EE WAS STANDING IN MUD , TRIED TO STEP OUT AND TWISTED KNEE. EE HAD PRIOR KNEE PROBLEM IN 1997. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 10/12/99.
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Showing 50 of 1,212EE WAS REMOVING LOOSE COAL OFF A LARGE ROCK IN THE COAL FEEDER WHEN A BANK OF COAL SLID ON HIM. CONTINUED TO WORK UBTIL HIS SCHEDULED VACATION 6/5/99 THROUGH 7/10/99. *NOTE: DID NOT RETURN AFT ER VACATION DUE TO OPERATION FOR INFLAMED SHOULDER.
DRILLING TOP IN CONCRETE IN SLOPE PORTAL. CHUNK OF CONCRETE FELL HITTING EE ON LEFT ARM, RIGHT HAND & RIGHT WRIST.
THE CREW WAS TRYING TO REMOVE AND EXISTING TAIL SECTION FROM THE #3 CONVEYOR. THE WELDMENTS HAD BEEN BURNT, BUT THE SECTION COULD NOT BE REMOVED. THE SECTION WAS RERIGGED AND LIFTED AGAIN, THE SECTION LIFTED ON ONE SIDE. EMP WALKED TO THE REAR OF SECTION AND ANOTHER EMP SHOOK THE TAIL SECTION CAUSING IT TO COME LOOSE. WHEN SECTION BROKE LOOSE IT SWUNG, PINNING EMPS RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS WORKING IN A SMALL AREA NEAR A COLUMN ON THE SIDE OPPOSITE RIGGING. THE REMAINING 2 EE'S WERE CUTTING THE WELDS ON THE RIGGED SIDE OF THE UNIT. THE LOADS APPLIED BY THE CRANE VIA THE RI GGING ( NYLON STRAPS) AND THE LIFT OF WEDGES EXCEEDED THE HOLDING POWER OF THE REMAINING WELDS, CAUSING THE WELDS TO FRACTURE, ALLOWING THE ASSEMBLY TO HINGE UP AND PIVOT COUNTER-CLOCKWISE PI
THE ELEVATOR OLD PORTAL WAS INOPERABLE FOR A PERIOD LONGER THAN 30 MINS DUE TO FAILURE OF THE MOTOR GENERATOR SET.
LOADING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN MY KNEE TWISTED.
EE & CO-WORKER WAS LOADING TRACK RAILS ONTO MAN BUS WHEN CO-WORKER LOST HIS GRIP DROPPING ONE END OF RAIL CATCHING EE'S HAND [FINGERS] IN A PINCH POINT.
EE WAS OPERATING PAN SCRAPER WHEN IT DOWN SHIFTED AT APPROX. THE SAME TIME PAN SCRAPER TRAVELED THRU HOLE IN HAUL ROAD BOUNCING EE IN OPERATORS CAB.
I WAS USING LIFTING JACK TO RERAIL TRACK JEEP WHEN I FELT SHARP PAIN IN MY GROIN AREA.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG TRACKWAY BETWEEN P-4 AND EAST 2 WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE TWISTED.
EE AND CO-WORKER WERE WALKING TOWARD TOOL BOXES IN THE BELT ENTRY OF THE P-5 LONGWALL PANEL INBYTHE LAST SLANT BEFORE THE HEADGATE WHEN HIS EAR STRUCK THE JAGGED EDGE OF A ROOF PLATE CAUSING A LACERATION.
EE WAS TRANSPORTING SHEAR TO FACE TO BE PLACED ON PAN LINE WHEN SHEAR FELL OFF THE FORKS OF SHIELD HAULER CAUSING HAULER TO BOUNCE AND EE'S HEAD STRUCK UNDERSIDE OF CANOPY.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON P-5 LONGWALL SET-UP FACE IN THE #1 ENTRY. ROOF FALL WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SPAD #4+40 AND 5+50. ROOF FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET LONG, 7-9 FEET HIGH AND 24 FEET WIDE .
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH DOORS GOING TO TRACK LOADING AREA WHEN DOORS CLOSED SUDDENLY, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK AND CHEST.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RUN AS A SURFACE TRANSFORMER FAILED WHEN HIS FEET TRIPPED IN THE LOOSE GRAVEL AND HE FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EE WAS ASSISTING CO WORKER IN LOADING CRIB TIES IN BUCKET OF SCOOP WHEN HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CRIB TIES.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG 40 2 CONBEYOR WHEN SHE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HER LEFT KNEE. FIRST SCHEDULE WORKDAY LOST BY EE WAS 1-10-97.
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THROW TRACK SWITCH AT SLOPE WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO A T-BOARD CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK AND NECK.
HE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM SHIELD HAULER WHEN I LOST MY BALANCE. THE TOP ROLLER HE WAS CARRYING TWISTED CAUSING AN INJURY TO MY LEFT ELBOW.
EE TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST TRACK ROOF DRILL THAT WAS PARKED IN THE BOTTOM AT ELEVATOR LANDING AS HE ATTEMPTED TO GET OUT OF OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF MANBUS.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 2 RIGHT ENTRY SECTION 1050. THE FALL PARTIALLY COVERED ONE RAM CAR AND FULLY COVERED ANOTHER RAM CAR THE OPERATOR OF THE COVERED CAR CRAWLED OUT HE WAS NOT INJURED.
EE WAS WALKING WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A CROSS OVER BOARD FALLING AND STRUCK BOTH KNEES AGAINST MINE FLOOR.
EE WAS STANDING AT REAR OF CONTINUOUS MINER (BOOM END) REMOVING A CONNECTING LINK FROM CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN CONVEYOR CHAIN FELL OUT OF TROUGH AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING TOWARD FACE AREA FROM MAN BUS WHEN HE STEPPED ON A CONCRETE BLOCK PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN MUD CAUSING LEFT KNEE TO TWIST
A ROOF FALL WS FOUND ON 11-13-96 IN THE 4 RIGHT ENTRY OF SECTION 45 SOUTH.
WHILE INSTALLING 48" ROOF BOLT IN MUD SLIP OF 1 LEFT FAULT AREA; A ROCK FELL FROM A DISTANCE OF 108" HIGH STRIKING ROOF DRILL CANOPY AND MY LOWER BACK. FIRST SCHEDULE WORKDAY LOST BY EE WAS 1- 9-97. MINE SCHEDULE TO CLOSE AT END OF MONTH.
THE MOTOR CREW HAD TWO SHIELDS THAT WERE READY TO BE UNLOADED AT MATERIAL HOLE FOR WEST 1 (LONGWALL SET-UP). AREA WHERE SHIELDS WERE TO BE UNLOADED HAD 8 SHEAR JACKS LYING ON MINE FLOOR. EE WAS ASSITING CO-WORKER TO POSITION THEM ON FORKS OF SHIELD HAULER FOR TRANSPORTATION.. WHEN ACK SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PINCHED POINT BETWEEN TWO JACKS.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 3 RIGHT INTAKE ENTRY OF 45 SOUTH. NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE 10 EAST RETRN 800' OUTBY FACE. NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 2 RIGHT ENTRY "RETURN" OF SECTION 1040--NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.
EE WAS USING A BELT KNIFE TO CUT CONVEYOR BELT IN PREPARATION TO INSTALL A SPLICE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND STRUCK LEFT LEG APPROX. 2 1/2INCH ABOVE KNEE CAUSING A LACERATION. INJURY OCCURRED WHIL E SPLICING P-4 SECTION CONVEYOR.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A LARGE ACETYLENE CYLINDER ON A JEEP WHEN HIS BACK WAS INJURED
EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSSE COAL, MUD AT 40 NO. 1 DISCHARGE HEADER WHEN HER FEET SLIPPED AND HER RIGHT ANKLE WAS INJURED.
EE WAS OPERATING RAM CAR AND HAD HIS HAND AROUND THE POST OF THE CANOPY. A SMALLER PIPE FITS INTO A LARGER PIPE AND THE BOLTS ALLOWED MOVEMENT OF PIPE. WHEN RAM CAR TRAVELED OVER ROUGH BOTTO M FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT BETWEEN TWO PIPES.
EE AND OTHER WAS USING LIFTING JACK TO LIFT BELT CAR ABOVE TOP OF RAIL WHERE TRACK FROM ELEVATOR LANDING AND SLOPE LANDING INTERSECTS SO THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF BELT CAR WOULD CLEAR. WHEN BELT C AR BECAME FREE THE SLACK IN THE COUPLING CAUSED CAUSE JACK AN DBAR TO KICK OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO EE RIGHT ANKLE AND FOOT.
EMP WAS LOWERING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF WATER WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE CROSSCUT ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT OF TRACK, AND BELT ENTRY OF WEST 1 SECTION.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON THE WEST 1 TRACK ENTR IN THE CROSS-CUT BETWEEN THE BELT/TRACK AND THE #1 RIGHT ENTRY. ROOF FALLW AS 15'.X20'WX3TO4'T.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE #2 RIGHT FACE INTERSECTION IN #2 EAST OFF OF SOUTH MAIN AT SPAD 3+10. ROOF FALL MEASURED 20' IN LENGTH 30'WX7-8'H.
WHILE TRAMMING RAM CAR, EE STRUCK A HOLE IN MINE FLOOR, BOUNCING HARD ON CAR SEAT AND HURTING HIS BACK.
EE WAS TRAVELING IN TRACK JEEP IN AN OUTBY DIRECTION ON SOUTHMAIN #3 TRACK. WHEN JEEP APPROACHED SWITCH FOR WEST 1 SECTION EMPLOYEE EXITED JEEP AND WAS WALKING TOWARD SWITCH WHEN HIS HEAD STR UCK TRAFFIC LIGHT CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS HEAD AND NECK.
WHILE SHOVELING ON 40 #1 BELT CONVEYOR WHE HER RIGHT LEG GAVE AWAY CAUSING HER TO FALL DOWN INJURING HER LEFT LEG.
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE FACES OF WEST 1 SECTION WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE WAS UNLOADING CRIB TIMBERS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN AS HE PITCHED A TIMBER OUT OF RAM CAR BED. INJURY OCCURRED ON SECTION P-4.
EE WAS LOADING BOTTOM BELT ROLLERS BEHIND THE POWER CENTER. AS HE PULLED ONE OUT HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST THE POWER CENTER CAUSINGAN INJURY. INJURY OCCURRED ON 1 EAST SECTION. EE 'S FIRST WORKDAY LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY WAS 07/31/96.
WHILE SERVICING CONTINUOUS MINER EE PICKED UP A GREASE BUCKET. WHEN HE STARTED TO TURN WITH IT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROINT. INJURY OCCURRED ON WEST 1 SECTION.
EE WAS WALKING OFF OF SECTION AT END OF SHIFT WITH OTHER CREW MEMBERS WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE. ON ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL INJURING HIS BACK.
EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE MUD AND COAL AT 40 NO. 1 DISCHARGE POINT. WHEN SHE LIFTED A SHOVEL OF MATERIAL AND TOSSED IT OVER THE SQUIRT GUARD SHE FELT A SEVERE PAIN IN HER BACK.
WHILE TRAMMING RAM CAR LOADED TO FEEDER, EE STRUCK A HOLE IN FOOTWALL CAUSIN GHIM TO BOUNCE ON SEAT JAMMING HIS NECK AND CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK. INJURY OCCURRED ON SOUTHMAIN SECTION.