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EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND ROOF BOLTER & SLIPPED ON ROCK AND FELL ON BACK RESULTING IN PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EE TRIPPED ON METAL BOND AND FELL IN ATER HOE AND HURT BACK.
WALKING ALONG BELTLIEN AND STUMBLE ON WATERLINE & CABLES AND FELL ON LEFT KNEE NAD LEFT ELBOW HURTING BOTH AND STRAINED BACK WHEN FELL.
EE WAS PULLING ON ROPE AND GOT HIS FEET STUCK IN MUD AND WHEN STARTED TO MOVE, HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL AND LANDED ON HAND AND FRACTURE RIGHT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON LONGWALL AN DFELL AAINST PAN LIEN AND HURT BACK.
EE WAS WALKING FROM TAILPIECE TO 15 BELT DRIVE SLIPPED AND FELL AREA WELL LIGHTED 9 FEET HIGH FLOOR LEVEL AND CLEAN WAS DAMP IT WAS HIS JOB TO CLEAN AND ROCK DUST THIS AREA.
EE HURT BACK WHILE HANGING LINE CURTAIN WHEN TRIPPED ON MINER CABLE AND FELL BACKWARD ONTO SELF RESCUER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AROUND BELT HEAD AND BACKED UP AND FELL AND GOT PAIN IN BACK AND PELVIC AREA. EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK BECAUSE OF FLU ON 1-26-95 AND THEN STARTED MISSING OWRK DUCT TO INJURY APP 2-1-95. FURTHER INVESTIGATION PD
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING RED DEVIL & WALKING ON BELT LINE TRAVELWAY & TRIPPED & FELL ON METAL GRADING & HURT RT KNEE CAUSING SWELLING & STIFFINESS
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP THE #4 ENTRY ON LMAINS SECTION & STEPPED IN HOLE & HURT RIGHT FOOT WHEN IT TWISTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNCOUPLING SUPPLY CAR & WHEN UNCOUPLED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED BACKWARD & FELL INTO RAIL ON ELEVATOR, HURTING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING THRU MANDOOR & FELL BACK & TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE AT 13 BELT.
EE WAS WALKING ON 3RD FLOOR OF PLANT TO TURN ON WATER VALVE AND SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD, LANDING ON BACK, HURTING NECK AND BACK EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 11-18-94.
WALKING FROM MANBUS ALONG TRACK AN SLIPPED AND HIT RIGHT KNEE CAP AGAINST RAIL OF TRACK RESULTING IN BRUISED KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING AT LONGWALL DRIVE BETWEEN CRIBS AND RIB AND SLIPPED ON ROCK AND FELL LANDING WITH WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG RESULTING IN FRACTURE JUST ABOVE RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN SUPPLY YARD GETTING ROLLER HANGER AND TRIPPED AND FELL CAUSING SCRAPE TO LEFT LEG AND PAIN IN BACK ON RIGHT SIDE.
EE WAS CROSSING #5 BELT THAT WAS NOT RUNNING & SLIPPED HITTING HIMSELF IN GROIN AREA RESULTING IN STRAIN. EE STARTED MISSING ON 6-28-94.
WAS WALKING FROM 20 GATE SECTION TO MAIN SECTION AND TWISTED ANKLE.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN 20 GATE BELT LINE AND ANKLE STARTED TO TURN, AND FROM TRYING TO KEEP FROM FALLING HIT KNEE ON WATER LINE AND TWISTED BACK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 3-31-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE #1 ENTRY ON 20 GATE SECTION & WHILE BOLTING EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK INTO HOLE IN ROADWAY & TWISTED BACK. EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 3/17/94.
EE WAS SHOVELING ON SLIPE BELT SLIPPED, WHILE MOVING BACK AWAY FROM BELT LINE, FELT A CATCH IN HIS BACK AFTER GETTING UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CARRY 65" BELT STRUCTURE OUT OF OLD WORKS ON 18 GATE AND WHILE WALKIGN BACKWARD, TRIPPED AND BELT STRUCTURE STRUCK HIM IN THE STOMACH AREA, RESULTING IN BRUISES AND STRAIN IN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING DOZER & WHILE CHECKING OIL LEVEL HIS FOOT SLIPPED & STARTED TO FALL & GRABBED HAND RAIL & HURT RT SHOULDER EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 04-18-94
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF BOOM HOLE @ 14 BELT HEAD WHICH WAS WET & SLIPPED TWISTING LEFT KNEE RESULTING IN STRAINED KNEE. EMPLOYEE MISSING WORK ON 01/10/94.
EE SLIPPED ON SCOOP BLADE AT LONGWALL PUMPING STATION AND FELL STRADDLING THE SCOOP JACK AND HURT HIS GROIN AREA STOMACH AND KNEE.
GOING DOWN STEPS ONTO THE FIRST FLOOR. SLIP AND FELL LANDING ON HIS TAIL BONE.
EE WAS CARRYING OMEGA BLOCK AND STUMBLED AND FELL ON BACK RESULTING IN STRAIN TO BACK.
CARRYING PUSH BAR FOR RAM JACKS AROUND HEADGATE AREA & SLIPPED IN MUD & FELL HURTING BACK & HIP
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING I-BEAM AND SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL HURTING BACK. EMPOLOYEE STARTING MISSING WORK ON 9-20-93.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF A TRACK MOTOR & TURNED HIS ANKLE ON A LUMP OF COAL FALLING TO THE GROUND
EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF THE MAN BUSAND STEPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL CAUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO TWIST WHICH RESULTED IN A TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. HE HAS A WEAK ANKLE FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY YEARS AGO. FIRS T LOST WORK DAY 06-04-93.
INJURED WS USING A DRILL TO PUT ANCHOR PINS IN FOR A BELT HEAD. HE STOOD UPON A METAL I BEAM FOR LEVERAGE TO DRILL. HE SLIPPED OFF THE BEAM AND INJURED HIS LEFT HEEL WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN. R EASON FOR LATE REPORT: EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTIFY MIEN MANAGEMENT HE WAS OFF DUE TO INJURY (OCCURRED DURING A 3 WEEK STRIKE BY WORK FORCE).
HE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE #3 ENTRY WHEN HE STATED THAT HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING THE BACK OF HIS NECK ON THE BASE OF THE CONTROL BOOM.
HE WAS SHOVELING BESIDE BUCKET BELT AT DRIVE, LEFT FOOT SLIPPED DUE TO MUDDY CONDITIONS, FELL BACKWARDS AND STRUCK BACK ON GREASE CAN BESIDE HELD.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN SLOPE: KNEE GAVE OUT-EE FELL DOWN STRIKING RIGHT KNEE AND LEFT SIDE OF LEG. LEFT LEG STRIKING CONCRETE WHEN EE FELL-KNEE POPPED AS HE WAS FALLING. RIGHT KNEE SWELLED UP. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK FOR THE NEXT TWO SHIFT; EMPLOYEER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF HIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 4-11-93.
EE WAS OPERATING HEADGATE END OF SHEARER DURING REGULAR OPERATION, OF LONG WALL. THE SHIELD TECH HAD PULLED #96 SHIELD IN OVER THE SHEARER, EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE PONTOONS OF #96 SHIELD WHE N HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT IN THE CABLE GOING TO THE LIGHTS ON #96 SHIELD AND TRIPPED FALLING FORWARD STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST THE HANDRAIL.
EE WAS WALKING BEHIND TAKE UP ON BELT LINE AREA HAD WATER AND MUD HE STEPPED ON ROCK SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
HE WAS LOADING CRIB BLOCKS ONTO SCOOP AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON AN OIL BUCKET & HE FELL.
WHILE CARRYING P RINTER FROM ONE OFFICE TO ANOTHER HE WAS GOING TO PLACE PRINTER ON COMPUTER T ABLE & STUMBLED OVER A FILE BOX THAT WAS SITTING BESIDE OF DESK CAUSING BODY TO TWIST TOWARD THE LEFT WITH PRINTER IN HANDS & THEN FELL FORWARD ONTO DESK
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING CRIBS; LIFTED CRIB BLOCK OVER HIS HEAD-BLOCK STARTED FALLING AS HE STEPPED BACK TO REGAIN BALANCE, STARTED FALLING AS HE STEPPED BACK TO REGAIN BALANCE, CRIB BLOCK FELL O NTO HIS ARM-HURTING HIS SHOULDER.