Latrobe PlantMetal/Nonmetal

REPETITVIE MOTION FROM LOADING EXPLOSIVES CAUSED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. SURGERY WAS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE CONDITION.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE MUD ON THE LAST STEP. MUD IS THROWN ON THE STEPS BY THE FRONT REAR WHEELS. HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO HIS BACK.

WHILE BACKING DRILL INTO A WORKING FACE, EE TRIPPED ON A ROCK WHILE WALKING BACKWARDS. EE FELL AGAINST THE FACE INJURING HIS RT. SHOULDER.

ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH SPLIT SET BOLTS BECAUSE OF A HOLLOW SOUND. MONTHS LATER IT MUST OF SEPERATED CAUSING EXCESSIVE LOAD FOR THIS STYLE AND NUMBER OF BOLTS. THIS FALL HAS BEEN CHECKED BY BOTH MSHA AND MSHA TECH SUPPORT. TWO BOOM JUMBO DRILL WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED.

EMPLOYEE PULLED ON A CHAIN DISLODGING THE PULLEY, CAUSING IT TO SWING THE CHAIN, IT PULLED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND CONVEYOR STRUCTURE.

EE PNEUMOCONIOSIS CONTRACTED DURING EE WITH PREVIOUS OWNER OF THIS MINE, LATROBE CONSTRUCTION CO BLUE STONE MINE. HIRED BY BETTER MATERIALS CORP AS PROBATIONARY EE ON 3-18-02, TERMINTED ON 5-1 4-02. CONSENSUS X RAY INTERPRETATION RECIEVED ON 7-18-02. POSSIBLE PNEUMOCONIOSIS, SECONARY TO TUBERCULOSIS, SARCOIDOSIS, OR OTHER DIEASE.

RAISED TRUCK BED AND DISLODGED PIECE OF RIB AND IT FELL ON TRUCK CAB.

USING PRY BAR TO LOOSEN BOLTS ON CRUSHER.