BJM Coal Company · Struck by flying object
EE'S SAFETY GLASSES SLIPPED DOWN ON HIS FACE DUE TO PERSIRATION WHILE SETTING MINER BITS. A PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK HIM IN EYE.
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Bjm Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND WATERLINE AND RE-INJURED AN OLD HERNIA.
BJM Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING AN OXYGEN/ACETYLENE CART INTO A SCOOP BUCKET SO THAT IT COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO #6 BELTHEAD WHICH NEEDED REPAIRS. HE LOST HIS GRIP AND ALLOWED THE CART TO STRIKE HIM ON HI S ANKLE.
December 6, 2000
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bjm Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE MOVING MINER CABLE ACROSS NO. 2 CROSSCUT EE STUMBLED & TWISTED KNEE
Bjm Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE WORKING AT THE FACE, EMPLOYEE TOLD CO-WORKER THAT HE FELT "SOMETHING PULL". HE FINISHED SHIFT AND TOLD FOREMAN THAT HE HAD SOME GROIN PAIN. ON WAY HOME, HE STOPPED AT HOSPITAL WAS EXAMIN ED AND INFROMED HE HAD A HERNIA. AFTER TAKING WITH EMPLOYEE IT WAS APPARENT THAT HERNIA RESULTED FROM PRIOR PULL AT SNOTHER MINE. PULLED AREA FINALLY FAILED WHILE WORKING A SPRUCE NO. 2 MINE.
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