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WHILE TRAVELING THE HAUL ROAD FROM THE HAWK'S NEST TSM MINE THE BRAKES MALFURCTIONED ON THE COAL HAULAGE VEHICLE, THE TRUCK TRAVELED ABOUT 1,000 FT, I,NAME JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK PRIOR TO THE T RUCK GOING INTO THE DITCH AND SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
EMPL PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON CONTROL LINE WHILE CRAWLING NEAR MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR.BRIDGE OPERATOR TRAMMED BRIDGE FORWARD AND RAN ACROSS EMPL FOOT.
WHILE TRAMMING BRIDGE AROUND CORNER EMPL WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BRIDGE & RIB INJURING RIGHT KNEE.
BACKING UP ON A 4 WHEEL JEEP AND HIT HIS HEAD INTO THE ROOF OF THE MINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING DUST BOX ON PINNER WHEN S. SHUTTLE CAR HOOKED MARK 22 MINER CABLE AND PULLED EMPLOYEE INTO PINNER TWISTING LEFT KNEE.
WHILE TRAMMING MOBILE BRIDGE TOWARD FACE AREA, VICTIM PINNED HIMSELF AGAINST RIB WITH BRIDGE CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO RIGHT LEG & R IGHT HIP.
EMPL ALLEDES HE JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO ROOF WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHICH CAUSED CERVICAL STRAIN.
WHILE BACKING THE MOBILE BRIDGE HE WAS OPERATING THE EMPLOYEES RT KNEE GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE BRIDGES OIL TANK WHEN EH BRIDGE LOWERED AND CAUSED A CONTUSION TO HIS RT KNEE
WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN WITH HIS ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT WINDOW TO CLEAN OFF MIRROR UNEXPLICABLY HE RECEIVED A MUSCLE STRAIN TO RT CHEST WALL AREA AND ALSO FRACTURED THE RT 10 TH RIB
EMP WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN IT STRUCK A ROOF BOLT THAT HAD BEEN BOLTED UP EARLIER. THE BOLT DISLODGED CAME DOWN FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK EMP IN RT RIB CAGE CAUSING A CONTUSION
WHILE BACKING U1 A RAMP IN HIS ROCK TRUCK TO DUMP,VICTIM STRUCK HIGHWALL WITH THE RIGHT CORNER OF TRUCK BED CAUSING A WHIPLASH ACTION THAT INJURED HIS NECK.HIS LOWER ABDOMEN AREA WAS INJURED WHERE HIS SEAT3BELT LAPPED OVER HIM.
AFTER AN ENDLOA8ER DUMPED A BUCKET OF DIRT IN THE VICTIM'S ROCK TRUCK, THE LOADER BACKED UP AND CAUGHT THE CORNER OF THE TRUCK BED CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SHAKE AND THE VICTIM CLAIMS HE INJURED H IS BACK. 3
WHILE BACKING U1 AN ENDLOADER, THE VICTIM S MACHINE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING OR REASON LURCHED TO ONE SIDE AND JURKED HIS BACK CAUSING AN ACUTE LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.
VICTIM WAS BACK3NG HIS ROCK TRUCK UNDER A RAISED ENDLOADER BUCKET THAT WAS NOT RAISED HIGH ENOUGH. VICTIMS TRUCK BED STRUCK THE BUCKET CAUSING A WHIPLASH LIKE INJURY THAT STRAINED SOME NECK MU SCLES. 3
VICTIM RECEIVED3A NECK AND BACK STRAIN WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN HIS ROCK TRUCK THAT WAS BEING LOADED BY ENDLOADER WHICH DROPPED A LARGE TREE STUMP IN ITS EMPTY BED CAUSEING THE TRUCK TO BOUNCE RADICALLY INFL3CTING THE INJURY
VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT EYE BY AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT THAT FLEW FROM THE ENDLOADER BUCKET THAT WAS LOADING HIM AT THE TIME.
TRAMMING END LO5DER FROM PIT TO FUEL TANK AT END OF SHIFT.DROVE OVER SIDE OF 15'DEEP EXCAVATED AREA.BROKE 5 RIBS ON RIGHT SIDE AND HAD VARIOUS BRUISES AND CUTS.AREA WAS FOGGY AT TIME OF ACCID.
VICTIM WAS DRIV3NG ROCK TRUCK WITH WINDOW DOWN FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW THROUGH OPEN WINDOW & STUCK IN VICTIMS LEFT EYE
OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF END LOADER AND WAS THROWN OUT OF IT BREAKING HIS RT COLLARBONE