Crockett Coal

While installing a sweat on hub on the loadout belt conveyor drive, the hub stopped moving on the gearbox shaft 1/8" shy of its desired location. The victim was struck by a glancing blow of a 4 lb. hammer in the mouth. The hammer struck the hub before striking victim in mouth.

Employee was prying a form loose. A slate bar slipped and hit employee in the nose, requiring two (2) stitches.

Removing gear from gear box of 56DA Crusher, employee ask another employee to pick remaining gear up; as employee picked up remaining gear, it flipped out of his hand and gear struck EE's left hand while he was holding other gear, cutting fingers. An x-ray was taken; no stitches required; wound was cleaned and bandaged; no additional medical attention required.

Employee was beating a rock out of scalping screen using a sledge hammer. While hitting the rock, his right hand on the handle of the sledge came in contact with another rock. He did not seek medical attention until November 17th. He was told he had a fractured finger on the right hand following an x-ray. No other medical attention was advised. Employee did not miss any work.

Reason unknown trucker climbed upon floats for dredge after they were loaded on a flat bed trailer. He either slipped, tripped or stepped off the float and fell approx 8 1/2 ft to ground striking his head and face on the ground. He was bleeding from nose & mouth also unconscious for approx 3 minutes then confused for 20 minutes.

Miner had tightened bolts in scalping screen and was using welder to weld nuts to keep them from loosening up. Slag came off of nut and fell down shirt, landing in navel area of abdomen causing burn.

Miner was welding on back plate for skirtboard of Plant Feed Belt when he began to have a headache, face began to tingle and pulse rate increased due to fumes from several welders being blown around due to frequent changes in the direction of the wind.

Moving an oxygen cylinder out of a hoisting cage, the second cylinder fell striking the left little finger of the employee.

Employee was cleaning up debris on the bottom floor. A ceramic lined chute was being removed 3 floors above. A 1/2" X 4" X 6" pc of ceramic fell from the chute into the machinery well, bouncing from side to side. The employee app 30' away from the barricaded area was struck on the rt ring finger.

Employee was walking outside from loadout office slipped on gravel in parking lot. Employee drove himself to emergency room c pineville hospital.

EE WAS LIFTING AN IMPELLER WHILE DOING PLANT MAINTENANCE. AFTER LIFTING THE IMPELLER, HE FELT PAIN INHIS LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 3-11-02. HIS LAST DAY OF WORK WAS 3-8-0 2.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING END OF VIRBRATOR SCREEN WITH CHAIN HOIST. THE LUG THE HOIST WAS ATTACHED TO BROKE LOOSE AND FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD. 7 STITCHES WAS REQUIRED.

EE WAS REPAIRING CHUTE AT COAL HOPPERS. HE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH WHEN COAL DUST WAS SHOOK LOOSE AND IGNITED WHEN CONTACT WITH TORCH FLAME OCCURRED. HE RECEIVED FIRST DEGREE BURNS TO FACE ARE A.

EE & CO-WORKER WERE REMOVING SEAT FROM 410 BACK HOE & REPAIR TRANSMISSION. WHILE REMOVING SEAT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE INSTALLING A CLEAN UP PUMP ON THE FLOOR INJ EE PICKED UP A 90DEG ALL AND FLANGE AND TURNED TO HAND IT TO OTHER EE AND THIS RESULTED IN EE PULLING ON MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS HELPING BACK HOE OPERATOR MOVE SOME PARTSBEHIND WASHER WHEN THE BUCKET SWUNG AROUND AND HIT HIM IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WAS BRUISED ANDSORE. HE WILL RETURN TO WORK 12/18/97.

EE WAS GREASING A BEARING ON THE UNIT TRAIN BELT, WHEN HE RAISED UP, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF STEEL CAUSING A 1" TO 2" GASH TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. THIS RESULTED IN EE RECEIVING TWO METAL STAPLES TO CLOSE THE CUT.

INJURED HAD BEEN ASSISTING W/ THE INSTALLATION OF AN OVERHEAD PIPE LEADING TO A SLURRY SUMP. ASTHE PIPE WAS BEING POSITIONED INTO PLACE INJUREDSTEPPED AWAY FROM THE SUMP BY WALKING ON H-BEAM. INJURED THEN STEPPED OFF THE H-BEAM ONTO A WOODEN 2"X 6" BOARD(WAS LAYING ACROSS TWO H-BEAMS). WHEN EE STEPPED ON THE BOARD, IT BROKE AND EE FELL APPROX 14 FT & 8 IN DOWN TO THE GROUND LEVEL.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHEN HE WALKED TOWARDS HEAD TANK OVERFLOW VALVE TO ADJUST WATER HE FELL THROUGH GRADING INTO #2 CYCLONE SUMPWATER.

EMPLOYEE HAS AGREED TO A LUMP SUM SETTLEMENT ON HIS RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

EE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER WORKING FOR 2 1/4 HOURS IN THE WASH BOX MAKING REPAIRS. HE WAS BENDING & KNEELING IN VARIOUS POSITIONS.

HE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

EMP WAS LIFTING A CAN OF COAL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN THROUGH HIS LEFT ARM AND CHEST.

EMP WAS LIFTING THE COUNTER WEIGHT ON THE #2 REFUSE BELT. EMP HAD 3 TON HOIST ATTACHED TO A HOLEIN BEAM. THE HOLE IN BEAM BROKE OUT AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL ABOUT 4'. LATER IN THE SHIFT, HE STAR TED HAVING PAIN IN BACK AND RT HIP AND LEG.

THEY WERE REMOVING BEARING HOUSING FOR THE AUGER SHAFT BY HAND AND WHEN THE BEARING HOUSING CLEARED THE STUD BOLTS, IT DROPPED DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT RING ON A PIECE OF ANGLE WHICH WAS A PA RT OF THE SUPPORT FOR THE PLATFORM THEY WERE STANDING ON, RESULTING IN A CRUSHED FRACTURE AND PARTIAL AMPUTATION TO RIGHT RING FINGER DISTAL END AT FIRST KNUCKLE JOINT.

EE STATED THAT WHILE PUSHING COAL WITH DOZER, HE STEPPED UP ON STOCKPILE TO A HIGHER BENCH TO PUSH COAL. EE STATED WHEN HE BACKED UP HE BACKED UP TO FAR AND THE DOZER HIT ON THE LOWER BENCH CA USING PAIN IN LOWER RT BACK AREA.

PUSHING COAL UPWARDS WITH A BULLDOZER AND AS HE BACKED DOWN OFF THE COAL PILE HE STRUCK THE SOLID ROCK WALL OF THE COAL PIT. INJURED SAID WHEN HE HIT THE WALL IT CAUSED A WHIP LASH EFFECT AND HIS NECK POPPED AND HE HAD PAIN IN HIS NECK, SHOULDERS, ARMS AND DOWN HIS BACK. INJURED CONTINUED TO WORK THAT THIFT AND HIS NEXT TWO REGULARSHIFTS BEFORE MISSING WORK.

EMP STATES THAT WHILE SHOVELING COAL IN THE LOAD OUT TUNNEL HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A SPLICE ON A ROCK BELT, STANDING IN A BENT OVER POSITION AND HAD SEVERE PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE STATES THAT WHEN HE JUMPED DOWN INTO INTERNAL DRAIN DITCH APPROX. 42" DEEP HE FELT PAIN IN RT KNEE. INJURY RESULTED INS ORENESS AND EE SAW DR.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CARRYING A METAL DOOR APPX 50"X30" DOWN STEPS, THAT WOULD WEIGH IN HIS ESTIMATION 60 LBS. APPARENTLY THE DOOR GOT OFF BALANCE AND HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN T HE STEPS AND THE METAL DOOR CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY TO TIP OF LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

LIFTING KEROSENE HEATER GOT A CATCH IN L HIP

EE STATED HE WAS GETTING ON THE #2 VIBRATOR WHEN HE STEPPED ON A THREE INCH ANGLE IRON AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

WAS STEADYING PIECE OF 3/8" X 4' X 8' SHEET METAL DURING HOISTING. HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN METAL AND CROSS BRACE. REQUIRED SUTURES FOR CLOSING WOUND. NO BONE OR LIGAMENT DAMAGE.

WHILE DESCENDING HILL, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BEYOND SPEED DRIVERCOULD CONTROL. VEHICLE STRUCK BERM ADN FLIPPED OVER (TRUCK WAS LOADED) TRUCK HAS SEAT BELTS & THEY WERE NOT IN USE.

WAS DUMPING LOAD OF COAL AND WHEN BED ELEVATED THE HOIST PUSHED THROUGH THE BED OF TRUCK AND LOADED BED FELL BACK DOWN CAUSING A SEVERE BOUNCED AS BED STRUCK FRAME APPROX. 20 TONS WITH 4-5 FT DROP.

INJURED FOR UNKOWN REASON, PLACED HAND ON TROLLEY BEAM AND THE HOIST MOVED ALANG THE BEAM AND FRAME OF HOIST CUT HIS HAND.

THE ALLEGED ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE UNIT TRAIN LOADOUT ON THE CONTROL ROOM LEVEL STAIRS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THEY WERE MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL UP THE STEPS. THE DRUM WS BEING MOVED BY A HOIST AND CHOKER. THE CHOKER BROKE CAUSING THE DRUM TO SLIDE DOWN THE STEPS AND HE ATTEMPTED TO ELUDE THIS DRUM WHEN IT CAME TO REST ON HIS LEFT LEG.

CLEARING BRUSH 5ND TREES FRO ADVANCEMENT OF IMPOUNDMENT. WAS CUTTING TREE LIMBS WITH CHAIN SAW. TURNED TO CUT ANOTHER LIMB AND AS HE TURNED A SMALL LIMB WENT IN UNDER HIS GLASES AND SCRATCHED HIS EYE 3