EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN BLEEDERS AND STEPPED IN MUD, SLIPPED AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. "BEGAN MISSING TIME 7-20-90".
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Showing 50 of 3,092STEPPED IN HOLE, TWISTED LEFT KNEE. HANDLING 7200 CABLE-STRAINED RIGHT ELBOW.
WALKING AROUND MINER STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING OIL AND SLIPPED IN MUD, STRAINING HIS BACK. "BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 7-18-90"
FOOT WAS IN HOLE TURNED AROUND TO GO TO CONTROL PANEL & RIGHT FOOT STUCK IN HOLE
EMPLOYEE STATES, "I WAS WALKING ON A PAN LINE AND HIT MY HEAD ON A SHIELD AND IT JAMMED MY NECK."
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES IN COAL HAULER. HE WAS RAISING HTE LID ONT EH BATTERY AND PULLED BOTH GROINS.
WORKING ON TAILGATE HELPING SET 8 X 8 HURT HIS BACK
EMPL USING JACK HAMMER HAD PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH.REPORTED TO COMPANY 7-17 AFTER HE LOST 2 DAYS WORK.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT 2800 IN THE 3 WAY INTERSECTION OF THE 13TH E OF THE 21ST NE. FALL WAS ABOVE THE 8 FT DOUBLE LOCK ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE DIMENSION WERE 15 FT LONG 14 FT WIDE 9 FT HIGH. VENTILATION AND PASSAGE OF MEN WERE NOT AFFECTED ALL SAFETY PRECAUSTION WERE FOLLOWED ACCORDING TO THE APPROVED ROOF CONTROL PLAN. AAREA WAS DEVELOPED JAN 90.
LIFTING COVERS FROM POWER CENTER, PAIN IN OWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE SHEARER WHEN A PIECE OF COAL POPPED OFF THE FACE AND HTI HIM IN THE EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
WALKED THRU A CURTAIN AND STRUCK NOSE ON PIECE OF PLASTIC WATER LINE IN PIPE RACK BEHIND CURTAIN. "WORKING WITH SUTURES"
EMPLOYEE STATES "I TWISTED MY LEFT WRIST WHILE I WAS LOADING A MAN DOOR."
HYDRAULIC PROP SLIPPED AND JARRED R HAND AND WRIST
DRIVING GOPHER WHEN IT HIT A RAIL STICKING UP AT CROSSCUT 29.HE STRUCK HIS CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL.
REACHING OVER TO GRAB AXE, SLIPPED AND FELL ACROSS CONCRETE BLOCK. FRACTURES RIGHT 9TH AND 10TH RIBS.
EMPLOYEE PIECKED UP ROCK TO PUT ON BELT AND STRAINED HIS WRIST AND FOREARM.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 4TH MN ENTRY #57 X-CUT INTERSECTION 4 WAY THE FALL MEASURED 10' HIGH,14' WIDE,14' LONG.THE AREA HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN BOLTED WITH 5' CONVENTIONAL BOLTS.VEN TILATION AND PASSAGE OF MEN NOT AFFECTED.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED JUST INBY #38 XCUT 4TH MAIN NORTH ENTRY. FALL MEASURE 5' HIGH 14' WIDE 20' LONG. AREA HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN BOLTED WITH 5' & 9' CONVENTIONAL BOLTS. VENTILATION & PASSAGE OF MEN NOT AFFECTED.
TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH CRESENT WRENCH.
WHILE ROOFBOLTING, STEEL BECAME STUCK. WHEN TRIED TO PULL, CAME OUT SUDDENLY AND SMASHED RIGHT 5TH FINGER.
TAKING BEARING OFF DRIVE,BOTTOM HALF OF BEARING DROPPED AND SMASHED RIGHT LONG FINHER BETWEEN BEARING AND BOTTOM OF DRIVE.PARTAIL AMPUTATION RIGHT LONG FINGER..
EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING AN AIR COMPRESSOR ON A DRILL. THINKING HE HAD FOUND THE PROBLEM, EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO STARTE THE COMPRESSOR. AT THAT INSTANT, THE MOLDED CASE BREAKER SUPPLYING POWER TO THE COMPRESSOR HAD AN ELECTRICAL FAULT BURNING TWO HOLES IN THE COVER PLATE AND BURNING EMPLOYEE. THE FAULT OCCURRED ONT EH PAHSES LEADING INTO THE 500 AMP 3 PHASE GE BREAKER.
UNLOADING MATERIAL FROM FORK HOIST. CAUGHT LEFT THUMB BETWEEN HOIST AND HAND RAIL CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING OVER BELT CROSS AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OFF CROSSOVER, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING STIFFNESS AND SWELLING.
ON 06-22-90 WAREHOUSE MAN HURT HIS BACK LIFTING HYD JACK HE DID NOT REPORT THIS ACCIDENT OR LOOSE ANY TIME UNTIL 07-05-90
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOFBOLTING AND HAD HOSE DRILLED. HE WAS PUTTING A BOLT AND PUSHING IT BY HAND. WHEN HE TRIED TO BEND BOLT, HE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK. HE WAS PUSHING BOLT IN THE HOLE AT THE SAME T IME.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PLUGGING MANTRIP CHARGE CABLE UP. WHILE BENT OVER PLUGGING CABLE UP, A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.
WAS GETTING OUT OF COAL HAULER AND FELL STRIKING KNEE AGAINST GROUND.
TAKING DOWN HIGH PRESSURE LINE, LIFTED HSOULDER, LINE SHIFTED, PULLING LOWER BACK.
PICKED UP IRON WATER PIPE OUT OF RACK AND PULLED SOMETHING IN LEFT SHOULDER,NECK AND BACK.
WALKING DOWN BELTLINE. SLIPPED ON A WET ROCK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. BEGAN MISSING TIME 7-20-90 FOR SURGERY.
WHEN CLIMBING INTO THE SCOOP, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE FRAME.
ROCK ROLLED OFF SHEAR STRIKING RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING AN EXAMINATION IN 8TH WEST GOB END WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME COAL AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
USING AIR HOSE AND FOREIGN BODY FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE. BEGAN MISSING TIME 6-19-90.
LIFTING 8X8'S IN AWKWARD POSITION, AFTER SETTING AND RELIEVING PRESSURE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WHILE WALKING DOWN PLANLINE, STRUCK LEFT SHOULDER, UPPER ARM, AND HAND ON VALVE.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A 9' TIMBER AND HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND THE HEAD OF TRUCK CONVEYOR WHEN A PARTICLE OF DURT BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR. 6-16-90 TO HAVE MATERIAL REMOVED.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERING 20 LBS BAGS OF THERMOPRIERS FROM A STORAGE TRAILER ONTO A SHOOTER TRUCK INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.
AN UNINTENIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT 2950' IN THE 3RD MAIN WEST. THE FALL OCCURRED ABOVE THE 5' FULLY GROUTED RESIN ROOF BOLTS. VENTILATION AND PASSAGE OF MEN WERE NOT AFFECTED. THIS AREA WAS DEVELOPED SEPTEMBER, 1978.
STEPPED IN HOLE, TWISTING LOWER BACK.
WALKING ON ENTRY SLIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE.
OVERLOAD TO ELECTRICAL LOOP CIRCUIT ON HOIST. MAN HOIST DOWN FOR 4 HOURS, 20 MIN WITH 22 ON CAGE 35 FT. FROM SHAFT BOTTOM LANDING. MEN COULD BE LOWERED MANUALLY BUT CHOSE TO REMAIN ON CAGE U NTIL THEY COULD ELECTRICALLY BE LOWERED.
EMPL WAS TRAVELING OFF 2ND RIGHT SECTION IN SHOP JEEP WHEN PIECE OF ROOF ROCK 2'X4' FELL FROM TOP & STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT THIGH.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT +-425' IN THE 6TH WEST OFF THE 12TH NORTH EAST. DIMENSIONS WERE 14' LONG, 10' WIDE, 10' HIGH. FALL OCCURRED ABOVE THE 6' DOUBLE-LOCK ROOFBOLT ROOF SUPPOR T VENTILATION AND PASSAGE OF MEN WERE NOT AFFECTED. AREA WAS DEVELOPED: 3/89.
SUPERVISING ROCK DUST CREW AND STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. "BEGAN MISSING TIME 6-18-90".
GOT RIGHT THUMB CAUGHT IN THE CABLE RACK JOINT AND CABLE HOLDER. SUTURES.