Mining Incidents in January 2003

#4 HOIST WENT DOWN DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS (MG SET ARCHING). WILL REMAIN DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND UNLESS IT IS NEEDED, THEN IT WILL BE TURNED ON.

EAST MAINS 0 HEADING 42 TO 43 BLOCK, MMU 007 8 FT HIGH 17 FT WIDE 70 FT LONG, TYPE OF SUPPORT 6 FT RESIN BOLTS 6"" BY 16"" PLATES, ROOF MATS, FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS SET AROU ND FALL.

AT 10:00 A HOIST TEST WAS PREFORMED AND WHEN THE LILLY OVER SPEED CHECK WAS MADE THE NUT CAME OFF THE SHAFT THAT HOLDS THE OVER SPEED IN PLACE. REPAIRED @ 10 45 AM FULL SERVICE.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY A SHIFT FOREMAN ON 3 EAST MAINS IN THE #1 ENTRY AT SPAD 18989. APPROXIMATE FALL DIMENSIONS WERE 10' HIGH X 30' WIDE X 40' LONG WHICH INVOLVED AN IN TERSECTION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES NOR EQUIPMENT CAUGHT AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.

A METHANE IGNITION OCCURRED IN THE NO. 26 BLOCK OF THE NO.1 ENTRY IN THE 1-B SECTION. NO PERSONSWERE INJURED AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED.

ELEVATOR WAS DOWN FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES BECAUSE OF AN OUTSIDE HATCH DOOR SWITCH THAT WAS BROKEN AT THE BOTTOM LANDING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ELEVATOR OTHER THAN THE SWITCH AND THERE WA N NO ENTRAPMENT.

THE RD 800 SERIES MACK TANDEM WAS TRAVELING FROMTHE HIGH WALL MINER PIT TO PREPARATION PLANT DUMPSITE. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HE HEARD A POP NOISE UNER THE HOOD, HE THEN STOPPED TO CHECK THE T RUCK, TRUCK WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD,FLAMES WERE COMING THROUGH THE DASH FIREWALL AREA. SAFETYCREW WAS CALLED AND FIRE WAS CONTAINED:PROBABLE CAUSE:LINE BLOWN SPRAYING OIL IN TURBO.

WHILE INSTALLING A DEVICE TO RETURN THE ELEVATOR CAR BACK TO THE SURFACE, A MALFUNCTION OCCURED IN THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING CAUSING THE ELEVATOR TO STOP.

AS THE DOZER WAS BACKING UP IN A SHOT, THE OPERATOR HEARD A ""POP"" AND SAW FLAMES COME UP AROUND THE DECK OF THE DOZER. HE EXITED THE CAB AND USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO DOUSE THE FLAMES. THIS DID NOT EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND THE DOZER BURNT.

ROOF FALL IN INACTIVE SLOPE.

BASED ON THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THOSE PRESENT AT APPEARS THAT THE IGNITION WAS CAUSED WHEN THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE WAS CUTTING ROOF ROCK THAT HAD FELL ON FOOTWALL WHEN A SPARK IGN ITED AN UNKNOWN METHAN BLEEDER ON THE FOOTWALL. MSHA NOTIFIED INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO. 1 ENTRY 6' OUTBY FACE MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 5' HIGH X 30' LONG X 18' WIDE.

NORTH 5 17 BLOCK #2 HEADING 4 WAY INTERSECTION MMU 003 8 FT HIGH BY 18 FT WIDE BY 20 FT LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT 6 FT RESIN BOLTS 6"" BY 16"" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS SET AROUND FALL.

AREA FELL BETWEEN #2 & #3 ENTRIES RETURN, 3,000' FROM ACTIVE SECTION. AREA DEVELOPED 5-10-01. ROOF IS SLATE BOLTED WITH 4'& 6' RESIN. FELL RIB TO RIB, 3-4' THICK. THERE IS A 1 INCH RIDER ABOUT 2'-3' UP. FALL IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM SPAD 299. FALL WILL NOT BE MOVED.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 12TH EAST BETWEEN #3& #4 ENTRIES, AT #34 CROSSCUT. THE FALL WAS 18'LONG, 30'WIDE, & 6' HIGH. IT DIDN'T AFFECT VENTILATION, TRAVEL, DAMAGE EQUIP, OR CAUSE ANY INJURY THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 3MN INTAKE AT THE #1 ENTRY X-CUT 16. THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS WEAK LAMINATED SANDSTONE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 9TH EAST #9 ENTRY, AT 10440 STATION. THE FALL WAS 25'LONG 20'WIDE AND 8'HIGH. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 8'POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. IT DIDN'T DAMAGE EQUIPMENT OR CAUS E ANY INJURY.

AN APPARENT METHANE IGNITION APPARENTLY OCCURREDAT THIS MINE ON THE 002-0 MMU IN THE 1ST CUT OUT OF THE NO.7 RIGHT CROSSCUT. THE MINE FLOOR & MINE ROOF CONTAINS SANDY SHALE ROOF & EVIDENCE REVEALED THAT SPARKS FOR CUTTER HEAD APPARENTLY CAUSED THE IGNITION NO INJURIES OCCURRED FROM THIS INCIDENT NOR ANY EQUIPMENT DAMAGE OCCURRED.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 3W RETURN BETWEEN X-CUT 2S AND 2G IN #3 ENTRY. THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS WEAK LAMINATED SHALE. THE AREA AND X-CUTS IN THIS AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED DUE TO OTHER FALL I N THE AREA.

WE HAD A ROOF FALL IN THE #1 ENTRY IN THE NORTH MAINS AT 14 XCUT. FALL IS 18' WIDE, 25' LONG, 8 TO 12' HIGH. DID NOT DISRUPT VENTILATION. AREA DANGERED OFF & CRIBS PLACED IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT 1:15 PM ON 1/27/2003 AT XC 167 ENTRY 3 MAIN SOUTH. FALL WAS 20' WIDE X 45' LONG X 10' HIGH. AREA WAS MINED DECEMBER OF 1996 AND WAS BOLTED WITH 8' RESIN PINS. NO INJURY RESULTED BUT OVER 50' OF BELTLINE WAS LOST. PLANS ARE CLEAN UP AND RESUPPORT AREA.

WHILE REMOVING SAND FROM UNDER CONVEYOR STRUCTURE UPRIGHTS, THE WEIGHT OF FROZEN SAND CAUSED ONEOF THE LEG STANDS TO BEND DOWN WHICH IN TURN PULLED PART OF THE CONVEYOR DOWN ALSO. NO CONTACT W ITH FRONT END LOADER.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 10 AM ON THE 4 LEFT PANEL AT BREAK #35 IN THE #5 ENTRY. THE FALL IS LOCATED 2 CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD #18592. IT WAS APPROX. 18'WIDE, 55'LONG, AND 7'THICK. THE FALL HAS BEEN CRIBBED OFF AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 9TH EAST #5 ENTRY # 114 CROSSCUT. THE FALL WAS 20' LONG, 20' WIDE AND 8' HIGH. IT DIDN'T AFFECT VENTILATION, TRAVEL,DAMAGE EQUIPMENT, OR CAUSE ANY INJURY. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 8' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

THE CEDAR CREEK ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM 1:215PM SUNDAY 1/26/2003 UNTIL 2:00PM MONDAY 1/27/2003 DUE TO ICE FALLING AND BREAKING OFF MAIN JUNCTION BOX ON CAGE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 12TH EAST #3 ENTRY 141 CROSSCUT. THE FALL WAS 20' WIDE 20' LONG AND 8' HIGH. IT DIDN'T AFFECT VENTIALTION, TRAVEL, DAMAGE EQUIPMENT, OR CAUSE ANY INJURY. THE AREA W AS BOLTED WITH 8' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

A DUST IGNITION OCCURED AT THE #70 SHIELD ON THE 3-A LONGWALL FACE. SELF EXTINGUISHING- NO INJURIES.

AN UNINTENTIONAL RIB FALL.

DISCOVERED AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL AT XC-24, TG-101, NO. 1 ENTRY. THE FALL IS APPROX. 40 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE AND 9 FEET HIGH. THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 8' RESIN BOLTS, SUPPLEMENTED W ITH WELDED WIRE MESH.

ROOF FALL (7000-1-003-03): B2 #2 BELT, X-CUT #28. DIMENSIONS: H:10-12', S:18-19', L:80'. GEOLOGY: SOFT, MEDIUM TO DARK GRAY SHALE, LAMINATIONS AND PLANT FOSSILS WERE PRESENT. ROOF SUPPORT: 5' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS.

#5 HOIST DOWN DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT X CUT 113 1ST MAIN, WEST #6 ENTRY L 20'X W30' X T 10' THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 10' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

A DUST IGNITION OCCURED AT THE #40 SHIELD ON THE 3-A LONGWALL FACE. SELF EXTINGUISHING- NO INJURIES.

FALL WAS FOUND BY FOREMAN- FALL LOCATED BETWEEN #5 ENTRY THRU THE INTERSECTIONS OVER TO #7 ENTRY- APPROX. 130'LONG, 17'WIDE & 6'+ HIGH. NO VENT BLOCKED-NO INJURIES-NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGED-NO BLOC KAGE OF ESCAPEWAY. 12'CABLE BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED & CRIBS HAD BEEN SET. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. TIMBERED & DANGERED OFF. PLOTTED ON MINE MAP.

BASED ON INFO REC'D FROM THOSE PRESENT IT APPEARS THAT THE IGNITION WAS CAUSED WHEN A SPARK FROMTHE ELECTRIC ARC CUTTING PROCEDURE ON THE TAILGATE DRUM BIT LUG IGNITED AND UNKNOWN METHANE BLEE DER NEAR THE COAL BASE BOTTOM AREA. MSHA NOTIFIED INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED.

THE MAIN PORTAL ELEVATOR WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, A GRIP SWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE MALFUNCTIONING. THE SWITCH WAS RELOCATED & THE ELEVATOR PLACED IN SERVICE AT 9:30 AM. `

THE SLOPE BRAKE CAR WAS PREPAIRED FOR USE ON THE MORNING OF JAN. 23, 2003. THE BRAKES WERE FOUND TO BE FROZEN ON ONE SIDE. THEY WERE UNFROZEN & MADE FUNCTIONAL. CAR WAS IN SERVICE AT 9:25 A.M.

ROCKDUSTER WAS FILLING DUST TANK AT NORTH DUST HOLE AND SAW SPARKS AND FLAME COMING (STARTING) FROM EXHAUST PIPE THEN TRAVELED ACROSS THE ROOF TO THE INTAKE DUST PIPE WHERE FLAMES WERE PRESENT . IT BURNT FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES UNTIL HE PUT IT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

BASED ON INFORMATION REC'D FROM THOSE PRESENT IT APPEARS THAT THE IGNITION WAS CAUSED WHEN THECONT MINER WAS CUTTING ROOF ROCK WHEN A SPARK IGNITED A UNK METHANE BLEEDER IN THE ROOF OR COAL RIB. MSHA WAS NOTIFIED AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED.

ELEVATOR AT SUGAR RUN PORTAL WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO MAIN POWER CABLE FAILURE. CABLE WAS REPLACED AND POWER WAS RESTORED TO ELEVATOR. NO EMPLOYEES ON BOARD.

FORK ELEVATOR WAS DOWN FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE PROXIMITY SWITCH.

NORTH MAINS #7 HEADING, BETWEEM 60 + 61 BLOCK MMU 004. 18' WIDE X 24' LONG X 6' HIGH. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 6' RESIN BOLTS, 6"" X 16"" PLATES, ROOF MATS, WIRE SCREEN. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL RO OF SUPPORTS SET AREOUND FALL. FALL CLEANUP PLAN POSTED AT SITE.

ROOF FALL IN THE HAZELKIRK 1 SECTION IN #4 ENTRY BETWEEN 11 & 12 CROSSCUTS. FALL IS 16'LONG, 18'WIDE & 8'HIGH. ROOF CONSISTED OF LAYERS OF WILD COAL & SHALE WITH A CLAY VEIN RUNNING FROM TOP T O BOTTOM ACROSS THE ENTRY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FALL. AREA WAS MINED ON 1-18-03 WITH A CONTINUOUS MINER AND SUPPORTED WITH 7'RESIN ASSISTED POINT ANCHOR ROOF BOLTS WITH HEADER BOARDS.

ROOF FALL: MAIN D SECTION, ENTRY #3, XCUT #110. DIMENSIONS: H 6', W 20' , L 19'. GEOLOGY: SOFT, MEDIUM TO DARK GRAY SHALE, LAMINATIONS AND PLANT FOSSILS WERE PRESENT. ROOF SUPPORT: 5' FULL GRO UTED RESIN BOLTS.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE N0. 4 ENTRY OF THE RETURN PANEL (OFF E MAINS) BETWEEN SPADS 8358 AND 8316. THE FALL MEASURED 25 FT LONG X 18 FT WIDE X 6 FT HIGH.

AN UNITNETIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON E MAINS IN THE CROSS-CUT BETWEEN THE NO. 5 AND NO. 6 ENTRIES AT SPAD 8127. THE FALL MEASURED 20 FT LONG X 18 FT WIDE X 5 FT HIGH.

ROOF FALL MAIN D SECTION, ENTRY #5 CROSSCUT #110. DIMENSIONS H-6' W 20' L 20' GEOLOGY SOFT, MEDIUM TO DARK GRAY SHALE, LAMINATION AND PLANT FOSSIL WERE PRESENT. ROOF SUPPORT 5' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS.

AN UNINTENTIONA ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN AN INTERSECTION IN #6 ENTRY AT 13322 MEASURING APPROX. 9' THICK X 20' WIDE X 30' LONG ON THE SIX MILE SECTION.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE #1 UNITE, #6 ENTRY, CROSSCUT 14 IN INTERSECTION. FALL MEASURED 20'L X 18'W X 6'H. PRIMARY SUPPORT IN THIS AREA WAS 5 FOOT FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON #2 UNIT, #5 ENTRY, AT 48 XCUT. THE FALL MEASURES 20' LONG, 18' WIDE, AND 6' HIGH. PRIMARY ROOF SUPPORT IN THIS AREA IS 5' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS.

THE ALI MAK ELEVATOR ELECTRICAL OVERLOADS DE-ENERGIZED THE ELEVATOR WHEN IT WAS CALLED TO GO UNDERGROUND FOR TRANSPORTING EES TO THE SURFACE. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. IT WAS FOUND TH AT THE COLD TEMPERATURE HAD MADE THE GREASE THICKEN IN THE GUIDE ROLLERS WHICH CREATED ROLLING RESISTANCE, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE ELECTRICAL OVERLOADS TO TRIGGER.

A FALL OF ROOF WAS FOUND BY AN EXAMINER JUST OUT BY #8 SEAL OF THE MAIN EAST 2 LEFT SEALS. THE FALL WAS 50' W 30' L AND 7' H AND SUPPORTED BY 6'CONVENTIONAL BOLTS.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE ROOM OFF THE NO. 1 ENTRY OF THE RETURN PANEL (OFF E MAINS) AT SPAD 8436. THE FALL MEASURED 50 FT LONG X 18 FT WIDE X 5 FT HIGH.

ROOF FALL, 15 RIGHT GATE ENTRIES. NO. 3 ENTRY. JUST INBY BOTTOM OF 6TH SOUTH FAUL HILL. APPROX 23' LONG, 7' HIGH, 20' WIDE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE RETURN BETWEEN SPAD NO.5 3636 AND 3637. THE FALL MEASURED 50' LONG BY 18' WIDE BY 5' HIGH.

UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL FOUND IN OLD 7-R SECTION, IN NO.1 ENTRY, BETWEEN BLOCK NO.5 AND NO.6. MEASURED APPROX. 16' X 20' & UP TO 15' HIGH. AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED BY COMBINATION/RESIN RO OF BOLTS.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 1-20-03 IN NUMBER 2 BELT ENTRY AT 0800. SIZED OF FALL IS 20' WIDE X 30' LONG X 6-8' HIGH LOCATED AT SS #6. ROOF FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP AND DOES NOT AFFECT VENTILAT ION OR TRAVEL.

A FALL OF ROOF WAS FOUND IN 4J 3AC 47 AND 40 FOOT MARKER. 6 FOOT DOUBLE LOCK BOLTS WERE USED. THE FALL WAS 70 FT LONG 16-18 FT WIDE AND 10 FT HIGH.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3-2 X-CUT OUT OF THE MAINS ENTRY. THIS AREA WAS DEVELOPED APPROX. 4 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FALL. THE MINE WAS IDLE FOR THE WEEKEND WHEN THE FALL OCCURRED.

LOADER OPERATOR SHUT DOWN PRIMARY SYSTEM TO CLEAN HAMMERMILL BREAKER PLATE AREA. THIS ACTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF 2A BELT. HE DID NOT SHUT OFF THE FIRES TO THE VIBRATING PAN FEEDER WHIC H ARE LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE 2A BELT IN THE CRUDE PIT AREA. BECAUSE THE CLEANING TOOK LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED THE HEAT GENERATED FROM THE PAN FIRES IGNITED 2A BELT & THE SLIDER BED.

LAMINATED SHEET TOP WITH WATER AND RIDER BEAM.

A FALL OF THE ROOF OCCURRED ON #2 UNIT. 1ST R.W. SUB-MAINS, #3 ENTRY, AT CROSS CUT #26 1300 FT OUTBY THE DUMPING PAINT. THE FALL WAS 45' LONG, 20' WIDE, AND 5' THICK. NO PERSON, VENTILATION OR EQUIPMENT WERE AFFECTED.

THE ELEVATOR AT THE JUSTICE NO. 1 MINE WAS DOWN FROM 9:45 AM TO 10:18 AM DUE TO A GROUNDED CIRCUIT.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON #4 UNIT (004) #6 ENTRY AT THE 31 = 86', 4 WAY INTERSECTION. 30' LONG BY 18' WIDE BY 8' HIGH. NO ONE INJURED, VENTILATION NOT AFFECTED. FALL WAS DUE TO ADVERSE ROOF COND ITIONS ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF A 6' DOUBLE LOCK BOLT.

THE TYRO CREEK SERVICE ELEVATOR WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FROM APPROX 2:30 AM UNTIL 4:00 AM DUE TO THE DOORS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY.

TWO EES RODE THE ELEVATOR INTO THE MINE. THEY REPORTED TO THE MINE FOREMAN THAT THE ELEVATOR MADE AN UNUSUAL SOUND WITH SOME VIBRATION (STARTING AT ABOUT 75' DOWN FROM THE SURFACE). THE MINE F OREMAN HAD THE ELEVATOR TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL IT COULD BE CHECKED BY THE SERVICE RPRESENTATIVES. THEY INSPECTED THE ELEVATOR AND COULD FIND NO DAMAGE OR CAUSE FOR THE SOUND/VIBRATION (IC

AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OCCURRED TO THE SLOPE BRAKE CAR WHICH CAUSED IT TO OPERATE AT ERRATIC SPEEDS. SLOPE BRAKE CAR AND HOIST WERE REMOVED FROM SERVICE TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL DEF ECTIVE CONTACTORS WERE DISCOVERED AND REPLACED. SLOPE HOIST AND BRAKE CAR WERE PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE AT 7:22PM.

A ROUND WAS BLASTED IN 195 S2 STOPE @ 5:00 AM. MINERS RETURNED TO THE STOPE AT 9:30 AM AND DISCOVERED A GROUND FALL 20 FT BACK FROM THE FACE. THE WEDGE FAILURE WAS APPROX 70 FT LONG - 8 FT WID E AND 10 FT HIGH WITH AN APEX GREATER THAN 16 FT. THE GROUND FAILED BEYOND THE EXTENT OF THE GROUND SUPPORT IN THE AREA.

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. COAL PILE MOVED.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE MAIN EAST AT #49 CROSSCUT BETWEEN THE NORTH SIDE TRAVELWAY AND THE BELT. THE FALL WAS 30'LONG, 18'WIDE, & 8'HIGH. THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION, TRAVEL, DAMAG E EQUIPMENT OR CAUSE ANY INJURIES. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6'POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE CROSSCUT RIGHT OFF OF #1 MAIN SOUTH ENTRY, ONE CROSSCUT, OUTBY THE #1 5TH WEST SEAL. THE FALL WAS 20'LONG, 15'WIDE,& 6'HIGH. IT DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION, TRAVEL, OR DAMAGE EQUIPMENT. NO INJURIES. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6'POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

ROOF FALL IN 1ST LEFT ENTRY AT #4 AND #5 X-CUT APPROX 130' X 20'HIGH. A COAL HAULER, A D-BOX AND A SHOP TRAILER WERE LOST IN THE FALL.

ELEVATOR STOPPED IN THE SHAFT FOR APPROX. 75 MINUTES, ENTRAPPING ONE EMPLOYEE.

ROOF FALL AT 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #1899. 25' WIDE, 6' HIGH. AREA WAS CRIBBED. AREA WAS CRIBBED AND TIMBERED OFF 25'+ LONG.

A BOUNCE OCCURRED ON THE FACE OF THE LONGWALL, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE SHEARER, HALTING PRODUCTION FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR.

EE WAS USING A FEL TO LOAD SUPPLIES ONTO THE HOIST MANCAGE. AS THE EE BACKED OUT AWAY FROM THE MANCAGE THE FEL'S FORK BRACKET CAUGHT THE SIDE OF THE MANCAGE & DAMAGED THE MANCAGE. A SECTION OF CHANNEL HAD TO BE REMOVED, REPAIRED & REINSTALLED TO RETURN THE MANCAGE TO SAFE OPERATION. THE DAMAGE RESULTED IN EVACUATING THE MINE VIA THE SECONDARY ESCAPEWAY.

ROOF FALL INTERSECTION #2 ENTRY & 7+80 XC 2ND SOUTH PANEL. THIS AREA WAS DEVELOPED APPROX. NOV. 2001. JAN.- MAR. INSTALL III DOUBLE LOCK BOLTS 60"". WIDTH 18', HEIGHT 5 1/2'.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED FOLLOWING PILLAR EXTRACTION. ONE MRS WAS LOWERED AND THE ROOF STARTED WORKING. IT WAS RESET WHEN A FALL STARTED INBY THE MRS AND IT CONTINUED OUTBY TO THE CROSSCUT. THE FA LL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 100 FT LONG, 18 FEET WIDE AND 10-15 FT HIGH.

THE BRAKE CAR FAILED THE OVERSPEED TEST. WE DID HAVE BACK UP SYSTEM. CAR WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE SO THE PROCESSOR COULD BE REPROGRAMMED TO CHECK SYSTEM. THIS TOOK APPROX. 2 1/2 HOURS.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON E MAINS IN THE NO 5 ENTRY AT SPAD 8179. THE FALL MEASURED 18 FT WIDE BY 40 FT LONG BY 14 FT HIGH.

A ROOF FALL INT HE 7 WEST ENTRY AT X CUT #13 IN #7 ENTRY MEASURING 50' X 20' X 5'. THE AREA WAS MINED IN NOV 2002 AND SUPPORTED WITH 5' FULLY GROUTED ROOF BOLTS THE FALL WAS CAUSED BY AN UNDET ECTED SLIP.

AFTER INVESTIGATION, REASON FOR ROOF FALL WAS UNDETERMINED.

MINE HAS BEEN IDLE FOR 2 1/2 YEARS & IS PRESENTLY UNDERGOING REHABILITATION WORK. ROOF WAS DISCOVERED DURING THIS TIME. FALL LOCATED BK. #23 NEAR SPAD #163. 18'WIDE, 0-5'THICK, & 40'LONG. FELL IN BK. BETWEEN BELT AND NATURAL ENTRY.

ROCK FALL IN #1 ENTRY ON OLD MINE LINE. SET TIMBERS AND CRIBS. DANGERED OFF. FALL MEASURED 18' W X 140' L X 5' H.

MINE HAS BEEN IDLE FOR 2 1/2 YEARS AND IS PRESENTLY UNDER GOING REHABILITATION WORK. ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THIS TIME. THE FALL WAS LOCATED AT BK #22, 1BK INBY SPAD #145 BETWEEN NEUT RAL & LEFT RETURN. FALL IS APPROX. 20'LONG 0 TO 5 1/2' THICK, 18'WIDE. #3 ENTRY.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON THE 3 NORTH PANEL AT THE NO. 54 CROSSCUT. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 7 FEET THICK BY 18 FEET WIDE. IT EXTENDED FROM THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE CROSSCUT IN #6 ENTR Y THROUGH THE INTERSECTION IN #7 ENTRY. THE FALL HAS BEEN CRIBBED OFF AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

THE MIRACLE RUN ELEVATOR DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN. THE ELEVATOR WAS AT SURFACE LANDING, NO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD. ADJUSTED DOOR CLOSING LINKAGE.

AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE SLOPE BRAKE CAR THAT PREVENTED IT FROM OPERATING PROPERLY. TWO ELECTRICAL RELAYS IN THE ""DOWN"" CIRCUIT WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND WERE REPLACED. THE SLOPE BRAKE CAR WAS REPAIRED AND PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE AT 6:15 PM.

MINE HAS BEEN IDLE FOR 2 1/2 YEARS AND IS PRESENTLY UNDERGOING REHABILITATION WORK. ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THIS TIME. FALL LOCATION BK #19 IN #2 ENTRY. APPROX. 60'LONG, 0-5'THICK AND 18'WIDE. APPROX. 7000'FROM FACE AREA.

ROOF FALL WAS ON UNIT 2, ROOM #6, AT STATION 2 & 40. WAS APPROX. 35' LONG, 18' WIDE AND 8' HIGH/THICK.

MIRACLE RUN ELEVATOR LOST POWER WHILE IN MID SHAFT. RETURNED TO SERVICE AND 1145 AM S.O.S. WITCH DROPPED OUT NO OCCUPANTA ON BOARD.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE TRACK ENTRY 30' INBY SPAD #44 MEASURING APPROX. 10' HIGH BY 18' WIDE BY 40' LONG. THE AFFECTED AREAS WAS SUPPORTED WITH 4' RESIN GROUTED BOLTS AND 4' STRAPS ROOF MATS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED MEASURING 20' LONG X 10' WIDE X 10' HIGH IN 6 RIGHT CUT THROUGH A 3 BREAKS INBY SPAD NUMBER 1761. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED, NO VENTILATION WAS DISTURBED NO INJURY WAS REP ORTED, AND THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

MINE HAS BEEN IDLE FOR 2 1/2 YEARS AND IS PRESENTLY UNDERGOING REHABILITATION WORK. ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THIS TIME. FALL LOCATION BK.22 IN #1 ENTRY. 160'LONG, 18'WIDE AND 0-6'THICK. BEGINNING AT SPAD #162 OUTBY 160' APPROX. 2000' FROM THE FACE AREA.

A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED AT CROSSCUT 36, ENTRY 2 OF 1ST NORTH/MAIN EAST SUBMAIN. THE FALL OCCURRED IN A FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION AND WAS APPROX. 25'L X 35' W X GREATER THAN 9'.

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE TILLEY SECTION #6 ENTRY NEAR SPAD #2801. THERE IS NO ACTIVE FACE, TRANSFER SYSTEM ONLY. THE FALL MEASURED 40' L X 20' W X 5' H. VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFEC TED. ALL ENTRANCES TO THE FALL HAVE BEEN BREAKERED OFF AND WILL NOT BE REHABILITATED.

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY JUST INBY THE #1 NAVY SEAL. FALL MEASURED 20'LONG X 15'WIDE X 6'HIGH. AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 4'RESIN BOLTS & TIMBERS AND CRIBS.

AN EE WAS A PASSENGER ON THE SPINNER ELEVATOR WHEN THE ELEVATOR MALFUNCTIONED. EE WAS TRAPPED ON ELEVATOR FROM 12:55PM 1/8/03 TO 1AM 1/9/03

A ROOF FALL AT AN INTERSECTION 4 WAY, OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION. AT BLOCK 16 OF #1 BELT IN #2 ENTRY. ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS WERE ADDED TO THE AREA.

ROOF FALL X-CUT 177 IN PILLAR LINE BETWEEN OLD BELT ENTRY AND SUPPLY ENTRY. APPROX 20' LONG 18' WIDE 4-6' HIGH.

ELEVATOR OUTAGE AT SPINNED SHAFT WITH ONE EE TRAPPED ON ELEVATOR. ELEVATOR REPAIR COMPANY CALLED OUT AND REPAIRED ELEVATOR BY 0255. PROBLEM: HIGH SPEED RESISTOR BURNT UP.

ROOF FALL ON UNIT #2 MMU 008 NO. 5 INTAKE ROOM. LENGTH 25' WIDTH 18' THICKNESS 8'.

AN UNINTENTIONAL FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON UNIT 4 IN #5 ENTRY AT 20+46'. THE FALL MESURED 60' LONG, 19' WIDE, 9' HIGH. NO ONE WAS INJURED, PASSAGE OF MEN OR VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED. FALL W AS DUE TO ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS ABOVE 6' DOUBLE LOCK BOLT.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 1ST MAIN WEST #8 ENTRY BETWEEN 59 & 60 XCUTS. L 45' X W 18' X T 8'. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 6' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. PROBABLE CAUSE OF FALL: LAMINATED ROOF.

WE CONTRACTED ABB TO INSTALL A NEW HOIST CONTROLLER & SKIP LOADER PLC. DURING THEIR FINAL COMMISSIONING & PROGRAMMING PHASE A HOIST FAILURE OCCURRED, RESULTING IN THE CHUTE LOADER REMAINING IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE HOIST MAN NOR THE ABB PROGRAMMERS WERE UNABLE TO MOVE THE SKIPS MAKING HOIST INOPERABLE. WE EVACUATED.

THE AUTOMATIC DOORS AT THE MIRACLE RUN ELEVATOR WOULD NOT OPEN. THE ELEVATOR WAS AT THE SURFACE LANDING, NO PEOPLE ON BOARD.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 1ST MAIN WEST #9 ENTRY #60 X-CUT. L 25' X W 18' X T 10'. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 10' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. PROBABLE CAUSE OF FALL: LAMINATED ROOF.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT #6 X-CUT 1ST MAIN WEST BETWEEN #6 & #7 ENTRIES. L 45' X W 18' X T 8'. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 6' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. PROBABLE CAUSE OF FALL: LAMINATED ROOF.

IMMEDIATE ROOF WAS SHALE APP 5 FT THICK ADJOINING SAND STONE IN A LONG SWAG AREA BOLTED WITH 4 FT ROOF BOLTS SHALE PULLED LOOSE FROM SAND STONE.

ASH BUILDUP INSIDE THE COAL BIN CAUSED SMOKE AND FLAMES. THE BINS WAS EMPTIED AND THE ASH BUILDUP WAS REMOVED. NO PROBLEMS ARE NOTICED SINCE THE DATE ON 1-6-03 ON THE COAL BIN INVOLVED.

HITACHI EXCAVATOR WAS REMOVING OVERBURDEN ON COAL SEAM WHEN IT STRUCK A LOADED DRILL HOLE, CAUSING SAID HOLE TO DETONATE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO DOZER NEARBY. NO INJURIES WERE CAUSED TO OPERATORS.

A ROOF FALL OF APPROX. DIMENSIONS 20'L X 20'W & 6'HIGH OCCURRED IN THE #6 ENTRY OF THE NO.2 SW MAINS AT CROSSCUT #37, 80'OUTBY SURVEY STATION NO. 1719. THIS LOCATION IS APPROX. 11,500 OUTBY TH E WORKING SECTION IN THE MAIN INTAKE. NO INJURY OR DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT OCCURRED. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

AN INTERSECTION ON #3 BELT AT #40 BK FELL, SOMETIME OVER THE WEEKEND. FALL IS 1 BK INBY SPAD 468. AREA FELL RIB TO RIB, 4-5' THICK, AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6' BOLTS. AREA WAS DEVELOPED 6-01. AREA IS BREAKERED & DANGERED OFF. ROOF IS SLATE, A RIDER SEAM IS PRESENT ON LEFT SIDE ONLY AT 4'. FALL WILL BE MOVED.

AREA IF RIIF FAK WAS BETWEEN SPAD # 5017 AND SPAD 35028 ON #4 ENTRY , NO II 5 BELT. FALL AREA WAS 35' IN LENGTH AND 20' WITH 4' HEIGHT.

NORTH 5 13 BLOCK #3 ENTRY, 4-WAY INTERSECTION, MMU 003. 7 FT HIGH X 18 FT WIDE X 18 FT LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 6 FT RESIN BOLTS, 6"" X 16"" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF. ADDITIONAL ROOF S UPPORTS SET AROUND FALL.

A MINE FIRE WAS DISCOVERED AT APPROX THE #26 INTERSECTION OF THE #1 ENTRY (BELT) FOR THE 1-B LONGWALL SECTION. THE MINE WAS EVACUATED. NO PERSONS WERE ENTRAPPED OR INJURED. A ROOF FALL OCCURRE D IN THE #26 INTERSECTION AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE.

IN LOW LYING DIP AREA SHALE ROOF SEPERATED FROM SAND STONE AT APP 5 FT, AREA WAS ROOF BOLTED WITH 4 FT BOLTS, FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION AT SPAD H 1709. FALL WAS APP 5,800 FT OUTBY FACE OF H 1 S ECTION - SIZE OF FALL 30 FT LONG, 20 FT WIDE, 5 FT THICK.

THE RIGHT MINER WAS CAUGHT IN A PILLAR FALL THE FALL OCCURRED AT BLOCK 140 IN #6 ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURED 20' HIGHX 20' WIDE X 60' LONG. THE FALL OCCURRED DUE TO SUB NORMAL ROOF CONECTION NOT DETECTABLE OR VISIBLE. NO INJURIES RESULTED FROMTHE FALL.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 12TH EAST, ROOM #159, ""B"" XCUT. THE FALL WAS 25' LONG, 25' WIDE AND 8' HIGH. IT DIDN'T AFFECT VENTILATION, TRAVEL, DAMAGE EQUIPMENT OR CAUSE ANY INJURY. THE AREA WA S BOLTED WITH 8' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

A NON-INJURY ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN NORTH MAINS #7 X-CUT IN #6 ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURED 20' X 20' X 6' TO 8' HIGH. FOUND ON WEEKLY EXAMINATION.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 001-0 SECTION AT 15 HEAD DRIVE IN THE #7 ENTRY 10,000 FEET FROM THE ACTIVE FACE. VENTILATION AND PASSAGE OF PERSONS WAS AFFECTED. THE FALL MEASURED 20'WIDE AND 30' LONG. THIS AREA WILL BE SPOT BOLTED FOR A DISTANCE OF 1000 FEET.

CONTRARY PORTAL SERVICE CASE - THIS FACILITY WAS DOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS DUE TO A BAD MODULE IN THE PLC. THE MODULE WAS CHANGED OUT & THE SERVICE CASE WAS PUT BACK INTO SERVICE. THERE W ERE NO INJURIES RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT.

THE #8 LHD CAUGHT FIRE WHILE MUCKING A FACE IN 15THN ON THE 1000 LEVEL. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE REAR OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, NEAR THE RADIATOR. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNKNOWN. THE EE DID NOT TURN OFF THE LHD BEFORE FIGHTING THE FIRE. THE EE WAS UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A HAND HELD EXTINGUISHER OR THE MACHINE S FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. THE LHD WAS DESTROYED.

A REPORTABLE ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN BOX CANYON MAINS, ENTRY 9 AT XCUT 28. THE FALL WAS APPROX 20' WIDE, 20' IN LENGTH, AND 10' HIGH.

AT APPROX. 11:45 AM #1 UNIT #4 ENTRY, XCUT AN IGNITION OF GAS OR DUST POSSIBLY OCCURED. MSHA INSPECTORS INVESTIGATED ACCIDENT. KDMM INSPECTOR INVESTIGATED ACCIDENT

CREW WAS MINING INTO RETURN AIR SHAFT, THE WALL OF COAL RUPTURED, FOLLOWED BY WATER FLOWING FROM THE SHAFT INTO THE ACTIVE WORKS OF THE MINE.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE MAIN WEST ENTRIES, ENTRY #3 AT 13165' WEST. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 20' LONG, APPROXIMATELY 18' WIDE AND APPROXIMATELY 7-8' THCIK. THE FALL DID NO T AFFECT VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF MINERS. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

#1 UNIT SPAD 7+46 INTERSECTION #6 ENTRY. 30 X 18 X 6.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED MEASURING 25' LONG X 20' WIDE X 10' HIGH IN THE INTERSECTION AT SPAD #80. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED, NO VENTILATION DISTURBED, NO INJURY OCCURRED AND THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. NOTE: THIS MINE WAS IDLE FROM 12/21/02 THRU 01/01/03 SO THE FALL WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL THE FIRST DAY BACK 01/02/03.

DURING THE PRESHIFT EXAMINATION A FALL WAS DISCOVERED INT HE NO. 7 ENTRY OF C-SOUTH AT SURVEY STATION 4850. THE FALL WHICH WAS IN RM INTERSECTION, MEASURED 20'L X 20' W X 8' HIGH. THE FALL IS ABOUT 600' OUTBY THE ACTIVE MDDU-002-0 AND WAS TIMBERED OFF. THERE WAS NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. THERE WERE 100 INJURING THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY 1 BREAK INBY SPAD#31 AND 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD #38. FALL WAS APPROX.40 FEET BY 20 FEET BY 36 TO 42 INCHES THICK.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN OLD WORKS IN OUR A-MAIN ENTRIES OUT BY A-MAIN #13 SEAL. THE FALL IS APPROX 12' WIDE BY 12' LONG BY 3' HIGH.

ROOF FAILURE WELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A HORSEBACK THAT WAS NOT CLEARY VISIBLE WHEN PERMANENT SUPPORT WAS INSTALLED. THERE WERE NO BARRIER BLOCKS ABOVE SEAM AT THIS AREA, OR ANY OTHER CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS. THERE WASN'T ANY EQUIPMENT INVOLVED, VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED.

HE WAS CLEANING OFF A BELT SCRAPPER ON A HEAD WHEEL WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED THROUGH PAST THE SCRAPPER AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT HEAD WHEEL & PULLEY. THIS PULLED HIS GLOVED HAND INTO THE BEL T. THE BELT WAS MOVING AT AN IDLE SPEED WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE MUD OFF THE CONVEYOR TAKE UP PULLEY BY USING A 4 FOOT STEEL BAR. THE BAR WAS CAUGHT BY THE PULLEY PINCHING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND EDGE OF THE CATWALK.

EE WAS REPAIRING AN EQUALIZER ON DRY BULK TRAILER, EE WAS REMOVING A BLOCK OF WOOD FROM A JACK STAND THAT WAS SUPPORTING THE TRAILER FRAME, THE HYDRAULIC JACK SLIPPED ALLOWING THE FRAME TO DRO P, HIS FINGERS WERE PINCHED BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND FRAME.

THE EE BENT THE DRILL STEEL WHILE ADDING STEEL TO DRILL A ROOF BOLT HOLE. THE STEEL CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE STEEL CLAMP.

GETTING OFF BAILEY MACHINE COMPANY TRUCK AND RING FINGER LEFT HAND CAUGHT ON SIDEBOARD WHEN HE STEPPED OFF. SEVERED HIS LEFT RING FINGER. NOT ABLE TO REATTACH.

WHILE TRYING TO REPLACE CABLE ON DREDGE SPUD, INJURED GOT LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN SPUD SLEEVE AND STEEL BAR. INJURED SMASHED TIP OF INDEX FINGER.

CABLE RUNNING THRU A SHEAVE AND SOME WAY FINGERS GOT BETWEEN THE SHEAVE AND SIDE BRACES. LEFT AND RIGHT FINGERS SMASHED AND SOME AMPUTATION ON LEFT AND RIGHT FINGERS.

TIRE HAD BEEN MOUNTED, WAS ON THE TRUCK, BEING AIRED UP, BUT WOULD NOT SEAT. EE WAS REACHING INBETWEEN RIGHT REAR DUAL APPLYING LUBRICANT AROUND TIRE WITH FINGERS. TIRE SPRANG INTO POSITION A ND BEADSEAT BAND SNAPPED AGAINST LOCK RING. THISMOVEMENT CUT FINGERS AT THE PINCH POINT. LEFT HAND 3RD & 4TH FINGER ENDS AMPUTATED.

THE COAL FEEDER WAS FROZEN DUE TO COLD TEMPERATURES. EE WAS PULLING ON THE V-BELTS TO GET THE FEEDER DISLODGED. WHEN THE PITMAN ARM WAS FULLY EXTENDED THE FEEDER RELEASED & PULLED EE'S RIGHT T HUMB BETWEEN THE BELT & PULLEY CLOSEST TO THE ELECTRIC MOTOR. AT THIS TIME ALL SOURCES OF POWER TO THIS ONE FEEDER WERE DISCONNECTED. EE'S TOP PORTION OF RIGHT THUMB WAS SEVERED.

SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE CARRYING PIECE OF 2"" CONDUIT.

EE WAS WORKING WITH ONE OF FOUR COME-A-LONGS MOVING A GEAR BOX WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS STOMACH.

EE WAS WELDING THE RE-RAILER IN THE TAILGATE BETWEEN SHEILDS 88 & 89 IN THE PAN LINE, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE SHIELDS GLANCING OFF HIS WELDING HOOD AND BRAKING APART LANDING ON HIS LT. LEG.

EE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE HANDLING BELT RAILS.

EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP OF ROCK TRUCK & HE FELL INTO LADDER, STRIKING RIBS. APPROX. 11:00 P.M. WENT TO E.R. FOR X-RAY. IT WAS NEGATIVE. HE STAYED OFF WORK ON 2/1/03 BECAUSE OF SORENESS. RETURNED 2/3/03 FULL DUTY.

EE WAS OPERATING CONT. WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLT AND RIB HITTING EE ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD AND NECK AND BACK. THE ROCK MEASURED 18"" X 18"" X 2 1/2"". EE WORKED UNTIL 02-07-03. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 2-10-03.

CLEANING OUT RAILCAR - WIND BLEW SAND UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE.

WHILE REPAIRING TIRE, RIM FELL ON RIGHT ANKLE AND FOOT.

SHUTTLECAR OPERATOR WAS PREPARING TO LOAD TURNEDSEAT AROUND WITH EE FACING AWAY FROM MINER SHUTTLECAR COASTED DOWN THE HILL WHILE TURNED OFF STRIKING MINER.

MOVING A PIECE OF PIPE ON A ""PIPE CART"" CART WHEEL BECAME LODGED IN A FLOOR DRAIN AND TIPPED ALLOWING THE PIPE TO ROLL OFF OF THE CART ROLLING ONTO EE'S RIGHT FOOT, ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 988F LOADER. EMPLOYEE CRAWLED BETWEEN TIRE AND BODY OF MACHINE TO WELD ON HYDRAULIC TANK BRACKET, (IN AN AWKWARD POSITION), WHEN HE NOTICED HIS LEFT HAND GOING NUMB. MR I SHOWED THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS HERNIATED DISC. (PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTER, GIVING MORE DETAIL.)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STEP ON HIS DOZER FROM THE LANDING AT THE FUEL AREA. AS EE MADE THE STEP HE SLIPPED STRAINING LOWER BACK. EE WORKED THE NEXT TWO WORK DAYS 2-1-03 EE DID NOT REPORT TO WORK ON 2-3-03.

EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE DOZER AND HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS KNEE. CAUSE OF THE INJURY WAS AWARENESS AND WEATHER. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REG NOT A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT NOT A FACTOR, MININ G EQUIP/SYSTEMS NOT A FACTOR, MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR.

BLOW BAR SLIPPED FROM BRACKET AND HE REACHED TO GRAB THE BLOW BAR (AUTOMATIC REFLEX) FROM FALLING AND HE SMASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER IN BETWEEN BLOW BARS.

WAS WALKING IN SECTION AND STEPPED ON LOOSE COAL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING PREHEATER ELEVATOR THAT HAD STOPPED ABOUT 6 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR LEVEL. HE STEPPED DOWN AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK LOADING BOLT MACHINE SUPPLIES

EE STATED HE WAS WALKING AND STEPPED ON UNEVEN BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO TWIST AND FALL LANDING ON HIS KNEE.

EE WAS OPERATING SCALING MACHINE WITH HAMMER, SCALING DOWN RIBS WHEN THE ROCK UNEXPECTEDLY CAME LOOSE, ALLOWING THE BOOM TO STRIKE THE FLOOR, JARRING THE OPERERATOR'S CAB.

EE WAS ROCK DUSTING TRACK AT BREAK 94, SITTING ON BACK OF MOTOR, AND MOTOR JERKED, AND HE FELL OFF MOTOR ONTO TRACK, HURTING BACK & NECK.

EE WAS DRILLING A BOLT HOLE. THE TOP STEEL WAS STUCK IN THE HOLE AS THE EE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE STEEL IT FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT FINGER. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 1-31-03

THE DRIVER WAS GOING DOWN THE HILL ON HAUL ROAD, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO GAIN SPEED. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED ALONG W/ENGINE BRAKE. THE TRUCK WASN'T SLOWING DOWN FOR THE CORNER AT BOTTOM OF HILL. TH E AIR PRESSURE WAS LOW & THE DRIVER ENTERED THE CORNER TOO FAST. TRUCK LAID OVER ON LEFT SIDE. DRIVER WAS PINNED BETWEEN SEAT & DOOR, RECEIVED CUT ON LEFT CALF & HEAD.

EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 1-30-03.

EE WAS PUSHING FILL WHEN HE ALLEDGEDLY RAN OVER ROCKS, STATING THAT HE HURT HIS BACK.

STEPPED IN A HOLE CARRYING A CINDER BLOCK. HE TWISTED HIS RT. ANKLE. WENT TO THE DR., HE IS ON CRUTCHES BUT IT IS NOT FRACTURED.

WHILE CROSSING LONGWALL FACELINE, EE PASSED IN FRONT OF SHIELD THAT WAS PULLED UP HAVING TO GET OVER STATIC TRAY AND PUTTING LEFT LEG IN A POSITION THAT ALLOWED A ROCK IN CONVEYOR TO STRIKE IT .

EE STPPED OFF THE LADDER & SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE

EMPTY TRUCK WAS RETURNING TO THE PIT WHEN IT SLID INTO A LOADED TRUCK COMING OUT OF THE PIT. SNOW AND ICE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN A NECK STRAIN TO OUR EMPLOYEE.

WHILE REPLACING A RETURN ROLLER ON THE #3 REFUSE BELT, THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS KNEE & IT LOCKED UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. EACH TIME, HE WAS ABLE T O POP HIS KNEE BACK IN PLACE. THIS TIME HE COULD NOT, REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION.

MINER OPERATOR WAS HANGING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE. HE WAS PULLING DOWN ON THE CABLE HANGER AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS GETTING OFF MANTRIP(SCHOOL BUS #4) TO GET ONTO HIS EQUIPMENT. AS HE WAS EXITING HIS FEET HE SLIPPED ON THE STEPS RESULTING IN A TWIST TO HIS RT. KNEE. WE WERE INFORMED THAT A MINOR TEAR TO HIS KNEE EXISTED ON 2/13/03 AND THAT THE EE COULD NOT WORK AND MAY NEED SURGERY. AT THIS TIME THE INCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE.

EE WAS SITTING ON A ROOF BIT BUCKET WHILE RIDING ON THE PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN THE OPERATOR HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE INJURED TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL FORWARD STRIKING HIS HAN D ON THE PERSONNEL CARRIER'S FOOT REST.

EE WAS STANDING ON THE TRAILER TIRE STEPPED FROM ONE TIRE TO THE OTHER AND THE TIRE SPUN UNDER HIM. HE FELL BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE FRAME OF THE TRAILER AND CUT HIS LEG.

UNSCREWING A BOLT ON SCREENING PLANT, STANDING ON THE GROUND WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & WRENCHED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING A LOT OF THE TIME IN STANDING WATER AND DEEP MUD. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF THIS, HE DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP. IT BECAME WORSE OVER THE WEEKEND.

EE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER AND BENT OVER TO PULL MINER CABLE AND WATER LINE OUT OF ROADWAY AND LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARDS AGAINST RIB.

THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING THE TAILSIDE OF SHEARERDRUM WHEN A HAULAGE BAR BOLT BROKE & STRUCK THE EE ON THE LEFT WRIST & RIBS

WAS DUMPING LOAD OF MATERIAL ON STOCKPILE. EE APPARENTLY BACKED UP BERM ALONG RAMP WITH THE LEFT REAR TIRES, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TIP OVER.

SNOW & ICE ON GROUND - EE DIDN'T THINK HE HURT HIMSELF AT THE TIME HE FELL. IT WAS SEVERAL DAYS LATER HE STARTED HAVING HEADACHES AND FELT HE NEEDED TO GO TO A DOCTOR FOR A CHECKUP TO SEE IF H IS HEADACHES WERE FROM THE FALL HE HAD. FIRST DAY HE MISSED WORK WAS 2-10-03.

THE EE WAS BETING ON BOTTOM OF COAL HOPPER TRYING TO DISLODGE COAL WHEN RIGHT ELBOW WAS EXTENDED TOO FAR . THIS CAUSED THE INJURY.

THE INJURED EE WAS STEPPING FROM THE BOAT TO A LOADED BARGE, AS HE STEPPED ONTO THE SNOW COVERED DECK HE SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING HIS RT. ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING ALLEN HEAD BOLTS ON ONE CRUSHER WITH T BAR, WHILE TWISTING HE FELT PULL IN MID AND LOWER BACK.

EE WAS WELDING ON SCOOP, USING SLATE BAR TO HOLD JACK IN PLACE, BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARD INTO SCOOP.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE #2 BIN, KNEELING ON THE 304 CHUTE, LIFTING GRIPSTRUT TO PLACE UP FOR A WALKWAY. HIS SUPERVISOR WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INJURY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, JANUARY 30, HE DID NOT GO FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL MONDAY, JANUARY 3

IT WAS CLEANING THE MILL LEAVES FROM DOWN IN MEANS OF CONVEYOR OF STONE AND MILL, REMOVING STONES WHEN THE MILL WAS ILENO UNDER ONE PLEDRA I STRIKE IN THE LOW PART OF THE USED HEAD TAPEWARM TO HIM THE PUT HELMET. HABIA RELAIZED THE LOCK OUT

EE WAS LIFTING A 1 1/2 INCH PULL CABLE TO A ROCK TRUCK STRUCK IN THE MUD. AS HE WAS LIFTING THE CABLE HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE DID WORK THE NEXT DAY AND ON 1-31-03 HE ADVISED MINE MANAGEMENT HE WAS GOING TO SEE A PHYSICIAN. HIS NEXT SCHEDULED DAY TO WORK 2-3-03 HE FAILED TO REPORT TO WORK.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE MOVING A PUMP DISCHARGE WATER LINE FROM THE PIT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

PULLED SLACK ON MONORAIL WHEN CRIMP ON HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE. HIT HER ON LEG AND BROKE LOWER LEG.

WHEN EE WAS SHARPENING A SAW TO WORK ON A TASK HE ACQUIRED A CUT ON AN INDEX FINGER ON HIS RT. HAND.

EE WAS WALKING AROUND ROOF BOLTER AND SLIPPED, AND FELL ONTO SELF RESCUER, HURTING HIS BACK.

TWISTED BACK TRYING TO INSTALL A COOLER ON A D9N DOZER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE TORQUE ON ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE FELT HIS SHOULDER POP OUT OF PLACE. HIS SHOULDER WOULD NOT GO NACK INTO PLACE.

WHILE CARRYING A TRACK GUARD RAIL, THE EE STEPPED ON A SNOW COVERED RAIL AND SLIPPED. HE FELT PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IN THE GROIN AREA. THE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A DOUBLE INGUINAL HERNIA.

THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ASSEMBLING A CHUTE IN THE MILL BUILDING. AS THE EE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE INTO POSTION, IT SWUNG BACK AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER LEFT LEG.

THE INJURED WAS ON THE PRIMARY FLOOR IN OUR SCREEN HOUSE. HE WAS STANDING ON STEEL FLOOR GRATING WHILE REACHING FOR CABLE ON DERRICK SCREEN. HE FELL TO THE STEEL GRATING FLOOR AND BROKE HIS AR M. HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW HE FELL. HE IS CURRENTLY OFF WORK.

THIS WAS A REOCCURRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED 12-6-02. EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER AND CLEANING HOPPER ON 1-29-03 AND AFTER WORK HAD A CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT. EARLY MORNING ON 1 -30-03 HAD BACK SPASMS AND DID NOT REPORT TO WORK UNTIL 2-4-03.

WHILE USING SHOVEL TO CLEAR BELT LINE, EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK - POSSIBLE SLIPPED DISC.

EE STATED THAT WHILE LOADING OIL ON BACK OF SCOOP HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS OPERATING END LOADER, AND WHILE BACKING UP HE RAN UPON A ROCK. WHEN LOADER CAME OFF, IT BOUNCED HIM AROUND IN CAB, CAUSING HIM PAIN IN NECK & BACK. EE STARTED MISSING 2-5-03.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROCKDUSTING IN THE #4 ENTRY AS HE WAS WALKING TO HIS SCOOP TO GET ANOTHER BAG OF DUST, HE WAS HIT IN THE HEAD BY A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 3 BY 2 BY 2"" THICK.

OP WAS PUSHING ON BIG ROCK WITH DOZER AND DOZER BLADE SLIPPED OFF ROCK. BACK OF DOZER SLAMMED DOWN CAUSING BACK INJURY. EE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM, DIAGNOSED WITH BACK STRAIN, GIVEN MEDICATI ON AND SENT HOME.

INJURED SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A GRADER WINDROW WHILE HE WAS MOVING A DRILL.

WHILE HOLDING TRUSS CABLE TIGHTENING GUN TO TIGHTEN CABLE TRUSSES HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

INJURED HAD BUILT A FIBER CRIB. HAD LIFTED 20 BLOCKS WHEN HE STARTED TO LIFT HE FELT PAIN IN BACK. HE STATED HE HAD WARMED UP BEFORE LIFTING.

EE WAS LOADING B.O. PARTS ON THE PV AND SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE RADIATOR AND TIRE.

EE & COWORKERS WERE PUTTING A WRECKED SHIELD CAR & LONGWALLS SHIELD BACK ON THE TRACK WITH AIR BAGS. AS THEY WERE INFLATING THE AIRBAGS WITH THE CRIBS UNDER THE CAR THE SHIELD CAR SHIFTED CAUSING THE AIRBAGS TO SHIFT & A CRIB BLOCK SHOTFROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR. EE WAS KNEELINGAPPROX 5' AWAY & WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE. REC'D SUTURES TO THE CUT & SURGERY TO THE FRACTURE OF

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 10 SC SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE COAL RIB AND THE SHUTTLE CAR. HE WAS TREATED BY EMT AND TRANSPORTED TO LOGAN GENERAL. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DIS LOCATED LEFT ELBOW AND TISSUE DAMAGE. RECOVERY TIME IS UNKNOWN.

THIS EE FELT PAINS IN HIS LEFT ELBOW WHILE DRILLING A HOLE IN ROCK WITH BATTERY POWERED PERCUSSION HAND DRILL. SURGERY WAS REQUIRED ON 3/25/03

THE CAPS THAT HOLD FOOT JACK PIN BOLTS BROKE OUTCAUSING THE CANOPY TO DROP DOWN STRIKING EE ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

THE EE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM THE SCOOP BUCKET, WHEN HE REACHED FOR A BUNDLE OF WEDGES, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS RT. WRIST.

WHILE HELPING TWO OTHER EE'S HANG MINER CABLE, EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA AFTERWARDS.

THE EE WAS LOADING BOLTER WITH GLUE AND WAS HOLDING GLUE WITH BOTH HANDS AND SLIPPED AND FELL OVER SCOOP BUCKET ADN INJURED CENTER OF LOWER BACKAND HIT LEFT ELBOW ON FLOOR TRYING TO CATCH SELF

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SEED GRADER ON A FARM TRACTOR. AS HE WAS CONNECTING A SHAFT, THE POWER TAKE OFF ON THE TRACTOR ENGAGED AND CAUGHT HIS GLOVE, TWISTING HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM.

AFTER MAKING ADJUSTMENTS ON THE EAST STARTER SHEET MACHINE, EE'S LT. FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON A CONTROL CABLE, CAUSING HIM TO TRIP AND FALL.

EE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. WENT TO DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY. SAYS PAIN MEDICINE MADE HIM UNSTEADY SO HE STAYED HOME ONE SHIFT.

WHILE CLEANING A ROOF FALL ON A MAINLINE BELT, A CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR WAS HIT BY SLIDING MATERIAL FROM THE FALL AREA. TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES TO BOTH LEGS AND BOTH ARMS. RECE IVED STITCHES IN LEFT HAND AND WAS ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION, POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO SOFT TISSUE IN RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE BRAKES OF A LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE TIRE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. THIS EE REFUSED A MEDICAL CHECK-UP AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

LIFTING A BLOCK OF FLAGSTONE WITH CROWBAR, BLOCK SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST LEFT LEG CALF AND SHIN. TAKEN FOR X-RAYS TO BE SURE OF NO BROKEN BONES. NO BONES WERE BROKEN. SCRAPE OF SKIN AND BRUIS ING ONLY.

EMPLOYEE WAS PARKING HIS LOADER AT THE GARAGE. WHEN HE EXITED THE LOADER HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE TOP STEP OF THE LADDER.

LOADING ROCK DUST INTO SCOOP BUCKET, LOST BALANCE AND BROKE LEG.

REMOVING COVER OFF ELECTRIC MOTOR, COVER SHIFTED STRIKING LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING LACERATION (TEARING) OF THE TIP OF FINGER.

WHILE CHANGING OUT BATTERIES ON THE RAM CAR - ONE OF THE BATTERIES SLIPPED OFF THE FRAME OF THE CAR CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY OF THE CAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING PORTABLE HEATER TO BELTINGTRANSFER POINT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON SNOW COVERED SURFACE.

EE WAS USING A CELL PHONE & STANDING NEXT TO PROPANE HEATER. HER CLOTHING IGNITED, FIRE SPREAD ON THERMAL CLOTHING UNDERNEATH.

INJURED WAS CRAWLING, WHILE IN THE PROCESS RAISED HIS HEAD UP SOME AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT. ACCIDENT WASN'T REPORTED UNTIL 1-29-03 INJURED WORKED ALL SHIFT 1-27-03 WORKED ALL SHIFT ON 1-28-03, WORKED 2 HOURS ON 1-29-03, CAME OUTSIDEREPORTED ACCIDENT THEN WENT HOME.

EE CLAIMS THAT WHILE WALKING FROM POWER CENTER AREA TO WORKPLACE IN #1 ROOM IN A BENT OVER POSITION, HE APPROACHED A HIGH AREA & ATTEMPTED TO STAND UPRIGHT BUT COULDN'T BECAUSE OF BACK PAIN- I NCIDENT NOT REPORTED UNTIL 1-30-03 - DIDN'T MISS WORK UNTIL 5-13-03?????

SLIPPED ON SCREEN AND HIT HIS SHIN.

WHILE BACKING UP TO BE LOADED, EE BACK INTO SHOVEL BASKET, CAUSING PAIN THE LOWER STOMACH AREA

IN EXTREME COLD IN FULL DAYLIGHT, EE WAS DESCENDING SERVICE LADDER AT REAR OF BULK TRUCK DELIVERY TRUCK. BECAUSE OF LOSS OF GRIP CONTROL WITH COLD HANDS. EE'S HAND SLIPPED FROM RUNG. HE LOST H IS BALANCE & FELL APPROX 10' TO THE GROUND, BREAKING HIS RIGHT ELBOW OFFSITE MEDICAL TREATMENT INCLUDED XRAY & DR'S EXAM

EE WAS TAKING SHOWER ON CEMENT FLOOR WHEN HE SLIPPED & FRACTURED HIS LEFT ANKLE

EE WAS ONE OF 4 EE'S LIFTING AN EXHAUST FAN WHEN ANOTHER EE LET GO SHIFTING THE WEIGHT CAUSING THE INJURY TO EE AND HE FELL TO HIS KNEES. NOTE:EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL AID UNTIL FEB. 20TH.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE POWER CABLE ATTACHED TO THE ROCK RECLAIMER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK DOWN #11 BELT ROAD LOOKING FOR SCOOP, HE STOPPED, OTHER EE DID NOT SEE HIM STOP AND HIT HIM IN THE REAR OF THE TRUCK.

EE WERE WORKING ON THE INSTALLATION OF A FLUID COUPLING. THE ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR WAS STARTED ONCE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEM. WHEN THE DRIVE WAS STARTED A SECOND TIME FO R OBSERVATION/INSPEC. THE FLUID COUPLING HEATER SENSTIVE BLOW OUT PLUGS BLEW RELEASING DEXTRON#3TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE ATOMSPHERE AND FLUIDWAS INGINITED BY A PROPANE HEATER CAUSING A FIR

FELL ACROSS FORKS OF SKID LOADER AFTER SLIPPING ON SNOW COVERED ICE.

EE WAS WALKING BELT AND AT BREAK 24 HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL HURTING HIS BACK & HIPS.

EE WERE WORKING ON THE INSTALLATION OF A FLUID COUPLING. THE ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR WAS STARTED ONCE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEM. WHEN THE DRIVE WAS STARTED A SECOND TIME FO R OBSERVATION/INSPEC. THE FLUID COUPLING HEATER SENSTIVE BLOW OUT PLUGS BLEW RELEASING DEXTRON#3TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE ATOMSPHERE AND FLUIDWAS INGINITED BY A PROPANE HEATER CAUSING A FIR

WAS SHOVELING ACCUMLATION FROM UNDER BELT LINE OUT BY LONGWALL TAILPIECE WHEN A PIECE OF CAP ROCK 1 FT LONG 8 INCHES WIDE 2 INCHES THICK FELL HITTING HIM ON HEAD HIS AND LEFT SHOULDER. WAS X R AYED NO PERMANMENT DAMAGE JUST BRUISED.

AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT EE WAS WALKING AROUND AN OFF-HWY TRUCK, INSPECTING THE AREA IN PREP.OF BACKING THE TRUCK OUT OF THE WASHBAY. DURING THE WALKAROUND, HE FOUND A FIRE HOSE LAYING ON THE FLOOR IN THE PATH OF THE TRUCK. EE WAS USING THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT TO PUSH THE HOSE OUT OF THE WAY, HE FELT HIS RT. KNEE SLIP OUT OF PLACE AND THEN BACK INTO PLACE.

OPERATING HEADGATE DRUM ON SHEARER GOING TOWARDS TAILGATE AS SHIELD 50 HIT ROCK SPAR IN FLOOR A PIECE OF ROCK 1 FOOT SQUARE BOUNCED OFF SHEARER & LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT WHILE HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN SHIELDS OPERATING THE SHEARER BY REMOTE CONTROL.

EE WERE WORKING ON THE INSTALLATION OF A FLUID COUPLING. THE ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR WAS STARTED ONCE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEM. WHEN THE DRIVE WAS STARTED A SECOND TIME FO R OBSERVATION/INSPEC. THE FLUID COUPLING HEATER SENSTIVE BLOW OUT PLUGS BLEW RELEASING DEXTRON#3TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE ATOMSPHERE AND FLUIDWAS INGINITED BY A PROPANE HEATER CAUSING A FIR

ON SAT 1-25-03 EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A STABLIZER ARM ON A DOZIER. THIS IS VERY HEAVY AND TAKES FOUR MEN. WHILE DOING THIS HEAVY LIFT IS WHEN THE INJURY OCCURED BUT EE DID NOT KNOW IT AT TH E TIME AFTER A PERIOD OF MISTREATMENT, MRI WAS DONE THAT SHOWED THE DISK PROTRUSION. HE HAS BEEN INT HE CAR OF DR SINCE THAT TIME.

EE WAS INSTALLING A BELT SPLICE BY USING A HAMMER AND RIVIT KNOCKER. A PIECE OF THE HAMMER FLEW OFF CAUSING THE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND HIS RIGHT ANKLE ""GAVE OUT"" THIS CAUSED A TWISTING ACTION TO THE ANKLE. HE DID NOT SLIP OR TRIP. THIS IS BEING REPORTED AS A OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.

UNLOADING MATERIAL OFF MANTRIP. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE MANTRIP HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

EE WHILE LIFTING 55# BAG OF FLOG GOT PAIN IN HIS NAVEL AREA.

EE WAS USING THE MINER TO PUSH A RAMCAR OUT THATWAS STUCK WHEN THE MINER'S CABLE HOOK STRUCK EE'S RIGHT LEG

EE FELL WHILE WALKING ACROSS THE YARD WHICH WAS ICY

WHILE POSITIONING AN AIRLSIDE DURING INSTALLATION HE TWISTED THE WRONG WAY AND STRAINED HIS BACK. EARLY MORNING. COLD DAY.

EE REPORTED BACK PAIN AFTER OPERATING LOADER. NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT KNOWN.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING RETURN BELT CONVEYOR ROLLERS FROM A MANTRIP AND STACKING THEM ON A PALLET WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIRE IN TRUCK - PULLED BACK.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FUEL EQUIPMENT. HE ENERGIZED THE FUEL PUMP. HE THEN GRABBED THE FUEL NOZZLE & FUEL LINE FROM OFF THE METAL HOOK. THE KEROSENE HEATER WAS PRODUCING A LARGE AMOUNT OF HEAT. EE WALKED PAST THE HEATER WHILE CARRYING THE FUEL HOSE & CLIMBED THE LADDER. THE PRESSURIZED FUEL HOSE CONTACTED THE HEATER CAUSING THE FUEL LINE TO SEPARATE & SPRAY FUEL ONTO THE HEAT SOURCE.

WHILE ADJUSTING DRIVE BELTS ON PI BIN, FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & DRIVE PULLEY.

EE WAS WORKING ON A LOADER WHEN HE PULLED ON THE AIRHOSE HE WAS USING WHICH WAS CAUGHT ON A CONCRETE TRUCK CHUTE, RESULTING IN THE CHUTE FALLING ON HIS BIG TOE.

WHILE PUSHING ON HIS MANTRIP HE SLIPPED AND BRUISED HIS RIBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING INSPECTION DOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT A TRANSFORMER OVER INTO A VACUUM WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND UPPER ARM. **EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 2/1/03.

MOVING ROCK FROM CONVEYOR CHAIN ON A 506 BRIDGE CARRIER.

EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING TIME 9-12-03 FROM CHRONIC BACK AND NECK PAINS SINCE AN ACCIDENT ON JAN 24, 2003. ON THAT DAY EE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTING SUPPLIES FROM A SCOOP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOW BACK AND NECK.

PULLING A STEEL PLATE FROM STEEL RACK FOR WELDING. WHILE PULLING PLATE FROM RACK, EE STEPPED SIDEWAYS TO TURN & HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. EE FELL ON HIS SIDE, RUPTURING HIS SPLEEN, (WHICH AT THE TIME WAS NOT KNOWN). UPON WAKENING SAT. HE REALIZED THAT HE WASN'T FEELING WELL. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL & HAD SURGERY ON 1/25/03TO REMOVE HIS SPLEEN.

EE WAS KNEELING ON FLOOR REPAIRING A TRUCK

EE WAS PULLING ON BELT CLAMP ROPE ON #3 BELT AND BELT CLAMP SLIPPED, AND HE FELL BACKWARD ONTO MINE FLOOR, HURTING HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND MOVING A PIECE OF MACHINERY WHEN IT ROLLED ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF RAMCAR

VICTIM WAS WALKING OUT OF THE OFFICE BUILDING TO THE SECURITY VEHICLE, SLIPPED ON ICE IN PARKING LOT AND FELL.

EE STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK WHILE BOARING OUT A HOPPER WITH A BAR. EE TOOK FOLLOWING WEEK OFF WORK VACATION LOST TIME REPORTABILITY.

EE WAS WALKING TO THE TRANSPORTATION VAN IN THE PARKING LOT & SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF STEEL CAUSI NG HER TO FALL TO THE GROUND.

EE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE LIFTING CABLE FROM THE TROLLEY

EE WAS LOADING TAILPIECE ONTO A SCOOP. HIS RIGHTHAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SCOOP & HYDRALIC RAM. RING & LITTLE FINGER WERE MASHED.

WHEN DISMOUNTING BACK OF ROOF DRILL HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE.

WHILE REPAIRING A CONVEYOR BELT, AND USING A BELT CLAMP, WHEN HE REMOVED THE CLAMP IT SLIPPED AND HE TRIED TO CATCH IT. THE CLAMP SMASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE RAILING AND THE CLAMP.

EE WAS RESTACKING A PALLET OF 50 LBS BAGS, HE BENT OVER TO LIFT A BAG AND HURT HIS BACK. PRESCRIPTION ISSUED.

EE FELL WHILE TRAMMING ROOFBOLTER TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

CHANGING MINER BITS ON HIGHWALL MINER. STRUCK BIT WITH HAMMER, GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE.

EE SLAMMED HIS RIGHT HAND IN D114 DOOR

EE WAS HELPING THE ELECTRICIAN REPAIR THE MINER CABLE. HE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO REMOVE THE OLD TAPE & SPLICE & DURING THE PROCESS HE LAID HIS KNIFE DOWN BESIDE HIM. AFTER REPAIRS WERE M ADE THE ELECTRICIAN NOTICED HE HAD BLOOD ON HIS PANT LEG. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED A LACERATION ON THE BACK OF HIS THIGH. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE E.R. WHERE STITCHES WERE APPLIED.

EE WAS REMOVING A PEICE OF DECKING, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PRY THE DECKING LOOSE FROM A 3 INCH WATERPIPE A PIECE OF EXPANDED METAL FELL AND STRUCK THE EE ON SHOULDERS AND NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING GREASE TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS HEAD AND BRUISING HIS BACK.

EE WAS PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH AND FELT PAIN IN BACK. THIS EE HAD RECENT BACK SURGERY. HE WAS SEEN IN COMPANY DISPENSARY ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT. HE LATER HAD AN MRI AND WAS GIVEN PHYSICA L THERAPY AND MISSED WORK FOR THIS TREATMENT. FMC BECAME AWARE OF THIS TREATMENT AND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK 3/6/03. THIS HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A CTD & IS NOT CAUSED BY AN ACUTE EVENT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SUPPLYING ROOF BOLTER WITH BOLTS WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK.

DRIVING MACK TRUCK UP HILL, TRUCK SPUN OUT ON SNOWY SLICK ROAD, HE JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK AND HIT FOOT AND ANKLE AGAINST ROCK.

AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.

EE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF SHAFT JUMBO. HE FELL AND LANDED ON THE GROUND.

EE WAS SHOVELING GOB ONTO BELT AT #6 TAIL PIECE AND GOT PAIN IN BACK & NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND LAND HURTING HIS BACK. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR BUT DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. HIS PAIN CONTINUED AND HE WENT FOR AN MRI ON 6/12/03. HIS LAS DATE WORKED WAS 6/11/03. HE IS NOW AWAITING SURGERY.

LIFTING SPOL OF WIRE ROPE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER. STARTED MISSING ON 3-5-03.

THE EE WAS CLOSING THE METAL ENTRANCE DOOR TO THE PLANT, PULLING IT SHUT WITH HIS LEFT HAND. EE STATED AS HE WALKED AWAY HE NOTICED THAT HIS LEFT FLOVE WAS MISSING, HE TURNED TO FING STUCK INT HE DOOR. HE PULLED THE DOOR ONTO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BREAKING OFF THE VERY TIP OF THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BONE AND LACERATING THE SKIN AT TH3END OF THE FINGER.

EE WAS LOADING 2 PIECES OF METAL STRAP ONTO THE BACK OF THE WELD TRUCK. THE STRAP WAS FLEXING QUITE A BIT, AND IN ORDER TO SECURE IT, THE EE ROLLED A PIECE OF 3 INCH CHANNEL IRON ONTO THE STRA P. AS HE ROLLED THE CHANNEL, HE FELT PAIN IN HISSHOULDER. EE WENT FOR ON MRI. ON FEB 10, TORN ROTATOR CUFFE-EE WORKED AT HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL NOW BECAUSE HE WAS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERGON ON 3/

EE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF METAL TO MILL BLDG AND SLIPPED ON ICE FALLING ON RIGHT KNEE. PAIN CONTINUED TO RETURN SO WENT TO ORTHOPEDIC DR FOR CONSULATION. MRI SHOWED A TORN MENISCUS. SURGERY 1 1-21-03 RESULTING IN LOST TIME. NO OTHER TREATMENTS.

EE WAS TAKING LEADS OFF ONE BATTERY TO MOVE TO ANOTHER BATTERY WHEN SPARKS IGNITED THE GASES FROM THE BATTERY CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE.

EE WAS HELPING LIFT A DOZER TRACK PAD WHEN HE APPARENTLY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS CHESST AND RIB AREA.

EE WAS USING A CIRCULAR SAW CUTTING WEDGES DOWN,WHILE TRYING TO HOLD THE WEDGES WITH HIS RT. HAND AND SAW WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE SAW KICKED BACK AND LACERATED HIS RT. HAND.

AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.

AFTER SPOTTING TO POSITION A RAILCAR, THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BACK TO THE PICKUP TRUCK. AS HE STEPPED OVER THE RAIL TRACK HIS TOE CAUGHT ON THE RAIL AND HE FELL FACE FIRST INTO THE REAR WHEEL WELL OF THE PICKUP. UNABLE TO CATCH HIMSELF HIS ARM HIT THE WHEEL WHELL AND HIS FACE HIT THE HUB OF THE TIRE.

AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING, A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK STRUCK HIM ON UPPER BACK. HE BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 2-1-02 DUE TO THIS INJURY.

EE WAS CHANGING A GREASE FITTING ON THE STOKER ABOVE THE FIREBOX AT THE THERMAL DRYER. THE DOOR WAS OPEN ON FIREBOX. HIS ""COVERALLS"" IGNITED CAUSING BURNS TO HIS LEGS AND FINGERS.

EE HAD PLACED AN 8'STEEL AGAINST THE HANGING WALL. APPARENTLY THE DRILL STEEL FELL AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. A DR. KEPT HIM OFF WORK FOR HIS NEXT SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND FELT A PULL IN HIS RIGHT SIDE GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND WORKED 1/23/03 AND 1/24/03. HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 1/25/03.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN 2TH FLOOR STEPS AND SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD AND HIT HIS HEAD ON HAND RAIL, HURTING HEAD AND BACK.

EE STATED THAT DURING THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A BRATTICE, LIFTING AND HANDLING OF CONCRETE BLOCKS HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK DUE TO THIS INCIDENT ON 3/14/03.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PLATE METAL (GROUNDMAN) WITH CHAIN ATTACHED TO LOADER BUCKET WHEN HOLE IN METAL BROKE, RELEASING CHAIN AND A PIECE OF METAL FELL ONTO HIM CAUSING A FRACTURED BONE IN LEFT S HOULDER BLADE/ FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE AND BRUISEDLEFT LUNG.

MAINTENANCE ON FEEDER - STEEL PLATE SHIFTED CAUSING PINCHED FINGERTIPS.

IT WAS COLD AND THE GROUND WAS SNOW COVERED WHEN EE WAS WALKING FROM HIS SERVICE TRUCK TO A MACHINE WHEN HE SLIPPED FROM STEPPING ON A MACHINE PART THAT WAS ON THE GROUND UNDER THE SNOW. THE S LIP CAUSED HIM TO SPRAIN HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS INSTALLING BATTERY INTO 992 C END LOADER AND GOT PAIN IN BACK.

EE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE CHANGED DIRECTIONS ON THE DOZER AND IT JERKED HIM BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING RIPPER MOTOR OFF OF MINER. RIPPER MOTOR RELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND MASHING HIS FINGERS.

EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO A VSI CRUSHER TO CHANGE THE SHOES. HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE EDGE OF THE VSI.

WHILE RUNNING RAM CAR, RAN OVER ROCK AND JARRED HIS BACK. HE ALSO HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY.

EE WAS INSTALLING 2ND RIB HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF COAL, 7' LONG, 3"" THICK RASHED FROM THE RIB STRIKING HARD HAT KNOCKING EE 20'AWAY PIECE WAS IN 2 SECTIONS. CONTUSIONS/SOFT TISSUE INJURIES TO HEAD, BACK, NECK, CHEST & RIBS

EE WAS BACKING DOWN A RAMP ON A WORKSAVER. THE WORKSAVER BECAME UNSTABLE & HE STRUCK A PARKED FORK TRUCK. HIS RIGHT LEG WAS OUTSIDE THE WORKSAVER & WAS PINCHED BETWEEN IT & THE PARKED FORK TRU CK. DUE TO THE UNSTABLENESS OF THE WORKSAVER, HE LOST HIS BALANCE, CAUSING HIS RIGHT LEG TO BE OUT OF THE WORKSAVER DURING THE COLLISION.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DESCEND A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.HE SLIPPED ON AN OBJECT UNDER THE SNOW AND FELL DOWN THE STEPS RESULTING IN A SPRAINED SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON DOOR OPENING REAR OF TRIPLE GATE. GRINDER CAUGHT ON ROUGH EDGE OF METAL, SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND, STRIKING HIM IN THE LEG, LOWER THIGH.

EE WAS WALKING AROUND THE CAT 16G GRADER DURING HIS PRE-SHIFT EXAM OF THE EQUIPMENT. AS HE STEPPED AROUND THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THE GRADER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL TO THE GROUND SPRAININ G HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WORKED UNTIL NOON WHEN SWELLING & PAIN DEVELOPED. HIS KNEE WAS IMMOBILIZED AT THE E.R. & HE HAS BEEN RESTRICTED UNTIL FEB. 4. THE GROUND WAS FROZEN WITH SOME ICY AREAS.

EE WAS REPLACING THE TANK INSPECTION DOOR, WHEN THE DOOR SLIPPED PINNING HIS THUMB BETWEEN DOOR AND TANK.

EE INDICATES NO NEW INJURY NO AGGRAVATION HAD SEEN DR. ANNUAL REVIEW-SAW DR AGAIN ON 1/21/03. DR AUTHORIZED EE OFF WORK UNTIL MRI & POSSIBLE SURGERY

WAS OPERATING 375 DOZER: WHEN DOZER WENT OVER BIG ROCK- RESULTING IN A WHIP-LASH MOTION HURTING LOWER BACK.

ON 7 FEB. 2003, EE COMPLETED AN ACCIDENT REPORT CLAIMING THAT HIS BACK WAS INJURED WHILE OPERATING A QUARRY TRUCK ON 20 JAN. 2003. HE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ON 01-20-2003 AND WORKED THROUGH 1-28-03. HE TOOK OFF PART OF 1-28-03 AND 1-29-03TO MOVE HIS FAMILY OUT OF THEIR HOUSE. ON 1-30-030 HE COMPLAINED THAT HIS SEAT WAS BOUNCING. A MECH. CHECKED SEAT DROVE THRU 2-3-03 W/O COMPLAIN

EMPLOYEE HAD PUT DIESEL FUEL IN A HEATER. HE WAS COMING DOWN A SET OF STEPS AT TOP OF RAW COAL SILO WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

EE WAS ON HIS 8TH OR 9 TH POND WITH THE R-90 TRUCK. HE BACKED UP THE TRUCK AND DID NOT STOP AND THE TRUCK WENT DOWN THE DUMP AREA APPROX. 15 TO 20 FEET AND ROLLED OVER.

ON THE 20TH OF JANUARY 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20 PM EE A LOADER OPERATOR FOR DOUDS STONE, INC WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 4"" WATER LINE THAT WAS USED TO PUMP WATER FROM THE PIT TO A SETTLING POND, WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS CLEAR AND COLD, +OR- 17 DEGREES AND THEWATER LINE WAS FROZEN IN THE MUD. WHILE PULLING ON THE WATER LINE HE FELT A TWINGE AND BURNING

EE PULLING 20 LB KEROSENE HEATER ON WHEELS ACROSS ROAD (INSIDE PLANT) THROUGH MUD, SNOW & ICE. HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS RIGHT SIDE CAUSING PAIN IN RIB AREA ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A D-10 DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON TRACKS AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE GOT OFF RAM CAR TO USE THE BATHROOM AND UPON GETTING BACK IN RAM CAR STRUCK FOREHEAD ON CANOPY.

EE WAS HEATING THE OUTSIDE OF A BALL MILL WITH A TORCH. THIS WAS TO LOOSEN THE GLUE ON THE INSIDE SO THE BRICK LINER COULD BE REMOVED. AT 3 A.M.THE NEXT MORNING, EE WENT TO THE MEDICAL CENTER COMPLAINING OF EYE PAIN. THE VAPORS FROM THE GLUE HAD AN ADVERSE AFFECT ON HIS EYES.

HE WAS DRIVING A SPAD INTO COAL RIB WHEN HE STRUCK HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS REPAIRING THE REAR END HOUSING ON AN 85 TON EUCLID HAUL TRUCK WITH A CLIMAX BORING MACHINE. AFTER THE JOB WAS COMPLETE, THE EE BENT DOWN AND LIFTED THE BORING MACHINE AND STRAINED HIS B ACK.

EE WAS PULLING ON ROPE IN 500 TON BIN AND FELT PAIN IN BACK. EE HAD A HOME INJURY ON HIS BACK ON 12/18/02. WORKERS COMPENSATION NOTIFIED COMPANY ON 2/3/03 THAT THE RE-OCCURRANCE OF BACK INJURY WAS COMPENSABLE.

EE WAS HELPING OTHER EE WELD EQUIPMENT WITHOUT PROPER EYE PROTECTION.

MECHANIC WAS CHARGING BATTERY ON 604 DOZER AND BATTERY BLEW UP THROWING ACID AND DEBRIS INTO HIS RIGHT EYE AND FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A HIGH TORK TO MOVE IT, TRIPPED, FELT PULL IN GROIN AREA.

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS KNEE WITH A METAL JACK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 2/19/03. MANAGEMENT BECAME AWARE OF THIS ON 2/27/03 WHEN A WORKERS COMP. REPORT WAS RECEIVED.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY. WHEN HE PICKED THE CABLE UP HE FELT A POPPING IN HIS ANKLE. X-RAY REVEALED A FRACTURED FIBULA.

THE EE'S VOLTAGE FIELD SENSOR, RATED 600 VOLTS, VAPORIZED IN THE 4800 VOLT ELECTRIC FIELD, WHILE HE WAS TESTING THE STARTER MOTOR FOR THE ID FAN. CAUSING BURNS TO HIS HANDS.

EE WAS COMPLETING THE UNLOADING PROCESS OF SODIUM SILICATE. WHEN HE RELEASED THE DISCHARGE LINE GOING TO THE CUSTOMER TANK, THE PRODUCT INSIDE THE DISCHARGE LINE SPLASHED ON HIM CAUSING THE PR ODUCT TO GO UNDER HIS FACE SHIELD AND SAFETY GLASSES. HE RECEIVED AN ABRASION ON THE CORNEA OF HIS RIGHT EYE FROM THE CHEMICAL, SODIUM SILICATE.

EMPLOYEE LEFT THE SURFACE SHOP & WAS WALKING TO THE SLOPE CARRYING BELT CLAMPS. THE WET, SLIPPERY GROUND CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS FOOTING & FALL. HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN BELT CLAMPS. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE E.R. WHERE SEVEN STITCHES WERE APPLIED TO HIS FINGER DUE TO A LACERATION. THE FINGERTIP WAS ALSO FRACTURED.

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A SHIFT CHANGE VAN THAT WAS BEING DRIVEN IN FROM AREA D AT THE END OF NIGHT SHIFT. THE VAN HIT A SLICK SPOT IN THE ROAD, SLID & AS THE DRIVER TRIED TO CORRECT IT, IT SLID TO THE LEFT & WHEN THE VAN HIT GRAVEL IT TURNED OVER. THERE WERE (5) PEOPLE IN THE VAN, ALL WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. THERE ARE (4) REPORTABLE INJURIES- 3 WORKED AT MINE, 1 CONT.EE

WHILE WALKING BELT, GOT INTO SOME ROCK DUST AND TRIPPED OVER A ROCK. STARTED LOSING TIME ON 2/28/03.

HE WAS OPERATING A LOADER FEEDING GRAVEL TO THE CRUSHER. HE HAD JUST DUMPED HIS LOAD AND WAS BACKING UP. ANOTHER LOADER WAS COMING IN. THE TWO LOADERS COLLIDED. HE HAD A TINGLING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT LEG BUT THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER SO HE DID NOT GO TO THE DR. HE CALLED THE OFFICE ON 1-28-03 TO TELL HIS LEG PAIN WAS WORSE AND HE HAD GONE TO THE DR ON 1-27-03.

PERSON INVOLVED WAS BOLTING ON A COAL PRODUCING SECTION, WAS REACHING FOR THE DRILL STEEL WHEN IT BROKE STIRKING HIM IN THE HAND.

TAKING STOCK TRUCK UP THE HILL WHEN IT SLID AND JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. TRUCK SLID DOWN HILL ON ICY SURFACE. AT BOTTOM OF HILL, DRIVER TRIED TO TURN WITH THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE. EE REPORTED ACCIDENT BUT DID NOT SEED MEDICAL HELP. HE LATER SAW A DR. AND HAD X-RAYS AND DR. HAD HIM TAKE 2 DAYS OFF WORK.

EE WAS A PASSANGER IN A SHIFT CHANGE VAN THAT WAS BEING DRIVEN FROM AREA D AT THE END OF THE NIGHT SHIFT. THE VAN HIT A SLICK SPOT IN THE ROAD, WHEN IT HIT GRAVEL, IT TURNED OVER. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF (5) PEOPLE IN THE VAN, ALL OF WHICH WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. THERE WERE (4) REPORTABLE INJURIES: 3 WORKERS FROM THE MINE AND 1 CONTRACT EE.

MOVING MINER CABLE AND INJURED BACK.

HOOK UP BATTERY TRACTOR TO ROCK DUSTER AND GOT FINGER BETWEEN TONGUE AND BELL.

STANDING ON BELT STRUCTURE CLEANING FEEDER CHUTE ON NO. 1 DUMP AT GLORY HOLE, AND FELL ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR AND HURT UPPER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON ROPE THAT WAS TIED TO CHAIN. ROPE CAME LOOSE AND HE FELL BACK ON A ROCK. STARTED MISSING WORK ON 1/21/03.

EE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS; RIGHT SHOULDER STARTED HURTING.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CAR CABLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE HIGHWALL MINER, THE CABLE FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE UPPER BACK AND NECK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE TRAILING CABLE ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FROM THE MINE ROOF FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK RESULTING IN FRACTURES TO NOSE AND FACE.

EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA WHILE TYING A SHOT TOGETHER. NOTE: HE DIDN'T MISS WORK UNTIL 1/30/03.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM GUEARD SHACK TO PORTA-JOHN AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE AND BROKE LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN DIRT EMBANKMENT, SLIPPED AND SLID DOWN WITH ANKLE GETTING CAUGHT UNDER HIM CAUSING ANKLE TO FRACTURE.

EE WAS OPERATING REMOTE MINER, THEN HE MOVED THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY ABOUT 30 FEET, AND HURT LOWER BACK.

HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE RAMCAR WHEN HE STEPPED ON BLOCKS AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A BOARD, KNOCKING HIS HEAD BACK.

PROPER SAFETY PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS DEPRESSURIZED PRIOR TO REMOVING TWO HYDRAULIC HOSES. THE FIRST HOSE WAS REMOVED WITH NO PROBLEM. HOWEVER THE SECOND HOSE HAD AN UNKNOWN INTERNAL BLOCKAGE HOLDING HIGH PRESSURE IN IT. THIS WAS UNKNOWN AND UNSUSPECTED TO THE PERSON REMOVING THE HOSE. WHEN FASTENER WAS LOOSENED, HYDRAULIC OIL SPRAY IN FACE CUTTING LIP

EE AND CO-WORKER HAD BEEN DISASSEMBLING ROTARY GEAR BOX TO FIND ORIGIN OF PROBLEM. THE COVER PLATE WAS STANDING ON END ON FLOOR OF SHOP WHEN IT WAS EITHER BUMPED OR BRUSHED BY A GEAR ATTACHED TO OVERHEAD CRANE. THE COVER PLATE FELL OVER ON EE'S FOOT, CO-WORKER WAS WASHING A GEAR AT PARTS WASHER WITH HIS BACK TO INJURED EE.

INJURED WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SETTING A TIMBER WHEN HIS RIGHT WAS STRUCK WITH A HAMMER.THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO MIDDLE FINGER ON RT HAND.

EE WAS WASHING METAL WHEN THE STREAM OF WATER FROM THE HIGH PRESSURE WASHER HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT CUTTING INTO HIS RUBBER BOOT.

EE WAS LIFTING TIMBER AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT SIDE.

EE WAS MOVING HIS SHUTTLE CAR ANCHOR & REHANGING IT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A WEDGE IN PLACE & STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. SUTURES WERE USED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EE WAS HELPING PLACE A BULKHEAD UP AGAINST A HOPPER EE MOVED AROUND BETWEEN THE BULKHEAD & HOPPER TO MOVE THE CHAINS FARTHER UP THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIKFT. THE BULKHEAD SLIPPED OFF & FELL AGAINST EE'S RIGHT LEG

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON CATWALK IN CLEAN COAL SILO. A NORFOLK/SOUTHERN TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE WAS LOCATED IN THE SILO. WHEN THE TRAIN PREPARED TO MOVE THE TRAIN ENGINEER BLEW HIS WHISTLE. THE SOUND OF THE WHISTLE CAUSED EAR RINGING (TINNUITIS) FOR THE EMPLOYEE. HE WENT OFF WORK ON 1/21/03 FOR TESTING ETC.

REACHING FOR TANK CAP OF FUELING TRUCK, STEPPED FORWARD INTO GAP BETWEEN OIL AND FUEL TANKS LOST BALANCE FELL FORWARD INTO FUEL TANK CORNER HITTING RIGHT SIDE RIBS SERVICING 225.

HOLDING PIN WITH PLIERS WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING PIN WITH HAMMER. CO-WORKER MISSED PIN & HIT EE'S RIGHT WRIST (EE WENT BACK TO WORK SAME DAY, DR SAID WRIST BRUISED.) HIS WRIST KEPT H URTING AND ON 3-17-03 TOOK BACK TO DR AND WRIST WAS FRACTURED.

EE HAD MADE REPAIRS TO A HEATER MOTOR A 992 C LOADER. HE TURNED THE MOTOR ON AND COULD NOT TELL IT IT WAS RUNNING SO HE STUCK HIS HAND IN THE AREA OF THE FAN WHICH CAUSED LACERATION TO HIS RIG HT HAND.

EE SLIPPED ON ICE AND SNOW WHILE WALKING, INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE. ORIGINAL INJURY WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNDER PART 50 AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. HIS CONDITION HAS NOW DETERIORATED AND HIS PHYSICIAN HAS RECOMMENDED SURGICAL REPAIR. SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 20, 2003.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE #1 DRIVE HOUSE SUMP PUMP DISCHARGE THAT IS ABOUT 30 YDS FROM THE DRIVE HOUSE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON SOME SNOW COVERED ICE. THE BACK PAIN INJURY RESULTED IN TIME OFF WORK FROM 1-31-03 TO 2-6-03.

WHILE DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING A CONTUSION.

EE HAD JUST FINISHED LUBING JAW AND WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF LADDER ON JAW. THE LADDER IS APPROX 5 1/2 FT FROM THE GROUND. THE EE MISPLACED A FOOT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN RESULTING IN A FALL OF ABOUT 4 FT. THE EE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS ON IMPACT RESULTING IN A SEPARATED WRIST.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FILLED D8R DOZER WITH FUEL. HE DROPPED FUEL NOZZEL TO GROUND AND TURNED TO COME OFF DOZER. HE SLIPPED & FELL TO GROUND INJURING HIS LOWER BACK. HE FELL ABOUT 7 FT & 6 INCHES.

LIFTING MACK ENGINE WITH CHAIN HOOKED TO 988-B LOADER. LOADER OPERATOR SET ENGINE ON GROUND. EE UNHOOKED CHAIN & TRIED TO BALANCE WITH HIS LEG & COULDN'T HOLD IT UP. ENGINE ROLLED OVER PINNING HIM UNDERNEATH IT. RESULTING IN INJURY TO LEFT LEG AND LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS INSTALLING PIPE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW, FALLING AND FRACTURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE STATED THAT WHILE COMING DOWN STAIRWAY AND STEPPING ONTO 3RD FLOOR LANDING, EE FELT HER RT. FOOT TWIST AND HER ANKLE ROLL.

EE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE PULLING ON ROCKDUST HOSE. EE HAS PRIOR BACK PROBLEM; SURGERY IN 2001, MISSED 179 DAYS. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 2-11-03.

EE HAD DRIVEN 1 COMPANY VEHICLE TO THE AREA WHERE OTHER EE'S WERE REPAIRING A GEAR BOX. THE EE EXITED THE CO. VEHICLE & WAS STANDING BETWEEN 2 COMP. VEHICLES. ONE OF THE VEHICLES BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD A FEW FEET AND THE EE WHO HAD TRIED TO STOP THE COMP. VEHICLE BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE 2 VEHICLES.

EMPLOYEE WALKED ACROSS FILLED AREA. THE 15'HIGH FILLED AREA WAS SUPPORTED FROM THE BOTTOM WITH TIMBER & PLANK. AS HE WALKED ACROSS THE 2-3'WIDE FILLED SECTION IT GAVE WAY. EMPLOYEE FELL APX 15 ' & STRUCK A LANDING, FELL ANOTHER 20' & STRUCK ANOTHER LANDING, THEN FELL 20'.

EE CLIMBED OUT OF LOADER, LOST GRIP AND FELL.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A WOODEN EQUIPMENT RAMP WHEN HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN. A PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED BACK STRAIN.

WHILE FUELING DOZER EE'S FOOT SLIPPED & WENT BETWEEN PUSHARM & ROLLER FRAME. SNOW CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT. THE BONE WAS BROKE IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.

CHECKING BEARING CLEARANCES ON A CONVEYOR BELT. HE WAS CLIMBING OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE PUT HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE FLOOR WITH ALL OF HIS WEIGHT & FELT HIS RIGHT KNEE TWIST. HE HAD SURGERY ON 6/5/03 FOR A MENISCAL TEAR. IT WAS DETERMINED ON 7/10/03 THAT THE UNDERLYING CAUSE WAS WORK RELATED VS. DISEASE.

EE WAS REMOVING PLASTIC PLUGS FROM DRILL HOLE. PLUGS HAD FILLED WITH DRILL CUTTINGS. EE WAS LYING ON STOMACH AND LIFTED PLUG. HE FELT PAIN IN BACK & LEFT SHOULDER. VISITED E.R. ON 1/17/03. HE WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION AND TIME OFF WORK.

OPERATOR WAS STANDING ON DRILL DECK CLEANING WINDOWS ON DM-45 INGERSOL HIGHWALL DRILL WHEN PULL UP CHAIN BROKE STRIKING HIM. HE SUSTAINED CUTS TO FACE AND A BROKEN LEFT ARM. HE WAS ADMITTED TO A.R.H. HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS OUTSIDE THE PORTAL SPRAYING OFF TAILPIECE. HE SLIPPED ON ICE THAT HAD FORMED & STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON AN I-BEAM.

INJURED HAD WENT TO THE R-1 REFUSE BELT TO RESETTHE PULL CORD. AFTER RESETTING THE FLAG, HE WALKED UNDER THE BELLYPAN OF THE B PLANT COARSE REFUSE BELT AND AN UNKNOWN SIZE OF MATERIAL FELL FRO M THE BELLY PAN STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON ANALIZER PROBE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. HE NOTICED A NFEW HOURS LATER THAT THE AREA APPEARED SWOLLEN AND WAS BURNING. HERNIA HAS BEEN REPAIRED 2-19-03 PER CA LL TO MINE.

HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE; BOWL ON SCRAPER DROPPED TO THE GROUND - MACHINE STOPPED; IMPACT CAUSED EE TO HIT HER CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND PINCH THE SCIATIC NERVE.

STRAINED WRIST TRYING TO TURN WRENCH ON TRUCK.

PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING SNOW.

EE HAD AN ALUMINUM LADDER ON THE SIDE OF A TRUCKBED, DEICEING IT. THE LADDER HAD ICE UNDER IT. THE LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL, HE FELL ON HIS LT. SIDE. EE BROKE HIS LT. COLLAR BONE & HAS A CONCUSSION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN.

REPORTEDLY THE EMPLOYEE WHILE OPERATING A LOADER, BACK OVER A LARGE BOULDER. WHEN THE LOADER DROPPED FROM THE BOULDER THE EMPLOYEE WAS SEVERELY SHAKEN AND COULD NOT MOVE HIS RIGHT ARM.

(4-A FEEDER) EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING CONNECTOR PINS OUT OF THE FEEDER CONVEYOR SHAIN. HE WAS USING A HAMMER AND PUNCH. A PIECE OF THE HAMMER BROKE OFF AND LODGED IN HIS FINGER. *DID NOT MISS WOR K UNTIL 1-28-03 DUE TO THIS INCIDENT.

EE WAS SORTING ROCK FROM COAL WHEN RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO ROCKS, INJURING THUMB & RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS WATCHING THE CABLE FOR THE BOLTER OPERATOR AS HE TRAMMED THE BOLTER OUT OF A HEADING INTO THE INTERSECTION. EE WAS REMOVING THE CABLE FROM A HANGER WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED THE ROOF BO LTER AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CABEL REEL ENGAGED.THE CABLE STRUCK EE UNDER THE CHIN & KNOCKED HIM BACKWARD. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HEWAS DIAGNOSED WITH A MUSCLE STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING NEW SHAFT & SPROCKET UP TO TOP OF ELEVATOR AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS SECURING A PRODUCT LOAD IN AN UNEQUIPPED RAILCAR USING OLD PALLETS AND STRAPPING. HE STOOD THE FIRST PALLET ON END AGAINST THE LOAD, TURNED TO REACH AND PLACE A SECOND PALLET WHEN THE F IRST ONE TIPPED OVER, STRIKING HIM THE LOWER MIDDLE PART OF HIS BACK. EE DECLINE INTIAL MEDICAL TREATMENT; SOUGHT TREATMENT THE FOLLOWING DAY ON 1-16-03.

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON COAL IN BELT ENTRY AND FELL ON LOW STRUCTURE CUTTING HIS RIGHT THIGH AND TOP OF KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF TIGHTENING A LUG NUT ON THE WHEEL OF A MACK COAL TRUCK WHEN THE ""STUD"" BROKE LOOSE CAUSING HIS WEIGHT TO SHIFT TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE. HE SUSTAINED SPRAINED ANKLE AS A R ESULT.

EE WAS RECLAIMING 42"" BELT FRAMING WHEN HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO HURT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT HIS CONDITION KEPT GETTING WORSE. HE HAD A MRI ON 2/3/03 AND BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 2/6/03.

TWISTED ANKLE WHILE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED: HELPING COWORKERS LOAD HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE. WHEN LIFTING A SECTION OF THE CABLE, HIS RIGHT SHOULDER POPPED, EXPERIENCED PAIN. TREATED FOLLOWING DAY BY A PHYSICIAN, INITIAL DI AGNOSIS WAS A POSSIBLE TORN ROTOR CUFF.

EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT ENDLOADER ON THE NIGHT SHIFT. AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00A.M. HE BEGAN HAVING CHEST PAINS SO HE WENT TO THE SHOP TO REST. AT THE SHOP THE SUPERVISOR ASKED HIM SEVERAL TIMES IF HE COULD TAKE HIM TO THE DOCTOR & HE REFUSED. AT THE END OF THE SHIFT A CO-WORKER FOLLOWED HIM HOME & CONTACTED HIS WIFE. A DOCTOR CONFIRIMED A HEART ATTACK. HE HAS BEEN OFF SINCE 1/15/03.

EE WAS TWISTING AND LIFTING IN A CONFINED SPACE RESULTING IN A MUSCLE PULL IN LOWER BACK. HE REPORTED THIS INJURY 01/15/03 AND HAS CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 06/12/03.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE RIB, STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND.

WHILE IN HTE PROCESS OF DUMPING HOPPERS, WIND CAME UP AND BLEW GRANULE. EE WAS IN A POSITION WHERE GRANULE WAS ABLE TO PASS AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. HEE SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION. CONSERV ATIVE TREATMENT WAS CONSIDERED FIRST AID. HOWEVER, THIS EVENT AGGRAVATED A PRE-EXITING COPNDITION AND FOLLOW UP WITH OPTHALMOLOGY DETERMINE THAT HE SHOULD BE OFF ONE DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING A SHUTTLE CAR TRAILING CABLE DURING A POWER MOVE ON UNIT 1. AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE CABLE HIS FOOTING SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST AS HE FELL CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG. THE EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING TIME ON JANUARY 15, 2003 AND HI IS STILL UNDER THE DOCTOR'S CARE AT THIS TIME.

EE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACK WHILE CLOSING DOOR OF CAB TO BULL DOZER TD25E. DOZER WAS OFF. FOOT SLIPPED OFF TRACK AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND BRAKING LEFT LEG.

MEMBER WAS RIDING ON THE INBY END OF THE MANTRIP WHILE COMING OFF THE SECTION. THE BUS PROCEEDED THROUGH THE FIRST SET OF AIRLOCK DOORS. THEY THEN OPENED THE NEXT SET OF DOORS & PROCEEDED THRO UGH. WHILE THE MANTRIP WAS GOING THROUGH, THE DOORS GRADUALLY CLOSED & CAUGHT THE INBY END CANOPY POST CAUSING THE DOOR TO BREAK DOWN. THE CANOPY LANDED ON INJURED'S RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP BOLT BAG AT HOIST HOUSE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 1/27/03. MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS IS PENDING MEDICAL TESTS. IT IS BEING TREATED AS A LO WER BACK STRAIN AT THIS TIME.

WHILE TAKING BELT BLOCKS OFF BELT, EE WAS TAKING ONE SIDE OFF, HE WAS HITTING THE BLOCKS WITH A HAMMER. THE BELT JUMPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS LEFT HAND.

THE GRIZZLY HEIGHT ADJUSTER BECAME LODGED IN ITS SLIDE. WHEN EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR A HAMMER TO TAP ON THE ADJUSTER IT CAME FREE AND STARTED SLIDING DOWN. HE REACHED TO CATCH IT AND THE END OF H IS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A BOLT ON THE TOP OF THE ADJUSTER AND THE SQUARE TUBE IT SLIDES IN.

EE WAS WELDING LINERS IN THE DREDGE HOPPER. HE GOT OFF OF WORK AT 4 P.M. BY 7 P.M. HE SAID HIS EYES WERE BOTHERING HIM AND HE WENT TO THE E.R. HE HAD WELDERS FLASH TO HIS EYES.

CLAIMANT STATES: INJURED ABDOMINAL AREA LIFTING A GUARD, THEN JOLTED RUNNING BOBCAT (SKID STEER)OVER ROUGH TERRAIN. THIS CLAIM IS BEING LITIGATED. NOT REPORTED TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 1/20/0 3

SLIPPED ON ICE GETTING ON TOWMOTOR.

EE WAS FOLDING BAGS AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST - THE BAG WAS PUMPABLE CRIB BAG AND EE WAS FOLDING EXCESS BAG MATERIAL UNDER BOTTOM OF BAG AS IT WAS FILLING WITH CEMENT MIX.

WALKING TO DO REPAIRS ON BELTLINE. STATED HE SLIPPED ON ICE, TWISTING BODY. DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT TO THE COMPANY UNTIL 1/23/03.

OPERATOR STARTED TO DISMOUNT DOZER WHEN FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, AND HE FELL ON TRACKS.

EE WAS BEGINNING HIS SHIFT BY PERFORMING PRE-SHIFT EXAM ON COAL TRUCK. HE HAD CLIMBED INTO THE CAB & STARTED THE ENGINE & BEGAN TO DISMOUNT THE TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED, RESULTING IN HIM FALLING FACE DOWN APPROX. 3'TO THE GROUND. HE WAS NOT USING 3 POINTS OF CONTACT & ALSO HAD CLEANING SUPPLIES IN HIS HAND. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO HIS FOREHEAD & ELBOW. SPRAINED ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE INJURED HIS LEFT RIBS WHILE HELPING MAKE A BELT SET UP. HE DID NOT STRIKE AN OBJECT NOR WAS HE STRUCK BY AN OBJECT. (NOTE: EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 01/23/03 THEN STARTED MISSI NG WORK.)

INJURED STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING LOOSE MATERIAL.

EE WALKING ON LOWBOY WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE BACK OF THE LOWBOY LANDING ON THE GROUND CAUSING HIM TO BREAK HIS LEFT ARM.

WHILE BRINGING SCOOP OUTSIDE, THE BATTERY LEAD SHORTED RESULTING IN BATTERIES SMOKING.

EE WAS TAKING DOOR OFF ELECTRICAL COMPARTMENT, DOOR SLIPPED AND HE HELD ONTO IT, HURT BACK AND LEG. ER AT ARH MIDDLESBORO, KY TOOK X-RAY, NEGATIVE, TOLD TO SEE REGULAR DOCTOR. BELIEVED TO BE M USCLE STRAIN. WILL DO MRI TO CHECK DISC.

FILED FOR COMP. WILL PROTEST IT. I RECIEVED A CALL FROM EE ON JAN. 13TH, HE STATED THAT HIS SHOULDER & NECK WERE SORE, HE DID NOT KNOW WHY, I ASKED IF HE FELL, HE SAID NO BUT HE STILL CLAIMED THAT HIS ARM, SHOULDER & NECK WAS SORE. HE WENT TO THE DR. AND X-RAYS DID NOT SHOW ANYTHING.

OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, GOT DUST/COAL IN LEFT EYE.

MINER WAS WELDING ONT HE INSIDE OF SCALPING SCREEN. WHILE HOLDING HIMSELF IN POSITION, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE CENTER FRAME SUPPORT STRIKING HIS LEFT SHIN ON A SUPPORT BAR.

EE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM ON TOP OF A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 13 INCHES WIDE, 12 INCHES LONG, AND 2 INCHES THICK, FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER. EE WAS TAKEN T O THE WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A MUSCLE STRAIN AND GIVEN 2 DAYS OFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PIECE OF BELT WITH BELT KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT HAND.

WHILE USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT THE PLASTIC TABS ON COVER TO A 5 GALLONG BUCKET THE UTILITY KNIFE CUT THROUGH THE PLASTIC EDGE OF THE COVER AND PROCEEDED INTO HIS RIGHT THIGH.

WHILE CLEANING ROCK OFF OF THE TRAVELWAY ONT HE BELTLINE. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HARD HAT, THEN SLIDING DOWN HIS SHOULDER AND BACK. STARTED MISSING WORK ONT HE 1-17-03.

EE WAS DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IN THE MILL. WHILE CARRYING A HEATER UP THE STAIRS HE FELT AN INCREASE PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, WHICH HE HAD SORENESS ALREADY FROM LIFTING STEEL TO REPAIR A CONVEYOR 2-3 WEEKS EARLIER.

EE STEPPED DOWN FROM A DOZER AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS INJURED WHILE WORKING ON A CONVEYOR. WE WERE ADJUSTING ROLLERS BECAUSE WE HAD JUST PUT A NEW CONVEYOR BELT ON. EE SAW SOME MUD ON THE BOARD ROLLER ON THE TENSIONER & HE REACHED INSIDE THE GUARD TO CLEAN IT & THE BELT GRABBED HIS ARM & PULLED IT BETWEEN THE ROLLER & THE BELT. I HAD JUST TAKEN THE LOCK-0UT OFF SO WE COULD TURN THE BELT ON TO ADJUST ROLLERS.

INJURED WAS REMOVING A 4"" X 2"" BELL REDUCER FROM A 4' WATER LINE. INJURED WAS USING A 24"" PIPE WRENCH. AS INJURED PULLED ON THE PIPE WRENCH, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP THE STAIRS WITH A BAG OF NUT & WASHERS, WHEN HIS METATARSAL BOOTS GOT CAUGHT ON A PIECE OF 3/4"" CONDUIT STICKING UP 4""-6"" ABOVE THE WALKING SURFACE. HE TRIPPED AND FELL , CATCHING HIMSELF IN A FORWARD FALL WITH BOTH HANDS, TWISTING HIS BACK.

WHILE MOVING 55 GALLON OIL DRUMS TOWARD BACK OF SERVICE TRUCK BY HAND TO UNLOAD, HE SMASHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO BARRELS.

THEY RAN THE WATER HOSE UP THE LADDER, WHEN EE CAME DOWN, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE HOSE. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT ARM, INJURING IT.

EE WAS HANGING LINE CURTAIN USING 8' STEP LADDER. LADDER WAS PLACED ON GOB & WHEN INJURED STARTED TO CLIMB, LADDER STARTED TO TILT. INJURED JUMPED OFF LADDER BACKWARDS AND HYPEREXTENDED HIS KN EE. FINISHED SHIFT & WENT TO E.R. LATER THURSDAY.

INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING THE #5 ENTRY WHERE A COAL BOTTOM HAD BEEN LEFT. AS HE TURNED TO MOVE HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE STANDING OBSERVING ROOF BOLT OPERATIONS A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT FOREARM. HE BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 1-13-03.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A HYDRAULIC FITTING WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. AFTERCONSIDERABLE MEDICAL EVALUATIONS, THE EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN R.A-C JOINT INJURY. HE UNDERWE NT SURGIGAL REPAIR ON 10/7/03 AND REMAINS OFF WORK.

INJURED WAS TRAMMING A SCOOP AND ENCOUNTERED A 6"" DISCHARGE LINE THAT THE CANOPY WOULD NOT CLEAR. HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND OUT OF THE CANOPY AND HELD THE PIPE UP TO TRAM UNDER. AT THIS TIME THE RO PE BROKE HOLD THE PIPE AND IT FELL CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE PIPE AND CANOPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE THE LUBE CENTER OFF THE HEADGATE WHEN THE FIRE SUPPRESSION ON THE LUBECENTER WENT OFF, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO INHALE THE CHEMICAL.

EE WAS WORKING ON A FLOP GATE ON THE REFUSE SCREEN DISCHARGE ON THE 4TH FLOOR. THE FLOP GATE WAS UP IN THE CLOSED POSITION TO HAVE A 2"" ANGLE THAT RAN THE FULL LENGTH OF THE GATE CUT FOR REMOV AL. THE EE CUTTING THE ANGLE HAD HIS LEFT LEG IN A PINCH POINT. WHEN THE ANGLE WAS CUT FREE, THE FLOP GATE FELL, PINCHING HIS LEG.

INJURED WAS GETTING OFF OF DOZER. KNEE MADE A POPPING NOISE. WHEN HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING HE COULD NOT WALK.

AS EE WAS WALKING FROM THE CAGE, HE STEPPED IN A HOLE, SLIPPED AND FELL.

INJURED WAS POSITIONING OVERCAST RAILS TO UNLOAD. WHEN SHE MOVED ONE RAIL ANOTHER ONE ROLLED OVER CATCHING HER FINGERS.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CROSSING BELT LINE, WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME BELT STRUCTURE. CAUSING THE BELT STRUCTURE TO LACERATE HIS LEFT UPPER LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE OUT OF MUDDY CONDITIONS.

STEPPED IN MUD AND SLIPPED FELL TO KNEES. DID NOT REALIZED THAT SHE HAD HURT HER BACK TIL THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY 1-2-03 SHE WAS AT WORK MONDAY 1-13-02 SHE WAS OFF TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. BUT DID COME IN ON WEDNESDAY 1-15-02 LONG ENOUGH TO REPORT THE INJURY TO ME. I WAS NOT IN THE OFFICE SO SHE REPORTED IT BY PHONE. SHE SAID SHE HAD PULLED SOME LOWER BACK MUSCLES.

INJURY OCCURRED WHILE EE WAS CUTTING WOODEN PALLETS INTO FIREWOOD USING AN ELECTRIC ""SKILL"" SAW.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF BELT TAILPIECE AND TWISTED KNEE ( WILL REQUIRE SURGERY).

BAD ROOF IN THE CUT THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN. PIECE OF ROCK DROPPED OUT ALONG THE RIB LINE AS THE ROOF STARTED WORKING IN THE FACE AREA. AS MEN RETREATED FROM FACE, ROCK HIT ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR AS HE RETREATED BACK ALONG MACHINE. MAY BE OFF 3-4 MONTHS.

EE WAS TRAMMING MINER WHEN MINER COASTED INTO HIM CATCHING HIS KNEE BETWEEN MINER AND GOB MATERIAL.

DURING MOVING MINER CABLE (2/0 CABLE SIZE) AND WATER LINE (1 1/4"") OUT OF TRAVEL WAY FOR SHUTTLE CAR APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET, EE FELT SOMETHING POP IN LOWER BACK.

EE HAD ON HEAVY WORK GLOVES, WAS SPLITTING STONE WITH MINERS AX. MISSED THE STONE AND HIT HIS THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND. HAD TO HAVE STITCHES.

EE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ORE IN PACKAGING AREA. HE HAD A NEAR FALL, CAUSING HIM TO JAM MUSLCES IN BACK AND NECK.

EE WAS LOADING 777 CAT END DUMP TRK WITH A 992 LOADER(60053)AT THE PROSPECT AREA WITH ROCK & DIRT. THE EE ALLEGEDLY TWISTED & JERKED LOWER BACK WHEN A ROCK ROLLED UNDER THE LOADER FRONT TIRE WITH THE BUCKET APPROX 2/3 FULL IN THE RAISED LOADING POSITION. THE LOADER LEANED SEVERLY TO THE LEFT (SOUTH) CAUSING OPERATOR OF THE LOADER TO QUICKLY TURN THE LOADER TO THE RIGHT.

EE WAS WORKING OUTBY 001-0 SECTION, TRYING TO RESTORE RADIO COMMUNICATION WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 3'X3'X6"" FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK. EE WAS GIVEN 2 DAYS OFF WORK.

ICED OVER MUD HOLE BROKE THROUGH WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON IT AS HE WAS WALKING THROUGH WORK AREA.

PALLET OF CEMENT BAGS STOPPED ON CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE MANUALLY PUSHED THE PALLET TO GET IT STARTED AND STRAINED HIS KNEE. INCIDENT REPORTED 2/14/03. INJURY NOT EVIDENT UNTIL LATER.

EE WAS PICKING UP BELT STRUCTURE, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

5-A SECTION SUPPLY TRACK - EE WAS TRANSFERRING BELT STRUCTURE FROM A RAIL CARRIER TO A UNI-TRAC AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF BELT STRUCTURE.

GREASING BELTS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE. HE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL MARCH 13, 2003. IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE JOB RELATED APRIL 1, 2003.

EE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO EQUIPMENT. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN A HANDRAIL ON A DOZER BY USING A SLEDGE HAMMER. EE STRAINED BACK WHILE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. WOULD HAVE REPORTED THIS SOO NER BUT THOUGHT EE WOULD RETURN SOONER. WANTED TO COMPLETE FORM BEFOR MAILING.

EE WAS GETTING OFF THE BUS AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, TRIPPED & FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK & RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE INITIALLY STRAINED RIGHT GROIN 2/11/00 BUT CONTINUED TO WORK. CAME INTO OFFICE 1/9/03 & STATED HE WOULD NEED TO BE OFF WORK FOR SURGERY BECAUSE HERNIA HAD GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. HE WENT INTO TO GET IT REPAIRED 1/31/03.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES AS HE WENT TO FREE CLOGGED ROCK FROM THE CONVEYOR HE STEPPED UP ON THE CONVEYOR USING HIS HANDS ON THE FRAME OF THE CHUTE AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

THE EE WAS TRYING TO LOOSE A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS EMBEDDED. AS HE WAS PUSHING ON IT WITH THE DOZER BLADE HE GOT ENOUGH PRESSURE ON THE ROCK TO LIFT THE REAR OF THE DOZER OFF OF THE GROUND APPRO XIMATELY 2 TO 3 FEET. THE ROCK BUSTED AS HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE AND THE REAR OF THE DOZER FELL. HE WAS WEARING SEAT RESTRAINTS.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE SCOOP BATTERIES. BATTERY HAD BEEN SET ON THE STAND. EE REACHED TO REMOVE A PIECE OF WOOD WHICH WAS BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND THE LIFT JACK ON THE SCOOP. THE BATTERY TILTED AND PINCED THE EE S RIGHT THUMB.

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING A 72' SAW BLADE. THEY PLACED THE BOTTOM OF THE BLADE ON A 4X4 AS USUAL BUT USED ONE THAT WAS ONLY 1' LONG INSTEAD OF AN 8' ONE LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. THE WE IGHT OF THE BLADE TIPPED THE 4X4 UP & THE BLADE ROLLED ONTO THE TOP OF VICTIM'S FOOT JUST ABOVE HIS STEEL TOE.

EE WAS TRYING TO FREE A STUCK DRILL STEEL USING A PIPE WRENCH & WAS STRUCK ON JAW.

THE EE WAS TAKING A D-5 DOZER FROM THE TOP OF A REUSEABLE LEACH PAD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAD TO BE FUELED. THE EE DROVE THE DOZER OVER THE BERM WITH THE BLADE IN THE RAISED POSITION. THE DOZER ROLLED 1 CIRCLE END OVER END COMING TO REST ON ITS TRACKS.

WALKING TO MANTRIP AT THE END OF THE SHIFT AND STEPPED IN A HOLE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT. KNEE.

EE WAS LEAVING THE FACE AREA OF THE LONGWALL 16 SET-UP AREA. AT #1 GATE SHIELD HE TRIPPED OVER THE RELAY BAR AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE.

WHILE OPERATING A LOW PROFILE SCOOP EE RAN OVER A ROCK HE HAD BEEN CARRYING AND HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS WATCHING THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE AND WATERLINE AS THE CABLE WAS BEING PULLED DOWN THE BELTLINE. HE SAID HE TOOK HIS EYS OFF THE CABLE BRIEFLY TO GET A BOLTING MAC HINE WRENCH THAT WAS LYING BY THE BELTLINE. THIS IS WHEN A LOOP OF CABLE CAME BY AND DRAGGED HIS FEET FROM UNDERWRITH HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

HE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING BOLTS TO INSTALL NEW PULLEYS FOR THE HOPPER BOOT. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO THE EE'S RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS PICKING UP ROCKS ON GROUND AND PLACING THEM ON PALLETS. STARTED COMPLAINING OF A SORE BACK.

EE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN THE #4 ENTRY LEFT CROSSCUT, EE WAS OPERATING OPERATOR SIDE OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING CANOPY, BOUNCING OFF CANOPY STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT ANKLE. EE COMPLETED WORK SHIFT. WENT TO DR ON 1-10-03. X-RAYS OF HIS ANKLE REVEALED FRACTURE TO HIS ANKLE (LEFT).

EE WAS FILLING UP AN OIL TANK ON A TRUCK. A PLASTIC CAP OFF OF AN AIR PUMP BLEW OFF AND HIT EE IN LEFT EYE.

EE LOST FOOTING WHILE PULLING ON A PIN. EE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 1/22/03.

EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE TRACK ENTRY AT THE SHAFT BOTTOM. EE HIT HIS HEAD ON A LOW BEAM.

EE WAS STANDING ON GRAVEL WASHER PULLING ON A TARP STRAP TO FASTEN A PIECE OF RUBBER. THE BELT STRAP CAME UNHOOKED CAUSING EE TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO HIS WRIST.

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER INSTALLING 6' BRUTER BOLTS. DURING INSTALLATION ONE OF THE THE BOLTS BENT AND EE TOOK HOLD OF THE BOLT AND SPUN THE DRILL POD IN REVERSE TO RELEASE THE BOLT FROM THE CHUCK. THE BOLT STRUCK EE IN THE RIGTH WRIST AND HAND. EE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE IN THE RIGHT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BELT CRADLE AND HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO HURT WORSE THAN NORMAL. EMPLOYEE SAW HIS DOCTOR ON 1-8-03 AND DIAGNOSED IT WAS ARTHRITIS, BUT SENT HIM FOR MRI. THE MRI SHOWED A POSSIBLE BULGING DISC IN LOWER BACK.

GETTING IN CAR EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE TWISTED LOWER BACK.