Mining Incidents in October 2002

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 1 BREAK OUT BY SPAD 835. THE FALL MEASURED 8' BY 18' BY 40'.

ROCK FALL AT THE HEADGATE 001 SECTION AT BK. 68. FALL IS IN THE TRACK & BELT ENTRY. IS ABOUT 6' HIGH & 20' TO 25' IN LENGHT. FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP. EXTRA SUPPORT WILL BE ADDED IN AREA.

WEST MAINS 1-A X CUT 16 RETURN #2 ENTRY 30X20X6.

A ROOF FALL IN THE 4 WEST ENTRY #41 X-CUT #7 ENTRY MEASURING 30' BY 20' BY 5' THE AREA WAS MINED IN SEPT 2002 AND SUPPORTED WITH 5' FULLY GROUTED ROOF BOLTS.

A UNINTENTIONAL FALL OF ROOF OCCURED AT THE 20X 20' ON #5 ENTRY OUTBY UNIT 2. THE FALL MEASURED 4 1/2 H, 19' WIDE. 25' LONG. NO ONE WAS INJURED PASSAGE OF MEN NOT EFFECTED. FALL WAS DUE BECAUSE OF ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS.

ROOF FALL IN THE #1 ENTRY AT SPAD NO. 57 IN THE EAST MAINS SECTION. FALL WAS 7' HIGH, 16' WIDE & 5' LONG. SUPPORTED WITH 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS WITH 11' STRAPS.

1ST SW RETURN XCUT 47-51, 28 X 20 X 6'. #1 & 2 ENTRY.

SMOKE WAS OBSERVED ORIGINATING FROM THE JOY UNDERCUTTER IN THE SALT, UG MINE. MINE SUPERVISOR IMMEDIATELY REMOVED POWER FROM MACHINE & MANUALLY DEPLOYED THE UNDERCUTTER'S KIDDE DRY CHEMICAL FI RE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. THE MINE WAS EVACUATED & MSHA WAS NOTIFIED. THE MINE RESCUE TEAM WAS ACTIVATED AND PERMISSION RECEIVED FROM MSHA TO SEND IN TEAM TO INVESTIGATE FIRE. FULLY CONTAINED.

A LONGWALL TAILGATE BLOCKAGE OCCURRED DUE TO FLOOR HEAVE IN ENTRY 3, 16 TAILGATE, BETWEEN CROSSCUTS 30 AND 31. THE LENGTH OF THE BLOCKAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET.

ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION IN INTAKE AT SPAD 1419 2 BREAKS TO THE LEFT OF OVERCAST CROSSING OLD #2 BELT - OLD #3 ENTRY ON #2 BELT. FELL IN INTERSECTION GOING APPROX. 20' INTO THE LEFT & RIGHT X CUTS. FALL APPROX. 60' LONG RANGING UP TO 9' HIGH. DIDN'T FALL IN WALKWAY OR IMPEDE VENTILATION.

EE WAS OPERATING TRUCK #1513 A EUCLID R85B WHEN IT SUDDENLY BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE COULD NOT BE EXTINGUISHED WITHIN 30 MINUTES. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO BE CALLED. EE WAS NOT INJU RED AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

ROOF FAILURE ABOVE ANCHORAGE ON 2 EAST MAINS IN BELT ENTRY 2 BREAKS INBY 1 ST SOUTH PANEL.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE MINE. THE FALL WAS LOCATED IN THE #94 X-CUT #8 ENTRY SPAD 7508. THE FALL MEASURED 5' BY 18' BY 40'.

NWA RETURN XCUT 38 SPAD 19+21 #2 ENTRY XOUT.

A ROOF FALL IN THE ONE NORTH ENTRY AT #6 X-CUT IN THE #2 ENTRY MEASURING 20' X 20' X 6'. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' TENSION REBAR ROOF BOLTS & THE FALL WAS CAUSED BY A HIDDEN SLIP.

ROOF FALL AT BK. 15 ON THE NO. 5 BELT IN THE NO. 4 ENTRY ON THE INTAKE. FALL IS 3' TO 4' THICK, 15' TO 20' LONG. NOT HINDERING ESCAPEWAY OR VENTILATION. WE HAVE THE NO. 5 ENTRY THAT CAN BE TRA VELED. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP AT THIS TIME.

WHILE HOISTING A MINER TO THE SURFACE, THE HOISTSTOPPED UNEXPECTEDLY. POWER WAS RESTORED TO ALLOW THE CAGE TO BE LOWERED AND THE MINER EXIT THE CAGE. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE CONTACTS ON THE LILLY CONTROLLER AND THE EE REMOVED FROM THE MINE AT 6:34 P.M.

A ROOF FALL IN THE ONE NORTH ENTRY AT X-CUT #10 IN THE #5 ENTRY MEASURING 30' X 20' X 6'. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' TENSION REBAR ROOF BOLTS & THE FALL WAS CAUSED BY A HIDDEN SLIP.

ROOF FALL LOB 1ST LEFT SECTION BETWEEN #1 & #2 ENTRY. ALL AREAS HAVE BEEN DANGERED OFF FOR 2 BREAKS OUTBY FACES. SECTION IS IDLE DUE TO BAD TOP AND WATER - IDLED 10/4/02.

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT IN THE ROOF STRATA ALONG A CUTTER SEAM IN THE ROOF SHEARED OFF ROOF BOLTS 4-6' UP IN THE TOP AND A FALL ALONG THE CUTTER SEAM.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 1ST SOUTH SUBMAIN OFF OF 2ND WEST PARALLEL #2 ENTRY X-CUT 32. L 20' X W 20' X T 12'.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #2 ENTRY OF SW MAINS 10' OUTBY S.S. 739 & 600' OUTBY FACE. THE FALL MEASURED UP TO 12' THICK, 50' LONG & 18' WIDE. NO INJURIES, NO BLOCKAGE OF VENTILATION OR ESCAPEWAY, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP - TIMBERED OFF & DANGERED.

A ROOF FALL IN THE ONE NORTH ENTRY AT X-CUT #10 BETWEEN #6 & #7 ENTRY, MEASURING 40' X 20' X 6'. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' TENSION REBAR ROOF BOLTS & THE FALL WAS CAUSED BY A HIDDEN SLIP.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ONT HE E MAINS SECTION, ENTRY NO. 5 APPROX. 60 FT INBY SPAD 7833. THE FALL MEASURED 6 FT HIGH, 30 FT LONG AND 18 FT WIDE.

ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH SPLIT SET BOLTS BECAUSE OF A HOLLOW SOUND. MONTHS LATER IT MUST OF SEPERATED CAUSING EXCESSIVE LOAD FOR THIS STYLE AND NUMBER OF BOLTS. THIS FALL HAS BEEN CHECKED BY BOTH MSHA AND MSHA TECH SUPPORT. TWO BOOM JUMBO DRILL WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED.

HOIST WAS DOWN DUE TO NOT TAKING CHARGE.

AN UNINTENTIONAL FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED WHILE RETREAT MINING WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE OO1 SECTION. THE FALL OCCURRED ON THE THIRD LEFT PANEL OFF DUG FORK MAINS AT BREAK #7.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 2 RT SECTION, 24 CROSSCUT #3 ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURED ABOUT 40 X 19 X 6'.

NORTH 1, 11 BLOCK #7 HEADING- MMU 004, 4-WAY INTERSECTION. 9'HIGH X 20'WIDE X 24'LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORTS: 6'RESIN BOLTS, 6"X 16"PLATES, ROOF MATS, WIRE SCREEN. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS SET AROUND FALL.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL ~35' X 19' X 6' OCCURRED ON THE 2RT SECTION BETWEEN #21 & #22 X-CUTS IN THE #1 BELT ENTRY.

ROOF FALL, 2ND MAIN SOUTH INTAKE AIR COURSE, XCUT NO. 60, APPROX 30' LONG, 20' WIDE, 7-8' HIGH. THIS SECTION HAS NO HISTORY OF METAN LIBERATION. IT IS CONCLUDED THE FLAMES RESULTED FROM CUTTING VERY HARD ROCK CAUSING DUST TO IGNITE. Y

SAFTEY SWITCH ON DOOR JAMMED CAUSING ELEVATOR TO MALFUNCTION.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT 58 XCUT 1ST WEST PARALLEL SUPPLY ROAD. L 30' X W 18' X T 10'. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 10' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

ROCK FALL IN #3 ENTRY. 3 BREAKS IN BY SURFACE. FALL IS 18 FT WIDE 20 FT LONG AND 3-5 FT HIGH.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD 842. THE FALL MEASURED 10' X 18' X 40'.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT XC 13 OF THE 3RD SME BETWEEN THE SUPPLY ROAD & BELT ENTRIES. TWO OLD S&S JEEPS WERE COVERED BY THE FALL (OLD AREA, NO PERSONNEL AROUND). THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO VENTILAT ION CONTROLS, IMPEDIMENT TO VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF PERSONNEL, OR INJURIES. THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY A MINE EXAMINER AT ABOUT 12:30 PM ON 10/24/02. INFO WAS NOT COMMUNICATED. CITATION 7653100

A FIRE OCCURED NEAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF A HAULER TRUCK.

1A-A RETURN XCUT 16 #2 ENTRY. 7200 FROM OUTSIDE. 30 X 18 X 6 .

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 2ND WEST OFF THE 1ST SOUTH PANEL. THE FALL IS LOCATED AT 40 CROSSCUTINTERSECTION, #5 ENTRY, THE FALL MEASURES 30 FT LONG, 16 FT WIDE, AND 6 FT HIGH.

A ROOF FALL IN THE MAIN EAST ENTRYS AT XCUT #9 IN #4 ENTRY MEASURING APPROX. 60' X 18' X 7'. THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN APRIL OF 2000 & SUPPORTED WITH 6' TENSION REBAR ROOF BOLTS & TIMBER.

AN UNPLANNED FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY @ BREAK #8 ON #2 6' BELT - SPAD 120. NEAR RUM CREEK PORTAL. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 90' X 20' 4' & WAS APPROX 15,400 FEET FROM THE ACTIVE FA CE. VENTILATION, PASSAGE OF PERSONS WAS NOT AFFECTED. FALL WAS BREAKERED OFF FROM ALL APPROACHES.

THE ELEVATOR DEVELOPED A NOISE AND A SHAKING ACTION AROUND 70' DOWN THE SHAFT. IT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AT 10:30AM AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIND THE PROBLEM. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CAR SAFE TY WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. PROBLEM CORRECTED AND THE ELEVATOR WAS PUT BACK INTO OPERATION AT 6PM.

ELEVATOR WENT DOWN @ 8:30AM. RUNNING AT 10:45AM NO INDIVIDUALS WERE UNDERGROUND AT THE TIME.

WORKED ON HOIST & RAN CHECKS FROM 0830 TILL 1200.

A ROOF FALL 19'X50'X6' IN THE 2 MAIN NORTH XC#17IN #8 ENTRY 4400FT OUTBY THE 001-0 SECTION. BOLTED WITH 6 FT TENSION REBAR ROOF BOLTS, TIMBERED WITH 6"X6" SQUARE TIMBERS AND WAS CAUSED BY AN UNDETECTED SLIP.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED 500' OUTBY THE FACE AT SPAD NO. 3566. THE FALL MEASURED 30' LONG, 18' WIDE, AND 4-7' THICK.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE SECTION FOREMAN. IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 7250' OUT OF THE FACE AREA AND WAS BY THE #7 ENTRY. THE AREA MEASURED 23' X 21' WIDE X 12' HIGH AND DOES NOT AFFECT VENTIL ATION AND NO EQUIPMENT OR PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED.

A ROOF FALL 2O'X20'X6' IN THE 25 SOUTH PARALLELSAT XC#23 IN #4 ENTRY 650 FT. OUTBY THE 002-0 SECTION. BOLTED WITH 6 FT TENSON REBAR ROOF BOLTAND WAS CAUSED BY AN UNDETECTED SLIP.

THE ELEVATOR WAS DOWN FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES BECAUSE THE (UPS) UNREGULATED POWER SUPPLY BATTERY BACK-UP SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING MOTOR TO LOOSE ITS FIELD AND A FUSE TO BLOW ON THE LINE SIDE OF THE DRIVE. THERE WERE MEN ENTRAPPED ON THE ELEVATOR.

ELEVATOR DOOR WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. ELEVATOR WAS SHUT DOWN FOR TROUBLESHOOTING AND FOUND TO HAVE A DEFECTIVE DOOR SWITCH LEVER. IT WAS REPAIRED AND PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE AT 9:10 AM.

N LW X CUT #6 ENTRY, CONTINUATION OF A FALL FROM9-6-02.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED AT VICTORY MINE 8,500 FT FROM ITS FACE AT #8 BELT, #4 ENTRY, BREAK #11. THE SIZE OF THE FALL 12' X 20' X 3 1/2'. ROOF SUPPORT WAS 4' RESIN BOLTS IN "SHALE" STRATA WITH NO RIDER SEAM PRESENT. NOTE: THIS AREA WILL BE REHABILITATED.

THIRD N.W. SUBMAINS XCUT 45 SPAD 24+31, 2 & 3 ENTRY. 60' X 19'W X 6'H.

REPORTABLE ROOF FALL 4 BLOCKS INBY 1SOUT SWITCH #3 ENTRY TRACK AT SPAD #22944.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO.9 ENTRY (RETURN AIRWAY) 1700' OUT BY MMU 003-0. THE FALL MEASURED 30' LONG 20' WIDE AND 8' HIGH.

THIRD INTERSECTION INBY SPAD STATION 491 A ROOF FALL OCCURRED. MEASURING 20' IN WIDTH, APP 5' IN HEIGHT AND 70' IN LENGTH. FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE POINT. FALL DOES NOT IMPAIR TRAVELWAY OR VENTILA TION.

A FALL OF ROOF WAS FOUND WHILE ON INSPECTION WITH MSHA. THE LOCATION IS BETWEEN THE MAIN EAST TRAVELWAY AND MAIN EAST #2 BELT AT 66XCUT ON THE BELTLINE SIDE OF THE STOPPING. H 6 1/2' X 18' W X 15' L. SUPPORTED BY 6' CONVENTIONAL BOLTS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON #4 UNIT, CROSSCUT 1-2 AT 48 CROSSCUT. THE FALL MEASURES 70 FT LONG, 18 FT WIDE, AND 5 FT HIGH.

A ROOF FALL 70 FEET LONG, 6 FEET IN HEIGHT AND 20 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 10/21/02 AT 9:30 A.M. 60 FEET OUTBY SPAD NO. 204.

NORTH 1 63 BLOCK #10 HEADING, 4-WAY INTERSECTION MMU 004. 9' HIGH X 17' WIDE X 60' LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 6' RESIN BOLTS, 6"X16" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FULLY DANGERED OFF. ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS.

PRESSURE FROM ABUTEMENT CAUSED A SECTION OF THE ENTRY ON THE LONGWALL TAILGATE TO CLOSE. DISTANCE WAS APPROX. 5'IN LENGTH. THIS BLOCKED ACCESS OF TAILGATE. IMMEDIATE ROOF MATERIAL.

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY (BELTLINE) OF 3 LEFT. FALL STARTED AT SURVEY STATION #2751 AND TRAVELED INBY 2 X-CUTS TO JUST INBY SURVEY STATION #2753. FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 6'-8'HIGH, 19'WIDE, 100'LONG. AREA BOLTED WITH 4' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS ACCORDING TO THE APPROVED ROOF CONTROL PLAN.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE TAILGATE ENTRY OF F-6 LONGWALL AT THE #6 WALL CROSSCUT INTERSECTION.THE FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE. NO ENTRAPMENT, INTERRUPTION OF VENTILATION OR DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 18' WIDE BY 38' LONG BY 14' HIGH.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 5WEST HEADGATE #3 AT 6630 WEST. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 40'LONG, APPROXIMATELY 18'WIDE AND APPROXIMATELY 5-10'THICK. THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTI LATION OR PASSAGE OF MINERS. FALL #19DD

ROOF FALL IN INTAKE AIRWAY ON FIRST LEFT SECTION #7 ENTRY AT INTERSECTION AT SPAD #1445. FALL IS APPROX. 40' LONG & 5' HIGH. FALL & ALL APPROACHES WILL BE TIMBERED OFF. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #6 ENTRY (INTAKE)THEFALL MEASURED 30'X20'X6-7' THICK. FALL OCCURRED AT SPAD #130.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT VICTORY MINE ABOUT 5,300 FT FROM THE FACE AT #10 BELT, 2 ENTRY, SPAD 7633. (NO PERSONAL INJURY). THE SIZE OF THE FALL WAS 60' X 20' X 6'. SIX FT RESIN BOLTS WERE USED F OR SUPPORT IN "SHALE" STRATA WITH NO RIDER SEAM PRESENT. THIS AREA WILL NOT BE REHABILITATED.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE #2 ENTRY 80' INBY SPAD #2694 L.O.C.C. THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 50' LONG X 17' WIDE X 8' THICK. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP & DOES NOT IMPEDE TRAVEL OR VENTILAT ION. NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED & NO INJURIES.

2ND NORTH MAIN #11 SEAM XCUT 17. 18' X 20' X 7'. ON BELT LINE.

FALL FOUND ON BELT & TRACK & CAUGHT HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE (NO INJURIES) (NO BLOCKAGE OF VENT) DID BLOCK SECONDARY ESCAPEWAY. TEMP. REROUTED ESCAPEWAY AROUND FALL IN NEXT ENTRY. FALL APP. 25' LONG , 22' WIDE & 4-15' THICK. FALL CLEANED UP & AREA PINNED.

A 3-WAY INTERSECTION IN ENTRY #1 AT STATION 12+ 60, SOUTH WEST OFF THE 1ST WEST, UNIT 001. FALL WAS 40'L, 19'WIDE, & 8'HIGH.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN HATFIELD MAINS X-CUT #44 NO. 3 ENTRY. FALL MEASURED 50'L X 20'W X 10'H.

INTERSECTION IN #2 ENTRY STATION 13 AND 20. UNIT001 SOUTH WEST OFF THE 1ST WEST. FALL WAS 40' LONG 17 1/2' WIDE AND 8' HIGH.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT #26 X-CUT, #2 ENTRY ON SOUTH MAINS. THE FALL MEASURED ABOUT 60' X 19' X 6' IN #2 ENTRY AND ABOUT 60' X 19' X 6' IN THE #2-#3 X-CUT.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY OLD TRACK ENTRY OF OLD WORKS, 3000' FROM THE ACTIVE FACE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 30' LONG X 20' WIDE X 4' HIGH. THE ENTRANCES TO THE FALL HAVE BEEN BREAKERED OFF AND WILL NOT BE REHABILITATED.

ROOF FAILURE ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF 6' TENSION REBAR ROOF BOLTS IN AREA WHERE LARGE BARRIER IN THE MINES ABOVE WAS PRESENT. FALL WAS IN INTAKE AIRCOURSE AT THE TOP END OF SOUTH MAINS. FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP AT THIS TIME. FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY WEEKLY EXAMINER.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF X-RAYS OF THE GARDEN "A" SHAFT AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR HAULAGE ROPES INDICATED THAT THE ROPES NEEDED REPLACING.

FALL WAS IN 2 NORTH MAIN AREA THAT WE HAD PULLED OUT OF ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. FALL PROBABLY WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP & DOES NOT INTERFERE W/ANY AIRWAYS, ESCAPEWAYS OR TRAVELWAYS TO OR FROM THE ACT IVE 01/04 SECTION. FALL IS AT SPAD #674 NEAR BULL CREEK AREA. IT FELL IN THE #5 TRACK NETURAL ENTRY & OVER TO THE BELT ENTRY. MEASURED 5-10'H, 18'W. DANGERED OFF W/CRIBS & TIMBERS.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED INT HE CROSSCUT BETWEEN 5 TO 6 CROSSCUT. NEAT SPAD #20801. ON THE TILLEY SECTION INTAKE VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED. THE FALL MEASURED 10'L X 20' W X 4' H. AREA HAS BEEN BREAKERED OFF AND WILL NOT BE REHABILITATED.

THIS FALL WAS IN THE 2 NORTH MAIN AREA THAT WE HAD PULLED OUT OF ABOUT 6 MO.'S AGO. THIS FALL WILL PROBABLY NOT BE CLEANED UP AND DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY AIRWAYS, ESCAPEWAYS OR TRAVELWAY S TO OR FROM THE ACTIVE 01/04 SECTION. THIS FALL IS ONE BREAK ABOVE SPAD #514 IN THE #6 NEUTRAL ENTRY IN A FAULTY AREA THAT WAS MINED IN THE 9THMONTH OF 2001/THE FALL IS 60-70'L X 3-8'H X 18'W

A UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN 6 & 7 HEADGATE IN THE #2 ENTRY AT SPAD #8. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 20' WIDE AND 400' LONG WITH AN UNKNOWN HEIGHT.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #5 ENTRY ON THE TILLEY SECTION MAINS, 1 BREAK INBY SAPAD #2756. THE FALL MEASURED 45'L X 20'W X 4'H. THE FALL AREA WILL BE REHABILITATED.

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON THE TRACK HAULAGE AT 140 BLOCK. IT WAS DISCOVERED AT APPROX. 9:35AM, ITMEASURED APPROX. 3 1/2'- 4'HIGH, 18'WIDE AND 50'LONG. NO INJURIES RESULTED.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE MAIN NORTH HAULAGE TRACK AT THE #83 BLOCK INTERSECTION.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY ON 013-0 SECTION. THE FALL WAS LOCATED ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #7680. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 30'LONG, 35'WIDE, AND 4-5'THICK.

A FALL OF THE ROOF OCCURED ON #5 UNIT 1ST S.E. SUB-MAINS, CROSS CUT #20 55'INBY SPAD #40254 IN THE LAST IPEN CROSS CUT. THE FALL WAS 47' LONG, 19' WIDE, AND 8 TO 10 'THICK. NO PERSON, EQUIPMENT OR VENTILATION WERE AFFECTED.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON SECTION 3 FROM #4 OVER TO #2 ENTRY. FALL MEASURED 140' X 20' X 10' TO 12'HIGH. AREA BOLTED WITH 6' TORQUE TENSION & SUPPLEMENTED WITH 12' CABLE BOLTS.

MINERMAN WAS OPERATING THE MINER IN THE #2 ENTRY WHICH WAS ABOUT 118' DEEP CUTTING COAL FOR THE LAST CAR WHEN HE SAW A FLAME GO DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE FLAME WENT OUT WHEN IT GOT TO THE SCRUBBER. SECTION SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND MSHA PERSONNEL WERE CALLED AND AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED.

MANCAGE/HOIST WOULD NOT OPERATE DUE TO THE FAILURE OF A MOTOR AUXILARY RELAY. NO PEOPLE ON CAGE. HOIST WAS REPAIRED & RETURNED TO SERVICE @ 5:45 A.M.

AT 1:00 PM ON 10/13/02 A ROCK SLID DOWN OFF THE HIGHWALL AND KNOCKED OUT THE RIGHT WASS OF THE #4 ENTRY CANOPY. THE ROCK WAS CLEANED UP AND CANOPY REBUILT.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 5WESTHEADGATE #1 AT 7275 AND CROSSCUT TO #2. THE FALL WAS APPROX 150' LONG, APPROX 18' WIDE AND APPROX 8' THICK. THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF MINERS.

EMERGENCY STOP WOULD ACTIVATE IN INSPECTION SPEED. OUT OF SERVICE 1 HOUR AND 20 MINUTES WHILE SWITCH IN OPERATOR'S CABINET WAS REPAIRED.

WHILE MAKING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF AIR COURSE AND TRAVELWAYS, A FALL WAS FOUND ON THE SOUTH MAIN TRAVELWAY #5 ENTRY INTERSECTION AT SPAD #4333 APPROX. 1000'OUTBY SECTION 002. FALL DIMENSIO NS ARE 4 1/2'X 20'X 30'.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE #3 ENTRY OF THE 7TH WEST TAILGATE OFF THE 8W LONGWALL. THE FALL WAS APPROX 20' LONG, APPROX 18' WIDE AND APPROX 6-8' THICK. THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF MINERS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE #7 MOTHER BELT AT THE #21 BLOCK INTERSECTION.

ROOF FALL (7000-1-018-02): B2 #2 ROADWAY, X-CUT #16, SPAD #56624. DIMENSIONS: 6-8'H, 19.5'W, 30'W. GEOLOGY: SOFT MEDIUM TO DARK GRAY SHALE, LAMINATIONS & PLANT FOSSILS WERE PRESENT. ROOF SUPPO RT: 5'FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS.

HOIST OUTAGE, EXCESS 30 MINUTES. ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH HOIST CONTROLLER. HOIST CONTROLLER REPAIRED, PUT BACK INTO SERVICE. DOWN 5:42 TO 6:42PM

A FRICTIONAL METHANE IGNITION OCCURRED IN THE #3 FACE OF THE HALLAM SECTION DURING REGULAR MINING ACTIVITIES. NO PERSONS WERE INJURED AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #6 ENTRY BETWEEN X-CUT #11 & #12 BETWEEN ENTRIES 6&7 #11 X-CUT 1ST MAIN WEST. L 50' X W 18' X T 10'. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 6' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED #8 ENTRY BETWEEN #9 & #10 XCUT - #9 X-CUT BETWEEN #8 & #9 ENTRIES. 1ST MAIN WEST. L50' X W18' X T10'. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 6' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

NORTH 2 13 BLOCK #3 HEADING 4-WAY MMU 003, 10'H,X 20'WIDE X 20'LONG. FULL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORT SET AROUND FALL. TYPE OF SUPPORT, 6'TENSION RE-BARB, 8'DOUBLE LOCK, 8"X 8"PLATES , ROOF MATS.

REGIONAL POWER FAILURE OCCURRED AT 5:45 AM. WHENWE ATTEMPTED TO START THE STANDBY GENERATOR, THEBATTERIES WERE DOWN. CHANGED BATTERIES, STARTED THE GENERATOR AND STARTED REMOVING MEN FROM THE SHAFT. MEN WERE OUT AT 7:10 AM.

NORTH 2, 15 BLOCK, #3 HEADING, 4-WAY, MMU 003. 10'HIGH X 20'WIDE X 20'LONG. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORT SET AROUND FALL. TYPE OFSUPPORT: 6'TENSION RE-BARB, 8'DOUBLE LOCK, 8"X8" PLATES. ROOF MATS.

MAIN PORTAL ELEVATOR FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN ROLLER BRA. ROLLER BRACKET WAS REPAIRED AND ELEVATOR PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE AT 7:10 AM.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT 2000 ON 1-8-02. LOCATED IN FOUR WAY INTERSECTION AT 5+60 ENTRY 5 OUTBY LOADING POINT 5LMS SECTION. AREA HAD BEEN MINER 9-9-02 AND WAS BOLTED WITH 5' RESIN BOLTS. FALL M EASURED 20' X 70' X 10'. NO INJURY RESULTED BUT AN INTAKE STOPPING WAS LOST.

FIRE BOSS DISCOVERED ROOF FALL AT THE APPROACH TO THE 2-EAST SEALS ON HIS WEEKLY RUN. APPROACH TO THE #7 & #8 SEALS. NO INJURIES.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #675 ON THE SOUTH PORTAL SIDE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 90'LX 20'W X 15' H. THE FALL WILL BE BREAKERED OFF AT ENTRANCES TO THE FALL BUT WILL NOT BE REHABILITATED IN THIS AREA.

WHILE INSPECTING ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. INSPECTION REVEALED DOOR SWITCH WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. DOOR LATCH SWITCH WAS ADJUSTED AND PROBLEM CORRECTED BY 2:00 AM.

ROOF FALL 1ST MAIN WEST ENTRIES - XC 1+90 BETWEEN #4 & #5 ENTRIES. LENGTH APPROX 40', WIDTH 18'&16"M HEIGHT 6'. THIS AREA MINE DEC. 2000. BOLTED WITH INSTALL II DOUBLE ROCK 60"BOLTS.

ON B PANEL OFF THE NORTH MAINS AT INTERSECTION #18 IN THE # 3 ENTRY. ROOFFALL IS APPROX. 18 'WIDE BY 20 LONG. THE ROOFFALL IS 8' HIGH. SHALE AND SLATE FELL AS HIGH AS THE SANDSTONE.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ONT HE MAIN WEST #1 ENTRY AT 1257 WEST AT THE MILLENNIUM PORTAL. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 20' LONG, APPROX. 17' WIDE AND APPROX. 10' THICK. THE FALL DID NOT EFF ECT VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF MINERS.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 80'X19'5' OCCURRED ON OLD CASEY AT SOAD #3528.

A FALL OF ROOF WAS DISCOVERED @ 8:30 AM DURING A MINE EXAM. FALL IS @ M.W.#3 ENTRY #82XC. FALL IS 15'H X 30'W X 30'L.

ROOF FALL 13 FEET HIGH, 16 FEET WIDE, 20 FEET LONG AT AN INTERSECTION NEAR LONGWALL RECOVERY AREA IN #2 ENTRY AT 4 + 00 (INTAKE ENTRY) AREA WAS MINED IN MAY 2001.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 11 PM, 10/6/02. THE FALL WAS 90'X 19'X 4-7'THICK.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON E-6 PANEL IN THE NO. 2 ENTRY AT SPAD 7879. THE FALL MEASURED 18 FT WIDE, 35 FT LONG AND 10 FT HIGH.

THE ROOF FELL APP 3 TO 4 FT IN THE RETURN. WE ARE NOT GOING TO CLEAN IT UP. WE JUST BUILD CRIB AND SET TIMBER AROUND IT.

TWO MINERS HAD LOADED, POSTED, AND GUARDED TWO FACES. THEY DETONATED THE HEADINGS IN THE WRONG SEQUENCE. THE MINERS REPORTED THEIR ERROR TO THEIR SUPERVISOR. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED DUE TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CITATION BY MSHA. THE OPERATOR DID NOT FIND THIS TO BE A REPORTABLE EVENT IN THAT THE MINERS INTENDED TO AND DID BLAST BOTH ROUNDS THAT SHIFT.

A FALL OF THE ROOF OCCURRED ON #2 UNIT, 1ST N.W.SUB MAINS, #5 ENTRY CROSS CUT 42 INBY SPAD #40064 10:THE FALL WAS 120'LONG 19.5' WIDE, AND 5.5' HIGH. NO EQUIPMENT, PERSON OR VENTILATION WERE AFFECTED.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 8TH WEST LONGWALL CROSSCUT BETWEEN #2 & #1 ENTRY AT 8188' WEST. FALL APPROX. 20' LONG, 18' WIDE, 6-8' THICK. FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR PASSA GE OF MINERS. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN ENTRY 3, CROSSCUT 12, 7TH EAST 1ST NORTH LONGWALL SECTION. THE LONGWALL WAS BEING RECOVERED AT TIME THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROZ 25 FT HIGH BY 40 FT LONG BY 16 FT WIDE.

SOUTH 2, 10 HEADING, HEADING 91 TO 92 BLOCK. 8' HIGH X 17' WIDE X 60' LONG. TYPE SUPPORT: 6' RESIN, 6" X 16" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF. ADDED ROOF SUPPORTS SET AROUND FALL.

SOUTH 3, 20 BLOCK, 10 HEADING, 4-WAY INTERSECTION. MMU 006. 12' HIGH X 20' WIDE X 20' LONG. TYPE SUPPORT: 6' RESIN BOLTS, 6"X16" PLATES, 12' CABLE BOLTS, 8"X8" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF. ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS SET AROUND FALL.

REPORTING A CONTINUATION OF A ROOF FALL ORIGINALLY REPORTED 7/28/98. AN ADDITIONAL 16 FT FELL OUTBY.

LOCATED ROOF FALL #3 ENTRY SPAD 23. 20'LONG, 30'WIDE, THE FALL WAS IN AN INTERSECTION. IF FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE. THERE WAS 6'RESIN BOLTS IN THE INTERSECTION.

FALL 18' WIDE, 60' LONG, 8' HIGH. NO BLOCKAGE OF ESCAPEWAY OR VENTILATION. NO INJURIES NOR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. DANGERED OFF & TIMBERED.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE ABOVE MINE SITE APPR. 5600 FT FROM FACE AT #10 HEAD-ENTRY 4. (NO PERSONAL INJURIES). THE SIZE OF THIS FALL WAS 20' X 20' X 6'. SUPPORT CONSISTS OF 6' RESIN BOLTS & 10 CRIBS INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE FALL. THE STRATA IS SHALE AND THERE IS NO RIDER SEAM. THIS AREA WILL NOT BE REHABILITATED.

ROOF FALL (7000-1-017-02): 1W #5, X-CUT #82, #6 TO #7 ENTRY. DIMENSIONS: H:7-8', W:19', L:30'. GEOLOGY: SOFT, MEDIUM TO DARK GRAY SHALE, LAMINATION & PLANT FOSSILS. ROOF SUPPORT: 5' FULLY GROU TED RESIN BOLTS.

THE DESKINS AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE IN EXCESS OF 30 MINUTES TO REPLACE GUIDE RAILS FOR THE AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR.

SECTION FOREMAN FOUND THE ROCKFALL ON THE 005MMU SECTION AS HE WAS PRESHIFTING IT FELL ON THE STAGE LOADER. ROOF FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP. AREA IS BEING GLUED & CRIBBED & TIMBERED +BEAMS ARE BEING INSTALLED AS NEEDED. FALL IS APPROX. 65'L X 8'HIGH. AREA HAS BEEN CHECKED BY FEDERAL AND STATE ROOF CONTROL.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE NO. 7 ENTRY OF THE E-5 PANEL AT SPAD 7915. THE FALL MEASURED 18 FT WIDE, 12 TO 15 FT HIGH, AND WAS 20 FT LONG WHEN FIRST FOUND. THEN OVER THE NEXT 8 HOURS EXTENDED TO 100 FT LONG.

ROOF FALL IN THE RIVER HEADINGS "C" ENTRY BETWEEN 41 AND 42 CROSSCUTS. FALL IS @30 FT LONG, 16 FT WIDE AND 4 FT HIGH. FALL IS ON THE #1 COAL BELT. AREA WAS DEVELOPED AND SUPPORTED WITH 6 FT ME CHANICAL ROOF BOLTS. OVER TIME SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT-I.E. 7 FT POINT ANCHOR, POSTS HAD BEEN ADDED. STRATA CONISTED OF LAYERED SHALE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRING FUEL WHEN THERE WAS A FAILURE OF A PUMP CAUSING A FIRE.

DIGGING INTO A 10 FT FACE WALL WITH A FRONT END LOADER, THE OPERATOR DUG OR REMOVED MATERIAL UNTIL THE BERM ABOVE FELL IN. THEN THE OPERATOR TRAVELED AROUND TO THE TOP OF THE WALL AND BACKED O VER IT.

HIGH BANK FAILURE; DAMAGE AND IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN.

THE MINE RESCUE TEAM WAS PARTICIPATING IN AN UNDERGROUND MINE RESCUE EXERCISE IN AN ABANDONED MINE. AS THE TEAM WAS WALKING UP A STEEP DECLINE ON THEIR RETURN TO THE SURFACE, TWO TEAM MEMBERS COLLAPSED. ONE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THIS TEAM MEMBER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED ON 10/23/02.

EE WENT UP TO TOP OF CONVEYOR TO ATTACH CHAINS TO MOVE CONVEYOR. CO-WORKER MANUVERED BORROWED EXCAVATOR - WHEN HE HIT SWITCH TO LOCK OUT MACHINE THE BOOM CAME DOWN PINNING EE BETWEEN BUCKET AN D FRAME OF CONVEYOR.

THE MINE RESCUE TEAM WAS PARTICIPATING IN AN UNDERGROUND MINE RESCUE EXERCISE IN AN ABANDONED MINE. AS THE TEAM WAS WALKING UP A STEEP DECLINE ON THEIR RETURN TO THE SURFACE, TWO TEAM MEMBERS COLLAPSED. THIS VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE SECOND TEAM MEMBER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED ON 10/23/02.

A LOADER OPERATOR WAS SMOTHERED BY A FALL OF MATERIAL FROM THE SAND FACE WHERE HE WAS OPERATING.

THE FRONT-END LOADER OPERATOR WAS BACK-FILLING AROUND A NEWLY INSTALLED TRUCK SCALE WHEN HE BACKED OVER THE VICTIM WITH THE LOADER, WHICH RESULTED IN A FATAL INJURY.

ON OCT.7, 2002, A 31 YEAR OLD MINER WAS FATALLY INJURED BY THE FALL OF A SINGLE ROCK/CLAY MASS FROM LOOSE UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL LOCATED ABOVE THE HIGHWALL. RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS & WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN HEAVY JUST PRIOR TO THE START OF THE 6AM SHIFT. MINER WAS HAND SHOVELING RAW COAL FROM THE BASE TO SCOOP INTO LOADER. NOT WEARING A HARD HAT.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRE TRIP A WATER TRUCK SERVICE THE TRUCK REQUIRED OPENING THE HOOD EE BELIVES ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS STOMACH WHILE OPENING THE HOOD.WENT TO HIS OWN DOCTOR ON 10-24-02 REPORTED TO CO. 10-25-02

HE WAS CENTER BOLTING IN 19A, AFTER DRILLING HOLE, HE WAS REMOVING AUGERS. THE TOP AUGER STUCK IN THE HOLE & THEN FELL OUT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT & GOT THE TIP OF HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE AUGER & DRILL HEAD. LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES. *LOST DAYS BEGAN 10/23/02. (FINGER LOST CIRCULATION & WAS AMPUTATED AT THE 1ST KNUCKLE ON 10/28/02.)

EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE BEGAN EXP PAIN IN STOMACH AREA AT MINE SITE AND REPORTED IT ON ABOVE DATE. EMPLOYEE HAS HAD PREVIOUS SURGERY IN THE AREA WHERE HE RNIA IS. NO PLANS FOR SURGERY AT THIS TIME.

DIAGNOSED HERNIA - EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROCK ON BELT & STRAINED HIMSELF.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DETONATE A FIRECRACKER BROUGHT ONTO MINE PROPERTY. PREMATURE DETONATION RESULTED IN LOSS OF RIGHT HAND.

WHILE ATTACHING THE CYLINDER TO THE BOOM ARM THE SUPPORTING CABLE SLIPPED. EE S RIGHT HAND WAS INT HE PINCH POINT. MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS CRUSHED PARTIALLY AMPUTATED.

HE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG GREASE PUMP ON BARREL & IT WORKED, CATCHING HIS RIGHT HAND, 2ND & 3RD FINGERS, SEVERING THEM AT THE FINGERTIPS.

EE WAS INSTALLING A FAN INTO A MAXI-HEATER. EE WAS KNEELING DOWN IN FRONT OF THE OCNTROL PANEL-HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FORWARD. HIS RIGHT HAND HIT THE FAN GUARD AND SLIPPED UPWARDS.

EMPLOYEE PINCHED 1/4" - 1/2" OF MIDDLE RIGHT FINGER OFF WHILE INSTALLING DUMP DOOR CYLINDER ON HAULER.

EE TRIED TO PICK UP A D10 ROLLER AFTER HE FINISHED REPLACING IT WITH A NEW ONE. THE EE PICKED THE 320 LB. ROLLER UP AND WHEN THE HEAT FROM THE ROLLER PENETRATED HIS GLOVES HE LET GO OF ONE SID E LETTING THE OTHER ONE FALL ON HIS RIGHT HAND.THE ROLLER WAS NOT SMOOTH BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS REPAIRS. THE ROLLER CUT THROUGH THE GLOVES BREAKINGTHE PINKY FINGER. THIS RESULTED IN REMOVAL/PINK

MAIN D - EE WAS RIB BOLTING W/CO-WORKER. RIB ROLLED OFF PINNING EE. ANOTHER CO-WORKER HAD TO REMOVE RIB FROM EE. RIB LANDED ON THE BACK OF FOOT. FXS TO THREE TOES ON LEFT FOOT, CONTUSIONS/SWEL LING TO LEFT FOOT.

HE WAS INSTRUCTED BY HIS SUPERVISOR TO WELD A GURARD FOR THE DRY SCREEN, THE WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH ANY TYPE OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THIS JOBTASK. HE PROCEEDED TO WELD FOR APPROX.30 MINUTES AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB HE WENT BACK TO HIS REGJOB OF OPERATING THE LOADER. AT APPROX. 7PM HE BEGAN TO FEEL BURNING IN BOTH HIS EYES.

EE WAS STANDING ON A CRANE ON THE LEFT REAR SIDE BY THE HYDRAULIC TANK WORKING ON THE HYRDRAULIC LINES. HE LOST HIS FOOTING, SLIPPED AND FELL 5 FEET TO THE GROUND.

EE STATED THAT THE ROOF BOLTER WAS DRIVEN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT AS HE WAS PREPARING TO ROOF BOLT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PLUG FROM RETURN MANIFOLD WHEN HE KNOCKED THE STAPLE OUT. THE PLUG CAME OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A CRIB BLOCK OFF OF THE FLAT CAR. CO-WORKER ROLLED A CRIB BLOCK TO HIM & IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS DESCENDING A STEPLADDER AND MISSED THE LAST RUNG CAUSING A FALL TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REHABILITATION WORK 4 BLOCKS IN BY UNKNOWN INTAKE AIR SHAFT. EYES BECAME IRRITATED IN SULFUR DUST ASSOCIATED WITH LEACHING PROCESS OF OLDER WORKINGS.

THE EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN THE BOLTS WORKED OUT OF THE VALVE CHEST AND THE HOLES GOT CAUGHT AND IT MADE THE VALVE CHEST COME UP AND HAND BETWEEN CHEST AND FRAME CAUSING CONTUSION TO TOP OF L EFT HAND.

WALKING DOWN CONVEYOR AND SLIPPED ON ICE, CAUSING CUT TO RT. HAND.

SUBJECT WAS PINNING TOP WHEN PIECE OF ROCK OR GLUE GOT IN HIS EYE.

FORKLIFT BLADES FELL OVER ONTO EMPLOYEE WHEN HE TRIED TO GET UP FROM THE CRAWLER.

CLAIMS HE WAS LIFTING DRAGLINE BUCKET PART OFF TRUCK. EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DID NOT REPORT INJURY TO COMPANY UNTIL 2/19/03. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 3/11/03.

INJURED WAS GOING INTO #1 PORTAL AND PICKED UP A EMPTY OIL CAN THEN TURNED TO STEP IN THE SHOP AND PULLED RT CALF MUSCLE. X-RAYS REVEALED A MINOR RUPTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR ON THE MAIN SECTION WHEN HE GOT DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HIS EYE WAS WASHED OUT THE SAME DAY AT THE HOSPITAL. ON 11/11/02 HE WENT BACK TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY SENT HIM TO A DOCTOR WHO TREATED HIS EYE INFECTION. HE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 11/11/02.

EE WAS OPERATING A 35 TON VOLVO HAULER WHEN HE STARTED EXPERIENCINS SEVERE BACK PAIN. NO INCIDENT NO ACCIDENT AND THIS IS AN ALLEDGED CLAIM.

EE WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR SCRAPER IN THE PIT & FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS RECOVERING BELT STRUCTURE AND THE STRUCTURE HIT TIMBERING KNOCKING THE TIMBER DOWN STRIKING THE EE ON THE BACK INJURY HIS LEFT SHOULDER. EE WENT TO RALEIGHT GENERAL BY AMBULANCE.

THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL (1 1/2'LONG, 1 1/2'WIDEX 3"THICK). THE EE HAD HIS HAND ON PINNER & WAS GOING TO PUSH SELF AWAY WHEN THE ROCK FELL HITTI NG HIM ON LT. HAND, LACERATING MIDDLE FINGER. 20SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

OPERATING SHEAR AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN PANLINE HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A LOW SHIELD AND JAMMED HIS NECK.

HE WAS WORKING ON REAR END OF BUGGY STEP AND BUGGY FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EE STATED HE FELT A SUDDEN ONSET OF BACK PAIN AFTER UNLOADING PIECES OF MONORAIL OFF OF STAGE LOADER. EE WORKED ALL SHIFT AND WENT TO DOCTOR LATER ON THAT DAY. ACCIDENT HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIG ATION TO DETERMINE IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING NO.6 COALHAULER AND AFTER THE COALHAULER WAS LOADED IN NO.1 ENTRY HE TRAMMED TO NO.2 ENTRY WHERE HE RAN OVER A TIMBER (12'X10") THAT WAS LYING IN THE ROAD WAY APPROXIMATELY 60 FT. OUTBY SPAD NO.7899. HE STATED THAT THIS CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE IN THE SEAT OF THE COALHAULER AND JARRED HIS BACK.

EE "CAUGHT A RIDE" WITH OTHER EE TO RETURN TO REGULAR JOB ACTIVITY WHEN BACKDUMP'S BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING THEM TO GO FAST DOWN RAMP. EE APPARENTLY GRABBED STEERING WHEEL TO AVOID BEING THROWN AROUND IN THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE BACKDUMP TO TO TURN OVER ON ITS SIDE.

REPORTED: WORKING AS A BELT EXAMINER, TRAVELING ALONGSIDE THE 2ND MAIN SOUTH BELT LINE. THE AREA WAS LOW AND CLEARANCE WAS TIGHT. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A WOODEN CRIB BLOCK THAT WAS OVER A TIMBER. THE CRIB BLOCK EXTENDED OUT INTO THE BELT LINE WALKWAY. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 11-2-02, ON THAT DAY BEGAN TO MISS SCHEDULED WORK DAYS AND BECAME A LOST-TIME INJURY.

DESCENDING STEPS ONTO THE GROUND (LANDING) HE REMOVED HIS HAND FROM THE HANDRAIL TO WALK TO THE TRUCK. HE SLIPPED ON PELLETS AND FROZEN GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM. AFTER BEING MEDICALLY FOLLOWED WITH SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT, PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS ORDERED TO IMPROVE STRENGTH.

SLIPPED ON ICE, SPRAINED NECK AND BACK. MAJOR ICE STORM.

EE STATED THAT HE STOOD ON THE MOTOR BASE OF THE NO.1 GLAND WATER PUMP. THAT IS APPROX. 10 INCH OFF THE FLOOR. IN ORDER TO TIGHTEN A PIPE FITTING OF THE FREST WATER LINE FOR THE NO. 2 GLAND WA TER PUMP, THAT WAS LEAKING. EE STATED THAT AFTERTIGHTENING THE FITTING HE TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE MOTOR BASE ONTO METAL GRADING ON THE PLANT FLOOR.

EE WAS UNLOADING A ROLL OF WIRE FROM TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING INT HE MUD AND FELL ON HIS TAILBONE.

EE WAS PACKAGING 50# BAGS OF PRODUCT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN UPPER MIDDLE SECTION OF HIS BACK. HE SAID HIS BACK POPPED AT THE TIME & THAT HE FELT THE PAIN FROM THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK UP T O THE LEFT SHOULDER BLADE. THE PHYSICIAN'S DIAGNOSIS WAS A "THORACIC STRAIN." HE TOLD EE TO TAKE A DAY OFF & THEN RE-EXAMINED HIM NEXT WORKING DAY (11/4) & RELEASED HIM FROM RESTRICTED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING HOSES ON SHIELDS WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO A PONTOON, SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO PRY ROCK OFF OF THE TOP OF THE MINER, HE FELL BACKWARD AND GRABBED FOR SLATE BAR AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN LEFT ELBOW AND FOREARM.

EE STATED THAT WHILE CLIMBING LADDER AND TURNING BRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR HE HURT HIS BACK-EE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 11-1-02. EE DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 11-14-02.

ICY CONDITIONS WHERE EE PARKED VEHICLE, SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE ENTERING VEHICLE, STRIKING HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER.

EE NOTICED PAIN/STIFFNESS IN LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM CONVEYOR BELT. EE REPORTED FEELING PAIN/STIFFNESS AT BASE OF NECK NEXT MORNING POSSIBLY DUE TO LIFTING MOVING BUCKETS IN A ND OUT OF TRUCK./

EE STATED THAT HE WAS STEPPING UP IN TO THE MOTOR GRADER (BLADE) WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF LOWER STEP CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO THE GROUND. EE INJURED LOWER BACK. HE'S HAD A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS, NOT JOB RELATED. HE'S HAD FIVE PRIOR BACK SURGERIES.

EE WAS RIDINBG MANTRIP OVER SIDE HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON SIDE POST OF CONPY WITH THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT OVER SIDE THE CONFINERS OF THE CAR. THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RIB FORCIN G HIS FOOT SIDEWAYS.

WHILE STANDING ON A FLAT SURFACE AND SECURING A DOZER TO A TRAILER, THE TECHNICIAN TURNED HIS ANKLE AND FELL. HE FRACTURED HIS TIBIA AND FIBULA AND DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

WHEN THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL, HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE SOUGHT ADDITIONAL MEDICAL CARE ON 11/2/02 AND WAS NOT RELEASED FOR WORK.

ON 11-11-02, THE EE STARTED MISSING TIME DUE TO AN ALLEGED INJURY OCCURRING ON THE ABOVE DATE. THE EE REPORTED THAT HE FELT PAIN AND BURNING IN THE GROIN AREA AFTER CHANGING A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE .

WHILE THREADING PLASTIC WRAP INTO A WRAPPING MACHINE, EE'S LEFT FORE FINGER & MIDDLE FINGER WERE PULLED INTO THE FEED ROLLS. EE SUFFERED SEVERE LACERATIONS TO THE 2 FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER AND SAID HE RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING THE BACK OF THE SEAT TO SLIP, JERKING HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE FILED A WORKER'S COMPENSATION CLAIM 11-22-02 FOR AN ALLEGED INJURY. THIS CASE IS BEING DENIED BUT EE IS OFF WORK.

EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO REMOVE THE INSULATION FROM A ROOF BOLTER CABLE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT THIGH. STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

INJURED WAS PULLING DOWN A RIB. WHEN HE PULLED THE RIB DOWN IT HIT A BELT STANDARD THAT WAS STANDING AGAINST THE RIB. THE BELT STANDARD IN TURN FELL OVER STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT. HE BROKE A MET ATARSAL BONE.

EE HAD SURGERY ON 10-30-02 ON A KNEE INJURY HE HAD PREVIOUS SURGERY ON IN 1999, THIS INITIAL INJURY WAS PERSONAL INSURANCE. RE-INJURY WAS DEAMEDWORK RELATED.

EE WAS WORKING AT THE KAISER BASIN PUMPING STATION, AND FOUND A DOOR OPEN. WHEN CLOSING THE DOORHE THOUGHT HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE WALL, BUT HAD HIS RIGHT THUMB ON THE DOOR JAM. HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS CAUGHT AND EE RECEIVED A LACERATION REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES.

WHILE SHOVELING 5 SOUTH BELT, A ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE FOOR & STRUCK HIM.

RIB ROCK FALL - STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK & UPPER EXTREMITIES.

B1 SECTION #1 ENTRY- EE WAS RIB BOLTING. REACHED OUT TO ADJUST STEEL, ROCK (33"X 53"X 2")FELL. STRUCK BACK OF RT. ARM, WRIST & HAND. FX'S TO ARM & HAND. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL THEN TRANSFERRED AND ADMITTED FOR SURGERY.

THE SERVICE BRAKE FRO THE SECTION SCOOP CAR HAD "LOCKED UP." THE EE ATTEMPTED TO FREE THE BRAKES. WHEN HE LOOSENED THE HOSE TO BLEED PRESSURE HE WAS SPRAYED ON HIS LEFT HAND/FOREARM BY HOT BRA KE FLUID.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 6'X6" TIMBER AND LATER ON IN THE SHIFT HE STATED HIS LOWER BACK WAS HURTING.

EE NOTIFIED THIS OFFICE THAT HE WAS SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT DUE TO HIS EXPERIENCE ON 10/30/02.HE EXPERIENCED ABDOMINAL PAIN THAT ROTATED TO HIS BACK. EE STARTED MISSING TIME ON 11/25/02, HE WAS TO RTW ON 12/3/02. EE DID NOT RETURN TO WORK& HIS CLAIM IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF WORK RELATED. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A MILD BULGING DISC & DEG. DISC DISEASE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE TARPING BRACKET ON HIS TRUCK, WHEN THE BRACKET RELEASED THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL FROM THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED TO HAVE A 10"N PIPE FITTING THAT HE HAD RESTING ON THE TOP OF AN 8' STEP LADDER. HE LIFTED THE FITTING AND HIS LEFT ELBOW GAVE OUT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK TILL 11/6 AT WHIC H TIME IT GAVE OUT AGAIN. EE CLAIMS THAT ON 10/29 HE REPORTED IT INITIALLY TO THE SITE SUPERINTENDENT THOUGH HE CONTINUED TO WORK. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11/7/02.

EE WAS CARRYING BUNDLE OF T BOARDS DOWN LONGWALLFACE, BUMPED SHIELD, STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER

CONVEYOR FEEDER WAS BEING CLEANED OUT DURING A DOWN DAY. WHILE KNOCKING WALLS TO DISLODGE MATERIAL CAKED ON CHUTE A BOULDER DROPPED DOWN CHUTE STRIKING THE MINER'S LEG. LEG WAS FRACTURED.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING A BELT ROLLER. HIS INTENTIONS WERE TOGET IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BELT WHERE THE TRACK IS SO THAT IT COULD BE TRANSPORTED ON A FLAT CAR. HE LIFTED THE ROLLE R TO HIS WAIST LEVEL AND EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN. HE WORKED 3 MORE SHIFTS IN THE WEEK AND BEGAN MISSING WORK THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE SAFETY DEPT WAS NOT INFORMED OF THIS UNTIL 11-07-02.

EE WAS LIFTING A 5 GAL BUCKET WITH BROKEN CON TWISTED AND PULLED BACK MUSCLES. EE WAS OFF (NORMAL OFFTIME) THE NEXT TWO DAYS. EE CALLED IN ON THE 31ST AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO THE DR. THE DR. PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY.

OPERATOR WAS HAULING A LOAD OF COAL TO THE TAILPIECE IN RAM CAR. RAM CAR RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING IT TO SIT DOWN SUDDENLY JARRING OPERATOR'S BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REPAIR WORK ON CRUSHER (LIPPMAN DUALKING). HE WAS LOOSENING THE JAW BOLTS WITH A WRENCH WHEN THE BOLT RELEASED HE HAD TOO MUCH FORCE AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT RING FINGER ON A ST EEL OBJECT.

HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER AND SWUNG THE BOOM AND IT HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE BAGAN MISSING WORK ON THE 01/14/2003.

UNLOADING RAILROAD CAR EAST END OF CONCENTRATOR EE CLIMBING IN & OUT OF RAIL CAR TO TOSS OUT TIMBER KNEE LOCKED WHEN ENTERING CAR & STARTED TO FEEL SOME PAIN. FELT MORE PAIN AS HE CONTINUED T O CLIMB IN & OUT OF RAIL CAR.

EE STRAINED HIS GROIN WHILE REMOVING ROCK FROM THE BELT LINE.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER AND WHILE HE WAS BACKING UP TO MAKE ANOTHER PASS, THE TRACKS OF THE DOZER BACKED OVER A BIG ROCK CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS NECK. (EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSIN G WORK ON 11/19/02, HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 11/22/02).

EMPLOYEE REPORTED: HE AND A COWORKER WERE OPERATING SHIELD HAULERS TRANSPORTING THE "MUTT" FROM THE 6TH SOUTH TO THE LONG WALL RECOVERY CHUTES. BOTH OPERATORS HAD DUCK BILLS UNDER THE MUTT CAR RYING THE MACHINE ALONG MINE TRAVELWAY. THE COWORKER TRAMMED FORWARD PULLING THE MUTT FROM THE VICTIM'S DUCK BILL, THIS CAUSED HIS MACHINE TO BOUNCE RESULTING IN HIS HEAD STRIKING THE CANOPY.

EE "BLACKS-OUT" AND FALLS TO FLOOR- HITTING HEAD ON GUARD RAIL/HAND RAIL. EE WAS NOT EXPOSED TO ANY INDUSTRIAL OR WORK ACTIVITY EVENT - CO-WORKER DESCRIBES INCIDENT AS "IT LOOKED LIKE A SEIZUR E OF SOME TYPE." ATTENDING PHYSICIANS HAVE NOT DETERMINED THE BLACK OUT CAUSE.

UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

STEPPED OFF TRUCK INTO A HOLE AND TWISTED ANKLE.

INSTALLING FILTER SECTOR ON H FILTER. POUNDING ON SECTOR TO DRIVE IT ON. THE SECTOR POPPED OUT STARTED TO FALL DOWN CHUTE, EE GRABBED WITH RIGHT HAND FELT PAIN.

EMPLOYEE (INJURED) WAS HOOKING GROUND CLAMP TO FRAME OF MACHINE WHEN IT SPARKED, BURNING EYES.

UNLOADING 100 LB STEEL PIN FROM BED OF PICKUP, PIN STARTED TO FALL TRIED TO CATCH IT AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT WRIST.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO WASH OUT A SCREW CONVEYOR AND SLIPPED STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON A SCREW FLIGHT.

EMPLOYEE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING A RAMCAR, CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY.

EE WAS LIFTING HOOD ON LOADER TO CHANGE OIL AND STRAINED BACK.

WHILE HOOKING UP CORDS FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR HE RECEIVED ELECTRICAL BURN.

EE STATED WHILE OPERATING MOBILE BRIDGE HIS LEFT KNEE STARTED HURTING. EE SUSTAINED A SPRAIN/STRAIN TO HIS LEFT KNEE.

HE WAS ASSISTING IN STARTING A LOW TRAC FORKLIFT. THE HOOD OF THE LOW TRAC WAS RAISED AND HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE FRAME. THE LID FELL AND STRUCK HIS FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING THE HOOD ON A POWDER TRUCK TO CHECK THE ENGINE OIL LEVEL. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AS HE HELD THE HOOD WITH HIS RIGHT ARM WHILE REACHING FOR THE HOOD P ROP WITH HIS LEFT ARM.

EE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING DOZER.

STEPPED OUT OF A RAM CAR STEPPED INTO A HOLE TWISTED LEFT KNEE AND LOWER BACK. STARTED MISSING 11-2-02 ACCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED.

WHILE MOUNTING A CATERPILLAR D-10 DOZER, THE OPERATOR'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP ON THE TILT CYLINDER, CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING HIS LEFT SIDE ON THE TILT CYLINDER AND TRACK BEFORE H ITTING THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 11/9/02. HE BEGAN LOST TIME ON 11/11/02.

EE ALLEGES HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE HANGING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE ANCHOR.

EE STEPPED INTO SCOOP BUCKET--OPERATOR PULLED OUT--CAUSING ME TO SLIP & TWIST BACK.

THE INJURED EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT ON THE MAIN EAST BELT ENTRY WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF FALLING ROCK.

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A PUMP HOSE AND HIS LOWER BACK POPPED, CAUSING GREAT PAIN. HE HAD NOT EVEN PICKED UP THE HOSE YET.

INJURED WAS PULLING A CABLE OUT FROM A PILE OF CAOL AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ABDOMEN. THE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA. HE BEGAN MISSING ON 1/11/03.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CORRECTING THE TRACKING ON HTE SCR DRIVE-A BELT. EE WAS ADJUSTING TWO BOLTS TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE TAILPULLEY ASSEMBLY TO CORRECT THE TRACKING. STONE FELL ONTO THE BE LT. EE CLIMBED UP AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE STONE. CLOTHING WAS CAUGHT AND EE SUFFERED BONE FRACTURE AND TENDON INJURY. Y

WHEN EE WAS STARTING HIS SHIFT HE TRIPPED AND FELL. THERE WERE NO SYMPTOMS AND HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL NOV 6 WHEN HE STARTED TO TREAT WITH HIS DOCTOR FOR HEART PROBLEMS. HE WAS THEN OFF WOR K ON NOV 13 IT WAS DECIDED THAT HIS HEART WAS OOK AND THAT HIS PROBLEMS WERE DUE TO THE FALL.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING WATER PUMP IN MINE PIT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

MAIN D UNIT- EE WAS MOVING BOLTER CABLE OVER & WHILE THE CABLE REEL ROLLED UP SLACK, CABLE WRAPPED AROUND THIGHS AND PULLED FEET OUT FROM UNDERNEATH EE. HE FELL BACKWARDS, HITTING HIS HEAD ON FLOOR. LANDED ON NECK. EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS HEAD AND NECK-STRAIN.

EE WAS RIDING IN THE BUDDY SEAT OF UNIT #2409 TRAINING A NEW EE. THE TRUCK HIT 3 BUMPS CAUSING THE SUSPENSION TO BOTTOM OUT. THIS INCIDENT, COMBINED WITH OTHER NON WORK RELATED BACK PROBLEMS CAUSED DISCOMFORT WHICH WAS INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AS A LOWER BACK STRAIN. ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT REVIEWED DAMAGE TO LOWER BACK DISCS.

EMPLOYEE REMOUNTED 4 INCH BELT ROLLER FROM MOUNTING BRACKETS, WHILE REMOVING ROLLER FROM UNDER BELT, ROLLER SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON INSIDE OF LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS DRIVING 10% SLOPE AND APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AT THE BOTTOM OF SLOPE. THE VEHICLE DROVE THROUGH A PLYWOOD BULKHEAD AND CAME TO REST WHEN IT STRUCK A RIB.

EE WAS PULLING ON A 1.5" WATER HOSE WHEN HE LOSTHIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARD TO THE GROUND.

WHILE EXAMING A BELT LINE THE PRE-SHIFT EXAMINER'S RIGHT KNEE BEGAN TO HURT HIM. HE HAS A SIGNFICANT & EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF KNEE SURGERIES. 2 SPECIALISTS DETERMINED THAT HE HAS DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE FROM THESE REPEATED TRAUMAS & HE WENT OFF WORK FOR ANOTHER SURGERY. THIS SURGERY IS A HIGH TIBIA OSTEATOMY

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE SCRUBBER OF SCOOP WITH A BOX END WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT CAUSING HIS FINGER TO JAM INTO CROSSOVER PIPE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE HYDRATE OPERATOR TO TELL HIM TO START THE BULK. HE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR THAT HAD LIME ON IT AND WAS WET. HE INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE. SURGERY WAS ON 2/21/03.

WHILE OPERATING AN UNDERGROUND HAUL TRUCK, THE EE WAS JARRED IN HIS SEAT WHEN THE TRUCK RAN OVER AN OBJECT. HE EXPERIENCED NECK PAIN. HE HAD AN ADDITIONAL MEDICAL APPOINTMENT ON 10-28-02 AND W AS TAKEN OFF WORK FOR ONE SHIFT.

PULLING FACE CONVEYOR CHAIN INTO PAN LINE ON LONGWALL SET-UP, WIRE ROPE HUNG UP THE BROKE FREE, HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE HARD HAT. THIS IN TURN HIT HIS SAFETY GLASSES RESULTING IN A LACERATION ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER, THE LADDER FELL CAUSING THE EE TO REACH FOR A HANDRAIL. WHEN HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL TO CATCH HIS FALL IT DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER. HE THEN FELL TO THE GROUND (ABO UT 12') AND INJURIED HIS FOOT.

EE STARTED MISSING TIME FROM A AN ALLOGED INJURY OCCURING ON 10-27-02. ON THAT DATE THE EE REPORTED THAT HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOW BACK AFTER HE TRIPPED AND SLIPPED WHILE CARRYING A BUNDLE OF RO OF BOLT PLATES.

THE INJURED WAS MOVING A ROCK WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE ROCK (12"X24"X8" THICK) WAS BETWEEN TWO PANTOONS AND HE WAS TRYING TO KICK THE ROCK BETWEEN THE PONTOONS AND HE FELT A PAIN IN INNER SIDE OF QUADRACEP AREA.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A SCRAP BIN. AS HE LIFTED ONE END UP TO GET THE BIN MOVING HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK & DOWN HIS LEFT LEG.

EE STATES WHILE STANDING ON SIDE RAIL OF RAMCAR,HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACK TWISTING HIS KNEE.

EE HAS BEEN REPORTING BACK TROUBLE TO MANAGEMENT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS & DISCUSSED WITH MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO ENTERING THE MINE ON THE DAY IN QUESTION & IN FACT ASKED ABOUT A BACK BRACE WH ICH HAD BEEN ORDERED FOR HIM. EE STEPPED OFF OF HIS MOTOR & STEPPED IN A HOLE JARRING HIS BACK. THE CONDITION WAS DIAGNOSED AS CHRONIC BACK TROUBLE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A HELIUM TANK ONTO THE TANK CARRIER, WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY STRAINED HIS BACK.

WALKING, TRIPPED AND STONE FELL AGAINST LEG, CAUSING ABRASION TO LEFT LEG SHIN.

OPERATOR WAS MOUNTING PAN, SLIPPED OFF STEP, REACHED FOR HANDRAIL, LAC. OF LITTLE- (DEEP LAC)

EE WAS LYING UNDER CABLE TRAY CUTTING DOG BONE WITH TORCH WHEN A PIECE OF SLACK/SPARK FLEW INTO LEFT EAR. (EE STARTED MISSING 11/6/02).

EE HAD FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND WAS TRAVELING HOME. THE PROCESSING PLANT WAS MOVING A D-10 DOZER FROM THE CLEAN COAL TO THE RAW COAL STOCK PILES. THEY HAD THE ROAD BLOCKED WITH A PICKUP WITH THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON. EE CHOSE TO DRIVE AROUND & COLLIDED WITH THE DOZER.

EE STATED WHILE LIFTING COUPLER ON RAIL CAR TO HOOK UP TO MOTOR HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE SUSTAINED A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

EE HAD JUST FINISHED LOADING ROOF BOLTS AND WA GETTING INTO SCOOP DECK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE STARTED MISSING 11-1-02.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A ROPE THAT WAS HOLDING THE MINER CABLE AND WATER HOSE FROM THE MINER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE HAD A DISCUSSION W/MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO ENTERING MINE ON DAY IN QUESTION ABOUT HOW FAVORING HIS BAD KNEE WAS CAUSING HIM TO HAVE TROUBLE W/HIS GOOD KNEE. HE GOES INTO THE MINE & GETS OUT OF JEEP HOLDING ONTO JEEP W/BOTH HANDS TO KEEP AS MUCH WEIGHT OFF HIS LEG AS POSSIBLE & HIS LEG JUST GAVE OUT. HE DID NOT SLIP, TRIP OR FALL. THERE IS NO DIAGNOSIS. POSSIBLE STRAIN/SPRAIN.

EE SAID THAT HE HAD PICKED UP 2 40-50 LB. WET BAGS OFF THE TRACK AND CARRIED THEM OVER TO THE DRILLED HOLES, HE SAID; THAT HE HAD SET ONE OF THE BAGS DOWN TO DUMP THE OTHER BAG AND WHEN HE TURNED TO PICK-UP THE 2ND BAG AFTER DUMPING THE 1ST HE HAD A SHARP PAIN GO UP HIS BACK. DAMAGE TO HIS BACK UNKNOWN AS OF YET.

ON 10/25/02 EE WAS OPENING A VALVE AND FELT SMALL PULL (PAIN) IN GROIN AREA. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS IMMEDIATELY, ON 10/28/02 HE INFORMED HIS SUPERVISOR OF THE INCIDENT. ON 11/14/02 HE WAS DIA GNOSED BY A DR. THAT HE HAD A HERNIA AND ELECTEDTO HAVE SURGERY REPAIR ON 11/19/02. FMC WAITED FOR DR.'S DIAGNOSIS IF HERNIA WAS OF RECENT ORIGIN, RECEIVED INFO ON 12/17/02.

EE STATES HE WAS OPERATING A LOCOMOTIVE WHILE ON HIS KNEES AND HIS LEFT KNEE BEGAN TO HURT AND SWELL. HE DID NOT STRIKE THE EQUIPMENT NOR DID ANYTHING STRIKE HIM.

A ROCK HAD BECOME LODGED BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM BELT OF THE STOPE BELT. THE BELT WAS LOCKED OUT AND INJURED AND CO-WORKERS WERE USING A COME-A-LONG TO FREE THE ROCK. INJURED WAS ON THE OFF WALKWAY SIDE OF THE BELT USING A BAR TO LIFT THEROCK OVER THE BELT RAIL. ROCK TWISTED CAUSING THE BAR TO CATCH INJURED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND BELT RAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING TROLLEYS WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT FROM THE ROOF, HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT SHOULDER.

DRIVER WAS ACCESSING TOP OF TRAILER TO OPEN COVERS. HE FELL FROM TRAILER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP TO THE TRAILER PARKED 3 FEET AWAY FROM THE END OF THE EXTENDED ACCESS STAIRS.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP SCOOP HOIST ROPE, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LT. LEG.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF A FRONT END LOADER. THE LADDER WAS WET FROM RAIN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A WET LADDER RUNG AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF FROM FALLING.

WHILE FILLING BAGS WITH SAND, EE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EE STATED THAT HE BACKED HIS TRACTOR IN A HOLE THAT RESULTED IN SUDDEN JAR. EE COMPLAINED OF SORENESS IN NECK AREA.

EE WAS OPERATING A 20 TON LOCOMOTIVE IN THE SUPPLY YARD THAT DE-RAILED.

EE STATED THAT WHILE HELPING TO MOVE THE MINER CABLE A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING 13.8 CABLE OUT OF TUB, 13.8 NIP GOT CAUGHT ON TUB PULLING DOWN ON CABLE CAUSING EMPLOYEE LEFT SHOULDER TO BE JERKED DOWN. EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 1/10/03 THEN WENT IN FOR A SHOULDER OPERATION.

EE WAS CHANGING A TRACTION MOTORE ON A SHUTTLE CAR. THE MOTORE WAS BLOCKED UP WITH A 4" X 6" CRIB BLOCK. HIS HAND WAS LYING ON HTE CRIB BLOCK WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK (10" X 12" X 1") FELL FR OM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND. (3 FINGERS.MIDDLE FING CUT, FRACTURED REQUIRED PINS & STITCHES).

EE WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR, HIT A HOLE AND IT JAMMED HIS NECK. WENT TO LOCAL DOCTOR TO GET CHECK OUT. NO LINGERING PROBLEMS WITH NECK.

EE WAS PACKING MASONRY BAGS. PROBLEMS AROSE WITYH THE PALLETIZER. THE EE TURNED OFF IMPELLOR DRIVE ON PACKER AND RAISED FACE SHIELD TO LOOK DOWN THE LINE. THE PACKING SPOUT RELEASED MATERIAL, THE MATERIAL WAS DEFLECTED OFF SEAT AND INTO EE'S LEFT EYE.

#303 CATERPILLAR ROCK TRUCK BACKED INTO THE #332 KOMATSU ROCK TRUCK CRUSHING THE CAB AND CAUSING THE VICTIM TO BE PINNED BENEATH THE STEERING WHEEL AND CAUSING CUTS TO BOTH OF THE VICTIMS LEGS .

EE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND STRAINED HIS KNEE. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL HE HAD SURGERY ON 12-19-02. THIS REPORT WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE MINE BEINGIDLE FROM 12-21-02 TO 1-2-02.

EE BENT OVER TO CLEAN MIRROR AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING IN CLINKER TUNNEL WITH VAC TRUCK USING AN AIRLANCE ON KNIFE GATE. THE AIR LANCE CAME LOOSE AND DUST BLEW IN EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

EE WAS HANGING CHAIN AND SHIVE WHEEL TO PULL ROPE. (DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 10-28-02.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE A PIECE OF CONCRETE CAUGHT IN THE JAW OF THE CRUSHER. THE EE'S RIGHT HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF CONCRETE.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT BETWEEN 10/24-28/2002, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE STANDING IN MUD NEAR MINING UNIT. HE CASUALLY TOLD HIS TEAM LEADER DAYS LATER HE THOUGHT HIS KNEE WAS INJURED, BUT DID NOT RELATE IT TO WORK. HE SAW A DOCTOR IN LATE OCT AND TOLD HIM HIS KNEE HAD BEEN HURTING FOR 1 MONTH. IN LATE JANUARY HE SAW A SPECIALIST WHO RESTRICTED HIS WORK DUTIES. HE HAD ALLEGED TH

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A 10' ROOF BOLT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND NECK AS HE WAS REACHING. HE MISSED THREE DAYS. DOCTORS WERE CHECKING HIM FOR POSSIBLE HEART PROBL EMS. NOW IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A PINCHED NERVE AND WORK-RELATED. FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 12/7/02.

EE WAS GIVEN JOB ASSIGNMENT TO WORK IN DUST COLLECTOR. HE WAS ALSO INSTRUCTED BY SUPERVISOR TO WEAR GOGGLES IN THIS AREA. EE IGNORED THE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS & WORE REG. SAFETY GLASSES. THERE WAS A MAJOR DUST FALL & EE GOT DUST IN EYE. 1ST AID WAS GIVEN 9:15AM. OVER WEEKEND EYE BECAME INFECTED AND INFLAMMED. DR. ON THE 28TH PUT EE OFF WORK UNTIL 11/4.

INJURED WAS CHANGING THE CIRCULATING FILTER ON A PUMP WITH A PIPE WRENCH. AS THE FILTER FINALLY BROKE LOOSE EE'S DOWN PRESSURE BEING USED CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS ELBOW ON THE PUMP. EE'S FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS OCT 24TH 2002.

WHILE REMOVING A GEAR BOX AT THE HEAD PULLEY END OF AN INCLINDED BELT CONVEYOR THE INJURED, TIED BY HIS LANYARD TO THE HEAD PULLEY SHAFT, WAS KNEELING ON THE BELT. HE WAS PULLED DOWNWARD BY BE LT MOVEMENT & CONSEQUENTLY UPWARD BY THE LANYARD ACTING AS A WINCH. HIS RIGHT ARM WAS CAUGHT IN A STEEL STRUCTURE & WAS TORN AT THE SHOULDER.

WHILE ASSISTING OTHERS TO CLOSE THE DOOR ON THE CRUSHER, THE DOOR OPENED OUT ONTO THE EE.

EE WAS TAKING CROSBY CLAMPS OFF OF WIRE ROPE, USING CHANNEL LOCKS, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BACK.

EE WAS HELPING PUT A HI-LINE CABLE THROUGH A PERMANENT STOPPING. A PICK HAMMER WAS BEING USED TO KNOCK A HOLE IN THE STOPPING WHEN A PIECE OF THE HAMMER SLIVERED OFF AND EMBEDDED INTO EE'S RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP IN THE #1 ENTRY WHEN HIS SCOOP CANOPY CONTACTED THE RIB AND THE RIB BROKE UP INTO SEVERAL PIECES, WHICH FELL INTO THE SCOOP DECK STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK, ARM & LEG RE SULTING MAINLY IN A CONTUSION TO HIS BACK.

EE WAS WALKING UNDERNEATH WATERLINE WHEN HE BUMPED HEAD. HE TOOK TREATMENTS UNIT 1-24-03 WHEN HE TOOK OFF WORK WHICH MADE IT BECOME REPORTABLE.

EE WAS SPLICING THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE. AS HE WAS SITTING ON THE MINE FLOOR A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING HIS LEFT LOWER LEG. THE INCIDENT CAUSED A FRACTURE T O THE LEG AND ANKLE. HE STARTED MISSING TIME ON OCT. 25 AND IS STILL UNDER THE DOCTOR'S CARE AT THIS TIME. THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION PENDING MEDICAL REPORTS FROM THE DOCTOR.

EE WAS LIFTING INTO ROLL OF BELTLINE WHEN HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN.

EE IN MINER OPERATOR. HIS LEFT HAND WAS RESTING ON THE FRAME OF THE MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND HIT IT. EE WAS CUT AND HAD TWO BONES CRACKED. EE WAS NEVER IN DI STRESS. HE DROVE HIMSELF TO THE ER FOR TREATMENT.

EE WAS ASSISTING THE CRUSHER OPERATOR IN THE REPAIR OF A CRUSHER SCREEN. THE CRUSHER OPERAOR WASWELDING THE CHANNELS ON THE INSIDE OF THE SCREENEE WAS MANNING THE FIRE HOSE IN CASE OF A FLARE UP. EE SUFFERED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES FROM THE WELDING ARCS.

INJURED WAS LIFTING A MINE TIMBER TO SET FOR TEMPORARY SUPPORT. SECTION IS PILLARING. INJURED FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK WHILE LIFTING TIMBER.

EE WAS CLEANING THE BELT ENTRY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN.

SHOVELING BELT & FELT PAIN IN BACK.

A MILL OPERATOR WAS USING A LADDER TO ACCESS A HOSE FITTING ON A LEACH TANK WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED AND THE ELPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET. THE EMPLOYEE USED HIS HANDS TO BREAK HIS FALL BU T THE RESULTING IMPACT CAUSED SPRAINS TO BOTH OF THE EMPLOYEE'S WRISTS.

WHILE HOOKING CHAIN TO SCOOP, EE WAS STANDING INSCOOP BUCKET, SCOOP BUCKET FELL TO MINE FLOOR CAUSING EE TO COME DOWN HARD ON ANKLE.

EE FELL FROM A 3' LADDER WHEN THE TRUCK HE WAS WORKING ON MOVED FORWARD.

EE WAS IN THE #7 ENTRY MINER HELPING WHEN A RIB ROLLED OFF STRIKING EE ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EE SUSTAINED CONTUSION/BRUISES TO HIS NECK, UPPER BACK, LOWER BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

ON 10-23-02 HE PULLED CABLE - FELT PULL IN BACK. NOT REPORTED. ON OR ABOUT 11-7 WAS POUNDING ON SCREEN ON GRIZZLY, FELT BACK PAIN, WENT TO CLINIC. RESTRICTION NOT TO LIFT MORE THAN 10#. 10-12- 02 SAID FELT OK. 11-15 SENT HOME BY SUPERVISOR - APPEARS BACK IS CAUSING DISCOMFORT.

EMP CLAIMS WHILE OPERATING R-85 EUCLID, HE WENT OVER A BUMP WHICH CAUSED A BULGING DISK. REPORT IS BEING MADE, BUT CAUSE MAY NOT BE ENTIRELY WORK RELATED, WAITING ON MORE INFO FROM DOCTORS.

EE STATED HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THETRUCK THAT HE HAD BEEN OPERATING AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK. THIS CAUSED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

HE WAS LIFTING A MINER CABLE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AND HIP. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND BEGAN MISSING ON 11-1-02.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING AT REMOVING MONORAIL AT THE LONGWALL HEADGATE. AFTER REMOVING A SECTION THE INJURED EE TURNED TO THROW IT ON TOP OF THE STAGE LOADER HE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LE FT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING BELT CLAMPS, CLAMPS CAME LOOSE UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL.

EE WAS BREAKING WATERLINE APART FOR RECLAIMING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

PULLING DOWN A PIECE OF ROCK WITH SLATE BAR; ROCK BROKE AND JARRED/TWISTED/STRAINED BACK.

RUNNING ROOF BOLTER & EE'S GLOVE CAUGHT BOLTER STEEL CUTTING LEFT HAND - RING FINGER.

EE WAS LIFTING STRUCTURE OFF PALLET TO LOAD ONTO RAM CAR WHEN HE HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

A ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE KNEE AND THIGH.

WAS UNPLUGGING SUCTION ON BOLTER, LEANED OVER POT & WAS STRUCK WITH ROCK.

FELL FROM CONVEYER CARRYING MATERIAL.

WHILE SPLITTING FLAGSTONE, WORKER HIT HIS HAND WITH 3LB SLEDGE HAMMER.

EE STATED THAT THE BRAKES LOCKED UP ON THE SHUTTLE CAR THROWING HIM FROM SEAT, HURTING HIS BACK.

WHILE WORKING ON THE VIBRATING SCREEN EE WAS REMOVING AN UPPER SUPPORT TUBE, IT FELL AGAINST HIS CALF CAUSING A LACERATION. HE RECEIVED SUTURES AND WAS TAKEN OFF WORK.

HE SLIPPED IN MUD AHD FELL, STRAINING HIS SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1-24-03.

EE WAS HAND SCALING FROM A GROVE HIGH LIFT AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LARGE SLAB. AS EE APPLIED PRESSURE A SMALL FRAGMENT OF ROCK BROKE ANTHE TIP OF THE MINING BAR CAUSING IT TO BREAK FR EE. EE MOMENTUM CAUSED EE TO RUN HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER INTO THE UPPER GUARD RAIL ON THE BASKETTHUS JAMMING IT. SAME DAY EE WAS TAKEN TO DR.WHERE AN ATTEMPT FINGER. XRAY REVEALED A SML FRAGM

EE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER AND SLIPPED. WHEN HE GRABBED TO CATCH HIMSELF HE PULL (OR TORE) THE MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM. THIS IS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

LIFTING AN AIRLOCK DOOR TO PLACE ON HINGES WITH CO-WORKERS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. INJURED STATES HE HAD INJURED BACK PREVIOUSLY. THE DOOR WAS ONE OF A SET OF AIRLOCK DOORS USED FOR S UPPLY LONGWALL. SPECIALIST PUT HIM OFF WORK.

ON 11/23/02 EE 3RD SHIFT ROOF BOLTER WORKED HIS SHIFT & LEFT THE JOB WITHOUT ANY COMPLAINT OF INJURY. THAT NIGHT HE CALLED IN TO SAY HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK DUE TO BACK PAIN. HE VISITED HIS FAMILY PHYSICIAN WHO DIAGNOSED HIM WITH MUSCLE STRAIN DUE TO REPETITIVE MOVEMENT.

INJURED EE AND EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HANGING FIBER OPTIC CABLE, WITH INJUREDEE IN MANBASKET ABOUT 8' OFF THE GROUND. OPERATOR REACHED TO CLEAR CABLE FROM MAN CARRIER AND INADVERTANTLY BUMPED THE DUMP CONTROL LEVER. THE SAFETY CHAIN CAME LOOSE, ALLOWING THE BASKET TO DROP TO THE GROUND WHICH INJURED EMPLOYEE IN IT.

EE WAS STANDING ON BATTERIES IN THE BACK OF SCOOP WHILE GETTING OFF OF SCOOP, FEET SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO FALL TO GROUND HURTING LEFT LEG.

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL. THE MATERIAL SLID OFF EQUIPMENT, STRIKING EE IN BACK. THE OBJECT CONTINUED FALLING TOWARD GROUND, LANDING ON THE EE'S RIGHT FOOT.

CLOSING DOOR ON RAILROAD CARS USING BAR WHEN BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS AND TWIST ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO PUT OIL IN MACHINERY, TURNED ON POWER THE CABLE REEL WAS STILL ENGAGED, CAUGHT HIS LEGS PULLING HIM INTO THE FRAME.

EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT BOLTS LOOSE ON A SHUTTLE CAR WHEEL UNIT. THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS BLOCKED UP & EE WAS LYING ON HIS SIDE WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EAR. DUE TO AN E AR INFECTION IT BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

EE STRUCK A COUPLING ON AN AIR COMPRESSOR LINE TO TIGHTEN LUGS WITH HAMMER. THE COUPLING BLEW APART, STRIKING EE ON BACK OF HEAD AND THROWING HIM 6 TO 8' IN THE AIR. EE RECEIVED A LACERATION T O THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, REQUIRING STITCHES.

THE EE WAS PUTTING MINER CABLE DOWN CHANGING PLACES WITH THE MINER STANDING ON TIP TOES TO LET CABLE DOWN & PAIN STARTED IN LOWER BACK ALL THE WAY ACROSS BACK. INJURY WAS CAUSED FROM LIFTING CABLE.

WAS REMOVING COVER OVER PUMP AND GOT FINGER UNDER COVER & CUT TIP OF RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

DANGEROUS HORSEPLAY - 2 EMPLOYEES FILLED A ZIPLOCK BAG WITH O2-ACETYLENE MIXTURE AND PLACED IT IN THE DOOR OF A BREAK ROOM WHERE 3 EMPLOYEES WERE. RAGS WERE SET ON FIRE & USED TO IGNITE THE BA G. IT CAUSED AN EXPLOSION. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS SENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

AGGRAVATION OF PREVIOUS BACK INJURY DUE TO NO TREATMENT FOR 3 1/2 MONTHS.

EE CLIMBED INTO THE FRONT END LOADER TO START AND WARM IT. THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE LOADER SO HE CLIMBED OUT TO GET THEM. A HYDRAULIC LEAK IN THE CAB FROM THE CONTROL CONSOLE HAD SATURATED THE FLOOR AND WITH OIL ON HIS SHOES HE SLIPPED WHILE DESCENDING THE STEPS AND PULLED HIS LOWER RIGHT CALF MUSCLE.

EE WAS OPERATING THE HEADGATE END OF THE SHEAR APIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN #73/#74 SHIELDS AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS LEFT HAND WHICH WAS RESTING ON THE PANLINE

GETTING DRESSED TO WORK UNDERGROUND AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK TOO SEVERE TO PERMIT HIM TO WORK. HE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN BEFOREHAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING RAILS IN FOR BELT LAY WHEN RAIL SLIPPED OUT OF SPREADER AND WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH THE RAIL, HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE A BOOMER THAT WAS SECURING RAIL ON A SUPPLY TRAILER WHEN ONE OF THERAILS ROLLED OFF THE TRAILER STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOOT.

INJURED STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PICKING UP AND MOVING TIMBERS.

HIS HARD HAT WAS HIT BY A 6'-8' ROCK.

EE STATED HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO DISLODGE A CRIB BLOCK, THAT WAS USED TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF THE SERVICE TRUCK; WHILE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE ON THE TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HANGING A MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THE EE HAS TO UNDERGO SURGERY FOR THIS ACCIDENT DUE TO THE DETERMINATION THAT HE ACTUALLY HAS A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO MOVE MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY AND STATED THAT HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A 3/4" HYDRAULIC HOSE COUPLED TO ANOTHER HOSE USING A 10" CRESCENT & 430 CHANNEL LOCKS. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT BICEPT.

HE WAS LIFTING A FULL CAN OF OIL OFF OF A GOLF CART IN A TWISTING MOTION.

EE WAS LIFTING A GREASE BARREL ONTO A TRAILER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. UPON A VISIT TO A PHYSICIAN AND HAVING AN MRI DONE, THE EE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A FULL THICKNESS TEA R IN THE TENDON IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT SURGERY MAY BE NECESSARY AND MAY RESULT IN A LOST TIME ACCIDENT AT SOME POINT IN HTE NEAR FUTURE.

GOING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE LOADER. SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 5 FEET. HURT ABOVE THE HEEL OF THE LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS CLEANING UP THE AREA AROUND THE BOX CARS OF THE PLANT. HE LIFTED UP A SCREEN AND SOME OTHER SCREENS THAT WERE LEANING UP FELL. THEY FELL ON HIS LT. FOOT AND EE FELL BACKWARDS ON HIS RT. WRIST.

EE WAS GRINDING INSIDE A CELL; HE STEPPED UP TO THE THIRD STEP OF A LADDER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, STRIKING HIS HIP ON A PIPE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT & THE EE HAD ONLY WORKED 3 DAYS AT THE MINE.

EE WAS PULLING OUT A REAR SPRING ON A REFUSE TRUCK. HE PULLED TOO FAR & THE SPRING STARED TO FALL, HE TRIED TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING HIS FEET. CAUSE OF THIS INJURY WAS OVEREXERTION & PAYING ATT ENTION TO TASK AT HAND & GETTING HELP. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR, MINING EQUIP NOT A FACTOR, PERSONAL EQUIP NOT A FACTOR & MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR. DIDN'T MISS WORK TIL 10/29

EE INJURIED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A PART TO CAT 5230 BUCKET.

EE WAS LIFTING A MINER CABLE TO PLACE IN A HANGER & HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THIS WAS NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN HE DOES MANY TIMES A DAY. THE CABLE WAS NOT HUNG IN A COAL PILE OR STR ETCHED TIGHT. HE JUST FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THE INCIDENT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION UNTIL 11-7-02. THE CONDITION IS DESCRIBED AS A POSSIBLE ROTATOR CUFF TEAR.

EE STATED THAT WHILE USING A SLATE BAR TO CLEAR GOB FROM UNDERNEATH A SHUTTLE CAR HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LT. SHOULDER. STARTED MISSING 10/31/02.

THE MINER WAS ON HIS KNEES, BENDING ROOF BOLTS WHILE TRYING TO INSERT THEM INTO THE HOLES WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS HELPING RECOVER CRETE PLANKS OFF THE I-BEAMS. AS THEY WERE PRYING OUT THE LAST OUTSIDE PLANK THE GOB PUSHED THE BLOCK WALL OUT, CAUSINGEE TO FALL DOWN THE GOB PILE AND ONE OF THE I BEAMS FELL ON HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP. LOST TIME INJ.

THE EE WAS PULLING ON A CABLE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES. HE DID NOT RETURN FOR HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.

EE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A BOX OF LAGGING BOLTS-STRAINED BACK.

CRUSH INJURY TO THE RIGHT THUMB.

EE WAS SHOVELING COAL ON TO A CHAIN CONVEYOR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE FUELING GRADER HE SLIPPED OFF STEP AND FELL ONTO GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE MAINLINE NEAR #3 HEAD DRIVE. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE E.R. TREATED AND RELEASED. THE DOCTOR INSTRUCTED HIM TO REMAIN OFF WORK A FEW DAYS THEN RETURN ON 10/24/02 FOR FOLLOW-UP PRIOR TO RETURNING TO WORK.

EE WAS CLSING DOORS UNDER RAILCAR AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN METAL BAR AND CAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE BUCKET DOOR OF A BE 495 SHOVEL. FOR COMFORT, HE HAD PLACED HIS FEET IN THE OPENING BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND DOOR. THE LATCH BAR SHIFTED ALLOWING THE DOOR TO CLOSE PIN NING HIS FEET.

EE STATED THAT HE HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF IN #107 SHIELD WHILE THE PETITTO MULE UTILITY TRACTOR WAS REMOVING ROCK THAT HAD FALLEN IN FRONT OF THE MRS USED IN SHIELD RECOVERY. A PIECE OF ROCK 1' X4'X8". FELL ONT HE BOOM OF THE PETITTO MULE, SLIDING DOWN THE BOOM AND OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT LEG. THIS RESULTED IN A HAIR-LINE FRACTURE TO THE LEFT LOWER LEG.

WHILE UNLOADING STRUCTURE OFF FLAT CAR EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

SECTION FEEDER WAS BEING MOVED WHEN A FLIGHT FELL OFF THE TRACK COVER AND LANDED ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT.

EE STATED HE SLIPPED OFF OF D-8 DOZER STEP AND INJURED RT. ANKLE.

PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE NECK AND ANOTHER PIECE ROLLED OFF RIB AND CAUGHT HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING BRUISE.

EE WAS HANDING A 2" STEEL PIPE DOWN A DITCH TO ANOTHER EE WHEN HE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS BACK.

THERE WAS A LOG JAM OF ROCKS ON TOP OF THE GRATEOVER THE HOPPER THAT FEEDS THE PLANT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE SOME OF THEM, A STONE FELL THROUGH THE GRATE BENDING HIS RIGHT FOOT OVER TH E RAIL. A SPRAINED FOOT WAS THE RESULT.

CHANGING A PLANETARY IN THE JOY 12-CM12 MINER & WAS LIFTING ONE OF THE SUN GEARS AND FELT PAIN MILE/MAJOR BACK PAIN.

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER IN THE ORE BARN. THE RIGHT SIDE COVE ON THE ENGINE CAME LOOSE AND STARTED TO HIT THE RIGHT TRACK. HE STOPPED TO ADJUST THE COVER. USED A PICK AS A PRYBAR. HE COMPLAINE D OF BACK PAIN WHILE LIFTING THE PICK. WAS EVALUATED BY A DR. & TAKEN OFF WORK.

BUILDING BLOCK WALL, HE HAD 3/4 BUILT & HIS WALL FELL OVER, BLOCK STRUCK RT UPPER LEG CAUSING BRUISE. LOST WORK DAYS BEGAN 10/24/02.

MOVING A FLOAT ON LAKE THAT WAS STUCK HIGH GROUND, USING PIPES. CAUSING BACK STRAIN.

EE WAS SITTING ON A BUCKET WHILE OPERATING A MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE OUTSIDE ROW OF BOLTS AND HIT HIM.

NO EVENT TOOK PLACE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD SORE TESTICLES AND CHOSE TO GO TO HIS OWN DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS "OFF THE JOB". HE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE SAME CLINIC AND A DIFFERENT DOCTOR SAID IT WAS "ON THE JOB". WE ARE SENDING HIM FOR AN INDEPENDENT UROLOGIST OPINION. EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH AN AIR SEAT.

AS A GROUP WE WERE MOVING PALLETS OF POWDER FROM TRAILER TO TRUCK. AS WE MOVED A PALLET I WAS RUNNING TH EPALLET OTHER EE AND ANOTHER WERE PUSHING ALONG WITH OTHER. AS WE ENTERED THE TRUCK THE TRAILER. STARTED TO TIP AND THE WHOLE TRAILER TIPED OVER EE STRUCK THE TOP AND SIDE. OTHER WENT OUT THE BACK AND HIT THE TRAILER OR THE GROUND.

EE CLAIMS HE TWISTED HIS KNEE ON HIS LT. LEG ON 10/18/02 AS HE WAS EXITING BOBCAT LOADER ON-SITEEE DID NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT PAIN INITIALLY, BUT WAS SORE ON 10/23/02. EE WENT TO SEE THE CO. DR. THE DR. STATED HE HAD A SPRAINED KNEE WITH SWELLING.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER INSPECTING THE SWING SHAFT ON A P & H SHOVEL, SOME OIL OFF OF THE BOOM BEGAN DRIPPING ON HIM AND THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF OF THE LADDER AND FRACTURED A BON E IN HIS LEFT FOOT WHEN HE CONTACTED THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING TWO PIECES OF METAL TOGETHER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGERS. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING A TRACK SWITCH.

EMPLOYEE WAS JARRED WHILE BEING LOADED AT THE SHOVEL. NOTE: EMPLOYEE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 12-2-02.

INJURED WAS USING CHAIN RATCHET TO PUT LOWBOY BACK INTO TRACK. THE CHAIN RACHET CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK INJURED ON LEFT HAND. EE'S FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS 10-22-02.

3 EE'S WERE USING A MECHANICAL SCREW JACK TO RAISE A PORTION OF THE CONE CRUSHER & SCREEN DECK FOR LEVELING PURPOSES. THE JACK FAILED RESULTING IN INJURY TO 2 OF THE EE'S. THE JACK BASE WAS N OT SUPPORTED SQUARELY ON FIRM LIFTING SURFACE. JACK FAILED USING A CHEATER BAR PUTTING PRESSUREON UNSUPPORTED BASE OF THE JACK CAUSING IT TO BREAK. THREW EE'S AGAINST CONCRETE SUPPORT BARRIER

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF BELT (APPROX 30 FT. IN ROLL) TO CLEAR BELT LINE.

EE WAS WALKING PAST A BOBCAT WHEN HE STEPPED ON AN APPLE, SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS BACK ON THE STINGER OF THE BOBCAT.

WHILE PULLING A BLOWN HYDRAULIC HOSE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE PLANT, THE HOSE CAUGHT ON THE FRAME OF THE PLANT WHICH IN TURN CAUSED PAIN TO RIGHT HAND AND FOREARM. INJURY WAS REPORTED TO THE SUPE RVISOR ON 10/18/02 AT WHICH TIME THE EE WENT TO WIXOM OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CLINIC WHERE THEY PUT HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS UNFOLDING A LADDER AND PINCHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN TOP STEP AND RAIL.

WHILE LEAVING THE PIT OUR MANTRIP (SCHOOL BUS) DROVE THROUGH A SOFT PLACE IN THE ROAD CAUSING PAIN IN EE'S BACK. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCLE SPASMS AND WAS UNABLE TO WORK HIS NEXT SCHEDULED S HIFT. 10-20-02.

INJURED WAS PUSHING ELEVATOR DOOR DOWN, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DOORS WERE HARD TO PUSH DOWN.

RUBBER MAT ON FLOOR OF CONTROL PANEL WAS TRIPPED ON AND EE SPRAINED ANKLE.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HELPING INSTALL A BELT SUPPORT LEG ON THE BOTTOM END OF THE BELT STRUCTURE THAT HAD TO BE REWORKED. IT FELL OVER STRIKING THE EE'S LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK AFTER HE JUMP ED OUT OF THE WAY.

4 SOUTH SECTION, HE WAS LIFTING A MINER CABLE FROM THE BOTTOM & RAISED IT TO BE HUNG UP. AS HE LIFTED THE CABLE, HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT GROIN AREA. MUSCLE STRAIN OF GROIN AREA. *LOST WORK DAYS B EGAN 10/21/02.

THE INJURED PLACED 2 NUTS ON 660 LBS D11N BELLY & HE DECIDED TO BACK OFF 1 NUT, THEN ONLY 1 NUT REMAINED SECURING THE BELLY PAN. HE YELLED TO HIS HELPER WHO WAS INSIDE THE CAB TO LOOSEN THE HO IST LINE & REMOVE THE WEB SLING. HE INTENDED TO BACK OFF THE 2ND NUT WITH IMPACT WRENCH BUT IT CAME COMPLETELY OFF. THE BELLY PAN HAD 2 HINGES. IT SWUNG DOWN & LANCED BY HIS LEFT THIGH.

INJURED WAS UNHOOKING A BELT TRUST THEY HAD JUST LOADED ON A FLATBED TRUCK TRAILER. HE TRIED TO THROW HOOKS ACROSS THE BELT TRUST. ENDLOADER OPERATOR STARTED BACKING AWAY. ONE OF THE HOOKS HUN G ON TRUST DRAGGING IT OFF THE TRAILER. INJURED MAN WAS ON THE TRUST WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND. HIS LEFT RIB CAGE HIT THE IRON BEAM.

EE SUSTAINED MULTIPLE MUSCLE STRAINS AND SEVERAL ABRASIONS DUE TO JUMPING OUT OF A MOVING PICKUP TRUCK AND THE TRUCK DOOR RIDING UP OVER HIM.

EE STATED WHILE DRIVING 777 TRUCK ON ROUGH HAUL ROADS FROM CENTRAL AREA TO THE OFFICE STOCKPILE HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.

HE WAS REMOVING A TILT JACK ON A D-11 DOZER. HE HAD ONE FOOT ON THE PUSH ARM AND PLACED THE OTHER FOOT ON THE TRACK. THE TRACK WAS MUDDY AND HISFOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON THE TRACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF MECHANIC'S TRUCK TO GET A PART. HIS MINE LIGHT CORD CAUGHT ON THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAUSING HIM TO PULL HIS HARD HAT OFF AND STRIKE FOREHEAD ON THE EDGE OF DOOR. 6 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED. EMPLOYEE RTW ON NEXT SHIFT SCHEDULED ON REGULAR DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD A RAM JACK ON TOP OF THE LONGWALL SHEAR TO TRANSPORT IT TO #129 SHIELD. BEFORE THE JACK WAS SECURED TO THE SHEAR IT ROLLED OFF, FELL, AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF DRAWROCK CAUSING HIM TO INJURED HIS RT. KNEE TWISTED STARTED MISSING WORK ON 1-29-03.

CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN ROOF STRAP AND MINE ROOF, CRUSHING TIP OF FINGER.

EE WAS OPERATING HAULER, STOPPED FOR DINNER. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND, HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

CLEARING BRUSH FROM ROAD TO A WELL LOCATION. FELL ON A LOG.

WHILE LOADING PINNER HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.

GETTING OUT OF TRUCK AND FOOT SLIPPED ON ROCK, TWISTING HIS KNEE.

EE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK WHILE PULLING ROCK OUT OF BRIDGE CONVEYOR. STARTED MISSING WORK 11-1-02.

ON 10-17-02 EE REPORTED ONGOING PAIN IN HIS KNEES. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AND WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY. ON 12/03/02, EE ADVISED THAT HE HAD SEEN ANOTHER DOCTOR ON 11-22-02 WHO HAD PLACED OFF OF WORK PENDING SURGERY.

EE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 10-31-02 AT WHICH TIME DUE TO CONTINUED PAIN IN THE CLAVICLE A REA HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION EE WAS REMOVED FROM WORK UNTIL CT SCAN CAN BE PERFORMED. THE DR SUSPECTS A FRACTURED CLAVICLE.

WORKING ON MOVING BELT, STRAINED BACK.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS DESCENDING THE FIXED LADDER NEXT TO THE NO.3 DESLIME VIBRATOR, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF A RUNG OF THE LADDER, CAUSING HIMTO FALL APPROX 42 INCHES TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT, AND LANDING ON HIS BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO HIS BACK AND NUMBNESS IN THE RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS USING A 1-1/2 TON HOIST TO LIFT A 5-1/2 STD CRUSHER DISTRIBUTION PLATE FROM THE CRUSHER DECK FLOOR & BACK UP INTO THE CRUSHER. AS THE PLATE TRAVELED UP THE SIDE OF CRUSHER, IT GOT CAUGH T ON A LOCKING POST. EE & CO-WORKER GRABBED A SIDE OF THE PLATE & PUSHED IT AWAY FROM POST. EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK & LEFT SIDE. REPORTED INJURY TO SUPERVISOR 10/18/02. WENT TO CLINIC.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE TWISTED KNEE WHILE WALKING ACROSS YARD TO SAMPLE COAL.

MINER WAS WORKING ON ROTORY BREAKER IN A KNEELING POSITION. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN HIS LEFT LEG.

EE HAD INSTALLED THE FIRST BOLT IN THE "NEXT TO LAST ROW" OF BOLTS. HE SWUNG HIS BOLTER IN TO INSTALL THE INSIDE BOLT WHEN A ROCK FELL AND HIT EE ON THE FOOT. THE ROCK MEASURED 40" BY 40" BY 3 " THICK. THIS REPORT IS LATE DUE TO AN OVERSIGHTIN THE SAFETY DEPT.

HE WAS OPERATING A HAND-HELD "GOPHER" ROOF DRILL TO INSTALL SUPPLEMENTAL ROOF BOLTS IN THE BELT ENTRY OF 8-R SECTION. AFTER DRILLING HIS HOLE THE DRILL STEEL BECAME STUCK IN THE ROOF THEN FELL OUT UNEXPECTEDLY CATCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE END OF THE DRILL STEEL AND THE DRILL HEAD.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT SECTIONAL AUGERS TOGETHER WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED THE AUGERS POPPED OUT STRIKING HIS RT. HAND. HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 10/24/02.

3 EE'S WERE REPLACEING THE BELLYPAN ON A DUMP TRUCK. AFTER THE PAN WAS LOCKED IN PLACE, INJURED EE DROVE AWAY IN THE TRUCK. 30-45 MINUTES LATER, INJURED TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING. HE HAD NOT MENTIONED THIS TO THE OTHER TWO CO-WORKERS.

LIFTED A 60"WIDE BOTTOM ROLLER THEN A ROLL OF FIRE-PROOF CLOTH AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WITH OVER EXERTION.

EE WAS REMOVING LARGE PIECES OF TACONITE FROM THE WALKWAY OF THE #1 PRIMARY ORE CONVEYOR. AS SHE THREW A CHUNK IT CAME BACK AT HER STRAINING HER RIGHT SHOULDER. SHE DID NOT RESPOND TO CONSERVA TIVE TREATMENT & WAS TAKEN OFF WORK ON 2/20 FOR ARTHROSCOPY DEBRIDEMENT.

WALKING FROM PICK UP IN PARKING LOT TO BATH HOUSE BEFORE SHIFT AND SLIPPED COMING LITTLE HILL AND TWISTED KNEE. UNAWARE OF MSHA REPORTABLE UNTIL IN FORMAL BY MILLS TRAINER ON 11-14-02.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST OXYACETYLENE PRESSURES FOR USE WITH A #8 ROSEBUD TIP TO HEAT AND REMOVE A FAN FROM A STRAIGHT SHAFT, THE OXYGEN LINE BLEW UP AND SET EE'S CLOTHING ON FIRE JUST ABOVE THE WAISTLINE. THIS CAUSED A 1 SQ/FT OF HIS ABDOMEN TO RECEIVE 2ND DEGREE BURNS AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

THE INJURED EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM A P&H LOADER PROPEL TRANSMISSION. HE WAS USING A 3/4" RATCHET WITH AN 18' HANDLE PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 18" CHEATER PIPE FOR ADDED LEVERAGE. THE SQUARE DRIV E ON THE RATCHET BROKE OFF ALLOWING THE INJURED TO LUNGE FORWARD CAUSING A LACERATION APPROX 2 1/2" LONG TO HIS RIGHT HAND.

WAS PULLING BOLTER CABLE, SLIPPED IN GOB AND TWISTED ANKLE, THIS SAME ANKLE WAS SPRAINED BEFORE,BUT WAS NOT REPORTABLE AT THE TIME.

SHOE STRING CAUGHT ON #1 CONVEYOR AND PULLED FOOT AROUND END OF PULLEY. RIGHT FOOT HAS 2 FINE FRACTURES ON LG. TOE AND SM. TOE, LT. KNEE IS BRUISED.

EE STATED HE WAS WALKING OUT OF PUMP BLDG. AT 31X RIVER MAINS AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST TOPOF DOOR FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE ON SKID WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 12/26/02 AT WHICH TIME THIS BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

WHILE LOADING ROCK DUST, EE SLIPPED.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND. BRUISED RT. LEG.

CUTTING THE TORCH-RING OUT OF MANTLE OF THE CONE TYPE CRUSHER, A PIECE OF SLAG RICOCHETTED FROM THE CUTTING AREA INTO THE FACE SHIELD HITTING THE RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS GRINDING WITH AN OPERATED GRINDER ON A NOSE CONE FOR A JACK WHEN THE GRINDING DISC SPLIT IN HALF STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE AT THE BREAK OF HIS NOSE CAUSING A SERIOUS CUT TO THE NOSE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING BLUNGER HOUSE AND SLIPPED ON STEPS. HE WAS WET AND HAD CLAY ON HIS BOOTS. HE STRUCK HIS BACK (LOWER) ON THE STEPS.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS FEEDING THE IMPACTOR AND AS HE WAS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE SECONDARY, HE HIT HOLES AND JAMMED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

WHILE HAULING GRAVEL TO THE PLANT THE HAUL UNIT MET A READY MIX TRUCK. THE OPERATOR SHIFTED AND KILLED ENGINE AND AVOIDED CLOOISION, BUT THE HAUL TRUCK LOST STEERING AND MOMENTUM O GO OVER RAM P AND TURNED OVER. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING SEATBELT AND AVOIDED SERIOUS INJURY.

CLEANING OUT A HEAD FRAME, WALKED PAST AND BANGED RIBS ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.

EE WAS SETTING BITS ON THE LONGWALL SHEAR WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE DRUM ON THE SHEAR WHEN HE STARTED HAVING PAIN. THIS IS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

A CO-WORKER WAS BRINGING SUPPLIES FROM SURFACE TO SECTION #2. HE HAD CALLED FOR TRACK CLEARANCE. EE LEFT THE #1 SECTION WITH LOCOMOTIVE & A LOAD OF GARBAGE BUT FAILED TO OBTAIN CLEARANCE FROM SECTION TO SURFACE. THE 2 LOCOMOTIVES COLLIDED IN A SWAG ON #4 BELT. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, TREATED & RELEASED WITH ONE WEEK OFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING TAIL DRUM ON SHEARER, CUTTING FROM TAIL TO HEAD, WHEN #164 SHIELD WAS INADVERTENTLY PULLED IN CATCHING HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN THE SHIELD RELAY BAR AND THE PONTON.

EMPLOYEE STATES: TWISTING TO RIGHT TO PICK UP 50# BAG AND FELT A PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK AND HIP.

EE PLACED A PRY BAR ON AN I BEAM ABOVE WORK AREATHE PRY BAR FELL OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD. LACERATION REQUIRED 4-5 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CHANGING BITS ON THE SHEAR AND HIT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WITH A HAMMER.

E WAS OPERATING A JOY 21SC SHUTTLE CAR IN THE #2 ENTRY, TWO CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD 12473 TRAVELING TOWARDS THE FACE. WHEN THE SC HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, THE IMPACT JARRED HIS BACK RESULTING IN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP AREA. EE'S FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS JAN 8, 2003.

WORKER WAS SPLITTING STONE WITH METAL WEDGE & HAMMER. WHILE STRIKING WEDGE, IT BECAME DISLODGE, HITTING WORKER ON THE FOREHEAD. RESULTING IN SMALL LACERATION.

EE STATED HE WAS GETTING A PIECE OF LINE CURTAIN TO HANG IN PLACE, WHEN A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED OFF RIB STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF FOOT. STARTED MISSING TIME 10-20-02.

EE WAS UNBOLTING AN AIR CONTROLLED ACTUATOR. THE AIR PRESSURE HAD NOT BEEN RELEASED. WHEN THE LAST BOLT WAS REMOVED THE ACTUATOR BLEW OFF HITTING THE LEFT THIGH.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING A FALL AREA. THE DRILL HE WAS USING KICKED OUT AT THE BOTTOM AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT LOWER LEG BETWEEN THE DRILL BASE AND A ROCK.

STONE DUST GOT INTO BOTHE EYES OF EE WHILE DRIVING EUCLID TRUCK ON HAUL ROAD, IMPAIRING VISION.

EE WAS IN THE FACE OF THE #3 ENTRY OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A ROCK MEASURING 6' LONG X 3' WIDE X 0-8" THICK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF, STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE RESULTING IN A CONTUSION AND SWELLING.

PULLED A PIECE OF DRAWROCK AND IT FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS LIFTING A LAYER OF 16# EMPTYWARE AND FELT PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK. CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND 2 DAYS MISSED WORK CONSTITUTE MSHA REPORTABILITY.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A JACK UNDER A SERVICE TRUCK. OTHER EE HAD ALREADY PLACED A JACK UNDER THE LEFT SIDE AND WAS ALREADY TAKING OFF LEFT REAR TIRES. THE JACK SLIPPED AND THE TRUCK CAME DOWN THE EE LEFT ARM WAS UP AGAINST THE FUEL TANK WHEN THE TRUCK CAME DOWN AND IT BROKE HIS ARM

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF SWINGING BOOM OF BOLTER WHEN THE FOOT JACK SLIPPED OFF OF A PIECE OF ROCK CAUSING THE CANOPY TO COME DOWN HITTING EE ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER, PUSHING OUT A SHOT, ANOTHER DOZER WAS PUSHING OUT THE SHOT AT A HIGHER ELEVATION. A LARGE ROCK ROLLED INTO THE DOZER OPERATED BY INJURED EE, INJURING HIS LOWER BACK AREA.

EE WAS RIDING IN A BUS GOING TO THE SECTION, THE BUS HIT A BROKEN RAIL ON THE WIRE SIDE AND THE BUS STOPPED SUDDENLY. HE IS HAVING PAIN IN HIS NECK & BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES. THE INJURED HAS A HISTORY OF BACK & NECK PROBLEMS. THE ACCIDENT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION UNTIL 11-7-02.

GETTING OUT OF DUMP TRK TO CHECK THE OIL ON HIS TRUCK, SLIPED ON STEP OF TRUCK FELL BACK TOWARD FUEL TANK CAP THEN FELL TO THE GROUND

EE FELL ON DREDGE & HIT HIS KNEE.

EE STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND IT BOUNCED HIM UP INJURING HIS BACK.

EE WAS COLLECTING GUAGE BALLS OF THE #1 CONVEYOR. HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT SIDE AGAINST THE CONVEYOR.

LARGE ROCK ROLLED ONTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND PINCHING HIS FINGERS BETWEEN A ROCK & STEEL STRUCTURE.

EE WAS WALKING FROM CONTROL HOUSE TO THE CONVEYOR WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON UNEVEN SURFACE.

THE SKIDSTEER NEED A NEW RADIATOR WE WERE PUTTING HYDRAULIC COOLER ON TOP OF THE RADIATOR TO BE BOLTED TOGETHER WHEN THE HYDRAULIC COOLER SLID OFF THE FORKS OF THE SKID STEER AND HIT ME ON TOP OF MY HEAD, THEN SLID OFF MY HEAD AND CAME TO REST ON MY KNEE PINNING ME. OTHER EE PICKED IT OFF ME. I WAS DIZZY ABOUT A MIN. THE NECK MUSCLES WERE SORE IN BACK.

ON 10-09-02 EE REPORTED ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO HIS KNEE WAS HURTING BUT IT WENT AWAY. SINCE THEN HE WENT HUNTING AND IT STARTED TO HUR AGAINS. HE WILL HAVE SURGERY AND WAS PLACCED ON LOS T TIME ON 10-14-02, HE IS ATTRIBUTING THIS TO WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE SCOOP WHEN A RIB ROLL FELL CATCHING HIS RIGHT LEG BETWEEN SCOOP AND RIB ROLL. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG.

HAUL TRUCK WAS LOADED ON TOP BENCH, COMING DOWN HAUL ROAD MADE TURN ON THE RAMP SLID ON MUD AND ROLLED OVER.

EE WAS HELPING PULL BELTING ONTO A STACKER CONVEYOR WHEN THE CABLE PULLING THE BELT SLIPPED OUT OF ITS CLAMPS. THE CABLE WHIPPED BACK STRIKING THE EE IN THE LEFT LEG/ANKLE AREA. LEG SWELL UP A ND RESULTED IN LOSS OF WORK DAYS.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE A 4" POLYPIPE DISCHAGRE LINE AS IT WAS BEING FLUSHED TO REMOVE A BLOCKAGE, THE 4" LINE RUPTURED AND THE PIPE STRUCKEMPLOYEE KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE BELT STRUCTURE .

EE STATES HE SQUATTED DOWN TO PICK UP TOOLS AND R KNEE BUCKLED. SAID HE FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN KNEE. HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION BY WORK COMP. THEY REPORTED ON 1-16-02 THAT IT IS APPRENTLY W ORK RELATED DESPITE PERSONAL HISTORY OF KNEE TROUBLE. TO HAVE SURGERY 1-20-03.

EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TWO BULGING DISKS IN THE "L" REGION OF HIS LOWER BACK WHICH ARE REPORTED TO BE RELATED.

TAKING A "ROUGH BACK" FROM THE BLOCK SAW TO PUT INTO A DUMP BOX WHEN HE PULLED & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK & REPORTED ON 10-15-02.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING A 4 FOOT FLORESENT LIGHT BULB IN THE MAINTAINENCE VEHICLE BLD. HE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON A SODA POP CRATE TO INSTALL THE BULB AND THE CRATE TURNED OVER AND HE FELL TO THE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK. EE STATED MISSING WORK AS A RESULT OF THIS INJURY ON 2-20-93.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT THE CHAIR HE WAS SEATED IN COLLAPSED. I QUESTION THE VALIDITY OF THIS CLAIM. A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WITNESSED THE INCIDENT.

EE WAS LIFTING THE HOOD ON TRUCK #240 TO CHECK THE OIL. HE WAS STANDING ON THE SNOW PLOW MOUNT TO LIFT UP THE HOOD WHEN HE SLIPPED AND THE HOOD FELL ON HIS RIGHT PINKY AND RING FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM CATWALK TO SCREEN DECK. TURNED ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL TO PLACE IT ON THE FORKS OF THE BOBCAT TO PLACE THE METAL ON THE METAL RACK.

WHILE LIFTING BELT TO PUT STRUCTURE UNDER IT, EE PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK. A LOCAL DRS OFFICE VISIT AND MINOR RX PUT EE BACK TO WORK ON 10/17/02.

DRIVER WAS WASHING OUT HIS DELIVERY HOSES AFTER DELIVERING A LOAD OF SODIUM SILICATE WHEN HE WASSTRUCK IN THE BACK BY A LARGE CHUNK OF CLAY THATHAD FALLEN FROM A BACKHOE BUCKET THAT WAS FEEDIN G A BLUNGER ABOVE THE DRIVER & HIS TRUCK

WHILE MOVING A MINER CABLE, EMPLOYEE FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BITS ON THE MINER ON MMU 001. A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON LIFT CABLES WHILE LOADING SCOOP AND FELT PAIN IN HER RIGHT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON FROM UNDERNEATH A SCREW CONVEYOR BY USING A PRY BAR. WHEN THE STEEL WAS REMOVED, THE SCREW DROPPED ON THE PRYBAR FORCING HIS FINGER INTO THE SCREW.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING BELTS CHECKING SPLICES AND ROLLERS AT 6 HEAD HE STEPPED ON A ROLLER THAT WAS ON WALK-BOARDS AND TWISTED RT. ANKLE AND HIT BACK OF RT. HEEL.

STEPPING OFF ROOF DRILL IN TO HOLE TWISTED ANKLE.

EE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS LIFTING END LOADER GRILL AND THAT THIS IS WHEN HE COULD HAVE HURT HIS WRIST.

EE WAS CROSSING #5 BELT TO REPAIR A SPLICE. CO-WORKER HAD WALKED TO THE MAN BUS TO GET NAIL BOARD, WHEN INJURED YELLED AT HIM. WHEN HE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, HE WAS LYING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE O F THE BELT. HIS RIGHT LEG/KNEE WAS OVER THE BELT RAIL WITH HIS FOOT PINNED UNDER THE TOP BELT.

EE WAS SCALING TOP WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN HE FELTPAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.

INSTALLING GUARDS HE STEPPED IN AN UNPROTECTED HOLE WITH RIGHT FOOT & TWISTED IT. HEARD POPPING & WORKED UNTIL 3:00 WHEN IT BECAME TOO PAINFUL. TOLD SOMEONE HE WAS GOING TO SOAK IT IN ICE BUT NEVER MADE IT BACK TO WORK.

THE EE WAS WORKING ON THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OF A LOADER WHEN HE LOOSENED UP A UNIT, HE LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING ON HIS BACK HAVING A KNEE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER. HE STUCK HIS HAND INTO FAN. HIS FINGER WAS CUT BY FAN REQUIRING 7 STITCHES.

INJURED WAS RUNNING THE SHEARER AND THE SHEARER THREW A ROCK THAT WAS 7" IN DIAMETER AND 7" THICK. THE ROCK HIT HIS RIGHT HAND AND DROVE IT DOWN INTO THE CABLE THRU. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AND A BROKEN RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE RECEIVED COMPRESSION INJURY TO NECK AREA WHEN DOZER HE WAS OPERATING SLIPPED OFF ROCK AND STRUCK THE GROUND. SEE ATTACHED LETTER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SHEEVE ON SPUD CYLINDER. THE WRENCH HAD SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE SPUD CYLINDER TO PREVENT FALLING.

EE WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.