Shannon Strips Coal

OVER THE LAST 2 TO 4 ONTHS EE HAS BEEN OP HIS MACHINE IN OVERBURDEN WHICH IS ROCKIER THAN USUAL. DUE TO THE OVERBURDEN HE HAS BEEN BOUNCED AROUND MORE THAN NORMAL & H AS PREVIOUSLY EXPERIEN CED BACK PAIN B6T AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME THE PAIN GOES AWAY. HOWEVER ON 12-31-86 WHEN DISMOUNTING HIS MACHINE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT HE F ELT PAIN IN HIS RT HIP & RT LEG.

EMP WAS COMING 8OWN A STAND BY DRUMS, WITH A BU CKET IN HIS HAND AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON MACHINERY FRAME BY STEPS

EE WAS PREPARIN1 BENCH FOR DRAGLINE BY OPERATING D-10 TRACTOR. AS HE WAS BACKING THE TRACTOR STRUCK A LARGE ROCK WITH THE TRACK. FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 9-4-86.

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING OUT "CRACK" ON TRACK FRAME. HE HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR ONE HOUR WHEN HOT OIL STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE. WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING, UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THERE SHOULD HAV E BEEN NO OIL. 3N THE FUTURE, A HOLE WILL BE DRILLED IN THE FRAME TO PERMIT ANY OIL LOCATED IN THIS COMPARTMENT TO DRAIN PRIOR TO CUTTING AND WELDING.

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A BROKEN BEARING ON A VIBRATOR MOTOR AND HE REACHED AROUND TO REMOVE THE REAR BOLT.THE BEARING SLID AROUND TO THE SIDE AND CUT THE INSIDE APART OF HIS LEFT HAND,REQUIRING SUTURES. 3