Mining Incidents

Mining Incidents in July 2003

All MSHA-reportable mining accidents in July 2003, sorted by severity. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities
3
Total incidents
1,287
Period
July 2003

Records for this month last updated October 5, 2026.

Top operators this month

  1. 01 Consolidation Coal Company 20 incidents
  2. 02 Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC 20 incidents
  3. 03 Eastern Associated Coal LLC 18 incidents
  4. 04 Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company 14 incidents
  5. 05 Elk Run Coal Company, LLC 13 incidents

Most recent 500 incidents

Showing the 500 most recent of 1,287 incidents this month. All fatalities are included and listed first.

July 31, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
3-D Management Services, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

AN INTERSECTION AT SPAD 836 #8 ENTRY INTAKE FELL. AREA WAS BELTED WITH 4'X 6'FULLY GROUTED BOLTS, AREA HAD MIXED ROOF, WATER IS PRESENT A 3"RIDER SEAM IS PRESENT AT 4'. FALL AREA SOFTENED UP & FELL OUT AROUND 6'BOLTS, PULLING THE 4'BOLTS OUT. AREA LATER FELL OUTBY FOR APPROX. 1 BK TO SPAD 826. FALL WILL NOT BE MOVED.

July 31, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Excel Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE TRACK ENTRY ON #1 TRACK, APPROX. 3 MILES OUTBY SECTIONS. THE FALL MEASURED 50'LONG X 8'HIGH X 19'WIDE. THE FALL WAS A CONTINUATION OF A PREVIOUS FALL. THE AREA WILL NOT BE REHABILITATED AT THIS TIME.

July 31, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C S & S Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 110 FEET LONG, 6 FEET IN HEIGHT AND 20 FEET WIDE OCCURRED ON 7/31/2003 AT SURVEY SPAD NO. 47 TO WITHIN 40 FEET OF SURVEY SPAD NO. 58, TWO BREAKS TO THE LEFT OF THE BELT HEADING AN D APP 1500 FT OUTBY THE FACE.

July 31, 2003 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
National King Coal, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OF INTERSECTION, 2 SOUTH MAINS, ENTRY #4, X CUT #12. ROOF FALL MEASURED 17' LONG X 17' WIDE X 6' HIGH. REPORTED TO MSHA AZTEL FIELD OFFICE AT 4:40 PM, 7-31-03. HE MESSAGE WAS LEFT ON ANSWERING MACHINE.

July 31, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gibson County Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 1ST SOUTH SUBPANEL OFF 2ND NORTH SUBMAIN X-CUT IN #5 ENTRY. L 20' X W 18' X T 11'. ROOF BOLTED WITH 10' FULLY GROUTED BOLTS.

July 30, 2003 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
PENNAMERICAN COAL L P · Accident type, without injuries

DURING A WEEKLY AIRCOURSE EXAM A FALL WAS FOUND 30' INBY 2 EAST REGULATOR. THIS FALL IS AN EXTENSION OF A FALL THAT OCCURRED ON 9/13/01. FALL IS ABOUT 50' LONG, 20' WIDE & 8' HIGH. THE AREA WA S BOLTED WITH 48" FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS WITH 6"X6" PLATES. NO MEN/EQUIP. WERE INVOLVED. VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERUPTED. ALL ACCESSES WERE TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF.

July 30, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal HOISTING
Cargill Deicing Solutions · Accident type, without injuries

BRAKE ADJUSTMENT LINKAGE ON PRODUCTION HOIST CALIPER BRAKES BROKE, PREVENTING BRAKE FROM RELEASING. MINE EVACUATION BEGAN AT 3:40 PM.

July 30, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kentucky May Mining · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL IN THE PILLAR LINE IN THE #1 PILLAR BLOCK. ABOUT 5' TO 6' AT SPAD #1066. THE ROOF IS SHALE THE BOLTS INSTALLED WERE 4' RESIN. THE FALL CAUGHT A REMOTE CONTROLL JOY MINER THAT HAS B EEN REMOVED FROM THE FALL.

July 30, 2003 MO · Metal/Non-Metal HOISTING
Doe Run Company · Accident type, without injuries

POWER TO AN OBSOLETE MANTRIP SAFETY LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED TO THE IRON HOUSING. THE INSULATION ON THE WIRE CAUGHT FIRE AND THE SHORT CIRCUIT BLEW 250 AMP DEFUSES. THIS RESULTED IN THE BRAKE SETT ING ON HOIST. CAGE HAD 14 EMPLOYEES ON IT. THE BAD WIRES WERE ISOLATED AND FUSES WERE REPLACED AND MEN WERE HOISTED TO SURFACE. POWER DISCONNECTED FROM SOURCE AND FROM SWITCHES AND REMOVED.

July 30, 2003 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
American Energy Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY OF THE 2 WEST TAILGATE. FALL LOCATION IS APPROX. 40 FT OUTBY SURVEY STATION 26 & 00. FALL IS APPROX. 5' HIGH BY 17' WIDE BY 10' LONG. AREA SUPPORTED WITH 8' RES IN ASSISTED ROOF BOLTS AND 12' CABLE BOLTS. ROCK FELL AROUND THE BOLTS THUS PREVENTING SAFE TRAVEL OUT THE TAILGATE ENTRY. CAUSE OF THIS SMALL FALL WAS BEAM FAILURE. COMPLANCE WITH RULES/REG.

July 30, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gibson County Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED #4 ENTRY ADJACENT TO 4C BELTLINE FROM XCUT 2-3 INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF XCUT #2 JUST OUTBY SPAD #6268. L 70' X W 18' X T 10'. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 6'-10' POINT AN CHOR BOLTS.

July 30, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Enterprise Mining Company, L. L. C. · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY EE IN THE #4 ENTRY AT 4 NORTH MAINS. 15' IN BY SS #1892 TO 60' ENTRY. FALL 20' WIDE 8-12' HIGH BY 160' LONG. FALL DOES NOT EFFECT VENTILATION AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

July 29, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Highlands Mining & Processing Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A SMALL ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE RETURN AND REPORTED TO MSHA OFFICE & KY STATE OFFICE. IT IS TIMBERED OFF AND DANGER SIGNS POSTED. LOCATION WAS SPAD #68. APPROX SIZE 1 BREAK LONG X 5' THICK.

July 29, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN #1 AND #2 ENTRIES OF THE SOUTH EAST PANEL AT SURVEY STATION 12 AND 60. THE FALL MEASURED 50' LONG BY 6" WIDE BY 8' HIGH. ALL APPROACHES TO THIS AREA HAVE BEEN TIMB ERED OFF.

July 29, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Red Bone Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 40' INBY, SPAD #869 IN A INTERSECTION WHICH WAS A 3-WAY. THE ROOF WAS WET WITH 5' RESIN BOLTS. THE FALL WAS 17' WIDE X 50' LONG X 7' HIGH. THIS WAS IN A RETURN ENTRY 1500' OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION.

July 29, 2003 WV · Coal HOISTING
Consolidation Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

KUHNTOWN ELEVATOR TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES DUE TO THE DAILY EXAMINER DETECTING SEVERAL LOOPS OF CABLE CROSSED OVER EACH OTHER IN THE SHEAVE WHEEL GROOVES. INDUSTRIAL ELEVA TOR SERVICE COMP. CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE PUT BACK IN SERVICE.

July 29, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Relgis, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

SOMETIME BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM WE HAD A ROOF FALL AT SPAD #240 IN THE RIGHT CROSS CUT OF THE #5 ENTRY OF THE NO 1 MAINS. I FELL FROM THE #5 ENTRY THROUGH THE CROSS CUT AND INTO THE #6 ENTRY ABOUT 10 FEET. FALL MEASURED 64'L X 18' 20'W X 4'THICK. NO PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF AND FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

July 29, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

EAST 3, 48 BLOCK CROSS-CUT #6 TO #7 MMU 008. 15 FT LONG X 10 FT WIDE X 7 FT HIGH. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 6 FT RESIN WITH 8" X 8" PLATES. ACS JACKS & HEINTZMON JACKS & BARS SET IN INTERSECTION ON BOT H SIDES OF FALL. FALL DANGERED OFF. ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS SET AROUND FALL.

Cumberland Coal Resources LP · Accident type, without injuries

FRICTION CAUSED METHANE TO IGNITE ON THE 48 BUTT EAST SECTION IN THE FACE OF #3 ENTRY APPROXIMATELY 112 FEET FROM THE 58XC. THE BITS APPEARED TO HIT A SULFUR BALL AS THE OPERATOR TRIMMED THE T OP. THE ROOF BOLTERS EXTINGUISHED THE FLAME WITH THE WASH DOWN HOSE AFTER IT BURNED FOR APPROXIMATELY 18 SECONDS.

July 28, 2003 PA · Coal FIRE
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

THE COAL PILE WAS ALLOWED TO ACCUMULATE TO THE POINT THAT THE PILE STARTED TO GET HOT BY SPONT COMBUSTION.

July 28, 2003 KY · Coal HOISTING
Perry County Coal, LLC. · Accident type, without injuries

COUPLING STRIPPED ON HOIST HYDRAULIC PUMP, HOIST DOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS.

July 28, 2003 KY · Coal FIRE
Martin County Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CLEAN COAL STOCKPILE MSHA INSPECTORS WERE ON SCENE WHEN FIRE WAS DISCOVERED. A PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.

July 28, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gibson County Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 3RD MAIN WEST #4 ENTRY X CUT 132 L 12'X W 18'X T 5'. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 10' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

July 28, 2003 LA · Metal/Non-Metal HOISTING
Compass Minerals America Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

HOISTING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE NUMBER FOUR ROPE OF A FOUR ROPE SET ON THE LOADED SOUTH SIDE SKIP BROKE APPRORX 330' FROM THE SURFACE DUMP POINT. THIS BREAK WAS DETECTED BY THE ROPE SLIP INDICATOR AND FORCED THE HOIST INTO AN EMERGENCY STOP. INSPECTIONS OF THE AREA AND EQUIPMENT REVEALED NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. AT THIS TIME THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REPLACE ALL FOUR HOIST ROPES

July 28, 2003 IL · Metal/Non-Metal INUNDATION
Hanson Material Service · Accident type, without injuries

ON JULY 28TH, 2003, AFTER A FOUR INCH RAINFALL & DISRUPTION OF POWER BY THE LOCAL UTILITY, THE QUARRY BECAME FLOODED. AT THIS TIME AN ESTIMATE OF CONTINUED PRODUCTION IS UNDETERMINED.

July 28, 2003 CO · Coal FIRE
Blue Mountain Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ON JULY 28, 2OO3 THE CO MINITOR AT THE 1 LEFT RETURN "B" MAINS SIDE MEASURED 55 PPM CO AT APPROX 7:00 AM MINE FOREMAN AND ENGINEER WERE SENT TO THE BACK SIDE OF 1 LEFT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE # 1 BLEEDER SHAFT TO OBTAIN BAG SAMPLES OF THE GASES COMING OFF THE GOB. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE #1 BLEEDER SHAFT THEY OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE GOB AND THE CO WAS 270 PPM.

July 28, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ohio County Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

INTAKE BETWEEN #7 AND #8 ENTRY, X CUT #8 ENTRY WAS DROPPED AND FALL CRIBBED OUT #1 UNIT. 30 FT LONG 18FT WIDE, PULLED 5 FT BOLTS.

July 27, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Stillwater Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A SECTION OF THE RIB SLOUGHED ONTO THE EAST RAMP BETWEEN THE 4400 AND 4600 LEVELS. VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WAS BLOCKED UNTIL THE AREA WAS MUCKED OUT & REBOLTED. PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WAS NOT IMPEDED NO R WERE OTHER MEANS OF EGRESS.

July 27, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Point Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 7-27-03 AT 8:45 PM - FALL WAS 30' X 15' X 4' THICK - THIS OCCURRED 1 BREAK-THRU OUTBY SPAD 6010 IN #5 ENTRY. THIS WAS APPROXIMATELY 300-350' OUTBY 1ST RT. SECTION. NO O NE WAS INVOLVED NOR ANY EQUIPMENT. WILL BE CLEANED UP & RE-BOLTED. THIS WAS REPORTED TO MSHA & STATE DEPT. OF MINES.

July 25, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN ENTRY #1 OF THE MAIN SOUTH AT SURVEY STATION 12 AND 90. THE FALL MEASURED 120' LONG BY 18' WIDE BY 6' HIGH. ALL APPROACHES TO THIS AREA HAVE BEEN TIMBERED OFF.

July 25, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dickenson-Russell Coal Company, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

FALL APPROX. 23'LONG X 20'WIDE X 0-6'THICK. NO INJURIES, NO BLOCKAGE OF VENTILATION, NO BLOCKAGE OF ESCAPEWAYS, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. BREAKERED OFF & DANGERED. 6000' OUTBY FACE. DEVELOPED 6/16/00.

July 25, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mill Branch Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

THE MMU 001-0 WAS MINING PILLARS ON 1-LEFT OFF 3 RIGHT OFF NO. 4 NORTH SECTION (30' INBY SURVEY STATION NO. 4667) WHEN A PILLAR FALL OCCURRED CATCHING 2 MOBILE ROOF SUPPORTS. THE FALL WAS CLEA NED UP ENOUGH TO RECOVER THE EQUIPMENT AND THE AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED.

July 25, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Point Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 AM ON FRIDAY 7-25-03. FALL OCCURRED IN #5 RT BT ENTRY - 1 BREAK-THRU OUTBY SPAD 1780. NO ONE OR ANY EQUIPMENT IN THIS AREA - AREA WAS CRIBBED & TIMBE RED. THIS AREA DEVELOPED IN JAN. 99 - APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 MILES FROM ACTIVE SECTIONS. FALL AREA WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. FALL 45' X 20' X 6'.

July 25, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 11 EAST, #4 ENTRY AT #70 CROSSCUT, THE FALL WAS 20' LONG, 20' WIDE, AND 8' HIGH. THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION, TRAVEL, DAMAGE EQUIPMENT, OR CAUSE ANY INJUR Y. THE AREA WAS NOLTED WITH 8' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

July 24, 2003 WV · Coal HOISTING
Consolidation Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AT 1:20 PM SUGAR RUN ELEVATOR STOPPED 100' DWON WITH WAYNED CONAWAY ON BOARD. AT 2:40 PM THE ELEVATOR WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE SURFACE AND EE GOT OFF. CONTACTOR 6B WAS NOT RELEASING THE BRAKE F ULLY AND CAUSED THE 11A OVERWADS TO BURN UP. ELEVATOR REPAIRMAN REPAIRED PROBLEM.

July 24, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consol of Kentucky Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF THE #4 ENTRY AT #2 BREAK. SIZE OF FALL WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 25'L X 18-20'W X 7'H. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 6' TENSION REBAR BOLTS WITH SUP PLEMENTAL SUPPORT CONSISTING OF 10' ROPE BOLTS. NO INJURIES, VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERRUPTED, NO EQUIPMENT CAUGHT. FALL WAS CLEANED UP.

July 24, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal HOISTING
Cargill Deicing Solutions · Accident type, without injuries

SECONDARY HOISTWAY, PRODUCTION HOIST OUTAGE REQUIRING A MINE EVACUATION. BRAKE RELASE SWITCH STICKING CAUSED APPROX. 2 HOURS DOWNTIME. MINE EVACUATION COMPLETE AT APPROX. 1:30 PM AND CREWS RET URNED TO WORK AT 2:35 PM.

July 23, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Meadow Branch Mining Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE NO.6 ENTRY 30' OUTBY SURVEY STATION NO. 2884 OF 2 RIGHT OFF A NORTH ABOUT 500 FEET OUTBY THE MMU 001-0. THE FALL MEASURED 5' HIGH BY 18' WIDE BY 12' LONG. VEN TILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.

July 23, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HOISTING
Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE HOIST MOTOR COUPLING BETWEEN THE MOTOR & PINION SHAFT FAILED (STRIPPED TEETH). THE MINE WAS EVACUATED AT 10:00 P.M. THE HOIST WAS REPAIRED AT 6:45 A.M. THE HOIST WAS TESTED & MINERS RETURN ED UNDERGROUND AT 7:00 A.M.

July 23, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mill Branch Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

AT ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE NO.5 ENTRY INTAKE OF THE 002-0 MMU THE FALL IS APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET OUTBY THE ACTIVE SECTION ABOUT 50' OUTBY SURVEY STATION 4378. THERE WERE NO INJURIE S OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED. THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 70FT LONG BY 20 FEET WIDE BY 7 FEET HIGH.

July 23, 2003 KY · Coal FIRE
Sidney Coal Company, Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CLEAN COAL STOCKPILE. THE HOT COAL WAS REMOVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.

July 23, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Copperas Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

THE BELTS STOPPED AT ABOUT 8:00 P.M. THE SECTION FOREMAN WENT TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCOVERED THE FALL. IT IS 30' LONG, 16' WIDE & 3' TO 4' THICK. THE FALL STOPPED AT THE RIDER SEAM.

July 23, 2003 KY · Metal/Non-Metal ENTRAPMENT
Carmeuse Lime and Stone Inc · Accident type, without injuries

EE WAS OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK WHEN EE POSSIBLY BLACKED OUT. THE HAUL TRUCK STRUCK ANOTHER TRUCK RESULTING IN DRIVER BEING TRAPPED IN TRUCK FOR 45 MINUTES. ALSO EE WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. EE HAS PRIOR HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS. MEDICAL EVALUATION NOT COMPLETE AT THIS TIME.

July 22, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL #26 CROSSCUT #3 ENTRY INTHE INTERSECTION, ENTRY WAS ADJACENT TO THE TRAVELWAY. 30' LONG BY 30' WIDE 8-10' HIGH. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 8' TRS BOLTS.

July 22, 2003 WY · Coal FIRE
Triton Coal Company LlC · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE HAULING OVERBURDEN FROM A 2800 P & H ELECTRIC SHOVEL, A LIEBHERR 240 TON HAUL TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT HAD REACHED THE DUMP SITE AND JUST PRIOR TO HOISTING THE BOX THE OPERATOR SAW FLAME S ERUPT FROM UNDER THE CAB AND FRONT DESK AREA. HE SHUT THE UNIT DOWN, INITIATED THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND EXITED THE TRUCK. MINE RESCUE UNITS & COUNTY FIRE EQUIP EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE

July 21, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Pre-Mix Inc N.W. · Accident type, without injuries

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS INCIDENT WERE SOLELY DUE TO THE HORIZONTAL EXHAUST ON THE OFF-ROAD VEHICLE. THE OFF-ROAD TRUCK APPARENTLY BACKFIRED AND IGNITED A HILLSIDE OF DRY SAGEBRUSH. SINCE THE INCIDENT THE EXHAUST HAS BEEN REDIRECTED TO ESCAPE VERTICALLY UPWARD VS. HORIZONTALLY.

July 21, 2003 WV · Coal HOISTING
Consolidation Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

THE SUGAR RUN ELEVATOR STOPPED OPERATIONS WHEN THE DAY SHIFT CREW STARTED UP ON THE ELEVATOR. THE WEIGHT OF THE CREW CAUSED THE ELEVATOR TO PULL THROUGH THE BRAKES AND TRIGGER THE LEVER LIMI T SWITCH. ELEVATOR REPAIRMAN ADJUSTED THE BRAKES.

July 21, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Mingo Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ON 7/21/03, A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE INTAKE @ SPAD 511. THE FALL MEASURED 20'LONG X 20'WIDE X 8'THICK. 6'RESIN BOLTS WERE TYPE OF SUPPORT IN THIS AREA. THE FALL WAS TO RIDER SEAM AND AREA WAS WET. AREA WAS POSTED AND DANGERED OFF. NON PRODUCING STATUS.

July 21, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Long Branch Energy · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURED AT AN INTERSECTION IN MITAL 16 BETWEEN D-SEALS AND FAN. ORIGINALLY BOLTED WITH 36"CONVENTIONAL BOLTS, REBOLTED WITH 48"FULLY GROUTED ROOF BOLTS. REASON FELL, WEATHER SLATE & SHALE TOP WITH WATER PRESENT IN MINE ROOF. THIS AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN DECEMBER OF 1965.

July 21, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Mingo Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ON 7/21/03, A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON #3 BELT LINE AND INTAKE AT SPAD 521. THE FALL MEASURED 100'LENGTH, 20'WIDE, & 10'THICK. 6'RESIN BOLTS & PIZZA POST WERE TYPE OF ROOF SUPPORT USED IN THIS AREA. THE FALL WENT UP TO A RUDDER SEAM AND THE AREA SHOWED SIGNS OF WATER. AREA WAS POSTED & DANGERED OFF. NON PRODUCING STATUS.

July 21, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 27 CROSSCUT OF THE MAIN EAST BETWEEN THE BELT AND TRAVELWAY, THE FALL WAS 12' LONG, 18' WIDE AND 6' HIGH. THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION, TRAVEL, DAMAGE EQUIPMENT, OR CAUSE ANY INJURY. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.

July 19, 2003 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Genesis Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 002 1 EAST SECTION AT 1:50 PM SATURDAY JULY 9TH AT THE INTERSECTION 3 AND 50 IN #9 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS INITIALLY 4' HIGH AND 40' LONG. IT DID EXTEND TO 60' LONG BEF ORE THE INVESTIGATION AND TIMBERING WERE COMPLETED. IT ALSO WENT HIGHER AND WATER IS COMING OFF THE FALL. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 48 AND 42' BOLTS AND STRAPS INITIALLY.

July 19, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Knott County Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

DURING A WEEKLY INSPECTION OF THE INTAKE AIR COURSE A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE #7 ENTRY ADJACENT FROM SURVEY POINT 2243 ON THE 001-0 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 6' BY 80' BY 19'. VENTILATION WAS INTERRUPTED BUT STOPPINGS WERE MOVED TO OPENTHE PRIMARY ESCAPEWAY.

July 19, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Warrior Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

LAST OPEN XCUT IN #6 ENTRY. INTERSECTION DRILLEDSOFT. THIS ROOF HAD LIME BUT APPARENTLY FRACTURED FOREMAN WENT TO 6' BOLTS INBY AT THIS AREA. BECAUSE LIME WENT AWAY FALL OCCURED AROUND 12:16PM AT TNE OF SHIFT. THIS INVOLVED INTERSECTION OF LAST OPEN XCUT FALL WAS 3 FT HIGH

July 18, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Baylor Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL INTERSECTION #5 ENTRY, LAST OPEN LINE OF BREAKS AT SPAD #2425. FALL APPROXIMATELY 8' H & 40' L. WILL BE CRIBBED OFF ON ALL APPROACHES. NO INJURIES/EQUIPMENT CAUGHT. DEVELOPED 7/16/03

July 18, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Harlan Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A NON-INJURY ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT APPROX 3:00 PM AT THE 32ND CROSS-CUT IN THE RETURN ENTRY ALONG THE NO.1 BELT LINE MAINS. THE ROOF FALL IMPAIRED THE VENTILATION FOR THE RETURN IN THIS AREA. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 19 FT WIDE, 0 TO 8 FT THICK, AND 30 FT LONG.

July 18, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Capital Coal Corp. · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE INTERSECTION OF NO.3 HEADING ON THE 001 SECTION ONE CROSSCUT OUTBY FACE. SPAD NO. 916.

July 17, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Baylor Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN LAST OPEN LINE OF CROSSCUTS. FALL RUNS FROM 7 AND 8 CROSSCUT TO 8 AND 9 TO CORNER WHERE #8 CUT INTO #9 ENTRY. FALL IS APPROX 9-10' HIGH. NO INJURIES OR MACHINES TRAPPED.

July 17, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Independence Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ON JULY 17, 03 AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE JUSTICE NO. 1 MINE ON #3 BELT, #3 ENTRY/ CONVEYER AT SPAD #18 CROSSCUT. THE FALL MEASURED10' BY 20' BY 2-3'.

July 17, 2003 IL · Coal HOISTING
Monterey Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

THE MAIN PORTAL ELEVATOR OVERSHOT THE TOP LANDING AND CAUSED OVERTRAVEL SWITCH TO PREVENT THE DOORS FROM OPENING. THE ELEVATOR DOORS WERE OPENED MANUALLY TO ALLOW THE PASSENGERS TO EXIT, THEN THE ELEVATOR WAS RESET TO THE PROPER LANDING POSITION AND PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE AT 4:38PM.

July 17, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL MEASURING 70' IN LENGTH, 19' WIDE AND 5.5' THICK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE NO. 7 INTAKE ENTRY. THE ROOF FAILED DUE TO UNDETECTABLE SUBNORMAL CONDITIONS ABOVE THE 48" RESIN ROOF BOLTS. THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED JUNE 2003. THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION AND THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY WAS REROUTED TO PERMIT SAFE PASSAGE. PERIMETER OF THE FALL WAS RESUPPORTED.

July 17, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 3 CROSSCUTS OUT BY #6 SEAL. DIMENSIONS H-6' W-19.5' L-50'/ GEOLOGY: SOFT MEDIUM TO DARK GRAY SHALE, LAMINATIONS, AND PLANT FOSSILS WERE PRESENT. ROOF SUPPORT 6' CONVENTIONAL BOLTS.

July 17, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON PANEL #3. BREAK #1 IN THE #5&6 ENTRIES. SIZE OF FALL WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 90'L X 20' W X 8-9'H. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 4' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT CONSISTING OF 10' CABLE BOLTS NO INJURIES, VENTILATION WAS INTERRUPTED, PRIMARY ESCAPEWAY WAS BLOCKED. FALL WAS CLEANED UP VENTILATION RESTORED, ESCAPEWAY RE-ESTABLIS

July 17, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL MEASURING 80' LENGTH, 20'WIDE AND 5.5' THICK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE NO.1 RETURN ENTRY. THE ROOF FAILED DUE TO UNDETECTABLE SUBNORMAL CONDITIONS LAYERED SHALE ABOVE THE 48" RESIN ROO F BOLTS. THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED JUNE 2003. THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR SAFE PASSAGE. THE PERIMETER OF THE FALL WAS RESUPPORTED BY 2 ROWS OF TEMPORARY SUPPORTS AND BARRICADED.

July 16, 2003 AL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Drummond Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE G-4 CONTINUOUS MINER SECTION IN THE NO. 2 WORKING PLACE. THE ROOF FALL MEASURED 10.5+ 22 FT WIDE 0 TO 15 FT HIGH. MSHA NOTIFIED, INVESTIGATION CONDUC TED.

Drummond Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THOSE PRESENT, IT APPEARS THAT THE IGNITION WAS CAUSED WHEN THE CONT MINER WAS TRIMMING SANDSTONE ROOF IN FAULT WHEN A SPARK IGNITED A METHANE BLEEDER NEAR ROOF.

July 16, 2003 UT · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Canyon Fuel Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL WAS ENCOUNTERED BY THE WEEKLY EXAMINER THE 1-LEFT TAILGATE #2 ENTRY X/C 40 ABOVE THE ANCHOR ZONE. FALL MEASURES 20'X 30'X 9' HIGH. SEPARATION OF ROOF STRATA DUE TO EXPOSURE OF AIR AN D WATER OVER TIME ARE CAUSE OF FALL. ALL ACCESS TO THE FALL AREA WERE DANGERED OFF TO PREVENT PERSONS FROM ENTERING THE AREA. NO CHANGE IN VENTILATION OR BLOCKAGE OF ESCAPEWAYS RESULTED FROM

July 16, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY (BELT & TRACK) AT BREAK 116 IN AN INTERSECTION SIZE OF FALL WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 5-6' HIGH 25'LONG & 25' WIDE. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH A 4' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. NO INJURIES OCC URED VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERRUPTED. BELT & TRACK WAS CAUGHT. FALL WAS CLEANED UP

July 16, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
KenAmerican Resources Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL IN THE 9 WEST AT X-CUT #26 IN #1 ENTRY MEASURING 50' X 20' X 6'. THE AREA WAS MINED IN JUNE 2003 & SUPPORTED WITH 6' TENSION ROOF BOLTS. THE FALL WAS CAUSED BY AN UNDETECTED SLIP.

July 15, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Elk Run Coal Company, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE TILLEY SECTION IN THE #3 ENTRY, 1 BK OUTBY SPAD 3150. THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 60' L X 20' W X 7' H. THE FALL AREA HAS BEEN DANGERED OFF AND WILL BE REHABILITATED.

July 15, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON THE 1L4W PANEL IN ENTRY #6 AT X-CUT 8. THE CAUSE WAS WEAK LAMINATED SHALE AND STACK ROCK. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED THE PRIMARY ESCAPEWAY TO BE BLOCKED. PRODUCTION WAS HALT ED WHEN FOUND AND STEPS WERE TAKEN TO CLEAN UP FALL AND RE-SUPPORT AREA.

July 15, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON THE 1R3W PANEL IN ENTRY #8 AT X-CUT 38-40. THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS WEAK LAMINATED SHALE AND SANDSTONE ASSOCIATED WITH WATER.

July 15, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 1R3W PANEL IN ENTRY #4 AT X-CUT 37-38. THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS WEAK LAMINATED SHALE. THIS FALL COVERED THE 2A BELT LINE. IMMEDIATE ACTION WAS UNDERTAKEN TO CLEAN UP THE FALL AND RE-SUPPORT THE AREA.

July 15, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Long Branch Energy · Accident type, without injuries

THE FALL MEASURING 20' BY 30' BY 6-7' AND WAS IN 4 WAY INTERSECTION WITH WATER SEEPING THROUGH A SHALE IMMEDIATE ROOF. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 48" LONG ROOF BOLTS WITH 8" BY 8" BY 1" HOLE PLATES. THE ENTRY IA A NEUTRAL ENTRY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANY EQUIPMENT OR PERSONS.

July 15, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON THE 1L4W PANEL IN ENTRY #5 AT X-CUT 26-27. THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS WEAK LAMINATED SHALE AND STACK ROCK. THE INCIDENT CAUSED THE PRIMARY ESCAPEWAY TO BE RE-ROUTED ARO UND THE AREA.

July 15, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Marrowbone Development Company · Accident type, without injuries

ON 7-15-03 A FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON #1 SECTION, BRK #33 @ SPAD 210. THE FALL MEASURED 40' LENGTH, 20' WIDTH AND 6' THICK. THE FALL WAS IN A NEUTRAL ENTRY. 6' RESIN BOLTS WERE TYPE OF ROOF SUPP ORT USED IN AREA. THE AREA WAS POSTED, TIMBERED OFF. NON-PRODUCING STATUS.

July 14, 2003 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tennco Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL ON INTAKE SIDE OF 001-SECTION LONG BELT IN THE #4 ENTRY OLD MAINS. FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION. THIS WAS CALLED INTO MSHA. I FORGOT TO FILL OUT THE 7000-1.

July 14, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

EAST 4, 15 BLOCK #5 HEADING 4-WAY INTERSECTION MMU 007 10 FT HIGH X 18 FT WIDEX 20 FT LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT CABLE BOLTS WITH 8"X8" PLATES. RESIS BOLTS WITH 6" X 16" PLATES. ROOF MATS FALL DANG ERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS SIT AROUND FALL.

July 14, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ENTRY #3 OF THE MAIN SOUTH AT SURVEY STATION 12 & 20. THE FALL MEASURED 50' LONG 30' WIDE 12' HIGH. ALL APPROACHES TO THIS AREA HAVE BEEN TIMBERED OFF.

July 14, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Red Bone Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE #1 ENTRY OF THE 1 NORTH PANEL OF THE 002 SECTION. THE FALL STARTED APPROX. 100' INBY SPAD #888 & CONTINUED TO THE FACE OF #1 ENTRY. IT MEASURES 140' LONG BY 17 1/2' WIDE AND IS APPROX 8' TO 10' HIGH. NO PERSONS OR EQUIPMENT OR VENTILATION WERE INVOLVED. THE MINE WAS IDLE WHEN THE FALL OCCURED.

July 14, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE FACE OF #2 ENTRY OF THE 2ND SOUTH MAINS AT #30 BREAK, SECTION HAD BEEN ABANDONED. SIZE OF FALL WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 40' L BY 20' W BY 7-8' H. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 4' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS, NO INJURIES, VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERRUPTED. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

July 14, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN ENTRY #7 OF THE 2ND SOUTH EAST PANEL AT SURVEY STATION 8 AND 40 TO 9. THE FALL MEASURED 80' LONG BY 19'BY 6' HIGH. ALL APPROACHES TO THIS AREA HAVE BEEN TIMBERED OFF.

July 14, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Black Hawk Mining · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #8076. THE FALL MEASURED 20' X 20' X 4' THICK.

July 13, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURED ON THE #1 SECTION AT SPAD # 8991 IN THE INTAKE ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURED 25' L X 20' W X 4' H AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 1500' AWAY FROM THE ACTIVE FACE. THE FALL AREA WAS BREAKERED OFF AND HAS NOW BEEN REHABILITATED

July 12, 2003 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN CROSSCUT 5-6 AT WALL #45 ALONG 1 SOUTH BELT. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 20'L X 16'W X 6' HIGH. THIS WAS AN OLD FALL AREA THAT RE-FELL.

July 12, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
3-D Management Services, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

AN INTERSECTION AT THE NORTH OF #3 LEFT MAINS IN #7 ENTRY INTAKE FELL. AREA IS 20' X 20' X5' THICK. AREA DEVELOPED 2/02. SHALE ROOF, NO WATER, NO RIDER SEAM. BOLTED WITH 4' & 6' FULLY GROUTED BOLTS. AREA WAS BREAKERED OFF. AREA WILL BE REHABILITATED. MEN WERE MOVED OUTBY FALL AREA & WORK ON FALL HAS BEGUN. FALL AREA IS 1000' FROM SECTION FACE.

July 11, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

WEST MAINS 18 BLOCK #5 ENTRY. 4-WAY INTERSECTION 10'HIGH X 16'WIDE X 35'LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT: ACS JACKS, SCREEN, 6'RESIN BOLTS WITH 6"X 16" PLATES, ROOFMATS. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS SET AROUND FALL.

July 11, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCUREED AT #5 ENTRY OF THE SOUTH EAST PANEL AT SURVEY STATION 4 AND 20. THE FALL MEASURED 30' LONG BY 30' W BY 9' HIGH. ALL APPROACHES TO THIS AREA HAVE BEEN TIMBERED OFF.

July 11, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Independence Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ON JULY 11, 03 A UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURED AT THE JUSTICE NO.1 MINE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 10' BY 20' BY 2-3'. THE FALL PULLED PLATES OF THE BOLTS AND PULLED BOLTS FROM THE ROOF. IT DID NOT FALL ABOVE ANCHORAGE.

July 10, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

EAST 1 RIGHT BLOCK 14, HEADING 6. 4-WAY INTERSECTION. MMU 007. 8 FT HIGH X 18 FT WIDE X 20 FT LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 6 FT RESIN BOLTS, 8" X 8" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS SET AROUND FALL. SECTION MOVED.

July 10, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

EAST 1 RIGHT BLOCK 8. HEADING 8, 4-WAY INTERSECTION MMU 008 10 FT HIGH X 20 FT WIDE X 20 FT LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT 12 FT CABLE WITH 8"X8" PLATES, 6 FT RESIN WITH 8'X8" PLATES, ROOF MATS FALL DA NGERED OFF, ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORT SET AROUND FALL MOVED SECTION.

July 10, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED MEASURING 70'LONG X 19'WIDE X 8'HIGH. IT WAS 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #43, IT WAS BOLTED WITH 5'POINT ANCHOR AND IN INTERSECTION HAS 8'SUPERBOLTS, IT WAS MINED IN 5/8/98. NO EQU IPMENT WAS INVOLVED, NO VENTILATION WAS DISTURBED, ON INJURY OCCURRED AND THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

July 10, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & D Mining L.L.C. · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN #2 ENTRY AT BREAK 23. FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 20' LONG X 20' WIDE X 6' HIGH.

July 10, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL WAS DIACOVERED IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE #6 ENTRY OF 7 INTAKE AIR ENTRIES 5 CROSSCUTS INBY BEP #9. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 20' WIDE X 20' LONG X 4' HIGH. THE AREA WAS NOT BEING USED AND WAS DANGERED OFF. THE FALL HAD NO AFFECT ON VENTILATION.

July 10, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Marfork Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 100' 18'X 36". 1 CROSS CUT INBY SPAD #743 ONT HE TRACK AND BELT ENTRY #4 ENTRY. 42" RESIN BOLTS WERE BEING USED.

July 10, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 3W AT X CUT #46 IN ENTRY #5. THIS FALL WAS CAUSED BY WEAK LAMINATED SHALE AND STACK ROCK. THIS FALL WAS LOCATED ON THE 3W ROADWAY. THE ROADWAY WAS RE ROUTED AROUND FALL AREA.

July 10, 2003 CO · Coal INUNDATION
Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. · Accident type, without injuries

ALTHOUGH THE MINE DISAGREES, MSHA HAS CLASSIFIED THE WATER INFLOW IN 22 TAILGATE, ENTRY 2, CROSSCUT 29-30 AS AN INUNDATION. WATER STARTED FROM A HOLE NEAR THE FLOOR, FLOWING TO THE LOWER PART OF ENTRY 1 UNTIL ADDITIONAL PUMPING CAPACITY WAS ADDED.

July 10, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mason Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL FELL OUT BY SECTION FOR 80 FT BY 20 FTABOUT 6 FT HIGH FROM SPAD #5040 IN BY 80 FT IN #7 ENTRY.

July 10, 2003 AL · Coal HOISTING
Chevron Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE CEDAR CREEK ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM APPROX. 11:00 PM ON 7/10/2003 UNTIL 2:00 AM ON 7/11/2003 DUE TO BAD AUXILIARY CONTACTOR ON MOTOR STARTER.

July 9, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dickenson-Russell Coal Company, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

FALL APP. 60' LONG, 18' WIDE, 0-8' HIGH - NO INJURIES, NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE. NO BLOCKAGE OF VENTILATION OR ESCAPWAY. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. BREAKERED OFF AND DANGERED. WAS BOLTED WITH 8' TORQU E TENSION BOLTS AND 8' CABLE BOLTS SPOTTED IN. HAD SEVERAL 100 TON HEINZMAN JACKS SET IN AREA.

July 9, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN ENTRY #5 OF THE EAST RETURN PANEL @ SURVEY STATION 5+60. THE FALL MEASURED 50' LONG, 20' WIDE & 10' HIGH. ALL APPROACHES TO THIS AREA HAVE BEEN TIMBERED OFF.

July 9, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 1R3W, ENTRY #4, X-CUT 23-24 ALONG SIDE THE 2A BELT LINE. THE FALL MEASURED 15'LONG, 8'WIDE AND 2-4'HIGH. THE ROCKS BLOCKED THE TRAVELWAY ON THE RETURN SIDE OF THE BELT. THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS WEAK LAMINATED SHALE.

July 9, 2003 NM · Coal FIRE
Chevron Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AT THE TIME THE FIRE STARTED THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE AT THE WORK AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES F. THE PROBABLE FUEL SOURCE WAS HYDRAULIC OIL AND THE LOCATION OF THE FUEL AND IGNITION SOURCE IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. ALL COMPONENTS WILL BE EXAMINED AND TESTED WHERE POSSIBLE. THE FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEM IS ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED.

Consolidation Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN ALLEGED FACE IGNITION OCCURED AT APPROX. 2:35 PM #75 SHIELD ON THE 4-A, LONGWALL SECTION AS MINING WAS PROGRESSING TOWARD HEADGATE. NO INJURY, SELF EXTINGUISHING. INCIDENT DURATION WAS APP ROX. ONE SECOND.

July 8, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wolf Run Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED MEASURING 20' X 18' X 7'HIGH. THE AREA HAS SLICKEN SIDE ROCK. ON 7/2/03 THERE WAS OBSERVED A ROCK GLICKEN SURFACE WHICH MEASURED 3' X 2' X 1' ON THE PAVEMEN T OF X-CUT 2-3 AND 2 OTHER ROCKS HANGING. IT WAS "DANGERED OFF". ON 7/3/03 NO CHANGE IN THE CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED. LOCATION: 1 LEFT IN #2 ENTRY & 2-3 X-CUT @ 15 + 59.

July 8, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal HOISTING
U S Gypsum Company · Accident type, without injuries

WE EXPERIENCED A LIGHTING STORM THAT CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE. THE HOISTE BREAKER TRIPPED BECAUSE OF THE STORM. THE HOISTEMAN TRIED TO RESET THE BREAKER, BUT IT WOULDN'T BECAUSE IT HAD BECOME OVE R HEATED. ALL MINE PERSONEL WERE EVCUATED VIA THE EMERGENCY SHAFT AND PLANT ELECTRICIAN WERE CALLED TO HANDLE THE BREAKER ISSUE.

July 8, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Webster County Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL OF THE ROOF OCCURRED ON THE 1ST S.E. SUBMAINS X-CUT 72 IN #4 ENTRY ON #4 UNITS B-BELT 2000' OUT BY THE UNIT. THE FALL WAS 80' LONG BY 19' WIDE BY 7' THICK. NO VENTILATION, OR PERSONELL WAS AFFECTED.

July 8, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal
Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE PERFORMING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, A CRACKED COUPLER WAS DISCOVERED BETWEEN MAIN GEARBOX & DRUM SHAFT. THE HOIST WAS SHUT DOWN & MINERS EVACUATED. A NEW COUPLER WAS INSTALLED & THE HOIST TESTED AND RESTORED TO SERVICE AT 3:50 AM, 07/9.

July 7, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

EAST 1 RIGHT BLOCK #9 HEADING #3, 4-WAY INTERSECTION MMU 007. 8' HIGH X 16' WIDE X 20' LONG. TYPE SUPPORT: 6' RESIN 6"X16" PLATES, ROOF MATS.FALL DANGERED OFF. ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS SET.

July 7, 2003 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Genesis Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL OCCURED IN #7 ENTRY OF 1 EAST 002 SECTION 20' INBY THE INTERSECTION AT 21+80 & CAVED 50' LONG, THE WIDTH OF THE ENTRY 20', AND APPROX. 4' HIGH. MINING WAS OVER IN THE RETURN SIDE ROOMS AND NO ONE KNEW ANYTHING UNTIL IT FELL.

July 7, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
White River Coal, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 2ND SOUTH PANEL OFF THE MAIN WEST. THE FALL IS LOCATED AT 18XC INTERSECTION, #5 ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURES 25 FEET LONG, 10-16' WIDE, AND 6 FT HIGH.

July 7, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

EAST 1 RIGHT BLOCK #9 HEADING #5, 4-WAY INTERSECTION MMU 007. 8'HIGH X 18'WIDE X 20'LONG. TYPE OF SUPPORT: 6' RESIN BOLTS, 6"X16" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF. ADDED ROOF SUPPORT.

July 7, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN #5 ENTRY 4TH NORTHWEST MAINS, BEGINNING INBY SURVEY STATION #20606 ONE BREAK. FALL IS APPROX. 540'LONG, 19'WIDE AND 7'THICK. FALL IS FROM LAST OPEN CROSSCUT ON WORKING SECTION, EX TENDING FOR APPROX. 6 BREAKS OUTBY DOWN BELTLINE ENTRY.

July 7, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

EAST 1 RIGHT BLOCK #11 HEADING #2 4-WAY INTERSECTION MMU 007. 8' HIGH X 20' WIDE X 20' LONG. SUPPORT: 6' RESIN BOLTS, 6"X16" PLATES, ROOF MATS. FALL DANGERED OFF. ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS SET.

July 7, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clean Energy Mining Co. · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 1500' OUTBY THE 001-0 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 6' HIGH, 20' WIDE AND 20' LONG THE FALL WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE #5 AND #6 ENTRY.

July 7, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Solid Energy Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 1500' OUTBY THE 001-0 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 6' HIGH, 20' WIDE AND 20' LONG. THE FALL WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE #5 AND #6 ENTRY.

July 6, 2003 CO · Coal FIRE
Blue Mountain Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #1 SILO AT APPROX. 11:45 P.M. ON SUNDAY, FULY 6, 2003. THE FIRE APPEARED TO BE APPROX. 4 TO 5 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 3 TO 4 FT IN HEIGHT. THE COAL THAT WAS BURNING W AS EXTINGUISHED BY RUNNING IT THRU THE PREPARATION PLANT. MSHA INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT ON JULY 8, 2003.

July 6, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 11TH EAST, #61 CROSSCUT BETWEEN #5 & #6 ENTRIES. THE FALL WAS 11' WIDE, 27' LONG & 6' HIGH. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6' & 8' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. THE FALL DIDN'T AFF ECT VENTILATION, TRAVEL, DAMAGE EQUIPMENT OR CAUSE ANY INJURY.

July 6, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wolf Run Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 1 LEFT BELT WHICH MEASURED 20'L X 32'W X 11'H. LOCATION: 1 LEFT SECTION @ SPAD 12272 @ 11 TO 5.

July 5, 2003 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cobra Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 4 WEST SECTION, #4 ENTRY 2 WAY INTER SECTION. 18 FT WIDE X 4FT HIGH. ROOF FELL FOR A DISTANCE OF 50 FT.

July 4, 2003 WY · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Black Hills Lignite A Limited Liability Co · Accident type, without injuries

THE PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN @ 4 AM FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AN EE RETURNED ABOUT 10:30 AM TO USE WAREHOUSE TO WORK ON HIS VEHICLE & SMELLED SMOKE. HE TRACED THE SMOLDERING LIGNITE TO THE DUST COLLECTO R & WATERED DOWN THE HOT SPOT & THE FLOOR BENEATH IT. VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS WERE MADE & THE FIRE DEPT HOSED DOWN THE COLLECTOR FROM 1:30-2:00 PM. CAUSE OF FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. MSHA

July 3, 2003 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE 1ST SOUTH TRAVELWAY OFF THE 2ND MAIN EAST TRAVELWAY ATTHE #75 CROSSCUT. THE FALL OCCURED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE ROOF STRATA BROKE LOOSE BELOW THE ANCHOR POINT. AN INVESTIGATION OF ALL ADJOINING AREAS WILL BE MADE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHECKING FOR ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS. THE FALL AREA WILL BE CLEANED UP & AREA SUPPORTED. THE FALL MEASURED

July 3, 2003 OH · Coal
American Energy Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

FOUR SHIELD CARS WERE BEING LOADED INTO THE MINE, ONE ELECTRICAL FUSE BLOWN TO THE ELECTRIC MOTOR, WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE ELECTRIC BRAKE WAS INOPERATIVE THEREFORE THE MANUAL BRAKE CAME INTO PL AY. THE CARS STARTED TO GO FASTER DOWN THE SLOPEAND STRUCK A MOTOR PARKED AT THE BOTTOM AND DERAILED THE BRAKECAR. THE HOIST OPR DID GET THE TRIP SLOWED DOWN TO PREVENT DAMAGE.

July 3, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Perry County Coal, LLC. · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #1 EAST MAINS IN #1 ENTRY AT BREAK 33 TO 36 ALONG THE #4 BELT MEASURING 5'H X 20'W X 180'L. FALL WAS REPORTED TO HAZARD FIELD OFFICE OF MSHA.

July 3, 2003 WV · Coal INUNDATION
Performance Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

METHANE INUNDATION WAS EXPERIENCED ON LONGWALL NO. 16 DUE TO AN EXTREME BUMP AND HOOVING OF THE BOTTOM WHICH CREATED FRACTURES RESULTING IN METHANE BLEEDERS IN THE GOB AREA OF JACK 95. ADDITIO NAL VENTILATION CHANGES WERE MADE TO DILUTE AND CARRY AWAY THE METHANE.

July 2, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
KenAmerican Resources Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE FOREMAN IN THE EAST MAINS BETWEEN #19 AND XC #20 IN #2 ENTRY. IT MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 30' X 20' X 6'. THE AREA WAS MINED IN MAY 2000 AND WAS SUPPORTED BY TIMBERS AND 6' TENSION REBAR BOLTS. FALL WAS CAUSED BY AN UNDETECTED SLIP IN THE MINE ROOF.

July 2, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
KenAmerican Resources Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE FOREMAN IN THE EAST MAINS AT XC #17 IN #3 ENTRY. IT MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 50' X 20' X 6'. THE AREA WAS MINED IN MAY 2000 AND WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' TENSION REBAR B OLTS AND TIMBERS. FALL WAS CAUSED BY AN UNDETECTED SLIP IN THE MINE ROOF.

July 2, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
KenAmerican Resources Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE FOREMAN IN THE EAST MAINS AT X-CUT #16 IN #1 ENTRY. IT ALSO GOES FROM XC #16 IN #1 ENTRY THROUGH THE PILLAR TOWARD #2 ENTRY. IT MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 200' X 20' X 6'. THE AREA WAS MINED IN MAY 2000 AND WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' TENSION REBAR BOLTS AND TIMBERS. FALL WAS CAUSED BY AN UNDETECTED SLIP IN THE MINE ROOF.

July 2, 2003 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dlr Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION JUST INBY SPAD 1551 OF THE 6 LEFT SECTION: NO VISIABLE SIGNS OF CUTTERS OR CLAY BEINS. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 42" #6 REBAR TENSION REBAR BOLTS. INITIAL C AVE WAS APX 5'HIGH, 18'WIDE, 18'LONG. AT 6:30 AM CAVE EXTENDED OUTBY APX 100' - 18'WIDE, 7'HIGH.

July 2, 2003 IN · Coal HOISTING
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

OUR ELEVATOR AT OUR HART ST. PORTAL BECAME INOPERATIVE AT AROUND 3 PM BECAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. A SET OF CONTACTS RELEASING THE BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY CAUSING THE BRAKES TO NOT RELEASE. REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED & THE ELEVATOR WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AROUND 3:40 P.M.

July 2, 2003 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Five Star Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE 2 MAIN NORTH 90 CROSSCUT #2 ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURES APPROX 30 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE AND 4-6 FT THICK. THE AREA IS SUPPORTED WITH 5 FT FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS .

July 2, 2003 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
AEP Ohio Coal, L.L.C. · Accident type, without injuries

FALL OF ROOF 2 SECTION, 2 LEFT OFF 4 NORTH, MAIN WEST. APPROX 35'LONG, APPROX 18'WIDE, APPROX 20'HIGH. E-ENTRY AT 559+43. NO EFFECT ON VENTILATION, NOR PASSAGE. 6'RESIN GROUTED RODS, 12' CABLE BOLTS - GREY SHALE.

July 2, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON PRE-SHIFT EXAM ON 7-2-03. FALL WAS LOCATED IN THE NUMBER 5 HEADING LAST OPEN CROSS CUT OF THE 2 WEST MAINS. FALL WAS 18 FEET WIDE AND 18 FEET LONG WITH UNKNOWN HEIGH T. ROOF HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 5 FOOT TORQUE TENSION BOLTS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL 12 FOOT CABLE BOLTS.

July 1, 2003 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT 2 + 05.3 WAY INTERSECTION #3 ENTRY F-4 OFF 3 NORTH. THE FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT. THE FALL WAS 20'WIDE, 14'HIGH & 30'IN LENGTH.

July 22, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Concrete Nor'west · Contact with electrical current

BOOM TRUCK OPERATOR APPARENTLY SWUNG LOAD NEAR POWERLINE. EMPLOYEE LENDING A HAND TO UNHOOK LOAD WAS ELECTROCUTED.

July 19, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Performance Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING #3 SHUTTLE CAR CABLE. POWER TO CABLE HAD BEEN TAGGED & LOCKED OUT. HE WAS DISCOVERED LYING ON HIS BACK & NOT BREATHING. CPR WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT APPROX. 8:20 P.M. MSHA/STATE INVESTIGATIONS ARE INCONCLUSIVE AT THIS TIME.

July 2, 2003 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Highland Mining Company LLC · Struck by flying object

ON JULY 2ND, 2003, EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE NECK BY A PROJECTILE WHILE CUTTING COAL WITH A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS SUGGEST THE VICIM WAS STRUCK BY A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM THE TIP OF A CUTTING BIT.

July 21, 2003 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Gibson County Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE SUPPLY FORKS ON A MINI TRACK WHEN A FORK SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN THE FORK AND THE MOUNTING FRAME.

July 17, 2003 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marfork Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

On the 7-17-03 ee was loading 7' round timbers into a scoop bucket when he felt a pain in groin area. he continued to work until 5-4-04. at that time he was informed by a dr he had a hernia that would require surgery.

July 15, 2003 WI · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Eden Stone Co., LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS ON HIS MACHINE AND IT MALFUNCTIONED...THE BLADE CAME DOWN TOO QUICKLY. WHEN HE GOT HIS HAND AWAY FROM THE BLADE HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT TRAPPED BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE HEAD OF THE M ACHINE. THAT TOOK THE TIP OF HIS FINGER OFF.

July 7, 2003 WV · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Signal Resources LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER DISCOVERED A HERNIA ON HIS LEFT ABDOMEN.

July 3, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Austin White Lime Company, Ltd. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING OUT LIME BUILDUP IN THE HYDRATE FINISHED PRODUCT SCREW CONVEYOR WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF HIS RIGHT HAND ABOVE THE WRIST. APPARE NTLY THE SCREW STARTED UP WHILE HE HAD HIS HAND INSIDE THE SCREW TROUGH. ANOTHER EE HEARD HIS SCREAMING AND CAME TO THE SCENE AND TURNED THE EQUIPMENT OFF.

July 1, 2003 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. HE HAD INSTALLED HIS RIB PIN & WAS GETTING READY TO INSTALL CENTER PIN. HE GRABBED HIS STEEL OFF OF THE OPERATORS TRAY, FAST FED HIS DRILL POT DOWN & THE POT OR THE ARM CAUGHT THE END OF HIS STEEL CAUSING THE STEEL TO BE DROVE INTO THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.

July 31, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Marfork Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE INCH TRAM VALVE CHEST ON A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 6" X 24" X 1" - 4" FELL OUT LACERATING HIS RIGHTFOREARM.

July 31, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kyanite Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

TRIPPED OVER AIR HOSE ON FLOOR, FALLING ON LEFT ELBOW.

July 31, 2003 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND FELT STRAIN IN BACK AREA.

July 31, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal

INJURED GOT OFF THE FORKLIFT, WENT UP TO THE PALLETIZER TO CHANGE OVER FROM T-3 TO SUPER MASONRY AND NOTICED A BAG STALLED ON DECLINE BELT. SHE WENT TO PUSH DOWN THE BAG AND A HALF EMPTY SUPER BAG WAS LEFT ON THE WALKWAY. SHE WENT TO STEP OVER THE BAG & CAUGHT HE RIGHT FOOT ON THE BAG & FELL ONTO THE METAL GRATING WALKWAY CAUSING LACERATIONS/ABRASIONS TO KNEES, HANDS AND SHOULDER.

July 31, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Newtown Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE MASHED FINGER ON LT. HAND BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STRUCTURE. (INJURED WAS WEARING GLOVES).

July 31, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Newtown Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING MINER WHEN RIB ROLLED HITTING LEGS.

July 31, 2003 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman

EE WAS CHANGING OUT BARGES. HE CLIMBED A LADDER FROM THE LOADED BARGE TO THE EMPTY BARGE. HE WALKED TO THE BOW END OF THE BARGE, WHERE HE HAD A LOWER BACK SPASM. WE TOOK HIM FROM THE BARGE TO THE DR.

July 31, 2003 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bledsoe Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK PULLING ON BELT STANDS.

July 31, 2003 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
US Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STARTING BOLT USING AN IMPACT WRENCH AND THE BOLT IN HIS HAND, THE BOLT SPUN CUTTING THROUGH GLOVE AND LEFT INDEX FINGER.

July 31, 2003 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Powder River Mining LLC · Fall from machine

AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF A CAT 793 OFF HIGHWAY TRUCK. PART WAY DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF A LADDER RUNG AND HE BEGAN TO FALL BACKWARDS. WHEN HE GRABBED TH E LADDER WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO ARREST HIS FALL HE FELT A PAIN AND HEARD A POPPING SOUND IN HIS SLEFT SHOULDER.

July 31, 2003 WV · Coal supply man, nipper

EE AND A CO-WORKER WERE LOADING 1,000 FT OF 48" CONVEYOR BELT ONTO A SUPPLY CAR ON THE MINE BENCH USING A IT-28 LOADER AND A WIRE ROPE. A LAP OF BELT HAD FALLEN OFF OF THE STACK. AS EE ATTEMPT ED TO PUT THE BELT BACK ON THE CAR HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.

July 31, 2003 NH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brook Hollow Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING WINDOW ON BOB CAT AND CUT HIS FINGER ON METAL CAGE OF WINDOW.

July 31, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal

MOVING MAN BASKET WITH ANOTHER ELECTRICIAN DVER HANDRAILING THE WEIGHT OF THE BASKET SHIFTED AND GOT AWAY FROM US AND SMASHED MY FINGER BETWEEN THE BASKET AND HANDRAILING CAUSING OPEN WOUND ON MIDDLE FINGER AND BROKER BONE.

July 31, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harney Rock & Paving Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION A SKIRT RUBBER ON A CONVEYOR WITH A BAR, THE BAR CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT & A ROLLER CAUSING THE BAR TO STRIKE HIS KNEE.

July 31, 2003 NC · Metal/Non-Metal

TRUCK WAS IN THE PIT. AFTER BEING LOADED IT BACKED UP AND SOMEHOW FELL ON ITS PASSENGER SIDE. EE IS EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT IN HIS KNEE. DOCTOR WROTE HIM OUT OF WORK EFFECTIVE DEC 22 AND IS GO ING TO DO EXPLORATORY SURGERY 0N DEC 31, 2003.

July 31, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Postar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MINER WAS CUTTING BELT TO MAKE A SPLICE. WHILE PULLING HANDLE ON BELT KNIFE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK.

July 31, 2003 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herndon Processing Company LLC · Fall down stairs

HE CUT WATER OFF BEHIND ROTARY BREAKER, STARTED BACK DOWN STEPS, SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN TWO OR THREE STEPS AND INJURED LOWER BACK AND RIGHT KNEE. HE LATER WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 9/9/03 WHO STARTED PHYSICAL THERAPY (ONE MONTH). STARTED MISSING ON 9/9/03.

July 30, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING 5-GALLON CONTAINER OF TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE STORAGE CONTAINMENT, WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK. EE HAS AGREED THAT THIS IS A REOCCURENCE OF AN OLD BACK INJURY DATING BACK TO AUG.2, 2000, WHERE HE STEPPED IN A HOLE INJURING HIS BACK ON THE JOB.

July 30, 2003 IN · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON A COAL HAULER AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. HE HAD JUST FINISHED PLUGGING THE DEAD BATTERY UP TO CHARGE AND WAS WALKING BACK TO GET IN HIS HAULER. HE WAS WALKING B ETWEEN THE BATTERY AND THE RIB WHEN HE HEARD THETHE RIB OR SOMETHING MAKE A NOISE. HE STARTED TO MOVE AND LOOK WHEN A ROCK FELL STIRKING HIM ON THE NECKI. THE ROCK MEASURE APPROX. 4'X2'X3" TH

July 30, 2003 KY · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE HAD PAIN IN BACK WHILE PICKING UP A PIECE OF WOOD FROM THE BED OF THE TRUCK (RAILROAD TIE AND TRASH OUT OF RAW COAL STOCK PILE).

July 30, 2003 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Battle Creek Gravel Co Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DRIVING THE DUMPSTER STATES HE HIT A LARGE BUMP HE DIDNT SEE. THIS CAUSE HIM TO LEAVE THE SEAT AND HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF CAB. SAID HE TOLD HIS FOREMAN EXPLAIN HE PAIN IN HIS NECK AND FOREMAN TOLD HIM TO GO TO THE DR.

July 30, 2003 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bandmill Coal, LLC · Fall from machine

SUBJECT WAS TRAMMING AN EXCAVATOR THROUGH WOODS ON ACCESS ROAD WHEN IT CONTACTED A HORNETS NEST. THE NEST FELL ON TOP OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE HORNETS SWARMED INTO THE OPERATORS CAB. SUB JECT FELL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE CAB TO GET AWAY FROM THE STINGING HORNETS.

July 30, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal
Cemex · -

EE CAUGHT LEFT LITTLE FINGER ON OCURLIED POST AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS. HE BENT HIS FINGER BACK CAUSING A MINER FRACTURE ABOVE CHIP. THIS ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE CO ON 8-4-03.

July 30, 2003 MD · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mettiki Coal LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PERSON WAS HELPING TO REMOVE SECTION OF 6" WATERLINE. AFTER PIPE WAS UNCHAINED, THE OTHER 2 MEN HOLDING PIPE FET THEIR END GO & THE PERSON FELL WITH PIPE ON SHOULDER. THE FALL DISLOCATED HIS R IGHT SHOULDER.

July 30, 2003 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Carbons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM THE RAIL SIDE OF THE MAIN TRACK. IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVELING HE REPORTED GETTING A CATCH IN HIS BACK. HE DIDN'T MISS TIME OR RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. ON OCTOBER 13, 2003, HE CALLED AND SAID HE WAS CONTINUING TO HAVE PAIN FROM THE INJURY. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON THAT DAY.

July 30, 2003 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Wabash Mine Holding Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING MINER CUTTING. SITTING ON BUCKET APPROXIMATELY 6' AWAY FROM RIGHT RIB WHEN RIB ROLLED OFF (6' LONG, 2' THICK, 3' WIDE) AND STRUCK RIGHT KNEE/THIGH KNOCKING HIM OFF BUCKET

July 30, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consol of Kentucky Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO STEP OVER A BAGLINE WITH AIR FLOWING THROUGH IT. HE STEPPED ON PART OF BAGLINE, SLIPPED AND FELL.

July 30, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Valley Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING BOLTS IN HOLE OF CUTTING EDGE WITH FINGERS TO IMPACT WRENCH. NUTS WENT THROUGH GLOVE AND CUT FINGERS.

July 30, 2003 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cantera El Pozo Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN DUE TO STRESS CAUSED BY VIBRATION OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT HE USUALLY OPERATES (BULLDOZER AND BACKHOE EXCAVATOR).

July 30, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Rockhouse Creek Development LLC · Struck by falling object

LOADING COAL WITH MINER PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS HITTING HIM IN HEAD & RIGHT SHOULDER.

July 30, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech

EE WAS WORKING ON LOCOMOTIVE AND SLIPPED AND HURT RIGHT SHOULDER. STARTED MISSING WORK 7-31-03.

July 30, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex · Struck against stationary object

OPERATOR FAILURE TO DEENERGIZE EQUIPMENT BEFORE INSPECTION AND FAILURE TO KEEP FROM HARMS WAY. STRUCK RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST RETURN ROLLER.

July 30, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal

TWO MEN REPAIRING BRAKE CHAMBER ON MACK DUMP COMPLETED CHAMBER REPLACEMENT. ONE WORKER WAS TO START VEHICLE, BUILD AIR PRESSURE IN SYSTEM AND OTHER WORKER TO ADJUST BRAKE CLEARANCE. WORKER IN TRUCK FAILED TO PUT TRUCK IN NEUTRAL GEAR, RELEASED CLUTCH, RUNNING OVER WORKER UNDER TRUCK.

July 30, 2003 WV · Coal security guard, watchman OTHER
Premium Processing Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED, A SECURITY GUARD, WAS MAKING HIS ROUNDS AND CHECKING PROPERTY WHEN HE OBSERVED 3 4 WHEELERS (ATV) PARKED NEAR A DOZER. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, CHECKED DOZER, FOUND NOTHING NEAR A DO ZER. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE WHEN HE WAS WALKING BACKTOWARDS VEHICLE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN BACK OF HEAD AND KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS FOR 30-40 MIN.

July 29, 2003 WV · Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING MATERIAL TO AN ONSITE CONCRETE PLANT WHEN HE CAME UPON A DRILL PARKED IN THE ROADWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO PASS THE DRILL ON THE LEFT SIDE WHEN HE CAME TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY. THE GROUND WAS SOFT CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TURN ON ITS SIDE.

July 29, 2003 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE FOR A ROOF BOLT AND HAD CHANGED STEEL. WHEN HE PUT THE TWO PIECES OF STEEL TOGETHER A PART OF HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE TWO WITH OU T HIS KNOWLEDGE. HE THEN ACTIVATED THE ROTATION AND THE LEFT HAND WAS TWISTED AGAINST THE DRILL STEEL CAUSING THE INJURY.

July 29, 2003 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Struck by falling object

THE ALLEGED INJURY WAS TO HAVE OCCURRED WHILE THE EE & HIS HELPER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING TIMBERS & COLLARS. AS THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING TIMBERS, AN UNDETECTED PIECE OF D RAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN PERMANENT SUPPORTS IMPACTING THE EE ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT. THE ROCK MEASURED 24" X 17" X 0-8" THICK & THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE AREA WAS 8'4" HIGH & EE'S APPROXIMA

July 29, 2003 KY · Coal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor

EE WAS IN OLD WORKS LOOKING FOR SPADS IN LOW COAL, WHICH FORCED HIM TO BEND AT THE KNEES AND BACK OR "DUCK WALK" WHEN HE FELT A POP ON HIS LEFT SIDE NEXT TO HIS TAILBONE.

July 29, 2003 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD COMPLETED INSTALLING AN ALTERNATOR BELT ON A CAT 24H MOTOR GRADER AND WAS MAKING FINAL CHECKS WHEN A ROCK ROLLED OFF A NEARBY SPOILS PILE AND STRUCK HIM INT HE LEGS. HIS LEFT LEG WAS FR ACTURED AND HIS RIGHT LEG SUSTAINED A 3 INCH LACERATION.

July 29, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Newtown Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

STANDING IN WRONG PLACE, MASHED LEFT FOOT.

July 29, 2003 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP, HIT EE IN THE HEAD. HE MISSED TWO DAYS WORK, WENT BACK ON AUGUST 1, 2003 IS NOW FINE.

July 29, 2003 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED UP TO GET IN LEE TRAM TWISTED BACK.

July 29, 2003 MS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parker Sand & Gravel LLC · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON DOZER, DROPPED METAL ON INDEX FINGER LEFT HAND.

July 29, 2003 OH · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING END OF A BROKEN RAM BAR, TO REMOVE FROM PAN LINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

July 29, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
3M Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING THRU TUNNEL WHEN ALERTED TO SHUT DOWN CONVEYOR. MADE A QUICK PIVOT MOTION TO RT. LEG, FOOT WAS IN A PILE OF GRANUAL. HE STATES THAT HE FELT A POP AND BURNING SENSATION BUT DID NOT PRECEIVE IT AS ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. HE REPORTED IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR, BUT DENIED NEED FOR MEDICAL ATTN. PAIN INCREASED OVER THE WEEK, TRANSPORTED TO CVIC FOR DX OF RT. KNEE STRAIN.

July 29, 2003 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer

EMPLOYEE EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAB AND AS HE WALKED AROUND THE CORNER LOST HIS BALANCE AND HAD TO SIDE STEP (SHUFFLE HIS FEET) TO THE LEFT AND GRAB FOR THE RAILING. THE RAILING DIDN'T SU PPORT HIS WEIGHT AS THE WELD WAS BROKEN. HE HUNG BY ONE ARM FOR A SECOND BUT COULDN'T HANG ON. HE FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT SIDE INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

July 29, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dakota LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES OFF OF THE SCOOP. APPARENTLY THE SCOOP BUCKET WAS SITTING ON SOME CHUNKS OF COAL. HIS FOOT WAS UNDER THE BUCKET AS THE COAL CHUNKS FAILED - THUS RESULTING IN HIS INJU RY.

July 28, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Hawk Mining · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING ON A PALLET OF ROOF BOLT PLATES WHEN HE ALLEGES THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK.

July 28, 2003 WV · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A SHUTTLE CAR WAS RUBBING CAUSING AN ODOR IN THE ENTRT. THE EE FELT SHORTNESS OF BREATH THE FOLLOWING DAY & DECIDED TO SEE A DR. X-RAY SHOWED NO DAMAGE, THE DR. GAVE THE EE THE REST OF THE WK. OFF TO LET HIS LUNGS HEAL.

July 28, 2003 WV · Coal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall from ladders

EE WAS REMOVING AN OVERHEAD CHAIN FALL (HOIST) FROM THE RIGGING, STANDING ON 6' STEP LADDER TO REACH THE UNIT HANGING OVERHEAD. THE CHAINFALL SAFETY LATCH CAUGHT ON THE RIGGING CAUSING THE EE TO PULL ON THE UNIT. THE UNIT BACAME LOOSE CAUSING THE EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 4' FROM THE 6' STEP LADDER LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

July 28, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS WORKING ON FEEDER PRYED DOWN ON SLATE BAR AND SLATE BAR SLIPPED CATCHING LEFT PINKIE FINGER BETWEEN FEEDER FLYGHT AND SLATE BAR CAUSING A CONTUSION.

July 28, 2003 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Excel Mining LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF ROCK DUSTING EE PICKED UP A BAG OF DUST WEIGHING 50 LBS. HE STATED WHILE LIFTING THE BAG OF DUST HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK THAT RADIATED INTO HIS GR OIN AREA AND RIGHT LEG.

July 28, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fossil Fuels Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SHOVEL FULL OF MATERIAL, HE TURNED TO THROW IT INTO SCOOP BUCKET AND TWISTED LOWER BACK. (WAS NOT REPORTED WITHIN 10 DAYS BECAUSE PAPERWORK WAS LOST IN OFFICE MOVE).

July 28, 2003 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Struck by flying object

PICKING UP TOOLS BUMPED INTO MACHINE DIRT WENT INTO EYES.

July 28, 2003 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)

A SMALL SECTION OF ROCK FROM THE ROOF CAME DOWN STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEG AS HE SET THE ATRS ON THE FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BOLT THE #1 ENTRY. THE ROOF ROCK STRCUK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK.

July 28, 2003 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH A BELT CREW INSTALLING BELT ON UNIT 4. WHILE HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING BELT HARDWARE, HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF LOOSE COAL CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO SLIP, TW ISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE DID NOT START MISSING TIME UNTIL AUGUST 1, 2003 AND HE IS STILL UNDER THE DOCTOR'S CARE AT THIS TIME.

July 28, 2003 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & D Mining L.L.C. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS RIDING THE RAILRUNNER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT UPPER LIP. HE RECEIVED TREATMENT ATT HE HOSPITAL AND MISSED ONE DAY.

July 28, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stillwater Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dragging a plastic driscol pipe up the ramp and lost his footing. While falling forward he twisted his back. Sought medical treatment on 7/29 and was released to full duty. Has been having intermittant back pain. Worked on 12/2 and felt tingling in is leg on 12/3. Went to the Doctor on 12/3 and was taken off work until further evaluation. First shift missed 12/3.

July 28, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Northeast Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE BENT DOWN TO UNLOCK SWITCH GEAR: LIFTED UP ON SWITCH TO RELEASE LOCK, AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE LOWER BACK.

July 28, 2003 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
White Flame Energy, Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS SITTING IN SEAT OPERATING MACHINE. STARTED SWINGING MACHINE AROUND AND DROPPED BUCKET ON THE GROUND CAUSING A JOLT.

July 28, 2003 TN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Straight Creek Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A REMOTE BOX TO HAND TO THE CONT MINER OPERATOR. AS HE HANDED IT TO HIM, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

July 28, 2003 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eden Stone Co., LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SAID HE WAS MOVING BIG ROCKS AND PUTTING THEM ON PALLETS. INJURY DATE WAS 7/28/03. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON AUG. 6, 2003.

July 28, 2003 PA · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eighty Four Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING THE SHEAR TOWARD THE TAILGATE. HE HAD TO TRAVEL THRU AN AREA WHERE WATER HAD ACCUMULATED. HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ONTO THE BRETBY IN ORDER TO PASS THRU THIS AREA AND HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BRETBY AND THE CABLE TROUGH.

July 28, 2003 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Bledsoe Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING IN MINE AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A BROW, HE STRAINED HIS NECK AND THIS CAUSED SHOULDER PAIN. EE DID NOT SEEK MED. ATTN. UNTIL 9/4/03.

July 28, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hydraulic Press Brick Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING SHALE HAULING TRUCK. HIT ROUGH BUMP-JERKED NECK. SORE/STIFF NECK-RIGHT SIDE.

July 28, 2003 WV · Coal welder (shop) OTHER
Independence Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

THE EE INDICATED THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WHILE ENGAGING IN BOLTING UP AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, THAT HE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK THAT GOT WORSE OVER TIME. WHEN ASKED HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR EVENT WHEN THE PAIN STARTED.

July 28, 2003 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)

BOLTING IN #4 HEADING, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 3 1/2 FEET WIDE ON ONE END AND TAPER DOWN TO (0) INCHES ON THE OTHER END AND APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES THICK FELL AND STRUCK EE ON THE LEFT SIDE O F HIS BACK.

July 28, 2003 AK · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING IN THE SAMPLE PREP ROOM IN THE LAB. SHE WAS WORKING SAMPLES BETWEEN THE SEPERATOR AND THE PULVARIZER. INJURY DUE TO REPETATIVE MOTION OF JOB DUTIES.

July 28, 2003 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS TRYING TO MOVE A 3" WATER PUMP BY HIMSELF. WHEN HE PULLED UP TO LIFT, INJURED BACK.

July 28, 2003 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sun State Rock & Materials Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EE STATES "COULD ONLY USE RIGHT HAND TO PULL HIMSELF UP ONTO THE TRUCK. PUT RIGHT FOOT IN STEP ON FUEL TANK, REACHED UP AND GRABBED BAR. AS HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP, HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIS WHOLE BODY SHIFTEDTO THE RIGHT & HE FELL ACROSS THE FUEL TANK.

July 28, 2003 AR · Metal/Non-Metal

WHILE DIGGING IN AN AREA WITH A LARGE"TOE", A BOULDER FELL FROM ATOP THE TOE ONTO THE CORNER OF THE FEL BUCKET. THE FALL WAS NOT FROM A GREAT HEIGHT BUT THE SUDDENESS OF IT AND THE MASS OF THE BOULDER CAUSED THE FEL TO BE JARRED AND THE EE WAS JARRED ALONG WITH IT. THE EE HAD SOME PAIN AT FIRST BUT DID NOT MENTION IT UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY WHEN IT GOT WORSE.

July 28, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wolf Run Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS MOVING THE CM CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY, A ROCK (26" W BY 23"L BY 2.5" THICK) FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK.

July 28, 2003 WV · Coal master electrician

EE WAS RAISING A HINGED SHIELD ON A BROOKEVILLE ULPC-9B MANTRIP IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE BRAKE HEAD COMPARTMENT, WHEN HE FELT A "PULL" OR "STRAIN" IN HIS LOWER BACK HE WAS RAISING THE SHIELD. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 8/1/03.

July 28, 2003 KY · Coal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator

EE WAS COMING BACK TO THE JOB SITE EMPTY AND MET A COMPANY WATER TRUCK ASCENDING THE HAULROAD AT CURVE NO. 18. THEY COLLIDED HEAD ON. THE WATER TRUCK DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED.

July 27, 2003 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vision Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PARTY WAS HELPING CHANGE A STARGATE SHAFT IN TILE PREPARATION PLANT. WHEN THE HOUSING WAS TAKEN OFF THE ONE END IT CAUSED THE END HE WAS HOLDING TO RAISE UP SUDDENLY SMASHING HIS RING FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

July 27, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Gapco Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LOADING A FOAM FILLED SHUTTLE CAR TIRE ON A A FLAT CAR EE STEPPED IN A HOLE ON THE CAR. THE TIRE SLID ON OFF THE SCOOP BUCKET FACING THEBACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG INTO THE SOLID PART OF

July 27, 2003 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Teck Alaska Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DESCENDING A LADDER YESTERDAY AND STEPPED TO LOWER RUNG WITH RIGHT FOOT WHILE LEFT FOOT TWISTED. EE FELT A SHARP PAIN AND HEARD A POP.

July 26, 2003 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPAIRING A WOOD PALLET AT THE PACKING HOUSE. HE WAS USING A PIECE OF WOOD AS A LEVEL TO SEPARATE A DAMAGED PIECE OF WOOD FROM THE PALLET. SUDDENLY THE DAMAGED PIECE OF WOOD BROKE AND H IT HIS NOSE.

July 26, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal
CalMat Co · -

EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL ON 7/26/03 AND STAYED OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION. WHILE DRIVING A COMPANY CRANE IT ROLLED OVER, PARTIALLY PINNING EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MULTIPLE INJURIES. EMP LOYEE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK BY HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN.

July 26, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman OTHER
Rockhouse Creek Development LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

UNKNOWN- EE DID NOT REPORT AN ACCIDENT. HE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR HE WOULD BE OFF ON A PRIOR INJURY FROM ANOTHER COMPANY. OUR FIRST NOTIFICATION OF AN INJURY WAS A COMP. FORM RECEIVED ON 9/30/03 INDICATING A BACK INJURY.

July 26, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Indiana Limestone Company Incorporated · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING CABLE AT THE END OF SHIFT SATURDAY WHEN HIS FOOT GOT STUCK IN THE MUD AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL MONDAY.

July 25, 2003 MO · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On July 15th 2003 the employee was cleaning up around the shop area. July 16th the employee came to work and complained of back soreness. On Aug 20 the employee stated he could not work anymore because of his back pain. This became a lost time injury on Aug 20, 2003.

July 25, 2003 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Canyon Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC LOAD MOTOR TO TAKE INSIDE. HE CAUGHT TIP END OF HIS RING FINGER UNDER EDGE OF MOTOR. IT MASHED END OF FINGER CAUSING NAIL TO COME OFF. HE HAD GLOVES ON.

July 25, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Vision Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

INJURED PARTY WAS HELPING WORK ON A CONTINUOUS MINER BACK ON THE 7/25/03 WHEN HE SAID HE GOT A PIECE OF ROCK ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS HE SAID. HE JUST WENT TO TH E DOCTOR THE 8/27/03 FOR THE FIRST TIME & HAS NOT MISSED ANY TIME UP TO THIS DATE OF 8/27/03.

July 25, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal

2 BAGGERS HAS BAGGING AT LOWER GRAVEL BAGGING AREA WHEN STACKER AT END OF CONVEYOR GOT HAND STUCK BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER UNIT.

July 25, 2003 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Murriel-Don Coal Inc. · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER WHEN RIB FELL INJURING RIGHT LEG.

July 25, 2003 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RIDING IN THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP USED FOR MANTRIP. EDGE OF SCOOP BUCKET CAUGHT AN OLD ROOF BOLT LYING ON MINE FLOOR, CAUSING IT TO FLIP UP & STRIKE EE ON HIS HEAD BEHIND HIS LEFT EAR. EE WORKED UNTIL 7:00 P.M., THEN CAME OUTSIDE AND TRANSPORTED TO E.R. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FOR A BRUISE.

July 25, 2003 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
KenAmerican Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BOTTOM ROLLER BACK IN BELT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. THIS DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 8/14/03.

July 25, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS DRAGGING VENTILATION TUBING FROM NO. 1 ENTRY TO NO. 2 ENTRY WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER BROKEN UP BOTTOM ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

July 25, 2003 WV · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premium Energy Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK ON HIGHWALL MINER, EE SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS LEFT HAND.

July 25, 2003 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS CARRYING HAND TOOLS AND WALKING TO THE FACE TO WORK ON THE ROOF BOLTER. WHILE WALKING HE HAD HIS HEAD TIPPED TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE OF LOW MINE ROOF. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT, INJUR ING HIS NECK AND BACK. AFTER HITTING HIS HEAD HE FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR ON HIS REAR CAUSING PAIN TO HIS HIPS AND LOWER BACK.

July 25, 2003 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator

WHILE UNLOADING ROOF BOLT PLATES FROM A SCOOP BUCKET HE SAID HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. ON 7-28-03 HE BEGAN MISSING TIME.

July 25, 2003 IN · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
Kindill Mining Incorporated · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS GRADING THE DRAGLINE BENCH. WHILE DOING THIS, THE BLADE HIT THE TOP OF A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS PARTIALLY BURIED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BE JARRED. HE STATED HE WAS WEARING A SEAT BE LT. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, HIS BACK BECAME STIFF AND SORE. HE WORKED 7/26 AND 7/28 - WENT TO DR ON 7/28 AND THEN WAS OFF.

July 25, 2003 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Midwest Mining · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AS EE LIFTED A 75 LB. CAT D7 TRACK ROLLER FROM THE FLOOR TO AN ELEVATION OF APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET. WHILE HE WAS LIFTING HE TWISTED AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED DISCOMFORT.

July 25, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Vision Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT A TRAM MOTOR ON A MINER. HE WAS SITTING IN THE SCOOP BUCKET WHICH THEY USED TO CHANGE THE MOTOR WITH WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS, MEASURING 17' LONG, 3' WIDE & 1/4" THICK ON ONE END & 7" ON THE OTHER END. THE ROCK STRUCK HIS SHOULDER & PUSHED HIM OVER HURTING HIS BACK.

July 24, 2003 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler

PARKING BRAKE ON GREASE TRUCK FAILED TO HOLD WHILE GREASER WAS SERVICING DOZER. IT TOOK OFF ROLLING BACKWARD TOWARDS FUEL TRUCK; GREASER JUMPED OFF OF DOZER TO STOP IT, HE HURT HIS BACK.

July 24, 2003 WY · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
FMC Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WASHING HIS BOOTS, HE DIDN'T REALIZE HIS RIGHT BOOT HAD A HOLE ALLOWING THE HOT WASH WATER TO SEEP ONTO HIS FOOT CAUSING A BURN.

July 24, 2003 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Illnois Land Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO FREE THE CROW'S FOOT HUNG ON A HOG PANEL WHEN THE CROW'S FOOT ROLLED OVER AND PINNED EE S RIGHT ARM.

July 24, 2003 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Ridge Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS TRYING TO LIFT A BATTERY LID ON A SCOOPOR RAMCAR BATTERY. STRAINED HIS SHOULDER. HINGES WERE GOBBED OUT. DID NOT KNOW OF THE INJURY UNTIL THE 29TH. COULD NOT REACH HIM TO FIND OUT ANYT HING MORE.

July 24, 2003 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING 992G ENDLOADER FEEDING PRIMARY CRUSHER HE RAN OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, JAMMING HIS SHOULDER INTO HIS NECK CAUSING SHOULDER STRAIN.

July 24, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HOISTING
Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES SHE EXPERIENCED A PULLING PAIN IN HER BACK AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE FREIGHT ELEVATOR DOOR ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE MILL BUILDING.

July 24, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer

WHILE WIDENING THE ROADWAY, SPOIL APPARENTLY DISLODGED & SLID, RESULTING IN A BREACH OF THE COUPLING OF THE NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION LINE, WHICH APPARENTLY IGNITED FROM THE BLOWER OF THE DOZER , INFLICTING 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO THE OPERATOR, & FRACTURING LOWER LEFT LEG.

July 24, 2003 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by falling object

SPLICED CONV.BELT, AFTER COMPLETING SPLICE EE STARTED BELT & THOUGHT IT WAS RUBBING SOMEWHERE SO HE WAS LOOKING TO SEE WHERE WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF & LANDED ON HIS FOOT. EE BROKE A BONE IN HIS FOOT, EE HAD STEEL TOES ON.

July 23, 2003 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK BY HAND FROM IN FRONT OF A MOBILE ROOF SUPPORT AND INADVERTENTLY ALLOWED HIS LEFT HAND TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE FRAME OF THE MRS. *EMPLO YEE DIDN'T START MISSING WORK UNTIL 7/28/03.

July 23, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Canyon Mining Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING ON BLAST HOLE DRILL FRAME AND SLIPPED CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM. INITIALLY DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION BUT WHEN SHOULDER PAIN DID NOT IMPROVE WAS SEEN BY A DR ON 7- 29-03 AND RELEASED BACK TO RESTRICTED DUTY PENDIING MRI.

July 23, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Stillwater Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STRUCK HIS HARD HAT ON A VENTILATION LINE. A PHYSICIAN DID NOT RELEASE THE EE FOR THE NEXT 2 SHITS BECAUSE OF NECK PAIN. FILING OF FORM WAS DELAYED FOR FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION WITH EE AND M EDICAL INFORMATION.

July 23, 2003 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator OTHER
Eastern Associated Coal LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Degemeratove Disk Disease

July 23, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlantic States Materials of PA Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS GETTING A SAMPLE OF #8 GRAVEL FROM THE STOCK PILE AT PLANT IN A THREE GAL BUCKET AFTER PUTTING APPROX 15 OB OF GRAVEL IN THE BUCKET HE LEANED OVER TOOK A COUPLE OF STEPS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

July 23, 2003 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS HAND LEVELING THE FLOOR OF A SHALLOW TRENCH FOR A SEWER LEECH FIELD. A SIDE WALL CAVE AND BURIED THE MANS LEGS UP TO HIS KNEES. HIS LEFT KNEE TWISTED CAUSING THE INJURY. THE MAN WAS FLOWN TO THE DILLINGHAM HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS.

July 23, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING THE SCREENS TO A SCREEN DECK WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH. HE WAS SWEATING & HE WIPED HIS BROW. HE FELT SOMETHING ON HIS EYELASH, AND WHEN HE WIPED HIS LASHES, HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.

July 23, 2003 VA · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED ACROSS AN ELEVATED PANLINE RAM AND FELT PAIN IN GROIN, EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON AUGUST 14, 2003

July 23, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glady Fork Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOLT MAN WAS IN #4 FACE BOLTING WHEN HE WAS BENDING A BOLT BACK TO SET ON THE TOP OF THE POT. HIS LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING. HE WORKED THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS UNTIL IT HURT TOO BAD.

July 23, 2003 IN · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gibson County Coal LLC · Struck by falling object

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING MINER CABLE OVER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK THE EE IN HIS LOWER BACK. FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS 7-31-03.

July 23, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premier Silica LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE MISSED A STEP ON A 3 STEP PLATFORM, FELL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

July 23, 2003 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ricci Bros. Sand Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PUSHING BOAT AWAY FROM DREDGE, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT MIDDLE CALF.

July 23, 2003 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider

WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE AT #3 HEAD DRIVE, EE PICKED UP A BELT SPLICE BOARD AND GOT A SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

July 23, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ADJUSTING THE GUARD ON THE TIP OF THE VACTOR HOSE WHILE EQUIPMENT WAS OPERATING. HIS ARM WAS SUCKED INTO THE HOSE.

July 23, 2003 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
U. S. Silica Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT OFF BOLTS OF A CONNECTING CLAMP ON A 10" WATER LINE APPROX. 40' LONG. THE BOLTS BROKE LOOSE ALLOWING THE PIPE TO DROP ABOUT 2', STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER & ANKLE RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO HIS ANKLE.

July 23, 2003 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Mingo Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE was opening track door going over to examine seals when a piece of rock fell from top. he moved quickly to dodge rock and hit head on door facing door open approx. 60" high note: ee did not miss work until 10-21-03. he stated that he was off due to an old injury and it was not discovered until 5-3-04. that it was this accident.

July 23, 2003 AR · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
RazorRock Materials · Struck by falling object

TRUCK DRIVER COMING ONTO SCALES LOADED. BLOWED OUTSIDE WHEEL AFTER WHEEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH SCALE RAILING. OPERATOR PULLED OFF SCALES STILL LOADED AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE TIRE, WITH TRUCK JA CKED UP, THE JACK SLIPPED HITTING THE DRIVER ON THE SHOULDER AND BACK AREA.

July 23, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

MOVING A ROCK OUT OF THE WAY, IT ROLLED OVER HISHAND & INJURED HIS WRIST.

July 22, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer

EE WAS BRUSHING/CLEARING WITH EXCAVATOR WHEN TREE FELL THROUGH THE MACHINE DOOR AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, PINNING FOOT. RIGHT FOOT WAS CUT ON BOTTOM AND POSSIBLE FRACTURED BONES IN THE FOO T.

July 22, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HOISTING
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE RIDING IN THE SKIP GOING DOWN THE SHAFT, EE CAUGHT AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING AND HAD HIS HAND PULLED IN BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE SHAFT. THIS RESULTED IN INJURING HIS RIGHT HAND.

July 22, 2003 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
A & G Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING REFUSE WITH A D10R DOZER AND WAS HAVING PAIN IN HIS BACK. THE PAIN GOT SO SEVERE HE HAD TO STOP OPERATING THE DOZER. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE EE DID NOT INDICATE T HAT THIS INJURY WAS JOB RELATED UNTIL 8-4-03.

July 22, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buzzi Unicem USA · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING GUARD AT FOOT WHEEL A-2 BELT. AREA HAS LIMITED WORKING SPACE. EE WAS IN AWKWARD POSITION WHEN REMOVING GUARD WHICH IS HEAVY. TWISTED BACK. GENERAL AREA HAD A LOT OF HEAVY WET STONE AN D DIRT FROM PREVIOUS HARD RAIN.

July 22, 2003 AL · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator

DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 9/2/03. WALKING DOWN PANLINE, STEPPED IN HOLE AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

July 22, 2003 WV · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales

EE WAS MOPPING FLOORS IN OFFICE. SHE FELL ON WET FLOOR LANDING ON HIP & HITTING HER HEAD ON THE REFRIGERATOR.

July 22, 2003 IN · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
Peabody Midwest Mining · Flash burns (welding)

THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF EMPLOYEE'S SHIFT, HE WAS INADVERTANTLY EXPOSED TO WELDING & CUTTING PROCESSES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE AROUND HIM. THIS EXPOSURE RESULTED IN WELDING FLASH IN BOTH EYES. HE WAS TREATED THE FOLLOWING DAY.

July 22, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman
Dakota LLC · -

EE ALLEGES THAT HE HAS EXPERIENCED WORK RELATED PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

July 22, 2003 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS BOLTING THE MINE ROOF WITH 6' ROOF BOLTS AND AS HE STARTED TO ROTATE THE BOLT IN ORDER TO GET A BEND IN THE DRILLED HOLE, THE BOLT CAME OUT OF THE CHUCK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE THUMB RESULTING.

July 22, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CHECKING THE OIL IN THE RD800 GREASE TRUCK AND AS HE WAS LIFTING THE HOOD HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 7-28-03.

July 22, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Metroplex Quarry Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS TAKING THE BUCKET LOOSE FROM THE MACHINE AND PUTTING THE FORKS ON THE SKID STEER, IN THE PROCESS OF DISCONNECTING THE BUCKET THE BUCKET FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE AND SHIN BONE.

July 22, 2003 NM · Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS DESCENDING A 12% GRADE IN THE EMPTY HAUL TRUCK AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AT A SLOWER SPEED. THUS UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE IN THE HAUL ROAD AND DRIVING OVER THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND WRECKING THE TRUCK.

July 22, 2003 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bonham Concrete Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS TIGHTENING A TENSION BELT WHEN HE FILL APPROX 7-8 FT.

July 22, 2003 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO A WORK AREA IN THE PLANT. HE WALKED UNDER A SUPPORT BEAM FOR A MOTOR AND RAISED UP BEFORE HE WAS CLEAR OF THE BEAM, STRIKING HIS HEAD. HE REPORTED STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDERS.

July 22, 2003 WY · Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS HAMMERING ON A CONNECTING LINK ON A CONVEYOR CHAIN FOR CO-WORKER. HE STATED HE TRANSFERRED HIS WEIGHT TO THE RIGHT KNEE AND FELT SOME GRINDING IN HIS KNEE. EE IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE SURGE RY ON AUG 8.

July 22, 2003 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOADING DRILL STEEL WITH BOOM TRUCK, STEADYING AND BALANCING 1 OF 3 STEELS UNDER THE CONTROL PANEL WITH THE LEFT HAND, LOWERING THE BOOM WITH THE RIGHT HAND, STEEL SMASHED LEFT THUMB BETWEEN CONTROL PANEL AND DRILL STEEL.

July 22, 2003 KY · Coal electrician, lineman

EE WAS ON HIS KNEES WORKING ON A CONTINUOUS MINER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS HITTING HIM ON THE BACK SIDE OF LEFT LEG, BELOW KNEE. ROCK SIZE WAS 30" LONG 16" WIDE 1" TO 2" THICK. HEIGHT WAS 7'. 1ST DAY FROM WORK WAS ON 7-30-03.

July 22, 2003 MD · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Mettiki Coal LLC · Struck by falling object

PERSON PARKED MANTRIP (HUMMER) AND WALKED UP TO AREA FOR SOME REASON. HE WAS STRUCK BY CRIB BLOCKS WHEN CRIB TOPPLED OVER AND STRUCK HIM. AREA WAS ON HUMMER HAULROAD (F-MAINS) BETWEEN #70 & #7 1 BK ON LEFT SIDE FACING INBY.

July 21, 2003 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BECAME MSHA REPORTABLE ON OCT 15 2003. EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE A TRACK RAIL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT. KNEE. CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL OCT 15, 2003.

July 21, 2003 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall from ladders

FELL OFF STEP LADDER HIT RIGHT KNEE ON STEEL CHUTE.

July 21, 2003 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Kindill Mining Incorporated · Struck against a moving object

EE PARKED A FORD F250 PICKUP IN ORDER TO GET TOOLS OUT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. HE LEFT THE TRUCK RUNNING. A SHORT TIME LATER HE NOTICED THE TRUCK ROLLING BACKWARDS & RAN AFTER IT TO STOP IT. WHEN HE JUMPED IN, HE HIT HIS BACK ON THE BACK OF CAB AT THE DOOR OPENING. HE DROVE THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP & WENT TO HIS FAMILY DOCTOR AFTER THE SHIFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BROKEN CLIP THAT HOLDS THE

July 21, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Stevens Creek Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE DRILLING HOLES IN TRUCK BED FOR A COMPARTMENT, DRILL BIT SLIPPED AND SLAMMED DOWN ON TOP OF HIS HAND.

July 21, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Rivers Edge Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE DROPPED THE HEAD OF THE DRILL MAST DOWN THE WRENCH FELL OUT OF THE DRILL POT. IN REACTION HE REACHED FOR THE FALLING WRENCH AND WHILE DOING SO THE FIVE FOOT DRILL ST EEL FELL FROM THE HOLE HE HAD DRILLED AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.

July 21, 2003 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mississippi Limestone Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAKING DREDGE PUMP APART, THE PUMP SHELL BUMPED ANOTHER PART CAUSING IT TO PINCH HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

July 21, 2003 VA · Coal fine coal plant operator

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO ADJUST WATER VALVE ON #2 COLUMN, AS HE PULLED ON THE VALVE HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS BACK. LOST TIME DID NOT START UNTIL 07-29-03

July 21, 2003 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triton Coal Company LlC · Fall from machine

WHILE STANDING ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE OF THE REAR TANDEN ON A MOTOR GRADER, THE EE HAD JUST FINISHED CLEANING THE INSIDE OF DOOR GLASS, WITH THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN. AS HE STEPPED BETWEEN THE TIR E AND THE CAB, TO ENTER THE CAB, THE DOOR WHICH HE WAS HOLDING ONTO SWUNG FREE (THE HOLD OPEN LATCH ON THE DOOR WAS NOT LOCKED IN). THE EE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS LEFT HIP, FRACTURI

July 21, 2003 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Webster County Coal LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT OF A 12-MAN OPEN MANTRIP. AS THE MANTRIP WENT THROUGHT THE AIR DOORS, THE EMPLOYEE RAISED UP ON HIS KNEES TO CLOSE THE DOORS. WHILE HE WAS CLOSING THE DOOR S HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE AIR-DOOR SWITCH CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS UPPER LIP AND A FRACTURE TO HIS NOSE AND JAW.

July 21, 2003 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Doe Run Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS REMOVING FILL PLUG FROM DIFFERENTIAL OF #05-30 HAUL TRUCK. AS PLUG WAS REMOVED, PRESSURE BLEW HOT OIL ONTO EE'S FACE, NECK CHEST AREA, RIGHT ARM & HAND, & LEFT FOREARM. EE REC'D 2ND & 3 RD DEGREE BURNS TO ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS (APPROX 15% OF BODY). EE WAS TRANSFERRED BY AMBULANCE TO PARKLAND HOSPITAL IN FARMINGTON, WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO ST JOHNS HOSPITAL IN ST LOUIS.

July 21, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Northeast Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS LIFTING BROKEN CEMENT BAGS OUT OF THE HOPPER THAT IS USED FOR WASTE CEMENT, AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK.

July 21, 2003 LA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ormet Primary Aluminum Corp/Burnside Div · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER WAS EXITING HIS 15C/Y DUMP TRUCK FOR INSPECTION. DRIVER DID NOT HAVE SECURE FOOTING. THE DRIVER'S FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE STEP & CAUSED HIMTO FALL TO GROUND. THE DRIVER RECEIVED MINOR BRUISES & SPRAINED BACK

July 21, 2003 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T.J.S. Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BOLTER SUPPIES ONTO THE BOLTER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

July 21, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

4A LONGWALL SECTION- EE WAS LOOKING THROUGH PARTTRAY AT TOOL CAR- EE PULLED TRAY OUT OF IT'S GUIDE, STRIKING EE ON RIGHT LEG. NOTE: THIS REPORT WAS NOT FILED IN A TIMELY MANNER DUE TO COMMUNICATION FAILURE AND VACATIONSHUTDOWN.

July 21, 2003 IN · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD CHANGED THE SCRUBBER FILTER AND HAD IT ON THE END OF HIS SCREWDRIVER. THE FILTER SLIPPED OFF THE SCREWDRIVER CAUSING HIM TO JERK IT BACK TOWARD HIMSELF. HE POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH THE SCREWDRIVER. THIS RESULTED IN AN ABRASION TO THE EYEBALL AND A LACERATED EYELID.

July 20, 2003 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Owens Illinois De Puerto Rico LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INSPECTING THE SPIRALS OF THE WASHER MACHINE THE SPIRAL WAS JAMMED WITH SAND, HE PULLED THE WATER HOSE TO FLUSH IT WHEN HIS FEET BECAME TRAPPED IN THE WATER HOSE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND WHILE FALLING WAS ABLE TO GRAB A SIDE LADDER. HIS LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE SPIRAL AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE,LEG AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK AND HE HIT HIS LEFT ARM. HE

July 20, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Newmont USA Limited · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE DROVE THE ROAD TRAIN INTO A HAUL ROAD BERM. HE SUFFERED A BACK STRAIN AND VERTABRAE FRACTURE.

July 20, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WAS HITTING ON DISCHARGE DUST COLLECTOR PIPE USING A SLEDGEHAMMER. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED DUE TO MEDICAL TREATMENT DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL 8/28/03.

July 20, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stillwater Mining Company · Fall from machine

AN EE FELL & STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE HE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM EQUIPMENT. NO TREATMENT WAS SOUGHT UNTIL SEPTEMBER & SURGERY WAS DONE ON DEC. 1, 2003 WHILE HE WAS OFF WORK FOR ANOTHER MATTER. THE FILING OF THIS DOCUMENT WAS AWAITING AN EMPLOYEE INTERVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE AS WORK RELATED.

July 19, 2003 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cumberland Coal Resources LP · Struck against stationary object

WALKING FROM THE TRACK ENTRY TO THE BELT ENTRY AND STEPPED ON A CEMENT BLOCK. THE BLOCK MOVED AND INJURED TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

July 19, 2003 KY · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appolo Fuels Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SCRAP METAL BY HAND, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG, HE CONTINUED TO WORK UP TO 8-4-03, PAIN GOT TOO SEVERE, HE WENT TO DR, MAY HAVE DISC BULGED.

July 19, 2003 VA · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Powell Mountain Coal Co. Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE STATES HE WAS CLEANING THE GUARD SHACK, SWEEPING THE FLOOR. HE HAD TO MOVE A SMALL COOLER TO SWEEP UNDER IT, HE STEPPED ON THE FLOOR & IT GAVE WAY W/HIM. HIS RT. FOOT WENT THROUGH THE FLOOR WHILE HIS LEFT FOOT/LEG WENT UNDERNEATH HIM.

July 19, 2003 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fanwood Crushed Stone · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COULD NOT TELL WHEN HIS BACK PROBLEM STARTED. HE REALIZED HE HAD PAIN WHEN HE DIS-MOUNTED THE LOADER HE WAS RUNNING.

July 19, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cannelton Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HANG ROOF BOLTER CABLE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE DIDN'T START MISSING WORK UNTIL 7/28/03.

July 19, 2003 WV · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk Run Coal Co. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS HELPING LOAD A TIRE INTO THE SERVICE TRUCK. LATER IN THE SHIFT EE STATED HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM. EE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND TRANSPORTEDHIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

July 19, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)

WHILE BOLTING IN #2 FACE, EE WENT BACK TO MIDDLEOF MACHINE TO DROP ATRS TO ADVANCE MACHINE FORWARD; A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS ALREADY INSTALLED. THE PIN MEN WERE G ETTING READY TO INSTALL THEIR THIRD ROW OF BOLTS.

July 19, 2003 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING IN THE E-10 SECTION PERFORMING HIS NORMAL WORK DUTIES OF INSTALLING 16' ROPE BOLTS AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SIDE GROIN. EE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 7-29-03.

July 19, 2003 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Energy Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND CO-WORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A DAMAGED EQUIPMENT DOOR ON THE SOUTH MAINS HAULAGE. THE DOOR WAS DRAGGING ON THE TOP OF THE RAIL & AS THEY WERE PUSHING IT THE DOOR WENT FREE, HE STUM BLED AND HURT HIS FOOT.

July 19, 2003 AL · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Drummond Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE STATED PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN SHIELD AND STRUCK HIM ON RT LEG.

July 19, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER AND HIT A POTHOLE AND WAS JARRED IN SEAT, TWISTING BACK. EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THIS 9/16/03. NO INJURY WAS EVIDENT. EMPLOYEE WAS OUT FOR ELBOW SUR GERY AND DECIDED TO GET HIS BACK RE-EXAMINED AND THIS DIAGNOSIS WAS MADE AND THEY ARE NOW TREATING HIM FOR THIS BACK AILMENT.

July 18, 2003 KY · Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS PUTTING ON A PAIR OF GLOVES. APPARENTLY A SMALL SPIDER (POSSIBLY A BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER)WAS IN THE FINGER OF ONE OF THE GLOVES. THE EE WAS BITTEN ON THE LEFT RING FINGER AND AGAIN ON HIS LEFT FOREARM AS HE WAS QUICKLY REMOVING THE GLOVE.

July 18, 2003 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator

EE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES AND CLAIMED HE TWISTED BACK.

July 18, 2003 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

A CONVEYOR BELT UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED EE FELL & WAS RUN THRU A BRIDGE DOLLY ASSEMBLY

July 18, 2003 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bledsoe Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CUT HIS LEFT THUMB WHILE TRIMMING A BELT WITH A BOX KNIFE. (NOTE: EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 07/28/03.)

July 18, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal

THE OPERATOR WAS SHIFTING THE MACHINE FROM SWINGTO TRAVEL WITH A FOOT PEDAL, HIS BACK POPPED RESULTING IN SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

July 18, 2003 AL · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Drummond Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

COAL RIB SLOUGHED OFF AFTER WATER DUKE JACK WAS RELEASED AND RECOVERED. MATERIAL ROLLED AGAINST 4'X 8' PLYWOOD CAUSING PLYWOOD & MATERIAL TO ROLL OVER & STRIKE EE ON RT. FOOT AND LOWER LEG.

July 18, 2003 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS SWINGING A 20 LB SLEDGE HAMMER IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND FELT LOWER BACK PAIN.

July 18, 2003 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

AT #51 CRONCUT MAIN NORTH TRAVELWAY MAN WAS DRIVING GRADER SOME ROCK HAD FELL FROMT HE TOP. MAN LOWERED HIS HEAD AND WHEN HE RAISED IT BACK UP STRUCK HEAD AGINAST BOARD. PAIN IN NECK, ARMS.

July 18, 2003 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Clean Energy Mining Co. · Struck against stationary object

MEMBER WAS ROOFBOLTING WHEN TOP STARTED FALLING AROUND ATRS OF ROOFBOLTER. WHEN HE MOVED BACK TO GET CLEAR OF ROCK HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

July 18, 2003 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver

EE WAS JARRED WHEN THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING REARED UP & THEN CAME DOWN SUDDENLY

July 18, 2003 AK · Coal welder (shop) IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Usibelli Coal Mine Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

VOLATILE CLEANERS WERE USED TO CLEAN GREASE IN THE VEHICLE SWING SHAFT BORE WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MODIFICATIONS HAD TO BE MADE TO THE LIP TO PLACE THE RETAINER. TARP WAS PLACED IN THE BO RE TO PREVENT DEBRIS FROM GRINDING ENTERING. IT TRAPPED GASES FROM THE EVAPORATING CLEANING FLUIDS WHICH WERE IGNITED BY THE GRINDER.

July 18, 2003 MA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oldcastle Stone Products · Fall from machine

DRIVER SLIPPED OFF FLATBED WHILE GETTING DOWN FROM TRAILER AFTER TARPING LOAD. LOAD WAS PARTIALLY LOADED AT ONE AREA AND HE MOVED TO SECOND AREA TO GET REMAINDER OF LOAD. WHILE WAITING FOR SEC OND PART OF LOAD, HE DECIDED TO TARP LOAD.

July 18, 2003 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rockhouse Energy Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

MEMBER WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO GET ROCK OFF TOPTHE NO.2 CM MACHINE. WHEN THE SLATE BAR SLIPPED HE WAS THROWN ONTO THE PIECE OF DRAWROCK. HE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 9/24/03 WHEN THE DOCTOR HE WAS SEEING REMOVED HIM FROM WORK UNTIL SURGERY COULD BE PERFORMED ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

July 17, 2003 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Macklin Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON EQUIPMENT AND A HYDRAULIC JACK SLIPPED PINNING HIS THUMB BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF METAL.

July 17, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Stuart M Perry Inc · Flash burns (welding)

THE INJURED WAS HELPING EE TO WELD A PLATE TO THE FRAME AT THE SCREEN HOUSE. HE STATED THAT HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH DARK LENSE.

July 17, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A BUSHING OUT OF A LIFT ARM PIT, WIND BLEW FLAME THROUGH BORE AND BURNT RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND RIGHT ARM.

July 17, 2003 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Anna Quarries Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GREASING EQUIPMENT WHEN HE TRIGGER HIGH PRESSURE HOSE FROM CLOSE RANGE STRIKING HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A STREAM OF GREASE.

July 17, 2003 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Banner Coal & Land Co. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING BLOCKS WHILE BUILDING A PERMANENTSTOPPING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

July 17, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kingwood Mining Company LLC · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE AND A ROCK APPROXIMATELY 14 IN ROUND & 1 1/2 IN THICK FELL FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK LEFT FOOT.

July 17, 2003 WY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Triton Coal Company LlC · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EE WAS LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE OF SMOKE AFTER WELDING OPERATIONS ON A 2800 SHOVEL. HE FELT HEAT ON A MANDOOR AND WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR FLAMES AND SHOT OUT AND BURNT HIS ARMS AND FACE.

July 17, 2003 WY · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
FMC Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DUMPING 260 GRADE SODA ASH INTO A DISSOLVING POT. WHEN THE PRODUCT HIT THE WATER IT ERUPTED AND BURNED BOTH OF THE EE'S LEGS.

July 17, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L.G. Everist, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY BENT OVER TO PICK UP A CLAYBALL. HIS LEFT LEG SLID OFF THE PLATFORM AND HE GRABBED THE RAILING WITH HIS LEFT ARM AND TWISTED HIS SHOULDER. HE DID NOT GO TO A DOCTOR UNTIL 7- 22-03.

July 17, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED STEPPED ON A ROCK BETWEEN THE TRACK RAILS AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT HIP ON THE RAIL.

July 17, 2003 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mountain Spring Coal Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING FLYBOARD HE WAS HOLDING BOTH STEELS AND MOVING POT BACK AND FORTH WHEN THE POT HIT A ROCK CAUSING THE TWO DRILL STEELS TO PINCH HIS FINGERS.

July 16, 2003 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dickenson-Russell Coal Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE STATED HE WAS KNEELING DOWN BOLTING TOP ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS BEHIND HIM STRIKING EE ONLEFT HEEL & TOP OF LEFT FOOT. WENT TO DR ON 7/16/03 WENT BACK TO DR ON 7/17/03 STARTED LOSING TI ME ON 7/18/03

July 16, 2003 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources Limited · Struck by powered moving object

EE STATED THAT AS HE WAS LOADING MATERIAL ONTO A SKID STEER LOADER A DIESEL SCOOP ATTEMPTED TO PASS AND STRUCK HIM WITH THE BUCKET.

July 16, 2003 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A-1 Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON DOZER AND HWY 124-HOLDING BOLT ON CUTTING EDGE ON THE DOZER BOLT SPUN AND CUT LEFT THUMB-TENDONS SURGERY ON 7-17-03.

July 16, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING AND LIFTING FLYTES IN BOTTOM OF WASHBOX WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURTING. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 2/20/04.

July 16, 2003 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE SCOOP. WHEN HE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO GET OUT OF THE SCOOP HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE SCOOP TWISTING HIS BACK (HIS ARM SLIPPED WHILE HOLDING TO GET OUT).

July 16, 2003 OK · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Sunrise Coal Company LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE UNLOADING FROM MANTRIP OUTSIDE AT END OF SHIFT THE RADIATOR CAP BLEW OFF ALLOWING HOT FLUID TO BLOW OUT.

July 16, 2003 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS HELPING ON A CONTINUOUS MINER. HE WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE THAT WAS IN MUD & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN BACK. HE WAS TAKEN TO ER, CHECKED AND RELEASED. HE WAS TOLD TO MAKE APPOINTMENT WITH FAMILY DR.

July 16, 2003 TX · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jewett Mine LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PREPARING TO FILL IN WASHED OUT AREA USING A BULLDOZER. EE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE ROUGH TERRAIN OF THE WASHED OUT AREA WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED INTO A WASHOUT INJURING HIS ANKLE.

July 16, 2003 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STEPPED OFF OF A BELT LEDGE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.

July 16, 2003 IL · Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PIN FROM THE TOOTH ADAPTOR BY DRIVING IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. WHEN HE STRUCK THE PIN A SMALL SLIVER CAME OFF AND IMBEDDED IN HIS KNEE.

July 16, 2003 MN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Owatonna Construction Co. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE FELL FROM TRAILER TO GROUND, SLIPPED OFF STEP ON TRAILER WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB BACK OUT FROM CLEANING DEBRIS FROM END GATE.

July 16, 2003 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Monarch Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS REBUILDING A CARDOX TUBE THAT HAD BEEN INSIDE AN ACTIVE PREHEATER. ONE END OF THE TUBE WAS NORMAL TEMPERATURE, BUT WHEN HE TOUCHED THEOTHER END WITH HIS BARE HAND HE RECEIVED A SECOND DEGREE BURN.

July 16, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Portable Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMANT INJURED ANKLE WHEN MOVING OFF OF CRUSHER BACK AND STEPPING TO CONVEYER BELT.

July 16, 2003 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
The Kraemer Company LLC · Rubbed or abraded

EE STATED THAT SEAT IN LOADER CAUSED INFECTION IN HIS LEG.

July 16, 2003 WV · Coal

INJURED WAS IN THE NO 1 ENTRY CHECKING THE TOP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE WHERE A KNEE REPLACEMENT HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY.

July 16, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Remington LLC · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING BESIDE THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN PLATES FELL FROM TOP OF ROOF BOLTER AND CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

July 16, 2003 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Highland Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE BELT CREW USES AN 6' X 2" STEEL BAR TO RAISE THE BELT WHEN INSTALLING BELT ROLLERS ONTO BELT STRUCTURE. HE WAS LOADING THE MATERIAL. WHEN PICKING UP THE STEEL BAR HE EXPERIENCED A BURNING SENSATION TO HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMAN AREA POSSIBHERNIA. HE CONTINUED TO WORK ALL SCHEDULE SHIFTS THRU 8-25-03. STARTED LOOSING SCHEDULED WORK DAYS ON 8-26-03. BECAME A REPORTABLE INJURY ONT HE

July 16, 2003 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doe Run Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM LEAD TURNTABLE ONTO TRUCK SCALE. AS THE EE STEPPED DOWN, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY AND WAS THEN SEEN BY DR. ON 7-16-03. FURTHE R TESTING BY SPECIALIST INDICATEDS SURGERY IS REQUIRED. EE IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON SEPT 4, 2003.

July 16, 2003 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING CEMENT DUST AT CEMENT MILL #12 WITH A SHOVEL. SUDDENLY HE LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIM A CONTUSION IN HIS LEFT FOOT DUE THE FORCE HE MADE TO AVOID A FALL.

July 16, 2003 RI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holliston Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING A BLOCK OF WOOD UNDER A LOADER AND HURT LEFT SHOULDER BLADE & FRONT CHEST - PULLED MUSCLE??

July 15, 2003 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Knox Creek Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS SITTING IN THE OPERATOR'S SEAT OF A BATTERY POWERED MAC8, STEERING IT WHILE BEING PUSHED BY A SCOOP TO THE BATTERY CHANGING STATION. THE MAC8 BATTERIES WERE DEAD. WHILE IN ROUTE, T HE SCOOP PUSHED THE MAC8 OFF THE GROUND APPROX. 12" JARRING THE INJURED CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN.

July 15, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clintwood Elkhorn Mining LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE LIFTED A 30 GALLON DRUM OF GREASE INTO THE BACK OF THE SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS BACK.

July 15, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Long Branch Energy · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

USING SPRAY MACHINE TO SPRAY PLASTER MATERIAL ON STOPPING HOSE NOZZLE STOPPED UP AND WHILE UNSTOPPING NOZZLE PLASTER MATERIAL SPRAYED IN EYES.

July 15, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockhouse Creek Development LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE AND WHEN HE STRETCHED, HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

July 15, 2003 VA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A ROCK IN S & S SCOOP (482), IT THREW HIM INTO THE CANOPY.

July 15, 2003 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Panther Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS RETURNING TO THE FEEDER WITH A LOAD OF COAL AND HIT A BUMP IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO INJURE HIS RIBS.

July 15, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Lhoist North America of Tennessee, LLC · Struck by falling object

A LOAD BEING LIFTED WITH NYLON KEVLAR FIBER FLAT SLING OVER THE EDGE OF THE FORK TIRES. AS THE TINES WERE SLIGHTLY POINTED UPWARD WHILE LIFTING THE LOAD, THE WEIGHT OF THE SAID LOAD CAUSED SLI NG TO SLIDE DOWN TINES & CUT AND BURNED THE FIBER, CUTTING THE SLING INTO. THE LOAD THEN FELL ONTO THE RT LEG OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE.

July 15, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Rifenburg Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING A LOADER IN GRAVEL BANK, MINING 50' FACE OF GRAVEL. OPERATOR HAS FULLY LOADED BUCKET IN RAISED POSITION, STARTS TO BACK AWAY FROM FACE, DOES NOT SEE MATERIAL FALL FROM FACE OVER FILLING BUCKET CAUSING LOAD TO PITCH FORWARD. OPERATOR SLIDES FORWARD IN SEAT, CHEST CONTACTED STEERING WHEEL, FOREHEAD CONTACTED WINDSHIELD.

July 15, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The National Lime & Stone Company · Fall from machine

WAS ADJUSTING BELT SCRAPPER, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 5 FEET TO THE GROUND.

July 15, 2003 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A PLANETARY IN A MINER. HE RAISED THE MINER TO PUT CRIBS UNDER IT & IT FELL ON HIS HAND, CRUSHING LEFT 1ST & 2ND FINGER.

July 15, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rohrer's Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WORKER WAS PULLING ON A LARGE METAL SCREEN AND PUSHED AGAINST THE SCREEN AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO RIBS.

July 15, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Newtown Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WAITING FOR MRS UNITS TO MOVE WHEN CABLE WAS SPOOLED STRIKING INJURED ON HEAD AND NECK.

July 15, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING A PULLEY FOR A BELT IDLER, THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO HAVE HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE IDLER PULLEY.

July 15, 2003 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler

DUSTING AROUND BELT LINE, HE WAS BETWEEN DUSTER AND BELT WHEN 955 DUSTER ROLLED BACKWARDS PINNING HIM BETWEEN DUSTER AND BELT.

July 15, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buzzi Unicem USA · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EE WAS INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE PLUG IN THE 5TH STAGE OF THE PREHEATER TOWER. THE EE OPENED AN INSPECTION DOOR ON A FEED PIPE. HOT MATERIAL UNEXPECTEDLY BLEW OUT OF THE INSPECTION DOOR AND CONTACTED THE EE ON HIS FACE AND EYES.

July 15, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Imerys Clays Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE TRIPPED OVER A PRUTUDING FLOOR BOLT TRIPPED AND JAMMED HIS RIGHT HIP WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF.

July 15, 2003 IL · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anna Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR STOPPED ON HAUL RAMP TO REMOVE LARGE ROCKS FROM HIS PATH. HE KICKED A ROCK OFF THE RAMPAND IN DOING SO STRAINED HIS KNEE

July 15, 2003 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING ON COAL DRILL AND WAS TAKING DRILL STEEL APART WITH PIPE WRENCH. HE HAD THE WRENCHIN HIS HAND WHEN ROTATION KICKED ON AND PINNED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND BOOM OF DRILL.

July 15, 2003 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Clean LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF DOZER CAB TO CLEAN WINDOW GLASS. WHILE CLEANING GLASS, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, HITTING TRACKS, THEN FELL TO GROUND AND ROLLED DOWN EMBANKMENT.

July 15, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal

SUBJECT CLAIMS THAT WRIST WAS INJURED WHILE LIFTING A LARGE STONE INTO THE BUCKET OF A SKID STEER.

July 15, 2003 KY · Coal loading machine/gather arm loader helper

EE WAS BOLTING TOP & HANDLING CABLE WHEN REEL CAME OUT AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

July 15, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROTATE 460 SCREW ON INPUT AGUDGEON TO REPLACE BOLTS W/O NEED ONE-HE WAS PULLING ONE A 36' PIPE WRNEHC W/A 3' PIPE ATTACHED AS HE WAS PULLING HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT SHOU LDER.

July 15, 2003 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A BATTERY IN A VACUUM TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF LTA BEGINING 5/10/04. INJURED COULD NO LONGER PERFORM JOB FUNCTIONS AND PHYSICIAN AUTHORIZED TIME OFF.

July 15, 2003 CO · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE LIFT A PIECE OF STEEL PIPE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE LOWER BACK. RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING SHIFT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO WORK THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

July 15, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal mucking machine operator MACHINERY
Stillwater Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING PIPING IN 711 + 86W WHEN ROCK STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A BROKEN TOE.

July 14, 2003 WI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buechel Stone Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING FROM OFFICE TO HIS TRUCK. STEPPED ON A STONE. CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE. EE FELL ACUTE LEFT THIGH MUSCLE STRAIN.

July 14, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CROSSING THE LONG JOHN STRUCTURE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

July 14, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Newtown Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS MOVING CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY AND WAS SITUATED BETWEEN RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR WHEN RIB ROLLED HITTING LEG.

July 14, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge North America Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LATE SUNDAY (7/13) MALFUNCTION IN AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH RAW MILL SUMP PUMP CAUSED SPILL ON MILL BLDG. GROUND FLOOR. EE WAS PASSING THROUGH AREA WHICH HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PASSING THROUGH FOR THE JOB HE WAS ASSIGNED AND SLIPPED ON THE WET FLOOR.

July 14, 2003 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boggs Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS ON AN 8' LADDER ABOUT 4 1/2' FROM GROUND. IT WAS RAINING. LADDER SLID & THREW HIM OFF. LEFT KNEE STRUCK SECOND STACKER.

July 14, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Run Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS POSITINING HIMSELF BENEATH THE DRILL CANOPY BY "WALKING" ON HIS KNEES WHEN HE TWISTED HISKNEE BY ROTATING HIS BODY ON IT. NOTE: DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 7/18/03

July 14, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Spokane Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD JUST WALKED OVER TO THE IMPACTOR FROM CHANGING A SCREEN WHEN CO-WORKER ASKED EE TO PULL THE SAFETY PIN SO HE COULD ROTATE THE BARS. WHEN HE PULLED THE PIN THE SHAFT STARTED TO ROTATE & CO-WORKER WAS STANDING ON IT. EE REACHED UP TO STOP THE ROTATION WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAR & FRAME.

July 14, 2003 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Solar Sources Underground L L C · Contact with hot objects or substances

ON 7/14/03 EE A SURFACE UTILITY WORKER RECEIVED 1ST & 2ND DEG BURNS TO 20% OF HIS BODY DURING ANINCIDENT INVOLVING HORSEPLAY. THE INJURY OCCURRED IN THE SURFACE SHOP AREA OF THE SOLAR SOURCES UNDERGROUND, MONROE CITY MINE. ON 7/14/03 AT 2:25 PM EE & ANOTHER EE WERE LOCATED IN THE SHOP TAKING A BREAK. INJ EE WAS SITTING ON WORKBENCH & OTHER EE WAS STANDING NEARBY WHEN 2 OTHER MINERS

July 14, 2003 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman

A ROCK APPROX 6' HIGH 2 THICK STARTED MOVING DOWN BULLDOZER SPOIL RAMP. EE WAS ON FOOT WITH A SHOVEL IN HAND AT THE BOTTOM. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GET HIS ATTN & COULD NOT. ROCK FELL OVER S IDEWAYS & HIT HIM. IT WAS DRY & SUNNY.

July 14, 2003 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast MACHINERY
Rockspring Development Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WAS WORKING ON A SEALANT MACHINE PREPARING TO SEAL STOPPING. AS HE TURNED THE MACHINE ON THE VALVE WAS OPEN AND SEALANT STARTING STRIKING HIM IN FACE AND EYES. BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 7-16-03.

July 14, 2003 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emerald Coal Resources LP · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING WITH 3 OTHER WORKERS, LIFTING A SIEVE SCREEN, EE CLAIMED HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN. 0N/7/14/03 HE UNDERWENT HERNIA SURGERY WHICH HE ATTRIBUTES TO THIS INCIDENT OF A YEAR PREVIOUS

July 14, 2003 PR · Metal/Non-Metal

WHILE REMOVING LINERS, IN THE CYCLONE, ONE SLIP AND CUT HIS SMALL FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND.

July 14, 2003 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer

EMPLOYEE AND A CO-WORKER WERE SHOVELING THE #7A BELT NEAR THE BELT HEAD WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

July 14, 2003 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & H Mining, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

GETTING OFF BELT - HIT ROLLER - BRUISED RIGHT LEG.

July 14, 2003 MO · Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS CLEANING BULL VALVE AT PARK WASHER STATION. BOOK END COPY WERE REMOVED FROM BALL VALVE. PRESSURE HAD BUILT UP BEHIND SEAL ON BALL VALVE EVEN WORK CAPS REMOVED EE OPENED VALVE WHILE CLEA NING WITH SOLVENT. SOLVENT AND SMALL PIECE OF METAL SPLASHED EE IN FACE EYES.

July 14, 2003 PA · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K A Ash Ltd. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING DOWN LADDER. THE LADDER STARTED TO FALL & EMPLOYEE GRABBED IT AND PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS SHOULDER AND NECK.

July 14, 2003 WV · Coal mechanic helper

INJURED WAS STANDING BESIDE A FLAT CAR WHEN A TAILPIECE ROLLER SLID OFF OF THE FLAT STRIKING HIS RIGHT LEG.

July 14, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)

EE WAS THROWING THE CABLE OUT OF THE WAY IN ORDER FOR THE R OPERATOR TO BACK THE MACHINE OUT OF THE ENTRY. WHEN THE OPERATOR TURNED THE MACHINE INTO THE BREAK THE ATRS CAUGHT HIM ON THE BACK O F THE LEG CAUSING THE INJURY.

July 14, 2003 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northeast Asphalt Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING CHUTE ON BINS. LOST FOOTING AND JAMMED KNEE. THE RESULT WAS TORN MENISCUS. SURGERY.

July 14, 2003 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lhoist North America of Tennessee, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING ON TOP OF BALL MILL SEPARATOR ROOF I FELT MY BACK PULL. I WAS USING A PICK AND SHOVEL.

July 13, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)

INJURED WAS CROSSING A TRACK RAIL AND TRIPPED AND FELL BECAUSE HE DID NOT LIFT HIS FOOT HIGH ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE RAIL.

July 13, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hobet Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING/REMOVING SHIFTING DEVICE FROM TRUCK, STRAINED (R) SHOULDER.

July 13, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal stoper miner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Newmont USA Limited · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROLLS OF WIRE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND IT CAUSED LOST WORK DAYS.

July 12, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator

EE WAS ASSISTING THE LEFT SIDE CM OPERATOR WITH HIS CABLE & WATER LINE WHEN THE EDGE OF A ROCK RIB MEASURING APPROX 7'X 8' X 2 1/2' FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOOT. EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOGAN RE GIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE X-RAYS REVEALED FRACTURES TO THE THREE MIDDLE TOES. RECOVERY TIME UNKNOWN.

July 12, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastern Associated Coal LLC · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS EXITING CAB OF BOBCAT. AS HE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAB ONTO THE BUCKET, HE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE BUCKET (STARTED MISSING WORK 7/22/03).

July 12, 2003 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk Run Coal Company, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A 6" X 10' CONTINENTAL BELT RAIL UP OUT OF THE MUD AT #4 HEAD BELT TAKE-UP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

July 12, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leeco Incorporated · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING TO MANTRIP HE SLIPPED & FELL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER RESULTING IN A DISLOCTED SHOULDER

July 12, 2003 PA · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emerald Coal Resources LP · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SWITCHING VEHICLES AROUND IN CHARGING STATION. HE HAD HIS LEFT KNEE ON SEAT OF VEHICLE & WAS STANDING ON HIS RIGHT LEG (SEMI KNEELING POSITION). HE REACHED BACK WITH A TWISTING MO TION AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

July 12, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EE WAS GETTING OUT OF BOBCAT HE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

July 12, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Melvin Stone Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHECKING ON PUMPS AROUND POND, STEPPED ON SOME SHOT ROCK AND CAUSED KNEE TO TWIST. HE COULD FEEL HIS KNEE CAP POP. WENT HOME AND HAD HIS WIFE TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.

July 12, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glady Fork Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS MAKING A BELT MOVE PUTTING STRUCTURE ON ROPES. WHEN HE WENT TO TIGHTEN STRUCTURE HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT HIP.

July 11, 2003 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON BELT ROLLER AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE. (KNEE PAIN).

July 11, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
The National Lime & Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RUNNING LOADER, WENT THROUGH A DIP IN THE ROAD AND HURT HIS SIDE.

July 11, 2003 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A 2/0 MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

July 11, 2003 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Sky Haven Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOOK FROM HYDRAULIC HOIST FLEW OFF AND HIT MOUTHBREAKING AND LOOSENING SEVERAL TEETH AND CUTTINGLIP.

July 11, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grefco Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF JOB DUTIES, EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING ROUTINE OBSERVATIONAL ROUNDS WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE (HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES).

July 11, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Portable Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE, INSTEAD HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A 4 X 4 X 2 SCREEN, ELBOW POPPED, CONTINUED TO HURT AND WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY.

July 11, 2003 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator

EE WAS HAULING COAL FROM THE MINER TO THE FEEDERWITH A SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN HE GOT CLOSE TO THE CA BLE ANCHOR, THE SLACK ON THE CABLE CAME UP SUDDENLY AND A LOOP OF CABLE CAME IN THE DECK STRIKIN G HIM CAUSING THE INJURY. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND WENT TO THE DR. THE NEXT DAY AND HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE THEN.

July 11, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A TENSION CYLINDER IN NEW FORK WHEN THE CYLINDER CLIPPED OUT OF THE FORK STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE.

July 11, 2003 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastern Associated Coal LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WORKING ON A PUMP GUARD & FELL WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN, CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE IN THAT AREA.

July 11, 2003 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HOISTING
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS KNEELING DOWN ON LEFT KNEE TAKING BOLTS OUT OF A DOOR ON THE BUCKET ELEVATOR, THE BUCKET ELEVATOR CHAIN BROKE AND FELL DOWN PUSHING THE DOOR OUT AND HIT EE IN THE RIGHT KNEE.

July 10, 2003 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING NORTH ANTELOPE COAL EMPLOYEES CHANGE THE ROPES ON A 4100 XPB SHOVEL. IN THE PROCESS ONE OF THE ROPES SLIPPED AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL JULY 17, 03. FURTHER EXAMINATIONS DETECTED A CRACKED LUMBAR.

July 10, 2003 ID · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Nelson Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS WORKING PUTTING A WIPER ON FEED BELT WHEN A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX. 50 LBS FELL OFF ABOVE HIM LANDING ON HIS FOOT FRACTURING HIS ANKLE. THE ROCK FELL APPROX. 4'.

July 10, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE RECOVERING 1 BREAK OF CONTINENTAL 48" RIGID STRUCTURE FROM A PREVIOUS SECTION SET-UP. AS THEY LIFTED A TOP ROLLER FROM THE BELT RAIL FRAMES, ONE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

July 10, 2003 WV · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Inwood Quarry Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK DUMPED IN PRIMARY PLANT, RETURNING TO PIT TO BE LOADED. TRAVELED TO RIGHT SIDE OF HAUL ROAD ABOUT 1/2 WAY DOWN. WENT 75 YARDS TO BOTTOM OF GRADE. JUMPED A STONE PILE AT INTERSECTION TO R IGHT SIDE TURNED INTO BERM. CAB LAYED AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE ON LEFT SIDE OF CAB. MINER HAD LACERATIONS ON SCALP FROM HITTING CAB INTERIOR & COMPLAINED THAT BOTH SHOULDERS HURT. PARAMEDICS SAID H

July 10, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SADDLE FROM HEAD OF MINER, WHEN THE SADDLE BROKE LOOSE IT SWUNG DOWN & STRUCK HIS LEG. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL AUG. 21, 2003.

July 10, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Northwest Rock Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVE OVER A SOFT SPOT, WHILE DRIVING A TRUCK CAME OUT OF HER SEAT BELT AND BODY HIT THE DOOR OF THE TRUCK.

July 10, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates Central Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A Y WRENCH TO CHANGE A HAMMER. THE Y WRENCH GOT STUCK, HE STEPPED UP ONTO THE TABLE TO GET IT LOOSE AND AT THE SAME TIME THE DRILLER PUT THE DRILL IN ROTATION, CATCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE WRENCH STOP.

July 10, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
J & R Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING METAL WHEN BIT BY A SNAKE.

July 10, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Performance Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO PRY ROCK OFF A CONTINUOUS MINER. THE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT KNEE.

July 10, 2003 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Warrior Investment Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING AN ELECTRIC PROBLEM ON A SKID STEER LOADER. THE CAB WAS OPEN TO ACCESS WIRING DURING THE PROCESS OF CHECKING OPERATION OF CIRCUIT THE ENGINE WAS STARTED, VIBRATIO N CAUSED THE CAB TO CLOSE, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN LOCKED.

July 10, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal
El Toro Materials Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

LOST FOOTING WHILE WALKING TO LADDER.

July 10, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tilcon New York Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS INSTALLING AN ACCUMULATOR ONTO A CRUSHER BEING REPAIRED ON THE GROUND BELOW THE CRUSHER PLATFORM, USING THE ASSISTANCE OF A BACKHOE, THE EE WAVED THE BACKHOE THAT HE WAS DONE WITH HIM A S THE BACKHOE OPERATOR LIFTED ONE OF HIS STABILIZERS, THE BUCKET DROPPED.

July 10, 2003 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Newtown Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING HEAD TO HIT CANOPY JAMMING NECK AND BACK.

July 9, 2003 IL · Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING BOLTS LOOSE ON A WA-600 WHEEL LOADER IN ORDER TO DISMANTLE HOSES AND JUNCTION BOX WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

July 9, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING FELLOW EE CHANGE A TIRE ON SCOOP. THEY BENT DOWN TO STAND THE TIRE UP, THE TIRE WAS LAYING FLAT ON GROUND, WHEN THEY STARTED TO LIFT, EE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

July 9, 2003 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Flash burns (electric)

UNPLUGGING BATTERY ON RAM CAR AND PLUG FIRED UP AND BURNT RIGHT HAND.

July 9, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech

IRELAND RIVER LOADING FACILITY SAMPLE BUILDING. MAN WAS CLEANING OUT CHUTE. HE REACHED UP IN TERTIARY CUTTER ENCLOSURE - WHEN THE TIMER CAUSED THE CUTTER MECHANISM TO MOVE. THIS CAUGHT THE VI CTIM'S FOREARM BETWEEN CUTTER ARM AND THE SIDE OF THE ENCLOSURE.

July 9, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal

EE ALLEDGES TO HAVE HIT A BUMP IN THE CLAY SHED AREA WHILE OPERATING A 980 G CAT FRONT-END-LOADER CAUSING AGGRAVATION TO HIS NECK AND LOWER BACKTHIS IS AN AGGRAVATION FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY EE LOST TIME ON JULY 31.

July 9, 2003 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator

EE WAS CHECKING THE OIL ON THE 992C LOADER. HE OPENED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND LOST HIS BALANCE & SLIPPED. AS HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF HE FELL TO THE GROUND. RESULTED IN STRAIN TO LEFT SHOU LDER.

July 9, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Essayons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKERS WERE MOVING CRUSHER CONTROL ROOM INTO PLACE ATOP JAW CRUSHER WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED AND CAUGHT INJURED WORKERS ARM BETWEEN CONTROL ROOM AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE.

July 9, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Patriot Mining, LLC. · Struck by powered moving object

EE REPORTED AS HE GOT OFF HIS 3-WHEELER RIDE IT SOUNDED LIKE BIG MAX MANTRIP STARTING THE ENTRY CROSSCUT AS HE TURNED IT WAS A SHUTTLE CAR. IT WAS LOW IN THIS AREA S/C CAR OPERATOR DID NOT SEE EE BECAUSE OF HIGH AND THE OPERATOR WAS ON OTHER SIDE OF CAR. SHUTTLE CAR HIT HIS RIGHT LEG.

July 9, 2003 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING ON #1 RAW COAL SILO WITH A #10LB SLEDGE TRYING TO BREAK LOOSE STUCK COAL. HE NOTICED A BURNING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE, LOWER STOMACH. IT GOT WORSE AS THE NIGHT WENT BY. HE HAD TO HAVE HERNIA SURGERY & WENT OFF WORK 9-8-03.

July 9, 2003 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BLOCK UNDER SCOOP TIRE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER IN TRACK ENTRY ON 001-0 SECTION.

July 9, 2003 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator

EE WAS GETTING ON MANTRIP AND SLIPPED AND BUMPED HIS KNEE ON THE MANTRIP.

July 9, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

VICTIM WAS PULLING WIRE CABLE ON A BARGE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE ROCK ON THE BARGE DECK. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL ON HIS LEFT KNEE AND LEG CAUSING A CRACKED KNEE CAP.