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EE was working with other crew members taking a motor w/structure to another location when they de-railed the motor. They were working to jack the motor up to get it back on rail when he stepped off of the flat car. He states his knee "popped".
Employee was standing in some belt structure pulling on a cable when he got his feet tangled in structure causing him to fall. He said he twisted his upper body as he fell and that he felt pain in his right hip and leg.
EE alleges to have injured his back while going thru a mandoor. This is a re-occurrence of a pre-existing injury.
Employee was struck by a wire rope that had broken loose from the center of a snatch block. They were pulling a conveyor belt.
Employee was awarded 15% benefits (additional) for occupational pneumoconiosis.
While bolting, a rock fell from the mine roof & struck employee's arm(L). This required sutures.
Employee was shoveling loose coal on shaft 2 belt ways when a rib roll came loose and struck him on his right shoulder.
Employee pushed the wrong lever, he also had his hand on the machine near moving parts.
Employee claims to have injured his back when the scoop that he was operating trammed over a crib block causing him to bounce into the canopy & back into the deck.
Employee was lifting an overcast over his head and twited his neck.
Employee was standing beside the roof bolter (making up bolts) when the rib popped off & struck the employee in his lower back & legs- thus fouling him against the roof bolter frame.
Unloading overcasts off of track car which were stacked on top of one another; the overcasts were getting stuck by the bolts connecting them & they were sliding them before lifting when his helper pushed at the wrong time casing a pair of over- casts to fall on EE's foot.
EE alleges to have injured his back when he moved a Heintzmann Jack. This alleged accident was not reported until the end of his shift on 5/10/2006.
Employee claims to have injured his back when he jumped to avoid a piece of rock that had fallen from the rib. He did not start missing work until 5/9/06.
Employee was struck by a piece of sandstone while walking from controls back to the front of the bolter. He had repositioned the bolter.
Employee was bolting top when a rock measuring 2"x4"x22.5" fell & struck him on his foot(L).
Employee was standing behind the roof bolter and was knocked off his feet when the other operator took up the cable. Management questions the validity of this accident. Employee notified management on 4/13/2006, that the reason he'd missed work was due to this accident.
While bursting rock with a pick hammer, employee struck his hand(L) with the hammer.
Employee injured his finger (R-Index) when the mantrip that he was riding was struck in the back by another mantrip. (Finger smashed - struck by batteries).
While installing a roof bolt, the drill wrench was in a bind & flew from the drill pot & struck employee in the mouth.
Employee was struck by a piece of rock while he was nailing a rib nail.
Employee was injured when the jack bar slipped out of his hand & struck his cheek (L) while he was putting a supply car back on the track.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A UNIHAULER WHEN HE STRUCK THE RIB, UNDERCUTTING IT. THE RIB ROLLED INTO THE DECK, STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.
Employee was struck by a rock that fell out from between roof bolts while he was walking to the back of the bolting machine.
Employee had a drill steel stuck in the chuck on the bolter. When he pulled it free, it struck him in the upper lip.
Employee was bumped by a shuttle car while he was squatted down making notes approximately 10' from the loading end of the shuttle car. The shuttle car was in the process of being re-anchored.
Employee was attempting to put a crib under a feeder which was being blocked up on section tail piece when feeder tilted to left away from him. He was pushing a crib block under the frame when feeder struck crib block pinching his right thumb between feeder and crib block, crushing thumb.
Employee was granted a .55% Hearing Loss on 9/15/2005. Management became aware of this on 9/27/2005.
Employee was laying track and was flipping over a piece of track with a slate bar when he felt a pain in his lower back.
While removing twist drill steel from a hole that had just been drilled, EE injured his left hand & wrist when he contacted the spinning drill steel (fractured thumb).
While loading cable bolts on a scoop, employee stepped onto a bundle of combination bolts & lost his footing. He fell onto his right side.
Employee was shoveling mud out of take-up and twisted back.
EE slipped & fell against the scoop's operator deck while he was changing a tire on the scoop. He lacerated his lower lip, but did not miss any work.
Employee was struck by a piece of rock that fell from the mine roof, struck the machine's canopy & bounced onto the employee's lower back.Employee did not start missing work until 6/4/2005.
Employee injured his back while lifting top rollers out of a scoop bucket.
Employee slipped and fell into roof bolts stacked on bolter.
Employee was moving material when he tripped. His leg got caught under a stack of metal, fell and thus injuried his ankle(R).
Employee was struck by a bolter cable when the cable that he was hanging broke loose.
EE WAS BACKING UP BELT RIDE (3-WHEELER USED FOR THE BELT CREW). EE SWUNG HIS FOOT OVER TO APPLY BRAKES AND GOT HIS FOOT CUAGHT BETWEEN BELT RIDE AND ROOF JACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ONE END OF TRACK RAIL WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN HE FELT A BURNING PAIN IN HIS RT. LOWER BACK.
Employee was coming around the canopy (making a turn to the right) when his finger tips were caught in the swivel point. This resulted in two finger tips being pinched & crushed.
EE alleges to have injured his knee (R) while moving a can of hydraulic oil. He claims to have stepped in a hole & twisted his knee. THIS ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 3/21/2005 & MINE MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS THE VALIDITY OF THIS ACCIDENT.
Injured was backing a miner up when the head of the miner came in contact with the mine roof. This contact with the mine roof caused a rock to fall from the top & to strike employee - knocking him down and causing his face to strike a large rock.
Employee was operating an underground forklift when a piece of rock fell from between roof bolts & struck EE.
EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND MRS CABLE, BENT TO PICK UP CABLE AND MOVE IT AND CABLE WAS TIGHT AND EE PULLED OR FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN LEFT LOWER BACK AND BURNING IN STOMACH
EE injured his back when he bent over & picked up a drill. HE DIDN'T START MISSING WORK UNTIL 3/21/2005.
EE injured his back while attempting to change a center section on a scoop. (EE WAS UNDER SCOOP; TWISTED HIS BODY WHEN USING WRENCH.)
A timber slipped out of Employee's hand and struck his left hand as he was loading timbers.
While employee was pulling a feeder cable out of the way, he slipped & fell- thus twisting his knee.
Employee alleges that he injured his back while operating a shuttle car over what he claims to have been a rough roadway. He did not report this accident until 1/29/2005. Mine mangement feels that this accident should have been reported before the employee left the mine- if that is where the injury occurred.