Big Joe Mine Coal

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BLOWER ON A LEE NORSE ROOOF BOLTER.WHILE INSTALLING THE BLOWER HE BENT OVER AND STRETCHED HIS LOWER BACK.THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 02-20-90,AT WHICH TIME H E VISITED AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON FOR A CAT SCAN.

WHILE MOVING A LARGE ROCK ON THE BELTLINE EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK.THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON 11-06-89 AT WHICH TIME HE VISITED A LOCAL CHIROPRACTOR.

EMPL UNLOADING JACKPIPE FROM TRACTOR.HIT FOOT WHEN JACKPIPE BOUNCED OFF GROUND.EMPL COMPLETED SHIFT NOTICED INFLAMMATION AND SORENESS.WENT TO ER LATER PM ALL X-RAYS NEGATIVE.

WHILE OPERATING A MANTRIP, THE EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY PLACED HIS LEFT HAND OVER THW FRAME OF MACHINE HAD BACKED INTO THE RIB. THE EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID TREATMENT ON THE SECTION. HE WE NT TO PRESTON MERMOIRAL AND RECEIVED 6 SUTURES.

THE EMPLOYEE BRUISED HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A LOW PLACE IN THE ROOF. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED 1 BLOCK INSIDE THE PORTAL. THE EMPLOYEE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO PREST ON MEMORIAL (ER) AT WHICH TIME ALL X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE.

THE EMPLOYEE HAD PERPARED A BELT TO BE SPLICED BY USING A GERMAN HOIST. THE GERMAN HOIST SLIPPED JUST AS THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEGUN TO RIVET THE BETL. THE HOIST STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING A CONTUSION.

WHILE TRAMMING A SUPPLY TRACTOR, THE EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE TRACTOR FRAME AND TONGUE. THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO PRESTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ER AND RECEIVED GENERAL FIRST AID T REATMENT.

WHILE UNLOADING HANDTOOLS FROM A PERSONNEL CARRIER THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.THE EMPLOYEES WENT TO PRESTON MEMORIAL ER AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING STRAINED BACK MUSCLES.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A CONVEYOR CHAIN AT THE BOOM OF A CONTINUOUS MINER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STRIKE THE CHAIN IN PLACE WITH A HAMMER IT BECAME UNFASTENED AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE S HIN

FALL OCCURRED IN #2 HEADING AND 2 LEFT X-CUT AT SURVEY STATION #2776. FALL WAS APPROX. 70' LONG, 18' WIDE AND 6-7' HIGH. 5' RESIN BOLTS WERE USED.

EMP. WAS JACKING BELTINE FOR CLEARANCE WHEN THE JACKHANDLE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACIAL AREA. SUCTURES ABOVE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A GEAR FROM A SHAFT BY STRIKING IT WITH A BALL PEAN HAMMER. A SMALL PIECE OF THE GEAR CHIPPED OF AND WAS IMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEES FINGER. THE FRAGMENT WAS RMEOVED AT THE HOS PITAL. THE EMPLOYEE HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE PERSCRIBED MEDICATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON3HIS KNEES LIFTING A FINAL DRIVE ONTO A FLAT CAR WHEN SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

A ROOM IN THE B3G JOE MINE CUT THROUGH TO A UNMAPPED PORTION OF THE ABANDONED AUSTIN MINE. SOME WATER WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE BIG JOE MINE, CAUSING NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

INJ HAD CLEANED3OUT STACKER CHUTE WHEN HE STEPPED OFF BELTLINE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

CLAIMANT STATED3THAT HIS SHOULDER WAS BOTHERING HIM HE WENT TO A DR AND WAS INFORMED THAT HE HAD A DEGENERATIVE DISC IN HIS NECK AND THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A PREVIOUS INJURY WHICH HE RECEIVED ON 10-30-79 HE3THERFORE FILED FOR WV WORKERS COMP THAT CLAIM IS BEING PROTESTED

FALL OCCURRED I3 A 4-WAY INTERSECTION AND WAS APPROX. 20'X20'X6' HIGH. 5' RESIN BOLTS WERE USED. FALL WAS BARRICADED AND SECTION RETREATED FROM THIS KNOWN FAULT AREA.

INJURED WAS INS7ALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH A METAL STRAP WHEN STRAP BENT AND CUT HIS CREEK.

FALL WAS IN 4-W5Y INTERSECTION 1 BLOCK INBY STATION 2634 IN #3 ENTRY OF 002 SECTION.FALL WAS 18' X 18' X 6'HIGH. 5' RESIN BOLTS USED IN AREA.NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURIES OCCURRED.FALL WAS C AUSED BY THIN S9AM OF COAL 6' ABOVE ROOF.

FALL IN 4-WAY I3TERSECTION 1 BLOCK INBY STATION 2635 IN #2 ENTRY OF 00I SECTION.FALL 18' X 18' X 6' HIGH.5' RESIN BOLTS USED IN AREA. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURIES OCCURRED.FALL CAUSED BY TH IN SEAM OF COAL36' ABOVE ROOF.

EMP ALLEGES HE 4 AS ON H IS KNEES AND WHEN HE RAISED UP IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING SLIPPED IN H IS KNEE. HE DID NOT SEE A PHYSICIAN UNTIL 5 28 87 AND ORTHOSCOPIC SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON 5 29 87 EMP DID NOT MIS8 WORK UNTIL 5 29 AND INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 5 28

HE WAS ON HIS K3EES SHOVELING ALONG 4A BELT AND WHEN HE GOT UP HE COULD NOT PUT WIEGHT ON HIS KNEE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT BUMPED OR TWISTED IT.

INJURED WAS TRY3NG TO REMOVE A DRILL STEEL FROM THE ROOF WHEN THE STEEL FELL OUT OF HIS HOLE,STRICKING THE LEFT THUMB WHICH WAS LAYING ACCROSS THE DRILL CHECK DIRECTLY BENEATH THE DRILL STEEL.

I NAME UNLOADIN9 BELT STRUCTURE,HE RAISED UP AS HE SWUNG TO THROW A PIECE AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF,HE BELIEVE HE PINCH A NERVE IN HIS NECK.

AS I.NAME BEGAN3TO DRILL A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 18 IN X 18 IN X 0-4 IN THICK DISLODGED AND FELL I.NAME WAS NOT COMPLETELY UNDER THE BOLTER CNAOPY THE ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE BCK OF THE HEAD AN D SHOULDERS RES6LTING IN A HEAD LACERATION AND POSSIBLE CONCUSSION

AFTER REPOSITIO3ING THE BOLTER HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF HEAD COAL 4' BY 4 1/2' AND FROM 0" TO 4" THICK. THE HEADCOAL FELL OUT BETWEEN TWO PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED ROOF STRAPS STRIKING HIM ACROS S THE BACK AND 8RIVING HIS ARM AGAINST THE MACHINE PANIC BAR RESULTING IN BRUISES TO HIS LOWER RIGHT ARM

I NAME WAS SHOV9LING ON THE #1 BELT AT THE SECOND AIRLOCK WHEN HE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO HAVE SEVERE BACK PAIN AND COLLAPSED. DR. MILLER OF PRESTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DIAGNOSED THE CONDITION AS A ST RAIN. I WAS TRE5TED BY CHIROPRACTOR PRIOR TO THIS OCCURENCE.

ROOF FALL ABOVE3ANCHORAGE OF 3'BOLTS OCCURRED IN RETURN OFF #2 UNIT AT STATION #653.FALL 16' X 20' AND TAPERED FROM 3-4'. ABOVE COAL SEAM BOLTS ADJACENT TO FALL WERE 4' & 5' LONG.NO PERS OR EQ

A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED AT STATION 2318 4 ENTRY #2 UNIT THIS FALL WAS ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE 5 FT BOLTS INSTALLED THERE WERE IN INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED

SLIPPED NEAR RU3NING BELT WHICH RESULTED IN LEG INJURY (PULLED LIGAMENT).

FALL OCCURRED O3 EXTSACTION OF PUSH OUT. NO INJURIES.

I.NAME IS UNDER1OING TREATMENT BY DR. OF MORGANTOWN WV FOR A SPRAINED BACK I.NAME LEFT WORK AT 400AM ON 021386 WITH BACK PAIN THAT HE BELIEVES MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ATTEMPTING TO PULL A STRI P OF BELT FROM 7AIL ROLLER OF SECTION BELT AT 441145PM ON 020986

I NAME WAS RUNN3NG ACROSSED THE COAL YARD AND TURNED HIS ANKLE ON A MOUND OF ICE. HE RECIVED A SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

I.NAME WAS DRIV3NG THE SUPPLY TRACTOR OUT OF THE MINE HE WAS SITTING UP TO HIGH AND HIS SHOULDER CAUGHT THE ROOF HE WAS ROLLER OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRACTOR CAUSING BRUISES TO HIS SHOULDERS AND CHEST 3

I.NAME REMOVED LIDS OF SCOOP BATTERY TO INVESTIGATE SOURCE OF SMOKE FROM BATTERY.BATTERY EXPLODED THROWING BATTERY ACID ON HIS FACE WHICH SEEPED INTO HIS EYES RESULTING IN 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO FOREHEAD AND NOSE AND PITTING IN INSIDE CORNER OF LEFT EYE.

LOADING BOLTING SUPPLIES ON BOLTER IN THE LAST OPEN X-CUT BETWEEN #1 AND #2 ENTRY.HE WAS BENT OVER NEXT TO RIB WHEN ROCK 5\ X 2\ X 3\\ FELL STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF HEAD AND RIGHT FOOT.I.NAME REC\D BRUISES TO HEAD AND RIGHT FOOT.

I,NAME, MECHANIC ON THE THIRD SHIFT, TURNED ON THE BREAKER FOR THE CHARGER CIRCUIT OF THE NO.1 UNIT POWER CENTER. THE GEAR MOUNT AND PLUG ARCHED AND BURNED. THE BREAKER ALSO BURNED, I,NAME, RE CEIVED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS FACE, THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND LEFT LEG.

THE BELTMAN WAS REMOVING A BELT STAND HE JERKED ON THE STAND THE STAND MOVED EASLY THEN JAMMED SUDDENLY THE SUDDEN STOP RESULTED IN STRAINED BACK AND NECK

I,NAME WAS USING A DISK GRINDER. THE GRINDER KICKED BACK. I,NAME\S HAND AND THE GRINDER STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE. HE RECIVED A LINE OF CUTS CAUSED BY THE GRINDER DISK AND THE FR ASME OFHIS GLASSES. CLOSING THE WOUND REQUIRED 17 STITCHES.

I.NAME HAD HEAD OUT FROM UNDER MINER CANOPY WHILE HE WAS POSITIONING MINER FOR B RUN.HE CAUGHT HIS HARD HAT IN A OFF SET IN ROOF WHICH FORCED NECK AGAINST CANOPY CAUSING BRUISES TO NECK AND EA R.

ROBERT PYLES WAS ADJUSTING THE TRAM SWITCH ON A GOLF CART HE HAD NOT DISCONECTED THE BATTERIES ENGERY CHILDERS STOOD IN FRONT OF THE GOLF CART TO ASSIST BOB WITH THE RETURN SPRINGE THE DIRECT DIRECTIONAL SWITCH WAS POMPED @INTO THE FOWARD POSITION THE CART LUNGED FOWARD. EMERY LEFT KNEE WAS PINCHED & BRUISED.

JOHN WAS WORKING AS A BOLTER HELPER. THE HEAD COAL FELL INBY THE ROW OF BOLTS BEING INSTALLED AP PIECE OF HEAD COAL SLID OUT BY OFF THE MACHINE CANOPY & STRUCK JOHN ON THE LEFT FOOT. JOHN HAS MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF THE ANKLE AND TOES OFTHE LEFT FOOT

THE #1 UNIT CREW WAS MAKING A BBELT MOVE. THE TAIL SECTION WAS ATTACHED TO THE FEEDER BY CHAIN. THE BELT HAD BEEN TENSONED AND CURTIS WAS CHECKING THE BELT TENSION AND TAIL SECTION POSTION PRO IOR TO SETTING THE ANCHORS. THE CHAIN BROKE AND THE TAIL SECTION MOVED BACK OVER CURTIS S FOOT RESULTING IN A BRUISE

WESLEY WAS ASSISTING IN THE REMOVEL OF A STUCK APINNER STEEL AT THE LAST HOLE IN THE PLACE. UNKNOWNING HE POSITIONED HIS LEFT LEG UNDER THE BOLTER HEAD. AS THE HEAD WAS LOWERED IT CAME DOWN ON HIS LEG CAUSING SEVER BRUISES TO THE THIGH & CALF.

CONTRAY TO TEST PRACTICE DAVID POLND ATTEMPTED TO WALK BY THE MINER WITH THE POWP MOTOR ON BUT THE MINER STATIONARY AS HE PASSED THE BOOM THE OPERATOR TURNED THE MINER AND PINNED DAVID BETWEEN THE BOOM AND THE RIB RESULTING IN A CRACKED PELVIS