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WHILE CARRYING 4ATERIALS BACK TO HIS SECTION EE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN & SHORTNESS OF BREATH. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO T HE HOSPITAL & ADMITTED FOR I/C. HE WAS DIAGNOSED LATER AS HAVING SUFFER ED A MYOCARDIAL3INFARTION.
HEAVY ABCTEM PRESURE NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT
EMPLOYEE WAS OB8ERVING ROCK BEING CLEANED FROM FLOOR WITH A 935 EIMCO WHEN EIMCO WAS PUSHING PILE OF MATERIAL A ROCK ROLLED OFF SIDE STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ANKLE
WHEN EMPLOYEE M2VED FACE SHIELDS, A ROCK FELL BETWEEN CHALKS AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOOTCAUSING A SMALL FRACTURE TO THE FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING A HYDRALIC ROOF JACK, THE JACK SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT ARM.
EE SLIPPED & FE5L WHILE WALKING & C AUGHT HIMSELF PUTTING STRAIN ON ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WAX IN8TALLING A VENTILATION CURTAIN WHILE THE MINER WAS CUTTING COAL A PIECE OF COAL CAME FROM THE CONVEYOR STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOOT
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS SHOVELING CONVEYOR BELT, HE DEVELOPED A PAIN TO THE LOWER BACK AREA.
WHILE SHOVELING3EMPLOYEE RAISED UP STRIKING HEAD ON BOLTER OF BELT CONVYER.
WHILE HANGING V9NT CURTAIN THE RIB SLOUFFED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND TOWER BACK CAUSING SCRATCHES AND SORE MUSCLES.
WHILE INSTALLIN1 ROOF POLL EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE MOVING ROTATING DRILL STEEL AND HER GLOVE CAUGHT,TWISTING AND BRUSAY RIGHT ARM.
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS CUTTING A TIMBER, A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 AND FELL WHILE CARRYING SUPPLIES DOWN THE SLOPE.
WHILE ROOF BOLT3NG EMPLOYEE NOTICED THE ROOF BRI DRIBBLING HE MOVED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY A PIECE OF CAP ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING DOWN THE SLOPES OF THE MINE WITH A SACK OF ROCK DUST ( 50LB) ON HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LOST HIS FOOTING FALLING TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS W-65 SELF RESCURER. RESULTING IN B9UISED RIBS, SORE LOWER BACK AND SPRAINED ANKLE.
CLEANING CAP RO7K OFF OF BOTTOM, IGNITED FLOOR BLEEDER. OUT IMMEDIATELY WITH WATER. NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.
AT QUITTING TIM9, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF MANTRIP AFTER IT HAD STOPPED OUTSIDE AND TWISTED ANKLE.
A PIECE OF CAP-9OCK FELL AS THIS EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO BUILD A PAN STOPPING. HE TRIED TO DADGE IT BUT IT HIT THE CALF OF HIS LEFT LEG. HE WILL MISS ABOUT 4 DAYS DUE TO THIS INJURY
EMPLOYEE TRIED 7O LOOSEN A JAMED DRILL STEEL BY HAND AND CAUGHT HIS RT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL AND T HE HAMMER OF HIS RUNNING STOPER THE RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES
I NAME OVERSEEI3G CONVEYOR BELT CHANGE OVER AT BELT DRIVE. AS A BELT WAS BEING TTUGGE BY AN EIMCO POWERED WINCH THE WINCH CABLE BROKE AND WHIPPED DOWN THE BELT ENTRY CATCHING I NAME BY HIS HEA AND NECK JERKIN1 HIM OFF HIS FEET AND INTO SOME HARDWARD
EMPLOYEE WAS UN5OADING PIPE FROM AN EIMCO LHD AND TURNED HIS FACE INTO A WIRE HANGING FROM A TIMBER. THE WIRE HIT HIS RIGHT EYE DIRECTLY AND LACERATED THE CORNEA.
EMP CLAINS TO H5VE HURT HIS BACK LIFTING ROOF BOLTS INTO THE ROOF BUT DID NOT REPORT THIS INJURY UNTIL 05 28 87 WHEN HE FAILED TO REPORT FOR WORK. HE WAS OFF FOR PT AND REST UNTIL 06 03 87
12CM JOY CONTIN6OUS MINER CONVEYOR MINER MOTOR HOLD BOLT BECAME LOOSE AND LEADS WERE PULLED OUT OF THE ENTRANCE GLAND.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 WHILE WALKING DOWN THE LONGWALL FACE AND SPRINED RIGHT KNEE. HE IS CURRENTLY OFF AND IS EXPECTED BACK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS ABOUT 5-2-87.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG HEAD OF MINER TO CUT DOWNBAD TOP. EMPLOYEE SAYS HE STOPPED TO EXAMINE THEROOF WHEN SOME ROCKS FELL AND TRIPPED AS HE RAN BACK. HE FELL AND CUT BOTH HANDS WITH SOME NERVE DAM AGE IN HIS RIGH7 THUMB. HE IS MISSING WORK AS A RESULT.
WHILE ROOF BOLT3NG WITH A RESIN WRENCH EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HIS ROOF BOLT BOUNCE UP ABOVE HIM AND STARTED TO BEND. BEFORE HE COULD REACT IT SNAPPED INTO HIS LEFT HAND AND CUT TWO FINGERS. HE HAD SU
THE EMPLOYEE SA2S HE STEPPED OUT OF HIS EIMCO AND SLIPPED ON THE GROUND FALLING ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER HE CLAIM TO HAVE SUSTAINED SOME MINOR BRUISED AND A CERVICAL STRAIN SPAIN HE MISSED WORK A ND IS NOW BACK 4ITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS RO2F BOLTING WITH PNEUMATIC DRILL & WRENCH. HE CLAIMS HIS PARTNER LOST CONTROL OFA "JACKLEG" (DRILL) AND THAT HE STEPPED IN TO CATCH IT AND IT HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.
WHILE WALKING I3 THE MINE TO HIS WORK SECTION, I,NAME STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE FELT IT "POP". EMPLOYEE WAS REFERED BY HIS FAMILY PHYSICIAN TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON AND SURGER Y IS SCEDULED 0OR THIS WEEK. EMPLOYEE'S LAST DAY OF WORK WAS YESTERDAY.
ACCIDENT WAS FI9ST REPORTED ON 5-4-87. EMPLOYEE CLAIMED THAT HE FELT BACK PAIN SUBSEQUENT TO LIFTING A PUSHRAM INTO THE BUCKET OF AN EIMCO. EMPLOYEE'S PHYSICIAN ISSUEED HIM A BACK BRACE AND SO ME MEDICATION A3D HE AS YET HS NOT RETURNED TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HE BROKE HIS LEG BY WALKING FAST AND SLIPPED ON A CHUNK OF COAL. REVEALEDA SPIRAL FRACTURE OF LEFT ANKLE.
TRYING TO REMOV9 A BROKEN CHAIN I.NAME CLAIMS HE WAS INJURED PUTTING HIS HAND UNDER CHAIN WHILE I.NAME PULLED THE OTHER END & GOT HIS FINGER PICHED BETEWEEN THE CHAIN & SPROCKET I.NAME HAS A G HAS A BROKEN FI3GER TIP BUT IS RELEASED TO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS PER DR.,GLENWOOD SPGS.
HIGH ANGLE FAUL7 BETWEEN 1 ENTRY PARALLEL TO ENTRY. FALL WAS THE RESULT OF SPECIFIC GEOLOGIC CONDTIONS AND CAN NOT BE DIRECTLY RELATED THE FAILURE TO FOLLOW ESTABLISHED GROUND CONTROL PRACTICE NO EQUIPMENT D5MAGED.
THIS EMPLOYEE W5S CARRYING A FIRE HOSE TO A TAILPIECE WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.I WAS UNDER THE IMJPRESSION HE HAD NOT LOST ANY TIME UNTIL 4/24/87 WHEN A NOTE FROM PAY ROLL TOLD ME HE3MISSED ONE DAY.
EMPL STUMBLED W2ILE WALKING BY BELT LINE AND STEPPED IN HOLE.HIS LEG SUSTAINED FX TIBIA AND FIBULA.HE WILL MISS WORK FOR A LONG TIME.
EMPL WALKING UP3OVER SOME ROCKS WITH OIL SPILLED ON THEM CARRYING RESIN CARTRIDGES TO LOAD ONTO EMICO.SLIPPED & FELL SPRAINED HIS BACK IN THE PROCESS.
WHILE ADJUSTING3SUSPENSION OF STRIKE-BELT EMPL HIT ON POSTERIOR BASE OF NECK BY FALLING ROCK.BRUISED MUSCLE ENTRAPPED NERVE AS IT CONTINUED TO SPASM OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.SAW DR 3-26 AND BEGF AN TO LOSE TIME1
ROCK FELL FROM 9OOF AND HIT NAPE OF I.NAME NECK AS HE WAS DISMANTLING KENNEDY PAN STOPPING.LOST TIME DUE TO INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE AFFECTING SPINAL NERVE FUNCTIONS FOR NEXT FEW DAYS.QUIT WORKIN G FOR US BEFORE3HE WAS RELEASED.PREDICTED TO BE READY TO WORK 3-31-87.
HIGH ANGLE FAUL7 IN NO.2 ENTRY MO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENTS FALL WAS THE RESULT OF SPECIFIC GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS AND COULD NOT BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO FAILURE TO FOLLOW ESTABLISHED GROUND CONTROL PRA CTICES. 3
AS HE WAS WALKI3G TO THE 6N SECTION THIS EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON LOOSE COAL AND STARTED TO FALL.WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS BALANCE HE STRAINED HIS BACK.HE IS OFF WORK ALOWING TORN MUSCLE TO HEAL.
WHILE WORKING O3 A 12CM MINER, THIS MECHANIC WAS STRUCK ON BOTH LEGS BY FALLING CAP ROCK. HIS ONE LEG WAS CUT WHILE THE OTHER WAS SPRAINED AT THE ANKLE. HE HAD SUTURES AND MISSED 4 DAYS
A FAULTED ZONE 3N NO. 2 ENTRY NO DAMAGED TO EQUIPMENT DID NOT GREAK AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE THE FALL WAS THE RESULT OF SPECIFIC GEOLOGIC CONDTIONS AND COULD NOT BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO FAILU RE TO FOLLOW ES7ABLISHED GROUND CONTROL PRACTICES.
FIRST REPORTED 02-18-87.THE INJURED DEVELOPED A CONDITION OF TENDONITIS FROM UNCERTAIN CAUSES,ON 02/08/87 HE AGGRAVATED THE CONDITION WHILE CARRYING A STOPER.HE REPORTED THIA ON 02/18/87 AND MISSED WORK 02-19-87 AND 02-20-87 BEFORE HE QUIT TO TAKE AN OVERSEAS JOB.
WHILE DRILLING 7O INSTALL ROOF BOLTS ON THE FACE SOME ROCK FELL AND AS HE STEPPED OUT OF HIS WAY HE TRIPPED AND ROCK A HIS JACK LEG FELL ON HIS LEGS.ONE OF THE TOOLS ON HIS BOLT WAS DRIVEN INT HIS RIGHT THIGH1HE MISSED 3 DAYUS OF WORK WHILE HIS THIGH HEALED UP.
FIRST AWARE OF 5NY LOST TIME 2-6-87.WHILE ADDING WATER TO SCRUBBER,EMPL STRUCK ON ANKLE BY WATER HOSE WHICH POPPED UNDER PRESSURE.DAMAGE TO ANKLE LIMIT RESTRICTED ACTIVITY FOR 4 DAYS.
AS ROOFBOLTER B5RRING DOWN CAP ROCK,LOOSENED PIECE OF ROCK ABOVE HIS SAFETY TIMBER.AS HE FORCED ROCK DOWN,TIMBER EJECTED INTO HIS SHOULDER.BROKEN SHOULDER BLADE AND IS CURRENTLY MISSING WORK. /// CURRENTLY M3SSING WORK.
AFTER PUSHING A3BARREL OF DIESAL FUEL INTO THE BUCKET OF EIMCO LOAD-HAUL-DUMP, THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE FELT PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT UPPER LEG. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED THE NEXT DAY AS A HOMSTR ING MUSCLE STRA3N AND THE EMPLOYEE MISSED ANOTHER TWO DAYS OF WORK TO ASSIST. HEALING.
PULLING SHUTTLE3CAR CABLE,MAINTENANCE FOREMAN TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING KNEE ON ROCK AS HE FELL.HE STATED THE ENTRY WAS FRESHLY ROCK DUSTED AND VISIBILITY WAS POOR.HE FIRST REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 1-18-87 BEG5N MISSING WORK AFTER THAT SHIFT.
AFTER USING HIS3ELMCO TO PULL A TIEL PIECE AND THE MACHINE BUCKED AND BOUNCED THE OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF A SORE BACK WHICH WAS STIFF & PAINFULL THE FOLLOWING DAY.HE IS CURVENTLY OFF WITH A PO SSIBLE DISC PRO6LEM.
CUTTING DOWN AP1ROX 3" OF CAPROCK. METHANE CHECKED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT A CRACK IN THE TOP EMITTED METHANE THAT WAS IGNITED BY MINER CUTTING ACTION NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 WHILE HOLDING UP CONVEYOR BELT AND BELT FORCED HIM TO HIS KNEES TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE IN THE PROCESS. EMPLOYEE KEPT WORKING FOR WEEKS BEFORE SCHEDULING SURGERY.
THIS MAN WAS RO2FBOLTING WITH A RESIN WRENCH PROPPED ON TOP OF A STACK OF CAP PIECES.WHEN HE STARTED IT UP IT SLID OFF AND INTO HIS RIGHT LEG.HE MISSED THE SHIFT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY.
EMPLOYEE DROPPE8 HIS DRILL ON HIS FOOT WHILE REACHING TO GRAB THE STEEL COMING OUT OF THE HOLE.A PART OF THE MACHINE PUNTURED THE BOOT WHILE BREAKING A METATARSAL.
CAME OUT TO LOA8 TRIP WITH SUPPLIES AND THE ROP RIDER DROPPED THE SIDE RAIL OF A TRIP CAR RIGHT ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT ONLY DAY MISSED WS FIRST VISIT TO MD REPORTABLE DUE TO PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDS PERSCRIBED NO O7HER MEDICAL TREATMENT PERFORMED OR REQUIRED
A SHUTDOWN OF H2ISTING EQUIPMENT FOR GREATER THAN THIRTY MINUTES WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ROTAT THE HOIST ROPE END FOR END DUE TO NORMAL WEAR. THIS WAS SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE
ROOFBOLTER WAS 8ETTING UP SOME PANS WHEN A ROCK FALLING FROM BETWEEN PANS PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED STRUCK & LACERATED HIS LEFT CHEEK THIS CUT REQUIRED SUTURES BUT EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN T O WORK THE NEXT3DAY WITHOUT RESTRICTRICTIONS
PREPARING TO BO5T THE ROOF THE EMPLOYEES HELPER PUSHED THE SADDLE OF THE JACKLEG OVER ONTO HIS FINGER HE IS OFF WORK AT THIS TIME WITH HIS FINGER IN A SPLINT
WHILE RIDING PA8SENGER IN AN EIMCO PERSONNEL CARRIER THE FOREMAN HAD TO BENT OVER AS THEY DROVE UNDER LOW TOP HE HELD ON TO THE RAIL ON THE SIDES OF THE VEHICLE WHILE HE WAS BENT DOWN EIMCO SL ID ON A WET RO7KY STRETCH & BUMPED AGAINST A TIMBER FOREARMS FINGER WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE RAIL & TIMBER & LACERATED
WHILE SPREADING3CACL2 ON ROADWAYS,THE EMPLOYEE ACCUMULATED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT ON HIS PANT LEGS WHICH IN TURN BURNED AND IRRITATED HIS SKIN.HE MISSED THE NEXT DAY OF WORK DUE TO PAINFUL BLIS TERING OF AFFEC7ED AREAS.EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE RAIN PANTS OR JACKET AS INSTRUCTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING AROUND A MUD PUDDLE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING HISANKLE JOINT. HE MISSED TIME ON THE INJURY.
AT APPROX. 4:333PM 3 PILLAR BETWEEN 3 AND 4 ENTRY OF 5 NO BELT OUTBRUSTED CAUSING SOME FLOOR LEAVE CAP ROCK ON ROOF TO LOOSEN AND SOME DISPLACEMENT OF THE PILLARS AND THE BLOWING OUT OF ISOLAT ION STOPPINGS. 3
EMPL BRUISED HI8 BACK AGAINST BOLT ON PLATE OF SHEAR.PUSHED AGAINST IT WHEN COAL SLOUGHED FROM B FACE WHILE STANDING AT FACE CHANGING SHEAR DRUM BITS.ON 10-16-86 EMPL SAW DR FOR 1ST TIME DUE T O ON/OFF DISCOM0ORT.EMPL MISSED WORK FOR 1ST TIME ON THE 20TH & BECAME REPORTABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS A 1ASSENGER IN ONEIMCO PERSONNEL CARRIER.THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP AND I NAME STRUCK AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE EIMCO.HE MISSED 2 DAYS RO RECOVER FROM BRUISED MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PI7KING MATERIALS TO SET UP ROOF SUPPORTS WHEN HIS FOREMAN THREW HIM A WOODEN WEDFGE AND IT HIS HIS LITTLE FINGER.THE FINGER TIP WAS CRUSHED & THE NAIL BROKE OFF.THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE THE INJ6RY SUTURED & THEN LOST 2 DAYS TO KEEP THE WOUND SITE CLEAN.
WHILE WALKING T2WARD HIS WORK AREA, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SOME MUD AND PULLED A CALF MUSCLE. HE WORKED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT.
WHILE SPINNING 5 PLATE UP TO LINE UP A WITH HIS RESIN WRENCH, THE EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS HAND AND WRIST AGAINST A SHARP CORNER ON THE PLATE. THIS CAUSED A VEY SMALL CUT ON HIS WRIST. THAN THE WR IST HAD BECOME 7OTALLY SWOLLEN AND INFLAMMED.
EMPLOYEE WERE R2OF BOLTING INAN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN ACCUMULATING WATER THE WATER WAS BEING PUMPED BY A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP. SHORTLY AFTER SETTING SUPPORT TIMBERS THEY NOTICED THE PUMP WAS FAILING . I NAME GOT DO4N AND ALL FOUR TO TRY EXAMINE THE PUMP WHEN THE TIMBER BEHIND HIM FELL OVER AND STRUCK HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE WALKING T2E ROAD WAY TO HIS WORK SECTION (MINER SECTION) THE EMPLOYEE ALEGEDLY SLIPPED ON MUDDY GROUND AND FELL ONTO HIS BACK. HE MISSED A DAY OF WORK THEN HAD REGULAR DAYS OFF. HE WAS R ELEASED TO RETU9N BUT WAS LAID OFF 8-4-86.
WHILE HE WAS WA5KING THE FACE WATCHING THE SHEAR SOME CAP ROCK AND FACE COAL SLID DOWN AND ROLLED OVER THE SPILL PLATE A ROCK PUSHED THE FOREMANS LEG INTO THE SHIELD FRACTURING HIS RT ANKLE HE IS OFF3WORK AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE INJURY
I,NAME THOUGHT 8OMEONE ELSE HAD DISCONNECTED AIR PRESSURE WHEN HE LOOSENED THE AIR HOSE FROM THE EIMCO. THE HOSE WHIPPED UNDER PRESSURE AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN HIS GROIN. HIS PAIN WITH WALKING KEPT HIM OFF W2RK THE NEXT DAY.
A POWER CENTER 6ECAME HOT & EMITTED SMOKE NO FLAMES WERE VISIBLE. THIS INCIDENT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY REPORTABLE & THIS REPORT IS ISSUED FOR ABATEMENT OF CITATION #3043504. THIS REPORT IS NOT AN ADMISSION THAT3AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
HELPING ROOFBOL7ERS INSTALL BELT HANGERS,I.NAME BENT OVER TO P.U.DRILL STEEL.AT THE SAME TIME SHUTTLE CAR PULLED SLACK OUT OF ITS CABLE WHICH WAS ANCHORED IN FRONT OF I.NAME. CABLE SWUNG INTO HIS FACE.FACE 5ND NECK INJURIES CAUSED HIM TO MISS NEXT 2 SHIFTS OF CYCLE.
WHILE INSTALLIN1 GUARD ON LOSNGWALL CRUSHER EMPL GOT FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN 2 HALVES OF GUARD WHILE POSITIONING THEM.FINGER WAS CUT AND REQ STITCHING.DIDNT MISS ANY WORK AS RESULT OF INJURY.
MINER OPERATOR 9UNNING 12 CM BY REMOTE IN UNSAFE POSITION ALONGSIDE MACHINE IN VIOLATION OF COMPANY SAFETY RULES.HE WAS ON DOWNHILL SIDE AT TIME AND APPARENTLY SLID ON MUDDY GROUND AND PINNED HIM AGAINST TIM6ER.INCURRED ABDOMINAL/PELVIC TRAUMA REQ SURGERY AND IS STILL HOSPITALIZED.
WALKING IN THE 4INER SECTION THIS EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE STEPPED ON A BOARD WITH A NAIL ON IT STICKING UP. HE CLAIMS IT WAS PARTIALLY BURIED IN DIRT A ROCK DUST AND SO NOT VISIBLE. THE PUNCTU RE WOUND BECAME3INFECTED AND I,NAME REQUIRED MEDICAL CAR AND TWO DAYS MISSED FROM WORK.
THE EMPLOYEE ST5TE THAT A ROCK WHICH FELL FROM THE TOP WAS DEFLECTED BY THE SHEAR AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND. HE WAS CLEANING THE BRATHIE THROUGH AT THE TIME. THE ROCK DEGLOVED A PORTION OF SKIN A ND FASCIA OFF T2E HAND SUCH THAT SURGICAL GRAFTING WAS REQUIRED.
A BOUNCE OCCURR9D DISPLACING COAL AND MATERIALS FROM THE PILLAR ONTO THE MINER CREW. THE MINER HELPER WAS BRUISED BY MATERIAL STRICKING HIS ABDOMEN, PELVIS, HIP AND KNEE.
A BOUNCE OCCURR9D CAUSING A DISPLACEMENT OF COAL AND DEBRIS INTO THE MINER SECTION. HE WAS NOCKED OVER AND HAD HIS LEGS COVERED DURING THIS BOUNCE WHICH RESULTED IN THE DAMAGE OF HIS LEFT KNE E . THIS REQUI9ED ORTHOSCOPIC SURGERY AND HE IS STILL OFF WORK.
RUNNING LW SHEA9 HIT IN FACE BY ROCK THROWN BY RAILGATE DRUM OF SHEARING MACHINE.FACE INCURRED SUTURABLE LACERATION.RETURNED TO WORK NEXT SHCEDULED SHIFT-NO-LOST TIME.
EMPL CUTTING PI9CE OF RUBBER WITH RAZOR KNIFE AND HE KNIFE SLIPPED INTO RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUSING CUT WHICH REQ SUTURES.NO LOST TIME.
EMP WAS ROOF BO5TING WHEN ANOTHER RESIN WRENCH LEFT LEANING ON A TIMBER BESIDE HIM FELL OVER AND STRUCK HIS RT KNEE HIS SPRAINED KNEE REQUIRED SURGERY ONE WEEK LATER AND HE IS OFF AT THIS TIME
RUNNING LW SHEA9 EMPL HIT BY STREAM OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AS HOSE BROKE.HE WASNT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
TRIED TO STRAIG2TEN PUSH-RAM RIDING DOWN FACE CONVEYOR WHEN TIP OF IT STUCK ON PLOW AND IT SWUNG OUT AND DOWN INTO LEFT LEG.SUSTAINED FX'S TO LEG AND REQ SURGICAL REDUCTION.
WHILE WALKING I3 THE SLOPES TOWARD FACE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A SMALL ROCK WHICH FELL FROM BOLTED TOP AND WHICH HIT THE TOP OF HIS RT FOOT HE HAD A LACERATION AND FRACTURE RESULT AND IN EXPEC TED OFF 3-4 WKS3
TRYING TO FREE 5 JACK LEG DRILL THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHED BACK BY THE MACHINE AS HE INADVERTENTLY TRIPPED THE STARTER AND THE DRILL STEEL, WHICH WAS BENT, CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD. 3
PUTTING WIRE IN3PAINT CAN -AEROSOL-TO SPRAY SPOTS ON ROOF AND HE SPRAYED HIMSELF ON THE EYE.
MOVING MONORAIL3WHEN IT FLIPPED OVER AND HE COULDNT GET HIS FOOT OUT OF THE WAY IN TIME.SUSTAINED BRUISED FOOT AND WAS OFF 3 DAYS TO LET SWELLING SUBSIDE.
AS THIS FOREMAN3WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS PALMHE WAS TAKEN FOR STITCHES AND HAS RETURNED TO WORK WITHOUT LOSING TIME
EMPLOYEE WAS RO2F BOLTING AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP A RESIN WRENCH WHEN A JACK LEG DRILL FELL OVER FROM WHERE IT WAS LEFT LEANING ON A TIMBER THE JACK LEG STRUCK THE END OF HIS ELBOW AND HYPERE ESTENDED IT. 3
EE TURNED TO TO8S A SHOVEL LOAD OF WET COAL & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. THIS INJURY REQUIRED SURGE%@%*@%* SURGICAL REPAIR VIA ARTHROSCOPE & EE WILL BE OFF WORK 2-3 WKS MORE.
AN EXPERIENCED 6ELT MAN WAS INSTALLING A BELT ROLLER ON A MAIN CONVEYOR WHEN THE BELT SHIFTED AND THE ROLLER FELL AGAINST HIS KNEE. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A KNEE SPRAIN AND A SHOULDER STRAIN. HE I S EXPECTED TO B9 OFF ONE WORK.
A HYDRAULIC HOS9 HOOKED TO THE FACE-RAM POPPED LOOSE AND WHIPPED AGAINST THE FACE-MINERS FACE. HE SUSTAINED BLUNT INJURY TO THE EYE FROM THE END OF THAT HOSE AND WAS SENT TO THE HOPITAL WITH A HYPHEMA. HE WAS3LATER REFERRED TO AN OPHTHAMOLOYIST WHO DIAGNOSED A DETACHED RETINA
WHILE MANEUVERI3G A NEW SUPPORT LEG INTO A SHIELD FROM THE PANLINE THE EMP CAUGHT HIS LITLE FINGER BETWEEN IT AND AN WXISTING SUPPORT LEG EMP INCURRED AN OPEN CRUSH WOUND TO THE FINGER WHICH REQUIRED SURGIC5L REPAIR
A ROCK FELL FRO4 THE TOP OF A SHIELD AND RICOCHETED OFF OF THE SHEAR DRUM, SHEAR & FACE CONVEYOR WERE LOCKED OUT, AND SMASHED EHIS FOOT AGAINST THE PAN-LINE. HE HAD INLINE FRACTURES OF HIS FO OT ON X-RAY AND3IS EXPECTED TO REQUIRE 3 WEEKS OFF WORK
WHILE CHAINING 6P TENSIONER TO BELT DRIVE THE BELT DRIVE WA TURNED ON AND BEFORE I.NAME COULD GET HIS HANDS OUT, THE CHAIN PINCHED IT AGAINST A FRAM. HE INCURRED AN OPEN CRUSH INJURY, WHICH R EQUIRED SUTURIN1 HE REPORTED FOR WORK THE FOLLOWING SHIFT
EMPLOYEE WAS H.1. DRIVE WITH HIS BACK TO THE RIB WHEN THE RIB SLOUGHED, COAL AND CAP ROCK STRUCK HIM AND BRUISED HIS LOWER BACK.
A BOUNCE OCCURR9D WHICH RESULTED IN COAL DISPLACED FROM RIB WHICH STRUCK THE MINER OPERATOR WHERE HE WAS STANDING BRUISING AN ARM & LOWER BODY PUSHING HIM OVER & SPRAINING HIS RIGHT KNEE
A BOUNCE AT TH3S MINER SECTION FACE RESULTED IN A DISPLACEMENT OF COAL FROM A PILLAR WHICH STRUCK THE MINER HELP IN THE LEGS HE HAS SUSTAINED A COMPLICATED FX OF THE LEFT LOWER LEG WHICH WILL REQUIRE HIM TO 4ISS WORK FOR AN UNDERTERMINED PERIOD OF TIME
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING A SWITCH TO A STRIKE BELT WHILE ANOTHER MAN WENT TO SHUT OFF POWER HE GOT ATARTED HE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED ON THE BELT WHILE HOLDING THE ENDS TO THE SWITCH LINE HE HAD N OT CONFIRMED TH5T THE POWER WAS OFF THE LEADS CAME INTO CONTACT AND STARTED THE BELT WHICH PULLED HIM INTO A CROSSOVER AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND
EMP WAS STANDIN1 UNDER ONE ROOF SUPPORT ADVANCING THE REST OF THE FACE AND AS HE STEPPED ON A FOOT PLATE THAT WAS BROKEN IT ROLLED AND TRAPPED HIS FOOT BELOW IT THE TOP OF THEFOOT WAS BRUISED AND BECAME SWOL5EN
WHILE SHOVELING3UNDER A BELT TO CLEAN-UP BELT LINE A ROCK ON CONVEYER BELT BOUNCED OFF A ROLLER & RICOCHETED ONTO EMPLOYEES RT FOOT PENETRATING BEHIND STEEL CAP OF BOOT EMPLOYEE INCURRED A CLO SED FX OF GREA7 TOE & IS EXCUSED FROM WORK AT THIS TIME
WHILE WALKING T2ROUGH ROCKY GROUND OF MINE FACE EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HE FELT A CHARLIE HORSE & CONTINUED WORKING THE NEXT DAY THE LEG AFFECTED WAS MUCH WORSE & LATER DIAGNOSED BY A PHYSICIAN AS BE ING SEVERFELY S7RAINE
EMPL APPLYING S7OPPITT SEALER TO PAN STOPPING AND CARELESSLY LOBBED SOME IN RIGHT EYE.NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION .
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A STOPER STEEL FOR THE HANDLE TO A JACK HE WAS USING TO FREE A LONGWALL SHIELD THAT WAS STUCK THE STEEL SLIPPED OUT OF THE JACK AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH BRUSING HIS JAW AND LACERATING THE3SIDE OF HIS MOUTH.
A BUS BEING DRI5EN TO THE MINE ROLLED OFF THE EDGE OF A MINE ROAD AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON THE LEFT SIDE HE HAD A LUNCH BOX FALL DOWN INTO HIS HEAD CUAISNG A BRUISE AND A LATERIAL WHIPLA SH INJURY CERVI7AL STRAIN TO HIS NECK.
A PILLAR BUMP O7CURRED IN 3 NORTH SECTION CAUSING DISRUPTION REGULAR MINING ACTIVITIES
MAN WAS WORKING3ON THE CONTROLLER TO THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE SECTION BOUNCED AND HE WAS KNOCKED INTO THE LID OF THE CONTROLLER WHICH BRUISED BOTH KNEE CAPS
A BOUNCE OCCURR9D WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE TAILPIECE AND IT KNOCKED HIM FORWARD. HE IS NOT SURE WHAT HE CUT HIS FACE ON BUT HE GOT UP FORM THE BOUNCE AND FOUND HIS FACE BADLY CUT RE QUIRING 30 STIT7HES AND ANTI-BIOTIC THERAPY
A BOUNCE OCCURR9D AT THE FACE AREA OF THIS CONT. MINER SECTION AND ROCKED THE SHUTTLE CAR. THIS EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE CAB OF THE SHUTTL E CAR, AND STRUCK THE INSIDES OF THIS CAB. HE SU STAINED VARIOUS3BRUISES TO HIS RIB CAGE AND SHOULDER BLADES
A PILLAR BUMP O7CURRED IN 3 NORTH SECTION CAUSING DISRUPTION OF REGULAR MINING ACTIVITY
EMPL SLIPPED ON3WATER DRAINING THROUGH INTERSECTION OF MAIN BELT AND STRIKE BELT.AS HE STARTED TO FALL,HE GRABBED BELT LIVE ROPE TO SUPPORT HIMSELF WHILE HIS FEET KEPT SLIPPING.THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST AND ST9AIN HIS BACK.HE FINISHED OUT SHIFT BUT SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION NEXT DAY FOR HIS STIFF BACK.HE MISSED 14TH ALSO.
EMPLOYEE INCURR9D A HERNIA PUSHING AN OIL BARREL INTO THE BUCKET OF AN EIMCO LHD EMPLOYEE FININSHED THAT SHIFT AND THE NEXT DAY SAW A DR WHO RECOMMENDED SURGERY SURGERY HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND EMPLOYEE WILL 9ETURN IN ABOUT 5 WKS TO THE REGULAR JOB
EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING A PLATE ONTO THE CAB OF A 10 SC TO MAKE A PROTECTIVE CANOPY THE PLATE WAS SECURED BY A BOLT WHICH BROKE AND THE PLATE SLID INTO THE CONVEYOR WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDIN G THE PLATE STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT SHIN, BREAKING HIS TIBIA.
EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING A PLATE ONTO THE CAB OF A JOY 10 SC SHUTTLE CAR THAT WAS HOISTED BY A COME A LONG THE PLATE WAS WRAPPED BY A CHAIN WHICH SLIPPED AND ALLOWED THE PLATE TO SLIP DOWN THE EMP LOYEE GOT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT UNDER THE PLATE AND AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE SHUTTLE CAR.
WHILE DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN. AND RIGHT TESTICLE. THIS WAS LATER FOUND TO BE DUE TO A HERNIA EMPLOYEE HAD AN OPERATION ON 9-25-85 AND WILL BE OFF AN ESTI MATED 6 WEEKS.
EMP LOOSENED CAP TO CHECK OIL ON FLUID COUPLER OF THE STAGE LOADER AND HOT OIL ERUPTED AND FELL ONTO HIS FOREARM LEAVING A DEEP 2 DEGREE BURN. DUE TO RISK OF INFECTION HE WAS NOT RELEASED TO R ETURN TO WORK AFTER THIS BURN WAS DEBRIED AND SO BECAME REPORTABLE AS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT
THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST COMPLETED UNLOAIDNG 9 PLATXXX PALLETTES AND FELT SOME BACK PAIN SINCE HE HAD NEXT J-DAY OFF HE THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT UNTIL 10-4-85 WHEN HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT FOR THE FIRST TIME BEGINING 10-5-85 HE MISSED WORK AND WAS ADMITTED TO HOSP.
THE EE WALKED UP TO THE CHOCK PUMP LOOKING FOR A LEAK WHEN A 1" HYDRAULIC HOSE POPPED LOOSE & STRUCK INTO THE EES LEFT LOWER LEG. HE INCURRED A LARGE CONTUSION & A HAIRLINE FRACTURE.
A ROCK FELL FOR4 THE ROOF & THE EE STEPPED QUICKLY TO DODGE IT & GOT HIS RIGHT FOOT STUCK BETWEEN ROCKS ON THE GROUND & THUS OVEREXTENDED HIS RT KNEE. THIS RESULTED IN JOINT DAMAGE WHICH REQU IRED SURGERY ON310-3-85 HE WORKED EASH DAY UNTIL 10-3-85.
WHILE DOING AN ON-SHIFT EXAM OF T HE BELTLINE THE EE STEPPED IN A HOLE & SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE. A LATER X-RAY SHOWED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE. EE IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFF WORK ABOUT 8 WEEKS TOTAL.
EMP WAS PACKING MATERIAL DOWN THE LONGWALL FACE AND SLIPPED ON THE STEEL PAN-LINE WHERE THERE WAS WAT E R AND GREASE ACCUMULATED AND THIS CAUSED HIM TO BUMP HIS HEAD INTO A ROOF SHIELD HE SI. SUSTAINED A CUT TO HIS EYEBROW WWHICH REQUIRED STITCHES AND 9-18 REPORTED BACK TO WORK ONE LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DAY
WHILE STEPPING OFF THE MANTRIP ONTO MUDDY GROUND EES FOOT SLIPPED & HE STRAINED HIS LOW BACK MUSCLES TRYING TO STAY ERECT. EE MISSED HIS NEXT 2 SCHEDULED SHIFTS.
EE WAS OPERATING SHEAR WHEN HE SLIPPED STEPPING ACROSS A PUSH-ARM & OVEREXERTED HIS RT KNEE. HE CONTINUED WORKING WITH THIS SPRAINED KNEE UNTIL AN APPOINTMENT FOR SURGERY TOOK HIM OFF ON 9-24 -859
WHILE GUIDING UP ROOF BOLTER WRENCH WITH HYDR SAB-LEG IT SURGED UP SUDDENLY AND CRUSHED EMPL MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST VICTAULIC PIPE HUNG BY HOLE.THE FINGER WAS CRUSHED AND REQ SUTURING.HE WAS I NSTALLING SCALE ON MAIN BELT.
WHILE INSTALLING BELT HARDWARE FOR LONGWALL STRIKE BELT DURING SHIFT ABOVE EMPLOYEE APPARANTLY STRAINED HIS BACK WHICH BECAME EVIDENT AFTER WORKING NEXT DAY (090685) HE WAS SEEN AT HOSPITAL & ORDERED BED REST ON 091285 HE WAS REEXAMINED & RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK 091385
A ROOF FALL OCCURED AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 P.M. AT X CUT 36 #2 ENTRY OF 5 NOTHROADWAY WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 LONG, 12 WIDE, & 2\ TO 4\ THICK, WHEN IT WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IT WAS FELT TO BE NON-REPORTABLE, SUPERTANDENT I.NAME MYSELF WERE BOTH UNAVIALABLE AT TIME & FOR A TIME AFTERWARDS UNTIL 8-15-85 AT THIS TIME WE INVESTAGATED IT & FELT IT WAS QUESTIONABLE AS FAR AS REPOR
FIRST BECAME REPORTABLE ON 8-15-85. EMPL FOOT STRUCK BY ROOFDRILL KNOCKED OVER BY FALLING TIMBER.EMPL WORKED WITH INJURY-BADLY BRUISED FOOT-UNTIL 8-12-85 WHEN HE SAW SIGNS OF INFECTION.HE MISS ED NEXT SHIFT 8-15 AND WASNT RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL 9-3-85 WHICH IS WHEN I WAS FIRST AWARE OF INJURY RELATED ABSENCE.
WHILE WORKING AS A MINER-HELPER & WATCHING CABLE OF MINER THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A SMALL ROCK FALLING FROM THE FACE & BOUNCING OVER TO WHERE IT CUT THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE HAD TO BEND OVER A BELT CONVEYOR REPEATEDLY AND FOR LONG PERIODS WHILE CONSTRUCTING A CAM WITH WOODEN BOARDS AND THIS GAVE HIM A SHARP MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS LOWER BACK EMPLO YEE WAS PRESCRIBED MUSCLE RELAXANTS AND KEPT HOME
WHILE TOSSING A FIBER-CRETE BLOCK INTO AN EIMCO BUCKET HIS MIDDLE FINGER BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN THAT BLOCK AND ANOTHER AIRBORN BLOCK. HIS FINGERTIP WS FRACTURED.
WHILE OPERATING THE CONTROLS TO ADVANCE THE FACE CONVEYER, THE EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING OVER THE SPILL PLATE LOOKING DOWN THE LW FAACE. A ROCK FELL FROM ABOVE, BETWEEN THE SHIELDS, AND STRUCK HIS HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE SPILL PLATE. THIS OCCURED ON THE LAST DAY BEFORE A 2WK SUMMER VACATION. THE HAND IS FRACTURED & WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL LOST DAYS.
A ROOF FELL OCCURRED INTHE #1 ENTRY OF 5 NORTH, THE STRIKE BELT LINE FOR 205 LONGWALL APPROX. 37 FEET INBY X-CUT #37 THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 70 FEET LONG BY 20 FEET WIDE BY 8 FEET HIGH.
EMPL HOOKING CHAIN ONTO LW SHIELD BEING MOVED OUT OF FACE.EMPL DOWN ON HANDS AND KNEES.EIMCO OPERATOR BROUGHT MACHINE IN NOT KNOWING MAN WAS THERE AND STARTED TO SET HIS BUCKET DOWN ON TOP OF HIM.INJ EMPL MADE NO EFFORT TO SIGNAL TO OPERATOR OR GET OUT OF HIS WAY.
EMP WAS RIDING TO THE COMPANY BATHHOUSE IN CO. BUS THE BUS RAN INTO SOME DEEP RUTS & BUMPS CAUSING MEN IN THE BACK OF THE BUS TO BUMP THEIR HEADS. WHEN FIRST REPORTED THIS EMPLOYEE DENIED HE WOULD BE WANTING MEDICAL ATTENTION. AFTER MISSING WORK A FEW DAYS LATER WE LEARNED THIS WAS DUE TO SOME PRE-EXISTING BACK PROBLEM AGGRAVATED BY THE INCIDENT
EMPLOYEE OPERATING A LOSE BEHIND A 12CM WHEN A ROCK HUNG IN CONVEYOR CHAIN OF 12CM BROKE LOOSE AND FLEW THROUGH VISIBILITYU OPENING OF 10SC CAB STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT TEMPLE.
WHILE WALKING THE BELTS, THIS EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS LOOKING TO HIS SIDE THEN WALKED FACE FIRST INTO A ROCK DUST PIPE. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS UPPER LIP WHICH WAS SUTURED AFTER WORK THE EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN WHEN HE SAW THE PHYSICIAN AGAIN THE NEXT DAY.
WHILE THIS FIREBOSS WAS PRESHIFTING HE SLIPPED ON AN ICE ACCUMULATION AND FELL BACK HARD ON HIS SET VESCUER BRUISING HIS LEFT FLANK MUSCLES AND TRIGGERING PAINFUL SPASMS THESE KEPT HIM OFF WOR K FOR WORKSHIPS.
WHILE PUSHING MANTRIP RAIL CAR BACK ONTO THE RAILS AFTER IT RODE ONTOP OF THE DEADSTOP TIE AT THE END OF THE TRACKS, THE TIE BROKE AND THE CAR ROLLED BACK INTO THE EMPLOYEE AS HE TURNED AWAY I T PUSHED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
WHILE WALKING AROUND THE AREA HE HAD BEEN SPOT BOLTING DUE TO POOR ROOF CONDITIONS THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF FALLEN CAP ROCK EMLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING KNEE SPRAIN BUT ALLOWED TO WORK WITH A KNEE BRACE ON UNTIL 5-22-85 WHNE AFTER CONSULT HE WAS SCHUDULED FOR SURGERY.
INTERSECTION AT X CUT 38 FILL IN AN AREA APPROX. 5 FT HIGH 20 FT WIDE AND 30 FT LONG THE AREA WAS THAT WAS MINE YEARS AGO HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 4 FT RESIN GROUND BOLTER.
WHILE CARRYING A CHAIN COME-ALONG OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER HE TWISTED HIS UPPER TORSO & FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER JOINT. HE APPARENTLY OVERSTRESSED A SHOULDER TENDON PUSHING ON T HE COME-ALONG. HE MISSED 2 SHIFTS IN A SHOULDER IMMOBILIZER.
OUR FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 5 16 85 ON 5 3 EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF THE EDGE OF THE PANLINE WALKING OUT OF THE FACE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE WORKER THE NEXT TWO SHIFTS AND SOUGHT MEDIC AL ATTENTION ON HIS REGULAR DAYS OFF AND MIXED THE NEXT WEEK OF WORK FIRST REPORTING THE ACCIDENT WHEN HE RETURNED.
WHEN THE EE STEPPED OFF THE CO BUS AT THE LAMPHOUSE JUST OUTSIDE #2 MINE HE STEPPED INTO A MUD PUDDLE THAT HIS A 2X4 WOODEN BOARD IN IT. THE EE TURNED HIS RT ANKLE & LEFT WORK TO RECEIVE MED ICAL CARE.
THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE SLIPPED INTO A HOLE COVERED WITH MUD AND FELL OVER. TRYING TO BRACE HIMSELF AS HE FELL TRIGERED A SPASM AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
WHILE RIDING OUT OF THE MINE ON THE MANTRIP HE LOOKED UP AT THE ROOF JUST AS A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD HE SUSTAINED A 1 INCH LACERATION WHICH WAS SUTURED LATER THAT NIG HT NO TIME LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS INJURY
MINER HELPER WAS TRIPPED BY A MINER CABLE THAT HAD BEEN CAUGHT BY THE SHUTTLE CAR AND PULLED TOWARD THE LOW RIB THE EMPLOYEES ANKLE WAS MILDLY BRUISED AND SPRAINED THIS EMPLOYEE HAS A LOW TOLE RANCE OF PAIN AND WORK AND TOOK TWO DAYS OFF AFTER SEEING THE ER PHYSICIAN TWICE TO GET A MEDICAL RELEASE FROM WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF THE BUS AND STEPPED IN A HOLE HIDDEN BY RECENT SNOWFALL HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND IS ON RESTRICTED DUTY THIS TIME
FIRST KNEW OF LOST TIME ACCIDENT 4-20-85. EE WAS WALKING OUT OF THE MINE & TRIPPED ON A RUT IN T HE GROUND & FELL FORWARD TWISTING HIS LEFT KND%*%*%'* KNEE.
A SMALL ROOF FELL 4FT TO 6FT THICK 8TO TO 10FT LONG X16FT WIDE OCCURRED MIDWAY IN TUNNEL OF #2 MINE PROBABLY DUE TO WIRE MESH BECOMING OVERLOOKEDK WITH SCALE & GIVING WAY CAUSING A SMALL AREA OF ROOF TO FELL IN
PICKED UP OZ BOTTLE & FELT PAIN IN BACK REPORTED ACCIDENT THAT DAY UT DID NOT SEE DR TILL 052885 FIRST DAY WORKED MISSED WAS 052585
A BOUNCE OCCURRED ON THE LONGWALL FACE AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ROCKED OFF BALANCE. HIS FOOT WAS STUCK IN A HOLE AS HE FELL AND SO HE INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE. THE KNEE INJURY REQUIRED SURGERY AND A FTER A WEEK THE EMPLOYEE WILL BEGIN RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING NEXT TO RIB A SPOT TO START CRIBBING ROOF WHEN SMALL BOUNCE OCCURED THAT REALEASED SMALL CAP ROCK FROM TOP & IT FELL AGAINST I.NAME LEG HE INCURRED A FX TO BOTH TIBIA & F IBULA OF LEFT LEG REQUIRING SURGICAL REDUCTION
CLEANING WATERPIPE WITH WATER HOSE A SURGE IN PRESSURE TOOK HOSE OUT OF CONTROL AND IT SWUNG BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HIS LEGS INFLICTING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT KNEE.THIS WAS SUTURED IN EMERG RM.NO TIME WAS MISSED FROM WORK NO RESTRICTIONS.
BECAME REPORTABLE 4-1-85.EMPL BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A ROOFBOLT WALKING THROUGH HEADGATE.THE NEXT FEW DAYS HE NOTICED PAIN STIFFNESS & OCCASIONALLY NUMBNESS RADIATING FROM HIS NECK DOWN HIS RIGHT ARM.HE HAD HAD A NECK INJURY BEFORE AND WAS REFERRED TO HIS OLD DR.
EMPLOYEE WS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE HEAD OF THE MINER. IT SLIPPED THROUGH HISHANDS AND A SHARP EDGE ON IT CUT THE PALM OF HIS HAND. THE LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES. NO TIME FROM WORK WAS EVER LOST ON THIS INJURY.
AT THE DATE ABOVE WHILE MOVING MATERIAL THE EE WAS FRIGHTENED BY AN AIR LINE POPPING APART BEHIND HIM & JERKED AS HE LIFTED & STRAINED HIS BACK. SINCE THAT DAY HE HAS HAD REPEATED DISCOMFOR T IN HIS LOWER BACK. ON 8-18-85 THE EE LEFT WORK DUE TO SEVERE PAIN. HIS PHYSICIAN HAS ORDERED BED REST & ATTRIBUTES SYMPTOMS TO INJURY OF 3-19-85.
EMPL MOVING ROOF BOLTING MATERIALS WAS BENT OVER LIFTING AND HE HEARD AN AIR-LUINE POPPED BEHIND HIS HEAD.HE RAN OUT OF WAY STILL BENT OVER AND SOMEHOW THIS CAUSED MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS BACK.HE LEFT WORK AND IS OFF PROVIDING REST AND PT FOR HIS BACK.EXPECTED TO RETURN 4-25-85.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING ON MUDDY GROUND AND FELL ON AN OUTSTRCHED ARM TWISTING BACK HIS RIGHT HAND INJURING HIS WRIST.HIS WRIST HAD AN IN-LINE FX.WHICH REQUIRED CASTING.HE WIL WILL BE OFF ABOUT 2 WEEKS.
EMPL FELT BACK STIFFEN WHILE ROOFBOLTING.HE ASSUMES FROM MOVING ROOF BOLTING MATERIALS FROM PLACE TO PLACE THAT DAY.LATER FELT BETTER AND CHOSE NOT TO REPORT IT.NEXT DAY,WOKE UP VERY SORE AND THIS WORSENED ON HIS DAYS OFF.WE WERE FIRST AWARE OF THIS ACCIDENT ON 3-14-85 WHEN EMPL CALLED TO SAY HE WOULD MISS WORK 3-15-85 ON DISORDER.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A GUARD INTO PLACE ON THE ROCK-CRUSHER AT THE HEADGATE OF THE LONGWALL. HE HAS A BAD BACK AND HE STRAINED IT POSITIONING THE GUARD. HE HAD TO SPEND 3 DAYS RECOOPERATING IN BED, TWO OF THESE DAYS WERE REGULAR WORK DAYS.
SIDE SHIELD RAM BROKE LOSSE FROM ITS BRACKET WHILE THE FACE FOREMAN WAS SETTING SHIELDS.BROKEN RAM STRUCK FOREMANS LEFT FOREARM LEAVING DEEP BRUISED WHICH LEFT ARM PAINFUL AND INCAPACITATED FO R 2 DAYS.
EMP CLAIMED THAT AFTER ROCKDUSTING A ROADWAY HE WAS TRYING TO WALK INTO THE RETURN TO SHUT OFF HIS DUSTLINE AIRBORNE ROCK DUST MADE VISIBILTIY VERY POOR AND HE TRIPPED OVER A TIMBER ON THE GR GROUND HIS FOOT WAS STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND THE TIMBER AND AS HE FELL HE BROKE HIS ANKLE EXPECTED TO BE OFF 6 WEEKS
THIS REPORT IS SENT LATE BECAUSE ORIGINAL WAS LOST BY EMPLOYEE HE WAS STANDING ON LONGWALL SPILLPLATE AND PULLING CRIBS FROM A TOP THE SHIELDS HE SLIPPED FELL AND PULLED A CRIB ONOT HIS LEG BRUISING THE SHIN HE KEPT WORKING BUT SWELLING AND PAIN CAUSED HIS TO SEEK AID THAT NIGHT HE TR@ANSFERRED TO SAFETY FOR 2 WEEKS TO ALLOW TIME TO HEAL BEFORE WORKING UNDERGROUND
WHILE CLIMBING UP SAMLL HILL OUT OF A DIP DIRECTLY UNDER AN OVERCAST THE EMP SLIPPED ON SOME MUD AND FELL TWISTING HIS RT ANKLE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS SPRINING IT AND WILL PROBALBY MISS 4 TO 1 1/ DAYS
WHILE STANDING AT THE LONGWALL FACE, THERE HAD BEEN SOME FALLING SHALE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND RESTING ON ONE ROCK WHEN ANOTHER FELL FROM THE SHIELD AND NAILED HIS LITTLE FINGER. HE SUSTAIN A DEEP LACERATION AND FINGERTIP FX AFTER SURGERY HE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO HIS OFFICE JOB WITHOUT DISABILITY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE BELTLINE TO INSTALL AND BELT WIPER. HE CLAIMS HE SLIPPED ON SOME MUD AND AS HE STARTED TO FALL HE THREW OUT HIS HANDS TO BRACE HIMSELF AND SLAPPED HIS RIGHT HAND A AINST A TIMBER THE 4TH METACARPAL IN THAT HAND WAS FRACTURED.
EMPLOYE WAS USING A REBUILT COME-A-LONG TO STR@AIGHTEN OUT A PIECE OF "I" BEAM, COME-A-LONG WENT INTO FREE WHEEL & HANDLE STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOREARM CAUSSING FRACTURE & SMALL PUNCTURE
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRING A BOX EITH LOOSE CAPS & WEDGES UP HILL THAT HE HAD GATHERED UP. HAD BOX ON SHOULDER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & TURNED TO HOLD BOX UP ON SHOULDER & WHEN HE DID SO HE TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING MUSCLE STRAINS & ALSO TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE HAD HAND BETWEEN BUCKET RAM & BUCKET AS TAM WAS BEING PULLED IN AP RAM SMASHED THUMB BETWEEN BACK OF RAM & BUCKET. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 500\ FROM END OF TRACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING INTO THE MINE TOWARD THE MINING SECTION TO START WORK HE WALKED ACROSS AN ACCUMULATION OF WATER AND SLIPPED ADN FELL SPRAINING HIS KNEE HE REQUIRED ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY AN D WILL BE OFF ABOUT 4 MORE WEEKS
FIRST REPORTED 121984 EMPLOYEE STRUCK A METAL PIN WITH HIS HAMMER AND SENT A METAL FRAGMENT INTO HIS EYE HE WAS WEARING XXXXXSAFETY GLASSES TWO DAYS LATER THE EMPLOYEE MISSED WORK DUE TO AN I RRITATION CAUSED BY RUST LEFT IN HIS EYE
WHILE STANDING IN THE HEAD GATE WITH HIS BACK TO THE ROCK CRUSHER A ROCK FRAGMENT SPIT OUT AND STRUCK HIS FLANK CAUSING A DEEP BRUISE HE WORKED THE FULL SHIFT AND SAW A PHYSICIAN THE NEXT DAY WHO RECOMMENDED AN ADDITIONAL DAY OF REST
EMPLOYEE STATED HE STEPPED IN A HOLE,STEPPING OFF OF A STAGE LOADER.HE IS NOT EXACTLY SURE WHICH OF SEVERAL TIME MAY HAVE CAUSED AN INJURY TO HIS (R)KNEE.WHICH BECAME MORE PAINFUL AS THE SHIFT WENT ON.HE HAS HAD SEVERAL INJURIES TO HIS KNEES AND THE KNEE IN QUESTION WAS PREVIOUSLY OPERATED ON BEFORE WORKING FOR HIS COM,PANY.HE MAY REQUIRED SURGERY AGAIN.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING WITH RESIN WRENCHES A SECTION OF ROCK APPROX 3 FT X 2 FT X 8 IN FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES HARD HAT KNCKING HIM OVER AND BRUISING HIS SHOULDER ARM AND HIP HE ALSO SUSTAINED A MINOR CERVICAL AND LUMBAR SPRAIN AND ONE SUTURABLE LACERATION ON HIS FACE
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS WHILE STRAINING TO REMOVE A FILTER SCREEN FROM A JACKLEG ROOFBOLTER WITH A CRESCENT WRENCH HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK AND INJURED HIS NECK. HE IS OFFWORK NOW WITH A CERVI CAL SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS MANUVERING LONGWALL SHIELD SOME SHIELDS WERE STUCK AND WOULD NOT ADVANCE AS HE KEPT TRYING TO MANUVER THEM A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN SHIELDS AND STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS RT HAND WHI CH WAS ON THE BRATBEE THE HAND WAS FOUND TO BE FRACTURED ON X-RAY FOLLOWING THAT SHIFT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE IS A FACE FOREMAN AND DID NOT MISS WORK AT ANY TIME FOR THIS
WHILE OPERATING 10SC CAR OVER SOME BUMPS AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE OPERATOR WAS BOUNCED AROUND IN THE CAB OF HIS SHUTTLE CAR AND SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. THE EMPLOYEE IS MISSING WORK PENDIN G FURTHER TESTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A STOPER AND PUTTING UP A T-BAR. THE STOPPER STUDDERED & JUMPED CATCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE STOPER AND THE STOPER STEEL. MOST OF THE SOFT TISSUE OF HIS THUMB TIP WAS PARTIALLY AVUSED; EMPLOYEE WILL MISS ABOUT 10 DAYS OF WORK.
WALKING FROM A PHONE ON THE BELTLINE THE EE SLUI%**' SLIPPED ON WET ROCKDUST & FELL FLAT ON HIS BACK. HE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK & THIS CONDITION AFTER TRYING TO WORK ON 11-7-84 CAUSED HIM TO BE PUT ON BED REST.
WHILE FIREBOSSING EMP STEPPED INT A DEEP HOLE LOCKING FOOT AND LOWER LEG AND HE FELL OVER SEVERELY SPRAINING RT KNEE HI IS NOW OFF PENDING SURGERY AND REHABILITAION
EMPL SHOVELING AROUND BELTLINE WHEN MAIN BELT STOPPED.EMPL WENT TO CLOSEST MINE PHONE TO LISTEN TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED .TO REACH PHONE HE WENT UP INCLINE OF SLICK MUD. CLIMBE UP AND SLIPPED TWIS TING HIS KNEE AS HE FELL ON IT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING OUT THE RIB FOR A KENNEDY PAN STOPPING WHEN SOME CAP ROCK RELEASED ABOVE HIM STRIKING HIS HEAD, TWISTING HIS NECK & GRAZING HIS SHOULDER. HE SUSTAINED A SUTURABLE LACE RATION ON HIS SCALP, A CONCUSSION, AND & MINOR NECK STRAIN. HE WAS KEPT IN THE HOSPITAL FOR HEAD-INJURY OBSERVATION.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE FACE OF A COMPLETED LW PANEL PRIOR TO MOVING THE MINING FACE. SOME ROCK SLOUGHED FROM THE TOP OF THE FACE AND STRUCK THE FOREARM WITH WHICH HE WAS HOLDING THE STOPER ROOF DRILL. HE SUFFERED A DEEP LACERATION. THE INJURY WAS CLEANSED, SUTURED, AND SPLINTED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE RELEASED FOR WORK SOON.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BREAKER BAR & HAMMER TO LOOSEN A FROZEN BOLT. THE EMPLOYEE MISSED THE END OF THE BAR & STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND. THE IMPACT WOUND ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRED SUTURI NG. THERE WAS NO LOST TIME AS A RESULT OF THE INJURY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN THE STEPS AT THE BUS DOOR, GETTING OFF THE BUS AT THE MINE SURFACE ON HIS WAY TO WORK. A SODA-POP CAN THROWN ON THE FLOOR WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS. THE EM PLOYEE STEPPED ON THE CAN AS HE WENT DOWN THE STAIRS AND SEVERLY TWISTED HIS ANKLE. THE EMPLOYEE IS CURRENTLY MISSING WORK WITH A SPRAINED ANKLE.
WALKING ALONG WET AND MUDDY ENTRY IN MINE EMPL SLIPPED AND FELL ON OUTSTRETCHED ARM SPRAINING HAND AND WRIST.WRIST WAS PUT INTO CAST AND EMPL TOLD NOT TO WORK UNTIL IT COULD SAFELY BE REMOVED IN APPX 2 WKS.
OPERATING STOPER,EMPL SLIPPED AND FELL BRINGING STOPER DOWN ON RIGHT HAND.SUSTAINED BRUISED TENDONS REQ HIM NOT TO USE HANDS FOR 2 DAYS SO HE MISSED 2 SHIFTS OF WORK.HAS RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO PROBLEMS.
WHILE BOLTING ALONG THE RIB A CAP ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE JACKLEG CRUSHING EMP INDEX FINGER EMP DID NOT MISS ANY TIME BUT HAS A CRACK IN H IS FINGERTIP BONE
WHILE CARRYING TIMBER BY THE HEADGATE THE EMPLOYEE STARTED TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND SO HE DROPPED THE TIMBER IN SETTING IT DOWN ABRUPTLY HYE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TIMBER AND A STEEL PL ATE ON THE CHOCK-PUMP TANK HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURING BUTNO OTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT & NO RESTRICTED DUTY
EMPL CLEANING BRATTBIE ON LONGWALL FACE WHEN PIECE OF COAL FROM FACE ROLLED DOWN AND SMASHED MIDDLE RING AND LITTLE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND.ONE FINGER WAS LACERATED AND REQ SUTURES.
WHILE USING AN COMELONG TO TUG ON A KENNEDY PAN PULLING IT UP THE HEADGATE THE EMPLOYEE GOT HGIMSELF BACKED UP AGAINST THE CHOCK PUMP TANK AS THE PAN SLID FORWAD THE EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE PAN THE PAN CUT INTO HIS BOOT & CAUSED A SMALL LACEMTION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES BUT NO LOST TIME.
THE EE WAS SCALING DOWN CAP ROCK FROM ON TOP OF THE STAMBLER IN THE HEADGATE. HE LOOSENED SOME ROCK WHICH SLID DOWN THE LENGTH OF HIS BAR & TRAPPED HIS ARM AGAINST THE STAMBLER. THE WEIGHT OF THE FALLING ROCK CRACKED A BONE IN HIS FOREARM. HE IS CURRENTLY OFF WORK WITH THE ARM IN A CAST. EE HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO PRY-UP & NOT DOWN.
WHILE SETTING UP A TURNING DRILL ON A BLOCK FRAME THE DRILL FELL AS THEY WERE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS EMP HAD HIS THUMB CAUGHT IN A PIVOT POINT AND THE AUGER DRILL FRAME CRUSHED AND REMOVED THE VE VERY TIP OF HIS LEFT THUMB INJURY WAS SUTURED CLOSED WITH ONLY SOFT TISSUE LOST AND EMP WAS RELEASED FOR WORK WITH PROTECTIVE GUARD
WHILE CLEANING ROCKS FROM THE BRATBIE AT LW 203 A ROCK FELL FROM THE SHIELDS OVERHEAD & SMASHED THE EES LEFT THUMB AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK OR CHUNK OF COAL. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO THE THUM
WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE TAIL GATE A LARGE CHUNK OF COAL SLOUGHED FROM THE TOP OF THE FACE WHERE THE SHEARING MAHCINE WAS STARTING TO CUT IT ROLLED OVER AND PART OF IT STRUCK AGA HIS KNEE. A FEW DAYS AFTERWARD THE KNEE WAS RECHECKED BY AN ORTHAPEDIC SURGEON WHO DIAGNOSED A LIGAMENT TEAR AND PERFORWAED .
THE EMPLOYEE WAS MANEUVERING A LARGE CHUNK OF COAL IN AN AWKWARD POSITION UNDER A BELTLINE. IN MANEDUVERING THE COAL HE ROLLED IT AGAINST HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. HE SUSTAINED AN OPEN WOUND WH ICH REQUIRED STITCHES AND NO LOST TIME. THE FINGER HAD BEEN PINCHED BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF COAL AS HE WAS USING A SHOVEL.
WHILE CROSSING OVER A BELT ON A BELT CROSSING AND STEPPING DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED DIRECTLY ONTO AN IRREGULARITY ON THE MINE FLOOR WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE A SEV SEVERE SPRAIN RESULTED WHICH HAS RESULTED IN SOME DAYS LOST WHILE THE ANKLE IN IMMOBILIZED.
WHILE CLEANING OUT TAILPIECE ANOTHER WAS TOSSING A SCRAP IECE OF STEEL OUT WAY WHEN IT STRUCK WEBER ON HIS HEAD. HE SUSTAINED A SMALL LACERATION OVER HIS HIS LEFT EYE THIS REQUIRED SUTURES AND WAS NOT RESPOSIBLE FOR ANY LOST TIME.
THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE CHECKING UNDER THE BUCKET OF THE EIMCO LOADER, AFTER LOADING MATERIAL ONTO THE TRIP, THAT HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE SIDE OF THE BUCKET FOR SUPPORT. WITHOUT SIGNALIN G, JOSE, THE EIMCO OPERATOR RETRACTED THE RAM OF THE BUCKET AND CAUGHT JOSES LEFT HAND. CRUSH INJURIES TO HIS HAND REQUIRED EXTENSIVE DEBRIDGEMENT, SUTURING AND LOST TIME.
THE EMPLOYEE FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON GOT INTO AN EIMCO 935 UNDERGROUND FRONT-END LOADER AND STARTED IT. HE PROCEEDED TO BACK IT OUT OF THE ENTRY INTO A X-CUT AND WHEN HE TURNED THE EIMCO HIS HAN D WAS STICKING OUT OF THE CAB AND AS THE FRONT END ARTICULATED IT CRUSHED HIS LTTLE FINGER. THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURE OF THE 5TH DIGIT OF HIS RIGHT HAND.