Sugar Camp MineCoal

WASHING BATTERIES ON FAIRCHILD SCOOP, A KINK CAME IN HOSE. WHILE REMOVING KINK THE FORCE OF THE WATER THRU RIGHT HAND INTO THE LID OF SCOOP BATTERY CAUSING A LACERATION TO RIGHT RING FINGER. REQUIRING 5 STITCHES. .

TWO UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALLS WERE DISCOVERED ON 5-9-03 THE FIRST FALL WAS LOCATED IN ENTRY NO. 6 NEAR SPAD NO 1405. THE FALL MEASURED 4 1/2' IN HEIGHT BY 20' IN LENGTH BY 20' IN WIDTH. THE SEC OND WAS IN ENTRY NO 7 NEAR SPAD NO 1429. IT WAS 4 1/2' H BY 20' W BY 20' LENGTH. BOTH FALLS HAPPENED APPROX 3:00 PM.

EE WAS LIFTING CABLE TO TOP AND FELT A STRAIN IN LOWER GROIN AREA. HE DID NOT MISS WORK OR SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 3-23-03, IN WHICH I WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS ACCIDENT. ON 3-27 HE SOUGHT MED ICAL ATTENTION AND WAS GIVEN REST WITH NO LIFTING OR BENDING AND REFERED TO HIS FAMILY DOCTOR.

EE WAS RIDINBG MANTRIP OVER SIDE HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON SIDE POST OF CONPY WITH THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT OVER SIDE THE CONFINERS OF THE CAR. THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RIB FORCIN G HIS FOOT SIDEWAYS.

EMPLOYEE HUNG UP MINING CABLE TO CLEAN AREA. HE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES IN SCOOP & WAS WAITING FOR BUGGY. THE MINER TOOK OFF - REMOVING ALL SLACK FROM THE CABLE AND CAUSED IT TO STRIKE HIS SHOU LDER.

EE & CO-WORKER WERE BUILDING A PERMANENT STOPPING. TO HELP WEDGE THE STOPPING, EE WAS SPLITTING A GLUT (LARGE WEDGE) WITH AN AXE. TWO CINDER BLOCKS WERE PLACED ON THE MINE FLOOR A FEW INCHES A PART. THE GLUT WAS PLACED ACROSS THE OPENING. WHEN THE GLUT WAS STRUCK BY THE AXE A PIECE OF THE GLUT FLEW UP & STRUCK EE'S FOREHEAD.

DRILL STEEL WAS RAISED AGAINST THE MINE ROOF. THE STEEL KICKED LOOSE FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK EE BETWEEN THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER TEARING THE SKIN UNDER THE GLOVE. LEFT HAND.

EE & CO-WORKER WERE CARRYING 48""TOP ROLLERS & PLACING THEM ON BELT RAILS. THE CO-WORKER WAS PUSHING THE TOP ROLLER ACROSS THE BELT RAIL AS EE WAS STEPPING OVER. EE STATES HE TWISTED HIS LEFT K NEE WHEN STEPPING OVER THE BELT. NOTE: EE BEGAN MISSING WORK FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 2002.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A HILL FROM THE BATH HOUSE TO THE BREAK HOUSE. HE SLIPPED ON ICE/SNOW AND FELL ON HIS SELF-RESCUER BREAKING 2 RIBS.

ON OCTOBER 29, 2001 EE WAS WALKING TO THE SECTION. WHILE WALKING BETWEEN #2 SCOOP CHARGER & POWER CENTER, HE RAN HIS HAND OVER THE BUCKET INSERT AS HE WALKED BY. THERE WAS A SHARP EDGE ON THE CHARGER INSERT, AND IT CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE AND INTO HIS INDEX FINGER.

CO-WORKER TURNED 60 LB RAIL OVER USING SLATE BAR. MEMBER ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE RAIL IN PLACE WITH HIS FOOT AND HAND. THE RAIL ROLLED ONTO HIS HAND LACERATING MIDDLE FINGER. -STITCHES-

USING PICK HAMMER TO KNOCK OFF SLAG AND LOOSE METAL. WHEN THE METAL WAS STRUCK WITH A PICK HAMMER, A FRAGMENT OF THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER SHIPPED OFF AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT FOREARM. FRAGMENT WAS EMBEDDED IN ARM. TWO STITCHES.

HE WAS INSTALLING STRUCTURE IN A BELT LINE. WHEN HE TWISTED AROUND TO PICK-UP ANOTHER PIECE OF STRUCTURE HE SPRAINED HIS KNEE. HE HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE THEN.

EE WAS HELPING MAKE A MOWER MOVE. HE WAS PULLING A S-CAR CABLE UP IN ORDER TO MOVE THE POWER CENTER. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE CREW TOOK A LUNCH BREAK. AFTER WHICH HE COULDN'T WORK S O HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND HE HAS MISSED WORK SINCE.

ROOF FALL 15-20'L X 20'W X 4'HIGH. VENTILATION NOT AFFECTED, PASSAGE OF MEN NOT AFFECTED. NO 1 ENTRY APPROX 15' INBY SPAD #448.

ROOF FALL 15'L X 20'W X 4'HIGH. NO 2 ENTRY APPROX 140' OUTBY SPAD #260 VENTILATION NOT AFFECTED PASSAGE OF MEN NOT AFFECTED.

EE WAS ARRANGING SUPPLIES ON TOP OF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. HE WAS REACHING ACROSS THE BOLTER AND LIFTING A BUNDLE OF PLATES WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND WHEN HE PUT THE BIT TO THE MINE ROOF IT KNOCKED LOOSE A PIECE OF MINE ROOF WHICH STRUCK HIS NOSE.