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Lifting and tugging high voltage cable, loading on skid for recovery - he was diagnosed with a hernia on 7-9-07.

EE was lifting & loading rebar repetitively throughout the day.

1W#4, 24 X-Cut - Employee was carrying a 54" top roller in for replacement. Caught feet in a pile of BO hi-line, twisted back resulting in strain to lower back. DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME UNTIL 03/29/07.

MW#4 Road, 44 x-cut - Employee was working on hi-line recovery. Unhooked latch on hi-voltage hook. Weight of hi-line started to straighten the hook. Left hand was caught by hi-line and hook with latch end puncturing left thumb between joints. Injury resulted in a puncture wound requiring 2 sutures. NO LOST TIME. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.

Unit #3 - Employee was changing leaking hose in #137 Hauler. Slipped in oily bed. Caught self with right hand on side of bed to keep from falling. Incident resulted in a right wrist sprain. EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOSE TIME UNTIL 02/26/2007.

Unit # 2 - Employee was restacking concrete blocks on a pallet when one end of a block got hung up on an uncut band. This caused employee to drop one end of concrete block on left index finger causing a crushing injury, resulting in sutures. NO LOST TIME. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.

(MT) : Employee was picking up acetylene bottle. The cap came loose, striking chin causing a laceration requiring sutures. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY. NO LOST TIME.

(LTA) : Unit # 1 - Employee was lifting rub rails on #55 miner. Strained right chest muscle. Did not start losing time until 12/20/06.

1W#1 Belt, 12 x-cut - Employee was dusting belt. Employee attempted to go under water line and did not duck low enough. Jammed neck into water line causing a neck sprain.

Unit # 1 - Employee was hanging miner cable with high-line hooks when the cable came down. Caught the inside part of right hand between thumb and index finger on hook causing injury. Laceration required 6 sutures.

Unit #3 - Employee was installing 8' roof bolt. The bolt did not tighten up. Employee was trying to pull the bolt back out of the hole and off pod. Felt a pop in right shoulder.

Unit #1 - Employee was hanging miner cable. A piece of tie wire went behind safety glasses and left eye was injured, resulting in a scratched eye. RTW 08/11/06. Lost 3 Work Days.

Unit # 3 - Employee set-up miner in the face of the #4 entry. After set-up, the employee was throwing cable along ribline. Experienced pain in lower back radiating down left leg.

Unit #1 - Employee was putting down cable crossers to take the bolter into #2 entry. When employee was lifting miner cable to move it against the corner of the rib, he experienced pain in lower back and a sharp pain going down left leg.

Unit #2 - Employee was bolting #8 entry. The height was 5' 9". Experienced pain in lower back going down left side and left leg when moving a bundle of roof plates. Pain got worse as employee tried to resume bolting.

MW#3 - Employee was resetting timbers when a 6 x 6 timber slipped out of hands. Struck tip of nose on left side, causing a laceration requiring 3 sutures. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.

Supply Yard - Employee was helping truck driver untangle cables. Employee was lifting, pulling and tugging on cable, felt a pop in pelvis/lower back area. Pain going down right leg also. Reported incident. On way back to work, collapsed and began to have a sick feelingin stomach.

EE: Incline Belt Tail, Mother Belt Transfer - A long piece of rock was wedged in discharge. Employee was jerking on the rock (4 1/2' long, x 1 1/2' wide x 8" thick) trying to dislodge. After getting rock loose, employee picked up one end to remove from chute. Alledges feeling popping sensation and pain in right shoulder.

1W # 3 Take-Up - Employee was cleaning 1W # 2 tail. hit head, causing a burning sensation in middle of back.

(LTA) : Kersey Barn - Employee was loading a nitrogen bottle in back of mantrip. Strained lower back.

Employee: Cowling Bottom Tool Room - Employee was getting tool box and come-a-long out of belt crew tool box. The lid of the box (30" x 36") fell and closed on right hand. No fractures. Contusion/bruise type injuries to right hand and right index finger.

Main E Unit - Employee was attempting to install top right rear cover on miner. Pushed cover, injured/twisted right knee.

Main E Unit - Employee was helping tip up a large rock to get miner hose out from beneath it with 2 other employees. Employee alledges pain down left leg, hip, and near tailbone. Report states this area has been injured once before.

EE 2W Unit - Employee was helping a co-worker put cable bolt in hole. The glue was starting to set up. The bolt sprung and the roof plate struck employee on the right forearm causing a puncture/laceration wound requiring 9 sutures.

LOST TIME ACCIDENT. Main E Unit - Employee was pulling oxygen bottle out of truck when right thumb was smashed between bottle and truck bed, causing a contusion. Continued working until surgery (tendon repair) on 08/11/05.

5th wheel trailer hitch was lower than tractor hitch. Employee continued to push trailer trying to get under it to hook up. In the process, employee knocked the leg down that was supporting heinzman beam. The beam fell down about 2 feet, striking employee in the head, neck, and right shoulder.

Employee was putting in a 14' cable bolt. As employee was pulling and pushing it in the hole, experienced pain, starting in left side of neck, going down into left upper back and left shoulder. Continued to work. Disabled on 03/08/05.

Employee was allegedly lifting oxygen and acetylene bottles into empty trailer. Complained of strained back or ribs. The next morning, experiencing severe lower back pain.

COWLING LANDING LIFT - EE WAS HELPING PICK UP CELL FOR BATTERY OUT OF VAN. LOST CONTROL WHILE HANDLING CELL. CELL FELL ABOUT 4 INCHES, CATCHING EE'S LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN CELL AND FLOOR OF VAN. LACERATION TO LEFT RING FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.

EE allegedly was hanging hi-line during a power move. Caught right index in hi-line causing a laceration requiring sutures. Medical treatment only.

EE WAS USING 2 PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS TO CUT BAND ON BUNDLE OF BOLTS. AFTER THE BAND WAS CUT, IT SNAPPED BACK & HIT WRIST CAUSING A LACERATION TO TOP SIDE OF RIGHT WRIST.

EE WAS REMOVING BELT BLOCKS WHEN ROPE DOG SLIPPED. PORK CHOP SLIPPED ON ROPE AND STRUCK RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING A MINER CABLE WHILE MINING FACE, STANDING 7' INBY RIB BOARD. RIB FELL, STRIKING UPPER, RIGHT LEG. LACERATION REQUIRED 5 SUTURES. NO LOST TIME. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.

EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER REROUTED CM70. AFTER HANGING CABLE, THEY WERE GETTING THE REST OF SLACK AGAINST THE RIB. EMPLOYEE USED RIGHT LEG TO PUSH CABLE OVER. FELT A POP AND BURNING SENSATION IN RIGHT HAMSTRING. STRAIN TO RIGHT THIGH.

COWLING BOTTOM - EE WAS TROUBLESHOOTING UNDER THE HOOD MANTRIP. WHEN TROUBLESHOOTING WAS DONE, THE HOOD OF MANTRIP DROPPED DOWN, CRUSHING RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

EE WAS WORKING AS A ROOF BOLTER, LIFTING A 2 BY 4 BOARD. AT THE TIME, FELT POP IN SHOLDER. WENT AHEAD BOLTING, BUT SOMETHING DID NOT FEEL RIGHT.

BATTERIES WERE BEING CHARGED ON SHUTTLE CAR. EE'S HEAD HIT CANOPY, EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS NECK.MEDICAL REPORTS & RECORDS CONCLUDE THAT THIS EE HAS EXTENDED HISTORY OF NECK PAIN/STRAINS RELATE D TO REPETITIVE TRAUMA & NON-WORK RELATED CONDITIONS.

EE, B2 UNIT ROADWAYS, EE WAS RIDING MANTRIP OUT, STRUCK HEAD ON A BOLT END. PUSHED EE INTO THE BACK QUARD OF MANTRIP. LACERATION TO FOREHEAD, CONTUSION ON BACK. STARTED LOSING TIME ON 2-10-03.

B2#2 BELT LINE - EE WAS REMOVING A CONVEYOR SHAFT OUT OF THE L.S. CONVEYOR MOTOR ON #69 MINER. WHEN HE PULLED THE SHAFT OUT, IT WAS OIL SLICK. THE OIL FELL ON HIS RIGHT UPPER/MIDDLE ARM CAUSIN G 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

EE WAS RECOVERING A HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE INTO A SKID AND EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN. EE RETURNED TO WORK AFTER INITIAL EVALUATION FROM DR. EE WENT BACK TO DR. ON 8/14/02 AND WAS DISABLED DUE TO CONTINUED PAIN. FIRST DAY LOST - 08/14/02.

1W#5 BELT - EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING BELT BLOCK. FOLD DOWN CLAMP WAS RELEASED ON OPPOSITE SIDE. THE BAR FLIPPED ACROSS THE BELT. EE PUT UP ARMS TO PROTECT FACE & HEAD & WAS STRUCK AGA INST THE LEFT FOREARM REQUIRING SUTURES FOR THE LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ON BELT. EXPERIENCED BULGING IN PELVIS AREA ON RIGHT SIDE AND PAIN. RIGHT INGUINAL HERNIA. STARTED MISSING TIME FOR SURGERY 6-11-02.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING ROOF BOLT GLUE INTO SCOOP. ONE BOX OF GLUE WAS WEDGED IN. PULLED ON BOX W/LEFT AHDN, HAND SLIPPED & STRUCK ROOF. LACERATIONS TO LEFT INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS REQ UIRING A TOTAL OF 10 SUTURES. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELTLINE & DEVELOPED LUMPIN SIDE OF GROIN. A FEW WEEKS AGO RUNNING RAMCAR, NOTICED PAIN WHICH WENT AWAY. SHOVELING DUE TO ROOF FALL. MINE WAS NOT PRODUCING COAL.

EE WAS LIFTING ROCK TO CLEAR WALKWAY. ROCK WAS ABOUT 2' LONG & 2-3" THICK. THE END OF THE ROCK BROKE CAUSING EE TO DROP IT & STRAIN HIS SHOULDER

SERVICING #113 CAR. CLIMBED UP ON TOP, LIFTED ENGINE COVER LID TO CHECK TRANSMISSION FLUID. AS HE DID THIS, HE STRAINED THE LEFT SIDE OF GROIN AREA. COMPLAINING OF PAIN. WENT TO ER AT HOSPITAL & WAS DIAGNOSED W/LEFT SIDE INGUINAL HERNIA. HERNIA TO BE REPAIRED ON 11-14-00.

EE WAS LOADING HYDRAULIC HOSE ON MANTRIP. ONE END OF THE HOSE WAS UNDER A PIECE OF METAL THAT THE MANTRIP TIRE WAS SITTING ON. THE MANTRIP COULD NOT BE MOVED SO EE PULLED ON HOSE TO GET IT OU T FROM UNDER THE METAL. STRAINED LOWER LEFT BACK. FIRST DAY MISSED 8-12-00.

EE, B1 #4 RECOVERY, #7 X CUT EE WAS BUILDING OMEGA WALL. WHILE LIFTING BLOCK OVER HEAD HE FELT PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA OF THE PELVIS ON THE LEFT SIDE. DR, LEFT SIDE GROIN HERNIA WORKED UNTIL 6/ 22-HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY.

B1 UNIT - EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE BELT MOVE; AS HE WAS INSTALLING A 42" TOP ROLLER, HE FELT APAIN AND A BULGE IN THE RIG SIDE OF HIS GROIN. DID NOT START MISSING UNTIL 6/5/00. TURNED IN PAST 10 DAY LIMIT DUE TO WAITING ON DR. REPORT. HERNIA WILL BE REPAIRED 6/19/00.