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EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER HELPING TO PULL UP SLACK IN MINER CABLE AND HANGING THE CABLE ACROSS THE HAULWAY. NOTE: ON 01-06-03 WE RECEIVED INFORMATION WHICH TECHNICALLY MADE THIS ACCIDENT REPORTABLE.
EE WAS TRYING TO PICK A ROCK UP WHEN HE EITHER PULLED A MUSCLE OR GOT A PINCHED NERVE.
MINER OPERATOR PICKED UP MINER CABLE TO MOVE AND BACK WENT OUT ON HIM. WORKED REMAINDER OF SHIFT AND WENT TO CLINIC THE NEXT DAY. DOCTOR TOOK HIM OFF WORK FOR OBSERVATION AND POSSIBLE SURGERY.
EE LIFTED BELT STRUCTURE AND STRAINED UPPER BACK AND NECK. LOST TIME BEGAN: 10/24/02.
ELECTRICIAN WAS MOVING HIS TOOL BOX DOWN ENTRY WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. (DOCTOR HAS TAKEN HIM OFF FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY).
EE WAS PULLING A HIGH VOLTAGE SPLICE BOX OFF A HIGH VOLTAGE CAR WHEN HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOX AND STADARD ON CAR CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
REPAIRMAN WASCHANGING SHUTTLE CAR TIRE. HE STRAINED BACK BUT STILL HAVING TROUBLE SITTING, DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF.
MINER OPERATOR SAYS HE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR ROADWAY WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG. 9 EE WORKED UNTIL JUNE 7TH, AT WHICH TIME DOCTOR REMOVED HIM FROM WORK)
ELECTRICIAN WAS HELPING HANG MINER CABLE AND WATER LINE. HE SAID HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FINISHED HIS REGULAR SHIFT AND SAID HE DIDN'T NEED ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION. NEXT DAY HE WENT TO HOSPITAL BUT CONTINUED WORKING. THE DOCTOR NOW RECOMMENDS HE HAS BACK SURGERY SO AS OF 5/13/02 HE IS OFF WORK.
PRE-SHIFT FOREMAN WAS GOING TO SECTION WHEN HE OPENED AIR-LOCK DOORS. ONE DOOR CAME BACK HITTING HIM ON SHOULDER- PRESSING HIM AGAINST THE OTHER DOOR.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED SHOULDER SORENESS AFTER INSTALLING A FOAM FILLED TIRE.
MINER MAN WAS SETTING BITS ON MINER, HE HAD SET 3 OR 4 BITS HE SET HEAD OF MINER DOWN ON HIS FOOT, OUTSIDE BIT CAM THROUGH TOP OF BOOT (BESIDE STEEL TOE) BIT HIT TOE NEXT TO BIG TOE ON RIGHT F OOT CAUSING A CUT REQUIRING STITCHES ON TOE. NO FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON BELT ROLLER WHEN IT BECAME HUNG ON THE RAIL THAT WAS HOLDING THE ROLLER.HE THEN PULLED HARD ON THE BELT ROLLER CAUSING THE ROLLER TO SLIP CUTTING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
WHILE TRYNG TO CHANGE BATTERIES SCOOP HIT STAND CAUSING IT TO TURN SIDEWAYS, EE TRIED TO MOVE STAND BY HAND CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK
SECTION WAS BELTING BACK, EE WAS PULLING BELT STAND FROM UNDER BELT. WHEN STAND CLEARED THE BELT, THE ROLLER FELL OUT OF STAND CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER (ON LEFT HAND) BETWEEN STAND AND ROLLE R.
WHILE WALKING THRU THE MINE IN A STOOPED POSITION DUE TO THE MINE HEIGHT BEING 4'. AS HE WENT THRU FLY PAD/CURTAIN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE MINER BOOM
EE HAD COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN AND SENSATION SINCE THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY 10-05-01. THIS DATE 10-09-01 HE REQUESTED TO COME OUTSIDE SINCE THE PAIN WAS INCREASED.
EMPLOYEE GRABBED LID OF ROOF BOLTER THAT WAS SLIDING AWAY FROM HIM AS HE WAS REMOVING IT TO MAKE REPAIRS AND WHEN HE CAUGHT IT HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.
WHILE LIFTING A BAG OF ROCK DUST EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SHOVEL OF COAL WHEN HE HEARD SOMETHING SNAP IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. STRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING AIRLOCK DOOR TO BRING SCOOP THROUGH. HE HAD ONE DOOR OPEN AND HIS SHOULDER AGAINST THE OTHER DOOR AND HIS HEAD WAS DOWN WHEN THE OPEN DOOR CLOSED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEA D, LEFT & RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK.
EE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES OUT ON SCOOP. THE BATTERIES WERE ON THE GROUND AND BEING CHARGED. WHILE HOOKING THE RECEPTICALS UPON SCOOP HE STEPPED OFF THE BATTERIES INTO THE SCOOP AND HIT HIS LEF T KNEE ON BRACKET THAT HOLDS BATTERIES IN PLACE ON SCOOP.
EMPLOYEES WERE TRYING TO LOCATE A WATER LEAK ON THE MINER. THEY PULLED THE CENTRAL PIN BETWEEN 2OFF SIDE RUB RAILS & PUSHED THE SHORT RAIL BACK TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE WATER FILTER. REASSEMBLING THE MINER, THEY WERE PUSHING THE METAL COVER IN.WHILE SEATED ON THE MINE FLOOR W/BACKS AGAINST THE RIB & FEET AGAINST THE COVER, THE INJURED PLACED HIS FOOT UNDER THE RAIL & IT FELL ON L FOOT
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING A TIRE ON SHUTTLE CAR. HE JACKED THE CAR UP THE LENGTH OF THE JACK, BLOCKED UP THE CAR, AND LET THE JACK DOWN TO ADD BLOCKING UNDER THE JACK TO JACK THE CAR U P HIGHER. WHILE JACKING UP THE CAR, THE CAR STARTED SLIDING TOWARD THE EE. HE ATTEMPTED TO STEP BACK OUT OF THE WAY WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE BLOCKING. THE CAR FELL OFF THE BLOCKING AND
EE WAS CHANGING A FOAM FILLED TIRE ON SHUTTLE C AR WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. HE STARTED EXPERIENCING MEDICAL PROBLEMS AFTER THIS BUT DID NOT CONNECT IT TO THE STRAIN HE HAD ON 6/4. E MPLOYEE'S CONDITION WAS NOT DETERMINED WORK RELATED UNTIL 6-20-2001. EE MISSED 6/5,12,13,14,16,20 AND IS STILL LOSING TIME.
EE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE. HE THREW A PIECE.WHEN IT LANDED MUD SPLASHED INTO HIS LEFT EYE. THE DOCTOR KEPT HIM OFF WORK 2 DAYS.
EE WAS BACKING THE MINER IN ORDER TO SET OVER. HE PULLED SLACK IN THE MINER CABLE AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS HELPING TO BUILD A BRATTICE WHERE AN OLD BRATTICE HE BEEN KNOCKED OUT. A PIECE OF CINDER BLOCK APPROX. 6"X6"X1" WAS STUCK ON THE ROOF AND DISLODGED STRIKING THE INJURED THUMB CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE.
EE WAS PULLING FLEXIBLE WATERLINE WHEN HE FELT APAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS INSTALLING RAILS AND JACKS TO SUPPORT BAD TOP IN MINE WHEN ONE OF THE RAILS FELL AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT LEG LOWER CAUSING A BRUISE.
EE WAS PULLING WATER LINE BESIDE ROOF DRILL A ROOF STRAP WAS ON TOP OF THE DRILL. THE INJURED HIT HIS ARM ON THE ROOF STRAP CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE HAD LIFTED A CHAIN PIN 1 1/2" ROUND AND 30" LONG AS HE PROCEEDED TO USE IT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEGS.
EE STRAINED A MUSCLE ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG WHILE CROSSING OVER THE LOWERED DE-ENERGIZED MBC.
EE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK INSTALLING TOP ROLLERS WHILE HELPING WITH A BELT MOVE.
EE BENT OVER TO PLUG CHARGER ONTO 4-WHEELER. WHEN HE RAISED UP HE INJURED HIS LOW BACK.
EE WAS GREASING A BELT ROLLER. HE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM ON A PIECE OF METAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TRUSS BOLTS AND AS HE PUSHED THE BOLT INTO THE HOLE HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
EE INJ HIS LEFT KNEE LIFTING LIDS & RUB RAILS OF MINER. HE SAW DR 10/6/00 RTW 10/9/00 KNEE CONTD TO HURT SAW DR AGAIN 10/13/00 DR TOOK OFF WORK AT THIS EXAM
EE WAS UNLOADING A ROLL OF BELT BY HIMSELF. THE BELT GOT AWAY, AND ROLLED OVER HIS LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING THE MINER CABLE. WHEN HE GOT IT OVER HIS HEAD HIS BACK POPPED & HE REPORTEDPAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. DOCTOR IS TREATING FOR A STRAINED MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A BELT TO MAKE A SPLICE. HE PULLED HARD AND INJURED HIS LOWER STOMACH (GROIN) MUSCLE.
DRILL SUCTION STOPPED UP AND AS INJ WAS TRYING TO UNSTOP THE DRILL HEAD A ROCK SLID OFF ATRS AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE & CHEEK AREA. CAUSING BRUSIES & LACERATIONS
EE FELT A SHARP PAIN ACROSS TOP AND FRONT OF SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING ROOF BOLT ABOVE HIS HEAD.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE GROIN AREA WITH A CHAIN HOIST WHEN THE CHAIN HOIST HOOK FAILED CAUSING BRUISES AND LACRATIONS TO THE GROIN AREA.
EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE & FELT TWINGE IN HIS BACK CONT'D TO WORK UNTIL 8/25/00 DR TOOK HIMSELF OFF WORK 8/25/00
EMPLOYEE GOT PARTICLES IN HIS EYES PUTTING BOLTS IN THE GREASE CASE OF THE MINER. ON 8-7-00 HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A BAG OF ROCK DUST AND TWISTED AROUND TO PLACE IT ON THE SCOOP WHEN HE FELT ASHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE HANGING A MINER CABLE. LOST TIME BEGAN 07/16/00.
WE HAD PUT A ROLL OF BOLT ONTO THE PLANT FEED BELT LINE. EMPLOYEE WAS BEHIND THE TAIL ROLLER. THE BOLT SLID AROUND, PINNING EMPLOYEES LEG BETWEEN THE ANGLE IRON RAIL AND THE BELT.