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EE ALLEGES HE WAS PUSHING MATERIAL WITH DOZER AND BACKED OVER ROCK. THE DOZER CAME DOWN HARD AND WHEN IT HIT, IT MUST HAVE TWISTED BACK. ON FRIDAY HE AGAIN FELT PAIN WHILE DOZING. ON SATURDAY HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF BED. HS FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1998.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON DRAGLINE AND FELT SLIGHT DISCOMFORT IN RIGHT EYE. THE NEXT DAY HIS EYE WAS HURTING HIM. ON 5-20-98 HE WENT TO EYE DOCTOR WHO FOUND A FLECK OF STEEL EMBEDDED IN THE EYE AND REMOVED IT.

EE BWAS ATTEMPTING TO RIP A LEDGE THAT JUTTED 10-15' OUT FROM HIGHWALL. WHNE HE TRIED TO MAKE ANOTHER PASS, THE TRACKS SLIPPED OFF THE LEDGE AND THE TRACTOR SLID DOWN 6-8' COMING TO AN ABRUPT STOP, WHICH TWISTED OPERATOR IN SEAT STRIANING HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS REMOVING CUTTING EDGES FROM A D-10 DOZER. HE WAS USING A 1" IMPACT WRENCH WHEN THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF. THE IMPACT WRENCH TORQUED AROUND SMASHING HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH HANDLE AND THE WEBBING ON THE BACK OF THE DOZER HE RECIEVED 10 SUTURES IN HIS FINGER TIP.

OPERATING A STEAM UNIT TO CLEAN EQUIPMENT. THE HOSE BUSTED NEAR THE HANDLE AND WAND ASSEMBLY SPRAYING THE OPERATOR WITH HOT WATER CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON UPPER RIGHT ARM. OPERATOR WAS N OT WEARING HIS RAIN COAT OR OVERALLS AT THE TIMEOF THE ACCIDENT.

EE WAS REMOVING A STEEL HYDRAULIC OIL SUPPLY LIHNE FROM THE RIGHT HOIST CYLINDER OF D-10 DOZER. WHEN THE LINE BROKE FREE, IT FELL & SMASHED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE LINE & THE DOZER FRAME, FRACTURING IT BETWEEN THE KNUCKLE & THE FIRST JOINT

EMP HOLDING ON TO A PIECE OF IRON WHILE BEING CRANED OUT OF BUILDING. HIS FINGER GOT PINCHED ANDAS A RESULT NEEDED THREE STITCHES.

35' CRANE TRUNED OVER. OPERATOR WAS THROWN FROM FENDER AS HE TRIED TO EXIT THE CRANE. LANDED DOWN THE BANK APPROX 30' FROM THE CRANE. ANKLE WAS FRACTURED (RIGHT ANKLE) AND OTHER MINOR CONTUSIO NS.

EMPLOYEE WOKE UP AFTER LEAVING WORK WITH THE FLU WITH BACK PAIN. WHEN IT DIDN'T GET BETTER HE WENT TO THE DR. AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF A VERTEBRA. IT MAY BE DUE TO OPER ATING DOZER ON 4-4-96 OR IT MAY BE A CHRONIC CONITION. HIS FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS 4-9-96. A BONE SCAN WILL BE DONE TO DETERMINE IF THE INJURY WAS CHRONIC OR ACUTE.

EE WAS OPERATING DOZER INTHE SPOIL AREA. A ROCK ROLLED IN BEHIND HIM & WHEN HE BACKED OVER IT HECAME DOWN HARD & JARRED HIS NECK. HE RECIEVED TREATMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR ON 2-29-96 FOR THE I NJURY.

EE WAS CUTTING THE BONNET OFF OF THE TRIPPER BELT WITH A CUTTING TORCH.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING D9L DOZER. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER ANY SPECIFIC INCIDENT BUT HIS FEET WERE NUMB AT THE END OF SHIFT. FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS 9-19-95.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WAGNER AXLE HOUSING WITH GRINDER IN SHOP AND A SMALL PARTICLE OF STEEL FELW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE SOMEHOUW AROUND THE SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE-SHIELDS HE WAS WEARING.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTION BROKE DYNATRAC CHAIN. WAS HE STEPPED OVER SPIL PLATE A PIECE OF ROCK AND COAL FELL FROMT EH FACE PINNING RIGHT LEG AGAINST SPILL PLATE.

MAKING CONNECTION ON THE RAISEDRILL, FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND DRIVE HEAD. DRIVE HEAD NOT SECURED FELL, CUTTING FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING BOLT CAVE AREA IN THE LONGWALL AND WHEN THE DRILL WAS BEING LOWERED AWAY FROM DRILL HOLE, THE DRILL STEEL CAME OUT OF DRILL CHUCK AND FELL OUT OF DRILL HOLE STRIKING EMPLO YEE ON LEFT HAND MIDDLE FINGER.

EE WAS AIR ARCING AND SLAGGING DRAGLINE HOIST CHAINS WHEN HE NOTICED SOME IRRITATION TO HIS LEFT EYE. AFTER VISUAL EXAMINATION BY ANOTHER WORKER IT WAS THOUGHT THERE WAS A SPOT ON HIS EYE. AFT ER DR EXAMINATION IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE SOME WELDING SLAG AND IT WAS REMOVED.

EE WAS WELDING OVERHEAD WHEN HE STATES HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT ABOVE HIS HEAD WHEN HE STRUCK THE ROOF WITH HIS HEAD AND FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SHOVEL DUMP WHEN HE BACKED OVER A LARGE ROCK WITH DOZER #7423 AS EMPLOYEE TURNED TO HIS LEFT TO LOOK HE WAS STRUCK IN THE LOWER LEFT BACK & RIB AREA BY THE ARM REST OF THE SEAT RESULTING IN BRUISED MUSCLES & BRUISED RIBS

EMPLOYEE WAS GRADING REFUSE ROAD WHEN THE BLADE OF THE GRADER STRUCK A PIPE IN THE ROAD CAUSING THE MACHINE TO JERK RESULTING IN EMPLOYEE STRAINING HIS BACK (LOWER)

A SMALL PARTICLE OF METAL BEBRIS ENTERED THE EE LEFT EYE FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE. THE EE BELIEVED HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED FROM A WELDING OPERATION AND DID NOT REPORT THE IRRITATION TO HIS SUPERVI SOR UNTIL 9-20-93. THE EE WAS SEEN BY A DR WHO REMOVED THE METAL FRAGMENT AND RELEASED THE EE BACK TO WORK.

THE INJURED PERSON WAS CUTTING SHEET ROCK & SOM E DUST FROM THE SHEET ROCK GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE. AS A RESULT HE HAD TO GO TO HOSPITAL TO GET IT WASHED OUT.

EMPL WAS ARC GORGING IN A CLOSED AREA.DEBRIS DRIVEN BY COMPRESSED AIR GOT UNDER EMPLS HOOD & SAFETY GLASSES. THE EMPL. RINSED HIS EYE OUT & RELIEVED THE IRRITATION. THE EMPL. EXPERIENCED FU RTHER IRRITATION AFTER WORK THAT EVENING. HE VISITED THE HOSPITAL E/R RM. WHERE THEY REMOVED DEBRIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF-BOLTING WITH FLETCHER BOLTING MACHINE. THE DRILL STEEL WAS HUNG UP IN HOLE. EMPLOYEE HAD HIS THUMB OVER CHUCK AND STEEL CAME LOOSE STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S THUMB.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STANDING AT L.W. HEADGATE WATCHING THE COAL COME DOWN THE CONVEYOR AND A HYDRAULIC JACK (DUKE) FELL OVER AND HIT THE FRONT OF HIS HARD HAT AND THEN FELL ON HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON RIGHT DRILL LEAD JUNCT- ION HE STRAIGHTENED THE HOSE AND PUT HIS HAND ON THE CHUCK TO FEEL FOR SUCTION. THE DRILL OPERATOR WAS LOWERING STEEL FROM THE ROOF WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN WITH THE END STRIKING THE RIGHT RING FINGER, SMASHING THE BONE AND LACERATING THE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS REHANGING A 6" AIRLINE. HE WAS HELPING LIFT THE LINE AT A COULPLER WHEN THE PIPE BROKE. THE AIR BLAST KNOCKED THE EMPLOYEE TO THE GROUND AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE WITH A GOPHEN DRILL AND THE UP PRESSURE WAS INADVERTENTLY RELEASED. THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF ROOF PINCHING EMPLOYEE'S FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

EE HAD RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF DRILL HEAD ROCK THE SIZE OF FOOTBALL SMASHED TOP OF HAND.

EMPLOYEE HAD CONNECTED A WATER PUMP TO THE DISCHARGE LINE. A VALVE WAS OFF DOWN TEH LIEN AND THE CUPPLER HE HAD HOOKED UP TO WAS NOT PINNED IN. HE STARTED THE PUMP AND WHEN IT BUILT UP PRESS URE, THE TEST VALVE FLEW OFF. HITTING HIKM ON THE RIGHT ARM AND BACK.

SEE ATTACHED SHEET. HOLDING A HAND LINE THAT WAS BEING USED TO RAISE & LOWER A COMMUNICATIONS CABLE...GRIP SLIPPED ON THE MESSENGER AND CAUSED I.NAME TO BE PULLED SUDDENLY & INJURED.RIGHT LEG WAS BROKEN AS A RESULT OF BEING PULLED FROM WHERE EMPL WAS STANDING.

54736YEE WAS USING A SMALL BIT GRINDER UNDER A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN A FRAGMENT OF METAL FELL UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND STUCK IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE HAD HIS LEFT ARM ON TOP OF AN I-BEAM THAT WAS SETTING ON TOP OF THE ROOF BOLTER CANOPIES. THE OTHER ROOF BOLTER KICKED AT THE PANIC BAR TO SHUT THE MACHINE OFF SO THEY COULD REPOSITI ON THE BEAM. HIS FOOT HIT THE LEVER TO RAISE THE CANOPY AND IT WENT UP, PINCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S WRIST BETWEEN THE I-BEAM AND THE ROOF DOING SEVERE SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE TO HIS LEFT ARM.

THE LEFT SIDE OPERATOR WAS ON THE BOTTOM AT THE LEFT BOOM POSITIONING A PIECE OF ROOF SCREEN TO BE RAISED WITH THE ATRS.THE RIGHT SIDE OPERATOR RAISED THE ATRS AND THE ATRS FOOT ASSEMBLY CAME DOWN ON THE INJURED EMPLOYEES RIGHT LOWER LEG,BREAKING BOTH BONES.

EE WAS RAISING BOOM ON FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER. THE BOOM HUNG UP AND WHEN IT POPPED LOOSE, IT STRUCK HIM UNDER THE CHIN, LACERATING IT, REQUIRING 9 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING ON ROOF BOLTER TALKING TO OPERATOR.THE OPERATOR LOWERED THE CANOPY PINCHING HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE JACK COLLAR FRACTURING THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE ALLEGES HE WAS BENDING A PIECE OF LOT ROD. HE CONTACTED THE HOT STEEL WITH HIS LEFT WRIST CAUSING A 2 BARN. HE MISSED 2-28 AND 2-29 DUE AND INFECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING ON FLETCHER MACHINE WHEN BOOM BOUNCED WHEN MOVING IN & OUT CAUSING VICTIM TO COME IN CONTACT WITH SHARP EDGE ON ATRS (CAUSING SMALL CUT REQUIRING 4 STITCHES)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING BOLTERS INSTALL RIB MATS WHEN A PIECE OF RIB CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT LEG AND FOOT BRUISING HIS LEFT FOOT.

EMPL WAS WELDING TOP PART OF STAIRWAY HANDRAIL. HE WAS HOLDING RAIL WITH RIGHT HAND & WAS REACHING FOR SOME WELDING ROD WITH LEFT HAND WHEN RAIL FELL & HIT LEFT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING CONTINUOUS MINER IN PRODUCTION, WHILE IT WAS BACKING UP TO CLEANUP, THE TRAILING CABLE BECAME ENTANGLED WITH A ROCK AND AS EMPLOYEE REACHED DOWN TO FREECABLE THE ROCK TI PPED OVER PINCHING EMPLOYEE RIGHT HANFD AGAINST FRAME OF MACHINE.

CLEANING MATERIAL TRAPPED HIS ARM IN BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE MAST

EMPLOYEE WAS RIPPING OVERBURDEN WITH A 10 NO DOZER.HE BACKED OVER A HOLE WHERE HE HAD PULLED A LARGE ROCK OUT AND WHEN THE TRACTOR BOTTOMED OUT HE JARRED HIS NECK CAUSING A STRAIN.FIRST DAY AW AY FROM WORK WAS 05-24-91.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MACHINIST USE LARGE PRESS AND THEY WERE USING A PIECE OF PLATE TO HOLD UP A LARGE BAR OF METAL THAT WAS BEING PUT INTO THE PRESS. WHEN WEIGHT SHIFTED, THE PLATE FELL, STRI KING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WITH TWO OTHER WELDERS WHEN A PIECE OF FLYING SLAG FROM ONE OF THE OTHER WELDERS FLEW PAST THE SIDE SHIELD OF THIS SAFETY FGLASSES AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

USING DOZER TO TOW OTHER ONE, JARRED NECK

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COAL WITH TRACK DOZER. HE BACKED INTO A HOLE AND THE IMPACT BRUISED HIS LOWER BACK. FIRST DAY OFF WORK WAS 12-10-90.

DRILLING HOLE INSTALL RF BOLT OTHER OPER SHUT OFF MACHINE TO ALLOW MANTRIP TO PASS, ALIGNING DIRLL HEAD SMASHED MIDDLE FINGER OF L BETWEEN THE STEEL AND JAWS SEVERING THE TIP OF FINGER

EMPL WAS REMOVING BLOCK NUT WITH AIR IMPACT WRENCH. SOCKET CAME OFF NUT & FLEW OFF IMPACT WRENCH STRIKING MPL ON LEFT SHIN CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING 8 SUTURES.