Mining Incidents in July 1999

INJURED WAS TRAVELING ON THE 3A TRAVELROAD WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 5" X 13" X 25" FELL STRIKING THEINJURED IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND CHEST AREA CAUSING FATAL INJURY APPARENTLY DUE TO THE D ISLODGING OF HIS HEART.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING 1 1/4" X 0 CRUSHED STONE FROM THE CRUSHING PLANT TO THE STOCKPILE. WHILE ASCENDING THE RAMP TO THE TOP OF THE STOCKPILE, THE TRUCK OVERTURNED ON ITS SIDE, PINNING THE EMPL OYEE UNDER THE TRUCK, CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.

THE VICTIM ENTERED A HOPPER APPARENTLY TO LOOSEN MATERIAL AND BECAME ENGULFED. THE HOPPER IS NOT EASILY ACCESIBLE.

A TEMPORARY SUPPORT STRUCTURE PLACED BETWEEN THE MAST AND BOOM OF A DRAGLINE PARTIALLY FAILED. THE TOP CROSS MEMBER OF THE STRUCTURE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS IN THE MAN-BASKET OF A AERIAL L IFT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND THE RAILING OF THE MAN-BASKET.

HE WAS HELPING MINER OPERATOR MOVE MINER FROM NO. 3 ENTRY TO NO. 4 ENTRY. HE WAS TRYING TO PUT MINER CABLE ON MINER BOOM CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN MINER BOOM AND ROOF.

DECEASED WAS RUN OVER BY A SKID STEER CLEAN UP LOADER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A ROCK FELL AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PRY BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE OFF OF THE WALKWAY ONTO THE TRACK AND THEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON 125 EIMCO-JARVIS LOADER (LHD);HE FAILED TO BLOCK BUCKET OF LOADED OF LOADER BEFORE MAINTENANCE BEGUN. APPARENTLY, IN TIGHTENING THE FITTING TO LIFT CYLIN DER, THE FITTING BROKE, RELEASING THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CAUSING BUCKET TO COME DOWN ON HIM, PINNING HIM AGAINST FRAME AND BUCKET LIFT ARM.

WAS RUNNING MINER. A LOOSE RIB OF COAL FELL ON HIM FATALLY CRUSHING HIM.

GRADER ROLLING OVER ONTO THE OPERATOR, CRUSHING HIS CHEST.

WHILE WORKING WITHIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF A FRONT END LOADER THE HOOD FELL, CATCHING THE MAN BETWEEN THE REAR FRAME AND HOOD SIDE CAUSING FATAL CRUSHING INJURIES.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING MOUNTING BOLTS ON A GOB SWITCH WHEN ELECTROCUTION OCCURRED.

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS CHECKING THE TRANSFORMER LOCATED AT LC2 TO SEE IF NEWLY PURCHASED TRANSFORMER COULD BE RETROFITTED. IT APPEARS THE VICTIM WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN COMING INTO CONTACT WITH 4160/480 VAC, THE HANDLE TO THE SQUARE D 4160 VAC DISCONNECT THAT PROVIDES POWER TO THE TRANSFORMER HAD BEEN LOCKED OUT IN THE OFF POSITION. THE SHIELD BLADES WE

PLACED HAND ON TOP OF ROTARY VALVE AND FINGER WAS PULLED INTO VALVE. PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER ON RT. HAND.

EE WAS PULLING A SUPPLY CAR INTO THE MINE USING A GETMAN TRACTOR. HE NOTICED THAT A COAL HAULER TIRE THAT WAS ON THE SUPPLY CAR WAS STARTING TO SLIDE OFF THE CAR. SO HE STOPPED AND WALKED BACK TO THE SUPPLY CAR AND PUSHED THE TIRE BACK ON TO THE CAR. USING HIS ARMS AND MID SECTION TO SLIDE THE TIRE. HE AND OTHER SECURED THE TIRED AND DROVE ON INTO THE MINE. HE SAID HE DID NOT NOTIC

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AIR AND ACETEYLENE TANKS ONTO TRUCK. EMPLOYEE FELT A PULL IN HIS GROIN.

EE WAS FUELING EQUIPMENT WHEN THE CHAIN CAME OFF HOSE REELER DRIVE. WHEN REINSTALLING SMALL CHAIN HE GOT HIS THUMB CAUGHT IN THE CHAIN.

PICKING UP RAIL CAR LID WHICH WAS STUCK AND STRAINED HIMSELF CAUSING A HERNIA.

EE ALLEGES HE WAS ENTERING LOADER AFTER CLOSING DOOR, HE GRABBED THE MECHANISM ABOVE THE DOOR AND IT CREATED A PINCH POINT CUTTING OFF HIS LEFT FINGER TIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO MOVE A RING OFF MAIN FRAME. THE RING SLIPPED AND CUT THE TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER OFF.

EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FROM THE INBY BRIDGE WHEN THE ROCK FELL AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB. ROCK TAPERED FROM 6" TO RAZOR EDGE.

EE WAS OPERATING SHEAR. MADE ONE CUT THEN PROCEEDED TO REALIGN THE PIECE FOR HIS SECOND CUT, W/O REMOVING HIS FOOT FROM THE FOOT ACTIVATED CONTROL. WHEN HE SHIFTED HIS WEIGHT WHILE TURNING THE PIECE OF STEEL, HE ENGAGED THE SWITCH WHICH ACTIVATED THE HOLD DOWN PLUNGERS WHICH SMASHED THE TIPS OF HIS RING & MIDDLE FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND. ALL MACHINE GUARDS WERE IN PLACE WHEN THE AC

HE WAS INSTALLING SPIDER BOLTS. WHILE INSTALLING THE SECOND BOLT, THE FIRST BOLT SLIPPED IN POSITION, PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOLT HEAD AND THE SPIDER. HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ON H IS RIGHT HAND WERE CRUSHED. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED AND 1/4" WAS REMOVED FROM THE END OF THE MIDDLE FINGER.

EE WAS SHARPENIG A PICK AX, AX POINT WAS TOUCHEDTO WHEEL AT THE WRONG ANGLE CAUSING WHEEL TO GRAB AX POINT. THE FORCE OF THE POINT HITTING THE GUARD WAS ENOUGHT TO BREAK THE GUARD WHICH ALLOW ED THE POINT TO BE PULLED INTO THE WHEEL HOUSINGSOONER THAN EE COULD RELEASE HIS GRIP

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A DRILLER TO CHANGE A DRILL BIT. THE DECK WRENCH ADAPTER HUNG UP ON THE DECK WRENCH. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO WIGGLE THE ADAPTERIN PLACE AND WHEN THE ADAPTER DROPPED INTO POSIT ION, THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS AMPUTATED BY A PINCH POINT CREATED BETWEEN THE ADAPTER AND THE DECK WRENCH CYLINDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CUT CONVEYER BELTING USING A RAZOR KNOFE, HE CUT THE TIP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. 1/4 INCH.

EE WAS REMOVING DUMP CYLINCER FROM THE 275 HAD CYLINDER TILTED TO REMOVE HYDRAULIC LINES. WHEN LIE WAS TAKEN OFF RAM CAME DOWN CATCHING EE'S FINGER AMPUTING THE TIP END OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FING ER

A MINE CAR HAD DERAILED AND KNOCKED OUT A 5 IN X 5 IN X 7 FT WOODEN POST. AS THE EE MOVE THE POST OUT OF THE WAY HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN.

SUPERVISOR WAS VERIFING THE DUST COLLECTOR OF THE POLDOS WEIGH SYSTEM TO CHECK FOR POSSIBLE MATERIAL OBSTRUCTION. HE INTRODUCE HIS RIGHT HAND THRU AN INSPECTION PLATE WITH THE EQUIPMENT IN IOP ERATION AND THE BLADES OF THE ROTARY AIR LOCK VALVE CAUGHT HIS HAND EE SUFFER INJURY IN THE 2,3RD & 4TH FINGERS, WITH PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF THE 3RD FINGERTIP

WHILE REMOVING ROCK FROM CRUSHER FEEDER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. HIT HAMMER HANDLE AGAINST IRON FEEDER-LITTLE FINGER-ON HANDLE-SMASHED LITTLE FINGERTIP OF LEFT HAND. LEFT HAND IS DISABLED.

EE WAS ON THE OFF SIDE OF THE BOLTER. ATRS WAS UNLEVEL. EE WAS LEVELING THE ATRS WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. OPERATOR WAS MOVING TILT. OPERATOR PUSHED THE WRONG LEVER CAUSING EE'S HAND TO BE MASHED A GAINST THE ROOF. LEVERS FOR TILT AND ATRS ARE SIDE BY SIDE. EE LOST RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

THE ROCK DRILL WAS MOVING FROM THE DRILL SPREAD TO THE FUEL TRAILER. EE WAS WALKING NEXT TO THE DRILL. THE DRILL TURNED, AND HE TRIPPED AND HIS FOOT WAS RAN OVER BY THE TRACK.

EE WAS WORKING ON STONE BELT PICKING UP CHAIN TO RAISE COUNTER WEIGHT. CAUSED HERNIA. SURGERY 8/19/99.

WHILE INSTALLING A HOIST CYLINDER ON A 777C CAT HAUL TRUCK A MECHANIC'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CYLINDER AND THE EYES ON THEBED OF THE HAUL TRUCK. INJURIES INCLUDED A BROKEN FINGER AND LACERATION TO THE FINGER.

HAD HIS HAND LAYING ON PINNED HEAD AND A SMALL ROCK FELL HITTING HIS FINGER AND CUTTING IT.

MEMBER WAS STEPPING OFF FORK LIFT LADDER AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. THE LADDER WAS IN GOOD CONDITION, THE GROUND WAS DRY AND LEVEL AND NO MECHANISM OF INJURY TO WARRANT ACCIDENT.

INJURED JARRED HER NECK WHEN A LARGE ROCK FELL INTO HER TRUCK BOX WHILE BEING LOADED.

EE WAS COLLECTING SAMPLES BESIDE FINE COAL COLLECTION BELT & RAN INTO THE LOW OVERHEAD PIPE JARRING NECK &BACK

EE WAS STANDING NEXT TO MINER CONVEYOR TAIL WHENA 4'X3'X2' PIECE OF ANNA SHALE BROKE FROM BETWEEB THE 30" CONVENTIONAL BOLTS & STRUCK THE EE

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CHAIN HOIST OFF RACK AND PULLED BACK.

7 E SECTION CHANGING BIT ON AUGER WHEN RIB BROKE AND FELL STRIKING RIGHT FOOT. CAUSING FRACTURE TO FOOT.

EE WAS PICKING UP OUTRIGGER PAD AT CRANE. HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A ROLL CRUSHER TIRE. AS THE HEART OF THE ASSEMBLY WAS BEING INSTALLED, IT SLIPPED PLACING THE WEIGHT ON A 18" BOLT. THE EMPLOYEE'S 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND WAS SMASHED BY THE BOLT HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A MONORAIL SECTION, DURING INSTALLATION, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEFT TESTICLE.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS INSTALLING A WEAR PLATE ON THE SLURRY PUMP IN THE PREPARATION PLANT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE WEAR PLATE AND THE PUMP SHAFT INCURRING THE INJURY.

EE HAD COMPLETED WASHING FLOOR IN BAY LOADING AREA AND AFTER HE HAD RETURNED WASH HOSE TO APPRORIATE AREA & GONE BACK TO INSPECT HIS HOUSEKEEPING EFFORT EE MISTEPPED ON FLOOR & SLIPPED DOWN FA LLING ON LEFT SIDE. HE FRACTURED 3 RIBS & WAS TAKEN TO ER FOR MED ASSISTANCE

EMPLOYEE REMOVED WORN CUTTING EDGES AND END BITSFROM BLADE ON D575 KOMATSU DOZER. HE PLACED CUTTING EDGE ON BLADE, AND WAS HOLDING IT IN PLACE WHEN SLATE BAR SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN INTO CORNER OF BLADE, CUTTING UPPER PORTION OF LEFT ARM

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TH LAST ROOF BOLT IN A CUT AT THE FACE OF #5 ENTRY. WHILE REMOVING THE DRILL STEELS, A PIECE OF ROOF FELL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND BREAKING THE MIDDLE FINGER ABOVE THE SECOND JOINT. HE STATED HE TRIED TO PULL THE ROOF DOWN PRIOR TO INSTALLING THE BOLT BUT COULD NOT SCALE IT DOWN WITH A ROCK BAR.

THE #1 BELT CONVEYOR HAD WENT OFF DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING ON THE SURFACE. EE A BELTMAN WAS REACHING FOR THE BELT STOP START SWITCH TO RESTART THE BELT & FELL. EE WAS WORKING UNDERGROUND AT THE A TAIPIECE

TRAVEL CABLE TO DREDGE WAS BEING TIGHTENED WITH HOIST WHEN CABLE BROKE STRIKING EE KNOCKING HIM OFF HIS FEET &BREAKING BOTH LEGS & RIGHT TO COLLAR BONE

THE MAIN CLINKER ELEVATOR WAS PLUGGED AND EE WAS HELPING TO DIG OUT THE MATERIAL. THE RAW DUST (WHICH IS VERY ALKALINE) FLUSHED OUT OF THE ELEVATOR AND FLOODED HIS FACE AND UPPER BODY. HE USED THE EYE WASH AND CHANGED CLOTHES. THE IRRITATION FROM THE DUST IN HIS EYES WAS CHECKED BY AN OPTHAMOLOGIST. SHE RECOMMENDED HE TAKE ONE DAY OFF TO HELP HIS SYMPTOMS IMPROVE. NO RX WAS ISSUED

HE WAS SETTING ADDITIONAL TIMBERS IN CORSSCUT OUTBY FACE WHEN THE TOP THUMPED AND A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL OUT AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM. X RAYS SHOWED NOT BROKEN BONES, ONLY CONTUSION S AND ABRASIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROCK SAW AND CUT HIS LEFT WRIST.

EE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT/MOVE A 21 SC SHUTTLECAR TIRE. STRAINED BACK. EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 8-9-99.

EE STATED HE WAS WORKING ON THE TOP OF RAM CAR WHEN HIS KNEE SLIPPED OFF OF THE ENGINE COVER AND HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CAR. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 8-3-99.

AS EE WAS WALKING AROUND FEEDER, HE STEPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE RESULTING IN A SPRAIN

DRAW ROCK APPROX 15"X10"X2" THICK FELL STRIKING HEAD CAUSING A CUT ABOVE EYE & STRUCK HIM ON THE WRSIT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH HEAVY MUD WHEN HIS FOOT SANK APPROX 1 FOOT DEEP INTO THE MUD. HE TRIED TO PULL HIS FOOT FREE WHEN HE FELT PAININ THE LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE HAS HAD PAIN IN LOWE R BACK BEFORE.

WHILE WORKING IN THE SHOP, THE EE'S FOOT SLIPPED. THE EE REPORTED A POP AND PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA. THE EE CONTINUED WORKING AND HAS NOT LOST ANY TIME UNTIL NOW. THE EE CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBL EMS. UPON MEDICAL EVALUATION AND MRI TESTS (12-14-99) THE EE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A RUPTURED DISK.

GETTING OFF 16G CAT GRADER TO SHUT DOWN WATER PUMP HE EXTENDED RIGHT LEG TO CONTACT BLADE FOOT FLIPPED OFF CAUSING STRAIN. HE STARTED LOSING TIME FROM WORK 8/4/99

MAN WAS GETTING OFF DOZER, STEPPED ONTO RUNNING BOARD, TWISTED ANKLE.

EE WAS POSITIONING A PIPE WRENCH INTO PLACE TO REMOVE A BROKEN DRILL BIT FROM A ROTARY DRILL WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO HIS LEFT HAND, LACERATING HIS FIRST FINGER.

EE SLATED HE WAS CLEANING OUT DECK TRAILER STEPPED THOROUGH CLEAN-OUT HOLE AND JARRED BACK.

THE CONVEYER OVERLOADED AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BLACKTOP OFF THE CONVEYER WITH A SHOVEL. HE FELL FROM THE CONVEYER. HE INJURD HIS BACK.

EE AND CO WORKER WAS PICKING UP BELT ROLLER-CO WORKER DROPPED ROLLER AND INJURED EE FELT PAIN IN BACK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK 8-6-99.

PULLING COAL IN HAULER #1. RAN OVER ROCK. STOVE HEAD INTO TOP. BLOW STORE NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING UP BOLTS IN THE MINE TRACK GUAGE BAR WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE STATED; WALKING FROM EQUIPMENT TO LUNCH AREA, SLIPPED ON WET MINE FLOOR, FALLING TO FLOOR.

EE WAS KNEELING INSTALLING A FOOTER FOR A SEAL & AS HE TURNED TO PU A BLOCK HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EE WAS CLIMBING UPON A 777 CAT ROCKTRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARD A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 6-8 FEET. EE LANDED ON AND BROKE HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS LIFTING A BUZZY/STOPER OUT OF THE SERVICE BUCKET IN THE RAISE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE DID NOT GO TO THE DR AND RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 8-2-99.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT BELT, WAS PULLING KNIFE TOWARD HIM, KNIFE SLIPPED, CUT LIGAMENTS IN KNEE.

EE STATED THAT HE HAD HIT A HOLE ON THE HAUL TROAD ON UNIT #1 ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AT THE TIME AS TIME WENT ON HE STARTED TO HAVE PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK. THE PAIN BECAME WORSE & ON 7/30/99 HE SOUGHT MEDICALATTENTION Y

CHECKING DEPTH, INDIVIDUAL HAD CLIMBED ON TOP OFTANKER LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TO THE GROUND. INDIVIDUAL WORKS FOR GERALD TAYLOR TRUCKING WILLIAMSPORT MD 301-582-2800

EE WAS LOOKING AT THE NEW PACKERS IN #1 MILL AND FELL THROUGHT A HOLE IN THE FLOOR BUMPING HIS HEAD AND KNEE.

WHILE PULLING ON A FEEDER CABLE, EE CLAIMS TO HAVE SUFFERED LUMBAR STRAIN.

STEPPED ON NAIL WHILE TAKING INVENTORY AT 15W 40 TANK.

HIT BY FALLING ROCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH RED DEVIL, WRENCH SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HAND.

BOLTING IN #6 ENTRY OF 6 MINER SECITON. ROOF IN AREA WAS BAD. WHILE DRILLING OUTSIDE HOLE 2 PIECES OF ROCK (2'X3'X4"0 DROPPED OUT ONTO HIS BOOM. HE FELT THE ROCK WAS GOING TO SLIDE DOWN THE BOOM ONTO HIM. HE TURNED QUICKLY TO RETREAT WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHT ANKLE POP.

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING ANAFTERCOOLER TEMPERATURE SENSOR. EE HAD JUST DRAINED 55 GALLONS OF COOLANT FROM THE AFTERCOOLER SYSTEM IN PREPARATION TO REMOVE THE AFTER COOLER TEMPERATURE SENSOR. HOWEVER INSTEAD OF REMOVING THE AFTERCOOLER SENSOR HE REMOVED THRE SENSOR FROM THE MAIN COOLANT SYSTEM. THIS RESULTED IUN HOT COOLANT ESCAPING FROM THE POR

WHILE WORKING ON A 777 CAT TRUCK, REAR SUSPENSION CYLINDER USING WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT HOLDING TOP PIN OF THE CYLINDER, THE BOLT BROKE CAUSING WRENCH TO SHOVE OFF BOLT, CAUSING EE'S ELBOW TO STRIKE TRUCK TIRE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING PLATE INSIDE OF CHUTE FOR R.C. NO. BELT. FLOAT COAL DUST FROM THE DUST COLLECTING SYSTEM LOACTED ABOVE THE CHUTE FELL FROM THE FILTER INTO THE CHUTE. THE WELDER IGNITED SO ME OF THIS COAL DUST AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS BURNEDON THE LEFT FOREARM.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT HE SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING POWER ON WELDER MACHINE WHEN THE BREAKER ARCED DUE TO A FAULT IN THE CABLE.

EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH AND THE WALL, SMASHING RIGHT MIDDLE RING FINGER.

INDIVIDUAL WAS OPENING SCRUBBER DOOR. STEAM CAME OUT AND INDIVIDUAL STEPPED BACK AND FELL AGAINST LADDER AND ROLLED OVER.

EE STSATES HE GOT OFF DOZER WRONG AND HURT LEFT KNEE/LEG. EE HAS NOT TURNED IN ANY PAPERWORK TO KNOW IF HE IS WORKING WITH RESTRICTIONS OR NOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS FABRICATING A STEEL SLIDEGATE WHEN A SHARP METAL SHAVING CUT THROUGH HIS LEATHER GLOVE AND INTO HIS HAND, CAUSING A PUNCTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SMALL TREES AND BRUSH WITH A CHAINSAW WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY LET IT COME IN CONTACT WITH UPPER RIGHT LEG CAUSING MINOR CUTS AND SCRAPES.

OPERATOR TRYING TO FIND LEAK IN HOSE PLACED HIS THUMB OVER PIN HOLE IN TURN SLICED THUMB OPEN FROM PRESSURE.

EE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND LEG.

THE EE GOT CAUGHT ON THE CORNER PART OF THE MAINTENANCE TRUCK AS THE TRUCK REVERSED THE EE FELL

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE MOVED WRONG AND FELT A POP. HE WENT TO CHIROPRACTER AND HE HAD A RIB POP OUT OF PLACE WHERE THE RIB CONNECTS TO THE BACK.

WHILE REMOVING A METAL COVER IT FELL & STRUCKI EE IN THE EAR

EE STEPPED FROM THE CATWALK IN FRONT OF THE OPERATOR'S CAB TO THE TOP RUNG OF BOARDING LADDER. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RUNG AND HE FELL DOWN THE LADDER.

EE WAS HELPING INSTALL TOP ROLLER OF BOLTLINE. AS HE LIFTED HIS END OF THE ROLLER ONTO THE STRUCTURE HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE HIT THE WRONG LEVER AND HIS LEFT INDEX FINGERT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE DRILL CLAMP.

EE WAS ADDING OIL TO THE DEXTRON TANK ON THE DMH DRILL. WHEN HE LIFTED A FIVE GALLON CAN OF OIL, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN.

EE WAS PRESSURE WASHING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HAND SLIPPED OFF OF WAND AND INTO WATER, CUTTING INTO THE LITTLE FINGER.

CLOSING TAILGATE ON POWDER TRUCK, HAND SLIPPED, TAILGATE CAME DOWN HITTING HAND.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE DOZER (AT THE REFUSE AREA) WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST. SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 19-29-99, HIS LAST DAY AT WORK WAS 10-28-99.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON JCB BACKHOE, WHEN TAKING HIS LAST STEP ONTO THE GROUND, HE STEPPE DON AN UNEVEN AREA AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE INDICATED HE TWISTED HIS BODY & HAD PAIN IN HIS RIB CAGE AREA.

WHILE REPAIRING BROKEN BELT--A BELT CLAMP SLIPPED AND STRUCK EE IN RIGHT HIP KNOCKING HIM ITO BELT ROLLER.

EE WAS WALKING BESIDE SCOOP WHEN THE OPERATOR TURNED THE SCOOP TO GO AROUND THE CORNER, THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP STRUCK THE INJURED EE ON RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BY THE CRUSHER SHAKER. A ROCK CAME OFF THE SHAKER STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT SHIN, LACERATING HIS SHIN AND CHIPPING A BONE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 5 GAL CAN OF OIL. EMPLOYEE STATED HE TWISTED AROUND TO PUT THE CAN IN A 3 WHEELER, WHEN BACK POPPED AND WAS IN PAIN.

EE STATES HE SLID BANDING MATERIAL OFF THE SECOND SHELF & CARRIED IT OVER HIS HEAD TO THE TRUCK AS HE WAS CARRYING THE MATERIAL, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS MIDBACK

EE WAS DRAGGING TWO-50 FT SECTIONS OF 1 1/2 IN WATER HOSE TO USE IN WASHING DOWN A BELTLINE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING BROKEN BOLTS WITH HAND TOOLS ON A FUEL TANK. HE STATES HE PULLED TOO HARDAND CAUSED A HERNIA. DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 8-2-99. HERNIA HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED, AS YET THE AND EMPLOYEE IS STILL WORKING.

DROPPED R/B CANOPY ON HEAD.

EE WAS FIRING LIME KILNS...WAS USING A BENT POKER TO PROD THE HEATED LIME...KILN FELL AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO AND LIME STRUCK BENT PORTION OF KILN CAUSING IT TO TWIST...HANDLE STRUCK EE ON JAW AN D MOUTH...TWO TEETH WERE BROKEN RESULTING IN TWOROOT CANALS AND TWO CROWNS.

EE STATED HE HAD JUST FINISHED BOLTING THE FACE OF NO/3 AND HAD BACKED UP THE BOLTING MACHINE OUTBY THE FACE AND PARKED JUST INBY LAST OPEN BREAK, WAITING FOR THE MINER TO FINISH NO/2. WHILE W AITING HE SAT HIMSELF ON THE ROOF BOLT TRAY AND LAID HIS LEG OVER THE RAIL OF THE CANOPY WHEN A PIEC OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HIS RT LEG/UPPER THIGH. THE ROCK MEASURED 27"X37" X 1

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON SCOOP TO DUMP DUST AT DUST BIN WHEN HE PULLED LOWER BACK CAUSING A SPRAIN/STRAIN.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING DOWN ON HIS KNEES, WHEN HE STARTED TO GET UP HIS KNEE WENT OUT AND HE COULDN'T HARDLY STAND UP.

EE WAS INSTALLING BEARING AND CHIP BROKE OFF STRIKING HIM BELOW LEFT KNEE. PIECE OF METAL LODGED IN LEG.

WHILE CUTTING PIECE OF RUBBER HOSE WITH POCKET KNIFE BLADE FOLDED BACK & CUT FINGER

INSTALLING SHEETING HAD TO TAKE OFF GLOVES TO PICK UP SCREWS FOR THE SHEETING. THE SHEETING SLIPPED AND CUT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING GEARBOX AND BOX SLIDE DOWN AND SMASHED HIS LEFT THUMB. MODIFIED HIS DUTY ON 07/29/99.

EE CALLED IN TO OFFICE WITH MIGRAINE HEADACHE (HAS HISTORY OF MIGRAINS) WAS SHUTTING DOWN IN PROCESS SHE BLACKED OUT & FELL RESULTING IN CONCUSSION WAS TAKEN TO ER & HOSZPILIZED 7/28 THRU 8/3

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE STOCKPILE TRUCK AND TURNED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE LANDED ON THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A RUBBER FLAP FROM THE BED OF A DUMP TRUCK AND SLIPPED OFF SIDE OF DUMP TRUCK BED.

EE WAS PRYING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT, AND ROLLER SLUNG PIPE AND CAUGHT EE ACROSS THE JAW AND UNDER LEFT EYE.

STRUCK BY PIECE OF SLATE THAT FELL FROM ROOF BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON UPPER BACK AND SHOULDERS.

WHILE TRYING TO GET THE DRILL STEEL OUT OF THE CHUCK INJURED RAISED THE MAST UP WHILE HE HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF IT CATCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN A PLANK AND THE MAST. FRACTURE RT. 4T H DIGIT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A HYDRAULIC HAND HELD COAL DRILL, WHICH WAS BEING REVERSED TO EXTRACT A STUCK DRILL STEEL, IN THE 3-11 (022-0) SECITON CUT-THRU TO E-9. WHILE DRILL WAS BEING REVERSED, TH E DRILL UNIT SPUN OUT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S HANDS, AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS TACK WELDING BOLTS IN THE RAW MILL SEPARATOR WHEN SOMETHING WENT INTO HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION. HE BEGAN TO LOSE TIME.

EE DID NOT FOLLOW SAFETY PRODEDURE. HE UNHOOKED HIS SAFETY LANYARD AND PROCEDED TO MOVE INTO THE STRUCTURE WITHOUT BEING TIED OFF. HE LOST HIS FOOTING CAMPING HIMSELF TO FALL APPROX. 10 TO 12' ONTO THE CONCRETE THIS CAUSED A HEAD INJURY WITH LASTING EFFECTS TO BE SEEN AT THIS TIME. OTHER THAN A ZWEEN REST.

GEAR HALF INSTALLATI0ON, LOWER HALF WAS IN PLACE, DURING THE INSTALLATION THE GEAR TURNED MASHING HIS FOOT IN THE MESH OF THE GEAR TEETH.

ROCK FELL AND HIT INJURED PARTY ON BACK AND LEFT ELBOW.

BOLTER WAS CHANGING PLACES. EE STOPPED TO PULL MINER CABLE FROM ROADWAY AND STRAINED BACK. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND SAW A DR. 7-28-99. DR. TOLDEE TO TAKE OFF UNTIL 8-1-1999.

EE WAS IN THE FACELINE OF THE LONGWALL TAKING OUT A BROKER FITTING OUT OF THE DRUM WATER BOX WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 12" WIDE 16" LONG, 3/4" THICK FELL FROM THE ROOF HITTING EE IN T HE HEAD AND NECK. THE ROCK BROKE WHEN IT HIT HIM

EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING CHANGE A WHEEL UNIT ON THE SHUTTLE CAR BY USING A PIPE RACHET TO BREAK THE BOLTS WERE WHEN HE FELT A PULLING IN HIS BACK.

WRENCH SLIPPED. HAND HITTING TRUCK FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A LID FROM THE MINER, STRAINED HIS NECK AREA. EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 10-4-99

HE WAS PINNING WHEN GOB FELL OUT BETWEEN PINS HITTING HIM IN THE BACK AND ARM.

EMPLOYEE HAD TWISTED HIS ANKLE DISMOUNTING THE ENDLOADER ON 07/25/99. ON 07/27/99, HE WAS WALKING TO THE STOCKPILE AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL WITH HIS LEFT FOOT, TWISTING HIS ANKLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND BENDING BOTH WRISTS.

STARTED TO CLIMB DOWN OFF OF R-50 ROCK TRUCK AND SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING GROUND ON BACK.

MINER WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WITH HIS FOOT HE TWISTED AND FELT HIS HIP POP.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND THAT WAS POSITIONED ON THE CABLE TROUGH AS HE WAS CROSSING INTO THE PANLINE.

INJ WAS PULLING BATTERY CHARGER CABLES WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & NECK Y

EE WAS WORKING ON A CREW ADVANCING SECTION BELT. HE STARTED DISMANTLING A SHUTTLE CAR ANCHOR SO THAT IT COULD BE ADVANCED. THE CABLE WAS ENERGIZED. IT ALSO HAD AN ABRASION ABOUT 3' FROM THE AN CHOR. THE EE GRABBED THE BAR SPOT, UNKNOWINGLY, AND RECEIVED AND ELECTRICAL SHOCK (250V DC).

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE EXITING A SCOOP AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 80 LB BAG OF SALT TO PUT IN A WATER SOFTENER THAT IS A COMPONENT OF THE EMULSION SYSTEM FOR THE LONGWALL. WHILE LIFTING THE BAG HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN. THIS HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A RIGHT FEMORAL HERNIA FOR WHICH SURGERY HAS BEEN PERFORMED TOCORRECT.

LIFTING HEAVY METAL, HURT BACK, LOWER BACK, RIGHT HIP AND RIGHT LEG. CAUSING LOTS OF PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL AT THE SCRAP METAL PILE. WHEN THE METAL WAS CUT, EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACKWARDS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE METAL AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A LIMESTONE ROCK AT THE BASE OF A LADDER, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

HE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO GET INTO CAB OF HI LIFT, HE MISSED THE HAND RAIL WITH HIS HANDS AND FELL BACKWARDS AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT HIP.

A 1.5'X1.5'X.5' PIECE OF RIB ROCK FELL FROM THE RIB, SLID DOWN THE RIB AND ROLLED INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG.

EE WAS PULLING LARGE CHUNKS OF ASH OVER A WEEK PERIOD AND SPRAIN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CLEARING TOP OF ROCK SURFACE TO GET READY FOR DRILLING. PIECE OF METAL FROM THE 245 TRACKHOE BUCKET BROKE OFF AND FLEW INTO RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND LODGED THERE.

EE WAS RATCHETING HEAD BOLTS THAT WERE ABOUT 5-6' HIGH. THAT EVENING HE WAS SORE BUT THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER. ON 8-12-99 HE WENT TO DR. AND WAS TREATED. ON 12-22-99, HE WENT FOR THOROUGH E XAM, DIAGNOSE WITH IMPINGED RIGHT SHOUDLER. SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 1-27-2000.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING OLD CASTABLE LINER FROM KILN. A PIECE OF LOOSE CASTABLE FELL FROM THE TOP AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD.

INJ SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE WALKING ON THE UNEVEN MINE FLOOR. INJ DID NOT STARTE MISSING WORK UNTIL 8/11/99

EE WENT UNDERNEATH SATELLITE BULK TANK TO LIFT THE TANK TO GET IT TO CLEAR THE KEEPERS FROM THE TANK STAND. FROM A SITTING POSITION, HE LIFTED THE END OF THE TANK WITH HIS HANDS OVERHEAD AND F ELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR ON 9-2-99.

ON 8-26-99 THE EMPLOYEE HAD KNEE SURGERY FOR AN INJURY ON 7-26-99. HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE LIFTING A MINER CABLE.

EE WAS UNDER FEED HOPPER WHEN ROCK FELL OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT HITTING HIS RIGHT ELBOW

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS SECTION. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. LOST TIME BEGAN 7-27-99.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE ROADWAYS AND RIBS WITH A 482 S & S SCOOP. HE WAS CLENAING IN A XCUT BETWEEN #2 AND #3 ENTRIES WHEN A RIB ROLLED OUT INTOTHE SCOOP DECK HITTING HIM ON RIGH T SHOULDER.

EE WAS HANDLING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HIS FOOT STUCK IN THE MUDDY BOTTOM TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE

WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM LOADER AND RIGHT FOOT LANDED IN WRONG POSITION SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.

EE HAD DRILLED HOLE AND WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND, BREAKING A BONE IN HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A RAMCAR AND RAN OVER A ROCK, CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS NECK IN THE CANOPY. EMPLOYEE IS A LOST TIME INJURY.

EE SAID HE WAS PULLING PEIVE OF BOTTOM STRUCTOR OVER PVIL SOMETHING IN BACK THERE WERE NO WITNESS COULDN'T GET HOLD OF EE ABOUT ACCIDENT.

WHILE LOADING ROOF BOLT PLATES ONTO THE ROOF BOLTER, THE EE TWISTED AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

INJ WAS WALKING WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK WITH HIS RT FOOT WHICH CAUSED HIM TO ATTEMPT TO CATCHHIMSELF FROM FALLING WITH HIS LEFT LEG. THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE

EMPLOYEE SAT DOWN TO EAT HIS DINNER AND COULD NOT GET BACK UP BECAUSE OF BACK PAIN. HE DID NOT KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT HE HAND DONE THAT COUD HAVE CAUSED IT.

INDIVIDUAL CAME AROUND A CURVE IN THE MINE NEAR TUNNEL #2, LOST CONTROL OF HIS SECURITY VEHICLE AND STRUCK STEERING WHEEL AFTER IMPACTING WALL.

TAKING A CROWBAR TO BREAK UP WEDGED COAL, AND BAR PUSHED UP AGAINST HIS THUMB.

EE WAS CHANGING A STRIKER BAR ON THE IR-DRILL WHEN THE BOTTOM END OF THE DRIFTER WHICH THE STRIKER BAR SLIDES INTO STARTED TO SLIP. EE REACHED FOR THE BOTTOM END AND FELT A POP IN HIS LEFTY SH OULDER. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED BY THE EE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. COMPANY PROCEDURE NOT FOLLOWED.

WALKING BESIDE PINNER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.

EE WAS CARRYING CRIBBING DOWN STEPS WHEN A STEP BROKE THRU CAUSING EE TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.

EE WAS TROUBLESHOOTING THE HYDRAULIC FUNCTIONS OF A ROOFBOLTER LOOKING FOR OIL LEAK. TWO OPERATORS WERE TRYING FUNCTIONS. A DRILL STEEL HAD FALLEN BETWEEN BOOM AND CENTER FRAME. AS OPERATOR SW UNG IN BOOM UIT SWUNG DRILL STEEL AROUND. DRILL STEEL STRUCK EE ON RT. ARM AND SHOULDER.

PUMP WAS RUNNING FOR APPROX 1/2 HR. EMPLOYEE SHUT DOWN PUMP AND BEGAN DISCONNECTING PUMP TO SWITCH TO BIGGER PUMP. WHEN REMOVING HOSE, HOT WATER SPRAYED OUT, BURNING HIS WRIST AND ARM.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A POST SO A SUMP COULD BE DUG BY THE MINER. AS EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE POST, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

STANDING ON LADDER IN THE RAIN AT NIGHT DRIVING Y PIN BEARING FROM BORE WITH BAR, SMASHED LEFT PINKY FINGER WITH BAR.

EE WAS PICKING UP 10# BLOCKS OF REFRACTORY MATERIAL AND STACKING THE MATERIAL INTO A LARGE CARDBOARD BOX. AFTER 8 HOURS OF STACKING MATERIAL HE STRAINED MUSCLE ON RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

OPERATOR WAS REMOVING OVERBURDEN, WHICH CONTAINED LANRGE SNADSTONE ROCKS. THIS CONDITION SOMETIMES CAUSES THE MACHINE TO SUDDENLY JERK & JAR. OPERATOR STATED AT THE END OF SHIFT, HIS NECK WAS HURTING. THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS WORSE, DR., STATED THAT HE HAD SPRAINED NECK AND UPPER BACK. ADVISED HIM TO TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF AND SHOULD BE OKAY.

THE DRIVER WAS PUTTING NUMBERS OF THE COAL SEAM IN THE COMPUTER WHEN LIGHTENING HIT CLOSE TO THE SCALES. HE WAS STANDING ON THE FUEL TANK AND WAS STRUCK BY IT.

FIGHTING FIRE IN GRINDER ROOM #3-HE HURT HIS SHOULDER.

EE STATED THAT WHILE WALKING AIRWAY, HE STEPPED AND SOME LOOSE ROCKS AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS HIPS AND BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE TEETH ON AN EXCAVATORBUCKET USING A STEEL PUNCH AND A TWO POUND HAND HAMMER. WHILE DRIVING OUT A KEEPER PIN FROM TOOTH POINT, HE WAS STRUCK WITH A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS LEFT FOREARM, CAUSING A 1/2" LACERATION BEFORE IMBEDDING INTO HIS ARM. METAL FRAGMENT CAME FROM PUNCH THAT FRAGMENTED WHEN STRUCK WITH THE HAMMER.

WHILE USING A COMEALONG THE BAND SLIPPED & HIS ELBOW JAMMED ON BELT ROLLER

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SCRUBBER ABD AGGRAVATED HIS SHOULDERS CAUSING PAIN IN BOTH SHOULDERS.

EE STATED HIS BACK STARTED HURTING AFTER HE MOVED WATER PUMP. EE'S PAIN WAS DIAGNOSED AS MUSCULOSKELETAL.

A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOOT. EMPLOYEE IS A LOST TIME INJURY.

DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF HOLE AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND DRILL HEAD CUT HIS FINGER. HE TORE IT ALMOST OFF AT THE FIRST JOINT.

WAS WALKING IN MUDDY AREA AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE.

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME STARTED LOSING TIME 10/7/99 PRYING ROCK OUT OF CHUTE BAR SLIPPED, TWISTED WRIST

MOVING BELT ON SECTION LIFTING BELT SUPPLIES, HURT BACK. REPORTED TO SECTION FOREMAN THAT HE MIGHT HAVE HURT HIS BACK ON 7-23-99. DIDN'T GO TO DR OR MISS WORK UNTIL 8-13-99.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING GLUE INTO DRIVE, SLIPPED AND HIT RIGHT SIDE OF BODY AGAINST DRILL FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING AND LIFTING MINER CABLE. HEPULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE TRIP & FALL WITH A ROCK, INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS CLEANING THE WASHER (GRAVEL) AND SLIPPED ON A WET SPOT FROM HIS USE OF A WATER HOSE.

EE WAS BOLTING TOP AND A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE SMALL OF THE BACK AND HIP.

CLEANING BUILD UP AT OF THE 9 HEAD BOX. HIT HIS HAND ON A METAL PLATE WHILE SWINGING A HAMMER.

MISSED STEP FROM LOADER AND LANDED BADLY ON LEFT ANKLE.

EE COMPLAINED OF SEVERE CHEST PAINS & TIGHTNESS OF THE JAW.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING THE 27 DRYER IN THE CENTRAL CLEANING PREPARATION PLANT, WHEN THE LINE BROKE LOOSE. HE JUMPED DOWN TO THE FLOOR, BREAKINGHIS RIGHT HEEL.

WORKING ON SECONDARY CRUSHER WALK OVER TO GET WRENCH OUT OF TRUCK TWISTED LEFT KNEE ON ROCK WHENHE WENT TO TAKE A STEP

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A MANTRIP. HIS BATTERY LIGHTWAS HANGING OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE MANTRIP AND CAUGHT A PALLET. THE BATTERY LIGHT TWISTED UP AGAINST HIS HIP CAUSING A FRACTURE.

EE WAS MOVING QUARRY BAR. TOOK UP PIECE OF DRILL STEEL WITH LUGS AND PUT AGAINST DRILL TO MOVE FRAME. WHEN IT CAUGHT ON THE LUGS IT FLIPPED BACK AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN STEEL AND TOWER T HAT HOLDS DRILL.

THE EE, AN ELECTRICIAN WAS INSTALLING A MOTOR MAKEUP BOX IN THE BASEENT OF THE CONCENTRATOR BUILDING. THE AREA AROUND THE PUMP IS MUDDY. HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND WRENCHED HIS BACK AGGRAVATIN A PRE-EXISTING BACK CONDITION. PAIN PERSISTED AND ON AUG. 5, 1999 AN EXAM WAS NECESSARY AND PT WAS PRESCRIBED. THE EE IS NOW OFF WORK.

VICTIM WAS REACHING UP TO GREASE A GREASE FITTING AND PULLED A MUSCLE CAUSING A BACK STRAIN.

EE WAS TURNING STONE OVER TO MAKE A CUT ON IT & HAD A PULL IN THE GROIN AREA

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A PIECE OF LINE TUBING. EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS FOOT ON SIDE OF SCOOP BUCKET-WHILE IN PROCESS OF INSTALLING TUBING FOOT SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL AND LEFT HIP HIT EDGE OF SCOOP BUCKET.

COOOKING FOOD IN METAL BOX OVEN ON BED OFF CAT 777 TRUCK. EMPLOYEE FLIPPED LID OFF AMMO BOX TYPE OVEN TO CHECK FOIL BAG, PRESSURE IN FOIL BAG CAUSED EXPLOSION OF HOT JUICES TO SPASH FACE , NECK AND UPPER CHEST AREA.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A SMALL PIECE OF WOOD ON THEFLOOR AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

REMOVING DRIVELINE BOLTS WITH IMPACT,PINCHED HAND BETWEEN IMPACT & TORQUE CONVERTER. SMASHED LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER

DEFECTIVE CATHEAD STARTED BURNING WORKER TYPE TO DENGLIZA BREAK AND ARCH FROM CATHEAD BURNT EYE.

THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO LEFT FOREARM WHILE STARTING SECONDARY.

ANOTHER DRIVER FAILED TO SET THE BRAKES ON HIS TRUCK AND IT BEGAN TO ROLL AWAY TOWARD THE HAMMERMILL. EE RAN AND JUMPED THROUGH THE WINDOW, BANGING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE DOOR BEFORE STOPPING T HE VEHICLE.

RT KNEE STRUCK PUMP SHELL WHILE GOING DOWN STEPS TO DREDGE IN WRONG DIRECTION. NOTE: EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8-13-99. RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK ON 8-14-99.

WHILE FEEDING CRUSHER EE WAS TRAVELING FROM FACE TO CRUSHER. HE RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING LOADER TO HAR DOWNWARD. OPERATOR THOUGHT HE HAD A HEMEROID PROBLEM WHEN INFACT HE HAD TORN SOME SKIN IN HIS RECTOM.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING UP ROOF BOLTS TO BEGIN ROOF BOLTING AS HE WAS WALKING TOWARD BACK OF BOLTER TO GET A PLATE A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK.

TRACTOR TRAILER LOADED WITH COAL FROM TANOMA STARTED TO DUMP ON TANOMA STOCK PILE. HAD BED THE WHOLE WAY UP, COAL STARTED TO COME OUT, PULLED TRUCK FORWARD. IT BEGAN TO LEAN, HE TRIED LOWERING BED BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT.

EE WAS DRIVING A RUBBER TIRED BACKHOE WHEN HE HIT A BUMP CAUSING DUST TO FLY UP FROM THE BUCKET. DUST GOT IN HIS EYE, HE RUBBED IT AND SCRATCHED HIS CORNER. DAYS LOST 7/26,27,28 (LOST TIME)

INJURED WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT A PIPE, CONNECTED TO AN I-BEAM, WHEN I-BEAM FELL ON INJURED'S LEFT FOOT. INJURED THOUGHT I-BEAM WAS CONNECTED AND WOULD NOT FALL.

ON 7-27-99 THE EE REPORTED THAT HIS SHOULDER HAD BEEN INJURED WHEN A CO WORKER JERKED A CHAIN OUT OF HIS HAND.

USING A HAND GREASE GUN TO PUT GREASE IN A FITTING WHEN THE FITTING BROKE CAUSING THE HOSE TO COME OFF HITTING HIM BELOW THE RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE PARKED ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THEHEAD. BOLTER PARKED APPROX 40 FT FROM FACE.

EE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF RUBBER FROM THE CRUSHER, THE PIECE WAS STUCK, IT CAME LOOSE AND JERKED BACK HITTING HIM UNDER THE JAW.

WAS ADJUSTING CONVEYOR WIPER AND WAS CAUGHT BY BELT.

EE WAS ON HIS WAY TO CHECK ON THE CUTTER, WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK HIS LEG. THE ROCK CAUSED A DEEP GASH, SWELLING AND BRUISING ON THE LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN OFF AN ENGINE. WHILE BENDING DOWN, HE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING SPLICING BELT TOOL SLIPPED/FELL ON BACK AND TWISTED KNEE.

EE STRAINED BACK WHILE HANDLING 7200 VOLT CABLE

AFTER PICKING UP A 50 POUND BAG OF PRODUCE, THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK.

EE WAS OPENING A CHAIN VALVE ON THE DISCHARGE LINE FROM #2 UNDERFLOW PUMP A THE UNDURATION PUMPHOUSE. WHEN EE PULLED ON THE CHAIN TO CLOSE THE VALVE THE CHAIN JUMPED OFF THE WHEEL HE FELT A SH ARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS EVAULATED BY A DR PHYSICAL THERAPY STARTED 8/9/99

EE WAS ON THE 3600 LEVEL AT 12X0 AND HAD DESCENDED A LADDER ONTO A 12" WIDE CONCRETE RETAINING WALL. AS EE STEPPED OFF THE WALL TO THE GROUND LEVEL, HE FELL BACKWARDS CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT KNEE. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WILL BE A LOST TIME INCIDENT.

EE COMPLAINED OF A SORE BACK DURING THE WEEK HE STATED THAT HE PICKED UP A BUCKET OF BITS AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL WAS HUNG UP IN TOP. SHOOK THE DRILL STEEL TO BREAK IT LOOSE, IT BROKE ANDFELL IN HIS HAND AND SCRAPED HIS FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON A LARGE ROCK WITH A D11RCAT BULLDOZER ON RIDGE 2, CUT 35. THE ROCK BROKEIN TWO CAUSING THE DOZER TO JERK AND STRIKE ANOPTHER ROCK. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN TO IN HIS BACK AND NECK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 07/30/99 AND THEN BEGAN TO MISS WORK. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE OCCURENCE BECAME REPORTABLE ON 07/30/99.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A CORE BREAKER FELL FROM TOP HITTING HIM ON SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF STONE TO PLACE IN A PALLET. THE EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHILE TAKING THE COUPLE OF STEPS TO THE PALLET.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER AT OVERHEAD OBJECT, MISSED, AND FELT PAIN IN HISRIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A HOSE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE NOTIFIED THE MINE ON JULY 22. BELIEVING HE HAD INCURRED A LOW BACK STRAIN WHILE WALKING TO TRANSPORTATION IN A BENT OVER POSITION AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT ON JULY 21. THE EE STATED HE THOUGH T NOTHING OF IT AND HAD NOT REPORTED ANY INCIDENT TO ANYONE AT THE MINE. THE EE ALSO FAILED TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT WITH A PANEL PROVIDER AS REQUIRED BY WCL.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A DRILL STEEL FROM THE ROOF WHEN HE HEARD A POP AND FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE IS A LOST TIME INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE LEVER TO OPEN S.57 STORAGE BIN WHEN THE GATE JAMMED, JERKING HIS BACK. ON 08/02/99, HE SWITCHED JOBS AND PRECLUDED THATTHE CONSTANT SITTING AND BOUNCING IN A NEW LOADE R IRRITATED HIS LOWER BACK AND CAUSED PAIN TO RUN DOWN HIS LEG. IN 1994, EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A SIMILIAR LUMBAR STRAIN WHILE DRIVING A TRUCK WHICH INDICATES A REPORTABLE PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.

A ROCK WAS LAYING ON A CONVEYOR FRAME. HE REACHED UP TO REMOVE A ROCK. WHEN IT CAUGHT THE BELT, PUSHING IT BACK INTO HIS FINGER. CRUSHING IT (FINGER) AGAINST A POST.

ALLEGEDLY, WHILE WALKING FROM RAW MILL AREA EE STEPPED ON SMALL STEEL BALL AND TWISTED HIS RT. KNEE.

EE WAS REMOVING SCRAP STONE OUT OF THE PIT IN GANG FOUR. HE PICKED UP A LARGE PIECE TO THROW IT INTO THE DUMP BOX. AS HE DID SO HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN THE GROIN AREA.HE LEFT WORK AND WENT T O ER THE NEXT DAY.

HAULING COAL TO THE FEEDER WITH SHUTTLE CAR, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM.

CARRYING SCREEN CLOTH TO THE TOP OF THE WET PLANT FOR REPLACEMENT IN THE VIBRATING SCREEN AND PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK.

EE WAS HAMMERING ON A BEARING AND PART OF THE BEARING HOUSING SHATTERED AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT FORARM. THE SHARD WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BONE AND THE PHYSICIAN DETERMINED THAT IT SHOULD BE REMOVED.

SHOVELING MATERIAL ON 5TH FLOOR OF SCREENING TOWER WHEN SHOVEL CAUGHT ON METAL DEBRING RESULTING IN STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PLATE WITH A TORCH AND GOT TO THE END OF THE CUT WHEN THE PLATE FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT. EMPLOYEE WAS CARELESS AND DID NOT HAVE HIS SAFETY SHOES ON WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVEN TED THE BRUISE TO HIS LEFT ANKLE, AS AREA WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED AT TIME OF STARTING EMPLOYMENT THAT STEEL TIPPED SHOES ARE REQUIRED TO BE WORN EVERYDAY AT WORK.

WHILE EE WAS PULLING REJECT ROCK FROM THE FEEDER. A ROCK FELL FROM THE BUCKET AND HIT THE BUCKET ARM AND WINDSHIELD, WHICH SENT SMALL PIECES OF GLASS INTO HIS FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE A SHOVEL LIP SHROUD WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL LODGED IN HIS RIGHT THIGH. SURGERY WAS NECESSARY TOREMOVE IT.

INJURED WAS WALKING AROUND LOADER AND DOWN A BANK AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WASCARRYING A SKID SHOE INTO THE LONGWALL HEADGATE.HE FELT HIS WRIST POP BUT DID NOT MENTION IT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY WHEN HE WAS HELPING TO CARR Y A DYNATRAC CASTING WHICH FURTHER AGGRAVATED THE INJURY TO HIS WRIST.

WHILE DRIVING HEAVY EQUIPMENT, HE WAS JOLTED SUDDENLY, CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN.

WHILE WELDING A LINER TO A CHUTE IT WAS NOTICED THE LINER NEED TO BE REPOSITIONED. THEY DECIDED TO WELD A BLOCK TO BOTTOM OF HUDCO TO AID IN REPOSITIONING. UNKNOWINGLY THEY WELDED THE BLOCK TO OVERLAY. WHEN THEY RELEASED THE LINER THE BLOCK GAVE WAY AND SMASHED HIS LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS CUTTING STEEL BANDS OFF A BUNDLE OF 4' ROOFBOLTS USING A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCK-WEHNE THE BAND CUT THRU IT SLICED HIS HADN AS HE WAS HOLDING THE BAND TO PREVENT IT FROM FLYING AROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ON D-10 DOZER AND GOT A CATCH IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK WHICH FELL FROM THE BACK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CAPS FROM A DETONATOR STORAGE BOX ON A BLASTING RIG.

EE WAS HAULING SHOT ROCK FROM THE PIT TO THE CRUSHER WITH R25 EUCLID HAUL TRUCK. HE WAS BACKING UP TO GET LOADED WHEN HIS FRONT TIRE HIT A ROCK CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS WALKING NEXT TO TRACK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM AND STRUCK HIS BACK ON TRACK RAIL CAUSING PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING EXCAVATOR BUCKET, STANDINGON BUCKET HINGE PIN. HE SLIPPED AND FELL SIDEWAYS. RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT ON HINGE PIN CAUSING HIS BODY TO TWIST AS HE FELL TO THE GROUND. HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. MACHINE BUCKET WAS EXTENDED OUT ON THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS APPROX. ONE FOOTOFF THE GROUND. THIS ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 07/28/99.

STOPPED BUGGY ON DECLINE SLOPE. TOOK EQUIPMENT OUT OF GEAR, STARTED TO ROLL. SAID HE COULDN;T GET IT BACK IN GEAR. SAID COULDN'T STOP. HE THEN JUMPED OFF MOVING EQUIPMENT, BREAKING HIS LEG WHE N HE LANDED.

WHILE CHANGING BITS ON TG SHEARER DRUM THE FACE FELL OUT & STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT LOWER LEG. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID FACE, HE FELL INTO PANLINE.

EE WAS CARRYING A BEAM FROM THE TRACK TO THE BELT, EE BENT DOWN TO PUT THE BEAM ON THE GROUND WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER MIDDLE BACK.

REMOVING A HYDRAULIC PUMP FROM MACHINE WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

E-S INJURED WAS OPERATING THE ALPINE MINER ON THE E-2 SECTION WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK AND COAL SLID OUT OF THE RIB AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF BODY AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND. HE RECEI VED A FRACTURED LOWER RIGHT LEG (COMPOUND FRACTURE) WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY TO REPAIR.

HE WAS CLIMBING PFF GRADER AND FELL.

FUELING DOZER AND SLIPPED, LACERATION TO FACE.

EE WAS IN THE PRODUCTION SHAFT MUCKING IN A COUPLE OF FEET OF WATER. THE WATER HAD SOME CONCRETE IN IT, WHICH CAUSED BURNS.

EE WAS DRAGGING A CABLE FOR A PUMP INSTALATION. HE STEPPED ON A WATER PIPE, SLIPPED AND FELL. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT HAND, ON A LUMP OF COAL.

EE WAS EXAMINING ALONG THE MAIN EAST BELT AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCKS. EE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY AUGUST 8.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHENA PIECE OF DRAWROCKFELL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE NECK.

C0-WORKER WAS DRIVING THE GETMAN TRACTOR PULLING A SUPPLY TRAILER THAT CONTAINED THE WALKING BOX. EE WAS LOOPING CABLE UP ON THE TRAILER AS CO-WORKER PULLED TRAILER SLOWLY. EE SAID HE WAS STAN DING NEAR BACK OF TRAILER, L FOOT NEAR FRAME OF TRAILER AND AS THE CAR ROLL THROUGH DIP IN ROADWAY, TRAILER SLIDE OVER TOP OF L FOOT JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE PROTECTION FRACTURING BIG TOE.

WHILE STEPPING OFF CONCRETE BLOCK, EE TWISTED KNEE.

UNKNOWN - BACK INJURY

WAS HEATING THE SIMMONS PULLEY WHEN IT (PULLEY) POPPED OFF AND HIT FOOT AREA!

THE EMPLOYEE WAAS CUTTING METAL WITH AN ACETYLENE TORCH WHEN A HOT METAL PARTICLE FLEW AND FELL INSIDE OF HIS SECURITY RUBBER BOOT AND BURNED HIS LEFT FOOT.

EE STATES: THAT HIS FOREMAN TOLD HIM TO UNPLUG THE HOPPER HE BEGAN LANCING WITH THE AIR LANCE WHEN THE SENSOR WAS CLEARED & THE BELT CAME ON. EE STATES XXXXXXXX WAS OUTSIDE THE WINDOW & HE W AS ABLE TO PULL HIS XXXX OUT AFTER INCIDENT HE FELT LOW BACK PAIN

EE HAD NOTICED A SMALL LEAK ON THE MIDDLE FLAT SCREEN DISCHARGE BELT. WHEN EE INSPECTED THE BELT A 24-30" LONG STRIP OF THE BELT THAT WAS TORN LOSS GRABBED HIS RIGHT HAND AND DREW HIM INTO THE HEAD WING PULLEY.

EE WAS TRYING TO REPOSITION A LARGE STONE IN THE CRUSHER JAWS WITH A T-HOOK. THE HOOK SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK AND EE STEPPED BACK TWO STEPS. DID NOT COMPLAIN OF BACK PAIN UNTIL LATE EVENING WHEN HE CALLED HIS SUPERVISOR TO ADVISE HIM OF THE INJURY.

EE WAS USING A MECHANICAL LIFTING JACK TO PUT A WRECKED MAN-BUS BACK ON THE RAILS, WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAINS IN HIS LOWER BACK. HIS JOB WAS ELIMINATED ON 7-22-99 DUE TO ECONOMIC REASONS. I DID NOT KNOW HE HAD GONE TO THE DR UNTIL 8-6-99. THAT IS WHY THIS REPORT IS DELAYED.

EE WAS STRUCK BY FRONT BUCKET OF 380K CASE AND COMPRESSED AGAINST STONE SPLITTING MACHINE WHERE HE WAS WORKING.

THE EE FELT A BULGE NEAR HIS BELLY BUTTON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS PRIOR TO 7/20 BUT REQUESTED TO FILE A WORKERS COMP CLAIM ON 7/20/99 HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA WITH NO SPECIFIC CAUSE OR DATE OF OCCURANCE. WORK COMP HAS ACCEPTED THE CLAIM AS AN INDUSTRIAL DISEASE CLAIM

BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BUCKET OF OIL AND HE FELT A PINCH IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS HAMMERING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE MISSED THE OBJECT AND STRUCK THE SMALL FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND, BREAKING THE BONE OF THE FINGER.

EE DOESN'T REMEMBER ANY SUDDEN PAIN TO HER BACK, BUT AT THE END OF THE SHIFT WAS SORE. SHE WORKS AS A SENIOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. LATE REPORT SHOWS DR. HAS DISABLED HER AND RELATES IT TO ABOVE CAUSE.

PRIMARY CRUSHER CHUTE PLUGGED. EE CRAWLED UNDE W/10# SLEDGE TO BREAK ROCK OUT.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER ON THE END DUMP WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LAST RUNG. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

HAD R HAND ON CLUCTER WENT TO GRAB FOR PUSH WITH L HAND GRAB THE MUFFLER AND BUM L HAND HE WENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER BURNING HIS HAND.

EE STATED HE WAS HANDLING VENT. TUBING AT MINER WHE HE CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN TUBING AND MINER.

EE SLIP WHEN CLIMBING OFF FORKLIFT.

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE WORKING AT THE PLANT 3 SITE, A ROCK GOT STUCK ON THE SOLE OF HIS BOOT. AND AS HE WAS GETTING OFF THE TRUCK TO HELP THE SUPERVISOR OF THE PLANT, SLIPPED OFF THE STEPS OF T HE TRUCK CAUSING HIM TO FEEL A STRONG PAIN ON HIS RIGHT LEG AND HEAT SENSATION ON HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT ROLLS ON CRUSHER WITH SMALL PRYBAR LOOSENING WEDGE ROCKS. WAS STRAINING AND PULLED OUT HIS BACK.

EE WAS LOWERING THE OVERHEAD SHOP DOOR USING THECHAIN & PULLY SUPPLIED AS HE WAS PULLING THE CHAIN HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

INJURED AND THREE OTHER LABORERS WERE BUILDING THE KILN PLATFORM AND WHILE THEY WERE PUSHING IN THE HEAVY SUPPORT PIPE, INJURED FELT HIS BACK MUSCLES PULL.

EE STATED; HELPING CO WORKER HANG HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE, FELT PAIN TO LOWER BACK.

EE WAS USING A GRINDER TO CLEAN PARTS. DUST AND A PIECE OF METAL WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A WHEELLUG NUT ON A SHUTTLE CAR. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TWISTED HIS BACK AND HIP.

EE WAS PUTTING A PIN IN RELAY BAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELLBETWEEN THE SHIELDS FRACTURING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A LADDER BUILDING CRIBS.HE REACHED DOWN TO GET A CRIB FROM EMPLOYEE AND TURNED TO PLACE THE CRIB BLOCK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF AUGER AND STEPPED ON A ROCKTHAT TURNED OVER, CAUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO TURN CREATING A STRAIN.

INDIVIDUAL WAS LIFTING ROCK OFF MINER IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. HE MADE A GRUNTING SOUND AND ASSUMED HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

WHILE PULLING DOWN LOOSE ROOF WITH PRY BAR, BAR SLIPPED AND CAUSED EE TO TWIST LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING EXCESS MATERIAL INTO A POND. THERE WAS A BERM APPROX 10 FT FROM THE EDGE. BERM CAVED IN

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BITS ON THE SHEARER USING A HAMMER AND BIT WRENCH WHEN A PIECE OF THE HAMMER CAME OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE HAND. EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

INJURED WAS HAULING COAL FROM SURFACE MINE TO PREPARATION PLANT. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK, WHICH RAN UPON THE BERM AND TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE

EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING ROOF MESH WITH THE BOAT WINCH WHEN IT HIT HIM IN THE ARM. EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED THERMAL AND SOME CHEMICAL BURNS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY. HE HAD ATTACHED A WATER HOSE TO THE PROCESS LINE TO FLUSH LINEBACK THROUGH THE SUCTION VALVE AND OUT THE OPEN SCREEN BOX WHEN HOT MATERIAL BLEW OUT OF THE SCREEN BOX AND HIT EMPLOYEE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED VIAHELICOPTER TO BROOKS MEDICAL BURN CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FOR TREATMENT.

EE SAID HE WAS GOING DOWN STEPS TO THE GROUND TOCUT OFF A WATER VALVE THAT WAS FILLING A WATER TRUCK HE SLIPPED & FELL ON THE STEPS

HE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HIT A HOLE IN THE HAUL ROAD WHICH MADE HIM JAM HIS NECK INTO THE CANOPY.

4 RIGHT-4 NORTH COAL FELL FROM THE MINE RIB HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

WHILE PULLING HIGH LINE CABLE OUT OF OLD WORKS CABLE GOT FOULED BEHIND SOMETHING & BECAME TIGHTSO CABLE NEEDED UNHOOKED SROM SCOOP & BEGAN MOVING IT OUT OF THE TRAVELWAY. WHILE EE HAD A HOLD OF CABLE SCOOP WAS TRAMMED BACKWARDS PULLING HIGH LINE TIGHT PULLING EE TO THE GROUND HURT HIS ARM

WHILE ASSISTING WITH CHANGING SCREEN ON THE WASH PLANT. ONE EE LIFTED AND TWISTED THE SCREEN CAUSING OTHER EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL. EE STRUCK HIS HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE HANDLE OF A BOAT WINCH. EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

EE WAS RELEASING THE TENSION ON A RED DEVIL AFTER MAKING A CONVEYOR BELT SPLICE. HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE JACK BAR AND WAS STRUCK IN HIS CHEST WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL ON HIS WRIST. FRACTURED R IB AND SPRAINED WRIST.

WHEN CUTTING A PIECE OF HOSE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEG.

A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE SHOULDER AND RIB AREA.

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN 33" COAL BOLT ARE 36" THEREFORE HAD TO BE BENT THE HOLE WAS DRILLED & EE HAD INSPECTED BOLT IN HOLE HE THEN STRAIGHTEN THE BOLT & AT THIS TIME PULLED A MUSC LE IN LOWER BACK

FELL BACKWARD ON A PIECE OF ROCK- BRUISES AND STRAINS TO RIGHT LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF A 14 JOY CONTINUOUS SATELLITE MINER. AS HE TURNED TO REACH FOR A ROOFBOLT, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS LIFTING HYDRAULIC JACK FROM LOCOMOTIVE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS WRIST. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL AUGUST 20,1999 WHEN THE DR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTIONS.

LAYING STRAIGHT TRACK RAILS. WHILE PULLING ON RAIL HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT ARM AT ELBOW.

OPERATOR WAS PUSHING UP RIP RAP WITH BUCKET DOWN & TILTED FORWARD WHEN HOSE BOLWED BETWEEN END & SAFETY CHAIN, APPROX 2500-3000 LBS OF OIL PRESSURE HIT WINDSHIELD & BROKE IT IN CAB OF LOADER & CUTTING OPERATOR ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, EAR, COMPLAINING OF SHOULDER HURTING. PUSHED OPERATOR BETWEEN CONTROLS & STEERING WHEEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO ADJUST BRAKE ON AN ENGINE. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE JARREDHIS BACK.

EE WAS PRYING 3 RAILS WITH A BAR-HURT BACK.

PUSHED A 55 GAL BARRELL OVER SLIPPED AND INJURED BACK, STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.

CHAIN WAS CAUGHT IN TAILGATE LATCH. VICTIM GRABBED BOTTOM OF TAILGATE AND PULLED OUTWARD WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE YANKED ON THE CHAIN. VICTIM DIDNOT GET ONE FINGER OUT OF THE WAY. GATE MASHED THE LAST ONE THIRD OF THE LAST JOINT OF THE MIDDLE FINGER. LOST THE TIP OF THE FINGER. REQUIRED STITCHES.

WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR & HIT HOLE IN TRAM ROAD. SHUTTLE CAR SEAT CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE & HE FELT PAIN IN HIP.

EE WAS INSPECTING FOR PROPER CONTACT OF COLLECTOR SHOES WITH MAIN LINE T-BART. AT THE SPLICE IN T-BAR THE COLLECTOR SHOE WAS TURNED OVER CAUSING A LARGE ELECTRICAL FLASH.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING DOZER, STRAINED HIS SIDE.

ALLEGED BACK INJURY, WHILE CLIMBING OVER THE HOOD OF A D11 DOZER. HAD BACK INJURY "NOT WORK RELATED"; WHICH HE HAD BEEN TREATED FOR AND WAS RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED O CCURRENCE. THIS INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. CO. BELEIVES THAT ALLEGED BACK INJURY IS RELATED TO THE BACK INJURY THAT WAS "NOT WORK RELATED."

EE WAS WALKING DOWN SOME STEPS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE CLINKER, TWISTING HIS RT KNEE. EE FILLED OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT BUT HE THOUGHT HIS KNEE WOULD BE OK,WHEN IT CONTINUED TO HURT HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR. 8-6-99 DR PRESCRIBED AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION AND ORDERED AN X-RAY.

EE SAID THE ONLY THING HE KN0WS, HE HAD DONE WAS LOAD BOXES OF MINER BITS UN MANTRIP AT THE START OF THE SHIFT. HE SAYS AS THE SHIFT WENTY ON HIS BACK HURT MORE.

LIFTING STEEL AND FELT A PULL IN STOMACH AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A PUMP BREAKER IN. THE CATHEAD WHERE IT PLUGGED INTO THE RECEPTACLE ARCHED AND BURNED THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM 988B AND THE LAST STEP HE STEPED DOWN ON A ROLLER RATHER THAN THE GROUND. HE SLIPED OFF THE ROLLER AND WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF IT WAS WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT ON ONE LEG. THA T CAUSED SOME STRETCHED LIGAMENTS.

CLAIMED HE HAD FALLEN OFF CANICA 7-22-99 ALLEDGED HE FELL INSIDE #1 SCREEN TANK ONTO A BAFFEL.

WHILE DESCENDING LADDER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND PULLED MUSCLE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUMP GREASE INTO A GREASE HOSE USING A PNEUMATIC GREASE GUN, EE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES DURING THIS PROCESS EE RECIEVED A PUNCTURE WOUND FROM THE PNEUMATIC GREASE GUN ALLOW ING GREASE TO ENTER BENEATH SKIN. THIS OCCURRED TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND PALM SIDE. EE SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND, 2 DAYS LATER WOUND WAS INFECTED HAD TO BE TREATED FOR INFECTION.

WAS WSAHING MATERIAL FROM AROUND CRUSHER MOTOR AND SLIPPED AND FELL 6 FT ONTO CONVEYER BELT.

EE WAS WALKING TOWARDS DRAGLINE BUCKET. A LOADER INADVERTENTLY CAUGHT THE DRAGLINE DUMP ROPE CABLE. AS THE CABLE WAS PULLED BY THE LOADER. IT FLIPPED OVER STRKING THE EE WALKING TO THE BUCKET. THE CABLE FRACTURED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

AFTER STEPPING DOWN FROM THE WINCH TRUCK CONTROLPANEL, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. THE STEP IS ABOUT 18" FROM GROUND LEVEL.

THE EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS REMOVING DIRT UNDER A MACHINE WITH A SHOVEL, A LARGE ROCK FROM ABOVE FELL ON THE UPPER PART OF HIS BACK. HE FELT AN INTENSE PAIN & HAD TO KNEE DOWN, WHEN HE TR IED TO GET UP HE ALMOST COULD NOT

HE WAS CLEANING #2 BELTHEAD AND SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND TWISTED HIS KNEE WHICH THEN HE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY ON.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A CAT988F FRONT-END LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THEBOTTOM STEP OF THE LADDER, CAUSING HIM TO LAND AWKWARDLY ON HISFEET. ON 07/17/99, EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE EME RGNCY ROOM WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR A STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WHEN INSIDE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE EQUIPMENT WAS TURNED ON WITH HIM INSIDE, AND IT KNOCKED HIM AROUND.

EMOLYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER BY REMOTEIN THE L2 ENTRY OF E22 SECTION. MINER WAS STOPPED BUT NOT SHUT OFF. WHILE CARRYING REMOTE RADIO, INJURED WAS POSITIONED BETWEEN THE MINER AND CO AL RIB ALONG SIDE THE END DRUM, WHEN HE BUMPED THE RADIO TRAM LEVER, CAUSING THE MINER TO PIVOTTOWARD THE RIB, AND PINCHING HIS LEG BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIB.

DROPPED A PIECE OF STONE ON LEFT FOOT ABOVE STEEL TOE AND ITS BROKEN.

EE REPORTS WHILE DRIVING HAUL TRUCK, LUMBAR SUPPORT IN SEAT EXPLODED CAUSING PAIN IN HER NECK AND BACK. EE RETURNED TO WORK THEN PUT ON NO WORK STATUS 8 -18-99 HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.

EE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER & FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK THAT CONTINUES TO HURT. Y

FLIPPING A COGEN FINGER 3PM 7/16/99 AGGREGAATED BACK WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP TO PULL HIMSELF OUT OF THE BOX HE WAS HAMMERING TO SHOOT

EE REACHED DOWN WITH HIS LEFT ARM TO MOVE THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY OF A BATTERY HAULER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT ARM.

THE OPERATOR BACKED OVER A 4' EMBANKMENT AND HITHIS HEAD ON THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. HE HAD A STIFF NECK AND REQUIRED SIX STITCHES.

THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS STUCK ON A ROCK. EE WAS BOUNCED AROUND IN THE KITCHEN OF THE SHUTTLE CAR WHILE TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROCK. DRAG RAIL UNDER SHUTTLE CAR HAD WEDGED A PIECE OF STONE UNDER SHU TTLE CAR.

EE WAS ON THE OFF SIDE OF THE PINNER. PINNER WAS STOPPED AND EE WAS GETTING BOLTS READY FOR THGE NEXT ROW. EE WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE WHEELS. OPERATOR STARTED THE PINNER SAND RAN OVER THE LEF T FOOT OF THE EMPLOYEE. XRAY WAS NEGATIVEW. HOWEVER, INJURY EXTENT IS DUE IN PART TO A PREVIOUS LAW MOWER ACCIDENT IN WHICH TWO TOES OF LEFT FOOT WERE CUT OFF. EE INJURED AN OLD INJURY.

WHILE LIFTING MINER CABLE THE EE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER

EE WAS MOVING THE MINER INTO THE UNIT 3 AND WAS MOVING A LOOP OF CABLE. AS HE STEPPED OVER THE CABLE HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. EE CONTINU ED TO WORK UNTIL CONDITION WORSENED 3 WEEKS LATE R.

THE INJURED EE WAS OPERATING A CAT 777 HAUL TRUCK IN THE NORTHWEST QUARRY. AFTER RUNNING THE TRUCK THRU A HOLE IN THE HAUL ROAD, THE SEAT BOTTOMED OUT AND THE EE'S HIP WAS POPPED OUT OF JOINT. THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE CO. DR. WHO PRESCRIBED MUSCLE RELAXERS AND BED REST. ULTIMATELY, THE EE WAS REFERRED TO A CHIROPRACTOR WHO PERFORMED AND ADJUSTMENT TO THE EE'S HIPS.

EE WAS SHOVELING BELT NEAR AIR LOCK DOORS AND APPARENTLY STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOW BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SLIDING OFF FEEDER WHEN HIS FOOT HIT THE PIN BOARD THAT WAS PROTRUDING OUT FROM UNDER CATS, CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO PUSH UPWARD, HURTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

LIFTING MATERIAL

EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING SAND BAGS TO FILL UP SANDERS ON A RAIL LOCOMOTIVE.

WAS WATCHING MINER CABLE. A LOOSE RIB OF COAL FELL AND HIT HIM.

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH A BELT KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED HE CUT HIS LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE. THE CUT ABOUT 3" LONG REQUIRED SUTURES.

LIFTING TRAILING CABLES AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EE EXPERIENCED PAIN & SPASMS AFTER LIFTING A BOULDER

EE WAS LIFTING 5 GAL. BUCKETS OF OIL PAST SHOULDER & CHEST LEVEL TO FILL CHAIN GUARD & PULLED SOMETHING IN STOMACH AREA (FELT PAIN).

EE FELT LEFT KNEE GIVE AWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A MINE ROCK FROM CHUTE #2LWHEADER

WHILE BOLTIN A PIECE OF SCALE FELL; & STRUCK THESAFETY POST DEFLECTED OFF THE SAFETY POST & STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT ANKLE. ON 7/26/99 EE DIAGNOSED WITH A BONECHIP FRACTURE EE STARTED MISSING TI ME FROM WORK DUE TO INJURY 8/9/99

EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF FEEDER HOPPER, TRIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND. BRUISED LEFT LOWER LEG.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FILTER BAGS, THE SECTOR SLIPPED AND FELL, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FRACTURE HIS LEFT WRIST WHEN HE GRABBED FOR AND CAUGHTTHE WET/MUDDY SECTOR. EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVED FROM WORK ON 07/27/99 BY HIS DOCTOR.

EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK, THROWING HIS HEAD INTO THE CANOPY AND JARRING EMPLOYEE'S BACKWHEN HE CAME DOWN ON THE SEAT. EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

EE WAS PLACING A YOKE OR THE SWING GEAR ON THE #38 DRAGLINE. EE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST THE DECK OF THE SHOVEL WHEN HE WAS MOVING THE YOKE INTO POSITION.

RIPPER HEAD CAME INTO CONTACT WITH M.R.S. CABLE AND PULLED IT DOWN AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF THE NECK. MINE MANAGEMENT WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS ACCIDENT AS BEING LOST TIME UNTIL 07/ 26/99.

TOOK RADIATOR CAP OFF. COOLANT SPRAYED ON HIM. INJURED RECEIVED BURNS ON FACE, UPPER ARMS & CHEST.

THE INJ WAS BENDING A 7' ROOF BOLT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING ENDLOADER IN A FORWARD MANNER. HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS TAILBONE ON ONE OF THE STEPS.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN A STEEP PATHWAY, LOOSE GRAVEL GAVE WAY UNDER THE EE. AND THE EE FELL ON HIS BACKSIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HOT SHIFT CHANGE VEHICLE AND HIT A BEAM, CAUSING HIM TO IMPACT THE STEERING WHEEL. HE WAS EVALUATED BY A PHYSICIAN AND TAKEN OFF WORK.

HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE INTO THE MINE ROOF. THE DRILL STEEL BECAME LOGGED, CAUSING STEEL TO BOW. THE STEEL CAME OUT OF THE HOLE AND STRUCK HIM ONTHE LEFT FOREARM.

WHILE HE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF 4600 MANITOWOC DRAGLINE, HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND. (CONTUSION OF LOWER LEG).

A METAL FRAGMENT ENTERED AND IMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE'S EYE WHILE USING GRINDING MACHINE.

EE WAS HELPING TO OPEN DOOR ON DEISTER ON SAND PLANT AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HER LOWER BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS INTO THE DRYER ROOM. HE SLIPPED ON LAST STAIR AND SPRAINED ANKLE. HE MISSED 2 DAYS OF WORK, LOST TIME INJURY- REPORTABLE.

HAD GOTTEN A CUP OF WATER FROM THE WATER COOLER WHEN HE FELL AFTER SLIPPING ON SPILLED WATER ON THE FLOOR, STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON THE FLLOOR CAUSING A TEAR TO THE ROTATOR CUFF.

HE WAS GETTING OUT OF SCOOP AND STEPPED ON UNLEVEL GROUND CAUSING HIS KNEE TO TWIST.

INJURED PERSON WAS TRAMMING BOLTER FORWARD WITH INCH TRAM & A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF (4'X1'X1' THICK TO FEATHER EDGE) FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING INJURED ON RT. FOOT CUTTING FOO T (BOOT WAS NOT CUT).

EE WAS JACKING UP A BELT PRESS THE PRESS ROLLED OFF THE JACK SMASHING EE'S LEFT BETWEEN THE PRESS & JACK HANDLE

OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, TRAMMED THROUGH AN OFF SET IN BOTTOM, JAMMED BACK EXPERIENCED PAIN IN NECK AND BACK. LAST SHIFT ON CYCLO 7/14/99, WORKED EXTRA SHIFT 7/16/99 RETURNED TO WORK ON REGULAR CYCLE 7/19/99 WAS TAKEN TO ER, RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK 7/20/99 RESTRICTED. SCHEDULED SPECIALIST VISIT FOR 7/23/99, ORTHOPEDIC VISIT 7/27/99.

EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH ON A LOAD ROLLER INSERT WHEN THE FLAME BLEW BACK, BURNING LEFT SIDE OF EE'S FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRUCKS THAT DAY WIT A WHEEL LOADER, HE WAS NOT VERY BUSY AND HE DECIDED TO BURN A BRUSH PILE. HE PUT SOME GAS ON THE PILE AND SET THE GAS CAN DOWN BEHIND HIM, THEN LIT TH E PILE AS IT STARTED TO BURN, HE STEPPED BACK AND KNOCKED OVER THE GAS CAN. IT SPILLED A PUDDLE OF GAS, AND HE PICKE DUP THE CAN AND MOVED IT FUTHER AWAY FROM THE FIRE. AS HE WS COMING BACK

EE WAS REMOVING A BLOCKAGE FROM UNDER THE CONE FEED BIN WHEN A ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE WRIST. POSSIBLE NAUVICULAR FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SERVICE SHAFT WATCHING THE MUCK BUCKET COME DOWN. THEBUCKET CAUGHT AN AIR HOSE LYING ON THE GROUND BEHIND HIM. THE HOSE MOVED TRIPPING HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HIT HIS NECK ON A ROCK.

BLASTER WAS WALKING ON A BLAST PATTERN IN JULY 1999. HE STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK. HE FELL AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE. RECENTLY, HE HAD SURGICAL REPAIR OF A TORN MENISCUS, RELATED TO THIS PAST INJ URY.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSERTING A BAR TO KEEP THE 630 EIMCO BUCKET BRACED UP. THE BUCKET CAME DOWN AND STRUCK THE BAR WHICH IN TURN STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE.

PICKING UP A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT, PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

THE INJ WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING THE CONT MINER CABLE IN ORDER TO PLACE IT AGAINST THE RIB.WHILE DOING SO HE INJURED HIS LOWR BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING OUT OF A SHOT, AS HE BACKED UP, HE RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING A QUIK JERK TO HIS NECK. HE FINISHED WORK THAT NIGHT, AND WORKEDUNTIL 1:00AM ON 7-16-99. AN MRI IS PENDING ON HI S NECK AND BACK AT THIS TIME.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING HE LET BOOM DOWN ONTO HIS KNEE. HOWVER ON 7/19/99HE MISSED WORK DUE TO HIS INJURY HE IS CURRENTLY OFF FROM WORK

EE WAS AT THE SWITCHROOM PUT HIS ARM ON TOP OF THE DOOR WHEN LOWERING HIS ARM FROM THE TOP OF THE DOOR A SHARP PIECE ON THE DOOR CUT HIS RIGHT WRIST. NEEDED 7 STITCHES

WHILE STACKING 100LB BAGS ONTO A PALLET LOWER BACK STARTED TO SPASM & CRAMP UP. WENT TO CHRIOPRACTOR AND LOST TIME 1 DAY 7/17/99 TO CAUSE MSHA REPORTABLILITY

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HELPING UNLOAD TIMBERS, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES RETEIVING A ROOF BOLT FROM A SCOOP BUCKET WHENA PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 36"LONG X 16"W X 5"THICK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER BACK, CAUSING A FRACTURE.

MACHINE WAS SLIPPERY DUE TO MUD.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PIPE (90 DEGREE ELBOW) WHEN HE STRAINED GROIN. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING. SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 7-16-99.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A BELT MOVE AND CARRYING STRUCTURE. HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND INJURED HIS BACKWHILE LIFTING.

THE INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BINDING ROOF BOLTS TO INSTALL IN THE ROOF. AS HE WAS BINDING A BOLT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN

EE WAS CHECKING THE TWIN SCREENS WHEN THE COVER TOT HE ACCESS HOLE FLIPPED SIDEWAYS, CAUSING HIMTO FALL BETWEEN

EMPLOYEE WAS ACCESSING A TRUCK LOADOUT BIN AND IN THE PROCESS HE GRABBED THE HAND RAIL AND IT BROKE, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND HIT HIS KNEE ON THE BIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS DIPPING WATER OUT FROM BEHIND A TAILPIECE WITH A BUCKET AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

ACCIDENT STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. EXTENT OF INJURY STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. MINER UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHARGING A BATTERY IN A TRUCK AND OPENED COVER TO WATER RESERVOIR AND IT SPLASHED IN HIS FACE AND EYES. LIQUID WAS BATTERY ACID.

EE WAS HELPING WELDER WELD A TRUCK BODY. WELDER WOULD WELD AND EE WOULD THEN HIT WITH HAMMER.

EE WAS MOVING SOME PALLETS ON THE FORKLIFT, WHEN SOME DUST AND DEBRIS THAT WAS BETWEEN THE PALLETS FELL AND SOME GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EE SAID THAT WHEN HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING, HIS EYE WAS HURTING. EE WENT TO THE DR AND HAD SOME METAL REMOVED FROM HIS EYE.

WHILE TAKING A BELT APART FOR REPLACEMENT ON THE FINGER SCREEN, HE FELL ABOUT 5 FEET AND ON HIS WAY DOWN STRUCK THE STEEL ROLLER CASE.

AS EE WAS COMING DOWN A HILL HE NOTICED THE BRAKES FAILED, AND HE THREW HIMSELF FROM THE CAB OF THE TRUCK, RECEIVING CONTUSIONS ON HIS CHEST.

A ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF EX2500 BUCKET AND HIT ON BACK LIP OF TRUCK BED RESULTING IN TRUCK BED FLYING UP AND SLAMMING BACK DOWN, JOLTING EMPLOYEE.

SPLICING CONVEYOR. STEP DOWN OFF CONVEYOR TO GET A WRENCH AND SLIPPED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN A BELT DRIVE AND AS HEWAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF A LADDER, HE MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP AND FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR.

THE DUMP TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING ROLLED OVER.THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BROKE LOSE FROM IT MOUNTING BRACKET AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE ELBOW.

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR FINISHED LOADING HIS BUGGY AND TURNED AROUND TO SIT IN THE OPPOSITE SEAT AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

THE EE ALLEGEDLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING COAL FINES.

EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHTANKLE, (APPROX. 5CM. IN DIAMETER). HOT LIQUOR ONTHE PAD SPLASHED OVER INTO HIS BOOT WHILE HE WASREPAIRING A VALVE HANDLE FOR #1 FILTER FEED TANK

DRILL WAS UNLEVEL & WHEN HE WENT TO OPEN THE SLIDER DOOR ON THE DRILL HE JERKED OPEN THE DOOR & THAT IS WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS SHOULDER

WORKING IN 2700 ER6 CHUTES WHILE BARRING CHUTE,ROCK HIT BAR, THROWING BAR & PULLING MUSCLES IN RIBS

THE EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE TRACK TO ANSWER THE MINE PHONE, AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE TRACK.

EE WAS HELPING A WELDER PUT LAGGING ON HEAD PULLEY. EE WAS FLASHED BY THE WELDING ARC AND RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES.

4 NORTH FACE CREW WAS CUTTING OVERCAST LINE FOR FUTURE 5 RIGHT 4NORHT A BIG ROCK WAS ON THE MINER CABLE BEHIND MINER. EE HAD BENT DOWN & WAS LIFTING & MOVING BIG ROCK WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL INJURING HIS LEFT THUMB

WHILE LIFTING TIMBER STRAINED LOWER BACK

HYPEREXTENTION OF RIGHT LEG COMING DOWN STEPS OUTSIDE SHOP DOOR.

EE WAS BOLTING WITH HIS PARTNER. HIS PARTNER'S DRILL STEEL FELL AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE MOUTH.

THE EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS IN FRONT OF THE HOPPER AND SUDDENLY A ROCK HIT HIS NOSE.

A CRIB TIE ROLLED OFF THE BUNDLE AND SMASHED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER. EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

WHILE DRILLING HOLE FOR OUTSIDE BOLT ON SECOND ROW IN 5R COSSCUT A PIECE OF THE ROOF BROKE LOOSEFROM HIS DRILL STEEL TO RIB STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK AND KNOCKING HIM TO MINE FLOOR. THE PIECE STRIKING HIM MEASURED 31" BY 19" APPROX 2 1/2" THICK.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE PLASTERING A STOPPINGBETWEEN #2 AND #3 ENTRY HE PULLED HIS BACK.

EE WAS RE-ENTERING TRUCK #5-777 WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AT OR NEAR TO D STEP OF LADDER RESULTING INA FALL. HE LANDED ON HIS FEET THEN ROLLED OVER TO HIS BACK.

EE WAS PRESSING NEW STEEL BUSINGS INTO A BUCKET BOSS FOR A TRACKHOE. USING A HYDRALIC PORT-A-POWER PUMP A THREADED ROD AND A BACKING PLATE, EE TAPPED ON BACKING PLATE WHILE PRESSING THE BUSHIN G. A SLIVER OF METAL 1/8"X1/8"X3/8" CHIPPED OFF THE EDGE OF THE BACKING PLATE STRIKING AND EMBEDDING IN THE FRONT-LOWER PORTION OF THE NECK. THE SLIVER WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A SECTION OF 4" WATER LINE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS LEANING OUT OF THE CHERRY PICKER BASKET TO PLUG A MOTOR BACK, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK.

EE WAS OPERATING TAILGATE END OF SHEARER BENT DOWN ON BOTH KNEES, DODGED A PIECE OF COAL & BENT OVER BACKWARDS SPRAINING KNEE. PIECE OF COAL WASTHROWN BY THE ROTATING CUTTING DRUM OF SHEARER

RUNNING OVER SUBMERGED ROCK IN WATER HOLE ON ROADWAY CAUSING SHOULDER TO BE BUMPED AGAINST SCOOP. ACCIDENT BECAME LOST TIME ON 7/28/99 WHNE EE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EE EXITING PIT TRUCK AND STEPPED WRONG TWISTING ANKLE.

PT WAS OPERARTING A C.M SHUTTLE CAR LEFT THE AREA PT MOVED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT UNDER A ROCK CAUSING A SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE

WHILE JACKHAMMERING EE TWISTED AROUND AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING LOOSE DRAW ROCK WITH A 4' SLATE BAR. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BRUISING RIGHT KNEE.

CARRYING CHAIN LINK TO PLACE ALONG RIB LINE. TRIPPED OVER A CHUNK OF COAL AND WRENCHED BACK-CHAIN LINK WAS A 50 FOOT ROLL AND CARRYING ON BACK.

EE & SUPERVISOR REMOVED LOCKS WENT DOWNHILL TO PUT COVERS ON EE ENTERED CABINET TO IE LOOSE CABLE SWING SHIFT ELECTRICIAN CLOSED CIRCUIT EE SUFFERED SHOCK & BURNS TO FOREARM

INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC UNDER CARRAGE ON AN AUGER MACHINE A PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN THE UNDERCARRAGE AND THE MOUNTING BRACKET.

HE WENT TO SHUT OFF BULK BAGGER AND HIS ARM GOT HOOKED ON I-BEAM DISLOCATING ELBOW.

EE WAS COMING DOWN WALKWAY FROM PELLET SILOS AND SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

SLIPPED ON WET FINE MATERIAL AND FELL ON THE LEFT SHOULDER.

GETTING OUT OF LOADER SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD, FROM TOP STEPP, OF LOADER, AND LANDED ON THE GROUND, ON HER BACK AND HEAD.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACKWARDS OFF A LOADING DOCK AND FELL FIVE FEET TO THE GROUND AND INJURED BACK.

WAS CLEANING UNDER #9 CONVEYOR BELT WHEN DUST FELL AND BLEW INTO RT. EYE.

THE INJURIED EE JAMMED HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE PARTS EAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS OOPERATING A ROOF BOLTER AND CUT MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WITH ROOF BOLT PLATE WHILE INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT. '

EE WAS INSTLALING ROOF BITS IN #4 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HIP

THIS EE AND TWO OTHERS WERE REMOVING ROCKS FROM BENIEATH A BELT. WHEN THE JOB WAS FINISHED, HIS BACK WAS SORE. ON 7-20 HE WAS PUTTING ON HIS SOCKS AT HOME AND FELT MORE PAIN. CHIROPRACTIC TREA TMENT ON 7-20-99 MAKES THIS REPORTABLE.

CRAWLING IN LOW COAL SEAM CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO BRUISE HIS RIGHT KNEE.

WAS PUTTING A BOX IN ON TOP OF VIBRATING GRIZZLY BARS. THE LOADER WAS PLACING IT AND ROLLED BACKWARDS KINOCKING EE TO HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE DAY.

EE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP RETURN ROLLER TO PUT ON CONVEYOR BELT AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.

WHILE DESCENDING FROM EUCLIC, EE FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER RUN & EE FELL TO THE GROUND. THIS RESULTED IN A HYPEREXTENSION OF THE LEFT KNEE

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN USING A MOBILE LADDER TO WORK ON THE LIGHTS OF A HAULAGE TRUCK. AS HE DESCENDED FROM THE LADDER AND REACHED THE BOTTOM HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. LATER DIAGNOSED AS A TORN MENISCUS AND ON 12-10-99 SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION.

CLIMBING FROM LEVEL 1 TO LEVEL 2 SLIPPED & STRAINED HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A HEADACHE BALL FOR THE DRAGLINE. HE PICKED UP THE DRAGLINE TO MOVE IT AND PULLED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT EXPEREICNE A LOT OF PAIN AT FIRST, BUT IT GOT WORSE OVER TIME.

ELECTRICIAN WAS WALKING THROUGH LINE 3 PROCESS SCRUBBER WING IN PELLET PLANT. HE SLIPPED ON A THIN LAYER OF PELLETS/SLURRY. LUMBAR STRAIN. SITE INSPECTION AFTER ACCIDENT DID NOT REVEAL A SIGNI GICANT SPILL, BUT THE AREA WAS CLEANED OF THE MIMAL SPILLAGE.

WHILE WORKING AROUND CONVEYOR, HOOKING IT UP TO CHAIN TO MOVE IT EE S LEFT EYE BEGAN BURNING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HE WAS SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN-DIAGNOSES CORNEA ABRASION-WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK BUT EYE WAS PAINFUL AND HE RESTED IT ONDAY OF INCIDENT AND NEXT DAY. RETURNED WITH NO PROBLEM SINCE.

EE WAS USING A PRYBAR/TAMPER TO REMOVE ROCKS FROM PLUGGED "TUNNEL TRAP". FELT A STRAIN IN HIS NECK AND BACK WHICH PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED.

EE WAS DESCENDING FROM THE DMH DRILL BY WAY OF A LADDER. WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE LADDER ONTO THE GROUND, HE STRUCK HIS FOOT ONTO A ROCK AND INJURED THE INSIDE OF HIS FOOT.

EE WAS IN THE SHOP AREA USING THE GRINDER ON THE SURFACE AREA OF A CHUTE FOR THE AGGREGATE PLANT. SMALL PARTICLES OF THE GRINDING MATERIAL LODGED IN THE EE'S RIGHT EYE. SAFETY GOGGLES WERE BEI NG USED.

EE:N54 BELT #2 X-CUT-DUSITNG ON N54 BELT, HAD TO MOVE CLA. STEPPED INTO CLA, RIGHT FOOT WAS ON PIECE OF ROCK THAT ROLLED UNDE4R HIS FOOT CAUSING RT ANKLE, KNEE & BACK (HIP) TO TWIST. WORKED THE NEXT DAY & STEPPED ON HOSE & TWISTED AGAIN. LOW BACK (HIP) STRAIN, CONTUSION TO RT KNEE, SPRAINED RT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A 1 1/2" CABLE TO HOOK A DRAG SLED TO A 785 ROCK TRUCK, FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER AND BACK. TWO WEEKS LATER THE PAIN KEPT GETTING WORSE AND FELT NUMBNESS DOWN RIGHT LEG. WENT TO HOSPITAL ER ON 7-27-99 FOR PAIN. ALSO TO FAMILYD R ON 7-28-99.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 6" PVC WATERLINE TOGETHER WHEN HE MASHED HIS LEFT THUMB, BREAKING THE BONE BETWEEN THE TIP AND THE FIRST JOINT.

WHILE DRILLING HOLED IN ROOF FOR BOLT, A SULPHUR BALL FELL FROM ROOF & EE TWISTED TO AVOID SULP[HUR BALL FROM STRIKING HIM & TWISTED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP A #6 HEADING WHEN HE SLIPPED IN A HOLE IN BOTTOM. HIS FEET FLEW OUT FROMUNDER HIM AND HE CAME DOWN ONHIS BACK WHICH STRUCK A ROCK 8' THICK AND 5' IN DIAMETER, CAUSING A BRUISE TO HIS SPINE.

EE WAS ON SHIFTING THE 1ST MAIN NORTH BELT WHEN A ROCK FELL HIT HIM ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER BETWEENTHE ANKLE & HEEL

EE STOOD UP UNDER A STORAGE TANK WHILE SETTING A PROPORTIONING GATE FRO BUCKLOAD. FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK AND HANDS AND ARMS WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE LOW CEILING. EE WAS WEARING A HARD H AT AT THE TIME OF INJURY.

EMPLOYEE ASSISTED IN REPLACING AUGER STEEL INTO PAN. USED A BOOM TRUCK TO POSITION STEEL WHEN ITBECAME LODGED. USED FOOT TO PUSH THE STEEL. WHEN STEEL BECAME DISLODGED, IT TRAPPED HIS FOOT BETWEEN STEEL AND FRAME, CAUSING FRACTURE AND PUNCTURE TO RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS WALKING FROM THE BATHROOM TO HIS BACKET. CREELED HIS LEFT ANKLE RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF THE ANKLE/FOOT AREA. HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS INJURED.

INJURED WHILE SETTING UP A SILO HE AGGRAVATED AN OLD INJURY FROM LAST YEAR, AND DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER. THE EVENING OF 19 JULY 1999, HE WAS EXAMINED BY A DR. TREATED INJURY LAST YEAR AND IT W ILL BE ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE DAMAGE CAN FULLY DE DETERMINED.

EE WAS PUTTING TOOLS THRU MANDOOR THAT WAS TIED OPEN WITH A ROPE. THE ROPE CAME LOOSE AND THE DOOR FELL STRIKING EE IN RT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RE-WEDGING CRIBS ON THE TAILGATE. HE WAS HOLDING A WEDGE IN HIS LEFT HAND AND STRIKING IT WITH A HAMMER. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF OF THE WEDGE AND STRUCK THE TIP OF HIS LEFT FORE FINGER.

THE EE STATED THAT HE WAS REMOVING VULCANIZERS FROM BELT THE OTHER END SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS CHANGING OUT AN UPRIGHT PUMP AT 85 BLOCK MIN. HE HAD SET PUMP AND IT STARTED TO FALL. HE TRIED TO CATCH IT AND INJURED LEFT UPPER ARM.

INJ PERSON WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT RESIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO POSITION THE WRENCH ON THE BOLT HEAD HE INADVERTENTLY MOVED THE ROTATION LEVER AN EXCESSIVE DISTANCE CATCHING THE BOLT HEAD. THE RESULTING RAPID BOLT ROTATION CAUGHT & TORE THE GLOVE OF HIS LEFT HAND. HE SUSTAINED A SPRAIN OF LIGAMENTS WHICH WILL CAUSE A LOSS OF TIME FROM WORK

WHILE ASSEMBLING PLANETARY ON 319 (FRONT END LOADER) FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PLANETARY HOUSING AND WHEEL STUD.

EE HAD PUT CAR OF SUPPLIES IN KICKBACK. HE GOT OFF MOTOR TO CHAIN THE CAR DOWN WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE HIT HIS CHEST AND RIBS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

EE UNLOADED 10 80 LB BAGS OF QUICK CRETE OUT OF THE BACK OF A PU INTO A CAGE TO BE LIFTED ONTO THE 2ND FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT. AFTER WORK EE STATED THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE & THE PAIN INCREAS ED THE NEXT DAY EE WENT TO THE DR ON THE 14TH

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING THE DOUBLE FLAP VALVE LINKAGE ARMS. WHEN HE REACHED IN TO REMOVE THE PLASTIC CAP OFF THE GREASE ZIRK, THE LINKAGE ARM ON THE CAM MOVED DOWNWARD PINCHING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ARM AND THE MOTOR BASEPLATE.

HIT IN HEAD BY LIMB WHILE DRIVING DOZER.

FRONT END LOADER (988FCAT)OPERATOR WAS FEEDING JAW CRUSHER & WAS USING MATERIAL TAKEN FROM AN AREA WHERE THE DOZERS WERE PUSHING OFF FROM THE AREA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY BERMED. HOWEVER THEO OPERTOR HAD REMOVED A SECTION OF THE BERM

HE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER FROM RAIL AREA TO WAREHOUSE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE LADDER.

EMPLOYEE REPORTEDLY WAS GETTING OUT OF SCOOP TRAM COMPARTMENT.

INJURED WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF VENTILATION CURTAIN WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING RETURN ROLLER WITH A SHOVEL. THE BELT CAUGHT THE SHOVEL BEFORE EMPLOYEE COULD LET GO. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE BELT.

RIGGING CAME APART THAT WAS SUPPORTING 100 TON HYDRAULIC PRESS & 3 TONE CHAIN COMEALONG. WHEN RELEASED A 3" PIPE STRUCK EE'S HARD HAT & HEAD CAUSIG A LACERATION

EE WAS WALKING IN THE MINES MAKING HIS PUMPS, WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROAD TWISTING LEFT KNEE. HE COULDN'T PUT ANY WEIGHT ON LEG TO WALK. MRI WAS RAN ON 7-14-99.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK IN TEH PIT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN BONE IN HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS USING A 4' PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A SECTION OF PIPE ON THE RAW COAL STACKER CST. HE EXPERIENCED PAIN OF LOWER BACK.