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Operator bounced over a large chunk of coal & hurt back/knee. Operator came in at end of shift & told supervisor about the incident. Operator did not need request medical attention at that time. Several days later operator went to doctor for sore knee. Decker Coal is filing this form under protest due to the extenuating circumstances related to this incident.

EE was repairing a crack 4.5' above ground level on the bucket of a CAT 5230 front shovel when right pant leg caught on fire from sparks or welding slag. He was sitting on a 5 gal. bucket as he welded. He was treated for a 2nd degree burn and released to work his next scheduled shift. (On May 6 a low grade infection set in and he was prescribed antibiotics and bed rest).

Employee was grinding throughout the day with a 5" electric grinder. Employee ended up with piece of metal in his eye. He was wearing two forms of eye protection the entire time he was grinding.

EE, MECHANIC, WAS USING AN ACETYLENE TORCH TO REMOVE A PIN ON A DUMP DOOR ON A COAL HAULER. HE HAD ON SAFETY GLASSES AND A FACESHIELD WHEN HE WAS SHOWERED WITH SPARKS. HE RECEIVED A SMALL STEE L FRAGMENT IN HIS LEFT EYE THAT WAS REMOVED BY A DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE ALCOHOL INJECTOR CANISTER OFF THE COAL SHOVEL. HE HAD SHUT THE AIR PRESSURE OFF AND BLED THE AIR PRESSURE OFF THE SYSTEM. WHILE LOOSENING THE CANISTER, THE RESI DUAL AIR PRESSURE FORCED THE CANISTER DOWN PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CANISTER AND SHOVEL FRAME. HIS FINGER WAS FRACTURED REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER IN THE NORTH EXTENSION PIT, ON COAL. WHEN HE TURNED TO THE RIGHT TO LOOK, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WELDING AND GRINDING ON PUMPS AND PUMP STANDS FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS. ON THE MORNING OF 7/26/00 HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. AFTER WORK HE STOPPED AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. A SMALL STEEL FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE OPENED THE DOOR ON THE REAR OF THE HORIZONTAL PRILL AUGER TO CLEAN OUT SOME CAKED ALUMINUM NITRATE WITH HIS HAND. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING THE EMULSION TANK. THIS CAUSED THE AUGER TO ROTATE 3 OR 4 REVOLUTIONS CONTACTING THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS IUNVOLVED IN MAKING REPAIRS TO THE BOOM ON 15-7229 DRAGLINE. THE WORK INVOLVED WELDING AND GRINDING. IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING REPAIRS HE HAD A SMALL STEEL FRAGMENT LODGE IN HIS EYE.

EE WAS HELPNG A WELDER INSTAL A WEAR PLATE INTO A CHUTE. SHE WAS DOING SOME GRINDING AND CUTTING WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL OR SLAGE BECAME LODGE IN HER EYE. SHE WAS WEARING ALL THE NECESSARY SAFET Y EQUIPMENT.

GRINDING ON OVERHEAD WELD--RAISED SHIELD AND FELT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS GRINDING ON SQUARE PROPEL CAM GEAR - WENT TO REMOVE HOOD TO CHECK WORK - SHAVINGS THAT HAD DEPOSITED ON HARD HAT & HOOD DROPPED ONTO FACE WHEN HOOD WAS LIFTED & THEN GOT INTO EYE.

EE WAS REPAIRING THE STOP BLOCK ON THE TRAILER OF #40 COAL HAULER. HE HAD DONE SOME WELDING IN THIS AREA AND WAS USING AN AIR DIE GRINDER WITH A SMALL GRINDING DISC. THE DISC HAD APPARENTLY BE EN DAMAGED, BECAUSE IT FLEW APART, STRIKING HIS WELDING HELMET. THE LENSE IN THE HELMET WAS BROKEN AND FRAGMENTS INJURED HIS RT EYE.

WHILE AIR ARCING I GOT METAL SHAVINGS IN BOTH EYES. WAS WEARING HOOD AND SAFETY GLASSES. IT WAS A RICOCHET EFFECT.

EE WAS GRINDING WITH A BURR GRINDER IN A SMALL AREA & GOT A PIECE OF STEEL IN HIS RT EYE

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A SEGMENT OF A STEEL RACK WITH THE OVERHEAD CRANE, THE RIGGING CAME LOOSE ALLOWING THE RACK TO FALL. IT STRUCK HIS SHOULDER & LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS HELPING THE DRILL OPERATOR THREAD THE DRILL STEEL AND DRILL BIT TOGETHER WHEN HE FINGER WAS PINCHED AND SMASHED BETWEEN THE BIT BRAKER AND STOP BLOCK.

63128 BURN LEFT EYE AND AN INFECTION SET IN WAS WELDING AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

WAS GRINDING AND SOME GRINDING DUST GOT INTI MY LEFT EYE.

GRINDING METAL PLATE,GOT SLAG IN RIGHT EYE. STEEL FELL OUT BUT EYE GOT RUST IN IT.

SET ARM ON HOT PLATE OF IRON THAT HAD JUST BEEN WELDED ON.

WHILE DRILLING A HOLE IN THE BATTERY BOX OF A SERVICE TRUCK, THE ANGLE DRILL HE WAS USING LOCKED UP AND SPUN AROUND. THE END OF THE DRILL STRUCK HIS LOWER NOSE CAUSING AN INCISION.

I.NAMEAIR ARCING IN COAL HAULER TRAILER WHEN RECD FRAGMENT OF STEEL THAT EMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE.

USING 1" IMPACT TO TIGHTEN BOLTS.QUIK COUPLER CAME APART AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON POINT OF CHIN.REQUIRED 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE CUT.

JARRED IN DOZER WHILE RIPPING

SOMETIME DURING THE MORNING INJURED HAD A SMALL STEEL FRAGMENT LODGED IN HIS EYE.

WHILE PRACTICING BOOM WELDING EE LOOKED INTO THE END OF THE PIPE AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER WELDER WAS GRINDING THE BACKSIDE OF HIS WELD. HE HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON BUT WAS SHOWERED WITH SPARKS.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GRIND A PIECE OF STRAP IRON ON A LARGE BENCH GRINDER, HIS THUMB CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE GRINDING WHEEL.

WHILE OPERATING A TRUCK MOUNTED HOIST TO EMPTY A GARBAGE SKIP, THE SKIP CAME LOOSE STRIKING HER HIP.

HE RECEIVED A SMALL STEEL FRAGMENT IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE WELDING IN THE TUB OF THE DRAGLINE.

EMPL GRINDING IN DRAGLINE TUB WHEN PIECE OF METAL BOUNCED OFF WALL AND BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPL GRINDING INCOMPARTMENT OF DRAGLINE TUB WHEN PIECE FLEW INTO EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS AIR ARCING OVER HEAD AND SLAG BLEW AROUND AND CAME IN THE BACK OF HIS HOOD GETTING INTO HIS EYE.

WELDING IN TUB OF DRAGLINE COMPARTMENT.WHEN GRINDING WELD PIECE OF METAL WENT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES HOOD.

USING AIR CHIPPER TO CHIP SLAG OFF WELD. THE AIR BLAST FROM THE SHIPPER BLEW DIRT AND PARTICLES OFF FLOOR AND INTO EMPLOYEES EYE.

I WAS WELDING IN A TIGHT CORNER AND PROCEDED TO AIR CHIP SLAG FROM THE WELD AND THE AIR CLIPPER BLEW SLAG DUST FROM THE FOOR INTO MY FACE. I HOLD MY SAFETY GLASSES ON BUT THE DUST CAME IN THRU MY MOSE PIECE.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING IN A SECTION OF A DRAGLINE TUB WHEN A PIECE OF FILING FROM THE GRINDER FLEW BEHIND HIS SHIELD AND GLASSES STRIKING HIM IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE MISSED 1 DAY OF WORK TO GO TO T HE DOCTOR TO HAVE THE METAL REMOVED.

WAS GRINDING ON RAT TIDE ELIMANTOR PLATE IN TUBE. DRAGLINE WHEN A PEICE OF STEEL BOUNCE OFF THE WALL IN MY EYE WHILE I WAS WEARING BOTH APPROVED SAFTEY GLASSES AND WELDING HOOD.

EMPLOYEE WAS AIR ARCING AND FAILED TO GET HIS HOOD PUT DOWN BEFORE STRIKING AN ARC. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED BAD BURN IN RIGHT EYE.

GRINDING PARTICALS IN THE AIR AND FROM GRINDING SPARKS. ABRASIONS ON RIGHT EYE.

WELDING AND AIR ARCING AND GRINDING CHIPPER FELL ON FLOOR, DUST DIRT GRINDINGS FLEW UP

GRINDING IN TUB WITH SHIELD PC METAL GLANCED OFF WALL UNDER GLASSES GO TO DR GET TAKEN OUT TO GET RUST RING OUT.

WHILE GRINDING AND AIR ARCING OUT OF A CRACK ON DRAGLINE, HE RAISED HIS WELDING HOOD AND SMALL PARTICLES DROPPED INTO HIS EYE.

GRINDING SM FRAGMENT OF GRINDING WHEEL LODGD IN EYE.

I.NAME IS ASSIGNED TO DRAGLINE MAINTENANCE CREW FOR REPAIRS ON #14 DRAGLINE HE & ANOTHER WELDER WERE WORKING IN SMALL COMPARTMENT IN REVOLVING FRAME APPARENTLY A METAL FLAKE GOT IN THE EYE SO METIME WED.GRAVEYARD IT WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL WED.EVENING AT THAT TIME I.NAME THOUGHT HE HAD A SLIGHT FLASHBURN FROM WELDING ARC AT END OF THURS.GRAVEYARD SHIFT HIS EYE WAS VERY SORE HE WENT

A MODEL 6425 IMT TRUCK MOUNTED CRANE AND A CHAIN WERE BEING USED TO PULL FENCE POSTS. THE PROCEDURE INVOLVED WRAPPING THE CHAIN AROUND THE POST AND HOLDING THE LOOSE END WHILE PULLING UP WITH THE CRANE. A COTTER PIN IN THE PIN USED TO ATTACH A GRAB HOOK TO THE CHAIN WAS NOT TURNED IN SO AS TO PREVENT IT FROM GRABBING ANYTHING THAT CAME IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. AS TENSION WAS PLACED ON

MINER USING BENCH GRINDER TO SMOOTH PIECE OF METAL.HE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GOGGLES AND SLIVER OF METAL WENT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES IMBEDDED IN EYELID.REMOVED BY DR.

THE DRAGLINE CREW WAS END FOR ENDING DRAG ROPES. THEY WERE REMOVING THE CLAMPS FROM THE DRAG DRUM OTHER WAS OPERATING THE AIR IMPACT WRENCH LOOSENING THE NUTS. WHILE I NAME WAS HOLDING THE BOL TS IN PLACE AGAINST A SHOULDER, SO THEY WOULDNT TURN. HE WAS USING HIS FINGERS TO PUSH AGAINST THE BOLT WHEN THE BOLT PUSHED FORWARD STARTED TO SPIN AND CUT HIS FINGER.

HE WAS DELIVERING A TRANSMISSION FOR A CH150 COAL HAULER TO THIS MINE. A SHOP MECHANIC WAS MOVING THE 25 TON OVERHEAD BRIDGE CRANE INTO POSITION TO LIFT THE UNIT. HE REACHED UP TO GRAB THE HOO K. THE HOOK WAS SWINGING AND CARRIED HIM OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. HE FELL A DISTANCE OF 5 FEET TO THE FLOOR AND BRUISED HIS SHOULDER.

WHEN I.NAME CUT3LAST BOLT LOOSE THAT WAS HOLDING THE MIDDLE SECTION FO A CUTTING EDGE ON A SCRAPER IT SPRANG UP & FELL ON HIS HANDS