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(LTA):1W#3 BELT. EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING A TIMBER OF TOP OF BEAM. TIMBER FELL OFF STRIKING LEFT RING FINGER AGAINST BELT FRAME RAIL. CRUSHING (FRACTURE) INJURY TO TIP OF LEFT RING FIN GER.
2ND LEVEL PREP PLANT-EE WAS HELPING PUT EB-36 DRYER TO TOP BACK ON AND IT WOULD NOT GO BACK IN PLACE. EE MOVED THE TOP TO POSITION IT OVER PINS AND IT SLIPPED DOWN ON MACHINE AND PINNED HIS FI NGER CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY TO HIS LEFT INDEXFINGER.
B2 UNIT. PULLING ON LF TIRE OF 76 BOLTER WHICH HAD COME OFF AND WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE FRAME OF MACHINE AND WHEEL UNIT. STRAINED LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG.
1W #2 BELT-MOVING 3/4" WIRE ROPE OFF BELT LINE SO CONT. MINER COULD LOAD OUT ROOF FALL. STRAY WIRE POKED THROUGH GLOVE INTO LEFT RING FINGER. AFTER ABOUT FOUR DAYS, RING FINGER/LEFT HAND WAS B ADLY SWOLLEN AND RED. TREATED BY IV DAILY FOR INFECTION CAUSED BY DIRT, OIL, RUST, ECT...THAT WAS ON THE WIRE NO LOST TIME MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING COVER ON RAM CAR AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HYPERTENSION OF RIGHT ARM. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 8-25-98, STARTED MISSING ON 8-26-98.
BIN ROOM EMPLLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE PUSHING METAL UP FROM THE 1ST FLOOR TO 2ND FLOOR REPLACING METAL ON THE BIN ROOM FLOOR. WHILE PERFORMING THIS PROCEDURE, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER B ACK. DR. RX: LOWER LUMBAR STRAIN. EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME UNTIL 2/20/98.
NEW ROCKDUST HOLE, PULLING ON 4" ROCKDUST HOSES WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK. PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSIS, MUSCULOSKELETAL BACK PAIN, LUMBAR AREA. STARTED MISSING TIME ON MONDAY, 11/24/9 7.
EE WAS BENDING OVER REMOVING ROCKS FROM UNDER AND BETWEEN GRADER BLADES AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
1W#3 BELT, EE PULLING A CABLE DOWN ON BELT WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. STRAIN TO LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT STATE LOSING TIME UNTIL 7/14/97.
MAIN PUMP ROOM (BOTTOM OF FAULT HILL)-EE WAS RAISING OBJECT AND WHILE LIFTING STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND JOB END OF EXPOSED END OF A PIPE. LACERATION TO THE TOP OF LEFT HAND REQUIRING SUTURES.
INJURY OCCURRED WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS FORCING A ROOF BOLT PAST THE POD INTO THE HOLE. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN LOW TOP PUTTING 6' BOLTS IN A 6 1/2' TOP. NOT ALL AREAS ARE LIKE THIS.
MAIN C. SLIPPED AND REACHED OUT AND GRABBED THE MINERS WASH DOWN HOSE STRAINING HIS UPPER LEFT SHOULDER AREA. EMP DID NOT START LOSING TIME FROMTHIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 3-21-97.
UNHOOKED TRAILING CABLE, LEFT CABLE IN HOOKS. CABLE FELL AS EE PASSED UNDER. STRUCK IN THE HEAD AND FELL DOWN CAUSING INJURIES TO HEAD, ARM, AND NECK.
BENT OVER TO PLACE STEEL IN BUCKET OF SCOOP, STRAINED BACK AND BOTH HIPS. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTI 3-14-97.
6W RECOVERY. DROPPED A SECTION OF RFM WHILE CONNECTING PULL CHAIN TO IT. LANDED ON LEFT FOOT CAUSING TWO FRACTURES. 7000-1 FILED LATE DUE TO THEFACT THAT THE EMP DID NOT START LOSING TIME FROM ACCIDENT UNTIL 3-21-97.
LIFTING CONCRETE BLOCKS TO BUILD WALL. PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SIDE AND MIDDLE, LOWER BACK AREA.
EE, KERSEY BARN TAKING EMISSIONS ON 44 SCOOP. BROKE THE ENDS OF THE TUBES OFF. TUBE SLIPPED AND CUT THE END OF HIS RIGHT THUMB.
GETTING 5 GAL. CAN OF OIL, CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO CANS CAUSING LACERATION.
REACHED INSIDE OVERALL BIBS TO GET A RAG. UTILITY KNIFE THAT WAS IN HIS BIBS LACERATION HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HIS HAND WENT PAST THE KNIFE
MS INTAKE-CARRYING BUCKET OF EAGLE SEAL. SWITCHED HANDS & FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER HIP & BACK
CLEANING MIRROR ON GRADER. CUT LEFT FOREFINGER ON SHARP EDGE OF MIRROR.
CABLE DROPPED DOWN AND HOOK OF HANGER CUTHIS RIGHT HAND.
WASHING ROCKDUSTER, LEANED ON I-BEAM POST. POST FELL STRIKING LEFT RING FINGER.
EE PULLED ON SHOVEL THAT WAS IN COAL SPILL & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
DRAGGING BOTTOM ROLLER, FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AND NUMBNESS IN ARM.
EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP RUBBER BLOCK OFF OF CART AND HIS BACK POPPED CAUSING SEVERE PAIN.
EE WAS LINING UP BLAD ANGLE JACK WHEN PIN ROLLED OFF TOP OF GRADER. PIN HIT HIM BESIDE THE LEFT EYE CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 10 SUTURES.
CLEANING WALKWAY ON N54 BELTLINE, EAST SIDE BETWEEN 8 AND 9 CROSSCUT. WHILE BENDING OVER PICKINGUP A ROCK, EMPLOYEE STARTED HAVING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MARKING UP CHAIN HANGER, TURNED AND SOME TIE WIRE THAT WAS HANGING FROM THE ROOF, STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME WITH THIS ACCIDENT. HE WAS SCHEDULE D TO BE OFF OVER THE WEEKEND AND WENT TO THE DR ON 8-19-96.
THE EMPLOYEE OPENED A BUCKET OF EAGLE SEALANT, SET IT DOWN AND SPLASHED LIQUID IN BOTH EYES AND MOUTH. RIGHT EYE WAS TH MOST IRRITATED AND RED.
EE WAS BUILDING OMEGA WALL. WHEN SHE BENT OVER TO PICK UP OMEGA BLOCK, SHE FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK.
MEPLOYEE CLAIMED HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND WE HAVE HEARD 4 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF WHAT HAPPENED. DI DNOT REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON SHIHFT W/EMMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BROKEN CHAIN TOGETHER ON #3 MBC. SHEAVE STRUCK THE GROUND AND THEN HIT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE FORCE OF THE BLOW KNOCKED OTHER EMPLOYEE INTO HIM INJURING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BROKEN CHAIN TOGETHER ON #3 MBC. SHEAVE STRUCK THE GROUND AND THEN HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT SHIN CAUSING OPEN FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMP WAS HELPING BELT CREW REPAIR BELT, PULLED BELT LINE OUT OF TAKE UP. EMP EXPERIENCED SEVERE LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN ON 7-3-96 AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND ADMITTED FOR A RUPTURED SPLEEN. THIS REPORT DELAYED DUE TO NOT INFORMING US THAT THISINCIDENT WAS FROM AND ACCIDENT UNTIL 7-15-96.
WHILE MOVING SET OF EQUIPMENT DOORS AND HIS KNEEBENT THE WRONG WAY. HE WAS LIFTING EQUIPMENT DOOR INTO TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SCRUBBER ON MINER. THE COVER FELL ON HER FINGERS AND WHEN SHE GOT DOWN SHEE STRAINED HER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH MINER CABLE GETTING IT OUT OF THE WAY. PULLED LOWER LEFT ABDOMINAL MUSCLE CAUSING POSSIBLE RUPTURE.
EMPLOYEYE WAS LIFTING BOOM JACK TO PUT IN BACK OF TRUCK AND FELT STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT WRIST. RETURNED TO WORK RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ON BELT AND FELT A PULL IN THE RIGHT GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING WATER LINE WASH DOWN HOSE FROM #6 ENTRY. WATER LINE HAD BEEN PULLED UNDER PALLET OF BLOCKS. EMPLOYEE PULLED LINE FROM UNDER BLOCK PALLET AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS STOMACH
EE WAS LOADING CABLE INTO BUCKET OF DIESEL SCOOP. WHILE BENDING OVER & PULLING CABLE HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIR RIGHT LOWER BACK. *** EEDID NOT MISS TIME FROM THIS INJURY UNTIL 2/24/96
EE WAS SEPARATING TWO DRILL STEELS WHICH WERE STUCK TOGETHER. THE STEELS SEPARATED AND THE TOP STEEL CAME DOWN AND MASHED THE TIP OF HIS RING FINGER CUTTING OFF THE FLESH ON THE TIP OF HIS FIN GER. REQURIED 5 STITCHES IN THE TIP OF FINGER.
EE WAS MOVING ROCKS OUT OF BELT WALKWAY WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS STOMACH--UMBILICAL HERNIA.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF THE #3 MBC TO GO TO LUNCH AND HIT HIS LEFT EAR ON A CHAIN HANGER, CAUSED LACERATION, REQUIRING 6 SUTURES.
EE WAS LIFTING MATERIAL FOR NEW SET UP AND FELT PAIN IN HIS MIDDLE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WALKWAY ON THE 1W #4 BELT AT #14 CROSSCUT. HE BENT OVER TO MOVE A BIG ROCK WHEN HE TRIED TO PICK UP THE ROCK HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING LID TO CHECK BATTERY, THE LID FELL BACK, CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE LID AND FINGER OF 57 GETMAN. THE LID HAD A SHARP EDGE ON LACERATED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
EMP WAS CHECKING OUT HYDRAULICS ON MINER 1N3W AND HAD THE COVER RAISED UP AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDEOF THE CONVEYOR ON MINER. WHILE CLEANING COAL AND ROCK OUT OF MINER THE COVER FELL STRIKING LEFT HAND & CATCHING IT BETWN FRAME OF MINER & COVER