Mine #23 Coal

MINER HELPER WAS HANGING CABLE ON CONTINUOUS MINER AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN HANGER AND RIB. BRUISED KNEES AND HIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING TRACK IDLER ON CONTINUOUS MINER USING A PRY BAR TO SLIDE IDLER IN PLACE WHEN PRY BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE OVER THE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROCKDUSTING BELT LINE WHEN HE STARTED TO THROW ROCKDUST HIS FINGER HIT A BELT ROLLER BRUISING INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK. WHEN HE REPORT ED IN TO MINE OFFICE HE STATED HE HAD BEEN SHOT AND NEEDED HELP. AMBULANCE NOTIFIED AND FIRST AID ADMINISTERED. HE ALLEDGED THAT AN ALTERCATIO N OCCURRED ON THE MINE ACCESS HAUL ROAD. IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND THE ROADWAY WAS WET AND MUDDY AND HIS CLOTHING WAS NOT WET OR MUDDY, ONLY SOMEMUD ON THE SOLES OF HIS SHOES. READ LETTER.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING TRACK ON MINER. WHILE USING PRYBAR, THE PRYBAR SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT LINE, BELT SPLICE CAUGHT SHOVEL CAUSING SHOVEL HANDLE TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE UNDER CHIN.

EMPLOYEE & CO-WORKER WERE TRYING, TO REMOVE STUCK DRILL STEEL FROM COAL SEAM, AS HE REACHED ACROSS DRILL STILL TO TWIST HANDLE OF HAND DRILL ACCIDENTLY HIT START SWITCH CAUSING IT TO ACTIVATE STRIKING OTHER HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A POTHOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND SUBSEQENTLY FELT A KNOT IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.

67591TING A TWIN-HEAD FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER IN LOW COAL. EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SWUATTED POSITION. AS HE RAISED TO MOVE FROM ONE POSITION TO ANOTHER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS KNEE. THIS INJURY WAS PROBAB 38044E TO STREE ON KNEE, LOW COAL AND BODY MOTION.

EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF COAL BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE TRAN PEDAL AND FLOOR. THE PEDAL BECAME STUCK CAUSING EE TO HIT RIB. THE IMPACT JARRED HIS LEG BUT OF THE DECK CAUS ING THE EE S FOOT TO BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR.

TWO EMPLOYEE'S WERE INSTALLING A SHEARHEAD JACK ON THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO ALIGN JACK INTO POSITION THE SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON THE JACK (APP LING PRESSURE) WHEN THE PRYBAR SLIPPED THE END OF THE SHEARHEAD JACK MOVED STRICKING THE SECOND EMPLOYEE'S HAND CAUSING IT TO BE MASHED BETWEEN THE JACK AND THE MINING MACHINE.

EE STEPPED OFF TRAILER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS H OLDING SPRAY BLOCK FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO WELD & INJURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A CAN OF OIL (5 GAL) TO THE SHUTTLE CAR. HE STATED THAT HE SLIPPED AND FELL DUE TO WET AND MUDDY BOTTOM, CAUSING HIM TO INJURE HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING BELT TO MAKE A SPLICE IN BELTLINE WHILE TRIMMING EXCESS RUBBER OFF OF THE BELT THE KNIFE CUT THROUGH THE MATERIAL & CUT RT HAND (BASE OF THUMB) WITH WHICH HE HAD BEEN HO LDING PRESSURE ON THE BELT

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING TENSION OFF OF MINER CABLE IN A RAISED POSITION COVERHEAD WHILE SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING LOOSE THE CABLE HANGERS INJURED EMPLOYEE FELT SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE OF HIS BACK B ETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES

EMPL PULLING MINER CABLE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. EMPL WAS PULLING ON THE ROPE ATTACHED TO THE CABLE.

EMPL OPERATING ROOFBOLTER WHEN HYDRAULIC OIL FROM A PIN HOLE IN THE HOSE BLEW INTO ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING A ROOF AND REACHED OUT FROM UNDER THE CANOPY TO GUIDE THE DRILL STEEL AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF GLUE IN LOW COAL AND INJURED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 21SC SHUTTLE CAR, AS HE PASSED THROUGH THE INTERESECTION HE WENT THROUGH A DIP IN THE ROADWAY, JARRING HIS BACK AGAINST THE SEAT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A BREAKER IN AT THE POWER CENTER WHEN HE GOT HIMSELF IN A BIND A HURT HIS BACK.

HANGING MINER CABLE FELT PULLIN BACK

DRIVING SCOOP RAN OVER ROCK HIT HEAD ON CANOPY HAT BROKE HAT PUSHED OVER EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING UP THE RETURN AND WAS APPROX. 3 BREAKS IN WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL IN MUD. EE LANDED ON HIS LEFT SIDE AND WAS HELPED UP. HE WENT TO THE FACE AND WORKED APPROX. 1 1/2 HOURS B EFORE LEAVING WORK DUE TO THE PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A TRAM MOTOR ON A MINER WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS HAND. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE ON HIS RIGN FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPL WAS HELPING TO REPAIR MINER & PICKED UP CRIB BLOCK & FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EMPL WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER & FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SHOT ROCK WITH CONTINUOUS MINER CLEANING UP AN AREA THAT WAS SHOT DOWN FOR AN OVERCAST WHEN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN OF THE MINER WAS STARTED A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 4INX4INWAS T HROWN FROM THE CONVEYOR STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ONTHE RT FOREARM HE WAS OPERATING FROMM REMOTE APPROX 15FTTO20FT AWAY

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR HI T HOLE IN ROADWAY FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK