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EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE A PUMP MOTOR ON A MINER IN THE SHOP AND WAS TAKING THE BOLTS OUT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS ACCIDENT AND MISSED 2 DAYS WORK BEFORE REPORTING IT.
EE WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN A BENT ROOF BOLT AND THE BOLT SLIPPED AND THE PLATE CUT HIS RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE THE CHARGING STATION WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON A ROCK. "BRUISED KNEE."
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A BUCKET OF PLASTER TO PLASSTER A BRATTICE WITH WHEN HIS POCKET KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING BRING THE 1026 JEFFREY MINER BACK ACCROSS THE SECTION WHENHE ACCIDENTLY GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINER TAIL & THE COAL RIB
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BLOCK (CEMENT BLOCK 8") INTO A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN ONE OF THE BLOCKS FELL OFF THE SIDE OF THE BUCKET AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING MANTRIP UP TO SECTION USING A BATTERY RAM CAR WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY. WHEN THE TIRE CAME OFF THE ROCK IT CAUSED THE CAR TO BOUNCE & HURT EMPLOYEE'S BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING GET A LARGE ROCK OFF THE TOP OF THE 1026 JEFFREY MINER AND STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING AT THE ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A METHANE MONITOR IN THE DECK OF A 1026 JEFFERY MINER & GOT HIS BACK IN A TWISHED POSITION & WHEN HE TRIED TO GET UP HE COULD NOT STARIGHTEN UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP THE BELT LINE GOING TO ANOTHER HEAD DRIVE AND STARTED THROUGH A MAN DOOR AND SLIPPED AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL UP THAT HA DFALLEN OFF THE BELT ONTO THE TOP OF HTE OVERCAST, WHEN HE GOT FINISHED AND WAS GETTING DOWN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS HELPING CHANGE A FLAT TIRE ON A BATTERY RAM CAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON THE MINER AND WAS ADVANCING THE WING CURTAIN ON UP AND GOT HIS FEET CAUGHT IN THE WATER LINE AND FELL BRUISING HIS RIGHT LEG.
UNICORN MINIGN HAD AROOF FALL IN THE RETURN ESCAPEWAY SOMETIME OVER THE WEEK END ON 002 SECTIN. MSHA WAS NOTIFIED AND RETURN ESCAPE WAY HAS BEEN REROUTED.
EE WAS HELPING ON THE CONTINOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND THE RT RIB AND HIT HIM ON THE RT FOOT.
EE WAS PULLING UP A CABLE WITH THE SCOOP WHEN THE ROPE BROKE CAUSING THE CAT HEAD TO STRIKE EE IN THE FACE.
EE WAS STARTING #1 BELT. AFTER STARTING THE BELT, HE NOTICED A ROLLER WAS STUCK. WHEN HE TRIED TO FREE IT, HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE GUARD CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT H AND.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN 2RT CROSSCUT AND WAS RUSHING TO GET IT BOLTED BEFORE QUIT TIME. WHEN HE TWISTED AROUND TO GET ANOTHER BOLT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT NECK. EE SAID PAIN GOT WORSE ON INTO THE AFTERNOON. DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 11-28-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER A BELT TAKE-UP. WHEN HE STARTED TO CRAWL AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE HE HIT HIS KNEE ON A SHARP ROCK AND BRUISE AND BRUISED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLICING A CONVEYOR CHAIN ON A 1026 JEFFERY MINER, WHILE HAMMERING THE CONNECTING LINK TOGETHER A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF & HIT HIM ON THE NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SHOVEL BELTLINE AND WAS PUTTING A SHOVEL FULL OF WET MUCK ON THE BELT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPIGN ROCK DUST SECTION ADN HAD FINISHED DUSTING #5 HEADING AND WAS LOADING HTE DUSTING HOSE BACK ONTO THE DUSTING MACHINE WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT HIMSELF IN THE MOUTH WIT THE HO SE BREAKING ONE OF HIS UPPER TEETH OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP IN #6 HEADING AND WAS STARTING TO DRILL A HOLE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE BESIDE THE HOLE AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND CUTTING A SMALL PLACE ON HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTIN GTOP USING A RRII ROOF BOLTER WITH ATRS IN #4 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLT SNA DHIT HIM ON TEH LEFT FOOT "BRUISED FOOT".
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A JEFFERY MINER & GOT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE
EE WAS HELPING UNROLL A ROLL OF 42" BELT ONTO A FLAT CAR AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SLIDE AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR OFF OF TH ESHELF USING APRY BAR WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY GOT HIS FINGER THE MOTOR AND MASHED IT.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP ON 001 SECTION USING A FLETCHER RR11 WHEN A PIECE OF A KETTLE BOTTOM BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT ARM CAUSING A SMALL OPEN WOUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPAIRMAN PUT THE CONVEYOR CHAIN BACK TOGET HER IN A 1026NN JEFFREY MINER WHILE BEATING THE PIN BACK INTO THE CHAIN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF THE PIN & STRUCK HIM IN TH E UPPER PART OF THE CHEST
EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING A CHANEL IN THE RIB TO HELP BUILD A SEAL IN #1 ENTRY ON 002 SECTION USING A PICK WHILE DIGGING EMPLOYEE MASHED INDEX FINGER ON RT HAND AGAINST RIB
UNCORN MINING ACCIDENTLY CUT INTO ONE OF OUR OWN SEALED AREAS ON THE 002 SECTION. NO ONE WAS INJURED THE MISTAKE IN THE MAP WAS FOUND AND THE AREA IS NOW RESEALED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP #4 BELTLINE WHEN HIS HAT FELL OFF EMPLYEE BENT OVER & PICKED UP HIS HAT & RAISED BACK UP HIT HIS HEAD ON A METAL STRAP ON THE ROOF
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING LOOSE ROCK IN #5 ENTRY USING A SLATE BAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE OVER HIS HEAD AND FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD, SHOULDER AND LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PLASTER BRATTICES AND WAS OPENING A BUCKET OF PLASTER USING A KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT A SMALL PLACE IN HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS HELPING UNLOAD A PIECE OF 42 INCH BELT STRUCTURE STAND OUT OF A SCOOP BUCKET WHILE LIFTING HE PULLED SOMETHING OR MUSCLE IN THE LOWER STOMACH OR GROIN AREA. NOTE ACCIDENT WAS SUPPOSED T O HAVE HAPPENED 4-13-94 WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 4\-20-94 EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 4-25-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OVER TO CHARGING STATION TO PUT SCOOP BREAKER IN ON CHARGER. WHILE CROSSING OVER TRACK HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A METAL STRAP AND CUT HIS LEFT EAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPAIRMAN GET A PIECE OF ROCK OFF THE TOP OF A 1026 JEFFREY MINER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED & CUT THE INDEX FINGER ON HIS RT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE MOUTH OF 001 SECTION HELPING LOAD ROCK DUST INTO A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN THE SCOOP OPERATOR ACCIDENTLY LET BUCKET DOWN ON HISRIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP ON THE 002 SECTION MINE #2 T RYING TO GET A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT OF ROOF WHEN PULLING DOWN ON DRILL STEEL HE INJURED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ROCK DUST SECITON USING ON ALE ROCKDUSTER. WHILE POURING ROCK DUST INTO THE HOPPER HE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND DOWN INTO THE HOPPER & THE AUGER CAUGHT HIS FINGER.
EE WAS WALKING FROM HIS LONG AIRDOX COAL HAULER TO THE STAMLER FEEDER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS SPLICING ROOF BOLTER CABLE USING A HAMMER AND CRIMPING TOOL AND WHEN HE HIT CRIMPING TOOL A PIECE OF IT BROKE OFF AND STRUCK EE IN LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING DO REPAIR WORK ON A 1026 JEFFREYMINER USINGA GRINDER, A PIECE OF SLAGFLEWAND HIT EMPLOYEEIN ELFT EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WARING SAFETY GLASSES AT TIMEOF ACCIDENT.
EE WAS LOADING OIL INTO RAM CAR, EE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST FRAME OF CAR AND CUT LOWER RIGHT LEG.
ELMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP OXYGEN AND ACCTYLENE GAUGES TO TARKS WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIT HIS KNEE ON OXYGEN TANK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN 820 COAL HAULER. WHILE PUSHING ANOTHER COAL HAULER OUT OF A DIP, HE WAS JARRED & HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY OF OPERATOR'S DESK. HE WAS BOUNCED AROUND IN DECK, INJURI NG HIS CHEST.
EE WAS WELDING UNDERNEATH A EIMCO SHUTTLE CAR WITH LEGS STICKING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH CAR A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EE ON LEFT LEG ANKLE AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERA TING A SIMMONS RAND 820 COAL HAULER WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY JARRING HIM & HURTING HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING BRATTICE CLOTH AT FACE OF COL SECTION INJURED BACK WHEN PULLING UPWARD ON BRATTICE CLOTH
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SIMMONS RAND 820 COAL HAULER, PUSHING ANOTHER 820. HIS BATTERY END AGAINST OTHER BUCKET END. BATTERY END CAME LOOSE FROM BUCKET END & DROPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.