Cottonwood Mine Coal

CHANGING WEAR PLATE IN FEEDER AT COTTONWOOD MINECUT THE BOLTS OFF AND HE WAS REMOVING THE PLATE AND THE PLATE DROPPED ABOUT 6' HITTING HIS LEFT FOOT.

ROOF FALL FOUND IN RETURN ON REGULAR WEEKLY INSPECTION. ROOF FALL WAS AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE AND IMPEDED PASSAGE BUT NOT VENTILATION.

KNOCKING A HOLE IN A DROP INLET WITH SLUDGE HAMMER. HIT MIDDLE FINGER, RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING PVC PIPE OVERHEAD AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON THE OTHER END THOUGHT THE PIPE WAS SECURED AND DROPPED HIS END. EMPLOYEE'S THUMB HAD ALL THE MUSCLES AROUND IT PULLED LOOSE.

HOLDING PIPE WITH WRENCH. WRENCH FLIPPED EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH CHIPPING HIS TEETH.

SHOWING LOADER OPERATOR WHERE TO DUMP IN THE TRAILER. SLIPPED OFF BELLY DUMP TRAILER AND LIT ON FRAME OF TRUCK.

ROOF FALL IN RETURN ENTRY BETWEEN CROSSCUT 47+48 #6 ENTRY OF 2ND NORTH MAINS. ROOF FALL IMPEDED PASSAGE.

HELPING MOVE STRUCTURE ON 2ND LEFT LONGWALL. WHILE HELPING REMOVE THE BELT STRUCTURE HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

DRIVING TRUCK AND STRUCK HEAD ON CAB OF TRUCK. ALSO WAS WALKING AND STRUCK HEAD ON DEWATERING LINE. EMPLOYEE NEVER MISSED WORK UNTIL 11-13-95 FROM THIS INJURY.

ORIGINAL ACCIDENT 8-23-94. HE MISSED 2 ADDITIONAL DAYS DUE TO HIS INITIAL BACK PROBLEM - AUG 3RD AND 4TH OF 1995.

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP OF LONGWALL SHIELD AND STRUCK HIS FINGER. ACCIDENT HAPPENED DAY BEFORE START OF 2 WEEK MINER VACATION.

STRAINED HIS GROIN OVER WHILE LIFTING TIMBERS CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 07-06-95 AT WHICH TIME HE MISSED WORK & ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A FOUR INCH METAL PLATE IN THE 3RD LEFT LONGWALL SECTION. HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING THE PIPE.

PACKING A PLASTIC BUCKET OF STOPPING SEALANT THROUGH A MANDOOR. HIT HIS HEAD ON THE BUCKET WHICH CAUSED A 3/4" LACERATION BY HIS EYE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN EIMCO SCOOP & HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY. HIS BACK WAS JARRED AS A RESULT OF HITTING THE BUMP. CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 2-2-95 AT WHICH TIME HE MISSED WORK AND ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE.

HELPING ON CONTINUOUS MING MACHINE, A PIECE OF RIB ROLLED OUT & STRUCK HIM ON THE LEG CAUSING A FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS KNEE WORKING ON DIESEL TRUCKS. WAS LATER TREATED FOR CELLUITIS ON 1-6-95. DID NOT GO TO DR. UNTIL 1-6-95 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS RELEASED FOR NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT. REPORTABL E DUE TO BE TREATED FOR INFECTION.

WORKING ON A CABLE REEL. THE HANDLE CAME LOOSE & HE FELL BACKWARDS TWISTING HIS LEG WHICH CAUSED A SPIRAL FRACTURE OF THE LEG.

STRAINED HIS BACK HWILE CARRYING A BELT ROLLER.

A COAL OUTBURST OCCURRED ON THE 4' LEFT LONGWALL FACE PRESSURES FROM A PILLAR IN THE WORKING BOVE THE LONGWALL FACE CAUSED THE FACE TO BLOW OUT.

BLEEDING OFF PRESSURE FROM A WATER MANIFOLD ON WATER LINE. THE PRESSURE RELIEF RELEASED & STRUCK FINGER CAUSING A CUT TO NAIL BED OF FINGER TIP.

A RIB FELL AND STRUCK EE ON THE ANKLE WHILE HE WAS OBSERVING MINING OPERATORS.

BARRING DOWN SOME LOOSE ROOF AND PIECE OF METAL MESH STRUCK ARM CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING STITICHES.

A ROCK WAS THROWN FROM PANLINE STRIKING EE NEAT TO INJURED EE. INJURED EE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND MY EE HIT BY ROCK. FELL ON TOES ON SHIELD AND DA RAM.

HELPING MOVE A HYDRAULIC RAM ONTO THE LONGWALL FACE. STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE MOVING THE HYDRAULIC RAM. THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 3-29-95, WHEN TIME WAS MISSED DUR TO ACCIDE NT.

STRAINED HIS BACK PUSHING A WHEEL BARROW FULL OF ROCK DUST. DID NOT MISS ANY TIME UNTIL 8-29-94.

STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE. DID NOT MISS ANY TIME UNTIL 8-16-94. ORIGINAL INJURY 2-20-92.

STRAINED HIS BACK PULLING ON A RATCHET. COMPANY NOTIFIED OF ACCIDENT ON 6-10-94.

CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE CUT INTO PAIN CASE WHICH IGNITED CONTENTS OF CAVE. REPORTING DUE TO MSHA INTERPRETATION THAT PAINT CAN CONTENTS IS A GAS. DO NOT AGREE THAT THIS MEET REQUIREMENTS OF PART 50 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR GAS OR DUST.

MINER WAS SPLICING A PUMP CABLE WHILE CUTTING OFF OUTER JACKET HIS KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS THUMB

FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN PUSH TUBE & DA RAM ONLONGWALL FALL. PUSHING PANLINE FORWARD.

PULLING APART AN EMULSION HOSE WHILE KNEELING DOWN. HOSE CAME APART & EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FINGER STRUCK AN OBJECT CAUSING SMALL FRACTURE OF INDEX FINGER.

A PILLAR HAD AN OUTBURST OF COAL DUE TO PRESSUREFROM ABOVE MINING ACTIVITIES. NO BOLTS FAIL OR TOP WAS DAMAGED IN OUTBURST AREA. AREA BEING DISTRESSED AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE.

SECTION FOREMAN FOUND CAVE IN THE MAIN RETURN OFF THE SECTION SET UP SECTION ROOF HAD CAVED ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE 3 ONE IN THE AREA

STEPPED OFF END OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND TWISTED ANKLE FOOT WAS X RAYED ON 3-7-94 AT WHICH TIME A FRACTURE WAS DIANOSSED. EE CONTINUED TO WORK.

STEPPED OFF FEEDER BREAKER AND STRAINED KNEE. WORKED UNTIL 1-16-95 AT WHICH TIME HE HAD KNEE OPERATED ON. BECAME REPORTABLE 1-16-95.

OPERATING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE THE ROOF BOLT HE PUT IN CHUCK SLIPPED AND PINCHED THE END OF HIS FINGER BETWEEN BOLT HEAD AND CHUCK.

DROPPED A BELT ROLLER ON HIS FOOT CAUSING A SMALL FRACTURE OF THE MIDDLE TOE.

ROOF FALL MEASURING 15' LONG, 20' WIDE BY 5-6' HIGH OCCURRED IN THE TRAIL MOUNTAIN ACROSS INTAKE ENTRY AT 20 CROSSCUT DUE TO WEAK ZONE IN THE AREA. THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED INITIALLY THEN REBO LTED AND CRIBS HAND BEEN INSTALLED ON BOTH SIDES ON INTERSECTION.

OPERATING LONGWALL SHIELD. THE SHIELD GOT WEDGED ON TOP AND THE FOOT WAS RAISED THEN THE SHIELD COME LOOSE. THE SHIELD FELL ON THE EE S FEET.

PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO SECTIONS OF DRILL STEEL WHILE DRILLING A HOLE IN THE MAIN ROOF.

AS THE MINING CREW IN THE TMA SECTION STARTED TO CLEAN GOB OUT OF THE $1 FACE THE BITS OF THE MINER PUNCTURED A CAN OF PAINT WHICH FLAMED THE CONTENTS OF CAN. DO NOT AGREE THAT THIS INCIDENT W AS IGNITION OF A GAS. REPORTING FOLLOWING MSHA INTERPRETATION.

OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE SEAT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING A STRAIN.

A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE RETURN ENTRY (#20 4-CUT)OF THE TRAIL MOUNTAIN ACCESS SECTION. THE FALL WAS UNWITNESSED. FOUND BY SECTION FOREMAN. CAVED AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE OF ROOF BOLTS.

FALL OF ROCK TOP IN RETURN ENTRY IMPEDING PASSAGE OF WEEKLY EXAMINERS- NOT AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE- ONLY ABOUT 3'-4' OF ROCK. AREA ONLY REQUIRED TO BE TRAVELED ON WEEKLY EXAMINATION.

STRAINED HIS BACK PULLING ON A WATER WASH DOWN HOSE THE BATHHOUSE BECAME REPORTABLE 11-20-93.

SLIPPED WHILE HANGING VENT TUBE. DISLOCATED THUMB AND CHIPPED A PIECE OF BONEON THUMB.

AT ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN CROSSCUT #6 OF THE 6TH RIGHT LONGWALL SECTION. AREA HAD ROOF OF MUD STONE AND SHELL WITH SOME PRESSURE FROM PREVIOUS MINING IN SEAM ABOVE.

ROCK FELL ON FINGER CUASING CUT TO NAIL BED OF FINGER. FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN ROCK & LONGWALL SHIELD.

ROOF FALL AT CROSSCUT 28 OF 4# RIGHT CONTINUOUS MINER SECTION. AREA HAD BEEN ROOF BOLTED. CAVE WAS AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK PULLING ON A WATER PUMP THAT WAS STUCK IN MUD.

ROOF ABOVE STAGE LOADER BROKE ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE AND SAT DOWN ON THE STAGE LOADER. AREA WAS ONEDGE OF OLD RIVER CHANNEL.

CLIMBING ON A LADDER. THE LADDER SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING THE REMOVAL OF A TOP BELT ROLLER. THE ROLLER WAS DROPPED ON HIS FOOT. CORNER OF BELT ROLLER FRAME WENT THROUGH METATARSAL PORTION OF BOOT.

A BARRIER PILLAR WAS DIRECTLY OVER THE EFFECTED AREA CAUSING THE TOP TO YIELD THE TOP IN THIS AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6 FT RESIN BOLT 7 FT POINT ANKER RESIN BOLTS AND MESH TOP ROCK BROKE AWAY FROM SANDSTONE AND PULLED MATTS AND MESH DOWN ONTOP OF STOGE LOADER ABOUT 5X45X15 THE TOP CAME DOWN SLOW AND EASY.

TURNED ON A WASH DOWN HOSE PRESSURE CAUSED ARM TO BE PUSHED BACK. EMPLOYEES ELBOW STRUCK A METAL I-BEAM.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CABLE AND LOOKING UP AT ROOF, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON UPPER LIP CAUSING SMALL LACERATION TO UPPER LIP.

WALKING ALONG A METAL RAIL THAT HAD OIL ON IT. FELL OFF RAIL & INJURED LEG & BACK.

MOVING AN OBJECT ONTO SCOOP. JAMMED HIS NECK & HEAD AGAINST ROOF.

LIFTING PUDDLE SUCKER OUT OF DOORWAY AT BELT STOVAGE AND STRAINED GROIN CAUSING A HERNIA.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL IN A WATER HOLE, TWISTED ANKLE.

MINER WAS HELPING MOVE POWER, HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING ACABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY AND A RIB BOUNCED STRIKING WORKER ON THE SHOUDLER AND FACE.

STOOD ON CAP PIECES AND SLIPPED OFF INJURING BACK. *NOTE: BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN LIABILITY FOR CLAIM WAS ACCEPTED BY INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE CARRIER.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOASDING BELT STRUCTURE ON TRAILER FELT PAIN IN BACK

SLIDING A SHEET OF 1/2" X4' X8' METAL PLATE.PLATE WAS DROPPED SMASHING LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

SLIPPED, FALLING INTO HANDRAIL, STRIKING RIGHT RIB.

LIFTING & THROWING BIG CHUNK OF ICE ONTO BELT. IT BROKE, EMPL CAUGHT IT AND FINISHED THROWING IT ON BELT.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON A SECTION OF WOOD RAMPING AND LANDED ON HER ELBOW-THIS EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND TRIPPED ON A WOODEN INCLINE RAMP. RESULTING IN THIS INJURY.

EMPLOYEE STRUCK HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP.

EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM LONGWALL FACE PAN AND SLIPPED OFF OF SHIELD TOE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

ATTEMPTING WITH TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES TO PUT STEEL GUIDE FOR BOLTER IN PLACE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EE WAS REMOVING A ROCK OUT OF A FEEDER WHEN IT FELL PINCHING HIS FINGER AGAINST A SHUTTLE CAR.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO BEND ROOF BOLT TO PUT IN DRILL HOLE HIS LEFT ANKLE SLIPPED AND TURNED UNDER CAUSING A FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL DUST HOSE AT #2 BELT HEAD ROLLER TO BULK DUSTER HE WAS WALKING BACKWARES WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER TURN BUCKLE HOLDING HEAD FRAME FELL ON LEG OF HEAD FRAME

4 TO 5 HIGH AREA OF LAMINATED SLATE AND SHALE TOP FELL IN ALONG THE 9 TH LEFT LONGWALL FACE TOP FELT AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE IN ACTIVE WORKS.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADVANCE LINE CURTAIN IN WHEN THE RIB SLOUGHED BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND CAUSING A CHUNK OF COAL TO HIT TOP AND SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS CHANGING BITS ON A MAGNETIC DRILL USING A CHUCK ANOTHER EE CHANGED POWER CARDS AND ENERGIZED CAUSING DRILL TO COME ON THE KEY CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND GLOVE FORCING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN UPRI GHT BAR AND CHUCK CAUSING A LACERATION TO RIGHTRING FINGER.

55061S DRILLING WITH A HYD DRILL DRILL STEEL CAUGHT WHICH CAUSED THE DRILL TO SPIN AROUND THE DRILL STRUCK EE S ARM.

85013TEMPTED TO PICK UP A WATER SOAKED CRIB BLOCK AND TWISTED LOWER BACK.

81402EEN WELDING & TURNED TO CLIMB DOWN FELL TWISTING KNEE

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 2ND NORTH WEST SIDE RETURN. THE FALL MEASURED 10'WIDE X 16'WIDE X 2'HIGH. FALL WAS FOUND BY WEEKLY EXAMINER ON THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT ON 7-23.FALL LOCATED AT X-CUT 80.

EMPL POUNDING ON A METAL WHEEL WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF STRIKING EMPL RIGHT LEG.THE METAL CAUSED CUT 1/2" LONG.

TRAMMING JAY SHUTTLE CAR TOWARD FEDER. SHUTTLE CAR TIRE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY. CAUSING INJURED TO HIT HEAD ON CAB. CAUSING INJURY TO HIS NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

INJURED WAS WELDING ON SHIELDS FOR ABOPUT TWO HOURS IN A KNEELING POSITION AND LATER IN THE SHIFT HE NOTICED PAIN AND SWELLING IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.THE CONDITION LATER REQUIRED SURGERY.

AT 8:35 PM 18 JUNE 1992 AT THE TAILGATE ENTRY OF THE 4TH WEST LONGWALL PANEL WE EXPEREINCED A BUMP OR CAVE WHICH CLOSED THE TAILGATE FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES AND ALSO DAMAGED 7 LONGWALL SHIELD S.

MINER WAS STARTING TO BOLT AND HE SLIPPED OFF THE DECK AND CUT HIS FINGER.

MINER WAS BOLTING THE FACE HE WAS STRUCK BY COAL FROM FACE OR TOP WHICH KNOCKED HIM DOWN HE FELL AGAINST THE PAN HITTING HIS FACE

WORKMAN WAS HANGING BRATTICE ALONG SID EOF ROOF BOLTER. RIB BOUNCED OUT, PINNED EMPLOYEE AGAINST ROOF BOLTER.

ROOF BOLTING TRIED TO PULL METAL BAND FROM ROOF BOLT BUNDLE AND CUT HIS HAND.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CALL SHEARER OPERATORS TO STOP THEM FROM CUTTING DUE TO A PLUG IN THE FACE CONVAYOR TOO MUCH COAL EE KNELT DOWN TO TALK ON FACE PHONE DUE TO LOW COAL WHEN A CHUNK OF COAL FELL OFF CONVEYOR STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT ANKLECAUSING A FRACTURE.

54736YEE WAS WALKING INTO SECTION STEPPED INTO A WATER HOLE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WHEN RACH SLIPPED FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN RATCH AND EQUIPMENT.

PULLING IN FACE SHIELD IT BLEW OUT COAL, ROCK HIT ONBUTTOCKS THIGH AND KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING IN LONGWALL FACE SHIELDS WHEN FACE BLEW OUT AND COAL FROM FACE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HELMET HE WAS WEARING WHICH STRUCK AND CUT HIS FACE.

INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN THE ENTRY-STEPPED ON A CHUNK COAL CAUSING RIGHT LEG TO HAVE PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CO-WORKER HAD MEASURED AND WERE PREPARING TO MOVE THE 3" ANGLE IRON WHEN IT FELL FROM THE WORK BENCH AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

LONGWALL FACE WAS BEING MINED, THE FACE EXPERIENCED A BOUNCE WHICH BLEW COAL FROM THE FACE AND STRUCK A LONGWALL PROPMAN.

EMPL HANGING MESSENGER CABLE.TURNED UPPER BODY AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

RF FALL IN 8 RETURN ENTRY INTERSECTION 20'X 20'X 4' FT THICK

EE STEPPED OUT OF CAB OF TRUCK ONTO A PIECE OF COAL TWISTING KNEE.

5 PERSONS LIFTING 6" I-BEAM FROM MINE FLOOR AND ONTO TRAILER.I.NAME FOOT CAUGHT IN THE MUD CAUSING SLIP AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT UNDER I-BEAM AND ANOTHER BEAM.

LIFTING MINER COVER OVER CONVEYOR GEAR REDUCER TO ALIGN ANCHOR BOLTS,FELT A KIND OF BURNING BY THE NAVEL.(ONLY LASTED A FEW MINUTES.)

PULLING ON A COME A LONG HANDLE TO TIGHTEN CONVEYON CHAIN AND STRAINE LOWER BACK.

LIFTING ROLLJ OF CABLE STRAIN TO LOWER BACK

EMPL STEPPED OUT OF BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK & WALKED INTO PIECE OF METAL STICKING OUT OF TRUCK.

HE WAS BENDING A SPRAY DOWN THAT WAS MOUNTED ON A SHEARER CRUSHER, WITH A SCREWDRIVER HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF HIS FINGER GOT BETWEEN HIS SELF RESCURER AND 134 SHIELD TOE.

INSERTED WIRE THROUGH EMULSION WRENCH SCOCKET OF SHAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAPE WIRE IN PLACE, WHEN WRENCH CAME ON.

WAS WATCHING BOLTERS ROLL UP CABLE ON BOLTER, HE STEPPED IN LOOP IN CABLE ON FLOOR, FLIPPED HIM ON HIS BACK, CAUSING HIS RIBS TO HURT.

HAULING SLURRY BACK OF TRUCK PLUGGED UP TRYING TO UNPLUG TAILGATE SLURRY SPLASHED FROM HITTING GROUND & SPLASHED IN LEFT EYE.

CRANKING WATER PUMP CRANK CAME LOOSE & HIT EMPL CUTTING THROUGH LIP & BREAKING OFF THREE TEETH.

CONTINUOUS MINER WAS CLEANING UP PUSH COAL ON MINE FLOOR WHEN STARTING A TURN TO THE RIGHT.A PAINT CAN WAS PUNCTURED BY A HOT BIT WHICH CAUSED THE PAINT TO BURN CAUSING AN IGNITION ABOUT 1" HI GH LASTING ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS.

SAND BLASTING & WALNUT SHELL GOT IN LEFT EYE.

CONTINUOUS MINER WAS CLEANING UP PUSH COAL ON THE L SIDE PRIOR TO CUHING THE FACE WHEN A SMALL IGNITION OF STARTING FLUID IN AN ARESOL CAN OCCURRED. THE MINER WAS GRADING IN ON SOLID SANDSTONE FLOOR WHICH PROIVDED THE IGNITION SOURCE. THE FLAME WAS 10" WIDE BY ABOUT 6" HIGH AND LASTED A FEW SECOND.

EMPL WAS WORKING HE TURNED & BUMPED ELBOW INTO PIECE OF METAL.

THE BOLTER HAD JUST BEEN MOVED UP FOR ANOTHER ROW OF BOLTS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING AWAY A 5' STEEL WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SET THE STAB JACK DOWN ON TOP OF HIS FOOT. THE OPERATOR OF THE JACKS WAS IN THE BOLTER WALKWAY OPERATING THE FUNCTIONS AND THE INJURED WAS STANDING ON THE FLOOR BETWEEN BOOMS.

WAS REMOVING CAP OF RIB RAM ON A PETITTO MULE, USING A 3/8 SUPER SOCKET IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS HAND TO COME IN CONTACT WITH A METAL BURR ON SIDE OF CAP, CAUSING LACERATION ON RT HAND BETWEEN M IDDLE FINGER AND INDEX FINGER 10 STITCHES.

WAS CHANGING HOSE ON A 975 EIMCO TRUCK OVER GREASE PIT WAS STANDING ON A METAL STOOL, OVER EXSTENDED SLIPPED OFF STOOL CAUSING TO HANG BY ONE ARM.

INSTALLING A PICE OF IRON AND THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND FELL ON FOOT FRACTURING THE RIGHT FOOT.

INSTALLING A PIECE OF IRON AND THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND THE IRON FELL CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST HIS BACK AND BREAK A FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN LONGWALL FACE ON SHIELD TOES, SLIPPED AND FELL STRICKING KNEE ON SHIELD TOE.

WAS TRYING TO GET BOTTOM ROLLER LOOSE ON TRAILER TAHT HAD GOTTEN JAMED WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION TO LEFT RING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER BELT LINE XUNDER IT WAS WET & SLIPPED & TWISTED LEFT KNEE

SMALL DUST IGNITION OCCURED IN MAIN WEST MINE SECTION D UST WAS IGNITED AT LEFT SIDE OF HEAD & SEIP EXTRAGAISTED AFTER ABOUT 2-3 SECOND

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING HOSE. WHEN REMOVING COVER IT CAUGHT THE FRAME CAUSING THE HAND TO JAM INTO THE CORNER OF THE COVER CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND.

MINING CREW WAS CUTTING THE #4 CROSSCUT OUT BETWEEN THE #1 & #2 ENTRIES OF THE 7TH LEFT SECTION WHEN WE EXPERIENCED A LARGE BOUNCE WHICH BLEW OUT PART OF THE #4 PILLAR RIB BLEW OUT BLOCKING RO ADWAY FOR MINER & SHUTTLE CARS COAL BEHIND EQUIPWAS UP TO 42INCHES DEEP FROM THE RIB OUTBURST

EE DRILLED FOR 4 FT ROOF BOLT PUT 4 FT BOLT ON WRENCH PUSHED IT UP USING BOLTER AND MISSED HOLE THE BOLT BENT SMASHING FINGER AGAINST STEEL GUIDE PINCHING OFF LEFT RING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON METAL GRINDING DISC JAMMED IN A CRACK HANDLE SPUN AROUND STRIKING EMPLLOYEE IN THE SIDE OF FACE CUTTING CHEEK & BROKE ONE TOOTH

HANGING BRATTICE CURTAIN ACROSS INTAKE ENTRY TOP COAL FELL STRICKING WRIST

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT IN TOP PLACED HIS HAND AROUND ROOF BOLT AS HE WAS INSTALLING BOLT IT CAUGHT & BENT PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN BOLT & BOLTER STEEL GUIDE LACERATED FINGER FX FINGE R

PULLING BRATTICE FROM MUD AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

PICKING UP 12 INCH PIPE FELT PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN.

LIFTING CRIB BLOCK FROM PALLET STRAINED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TRASH FROM BOOM OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN OPERATER RUN CONVEYOR CATCHING EMPLOYEE BY THE THUMB UNDER CONVEYOR FLYGHT.

EMPL REMOVING SCRAPER BAR FROM HEAD ROLLER WHEN THE OTHER END WAS DROPPED CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND FRAME.

WHILE REMOVING BEARING FROM HEAD SHAFT OF FEEDER A CHISEL THAT WAS USED TO WEDGE THE BEARING SPRUNG FREE AND STRUCK EE IN THE LOWER LIP AND CHIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A 4FT DAMWALL WHEN THEY POURED THE CEMENT IT PUSHED WALL OVER ON HIS LEFT ANKLE CAUSING A BRUISE TO ANKLE

WAS LIFTING HEAVY ICY CRIB BLOCK NEAR TOP ON CRIB & INJURED LEFT SHOULDER.

PULLING ON A COME-ALONG HANDLE TO TIGHTEN CONVEYOR CHAIN AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

WHEN HANGING BOLTER CABLE I.NAME SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO HIS KNEES WHICH CAUSED AN UNDISPLACED FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT KNEE CAP.

CEMENT AREA BETWEEN SURFACE SHOPS HAD AN ICE BUILD UP WHICH EMPLOYEE STEP ON AND SLIP AND FELL TOP GROUND.

BETWEEN #41 & #42 XCUT IN #6 ENTRY OF 3RD SOUTH (RETURN)- 80' INBY #41 EXTENDING 20' TO PILLAR LINE OF #42. FALLEN AREA CONSISTS OF 4' HIGH X 20' LONG X 16' WIDE. THE AREA HAS BEEN DANGERED OF F 100' OUTBY #41 AND 100' INBY #42. A WALKWAY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AROUND FALLEN AREA AND MARKED.

INSTALLING SHIELDS ON NEW LONGWALL WHILE SETTING SHIELD IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH RING LIME SHUT OFF VALVE TURNING IT ON THE HOSE WHIPPED AND HIT EE IN RT LOWER LEG CAUSING A FRACTURE.

CUTTING METAL WITH TORCH WHEN A PIECE OF MOLTEN SLAG WENT INTO BOOT CAUSING A SMALL BURN ON L FOOT WHICH LATER CONTRACTED INFECTION.

I.NAME WAS REMOVING OLD HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE FROM THE MINE AND GOT HIS WRIST CAUGHT ON AN INSULATED HOOK THAT WAS HOLDING THE CABLE UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 5 GAL CANS IN TO BACK OF PARTS RUNNERS TRUCK

INJURED WAS REMOVING BELT HARDWARE.A TOP ROLLER WAS STUCK.HE PULLED HARDER AND TOP ROLLER STRUCK HIS LITTLE FINGER AGAINST TOP RAIL OF HARD WARE.SMASHING HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

HH WAS RIDING TO THE SURFACE IN THE BACK OF ISUZU PICK-UP-WHEN THE ISUZU STRUCK A BUMP OR A CHUNK IN THE ROADWAY HIS BACK WAS INJURED.

INJURED WAS HELPING LOAD POINT ANCHOR ROOF BOLTS FROM MATERIAL SCOOP TO BE PLACED ON ROOF BOLTER.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED UPON A LONGWALL TAILPIECE TO CLEAN VENT TUBE FOR SCRUBBER AND FELT A PAIN/HE ALSO NOTICED A LUMP AFTERWARDS.

EE WAS TAKING AN ELECTRICAL PLUG OUT OF THE RECEPTICAL WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND FELL TO THRU MINE FLOOR SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PLUG AND A PIECE OF COAL.

UNPLANNED ROOF FALL AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE OCCURRED IN 24 X-CUT & #3 ENTRY OF 3RD SOUTH.FALL WAS IN AREA INITIALLT SHUT DOWN FOR BELT TRANSFER AND REBOLTED WITH 4' CONV.BOLTS.FALL WAS 15'W IDE X 40-50'LONG X 4'HIGH AT CROWN.FALL IS NOW SUPPORTED IN BELT ENTRY AND DANGERED OFF IN X-CUT

I.NAME FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE WHEN STANDING WITH FOOT ON BRETBY CHANNEL TO REACH FOR SHIELD CONTROLS.MOVING BRETBY CAUGHT RUBBER & STEEL TOE ON BOOT ,PULLING FOOT INTO & THEN BETWEEN BRETBY AND BRETBY CHANNEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING MATERIAL ON ROOF BOLTER HE PICKED UP SOME ROOF PLATES & TWISTED HIS UPPER BODY TO PUT ON BOLTER HE THEN FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

WORKING ON BELT MOVE STEPPED ON PIECE OF COAL,TWISTED BOTH ANKLES.FELL AS RESULT OF 1ST ANKLE TWIST,2ND ANKLE WAS ALSO TWISTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF MANTRIP AT END OF SHIFT ON SURFACE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE SIDE OF THE SECTION WELDER.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE 5' LONG PIECE OF 4" TUBING FROM UNDER GOOSENECK OF 5TH WHEEL TRAILER TUBING TIPPED OUT & CAUGHT EMPLS THUMB BETWEEN TUBE & BUCKET EDGE OF WAGNER SCOOP.

EMPL WAS THROWING PARTIALLY CUT UP ROOF MAT OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR. END OF MAT STRUCK HIM ON BACK OF HAND WHEN HE THREW IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING TAILPIECE WHEN IT SLID OVER CATCHING HIS ARM BETWEEN TAILPIECE AND TIMBER THAT WAS SET ALONG SIDE OF TAILPIECE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING. HE PUT A RESIN BOLT IN THE HOLE AND PUT A WRENCH ON IT AND STARTED TO SPIN THE BOLT WHEN THE WRENCH BROKE HITTING HIM IN THE CHEST.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE LIFTED A ROOF MAT OVER THE END OF THE BOOM AND IT SLID DOWN HITTING I.NAME IN THE CHIN.

I.NAME WAS HELPING MECHANIC REPAIR FEED CHAIN ON FLETCHER TWIN ROOF BOLTER. STABILIZING CHAIN WITH BAR AND CHISEL POPPED OUT STRIKING HIM IN LIP.

HE WAS LIFTING THE TONGUE OF A PORTABLE COMPRESSOR WITH A STEP JACK. THE COMPRESSOR ROLLED CAUSING THE JACK TO SLIP AND STRIKE THE MAN'S FOOT.

EMPL WAS STANDING ALONGSIDE CONVEYOR PIECE OF COAL FROM CONVEYOR FLIPPED & STRUCK HIM IN FOREHEAD.

EMPL WAS LIFTING TIMBER & FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.

HE WAS OPERATING LONG WALL FACE SHEAR. THE FACE BLEW OUT AT #30 PROP. A CHUNK OF COAL APPROX. 9"X4"X5" HIT HIS FACE SHIELD, KNOCKING SHIELD INTO RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING CENTER SECTION ON SCOOP HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START ADJUSTING COLLAR ON CENTER SECTION WHEN IT CAME OFF THE THREAD IT DROPPED ABOUT 11/2IN ONTO HIS FINGER

INTERSECTION IN #2 ENTRY #4 X-CUT 8TH EAST FELL IN.AREA WAS 25-30'W X 20'L X 6'HIGH.AREA BOLTED WITH 6'RESIN BOLTS ON 5'CENTERS AND HAD A ROW OF TIMBERS ON BOTH SIDES OF ENTRY.AREA HAD WATER D RIPPING FROM ROOF THROUGHOUT INTERSECTION..

EMPLOYEE WAS STOCKING ROOF BOLTER, LOADING MATS. HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE CORNER OF A STEEL MAT WHILE TURNING TO GET ANOTHER ONE.

REACHED DOWN AND ATTEMPTED A METAL FRRAME OF A REGULATOR PAIN AND BURNING IN GROIN AREA.

EMPL WAS GETTING INTO ELECTRIC POWERED SCOOP. SCOOP WAS PARKED ON INCLINE. DOOR SHOT ON HAND.

POSSIBLE FAILURE ON REGIN ROOF BOLTS AT OR NEAR ANCHOR PAINT THE ROOF FALL OCCURER BETWEEN 26 AND 27 X CUTS IN THE 3 RD SOUTH WEST INTAKE. THE ROOF BOLTS WERE IN STALLED IN AUG 1988.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF SCAFFOLDING ONTO A PIECE OF COAL AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS KNEE WAS SPRAINED.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING LIGHTS ON THE 9TH EAST LONGWALL FACE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A SLICK OIL COVERED TOE OF A SHIELD FALLING TO THE GROUND BUMPING HIS RIGHT ELBOE. ON SEPT. 12 THE ELBOE HAD INF EFCTION CAUSING HIM TO RECIEVE MEDICAL ATTENTION AND MISS DAYS.

EMPLOYEE CAME OUT OF THE SHOWER AND WHEN CROSSING THE FLOOR, ANKLE TURNED UNDER CAUSING SPRAIN.

I NAME STEPPED FROM THE CENTER WALKWAY OF A FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER AND AS FOOT CONTACTED MINE FLOOR HIS ANKLE TURNED AND TWISTED CAUSING A SEVERE SPRAIN

I NAME WAS RIDING AS A PASSENGER IN AN EIMCO MANTRIP WHEN IT WENT OVER A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUMP ON THE SURFACE ROADWAY HER BACK WAS STRAINED AS A RESULT OF THE JAR

WHEN WALKING DOWN A RETURN ENTRY, HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A DUST LINE AND INJURED HIS NECK.

EMPL WALKING UP ENTRY AND STEPPED ON THE EDGE OF A CAP PIECE AND FELT POP IN HIP AREA

DIESEL SCOOP WITH BROKEN AXEL WAS BEING PULLED OUTSIDE WITH AN FIMED 915 SCOOP. THE CHAIN THAT TIED THE TWO MACHINES TOGETHER BROKE ALLOWING THE SCOOP THAT WAS ELEVATED ABOUT 6 INCHES TO DROP TO THE MINE FLOOR JARRING THE EMPLOYEE'S BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL DISCHARGE LINE OF A PORTABLE TRUCK PUMP FROM A WATER HOLE. WHEN HE JERKED ON THE DISCHARGE LINE HE FELT HIS BACK POP.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BIT BLOCK ON THE CONTIUOS MINER HE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLT ON THE BLOCK WITH A WRENCH AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND RIPPER CHAIN.

INSTALLING PUSH CYLINDER ON SCOOP BUCKEWT. WHEN LIFTING CYLINDER FELT POP IN BACK. EMPL CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 8/4/89 WHEN HIS FIRST SHIFT WAS MISSED AS RESULT OF INJURY.

WELDER HELPER HOLDING CHAIN HOIST (COME-A-LONG) INJURED WAS PULLING CHAIN FROM HOIST.HOIST SLIPPED FROM HELPERS HAND FELL ON INJURED HAND CAUSING 6 BONE FRACTURES.

EMPL CUT MOST OF SHIFT WITH ELECTRIC AIR ARC WHEN HE WOKE UP FOLLOWING DAY HE HAD ARC BURNES TO HIS EYES.

I.NAME MIXED BUCKET OF PYRO-CHEM SEALANT FOR USE ON SEAL.DROPPED BUCKET TO MINE FLOOR NEAR THE DEAL.SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCT SPLASHED UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE PULLED A PLUG OUT OF A SHIELD WITH EMULSION PRESSURE ON IT. THE EMULSION STREAM ENTERED THE BACK OF LEFT HAND AND CAME OUT END OF INDEX FINGER. MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR PREVENTION OF INF ECTION.

FALL TO LOWER LEVEL

POSSIBLE FAILURE ON RESIN ROOF BOLTS AT THE NEAR ANCHOR POINT. THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE X CUT THE 3 SOUTH BELT ENTRY. THE ROOF BOLTS WEREW INSTALLED .

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING STOPER OVER A PILE OF ROCK AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS KNOCKING OUT SOME BLOCKS IN A STOPPING TO PUT IN MANDOOR ONE OF THE UPPER BLOCKS STARTED TO FALL AND EE REACHED OVER TO CATCH IT AND HE PULLED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING PASSED THE SHEAR WHEN THE FACE FLEW OUT A PIECE OF COAL HIT HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SHIELD 80. A COAL OUTBURST OCCURRED AT THE FACE CAUSING HIS LEFT HAND TO BE STRUCK BY A CHUNK OF COAL.SIZE UNKNOWN CAUSING A BONE FRACTURE NOTE: FRACTURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED UNTIL JUNE 7,1989 FIRST DAY MISSED 06-07-89.

EMPL SETTING SQUARE SETS 12" X 12' X 8' POSTS WITH TWO OTHER EMPL.LIFTING SQUARE SETS,HE PULLED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON DA RAM AND HIS AIRSTREAM HELMET FELL OFF. HE CAUGT HIS HELMET AND THEN HE FELL DOWN HITTING HIS FOREHEAD ON THE HELMET.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING CONTROLLER COVER OFF A SCOOP. ALL THE BOLTS WERE OUT. THERE WAS 1 STUD ON THE TOP & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD PLIERS IN A BOLT HOLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE HOLDING THE COVER UP. WH EN I,NAME MOVED THE COVER IT SLIPPED OFF THE PLIERS & OFF THE STUD & CAUGHT HIS FINGE BETWEEN COVER & FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROLLERS ON MATERIAL TRAILER WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURTING. IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS THE SHIFT WENT ON.

POSSIBLE FAILURE ON RESIN ROOF BOLTS AT OR NEAR ANCHOR POINT. THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN 19# & 20# X CUTS IN THE BELT ENTRY OF 12TH WEST SECTION. THE ROOF BOLTS WERE IN STALLED IN AUGUST 1 988.