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EE HAS BEEN AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR HIS CLAIM FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FORCOAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EMP STATED THEY WERE TRAMMING MINER ACROS THE SECTION FROM #1 ENTRY TO #5 ENTRY & WHEN THEY GOT TO #5 ENTRY THEY WERE UNLOADING CABLE FROM MINERHOOKS. WHEN HE LIFTED MINER CABLE, HE FELT PAIN IN BACK,AND PAIN BELOW NAVEL ON LEFT FRONT SIDE OF BODY,WHEN HE GOT OUTSIDE OF MINES. RESULTED IN STRAIN TO BACK AND GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EE STATED HE WAS PUTTING TOOL BAG INTO TOOL BOX. EE STATED WHENHE PICKED BAGUP HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. EE STATED HE WENT DOWN ON RIGHHT KNEE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE STATED HE AND OTHER WERE CHANGING A BOTTOM ROLLER OUTSIDE ON THE 1 BELT. EE STATED A BOARD BROKE ON THE PLATFORM CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD BUILT A BRATTICE ON THE INTAKE SIDE. THERE WERE TWO BUCKETS OF PLASTER IN HIS WAY AND HE HAD TO MOVE THEN TO COMPLETE THE BRATTICE. HE THREW THE FIRST BUCKET OUT OF THE WAY AND WHEN HE THREW THE SECOND BUCKET OUT OF THE WAY HE FELT A POP IN HIS BACK AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER FELT PAIN GOING DOWN BOTH LEGS. RESULTED IN STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
EE STATED THAT HE HAD CLEANED RAW COAL VIBRATOR.HE CLIMBED OUT OF HOLE ON THE BACK OF THE VIBRATOR THAT WAS COVERED WITH A PIECE OF BELT. HE HADTO HOLD BELT UP WITH HIS HEAD WHILE HE TWISTED A ROUND TO GET ONTO A 55 GAL BARREL, HE THEN STEPPED OFF ONTO FLOOR. WHEN GOT ONTO FLOOR, HE COULDHARDLY STRAIGHTEN UP WITH PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA RESULTING IN STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
EE DRIVES A WATER TRUCK, HAULS WATER TO TANK AT MINE. HE WENT TO CLIMB THE LADDER BESIDE TANK AND THE SECOND RUNG BROKE. THE FALL WAS ABOUT THIRTY INCHES AND HE HIT HIS RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST O N SIDE OF LADDER ON THE WAY DOWN.
HE SETTLED FOR LUMP SUMP SETTLEMENT FOR HIS CLAIM FOR RETRAINING BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EE STATED THAT HE BROUGHT THE RAILRUNNER OUTSIDE TO GET A LOAD OF ROOF BOLTS, WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF RAILRUNNER HE STEPPED ON A BROKEN PIECE OF CINDER BLOCK AND TWISTED RT FOOT. RESULTING INF RACTURE TO 5TH METATARSAL BONE IN RT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT ANOTHER WAS RUNNING THE MINER AND HE WAS WAITNG TO MOVE THE MINER CABLE AND WATER LINE. EMPLOYEE SAID THEY WERE IN #3 ENTRY, TWO BREAKS BACK FROM THE CUTTING LINE. EMPLOYE E STATED THAT THE RIGHT RIB ROLLED AND A PIECE OF ROCK 6' X 2' X 2' CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FORCOAL WORKER'S PHEUMOCONIOSIS.
EMPLOYEE AGREED TO LUMP SUM SETTLEMENT FOR HIS CLAIM FOR COAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HAND THE MINER CABLE IN THE LAST OPEN CROSS CUT A #4 ENTRY. HE STATED HE HAD THE MINER CABLE UP & WHEN HE TURNED TO PUT THE HANGER IN THE ROOF BOLT PLATE, HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT A HEAD JACK HOSE WAS LEAKING ON THE MINER IN #2 ENTRY. THERE WERE TWO HOSES RUNNING SIDE BY SIDE & THAT HE COULD NOT TELL WHICH WAS LEAKING. HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE HOSES T O FEEL FOR THE LEAK. HE TOLD THE MINER OPERATOR TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE HOSE, WHEN PRESSURE WAS PUT ON THE HOSE, HYDRAULIC FLUID PENETRATED THE SKIN ON THE TIP OF R INDEX FINGER INJECTING FLUI
EE STATED HE WAS CRAWLING UP 1 ENTRY NEXT. TO THE RIGHT RIB. A RIB ROLLED PINNING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR. THE RIB ROLL WAS 6 FT LONG 16 INCH WIDE AND 12INCH THICK.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS IN 3 RIGHT BREAK GREASING A WHEEL UNIT ON HIS HUTTLE CAR. HE PUT THE GREASE HOSE ON THE GREASE PLUG AND AS HE PUT HIS ARM DOWN TOWARD THE PLUG HE A SHARP PIECE OF METAL O N THE CAR, RESULTING IN CUTTING HIS LOWER ARM C CLOSE TO THE ELBOW, SMALL LACERATION APPROX. 1 1/2 INCHES LONG TOOK 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
EE STATED HE WAS 5 RIGHT AND HAD BENT A ROOF BOLT TO PUSH INTO HOLE WHEN THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLT HUNG ON BOLTER HEAD AND HE WAS PULLING ON BOLT WHEN GLOVE ON RIGHT HAND SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW ON FITTING ON ATRS SYSTEM ON ROOF BOLTER MACHINE. X RAYS REVEALED BONE SPUR AND TENSINTIS. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK EXCEPT ON 8-1-94 WHEN HE WENT TO DR.
A SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED WITH HIM FOR HIS ALLEGED WORK RELATED HEART ATTACK, HEARING LOSS, PSHCHOLOGICAL, BLACK LUNGS, ETC. HE WORKED UNDERGROUND AS A SECTION FOREMAN FOR 25 YEARS AND WAS SUBJECTED TO COAL DUST AND WORKING UNDERGROUND.
A SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED WITH I.NAME FOR HIS ALLEGED WORK RELATED HEART ATTACK, HEARING LOSS, PSYCHOLOGICAL, BLACK LUNG, ETC. HE WORK UNDERGROUND AS A SECTION FOREMAN FOR 25 YEARS AND WAS SUBJECTED TO COAL DUST AND WORKING UNDERGROUND.
A SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED WITH I.NAME FOR HIS ALLEGED WORK RELATED HEART ATTACK, HEARING LOSS, PSYCHOLOGICAL, BLACK LUNG, ETC. HE WORKED UNDERGROUND AS A SECTION FOREMAN FOR 25 YEARS AND W AS SUBJECTED TO COAL DUST AND WORKING UNDERGROUND.
EE STATED THAT HE HAD DRILLED THE FIRST HOLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF BELT ENTRY. HE WAS PUSHING THE BOLT IN THE HOLE WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HAT KNOCKING HIS HAT OFF. TWO OR THREE MO VE ROCKS FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD. THE ROCKS SLID OFF OF STRAP THAT WAS INSTALLED WITH ONE ROOF BOLT IN OTHER END. THIS CAUSED A 2 INCH LACERATION ON BACK OF HEAD THAT REQUIRED THREE SUT
EE STATED THAT HE WAS GOING UP LADDER TO TIE IT OFF. HE GOT 6 FT OFF THE GROUND ON THE LADDER AND LADDER SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROX. 6 FT . WHEN HE FELL HE HIT ON LADDER CAUSING A FRACTURE TO I 9 VETERBRAE.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS AT THE FEEDER AND WAS GOING TO START THE PICK BREAKER FOR THE SCOOPY OPERATOR. AS HE REACHED OUT AND TOOK HOLD OF THE START BUTTON HE HEARD THE SCOOPY BEHIND HIM AND TWI STED AROUND AND FELT A POPPING AND BURNING IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS ON HIS SHUTTLE CAR GETTING LOAD OF COAL IN 1 ENTRY THE MINER TAIL WAS AGAINST THE TOP LOADING COAL INTO HIS SHUTTLE CAR AND TRAMMING FORWARD HE FELT SOMETHING FO IN HIS L EFT EYE. A PIECE OF METAL WAS TAKEN OUT OF HIS LEFT EYE BY DR PRUITT AT THE DANIEL BOONE CLINIC IN HARLAN KY.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS IN 3 ENTRY AND THAT THEY HAD BOTH SHUTTLE CARS BUMPER TO BUMPER, HE STEPPED UP ON THE BUMPER OF THE CAR TO UNLOAD THE CAR CABLE ONTO THE OTHER CAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED O FF THE BUMPER CAUSING HIM TO FALL HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH THE KNUCKLES ON HIS RIGHT HAND RESULTING IN SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR & WAS RETURNING TO THE MINER & AS HE WENT AROUND THE CORNER OF A BREAK THAT THE CANOPY BROKE LOOSE & FELL ON HIS HEAD RESULTED IN STRAIN TO BACK & B RUISED BACK
INJURED WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS. IT WAS THE FINDING OF ADMINSTRATIVE LAW JUDGE THT HE HAS CATEGORY 1 COAL MINERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
INJURED STATED HE WAS IN #5 HEADING TAKING MINER CABLE OUT OF HOOKS ON THE MINER AND PLACING ON RIB WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. INJURED CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THIS SHIFT AND TH E NEXT 2 SHIFTS. INJURED CAME OUT OF THE MINES ON 6/1/93, AFTER WORKING 1 1/4 HOURS.
HE STATED THAT HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE OUTSIDE MAKING A BELT SPLICE AND WAS ON BOTH KNEES ON BOTTOM BELT WHEN THE #1 BELT STARTED AND THE BELT TENSION CARRIED HIM BACK AND CAUGHT HIM BETW EEN THE BELT AND BELT STRUCTURE.
INJURED WAS AWARDED A RIB CLAIM FOR COAL MINER'S PNUEMONCONIOSIS. HE WAS RATED AT 1/1 PER DR.
INJURED WAS AWARDED A RIB CLAIM FOR COAL MINER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS. HE WAS RATES AT 1/1 PER DR.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WENT TO #3 BELT DRIVE & A BIG PIECE OF ROCK HAD LANDED ON SPILL BOARD & HAD TORN THE CROSSWALK DOWN GOING ACCROSS #2 TAILPIECE. HE STOPPED BELT & THREW THE CROSSWALK & ROCK OFF BELT. HE THEN STARTED BELT BACK UP & WAS SHOVELING BELT DRIVE WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN CENTER OF BACK.
EE STATED HE WAS IN #5 ENTRY THROWING A BOX OF RESIN GLUE OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET ONTO MINE FLOOR BESIDE ROOF BOLT MACHINE & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER MIDDLE BACK
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING A BOX OF GLUE OFF THE BACK OF THE ROOF BOLTER, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LEFT GROIN AREA. HE WAS IN #5 ENTRY.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS SWITCHING OUT ROOF BOLT OPERATORS WHILE THEY ATE DINNER. EE HAD SWITCHED OUT THE OFF SIDE AND WENT OVER TO THE OPERATOR'S SID. EE HAD HIS HAND LAYING ON THE BOTTOM BAR AN D HAD INSTALLED THE FIRST ROOF BOLT IN #4 HEADING, WHEN EE LET THE CANOPY DOWN CATCHING THREE FINGERS BETWEEN THE CANOPY AND BOTTOM BAR, CAUSING FRACTURE TO DISTAL END OF RIGHT RING FINGER.
95149ED STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING STEEL STRAPS ONTO THE CRADLE OF THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A STRAP THAT WAS ALREADY INSTALLED CAUSING A ONE INCH V-SHAPED LACERATION ON LE 63053BOW.
36145D COAL TRUCK & A LOADED WATER TRUCK MEET HEAD ON IN A NARROW PLACE OF ROAD
I.NAME IN #1 ENTRY REPLACING A BROKEN CAT PAD ON THE MINER. HOLDING PAD WITH LEFT HAND TO LINE IT UP,HITTING THE PIN WITH A 4 LB HAMMER WHEN IT GLANCED OFF THE PIN STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT THUMB ON TOP OF KNUCKLE.
WHILE MINER WAS TRAMMING FROM #1 TO #5 ENTYR, HE WAS AT #3 ENTRY LAST LINE OF OPEN BREAKS HE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE ACROSS RAODWAY, AND HIS FEET LSIPPED ON WET MINE BOTOTM CAUSING HIM TO FALL, LANDING ONLEFT HAND AND FRACTURED LEFT WRIST. X-RAYS ON 4-22-91 SHOWED NO FRACTURED BUT X-RAYS ON 5-6-91. SHOWED FRACTURED TO LEFT WRIST ON FOLLOW UP VISIT.
HE STATED THAT HE WAS SAWING A TIMBE WHEN SAW BLADE HUNG IN BARK, HE PULLED SAW TOWARD HIM, THEN PUSHED SAW AWAY FROM HIMSELF AND SAW JUMPED AND CUT LEFT THUMB AND THUMB NAIL.
INJURED STATED THAT WHILE TRAMMING TOWARD CONTINUOUS MINER TO LOAD SHUTTLE CAR, THAT CAR CROSSED OVER SOME TYPE OBJECT LYING IN ROADWAY WHICH IN TURN CAUSED A SUDDEN JAR RESULTING IN EE COMING UNSEATED THEN STRIKING RIGHT HIP ON DECK RAIL OF SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT HIP LOWER RT SIDE OF BACK WITH NUMBNESS IN RT UPPER THIGH AND GROIN AREA.
EMPL STATED THAT HE PERFORMED REGULAR JOB DUTIES AS SECTION SUPERISOR RUNNING CENTER LINES MAKING REQUIRED TEST & EXAMINATIONS. HE FURTHER STATED HE MOVED SUMP PUMPS CABLES & ETC. & THAT SOMET IME DURING COURSE OF WORKING SHIFT BETWEEN MONDAY 10/16 & 6:00 PM ON 10/18 HE ALLEGEDLY CAUSED INJURY TO LOWER BACK.
EMPL STATED THAT HE HAD CUT BAND OFF BUNDLE OF STRAPS & PUT IT DOWN BEHIND BUNDLE OF STRAPS & RAILRUNNER WHEN HE PULLED STRAPS OVER BAND CAME OUT & STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT HAND.
INJURED STATED WHILE SAWING A MINE TIMBER TO BE USED AS A BREAKER POST ON PILLAR WORK THE SAW BLADE CAME OUT OF CUT GROOVE AND MADE CONTACT WITH INJUREDS FINGER OF LEFT HAND, RESULTING IN A LA CERATION.
AFTER MAKING A SPLICE IN THE #2 BELT CONVEYOR INJURED WAS RELEASING TENSION ON ROPE RATCHET WHEN HANDLE CAME OUT OF HOLDING SLOT THIS ALLOWED ROPE LOCKING UNIT TO COME FORWARD CATCHING INJUR EDS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN ROPE RELEASE LATCH & HANDLE HOLDING SLOT RESULTED IN A PUNCTURE WOUND TO MIDDLE SECTION OF LEFT THUMB WHICH REQUIRED 6 SUTURES
MINING CREW HAD3FINISHED MINING COAL FOR THE DAY AND HAD STARTED SERVICING EQUIP.INJ WAS GREASING LEVEL WIND ON OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR.WHEN LID OVER CABLE REEL COMPARTMENT FELL CATCHING 1ST JOINT OF MIDDLE3FINGER ON RIGHT HAND RESULTING IN COMPOUND FX OF 1ST JOINT OF SAID FINGER.
INJ STATED HE W3AS ON HIS WAY TO MANTRIP AND HD TO CROSS BELT TO GET TO RAILRUNNER. BELT WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME AND SOME OF THE CREW HAD CROSSED THE BELT. HE THOUGHT ONE OF THE CREW HA SHUT THE BELT O0F AND DID NOT CHECK FOR HIMSELFTO SEE IF THE REMOTE BUTTON HAD BEEN DISENGAGED. ALSO INJ DID NOT CROSS AT THE DESIGNATED AREA, BUT INSTEAD WAS CROSSING APPROX 70 FT INBY THE
WHILE TIGHTENIN1 A BOLT ON THE CLUTCH HOUSING OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER USING A 102" DRIVE RATCHET AND 3/4"SOCKET,THE SOCKET SLIPPED OF BOLT HEAD,CAUSING HANDLE OF RATCHET TO HIT HIM IN THE MIDD LE OF UPPER LIP3CAUSING A LACERATION .REQUIRING STITCHES.