Preparation Plant Coal

Employee had laid the master pad for a Caterpillar D-9 dozer in place and turned to get a pry bar and the pad fell and struck his right foot.

Employee was removing a piece of rope from a return roller on the beltline when the rope caught pulling his left hand between the roller and belt resulting in a fracture to the tip of his ring finger.

Employee was scraping roadway with a backhoe and did not see a washed out area, on the side of road, when the backhoe overturned onto it's side.

Employee was walking down a hill and slipped in mud, his left ankle twisted. He said he felt it pop and sharp pain. Employee was transported to HRMC ER at Prestonsburg Ky. X-rays were negative and was told to follow up with family Dr. His Family Dr. Examined him and took him off work till 8/30/11.

Employee had picked up company truck on his way to assigned site. As he went into curve lost control, slid in loose gravel, then across the road into on coming vehicle

EE was helping to install a tilt cylinder on a Komatsu loader. As he was trying to align the cylinder with the mounting bracket it was moved by the boom truck operator and he stated he was jolted, causing pain in his lower back. EE continued to work until 3-22-11.

Employee was inspecting bearing on crusher. When getting down from crusher, the ladder fell approx 4 feet, landing against plant wall. Employee saw doctor, but continued to work. M.D. referred him to Neuro. Last day worked 12-30-09.

WHILE CHANGING OIL ON A WHEEL LOADER 25 FEET FROM THE BELT LINE, A PIECE OF COAL THE SIZE OF A SOFT BALL CAME OFF OF BELT LINE, BOUNCED OFF OF COAL PILE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT HAND. (DID NOT KNOW HAND WAS BROKEN AT TIME.)

Employee was shoveling coal at the tail piece we he felt pain in his lower back.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ADJUSTING STOKER FEEDER. WHILE STEPPING ONTO STEP, EE GRABBED A HOLD OF A MOTOR GUARD. GUARD PULLED LOOSE CAUSING EE TO FALL LANDING ON GROUND, HURTING LT WRIST AND LO WER BACK. EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 9-24-03.

A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CLEAN COAL STOCKPILE MSHA INSPECTORS WERE ON SCENE WHEN FIRE WAS DISCOVERED. A PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.

CARRYING A 50 LB BAG OF FLOCK UP A HILL. HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS NECK & SHOULDER. 1ST WORK DAY MISSED 6-25-03.

EE WAS REPLACING CLEAN COAL SCREEN, WHILE INSTALLING SCREEN EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.

INJURED WAS CLEANING A SIEVE SCREEN HOLDER FRAME. WHILE CLEANING HE HELD ON TO A SUPPORT BRACLED BAR BRAKE LEAVING A SHARP EDGE THAT CUT THORUGH HIS GLOVE AND MADE A SMALL CUT IN THE PALAR OF HIS RIGHT HAND, REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.

CONTRACTOR WAS LEAVING MARTIN COUNTY COAL REFUSE SITE CLEAN-UP. TRUCK WAS ON ROADS OWNED & MAINATAINED BY MARTIN COUNTY COAL. WHEN HE WENT AROUND CRIVE ON SLICK & SNOWY ROAD CONDITIONS & HIT A NOTHER VEHICLE COMING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

A NON-INJURY ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF AM IMPOUNDMENT BREAKING THROUGH INTO AN UNDERGROUND MINE. FLOODING OCCURRED INSIDE THE UNDERGROUNDMINE AND A DISCHARGE OF SLURRY EXITED THE PORTAL S OF THE 1-C MINE. THE SLURRY ENTERED THE DRAINAGES OF COLDWATER CREEK AND WOLF CREEK. NO INJURIES OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING EQUIPMENT PARTS INTO PLACE BY PULLING THEM WITH HIS HANDS WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON WATER PUMP STRIPPING WIRE WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT HAND.

EE FELL STRIKING MACHINERY WHILE HANDLING REPLACEMENT PARTS.

EE WAS HELPING INSTALL TOP ROLLER OF BOLTLINE. AS HE LIFTED HIS END OF THE ROLLER ONTO THE STRUCTURE HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE STATED HE WAS USING A CHAIN HOIST TO LIFT A SCREEN UP TO REPLACE A CABLE. THE TENSION ON THE CHAIN HOIST DECREASED SUDDENLY RESULTING IN PAIN TO LOWER BACK.

EE STATED HE WAS STANDING ON SECOND STEP OF 26" STEPLADDER REMOVING ACCESS DOOR TO SCALES. AS HE REMOVED THE DOOR HE STEPPED BACKWARD ONTO WALKWAY AND HIS RIGHT ANKLE GAVE WAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS REFUELING DOZER. AS HE WAS GETTING OFF DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRACK AND HE FELL APPROX. 5 FEET TO THE GROUND INJURING BACK.

EE WENT TO PICK UP A CLEAN COAL SAMPLE FROM WITHIN THE DAMPLING BUILDING. WHEN PARTICLES OF COAL FELL FROM TOP OF THE SAMPLER SYSTEM.

EE WAS MOVING A STEEL PIPE THRU A DOORWAY. AS HE WAS LIFTING PIPE, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL PIPE LANDED ON HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING SCREENS IN PREP PLANT WHEN DRIVE BELT CAME OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING HEAT DRYER BELT PAN WITH A SHOVEL, WHEN THE SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT IN RETURN ROLLER AND PULLED EMPLOYEE'S HAND INTO BELT FRAME CAUSING INJURY.

A SUSPECTED ROOF FALL IN AN UNDERGROUND MINE CAUSED A LOSS OF WATER IN OUR SLURRY IMPOUNDMENT. THE WATER LEVEL FELL APPROX 5'. THERE WS NO DAMAGE TO THE IMPOUNDMENT STRUCTURE. THERE WAS NOT APPARENT HEALTH OR SAFETY HAZARDS TO COMPANY EMPLOYEES OR TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS CLAIM 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 WAS N OTIFIED OF THIS CLAIM ON NOVEMBER 5 1992

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS CLAIM.NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST DUE TO THIS CLAIM.THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE FINALIZED DATE OF THE AWARD AND OPINION .

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TIGHTENING THE LUG NUTS ON ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS WHEN HE APPARENTLY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.

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

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A "RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS" CLAIM. NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST DUE TO THIS CLAIM. THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE FINALIZED DATE OF THE AWARD AND O PINION. EMPLOYMENT OF THIS INDIVIVUAL WAS TERMINATED ON 4-2-91 DUE TO A REDUCTION OF OUR WORK FORCE.

HE AND SIX EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING A COUPLING FROM THE SHAFT LEADING FROM AN ELETRICAL MOTOR TO A LARGE EXHAUST FAN WHICH PROVIDES VENTILATION TO THE THERMAL DRYER. HE INSERTED A SLATE BAR BET WEEN THE ARMS OF THE PULLER TO PREVENT IT FROM TURNING. AS HE APPLIED PRESSURE HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OFF PSHBEAM TRUNNION BEARING AND USING AN 8LB. HAMMER TO KNOCK THE BEARING OUT. AFTER CUTTING THE WELD OFF OF THE TRUNNION BEARING, THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE 8 LB. HAMMER TO KNOCK THE BEARING OUT OF THE PSHBEAM WHEN A PIECE OF FLYMETAL FROM THE BEARING STRUCK HIM IN THE LEG.

REPOSITIONED WATERLINE BEGAN WALKING BACK WHILE PULLING ON WATERLINE WITH BOTH HANDS. SUDDENLY FELT STRONG RESIST. FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

A FIRE OCCURRED IN THE CLEAN COAL STORAGE PILE AND EXISTED FOR APPROX. 30 MINS. THE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHED AT APPROX. 7:45 AM. SEE ATTACHED CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS OF THIS OCCURRENCE. NO INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN T HE PROCESS OF MOUNTING A D8K TYPE BULLDOZER TO ASSUME THE TASK OF OPERATOR ;HE MOUNTED THE BULLDOZER BY CLIMBING UP THE REAR OF THE RT TRACK HE PROCEEDED APPROX 4FT ALONG THE TRACK WHEN HE SUDDENLY LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL AGAINST THE WINCH OF ANOTHER BULLDOZER PARKED NEARBY RESULTING IN BRUISES TO THE RT RIB CAGE

EMPL WAS USING AN ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A BOLT ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HE WAS PULLING ON THE WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SUDDENLY SLIPPED HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A AN IBEAM HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF DURING THE FALL ALLOWING HIS HEAD TO CONTACT THE IBEAM RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE SCALP HE RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY 9-30-88 NO DAY MISSED

VICTIM & A COWORKER WERE REPLACING DEFECTIVE BOLTGS IN B-1 PRE-WET SECREEN VICTIM STEPPED ACROSS WALKWAY TO OBTAIN A SOCKET & STRUCK HIS HEAD (HARDHAT) AGAINST A PIPE THAT EXTENDED ACROSS WALK WAY HE STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN THE LOWER REGION OF THE BACK LEFT SIDE OF THE HIP & NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT LEG FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 092688

VICTIM AND A CO-WORKER WERE UNLOADING A FABRICATED WATER ADJUSTMENT PLATE FROM THE REAR OF A TRUCK. THE VICTIM STEPPED ON THE EDGE OF A DISCARDED PLATE LYING ON THE PAVEMENT AND TURNED HIS LE FT ANKLE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND FINISHED THE SHIFT. THE FIRST DAY MISSED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 8-22-88.

VICTIM WAS ----5 D8K BULLDOZER PUSHING COAL IN THE RAW COAL STOCKPILE. VICTIM---THAT HE TRAMMED THE BULLDOZER IN REVERSE AND WAS JOLTED IN THE SEAT----THE BULLDOZER BACKED OVER A MOUND OF COAL APPROX. 18" IN3DEPTH. ----PUSHING COAL FROM THE STOCKPILE TO FEEDERS LOCATED UNDERNEATH-----. HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN THE COCCYX AREA.

DESCENDING ELEV5TED WALKWAY CONSTRUCTED OF EXPANDED METAL.FEET SLIPPED AND HE GRABBED HANDRAIL.WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED,SUFFERED SUDDEN PAIN IN LOWER BACK.WALKWAY IS 2' WIDE AND IS PROVIDED WITH 6'' TOEBOARDS 2N EACH SIDE.

THIS ACCIDENT A7TUALLY OCCURRED ON 10-7-85. THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED AT THE INSISTENCE OF I.NAME AT MASHA DENVER VICTIM WAS INJURED WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL DOWN 10 STEPS WHILE SW EEPING. 3

VICTIM WAS USING AN 18 IN PUSH TYPE BROOM TO SWEEP A STAIRWAY IN SYUPPLY BLDG AT PREP PLANT HE APPARENTLY LOST BALANCE AND FELL DOWN 10 STEPS TO A LANDING PLATFORM HE WAS APPROX HALFWAY DOWN T THE STAIRS WHEN THE FALL OCCURRED THE STAIRS ARE CONSTRUCTED OF CHECK METAL FOR INCREASED TRACTION EACH STEP INS 7 IN HIGH AND 10 IN DEEP

VICTIM WAS USING A 2 LB SLEDGE HAMMER AND A CHISEL TO BREAK UP A 36 IN X 48 IN X 18 IN HIGH CONCRETE PAD THAT HAD BEEN USED TO ANCHOR A WATER PUMP AS THE VICTIM STRUCK A DOWNWARD BLOW WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE HANDLE AND STRUCK THE VICITM ON THE FIRST JOINT OF THE MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND

EMPLOYEE DROPPED INNET TUBE OF CORE BARREL ON LEFT HAND AND CUT & CHIPPED 4TH FINGER.

VICTIM WAS STANDING ON WASHER USING HAND TOOLS TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON THE TAKE-UP AFTER COMPLETION OF THIS JOB THE VICTIM PLACED HIS ARM PITS OVER A PIPE AND ATTEMPTED TO SWING DOWN TO THE FLOOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SWING DOWN VICTIMS LEFT SHOULDER WAS DISLOCATED VICTIM STATED THAT HE HAD ECPERIENCED A SUSCEPTIBLITY TO THIS CONDITION SHOULDER DISLOCATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS VICTIM HA

VICTIM WAS USING A COAL SHOVEL TO CLEAN LOOSE COAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM UNDERNEATH THE RAW COAL STACKER BELT BETWEEN TOP BELT AND BOTTOM BELT THE COAL SHOVEL WAS PULLED INTO THE THIRD IMPACT TRO UGHING IDLER FROM THE TAIL ROLLER VICTIM FAILED TO TURN LOOSE OF SHOVEL AND HIS LEFT ARM WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE TROUGHING IDLER AND THE TOP BELT WHEN THIS OCCURED VICTIM PULLED THE EMERGENCY