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Employee was passing through the man door under the A-Belt overcast and his right foot stuck in the door. This caused him to lose his balance. As he stumbled, he twisted his right knee and fell to the mine floor.
Employee stated that he stepped in a water hole while dismounting the coal hauler he was operating and twisted his left leg.
Employee stated that he slipped on a roof bolt strap as he was walking to the rear of the roof bolting machine to get roof bolts and fell forward and twisted his lower back as he tried to catch himself.
Employee stated that he slipped while stepping from roof bolting machine operator platform to the machine platform and fell and struck his back on machine.
Employee slipped and fell at the surface shop and sprained his right ankle and bruised his right elbow.
Employee was building a stopping and stepped off of cinder blocks and twisted his left knee and fell when he stepped on the edge of a pallet.
Employee was walking between the No. 1 Refuse Vibrator and the No. 1 Clean Coal D & R Vibrator and tripped either on a make-up water line or insulating mat. He extended his right arm and hand and grabbed a support beam to keep from falling, which resulted in pain in his right upper arm.
Employee was assigned the task of breaking ice cycles in the intake roadway entry and as he was walking back to his mantrip he slipped on ice and fell to the mine floor and injured his right leg and ankle.
EE was bolting on the right side of the 463 Roof Bolt Machine. He reached toward the roof bolt machine tray to grab a half header and slipped off the platform, bruising his right shoulder, left elbow and left hand. EE finished his shift and started missing work as a result of this incident on 11/12/2010.
Employee was carrying a driveshaft through muddy water and stepped into a hole and twisted his left knee as foot slipped off the ledge. He continued to work and went to the doctor on 09-30-10 and started missing work his 10-01-10 shift.
EE was repairing belt structure at No. 7 belt take-up when a fire suppression spray broke and sprayed water in his face and as he was trying to move away, he tripped and fell striking his left knee on the mine floor.
Employee was pulling the continuous miner waterline while walking backward and tripped on a rock and fell and landed on his right hand and injured his right shoulder.
Employee was preparing to cut strings off belt conveyor rollers at F-Belt Take-up, when a water hose in the area burst and the pressure pump turned on causing the hose to strike EE on his legs and causing him to fall and strike his head on the mine floor.
Walking to face in No. 6 entry to repair line curtain and slipped and fell on her right arm and shoulder.
Employee stated that on 01-09-10 he lifted a crib block on to his shoulder and turned and stepped off a ledge in the mine floor near the section feeder and twisted his knee and causing him to fall. Employee finished his shift and did not start missing work as a result of this incident until 01-12-10.
Mud & oil on boots.
Employee was getting out of the scoop and slipped and fell striking his right elbow against the frame of the scoop deck.
Employee stated that he and another employee were pulling on the continuous miner water line when he slipped and fell striking his back on a crib block. EE continued to work and started to miss work on 12/23/2009 and I was notified today by ee that he was off work as a result of his incident on 09/14/09.
Employee was standing on a wooden block examining an MRS when he slipped and fell to the mine floor injuring his left shoulder.
The EE stated he was walking outby in the No. 7 entry and as he came through the back-up curtains, he slipped on a ledge in the bottom and fell to the mine floor.
Employee stated that he was walking and throwing miner cable out of the roadway when he stepped onto the ledge of a hole in the mine floor causing him to hyperextend his right knee.
The employee stated he was walking outby the No. 5 entry and as he passed a scoop that was parked in the entry his foot slipped in a hole in the mine floor that was covered in mud and water causing his foot to twist as he fell to the bottom injuring his left foot and ankle.
Employee stated that he was standing on a rock nailing the line curtain to the rib in preparation to scoop and rockdust the place, when he slipped off the rock and fell striking his right knee on the mine floor.
Employee stated that he was hanging backup fly pads in No.7 entry while standing on the last rung to the top of a four foot step ladder when his foot slipped causing him to fall to the mine floor, injuring his left hand.
The employee stated he was pouring a five gallon power tran tractor hydraulic fluid in the tank when he lost his footing. The employee stated that he felt a sharp pain in his lower back as his foot slipped and stepped into an opening between the frame and battery.
Employee stated that while walking through No.4 crosscut left into No.3 entry, he stepped through the fly pads and stepped off a 16" ledge, twisting his left knee. He stated that he looked up at the mine roof because a piece of rock fell on other side of flies and he did not notice the ledge.
EE help move continuous miner was backed down #4 entry to drop off some cable, & he was walking to #5 to help hang continuous miner cable when & slipped on uneven bottom in the mine floor & twisted his right ankle, was a hole in the mine floor approx. 6" deep and 2' in diameter & wearing rubber metatarsal boots at the time.
2 EEs were assigned the task of hanging a solid curtain in the x-cut between No. 5 & 6 entries. EE was working off a 6 ft step ladder & was descending ladder when he slipped to the mine floor as he was stepping from the 3rd rung of the ladder to the 2nd rung. He complained of pain in back but finished his shift. The area was wet & muddy and there was mud on the ladder rungs.
EE was trouble shooting a power problem on No.221 roof bolting machine. He was walking from No.1 entry to the tool car in No.5 entry, when he slipped on slick bottom in No.4 entry just inby the feeder breaker and fell striking his left elbow on the mine floor.
Employee stated while walking up No.5 entry towards the face area, he stopped to get some spad nails off of #25 scoop to use to ventilate. After retrieving the nails, he preceeded to walk towards the face area when he stepped off a ledge in the mine floor causing his to fall & twist his lt. knee. The mine floor in the area of the incident was damp & slightly muddy.
The employee was in the process of cleaning up around a coal hauler that he was preparing to change a tire on when he tripped on half a crib block that was on the floor. He fell to the shop floor that resulted in twisting his left knee.(He was wearing knee pads)
Employee stated at 1:30am he was hanging MRS cable between No.2 & No.3 entry. While he was standing on a lump of coal to hang the cable, the lump of coal rolled out from under him causing him to fall.While getting up, he felt pain in his lower right abdomen area.Note: EE started missing work as a result of injury 10/16/06.
Employee was in process of cleaning up shop work area, when he picked up a five gallon bucket of oil that was located beside the coal hauler. When carrying the bucket of oil out of the way, he tripped over a jack stand, when his metatarsal boot caught a yellow tie hanger that was attached around the jack stand causing him to trip and fall.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING MOVE THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OUT OF THE HAULWAY, WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A RIB ROLL & FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEE ON A LUMP OF COAL ON THE MINE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE E.R. AFTER WORK TO HAVE HIS LEG CHECKED & RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS NEXT SHIFT. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 4/22/06 WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE DR.
EE STATED THAT HE HAD PARKED THE NO. 8 COAL HAULER THAT HE WAS OPERATING TO HELP A COWORKER CHANGE THE BATTERIES ON HIS COAL HAULER. WHILE WALKING BACK TO HIS COAL HAULER, EE STEPPED ON A FLY PAD THAT WAS LYING IN THE WALKWAY & SLIPPPED & FELL AGAINST THE BATTERY OF THE COAL HAULER. HE HIT HIS UPPER CHEST ON THE CORNER OF THE BATTERY. DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 3/17/06.
Walking down no.5 entry toward mantrip, EE slipped and fell to the mine floor
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE LAST ROW OF CROSSCUTS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL IN AN UNEVEN PLACE IN THE MINE FLOOR. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS WATER IN THE AREA WHERE HE FELL. HE STATED THAT HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT KNEE WHICH CAUSED A TWISTING MOTION. HE REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN TO THE RIGHT KNEE AREA.
EE STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THAT THE CONTINUOUS MINER WATER LINE HAD BEEN WRAPPED AROUND A TIMBER AFTER THE MINER CABLE SLACK HAD BEEN MOVED TO A LOCATION CLOSER TO THE LOB. EE STATED THAT AS HE ATTEMPTED TO UNTANGLE THE WATERLINE FROM TIMBER, HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON A LEDGE IN THE MINE FLOOR. EE STATED THAT HE STARTED TO FALL, CAUGHT HIMSELF & TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING DOWN #6 ENTRY TO GET A PIECE OF LINE CURTAIN. HE SAID THAT HE STEPPED IN A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR AT THE INTERSECTION AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. EE STARTED MISSING WORK AS A RESULT OF THIS INJURY ON 4/11/05.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS AT THE NO.1 BATTERY CHARGING STATION CHANGING THE BATTERY ON THE NO.1 COALHAULER. AS HE STEPPED OVER THE BATTERY LIFT ARM TO DISCONNECT THE JUMPER CABLE AND CONNECT THE COALHAULER CABLE TO PLUG TO THE FRESH BATTERY, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
Employee stated that he was hanging a fly pad using a four foot step ladder. He stated that when he stepped backwards off the ladder his right knee was hyperextended causing pain to his right knee area.
EE STATED THAT HE HAD CLIMBED ONTO THE TOP ON NO.2 BELT, WHICH WAS IDLE, TO HOOK UP A CHAIN HOIST TO RAISE THE TOP IN ORDER TO CHANGE OUT A TOP IDLER. HE STATED THAT HE LEANED AGAINST A TIMBER THAT WAS SET BESIDE THE BELTLINE TO STEADY HIMSELF. WHEN HE LEANED AGAINST TIMBER IT DISLODGED, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND HE FELLOVER THE EDGE OF THE BELT. GOT PAIN IN ELBOW.
EE STATED THAT HE STOOD ON THE MOTOR BASE OF THE NO.1 GLAND WATER PUMP. THAT IS APPROX. 10 INCH OFF THE FLOOR. IN ORDER TO TIGHTEN A PIPE FITTING OF THE FREST WATER LINE FOR THE NO. 2 GLAND WA TER PUMP, THAT WAS LEAKING. EE STATED THAT AFTERTIGHTENING THE FITTING HE TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE MOTOR BASE ONTO METAL GRADING ON THE PLANT FLOOR.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS DESCENDING THE FIXED LADDER NEXT TO THE NO.3 DESLIME VIBRATOR, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF A RUNG OF THE LADDER, CAUSING HIMTO FALL APPROX 42 INCHES TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT, AND LANDING ON HIS BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO HIS BACK AND NUMBNESS IN THE RIGHT FOOT.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING A 4 FOOT FLORESENT LIGHT BULB IN THE MAINTAINENCE VEHICLE BLD. HE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON A SODA POP CRATE TO INSTALL THE BULB AND THE CRATE TURNED OVER AND HE FELL TO THE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK. EE STATED MISSING WORK AS A RESULT OF THIS INJURY ON 2-20-93.
EE STATED THAT HE HAD REMOVED A CRIB BLOCK FROM THE REFUSE AREA AND WAS CARRYING IT TO HIS TRUCKWHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SOME SCALPER ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL TWISTING HIS BACK.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON THE NO. 13 SCOOP. HE STATED THAT HE HAD UNJOOKED THE JUMPER CABLES AND INSEERTED THE SCOOP POWER CABLE INTO THE CHARGED BATTERY RECEPTACLE, WHEN HE HEARD AN ARC FROM THE SCOOP CABLE. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO UNPLUG THE CABLE FROM THE BATTERY HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT LEG AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP AND SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE DECK OF COAL HAULER WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEES STATED HE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK ON THE MINE FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE STATED WHEN HE FELL, HIS LEFT KNEE TWISTED CAUSING PAIN TO HIS LEFT KNEE AREA. (STARTED MISSING WORK ON APRIL 30, 2002.)
EE WAS GETTING IN DECK OF 585 SCOOP WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. HE STATEDTHAT THERE WAS SOME OIL PRESENT IN THE DECK OF THE SCOOP CAUSING HIS FOOT TO SLIP.