EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE BULLDOZER HE WAS OPERATING WAS BURIED BENEATH THE COAL STOCKPILE ON WHICH THE MACHINE WAS OPERATING.
Mining Incidents in November 1998
All MSHA-reportable mining accidents in November 1998, sorted by severity. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities
- 5
- Total incidents
- 1,440
- Period
- November 1998
Top operators this month
- 01 Consolidation Coal Company 31 incidents
- 02 Jim Walter Resources Inc 19 incidents
- 03 Martin Marietta Aggregates 17 incidents
- 04 Eastern Associated Coal LLC 14 incidents
- 05 Reynolds Metals Company 13 incidents
Most recent 500 incidents
Showing the 500 most recent of 1,440 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.
A FOREMAN FOR SELECT ERECTING WAS DISMANTLING A HOPPER. AFTER CUTTING A 42" X 120" SHEET OF 3?16" STEEL FROM THE TOP OF THE HOPPER, HE ATTACHED A SHACKLE AND STEEL CHOKER. HE WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL BOOM LIFT. HE THEN DISCONNECTED HIS LANYARD FROM HIS FULL BODY HARNESS AND LEFT THE LIFT BASKET. HE WALKED OUT ON AN I-BEAM AND TURNED TO SIGNAL THE CRANE OPERATOR TO PICK UP THE PIE
AT APPROX. 4:45 EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING END DUMP CO # 31-054. THE TRUCK WAS LOADED WITH SB-2 THAT WAS TO BE DUMPED ON THE RAMP OF THE SB-2 STOCKPILE. THE MATERIAL WAS TO BE USED TO BUILD UP THE RAMP. AT APPROX. 5:10 AN EMPLOYEE OBSERVED END DUMP #54 LAYING ON ITS SIDE AT THE BASE OF THE STOCKPILE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A GRADALL 554-B TO CLEAN UP SALT ON WEST SIDE OF BELT 143 LOCATED ON THE 900' LEVEL OF MINE. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNDER INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED THAT A SLAB LOCATED ON RIGHT RIB NEAR FACE SPALLED OFF, ROTATING APPROX. 180 DEGREES STRIKING HIM ON HIS HEAD AND UPPER TORSO. HE SUSTAINED SEVERE CRUSH ING INJURIES. THE APPROX. SLAB MEASUREMENTS WERE 5' L X 3' W X 14" IN THICKNESS.
SMASHED TIP OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND OFF. WHILE DRILLING A HOLE BOLTING THE DRILL HEAD CAME APART, THE STEEL FELL AND HIT HIS FINGER.
THE INJURED EE PLACED HIS SCSR (CSE-SR100) ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT (ABOUT WAIST HIGH). IT FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EE & COWORKER WERE OPERATING A FLETCHER BOLTER IN THE #3 ENTRY. HE HAD INSERTED THE RESIN & THE TOP PORTION OF A BENT 48" ROOF BOLT INTO THE HOLE. HE USED THE BOOM OF THE MACHINE TO RAISE THE BOLT, HE THEN LOWERED THE BOOM, STRAIGHTENING THE BOLT. HE INADVERTILY ENGAGED THE ROTATION RESULTING IN HIS GLOVED L HAND BEING WRAPPED AROUND THE REBAR. FRACTURED WRIST/AMPUTATED LITTLE FING
EE WAS GREASING THE BEARINGS OF THE FRONT PULLEY ON THE CONVEYOR BELT. HE REACHED AROUND IN BEHIND THE GUARD WHILE THE CONVEYOR BELT WAS IN MOTION. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE GREASE GUN TIP O N THE ZERK HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE SPROCKET. THIS RESULTED IN HIS FINGER TIP BEING SEVERED AT THE FIRST KNUCKLE.
DRIVER HAD UNLOADED ROCK INTO HOPPER; DRIVER PULLED AWAY AND THEN STOPPED TO CLOSE HIS TAILGATE ON HIS TRAILER. THE TAILGATE SHUT ON HIS HAND AND CUT OFF HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE USING A HAMMER, HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE TESTICLES. ON 01/28/99, INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA.
WORKING FROM A MAN CAGE EE WAS TORCH CUTTING A CHUTE LINER. AS THE CUT WAS COMPLETED THE SUSPENDED (BOOME TRUCK) LINER TWISTED & CAUGHT THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE MAN CAGE & LINER
EE WAS OPERATING THE SHEARER WHEN A BOUNCE OCCURRED THAT THREW COAL OVER THE SHEARER AND ALSO CAUSED THE BRETBY TO COME OUT OF THE CABLE TROUGH AND ONE OF THESE 2 STRUCK HIM ON THE HAND AND SM ASHED 2 FINGERS. INDEX FINGER WAS AMPUTATED AT THE 2ND JOINT.
LAB EE'S WERE MOVING EQUIPMENT FROM A CONEX TO THE LAB. EE WENT TO ROLL OUT A CRUCIBLE SHAKER. THE LID HAD BEEN WEDGE OPEN BY A SHELF IN TRANSPORT. SHE PUT HER LEFT HAND ON THE LID, SO SHE COU LD LOWER IT WHEN SHE MOVED IT. SHE HAD PUT HER RIGHT HAND IN THE HINGE AREA & WHEN THE SHAKER MOVED, THE LID WAS TOO HEAVY FOR HER TO HOLD UP AND LID FELL ON HER RIGHT THUMB
EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A PILE OF ROCKS LANDING ON HIS ABDOMEN.
THE EE STATED THAT HE PCKED UP A 60 LB. TRACK RAIL FROM COAL RIB AND THREW IT OUT INTO MINE ENTRY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA. NOTE: EE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 12-1-98 TO MANAGEMENT.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNCLOG THE CS-11 VACUUM RECEIVER. HE REMOVED THE PLUG FROM THE AIRLOCK AND TRIED TO SHAKE OBSTRUCTION FREE BY HAMMERING THE CS-11 CONE. WHILE DOING THIS HE ATTEMPTED TO ST ABILIZE HIMSELF BY HOLDING ON TO THE AIR LOCK. HE ACCIDENTALLY PLACED HIS FINGER IN THE PLUG HOLE WHERE THE ROTOR CUT OFF THE END OF HIS FINGER.
EE DURING HIS ANNUAL PHYSICAL WAS TOLD BY HIS DR THAT HE HAD SMALL HERNIA. HE DOES NOT RECALL HOW HE GOT IT WHEN HE GOT IT AND GAVE NO SPECIFIC INSTANCE AS TO HOW IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT AN ADJACENT SHIELD, PUSHING ONTO PLANK OVER THE NEXT SHIELD. A STONE 7'X2'X1 1/2' ROLLED OFF THE SHIELD AND FELL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT ANKLE. EMPLOYEE FELL S TRIKING FOREHEAD AND LEFT FOREARM ON ROCKS OR A SET POST ON THE PANLINE.
IN THE 3200 EAST HEADING, A MINER WAS SETTING UP TO BOLT, WHEN THE HELPER HAD STEPPED 18" OUT INTO UNSUPPORTED GROUND, WHEN A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF BODY. THE ROCK WAS 42 " X 20" X 12" IN SIZE. EE RECEIVED A FRACTURE TO HIS 2ND & 3RD FINGERS ON HIS LEFT AHDN. EE WAS AIR FLIGHTED TO HOSPITAL FROM THE MINESITE.
ACCIDENT DESCRIPTION. SURGERY TO REPAIR FINGER WAS DONE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT IVCH. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE A SLIDE GATE UNDER A HOPPER BELOW A ROTARY SCREW. HE REACHED UNDER THE HOPPER TO FEEL FOR FEED COMING OUT TO DETERMINE IF THE SLIDE WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED. THE BOTTOM OF THE HOPPER IS TWO INCHES FROM THE SCREW. THE AREA WAS DUSTY AND VISIBILITY WAS POOR. EE INADVERTENTLY
WHILE CLOSING A GANG BOX THE TOP CAME DOWN ON HIS FINGER CUTTING OFF THE TIP.
WHILE RAISING GATE ON ROCK TRUCK, HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN GATE AND TRUCK TODAY.
EE WAS IN THE SHOP CHANGING A FLAT TIRE ON THE DUMP TRUCK TO WAS DRIVING. HE WAS LIFTING THE FLAT TIRE OFF THE HUB WHEN A SHARP PAIN HIT HIM IN THE GROIN AREA.
THE INJURED WAS DRILLING ON BOLT HOLE AND AS HE LOWERED THE DRILL HEAD HE HAD HIS LT HAND ON THE DRILL STEEL TRAY AND THE LITTLE FINGER HANG OVER THE BACKSIDE. AS THE BOOM CAME DOWN IT CAUGHT THE FINGER.
EE WAS AT THE TOP OF OUR CROW'S NEST ASSISTING HIS CREW RAISE METAL DECK BY AIR HOIST SYSTEM. THE EE WAS AT THE TOP SECTION OF CROW'S NEST (WHERE THE SNATCH BLOCK PULLEY IS LOCATED) PUSHING ON THE HOIST CABLE, WHEN HIS LEFT GLOVE HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CABLE & PULLEY. PARTIAL AMPUTATION TO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BELOW FINGER NAIL.
EE WAS HELPING OTHER EE LOAD A TRACK TOOL RAIL BENDER ONTO A TRACK TOOL CAR. AS THEY PICKED IT UP AND THREW IT UP ONTO THE CAR EE GOT HIS FINGER TIP CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOOL CAR AND THE TOOL RE SULTING IN A MASHED FINGER TIP MIDDLE FINGER ANDLEFT HAND.
EE ENTERED SURGE TUNNEL, REMOVED GUARD FROM TAILPULLEY AREA TO REMOVE ROCKS & GOT HAND PINCHED BY BELT. LOST TIP OF RIGHT RING FINGER.
EE WENT TO DR ON 11/30/98 AT WHICH HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA. EE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN HE GOT THE HERNIA BUT STARTED BOTHERING HIM ON 11/4/98. HE REPORTED THE HERNIA TO MANAGEMENT ON 12/3/98.
STEPPING DOWN FROM VEHICLE HOLDING ONTO HANDRAIL; MISSED STEP AND WEDGED HAND BETWEEN HANDRAIL AND VEHICLE. BRUISED RIGHT HAND RESULTING IN SWELLING SORENESS.
WHILE MOVING SHIELDS INJ STEPPED OVER A RELAY BAR & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LEFT FOOT
CONT MINER OPERATOR WAS STANDING BESIDE MINER WATCHING RIGHT SIDE BOLTER OPERATOR INSTALL A BOLT. A PIECE OF STONE FELL FROM BETWEEN 2 PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED STRAPS & STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT FOREARM
EE WAS OPERATING AN ARTICULATING VOLVO TRUCK, HE SAID BOUNCING ON ROUGH GROUND AGGRAVATED HIS BACK.
EE WAS SITTING IN HIS PICKUP TRUCK. WHEN A LARGE ROCK ROLLED OFF THE FILL BENS RECLAIMED, AND STRUCK HIS TRUCK.
WHILE DISMOUNTING UNDERGROUND MINE CAR, IT WAS ENGAGED (THROTTLE OPEN) THROWING HIM OFF THE OPERATOR'S SIDE OF CAR.
WE WERE IN A DRIFT, HAND MUCKING LOOSE MATERIAL AND A SMALL PIECE OF SLAB FELL AWAY AND LANDED ON THE TOP OF MY FOOT. THE FOOT WAS NOT BROKEN.
FOOT SLIPPED OF STEP, STRUCK RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST COMPRESSOR CAUSIGN PINCHED NERVE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS DRILLING LARGE STONES INTO SLABS FOR THE GUILLOTINE. HE WAS SPLITTING A PIECE OF STONE THAT HE HAD JUST DRILLED AND THE PIECE OF STONE FELL AND SLID DOWN HIS LEG ONTO HIS FOOT.
EE WAS USING WEDGES AND A SLEDGEHAMMER TO CUT OFF A SMALL PIECE OF GRANITE WHEN THE PIECE BROKE OFF, BOUNCED ON THE GROUND AND THEN HIS HIS FOOT.
BUILDING VENTILATION CONTROL. IT FELL OVER ON HIM.
GETTING SAMPLE WAS WINDY OUTSIDE LOOKED UP AND SOMETHING WAS BLOWN IN EYE Y
EE WORKING ON BULLDOZER, REPAIRING HYD LEAK SLIPPED AND FELL ON ELBOW CAUSING ELBOW TO SWELL.
INIDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVING LARGE CLINKERS FROM KILN DISCHARGE SCREENING GRATE. EXTENDED LENGTH OF LIME AND SIZE OF MATERIAL CONTRIBUTED TO INCIDENT.
INSTALLED A CUT OFF VALVE ON A 1' HYD HOSE. HOSE THEN BUSTED, COMING AROUND STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD.
THE EE WAS CHECKING THE HYDRAULIC OIL LEVEL ON A RUBBER TIRE DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE LADDER AND ALLEGEDLY TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE STARTED LOSING TIME 11/30/98
HANGING LINE CURTAIN AND PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT EE ON HEAD.
EE WAS SUSPENDED FROM WALL FORM INSTALLING WHALERS WHEN SAFETY HOOK SLIPPED AND THE EE FELL APPROX 20'. HE WAS WORKING ON THE CORNER OF THE WALL. AS A REUSLT OF THE FALL, EE RECEIVED A HAIRLIN E FRACTURE OF LEFT ANKLE, DAMAGE TO LEFT KNEE AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO RIGHT ANKLE.
HURT LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK WHILE PRYING ON ROCK WITH PRY BAR.
BUILDING VENTILATION CONTROL. IT TURNED OVER ON HIM.
EE WENT UP BESIDE THE PINNER TO MOVE THE CURTAIN OUT OF THE WAY. WHEN THE TIRE OF THE PINNE GOT ON HIS LEG.
NOTE: EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 1-13-99. EE WAS WALKING FROM MANTRIP STATION TO SECTION WHEN HE STEPPED IN A WATER FILLED HOLE, SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. THE HOLE WAS 15" IN DIAM ETER AND 3-4" DEEP. HE CONTINUED TO WORK, BUT THE RESULTS OF AN MRI INDICATED SURGERY WAS NECESSARY.
EE WAS ROCK DUSTING BY HAND-HE STEPPED FROM MINE FLOOR INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET. SLIPPED ON METAL. FOOTING WAS LOST AND HE FELL STRIKING RIGHT KNEE.
BATTERY OPERATED LOADER WAS REMOVING ROOF SUPPORT. A 3/4" PRESSURE LINE WAS WRAPPED AROUND ADJACENT HYDRAULIC SUPPORT'S FOOT AND BROKE HYDRAULIC FITTING ON LINE. LINE HIT EE AND HYDRAULIC PRES SURE PUNCTURE RIGHT BUTTOCKS AND PENETRATED INTERNAL ORGANS.
EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL BELT IN THE 2N MAINS SECTION. THE MOVE HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND HE WAS LHELPING ANOTHER TO INSTALL THE BOTTOM ROLLERS. HE PLACED HIS FINGER IN THE BOTTOM BRACKET AND OT HER LIFTED HIS SIDE OF THE ROLLER UP, PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE BRACKET AND THE ROLLER.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON A 980 CAT ROADER HIS FOOT MISSED THE LAST STEP ON THE LADDER, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND, TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER REMOVING IDLERS FROMTHE CONVEYOR THE IDLER BROKE CAUSING A STRAIN ON EE'S ARMS. REPORTED 12/31/98
MOVING MATERIAL (SAND & ROCK) OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT, GLOVE GOT CAUGHT AND PULLED ARM BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND ROLLERS.
INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE ANCHOR DEVICE WHEN HE STRAINED STOMACH MUSCLE.
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS YARD AT 5 AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD, AND FELL, HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE RAILROAD TRACK. ON 11/30/98 HE WAS TKANE OFF THE JOB WITH A CONTUSION/STRAING LEFT KNEE.
THE EE REPORTED BEING VIOLENTLY THROWN AROUND INTHE BASKET OF BOOM TRUCK WHEN A 8'X10'X12" SECTION OF BACK WAS HAND SCALED STRIKING THE BOOM. THE EE SUFFERED A FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE, 3 FRACT URED RIBS & CHIPPED PERMANENT TEETH. LOST WORKD AYS BEGAN O 11/30/98
EE WAS BOLTING ROOF WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING EE ON HIS LEFT HAND.
CRAWLING IN LOW COAL KNEE HIT A ROCK AND EE TWISTED KNEE
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE A PUMP MOTOR ON A 21SC SHUTTLE CAR. HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING THE MOTOR. EXTENT OF INJURY IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
EE WAS HELPING OTHER EE CHANGE A TROLLEY WIRE INSULATOR. AS THE OTHER EE UNSCREWED IT FROM ITS ROOF HANDGER, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & STRUCK FROM ITS ROOF HANDGER, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HA ND & STRUCK THE EE ON HIS UPPER LIP, RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING ROCK DUST OFF A SUPPLY CAR ONTO THE GROUND AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS STANDING TALKING TO OTHER EE AS ANOTHER MOVED THE PINNER. AS ANOTHER WAS REELING IN THE PINNER CABLE, THE CABLE HIT HIM KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. WHEN HE FELL HE LANDED ON HIS SELF-RE SCUER. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 12/1/98.
EE RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD WHEN HE WALKED UNDER DISCHARGE AIR FLOAT DUCT AND RAN INTO CROSSBAR ON PIPE STAND.
SLIPPED OFF THE STEP OF THE 660 BATTERY MOTOR, STRIKING HIS BACK AGAINST THE MOTOR. (DUE TO YELLOW BOY ON HIS BOOTS). EE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 12-14-98, HIS LAST AT WORK WAS 12-12-98.
GARDEN ROCK DUST HOLE. EMPLOYEE STRUCK HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF WHILE WALKING INTO THIS AREA TO FIREBOSS.
EXCESSIVE SPEED COMING INTO THE PARKING LOT, HIT A HOLE CAUSING MACHINE TO JUMP OFF THE GROUND.
EE WAS DIGGING OUT ROCK WHICH CAUSED DOZER TO SLIDE OVER SLOPING ENBANKMENT.
EE WAS CUTTING PLATES OFF THE FRONT OF A HUAL TRK. TRAILER IN ORDER REPLACE THEM. THE PLATE HE WAS CUTTING CAME LOOSE BEFORE HE THOUGHT IT WOULD AND FELL ABOUT 4' TO THE FLOOR ON TOP OF HIS FO OT. THE PLATE SIZE WAS 1" X 6" X 24". EE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CUTTING WHERE HE WAS CLEAR OF THE FALLING PLATE AND WELD A STRAP UNDER PLATE.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A BLOCK VENTILATION STOPPING. AS HE PLACED A CEMENT BLOCK ON A SCOOP TRACTOR BLADE, THE BLOCK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT - RESUL TING IN A FRACTURED BONE. OCCURRED IN SECTION 1-R RETURN.
EE STATED HE FELT A PAIN IN SHOULDER WHILE COUPLING A 1/2" AIR HOSE. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 2/1/99.
THE INJURED LIFTED THE FEEDER CABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY OF THE CARS AND AS HE TURNED TO DROP IT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAILING THE GUILLOTIRE TAKING THE CUT STORES TO TRIM THEM. HE REACHED IN WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO PULL OUT A CUT PIECE OF STONE WHILE ANOTHER STONE WAS BEING CUT, IT SHOT OUT OF THE BUILLOTINE THE SAME TIME HE REACHED IN.
EE STARTED MISSING 11-26-98
EE STATED HE WAS HELPING PULL A RAIL 1O'X8"LONG USING A SET OF RAILDOGS INTO THE SPUR TRACK AT BREAK NO.30 ON 42 LEFT WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT IN SOME MUD CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE
ON THE 3-NORT SECTION WHEN UNLOADING OMEGA BLOCKS OUT OF THE SCOOP BUCKET THE EMKPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND SLIPPED TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE, WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER BACK. NOTE: FIRST DAY OFF DUE TO THIS INJURY 12-3-98.
WAS LIFTING A VENTILATION TUBE WITH A COWORKER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN RIGHT GROIN AREA. CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGULAR JOB. WAS SENT TO DR. WHO DIAGNOSED A HERNIA AND DID A SURGICAL REPAIR ON I T.
WALKING STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTING HIS KNEE.
EE WAS EXITING VEHICLE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM STEP ON TRUCK CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN BACK MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A SAMPLE BAG AND FELT A PAIN IN HER NECK, WENT TO A DR ON 11-30-98 AND HE RELEASED HER FROM WORK ON 12-1-98 PENDING MRI.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE WALKING TO PARTS CAR WITH TOOLS ON SHOULDER, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, STRAINING BACK.
EE WAS HELPING WORK ON THE DOOR OF THE DINOMITE TRUCK. THEY WERE TRYING TO ADUST IT SO IT WOULD NOT DRAG. THEY WERE SLAMMING IT SHUT. THEY HAD DID HTIS SEVERAL TIMES. EE PUT HIS HAND UP BY THE DOOR AND DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE DOOR OVERLAPPED SO FAR. THEY SLAMMED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN THE DOOR.
TAKIN GPIN OUT OF EXCAVATOR PIN DROPPED CAUGHT EE'S FINGER.
EE PARKED HIS COMPANY VEHICLE ON A RAMP TO WASH THE MUD OFF. HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE.
EE WAS WATCHING THE MINER CABLE WHEN HE NOTICED THE TOP WAS DROPPING, HE LOOKED UP AND SAW A PIECE OF STONE FALLING. TRIED TO STEP BACK OUT OF THE WAY BUT THE STONE FELL STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE METATARSAL ON HIS RT FOOT.
EE WAS HANGING VENTILATION TUBING. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN, HE HYPER-EXTENDED HIS ANKLE. EE WAS STANDING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT. EQUIPMENT WAS NOT BEING OPERATED AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
EE WAS STANDING ON FUEL TANK AND SLIPPED AND JERKED BACK. THE EE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 12-4-98 AND HAD NOT LOST TIME. HOWEVER IN DEC. THE EE HAD LOST TIME AND WAS DENIED WC BENEFITS AS A NO-WORK RELATED INJURY. THEN ON 1-11-99 IT WAS DETERMINE AS A WORK RELATED INJURY.
OPENING BIN DOOR STRAIN BACK.
EE WAS TRYING TO PUT A LIGHT PLANT ON A PICKUP TRUCK BALL HITCH, WHILE LIFTING HE HURT HIS BACK& SHOULDER
ON C-7 SECTION THE SCOOP WINCH ROPE WAS CONNECTED TO THE BASE OF THE RETRIEVER/PULLER. THERE WAS SLACK IN THE WINCH ROPE. THE PULLER BECAME DETACHED FROM THE ROOF & JUMPED TOWARDS THE HEADGATE . IT JUMPED FAR ENOUGH TO TAKE THE SLACK OUT OF WINCH ROPE. THE WINCH ROPE WHIPPED & STRUCK HIM ON THE RT FOREARM. DIAGNOSED AS A FRACTURED FOREARM.
WORKING ON THE CUTTER
INJURED WAS REMOVING A BELT CLAMP FROM THE 72" MAIN BELT. WHEN HE REMOVED THE NUT FROM THE CLAMP, THE CLAMP FELL AND STRUCK HIS FOOT. THE CLAMP WEIGHED APPROX 200 LBS AND FELL APPROX 18". HE W AS WEARING METATARSAL BOOTS.
MAN WAS GETTING OUT OF WAGNER SCOOP CAB STMPLED FELL TOWARD THE FENDER WELL OF THE FRONT TIRE CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
WHILE BREAKING A DRILL PIPE CONNECTION THE RACHET JAW ON THE BREAKOUT TONGS BROKE. INJURED EE WAS STEPPING ONTO DRILL STAND WHEN THE TONGS PIECE BROKE AND WAS STRUCK ON THE UPPER CHEEK BELOW L EFT EYE. AND A PIECE OF THE TONG EMBEDDED INTO LOWER PART OF LEFT EYE. HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS AFETY GLASSES.
OPERATOR WAS WORKING ON THE DIVERTER GATE AT THE PRIMARY BLUNGERS. A PIECE OF TRIM METAL THAT HOLDS THE BLUNGERS RUBBER LINING IN PLACE HAD JAMMED THE DIVERTER GATE FROM MOVING. THE EE WAS USI NG A LONG HANDLE SHOVEL IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE TRIM METAL. THE DIVERTER GATE SUDDENLY MOVED AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE SHOVEL. THE SHOVEL HANDLE STRUCK THE EE IN THE RT SIDE SHIELD OVE
INJURED PERSON WAS PRYING WITH A BAR WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST CONTINUOUS MINER RIPPER HEAD.
EE WAS TRAVELING IN A PERSONNEL CARRIER. THE PERSONNEL CARRIER WAS PASSING A STOPPED PICKUP TRUCK WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER OF THE MANTRIP CANOPY CONTACTED THE HEAD OF A RIB BOLT CAUSING THE TWO FRON CANOPY POSTS TO FAIL. THIS FORCED THE CANOPY TO LOWER ONTO THE EE.
LET ATRS DOWN, DRAW ROCK FELL OUT IN BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING ROOF BOLTER REFLECTING AND HIT ROOF BOLT OPERATOR IN RIGHT KNEE. DRAW ROCK 2 FT BY 3 FT BY 1 1/2 INCHES
WAS CLIMBING OFF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE STEPED ON THEROPER STEP IT SWUN OUT FROM UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THEREAR FENDER
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING EE ON ARM.
EE WAS ALIGNING THE AXLE GEAR IN THE PLANETARY DRIVE OF A RIMPULL TRUCK. THE MOVEMENT OF THE AXLE GEAR FREED THE PLANETARY GEAR--IT MESHED WITH THE AXLE GEAR, PINCHING THE END OF EE'S RIGHT MI DDLE FINGER.
EE IS STATING THAT HE WAS WELDING ON THE BUCKET ARCH ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE 2570. TWO OTHER EE'S WERE PULLING THE DRAG CHAIN TOWARDS THE BUCKET TO CREATE SLACK IN INSERT BUSHING. THE DUMP ROPE ATTACHED TO THE CHAINS AND SPREADER BAR CAME DOWN, SLID OFF THE ARCH, STRIKING THE EE AND GLANCED OFF HIS HARD HAT AND SHOULDER. DUMP ROPE DID NOT FREEFALL BUT THE SLACK BELLIED OUT AND HIT EE
WHILE DESCENDING THE ACCESS LADDER ON A FRONTEND LOADER, THIS MAN POSITIONED HIS RT FOOT ON THE EDGE OF A BLACKTOP SURFACE, ABOUT A 2" DROP. AS HE PUT HIS WEIGHT ON THE RT LEG, HE SPRAINED HIS RT ANKLE AS HIS FOOT WAS POSITIONED ON THE UNEVEN GROUND.
LABORER BENT DOWN TO CLEAN OFF BLUE TOP & LOADERRAN OVER HIS FOOT. CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT FOOT
INJURED WAS MOVING MINER CABLE PULLED SOMETHING IN UPPER BACK.
EE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN EIMCO ROCK LOADER AND SHAFT BUCKET.
SMALL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF, STRIKING EE ON CHEEK.
WHILE AT THE CONTROL STATION OF THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE. A ROCK FELL FROM THE RIB MEASURING 82"LX36"WX21"T. STRIKING EE ON THE LEFT SHOULDER, UPPER ARM AND LOWER BACK.
WHILE IN 5E SECTION, EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE CONTINUOUS MINER, ASSEMBLING A ROOF BOLT. A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL FROM ROOF, STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT.
EMPLOYEE AHD JUST COMPLETED A WELDING JOB ABOUT 25 PEET IN THE AIR. HE HAD USED A ROPE TO GUIDE PIPE. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, EMPLOYEE CLIMBED THE ROPE, THE ROPE TWISTED, KNOT BECAME UNITED AND EMPLOYEE FELL ABOUT 16' TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A CHOCK BLOCK THAT WAS STUCK UNDER A TIRE. WHEN CHOCK BLOCK BECAME FREE HIS UPPER BODY TWISTED TO HIS SIDE. S TRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
PULLING CABLE OFF THE WENCH ON THE DOZER. PAIN TO LOWER BACK.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP ROLL OF LINER OFF THE FORKLIFT WITH FOOT. THE ROLL OF LINER ROLLED OVER HIS RT LEG.
AT THE SILO TRANSFER BUILDING ON 4TH FLOOR, THE INJURED WAS STANDING ON STEEL GRATING BETWEEN THE MAIN TRANSFER CHUTE & THE DRIBBLE CHUTE, WHEN THE GRATING GAVE WAY UNDER HIM & HE FELL TO THE 3RD FLOOR (APPROX 13'8") LANDING ON THE GRATING BELOW. THE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS DEEP CONTUSIONS.
EE REPORTED HE WAS DRIVING #19 COAL TRUCK WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD WHICH CAUSED HIS SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT. PAIN IN BACK. DETERMINED TO BE REPORTABLE 12-1-98.
EE SLIPPED IN THE MUD WHILE CARRYING MONORAIL PRIOR TO A POWER MOVE. EE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY AND BEGAN LOSING TIME DEC 3.
THE EE WAS HIT WITH A HAMMER BY A COWORKER WHEN THEY WERE MAKING REPAIR TO A FRONT END LOADER.
EE WAS INSTALLING RIB PIN ON CORNER. LARGE PORTION OF RIB RASHED OFF, PULLING THE BOLT DOWN HE WAS PUTTING IN THE HOLE. PULED DOWN THE BOLT WHILE IT WAS STILL IN HIS HAND. WENT DR. DISABLED HI M ON 12-14 DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS ELBOW WAS FRACTURED.
STEPPED INSIDE DREDGE, HAD HAND ON DOOR JAM, WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT ON HAND.
EE WAS LOADING STOCKPILE TRUCK. HE GOT INTO TRUCK TO PULL IT FORWARD THEN HE STOPPED OUT OF TRUCK TO CLOSE THE LOAD OUT DOOR ON BIN WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE
CHANGING A LACING ON THE SCREEN BELT. REMOVING A PIECE OF IRON 4"X4'CUT RT LITTLE FINGER (3 STITCHES).
WHILE HELPING HANG MINER CABLE ON UNIT #3, THE INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
DRIVING SCOOP-MINING CAP PRESSED ON ROOF-KNOCKINED CAP OFF AND AS A RESULT NECK WAS BENT-WENT TO CLIMIC-MUSCLE SPASM IN NECK AND WILL RETURN TO WORK 11-30-98.
EE WAS DOING CONSIDERABLE LIFTING THE PRIOR WEEK. HE DECIDED ON MONDAY THAT HE NEED TO SACK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EMPLOYEE STRAIN BACK MUSCLE WHILE PUTTING ROLLER IN BELT LINE.
INJURED WAS RUNNING THE #3 CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS. INJURED JUMPED UP TO RUN AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
SLIPPED THROUGH LADDER ON FUEL TRUCK AND CAUGHT HIS LEG IN LADDER.KNEE WAS TWISTED.
EE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ON BOLTER HURT BACK
FUELING TRUCK, STEPPED ON PLASTIC, SLIPPED AND FELL.
EE STATES HE BENT OVER TO CLEAR MACHINE JAM. WHEN HE STOOD BACK UP, HE EXPERIENCED STINGING SENSATION IN LOWER BACK.
HE WAS PULLING DISK WITH DOZER, STUMP LODGED BETWEEN DISK BLADES. OPERATOR STOPPED MACHINE, GOT OFF MACHINE. WHILE REMOVING STUMP, STUMP FELL ON HAND MASHING HAND AGAINST DISK METAL FRAME.
EE LIFTED A PIECE OF METAL TO SET IN PLACE.
WHILE THE SHOVEL WAS LOADING THE HAUL TRUCK, THE SWEAR SHAFT. THE BUCKET HIT THE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK BED, ERSEY THE TRUCK OPERATOR.
ON 11-23-98 THE MAN TWISTED HIS ANKLE STEPPING OFF A SCREEN. ON 1-15-99 HE BEGAN RW.
EE HAS INJURED HIS BACK & NECK PREVIOUSLY. HE IS NOT SURE HOW HE DID IT THIS TIME BUT CLAIMS HE HURT IT AT WORK.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL HOIST CABLE ON DRAGLINE. HE SLIPPED, FALLING AND LANDING ON DRUM. HE BRUISED HIS RIBS.
GETTING IN WORKBOAT TO GO TO DREDGE. FOOT SLIPPED AND TURNED ANKLE.
TRUCK LEFT DUMP EMPTY HHIT DIP IN HAUL ROAD CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE SCAMED DOWN ONTO SEAT. SEAT BOTTOMED OUT CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE STEPPED ON AIRLINE, TURNING FOOT.
WHILE WALKING BESIDE S/L A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON SHOULDER AND LEG.
EE WAS PREPARING TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL IN A 980C END LOADER. WHEN HE BENT OVER TO RAISE A DOOR THE TOP A C.B. ANTENNA WHICH WAS DAJACENT STUCK IN THE CORNER OF HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING INA KNEELING POSITION. WHENHE ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS PULLING CLOTHES BASKET DOWN TO GET DRESSED. HIS BASKET BUMPED AND ADJACENT BASKET KNOCKING A ROCK HAMMER OUT OF THE BASKET. THE HAMMER FELL STRIKING EE ON TOP OF HIS HEAD.
EE FINISHED FLIPPING A GATE, WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EE PICKED UP 10' SECTION OF DRILL STEEL AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE TRIPPED WHILE WALKING UP STEPS HITTING THE RING FINGER KNUCKLE ON LEFT HAND ON STAIR HAND RAILING. EE BROKE THE KNUCKLE. NOTIFIED THAT EE HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR KNUCKLE.
CONTRACTORS WERE CALLED IN TO DO ROAD MAINTENANCE ON THE EDGAR PLANT ENTRANCE ROAD, NEAR THE MACHINE SHOP. THE EXISTING ASPHALT HAD BEEN REMOVED ON SAT. IN PREPARATION FOR POURING THE NEW ASPH ALT. HOWEVER, SAT. NIGHT/SUN. MORNING JUST PRIORTO THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT, EE DROVE INTO THE AREA OF THE MAINTENANCE, WHILE COMING TO WORK, LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND ENDED UP IN A DITCH. HE
EE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL UP FROM THE PLANT FLOOR COVER AND ONTO THE BOBCAT BUCKET AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS BLEEDING THE BRAKE. BUGGY HAD TO BE STARTED. WHEN COWORKER TURNED THE BUGGY ON THE TRAM WAS STUCK IN. AND TRAMMED OVER EE'S LEGS.
EE WAS CHECKING FOR SUCTION LEAK AT DUST BOX ON ROOFBOLTER. HIS HAND WAS LYING ON A PIECE OF METAL UNDER PREDUMP JACK. OPERATOR RAISED STAB JACK WHICH ACTIVATES PREDUMP JACK. THAT ACTIO PUSHED THE JACK CYLINDER DOWN CATCHING EE'S LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE JACK BRACKET AND METAL.
WAITING FOR SAW MAN TO CUT TIMBER. DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING MINER LEFT SIDE.
A PIECE OF ROCK 3" BY 3 1/2' FELL FROM RIB TO BOLT HITTING THE ROOF BOLT OPERATOR ABOVE THE KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING TOWARDS PHONE TO ANSWER A CALL WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND FELL DOWN.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY LET THE DRILL HEAD DOWN ON HIS LEG
OEPRATOR WAS DISMOUNTIN GOFF THE TRUCK (F) BUMPER, MOUNTING STEPS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING A SEVERE SPRAIN TO RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE REACHING OVER TO PICK UP A SLING FOR THE 2800 CABLE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE HANGING A MINER CABLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WALKED OVER TO THE OFF SIDE OF THE PARKED NO. 1 MBC HOPPER TO CHECK AN OIL LEAK WHEN THE LEFT RIB ROLLED OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE LEGS AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN AGAINST THE HOPPE R RESULTING IN A COMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE LEFT UPPER LEG.
AFTER UNLOADING A DROP DECK FLAT TRAILER, EE STEPPED/JUMPED OFF THE TRAILER, APPROX 3' TO 4', LANDING FLAT FOOTED.
WHILE GETTING OUT OF A WAREHOUSE TRUCK, EMPLOYEETWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED ONA ROCKA SMALL FRACTURE WAS IDENTIFIED THE DAY UPON EXAMINATION OF THE X-RAY. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO RETUR N TO WORK ON 11/25/98.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING A FORK TRUCK ON 11/20/98 TO MOVE PALLETS OF PACKAGED PRODUCTS TO AN OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA. WHILE OPERATING THE FORK TRUCK, EE CONTACTED AN IRREGULAR PAVED SURFA CE THAT CAUSED HIM TO BE JARRED IN THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE.
EE ALLEGES LOWER BACK MUSCLE SPASMS DUE TO LIFTING & MOVING INSULATED TARPS INTO A VAN
EE WAS WALKING ALONGSIDE A DUMPING HAUL UNIT WHEN A ROCK FELL OF THE TRUCK AND STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HIS HEAD HE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT. HE FELL TO THE GROUND WHERE HE INCURRED A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
EE STRAINED HIS KNEE WHILE PULLING A DIESEL FUEL HOSE DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS AT A FUELING STATION.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING BACK AGAINST METAL FRAME.
EE HAD INJURED HIS BACK ON 11-20-98, EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTI 3-3-99. (INJURED HANGING CABLE) INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE ON 3-3-909 WHEN STARTED LOST TIME.
EE ALLEGES HE PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK SETTING CRIBS. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL LATER. EE WAS LAYED OFF IN THE INTERIM: NOTE CO WAS UNAWARE THAT EE WENT TO HOSPITAL ON THE 27TH & MISSED WORK THAT DAY BECAUSE HE DID NOT REPORTTHE INJURY AS AN INDUSTRIAL INJURY WHEN HE WENT TO THE ER ROOM OPERATOR WAS NOT MADE AWARE THAT THE ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS OCCUPATIONALY RELATED
INJURED WAS OPERATING #6, SCOOP ON #4 UNIT. WHEN HE WENT TO GET OUT OF THE SCOOP, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED (STRAINED) HIS RIGHT KNEE. INJURED RETURNED TO WORK ON 11-29. HE STILL HAS TO HAVE A MRI. HE ONLY MISSED 3 REGULAR SCHEDULED WORKING DAYS DUE TO THE 6-3 SCHEDULE AND HOLIDAYS.
EE WAS STACKING USED BATTERIES ON A PALLET AND SLIPPED IN THE MUDDY AREA AROUND THE PALLET. HE INITIALLY THOUGHT NOTHING OF THE MINER PAIN IN GROIN, BUT SYMPTOMS CONTINUED AND SWELLING WAS NOT ICE 11-25 AND WAS SENT TO DR.'S OFFICE. EXAMINATION SHOWED BILATERAL HERNIA.
INJURED PERSON SLIPPED ON ICE WHEN GETTING OUT OF A PICKUP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ELECTRIC SHOP. WHEN HE SLIPPED HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. INJURED PERSON INDICATED HE MAY NEED SURGERY IN THE FUTURE TO REPAIR THIS INJURY.
WHILE HE WAS INSTALLING A RIB PIN, THE RIBS RASHED OUT ON HIS LEG CAUSING HIS LEG TO TWIST.
EE SAYS THAT PUSHER BAR ON HIGHWALL MINER HIT HIS KNEE AS HE WAS REVERSING IT. HE WORKED UNTIL 8-4-99. NOW HE SAYS HE MUST HAVE SURGERY TO REPIR DAMAGE.
INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING A BUCKET OF MINE SEALANT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WALKED UP CONVEYOR TO ADJUST SPRAY NOZZLE. CONVEYOR SHIFTED, EE JUMPED 12' TO GROUND, BROKE LEFT ARM.
WHILE TIGHTING ABOLT USED TO RETAIN A HAMMER IN THE CRUSHER, AN EMPLOYEE SWUNG A SLEGE HAMMER THAT STRUCK A HAMMER THAT DEFLECTED THE HEAD OF THE SLEDGEHAMMER STRIKING EE'S FINGER. SMASHED I NDEX FINGER, LIMITING USE OF LEFT HAND.
EE CLIMBING DOWN STEP LADDER AT REAR OF SCRAPER. HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE SCRAPER AND THEN TO THE FLOOR.
DRIVING BACK FROM THE STOCKPILE 1 HIT A HOLE AND JARRED MY LOWER BACK AND NECK. I ALSO HIT MY HEAD ON CAB OF TRUCK AND CUT MY HEAD.
SHUTTLE CAR WAS TRAVELING FROM FEEDER AND RAN OVER SPILLED COAL, REDUCING THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN ROOF AND FLOOR. THE ROOF KNOCKED THE CANOPY OVEREMPLOYEES LEGS, LEANING APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES
MOVING LARGE ROCKS BY ASSEMBLY, SLIPPED FROM ONE HAND AND CRUSHED RIGHT HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND GROUND.
STEPPED ON SMALL ROCK. SPRAINED KNEE.
INJURED WAS CLEANING OUT A CHUTE WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS GROIN AREA. OFF FOR HERNIA SURGERY.
EE CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE WAS DROPPING DOWN VENTILATION TUBING, AS IT FELL IT STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.
A COMBINATION OF A BROKEM STEP AND MUDDY BOOTS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL, INJURING HIS LEFT ELBOW AS IT STRUCK THE STEP.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE ARM AND UPPER BACK. CAUSING CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES.
WHILE GETTING OUT OF MANTRIP, TWISTED RT KNEE.
EE AND EE WERE MOVING PUMPS AND DISCHARGE HOSES IN THE PIT AREA DUE TO EXTREME WATER LEVELS. WHEN THEY BEGAN PULLING THE DISCHARGE HOSES, EE GRABBEDHIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE. HE THOUGHT HE HAD ON LY PULLED A MUSCLE AT THE TIME AND DID NOT GO TO DR FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DR DID NOT DECIDE ON SURGERY FOR THE HERNIA, WHICH WAS A RESULT OF PULL ON THE MUSCLES, UNTIL AFTER 1ST OF YEAR. HE LOST
BUGGIE WAS TRANING IN THE INTERSECTION GOING FROM #2 ENTRY TO THE #3 ENTRY WHEN THE INJ EE CRAWLING BY. EE WAS NOT IN THE CLEAR WHEN CAS MADE ITS TURN & THE BUMPER HIT THE EE IN THE LEG
WHILE DRIVING TRIAXLE TRUCK HE ENTERED THICK FOG. CAME UPON VEHICLE AND APPLIED BRAKES. TRUCK PUULLED TO RIGHT AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG BELT CONVEYOR & SLIPPED ANDTWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE DR ADVISED HIM TO STAY OFF OF IT FOR 24 HRS
EE WAS DRIVING CAR, RAN OVER ROCK IN ROAD, BOUNCED HEAD INTO CANOPY.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING INSTALLING A CORNER BOLT A PIECE OF ROOF COAL @21/2FT X 21/2FT X4-6" FELL OUT& STRUCK EE ON BACK BELOW RT SHOULDER
A UTILITY MAN ON THE DAY SHIFT WAS MOVING SOME SUPPLIES OUTBY THE SECTION. WHILE LIFTING A HI-VOLTAGE SPLICE BOX, HE SAID HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND THEN WENT TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY.
WHILE DRIVING A HAULER HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING GOT FOOT UNDER BOLTER SET HEAD DOWN ON FOOT BRUISING FOOT.
EE WAS REMOVING A BLOCK CURTAIN WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPRO 3' X 3' X 6" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND ROOF BOLTS. THE ROCK STRUCK EE ON THE BACK AND HIPS. EE GOT UP AND WALKED AROUN D ON THE SECTION THEN STARTED FEELING PAIN IN HIS LEG. EE WAS XRAYED AND DIAGNOSED WITH A BROKEN PELVIS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE INJURED HER HAND WHILE SHIFTING GEARS ON A RAMCAR.
LOWERING RODS USING AN ELECTRICK CHAIN HOIST. THE LOOPE FROM THE CHAIN CAUGHT THE HOOK THAT WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE ROD CAUSING SLACK AND THE ROD TO DROP.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WORKING ON SCOOP IN SURFACE SHOP. TWISTED LEFT KNEE. DIAGNOSED BY DR AS GOUT, AGRIVATED BY TWISTING MOTION. NO TRAUMATIC INJURY. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 11-23-98.
EE WAS LIFTING & PULLING A LARGE METAL TOOLBOX OUT OF A CRAMPED SPACE IN THE MAINT SHOP SO THE FORKLIFT COULD GET UNDER IT. HE WAS ASSISTED BY THE EE NAMED IN #11.
EE WAS COMING DOWN OFF OF LOADER, HIS HEEL CAUGHT ON THE BOTTOM STEP,CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE AND HIS KNEE POPPED WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND.
A DRILLING SPECIALIST WAS REACHING INTO A PICKUP TO RETRIEVE HIS THERMOS WHEN HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE DOOR FRAME. THE SPECIALIST HAD PROBLEMS WITH HIS ELBOW BUT DID NOT HAVE TREATMENT MEETING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNTIL JUNE 3, 1999 WHEN HE HAD SURGERY ON HIS ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING ELECTRIC WIRES TOGETHER FOR A LIGHT. CONDITIONS WERE DUSTY AND FOGGY. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE WENT T O EMERGENCY ROOM AND WAS GIVEN MEDICATION (CODINE).
ELECTRICIAN WAS INSTALLING A 800 AMP MINER BREAKER AFTER SUPPLYING POWER (600 VOLTS) TO THE TOP OF THE BREAKER HE WAS MAKING A CHECK ON THE MONITOR CIRCUIT. WHEN HE PUT THE BREAKER IN THE TO P OF OF IT SHORT CIRCUITED CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.
I WAS IN A HURRY WHEN LEAVING THE SHOP TO GET TO LOADER TO LOAD A TRUCK. I TURNED QUICKLY AND TOOK SEVERAL RAPID STEPS WHEN MY KNEE LOCKED AND I TUMBLED TO THE GROUND.
EE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF THE DRILL WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN AND STEPPED IN A PUDDLE OF OIL THAT HAD ACCUMULATED BELOW THE PLATFORM FROM A RUPTURED HOSE ON THE EQUIPMENT THE PREVIOUS DAY. EVEN THJOUG HT THE OIL HAD BEEN COVERED WITH DUST, THIS AREAWAS SLIPPERY. WHEN HE STEPPED IN THIS AREA, HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND SCRAPED HIS FOREARM ON THE DRILL.
EE WAS ASSISTING WITH REMOVING BATTERIES FROM A 488 S&S SCOOP. PIN ON OPERATORS SIDE OF SCOOP THAT LOCKS BATTERIES IN POSITION WOULD NOT SLIDE BACK TO UNLOCK BATTERIES. EE WAS HOLDING A BAR (3 6" COMBINATION BOLT WITH A SLEEVE) AGAINST THE PIN WHILE ANOTHER EE TAPPED THE BAR WITH A HAMMER DURING THIS PROCESS PIN RELEASED IMMEDIATELY ALLOWING BAR THAT EE WAS HOLDING TO BE CAUGHT, BA
EMPLOYEE WAS BOARDING AN 830 WABCO TRUCK. AS HE WAS CLUMBING UP LADDER, TO THE OPERATORS CAB, HE BUMPED HIS KNEE AGAINST A LADDER RUNG.
EE SAID HE INJURED BACK WHILE RIDING TO WORK PLACE. (JARRED BACK)
EE WAS WORKING WITH 2 OTHERS, AT HANGING MINER CABLE ACROSS A TRAMROAD. AS HE LIFTED THE CABLE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT ARM. NOTE: EE WORKED UNTIL 11-20-98 AT WHICH TIME HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTE NTION AND WAS TAKEN OFF WORK.
THE INJURED MAN WAS DROPPING THE TRAILING CABLE FROM THE HANGNERS WHEN THE OPERATOR ACTIVATED THE CABLE REEL TAKE UP. THE CABLE STRUCK EE ON HI S LOWER LIP, RESULTING IN A BROKEN TOOTH.
EE WAS IN PROCESS OF SPOTTING PINS THAT THE MINER HAD CUT OUT. HE HAD SWUNG HIS BOOM OUT & WAS HAVING ANOTHER EE PULL THE BOLTER FORWARD & OUTBY TO REACH A CUT OUT BOLT. EE WAS STANDING STRAD DLE OF A GOB PILE AS EE DROVE THE BOLTER FORWARDTHE BOLTER WHEEL RAN INTO A HOLE AND THE DRILL BOOM DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM CATCHING THE SIDE OF INJ EE'S FOOT UNDER THE FRONT OF THE DRILL POT.
MAIN EAST. MINING IN 3 MAIN LINE TRACK ENTRY. HAD TO CUT OUT OLD ROOF STRAPS TO OBTAIN NEEDED HEIGHT. A ROOF STRAP CAME BACK THE MINER CONVEYOR HITTING A PIECE OF WIRE MESH. THE WIRE MESH SSLI D AROUND HITTING VICTIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.
INJURED WAS SCALING 25 MPI (RIGHT) WHEN HE HEARD HANGING SNAP IN BACK OF HIM, ON NEW BREDAK. HE MOVED OUT OF HEADING AND A LARGE CHUNK HIT HIS HIP AND PINNED HIS RIGHT LEG.
INJ WAS WALKING WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL AGAINST AN "I" BEAM I WAS MADE AWARE ON 12/10/98 THAT INJ HAD MISSED WORK DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT
WHILE TURNING DRUM WITH FOOT PUSHING DOWN ON BITLUG,EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF AND HIS KNEE HITTHE BIT. EMPLOYEE STARTED TO MISS WORK AS OF 11-20-98.
HE WAS GETTING A BOX OF GLUE OFF THE BACK OF THE BOLTER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EE WAS MOUNTING A D-40K DRILL WHEN HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE MACHINE.
INJURED GOT HIS RIGHT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT WHILE REMOVING A SHAFT FROM A DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING. HE LOST PART OF THE FLESHY PAD ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
WHILE EE WAS STACKING MATERIAL FROM CONVEYOR TO PALLET, HE STEPPED TOWARDS PALLET AND PLACED THE MATERIAL ONTO THE PALLET. PULLED HIS BODY BACK TOWARDS ORIGINAL POSITION AND FEL A PULL UNDER T HE LEFT ARM. HE NOTCIED BY FEELING HIS UNDERARM THAT A BALL WAS PRESENT. WORKED MOST OF HIS SHIFT THEN WENT TO DR. GIVEN A 10# LIFT RESTRICTION.
SHOVELING MUD FROM UNDER BELT LINE EXPERINECED PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING AND BREAKING LET WRIST. #6 ENTRY-C- PANEL.
EE AND SHIFT FOREMAN WERE TOURING WORK AREA OBSERVING REHABILIATION WORK PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED AND WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TRIPPED FALLING, SUST AINING ABRASIONS TO FOREARM AND A LOW BACK STRAIN/SPRAIN.
COWORKER WAS INSPECTING THE DUMP TRUCK WHILE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING TO FIND AIR LEAK IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. HE YELLED TO EE THAT THEY SHOULD SHUT THE TRUCK OFF. EE DID NOT HEAR HIM AND PROCEED E UNDER THE TRUCK WHERE THE POWER TAKEOFF DRIVE SHAFT PULLED HIM IN. COWORKER IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, FOUND EE UNCONSCIOUS AND NOT BREATHING. COWORKER CUT AWAY JACKET AND EE STARTE
SLIPPED ON METAL DECK WHILE STACKING RIMS.
EE STATED HE HIT HIS HEAD WHILE WALKING NEAR THE FACE AREA.
THE EE STATED THAT HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE OPERATING A ROOFBOLTER WHEN DRILL STEEL STOPPED UP AND DUST BLEW OUT INTO HIS LEFT EYE. NOTE: EE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 11-30-98 TO MANAGEMENT.
ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT BOX TESTING SUPPLY LIVE INTO THE DISC BOX TESTER TOUCHED LUG-LUG APPARENTLY WAS LOOSE AND FELL BACKS AND GROUNDED DISC. BOX AND CAUSED EXPLOSION.
EE WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR RIB BOLT, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER, KNOCKING HIM AGAINST CONTROL LEVERS ON BOLT MACHNE HURTING RIGHT ARM.
5 LFT OUTBY LW RECOVERY IN TRACK ENTRY. INDIVIDUAL WAS ASSISTING IN LOADING A TOOL CAR WITH A SCOOP ONTO A LOWBOY. ROPE FROM SCOOPWAS ATTACHED TO TOOL CAR. SCOOPWAS SHUT OFF. INDIVIDUAL WA S IN PROCESS OF CROSSING SCOOP BUCKET WHEN THE ROPE PULLED TIGHT AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN SCOOP BUCKET AND ROPE.
CONGESTION IN WORK AREA.
EE WAS CLOSING DOOR ON NORTHWEST CRANE, IT CAME OFF ITS TRACK. THE DOOR KNOCKED EE OFF THE CATWALK. HE FELL ON TOP OF THE DOOR. HE FELL ABOUT 0".
CLIMBING A LADDER INSIDE THE TIPPLE. HE REACHED UP TO GRAB A RAIL AND STRAINED THE MIDDLE SECTION OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING GRADER, SHUT DOOR AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HANDLE ON THE DOOR AND FIXED HANDLE INSIDED GRADER. IT APPEARS HANDLE ON THE DOOR IS NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, HOWEVER, TH IS HANDLE WAS BEEN ON THIS MACHINE AS LONG AS ANONE CAN REMEMBER. HANDLE WILL BE REPLACED WITH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT OR ALTERED TO PREVENT LIKE OCCURANCE.
THE CONDITIONS WAS NORMAL AND WAS A NORMAL DAILY ROUTINE CLEANING UP. PAIN IN LOWER AND MIDDLE BACK.
WAS DRILLING A PIECE OF METAL IN TRUCK FLOOR BOARD, WAS READJUSTING BIT W/CHUCK KEY IT SLIPPED AND BIT PUNCTURED HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A METAL ROOF SUPPORT JACK AND HURT HIS BACK. HE DONE THIS ON 11-17-98. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY. APPARENTLY HE REINJURED HIS BACK AND DI D NOT REPORT TO WORK ON 3-15-99.
EE HAD DRILL STEEL IN LEFT HAND AND LET HEAD OF ROOF BOLT MACHINE DOWN WHICH CAUGHT THE STEEL AND PUSHED THE COLLER INTO HIS LEFT THIGH.
EE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES & STRAINED HIS BACK. * BEGAN MISSING WORK 2/10/99.
EE WHILE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO HIS ACTIONS, ATTEMPTED TO PLACE HIS HAND ON TOP OF BAG SEALER GUARD & INSERTED HAND INTO BELT/SHIEVE, CAUSING 2 STITCH LACERATION TO FINGERS.
EE WAS OPERATING A PINNER WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRIKING EE ON HEAD CAUSING A BRUISE TO THE NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS TOSSED FROM SIDE TO SIDE DUE TO ROCK HITTIN GSIDE OF HAUL TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED IN QUARRY.
THE EE WAS LIFTING BOXES OF RESIN WHEN HE PULLEDOR STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK
EE WAS ON TOP OF MACHINE TURNING AIR VALVE ON AND WHEN HE GOT DOWN OFF OF MACHINE, FELT PULL IN RIGHT HIP.
WAS WORKING UNDER A MACHINE AND HAD TO MOVE SOME STONES THAT BECAME JAMMED IN THE AREA. HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS BACK AND THE FOLLOWING DAY HAD PAIN BUT SHOWED UP FOR WORK. THEN HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EE BREAKING & CARRYING CONCRETE BLOCKS EE'S RT HAND WAS STRUCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER
WE WERE RAISING CONVEYOR LEGS IN AIR. EE CAME OVER TO ASK SUPERVISOR A QUESTION & WHILE TALKING THE LEGS CAME UNHOOKED & EE WAS STRUCK BY THEM
WAS CHECKING CWM HOPPER WHEN LID CLOSED ON LEFT HAND. CRUSHED LEFT MIDDLE & RING FINGERS
EE WAS BENDING TO CONNECT 4" FLEXIBLE HOSE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. THE WORK AREA IS BEING EVALUATED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE BENDING/REDUCE HOSE SIZE.
EE WAS REMOVING CHUNKS FROM SILO #45. EE HIT THE SHANK END OF A 3 FT JACKHAMMER STEEL WITH A HAMMER. A STEEL SLIVER COME OFF SHANK END OF STEEL AND HIT EE IN THE LEFT EYE. EE WAS NOT WEARING S AFETY GLASSES.
OPERATOR CLIMBED UP TO BACK OF ENGINE ON 312 SCRAPER TO CHECK FLUID LEVELS. FOOT SLIPPED ON ICE BUILDUP. HE FELL OFF ENGINE PLATFORM, HE FELT HIS FOOT SNAP. HE SUMMONED ANOTHER EE CLOSE BY TO HELP HIM GET TO THE MEDICAL OFFICE.
USING BATTERING RAM ON CABLE-TRIED TO STOP FROM HITTING MECHANIC AND PULLED SHOULDER.
INJURED PUSHING OVERBURDEN ON SPOIL DUMP, MATERIAL HAD SOME TREE TRUNKS IN MATERIAL. INJURED BACKED DOZER OVER TREE TRUNK CAUSING REAR OF MACHINE TO RISE UP THEN COME DOWN SUDDENTLY AGAINST R OCK BENCH CAUSING INJURED TO SUSTAIN JARRING BLOW TO LOWER BACK WHEN MACHINE STRUCK ROCK.
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNTANGLE THE MINER CABLE WHEN HE GOT CAUGHT IN THE CABLE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO THE LEFT KNEE. STARTED MISSING TIME ON 12-02-98.
TURNED OVER EQUIPMENT, ABRAISION - CONTUSION RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS FUELING UP FUEL TRUCK. STEPPED ON BOTTOM STEP OF LADDER ON TRUCK. FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM STEP AND WHEN HIT GROUND TWISTED RT FOOT. TWISTED RT ANKLE, PULLED TENDONS IN ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARELESS IN STEPPING OFF LADDING FUELIGN EQUIPMENT.
WAS RAINING AN DWET, SHE WAS RUNNING TO BATHROOM SLIPPED AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD A PIECE OF SLATE APPROX 12"X12"X 3/8". HE HIT THE SLATE AGAINST A METAL ARM TO BREAK THE SLATE FOR SCRAP. WHEN HE DID SO HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LEFT SHOULDER.
WHILE CLIMBING OVER A HANDRAIL ON A DREDGE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE WET DECK. HIS KNEE HIT THE DECK.
RIDING BUS, BUS JUMPED TRACK.
EE WAS DRILLING HOLE AND BUMPED HEAD ON ROOFBOLTER CANOPY. DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 1-11-99.
INJURED WAS LIFTING A STEEL PLATE 18"X33"X1/4" IN SIZE AND WEIGHT APPROX 30 LBS. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.
TWISTED KNEE WHILE UNTANGLING MINER CABLE. EE WAS AWAY FROM WORK FROM 11-18-98 TO 12-14-98 DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 12-14-98 WORKED UNTIL 1-25-99 AND IS AT PRESENT AWAY FRO M WORK DUE TO HAVING SURGERY ON RIGHT KNEE.
TWISTED ANKLE WHILE GETTING OUT OF LOADER.
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN RIB AND BOLT. STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT AND BACK OF NECK.
STEPPED ON A WELDING ROD & PUNCTURED HIS FOOT.
EE WAS SHOVELING THE INTAKE SIDE OF #4 BELT AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK ABOUT 1" THICK, 18" LONG, AND 12" WIDE FELL AND HIT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER.
EE STATED WHILOE ADVANCING SHIELD A 3/4" CHAINE BROKE HIT EE ON SHOULDER.
EE WAS GRINDING A SCALING BAR DOWN WHEN A PEICE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE. THE EE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION, BUT THE METAL FLEW IN THE SIDE OF THE GOGGLES.
ON 1-R SECTION, EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN THE FIBERGLASS VENTILATION TUBING SECTION 10' WITH SLIPER TUBE FELL DOWN AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS LEGS CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE CONTINUOUS MINING/ROOF BOLT MACHINE, RESULTING TO PAIN IN NECK AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SUPPLY JEEP. HE HIT A BUMP IN THE SUPPLY RAOD. THIS BOUNCED HIM UP INTO THE CANAPY, JAMMING HIS NECK. EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING TIME ON 11-18-98.
EE WAS GOING AFTER A LOAD OF WATER. HE BACKED UP CLOSE TO THE BANK. BANK BROKE OUT AND TRUCK OVERTURNED IN CREEK. HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM FOR EVALUATION.
PUTTING BELT FRAMING TOGETHER, TOP ROLLER DROPPED OFF FRAME & HIT LEFT FOOT
WAS INSTALLING CABLE TRUSSES. WAS PULLING TRUSS TENSIONER OFF OF TRUSS. WHILE HE PULLED TENSIONER LET GO AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS SHOULDER. HE CONT'D TO WORK UNTIL 2/25/99 WHEN HE HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR HIS ROTATOR CUFF.
WAS AT A STOP WAITING TO GET LOADED. SUDDENLY WAS HIT FROM THE REAR OF TRAILER AND WAS KNOCKED OUT.
EE WAS COMING BACK INTO MINE FOR TRIP OF CLAY. HE FELL ASLEEP AND DID NOT STOP WHEN REACHING LOAD OUT POINT. EE STRUCK HIS HEAD AND WRIST INTO CONVEYOR OVER TRACK. EE ALSO FORGOT TO SWITCH DER AILER BEFORE GOING OUT OF MINE WITH PRIOR TRIP.
EE STATES THE OTHER OPERATOR ON THE GUILLOTINE WHLE EE WAS TAILING, CUT A STONE AS IT WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STONE CAME SHOOTING ACROSS THE BELT AT THAT POINT EE WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF STO NE TO PUT INTO THE DUMPSTER JUST AS HE DID THE SHOOTING PIECE OF STONE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE 2 STONES
EE WAS LOADING A FOAM FILLED 10SC SHUTTLE CAR TIRE INTO A SCOOP BUCKET-THE TIRED STARTED TO ROLL OUT OF THE SCOOP BUCKET AND THE EE TRIED TO GRAB THE TIRE & IT FELL BACK & LANDED ON HIS ANKLE.
HE WAS WORKING IN LOW COAL ON THE OLD #2 UNIT BELTLINE RECLAIMING, WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HEAD ON THE TOP HURTING HIS NECK.
EE WAS ON HIS KNEES WORKING ON A SPEED REDUCER. EE STOOD UP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. EE CONTINUED WORKING AND THE PAIN BEGAN TO INCREASE. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6-4-99 WHEN HE CO NSULTED A DOCTOR.
HE WAS TRAMMING TOWARD THE DUMP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
EE STATES; SHOVELING COAL ALONG BELT TAIL PIECE, FELT PAIN TO LOWER BACK AND GROIN STARTED LOOSING WORKDAYS 11-20-98.
EE WAS BEING LOADED BY A SHOVEL AND WAS JARRED BY MATERIAL RECEIVING A STRAIN TO HIS NECK. HE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL HIS CLINIC VISIT ON 11-28-98.
WHILE DELIVERING MATERIALS, EE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS BY A PIECE OF ROCK FALLING FROM THE ROOF. EE IS A LOST TIME INJURY.
EE IS STATING THAT HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A ROPE SLING ATTACHED TO THE 8900 TRAIL CABLE WHILE THE 8900 WAS STEPPING BACK ON THE BENCH. EE WAS FACING THE TUB AREA WHEN THE TUB CAME DOWN AND PLUME OF DUST EXITED FROM UNDER THE TUB ANDENTERED HIS EYES BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES W/SIDE SHIELDS. EE STARTED MISSING WORK 11-17-98.
48 WALL ALONG 3 WEST BELT, HE WAS PULLING A CART WITH A PUMP ON IT. THE CART WHEEL CAUGHT ON A DISCHARGE LINE AND STOPPED UNEXPECTEDLY. HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE.
EMP WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK WHILE CARRYING ARCH MATERIAL DOWN BELT ENTRY.
EE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF THE EXCAVATOR WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK HE FELL 5' TO THE GROUND FRACTURING HIS WRIST
EE WAS HELPING TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE HOSE ON A CONTINUOUS MINER LOCATED IN SOUTH/ME SECTION AS THEY WERE TESTING THE DYDRAULIC SYSTEM A HEAT SENSOR BLEW OUT OF THE VALVE BANK UNDER PRESASURE. WHEN THE HEAD SENSOR BLEW OUT IT STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE, ON THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE RIGHT SIDE CAUSING A FRACTURE.
INJURED WAS BENDING OVER CLEANING A CRUSHER MANTLE WITH A WIRE BRUSH GRINDER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING DOZER. HE HAD TO PUSH A PILE OF ROOTS, TREES, AND BRUSH. THE BLADE DROPPED, BOUNCING HIM.
EE WAS STEPPING OVER RELAY BAR WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT ON THE RELAY BAR AND HE FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE. EE WAS A LOST TIME INJURY.
EE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT ON TOP OF THE CORE OR THE CRUSHER. HE HAD ATTACHED A LARGE WRENCH TO THE NUT AND WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE WRENCH WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AT THE END OF THE WREN CH TO TIGHTEN THE NUT. HE SWUNG AND MISSED AND THE MEMENTUM OF HIS SWING CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL HE FELL ON TOP OF THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE CRUSHER DOWN.
EE WAS PULLING ON A GRANITE SLAB WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.
EE ALLEDGES THAT HE GOT OUT OF HIS WATER TRUCK TO CHECK THE TIRES & STEPPED ON A ROCK WITH HIS TOES & ROLLED BACK ON HIS HEAD
EE SAID HE WAS BESIDE PINNER IN 1 BREAK WHEN PIECE ROCK FELL, HITTING HIM ON LEG.
RIDING IN JEEP. PIECE OF COAL FELL ON TO JEEP. DUST PARTICLES ENTERED RIGHT EYE AROUND SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS WATCHNG GOBLINE DURING PILLER EXTRACTION.HE TURNED FROM THE PROP LINE TO HELP ADVANCE MOBILE ROOF SUPPORT & STEPPED INTO HA HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR. STARTED MSSING WORK 12/7/98
INJURED AND COWORKERS WERE RETRIEVING A HEAVY METAL BAR USED TO HANDLE CONVEYOR BELT. HE BENT DOWN TO LIFT THE BAR AND FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK. NOTE: THE FACTS CONNECTED TO THIS INCIDENT W ERE UNCLEAR. IT WAS UNCLEAR IF THIS INJURY WAS ANEW WORK RELATED INJURY UNTIL 12-4-98.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE 2675 LEVEL. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPRAG AN EMPTY 10 TON CAR USING 2X12X5 WHEN THE PIECE OF WOOD LET LOOSE, HE PUT HIS HAND IN FRONT OF HIS FACE TO KEEP THE WOOD FROM HITTI NG HIM. THE PIECE OF WOOD HIT HIM ON THE LEFT THUMB. HE SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURE WITH FULL DISLOCATION TO THE LEFT THUMB. HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE JOB.
EE STATED HE BENT OVER AND WAS PICKING UP A 48 INCH IN BELT ROLLER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LWOER BACK.
EE WAS REMOVING LID FROM DRUM AND CUT THUMB ON SHARP EDGE OF LID.
WHILE EE WAS REPLACING WEAR PLATES IN BOX UNDER HAZEMAG CRUSHER. THE PLATE TO BE INSTALLED WAS LEANING AGAINST WALL OF BOX. HE WAS CLEANING AREA WHEN PLATE FELL OVER ON HIS LEG.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF LOADER AT END OF SHIFT. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED FROM STEP--CAUSING IT TO SPRAIN & PULL LIGAMENTS.
EE WAS MOVING A BATTERY MOTOR THAT WAS BO AND NOT TAG OUT. HE COLLIDED WITH A CONCRETE POT
EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK REMOVING AN OIL BATH FRO #7 HEADDRIVE.
THE EE WAS ROCKDUSTING ON THE BELTLINE. WHILE WALKING HE STEPPED ON A BLOCK TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE SAW A DR FOR THE KNEE STRAIN BUT DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT AS DEFINED IN PART 50 . SEE ATTACHED.
EE WAS PICKING UP STONE, SWINGING BODY TO THE RIGHT WHILE THROWING THE STONE INTO THE DUMPSTER. EE ALLEGED HE HURT HIMSELF WHILE THROWING THE STONE.
EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING SCOOP IN 5 NORTH SECTION. SHIELD SLID OFF SCOOP HE WAS JARRED INSIDE ON COMPARTMENT. EE CONTINUED WORKING.
MON WAS GOING AROUND TAIL PIECE AND KNEE GIVE OUT AND FELL DOWN. HAS PAIN IN LEFT LEG AND BACK.
THE INJURED PERSON WAS HARD LOADING A BOX OF GLUE. WHEN HE TURNED TO LAY IT ON HIS PINNER, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS TRAVELING THROUGH BRATTICE DOOR, DOOR CAME LOOSE, FELL OUT OF BRATTICE AND HIT EE S LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION.
VICTIM STRAINED BACK WHILE MOVING CABLE.
WHILE LIFTING A CHACK AT WORK. EE EXPERIENCED SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN. HE SUSTAINED A BROKEN HIP IN 1997 AND INITIALLY ALL REPORT WERE GOING TO THAT 97 INJURY DATE. HOWEVER HE HAD A MRI DONE MARC H 22 1999. AND THE RESULT WERE GIVEN TO US MARCH29 1999 DR SAY THIS IS A NEW INJURY.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD. EE IS A LOST TIME INJURY.
I WAS BUILDING A PUMP, WHEN A I BENT DOWN TO GRAB A PUMP PART AND AT THE SAME TIME REACHED OVER MY HEAD TO REACH THE HOIST. THEN I FELT A POP IN MY BACK AND HAD PAIN AND MUSCLE SPASMS.
EE WAS OPERATING DOZER BACKFILLING NEAT DITCH WHEN MISSING GEAR RESULTING IN DOZER RUNNING BACKWARDS INTO DITCH, CAUSING HIM PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
LIFTING BATTERY LIDS OF SCOOP SLIPPED AND FELL BACK. PULLING LOWER BACK & LEFT SHOULDER
EE BRUSHING SCREEN CLOTH ON 5'X15' VIBRATING SCREENS. WHEN REACHING TO BRUSH THE TOP SCREEN SECTION HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
EE STATES HE WAS OUTSIDE FINISHING A BELT SPLICE, A BAR SLIPPED OUT OF THE RED DEVEL STRIKING EE ON THUMB.
RIDING MAN BUS TO OUTSIDE, RAISED HIS HEAD UP IN LOW CLEARANCE TOP. SHOVED HIS HEAD BACWARDS.
WHILE INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT INTO A DRILLED HOLE, THE DRILL BOOM CAUGHT A DRILL STEEL, SWINGING IT TOWARD THE EE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT CHEEK AREA. EE IS A LOST TIME INJURY.
THE EE STATED HE WAS WALKING WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL & TURNED IS ANKLE.
WHILE BOLTING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK STRUCK EE ON HIS HAT, STRAINING/ SPRAINING HIS NECK.
EE INJURED HIS NECK WHILE TRAVELING IN ON THE MANTRIP. MANTRIP OPERATOR RAN OVER SOMETHING IN ROADWAY CAUSING EE S NECK TO JERK AND HIS HEAD TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE MANTRIP.
PULLING CHAIN OUT OF TOOL BOX. JERKED CHAIN AND STRAINED BACK.
EE STATES THAT WHILE WALKING TO 70 BLOCK BELT DRIVE BUMPED HEAD ON ROOF STRAP CAUSING EXISTING NECK PAIN TO RE OCCR. WAS RECENTLY OFF WORK DURING THE MONTHS OF 3/98, 4/98 AND 5/98 FOR SAME CON DITION.
MAN COMPLAINED ABOUT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AREA AND WAS GOING TO SEE A DR. (MAN WAS OPERATING A LOADER IN A ROUGH SURFACE AREA.)
EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK "A" UNDERGROUND. HE CAME UPON ANOTHER HAUL TRUCK "B" STOPPED IN DRIFT TALKING TO ANOTHER OPERATOR "C". EE STOPPED HIS TRUCK "A" APPROX 1' FROM "B" AND GOT OUT TO CH ECK A HEADLAMP. ANOTHER EE IN A MUCKER "D" PULLED UP TO "B". HE STRUCK "B" AND PUSHED IT INTO "A" CATCHING INJURED BETWEEN THE TWO TRUCK BUMPERS.
EE WAS CRAWLING IN #4 HEADING, WHEN HE TWISTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, HIS KNEE POPPED.
HE WAS CARRYING AND SETTING TIMBERS IN A RETURN ENTRY. IN THE PROCESS OF THIS HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK CAUSING PAIN TO RADIATE DOWN HIS RIGHT LEG. THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS BACK.
RAN NOSE INTO RAM CAR.
WALKING AND STRUCK HEAD ON TOP.
BELT MAN HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER. LEFT THUMB BROKE.
EE STATED THAT HE SLIPPED OFF BELT STRUCTURE, EE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL AFTER HE WAS CONTACTED CONCERNING COMPENSATION FORMS RECEIVED 12/9/98.
EE WAS HELPING TO SET BITS ON THE MINER AND AS HE WAS TRYING TO TURN THE HEAD OF THE MINER BY HAND HE STRAINED HIS BACK
CARRYING CRIB BLOCK, TRIPPED ON LOOSE CRIB. FELL AGAINST PREVIOUSLY CONTSTRUCTED CRIB INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
INSTALLING STEERAXLE ASSY ON 580 CASE TRACTOR, LINED UP AXLE, PUT IN PIVOT PIN. COMPLETED. CLIMB OUT FROM UNDER TRACTOR AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.
AFTER ROCK DUSTING BELT ENTRY, VICTIM AND HELPER, EE WAS CLEANING OUT ROCK DUST MACHINE. WHEN VICTIM'S LEFT HAND CONTACTED AUGER, CAUSING LACERATION TO MIDDLE, RING, AND LITTLE FINGER.
THE PRIMARY CRUSHER FEED BOX LOCATED AT #3 SCREEN WAS PLUGGED UP. EE & ANOTHER EE WERE INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM. EE WAS HOLDING ONTO HANDRAIL LOCATED IN THE PROBLEM AREA. A LARGE ROCK FELL FR OM THE AREA OF THE PLUGGED UP FEED BOX & SMASHEDEE'S LEFT HAND WHICH WAS ON THE RAIL. THE ROCK FELL APPROX 7' ON HIS HAND
EE WAS HELPING A CUSTOMER PUT A PIN IN A TILT TRAILER LOCKING DIVICE AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIN AND TONGUE OF THE TRAILER BODY AFFECTED WAS HIS RIGHT HAND, RING FINGER ALMOST SE VERED TO THE FIRST JOINT.
EMPLOYEE CLEANING AREA AROUND WASHING PLANT, PICKING UP TRASH, TWISTED BACK WHILE THROWING STICK, RESULTED IN PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EE WAS LOADING A TRUCK FROM ELEVATED PLATFORM (APPROX 20'HIGH). HE SLIPPED ON CATWALK PLATFORM AND FELL.
EE RAISEDUP & HIT HARD HAT ON ROOF.
EE WAS STANDING ON AN EMPTY PALLET ADJUSTING BAGS ON BELT LINE. STEPPED OFF PALLET CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT ANKLE.
MOVING STEAM CLEANER INTO OFFICE (TOMINIMIZE FREEZING OF WATER) AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT CHUTE FROM 110 TO TYROCK. EEWAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AWAY FROM FALLING ROCK WHEN HE FELL OVER HANDRAIL ATTACHED TO PLATFORM HE WAS STANDING ON. EE FELL APPROX 4 FT TO STEPS BELOW. EE LANDED ON HIS BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING AN AUTO PACKING STATION. A FULL BAG DID NOT DISCHARGE FROM ONE OF THE PACKERS AND BEGAN TO OVERFILL. SHE SHUT DOWN THE EQUIPMENT AND ATTEMPTED TO PUL THE BAG OFF THE MACHINE. SHE THEN FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO PRY TRACK RAILS OVER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
DURING BELT RETEAT ON 11-11-98 AT APPROX. 800 PM VICTIM WAS WALKING DOWN MAIN ENTRY IN 1 SOUTH WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE. CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL. APPROX. 30 MIN LATER HE STARTED COMPLA INING OF BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING TIMBERS TO A WORK AREA AND STRAINED HIS GROIN.
EE AND HIS PARTNER WERE REAMING WITH THE SUB-T RAISE BORE. THEY WERE ROLLING RODS FROM THE ROD RACK TO THE BOBCAT BUCKET. WHILE TRANSFERRING THE RODS, ONE OF THE ENDS FLIPPED UP AND CAME DOWN ON THE EMPLOYEES FINGER.
EE S RIGHT HAND WAS CUT WHEN IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH SHARP METAL EDGE ON BROKEN EQUIPMENT.
EE STATED WHILE CARRYING A 5 GAL BUCKET OF OIL, FELT PAIN IN STOMACH. EE STARTED MISSING DEC. 8, 1998.
EE HAD KNOCKED OUT A STOPPING AND WAS CLEANING UP THE LAST COURSE OF CINDER BLOCK. MATERIAL STUCK TO THE MINE ROOF WEDGE, HAIR HEADER, CINDER BLOCK AND PLASTERING MIXTURE FELL AND STRUCK THE E E S RIGHT LITTLE FINGER. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS A FRACTURE AND LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE BEGAN SPINNING BOLT TO MIX GLUE, GLOVE GOT CAUGHT ON BOLT TWISTING AND FRACTURING FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE SLIPPED ON THE FUEL DECKSTAIRS AS HE WAS RETREIVING THE FUEL HOSE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO INJURE HIS BACK.
WHILE EE WAS CLIMBING OFF THE GRADER, THE WIND WAS BLOWING, CAUSING THE DOOR TO HIT THE EE IN THE SIDE.
THE INJ PARKED THE PU TRUCK AS HE WAS DRIVING BY THE MILL OFFICE. AS HE GOT OUTOF THE PU TRUCKHE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
EXTENSIVE SHOVELING FROM 0700 TO 1200 ON 11-11. THEN ON 11-12--BELT JAMMED & CAUSED ADDITIONAL SHOVELING & LIFTING--TORN LIGAMENT IN CHEST.
SUPERVISOR INSTRUCTED GROUP TO GET A MACHANICAL LIFT AND MOVE ELECTRIC CHAIN FALL. EMPLOYEE ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE LIFTED CHAIN FALL, THREW IT OVER HIS SHOULDER, AND CARRIED IT OVER TO THE BEN CH AND SET IT DOWN. HE ALLEGES HIS BACK POPPED WHEN HE SET CHAIN FALL DOWN ON THE BENCH. WE HAVE FILED THIS REPORT UNDER PROTEST. EMPLOYEE NEVER MENTIONED INJURY UNTIL 1:40PM. WHEN HE ASKED
EE WAS REPALCING THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ON A VEHICLE. HE WAS USING A HAMMER AND PUNCH WHEN A FRAGMENT OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF THE RACE AND PENETRATED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. EE IS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.
EE WAS CONNECTING 2 1" WATER HOSES TOGETHER USING THE STANDARD DIXON FITTING, CONNECTING THEM IN A USUAL MANNER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST. SURGERY O 3/12/99
THE EE WAS PERFORMING ELECTRICK WORK ON A POLE WHEN HE RECEIVED AND ELECTRIC SHOCK WHILE IN THE BUCKET.
AFTER FIRING THE RING-BLASTER GUN INTO THE CHAMBER, DISCHARGING THE AIR CANNONS, AND RODDING LOOSE PIECES OF BUILD-UP FROM THE WALLS, EES WERE ALLOED TO ENTER THE AREA TO REMOVE SOME ERODED RE FRACTORY. AFTER LUNCH THE EES RETURNED TO REPLACE THE REFRACTORY, WHEN A PIECE OF THE BUILD-UP FELL ONTO THE EE AT A GLANCING BLOW, CAUSING HIS HARD HAT TO HIT HIS NOSE.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BEAM (10") THAT WAS 30'L AND WEIGHED APPROX 65LBS. WHEN THE PICKED IT UP. HE THREW IT BACK DOWN AND COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
EE WAS BOLTING 4 ENTRY ON THE 002 SECTION INSTALLING A BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 8"LX4"WX1/2"-1/2" THICK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE KNEE.
EE WAS PULLING BOLTER CABLE OFF THE REEL & STRAINED HIS BACK ON RIGHT-SIDE.
ROCK FELL FROM ROOF DOWN TRUSS BOLTER. DRILL STEEL, STRIKING SHOULDER & ANKLE.
EE WAS STANDING ON ALLEN WRENCH WITH LEFT FOOT WHILE RIGHT FOOT WAS ON CRUSHER CONE. STRIKING ALLEN WRENCH WITH SLEDGEHAMMER ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN MANTLE NUT CAP BOLT. WRENCH BROKE, EE FELL TO RIGHT KNEE. KNEE BRUISED AND SWELLED.
REE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON PACKING GLAND OF A 250 HP PUMP. HE WAS SQUATTED IN A KNEELING POSITION, EXERTING UPWARD PULLING PRESSURE WITH A WRENCH TIGHTENING A BNOLT. THE BOLT BROKE, CAUSING E E TO FALL OVER BACKWARDS TO THE GROUN, FALLING ON HIS BACK SIDE. THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT, AND/OR FALL RESULTED IN A MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM NEAR HIS SHOULDER. STEROID INJECTION REQUI
EE WAS WALKING IN WALKWAY IN TRUCK SHOP. AS HE WALKED BEHIND WATER TRUCK, ANOTHER EE STARTED WATER TRUCK UP. THE PUMP AND SPRAY WERE ON, THE WATER HIT EE. BETWEEN THE WATER PRESSURE AND THE WE T FLOOR, HE FELL TO THE FLOOR.
INJ STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY WHEN HE FELT HIS LOWER BACK START TIGHTENING UP. IT RESULTED INTO A STRAIN. HE STARTED MISSING WORK 11/16/98
EE WAS WORKING WITH ANGLE IRON ON DRILL PRESS. COMPLETED ACTIVITY AND TURNED AND PUT THE ANGLE IRON DOWN ON A PIECE OF METAL PLATE (APPROX 4'1") THAT WAS LAYING ON A "A" FRAME SOPPORT, THE IRO N CAUSED THE PLATE TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND IT FELL TO FLOOR, LANDING ON THE EMPLOYEES FOOR JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE.
EE WAS LOADING SCAFFOLDING INTO THE BACK OF TRUCK WHEN TIP OF INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT AGAINST THE BED AT THE TRUCK.
THE EE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A GLOVE AND INJURIED HIS BACK. THE EE WORK ACTIVITY PREVIOUS TO THE INJURY WAS REMOVING SHIELDS FROM A AUTOMATIC SAMPLER AND HELPING WELDER GET WELDING EQUIPMENT RE ADY TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE SAMPLER.
MECHANIC WAS GETTING OUT OF AVNIMOG. HE STEPPED DOWN AN DTWISTED HIS ANKLE ON A ROCK IN THE MUD.
SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING ON SNOW PACKED ACCESS ROAD.
DRILL HELPER WAS FETCHING CORE BOXES. WHEN RETURNING TO RIG, BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OBSCURED HIS VIEW. HE STOPPED THE PICKUP TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS ON A HILL & SLID BACKWARDS ON ICE. HE COULD NOT S TOP IT SO HE JUMPED OUT. THE TRUCK STOPPED SAFELY IN THE DITCH. NO DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. EE HURT HIS RT SHOULDER WHEN HE JUMPED OUT.
WHEN EE BACKED THE TRUCK UP TO THE WHEEL LOADER BUCKET, SHE HAD HER HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL AT THE 0900 AND 1200 POSITIONS. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY PULLED OUT OF HER HAND, HER RIG HT HAND BECAME LODGE BETWEEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE HAND VALVE CONTROL.
REMOVING NIPPLE FROM RETORT COOLER WHEN PULLING ON WRENCH FELT PAIN IN SIDE OF CHEST.
EE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH AND PULLED HIS SHOULDER.
EE WAS PICKING UP ROCK, WHEN HE FELT THE TOP OF HIS BACK POP. THE NEXT DAY EE COULD BARELY MOVE.
EE WAS WORKING TO GET THE MOTOR BACK ON TRACK HE WAS PUTTING A CHAIN OVER THE CROSSOVER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER. EE DID NOT GO TO A DR AT THIS TIME. HIS SHOULDER CONTD TO BOTHER HIM AND ON 1/6/99 HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT
SMALL BLOCK FELL AND LANDED ON TOES OF RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE HAS BACK PROBLEMS THAT HE RELATES TO WORK HE HAS PERFORMED.
ONE PIECE OF STONE FELL AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT AND MOVING BAGS WHEN FORKLIFT HIT A POTHOLE AND JARRED HIS BACK.
EE STATES ON COMPENSATION FORM THAT HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP AND FOUR WHEELER. EE DID NOT NOTIFY OF ACCIDENT UNTIL COMPENSATION FORM WAS RECEIVED.
ON 10-5-98 EE WAS PULLING A LEVER DOWNWARD AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA. HE OVER EXERTED HIMSELF. HE WENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 10-5-98 AND WAS RELEASED ON FULL DUTY WITH NO RESTRIC TIONS. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN THE AREA AND WENT BACK TO CONCENTRA MED CENTER AND WAS REFERRED TO A SURGEON ON 11-6-98. HE HAD SURGERY ON 11-10-98. HIS FIRST DAY OFF WORK WAS 11-9-98.
EE WAS STANDING ON EXPANDED METAL WALKWAY WHEN A PORTION OF WALKWAY FELL THROUGH.
ROCK FELL FROM ROOF. INJURING BACK.
INJ'S LEFT HAND WAS TWISTED AROUND ROTATING DRILL STEEL WHLE ROOF BOLTING
EE WAS INSTALLING BATTERIES IN D-8 DOZER CAT SMALL AMOUNT OF DILUTED BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN RIGHT EYE.
CHAIN BROKE & HEATER FELL ON HIS ANKLE.
EE STATED THAT HE FELL WHILE WALKING DOWN #3 ENTRY. DURING THE FALL HE SAID HE HURT HIS LEFT HAND
WHILE MOVING THE DRILL TO BENCH #7, THE BRACKET BETWEEN THE MAST AND BOOM CYCLINDER GAVE WAY. THE BOOM THEN FELL TOWARDS INJURED.
CHAIN BROKE AND HEATER FELL ON HIS LEG.
EXTREMELY WINDY DAY 2O MPH WITH 4O MPH GUSTS. THEY WERE SETTING THE PLANT UP AT A NEW LOCATION AND AS THEY UNFOLDED THE CONVEYOR BELT, THE WIND CAUGHT THE CONVEYOR AND THREW IT BACKWARDS INTO THE EMPLOYEE, STRIKING HIM ACROSS THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHEN THE SHOT WAS FIRED, A PIECE OF FLYROCK ENTERED THE STEEL PIPE HE WAS POSITIONED IN, AND HIT HIM IN TEH UPPER AND LOWER BACK. AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER, THE COM PANY QUESTIONS WHETHER THE INJURY RESULED WITH THE FLYROCK ENTERING THE STEEL PIPE.
INJ SLIPED AS A GREASE SPOT WHILE LIFTING A BOBCAT TV & STRAINED HIS BACK
WHILE SHOVELING A SMALL AMOUNT OF CEMENT FROM THE FLOOR OF THE B PUMP AREA, HE ALLEGES HE INJURED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT REPORT THE ALLEGED INJURY AND FINISHED HIS SHIFT.
HE WAS HOSING OFF UNDER CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A LARGE ROCK FELL OFF THE CONVEYOR HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS TAKING CEMENT SAMPLES IN A CAN AT CEMENT MILL #12. SUDDENLY CEMENT PARTICULES FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE CAUSIGN HIM CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIES.
WIND AND SLIPPERY EQUIPMENT. EE WAS CLEANING THE WINDOWS ON THE ENDLOADER FOR BETTER VISABILITY WHILE CLEANING RAMP TO PRIMARY CRUSHER. EITHER WIND OR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS CAUSED EE TO LOSE FOO TING. FALL LANDING ON BACK. WEATHER CONDITIONS ON 11-10-98: CLOUDY,W/RAIN. WINDS 25-40 MPH, GUSTS TO 60 MPH. TEMP. 50-52.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT HEAVY PART OF A BULLDOZER WITH A BAR AND A BLOCK OF WOOD AS A FULCRUM. WHEN HE PUSHED DOWN ON THE BAR TO LIFT THE OBJECT, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
WIND CAUGHT SHOP DOORS. BLEW SHUT, TRAPPED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN DOORS, LACERATION TO LEFT LEG. FRACTURE RIGHT HIP, OPENED DOORS TO REMOVE TRUCK FROM SHOP.
EE WAS CARRYING A BOX IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AREA. WHEN HE OPENED A DOOR HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS CHANGING FILTERS IN KILN'S #6 DUST COLLECTOR WITH HIS HANDS. WHILE HE WAS PERFORMIG HIS TASK THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE HAND AND THE FILTERS PROVOKED A LACERATION IN HIS LEFT HAND.
TWISTED ARM WHILE INSTALLING NEW BELTING ON CONVEYOR. PULLING NEW BELTING ON CONVEYOR, CAUGHT CORNER OF BELT ON HEAD PULLEY WHEN IT CAME LOOS HIT HIS RIGHT ARM & TWISTED IT.
EE CLAIMS AIR SEAT MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING ALLEGEDBACK DISCOMFORT.
EE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG WHILE RUNNING FROM AN EXPLOSION.
EE WAS CRAWLING INOT A 7X20 SHAKER SCREEN HE APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING HIMSELF INTO THE BACK ACCESS TO SHAKER. ACCESS IS APPROX 3 FT ABOVE THE WALKWAY
EE HAD BEEN WEARING A FACE SHIELD 5 MINS PRIOR TO ACCIDENT WHILE USING WATER BLASTER. WAS USINGA SPUD BAR WHEN THE PREHEATER WENT POSITIVE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES HOT DUST CAME OUT OF INSPECTION PORT & BLEW INTO INJ'S EYE & FACE
EE WAS USING A WHEEL BARROW TO MOVE A WALK THROUGH MANDOOR TO A NEW LOCATION. WHILE PUSHING THE WHEEL BARROW HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HE WAS WIRING WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. THE WIRE SHORTED OUT. HE TRIED TO PULL IT APART WHEN THE WIRE BURNED HIS FIRST & SECOND FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER ON FROZEN MATERIAL IN A PELLET CAR WHEN HIS RIGHT SOULDER BECAME SORE. (JUST RECEIVED REPORT SHOWING EE HAVING SURGERY ON SHOULDER.)
VICTIM WAS SITTING ON GROUND. ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK RIGHT HAND. CUT BETWEEN FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE MISSED WORK FROM 11/09/98 THROUGH 3/22/99. THE TOTAL WORK DAYS MISSED FOR THIS PERIOD WAS 88.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT CLEANING HIS BOLTING MACHINE IN PREPARATION FOR BOLTING A CUT. A PIECE OF ROCK 8 IN WIDE, 2 FT LONG, 3-4 IN THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HI M ON HEAD. THIS WAS A CLEY VEIN AREA AND HAD ADDITIONAL ROOF BOLTS INSTALLED.
GAS AND/OR DUST IGNITION.
EE WAS KNOCKING HOLE OUT OF WALLTO INSTALL A SCREEN--CHIPPING BOTTOM BLOCK OFF AND TOP BLOCK DISLODGE AND FELL ON LEFT HAND.
WHILE MOVING A OXYGEN CYLINDER, THE WEATHER WAS SNOWING. SHE STARTED DOWN THE RAMP FROM THE CYLINDER CAGE, THE DOLLY SLIPPED, SHE TRIED TO CATCH IT, SHE SLIPPED ON THE RAMP AND FELL LANDING HA RD ON THE RAMP.
EE WAS PERFORMING LUBRICATION DUTIES ON THE RAW MILL JOURNAL BEARING. WHILE REPLAICNG THE LUBE LIFT PUMP, SHE STEPPED OFF A SHORT STEP STOOL AND TWISTED HER KNEE. SHE ALSO REPORTED FEELING A P OP IN HER LEFT KNEE. THE KNEE CAUSED DISCOMFORT AND A REQUEST WAS MADE ON NOV 16 TO SEE A DR. THE DR TOLD THE EE TO TAKE TYLENOL AND STAY OFF WORK UNTIL 12-1-98.
INJURED WAS OPERATING PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN HE OST CONTROL AND STRUCK COAL RIB. FORCE OF IMPACT CAUSED INJURED TO STRIKE PERSONNEL CARRIER RESULTING IN A CONTUSION IN HIS CHEST AREA. EE WAS B ACKING DOWN ENTRY AT TIME OF OCCURRENECE. PERSONNEL CARRIER WAS EXAMINED AFTER ACCIDENT AND NO MALFUNCTION WAS DETECTED.
EE WAS HAMMERING ON FROZEN DIRT AND MISSED HITTING HIS FINGER.
THE ENGIUNE ON THE ROCK TRUCK HAD STALLED WHILE THE EE WAS RUNNING A FULL LOAD UP A HILL, THE BRAKES DIDN'T HOLD AND THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS & HIT A HIGH BANK & THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER 2 1/4 TIMNES. THE EE RECEIVED XRAYS & PAIN MEDICATION & MISSED 1 DAY OF WORK. INVESTIGATION HAS DETERMINE THAT SERVICE BRAKES WERE NOT BEING MAINTAINED IN A SAFE OPERATING MANNER.
OPERATOR WAS BACKING MINER PAST HIMSELF. MINER MOVED SUDDENLY TO RIGHT PINNING HIM BETWEEN CABLE HANDLER AND RIB.
EE WAS WORKING ON MOVING SHIELD/PANLINE ON LONGWALL FACE. AS HE WAS PULLING ONE SHIELD FORWARD THE PANLINE CAME BACK SOMEWHAT AT THE SAME TIME EE SLIPPED OFF THE TOE OF THE SHIELD HE WAS WORK ING FROM DUE TO OIL BUILDUP HIS LT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHIELD TOE :& THE PANLINE
EE WAS LOADING RESIN ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS STEPPING UP ONTO TRACK OF BACKHOE ON TAKE OFF FROM GROUND, HE FELT A POP IN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG, CAUSING IMMEDIATE PAIN AND SORENESS IN HIS RIGHT CALF.
GAS AND OR DUST 16 NITION.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING MINER AND LOADER CABLE UP TO THE AGAINST ROOF WHEN THE TIE WINE BROKE ALLOWING THE CABLE TO DROP STRIKING HIS ARM AND SHOULDER.
EE STATED HE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT, TOWARD HIMSELF, WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT THE TOP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
HANGING VENT TUBE, FELT A PULLING PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER, MOVING CABLE, FELT A POP AND MORE PAININ LEFT SHOULDER
EE STATES THAT HE WAS EN ROUTE TO THE PREHEATER ELEVATOR, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME WET MATERIAL, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL STRIKING THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING MINER CABLE HWEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK LOWER BACK.
AFTER CHECKING SLOPE BELT FOR UNEXPLIANED NOISE HE WAS WALKING ON A CATWALK FROM THE ROTARY BREAKER. IT WAS DARK AND WALKWAY WAS CLUTTERED WITH LOOSE COAL. HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF CAOL AND STR AINED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE BEGAN LOSING TIME ON 12/29/98. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A FIRST AID INJURY.
EE WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULER WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO BE BOUNCED UP AGAINST THE CANOPY, JAMMING HIS NECK. THIS OCCURRED IN THE IN/ME WORKING SECTION.
PERSON WAS LIFTING CRIB BLOCKS FROM BOTTOM AND HANDING THEM UP TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO WAS BUILDING CRIB. WHILE LIFTING THE CRIB BLOCK UP HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK. PERSON WORKED HIS NEXT SHIFT WHEN CALLED IN TO REPORT OFF. PERSONWENT TO CHIROPRACTOR.
SWUNG BOLTER PLATFORM WRONG WAY & PINNED WRIST BETWEEN PLATFORM AND MACHINE
EE STEPPED DOWN OFF LOADER & HURT HIS KNEE AS HIS WEIGHT TRANSFERRED TO THE GROUND. HE STATES HE HAD SURGERY ON THIS KNEE ON 12/31/97. HE WENTTO HIS DR IN HART, MI ON 11/7/11/9 & 11/10. LAST DAY WORKED: 11/7/98 DATE EE REPORTED INJURY: 11/9/98
MAIN EAST XC 30 GOING TO BELT 4 EMPLOYEES. TIMBER PERSON HELPING MOVE ARCH.
EE WAS AIR-ARCING A BUCKET LINER CUT OFF THE 998B AFTER AIR-ARCING HE SWITCHED THE AIR HOSE TO A PNEUMATIC DHARGE AS SOON AS HE STARTED CHIPPING. THE AIR HOSE UNCOUPLED AND STRUCK EE ON THE SI DE OF HIS FACE.
EE WAS ON JEEP AT #18 PASSWAY. HE WAS REAR ENDED BY A MOTOR. THIS IMPACT KNOCKED THE JEEP INTO ANOTHER MTOR SITTING IN FRONT OF HIM.
EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE ERECTION OF A CONVEYOR. HE WAS ON A LADDER WHICH WAS RESTING AGAINST A PAIR OF LEGS. THE LEGS WERE HELD UP BY A SUPPORT CABLE AND PINNED AT THE BASE. THE LEGS WERE BEIN G PINNED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CONVEYOR. THE SNAPPED ALLOWING THE LEGS TO FALL. THE LADDER AND EE THEN FELL.
WAS BOLTING TOP IN NO. 2 HEADING LEFT BREAK WHEN SWING JACK BROKE AND BOOM SWING OFFSIDE OF BOLTER PINNED HIM AGAINST RIB. HURTING RIGHT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK. ESTIMATED TIME 4 DAYS FROM W ORK.
9 BLOCK 3-WEST HAULAGE. EMPLOYEE STEPPED OT OF JEEP LOSOE COAL SLIPPED UNDER FEET CAUSING PAIN IN LEFT CALF.
EE WAS PUTTING PROPS ON A GANG SO THAT THE SLABS WOULD NOT FALL. HE WAS IN A SQUATING POSITION AS HE SET THE PROP. HE LOST HIS BLANCE AND FELL BACKWARD. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RIGHT ARM BUT IN PROCESS SPRAINED HIS WRIST. HE LEFT WORKED BUT RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY ON 11-24-98. HE LEFT WORK AT 5:15 AM TO HAVE WRIST CHECKED AND MISSED WORK ON 11-25-98.
EE WAS LOADING A TRUCK WITH THE PAYLOADER AND LOADER BOUNCED BACK AND HIT A SLUDGE PILE, JOLTING HIM AND CAUSING BACK INJURY.
EE WAS WALKING BESIDE BUCKET ELEVATORS 1 & 2 WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS KNEE AGIANST THE CONCRETE FLOOR.
A LARGE PIECE OF WOOD CAME OFF THE ROLLER OF A PLANER AS ANOTHER PERSON PICKED UP THE OTHER END AND IT FELL AND BROKE MY RT LARGE TOE. THE OTHER PERSON THOUGHT THAT I HAD HOLD OF THE WOOD.
WHILE GETTING OFF THE STRAIRS, THAT HE USED TO PAINT THE CONVEYORS. HE SLIPS AND HE HURTS HIS RIBS OF THE RIGHT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BEHIND ANTOHER EMPLOYEE THAT WAS DRIVING SMALL PIN THROUGH LINK ON DRAGLINE. WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF PIN AND STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE.
AS EE WAS DISMOUNTING A MOTOR GRADER, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON ICE RESULTING IN A MENISCUS TEAR TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.
A GRIP HOIST WAS BEING USED TO PULL BROKEN BELT TOGETHER WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED. EE WAS STRUCK BY THE HANDLE EXTENSION OF THE HOIST WHEN THE HANDLE WAS RELEASED. INJURIES OCCURRED TO THE LE FT CHEEK, CHEEK BONE, AND NOSE OF EE.
EE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS, WHILE GUIDING A VEHICLE INTO SHOP. HE TRIPPED OVER A WHEEL FLANGE THAT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR. HIS RIGHT HAND HIT THE FLOOR, FRACTURING HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EE PICKED UP A BOX OF GLUE AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD HELPED LIFTED A RAM JACK ONTO A SHIELD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIFT. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT HE STATED THAT HIS LOWER BACK WAS HURTING.
HE HAD A PIECE OF 3/8 STEEL LAYING IN THE BACK OF UNIT #215. HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A SECTION OF THE METAL. WHEN HE FINISHED THE CUT, THE METAL FELL ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF HIS SHOE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STAND A NITROGEN BOTTLE UPRIGHT INT HE BED OF HIS TRUCK. AS HE WAS LIFTING THE CYLINDER, IT SLIPPED, CAUSING EMKPLOYEE TO TWIST HIS BACK.
INJURED WENT TO UNHOOK CHAIN FROM SCOOP BUCKET ON #3 SCOOP ON #4 UNIT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE CHAIN MASHING HIS FINGER CAUSING A CONTUSION LACERATION AND AFTER GOING TO THE DOCTOR FOUND OUT IT WAS FRACTURED.
THE INJ EE WAS OPERATING THE 660 BATTERY MOTOR TRAVELING INBY ON THE EMPTY TRACK WHEN THE MOTORSTRUCK A BROKEN RAIL (6 FACE) JARRING THE EE PAIN LOWR BACK, HIP , AND RIGHT LEG
EE WAS WORKING ON THE 2675 LEVEL. HE WAS WALKING PANEL 14M LADDER DRIFT ALONGSIDE A BATTERY MOTOR. HE SLIPPED AND FELL, HITTING HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE AGAINST THE MOTOR. HE SUSTAINED FRACTURES TO THE RIBS AND WAS TAKE OFF THE JOB.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN A 4' WIDE STEEL LADDER OFF OF AN OVERCAST WHEN STEPS SLID OUT. EE FELL APPROX 8' HE RECD A SEVERE LACERATION OF LEFT HIGH AND MANY CONTUSIONS IN THE FUTURE STEPS WILL EITHER BE SECURED FROM SLIDING OR DANGERED OFF UNTIL THEY ARE SECURED SO THEY WONT SLIDE
WHILE TRAVELING ON MANTRIP EMPLOYEE'S HARD HAT BRUSHED THE TOP OF MINE ROOF KNOCKING HARD HAT OFF. WHEN EMPLOYEE REACHED TO CATCH HIS HARD HAT HE BARELY RAISED UP WHEN HIS FOREHEAD HIT THE TH E LOW PART OF THE MINE ROOF. CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FOREHEAD.
EE WAS HELPING TO CLOSE METAL DOOR TO WAREHOUSE THE DOOR RODE UP ON THE SIDE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT BREAKING HIS LITTLE TOE
EE WAS EXITING FROM MAC-8 MANTRIP WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PEICE OF ROLLED UP BRATTICE CLOTH AND FELL ON RAIL ON MAC-8 AND CRACKED 2 RIBS.
WHILE PULLING PINNER CABLE EE HURT HIS LEFT KNEEA VIOLATION WAS ISSUED ON 2/23/99 FOR NOT FILLING A REPORT ON THIS ACCIDENT VIOLATION#7176839
EE WAS TRAMMING THE CONT MINER WHEN THE CATS CAUGHT THE TRAILING CABLE, PULLING CABLE & TRAPPINGEE R LEG BETWEEN CABLE & MINER
EE WAS OPERATING A DFOZER & THOUGHT HE SAW SOMETHING OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE. HE TURNED HIS HEAD QUICKLY AND APPARENTLY PINCHED A NERVE IN HIS NECK.
EE WAS TRAMMING BOLTER FROM BEHIND ON REMOTE AND CAUGHT LT FOOT BETWEEN BOLTER AND ROCK EMBEDDED IN MINE FLOOR CAUSING FRACTURE TO LT TOE.
EE REPORTEDLY WAS TRAVELING THE PRIMARY ESCAPEWAY WALKING AND CRAWLING IN THE LOW AREA. NOTE DID NOT BEGIN LOSING TIME UNTIL 1-15-99.
HE WAS EXAMINING WHEN HE STEPPED ON LOOSE GOB AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
CHANGING GAS BOTTLE ON WIRE WELDER, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
HE WAS STACKING THE MINER CABLE WHILE MOVING POWER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 11/11/98.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING ROOF BOLT HOLE, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON RIGHT SHOULDER. ROCK WAS 1"X14"X18.
ON 2D SECT WHILE BOLTING ON MINER, PIECE OF COALPOPPED FROM RIB STRIKIG LEFT ELBOW CAUSING A CONTUSION WORKED THRU 12-12-98 REFERRED TO NEUROLIGIST ON 12/15/98 OFF WORK DUE TO PAIN IN ELBOW
EE ROLLED A ROCK OUT OF THE MBC CONVEYOR, IN THE E14 (026-0( SECTION BELT ENTRY, IN ORDER TO SMASH IT. WHILE PICVKING THE ROCK UP, EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT LOWER BACK.
SAID INJURED HAS EXPERIENCED AN AGGRAVATION OF A PREVIOUS INJURY DUE TO THE WORK ENVIROMENT.
EE STATES HE WAS WALKING ON JOBSITE AND STEPPED ON SOMETHING OR OVER AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
EE WAS RECOVERING MONORAIL TROLLIES INTO THE BACK OF A RAMCAR. A TROLLEY FLIPPED AND SMASHED EE'S FINGER. EE IS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.
INJ STEPPED ON ROCK & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE CHANGING BROKEN BELT STANDS
EE WAS USING A LEVER/PRY BAR TO DISLODGE ROCK THAT WAS HUNG UP IN EL JAY CONE WHEN BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EE ON THE MOUTH.
EE WAS WALKING AND HE TURNED--HIS RIGHT FOOT GOT STUCK IN THE MUD. EE STARTED MISSING WORK DUE TO THIS INCIDENT ON 3-22-99.
THE EE HAS STOPPED TO TAKE A BREAK. WHEN HE STARTED DOWN THE LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RIGHT RIB CAGE AREA. OPE RATOR WAS CARELESS.
EE WAS HELPING WELD DREDGE PIPE TOGETHER. HE WAS LIFTING A PIECE 12" DIA. 18" LONG AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS DISLOGDING BIG ROCK FROM SYSTROM WHEN PIPE HE WAS USING HIT HIM UP UPPER LIP.
EE WAS REPLACING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER BUCKET, CUTTING EDGE SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS ON TRUCK LOADING PLATFORM WHEN A TRUCK HE WAS ABOUT TO LOAD BUMPED THE SPOUT. THE BIN OPENED UP AND THE EE WAS COVERED WITH LIME. HE HAS CHEMICAL BURNS IN BOTH EYES AND HIS THROAT.
EE WAS DRILLING DRILL JERKED AS DRILL BIT CAUGHTIN ROCK. EE FELT PAIN IN LEFT ARM
EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS USING A WATER HOSE TO WASH THE SPIRAL FEED TANK WHEN HE STEPPED ON HOSE CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST HANDRAIL BENDING THUMB BACK
COAL RIB ROLLED OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON FOOT.
EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIS LOWR BACK WHILE OPERATING A D10 DOZER FOR A SERIES OF SHIFTS. UNDER DRS & COMP REVEIW. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED