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A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 1 NORTH PANEL. FALL WAS IN #3 ENTRY. FALL MEASURED 30'L X 16'W X 12'H.

FULL FACE MINER WAS CUTTING AN OVERCAST BY CLIMBING UP ON TO THE COAL SEAM. THE COAL SEAM ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE MINER WAS LIBERATING METHANE FROM A FEEDER. THIS FEEDER WAS IGNITED BY T HE MINER BITS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING UP CM CABLE AND WATERLINE. HE SAW THE WATERLINE WAS CAUGHT ON THE CABLE HANDLER. AS HE TRIED TO FREE THE WATERLINE, THE CABLE HANDLER BROKE. HE FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR, PUL LING HIS RIGHT HAMSTRING MUSCLE.

WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR & HIT A RUT IN THE TRAMWAY. HE BOUNCED & HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY.

WAS CHANGING ROLLERS IN RECLAIM TUNNEL. AS HE HANDLE ROLLERS HE FELT HIS BACK TIGHTEN UP. BEGAN TO MISS WORK ON 6-28-99 DUE TO HERNIATED DISC.

WAS WALKING AND TRIPPED LOSING HIS BALANCE. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A SUPPORT CAUSING A LACERATION.

WAS CHANGING OIL ON SCREEN STEPPED TO FLOOR WHICH IS APPROX 20 INCHES BELOW SCREEN & SPRAINED HIS ANKLE

WAS WALKING OVER LOOSE MATERIAL FROM MINE BOTTOM& FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG-KNEE. WORKED UNTIL 9/27/99 WHEN HAD ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY

HE AND A COWORKER WERE HANGING A VENTILATION TUB E. HE WAS USING HIS HEAD TO PUSH THE TUBE UP HIFHER. A ROCK FELL AND HIT THE SLIDE WHICH WAS INSERTED INTO THE VENT TUBE HE WAS TYNG. THE RESUL TANT FORCE CAUSED HIM TO JAM HIS NECK. THE ROCK DID NOT STRIKE THE INJURED.

WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A HOLE IN TRAMWAY HURTING HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BED STRUCTURE ON TO A SCOOPHE THREW A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE INTO SCOOP BUCKET. THE PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE HAD A 6" BOLT PROTRUDING AND THE BOLT END HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF THE UPPER LEG CAUSING A CONTUSION.

SHOVELING FINES ONTO BELT. AS HE SLID SHOVEL UNDER BELT IT HIT A ROCK AND SHOVEL CONTACTED A TURNING RETURN ROLLER. THE SHOVEL HANDLE KICKED BACK AND STRUCK THE INJURED'S RIGHT KNEE.

WAS MOVING A HEINTZMAN PROP TO CLEAR WALKWAY. WHE HE LAID THE PROP AGAINST THE RIB, A PIECE OF RIB (2' X 4") FELL & HIT HIM ON TOP OF THE FOOT.

HAD LOWERED JACKS ON MINER TO BEGIN MINING. WAS REACHING FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL BOX WHICH WAS SETTING ON MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FROM A CLAY VEIN AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HANDS. STRAP S WERE 33" APART.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS THROUGH WIRE MESH. AS HE DRILLED HOLE HE WAS OBSERVING THE DRILL STEEL TO MAKE CERTAIN IT WAS CLEAR OF THE WIRE MESH. WHEN HE ACTIVATED THE DRILL STEEL GUIDE HE INADVERTENTLY CAUGHT HIS HAND AND LACERATED HIS FINGER.

ON 4-15-99 2:35AM NO. 1 ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HR. DUE TO 2 BLOWN FUSES. THE ESCAPEWAY WAS RE-ROUTED TO #4 ELEVATOR UNTIL REPAIRS WERE MADE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED . 2 FUSES WERE REPLACED AND AFTER TESTING AND INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

WAS HANGING A VENT TUBE AT THE FACE. A SHUTTLE CAR'S AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION DISCHARGE AND THE DRY CHEMICAL POWDER BECAME AIRBORNE. THE EE INHALED SOME OF THE POWDER AND CLAIMED THAT HIS LU NGS WERE BOTHERING HIM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ROLLED THROUGH. LIGHTNING STRUCK THE NO. 1 SUB STATION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSFORMER AT THE SUBSTATION AND ELECTRICAL BOARD FOR THE NO. 1 ELEVATOR. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE 12 HOURS.

WAS PRE-SHIFTING THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK SLOPE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS KNEE.

WAS UNLOADING STEEL DOORS ON HAULAGE. THE AREA WAS MUDDY & HIS FOOT STUCK IN MUD. WHILE LIFTINGDOOR HE FELT A POP IN HIS KNEE. CONT TO WORK UNTIL 5/19/99 WHEN HE HAD SURGERY ON HIS KNEE

WAS WORKING ON TRACK EE WAS WALKING ON UNEVEN BOTTOM &TWISTED HIS ANKLES SPRAINING IT

WAS USING A WRENCH TO LOOSEN AN OIL DRAIN PLUG WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS WRIST.

WAS PULLING DOWN LOOSE ROOF. A PIECE OF ROCK HE HAD PRYED DOWN HIT A VENTILATION TUBE 7 BOUNCED OFF STRIKING HIM IN FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN AN OFF-SET BESIDE A FULL FACE MINER. ENTRY WAS OFF-SITE AND NARROW DUE TO ROCK INTRUSION. WHEN OPERATOR BACKED UP MACHINE TO CUT ROOF, EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB

EE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HIS PHYSICIAN HAD DIAGNOSED HIME WITH SEVERE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. THIS IS BEING REPORTED AS A WORK RELATED ILLNESS. EE WENT OFF WORK ON 5-17-99 FOR CTS SU RGERY.

WALKING IN BELT ENTRY. WAS WOALKING ON BRIDGE THAT HAD BEEN BUILT OVER A WATER HOLE. AS HE STEPPED ON ONE OF THE BOARDS THE BOARD BROKE 7 HIS FOOT WENT THROUGH THE BOARD, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

STANDING ALONG SIDE OF MINER, APPPARENTLY HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE FROUND. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP, HE FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK REGION.

WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO MOVE A RAIL. AS HE USED SLATE BAR HE FELT A PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER & ARM.

WAS REMOVING A BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND NOTICED THAT HIS FINGERS(RIGHT INDEX) WOULDN'T STRAIGHTEN. WAS DIAGNOSED AS TRIGGER FINGER. THIS IS BEING ACCEPTED AS WORK RELATED. IS GOING OFF WORK ON 4/26/ 99 FOR SURGERY.

WAS CHECKING SUPPLIES ON MINER AT START OF SHIFT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 22" X 32" X 3" THICK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF STRAPS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SHIELDS. A SHIELD FAILED TO COME COMPLETELY IN. AS THE EMPLOYEE APPROACHED THE FAILED SHIELD A LEG HOSE BURST CAUSING THE OIL TO GO UP UNDER HIS AIRSTREAM HELMET AND SOM E OF THE FLUID ENTERED HIS EYES.

ELEVATOR AT NO.1 PORTAL WOULD NOT RUN. MINE ELECTRICIANS FOUND BAD CONTACTOR TIPS ON THE MAIN ACCONTACTOR. THEY WERE CLEANED & POLISHED & ELEVATOR WAS PUT BACK INTO SERVICE. ELEVATOR DOWN 740A M TO 10:40AM NO INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS INCIDENT NO MEN WERE ON ELEVATOR WHEN ELEVATOR WENT DOWN

ELEVATOR WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE TO REPLACE TIPS ON MAIN CONTACTOR. MANUFACTURE REPRESENTATIVE ASSISTED ON JOB. ELEVATOR WAS DOWN FROM 1710 UNTIL 2010. NO INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS INCIDENT NO EMPLOYEES WERE ON ELEVATOR WHEN IT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE.

WAS WALKING TO JEEP CARRYING TOOL BAG WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS SIDE AGAISNT THE JEEP.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT USING A WET DRILL. BOLT WAS A COMBINATION BOLT AND AS HE BEGANUSING ROTATION, HE HAD A GROUP ON THE COUPLER. WHEN THE BOLT BEGAN TO SPIN, IT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND IN TURN, JERKED HIS HAND.

WAS THROWING A BELT STRUCTURE STAND UNDERNEATH BOLT AND HIT HIS THUMB AGAINST THE BELT. THE BELT WAS NOT OPERATING.

IT WAS REPORTED AT 12:05 PM THAT THE ELEVATOR ATTHE #1 PORTAL WOULD NOT OPERATE. MINE ELECTRICIANS TROUBLE SHOOTED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND FOUND A WEAK UD COIL. IT WAS CHANGED OUT & THE ELVA TOR WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 105PM. NO INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS EVENT

WAS CARRYING A ROLL OF TENSAR WITH COWORKER. HE STEPPED INTO A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE RUT & TURNED HIS ANKLE SPRAINING IT.

WAS MOVING HIGH VOLTAGE TO HOOK ONTO A LOCOMOTIVE AND FELT A PAIN IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER. CONTINUVER TO WORK UNTIL 5-25-99 WHEN THE DR TOOK HIM OFF WORK.

WAS REMOVING A DEFECTIVE RECEPTACLE FROM A BATTERY PLUG. HE HAD PLUG IN A VICE & WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE PLUG BY HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER HE HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.

WAS OPERATING A CAT TRUCK ON REFUSE/IMPOUNDMENT WHENT TRUCK BECAME STUCK IN SOFT AREA, HE GOT OUT OF TRUCK TO GET DOZER TO PULL TRUCK AS HE WAS WALKING TOWARD ANOTHER TRUCK TO GET A RIDE HE SL IPPED ON ICE PATCH & FELL

FOUND ICE IN SHAFT REMOVED #1 PORTAL ELEVATOR FROM SERVIE AT 840PM CONTRACTOR WAS BROUGHT IN TO PLUG WATER LEAK & REMOVE ICE BUILDUP ELEVATOR DOWN TIL 1120PM THE ELEVATOR WAS TESTED & INSPEC TED & RETURNED TO SERVICE.

WAS IN TRACK SLOPE WORKING TO DEICE TRACK AREA. EE STEPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE & FELL LANDING ON HIS COCCYX

PUSHING VENTILATION SLIDER TUBE OUT AND THE SLIDER CAUGHT ON THE HOLDING CHAIN. INJURED JAMMED HIS THUMB AGAINST THE TUBE. HE WAS EVENTUALLY DIAGNOSED AS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND WENT OFF WO RK 6-3-99 FOR SURGERY.

DURING DAILY INSPECTION OF SHAFT OF #1 PORTAL A WATER LEAK WAS FOUND CAUSING ICE TO BUILD UP IN THE SHAFT. THE ELEVATOR WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. THE SHAFT WAS DANGERED OFF AND A CONTRACTOR WA S CALLED IN TO REPAIR THE SHAFT WALL. ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR APPROX 16 HRS. NO INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS INCIDENT AND ESCAPEWAYS WERE RE-ROUTED TO NEAREST SHAFT.

WAS REMOVING PLUG FROM MINER IN PREPARATION TO RE-ENTER CABLE. AS HE PULLED ON PLUG HE FELT A PAIN IN GROIN. HE WENT TO DR ON 12-29-98 AND DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA.

WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS AND FOOT SLIPPED. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF OUT TWISTED HIS KNEE. THE KNEE BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM AND HE WENT OFF WORK ON 3-17-99.

EE REPORTED PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN HIS WRIST AND FINGERS. TESTING INDICATES CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. IT HAS JUST BEEN RULED THAT IT IS OCCUPATIONAL. HE WAS OPERATED ON 2/15/99 FOR CTS.

WHILE STEPPING OUT OF MANTRIP HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE. HE DID NOT SLIP OR FALL. CONTINUED TO WORK REGUALR JOB ON 1/12/99 HE HAD TO WALK OUT OF THE MINE. HIS KNEE SWELLED & HE WAS SENT TO A DR WHO DIAGNOSED A MENSICUS TEAR. HE WENT OFF WORK ON 2/1/99

WHILE LIFTING A 120V POWER LIGHT BOX WITH COWORKER FELT PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN. WENT TO DR'S OFFICE ON 12/29/98 AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A HERNIA