Grove #1 Mine Coal

INJURED WAS TRAMMING MINER(REMOTE), TRIPPED ON MINER CABLE AND FELL ON RT ARM CAUSING SHOULDER TO BE SEPARATED. FIRST AID IN SECTION.

INJURED WAS LIFTING BLOCK ON RETURN WALL. AIR PULLED BLOCK OUT OF INJURED HANDS. BLOCK FELL, STRIKING INJURED LEFT FOOT.

INJURED STATED HE WAS OPERATING S CAR IN #2 ENTRY OF ORT. S CAR FELL INTO A WASH OUT STOPPING ABRUPTLY CAUSING INJURED TO STRIKE HEAD OFF CANOPY OF S CAR, JAMMING NECK AND BACK. INJURED FELL O UT OF CAR, CAR STAYED IN POSITION. EMT IN SECTION TREATED INJURED. ANOTHER EMT ARRIVED 15 MIN LATER TRANSPORTING INJURED TO SURFACE.

INTENSECTION AT 28 RM-RETURN SIDE-AREA OF MINE, WAS AN AIR COUSE VENTILATING INTO 31E. NO PRODUCING OF COAL IN THIS CEREA. HAD BEEN IDLE FOR APPROX. 1 YR.

INJURED STATED HE WAS TAKING AIR READING AND STEPPED ON NAIL.

INJURED STATED HE WAS MUDDING WALL AND CEMENT ENTERED HIS RT EYE.

MINER IN 3 1/2 LEFT CUT INTO A UNKNOWN BODY OF WATER.

MINER IN 3 1/2 LEFT CUT IN TO A UNKNOWN BODY OF WATER.

MINER IN 3 1/2 LEFT CUT INTO A UNKNOWN BODY FO WATER.

MINER IN 3 1/2 LEFT CUT INTO A UNKNOWN BODY OF WATER.

WORKER WAS USING CUTTING TORCH WHILE CUTTING RUSTY STEEL BOLTS WHILE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND DUE TO THE SMALL PIECES OF DEBRIS FROM CUTTING HE IMBEDDED A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL IN RIGHT EYE. DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT FIRST BUT LATER THAT DAY EYE BECAME IRRITATED. LATER WENT TO DR ON 5-6-97 WHERE THEY FOUEN AND REMOVED IT BY MEANS OF DEBRIDEMENT. NO LOST OR RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS LIFTING A COAL SAMPLE BAG & HE SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED HIM TO RECEIVE PINCHED NERVE & A LOWER LUMBAR STRAIN. EE CONT TO WORK & WENT TO DR ON 5/23/97 WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING THE ABOVE. EE DID NOT INCUR ANY LOST OR RES DUTY, BUT IS RECEIVING THERAPY TREATMENTS. NOTE: MINE CLOSED 5-27-97.

EE WAS LIFTING AND MOVING HEAVY PUMP PARTS TO CERTAIN PUMP AND HE SPRAINED LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT INCUR ANY LOST OF RES DUTY FROM THIS EVENT, BUT STARTED TO RECEIVE LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENTS FROM A CHIROPRACTOR ON 4/7/97. NOTE: WORKER WAS ON RESTRICTED DUTY FROM A PREVIOUS EVENT AT THE TIME.

EE WAS OPERATING RT SIDE BOOM OF ROOF BOLTER & WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRILL A BOLT HOLE HE QUICKLYREACHED FOR DRILL STEEL WITH RIGHT HAND TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY OF A SMALL PIECE OF FALLING ROC K AND HE JAMMED HIS RT THUMB AGAINST THE CHUCK INSERT. HE CONT TO WORK WITH IT UNTIL 4/7/97 & THEN X-RAYS DISCLOSED THAT IT WAS SPRAINED. HE WASINSTRUCTRED NOT TO WORK UNTIL FURTHER EVALUATION

WORKER WAS ENTERING MINE ON GOLF CART WHICH JUST HAD THE BRAKES ADJUSTED BY HIM AND THE REVERSE TRAM FAILED DUE TO A BAD FOOT SWITCH. WORKER FELT THE BRAKES WERE NOT SLOWING HIM DOWN FAST ENOU GH SO HE TURNED CART INTO UPPER RIB WHICH CAUSEDIT TO ROLL ON HIM. TRANSPORTED TO CU. MH WHERE X-RAYS SHOWED ONLY ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS. 1 LOST DAY INCCURRED.

EE WAS WATERING BATTERIES WHEN HE SCRAPPED HIS RIGHT WRIST ON ONE OF THE BATTERY LIDS WHICH BECAME INFECTED. EE WENT TO DR ON 3/21/97 WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR THE INFECTED WRIST. EE DID NOT INCUR AND LOST OR RES DUTY.

WORKER WAS HAND LOADING 5 GAL. OIL CANS ONTO HIS SCOOP BUCKET IN THE SURFACE SUPPLY YARD WHEN HE TWISTED LOWER BACK. HE THOUGHT CONDITION WOULD IMPROVE, BUT HAD TO GO TO OCC HEALTH ON 2-17-97 WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AND TOLD NOT TO WORK. SINCE THEN HE IS RECEIVING CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS. 1 ST DAY OFF WAS 2-18-97.

A SCOOP TRACTOR WAS LIFTING THE BACK END OF A GOLF CART UP SLIGHTLY TO REALIGN READ SPRING & TO INSERT A BOLT INTO SPRING FOR STRENGTH. WORKER LIFTER THE BACK OF THE CART SLIGHTLY TO ASSIST IN THIS REPAIR PROCEDURE & STRAINED LOWER BACK. WORKER DIDNOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 1/29/97, WHEN HE RECEIVED 1ST CHIRO. TREATMENT & THEN ONLY MISSED THAT DAY.

WORKER WAS LIFTING CONT. MINER CABLE TO THE ROOF TO TIE IT UP OUT OF THE WAY WHEN HE PINCHED A NERVE IN THE SIDE [R] OF HIS NECK & SHOULDER. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK OR INCURRED ANY RES. WORK DUTY, BUT STARTED TO RECEIVE CHIROPRACTIORTREATMENTS ON 1/24/97.

WORKER WAS COMING OUT OF MINE ON A GOLF CART WHEN IT QUIT TRAMMING FORWARD AND DRIFTED BACKWARDS ON A SIDE PITCHED AREA CAUSING IT TO ROLL OVER ON ITS SIDE WHICH BRUISED THE WORKERS LEFT THIGH T AND KNEE AREA. WORKERS 1ST DAY OF WAS 1-9-97.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN OUTBY AREA STARTING IN X-CUT & RUNNING PARTIALLY INTO THE INTERSECTION. FALL WAS APPROX 55'L, 18'W, 4' TO 4.5' ABOVE THE ROOF LINE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF POOR LAMINATION BETWEEN A MIXTURE OF LAYERED SANDSTONE & SLATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR IMPEDMENT OF VENTILATION.

WORKER WAS INSTALLING LEFT OUTSIDE BOLT HOLE FOR RESIN BOLT, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 18" LONG X 8" WIDE X 1" THICK FELL OUT WHILE HE WAS DRILLING OUTBY THE ATRS PAD. WORKER RAISED LE FT HAND TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND WAS STRUCK ON LEFT HAND. THE WORKER RECEIVED A BROKEN LEFT LITTLE FINGER AND MISSED ONE WORK DAY AND THEN WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY FOR 12-17-96.

WORKER WAS LIFTING RUB RAIL OFF OF SIDE OF A CONT. MINER TO REPAIR IT WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER BACK. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK YET NOR IS ON ANY RES. DUTY, BUT STARTED TO RECEIVE LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENTS FROM A CHIROPRACTOR ON 12-10-96.

WORKER JARRED LOWER BACK WHILE TRAMMING UNAHAULER ON SECTION ROADWAYS, WHILE HAULING COAL. THIS RESULTED IN A SPRAINED LOWER BACK. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK NOR IS ON ANY REST. DUTY, BUT STARTED TO RECEIVE LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENTS FROM ACHIROPRACTOR ON 12-10-96.

WORKER WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE TO GET IT OUT OF TH EWAY OF THE TRAVELWAY WHEN HE STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK YET OR HAS NOT BEEN PLACED ON RES. DUTY BUT STARTED TO R ECEIVE CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS FOR HIS SHOULDER ON 12-30-96.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN MAIN INTAKE TRAVELWAY BETWEEN 2 INTERSECTIONS WERE STUMPS WERE REDUCED IN CLAY VEIN AREA FOR ADDITIONAL TRACK ENTRIES YEARS AGO BY OTHER COMPANY. CRIBS AND ADDITIONAL RO OF SUPPORT HAD BEEN SSET IN THE AREA. SECTION OF THE H.V. CABLE WAS DAMAGED, BUT VENTILATION WAS OT IMPEDED AND TRAVELWAY WAS RE-ROUTED AROUND AREA. NO INJURIES.

EE WAS OPERATING LEFT SIDE BOOM OF ATRS TWIN BOON ROOFBOLTER. THE MACHINE HAD JST BEEN TRAMMED INTO A 201 UNSUPPORTED CUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING IT. THE MACHINE IHAD THE ATRS PROPERLY PRESSURIZED TO INSTALL THE 1ST ROW OF BOLTS AT CLOSER BOLT SPACING WHEN A SECTION OF UNSUPPORTEDROOF 20'L, 4'TO10'WX2"-12" THICK CAME DOWN STRIKING THE EE INTHE LEGS. RIGHT LEG BROKEN. 1ST DAY

EE STRAINED RIGHT HIP & LOWER BACK WHILE HELPINGTO LIFT A GOLF CART OUT OF A RUT IN WHICH IT WASSTUCK. EE CONT TO WORK UNTIL 11/18/96 WHICH WAS HIS 1ST DAYOFF. HE STARTED TO RECEIVE ADJUSTMENT S FRO CHIRPORACTOR ON 11/20/96 AND IS STILL OFF

WORKER WAS ENTERING MINE ON PRESHIFT EXAM OPERATING GOLF GART WHEN BATTERY TERMINAL BURNED OFF WHICH CAUSED CART TO LOSE DYNAMIC BREAKING ON GRADE. WORKER FELT MECHANICAL BRAKES WERE NOT SLOWI NG HIMDOWN FAST ENOUGHT, SO HE RIBBED CART WHICHCAUSE IT TO ROLL OVER BRUISING HIS RIGHT HIP AND STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK. WORKED DID NOT MISS WORK BUT WAS PLACED ON RES DUTY ON 10-28-96.

WORKER WAS LIFTING AN O BOTTLE ONTO THE FRONT OF A RAM CAR TO TRANSPORT IT AWAY FROM HIS WORK A REA WHEN HE STRAINED. LOWER BACK. WORKER WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 10-8-96 WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE HAS A SWOLLEN DISC. HE IS RECEIVING TREATMENTS. 1ST DAY OFF WORK WAS 10-8-96.

WORKER WAS LIFTING 5 GAL OIL CANS AND MOVING ASPEED REDUCER MOTOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT RING FINGER. HE LATER WENT TO THE DR ON 11-1-96 WHRE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS POSSIBLE TENDON DAMAGE A LONG WITH TENDONITITS. WORKE RHAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK OR ENCOUTNERED ANY RES. DUTY YET. THIS FROM IS BEIGN SUBMITTED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.

WORKER BRUISED HIS RIGHT KNEE UNDERGROUND ON 9-3-96 BUT CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 9-12-96 WHEN HE BADLY SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE COMING OUT OF THE SHOWER ON THE WET FLOOR IN THE SURFACE WAS H HOUSE. WORKER WENT TO DR THE FOLLOWING DAY ANDWAS REFERRED TO SPECIALIST WHO IS NOT SURE YET IF THERE IS LIGAMENTOR CHRTILIDGE DAMAGE. 1ST DAY OF WORK WAS 9-12-96.

WORKER WAS OPERATING A GOLF CAR ALONG AN INTAKE TRAVELWAY, SLOWLY LOOKIGN IN EACH X-CUT. FOR USABLE BELT STUCTURE WHERE THE HEIGHT VARIED FROM 40" TO 48" DUE TO UNEVEN ROOF AND BOTTOM CONDITI ONS AND HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HEAD ON ROOF WHICH STOVED HIS NECK AND BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR SEVERAL DAY, BUT WENT TO DR ON 8-15-96 WHERE HE WAS PLACED ON RESTICTION.

WORKER WAS INSSTALLING PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORTS WITH ATRS ROOF BOLTER AND WAS IN THE AREA OF THE LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS WITH THE ATRS BEAM PRESSURIZED. WORKER SCALED SOME LOOSE ROCK DOWN WITH A ROCK BAR IN THE PROPOSED DRILLING AND PART OF IT GLANCED OFF OF RIB AND STRUCK WORKER ON SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT. X-RAYS THE FOLLOWING DAY REVEALED NO BROKEN BONES. WORKER WAS PLACED OR RES. W

WORKER WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHICH WAS EQUIPPED WITH A CANOPY ABOVE HIS DRILLING CONTROLS. HE WAS OPERATING RIGHT SIDE BOOM AND THE STAB JACK WAS PRESSURIZED ON UNEVEN BOTTOM THE STAB JACK MOVED SLIGHTLY ON THE UNEVEN BOTTOM CAUSING THE CANOPY TO STIKE THE WORKER ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK AREA. NO WORK MISSED OR RES DUTY 7-2-96.

WORKER STRIANED LOWER BACK WHILE MOVING MINER CABLE WORKER WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 6-25-96 AND RECEIVED A LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT NO LOST OR RES. DAYS HAVE BEEN INCURRED.

WORKER HAD BEEN HAVING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK FROM THE WORK ENVIRONMENT, BUT ON 6-22-96 HE ENCOUNTERED MORE PAIN THAN USUAL FROM RIDING ON HIS GOLF CART IN THER MINE AND OUT. WORKER DID NOT MI SS ANY WORK DUE TO THIS INCIDENT BUT RECEIVED A LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM THE CHIROPRACTOR ON 6-27-96 AND WAS PLACED ON RES WORK DUTY THEN.

WORKER WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALLING 30" LONG 4" CRIB BLOC ON TOP OF BOOM SAFETY POST FOR EXTRA SUPPORT AGAINS THE ROOF WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF AND HIT HIS RI GHT LITTLE FINGER AGAINST FRAME OF MACHINE. THE WORKER HAD IT X RAYED AFTER HIS SHIFT WHERE IT WAS DISCOVED THAT THERRE WAS A SLIGHT FRACTURE IN IT. PLACED ON RES. DUTY 6-21-96.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN SLIPPERY PORTION OF HILL OR GRADE WHEN HE SLIPPED PULLING LEFT GROIN MUSCLE. THIS ALSO RESULTED IN THE WORKER GOING TO THE DR. THE NEXT DAY WITH SWOLLEN TESTICLES.

WORKER WAS INSTALLING SURVEY STATION SPADS IN ROOF AND HE DECIDED TO SCALE SMALL PIECE OF SHARP SANDSTONE DOWN WITH PICK HAMMER IN HIS LEFT HAND. WHILE DOING THIS HE RECEIVED A SMALL CUT TO LE FT THUMB WHICH REQUIRED A COUPLE OF STITCHES.

EE WAS TRYING TO BRING A GOLF CART OUT OF THE MINE THAT HAD SEVERAL SPRING PLYS BROKEN AND HE ENCOUNTERED LOSS OF TRACTION ON A STEEP PORTION OF A GRADE. HE LET THE CART DRIFT SLOWLY BACKWARDS A FEW FEET WHEN THE SPRING SHACKLE BROKE CAUSING THE CART TOE ROLL OVER ON HIM IN DEEP MUD. THE WORKER RECEIVED A CONCUSSION, TORN LIGAMENTS, AND SPRAINED MUSCLES.

WORKER WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM THE TOP OF A CONT MINER BY HAND WHEN A PORTION OF ROCK SLID OFF OFTHE MINER STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER LEFT LEG ANDANKLE. WORKED WITH IT ANOTHER DAY, BUT WAS EXPER IENCING TINGLING AND SWELLING SO HE WENT TO HOSPITAL WHERE NO BROKEN BONES WERE DISCOVERED, BUT POSSIBLE NERVE PROBLEMS. MISSED ONE WORK DAY DUETO THIS.

WORKER WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE WORKING SECTION WHEN HE STARTED EXPERIENCE SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN. HE SAID THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FROM RIDING A GOLF CART ON ROUGHT TERRAIN THE PREVIOUS DAY. HE CAME TO THE SURFACE AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS LOWER BACK STRAIN. THEY PLACED HIM ON RES. WORK DUTY, BUT NONE WAS AVAILABLE UNTIL HE WAS RELEASED.

WORKER WAS LOADING RESIN BOXES FROM A PALLET ONTO HIS SUPPLY SCOOP TO TAKE INTO THE MINE WHEN HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK AND COULD NOT STAND UP STRAIGHT. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DI AGNOSED AS A LOWER LUMBAR STRAIN.

WORKER WAS BACKING UP ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE SECTION FROM INSIDE THE BOLTER'S KITCHEN AND HE ACCIDENTALLY PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE CANOP Y LID AND CAUGHT IT BETWEEN THE CANOPY LID AND THE COAL RIB WHICH RESULTED IN SOME LACERATIONS TO THE HAND. STITCHES WERE ADMINISTERED.

FALL STARTED JUST OUT BY LAST INTERSECTION OF L2 ENTRY OF 1ST LEFT SECTION AND EXTENDED INTO LAST XCUT STARTED L2-L1 ENTRY. A PORTION OF THE XCCUT WAS UNSUPPORTED. FALL DIMENSIONS WERE APPROX. 70' LONGX18'-19' WIDE X 4'-5' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. THERE WAS A CLAY VEIN IN THE AREA. VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPEDED NOR WAS THERE ANY INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT LOSS OR DAMAGE.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED PRIMARILY IN LAST OPEN INTERSECTON OF R-1 ENTRY AND A SMALL PORTION WAS IN X-CUT R1-B OF THE 1ST LEFT SECTION. SOME OF THE ROOF WAS SUPPORTED AND SOME WAS UN-SUPPORTED. FA LL DIMENSIONS WEE APPROX 19'WX26'LX4 TO 5'H. A ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPEDED NOR WAS THERE ANY INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT DAMAMGE.

WORKER WAS ENTERING MINE ON GOLF CART WHEN HE LOST THE REVERSE TRAM DYNALE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE WORKER TRIED TO REPOSITION THE SELECTOR FOR 2 X CUTS WHILE RIDING HIS MECHANICAL BRAKE AND EVENTU ALLY DECIDED TO RIB THE CART WHICH RESULTED IN ALOWER BACK SPRAIN AND A POSSIBLE CRACKED RIGHT WRIST. DR ARE NOT SURE ABOUT WRIST. WORKER WAS PLACED ON RES WORK DUTY ON 5-20-96.

WORKER WAS PUSHING THE REAR OF A GOLF CART BY HAND ON A STEEP HIT AREA OF THE TRAVEL WAY TO ASSIST THE DRIVER OF THE GOLF CART WHO WAS TYING TO ASCEND THE HILL WHEN THE GOLF CHART SLID BACKWAR DS ON A SLIPPERY AREA OF THE TRAVELWAY AND PINCHED WORKERS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN BUMPER OF GOLF CART AND THE RIB NO BONES BROKE BUT INNCURRED 1 LOST DAY SWELLING.

WORKER WAS WALKING INBY ON BELT ENTRY AND WAS EXXAMINING BELT ROLLERS WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A CHANGE IN ROOF HEIGHT AT AN OVERCAST WHERE HE STRUCK HIS HEAD STOVING HIS NECK, SHOULDER, AND BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. BUT WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN AND HEAD ACHES. HE ELECTED TO GO TO CHIRO ON 8-14-96 TO RECEIVE ADUSTMENTS. NO LOST TIME OR REST. DUT WAS INCURRED.

WORKER WAS HANGING HEAVY, MUD COVERED CONT MINERCABLE TO THE MINE ROOF WITH OTHER WORKERS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. SEAM HEIGHT WAS APPROX 40"- 48" HIGH. WORKER WENT TO CUMH ON 4-21-96 AND WAS TOLD NOT TO WORK ON 4-22-96 AND LATER THAT DAY WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY, BUT NO LIGHT DUTY WAS AVAILABLE. WORKER RETURNED 4-25-96.

WORKER WAS EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT PAIN IN LEFTHAND WHILE PERFORMING MECHANICAL DUTIES AND WENTTO CUMH ON 4-16-96. WHERE HIS CONDITION WAS DIAGNOSED AS ULNAR NERVE STRAIN. THIS WILL BE NOTED AS AN OCC ILLNESS ON THIS FORM AND WORKER WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT BEFORE CONDITION IS CORRECTED. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTYWAS ENCOUNTERED YET.

WAS DESCENDING A GRADE UG ON A GOLF CART WHNE IT BURNED A BATTERY TERMINAL LEAD OFF CAUSING IT TO LOSE ITS BRAKING SYSTEM. EE APPLIED MANUAL BRAKES AND TURNED INTO THE COAL RIB, CAUSING THE CA RT TO OVERTURN ON HIM. EE WALKED TO NEAREST MINE PHONE & WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE SLIGHT RIB FRACTURE WAS DISCOVERED.

EE WAS USING A MECHANICAL COMEALONG TOOL TO INSTALL NEW MOTOR IN PUMP AND WHILE RELEASING THE TENSION ON THE COMEALONG, IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN IT AND THE PUMP FRAME CAUS ING A LARGE LACERATION TO HIS LEFT THUMB. EE WENT TO DR. AT END OF HIS SHIFT WHERE IT WAS EXAMINED AND HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

WORKER WAS WALKING IN 48" COAL HEIGHT IN AREA WITH A LOT OF HEAVY MUD ON THE MINE BOTTOM AND SPRAINED RIGHT KNEE. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY TIMEYET, BUT WENT TO DOCTOR ON 3-7-96 WHERE IT WAS D IAGNOSED AS A SPRAINED KNEE AND HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY.

WORKER WAS HELPING TO LIFT A HEAVY METAL GUARD UP INTO PLACE ON A NEW BELT DRIVE WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE WET MUDDY CONDITIONS AND LANDED SEVERELY ON HIS LEFT HIP, SHOULDER, AND LOWER BACK ONT T OP OF A STEEL PLATE THAT WAS LAYING ON THE MINE BOTTOM. HE HAS NOT LOST ANY WORK DAYS, BUT IN ATTENDING PHYSICAL THERPAY.

WORKER WAS HELPING MOVE CONT. MINER CABLE WHILE MOVING THE CONT. MINER IN LOW WET MUDDY CONDITIONS WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK. WORKER DID NOT MISS ANY WORKDAYS BUT RECEIVED 1 ST LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM CHIROPRACTOR ON 2-7-96.

WORKER WAS TRYING TO LIFT A 4'X8'X1/4" SHEET OF STEEL ONTO HIS SCOOP BUCKET TO TRANSPORT IT. WHILE DOING THIS HE STRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLES. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK OR BEEN PLACED ANY RESTRICTED DUTY BUT HE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 5-7-96 AND RECEIVED HIS FIRST LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM THE OCCURENCE.

WORKER WAS ENTERING A DOORWAY TO A BUILDING THAT ENCLOSES THE STACKER BELT TAIL AREA ON THE SURFACE FROM BRIGHT SUNLIGHT TO A DARKER AREA WITH HIS CAPLIGHT. AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF OF THE LEDGE OF THE DOORWAY ONTO THE SNOW COVERED AREA HE STSPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE. 1 ST DAY OFF WORK WAS 2-2-96.

WORKER WAS OPERATING PERSONEL CARRIER WHILE ENTERING THE MINE ON A PRE-SHIPT EXAM & AT THE TOP OF A STEEP GRADE HE APPRENTLY BUMPED THE REVERSE TRAM SELECTOR INTO NEUTRAL ACCIDENTALY. THIS CAU SED HIM TO LOSE REVERSE TRAM & HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE VEHICLE INTO THE RIB CAUSING IT TO ROLLON HIM. HE RECEIVED A BROKEN RIB, BRUSIED ANKLE,& BACK PAIN. 1ST DAY OFF WAS 1/5/96.

WORKER WAS OPERATING A CONT. MINER AND HAD JUST FINISHED THE ONE SIDE AND WAS BACKING THE MACHINE (REMOTE CONTROL), UP TO START THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CUT, WHEN A LAYER OF ROCK FROM THE ROOF, 1 "TO 2" THICK X 3' WIDE X 5' TO 6' LONG, FELL BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE BOLTED ROOF, STRIKING THE WORKER IN THE BACK AND THE RT FOOT ALONG WITH TWISTING RT FOOT. WORKER DISCOVERED NEXT DAY THAT

WORKER WAS REMOVING A LARGE PIECXE OF ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE CONT. MINER & WHILE HE WAS PUSHING THE ROCK HIS HAND SLIPPED & HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE ROCK & T HE MINE ROOF WHICH RESUTLED IN A CUT TO THIS FINGER REQUIRING 10 STITCHES. NO LOST OR RESTRICTEDDAYS WERE ENCOUNTERED.

WORKER WAS A PASSENGER IN A GOLF CART DRIVEN BY EE COMING OUT OF THE MINE WHEN THE CART HIT A BUMP IN THE UNEVEN MINE BOTTOM WHICH JARRED THE WORKERS LOWER BACK WORKER RECEIVED A LOWER BACK AD JUSTMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR ON 08-28-95 NO RESTRICTED OR LOST TIME WAS INCURRED BY WORKER YET

WORKER WAS ROOF BOLTING BEFORE SHIFT STARTED IN COAL SEAM HEIGHT OF 4' TO 4.5' WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE KNEELING AND TWISTING THE DR DIAGNOSED IT AS A POSSIBLE DEGENERATIVE MEDIAL M ENISCUS TEAR OF THE KNEE ON THE WORKERS FIRST VISIT TO DR ON 8-21-95. THE WORKER MISSED WORK ON 8-21-95 AND 8-28-95 SO FAR DUE TO MEDICAL EXAMNS.

BRAKES FAILED ON MANTRIP,GOLF CART. WORKER JUMPED OFF GULF CART, LANDING ON LEFT HAND TO BREAK FALL. WHEN HE LANDED ON LEFT HAND HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER. DIAGNOSIS SPRAIN LEFT SHOULDER. RELEASED FOR SELECTIVE DUTY ON 8-4-95. NO LOST DAYS WERE INCURRED.

WORKER WAS TRAMMING SUPPLY TRACTOR OUT OF MINE, BUCKET FIRST, WHILE HAULING OUT DISABLED PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND ALSO TOWING A SUPPLY TRAILER BEHIND THE SCOOP. THE WORKER ACCIDENTALLY RAN UP OV ER TOP A CRIB BLOCK THAT WAS LAYING ON THE TRAVELWAY WHICH JARRED HIS LOWER BACK, AGGRAVATING A PREVIOUSLY HERNIATED DISC IN HIS BACK. WORKER IS RECEIVING LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENTS FROM CHIROPRA

WORKER WAS USING A MAKE SHIFT TYPE PRY BAR (ROOF BOLT) TO HELP HOLD RUB RAIL IN PLACE ON A CONTIMINING MACHINE UNTIL IS COULD BE SECURED IN PLACE WORKERS HANDS SLIPPED DOWN THE ROOF BOLT RESUL TING IN WORKER STRIKING OR JAMING FINGER AGAINSTEDGE OF RUB RAIL XRAY NAGITIVE BRUISED & SWELLING OF FINGERNAIL RING FINGER LEFT HAND (SWELLING DRAINED) NO LOST TIME NO RESTRICTIONS

WORKER WAS USING A MAKE SHIFT TYPE HANDLE IN A COME-A-LONG.THE HANDLE WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH A HOLDING LOCK PIN TO SECURE THE HANDLE TO COME-A-LONG.WHILE RELEASING COME-A-LONG THE HANDLE SLIPP ED AND WORKER CAUGHT HAND IN FRAME OF COME-A-LONG.BROKEN RT THUMB AND 4 STITCHES PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY MISSED 1 DAY WORK.

WORKER WAS WALKING IN BELT ENTRY WHILE BELTING UP AND ACCIDENTLY WALKED INTO THE END OF A T-2 CHANNEL, WHICH WAS BENT DOWN SLIGHTLY DUE TO THE UNEVEN ROOF. THE ROOF HEIGHT IN THIS AREA WAS 46" TO 48". LOST WORK DAYS WER ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.

WORKER WAS SHOVELING BELT AND STRAINED LOWER BACK. HE RECEIVED FIRST LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM CHIROPRACTOR ON 6-15-95. NO LOST OR RESTRICTED WORK DAYS WERE INCURRED FROM THIS INJURY.

WORKER WAS LIFTING BAG OF LIME WHEN HE SPRAINED RIGHT ELBOW AND ARM. WORKER WENT TO HOSPITAL AND HAD IT EXAMINED WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS APRAINED PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY.

EE WAS LIFTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR OUT OF A GOLF CART WHILE BENDING OVER AND LIFTING. EE PULLED LOWER BACK.

WORKER HIT LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH HAMMER WHILE HANGING LINE CANVAS ON 6-9-95. IT LATER BECAME INFECTED ON 6-14-95 HE WENT TO CLINIC WHERE THEY GAVE HIM ANTI-BIOTICS FOR THE INFECTION. LATER ON 6-17-95 HE HAD TO GO TO EMERGENCY ROOM TO HAVE THE FINGER LANCED OPEN TO RELIEVE THE INFECTION. NO LOST DAYS WERE INCURRED FROM THE EVENTS.

WORKER WAS DRIVING HELPER PIN OUT OF CAT PAD ON CONT. MINER WITH PUNCH AND BALLPINE HAMMER WHEN THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE PUNCH AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT WIRST WHICH CAUSED A LUMP AFTER A DA Y. POSSIBLE ANEURYSM.

WORKER WAS LIFTING AND CARRYING BELT STRUCTURE IN 4 1/2' TO 5' COAL SEAM WHEN HE STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER ON 6-1-95. HE LATER ON 6-15-95 HAD TROUBLE RAISING HIS ARM AND DEVELOPED A LUMP ON HIS SHOULDER. HE WENT TO SEE DR. ON 6-19-95 AND HE DIAGNOSED IT AS TENDONITIS OF THE SHOULDER WHICH HE FELT WAS CAUSED BY LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE. NO DAYS LOST BUT PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY 6-19-95

WORKER WAS STRAPING PERSONAL ITEMS ON BACK OF GOLF CART USING A RUBBER TARP STRAP. WHILE PULLING ON THE STRAP THE HOLDER EYE LET ON THE GOLF CART BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE RUBBER TARP STRAP TO FLY BACK AND STRIKE THE WORKER ON THE MOUTH AND LIP RESULTING IN A BRUISED LIP.

THE ORIGINAL ACCIDENT DATE OF THIS SITUATION WAS 03-07-91 WHEN WORKER WAS A PASSENGER IN A GOLF CART GOING INTO THE MINE WHICH BROKE AN AXLE CAUSING IT TO LOSE BRAKES & REVERSE TEAM WORKER HAD TO JUMP FROM CART WHICH INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN HE STRUCK THE MINE BOTTOM HE ALSO AGRAVATED IT IN 05-95 WHEN HE FELL OFF OVERCAS T HE HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK YET BUT DOC DIAGNOSED IT AS TE

WORKER WAS BUILDING SOLID BLOCK BRATTICE WALL BYHIMSELF IN OLD BETL ENTRY WHEN HE STRAINED LOWERBACK. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK YET, BUT RECEIVED IST LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM A CHIROPRA CTOR ON 3/24/95.

VICTIM WAS UNLOADING ROOF BOLTS OFF SCOOP ONTO THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE HE APPARENTLY OVER STRECTH THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY ALONG WITH LIFTING. RESUTLIGN IN A HERNIA TO THE LEFT GROIN AREA. PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY 2-28-95.

A SLIP AND LOOSE PIECES OF ROCK WERE PRESENT INA CUT WHICH WAS BEING BOLTED THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR USED A ROCK BAR TO PULL DOWN AND SCALE THE LOSOE ROOF. HE SCALED ALLT HE LOSOE PIECES OF R OCK THAT HE COULD DETECT. BETWEEN EVALUATION AND INSTALLING A BOLT APIECE OF ROCK BECAME LOSOE FALLING OTU AND STRICKING VICTIM TO LEFT HAND NEEDING 8 STICHES.

WORKER WAS MOVING A FACE PUMP BACK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AT THE FACE OF #2 ENTRY IN A PANEL SECTION. WORKER DID NOT MISS ANY WORK, BUT HE LATER RECEIVED A LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR.

YWORKER WAS DRIVING A GOLF CAR OUT OF THE MINE, HE SAID THE FOWARD TRAM CUT OUT AND THE CART STARTED BACKWARDS, HE APPLIED THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES THE CAR APPEARED TO SLIDE ON THE ICE, HE TRIED TO PUT THE CART INTO THE RIB TO STOP IT, WHEN HE DID IT ROLLED OVER ON HIM.

THIS AREA IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MINE AND BEEN DEVELOPED YEARS AGO. THE AREA HAS A HISTORY OF ROOF FALLS IN INTERSECTIONS AND IS EXPERIENCING PRESSURE FROM ADJACENT PILLAR AREA. FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION OF #3 ENTRY AND ADJACENT TO X-CUT APPROX. 50' LONG X 20' WIDE X 8' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE.

WORKER WA SDRIVING A GOLF CAR UP A STEEP HILL WHEN HIS TRAM CUT OUT, HE TRIED HIS BRAKES BUT HEY WOULDN'T SLOW HIM DONW, HE STEERED THE CART AGAINST THE RIB TO STOP IT, HE THEN TRIED TO GO UP THE HILL AGAIN AND THE TRAM CUT OUT AGAIN,T HE CART STARTED DOWNT HE HILL BACKWARDS STRUCK THE RIB AND SPUN AROUND AND CONTINUED DOWN THE HILL FORWARDS, HE HIT HT ERIB ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE

WORKER ORIGINALLY TWISTED LOWER BACK ON 10-17-94 WHILE LIFTING OVERCAST PANELS AND THEN PULLED IT AGAIN ON 11-9-94 & 11-29-94 WHILE DOING WORK IN THE MINE. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AFTER THE LAST EVENT ON 11-29-94 AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A LOWER BACK STRAIN. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK SINCE 1ST EVENT, BUT WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY ON 11-29-94.

WORKER WAS HAULING CRIB BLOCKS INTO MINE ON SCOOP TRACTOR BATTERY END FIRST, AT 17 WALL THERE WERE STEEL BOOMS AND LEGS SET WITH WOODEN CRIBBING ON TOP, THE CLEARENCE IS LOWER THEN TRAVELING P RIOR TO POSSIBLY THE WORKER HAD THE BUCKET TOO HIGH AND CAUGHT ONE OF THE BEAMS KNOCKING CVRIB INTO KITCHEN OF SCOOP CAUSING CRUSHING INJURIES TO THE WORKER AS THE SCOOP KEPT MOVING BROKEN

WORKER WAS TRYING TO LIFT PORTION OF STEEL PLATE OUT OF OLD COAL FEEDER , WHILE REPAIRING IT AND HE PINCHED RT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN STEEL PLATE AND FRAME OF FEEDER. THIS RESULTED IN STITCHES BEING ADMINISTERED TO THE FINGER. NO LOST TIME DAYS WERE INCURRED BY WORKER.

INJURED HTE CONT. MINER OPERATOR WAS OEPRATING THE MINER AT THE FACE AND HAD ABOUT 1.5" TO 90 YET TO THE LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PORTION OF THE UNBOLTED ROOF CAME DOWN BACK INTO THE 2ND ROW OF ROOF BOLTS. AS A RESULT A PORTION OF THE MACHINE AND A PIECE OF THE ROCK HIT THE OPERATOR IN THE SHOUDLER FRACTURING 2 RIBS.

INTERSECTION ROOF FALL APPROX. 60' LONG X 20'-25' WIDE X 8' HIGH ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE WITH A COAL SEAM RIDER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, EQUIPMENT DAMAGE, OR IMPAIRMENT OF VENITLATION.

WORKER WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE INTO INTERSECTION FROM THE TRAMMING KITCHEN AND HE GOT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER UNDER THE FRAME OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND GOT IR PINCHED BETWEEN THE RROF BOL TER FRAME AND THE BOTTOM. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 12 STITCHES. THE WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY TIME YET, BUT IS ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

WORKER WAS THROWING CONTINUOUS MINER TRAILING CAB & TO THE SIDE OF THE TRAVEL WAY OUT OF THE WAY OF THE SHUTTLE CARS WHEN HE T WISTED HIS LOWER BACK HE HAS NOT MISSED ANYU WORK BUT IS RECEIVIN G LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENTS FROM A CHIROPRACTOR

WORKER WAS THROWIN GCONTINUOUS MINER CABLE TO THE SIDE OF THE TRAVEL WAY WHEN HE TWISTED LOWER BACK. WORKER STARTED TO RECEIVE TREATMENTS FROMA CHIRO RIGHT AWAY BUT CHIRO HAS SENT HIM FOR A M RI BECAUSE HE SUSPECTS A RUPTERED DISC. FIRST DAY OFF WAS 6-29-94./

WORKER WAS CROSSING OVER A CONVEYOR BELT AT A DESIGNATED BRIDGE FOR THAT PURPOSE ADN WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OFF HTE BRIDGE HE TWISTED LEFT KNEE. WORKER WENT TO DR THE FOLLOWING DAY AN DHIS FIRS T DAY OFF WORK WAS 6-28-94.

WORKER WAS TRIMMING RUBBER POWER CABLE BACK WITH UTITLITY KNIFE IN LEFT HAND WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED BACK BUTTING PALM OF RIGHT HAND. WORKER WAS TAKEN TO HOSPTIAL WHERE STICHES WERE ADMINSTERED TO HAND. 1ST DAY OFF WAS 6-22-94.

WORKER WAS ASSISTING IN MOVING POWER IN THE 10 LT. MAINS SECTION WHERE THE CONDITIONS ARE LOW, WET AND MUDDY. HE WAS INVOLVED IN PULLING AND HANGING ELECTRICAL CABLES WHEN HE RECEIVED A LOWER LUMBAR SPRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

WORKER WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE U TO TIE AGAINST THE MINE ROOF IN 1ST RT SECTION WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER LEFT HIP & BACK HE DID NOT ENCOUNTER ANY LOST WORK DAZYS BUT RECEIVED LOWER BACK & HIP A DJUSTMENTS FROM A CHIROPRACTOR AREA WAS APPROX 4IN HIGH WET & MUDDY

WORKER WAS TRAMMING SCOOP ON TRAVEL WAY AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING SCOOP ONTO A DOWN HILL GRADE. WHEN HE APPLIED HIS BRAKES THE BRAKE PISTONS BLEW SO HE QUICKLY SWERVED THE SCOOP BACK I NTO THE STRAIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO SCRAPE THEIR RIB WITH IT SCOOP BUCKET TO STOP THE SCOOP. WHEN HE DID HTIS THE BUCKET CAUGHT RIB AND JARRED WRECK SHOULD.

ROOF FALL IN PILLAR SECTION WHICH OVERODE BREAKER ROCOS AND PINCHED THE INBY PORTION OF THE SECTIONS ROOF BOLTING MACHINE S ATRS STRUCTURE. FALL WAS APPROX. 50 TO 60 LONG X 20 FT WIDE X 6 TO 8 FT ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE.

WORKER WAS TRAMMING SCOOP FROM SECITON TO CHARGING AREA UP A STEEP SLIPERY SECITON OF TRAVELWAY WHILE BATTERIES WERE WEAK WHEN BREAKE RON SCOOP KICKED WHICH CAUSED HIM OT ROLL BACKWARDS ADN SL AM INTO COAL RIB JOLTIN GHIS BACK AND NECK. BRAKE PISTON ALSO BLEW. NO LOS TTIME, BUT RECEIVE DLOWER BACK ADJ.

WORKER WAS SECTION MECHANIC WHOE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING BRAKE CALIPERS ON A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN ONE OF HT ECALIPERS FELL ON THE OTHER ONE HITTING IT'S PISTON WHICH SQUIRTED HOT BRAKE FLUI D INTO THE WORKER'S RIGHT EYE. WORKER HAD TO GO TO DR BECAUSE OF IRRITATION AND MISSED 2 WORK DAYS.

WORKER WAS ASSISTING IN LIFTING HEAVY SPROCKET FOR CONVEYOR BELT WINDER ONTO ITS SHAFT WHEN HE PULLED LOWER BACK AND NECK RECEIVED LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM CHIROPRACTOR, BUT HAD NO LOST DAYS .

ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN OUTBY RETURN AREA OF 41/2 RT. SECTION IN INTERSECTION OF 2 ENTRY APPROX. 225 FT OUTBY SS 3455. FALL WAS APPROX. 80 FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE X 12 FT HIGH. VENTILATION IS NOT IMPEDED NOR WAS THEIR ANY INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.

MAN WAS IN PROCESS OF MOVING GOLF CARTS IN THE 10 LEFT TRAVELWAY. AFTER MOVING A CART THE MAN WAS GETTING OUT OF SAME AND FELT PAINS IN LOWER BACK. AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 48" HIGH AT THIS LOCAT ION. STRAIN OF LOWER BACK.

MAN WAS LIFTING AND PULLNG MINER CABLE OFF OF THE RAM CAR RUNWAY WHEN HE FELT AND HEARD SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT HAND STRAIN OF LEFT HAND. NO LOST WORK DAY INCURRED HOWEVER MAN WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY EFFECTIVE 5-3-94.

MAN WAS CRAWLING OVER THE MNI-HAULER IN THE 10LEFT MAINS CHARGING STA 2ND STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE MACHINE FRAME CAUSING CONTUSIONS & SWEELING OF LEFT KNEE

MAN WAS WALKING IN THE #4 ENTRY, 1 CROSS CUT INBY THE MINE OPENING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL DUE TO AN ICE BUILD UP ON THE MINE FLOOR. MAN TURNED HIS RIGHT KNEE AND JARRED HIS LOWER BACK, SPRAI N OF RIGHT KNEE.

CHANGING BATTERIES ON RAM CAR. MANS FEET SLIPPED AS HE WAS DRAGGING BOTH BATTERY JUMPER CABLES. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP HIMSELF FROM FALLING FORWARD, HE JARRED HIS LOWER BACK. STRAIN OF LOWER BACK. OCCURRED IN 10 LEFT MAINS. FIRST DAY OFF 3-21-94.

DUE TO REAR SPRING BREAKING ON A GOLF CART MAN WAS RIDING ON THE REER OF THE CART TO APPLY ADDITIONAL TRACTION WHEN THE CART WOULD NOT MAKE IT AROUND 2 CLEUATED CURVE AT BOTTOM OF 3 MAIN HILL. MAN S FEET WERE HANGING OVER REAR TO CART, WHENANOTHER CART ATTEMPTED TO HELP PUSH THE MANS FEET WERE PINCHED BETWEEN THE BUMPTER OF THE CARTS.

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON THE ABOVE DATE IN THE 4 1/2 RT BLEEDER. FALL IS APPROX. 20 FT WIDE, 8 FT HIGHT AND 100 FT LONG. AREA WAS ROOFBOLTED WITH 5 FT RESIN BOLTS ON 4' CENTERS OR LESS. CRIBS WERE INSTALLED IN THE BLEEDER CROSSCUTS AND POSTS ON 4' CENTERS WERE INSTALLED IN THE BLEEDER ENTRY. FALL LOCATED 12+55 #5 3249 AND 3027. FALL FOUND DURING WEEKLY EXAM AT BLEEDER AND EVALUATI

A FALL OCCURRED IN THE BLEEDER OF THE 16 LT. SECTION, 1 XCUT OUTBY 35# 3062 AT 3+6 IN THE #1 ENTRY OF THE OLDE #2 BUTT. FALL WAS APPROX. 4' HIGH, 20' WIDE, 25' LONG, FALL MOSTLY IN AN INTERSEC TION. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 3' RESIN BOLTS ON 4' CENTERS WITH 6" PLATES. THERE ALSO WERE 2 ROWS OF BREAKER POST IN THE XCUT BETWEEN THE BLEEDER AND THE PILLAR AREA.

MAN WAS WALKING IN THE #4 ENTRY, TRAVELWAY, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE THAT HAD BUILT UP IN THIS AREA. WHEN THE MAN FELL HE STRUCK HIS TAIL BONE ON THE MINE FLOOR BRUISING HIS COCCYX BON E. AREA IS PITCHED AND SIDEPITCHED. DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 2-23-94. TWO WORK DAYS LOST, RETURNED 2-28/94.

MAN WAS USIGN AFORKLIFT TO LAOD 8' WOOD POST ON A SCOOP TRACTAR. DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ON THE POSTS, ONE LSIPPED OFF THE FORKS AND STRUCK THE MAN ON THE LEFT FOOT. MAN WAS HAND LOADING THE SC OOP AT THE TIME, FROM THE RAISED FORKS. MAN ICCURRED A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT FOOT. MAN DID NTO SEE A DR UNTIL 1-26-94. ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 2 DAYS, RELEASED FULL TIME 012994.

MAN WAS WALKIGN ACROSS PARKING LOT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. PARKING LOT WASPLOWED BUT SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. WHEN MAN FELL HE STRUCK RIGHT SIDE OF BODY ON THE GROUND CAUSING CONTUSION TO THE RIGHT RIB AREA.

MAN WAS ONA GOLF CAR DESCENDING A GRADE IN THE AREA OF 3 MAIN WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. MAN PUT CART IN REVERSE TRAM AND THIS ALSO FAILED. MAN DIRECTED CART INTO RIB. UPON STRIKING THE RIB THE THE CART ROLELD OVER ONTO THE MANPINNING HIM UNDERNEATH. MAN INCURRED A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT RIB AREA AND BRUISES OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER.

;MAN WAS OPERATING A GOLF CART BETWEEN THE 47 &8 ENTRIES OF THE EAST MAINS 1 CROSSCUT OUTBY SS#0243 THIS AREA HAS LOW OVERHEAD CLEARANCE DUE TO THIS CONDITION THE MAN JAMMED HIS HEAD & RT SHOU LDER AGAINST THE MINE ROOF WHEN THE CINT WENT OVER A MUD BUILD UP IN THE T4RAVELWAY STRAIN OF NECK & RT SHOULDER NO WORK DAYS LOST HOWEVER MAN WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY AS OF 01-06-94

MAN WAS WALKING THE RETURN AIR COURSE AT THE SE MAINS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, TWISTING RIGHT KNEE. AREA IS APPROX 6 TO 8 FEET HIGH, PITCHED, WET AND SLIPPERY. MAN WAS WEARING NONSLIP BOOTS.

MEN WHERE USINGA SCOOP TO PULL OUT A SHUTTLE CAR THAT WAS STUCK. AFTER FREEING S/CAR. HE STIPPPED THE OPERATORS TO REMOVE THE CABLE THAT WAS ATTACHED BETWEEN THE EUQIPMENT. WHEN HE ATTEMPT ED TO REMOVE THE CABLE THE S/CAR DRIFTED AND THE LOOP IN THE CABLE WRAPPED AROUJND THE MAIN'S HAND.

THERE WAS A CONTIKNUATION OF THE GOB FALL IN THE LOWER BLEEDER OF THE 41/2 SECTION 1 CROSSCUT ABOVE SS#3022 FALL OVERRODE THE DOUBLE BREAKERS INTO THE BLEEDER ENTRY FALL WAS APPROX 15FT WIDE X 20FT LONG ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE ROCK BOLTS BEING USED AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 5FT RESIN BOLTS ON 4FT CENTERS OR LESS BREAKER POSTS & TIMBER ON 4FT CENTERS WHEN ALSO PREVIOUSLY SET IN THIS A

INJURYED MAN ATTEMPTED TO SCALE DOWN A SECTION OF LOOSE ROCK APPROX 18FTX2INX2IN THICK ROCK WAS PREVIOUSLY BOLTED WHEN THE ROCK WOULD NOT FALL THE MAN SET A TEMPOARY POST UNDER IT THE ROCK BRO KE OFF FELL ONTO THE BOLTING MACHINE & STRUCK THE MAN ON THE RT SHOULDER ARM & WRIST MAN EXPERIENCED SWELLING OF THE LOWER ARM JUST BELOW THE ELBOW

MANW AS OPERATING A GOLF CART IN AN AREA OF THE EAST MAINS, #4 ENTRY. HEIGHT APPRXO 38 TO 40 INCHES. A BATTERY CHANGING UNIT LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE CAR WAS SETTING UP TO HIHG TO CLEAR WH EN THE MANREACHED BACK TO MOVE THE CHANGING UNIT'S SIDE HE CAUGHT HSI HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOT CAUSING A SEVERE SPRAIN OF THE NECK AREA.

MAN WAS HELPING TO RMEOVE A BLOCK WALL. WHILE REMOVING, BLOCKS HE HEARDS THE RIB DRIBBLING AS HE WAS BACKING AWAY A SECTION OF RIB COAL APPROX 4 FEET BY 4 FEET BY 1 FOOT THICK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER PUSHING HIM DOWN. MAN HA DBRUISES AND CONTUSIONS TO THE LEFT CHEEK, RIGTH SHOULDER AND LEFT HIP.

WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR IN THE 10 LEFT SECTION THE INJURED MAN STRUCK AN OVERHEAD ROOF MST WITH THE CANOPY DISLODING ONE END OF THE MAT. THE LOOSE END ENTERED THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT U NDER THE CANOPY AND STRUCK THE MAN IN THE CHEST CAUSING A COMPRESSION INJURY TO THE LEFT CHEST MINING HEIGHT IS APPROX. 42 INCHES IN THIS AREA.

MAN WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO POUND ON A PIN ON THE RIPPER CHAIN OF A JOY MINER. A PIECE OF METAL DISLODGED FROM THE PIN AND STRUCK THE MAN IN THE RIGHT CHEST. THE PIECE OF METAL PUNCTURED AND LODGED IN THE MAN'S RIGHT CHEST.

A ROOF FALL OCURRED IN 41/2RT SECTION #3 ROOM TO THE RT WT INTERSECTION 1+40 AREA WAS PREIVOUSLY TIMBERED OFF DUE TO APPARENT ROOF DETERIORATION FALL WAS APPROX 50FT LONG X20FT WIDE X8FT ABOV E THE NORMAL ROOF LINE A CLAT VEIN IS PRESENT INTHIS AREA AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY BOLTED WITH 5FT RESIN BOLTS WITH STRAPO ON 3FT CENTERS

APPROX. 15 FT OF UNSUPPORTED ROOF FELL AND EXTENDED INTO THE BOLTED INTERSECTION WHICH WAS 20 FEET WIDE X 20 FT LONG X 7 FT ABOVE THE NORMAL ROOF LINE. FALL IS LOCATED IN THE 4 1/2 RT SECTION, #3 ROOM APPROX. 70 FT INBY SS# 3229. AREA WAS BOLTED ON 4 FT CENTERS OR LESS WITH 5 FT RESIN BOLTS AND 6 INCH PLATES.

MAN MOVED A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 3 FT AROUND BY 2 INCHES THICK. IN ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE ROCK THE MAN WAS BENT OVER AT THE WARST AND ONLY UTILIZED ONE HAND. MAN RECEIVED A STRAIN TO THE LOWE R LUMBAR REGION. 1ST DAY OFF 9-15-93.

MAN WAS HELPING TO MOVE A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE DUE TO UNEVEN BOTTOM BLOCKING WAS BEING USED UNDER THE TIRES OF THE MACHINE. AT THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE BLOCKING THE MACHINE DRIFTED BAC KWARDS PINCHING MAN RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BLOCKING MATERIAL AND THE MINE FLOOR LACERATION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS WALKING IN THE AREA OF THE 2 RIGHT PUMP WHEN HE FELL AND STRUCK HIS RIGH KNEE ON THE MINE FLOOR. THIS AREA IS PITCHED, WET AND SLIPPERY. MAN SUSTAINED A BRUISE WITH SWELLING TO THE RIGH T KNEE.

INJURED MAN LIFTED A METAL TOOL BOX ONTO A GOLF CART AND FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK AREA CERVICAL STRAIN TOOL BOX WAS APPROX. 2 FEET LONG 12 INCHES WIDE AND 12 INCHES HIGH.

THE FALL OCCURRED INT EH OLD 4 1/2 RIGHT FACE #2 ENTRY AND LAST OPEN X-CUT #2-3 ENTRY BEGINNING 40' INBY SS#3154 IN THE #2 ENTRY. FALL WAS 18'TO 20' WIDE 40' TO 50' LONG AND 5' TO 7' ABOVE N ORMAL ROOF LINE. ROOF CONSISTED OF LAMINATED SLATE WITHA LAYER OF SAND ROCK. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 5' RESIN BOLTS ON 4 FOOT CENTERS.

MAN REPORTED ON 1-21-94 THAT HE HAD GONE TO A CHIROPRACTOR BECAUSE OF PAINS IN THE LOWER BACK. HE STATED HE FIRST STARTED TO EXPERIENCE THESE PAINS WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR IN THE 10 LEFT SECTION. THIS SECTION IS LOW AND PITCHED. THE ONSET OF THESE PAINS OCCURRED DURING AUGUST OF OF '93 BUT HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL THE ABOVE DATE. NO LOST WORK DAYS.

MAN WAS HELPING TO PULL MINER CABLE WHILE INA BENT OVER POSITION, CABLE TIGHTENED AND MAN TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK CAUSING A STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK REGION. FIRST DAY OFF WORK 8-4-93.

MAN WAS OPERATING AN ARTICULATING RAM CAR, WHEN HE MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN AT AN INTERSECTION HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO SECTIONS OF THE RAM CAR.

MAN WAS CHANGING THE COUPLER AT THE CRUSHER OF THE SIMMONS RAN DFEEDER. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT HEAD AND THE MAN STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE FEEDER MOTOR CAUSING A FRACTURE OF TH E LEFT HAND POSTERIOR TO THE LEFT INDEX FINGER.

BOLTER OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING BOLTER WHEN IT BECAME STUCK ON A WIND ROW OF COAL. INJURED MAN REACHED DOWN TO REMOVE COAL FROM TIRE AREA AT THE SAME TIME THE MACHINE OPERATOR TRAMMED THE BOLTER FORWARD AND PINCHED THE MAN'S HAND BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE MINE FLOOR.

VICTIM WAS WALKING BEHIND A UNA-HAULER THAT WAS TRANSPORTING A SMALL DISTRIBUTION BOX AND PULLING SEVERAL DEAD TRAILING CABLES BEHIND IT WHEN THE UNA-HAULER ENCOUNTERED A ROLL IN THE MINE BOTT OM WHICH CAUSED THE D-BOX TO CATCH ON THE MINE ROOF AND FLIP ONTO THE VICTIM'S LEFT HIP DISLOCATING IT. SEAM HEIGHT WAS 44"-48".

WORKER WAS LIFTING 2 FIVE GALLON CANS OF GEAR OIL OFF THE BACK OF HIS GOLF CART WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER BACK HE IS NOW RECEIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND TREATMENTS FROM A CHIROPRACTOR. NO TIME WAS LOST YET COAL SEAM HEIGHT IN THE AREA IS APPROX. 7FTX 8 FT HIGH.

WORKER WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF WAY OF RAM CAR ROADWAYS IN 16LT. SECTION WHEN HE TWISTED LOWER BACK. AVERAGE COAL SEAM HEIGHT IN AREA IS 46" TO 48".

WORKER HAD PARKED FRONT END LOADER AT END OF SHIFT & WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN STEPS OF LOADER HE SLIPPED & HIT THE BACK OF HEAD ON ONE OF THE STEPS WHICH RESULTED IN A SLIGHT CONCUSSION AND S EVERAL STITCHED ADMINISTERED TO SMALL CUT IN BACK OF HEAD.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE WEEKLY MINE EXAMINER IN THE 41/2 RT BLEEDER AREA WHIHC MAY HAVE OCCURRED ANY TIME DURING THE 7 DAY EXAM PERIOD WHICH WAS LOCATED X CUT INBY SS 3447 IN 2 ENTRY OF OLD 5 RT IT WAS APPROX. 300 FT LONG X 20 FT X 8 FT ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE THIS FALL DID NOT INVOLVED ANY DAMAGE BUT PREVENTS US FROM PILLARING IN THE AREA.

WORKER WAS LOADING SUPPLY SCOOP IN THE SURFACE SUPPLY AREA AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TIGHTEN ING A CHAIN BINDER WITH A PIPE WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE BINDER AND FELL OFF OF THE SCOOP BUCKET A ND STRUCK HIS BACK ON THE GROUND. WORKER WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE ACCIDENT.

WORKER WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR INTHE 4 1/2 RT SECTION AND AFTER HE WAS FINISHED LOADING AT THE CONT. MINER HE TURNED AROUND IN HIS SEAT TO FACE HIS DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND PINCHED A NERVE IN HIS NECK. HE LATER RECEIVED A BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR AND MISSED ONE DAY.

OPERATING PERSONNEL CARRIER ON WAY OUT OF MINE WHEN SMALL PIECE OF DIRT CAME OFF TRAVELWAY INTO LEFT EYE. WORKER RUBBED EYE,DIRT SCRATCHED EYE CAUSING IRRITATION . LOST SAFETY GLASSES IN THE SECTION DURING SHIFT.

WORKER WAS OPERATING UNA-HAULER ON TRAVEL WAY BACK TO HIS CHARGING AREA WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN TRAVEL WAY & JAMMED HIS LOWER BACK WHICH RESULTED IN LOWER BACK STRAIN

THIS ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN A WEEKLY EXAMINED OUTBY AREA IN THE 17 RT. MAINS SECTION, #4 ENTRY, STARTING 15' OUTBY SURVEY STATION #2647 AND EXTENDING 40' LONG X 18' WIDE X 5' ABOVE THE NO RMAL ROOF LINE. THERE WAS A CUTTER IN THE AREA THAT RUN ON AN ANGLE ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGED.

WORKER HAD JUST ARRIVED ON THE SURFACE FROM THE UNDER GRUOND AREA OF THE MINE & WAS GETTING OFF OF HIS PERSONEL CARRIER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

#12 ROOM IN THE 4 1/2 RIGHT SECTION WHICH WAS JUST STARTED OFF OF #1 ENTRY BEGAN TO WORK AND LATER CAVED FOR APPROX. 60' LONG X 20' WIDE X 6' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. VENTILATION IS NORMAL.

WORKER WALKED INTO METAL ROOF STRAP THAT WAS BROKEN AND HANGING FROM ROOF WHICH CAUSED A CUT TO HIS RIGHT EAR WHICH REQUIRED 6 STITCHES IN IT. COAL SEAM HEIGHT IN TEH AREA AS APPROX 48" WHICH IMPEDED VISIBILITY.

AN INTERSECTION BEGAN TO WORK AND LATER FELL IN THE 17RT SECTION IN #6 ROOM 1 X-CUT INBY SS#2832 THAT WAS APPROX 30' LONG X 20'WX8' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. THE AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF AFTER IT SHOWED SIGNS OF ROOF FAILURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. VENTILATION IS NORMAL.

EMPL FIRST COMPLAINED ABOUT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE ON 9/29/92 WHILE ROOF BOLTING. DOCTOR DIAGNOSED AS "MINERS' KNEE". EMPL MISSED WORK UNTIL 3/16/93. FIRST DAY OFF EMPL WILL HAVE KNEE OPERATED ON, ON THE SAME DAY.

CAVE FROM PILLARED AREA OVER ROAD BREAKER ROWS & FELL IN INTERSECTION OF LOWER BLEEDER IN 41/2RT SECTION #5 ENTRY AT SS#3740 THIS WAS A CONTINUATION OF THE FALLS IN THE PILLARED AREA THERE WER E NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE & VENTILATION IS NORMAL

THERE WAS A ROOF FALL IN THE 17RT SECTION IN THE 3RDX-CUT FROM THE FACE AT #4-5 ROOM WHICH WAS APPROX 40FT LONGX20FTWIDEX4FT ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF AFTER IT SHOWED SIGNS OF ROOF FAILURE & THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE VENTILATION IS NORMAL

A RAM CAR POWER CABLE SHORTED OUT WHILT THE OPR WAS TRAMMING IT BACK TO THE SECTION AFTER CHANGING BATTERIES WHICH CAUSED THE RAM CAR TO BURN FOR APPROX. 1 1/2 TO 2 HRS. BEFORE IT WAS EXTINGUS IHED.

WORKER WAS A PASSENGER ON A HIGH PERSONNEL CARRIER COMING OUT OF THE MINE THE CARRIER ENTERED AN AREA THAT WAS LOWER DUE TO ADD ROOF SUPPORT AND WHEN HE BENT OVER FOR CLEARANCE HIS HELEMT AND CAPLIGHT FELL OFF WHICH IMPEDED HIS VISION AND HE RAISED UP TOO SOON AND STRUCK HIS FACE AND HEAD ON A STEEL H BEAM.

EMPL HELPING MINER OPER MOVE CONTINUOUS MINER AND WAS THROWING MINER CABLE ON TOP OF MINER HEAD WHEN THE CONT. MINER ENCOUNTERED A ROLL IN MINE BOTTOM WHICH CAUSED THE HEAD OF MINER TO PINCH E MPL RIGHT ARM BETWEEN HEAD AND ROOF. COAL SEAM HEIGHT 40"-48".

66925R WAS MOVING ROOF BOLTER CABLE IN WET MUDDY AREA WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN AREA ON THE CABLE WHERE THE INSULATION WAS DAMAGED. THIS IN TURN CAUSED HIM TO RECEIVE AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK ?0000

66925R AND HIS CO-WORKER WERE TRYING TO SLIDE THE FRONT END OF THEIR BOLF CART AROUND A TURN BY HAND THAT HAD A SLIPPERY BOTTOM CONDITION. AS THEY ACCOMPLISHED THIS THE CAR STARTED TO DRIFT S 36638 FORWARD. INJURED QUICKLY PLACED HIS RIGHT FOOT ONT HE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH CAUSED HIS LEFT FOOT TO SLIP AND HE HIT HIS TAILBONE ON THE CAR SEAT.

66925R WSA ATTEMPTING TO RE-ENTER THE KITCHEN OF HIS SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE UPPER CORNER OF THE COAL RIB FELL STRIKING THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY WHICH RESULTED IN BRUISES TO HIS LEFT LEG AND ARM 01540ALSO 8 STITCHES WERE ADMINISTERED TO HIS FOREHEAD.

61330WAS AN INTERSECTION AREA WHICH EXTENDED SLIGHTLY INTO ENTRY AND X-CUTS AND WAS APPROX 30'LX30'WX6' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE LOACTED IN #7 ENTRY OF THE 17U RIGHT. TRAVEL WAY IN AN OUTBY ARE 10130SURVEY STATION #2722. APPROX 30' OF HIGH VOLTAGE AND BELT HAD POWER CABLE WERE DAMAGED.

INTERSECTION FELL IN 17 RT. SECTION, #2 ENTRY AT 5+90 WHICH WAS IN THE RETURN OUTBY THE FACE AREA. FALL WAS APPROX. 20' LONG X 20' WIDE X 5' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. AREA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PE RMANSENTLY SUPPORTED AND THIS AREA OF MINE IS IN A TRANSITION FROM SANDSTONE TO SLATE AND VICE VERSK.

INTERSECTION FELL IN THE 4 1/2 RT SECTION, #5 ENTRY JUST INBY SS#2354 JUST OUTBY ACTIVE PILLARLINE. FALL WAS APPROX. 20' MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY PRESSURE FROM THE ACTIVE PILLAR LINE.

WORKER WAS PREPARING TO BOLT AN AREA WHEN HE WALKED BACK TO MID POINT ON ROOF BOLTER WHERE A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS CATCHING THE WORKER'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE FRAME OF THE ROOF BOLTER.

THIS WAS A ROOF FALL LOCATED IN THE 17RT SECTION AT THE FACE OF #7 ENTRY WHICH WAS 20FTWIDEX20FTLONGX6FT ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR LOSS OF EQUIPMENT & THERE WAS A CUTTER IN THE ROOF FALL AREA

FALL WAS APPROX. 65' LONG X 18' WIDE X 7 T' 8' HIGH ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. 15' O FTHIS FALL WAS AN UNBOLTED FACE AREA. THERE WAS A CUTTER IN THIS AREA THAT RAN WITH THE ENTRY. THE SUPPORTED A REA OF THE FALL WAS BOLTED WITH 8' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS WITH METAL ROOF STRAPS INSTALLED ON 4' CNETERS ORLESS. NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

WORKER WAS LIFTING UP A SCOOP TRACTOR TIRE FROM THE MINE FLOOR AFTER BREAKING AN AXLES ON THE SCOOP WHEN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT THE END OF THE JAGGED SCOOP AXLE CUTTING THIS FINGER WHIC H REQUIRED 6 STITCHES ADMINISTERED TO IT.

WORKER RECEIVED 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH HANDS ARMS & FACE ALONG WITH FLASH BURN TO THE EYES WHILE OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER DURING TURNING A X-CUT WHEN A METHANE IGNITION OCCURRED

BUILDING BRATTICE WALLS TWISTED LOWER BACK

WORKER WAS USING POGO STICKS TO INSTALL LINE CANVAS WHERE THE MINE ROOF AND BOTTOM WHERE WET AND SLIPPERY AND BECAUSE THEY ARE SPRING LOADED ONE OF THEM SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND B REAKING OFF HIS RIGHT FRONT TOOTH.

CARRYING ROOF BOLTS SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM TWISTED LOWER BACK

WORKER MOVED MINER CABLE AGAINST COAL RIB AND IS NOW EXPERIENCING PAIN IN LOWER BACK NECK AND RIGHT LEG. HE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 2-18-92 AND RECEIVED A LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT, BUT HAS MISSE D NO WORK.

MAKING SPLICE STRIKING THE CRIMPING TOOL WITH A HAMMER A SM PC OF STEEL CRIMPING TOOL ENTERED L THUMB

WORKER WAS TRYING TO PULL SLACK MINER CABLE OUT FROM UNDERNEATH FALLEN RIB COAL BY HAND AND PULLED LOWER BACK MUSCLES. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK DAYS YET BUT ON 2-10-92, HE RECEIVED A LOWER BA CK ADJUSTMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR.

WORKER WAS OPERATING RIGHT SIDE BOOM OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN THE SCISSOR ACTION OF THE BOOM WHILE HE WAS LOWERING IT.

WORKER WAS LIFTING ONE END OF A 8' POST WHICH RESULTED IN PRODUCING A HERNIA TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS GROIN.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED #1 ENTRY BLEEDER OF OLD 16 RT SECTION.OF UNKNOWN LENGTH STARTING 320' INBY SS#2268.18'WIDE X 6-7' ABOVE NORMAL ROOFLINE.NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

WORKER WAS TRYING TO SLIDE A BROKEN DOWN GOLF CART OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAVEL IN AN AREA WHERE THE BOTTOM WAS WET AND SLIPPERY WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK THE FRONT OF HIS MOUTH ON TH E FRAME OF THE GOLF CAR CRAKCING 3 OF HIS FRONT TEETH.

WORKER HAD THE FRONT END OF HIS GOLF CART SUSPENEDED IN THE AIR BY A CHAIN HOIST WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE TRAM MECHANISM. THE RETURN SPRING FOR THE TRAM WAS UNHOOKED AND THE TRAM LEVER WAS SLIGHTLY UP. WHEN HE LOWERED THE CHAIN HOIST ITS COUNTER WEIGHT BUMPED THE TRAM SELECTOR INTO FORWARD.

WORKER WAS CARRYING 8' POST, TRIPPED ON THE CUT OFF END OF ANOTHER POST AND THE END OF THE POST HE WAS CARRYING STRUCK TOP OF LEFT FOOT BRUISING LEFT FOOT SEVERELY.

FALL LOCATED IN 16 RT SECTION IN #4 ENTRY AT FOOTAGE 2/95.DIMENSIONS WERE 55'LONG X 18'WIDE X 7-8'ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE.NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGES OR INJURIES INCURRED.

ON CART LOST CONTROL OVERTURNED ON TOP OF HIM

OPER GOLF CART CAUGHT R SHOULDER ON MINE ROOF IT THREW HIM FROM CART BRUISING R SHOULDER AND R RIB CAGE

IN MINE ON CART LOST CONTROL OF IT IT OVERTURNED ON TOP OF HIM SLIGHT BONE FRAGMENT MISSING ONE OF VERTABRAES IN NECK

WORKER WAS OPERATING LEFT SIDE OF ROOF BOLTER AND WAS RE BOLTING A LAST OPEN X CUT AREA IN THE SECTION WHEN HE TRIED TO START THE OUTSIDE BOLT HOLE AND HIS STEEL BROKE A PIECE OF ROCK AWAY FRO M THE ROOF WHICH STRUCK THE FRONT OF HIS HARD HAT CAUSING A 1 1/2 CUT AND 16 STITCHES TO HIS FOREHEAD.

WORKER WAS MOVING MINER CABLE AGAINST RIB IN 48 INCH COAL SEAM HEIGHT AND HE RERUPTURED A DISC IN HIS BACK THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPIRED BY HIS DR. WORKER CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL DR EXAMINE D HIS BACK AGAIN GIVING A DIAGNOSIS AND THEN HIS FIRST DAY OFF WORK WAS 12-3-91.

WORKER WAS MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE AGAINST THE RIB WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN LOWER BACK.

WALKING OVER PILE BLOCK STUMBLED AND INJ R KNEE

GETTING READY TO TIE TRAILING CABLE TO THE ROOF WITH WIRE WHEN CO WORKER THREW A ROLL OF WIRE OVER TO HIM AND ROLL GLANCED OFF OF HAND AND STRUCK MOUTH BREAKING R PERM INCISOR TOOTH

ON THE LEFT SIDE OF 16 SECTION HAD FATAL HEART ATTACK DUE TO BLOOD CLOT THAT BLOCKED AN ANTERY IN THE HEART. WENT UNCONSCIOUS IN THE MINE TRANSP TO THE SURFACE CPR WAS BEING ADMINISTERED TO HIM SL PULSE WAS THOUGHT TO BE FELT AT TIME BUT NO BREATHING

THIS FALL OCCURRED IN THE 1ST RT SECTION #6 ENTRY INTERSECTION AT FOOTAGE 5 +24 AND WAS APPROX 18' WIDE X30' WIDE X30' LONG X7-8' ABOVE THE NORMAL ROOF LINE.THIS ROOF AREA IS GOING THROUGH A T RANSITION AREA OF CHANGING FROM SAND STONE TO MIXED SAND STONE AND SLATE.THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

WORKER WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM MINE FLOOR ONTO BUCKET OF SCOOP WHEN HE TWISTED LOWER BACK.HE REPORTED INJURY BUT CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 10-30-91 WHICH WAS HIS FIRST DAY OFF WORK.HE IS BEING REATED NOW BY A CHIROPRACTOR WHO SUSPECTS THAT HE MAY HAVE A POSSIBLE RUPTURED DISC.

THIS FALL OCCURRED IN THE 16RT SECTION 7 ENTRY AT FOOTGAGE 20 &22 AND WAS APPROX. 30 FT LONG X 18 FT WIDE X 8 FT TO 10 FT ABOVE THE NORMAL ROOF LINE. THIS ROOF AREA IS GOING THRU A TRANSITION AREA OF CHANGING OF HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE WAS DAMAGED FROM THE FALL.

WORKER STEPPED UP ONTO SCOOP BUCKET TO HELP THE SCOOP OPERATOR RE-HANG THE MINER CABLE TO THE ROOF AND HE SLIPPED ON THE SMOOTH SCOOP BUCKET BOTTOM IN TURN STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON THE S COOP BUCKET.THE COAL SEAM HEIGHT IS APPROX 7-8' HIGH IN THIS AREA.

WORKER WAS MOVING STARTER BOX FOR FACE PUMP & IT SLIPPED & PINCHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE STARTER BOX & THE BOTTOM OF THE SCOOP BUCKET WORKER RECEIVED STITCHES IN LEFT THUMB AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT

THIS FALL OCCURRED IN 16RT SECTION IN #1 ENTRY 20FTINBY SURVEY STA #2340 THIS AREA IS GOING THRU A TRANSITION AREA OF CHANGING FROM SANDSTONE TO MIXED SANDSTONE & SLATE ALSO A PORTION OF THIS ROOF WAS NOT SUPPORTED YET

A SMALL PERSONNEL CARRIER WAS LOCATED IN SURFACE SHOP ON CHARGE WHEN SUDDENLY THE CHARGER GROUNDED AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE CARRIER SENDING A CURRENT THRU THE FRAME OF THE GOLF CART TO THE CON TROL BOARD WHICH MADE THE CART LUNGE FORWARD RUNNING OVER I NAME

THIS FALL OCCURRED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 16RT SECTION IN THE LAST OPEN INTERSECTION OF THE #2 ENTRY AT SURVEY STATION A FOOTAGE #22136 IT WAS 20FT LONG 20FT WIDE & FELL APPROX 4FT ABOVE NORM AL ROOF LINE APPROX 30FT OF ROOF BOLTER TRAIILINCABLE WAS DAMAGED

A PORTION OF RIB COAL FELL OUT STRIKING WORKER IN THE BACK & PUSHING HIM INTO THE SIDE OF HIS PARKED SHUTTLE CAR FROM WHICH HE RECEIVED BRUISED A BRUISED CHEST & CHEEK

THIS FALL OCCURRED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 16 RT. SECTION AT THE FACE OF THE #9 ENTRY (9+60) AND IT WENT OUTBY FOR 36' 20' THAT FELL WAS UNSUPPORTED AND 16' THAT FELL WAS BOLTED ON 4' CENTERS OR LESS WITH METAL ROOF STRAPS. THERE WAS A CLAY VEIN LOCATED APPROX. 15' OUTBY THE FALL AND SOAP STONE IN CAVITY.

WORKER WS PUSHING DEAD OR DISCHARGED GOLF CART UP A STEEP HILL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.