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LOADING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN MY KNEE TWISTED.
EE & CO-WORKER WAS LOADING TRACK RAILS ONTO MAN BUS WHEN CO-WORKER LOST HIS GRIP DROPPING ONE END OF RAIL CATCHING EE'S HAND [FINGERS] IN A PINCH POINT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH DOORS GOING TO TRACK LOADING AREA WHEN DOORS CLOSED SUDDENLY, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK AND CHEST.
EE WAS ASSISTING CO WORKER IN LOADING CRIB TIES IN BUCKET OF SCOOP WHEN HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CRIB TIES.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG 40 2 CONBEYOR WHEN SHE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HER LEFT KNEE. FIRST SCHEDULE WORKDAY LOST BY EE WAS 1-10-97.
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THROW TRACK SWITCH AT SLOPE WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO A T-BOARD CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK AND NECK.
HE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM SHIELD HAULER WHEN I LOST MY BALANCE. THE TOP ROLLER HE WAS CARRYING TWISTED CAUSING AN INJURY TO MY LEFT ELBOW.
EE WAS STANDING AT REAR OF CONTINUOUS MINER (BOOM END) REMOVING A CONNECTING LINK FROM CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN CONVEYOR CHAIN FELL OUT OF TROUGH AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE.
THE MOTOR CREW HAD TWO SHIELDS THAT WERE READY TO BE UNLOADED AT MATERIAL HOLE FOR WEST 1 (LONGWALL SET-UP). AREA WHERE SHIELDS WERE TO BE UNLOADED HAD 8 SHEAR JACKS LYING ON MINE FLOOR. EE WAS ASSITING CO-WORKER TO POSITION THEM ON FORKS OF SHIELD HAULER FOR TRANSPORTATION.. WHEN ACK SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PINCHED POINT BETWEEN TWO JACKS.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A LARGE ACETYLENE CYLINDER ON A JEEP WHEN HIS BACK WAS INJURED
EMP WAS LOWERING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF WATER WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.
EE WAS UNLOADING CRIB TIMBERS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN AS HE PITCHED A TIMBER OUT OF RAM CAR BED. INJURY OCCURRED ON SECTION P-4.
EE WAS LOADING BOTTOM BELT ROLLERS BEHIND THE POWER CENTER. AS HE PULLED ONE OUT HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST THE POWER CENTER CAUSINGAN INJURY. INJURY OCCURRED ON 1 EAST SECTION. EE 'S FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 07/31/96.
WHILE SERVICING CONTINUOUS MINER EE PICKED UP A GREASE BUCKET. WHEN HE STARTED TO TURN WITH IT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROINT. INJURY OCCURRED ON WEST 1 SECTION.
EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE MUD AND COAL AT 40 NO. 1 DISCHARGE POINT. WHEN SHE LIFTED A SHOVEL OF MATERIAL AND TOSSED IT OVER THE SQUIRT GUARD SHE FELT A SEVERE PAIN IN HER BACK.
MESH LINING WAS BEING PUT UP ON LONGWAL RECOVERYWHEN THE SHIELDS WERE PULLED, THE MESH WAS PINCHED, AND STRETCHED THE CABLES THAT THE SLING AND COME A LONG WERE ATTACHED TO. THE SLING BROKE AN D THE CABLE HIT EMP IN THE FACE.
EE LIFTED A ROCK THAT WAS IN WALKWAY ADJACENT TO BELT CONVEYOR AND THREW IT ON THE CONVEYOR CAUSING INJURY TO HER LEFT LEG AND ANKLE. ON 5-22-96 EE S ANKLE COLLAPSED CAUSING HER TO TWIST HER K NEE. FIRST WORKDAY MISSED BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 5-23-96.
EE LIFTED A WATER PUMP OUT OF THE WATER IN THE NO.1 RIGHT ENTRY WHEN HIS BACK WAS INJURED.
EE WAS CARRYING AN ACETYLENE CYCLINDER ALONG THEPAN LINE WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK LIFTING CYCLINDER OUT OF PAN LINE.
EE WAS CROSSING AN INTAKE OVERCAST WHEN HE BRUISED HIS LEFT KNEE.
THE 4012 LONGWALL CREW WAS TRAVELING BY PORTAL BUS AT END OF THEIR SHIFT WHEN THE MAN BUS WRECKED AS IT APPROACHED THE S CURVE ON THE 4012 TRACK. SEVERAL CREW MEMBERS WAS ATTEMPTING TO JACK MA NBUS ONTO TRACK AND EE WAS PLACING A CRIB TIE UNDERNEATH MANBUS WHEN IT FELL OFF OF LIFTING JACK AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB IN A PINCH POINT.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A PLANETARY WHEN IT ROLLED OVER ON HIS HAND, MASHING IT BETWEEN THE PLANETARY AND THE DOLLEY CAR.
THEY WERE RECOVERING CABLES ON THE ABANDONED 4010 LONGWALL PANEL WHEN HIS BACK WAS INJURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING TIMBERS (8" X 8") UNDER ARCHES ON 40 FAULT HILL WHEN HE FELT A SEVERE PAIN IN HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE 2 LEFT FACE OF SECTION SOUTHMAIN. HE WAS POSITIONED CLOSE TO RIB WHERE HE HAD TO TWIST AND BEND HIS BODY TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTS. DURING THE SAME SHIFT, WHEN ROOF BOLT MACHINE MOVED FROM 3 LEFT TO 3 RIGHT HE HAD TO HANDLE TRAILING CABLE BY HAND. HIS BACK BEGAN TO ACHE WITH SEVERE PAIN.
HE WAS LEANING OVER LONGWALL PAN LINE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT SHEARER CABLE OUT OF CONVEYOR WHEN LEFT SHOULDER WAS INJURED.
CHANGING A TIRE ON AN 828 RAM CAR WHEN EMP TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS CAUSING THE RAM CAR TIRE TO FALL ON LOWER LEFT LEG AND ANKLE.
EE AND SEVERAL OTHER COWORKERS WERE CARRYING 2" X 6" AND 1" X 12" ROUGH CUT BOARDS (PLANKS) TO BE USED IN CONSTRUCTING A BRIDGE WHEN BACK WAS INJURED.
EE STATED THAT HE SAT DOWN ON MINE FLOOR AND WAS MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO KICK A MEGA BLOCK OUT OF A BRATTICE. THE FIRST KICK WITH RIGHT FOOT MOVED THE MEGA BLOCK PART OF WAY AT AN ANGLE. AND AN A TTEMPTY TO KICK WITH LEFT FOOT RESULTED IN AN INJURY. INJURY WAS FIRST DIAGNOSIS AS LEFT STRAIN TO LEG. AFTER FURTHER EVALUATION IT WAS OCCURRED ON LONG WALL.
AS EE RETURNED A SPRAY HOSE TO A POSITION ON TOP OF MINER HIS ARM STRUCK AN I.D. TAG FED APPROVAL ON A PUMP SERVICE PUMP OILER.
EE WAS PULLING A ROOF BOLT FROM TOP OF ROOF DRILL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A BATTERY WHEN SHE HURT HER BACK.
WHILE HELPING TO BUILD A CRIB, A WORK PARTNER STOOD A CRIB-TIE ON IT'S END AND THE TIE FELL ONTO INJURED'S RIGHT FOOT, TOP OF IN-STEP, BEHIND STEEL TOE PROTECTIVE CAP.
EMPLOYEE PUSHED RELAY BAR NUT WITH FOOT AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A WOODEN CRIB TIE TO BE USED TO JACK TRACK ROOF DRILL UP THAT HAD WRECKED WHILE COMING OUT OF SIDE TRACK WHEN BACK WAS INJURED. EMPLOYEE'S FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 12-18-95.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS PLACING ROCK BY HAND ONTO PAN LINE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS PAIN PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE.
EE WAS HANDLING MATERIAL [ROOF BOLTS & "T"-BOARDS] WHEN HE FELT A KNOT IN GROIN AREA.
EE WAS PLACING MATERIAL BETWEEN ARCHES WHEN A PIECE OF TREATED WOOD [4"X6"X32"] FELL & STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.
BELT ROLLER FLIPPED UP FROM UNDER SCOOP AND HIT LEFT ARM.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING A BOTTLE OF ARGON IN THE POCKET WHEN THE BOTTLE ROLLED OFF THE EDGE OF THE JEEP ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
SWITCH AT DERAIL HIT MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND AS EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO THROW DERAIL EMPLOYEES FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 09/19/95
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BRAKE SHOES FOR MOTOR WHEN HE HURT HIS SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN THE H 010 BELT LINE WHEN HE BRUSHED HIS LEFT EAR AGAINST THE SHARP EDGE ON A ROOF BOLT PLATE.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL ONTO 40 #2 CONVEYOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS PULLING TRAILING CABLE OFF OF ROOF DRILL TO GET ENOUGH TO HANG FROM ROOF WHEN BACK WAS INJURED
EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL & MUD AT 4012 DISCHARGE HEADER EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE LOADED SHOVEL OVERHEAD TO PLACE IT ON THE CONVEYOR WHEN HIS LEFT ARM WAS INJURED FIRST WORDAY LOSTS BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 07-14-95
EE STATED THAT HE HAD PLACED A PIECE OF WOODEN LAGGING MATERIAL UNDER REAR BOOM STAB JACK. WHEN JAK WAS LOWERED, WOOD KICKE DOUT AND STRUCK EE ACROSS THE NOSE CAUSING AN INJUR. FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 7-14-95.
EE WAS LIFTING MONORAIL ON 4010 LONGWALL WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS HANGING VOLTAGE CABLE OVERHEAD AT 430 SEALS WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS OPERATING LONGWALL SHEAR WHEN HE APPROACHED A CRIB TIE LYING ON PUSH OUT JACK. HE ATTEMPTED TO USED ONE HAND TO FLIP TIE OUT OF TRAVEL PATH WHEN A SHARP PAIN OCCURRED IN HIS LOWER BACK. QUIPMENT WAS NOT A FACTOR PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT WAS BEING WORN MINER PROFICIENCY MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR