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EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES FOR INSTALLATION OF ROOF BOLTS AS HE LOWERED THE DRILL BOOM THE DRILL STEEL STUCK IN THE ROOF FOR A MOMENT & WAS SEPARATED FROM THE DRILL HEAD IT THEN FELL OUT OF T HE HOLE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ONM HIS FINGER
EE WAS CARRYING HIS TOOLS TO WORK ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE CUT HIS BACK ON THE EDGE OF A METAL ROOF STRAP. COAL SEAM HEIGHT IS APPROX. 48 INCH.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF #6 ENTRY & #9 ROOM IN THE 1ST BUTT OFF THE NORTH SUBMAIN THERE WAS NO AIR RESTRICTION & IT DID NOT IMPEDE PASSAGE THROUGH THE ESCAPEWAY THE AREA WAS FENCED OFF & SECURED
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ADJUSTING THE SHAKER SCREEN AT THE OUTSIDE DUMPING POINT AND OVER-EXERTED HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND ELBOW WHILE TIGHTENING DOWN A BOLT. SAW A DR ON 7-26-94, WEN TOF RTESET ON 8-2-94 BUT DIDN'T START RECEIVING TREATMENT UNTIL 8-17-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A BIT OUT OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER CUTTER HEAD WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THE HAMMER STRIKING HIM IN THE FINGER. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7-11-94 WHEN THE FINGER STARTED TO SWELL AND HAD THE METAL REMOVED.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN A BUCKET JACK PIN TO ATTACH THE FORKS TO A SCOOP CAR WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING THE JACK TO PINCH THE TIP OF THE RT MIDDLE FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS COUPLIGN A 4" PLASTIC WAER LINE TOGETHER FOR A PUMP. HE PLACED A 6"X12" WOODEN BLOCKA GAINST A 4" ELBOW TO POUND IT ON THE END OFA 4" 20' LONG SECTION OF THE PIPE AND INADVERTENL Y HIT HIS THUMB WITH THE HAMMER.
EE WAS SPREADING A MORTAR MIX (B-BOND) ON A CEMENT BLOCK WALL INSIDE THE MINE AND RECEIVED A CHEMICAL BURN OF THE RIGHT WRIST WHEN HIS SKIN CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MORTAR MIX.
EE HAD MADE AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF BELT SPLICES AND HAD DONE A LOT OF SHOVELING BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND COLD WEATHER FOR THE WEEK ENDING 1-22-94. OVER THE WEEKEND, HE NOTICE A LUMP ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW, WHICH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO ALL THE SPLICING AND SHOVELING HE HAD DONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING ICE AWAY FROM TEH SLIP ROLLER OF THEOUTSIDE BLET WITH A ROCK BAR WHEN THE ROCK BAR ACCIDENTLY SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WHIHC WAS RESTINGON THE 5/8" STEEL CABLE S USPENDING THE BELT STRUCTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE SLIDING DOOR LEADING INTO THE SHOP. BECAUSE OFHTE ICE AND SNOW BUILD-UP, THE DOOR WAS HARD TO PUSH CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT SEEK MED ICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1-22-94 AND SUBSEQUENTLY MIISSED THE NEXT SHIFT ON 1-24-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING ON A 4-WHELL MANTRIP INTO THE SECTION. WHILE TRALVELING DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE MANTRIP TIRE RAN OVER A BELT STRUCTURE CAUSING IT TO FLIP UP IN THE AIR & STRIKE THE EMPLOYE E ON THE FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A GRADUAL SWELLING OF THE RIGHT KNEE DUE TO THE CONSTANT KNEELING AND CRAWLING HE DOES BECAUSE OF HIS OCCUPATION. HE IS A MINER OPERATOR ON A REMOTE CONTROL CONT INUOUS MINER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A 4" PLASTIC PIPE ACROSS THE MINE ENTRY TO BE USED FOR VENTILATION. WHILE HE WAS LIFTING THE PIPE TO SECURE IT TO A ROOF BOLT, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS DRILLING HOLES TO INSTALL RESIN BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS FINGER ON THE BOLTER.
EE WAS SHOVELING COAL OUT BEHIND THE SECTION TAIL AND UNDER FEEDER WHEN HIS SHOVEL STRUCK SOMETHING CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND STRIKED HIS HAND AGAINST THE TAIL ROLLER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 3-WHEEL MANTRIP WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL STRUCK A HOLE IN THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SLIP OUT OF HIS HAND & STRIKE HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS RT HAND EMPLOYEE DID N OT SEEK MEDICAL ATT ENTION UNTIL 10-04-93
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE SIMMONS-RAND SR5000 REMOTE CONTROL MINER. WHEN THE SECTION FOREMAN RETURNED TO THE AREA FROM HIS PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION, HE FOUND HIM CRUSHED BETWEEN THE RIB LINE AND THE CUTTER DRUM OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING ALONG THE BELTLINE IN HIS 4 WHEEL MANTRIP AND STOPPED TO PERFORM SOME MAINENANCE. AS HE WAS GETTING OFF, THE MANTRIP MOVED, CAUSING HIM TO CATCH HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROO F.
EMPLOYEE WS SHOVELIGN ALONG #2 BELT ALL DAY. WHEN HE REPORTED TO WORK, HIS RIGHT ARM WAS SWOLLEN. THE DR DIAGNOSED IT AS A MUSCLE SPRAIN, WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE SHOVELING HE DID THE PRECEEDING DAY.
AT APPROX. 10 PM, THE CONTINIOUS MINER OPERATING IN 4 RT BUTT, HOLED THROUGH INTO 3RD RT BUTT, ALLOWING WATER TO FLOW INTO AN ARE APPROX. 3 ENTRIES LONG, 2 CROSS-CUTS WIDE, AND 18" DEEP. LET I T BE NOTED THAT LATHOUGH THE COMPANY DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS TO BE AN INUNDATION OF WATER, WE ARE COMPLYING WITH SECTION 50.20(A) OF THE FEDERAL CODE OF REGULATIONS.
EMPLOYEE SAW A DOCTOR ON 5/25/93 BECAUSE OF FOREARM AND ELBOW PAIN AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING TENDONITIS DUE TO HIS DUTIES AS A BELT SHOVELER. ON HIS NEXT VISIT ON 6/8/93, THE DOCTOR ADVISED HIM O GO ON RESTRICTED DUTY OR BE OFF WORK UNTIL JUNE 14, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TO SEE ANOTHER DOCTOR. THERE WAS NO PARTICULAR INCIDENT WHICH CAUSED THIS ILLNESS.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING LOOSE ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MIENR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK SLID OFF AND PINNED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEG AGAINST THE MINER.
EE WAS REMOVING CANOPY OFF THE BOLTER AND HAD JACKED IT IN THE AIR. AS THE BOLTER TRAMMED OUT FROM UNDER NEATH IT, HE PUSHED AND PULLED ON THE CANOPY SO IT WOULD CLEAR THE CANOPY POSTS AND PUL LED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE LARGE PIECES OF ROCK THAT HAD FALLEN ON TOP OF THE MINER. AS HE LIFTED A PIECE OF ROCK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING A TWISTING MOTION IN HIS BACK. (LOWER BACK).
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OVER SCOOP BUCKET WHEN THE SCOOP OPERATOR INADVERTENTLY MOVED HIS BUCKET CATCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S LEG BETWEEN HIS SCOOP AND A SCOOP THAT WAS PARKED ALONGSIDE HIM.
WAS CHANGING ROLLERS ON THE 3 BELT LINE. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE LIFTED A NEW ROLLER INTO PLACE.