Peabody Midwest Mining, LLCMining Incidents in 2001

ROOF FALL OCCURRED INTERSECTION OF #3 & 54+20 XCUT IN 1ST WEST MAIN ENTRIES. LENGTH 30', WIDTH 19', HEIGHT 11'. THIS AREA MINED SEPT., 2001.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 1R1W-3L, X-CUT 11 ENTRY #5. THE FALL WAS LOCATED IN AN INTERSECTION.THE FALL WAS 25' LONG, 20' WIDE, 6' HIGH. CAUSEDBY WEAK LAMINATED SANDY SHALE ASSOCIATED W/SLIP.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #5 ENTRY AT 4+00 ON MAINNORTH. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 5'INSTALL III BOLTS WITH 2' OF RESIN. ROOF FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP &REBOLTED. FALL WAS 18'W X 17'L X 6'H.

ROOF FALL, 2ND SOUTH PANEL-MMV-001- #5 ENTRY & 15+60 FELL 70'LONG, HEIGHT 10', WIDTH 18'3"", AREA MINED 11-02-01.

ROOF FALL - PARTIAL OF INTERSECTION ENTRY #1 & 15+00 XC. LENGTH 25', ENTRY WIDTH 17'6"", HEIGHT 10'. THIS FALL FELL OUTBY FROM INTERSECTION. THEAREA WAS MINED 11/2/01.

ROOF FALL IN #2 ENTRY & 16+20 INTERSECTION-LENGTH 35'-WIDTH 20'-THICKNESS-6'.

ROOF FALL IN XC 2 AND 40 #1 AND #2 ROOM OFF 3RD SOUTH IN MMU U-002. HAD CUT AND BOLTED 20' OF XCTHEN CUT RIGHT SIDE THRU TO #1 ROOM TOP GOT BAD AND FELL IN AFTER BACKING MINER OUT OF CUT. LENG TH OF FALL 40' WIDTH WAS 16' 6"" AND FELL UP TO APPROX 10' ABOVE THE COAL.

ROOF FALL IN XC 4+90 BETWEEN #2 & #3 ENTRIES (MMU-002) 3RD SOUTH OFF 3RD WEST. THIS WAS A HUGE SLIP RUNNING ALL THE WAY THRU THIS XC FROM #1 TO #5 ENTRIES. SIZE 18' X 40' X 10' ABOVE COAL. ARE A MINED 1 WK OCTOBER 2001.

ROOF FALL ON 2ND SOUTH PANEL HAULROAD-STATION 35 & 80 BETWEEN #1 & #2 ENTRIES OF 1ST MAIN WEST-WITH 20' LENGTH 30' APPROX 6' HIGH JENNMAR INSTALL III DOUBLE LOK 60"" BOLTS-AREA MINED IN JULY 20 01-WILL CLEAN UP AND REHAB THIS AREA.

ROOF FALL MAIN WEST INTERSECTION #3 ENTRY & 6+40 XC TO HAUL ROAD AT #4 & 6+40. APPROX 100'LONG, 7' ABOVE ANCHOR POINT, WIDTH 18'. MINED THIS AREA 12-2000. BOLTED WITH 5' DOUBLE ROCK BOLTS.

FALL OF ROOF #6 ENTRY 1ST SOUTH OFF 3RD WEST OFF1ST SOUTH PANEL, MMU 002 APPROX W OF FALL 25' ENTRY WIDTH 16 1/2 FT HEIGHT 6' FELL APPROX 4' ABOVE ANCHOR POINT, TOP IS NOT LEVEL, ROCK HAS SNAD LAMINATIONS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 3R2N-3L X-CUT 2, ENTRY #6. FALL LOCATED IN AN INTERSECTION. FALL WAS30' LONG, 18' WIDE, 4' HIGH. CAUSE WAS WEAK LAMINATED SANDY SHALE AND WATER.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 32 X-CUT 9, ENTRY #4LOCATED IN AN INTERSECTION IN THE BELT ENTRY. FALL WAS 30' LONG, 22' WIDE, 4' HIGH. CAUSE WAS WEAK LAMINATED SANDSTONE ASSOCIATED WITH WATER.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 1W AT X-CUT S1 ENTRY#2 IN AN INTERSECTION IN A RETURN AIR COURSE. THE FALL WAS 30' LONG, 18' WIDE & 6' TO 6 1/2' THICK. CAUSE WAS WEAK LAMINATED SANDY SHALE.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 8-20-01 ABOUT 1:30 P.M. FALL WAS ON MAIN WEST B RETURN AT STATION 16 TO 10. DEVELOPED AROUND 1-19-01. FELL FROM #1 ENTRY TO #2 ENTRY, 80' LONG, 8' TO 10' HIGH AND 2 0' WIDE. BOLTS USED 5' POINT ANCHOR RESIN BOLTS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE IRIW-2L AT X-CUT 19 ENTRY #5. THIS FALL WAS LOCATED IN AN INTERSECTION ON THE TRAVELWAY. THE FALL WAS 18' LONG, 30' WIDE AND 6"" TO 6' THICK. THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS WEAR LAMINATED SANDSTONE ASSOCIATED WITH A SLIP.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE IRIW-2L, AT X CUT 15, ENTRY 5, THIS FALL WAS LOCATED IN AN INTERSECTION ON THE TRAVELWAY. THE FALL WAS 24' LONG 30' WIDE AND 8' HIGH. THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS WEAK LAMINATED SANDSTONE.

AT 0530 LOADER #I-62 CAUGHT ON FIRE. 5 HANDHELD FIRE EXT. WERE USED BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPT RESPONDED & THE FIRE WAS EDXTINGUISHED AT APPROX 0615. THIS WAS REPORTED TO MSHA AT 0630 AND THE SCENE PRESERVED. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. DAMAGES: TOTAL LOSS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE IRIW-2L AT X-CUT 18,ENTRY 7-8. THE FALL WAS 35-40' LONG, 17' WIDE, 4FOOT HIGH. THE CAUSE WAS WEAK LAMINATED SHALE INA SLIP AREA.

FALL OF ROOF ON 2ND WEST PANEL ENTRIES FROM #5 THRU #6 A6 XC 3+60. XCUT WIDTH 18'6"", LENGTH OF FALL 70', HEIGHT 6-7'. DID NOT DISRUPT VENTILATION, DID RE-ROUTE ESCAPE OVER TO #7 ENTRY AROUND F ALL FROM #5 ENTRY.

ROOF FALL IN UNIT#1 WEST ENTRY OFF SOUTH PANEL ENTRIES, FELL FROM #2 ENTRY THRU RETURN STOPPING THRU #1 ENTRY INTO RETURN ROOMS. FALL WAS 85'LONG, 18'6"" WIDE AND APPROX. 8FT HIGH.

ROOF FALL ON #4 ENTRY BETWEEN 4+20 & 4+80 ON SOUTH PANEL BELT. MMU-201.

ROOF FALL 7 ENTRY OF 1ST SOUTH PANEL FROM 3 & 80 TO 4 TO 40. FELL NORTH SOUTH THRU INTERSECTION IN 7 TO 4 TO 20.

A CHUNK OF WOOD 8""X 6""X 3"" WAS IN A SLOPE DRAIN.THE ASCENDING SLOPE CAR RAN OVER THE WOOD & DERAILED. THE HOIST CONTINUED TO PULL CARS UP THE SLOPE DAMAGING A BOLT ON THE MAGNETIC BRAKE SYSTEM

AS EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE DOZER IN THE RAIN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRACKS CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HIS LEFT LEG BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE TRACK-RAIL AND THE BLADE PUSHARM. HIS MOMENTUM CARR IED HIM OVER THE ISDE OF THE PUSHARM. HIS LEG SUPPORTED HIS WEIGHT, BREAKING THE FALL BUT CAUSED THE KNEE TO BE TWISTED, CAUSING THE INJURY. HE WAS TAKEN TO EE. S FAMILY.

WAS USING A BAR TO PRY UP DUSTER IN SCOOP BUCKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING A CROSSCUT BETWEEN 3-2AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. A LARGE ROCK HAD FALLEN IN FRONT OF THE ATRS. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR, STANDING UNDER SUPPORTED TOP, TO PRY DOWN A LOOSE ROCK THAT MEASURED 40"" X 34"" X 3"" WHEN THEROCK FELL AND HIT THE PREVIOUS ROCK, SLID DOWN &STRUCK HIM ON THE OUTSIDE OF HIS LEFT KNEE.

THE DATE USED FOR THIS ACCIDENT MAY NOT BE CORRECT SINCE THE BEST EE COULD REMEMBER IS THE FIRSTOF DECEMBER 2001 AND SOMETIME IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, HE WAS PULLING ON A WASH DOWN HOSE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE PLANT. WHEN THE HOSE POPPED FREE HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON HIS BUTT AND BRUISED HIS TAILBONE. HE DID NOT REPORTUNTIL DECEMBER 3-16-02. FIRST DAY MISSED 3-11-02

MAN WAS CLEANING DUST BOX ON BOLTER. RIGHT HAND & ARM WAS ON TOP OF DUST BOX WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, HE HAD PULLED THE BOLTER INTO #3 ENTRY TO BOLTA RIGHT SLAB. HE HAD SHUT THE BOLTER OFF AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHECKING HIS GLUE AND STEELS IN HIS BOOM MOUNTED TRAY AT THIS TIME A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HARD HAT, THEN ON TOP OF BOTH SHOULDERS, BOTH ELBOWS AND RIGHT ANKLE.

EE DOES NOT KNOW HOW INJURY OCCURRED. SHOULDER SIMPLY STARTED TO TIGHTEN UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE SHIFT.

EE LOST CONTROL OF 4-WHEELER GOING DOWN GRADE & WAS THROWN OFF 4-WHEELER. RESULTED IN TO CRACKEDRIBS & DEFLATED LUNG.

EE WAS CARRYING TIMBERS THROUGH X-CUTS OVER GOB & DOWN THE BELTLINE. WHEN SHE STEPPED UP OVER SOME GOB SHE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HER HIP SHOOTINGDOWN HER RIGHT LEG. SHE WAS TREATED FOR THIS CON DITION AND CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 11/6/01 WHEN THE PAIN AND DISCOMFORT PREVENTED HER FROM RETURNING TO WORK.

EE WAS WALKING AND LOOKING A MINE ROOF, TRIPPED OVER SOME ROCK DUST AND FELL DOWN.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MACHINE. THEY HAD JUST PUT THE STRAP INTO IT'S HOLDER & WERE PREPARING TO TRAM FORWARD TO THE NEXT ROW. EE WAS STANDING ABOUT MIDWAY ON THE BOLTER WHEN A ROCK 3.5' X 5' X 0-3"" THICK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS HARD HAT, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 2/11/02 WHEN HE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN & NUMBNESS...

EE WAS WELDING ON DOZER ARM. HIS BACK BECAME INCREASINGLY SORE WITH NUMBNESS IN RIGHT FOOT. HE WENT TO E.R. ON 9/30 & REPORTED INCIDENT TO MANAGEMENT ON 10/1. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE X- RAYS, CAT SCAN & MRI WERE PERFORMED. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIATED DISC WITH NERVE COMPRESSION. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED 10/2/01. HE WILL BE UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK FOR 12-16 WEEKS.

EE WAS BACKING A BULK POWDER TRUCK BETWEEN 1ST &2ND ROW OF DRILL HOLES TO BE LOADED FROM THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE DRILL BENCH PAD. HE WAS BETWEENTHE ROWS. PROCEEDING BACKWARDS HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE 1ST ROW ANGLED INWARDS TOWARD THE 2ND. THE RIGHT TANDEN WHEEL DROPPED OFF THE EDGE. AS THE TRUCK OVERTURNED HE LEAPT FROM IT LANDING ON THESPOIL BANK & SLID UNDERNEATH ROLLING TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK DUST INTO A ROCK DUSTER HOPPER AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. HE STATED THAT HE STEPPED FORWARD ONTO A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE AND THAT IT BUCKLED. HE BECAME A LTA ON 11-8-01 WHEN HE RECEIVED SURGERY ON HIS KNEE.

MAN WAS SHOVELING ON BELT, HE HEARD A POP & FELT SOMETHING IN HIS KNEE. SUSTAINED SOME TYPE OF KNEE INJURY.

THE THREE MEN WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING A WORN PIPE IN THE PREP PLANT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT HAD REMOVED A 27"" X 33"" PIECE OF METAL GRATING FROM THE FLOOR. CO-WORKER WAS CUTTING T HE BOLTS OUT OF THE OLD PIPE AND INJURED WAS WATCHING HIM. HE ASKED INJURED TO GET HIM A WRENCH. HE TURNED FORGETTING THE HOLE & WALKED INTO IT. HE APPARENTLY FELL FORWARD STRUCK HIS CHEST ON

EE WALKED ON FORM WALL ONTO CONCRETE WALL FALLING APPROX 10 FEET.

THE WATERLINE BROKE, EE WORKED IN WET BOOTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THAT INCIDENT.

EE WAS SHOVELING ALONG BELTLINE AND FELT PAIN FROM TAILBONE TO HIS LEFT KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH SOME DISCOMFORT THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND THE FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER. AFTER SEVER AL VISITS TO THE DOCTOR AND BACK SPECIALIST, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAS A HERNIATED LUMBAR DISC. HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK DUTY ON 9/15/01. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL THE 9/15/01 DATE.

EE WAS LAYING ON HIS SIDE WHILE HOLDING A 1"" IMPACT WRENCH, TIGHTENING THE IDLER BOLTS ON A D10 DOZER. AFTERWARDS, WHEN FINISHED, HE WAS GETTING UP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK. HE WAS EXAMINED AND DIAGNOSED TO HAVE ACUTE SPASM OF THE LOWER LUMBAR SPINE.

EE WAS CUTTING #1 ENTRY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HE HAD CUT HIS FIRST CUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE & WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING OVER TO MAKE HISSECOND CUT. A ROCK MEASURING 58"" X 24"" X 7""TO 0"" THICK FELL FROM THE ROOF FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTSSTRIKING THE TOP OF HIS HARD HAT & KNOCKING HIM DOWN. THE RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT WAS A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF A VERTEBRAE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

MAN WAS SHOVELING ON BELTLINE & HIT HIS WRIST ONFRAMEWORK & HEARD A POP.

EE WAS PATCHING A HOLE IN CLEAN COAL SIEVE. WHEN HE SLIPPED, HITTING HIS BACK ELBOWS AND BACK OF HIS LEGS AND KNEE ONT HE SIDE AND BOTTOM OF THE HOPPER. AFTER THIS INCIDENT HIS BACK STARTED HU RTING ESPCECIALLY AFTER LIFTING ON A PIPE ON JULY 11 OUT IN THE PREP PLANT YARD EE CONTINUED TO WORK AND WAS TREATED FOR LOWER BACK PAIN OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 6 WEEKS. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO WORK ON

EE WAS PRYING ON MINER #4 SHEAR JACK. HIS PRY BAR SLIPPED & JERKED HIS SHOULDER, STRAINING IT. THIS IS A RE-OCCURRING INJURY. HE CONTINUED TO WORK WHILE HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR SHOULDER PAIN. ON 9-5-01 HE WAS NOT ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK BECAUSE THE DOCTOR HAD SCHEDULED HIM FOR SURGERY TO REPAIR A TORN ROTATOR CUFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING AN ELECT. CABLE INTO AN OPEN PIT, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED INTO A WASHOUT AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC EVENT REPORTED THAT CAUSED THE INJURY. EE'S REGULAR JOB DUTY IS AS END DUMP DRIVER, BUT HE WAS TEMPORARY PLACED AS A FUELER TO HELP OUT THE MAINTENANCE DEPT. THE PERSISTE NT MOUNTING & DISMOUNTING EQUIPMENT IRRITATED HIS LEFT KNEE WHICH CAUSED PAIN AND SWELLING. HE WAS DIAGNOSED TO HAVE A SPRAINED KNEE.

EE WAS CLEANING OFF A DRILL PAD WITH D11 DOZER WHEN HE DROVE OVER THE BERM LANDED ON THE SHOT ROCK APPROX. 18-20' BELOW. THE BLADE CAUGHT IN THE ROCK CAUSING IT TO FLIP OVER ONTO THE ROLLOVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE. EE WAS REMOVED FROM THE CAB BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS EXAMINED AND A CT SCAN WAS DONE OF HIS HEAD WHICH WAS NEGATIVE. HE

EE WAS UNLOADING CABLE FROM A DELIVERY TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A NAIL THAT WAS PROTRUDING FROM THE BED OF THE TRUCK. AS A RESULT, HE SUFFERED APUNCTURE WOUND TO THE RIGHT FOOT.

EE HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAB OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND WAS GETTING READY TO HAND HIS CABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. HE STATED THAT THE TOP WAS AROUND 8' HIGH OR HIGHER AND THAT HE WAS G OING TO DRIVE SPADS IN THE RIB TO HANG THE CABLE FROM. HE STATED AS HE WALKED BY THE BOLTER A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 100# FELL FROM THE ROOF FROM BETWEEN TWO ROOF STRAPS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE T

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING: DRILLING A HOLE FOR A BOLT THAT HAD BEEN CUT OUT. HE THEN PUT A WRENCH ON THE DRILL STEEL TO ALIGN IT WITH DRILL POT. HE BUMPED THE ROTATION TO GET THE WRENCH INTO THE DRI LL POT & PUSHED THE ROTATION TO THE ON POSTITIONWHEN HIS WORN GLOVE WAS APPARENTLY PINCHED BETWEEN THE WRENCH BOTTOM & DRILL POT. IT PULLED HIS LEFT ARM AROUNG THE WRENCH, CAUSING A FRACTURE.

EE WAS DRIVING THE VOLVO REFUSE TRK AT TIME OF INCIDENT. HE WAS TRAVELING ON THE IMPOUNDMEMNT ROADWAY & THE GROUND WAS STARTING TO THAW OUT. THE ROAD HAD A WASH BOARD OF BUMPS BECAUSE OF EQU UIPMENT TRAVELING ON IT PLUS THE FREEZING & THAWING CURRENTLY PRESENT. THE TRK STARTED TO BOUNCEEE PLANTED HIS LEFT FOOT TO BRACE HIMSELF AFTER THE TRK HAD BOUNCED 3 TIMES, & STOPPED EE FELT A

EE WAS SPREADING GRAVEL AT THE APPROACHES OF THE SCALES. HE HAD DUMPED THE GRAVEL WITH THE END-LOADER. HE STATED THAT THE END-LOADER BUCKET WAS TO WIDE TO REACH INBETWEEN THE GUARD RAILS AND D RAG ALL THE EXCESS GRAVEL BACK. HE GOT OFF HIS END-LOADER & STARTED TO SHOVEL. HE STATED THAT HIS BACK POPPED WHILE SHOVELING AND NOW HE IS EXPERIENCING PAIN ON BOTH SIDES OF HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. HE WAS REMOVING HIS STEEL FROM ROOF. THE STEEL WAS STUCK IN THE ROOF SO HE JERKED ON IT. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE HE SMASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER B ETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE DRILL POT. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 1-9-01 BECAUSE HIS FINGER WASSHOWING SIGNS OF INFECTION. EE BECAME LTA ON 1-9-01 WHEN HE FAILED TO RETURN FOR HIS NORMAL SHI

AS EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE BACK OF A SERVICE TRUCK, WHILE HOLDING ON TO THE HANDRAIL, HIS MUDDY BOOTS CAUSED HIM TO SLIP, PLACING A STRAIN ON HIS RIGHT ARM. THIS RESULTED IN A RUPT URED BICEP TENDON. HE WAS TAKEN TO GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL IN PRINCETON, IN.

AS EE WAS TYING A NYLON ROPE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BE 2570 DRAGLINE, THE DRAGLINE DRIFTED CAUSING THE TOPE TO TIGHTEN BENEATH HIS FEET. AS THE ROPE WAS PULLED HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APRP OX. 2 FEET. TO THE GROUND FRACTURING HIS RIGHT FIBULA. HE WAS TREATED AT ST. MARY ER IN EVANSVILLE, IN.

EE WAS CLEANING OFF A BENCH WHEN HE BACKED OVER A LARGE ROCK JARRING HIM. HE FELT A POPING SOUND IN HIS CHEST. HE WAS TAKEN TO DAVIESS COMMUNITYHOSPITAL ER AND WAS REFERRED TO A CARDIOLOGIST A ND DIAGNOSED WITH A INCISIONAL HERNIA AND PUT ONRESTRICTED DUTY. SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY TO REPAIR HERNIA ON JULY 27. THIS INCIDENT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED AS WORKMAN'S COMP.

ON 12-24-01, INJURED WAS FUELING A D-6 DOZER. AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING, HE SLIPPED ON SOME FROZEN DIRT ON THE PUSH ARM AND FELL TO THE GROUND, TWISTING HIS RT. ANKLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ER WHERE HE WAS EXAMINED, XRAYED AND REFERRED TO OUR CO. DR. AND PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY FROM WORK UNTIL HIS FOLLOWUP VISIT ON 1-2-01. THE XRAYS WERE NEGATIVE AND NO LOST TIME.

EE WAS MANUALLY MOVING A HYDRAULIC PUMP OFF OF A PALLET LOCATED ON THE MAINTENANCE SHOP FLOOR. HE INITIALLY TRIED TO PICK IT UP, THEN DECIDED TOJUST ROLL IT OFF THE PALLETS. THE PUMP WEIGHED A PPROXIMATELY 200 LBS. LATER, HE BEGAN TO HAVE DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK.

AFTER SERVICING A DRILLTECH DRILL, EE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHILE DISMOUNTING THE MACHINE RESULTING IN A LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN.

AS EE WAS USING AN END WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A BOLT ON A HITACHI EX3500 SHOVEL, HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS CHEST. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO UTILIZE AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE GI BSON GENERAL ER FOR TREATMENT.

EE WAS MAINTAIN A CAT 789B END-DUMP, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A 50# CYLINDER FROM A CROUCHED POSITION. IN DOING SO, HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN THE MIDDLE PORTION OF HIS BACK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AT THE HOSPITAL.

EE WAS MANUALLY SHOVELING ROCK DRILL CUTTINGS INTO A BLASTHOLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL ER IN PRINCETON, IN.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A LOWBOY DOWN THE HAUL ROAD AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND UPPER BUTTOCK. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ON 6-5-01 AND DIAGNOSED WITH A STR AIN TO THE LOWER BACK. HE IS TO HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY 2-3 TIMES A WEEK. HE WAS RELEASED TO COME BACK TO WORK WITH RESTRICTED DUTY AND IS SCHEDULED FOR FOLLOW UP ON 6-20-01.

EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE MOUNTING A TOOTH BASE ON A 100YD DRAGLINE BUCKET USING A SMALL SERVICE CRANE ON A MAINTENANCE TRUCK TO POSITION IT. CO-WORKER WAS OPERATING THE CRANE ABOUT 20FT AWA Y FROM THE TOOTH BASE AND INJURED WAS ABOUT 5FT AWAY, WHEN THE END OF THE CRANE SLIPPED OFF THE BASE STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND. RECIEVED SUTURES IN 2 FINGERS AND SPLINT FOR FRACTURED THUM

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BED PADS ON A R190 HAUL TRUCK THE PAD SLIPPED OUT SMASHING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE X-RAYS WERE TAKEN AND WERE NEGATIVE. HE WAS PUT ON ONE HANDED WORK RESTRICTION FOR 2DAYS

EE WAS WALKING INTO THE MINE BESIDE THE SLOPE BELT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL LACERATING HIS KNEE ON THE SLOPEBELT STRUCTURE.

WHILE FILLING THE GREASE TRUCK TANK WITH ANTIFREEZE, THE HOSE RUPTURED SPRAYING EE IN THE FACE &EYES. WE IMMEDIATELY FLUSHED HIS EYES AND AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TOOK HIM TO THE LOCAL E.R. WHERE THEY WERE AGAIN FLUSHED. HE WAS GIVEN EYE DROPS (SULFOCETAMIDE) AND RETURNED TO WORK HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.

ON 12-19-01, INJURED WAS USING A HAND GRINDER TO GRIND WELDS ON THE PLATE OF DOZER BLADE IN THE WELDING SHOP. SOME SMALL PIECE OF STEEL WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. HE FLUSHED HIS EYE WITH SOLUTIO N AND THE INJURY WAS TREATED AS A FIRST AID CASE. HE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION AS REQUIRED. ON 12-20-01, DURING THE SHIFT HIS RIGHT EYE BECAME IRRITATED AND HE WAS TAKEN TO RX AND RELEASED T

MAN WAS BOLTING, HAD HIS HAND ON THE BOOM WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS HAND. MAN RECEIVED 9 STITCHES.

WHILE REACHING TO MOUNT GRADER, WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT ONTO EE'S HAND CATCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DOOR JAM RESULTING IN THE INJURY. EE WAS EXAMINED AT HOSPITAL, XRAYS SHOWED A FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL BONE. HE WAS GIVEN A BRACE AND RETURNED TO WORK LATER THAT DAY.

ON 11-29-01, INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL IN THE BUCKET SHED. A SMALL PIECE OF STEELWENT INTO HIS RT. EYE. HE FLUSHED HIS EYE W/SOLUTION AND THE INJURY WAS TREATED AS A FIRST AID CASE. HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES AS REQUIRED. ON 11-30-01, HIS EYE BECAME IRRITATED AGAINAND WAS TAKEN TO THE DR. A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL WAS REMOVED. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION.

EE WAS HOOKING A CHAIN FROM THE SAMPLE BIN TO THE UNILOADER TO DUMP THE SAMPLE BIN WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. A 988 END LOADER BACKED INTO THE UNILOADER CAUSING THE SAMPLE BOX TO FLIP UP AND STRIKE EE IN THE FACE. THE END LOADER OPERATOR WAS UNAWARE THAT HE HAD HIT THE UNILOADER AND PUSHED IT SIDEWAYS 4 OR 5 FEET. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED LACERATIONS TO EE'S GUN, NOSE AND UPPER LIP.

TYING OFF SAFETY LINES INSIDE OF PREP PLANT. WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF CONDUIT HE WAS STANDING ON. AND FELL ON SAME CONDUIT.

INJURED WAS JUMP STARTING A LIGHT PLANT WITH JUMPER CABLES HOOKED FROM THE WELDER ON A SER- VICE TRUCK TO THE BATTERY OF A LIGHT PLANT. AS HE DISCONNECTED THE JUMPER CABLES FROM THE LIGHT PLANT BATTERY IT ARKED, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO EXPLODE. HE HAD CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO HIS (R) EYEAND FACE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL(ER) WHEREHE WAS EXAMINED. RELEASED BACK TO WORK W/O RESTR

INJURED WAS PUNCHING A HOLE IN A WHEAT LIGHT BELT WITH A POCKET KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED, LACERATING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. HE WAS TAKEN TO TERRE HAUTE REGIONAL HOSPITAL E.R. WHERE HE WAS EXAM INED BY DR AND GIVEN TWO STITCHES IN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE BELT DRIVE TAKE-UP ATTHE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HE HAD JUST HELPED PULL THE TAKE-UP ROLLER BACK WITH A COME-ALONG. THECHAIN ON THE COME-ALONG BROKE STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING TWO SMALL LACERATIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AND WELDING ON A HITACHI 3500 HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR BUCKET WHEN METAL SHAVINGS BECAME LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING A WELDING HELMET BUT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CAME UNDER THE HOOD LODGING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS TAKEN TO WABASH VALLEY EYE CENTER WHERE THE METAL WAS REMOVED AND ISSUED A PRESCRIPTION FOR DOBREX OPTHALMIC OINTMENT.

TRIPPED OVER BEAM ON FLOOR.

EE WAS REPLAICNG A SOFENOID ONT HE RETURN MINER ON #1 UNIT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. HE HAD AN ACCESS DOOR FELL SHUT ON HIS HAND FRACTURING A BONE IN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

ON 10-01-01 SHE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE WATER TRUCK AND TWISTED HER RIGHT ANKLE. AT THAT TIME THE REPORTED INJURY WAS TREATED AS A FIRST AID CASE. ON 10-2-01, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND EXAMINED BY DR. HER ANKLE WAS X RAYED, THE RESULTS WERE POSITVE CHIP FRACTURE. SHE WAS REFERRED TO THE APS SPORTS CLINIC, FOR APPT SHE WAS SEEN DR AND WAS RELEASE TO RE

EE WAS REMOVING A BROKEN OFF WHEEL STUD. HE WAS WELDING THE STUD, BUILDING IT UP IN ORDER TO GET A NUT ON IT, SO HE COULD IMPACT IT OUT FOR REPLACEMENT. WHILE AIR CHIPPING THE SLAG FROM THE WE LD, A PIECE RICOCHETED OFF HIS BROW, OFF HIS SAFETY GLASSES LENS AND LODGED INTO EYE. EE WAS TAKEN FOR TREATMENT, OBJECT WAS REMOVED. HE WAS ISSUED AS PRESCIPTION OCUFLOX, FOR INFECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING MUFFLER ON FUEL TRUCK WHENTHE AIR IMPACT WRENCH THAT HE HAD SITTING ON THEFRAME OF THE TRUCK ABOVE HIM FELL TO THE FLOOR HITTING HIS LEFT FINGER TIP. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, WHERE HE WAS EX-AMINED AND DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURE TO THE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF COAL HAULER WHEN HER ARM CAUGHT A METAL BURR. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

WHILE WELDING A BED LINER IN A END DUMP TRUCK EERECEIVED FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES. HE WAS EXAMINEDBY LOCAL PHYSICIAN. TOBRODEX (EYE DROPS) WER PRESCRIBED. HE RETURNED NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.

EE WAS LOADING OVERBURDEN WHEN HE SMELT HYDRAULIC FLUID. HE STOPPED THE LOADER TO INVESTIGATE. HE LIFTED THE DECK LID ABOVE THE ENGINE DEPARTMENT. AS HE DID IT SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP, IT FELL, CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE LID AND THE LATCH. XRAYS WERE NEGATIVE, BUT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

WHILE CLEARING EQUIPMENT FROM THE SHOT AREA THE DRIVESHAFT ON A MATERIAL HANDLING TRUCK FELL TO THE GROUND. EE BLOCKED THE TRUCK AND CRAWLED UNDER TO TIE UP THE SHAFT SO THE TRUCK COULD BE REM OVED. AS HE WAS PERFORMING THE WORK, DEBRIS FELLINTO HIS EYE. HE REMOVED THE DEBRIS WITH NO DISCOMFORT, WITH EACH PRECEDING DAY, IRRITATION INCREASED.

REPAIRMAN WAS WORKING ON PRESSURE PUMP. PLACED LEFT HAND ON TOP OF PUMP WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING THE HAND.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT A SUMP IN THE PREP PLANT WITH A SUCTION HOSE WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CUT BY A SHARP PIECE OF METAL BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. HE WAS THEN DRIVER TO THE HOSPITAL ER WHERE H E RECEIVED TWO SUTURES AND A TETANUS SHOT.

EE WAS REMOVING A PEGBOARD FROM A WALL WHILE ON AN EXTENSION LADDER ~10' ABOVE THE CONCRETE WAREHOUSE FLOOR. THE LADDER SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND AS HE AND THE LADDER HIT THE FLOOR, HIS FORE HEAD MADE CONTACT WITH A RUNG ON THE LADDER. HE WAS DRIVEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND RECEIVED 6 SUTURES FOR THE CONTUSION/LACERATION.

ON 7-3-01 EE WAS WORKING ON A D-10 TRACK FRAME RECOIL SEAL. HE APPLIED PRO LOCK THREAD LOCKER TO THE SEAL AND GENTLY STRUCK THE SEAL WITH A HAMMER CAUSING THE PRO LOCK TO SPLATTER IN HIS EYES. EE FLUSHED HIS EYES AT THE EYE WASH STAND AND WAS EXAMINED AT THE LOCAL E.R. WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EYE IRRITATION AND RELASED THE RETURN TO WORK. THE PHYSICIAN APPLIED GENTONICIN SULFAT

EE WAS SWINGING A PICK TO BREAK UP SOME ROCK. AS HE WAS SWINGING THE PICK HE FELT HIS FINGER POP. HE DISLOCATED HIS RING FINGER ONHIS LEFT HAND. HE DID NOT HIT IT AGAINST ANYTHING.

EE WAS TRIMMING RUBBER IN THE HEAVY MEDIA VESSELRINSE SCREEN AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, HE STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING IN CRAMPED QUARTERS HIS UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED WHILE TRIMMING THE RUB BER AND HE STABBED HIMSELF IN THE LEFT THIGH JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A CAT 777B END-DUMP WHEN A PIECE OF RUST FELL BETWEEN HIS Z87 APPROVED SAFETY GLASSES AND HIS FOREHEAD SETTLING ON HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS TREATED AT EYE CARE CENTER.

AFTER SERVICING A CAT 789B END DUMP, EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE REAR HUB WITH A 3/4"" BREAKER BAR. AS HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE, THE BOLT ON THE HUB STRIPPED AND HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE HUB. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, AND TREATED FOR A LACERATION AND A FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING A LARGE THREADED BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF METAL PENETRATED HIS LEATHER GLOVE AND ENTERED HIS LEFT HAND. THE METAL CAME FROM THE DAMAGED THREADS AT THE END OF THE BOLT. THE PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED AT ST. MARY'S WARRICKHOSPITAL.

EE WAS USING AN IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOVE A BOLT FROM A PIPE WHEN DUST WAS SENT AIRBORNE BY THE EXHAUST ON THE AIR GUN ANDMAD CONTACT WITH HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING Z87 APPROVED SAFETY GLASS ES AT THE TIME. IMMEDIATELY HE FLUSHED THE EYE WITH WATER. THE IRRITATION CONTINUED AND THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 5-1-01. ON 5-1, EE WAS TAKEN TO THE EYE CENTER WHERE AN IRON OXIDE PARTICL

EE WAS BOLTING ON THE TRUSS BOLTER TO CATCH UP ON THE BOLTING. HE HAD DRILLED THE HOLE IN THE ROOF & TRAMMED UP TO PLACE HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE WRENCH & THE BOTTOM OF THE DRILL STEEL. HE WAS LOWERING THE DRILL BUT HEARD SOMETHING BY HIS TRAY & WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE TRAY MUST HAVE HIT THE FEED UP LEVER. THIS SMASHED HIS INDEX FINGER &THUMB BETWEEN THE ROOF & THE TOP OF THE WRENCH.

EE WAS OBSERVING AN ENGINE ON THE EX3500 EXCAVATOR, DUST WAS SENT AIRBORNE BY THE COOLING FAN AND MADE CONTACT WITH HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING Z87 APPROVED SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. THE S HOVEL WAS SET AT LOW IDLE AND REMAINED STATIONARY WHILE EE WAS TROUBLESHOOTING A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. IMMEDIATELY HE FLUSHED THE EYE WITH WATER AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT. HE WAS THEN TAKE

EE WAS FOLLOWING WIRES WITH RIGHT HAND IN THE CAB OF A RUBBER TIRE DOZER WHEN HE STUCK HIS FINGER INTO BLOWER FAN. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS GIVEN 2 STITCHES IN RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS CUTTING A PIEC OF 1/2"" RUBBER SKIRTING WHEN THE UTILITY KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF THE PIECE OF RUBBER AND CUT HIS RIGHT THIGH, JUST ABOVE THE KNEE. THE CUT WAS APPROX. 1/2"" LONG AN D 1/2"" DEEP. HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT IMMEDIATELY TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED TWO SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EE ENTERED THE PLANT SHOP AREA TO DISCUSS WORK DUTIES WITH A FELLOW EE. NO WORK WAS GOING ON IN THE SHOP SO HAD REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES. STANDING NEXT TO A PORTABLE STAND, HE PROCEEDED TO P ULL A SCREWDRIVER FROM HIS POCKET AND LIGHTLY PRY ON THE METAL SLAD WHICH HAD FORMED ON THE STAND. AT THE TIME A SMALL PIECE SNAPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE. DEBRIS LODGED IN CORNE

EE WAS GIVEN A BLACK LUNG XRAY IN JAN. OF 2001 WHEN HE WAS HIRED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HADA SUFFICIENT DEGREE OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS. HE SAID HE WORKED 19 YEARS IN VIRGINIA AND A FEW IN SOUTH ERN ILLINOIS BEFORE COMING TO BLACK BEAUTY.