Joe Branch No 1 Coal

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOFBOLTING MACHINE, WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD AND DRILL STEEL. EE STARTED ROTATING STEEL AND TWISTED ARM AROUND STEEL.

WHILE TRAMMING HAULER HE WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH BY A BROKEN BOARD HANGING DOWN.

4'X18'X40'L UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL IN OLD NO.2 PANEL. FOUND DURING FIRE BOSS RUN BY JOHN SHORT REPORTED 8-19-02. AT SPAD 1117 FALL OCCURRED AT BATTERY CHARGING STATION.

INJURED HAD COMPLETED INSTALLING BOLTS IN FACE AREA OF #8 ENTRY AND WAS WALKING BESIDE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURED STRIKING INJURED ON HEAD AND LEFT FOOT.

INJURED AND ONE OTHER EE WERE WORKING ON CONTINUOUS MINER IN #4 ENTRY WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURED (ROCK AND COAL) RIB ROLL FELL FROM BEHIND AND STRUCK LOWER LEGS. HEIGHT OF ENTRY 7 1/2'.

INJURED AND ONE OTHER EE WERE WORKING ON CONTINUOUS MINER IN #4 ENTRY WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURED (ROCK AND COAL) RIB FELL FROM BEHIND STRIKING LOWER LEGS. HEIGHT OF ENTRY IS 7 1/2'.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN FACE AREA WITH TWIN HEAD BOLTER WHEN ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING INJURED IN LOWER BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A S-CAR HAULING COAL. THE TIRE OF THE S-CAR RAN OVER AN ANCHOR PIN USED TO SECURE THE BELT TAILPIECE TO THE MINE FLOOR. THE PIN FLIPPED UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIBS CA USING THE INJURY.

EE COULDNT GIVE A SPECIFIC TIME OF ACCIDENT. HE SAID AFTER HIS SHIFT HE GOT VERY SORE IN HIS LOWER BACK AND BY THE TIME HE GOT HOME. THE PAIN WAS SO BOAD HE COULDNT WORK. THE DR TOLD HIM HE HA D A STRAIN AND HE SHOULD TAKE OFF WORK FOR 1 WEEK. HE DID NOT TELL US ABOUT IT IN TIME, SO THIS REPORT WILL BE LATE.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE A WHEEL UNIT ON A 21-SC. HE WAS PUSHING ON A LONG HANDLE BREAKER BAR WITH HIS FOOT. WHEN THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE, THE BREAKER BAR HANDLE MOVED CAUSING HIS KNEE TO TWIST CAUS ING THE INJURY. HE WORKED UNTIL 1/30/01. HE THEN WENT TO THE DR AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE OFF WORK.

EE WAS HELPING MOVE A POWER CENTER BY PULLING IT WITH A SCOOP. THE CHAIN GOT IN A BIND AND WHILEHE WAS TRYING TO FREE THE CHAIN THE SCOOP SWIVILED CATCHING HIS FINGER IN THE LINK CRUSHING THE END OF HIS FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SCOOP TO CLEAN AN INTERSECTION IN THE ESCAPEWAY. HE STARTED PUSHING GOO INTO A R-BK. WHEN A ROCK 3' X 30" X 18" FELL FROM THE RIB PINNING HIM IN THE DECK FROM BEHIND.

THE R-BOLT OPERATOR HAD INSTALLED HIS BOLT IN THE CURTAIN BOARD, ND WAS REPOSITIONING THE MACHINE TO INSTALL A BOLT. SOMEONE CALLED WHICH DREW HIS ATTENTION AWAY AT THE SAME TIME THE MACHINE WAS MOVING. HE FAILED TO MOVE AWAY WHICH LET THEMACHINE COME IN CONTACT WITH HIS FOOT.

WHILE MAKING A FIREBOSS RUN, EE FOUND A FALL IN THE #1 MAINS STARTING 1 BK INBY SPAD 2118, 210 FT STRAIGHT AHEAD THEN LEFT 4 BKS MEASURING 5 TO 8 FT THICK.

EE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLY'S FROM THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP BY PUSHING THEM OUT WITH THE RAM. TO KEEP THE SCOOP FROM BACKING UP HE PUT PRESSURE DOWN ON THE BUCKET AS HE DID OS THE CANOPY PINNED HI S HAND (WHICH HE HAD PLACED ON THE SIDE O THE CANOPY) BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE TOP OF THE CANOPY.

WHILE MAKING A FIRE BOSS RUN, EE WITNESSED A FALL IN #5 ENTRY OF THE 1 RIGHT MAINS. THE FALL WAS 20FT X 20FT X 5 FT THICK. IT WAS LOCATED 1 BK OUTBY SPAD #2167.

EE WAS TRYING TO FLIP A LARGE ROCK OUT OF THE FEEDER. THE ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS, CAUSING IT TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO HIS LEFT LEG.

A FALL OF ROOF 60 FT LONG #2 ENTRY AND 25 FT LONG IN #2 LEFT BY 18 FT WIDE TO 72" THICK IN BY SPAD #2137 HAPPENED JUST AFTER BEING CRIBBED OFF. THE FALL WAS WITNESSED BY SUPERINTENDENT.

EE WAS ON HIS KNEES WATCHING THE MINER CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 3 FT LONG BY 2 1/2 FT WIDE BY 2 TO 4 INCHES THICK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIM AND PUSHING HIM TO THE BOTTOM.

A FALL OF ROOF APPROX 4 FT THICK BY 70 FT LONG BY 20 FT WIDE OCCURRED IN #8 ENTRY. FALL WAS FOUND AT 1:30 AM BY EMPLOYEE WHO WAS IN THE AREA WITH A CREW OF MEN TO CORRECT ANOTHER ROOF CONTR OL PROBLEM.

EMPLOYEE PUT THE DRILL STEEL AGAINST THE TOP TO BEGIN DRILLING THE HOLE. HE THEN TURNED AROUND TOWARD THE BACK OF THE MACHINE BEFORE STARTINGROTATION. A FEW SECONDS LATER HE TURNED AROUND TOWARD THE WORK AREA TO BEGIN DRILLING. AFTER HE STARTED THE ROTATION A PIECE OF ROCK 3'LONG BY 15' WIDE BY 2' THICK FELL FROM THE TOP CAUSING THE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST MOVED HIS DRILL BOOM TO THE INSIDE BOLT AND STARTED DRILLING THE HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK, 3'L X 4'W X 3"T FELL FROM THE INBYSECTION OF THE CUT TO THE AREA WHERE HE WAS WORK ING, STRIKING HIS LOWER LEG AREA CAUSING INJURY.

A FALL OF THE ROOF APPROX 35' LONG BY 20' WIDE BY 5' TICK OCCURED ON THE #4 BELT IN #5 ENTRY IN THE MAINS. IT WAS LOCATED 1 BK INBY SP[AD #1479 ON THE MAINBELT. THE BELT STOPPED AT 12:40 P.M. WHICH GAVE US THE TIME OF THE FALL. IT WAS ABOVETHE ANCHORAGE.

EE WAS USING A MECHANICAL LIFTING JACK TO PUT A WRECKED MAN-BUS BACK ON THE RAILS, WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAINS IN HIS LOWER BACK. HIS JOB WAS ELIMINATED ON 7-22-99 DUE TO ECONOMIC REASONS. I DID NOT KNOW HE HAD GONE TO THE DR UNTIL 8-6-99. THAT IS WHY THIS REPORT IS DELAYED.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE ONTO A MANBUS AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE TIRE, HE FELT SHARP PAINS IN HIS LOWERBACK. HE WAS TRANSPORTED OUTSIDE AND TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A NEW TIRE ON A SHUTTLE CAR AND WHILE TRYING TO LIFT AND POSITION THE TIRE ON THE CAR HE FELT PAIN AND A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS MOVING THE MINER FROM ONE ENTRY TO ANOTHER AND WHILE MOVING THE MINER CABLE OUTOF THE ROADWAY HE FELT PAIN & A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT & THE NEXT DAY HE THEN WENT TO THE DR WHO PUT HIM ON HOME REST

EE WAS HELPING TO HOLD A CABLE AGAINST THE TOP TO BE HUNG WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LWOER BACK. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. AND AFTER BEING EXAMINED HE WAS RELEASED AND REFERRED TO ANOT HER DR WHO TOLD HIM NOT TO WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING THE SHUTTLE CAR UP THE ROADWAY WHEN ONE OF THE WHEELS DROPPED INTO A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM JAMMING HIM DOWN IN THE SEAT, CAUSING THE INJURY. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 02/25 /99. HE SAW A PHYSICIAN WHO GAVE HIM A PRESCRIPTION AND ADVISED HIM TO TAKE OFF WORK FOR A FEW DAYS. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK ON 03/01/99.

EE AND COWORKER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING AN ELECTRIC PUMP MOTOR ON A SHUTTLECAR WHEN THE MOTOR SLIPPED OUT OF THEIR CONTROL, CATCHING EE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE MNOTOR AND THE FRAME OF T HE SHUTTLECAR.

EE WAS TIGHTENING THE LUG NUTS ON A SHUTTLE CAR AND TO DO THIS HE WAS APPLYING DOWN PRESSURE ON A 3/4" RACHET. AN INTERNAL PART OF THE RACHET MECHANISM GAVE WAY LETTING THE TOOL JERK DOWN CAUS ING THE INJURY. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING DAY.

EE AND 3 OTHER MEN WERE PULLING WATER LINE AROUND A BLOCK OF COAL TO INSTALL IT ON THE MINER, WHEN EE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE HANGING A MINER CABLE.

WHILE PUTTING A WATERLINE TOGETHER, EE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND WITH A SLEGE HAMMER.

THE INJURED WORKER WAS PUTTING UP THE INSIDE BOLT IN THE #5 ENTRY WHEN A ROCK THE SIZE OF A VOLLEYBALL STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD CAUSING A HEADACHE AND SYMPTOMS OF SHOCK.