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EE WAS OPERATING PAN SCRAPER WHEN IT DOWN SHIFTED AT APPROX. THE SAME TIME PAN SCRAPER TRAVELED THRU HOLE IN HAUL ROAD BOUNCING EE IN OPERATORS CAB.
EE WAS TRANSPORTING SHEAR TO FACE TO BE PLACED ON PAN LINE WHEN SHEAR FELL OFF THE FORKS OF SHIELD HAULER CAUSING HAULER TO BOUNCE AND EE'S HEAD STRUCK UNDERSIDE OF CANOPY.
EE WAS OPERATING RAM CAR AND HAD HIS HAND AROUND THE POST OF THE CANOPY. A SMALLER PIPE FITS INTO A LARGER PIPE AND THE BOLTS ALLOWED MOVEMENT OF PIPE. WHEN RAM CAR TRAVELED OVER ROUGH BOTTO M FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT BETWEEN TWO PIPES.
WHILE TRAMMING RAM CAR, EE STRUCK A HOLE IN MINE FLOOR, BOUNCING HARD ON CAR SEAT AND HURTING HIS BACK.
WHILE TRAMMING RAM CAR LOADED TO FEEDER, EE STRUCK A HOLE IN FOOTWALL CAUSIN GHIM TO BOUNCE ON SEAT JAMMING HIS NECK AND CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK. INJURY OCCURRED ON SOUTHMAIN SECTION.
THE INJURED WAS ROCK DUSTING BY HAND THE AREA INBY FEEDER, FOLLOWING A BELT MOVE. AS HE WAS LIFTING SACK DUST FROM SCOOP PARKED NEXT TO FEEDER, HE WAS STRUCK BY A LOADED RAM CAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING CONTINUOUS MIENR CABLE OFF OF RAM CAR WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND ON OUTSIDE OF DECK PAN AND RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON EAST 1 SECTION .
EMPLOYEE WAS TRASH IN LOADER BUCKET WHEN OPERATOR ROLLED BUCKEY ON HIS (L) FOOT.
EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AT 40 NO. 1 TAILPIECE WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT WAS CAUGHT IN TAIL ROLLER STRIKING GUARD AND CAUSING IT TO STRIKE EE IN THE FACE.
INJURED EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS KNOCKING MUD AND COAL OFF OF A TOP ROLLER WITH HIS SHOVEL WHEN THE END OF THE SHOVEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH ROLLER. THE SHOVEL KICKED BACK AND STRUCK EMP IN T HE MOUTH.
EE WAS STANDING AT MOUTH OF CROSSCUT WHEN A RAM CAR STRUCK HIM.
EE WAS REMOVING SHIMS FROM TAIL ROLLER WHEN IT JUMPED UP AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN ROLLER AND HUMPY.
HE WAS CHECKING AN AIR PRESSURE HOSE ON SHIELD #118 WHEN THE PAN CONVEYOR MOVED OVER AND DROPPED DOWN ON HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN CROSSCUT WHEN A FEEDER CABLE THAT WAS BEING PULLED BY A RAM CAR HIT HIM IN THE LEG.
EE WAS OPERATING RAM CAR WHEN RAM CAR TRAVELED THROUGH HOLE IN MNE FLOOR INJURING HIS BACK.
SECTION CREW FOR SOUTHMAIN WAS TRAVELING BY RAILAT END OF SHIFT WHEN MANBUS WRECKED AT DERAILER CAUSING AN INJURY TO EMP'S BACK. INJURED EMP'S FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY 9-28-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AND ROCK ONTO SLOPE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE STATED HE TOOK A CAP PIECE (WEDGE BOARD) AND WAS RAKING MATERIAL FROM ON TOP OF PAN LINK WHEN CAP PIECE WAS GRABBED BY CONVEYOR AND HAND PASSED OVER TOP OF ROLLER CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT THUMB.
EE WAS BACKING UP ON A GOLF CART AND TURNED IT INTO A CROSSCUT AND STRUCK THE BLADE OF THE SCOOP THAT WAS SITTING IN THE CROSSCUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPEATING SCOOP TRACTOR WHEN HE RAN OVER A CROSSTIE IN ROADWAY CAUSING INJURY TO HIS NECK.
INJURED STATES THAT HE WAS LOADING SOME MATERIAL WITH THE SCOOP AT THE 8525 MATERIAL POINT WHEN THE BRAKES ON THE SCOOP FAILES THE SCOOP STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS IN TRYING TO CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINEST THE DECK FAN COMPARTMENT CAUSING THE INJURY.
THE CREW HAS JUST FINISHED LOADING A BUCKET OF SHAFT ROCK AND WERE PREPARING TO HOIST IT TO THE SURFACE, WHEN THE BUCKET WAS FIRST LIFTED FROM BOTTOM THE EE WALKED BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND LOADE R AND WAS CAUGHT BY THE SWINGING BUCKET AGAINS TTHE LOADER.
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP) CAUSING INJURY TO HER BACK & COMPLETE BODY TRAUMA
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JAC K)
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP)
HEE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP)
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN A MAN BUS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MAN BUS (TRACK JEEP) COLLISION CAUSED INJURY TO EE RT FOOT LEFT ;TOE & LEFT THIGH
HE WAS OPERATING SCOOP TRACTOR IN THE 1 ENTRY TRAVELING OUTBY WITH LOAD OF MATERIAL WHEN SCOOP TRAVELED OVER UNEVEN MINE FLOOR CAUSING EMPLOYEE'S HEAD TO STRIKE UNDERSIDE OF CANOPY INJURING HI S NECK AND UPPER BACK BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES.
EE HAD FINISHED DUMPING LOAD OF COAL INTO FEEDER AND STARTED BACK TOWARD FACE WHEN BRAKES FAILED ON RAM CAR. AS RAM CAR TRAVELED AT FACE SPEED IT WENT THROUGH HOLE IN MINE FLOOR CAUSING EMPLO YEE'S HEAD TO STRIKE UNDERSIDE OF CNAOPY AND BACK WAS JARRED AGAINST FRAME OF SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE TRAVELING INBY ON 4010 TRACK. AS HE PASSED THROUGH CHECK CURTIAN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS TWISTED CAUSING AN INJURY. EMPLOYEE'S FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF IN JURY WAS 10-28-94.
EE WAS OPERATING RAM CAR ON SECTION 430 ENROUTE TO FACE AREA AFTER CHANGING BATTERIES WHEN RAM CAR TRAVELED THROUGH HOLE IN MINE FLOOR CAUSING EMPLOYEES HEAD TO STRIKE UNDER SIDE OF CANOPY IN JURING NECK LOWER BACK LEFT SHOULDER & ELBOW
KENNETH C PATE WAS OPERATING RAM CAR ON SECTION 4012 WHEN RAM CAR TRAVELED OVER ROUGH ROADWAY, CAUSING EMPLOYEES HEAD TO HIT UNDERSIDE OF CANOPY, CAUSING INJURY TO HIS NECK.
EE WAS OPERATING RAM CAR ON SECTION 3210 WHEN HE T5RAVELED THROUGH CURTAIN DROP THE CURTAIN STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE RT EYE
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO COULPLE FLAT CAR TO LOCOMOTIVE, WHEN LOCOMOTIVE PUSHED DRAW BAR COUPLING TO SIDE. WHILE TRYING TO KEEP DRAW BAR OFF FEET, WEIGHT OF BAR INJURED HIS LEFT ELBOW.
WHILE GOING TO CHARGING STATION, RAM CAR STRUCK ROCK IN ROADWAY. HE BOUNCED ON CAR SEAT AND HEAD STRUCK CANOPY.
HE WAS OPERATING RAM CAR WHEN HEAD STRUCK ROOF CAUSING INJURY TO NECK AND BACK.
EE & OT HER CREW MEMBERS WORKED LATE ON SECTION WHILE ENROUTE TO ELEVATOR THEY MEET TRACK TRAFFIC THEY SWITCHED JEEP INTO KICKBACK TO ALLOW ANOTHER BUS TO PASS EE WAS FACING OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL & LEFT ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PVC PIPE & JEEP FRAME
EMPLOYEE AND SEVERAL OTHER CREW MEMBERS WERE RIDING IN RAM CAR TRAILER ENROUTE TO TRACK AT END OF SHIFT. WHEN RAM CAR TRAVELED OVER UNEVEN FOOT WALL, THE FRONT END OF THE TRAILER WENT DOWN CAU SING THE REAR TO RISE AND EMPLOYEE'S HEAD STRUCK THE ROOF CAUSING INJURIES TO HIS NECK, BACK, CHEST AND ABDOMEN.
EE WAS RIDING IN TRACK JEEP ENROUTE TO HER WORK LOCATION WHEN JEEP ENTERED TRACK SWITCH AT 40#2 CONVEYOR CAUSING EE'S NECK TO JERK SUDDENLY. WHEN EE GOT OFF OF JEEP AT 4010#2 HEADER SHE FELL C AUSING FURTHER INJURY TO HER NECK AND BACK. EE'SFIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 03-15-94.
THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS LOADING COAL IN THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN THE #1 RIGHT & #2 RIGHT ENTRY. EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO THE LINE CURTAIN. WHEN RAM CAR BEGAN TO TRAVEL TOWARD FEEDER THE TRA ILER RAN OVER LEFT FOOT CAUSING THE LACERATION.
INJURED WAS RIDING IN A RAM CAR TRAILER ADN BUMPED HIS EAR AGAINST A OVERCAST BEAM CAUSING LACERATION TO HIS LEFT EAR.
EE WAS RIDING IN TRACK JEEP ENROUTE TO ELEVATOR LANDING AT 10 SOUTH PORTAL WHEN THE TRACK UP COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PORTAL BUS
EE WAS UNCOUPLING A MATERIAL CAR WHEN HE TURNED AROUND THE CAR ROLLED OVER ON HIS FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ON BELT, THE BELT STOPPEDAND THE EMPLOYEE STARTED TO CROSS THE BELT, IT STARTED UP AND THREW HIM OFF.
DAVID TIM WOMACK WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND JAMMED HIS NECK AGAINST A "T"-BOARD.
EE WAS OPERATING RAM CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN ROADWAY AND HURT HIS BACK AND LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS CROSSING OVER A CONVEYOR THAT HAD BEEN SHUT OFF WHILE CROSSING THE CONVEYOR IT BEGAN FORWARD MOVEMENT ACTIVATED CAUSING THE INJURIES.
RAM CAR TRAILER HIT ANKLE 12-09-92 SPRAIN AGAIN 12-15 -93 & SPRAINED AGAIN 06-14-93 WHICH WAS T HE FIRST DAY HE MISSED
EE WAS RUNNING RAM CAR WHEN HE HIT A ROCK AND THRU HIM INTO CANOPY HURTING BACK.
EE WAS HANGING CURTAIN WHEN A RAN CAR TRAILER RAN OVER HIS FEET.
EMPL WAS RIDING IN RAM CAR TRAILER WHEN IT HIT ABUMP THROWING HIM INTO THE TOP.