Mettiki Coal LLCMining Incidents in 2002

A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON THE 26 BUTT SECTION. THE FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION OF #3 RETURN ENTRY AT #6 BK. FALL WAS 20' LONG X 20' WIDE X 8 1/2' HIGH. NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED AND NO INJURIES. IDL E SHIFT.

A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON THE 26 BUTT SECTION, FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION (3 WAY) OF #2 ENTRY #4 BK CROSS CUT. NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED AND NO INJURIES. SECTION HAD BEEN IDLE FOR LONG PERIOD AND H AD JUST STARTED BACK INTO PRODUCTION. THIS AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED FOR OVER YEAR.

A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON THE 24 BUTT 026-0 SECTION. FALL WAS IN #1 ENTRY #36 CROSSCUT FOUR WAYINTERSECTION & WAS 35' LONG, 25' WIDE & 8' HIGH.NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. NO INJURIES.

TWO EE'S WERE SHOVELING SPILLAGE AWAY FROM BELT AT GRIZZLY AFTER BELT GOBBED OUT. THEY HAD SHOVELED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THE BELT BEGAN TO CREEP AND SUDDENLY THE BELT LUNGED AND PULLED BOTH MEN DOWN INTO THE ROLLER. THE MEN WERE PULLED DOWN INTO THE SPILLAGE UNTIL BELT WAS CUT BY ANOTHER EE. INJURED WAS PULLED INTO THE ROLLER FAR ENOUGH TO WRAP HIS RT. LEG AROUND ROLLER.

INJURED WAS RECOVERING BELT STRUCTURE AND HE SET A PIECE OF STRUCTURE AGAINST THE RIB. THE STRUCTURE FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LT. WRIST CAUSING A CONTUSION.

INJURED WAS HELPING PUSH A SHEARER MOTOR DOWN LONGWALL TROUGH WHEN HE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING A SPRAIN.

4 MEN WERE MOVING 6"" WATER LINE TO MAKE CONNECTION. PERSON WAS ON 6' STEP LADDER LIFTING UP ON LINE WHEN THE FRONT LEGS OF THE LADDER SPLIT CAUSING PERSON TO FALL BACKWARDS OFF LADDER. PERSON LANDED ON LEFT SIDE AND THIS CAUSED A CONTUSION TO LOWER LEFT SIDE OF BACK.

WHILE REMOVING 400 T GEAR BOX FROM STAGELOADER BOOM & BOLTS WERE CUT TO REMOVE BOX. ONE BOLT IN MIDDLE BOTTOM OF BOX WAS NOT REMOVED. SO THEY BLOCKED UNDER GEAR BOX TO HOLD IN PLACE & CHAINED TO FORK TRUCK. FORK TRUCK WAS NOT STRAIGHT IN LINE WITH BOX & HAD TENSION ON CHAIN. WHEN LAST BOLT WAS CUT, THE BOX SWUNG AROUND TO LINE ITSELF WITH THE FORK TRUCK, HITTING EE, THROWING HIM IN

PERSON WAS STANDING IN MUD CHAINING DOWN LONGWALL SHEILD TO LOWBOY FOR TRANSPORTATION. PERSON TURNED TO LET BOOMERS OFF LOCOMOTIVE AND HIS LEFT FOOT HIT CRIB BLOCK THAT WAS IN MUD CAUSING HIM TO TWIST LT KNEE. PERSON WENT TO DR. ON 3/25/02.

INJURED WAS HANDING CHAIN THRU LONGWALL SHIELD WITH HIS OTHER HAND ON SHIELD WHEN OPERATOR CLOSED SIDE PANEL CATCHING LEFT THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION.

INJURED WAS STEPPING OFF MAN LIFT. HAD HIS HAND ON MAN LIFT TRACK WHEN MAN LIFT MOVED PINCHING RIGHT RING FINGER CAUSING A FRACTURE.

INJURED WAS BUILDING CRIBS. HE PUT UP A CRIB BLOCK AND BEFORE HE COULD REMOVE HIS HAND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUT UP ANOTHER CRIB BLOCK ON HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER CAUSING A FRACTURE.

PERSON WAS CHANGING WATER SPRAY TUBE ON FRONT OF MINER HEAD WHEN A ROCK SLID DOWN THE MINER HEAD AND PINNED HIS HANDS TO THE MACHINE. HE GOT HIS HANDS OUT AND FELL BACKWARDS. HE WAS CHECKED IN E.R. AND RELEASED FOR WORK. HIS LEFT KNEE CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM AND HE WENT TO AN ORTHOPEDIST AND HAND TO HAVE SURGERY. FIRST DAY OFF 4/26/02

PERSON WAS HELPING TO GET ROCKPROP POSTS WITH BEAMS. WHILE PUMPING UP THE ROCKPROP ANOTHER ONE BEHIND HIM LAME LOOSE AND FELL. THE ROCKPROP STITCHES HIS LEFT HAND WHICH WAS ON THE HANDLE OF TH E PUMP. HIS RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS FRACTURED WHEN THE ROCKPROP STRUCK HIS HAND.

EE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR CHAIN WHICH WAS BROKEN. HE WAS PULLING UP SLACK CHAIN & CAUGHT HIS INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND BTWN CHAIN & MOTOR FRAME CAUSING INJURY.

INJURED WAS LOADING HEADER BOARDS ON THE SCOOP WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LITTLE FINGER RIGHT HAND AGAINST SCOOP BUCKET CAUSING A LACERATION.

INJURED WAS HELPING TO LIFT A CROSSBAR WHEN HE TWISTED HIS PELVIS CAUGHTING PAIN IN PELVIS AND LOWER BACK. HE STATED HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DISC'S IN LOWER BACK.

PERSON WAS REPLACING BROKEN BOLT IN SPRAY BAR SUPPORT ON HEADGATE END OF SHEAR, PERSON WAS LIFTING UP ON SPRAY BAR TO ALIGN BOLT HOLE IN SUPPORT, BAR FELL AND CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON RT. HAND BETWEEN SPRAY BAR AND JACK. PERSON WENT TO E.R. ON 2/10/02 FOR TREATMENT. 1ST DAY OFF 2/13/02.

PERSON WAS OPERATING A TRACK MOUNTED LOCOMOTIVE AND WAS PULLING CARS OUT OF SWITCH. PERSON WAS STANDING UP IN THE DECK OF LOCOMOTIVE LOOKING BACK TOWARDS CARS HE WAS PULLING OUT AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST BOTTOM OF OVERCAS. PERSON WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 12-12-02, NOTIFIED OPERATOR ON 12-13-02.

INJURED PERSON RETRIEVING STRUCTURE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF UNSUPPORTED MESH GRATING CAUSING IT TO TIP. PERSON FELL CAUSING INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING TOWARD S.E.M UP THE HILL WITH #3 913 SCOOP WHEN SOMETHING BLEW OFF THEMOTOR END OF THE SCOOP GOING IN HIS EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE ON.

PERSON WAS BENT OVER LOOKING FOR HYD. HOSE AT TOOL CART WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK HIS HARD HAT. A PIECE OF THE ROCK HIT THE SIDE OF HIS FACE ABOUT EYE LEVEL CAUSING LACERATION. TOOK 8 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

PERSON WAS INSTALLING 4' X 8' SECTION OF METAL GUARDING AT BELT TAKE-UP. THE GUARDING SECTION SLID DOWN THE RIB AND CAUGHT THE END OF LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE COAL RIB AND THE GU ARDING CAUSING LACERATION. REQUIRED 5 SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND.

PERSON WAS BUILDING SOLID BLOCK WALL ACROSS ENTRY. PERSON WAS ON STEPLADDER AND ANOTHER PERSON WAS HANDING BLOCKS UP TO HIM PERSON WAS HOLDING BLOCK IN ARMS AND WHEN HE PUT BLOCK IN PLACE ON W ALL HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOREARM BETWEEN TWO BLOCKS CAUSING INJURY. REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND.

PERSON HAD PUT DIESEL FUEL IN HUMMER AND WAS WALKING BACK TO THE FRONT OF HUMMER WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL GRATE OVER DITCH. THE GRATE FELL DOWN INTO DITCH AND PERSON FELL STRIKING H IS HEAD AGAINST DOOR HINGE ON HUMMER CAUSING LACERATION.

EE TOOK OFF SANBLASTING HELMET TO CHECK AREA THAT HAD BEEN BLASTED WHEN TRIGGER ON BLASTER HOSE ACCIDENTALLY GOT HIT CAUSING BLASTER TO START WHICH CAUSE BLASTING MEDIA TO HIT EE ON LEFT SID E OF FACE CAUSING SKN ABRASION.

EE REPORTS THAT ON ONE OF THE ABOVE DAYS HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE WALKING ALONGSIDE THE 25 BUTT CONVEYOR. ALTHOUGH HE SOUGHT MEDICAL CARE INCLUDING CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT, HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 7/16/02. THIS IS REPORTED AS A QUESTIONABLE ACCIDENT.

PERSON WAS PUTTING RIB BOLT INTO HOLE HE HAD JUST DRILLED IN RIB. A ROCK 18"" BY 21"" BY 1/2"" THICK FELL AND STRUCK PERSON ON RIGHT HAND. THE ROCK CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVES AND LACERATED THE TIP OF THE LITTLE FINGER. REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND.

PERSON LIFTED A 74# ABS-20 PUMP & PUT IT ON HIS SHOULDER TO CARRY. DOING SO HE FELT A SHARP PAININ RIGHT SHOULDER. DOCTOR REFERRED HIM TO ORTHOPEDIST. MRI WAS NEGATIVE. HE WAS GIVEN CORTISONE IN THE SHOULDER ON 4/30/02.

EE WAS MOVING LARGE ROCK OFF LONGWALL SHIELD BASE PONTOON. SHIELD WAS BEING USED AS WALKER SHIELD DURING LONGWALL TEARDOWN. AS EE WAS MOVING ROCK, ANOTHER ROCK SLID DOWN THE BASE LIFT JACK & C AUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO ROCKS, CAUSING INJURY.

PERSON WAS ADVANCING SHIELDS ON LONGWALL FACE WHEN A ROCK 3""X4""X18"" FELL FROM BETWEEN CHEILDS HIT THE CABLE TRAY AND THE FELL ON PERSONS LEFT FOOT CAUSING INJURY. ROCK LANDED BEHIND STEEL THE OF RUBBER BOOTS.

USING AN IMPACT WRENCH (ELECTRIC) WHEN IMPACT WRENCH WAS TURNED ON, SOMETHING FLEW OUT OF THE FAN HITTING PERSON IN THE RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS HANDING A 50LB BAG OF ROCK DUST ACROSS A BELT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER

PERSON WAS ADVANCING SHIELDS AT SHEAR. PERSON WAS MOVING #48 SUPPORT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON LOOSE ROCK AND FELL. PERSON WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 1-17-02.