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UNKNOWN ALLEGED HEARING LOSS. (RECEIVED 10/28/98)

EE STATED HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND OBSERVED A [PIECE OF ROCK NEEDING TAKEN DOWN. WHILE PRYING ON THE LARGE PIECE OF ROCK A SMAL PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE SIDE OF FOOT.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE TROLLY POLE AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

A DRILL FELL FROM AN I-BEAM ADN STRUCK ARM BIT FIRST LEAVING A CUT.

EMPLOYE STATED: HE WAS LIFTING A COVER PLATE DOOR ON THE DRYER CYCLONE IN ORDER TO FINISH WASHING DOWN THE DRYER AREA.

EE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING INSTALLING TIMBERSS FOR A BREAKER LINE, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN REGION. EE HAD JUST RETURNED TO WORK ON 4/17/98 FROM A NONWORK RELATED HERNIA OPERATION. PAI N OCCURRED IN EXACT LOCATION OF HERNIA REPAIR PREVIOUSLY CORRECTED. NOTE: EE STARTED MISSING WORK 0N 5/11/98

EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING LOAD A ELECTRIC MOTOR INTO SUPPLY JEEP. WHILE PUSHING ON THE MOTOR IT ROLLED OVER CATCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND FRAME OF JEEP.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WHEELING CEMENT BLOCKS WHEN TO WHEEL BARROW STARTED TO TIP OVER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE WHEEL BARROW FROM TIPPING HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING IN CONVEYOR OF CONTINUOUS MINER LOADING ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES. THE MECHANIC STARTED THE CONVEYOR ACCIDENTLY ALLOWING THE CONVEYOR CHAIN TO CATCH IS FOOT PULLING HIM INTO THE CONVEYOR.

EE STATED HE WAS TRYING TO OPEN A MANDOOR BETWEEN THE INTAKE AND RETURN. WHILE PULLING ON THE DOOR HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE COAL ALLOWING THE DOOR TO CLOSE ON HIS HAND.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING A CONVEYOR BELT AND WHILE PLAICNG A SHOVEL OF MATERIAL ONTO THE BELT THE SHOVEL CAUGHT ON THE BELT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS WRIST.

UNKNONW/ALLEGED HEARING IMPAIRMENT.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING BELTLINE WHEN HE TRIED TO MOVE A ROCK DUST HOSE FROM WALKWAYWIHT HIS FOOT. WHILE KICKING ON.

HIT TOP OF LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER WHILE WORKING.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS PICKING UP TRASH ALONG THE SUPPLY TRACK WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A CAN WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE ROOF BOLT HE TWSITED AROUND TO PICK UP BOLT WRENCH AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE STATED HE WAS PULLING ON FIRE HOSE TO HOOK TO 1 RAW COAL LINE. WHILE PULLING ON THE HOSE HE EXPERIENCED PAN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING PULL POWER CABLE FROM TRACK ENTRY TO BELTLINE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING DISASSEMBLE A CONTINIOUS MINER. WHILE REACHING UNDER THE BOOM TO REMOVE A COTTER KEY WHEN THE BOOM CAME DOWN STRIKING INJURED FORCING HIM TO THE PAVEMENT.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LOOSE PIECE OF COAL WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE FIRE BOSSING THE 3 RIGHT TRACK ENTRY HE WAS GOING THROUGH A MANDOOR WHEN HE STEPPED ON LOOSE COAL TWISTING HIS KNEE.

EE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL ONTO BELT,AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

ROOF FALL THAT BLOCKED LONGWALL TAILGATE. CALLED MSHA AT 8:35AM 2-24-98. LONGWALL PLUS - 4993 - NO. 3 ENTRY 39 LEFT.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE NO. 3 ENTRY, INBY SPAD NO. 5172, IN THE OLD 1 NORTH AREA AT THE MINE. THE FALL MEASURED ROUGHTLY 60' LONG, 20' WIDE, AND 6' HIGH. AREA HAD BEEN BOLT ED WITH 5' RESIN GROUTED RODS. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP AND HAS BEEN TIMBERED OFF. FALL DID NOT OCCUR IN AREA WHERE ANYONE WORKS OR TRAVELS.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS DUE TO REPEAT TRAUMA EVENTIME.

AN UNEXPECTED ROOF FALL OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING AT THE NO.3 ENTRY ON 3 RIGHT SECTION OF THE LIGHTFOOT NO.2 MINE. A LOST TIME INJURY RESULTED FROM THIS OCCURRENCE.

ON JANUARY 20, 1998, AN UNEXPECTED ROOF FALL OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING AT THE NO. 3 ENTRY ON THE 3-RIGHT SECTION OF THE LIGHTFOOT NO. 2 MINE. A FATAL INJURY AND A LOST TIME INJURY RESULTED FROM THIS OCCURRENCE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURED ON THE 3 RT 4 SOUTH LONGWALL TAILGATE ENTRY. THE INTERSECTION OF THE #65 CROSSCUT FELL, APPROX 16'W X 20' L X 10' H. THE TAIL GATE WAS IMPASSABLE FROM 6:15 PM 1-17-98 TO 5: 00 PM 1-18-98. THE AREA WAS MINED BY AND THE TAILGATE IS PASSABLE.

EE STATED HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER WHEN HE PULLED HIS ARM & EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. THIS ACCIDENT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION & WAS NOT DETERMINED TO BE A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT UNTIL /26/98.

EE STATED WHILE WATCHING A ROCK COMING UNDER THE SHEAR A PIECE CAME OUT OF THE PANLINE AND STRUCK HIM UNDER THE RIGHT EYE.

CHAIN BROKE WHILE LIFTING COUNTERWEIGHT, AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIBS IN BACK.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS TRAMMING THE GALIS ROOF DRILL INTO POSITION TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT. WHILE TRAMMING THE MACHINERY BACKWARDS HE CAUGHT HIS LEGE BETWEEN ROOF DRILL AND RIB.

EE STATED WHILE RIDING IN MOTOR, THE MOTOR WRECKED JARRING HIS LOWER BACK. EE FINISHED THE SHIFTWAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE UNITL 1/2/98 EE WAS OFF DUE TO INCIDENT ON 12/20/97. REC'D WC-123 ON 1/2 /98.

EE STATED HE WAS CARRYING BOX OF TRASH TO TRACK JEEP, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM, FALLING AGAINST JEEP.

EE STATED HE STEPPED OFF MOTOR IN SMALL HOLE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE STATED WHILE WALKING THROUGH WATER HOLE ALONGA BELT SLIPPED ON ROCK AND SPRAINED RT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING CANOPY OFF ROOF BOLTER. RIGHT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND STAGE OF JACK.

EE STATED HE SLIPPED ON COAL SPILLAGE AND FELL. WHILE FALLING HE GRABBED THE HAND RAIL TO BREAK THE FALL AND PULLED HIS BICEP MUSCLE RIGHT ARM

EE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING IN JACKS T BANK PUSH THE FACE LINE. HE WAS STANDING IN SPAD NO 100 AND PULLING JACK NO 101 AND THE PIN THAT CONNECTS 101 RELAY BARD TO THE PAN LINE CAME OUT AN D HIT HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG/

EE STATED HE WAS WALKING TOWARD FACE, AND RAN INTO A ROOFBOLT WITH HIS RIGHT SHOULDED BLADE. TOWARD MIDDLE OF BACK EE WORKED UNTIL 12-18-97. STARTED.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS HANGING A VENTILATION TUBEWHEN ONE OF THE TUBES FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING TO CARRY AND LOAD MONI RAILS INTO BATTERY SCOOP WHEN HE EXPERINCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.

EE STATED HE JERKED ON WASH DOWN HOSE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THE WAS DOWN HOSE WAS HUNG WHEN HE JERKED ON IT CAUSING A SPRAIN/ TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

ROOF FALL NO.2 ENTRY ON 39 LEFT SECTION WAS FOUND 130 PM ON 11-30-97 APPROX. ONE CROSSCUT. OUTBY SPAD NO. 497 FULL 20 FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE X 6 FT HIGH IN THE INTERSECTION AREA WAS DEVELOPED 11 -5-96. NOTIFIED BY PHONE TO T.L. WORKMAN CALLED INBY T. HUDSON 12-1-97.

EE STATED HE HAD AUTOMATICALLY STARTED N0 25 SHIELD TO RUN IN WHEN HE STEPPED BACK INTO NO 25 SHIELD AS IT WAS PULLLING IN AND THE JACK FOOT STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG.

THE LINE STARTER ON THE A-SHAFT MAN CAGE FAILED. THE MAN HOIST WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM 8:20PM TO 10:00 PM.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING BELT AT NO. 78 BLOCK ON THE 1 WEST MAINS BELT. WHILE LIFTING A SHOVEL OF MATERIAL UP ONTO THE BELT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EE STATED HE INSTALLED WRENCH INTO DRILL POT. HIS BLOVE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH. AND DRILL HEAD, HE ACCIDENTLY HIT ROTATION. CAUSING A DISLOCATION OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

EE STATED HE WAS UNLOADING 6" STEEL PIPE FROM A 4-WHEEL CART. WHEN HE PUSHED THE PIPE OFF, IT LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.