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CHANGING TIRE ON LDS #33, WERE REMOVING BLOCKS FROM UNDER EQUIPMENT WHEN HE JAMMED HIS THUMB AGAINST APLINTER ON BLOCK. ORIGINALLY, HE THROUGHT THE SPLINTER HAD BROKEN, LATER INSPECITON AT HO ME SHOWED THAT THE SPLINTER HAD PASSED THRU NAIL (PERPENDICULAR) AND ALMOST ALL OF THE WAY THRU LEFT THUMB, DR SEEN 12-16-96 @ 9:30AM, PRESCRIBED ANTI AND PULLED SLIEVE OUT W/TWEEZERS.

EE WAS MOVING A LADDER TO REBUILD THE BASE UNDER THE LADDER WHEN HE FELT "SOMETHING LET GO" IN HIS GROIN.

PUTTING UP GROUND SUPPORT IN HEADING #8/34, AN AREA WITH HIGH BACK. MINERS HAD TO EXTEND THEMSELVES MORE THAN USUAL TO GET SUPPORT UP. EMP WENT TO DR AND THERAPY FOR SORENESS TO SHOULDER AREA ON RIGHT SIDE. DIAGNOSIS: PULLED LIGAMENTS AND MUSCLES ORIGINALLY. NOW DR NOT SURE. HAPPENED NEAR FREE WHILE BOLTING BACK IN ROOM AND PILLAR MINE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING APART HYDRAULIC LINES UNDER PRESSURE, HYDRAULIC CAP HIT HAND.

HE WAS LOOKING FOR AN OIL LEAK NEAR FILTER HOUSING OF LHD-32. HE HAD HIS HARD HAT OFF TO FIT IN TIGHT WORK SPACE. HE LEANED DOWN TO LOOK IN HOLE AROUND CONVERTER (MOTOR RUNNING). HE HIT HIS HE AD ON U-JOINT OF A ROTATING DRIVE LINE. CUT HIS FOREHEAD REQUIRIGN 6 SUTURES.

LIFTING ONE END OF A 6"X 30' FOOT LONG PIPE. LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK STARTED HURTING.

ON 8-29-95 EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO LIFT A GD-83 JACKLEG OUT OF SOME MUD. THE DRILL WAS STUCK IN MUD ABOUT 6" DEEP. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR. EMPLOYE E WORKED SEVERAL DAYS WITH AN INJURED BACK. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE COMPANY ON 9-7-95 AND TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON 9-8-95.

HE WAS HIT IN THE FACE BY A PIECE OF BROKEN CLUTCH PLATE THROWN BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE PIECE WAS FIBER MATERIAL APPROX. 1" X 1" X 2" IN SIZE. HE HAD A LACERATION ON HIS FACE REQUIRING 4 SUTU RES. HE ALSO HAS SOME LOOSE AND MISALIGNED TEETH. THE EMPLOYEE THROWING THE OBJECT WAS DISCIPLINED FOR HIS ACTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A HYDRAULIC HOSE FROM A DRILL JUMBO. AS HE LOOSENED THE HOSE, OIL SQUIRTED HIM IN BOTH EYES. THIS CAUSED A TEMPORARY BURNING SENSATION AND BLURRED VISION. EMPLOYEE MISSSE D 2 DAYS OF WORK PER DR. ORDERS. HE DID RETURN RETURN TO WORK NEXT DAY 3-1-95 BEFORE SEEING A DR.

EE AND A HELPER WERE LIFTING A JUMBO CABLE. EE FELT A PAIN IN HIS MID BACK. HE ALSO EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY BREATHING. EE WORKED A PARTIAL SHIFT THE NEXT DAY (2-23-95)

EE WAS WALKING IN WITH A 5 GALLON SAMPLE BUCKET HELD AGAINST HIS CHEST HE HAD PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN AREA AS IF HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE STOMACH AREA

EE WAS WORKING ONT HE BRAKESYSTEM OF A 5 YD LOADER. HE WAS REMOVING THE BELLY PAN WEIGHING APPROX 90 LBS. HE WAS LOWERING THE PAN TO THE FLOOR, HE LOST HIS GRIP AND THE PAN FELL CRUSHIGN HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS SPRAYING SHOTCRETE ON THE BACK AND RIBS OF AN INTERSECTION. HE WAS NOT WEARING THE PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHINFG AND WAS BURNED BY CHEMICALS IN THE SHOTCRETE. HE REC'D CHEMICAL BURNS ON H IS ARMS WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT. HE ALSO RECEIVED BURNS ON HIS BACK AND NECK, BUT LESS SEVERE.

A 6X8X10 PIECE OF TIMBER WAS BEING LOWERED INTO POSITION VERTICALLY BETWEEN A STEEL POST AND EXISTING SIDE. LAGGING. THE TIMBER WAS ACCIDENTLY DROPPED EE S RIGHT RING FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEE N THE TIMBER AND THE STEEL POST. HIS FINGER NAILWAS TORN OFF AND HE HAD A LACERATION UNDER THE FINGER NAIL.

INJURED WAS PULLING A JUMBO CABLE BY HAND. WHEN DOING SO HE TWISTED HIS BODY, HE FELT HIS RIGHT KNEE POP. INJURED HAS A TORN MENISCUS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

JACK WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE LIFT A 55 GALLON DRUM 1/4 FULL 5 DAYS LATER HE REPORTED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK. AT THIS TIME HE IS STILL OFF PENDING HIS DR RELEASE.