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EE AND COWORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO PRY A SECTION OF "EICO TRAC" ON LONGWALL FACE. THE SLATE BAR SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE FACE CONVEYOR. IT HIT A FLIGHT AND SWUNG OUT, STRIKING EE IN LEFT RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A DAMAGED RUBBER AIR HOSE. HE WAS TIGHTENING A BREEZE BAND WITH A SCREW DRIVER. THE SCREW DRIVER SLIPPED OUT OF SLOT IN BREEZE BAND AND PUNCTURED LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FIRST FINGER.
EE WAS REMOVING THE LID FROM A 5-GALLON OIL CAN TO USE TO MIX B-BOND. HE WAS PULLING LID WITH A PAIR OF CHANNELLOCKS. HIS GRIP SLIPPED AND EE CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON LID. EE RECEIVED 6 STITCHES IN LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE. HE WAS USING A CHAIN COME-ALONG TO PULL THE SECTIONS OF BELT TOGETHER HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A COME-ALING TO MOVE THE SHEAR CUTTER MOTOR OFF THE FACE. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS GROIN.
SOME ROCK HAD FALLED ONTO THE LONGWALL PANLINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING THE ROCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.
EE WAS OPENING A LARGE WHEEL VALVE USING A BAR THRU THE SPOKES TO INCREASE LEVERAGE.T HE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE SPOKES CAUSING THE EE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL FORWARD INTO A WATER PIPE.
EE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE ALONG A CONVEYOR BELT. THE SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND BOTTOM ROLLER, JERKING SHOVEL, AND TWISTING EE'S ARMS.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 15 IN CRESCENT WRENCH TO LOOSEN A HYDRAULIC FITTING ON A SCOOP. THE FITTING "BROKE" EASILY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HIS LEFT RING FINGER AGAINST THE SCOOP. NOTE: EMPLOYE E CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 10-27-03 WHEN HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EE WAS MAKING A SPLICE IN A MACHINE CABLE. AS HE STRUCK THE SPLICING ANVIL WITH A HAMMER, A SLIVER OF STEEL SPALLED OFF AND STRUCK EE ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FIRST FINGER IMPALING ITSEL F.
EE AND 2 OTHERS WERE RAISING AND POSITIONING A STEEL BANK BOARD AT A NEW BELT TRANSFER INSTALATION USING 3 COME-ALONGS. ONE SET OF COME-ALONGS WAS DISCONNECTED TO READJUST THE HOOKUP; A SECOND SET SLIPPED OFF THE BANK BOARD, ALLOWING THE BANK BOARD TO TILT AND FALL. THE BANK BOARD PINNED THE INJURED EE AGAINST THE CONVEYOR BELT.
AFTER MAKING A SPLICE IN A CONVEYOR BELT THE EE WAS RELEASING TENSION ON A SET OF COMEALONGS WHICH HAD BEEN USED TO GAIN SLACK IN THE BELT. THE COMEALONG BECAME STUCK ON A TOP BELT ROLLER. WHI LE ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE COMEALONG THE TOP ROLLER "POPPED" OUT & STRUCK EE IN THE CHEST.
EE WAS WORKING AS LONGWALL SHEAR OPERATOR. SOME LARGE PIECES OF ROCK HAD FALLEN OUT & INTO THE FACE CONVEYOR. EE WAS USING AN 8 LB SLEDGE TO BREAK THE ROCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOUL DER. NOTE: EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6-17-02 AT WHICH TIME HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A COME-A-LONG TO TENSION THE BELT TAKE UP ROLLER. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOW BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 4-29-02 WHEN HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION, FIRST DAY OFF WORK.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE SETTING A POST ALONG THE CONVEYOR BELT ENTRY. AS ONE FINISHED HAMMERING THE WEDGE ABOVE THE POST A PIECE OF SLATE 12" X 12" X1" BROKE OFF, FELL AND STRUCK HIS NOSE.
EE WAS HELPING BELT REPAIR CREW FINISH A SPLICE IN THE CONVEYOR BELT. THEY HAD USED A COME-ALONGAND ROPE GRAB TO GAIN SLACK IN THE BELT. THE ROPE GRAB DISLODGED FROM THE BELT AND STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING SPADS INTO THE COAL RIB USING A SPAD DRIVER. EMPLOYEE STATED HIS HAND BEGANTO SWELL AND HE FELT PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING A CREW OF EMPLOYEES RERAILA SUPPLY CAR WITH A LIFTING JACK. THE LIFTING JACK KICKED OUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS CUTTING A LOOSE PIECE OF RUBBER LAGGING OFF A BELT PULLEY USING A RAZOR KNIFE. THE KNIFESLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.
EE WAS WORKING AT REMOVING A TAILPIECE FROM AN IDLED BELT CONVEYOR. HE WAS RAISING THE TAILPIECE WITH A LIFTING JACK. THE JACK SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE TAILPIECE CAUSING THE JACKBAR TO PINCH EE'S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN END OF BAR AND COAL RIB.
THE EE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO SLEW A TRACK RAIL OVER TO THE SIDE. AS HE LIFTED ON THE BAR HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK RIGHT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT METAL BAND WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCK PLIERS. THE BAND STRUCK HIS ARM WHEN IT BROKE. CAUSE OF INJURY WAS NOT USING PROPER TOOLS AND AWARENESS. COMPLIANCE WITH R ULES AND REGS NOT A FACTOR, MINER PROFICIENCY A FACTOR, MINING SYSTEMS/ EQUIPMENT NOT A FACTOR.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE LONGWALL SET UP CREW. HE WAS USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT HEMP ROPE INTO SECTIONS FOR HANGING HOSES. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIMSELF ON THE LEFT WRIST.
LIFTING LUG BROKE FROM A PIECE OF CHUTE THAT WAS BEING RAISED WITH A CHAIN FALL AND WHEN THE CHUTE FELL IT HIT THE GROUND FIRST THEN ROLLED BACK AND THE CORNER OF THE CHUTE CUT THE MAN'S RIGHT LOWER LEG.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A BOLT/NUT ON A DEISTER TABLE HANGER USING 2 PAIRS OF CHANNEL LOCKS. EE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT ELBOW. NOTE: DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8/28/00 - FIRST DAY OFF.
EE WAS USING A PRY BAR WOODEN TO DISLODGED A ROCK WHICH WAS WEDGED IN A BELT TRANSFER CHUTE. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OUT, THE EE LOST HIS BALANCE FELL FORWARD, AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN TH E PRY BAR AND A SECTION OF THE METAL CHUTE.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A BOLT/NUT. THE NUT WAS SO TIGHT HE TRIED HITTING THE WRENCH WITH A HAMMER. HE MISSED THE WRENCH AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.