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HE WAS CLEANING (SHOVELING) AROUND THE 2ND SOUTH BELT TAIL. THE AREA WAS WET, HE SLIPPED AND DROPPED THE SHOVEL. THE SHJOVEL STRUCK A ROLLER ADN THE HANDLE FLIPPED UP A STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND ( BACKSIDE). THIS CAUSED A CONTUSION.
DRIVING THE SCOOP TRHOUGH A CROSSCUT. THE BOTTOMS WERE UNEVEN. THE SCOOP STRUCK A HOLE AND IT BOUNCED CAUSING EE TO STRIKE HER HARD HAT AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE CANOPY. THIS CAUSED A STRAIN TO THE NECK.
INJURED STATED THAT HIS LOWER BACK & BUTTOCKS WAS HURTING HIM, WHILE HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. [UNDER INVESTIGATION SINCE 7-9-97]
INJURED EMP WAS INSTRUCTING A CONT MINER OPERATOR IN THE NEXT MOVE. SHUTTLE CAR WAS HEADING INTOTHE CONT MINER. AS SHUTTLE CAR PULLED THROUGH PULL THROUGH CURTAIN INJURED EMP WAS STRUCK BY SHU TTLE CAR IN THE RIGHT LOWER BACK.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WATERING THE BUGGY HAULROAD THE SHUTTLE WAS TRAMMED INBY TOWARD THE FACE. AS THE SHUTTLE CAR TRAVELED THROUGH THE CROSSCUT THE CABLE SHIPPED ACROSS THE ENTRY STRIKING THE EE CAUSING HIM TO FALL, LANDING ON HIS CAP LAMP BATTERY
EE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED IN 107 TRACK SCOOTER TO BIG MUNCY MAINS WHEN THE TROLLY POLE DISENGAGED FROM THE TROLLY WIRE AND DISLODGED A LAMINATED LAYER OF SANDSTONE MEASUING APPROX. 1" THICK X 2 0" LONG X 20" WIDE. THE EDGE OF THE DRAW ROCK STRUCK THE EE A GLANCING BLOW ACROSS THE TOP OF THE LEFT WRIST CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE STRUCK ROAD IRREGULARITIES WHICH CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE AGAINST THE UNDER SIDE OF THE CANOPY. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A NECK STRAIN.
EE WAS STEPPING ONTO THE SLOPE BELT TO EXIT THE MINE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. AS HE STEPPED ONTO THE BELT HE LOST HIS BALANCE, SET DOWN ON THE BELT , AND BOUNCED OFF THE BELT FALLING TO THE MI NE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS HEAD. HE STRUCK HIS HEADAGAINST THE MINE FLOOR AND THE 4" WATERLINE. THE INJURED EE RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE #4 VERTEBRA. (CERVICAL).
EMP WAS PULLING THE PANLINE BACK AND A RAM BOX ON THE SHIELD FEET STRUCK HIS RIGHT ANKLE CAUSINGA CHIP FRACTURE TO THE ANKLE.
EE WAS HELPING MOVE THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE. AS HE BENT OVER TO TIE THE PULL ROPE A SHUTTLE CAR CAME DOWN THE HAUL ROAD AND THE SHUTTLE CAR CABLE STRUCK HIM ON BOTH KNEES, KNOCKING HIM DOWN .
EE WAS INJURED WHILE REPAIRING A SHUTTLE CAR. THE WORK AREA WAS BEHIND A CHECK CURTAIN, THE INJURED WAS STRUCK BYA SCOOP WHEN IT WAS TRAMMED THROUGHT THE CHECK CURTAIN PINNING THE EE BETWEEN T HE SCOOP AND SHUTTLE CAR. THE EE WAS ADM. HAD TOA LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED NO SUFFORED NO MAJOR INJURIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A BUGGY CABLE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL TO THE WALKWAY AND LANDED ON HIS SELF-RESCUER.
EMPLOYEE IS CLASSIFIED AS A SURFACE UTILITY MAN, HE WAS GREASING A TOP ROLLER AT THE TAIL OF C-BELT, HE WAS USING A HAND HELD GREASE GUN WITH A 18" HOSE, THHE HOSE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND A ROLLER, IT MAY OF PULLED THE HAND HOLDING THEU HOSE INTO THE BELT, A KILL ROPE AND A SWITCH WERE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA BUT WERE NOT UTILIZED, THEH BELT RUNNING OVER HIS HAND INFLICTED BURNS
EMPLOYEE IS CLASSIFIED AS A CONTIUOUS MINEER OPERATOR, EH WAS RIDING OUT OF THE MINE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT ON A DIESEL MANTRIP, WHEN GOING THROUGH THE INBY WOODEN AIRLOCK DOOR ON THE MINE BO TTOM, HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE DOOR AND THE MANTRIP, HIS FOOT WAS NOT INSIDE THE MANTRIP, IMPACT RESULTED IN A FRACTURED DISTAL PHALANX ON THE 4TH DIGIT ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY THIS CASUSED HIM TO BOUNCE IN THE SHUTTLE CAR CAB CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY WITH HIS HEAD.
EE WAS WAITING FOR ANOTHE EE TO OPEN A TRAP DOOR. THE VELOCITY OF AIR CAUSED BOTH DOORS TO SHUT ON THE EE'S HAND. SEEING WHAT HAPPENED, EE JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE HE WAS IN AND RAN TO THE DO OR TO HELP GE THE OTHER EE OUT AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN AND CAUGHT EE BETWEEN THE DOORS AND THE D.U.V.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT SHE WAS BACKING AWAY FROM THE MINER WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN SHEHIT THE COAL RIB.
EE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A BELT TAIL AT 92 XC MAIN SOUTH WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK OR COAL CAME OVER THE HEAD ROLLER AND BOUNCED AND HIT HIM INT HE RIGHT HAND ON THE RIGHT RING FINGER.
MAN WAS BACKING 621 CATERPILLAR WATER TRUCK DOWN G0B ROAD WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED. THE STEERING BECAME INOPERABLE WHEN THE ENGINE DIED AND THE MANLOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE JUMP FROM THE CAB AND BRUISED/STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN LANDED ONTHE GOB ROAD. THE CAB WAS 55 INCHES ABOVE THE ROAD SURFACE.
EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AS HE WAS TRAMMING THRU A XCUT HE TURNED TO LOOK TO SEE IF HE HAD NIT A CABLE WHEN TURNED HIS RIGHT FOOT LEFT THECAB OF THE SHUTTLE CAR, THE SHUTTLE CAR THEN STR UCK THE RIB CATCHING EE'S FOOT BETWEEN THE RIB &SHUTTLE CAR.
INSTALLING A BELT WETTER BRACKE TON THE 4TH NORTHEAST BELT TAIL WHILE THE BELT WAS IN OPERATION. WHILE ISNTALLING THE BRACKE TI TCAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT AND CAUSED THE B RACKE TO KICK BACK AND STRIKE HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK A TIMBER THE TIMBER THEN STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT ARM BREAKING THE LEFT ARM
THE NJURED STATED THAT HE RE-INJURED HIS BACK WHILE DRIVING GOB TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A FLY PAD BOARD WHILE RIDING ON A BATTERY POWERED MANTRIP STRAINING HIS NECK
THE INJURED REACHED HIS ARM OUT OF THE WINDOW OF A PICK UP TRUCK IN ORDER TO RUSH A SWITCH FOR AN AIR DOOR WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON A BLUNT OBJECT. HE IS NOT SUM WHAT CAUSING HIM TO AVVULS TO END OF HIS LEFT HIS FINGER.
EE ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED HIS NECK WHEN HE WAS RIDING IN A MANTRIP AND IT HIT A BUMP CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF MANTRIP. THIS OCCURRED ON UNIT #3 ROADWAY, 2 XCUTS OUTBY ISOLATION CURTAINS. FINISHED SHIFT THEN WENT TO DR. THE NEXT DAY.
EMPLOYEE STATED ON 05-23-95 THAT ON 04-28-9 5 HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN SOME IRREGULATIES IN THE ROADWAY CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE THE BOTTOM OF THE CANOPY TOP
INJURED WAS SHOVELING ON MUNCY MAIN BELT WHEN THE SHOVEL MADE CONTACT WITH THE BELT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR IN UNIT #2 HE DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND WHEN SHUTTLE CAR BOUNCED OVER BUMP HE CLINCHED HIS TEETH CAUSING HIM TO BREAK A SMALL CHIP OFF OF ONE TOOTHH. (3RD TOOTH BACK FROM FRONT ON TOP).
DRIVING A 488 DIESEL SCOOP AND A PIECE OF FFOREIGN MATTER GOT INTO HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT AS HE WAS TIGHTENING TH EDRAG CHAIN ON HIS SHUTTLE CAR HE TURNNED AND HIS FOOT GOT HUNG BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR CHAINS AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. THIS OCCURRED IN UNIT # 4. HE WAS SENT TO HOPSITAL ER TO BE CHECKED.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS RIDING IN A DIESEL TRUCK UNDERGROUND. THE DRIVER WAS BACKING UP & BACKED INTO A RIB, JARING THE PERSONS INSIDE CAUSING PAIN TO THE LOWER BACK OF THE PASSENGER.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT AS HE WAS CLEANING UP FACES OF ENTRY #1 IN UNIT #1 A PIECE OF SLATE FELL OUT OF BUCKET OF HIS SCOOP AND HE RAN OVER IT CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE IN SEAT AND STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK. WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL ER TO BE CHECKED.
REPLACING A PLUG ON A CABLE NEAR THE TAIL PIECE, A ROCK CAME OVER THE TRANSFER POINT AND CAME OFF OF THE BELT HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT LEG.
THE MANBUS THAT EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN RAN INTO THE DUCKBILL OF A 610 SCOOP THAT HAD STALLED. WHEN THE BUS HIT THE SCOOP IT THREW EMPLOYEE INTO A ROOF BRACE IN THE MANBUS.
EE INJURED HIS BACK WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR HE WAS OPERATING TRAMMED OVER ROAD IRREGULARITIES CAUSING THE EE TO STRIKE THE SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY.
WHILE MOVING A PIPE SLED WITH HIGH PRESSURE PIPE IN IT, THE SCOOP BUCKET GOT ON THE ENDO OF A PIECE OF PIPE AND FLIPPED IT STRIKING THE EE ON THE RIGHT HAND.
MAN WAS OPERATING BOBCAT LOADER IN PREP PLANT WHEN THE BUCKET CAUGHT ON THE FLOOR, CAUSING MAHCINE TO BOUNCED LURCH. MAN FELL FORWARD HITTING HIS HEAD AND HAMMING HIS NECK AND RIGHT THUMB. MAN STARTED LOOSING TIME IN DEC FOR INJURY.
EE INJURED BACK WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. EE STATED HE RAN OVER SOME ROCK IN THE HAULAGE RODA AND THIS MOTION CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST THE SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY.
MAN PINCHED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN MATERIAL CAR HITCH PIN AND SCOOP BUCKET. THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS FRACTURED MAN LOST NO TIME WORKING WITH SPLINT OVER FINGER TIP.
THE 16TH WEST TRAVELWAY, THE SCOOP BEIFNG OPERATED 6 THE INJURY HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND JARRED THE INJURED S LOW BACK.
INJURED SUSTAINED BACK INJURY ATER THE SHUTTLE CAR HE WAS OPERATING STRUCK IRREGULARITIES IN THE HAULAGE ROAD
INJURED OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR RECEIVED NECK INJURIES AFTER SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE INJURED TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP COAL USING A UNILOADER WHEN HE PICKED UP THE 1ST BUCKET HE REALIZED ONE SIDE OF THE BUCKET WAS NOT COMPLETELY LATCHED EMPLOYEE STOOD ON BACK OF BUCKET TO TRY TO RELATC H IT THE BUCKET WAS RESTING ON LOOSED COAL ABOUT2FT OFF THE GROUND THE LATCH WOULD NOT GO IN SO EMPLOYEE UNLATCHED THE OTHER SIDE WHEN EMPLOYEE DID SO THE BUCKET ROLLED PINNING EMPLOYEES FOOT
THE SHUTTLE CAR CABLE BECAME LODGED UNDER THE SHUTTLE CAR DRAG. AS THE INJURED EMPLOYEE HELPED PULL THE CABLE, THE DRAG ROLLED BACK ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT FRACTURING HIS BIG TOE.
WHILE LOADING ROCK DUST INTO A ROCK DUST MACHINETHE INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST GOT OUT OF THE SCOOP, SCOOP WAS SETTING ON A SMALL INCLINE AND IT ROLLED FORWARD AND OVER THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE BIG TOE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS THE HELPER ON THE MINER. AS THE MINER WAS BACKING OUT, THE STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR PULLED AWAY FROM THE MINER. THE SHUTTLE CAR SLEWED OVER TO THE SIDE AND PINNED EE BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE SHUTTLE CAR.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STEERING A DISABLED MANTRIP INTO A X-CUT. THE MANTRIP ROLLED FORWARD AND THEN BACKWARDS INTO A SCOOP CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A MANBUS BESIDE THE OPERATORTHE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF WIRE AND ARCED ON THE MANBUS, IN PANIC THE OPERATOR JUMPED BACK, IN THIS PROCESS HE SHOVES THE INJURED OUT OF THE MAN BUS.