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EE WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN FRAME OF 270 TRACTOR AND THE MINE ROOF.
EE STRUCK KNEE ON KERSEY TRACTOR.
MAN WAS RIDING IN KERSEY JEEP THEN PLY CURTAIN, TOP WAS LOWER ON THE OTHER SIDE HIT HEAD ON TOP,WORKED UNTIL 8-6-97 FIRST WENT TO DOCTOR 8-11-97.
WHILE PICKING UP A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE, HE TWISTED AROUND AND TOSSED IT IN THE SCOOP BUCKET RESULTING IN A LOWER BACK INJURY.
THE EE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE UG. THE INJURY WAS INITIALLY A NO LOST TIME. THE EE DID NOT SEE A DR. UNTIL 2/4/97. HE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 4/7/97.
RIB ROLLED OUT HITTING UPPER BACK.
EE WAS TAKING 828 COAL HAULER INSIDE. THE HAULER RAN OVER SOME LOOSE ROCK CAUSING OPERATOR TO HIT HEAD ON ROOF.
MAN PULLING PIECE OF BRATTICE DOWN OFF HOLEY BOARDS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS HANDS.
EE TURNED TO LEFT TO MOVE LEVER ON BOLTER AND KNEE JUMPED OUT OF PLACE.
EE WAS OPERATING A MINER. HE WAS TRAMMING INTO FACE, SWINGING THE MINERS AROUND, AND PINNED HIMSELF AGAINST THE RIB
EE HIT FINGER ON A ROOF BOLT PLATE CUTTING HIS FINGER.
EE WAS OPERATING THE SUPPLY MOTOR, PULLING IT UP THE RAIL WHEN IT STARTED SLIDING BACKWARDS AND RAN INTO ANOTHER MOTOR.
MANTRIP WAS COMING DOWN A HILL. THE TRACK BECAME SLICK CAUSING THE MANTRIP TO RUN INTO ANOTHER MOTOR.
MANTRIP WAS COMING OVER A HILL. RAILS BECAME SLICK CAUSING THE MANTRIP TO RUN INTO ANOTHER MOTOR.
EMP WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULER WHEN HE RAN OVERA TIMBER PUSHING HIS HEAD UP AGAINST THE ROOF CUTTING IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING UP CONVEYOR MOTOR AND BAR SLIPPED AND MASHED FINGER.
828 COAL HAULER OPERATOR BACKED THRU CURTAIN & HIT EE AS HE WAS BACKING ROOF BOLTER ACROSS SECTION.
EE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AFTER STEPPING ON A PIECE OF ROCK.
EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 11-13-95 TO HAVE SURGERY ON HIS ARM CAUSED BY AN ACCIDENT ON 1-27-95. WHILE HE WAS OFF WITH SURGERY ON HIS ARM, HE HAD SURGERY ON HIS WRIST FOR CARPAL TUNNEL S YNDROME. HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 2-26-96. HE STARTED MISSING WORK AGAIN ON 3-2-96 DUE TO HIS HAND SWELLING.
EE WAS MOVING MINER BACK FROM FACE AREA TO CHANGE PAN OUT.
EE WAS LOADING ROCKDUST OUTSIDE. PICKED UP BAG OF ROCKDUST AND TWISTED BACK.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #5 ENTRY ACROSS FROM SPAD #3558. THIS AREA WAS SUPPORTED 4' RESIN BOLTS. THE FALL WAS ABOU 70' LONG, 20' WIDE, AND 4-5' THICK.
THE FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED TWO CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD #2 MAIN LINE BELT AT TOPPING #102. THE FALL WAS 25 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE AND 4' TO 5' THICK. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 48" RESIN BOLTS.
OPERATOR WAS PUTTING A POINT ANGLE BOLT TOGETHER WEN A PIECE OF ROCK 8X12X3 FELL, HITTING HIM ON THE FOREARM AND CUTTING ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRACK JEEP TO SURFACE AT END OF SHIFT. AS HE WAS GOING THOUGH A SET OF AIR LOCK DOORS, ONE OF THEM BLEW SHUT AND CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN DOOR AND TRACK JEEP.
EMPLOYEE PULLED ON FEEDER AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD, AND THE KNEES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF WATERLINE AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING WITH SLATE BAR AND IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN END OF SLATE BAR AND SIDE OF KERSY TRACTOR.
OPERATOR WAS REACHING FOR A BOLT AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 8480 SCOOP SS HE HIT HIS HEAD ON HALFHEADCER WHICH WAS BOLTED TO MINE ROOF CAUSING SPRAIN TO NECK
OPERATOR LET DRILL HEAD OF ROOF BOLT MACHINE DOWN ON LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING SHED WITH TRACTOR AND GOT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SHED AND THE TRACTOR.
EMPLOYEE BUMPED KNEE ON TAILPIECE EMPLOYEE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 08-07-95
EE WAS TWISTING AROUND ON HIS KNEES & LEFT KNEE POPPED HE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 07-21-95 AFTER THE KNEE HAD BEGUN TO SWELL
ROOF FALL AT RETURN AIRWAY #1 ENTYR, 001 SECTION FALLW AS 1400 FEET FROM THE WORKING FACE. FALL WAS ABOUT 110 FEET LONG AND 20 FEE TWIDE NAD 2 FEET ON OUTBY END TO ABOUT 7 FEET THICK ON INBY END. 4 FOOT RESIN BOLTS, WITH CRIBS ALONG RIBLINE. NEAR SPAD #3586.
THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED NEAR SPAD 789 IN NO. 6 ENTRY LEFT. THE FALL AREA WAS 20'X 90' X 2" X 7' THICK. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 48" RESIN BOLTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING TRACTOR AND GOING THROUGH A CURTIAN. THERE WAS A BOW SAW LAYING ON TOP OF IT. THE SAW CAUGHT THE CURTAIN AND WENT DOWN BETWEEN HIS LEGS.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING TRACTOR AROUND CURVE AND HIS ARM GOT DOWN BETWEEN TRACTOR AND TRAILER AND CUT HIS ARM.
OPERATOR WAS STARTING TO DRILL HOLE AND PUT STEEL AGAINST TOP, A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE, DROPPING DOWN AND HITTIN GRING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 242 KERESEY TRACTOR. HE DROVE THRU A BACKUP CURTAIN HITTING MINER BOOM, PINNING HIMSELF IN THE DECK OF TRACTOR.
THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED NEAR SPAD #3242 IN NO. 6 ENTRY. THE FALL AREA WAS 20'X 40'X5' TO 6' THICK. THE ARREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 48" RESIN BOLTS.
EE PULLED UP BEHIND THE MINER WITH TRACTOR TO PULL CABLE. SOMEHOW HE HIT THE TRAM PETAL, CAUSING TRACTOR TO RUN UP UNDER MINER BOOM, PINNING HIM IN THE DECK OF THE TRACTOR.
EE STATED THAT OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS IN REGULAR JOB RELATED WORK ACTIVITY THAT HE HAS DEVELOPED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN HIS RT WRIST. DUE TO SURGERY ON THE RT WRIST, EE BEGAN MISSING WORK O N 10-13-94.
HE WAS PULLING BELT HEAD WHEN IT FILED IN BOTTOM, THEN PULLED LOOSE CATCHING HIM AND THROWING HIM INTO RIB OF MINE. IT PINCHED HIM AGAINST THE RIB OF THE MINE.
EMPLOEE WAS HOLDING METAL DOOR OPEN FOR TRACTOR OPERATOR TO DRIVE TRACTOR THROUGH DOOR AND THE TRAILOR FOR THE TRACTOR RAN OVER HIS FOOT.
CRAWLING TO SUPPLY HOLE &CRAWLING TO PUT SUPPLIES IN SCOOP BUCKET EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 10-10-94 THE DAY HE HAD SURGERY
AN ALLEGED IGNITION OCCURRED I NTHE NO 6-7 CROSSCUT WORKING FACE OF 001 SECTION AT APPROX 10:10PM THERE IS A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT AN IGNITION DID OCCUR & IT ONE DID OCCUR WHETHER IT W AS METHANE OR HYDRAULIC OIL OUR INVESTIGATION R EVEALED THAT ONE OF THE HEAD JACKS O THE MINER HAD A HAIR LINE CR A K WHICH WAS CAUSING A MIST/FOG OF HY DRAULIC OIL THIS ALLEGED IGNITION WAS
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A RAM CAR AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A HALF HEADER. HE DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 7-5-94.
VICTIM WAS PULLING BACK SLACK ON MINER CABLE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
A PIECE OF ROCK 48" X 3 1/2 FELL HITTING VICTIM ON LEFT SHOULDER AND DOWN LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF REMOVING A PIECE OF STEEL FROM UNDER CHAIN IN MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR WHEN CHAIN WAS TURNE DON. PIECE OF STEEL DISLODGED FROM CHAIN AND HIT HIM IN NOSE. NOSE WAS BR OKEN AND CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A TAPE MEASURE TO MEASURE UP FOR A CROSS-CUT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE IN THE PROCESS. LEFT KNEE SWOLLEN.
EE WAS SETTING FIRST BOLT ON RIB SIDE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKE LOOSE BETWEEN RIB AND BOLTER AND FELL ACROSS HIS BACK. LOCATION: BREAKTHRU BETWEEN NO. 4 AND NO. 5.
ROADWAY/SECTION 002 EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK & ANOTHER PIECE FELL ON HIS THUMB ON SLATE BAR.
ON 08-02-93 EE PHYSICIAN OPINED THAT HE HAD CONTRACTED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING RESIN BOXES OF 50-60 LB. WHILE ON HIS KNEES. TWISTING WHILE LIFTING & STRAINED LOW BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CABLE AND GOT BETWEEN RIB AND BOOM OF MINER. LEFT EAR LACERATION. RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD CUT IN TWO PLACES.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN 828 TAKING IT TO BATTERY CHARGING/CHANGING STATION,AND RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK IN THE ROAD CAUSING HIM TO HIT HEAD AND SHOULDERS ON MINE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING SECOND ROW OF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT 4FTX4FTX3IN THICK FELL FROM RIB TO BOLT THE ROCK HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE NECK & SHOULDERS
ON 10/26/93 EMPLOYEE'S PHYSICIAN OPINED THAT HE HAD CONTRACTED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
FACE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A BOLT WHEN A ROCK FELL AROUND THE BOLT. HIS WRENCH SLIPPED ON THE BOLT, KNOCKING GLASES OFF, & A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYELID, PASSING INTO THE BONE JUST ABOVE THE LEFT EYEBALL. IT LODGED IN THE BONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING VENTILATION DOORS TO GO INTO THE REUTRN AIRWAY AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK. ]
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP THE RAM CAR AND GOT HIS RIGHT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN RAM CAR AND TRAILER. RIGTH ELBOW CRUSHED.
EE WAS LIFTING AN ANCHOR STAND AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. HE WORKED THE WHOLE SHIFT. TIME WORK STOPPED WAS 700 AM ON 5-6-93. THIS INJURY OCCURRED OUTSIDE.
OUTBY AREA #1 ENTRY....EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON WATER PUMP AND LOADING PUMP ON VEHICLE (UT40 TRACTOR). HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.