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INJURED WAS HANGING TUBING. FELL OFF OF LADDER. HE HIT HIS RIGHT CALF ON A ROCK, WHICH BRUISED HIS LOWER LEG.
PERSON WAS CARRYING 5 GAL CAN OF GREASE TO HEAD DRIVE, AND WHILE GOING UP STEPS AT TAKE UP HE FELT PAIN IN KNEE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
PERSON SLIPPED OFF BRIDGE ALONG BELT AND FELL FORWARD TOWARDS COAL RIB. HIS LEFT HAND CONTACTED COAL RIB AND HIS BODY WEIGHT CAUSED FINGERS TO BEND BACK. HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS FRACTURED BY THE FALL.
TRIPPED OVER BLOCK AND FELL AND STRUCK LEFT ARM ON THE BLOCK.
PERSON WAS GETTING OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE OF RUBBER TIRED MANTRIP TO CHECK EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON ON LONGWALL POWER CAR AND HE TWISTE DHIS RIGHT KNEE AND FELT PAIN IN KNEE JOINT.
WAS WORKING ON 6 FLOOR OF PREP PLANT ON SCREEN DECK. WHEN STEPPING OUT OF SCREEN ONTO PLANT FLOOR, ANKLE WAS SPRAINED.
PERSON WAS RIB BOLTING AREA THAT NEEDED BOLTS REPLACED AFTER DRILLING HOLE IN RIB PERSON TURNING TO GET BOLT WRENCH & A PIECE OF CAP ROCK FELL FROM RIB & STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HARD HAT IMPACT KNOCK HIM DOWN & HIS HARD HAT FORCED GLASSES DOWN ON NOSE CAUSING CUT & ALSO FRACTURE TO CHEEK
INJURED WAS WALKING ALONG BELTLINE FOOT SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM AND PERSON FELL STRIKING LEFT KNEEAGAINST WATERLINE PERSON DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 5-23-95 WHEN HE HAD FLUID DRAINE D FROM KNEE.
SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE BELT, BELT ROLLED HIM AND HE WAS FALLING HIT HIS LEG AGAINST SOMETHING.
PERSON WAS WALKING FROM BUILDING TO TRACK LANDING TO HELP PUT DE-RAILED FIAT CAR BACK ON TRACK. PERSON LOST FOOTING ON SNOW COVERED INCLINE AND FELL AGAINST BANK CAUSING INJURIES TO FACE.
PERSON WAS WALKING UP THE GRADE TOWARDS SURFACE ON #1 60" BELT BETWEEN 8 & 7 BK. HE SLIPPED ON WET PAVEMENT AND FELL ON LEFT SIDE. HIS HAMMER WHICH HE WAS CARRYING ON LEFT SIDE OF BELT WAS J AMMED UPWARDS AGAINST RIBS CAUSING INJURY.
PERSON WAS WALKING DOWN INTAKE TO SECTION. HE SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON LEFT KNEE. PERSON WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR.
EE WAS CARRYING A BELT RAIL FROM SCOOP AND LOST HIS GRIP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM. HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH THE BELT RAIL AND HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RAIL AND A METAL PLATE ON THE S COOP CAUSING THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PICK UP A GOB RAIL WHEN THE SCOOP THEY WERE USING GOT TO CLOSE. THE EMPLOYEE MOVED AND FELL. HE CAUGHT HSI HAND ON THE RAIL WHEN HE FELL.
INJURED HAD JUST COMPLETED FILLING OUT A REPORT, HE STOOD UP AND PASSED OUT AND FELL DOWN. WHEN HE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS HE HAD A PAIN IN HIS ANKLE. HE WALKED TO THE OFFICE AND SHOWERED AND LEFT. HE WENT TO E.R. TO FIND OUT WHY HE HAD PASSED OUT. HIS ANKLE HAD GOTTEN WORSE AND A CAST WAS APPLIED. EDG AND BLOOD TEST WER NEGATIVE. REPORTED AS A QUESTIONABLE ACCIDENT.
PERSON WAS WALKING DOWN BELTING CARRYING 1" WATER LINE AND TRIPPED OVER SECTION OF BELT LYING ON PAVEMENT AND FELL ON LEFT KNEE.
ON 1/16/94 EE FELL ON ICE & INJURED HIS SHOULDER & KNEE. HE WENT TO DR. & DIAGNOSIS WAS TORN LIGAMENTS IN KNEE. NO TIME LOST NO TREATMENT. SURGERY WAS OPTIONAL. ON 3/2/94 HE WAS UNABLE TO FINISH FIREBOSS RUN DUE TO PAIN FROM WALKING THROUGH MINE..SAME THING ON 3/8/94. SURGERY IS NOW SCHEDULED & LOST TIME WILL RESULT.
PERSON WAS STANDING ON LADDER TO RELEASE DUKE FROM ROOF. RELEASED DUKE BUT WOULDN'T COME DOWN. PUSHED DOWN ON DUKE CAUSING LADDER TO SLIP. FELL FORWARD LANDING ON PAVEMENT. DUKE ALSO FELL S TRIKING RIGHT LEG. PERSON WENT TO DR. & WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY ON 12/01/93. LEG BOTHERED HIM & HE RETURNED TO DR. ON 12/07/93 WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY ON 12/09/93.
AFTER REPLACING BREAKER CHAINS PERSON WAS GOING TO PULL OXYGEN AND ACCT. HOSES UP FROM GROUND LEVEL TO BREAKER FLOOR. AFTER HELPER HAD SICONNECTED THE HOSES INJURED PERSON APPRARENTLY LEANED A GAINST LOWER HANDRAIL WHICH DISLODGED AND PERSONFELL TO GROUND LEVEL FROM BREAKER FLOOR.
PERSON WAS CLEANING ROCKS OFF DOME BELT SUPERSTRUCTURE. HE PICKED UP ROCK AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO THROW RICK ONTO BELT. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HAND RAIL AND ROCK WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE ROCK WAS 15" X 4" THICK.
PERSON WAS INSTALLING HARDWARE FOR TRUSS BOLTS IN TEARDOWN ROOM. LOST FOOTING AND SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT SHIN CONTACTED EDGE OF SCOOP BUCKET CAUSING LACERATION TO SHIN ON LEFT LEG. HIS FOOT SLI PPED THROUGH NOTCH CUT IN EDGE OF BUCKET.
PERSON WAS GETTING UP INTO BACK OF KUBOTA MANTRIP HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF PUTTING ALL HIS WEIGHT ON RT KNEE WHICH TWISTED AND HE FELL TO GROUND.
PERSON WAS BOLTING IN FACE OF #1 ENTRY ON 4-RIGHT SECTION. THE PLATFORM WAS ELEVATED AND PERSON TRIED TO STEP DOWN TO MAINFRAME OF MACHINE. LOST BALANCE AND HIS LEFT ARM CONTACTED A METAL ROOF STRAP ON BOLTER AND CAUSED A CUT IN LEFT FOREARM.
PERSON WAS WALKING DOWN HAULROAD AND STEPPED IN WATER HOLE.PERSON STARTED TO FALL AND REACHED OUT TO GRAB HOLD OF CRIB.THIS MOTION RESULTED IN SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
PERSON WAS CARRYING BELT STRUCTURE AND STEPPED IN OFF-SET IN BOTTOM AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. PERSON CONTINUED TO WORK BUT PAIN IN KNEE GOT WORSE.
CARRYING BOARDS SLIPPED OFF FELL ACROSS I BEAM
INJ STANDING ON A BRIDGE PUMPING SILT WHEN THE DISCHARGE LINE BLEW APART.JUMPED OFF BRIDGE AND LANDED ON A BLOCK CAUSING INJURY.DIDNT SEEK MEDICAL CARE UNTIL 7-4-92 AT WHICH TIME HE BEGAN MISS ING WORK..
PERSON WAS WALKING ALONG BELTLINE AND FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL TOWARDS BELTLIEN ADN THE RAILING FOR BELT STRUCTURE HIT HIM IN THE LEFT RIB AREA. PERSON WORKED NEXT SHIFT TH EN WENT TO DOCTOR ON 6-19-92.
PERSON WAS WALKING DOWN HAUL RAOD PICKING UP TRASH.DID NOT SEE BRIDGE BOARD AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT AND FELL,LANDED ON RIGHT SHOULDER.
PERSON WAS PULLING ON 30FT PIECE OF 60IN BELT TO GET IT OUT OF WALKWAY PERSONS FOOT SLIPPED ON WET PAVEMENT & HE TWISTED LEFT KNEE WHILE PULLING ON THE BELT
WALKING FOOT SLIPPED OFF WALKWAY FELL ON L HIP
CROSSING OVER BELT JUMPED DOWN R FOOT CAME DOWN ON UN EVEN BOTTOM
SLICK OILY SURFACE, PERSON STANDING ON METAL
PERSON WAS WALKING DOWN BELTLINE CARRYING SHOVEL. LOST FOOTING ON BRIDGE WHICH WAS WET AND FELL LANDING ON RIGHT SIDE.
PERSON WAS WALKING OLD BELT ENTRY LOOKING FOR LEAK IN WATER LINE.PERSON SLIPPED ON OLD PIECE OF BELT WHEN WAS COVERED WITH MUD AND FELL.PERSON RETURNED TO WORK ON 02-08-92 AND THEN WENT TO DR MISSED 02-09-92 AND 02-10-92.
INJURED WAS WALKING TO THE ROOF BOLTER-HE WALKED THROUGH A WATER HOLE AND SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE WAS EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR ON 1/29 AND GIVEN A FULL RELEASE. HIS CONDITION APPARENTLY W ORSENED AND HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 2/27/92. THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT WAS UNAWARE THAT THE ABSENCE WAS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT UNTIL HE WAS READY TO RETURN.
PERSON WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM WORK BENCH WHIHC WAS 40" HIGH. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HIS LEFT ANKLE TURNED CAUSING SPRAIN TO ANKLE. HE HA DBEEN UP ON THE WORKBENCH TO DRILL HOLES IN ANGLE IRON.
PERSON WAS WALKING TO MANTRIP AT END OF SHIFT. PERSONS FOOT SLIPPED ON INCLINE OF ENTRY AND FELL, HE REPORTED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE GOT OUTSIDE.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON LIGHT CABLES DURING LONGWALL SETUP. AS HE WAS WALKING TO HEADGATE, HE SLIPPED ON MUDDY SUPPORTS AND FELL, STRIKING HIS ARM ON SUPPORT., HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL CARE AT T HE TIME BUT THE CONDITION WORSENED AND HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 4/25/92.
PERSON WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM HEAD OF MINER. PERSON WAS PULLING ON LARGE ROCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON RIGHT SHOULDER AND BACK.
WALKING TO BELT TWISTED ANKLE LOOKING FOR BOX
EMPLOYEE WAS LATE FOR WORK & IN A HURRY. HE STEPPED ON ICE WITH ONE FOOT, THE OTHER FOOT STAYED IN PLACE. HE DID A SPLIT & ALL HIS WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON RIGHT FOOT. HE SAT DOWN ON HIS RIGHT FOOT .
PERSON WAS BACKING UP CARRYING A JOINT OF 20" ROUND TUBING WITH ANOTHER PERSON. INJURED PERSON FELL OVER PILE OF COAL AND LANDED ON CAP LIGHT BATTERY CAUSING INJURY TO RIB AREA ON RIGHT SIDE.
EE WAS DOING REHABILATION WORK AT 30-29 BREAK 5 BUTT TAILGATE HE WAS USING TORCH AND SLIPPED ON SLICK ROCK AND FELL ON TORCHES WHILE CUTTING OFF PROTRUDING BOLTS AND STRAPS.
EMPL DOING REHAB WORK LEVELING ROCK AND SETTING 5' X 30" CRIBS.RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON WET & MUDDY ROCK CAUSING FALL ON KNEE WITH LEG BENT UNDER TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
HE WAS GETTING ON D9 WHEN HE SLIPPED HITTING HIS BELLY ON TRACK.
PERSON WAS MOVING OXYGEN BOTTLE ON LONGWALL PEACE, AS HE WAS SETTING IT BACK INTO SHIELD HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL FORWARD WITH BOTTLE HIS RIGHT HAND WAS ON BACK SIDE OF BOTTLE AND HIS FINGER W AS CAUGHT BETWEEN OXYGEN BOTTLE AND METAL LOWER ON SHEILD.
PERSON STEPPED DOWN OFF WOODEN WALKWAY ON RIGHT SIDE OF BELTLINE AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.WALKWAY WAS 7" OFF BOTTOM.PERSON WAS OFF WORK 10-28,29,30.10-31 &11-1 WERE SCHEDULED OFF DAYS.
PERSON WAS STEPPING OFF BACK OF BOLTER, FOOT SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM CAUSING ANKLE WITH PERSONS WEIGHT ON IT TO TURN OVER RESULTING IN SPRAIN TO RIGHT ANKLE.
PERSON WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUBBER TIRED KUBOTA PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT CAME DOWN ON MUDDY SURFACE ON BOTTOM HIS ANKLE TWISTED WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED.