Mining Incidents in February 2002

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 001-0 SECTION IN THE#5 ENTRY, AT 5B TRACK. VENTILATION EQUIPMENT NORPASSAGE OF PERSONS WERE EFFECTED. THIS AREA WILLBE REHABILITATED.

A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON THE 24 BUTT 026-0 SECTION. FALL WAS IN #1 ENTRY #36 CROSSCUT FOUR WAYINTERSECTION & WAS 35' LONG, 25' WIDE & 8' HIGH.NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. NO INJURIES.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE BELT ENTRY ON THE #2 SECTION NEAR SPAD #12465. APPROXIMATELY 1400" FROM THE ACTIVE FACE. FALL MEASURED L 80' X W 18' X H 6'. ALL ENTRANCES TO THE FAL L HAVE BREAKERED OFF. THIS AREA WILL NOT BE REHAB.

MINED INTO AN UNCHARTED OIL/GAS WELL: 003-0 SECTION, 6 LEFT OFF 35 BREAK OF 12 EAST, MAIN SOUTH ENTRY @ SS 14+40.

EXAMINERS DISCOVERED A ROOF FALL BETWEEN CROSSCUTS 35 & 36, IN NUMBER 1 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 150' IN LENGTH WAS 1-18' IN WIDTH. THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 6' TORQUE TENSION BOLTS THE BOLTS HAD BEEN SUPPLEMENTED WITH WELDED WIREMESH.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED 110' OUTBY SPAD #5736 IN THE #2 ENTRY ON 003 SECTION, 1200' OUTBY WORKING FACE. APPROX. 18' WIDE X 150' LONG X 10' THICK.

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT 9:00 AM FEB 2002. THE FALL WAS ONE BLOCK IN BY SPAD #624 IN #7 ENTRY. THE FALL IS 100 FEET LONG, 18 FT WIDE, 20 FT HIGH. IT WAS NOT IN AN INTERSECTION. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 5' TENSION BOLTS. THE AREA WILL BE CLEANED UP IN THE FUTURE.

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON 2/27/02 IN 51 MS RETURN, ROOM #1 AT SURVEY STATION 47 + 00. THE FALL WAS APPROX 10'HIGH, 20'WIDE AND 120'LONG. AREA WAS MINED 1/31/02 AND WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' FULL RE SIN BOLTS. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURY RESULTED.

WHILE TESTING THE ESCAPE HOIST CAGE, THE OVER TRAVEL STOPS WERE NOT STOPPING IN RIGHT LOCATIONMINE WAS EVACUATED AT 11:30 AM. ESCAPE HOIST WAS REPAIRED AND OPERATIONAL BY 2:30 PM SAME DAY.

UPON INSPECTION BY WILLIE COLLINS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT DAMAGE TO ELEVATOR ROPES WAS PRESENT. ELEVATOR WAS SHUT DOWN & ROPES HAVE BEEN CHANGED OUT.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 1ST SOUTH PANEL OFF THE MAIN WEST. THE FALL IS @ 14XC FROM 1-2 ENTRIES. THE FALL MEASURES 6'HIGH, 40'LONG AND 18'LONG.

THE WEST FINLEY ELEVATOR WAS INOPERATIVE IN EXCESS OF 30 MINUTES DUT TO THE GOVENOR ROPE JUMPING OUT OF A PULLEY & KNOCKING OFF THE SAFETY SWITCH, WHICH IN TURN SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. THE T IME LOST TO GET ELEVATOR BACK IN OPERATION, THE BRAKES HAD TO BE RELEASED.

THE #2 HOIST SEQUENCE TIMER LOST ADJUSTMENT. THE MINE WAS EVACUATED AND THE TIMER WAS READJUSTED. THE HOIST WAS TESTED AND MINERS RETURNED U/G AT 9:25 AM.

EAST MAINS 12 BLOCK #10 HEADING 4-WAY INTERSECTION MMU 008 7FT HIGH X 18 FT WIDE X 20 FT LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 6 FT RESIN BOLTS, 6"X16" PLATES, ROOF MATS FALL DANGERED OFF. ADDITIONAL ROOF SU PPORTS SET AROUND FALL.

ROOF FALL (1700-1-004-02): 1W#3 BELT, BETWEEN X-CUTS #106 TO #107. DIMENSIONS: H 8'+, W 19', L 60'. GEOLOGY: SOFT, MEDIUM TO DARK GRAY SHALE. ROOF SUPPORT: 6' INSTAL III BOLTS.

SLICKENED SIDED SLIP SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN ROOF APP. 5' IN THICKNESS, 14-20' WIDE, AND 24' LONG, AT SPAD #78 APP. 1000' OUTBY THE FACE.

BECAUSE OF A RUSTED BRACKET, A SEMAN SWITCH FELL OFF OF THE TRACK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT. THE SWITCH INDICATES THE STOPPING POSITION FOR THE EMERGENCY MAN CAGE.

THE SERVICE ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM 5:01PM UNTIL 8:40PM DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN THE GOVERNOR ROPE.

GARDEN "B" SHAFT AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR DEVELOPED AN ELECTRICAL FAULT IN A RELAY WHICH PREVENTED THE BRAKING SYSTEM FROM RELEASING.

A FALL OCCURRED IN 3 EAST, #3 ENTRY, APPROX. 68' OUTBY STATION #110. THE FALL IS ABOUT 30' WIDE X 40' LONG AND 6 TO 8 FT IN HEIGHT. VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED. AREA IS DANGERED AND TIMBERED OFF. ADDITIONAL TIMBER WAS ALSO SET IN SURROUND AREA.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO. 3ENTRY OUTBY MMU 001-0 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 60' LONG, 20' WIDE AND UP TO 9' HIGH.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY AT #12 BREAK ON "C"-SECTION. SIZE OF FALL WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 25'N X 25'L X 6'H (INTERSECTION). AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 6' RESIN BOLTS. NO INJURIES, NO EQUIPMENT CAUGHT, VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERRUPTED.

A ROOF FALL MEASURING 6' HIGH 30' LONG & 20' WIDE FELL IN THE RETURN NETURAL 13 BREAKS OUT BY THE CO #4 HEAD-DRIVE. THE ROOF WAS LAMINATED SHALE WITH MULTIPLE MOUNTAIN SEAMS. NO INJURIES TO ME N OR MACHINE OCCURED.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 2 WEST SUBMAINS BTWN #4 & #5 ENTRIES @ #22 CROSSCUT. THE AREA IS NOT PRESENTLY BEING MINED & THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION. FALL WAS TIMBERED OF F & WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 001 SECTION. NO 2 ENTRY-4 BREAKS INBY SPAD 18. THIS FALL OCCURRED WHEN SOLID FUEL ENERGY LTD OPERATED THE MINE. THIS OPERATOR NO LONGER OPERATES THE MINE. THE MINE IS F LOODED WITH WATER.

CHANGED LIGHTING SYSTEM FROM 48 VOLT TO 12 VOLT SYSTEM.

WEST 5 BLOCK #2 HEADING-4 WAY INTERSECTION, MMU 001. 7' HIGH X 18' WIDE X 20' LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT:6' RESIN, 6"X16" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS SET AROUND F ALL.

A NON INJURY ROOF FALL OCCURRED X-CUT 42 #4 ENTRY OF 1 EAST MAINS. THE FALL MEASURED 7'-8' HIGH.40 FT LONG AND 30' WIDE AT THE INTERSECTION.

ROOF FALL IN ABANDONED 3 LEFT PANEL AT FACE INTERSECTION OF #6 ENTRY B-23. APPROX 19' WIDE AND 30' LONG, 8' HIGH. EXTENDS FROM IN BY B-22 #6 ENTRY TO FACE (THRU INTERSECTION) TO OLD FACE OF #6 ENTRY AT END OF PANEL. AREA POSITIONED ANDDANGERED OFF. DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT SS #1150 #3 ENTRY BY FIREBOSS SIX. FACE IS 25' LONG BY 18' WIDE BY 6 1/8' HIGH. ROOF FALL DOES NOT AFFECT VENTILATION AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. AREA HAS BEEN TIMB ERED AND DANGERED OFF.

ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION 1 BREAK OUT BY SPAD 1324 IN #6 ENTRY. FALL DID NOT INJURE ANYONE, TRAVEL OR AIRWAYS ARE NOT BLOCKED, THE FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP AT A LATER DATE. 4 FOOT RESIN BOLTS WERE USED IN THAT AREA.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT SURVEY STATION 8022, 50 & 38 CROSS OUT OF #2 ENTRY RETURN OF WEST MAINS. THE FALL HAD NO EFFECTS ON VENTILATION THE AREA WAS DANGERED OFF AND SUPPO RTED AT ALL APPROACHES.

ROOF FALL IN #7 HEADING, 1 BREAK OUT BY SPAD #1392, FALL WAS 18 FT WIDE 50 FT LONG, 5 FT HIGH. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4 FT RESIN RODS. ATR ON SECTION WAS NOT AFFECTIVE. TIMBER ENTRICE TO FALL OFF.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #7 ENTRY ON #8 BELT MAINS. SIZE OF FALL: 18'X 18' X 406' H (INTERSECTION). AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 48" FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. NO INJUR IES, NO EQUIPMENT CAUGHT, VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERRUPTED.

ROOF FALL 2ND SOUTH OFF 1ST M. WEST AT 15+00 BETWEEN #3 & #4 ENTRIES. XC WIDTH- 18', LENGTH- 20', PULLED ANCHORS- 5', MINED AREA NOV.2001. BOLTED WITH DOUBLE LDK BOLTS- LENGTH 5'BOLTS.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT BRK. 14 ON THE 7 SOUTH BELT. THE FALL OCCURRED IN A CROSSCUT AND MEASURED 30'LONG X 20' WIDE X 8' HIGH. THERE WAS NO INJURIES BUT THE BELT LINE WAS COVERED UP. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6'TORQUE SUPPPORTS.

MAN WAS WELDING ON A LINED PIPE AT GROUND LEVEL. THE LINER IN THE PIPE CAUGHT FIRE & TRAVELED UP THROUGH TO THE SCREEN ON THE 4TH LEVEL. BURNED SCREENS & CONVEYORS.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY OF UNIT 3 APPROX. 400' OUTBY THE FACE AREAAT SURVEY STATION 19382. THE FALL MEASURED 40'X 20'X 8' AND THERE WAS NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED.

NORTH 1 55 BLOCK #1 HEADING 3-WAY INTERSECTION MMU 003. 7 FT HIGH X 18 FT WIDE X 20 FT LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 6 FT RESIN, 6" X 16" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPP ORTS SET AROUND FALL.

FALL WAS L;OCATED 3200' OUTBY THE SECTION. FALL LOCATED AT #47 XCUT, #4 ENTRY OF #2 SUBMAIN. FALL WAS 6' HIGH, 40' WIDE (THROUGH INTERSECTION, 2ND 25' LONG. AREA WAS CLEANED AND REBOLTED.

NORTH 2 XCUT #9 TO #10, MMU 001. 7' HIGH, 18' WIDE, 40' LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 6' RESIN BOLTS, 6" X 16" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORT SET AROUND FALL.

THE PESKINS "B" SHAFT HOIST WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE, ONE OF 4 PNEUMATIC JACKS REMOVED FOR BRAKE SYSTEM.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 IN #1 ENTRY. SIZE OF FALL: 25' LONG X 18' WIDE X 5-6' HIGH. FALL HAS BEEN DANGERED AND TIMBERED OFF. FALL DOW NOT AFFECT VENTILATION AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT X-CUT 130 ENTRY #00 MAIN SOUTH. FALL WAS IN A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION THAT WAS MINED SEPT. 1996. AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6'FULL RESIN BOLTS. FALL APPROX. 10'HIGH, 30'LONG,

ROOF FALL (7000-1-003-02): MW #4 BELT X-CUT #42 TO #43 DIMENSIONS H-6' W-20' L 100' GEOLOGY: SOFT, MEDIUM TO DARK GRAY SHALE, ROOF SUPPORT, 5' FULLY GROUTED BOLTS.

HAD BATTERIES GROUNDED AND MELTED DOWN ON THREE-WHEELER MANTRIP. SMOKE FROM BATTERIES ALERTED INBY MINERS AND THEY HAD FIRE OUT IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS AFTER IT WAS FOUND.

A FIRE OCCURRED AT IMPOUNDMENT ID NO. 1211-TX-09-02847-17 (SP-4). UPON INVESTIGATION THE FIRE BEGAN FEB. 15, 2002. THE FIRE WAS NOTICED BY A TMPA EMPLOYEE. SOURCE OF IGNITION IS BEING INVESTIG ATED AS OF THIS DATE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED MEASURING 40'X 20'X 0-12' HIGH IN THE #6 ENTRY (INTERSECTION AT SS #1926).CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE FALL WAS SLICK SIDED HIGH ANGLE SLIPS. NO EQUIP. WAS INVOLVED. THE VENTILATION WAS NOT DISTURBED. NO INJURIES. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

ROCK FALL FOUND ON MMV 003-0 90' OUTBY SPAD 5626APPROX. 2000'OUTBY WORKING FACE IN #3 ENTRY. 20'X 20'X 5'.

THE ELEVATOR WAS DOWN FOR MORE THAN 30 MIN. DUE TO A SOFTWARE PROBLEM ON THE DRIVE UNIT. NO ONE WAS ENTRAPED.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT 25 BLOCK MAIN WEST HAULWAY. APPROX. 70' LONG, 18' WIDE & 6'-7' HIGH.

ROOF FALL OF INTERSECTION AT 10X #3 ENTRY 6F. FALL MEASURED 9' HIGH , 15 1/2' WIDE, 25' LONG MATERIAL THAT FELL CONSISTED OF 0-6" ROOF COAL AND 8 1/2-9' DARIC GRAY SHALE.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY ON A-3 MAINS (1) BREAK OUTBY SPAD #5028. SIZE OF FALL WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 20'L X 20'W X 2-4'H. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 48" FULLY GROUTE D RESIN BOLTS. NO INJURIES, A-3 BELT LINE WAS CAUGHT, VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERRUPTED. FALL WILLCLEANED UP.

ON 2/14/02 THE ROOF STARTED WORKING IN THE 25W- 130-13 AT THE MURRAY MINE. IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE MUCH OF A FALL TILL HOURS LATER WHEN IT CONTINUED TO WORK, PULLING OUT 7' 1/2" ROOF BOLTS & SC REEN.

THE 001 WORKING SECTION CUT INTO OLD WORKS WHILE MINING IN THE #7 HEADING APPROX. 140' INBY SPAD NO 3264 CAUSING WATER TO ENTER THE WORKING SECTION. THE MEN WERE REMOVED FROM THE MINE IMMEDIAT ELY. NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE SECTION POWER CENTER WAS THE ONLY EQUIPMENT AFFECTED BY THE WATER. OLD WORKING WERE NOT PROPERTY LOCATED ON MINE MAP.

UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL, LOCATION NO. 3 RETURN AT BREAK NO. 55 SIZE 25 FT LONG 18-19 FT WIDE, AND FT HIGH, ROOF SUPPORT 4 FT CONVENTIONAL BOLTS DISTANCE FROM FACE 8845 FT.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO.4 ENTRY (BELT) OF A MAINS AT SPAD LOCATION 75 (BREAK 12). THE FALL MEASURED 6 FT HIGH, 16 FT WIDE, 52 FT LONG.

ROOF FAILURE IN BETWEEN INTERSECTION 6 ABD 7 ENTRY OF 3 LEFT OFF 1 LEFT MAINS BETWEEN SS 357 AND 367. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED, VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON #1 UNIT NORTHWEST ENTRIES. FALL WAS INBY TAIL OF BELT IN #1 ENTRY. 130' LONG, 18' WIDE AND 30" HIGH.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON SPRUCE SECTION NEAR SPAD NO. 5609. THIS FALL WAS LOCATED BETWEEN #6 & #7 ENTRIES APPROX. 1,200' FROM THE FACES. IT MEASURED 60' X 20' X 7'.

WE EXPERIENCED A POWER OUTAGE DUE TO AND ELECTRICAL STORM IN THE AREA. MSHA-GENEVA FIELD OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED WITHIN 30 MINUTES. THE MINE WAS EVACUATED. POWER WAS RESTORED BY 11:15 P.M. THE OUT AGE COVERED ALL OF LANSING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. WE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATIONS AT 11:15 P.M.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #45 BLOCK OF 4 LEFT 1 NORTH RETREAT SECTION. THE FALL EXTENDED FROM THE GOB INTO #11 ENTRY OF OLD 3 LEFT 1 NORTH PARTIALLY COVERING TWO MOBILE ROOF SUPPORTS. SIZE OF FALL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. BUT IT WAS HIGHER THAN THE EXISTING ROOF BOLTS PRODUCTION WAS INTERUPTED FOR APPROX 5 HOURS.

A RELAY BURNED UPON THE FAN THAT MOVES THE SCR PANEL, BUT THE ELEVATOR WAS OPERATIONAL ON INSPECT.

NORTH 1 49 BLOCK #8 HEADING, 4-WAY INTERSECTION MMU 004 TYPE OF SUPPORT- 6 FT RESIN BOLTS, 6" BY 16" PLATES, ROOF MATS 7 FT HIGH BY 20 FT LONG BY 18 FT WIDE. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROO F SUPPORTS SET AROUND FALL.

SKIPS BOTH TORQUED COW. IT APPEARS THAT SOUTH SKIP HIT THE CONCRETE BELOW MID SHAFT. THIS CAUSED THE SOUTH SKIP TO SWING AROUND COW INTO THE NORTH SKIP. THE HOIST ROPES WERE CHANGED AND SEEMED TO HAVE CURED THE PROBLEM.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED APPROX 3000' FROM THE FACE OF SPRUCE SECTION IN #5 ENTRY AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE SPAD #5357 WAS LOCATED. THE FALL MEASURED 20' BY 20' BY 7-8' HIGH.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE NORTH 7TH WEST HEADGATE AT 6500' WEST X-CUT BETWEEN #2 & #3 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 20' LONG, 18'WIDE & 6'- 8' THICK. VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF M INERS NOT AFFECTED. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANEDUP.

INEFFICIENT LOADING CAUSED EXCESS SPILLAGE THAT FOWLED THE TAIL ROPES, TWO TAIL ROPES WERE SEVERED.

REPORTED FALL AT STATION 66 40 FT INBY IN #6 ENTRY. FALL IN CROSS CUT. WIDTH 16 FT X 40" FALL ABOVE 5 HIGH.

MINE BLAST SMOKE HAD NOT VENTILATED THE MINE DUE TO POWER OUTAGES. MINERS WERE POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO MINE GASES FROM BLAST SMOKE.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE NO.3 NEUTRAL ENTRY APPROX 1200'-1300' OUT BY THE ACTIVE SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 20' L BY 20' W BY 3-3.5' THICK AND OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION AT SURVEY STATION NO. 284. THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 36" MECHANICAL ROOF BOLTS WHEN THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY, INBY THE LAST OPEN CROSS CUT, IN THE 001 WORKING SECTION. THE ROOF FALL WAS 42'LONG,18 & 1/2'WIDE AND 6'HIGH. THE ROOF FALL WAS CLEANED UP AND THE AREA WAS RE-SUPPORTED WITH 6'FULLY GROUTED ROOF BOLTS AND INDICATED NO ADVERSE ROOFCONDITIONS. THE ROOF MATERIAL CONSISTED OF FINELY LAMINATED SANDY DARK GRAY SHALE.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT BREAK 226 ON TRACKFALL WAS APPROX. 20'L X 20'W X 4'THICK.

UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON LONGWALL #1 ENTRY SPAD #69 + 25 STRAIGHT ACROSS FROM FACE TENSION BOLTS, 8' CABLE BOLTS, 9 POINT CRIB IN CROSS CUT PROPS 4' CENTERS. ALL ENTRANCES HAVE BEEN BRE KERED OFF. THIS IS ON THE 5 HEAD GATE.

SOUTH MAINS 67 BLOCK #11 HEADING 4 WAY INTERSECTION MMU 006 12 FT HIGH BY 18 FT WIDE BY 20 FT LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 12 FT CABLE BOLTS, 6 FT RESIN, 6" BY 16" PLATES, ROOF MATS FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS SET AROUND FALL.

MINING NEAR HOLLOW, WATER IN THE TOP. IT IS 1500' UNDERGROUND IN #2 ENTRY, MAIN RETURN.

AT APPROX. 1:45AM A REPORTABLE ROOFFALL WAS ENCOUNTERED @ X/C 10 6-LEFT MAIN HAULAGE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 16'X 16'X 7'. AIR SLACK & MOISTURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE MAIN REASON FOR THE FALL.

WHILE TRYING TO IGNITE GOB FIRE CALCINER A BUILDUP OF NATURAL GAS OCCURRED AND ON 4TH IGNITION ATTEMPT GAS EXPLODED.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 12TH EAST, #4 ENTRY AT 3700' STATION. THE FALL WAS 30' LONG, 20' WIDE, AND 9' HIGH. IT DIDN'T AFFECT VENTILATION, TRAVEL OR CAUSE ANY INJURY. IT DID DAMAGE SOME BEL T STRUCTURE. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 8' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN #9 ENTRY, SURVEY STATION 7764, 4 LEFT 1 NORTH SECTION. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 18'WIDE X 25'LONG X 8' HIGH. AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' CONVENTIONAL RO OF BOLTS ON A 4' CENTER PATTERN. ALL APPROACHES SUPPORTED AND DANGERED OFF. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED HOW OLD THE FALL WAS AS IT WAS NOT REPORTED TO MINE FOREMAN OR SAFETY DEPARTMENT.

THE SOMERSET ELEVATOR DOORS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT WOULD NOT CLOSE DUE TO A LOOSE BOLT IN THE DOOR DRIVE MECHANISM THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE ELEVATOR TO STAY AT THE BOTTOM LOCATION.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THEBARRIER CUT-THRU FROM 4 LEFT 1 NORTH SECTION INTO THE OLD 3 LEFT 1 NORTH BLEEDER ENTRY (SURVEY STATION 7842- 7140.) SIZE OF FALL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED, BUT THE HEIGHT WAS ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE. THE APPROACH HAD BEED SUPPORTED AND DANGERED OFF. AGE OF FALL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED BECAUSE FALL WAS NOT REPORTED TO MINE.

ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY AT #18 BREAK.

UNPLANNED ROOF FALL- ACTIVE WORKING SECTION- LOCATED 2 CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD #40596- #6 HEADING- FALL MEASURED 40'X 18'X 6'HIGH. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 5+6'RESIN BOLTS IN A STAGGERED PATTE RN. THE FALL WAS CLEANED UP AND REBOLTED.

WHILE MAKING A PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION FOR 3RD SHIFT, A ROOF FALL ON THE HAULAGE ROAD WAS FOUND. IT WAS LOCATED 2500 FEET FROM THE OUTSIDE AND 2700 FEET OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION IN #7 ENTRY AT SPAD #493. IT WAS 25'LONG, 18'WIDE, AND 2'- 7' IN HEIGHT ABOVE THE COAL SEAM.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #27 BLOCK OF 4 LEFT 1 NORTH RETREAT SECTION. THE FALL EXTENDED FROM THE GOB INTO THE #3 ENTRY PARTIALLY COVERING TWO MOBILE ROOF SUPPORTS. SIZE OF FALL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED, BUT APPEARED TO BE25'-35'HIGH. AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS ON A 4' CENTER PATTERN. PRODUCTION WAS INTERRUPTED FOR APPROX. 14 HOURS.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED IN L-MAIN @ SPAD 30+79 (ABANDONED L-3 HEADER HOLE AREA). THE FALL IS APPROX. 15' W X 55' L X 6' HIGH.

A FALL OF THE ROOF OCCURED AT THE 2ND S.E. SUB MAINS, #3 ENTRY, AT SPAD #33409 AT CROSS CUT 32. THE FALL WAS 36 FT LONG, 30 FT WIDE AND 7 FT THICK. NO PERSONEL EQUIPMENT OR VENTILATION WERE AF FECTED.

A ROOF FALL MEASURING 20' BY 20' BY 5-6' OCCURRED ON THE MAINS SECTION 1 CROSS CUT IN BY SPAD 1518 NO. 3 BELT ENTRY.

A FALL OF THE ROOF OCCURRED ON DOTIKI 3 BOTTOM, S.E. LO.M. MAINS C, #3 ENT4RY, AT SPAD #21198, AT CROSS CUT 185. THE FALL WAS 40 FT LONG, 20 FT WIDE AND 6 FT THICK. NO PERSONEL EQUIPMENT OR VE NTILATION WERE AFFECTED.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #6 ENTRY - CAUSED BY SQUEZZING DUE TO CROSSING OVER BARRIER BLOCKS. APPROX 19 FEET WIDE, 40 FEET LONG & 4 1/2 FOOT THICK.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED AT THE OVERCAST AT LONG FORK. VENTILATION, PASSAGE OF PERSONS, NOT EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED. THIS AREA WILL NOT REHABILITATED.

MINING NEAR A DRAIN, WATER IN THE TOP.

OLD ABANDONED MINE ABOVE & BELOW SEAM. FALL LOCATED ON 003 SECTION AT SPAD NO. 9981. THIS SECTION IS INOPERATIVE. NO AIR COURSE.

A FALL OF ROOF WAS FOUND 2-03-02 AT 12:30PM. THEFALL OCCURED ON THE MAIN EAST TRAVELWAY FROM 30XC TO 31XC.

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE LONGWALL IN THE #1 ENTRY AT SPAD #66+00 ON THE TAILGATE MEASURING 18 FEET LONG X 16 FEET WIDE X 10 FEET HIGH.

A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED AT CROSSCUT 76 OF TAILGATE ENTRY (ENTRY #1 OF 6TH EAST FIRST NORTH). WIDTH WAS 16' X UNKNOWN LENGTH AND GREATER THAN 9'HIGH. THE TAILGATE TRAVELWAY WAS BLOCKED. TRAV ELWAY WAS BLOCKED APPROX. 4 HOURS.

ICE HAD BUILT UP ON FLOOR AND ROOF OF ELEVATOR, RENDERING IT INOPERATIVE. ICE WAS REMOVED AND ELEVATOR WAS MADE OPERATIVE. ELEVATOR WAS OUT OFSERVICE 155 MINUTES.

AT 2:30 PM 2/1/02 A GAS IGNITION OCCURRED IN A SEALED AREA IN THE 2ND EAST PORTION OF THE BIG RIDGE #2 MINE. ALL PERSONNEL UNDERGROUND AT THE TIME OF THE IGNITION WERE SAFELY EVACUATED TO THE SURFACE.

CONTINUOUS MINER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CUTTING COAL IN #8 ENTRY WHEN THE MINER CUT INTO AN UNDETECTED AREA CAUSING AN INUNDATION OF WATER INTO SECTION. PRODUCTION WAS IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL WERE WITHDRAWN FROM AREA.

THERE WAS AN IGNITION ON THE FACE OF F-5 LONGWALL WHICH LASTED 10-15 SECONDS AND WAS EXTINGUISHED BY SPRAY WATER AND WATER HOSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OF DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.

A FALL OF ROOF ROCK OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY INTERSECTION AT #25 CROSSCUT ON WHITE OAK MAINS. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTED FROM THE OCCURRENCE.

WEST MAINS 5, 21 BLOCK, #2 HEADING, MMU001, 4 WAY INTERSECTION. 7' HIGH X 18' WIDE X 20' LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 6' RESIN, 6" X 16" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORT S SET AROUND FALL.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #3 ENTRY AT #7 BREAK ON A-3 MAINS. SIZE OF FALL WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 18' W BY 18' L BY 4' H. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH FULLY GROUTED RESIN BO LTS. NO INJURIES, NO EQUIPMENT CAUGHT, VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERRUPTED.

ROOF FALL - 2 BOLT, #5 ENTRY, 66 X CUT, 4 WAY INTERSECTION - SUPPORT 6' X 8' TR ROOF BOLTS - FALL IS BEING CLEANED UP.

ROOF FALL 4 WEST HT RETURN AT 29 TM. FALL WAS 18' WIDE X 25 FT HIGH AND 6 FT OF MATERIAL FELL.

BRAKE CAR BATTERIES DISCHARGE, ALLOWED EMERGENCY STOP BRAKES TO ENGAGE; WOULD NOT RELEASE. REPLACED BATTERIES, CHARGED: CORRECTED MECHANICAL PROBLEM.

A NON INJURY ROOF FALL OCCURED AT X CUT 15 2ND EAST MAINS #3 ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURE 6' HIGH 24' WIDE AND 40' LONG. THIS FALL WAS INT HE PRIMARY ESCAPEWAY.

KUHNTOWN PORTAL ELEVATOR- TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 30MINUTES DUE TO AN INSECT BEING CAUGHT IN AN ELECTRICAL CONTACTOR. LOCATED IN THE HEAD HOUSE, CAUSING THE ELEVATOR TO RUN AT A VERY SLOW SPEED.

IT APPEARS THAT THE VICTIM GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK WHILE IT WAS BEING LOADED. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD DOWN AN APPROXIMATE 6% GRADE ALONG THE MAIN HAULAGE ROAD. THE TRUCK TRAVELED ABOUT 200 FEET, LEAVING THE ROAD, AND HITTING AN EMBANKMENT. THE VICTIM WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND ABOUT A FOOT AWAY FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAILER.

EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE 8 SHOVEL. EYEWITNESS SAYS "A LARGE ROCK CAME DOWN AND HIT THE 86 DIRECTLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROPS...SMASHING THE CAB." EE WAS KILLED INSTANTANEOUSLY BY THE IMPACT ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY CORONER.

ROOF FALL - FATAL - 30'X 30'INTERSECTION - SPAD #1003 - 1XCUT INBY. EE AND CO-WORKER WERE POSITIONED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CONTINUOUS MININGMACHINE WHEN THE ROOF BEGAN TO FALL WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

THE EE WAS OPERATING A SINGLE BOOM ROOF BOLTER IN THE #6 ENTRY. IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE FOR BOLT INSTALATION THE EE WAS STRICKEN WITH A PIECE OF FALLEN ROOF APPROX. 20'X 21'X 14 FT. IN SIZE. THIS RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE.

INDIVIDUAL WAS MASHED BETWEEN AN ELEVATOR AND THE STRUCTURAL STEEL ON LEVEL L-3 PREHEATER TOWER.

WHILE ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION AND WIRING OF AN ELECTRONIC GENERATOR, INSIDE OF A 7820 MARION DRAGLINE, A MECHANIC WAS POSITIONING AN OVERHEAD 10 TON HOIST WEIGHING ABOUT 1160 POUNDS TO LIFT THE GENERATOR ARMATURE IN ORDER TO ALIGN THE BOLT HOLES, WHEN THE HOIST FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE CAUSING FATAL BLUNT TRAUMA.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE DOZER IN A LEVEL WORKING AREA & LEFT THE DOZER IN GEAR AND WENT OUT LEFT SIDE OVER BRAKE LEVER AND FELL BETWEEN BLADE& TRACK & WAS FATALLY CRUSHED. "THIS FATALITY AC TUALLY HAPPENED IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO-ADIB 4/3/2003"

WHILE TRYING TO INSTALL MISSING TIRE ON LOADER, LIFTING WITH BAR HAD A HERNIA.

EE WAS OBSERVING A HAULAGE MOTOR "COUPLE-UP" TO A SUPPLY CAR. HE WAS RESTING HIS HAND ON THE SUPPLY CAR WHEN THEY COUPLED & THE IMPACT CAUSED THE ROOF STRAPS ON THE CAR TO MOVE CATCHING HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE CAR & THE STRAPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING PANEL BOARD ON SHUTTLE CAR.WHEN HE TRIED TO LIFT PANEL BOARD HIS RIGHT SIDE STARTED HURTING.

EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS AMPUTATED. THE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN A CONVEYOR BELT AND A WIPER BLADE.

INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT AND WHILE INSERTING THE BOLT IN THE DRILL CHUCK, HE LOST HIS BALANCE, CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE ROTATION, CATCHING HIS GLOVEBETWEEN THE PIN PLATE AND CHUCK PULLING HIS THUM B OFF AT THE FIRST JOINT.

WATER TRUCK DRIVER PULLED HIS WATER TRUCK UNDER WATER LOAD SPOUT TO FILL 3000 GALLON TANK. HE FELL 8 FEET TO THE GROUND.

EE TOOK BELT GUARD OFF TO CHECK BELT TENSION WHILE RUNNING. AFTER VISUAL INSPECTION, HE DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN AND TIGHTEN. AS HE WAS TURNING, HE LOST BALANCE AND HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH BELT.

EE WAS CHECKING CMI COAL DRYERS. THE FIRST TWO HE CHECKED WERE PLUGGED WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO RUN. TO UNPLUG THEM, WATER IS RUN INTO THEMTO UNPLUG AND LOOSEN THE COAL. EE WENT TO THE NE XT LEVEL AND WHEN HE STARTED #23 CMI IT STARTED TO SQUEAL. EE REACHED UP UNDER THE COVER OVER THE BELT DRIVE PULLEY, WHEN HE TOUCHED THE MOVING BELT IT PULLED HIS GLOVED HAND INTO THE PULLEY.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE AN 0-RING FROM A 785HAUL TRUCK TIRE & WHEEL ASSEMBLY. THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS STILL SEATED TO THE TIRE BEAD ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE TIRE. WHEN THE WEEL BROKE LOOSE FROM THE BEAD IT FELL CATCHING EE'S FINGERS BETWEEN WHEEL & BEAD RING ON TOP SIDE OF WHEEL CAUSING TIPS OF FINGERS TO BE AMPUTATED.

WHILE EE WAS ENTERING ELEVATOR ON 1ST FL OF MILLROOM, HE RAISED HIS RT HAND TO SECURE LATCH AT THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER. WHEN HE DID THIS, THEELEVATOR DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ONTO HIS FINGER. (PLE ASE NOTE: EE OVER-RODE SAFETY FEATURE OF ELEVATOR DOOR BY PLACING HAND IN A PINCH POINT).

WHILE WALKING OUT OF OLD EAST AGTER FIREBOSSING POWER CENTER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN WET AREA, BLOWING KNEE AND KNEE CAP OUT.

INJURED GOT OUT OF CAR STEPPED ON ROCK TWISTING ANKLE (RIGHT)

CONVEYER BELT WAS FROZEN TO SKIRT RUBBER. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CHUTE AND HIT HIS HAND ON CATWALK. EMPLOYEE COMPLETED SHIFT AND WENT TO DOCTOR NEXT DAY. X-RAY TAKEN OF HAND, NO FRACTURE NOR A BNORMALITY TO BONES.

EE WAS PULLING UP ON FUEL PEDAL ON 16G GRADER TO SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER DID NOT REPAY IT TO CO TIL 3-22-02. WENT TO DR AND WAS TOLD TO BE OFF WORK FOR 2-3 WEEKS.

EE STATED HE WAS SITTING IN HIS 777 HAUL TRUCK BEING LOADED BY 992G ENDLOADER WHEN A LARGE ROCK WAS DROPPED INTO THE BED CAUSING CONSIDERABLE JARRING AND VIBRATION RESULTING IN PAIN TO LOW BAC K.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE MEASURE CYCLONE OVERFLOW PIPE WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO THE PIPE. EE'S FIRST LOST WORK DAY DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL 7/11/02. THIS EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE AND HAD PREVIOUS NECK SURGERY.

EE WAS REMOVING BELT STRUCTURE ON A BELT BACK & THE AREA WAS VERY MUDDY. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO THROW A PIECE OF STRUCTURE, HIS FOOT STUCK IN THE MUD CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE & LOWER BAC K.

EE WAS MOVING THE FORK ON THE FORKLIFT AND PULLED A RIB MUSCLE ON LOWER RIGHT SIDE.

EE WAS REACHING INTO HIS TOOL BOX FOR A C CLAMP HIS ARM CONTACTED THE TOOL BOX AND HIS WATCH BAND SCRATCHED HIS ARM. HE WAS LATER DIAGNOISED WITH CELLULITIES A SKIN INFECTION, AND MISSED TWO D AYS OF WORK. THIS INVESTIGATION TOOK SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE WE DETERMINED IT WAS JOB RELATED.

EE WAS MOVING ROCKS BY HAND & CUT HIS FINGER. HE WENT TO OFFICE. CUT WAS SMALL. HE ELECTED TO WASH/BAND-AID AREA AND WORKED SEVERAL MORE DAYS. CUT LATER BECAME INFECTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CRIB BLOCKS AND DROPPED ONE ON HIS RIGHT THUMB CAUSING A FRACTURE.

WIRING 480 VAC TO POWER MONITOR EQUIPMENT. DURING TESTING, WIRES SHORTED PHASE TO PHASE CAUSING SHORT.

EE WAS LIFTING ROCK OFF OF THE TOP OF THE MINER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER PAIN.

WAS WORKING ON TOP OF CRUSHER AND WAS BENDING OVER RAIL TO PULL A BUCKET OF TOOL UP WITH A ROPE AS HE WAS PULLING THE ROPE HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHICH HE HAD ALBREADY INJURED FROM A PREVIOUS IN JURY AT ANOTHER PREIVOUS EE . EE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 2-28-02 BUT WENT TO HOSPTIAL ON 3-5-02 FOR TREATMENT. WAS OFF SIDE 3- & 5-02.

WHILE ADJUSTING BOLTS ON MAIN GENERATOR, 1 1/4" SOCKET CAME OFF AIR IMPACT WRENCH AND STRUCK EE IN THE FRONT RT. UPPER SIDES OF HIS MOUTH (BOLT BROKE). THIS CAUSED THE FRONT TOOTH TO BREAK ABOVE THE GUM LINES. THE DENTIST SAID THE TOOTH HAS TO BE EXTRACTED. THE DENTAL BRIDGE IS BROKENAND NEEDS FITTED. MOUTH IS ALSO BADLY BRUISED & INFECTED.

WAS TRAMMING PIN MACHINE FROM OPERATORS DECK WHEN A HYD HOSE BUSTED GETTING OIL IN HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ROCK OFF OF THE MINER. EMPLOYEE PUT A CHAIN AROUND THE ROCK TO MAKE A CHOKER AND WHILE PULLING ON THE CHAIN TO MAKE IT TIGHT HE CUT TWO OF HIS FINGERS. THERE WAS A BUR ON THE CHAIN.

AS EE WAS MOVING LINC N LOCK BLOCKS FROM THE SCOOP, ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT THUMB.

A PIECE OF COAL MEASURING 2'X2'X8' SLIPPED FROM ROOF/RIB, STRIKING EE S BACK.

WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER, THE COMPANY CAR GOT VERY HOT. HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO INSPECT THE PROBLEM. WHEN HE REMOVED THE LID OF THE RADIATOR THE PRESSURE OF T HE VAPOR CAUSED A SQUIRT OF HOT WATER THAT REACHED HIS RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE, EYE AND HEAD, CAUSING BURNS IN THESE AREAS.

HE STOOD UP ON TIRE AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE FLETCHER RRII ROOF BOLTER AND INSTALLING EYE BOLTS FOR THE NEXT BELT MOVE SET UP WHEN A TOP PIECE OF COAL RIB BROKE LOOSE UNDER PRESSURE AND STRUCK HIS LE FT SIDE, LEFT ELBOW, AND LEFT WRIST.

EE WAS CLEANING #7 HEADING & STOVED UP HIS NECK & SHOULDER ON THE LEFT SIDE AGAINST THE TOP. #7 HEADING IS 39" HIGH.

WORKING IN & AROUND COAL MINES FOR 31 YEARS EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN ACUTE STRAIN & MUSCLE SPASMS ON 5/24/01. EE WORKED UNTIL 2/27/02 WHICHWAS HIS FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK. HE IS CURRENTL Y OFF FOR THE SAME ILLNESS THAT WAS DIAGNOSED 5/24/01 . DEG 7

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF A CATERPILLAR 988 FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE. WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT HIT THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EE WAS WALKING FROM FACE OF #3 ENTRY, WALKED THROUGH A SET OF FLY PADS & HIS HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH A LOOSE ROOF BOLT HANGING FROM TOP.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A HOSE ON #1 SHIELD, THE RIB ROCK ROLLED OFF KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. IT ROLLED HIM FORWARD CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEFT ANKLE AND KNEE.

EE WAS OPERATING A 637 CAT SCRAPER WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED ROUGH TERAIN AND JARRED HIS BACK.

EE REPAIRED A FLAT TIRE ON A GRADER LOCATED ON TOP OF HAUL ROAD. AN 18 WHEEL TRUCK WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING UP THE ROAD WHERE ANOTHER TRUCK WAS WAITING TO COME DOWN THE ROAD. EE WAS ASKED TO TRY TO HELP PUSH THE COAL TRUCK UP THE HILL. EE POSITIONED THE GRADER BEHIND THE TRUCK. THE CO-WORKER IN THE TRUCK NOTICED THAT THE GRADER WAS MOVING BACKWARDS. EE WAS UNCONSCIOUS BUT CAME TO

EE WAS BENT OVER WORKING WHEN HE RAISED UP HE STRUCK THE SIDE SHIELD WITH THE TOP OF HIS HARD HAT, FELL OVER BACKWARD AND LANDED ON HIS TOOL POUCH.

WALKING TO MECHANIC TOOL AND PARTS SLED AND STEPPED ON ROOF BOLTING MODULE, HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE, VICTIM CONTINUED TO WORK ON HIS NORMAL JOB UNTIL 3-28-02 AT WHICH TIME HE BE GAN LOSING TIME. ORIGINALLY FIRST AID, EE BEGAN LOSING TIME MARCH 28, 2002.

LEAD BLASTER IN CHARGE ON TOP OF TRUCK TO MONITOR FILLING OF STICK MAKING BIN. HE DIRECTED OPERATOR TO MOVE BOOM IN HIS DIRECTION. BOOM SWUNG RAPIDLY WITH INITIAL APPLICATION OF HYDRAULIC PRES SURE AND STRUCK BLASTER IN CHEST, KNOCKING HIM OFF THE TRUCK. BLASTER FELL 11 1/2' TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS, PUNCTURED LUNG, BROKEN CLAVICLE, CUT TO BACK OF HEAD AND FOREHEAD.

WHILE INSTALLING SOME BALL BEARINGS WITH A HYDRAULIC CAT WHICH EXERTED PRESSURE TO A PIECE OF WOOD, IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS FROM SCOOP BUCKET @ DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN FACE AREA. WHILE DOING SO, HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA AT 8:18 AM. HE INFORMED SECTION FOREMAN LATER & WAS TAKEN TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTN. THE EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN SAIDHE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

OPERATOR WAS PULLING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT OF A HOLE AND BURNED RIGHT HAND.

WHILE LOWERING FEEDER CABLES FROM SUSPENDED POSITION, THE ADJOINING TIE WIRE BROKE, CAUSING THE CABLE TO FALL AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE, PUSHING HIS SAFETY GLASSES DOWN ONTO HIS NOSE.

THE INJURIED EE WAS MINING COAL REMOTELY ON OUR 4 LEFT 1 NORTH RETREAT SECTION, THE THIRD LIFT OF BLOCK 79, WHEN A PORTION OF THE RIGHT RIB BEHIND HIM ROLLED OFF STRIKING HIM ON THE NECK AND B ACK.

EE WAS BOARDING THE STEEL CAT & HIS HAND SLIPPED ON GRAB HANDLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND ON RIGHT SIDE OF BODY.

HE WAS RESTACKING A 1" PTIO PALLET, GRABBED A ROCK IT SLID OUT OF HIS HAND AND CUT OPEN HIS RIGHT RING FINGER AND PINKY.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELTLINE & DEVELOPED LUMPIN SIDE OF GROIN. A FEW WEEKS AGO RUNNING RAMCAR, NOTICED PAIN WHICH WENT AWAY. SHOVELING DUE TO ROOF FALL. MINE WAS NOT PRODUCING COAL.

EE STATED WHILE COMING DOWN STEPS AND TAIL OF #1 REFUSE BELT HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF KEY STEEL THAT WAS LAYING ON STEP, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.

DRIVER CAME IN BACK DOOR OF SHOP AND SLIPPED BUT DID NOT FALL FLOOR WAS WET AND SNOW OUTSIDE OF SHOP DRIVER HAD RUBBER BOOTS ON, SOME OIL WITH FLOOR DRY WAS IN SHOP AREA WHERE THE SLIPPED HAPP ENED. DRIVER FELT LEG SNAP AS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF FROM FALLING, DRIVER REPORTED LEG WAS BROKEN AT SAME SPOT BEFORE.

EE WAS WALKING FROM FRONT TOWARDS BACK OF BOLTER WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HEAD/NECK ON A LOW AREA OF MINE ROOF. EE SUSTAINED A JAMMED NECK.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING ARM/SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE ALONG WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A WATER PUMP WHEN THE OTHER EMPLOYEE LET GO CAUSING THE PUMP TO FALL ON ONE END. THE WEIGHT OF THE FALLING PUMP TORE THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S RIG HT BICEP MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM THE BELT ENTRY TO THE ENTRY OF A LONGWALL SECTION BEING SET UP FOR FUTURE MINING. HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. THERE WAS NO DAM AGE OR IMPAIRMENT TO THE OPERATION OR ANY EQUIPMENT. AWARENESS OF CONDITION OF TRAVELING WAS THE CAUSE. NO OTHER FACTORS WERE INVOLVED.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE.

EE WAS PAINTING AT PLOW FEEDER AREA. THEN HE PUTA CLOTH DAMPED WITH THINNER ON THE BACK POCKET OF HIS PANTS FOR 30 MINUTES, CAUSING BURNS ON HIS RIGHT GLUTEUS.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND CAUGHTHIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE DECK AND MINE FLOOR.

DURING THE COURSE OF THE WORK DAY EE'S BACK BECAME SORE. EE DRIVES VOLVO 35 TON HAUL TRUCK.

EE WAS WALKING AROUND THE PLANT. A FEW HOURS LATER HE BEGAN TO FELL PAIN ON HIS LT. HIP. THE EE REPORTED THE INJURY ON 3/19/02. EE WAS SENT TO THE STATE INSURANCE FUND FOR TREATMENT WHERE THE CASE IS PENDING RELATIONSHIP TO WORK ACTIVITIES.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING GET A LARGE ROCK OFF ADDCAR ON MINER PAD. AS HE WAS SLIDING ROCK OFF CAR HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN.

EMPLOYEE STATED: WALKING DOWN THE STEPS OF BREAKER FACILITY, FOOT SLIPPED, WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE HAND RAILS, IT TWISTED HIS LOW BACK RESULTING IN PAIN TO HIS BACK (POSSIBLE STRAIN TO LOW BACK) THE WEATHER OUTSIDE WAS RAINY AND THE CATWALK WAS SLIPPERY.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ROCK OFF OF CONTINUOUS MINER. HIS BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL INTO PAN AREA NEAR THE HEAD MOTORS.

ON 2-26-02 EE WAS OPERATING A TRUCK AND HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND GOT JARRED GROUND IN THE TRUCK. THIS IS ONE OF MANY BACK AND NECK STRAINS HE HAS RECEIVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THIS AC CIDENT IS BEING REPORTED AS A REPEATED TRAUMA INJURY BECAUSE OF THE EE'S HISTORY.

EXCAVATOR WAS LOADING A LARGE ROCK INTO INJURED'S TRUCK, FROM THE SIDE. SINCE EXCAVATOR WAS LOADING FROM THE SIDE, HE COULD NOT PLACE THE ROCK INTO THE BED, HE HAD TO DROP IT. THE WEIGHT OF TH E ROCK CAUSED TRUCK TO ROCK. INJURED ATTEMPTED TO HOLD ON AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

HE SLIPPED & FELL, BREAKING A BONE IN HIS ANKLE WHILE DISEMBARKING A LOADER. HE FELL WHEN HIS FEET TOUCHED THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER. HE BACKED OVER SOME UNEVEN BOTTOM & BOUNCED BRIDGE CARRIER. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.

EE WAS INSTALLING CUTTING EDGE ON 631 D SCRAPER. EE WAS USING SUPPORTING EDGE WITH DOLLY CART AND CART FLIPPED ON EDGE, CAUSING EE TO SMASH RIGHT THUMB.

EE WAS WORKING ON A LIME/WATER MIXING TANK. HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE THAT CONTAINED WATER AND THELIME MIXTURE. HIS FOOT WAS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES HE NOTICED HIS FOOT FELT LIKE IT WAS BURNING. HE REMOVED HIS BOOT AND FOUND HIS FOOT AND ANKLE HAD MULTIPLE BURNS ON THEM. HE THEN RETURNED TO OUR SHOP AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING SOME LOOSE MATERIAL THAT HAD FELL FROM THE RIB WHEN ANOTHER SMALL PIECE FELL FROM THE RIB AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SIDE AND TOP AREA OF THE LEFT FOOT. INJURIE D'S X RAYS FOUND NO BROKEN BONES. THE MINING HEIGHT WAS AROUND 5 FEET.

EE WAS MOVING A 75LB. NITROGEN GAS CYLINDER AT THE ELECTRICAL ROOM OF CEMENT FINISH MILL #2, INTHE ATTEMPT TO LIFT IT AT THE ENTRANCE STEPS W/ THE HELP OF CO-WORKER THE CYLINDER SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIM IN BOTH 1ST & 2ND FINGERS OF HIS RT. HAND. EE SUFFERED CUTS IN BOTH FINGERS AND STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF THE BUMPER OF MECHANIC'S TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

WHILE SPREADING CALCIUM IN LOWER ENTRY OF STARTLINE A PELLET GOT STUCK ON EAR LOBE, FELT BURNING KNOCKED OFF AND WASHED OFF LATER PUT ICE PACK ON EAR AND BECAME INFECTED INJURY DATE WAS 1-30-0 2 DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 2-26-02.

EE LIFTING SCREEN TO PLACE IN LOADER BUCKET WHENHE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTING MATERIALS INTO A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT A BURNING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WAS WALKING DOWN ACCESS RAMP SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL THAT HAD SPILLED ON RAMP AREA AND FELL, LANDED ON HIP, STRAIN TO BACK, KNEE, SHOULDER.

EE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS STRETCHING TO REPLACE A HEAVY (15-20) INDUSTRIAL LIGHT FIXTURE ON THE CATWALK OF #2 PIER OF #3 KILN. THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOME RULED THAT IT WAS WORK RELATED ON SEPT 20, 2002. WE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE COURTS FINDING ON SEPT 20 2002. THEREFORE IT BECAME REPORTABLE. COURT RULED TIME TO BEGIN MAY 17, 2002.

THE MINER HAD AN UNCLE PASS AWAY & WAS NOT FOCUSED ON HIS JOB. EE IS GOOD EXPERIENCED MINER WHO WORKS SAFE, USES PPE SAFETY RULES & REGS & COMPLIANCE. HE REACHED DOWN TO TURN ON AIR, & VALVE O N THE MACHINE WAS OPENED. MACHINE SURGED FORWARD & EE DUCKED OUT OF THE WAY, TWISTING KNEE & CAUSING KNEE SPRAIN.

INJURED WAS PULLING ON A MUDDY PIECE OF CURTAIN WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS LIFTING AN OXYGEN TANK FROM A MANTRIP TO WORK SITE WHEN EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS STOMACH. EE WENT TO THE DR. AND HAS A PULLED STOMACH MUSCLE.

EE WAS BOLTING IN #5 ENTRY INBY SPAD #7828 ON THE OFFSIDE OF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 7' LONG, 3 1/2' WIDE, 4 1/2" THICK, FLIPPED BACK UNDER ATRS, LANDING ON RIGHT LEG, BREAKING LOWER FIBULA & TIBIA & 3 BONES IN RIGHT FOOT.

OPENING REAR DOOR OF DUST COLLECTOR STRAINED BACK (LOW).

EE HAD COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND WALKED TOHIS PERSONAL VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER HIS VEHICLE, EE SLIPPED ON ICE, FELL AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON GROUND.

EE REPORTED BACK PAIN ON MONDAY AM. HE SAID HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIS LAST SHIFT PRIOR TO THE WEEKEND BUT THAT HE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PAIN BEFORE AND IT USUALLY GOES AWAY. HE REPORTED THAT HE DOESN'T RECALL A SPECIFIC TIME WHEN THIS PAIN BEGAN AND AGAIN REPORTS A HISTORY OF THIS PAIN SINCE HE BEGAN WORK HERE BUT THAT IT USUALLY GOES AWAY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP SUPPLIES IN A CROSSCUT AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOFBOLTS AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD AND BACK.

EE DESCRIBES USING A 20LB. SLEDGEHAMMER FREQUENTLY DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK (MOST LIKELY ON FEB.25TH) WHILE USING THE SLEDGE TO DRIVE OUT PINS ON A LOADER BUCKET HE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS RT. SHOULDER, SEEN DR. ON HIS R&R- FIRST DAY MISSED APRIL 3, 2002.

REMOVING STEEL SHAFT FROM RACK-SHAFT IN PAPER SLEEVE 2 7/8" X 3 FT, SLID FROM PACKING TUBE STRIKING INJURED ON L/FOOT BEHIND STEEL TOE 3RD TOE BROKE IN 2 PLACES.

IN THE RECUPERATOR BASEMENT THERE WAS A PILE OF CLINKER & WHEN THE EE STEPPED ON IT HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OVERHEAD BEAM. THIS CAUSED A STRAINED NECK.

EE WAS CARRYING AIR HOSES DOWN A SHORT FLIGHT OFSTAIRS (3-STEPS) FROM THE PREHEATER TOWER WHEN HE MISSED THE LAST STEP. HE FELL TO HIS LEFT ANDTWISTED HIS LT. KNEE. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A TORN ACL AND MENISCAL TEAR AND WAS OPERATED ON MARCH 1, 2002, TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE.

EE & 2 OTHER EE'S WERE IN TRACK ENTRY PREPARING TO HANG HI-LINE. NO WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED AT THIS TIME. EE SAID HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK. EE RET'D TO WORK ON 2/26/02, MISSED 2/27/02 CALLED IN ON 2/28/02 SAID OFF TILL 3/4/02 DUE TO BREATHING PROBLEMS

EE WAS USING A RED DEVIL COME-ALONG TO LIFT AND HOLD A STEEL PLATE WHEN THE CABLE BROKE CAUSING EITHER THE HOOK OR HANDLE TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GRATES THROUGH BOTTOM ACCESS IN FINISH MILL AND A PIECE OF LOOSE STEEL FELL THROUGH THE ACCESS AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOREARM. INJURY ATTENDED PHYSICIAN ON 1-26-02 BECAUSE OF INCREASE IN PAIN.

EE WAS STANDING IN THE BUCKET OF SCOOP HANGING 7200 CABLE WHEN HE HIT THE ROOF WITH THE TOP OF HIS HARD HAT HURTING HIS NECK. NO MEDICAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND A NOTICE OF CONTEST HAS BEEN FILED.

REBUILDING PUMP AND DROPPED WEAR PLATE ONLEFT HAND. CEASED WORK 2-25-02.

AFTER FAILED ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE MATERIAL WEDGE IN THE PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER, WORKERS CLEARED THE AREA AND STARTED THE MACHINE. SEVERAL ROCKS FLEW OUT FROM THE TOP OF THE CRUSHER AND STRUCK A MIN ER, WHO WAS STANDING APPROX. 10' AWAY FROM THE EQUIPMENT ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE. APPARENTLY, ONE ROCK KNOCKED THE MINER'S HARD HAT OFF WHILE ANOTHER ROCK STRUCK THE EE'S FOREHEAD CAUSING A LAC

THE EE STEPPED OFF AN UNDERGROUND STAIR ONTO A ROCK. HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

WIND BLEW METAL GATE INTO RIGHT LEG SCRAPING SHINBONE ON 2-24-02. LEG BECAME INFECTED BY BLUE JEANS RUBBING ON LEG (ALLERGIC TO DYE IN JEANS). WENT TO HOSPITAL ON 3-10-02 FOR TREATMENT OF INFE CTION OF RIGHT LEG.

INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE WELDING TWO 30' JOINTS OF 6" STEEL PIPE TOGETHER. AFTER WELDING TOP SIDE OF PIPE, BOTH MEN USED SLATE BARS TO ROLL PIPE OVER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE SLATE BAR, INJURED FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. INJURED FINISHTHE SHIFT AND REPORTED FOR WORK ON MONDAY 2-25-02 BUT LEFT AT 100 PM WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL ER.

EE WAS SUPERVISING & ASSISTING IN PULLING BROKEN BELT BACK TOGETHER. BELT WAS BEING PULLED BY A SCOOP W/ROPE TIED TO BELT, A CHAIN HOOKED TO ROPE. DURING PROCESS OF PULLING, THE BELT GOT HUNG CAUSING CHAIN TO BREAK. THE HOOK & 8" OF CHAIN TRAVELED ABOUT 14 FEET STRIKING EE ON HIS LEFT ANKLE. EE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

SYMPTOMS STARTED AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF TYPING. THIS INJURY SURFACE AGAIN ON 7-18-02 WITH A DR. REPORT FAXED TO THE MINE ON 7-19-02.

EE WAS STANDING ON THE RAIL ADJUSTING FACE CONVEYER ROLLERS. THE BUCKETWHEEL AND BELT WAGON STARTED TO BACK OUT OF THE CUT. AS THE SYSTEM MOVED, EE'S RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RAIL AND A WHEEL OF THE HOPPER CAR. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE.

THE EE WAS HANDLING BELT STRUCTURE AND FELT PAININ HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING CATHEAD FROM ADDCAR. PUSHER JACK CAUGHT HIS FOOT & PULLED IT INTO THE ADDCAR BRUISING FOOT.

EE WAS CLEANING MUD FROM A BATTERY BOX WITH A SHORT METAL BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN BAR AND BULLDOZER.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING A LOADER AND AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER HE MISSED A STEP AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVING A PIN FROM HOIST CYLINDER ON 785 TRUCK. THE PIN CAME OUT ALL AT ONCE, BOUNCED OFF THE TIRE & LANDED ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. PIN WEIGHED APPROX 35 LBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING ACROSS TOP OF SHEARER AND HIS KNEE STARTED HURTING.

EE STATED HE WAS WRAPPING A CABLE AROUND OMNICONE BOWL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED MAN WAS DRILLING A HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT INSTALLATION WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS DRILLER CANOPY AND BROKE OFF STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE CLAY SHREDDER. WHILE PERFORMING THIS JOB, HIS LEFT KNEE STRUCK THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE.

EE WAS REPLACING HARD BAR BUSHINGS ON DOZER. THE MACHINE WAS BEING MOVED UP AND DOWN BY THE HYDRAULICS WHEN A WEDGE THAT WAS BEING USED WAS STRUCK AND DISLODGE, STRIKING THE EE.

EE WAS PRYING ON A SLATE BAR AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK & NECK. EE ON MARCH 10TH HURT HIS BACK AT HOM & BEGAN MISSING WORK. DR. REPORT CANNOT ISOLATE THE INJURIES. REC'D DR.'S REPORT ON 3-19- 02.

EE WAS THROWING 100 LBS BENONITE BAGS, WHEN HE MISSED ONE AND IT STRUCK HIM IN THE KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF A JEEP AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON EDGE OF SEAT CAUSING HIM TO FALL. EMPLOYEE CHIP HIS ELBOW BONE WHEN TRYING TO CAUGHT HIMSELF.

INJURED STATED HE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES IN THE SCOOP BUCKET. HE PICKED UP A BUCKET OF PLASTER ANDAS HE TWISTED AND THREW IT INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET HE FELT A SHARP PAIN RUN UP HIS BACK.

EE WAS BRINGING UNIHAULER TO OUTSIDE, GOING AROUND CORNER AT 7 BELTHEAD, WHEN HE RAN OVER A TIMBER & JOLTED HIMSELF UP AGAINST THE CANOPY,STOVEDHIS NECK, WENT TO HOSPITAL- X-RAYS SHOWED NOTHIN G, DR. TOLD HIM TO TAKE 2 WEEKS OFF.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF #2 SCRAPER AND TWISTED LOWER LT. LEG.

DUMPING ORE CARS. HAD OPEN END WRENCH HOLDING UPLOCK DOG WHILE DUMPING CAR. TWISTED BACK FELT PULL AND STIFFNESS.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BRICKS AND PIECES OF COATING FROM KILN #6 WITH A WHEELBARROW. TWO HOURS LATER HE BEGAN TO FEEL ABDOMINAL AND CHEST PAIN.

EE HAD A DRYER BASKET HANGING FROM A CHAIN HOIST AND AS HE WAS PUSHING IT INTO PLACE THE BASKET TWISTED AND FELL HITTING HIM ON THE SIDE OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS USING A COME-ALONG TO PUT A CANOPY ONTO A SHUTTLE CAR. AS HE PULLED ON THE HANDLE FOR THE COME-ALONG HE FELT PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT KNEE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT TO THE OPERATION OR TO ANY EQUIPMENT. IMPROPER BODY POSITION CAUSED THE INJURY. NO OTHER FACTORS INVOLVED.

BUILDING CRIBS ON TRACK SLIPPED ON RAIL FELL AGAINST BUNDLE OF CRIBS. FELT PAIN IN BACK. EE STARTED LOSING DAYS ON 2/27/02.

INJURED WAS DRIVING FUEL WAGON TO FUEL POND EQUIPMENT. HE DROVE OVER A WASH OUT AREA AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE INSIDE ROOF OF THE CAB.

EE CLAIMS THAT REPEATEDLY LIFTING HEAVY STEEL PLATE MILL LINERS FROM THEIR CRATE & SETTING THEM IN PLACE INSIDE CEMENT MILL #2 EXACERBATED A PRE-EXISTING HERNIATED DISK IN LOWER BACK. ON 2/26

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING ONTO A DOZER. WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ONT HE LADDER DUE TO MUDDY. WET CONDITIONS AS A RESULT HE HIT HIS RIB CAGE.

A PIECE OF ROOF/RIB SLOUGHED STRIKING EE RESULTING IN A CLOSED HEAD WOUND, 3 FRACTURED RIBS, COMPRESSIVE FX OF L4 VERTEBRA, & CONTUSIONS.

ROOF BOLTER STUCK IN LOOSE COAL #1 BOLTER PUSHED #2 BOLTER CAUSING #2 BOLTER TO SPIN INTO RIB.

EE HAD STARTED HIS SHIFT AT 500 AM AND HAD WALKED INTO THE DIESEL SHOP TO SEE IF THE D-9R DOZER THAT HE OPERATES HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THE DOZER HAD BEEN DOWN DUE TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. HE STEPPED U P ON ONE OF THE TRACK ASSEMBLIES, TO LOOK AT THEENGINE, WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. WHEN HE FELL HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE STRUCK THE DOZER BLADES PUSH-ARM.

SWEEPING GROUND FLOOR UNDER MILLS. WHILE WALKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF #6 MILL, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON CLINKER, EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE WALKED FROM CLEAN TO DIRTY AREA.

EE WAS ASKED TO GO TO SHIPPING/PLANT AREA TO SHOW LOADER OPERATOR WHAT ROCK TO LOAD ON CUSTOMER'S TRUCK & RETURN TO OFFICE. EE DECIDE TO HELP MOVE TREADS & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK- HE DIDN'T NOT IFY EMPLOYER TIL 2/22 @ 12:00 P.M.

EE WENT UNDER THE SIDE OF THE RAILCAR TO CLEAN OUT THE OUTLET VALVE. SOME MATERIAL WAS STUCK IN THE VALVE. HE LIFTED HIS HEAD AND STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS NECK AGAINST THE SAFETY RAILING. EE'S N ECK IS A LITTLE SORE. WENT TO DR. ON 2-22. DR. SAID FOR EE TO COME BACK IN ON 2-25. ON 2-25 DR. SAID TO REST FOR 2 WEEKS.

EE WAS MOVING A SCREEN PANEL FROM A VIBRATING SCREEN HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS WHILE MOVING THE PANEL, TRIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS BACK WITH THE PANEL ON TOP OF HIM. BRUISING HIS BACK.

WAS USING A WATERHOSE. IT GOT STUCK ON BENCH, SHE PULLED ON IT, AND TWISTED HER BACK AND LEFT KNEE.

WAS BOLTING TOP WITH FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER & PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & CAME BETWEEN ATRS & CANOPY AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT LEG AND BROKE LEG.

EE WAS STANDING 5' UP MOVING EQUIPMENT W/CHAINS. HE GRABBED A PIECE OF STEEL TO HOLD HIS BALANCE. THE WELDS ON THE STEEL BROKE CAUSING THE EE TO FALL TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED WITH ALL WEIGHT O N RIGHT FOOT. BROKE HEEL BONE IN 2 PLACES.

EXAMINING BELT LINES AND STEPPED IN A HOLE AND BROKE HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

THE EE WAS CLEANING UP SPILLAGE IN A LOAD OUT TUNNEL ALONG A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE STATED HE SLIPPED ON A PIPE AND FELL AGAINST TUNNEL WALL.

EE STATED: HE AND A COWORKER WERE CHANGING OUT BELT STRUCTURE ROLLERS IN THE 3RD SOUTH BELT, WHEN ADRAGGING A ROLLER FROM THE SUPPLY ROAD THRU THE XCUT OVER TO THE BELT ENTRY, PAIN WAS EXPERIE NCED IN HIS MID/UPPER BACK. THE PAIN WORSENED THROUGHOUT THE SHIFT.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE WALKWAY OF THE SECOND DECK OF OUR TOW BOAT, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE WALKWAY SUPPORT FOR THE THIRD DECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING AIRSLIDE TO SEE IF MATERIAL WAS FLOWING AND DUST SPRAYED IN HIS EYES.

EE WAS USING AN AIR HAMMER TO REMOVE MUD & CLAY OUT OF ROTO-LIFT ON THE ROLL PLANT WHEN HIS SHOULDER BECAME SORE-PAIN INCREASED OVERTIME, SO HE IS SEEKING TREATMENT. SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT IN MAY.

REPLACING BOLTS INSIDE #1 ROD MILL WHILE CRAWLING THROUGH TROMMEL SCREEN & WALKING ON UNEVEN SURFACE HE FELT STRAIN IN RIGHT KNEE & SOLES OF FEET - WAS PERFORMING ALL JOB DUTIES - HAVE NOW BEE N INFORMED EMPLOYEE WILL HAVE SURGERY 10/10/02. WILL BEGIN LOSING TIME ON THAT DATE.

EE WAS BACKING THE SCOOP DOWN THE #2 ENTRY TOWARD SECTION. HE BACKED INTO A CROSSCUT TO TURN AROUND AND STRUCK A SET OF SCOOP BATTERIES THAT WERE ON CHARGE. WHEN HE GOT OUT TO CHECK HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE SCOOP CANOPY AND RCVD. A SHOCK.

OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A 980C CAT LOADER CLEANING UP DUMP PAD AND BACK INTO COAL TRUCK. LOADER OPERATOR WENT TO HOSPITAL WITH COMPLAINTS OF BACK PAIN. XRAYS WERE NEGATIVE. HE RETURNED TO WORK AND CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3-25-02. HE CALLED AND SAID DR. PUT HIM OFF FROM WORK.

THE EE WAS TRYING TO GET SLACK ON FEEDER CABLE BY PULLING IT, WHEN PAIN OCCURRED BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES ON RIGHT SIDE.

EE WAS RETRIEVING PARTS FROM A PARTS BLDG. LOCATED ON THE MINE BENCH. AS HE WALKED INTO THE BLDG, HE MOVED OVER TO HIS RIGHT, HIS LEFT FOOT BECAME ENTANGLED IN A PIECE OF BUBBLE WRAP CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE FLOOR, TWISTING HIS KNEE.

EES WERE BACKING CM OUT OF A PILLAR LIFT WHEN A ROOF FALL OCCURRED. APPROX 30'X 30'X 10'. FALL OCCURRED 1 X-CUT INBY SPAD #1003 - #4 ENTRY - 002-0 SECTION. INJURED SUSTAINED A BROKEN ARM & PEL VIS. CM & UNIHAULER WERE LEFT UNDER THE FALL.

CHANGING WHEEL PARTS. AFTER REPLACING BROKEN FLANGE ON BACK SIDE OF WHEEL AND REMOUNTING THE TIRE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF AIRING THE TIREWHEN THE OUTSIDE WHEEL HARDWARE FAILED. THE TIRE HAD APPROXIMATELY 80 P.S.I. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURED.

2 EES WERE SETTING ROCK ON TABLE THEN LAYING IT FLAT AND GOT OTHER GUYS. EE DIDN'T GET HAND OUT OF THE WAY. BROKE TIP OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AND MASHED RING FINGER BESIDE IT.

DRIVER WAS SHUTTING OFF ENGINE SLIPPED ON OIL LOST BALANCE THEN TWISTED BACK WHILE REGAINING BALANCE.

PULLING BOX OF COMPUTER PAPER FROM UNDER CHAIR, FELT PAIN IN BACK.

INJURED STATED THAT HE FELT PAIN IN BOTH KNEES AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF UNIHAULER.

EE WAS OPERATING MACHINE WHEN A COAL RIB ROLL OCCURRED STRIKING EE ON THE RT. SIDE OF BODY. EESUSTAINED CONTUSSIONS TO RT. SIDE OF BODY.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING CAT D9 DOZER- LOST FOOTING & TWISTED LOWER BACK AREA.

INJURED PARTY WAS SCOOPING THE RIGHT HAND RIB WITH THE 488 SCOOP AND AS HE WAS TRYING TO SCOOP THE RIB THE VENTILATION CURTAIN WAS GETTING CAUGHT UP ON THE CANOPY. INJURED PARTY REACHED OUT O F THE CANOPY TO MOVE THE CURTAIN AND AS HE DID HE GOT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE SCOOP CANOPY.

REPAIRMAN WAS WORKING WITH TWO OTHER REPAIRMEN TO SPLICE THE FEED CONVEYOR TO THE TERTIARY SCREENS DURING A SCHEDULED SHUTDOWN. WHILE SEARCHING FOR AN AVAILABLE 110VAC RECEPTACLE TO PLUG HIS T OOLS INTO, EE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL INTO THE TAIL PULLEY GUARD CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO HIS RIGHT HIP AND BACK. RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTIES ON 2-23-02 FOLLOWING ONE REQUIRED DAY OF REST.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL TRACK IN A GATE SECTION. HE HAD A CRESCENT WRENCH ON THE FLANGE OF A TRACK RAIL & WAS PULLING ON THE WRENCH TO TURN THE RAIL OVER. AS HE PULLED, HE FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN HIS BACK. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT TO THE OPERATION OR EQUIPMENT. EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE USED A LONG BAR TO ROLL RAIL. NO OTHER FACTORS INVOLVED.

AS INJURED WAS TAKING SLACK OUT OF A 2 TON CHAINFALL THAT WAS CONNECTED TO AN OVERHEAD 8" DIAMETER PIPE AND AN 8" PIPE IN A COAL DISTRIBUTOR 3' UP FROM FLOOR. THE OVER HEAD PIPE FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE ARM (THE OVERHEAD PIPE WAS APPROX 12'LONG) IT WAS HELD UP IN PLACE WITH 3" BY 3" BY 3/8" ANGLE WELDED TO IT AND AN I BEAM.

WHILE MAKING REPAIR ON CRUSHER EE KNEELED ON HIS RIGHT KNEE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, EVIDENTLY HE AGGRAVATED HIS KNEE AND IT BECAME INFECTED.

EE WAS SHOVELING MUCK NEAR A BELT TRANSFER POINT. EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST.

EE STEPPED ON A ROCK & TWISTED RIGHT KNEE CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS & KNEE'S. THIS EE HAS A LONG STANDING DEGENERATIVE LOW BACK CONDITION WITH CHRONIC PAIN THAT HAS LEFT HIM IN A MODIFIE D WORK POSITION SINCE 1995. AN MRI ON 12/20/93 SUPPORTS THE FINDINGS OF DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE. A RECENT PHYSHICAL CAPACITY EVAL. ON 1/21/02 CLASSIFIED THIS EE IN A CRIPLED CATAGORY

RIB ROLLED AND INJURED RIGHT KNEE.

CLEANING DIRT SHUTE AFTER RAIN AND SLIPPED AND FELL, HURTING RIGHT LEG.

WHILE MANUALLY CLOSING A SET OF EQUIPMENT DOORS, ONE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT AGAINST THE OTHER DOOR INJURING THE LEFT SHOULDER. REQUIRED SURGERY TO REPAIR THE TORN ROTATOR CUFF.

EE WAS CLEANING HIS WINDOWS ON HIS D11 DOZER. HE DROPPED WINDOW CLEANER & LOST HIS BALANCE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK.

WAS SAWING STONE WITH HANDSAW. SAW BLADE THEN BINDED AND CAME OUT OF STONE. BLADE GRABBED LT. SHIRT SLEEVE AND CUT LT. ARM.

HE WAS REMOVING A CHAIN AND A PIECE BROKE OFF, CUTTING HIS FOURTH FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS INSTALLING A BELT DRIVE GEAR BOX. WHEN HESTOOD UP HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. IT PROGRESSED & HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN HE WAS PLACED ON LOST TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER PUSHING UP A STOCKPILE. IT LUNGED FORWARD JERKING HIM.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING PULL THE CABLE OFF THE BOLTER REEL ON #2 UNIT WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. INJURED WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND RECEIVED MEDICATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A GRADE CUT WITH A DOZER WHEN BLADE CAUGHT ON AN EMBEDDED ROCK SUDDENLY STOPPING THE MACHINE, THEN THE ROCK BROKE, RESULTING IN THE DOZER SUDDENLY MOVING FORWARD.

CARRYING A TIPPLE CONVEYOR BELT - TWISTED BACK.

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF OPERATING THE CONTROL LEVERS ON A D-65 EX-12 KOMATSU DOZER. THE MOVEMENT OF THE LEVERS TO TRAM & MANEUVER MACHINE CAUSED PAIN IN LEFT HAND & EVENTUAL PULLED LIGAMENT IN HA ND DIAGNOSIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH EMET GUTIERREZ CHANGING A HOIST CABLE ON DB-04C AN 80D NORTHWEST CRANE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOLD THE 1 1/8"CABLE WHILE IT WAS BEING INSTALLED IN THE HOIST DRUM OF THE CRANE. IT CAME FREE STRIKING THE EE IN THE FACE.

LOCAL NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD SWITCHER PUSHING 30 EMPTY CARS COLLIDED WITH STRING OF 6 CARS. EE WAS HIT BY TRACKMOBILE, KNOCKING HIM DOWN OUTSIDE OF THE TRACK AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION.

EE WAS WASHING UNIT 003 WITH PRESSURED WATER. WHEN HE WAS CHANGING THE HOSE TIP HE ACCIDENTLALLY ACTIVATED THE HOSE HANDLE RECEIVING A JET OF WATER PRESSURE DIRECTLY ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER C AUSING HIM AN OPEN WOUND.

MINER WAS RETRIEVING A TOOL AND HIT HEAD ON I-BEAM. MINER FORGOT ABOUT I-BEAM AND WALKED INTO IT. PAIN WAS NOT A PROBLEM UNTIL 2-27-02. WORKER CAME TO WORK ON 2-27 SAYING PAIN WAS WORSE. HE WA S THEN SENT FOR TREATMENT.

EE WAS GREASING ROCK TRUCK @ END OF DAY. AS HE RAISED UP HE HIT RT SHOULDER ON HOIST CYLINDER. SHOULDER SWELLED UP LATER THAT EVENING. HE THOUGHT THE SWELLING WOULD GO AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND. I T DID NOT. HE HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR & IS CURR ENTLY BEING TREATED FOR A BRUISED SHOULDER THAT GOT INFECTED.

EE STATED WHILE MOVING MINER CABLE TO PUT CROSSINGS DOWN, HE FELT A PULL IN GROIN AREA.

CLIMBING OFF DOZER WHEN STEPPED ON GROUND TWISTED ANKLE CAUSING A SPRAIN OR STRAIN MUSCLE OR TENDON.

WHILE CHANGING BAGS ON THE #2 FILTER, EE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH A FALLING SECTOR AND IN DOING SO CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE FILTER TUB AND A GUARD BRACKET. THIS RESULTED IN INJURY TO BOTH KNEES. EE STARTED LOSING TIME ON FEBRARY 28, 2002.

EE MISSED TOP STEP OF LOADER AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

THE EE ALLEDGES THAT HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A CURTAIN BOARD THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE MINE ROOFHE STATED HE WAS HAVING NECK PAINS FROM THIS OCCURANCE.

LIFTING BAG OF ROCKDUST AND PULLED BACK MUSCLE.

EE SLIPPED WHILE EXITING THE CAB OF TRACTOR #140 & FELL TO THE GROUND. HE CLAIMS THE FALL INJURED HIS BACK. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL & HAS BEEN UNDER MEDICAL TREATMENT TO THIS DATE. HE INFORMED SAFTEY DIRECTOR THAT HE IS STILL IN PAIN & WILL RETURN TO THE DOCTOR ON 2/25/02.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF CHEMICALS WERE REACHING CLAY, HE REACHED INTO MOVING AUGER & CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND, PARTIALLY SEVERING FINGER TIP.

EE WAS GETTING A ROCK OFF OF BELT WHEN HE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

SLIPPED ON MILL BALL INSIDE #2 MILL. USED RIGHT HAND TO GRAB ONTO "SPIDER" TO STOP FROM FALLING.

AFTER LIFTING COVER OFF 10" DRIVE, INJURED NOTED A PAINFUL LUMP NEAR HIS BELLY BUTTON. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY TREATED AS A NON-OCCUPATIONAL INJURY. IT WAS LATER REPORTED AS A RESULT OF WORK.

THE MINER WAS MOVING FROM 13 TO 12 HEADING. THE MINER BACKED OUT PAST THE LAST OPEN XCUT. WHEN PULLING FORWARD AND TURNING LEFT, EE WENT TO THE OFF SIDE OF THE MINER TO HOLD THE CABLE UP, SO T HE MINER WOULD NOT GET ON THE CABLE. WHILE MINER MOVED FORWARD, A PIECE OF ROCK ON TOP OF THE MINER CAUGHT THE RIGHT RIB, PUSHING ROCK ACROSS MINER AND PUSHING EE AGAINST RIB.

WHILE GRINDING METAL, HEAVY WINDS CAUSED METAL TO GO AROUND SUN GLASSES, HITTING FACE AND LEFT EYE.

EE WAS PULLING ON WASHDOWN HOSE TO CLEAN OFF CYCLONE SUMPS, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST. *EE SOUGHT MEDICAL TRMT. ON 3-4-02 WITH LIMITED USE OF RT. HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN ENDLOADER ALONG THE TOE OF THE HIGHWALL WHEN THE CORNER OF THE BUCKET CAUGHT ON A SOLID PIECE OF THE WALL, RESULTING IN A SUDDEN STOP.

ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING CENTER BOLTS. HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND POSITIONED TO ADD A SECOND DRILL STEEL WHEN HE ACTIVATED THE DRILL STEEL GUIDE CLAMP LACERATING HIS FINGERS AND FRACTURI NG THE 4TH FINGER.

WHILE INSTALLING A NEW CONVEYOR CHAIN ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER A PIECE OF THE CHAIN BROKE OFF ANDSTRUCK EE IN THE LEG. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE FOREIGN OBJECT.

LEFT ARM WENT NUMB WHILE OPERATING EXCAVATOR-CONTINUED TO USE ARM CAUSING DOCTORS TREATMENT POSSIBLE TENDONITIS.

WAS OPENING MANDOOR AND WHILE PUSHING IT OPEN, EE'S RT. KNEE GAVE OUT.

THE EMPLOYEE'S LEG AND HIP WERE PINCHED BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. HE RETURNED TO THE NEXT SHIFT BUT MISSED THE NEXT 2 AS A RESULT OF SWELLING.

WALKING ON TRACK GOING TO THE SECTION WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT ARM HITTING A TRACK TIE.

INJURED FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT ELBOW WHILE THROWING CM CABLE AND WATER HOSE OVER THE RIPPERS. INJURED STARTED MISSING WORK DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT ON 2/25/02.

INJURED STATED WAS LIFTING PUMP AT BELT TAIL FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK.

EE WAS ROLLING FOAM FILLED SHUTTLE CAR TIRE TO ##9 SC TO REPLACE FLAT TIRE. WHILE ROLLING THE FOAM FILLED TIRE (EST 350 LBS) THE TIRE BECAME OFF BALANCED. WHEN EE ATTEMPTED TO KEEP TIRE FROM FALLING HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE SHUT THE BELT OFF AND CROSSED THE TAIL PIECE TO GETA SHOVEL AND CAME BACK ACROSS THE TAIL PIECE AND FELL AND HIT HIS KNEE.

A TRACK CAME OFF THE EXCAVATOR & 1 GUY WAS IN THE EXCAVATOR LIFTING THAT SIDE UP W/BUCKET. INJURED EE WAS USING SPUD BAR TO LIFT TRACK BACK UP INTO PLACE. WHEN TRACK WENT ON, THE BAR SLIPPED O FF & BOUNCED UP HITTING EE IN THE JAW & FRACTURED LEFT JAW.

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A MUCKER & STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE. A PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED WORK RESTRICTIONS.

HIT BUMP IN HAUL ROAD, SEAT BELT PULLED HIM BACK DOWN IN SEAT PUTTING A STRAIN ON HIS LOWER MID SECTION.

STOOD UP WATER DUKE EE STATED HE WENT TO GET COPBOARD LOST CONTROL AND JACK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT ANKLE.

INJURED WAS BENT DOWN INSTALLING A SEAL IN THE LOADER ON AN UNEVEN AREA IN THE MAIN SHOP. WHEN HE STOOD UP HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED AND THEN LOCKED UP. NO REPORTABLE MEDICAL CARE HAD BEEN GIVEN T O DATE. INJURY WILL NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 3/12/02 WHEN SURGERY IS SCHEDULED. INJURED HAS BEEN WORKING FULL DUTY SINCE THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO ROOF BOLT ALONG THE LONGWALL FACE. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE DRILL STEELS OUT OF THE PREVIOUSLY DRILLED HOLE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD & LEFT SHOULDER BY A PIECE OF SANDROCK THAT HAD FALLEN THROUGH THE ATRS ON THE BOLTING MACHINE.

EE WAS INSTALLING A GEAR BOX ON THE DML DRILL. HE WAS POSITIONING THE GEAR BOX TO START THE BOLTS WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. WHEN HE REACHED AND CAUGHT IT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE FELL OVER THE RETURN HOSE AT #23 SHIELD AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE CLIMBING LADDER CARRYING A CHAIN HOIST HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

WELDING IN SUMP HAD RIGHT LEG IN A BIND. HAD STRAIN ON LEG DUE TO WELDING IN A TIGHT SPOT. WAS LEANING FORWARD TO WELD UNDER A PIPE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING RUB RAIL ON MINER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WAS HOLDING BOLT CUTTERS AGAINST HIS CHEST TO GET LEVERAGE TO CUT A MESSENGER CABLE. CUTTERS FLIPPED BACK & HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.

EE ASSISTING ANOTHER EE CARRY A 6'X10' LONG I BEAM FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

GRINDING SURFACES FOR WELDING. FRAGMENTS GOT INTO EYES DESPITE WEARING PROPER SAFETY EQUIP.

EE FIRST BECAME AWARE OF PAIN IN HER NECK & SHOULDER AREA, WHEN SHE LIFTER A DUMBWAITER DOOR.

EE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR CHAIN WHICH WAS BROKEN. HE WAS PULLING UP SLACK CHAIN & CAUGHT HIS INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND BTWN CHAIN & MOTOR FRAME CAUSING INJURY.

EE WAS LIFTING AND CHANGING OUT BELT ROLLERS ON THE NUMBER ONE BELT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER STOMACH.

EE WAS STANDING IN THE BED OF FLAT BED TRUCK ASSISTING 3 OTHER PERSONS UNLOADING A LARGE CASE. THE CASE SHIFTED, KNOCKING THE EE TO THE GROUND.

SORTING STEEL TUBING, HE PUSHED A PIECE OF STEEL TUBING INTO THE RACK AND FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LOW BACK.

WHILE LIFTING BUCKETS ON 2/10/02 THE INJURED THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS ABDOMEN BUT HAD NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS UNTIL 2/16/02. WHILE PULLING HARD ON A PIPE WRENCH AS HE WAS WO RKING TO REPAIR AN AIR LINE, THE INJURED FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN. HE SUFFERED A HERNIA THAT WAS REPAIRED SURGICALLY ON THE 19TH OF FEBRUARY.

REPAIRING LH TRACK LINK ON A D11 TRACTOR. THE BLOCKING WHICH WAS HOLDING THE LOOSE END OF THE TRACK UP ON THE REAR IDLER SLIPPED OUT LETTING IT FALL ON RIGHT FOOT. BRUISED RIGHT FOOT.

EE SLID DOWN 2" HOSE WHILE EXITING OUT OF SINKING BUCKET. HOSE SLID THROUGH THE TUGGER CABLE IT WAS ATTACHED TO. EE SLID APPRX 6' AND HIT SHAFT BOTTOM TWISTING LEFT ANKLE. DOCTOR RETURNED EE T O FULL DUTY ON 2/16/02. DOCTOR ORDERED RESTRICTED DUTY ON 2/25/02.

INJURED WAS STANDING NEXT TO A 4" VICTOLIC WATER LINE. THE LINE WAS CONNECTED BY A GRIPPED TYPE COUPLING. WHEN LINE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED, THE COUPLING FAILED. THE FORCE OF THE LINE STRUCK INJU RED'S LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOARDING DOZER, AS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STEPPING FROM TOP OF BLADE PUSH ARM TO CRAWLER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. WE ARE CLASSIFYING THIS INCIDENT AS THERE IS NO INSTANTANEOUS TRAUMATIC EVENT.

WAS ADJUSTING TAIL PULLEY, RATCHET SLIPPED. HIT HAND ON METAL FRAME.

EE AND CO-WORKER WERE WRECKING FORMS ONE OR BOTHEE STEPPED OUT ONTO PIECE OF PLYWOOD WHICH HAD NOT BEEN NAILED DOWN- BOTH EE'S FELL 15' TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND CARRYING DIFFERENT MATERIALS THROUGH OUT THE SHIFT AND STRAINED BACK EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 2-19-02.

EE WAS WORKING AS A CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR HELPER DURING THE LUNCH PERIOD. WHILE STANDING BY THE CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR, A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HI M ON THE HEAD, FACE AND BOTH ARMS. THE INCIDENT CAUSED LACERATIONS REQUIRING SUTURES AND THE ATTENDING DOCTOR REQUIRED HIM TO BE OFF WORK TO HELP PREVENT ANY CHANCE OF INFECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING STONE ON CONVEYER AND GOT FINGER (RT SMALL) BETWEEN 2 STONES.

EE WAS WALKING FROM OUTBY THE PILLAR LINE IN THE #1 ROOM & POSITIONED HIMSELF ALONG THE LEFT & SOLID RIB TO CLEAR A COAL HAULER. A PIECE OF COAL RIB BROKE LOOSE & STRUCK HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PLACING ROOF BOLTS IN THE ROOF BOLT TRAY WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. DOCTOR STATED HE HAD REINJURED AN OLD INJURY.

INJURED TRIPPED OVER A CABLE AND FELL TO THE SHOP FLOOR. THE OPERATOR WAS NOT AWARE THAT INJURED WAS OFF FROM WORK DUE TO THIS EVENT UNTIL 4-15-02.

EE WAS MOVING STONES WHEN HE FELT A STRANGE SENSATION IN HIS CHEST. LATER, AT HOME, HE HAD CHEST PAINS. AND WENT TO HIS PERSONAL DR WHO DETERMINED IT WAS MUSCLE SPASMS DUE TO A STRAIN. INJURY REPORTED LATE. INFO. ON THIS PAGE RECIEVED TODAY

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELL. EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS FALL WITH RIGHT HAND, SPRAINING RIGHT WRIST.

INJURED STATED HE WAS CARRYING BEARING PLATES TOTHE FRONT OF THE BOLTER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS OPERATING 988 FEED LOADER @ CRUSHING PLANT (WED-FRI). WHEN HE WOKE UP OS SATURDAY MORNING, HE FELT PAIN INHIS LOWER BACK. BEGAN TREATMENT ON SUNDAY.

PUTTING BELT CLAMP ON BELT BELT SLIPPED IN CLAMP AND CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER UNDER CHAIN CUTTING END OF FINGER.

INJURED STATED THAT A PEICE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE HEAD, CAUSING PAIN TO THE HEAD. INJURED IS SCHEDULED FOR AN MRI ON HIS NECK.

EE WAS EXITING A COMPUTER SHACK ON THE WEST SIDEOF THE BALLING FLOOR WHEN SHE FELT A TWINGE IN HER RT. ANKLE. ON 2-16-02 SHE SAID THE PAIN WAS WORSE AND WENT TO THE ER AND WAS TAKEN OFF WORK.

INJURED WAS WALKING THE RAIL WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIS RT. SHIN AND PULLED RT. GROIN MUSCLE. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 3-11-02, WHEN HE WENT TO THE DR.. DR. REFERRED HIM TO A SPECIALIST. HE SAW THE SPECIALIST ON 3-19-02 & WAS TOLD TO REMAIN AWAY FROM WORK.

EE WAS PULLING WIRE FOR C-404 BAGHOUSE SUPPLY FAN. WHEN STEPPING OFF THE LADDER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS BODY WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON HIS TOES, JAMMING THEM. EE WORKED REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND THE FOLLOWING DAY. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK 2-17-02 DUE TO PAIN AND SEVERE SWELLING.

EE WAS OPERATING S/CAR WORE BLISTERS ON LEFT FOOT AND LOWER BACK FROM PULLING BRAKE AND TRAM PEDALS BACK WITH FOOT AND FROM BOUNCING IN SEAT TO RIB LOWER BACK. NOTE: EE IS A SUGAR DIEBETIC SOR ES IS NOT HEELING. ACCIDENT IS QUESTIONABLE DUE TO NATURAL OF ILLNESS.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING AN AUGER FLIGHT IN RACK WHEN HE LOWERED THE FLIGHT ONTO HIS LEFT THUMB.

REMOVING COVERALLS WHEN FOOT GOT CAUGHT CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE & FELL STRIKING KNEE ON GROUND & PULLING OR STRAINING MUSCLES OR TENDONS IN KNEE.

WHILE LOADING A SET OF DOZER PADS IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP, HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DOZER PAD AND THE PICKUP BOX. HIS FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

EE STATED WHILE HELPING REMOVE THE MOTOR FROM THE STOCKTON FEEDER IN THE PROCESS OF PUSHING AGAINST THE MOTOR, HE HIT HIS BACK ON A BOLT.

AS CABLE WAS BEING PULLED ONTO TROLLIES, EE WAS HIT ACROSS THE LEG, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.

THE EE WAS TRAVELING IN AN OPEN MINE JEEP. A WATER LINE WAS HANGING ACROSS THE MINE TRAKC, MAKING CLEARANCE LOW. HE FAILED TO LOWER HIS HEAD ENOUGH AND STRUCK THE WATER LINE WITH HIS HEAD.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN CHANGING TOOTH TIPS ON DRAG-LINE BUCKET. EE WAS SWINGING A 12 LB. SLEDGE HAMMER DRIVING THE PINS OUT OF THE TIP AND STATED HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK AND HIP AREA. GROUND WAS LEVEL AND LIGHT GOOD. A HEAVIERSLEDGE HAMMER IS NORMALLY USED TO DRIVE THE PINS(LESS BOUNCE AND LESS FORCE). EE STARTED TO MISSWORK ON 2-20-02, SOUGHT MEDICAL AID.

OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF SCRAPER, ROLLED OVER 1 TIME. AT THIS POINT IN TIME REASONS ARE UNKNOWN.OPERATOR RECEIVED A CONCUSSION & LACERATIONS TO THE TOP FRONT OF HIS HEAD.

EE WAS OPERATING #10 CRICKETT, AS HE WAS TRAVEL DOWN WEST MAINS TRACK HAULAGE HE SEEN A PARKED JEEP JUST INBY 1 SOUTH SWITCH, HE DID NOT THINK HE COULD STOP HE JUMP OUT STRIKING THE LEFT COAL RIB, INJURYING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE LIFTED A CHAIN COMEALONG TO PUT IT ON THE LONGWALL STAGELOADER. HE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS RIDING THE #10 CRICKET (W/ COWORKER AS THE OPERATOR). AS IT APPEARED THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO STOP , PRIOR TO HITTING THE PARKED JEEP (#5) THE OPERATOR JUMPED, AND THEN CRICKET STRUCK TH E JEEP. EE'S LEFT SHOULDER, RIBS AND BACK STRUCK THE CONTROL PANEL AND CONTROLLER.

WHILE MOVING SOME TOOLS HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE PICKED UP A SMALL CARDBOARD DRUM WITH CLAY INSIDE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO EMPTY THE DRUM IN A DUMPSTER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT ARM. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT UNTIL THE NEX T DAY. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO ME UNTIL2/18/02. EE WAS TAKEN TO COMPANY DOCTOR AND REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST. ON 2/20/02 HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BICEP TENDON TEAR.

EE WAS LIFTING A MANDOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER AND NECK.

WAS MOVING CABLE OUT OF TRAM ROAD. AFTER MOVING CABLE OUT OF THE WAY HE SAID HE STOOD UP AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

LIFTING A JACKSHAFT INTO BUCKET OF A BACKHOE & TWISTED BODY CAUSING BACK STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE WORKING ON A CHUTE A HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT LEG IN THE SHIN AREA.

BACKING SCOOP BATTERY FIRST THROUGH FLY CURTAIN AND APPARENTLY RAISED CURTAIN WITH HAND AND GOT ARM TRAPPED BETWEEN CANOPY AND RIB. 3-4 LAST OPEN BREAK.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE HANGING VENTILATION TUBING HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE ARRIVED AT WORK AT 6:00 A.M. WHILE WALKING FROM PICKUP TO WORK AREA, HE SLIPPED BUT DIDNOT FALL DOWN. (NOTE: ACCIDENT REPORTED ON 2/26.EE WORKS TUESDAY TO SATURDAY. HE FAILED TO SHOW UP ON 2/19/02).

EE BROUGHT 2"X 6" BOARD TO THE CRUSHER TO REPLACE ONE THAT WAS BROKEN. HE LAID THE BOARD DOWN,TOHELP CO-WORKER ON THE IMPACT, HE WAS GOING TO MOVE AROUND TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF IMPACT AND STE PPED BACKWARD A FEW STEPS AND STEPPED OFF OF AN ELEVATED AREA. (ABOUT 1') ON TO THE EDGE OF THE BOARD EDGE, ROLLING HIS ANKLE IN THE PROCESS. NOTHING WAS BROKEN ONLY SPRAINED.

EE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP A HOSE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

EE WAS CONNECTING A 3" WATER HOSE WITH A CAM AND GROOVE COUPLER TO A TRUCK CONNECTION. THE CAME WAS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE, SO THE EE ATTEMPTED TO POSITION HOSE WITH BODY. THIS EFFORT APPARENTLY R ESULTED IN A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

WHILE TRAVELING TO THE TAILGATE OF THE LONGWALL TO OBSERVE CONDITIONS, A SMALL BOUNCE OCCURRED, WHICH CAUSED A LUMP OF COAL TO COME OVER THE BACK OF THE PANLINE, STRIKING INDIVIDUAL IN RIGHT L OWER LEG CAUSING A FRACTURE TO RIGHT ANKLE.

EE GOT FLASH BURNS TO THE EYES.

INSTALLING A RADIATOR IN PLANT. THE RADIATOR FELL HITTING HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING DOWN AND BENDING OVER PICKING UP LARGE ROCKS WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS USING ASLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK DOWN A CONCRETE BLOCK BERATTICE. A PIECE OF BLOCK FLEW OFF THE BREATTICE AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS OPERATING A 657 CATERPILLAR SCRAPER HAULING TOPSOIL TO A STORAGE PILE. WHILE TRAVELING W/A LOAD, HE HIT A SLICK SPOT IN THE HAUL ROAD. SCRAPER SLID SIDEWAYS TIL IT HIT DRY MATERIAL. WHE N IT STRUCK DRY MATERIAL, THE SUDDEN TRANSFER OFENERGY PRODUCED A JERKING MOTION TO UPPER BODY OF OPERATOR RESULTING IN BACK PAIN. PAIN GOT WORSE & HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK STARTING 2/18/02.

WHILE ASSISTING A WELDER CUT A PIECE OF STEEL WEAR LINER, THE STACK OF STEEL SLID DOWN STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S LEGS.

EE WAS CHANGING DRILL STEEL WHEN A FALLING ROOF ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT WRIST.

INJURED WAS USING OVERHEAD CRANE. HE RAISED THE FRONT END OF MINER FRAME TO REMOVE CRIB BLOCKS, THEN LOWERED THE FRAME. AS HE BEGAN TO MOVE THE CRANE CHAIN HOOK CAUGHT FRAME, CRANE STALLED CHAIN HOOK SLIPPED FREE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RT. SIDE OF FACE.

REMOVING WESTINGHOUSE SIZE 4 STARTER BUCKET FOR MOTOR CONTROL PANEL, SUPERVISOR HOLDING STARTER SO EMPLOYEE COULD SLIDE IT OUT, STARTER FELL WHEN IT CAME OFF SHELF. EE TRIED TO CATCH STARTER.

EE WAS OPERATING A MINER AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. HE STATED THAT A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF FROM BETWEEN TWO ROOF STRAPS LOCATED NEXT TO THE RIGHT RIB AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LOWER RIGHT L EG JUST ABOVE HIS ANKLE. IT STARTED TO SWELL, SOAN ICE PACK WAS APPLIED TO IT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF HIS SHIFT BUT STATED THAT IT HURT MOST OF THE NIGHT.

EE WAS USING A LADDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO A SCREEN SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR WELDING. THE LADDER WAS PLACED AT TOO GREAT AN ANGLE CAUSING THE LADDER TO SLIP. THE EE FELL APPROX. 3 FT INJURING HIS BA CK AND KNEE.

PICKING STICKS FROM A GRIZZLY FEEDER. SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER WHILE TRYING TO MOVE A FALLEN OVERHEAD HOIST FROM A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WHO WAS FATALLY INJURED.

HE WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIRS TO DRINK WATER & SLIPPED HURTING HIS WRIST OF HIS RT. HAND.

MY FOOT SLIPPED INTO A HOLE AND MY RIGHT FOOT REMAINED OUTSIDE OF THE HOLE, BENDING MY BACK INTOAN AWKWARD POSITION. MY BACK POPPED AND STARTED TO HURT.

EE IS A DIABETIC. HE ALLEGES THAT BECAUSE HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR IT GAVE HIM BLISTERS FILED FOR COMPLIANCE ONLY IFL IS PROTESTING CLAIM.

VICTIM WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

WHILE REMOVING A HYDRAULIC LINE FROM BENEATH THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE D8R DOZER, EE WAS LYING ON HIS STOMACH. HE REACHED UP TO GRAB A RAG AND HAVING TO TWIST A LITTLE TO HIS LEFT, HE PINCHED A N ERVE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

CLIMBING DOWN STAIRS OF THE 560B LOADER, WITH GLOVES ON AND HANDS HOLDING RAILS, LEFT FOOT WAS ON THE 1ST STEP, RIGHT FOOT GOING TO SECOND STEP AND RIGHT HAND MOVING DOWN RAIL. THE LEFT FOOT S LIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE ON CAPSTONE. HARD HAT AND GLASSES FELL OFF. EE BELIEVES FALL WAS RELATED TO MUD ON STEPS.

HANGING MINER CABLE ON CORNER, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING VENTILATION TUBING (GALVANIZED 30" PIPE) AND WEARING HIS GLOVES FOR HAND PROTECTION. THE METAL PIPE AND HAD A SHARP BUT THAT PENETRATED HIS GLOVE AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND. THE WOUND TOOK 4 SUTURES FOR CLOSING.

EE WAS KNOCKING OUT A STOPPING WHEN A BLOCK FELLFROM THE ROOF, STRIKING EE ON THE FINGERS.

WHEN VICTIM PUT DRILL STEEL TO ROOF, ROCK FELL, INJURING R. ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD 6" WATERLINE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. HE HAD SURGERY FOR HERNIA REPAIR.

EE WAS CHANGING OUT HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE AND BENT DOWN TO PICK UP NEW CABLE TO HANG WHEN OLD CABLEHOOKS BROKE, CAUSING CABLE TO FALL, STRIKING EE ON THE BACK.

HELPING EE TAKE DOWN TUBING. COAL RIB ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON KNEE.

EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF GREASE TRUCK & GOT BOOT CLEAT CAUGHT IN STEP OF TRUCK, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE, STEPPING DOWN TO GROUND.

EE WAS BUILDING AN INTAKE STOPPING ON UNIT 3 & WHILE LAYING BLOCK HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE CLEANING #4 CONVEYER BELT EE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS STACKING LARGE PIECES OF SLATE ON A PALLET. FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF SLATE. FINGER IS FRACTURED.

EE STATED THAT WHILE PUTTING THE BED CABLE BACK INTO PLACE, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

DRIVING DUMP TRUCK WHEN WNGINE DIED THE TRUCK HIT RIB/WALL CAUSING LEFT KNEE TO HIT CONTROL PANEL OF TRUCK.

EE WAS LIFTING RUB-RAIL ON MINER & IT FELL, STRIKING THE END OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER (9 STITCHES).

EE WAS SHOVELING BELTLINE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

WHILE DRAGGING THE HI-VAC HOSE (WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE) OVER TO THE TRANSPORTER, EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON THE HOSE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A ROCK AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

AS EE WAS TAKING SUPPLIES TO THE UNITS, THE BUS SHE WASDRIVING RAN OVER A PIECE OF BELT FRAMING, CAUSING THE FRAMING TO FLY UP AND STRIKE HER ON THE NOSE.

VICTIM WAS INSTALLING BREAKER POSTS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

NO ACCIDENT REPORT TOLD DR HE HITS HIS HEAD ALOT ON CEILING EVEN THOUGH HE IS WEARING HARD HAT AND THAT THIS HAS CAUSED NECK PAIN NO MEDICAL REPORTS FROM MINER INFORMATION FROM STATE COMP.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE WORK BOAT AT THE DREDGE WHEN THE DREDGE ANCHOR CABLE BROKE. HE WAS PULLING APPROXIMATELY 300' LONG CABLE ONTO THE DECK OF THE WORK BOAT. HE PULLED BOTH SHOULDERS. HE D ECLINED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. ON 12/30/02 HE WAS WORKING ON THE BELTS AT THE PLANT AND PULLED HIS SHOULDERS AGAIN. HIS ARMS & HAND STARTED GETTING NUMB SO HE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR 5/23/03.

WALKING DOWN FACE WHILC CUTTING COAL, STEPPED IN HOLE AND JARRED BACK.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN A SET OF STEPS COMING OFF AN OVERCAST. SHE SLIPPED ON A STEP AND FELL.

WAS LOADING SHEETS OF STEEL ONTO TRUCK. STEEL SHIFTED & PINNED EE AGAINST TRUCK CAUSING MINOR INJURY TO BOTH LEGS.

HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ONTO THE SCAFFOLD (APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET IN THE AIR) WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE BROKE HIS LEFT LEG.

PLACE WAS HIGH CABLE HAD NO SLACK HARD TO HANG.

EE WAS PUSHING COAL INTO FEEDERS UNDER COAL PILE-COAL BRIDGED AND EE BACKED INTO HOLE WHEN THE BRIDGE FELL IN. HE FELL BACKWARDS 40-60 FT AND THEN COAL COVERED UP THE CAT.

EE CLIMBED DOWN LADDER WHEN STEPPED ON GROUND FELT PAIN IN BACK. PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED INJECTION AND POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A STEP LADDER TAKING DOWN HANGING BRATTICE BLOCKS FROM MINE ROOF WHEN THEY FELL STRIKING LADDER CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO MINE FLOOR.

IN PROCESS OF MAKING BELT MOVE, HANDLING CABLE AND ROLLERS. FELT PAIN INLEFT TESTICLE. STARTED MISSING ON 3-1-02.

EE WAS WATCHING THE SLACK IN THE FEEDER CABLE AS IT WAS BEING PULLED BY A GATOR DOWN THE #3 ENTRY. WHEN THE SLACK WAS ALMOST OUT OF THE CABLE, EE BEGAN TRYING TO FLAG THE GATOR OPERATOR TO STO P. HE FAILED TO GAIN OPERATOR'S ATTENTION, WHEN CABLE SLACK WAS PULLED OUT, THE CABLE STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT CALF AND KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL MARCH 6 AT WHICH TIME HE HAD AN MRI.

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AT THE FACE AREA. HE HAD DRILLED A BOLT HOLE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH A BOLT ASSEMBLY INTO THE HOLE. HE BOLT CAUGHT ON THE SIDE ON THE HOLE AND STOPPE D SUDDENLY. EE FELT PAIN IN BACK. THE WAS NO DAMAGE, IMPROVEMENT OR OTHER FACTORS INVOLVED.

THE SCOOP OPERATOR WAS DUSTING THE #3 ENTRY WHENHE WAS GETTING BACK IN SCOOP DECK, A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM IN HARD HAT, AND BUSTING IT.

THE EE WAS CARRYING OUT THE DAILY GARBAGE. AS HE WAS WALKING UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED AND SUPERVISOR WERE STANDING OUTBY THE CONTINUOUS MINER WATCHING COAL BEING LOADED INTOTHE COAL HAULER. A PIECE OF ROCK HAD FALLEN ONTOHEAD OF MINER. WHEN THE PIECE OF ROCK CAME BACK THE CONVEYOR CHAIN, IT FELL OFF AND STRUCK INJURED ABOVE THE RT. KNEE. SUPERVISOR HAD SEEN THE ROCK AND PULLED INJURED BACK.

WHILE GETTING OFF OF MANTRIP HE STEPPED IN A PILE OF CABLE ON THE GROUND CAUSING HIM TO TWISTHIS LT. ANKLE.

THE PERSON WAS HELPING HANDLE CABLES AND FELT A PAIN IN THE STOMACH NEAR HIS BELLY BUTTON.

EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE ROOF BOLTER TRYINGTO PUT LOAD LOCKS IN ON TRAM MOTORS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE ROOF BOLTER SCRAPPING HIS LEG BETWEEN LIDS & ROOF BOLTER FRAME AND TWISTIN G HIS RT. LEG.

ROOF BOLTER OPER. WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT IN THE ROOF-HE PUSHED IT UP ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY THE BOLT BENT. HE SET THE MACHINE OVER TO PUT UP ANOTHER BOLT HE PUSHED THE LEVER THE WRONG WAY-TH E HEAD CAME OVER ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS CUTTING BELT TO MAKE BELT SPLICE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING PALM OF LT. HAND.

INJURED WAS LOADING HEADER BOARDS ON THE SCOOP WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LITTLE FINGER RIGHT HAND AGAINST SCOOP BUCKET CAUSING A LACERATION.

LOADING SUPPLIES ON SCOOP. HE WAS CARRYING A BOX OF ROOF BOLT GLUE AND STEPPED ON A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLT PLATES AND TWISTED HIS BACK AND ALMOST FELL DOWN.

WHILE PERFORMING PUMPING DUTIES WALKING IN WATER STEPPED ON SOMETHING UNDER THE WATER TURNING HIS ANKLE. HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN ANKLE.

WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WASHOVELING INTO THE 1104 DRAGLINE, THE TIPPING VALVES OPENED UP, BLOWING DUST OUT OF THE INSPECTION COVER HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE EYES, CAUSING AN ABRASION TO BOTH EYES.

EE WAS PULLING UP SLACK ON MINER CABLE. HANDS SLIPPED OFF OF CABLE, FELL TO GROUND HIT RIB WITH LT. SHOULDER FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LT. SHOULDER.

DRIVER WAS IN TRUCK BED SHOVELING LOAD AROUND WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TRIED TO CATCH HIS WEIGHT DISLOCATING SHOULDER.

EE HAD DRILLED A 42" HOLE & GOT THE DRILL STEEL HUNG IN HOLE. HE THEN PUT THE WRENCH ON THE HUNGDRILL STEEL & WHEN HE TURNED THE WRENCH THE RUBBER GLOVES HE HAD ON FOULED ON THE WRENCH & DRILL STEEL & TWISTED HIS ARM. THE AREA HE WAS WORKINGIN WAS WET & MUDDY.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE "JARRED" HIS BACK WHILE RIDING A TRACTOR OUT OF THE MINE. WE ARE QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF THIS CLAIM.

LEFT HAND- AT THIS POINT THE EXTENT OF INJURY ISSTILL UNKNOWN. EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER & INJURED THE 1ST,2ND & 3RD FINGER ON HIS LT. HANDHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL & SURGERY WAS PER FORMED ON HIS HAND.

WHILE MAKING A POWER MOVE, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK, WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING CABLE, EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 2-15-02.

WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING INTO THE 1104 DRAGLINE, THE TIPPING VALVES OPENED UP, BLOWING DUST OUT OF THE INSPECTION COVER, HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE EYES, CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION TO THE LEFT EYE.

RAISING CABLES IN MAIN HAULAGE. EE WAS LIFTING CABLE AND FELT POP/STRAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER. EE RETURNED TO WORK NEXT TWO DAYS BEFORE SEEING DR. DIRST WORKING MISSED 2-14-02.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON A PILE OF ROCK WHILE HANGING A CURTAIN. HE FELL TO MINE FLOOR.

EE WAS WALKING THE BELTS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS RIGHT RIB.

HOPPING DOWN OFF OF AUGER MACHINE, LEFT FOOT LANDED ON A ROCK, TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT A MOTOR ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER. WHILE LIFTING THE OLD MOTOR OUT AND PUTTING THE NEW ONE BACK-PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK. WENT TO DR AND GOT A SHOT AND PILLS MUSCLE RELAXER HE GOES BACK TO DR ON 2-18-02.

LOWER TOTAL HEIGHT IN #3 ENTRY. SCOOP OPERATOR CAUGHT HIS HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF.

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A BOX OF BOOSTERS AND AS HE BENT DOWN TO PUT THEM AWAY, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

WAS STANDING GUIDING A SCOOP OPERATOR PICKING UP A LIFT OF BLOCKS. WHEN THE SCOOP OPERATOR RAISED THE LIFT THE FORK PACKAGE CAUGHT A HOSE THAT WAS HANGING DOWN ACROSS THE ENTRY. WHEN THE SCOO P MOVED THE HOSE SPRUNG FREE AND STRUCK THE INJURED ACROSS THE FACE BRUISING HIS FACE.

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE NO.3 ENTRY IN THE NO. 3 ENTRY OF THE A5 PANEL THE INJURED WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK ON THE LEFT FOREARM. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.

INJURED WAS TAKING BOLTS OFF BELT STRUCTURE WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT THUMB AGAINST BELT STRUCTURE CAUSING A BRUISE. (HE HAS METAL PINS IN HIS THUMB.)

THE INJURY OCCURRED WHILE THE INJURED WAS GRINDING METAL PLATE WITH A HAND HELD ELECTRIC GRINDER. A PIECE OF FOREIGN DEBRIS (RUSTED METAL) FLEW UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND ENTERED HIS RIGH T EYE.

EE WAS KNEELING, PASSING CRIB TIES TO A FELLOW EE WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND DOWN BOTH LEGS.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS CARRYING A TOOL BAG WHILE WALKING AROUND A MOTOR THAT WAS OFF TRACK. WHILEWALKING HIS KNEE GAVE OUT.

A FOREIGN OBJECT BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE AS HE WAS ASCENDING IN THE HOIST. EYE PROTECTION WAS BEING WORN. THE REMOVAL OF THEOBJECT WAS CONSIDERED "COMPLICATED".

EE WAS CHANGING ROPES AT PRODUCTION SHAFT, SLIPPED ON DUST HOSE THAT WAS IN BOTTOM OF SHAFT. SLIP CAUSED HIM TO SPRAIN RT. KNEE. STARTED LOSING TIME ON 6-12-02.

WHILE WALKING IN THE AREA OF THE TANKS, EMPLOYEESAW AN AIR HOSE WAS JUMPING AROUND. HE NOTICE IT HAD A SPLIT BELOW THE CHICAGO COUPLING, HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE AIR SUPPLY AND THE HOSE RU PTURED HITTING HIM TWICE IN THE HEAD.

CREW WAS INSTALLING BRICK IN KILN USING A PNEUMATIC RIG. BRICK LAYER WAS PLACING BRICK ON PLUNGER AND BRICK SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX FIVE FT) TO PLATFORM WHERE LABORER HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE BRICK. HE WAS PREPARING TO HAND TO BRICK LAYER AND BRICK HIT THE TOP OF HIS HAND.

EE WAS ADDING WATER TO THE RADIATOR ON THE CAT GRADER, EE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF OF THE GRADER INJURING HIS BACK.

EE LEFT THE CAB OF THE DRAGLINE TO START THE M6 SETS. AS HE WAS GOING PAST THE DC ELECT. ROOM, HE TRIPPED OVER THE STEPS LEADING TO THIS ROOM AND FELL TO THE FLOOR. EE HAD ON SUNGLASSES WHILE IN THE CAB AND DID FNOT REMOVE THEM BEFORE GOINGBACK INTO THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGLINE. THE HOUSE AREA IS DARKER THAN THE CAB. EE WAS ALSO IN A HURRY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PIECE OF IRON, IRON FELL AND STRUCK FOOT CAUSING FRACTURE. STARTING LOSING TIME.

GOING DOWN STEPS ON DREDGE TO CHECK THE ENGINE AND SLIPPED ON A 8" WATER PIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF STEPS AND HIT RIGHT KNEE ON DECK OF DREDGE.

DRIVER STOPPED TO INSPECT TIRES WHILE WAITING TO CROSS SCALES AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT AS HE LEANEDOVER IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP STAIRS WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF ICE AND THE TOP OF A STEP, SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

INJURED EE WAS HOLDING 10" PIPE IN PLACE & ANOTHER EE DROPPED A 10" BALL VALVE ON HIS HAND.

HE OPERATED A LOADER ON 2-6-02, LOADER TIRE HIT A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD CAUSING HIS BACK TO BECOME MILDLY PAINFUL. HE OPERATED THE LOADER ON 2-8 AND 2-9. ON 2-9 HE WENT TO A LOCAL EMERBENCY ROOM WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA OF A VERTEBRAE DISK.

WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS OF BELT HEADER SHE SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HER LEFT ARM AND HAND AND WRIST. STARTED LOSING TIME ON 6-29-02.

MAN WAS RIDING MANTRIP FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON AN EXCAVATOR, WALKING TO AND FROM THE MACHINE ON FROZEN, RUTTED GROUND. HE STEPPED ON A RUT AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE A SLOPE SCREEN, WHILE CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH PULLING SCREEN CLOTH INTO POSITION HE FELT HIS SHOULDER POP.

INJURED RAISED UP WHILE SHOVELING AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A CO MONITOR. INJURED BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 2/21/02.

LIFTING CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER, STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.

THE EE WAS COMING OUT OF THE MINE WHEN SOME DUST GOT IN HIS EYE. HE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WORKED THE 9TH, 11TH AND 12TH. HE LEFT EARLY ON THE 12TH TO RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT .

EE WAS WALKING ALONG AND STUMBLED OVER A COME ALONG FALLING TO THE GROUND. HE WENT TO THE DR AND X RAY SHOWED HE HAD BROKEN HIS LEFT ARM ABOVE THE WRIST. HE WAS ISSUED A SOFT CASE AND RETURNED TO WORK. HE WORE THE CAST FOR TWO WEEKS BUT DIDNT MISS WORK.

AFTER WORK, EE WAS WALKING BY THE PARKING LOT TOWARD THE PLANT'S MAIN GATE WHEN A DUST PARTICLE FELL INTO HER LEFT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION & ITCHING.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED: ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT A SUPPLY CAR FEMALE COUPLING TO HIS SCOOP, WHEN LIFTINGTHE COUPLING TO POSITION IT IN THE SLOT OF SCOOPFRAME FELT A BURNING SENSATION TO HIS GROIN AREA . THIS BURNING AND PAIN CONTINUED. WITHING 3 HOURS HE CAME TO THE SURFACE AND LEFT MINE PROPERTY. LATER IN THE AFTERNOON HE WAS TREATED BY PHYSICIAN, DIAGNOSED AS A RUPTURE.

A PIECE PF COAL 2" THICK BY 2' WIDE BY 4' LONG FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S HAND, CATCHING HAND AGAINST TAILPIECE.

INJURED WAS WATCHING THE CABLE TAKE UP ON THE SHUTTLE CAR. HE BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE EXTRA SLACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON LEFT KNEE. HE WENT TO THE DR. AND LT. KNEE CAP WAS BROKEN.

BOLTING TOP WHEN A ROCK FELL & HIT THE LEFT KNEE

SLIPPED AND FELL IN DECK OF SCOOP, STRIKING RIBS ON METAL DECK OF SCOOP.

HE WAS THROWING WOODEN PALLET INTO LOADER BUCKET AND NAIL CAUGHT GLOVE, JERKING ARM. NOTE: THIS CLAIM IS BEING CONTESTED.

EE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 2-18-02. MECHANICWAS LAYING ON HIS BACK LIFTING AND ALIGNING A DRIVE SHAFT TO THE TRANSFER CASE. IN DOING SO HE PLACED HIS BACK IN AN UNNATURAL POSITION CAUSING THE INJURY, SUBSEQUENT LIFTING ACTIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SEVERITY.

EE WAS OPERATING SHEARER IN 6F PANEL AND A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW OFF OF REAR DRUM AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND ON 2-26-02 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PARTIAL FILLED MASONRY CEMENT BAG FROM THE FILLING SPOUT WHEN HE PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS BACK. EE DID NOT START MISSING TIME UNTIL 3-12-02.

WAS TRYING TO ACCESS CAB OF TRUCK, FOOT SLIPPED ON STEP ON FUEL TANK AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS, STRIKING THE FROZEN GROUND ON HIS BACK.