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WORKER WAS USING CUTTING TORCH WHILE CUTTING RUSTY STEEL BOLTS WHILE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND DUE TO THE SMALL PIECES OF DEBRIS FROM CUTTING HE IMBEDDED A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL IN RIGHT EYE. DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT FIRST BUT LATER THAT DAY EYE BECAME IRRITATED. LATER WENT TO DR ON 5-6-97 WHERE THEY FOUEN AND REMOVED IT BY MEANS OF DEBRIDEMENT. NO LOST OR RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WAS LIFTING A COAL SAMPLE BAG & HE SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED HIM TO RECEIVE PINCHED NERVE & A LOWER LUMBAR STRAIN. EE CONT TO WORK & WENT TO DR ON 5/23/97 WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING THE ABOVE. EE DID NOT INCUR ANY LOST OR RES DUTY, BUT IS RECEIVING THERAPY TREATMENTS. NOTE: MINE CLOSED 5-27-97.
EE WAS LIFTING AND MOVING HEAVY PUMP PARTS TO CERTAIN PUMP AND HE SPRAINED LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT INCUR ANY LOST OF RES DUTY FROM THIS EVENT, BUT STARTED TO RECEIVE LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENTS FROM A CHIROPRACTOR ON 4/7/97. NOTE: WORKER WAS ON RESTRICTED DUTY FROM A PREVIOUS EVENT AT THE TIME.
EE WAS OPERATING RT SIDE BOOM OF ROOF BOLTER & WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRILL A BOLT HOLE HE QUICKLYREACHED FOR DRILL STEEL WITH RIGHT HAND TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY OF A SMALL PIECE OF FALLING ROC K AND HE JAMMED HIS RT THUMB AGAINST THE CHUCK INSERT. HE CONT TO WORK WITH IT UNTIL 4/7/97 & THEN X-RAYS DISCLOSED THAT IT WAS SPRAINED. HE WASINSTRUCTRED NOT TO WORK UNTIL FURTHER EVALUATION
WORKER WAS ENTERING MINE ON GOLF CART WHICH JUST HAD THE BRAKES ADJUSTED BY HIM AND THE REVERSE TRAM FAILED DUE TO A BAD FOOT SWITCH. WORKER FELT THE BRAKES WERE NOT SLOWING HIM DOWN FAST ENOU GH SO HE TURNED CART INTO UPPER RIB WHICH CAUSEDIT TO ROLL ON HIM. TRANSPORTED TO CU. MH WHERE X-RAYS SHOWED ONLY ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS. 1 LOST DAY INCCURRED.
EE WAS WATERING BATTERIES WHEN HE SCRAPPED HIS RIGHT WRIST ON ONE OF THE BATTERY LIDS WHICH BECAME INFECTED. EE WENT TO DR ON 3/21/97 WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR THE INFECTED WRIST. EE DID NOT INCUR AND LOST OR RES DUTY.
WORKER WAS HAND LOADING 5 GAL. OIL CANS ONTO HIS SCOOP BUCKET IN THE SURFACE SUPPLY YARD WHEN HE TWISTED LOWER BACK. HE THOUGHT CONDITION WOULD IMPROVE, BUT HAD TO GO TO OCC HEALTH ON 2-17-97 WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AND TOLD NOT TO WORK. SINCE THEN HE IS RECEIVING CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS. 1 ST DAY OFF WAS 2-18-97.
A SCOOP TRACTOR WAS LIFTING THE BACK END OF A GOLF CART UP SLIGHTLY TO REALIGN READ SPRING & TO INSERT A BOLT INTO SPRING FOR STRENGTH. WORKER LIFTER THE BACK OF THE CART SLIGHTLY TO ASSIST IN THIS REPAIR PROCEDURE & STRAINED LOWER BACK. WORKER DIDNOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 1/29/97, WHEN HE RECEIVED 1ST CHIRO. TREATMENT & THEN ONLY MISSED THAT DAY.
WORKER WAS LIFTING CONT. MINER CABLE TO THE ROOF TO TIE IT UP OUT OF THE WAY WHEN HE PINCHED A NERVE IN THE SIDE [R] OF HIS NECK & SHOULDER. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK OR INCURRED ANY RES. WORK DUTY, BUT STARTED TO RECEIVE CHIROPRACTIORTREATMENTS ON 1/24/97.
WORKER WAS COMING OUT OF MINE ON A GOLF CART WHEN IT QUIT TRAMMING FORWARD AND DRIFTED BACKWARDS ON A SIDE PITCHED AREA CAUSING IT TO ROLL OVER ON ITS SIDE WHICH BRUISED THE WORKERS LEFT THIGH T AND KNEE AREA. WORKERS 1ST DAY OF WAS 1-9-97.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN OUTBY AREA STARTING IN X-CUT & RUNNING PARTIALLY INTO THE INTERSECTION. FALL WAS APPROX 55'L, 18'W, 4' TO 4.5' ABOVE THE ROOF LINE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF POOR LAMINATION BETWEEN A MIXTURE OF LAYERED SANDSTONE & SLATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR IMPEDMENT OF VENTILATION.
WORKER WAS INSTALLING LEFT OUTSIDE BOLT HOLE FOR RESIN BOLT, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 18" LONG X 8" WIDE X 1" THICK FELL OUT WHILE HE WAS DRILLING OUTBY THE ATRS PAD. WORKER RAISED LE FT HAND TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND WAS STRUCK ON LEFT HAND. THE WORKER RECEIVED A BROKEN LEFT LITTLE FINGER AND MISSED ONE WORK DAY AND THEN WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY FOR 12-17-96.
WORKER WAS LIFTING RUB RAIL OFF OF SIDE OF A CONT. MINER TO REPAIR IT WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER BACK. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK YET NOR IS ON ANY RES. DUTY, BUT STARTED TO RECEIVE LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENTS FROM A CHIROPRACTOR ON 12-10-96.
WORKER JARRED LOWER BACK WHILE TRAMMING UNAHAULER ON SECTION ROADWAYS, WHILE HAULING COAL. THIS RESULTED IN A SPRAINED LOWER BACK. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK NOR IS ON ANY REST. DUTY, BUT STARTED TO RECEIVE LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENTS FROM ACHIROPRACTOR ON 12-10-96.
WORKER WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE TO GET IT OUT OF TH EWAY OF THE TRAVELWAY WHEN HE STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK YET OR HAS NOT BEEN PLACED ON RES. DUTY BUT STARTED TO R ECEIVE CHIROPRACTOR TREATMENTS FOR HIS SHOULDER ON 12-30-96.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN MAIN INTAKE TRAVELWAY BETWEEN 2 INTERSECTIONS WERE STUMPS WERE REDUCED IN CLAY VEIN AREA FOR ADDITIONAL TRACK ENTRIES YEARS AGO BY OTHER COMPANY. CRIBS AND ADDITIONAL RO OF SUPPORT HAD BEEN SSET IN THE AREA. SECTION OF THE H.V. CABLE WAS DAMAGED, BUT VENTILATION WAS OT IMPEDED AND TRAVELWAY WAS RE-ROUTED AROUND AREA. NO INJURIES.
EE WAS OPERATING LEFT SIDE BOOM OF ATRS TWIN BOON ROOFBOLTER. THE MACHINE HAD JST BEEN TRAMMED INTO A 201 UNSUPPORTED CUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING IT. THE MACHINE IHAD THE ATRS PROPERLY PRESSURIZED TO INSTALL THE 1ST ROW OF BOLTS AT CLOSER BOLT SPACING WHEN A SECTION OF UNSUPPORTEDROOF 20'L, 4'TO10'WX2"-12" THICK CAME DOWN STRIKING THE EE INTHE LEGS. RIGHT LEG BROKEN. 1ST DAY
EE STRAINED RIGHT HIP & LOWER BACK WHILE HELPINGTO LIFT A GOLF CART OUT OF A RUT IN WHICH IT WASSTUCK. EE CONT TO WORK UNTIL 11/18/96 WHICH WAS HIS 1ST DAYOFF. HE STARTED TO RECEIVE ADJUSTMENT S FRO CHIRPORACTOR ON 11/20/96 AND IS STILL OFF
WORKER WAS ENTERING MINE ON PRESHIFT EXAM OPERATING GOLF GART WHEN BATTERY TERMINAL BURNED OFF WHICH CAUSED CART TO LOSE DYNAMIC BREAKING ON GRADE. WORKER FELT MECHANICAL BRAKES WERE NOT SLOWI NG HIMDOWN FAST ENOUGHT, SO HE RIBBED CART WHICHCAUSE IT TO ROLL OVER BRUISING HIS RIGHT HIP AND STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK. WORKED DID NOT MISS WORK BUT WAS PLACED ON RES DUTY ON 10-28-96.
WORKER WAS LIFTING AN O BOTTLE ONTO THE FRONT OF A RAM CAR TO TRANSPORT IT AWAY FROM HIS WORK A REA WHEN HE STRAINED. LOWER BACK. WORKER WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 10-8-96 WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE HAS A SWOLLEN DISC. HE IS RECEIVING TREATMENTS. 1ST DAY OFF WORK WAS 10-8-96.
WORKER WAS LIFTING 5 GAL OIL CANS AND MOVING ASPEED REDUCER MOTOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT RING FINGER. HE LATER WENT TO THE DR ON 11-1-96 WHRE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS POSSIBLE TENDON DAMAGE A LONG WITH TENDONITITS. WORKE RHAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK OR ENCOUTNERED ANY RES. DUTY YET. THIS FROM IS BEIGN SUBMITTED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.
WORKER BRUISED HIS RIGHT KNEE UNDERGROUND ON 9-3-96 BUT CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 9-12-96 WHEN HE BADLY SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE COMING OUT OF THE SHOWER ON THE WET FLOOR IN THE SURFACE WAS H HOUSE. WORKER WENT TO DR THE FOLLOWING DAY ANDWAS REFERRED TO SPECIALIST WHO IS NOT SURE YET IF THERE IS LIGAMENTOR CHRTILIDGE DAMAGE. 1ST DAY OF WORK WAS 9-12-96.
WORKER WAS OPERATING A GOLF CAR ALONG AN INTAKE TRAVELWAY, SLOWLY LOOKIGN IN EACH X-CUT. FOR USABLE BELT STUCTURE WHERE THE HEIGHT VARIED FROM 40" TO 48" DUE TO UNEVEN ROOF AND BOTTOM CONDITI ONS AND HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HEAD ON ROOF WHICH STOVED HIS NECK AND BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR SEVERAL DAY, BUT WENT TO DR ON 8-15-96 WHERE HE WAS PLACED ON RESTICTION.
WORKER WAS INSSTALLING PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORTS WITH ATRS ROOF BOLTER AND WAS IN THE AREA OF THE LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS WITH THE ATRS BEAM PRESSURIZED. WORKER SCALED SOME LOOSE ROCK DOWN WITH A ROCK BAR IN THE PROPOSED DRILLING AND PART OF IT GLANCED OFF OF RIB AND STRUCK WORKER ON SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT. X-RAYS THE FOLLOWING DAY REVEALED NO BROKEN BONES. WORKER WAS PLACED OR RES. W
WORKER WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHICH WAS EQUIPPED WITH A CANOPY ABOVE HIS DRILLING CONTROLS. HE WAS OPERATING RIGHT SIDE BOOM AND THE STAB JACK WAS PRESSURIZED ON UNEVEN BOTTOM THE STAB JACK MOVED SLIGHTLY ON THE UNEVEN BOTTOM CAUSING THE CANOPY TO STIKE THE WORKER ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK AREA. NO WORK MISSED OR RES DUTY 7-2-96.
WORKER STRIANED LOWER BACK WHILE MOVING MINER CABLE WORKER WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 6-25-96 AND RECEIVED A LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT NO LOST OR RES. DAYS HAVE BEEN INCURRED.
WORKER HAD BEEN HAVING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK FROM THE WORK ENVIRONMENT, BUT ON 6-22-96 HE ENCOUNTERED MORE PAIN THAN USUAL FROM RIDING ON HIS GOLF CART IN THER MINE AND OUT. WORKER DID NOT MI SS ANY WORK DUE TO THIS INCIDENT BUT RECEIVED A LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM THE CHIROPRACTOR ON 6-27-96 AND WAS PLACED ON RES WORK DUTY THEN.
WORKER WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALLING 30" LONG 4" CRIB BLOC ON TOP OF BOOM SAFETY POST FOR EXTRA SUPPORT AGAINS THE ROOF WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF AND HIT HIS RI GHT LITTLE FINGER AGAINST FRAME OF MACHINE. THE WORKER HAD IT X RAYED AFTER HIS SHIFT WHERE IT WAS DISCOVED THAT THERRE WAS A SLIGHT FRACTURE IN IT. PLACED ON RES. DUTY 6-21-96.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN SLIPPERY PORTION OF HILL OR GRADE WHEN HE SLIPPED PULLING LEFT GROIN MUSCLE. THIS ALSO RESULTED IN THE WORKER GOING TO THE DR. THE NEXT DAY WITH SWOLLEN TESTICLES.
WORKER WAS INSTALLING SURVEY STATION SPADS IN ROOF AND HE DECIDED TO SCALE SMALL PIECE OF SHARP SANDSTONE DOWN WITH PICK HAMMER IN HIS LEFT HAND. WHILE DOING THIS HE RECEIVED A SMALL CUT TO LE FT THUMB WHICH REQUIRED A COUPLE OF STITCHES.
EE WAS TRYING TO BRING A GOLF CART OUT OF THE MINE THAT HAD SEVERAL SPRING PLYS BROKEN AND HE ENCOUNTERED LOSS OF TRACTION ON A STEEP PORTION OF A GRADE. HE LET THE CART DRIFT SLOWLY BACKWARDS A FEW FEET WHEN THE SPRING SHACKLE BROKE CAUSING THE CART TOE ROLL OVER ON HIM IN DEEP MUD. THE WORKER RECEIVED A CONCUSSION, TORN LIGAMENTS, AND SPRAINED MUSCLES.
WORKER WAS LOADING RESIN BOXES FROM A PALLET ONTO HIS SUPPLY SCOOP TO TAKE INTO THE MINE WHEN HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK AND COULD NOT STAND UP STRAIGHT. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DI AGNOSED AS A LOWER LUMBAR STRAIN.
WORKER WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM THE TOP OF A CONT MINER BY HAND WHEN A PORTION OF ROCK SLID OFF OFTHE MINER STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER LEFT LEG ANDANKLE. WORKED WITH IT ANOTHER DAY, BUT WAS EXPER IENCING TINGLING AND SWELLING SO HE WENT TO HOSPITAL WHERE NO BROKEN BONES WERE DISCOVERED, BUT POSSIBLE NERVE PROBLEMS. MISSED ONE WORK DAY DUETO THIS.
WORKER WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE WORKING SECTION WHEN HE STARTED EXPERIENCE SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN. HE SAID THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FROM RIDING A GOLF CART ON ROUGHT TERRAIN THE PREVIOUS DAY. HE CAME TO THE SURFACE AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS LOWER BACK STRAIN. THEY PLACED HIM ON RES. WORK DUTY, BUT NONE WAS AVAILABLE UNTIL HE WAS RELEASED.
WORKER WAS BACKING UP ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE SECTION FROM INSIDE THE BOLTER'S KITCHEN AND HE ACCIDENTALLY PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE CANOP Y LID AND CAUGHT IT BETWEEN THE CANOPY LID AND THE COAL RIB WHICH RESULTED IN SOME LACERATIONS TO THE HAND. STITCHES WERE ADMINISTERED.
FALL STARTED JUST OUT BY LAST INTERSECTION OF L2 ENTRY OF 1ST LEFT SECTION AND EXTENDED INTO LAST XCUT STARTED L2-L1 ENTRY. A PORTION OF THE XCCUT WAS UNSUPPORTED. FALL DIMENSIONS WERE APPROX. 70' LONGX18'-19' WIDE X 4'-5' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. THERE WAS A CLAY VEIN IN THE AREA. VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPEDED NOR WAS THERE ANY INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT LOSS OR DAMAGE.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED PRIMARILY IN LAST OPEN INTERSECTON OF R-1 ENTRY AND A SMALL PORTION WAS IN X-CUT R1-B OF THE 1ST LEFT SECTION. SOME OF THE ROOF WAS SUPPORTED AND SOME WAS UN-SUPPORTED. FA LL DIMENSIONS WEE APPROX 19'WX26'LX4 TO 5'H. A ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPEDED NOR WAS THERE ANY INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT DAMAMGE.
WORKER WAS ENTERING MINE ON GOLF CART WHEN HE LOST THE REVERSE TRAM DYNALE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE WORKER TRIED TO REPOSITION THE SELECTOR FOR 2 X CUTS WHILE RIDING HIS MECHANICAL BRAKE AND EVENTU ALLY DECIDED TO RIB THE CART WHICH RESULTED IN ALOWER BACK SPRAIN AND A POSSIBLE CRACKED RIGHT WRIST. DR ARE NOT SURE ABOUT WRIST. WORKER WAS PLACED ON RES WORK DUTY ON 5-20-96.
WORKER WAS PUSHING THE REAR OF A GOLF CART BY HAND ON A STEEP HIT AREA OF THE TRAVEL WAY TO ASSIST THE DRIVER OF THE GOLF CART WHO WAS TYING TO ASCEND THE HILL WHEN THE GOLF CHART SLID BACKWAR DS ON A SLIPPERY AREA OF THE TRAVELWAY AND PINCHED WORKERS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN BUMPER OF GOLF CART AND THE RIB NO BONES BROKE BUT INNCURRED 1 LOST DAY SWELLING.
WORKER WAS WALKING INBY ON BELT ENTRY AND WAS EXXAMINING BELT ROLLERS WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A CHANGE IN ROOF HEIGHT AT AN OVERCAST WHERE HE STRUCK HIS HEAD STOVING HIS NECK, SHOULDER, AND BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. BUT WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN AND HEAD ACHES. HE ELECTED TO GO TO CHIRO ON 8-14-96 TO RECEIVE ADUSTMENTS. NO LOST TIME OR REST. DUT WAS INCURRED.
WORKER WAS HANGING HEAVY, MUD COVERED CONT MINERCABLE TO THE MINE ROOF WITH OTHER WORKERS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. SEAM HEIGHT WAS APPROX 40"- 48" HIGH. WORKER WENT TO CUMH ON 4-21-96 AND WAS TOLD NOT TO WORK ON 4-22-96 AND LATER THAT DAY WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY, BUT NO LIGHT DUTY WAS AVAILABLE. WORKER RETURNED 4-25-96.
WORKER WAS EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT PAIN IN LEFTHAND WHILE PERFORMING MECHANICAL DUTIES AND WENTTO CUMH ON 4-16-96. WHERE HIS CONDITION WAS DIAGNOSED AS ULNAR NERVE STRAIN. THIS WILL BE NOTED AS AN OCC ILLNESS ON THIS FORM AND WORKER WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT BEFORE CONDITION IS CORRECTED. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTYWAS ENCOUNTERED YET.
WAS DESCENDING A GRADE UG ON A GOLF CART WHNE IT BURNED A BATTERY TERMINAL LEAD OFF CAUSING IT TO LOSE ITS BRAKING SYSTEM. EE APPLIED MANUAL BRAKES AND TURNED INTO THE COAL RIB, CAUSING THE CA RT TO OVERTURN ON HIM. EE WALKED TO NEAREST MINE PHONE & WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE SLIGHT RIB FRACTURE WAS DISCOVERED.
EE WAS USING A MECHANICAL COMEALONG TOOL TO INSTALL NEW MOTOR IN PUMP AND WHILE RELEASING THE TENSION ON THE COMEALONG, IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN IT AND THE PUMP FRAME CAUS ING A LARGE LACERATION TO HIS LEFT THUMB. EE WENT TO DR. AT END OF HIS SHIFT WHERE IT WAS EXAMINED AND HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
WORKER WAS WALKING IN 48" COAL HEIGHT IN AREA WITH A LOT OF HEAVY MUD ON THE MINE BOTTOM AND SPRAINED RIGHT KNEE. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY TIMEYET, BUT WENT TO DOCTOR ON 3-7-96 WHERE IT WAS D IAGNOSED AS A SPRAINED KNEE AND HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY.
WORKER WAS HELPING TO LIFT A HEAVY METAL GUARD UP INTO PLACE ON A NEW BELT DRIVE WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE WET MUDDY CONDITIONS AND LANDED SEVERELY ON HIS LEFT HIP, SHOULDER, AND LOWER BACK ONT T OP OF A STEEL PLATE THAT WAS LAYING ON THE MINE BOTTOM. HE HAS NOT LOST ANY WORK DAYS, BUT IN ATTENDING PHYSICAL THERPAY.
WORKER WAS HELPING MOVE CONT. MINER CABLE WHILE MOVING THE CONT. MINER IN LOW WET MUDDY CONDITIONS WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK. WORKER DID NOT MISS ANY WORKDAYS BUT RECEIVED 1 ST LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM CHIROPRACTOR ON 2-7-96.
WORKER WAS TRYING TO LIFT A 4'X8'X1/4" SHEET OF STEEL ONTO HIS SCOOP BUCKET TO TRANSPORT IT. WHILE DOING THIS HE STRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLES. WORKER HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK OR BEEN PLACED ANY RESTRICTED DUTY BUT HE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 5-7-96 AND RECEIVED HIS FIRST LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM THE OCCURENCE.
WORKER WAS ENTERING A DOORWAY TO A BUILDING THAT ENCLOSES THE STACKER BELT TAIL AREA ON THE SURFACE FROM BRIGHT SUNLIGHT TO A DARKER AREA WITH HIS CAPLIGHT. AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF OF THE LEDGE OF THE DOORWAY ONTO THE SNOW COVERED AREA HE STSPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE. 1 ST DAY OFF WORK WAS 2-2-96.
WORKER WAS OPERATING PERSONEL CARRIER WHILE ENTERING THE MINE ON A PRE-SHIPT EXAM & AT THE TOP OF A STEEP GRADE HE APPRENTLY BUMPED THE REVERSE TRAM SELECTOR INTO NEUTRAL ACCIDENTALY. THIS CAU SED HIM TO LOSE REVERSE TRAM & HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE VEHICLE INTO THE RIB CAUSING IT TO ROLLON HIM. HE RECEIVED A BROKEN RIB, BRUSIED ANKLE,& BACK PAIN. 1ST DAY OFF WAS 1/5/96.