EMPLOYEE ROOFED HIS HEAD WHILE OPERATING A UNIHAULER.
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Showing 50 of 235EE WAS LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM IN THE HAULER DECK, WHEN HE LEANED OVER INTO THE DECK, HE HIT THE STEERING LEVER AND PINCHED HIMSELF AGAINST THE RIB.
EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE CHANGING BATTERIES. ONE STAND WAS CROOKED AND THEY TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN IT BY HAND. WHILE DOING THIS EE STRAINED HIS BACK BY LIFTING ON THE STAND.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE PULING MINER CABLE. NOTES: DID NOT FILL OUT ACCIDENT FORM THEM. VICTIM STATED AT TIME HE WAS ALRIGHT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF ROCK WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN ANOTHER PIECE FELL HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE INJURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS SITTING INBY LAST CROSS CUT ON RIGHT RIB. MINER WAS MAKING FIRST LEFT RUN IN 1 RM. WHEN LOOSE RIB ROLLED OFF ON TOP OF A HIM. CAUSING THE INJURY. COAL WAS ABOUT 42" HIGH.
WALKING PAST THE COAL PILE, THE LOADER OPERATOR STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL & TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS SETTING A BOLT IN THE ROOF. HE LET THE GLUE BOLT SET AND THEN LET THE PRESSURE OFF OF THE HEAD. THIS LET A PIECE OF ROCK LOOSE (APPROX 2' X 2' X 2"), THAT HIT HSI HAND BREAKING HIS MIDD LE FINGER.
EE WAS OPERATING A 810 UNIHAULER. HE WAS GOING AROUND A CORNER WHEN HE CAUGHT MINER CABLE WITH DECK ON HAULER. CABLE PULLED DOWN BENDING HIM OVER IN DECK WHERE HIS CHEST HIT THE STEERING LEVER . 3 FRACTURED RIBS AND BRUISES.
EE WAS PLACING THE MINER CABLE AGAINST THE RIB IN THE #7 ENTRY. 3 INTERSECTNS OUTBY THE FACE. A UNIHAULER WAS COMING AT THE ENTRY. SO HE STOPPED AGAINST THE RIB TO WAIT FOR IT TO PASS. A T RAINGULAR PIECE OF DRAW SLATE 65'X53'X5'DX2 12/" X6" THICK FELL AND HIT EE. IT SLID DOWN HIS SIDE PUSHING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR PINNING HIS LEGS.
STATEMENT FROM EMP - A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED OFF RIB AND STRUCK HIM IN LOWER BACK. LUMP OF COAL WEIGHED APPROX 25 LBS. HEIGHT OF MINES APPROX 42".
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING UNDER BELT WITH A BAR. BAR STRUCK BELT AND KICKED OUT HITTING HIM IN THE MIGHT SIDE OF FALSE.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING KEROSENE HEATER OFF OF BELT ROLLER AND BURNT HIS FACE AND ARM.
AN OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED.
AN OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED.
INJURED STATED THAT FOREIGN MATERIAL FELL OFF BELT STRUCTURE, HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO BELT STRUCTURE.
A BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED.
INJURED STATED THAT THE ROCK CHUTE HAD STOPPED UP AND WHILE WORKING ON IT A ROCK FELL FROM THE SCALPING SCREEN LOCATED ABOVE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.
INJURED STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS WORKING ON THE MAGNETITE THICKNER AND RUBBED HIS EYES GETTING FOREIGN MATERIAL INTO HIS EYE.
INJURED STATED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE WASLIFTING ON THE POWER BOX.
INJURED STATED THAT HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE GETTING ON THE BELT.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS DRAGGING FEEDER CABLE AND HIS LEFT ARM STARTED HURTING.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING SUPPLIES AND HURT HIS BACK.
CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED FOR PNEUMOCONIOUS
HEARING LOSS CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING A TIMBER OUT OF THE MUD & STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED
EE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING ALONG THE BELT AND TOOK A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
OCCUPATIONAL EHARIN GLOSS CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED.
INJURED STATED THAT HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE GETTING OUT OF THE SCOOP.
INJURED STATED THAT HE LIFTED ROCK DUST AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LATER IN THE SHIFT LOADED FOUR CANS OF HYDRAULIC OIL AND FELT THE PAIN AGAIN.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS PUSHING ON A BAR TO SLIDE A BUNDLE OF BOLTS OFF A SUPPLY CAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING FLY BOARDS & STEPPED ON A NAIL
INJURED STATED THAT HE STEPPED ON EE S FOOT AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
INJURED STATED THAT EMPLOYEE AND HIMSELF WERE TAKING BOLTS OUT OF A CONVEYOR MOTOR WHEN THE BREAKER BAR SLIPPED AND FLEW HITTING HIM ON HIS RIGHT LEG AT THE BOTTOM OF HIS KNEE.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING BOLTER FROM 4 TO 3 STEPPED IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
LOSS OF HEARING CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING OFF BELT AND HURT HIS LEFT HIP.
INJURED STATED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON MINER CABLE. THIS INJURY WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR & STARTED MISSING WORK 02/04/95.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOPAND STRIKE HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER.
AN OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED.
AN OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS COMING DOWN STAIRS FROM PARKING LOT, SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP INJURING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING ON LMINER CABLE & AGGRAVATED AN OLD INJURY. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED TO ME UNTIL 1/24/95.
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING CONVEYOR BELT TOGETHER, SLIPPED & GRABBED THE BELT ROPE & PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & BACK.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED.
INJURED STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS LIFTING A ROCK OFF THE BELT HE STRAINED HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.
YINJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CLOSING TRACK DOORS, TRIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS LEFT KNEE NAD LEG.
AN OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED.