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EE WAS WORKING AS A BELTMAN. EXCESS CHAIN HANGING DOWN FROM CHAIN HANGER. CHAIN CAME AROUND AND STRUCK EE IN THE MOUTH WHILE HE WAS VCHANGING OUT A BOTTOM ROLLER. BROKEN PERMANENT TOOTH TOP RI GHT SIDE.
MANTRIP WAS COMING OUT AND HIT A SLICK SPOT IN THE ROAD AND RAN INTO THE RIB. EE WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP AND BRUISED BOTH SHINS AND HIS LEFT KNEE. WENT TO DR AFTER WORK. DR DX HEMATOMA LEFT LOWE R LEG.
EE AND CO WORKER WERE PUTTING A RAM CAR CENTER SECTION TOGETHER. CO WORKER WAS OPERATING A SCOOP TO MOVE A PART OF THE CAR WHEN THE SCOOP BUCKET WAS INADVERTENTLY ENGAGNED AND WAS DROPPED ON H IS LEFT FOOT DX: FRACTURE TO TOE ON LEFT FOOT.
EE 1N1W OPERATING SHUTTE CAR, RAN OVER TIMBE,R TIMBR CAME UP AND STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW.
PUSHING HAULER OFF OF FEEDER. BUMPER OF CAR RODEUP ON BUMPER OF OTHER CAR. WHENHAULER CAME DOWN EMP HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY, SPRAINING HIS NECK. STARTED MISSING ON 3-25-97.
RIDING IN BACK OF TRUCK. OPERATOR BACK UP, HE STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON ROW BAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN TRUCK INTO A SECITON. THE TRUCK STRUCK A RAIL STICKING OUT OF THE BOTTOM. THE RAIL STOPPED THE TRUCK INSTANTAEOUSLY, THRWOING PEOPLE IN TRUCK FORWARD. THIS EMPLOYEE W AS THROWN OUT OF THE TRUCK AND INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
LOADING SHOT ROCK IN BUCKET AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT LOADER OPERATOR PUSHED BUCKET TOWARD RIB OF SHAFT CAUSING HANGING WORK DECK TO MOVE: EE LOST BALANCE EXTENDING HIS ARM TO STEADY HIMSELF- PINCHING MIDDLE 4TH FINGER
EE WAS RIDING OUT OF MINE IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK. HE HAD HISD FOOT OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND HIS FOOT STRUCK THE DOOR FRAME WHILE THE TRUCK WAS PASSING THROUGH IT.
EE WAS TRAVELING ON ROADWAY GOING TO 2S3W. WHILE GOING UP THE LAST HILL IN THE UNIT, HE HIT TWO HOLES IN ROADWAY AND JARRED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ON 1N3W #3 HEAD. SHE WAS CLEANING UNDER BELT AND A ROLELR CAUGHT THE SHOVEL SHE WAS USING AND PULLED HER LEFT ARM. INJURED HER LEFT ARM, ELBOW TO SHOULDER.
WHILE DRIVING ON HAUL ROAD, RAN INTO CRIB BLOCK, EMPLOYEE BOUNCED AND HIT HIS LOWER LEFT BACK AND HIP INTO THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON THE TRUCK. HE STARTEED HAVING PAIN AROUND THE WAIST & HIS LE FT LEG WAS TINGLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT TAIL. WHEN SHE WAS THROOWING A SHOVEL FULL OF WET COAL AND MUD ON THE BELT, THE SHOVEL STRUCK THE MOVING BELT. AT THAT TIME SHE FELT PAIN IN HER ARM AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN BACK OF TRUCK WHEN HE RAISED UP & WAS STUCK BY A CABLE CUTTING HIS NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ON BELT LINE HIS SHOVEL CONTACTED THE MOVING BELT CAUSING IT TO COME BACK & STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING GETMAN TRACTOR PULLING 3 LOADED SUPPLY CARS AS HE PASSED PARKED EMPTY CARS HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE RIB & THE BACK OF THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT CUT INTO THE COAL RIB CAUS ING COAL & ROCK TO COME DOWN ON EMPLOYEES BACK PINNING HIM AGAINST THE OPERATING LEVERS OF THE MACHINE HE WAS OPERATING
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING OUT OF UNDERGROUND GARGAGE AREA AT DIESEL BARN. HE FAILED TO DUCK HIS HEAD TO AVOID DOOR FACING AND STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD AGAINST THE FACING.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING TO BOBCAT WHEN HIS LIGHT CORD WRAPPED AROUND THE TRAM LEVER THE BOBCAT JERKED & STARTED TRAMMING JAMMING EMPLOYEES HEAD INTO THE ROOF INJURING NECK & RT SHOULDER
EE WAS WORKING NEXT TO ROADWAY WHEN A PICKUP TRUCK PASSES. A PIECE OF ROCK WAS THROWN UP BY THE TRUCKS TIRE AND STRUCK EE S LEFT LEG, CUTTING IT ABOVE THE ANKLE.
EE WAS PULLING PINNER OVER INCLINE WITH SCOOP USING A CHAIN. SLACK IN CHAIN CAUSED THE CAHIN TO SNAP, STRIKING EE'S RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS CLEANING MATERIAL OFF BELT DUMP WHILE THE BELT WAS OFF. A CO WORKER, UNAWARE OF EE LOCATION STARTED THE BELT CAUSING EE TO FALL, STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE AND LOWER LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ON A BELT WHEN COAL SPILLED OFF THE BELT STRIKING HER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN CONVEYOR BED OF MINER WHEN CO-WORKER TURNED ON CONVEYOR SWITCH BY MISTAKE. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL, LANDING ON HIS BACK ON THE MINER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT MINER REMOTE BOX RUNNING MINER WHEN A PIECE OF TOP FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS BEHIND HER. AS SHE QUICKLY MOVED TOWARD THE MINER, HER LEFT FOOT WAS PLACED NEXT TO THE SHUT TLE CAR AND AS THE CAR PULLED OUT IT PINCHED HER FOOT WITH THE TIRE.
EE WAS PUTTING V WIPER ON BELT WHEN THE BELT STARTED AND HE PULLED THE WIPER OFF THE BELT TO KEEP IT FROM GOING INTO THE TAIL. EE BEGAN MISSING TIME 3-12-93 FOR SURGERY.
54736YEE WAS JERKING ON CHAIN CAUGHT AT BOTTOM OF BLADE ON DIESEL SCOOP. OTHER END OF CHAIN WAS HOOKED TO FRAME OF BUCKET. OPERATOR WAS EXTENDING BLADE AND EMPLOYEE'S LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CU 30685N CHAIN SNAPPED TIGHT.
EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONED BEHIND SHUTTLE CARE MAKING REPAIRS WHEN ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR, UNAWARE OF HIS LOCATION, ENTERED THE AREA AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE FROM BEHIND, PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE TWO SHUTTLE CARS.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING WITH HIS BACK TO THE ROCKDUSTER ATTACHED TO THE SCOOP SCOOP OPERATOR INADVERTENTLY PUT THE SCOOP IN REVERSE & IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE LEGS KNOCKING HIM DOWN LOCATION SL OPE BOTTOM
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT WATER DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD AT TAIL OF MS#5 BELT WHEN THE WATER LINE BLEW APART 200' OUTBY, THRUSTING THE WATER LINE AND WATER DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD FORWARD STIRKING E MPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A DIESEL SCOOP DOWN MS HAULROAD A ROCK DUSTER.A BATTERY POWERED 4-SEATER HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE HAULROAD.VISABILITY OF THE OPERATOR IN THE DIESEL SCOOP DID NOT ALLOW HIM TO SEE 4-SEATER,WHICH HE RAN INTO.SUSTAINED INJURY TO HIS LEFT KNEE WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO A JITNEY.POOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EMPLOYEE AND THE JITNEY DRIVER.DRIVER TOOK OFF BEFORE EMPLOYEE GOT BOTH LEGS INTO JITNEY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SUSTAIN A S TRETCHING/STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT LEG AND HIP.
I.NAME SITTING IN BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK WHICH WAS STOPPED.STARTED TO PUT COAT ON.THE OPER FOOT SLIPPED OFF CLUTCH,TRUCK LUNGED FORWARD AND I.NAME ROLLED BACK STRIKING LEFT EAR ON TAILGATE.HAD L ACERATION TO LEFT EAR REQ STITCHES.DIDNT MISS TIME.
EE WAS USING DIESEL UNATRAC TO PICK UP THE END OF A FEEDER. THE FEEDER WAS HANGING ON A FOOTER POURED FOR DOORS THE REAR OF THE UNATRAC RAISED UP OFF THE GROUND. WHEN IT CAME BACK DOWN IT JAMM ED THE EE NECK CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTING SCOOP OPERATOR WHILE HOOKING UP SUPPLY CARS WHEN HE HIT HIS KNEE AGAINST THE HEAD BOARD OF THE SUPPLY CAR CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.
VEHICLE IN WHICH EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING RAN UP ON A ROCK ON THE TRACK AND THEN DROPPED DOWN CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO JAR HIS UPPER BACK.
EMPL WAS TRAMMING A SCOOP OVER A PIECE OF ROCK WHEN THE ROCK BROKE UP A PIECE OF THE BROKEN ROCK FLEW UP HITTTING EMPL OVER THE R EYE IN THE BROW REGION CAUSING A LACERATION
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK. HE IS AN EXTREMELY TALL INDIVIDUAL AND CLIAMS THAT HE CAN'T SIT COMFORTABLY, DUE TO HIS HEIGHT, IN THE CAR. HE WAS BOUNCING AND SAID THAT WITH HIS HEAD TILTED HE HAD EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE PAIN.
EMPL FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AFTER HITTING BUMP IN ROADWAY.BEGAN MISSING WORK 10-2-89.
EE WAS COMING TO BOTTOM WHEN SOMETHING CAME OFF THE BELT MOBILE AND LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS ON A BELT MOVE. HE WAS MOVING FEEDER DOWN BELT ENTRY WHEN IT GOT HUNG UP IN SWAG. HE WAS PUTTING A PIECE OF CRIBBING UNDER THE CATT TRACK AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE CRIBBING AND T HE CATT TRACK WHEN HE WAS PUTTING IT IN.
MOVING SCOOP OUT OF WAY TO GET BY BRAKES GONE OUT ON SCOOP TURNED IN RIB TO STOP IT SLID IN RAIL BAR SIDE OF CAB IMPACT INJ R SHOULDER
EE IS UNCERTAIN HOW INJURY OCCURRED. HE HAS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF BACK PRBLEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN UNRESOLVED. HE DID RUN A DIESEL SCOOP ON THE SHIFT PRIOR TO THE LATEST EPISODE. EE MISSED 5-19- 89 TO SEE THE PHYSICIAN AND DID NOT BEGIN MISSING AGAIN UNTIL 8-20-89 HE HAD SURGERY ON 9-20-89.
HE WAS TAKING A TURNBUCKLE OFF THE TAIL WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TAIL WITH SCOOP. HE BUMPED THE TAIL ITH THE SCOOP, NOT KNOWING THAT OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE TURNBUCKLE OFF, A ND PINCHED HIS FINGER IN BETWEEN THE EYE IN THE TAIL AND THE HOOK ON THE TURNBUCKLE.
RUNNING COAL, RAN OVER ROCK IN HAUL ROAD. BOUNCED UP OUT OF SEAT AND STRUCK LEFT HIP ON SIDE OF BUGGY CAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING THE BRAKE ON HIS SHUTTLE CAR;HE TRIED TO FORCE IT AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIS RIGHT AHND AND WRIST ON THE MASTER CYCLINDER.DEVELOPED A GANGLION CYST ON THE WRIST.DID NOT BE GIN MISSING TIME UNTIL 03-24-89.
I.NAME RIDING IN MANTRIP.LOST TRACTION AND SLID BACK DOWN HILL.IT RAN INTO JITNEY WHICH WAS BEHIND IT.I.NAME HIT BACK OF HEAD ON SCSR BOX.POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME.
EMPL WAS DRIVING LEADMOTOR. HIS POLE CAME OFF TROLLEY WIRE & MOTOR BEGAN TO SLIDE, HE COULD NOT USE ELECTRIC BRAKES. HE JUMPED OUT OF MOTOR & WAS INJURED. HAD LACERATION WITH STITCHES TO RIGHT EAR & RIGHT ELBOW PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT THIGH & COMPRESSION FRACTURE TO L5 VERTEBRA IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A SHUTTLE CAR AROUND WHEN THE BOOM HOOKED A LOOSE RIB BOARD AND PULLED IT OUT.THE RIB BOLT HIT THE INJURED IN THE BACK,CAUSING A MINOR FRACTURE TO THE 7TH THORACIC VERTEBRA .
I.NAME WAS RUNNING THE SHUTTLE CAR TO THE MINER WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND RUN INTO THE RIB HE HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON THE FRAME OF THE CAR AND JARRED HIS BACK DIAGNOSIS IS CONTUSION TO LEFT SHOULDER AND LOW BACK PAIN WITH LEFT SCIATICA