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EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ON 4 RT. SECTION, ONE BLOCK OUTBY FACE IN 6 TO 7 HDG. CROSSCUT. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSIING HIM TO JAR HIMSELF & PULLING MUSCLE IN BACK.
SURFACE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE HAD WORKER UP IN IN MIDDLE OF NIGHT 8-15-95 AT 2:30AM WITH PAIN IN HIS BACK EMPLOYEE CALLED OFF FROM WORK 8-15-95. HE STATED PAIN IN BACK WAS NOT WORK RELATED UNTIL 8-28-95. WHE EMPLOYEE INFORMED THE COMPANYALLEGING THAT PAIN IN BACK WAS WORK RELATED FROMSHOVELING SPILLAGE ON 8-14-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP BOLTER IN 2 TO 1 SXUT 50' INBY STATION 708, 3 RIGHT SECITON WHEN EMPLOYEE SAT UP THE CANOPY & FLOOR JACK THE PLAT EHOLDINGTHE CANOPY JACK IN PLACE BROKE OFF, CAUSING TH E CANOPY TO DROP DOWN, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD AND STOVING HIS NECK, XRAYS OK. DR HA DEMPLOYEE TAKE OFF A COUPLE DAYS FOR STRIANED NECK.
EMP WAS IN #7 HDG INTERSECTION, 1 BLK IN BY STATION 691, 3 RT SECTION, ATTEMPTING TO HANG UP MINER CABLE ACROSS INTERSECTION THAT WAS STRETCHED TOO TIGHT. EMP WAS HOLDING UP CABLE TO BE TIED B Y ANOTHER EMP. A PIECE OF WIRE ALREADY HOLDING UP CABLE OUT BY INTERSECTION CORNER UNRAVELED, CAUSING CABLE TO FALL TO THE GROUND, PULLING EMP TO GROUND WITH IT, EMP PULLED MUSCLE IN RT SHLDR
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR ON 3RT SECTION #5 HDG TWO BLKS OUTBY FACE WHEN EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIM OFF EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE HAS NUMBNESS IN HIS A RMS OR NECK EMPLOYEE HAD A NON-REPORTABLE ACCIDENT ON 05-13-P95 ALLEGES HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF SUPPORT WHILE RIDING ON A GOLF CART
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE OPERATING A GOLF CART, HE WAS TRAVELING THRU CROSSCUT 5 TO 6 HDG, AT BLK 25 IN SOUTH MAINS WHEN HE OBSERVED AN AREA OF LOW CLEARANCE. HE STATED THAT HE LOWERED HIS H EAD, PUT NOT ENOUGH TO CLEAR INSTALLED ROOF SUPPORT, THAT WAS INSTALLED TIGHT AGAINST ROOF, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STICK HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF BOLT WITH HEADER CAUSING PAIN TO NECK AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN 3 TO 2 X CUT, ON SOUTH MAIN SECTION, WALKING ALONG SIDE OF BOLTER, TAKING BOLTS TO FRONT OF BOLTER, WHEN EMPLOYEE RAN INTO HEADER BOARD THAT WAS TIGHT AGAINST ROOF, WITH HIS HE AD STOVING NECK, CAUSING PAIN IN NECK & DOWN BEWBETWEEN SHOULDERS.
EMPLOYEE ALLETES HE WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE IN #5 HDG NEXT TO PIT MOUTH WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT ARM
EE WAS BOLTING IN 6 ENTRY FALL AREA SOUTH MAINS REACTION WHEN EE ALLEGES HE WAS WALKING BY MACHINE. TO GET ROD BOLT OFF MACHINE EE STEPED ON LUMP OF COAL IN WALKWAY. DUMP OF COAL CRUSHED UNDER HIS FOOT. CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIM RT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE UP ACROSS INTERSECTION, #8 HDG. HE LOST HIS FOOTING, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACK AGAINST RIB, CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS NECK.
12CM-3 MINER WAS MINING IN #14 ENTRY, #1 WING TO LEFT IN #62 PILLAR BLK. TOP STARTED TAKING PRESSURE. MINER OPER. AND HELPER WERE RETURNING MINER BACK TO SAFE AREA, WHEN AN UNINTENTIONAL ROO F FALL OCCURED, COVERING MINER BACK TO CANOPY AND TRAPPING MINER HELPER ROGER V ZIRKLE BETWEEN RIB AND MINER. EMPLOYEE WASS TESTED AND RELEASED UNDER DOCTORS CARE, WITH CONTUSIONS. MINER RECO
EE & COWORKER WERE ROLLING MESSENGER WIRE CABLE OUT. CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF COWORKER'S HAND & STURCK EE ON THE LEFT EYEBROW AND CHEEK BONE CAUSING1/8 -1/4" CUT TO EYEBROW AND BRUISING. CUT WAS C LEANED AND BANDAID WAS PUT OVER CUT. EE WENT TO EYE DR. 4-26-94 FOR CHECKUP.
DISMOUNTING DOZER & SLIPPED & HIT PUSHARM
EMPLOYEE HAD A NON-REPORTABLE ACCIDENT ON 3-24-94. EMPLOYEE ALLEGED WHEN HE WAS DISCHARGING HIMSELF FROM OPERATORS COMPARTMENT ON SSCOOP, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND GOT CAUGHT UNDER CONTROL PANEL, DUE TO WET AND MUDDY CONDITIONS, CASUSING A STRAIN TO HIS LEFT LEG. EMPLOYEE REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 3-28-94. WENT TO SEE DOCTOR 5-9-94.
EE HAD TO NON REPORTABLE ACCIDENT ON 2-4-94 MANTRIP OPER LOST CONTROL OF MANTRIP WHEN HE HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING MAN TRIP TO GO INTO RIB KNOCKING OUT POST WHICH WAS HOLD UP LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK. ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EE RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING ABRASION AND CONTUISON EE WAS X RAY AND RETURN TO WORK 3-15-94 EE ALLEGED HE HAD PAIN IN ELBOW FROM SOME ACCIDENT WHEN TO DR 3-18 DR RECOMME
12-3CM MINER WAS MINING IN #2 SPLIT #37 PILLAR BLK TWO BLKS INLAY STATION 283 #3 HDG ON 3LT PILLAR SECTION MINER WAS MAKING CUT THRU IN #2 SPLIT USING & VERSE PILLAR PLAN WHEN MINER CUT THRU I NTO GOB AREA TOP STARTED WORKING ROOF FELL IN ONMINER BEFORE RECOVERING MINER AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY 6FT 4FT RISEN BOLTS & TIMBERS NO EQUIP WAS DAMAGED NO ONE INJURED
NON-REPORTABLE ACCIDENT ON 12-23-93. INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 12-28-93. EE WAS CARRYING A JACK PIPE IN BELT HDG. WHEN HE STEPPED ON ROCK IN WALKWAY, CAUSING HIM TO DROP JACK PIPE, STREIKI NG HIM ON HIS RT. FOOT, CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS FOOT. EE WAS SENT X-RAYS AT HOSPITAL, REPORTED BACK TO WORK WITH NO PROBLEM. ALLEGES ON 3-1-94 HE HAS PAIN IN HIS FT., SOFT TISSUE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING RETURN STOPPING. SOUTH MAINS SECTIONS, STATION 119, TWO BLOCKS OUTBY FACE, WHEN CO-WORKER DROPPED CONCRETE BLOCK STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND, CAUSING FRACTURE TO METAC ARPAL BONE, LITTLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING FROM THE TOP OF #1 RETURN CANOPY ON SURFACE AREA OF THE DEEP MINE VIA A 6 FT. STEP LADDER. EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SECOND CROSSPIECE OF THE LADDER. THIS CAUSED THE LADDER TO DISLODGE FROM ITS FOOTING RESULTING IN THE EMPLOYEE FREE FALLING APPROX. 5 FT TO THE GROUND, CAUSING FRACTURE TO RT LEG BETWEEN KNEE & ANKLE CONDITIONS WET & MUDDY.
OTHER BACKING UP 10 -15% GRADE TO DUMP LOAD.MOTOR STALLED CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL,ALLOWING OTHERS TRUCK TO DESCEND DOWN GRADE AND HIT TRUCK OPERATED BY I.NAME.TORE CAB COMPLETELY OFF FRAME.
EE SLIPPED & F ELL ON SNOW & ICE WHEN MOUTING THE DOZER.