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April 3, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE MAN WAS PULLING BELT (CONVEYOR) WHEN HE FELTPAIN IN HIS BACK.

March 29, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS WALKING ALONG A CONVEYOR BELT-LINE WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A 6 INCH DITCH IN WALKWAY, TWISTING HIS NECK, LOW BACK AND RIGHT KNEE.

March 26, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF BATTERY LOCOMOTIVE THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE BATTERY LIDS WHEN HE FELL, STRIKING HIS BUTTOCKS AND TWISTING HIS NECK.

March 8, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS LOADING PART OF AN OPERATORS KITCHEN INTO A SUPPLY CAY, WHEN HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

March 2, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A TRACK JEEP THAT DERAILED CAUSING HIM TO INJURED HIS BACK.

February 26, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE MAN CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE REMOVING SIDE BOARDS FROM A SHUTTLE CAR.

February 23, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS CARRYING A FIBRE CRIB ACROSS THE TRACK AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON THE RAIL AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.

February 18, 1993 PA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS LOOSENING A CHAIN BINDER FROM A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BEING TRANSPORTED ON THE MAIN-LINE TRACK WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE JAW BY THE HANDLE FOR SAID BINDER.

February 18, 1993 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO HITCH A LOWBOY (CARRYING A COAL FEEDER) TO A TRACK MOTOR WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FEEDER AND THE TRACK MOTOR.

February 18, 1993 PA · Coal hoistman, hoist operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE MAN WAS WALKING IN THE YARD WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE FROZEN GROUND TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.

February 17, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall from machine

THE MAN WAS CLIMBING UP ON A CLARK HI LIFT WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF MACHINE.

February 17, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS MOVING A DRUM OF POLYMER WHEN HE SLIPPED INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

February 11, 1993 PA · Coal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A WRENCH FROM A SUSPENDED 4" PIPE WHICH WAS BEING PULLED FROM A BORE-HOLE. ANOTHER LARGE 4' PIPE WRENCH WHICH WAS HANGING ABOVE HIM FROM THE SAME PIPE CAME LOO SE AND FELL, STRIKING THE MAN ON THE LEFT THUMB.

February 9, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS CLIMBING UP ON A COAL BIN WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT CALF

February 1, 1993 PA · Coal lampman, lamp person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

MAN WAS LOADING A PUMP INTO A TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TAILGATE & FELL ONTO HIS BACK NOTE FIRST DAY OFF WORK 02- 5-93

January 26, 1993 PA · Coal FIRE
Helen Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A FEDERAL INSPECTOR OBSERVED A SMALL FLICKERING FLAME IN AN AREA BETWEEN TWO RAW COAL SILOS. HE IMMEDIATLEY NOTIFIED MINE MANAGENT WHO THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAME WITH A FIRE EXTIN QUISHER ROCK DUST AND FINALLY WATER. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE OPERATOR AS WELL AS MSHA WAS AWARE OF THE WARM MATERIAL AND THE OPERATOR WAS IN TEH PROCESS OF CORRECTING THE CONTION WHEN THE

January 14, 1993 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WALKING UNDERGROUND WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE INJURING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

January 11, 1993 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. WHILE TRAMMING TRHU A CROSSCUT WHERE A STOPPING HAD BEEN REMOVED HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A BRATTILE BLOCK.

January 4, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS TRAMMING A SCOOP, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.

December 29, 1992 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

CARRYING PIECE OF ROCK ACROSS SET OF TRACKS WHEN EMPL FELL ONTO RAIL BREAKING RIGHT THUMB.

December 29, 1992 PA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL SLIPPED ON WATER LINE CAUSING INJUR GROIN AND RIGHT LEG.

December 21, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE MAN WAS LIFTING A CABLE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. HE THEN DROPPED THE CABLE AND SUBEQUENTLY, INJURED HIS RIGHT WRIST.

December 7, 1992 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE MAN WAS WALKING WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A FAN CABLE, INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

December 7, 1992 PA · Coal headgate operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS CARRYING A BUCKET OF SHEARER CUTTING BITS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

November 19, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE MAN WAS CARRYING CEMENT BLOCK IN A LOW AREA OF THE MINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SIDE AND BACK.

November 10, 1992 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MAN WAS DRILLING OUT A HOLE FOR A TERMINAL END ON A SHORT PIECE OF CABLE WHEN THE CABLE CAME LOOSE FROM A CLAMP AND CAUGHT TWO OF HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE DRILL AND THE CABLE.

October 26, 1992 PA · Coal headgate operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE MAN WAS PULLING ON A LENGTH OF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

October 24, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS HELPING TO PULL CONVEYOR BELT WHEN ANOTHER MAN SLIPPED, LOSING HIS GRIP ON THE BELT AND STRUCK THIS PERSON ON THE NOSE WITH HIS FOREARM.

October 21, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS WALKING ALONG THE RIB LINE WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A LOW SPOT IN THE ROOF.

October 16, 1992 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS CLEANING OUT A CHUTE FOR A ROTARY BREAKER IN THE COAL CLEANING PLANT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

October 13, 1992 PA · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS RIDING ON A TRACK JEEP WHEN IT JUMPED TRACK CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIS BACK ON THE EDGE OF THE SEAT.

October 6, 1992 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS WALKING INTO THE SECTION WHEN HE SLIPPED IN A WATER HOLE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

October 2, 1992 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING IN THE MINE, THE MAN SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS BACK AND SHOULDER.

September 28, 1992 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS WALKING INT HE BATH HOUSE WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO A DRAIN COVER (WHICH KICKED OUT) AND SLIPPED, STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP.

September 23, 1992 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Helen Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE #3 TRACK ENTRY OF 2 WEST 2 X-CUTS OUTBY #4 SHAFT,SWITCH.WIDTH OF FALL 20' X HEIGHT 7' X LENGTH .AREA SUPPORTED WITH 6' COMBINATION ROOF BOLTS.

September 22, 1992 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL DIRECTING OPERATION OF LOADING MACHINE WHEN THE LOADER HIT A X-BAR WHICH WAS LYING CLOSE BY CAUSING IT TO SWING STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT ANKLE. RECD MEDICAL TREATMENT.

September 19, 1992 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Helen Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE #2 ENTRY AND X-CUT 2-1 AT 24/73 MARKER. WIDTH OF FALL 16' X HEIGHT 7-8' X LENGTH 35'. AREA SUPPORTED WITH 6' AND 9' POINT ANCHOR COMB.ROOF BOLTS 2" NOMINAL PLAN K AND T-5 CHANNEL.

September 14, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A SCOOP BEHIND A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A TENSION BAR SPRING LET LOOSE STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK AND CHEST.

September 11, 1992 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL MANUEVERING AROUND THE CONT. MINER IN A TIGHT CLEARANCE SITUATION WHEN EMPL STRUCK MOUTH ON A DRILL STEEL.

September 11, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS REMOVING A BAG OF ROCK DUST FROM A CONVEYOR BELT HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT WRIST AGINST A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE.

September 11, 1992 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MAN STEPPING OVER A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHEN THE CAR STARTED UP THEREBY REELING UP ITS CABLE.EMPL TRIPPED BY THE CABLE AND KNOCKED DOWN STRIKING RIGHT LEG AND SHOULDER ON MINE FLOOR.

September 5, 1992 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

THE MAN WAS WALKING UNDERGROUND WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A WET ROCK AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

September 4, 1992 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Helen Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL ABOVE ANCHORAGE 2 ENTRY OF GATE 11 BEGINING AT 33 & 40. WIDTH OF FALL APPROX. 16 FT LENGTH APPROX. 30 FT HEIGHT APPROX. 5 FT AREA SUPPORTED WITH 5 FT POINT ANCHOR ROOF BOLTS WITH 2 F T NOMINAL PLANK WOODEN.

September 4, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS WALKING UNDERGROUND WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF RAIL.

August 27, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

38504AN WAS PULLING CABLE WITH A ROPE HOOKED TO A SCOOP WHEN HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ROPE.

August 20, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

38504AN STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF CABLE OUT OF THE LONGWALL PANLINE, WHEN HE DEVELOPED LOWER BACK PAIN.

August 16, 1992 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

38504AN WAS WORKING ON THE LONGWALL PRESSURE PUMP CAR WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY AN AUTOMANC COUPLER THAT HAD BEEN LAYING LOOSE ON TOP OF THE CAR.

August 3, 1992 PA · Coal supply man, nipper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

38504AN WAS ATTM\EMPTING TO GAIN ACCESS TOT HE WAREHOUSE BY CRAWLING THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE WALL WHEN HE FELL ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR.

August 3, 1992 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

38504AN WAS CARRYING OIL CANS ACROSS A BELT DRIVE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

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