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Injured was struck in the neck and back when a loose piece of rock fell and struck the injured.
The injured was preparing to unload roof bolting supplies when the scoop blade was lowered down on his left foot.
Injured was trying to lift a spool of wire rope on the bus when she felt a pain in her lower back, right hip, and leg.
Injured was cleaning rocks out of jackline when loose rock fell out of the face and struck him on the head and neck.
A roof fall occurred on the 8O section. The fall location is in the #2 entry at #26 break in the intersection. The fall is 18 feet by 14 feet by 40 feet long.
A bridge rectifier failed on the 8 haulage elevator. The component was replaced and the elevator put back into service.
Injured was moving a roll of cable. Injured bent over to block the cable roll and felt pain in his back. (Injured did not request any medical treatment until 07/11/07).
Injured was removing a 8" I beam from a flat car. As the beam was being positioned to be taken off the flat car, one end of the I beam fell, striking injured on the top of his right foot. This resuted in a fracture to the metarsal bone in his foot.
Injured was building new regulator in southwest area of mine. The air pressures sucked injured thru the open regulator causing him to fall and strike his head on the regulator panel. This resulted in a laceration requiring 4 stitches.
Injured was cleaning in the jack line and was crawling to the next location to clean. While crawling his glasses fogged up and he had difficulty seeing causing him to run his head into a shield and hurt his neck.
A roof fall was discover by a fireboss while conducting his outby walk. The fall was located between #6 and #7 break in the #1 entry on the 8 West section.
ONE LAY IN ONE HOIST ROPE ON THE OTIS ELEVATOR SERPARATED AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN A ROPE GUARD. THIS CAUSED THE ELEVATOR TO STOP BEFORE REACHING THE BOTTOM. NO PERSONS WERE RIDING THE ELEVATOR. ALL ELEVATOR HOIST ROPES WERE REPLACED BY KONE ELEVATOR PERSONNEL. KONE ELEVATOR PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE TESTED THE ELEVATOR AND FOUND IT TO BE OPERATING PROPERLY.
Injured was in the process of changing a bolter tire and could not get it off. As he was trying to beat the wheel off with a hammer it bounced back and caused him to strain his wrist.
Employee was removing bolts from equipment. While removing, he was using an impact gun in one hand and with the other hand was applying pressure to the bolt head. Bolt came free from the employee's grip and cut the knuckle of the ring finger on the left hand, requiring stitches.
Employee was standing on ladder in bottom of oil change pit removing a hydraulic pump from a locomotive. Pump came loose suddenly striking him and causing him to fall from ladder. This resulted in back strain.
Injured was changing a fuse out on a portal bus when he bumped the pole causing it to come in contact with the trolley wire. This resulted in a burn to his right hand.
Injured was in the belt slope drive house preparing the take a conveyor belt roller down the belt slope. As injured placed the roller end on a stair step in the drive house, he caught his finger between the roller end and the metal step. This resulted in a tip fracture and laceration to the 1st finger on his left hand. Injured was wearing gloves.
Injured was picking up a crib block when a piece of rock 6 inches by 6 inches and 0 to .5 inches thick fell and struck the injured on the right ear. The injury required 4 stitches to close the laceration.
Injured was pulling a high pressure hydraulic hose over the stageloader when he felt a pain in his back & leg.
INJURED HAD LIFTED A TOOL BOX LID UP TO GET ROOF DRILL BITS. THE LID FELL, CATCHING INJURED'S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE LID AND THE BOX.
An accumulation of water in the #2 entry at varying locations from #5 break inby to #40 break prohibited the use of normal mine tranportation in this area. A new pump discharge line was installed.
Injured was pushing the head side of the plow toward the tail to change wear shoes. As they were pushing the plow with a single prop the check valve blew out striking injured on the inside of the right ankle.
Injured was cleaning in the jackline and putting a piece of rock under the tailside skid. He was pushing rock further back under the skid when the positive set activated and caught his finger between the rock and the bottom of the skid.
Injured was tramming a portal bus through the outby set of double doors when the trolley pole came off of the wire and swung around and struck him on the right side of the head. The trolley pole limiter was not in use.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO CLEAN LIGHT FIXTURE IN BATHHOUSE. INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT BICEP WHILE CLIMBING.
A HUNG STAGELOADER CHAIN FLIGHT WAS BEING REMOVED BY CUTTING INTO THE FLIGHT WITH A CUTTING TORCH. WHEN THE FLIGHT WAS CUT INTO A PIECE STRUCK INJURED ON THE LEFT BACK SIDE ON HIS HEAD. INJURED WAS APPARENTLY UNCONSCIOUS FOR APPROX 2 MINUTES. INJURED WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOPSITAL AND RELEASED SAME NIGHT WITH NO INJURIES.
Building braces for belt line. I-beam slipped, pinning left hand between two I-beams.
Injured was dropping high voltage cable, as he was lifting the cable out of a hanger a rail located directly behind him rolled over and struck his left heel.
Injured was delivering belt structure. As he was removing a piece of belt structure from the scoop blade he felt pain in his lower back.
Injured was stepping across a steel beam lying on the bottom. When he stepped down he stepped on a rock and turned his ankle.
INJURED WAS WALKING THRU THE CUT THRU TO THE SLOPE BELT. INJURED'S FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO BONE IN THE LEG. (INJURED FINISHED SHIFT AND DID NOT SEEK ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2/12/07)
injured was using a pair of come-a-longs to pull open the northgate of the sump hopper. Injured felt a pain in his right shoulder.
Injured was bent over picking up a bundle of wedges when a stack of crib blocks fell over and struck his left thumb.
injured stepped onto longwall shield pontoon. injured's foot slipped off the pontoon and his toe caught the relay bar causing him to trip. this cause injured's left foot to twist resulting in fracture to small bone above the ankle. injured finished shift before seeking medical attention.
A roof fall was discovered at the #24 break on 8West in the #2 to #3 crosscut. The fall is 20 wide by 100 feet long by 10 feet high.
Injured was working at #120 shield when a piece of rock fell between the shield and mashed his finger against another piece of rock.
Injured was helping take slack out of longwall face chain. The chain flight that was secured to the dogs broke causing the chain to strike injured on his right ankle.
A roof fall occurred in the 9 haulage bleeders in the #4 entry at #46 break. The fall was 40 feet by 40 feet by 10 feet high.
Injured was walking belt slope when he slipped and twisted his foot. (this acident was not reported to mgt until 01/17/07)
Injured was scooping in the #2 entry, rt. rib. The scoop blade was back under the curtain on the rt. side of the scoop. When he backed up, the curtain hooked on the scoop, he was attempting to free the curtain while backing out and caught his hand between the scoop and the rib.
Employee claims numbness, swelling and pain in both hands caused by drilling. Employee was seeing a doctor on his own. He started going to a company authorized doctor on March 2, 2007. He is currently being treated and has not missed any time from work.
INJURED WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT OFF A TORN PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT FROM THE SECTION BELT. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.
INJURED WAS SETTING A HYDRAULIC POWERED WATER PUMP WHEN THE HOSE BURST STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT SIDE OF FACE AND EAR.
Injured was walking from the track entry over to the belt starter at slope bottom. Injured struck his head against a truss bolt resulting in a stiff neck.
Injured was changing a 3/4 high pressure hose on 108 shield. Injured had gotten under 109 shield and was going to function 108. When the tunnel lock was removed in the area where the injured was working the shield automatically pulled up pinning him between a shield power supply and the pan line.
A fall occurred on the 8O section in the intersection of the #4 monkey butt on the 8O set up face. The fall was 20 wide by 25 to 30 feet long.
Injured was passing a water hose to co-worker. The hose nozzle struck a metal beam and came on suddenly. The sudden water pressure forced the nozzle backward striking injured in the chin.
A roof fall occurred on the 8O section at the intersection of #57 break in the #1 heading. The fall is approximately 20 feet wide by 30 feet long and 10 feet high.
Injured was bolting when a piece of rock pushed the rock shield in and caught him between the machine and rock shield.
Injured was struck in the head by a clevis pin which broke while trying to extract a continuous miner from a pillar fall. Injured was unconscious for about 30 seconds.