Mining Incidents in August 1999

EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A GRIZZLY FELL ON HIM AS HE AND A CO-WORKER WORKED TO CLEAR A HANG-UP OF MATERIAL INSIDE A HOPPER. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THEY HAD RAISED THE FRONT OF THE GRI ZZLY AND PROPPED IT ABOVE THE HOPPER SO THEY WOULD HAVE ROOM TO WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRIMING A BLAST HOLE WHEN THERE WAS AN UNPLANNED DETONATION. HE WAS IN THE DIRECT LINE OF FIRE AND HIT BY THE BLAST.

ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NO EYEWITNESS TO INCIDENT. EMPLOYEE'S DUTIES INCLUDED CLEANING SPILLS ON FLOOR UNDER SHAKER SCREEN. TASK CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED FROM A SAFE LOCATION AND IN C ONFORMANCE WITH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. NEVERTHELESS, EMPLOYEE APPEARS TO HAVE ENTERED INTO OR ONTO EQUIPMENT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, AT WHICH TIME THE EE, IS CLOTHING OR A TOOL APPARENTLY CONT

FATALITY- WENT OVER BANKS IN LOADER- ENGULFED IN MATERIAL.

THE EE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIMSELF WHILE INSTALLING A STEEL JACK WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EES. THIS INCIDENT IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, THE PRELIMINARY FINIDNGS DO N OT SUBSTANTIATE AN OCCUPATIONAL INJURY.

EE WAS THREADING 2" CONDUIT USING A POWER THREADER. THE THREADER GRABBED PINCHING THE FINGERTIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE VISE. HIS FINGERTIP WAS AMPUTATED BUT NO BONE DAMAGE OT ST ITCHES WERE REQUIRED. EE WAS NOT AN EE OF BOXLEYEE'S BY DUDLEY ELECTRIC WAS USING DUDLEY'S EQUIPMENT & NO BOXLEY EE WAS WORKING WITH HIM AT THE TIEM

MINER WAS MOVING A ROCK FROM THE ROADWAY CLEANER GROUND AND STRAINED HIMSELF.

EE STATED HE WAS STANDING BESIDE HIS SHUTTLE CARWITH HIS HAND ON THE TOP OF MACHINE. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF & STRUCK HIS HAND/FINGERS THIS OCCURRED ON 4 SOUTH SECTION

TRUCK MOTOR ON TRIPPER DRIVE WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM AND REMOVING THE MOTOR FROM THE GEAR DRIVE, DUE TO STORED ENERGY, THE TRIPPER CAR LURCHED FORWARD APP ROX 24" RUNNING OVER THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT CAUSING DAMAGE TO TOES THAT RESUTLED IN AMPUTATION OF SEVERAL TOES ON RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS OPERATING HIS ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS LEFT HAND BECAME FOULED IN A PINCH POINT THE INJURY CONSISTED OF A SEVERED LEFT RING FINGER THEN ENDOF HIS FINGER (NAIL DOWN) WAS SEVERED

EMPLOYEE LIFTING BATTERY LID AND FELT BURNING SENSATION. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 9-23-99.

WHILE REPAIRING AN AIR VALVE, IT FAULTED TO WORKTHEY REMOVED IT TO TEST IT THEY DID NOT REMOVE THE AIR LINES. THE VALVE STARTED TO CLOSE WHILE HIS FINGER WAS STILL IN THE VALVE AREA

WHILE TRYING TO HOOK UP WELDING CART TO PICK UP TRUCK CART ROLLED FORWARD CRUSHING PALM & THUMB.

EE WAS INSTALLING CHAIN HANGERS FOR BELT CONVEYOR NEAR THE FACE AREA WHEN THREAD FROM CURTAIN AND CURTAIN MATERAL BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE DRILL STEEL AND HIS LEFT HAND AND ARM. THE POSITION OF THE BOLTER AND THE DRILL HOLE INDICATED HE WAS ALMOST DIRECTLY UNDER THE CURTAIN DROP THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT ARM AND AMPUTATION OF HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER AND RING FINGER.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO BY A LIFT TRUCK ON A KUBOTA TRACTOR, CAME TOO CLOSE AND TRACTOR GOT HUNG UP ON LIFT TRUCK. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE TRACTOR, THE TRACTOR UNEXPECTEDLY MOVED PIN CHING THE INJURED'S FINGER BETWEEN THE LIFT TRUCK AND A PART OF THE TRACTOR, RESULTING IN LOSS OF TIP OF FINGER (MIDDLE FINGER ON RT HAND).

EE WAS INVOLVED IN WORK THAT REQUIRED HEAVY LIFTING WHICH AGGRAVATED A HERNIA

REPLACING A HEAD-PULLEY BEARING ON THE DRIVE-SIDE OF CONVEYOR D-5. EE USED LEFT INDEX FINGER TO CHECK BOT HOLE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN PULLEY AND TORQUE ARM. WHEN PULLEY SHIFTED THE TIP OF FINGER WA S CUT OFF.

EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY PLACED HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN EJECTOR BLADE AND FRAME ON SCOOP AND CUT THE END OF THUMB OFF(AMPUTATION).

EE AND COWORKER WERE CHANGING A HOOK-ROLLER ON A LIMA 2400 DRAGLINE. EE USED HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND TO CHECK FOR THE BOLT HOLE ALIGNMENT. THE HOOK-ROLLER SHIFTER AND SHEARED THETIP OF HIS FINGER OFF BEHIND THE FINGERNAIL.

WHILE CHANGING HOIST ROPES ON AN 8750 DRAGLINE BUCKET AND REMOVING A WEDGE FROM A HOIST ROPE SOCKET WITH A BATTERING RAM, EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BATTERING RAM HANDL E AND AN OUTRIGGER ON A BOOM TRUCK. THIS RESULTED IN EMPLOYEE SEVERING THE TIP OF HIS THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND, WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY.

EE WAS OPERATING AN AIR TRACK DRILL & WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING A DRILL STEEL WHEN THE CHAIN BROKE OPERATING THE UP/DOWN MOVE OF HAMMER & CAUSED THE HAMMER TO FREE FALL THIS PINNING EE'S LEFT HAND BETWEENT HE HAMMER & DRILL STEEL

EE STATED HE WAS HANDLING TRACK TIES WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS SIDE & LOWER STOMACH. SURGER IS NOT NECESSARY AT THIS TIME

AGGRAVATON OF A PRIOR INJURY.8/4/99 EE REPORTED PAIN IN HIS GROIN. HE HAD TOSSED A 2-4 PD ROCK OFF OF THE HAUL ROAD WHEN HE FELT PAIN. SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 8/19/99 FOR HERNIA

EE WAS ASSISTING IN PLACING A CONE MANTLE ONTO APORTABLE CRUSHING PLANT. ONE OF THE PICKING PINSSLIPPED OUT OF POSITION. THIS IN TURN LET THE MANTLE SWING TO ONE SIDE CAUSING THE 2ND PIN TO SL IP OUT OF POSITION. THE MANTLE THEN DROPPED LANDING ON THE EE'S RIGHT FOOT.

DRILLING HOLE ON THE ROOF OF THE MINE-A PIECE OF STEEL BENT AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING HIS HAUL TRUCK WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO MOMENTARILY TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND HE STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON TOP OF THE STAIR OF THE HAUL TRUCK.

WHILE LIFTING & STACKING CRIBBING, THE EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHICH CAUSED DISCOMFORT THE PAIN PERSISTED & THE EE STARTED MISSING WORKDUE TO THIS INJURY ON 9/16/99

EE HURT RIGHT SIDE PULLING MINER CABLE

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A CO-WORKER IN CARRYING ASWITCH PLANK(2"X12"X12'). THE CO-WORKER DROPPED HIS END, JERKING THE EMPLOYEE'S NECK.

WHILE USING A HAMMER TO BREAK UP LUMPS OF COAL THE INJ HIT HIMSELF WITH THE HAMMER HEAD CAUSINGSWELLING & A BRUISE XRAYS WERE TAKEN

WAS REMOVING WATER PUMP AND AFTER THE PUMP HAD RUN WITHOUT DISHCARGE FOR SOME TIME, EE WAS REMOVING DISCHARGE HOSE AND THE HOT WATER SPEWED OUT ONTO HIS LEFT HAND AND FOREARM.

EE WAS TAKING CEMENT SAMPLES AT THE CEMENT MILLS. WHEN HE WAS WALKING DOWN A STAIRS, HE SLIPPED ON CLINKER AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE AND SHOULDER CAUSING HIM PAIN ON HIS LEFT KNEE AND SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MUD AND STONE OFF OF CATWALK. FELT SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRADING ROADWAY WHEN THE BLADE OF THE GRADER STRUCK A STUMP IN ROAD. MATERIAL AND GRADER CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 09/15/99. COMPANY BECAME AWARE OF LOST TIME ON 09/17/99.

WORKING ON LOADER AND HIT HEAD CAUSING BACK INJURY.

RIGHT LEG GOT CAUGHT WHEN CLIMBING ACROSS HANDRAILING AND TWISTED KNEE.

TOO MUCH JARRING ACTION OPERATING LOADER CAUSED LOWER BACK PAIN.

EE SAID THAT NIMER WAS CHANGING PLACES AND HE PULLED ON MINER CABLE THAT WAS LAYING IN THE MUD. HE SAID WHEN HE DID THIS HE FELT A PAIN IN THE ABDOMEN. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 9-27-99 AND HAS HERNIA SURGEY SCHEDULED FOR 10/7/99.

EE LAYING TRACK GOT F/O IN EYE.

PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING APPROX 1" THICK 2' DIAMETER HIT EE ON THE LEFT HAND WHILE OPERATING THE MINER WITH REMOTE CONTROL BOX. HAD STITCHES PUT IN CUTS ON LEFT HAND

EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS UPPER LEFT RIB AREA WHILE LIFTING A CINDERBLOCK

EE STATED: UNPLUGGING JEEP BATTERY PLUGS, FELT PAIN TO LEFT ELBOW-POSSIBLE INTERNAL IRRITATION

EE WAS WORKING IN THE REFUSE DUMP AREA OPERATINGA PAN HE HAD STOPPED TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE REAR END EE CLIMBED A LADDER TO CHECK THE FLUID, THE LADDER BROKE UNDER HIS WEIGHT & HE FELL APPROX 4 FT

THE INJURED EE WAS ASSISTING A CO-WORKER WITH CARRYING A SWITCH PLANK. (2"X12"X12') HE STEP IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE AND ANKLE.

EE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A CANOPY JACK ON A ROOF BOLT MACHINE.

INJURED SLIPPED ON THE UNEVEN MINE FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS USING A HYDRAULIC JACK TO RAISE THE BED OFF THE FRAME ON A MECHANICS TRUCK. THE JACK KICKED OUT & THE BED DROPPED ONTO THE FRAME (APPROX 2-4" DROP). THE BED HIT HIS NECK/SHOULDERS.

EMPLOYEE CUT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WHEN IT CAMEIN CONTACT WITH THE DRILL BIT WHILE HE WAS DRILLING OUT BATTERY TERMINAL. REQUIRED 5 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRTAMMING THE #1 CONTINUOUS MINER UP TO THE #2 PILLAR BLOCK WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HEARD HIM SCREAMING IN PAIN. INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS TRAMMING THE MINER OVER A HILL AND WHEN THE MINER CRESTED ON TOP OF THE HILL ITHAD A TEETER TOTTER EFFECT AND THE RIPPER HEAD CAME DOWN ON HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP AFTERAN ENGINE OVERHAUL WHEN HE SLIPPED, CAUSING HIS BACK TO MOVE INTO AN AWKWARD POSITION.

VICTIM SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

A MINOR INJURY OCCURRED TO A MEMBER OF TEE ENGINEERINGS UG SURVEY CREW. WHILE DISCUSSING A MINE MAP WITH MINE SUPERVISOR, EE WAS OUT OF PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN A LOADED MINE SCOOP CORNERED A TU RN HITTING THE PERSONNEL CARRIER PUSHING CARRIERTO CONTACT WITH EE'S RIB CAGE RESULTING IN BRUISED RIBS.

INJURED WAS STRAIGHTENING OUT A 4 1/2' GLUE BOLT TO PUT IN THE PINNER CHUCK WHEN THE BOLT TWISTED, HURTING INJURED LEFT SHOULDER. INJURED WENT TO THE DR. AND NOW IN COMPLAINING OF LOWER BACK H URTING. SAYS PAIN WAS MAKING B/P GO TOO HIGH.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WITH A HAND DRILL WHEN THE BARREL OF THE DRILL CAUGHT HIS ARM. THIS INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE GRASPED AND LIFTED THE END OF A PROP AS IT WAS PULLED FROM A SCOOP BUCKET. HE STATES THAT HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS ROADWAY AT UNDERGROUND SHOP WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT SOUGHT BUT AFTER 2-3 HOURS, EMPLOYEE REPORTED SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND IT WAS GETTING WORSE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A PAIN INJECTION. HE WAS LATER DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAINED SACROILIAC JOINTAND SCHEDULED FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT AND PULL A ROCK.WHEN THE ROCK SHIFTED POSITION, IT PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND.

EE CLAIMS HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE BACK PAIN WHILE LIFTING OXYGEN/ACETYLENE TANKS

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF BURYING A STEEL CABLENEXT TO AN ELECTRICAL CABLE WHERE IT CROSSED THEROADWAY. EMPLOYEE LIFTED ON THE END OF THE CABLETO PLACE IT IN THE TRENCH AND IT FLIPPED OVER CAUSING A JARRING TYPE INJURY.

FRACTURED 4TH MC MIDSHAFT ON LEFT HAND WHILE WRINGING OUT MOP.

EE PLACED HIMSELF IN AN ACKWARD POSITION, STANDING/STRADLING A WINDROW OF COAL AS HE ROOF BOLTED THE MOUTH OF A CROSS-CUT. HIS BACK WENT INTO SPASM.

WHEN RAISING A LOADED BUCKET ON A WHEEL LOADER A HYDRALIC LINE BURST CAUSING THE BUCKET TO OCMEDOWN THE IMPACT FORCED THE OPERATOR UP IN HIS SEAT. HE CLAIMED THE SEAT BELT RESTRAINT IS WHAT P UT PRESSURED ON HIS BACK. THE OPERATOR WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR AND WAS TOLD NOT TO WORK FOR ABOUT A WEEK. THIS WAS ON 9/13/99

WHILE CRANING SAND, CABLE BROKE LOOSE AND 12" OF CABLE BACK LASHED AND ENTERED OPERATORS MID-SECTION.

WAS GETTING OUT OF SCOOP. HE SLIPPED AND LOST HIS FOOTING. HE HAD HIS HANDS ON THE HAND GRIPS AND HIS SHOULDERS WERE STRAINED WITH THE SUDDEN WEIGHT OF HIS BODY. HE WORKED UNITL 9-2-99.

WHILE GRINDING METAL A SHAVING FLEW OVER TOP OF SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN STAIRWAY. HE SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS HAND TRYING TO BREAK HIS FALL. STAIRWAY WAS CLEAR OF ANY MATERIAL.

ON 8-30-99 EE WAS PUMPING WATER INTO HIS WATER TRUCK FROM A POND. AS HE WAS PULLING THE HOSE FROM THE POND AND LIFTING IT BACK INTO PLACE ON THE TRUCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMAL AREA, BU CONTINUED TO WORK. EACH DAY HE SAID THE PAIN GOT WORSE, SO ON 9-09 HE WENT TO DR. THE DR. FOUND TWO HERNIAS AND HAS SCHEDULED HIM FOR MORE TESTS ON 9-22 AND SURGERY ON THE 23RD.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO BUILD CRIBS AND SHE FELTA PAIN IN HER ARM AS SHE LIFTED A CRIB BLOCK ABOVE HER HEAD.

EES WERE PULLING STEEL CABLE (APPROX 2" IN DIAMETER) WHEN INJURED EE TURNED AND FELT A PAIN N HIS BACK. INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED TO SAFETY DEPARTMENT UNTIL 9-13-99 WHEN MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RE QUESTED.

AFTER THE LOADER WHICH WAS LOADING EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK BROKE DOWN, EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED HIS TRUCK. AS HE WALKED AROUND THE TRUCK, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT K NEE. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A BROKEN BONE BENEATH HIS KNEE CAP.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED RIGHT KNEE WHEN SHE STEPPED INA HOLE IN A METAL PLATFORM.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CABLE TO HANG IT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK.

WHILE GETTING ONTO SKID LOADER, INJ TWISTED CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT HIP LEG & BACK

SHARP METAL OBJECT WAS ON PICKING BELT. WHILE SIFTING THROUGH THE ROCK THE METAL OBJECT WEN UNDER FINGERNAIL. ABOU THE LENGTH OF THE NAIL. (METAL SPLINTER)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD BELT STRUCTURE INTO A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HAND WITH ANOTHER PIECE. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS LACK OF AWARENESS AND TIGHT AREA. MINER PROFICIE NCY COULD BE A FACTOR. SAFETY EQUIPMENT INADEQUATE. MINER EQUIPMENT NOT A FACTOR. RULES/ REGS. COULD ALSO BE A FACTOR.

EE HAD CLIMBED DOWN LADDER AFTER FILLING WATER TRUCK AFTER HE WAS ALL THE WAY ON THE GROUND HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON REAR FENDER RECEIVING A CUT REQURING 3 STAPLTS TO CLOSE OWUND

EE HAD PICKED UP A BAG OF SAND AND HAD TURNED TO LAY SAND ON MANTRIP AND SAID HIS KNEE LOCKED UP.

DOZER OPERATOR WAS PUSHING A TRUCK LOAD OF ROCK IN FIRST GEAR WHEN GEAR LEVEL, WHICH DID NOT STAY IN POSITION AS DESIGNED, JUMPED INTO SECOND GEAR PROPELLING OPERATOR INTO LARGE ROCKS AND SNAP PING HIS HEAD BACKWARD.

ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM SHOULDERS-NECK-BACK.

SHOVELING BELT BACK HURT PROGRESSIVLY GOT WORSE

EE WAS USING ROCK BREAKER. PRESSURE FROM HYDRAULIC LINE BLEW VALVE OFF CAUSING OIL TO COVER EE'SFACE & EYES. UNDER SAFETY GLASSES

EE WAS CHANGING TIRES ON A SEMI TRACTOR WHEN HE LIFTED A TIRE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

EE CLIMBED NTO A ROCK PULE TO HANG A SITE POLE WHEN THE ROCK SHIFTED AND ROLLED, PINNING HIS FOOT AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK RESULTING IN TWO CHIPPED BONES OF HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BUILDING BRATTICES THE RIB ROLLED AND AS HE WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WAY HE STEPPED ON A CINDER BLOCK CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE AND PULL MUSCLE IN HIS BACK AS HE FELL.

CUTTING LEFT OF #2 AND NOTICE ROOF FLAKEING, LOOKED UP AS ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK FACE, NOSE, NECK, AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS CLEANING KILN #6'S COOLER. WHILE WALKING HE ACCIDENTLY BUMPED INTO A CO-WORKER AND FELL. WHEN HE WAS FALLING, HE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE FLOOR AND A PIECE OF CLINKER CAUSED AN OPEN WOUND IN HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A SMALL LOADER(BOBCAT) TO CLEAN THE PREHEATER AREA. WHILE HE WAS MOVING HIS ARMS AND LEGS TO OPERATE THE LOADER, THE FRICTION BETWEEN HIS SKIN AND THE LOADER'S CABIN CAUSE D HIM BURNS ON HIS ARMS AND LEGS.

WALKING IN BELT ENTRY AND TURNED TO WALK TOWARD TRAFIC ENTRY. BOTTOM WAS SOFT. HISFOOT STUCK IN THE MUCK WHEN HE TURNED AND HE STRAINED HIS LEFT CALF MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON A PILE OF TIMBER WHEN AN INSECT GO INSIDE HIS PANTS.

EE WAS WALKING AROUND BELT HEAD, TRIPPED ON ANCHOR PIN AND FELL, HURTING HIS RT. WRIST.

EE WAS CHANGING SCREEN ON CRUSHER AND PULLED TOO HARD CAUSING PAIN IN SHOULDER. PAIN GOT WORSE OVER THE WEEKEND CAUSING EE TO GO TO DR MONDAY.

EE WAS SETTING ROOF BOLTS, STRAINED HIS BACK BENDING A BOLT.

EE FELL WHILE DISMOUNTING DRILL JUMBO-SPRAINED BACK BEGAN LOSING TIME 8/29/99

EMPLOYEE HAD WORKED THE PREVIOUS MIDNIGHT SHIFT SHOVELING COAL SPILLS. THE FOLLOWING MORNING HE WAS STIFF. EMPLOYEE IS A LOST TIME INJURY.

HE WAS DISMOUNTING A MOTOR PARKED ON SLOPE BOTTOM AND STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EXITED ROOF BOLTER. A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 2' X 2' X 1" FELL STRIKING EE IN THE LOWER BACK AREA.

LOADER WENT INTO DITCH LINE TURNED OVER ON SIDE MOVEMENT IN SIDE LOADER CAUSED INJURY

A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOFBOLTS AND HIT EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING A BULK DUST TANK AT THE NEWDUST HOLE. THE PIPE INSIDE THE TANK BECAME STOPPED UP, SO THE HOSE FROM THE OUTSIDE DUST HOLE HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE TANK. THE PRESSURE BLEW THE HOSE LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE GROIN AREA AND KNOCKED HIM OFF THE DUST TANK.

MISSED A STEP ON THE LADDER CLIMBING DOWN, AND FELL ON ROCK, BRUISED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SCATTERING STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTUREFELL OFF THE SCOOP BUCKET, THUS STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S FOOT. THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN STANDING IN FRONT OF A BUNDLE OF STRUCTURE, WHILE ST RAP WAS BEING CUT.

USING THE ELECTRIC HOIST ON THE JAW TRYING TO REMOVE A BIG ROCK THAT WAS HUNG UP.IU PUT HOOK UNDER ROCK AND STARTED PICKING UP THE ROCK WITH HOIST AND THE HOIST HUNG UP AND CHAIN BROKE SLAP ME IN THE FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A LADDER HANGING CURTAIN ON TIMBER NEAR RIB. HE HEARD A CRACKING NOISE FROM THE RIB AND JUMPED OFF THE LADDER AND TURNED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

GETTING OUT OF HAULAGE MOTOR WHILE LOOKING FOR ROCKDUST HOSE, STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL WITH LEFT FOOT AND AGGRAVATED A PRE-EXISTING ARTHRITIC CONDITION. NOTE: DUE TO CONFLICTING MEDICAL REPO RTS, CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE INCIDENT AND EE'S OFF WORK ACTIVITIES THE VALIDITY OF THIS INCIDENT WAS QUESTIONED BY THE OPERATOR. ON 8/31/99 IT BECAME EVIDENT THIS WAS WORK RELATED.

WHILE DELIVERING BELT ROLLERS TO 1 SOUTH BELT, HE WAS BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP A BOTTOM ROLLER AND AS HE STRAIGHTINED HIS LEGS. HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE.

INJURY FORM A LIGHTING STRIKE IN THE PIT.

BELT CREW WAS ADVANCING BELT ON SECTION. IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE TAILPIECE WITH THE FEEDER THE CHAIN BROKE STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER LEFT LEG.

EE REPORTED HE HAD REINJURIED HIS ARM IN HIS NORMAL PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES. HE IS UNSURE WHAT HE DID BUT HE EXPERIENCED SWELLING IN HIS A ELBOW. THIS EE HAD SURGERY ON THIS ELBOW IN JULY RETURN ING TO FULL DUTY ON 8-3-99. HE HAS NOW BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 8-30-99 AND WE ARE UNSURE WHEN HE WILL RETURN.

PAIN IN BACK WHILE DUMPING MATERIAL AT PLANT DUMP SITE, TRUCK BODY ON R22 HAULING TRUCK DROPPED INTO DOWN POSITION. CAUSING PAIN IN BACK DUE TO JARRING MOTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOFBOLTING WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT FROM THE ROOF AND HIT EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

THE SECTION WAS MOVING THE BELT STRUCTURE FORWARD. A TOP ROLLER WAS LEANING AGAINST THE BELT. IT FELL AND LANDED ON THE EE RIGHT FOOT. THE FOOT WAS BRUISED. THE FIRST DAY THE EE MISSED WORK WA S 10-13-99.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN DECK OF ROOF BOLTER. A RIB ROLLED OFF AND SHOVED HIM INTO THE PANIC BAR.

WHILE HIS END DUMP TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED A LARGE ROCK FELLOUT OF THE BUCKET OF THE SHOVEL INTO HIS TRUCK BED & JARRED HIM. HE HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON THE DOOR FRAME FRACTURING A BONE

EE WAS OPERATING A 777 CAT WATER TRUCK. THE TRUCK TRAVELED THROUGH A SOFT AREA IN THE ROAD AND THE EE WAS BOUNCED AGAINST THE CAB ROOF. HE SPRAINED HIS NECK.

INJURED WAS REACHING FOR A NEW BOLT IN THE PROCESS OF ROOFBOLTING. HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING THE LASER OFF WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE. HE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN A HIGH AREA. AS HE WAS PUSHING THE ROOF BOLT INTO THE DRILL HOLE USING A LONG WRENCH A PIECE OF SLATE: 1-2 IN THICK X 30 IN X 48 INCH FELL. THE SLATE STRUCK THE CANOPY G LANCED OFF AND STRUCK EE ON RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE HIT BUMP IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIS HEAD TO HIT CANOPY. FELT PAIN IN NECK AND BACK.

EMPLOYEE HAD A SUDDEN SHARP PAIN TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AND A TINGLING SENSATION TO HIS RIGHT ARM AND LEG. AT THIS TIME, HE DROVE THE ROCK TRUCK OVER A 3-4 FOOT DIRT BERM AND A 15' HIGH WALL. THE ROCK TRUCK LANDED ON IT'S TOP. EMPLOYEE HAD A SEIZURE WHILE THE THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCYROOM.

WHILE MOVING OXYGEN BOTTLE. THE BOTTLE BEGAN TO TIP EE MOVED QUICKLY TO CONTROL THE SUDDEN MOVE SEEMED TO PULL A MUSCLE IN STOMACH. EE HAD MOVED BOTTLES BEFORE & SINCE

EE WAS ROOFBOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL CAME OUT AND HIT HIM ON THE LIP AND HAND.

WAS CLEANING AIR FILTER IN GINSET STEPPED BACK TO GET DOWN, LOST FOOTING, & FELL LANDING ON RIGHT SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE JUMPED AWAY FROM RIB ROLL AND LANDED ONHIS RIGHT LEG. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN KNEE. HE IS WAITING FOR MEDICAL TESTS ON 09/06/99.

OPERATOR WAS REMOVING OVERBURDEN ON CAT DION BULL DOZER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK FILL AGAINST HIGHWALL. OVERBURDEN WAS ROUGH CAUSING THE MACHINE TO SUDDENLY JERK, RESULTING IN BACK INJURY. O PERATOR WAS SEEN BY A DR AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKEA FEW DAYS OFF AND RETURN TO DR ON 9-2-99 FOR AN X-RAY.

EE PICKED UP PERSONAL TOOL BOX, TURNED TO LOAD IT INTO GANG BOX AND TWISTED KNEE, RESULTING IN STRAIN TO RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HANG MINER CABLE FROM THE ROOF WHEN HE THOUGHT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WORKING AS PLANT HELPER CLEANING OUT CHUTE AT SECONDARY PLANT AT C-21 CONVEYOR DRY SCREENING CHUTE BLOCKED STANDING ON PIECE OF FLAT BAR DIGGING CHUTE OPEN SLIPPED OFF FLAT BAR LANDING WRONG O N HIS RIGHT ANKLE. CONDITIONS WERE WET AND MUDDY

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH CREW INSTALLING STRUCTURAL STEEL SUPPORT PIECES. EMPLOYEE RIGGED 10" X23' STEEL GIRDER USING SINGLE CHOKER HITCH. GIRDER WAS RAISED TO 60" AND HELD. GIRDER SHIFTED FR OM VERTICAL AND BEGAN TO SLIP OUT OF CHOKER. IT FELL TO THE GROUND, BOUNCED AND JUMPED SIDEWAYS AND FELL ALONG IT'S LENGTH. HIT EMPLOYEE ACROSS LOWER BACK AND WAIST. PELVIS WAS FRACTURED.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A FLATBED TRUCK WITH 100 POUND BAGS OF SAND. HE TWISTED AND HIS BACK POPPEDCAUSING SEVERE PAIN. LOWER BACK WAS AFFECTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCKS FROM THE PICKING TABLE AS PART OF HIS TEMPORARY DUTIES. EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN AFTER PULLING ROCKS FROM THE TABLE.

INJURED WAS BENT OVER WITH WATER HOSE WASHING OUT TAIL ROLLER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST AROUND. HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.

THIS WAS AN IRRITAION OF A PREEXISTING INJURY EEJUMPED OFF A FLAT CAR, APPROX 2FT AND LANDED WRONG ON LEG PREVIOULSY DAMAGED IN A NON WORK RELATED MOTORCYLE ACCIDENT

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A GUARD TO A WELDING TABLETO PERFORM REPAIRS. WHILE WALKING TO THE TABLE, THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER A CABLE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO HIS KNEES. EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK DURING THE FALL.

EE WAS WALKING TO THE MANTRIP BUMPED HIS HEAD INTO THE TOP FELL BACK ON HIS BUTT BREAKING HIS LEG

INJURED WAS REPLACING STARTING BOX LID ON SHUTTLE CAR.

EE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS SHUTTLE CAR REEL NOT SPOOLING PROPERLY AND ASKED THE SECTION ELKECTRICIAN TO ASSIST HIM WITH HIS CABLE. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS CLEANING GOB FROM AROUND THE REEL WHI LE HE WAS TO TAKE THE CABLE ANCHOR APART. WHEN THE ELECTRICIAN LOOKED AROUND THE EE WAS LYING ON MINE FLOOR UNRESPONSIVE.

EE WAS AT THE HEADGATE WHERE THE LONGWALL CONVEYOR CHAIN WAS BEING DISASSEMBLED TO BE LOADED. HEWAS OBSERVING A COWORKER STRIKE A CONNECTING LINK WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WAS PROJEC TED INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR TOWARDS FEEDER WHEN SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING SHUTTLE CAR TO BOUNCE. OPERATOR STRUCK HEAD ON TOP OF CANOPY USING PAIN IN BACK OF NECK.

EMPLOYEE STATED: HELPED COWORKER CONSTRUCT A BRATTICE USING 6" SOLID BLOCKS, AFTER PERFORMING TASK LOWER BACK WAS HURTING.

ROOF BOLTER MACHINE #5 ENTRY. WAS INSTALLING 2ND BOLT. HE HAD TO BEND BOLT TO GET IN HOLE, SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK TWISTING HIS BACK.

ADDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN INTAKE OF MINE LIFTING I BEAM PLACING ON ROOF JACK.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER, USING A CHAIN HOIST TO CHANGE CAT RUNNERS. EE WAS PUTTING WEIGHT ON THE HANDLE OF THE CHAIN HOIST WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED. THIS CAUSED THE EE TO LOOSE HI S BLANCE AND FALL.

EE WAS SCATTERING STRUCTURE. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, HITTING HIM IN RIGHT SHOULDER AND BACK.

INJURED WAS CUTTING WITH THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK (2'X 3'X 0-3"THICK) FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK AND HIP AREA. INJURED WAS EXAMINED BY THE DR AND RELEASED THE SAME DAY. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY DUE TO THE ACCIDENT UNTIL 9/25/99, THE FIRST LOST WORK DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO BASE FROM WEE FIELD ATEND OF SHIFT ON A 4 WHEEL ATV. HE MISSED TRAIL AND CUR ACROSS WELL FIELD TOWARDS EXIT ROAD. HE DROVE INTO A WASH-OUT. REPORTED HIGH WEEDS OBSCUR ED VISABILITY. HE ALSO REPORTED SLIGHT DISCOMFORT AND DECLINED MEDICAL ATTENTION. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM COMPLAINING OF SHOULDER PAIN. WEATHER WAS HOT AND DRY.

EE STEPPED OFF FORK TRUCK AND LOST FOOTING AND TWISTED R KNEE. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 9-10-99.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A CHUTE AND TRIMMING IT TO FIT WHEN THE CHUTE SLID FORWARD, PINCHING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG.

FELL OFF TOP STEP OF ENDLOADER HIT GROUND,INJURED RIGHT HIP & BACK

THE EE WAS LOADING BOLTS, PLATES AND STRAPS ON BOLTER WHEN HE STARTED HAVING BACK PAIN. X RAYS DID NOT SHOW ANY DAMAGE PULLED MUSCLE. LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING HE TURNED & TWISTED HIS RT KNEE HE HAD HURT THIS KNEE BEFORE ACCIDENT REPORT DATED JUNE THIS YEAR

JEFFREY CAR(ROCKDUSTER) STOPPED BETWEEN 34-35 XCWENT BACK DOWN AND HIT AND HIT COAL PILLAR. EMPLOYEE WAS JARRED-EMPLOYEE STARTING MISSING WORK ON 09-13-99.

EE WAS CROSSING OVER SHIELD RELAY BAR WALKING DOWN FACE SLIPPED & TWISTED KNEE.

WHILE LIFTING RIPPER JACK ON MINER PULLED OR STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK DID NOT MISS ANY WORK AT TIME OF ACCIDENT, BUT HAD TO GO TO A DR ON 9-10-99 AND IS PRESENTLY OFF WORK.

WHILE BACKING SCOOP THROUGH A CHECK CURTAIN OPERATOR REACH OUT TO PUSH CURTAIN AWAY. OPERATOR MASHED TWO FINGERS BETWEEN TOP AND TOP OF SCOOP.

EE WAS TRYING TO CLEAR A BLOCKED SANDLINE THROUGH 4" CLEANOUT. THE LINE STARTED CLEARING OUT AND EE DID NOT MOVE OUT OF THE WAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF PIPE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGULAR SHIFT UNTIL 9-15-99.

INJURED EE PICKED UP JACKHAMMER (APPROX. 60-70 LBS.) FROM BACK OF VAN WHEN HE FELT PAIN TO HIS BACK RESULTING IN STRAIN TO UPPER BACK.

THE MAN WAS CLEANING THE FRONT WINDOW OF A CAT 990 HI LIFT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. THE FALL BROKE HIS LEFT ELBOW.

INDIVIDUAL WAS PICKING A HUE IN MINE ROOF TO SET A JACK PIPE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 1'X2" FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND NECK TWIST KNEE WHEN TURNED IN ATTEMPT 00 ESCAPE THE ROCK.

INJURED ALLEGES RADIAL BONE IN RT. ELBOW FRACTURED WHILE THROWING FILLED HOLE PLKUG BAG ONTO PALLET, BUMPING ELBOW ON PALLET JIG. HE CONTINUED THROWING BAGS BAL. OF HIS SHIFT, DID NOT INFORM H IS SHIFT FOREMAN, NOR MENTION TO ANY OF HIS FELLOW EES BEFORE LEAVING SHIFT OF HIS FRACTURED ARM.

EE WAS PERFORMING MECHANICAL DUTIES ON TRUCK 874 AT LIGHT EQUIPMENT SHOP. WHILE HE WAS VERYFING AN AIR LEAK HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WITH ONE OF THE TRUCK'S MAXIBREAK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN THE STEPS FROM THE DERRICK SCREENS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE STEPS AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EE WAS DRIVING ROCK TRUCK, HAULING MATERIAL TO ASPHALT PLANT WHEN SHE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK, SHE SLIPPED ON CHAIN ON BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LADDER-SHE TWISTED HER RIGHT KNEE. ACCIDENT HAPPENED APPROX. 400 FEET FROM CRUSHING OPERATION ASPHALTPLANT OWNED BY AMERICAN ASPHALT.

EE WAS REPAIRING THE HOPPER ON SAND COOLER #1 WITH THE HELP OF A WELDER. WHEN REPAIRS WERE COMPLTE EE CLIMBED UP ON THE HOPPER TO RECONNECT A WATER LINE. A PIECE OF WOOD 2X6 ABOUT A FT LONG WAS BEING USED TO SUPPORT THE HOPPER THE 2X6 MOVED CAUSING EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. EE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT ARM. PULLED TENDON

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SHEAR PIN AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP CLEVIS HEAD TO LINE UP DRAW BAR, WHEN HE FELT STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS ASSISTING A LIFT OF A STATIONARY JAW DIE THAT FELL OUT. WHEN THE JAW HOOK STRAIGHTENED OUT A LOAD CAME OFF FORKLIFT. HE WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH WITH THE BOOM ON THE FORKLIFT. EE WAS DIS ORIENTED. 911 CALLED 1:32 PM BLEEDING FROM MOUTH-LACERATED INSIDE UPPER LIP.

TRIED TO JUMP ONTO A MOVING FORKLIFT TRUCK AND SLIPPED UNDER BACK WHEEL.

HE PLACED HIS HAND ON A ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR AND BURNED THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

EE WAS MAKING UP A NEW COVER FOR THE ELECTRICAL BOX. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL WIRES INSIDE OF THE BOX CAUSING IT TO ARC AGAINST COVER

EE WAS WORKING UNDERNEATH A TRUCK. WHEN EE WAS GETTING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRK, HE TWISTED TURNED WRONG & A VERTEBRAE IN HIS LOWER BACK POPPED OUT OF PLACE.

EE WAS TAKING INVENTORY OF MATERIAL STORED IN #1162 WAREHOUSE. EE WAS WALKING & LOOKING UP AT SORED MATERIAL WHEN HE STEPPED ON A WET PATCH OF CONCRETE EE FELL TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE

EE WAS LIFTING ELEVATOR TAIL SPROCKET SHEET METAL CONVERS, PRYING ON CHAIN TO PUT IT BACK INTO PLACE AND SID RESING CLAY OUT OF THE PIT. NO ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED. EE REPORTED BACK PAIN THE NEX T DAY.

MAKING REPAIRS AN I BEAM SLIPPED INJURING FOREARM.

EE WAS CLEANING FROM UNDER SLOPE BELT WITH WATER HOSE WHEN PRESSURED INCREASED. WATER HOSE GOT LOOSE AND STRUCK RT.HAND.

WHILE HE WAS PUSHING BRUSH DOWN HILL, DOZER SLIDSIDEWAYS AND ROLLED OVER 2 TIMES.

INJ WAS HANGING A FEEDER CABLE WHEN HE FELL IN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

ON 2R SECTION, EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM THE TRACK TO THE FACE AREA. AS HE TURNED TO GO INTO THE CROSS CUT FROM NO.3 TO NO.2 ENTRY, PASSING UNDER CABLES THAT WERE HUNG FROM THE MINE ROOF, THE CABLES FELL STRIKING HIM ACROSS THE BACK, KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING AT THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A COAL RIB ROLLED OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK AND LEGS. CAUSING CONTUSION AND STRAIN TO LOWER BACK AND LEG. THERE WERE NO FRACT URES. HE IS TO TAKE THERAPY.

WAS REPAIRING A CYLINDER IN THE SHOP.

EE THOUGHT HE SAW MOVEMENT INDICATING A RIGGING FAILURE & JUMPED 4FT FROM THE DRILL MAST LANDINGON THE CAB TOP HANDRAIL BREAKING HIS RIGHT LOWERLEG THERE WAS NO RIGGING FAILURE BUT AN EXPECTED 3" MOVEMENT OF THE CAROUSEL

CAUGHT SHOULDER ON ROOF AND FELL OFF.

EE WAS BLAING THE ROAD AT 4750 WHEN HE HIT A ROCK IN THE ROAD

PULLING ON CONVEYOR BELT, CABLE CAME LOOSE, HIT MAN IN MOUTH AND NOSE.

WHILE CHANGING GRINDING WHEEL ON CLAY DRYER, INJURED HAND SLIPPED, CAUSING LOACERATION TO FINGER NAIL ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDERNEATH #713 GRADALL WITH VERY LITTLE HEAD ROOM. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOSOEN BOLT WHE HIS RATCHET SLIPPED. HE COULD NOT MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION TO AVOID WORKING IN FRON T OF FACE. THE RATCHET STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH INFLICTING THE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE AND SIX CO-WORKERS WERE LOWERING A 6" HOSE INTO MINE PIT SUMP AREA TO CONNECT TO A TRASH PUMP. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED INTO SMALL DITCH INJURING HIS BACK. ]

AFTER WELDING WITH STAINLESS STEEL, EMPLOYEE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON MORNING OF 08/25/99 AND WAS REMOVED FROM WORK FOR THE DAY.

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE NO3 PAYLOADER WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS NECK

EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE CANPY & THE ATRS LANDING ON THE EE'S RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A BRUISE

PULLING CABLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE NOTIFIED THE OFFICE OF THIS ON 9-2-99.

TRAVELING OUT IN A 2-MAN WALLACE RIDE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HEAD & FACE.

UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM RAIL CAR.

EE ALLEGES TO HAVE INJURED HIS RIGHT ELBOW WHILEPULLING ON A ROPE TO LIFT PLASTIC MESH. THIS INCIDENT IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT FEEL THIS TO BE AN OCCUPATIONAL INJURY

EE WAS GETTING UP INTO A HAUL TRUCK THAT HE NORMALLY DOES NOT DRIVE. HE REACHED FOR THE HAND RAIL & THERE WAS NONE THERE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE & AS HE STARTED TO FALL, HE SHIFTED HIS WEIGHT SO HE COULD GRAB HOLD WITH HIS OTHER HAND. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS HIP

MINER OPERATOR LIFTING RIB RAIL ON MINER STRAINED MUSCLE IN RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE UNROLLING BELT STRUCTURE AND BAR TO HAND BELT SLIPPED OUT OF STRUCTURE STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME 6" HOSES WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS ABDOMINAL AREA. HE STATED THAT IT WAS SORE AND HE WOULD BE O.K. DIDN'T HAVE ANY FURTHER COMPLICATIONS UNTIL 9-8-99. HE WAS ADVI SED OF HIS OPTIONS TO HAVE THE REDUCIBLE UMBILICAL HERNIA SURGICALLY REMOVED.

EE WAS WALKING UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT (INSIDE PREP PLANT) AND TWISTED KNEE. RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 8-31-99. FLUID DRAINED FROM KNEE.

EE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK HANDLING RESIN. NOTE: FIRST DAY EE STARTED MISSING WORK WAS 9-11-99.

HAULING ROCK WITH 330 KOMATSU TRUCK, COMING ONTO DUMP ON ABOUT 10 PERCENT GRADE, HIT BRAKES TO SLOW TRUCK DOWN, LOST CONTROL AND TRUCK WAS STEERED INTO HILL TO STOP.

10C, HE AND CO-WORKER WERE USING A RAIL DRAG TO PULL RAIL IN PLACE, AS HE PULLED HE TWISTED BODY AND LEFT KNEE FELT PAIN IN KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK NORMAL DUTIES UNTIL LOST DAY BEGAN 3/7/00 .

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS WHILE THROWING THE JEET TRACK SWITCH IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, THE HANDLE STRUCK THIS PERSON ON THE LEFT LEG. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS LACK OF AWARENESS. COMPLIANCE OF RULES/REGS. NOT A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OK, MINING EQUIPMENT NOT A FACTOR. EMPLOYEE'S ATTITUDE COULD BE A FACTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER PUSHING ROCKS TO PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER. DOZER WALKED UP ON ROCKS. THEROCKS BROKE BENEATH TRACKS, CAUSING A BACK INJURY TO THE OPERATOR WHEN HE WAS JARRED FROM THE FA LL OF THE DOZER(APPROX. 1 FOOT), WHEN THE DOZER HIT THE GROUND.

EE CLAIMS THAT AS HE WAS OPERATING AN END-LOADER, A PIECE OF STONE CAME OFF THE BUCKET WHILE LOADING A QUARRY TRUCK AND HIT HIS CAB, PUSHING THE CAB INTO HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS STEPPING FROM RUNNING BOARD ON HAUL TRUCK TO THE GROUND, AS HE STEPPED FELT BACK PAIN(LOWER BACK).

EE SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER WHILE DISMOUNTING HIS LOADER.

INJURED WAS LIFTING A CASE OF WATER WHEN HE FELTA PAIN IN HIS STOMACH.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING ROAD GRADER AS HE STEPPED DOWN ONTO GROUND HE TWITED HIS RT KNEE

THIS 9/4 INCIDENT WAS AN AGGRAVATION OF HIS 8/24 INCIDENT WHERE HE STEPPED OFF A MUCKER AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. AT THAT TIME, HE RESUMED FULL DUTY, AND DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT. HE CONTINUE D TO HAVE PAIN AND ON 9/4 SOUGHT TREATMENT.

EE WAS CHANGING FUEL FILTERS ON A FRONT END LOADER, AND HAD BEEN USING AN ALUMINUM STEP LADDER TO ACCESS THE MACHINE TO DO THIS JOB. AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER, IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE IS PRESENTLY ON LIFTING RESTRICTIONS, BUT IS BEING FURTHER EVALUATED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY.

GETTING OUT OF SCOOP PUT HANDS ON TOP OF CANOPY TO PULL SELF OUT, FEET SLIPPED UNDER HIM & FELL ON BACK. WENT TO DR 8/26/99

EE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF GLUE (RESIN) ONTO HIS BOLT MNACHINE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSVCLE IN HIS BACK.

THE CABLE FROM A SERVICE CAR STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ARM AND THUMB.

INJ WAS HAULING HIS 2ND LOAD OF COAL FROM THE UPPER BANNER PIT DOWN TO THE LOWER BANNER SEAM LEVEL TO WHERE THE COAL CRUSHER WAS LOCATED. THE HAULER TRAVELED APPROX 200FT DOWN THE HAUL ROAD RAN UPON THE LEFT BANK & TURNED OVER ON ITS TOP INJ COULD NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAD HAPPENED OR WHATCAUSED HIM TO WRECK Y

EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO THE JOB LOCATION WITH MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES WHEN A TANKER TRUCK ENTERED HIS LANE AND STRUCK CIMBAR VEHICLE. EMPLOYEE HAD A CONCUSSION, NECK AND BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE A LSO HAD A CUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.

WAS BOLTING IN A BREAK THRU, STEPPED IN A HOLE &TWISTED KNEE

WHILE SHOVELING STONE OFF FLOOR IN 130 TUNNEL HURT BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INT HE HYDRATE BAGGING DEPT. STACKING BAGS. HE SAID HE FELT LIKE HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.

EE STRAINED HIS BACK WORKING ON THE HEADS OF THECONT MINER

UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION FRAUD. WHEN CARTOPPING A TRAIN MOVING IN REVERSE, SHOVEL WAS DROPPED ALLEGEDLY INJURING ARM.

4 WEST DEVICE #3 HDG. BRK.33 WHILE ASSISTING TO GET A PIECE OF LINE CURTAIN OFF THE RIB, A LUMP OF COAL FELL OFF THE RIB INBY HIM AND HIT THE MINER CABLE. THIS RESULTED IN THE MINER CABLE BEIN G PULLED OUT OF ONE HANGER, WHERE THE CABLE WAS HUNG ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. THE CABLE STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HEAD AND UPPER NECK. EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 830-88.

EE WAS SITTING IN OFFICE FOR 10-15 MINUTES AND BACK BECAME SORE. WORKED ON USUAL ROUTINE FIRST HALF OF SHIFT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING THE TONGUE OF A SINGLE AXLE TRAILER ONTO THE BALL OF THE HITCH ON THE BUMPER OF A PICK-UP TRUCK. AFTER HE HAD COMPLETED HOOKING THE TRAILER UP, HE NO TED INCREASING PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.

SLIPPED ON MUD, SCRAPING LEFT ARM AND TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE LEFT FACE OF THE TOP HEADING. THE FALL WAS APPROX 25 FT IN LENGTH AND RANGED IN THICKNESS FROM 5 FT TO 3 FT. THE ROOF FALL BRIDGED ACROSS THE OPERATOR CAN OPY ENTRAPPING THE OPERATOR 25 TO 30 MIN. THE EEWAS REMOVED, NO APPARENT INJURY.

PULLING SHUTTLE CAR ANCHOR UP IN 38" COAL. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING SHUTTLE CAR ANCHOR TO STRIKE HIS BACK.

EE WAS LETTING LEVELING JACK UP ON BACK OF WELDING TRAILER WHEN THE TRAILER REARED UP PINNING HIS FOOT UNDER THE JACK. THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN THE 2ND & 3RD TOES FROM THE BIG TOE WERE BROKEN AND THE TOENAIL OF THE NO. 3 TOE WAS TORN OFF.

PULLING ROCK OFF TOP OF CONTINUOS MINER, ROCK STRUCK TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

HE WAS CARRYING SLATE STOCK AND PIECE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND ROLLS WHEN IT FELL.

BLENDING TUNNEL HAD FLOODED EARLIER IN THE DAY, EE HAD GONE INTO TUNNEL TO CHECK ON IT, AT 10:00 AM HE WAS WALKING ON INCLINE IN SLICK MUD HE FELL TWO TIMES. THE SECOND TIME HE FELL HIS LEFT W RIST BENT BACKWARDS. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING HYDRAULIC OIL INTO A SUPPLY CAR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED: HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. HE TURNED SIDEWAYS IN THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT WITHHIS ARM EXTENDING OUTSIDE OF COMPARTMENT. HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A WOODEN TIMBER AND THE FRA ME OF THE SCOOP.

EE SLIPPED ON MUDDY PLATFORM AND FELL OFF CRUSHER. HE BRUISED HIS RIBS, SHOULDER AND PULLED MUSCLES.

THE EE WAS WALKING UNDERGROUND TOWARDS A RETURN WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF & ALLEGEDLY HIT EE IN THE HEAD. THE EE IS COMPLAINING OF STIFFNESS & SORENESS IN THE NECK & SHOULDER

EE WAS CLEANING ROCK OFF MINER WHILE LOADING OUTA PLACE THAT HAD FELL IN A LOOSE ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS APPROX 23"X16"X2" AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT SHOULDER

EE REPORTED THAT HE IS EXPERIENCING A SPORADIC PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE THROUGHOUT HIS WORKDAY, PARTICULARLY WHEN KNEELING ON HIS KNEES.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING BITS IN THE LONGWALL HEADGATE SHEAR DRUM WHEN HE FELT PULLING IN LOWER BACKAREA AND STOMACH. EMPLOYEE DID NOT CEASE WORK UNTIL 8-27-99.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS HITTING INJURED RIGHT LEG CAUSING A FRACTURE.

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT OF ROOF IN BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EE IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM AROUND DRILL STEEL, STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT, BREAKING 1ST JOINT ON THE SECOND TOE.

EE WAS LOADING ROOF MATS ONTO A SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN HE FELL A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.

HE HAD BEEN HELPING TO STRING A WIRE ON A CRUSHER AND WHILE DESCENDING THE LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE NEXT TO THE LAST STEP. HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE OPERATION OF PULLING 5' HQ RAILS WHICH WEIGH 38.5 POUNDS, WHEN HE STRAINED THE MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON DZ151 CATERPILLER DION DOZER. WHILE REMOVING COMPRESSOR CLUTCH & COIL FRONT SEAL ON A/C COMPRESSOR, OIL & FREON LEAKED OUT SPRAYING HIS FACE CONTACTING HIS RIGHT EYE RESULTING IN A MINOR BURN TO THE CONJUNCTIVA. HE WAS SEEN BY A DR 8/23 WITH A FOLLOW UP 8/24/99.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. HE ALLEDGED THAT HE RAN OVER A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY; THE HOLE JARRED THE SHUTTLE CAR, INJURING HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON CONCRETE DOCK. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF BUT FELL, INJURING HIS BACK. ALSO EXPERIENCING LOW BACK STRAIN.

INJURED WAS STANDING IN A STRAINING POSITION COUPLING THE FLAT CAR TO THE RAILRUNNER, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE PHONE LINE AND STEPPED ON SOME LOOSE ROCKS, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

EE WAS PLACING GRATES IN THE ROTARY DRYER WHEN HE BENT OVER AND COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING HIS NORMAL JOB DUTIES AND HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN A TAILROLL CAUSING INJURY.

EE & ANOTHER WERE CARRYING A HOLD DONW ROLLER FOR A CONVEYOR BELT. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE & TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE

EE & COWORKER WERE USING TORCHES TO CUT THE LONGWALL CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN A METHANE IGNITION OCCURED. BOTH MINERS SUSTAINED BURNS AS A RESULT OF THE IGNITION

EE & COWORKER WERE USING TORCHES TO CUT THE LONGWALL CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN A METHANE IGNITION OCCURRED. BOTH MINERS SUSTAINED BURNS AS A RESULTOF THE IGNITION

EE WAS WALKING DOWN KILN RAMP SLIPPED ON LOOSE CLINKER AT BOTTOM OF RAMP & TWISTED HIS RIGHT FOOOT

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE TOP OF THE MINER, THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 4"X4"X8' POST ON OUR RETREAT SECTION. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 08/24/99 FOR STOMACH PAIN. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HEHAD A HERNIA. HIS LAST AT WORK WAS 08/26/99.

EE WAS HANGING CABLE ON SIDE 14C MT MINER TWISTED UPPR PART OF BODY & STRAINED LOWER BACK

EE REPORTS WHILE MOVING CABLE, HE TRIPPED HITTING HIS ELBOW EE ON NO WORK STATUS STARTING 8-24-99.

INJ CLAIMS HE WAS CARRYNG GARBAGE OUT OF THE PLANT WAREHOUSE WHILE WALKING THRU THE EAST EXIT DOOR INJ HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE DOOR WHEN THE DOOR SLAM SHUT

A PIECE OF ROCK CAME DOWN FROM BETWEEN BOLTS ANDHIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT KNEE. PAIN ABOVE RIGHT KNEE CAP.

EE STEPPED ON A WET ROCK WHILE WALKING DOWN BELTLINE HIS LEFT LEG SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIS LOWER BACK

DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 10-26-99. TWISTED RIGHT KNEE, STEPPED ON PIECE OF WOOD.

EE STATED AS HE STEPPED ACROSS THE TRACK, WHEN ANOTHER EE STRUCK HIM ON HIS LEFT FOOT WITH A SLATE BAR.

EE WAS GETTING IN THE WATER TRUCK.

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP PULLING 60LB TRACK RAILS. WHILE THE SCOOP WAS IN MOTION THE OPERATORS DOOR SWUNG OPEN & CAUGHT THE EE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR & IT'S FRAME

EE STATED AS HE WAS HANGING THE MINER CABLE IN A HIGH PLACE IN THE BELT ENTRY, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. REPORTED AS GOING TO DR. ON 8-25-99 AND STARTED MISSING TIME THIS DATE. COMPL ETED INVESTIGATION 8-31-99.

ELECTRICIAN STATED WHILE USING A 310 TRIPPLET VOLT METER CHECKING 9.95 VOLTS PHASE TO PHASE ON THE SOUTH MAIN FEEDER WHEN THE METER BLEW UP.

THE INJ WAS LOADING STEEL RAILS (2O'LONG) ON TO A FLAT CAR WHEN HE FELT A BURNING PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMENT 1ST DAY LOST TIME 10/7/99

EE WAS WELDING A PIECE OF PIPE ON A WORKBENCH. HE TACKED TWO PIECES TOGETHER AND WAS TRYING TO CLOSE THE GAP WITH A HAMMER. THE TACK BROKE AND THE PIPE FELL OFF THE TABLE AND ON TO HIS FOOT.

WHILE BENT OVER LIFTING A PIECE OF LUMBER EE STRAINED LOWER BACK . ON 9/2/99 EE SOUGHT MED TREATMENT & WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. DUE TO MINE CLOSURE UNABLE TO ACCOMADATE RESTRIC TIONS. EE MISSED 4 SCHEDULED SHIFTS

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN AN AISLE IN WAREHOUSE WHEN SHE STEPPED ON A LOOSE NUT ON THE FLOOR CAUSING HER FEET TO FLY OUT FROM UNDER HER. SHE LANDED HARD ON HER BACKSIDE. SHE "TOUGHED" IT OUT F OR A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT NEEDED TO SEE A DOCTOR. COMPANY DOCTOR TOOK HER OFF WORK ON 08/20/99. SHE RETURNED ON 08/23/99 AFTER SEEING THE DOCTOR AGAIN.

EE WAS HEATING A 1" X 3/16"X4' PIECE OF STRAP METAL TO BEND FOR A HOOK. THE END HE WAS NOT HEATING WASN'T SECURED AND IT FLIPPED UP HITTING THE TORCH, AND KNOCKING IT INTO HIS FACE ON RT SIDE.

WHILE PUTTING CONVEYOR CHAIN TOGETHER A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND HIT LEFT ARM.

UNSCREWING A NUT ON BELT BLOCK HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS SPOTTING BOLTS TO PIN TOP, WHEN ROCKS FELL OUT AROUND BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

EE WAS HOLDING THE RIB SCREEN IN FRONT OF THE BOLTER WHILE THE BOLTER OPERATOR FINISHED DRILLINGHIS HOLE. PART OF THE RIB 16' H X 2-6 ' WIDE X 4'LONG CAME OUT FORCING THE EE BACKWARDS LANDING ON THE FLOOR BREAKING HIS LEFT THUMB

4 RIGHT 4 NORTH BELT ENTRY. MAN HAD JUST INSTALLED A BOLT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MINER. HE WAS WALKING BACK BESIDE THE MINER WHEN ROOF COAL AND ROCK FELL OUT HITTING HIS LEFT ARM AND HAND.

PULLED MUSCLE RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS CLEANING MAINTENANCE TRUCK. EE LIFTED A PUMP & FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN

EE ALLEGES HE STRUCK HIS KNEE AGAINST A CONCRETEBLOCK WHILE CONSTRUCTING A BRATTICE.

RETURN ROLLER WAS WORN OUT ON CONVEYER, EMPLOYEEWAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR IT.

TRAVELING TO THE SECTION, ON MAC 8, AND HIT HIS HEAD ON MINE TOP.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING THE WALL WITH A CHIPPING GUN, CHIPPING KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.

BENDING UNDER HOSE SHELF, LOOKING FOR HOSE.

LOADING THE PYRO-CHEM MACHINE WHEN HE WAS GOING TO THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE TO SHUT OFF THE SCOOP HE HIT THE BLOW DOWN VALVE AND IT BECAME OPEN AND SPRAYED PYRO-CHEM INTO HIS EYES.

EE WAS THREADING A BIT ONTO THE DRILL STEM WHEN IT MISTHREADED & BEGAN TO WOBBLE THE BIT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE & TURNED HIS ARM AROUND THE DRILL STEM

THE SEAT OF THE 980G CAT LOADER MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING A STRAIN ON THE OPERATOR'S BACK. HE REPORTED THE PROBLEM AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. HE NOTICED PROBLEMS OF PAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. WITH RES T AND PAIN RELIEF, HE WAS BACK AT REGULAR JOB ONWEDNESDAY MORNING.

WHILE THROWING BAGS OF ROCK DUST OUT OF A RAMCAREMPLOYEE STEPPED FORWARD, SLIPPED AND FELL ON A HOSECLAMP.

EE WAS DRIVING A VERY LARGE LOADER CAT 992 C TO A STOCKPILE AND HIT A BUMP. HE WRENCHED HIS BACK AND RUPTURED A LUMBAR DISC.

EMPLOYEE DAMAGED HANDS AFFTER ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A DISLODGED CEMENT BAG. HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A BAG OFF OF A MESH CONVEYOR BEFORE DROPPING IT ONTO A RUBBER CONVEYOR. HIS HANDS WERE PULLED IN BETWEEN THE STEEL PLATE AND THE MESH CONVEYORBELT. THE BELTS WERE NOT SHUT DOWN PRIOR TO THISACTIVITY.

WAS USING A BAR TO MOVE TRACK RAIL OVER AND FELT PAIN IN THE BACK. HE WORKED UNTIL 8-30-99 WHEN HE MISSED WORK. HE IS A WEEK-END/HOLIDAY EE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING HOSE THROUGH MINER FRAME, WHEN HOSE BROKE AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS HELPING PRPARE ATRS FOR REMOVAL FROM ROOF BOLTER. BAR FELL FROM MACHINE STRIKING EES RIGHT FOOT. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS 2 FRACTURES TO THE MET-TARSAL BONES.

EE HAD BEEN CRAWLING IN AND OUT OF A TRANSFORMER AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. EE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY SEPTEMBER 28, 1999.

SHOVELED BELT INBY NO.4 HEAD & HURT BACK

EMPLOYEE COMPLETED CLEANING SPRAY NOZZLES IN THESWING PINION AREA OF THE REVOLVING FRAME. STARTING FLUID WAS BEING USED TO DO THE CLEANING AND A TROUBLE LIGHT HAD BEEN USED FOR ILLUMINATION. AS EMPLOYEE WAS COMING OUT OF THE SWING PINION AREA THE TROUBLE LIGHT IGNITED THE SPRAYED STARTING FLUID, CATCHING HIS SHIRT SLEAVE ON FIRE. HAD 1ST, 2ND, 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO FACE, HANDS, ARM

EE SAID HE WORKED THAT SHIFT, ON THE WAY OUTSIDE HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT.

EE WAS PREPARING TO GREASE A BEARING ON A VIBRATING SCREEN. HE DISCONNECTED THE POWER POWERING FDOWN THE SCREEN. HE HAD FAILED TO BRING HIS FLASHLIGHT UP ON THE PLATFORM. AFTER WAITING FOR A P ERIOD OF TIME FOR THE DECK TO STOP, HE ATTEMPTED STO USE HIS FINGERS TO LOCATE THE FITTING BY REACHING THROUGH THE ACCESS PORT IN THE GUARD. THE ECCENTRIC SHAFT WAS STILL MOVING, TRAPPING HIS

EMPLOYEE, OPERATING OT-82, FELL ASLEEP AND RAN HEAD ON INTO A RENTAL MOTORGRADER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING A CONVEYOR BELT, THE WATER HOSE HIT HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRIMING A SUMP PUMP. THE PUMP WAS NOT WORKING SO EMPLOYEE PUT AIR INTO THE TANK ANDIT EXPLODED. CAUSTIC SOLUTION WAS IN THE LINES AND IT SPRAYED OVER HIS ENTIRE BODY AND BOTH EYES

INJURED OVERLOADED WEIGHT GUIDE W/WIRE WEIGHTS CAUSING GUIDE SUSPENSION TO FAIL.

INJ LIFTED A HEAVY BAR & FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK

WHILE TRAMMING A 3 WHEELER, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME OUT OF CONTROL AND THE STEERING WHEEL KNOB HIT HIM ACROSS THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHICH CAUSED THE BREAK.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF HIS HAUL TRUCK, HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT HIS HAND WAS IN THE WAY ANDHE SHUT THE DOOR ON HIS HAND.

EE WAS STAKING GRADE FOR A NEW SETTLING POND WHEN HE ROLLED HIS RIGHT ANKLE ON A COBBLE. AT FIRST HE THOUGHT IT TO BE ONLY TWISTED. LATER IT TURNED OUT TO BE FRACTURED.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A RAW COAL SIEVE ON THE 7TH FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE BOARDED THE SERVICE TO BE HOISTED TO SURFACE. BEFORE BEING HOISTED THE LARGE SERVICE CAGE DOOR HAD TO BE CLOSED. EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING DOOR SHUT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE DECK PLATE. T HE SERVICE CAGE DOOR WAS DRAGGING ON THE DECK PLATE WHICH REQIRED EMPLOYEE TO USE UNDUE FORCE TO CLOSE.

WHEN LOOKING FOR LEAK, BOBCAT RAN OVER HIS LEG.

EMPLOYEE REMOVED A SECTION OF FLOOR GRATING TO INSTALL A NEW SEIVE SCREEN. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL, CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. HE DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND BRUISED HI LEF T KNEE.

EE WAS LIFTING A CEMENT BRATTICE BLOCK IN THE D-MAINS SECTION.

EMPLOYEE STATED: HIS CO-WORKER CUT END OFF CONTINUOUS MINER CONVEYOR FLIGHT AND HE PICKED UP HOTEND BURNING THE TIPS OF THREE FINGERS.

WHILE THE EE WAS ARRANGING SUPPLIES ON THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS & HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THE PIECE OF SLATE WAS APPROX 30FTX45 +O TO 31/2 INCHES IN THICKNESS

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF STEEL AND HIS LOWER BACK STARTED TO HURT.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNHOOK THE PIPE TRAILER FROM THE POND CRANE. THE CRANE WAS ON A SLIGHT INCLINE CAUSING THE RING OF THE TRAILER HITCH TO PRESS ON THE BACK OF THE PINTO HITCH USING HIS LEFT HADN TO PIVOT THE HITCH AND HIS RIGHT TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE TONGUE. THE HITCH CAME FREE. IMMEDIATELY THE TONGUE DROPPED TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXTINGUISH A FIRE WHEN CABLE HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTINTO MINE ROOF. THE ROOF BOLT BENT AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND, BETWEEN ROOFBOLT AND CANOOPY, CAUSING A LACERATION TO END OF FINGER. INJURY REQUIRED SUTURES.

INJURED EE WAS A PASSENGER ON A MANTRIP OPERATED BY OTHER EE. OTHER EE WAS TURNING THE MANTRIP AROUND TO PARK IT IN THE SURFACE CHANGING STATION WHEN HE BACKED TOO CLOSE TO THE STACKER BELT, P INNING EE BETWEEN BACK OF HIS NECK AND SHOULDERS

THE EE WAS REMOVING THE PIPE CAP ON THE ACID UNLOADING PIPE OF A RAILROAD ACID TANK CAR. HE HAD RELEASED THE PRESSURE IN THE CAR AND AS HE REMOVED THE CAP ACID SULFURIC SPRAYED OUT BURNING HIM ON THE RIGHT FOREARM AND HAND, AND LEFT WRIST. THE EE WAS WEARING HIS FULL ACID GEAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING BRATTICE. A ROCK FELL FROMTHE MINE ROOF, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT FOREARM.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING A BOX OF GLUE FROM THE REAR OF THE BOLTER AND INJURIED BACK.

OPERATING MANTRIP. GOT LEG AND FOOT CAUGHT AGAINST RIB AND MANTRIP

EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING, SWAPPING OUT CHAINS ON BUCKET. PUTTING CHAIN ON HOOK, FINGER GOT CAUGHTBETWEEN CHAIN AND HOOK.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE SMALL CONE CRUSHER EE JUMPED TO THE GROUND CAUSING SPRAIN TO KNEE

EE WAS OPERATING DOZER AS PART OF HIS NORMAL DUTIES. WHILE BACKING UP THE DOZER, THE EE HIT A ROCK WITH THE DOZER CAUSING THE EE TO BE THROWN ABOUT THE CAB OF THE DOZER.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACING A GUARD ON A MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER FOR THE CONVEYOR CHAIN. IN ATTEMPTING TO LINE UP THE BOLT HOLES OF THE GUARD A PIECE OF CRIB BLOCK WAS PLACED UNDER THE GUARD A ND DOWN PRESSURE APPLIED TO HELP LINE UP THE BOTTOM HOLES IN THE GUARD AND THE MACHINE-THE CRIB BLOCK KICKED OUT PINNING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE GUARD AND THE CRIB BLOCK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND LEFT HAND. BOTH THE HAND AND ARM DID RECEIVE LACERATIONS.

THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A MASHED FINGER WHENHE CAUGHT IT BETWEEN THE SCOOP BUCKET AND A METAL STOP FOR THE SCOOP BUCKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING ADJUSTMENT TO CONVEYER, SAW A ROCK STUCK, THOUGHT HE COULD "FLIP" IT OUT WITH WRENCH- GOT ARM CAUGHT IN CONVEYER, WAS ABLE TO PULL ARM OUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE DOGBONE SHAFT ON#1 COOLER BACK INTO PLACE WITH ANOTHER CO-WORKERUSING A 4' PIPEWRENCH. EMPLOYEE FELT SOMETHING POP BACKSIDE OF HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR AND SLIPPED LANDING ON HER RT KNEE.

DURING NORMAL WORKING HOURS AT APPROX. 4:40 P.M., WHEN A ROCK FELL BACKWARDS, PUSHING EE'S HAND UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT.

EE REMOVED RADIATOR CAP FROM A DIESEL ENGINE THAHAD JUST BEEN SHUT DOWN. ANTIFREEZE SPRAYED OVERHIM

EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR ON A CONTINUOUS MINER UNIT. THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK A LOW SPOT IN THE TRAMROAD, CAUSING THE EE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY OF THE SHUTTLE CAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO DO REPAIR WORK ON A BELTFEEDER. HE WENT TO GET A SLATE BAR AND SLIPPED ON A FLAT ROCK AND FELL ON HIS BACK. DOCTOR DIAGNOSED A LUMBAR STRAIN AND A POSSIBLE HERNIATED DI SK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO KILN DEPT FOR CLKR SAMPLE. HE SLIPPED ON SLURRY TYPE MATERIAL HITTING LEFT KNEE AND LOWER BACK AFTER FALLING.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS CRAWLING ACROSS OVERCAST ON WAY TO #2 BELT DRIVE. WHEN HE GOT TO END OF OVERCAST HE FELL OFF INJURYING HIS RIGHT HAND

EE TWISTED BACK GETTING OUT OF A TRUCK.

EE STATED THAT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT LEG WHILE LIFTING A 12 X 12 BEAM.

EE WAS ON THE MAIN SHAKER TABLE ON HIS KNEES PULLING ON A SCREEN WHEN HIS KNEE POPPED OUT OF JOINT AND IT WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO PLACE.

IMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES. SORE BACK.

EE WALKING ON CHUNKBREAKER FLOOR. SLIPPED AND FELL, HITTING HIS SHOULDER. NEW REPORT SHOWS EE NOW DISABLED FROM WORK BY DR.

REMOVING SCRAPER FROM INSIDE CHUTE WHEN IT WAS CUT FREE ALL OF THE WEIGHT OF HTE SCRAPER PINCHED EE'S WRIST AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE HOPPER WHEN IT SLIPPED.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOW BACK LIFTING ON BELT SET UP WITH PRY BAR.

EE WAS ASSIGNED TO OPERATE THE OSHKOSH TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING IT SHE HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD & JAMMED HER HEAD ONTO THE ROOF OF THE CAB. SHE WAS GOING ABOUT 10MPH

EE WAS OPERATING A VOLVO TRUCK THAT IS USED TO HAUL REJECT MATERIAL TO THE REFUSE AREA. ON A RETURN TRIP TO THE PLANT HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND COULD NOT BRING THE TRUCK TO A STOP. HE DROVE TH E TRUCK INTO THE ROADWAY DITCH. A SPRING IN THE BRAKE VALVE HAD BROKEN AND THE EE CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE TRUCK ALTHOUGHT A WARNING LIGHT WAS FLASHING ALERTING HIM TO THE MALFUNCTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS RELOCATING BOLTER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY, DURING THIS PROCESS EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. EMPLYEE SUTAINED A SPRAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.

CATHEAD TO SCOOP CHARGER EXPLODED.

EMPLOYEE SAID HE HUNG HIS 3 WHEELER UP ON A ROCK TRYING TO LIFT THE FRONT END UP OFF THE ROCK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS HANGING THE TRAILING CABLE FOR A BOLTING MACHINE ON INSULATED HOOKS. THUMB WAS LACERATED ON LATCH PART OF HOOK. CABLE BECAME TIGHT AS THE BOLTING MACHINE TRAMMED & PULLED EE'S THUMB INT O HOOK. PROTECTIVE GLOVES WERE NOT WORN BY EE. THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE ANY EQUIPMENT DAMAGE, ANY COMPLIANCE WITH RULES AND REGS, ANY JOB SKILLS, MINER PROFICIENCY, TRAINING OR ATTITUDE.

EE ALLEGES TO HAVE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND ON A STEEL BEAM WHEN HE APPARENTLY LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED WHILE CLEANING EASE FROM THE FLOOR OF THE GRINDING CIRCUIT. THE ALLEGED INJURY WAS REPOR TED ON AUGUST 17, 1999 BUT MEDICAL TREATMENT WASNOT UNTIL SPET 10. THE EE WAS TREATED AT THE BEATTY MEDICAL CLINIC AND PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. AS A RESULT MINE CLOSURE UNABLE TO ACCOMMODAT

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING STEEL PLATES THROUGH AN AWKWARD INTERNAL CONFIGURATION OF DRYER WHEN HE FELT A PULL OR STRAIN IN HIS GROIN. CONDITION LATER BY SURGEON AS HERNIA REQUIRING REPAIR.

EE WAS LIFTING A VLAVE BANK IN THE WAREHOUSE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

LOOKING INPORT FOR BUILDUP. ID FAN ON, UNEXPECTED PUFF OF HOT AIR & GAS BLEW OUT OF PORT INTO EE'S FACE. NO FACE SHIELD ON BECAUSE IT SOMETIMES PREVENTS PROPER INSPECTION. EE SHOULD HAVE CAL LED TO INCREASE DRAFT, BLASTERS WERE OFF IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF ROCKDUST ON HIS SHOULDER THRU A LOW AREA ALONG A BELT LINE. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE, SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP STACK OF EMPTY PAPER BAGS, AS HE BENT OVER, HE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS BACK. EVALUATION INDICATES A RUPTURED DISC. EMPLOYEE OFF FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR TWO WEEKS.

EE ENTERED A BARRICADED FLOODED SUMP AREA TO WORK ON THE UNDERFLOW. HOT CAUSTIC CAME OVER HIS BOOT CAUSING 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS. EE IS LOSING TIME. (EE HAD BARRICADED THE AREA AND HAD BEE N INSTRUVCTED BY TEAM LEADER NOT TO ENTER; DISCIPLINARY ACTION WAS FOLLOWED).

13-D SUPPLY TRACK- EE WAS POSITIONING THE GUIDE ARM ONT HE TRACK RECOVERY CAR. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING AND MIDDLE FINGERS BETWEEN THE ARM AND BASE PLATE.

INJURED WAS HELPING PULL CABLES ON A POWER MOVE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE CONTINUED WORKING AND KNEE CONTINUED HURTING. INJURED WENT TO DR. AND HAD MRI AND GOING TO HAVE SURGERY. HE H AD MRI ON 11-13-99. THIS IS WHEN IT BECAME REPORTABLE.

EE WAS SHOVELING MUD IN FRONT OF #28 TUNNEL IN PLANT AREA. EE DID NOT REPORT AS ON THE JOB INJURY UNTIL 9-22-99.

NOTE: THIS WAS A FIRST AID INJURY UNTIL 11/27/99WHEN EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO MISS WORK. HE WAS WALKINGIN HARBOR PARKING LOT AND HE STEPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE CONT. MINER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF FELL HITTING HIM IN THE UPPER BACK, SPRINGS HIS BACK AND LEFT WRIST.

STRUCK BY LOOSE END OF CABLE-TRUSS BOLT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE. STANDING INBY BOOM OF SINGLE BOOM DRILL. DRILL ADVANCING TO INSTALL NEXT TRUSS BOLT. TRS CAUGHT LOOSE END OF PREVIOUS CAB LE TRUSS BOLT AND DUETO UNEVEN BOTTOM, THE CABLEEND WAS SUDDENLY SWUNG UP AWAY FROM THE ROOF DRILL, STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE.

EE SUSTAINED AFRACTURE OF LEFT WRIST AND ELBOW AFTER FALLING FROM PLATFORM OF HAUL TRUCK. HE WAS OPENING A BIND DOOR THAT WAS JAMMED BY WET MATERIAL.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR DRIVEN TUGGER TO PULL THE BURNER PIPE INTO POSITION. THE TUGGER WAS ANCHORED BY TWO STRAPS AND THE CABLE ATTACHED TO THE PIPE. ONE OF THE ANCHORING STRAPS FAILED. THE SECOND STRAP HIT THE EMPLOYEE AT ABOUT HIS ANKLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

SPOOLING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE FROM SPOOL TO FLATCAR. FORK ON FORKLIFT SHIFTED ALLOWING SPOOLL TO FALL & ROLL PINNING EE' LEG AGAINST FLATCAR

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A DRINKING WATER COOLER TO PLACE IT IN THE PICK UP WHILE DOING SO HE LOST HIS BALANCE.

EE WAS LOADING RIB BOARDS ONTO ROOF BOLTER NEXT TO A CORNER. A CHUNK OF COAL AND ROCK ROLLED OFF RIB, DOWN HIS BODY AND PINNED HIS FEET. INJURIES TO HIP, L & R ANKLES, L & R FEET, R ELBOW AND PELVIS.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN AUTOMATIC BAG STACKER. THE MACHINE HAD A RAISED WORK AREA. THE OPERATOR WALKED UNDER THE PLATFORM AND TWO BALES OFCAT BOX FILLER FELL FROM THE PLATFORM AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT PART OF HIS NECK AND HIS RIGHT WRIST, CAUSING A BRUISE TO BOTH AREAS. WEIGHT OFTHE BALES WAS APPROX. 60 POUNDS.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BENT OVER AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND.

DRIVER BACKED OVER BANK.

EE WAS GOING TO SPLICE A BELT ON M-6 CONVEYOR AS HE WAS GETTING READY TO PUT THE CLAMPS ON HE SLIPPED & CAUGHT THE HAND RAIL & HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER

WHILE SETTING UP CRUSHER EE HAD FOOT IN WRONG PLACE CONVEYOR CAME DOWN ON FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON CHARGER CABLE OVER TO KVA AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF HIS HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE TOP STEP. HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND SEPARATED HIS SHOULDER.

ROUGH ROADS

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING ON A FIRE HOSE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE FELL BACKWARD & DOWN FOR 10FT. THEN SLID DOWNCONVEYRO FOR 20FT INTO THE 411 BIN, HITTING HIS HEAD & TWISTING HIS KNEE

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING OUT COAL FROM INSIDE #5 CMI DRYER WHEN HIS RIGHT HNAD RUBBED AGAINST A PIECE OF STAINLESS STEEL DAM ON TOP OF THE DRYER SCREEN. HE LACERATED HIS RIGHT RINGER F INGER REQUIRING SUTURES.

EE WAS CHECKING WATER IN 777 END DUMP & FELL TO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION & CONCUSSION TO HEAD AND FRACTURE TO WRIST.

EE ALLEGES HE WAS HELPING MOVE A PUMP WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. DATE OF INJURY WAS 8-16-99 BUT HE DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOYER UNTIL 8-20-99.

EE STATED HE MUST HAVE RUN OVER MATERIAL IN ROADWAY-IN PROCESS HIT HEAD AGAINST CANOPY INVESTIGATION REVERAL NO MATERIAL IN ROADWAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A CABLE SPLICE. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE.

THE COAL HAULER HIT A HOLE IN BOTTOM AND JAMMED HEAD INTO CANOPY.

EE CAME OUT TO WORK ON MON 8/16/99 EE INFORMED THE FOREMAN THAT HIS BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM REALLY BAD. EE HAD WORKED 8/15/99 PICKING UP GARBAGE IN THE MINE. HE INFORMED US IT WAS THE SAME PROB LEM HE HAS BEEN HAVING SO WE WOULD LIKE FOR THISINCIDENT TO BE NOTED AS A REOCCURRING BACK PROBLE

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE TRAMMING MINER ACROSS THE NO.3 TO N.4 CROSS CUT. THE MINER BOUNCED AND JARRED HIM IN THE DECK OF THE MINER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SIDE WINDOWS ON A 350 INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED WHILE HISSHIRT SLEEVE CAUGHT ON SOMETHING, CAUSING HIS RIGHT ARM TO PULL BEHIND HIM. THIS CAUSED HIS SHOU LDER TO POP.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MINE BUGGY DOWN THE BELT LINE WHEN IT SUDDENLY STOPPED RUNNING. HE BEGAN TO WORK ON THE DIRECTIONAL SWITCH WHEN THE BUGGY JUMPED IN REVERSE, THEREFORE PUSHING EMPLOYEE'S HEAD BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER.

THE WORKER HIT HIS MID BACK ON TOP OF A MAN DOORWHILE CRAWLING THROUGH THE DOOR.

A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK EE ON THE SHOULDER. EE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT, AND THE ROOF BOLTER RAN OVER HIS LEFT LEG FROM HIS FOOT ABOUT HALF WAY UP HIS CALF .

EE WAS WORKING ON A CREW SPOTTING BELT ROLLERS ALONG A BELT FLIGHT TO BE CHANGED OUT. AS HE LIFTED A 54" BOTTOM ROLLER HE FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHTSIDE OF HIS NECK

EE WAS OPERATING THE HOSE ON THE WATER TRUCK WHEN THE HOSE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. DUE TO PRESSURE THE HOSE SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK UP AGAINST HIS LEFT THIGH.

MEN WERE LAYING TRACK CONDITION'S WERE CLEAR AND DRY.

FOOT TRAPPED UNDER ROUGHBACK STONE. STONE SLIPPED & BROKE WHILE UNLOADING SAW, RESULTING IN INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE BELT ENTRY. AS HE WAS PREPARING TO LOAD THE FIRST SHUTTLE CAR, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE FIRST RO W OF BOLTS. STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HISBACK AND LEG. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURED FIBULA, AFRACTURED ANKKLE AND TENDON DAMAGE.

STATED THAT WHILE LOADING OIL INTO THE SCOOP, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

PUSHING BOXES PULLED MUSCLE IN CHEST.

EMPLOYEE FINISHED WORKING ON MACHINE BUT DIDN'T ATTACH CAB PINS CAUSING CAB TO MOVE WHILE OPERATING. SUPERVISOR TOLD HIM TO PARK MACHINE AND PUTBOLTS IN BUT HE CHOSE TO DIG ANOTHER PILE AGAINS T SUPERVISOR'S ORDER.

EE WAS USING THE BOOM ON HIS MECHANIC'S TRUCK THE LIFT CABLE ON THE BOOM BROKE CAUSING THE BOOM TO FALL STRIKING HIM ACROSS THE BACK. THIS KNOCEED HIM TO THE GROUND RESULTING IN 2 BROKEN RIBS 1 FRACTURED VERTABRAE, CUTS & ABRASIONS TO THE RIGHT OF HIS FAC

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING 5 BOLT BLOCK UNDER EACH ARM TOWARD A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IN ON THE AIRCOURS.E HE STEPPED ON LOOSE STONE ON MIEN FLOOR AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE TO OUTSIDE. THE SPRAINED ANKLE WAS THE RESULT OF UNEVEN LOSOE ROCKS ON THE MINE FLOOR. THE ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/ REGS, ANY MINING EQUIPMENT, JOB SKILLS/ PROFICIENCY, TRAINING AND ATTITUDE ON

LIFTING A BOX OF EXPLOSIVES TO RETURN IT TO THE MAGAZINE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE MAGAZINE AREA SUFFERED BACK PAIN

EE STATED SHE WAS CARRYING A 50# BAG OF ROCK DUST WHEN HER FOOT SLIPPED & SHE FELT A PAIN IN HERLOWER BACK. 1ST LOST WORKDAY OCCURED ON8/19/99

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BAGS OF ROCK DUST INTO A SCOOP BUCKET, THE SCOOP BUCKET SUDDENLY SLIPPED DOWN OFF A PIECE OF TRACK RAIL AND CAUGHT HIS FOOTBETWEEN THE END OF THE BUCKET AND THE MINE FLOOR

UNSAFE MINING OF 60 FT VERTICAL WALL OF SILT. THE WALL COLLAPSED COVERING THE MACHINE AND TRAPPING THE OPERATOR INSIDE THE CAB. IT TOOK OTHER WORKERS APPROX 10 MINUTES TO GET THE OPERATOR OU T OF THE CAB. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. HE RECEIVED STITCHES TO THE HEAD AND FACE, 4 BROKEN RIBS, AND A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT LEG. STILL RECOVERING FROM INJURIES.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FUEL HIS D8 TACTOR, HE WALKED FROM THE CAB TO THE REAR OF THE TRACTOR BY WAY OF TRACKS OF THE DOZER AT THE END HE REACHED FOR THE FUELING HOSE AND SLIPPED, FALLING TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS PULLING THE PIN TO SEPARATE TWO RAILCARS WHEN THE TENDON IN HIS LEFT ARM (BICEP) TORE.

WHILE LOADING BLOCKS ON RAM CAR, FORKS ON LOADER FELL OFF AND SMASHED LEG BETWEEN RAMCAR AND FORKS ON THE LOADER.

EE WAS LIFTING HOOD ON #5 SHAKER WHICH RESULTED IN A HERNIA. EE RECEIVED DIAGNOSIS FROM DOCTOR ON 9-2-99.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS AT THE CLEAN FOAL TOWER AND THE HEEL OF HIS BOOT CAUGHT ON THE BOTTOM STEP, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE. THE EE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 8-27-99.

EE WAS REPLACING HEAVY SCREEN WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER

EE STOOD ON THE SIDE OF THE IMPACT TRYING TO TURN THE ROTOR USING A PRYBAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE EE FELL.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOT BURNING IN A TIGHT SPACE. A SPARK FELL INTO HIS WORK BOOT CAUSING A BURN. HE COULD NOT EXIT THE SPACE QUICKLY TO RIDE THE SPARKFROM HIS BOOT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE AND LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ONE OF TWO MEN LIFTING AND PLACING A WEMCO SCREEN INTO THE DRYER HOUSING. THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT SHOULDER POPPED AS HE PERFORMED THISTASK. HE BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 11/15/99, TO RECE IVE SURGERY ON THE SHOULDER.

EE & COWORKER WERE DRILLING HOLES TO ANBCHOR TAILPIECE WHEN DRILL TWIST GOT STUCK CAUSING DRILL HANDLES TO HIT EE IN RIBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A GOLF CART DOWN THE 1ST WEST SUPPLY ROAD AND HAD BENT OVER LOOKING AT THE FLOOR BOARD WHEN HE RAISED BACK UP, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE INBY END OF THE OVERCAST AT X C4 ON THE SUPPLY ROAD.

EE STATED WHILE PULLING ON WRENCH FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING LOOSE COAL FROM UNDER HEAD WITH HIS LEG AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

INJURED HAD LOWERED JACK FROM BENEATH RAIL AND REACHED FOR THE JACK WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. WHILE ON KNEES, AS HE PULLED/LIFTED THE JACK FROM BENEATH THE RAIL, HE FOUND HE COULD NOT RAISE UP FROM HIS KNEES. WAS ASSISTED TO HIS FEET BY OTHER.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CRIB BLOCK OUT OF THE MUDAND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK. HE STARTED HAVING PAIN. THE EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON TOP OF SCOOP, LIFTING THE CRIB OUT OF THE MUD.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE WHEN A PICE OFHAMMER BROKE OFF, EMBEDDING INTO EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND. INJURY WILL REQUIRE SURGERY.

WORKING ON TOP ARM BUSHIN-PULLED ON RACHET TWO-THREE TIMES AND HURT HIS BACK. WHILE WORKING ON TRUCK.

EE STATED HE WAS STANDING ON THE OFF SIDE OF THE MINER WHEN THE RIB BROKE FROM PRESSURE AND SEEING LOOSE MATERIALF ALLING HE TRIED TO REMOVE HIMSELF BUT WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE KNOCKING HIM DFOWN TO THE MINE FLOOR LANDING ON THE REMOTE.

EE WAS HANGING A SMALL CABLE APPROX 3/4" DIAMETER ABOUT 30 MIN LATER, HE STARTED HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK EE DOES NOT THINK THAT HANGING THE CABLE CAUSED INJURY, BUT CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.

EE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER, HE HEARD A RIB ROLL AND HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE QUIKCLY OUT OF THE WAY AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON MINE BELT.

LIFTING STEEL I BEAM, EE STATED THAT THE EFFECTS HAD GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE SINCE INJURY DATE. COMPLIANCE WITH REGS NOT A FACTOR. DID NOT INVOLVE EQUIPMENT. ATTITUDE COULD BE A FACTOR. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 3/16/00. NO NEW INJURY REPORT.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE BOLT AND THE BOLTER DRILL HEAD.

WHILE USING (SWINGING) A SLEDGE HAMMER, EE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM

VICTIM WAS STEPPING OFF OF AN 8 INCH HIGH PLATFORM WHEN SHE TWISTED HER LEFT ANKLE CAUSING A SPRAINED ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF SCRAPER INSTEAD OF USING THESTEPS AND REHURT HIS BACK.

DUE TO THE LACK OF VISIBILITY CAUSED BY DUST ANDFOG, EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING SLOWLY ON REFUGE HAUL ROAD WHEN HIS TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING SUDDENLY. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO BACKWARDS. THE TRUCK WENT INTO A DITCH AND OVERTURNED.

EE HAD FASTENED BUCKET LATCH WITH FOOT FROM INSIDE OF BOBCAT. AFTER SITTING BACK DOWN AND PULLING THE SAFETY RELEASE CONTROL BRACE DOWN. THE E4E'S LEFT FOOT WAS STCKING OUT PAST THE BOBCAT FRA ME, WHEN HIS ARM HIT THE DOWN LEVER PINNING HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE FORK ARMS AND FRAME.

WHILE LIFTING A ROLL OF BELT, EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

BULLDOZING TREES AND GOT STUNG SEVERAL TIMES BY BEES.

EE STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLE AROUND THE LEFT RIB AREA. EE REFUSED MED TREATMENT AT THE JOB SITE BUT LATER WENT TO HIS FAMILY DR. DR GAVE HIM MEDICATION FOR PAIN & 2 DAYS REST

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN PUSHING A CARRIER LOADED WITH BELT IN A KICKBACK, THECARRIER HAD BEEN JACKED BACK ON THE TRACK, WAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE RAIL. AS THEY BUMPED THE CA RRIER IT JUMPED OFF RAIL AND ONTO THE FOOT OF EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF DOZER AND FELL AND HIT HIS ARM.

STRAINED LEFT KNEE, WAS HELPING TAKE DOWN RAIL AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING FULL BARRELS OF CALCIUM. HE TIPPED BARREL BACK TOWARD HIM TO ROLL IT AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOGF BOLTS IN AN ENTRY FACE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF, STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT SIDE. EE RECEIVED 4 SUTURES TO A LACERATION ON HIS LEFT FOREARM AND 4 SUTU RES TO A SMAL LACERATION ON HIS UPPER LIP.

EE SUSTAINED A CAMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE LEFT PATALLA KNEE WHEN A PIECE OF RIB MEASURING 9' LONG X 30"WIDE X 12" THICK FELL AND STRUCK THE LEFT LEG. HE WAS IMMEDIATALY TRANSPORTED TO A TRAUMA C ENTER WHERE HE WAS HOSPITIALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING A ROOF BOLTER.

THE EE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS HAUL TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP & HE FELL TO THE GROUND

DURING POWER MOVE EE WAS LIFTING AND TWISTING ADN INJURED BACK, HIP, AND SIDE. EXPERIENCING NUMBNESS TO RT HIP AND SIDE. STRAIN TO BACK, RT HIP AND SIDE.

A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND ROLLED, CATCHING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF HIS LEGS AND PINNING HIS LEGS AGAINST THE RUB RAIL. EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME INJURY.

EE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON CONT. MINER WHEN ROCK FELL STRIKING VICTIM.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM THE BED OF THE TWO TON FLAT BED DELIVERY TRUCK. HE APPARENTLY SLIPPED OR TRIPPED AND FELL TO THE FLOOR OF THE MAINTENANCE SHOP.

WHILE SHOVELING AND CLEANING BY THE 1-C CRUSHER EE TWISTED HIS KNEE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

THE EE WAS PUTTING UP A BOLT, AND THE BOLT BENT WENT HE BEGAN TO ROTATE IT, CAUSING THE BOLT TO STICK HIM ON THE LEFT ARM.

STRAIGHTEN THE TWISTED BELTS ON CRUSHER MOTOR WASN'T RUNNING, COUNTER WEIGHT MADE PIPE WRENCH COME AND HIT HIM THROWING HIM INTO THE MOTOR, TRYING TO BRACE HIMSELF HE RAN HIS HAND THRU THE BEL TS TO THE DRIVE PULLEY, SMASHING LEFT HAND.

INJURED WAS WALKING BACK FROM TRASH CAR WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE, CAUSING TORN LIGAMENTS.

EE TAKING SHOWER AT END OF SHIFT, SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR, CAUGHT TOE OF LEFT FOOT ON FOOT BATH CONTAINER.

EMPLOYEE WAS HIT BY A PIECE OF DRAWROCK ON HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON 8-13-99 THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN AREA AND THAT HE THOUGHT HE HURT HIMSELF WHILE HELPING FOUR OTHER MEN LIFT A 4 BY 8 PIECE OF SHEET METAL UP ON A TAILPIPE. WENT TO THE DOCTORAND WAS TOLD HE HAD A HERNIA AND THAT IT WOULD EREQUIRE SURGERY TO REPAIR.

EE GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR AND TOLD FOREMAN TO RESET A BREAKER. ON HIS WAY BACK A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM.

FUELING A LIGHT PLANT AT PIT5 TRUCK DUMP AREA. THE BACK PRESSURE IN THE FUEL TANK BLEW OUT AND SPRAYED HIM WITH DIESEL ENTERING BOTH EYES. HE WAS SEEN BY A DR. AND DIAGNOSED WITH INFLAMMATION TO THE CONJUNCTIVA OF BOTH EYES. BOTHE EYES WERE MEDICATED AND PATCHED.

WHILE FILLING BULK BAGS WORKER PLACED HAND ON THE CLAMP WHICH PROCEEDED TO CLOSE ON HIS FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN A GRIZZLY FELL ON HIM AS HE AND A CO-WORKER WORKED TO CLEAR A HANGUP OF MATERIAL INSIDE A HOPPER. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THEY HAD RAISED THE FRONT OF THE GRIZZLY AND PROPPED IT ABOVE THE HOPPER SO THEY HAD ROOM TO WORK.

EE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON CONT. MINER WHEN ROCK FELL STRIKING VICTIM.

WAS PICKING STICKS OFF THE ROCK BELT. TWO ROCKS ROLLED TOGETHER AND SQUEEZED HIS WRIST. AT LUNCHTIME HE SAID HIS WRIST HURT SO WE TOOK HIM TO THE CLINIC TO HAVE IT CHECKED. DOCTOR SAID IT WAS A LIGHT SPRAIN.

ROLLING AN EMPTY BARREL DOWN A SMALL INCLINE TO THE STORAGE TRAILER FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH OF EE CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS BACK Y

SECURITY OFFICER WAS HIT HEAD ON BY A EMPLOYEE OF DEEP MINE DRIVING ON WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THE EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE USED A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE TO PUSH A MAC-8 MAN TRIP WHICH WAS STUCK IN A MUD HOLE.

EE WAS ON ROOF BOLTER PUTTING UP CURTAIN BOARDS BOARDS FELL DOWN ON FINGER

EE STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING A RUB-RAIL FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINER.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING COAL WITH RAMCAR, THECONVEYER CHAIN BROKE AND A FLIGHT STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.

WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF HAULING TRUCK, EE STEPPED ON A SECTION OF FIRE HOSE & TWISTED HIS ANKLE. HOSE SECTION WAS LEFT LAYING ON FLOOR AFTER A CLEANING OPERATION

EE WAS BYSTANDING WHILE COWORKER WAS WORKING WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER AND GOT TOO CLOSE, WAS HIT WITH HAMMER IN MID-SWING.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BELT STRUCTURE FROM AFALL AREA, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

EE WAS KNEELED DOWN IN THE SCOOP BUCKET HAULING ROCK OUT FOR THE ROCK DUSTER WHEN THE SS SCOOP BEGAN TO MOVE IT WENT INTO HIGH TRAM CAUSING HIM BACKWARDS AND LANDING ON HIS BACK ON SEAT.ON 8/1 1/99 HE WENT AND HAD HIS BACK CHECKED HE WORKED UNTIL 8/19/99 AND WENT INTO HOSP WITH BACK SPASM

THE EE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC CHANGE BATTERIESIN A HAUL TRUCK WHILE MOVING THE BATTERY, THE EESPLASHED IN THE EYE WITH ACID

EMPLOYEE AND COWORKERS WERE LOADING OMGEA BLOCKSIN BUCKET OF LOADER, THE BUCKET WAS RESTING ON SUPPLY TRAILER IN UPWARD POSITION, THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING OVERCAST, THE LOA DER BACKED OFF TRAILER AND IN PROCESS EMPLOYEE FELL OFF HITTING SUPPLY TRAILER.

TRIMMING CONVEY9OR BELT CUT TOWARDS BODY. CUT LEFT PALM OF HAND REQUIRED 7 STITCHES, NO IMPAIRMENT.

EE PLACED THE WEAR PLATE FROM THE 63 MILL OUT OFTHE WAY WHEN EE TURNED BACK AROUND THE PLATE HADSHIFTED & WAS COMING TOWARD HIM AS EE WAS MOVINGTOWARDS IT. THE PLATE HIT HIM IN THE ARM & CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM. THE PLATE HAD A SHARP EDGE ON IT

SMASHED FINGER IN SPLITTLER #I.

LIFTING A STONE STEP & BACK POPPED

EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING A MINER BREAKER ONSECTION POWER CENTER WHEN A FLASH OCCURRED. THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED BURNS TO RIGHT ARM, RIGHT SIDE(RIB CAGE AREA) AND RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. HE SUST AINED FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS.

EE WAS WORKING ON REED SCREEN PUNCH PLATE AND WHILE STEPPING DOWN HE SLIPPED AND HURT HIS NECK RECEIVING A SLIGHT WHIPLASH.

EE WAS WALKING BEHIND THE MOVING CONTINOUS MINER AND HAD ONE FOOT ON TOP OF THE MINER CABLE. WHEN THE CONTINUOR MINER MADE A TURN IT PULLED THE CABLE TO ONE SIDE AND CAUSED EE TO LOOSE HIS BAL ANCE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE. ON 8-18-99 BEGAN RESTRICTED WORK.

STARTED LOSING TIME 8-11-99

EE WAS INSTALLING METAL PLATES INTHE RECLAIM TUNNE. HE WAS USING A PORTAPOWER TO PRESS THE PLATES IN PLACE. HE TURNED TO GET HIS HAMMER WHEN THE PORTAPOWER KICKED OUT & STRUCK HIM ON THE LE G

EE WAS OPERATING A JOY CONTINUOUS MINER. HE WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF THE FACE TO CHANGE SIDES. THERE WERE TWO VENTILATION TUBES ON THE RIB. HE WAS BETWEEN THE TAIL OF THE MINER AND THE VEN TILATION TUBES. THE MINER SWUNG OVER AND CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN THE VENTTUBES AND TAIL OF THE MINER. BRUISE LEFT HIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF SCOOP AND FEET WENT THROUGH HOLE BEHIND BLADE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST KNEE.

MAN WAS WORKING ON CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE STEPPED BACK, RESULTING IN A FALL OF APPROX 4' UPON LANDING HE FELL BACKWARD ONTO A SMALL WINDROW OF 1" MIUNUS RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE LOWER BACK.

WHILE DRIVING THE HAUL PAK & THE WATER TRUCK, WATERING THE ROAD TO KEEP THE DUST DOWN, EE HAD DROPPED TOO MUCH WATER CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SLIDE INTO HILLSIDE OUT OF CONTROL

EE WAS RECOVERING TIN BRATTICE IN MAIN SOUTH AND AS HE STEPPED THRU TO GET ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE PANELS, A ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING HIM ON THE PANELS, A ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT BOOT. ROCK MEASURED APPROX 12"X 12" X 4"THICK.

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF APP 1.5' WIDE 5' LONG1"-5" THICK, HIT VICTIM ON RIGHT LEG AND ANKLE.

EE STATED - HE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND TURNED TO GO BACK UP AND FELT KNEE POP. 1ST LOST TIME DAY WAS 2/11/2000.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED INTO AN OPEN MANHOLE IN A DRAGLINE TUB THAT WAS BEING REPLACED. HE RECEIVED BRUISED RIBS WHEN HE FELL THROUGH THE HOLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP OVER THE TRACK RAILSTO LOAD CRIBS. THE TIRE OF THE SCOOP RODE THE RAIL AND THEN CAME OFF RAIL. EMPLOYEE BOUNCED IN THE SEAT AND JAMMED HIS NECK AND SHOULDER. HE WOR KED 08/12/99 AND WAS DISABLED ON 08/13/99.

OPERATING A 21SC SHUTTLE CAR. BRUISED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN TURNING AROUND IN A MUDDY AREA.

EE BENT OVER WHILE WORKING ON SCRAPER. IS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

OPERATOR ALLEGES THAT THE LOADER DID NOT COME WITH THE OPTIONAL RIDE CONTROL AND HENCE HE BOUNCES IN THE SEAT WHICH HE CLAIMS HAS STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A SPOOL OF ROPE ON RIDE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS UPPER BACK UNDER HIS SHOULDER BLADE.

TRYING TO HOLD A DOOR UP AND IT BENT HIM BACKWARDS OVER A BOLT BIN.

MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIED ON 08/24/99 THAT THIS INJURY ON 08/10/99 WAS DIAGNOSED 08/16/99 AS A HERNIA. EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 30"X 6" X 6' WOOD CRIBBLOCKS THAT WAS BEING USED TO SUPPORT ROOF.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDERGROUND. A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.