Mine 105-A Coal

THE CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR WAS REMOVING NO. 15 LIFT ONT HE INBY FENDER OF AN 80'X80' BLOCK WHEN THE TOP STARTED WORKING AND COULD NOT GET THE CONTINOUS MINER BACK IN TIME TO PREVENT BEING C AUGHT IN THE ROOF FALL. AREA SUPPORTED BY 4' AND6' RESIN GROUTED BOLTS.

IT HAD SNOWED THAT NIGHT AND SAW STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF ACCIDENT, TOTAL 4-6". EE LEFT SHOWER HOUSE TO COME TO LAMP HOUSE. HALFWAY BETWEEN HE SLIPPED & FELL. HE IS TO WALK AROUND W/ INSPECTOR S, HE WORKED TILL 1230 WALKING WITH FEDERAL INSPECTOR.

THE BOLTERS HAD BENT A BOLT WHEN INSTALLING IT. THEY THEN SHOVED IT UP AGAINST THE TOP . ONE SIDE OF THE PLATE WAS NOT FLAT AGAINST THE ROOF. EE WAS MOVING THE MINER CABLE. WHEN HE STOOD UP AN D TURNED AROUND , HE HIT THE ROOF PLATE.

EE DID NOT GOT TO DR TIL 4-30-93 PULLING MINER CABLE TRIPPED AND JERKED ARM AND MID BACK RIGHT SIDE I HAVE COMPENSATION REPORT THAT SAYS HE CAN RETURN TO WORK ON 5-10-93.

HE HAD BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX OF RESIN TO PUT ON BOLTER. PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

STEPPED IN HOLE 2 BLOCKS OUTBY TWISTED L KNEE WHEN HE FELL

OTHER AND EE WENT TO SECTION TO GET MOTOR. HEE MANTRIP THEY BROUGHT BOTH PIECE OFF SECTION AND STOPPED AT 2 RT SWTICH HE THEN MOVED MANTRIP FORWARD AND STOPPED EE THEN MOVED FORWARD AGAIN AND THEY HIT MANTRIP CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.

THE FOREMAN WAS HELPING LOAD 4" WATER LINE ONTO CAR. THERE WERE POSTS SET IN THIS AREA AND THEY WERE CARRYING THE PIPE BETWEEN THE POSTS HIS HAND WAS ON THE END OF THE PIPE WHEN THE END OF TH E PIPE HIT A POST SLICING HIS LITTLE FINGER.

INSTALLING BOLT FORM BUGGY LOWERED THE EHAD WAS SWUNG OVE TO CENTER LEFT WRENCH IN CHUCK TURNED TO TALK TO OTHER EMP WRENCH CAUGHT FLEW OUT STRUCK HIM ON FINGER BREAKING IT

AN UNTENTIONAL ROOF FALL MEASURING APPROX 40FT LONGX16FT WIDEX0FT TO 10FT HIGH OCCURRED BETWEEN 11-20-91 & 11 -27-91 AREA WAS PREVIUOSLY SUPPORTED WITH RESIN GROUTED ROOF BOLTS THE MINE ESCAPE WAY WAS BLOCKED THERE WAS NO INTERUPPTION TO VENTILATION NO INJURIES & NO EQUIPMENT COVERED EXACT LOCATION WAS STA NO 80 MAIN EAST HDGS

EMPL WAS IN STANDING POSITION BARRING PUMP INTO POSITION WITH SLATE BAR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN NECK.

THE EMPLOYEE AND A CO-WORKER WERE CHANGING A SPROCKET ON NO 3 RAW COAL BELT SPEED REDUCER WHEN THE CO-WORKER SAW THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND DISAPPEAR AS HE FELL THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE PREPARATION PLANT.THE EMPLOYEE LANDED ONTHE FOURTH FLOOR,FALLING A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY EIGHT FEET THREE INCHES.(8'3").DR FOSTER WV STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINED THAT FALL DID

EMPL WAS IN UPRIGHT POSITION ASCENDING STAIRWAY. AS HE STPPED UP TO THIRD STEP FOOT SLIPPED & AS HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF HE FELT PAIN IN SMALL FINGER OF LEFT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS INA BENT OVER POSITION TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SIDE BOARDS OF THE CLEAN SCREENS. EMPLOYEE STATED HIS BACK BEGAN HURTING 5 HOURS AFTER THE ABOVE MENTIONED WORK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION CUTTING A 1/2" WIRE ROPE WITH A HAMMER TYPE CUTTER. AS THE EMPLOYEE HIT THE TOP OF THE CUTTER, A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE WIRE ROPE STRUCK AND EMBEDDED I TSELF IN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AND LIFTING ONE END OF A 13' LONG 60 LB. TAIL TO ALLOW WELDING TO BE PREFORMED ON A DAMAGED COAL BIN WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE ALLONG THE BELT CONVEYOR AT 102 TIPPLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA. ON 6-24-91 DR. DIAGNOSED THE EMPLOYEE AS HAVING A HERNIA IN THE RIGHT GRO IN AREA. DATE OF ALLEGED ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT ON 6-24-91.

EMPL USING WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BELT TAKE-UP TAILROLLER.FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN AREA.

THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED UP INTO THE BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK,BOTHE FEET SLIPPED ON THE WET SURFACE,FELL BACKWARD,STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE FROZEN GROUND.

EMPL WAS HOLDING FLIGHT IN BATH AS THREE MEN OUTSIDE ATTEMPTED TO PRY FLIGHT FROM CONVEYOR CHAIN. HIS COWORKER INSIDE WITH HI ALSO HAD TO PRY ON FLIGHT LEAVING HIM TO HOLD FLIGHT. WHEN FLIGHT CAME FREE IT CAUSED HIM TO GET ALL WEIGHT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ON A NAIL ROAD JOINT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

PULLING 2 PC OF BELT WITH COME ALONG DEVICE CLAMPED TO BLET CAME LOOSE CAUSING EMP TO FALL 3 FT

EMPL USING AIR WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A NUT ON J-BOLT WHEN IT SPUN FROM STATIONARY POSITION,CATCHING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN J-BOLT AND BUCKER/BAR.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER A PUMP HOLDING SUCTION HEAD STEADY ON THE FORK OF A FORKLIFT. WHEN THE FORK LIFT MOVED SLOWLY FORWARD TO PUT THE HEAD INTO PLACE, THE BOTTOM OF THE SUCTION HEAD CAUG HT ON THE CASING CAUSING THE TOP OF THE SUCTION HEAD TO TILT FORWARD AND PINCHING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

IN UPRIGHT POSITON WALKING WITH COME A LONG IN HAND TO FIND ANOTHER ANCHOR POINT MOTOR MOUNT PLATFORM CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON R WRIST WHICH PLACE DOWN TO BREAK FALL

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INCIDENT OCCURRED 25' FROM 102 TIPPLE OFFICE FACILITY IN EMPL PARKING AREA.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

EMPOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING A 1 TON ELECTRIC HOIST WHEN THE HOIST FELL FROM ITS OVERHEAD POSITION, STRIKING THE BACK OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND AND FINGERS.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

HEARING LOSS.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SQUATTING POSITION IN A CONFINED AREA REPAIRING A DRAG CONVEYOR CHAIN OF #101 PREPERATION PLANT.AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTPING TO STAND UP FROM THIS CONFINED AREA FOLLOWING T HE REPAIR WORK,HIS LEFT KNEE CRACKED AND HE FELT AN EXTREME PAIN TO THE LEFT KNEE AREA.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

HEARING LOSS

PNUEMOCONIOSIS.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 IN A BENT-OVER POSITION WORKING WITH A CO-WORKER TO REMOVE A SHEET OF METAL 5'X10'X3/8" THICK FROM THE STORAGE RACK.AS THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE SHEET OF METAL F ROM THE RACK,TH9 INJURED EMPLOYEE FELT A SNAP IN HIS BACK AREA WHICH RESULTED IN PAIN.

EMPL IN UPRIGHT3POSITION GETTING DOWN FROM OPERATORS COMPARTMENT OF FORKLIFT WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT CAME IN CONTACT WITH OFF-SET AT GROUND LEVEL,CAUSING LEFT ANKLE TO COLLAPSE OUTWARD RESULTING IN FRACTURED LEFT3ANKLE.

EMP HAD BEEN REMOVING SLATE FROM A PICKING TABLE, WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF SLATE BECAME LODGED IN THE GRIZZLY BARS. AS THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REEMOVE THE LARGE PIECE OF SLATE WITH A SLEDGE HAM MER THE HAMMER HEAD CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD STRUCTURE OF THE PICKING TABLE, CAUSING THE R SMALL FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE STEEL STRUCTURE OF THE G RI ZZLY BARS

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SLIGHTLY BENT OVER POSITION OPERATING A HOMELITE CHAINSAW TO CUT SOME TREE LIMBS OUT OF THE ROADWAY. HE WAS CUTTING A LIMB, THE END OF THE CHAINSAW BAR CONTACED ANOTHER LIMB CAUSING THE CHAINSAW TO KICK UP AND BACKWARDS INTO THE HIS FACE, RESULTING IN LACERATIONS TO THE LEFT EAR AND LEFT CHEEK AREA.

THE EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A DESLIME SCREEN & HAD PLACED THE LEFT HEEL OF HIS WORK SHOE BETWEEN 2 STATIONARY PIECES OF METAL & WAS UNAWARE THAT HIS HEEL WAS FASTENED BETWEEN THE 2 PIECES OF M ETAL. AS HE SWUNG HIS RIGHT LEGF TO CLEAR THE SCREEN, HIS LEFT LEG WAS UNABLE TO PIVOT, RESULTING IN PAIN TO THE LEFT KNEE.

EMP WAS IN UPRIGHT POSITION USING RT FOOT TO RELEASE THE TENSION ON THE HOIST ROPE THE COAL CAR STARTED TO DRIFT FORCINGT SLACK OUT OF THE ROPE LIFTING EMP OFF THE GROUND INJ FELL TO GROUND LEVEL RESULTING IN SPRAINED ANKLE AND SMALL ABRASION ON LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A STAIRWAY AND AS HE APPROACHED THE FOURTH STEP FROM THE GROUND LEVEL HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE FALLING BACKWARD AGAINST THE STAIRWAY STRUCTU RE STRIKING HIS TAILBONE

A 4160 VOLT CABLE CONNECTOR PLUG FELL FROM TOP OF AN OIL SWITHC, CATCHING THE END OF THE SMALL FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE PLUG AND THE RECEPTICLE ON THE OIL SWITCH.

THE EE WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION & HAD PICKED UP ONE END OF A SHAFTWEIGHING APPROX 150#. HE RAISED THE SHAFT APPROX 6" OFF THE CATWALK & PRIOR TO TAKING A STEP, THE EE LOST HIS BALANCE. HE F ELL THRU THE HANDRAILING, OFF THE CATWALK TO T HE GROUND LEVEL FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX 18\ RESULTING IN 3 FRACTURED RIBS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BODY, A SMALL LACERATION JUST ABOVE THE LEFT

AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED WITH 6 FT. RESIN BOLTS ON 4 FT. CENTERS. FALL DIMENTIONS WERE 6 FT. WIDE, 12 FT. LONG AND 4 FT. ABOVE COAL SEAM. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FALL WAS CAUSED BY CO NTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO MOISTURE AND ATMOSPHEREIC CONDITIONS. AREA WILL BE TIMBERED OFF AND DANGER SIGNS WILL BE POSTED. MINE IS NOT PRODUCING COAL - HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN SINCE JULY, 1982.