WALKING IN MINE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF SLATE WHICH DISLODGED FROM THE RIB LOST TIME BEGAN 12-07-94
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Showing 50 of 155EMPLOYEE LIFTED 80LB BAG OF SAND FELT STRAIN IN NECK & BACK LOST TIME BEGAN 12-06-94
INJURED BACK CARRYING JABCO BOX/250' OF CABLE.
WHILE LIFTING OXYGEN BOTTLE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS WALKING IN MINE, TRIPPED ON LOOSE DEBRIS, FELL STRIKING RAIL WITH LEFT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNCABLE LOADED AND EMPTY COAL WAS ON THE INUURED WAS THROWN OFF BALANCE BY MOTOR MAN PULLING ON WAGONS AT THAT MOMENT HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ON RAIL WHICH WAS PINCHED BY T HE COAL WAGONS WHEELS.
EE WAS DIAGNOSED ON 10-12-94 AS SUFFERING FROM DCADMIUM POISONING WHICH IN TURN IS CAUSING NEUROPATHY.
WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HE RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK WHICH CAUSED HIS HEAD TO BE JAMMED INTO THE CANOPY ROOF.
WHILE USING A HACKSAW CUT INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.
WHILE OPERATING A LOADED SHUTTLE CAR, HE APPARENTLY HIT A RUT IN THE TRAMWAY, CAUSING HIS MOUTH TO STRIKE CANOPY DISLODGING A TOOTH.
WHILE LIFTING SIDE PANS ON CRUSHER/FEEDER AND UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM SCOOP FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.LOST TIME BEGAN ON 04-26-94.
WHILE UNLOADING SCOOP HE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT ARM. THIS ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE 95 OF 9-20-94.
WHILE TURNING TROLLEY POL ON MOTOR SHE WAS OPERATING AROUND SHE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW. LOST TIME BEGAN 9-26-94.
EE WAS WALKING FROM WOMEN'S DRESSING AREA TO MINE ENTRANCE FOR START OF THE DAY. WHILE DESCENDING A SMALL BANK EE STEPPED ON ROCK, LOST FOOTING, AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
PLACING LOADED COAL CARS IN STORAGE AREA EE STRUCK COAL CARS LEFT BY MAIN LINE MOTORMAN. IN TURN EE'S BACK STRUCK REAR OF SEATING AREA ON MOTOR HE WAS OPERATING.
WHILE BOLTING A HIGH AREA IN THE MINE HE T WISTED HIS BACK
INJURED FELL STRIKING MINE FLOOR WITH LEFT KNEE.
MINER OPERATOR TRIED TO DISLODGE A CABLE THAT WAS PINNED AGAINST THE RIB BY THE CONTINUOUS MINER SPRAINING SHOULDER.
WHILE MAKING A SECTION EXAMINATION, EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON ROCK BRUISING HEEL OF RIGHT FOOT.
WHILE EXITING THE MINE VIA A 20 TON MOTOR, EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY RAISED HIS HEAD, STRIKING A LOW HANGING BEAM.
INJURED WALKED INTO A WIRE HANGER, LACERATING HEAD.
WELD BRAKE ON ROOF BOLTER STAB JACK CAUSING THE PROTECTION CANOPY TO FALL STRIKING EE ON HEAD WHICH CAUSED COMPRESSION INJURY TO ALL AREA OF UPPER TORSO.
WHILE BOLTING A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING EE ON RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE BOLTING A HIGH AREA, CANOPY KNOCKED A PIECE OF SLATE LOOSE WHICH FELL AND STRUCK EE ON HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER, KNOCKING EE TO THE GROUND.
WHILE CUTTING BLOCK FOR RETURN WALL EMPLOYEE STRUCK LEFT HAND WITH BLUNT END OF AX.
WALKING THRU PUDDLE OF STANDING WATER SEPPED IN HOLE TWISTED LEFT KNEE LOST TIME BEGAN 08-29-94
EMPLOYEE BEING TRANSPORTED TO OTHER PORTAL VIA COMPNAY TRUCK.DURING THE EXITING OF COMPNAY TRUCK EMPLOYEE TWISTED BACK.
EMPLOYEE EXITED SHUTTLE CAR AND SLIPPED ON PIECE OF SLATE INJURING LEFT ANKLE.
UNLOADING BLOCK AND PATION STONE UNED IN CONSTRUCTION OF OVERCAST. HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT A PIECE OF SLATE FELL O HIS LEFT FOOT CAU SING A BROUSE HE ALSO CLAIMS THAT THIS OCCURRENCE STARTED A CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT LET TO THE PARTIALAMPUTION OF TOES ON LEFT FOO T ACCIDENT CANT BE VERIFIED BY ANY SUPERVISOR THIS BECAME A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT ON 08-26-94
WHILE PULLING A PIECE OF CANVAS FROM UNDER A ROCK, CANVAS SUDDENLY DISLODGED, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT EYE.
PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL, LACERATING MI8DDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
WHILE LIFTING A CRIB BLOCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA. LOST TIME BEGAN 05/19/94.
WHILE CARRING JABCO BOX AND 250' FO JABCO ADN FELT PULL IN LOWR BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT INFORM MINE MANAGEMENT THAT THIS WAS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT UNTIL 3-21-94 DUE TO PREVIOUS BACK PROBLEMS RE LATED TO A MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT PRESVIOUSLY.
WHILE ROCKDUSTING BELT LINE EMPLOYEE RAISED UP AND INJURED LEFT SHOULDER. MINE MANAGEMENT WAS NOT INFORMED UNTIL 3-27-94 THAT THIS WAS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT. LOST TIME BEGAN 3-22-94.
WHILE WALKING, EE SLIPPED & TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
WHILE MANEUVERING ROOF BOLTER WITH HAND CONTROLS HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE, LOST TIME BEGAN 03-07-94.
WHILE WALKING TO FACE AND STEPPED ON PILE OF COAL & TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
HANGING BRATTICE CLOTH, SLIPPED ON PILE OF LOOSE COAL INJURY RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE WALKING EE TRIPPED ON A CRIB BLOCK AND FELL TO MINE FLOOR. ABRASION TO SHIN AREA BECAME INFECTED EE IS A DIABETIC.
SHOVELING COAL SPILLAGE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WHILE PULLING MINE CABLE EMPLOYEE FELT A PAIN SHOUTING UP FROM HIS ANKLE TO HIS GROIN LOST TIME BEGAN 01-13-94
PICKING UP SCRAP STEEL AND CARRY TO FRONT END LOADER AND PUTTING INTO THE BUCKET FOR CARRYING TO SCRAP STORAGE AREA.
EE WAS WATCHING 670 CHUTE IN THE EVENT THAT A CHUTE PLUG WOULD OCCUR. WHEN THE CHUTE STARTED TO PLUG THE EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE AREA WHERE HE WAS STANDING HE WASNT WATCHING WHERE HE WAS STOPPING HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE
WHILE CUTTING OUT OBSOLETE WASH PLANT EQUIPMENT, EE WAS MOVING TO ANOTHER AREA TO BEGIN CUTTING SOME OTHER EQUIPMENT ON 2ND FLOOR LEVEL, WHILE MOVING ACROSS FLOOR DECKING, A PIECE OF FLOOR PLA T FELL FROM UNDER EE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO 1ST FLOOR LEVEL.
WHILE LIFTING POST AND HANDLING CM CABLE, PULLED SOMETHING IN STOMACH. LOST TIME BEGAN ON 1-20-94 WHICH MADE THIS ACCIDENT REPORTABLE.
LIFTING HEAD SHAFT FELT PULL IN RT HIP INFORMED HIS EMPLOYER ON 12-17-93 HE WAS HAVING PYSICAL THERAPY WHICH MADE ACCIDENT REPORTABLE
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO THROW A TRACK SWITCH EMPLOYEE FELL ADN STRUCK BACK ON A STEEL RAIL.
CLEANING OFF TOP OF MINER, WHILE GETTING OFF OF MINER EMPLOYEE FELL AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER REPAIRING FRONT DOOR OF SUPPLY HUT AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER THE SECOND STEP FROM THE BOTTOM BROKE THE EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS LOADING ON A PALLET OF C EMENT MIX INJURING HIS BACK