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EMPLOYEE STATED HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF SLATE 12"WIDE X 16" LONG, 2 TO 3" THICK ON OFFSIDE OF CAR CAUSING HIS NECK TO STRIKE THE CANOPY OF CAR. THE INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED 6.3.98.
EMPLOYEE AND OHTER EMPLOYEE WERE GOING TO REPLACE A BAD ROLLER. EMPLOYEE SHUT THE BELT SWITCH OFF JUST INBY XC 22 ON 16 1ST SOUTH BELT. EMPLOYEESTARTED ACROSS THE BELT WHEN THE BELT CAME ON EM PLOYEE TREAVELED DOWN THE BELT 3 X-CUTS (210').
EE IS STATING THAT WHILE OPERATING A COAL TRUCK HE WENT THROUGH 3 SMALL DIPS IN A HAUL ROAD AND HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. EE DID NOT CONSULT A DR UNTIL 3/25/98 DUE TO SCIATIC NERVE FLAREUP. REPO RTED AS AN ILLNESS
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS RETURNING TO PREP PLANT FOR ANTOHER LOAD OF GOB. AS HE APPROACHED THE RAILROD UNDERPASS FROM THE GOB PIT HE NOTICED HE HAD FAILED TO LOWER HIS TRUCK BED COMPLETELY. HE S LAMMED ON HIS BRAKES BUT THE TRUICK BED STRUCK THE UNDERPASS AND THREW HIM INOT THE STEERING WHEEL CASUSING BRUISES TO HIS RIGHT SIDE.
VICTIM STATED: RIDING IN A MANTRIP, TRAVELED UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT, LUMP OF COAL FELL FROM BELT STRIKING THE BACK OF HIS NECK.
EE REPORTED THAT A PORTION OF A LOAD OF TOPSOIL STUCK IN THE BED OF HIS TRUCK AND THE FRONT RAISED AS HE WAS PULLING UP. THE LOAD BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE FRONT TO COME BACK DOWN SUDDENLY, JARRYING HIM IN THE CAB. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICALATTENTION UNTIL 2/21/98
VICTIM WAS RIDING AS PASSENGER IN A JITNEY. WHEN APPROACHING AN ONCOMING SUPPLY JEEP, THE VEHICLE OPERATOR PULLED CLOSE TO THE RIB LINE TO AVOIDRUBBING THE RIB THE VICTIM TURNED IN HIS SEAT AN D HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT OF COMPACT AND WAS CAUGHTBETWEEN RIB AND VEHICLE FRAME.
STANDING BETWEEN SCOOP BUCKET AND COAL RIB. SCOOP OPERATOR SWIVELED SCOOP, BUCKET STRUCK VICTIM, PUSHED HIM INTO COAL RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK AND HIT HEAD ON CANOPY WHEN HE HIT A BUMP. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR AND WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK. MAN JUST WENT TO ANOTHER DOCTOR AND FOUND A DISC PROBLEM.
VICTIM STATED PASSENGER IN A RUBBER TIRED JITNEY, VECHILE BUMPED TIMBER FROM UNDER RAILBAR, BAR DROPPED STRIKING HIS LEFT WRIST.
EE LEFT LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN COAL RIB AND MANRIP AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE MANTRIP. SIMPLE FRACTURE ON LOWER END OF LEFT FIBULA.
RAM CAR TIRE RAN OVER ROCK CAUSING HIM TO HIT HEAD TO CAB. DR. THOUGHT INJURY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN RELATED TO ACCIDENT. FINAL DETERMINATION RECEIVED 9-18-97.
EE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AND DRAGGED WHEN THE CABLE USED TO PULL AN EQUIPMENT MOVING SLED RE-ATTACHED TO THE WATER TRUCK AS IT PULLED AWAY. LEFT LEG & LEFT ARM PINNED UNDER SLED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OEPRATING A RAM CAR AND RAN OVER SOME FIRECLAY IN THE ROADWAY AND BUMPED HIS HEAD INSIDE TO CANOPY RESULTING IN NECK PAIN. HE CTONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 7-3-97 AND IS NOW OFF GETT ING THERAPY.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HAULING ROCKDUST WITH IT RAMCAR ON THE 7 RIGHT SUPPLY ROAD AND HE RAN OVE A CRIB BLOCK ADN BUMPED HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY. HE WENT TO DR LATER WITH SHOULDER AND NECK PA IN (4-22-97) LATE REPORTED AS LOST-TIME. INVESTIGATION COMPLETED 5-2-97.
EE WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER FINISHING HIS SHIFT WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH AN EE COMING TO WORK.
EE WAS USING A LIFTING JACK TO REPLACE BELT ROLLERS--JACK SLIPPED, CAUGHT L THUMB--LACERATION REQUIRED 15 STITCHES.
VICTIM STATED: WHEN RIDING AS A PASSENGER ON AN ALCO JITNEY, THE LUG BOLTS BROKE OFF R. REAR WHEEL. THE WHEEL BROKE OFF CAUSING VICTIM TO STRIKE HIS LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST JITNEY FRAME.
EE REPORTED THAT THE FRONT TIRE OF HIS COAL TRUCK HIT A SOFT SHOULDER AND TRUCK WAS DRAWN INTO A DITCH. DUE TO THE ABRUPT STOP HE WAS THROWN INTO THE WINDSHIELD. EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS WEARIN G HIS SEATBELT BUT IT CAME UNBUCKLED.
EE STATED HE WAS BACKING FORKLIFT USING LEFT HAND TO STEER, (*NOTE STEERING WHEEL IS ON LEFT SIDE). HE HIT A PIECE OF WOOD ON FLOOR THAT WAS SUPPORTING SEVERAL PIECES OF METAL. THE STEERING WH EEL WHIPPED AROUND HITTING (L) RING FINGER.
EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD STRAINING HIS BACK.
EE STATED SHE RAN OVER ROCK IN SUPPLY ROAD WITH RAM CAR AND JARRED HER BACK RESULTING IN LOW BACK PAIN.
EE WAS USING A STICK TO PUSH THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE DOOR. HER FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BRAKE ONTO THE GAS PEDAL. THE RIDE MOVED FORWARD CATCHING HER HAND BETWEEN THE STICK AND THE ROLL BAR OF THE RIDE.
EE WAS PASSENGER ON A RIDE. AS THE RIDE CAM AROUND A CORNER IT BUMPED ANOTHER RIDE PARKED IN THE ENTRY, CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS LEFT KNEE AND STRAIN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING SCOOP TO PUT RAIL TO RUBBER CAR ON TRACK. SCOOP BUCKET SLIPPED OFF CAR CAUSING EMP TO HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY POST.
EE WAS DRIVING THROUGH A CURTAIN ON THE AUPPLY RD. AND HIT A RAMCAR. HE WAS DRIVING A S-10 CHEVY DIESEL TRUCK AND DIDN'T SEE THE CAR IN TIME TO STOP--THIS RESULTED IN HIM BITING HIS TONGUE--5 SUTURES IN TONGUE.
AFTER EE'S SHIFT THEY WERE RIDING OUT SLOPE. SLOPE CAR BRAKES WERE LOCKED DOWN. WHEN TRIP SDTARTED UP SLOPE LOCKED BRAKES CAUSED THE TRIP TO JERK. HE STATED HE JUMPED OFF TRIP AND FEL HURTING HIS HIP.
S/C HIT RIB WITH TIRE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BOUNCE AROUND INSIDE CAB OF S/C.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A MANTRIP. WHEN IT HIT A BUMP HE CAME OUT OF HIS SEAT AND CAME DOWN ON HIS BATTERY.
EE IS STATING THAT WHILE OPERATING A KOMATSU 785END DUMP HE RAN THROUGH A SOFT SECTION OF NEW ROAD AT APPROX 15 MPH. THIS CAUSED HIS TRUCK TO LURCH WHICH WRENCHED HIS LOWER BACK. EE WAS WEARIN G A SEAT BELT & WAS ALSO AWARE OF THE SOFT SPOT IN THE ROAD.
A S/C HIT A BUMP CAUSING MAN TO HIT CANOPY JAMMING HIS NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR MAKING LEFT TURN STRUCK RIB ON CORNER. FELL OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR, HIT A HOLE IN CAR ROAD AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN CABOOSE READY TO DISMOUNT CABOOSE AND THROW SWITCH TO RAILROAD YARD WHEN HE CALLED OUT TO ENGINEER TO REMEMBER SWITCH USING MINE RADIO. ENGINEER THOUGHT HE HAD RUN THR OUGH SWITCH AND APPLIED BRAKES ON CARS BEFORE CAR DUMPER WAS PREPAIRED TO STOP, THROWING EMPLOYEE AGAINST INSIDE OF CABOOSE.
EE STATED AS HE WAS UNLOADING A SUPPLY CAR OF TIMBERS ON SUPPLY ROAD, A SUPPLY MOTOR ATTEMPTED TO GO BY THE CAR & BUMPED THE CAR INTO HIS LEFT ANKLE RESULTING IN A BRUISE.
EE WAS WALKING BEHIND THE HAULER & THE HAULER WENT THRU CURTAIN & CURTAIN HUNG ON A PIECE OF MONO RAIL DRAGGING IT OFF & HITTING EE ON BACK & ARM. RESULTING IN BRUISES.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE REMOVING GOB OUT OF CROSSCUT TO SET MIENR PUMP IN. EMPLOYEE STATED AS HE WAS STRUCK-BY UNKNOWN OBJECT. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CUT TO RIGHT CHEEK AND SOME DENTAL PROBLEMS.
INJURED & CO-WORKER WERE UNLOADING 5' BOLTS FROMA SUPPLY CAR WHEN INJURED TOLD CO-WORKER TO MOVESCOOP OVER. CO-WORKER STATED HE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE SCOOP OVER. THE SCOOP RAM WAS EXTENDED & THE STINGER WAS ON THE SUPPLY CAR. WHEN CO-WORKER PUT DOWN PRESSURE ON THE BUCKET, THE STINGER SLID ON THE CAR & CAME DOWN ON INJURED'S FOOT.
EE WAS RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE BRONCO. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND RAN INTO A STORAGE BUILDING. AT IMPACT THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WAS THROWN FORWARD, CAUSING HIS HARD HA T TO BOUNCE OFF DAS HITTING EE IN FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
VICTIM STATED WHEN WALKING THROUGH A CROSS CUT, A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE RAISED FROM THE MINE FLOOR WHEN BEING REELED. THE CABLE STRUCK THE VICTIM'S LEFT ANKLE.
EE WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP WHEN IT HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD JARRING HIS BACK.
EE RAN OVER A ROCK WITH A S/C CAUSING HIM TO HIT HEAD ON CANOPY POST.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY WHILE DRIVING A TRUCK CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH INSTALLATION OF COMPONENTS INTO A ROLLER FRAME ASSEMBLY FROM A D7H CATERPILLAR DOZER. DURING THE PROCESS OF PUSHING ON THE FRONT ROLLER FRAME WITH AN ELECTR ICAL POWERED FORKLIFT, THE ENTIRE ROLLER FRAME ASSEMBLY CAME OFF OF ITS WOODEN SUPPORT BLOCKS AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 2 IN ONTO THE TOES OF RIGHT FOOT OF EMPLOYEE. THREE TOES WERE INJURED.
EE STEPPED ON A BELT. THE BELT STARTED AND HE WAS KNOCKED DOWN. CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING AROUND CORNER & S/C CABLE CAUGHT HIM BEHIND HIS RIGHT LEG & KNOCKED HIM DOWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP WHEN IT BOTTOMED OUT JARRING HIS BACK. DID NOT START MISSING WORKUNTIL 6-1-95.
THE HAUL TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING DROVE THROUGH A DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY, JARRING HIS BACK, CAUSING A BACK PAIN.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS DECENDING INTO THE 1360 PIT ON THE SOUTH END PLUG WHERE HE CROSSED UNEVEN & ROUGH TERRAIN. THE UNEVENESS BOUNCED & TOSSED HIM AROUND IN HIS SEAT. AS HE WAS LOOKING BACKWA RD HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE TRAMMING 484 S & S SCOOP AND MAKING RIGHT TURN. TRAMMED OVER TIMBER CAUSING SCOOP TO BOUNCE HURTING HIS BACK.