Alex Energy, LLCMining Incidents in 2002

EE WAS LIFTING CABLE TO TOP AND FELT A STRAIN IN LOWER GROIN AREA. HE DID NOT MISS WORK OR SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 3-23-03, IN WHICH I WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS ACCIDENT. ON 3-27 HE SOUGHT MED ICAL ATTENTION AND WAS GIVEN REST WITH NO LIFTING OR BENDING AND REFERED TO HIS FAMILY DOCTOR.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A CAR PIN FROM THE ADDCAR WHEN THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE RELEASE LATCH OF THE PIN.

EE CUT A TREE ABOUT 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE TREE FELL ACROSS A TREE LYING ON THE GROUND. THE BUTT OF THE TREE HE CUT SPRUNG UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE JAW.

EE WAS USING A RACHET TO REMOVE A BOLT FROM THE LEFT DRUM. THE ALLEN PLUG BROKE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL AGAINST THE KNEE OF ANOTHER EE WHO WAS WALKING BY AT THE TIME.

EE WAS STEMMING BLASTHOLES WITH DRILL CUTTINGS WHILE CHANGING SHOVEL FROM ONE HAND TO THE OTHERHE TWISTED BACK. TREATED AT LOCAL EMERGENCY FACILITY PRESCRIBED MEDICATION AND REST.

EE WAS RIDINBG MANTRIP OVER SIDE HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON SIDE POST OF CONPY WITH THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT OVER SIDE THE CONFINERS OF THE CAR. THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RIB FORCIN G HIS FOOT SIDEWAYS.

EE WAS HAULING COAL WITH A TRACTOR & TRAILER WHEN HE WAS COMING UP A HILL. THE TRUCK LOST TRACTION AND WENT BACKWARDS, CAUSING IT TO JACKKNIFE. THE TRACTOR CAME OFF THE GROUND AND WHEN IT CAME BACK DOWN HE STRUCK HIS CHIN ON THE STEERING WHEEL.

EMPLOYEE HUNG UP MINING CABLE TO CLEAN AREA. HE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES IN SCOOP & WAS WAITING FOR BUGGY. THE MINER TOOK OFF - REMOVING ALL SLACK FROM THE CABLE AND CAUSED IT TO STRIKE HIS SHOU LDER.

EE & CO-WORKER WERE BUILDING A PERMANENT STOPPING. TO HELP WEDGE THE STOPPING, EE WAS SPLITTING A GLUT (LARGE WEDGE) WITH AN AXE. TWO CINDER BLOCKS WERE PLACED ON THE MINE FLOOR A FEW INCHES A PART. THE GLUT WAS PLACED ACROSS THE OPENING. WHEN THE GLUT WAS STRUCK BY THE AXE A PIECE OF THE GLUT FLEW UP & STRUCK EE'S FOREHEAD.

EE WAS WORKING ON A FOOT SHAFT WHILE THE MINER WAS DOWN. HE WAS UNDER THE HEAD ABOUT 3:00 A.M. WHEN HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO TIGHTEN UP. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL IT WAS UNBEARABLE AROUND 5 A. M. HE LEFT THE JOB WITHOUT FILLING OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT. AFTER TALKING TO HIS CREW THERE WAS NO INCIDENT LEADING TO THIS SITUATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE ENDLOADER. AT 10:30 A.M. HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS NECK. THE PAIN INCREASED THROUGHOUT THE SHIFT. HE LEFT WORK AT 3:00 P.M.

EE WAS LIFTING A CASE OF WATER FROM THE FLOOR TO PLACE ON A FILE CABINET, HE FELT A POPPING IN HIS NECK WITH PAIN IN NECK, SHOULDER & LEFT ARM.

EE WAS CLIMBING AN UNSECURED LADDER THE INITIAL START-UP OF THE WORK SHIFT. EE AND OTHER COWORKERS WERE IN PROCESS OF GETTING OUT OF THEIR EQUIPMENT & SETTING UP IN ORDER TO WELD HOOKS ON THE CAB PROTECTOR TO SECURE THE LADDER. INJ EE CLIMBED THE LADDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE TOP OF THE CAB PROTECTOR & THE UNSECURED LADDER SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

EE WAS WORKING ON HIGHWALL MINER. THEY HAD PULLED OUT OF HOLE & WERE GOING BACK IN. EE WAS PUTTING CABLE BACK IN CAR & HIS RT. FOOT BECAME STUCK IN MUD. FOOT WAS THEN RUN OVER BY CAR.

EE WAS STANDING ON A 6' LADDER APPROXIMATELY 4.5' OFF THE GROUND WHILE CHANGING A LIFT JACK HOSE ON A LOADER, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GREASING A DOZER. AS HEWAS MOUNTING THE DOZER HIS LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT CAUSING HIM TO LAND ON THE GROUND.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HOOKING UP AN ADD CAR WHEN HE SLIPPED ONT HE WALKWAY SURFACE OF THE LAUNCH PAD. WHEN EE FELL HE LANDED ONT HE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY INJURING HIS LEFT ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING MOTOR IN AN ADD CAR. IN THE PROCESS HE WAS PRYING WITH A SLATE BAR. AS HE WAS PRYING THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT WRIST.

MEMBER WAS HELPING COMPLETE A BELT SPLICE IN THE BELLY BELT OF THE HIGHWALL MINER. HE WAS UNDER THE LAUNCH ON HIS KNEES WHEN HE FELT PAIN AS HE STOOD UP.

EE WAS ON HIGHWALL MINER, THEY WERE 6 CARS BACK AND HAD A ROCK FALL. PULLED CAR OUT AND BEGAN CLEANING ROCK OFF CAR. SOME ROCK FELL OFF CAR AND LANDED ON HIS LT. FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING GET A LARGE ROCK OFF ADDCAR ON MINER PAD. AS HE WAS SLIDING ROCK OFF CAR HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVING A PIN FROM HOIST CYLINDER ON 785 TRUCK. THE PIN CAME OUT ALL AT ONCE, BOUNCED OFF THE TIRE & LANDED ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. PIN WEIGHED APPROX 35 LBS.

EE WAS INSTALLING A GEAR BOX ON THE DML DRILL. HE WAS POSITIONING THE GEAR BOX TO START THE BOLTS WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. WHEN HE REACHED AND CAUGHT IT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS STEAMING BLASTHOLE- HE FELT HIS LOWER BACK BEGIN TO HURT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A HILL FROM THE BATH HOUSE TO THE BREAK HOUSE. HE SLIPPED ON ICE/SNOW AND FELL ON HIS SELF-RESCUER BREAKING 2 RIBS.

WAS INSTALLING 480 VOLT SERVICES FOR LOADOUT, EE STEPPED DOWN OFF TRUCK & SPRAINED KNEE.

CHANGING TIRE ON CAT ROCK TRUCK AND TOOK THE WHEEL APART AND WAS ROLLING THE (SIDE RING) WHEEL PART AND IT HAD A BURR STICKING OUT AND CUT THE RT. HAND PALM AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD BLAST HOLES WHILE OPERATING THE HYDRAULIC CONTROLS, A HOSE RUPTURED SPRAYING THE EMPLOYEE WITH FLUID. HE REACTED BY JUMPING AWAY FROM THE TRUCK RESULTING IN A STRAIN OF HIS LEFT HIP. SAW PHYSICIAN ON 8/5/02.

EE & CO-WORKER WERE CARRYING 48""TOP ROLLERS & PLACING THEM ON BELT RAILS. THE CO-WORKER WAS PUSHING THE TOP ROLLER ACROSS THE BELT RAIL AS EE WAS STEPPING OVER. EE STATES HE TWISTED HIS LEFT K NEE WHEN STEPPING OVER THE BELT. NOTE: EE BEGAN MISSING WORK FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 2002.

EE WAS DRIVING AN EXPLOSIVE TRUCK ON A ROUGH AREA OF THE HAUL ROAD. HE HIT A BUMP WHICH BOUNCED HIM IN THE SEAT. HE LATER REPORTED MINOR BACK PAIN. HE WENT TO HOSPITAL. X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE & HE WAS RELEASED FROM DOCTOR'S CARE.

WAS STARTING TO CLIMB UP LADDER WHEN I HAD A SHARP PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK.THE PAIN CONTINUED DOWN MY LEFT LEG. I WALKED OVER TO THE SHOP TO HAVE A CO-WORKER CALL MY FOREMAN.

INJURED WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER DRIVING A PIN IN A SET OF TRACK FOR A CATERPILLAR HOE WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CHIP OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHIN.

MECHANIC COMPLAINED THAT HIS RIGHT KNEE WAS BOTHERING HIM. HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN STRUCK OR HAD STRUCK ANYTHING WITH HIS KNEE. HOWEVER, HE IS UP AND DOWN A LOT ON HIS KNEES CHANGING TI RES, BRAKES, SPRINGS AND OTHER RELATED JOBS.

EE WAS TRYING TO SPIN A SET OF TRACKS BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DOZER WHEN A PIECE OF THE SPROCKET BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE STOMACH. HE WAS TAKEN TO SUMMERVILLE HOSPITAL WHERE THE P IECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED AND HE RETURNED TO WORK AT 3:00 PM.

MEMBER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING A 5-GALLON BUCKET OUT IN THE SUPPLY YARD WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL. AS HE FELL MEMBER REACHED & GRABBED A PIECE OF SHEET METAL TO CATCH HIMSELF RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

DRILL STEEL WAS RAISED AGAINST THE MINE ROOF. THE STEEL KICKED LOOSE FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK EE BETWEEN THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER TEARING THE SKIN UNDER THE GLOVE. LEFT HAND.

MEMBER WAS SIGNALING FOR CO-WORKER TO STOP. HE RAISED HIS HAND AND HIS HAND STRUCK THE COVER ON THE OVERHEAD HEATER RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF THE CONTINUOUS MINER HEAD & THE ROCK FELL ON HIS RIGHT THUMB. THE LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.

TAKING SEAT OUT OF TRUCK WHEN THE SEAT DROPPED DOWN ON LEFT HAND AND WRIST. IN ATTEMPTING TO FREE EE WITH A CUTTING TORCH. HE RECIEVED MINOR BURNS TO WRIST AREA.

EE WAS STANDING BESIDE CO-WORKER. CO-WORKER STRUCK KEEPER WITH BALL PEEN HAMMER. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND STRUCK EE ON THE CHIN. (THE PIECE OF METAL WAS EMBEDDED IN CHIN) OBJECT WAS REMOVE D.

EE WAS MAKING A SPLICE IN SOME ELECTRICAL WIRE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS HOLDING UP A CABLE WHILE STACKER BELT WAS BEING PUSHED INTO PLACE. THE STACKER BELT HIT A SET OF STEPS. THE STEPS STRUCK AND LACERATED HIS KNEE, REQUIRING 8 STITCHES. NOTE: EE COULD HAV E RETURNED NEXT SHIFT. HE WORKS 6 DAYS AND OFF 3. HIS SCHEDULED DAYS OFF WERE 4-2-02, 4-03-02 AND 4-4-02. HE RETURNED NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT ON 4-5-02.

EE SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER ON A HOE WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF FUELING SAME. HE REPORTED THAT HE HIT HIS CHIN AND STRAINED HIS BACK. THERE WAS NO LOST TIME AT THAT POINT AND HE CONTINUED TO WORK F OR 61 DAYS WITHOUT COMPLAINT. CO. HAS CAUSE TO DOUBT THE SOURCE OF HIS INJURY.