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EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOWER I BEAM STRUCTURE WITHCOME-A-LONGS. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ON TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LEG WHEN THE BEAM WEDGED ON A T BOARDIN THE MINE ROOF. HE WAS UNAWARE OF THIS CONDITI ON AND WHEN THE BEAM CAME LOOSE, HIS FINGERS WERE CRUSHED AT THE FIRST JOINT ON HIS LEFT HAND. RING AND MIDDLE FINGER.
EE STATED HE WAS USING A "T" BOARD TO LIFT CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE BOARD SLIPPED OUT STRIKING HIM IN THE NOSE. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO HIS NOSE.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS MOVING A ROCK BAR WHILE CLEANING UP WORK AREA AND HE DROPPED IT ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STRIKING METAL ROD TO KNOCK BIT SHANK OUT OF SLEEVE ON MINER HEAD WHEN THE HAMMER HEAD CAME OFF OF HANDLE AND STRUCKTHE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS HAND.
EE WAS CUTTING BELTING USED FOR SKIRTS ON TAILPIECE WHEN THE KNIFE BLADE BROKE RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EE WAS HELPING SET BITS IN THE CONTINUOUS MINER DRUM WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER RIGVHT EYE LID.
EE WAS HELPING HANG MESH WIRE IN HIGH TOP TO PREVENT LOOSE MATERIAL FROM FALLING WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HAND LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH HAMMER. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE AND LACERATION TO THE TIP O F THE FINGER.
EE STATED HE WAS SQUATTING DOWN WHILE PRYING UP ON RAIL TIE, WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE POPPED AND LOCKED UP. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 10-8-98.
EE WAS JACKING ON A WRECK MANTRIP AND JACK TILTED AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN JACK AND MANTRIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON GROVE CRANE, LOOSENING BOLTS ON STARTER, FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT ELBOW.
EE WAS REMOVING PLYWOOD FORMS FROM CONCRETE. USING 2X4 TO PRY BOARD LOOSE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS NAILING UP LINE CURTAIN AND STRUCK HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WITH A HAMMER RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS JACKING A WRECKED LOCOMOTIVE BACK ONTO THE TRACK WHEN HE GOT HIS THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN A CRIB BLOCK AND THE FRAME OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT THUM B.
EMPLOYEE STATED SHE WAS HELPING DISMANTLE AN OLD OVERCAST WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER BACK. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 3/4/98
EE STATED HE WAS HELPING MOVE A PIECE OF 14" PIPE WITH A ROCK BAR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 11/18/97.
EE WAS HELPING INSTLL FLYWHEEL ON THE LONGWALL CRUSHER UNIT, UTILIZATION 2 SETS OF COMEALONGS EE WAS LOCATED NEXT TOT HE FLYWHEEL ATTEMPTING TO ALINE SPLINES ON THE SHAFT, WHEN THE FLYWHELL TILTED FALLING OVER TOWARD THE RIBLINE STRIKING EE ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDER. FIRST LOST WORK DAYOCCURED ON 10/6/97
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS REMOVING STAPLE LOCK HOSE COUPLING FROM A LONGWALLL SHIELD WITH A CHISEL AND HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF MATERIAL STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE DR ON 9-18-9 7 FOR X-RAYS AFTER STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND WITH A HAMMER AND DISCOVERED A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS LLEFT INDEX FINGER KNUCKLE, WHICH HAD TO BE SURGICALLY REMOVED DUE TO IT'S LOCATION.
EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EE WAS CUTTING A SOLID CONCRETE BLOCK WITH AN AXE AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A 1" LACERATION TO THE PALM OF THE HAND
EE STATED HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BELT WIPER MATERIAL WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED RESULTING IN A 1 1/2 CM LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT LEG (KNEE AREA).
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BEAT PIN OUT OF A CONTINUOUS MINER CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
EE WAS WORKING ON A TRACK SWITCH WITH A ROCK BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING ON A ROCK IN THE STAMLER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UP STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LOWER JAW WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION.
EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WHILE MAKING A SPLICE IN THE BELT USING A UTILITY KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT THUMB.
EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE STATED HE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT OUT OF WALKWAY WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCK PLIERS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND DOWN HIS RIGHT LEG. FIRST LOST WORK DAY DID NOT OC CUR UNTIL 11-30-95.
EE WAS REPAIRING 6" WATER LINE ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT JOINTS WITH METAL BINDER, BINDER BROKE AND AS INJURED ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE BROKEN BAND FROM BINDER, HE CUT THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND ON BROK EN BAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING YB AREA WHERE VULCANIZERS WERE REMOIVNG STAPLE LOCK FITTING ON HYDRAULIC HOSE BY STRIKING CHANNEL LOCK PLIERS AND A PIECE OF MATERIAL STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE .
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A SET OF COME A LONGS DOWN THE LONGWALL FACE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAININ HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS BEATING ON A STEEL BALL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TRYING TO DISLODGE THE BALL. AS HE WAS STRIKING THE BALL A PIECE OF METLAL BROKE OFF STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT LEG AND PIERCING THE SKI N-THE PIECE OF METAL MADE A LACERATION AND HAD TO BE SUTURED.
INJURED WAS USING A ROCK BAR TO PRY A TIRE ONTO THE HUB STUDS WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. NOTE: THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 09-15-94 BUT NO WORK DAYS WERE LOST DUE TO INJURY UNTIL 10- 04-94.
EE WAS PULLING A ROLLER BRACKET BACK INTO PLACE WITH A PAIR OF COMEALONGS, WHEN THE HOOK AND CHAIN CONNECTION CAME LOOSE, ALLOWING THE HOOK TO STRIKE HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO LOOSE & REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE SECTION FEEDER WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS SIDE IN THE RIB AREA
WHILE MAKING REPAIRS TO A TRACK MOUNTED PERSONNEL CARRIER A WRENCH SLIPPED FROM A FITTING CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS THUMB AND HYPEREXTEND IT. THIS CONTINUED TO HAVE SOME PAIN PERSIST IN THE THUM BE AREA RESULTING IN SURGERY TO DISCOVER AND CORRECT THE INJURY ON 10-28-93, OF WHICH IS THE FIRST LOST WORK DAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TRACK HAMMER TO DRIE SPIKES INTO A TIE WHEN THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE HEAD OF A SPIKE CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS ARM FROM A HYPEREXTENSION
EMPLOYEE STATES HIS FINGER WS CAUGHT BETWEEN A 3/8" CHAIN AND A BHOOK ON A SET OF COME-A-LONGS WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL. HE WAS PULLING THE CHAIN THROUGH THE HOOK WHEN THE INJURY OCCURR ED.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PAIR OF COME-ALONGS TO PULL AND HOLD A PIECE OF METAL IN PLACE FOR SECURING IT WHEN THE HOOK ON THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE AND FLEW BACK STRIKING HIM. THE CHAIN AND HOOK HAD CON SIDERABLE TENSION ON THEM WHEN THE HOOK SLIPPED FROM IT'S POSITION.
INJURED WAS CUTTING A METAL BAND FROM A BUNDLE OF TRACK TIES WHEN THE END OF THE BAND FLEW BACK AND STRUCK HIS ARM. THE END OF THE BAND HAD A SHARP EDGE AFTER BEING CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPING REPLACE A FAULTY LEG JACK ON A FACE SHIELD BY USING COME-A-LONGS TO PULL AND HOIST A JACK INTO POSITION. WHILE DOING SO THE LEG JACK ROLLE DAGAINST THE SIDE OF HIS LEG AN D KNEE RESULTING IN A BRUISE TYPE INJURY. HE DECLINED MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2-15-93 WHEN X-RAY REVEALED A FRACTURE INSTEAD OF A BRUISE.
INJURED WAS HELPING PULL & LOAD TRACK RAILS ON SECTION RAILS WERE BEING HOISTED & PULLED ONTO A RAIL CAR BY UTILIZING 3/8IN WIRE TOPE & SHEAVE WHEEL HUNG FROM ROOF WHILE A RAIL WAS BEING LOADE D INJURED REACHED & GOT HOLD OF ROPE CAUSING HISFINGER TO BE PULLED INTO THE SHEAVE WHEEL
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING A RATCHET AND SOCKET TO INSTALL A BRAKE BLOCK ON A LOCOMOTIVE WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AS HE PUSHED DOWN ON IT ALLOWING HIS ARM TO EXTEND SUDDENLY AND INJURED HIS S HOULDER.
55023ATES HE WAS USING A LIFTING BAR AND JACK TO REPLACE A JEEP BACK ONTO THE TRACKLING WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT OR SPLIT THE JACKET OF TRAILING CABLE WHEN THE BLADE SLIPPED AND CONTACTED HIS FINGER RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 3/4' DRIVE TRACHET AND SOCKET TO TIGHTEN A BOLT ON A RAM CAR BUMPER WHEN THE SOCKET SLIPPED FROM ITS POSITION ON THE BOLT HEAD WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED ALLOWING THE RATCH ET HANDLE TO STRIKE HIM ON THE CHIN.HE WAS PULLING IN HIS DIRECTION WITH THE HANDLE.
EMPL USING POCKET KNIFE TO CUT LID FROM PLASTIC BUCKET OF BRATTICE SEALART WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT ARM.
EMPL STATES HE WAS USING HAMMER TO STRIKE WRENCH TO LOOSEN FROZEN UP BOLT WHEN HE STRUCK HAND THAT HE WAS HOLDING WRENCH WITH.
EE STATED HE WAS USING A ROCK BAR TO PRY A PACT INTO PLACE WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIS THUMB TO BE JAMMED AGAINST THE FRAME OF A SCOOP. INUJURED REPORTED THE INCIDENT BUT REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 6-18-91.
EE WAS USING A COME A LONG AND CHAIN TO HOIST A RAM JACK FROM THE FACE CONVEYOR WHEN THE JACK BECAME CAUGHT AGAINST A SHIELD. IN AN ATTEMPT TO PUSH AND FREE IT HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT AGAINST THE HANDRAIL AND END OF JACK.
WHILE ATEEMPTING REPAIRS THE EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS FINGER WITHA SLEDGE HAMMER. THIS OCCURRED WHEN HE MISSED A PRY BAR HE WAS STRIKING, ALLOWING HIS FINGER TO BE STRUCK.
EMPL USING PRY BAR TO RAISE & POSITION DOZER STUMP GUARD FOR PLACEMENT ON MACHINE -STRAINED HIMSELF.TIME LOST FROM 2-11-91 DUE TO CORRECTIVE SURGERY.