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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A RIGHT ANGLE AIR DRILL TO DRILLOUT A BROKEN FITTING AND THE DRILL SLIPPED CAUSING THE BIT TO LACERATE HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEENTHE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 8 SUTURES. THE EE CONTINUES TO WORK AT HIS NORMAL JOB.
WHILE WELDING, A EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES.
EE WAS COUPLING ROOF DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE ROOF DRILL HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN INSERT BROKE. HE THEN STARTED TO ROTATE THE ROOF BOLT CAUSING THE BOLTING WRENCH TO COME OUT OF THE DRILL HEAD STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE O F HIS FOREHEAD CAUSING ONE INCH LACERATION.
WHILE DRILLING A TEST HOLE IN THE ROOF THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A ROOF BOLT PLATE WHEN IT FELLFROM THE TRAY ON THE ROOF BOLTER BOOM. THE WOUND REQUIRED SUTURES FOR CLOSURE.
EE HAD RECENTLY INSTALLED A RIB BOLT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF #5 ENTRY WHEN THE EE LOWERED HIS CANOPY AND STARTED TO SWING THE RIGHT BOOM TOWARDS THE CENTER HOLE, A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK MEASURING 6' LONG X 2' WIDE X 0-2" THICK, FELL FROM THE TOP,STRIKING THE EE IN THE LOW BACK.
EE WAS USING A BATTERY POWERED SAW TO CUT PIPE- CUT END OF LEFT RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING OFF A MECHANISM BEAM WHEN HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK (HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 6/11/02).
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD STARTED A ROOF BOLT IN HOLE AND WAS STRAIGHTNENING THE BOLT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN.
EE WAS REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM THE HOLE. WHILE LETTING THE HEAD DOWN A PIECE OF ROCK THAT HAD BEEN PUSHED OVER USING THE DRILL HEAD, FELL BACK UNDER THE HEAD. WHEN THE HEAD CONTACTED THE ROC K THE HEAD SHIFTED TO THE SIDE & THE EE'S INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BTWN THE DRILL STEEL & THE CANOPY RING. EE CONTINUED TO WORK TILL 3/22/02 WHEN A MEDICAL SPECIALIST PLACE HIM ON RESTRICTIONS
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED DRILLING A 5 FT HOLE AND WAS REMOVING THE DRILL STEEL AND THE FINISHER HUNG IN THE HOLE. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR THE FINISHER AND AT THAT TIME THE STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LITTLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND CAUSING A DISLOCATION OF THE FINGER.
THE INJURED EE HAD GONE TO #4 ENTRY TO OBSERVE THE CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR TAKE THE FIRST CUTOUT OF THE PILLAR BLOCK ON THE LT. SIDE OF THE ENTRY. AFTER ARRIVING AT THE MINER, A PIECE OF ROCK 8 1/2'LONG X 27"WIDE X 10"THICK ROLLED OUT OF THE RIB CATCHING THE EE ON THE RT. CALF CAUSING A FRACTURE OF HIS RT. ANKLE.
EE HAD PUT UP RIB BOLT AND WAS MOVING OVER TO INSTALL SECOND BOLT. HE HEARD ROCK STARTING TO BREAK AND FALL. HE STARTED MOVING TOWARD BACK OF PINNER. FALLING ROCK STRUCK HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER, TOP BUMPED, PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEG.
ON 11/03/01 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS HAVINGPAIN IN HIP AND L.POB WANTING TO SEE A DR.DENIEDWORK INJURY ONE SUPERVISOR DOCUMENTED EMPLOYER ILLNESS. EMPLOYEE REPEATEDLY DENIED WORK RELATED INJURY TO OTHER MINE MANAGEMENT. ON 11/15/01 CALLED MINE SUPERINTENDENT TO ? EXPENSES IN ON WORKMANS COMP. INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL WORKRELATED INJURY.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HOLDING A TIMBER AND SAW-ING THE TIMBER AT THE SAME TIME- SAW SLIPPED ANDSTRUCK EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF HAND.
EE WAS INSTALLING 1 ST BOLT IN #5 CROSSCUT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL IN FRONT OF ATRS AND END OF ROCK STRUCK EE ON THIGH. EE WAS TREATED AT A MEDICAL FUCILITY AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK AT REGULAR DUTY. THIS EE WORKS A FOUR ON FOUR OFF WORK SCHEDULE AND WAS A LOT DUE TO WORK UNTIL 10-01-01 AND HE FAILED TO REPORT TO WORK DUE TO PAIN IN AREA OF INJURY./
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A REMOTE CONTROL CONT MINER WHILE HOLDING THE REMOTE UNIT A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK APPROX 12" SQ FELL FROM ROOF ONTO BOX MASHING HIS HAND AND FINGERS BETWEENROCK AND REMOTE UNIT.
EE WAS USING A 48" GLUE BOLT TO DETERMINE ITS PLACEMENT FROM THE SOLID RIB. THE EE WAS HODLIGN THE ROOF BOLT PERPINDICULAR AND ENGAGED THE SWING ON THE ROOF BOLTER OPR. SIDE. THE BOOTM STRUCK THE BOLT THE EE WAS HOLDING JAMMING IT INTO THE
EE WAS OPERATING JACKLEG DRILL BOLT CYCLE LOWERING DRILL AFTER HOLE COMPLETED, STEEL FELL OUT, STRIKING EE ON RIGHT HAND.
THE EE WAS MAKING UP ROOF BOLTS WHEN AN UNDETECTED PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER. THE EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3-4-02 AT WHICH TIME HE SAW A MEDICAL SPECIALIST T HAT PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTIONS AT THAT TIME.
EE WAS DRILLING A 5' HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK(22" LONG X 5" WIDE X 2" THICK) FELL FROM ROOF ONTO DRILL BOOM TOP THEN ONTO EMPLOYEE'S FOOT. THE ROCK CUT A 3/4" TO 1" ROUND HOLE IN TOP OF EMPLOYEE'S BOOT AND INTO TOP OF FOOT.
EE WAS HAND ROCK DUSTING THE LEFT RIB IN THE #4 ENTRY APPROX. 16' OUTBY FACE. A ROCK APPROX. 9 -1/2' LONG, 24" WIDE, UP TO 7" THICK FELL FROM ROOF ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT AND ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL (JACK LEG). ROCK FELL FROM ROOF OF MINE, HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE. CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO RIGHT LEG DOWN TO FOOT.
EE WAS TRYING TO START A DRILL HOLE IN AN AREA OF SLOPING ROOF WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING APPROX 18" LONG X 12" WIDE X 8" THICK FELL FROM ROOF MASHING HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND DRILL HEAD.
EMPLOYEE STATED WAS IN A TIGHT POSITION BENDING A ROOF BOLT TO INSTALL- FEELING PAIN IN HIS KNEE. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 4-19-01. STARTED RESTRICTED DUTY ON 4-20-01.
EE STATED HE WAS BACKING THE DOZER FROM A COAL PILE THAT MEASURED 3' HIGH AND AS THE REAR OF THE DOZER NEARED THE EDGE OF THE SMALL PILE, THE DOZER TIPPED, CAUSING THE REAR OF THE DOZER TO STR IKE THE CONCRETE PAD. EE STATED, WHEN THE DOZER STRUCK THE CONCRETE PAD HE WAS JARRED IN THE DOZER'S SEAT.
WHILE PERMFORMING NORMAL DUTIES BENDING ROOF BOLTS & INSTALLING EE NOTICED SEVERE PAIN IN LOW BACK. EE IS CURRENTLY NOT WORKING DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BENT ROOF BOLT FROM THE DRILL POD. THE EE ENGAGED ROTATION ON THE DRILL POD AND THE BOLT WAS RELEASED STRIKING THE EE ON THE RIGHT WRIST.
THE EE WAS OPERATING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FLETCHER DUAL HEAD ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS BOLTING IN 7 RT. THE SECOND 20' CUT HAD BEEN TAKEN. HE HAD DRILLED THE FIRST HOLE OF THE SECOND ROW AND WAS RE MOVING THE STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK THAT WAS UNDETECTED FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT THUMB. THE ROCK WAS APPROX 23" X 18" X 8" THICK.
ON 2/1/01 EE REPORTED AN ALLEGED INJURY BY PHONETO A MINE SUPERVISOR AT HIS HOME. THE ALLEGED INJURY WAS TO HAVE OCCURED WHILE THROWING ROOF BOLT PLATES ACROSS THE ROOF DRILL TO HIS COWORKER AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE DRILL WC HAS RULED COMPENSIBLE. INTERVER INVESTIGATION EVALUATEDTHE COWORKER REMEMERED EE HURTING HAND SOMETIME IN 2000. NO MANAGEMENT EE WAS AWARE OF ISSUE PRI
CONT. MINER OPERATOR WAS CUTTING FACE OF #5 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP OF RIB STRIKING EE 'S HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND REMOTE BOX. CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL WHILE PULLING STEEL LOST FOOTING AND FELL, TWISTED LEFT LEG. SWOLLEN LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS OPERATING CHAIN SAW, CUT A LIMB THAT WAS IN A BIND. LIMB STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD AND WHEN HE FELL THE SAW CUT IS LEFT FOOT.
EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING RIGHT SIDE OF DRILL. AFTER MAKING VISUAL AND SOUND TEST, OPERATOR MOVED DRILL HEAD OUT TO INSTALL RIB BOLT, WHEN AN UNDETECTED ROCK STRUCK EE ON HEAD AND SHOULDER. A FTER ER VISIT, HE RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. WORKED UNTIL 4/12/01, WHEN THE MEDICAL SPECIALIST PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE SECOND CUT OF 8 RIGHT CROSSCUT APPROX 35' INBY SPAD 741. THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL STRAPS ACROSS A VISIBLE SLIP IN THE MINE ROOF AND HAD SWUNG HIS HE AD OUT TO INSTALL RIB BOLT. WHEN EE STARTED DRILLING THE HOLE THE BIT BROKE LOOSE A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 2' X 1.5' X 2.5" THICK STRIKING IM ON THE LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.
EE WAS LOWERING THE PINNER CANOPY WHEN IT TILTEDSTRIKING HIM CHIPPING A TOOTH. 10/1/00 LAST DAY OF REGULAR CYCLE RETD TO WORK REG CYCLE 10/6/00
EE STATED HE HAD MOVED PINNER BOOM OVER TO INSTALL CORNER BOLT, SWUNG BOOM OVER ON HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PUTTING A PIN IN #2 BRIDGE MBC JACK, JACK SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN JACK AND BRACKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER FROM #6 ENTRY TO #7 ENTRY. THE ATRS AT BOLTER CAUGHT VENTILATION CURTAIN AND HE PLACED HIS ARM UPON EDGE OF DECK TO RAISE HIMSELF UP TO GET BETTER VISION AND CAUGHT HIS ARM BETWEEN RIB AND DECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE MINER BROOM WHILE LOADING A UNIHAULER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME OFFHEAD OF MINER STRIKING MINER ON HIS RIGHT LEG AND FOOT.
EE STATED HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT IN HOLE, STARTED TO STRAIGHTEN BOLT, BOLT TURNED TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS IN PROCESS OF RESPOSITIONING BOOM OF DRILL THESA. WAS SOME LOOSE DRAW ROCK ON MINE FLOOR. HER FOOT HAD SLIPPED OFF OF SOME OF THIS ROCK AND AT SOME TIME SHE HAD A MUSCLE SPASM IN HER LE G. SHE WAS STRAIGHTING HER LEG TO EASE THE SPASMAND EXTENDED HER FOOT UNDER DRILL BOOM AND WHEN SHE SET JACK DOWN IT SET DOWN ON HER TOE.
DOZER OPERATOR WAS CARRING MATERIAL TO COVER SLOPE, DOZER SLID OFF FLAT ROCK CAUSING DOZER TO GO SIDE WAYS ON STEEP SLOPE. AFTER DOZER BECAME IN OPERATIVE OPEATION EXITED CAB AND SLIPPED ON LO OSE MATERIAL CAUSING LACERATION TO HEAD.
WHILE BOLTING TOP, A SMALL PPIECE OF SLATE TOP STRUCT VICTIM IN BOTTOM LIP. CUT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES. SUBJECT RETURNED TO WORK ON NORMAL JOB DUTIES. THIS REPORT IS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES ONLY.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS MOVING MINER AND WATER LINE TO MINERSTRUCK HIM ON SIDE OF KNEE.
EE HAD DRILLED A HOLE FOR A ROOF BOLT INSTALLATION, TURNED TO GET A STICK OF RESIN FROM HOLDING TRAY WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL STRUCK HIM ON THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE.
EE HAD FINISHED INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT. MOVED TO NEXT POSITION TO INSTALL ANOTHER BOLT AND WHEN HE REACHED FOR DRILL STEEL, A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 6" X 6" X 3/4" FELL FROM ROOF, STRUCK EE ON E AR.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVING A PIECE OF FOULED DRILL STEEL OUT OF TOP. WHEN EMPLOYEE WALKED AROUND FRONT OF BOLTER HE SLIPPED AND FELL, KNOCKING HIS HARD HAT OFF. THE STEEL FELL ND HIT HIM ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD.
EE STATED HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT IN OW TOP AND FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER. WENT TO DR ON 5-22-00 STARTED LOSING TIME ON 5-23-00.