WORK UNTIL HE WENT TO A DR ON 9-9-98. AT WHICH TIME HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA.

A-11 BELT ENTRY. 3 MEN WERE DRAGGING AN ALIGNMENT JACK FOR A MOVEABLE TAILPIECE. HE FELT A PAI IN THE GROIN (LOWER ABDOMEN) THE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA & WAS SURGICALLY REPAIRED ON 98 /28/98. BEEN MISSING 9/27/98

EE WAS MOVING SOME AREA LIGHTING IN THE TUNNEL AND A PIECE OF ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 30-40 PDS ROLLED DOWN THE FACE AND ACROSS HIS RIGHT LEG AND FOOT, HE TWISTED AROUND AND PULLED HIS FOOT OUT F ROM UNDER ROCK RESULTING IN A SPRAIN TO HIS ANKLE

EMPLOYEE STATES HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A RIB MAT TO INSTALL WHEN THE RIB BOUNCED, STRIKING HIM RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS TO HEAD AND NECK. NO REPORTABLE TREATMENT WAS RENDERED UNTIL 3-10-99.

THE EE STATED HE WAS PUTTING A BREAKER IN, WHEN IT FLASHED OUT OF THE SIDE. THE FLAME FROM THE BREAKER CAUSED A BURN TO HIS LEFT HAND.

EE HAD BEEN REPAIRING THE ENGINE ON THE DUST TRUCK. HE WAS DESCENDING THE STAIRS WHEN HE MISSED A STEP AND FELL 4'TO 5'. HE FELL ON HIS LOWER BACK (TAIL BONE AREA.)

HE WAS GOING UP A HILL AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS, STRUCK A PILE OF DIRT AND ROLLED ON ITS SIDE.

WHILE CLIMBING LADDER FROM SURGE BEET TO UPPER DECK OF SLOPE BELT, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON LADDER FRAME.

WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM HIS DOSER, THE INJURED SLIPPED AND FELL SPRAINING HIS WRIST, BRUISING HIS RIBS, AND STRAINING MUSCLES.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING LARGE ROCK OFF SHOT.

EMPLOYEE LET GO OF STEERING WHEEL TO SHIFT GEARS.

BRING DRILL PIPE OUT OF HOLE AND CABLE BROKE FALLING PARTS, BROKE BONE IN HELPER'S HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING ROOF BOLTER OUT OF THE FACE OF NO. 3 ENTRY ON THE COLUMN. HE LEFT THE CANOPY UP AND S TRUCK A ROCK ON THE RIB. ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER RIGHT BACK.

DOING REPAIRS, CHANGING SCREENS ON CRUSHER

EE WAS IN SHOP WELDING ON CRUSHER ROLL WHEN HE DROPPED A HOT WELDING ROD DOWN IN HIS RIGHT BOOT BURNING HIS ANKLE.

EE WAS ON TAILPIECE WHEN A PIECE OF COAL STRUCK THE EE. THE EE FELL ON THE CONVEYOR BELT. THE EE JUMPED OFF THE BELT & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WAS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT ON AUG 15, 1998.

GRINDING ON A MACHINE BUCKET & A PIECE OF STEEL BOUNCED UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES & INTO HIS EYE.

EE WAS UNLOADING A FLATBED TRAILER CONTAINING STRUCTURAL STEEL. THE CRANE HOISED THE OBJECT, OBJECT ROTATED, EE JUMPED OFF THE TRUCK LANDING ON HIS FEET, BREAKING HIS RIGHT HEEL.

EE WAS ASSISTING COWORKERS IN LAYING TRACK RAILSHE WAS USING A BAR TO POSITION RAILS SO AS TO BOLT TOGETHER AND HE FELT A BURNING PAIN IN GROIN AREA

MECHANIC WAS LIFTING A DRILL MACHINE OUT OF A MAN CARRIER, IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. IT BROKE ONE BONE.

EE WAS INSTALLING A WATER PROP WHEN IT FELL OVERAND MASHED RT INDEX FINGER.

HE WAS GOING TO CHECK ON AN OIL LEAK ON THE END LOADER. ANOTHER EE GAVE HIM A WRENCH TO CHECK IF BOLTS WERE TIGHT ON THE COVER OF THE HYDRAULIC TANK. HE WAS JUST GOING TO SEE IF THE WRENCH WAS THE RIGHT SIZE WHEN THE COVER BLEW OFF, HITTING HIM IN THE CHIN AND CHEST AND LEFT SHOULDER.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHILE THIS EE WAS PULLING ON A ROPE WHICH HAD A SCREEN PANEL ON THE END OF THE ROPE. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE HURT HIS BACK. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS OVEREXERTION COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REG WAS A FACTOR PROTECT IVE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT A FACTOR. MINER PROFIENCY A FACTOR, MINING EQUIPMENT/SYSTEMS WAS A FACTOR

EE WAS LIFTING SOLID CONCRETE BLOCK BLOCK SLIPPED OUT OF EE'S HANDS MASHING RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER BLOCK

EE CLAIMS WHILE HELPING ANOTHER EE MOVE A DISTRIBUTION PANEL TO ANOTHER LOCATION, WHEN LOWERING PANEL TO GROUND LEVEL HE FELT PAIN ON LEFT FOREARM.

EE'S WERE MOVING A PLATFORM TO PERFORM SOME WORK & EE DID NOT SEE PINCHPOINT. FINGER (LEFT RING FINGER) WAS CRUSHED & LACERATED. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED & THE FINGER WAS REPAIRED