#1 Strip Coal

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP SLEDGE HAMMER TO HIT LOADER BUCKET SHANK AND HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

EE WAS IN TRANSIT TO HIS WORK PLACE. HE PULLED A HAND GUN FROM HIS BELT, PLACED IT UNDER DRIVER'S CHIN. HE TOLD 3RD EE TO GET OUT. THE TWO EMPLOYEES THEN DROVE ABOUT 200 YDS. & STOPPED. OTHER EMPLOYEES FOUND THEM DEAD FROM GUN SHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD. AFTER ALL INVESTIGATIONS IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A NON-MINE RELATED MURDER/SUICIDE.

EE HAD COMPLETED HIS PRE-SHIFT INSPECTION AND WAS TRANSPORTING ANOTHER EE TO HIS EQUIPMENT FOR WORK. EE PULLED A GUN FROM UNDER HIS BELT, PLACED IT UNDER DRIVER'S CHIN. HE TOLD 3RD EE TO GET O UT. EE GOT OUT AND THEY DROVE AWAY FOR ABOUT 200YDS. & STOPPED. 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES FOUND THEM SITTING IN FRONT SEAT OF THE P/U DEAD FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS. DETERMINED A MURDER/SUICIDE NOT MINE RE

EE WAS ASSISTING BLASTING CREW BY BACKFILLING DRILL HOLES WITH A HOE. THE EE STATED THAT HE BEGAN TO FELL TIGHTNESS IN HIS LOWER BACK AND NUMBNESS IN HIS LEGS.

GPF-ON JUNE 23, 1997 EMPLOYEE WAS ADVISED BY HIS DOCTOR THAT HE HAD PNEUMOCONIOSIS. HE NOTICED A& G OF HIS DECISION TO TERMINATE HIS EMPLOYMENT EFFECTIVE 07-01-97. HE STATED IN HIS LETTER OF R ESIGNATION HE PLANNED TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT IN A DIFFERENT FIELD NOT RELATED TO COAL OR DUST.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE TRACK OF A D-6 DOZER, IT FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK PULL. HE TOLD THE FOREMAN HE WAS OK. HE IS NOW OFF FROM WORK AS OF FEB 17 1997 BECAUSE OF THIS ACCIDEN T.

EE WAS LIFTING SUCTION LINE ON WATER PUMP IN ORDER TO MOVE IT TO DEEPER WATER. THE LINE HAD HUNG BETWEEN 2 ROCKS AND COULD NOT BE PULLE WITH THE ROPE. WHEN EE LIFTED THE LINE A WIRE PROTRREUDI NG FROM THE HOSE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND AS HE RELEASED THE LINE INTO THE WATER. THIS RESULTED IN A CUT TO THE LEFT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMP WAS BEING LOADED WITH A 992-D LOADER INTO A 77A HAULER WHICH HE WAS OPERATING. LOADER OPERATOR PUT A LARGE ROCK IN HAULER AND IT HIT ON OFF SIDE OF HAULER AND JARRED EMP INTO THE CONSOLE. WAS WEARING SEAT BELT. EMP SAID HE HURT HIS BACKAND LEFT LEG. SOUGHT MEDICAL HELP.

OPERATOR SAID HE WAS WORKING HIS LOADER WITH A BROKEN SEAT, AND IT WAS CAUSING HIS BACK TO HURT. THE SEAT WAS FIXED, HE WORKED UP TO 0800 ON 7-1796 AND TOLD THE JOB FOREMAN HIS BACK WAS HURTIN G AND HE LEFT THE JOB TO GO TO THE DR. FIRST LOST TIME DAY WAS 7-18-96.

EE WAS CUTTING OUT A BEARING OUT OF A YOKE ON D-11-N USING AN OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE TORCH. HE INHALED SMALKE INTO HIS LUNGS.

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS SERVICE TRUCK SLIPPED OFF THE STEOPS & FELL TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELT THE IMPACT EVEN THOUGH HE LANDED ON HIS FEET. HE WAS ABLE TO CONTIN LUE HIS NORMAL WORK DUTIES & DID NOT REPORT HIS FALL AS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT UNTIL 2/14/95, THE EMPLOYEE SAID HE IS EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LADDER TO GET DOWN FROM THE BED OF 777C HAULER WHERE HE HAD BEEN WORKING. THE EMPLOYEE PUT HIS WEIGHT ON THE LADDER AND THENREACHED FOR A HAMMER. THE LADDER KICKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL 10' TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, THE EMPLOYEE SPRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST AND A DEEP BRUISE TO THE CALF OF RIGHT LEG.

WALKINB AROUND FRONT OF LAODER, TURNE DANKEL ON UNEVEN GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF HAULER - SLIPPED BUT CAUGHT HIMSELF - PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING WATER PUMPA ND HAD HT EHOSE TO THE WATER PUMP OVER HIS HSOULDER. ROCK FELL FROM SPOIL KNOCKING HTE HOSE OFF SHOULDER AND THE FORCE KNOCKED EMPLOYEE TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD SHOT, TRIPPED OVER A ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM DOZER SLIPPED & FELL BETWEEN PUSH ARM & TRACK BREAKING ONE RIB

67591TOR WAS STANDING OUTSIDE ON THE DECK OF THE HAULER WITH HIS BED SLIGHTLY RAISED CHECKING A NOISE HE HEARD IN THE TRANSMISSION.IT WAS RAINING MAKING THE DECK SLIPPERY.THE OPERATOR SLIPPED 61339NG APPROX 8 FT LANDING ON HIS BACK,AGAINST THE TRANSMISSION BODY.X-RAY SENT HOME.