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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.
EE STATED WHILE LIFTING 60# RAILHE SUFFERED PAIN IN LOWER BAKC AND RIGH TLEG. EE SAIDHE WS REPLACING TRACK AT #19 BREAK.
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.
INJURED STATED HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT A 6" VALVE.HE STATED THE VALVE WAS ALMOST IN PLACE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT LOWER BACK.
EMP STATED HE TOOK A HOPPER JACK FOR A FEEDER TO DULCIMER #4 AND TOOK IT OUT OF THE BACK OF TRUCK AND LAID IT ON OFFICE FLOOR, WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EMP DIDN'T GO TO DR. UNT IL 6-15-95
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.
EMP STATED THAT HE AND 3 OTHER MEN WERE ON THE HILLSIDE BEHIND THE RIGHT FORK IMPOUNDMENT REPLACING AN 8" PIPE LINE. HE PICKED UP ONE END OF AN 8" PIPE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT HIP. RESULTED IN STRAIN TO LOWER BACK. EMP WORKED UNTIL 06\02\95 AT WHICH TIME HE WENT TO DOCTOR.
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 STATED HE PICKED UP A ROLL OF THREE INCH CONDUIT AND LEANED IT UP AGAINST OTHER SUPPLIES LAYING IN FLOOR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK AREA. THIS TOOK PLACE IN THE WAREHOUSE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE CLEANING UP [SHOVELING] LOOSE COAL AT THE #1 RIGHT TAIL PIECE THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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.
EE STATED HE WAS IN #4 ENTRY HELPING WITH A BELT SETUP. EE SAID HE WAS HELPING TWO OTHER PEOPLE HOLD THE BELT ROPE UP AND THEY WERE PUTTING BELT STRUCTURE IN WHEN THE BELT JACK SLIPPED CAUSING THE ROPE TO SLIP THROWING HIMS IN A TWISTING MOTION ONTO THE BELT. EE SAID THE TWO OTHER PEOPLE TURNED LOOSE OF THE ROPE BUT HE HELD TO THE ROPE. EE SAID THE ROPE THREW HIM AND TWISTED HIS
EE SAID WHILE PULLING ON 4" PUMP, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER CENTER SPINE AREA.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING COWORKER REMOVE BOLTS OUT OF THE RAW COAL PUMP ATH THE #2 PREP FIN COAL PLANT. WHEN THE LAST BOLT WAS REMOVED THAT HOT WATER AND PRESSURE CAME FROM THE PUMP CAUSI NG BURNS TO HIS FACE AND BOTH ARMS.
INJURED STATED HE WAS PULLING ON 75 HP SUBMERGIBLE PUMP LAYING IN BACK OF PICK-UP RUCK AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INJURED SAID HE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE, WHEN HE BENT OVER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE SAID HE WAS REACHING OVER ROOF BOLTER TO SET FOUR 5 GAL. CANS OF OIL ON THE GROUND. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK AND GROIN WHEN HE SET THE FOURTH CAN ON THE GROUND.
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 THAT HE WAS IN 1 ENTRY HELPING ON THE MINER. HE PULLED ON THE MINER CABLE AND HEARD SOMETHING POP AND FELT A BURNING SENSATION FROM HIS KNEE TO HIS GROIN AREA. HE COULD NOT PUT WEIGH T ON HIS RIGHT LEG WITHOUT FEELING INTENSE PAIN.URESULTED IN LEG MUSCLE STRAIN.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS AT THE SCOOP CHARGING TATION IN THE 4 LEFT BREAK. HE WAS BENT OVER THE SCOOP TIRE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UNPLUGGING THE CAT HEAD FROM THE BATTERY, WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND THAT THE PAIN WAS RODIATING DOWN INTO HIS LEFT HIP.
EE STATED AS HE RETURNED TO THE LEFT FORK REFUSE PILE TO HAUL HIS THIRD LOAD OF SLATE & BACKED INTO BE LOADED HE NOTICED H IS TRUCK WAS RUNNING HOT & HET INDICATOR WAS IN THE RED EE STATED HE FLAGGED EE NOT TO LOAD HIS TRUCK EE OERATING END LOADER TRAMMED LOADER CLOSER TO HIS TRUCK & STEPPED OUT OF LOADER ONTO FRONT OF HIS TRUCK EE STATED EE HAD SAID THAT THIS TRUCK NORMALLY DID NO
TRUCK WAS RUNNING HOT. EE AND COWORKER STEPPED ONTO FRONT OF TRUCK. EE STEPPED ON RADIATOR CAP TO TIGHTEN IT, THE CAP BLEW OFF SPRAYING EE AND COWORKER WITH A MIXTURE OF HOT RADIATOR FLUID, OI L AND WATER. EE HAS BURNS ON 35% TO 40% OF HIS BODY.
EE STATED THAT WHILE TEARING A BRATTICE DOWN THAT A FOREIGN OBJECT WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE EYE WAS FLUSHED OUT ON SECTION AND FELT ALRIGHT. THE NEXT DAY HE WENT TO THE DR. AND AN ABRASION WAS FOUND ON RIGHT EYE.
EE STATED THAT HE AND ANOTHER EE WERE TAKING FULL BAGS OF ROCK DUST OFF OF 2 BELT LINE. AS HE BENT OVER TO GET A BAG OF DUST OFF THE BELT HE TWISTED TO PUT IT ON THE BOTTOM. AND AT THAT TIME F ELT A SHARP PAIN AND STINGING SENSATION IN LOWERBACK.
INJURED STATED THAT HE CARRIED A BOX OF RESIN GLUE 4 BREAKS TO THE ROOF BOLTER MACHINE. HE THREW THE BOX OF GLUE ON THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK AND HIP. INJURED WORKED UNTIL 9:00PM WHEN THE PAIN GOT WORSE. HE DECIDED TO GO SEE A DR.
INJJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CLENAING UP THE AREA AROUND THE MINE YARD. HE WAS CLENAING OUT A DITCH LINE. HE BENT OVER NAD PICKED UP A PIECE OF TOP BELT STRUCTURE THAT WAS IN THE DITCH AND MO VED IT OT ANOTHER LOCATION. THEN HE BEGAN HAVING PAIN ADN BURNING IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS IN THE UPPER TUNNEL. HE LIFTED A PUMP FORM UNDER THE WATER AT THE TAILPIECE. WHEN IT CAME OUT OF THE WATER HE TURNED TO HIS RIGHT TO SET THE PUMP DOWN WHEN HE FELT A SHA RP PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK. RESUTLTED IN STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE BREAK BETWEEN 4 TO 5 ENTRIES WHEN HE WAS PULLING ON THE MINER CABLE TO GET IT OUT OF ROADWAY. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND IT KEPT KEEPING WORSE AS THE DAY WENT ON. RESULTED IN STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING THE SCOOP ON 002 SEACTION IN #2 RETURN, LOADING #1 BELT CABLE. HE WAS FLIPPING THE CABLE BY HAND INTO SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE STATED HE GOT IN THE DECK OF THE SHUTTLE CAR & CLOSED THE CANOPY DOOR ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. RESULTING IN FRACTURE & BRUISE TO THE TIP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR . UNTIL 3-2-94.
EE STATED HE WAS PICKING UP MINER CABLE & LAYING IT ON HOOKS WHICH ARE LOCATED ON THE MINER WHEN HIS BACK START ED TO HURT HIM HE SAID HIS BACK HAD A BAD BURNING SENSATION IN THE LOWER PART & TINGLING IN BOTH LEGS DOWN TO HIS TOES RESULTED IN STRAIN TO LOWER BACK
EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM RAILRUNNER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE WITH A PIECE OF STRUCTURE. CAUSING HIM TO TWIST LEFT KNEE. EE DID NOT GO TO DR. UNTIL 1/25/94.
INJURED STATED THAT HE PICKED UP 2" WATERLINE. HAD PAIN IN LOWER BACK LEFT SIDE.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS IN #4 ENTRY, THAT THE MINER CABLE HAD A LOOP IN IT ABOUT 5'. HE REACHED DOWN, GOT THE CABLE TO THROW IT OVER WHEN HE STARTED TO HURT SEVERLY IN THE LOWER GROIN AREA.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB (FLUORESCENT) UNDER THE UNIT TRAIN LOAD OUT. HE WAS PUSHING HTE BULB TO ONE SIDE TO GET IT OUT WHEN BULB BUSTED. HE WAS HOLDING BULB IN LEFT HAND WHEN IT BUSTED HE PUSHED A PIECE OF GLASS WITH HIS RIGHT HAND INTO HIS LEFT THUMB. REQUIRED 4 SUTURES.
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.
EE STATED HE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT A DUST BOX ON THE ROOF BOLTER A CHAIN HOIST WAS HOOKED TO A ROOF BOLT STRAP TO LIFT THE BOX OUT OF THE BOLTER AFTER THE BOX WAS OUT OF THE BOLTER TENSION WA S RELEASED AND THE CHAIN FELL HITTING EE RIGHT THUMB WHICH WAS RESTING ON THE DUST BOX AT THAT TIME.
INJURED STATED THAT HE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE AT THE FRESH WATER POND SETTING A PUMP. THEY HAD TH EPUMP THIED WITH A CHAIN TO THE BACKHOE BUCKET. HE WAS BALANCING THE PUMP WHEN IT SWUNG ARO UND CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE PUMP AND THE BACKHOE BUCKET. RESULTING IN FRACTURE TO MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
EE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR, THAT HE HAD SUFFEREDAN ACCIDENT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT (APRIL 15, 1993), BUT HAD FAILED TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. EE STATED THAT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK PULLING MINER CABLE AND BELT STRUCTURE ON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.
HE STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING TOP STRUCTURE OUT OF BELT CONVEYOR. THIS PIECE STUCK AND HE GAVE IT A HARD PULL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE OF LOWER BACK.
HE STATED THAT HE WAS AT THE SLATE BIN GETTING READY TO STEP DOWN WHEN HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ARM ON PIECE OF METAL ON DOOR OF SLATE TRUCK, CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM WHICH REQUIRED 8 SU TURES TO CLOSE WOUND.
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 WAS IN LEFT ENTRY DOLLY HAD GOBBED OFF SWITCH HAD CUT BRIDGE OFF THEN EE STATED HE REACHED UP TO DISLODGE PIECE OF COAL FROM DOLLY WHEN PIECE OF COAL SNAGGED ON BELT SPLICE KICKED BACK & WE DGED HIS HAND AGAINST TOP OF DOLLY FRAME RESULTED IN PUNCTURE WOUND TO TOP OF LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES
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
EE STATED THAT THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE HAD GOTTEN STUCK IN 1 ENTRY HE WALKED ABOUT 21/2 BREAKS TO THE SECTION POWER CENTER TO GET TIMBERS TO PUT UNDER TIRES ON THE BOLT MACHINE. HE GOT 2 SPLIT T IMBERS AND CARRIED THEM BACK TO BOLT MACHINE ANDWHEN HE DROPPED THEM HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTER UP HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK STARTED TO HURT.
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.
INJURED WAS BENT FORWARD MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OUT OF THE SHUTTLE CAR ROADWAY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.
EE STATED THAT HE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING ON 992 ENDLOADER ENGINE. THEY HAD IT ON THE ENGINE STAND AND IT FELL IN THE OIL DRAIN HOLE. EE TOOK A BAR AND PRIED UP ON THE STAND AND WAS GO ING TO PUSH THE ENGINE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND CUT IT ON THE METAL HEAD CASKET CAUSING A 2" LACERATION ON THE SIDE AND PALM OF LEFT HAND THAT REQUIRED 4 SUTURES.
55023ATED THAT SHE WAS MUCKING #3 HEAD PIECE ON ABOUT THE THIRD SHOVEL FULL OF MUCK WHEN I PICKED IT UP I FELT A SHARP PAIN IN MY BACK I SORT OF TURNED TO THROW IT ON THE BELT
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.