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EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LIFT A 12FT STEEL BEAM ON TOP OF SCOOP EE (WITNESS)PUSHED THE STEEL GBEAM UNAWARE THE EMPLOYEE WAS STILL HOLDING IT STEEL GBEAM MASHED EMPLOYEES FINGER RESULTING IN A FRAC TURE/LACERATION OF THE LEFT 3RD DIGIT
55061S PULLING ROLLER OUT OF WAY AT 2 TAILPIECE HIS HAND SLIPPED ON JAGGED EDGE AND CUT FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON MANTRIP POLE CAME OFF TROLLEY HE REACHED UP & GOT IT TO PUT IT BACK ON & PINCHED HIS FINGER AGAINST STEEL
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A RACHET WITH A PIPE ON IT TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A CONTINUOUS MINER EMPLOYEE PUSHED UP WITH RACHET & FELT PAIN IN BAK WITH BURNING SENSATION
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WATER LINE TOGETHER ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON THE RT HAND CUTTING HIS THUMB
EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR.GETTING A LOAD OF COAL IN #8 ENTRY MAKING TURN CABLE WAS IN THE WAY. OTHER EMPL HAD EMPL BACK UP SHUTTLE CAR 2' TO GET CABLE OUT OF THE WAY.EMPL BACKED UP OVER LUMP OF COAL THROWING EMPL INTO TOP OF CANOPY.SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO HEAD & NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROCK DUSTING FELL OVER STEEL LAYING ON BOTTOM FELL ON TAILBONE HURT BACK & HIP
HE WAS CARRYING TIMBERS.WHILE MOVING THEM THROUGH A STOPPING,ANOTHER GUY PISHED A TIMBER TO HIM CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN TIMBERS.
EMPLOYEES WERE COMING OUT OF MINE ON MAN-BUS APPROACHED CURVE AT INBY END OF OLD#1 SECTION TRACK SWITCH A TRACK MOTOR WAS COMING DOWN HILL & HAD BRAKES LOCKED UP & COULD NOT STOP MAN BUS & MOT OR COLLIDED EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RT KNEE & CONTUSION OF THE RT WRIST
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF ROCK DUST TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND FELT A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK PULL. HE ALSO FELT PAINS IN HIS STOMACH.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN NO 4 HEADING,BACKING MINER OUTBY.HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON CANOPY POST.THE LID CAME DOWN AND CAUGHT FINGERS.EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED AN UNDISPLACED FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AND ALSO A LACERATION OF THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING HIS PRESHIFT INSPECTION,NOTICED THE OUTSIDE CREEK PUMP WAS NOT WORKING.THE PUMP WAS OFF,EMPLOYEE STARTED PUMP BUT NOTICED IT WAS NOT PUMPING.WHILE INSPECTING THE PUMP HE NOT ICED THE GUARD WAS RUBBING THE COUPLING.HE TRIEDTO PUSH THE GUARD AWAY FROM THE COUPLING.IT CAUGHT THE GUARD AND THREW IT INTO HIS LEG.RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
EE WAS WORKING ON A HUB THAT WAS PLACED IN A VISE, THE HUB FELL OUT EE TRIED TO CATCH IT AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BENCH THE VISE WAS MOUNTED ON AND THE HUB. EE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO T HE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
HE WAS HITTING A BEARING HOUSING WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND HIT HIS ADBOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ALIGN CUTTER CHAIN ON A MINER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HIT PIN IN CHAIN, CAUSING A PIECE OF STEEL TO CHIP OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN TEMPLE. THE INJURED SUSTAINED AN IMBEDDED FOREIG N BODY TO LEFT TEMPLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BRINGING RAIL CARS TO BOTTOM,AROUND A FALL,THEY SWUNG TOGETHER AND APART.EMPLOYEE GOT LEFT AHND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CARS,ATTEMPTING TO KEEP THEM FROM COUPLING.THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINE D A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
EE WAS PUTTING OUTSIDE BOLT UP ON THE THIRD ROW IN 4 HEADING WHEN HE PUSHED THE CANOPY UP AGAINST THE ROOF A PIECE OF ROCK SCALED OUT AND CUT RIGHT ARM.
EE PULLED CURTAIN OUT OF GOB HE THEN WALKED ACROSS THE SECTION AND KNEELED DOWN AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.
HE WAS IN THE MAIN INTAKE HELPING I.NAME BOLT SOME TOP. I.NAME LEFT TO GET SOME DRILL STEEL. HE HAD BEEN DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND TRIED TO GET UP BT COULD NOT. HIS KNEE LOCKED UP.
EMPL & WITNESS WAS CHANGING FEED CHUTE GOING TO MOD DRYER. EMPL WAS CHECKING FOR CLEARANCE ON BACK OF CHUTE EMPL MOVED CHUTE & CAUGHT INJ'S LEFT INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN FRACTURE/TEAR TO LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING A MOTOR BASE USING A SLATE BAR FOR GROUND. THE MOTOR SHIFTED CAUSING SLATE BAR TO FALL- STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF NECK.
EE WAS CUTTING BELT AND KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HAND. EE RECEIVED 6 STITCHES IN LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEEW AS UNLOADING SUPPLIES TO SCOOP. T HE ADDED WEIGHT CAUSED SCOOP DIPPER TO FALL,S TRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACK TO PRY POLE DOWN TO LOCK IT. THE JACK HANDLE GOT CAUGHT IN TROLLEY WIRE, RESULTING IN A BURN TO THE RIGHT HAND AND EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING RAIL, HAD A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL IN BOLT HOLE. THE STEEL CAUGHT & CAME OUT, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE CHIN & LEFT SHOULDER, RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING NINE SUTURES TO THE CHIN AREA & BRUISES IN THE LEFT SHOULDER REGION.
INJ EMPL WAS CLOSING TRACK DOOR & GOT LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP OF DOOR & ROOF BOLT PLATE.
STANDING ON A WORK DECK,HELPING PIN RIB,HEARD RIB CRACK STEPPED BACK AND SLIPPED OFF WORK DECK.
LITING OX BOTTLE STRAINED BACK
I NAME WAS AWARDED OCCUPA TIONAL ILLNESSES FOR PNEUMONCONIOSIS ON 12-05-90 IN THE AMOUNT 5% OF WHICH REMIT COAL IS ALLOCATED 90.25% OF THE SAID 5% AMOUNT=4 .51%
USING TUGGER TO PULL STEEL SETS BACK TO CABLE. HE WAS HOLDING CABLE, IT PULLED HIS RIGHT HAND UP TO SHEAVE, CUTTING LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
WALKING DOWN SLOPE, SLIPPED AND BUMPED KNEE ON CRIBB.
WHILE MAKING A PIPING REPAIR STANDING ON AN ALUMINUM LADDER-LADDER COLLAPSED AND EMPLOYEE FELL ON CONCRETE FLOOR,BREAKING HIS ARM.
EE WAS CLEANING SOME ROCK ON THE SLOPE BELT THAT HAD FALLEN FROM THE RIB. A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT 2 LB. IN WEIGHT WITH JAGGED EDGES FELL FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK THE EE S LEFT HAND. THE ROC K FELL APPROX. 12 FEET FROM THE TOP. THIS RESULTED IN 10 STITCHES TO THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 3/4 INCH DRIVE RATCHET TO TIGHTEN SOME BOLTS ON AN IN-LINE WATER PUMP. WHILE PEREFORMING THIS ASSIGMENT, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS RIGHT ANKLE AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE WATER PUMP.
A SMALL SECTION OF INSULATION WAS MISSING FROM THE S.C. CABLE. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS RELOCATING THE S.C. ANCHOR, WHILE DOING SO HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE EXPOSED WIRE RESULTING IN BEING E LECTRICALLY SHOCKED AND A BURN ON THE LEFT HAND. THE EMPLOYEE ALSO RECEIVED A BRUISE ON THE HIP FROM THE FALL.
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