Levi Hawk Coal

BLACK LUNG.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE TURN RAIL AND FAILED TO LET GO OR RELEASE RAIL WHEN OTHERS DID. RAIL HIT RIB AND CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN HIS NECK.

EE ALLEGES HE WAS REACHING TO PUILARD MATERIAL AND FELT PAIN IN BACK EE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSON BUY AN ORTHO SPECIALIST AS SPONSY WHILE IS AN OCCUPATION DISEASE INVESTIGATOR WAS COMPLETED ON 1-4 -92.

REPAIRMAN HAD MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO LEVEL DRILL HEAD ON ROOF BOLTER. ROOF BOLT OPERATOR WAS STILL NOT SATISFIED WITH ADJUSTMENT AND ASKED REPAIRMAN TO OBSERVE WHILE HE PLACED DRILL HEAD AGAI NST ROOF. AS DRILL HEAD WAS RAISED REPAIRMAN FAILED TO REMOVE HIS LEFT HAND FOR CRADLE AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN CRADLE AND CANOPY.

ROCK FELL OCCURRED IN A RETURN ENTRY; 18' WIDE APP. 48" THICK & 60' LONG THE ROOF WAS SLATE & WATER WAS PRESENT IN THIS AREA OF THE ROOF FALL. THE FALL WAS IN AN AREA WHERE THE TOP HAD CHANGED FROM SLATE TO SANDSTONE.

96660FALL FOUND AT SPAD 5 NO 2 ENTRY WHILE CONDUCTING WEEKLY EXAMINATION FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. FALL MEASURED 30' X 35'LONG X 14-16' W X 4-5' TALL.

EE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL WORK DUTIES WHEN HE BEGAN TO COMPLAIN OF BACK PAIN NELIROLGICAL EXAMINETION FOUND NORMAL AND EMG ILU BUT DEGENERATIVE CHANGED OF THE SPIN WHICH IS CLAFING PAIN INVESTI GATION OF THIS INCEDENT WAS COMPLETED ON 11-30-92.

96061LLIN 6 ENTRY 20'W 5 TO 7' T LENGTH UNKNOWN

21320INJURY WHILE MOVING A CONTINUOUS MINER TRA ILING CABLE. INVESTIGATION NOT COMPLETED UNTIL REPORT OF EXAM RECEIVED FROM ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON ON 8-26-92.PREVIOUS TO THAT EMPLOYEES DIAGNOSIS W 12045CLEAR. IP. LATER DETERMINED A FRACTURE WAS ALSO PRESENT

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEDN HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN INTO THE ROOF BRUISING HIS NECK

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP TO SECTION FROMT HE SURFACE. HE TRAMMED MACHINE OVER A PROLE OF BELT STRUCTURE (RAIL) THAT WAS LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR AND RAIL FOOTER UNDER SCOOP BUCKET AND STRU CK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

ROOF FALL IN FAULT AREA 20FTW&60L THICKNESSK UNKNOWN FALL OCCURRED 32 CROSSCUTS OUTBY FACE AT SPAD NO 63 IN NO 5 ENTRY

EMPL MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY WHEN EMPL FELT PAIN IN BACK.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION ROOF BOLTER DRILL HEAD, HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN HEAD AND MINE FLOOR.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO 1 ENTRY IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT 8FT HIGH 18FT WIDE 30-35FT LONG

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING ROOF CONDITION IN A PLACE THE MINER HAD JUST CUT DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING VICTIM ON THE RT LEG EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER PENAMENT ROOF SUPPORT

INJURED AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING TIMBER AT UNDERGROUND SUPPLY LOCATION WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING SNAP IN HIS BACK AND TREN A BURNING SENSATION. EMPLOYEE KEPT WORKING & HELPED LOSS U P BELT STRUCTURE & HANIED THEM OUTSIDE. STRUCKTURE WAS UNLOADED INTO END LOADER BOULDER; EMPLOYEE WAS DEICENDING FROM END LOADER, HIS LEGS.

EMPLOYEE HEARD POP SAW FLASH OF LIGHT,FELT HEAT AND THEN BURNING TO ARMS FACE WHILE HE WAS CHECKING VOLTAGE ON SWITCHBOX.THE TRANSFORMER INSTALLED ABOVE THE ELECTRIC BOXES DEVELOPED INTERNAL W INDING DEFECT BECAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL STORM CAUSING THE TRANSFORMER OIL TO HEAT IGNITE AND SPEW OUT ON EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE HEARD POP,SAW FLASH OF LIGHT FELT HEAT AND THEN BURNING TO HANDS,FACE AND LEGS WHILE HE WAS CHECKING VOLTAGE ON SWITCH BOX.THE TRANSFORMER INSTALLED ABOVE THE ELECTRICAL BOXES DELIVER ED INTERNAL WINDING DEFECTS BECAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL STORM CAUSING THE TRANSFORMER OIL TO HEAT,IGNITE AND BLOW OUT ON EMPLOYEE.

ON 2-25-92 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE EXPEREINCED PAIN IN THE LOWER BAKC WHILE BENDING OVER ON 2-23-92. AFTER A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION AND NUMERDED EXAMINATIONS AND EVALUATIONS BY NEUROSURGEOND AND OTHER MEDICAL SPECIALIST, IT WAS CONCLURED THAT EMPLOYEE SUFFERS FROM SPONDYLOSIS & RADICULOPATING.

EE WAS HAULING SLIPPLIES IN RETURN AIR COURSE WHEN THE SCOOP RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK WHEN RELOTED IN ENNEYOR JAMMING HEAD IN TOP.

EE OPENED END LOADER CAB DOOR TO ASK QUESTION WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT CATCHING THUMB BETWEEN DOOR AND CAB FRAME.

EE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP THRU CURTAIN. SCOOP CANOPY ANT CURTAIN BOARD CAUSING BOARD TO STRIKE EE IN MOUTH GRAUDING A TOOTH INJURY WAS NOT THE UNTIL 1-19-92.

ROOF FALL IDSCOVERED DURING WEEDKLY EXAMINATION TUBE CROSSCUT INBY SPAD 41 16FT W X 55FT L X 5FT.

ROOF IN NO. 5 ENTRY AT SPAD NO. 204 FOUND WHEN CONDUCTING WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF AIRWAYS FALL IS 18'W X 20' LONG X 4'-5' T.