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July 19, 1990 IL · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN BLEEDERS AND STEPPED IN MUD, SLIPPED AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. "BEGAN MISSING TIME 7-20-90".

July 18, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED IN HOLE, TWISTED LEFT KNEE. HANDLING 7200 CABLE-STRAINED RIGHT ELBOW.

July 18, 1990 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING AROUND MINER STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

July 16, 1990 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING OIL AND SLIPPED IN MUD, STRAINING HIS BACK. "BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 7-18-90"

July 16, 1990 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FOOT WAS IN HOLE TURNED AROUND TO GO TO CONTROL PANEL & RIGHT FOOT STUCK IN HOLE

July 16, 1990 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES, "I WAS WALKING ON A PAN LINE AND HIT MY HEAD ON A SHIELD AND IT JAMMED MY NECK."

July 16, 1990 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES IN COAL HAULER. HE WAS RAISING HTE LID ONT EH BATTERY AND PULLED BOTH GROINS.

July 14, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON TAILGATE HELPING SET 8 X 8 HURT HIS BACK

July 12, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL USING JACK HAMMER HAD PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH.REPORTED TO COMPANY 7-17 AFTER HE LOST 2 DAYS WORK.

July 12, 1990 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

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.

July 11, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING COVERS FROM POWER CENTER, PAIN IN OWER BACK

July 11, 1990 IL · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by flying object

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.

July 10, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WALKED THRU A CURTAIN AND STRUCK NOSE ON PIECE OF PLASTIC WATER LINE IN PIPE RACK BEHIND CURTAIN. "WORKING WITH SUTURES"

July 10, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES "I TWISTED MY LEFT WRIST WHILE I WAS LOADING A MAN DOOR."

July 10, 1990 IL · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HYDRAULIC PROP SLIPPED AND JARRED R HAND AND WRIST

July 9, 1990 IL · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING GOPHER WHEN IT HIT A RAIL STICKING UP AT CROSSCUT 29.HE STRUCK HIS CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL.

July 9, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

REACHING OVER TO GRAB AXE, SLIPPED AND FELL ACROSS CONCRETE BLOCK. FRACTURES RIGHT 9TH AND 10TH RIBS.

July 7, 1990 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

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.

July 5, 1990 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

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.

June 29, 1990 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ROOFBOLTING, STEEL BECAME STUCK. WHEN TRIED TO PULL, CAME OUT SUDDENLY AND SMASHED RIGHT 5TH FINGER.

June 29, 1990 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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..

June 28, 1990 IN · Coal master electrician ELECTRICAL
Old Ben Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

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.

June 25, 1990 IL · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING MATERIAL FROM FORK HOIST. CAUGHT LEFT THUMB BETWEEN HOIST AND HAND RAIL CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

June 23, 1990 IL · Coal belt cleaner, picker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

June 22, 1990 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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

June 21, 1990 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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.

June 21, 1990 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

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.

June 20, 1990 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall from machine

WAS GETTING OUT OF COAL HAULER AND FELL STRIKING KNEE AGAINST GROUND.

June 20, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TAKING DOWN HIGH PRESSURE LINE, LIFTED HSOULDER, LINE SHIFTED, PULLING LOWER BACK.

June 18, 1990 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP IRON WATER PIPE OUT OF RACK AND PULLED SOMETHING IN LEFT SHOULDER,NECK AND BACK.

June 18, 1990 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING DOWN BELTLINE. SLIPPED ON A WET ROCK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. BEGAN MISSING TIME 7-20-90 FOR SURGERY.

June 18, 1990 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHEN CLIMBING INTO THE SCOOP, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE FRAME.

June 18, 1990 IL · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK ROLLED OFF SHEAR STRIKING RIGHT HAND.

June 18, 1990 IL · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING AN EXAMINATION IN 8TH WEST GOB END WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME COAL AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

June 16, 1990 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by flying object

USING AIR HOSE AND FOREIGN BODY FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE. BEGAN MISSING TIME 6-19-90.

June 16, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 8X8'S IN AWKWARD POSITION, AFTER SETTING AND RELIEVING PRESSURE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

June 15, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WALKING DOWN PLANLINE, STRUCK LEFT SHOULDER, UPPER ARM, AND HAND ON VALVE.

June 15, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A 9' TIMBER AND HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

June 15, 1990 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by flying object

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.

June 13, 1990 IN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERING 20 LBS BAGS OF THERMOPRIERS FROM A STORAGE TRAILER ONTO A SHOOTER TRUCK INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

June 12, 1990 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

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.

June 12, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING ON ENTRY SLIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE.

June 12, 1990 IL · Coal HOISTING
Old Ben Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

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.

June 11, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

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.

June 9, 1990 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Ben Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

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.

June 9, 1990 IL · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUPERVISING ROCK DUST CREW AND STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. "BEGAN MISSING TIME 6-18-90".

June 8, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT RIGHT THUMB CAUGHT IN THE CABLE RACK JOINT AND CABLE HOLDER. SUTURES.

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