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WHILE USING A 4" ANKLE AIR GRINDER, THE EMPLOYEE HAD A RUST PARTICLE ENTER HIS LEFT EYE.

WHITE BOLTING A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND CAUSED FEED LEVER TO ENDAGE. WHEN POT ROSE UNEXPECTEDLY HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN BOLT WRENCH AND ROOF BOLT. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION THA T REQUIRED STITCHES.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO 3RD METATARSUS. DR. HAS ADVISED NO WORK FOR 3 WEEKS.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CHAIN HANGERS FOR A BELT MOVE. HE WAS INSTALLING THE LAST BOLT INTO THE HOLE. WHEN HE PUSHED THE ROOF BOLT INTO THE HOLE HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOREFINGER BETWEEN THE ROO F BOLT AND THE HANGER PLATE.

FOOT JACK WAS SITTING ON LOOSE COAL AND WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO CANOPY, IT CAUSED THE JACK TO BREAK, CRUSHING THE COAL CAUSING THE CANOPY TO DROP SUDDENLY CAUSING PAIN HIS NECK

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE #4 ENTRY. EE WAS INSTALLING THE 2ND BOLT IN THE 2ND ROW WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 16" X 12" X 3" FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG. THE FOREMA N GAVE EE FIRST AID AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE SURFACE. EE WAS TAKEN TO WHITESBURG HOSP. FOR TREATMENT.

DRILL STEEL FELL FROM DRILLED HOLE STIRKING HIM ON HIS LEFT HAND.

A PIECE OF ROCK CAME DOWN ON DRILL STEEL. EE GOTTHE ROCK OFF THE STEEL AND WHEN HE STARTED TO DRILL AGAIN THE STEEL STRUCK HIM ON LEFT ARM. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPIAL AND TREATED FOR FRACTURE TO LEFT ULNA. THE STEEL HAD BEEN BENT BY ROCK & BEND WASN'T DETECTED UNTIL HE STARTED ROTATION

WHILE ROOF BOLTING HE STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST EDGE OF ROOF PLATE CAUSING LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

A PIECE OF SHALE FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS WHILE BOLTING, STRIKING HIM ON LEFT FOREARM. LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE.

EE WAS USING A MANDASEAL MACHINE. THE WAND STOPPED UP CREATING BACK PRESSURE WHICH BLEW THE END OFF OF THE SPRAYER HANDLE, STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH THE SEALANT AND THE WAND.

THE CONTRACT MECHANIC BEGAN CHANGING OUT A LEFT HOIST CYLINDER ON A 992C CAT LOADER. THE CYLINDER WAS BEING HELD BY BOOM/CABLE SLING FROM MECH'S TRUCK. MECHINIC WAS STANDING ON THE TIRE POSITI ONING CYLINDER. THE CABLE OF THE BOOM WAS ON A BIND. THE CABLE BECAME VERTICAL WHILE THE MECHANIC'S LEFT HAND WAS GUIDING THE CYLINDER WHICH SUDDENLY MOVED PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN METAL.

WHILE DRILLING HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST DRILL POTHE WAS TREATED BY DR & RELEASED HIS HAND HAS CONT TO BOTHER HIM & ON 1/6/98 HE HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR DAMAGE TO NERVE

EE WAS INSTALLING 8' ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. PAIN PROGRESSED & RE WENT TO DR ON JAN 19TH. DR HAD HIM STAY HOME FOR 2 DAYS. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 1/22 ON RESTRICTED DUTY & WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK ON 1/23.

OPERATING D-9 BULLDOZER, DOZER SLIPPED OFF A ROCK, OPERATED STATED THAT IT JARRED HIM.

A ROCK FELL WHILE BOLTING, STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF LEFT WRIST. CAUSED A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE CUTTING ANGLE ON GUARD RAIL. THE METAL POPPED & WENT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES.

THE EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN #8 ENTRY ON #2 SECTIONWHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE RIB STRIKING HIS LEFT LEG.

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT A ROCK 4' X 6' X 6" FELL HITTING BOOM & CANOPY OF MACHINE. ROCK BROKE IN PIECES KNOCKING EE TO GROUND & PARTIALLY COVERING UP HIS LEGS. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL & IS BEING TREATED FOR POSSIBLE LIGAMENT DAMAGE TO ?.

WHILE BOLTING A LARGE ROCK FELL BENDING DRILL STEEL. HE CLEARED ROCK BUT DID NOT REALIZE STEEL WAS BENT. WHEN HE BEGAN BOLTING AGAIN. STEEL WHIPPED AROUND STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT ARM BELOW ELBOW CAUSING LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND. THE X-RAY REPORTS DID NOT SHOW ANY BROKEN BONES. AFTER HIS HAND CONTINUED TO HURT, HE RETURNED TO THE DOCTOR AND HAD FUR THER X-RAYS TAKEN. ON 12-2-97 HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BROKEN BONE IN HIS WRIST. BECAME A LTA ON 12-2-97.

THE BOLT THAT HELD CANOPY HEAD TO HYDRAULIC JACK CAME LOOSE. WHEN HE TRIED TO LOWER CANOPY. IT STAYED IN POSITION. WHEN HE SWUNG CANOPY TO CENTER OF MACHINE IT FELL STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF HEAD . TREATED FOR TROPEZIUS MUSCLE STRAIN. DR. PLACEON RESTRICTED DUTY UNTIL 11/17/97.

AS HE WALKED TO GET A ROOF BOLT, A PIECE OF LOOSE SHALE FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS AND STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE. HE WILL BE ON RES TRICTED DUTY FOR 4 DAYS.

SITTING ON BUCKET WELDING AT A SLIGHT ANGLE.

HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN ROOF AND PIN. CAUSED FRACTURE TO TIP OF RIGHT FINGER AND A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES. DR PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR FIVE DAYS.

EMPLOYEE GRINDING ON METAL AND FLYING DEBRIS GOT INTO EYE - WINDY DAY - EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING ON UNIT 1, THE DRILL STEEL STUCK IN THE ROOF, AS THE INJURED REACHED FOR THE STEEL IT CAME LOOSE, HIT THE POD ON THE DUSTER AND THEN STRUCK THE INJURED ON THE UPPER LIP.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING THE MACHINE. A PIECE THEN BOUNCED OFF THE MACHINE AND STRUCK HIM ON UPPER LIP CAUSING LACERATION. LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.

AT 11 AM EE WAS BOLTING IN THE #6 HEADING. HE WAS INSTALLING THE 3RD BOLT ON THE 4TH ROW, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 8" WIDE IN FRONT TO 24" WIDE IN BACK & 4" TO 8" THICK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE OF BACK& HIP. FIRST AID WAS ADMINSTED & HE WAS TAKEN TO MCDOWELL HOSP TO BE CHECKED.

WHILE INSTALLING A ROOFBOLT HE PINCHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOLTER WRENCH & ROOF PLATE, CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE. HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.

THE EE WAS PUTTING UP A ROOF BOLT. WHEN THE ROTATION STARTED THE BOLT SPRUNG BACK HITTING HIS LEFT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING SUPPLIES ON THE ROOF BOLTER. HE DIDN'T TELL THE BOLTER OPERATORS HE WAS THERE. HE WALKED BESIDE THE BOLTER ON THE OPERATOR'S SIDE AND STOOD IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT REAR WHE EL. THE OPERATOR BEGAN TRAMMING THE MACHINE FORWARD AND RAN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE AND LET THE POT DOWN. THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND. HE WAS WORKING IN #7RIGHT BREAK.

HE WAS ROOF BOLTING. HE HAD JUST STARTED A HOLE AND THE DRILL STEEL HUNG UP CAUSING THE STEEL TO BEND AND IT STRUCK THE LITTLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION. THIS REQUIRED 2 SU TURES.

EMP STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN A LOW HE WAS WORKING IN A BENT OVER POSITION AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN BACK.

EMP WAS OPERATING A LINE TRUCK TO SET A POWER POLE. BUTT OF POLE WAS ON GROUND IN FRONT OF TRUCKWHERE EMPS WERE LOCATED. TIP OF POLE WAS IN AIR SUPPORTED BY WINCH LINE. POLE HOLE WAS ON PASSEN GER SIDE OF TRUCK MIDWAY BACK. EMP WAS FACING POLE BUTT AND REACHING BEHIND TO OPERATE CONTROLS.MOVED CONTROL WRONG WAY WHICH BROUGHT TIP OF POLE BACK TOWARDS HIM INSTEAD OF AWAY FROM TRUCK.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING, A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS. IN AN ATTEMPT TO DODGE THE ROCK, HE TWISTED BACK CAUSING A LUMBAR STRAIN. DOCTOR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY UNTIL 5-26-97.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING ON UNIT #1. THE INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE TOP PORTION OF THEDRILLSTEEL, WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT WRIST AND FOREARM BY THE BOTTOM SECTION. (THE POD WA S STILL ROTATING).

EE WAS WORKING IN THE #4 ENTRY AT THE FACE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIS LEFT LEG FRACTURING HIS FIBULA AND PULLING THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS WORKING AS A ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE UPPER BACK HE JERKED TO PULL AWAY AND IT CAUSED HIM TO PULL HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE FOR GLUE AND PIN WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND HURTING HIS FOREARM, ELBOW, FINGER AND CUT OVER HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WORKING ON #4 ENTRY.

WHILE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOF BOLTER, CHECKING A DUST COLLECTION HOSE THE INJURED HAD HER HADN RESTING ON THE BAR THAT PROJECTS THE DUST TRACKS. WHEN THE OTHER DOOF BOLTER OPERTOR WHO WAS AT T HE BOOM END OF THE BOLTER, HYDRAULIC OPEN THE DOOR OF THE DUST TANK, SMASHING HER INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DUST TANK LID AND THE PROTECTION BAR.

A ROCK FELL WHILE HE WAS REACHING TO BOLTER WRENCH STRIKING SSMALL FINGER LEFT HAND. IMPACT CAUSED FRACTURE TO TIP OF FINGER AND LACERATION THE REAUIRED STITCHES.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A ROOF BOLT IN A HOLE HE HAD DRILLED AT THE #9 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 12"X12"X3" FELL HITTING HIM ON HIS RIGHT WRIST. A CAST WAS APPLIED TO PROTECT THE NERVES, NO BONES WERE BROKEN.

WHILE BOLTING A PIECE OF SHALE FELL FROM BETWEENPINS & STRUCK EE ON RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES

WHILE ROOF BOLTING A PIECE OF SHALE FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS, STRUCK CANOPY AND BROKE IN TWO. ONE OF BROKEN PIECES THEN STRUCK EMP ON LEFT TEMPLE CAUSING LACERATION. LACERATION REQUIRED 2 STITCH ES TO CLOSE.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING ON UNIT #3 A ROCK FELL AND LACERATED THE MIDDLE AREA OF HIS UPPER LIP.

EE WENT TO CHECK A PUMP FOR THE PLANT OPERATOR. A CONTRACTOR WAS WELDING AT A GENERAL LOCATION. HE SUSTAINED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING A PIECE OF SHALE FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS STRIKING EE ON LEFT FOREARM. THIS CAUSED LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 002 SECTION AT #6 ENTRY. HE WAS DRIVING A SPAD NAIL INTO THE RIB WHEN THE RIB BUMPED OFF SHOVING HIS ARM BACKWARDS, DISLOCATING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.