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EE WAS CRAWLING FROM THE FRONT OF THE ROOF BOLTER TO THE OPERATORS DECK. AN INSTALLED ROOF PLATE WAS BENT DOWN BY 2 PIECE OF FALLEN DRAWROCK. THE EE BUMPED HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON THE EDGE OF THE ROOF PLATE CAUSING A 2" CUT WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT EAR ON A CABLE BOLT.
THE EE WERE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO A EXTRUSION ROLLER IN A SYNFUEL PELLETIZER. A SPECIAL WRENCHWAS USED TO BREAK LOOSE A LOCK NUT ON ADJUSTMENTSCREW. ON EE IS HOLDING WRENCH ON NUT OTHER EE APPLIES FORCE TO WRENCH HANDLE AS THE NUT BREAKSTHE LITTLE FINGER END IS CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINTSMASHING END OF FINGER.
EE WAS CLEANING PAINT OFF THE FEEDER & FELL THROUGH A HOLE IN THE FLOOR THATS USED FOR A LADDER.AS EE FELL HE REACHED OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF & HEARD HIS SHOULDER POP.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A CURTAIN AND HIT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE.
EE PULLS ON WATER HOSE, EXPERIENCES PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN, POSSIBLE HERNIA. LOST TIME BEGINS AT 10/10/02
EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A RIB ROLLED STRIKING HIM ON RT. HAND AND INJURING HIS MIDDLEFINGER.
A NON INJURY ROOF FALL IN THE #3 ROADWAY WAS FOUND. THE FALL IS 50'LONG, 4 1/2'HIGH, 18'WIDE. THE FALL IS LOCATED AT SPAD #2950.
DURING A PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION A ROCK FALL WAS FOUND IN THE #2 ENTRY "INTAKE" BETWEEN SPAD # 2973 & 2941. THE FALL IS 100'LONG, 18-20'WIDE & 4-5'HIGH. THE FALL WAS INVESTIGATED BY 2 MEN.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING VARIOUS METAL OBJECTS FROM PERMANENT MAGNET LOCATED ABOVE LOCKED OUT PRODUCT CONVEYOR. EE ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE LARGER THAN NORMAL METAL OBJECT WITH UNDETECTED SHARP EDGE. GRIP IS LOST AND THUMB IS PULLED ACROSS SHARP EDGE, LACERATION THUMB TIP.
THE MINE FLOOR WAS VERY MUDDY AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER, RESULTING IN TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE.
MOVING ROOF DRILL UP. ROCK FELL FROM TOP, STRIKING EYE.
HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT ARM WHILE BOLTING IN HIGH TOP ON 3 LEFT. HE NOTIFIED COMPANY ON 4/16/02 THAT FAMILY PHYSICIAN HAD DIAGNOSED TORN ROTATOR'S CUFF (DIAGNOSED WITHOUT A POSITIVE X-RAY).
A ROCK FALL WAS FOUND IN THE #8 ENTRY AT SPAD #2948. THE FALL EXTENDS TO THE #9 ENTRY MEASURING 19' WIDE, 100' LONG, 8' THICK. THIS WAS A NON-INJURY ROOF FALL.
ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 2-2-02. WHILE OPERATING 988-B ON COAL ROAD-HITS BUMP IN ROAD-AND JARS HIS BACK.
EE CAME TO WORK AT 3PM STATED THAT HE WAS SICK (STOMACH), HOWEVER HE WENT TO WORK. HE WAS REPAIRING ON A SHUTTLE CAR REPLACING CHAIN WITH CO- WORKER. WHEN CO-WORKER ASKED FOR THE HAMMER HE GOT NO RESPONSE. HE CAME FROM UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND EE LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR. CPR WAS GIVEN AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:30PM OF NATURAL CAUSES.
ADVISED FOREMAN THAT WHILE HANDLING MINER CABLE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN. INITIAL DOCTOR VISIT DIAGNOSED SPRAIN/STRAIN. ON 12/26/01 DOCTOR ADVISED HE NEEDED HERNIA REPAIR. ON 02/18/02 HE WAS CLEARED TO RETURN TO FULL DUTY.
A NON INJURY ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #7 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS 20'WIDE, 50'LONG, X 5'THICK. THE FALL WAS IN THE INTERSECTION AT SPAD #55.
A NON INJURY ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT 4:40 AM, ON THE 31 BELTLINE AT CROSSCUT #9. THE FALL WAS 4' THICK 20' LONG 20' WIDE.
A NONINJURY ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3 INTAKE ENTRY ON SECTION 002. THE FALL IS ABOUT 70' LONG7' THICK & 20' WIDE. LOCATED 25' OUTBY SPAD 2665
A NON INJURY ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 11:40 PM. THE FALL WAS ON THE 003-0 SECTION IN THE #8 ENTRY IN BY SPAD #2709 EXTENDING INTO THE LAST OPEN CROSS CUT. THE FALL WAS 6' TO 7' THICK BY 80' LONG AND 20' WIDE. THE ROOF IS SHALE WITH SANDSTONE ABOVE THE 7' AREA.
A NON INJURY ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE 3RD SHIFT CREW AS THEY CAME OUT OF THE MINE. A ROOF FALL 40' INBY THE PORTAL ON THE #4 ROADWAY, THE FALL 18' WIDE X 60' LONG X 4' HIGH IS AT SPAD #7. TH E ROOF WAS SUPPORTED BY 4' RESIN PINS AND 7 SETS OF HEINTZMAN WITH 100TON JACKS ON EACH SIDE OF THE 7 SETS.
A NON INJURY ROOF FALL WAS LOCATED BY THE MINE FIRE BOSS. THE FALL WAS AT SPAD #2697 IN THE #2 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS 20' W X 50'L X 5' THICK.
A NON INJURY ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY MINE FIRE BOSS AT 10:00 AM ON 7-28-01 IN THE #2 ENTRY OF THE INTAKE AIR COURSE. THE FALL WAS ABOUT 30' LONG BY 3-6' THICK BY 20' WIDE AT SPAD #137.
EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7-18-01. SHOVELING UNDER AND AROUND BELTLINE TAILPIECE.
EMPLOYEE DETECTED NOISE FROM OVERHEAD AIR CONDITIONER, IN CAB, HIS MIDDLE FINGER(R.H.) COMES IN CONTACT WITH FAN BLADE, CAUSING LACERATION TO FINGER, NEEDED STICHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SLACK UP ON MINER CABLE, HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE AND COAL RIB.
DISMOUNTING FROM THE CAB OF A 988 FRONT END LOADER.
EE TURNED A CORNER OF BUILDING WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN, SLOPING ASPHALT AND ENCOUNTERED AN ISOLATED PATCH OF BLACK ICE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, FRACTURING 2 BONES IN LOWER LEFT LEG.
A NON-INJURY ROOF FALL ON THE #002 PILLAR SECTION 6 XCUTS INBY THE 2ND LEFT PANEL #1 ENTRY. THE FALL, 35'L, 20'W, 8'H. THE FALL FELL ON THE JOY MINER & TWO MRS. THE EQUIPMENT WAS RECOVERED 21 HOURS LATER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A BROKEN METAL OBJECT IN THE RIGHT SIDE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HAMMER METAL BACK IN PLACE IE ROOF STRAP.
END LOADER 988E PAIN IN NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING GRADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM GRADER AND BROKE HIS LEFT ARM.
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING THE RETURN ROLLER.ONE LIFTING THE WEIGHT OF THE BELT, THE SECOND ALIGNING THE BRACKET, INJURED LIFTING ROLLER. THE ROLLER BECAME LODGED ON A GREASE FITTING AND HE REMOVED HIS HANDS TO DISCUSS A FURTHER PLAN OF ACTION WITH HIS COWORKERS. WHEN HE PUT HIS HANDSBACK UNDER THE ROLLER IT BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE GREASE FITTING PINNING HIS FINGER.
EE ALLEGED THAT HIS BACK AND LEG STARTED HURTING WHILE HELPING HANG MINER CABLE.
EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND AS HE TURNED AROUND TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WORKED AT HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL HAVING SURGERY 3/21/01. BEGAN MISSING 3/23/01.
EE ALLEGED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE LOADING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE ONTO SLED.
EE WAS CRAWLING IN NUMBER 3 ENTRY ON 003 MMU WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WORKED AT REGULAR DUTY UNTIL 10-28-00. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 10-30-00, HAS BEEN OFF SINCE.
DIGGING A ROCK OUT OF B SIDE HOPPER.
EE CLIMBED UP THE LADDER TO SPRAY THE DECK OFF. HE REACHED FOR A HAND HOLD AND GRABBED THE VALVE ON THE HOSE. THE HOSE CAME ON AND THE PRESSURE FROM THE HOSE HIT EE IN THE MOUTH.
EE WAS WALKING FROM THE AUGER TO SCALEHOUSE & WIND BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT IN EYE
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK WHEN HE LIFTED A SAMPLE OF COAL. WORKED AT REGULAR DUTY UNTIL BEGAN MISSING WORK 10-10-00.
EE WAS CHECKING THE SKID STEER LOADER WHEN SOMETHING FELL IN HIS RIGHT EYE
EE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT RIBCAGE.\
EE STATES THAT A TWISTING MOTION INSIDE ENDLOADER CAUSED PAIN IN CENTER OF BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE WHEEL ONTO ROOF BOLTER. HE HIT SIDE OF HWEEL AND FACE OF HAMMER GLANCED, CUASING HIS INDEX FINGE RON HIS RIGHT HAND TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WHEEL AN D HTE HAMMER HANDLE. FRACTURE TO END OF FINGR AND LACERATION. NORMAL WORK DAYS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
ROOF FALL, MEASURING APPROX. 18'W X 40'L X 3-4'H, IN NUMBER 4 ENTRY OF SOUTHWEST MAIN. THIS WAS AREA OF KNOWN ADVERSE ROOF AND CRIBS AND JACKS HAD ALREADY BEEN USED TO ISOLATE AREA. DID NOT IN TERFERE WITH VENTILATION OR TRAVEL AND NO EQUIPMENT AFFECTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT SOFT CONDUIT OFF CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING TRACK LOADER AROUND THE HILL WITH DIRT AND THE DIRT BROKE OFF FROM THE WALL AND TRACK LOADER TURNED OVER AND ROLLED DOWN THE HILL.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH DOZER; HANDLE ON DOOR CAME OFF AND HE FELL BACKWARD, HURTING HIS LEFT HAND AND LEFT FOOT.