Dulcimer #4 Coal

EE STATED HE WAS IN #4 ENTRY HELPING WITH A BELT SETUP. EE SAID HE WAS HELPING TWO OTHER PEOPLE HOLD THE BELT ROPE UP AND THEY WERE PUTTING BELT STRUCTURE IN WHEN THE BELT JACK SLIPPED CAUSING THE ROPE TO SLIP THROWING HIMS IN A TWISTING MOTION ONTO THE BELT. EE SAID THE TWO OTHER PEOPLE TURNED LOOSE OF THE ROPE BUT HE HELD TO THE ROPE. EE SAID THE ROPE THREW HIM AND TWISTED HIS

INJURED STATED "IN CUTTING APPROXIMATELY 30 FT."

HE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING DOWN A KETTLE BOTTOM FROM A STRAP ON THE MINE ROOF WHEN IT FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR. THE BAR WHICH HE WAS USING WAS STRUCK BY THE KETTLE BOTTOM AS IT FELL AND THE BAR SRRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING BRUISES ANDSWELLING.

THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS SHEARING THE LEFT RIB IN #3 ENTRY. THE MINER BACKING UP TO CUT PEG OFF CORNER. THE MINER PULLED FORWARD CATCHING THE TAIL PIECE, PUSHING THE LONG JOHN STRUCTURE BACK. THE LONG JOHN STRUCTURE BOWED INTO THE ROOF. HE WAS LAYING ON THE BELT AND WAS PINNED BETWEEN ROOF AND LONG JOHN STRUCTURE.

INJURED WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKER'S PENUMOCONIOSIS.

INJJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CLENAING UP THE AREA AROUND THE MINE YARD. HE WAS CLENAING OUT A DITCH LINE. HE BENT OVER NAD PICKED UP A PIECE OF TOP BELT STRUCTURE THAT WAS IN THE DITCH AND MO VED IT OT ANOTHER LOCATION. THEN HE BEGAN HAVING PAIN ADN BURNING IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED STATED HE WAS HELPING KEN DAY MAKE A BELT SPLICE IN #3 ENTRY ON THE BELT LINE. HIS KNIFESLIPPED AND HIT THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT LEG ABOVETHE KNEE, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT LEG.

KEN STATED THAT HE WAS IN #3 ENTRY. THE HAD REPLACED PART OF SHUTTLE CAR AND THAT THE SLACK HAD BEEN PULLED OFF THE CAABLE REEL. HE HAD HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE SLACK TO KEEP THE CABLE STRAIGHT . AS THE SLACK TOOK UP, THE CABLE PUSHED HIM UP AND INTO THE COAL RIB. RESULTING IN FRACTURE TO RIGHT LEG IN KNEE JOINT.

HE STATED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET FOR MANTRIP FROM THE END OF THE TRACK TO THE SECTION. HE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE BUCKET. THE SCOOP WAS TRAMMING TOWARD THE SECTION WHE N THE SCOOP WENT THROUGH A SWAG AND THE SCOOP OPERATOR RAISED THE SCOOP BUCKET INTO THE ROOF, DRAGGING HIM ALONG THE ROOF FOR APPROX. 5 FEET BEFORE PULLING HIM OUT OF BUCKET INJURING HIS SHOU

MARVIN WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

DONALD WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

INJURED WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONOSIS.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE BREAK BETWEEN 4 TO 5 ENTRIES WHEN HE WAS PULLING ON THE MINER CABLE TO GET IT OUT OF ROADWAY. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND IT KEPT KEEPING WORSE AS THE DAY WENT ON. RESULTED IN STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING THE SCOOP ON 002 SEACTION IN #2 RETURN, LOADING #1 BELT CABLE. HE WAS FLIPPING THE CABLE BY HAND INTO SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING ON THE 1 BRIDGE IN THE 3 ENTRY. HE WAS BENDING OVER WORKING AN OIL LEAK IN BLOCK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGE FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF NECK. ROCK MEASUR ED APPROX. 1 1/2 INCH THICK, 2FTX1FT. RESULTING IN STRAIN MUSCLE TO NECK.

INJURED EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MANTRIP MOTOR THAT STRUCK A DERAILED MOTOR AND EE WAS THROWN ON HIS SHOULDER.

EE STATED HE WAS PICKING UP MINER CABLE & LAYING IT ON HOOKS WHICH ARE LOCATED ON THE MINER WHEN HIS BACK START ED TO HURT HIM HE SAID HIS BACK HAD A BAD BURNING SENSATION IN THE LOWER PART & TINGLING IN BOTH LEGS DOWN TO HIS TOES RESULTED IN STRAIN TO LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS IN #3 ENTRY. HE HAD DUG A HOLE IN THE MINE ROOF TO SET A STIFF JACK FOR THE BELT TAIL PIECE. HE PUT THE STIFF JACK IN THE HOLE & STARTED TIGHTENING THE BELT ROPE WI TH A RACKET JACK WHEN THE STIFF JACK FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT RING FINGER. CAUSED BRUISE TO LEFT RING FINGER.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS IN #6 ENTRY THROWING MINER CABLE OVER AGAINST RIB. THE ROOF BOLTER IN #7 ENTRY JERKED BOLTER CABLE DOWN, CAUSING RIB TO ROLL. A PIECE OF ROCK FROM RIB ROLL STRUCK HIM ON HIS LEFT FOOT AND WHEN HE JERKED TO RUN, HE HURTHIS LEFT KNEE, CAUSING BRUISE TO LEFT FOOT AND STRIN TO LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING DOWN #4 ENTRY TO CHECK BELT WHEN HE HIT A LOW BROW ON THE MINE ROOF WITH HIS LEFT SHOULDER, NECK & BACK OF HEAD. HE WAS COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS NE CK & SHOULDER & FINGERS NUMB.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM RAILRUNNER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE WITH A PIECE OF STRUCTURE. CAUSING HIM TO TWIST LEFT KNEE. EE DID NOT GO TO DR. UNTIL 1/25/94.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 002 SECTION IN THE #8 CROSSCUT. THE ROOF FALL FELL AT 8:30 AM BETWEEN #4 AND #5 ENTRIES IN THE BREAK. IT MEASURED 40' LONG 16' WIDE AND 3' THICK. THE FALL CONTINUED INTO #5 ENTRY.

EE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENITIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS

EE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL MINERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 01-04-94

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE SAWING TIMBERS IN #3 ENTRY WHEN THE BOW SAW BLADE JUMPED OUT, CUTTING THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND. THE LACERATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 INCHES LO NG. REQUIRED 4 SUTURES.

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN #4 ENTYR AT BREAK #5. THE FALL WAS FOUND AT APPROX 11PM. THE FALL MEASURED 20'X20'X48". THE FALL WILLB E CLEANED UPA ND RESUPPORTED.

INJURED WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

INJURED EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS INSTALLING A PUMP MOTOR ON JOY MINER WHEN CHAIN HOIST SLIPPED, CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN PUMP MOTOR AND MINER FRAME.

EE STATED THAT THE SCOOP WAS GOING UP #5 ENTRY CARRYING MANTRIP TO SECTION. HE WAS RIDING IN THE SCOOP BUCKET WHEN SCOOP BECAME STRUCK ON PILE OF LOOSE COAL, CAUSING SCOOP TO JUMP UP AND BOUNC ED HIM CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 002 SECTION I THE #72 CROSS CUT. THE FALL OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY FACE AND FELL OUT-BY THAT POINT. NO INTERSECTION WAS INVOLVED. THE FALL MEASURED 70'X22'X8'.

EE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR, THAT HE HAD SUFFEREDAN ACCIDENT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT (APRIL 15, 1993), BUT HAD FAILED TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. EE STATED THAT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK PULLING MINER CABLE AND BELT STRUCTURE ON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.

HE STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING TOP STRUCTURE OUT OF BELT CONVEYOR. THIS PIECE STUCK AND HE GAVE IT A HARD PULL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE OF LOWER BACK.

WHILE RIDING IN MANTRIP TO SECTION FROM THE SURFACE, THE AUTOMATIC FIRE DELUGE SYSTEM ON THEPERSONNEL CARRIER DISCHARGED AND HE STATED THAT HE INHALED THE CHEMICAL RELEASE.

WHILE RIDING IN MANTRIP FROM SURFACE TO THE SECTION, THE AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ON THE PERSONNEL CARRIER DISCHARGED AND HE INHALED THE CHEMICAL RELEASE. DORAN WORKED 2 HOURS ON 3-32-93, THEN CAME OUTSIDE WITH SAME SYMPTOMS AND RETURNED TO DOCTOR.

EE WAS IN LEFT ENTRY DOLLY HAD GOBBED OFF SWITCH HAD CUT BRIDGE OFF THEN EE STATED HE REACHED UP TO DISLODGE PIECE OF COAL FROM DOLLY WHEN PIECE OF COAL SNAGGED ON BELT SPLICE KICKED BACK & WE DGED HIS HAND AGAINST TOP OF DOLLY FRAME RESULTED IN PUNCTURE WOUND TO TOP OF LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES

INJURED SUFFERS FROM COAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS STAGE 1/2. HE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVEBENEFITS.

EE WAS AWARDED TOTAL DISABILITY AS A RESULT OF HIS EXPOSURE TO COAL DUST. HE WAS CATEGORY 2/2 COALS WOERKS' PNEUMONCONIOSIS. AS AWARDED BY ADMINSTRATIVE LAW JUDGE.

EE IS SUFFERING FROM CATEGORY I COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS PER XRAYS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS

I.NAME TAKING LOAD OF SUPPLIES INSIDE ON RAILRUNNER AND WENT TO GET SCOOP TO PUT RAILRUNNER BACK ON TRACK BUT SCOOP WAS DOWN. CAME BACK TO RAIL RUNNER AND WAS JACKING IT BACK ON TRACK. OTHER YELLED AT I.NAME AND THE JACK KICKED OUT FROM UNDER RR. I.NAME JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY BUT HAND WAS ON RR AND IT TWISTED WHEN EMPL LEPT WHILE WEIGHT WAS ON HAND.FX LEFT RING FINGER HALFWAY BETWE

WATER WAS FOUND TO BE RUNNING FROM ROBBED PILLAR AREA ONTO OTHER ENTRIES BLOCKING ENTRANCE TO THE 002-0-SECTION VENTILATION TO THE 002-0 SECTION HAS NOT BEEN HAMPERED

INJURED WAS IN A RAILRUNNER TYPE MANTRIP. INJURED WAS POSITIONED TOO HIGH IN THE MANTRIP CAUSING INJURED TO STRIKE AN OVERCAST RAIL WHICH KNOCKED INJURED BACKWARD.

EE STATED THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THE SHAFT OUT OF CUTTER MOTOR ON JOY MINER. EE WENT BACK TO START THE MINER TO RAKE THE HEADS UP AND DOWN, EE SQUATTED DOWN BESIDE THE DECK OF MINER AND THE RIB ROLLED OFF ON HIM. JUST THE CORNER OF THE ROCK PINNED EE BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIB ROLL. CAUSED ABRASIONS AND BRUISES TO BACK, RIGHT ARM, AND RIGHT HIP. THE ROCK WAS APPROX. 41"X20

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 001 RIGHT SECTION MEASURING 20' WIDE BY 6' THICK AND OF UNKNOWN LENGTH IN THE #3 ENTRY WHILE SECOND MINING OF PILLARS.THE ROOF FALL CAUGHT IN THE MINER.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE SMELT SMOKE AND HE WENT TO END OF TRACK AND FOUND RAILRUNNER ON FIRE. RAILRUNNER WAS EXTINGUISHED IMMEDIATELY. RESISTORS AND A WIRE GOING TO THE STARTING BOX BURNT. R AILRUNNER ON OUTBY END WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT INPOINT.

95149ED STATED THAT HE AND INJURED CARRIED THE TURN TABLE ABOUT 20' AND PUT IT ON THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IN #4 ENTRY ON MAIN FRAME.INJURED TOLD INJURED TO DO WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO AND THAT HE 06643D SHOVE IT IN THE HOLE.HE SHOVED THE TURN TABLE AND IT CAUGHT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE TURN TABLE AND THE MAIN FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS FINISHING UP THE CLEAN UP RUN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RIGHT BREAK IN #1 ENTRY, WHEN A ROCK GOT UNDER THE CONVEYOR CHAIN, CAUSING THE CHAIN TO COME OUT OF THE CONVEYOR. THE CONVEYOR CHAIN CAME OVER TOP OF THE CANOPY AND ONTO THE MINE FLOOR WHILE STILL RUNNING. THE CONVEYRO CHAIN HIT ME BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES AND ON HIS LOWER BACK ABOVE THE RIGHT HIP, CAU

INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING SUPPLY SLED UP CLOSER TO THE SECTION.SLED HAD BEEN PULLED UP USING SCOOP BY OTHER EMPLOYEE.SUPPLY SLED WAS SITTING ON BLOCK OF COAL AND AS INJURED WAS STANDING BESIDE SLED HE INADVERTEDLY PLACED HIS FOOT UNDER THE EDGE OF THE SLED AND COAL BUSTED OUT LETTING SLED FALL ON FOOT.

INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE RETURNING TO THE SURFACE COMING OUT OF MINE IN A RAILRUNNER.EELECTRIC BRAKES FAILED AND HYDRAULIC BRAKES WERE APPLIED,LOCKING UP WHEELS ON RAILRUNNER CAUSING IT TO JUMP THE TRACK ON SURFACE AREA.THE JOLT OFTHE WRECK CAUSED PAIN TO BACK AND RIGHT KNEE.INJURED WORKED EVERYDAY WITH PAIN UNTIL HE SAW A DOCTOR ON 05-28-92.INJURED HAD SEEN A DOCTOR ON 01

LOADING X-COLLAR ON TOP OF SCOOP,FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.LOADING...ON SURFACE.

ON PRESHIFT EXAMINATION A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN 5 ENTRY 4 BREAKS INBY PORTAL MEASURING 15 X 8 36.

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND DURING PRESHIFT EXAMINATION IN 5 ENTRY FIVE BREAKS INBY PORTAL MEASURING 20 X 20 X 40.

INJURED STATED THAT HE DROVE THE SCOOP TO WHERE OXYGEN AND ACTYLENE TANKS WERE STORED ON A SLED. HE SET THE BRAKE AND DROPPED THE SCOOP BUCKET. HE GOT OUT OF SCOOP AND LOADED HOSES AND GUAGE S FIRST. HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYE EPULLED THE SLED UP IN THE SCOOP BUCKET WHENT EH SCOOP ROLLED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES CATCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN SCOOP BUCKET AND MINE FLOOR.

ROOF FALL FOUND ON PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION IN #7 CROSSCUT ON INTAKE BETWEEN #4 AND #5 ENRIES. ROOF FALL MEASURED 30 FEET BY 20 FEET BY 4 TO 5 FEET THICK.

TRAMMING SHUT CAR IT BOTTOMED OUT CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HEAD AGAINST TOP OF CANOPY

SCOOP PULLED UP MINER CABLE THROWING OVER RIB BACK STARTED HURTING HIM

MINING HEIGHT HAD BECOME LESS THAN THE REQ 42" AND IT BECAME NECESSARY TO REMOVE PROTECTIVE CANOPY FROM ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.WHILE DOING THIS AND TURNING CANOPY ONTO MINE BOTTOM,INJ FELT CATCH IN LOWER BACK.MEDICAL TREATMENT RENDERED AND INJURED RETURNED TO WORK 1-25-90.ON 2-12-90 INJ BACK INJURY WORSENED AND BECAME LOST TIME.

I NAME WAS IN #3 ENTRY AT LAST OPEN BREAK ON 001 RT SECTION HELPING PULL MINER CABLE OVER SO MINER COULD COME ACROSS SECTION HE SAID THAT AS HE PULLED MINER CABLE HE GOT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER RT PART OF HIS BACK

WHILE UNLOADING 5 FT TIMBERS FROM SUPPLY COMPARTMENT OF RAILRUNNER INJURED STATED HE REACHED AND PULLED A TIMBER TOWARD HIMSELF WHEN ALLEGEDLY ANOTHER TIMBER ROLLED CATCHING THE FIRST JOINT OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND CAUSING A SMALL HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO FIRST JOINT OF SAID FINGER.

A ROCK FALL MEASURING 48 FEET THICK, 2/ FEET WIDE, AND 30 FEET LONG WAS FOUND IN THE OPEN BRAK BETWEEN THE #4 ENTRY APPROX 920 FEET OUTBY THE 002 MAIN SECTION. THE FALL AREA HAS BEEN SECURED ON BOTH ENDS WITH WOD BLCKS CRIBS AND TIMBERS WHERE SET ALONG RIB LINES AND BETWEEN CRIBS. ASLO TIMBERS ARE BEING SET ON CENTERS ALONG SOLID RIB SIDE OF ENTRY FOR A SPACE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ONE BREAK INBY THE FEEDER IN #3 ENTRY EXTENDING INTO THE #3 RIGHT BREAK APPROX. 70'X18'X5'.

A ROCK FALL APPROX. 15' WIDE, 20' LONG AND 6' THICK OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY OF 001 RIGHT SECTION IN TWO INTERSECTIONS AT THE THIRD SET OF ROOMS INBY #8 BELTHEAD APPROX. 800'. THIS WAS A PILLA R FALL THAT FELL ACROSS #1 ENTRY.

WHILE RIDING IN3BUCKET OF 488 SCOOP , THE SCOOP ROUNDED A CORNER CAUSING SCOOP BUCKET TO JERK WHICH IN TURN CAUSED HIS BACK TO HIT AGAINST THE SIDE OF SCOOP BUCKET, INJURING HIS BACK

WHILE SCOOPING 9OCK AND DEBRIS FROM MAIN LINE TRACKWAY, APPROX. 2,900' INBY PORTAL, USING A 488 S&S SCOOP THE BUCKET RO DECK OF SCOOP CAUGHT THEEND OF A SECTION OF 4"X20' PLASTIC PIPE, CAUSING PIPE TO "SPRIN1" UP HITTING INJURED IN RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND HEAD, CAUSING TWO LACERATIONS TO RIGHT SIDE OF FOREHEAD. BOTH LACERATIONS COMBINED REGULARED 20 SUTURES.

STEPPED IN HOLE3IN MINE BOTTOM AND TWISTED MUSCLE IN RIGHT KNEE.

I.NAME WAS PULL3NG MINER CABLE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET TIMBERS AND REMOVING ROOF BOLTS WHERE A SECTION OF THE MINE ROOF WAS GOING TO BE SHOT DOWN. AS A BOLT WAS REMOVED A, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE O N THE RIGHT SHOULDER.