Mining Incidents

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

  1. 01 Consolidation Coal Company 31 incidents
  2. 02 Jim Walter Resources Inc 19 incidents
  3. 03 Martin Marietta Aggregates 17 incidents
  4. 04 Eastern Associated Coal LLC 14 incidents
  5. 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.

November 22, 1998 VA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE BULLDOZER HE WAS OPERATING WAS BURIED BENEATH THE COAL STOCKPILE ON WHICH THE MACHINE WAS OPERATING.

November 13, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 9, 1998 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 5, 1998 LA · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Cargill Salt · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 4, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. · Struck by falling object

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.

November 25, 1998 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Twentymile Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 23, 1998 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mon-View Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED EE PLACED HIS SCSR (CSE-SR100) ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT (ABOUT WAIST HIGH). IT FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

November 21, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Crystal Fuels Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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

November 20, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Val-Rock Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 20, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waterloo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 20, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lone Star Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE USING A HAMMER, HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE TESTICLES. ON 01/28/99, INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA.

November 19, 1998 WV · Coal MACHINERY
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 19, 1998 UT · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator MACHINERY
Energy West Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 18, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mineral Ridge Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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

November 16, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

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.

November 16, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Imerys Pigments LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 15, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tarmac America Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 14, 1998 OH · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Struck by falling object

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.

November 13, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver MACHINERY
Stillwater Mining Company · Struck by falling object

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.

November 10, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Illinois Cement Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

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

November 10, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE CLOSING A GANG BOX THE TOP CAME DOWN ON HIS FINGER CUTTING OFF THE TIP.

November 9, 1998 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trap Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE RAISING GATE ON ROCK TRUCK, HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN GATE AND TRUCK TODAY.

November 9, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 6, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 6, 1998 LA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Ormet Primary Aluminum Corp/Burnside Div · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 6, 1998 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 4, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelby Crushed Stone Products Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE ENTERED SURGE TUNNEL, REMOVED GUARD FROM TAILPULLEY AREA TO REMOVE ROCKS & GOT HAND PINCHED BY BELT. LOST TIP OF RIGHT RING FINGER.

November 4, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southdown California Cement Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 30, 1998 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S T Griswold & Company Inc · Fall from machine

STEPPING DOWN FROM VEHICLE HOLDING ONTO HANDRAIL; MISSED STEP AND WEDGED HAND BETWEEN HANDRAIL AND VEHICLE. BRUISED RIGHT HAND RESULTING IN SWELLING SORENESS.

November 30, 1998 WV · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Windsor Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING SHIELDS INJ STEPPED OVER A RELAY BAR & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LEFT FOOT

November 30, 1998 OH · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by falling object

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

November 30, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Shelly Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING AN ARTICULATING VOLVO TRUCK, HE SAID BOUNCING ON ROUGH GROUND AGGRAVATED HIS BACK.

November 30, 1998 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Fray Mining Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE DISMOUNTING UNDERGROUND MINE CAR, IT WAS ENGAGED (THROTTLE OPEN) THROWING HIM OFF THE OPERATOR'S SIDE OF CAR.

November 30, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Original Sixteen To One Mine Inc · Struck by falling object

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.

November 30, 1998 WV · Coal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall down stairs

FOOT SLIPPED OF STEP, STRUCK RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST COMPRESSOR CAUSIGN PINCHED NERVE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

November 30, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Champlain Stone Ltd · Struck by falling object

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.

November 30, 1998 NH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Swenson Granite Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 30, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Virginia Vermiculite LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING SAMPLE WAS WINDY OUTSIDE LOOKED UP AND SOMETHING WAS BLOWN IN EYE Y

November 30, 1998 MO · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Llc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WORKING ON BULLDOZER, REPAIRING HYD LEAK SLIPPED AND FELL ON ELBOW CAUSING ELBOW TO SWELL.

November 30, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carmeuse Lime and Stone · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INIDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVING LARGE CLINKERS FROM KILN DISCHARGE SCREENING GRATE. EXTENDED LENGTH OF LIME AND SIZE OF MATERIAL CONTRIBUTED TO INCIDENT.

November 30, 1998 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Ridge Inc · Fall from machine

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.

November 30, 1998 AL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EE STARTED LOSING TIME 11/30/98

November 30, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Unimin Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 30, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HURT LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK WHILE PRYING ON ROCK WITH PRY BAR.

November 30, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EE WENT UP BESIDE THE PINNER TO MOVE THE CURTAIN OUT OF THE WAY. WHEN THE TIRE OF THE PINNE GOT ON HIS LEG.

November 30, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Performance Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 30, 1998 NM · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC · Fall onto or against objects

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.

November 30, 1998 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Eighty Four Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 30, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 30, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

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.

November 30, 1998 CT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Tilcon Connecticut Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER REMOVING IDLERS FROMTHE CONVEYOR THE IDLER BROKE CAUSING A STRAIN ON EE'S ARMS. REPORTED 12/31/98

November 30, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
FNF Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING MATERIAL (SAND & ROCK) OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT, GLOVE GOT CAUGHT AND PULLED ARM BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND ROLLERS.

November 30, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wayne Processing Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE ANCHOR DEVICE WHEN HE STRAINED STOMACH MUSCLE.

November 29, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BHP Copper Inc · Fall onto or against objects

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.

November 29, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Doe Run Company · Struck against a moving object

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

November 28, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Garrett Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BOLTING ROOF WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING EE ON HIS LEFT HAND.

November 28, 1998 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee-Coal Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 28, 1998 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 28, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING ROCK DUST OFF A SUPPLY CAR ONTO THE GROUND AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

November 28, 1998 VA · Coal superintendent MACHINERY
Mullins Coal Company Inc Of Va · Fall onto or against objects

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.

November 28, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Corporation · Struck against stationary object

EE RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD WHEN HE WALKED UNDER DISCHARGE AIR FLOAT DUCT AND RAN INTO CROSSBAR ON PIPE STAND.

November 28, 1998 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mon-View Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

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.

November 28, 1998 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

GARDEN ROCK DUST HOLE. EMPLOYEE STRUCK HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF WHILE WALKING INTO THIS AREA TO FIREBOSS.

November 28, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cargill Fertilizer, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EXCESSIVE SPEED COMING INTO THE PARKING LOT, HIT A HOLE CAUSING MACHINE TO JUMP OFF THE GROUND.

November 28, 1998 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DIGGING OUT ROCK WHICH CAUSED DOZER TO SLIDE OVER SLOPING ENBANKMENT.

November 28, 1998 IN · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kindill Mining Incorporated · Struck by falling object

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.

November 27, 1998 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object

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.

November 27, 1998 AL · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED HE FELT A PAIN IN SHOULDER WHILE COUPLING A 1/2" AIR HOSE. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 2/1/99.

November 27, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harlan Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 27, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Champlain Stone Ltd · Struck by flying object

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.

November 26, 1998 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EE STARTED MISSING 11-26-98

November 26, 1998 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastern Associated Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 26, 1998 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

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.

November 25, 1998 KY · Coal chute blaster, rockman, hang-up man, raise blaster HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sextet Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE, WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER BACK. NOTE: FIRST DAY OFF DUE TO THIS INJURY 12-3-98.

November 25, 1998 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 25, 1998 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTING HIS KNEE.

November 25, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Binkley & Ober Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS EXITING VEHICLE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM STEP ON TRUCK CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN BACK MUSCLES.

November 25, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Canyon Mining Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 25, 1998 AL · Coal electrician helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Drummond Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE WALKING TO PARTS CAR WITH TOOLS ON SHOULDER, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, STRAINING BACK.

November 25, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mansfield Lime & Stone Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 25, 1998 OH · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Struck by falling object

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.

November 25, 1998 UT · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy West Mining Company · Fall from machine

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.

November 25, 1998 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Fall from machine

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.

November 25, 1998 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 25, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Last Chance Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON THE CUTTER

November 25, 1998 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mingo Logan Coal Company · Struck by falling object

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.

November 24, 1998 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Fuels Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 24, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rio Algom Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 24, 1998 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
BASF Catalysts LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 24, 1998 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wayne Processing Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED PERSON WAS PRYING WITH A BAR WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST CONTINUOUS MINER RIPPER HEAD.

November 24, 1998 IL · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Monterey Coal Company · Struck by falling object

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.

November 24, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Break Thru Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

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

November 24, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Salt River Sand & Rock · Fall from machine

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

November 24, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Husky Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING EE ON ARM.

November 24, 1998 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arch Of Illinois · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

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.

November 24, 1998 IN · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by falling object

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

November 24, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 24, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Climax Molybdenum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LABORER BENT DOWN TO CLEAN OFF BLUE TOP & LOADERRAN OVER HIS FOOT. CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT FOOT

November 24, 1998 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS MOVING MINER CABLE PULLED SOMETHING IN UPPER BACK.

November 24, 1998 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eighty Four Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN EIMCO ROCK LOADER AND SHAFT BUCKET.

November 24, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Performance Coal Company · Struck by falling object

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.

November 24, 1998 PA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company · Struck by falling object

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.

November 24, 1998 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bruce Kennedy Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 24, 1998 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wharf Resources (USA) Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 24, 1998 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING CABLE OFF THE WENCH ON THE DOZER. PAIN TO LOWER BACK.

November 24, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP ROLL OF LINER OFF THE FORKLIFT WITH FOOT. THE ROLL OF LINER ROLLED OVER HIS RT LEG.

November 24, 1998 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 24, 1998 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 24, 1998 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Illnois Land Resources, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 23, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
General Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS HIT WITH A HAMMER BY A COWORKER WHEN THEY WERE MAKING REPAIR TO A FRONT END LOADER.

November 23, 1998 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Struck by falling object

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.

November 23, 1998 WV · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Beard Technologies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STEPPED INSIDE DREDGE, HAD HAND ON DOOR JAM, WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT ON HAND.

November 23, 1998 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

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

November 23, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING A LACING ON THE SCREEN BELT. REMOVING A PIECE OF IRON 4"X4'CUT RT LITTLE FINGER (3 STITCHES).

November 23, 1998 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HELPING HANG MINER CABLE ON UNIT #3, THE INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

November 23, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Apollo Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 23, 1998 SD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS DOING CONSIDERABLE LIFTING THE PRIOR WEEK. HE DECIDED ON MONDAY THAT HE NEED TO SACK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

November 23, 1998 IL · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coal Miners Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 23, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cargill Fertilizer, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FUELING TRUCK, STEPPED ON PLASTIC, SLIPPED AND FELL.

November 23, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morton Salt Division · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE BENT OVER TO CLEAR MACHINE JAM. WHEN HE STOOD BACK UP, HE EXPERIENCED STINGING SENSATION IN LOWER BACK.

November 23, 1998 SC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carolina Sand Inc · Struck by falling object

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.

November 23, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bhp Nevada Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE THE SHOVEL WAS LOADING THE HAUL TRUCK, THE SWEAR SHAFT. THE BUCKET HIT THE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK BED, ERSEY THE TRUCK OPERATOR.

November 23, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
LTV Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAS INJURED HIS BACK & NECK PREVIOUSLY. HE IS NOT SURE HOW HE DID IT THIS TIME BUT CLAIMS HE HURT IT AT WORK.

November 23, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cabbage Grove Mining Co Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL HOIST CABLE ON DRAGLINE. HE SLIPPED, FALLING AND LANDING ON DRUM. HE BRUISED HIS RIBS.

November 23, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E R Jahna Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING IN WORKBOAT TO GO TO DREDGE. FOOT SLIPPED AND TURNED ANKLE.

November 23, 1998 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 23, 1998 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE WALKING BESIDE S/L A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON SHOULDER AND LEG.

November 22, 1998 VA · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 22, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Empire Iron Mining Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING INA KNEELING POSITION. WHENHE ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

November 22, 1998 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Struck by falling object

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.

November 21, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carmeuse Lime Inc · Fall from machine

EE FINISHED FLIPPING A GATE, WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

November 21, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The N. C. Granite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PICKED UP 10' SECTION OF DRILL STEEL AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

November 21, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LTV Steel Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

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.

November 21, 1998 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
BASF Catalysts LLC · Struck against a moving object

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

November 21, 1998 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL UP FROM THE PLANT FLOOR COVER AND ONTO THE BOBCAT BUCKET AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

November 21, 1998 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Double H Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 21, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 21, 1998 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hubb Corp · Struck by falling object

WAITING FOR SAW MAN TO CUT TIMBER. DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING MINER LEFT SIDE.

November 21, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK 3" BY 3 1/2' FELL FROM RIB TO BOLT HITTING THE ROOF BOLT OPERATOR ABOVE THE KNEE.

November 21, 1998 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING TOWARDS PHONE TO ANSWER A CALL WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND FELL DOWN.

November 21, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Altec Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY LET THE DRILL HEAD DOWN ON HIS LEG

November 21, 1998 AZ · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Western Coal Company · Fall from machine

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.

November 20, 1998 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha River Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE REACHING OVER TO PICK UP A SLING FOR THE 2800 CABLE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

November 20, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Speed Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE HANGING A MINER CABLE.

November 20, 1998 WV · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

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.

November 20, 1998 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC · Struck against stationary object

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.

November 20, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Morton Salt Division · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 20, 1998 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L G Everist Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES LOWER BACK MUSCLE SPASMS DUE TO LIFTING & MOVING INSULATED TARPS INTO A VAN

November 20, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Crushed Stone Company · Struck by falling object

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.

November 20, 1998 NM · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
San Juan Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE STRAINED HIS KNEE WHILE PULLING A DIESEL FUEL HOSE DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS AT A FUELING STATION.

November 20, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Coy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 20, 1998 UT · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Plateau Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 20, 1998 IL · Coal scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Miners Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 20, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tower Rock Stone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 20, 1998 ND · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knife River Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 20, 1998 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Addington Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 20, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jackson Asphalt Company · Fall from machine

EE WALKED UP CONVEYOR TO ADJUST SPRAY NOZZLE. CONVEYOR SHIFTED, EE JUMPED 12' TO GROUND, BROKE LEFT ARM.

November 19, 1998 IA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
River Products Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 19, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EE CLIMBING DOWN STEP LADDER AT REAR OF SCRAPER. HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE SCRAPER AND THEN TO THE FLOOR.

November 19, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Latrobe Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 19, 1998 AL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Warrior Investment Company Inc · Struck by falling object

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

November 19, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mitsubishi Cement Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING LARGE ROCKS BY ASSEMBLY, SLIPPED FROM ONE HAND AND CRUSHED RIGHT HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND GROUND.

November 19, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Empire Iron Mining Partnership · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS CLEANING OUT A CHUTE WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS GROIN AREA. OFF FOR HERNIA SURGERY.

November 19, 1998 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mon-View Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

EE CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE WAS DROPPING DOWN VENTILATION TUBING, AS IT FELL IT STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.

November 19, 1998 KY · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aa Limestone Inc · Fall from machine

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.

November 19, 1998 UT · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Horizon Mining Llc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE ARM AND UPPER BACK. CAUSING CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES.

November 19, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bottomline Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING OUT OF MANTRIP, TWISTED RT KNEE.

November 19, 1998 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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

November 19, 1998 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Shar-Ing Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object

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

November 19, 1998 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sky Haven Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING TRIAXLE TRUCK HE ENTERED THICK FOG. CAME UPON VEHICLE AND APPLIED BRAKES. TRUCK PUULLED TO RIGHT AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT.

November 19, 1998 UT · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Horizon Mining Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING ALONG BELT CONVEYOR & SLIPPED ANDTWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE DR ADVISED HIM TO STAY OFF OF IT FOR 24 HRS

November 19, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sunrise Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING CAR, RAN OVER ROCK IN ROAD, BOUNCED HEAD INTO CANOPY.

November 19, 1998 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Maple Creek Mining Incorporated · Struck by falling object

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

November 19, 1998 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matrix Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 19, 1998 VA · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pace Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING A HAULER HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.

November 19, 1998 PA · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper MACHINERY
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING GOT FOOT UNDER BOLTER SET HEAD DOWN ON FOOT BRUISING FOOT.

November 19, 1998 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Del Rio Inc · Struck by falling object

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.

November 19, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mosaic Potash Carlsbad Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE INJURED HER HAND WHILE SHIFTING GEARS ON A RAMCAR.

November 19, 1998 SD · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Homestake Mining Company of California · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 19, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Highland Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 19, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Mountain Minerals · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 19, 1998 NE · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fort Calhoun Stone Company · Fall from machine

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.

November 19, 1998 WY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Powder River Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

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.

November 19, 1998 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Buildex Inc · Struck by flying object

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).

November 19, 1998 VA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Capital Coal Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

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.

November 19, 1998 IN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Henry Tile Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 19, 1998 IN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Essroc Cement Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 18, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 18, 1998 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hobet Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

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.

November 18, 1998 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maple Creek Mining Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 18, 1998 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Capital Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 18, 1998 IN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Black Beauty Underground Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 18, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
McElroy Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 18, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Zca Mines Inc · Struck by falling object

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.

November 18, 1998 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects

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

November 18, 1998 AL · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator MACHINERY
Drummond Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 18, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GETTING A BOX OF GLUE OFF THE BACK OF THE BOLTER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

November 18, 1998 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS MOUNTING A D-40K DRILL WHEN HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE MACHINE.

November 18, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 18, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mwca Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 18, 1998 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

SHOVELING MUD FROM UNDER BELT LINE EXPERINECED PAIN IN GROIN AREA.

November 18, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Shiloh Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING AND BREAKING LET WRIST. #6 ENTRY-C- PANEL.

November 18, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 18, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mitsubishi Cement Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 18, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Robert E Lee · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON METAL DECK WHILE STACKING RIMS.

November 18, 1998 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Uae Coalcorp Associates · Struck against stationary object

EE STATED HE HIT HIS HEAD WHILE WALKING NEAR THE FACE AREA.

November 18, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Whitby Electric Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 18, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Cedar Lake Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. · Flash burns (electric)

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.

November 17, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · Struck by falling object

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.

November 17, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 17, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cargill Fertilizer, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

CONGESTION IN WORK AREA.

November 17, 1998 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brandywine Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

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".

November 17, 1998 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING A LADDER INSIDE THE TIPPLE. HE REACHED UP TO GRAB A RAIL AND STRAINED THE MIDDLE SECTION OF HIS BACK.

November 17, 1998 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barrett Paving Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 17, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Waco Stone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRILLING A PIECE OF METAL IN TRUCK FLOOR BOARD, WAS READJUSTING BIT W/CHUCK KEY IT SLIPPED AND BIT PUNCTURED HAND.

November 17, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 17, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bledsoe Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 17, 1998 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 17, 1998 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

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.

November 17, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Tilcon New York Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS TOSSED FROM SIDE TO SIDE DUE TO ROCK HITTIN GSIDE OF HAUL TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED IN QUARRY.

November 17, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beech Fork Processing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS LIFTING BOXES OF RESIN WHEN HE PULLEDOR STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK

November 17, 1998 AL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS ON TOP OF MACHINE TURNING AIR VALVE ON AND WHEN HE GOT DOWN OFF OF MACHINE, FELT PULL IN RIGHT HIP.

November 17, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pocono Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 17, 1998 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EE BREAKING & CARRYING CONCRETE BLOCKS EE'S RT HAND WAS STRUCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER

November 17, 1998 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Youngman Rock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 16, 1998 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHECKING CWM HOPPER WHEN LID CLOSED ON LEFT HAND. CRUSHED LEFT MIDDLE & RING FINGERS

November 16, 1998 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anglo American Clays Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 16, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lone Star Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 16, 1998 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC · Fall from machine

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.

November 16, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 16, 1998 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 16, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cargill Fertilizer, LLC · Struck against a moving object

TURNED OVER EQUIPMENT, ABRAISION - CONTUSION RIGHT KNEE.

November 16, 1998 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Solar Sources Mining LLC · Fall from machine

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.

November 16, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mertens Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CARELESS IN STEPPING OFF LADDING FUELIGN EQUIPMENT.

November 16, 1998 SC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & T Sand Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WAS RAINING AN DWET, SHE WAS RUNNING TO BATHROOM SLIPPED AND FELL.

November 16, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Le Sueur-Richmond Slate Corp · Struck against stationary object

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.

November 16, 1998 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dolese Bros Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE CLIMBING OVER A HANDRAIL ON A DREDGE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE WET DECK. HIS KNEE HIT THE DECK.

November 16, 1998 AL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DRILLING HOLE AND BUMPED HEAD ON ROOFBOLTER CANOPY. DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 1-11-99.

November 16, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Zca Mines Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 16, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastern Mingo Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 16, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sheep Fork Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN RIB AND BOLT. STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT AND BACK OF NECK.

November 16, 1998 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Faith Coal Sales Inc · Struck by falling object

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.

November 16, 1998 AL · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Drummond Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED WHILOE ADVANCING SHIELD A 3/4" CHAINE BROKE HIT EE ON SHOULDER.

November 16, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Greer Limestone Company · Struck by flying object

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.

November 16, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

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.

November 16, 1998 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Webster County Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 16, 1998 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 16, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PUTTING BELT FRAMING TOGETHER, TOP ROLLER DROPPED OFF FRAME & HIT LEFT FOOT

November 16, 1998 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 16, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck against a moving object

WAS AT A STOP WAITING TO GET LOADED. SUDDENLY WAS HIT FROM THE REAR OF TRAILER AND WAS KNOCKED OUT.

November 16, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
The Stone Creek Brick Co. · Struck against stationary object

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.

November 16, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Champlain Stone Ltd · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 16, 1998 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patton Inc · Struck by falling object

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.

November 16, 1998 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
White County Coal, LLC · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS WORKING IN LOW COAL ON THE OLD #2 UNIT BELTLINE RECLAIMING, WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HEAD ON THE TOP HURTING HIS NECK.

November 16, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Del Rio Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 16, 1998 KY · Coal belt cleaner, picker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Highland Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATES; SHOVELING COAL ALONG BELT TAIL PIECE, FELT PAIN TO LOWER BACK AND GROIN STARTED LOOSING WORKDAYS 11-20-98.

November 15, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 15, 1998 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Illnois Land Resources, Inc. · Struck by falling object

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.

November 15, 1998 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by flying object

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.

November 15, 1998 PA · Coal NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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.

November 15, 1998 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK WHILE CARRYING ARCH MATERIAL DOWN BELT ENTRY.

November 15, 1998 AK · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Polar Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF THE EXCAVATOR WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK HE FELL 5' TO THE GROUND FRACTURING HIS WRIST

November 15, 1998 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Solar Sources Underground L L C · Struck by flying object

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.

November 15, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Empire Iron Mining Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS BENDING OVER CLEANING A CRUSHER MANTLE WITH A WIRE BRUSH GRINDER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

November 15, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Imc-Agrico · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING DOZER. HE HAD TO PUSH A PILE OF ROOTS, TREES, AND BRUSH. THE BLADE DROPPED, BOUNCING HIM.

November 15, 1998 IL · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Illnois Land Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 14, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Versatile Construction Company · Fall onto or against objects

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.

November 14, 1998 MA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Amrize Northeast Inc. · Struck against stationary object

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

November 14, 1998 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Banner Blue Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE SAID HE WAS BESIDE PINNER IN 1 BREAK WHEN PIECE ROCK FELL, HITTING HIM ON LEG.

November 14, 1998 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object

RIDING IN JEEP. PIECE OF COAL FELL ON TO JEEP. DUST PARTICLES ENTERED RIGHT EYE AROUND SAFETY GLASSES.

November 14, 1998 IL · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Arch Of Illinois · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 14, 1998 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Cumberland Resources Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 14, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BHP Copper Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 14, 1998 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED HE BENT OVER AND WAS PICKING UP A 48 INCH IN BELT ROLLER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LWOER BACK.

November 13, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates New York Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 13, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A B Long Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF LOADER AT END OF SHIFT. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED FROM STEP--CAUSING IT TO SPRAIN & PULL LIGAMENTS.

November 13, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
BHP Copper Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS MOVING A BATTERY MOTOR THAT WAS BO AND NOT TAG OUT. HE COLLIDED WITH A CONCRETE POT

November 13, 1998 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bledsoe Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK REMOVING AN OIL BATH FRO #7 HEADDRIVE.

November 13, 1998 KY · Coal rock duster STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Webster County Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 13, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Champlain Stone Ltd · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

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.

November 13, 1998 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Eighty Four Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING SCOOP IN 5 NORTH SECTION. SHIELD SLID OFF SCOOP HE WAS JARRED INSIDE ON COMPARTMENT. EE CONTINUED WORKING.

November 13, 1998 WV · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pammlid Coal Company · Fall from machine

MON WAS GOING AROUND TAIL PIECE AND KNEE GIVE OUT AND FELL DOWN. HAS PAIN IN LEFT LEG AND BACK.

November 13, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J J Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 13, 1998 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS TRAVELING THROUGH BRATTICE DOOR, DOOR CAME LOOSE, FELL OUT OF BRATTICE AND HIT EE S LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION.

November 13, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 13, 1998 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Illnois Land Resources, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD. EE IS A LOST TIME INJURY.

November 13, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Original Sixteen To One Mine Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 13, 1998 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Three-C Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING DOZER BACKFILLING NEAT DITCH WHEN MISSING GEAR RESULTING IN DOZER RUNNING BACKWARDS INTO DITCH, CAUSING HIM PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

November 13, 1998 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kermit Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING BATTERY LIDS OF SCOOP SLIPPED AND FELL BACK. PULLING LOWER BACK & LEFT SHOULDER

November 13, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Premier Silica LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE BRUSHING SCREEN CLOTH ON 5'X15' VIBRATING SCREENS. WHEN REACHING TO BRUSH THE TOP SCREEN SECTION HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

November 13, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Belva Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE STATES HE WAS OUTSIDE FINISHING A BELT SPLICE, A BAR SLIPPED OUT OF THE RED DEVEL STRIKING EE ON THUMB.

November 13, 1998 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Solus Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

RIDING MAN BUS TO OUTSIDE, RAISED HIS HEAD UP IN LOW CLEARANCE TOP. SHOVED HIS HEAD BACWARDS.

November 13, 1998 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Illnois Land Resources, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 13, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bell County Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE BOLTING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK STRUCK EE ON HIS HAT, STRAINING/ SPRAINING HIS NECK.

November 12, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Mining · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 12, 1998 AL · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING CHAIN OUT OF TOOL BOX. JERKED CHAIN AND STRAINED BACK.

November 12, 1998 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

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.

November 12, 1998 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Reading Anthracite Company · Struck against a moving object

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.)

November 12, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Stillwater Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 12, 1998 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Lee-Coal Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CRAWLING IN #4 HEADING, WHEN HE TWISTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, HIS KNEE POPPED.

November 12, 1998 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 12, 1998 OK · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georges Colliers Inc · Struck against a moving object

RAN NOSE INTO RAM CAR.

November 12, 1998 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basic Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELT MAN HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER. LEFT THUMB BROKE.

November 12, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Belva Coal Company · Fall from machine

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.

November 12, 1998 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
KenAmerican Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 12, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

CARRYING CRIB BLOCK, TRIPPED ON LOOSE CRIB. FELL AGAINST PREVIOUSLY CONTSTRUCTED CRIB INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

November 12, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Randles Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 12, 1998 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Laurel Creek Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 12, 1998 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Stavola Construction Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 12, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Everett Quarries Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 12, 1998 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE CLEANING AREA AROUND WASHING PLANT, PICKING UP TRASH, TWISTED BACK WHILE THROWING STICK, RESULTED IN PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

November 12, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lhoist North America of Arizona Inc. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE WAS LOADING A TRUCK FROM ELEVATED PLATFORM (APPROX 20'HIGH). HE SLIPPED ON CATWALK PLATFORM AND FELL.

November 11, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Limestone Dust Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING ON AN EMPTY PALLET ADJUSTING BAGS ON BELT LINE. STEPPED OFF PALLET CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT ANKLE.

November 11, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING STEAM CLEANER INTO OFFICE (TOMINIMIZE FREEZING OF WATER) AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK.

November 11, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
3M Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

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.

November 11, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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.

November 11, 1998 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Associated Coal LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO PRY TRACK RAILS OVER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

November 11, 1998 CO · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Fuels Coal Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 11, 1998 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lodestar Energy, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING TIMBERS TO A WORK AREA AND STRAINED HIS GROIN.

November 11, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stillwater Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 11, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE S RIGHT HAND WAS CUT WHEN IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH SHARP METAL EDGE ON BROKEN EQUIPMENT.

November 11, 1998 AL · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED WHILE CARRYING A 5 GAL BUCKET OF OIL, FELT PAIN IN STOMACH. EE STARTED MISSING DEC. 8, 1998.

November 11, 1998 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object

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.

November 11, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Clean Energy Mining Co. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE BEGAN SPINNING BOLT TO MIX GLUE, GLOVE GOT CAUGHT ON BOLT TWISTING AND FRACTURING FINGERS.

November 11, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lancaster Stone Products Llc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE SLIPPED ON THE FUEL DECKSTAIRS AS HE WAS RETREIVING THE FUEL HOSE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO INJURE HIS BACK.

November 11, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS CLIMBING OFF THE GRADER, THE WIND WAS BLOWING, CAUSING THE DOOR TO HIT THE EE IN THE SIDE.

November 11, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

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

November 11, 1998 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Deep Creek Quarry Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EXTENSIVE SHOVELING FROM 0700 TO 1200 ON 11-11. THEN ON 11-12--BELT JAMMED & CAUSED ADDITIONAL SHOVELING & LIFTING--TORN LIGAMENT IN CHEST.

November 11, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelby Crushed Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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

November 11, 1998 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Illnois Land Resources, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 11, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tilden Mining Company L C · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 11, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. · Contact with electrical current

THE EE WAS PERFORMING ELECTRICK WORK ON A POLE WHEN HE RECEIVED AND ELECTRIC SHOCK WHILE IN THE BUCKET.

November 11, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
GCC Rio Grande, Inc. · Struck by falling object

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.

November 11, 1998 SC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Palmetto Lime Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 11, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by falling object

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.

November 11, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beech Fork Processing Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING BOLTER CABLE OFF THE REEL & STRAINED HIS BACK ON RIGHT-SIDE.

November 11, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Roberts Brothers Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM ROOF DOWN TRUSS BOLTER. DRILL STEEL, STRIKING SHOULDER & ANKLE.

November 11, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gs Roofing Products Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 11, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Doe Run Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 11, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bhp Nevada Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 11, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 11, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BYK Additives Inc. · Struck by falling object

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.

November 11, 1998 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pine Branch Coal Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 11, 1998 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coastal Coal-West Virginia LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 11, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Midas Joint Venture · Struck against stationary object

MECHANIC WAS GETTING OUT OF AVNIMOG. HE STEPPED DOWN AN DTWISTED HIS ANKLE ON A ROCK IN THE MUD.

November 10, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midas Joint Venture · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING ON SNOW PACKED ACCESS ROAD.

November 10, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calais Resources Company · Fall from machine

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.

November 10, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Loudoun Quarries-Div/Chantilly Crushed Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 10, 1998 CT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Specialty Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

REMOVING NIPPLE FROM RETORT COOLER WHEN PULLING ON WRENCH FELT PAIN IN SIDE OF CHEST.

November 10, 1998 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Agrifos Mining Llc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH AND PULLED HIS SHOULDER.

November 10, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buechel Stone Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PICKING UP ROCK, WHEN HE FELT THE TOP OF HIS BACK POP. THE NEXT DAY EE COULD BARELY MOVE.

November 10, 1998 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Webster County Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 10, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sandstone · Struck by falling object

ONE PIECE OF STONE FELL AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES FINGER.

November 10, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mercer Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT AND MOVING BAGS WHEN FORKLIFT HIT A POTHOLE AND JARRED HIS BACK.

November 10, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Belva Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STATES ON COMPENSATION FORM THAT HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP AND FOUR WHEELER. EE DID NOT NOTIFY OF ACCIDENT UNTIL COMPENSATION FORM WAS RECEIVED.

November 10, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southdown Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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.

November 10, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ'S LEFT HAND WAS TWISTED AROUND ROTATING DRILL STEEL WHLE ROOF BOLTING

November 10, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eureka Stone Quarry Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS INSTALLING BATTERIES IN D-8 DOZER CAT SMALL AMOUNT OF DILUTED BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN RIGHT EYE.

November 10, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Tg Soda Ash Inc · Struck by falling object

CHAIN BROKE & HEATER FELL ON HIS ANKLE.

November 10, 1998 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE STATED THAT HE FELL WHILE WALKING DOWN #3 ENTRY. DURING THE FALL HE SAID HE HURT HIS LEFT HAND

November 10, 1998 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hawaiian Cement · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING THE DRILL TO BENCH #7, THE BRACKET BETWEEN THE MAST AND BOOM CYCLINDER GAVE WAY. THE BOOM THEN FELL TOWARDS INJURED.

November 10, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Tg Soda Ash Inc · Struck by falling object

CHAIN BROKE AND HEATER FELL ON HIS LEG.

November 10, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object

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.

November 10, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Hunt Midwest Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

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.

November 10, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Plaza Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ SLIPED AS A GREASE SPOT WHILE LIFTING A BOBCAT TV & STRAINED HIS BACK

November 10, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixon-Marquette Cement Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 10, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F S Lopke Contracting Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS HOSING OFF UNDER CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A LARGE ROCK FELL OFF THE CONVEYOR HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

November 10, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Garrett Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

November 10, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Struck by flying object

EE WAS TAKING CEMENT SAMPLES IN A CAN AT CEMENT MILL #12. SUDDENLY CEMENT PARTICULES FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE CAUSIGN HIM CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIES.

November 10, 1998 IA · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Products Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

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.

November 10, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Illinois Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 10, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Wallace Stone Plant · Struck by flying object

WIND CAUGHT SHOP DOORS. BLEW SHUT, TRAPPED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN DOORS, LACERATION TO LEFT LEG. FRACTURE RIGHT HIP, OPENED DOORS TO REMOVE TRUCK FROM SHOP.

November 10, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CARRYING A BOX IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AREA. WHEN HE OPENED A DOOR HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

November 10, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 9, 1998 UT · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt Lake County Public Works · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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.

November 9, 1998 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE CLAIMS AIR SEAT MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING ALLEGEDBACK DISCOMFORT.

November 9, 1998 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Big Ridge Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG WHILE RUNNING FROM AN EXPLOSION.

November 9, 1998 OK · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Material Producers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 9, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Southdown Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

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

November 9, 1998 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Southern Ohio Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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.

November 9, 1998 OK · Metal/Non-Metal ELECTRICAL
Stewart Stone, Inc. · Contact with electrical current

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.

November 9, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
LTV Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

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.)

November 9, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Roberts Brothers Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS SITTING ON GROUND. ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK RIGHT HAND. CUT BETWEEN FINGERS.

November 9, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
Webster County Coal LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE MISSED WORK FROM 11/09/98 THROUGH 3/22/99. THE TOTAL WORK DAYS MISSED FOR THIS PERIOD WAS 88.

November 9, 1998 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Maple Creek Mining Incorporated · Struck by falling object

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.

November 9, 1998 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Coal Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS KNOCKING HOLE OUT OF WALLTO INSTALL A SCREEN--CHIPPING BOTTOM BLOCK OFF AND TOP BLOCK DISLODGE AND FELL ON LEFT HAND.

November 9, 1998 MT · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Sky Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 9, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holnam Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 9, 1998 KY · Coal rodman, surveyor/transit helper POWERED HAULAGE
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 9, 1998 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Polar Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HAMMERING ON FROZEN DIRT AND MISSED HITTING HIS FINGER.

November 9, 1998 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 9, 1998 WV · Coal MACHINERY
Dana Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS BACKING MINER PAST HIMSELF. MINER MOVED SUDDENLY TO RIGHT PINNING HIM BETWEEN CABLE HANDLER AND RIB.

November 9, 1998 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Maple Creek Mining Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

November 9, 1998 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Ridge Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LOADING RESIN ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

November 9, 1998 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilder Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 9, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal LLC · Struck by falling object

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.

November 9, 1998 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Associated Coal LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 9, 1998 UT · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canyon Fuel Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HANGING VENT TUBE, FELT A PULLING PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER, MOVING CABLE, FELT A POP AND MORE PAININ LEFT SHOULDER

November 9, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alamo Cement Company Ltd · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 8, 1998 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lodestar Energy, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING MINER CABLE HWEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK LOWER BACK.

November 8, 1998 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cyprus Cumberland Resources Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 8, 1998 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Solar Sources Underground L L C · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 8, 1998 MD · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mettiki Coal LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 8, 1998 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Kedco Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

SWUNG BOLTER PLATFORM WRONG WAY & PINNED WRIST BETWEEN PLATFORM AND MACHINE

November 7, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elmer's Crane and Dozer, Inc. · Fall from 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

November 7, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Medusa Aggregates Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 7, 1998 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

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.

November 7, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Stone Products Inc · Fall from ladders

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.

November 7, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Trinity Management Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 7, 1998 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

9 BLOCK 3-WEST HAULAGE. EMPLOYEE STEPPED OT OF JEEP LOSOE COAL SLIPPED UNDER FEET CAUSING PAIN IN LEFT CALF.

November 7, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Briar Hill Stone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 7, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mercer Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS LOADING A TRUCK WITH THE PAYLOADER AND LOADER BOUNCED BACK AND HIT A SLUDGE PILE, JOLTING HIM AND CAUSING BACK INJURY.

November 6, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING BESIDE BUCKET ELEVATORS 1 & 2 WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS KNEE AGIANST THE CONCRETE FLOOR.

November 6, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
U S Borax Inc · Struck by falling object

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.

November 6, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P R Aggregates Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING OFF THE STRAIRS, THAT HE USED TO PAINT THE CONVEYORS. HE SLIPS AND HE HURTS HIS RIBS OF THE RIGHT SIDE.

November 6, 1998 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooney Bros Coal Co · Struck by flying object

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.

November 6, 1998 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Powder River Mining LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AS EE WAS DISMOUNTING A MOTOR GRADER, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON ICE RESULTING IN A MENISCUS TEAR TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.

November 6, 1998 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 6, 1998 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chevron Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

November 6, 1998 AL · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Walter Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 6, 1998 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hilltop Basic Resources, Inc. · Struck by falling object

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.

November 6, 1998 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hobet Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 6, 1998 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Coal Miners Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 6, 1998 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Mon-View Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

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

November 6, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BHP Copper Inc · Fall onto or against objects

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.

November 6, 1998 PA · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp · Fall from ladders

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

November 6, 1998 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Struck against stationary object

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.

November 6, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Victory Processing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING TO CLOSE METAL DOOR TO WAREHOUSE THE DOOR RODE UP ON THE SIDE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT BREAKING HIS LITTLE TOE

November 6, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Fall onto or against objects

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.

November 5, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Candlestick Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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

November 5, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Patton Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRAMMING THE CONT MINER WHEN THE CATS CAUGHT THE TRAILING CABLE, PULLING CABLE & TRAPPINGEE R LEG BETWEEN CABLE & MINER

November 5, 1998 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Midwest Minerals LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 5, 1998 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 5, 1998 PA · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Helvetia Coal Company · Rubbed or abraded

EE REPORTEDLY WAS TRAVELING THE PRIMARY ESCAPEWAY WALKING AND CRAWLING IN THE LOW AREA. NOTE DID NOT BEGIN LOSING TIME UNTIL 1-15-99.

November 5, 1998 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
White County Coal, LLC · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS EXAMINING WHEN HE STEPPED ON LOOSE GOB AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

November 5, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kyanite Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING GAS BOTTLE ON WIRE WELDER, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

November 5, 1998 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White County Coal, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS STACKING THE MINER CABLE WHILE MOVING POWER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 11/11/98.

November 5, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING ROOF BOLT HOLE, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON RIGHT SHOULDER. ROCK WAS 1"X14"X18.

November 5, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by flying object

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

November 5, 1998 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tanoma Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

November 5, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Long Branch Energy · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAID INJURED HAS EXPERIENCED AN AGGRAVATION OF A PREVIOUS INJURY DUE TO THE WORK ENVIROMENT.

November 5, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bhp Nevada Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS WALKING ON JOBSITE AND STEPPED ON SOMETHING OR OVER AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

November 5, 1998 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Illnois Land Resources, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 5, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
James Hamilton Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 5, 1998 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 5, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southdown Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

November 5, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING WELD DREDGE PIPE TOGETHER. HE WAS LIFTING A PIECE 12" DIA. 18" LONG AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

November 5, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DISLOGDING BIG ROCK FROM SYSTROM WHEN PIPE HE WAS USING HIT HIM UP UPPER LIP.

November 5, 1998 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E L Gardner Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER BUCKET, CUTTING EDGE SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT FOOT.

November 5, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
MLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

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.

November 5, 1998 AL · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Chevron Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRILLING DRILL JERKED AS DRILL BIT CAUGHTIN ROCK. EE FELT PAIN IN LEFT ARM

November 5, 1998 IN · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

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

November 5, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Montana Tunnels Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

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