Darmac No. 3Coal

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING UP OFF THE PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON ROOF THIS JAMMING NECK.

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY (BELTLINE), 4 X-CUTS INBY MINE OPENING. FALL APPROX. 40' LONG, 19' WIDE, 14' HIGH. FALL WAS CLEANED UP TO RESTORE BELTINE. AREA WAS ROOF BOLTED WITH 36"" FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS ACCORDING TO THE APPROVED ROOF CONTROL PLAN.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE ON SKID WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 12/26/02 AT WHICH TIME THIS BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ROCK DUSTING THE BELT LINE & THROWING BAGS OF DUST AROUND HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT GROIN. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL JAN. 20, 2003 AT WHICH TIME HE STARTED MISSING WORK T O HAVE SURGERY - DIAGNOSIS HERNIA.

WHILE EE WAS CRAWLING OVER CABLE TO GET TO MANDOOR - HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

WHILE EE WAS PERFORMING HIS NORMAL DUTIES AS A SUPERVISOR IN LOW COAL, EE EXPERIENCED PAIN/SWELLING IN THE LEFT KNEE AREA.

WHILE EE WAS CRAWLING HE TWISTED LEFT KNEE. EE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL OCTOBER 11, 2002 AT WHICH TIME THE EE STARTED MISSING WORK TO HAVE SURGERY PERFORMED.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING ROOF BOLTING OPERATIONS WHEN THE HYDRAULIC HOSE FOR THE ROTATION BLEW SPRAYING HYDRAULIC OIL ONTO FACE AND INTO BOTH EYES. EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL TO GET EYES FLUSHED OUT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK HOWEVER WITHTHE COURSE OF TREATMENT THIS BECAME MEDICALLY REPORTABLE.

WHILE MAKING A PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION ON 1-31-01, THE MINE EXAMINER ENCOUNTERED SMOKE AT THE IN BY THE END OF THE 4 LEFT TRAVELWAY. HE RETURNED OUT BY TO THE LEFT BELT DRIVE AREA AT WHICH TIM E HE DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A FIRE ON THE LT DRIVE BUT IT WAS NO ONGER BURNING AND DID NOT SPREAD. HE REPORTED TO THE MINE FOREMAN AND IT WAS CALLED TO MSHA.

WHILE LIFTING ROOF CHANNELS TO INSTALL THEM, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA. HE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT LATER WHEN THE PAIN DID NOT GO AWAY HE WENT TO DOCTOR AND WAS SCHEDULED FOR HERNIA SURGE RY ON 1/2/02.

WHILE CRAWLING UNDERGROUND, HIS KNEE PAD ROLLED TO THE SIDE AND HIS LEFT KNEE CAME DOWN ON A PIECE OF ROCK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT AFTER SOME TIME HE STILL HAD DISCOMFORT IN THE LEFT KNEE. AFTER SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT AND HAVING TESTSDONE IT WAS DETERMINED HE HAD A MANICUS TEAR IN THE KNEE WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY. EMPLOYEE THEN WENT OFF WORK ON 1/31/02 TO HAVE SURGERY DONE.

WHILE PERFORMING HIS NORMAL DUTIES AS A SUPERVISOR, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN/ SWELLING IN RIGHTKNEE.

EE PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS STILL HOT FROM BEING CUT WITH TORCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BULL GEARS FROM BELT DRIVE AWAY FROM WORK AREA WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK/UPPER BUTTOCK AREA.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE OUT A CONVEYOR MOTOR, MOTOR STRUCK EE ON LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING METAL IN SHOP WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DIRT OR METAL FLEW INTO EYE CAUSING A SCRATCH. THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL THE FOLLOWING DAY BUT DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING OTHER THAN A S CRATCH AND TREATED EYE WITH A SALVE AND PRESCRIPTION, MAKING THIS REPORTABLE. GLASSES WERE BEING WORN.

EE WAS BACKING ROOF BOLTER UP WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF, THUS STOVING NECK. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK. WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL JANUARY 4, 2001 THAT HE HAD VISITED A CHIROPRACTOR O N 12-21-00; THEREFORE MAKING THIS ACCIDENT NOW A MEDICAL.

EE WAS OPERATING A PERSONNEL CARRIER GOING DOWN TO PIT. WHEN NEARING THE PIT, HE APPLIED BRAKES AND WHEN DOING SO HE PUT THE CARRIER INTO A SPIN AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS ON THE SIDE RAIL WITH FIN GERS ON THE UNDER SIDE. THE RING FINGER APPARENTLY CAUGHT A ROCK BETWEEN BOTTOM AND UNDER CARRIEAGE OF PERSONNEL CARRIER. EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE RECEIVED DIRT IN THE EYE WHILE WORKING UNDER A PERSONNEL CARRIER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISSANY WORK HOWEVER. HE GOT EYE MEDICATION FROM THE PHYSICIAN FOR TREATMENT, THEREFORE MAKING THIS A MEDICAL REPORT.

WHILE PERFORMING HIS NORMAL DUTIES AS A BELTMAN/MINE EXAMINER IN LOW CAOL, EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT KNEE. EE'S KNEE CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM AND CONSEQUENTLY AN MRI WAS CONDUCTED. EE WAS DIA GNOSED AS HAVING A MENISCUS TEAR. EE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 1/11/01 AT WHICH TIME HE STARTED MISSING WORK TO HAVE THE SURGERY PERFORMED.

WHILE PERFORMING HIS NORMAL DUTIES AS A ROOF BOLTER/MBC OPERATOR, EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK DUE TO THIS, HOWEVER, HE DID SEEKD MEDICAL TREATMENT AND WAS PL ACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY AS OF 9-13-00.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK, STRIKING HIS HEADAGAINST THE ROOF AND JAMMING HIS NECK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK BUT DID RECEIVE CHIROPRACT IC TREATMENT MAKING THIS REPORT A MEDICAL.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK HOWEVER HE DID SEE A CHIROPRACTOR ON 8/11/00.

WHILE EE WAS TOSSING LO-BELT STRUCTURE ITO BUCKET OF SCOOP HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.