Pax South Surface Mine Coal

Employee was attempting to help free vehicles stuck on road when he slipped on ice and landed on his right hip. Accident occured on the county road not on mine property.

Employee was checking oil levels on grader when employee was dismounting the machine, one foot hit ice and employee fell to the ground. Employee bruised his shoulder blades and left hip.

Employee was on top of water truck to check and see if tank was full, when he slipped and fell on top of the water truck.

Mechanic was moving the jack pad on the drill when he started feeling pain in his lower back. Pulled muscle in lower back. Missed work from 9/6 thru 9/10/2005.

Operator was dismounting truck, the bottom cable step slipped and caused his left foot to strike the ground very hard. It had been raining & there was a lot of mud. His left knee was dislocated and will require surgery.

EE and another mechanic were performing repair work on a drill. He used a hammer to loosen parts on the final drive. Impact from hammer caused a splinter of metal to chip off and imbed in his left wrist area. Doctors determined that it would be best to leave splinter where it is. Missed two days work

Employee says that he was ?jarred? in the rock truck while being loaded. Two days rest.

Victim was dismounting the loader when he stepped on the bottom step that had gotten broken during his shift and he fell to the ground. Complained of pain in lower back, diagnosed with swollen disc.

EE was dismounting the truck when he slipped on the bottom step and fell, bruising his left hip. Missed two days work.

EE was climbing onto the truck to start his shift. He had a lunch bucket and another item in his hands. He slipped and fell approximately ten feet to the ground. His left leg was broken just below the left knee. Required surgery to insert pins and plates to stabilize the bones.

EE was tugging on the tire on a mechanics truck trying to remove it from the truck. He felt a pain in his lower abdomen/groin area.He is still off work due to hernia.

EE was climbing out of the loader to clean the windows when he slipped and fell from the loader to the ground. He is still off work due to pain and stiffness in his neck.

Employee was operating a front end loader, loading gravel into to be spread on the haul road. He says that somehow he shifted or twisted in the seat and pulled his left shoulder out of socket.

EE states that twice on his shift a large rock shook the truck he was operating when the loader was putting shot overburden in the bed. His back began hurting, however he continued working until 1/18/2005 before missing the first day of work. He was off until 1/24 and returned to work. After five hours his back was hurting so bad he took off again. Still off from work.

Employee was helping out on the powder crew when he stepped on rock and twisted his right leg. Swelling above the ankle in the calf area of right leg. Unknown extents of injury have not been able to contact him.

Victim states that he initially hurt his back on 9/16/04 but never reported it to anyone. On 9/21/04 he aggravated the injury while performing repairs on a truck. Reported to supervisors and went to doctor this date. Strained muscle in lower back.

Employee cut a tree when a grapevine dislodged a rock approx 75 ft uphill from the tree. The rock rolled down the hill striking employee on the knee.

Operator parked his truck too close to the highwall. A rock fell striking the right rear of the truck. Operator sustained a strained muscle in his right arm.

Victim suffered a stroke on the job. The next day he had a fatal stroke while still in the hospital. THIS IS NOT A MINING ACCIDENT OR OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED UNDER PROTEST AS REQUIRED BY MINE CITATION 7229029.

Operator twisted around in the seat to look behind him and felt a pain in his lower back radiating all the way down his left leg.

Battery was making noise, so he raised the compartment cover and the battery exploded. Got battery acid on left hand. ER physician applied 6 stitches.

EE CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT ON AIR COMPRESSOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START AIR COMPRESSOR ON MECHANICS TRUCK.

A ROCK WEDGED IN THE FEED BELT OF CRUSHER. AFTER SHUTDOWN OF CRUSHER, EE MOVED ROCK BY HAND, RESULTING IN A BACK STRAIN AND PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA.

WHILE WORKING EXCAVATOR IN ROCK SHOT NEAR OUTER EDGE SHOT ROCK COLLAPSED FROM UNDER RIGHT TRACK CAUSING EXCAVATOR TO OVER TURN. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO CAB PINNING OPERATOR INSIDE BY BOTH LEGS.

EMPLOYEE REMOVING A LUMP OF COAL FROM STACKER BELT ON HYDROSCREEN AND A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM BELT ONTO HIS HAND.

HOSE ON TRIPLE SEVEN CAUGHT ON FIRE BECAUSE OF PRESSURE. EE DID NOT FOLLOW SAFETY AND JUMPED OFF THE TRUCK.

EE USING BOOM TO LIFT WATER PIPE. THE PIPE BEGAN SWINGING. EE LIFTED ARM TO STOP PIPE FROM HITTING ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIP.

DAY WEATHER CONDITIONS, EE ALLEGES WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF EQUIPMENT SLIPPED OFF STEP AND LANDED ON NECK SHOULDER. THERE WAS MD WITNESSES. HE LEFT AT 10 30 PM TO GO TO HOSPITAL.

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE TOOK A HANDGUN OUT OF THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR FOR UNEXPLAINED REASONS AND ALLEGEDLY ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT FOOT. HE HAD NO REASON TO HAVE A GUN O N MINE PROPERTY AND NO JOB DUTY REQUIRED ONE.

MECHANIC WAS WALKING AROUND CAB & STEPPED ON A PLASTIC PIECE & FELL STRAIGHT DOWN. TRYED TO CATCH SELF & SMACKED ARM AGAINST TRUCK TIRE.

WHILE DISMOUNTING FRONT ENDLOADER EE SLIPPED ON BOTTOM STEP AND FELL ON HIS BACK AND NECK. IT WAS RAINING MIXED WITH SNOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS AT THE OFFICE WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE FELL DOWN 2 STEPS. HE TWISTED HIS BODY AND HAS ALLEGED A BACK INJURY.

EE WAS WORKING ON AIRSTARTER AND WAS CHECKING AN AIR LINE. AIR ENTERED HIS HAND THROUGH A CUT AND WENT UNDER THE SKIN.

MECHANIC WAS REMOVING A 992C TRANSMISSION, WIND WAS BLOWING VERY HARD AND BLEW FOREIGN MATERIAL IN LEFT EYE, IT STUCK IN THE LENSE OF THE LEFT EYE OVER THE IRIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A POWER POLE WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE WAS CAUGHT BY HIS SAFETY BELT. AFTERWARDS HE WAS DOING SOME LIFTING AND FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN. HE SUFFERED A HERNIA AT HIS NAVEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TRACK ON A D10N. RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN PADS WHEN CABLE BROKE ON BOOM TRUCK AND TRACKS FELL. EMPLOYEE HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK.

EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK AND WAS BEING LOADED BY A HYD. SHOVEL. A ROCK FELL OFF THE BUCKET AND STRUCK THE TOP OF THE TRUCK. THE EE ALLEGES THE ROCK JARRED HIM CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK.

WHILE OPERATING THE GRADER ON THE HAUL ROAD, EMPLOYEE HIT A ROCK WITH THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN FROM HIS SEAT, INJURING HIS BACK.

WORKING ON BLASTING CREW, SNOW WAS COVERING A CRACK, HE STEPPED IN CRACK AND INJURED RIGHT LEG.

WHILE INFLATING A TIRE, THE TIRE BURST. TIRE DEBRIS & DUST HIT HIM IN THE FACE, NECK & EYES.

THE P&H HYDRAULIC SHOVEL HAS A RETRACTABLE LADDER FOR ACCESS TO MACHINE. EE MOUNTED MACHINE BENT OVER TO PULL LADDER UP, FELT PAIN IN BACK. EE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR APPROX. 5 HOURS. BACK BECAM E STIFF AND SORE, SO HE WENT HOME. HE SAW A DR THE FOLLOWING DAY.

DRY CONDITIOUS, EE WAS DISMOUNTING ROCK TRUCK. WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING 988-B CAT END LOADER AT END OF SHIFT, HIS WEDDING RING CAUGHT ON LADDER STEP. RESULTING INJURY: LACERATION AND AN IN-PLACE FRACTURE OF FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

EE WAS WORKING ON A DRILLTECH D40K. WHILE HE WAS DRIVING PINS IN TOP OF PULL DOWN CYLINDERS LAYING ACROSS MASS, HE SWUNG HIS HAMMER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EE A SURVEYOR, WAS CUTTING BRUSH WITH A LARGE KNNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED RESULTING IN A CUT TO LOWER LEFT LEG,, REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

WHEN PARKING HAULAGE TRUCK, EMPLOYEE PARKED ON HIGH SPOT MAKING STEP HIGHER FROM THE GROUND THAN NORMAL. THIS RESULTED IN PULLED LIGAMENTS IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM A ROCK TRUCK EE FOOT ENCOUNTERED LOOSE MATERIAL ON THEGROUNDHE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL STRIKINGTHE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY ON THE GROUND

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LUBE TRUCK DOWN HILL AN DPOWER STEEERING WEN TOUT (EMPLOYEE FAILED TO CHECK FLUID LEVELS BEFORE DRIVING). HE ALLEDGES THAT HE WS JOLTED AROUND AND DUE TO DIFFICULT STEERI NG,, HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK.

WHILE DISMOUNTING ROCK TRUCK (CAT 777) EE SLIPPE DON BOTTOM STEP AND FELL TO GROUND. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MEDICALL FACILITY TO PRESCRIPTION FOR SPRAIN NECK/BACK.

WHILE LOADING LARGE ROCK INTO BED 9 CAT 777, ROCK TRUCK THE OPERATOR WHO BOUNCED AROUND IN SEAT CAB.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING LADDER TO CHECK BATTERY ON CAT 777B TRUCK. WHEN HE SLIPPED HE STRUCK HIS CHEST ON BUMPER OF THE MECHANIC TRUCK. BRUISED CHEST. DID NOT STOP WORK ON THIS DAY.

EE WAS CUTTING RUBBER HOSE WITH POCKET KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED RESULTING IN PUNCTURE WOUND TO PALM OF LEFT HAND.

WHILE CHANGING OIL ON CAT ROCK TRUCK 777 EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON PLATFORM NEAR CAB,IT WAS RAINING AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL..

WHILE OPERATING WATER CANNON ON THE CAT 777 WATER TRUCK SLIP ON HOOD WHILE WASHING COAL TRUCKS GRASP NOZZEL TO KEEP FROM FALL TO GROUND, SPUN AROUND AT INJURED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKNG NEAR THE SHOVEL BUCKET THAT WAS BEING WELDED ON. A PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIS LEFT EYE. THIS IS A MINOR INJURY THAT REQUIRED DR. TO WASH OUT EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

WHILE MOVING A CUTTING EDGE, THE SLATE BAR SLIPPED & HIT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S HARD HAT. THE HARD HAD, CUT THE EMPLOYEE'S HEAD.

AFTER MAKING UP A HOSE, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE FELL AS HE WAS LEAVING HT EHOSE TRAILER.

UNPLANNED DETONATION OF HOLE DURING LOADING OF SHOT.

PREMATURE DETONATION OF HOLE WITHIN BLAST AREA.

PREMATURE DETONATION OF HOLE WITHIN BLAST AREA.

WHILE GETTING ON POWER TRUCK UNTIL 391 GOT HOLD OF LADDER TO PULL UP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE TRYING TO LIFT A 120 LLB BARREL OF PRIMROSE 513 M, INTO THE SIDE OF EQUIPMENT #372, APPROX 4 FT HIGH, WHILE LIFTING FROM GROUND TO EQUIPMENT PULLED LOWER BACK.

WHILE INSTALLING 4K8734 BEARING IN THE 2G8139 ORON THE 14G 96U6237 MOTOR GRADER, WHILE USING A PLATE & PULLER BOLT INJURED WAS USING IMPACT ON BOLT. INJURED WAS USING A PUNCH & HAMMER TO HELP IT WAS RAINING, HAMMER HANDLE & GLOVES WERE WET,WHILE SWINGING HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF HAND, STRIKING INJURED ON CHEEK BONE.

WHILE DESCENDING THE STAIRS AT THE FOREMAN'S TRAILER AT THE MINE SITE, HE SLIPPED ON ICE & FELL THUS INJURING HIMSELF.

EE WAS WALKING BY MECHANICS WHO WAS GRINDING ON THE BUCKET OF A SHOVEL, WHEN A PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.

MR HENSDILL WAS WORKING ALONG SIDE OF A BACKHOE, AS IT WAS PULLING ON A ROCK A PIECE OF THE ROCK BROKE FREE AND CAME BACK STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.

INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE DIFFERENTIAL GEAR FROM THE HOUSING OF A F250 FORD SERVICE TRUCK. WHEN THE BLOCKS USED TO SUPPORT THE TRUCK KICKED OUT. CAUSING THE SPINDLE TO PIN H IS HAND.

INJURED PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE CHANGING THE LOWER ROLLER ON #430 HIGHWALL DRILL

INJURED WAS CLIMBING UP A LOADER OF A 992-C LOADER IN ORDER TO FUEL THE LOADER. AS HE REACHED THE TOP OF THE LADDER, THE HOSE SLIPPED OUT OF THE HAND, HE REACHED FOR IT CAUSING HIM OT STRIKE HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER AGAINST THE LADDER.

EE WAS PULLING A HYDRAULIC HOSE TO FILL HYDRAULIC TANK ON A D9L DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED STRUCK TILT CYLINDER.

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK BY STEPPING INTO A BOREHOLE ON FEB 26, 1993. THE COMPANY IS CHESTERING WHERER THIS INJURED IS LIGHT MATE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT TO CO UNTIL 3-4-93 HE TOLD ONE WITNESS THAT HE DIDNOT HURT HIMSELF AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE HAD JUST HAD A MEETING WITH CO ON HIS JOB PERFORMING WHICH MAY HAD AN ADVISE EFFECT ON THIS ACC

WHILE REMOVING THE HYD. CAP OFF THE TANK, HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS. HE FELL APPROX. 8' TO GROUND.

HE WAS INSTALLING THE LEFT HOIST CYLINDER ON A CAT 773 B ROCK TRUCK. A NYLON SLING SLIPPED UP HOIST CYLINDER AND PINCHED HIS LEFT THUMB IN UPPER PIN HOLE.

WHILE OPERATING A D9L DOZER, HE SAID HE RECEIVED A QUICK JERK IN HIS BACK RIGHT SIDE.

LOOSE ROCK ROLLED DOWN HIT LOADER BUCKET WHILE LOADING ROCK TRUCKS THE IMPACT CAUSED LOADER OPERATOR TO STRIKE HIS KNEE ON DASH.

WHILE GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL EE HAD A PIECE OF METAL TO FLY INTO HIS EYE. METAL WAS REMOVED ON A DR.

DESCENDING MINE HAULROAD EE TRUCK ENCOUNTERED MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WHICH RESULTED W HIS TRUCK LOSING ITS BRAKING POWER. HE JUMPED FROM TRUCK RESULTING IN HIS INJURIES.

WHILE OPERATING A DOZER ON POWELLTON SPLIT INJURED GOT A POLE CAUGHT ON DOZER BLADE.WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE POLE HE SLIPPED THUS TWISTING HIS BACK.DAYS MISSED SINCE ACCIDENT;9-14 THROUG H 09-19 10-08 THROUGH 10-31 TO PRESENT.

INJURED'S FOOT SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING DOZER.THE IMPACT OF FALL RESULTED IN A LACERATION OF HIS LEFT ELBOW.INJURED WAS GIVEN A TEANUC SHOT AND BECAME SICK MISSED WORK.

9?514E & OTHER CHANGING A TIRE ON A CAT 777 ROCK TRUCK. WHILE TRYING TO GET TIRE TO AIR A PIECE OF METAL FLEW FROM OUTRIGGER AND STRUCK I.NAME.

67591TOR CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING DOZER IN TOP SOIL.

TRAMMING DOZER TURNED DOZER ON SIDE

REPAIRING DOZER SLIPPED

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED BACK WHILE WORKING IN SHOT AREA. HE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 6-20-91 THE MINE IS IDLED THIS WEEK.

STEPPED OFF OF DRILL, STEPPED ON ROCK THUS INJURING KNEE.

SUFFERED LUMBAR STRAIN WHILE GETTING A ROCK OUT OF DRILL HOLE.INJURED HAD A BACK OPERATION IN 1979.

CLIMBING LADDER,SLIPPED AND FELL OFF LOADER.

DOZER WAS OPERATED APPROX 4 TO 6 HOURS AT START OF SHIFT THEN PARKED NEAR PARKING LOT. WHEN MEN LEFT AT 12:30 AM EVERYTHING APPEARED OK AT APPROX 2:00 AM NIGHT WATCHMAN HEAD NOISE FOUND DOZER ON FIRE.

DEFECTIVE STEERING PUMP CAUSED FIRE AT OUR OPERATION FACORTY REP STATED 3 SUCH HAPPENING

MAN PULLED TRUCK UPON TOP OF RAMP THAT LEADS TO DUMPING AREA THERE WAS A DOZER IN HIS WAY SO HE BACKED THE TRUCK UP HE PUT TRUCK IN FIRST GEAR AND THE BRAKES AND RETARDER FAILED TO WORK HE PUT IN REVERSE AND THIS DID NOT STOP TRUCK HE MJUMPED FROM THE TRUCK INJURING HIMSELF AND THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE HILL

ANGLING BLADE ON KOMATSU DOZER AND METAL WENT INTO RT EYE