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INJ BUMPING KNEE ON METAL PLATES WHILE REPAIRING HYDRAULIC HOSE ON ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A SPAD GUN ON HIS SHOULDER.THE SPAD GUN SLIPPED OFF OF SHOULDER LITTING INJURED BELOW THE RIGHT EYEBROW.
I.NAME HAD ARMS EXTENDED OVER HEAD WHILE TRIMMING A BELT SCRAPER. AS THE KNIFE PULLED THROUGH THE MATERIAL IT SLIPPED AWAY STRIKING LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ELECTRICIAN IN SPLICING A POWER CABLE, EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TRIM BUFET JACKET WITH KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED LACERATING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
INSERTING SHIM IN CATS ON CONTINUOUS MINER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE HAMMER SLIPPED CATCHING HIS ANKLE BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND HAMMER.
INJURED HIT THE SIDE OF WAGNER'S BUCKET WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AS HE UNLOADED BELT ROLELRS FROM THE WAGER BUCKET. HIS LAST DAY OF WORK WAS AUG 29, 1991.
TOUCHED A HOT PIECE OF METAL AFTER USING A CUTTING TORCH JERKED HAND BACK PUNCUTRING FINGER AN METAL SHARINGS.
COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS AND PAIN IN UPPER LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER, WHILE INSTALLING BELT HANGERS, CALLED THE HOSPITAL, THEY STATED THAT EE WAS UNDER STREE AND NOT CHEST PAINS.
INJURED SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE WALKING DOWN A 2ND LEFT INTAKE ENTRY.THE ENTRY AND A SLIGHT GRADE TO THE FLOOR.
HE WAS REMOVING A CINDER BLOCK FROM A MALLET OF BLOCKS. AS HE CONTINUED MOVING THE BLOCK, THE BLOCK BEHIND THE ONE HE WAS MOVING STARTED TO SLIDE DUE TO ICE BUILDUP THAT WAS ON THE BOTTOM OF S LIDING BLOCK. THE SLIDING BLOCK CAUGHT HIS HAND AGAINST THE BLOCK THAT HE WAS MOVING. FIRST DOCTOR VISIT WAS ON 3-9-91.
A PRESSURE BUMP AND A MASSIVE ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE GOB AREA OF 2ND LEFT SECTION. SOME STOPPING WERE REMOVED DUE TO THE FACE OF AIR PRESSURE.
EE WAS WORKING AT A BELT DRIVE THAT RUNS 2ND LEFT BELT. THE DRIVE IS LOCATED APPROX. 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY THE SECTION. A FORCE OF AIR THAT WAS CREATED FROM A PRESSURE BUMP AND A MEASURE ROOF FALL , THREW EE INTO THE BELT OF MAINTAST.
HAD A ROOF FALL IN 2ND LEFT SECTION. THE FALL WAS IN ENTRIES 3 AND 4, INCLUDING THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 ENTRIES. FALL WAS 80' LONG, 17 FEET WIDE AND 6 TO 7' HIHG. THE FALL STRATED IN E NTRY 3, THEN WENT TO 4 BY THE WEEKEND.
WHEELBLOCK BEING REMOVED TO BLOCK WHEEL OF MANTRIP.AS BLOCK WAS BEING PULLED,THE CHAIN THAT ATTACHES THE BLOCK TO THE TRIP HAD CAUGHT END OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER HOSE.THE NOZZLE WAS PULLED TOWARD I.NAME STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH.
SMALL PIECE OF RIB FELL HITTING I.NAME ON RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIBS.I.NAME WAS PULLING SLACK OUT FOF MINER CABLE.
AS EE EXTIED THE LOADER, HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE STEPS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW. HIS CHIN HIT THE STANDING PLATFORM AND BROUGHT HIS UPPER AND LOWER JAWS TOGETHER WITH FORCE.
HE WAS USING A STEEL BAR TO DISLODGE A FROZEN FEEDER THAT SUPPLIES COAL FOR THE TRUCK LOADOUT FACILITY. AS HE SWUNG THE BAR, HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAR AND FEEDER. HE WENT TO THE DO CTOR ON THE NIGHT OF HTE 14 OF JAN. 1991. HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT HIS FINGER WAS BROWKEN ON THE DAY OF THE INJURY. I WAS INFORMED OF THIS ON 1-17-91.
I.NAME WAS SHOVELING COAL ONTO THE MAIN EAST BELT LINE WITH A TRACK SHOVEL. HE LEFT WORK ON 11-19-90 AND FOUR DAYS LATER WE WERE TOLD THAT HE HURT HIS BACK. PRIOR TO THIS, I.NAME HAD HURT HIS BACK ON 11-1-90.
HE WAS STANDING ON HEAD OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS WET COAT GOT CAUGHT ON WRENCH (DRILL HEAD WAS NOT ROTATING) AS HE STEPPED OFF OF HEAD, THE WRENCH CAUSED HIM TO FALL.
REMOVING CUTTER HEAD JACK IT SLIPPED CAUGHT HAND
EE WAS SHOVELING COAL ONTO THE BELT LINE NEAR MIMAIN EAST BELT DRIVE. HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AREA AS HE LIFTED THE SHOVEL ABOVE HIS SHOULDERS.
DOOR CAME OPEN ON A 10SC CAR WHILE I NAME WAS AOPERATING THE CAR TO KEEP FROM FALLING OUT THE CAR HE PLACED HIS HAND ON TOP OF DOOR HINGE DUE TO POSITION OF CAR THE DOOR CONTINUED TO SWING OPE N CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR & FRAME OF CAR
THE HYDRAULIC STEERING SYSTEM LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL UP,THEN RELEASED THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.INJURED WAS OPERATING THE MACHINE AT THE TIME.PAIN AND SWELLING TO RIGHT HAN D.HE WORKED UP TO 09-13-90.NOTE HE DID NOT REPOR THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 09-13-90.
EE WAS MOVING THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OVER A WINDRAW OF COAL THAT THE CONTINUOUS MINER HAD MADE WHLE CUTTING BOTTOM COAL EE LOST HIS FOOTING STUMBLED TO THE FLOOR AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT KN EE.
HH WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A CONVEYOR CHAIN FROM A JOY MINER BY POUNDING A LINK OUT OF CONVEYOR CHAIN. A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OF THE HAMMER THAT WAS BEING USED AND LODGE INTO THE KNUCKLE OF I NDEX FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND.
1ST SOUTH HAS A ROOF FALL IN THE INTAKE ENTRY OF #3 AND THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN 2 AND 1.THE FALL WAS 60'L20'WAND8'TO10'H.IMMEDIATE 1001 STRATA AND THICKNESS IS 3' OF COAL.MAIN ROOF STRATA IS SHAL E.THE FALL TOOK PLACE SOMETIME OVER THE WEEKEND.THIS AREA IS AN INACTIVE AREA.
LIFTING CALBE FLT POP IN L COLLAR BONE AND SHOULDER
TIGHTENING HOSE FITTING WITH WRENCH, IT SLIPPED OFF HIT IN LOWER LI
OPENING ROCK DUST BAG WITH A POCKET KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND MADE A SMALL INCISION ON TOP OF RIGHT THUMB.
I,NAME WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN SHELLOW BREATHING, IRREGULAR HEART BEAT AND SWEATING OCCURRED.
EMPL DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA WHILE MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 5/2 THEN WENT OFF AGAIN ON 5/25. HE SAID IT WAS CONTINUATION OF FIRST INJURY.
LOADING BELT ROLLERS INTO WAGNER'S BUCKET IN 3RD LEFT SECTION. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK REGION, WHEN PICKING UP ONE OF THE ROLLERS. INJURED DID NOT REPORT THIS TO MAMAGEMENT UNTIL 5/16 /90.
PUTTING ROOF BOLT IN DRILL HOLE WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING EE IN HEAD THEN LEFT WRIST.
LIFTING PAD WITH SPAD GUN
EE DEVELOPED A PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA WHILE MOVING THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE.
I NAME WAS LIFTING A CRIB BLOCK BETWEEN TWO I BEAM WHEN THE CRIB BLOCK SLIPPED AND PUSHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE WAGNER BUCKET CATCHING HIS INDEX FINBER BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND CRIB BLOCK.
I NAME PULLED HIS BACK MUSCLES WHEN MOVING A ROCK OFF THE TOP OF MINER IN 2ND LEFT SECTION
WHILE PREPARING A CABLE SPLICE WITH A KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF OUTER JACKET AND ENTERED THE BASE OF THUMB.
UNLOADING 8' ROOF BOLTS FROM WAGNER BUCKET STARTED TO WALK BACK TO MINE KITCHEN WHEN BACK STARTED TO HURT.
EMPL WAS HOVELING COAL PILES ON MAIN SOUTH BELTLINE. SHOVEL CAUGHT EDGE OF BELT & FORCED SHOVEL BACK TOWARDS EMPL. BEFORE HE COULD LET GO OF HANDLE FORCE OF SHOVEL HAD BENT WRIST BEYOND NORMAL USE.
FOREIGN OBJECT IN R EYE FOREIGN OBJECT EMBEDDED IN R EYE WIND BLEW.
HAD PARKED WELDER STEPPED OFF AND SLIPPED ON ICE.BUMPED MOUTH ON ARM RAIL ON WELDER TRUCK.ACCIDENT REPORTED ON 12-19-89.
A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED AT CROSSCUT #33 BETWEEN ENTRIES 4 AND 5 AND 20 FEET TO THE LEFT OF STATION 481. ROOF FALL IS 6' HIGH 6' WIDE AND 7 LONG. THE FALL CONSISTED OF 2' COAL AND 4' OF SHALE. THE ROOF FALL IS LOCATED IN THE OUTBY AREA 1ST SOUTH SECTION.
A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE CROSSCUT OF #33 BETWEEN ENTRIES 5 AND 6. THE FALL IS 60' TO 70' TO THE LEFT OF STATION 481. HEIGHT OF FALL IS 8 TO 10' WIDTH IS 17 AND LENGTH CANNOT BE DETERMI NED BECAUSE OF THE RETURN STOPPING. THE FALL IS LOCATED IN THE OUTBY AREA OF 1ST SO. SECTION. CRIBS WERE SET PRIOR TO THE FALL. THE FALL CONSISTED OF 2' OF TOP COAL AND 6' OF SHALE.
A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED AT CROSSCUT 24 BETWEEN ENTRIES 3 TO 4, AND THE INTERSECTION OF ENTRY #4 IN 1ST SO. THE FALL WAS 5' TO 8' HIGH, 20' WIDE AND 80' LONG. THE FALL CONSISTED OF TOP COAL 2' TO 3', 5' OF SHALE. PRIOR TO THE FALL, THE AREA WAS CRIB OFF AND DANGERED OFF.
POOR GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS HAS CONTINBUTED TO THIS ROOF FALL. THE FALL TOOK PLACE IN ENTRY #1, CROSSCUT 25. IT FELL AT THE INTERESECTION AND THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN 1 AND 2. THE FALL WAS CONTAINE D BY ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS, THAT WAS SET PRIOR TO THE CAVE, CAVE CONSIST OF 2 OF TOP COAL 6' OF SHALE.
WAGNER WAS OPERATING IN MAIN SO ENTRY WHEN THE F LEFT TIRE BLEW THE PRESSURE OF THE TIRE HAD CAUSED DUST & DIRT TO BE SUSPENDED INTO THE MINE ATMOSPHERE HE RECEIVED DIRT & DUST IN BOTH EYES
THE MINE ROOF IN 1ST SOUTH AT CROSSCUT 32 BETWEEN ENTRIES 2 AND 3 WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKNESS. ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS FOUR SETS OF CRIB BLOCKS WERE PUT IN TO HELP SUPPORT THE INTERSECTION. THE MINES ROOF STARTED TO SPALL AROUND THE ROOFBOLTS AND CRIB SETS FOR A PERIOS OF TIME THEN FELL IN THE CAVE IS 20 X 20 FT AND THE THICKNESS IS 2 FT TO 7 FT OF SHALE.
HE HAD TO BEND OVER WHILE CROSSING UNDER THE MAIN SO. BELT LINE. AS HE STRAIGHTENED UP TO A VERTICAL POSITION, AFTER COMPLETING THE CROSSING OF THE BELT, HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AREA.
HE WAS LIFTING A BELT ROLLER ONTO A WIRE ROPE FOR THE MAIN EAST BELT LINE. AS HE WAS DOING SO, A PAIN OCCURRED IN THE BACK OF HIS NECK. HE HAD INFORMED VALLEY CAMP ON 11-30-89 THAT HE HAD RECE IVED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FROM HIS DOCTOR. HIS DOCTOR DID NOT PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND OR TO VALLEY CAMP.