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EMPLOYEE WAS IN A HURRY TO TURN ON FEEDER, TURNED SHARP AND HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL.
EMPLOYEE'S FEET WERE WET WITH FLOCK, AS HE WALKED DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS HE SLIPPED AND FELL. EMPLOYEE RECIEVED A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT ELBOW, AND HAD PAIN AND SWELLING IN HIS RIGTH WRIST AN D RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LOADED TRUCK DOWN 6% GRADE WHEN HE TRIED TO SHIFT GEARS AND HE COULDN'T GET IT BACK IN GEAR. HE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK AND IT TURNED OVER IN A CURVE.
EMPLOYEE WALKING ON JOB SITE SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL, TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EE WAS INSTALLING A WATER LINE, A 8" DRESSER COUPLING FELL AND HIT THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND. EE WORKED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT, AND AFTER HE WENT HOME HE WENT TO THE MEDICAL CENTER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPREADING 4X6 POST ON TOP OF TUNNEL WALL. EE WAS STANDING ON A PIECE ON ANGLE THAT WAS BOLTED TO THE SIDE OF THE TUNNEL WALL. EE FELL APPROX. 10-11 FEET TO THE FLOOR OF THE TUNNEL
EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A GUAGE. HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE FEED PIPES TO THE RAW COAL CYCLONES. FELL BACKWARDS TO CONCRETE FLOOR.
ELECTRICAL SOLENOLD ON COAL TRUCK GOT HOT AND STARTED SMOKING. EMPLOYEE BREATHED SMOKE AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. GIVEN DECONGESTANT AND SENT HOME. RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY.
CLUTCH ON TRUCK GOT HOT AND DRIVER USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. DRIVER INHALED SMOKE AND SOME FIRE EXTINGUISHER MATERIAL. DRIVER WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT AT PINEVILLE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. WAS GIVEN A N ANTIBIOTIC AND DECONGSTANT NOSE SPRAY.
WHILE FILLING DRY POWDER CAT FEEDER WITH 50 LB BAG OF POWDERED CATIONIC PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
PUTTING SCREEN ON VIB AND MASHED LEFT HAND RING FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL.
WHILE HACKING D7 TRACTOR INJURED WS TWISTED AROUND INT EH SEAT LOOKING BACK. WHILE USING FUELFIED WITH RIGHT LEG-TWISTED HIS KNEE-KEPT WORKING THRU TILL 1-20-92. FIRST DAY OFF 1-21-92.
BREAKING A LARGE SLAB OF DRAWROCK THAT WAS LODGED ON ROM BELT WITH A SLEDGE PIECE OF ROCK BROKE AND FLEW 25' STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH CAUSING BOTTOM FRONT TOOTH TO COMME OUT AND LOOSENED ANO THER SMALL CUT ON BOTTOM LIP.
CONTRACTED THE OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE OF COAL WORKERS PNEUMONCONIOSIS WHILE EMPLOYEE OF STRAIGHT CREEK RESOURCES
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING ROCK WITH BACKHOE. DROVE BACKHOE OVER BERM WITH BUCKET LOADED IN A RAISED POSITION CAUSING BACKHOE TO TILT FORWARD. BACKHOE TURNED OVER 2 1/2 TIMES.
HE SLIPPED WHILE USING A LADDER. HIS LEFT LEG BECAME ENTANGLED BETWEEN THE RUNGS OF THE LADDER AT A HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 4'.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A PIECE OF METAL WITH CRANE. CABLES ON CRANE WERE CROSSED ON BLOCK SHEAVE. WHILE TRYING TO UNCROSS CABLES, SLACK CAME OUT OF CABLES AND CABLE CAUGHT GLOVE AND PULLED FINGE R INTO SHEAVE BLOCK. MASHED AND BROKE RING FINGER- LEFT HAND.
CONTRACTED THE OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE OF COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE EMPLOYED AT MOUNTAIN DRIVE.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST COMPLETED FITTING A SECTION OF NEW PIPE IN ABOVE CLEAN UP SUMP HE CAME BACK DOWN LADDER WHEN HE STEPPED ON 1- 1/2IN DIA WATER HOSE THAT WAS USED TO FILL WATER TRUCK & WASH OU T CLEAN UP SUMP WHEN HE STEPPED ON HOSE HE ROLLED HIS FOOT OVER SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE
HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LOADING METAL BIN ONTO PARTS TRUCK WHEN THEY DROPPED THE BIN ON HIS FOOT.
OCC DISEASE OF COAL WORKERS PNEUMON
USING IMPACT WRENCH WHILE TAKING NUTS OFF BOLTS AND A FOREIGN OBJECT GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.
CHECKING DRILL, HAND LAYING ON DRILL TABLE WHEN BARBER BUSHING FELL ON HAND
PICKING SHARP PC OF METAL SLIPPED CUT HAND
EE WENT TO THE SHOP AREA TO GET A CASE OF SMALL BOTTLED WATER. WHEN HE PICKED IT UP HE SAID HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.
CUTTING A HOLE IN BELT FOR A BOLT WHEN KNIFE FOLDED UP ON HIS FINGER.
HE WAS CHANGING OIL IN LOADER, USING A DRIVE RATCHET TO REMOVE DRAIN PLUG. THE DRAIN PLUG WAS TIGHT CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING 777 CAT TRUCK TO DUMP WHEN THE SPOIL BERM BROKE LOOSE & THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE DUMP BACKWARDS & LANDED UPSIDE DOWN CLOST TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SPOIL. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT O F TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WINDSHIELD OF TRUCK.HE WAS HOLDING TO OUTSIDE MIRROR ON DOOR WHEN DOOR FLEW OPEN AND THREW HIM TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A CHAIN (3/8INX15FT) ONTO A D9-L CATERPILLAR TRACTOR & THEN PLACED THE CHAIN WHERE IT COULD BE REACHED FROM INSIDE THE CAB HE GOT INTO THE CAB TWISTED AROUND & REACHED OUTSIDE TO GET THE CHAIN & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN H IS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A MOTOR GRADER WITH A CHAIN HOOKED TO HIS COAL LOADER. THE CAHIN BROKE AND CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW AND HIT HIM ON THE NECK AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING TRUCK DOOR AND CLOSED IT ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OIL ON 375 DOZER TURNING BOLT WITH RATCHET. HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
HE WAS HELPING MECHANIC CHANGE ALTERNATOR ON DIZER.HE WAS PUSHING ON APRY BAR TO HOLD TENSION ON THE ALTERNATOR WHILE MECHANIC TIGHTENED BELTS.THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FORWARD STRIKING HIS HEAD ONNTHELIFT JACK OF THE DOZER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING 120 TON TEREX TRUCK WHEN BOTH FRONT SPINDLES BROKE AND THE TRUCK FELL TO THE GROUND.ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 04/15/88,BUT EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 05/11/88.IT WAS AFTER 05/11/88 THAT IT WAS DETERMINED BUT EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 05/11/88.IT WAS AFTER 05/11/88 THAT IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE WORKERS COMPENSATION.
WORKER WAS GREA8ING END LOADER WHEN HE NOTICED FUEL TRUCK ON FIRE FUEL TRUCK WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING COAL OUT FROM UNDER BELT.
TRUCK DRIVER, D9IVER STARTED ON RISING GRADE IN WRONG GEAR DRIFTED BACK AND TURNED OVER. ONLY THE TRAILER TURNED OVER, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO REAR UP THEN FALL BACK, SHAKING UP DRIVER.
EE WAS CHECKING3THE WATER IN T HE RADIATOR ON HIGHLIFT WHEN THE RADIATOR CAP BLEW OFF & HOT WATER HIT HIM ON FACE CHEST & LEGS & ARMS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL2SING ON RAIL CARS WITH A 6TH BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED-HITTING HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD.
ROCK FELL FROM 8POIL WALL STRIKING TRUCK INJURING I.NAME WHO WAS SITTING IN TRUCK EATING LUNCH
EMPLOYEE WORKIN1 WITH CREW BACKFILLING OPERATING A TAMPER TAMPER WEIGHT 200 BECAME STUCK IN MUD STONE. EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHER TRIED TO LIFT TAMPER OUT WHEN EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK EMP OYEE TREATED FO9 BACK STRAIN W/BED REST.
EMPLOYEE WAS EX3TING THE CAB OF THE GROVE CRANE LOST FOOTING AND FELL AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE CAB STRUCK LEFT SIDE OF CHEST CONTISON OF LEFT CHEST POSSIBLE FRACTURED RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING TURNING AND HANDING CONCRETE FORMS TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON THIS TURN HIS K NEE POPPED AND BEGAN TO GIVE PAIN. EMPLOYEE HAS TORN MENISCUS AND PARTIAL TRUMATIC DISLOCATION OF PATELLA. 3
I NAME WAS HELP3NG MOVE THE TRAILING CABLE FOR THE P&H SHOVEL. I NAMD AND I NAME HAD HOOKED THE CABLE TO THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK AND WAS GOING TO PULL THE CABLE. I NAMES BOOTS WERE MUDDY AN HE SLIPPED AND 0ELL OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK LANDING ON HIS BACK AND SHOULDERS
UPON EXITING TO2L TRAILER EMPLOYEE FELL OFF STEPS APPROX. 4 FT EMPLOYEE FRACTURED LEFT WRIST. EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW WHY HE FELL. DR INDICATER 2 TO 4 MONTHS FOR HEALING AND RECUPERATION.
HE WAS CLEANING3MUD FROM UNDERNEATH SCALES AT THE SCALE HOUSE.HE TURNED AROUND AND HIT HIS RIGHT EYE ON A STEEL BEAM.
I,NAME WAS WALK3NG TO A FUEL TRUCK #65200 IN ORDER TO GET HIS LUNCH BUCKET. AS HE GOT TO THE TRUCK, AN AIR TANK ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK RUPTRED AND SPRAYED I,NAME WITH OIL AND DIRT.
I.NAME WAS ON A3LADDER CHANGING BATTERIES IN A TEREX TRUCK THE BATTERIES MUST HAVE SHORTED OUT CCAUSING THEM TO EXPLODE IN HIS FACE HE FELL FROM THE LADDER APPROX 8 FT TO THE FROUND AND HIT ON HIS BACK 3
I.NAME WAS WELD3NG ON THE GRILL OF A DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE GRILL CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD