All MSHA-reportable accidents at Long Branch Energy operations in 2002. Fatalities appear first.
ROOF FALL, FOUND AT APPROX. 1:30 P.M., OCCURRED IN THE UPPER SEAM BETWEEN THE A SEALS & B SEALS IN THE #9 ENTRY & WAS APPROX. 4' HIGH X 20' WIDE X 120' LONG. THE AREA HAS BEEN CRIBBED AND ALL ENTRIES TO THE FALL ARE BREAKERED OFF.
ROOF FALL. FALL OCCUVED BETWEEN 1/16/02 AND 1/23/02, AREA WAS DEVELOPED 10 TH MORE 1994. LCATION IS 1 EAST MAINS #4 ENTRY SPAD #67 APPROX. 2500 FT FROM ACTIVE FACE. THIS AREA WAS CRIBED AND BR EAKED OFF. AREA TO BE SEALED OFF.
OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, HIT A HOLE IN ROCKWAY BOUNCED AND HIT HEAD ON CANOPY.
PULLING DOWN A PIECE OF ROCK WITH SLATE BAR; ROCK BROKE AND JARRED/TWISTED/STRAINED BACK.
PULLING BELT, HIT HEAD ON WATER LINE HANGING OVER HEAD.
STRAINED BACK SHOVELING BELT. UNAWARE THAT THIS WAS A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT UNTIL 8/27/02.
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING THE TOP OF HEAD AND CUTTING RIGHT HAND AND INJURED LEFT ARM AND ANKLE.
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN RIB AND ROOF BOLT STRIKING INJURED ON BACK OF NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING CONSTRUCTING A METAL OVERCAST, & WHILE LIFTING ON A PIECE OF THE METAL OVERCAST HE EXPERIENCED SWELLING IN THE RIGHT TESTICLE.
TAKING DOWN MINER CABLE STRAINED LOWER BACK LEFT SIDE.
EE HAS MISSED WORK SINCE 7/5/02 & DIDN'T MAKE THE EMPLOYER AWARE OF THIS UNTIL 10/29/02. EE DIDN'T FILE A ACCIDENT REPORT ON THIS ID. BUT FILED ON A OLD ACCIDENT DATING 5/12/01. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION/MINE & A DIFFERENT ID NUMBER
EE STATED HE WAS STRUCK ON THE LOWER BACK WITH A PIECE OF COAL RIB WHILE STANDING BY THE CONT. MINER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR TWO HOURS AFTER BUILDING A STOPPING. MEDICAL RECEIVED 6-21-02 ON INDICATES DEG SPINNING DEGENEATIVE MULTI LEVEL. HE HAS HAD OTHER BACK CLAIMS IN THE PAST FROM MEDICAL RECORDS.
EMPLOYEE STATED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE & INDEX FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT FRAME & THE TRAILER FRAME OF THE #357 BATTERY COAL HAULER WHEN STEERING RIGHT HANDED.
PULLED DRAW ROCK; AFTER PULLED ROCK ANOTHER ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE RIB AND BOLT STRIKING HEAD, CHEEK, LEFT SHOULDER & NOSE. THIS PUSHED HIM INTO THE ROOF BOLTER CAUSING A CUT TO HIS RIGHT ARM & HIS LEFT HAND.
HOOKING UP MOBILE DISTRIBUTION BOX TO 3-WHEELER TO MOVE. 3-WHEELER TRAMMED THE WRONG WAY & HIT LEG & ANKLE.
EE WAS LOCATED ON THE OFF SIDE OF THE BELT TAKE-UP GETTING READY TO PULL BELT SLACK IN WHEN A PIECE OF COAL RIB BROKE LOOSE & FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT ANKLE & FOOT. THE MATERIAL MEAS URED 5' X 14"" X 18"".
MOVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM TOP OF CONTINUOUS MINER, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LEFT SIDE. STARTED MISSING WORK 8/3/02 DUE TO HERNIA SURGERY.
EE'S RIGHT HAND WAS ON ROOF BOLTER, ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING RT. HAND AND FINGER.
EE WAS HOOKING UP CHAIN TO MOVE POWER CENTER. ANOTHER EE WAS OPERATING SCOOP. FLOOR OF MINE WAS ON SLIGHT INCLINE AND SCOOP WAS COASTING BACK TOWARDS POWER CENTER. EE WAS TO SIDE OF POWER CENT ER. SCOOP STOPPED ROLLING. EE STEPPED INTO HOOK CHAIN. SCOOP JUMPED IN TRAM AND HIT HIS LEG AND KNEE ON RIGHT SIDE.
MOVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM ROADWAY. NOTE: PER EMPLOYEE THIS INJURY IS A REOCCURANCE OF A OLD INJURY AND HIS FRONT DAY MISSED DUE TO INJURY WAS 5-24-02. AND WE WAS UNAWARE THAT THIS WAS THE RE ASON HE WAS MISSING UNTIL 5-30-02.
WALKING TO S/C AT START OF SHIFT MOVING COAL FROM WALKWAY BENT OVER & THEN RAISED UP & HIT HEAD ON HALF HEADER BOLTED TO ROOF.
EE WAS HAULING COAL IN 10 S/C JOY SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE APPARENTLY HIT POTHOLE IN MINE FLOOR AND INJURED HIS LOW BACK.
OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR RAN THRU A HOLE, SHUTTLE CAR BOUNCED INJURED LOWER BACK. INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE 3/13/02. THIS WAS THE FIRST MISSED DUE TO INJURY.
EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A RRII ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND DRILLING A HOLE. AFTER DRILLING THE HOLE, HE LEFT THE DRILL STEEL HANGING INSIDE THE DRILLED HOLE WHILE HE LOWERED THE DRILL HEAD. THE D RILL STEEL DISLODGED AND FELL OUT FROM THE HOLE STRIKING HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE FLETCHER RRII ROOF BOLTER AND INSTALLING EYE BOLTS FOR THE NEXT BELT MOVE SET UP WHEN A TOP PIECE OF COAL RIB BROKE LOOSE UNDER PRESSURE AND STRUCK HIS LE FT SIDE, LEFT ELBOW, AND LEFT WRIST.
CRAWLING KNEELING AND WALKING IN LOW COAL DOCTOR VISIT ONLY ON 1-7-02. SURGERY DONE ON KNEE ON 3-15-02.
A RIB ROLL CAUGHT INJURED FROM BEHIND STRIKING HIM ON BOTH LEGS. WAS UNAWARE THAT THIS ACCIDENT WAS REPORTABLE UNTIL 10/08/02.
TWISTED RIGHT KNEE GETTING OFF OF A 4 WHEELER MANTRIP.
#6 ENTRY WHILE BOLTING ROCK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING THE TOP OF HEAD AND NECK.
ROCK FELL FROM ROOF IN #1 ENTRY HIT RIGHT HAND LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT SIDE OF HEAD AND BACK.
DUE TO WORK/TYPE OF WORK, INJURED DEVELOPED A HERNIA ONHIS RIGHT SIDE. HAD SURGERY ON 5-23-02 AND HIS FIRST DAY MISSED DUE TO INJURY WAS 5-29-02. Y
INJURIED LEFT KNEE RUNNING S/CAR ON INCLINE PUSHED BRAKE INJURING LEFT KNEE. INJURED HAD SURGERY ON THIS KNEE DUE TO A OLD ACCIDENT.
HANGING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE ANCHOR, STEPPED ON LUMP OF COAL AND FELL AND TWISTED KNEE.
WALKING DOWN SLOPE PUTTING IN BELT MOVE SLIPPED AND FELL, TWISTING LEFT LEG.
PICKED UP A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL FROM MANTRIP PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
GETTING OUT OF UNI-HAULER FOOT GOT CAUGHT FELL ON HANDS. NOTE; WAS AWARE OF ACCIDENT ON 12-26-02.
ON HIS KNEES RUNNING ROOF BOLTER, HIS LEG SLIPPED OF A LUMP OF COAL.
WAS RUNNING SCOOP ON IDLE WORK MOVING SECTION. HIT HEAD ON HALF HEADER/ROOF BOLT IN TOP. THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE TILL 11/15/02 WITH DOCTOR VISIT AND RESTRICTED WORK DUTIES.
EE WAS INSTALLING CONVEYOR FLIGHT IN 21 S/C WHEN HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOW BACK.
EVENING SHIFT CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR WAS DRAGGING MINER CABLE WITH LONG-AIRDOX THREE WHEELER WHEN PULL ROPE SLIPPED OFF PULL HOOK AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
REPLACING BELT STRUCTURE IN TAIL PIECE, STRUCTURE SLIPPED AND MASHED RIGHT THUMB.
EE REPORTED (JAN. 29, 2002) THAT WHILE HAULING COAL ON THUR., JAN. 24, HE HIT A BUMP OR RAN OVER A ROCK IN HAUL ROAD AND INJURED HIS LOW BACK.
SHOVELING #1 BELT (HEAVY MATERIAL) AND PUTTING ON BELT OVER HEAD.
EMPLOYEE FILED FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 12-30-02 RECEIVED NOTICE 1-17-03.
EMPLOYEE FILED FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 12-30-03 REC NOTICE 1-17-03.
MR. TURNER FILED FOR OP ON 12-30-02 REC. NOTICE 1-17-03 CLAIM NO. 20030300881-OP ALLEGED
EE FILED FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 11-7-02.
EE FILED FOR OCCUP. PNEUM. ON 9/18/02. REC NOTICE 10/4/02. CLAIM #2003014231-OP.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS FILED. ALLEGED. REC. CLAIM 10/4/02.
EE FILED FOR ALLEGED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 9/5/02. LAST WORKED FOR LONG BRANCH ENERGY 11/14/01 (QUIT). REC NOTICE 8/30/02.
EE FILED FOR OCCUP PNUEM ON 8/26/02. LAST DAY WORKED (RETIRED) 7/17/02. REC NOTICE 9/5/02. CLAIM NO. 2003010143.
EE FILED FOR C.T.S. LAST DAY WORKED 06/18/98. RECEIVED NOTICE 08/16/02.
EE STATED THE #31 JOHNSON BATTERY MANTRIP LOST BRAKE FLUID AND THE DRIVER STEERED THE VEHICLE INTO THE COAL RIB. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT HANDAND LOWER BACK. MEDICAL RECEIVED 7-3-02 SHOWS NE G. FOR HAND AND BACK INJURIES. THE EE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE E.R. TO SEE A SPECIALIST. THE MEDICAL SHOWS DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE.HEHAS HAD PRIOR BACK SURGERY.
ON 6-24-02 THE EE STATED HE FELL AND TWISTED HISLOWER BACK AND RIGHT KNEE AS DESCRIBED ON A COMP. ACCIDENT REPORT. THE REPORT INDICATES THE EE STATED TO THE ER DR. RT. KNEE, RT. ELBOW & LOWER BACK STRAIN. MEDICAL RECEIVED 7-1-02 SHOWS NEG. EVIDENCE FOR KNEE/ELBOW INJURY. ALSO SHOWS NEG. BACK STRAIN. HOWEVER SHOWS SCLEROSIS, OSTEOPHYTES (SPURS) AND NARROWING OF THE LUMBAR SPINE.
EE FILED FOR OCCUP. PNEUM ON 6-18-02. REC. NOTICE 7-12-02. CLAIM #2002060622.
EE FILED FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYND ON 6/14/02. LAST DAY WORKED 7/13/99. REC NOTICE 6/26/02. ALLEDGED.
EE FILED FOR HEARING LOSS. REC NOTICE 7/26/02. LAST DAY WORKED 9/6/01.
EE FILED FOR OCCUP PNEUM ON 6/4/02. 2ND CLAIM. CLAIM # 2002058332-OP. REC NOTICE 6/26/02. ALLEDGED.
EMPLOYEE FILED FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOC0NIOSIS ON 5/20/02. RECEIVED NOTICE 6/21/02.
EE FILE FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS. REC NOTICE 5-13-02. CLAIM #2002052719-OP.
EMPLOYEE FILED FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 4/3/02 (2ND FILING). RECEIVED NOTICE 6/21/02.
EE FILED FOR HEARING LOSS. REC NOTIC 5-13-02. CLAIM # 2002048559-ODHL. ALLEGED.
EE FILED FOR ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL. REC NOTICE 5/17/02. LAY OFF, LAST WORKED 5/21/00.
EE FILED FOR HEARING LOSS. NOTCIE DATE 5-13-02. CLAIM #2002042679-ODHL. ALLEGED.
EE FILED FOR OCCUP. PNEUM ON 2-15-02 REC NOTICE 3-12-02. CLAIM 2002041285-OP.