Postar No 1 MineCoal

Employee was cunducting a pre-shift examination when a piece of draw rock fell on employee. Employee was operating rubber tired man trip at time of accident.

Had two rock falls in the returns. One @ spad #1527 in the left return; the other @ spad #1205 in the right return.

Setting feeder on tailpiece, putting rib block under jack to raise feeder, another miner set the jack down on his left thumb.

Twisted left knee in deep mud changing structure on #1 belt.

THE INJURED WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND DID NOT HAVE AUTHORIZATION BY MINE TO BE THERE NOR IS SHE AN EMPLOYEE. SHE HAD A BLACK OUT DUE TO HER BLOOD SUGAR COUNT, HITTING A COAL EMBANKMENT. LOCAL EMS WAS NOTIFIED AND THE ACCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT

Two miners were making a belt splice. Both were hammering the anvil that is required to bend the staples over to secure the splice to the belt. The injured miner was going to move the anvil to the next slot when his helper hit his hand with another hammer.

MINER WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN CLA WITH 3/"" DRIVE RATCHET & PULLED STOMACH MUSCLE. WAITED TO GO TO DR ON 1/20/05 DR SAID RUPTURE AND WOULD NEED SURGERY. BUT HE IS STILL WORKING TILL THEY SCHEDULE HIM A DATE

MINER WAS CLEANING TAIL PIECE WITH A #2 SHOVEL WHEN HE NOTICED A SLIGHT STING IN HIS NECK.

MINER WAS PULLING ON A MINE CABLE WHEN HE NOTICED A SHARP TINGLE IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS PULLING CABLE OVER TO THE RIB TO BE HUNG.

THE COAL MINER WAS HELPING TO ANCHOR TAILPIECE AFTER MAKING A BELT MOVE. HE AND ANOTHER MINER HAD JUST DRILLED A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM WITH A SCHRODER DRILL TO INSTALL THE ANCHOR PIN. HE LEFT THE DRILL LAYING BESIDE THE HOLE AND WHILE DRIVING THE ANCHOR PIN IN HE INADVERTENTLY HIT HIS FINGER ON DRILL STEEL.

MINER WAS PUTTING BR. ON SHAFT. WHILE HOLDING SHAFT WITH LEFT HAND WAS HITTING BR. WITH HAMMER IN HIS RT. HAND. HE MISSED THE BR. & HIT HIS LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER.

MINER WAS CUTTING BELT TO MAKE A SPLICE. WHILE PULLING HANDLE ON BELT KNIFE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK.

SECTION FOREMAN STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE OR WHEN BUT HIS SHOULDER STARTED HURTING HIM. DID NOT KNOW IF HE HAD HURT IT AT THE MINE OR AT HOME BUT WENT TO DR. & THEY INORMED HIM THAT HE HAD A TORN ROTATOR CUFF & WOULD NEED SURGERY.

MINER WAS SETTING A TIMBER UNDER SOME BAD TOP WHEN A SLUG BEHIND HIM FELL OUT & HIT HIM ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT.

THE INJURED MINER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING TIMBERS BACK BEHIND THE FACE AREA TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT BLOCK TO BE MINED. HE WAS PICKING UP WEDGES WHEN A SLUG FELL BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT AND RIB STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK. THUS BRUISING HIS SHOULDERS AND KNEES.

EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THAT HE HAD AN ACCIDENT. WHEN HE CAME BACK TO WORK SAID HE HAD FLUID ON HIS SHOULDER AND HAD BEEN TO A DOCTOR AND GAVE HIM MEDICATION.

SLUG CAME LOOSE AND FELL ON TOP OF CANOPY OF BOLTER AND ONE CORNER BROKE OFF CATCHING THE LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK OF THE PIN MAN.

MINER WENT TO LIFT OXYGEN TANK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN STOMACH.

MINER WENT TO REMOVE A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE OFF SIDE OF CONTINIOUS MINER WHEN A SLUG FELL OUT BETWEEN TWO PINS CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE TWO.

WAS TRAMMING PIN MACHINE FROM OPERATORS DECK WHEN A HYD HOSE BUSTED GETTING OIL IN HIS EYE.

TAKING THE 2ND LIFT OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN TOP FELL WITHOUT WARNING CATCHING THE CONTINUOUSMINER.

EE GOT OFF SC TO HELP HANG A CABLE. WHEN HE BENT HIS KNEE HE HAD BAD PAIN TO HIS LEFT KNEE

WE USE 6' ROOF BOLTS SO THEY HAVE TO BE BENT IN THE MIDDLE. AFTER PUSHING THE FIRST 3' INTO THE TOP ITS NECESSARY TO STRAIGHTEN THE PIN TO GO OVER THE DRILL. WHEN ROTATING HEAD TOLINE IT UP, T HE INJURED MINER GOT GLOVE CAUGHT AND OVER ROTATED.

HAD AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 300' FROM FACE BETWEEN #7 AND #8 HDG. HAD ATHURSITION IN THE TOP FROM SLATE TO SANDSTONE. ABOUT 18'WIDE, 25'LONG. FROM 2' TO 6'THICK.