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COMING DOWN EMBANKMENT RAN TRUCK IN DITCH, COMPLAINED OF ABDOMINAL BRUISES
INJURED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER AT SURFACE AREA OF MINE NO.1, TURNED AROUND TO LOOK BEHIND HIM AND BEGAN EXPERIENCING NECK PAIN. PHYSICIAN DIAGONOSED AS MUSCLE SPASM CAUSED BY REPETIT IVE MOTION OF TURNING AROUND AND WORK RELATED STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATION CEASING. THIS IS AN OCCUPATION ILLNESS AND NOT AN INJURY.
TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK OFFSET IN RIB OPER STRUCK CANOPY LEG AND RIB INJ ALLEGEDLOWER BACK PAIN
OPERA TOR BATTERY POWERED MOTOR & STRUCK HEAD ON METAL BEAM LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES NO LOST TIME RESULTED
OPERA TING SCOOP GOING DOWN HILL STRUCK HEAD ON CANOPY & BEGAN EXPERIENCING NECK PAIN THIS INJURY DID NOT RESULT IN LOST TIME UNTIL 01-29-91 & IS NOT OTHERWISE REPORTABLE
APPLYING DOWNARD PRESSURE ON SCOOP BUCKET BUCKET SLIPPED & SCOOP DROPPED. INJ'S HEAD STRUCK SCOOP CANOPY. LACERATION RQUIRES STITCHES.
CROSSING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE CABLE HIT ON LEFT ANKLE. RESULTED IN TORN LIGAMENT.
TRAMMING SCOOP WHEN APPROACHED AN UNEVEN AREA OF HAULAGE ROAD. SCOOP BOUNCED-OPERATOR'S HEAD STRUCK SCOOP CANOPY. LOST TIME DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL 10/23/90. INJURY IS NOT OTHERWISE REPORTABLE.
TRAMMING SCOOP DOWN ENTRY. RAN OVER RIGID STRUCTURE RAIL FRAME. FRAME CAME UP AND STRUCK ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD. NO LOST WORK DAYS. LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.
RIDING TO SECTION IN MANTRIP.INJURED RAISED HEAD AND STRUCK I-BEAMS.RESULTED IN LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.NO LOST WORK DAYS.
OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR BOUNCED IN SEAT & BEGAN EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN.
SHUTTLE CAR CAUGHT BOLTER CABLE, HE WAS HANGING ROOF CABLE LITTLE FINGER ON L HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE AN HANGER
MANTRIP AND BATTERY POWERED SUPPLY MOTOR STRUCK EACH OTHER AT THE NO. 6 BELT HEAD TRACK SWITCH.
STRUCK KNEE ON SCOOP BUCKET.
OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR HIT HOLE IN BOTTOME HIT TAILBONE ON BOTTOM OF SEAT
OPER S. C. DROVE THREW HAULAGE ROAD HOLE RESULT IN BACK PAIN . NOT NOTIF. UNTIL 3-24-89.
RIDING IN MANTRIP OUTBY PORTAL WHEN MANTRIP WAS STRUCK BY PER. CARRIER.
RIDING IN OPEN TRACK LOCO AND HIT HEAD ON OVERCAST LACERATION REQ. STITCHES.
I NAME WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ON A FLAT CAR WHEN A LOADER ON THE OPPOSITE CAUSED THE FLAT CAR TO LEAN TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THE SIDE OF THE CAR WENT AGAINST HIS FOOT RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TOE
INJ WAS NOT REP2RTED TO THE OPERATOR UNTIL 11-2-87 SHE WAS SHOVELING BELT WHEN HER SHOVEL HIT THE BELT AND KICKED BACK, STRIKING HER IN THE KNEE
OPERATING SCOOP3CLEANING ENTRY BUCKET HIT OFFSET INJURING BACK STRAIN.
INJURY OCCURRED3ON 8-L REPORTED TO EMPLOYER ON 9-2 STARTED MISSING WORK ON 9-10-87. OPERATING TRACK JEEP WHEN JEEP WENT THRU SWITCH & DERAILED. I.NAME SAID HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN JEEP DERAILED.
I NAME WAS OPER5TING A JEEP THAT HITA MOTOR. THE RAIL WAS WET AND HE COULD NOT STOP THE JEEP.
I.NAME WAS IN A36-TON MOTOR WITH HIS HAND BEHIND THE SEAT BACK. THE MOTOR IN WHICH HE WAS RIDING WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER MOTOR. THE COLLISION CSUSCAUSED THE BATTERY PACK,POSITIONED BEHIND THE SE AT TO FALL FORW5RD AND STRIKE HIS FINGER
ACCORDING TO PERSON INJURED AS HE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF A LOADED SCOOP BILL THE SCOOP OPERATOR MISUNDERSTOOD A DIRECTION AND MOVED THE SCOOP FORWARD I.NAME BIG TOE ON HIS FT FOOT WAS FRA CTURED
SAFETY CHAIN CONNECTED BETWEEN SUPPLY MOTOR AND SUPPLY CAR.MOTOR AND CAR WOULDNT COUPLE BECAUSE CHAIN FELL BETWEEN COUPLERS.INJURED REACHED DOWN TO PULL CHAIN OUT.SUPPLY CAR DRIFTED BACKWARDS CAUSING CHAIN TO TIGHTEN AND CATCH HIS HAND BETWEEN TOP OF COUPLER AND CHAIN.
A PRIVATELY OWNED JEEP DRIVEN BY THE INJURED, WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE COUNTY ROAD INTERSECTION AT THE NO 1 GUARDHOUSE AND WAS STRUCK BY A RHODEWAY TRUCKING CO. MACK TRUCK. THE INJURED STATED THAT HE DIDNT SEE THE MACK TRUCK AND WAS TRAVELING AT A NORMAL RATE OF SPEED. A STOP SIGN IS POSITIONED ON THE MINE SITE SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION
THE INJURED WAS TRAMMING THE MINER BY RADIO REMOTE CONTROL TO THE FACE. HE HAD BEEN SETTING IN THE CROSSCUT WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR EPERATOR WENT TO GET ON THE SHUTTLE CAR. THE INJURED MOVED OVER INTO THE CENTER OF THE ENTY. HIS LIGHT WAS FACING THE MINER AND THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE HIM. THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR TRAMMED ONTO HIS LEG.
OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK. VEHICLE HEAVILY DAMAGED.
1979 CHEV PICKUP OPERATED BY THE INJURED WAS STRUCK BY 2 CHESSIE SYSTEM LOCOMOTIVES OPERATING IN TANDEM LOCOMOTIVES DID NOT HAVE ANY CARS ATTACHED AT THE TIME #3538 LOCO WAS THE ONE THAT IM IMPACTED WITH THE TRUCK TRUCK WAS PUSHED SIDEWAYS DOWN THE TRACK 100 FT AT THIS POINT TRUCK AND LOCOMOTIVE DISENGAGED AND TRUCK ROLLED OVER RESTING ON ITS SIDE