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EE STATED THAT HE LEANED UP AGAINST A PROPSETTERTIMBER THAT HAD BEEN LOOSENED BY INSTALLING CRIBS & THE TIMBER FELL & THE TOP HEADER BOARD STRUCK HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD RESULTING IN A LACE RATION.
EE STATED HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE INSTALL A 6" PIPE AND WHEN HE LIFTED ON THE PIPE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHICH RESULTED IN A TEAR IN THE NUCLEUS OF THE DISC, WHICH LATER BECAME HE RNIATED. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 12-22-1999.
EE WAS HELPING INSTALL MECHANISM BEAM FOR REFUSE SCREEN, WHEN THE BEAM TWISTED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S STEEL TOE BETWEEN THE BEAM AND FLOOR RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.
EE STATED HE WAS CLEANING MATERIAL OFF OF BELT SCRAPER WHEN IT STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYEBROW RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
EE STATED HE WAS WORKING ON STAGELOADER WHEN HE CUT HIS FOREARM ON A SHARP EDGE OF METAL
EE STATED SHE WAS CARRYING A 50# BAG OF ROCK DUST WHEN HER FOOT SLIPPED & SHE FELT A PAIN IN HERLOWER BACK. 1ST LOST WORKDAY OCCURED ON8/19/99
EE STATED HE WAS HANDLING TRACK TIES WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS SIDE & LOWER STOMACH. SURGER IS NOT NECESSARY AT THIS TIME
EE STATED A PIECE OF 4" PUC PIPE ROLLED OFF OF PILE & FLIPPED UP & STRUCK HIM INN THE CHIN. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS CHIN
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS BENDING OVER PICKING UP CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURTING. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 7-19-99.
TWISTED RIGHT KNEE ON CRANE LADDER WHILE EXITING CRANE.
EE STATED HE WAS PULLING ON MINER CALE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 6/1/99 DUE TO SURGERY
WELDING LEAD BEING STRUNG DOWN SHAFT. LEAD BROKE LOOSE AND FELL ON MEN ON WORK PLATFORM. FRACTURING KNUCKLES ON RIGHT HAND OF EE.
700' OF WELDING LEAD BEING STRUNG DOWN SHAFT FROM A WORK PLATFORM. LEAD BROKE AND FELL ON MEN ON PLATFORM. BREAKING LEFT WRIST AND CUTTIN GHEAD (12 STITCHES) OF EE.
EE WAS HELPING MOVE A PIECE OF 10" CERAMIC LINED PIPE. WHEN HE PICKED UP THE END OF THE PIPE THE CERAMIC LINING CUT THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
EE STATED HE WAS THROWING ROOF BOLTS OUT FOR ROOF BOLTERS WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS STOMACH EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN UMBILICAL HERNIA ON 3/19/99 AND WILL BE REPAIRED AT A LATER DATE
EE STATED HE WAS SQUATTING DOWN TO PICK UP A TILT JACK ON SCOOP WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED. THIS RESULTED IN A CARTILAGE TEAR TO HIS KNEE. FIRST LOST WORKDAY OCCURRED ON 2-18-99.
EE STATED HE WAS HANGING A BOTTOM ROLLER ON CONVEYOR WHEN HE FELT A BURNING IN HIS LOWER STOMACH. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DOUBLE HERNIA AND WILL BE CORRECTED AT A LATER DATE.
EE WAS POURING ROPE SOCKETS ON THE CABLES FOR THE FORM WINCHES. WHILE PUSHING THE WIRES INTO PLACE WITH THUMBS, HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE CRAMPING IN R THUMB
EE STATED HE WAS HELPIGN HEADGATE MAN TAKE DOWN MONORAIL AND AS HE REACHED OVER MOBIL TAILPIECE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 9-11-98.
EE STATED HE WAS REMOVING A TOP ROLLER CENTER ROLLER ON MAIN LINE. BELT AND WHEN HE TURNED AND STARTED TO WALK AWAY HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 7-30-98.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A DRILL HEAD IN BACK OF TRACK - OBJECT SLIPPED, PLACING BULK OF LOAD ON RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING RAILS BEING PULLED OFF OF RAILCAR WHILE STANDING BESIDE CAR. WHEN THE RAILWAS PULLED OFF ANOTHER RAIL WAS FLIPPED OVER STANDARD AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT ANKLE. THI S RESULTED IN A LACERATION AND BRUISE. FISRT LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 6.30.98.
EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE OVER HIS HEAD TO HANG WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN. FIRST LOST WORK DAYS OCCURED ON 6-16-98.
EE STATED HE WAS READCHING INTO CANOPY OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS LEFT ARM STRUCK A METAL TAG WITH SHARP EDGE, RESULTING IN LACERATION OF LEFT ARM. RESULTING IN EIGHT STITCHES.
EE PULLING DRILL STEEL, STREAINED BAVCK.
EE STATED HE WAS CARRYING 50# BAGS OF ROCK DUST IN LOW TOP WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACKFIRST LSOT WORK DAY OCCURED ON 3/26/98
EMPLOYEE WAS LAODING TRUCK,TIGHTENING DOWN BINDERS,ELBOW POPPED.
EE STATED HE WAS BENDING ROOF FOLTS ON THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 12/18/97.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS INSTALLING HYDRAULIC HOSES ON THE NEW LONGWALL FACE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. FIRST LOST WORKDAY OCCURED ON 12-16-97.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A GREASE GUN OFF OF THE SERVICE STATION WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LEFT ARMFIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 11-17-97.
EE STATED SHE WAS BENDING OVER LOADING ROOF BOLT PLATES WHEN SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER BACK. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR DISK DISEASE AT MULTIPLE LEVELS. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 2-3-98.
EE WAS UNLOADING BOTTOM ROLLERS OFF OF MATERIAL CAR ONTO SCOOP BLADE WHEN HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHTBETWEEN THE ROLLERS HE HAD ALREADY LOADED IN THESCOOP BLADE AND THE ONE HE WAS UNLOADING OFF OF THE MATERIAL CAR. THIS RESULTED IN LACERATION AND FRACTURE.
EE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO PICK UP TRASH AT THE END OF THE J-MAIN SECTION TRACK [MANTRIPO & SUPPLY CAR AREA]. AS HE WAS PICKING UP A WOOD PALLET TO THROW ON A TRASH CAR, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. ON 10/10/97 HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A RIGHT SHOULDER - TORN ROTATOR CUP. FIRST LOST WORK DAY WAS 10/11/97.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE MONORAIL WHENA PIECE FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT LE, RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES. EMPLOYEELATER DEVELOPED TENDONITIS IN HIS RIGHT FOO T DUE TO THE INJURY. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 12-29-97.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS INSTALLING COVER ON TRAM CHAIN OF DIESEL RAM CAR WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 9-23-97
EE WAS ROLLING UP LINE CURTAIN FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO ADVANCE INTO THE FACE AREA AND STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE SHARP EDGE OF A ROOF BOLT PLATE RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
INJURED WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE INSTALL A METAL COVER [SADDLE] FOR A LONGWALL SHIELD. AS THE LIFTED THE SADDLE THE INJURED'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT BETWEEEN THE SADDLE & SHIELD RELAY BAR. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACUTRE TOTHE TIP OF THE LEFT RING FINGER. FIRST LOST WORK DAY WAS 8/2/97.
EE STATED HE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A 200 HP MOTOR FROM THE #1 SMALL COAL PUMP WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. EE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 6-3-97, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS SENT TO A SPECIALIST AN D DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIATED DISC. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 6-4-97.
EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A CEMENT BLOCK WHILE BUILDING A BRATTICE & FELT A PAIN IN HIS RT. SHOULDER. A MRI SCAN WAS CONDUCTED ON 1/20/98 & EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SMALL TEAR IN HIS RT ROTATOR CUFF. EE'S FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 2/20/98 DUE TO CORRECTIVE SURGERY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HANG CONTINUOS MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 4-8-97.
EE STATED HE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING PAIN FOR THE PAST TWO RO THREE WEEKS, WHICH HAD STARTED AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLEANING UP AROUND H-MAIN #2 HEADER. HE DID NOT KNOW ANY PARTICULAR INCIDENT WHERE HE HAD HURT HIS BACK AND EXPECTED THE PAIN HE FELT TO GO AWAY SINCE HE HAS HAD PAIN PERIODICALLY SINCE A PREVIOUS BACK INJURY SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A CABLE FROM CABLE HOOKS HANGING FROM ROOF BOLTS. WHEN THE CABLE FELL OUT OUT OF THE HOOK, THE HOOK SPRANG BACK STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT EYE. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT EYE LID AND A CONTUSION TO THE EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POCKET AREA AND FELT HIS RIGHT KNEE POP. DIAGNOSED AS A STRAIN WITH SOME CARTILAGE DAMAGE.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT VALVE BLOCK ONTO SHIELD PONTOON WHICH RESULTED IN AN INGUINAL HERNIA.
EE STATED HE WAS PULLING ROCK DUST HOSE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER STOMACH. FIRST LOST WORK BEGAN ON 12/5/96.
EMP WAS REMOVING A HOSE FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT STRUCK HIM ON THE EYEBROW OF THE RIGHT EYE RESULTING IN A SMALL LACERATION.
EE WAS REMOVING A HYDRAULIC HOSE FROM A LONGWALL SHIELD WHEN THE HOSE CAME LOOSE IT SPRANG BACK STRIKING EE ON THE LEFT CHEEK RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPIGN UNLOAD RAILROAD RAILS FROM CAR WHEN A RAIL ROLLED OVER STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS LOADING A SET OF RAILROVER TRUCKS ON PARTS JEEP WHEN HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRUCKS AND JEEP RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING RAM JACK ON LONGWALL SHIELD. WHILE TRYING TO POSITION JACK FOR INSTALLATION THE JACK ROLLED CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE JACK AND SHIELD PONTOON. THIS RESULTED IN A FR ACTURE TO HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.