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November 25, 2002 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

THE EE WAS ASSISTING IN INSTALLING A CONTROL TRANSFORMER IN THE ROOF DRILL CONTROL PANEL LOCATEDIN THE OPERATOR'S DECK. TRANSFORMER WAS IN POSITION WHEN THE EE WAS REPOSITIONING HIS BODY TO BO LT THE TRANSFORMER IN, THE TRANSFORMER ROLLED OUT OF POSITION AND FELL ONTO EE'S LEFT HAND, STRIKING HIS INDEX FINGER.

November 5, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vandalia Resources Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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

October 17, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vandalia Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

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.

October 9, 2002 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

THEE WAS LAYING TRACK AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN THE TWO RAILS TOGETHER. AS HE WAS SLIDING THE RAIL TO ONE SIDE OF THE SCOOP BUCKET THE RAIL WAS TURNED TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION AND CAUGHT HIS L ITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE AND LACERATION.

September 12, 2002 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED THAT HE BENT OVER TO MOVE MINER CABLE OUT OF HALLWAY, FEELING PAIN IN LOWER BACK. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 9-12-02 STARTED MISSING WORK ON 9-18-02.

September 5, 2002 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS REMOVING A TRANSMISSION PUMP ON A 773B HAULER IN A SLIGHTLY ENCLOSED AREA. THE PUMP UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE FREE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT THIGH. INITIALLY HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT BUT THREE WEEKS LATER HIS LEG WAS SORE AND HE REQUESTED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. DR RELEASED HIM TO REGULAR DUTY BUT PUT HIM ON LIGHT DUTY AFTER SECOND FOLLOW UP.

August 26, 2002 VA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS UNLOADING AN EMPTY ACETYLENE TANK FROM HIS SERVICE TRUCK & FELT A SHARP BURNING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER ABDOMEN.

August 20, 2002 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE EE WAS PLACING THE BOOM BRACKET STAND BACK INTO ITS ORIGINAL SLOT. WHEN THE BRACKET SLIPPED INTO PLACE HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BRACKET & THE BED OF THE TRU CK CAUSING THE LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIRING THE STITCHES.

July 12, 2002 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PULLING UP SLACK MINER CABLE TO HANG THE CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER LEFT PORTION OF HIS BACK. AFTER SEEING A MEDICAL SPECIALIST HE WAS PLAC ED OFF WORK STARTING ON 7/19/02.

July 8, 2002 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING OUT TIMBER IN THE #8 ENTRY FROM OUT OF A SCOOP BUCKET AND FELT A CATCH IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE SAW A MEDICAL SPECIALIST THAT PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTIONS AS OF 7/15/ 02.

July 3, 2002 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELT STRUCTURE THAT WAS HUNG. STRUCTURE CAME LOOSE ON OFFSIDE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEG. LEG KEPT BOTHERING HIM. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 7/28/02. STARTED MISSING WORK ON 7/28/02 .

July 1, 2002 VA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING THE PARTS TRAILER ON THE SUPPLY YARD. THE DOORS HAD BEEN CLOSED BACKWARDS CAUSING THE LATCH TO HAVE PRESSURE ON IT & WHEN THE INJURED OPENED THE LATCH IT SPRAN G BACK STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.

June 4, 2002 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meadow River Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES A BACK STRAIN FROM ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A PUMP. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 7-10-02 WHEN HE BEGAN TO MISS WORK. THE MINE IS NOW CLOSED AS OF 7-15-02.

May 28, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS REMOVING A PICKUP TRUCK TIRE WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EE. WHEN THE TWO MEN WERE LOWERING THE TIRE TO THE GROUND THIS EE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN.

May 25, 2002 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE KNEELD DOWN BESIDE CAR TO HOOK UP PULL ROPE TO PULL MINER CABLE AND STARTED TO GET UP TO GET BACK ON CAR WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

May 14, 2002 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING A TIRE ON THE S&S 488 SCOOP. AS HE REMOVED THE TIRE FROM THE SCOOP HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 2, 2002 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STATED HE WAS CHECKING PERMISSIBILITY ON 3-WHEELER PANEL BOARD-WHEN CHECKING BOTTOM OF PANEL-HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST A PIECE OF GLASS.

April 25, 2002 VA · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING GUNITE HOSES OVER ON WORKDECK, END OF HOSE CAME OFF & HIT EE IN THE FACE FRACTURING NOSE. STARTED LOOSING TIME 5-03-02 - SURGERY.

April 14, 2002 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 4/14/02. THE EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNSURE OF AN ACCIDENT & STATED HE THOUGHT IT WAS BURSITIS. HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR BURSITIS BY HIS REGULAR PHYSICIAN. A MRI PERFORMED ON 5/30 REVEALED A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON 6/4/02 TO CORRECT THE CONDITION. HE WORKED REGULAR DUTIES UNTIL SURGERY.

April 8, 2002 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 4/8/00 THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS NECK & SHOULDER WHILE BENDING A ROOF BOLT. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCULAR STRAIN; HE RETURNED TO WORK & CONTINUED REGULAR DUTIES. FOLLOW-UP VISIT WITH PHYSICIAN ON 9/9/02. REOCCURRANCE OF 4/8/02 INCIDENT. HE WAS TAKEN OUT OF WORK ON 9/10/02.

March 16, 2002 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Addington Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ALLEGES HE WAS LIFTING 1/2" METAL OUT OF THE BACK OF A MANBUS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK. THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST MEDICAL FACILITYWHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED WITH NO RESTRI CTIONS. EE INITIALLY CLAIMED HIS DAYS LOST AS A RESULT OF FLU, BUT ON 3-25-02 IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT HE NOW CLAIMS THE INJURY FOR LOST DAYS.

March 16, 2002 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE HAD PUT BOLT AND GLUE IN HOLE AND PUT BOLT INTO PINNER HEAD AND PLATE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. STRIKING HIM ON THE ARM.

March 14, 2002 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON THAT MEASURED APPROX 6" WIDE X 3' LONG & STARTED HAVING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

December 16, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE OFTEN SLACK HAD BEEN PULLED UP. THE INJURED WAS WORKING WITH TWO OTHER EE, AS THEY WERE HANGING THE CABLE THE INJURED FELT EXTREME PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.

November 17, 2001 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS ENTERING CONTROL ROOM AND CLOSED DOOR, CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND DOOR FACING.

November 17, 2001 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING TO ADVANCE THE CONVEYOR BELT AND WHILE HANDLING AND LIFTING THE BELT STRUCTURE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. THE VICTIM WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A STRAIN ON DEC 6, 2001 .

November 9, 2001 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE WENT TO CHECK WATER PUMP, STEPPED IN MUD AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. WENT TO DOCTOR 11/12. STARTED LOSING TIME 12/8. WENT BACK TO DOCTOR 12/4 & HAD SURGERY.

October 19, 2001 VA · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD LOADED A COAL SAMPLE INTO PICKUP TRK BED.WHILE SHUTTING THE TAILGATE HIS INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRUCK BED AND TAILGATE CAUSING A LACERATION TO TIP OF FINGER.

October 15, 2001 VA · Coal rock driller HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corporation · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE CARRYING A DRILL. HE ENDED UP BEHIND SOMEONE USING A SCALING BAR THAT HIT HIS LEFT EYE.

September 29, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Molloy Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UN-HOOKING CAT HEAD FOR CARS WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND CAUGHT HIS RING FINGER BETWEEN THE CAT HEAD AND THE CAR FRAME CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE END HOINT OF HIS FINGER. E MPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK.

August 13, 2001 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS DRAGGING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF GEAR OIL AROUND CONTINUOUS MINER - FEELING SHARP PAIN IN LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

June 30, 2001 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sea B Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS TAKING A SPRING OUT FROM UNDER A 3WHEELERCATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE U-BOLT AND REAR HOUSING OF MACHINE, CUTTING INDEX FINGER OFF AT THE BASE OF HIS FINGER NAIL.

June 15, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Motivation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND A FELLOW EE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A ENGINE BELLY PAN. WHILE REPOSITIONG PAN IT SLIPPED FROM HINGER STRIKING EE WITH A GLACING BLOW.

June 9, 2001 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LAYING A STEEL RAIL WHILE POSITIONING THE RAIL IT MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY AND CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN RAIL AND GROUND, WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO FING ER OF LEFT HAND.

June 8, 2001 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Addington Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS REPLACING THE COVER PANEL ON THE MAIN ELECTRICAL PANEL FOR A 10 SC SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.

June 2, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING CINDER BLOCKS ONTO A SCOOP BUCKETFROM A VENTILATION BRATTICE. WHEN HE WAS PUTTINGBLOCK ONTO BUCKET HE MASHED FINGER BETWEEN SCOOPAND BLOCK.

May 30, 2001 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING THROUGH A MAN DOOR. AS HE BENT KNEE & STEPPED THROUGH HIS KNEE LOCKED & HE FELTA SHARP PAIN. THIS EE HAD PREVIOUS ARTHROSCOPY OF SAME KNEE IN 1998. HE AGAIN HAD CORRECTIVE SUR GERY 7/10/01 & MANAGEMENT RECEIVED THE POST-0PERATIVE DIAGNOSIS 8/17/01 INDICATING A NEW MENISCAL TEAR TO HIS KNEE.

May 22, 2001 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS HELPING MOVER THE CONT. MINER, WHILE ROLLING A ROCK OFF THE MINER CABLE HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE WORKED UNTIL 7-2-01 AT WHICH TIME A MEDICAL SPECIALIST REMOVED HI M FROM WORK.

May 22, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STATED THAT A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK GOT UNDER HIS KNEE PAD AND HE BENT DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND BRUISED KNEE.

May 12, 2001 VA · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CHANGING HAMMERS IN A JEFFREY CRUSHER, AS HE WAS PICKING UP HAMMER TO HOOK TO THE ELECTRIC HOIST, THE HAMMER SLIPPED BACK MASHING HIS LEFT FINGER AGAINST THE CRUSHER.

May 5, 2001 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER AND STARTED TO MOVE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OUT OF HAULAGE ROAD, WHEN HE GOT A CATCH TO HIS LOWER BACK. THIS EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF LOW BACK INJURY AND PAIN DATING BACK TO 1995 AGAIN IN 1992.

April 12, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Motivation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A BOTTOMROLLER ON A 475 KOMATSU DOZER. WHILE USING A CHAIN AND HYDRAULIC BOOM INJURED STATED THAT THE ROLLER BECAME LODGED WITHIN A FEW INCHES OF THE FRAME. AS HE DISLODGE T HE ROLLER, THE ROLLER CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE FRAME.

April 6, 2001 VA · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sea B Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HOOKING A CHAIN ON TO A CABLE AND THE EXCAVATOR BUCKET TO PULL THE CABLE OUT OF THE WOODS. THE BUCKET CAUGHT A SMALL TREE AND SLAPPED IT BACKWARDS TOWARD THE INJURED AND STRUCK HIS HARD HAT.

April 1, 2001 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sea B Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED HE WAS SETTING TIMBERS IN 6 1/2" HEIGHT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. STARTED RESTRICTED DUTY 4-8-01.

February 23, 2001 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vandalia Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

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.

January 10, 2001 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE STATED HE WAS HELPING TO UN-ROLL SOME HIGH VOLTAGE FROM A SPOOL HANGING BY CHAINS. ONE OF THECHAINS BROKE, SPOOL STRIKING EE ON SHOULDER.

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