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CLIMBING UP SID9 OF TRUCK WHEN FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP AND STRUCK METAL FRAME AOF TOOL BOX.
PNEUMOCONIOSIS
INJURED WAS PULLING DOWN 2 PIECE OF ROCK WITH HIS HAND WHEN BASE OF LEFT RING FINGER WAS CUT BY SHARP EDGE OF ROCK
INJRED WAS OPERATING A LOCOMOTIVE, FOR TRANSPORTATION ONLY, WHEN HE PULLED THE TROLLEY POLE DOWN TO PASS UNDER A PIPE SUSPENDED OVER THE TRACK. INJURED TURNED HIS BACK ON THE DIRECTION OF TRAV EL AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE PIPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING A BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THEROCK AND THE PINNER FELL CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE PINNER HEAD. THE ROCK MASHED HIS INDEX A ND MIDDLE FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED 18 STITCHES TOTAL.
ALLEDGED PNEUMOCONIOSIS
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A LINE IN PLACE ON A REFUSE FILTER WHILE HE WAS HITTING THE LINER HE MISSED THE EDGE OF THE PLATE AND HIT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER ON THE EDGE OF THE L INER. HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
PNEUMOCONIOSIS
THERE WAS 4 CRIBS WEDGED ON TOP OF THE TAILPIECE AS THE EE PUSHED THEM OUT WITH APRON ON THE LAST JACK ONE OF THE CRIB BLOCKS FELL STRIKING THE EE ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP AND AS HE STARTED TO DRILL ON UNDETECTABLE KETTLE BOTTOM FELL. EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. STATUS OF INJURY WAS NOT DETERMINED UNTIL 7-9-84.
EMP WAS HITTING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL WITH ANOTHER PIECE OIF STEEL TO TRY AND DISLODGE SOME DUST. AS HE WAS STRIKING THE PIECE OF STEEL HE MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL HE WAS US ING AND THE PINNER HEAD. HIS INDEX FINGER WAS MSASHED AND REQUIRED STITCHES
I,NAME WAS INJURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK OFF A BELT CONVEYOR WHEN IT SLIPPED, CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCKA DN A BELT ROLLER. HIS MIDDLE FINGER WAS MASHED ON H IS RIGHT HAND AND REQUIRED STITCHES.
INJURED WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN A BRAKE ADJUSTING SCREW ON A LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN
PULLING WATER HOSE ALONG SIDE #1 STAGE LOADER FELT PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH.WATER HOSE 1\\ DIA X 20\LONG.
EMP CUT HIS HAND WHILE SETTING A SUBMERISBLE PUMP IN A BUCKET TO PREVENT IT FROM STOPPING UP LATER THE CUT BECAME INFECTED AND REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION
EMPL AND 2 OTHERS STANDING ON SIEVE SCREEN TO REPLACE PIECE OF PLATE IN BOTTOM OF FEED BOX.SCREEN SHIFTED CAUSING EMPL TO FALL CATCHING HAND BETWEEN SCREEN AND BOX.OFF ONLY 1 DAY TO GO TO DR.
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING ROOF BOLTS UP BELT WHEN HE COULD LOAD THEM IN UNITRAC HE LOST HIS BLANACE AND FELL TOWARD BELT AND MISSED THE BELT ROPE WITH HICH PULLED HIS FINGER.
GETTING 1ST AID KIT OUT OF TOOL BOX AND DROPPED LID OF TOOL BOX CATCHING THUMB.
INJURED WAS REACHING FOR TOOLBOX WAS SITTING ON AND OF MINE CAR WHEN MINE CAR MOVED FORWARD CAUSING WHEEL TO ROLL ONTO INJUREDS FOOT
INJURED WAS GETTING OFF BELT DURING AND ON SHIFT MANTRIP WHEN HE STEPPED ON ROCKDUST BAG AT UNLOADING PLATFORM CAUSING HIM TO TWIST ANKLE.
AWARDED 10% ON OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
INJURED WAS LOADING SLOW GUIDES INTO SCOOP WHEN GUIDE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT INJUREDS FINGER AGAINST PAN
INJ WAS REMOVING CHAIN FROM ROOFBOLT WHEN PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL CATCHING THUMB AGAINST MOTOR OF ROOF BOLTER INJURY RESULTED IN LOSS OF SKIN OF TISSUE FROM SIDE AND BOTTOM PAD OF THUMB
INJURED WAS STANDING ON BOOM OF BOLTER TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT. WHEN BOOM OF BOLTER WAS FORWARD IT CAUGHT INJUREDS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN BOOM AND MINE FLOOR.
A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK WAS ON THE HEAD OF THE MINER AND THE OPERATOR PULLED THE ROCK OFF STRAINING HIMSELF EMP WAS OPERATED ON FOR A HERNIA
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PULLING BELT IN LOW TOP AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A CRIB BLOCK UNDER A TRACK RAIL AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE RAIL AND THE CRIB
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING CINDER BLOCKS AND STUMBLED HITTING HIS RIGHT HAND ON A CINDER BLOCK. THIS ACCDIENT RESULTED IN A HAIR LINE FRACTURE TO THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TRYING TO MOVE PLOW MOTOR TO ONE SIDE AND SHIELD ON MOTOR SHIFTED CATCHING HIS RT THUMB EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 3 STITCHES EMPLOYEE WAS OFF 1 DAY T O GO TO THE DOCTOR
HELPING OTHER EMPL MAKE BELT SPLICE.BELT SLIPPED AS IT WAS BEING PULLED TOGETHER AND EMPL HAD BO// HOLT OF CABLE AND HOOK ON BELT CLAMP SLID THROUGH HAND CAUSING LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED STIT
STANDING ON PLATFORM WORKING ON BELT HEAD AND AS HE STARTED TO GET DOWN LOST FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON OIL STATION STAND.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS STACKING CINDER BLOCKS & FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
SLIPPED ON MUD NEXT TO THE RAMP ON NORTH ROCK GRADE TWISTING KNEE.FILED UNDER PROTEST SINCE IT WASNT REPORTED UNTIL 6-13-83 AND THIS AFTER A DISCIPLINARY ACTION TAKEN AGAINST EMPL FOR UNSAFE A
INJURED WAS HANDLING CINDER BLOCKS AND DROPPED ONE CATCHING HIS FINGER
THE UMWA SIDE OF THE BATHHOUSE HAD BEEN WASHED DOWN THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE WATER HAD RAN OUT ON THE SIDEWALK AND FROZE. AFTER KENNETH TOOK A SHOWER HE CAME OUT THE SIDE DOOR (WHICH IS SELDO M USED) AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
HELPING PUT A WRECKED MINE CAR ON TRACK AND SLATE BAR FELL OVER CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND CRIB BLOCK.
INJURED WAS MOVING ROCK DRILL INTO A BREAK WHEN THE FRONT TIRE RAN OVER A ROCK FLIPPING IT INTO THE DECK OF THE DRILL THE ROCK CAUGHT KENNETHS RIGHT FOOT CUTTING IT AND STITCHES WERE REQUIRED
BENT OVER TO PICK UP PIECE OF CHALK IN MINE OFFICE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
PNEUMOCONIOSIS
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS CATWALK TO CHECK WATER BEFORE THE ROTARY DUMP THE DUMP WAS RUNNING ROCK THROUGH THE CRUSHER AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK CAME OUT STRIKING INJURED ON THE NECK INJURED RECIEVED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 5 STITCHES HE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT BEFORE HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR
INJURED HAD DOUBLED BACK TO RUN A ENDLOADER HE IS AN EXPERIENCED END LOADER OPERATOR HE WAS OPERATING THE END LOADER WITH THE SIDE DOOR OPEN AND HAD HIS HAND ON THE FRAME OF THE DOOR THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT THIS TIME AND CAUGHT THE DOOR CLOSING IT ON HIS THUMB PART OF THE FIRST JOINT OF HIS LEFT THUMB WAS MASHED BAD AND HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF
LESLIE AND 5 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A 85 LB STEEL RAIL ONTO A FLATCAR WHEN THEY SET THE RAIL DOWN IT TO URNED OVER CATCHING INJUREDS FINGERS BETWEEN 2 R AILS HIS FINGER WAS MASHED AND IT TOOK 4 STITCHES TO SEW IT BACK UP