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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A RIGHT ANGLE AIR DRILL TO DRILLOUT A BROKEN FITTING AND THE DRILL SLIPPED CAUSING THE BIT TO LACERATE HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEENTHE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 8 SUTURES. THE EE CONTINUES TO WORK AT HIS NORMAL JOB.
EE WAS PULLING ON A TILT CYLINDER PIN WHEN HE FELT POPPING IN LEFT WRIST WITH PAIN. EE NOTIFIED SUPERVISOR ON NOVEMBER 6TH AND HUMAN RESOURCESDID NOT RECEIVE THE ACCIDENT REPORT UNTIL NOV 13
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF MECHANIC'S TRUCK TO GET A PART. HIS MINE LIGHT CORD CAUGHT ON THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAUSING HIM TO PULL HIS HARD HAT OFF AND STRIKE FOREHEAD ON THE EDGE OF DOOR. 6 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED. EMPLOYEE RTW ON NEXT SHIFT SCHEDULED ON REGULAR DUTY.
EE WAS WORKING ON TRUCK BED REPAIRING TAIL SECTION OF BED LINER WHERE HE HAD TO DOG DOWN THE LINER TO BE WELDED. WHILE HE WAS DRIVING A METAL WEDGE TO DOG DOWN THE LINER, THE WEDGE FLEW OUT ST RIKING HIM ON THE FACE.
EE WAS OPERATING 785 ROCK TRUCK & THE SEAT BROKE CAUSING LOW BACK PAIN. HE WORKED UNTIL 2/11/02 & WENT TO THE DOCTOR. ON 2/14/02 WHEN RETURNING ON HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT HE BEGAN WORKING RES TRICTED DUTY (EE WORKS A 4 ON, 2 OFF SCHEDULE). HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING BUT IS ON RESTRICTED DUTY WHILE GETTING THERAPY TREATMENTS.
THIS EE WAS HELPING FLAG NEW PERMIT AREA & SLIPPED WHILE GETTING DOWN OFF OF A TREE STUMP. HE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK AND ON 5-15-01 WENT TO A SPECIALIST WHO DETERMINED THIS EE HAS A STRESS FRAC TURE OF HIS HEEL. THIS EE IS NOT ASSIGNED TO THIS IS A MEDICALLY REPORTABLE EVENT. THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUES TO WORK AT THIS TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN A CONFINED AREA AND HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF. WHEN HE REPLACED HIS HAT. MATERIAL CAME OUT OF THE HAT AND WENT IN BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES LODGING IN HIS EYE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF FUEL TRUCK, REFUELING DOZER. HE SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG WHILE DESCENDING AND FELL.
EE WAS HOOKING A STRAP ONTO PIPE IN POND DURING CLEANING. OPERATOR OF EXCAVATOR LEFT HYDRAULICS ON DURING PROCESS OF GOING TO HELP EE.IN DOING SO THE BUCKET WENT INTO EE'S LEG ABOUT BOOT HIGH
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN STEPS AND STUMBLED CAUSING A LEFT KNEE SPRAIN. ON 11-8 HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION TO HAVE FLUID DRAINED FROM HIS KNEE. HE WORKS A 4 ON 4 OFF SCHEDULE AND IS NOT MISSI NG ANY WORK. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON HIS OFF CYCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 992 G LOADER AND WHEN HE WENT INTO SHOT MATERIAL TO GET A BUCKET HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK.
COAL TRUCK WAS UNLEVEL WHEN TRYING TO DUMP.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HIS BACK STARTED HURTING DUE TO EITHER CARRYING 50 LBS WET BAGS FOR STEM-MING OR SHOVELING STEMMING. THE EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 5/17/00; HE DID NOT REPORT ANY EVENT ON THE DAY HE ALLEGES AN EVENT HAPPENED. THIS EMPLOYEE HAD BACK SURGERY FOR AN OFF-THE- JOB INJURY IN NOVEMBER 1998.
ON 4/16/00 MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIED THAT THIS EE RECEIVED A 10% AWARD FRO WV WORKERS COMP FOR A BLACK LUNG AWARD. THIS EE HAD FILED A CLAIM PRIOR TO BEING LAID OFF, SO THEREFORE THIS ILLNESS RE PORT IS BEING FILED.
EE SLIPPED FORWARD WHILE GOING UP STEPS. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HAND WHICH CAUSED A FRACTURE TO THE RING FINGER 1ST JOINT OF HIS RT. HAND. NO MISSED DAYS OR NO RESTRICTIONS.
THIS EE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS LIFTING A BATTERY AND INJURED HIS ABDOMINAL AREA RESULTING IN A RUPTURE. HE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 12/16/99.
THIS EE ALLEGES HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING A COAL LOADER. HE STATED THE CORNER OF THE LOADER BUCKET CAUGHT A ROCK & JARRED HIM CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE STARTED MISSING WORK 11/16/99
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND HELD GRINDER. HE WAS GRINDING OVER HEAD AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING A WELDING HOOD.
MINE MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIES THAT THIS EE RECEIVED A 5% DISABILITY AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMP FOR BLACK LUNG DISEASE.
EE WAS OEPRATING A D8N DOZER ON TOP OF FINAL RECLAMATION SLOPE. HE WAS TRAMMING THE DOZER TO THE LEFT, PARALLEL TO THE SLOP. HE TRAMMED ONTO A LARGEW ROCK AND THE DOZER SLID SIDEWAYS. THE DOZE R ROLLED OVER 4 1/4 TURNS. HE WAS WEARING A SEATBELT.
EMPLOYEE SUFFERS FROM REPEATITIVE MOTION TRAUMA DUE TO HIS SEATING POSITION ON THE DOZER HE OPERATES. NO INJURY OR SPECIFIC EVENT HAS CAUSED THIS TRAUMA.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING SLAG FROM A WELDING JOB AND A PIECE OF SLAG ENTERED HIS EYE. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 08/17/99. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS.
EE WAS MOUNTING A BULL DOZER-HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL STRADDLING THE LEFT SIDE TILT CYLINDER AND INJURED HIS GROIN AREA. HE STARTED MISSING WORK 8-13-99.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING EXCAVATOR BUCKET, STANDINGON BUCKET HINGE PIN. HE SLIPPED AND FELL SIDEWAYS. RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT ON HINGE PIN CAUSING HIS BODY TO TWIST AS HE FELL TO THE GROUND. HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. MACHINE BUCKET WAS EXTENDED OUT ON THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS APPROX. ONE FOOTOFF THE GROUND. THIS ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 07/28/99.
THE EE STATED THAT HE WAS REMOVING VULCANIZERS FROM BELT THE OTHER END SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS UNLOADING A SHIPPING BOX OF PARTS AT MONOC SURFACE MINE WHEN THE CARDBOARD RIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL OUT OF THE DELIVER TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING THE EE CONTINUED TO FINISH HIS SHIFT, WENT TO THE DR. THE NEXT DAY 6-10-98 IS PERFORMING NORMAL DELIVERIES ON HIS NEXT SHIFT.
THIS EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE OF HIS LOWER BACK DUE TO PREVIOUS BACK TRAUMA.
WORKING ON A 994 DIFFERENTIAL, AXLE FELL FROM DIFFERENTIAL, THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO GEARS AND WAS SMASHED.
EE STATED HE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC HAND DRILL. A PIECE OF METAL ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE DRILLING A HOLE IN WISHBONE ON A 777 CAT HAULER. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
THIS EE HAS MADE MINE MANAGEMENT AWARE THAT HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME MINE MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIED 1-26-99.
SUBJECT STATES HE HAD BEEN GRINDING ON A 988F END LOADER BUCKET THIS DAY. AS HE WAS GOING HOME, HE FELT IRRITATION. WENT TO DOCTOR AND HAD EYE CLEANED, SM. PIECE OF METAL. REPORT FOR MIDICAL P URPOSES ONLY.
CREW WAS SETTING METAL PLATE AT REAR OF TRUCK BED AND WAS READY TO WELD IN PLACE. WHEN CABLE ON BOOM FAILED. CABLE ON BOOM HIT EE ON THE HEAD.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RE-ROUTE CONDUIT. WHEN HE CUT THE CONDUIT IT WAS UNDER TENSION. THE CONDUIT SPRANG DOWNWARD AND CUT HIS FINGER.
THIS EE WAS CLIMBING UP A HILL TO SURVEY CLEARING LIMITS, HE SAW RATTLESNAKE AND HE JUMPED OFF THE HILL AND STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE HAD SURGERY ON 7-24-98-HE STARTED MISSING WORK THEN.
EE WAS TRANSFERRRING A TOOL BOX FROM PU TRUCK TO GREASE TRUCK AND HURT HIS BACK. NOTE: EE DID NOT GO TO DR UN 8/6/98
CLIMBING OFF A 992C, FOOT SLIPPED, LOST BALANCE, TWISTED KNEE.
EE WAS REMOVING A WHEEL BEARING WITH PUNCH AND HAMMER. A PIECE OF THE BEARING CAME OFF AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND.
THIS EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
EE WAS ADJUSTING ROLLS ON A CLEAN COAL CRUSHER THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.
GPF-THIS EMPLOYEE HAS RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR HRATING LOSS. PART50 GRACE PERIOD.
EE WAS CHANGING CORNER BITS ON D11 DOZER THE IMPACT WRENCH HE WAS CUSING BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO HIS LEFT EYE EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
WHILE GETTING PARTS OUT OF VEHICLE, DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON RIGHT HAND. EE WAS ON MINE SITE REPAIRING OUR FIELD SERVICE TRUCK.
EMP WAS CUTTING TAPE FROM 6" PIPE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER.
EE WAS USING A HANDHELD GRINDER ON A BUSHING AND A PIECE OFMETAL ENTERED HIS EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS TAKING PLATE OFF ROLLER FRAME ON DOZER. THE PLATE DROPPED AND HIT HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND DOZER, STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. NOTE: THIS EMPLOYEE WORKED HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL HE HAD SURGERY ON 9-4-97, HE IS CURRENTLY ON RESTRICTED WORK.
EE WERE ERECTING A PLANT ADDITION, SHEETING HAD BEEN REMOVED FROMEXISTING PLANT, MINE/PLANT EMP. WERE REPAIRING A 1" SUPPLY UNE TO THE PROCESS WATER SUMP, DURING THE REPAIR AMMONIA WAS RELEASE D, THE AMMONIA GAS FLUME FLATED TOWARDS THE NEW PLANT ADDITION WERE EE WAS WORKING AND SUBSEQENTLY EXPOSED VICTIM WAS TREATED AND RELEASED LUNG IRRITATION.
EE WERE ERECTING A PLANT ADDITION, SHEETING HAD BEEN REMOVED FROMEXISTING PLANT, MINE/PLANT EMP. WERE REPAIRING A 1" SUPPLY UNE TO THE PROCESS WATER SUMP, DURING THE REPAIR AMMONIA WAS RELEASE D, THE AMMONIA GAS FLUME FLATED TOWARDS THE NEW PLANT ADDITION WERE EE WAS WORKING AND SUBSEQENTLY EXPOSED VICTIM WAS TREATED AND RELEASED LUNG
A PIECE OF METAL FROM CUTTING THE BOGIE FLEW UP UNDER THE SAFETY GLASSES.
THE DOZER SLID FOWARD WHILE DIGGING OUT A LARGE ROCK THE JERKING ACTION CAUSED THE EE TO STRAIN HIS NECK.