MTR Surface Mine Coal

Employee was climbing up onto a Mack rollback, when he slipped and fell into a low block wall, striking his side and back. Employee fractured L2 and L3. Employee was released from hospital with a back brace.

Dozer was pushing mateiral down a slope for reclamation. When he ran over a rock causing dozer to loose traction and slide sideways. Dozer then turned over.

Employee was tramming an excavator up a hill and was turning onto a road when the cat slid down the hill and the excavator turned onto it's side. Causing the employee to hit his right shoulder on the bars across the inside of the window.

Battery exploded and a piece of it hit employee in forehead, required stitches.

On Sept 13, 2004 due to an occupational illness as substantiated by medical records and reports, ee became unable to work because of the ailments described in the medical reports. This was not duw to a single event at the mine, but repeated trauma over an extended period of time.

Employee was climbing down off dozer when he slipped and fell aprox. 6' to the ground hurting left shoulder and neck.

Employee was traming a 690 drill up a bench road when he noticed the machine loosing power. He looked in his right side mirror and saw flames coming out of the right engine compartment. He shut down the machine and exited it. Employee obtained the machines fire extingushers and used them on the fire. The fire continued to grow engulfing the machine.

Employee was operating an articulating rock truck. A rock had fallen off of the truck. When employee was backing up to turn truck he ran over rock causing a jarring motion in cab. Employee experienced pain in left shoulder. Employee continued to work until 11/5/2004 when he was removed from work by his doctor.

Employee was working on the pad of the Highwall miner. A car was placed on the pad and the employee and another pad man coupled up the cat heads on the car. The employee went back to pull the slack back into the tray resulting in pain in the lower back.

Employee was traveling into work when he encountered a fuel truck in a narrow part of the road impacting the left front bumper. Employee was complaining of pain in his chest area.

Employee was unloading a deck bushing for a drill from a pickup truck to the mechanics drop when he dropped the part. When he bent over to pick up part he felt a pain in his lower back.

Employee was operating an 992-G loader in the outside of a shot. Employee was going into shot to get a bucket load when the loader bucket struck a rock causing the loader to twist and stop, resulting in pain in the left in the left shoulder.

MECHANIC WAS DISMOUNTING DRILL, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

CHANGING BRAKE CALIPER ON SERVICE TRUCK. TRUCK WAS HELD UP WITH A FORKLIFT. TRUCK SLIPPED OFF FORKS, CATCHING HIS RIGHT HEEL WITH STUD BOLT THAT HELD CALIPER ON.

EE WAS DRIVING TRUCK ALONG PIT ROAD. A ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE SPOIL AREA STRIKING VEHICLE . DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO E.M. XRAYS WERE NEGATIVE EE WAS TREATED WITH PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AND RELEASED

ADJUSTING PULL DOWN CABLES ON DRILL. WHILE GETTING DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH RT ARM. PAIN IN RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.

INSTALLING AXLE IN R90 TRUCK, HOLDING PRESSURE AGAINST AXLE TO LINE SPLINES UP. AXLE KICKED BACK, SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS GRINDING ON 850C DOZER BLADE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS RT. EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND HOOD.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING TRANSMISSION FROM A DM800 MACK TRUCK WITH ANOTHER MECHANIC. WHEN JACK WAS LET DOWN ENGINE SHIFTED CATCHING EE'S L INDEX FINGER. LACERATION & SMALL BREAK TO EN D OF FINGER. REQUIRING 4 STITCHES TO END OF FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 7 7/8' DRILL INTO PICK UP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN STOMACH, SMALL KNOT AROUND NAVEL AREA.

EMPLOYEE HAD GOTTEN OFF ROCK TRUCK FOR LUNCH. WAS CLIMBING BACK UP LADDER WHEH HE STRUCK KNEE ON HAND RAIL, FELT KNEE GIVE WAY FELL BACK TO GROUND, LEFT KNEE TISSUE DAMAGE.

EE WAS PUSHING BRUSH AROUND SIDE OF HILL, HILL WAS WET AND MUDDY DUE TO RECENT RAIN, DOZER SLIDDOWN HILL HITTING TREE STUMP, TURNING DOZER OVERON RT. SIDE, CAUSING PAIN IN BACK AND NECK.

EE WAS OPEATING A R-85 ROCK TRUCK HAULING ROCK TO DUMP AREA WHEN HE HIT A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO HIT ROOF OF CAB WITH TOP OF HEAD, CAUSING PAIN IN HIS NECK

EE WAS MOUNTING A ROCK TRUCK, FIRST STEP WAS A CABLE STEP, EE PLACED RT. FOOT ON STEP THEN PUT HIS WEIGHT ON THE STEP. WHEN DOING SO THE STEP SWUNG CAUSING PAIN IN RT. KNEE.

EE AND ANOTHER EE AT SURFACE SHOP PICKING UP A PARTS SHELF WHILE DOING, INJURED TRIPPED OVER A CRIB BLOCK AND THE RESULTING MOTION CAUSED A SPRAIN TO LEFT KNEE. ON 11-27-01 INJURED SAW A DR. AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, WHO PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY TILL DEC.4TH, INJURED RETURNED TO WORK ON 11-27-01, DOING LIGHT WORK IN HIS REGULAR JOB.

EE WAS OPERATING A CAT D9L DOZER RECLAIMING THE OUTSLOPE ON THE MTR MINE. HE WAS PUSHING DIRT & ROCK UP THE SLOPE AND AS HE BACKED DOWN THE SLOPE HE RAN OVER SOME ROCKS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE STARTED EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, MOST LIKELY DUE TO REPEATED TRAUMA.

EE STARTED HIS SHIFT ON AN L85 ROCK TRUCK AT 0600. LATER IN THE SHIFT HE STATED THAT HIS SEAT WAS LOOSE CAUSING HIS BACK TO HURT. A NEW SEAT WAS ORDERED. AT 1000HE PARKED THE ROCK TRUCK, STATE D HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND WENT HOME. HE HAD NOT RETURNED TO WORK.

CO WORKER RAISED BED OF 777 HAUL TRUCK SMASHING FINGER BETWEEN BED AND HOIST CYLINDER.

VICTIM WAS A PASSENGER IN A PICKUP TRUCK ON THE HAULAGE ROAD. A ROCK APPROX. 31/2 SQUARE FOOT CAME OFF THE HIGHWASS & STRUCK THE TOP OF THE CAB (PASSENGER SIDE) RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURIES T O VICTIM (A VISITOR, NOT AN EMPLOYEE). HE SUFFERED FRACTURES TO THE LEFT TIBIA & FIBULA, RIGHT FEMOR & PELVIS, AND A CONCUSSION.

EE WAS PULLING FIBERLOCK OF SLURRY PIPE IN ORDER TO COUPLE PIPES TOGETHER WHEN HE PULLED TOO HARD STRAINING THE MUSCLE. HE DIDN'T MISS ANY WORK UNTIL ON 11/1/00 HE ONCE AGAIN WAS INJURED. HE W AS REMOVING A PIECE OF METAL FROM HIS TRUCK. WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON THE METAL HE REINJURED HIS RIGHT BICEP.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOUNTING THE OPERATOR'S CAB OF GREASE TRUCK. HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ON A STEP AND HIS RIGHT HAND ON A GRAB RAIL AND AS HE BEGAN HIS CLIMB HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE RETURNED TO GROUND LEVEL. CAUSED A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE HAD SURGERY TO CORRECT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE BEGGINING OF THE DISABILITY.

EE WAS DESCENDING FROM COAL LOADER WHEN HE STATED HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL ON THE STEP RESULTING IN A FALL.

EE BACKED ROCK TRUCK THROUGH BERM. TRUCK FLIPPED OVER BACKWARDS, LANDING ON ITS TOP.

EE INFORMED MINE MGMT. THAT HE IS AWAY FROM WORK DUE TO DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN HIS BACK. THE DATE AND TIME OF ACCIDENT REFLECTS HIS FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK. EE STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN RECEIV ING TREATMENT FOR HIS BACK FOR OVER A YEAR.

EE REPORTED EXPERIENCING PAIN DURING HIS SHIFT, BUT COULD NOT IDENTIFY A PARTICULAR EVENT. EE HAS REPORTED MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS DURING THE LAST 15 YEARS INVOLVING HIS BACK.

WHILE HELPING OTHER CREW MEMEBERS REMOVE ROCK FROM MINING EQUIPMENT, EE INJURIED BACK.

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A CO-WORKER'S HARD HAT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE RT SIDE OF HIS GROIN.

EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE OPERATING AN ENDLOADER. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS AS THE CAUSE OF HIS PAIN.

EE HAD LIFTED COVER OF CONT MINER TO FILL HYDRAULIC TANK WITH OIL. COVER FELL CATCHING HANDS AND FINGERS.

EE WAS USING PRY BAR TO INSTALL HIGH VOLTAGE SWITCH: BAR SLIPPED CAUSING SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF HAND. MIDDLE FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH SHARP PIECE OF METAL CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING TWO STITC HES.

EE STATES HE WAS FUELING HIGHWALL DRILL WHEN DRILL OPERATOR MOVED DRILL CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

EE WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER WHEN THE BLADE SLIPPED FROM A ROCK CAUSING THE EE TO BE JOLTED.

INJURED WAS WALKING ACROSS EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT WHEN HIS LEFT ANKLE GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.

THE DRIVER WAS HAULING COAL FROM OUR SHOP AREA TO OUR MINE SITE (THE OLD DUMP). WHEN HE TRIED TOSHIFT GEARS DOWN HILL THE DRIVER COULD NOT GET THE TRUCK BACK IN GEAR AND THE TRUCK HIT A DITCH.

EE STUMBLED OVER A TRAILING CABLE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE ATTEMPTED TO LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THE FALL BY EXTENDING HIS LEFT HAND WHICH STRUCK THE GROUND FIRST. \

THE DRIVER ALLEGES THAT HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HILL AT MARTIN CO AT ABOUT 20-25 MPH HAULING COAL WHEN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOOD ON HIS TRUCK FLEW UP ON THE DRIVER AND THE DRIVER HIS HIS BRA KES AND THE TRUCK SLID INTO THE HIGHWALL AND BOUNCED BACK ONTO THE ROAD

EE CUT A TREA. THE TREE KICKED BACK, STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT LEG. EE WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO THIS MINE.

THE DRIVER WAS HAULING ON A WET MUDDY ONE LANE ROAD WHEN HE TRAVELED TO CLOSE TO THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF BERM. THE DRIVER STOPPED THE TRUCK THEN BACKED UP TO WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE ROAD AND PROCE DED FORWARD THEN THE DRIVER STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND OUT A HARD RIGHT AND STOPPED THE TRUCK AGAIN. HE THEN WAS TO CLOSE TO THE BERM AND THE ROAD UNDERNEATH THE LEFT REAR WHEELS BROKE CAUSING

EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM A PICK UP TRUCK INTO A NINE INCH IN DIAMETER VERTICAL TEST DRILL HOLE. THE DRILL HOLE WAS LOCATED ON A DRILL BENCHHH INTENDED FOR SURFACE MINE OVERBURDEN BLASTING. THE E MPLOYEE WAS UNSBLE TO FREE HIMSELF,THUS MANUAL &MECAHNICAL ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED TO FREE HIM.

EMP LEFT WORK DUE TO PAIN IN HIS NECK.

THE DRIVER WAS HAULING UP MIR HILL AND EE HAD THE TRUCK IN THE WRONG GEAR 7 WHEN HE STARTED UP THE HILL THE TRUCK CHOKED OUT ON HIM AND CAUSED THE TRUCK ROLL BACKWARS AND INTO A DITCH AND AFTE R THE TRUCK ROLLED INTO THE DITCH IT OVERTURNED.DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK AFTER IT ROLLED AND NOW ALLEGES HE HAS A LEG INJURY.

THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING DOWN A HILL AND WHEN HE GOT HLAF WAY DOWN THE HITT THE DRIVER WAS TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS AND WHEN HE DID HE COULD NOT GET THE TRUCK BACK IN GEAR AND LESS CONTROL OF THE TRUCK CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT A GUARD RAIL AND OVERTURN.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING HOSE ON LOWER SECTION OF BOOM WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT WITH HIS RIGHT ARM TO KEEP FROM FALLING.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT BULLDOZER, HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE STEP AND ATTEMPTED TO GRAB THE RAIL WHEN HE FELL BACKWARDS.

THE DRIVER WAS GETTING READY TO GO DOWN A HILL HE SAID THE RIGHT FRON T TANDEM AXLE BROKE ON HIM CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO FASTER THEN WEHN HE COULDN'T STOP THE TRUCK THE DRIVE JUMMPED OUT OF TH E TRUCK CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT LEG.

EE WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER PUSHING OVERBURDEN FROM A DRILL BENCH. HE HAD COMPLETED A PUSH, PLACED THE MACHINE IN REVERSE AND BEGAN TRAMMING BACKWARDS, NOT KNOWING A ROCK HAD SLID OUT OF THE SHOT MATERIAL AND INTO HIS PATH. EE TURNED HIS BODY TO OBSERVE HIS PATH OF TRAVEL, WHEN THE LEFT DOZER TRACKS CLIMBED ONTO THE ROCK CAUSING A JOLT ACTION OF THE DOZER. THEN HE STOPPED AND TRAM

EMPLOYEE (J. BLEVINS) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN OVER A D10N CUTTING EDGE WITH A PRY BAR AND CABLE ASSEMBLY HAD TO THE PRY BAR SLIPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS, PULLING LOWER BACK MUSCLES.

THE DRIVER WAS GOING UP MIR HILL AND HE HAD THE GEAR IN TOO HIGH OF A GEAR AND WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS ON THE HILL THE TRUCK CHOKE OUT CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SHUT OFF. THE TRUCK THEN BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND THE DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK AND CAUSED INJURY TO HIS WRIST AND LOWER EXTRIMITIES. THE TRUCK DID NOT TURN OVER IT RAN INTO A DITCH AND STOPPED.

A PICK UP TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS NOT EXTINGUISHED WITHIN 30 MINUTES.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING APPROX 10' FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT WAS USING A HAMMER TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE. SLIVER OF METAL CAME FROM THE HAMMER OR OTHER METAL OBJECT AND STRUCK EMP ON THE RIGHT SI DE OF THE HEAD.

CUTTING EDGE FELL AND CUT AND MASHED FINGERS. IT WAS HUNG UP, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNHANG IT WHEN IT HAPPENED.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING ELECTRICAL REPAIRS ONA DEENERGIZED CIRCUIT WHEN ONE OF TH EWIRES THAT HAD BEEN DISCONNECTEC CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AN ENEREGIZED WIRE CAUSING AN ELECTRICLA "FLASH". EM PLOYEE DID NTO BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 7-10-95 DUE TO INFECTON OF THE WOUNDS.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TWO 35LBS OF BLASTING AGENT INTO HOLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.

CUSTOMENS (MARTIN CO COAL) EMPLOYEE HAD CUT A PIECE OF METAL PIPE WITH A CUTTING TORCH A FEW MINUTES LATER OUR EMPLOYEE PICKED UP THE PIECE OF PIPE IT WAS STILL HOT HE BURNED HIS RT HAND

SUBJECT WAS ENGAGED IN THE REPAIR WORK OF A UTILITY TRUCK. HE WAS INSTALLING SUSPENSION SPRINGS WITH THE AID OF A HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED FLOOR JACK. THE SPRINGS WERE LIFTED INTO PLACE AND THE SUBJECT PLACED HIS FINGER INTO A PINCH POINT, THE FLOOR JACK SLIPPED, CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE CUT.

EYE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE SUBJECT WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER ABOVE A LOADING PIT FOR A SHOVEL WHEN THE BULLDOZER TRAMMED OVER THE VERTICLE INCLINE.

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOUNTING A BULLDOZER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIFT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE STATED THAT HE PLACED HIS DINNER BUCKET ON THE TILT CYLINDER AND BEGAN MOUNTING FROM THE LEFT SIDE. SUDDENLY FELL TO THE GROUND HE IS NOT CERTAIN WHAT CAUSED HIM TO FALL OR FROM THE EXACT LOCATION HE FELL.

SUBJECT BEEN AWARD A RETRANING INCETIVE BENEFITS CLAIM. THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE OF THE AWARD NO KNOW WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS RESULT OF THIS CLAIM.

SUBJECT WAS HAVING A R-85 EUCLID ROCK TRUCK LOADED BY TWO FRONT END LOADERS. EMPLOYEE STATED THE TRUCK WAS JOLTED WHEN THE SECOND LOAD OF OVERBURDEN WAS DROPPED INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS CLAIM. THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE OF THE AWARD. NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS CLAIMS.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A " RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS" CLAIM. THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE OF THE AWARD. NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS CLAIM.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED INCENTIVE BENEFITS CLAIM DATE OF ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE OF THE AWARD NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS CLAIM

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS CLAIM DAT E OF ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE OF THE AWARD NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOSTA S A RESULT OF THIS CLAIM

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING A HEATING EOEMENT IN AN ENGINE HEATER FOR A DIESEL POWERED REFUSE TRUCK HE HAD SECURED THE HOUSING IN A VICE & WAS EMPLOYING A PIPE WRENCH TO REMOVE THE HEATING ELEMENT THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIPE WRENCH & VICE PLATFORM

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A "RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS" CLAIM. THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE OF THE AWARD. NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS CLAIM.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A 'RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS' CLAIM. DATE OF ACCIDENT REFLECTS DATE OF AWARD. NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS CLAIM.

24215CT WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A VERTICAL HIGHWALL DRILL. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLICE A ROLLER LINK CHAIN. WHEN HE HIT THE CHAIN WITH A HAMMER A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BECAME DISLODGED ST 99295G HIM IN THE FOREARM.

24215CT HAS BEEN AWARDED A RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS CLAIM.THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DTA OF THW AWARD.NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THE CLAIM.

24215CT HAS BEEN AWARDED A RETRAINING BENEFIT CLAIM.THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DTAE OF THE AWARD.NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THE CLAIM.THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED 66038IS CLAIM ON JULY 16,1992.

24215CT HAS BEEN AWARDED A RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS CLAIM.THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE OF THE AWARD.NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS CLAIM.THIS OFFICE W 12056TIFIED OF THE AWARD ON JULY 16,1992.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A "RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS" CLAIM. THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE OF THE AWARD. NO KNOWN DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS CLAIM. (COAL WORKERS PNUEMOCONIOSIS)

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING UNDER A PIECE OF CATERPILLAR EQUIPMENT TO MAKE REPAIRS AND HE HIT HIS KNEE ON A ROCK CAUSE DIT TO BE BRUISED.

LOADING SCRAP METAL INTO CARGO SPACE OF PICK-UP TRUCK.TOSSED A PIECE OF METAL,FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL AND THE TAILGATE OF TRUCK.

I.NAME STANDING ON GRADER CHECKING OIL AND FUEL. SLIPPED AND FELL OFF GRADER TIRE ONTO GRADER BLADE.

SUBJECT WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER TO LOAD OVERBURDEN INTO HAULAGE TRUCKS. DURING A ROUTINE CYCLE, HE LOADED HIS BUCKET AND STARTED TO BACK UP WHEN A LARGE ROCK BECAME DISLODGED, STRIKIN G THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER.

DESCENDING EXTENSION LADDER PLACED IN THE BACK OF ROCK TRUCK.LADDER GAVE WAY CAUSING FALL TO GROUND-15'.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED "RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS" DUE TO THE EXPOSURE TO COAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS. THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT RELFECTS THE DATE THE AWARD WAS FINALIZED BY THE JUDGE'S SIGNATURE. MARTIN COUNTY COAL CORP. IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF THE AWARD. SUBJECT IS CONTINUING TO WORK AND HAS MISSED NO SCHEDULED WORK DAYS TO DATE DUE TO THS CLAIM.

AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS DUE TO THE EXPOSURE TO COAL WOKER PN EUMOCONIOSIS

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING LEAF SPRINGS UNDER THE FRONT OF A MECHANICS TRUCK AS HE WAS ATTEMPTIANG TO REPOSITION THE SPRINGS WITH THE AID OF AN EIGHTEEN INCH PRY BAR HE EXPERIENC ED PAIN IN THE THORACIC SPINAL AREA OF THE BACK

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SPLICING A PULL DOWN CHAIN FOR THE MAST OF A ROCK DRILL. HE WAS USING A CABLE HOIST TO PULL THE CHAIN TOGETHER IN ORDER TO INSERT A SPLICE LINK. AS HE ATTEMPTED T O LOOSEN THE CABLE HOIST, THE RATCHETING HANDLE OF THE CABLE HOIST FORCED HIS HAND INTO THE MAST FRAME OF THE DRILL.

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING PRE-SHIFT CHECKS ON A BULLDOZER. HE HAD JUST FINISHED CHECKING THE ENGINE OIL LEVEL WHEN HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND. THE DISTANCE OF THE FALL WAS 4 FT. THE SUBJECT HAD NO IDEA AS TO THE REASON FOR HIS FALL. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN THE LOWER RIGHT REGION OF HIS BACK. UPON EXAMINATION AND X-RAYS NO REASON COULD BE FOUND FOR THE PAIN.

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING A STORAGE TRAILER WITH AN OVERHEAD GARAGE TYPE DOOR.HE HAD RAISED THE DOOR TO SHOULDER HEIGHT,LOST FOOTING WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT,FALLING TOWARD THE INSIDE O F THE TRAILER.

VICTIM AND CO-WORKER WERE PUTTING BINDER CHAINS ON A HOIST DRUM TO A LOW BOY.THEY APPLIED A CHEATER PIPE OVER THE BINDER HANDLE AND BEGAN PULLING ON THE PIPE.SUDDENLY IT SLIPPED OFF THE BINDER HANDLE AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE HEAD,JUST ABOVE LEFT EYE.

VICTIM AND CO WORKERS WERE HANDLING THE TRAILING CABLE TO THE BUCYRUS ERIE 295B SHOVEL THAT WAS BEING RELOCATED. A ROAD GRADER WAS BEING UTILIZED TO PULL THE TRAILING CABLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SECURE THE CABLE BY ROPE TO THE GRADER EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE LOWER REGION OF THE BACK.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE DEPARTED THE SHOVEL PROCEEDED TOWARD THE DUMPING AREA APPR.X .6 MILES AWAY AS HE BEGAN DESCENDING A INCLINE NEAR THE DUMPING PO INT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE STRUCK A DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY. HE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE SEAT AND OVER AGAINST THE LEFT DOOR. HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK AS HE LANDED

VICTIM & FOUR COWORKERS WERE ASSIGNED TASK OF REMOVING DEBRIS FROM ROLLER FRAME OF B-E 295B ELECYRIC SHOVEL. CLEANING ACTIVITY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO REDUCE BUILDUP OF MUD & GREASE ON CIRCLE GEAR. EMPL STATED THAT HE COMMENCED SHOVELING WHILE KNEELING ON ROLLER FRAME. AS HE LIFTED LOADED SHOVEL & EMPTIED CONTENTS OVER TRACK OF SHOVEL HE FELT SUDDEN PAIN IN LOWER REGION OF BACK.

VICTIM WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON BLADE OF A 16G GRADER. I,NAME BEGAN TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ON THE CUTTING EDGES BY HOLDING BOLT WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND USING AN AIR GUN WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE BOLT ROTATED IN HIS HAND, CAUSING A 1" LACERATION INSIDE OF LEFT HAND.

VICTIM WAS REPLACING RIGHT CLUTCH ON A 295-B SHOVEL. AS THE CLUTCH WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE SHAFT WITH A BOOM FROM A MECHANIC TRUCK, THE GEAR SLIPPED OUT OF THE CLUTCH AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT. I,NAME WAS STANDING ON A DRAW BAR ANDCOULD NOT MOVE WITHOUT LOOSING HIS BALANCE.

OPER DOZER, DOZER L TRACK TRAMMED OVER BOULDER BLADE SLAMMED TO GROUND

VICTIM WAS REPLACING A GEAR BOX ON THE PIPE RACK OF A ROBBINS DRILL. HE HAD JUST COMPLETED BUFFING THE SHAFT OF THE PIPE RACK WHEN REALIZED THAT HE HAD A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING DRESSER HAULPACK 630 E ROCK TRUCK HAULING OVERBURDEN. EE STATED THAT WHEN HE APPROACHED THE EDGE OF THE COAL SEAM, THE WEIGHT IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK SHIFTED CAUSING THE E NTIRE TRUCK TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS INTO A DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY HE STATED THAT MOTION OF THE TRUCK SLIDING INTO THE DEPRESSION CAUSED HIM TO BE HOLTED AND HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN BACK

VICTIM WAS CHANGING A TOOTH ON THE BUCKET OF THE 295B SHOVEL. HE BEGAN KNOCKING THE OLD TOOTH LOOSE BY USING A 20 POUND HAMMER. AS HE STRUCK THE TOOTH WITH THE HAMMER, A SMALL PIECE OF METAL B ROKE LOOSE, STRIKING HIM ON THE KNEE.

NEW INJURY DETERMINED NOT RECURRENCE OF OLD INJURY.NO NEW NARRATIVE PROVIDED BY COMPANY.

NO NEW NARRATIVE PROVIDED FOR INJURY DETERMINED TO BE NEW INJURY NOT RECURRENCE.

VICTIM WAS ASSISTING MECHANICS IN CHANGING A LEVELING JACK ON A VERTICAL DRILL VICTIM PLACED AN ALUMINUM LADDER AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE DRILL AND BEGAN TO CLIMB WHEN HE HAD ASCENDED TO APPROC X5 FT THE LADDER SLIPPED AND THE VICITM FELL INTO THE DRILL HE LEFT WORK AND WENT TO A DR BUT RETURNED 2 HRS LATER AND FINISHED HIS SHIFT VICTIM DID NOT MISS WORK

VICTIM WAS HELPING TO HOOK THE CABLES OF AN OVERHEAD CRANE TO THE BED OF A ROCK TRUCK IN THE SURFACE SHOP. ONE OF THE CABLES CAME LOOSE FROM THE TRUCK BED AND STRUCK THE VICTIM ON THE RIGHT SI DE OF HIS NOSE. A LARGE METAL HOOK ATTACHED TO THE CABLE STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE NOSE. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO THE NOSE THAT REQUIRED SUTURES. VICTIM DID NOT MISS WORK.

VICTIM HAD BEEN3USING A DELCO PRESSURE WASHER TO STEAM CLEAN A TRANSMISSION ON A 475-C FRONT END LOADER.HE TURNED TO HAND THE CLEAING WAND TO A CO-WORKER AND EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN THE L LOWER PORTION O0 HIS BACK.

MOUNTING STATIO3ARY LADDER ON FRONT OF ROCK TRUCK.STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON 2ND RUNG OF LADDER.HAD BOTH HANDS ON HANDRAILS WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

VICTIM WAS HOLD3NG & SHAKING A DISCHARGE HOSE ON BULK ANFO TRUCK WHILE A COWORKER HIT A COUPLING WITH A 2LB HAMMER THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE SOME ANFO THAT HAD CLOGGED THE DISCHARGE HO SE THE HAMMER G5ANCED OFF THE MEETAL COUPLING & STRUCK VICTIM IN THE NOSE

VICTIM HAD BEEN3ASSIGNED THE TASK OF REPLACING A MISSING GRAB BAR ON A CAT D9L DOZER. AS THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO MOUNT THE DOZER TO WELD THE BRAG BAR HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LEF T LEG. X-RAYS &3 MEDICAL EXAMINATION LATER REVEALED THAT THE VICTIM HAD EXPERIENCED A SLIPPED DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK.

VICTIM CRAWLED 6NDERNEATH A TRUCK TO LOOSEN THE DRAIN VALVE ON THE COOLING SYSTEM. AS HE BACKED OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP, HE ECPERIENCED A SUDD EN PAIN IN HIS 5OWER BACK. THE CLEARANCE UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK WAS 24". HE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT BYUT WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK ON THE NEXT DAY

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A ROCK TRUCK HAULING OVERBURDEN. THE TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED BY A FRONT END LOADER & A CAT FRONT END LOADER. WHEN THE CAT DUMPED A BUCKET OF OVERBUEDEN MATERIAL INTO THE B ED OF THE TRUCK3THE VICTIM WAS JOLTED IN H IS SEAT & EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS NECK & SHOULDER RADIATING DOWN HIS NECK.

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A BULLDOZER CLEARING TIMBER AND BRUSH FROM AN AREA TO BE SURFACE MINED. HE WAS TRAMMING THE BULLDOZER UP A STEEP GRADE (26,%). THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AND THE BRAKES F AILED TO HOLD T2E DOZER. IT TRAVELED APPROX 120' DOWNGRADE BEFORE COMING TO REST IN A ROADAWAY. HE WAS JOLTED IN THE SEAT DURING THE BULLDOZERS DESCENT

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A CLARK 475C FRONT ENDLOADER. VICTIM STOPPED THE LOADER AND INTENDED TO CLEAN THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE TOP OF THE CAB. THE VICTIM PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ON A HANDRAIL TO GAIN A CCESS TO THE LIGHT. AS THE V ICTIM ATTEMPTED TO SWING HIS RIGHT FOOT OVER A HIGHER HANDRAIL HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LOWER HANDRAIL CAUSING HIS LEFT KNEE TO STRIKE THE LOWER HANDRAIL

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A R-50 ROCK TRUCK HAULING SPOIL MATERIAL FROM A PIT TO A DUMP SIDE. THE VICTIM BACKED THE LOADED TRUCK INTO THE DUMP SITE AT AN ANGLE. VICTIM SET THE DUMP BRAKE AND W AS P REPARING TO RAISE THE BED TO DUMP THE TRUCK WHEN HE FELT THE TRUCK SINKING OR SETTLING THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS SUNK INTO THE SPOIL MATERIAL AND C AUSED THE TRUCK TO ROLL OVER ONTO THE RIGHT SI

VICTIM WAS CLIMBINGA TO FALL TO THE GROUND. WHEN VICTIM SLIPPED HER LEFT FOOT STRUCK THE GROUND AND CAUSED HER TO TURN HER ANKLE.

VICTIM WAS USING A 4" ENGINE DRIVEN CENTRIFUGAL PUMP TO FILL A WATER TRUCK FROM A POND. THE PUMP APPARENTLY STOPPED PUMPING AND HELD WATER IN THE IMPELLER COMPARTMENT WHILE THE PUMP CONTINUED TO RUN. THE WATER WAS HEATED TO BOILING BY FRICTION WITHIN THE IMPELLER COMPARTMENT. THE VICTIM WAS UNAWARE OF THIS AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE FILLER COVER PLATE. HE WAS DRENCHED WITH THE HO

VICTIM WAS PERFORMING HER REGULAR JOB AS A ROCK TRUCK DRIVER. VICTIM STATED THAT THE SHOVEL OPERATOR HAD PLACED 3 DIPPERS OF OVERBURDEN IN THE TRUCK AND WHEN THE FOURTH DIPPER WAS LOADED INTO THE TRUCK A ROCK STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE BED CAUSING HER TO BE JOLTED IN THE TRUCK SEAT. VICTIM STATED THAT SHE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN HER BACK AS A RESULT OF THIS.