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June 24, 1997 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS SCOOPING IN #2 ENTRY WHEN HE GOT HIS HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN BACK OF SCOOP AND TOP.

June 11, 1997 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Flash burns (electric)

EE WAS HELPING MOVE FEEDER. HE HAD CONNECTED CABLE TO #5 TRANSFORMER BOX. WHEN HE ENERGIZED BREAKER FOR FEEDER. THE FEEDER BREAKER BESIDE IT BLEW OUT, CAUSING BURN TO RIGHT HAND. WHEN BOX WA S EXAMIND IT REVEALED INSULATORS ONTOP OF BREAKER HAD FAILED. BOX WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND BROUGHT OUTSIDE.

June 9, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

TAKING T-BAR LOOSE ON FLETCHER BOLTER, KNOCKED PINS, T-BAR SLIPPED OFF OF CRIBS AND STRUCK EE ACROSS TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

June 9, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF DRILL STEEL STAYED IN HOLE. PUT HAND ON TOP OF DRILL POT. STEEL FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT RING FINGER.

May 29, 1997 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING RIBS IN THE #2 ENTRY AT THE FACE, HE TWISTED AROUND AND HE SAID HE HAD A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 26, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

BOLTING TOP, PIECE OF ROCK 1'X 2'X 1 1/2 ", FELL STRIKING HIM ON NECK.

May 26, 1997 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

ON KNEES MEASURING COAL & ROCK, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TROP BETWEEN RIB & ROOF BOLT STRIKING HIM IN BACK OF RIGHT LEG.

May 21, 1997 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TRAVELING ROADWAY UNDERGROUND EE SAID HE HIT A ROCK OR HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WHICH THREW HIM UP AND CAME BACK DOWN AND HIT HIS LOWER PART OF HIS BACK ON THE BACK OF SCOOP DECK.

May 9, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT EE ONT HE LEFT SHOULDER, CAUSING A BRUISE.

May 8, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN ROOF WHEN HE LET THE HEAD DOWN HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT KNEE. BRUISING IT.

May 3, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE MAKING A BELT SPLICE THE CLAMP FELL OFF FROM THE OFF SIDE, AND THE EE WAS STANDING BELOW EWHERE THE SPLICE AND BEING MADE AND THE CLAMP HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND WHICH BROKE THE BONE TO THE INDEX FINGER AND BRUISED THE THUMB.

May 2, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BOLTING TOP, EE LET THE BOOM DOWN AND THE PIECE OF STEEL HUNG IN THE TOP, A FEW SECONDS LATER IT TURNED LOOSE BEFORE THE OPERATOR COULD GET IT STRIKING THE DRILL POT AND BOUNCING UP AND HITTING THE OPERATOR ON THE LEFT EYELID, CAUSING A CUT ON THE LEFT EYELID.

April 18, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS SWING HEAD OF BOLTER SETTING HIS SECOND BOLT WOODEN A PEICE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS BACK.

April 18, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING BOLT AND PLATE WHEN HE ALLOWED 2 FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND TO GET BETWEEN ROOF AND ROOF PLATE MASHINED FINGERS. HE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM NO BONES WERE BROKEN AND NO S TICHES WERE REQUIRED.

April 17, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN STATED SHUTTLE CAR PULLED MINER CABLE DOWN HE STOPED TO REHANG IT WHEN HE LIFTED CABLE HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK.

April 14, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

3 WHEEL BUGGY WAS BACKING UP THEN OTHER WENT FORWARD CAUSIGN VICTIM TO HIT HIS HEAD DRIVING IT DOWN INTO HIS SHOULERS. THERE WAS A LOW PLACE IN THAT AREA.

April 11, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

YROOF DRILL OEPRATOR BENT OVER TO PICK UP ROOF BOLT. TWISTED HIS LEG.

March 28, 1997 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATOR WAS CUTTING ON PILLAR LINE A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK AND RIGHT KNEE.

March 11, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BOLTING TOP ON THE #1 BELTLINE THE EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE DRILL BOOM AND AS BOOM WAS RAISING CAUGHT HAND IN PINCH POINT AND CUT SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

February 25, 1997 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

2 EMPLOYEES WERE HANGING MINER CABLE. INJURED BENT OVER AND STARTED TO PICK UP MINER CABLE. AS HE RAISED UP HE STATED THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

February 21, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN STATED HE PUT UP LAST BOLT IN ROW. STARTED DOWN BESIDE BOLTER TO LET ATRS DOWN. STEPPED ON ROCK OR IN HOLE IN BOTTOM. TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

February 10, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MYRON WAS RIDING MANTRIP IN WHEN IT WENT THROUGH WATER HOLE EE RAISSED UP AND CAUGHT BACK ON ROOF BOLT AN DIT BENT HIM DOUBLE.

February 10, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

STANLEY WAS TRAMMING LOADED SHUTTLE CAR TO FEEDER WHEN HE HIT A STRAP HANGING FROM TOP WITH CANOPY CAUSING A PIECE OF COAL TO FLY IN HIS LEFT EYE.

February 4, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAKING BELT MOVE, SCOOP MAN WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE THREW A PIECE OF TOP STRUCTURE STRIKING EE ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

February 3, 1997 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

SOME TIME AFTER THE PRESHIFT WAS MADE THE SCOOP OPERATOR DISCOVERED A ROOF FALL IN THE #6 INTAKE ENTRY 9 BREAKS OUTBY THE FACE AREA. THE FALL WAS TIMBERED OFF. A MSHA INSPECTOR WAS ON JOB SITE . HE HELPED WITH INVESTIGATION OF FALL.

January 28, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

NUT BROKE OFF CANOPY JACK WHEN OEPERATOR LET CANOPY DOWN, CANOPY FELL STRIKIGN OEPRATOR ON TO POF HEAD CAUSING NECK INJURY.

January 25, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN SSTATED HE WAS GETTING ROCK OUT OF SECTION TAIL PIECE, TOLD BELT MAN TO BUMP BELT. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO ROCK TO THROW OFF BELT, WHEN ANOTHER PIECE CAME LOOSE AND SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FIGNEE R BETWEEN THEM.

January 24, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENDING A 48" ROOF BOLT, PULLED MUSCLE ON RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

January 23, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY, WHICH BRUISED THE BACK OF NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

January 16, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PULLED PINNER STEEL FROM HOLE BEFORE DISENGAGING ROTATION CAUSING STEEL TO COME OUT OF POT & HITTING EE IN FACE.

January 8, 1997 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN INTERSECITON 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD #7 ADN 1 BREAK TO THE RIGHT FELL 4-5'T THIS FALL IS IN FRONT OF A DEAD END ENTRY APPROX 25-30'DEEP THERE IS LINE BRATTICE BUILT IN THIS ENTRY.

January 3, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUSHED BOLT UP WITH HEAD OF PINNER. LET HEAD DOWN & CAUGHT BIT WRENCH BETWEEN ARM & HEAD.

January 3, 1997 KY · Coal loading machine/gather arm loader helper MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE #4 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF CAP COAL FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT FOREARM, CHIPING A BONE.

January 2, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS BOLTING FIRST TURNED BREAK WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL. OPERATOR JUMPED BACK GRABBING LEVERS OF PINNER, DROPPING HEAD OF MACHINE ON HIS FOOT.

December 31, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING THROUGH A ROOF STRAP AND A PIECEOF METAL FLEW OUT HITTING HIM IN THE EYE, EE WASWEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

December 22, 1996 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STATED HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WITH MAC 8 HAD TO MOVE 3 WHEELER OUT OF WAY. STARTED TO BACK 3 WHEELER UP LET LEFT LEG GET BETWEEN THE TWO RIDES RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON TRAM PEDAL.

December 20, 1996 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EE WAS GETTING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF TAIL PIECE HE DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

December 18, 1996 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

WHEN WEEKLY EXAM WAS CONDUCTED A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED THAT HAD OCCURED SOME TIME AFTER PREVIOUS WEEKLY EXAM. THE FALL WAS ON THE NNU 003 IDLE SECTION 480 FT. OUTBY FACE IN #1 ENTRY. 3 BREA KS OUBY SPAD #1930

December 12, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE THE OFF SIDE BOLTER OPERATOR WAS MOVIGN SUPPLIES ON TO PPOF MACHIEN WHEN EE, THE STANDARD SIDE BOLTER OPERATOR, STARTED TO MOVE THE MACHINE. THE MACHINE TIRE RAN OVER EE'S LEFT FOOT, BREAK ING THE FIRST AND SECOND TOE ON THAT FOOT.

December 3, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIME WAS SITTING DOWN EATING LUNCH. WHEN HE STOOF UP SAID HE HAD VERY SEVERE BACK PAIN. MAN SAID PULLED MINER CABLE BEFORE LUNCH, SAT DOWN, WENT TO GET UP AND BACK HURT.

November 25, 1996 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HANGING THE CABLE ON THE MINER HEAD, THE MINER MAN RAISED THE PAN BEFORE THE HELPER COULD GET HIS LEFT HAND OUT OF THE WAY.

November 23, 1996 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL IN THE NO. 1 ENTRY ABOUT 40 FT FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE ROCK FALL IS ABOUT 7' HIGH AND ABOUT 30' LONG. THERE WAS NO ONE WORKING WHEN FALLOCCURRED. THE ROOF HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 5" RESIN BOLTS.

November 11, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING HEAD OF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK SLIPPED UP AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

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