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WAS STEAM CLEANING SOME EQUIPMENT AND SPRAY NOZZLE GOT CAUGHT IN BOOT ALLOWING HOT WATER TO SPRAY ON FOOT.
WHILE WALKING DOWNHILL EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN BUTTHERE WAS A HOLE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE HIS FOOTAGE AND THREW HIM OFF BALANCE. HE FELL BACKWARDS AND LANDED ON HIS BACK.
PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP.
WHILE DRIVING CAT 769B END DUMP DOWN AN INCLINE, EE HIT A SLICK SPOT AND LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HIT A BERM CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TURN OVER. THE EE RECEIVED BRUISES ON ARM AND CHES T FROM THE TRUCK BATTERY. RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING WHICH PRODUCE THE SLICK CONDITIONS.
ROOF FALL IN #4 ENTRY X-CUT 42. AREA WAS KNOWN TO MANAGEMENT SINCE 5/15/00. HAD TIMBERS & SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT & WAS MONITORED. 5/18 CRIBS WEREADDED. 5/31 MORE CRIBBS WERE ADDED & AREA DANGER ED OFF & RUNAROUND CREATED. 20'W X 22'L X 10'H.
MINER CABLE FELL AND HIT HIM
HE WAS OPERATING THE #3 MBC, SETTING IN DECK WITH CONVEYOR RUNNING & TRAMMING FORWARD. PAPER TOWEL KEPT BLOWING IN HIS FACE & HE KEPT SWATTING IT AWAY AND IT LANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR REDUCER AND HE REACHED TO KNOCK IT OFF, WHEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN THE REDUCER, CUTTING HIS FINGER.
EE WAS SHOVELING IN THE INBY RIB OF A CROSSCUT BETWEEN THE #3 & #4 ENTRY. THE DIESEL SCOOP CAME FROM THE #3 ENTRY ENGINE END FIRST, HE HAD 5 TO 6 FEET CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND RIB. TH E SCOOP PAST BY AND TURNED LEFT GOING DOWN HILL. IT STOPPED AN DSLID DOWN HILL NEXT TO INBY RIB. EE WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WAY BUT THE SCOOP BUCKET PINCHED HIS LEFT LEG AGAINST RIB.
RIDING IN MANTRIP INTO THE MINE, THE MANTRIP WAS TURNING TO THE LEFT AND THE REAR HALF OF THE MANTRIP BRUSHED UP AGAINST THE RIB CORNER. EE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE VERTICAL POST WITH HIS FINGERS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE MANTRIP. HIS FINGERS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE MANTRIP.
DRIVING THE MANTRIP IN AND OUT OF THE MINE, HIT A HOLE AN DHIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF OF THE MANTRIP.
EE WAS CROSSING OVER THE CONVEYOR BELT ON THE SECTION'S REM (METAL) FROM THE RETURN SIDE OF THE BELTLINE. THE BELT WAS OFF AND THEN SOMEONE TURNED THE BELT ON CAUSING THE EE TO FALL DOWN ONTO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EE HAS BEEN COUNSELED ON THE BELTS. IT IS AGAINST COMPANY POLICY TO CROSS BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND HE FELL DOWN LANDING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. THIS INJURY WAS A RESULT OF HORSEPLAY.
THE ENGINE COVER SLAMMED DOWN ON HIS ARM.
WHEN STEPPING OFF OF THE LOW LOW, HE STEPPED ON A CHUNK OF COAL THAT CRUMBLED BENEATH HIS FEET, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.
WHILE LEVELING THE BELT LINE, HE WAS MANUALLY RAISING THE STRUCTURE CHANNELS TO THE PROPER LEVEL. HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
CLAIMED THAT HIS NECK WAS INJURED ON MANTRIP. THIS REPORT IS BEING DISPUTED WITH WORKMANS COMPEMPLOYEE DIDN'T NOTIFY ABOUT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL 2 MONTHS LATER.
WHILE RIDING IN MANTRIP TRAVELING INTO MINE, THE MANTRIP HIT A POT HOLE IN ROADWAY IN MAINS ENTRY AT 3XC. THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO BOUNCE OUT OF SEAT, HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF OF T HE MANTRIP. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT ATTHAT TIME. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 3-31-00.
CARRYING A 12' CRIB TIE, HE SLIPPED AND WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FOOTING, HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL IN MAINS #2 ENTRY FROM #7 TO C6. C7 TO C6 WAS ALREADY CRIBBED OFF, XC7 WAS INACCESSIBLE. XC6 WAS PRIMARY ESCAPEWAY LEADING TO 1ST LEFT PANEL XC6 FALL AREA WAS 18' LONG BY 20' WIDE BY 2-7' HIGH FROM GROUND, XC7 TO XC6 42' LONG 2' TO 8' HIGH 18' WIDE. IT WILL BE RESUPPORTED AND TRAVEL OPENED BACK UP. AREAS WILL NOT BE CRIBBED AND DANGERED OFF.
WHILE BENDING DOWN, HIS RIGHT KNEE TWISTED.
ROOF FALL LOCATED AT X-CUT 21 IN THE #2 AND #3 INTERSECTION, 2-3 X-CUT. #2 ENTRY IS ALTERNATE ESCAPEWAY #3 IN BLET ENTRY 90' WIDE 21' LONG 6-15' HIGH. AREA BEING DANGERED OFF. A PLAN WILL BE WROTE UP AND FALL AREA REHABILITATED.
CLAIMS SORE WRISTS AND ARMS. THIS CLAIM IS BEINGDISBUTED; CLAIMED TO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FROM A PRIOR JOB AND WAS TAKING A PERSONAL DAY OFF, THEN CAME BACK AND FILED WORKMANS COMP.
BASED ON OUR INVESTIGATION THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING THE #2 CONVEYOR. THE NEXT TIME THE EMPLOYEE WAS PHYSICALLY SITED, HE WAS ON THE #2 CONVEYOR. THE EMPLOYEE ENTERED AN AREA TOO LOW FOR HIM TO PASS AND WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE MINE ROOF AND THE #2 CONVEYOR. ESTIMATED INJURIES TO APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE BODY.
EE GOT SMASHED BETWEEN RIBS AND MBC.
A CHUNK OF THE RIB FELL ONTO THE MINER.
REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR 1/7/00. HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF BOLT.
BENT OVER TO PULL MINER CABLE OUT OF WAY AND HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
OPERATOR WAS SCOOPING #7 HEADING #2 CROSSCUT AND WENT AROUND CORNER AND BACK OF CAB HIT RIB, WHICH ROLLED INTO CAB ONTO OPERATOR'S ARM.
STEPPED OFF LEDGE IN THE TRAVEL WAY 12" -18" DEEP AND TWISTED KNEE. *THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME MSHA REPORTABLE UNTIL 3-27-00. HE WENT TO THE DR. HE DID NOT HAVE ANY LOST TIME. HE HAS HAD RE PEATED VISITS TO THE DR. SINCE 3-27-00.
PULLED OFF RADIATOR CAP AND HOT WATER SPRAYED ON ARM.
ROOF FALL FELL IN RETURN ENTRY OF 1ST RIGHT PANEL #1 ENTRY X-CUT 9. 60'WIDE, 30'LONG, 10'HI. NOT IN ESCAPEWAY, VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED. RETURN STILL TRAVELABLE IN OTHER ENTRIES. AREA HAD ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED & DANGERED & CRIBBED IN 8/29/99. AREA HAD A SLIP/FRACTURE GOING THROUGH INTERSECTION. SURROUNDING AREAS HAD ADDITIONAL CRIBS BUILT & DANGERED ON 10/29/99.
THE STAB JACK FELL DOWN AND HIS PINKY FINGER GOT CAUGHT.
TRACTOR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR ON A STEEP SLOPE AND HE JUMPED OFF AND HIT THE GROUND.
HE WAS CARRYING 5 GALLONS OF OIL ACROSS THE HAULAGE. HIS BOOTS WERE MUDDY, HE STEPPED ONTO THE METAL BRIDGE & HIS FOOT SLIPPED, HE FELL ON THE PANLINE.
HE WAS CROSSING OVER THE BELT & THE BELT WAS TURNED ON AND HE WAS THROWN FROM THE BELT.
HE WAS CROSSING THE BELT AND THE CONVEWYOR GOT TURNED ON, HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELTS AND IT TWISTED HIS KNEE.
WHILE STRAIGHTENING OUT CAT PADS ON MBC HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT
WHILE LIFTING/HOLDING HOSE ROCK DUSTER, FOR SCOOP TO GO UNDER HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE DROPPED CRIB BLOCK ON RIGHT FOOT, BRUISING IT.
TORCH BLOWED OUT ON HAND.
WHILE GRINDING METAL A SHAVING FLEW OVER TOP OF SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT EYE.
WHILE THROWING BAGS OF ROCK DUST OUT OF A RAMCAREMPLOYEE STEPPED FORWARD, SLIPPED AND FELL ON A HOSECLAMP.
WHILE LOADING BLOCKS ON RAM CAR, FORKS ON LOADER FELL OFF AND SMASHED LEG BETWEEN RAMCAR AND FORKS ON THE LOADER.
BULLDOZING TREES AND GOT STUNG SEVERAL TIMES BY BEES.
TRYING TO HOLD A DOOR UP AND IT BENT HIM BACKWARDS OVER A BOLT BIN.
1ST LEFT BLEEDER HAD ROOF FALL IN THE #5 & #6 ENTRY UP TO XCUT 53 & IN 3RD LEFT BLEEDER #4 ENTRYXCUT 8. BLEEDER NOT TRAVELABLE & SEALS BEING BUILT. NO WAY AROUND FALLS DUE TO PILLARING TO G ET ACTUAL TO GET ACTUAL DIMENSIONS. AREAS DANGERED OFF & TIMBERED
WHILE USING A COMEALONG THE BAND SLIPPED & HIS ELBOW JAMMED ON BELT ROLLER
FELL DOWN WHILE CARRYING TOOLS, FELL ON RESCUER WHICH HIT RIBS.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION OF MAINS AT #4 ENTRY, XC#6. FALL IS 4'H X 20'L X 15' W. LOCATED ON INTAKE AND IS PRIMARY ESCAPE ROUTE. VENTILATION WAS NOT DISTURBED. AREA CORDONED OFF AND W ILL BE REHABILITATED.
LIFTING PIPE. THIS CLAIM IS STILL PENDING. EE WALKED OFF THE JOB & NEVER CAME BACK. HE CAME TO THE OFC. ON 8-18-1999 AND SAID HE HURT HIMSELF ON APPROX. 7-19-99. REFER TO CITATION/ORDER #43677 20.