Wharton No 4 Mine has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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CLAIMENT HAS BE9N AWARDED A 5.0% PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY FOR HEARING DISABILITY
INJURED WAS CUT7ING A CAR OFF FROM A MOTOR WHEN THE MOTOR DRIFTED BACK HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CUT OFFS.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN TRACK ENTRY OF 3 LEFT-ENG. SPAD #7484- 60' LONG- 18' WIDE- 4' THICK.THERE WAS NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMNT INVOLVED.THIS IS AN IDLE PART OF THE MINE.
USING A LEFTING3JACK TO PUT A WRECKED FLAT CAR ON TRACK. JACK KICKED OUT & HIT INJUREDS LEFT FOOT. BRUISE MEDICAL TREATMENT.
PILLAR FALL ON 1USH OUT -CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A PUSH-OUT TOP ROOF OUT CATCHING CONTINUOUS MINER.
WEST VIRGINIA W2RKER COMPENSATION AWARD FOR PNEUNOCONIOSIS 20% AWARD DATED 5-28-86.
EMPLOYEE WAS HA3DLING MINER CABLE AND HIT HIS HAND ON RIB FRACTURE TO LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
INJURED WAS ATT9MPTING TO RE-TRACK A WRECKED FLAT CAR WITH THE BLADE OF A SCOOP BY USING BLOCKING MATERIAL WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO RAISE END OF FLAT CAR CAUSING CRIB BLOCK TO DISLODGE STR IKING INJURE 3
WV WORKERS COMP3AWARD FOR TOTAL PERMANENT DISABILITY FROM PNEUMOCONIOSIS
ROOF FELL IN FR2NT OF SHIELDS ON THE TAILGATE SIDE AT AN INTERSECTION APPROX 20 FT X 20 FT X 4 TO 6 FT HIGH FELL BETWEEN CRIBS AND SOLID BLOCK OF COLA
INJ WAS RIDING 1ERSONNEL JEEP INSIDE AND STRUCK HIS RT TEMPLE ON A PIECE OF HANGING ICE CAUSING LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES
INJURED WAS BOL7ING TOP OF ONE SIDE OF LNT02 DUAL HEAD BOTER HE POSITIONED HIS BOOM RIGHT RIB, TOP BUMPED AND A COAL RIB 30 INCH X 24 X 4 INCH CAME OFF HITTING HIM ON RIGHT SIDE. NO BROKEN BON E. HE WAS PUT I3 HOSPITAL FOR BED REST AND OBSERVATION FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY.
INJ WAS STARTIN1 THROUGH A MAN DOOR THAT WAS OPEN AND DOOR WAS TIED IN THAT POSITION MISJUDGED DISTANCE AS HE WAS BENDING OVER TO GO THROUGH DOOR AND CUT RT CHEEK WHICH REQUIRED 3 STITCHES
INJURED WAS TAK3NG HOSE OFF S.C. PUMP. THE PUMP WAS NOT BOLTED DOWN AND SLIPPED OFF HITTING HIS FOOT
EMPL CLEANING 53RT BELT HEAD AND FELT PAIN WHEN HE LIFTED SHOVEL OF LOOSE COAL AND MUD.
W.V. WORKERS CO4P AWARD 60% PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
INJURED WAS HIT3ON HAND BY SMALL PIECE OF SHARP SLATE THAT FELL OUT BETWEEN LONGWALL JACKS AND CUT RIGHT MIDDLE KNUCKLE REQUIRING STITCHES 3 APPROX
WN WORKERS COMP9NSATION AWARD OF 25% PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
INJURED WAS CLEANING OUT GOB TO SET A CRIB WHEN A ROCK FELL HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD HE FELL BACKWARDS THEN A LARGER ROCK FELL HITTING HIM IN THE CHEST
INJURED WAS PRYING A SWITCH POINT WITH A BAR AND THE BAR SLIPPED HITTING HIS HAND ON A JACK CAR
INJ CUTTING 5/8\\ STEEL ROPE WHEN PIECE OF METAL FLEW AND HITHIS THUMB.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OUTBY FACE AREA OF 3 LEFT OFF OF 2 EAST MAINS IN NO. 2 ENTRY - X-CUT LEFT TOWARD NO. 1 ENTRY - DID NOT EFFECTG AIRWAYS OR PASSAGE OF MEN. FALL MEASURED 40\ LONG - 16\ W DE - 4 TO 5 FEET THICK.
A PIECE OF SLATE DISLODGED AS A JACK WAS BEING MOVED AND FELL HITTING I NAME ON THE LEFT SMALL TOE.
INJURED WAS WALKING BESIDE THE 3RT OFF 3 SECTION TRANSFORMER WHEN HE STUMBLED AND FELL ON THE PULL HAVE ON THE END OF THE TRANSFORMER FRACTURING HIS 6TH RIB ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
INJURED WAS HELPING JACK A WRENCKED CAR ONTO THE TRACK WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED AND THROUGH THE BAR INTO HIS LT JAW.
CLAIMENT HAS BEEN AWARDED A 10% PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
INJ WAS CARRYING CRIB BLOCK AROUND A CAR OF CINDER BLOCKS WHEN HE STRUCK A BOX OF RESIN AND A CINDER BLOCK FELL OFF ON H IS FOOT
INJURED TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING BELT.
INJURED TRIPPED GOING THROUGH A MAN DOOR PUTTING ALL HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT HAND WHEN HE FELL AGAINST A RAIL CAUSING A FRACTURED LEFT WRIST
INJURED CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE CLAMP OF STACK STEVE WHEN HE WENT TO HOLD IT IN PLACE TO PUT THE TWO PIECES TOGETHER.
INJURED PICKED UP THE MOVING TRUCK TONGUE BY HIMSELF RUPTUAING A DISC IN THE UPPER PART OF HIS BACK. THIS ACCIDENT REPORT WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL JUNE 2,19859
AWARDED 20% PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
INJ WAS BREAKING A PIECE OF ROCK THAT WAS LODGED IN THE STAGE LOADER OF THE LONGWALL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN ROCK BROKE INJURED STRUCK HAND ON SIDE OF STAGE LAODER
INJ WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE MASTER CONTROL STATION LOCATED AT THE HEAD GATE OF THE LONGWALL WHEN A PIECE OF RIB ROLLED OFF STRIKING INJURED ON RIGHT FOOT
A PIECE OF SLATE FELL BETWEEN 2 JACKS HITTING INJURED IN T HE RT HAND.
STAGE LOADER CHAIN WAS BLOCKED TO TAKE THE CHAIN APART AND THE CRIB BLOCK FLEW OUT STRIKING INJURED IN THE NOSE
INJURED HURT HIS BACK LIFTING CINDER BLOCKS FOR A AIR LOCK DOOR
INJURED WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON A GALIS STEEL WHEN THE HEAD WAS MOVED BACK HIS HAND HIT THE LEVERS AND THE VISE MOVED IN AND MASHED HIS HAND.
A PIECE OF ROCK WAS KICKED FORM THE FRONT OF THE LUMP BREAKER ON THE SHEAR INTO THE JACK LINE & HIT INJURED ON THE LEFT FOOT.
INJURED WAS BENT OVER PICKING UP A PIECE OF ROCK OUT OF THE WALKWAY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW DOWN OVER THE TOP OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS EYE.
INJ WALKING THROUGH AREA WHERE TOP ROCK HAD BEEN TAKEN FOR OVERCAST AND ROOF BOLT LAYING IN WALKWAY CUT THROUGH RUBBER BOOT.
INJ LIFTING 6\X 8\ X 8\\ TIMBER WHEN EXPERIENCE D PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS PLACING A STEEL CHAIN UPON A LONGWALL CHOCK RETREIVER-MULE-AN CAUGHT FINGER UNDER CHAIN.
CLAIMENT WAS AWARDED A 15% PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
INJ WAS SAWING A 6X8 HEADER WHEN THE PIN ON THE SAW BLADE BROKE AND THE BLADE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS HAND
THE BASE THAT HOLDS THE MOTOR POLE STRUCK AN EMPTY MINE CAR PARKED IN AN EMPEY SIDE TRACK CAUSING THE POLE TO STRIKE INJ IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD INJ WAS BRINGING MOTOR TO SURFACE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT
CLAIMANT WAS GRANTED 10% PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS SLAGGING METAL WHEN A PIECE FLEW AND HIT INJURED IN THE EYE WHEN HE WENT TO PUT AWAY HIS TOOLS.
MOTOR POLE CAME OFF OF TROLLEY WIRE INJURED REACHED UP TO PUT POLE BACK ON WIRE AND HIT A 6X8 WITH HIS HEAD
INJURED WAS KNOCKING A BLOCK OUT OF A STOPPING WHEN THE BLOCK HIT A ROOF BOLT PLATE AND BOUNCED BACK MASHING THE INJUREDS MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND
INJURED FELL FROM LOCOMOTIVE & DISLOCATED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
BITS WERE BEING CHANGED IN THE SHEAR WHEN INJURED WAS ACROSS FROM THE SHEAR GETTING OIL SAMPLES WHEN ONE OF THE BITS WAS TOSSED ACROSS THE PAN LINE AND HIT INJURED IN THE UPPER JAW.
CLAIMANT WAS GRANTED A 25 PERCENT PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY FOR OCC PNEUMOCONIOSIS
CLAIMANT WAS GRANTED A 15% PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUNOCONIOSIS
INJURED WAS LOADING SUPPLIES WHEN INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK.
INJURED WAS RUNNING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE RUN UPON A ROCK AND HURT HIS BACK
INJURED WAS TAKING AN AIR READING WHEN A RIB ROLLED OFF ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON AIR LEAKS ON A 20 TON LOCOMOTIVE AND GOT HIS THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN MOVING PARTS
INJURED WAS CUTTING A SCOOP SHAFT INTO WITH CUTTING TORCHES WHEN A HOT PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS EAR.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OUTBY FACE AREAS ON MAINLINE 600\INBY MANTRIP PORTAL.MEASURED 3-4\THICK X 15\LONG X 18\WIDE.FELL AT ANCHORAGE OF CONVENTIONAL BOLTS.
INJURED WAS WALKING FROM THE DINNER HOLE TO THE SUPPLY TRACK WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A ROOF BOLT INJURING HIS LEFT LEG.
INJURED WAS SETTING BITS IN SHEAR DRUM. WHEN HE TURNED THE DRUM HE WEDGED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE BITS AND THE TOP.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROOF BOLTE, HANGING DOWN FROM THE MINE ROOF, WHEN A PIE CE OF DRAW SLATE FELL STRIKING INJURED ON THE HAND.
CARRYING CRIB BLOCK TO TRACK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND DROPPED CRIB BLOCK ON RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
RUNNING SHEAR - CUTTING TOWARDS HEAD WHEN ROCK WAS THROWN OVER SHEAR DRUM LANDING ON EMPL FINGER.
UNINTENT ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN NO 5 ENTRY SPAD NO 6555 OF 2 BOLT LEFT OFF 2 EAST MAINS THE FALL WAS 80X18X5 THERE WERE NO I NJURIES OR EQUIP DAMAGE SECTION WAS IDLE FOR THE WEKEND DISCOVERED BY THE FIREBOSS
EMPL GRANTED 20% PARTIAL DISABIULITY DUE TO PNEUCOMOCONIOSIS.
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