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EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING RESIN BOLTS WHEN HE PINCHED HIS FINGER IN THE DRILL STEEL CONNECTION POINT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES WHICH PREVENTED SERIOUS INJURIES. INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND SUST AINED APPROX. 1" LONG LACERATION.

EE RETIRED--AWARD OF BLACK LUNG BENEFITS.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF SPLICING A BELT, CUTTING THE BELT WITH A KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING THE FOURTH FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON OR AROUND THE BOOM ARM ON BOLTER HEAD AND AS HE RAISED THE BOLTER HEAD, HIS LEFT HAND AND FINGERS GOT CAUGHT.

EMPLOYEE PLACED RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF THE LONG JOHN AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP,MASHING HIS RIGHT HAND AND CUTTING HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CABLE SO THE MINER COULD BACK OUT OF A CUT THAT WAS JUST FINISHED. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, HITTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK.

INJURED WAS BACKING A CRAWLER OUT OF A CUT AND TRAMMED OVER A ROCK, CAUSING THE OPERATOR DECK TO HIT THE BOTTOM SUDDENLY, HURTING HIS BACK.

INJURED WAS TRAMMING THE FRONT CRAWLER OUT OF A CUT WHEN THE DECK OF THE CRAWLER RAN UPON A ROCK, PUSNING THE DECK INTO THE TOP OF THE MINE HURTING HIS NECK IN THE PROCESS.

ROCK FALL-4 FT THICK, 30 FT LONG, 20 FT WIDE, AT THE #17 CROSSCUT, PILLAR CUT #54 NO INJURIES.

VICTIM WAS ABOUT 5' FROM THE FRONT OF THE MINER. THE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON THE MINER BY USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIKE THE RIPPER CHAIN PIN. A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE PIN BROKE OFF AS THE M ECHANIC STRUCK THE PIN AND FLEW THROUGH THE AIR, STRIKING AND LODGING IN THE VICTIM'S CHEST.

EE WAS MOVING THE SUPPLY DOORS ON 006 SECTION AND ACCIDENTLY CUT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.

EE WAS SQUARING BELT TO BE SPLICED AND CUT RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND WITH BELT KNIFE. THREE STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUT A PUMP ON A CRAWLER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.

WHILE GETTING WATAER FOR PLASTER FOR A BRATTICE, VICTIM POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE BRIDGE CARRIER & THE RIB. THE BRIDGE OPERATOR TRAMMED THE BRIDGE CARRIER BACKWARD, CATCHING THE VICTIM'S LEFT FOOT & ANKLE BETWEEN THE CARRIER & THE BOTTOM. THE VICTIM'S ANKLE WAS BROKEN & HE HAD A LACERATION TO HIS LEG/FOOT.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED EXAMINING HEADINGS AND CROSSCUT. HE WAS WAITING ON MINER TO START CUTTING AND HAD CRAWLED APPROXIMATELY 12' TO SIT NEXT TO THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SLAB OF DRAW ROCK F ELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING EIMCO BATTERY MANTRIP TO SURFACE AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. AS THE MANTRIP WAS PASSING THROUGH THE VENTILATION DOORS, EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION HIMSELF IN THE MANTRIP. HE INADVERTENTLY ALLOWED THE PINKY FINGER OF HISLEFT HAND TO HANG OVER THE EDGE OF THE MANTRIP WHERE THE VENTILATION DOORS "PINCHED" IT AGAINST THE BODY OF THE MANTRIP CAUSING A DEEP LACERATI

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BESIDE THE LONG JOHN STRUCTURE WHEN A LOOSE PIECE OF RIB ROLLED OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER AREA. THE PRESSURE FROM THE RIB HITTING HIM CAUSED HIS BACK INJURY. (COMP RESSED FRACTURE OF THE L1).

EE WAS TAKING THE SCOOP TO 005 SECTION ON THE RETURN AND HE STOPPED TO CLOSE THE REGULATOR DOORS AND THE DOOR FELL AND CUT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING THE HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE IN THE SCOOP DIPPER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER/UPPER BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE ATRS SYSTEM AND HAD JUST FINISHED THE REPAIRS. HE CHECKED THE CHAIN THAT HOLDS THE FOOT ON THE SYSTEM AND THE OPERATOR STARTED THE BOLTER AND LIFTED THE FOOT UP, WH ICH CAUGHT VICTIM'S LEFT HAND, CAUSING LACERATIONS AND THREE BROKEN FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING A BELT SPLICE ON THE SECTION BELT WITH A BELT KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

INJURED WAS HELPING MINER TURN A BREAK WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.

BACK STARTED HURTING AFTER WORK.

WHILE UNLOADING BRATTICE BLOCKS IN SUPPLY HOLE, VICTIM BUMPED ELBOW ON BLOCK HE WAS UNLOADING.

VICTIM WAS PULLING RAIL FOR AN OVERCAST, THE EXCESSIVE FORCE THAT WAS PLACED ON THE CHAIN WHEN THE RAIL CONTACTED THE COAL RIB, MADE THE CHAIN BREAK AND HIT THE SCOOP OPERATOR IN THE FACE, CAU SING LACERATIONS TO THE FACE.

VICTIM WAS HELPING THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR HOLD A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL. TOO MUCH PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE STEEL, CAUSING IT TO BUCKLE. AS THE STEEL BUCKLED, IT STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE LEF T ARM, ABOUT TWO INCHES FROM HIS WRIST.

VICTIM WAS MOVING A FIVE GALLON BUCKET FULL OF WATER, AND EXPERIENCED SHARP PAINS IN HIS LOWER BACK. VICTIM SAID HE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHEN HE STARTED TO LIFT.

CRAWLER DECK RAN OVER A BLOCK OF COAL, CAUSING A SUDDEN DROP AGAISNT THE BOTTOM OF THE MINE, MARRING THE CRAWLER, AND CAUSING BACK INJURY/PAIN.

WHILE LAYING RAIL ON THE 006 SECTION, THE VICTIM STRAINED TO PULL THE RAIL OFF THE CAR AND RESULTED IN INJURING HIS BACK.

VICTIM WAS DRAGGING ROOF BOLT PLATES ACROSS THE TOP OF THE BOLTING MACHINE, AS HE WAS DOING THIS, HIS ARM WAS CUT BY THE SHARP EDGE OF THE ROOF BOLTS.

WHILE VICTIM WAS USING SLATE BAR TO PRY CONVEYOR MOTOR IN MINING MACHINE SLATE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO BREAK RING FINGER.

RIDING MANTRIP, HE RAISED UP PUT ARM ON PLUNGER AND SCOOP DIPPER IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP AND PLUNGER

VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BOLTING THE TOP WITH THE ROOFBOLTER. HE SWUNG THE HEAD AROUND, AND TOOK A STEP WITH HIS LEFT KNEE. HIS LEFT KNEE LANDED ON SOME MUCK AND RESULTED IN TWISTING HIS K NEE.

TRAMMING RAIL RUNNER, THROWING WATERLINE AWAY L ARM ON HEADER BOARDS WHEN R R BEGAN TO MOVE ELBOW CAUGHT IN THE TOP

WHILE PRYING ROCKS OUT OF THE HEADDRIVE WITH A CROWBAR, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

PULLING CABLE OFF REEL ON INTAKE BOLTER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL,HITTING BACK ON COVER OF BOLTER AND RIB.

OPER RA RUNNER, RAN OVER OBJECT IT THREW AGAINST ROOF

EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING THE BOLTING CYCLE IN THE #4 HEADING HE HAD SET UP THE ATRS & WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A ROCK (6FTX8-10INX30 IN WIDE) FELL & CAUGHT HIM FROM THE BACK AT APPROX THE THORACIC SPINE & BENT HIM DOUBLE BETWEEN THE ATRA & THE MACHINES CONTROLS ROCK CAME TO REST ON THE BOLT MACHINE WHICH IS 25IN IN HEIGHT

EMPL WAS HLEPING MOVE POWER CENTER WITH SCOOP. HE LAID HAND ON SCOOPS BUCKET WHEN SCOOP TRAMMEDFORWARD HAND WAS CUT.

A ROLL OF SOME STEEL ROPE ROLLED OFF OF SOME BELT STRUCTURE THAT WAS IN THE SCOOP BUCKET, FELL OVER AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND.

EMPL WAS LOADING WELDER ONTO TOP OF SECTION TOOL BAR WHEN FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK LEFT SIDE LEFT HIP.

EMPL LOADING ROCK ONTO TAILPIECE -FELT SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE.

NOT USING PROPER BACK METHODS.

NOT USING PROPER BACK METHODS.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUT IN BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE DROPPED A PIECE OF THE TOP STRUCTURE ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

A ROOF FALL APPROX. 11' X 8' X 0-10" THICK OCCURRED BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS CATCHING VICTIM UNDERNEATH THE ROCK.

A ROOF FAL OCCURRED IN THE #42 CROSSCUT IN THE ROOM NECK THE FALL MEASURED 6'T 20'W 60'L THE FALL EXTENDED ACROSS THE INTAKE ENTRY THE FALL OCCURRED ON THE A SECTION SECTION BELT

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 NE MAIN AT BREAK #37. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 70' X 20' 3-4' IN THICKNESS.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO THE FRONT OF THE CONTINOUS MINER TO OBSERVE THE PLACE THAT HE HAD JUST COMPLETED WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND ON A PIECE OF ROCK LAYING BESIDE THE MINER. EMPLOYEE SUS TAINED A LACERATION TO THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND REQUIRING 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN FACE OIF 004 SECT.#3 ENTRY IN #11 XCUT ON #7 BELTLINE FALL WAS APPROX.22FT.24FTX5FT IN THICKNESS

DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION OF INTAKE AIRWAY A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED FALL MEASURED APPROX.20FTX20FTX5FT IN THICKNESS FALL OCCURRED ON #6 BELTLINE IN #5 HEADING IN #23 XCUT

DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION OF AIRWAY A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED FALL MEASURED APPROX.20FTX20FTX4FT IN THICKNESS FALL OCCURRED ON #6 BELTLINE IN #4 HEADING IN #16 XCUT

WHEN EMPLOYEE STARTED TO RELEASE A COME ALONG, WHICH WAS TIED TO THE CONVEYOR SHAIN ON A BRIDGE, THE HANDLE SLIPPED CAUSING THE COME ALONG TO HIT HIS HAND AND LITTLE FINGER. BONE IN FINGER WAS BROKEN

DURING THE SHIFT JINJ. KNEE SWELLED DUE TO HIS CRAWLING

EMP WAS CRAWLING IN FACE AREA WWWHEN HE SET HIS KNEE DOWN ON A SHARP ROCK.

INJ WAS PULLING RAIL AT END OF TRACK WHEN HE FELT APAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMP BURISED TOP OF RIBS ON LEFT SIDE WHEN HIS BATTEY LIGHT FLIPPED UP AFTER HE RAN UP ON A ROCK WITH A SCOOP

EMPLOYEE ENTANGLED LEFT FOOT IN TRAILING CABLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL. DURING FALL EMPLOYEE'S WEIGHT WAS SHIFTED TO RIGHT FOOT CAUSING BONE IN ANKLE TO BREAK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ONTO THE SCOOP. HE BUMPED HIS KNEE ON SCOOP DIPPER BRUISING AND CONTUSING RIGHT KNEE.

EMP. WA> ATTEMPTING TO MOVE ALG. PC. OF ROCK BY HAND WHEN THE ROCK ROLLED BACK ONTO/ HIS HAND AND FINGERS. THE RIGHT FOREFINGER OF T HE E MP. WAS FRACTURED AND LACERATED.

A ROOF FAL OCCURRED IN THE #3 BREAK FROM THE PORTAL IN #3 HEADING. THE FALL DIMENSIONS WERE 25' LONG AND 4' TO 5' THICK. THE TRACK AND BELTLINE WERE BLOCKED PREVENTING TRAVEL..

EMPL WAS REMOVING DRIVE CHAIN FROM BELTHEAD.

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RT KNEE AFTER CRAWLING A GREAT DISTANCE

EMPL. WAS CHECKING OIL LEVELS ON DM800 COAL TRUCK. HE STEPPED DOWN FROM TRUCK PLACING HIS FOOT ON ROCK WHICH ROLLED FROM UNDERNEATH HIM CAUSING HIM TO BREAK BONE IN LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE HAS VARIOUS ACHES & PAINS CONTRIBUTED TO TIME SPENT UNDERGROUND CRAWLING & STOOPING

EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING IN SCOOP BUCKET WHEN LOW TOP WAS ENCOUNTERED HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HIP AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.

EMPL SUPPLYING 4ORK MATERIALS TO CONT.MINER SECTION. WHILE LOADING OR UNLOADING THESE SUPPLIES HE INJURED HIS BACK.

VICTIM INJURED 5NEE BY CRAWLING SOMETIME DURING SHIFT

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO SLIDE NA AUGER FOR A 15CM JOY MINER INTO POSITION FOR IT TO BE REINSTALLED ON THE MINER WHEN THE AUGER SLID IT ROLLED BACK ON THE EMPLOYEES RT FOOT ONE OF THE BITS P UNTURED THE FOO7

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO COUPLE FLAT CAR AND RAIL RUNNER WHEN THE FLAT CAR BEGAN TO ROLL CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE FLAT CAR AND THE RAIL RUNNER.

HE WAS ON THE L9FT RIB ON THE RETURN SIDE OF THE JOY CONTINUOUS MINER. HE WENT MORE THAN 4 FEET INBY PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT THE UNSUPPORTED ROOF FELL TRAPPING HIM UNDERNEATH THE ROCK. THE VI CTIMS VISION MA2 HAVE BEEN OBSTRUCTED BY THE DUST PASSING INTO THE RETURN CROSSCUT AND HE MAY HAVE NOT NOTICED THAT ROOF BOLTS OF THE LAST ROW WERE MISSING.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS3CRAWLING AWAY FROM CONTINOUS HAULAGE CRFAWLER MINER OPERATOR BEGAN BACKING CONTINOUS MINER UP & PUSHED CRAWLER AGAINST EMPLOYEE RT FOOT CRAWLER BROKE THE EMPLOYEES FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS DR5GGING TORCHES AND WELDER ACROSS BELTLINE.

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A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED DURING THE OFF SHIFT & WAS DETECTED BY THE O NCOMING SHIFT FOREMAN DURING THE PRESHIFT INSPECTION. THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF INSTALLED ROOF BOLTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS BU3LDING A BLOCK BRATTICE WHEN HE REACHED AROUND TO PICK UP ANOTHER BLOCK HE FELT HIS KNEE POP AND THE KNEE BEGAN TO HURT

EMPLOYEE WAS TR5MMING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE HEARD HIS KNEE POP HE THEN BEGAN NOTICING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS REMOVING3A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE CONVEYOR CHAIN ON THE C/M. EE EXPERIENCED EXTREME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

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UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL #5 SECTION/3X-CUTS OUTBY FACE AREA. 16\X12\X3\

EMPLOYEE REMOVED A PLUG FROM A WATER PUMP SUSTAINED VAPOR STEAM BURN ON FOREARM

EMPL PUSHING RAM CAR BATTERIES INTO BED OF PICKUP TRUCK STRAINED HIS BACK.