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EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING TIME 9-12-03 FROM CHRONIC BACK AND NECK PAINS SINCE AN ACCIDENT ON JAN 24, 2003. ON THAT DAY EE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTING SUPPLIES FROM A SCOOP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOW BACK AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL FROM THE MINER WITH A COAL HAULER JUST AS HE LEFT THE MINER HE RAN OVER A LEDGE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE UP INTO THE CANOPY. HE WORKED UNTIL 8-19-02. THE DR TOLD HI M TO START MISSING WORK ATT THAT TIME. THE ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE THEN.
2 MECHANICS & SCOOP OPERATOR REPARING A BROKEN CONVEYOR CHAIN ON MINER. USING A SCOOP AND STEEL CABLE TO PULL BROKEN CHAIN THROUGH BOOM OF MINER. THERE WAS A CATCH IN THE CHAIN AND WHEN IT REL EASED, THE CABLE FLEW UP AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEEON BOTTOM OF HAND. AN EXAMINATION WAS RECOMMENDED AND THE X-RAY SHOWED A SMALL FRACTURE IN LITTLE FINGER(LEFT HAND). NORTH MAINS SECTION
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SC AND HIT A HOLE IN THE HAUL ROAD, WHEN THE SC HIT THE HOLE, THE OPERATOR BOUNCED FROM HIS SEAT CAUSING HIS HEAD TO HIT THE CANOPY. THE X-RAY SHOWED A BRUISE AND CHIP TO THE 6TH VERTEBRA. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE WAS RELEASED WITH A NECK BRACE.
EE WAS RIDING A MOTOR OUTSIDE. HE RAISED UP TO SEE THE TRACK AHEAD. WHEN HE RAISED UP HIS HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TOP. DR.'S REPORT STATES THIS IS A NEW INJURY.
A SUPPLY CAR WAS LIFTED BY THE SCOOP BUCKET TO REMOVE CEMENT BLOCKS THAT WERE UNDER THE CAR. WHEN THE EE REACHED FOR A BLOCK, THE CAR SLID OFF THE SCOOP BUCKET. THE EE'S LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CAR & A CEMENT BLOCK RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.
EE WAS HANGING "SLACK" CABLE BEHIND THE SHUTTLECAR ANCHOR- THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR ENERGIZED THE CABLE REEL- THIS CAUSED THE CABLE TO SLAP THE EE IN THE HEAD.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. THE SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND THE EMPLOYEE JAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY.
HE WAS RIDING IN A 2 PASSENGER PERSONNEL CARRIER, WHEN HE SLIPPED OR FELL OFF CAUSING THE PERSONNEL CARRIER TO RUN OVER HIS RIGHT FOOT.
HE ENTERED RAIL MANTRIP & SAT DOWN. OPERATOR ASKED IF EVERYONE WAS IN THE BUS. ANSWER WAS YES. HE STUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT OUT TO PUSH HIMSELF FURTHER INTO THE MANTRIP. AT THIS TIME BUS WAS IN MO TION. RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN RAIL BUS ANDPIECE OF COAL. LACERATION (4 STITCHES) & BRUISE.
DRIVING A TRUCK - HIT A POTHOLE. BACK STARTED TOHURT REAL BAD.
THE ROAD WAS SNOW COVERED AND ICY. IT HAD BEEN ASHED RECENTLY. THE DRIVER STARTED DOWN THE HILL TO THE PLANT WHEN IT JUST TOOK OFF AND OVERTURNED. HE WAS CUT ON THE EAR AND HIS SHOULDER WAS BR UISED.
EE STOPPED 1ST SC SO HE COULD GET BY. 2ND SC HEARD MINER RUNNING & THOUGHT 1ST SC THAT WAS STOPPED LEFT TO DUMP COAL. 2ND SC CAME AROUND CORNER & BUMPED STOPPED SC CAUSING IT TO TWIST STRIKING EE ON LEFT LEG EE'S LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SC & RIB
FLATBED SUPPLY CAR WENT THE WRONG DIRECTION AND INJURED COULD NOT GET OUT OF ITS PATH AND SUPPLY CAR STRUCK INJURED'S LEFT FOOT CAUSING IT TO BE LODGED BETWEEN CAR AND THE MINE BOTTOM.
WHILE PULLING MINER WITH HYDRAULIC MINER PULLER, A SHACKLE PIN BROKE AND HIT MAN IN LOWER LEFT STOMACH AREA. (MAN WAS APPROX. 50' AWAY). NO VISIBLE EXTERNAL INJURIES/TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.