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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VICTIM APPARENTLY TRIED TO LIFT A GROUND MONITOR LEAD TO OPEN THE HIGH VOLTAGE BREAKER TO THE UNDERGROUND POWER SYSTEM AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AT LEAST ONE PHASE OF 4160 VAC THAT SUPPLIED P OWER TO THE BELT TRANSFORMER IN WHICH HE WAS WORKING.
THIS MINE IS ACTIVE NON PRODUCING EE WAS MAKING A FIRE BOSS RUN WHEN HE DISCOVERED THE FALL AT 1213 PM ON 4-8-97. IT IS LOCATED NEAR SPAD 90250. HE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED IT AND BEGAN SETTING CR IBS AND TIMBERS & DANGERING THE AREA OFF. HE DETERMINAL THAT A CRACK ABOVE THE BOLTS CAUSED THE FALL. WE ARE MONITORING THIS AREA.
EE WAS OPERATING A PERSONNEL CARRIER IN LOW COALAND AS HE WAS TRAMING TOWARD #8 BELT FROM THE FACE AREA. HE TURNED TO HIS LEFT WHILE STILL MOVING TO SEE IF THE BELT WAS RUNNING. WHEN HE TURNED BACK AROUND TO HIS DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, HIS HEADHIT THE TOP OR A ROOF BOLT CAUSING THE INJURY.
EMP WAS POSITIONING THE MACHINE TO BEGIN THE BOLTING CYCLE AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO HE ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE BOOM WITH HIS HAND ONT HE FRAME OF THE BOLTER WHICH IS A PINCH POINT. THERE WAS A SIGN ON MACHINE WHICH IDENTIFIED THIS AREAAS A POTENTIAL PINCH POINT AREA.
EE WAS PULLING THE MINER CABLE WITH A SCOOP IN LOW COAL. HE WAS TRAMMING THE SCOOP AND WATCHING HIS DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND WATCHING THE CABLE BY TURNING HIS HEAD BACK AND FORTH. WHEN HE TURNE D HIS HEAD BACK TO DIRECTION OF TRAVEL HIS HEAD STRUCK THE TOP.
EE WAS PUSHING A BOLT AP TOWARD THE TOP WITH THE DRILL BOOM, WITH HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE LEVER. AND USING HIS LEFT HAND HE ATTEMPTED TO THROW A MADE UP BOLT AND PLATE FORWARD TO THE NEXT POSITI ON WHEN THE BOLT AND PLATE STRUCK THE ATRS BOUNCING BETWEEN THE BOOM THE TOP CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE TOP. THE HEIGHT IN THAT PLACE WAS 38 INCHES.
EE HAD JUST COMPLETED MAKING A BELT SPLICE AND WAS RELEASING THE CABLE HOIST (RED DEVIL) TO REMOVE IT FROM THE BELT. IN DOING SO HE RELEASED THEHANDLE SO FAR THAT IT CAUGHT HIS THUMB AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE CABLE HOIST CAUSING THE INJURY.
EE WAS DOING HIS REGULAR JOB, WHICH INCLUDED LIFTING ROCKDUST TO LOAD THE ROCK DUST MACHINE., AND LOAD AND UNLOAD BLOCKS TO BUILD STOPPINGS. IN THE PROCESS OF DOING HIS JOB WHICH IS MANUAL LAB OR, HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THERE FOR MAKING HIM UNABLE TO PERFORM HIS JOB. THE INJURY BECAME REPORTABEL 9-16-96.
EMP IS THE FOREMAN ON THE 3RD SHIFT. AS PART OF HIS JOB HE WAS HELPING THE MECHANICS REPAIR BELT HEAD BY REPLACING THE DRIVE ROLLER GEARS. WHILEHOLDING THE GEAR IN PLACE IT SLIPPED ODD THE SHA FT CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND THE GEAR.
EE WAS BUILDING A STOPPING ON THE INTAKE SIDE OF THE SECTION AND WHEN HE STARTED WEDGEING THE STOPPING AGAINST THE TOP A BLOCK BROKE CAUSING PART OF THE STOPPING TO FALL OUT CAUSING THE INJURY TO HIS HAND.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE HIS BOOM UP FROM THE BOTTOM TO TRAM ACROSS THE SECTION WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND IN A PINCH POINT CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BOLTING HTE 6 RIGHT FACE AND WHILE MOVING THE MACHINE FROM ONE BOLT TOO THE NEXT ONE IN THE PATTERN TO CONTINUE THE BOLTING CYCLE HIS KNEE SLIPPED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM DECK PAN AND THE RIB CAUSING THE INJURY.
EE WAS MOVING ACYTELENE TANK CLOSER TO THE WORK SITE. THE EE MOVED THE TANK CLOSE TO A BELTHEAD,CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TANK & THE FRAMEOF THE BELT HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING HIS BOLTER FROM 1 ENTRY TO THE NEXT TO CONTINUE THE BOLTING CYCLE WHEN HE PARKED IN THE PATH OF A SHUTTLE CAR TO PLACE CABLE CROSSERS ON A MINER CABLE WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK THE BOLTER CAUSING THE INJURY TO EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE THOUGHT THE SHUTTLE CARS WERE USING THE BREAK OUTBY TO SWITCH OUT.
EE IS EE AS A ROOF BOLT OPERATOR AND THE CONDITIONS WARRENT BENDING THE BOLTS BEFORE INSTALLATION AND WHILE BENDING A BOLT HE PULLED OR STRAINED A MUSCLE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN HIS GLOVE BECAME CAUGHT ON ROTATING DRILL POT. THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT SEEM SERIOUS AT THE TIME SO THE EE DIDN'T REPORT THIS IN TIMELY MANNER. EE DID NOT REPORT THIS ACCI DENT UNTIL 12-5-95.
VICTIM WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULAGE SCOOP AND WHILE TRAVELING THREW A CHECK CURTAIN A HOLE IN THE CHECK CURTAIN CAUGHT THE STEERING LEVER FORCING THE MANS HAND AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP C AUSING THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING BOLTS OFF OF REAR OF MACHINE& THROWING THEM UP TO FRONT OF MACHINE. IN DOINGSO HE WAS TWISTING HIS BODY WHILE ON HIS KNEES & TOES. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY OR HOW IT HAPPENED.
CABLE HAD HUNG OR STUCK ON REEL OF LONG AIRDOX ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. 2 EMPLOYEES WERE PULLING ON THE CABLE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CAME LOOSE LETTING THE 2 EMPLOYEES FALL BACKWARDS. 1 EMPLOYE E REPORTED TO SECTION FOREMAN THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD WRAPPED CABLE AROUND HIPS & WAS PULLING SLACK WHILE CRAWLING ON HANDS & KNEES.
PULLING AIR CAR OUT OF SCOOP AND PULED NECK AND TOP OF BACK.
PULLING OIL CAN OUT OF THE SCOOP AND PULLED, NECK AND TOP OF BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE GOT A SORE KNEE(LIKE WATER ON THE KNEE) FROM DAIL MINING ACTIVITIES.
PC OF CAOL AND ROCK SLID HIT KNEE ASND BRUISED IT WHILE STANDING BY TAIL PC
VICTIM WAS STRUCK BY THE REAR OPERATOR SIDE OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. THE TRAM LEVER GOT HUNG IN TRAM POSITION BY A ROOF BIT. VICTIM WAS PINNED BETWEEN MACHINE AND COAL RIB RESULTING IN A BROKE N RIGHT ULNA AND RADUIS AND RIGHT EIGHTH RIB.
THE INJURED WAS PULLING ROCK DOWN WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN A ROCK SLID DOWN THE BAR AND TWISTED HIS WRIST.
I,NAME HAD JUST BENT A ROOF BOLT WHEN HE SUDDENLY TURNED AND PULLED HIS NECK.
I.NAME CRAWLING BESIDE SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHEN IT GROUNDED OUT AND BURNT HIS LEG.
HE STEPPED OUT OF MANTRIP BEFORE IT STOPPED AND HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SUPPORT POLE AND THE MANTRIP.
THE INJURED WAS PLASTERING A STOPPING WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT(LEFT KNEE) WITH FASWELL STOPPING BOND.INFECTION OF HIS LEFT KNEE RESULTED FROM RHIS CONTACT.