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EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING UP CM CABLE AND WATERLINE. HE SAW THE WATERLINE WAS CAUGHT ON THE CABLE HANDLER. AS HE TRIED TO FREE THE WATERLINE, THE CABLE HANDLER BROKE. HE FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR, PUL LING HIS RIGHT HAMSTRING MUSCLE.
WAS WALKING AND TRIPPED LOSING HIS BALANCE. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A SUPPORT CAUSING A LACERATION.
WAS CHANGING OIL ON SCREEN STEPPED TO FLOOR WHICH IS APPROX 20 INCHES BELOW SCREEN & SPRAINED HIS ANKLE
WAS WALKING OVER LOOSE MATERIAL FROM MINE BOTTOM& FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG-KNEE. WORKED UNTIL 9/27/99 WHEN HAD ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY
WAS PRE-SHIFTING THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK SLOPE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS KNEE.
WAS WORKING ON TRACK EE WAS WALKING ON UNEVEN BOTTOM &TWISTED HIS ANKLES SPRAINING IT
WALKING IN BELT ENTRY. WAS WOALKING ON BRIDGE THAT HAD BEEN BUILT OVER A WATER HOLE. AS HE STEPPED ON ONE OF THE BOARDS THE BOARD BROKE 7 HIS FOOT WENT THROUGH THE BOARD, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
STANDING ALONG SIDE OF MINER, APPPARENTLY HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE FROUND. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP, HE FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK REGION.
WAS WALKING TO JEEP CARRYING TOOL BAG WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS SIDE AGAISNT THE JEEP.
WAS CARRYING A ROLL OF TENSAR WITH COWORKER. HE STEPPED INTO A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE RUT & TURNED HIS ANKLE SPRAINING IT.
WAS OPERATING A CAT TRUCK ON REFUSE/IMPOUNDMENT WHENT TRUCK BECAME STUCK IN SOFT AREA, HE GOT OUT OF TRUCK TO GET DOZER TO PULL TRUCK AS HE WAS WALKING TOWARD ANOTHER TRUCK TO GET A RIDE HE SL IPPED ON ICE PATCH & FELL
WAS IN TRACK SLOPE WORKING TO DEICE TRACK AREA. EE STEPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE & FELL LANDING ON HIS COCCYX
WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS AND FOOT SLIPPED. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF OUT TWISTED HIS KNEE. THE KNEE BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM AND HE WENT OFF WORK ON 3-17-99.
WHILE STEPPING OUT OF MANTRIP HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE. HE DID NOT SLIP OR FALL. CONTINUED TO WORK REGUALR JOB ON 1/12/99 HE HAD TO WALK OUT OF THE MINE. HIS KNEE SWELLED & HE WAS SENT TO A DR WHO DIAGNOSED A MENSICUS TEAR. HE WENT OFF WORK ON 2/1/99
EE WAS WALKING DOWN A 4' WIDE STEEL LADDER OFF OF AN OVERCAST WHEN STEPS SLID OUT. EE FELL APPROX 8' HE RECD A SEVERE LACERATION OF LEFT HIGH AND MANY CONTUSIONS IN THE FUTURE STEPS WILL EITHER BE SECURED FROM SLIDING OR DANGERED OFF UNTIL THEY ARE SECURED SO THEY WONT SLIDE
EE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS WHILE ROCKDUSTING. HE SLIPPED A WET UNEVEN BOTTOMS EXPERIENCING PAIN IUN HIS LEFT HIP
WAS MOUNTING INTO A CAT TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON RUNG OF LADDER. HE HELD ON TO LADDER RAIL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE STRESS OF HOLDING RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER
WAS WALKING TO THE MANTRIP & TRIPPED OVER A TRACK RAIL FALLING TO THE GROUND
WAS WASHING DOWN SHIELDS WHEN THE WATER HOSE CAUGHT ON A HOOK. THE EE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL
STEPPED OFF JEEP WHILE AT SAME TIME HE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF DRINKING WATER. HIS LEFT ANKLE ROLLED OUT ON HIM WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN.
WAS PREPARING TO LAY TRACK. AS HE WAS WALKING THE ENTRY, HE SLIPPED AND FELL BRUISING HIS KNEE.
WAS WALKING OUT OF MINE DUE TO A FAN OUTAGE WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AND ANKLE.
WAS CARRYING A TANK OF ACCTYLENE ON HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL AUG 28, 1998 WHEN HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK FOR A HERNIATED DISC.
WORKING ON TERMINATING RESISTOR. STEPPED BACK, STEPPING INTO SMALL HOLE, CAUSING EE TO HURT LOWER BACK.
WHILE STEPPING DOWN OFF OF A WALK THRU BOLTER HE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A BELT STORAGE UNIT AND AND AS HE STEPPED OVER THE FRAME, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE AREA WAS DRY, LEVEL, AND WELL LIGHTED.
WAS MOVING MINER CABLE AND WATER HOSE OUT OF TRAM ROAD. HIS FOOT SLIPPED INTO TIRE TRACK RUT AND HIS KNEE TWISTED. HE CONTINURED TO WORK REGULAR WORK UNTIL 8-4-98, WHEN HE HAD SURGERY ON HIS K NEE.
WAS WALKING TO FACE AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED AND BEGAN TO FALL. HE USED HIS RIGHT HAND TO GRAB A RIB PIN BOARD TO KEEP FROM FALLING. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS STRAINED.
EE WAS CLIMBING IN 644B ENDLOADER, FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
THE EE WAS PUTTING THE BALE UP ON THE BUCKET, AND STEPPED IN A HOLE & HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
WAS CARRYING CRIB BLOCK AND STEPPED INTO A HOLE AND FELT A PAIN IN THE ARCH OF HIS LEFT FOOT. HE LATER WENT TO A DR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A SLOPE CARRYING A WASH DOWN HOSE. HE STEPPED ONTO A WET METAL DOOR THAT SEPERATES THE TRACK SLOPE FROM THE BELT SLOPE & TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE SLIPPED.
WAS WORKING ON A BELT CHUT THAT WAS PLUGGED. HE SLIPPED ON THE WET SURFACE AND SLID DOWN CHUTE STRAINING HIS SHOULDER.
INJURED EE WAS STANDING ON 4TH STEP OF STEPLADDER GUIDING A 6" PIPE THAT WAS BEING LOWERED DOWN TO THE FLOOR. HE SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER RUNG FALLING TO THE FLOOR.
WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM BOLTER & SLIPPED IN MUD, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING DOWN A STEPLADDER AND WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE LADDER TO THE GROUND HE STEPPED IN A SMALL HOLE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG PANLINE WHEN HE STEPPED IN SOME SOFT COAL AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
WAS HOSING THE FIRST FLOOR TO CLEAN FLOOR. A PIECE OF DITCH GRATING HAD BEEN REMOVED & HE STEPPED INTO DITCH SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.
WAS CARRYING A BELT ROLLER ON HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE TRIPPED AND STRUCK THIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST AN OVERCAST WALL.
EE WAS PULLING SHIELDS ON LONGWALL FACE. HE STEPPED ON RELAY BAR AND FOOT SLIPPED. HE STARTED TO FALL TO THE BOTTOM BUT GRABBED ONTO THE PAN. HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK U NTIL 2-9-97 WHEN HE BEGAN TO MISS WORK. FIRST DAY OFF WORK IN 2-9-97.
WAS WALKING THRU LONGWALL FACE AND TRIPPED ON RELAY BAR. HE FELL AGAINST SCU CONTROL BOX & LACERATED HIS RIGHT EAR.
WAS WORKING ON A WALK THRU BOLTER PLATFORM. AS HE WENT TO STEP DOWN OFF PLATFORM HE MISSED A STEP, SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3-25-97 WHEN HE HAD ARTHR OSCOPIC SURGERY.
WAS WALKING UP SSTEPS IN BREAKER BUILDIGN WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON INCY STEPS. CONTINUED TO WROK UNTIL 3-19-97 WHEN HE WENT OFF WORK TO REPAIR ON OLD NAVICULAR INJURY THAT WAS AGGRAVATED B Y THE FALL.
STEPPED OUT OF PORTA BUS & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
WAS GETTING INTO LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS BACK.
WAS SHOVELING ALONG BELT LINE. SHE PULLED HER FOOT TO FREE IT FROM THE MUDDY BOTTOM AND TWISTED HER ANKLE.
STANDING ON ROOF BOLTER DRILL HANGING TENSAR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER CARRYIG A COMALONG WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LADDER FELL AND EE FELL AGAINST BEAM.
WAS WORKING ON A CHUTE FOR A BOLT TRANSFER AND FELL BRUISING HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THE FALL AGGRAVATED A PRE-EXISTING ARTHRITIC CONDITION WHICH HAS CONTINUED TO BOTHER THE EMPLOYEE. ON JUNE 19, 1 997 SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO RELIEVE THE ARTRITIC PAIN.
WAS CARRYING WATER MANIFOLD TO REMONNECT TO WATERLINE OVERING BELT MOVE. HE TRIPPED OVER BELT STRUCTURE AND HURT HIS BACK.