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INJ SETTING POST USING LEFT HAND TO HOLD IT.DRIVING WEDGE TO TIGHTEN POST,HIT FINGER.WENT TO DR HOWEVER CO WAS IDLED FOR X-MAS AND THIS ACCIDENT UNKNOWN TO CO UNTIL 1-2-92 WHEN REOPENED.FRACTU RE TO LITTLE FINGER.
HE WAS PUSHING FEEDER RAMP OUT OF SCOOP, RAMP CAME OUT OF SCOOP CAUSING HIS HEAD TO HIT TOP OF CANOPY.
INJURED HAD JUST EMPTIED HIS SHUTTLE CAR AND PULLED OFF OF FEEDER EXACTLY 9 FT WHEN HIS SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY STRUCK THE TOP BREAKING CANOPY LOOSE. THIS CAUSED THE CANOPY TO STRIKE HIM ON THE BAC K AND NECK. INJURED WAS HOSPTIALIZED.
INJURED WAS CHANGING A BEARING. WHILE MOVING A SPEED REDUCER FRAME WITH A SET OF COME-ALONGS-, THE HOOK SLIPPED OFF THE REDUCER FRAME AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING A CUT APPROXIMA TELY 1" LONG ABOVE THE EYE BROW.
BUILDING CRIBS ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRUCK INJ ON HARD HAT,
INJURED WAS PUTTING A PANEL LID COVER ON A MOBILE ROOF SUPPORT SYSTEM WHEN THE LID COVER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS GRASP CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND THE COVER. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE LOST THE TIP END ONLY OF HIS FINGER. THIS INJURY DID RESULT IN THE TIP OF THE BONE BEING BROKEN ALSO. THE TIP OF THE FINGER WAS SEWN BACKON AND SEEMS TOBE DOING WELL. NO LOST TIME WAS INVOLVED.
INJURED WAS GETTING OUT OF SCOOP-HE TRIPPED OVER A CINDER BLOCK AND FELL INTO A STOPPING STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE STOPPING.
INJURED AND TWO OTHERS WERE GOING TO LOAD UP HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE IN THE SCOOP. THE INJURED WAS RIDING ON TOP OF THE SCOOP AND GOT PINNED BETWEEN THE TOP AND THE MACHINE. THIS ACCIDENT RESULTED IN INJURED RECEIVING TWO BROKEN DISLOCATED HIPS . INJURED BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 6-5-90 DUE TO BEING HOSPITALIZED.
INJURED WAS STANDING ON A BREAKER BAR TO LOOSEN A BOLT BOLT BROKE LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING HIS LEFT SIDE ON THE REEL COVER OF #18 SHUTTLE CAR INJURED SUSTAINED FX RIBS & BEGAN LOSING TIME ON 021390
DUE TO THE UNUSUALLY LOW SEAM HEIGHT, THERE WAS AN AGGRAVATION TO A PREVIOUS FIRST-AID BACK INJURY OF 7/25/89. INJURED BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 1/25/90.
INJURED WAS RE ENTERING THE CABLE ON A 12 CM. HE WAS IN THE BOOM OF THE CONVEYOR WORKING ABOUT 4 FT OFF OF THE GROUND. HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OUT OF THE BOOM AND WHEN HIS FEET HIT THE GROUND, HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.
INJ USING NAIL TO UNCLOG HOSE ON PLASTER MACHINE.WHEN PLASTER BROKE FREE,IT SPRAYED HIM IN FACE AND SOME OF IT WENT INTO LEFT EYE.RECD RX EYE DROPS FROM DR.
INJURED & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED HAULING COAL ON THEIR SHIFT & HAD GONE TO BLACK KNIGHT TO CLEAN OUT LOADOUT TUNNEL INJURED WAS ON TIGHT SIDE OF BELT SHOVELING & SDTRAINED LOWER BACK WA S GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN
WORKING IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE FOR APPROX 19 YEARS EMPL WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 2-24-89
INJ HELPING SPLICE CONVEYOR CHAIN TOGETHER WHEN PIECE OF CONNECTING LINK BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM IN RIGHT CHEEK.
INJ LOADING TIMBERS WHEN BUCKET OF SCOOP RESTIN ON EDGE OF TIMBER CAR.SCOOP BUCKET SLIPPED OFF OF CAR AND FELL TO BOTTOM TRAPPING INJ FOOT UNDERNEATH IT BREAKING 2 TOES ON RIGHT FOOT.
SLATE ROOF, FAULT AREA.
INJURED WAS OPE9ATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY,CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE TOP OF THE CANOPY AND THEN BACK AGAINST THE SEAT.SUSTAINED STRESS FRACTURE9(LOST TIME.)
INJURED WAS PUL5ING THE MINER CABLE SLACK AND HIS LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT.NO EXPLANATION FOR THE CAUSE.INJURED RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION ON 12/15/87 AFTER SEEING THE DOCTOR FOR THIS.WAS REPORTED TO COM PANY AS REPORTA6LE ON 12/18/87.
INJURED WAS SHO5ELING BELT WHICH IS NOT HIS USUAL JOB & HE STRAINED HIS BACK. PAIN STARTED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE S HIFT HOWEVER INJURED I%*@*% DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 3 DAYS LATE R WENT TO DR & 9ECEIVED PRESCRIPTIONS.
INJ WAS INSTALL3NG A ROOFBOLT DURING A NORMAL ROOF BOLTING CYCLE. A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK EMP, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS MOUTH ON THE DRILL STEEL TRAY ON THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE INJ SUSTAINED A3LACERATION OF THE MOUTH REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT (SUTURES)
UNDETECTED SLIC5ENSIDED ROCK FORMATION EXISTED IN ROOF OF #10 ENTRY 7 BRKS OUTBY FACE AREA.ROOF FALL OCCURRED ABOVE ROOFBOLT ANCHORAGE ZONE.FALL AREA 80' X 20 X 6'.VENTILATION AND PASSAGE OF P ERSONS NOT IMPE8ED.
INJURED WAS OP 5 S/C BEING LOADED WITH COAL AT T HE FACE. A SMALL PIECE OF COAL ROLLED OFF OF THE FENDER OF THE S/C STRIKING INJUED ON THE RIGHT LEG BELOW THE K NEE. INJURED SUSTAINED SONTUSI ONS OIF THE RT 5EG RESULTING IUN LOST WORK DAYS.
INJURED HAD JUS7 FINISHED LOADING MINE SUPPLIES ONTO A MINE SUPPLY CAR. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO COUPLE THE SUPPLY CAR TO A TRACTOR, THE TRACTOR MOVED AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL CONNE CTING PIN AND T2E FRAME OF THE TRACTOR. INJURED SUSTAINED LACERATIONS AND FRACTURE OF THE LITTLE FINGER WHICH REQUIRED PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF THE FINGER.
AN UNDETECTED S5ICKENSIDED ROCK FORMATION EXISTED IN THE ROOF OF THE 2 ENTRY 8 BREAKS OUTBY THE FACE AREA A ROOF FALL OCURRED ABOVE ROOFBOLT ANCHORAGE ZONE AND PIECE OF ROCK 50X18X8 FELL FROM THE ROOF VENTIL5TION AND PASSAGE OF PERSONS WAS NOT IMPEDED NOTE..ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN AN AREA WHERE PERSONS DO NOT NORMALLY TRAVEL
EXISTENCE OF LI3EAR CRACKS IN MINE ROOF,ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT ANCHORAGE ZONE OF ROOF SUPPORTS-ROOF BOLTS.ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT INTERSECTION OF LINEAR CRACKS IN MINE ROOF.VENTILATION TEMPORARIL Y IMPEDED. 3
INJURED WAS TRA4MING A SHUTTLE CAR FROM THE FACE TO THE COAL FEEDER. HE WAS LEANING AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT AS HE WAS TRAVERSING AROUND THE CORNER OF A BLOCK OF COAL. T HE SHUTTLE CAR 6OTTOMED OUT ON THE UNEVEN MINE FLOOR, CAUSING INJURED TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT SIDE AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT. HE SUSTAINED ONE FRACTURED RIB ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
INJ WAS ROOF BO5TING IN NO 5 FACE HE TOOK A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT OF THE TRAY ON THE RROFBOLT MACHINE AND WAS PLACING DRILL STEEL ONTO THE DRILL HEAD OF MACHINE THE PIECE OF DRILL STRUCK AGAINST CANOPY 2F MACHINE AND BOUNCED BACK STRIKING INJ OVER LEFT EYE INJ SUSTAINED LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES
INJURED WAS INS7ALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE HAD INSTALLED THE OUTSIDE ROOF BOLT AND WAS SWINGING THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE TO INSTALL THE INSIDE ROOF BOLT. A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK SLID OFF OF THE CANOPY OF THE ROOF BO5T MACHINE STRIKING INJURED ON THE BACK OF THE NECK. INJURED SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND LACERATION OF THE NECK, REQUIRING SEVEN SUTURES.
INJ WAS DRAGGING OXYGEN CYLINDER IN A TRANSPORT BAG A DISTANCE OF APPROX 12 FT THE COAL SEAM HEIGHT WAS APPROX 55 TO 60 IN AND THE MINE FLOOR WAS MUDDY INJ FELT A CATCH AND STINGING SENSATION IN LOWER BACK RESULTING IN 4 LOST WORK DAYS
INJ PERFORMING MAINTENANCE USING CUTTING TORCH.ANOTHER EMPL WAS WELDING BIT LUGS ON CM MACHINE NEARBY.THE LIGHT FROM WELDING CAUSED INJ TO SUSTAIN FLASH BURNS TO LEFT EYE.INJ RECD MED TREATMEN T RX MEDICINE AND ONLY TEMPORARY IRRITATION OF LEFT EYE.
INJURED WAS PREPARING TO CLEAN AROUND A COAL FEEDER WITH A SCOOP WHEN THE SCOOP QUIT RUNNING HE WAS ASSISTING THE REPAIRMAN IN REMOVING THE CONTROL PANEL LID AND THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP AS HE THE LID IT ROTATED CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE LID AND THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP INJURED SUSTAINED A FRACTURE AND LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES OF THE RING FINGER
INJURED WAS TRAMMING A LOADED SHUTTLE CAR TOWARDS BELT FEEDER HE WAS LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER TO AVOID RUNNING OVER A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE TRAILING CABLE INJURED HAD HIS HAND ON HANDLE UNDERNEATH CANOPY OF SHUTTLE CAR SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK RIB CATCHING INJUREDS HAND BETWEEN RIB & CANOPY HANDLE OF SHUTTLE CAR INJURED SUSTAINED LACERATIONS & FX FINGER OF R HAND
INJURED WAS USING THE EJECTOR BLADE OF A SCOOP TO LOAD A PORTABLE WELDER INTO THE SCOOPS BUCKET. HE INADVERTENTLY PLACED HIS HAND IN A PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE EJECTOR BLADE & THE SCOOP BUCKET FRAME. INJUREDS RT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN EJECTOR BLADE & SCOOP BUCKET. INJURED SUSTAINED A FRACTURED RING FINGER & A LACERATION OF THE MIDDLE FINGER.
INJURED WAS PREPARING TO LOAD CINDER BLOCKS ONTO A SUPPLY CAR AT THE SUPPLY POINT. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE LAST ROOF BOLT & THE RIB STRIKING INJURED ON THE LOWER BACK & LEFT LE G. INJURED SUSTAINED 2 FRACTURED VERTEBRAE & WAS HOSPITALIZED.
INJURED WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO POSITION THE BELT DRIVE MOTOR. THE SLATE BAR BROKE, CAUSED INJURED TO STRIKE HIMSELF IN THE FACE WITH THE END OF THE SLATE BAR. INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE RIGHT CHEEK, WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES
INJURED WAS HANGING CABLE FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE AND FELT A PAIN IN THE BACK, HE SHJSTAINED A STRAIN OF THE LOWER BACK
INJURED WAS LOADING MINE SUPPLIES HE HAD UNCOUPLED TWO SUPPLY CARS AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE ONE OF THE CARS WHEN TWO 2 INCH BY 8IN BOARDS FELL OFF OF THE CAR CATCHING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN BOARDS AND THE FRAME OF THE SUPPLY CAR LACERATION OF LITTLE FINGER REQUIRED 12 SUTURES
INJURED WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS BEING LOADED BY A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE AND A PIECE OF COAL MEASURING 4IN X 4IN X 4IN ROLLED OFF OF THE SHUTTLE CAR AND STRUCK INJUR ED ON THE LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR DURING NORMAL PERFORMANCE OF HIS JOB, COAL DUST OR DIRT GOT INTO BOTH EYES. INJURED IS NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN OR WHERE INJURY OCCURRED.
INJ GOT OUT OF SHUTTLECAR AT THE POWER CENTER HE DID NOT SHUT OFF THE POWER TO THE MACHINE AND DID NOT SET THE PARKING BRAKE ON THE MACHINE THE SHUTTLECAR ROLLED BACKWARDS AND STRUCK INJURED ON LEFT SIDE OF CHEST
INJURED WAS REPLACING THE BITS ON A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A BIT INTO THE BIT LUG. WHEN HE STRUCK THE BIT WITH THE HAMMER, A SMALL PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HI M IN THE RIGHT EYE.
THE INJURED WASUSING 2 HAMMER TO SPLIT A WEDGE. THE INJURED PUT THE SHARP CUTTING EDGE OF ONE HAMMER AGAINST THE WEDGE AND STRUCK THE FIRST HAMMER WITH THE SECOND ONE. AS THE FACE OF ONE HAMME R STRUCK THE OTHER A CHIP FLEW OFF AND STRUCK THE INJURED IN THE LEFT EYE.
INJ WAS HELPING UNLOAD SUPPLIES MINE TIMBERS FROM A 270 TRACTOR A TIMBER THAT WAS BEING UNLOADED BY ANOTHER EMP FELL STRIKING INJ ON RIGHT FOOT FRACTURING LITTLE TOE
INDIVIDUAL STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE STRAINED HIS STOMACH MUSCLES WHILE MOVING A CONTINOUS MINING MACHINE CABLE HOWEVER HE WAS NOT POSITIVE THAT MOVING THE CABLE CAUSED THE INJURY HE STATED THAT