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INJURED WAS ON SURFACE BOARDING THE RAIL MANTRIP TO BE TRANSPORTED TO HIS WORK AREA. HE STATED THAT AS HE STEPPED ONTO THE MANTRIP HE TWISTED HSI RT KNEE AND FELT PAIN IN THE KNEE.
INJURED WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR, LOADED WITH COAL, FROM THE FACE AREA TO THE SECTION PUMP. DURING THIS PROCESS HE HIT A POTHOLE IN THE SHUTTLE CAR ROADWAY WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO BOUNCE HARD. INJURED STATED HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AS A RESULT OF THIS.
INJURED WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF THE CONTINOUS MINER MOVING THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY. INJURED THEN RESTED HIS RT HAND AGAINST THE TOP OF THE MINER CANOPY AND THE MINER BOUNCED UP. I NJUREDS RT HAND WAS THEN CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINER CANOPY AND MINE ROOF. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN A LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO HIS RING FINGER OF HIS RT HAND.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL SPILLAGE FROM THE MINE FLOOR ON TO THE MINE CONVEYOR BELT LINE. WHEN HE STARTED TO DUMP A SHOVL FULL OF COAL ONTO THECONVEYOR BELT. HIS RIGHT FOOT STUCK IN S OME MUD CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE. INJURED CONTINUED TO WORK ADN THOUGHT HIS KNEE WOULD BE ALRIGHT. INJURED STARTED TO MISS WORK ON 5-19-97 WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A TORN CORTIL
EE WAS MOVING A 2"/220 VOLT SUMP PUMP TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. WHEN EE LIFTED THE PUMP HE STATED HE FELT MUCH PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEGS. HE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK THINKING HIS BACK WOULD BE OK, BUT IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. HE STARTED TO MISS WORK ON 5-2--97 TO BE CHECKED BY A DR. (DIAGNOSED WITH BULGING DISC) & HAS NOT RETURNED.
INJURED WAS POSITIONED ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING LOOSE COAL FROM THE MINE FLOOR ON TO A CONVEYOR BELT. WHEN HE LIFTED A SHOVEL FULL OF COAL HE TURNED TO DUMP IT ON TO THE BELT AND SHIFTED ALL HIS WEIGHT TO HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS RESULTED IN A SPRAIN TO THE RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED WAS HELPING REMOVE COAL FROM A STALLED CONVEYOR BELT. INJURED WAS UISNG A 4"X8" CAPWEDGE TO SCRAPE THE COAL FROM THE CONVEYOR BELT AND AS HE PULLED THE COAL OFF THE BELT HE FELT MUCH P AIN IN HIS RIGHT HAND. HE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGULAR SHIFTS AND DID NOT GO TO A DR TO HAVE HIS HAND CHECKED UNTIL 4-12-97. INJURED STARTED MISSING WORK ON 4-14-97 DUE TO THE INJURY.
INJURED STATED HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE NO. 4 MAIN LINE CONVEYOR BELT AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF SLICK ROCK. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND HIT HIS LOWER BACK ON A PILE OF ROCKS.
EE WAS ROOFBOLTING AND WAS IN PROCESS OF PUSHING ROOFBOLT AND PLATE UP INTO DRILLED HOLE TO BE TIGHTENED. EE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE PLATE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND WHEN THE BOLT AND PLATE MADE CON TACT WITH THE MINE ROOF HIS INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PLATE AND ROOF. EE JERKED HIS HAND AND THE PLAT EDGE CUT HIS FINGER. RECEIVED 6 SUTURES.
INJURED WAS WALKING FROM THE #5 ENTRY TO THE #4 ENTRY ON THE 0001-SECTION. WHILE HE WAS WALKING HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WET CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR. HE SLIPPED ON THE WET BELT & FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE MINE FLOOR.
INJURED AND A CO-WORKER WERE IN PROCESS OF BUILDING A SOLID CONCRETE BLOCK SEAL. THE COP-WORKER LIFTED A SOLID CONCRETE BLOCK UP ON TOP OF THE ROW OF BLOCKS FOR INJURED TO POSITION IN PLACE. W HEN THE BLOCK WAS PLACED ON THE TOP ROW IT SLIDE IN THE WET MORTAR AND FELL OFF THE ROW TO THE MINE FLOOR, STRIKING INJURED ON HIS LEFT FOOT JUST ABOVE STEEL TOE CAP PROTECTOR OF MINE BOOT.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE PRESHIFT EXAMINER IN THE NUMBER SIX (6) ENTRY OF THE 001 SECTION APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET OUTBY FACE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 60 FEET LONG X 20 FEET WIDE X 5 FEET THICK. THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 4 FOOT BOLTAND LATER 5 FOOT BOLTS WERE INSTALLED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. THE ROOF FELL JUST ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE POINT. TRAVEL AND VENTILATION NOT IMPAIRED.
INJURED WAS WALKING ACROSS SECTION AND SLIPPED ON SOME MUDDY MINE FLOOR. WHEN HE SLIPPED HE QUICKLY TWISTED HIS BODY TO KEEP FROM FALLING. WHEN HE TWISTED HE ALSO TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE, CAUSIN G PAIN IN HIS KNEE. HE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK (THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OK) UNTIL 1-21-97 AND THEN DECIDED TO HAVE HIS KNEE CHECKED. HE MISSED ONE DAY & THEN RETURNED TO WORK ON 1-23-97.
INJURED WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR, LOADED WITH COAL, TO THE SECTION DUMP POINT AND HIT A HOLE IN THE SHUTTLE CAR ROADWAY. WHEN THE CAR HIT THE HOLE IT CAUSED THE CAR TO BOUNCED AND JAR INJURED . WHEN INJURIES WAS JARRED IT CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK AREA. INJURED WORKED REST OF SHIFT AND THE NEXT DAY ALSO MISSED 1-4 AND WENT TO DR.
INJURED STATED HE WAS LOADING FEEDER FLITES FROM MINE FLOOR AND UP INTO A TOOL SLED. EH STATED THAT AS HE LIFTED ON OF THE LFITES AND STARTED TO TURN WITH IT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK AREA AND RIGHT SIDE.
EE WAS BENDING DOWN TO OPEN A MANDOOR TO CRAWL THRU WHEN HE FELT SHARP & BURNING PAIN IN HIS LOWER MID BACK & RIGHT LEG AREA
INJURED WAS POSITIONED ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING BELT COAL SPILLAGE. HE STATED AS HE STARTED TO LIFT A SHOVEL FULL OF LOOSE COAL FROM THE MINE FLOOR. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT HIP AREA.
TRYING TO RECONNECT AN OLD INJURY.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE PRESHIFT EXAMINER IN THE NO. 1 ENTRY APPROX. 1000' OUTBY FACE (IN INTAKE AIR COURSE ON BREAK INBY #6 BELT DRIVE). THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 50' LONG BY 20' WIDE AN D ABOUT 4' HIGH. TRAVEL AND VENTILATION NOT IMPAIRED.
RETREAT MINING WAS INPROCESS ON THE 003 SECTION WHEN A PILLAR FALL OCCURRED. THE CONTINOUS MINER WAS CAUGHT FOR APPROX 16 HRS. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 6 TO8 FOOT THICK BY 20 TO 30 FEET WIDE THE FALL OCCURRED IN THE LEFT PILLAR OF THE NUMBER ONE HEADING.
EE WAS HAMMERING ON A BUSHING AND A PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF STRIKING HIS MIDDLE FINGER, RIGHT HAND AND BECOMING IMBEDDED IN TOP SIDE OF FINGER.
INJURED WAS HELPING CO-WORKER MOVE A WATER PUMP ACROSS WAREHOUSE FLOOR BY PRYING WITH SLATE BARS. INJURED STARTED TO PRY AGAINST THE PUMP AND AS HE STEPPED FORWARDS TO PRY HE STEPPED INTO SOME OIL SPILLAGE ON THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED HIM TO SLIP FORWARDS AND FALL, STRIKING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE PUMP. INJURED RECIEIVED 2 SUTURES.
INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF PULLING A LOCKING PIN DEVICE FROM A 300 VOLT POWER BOX WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAINS IN LOWER AREA OF HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS RIDING SCOOP MANTRIP FROM SECTION TO END OF TRACK. THE SCOOP RAN OVER A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR. ROADWAY CAUSING THE SCOOP TO BOUNCE. WHEN THE SCOOP BOUNCED IT CAUSED INJURED TO BOUNCE UP AND STRIKE THE MINE ROOF, HITTING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK OF HIS NECK.
INJURED STATED HE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN SOME THICK DRAW ROCK FELL INBY THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS. WHEN TE ROCK FELL INJURED STATED HE TURNED TO RISE UP AND RUN, TWISTIN G HIS BACK AS HE DID THIS. INJURED RECEIVED PULLED MUSCLES TO HIS LOWER BACK AREA DUE TO THE QUICK TWISTING MOTION.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A TRACK RAIL RUNNER AND WAS ENROUTE TO THE 003 SECTION END OF TRACK AREA TO MAKE A BELT SPLICE. WHEN INJURED APPROACHED THE AREA HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP BUT THE RR BEGAN TO SLIDE AND HIT ANOTHER RR THAT WAS PARKED. IMPACT OF HITTING CAUSED BELT TOOLS TO SLIDE FOREWARD STRIKING INJURED.
A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED APPROX. 6000 FEET INBY THE PORTAL IN THE #4 ENTRY ON THE 001 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 18' LONG BY 18' WIDE AND 4 FEET THICK. THE FALL APPEARED TO HAVE OCCURR ED DUE TO A DETERIORATION OF THE LAMINATED SANDSTONE AND SLATE ROOF OF THIS AREA. 36" ROOF BOLTS INSTALLED INITIALLY THEN REBOLTED WITH 60" BOLTS. TRAVEL AND VENTILATION NOT IMPAIRED.
INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF UNLOADING WOODEN PALLETS FROM THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN ONE OF THE PALLETS SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND FELL, STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
INJURED MOVING A 200-VOLT PUMP (CARRYING BY HAND) FROM THE #4 ENTRY TO THE #3 ENTRY WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, HIPS, RECTUM AND RIGHT LEG. NOTE: INJURED DID NOT SUBMIT AN ACCIDENT REPORT TO MANAGEMENT UNTIL 5-3-96 AND FIRST WENT TO DR ON 5-4-96. INJURED WAS RESTRICTED TO NOT LIFT MORE THAN 15LBS.
INJURED WAS HELPING CO-WORKER REPLACE WORN OUT PIECES OF 42" BOTTOM BELT STRUCTURE (FLOOR MOUNTED WIRE ROPE SUPPORTS). THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A PIECE OF THE STRUCTURE WAS BEING POSITIONED INTO PLACE. WHEN INJURED ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE STRUCTURE, HE EXPERIENCED GREAT PAIN IN HIS UPPER LEFT LEG, GROIN AND LOWER STOMACH AREA. IT WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS SEVERE STRAIN DUE TO OVEREXER
INJURED HAD JUST FINISHED HELPING INSTALL MINE TIMBERS (AT PILLAR LINE) AND HAD MOVED BACK ON BREAK AND SAT DOWN ON HIS LUNCH BUCKET TO REST. A RIB ROLL THEN OCCURRED, ROLLING OVER AND STRIKIN G INJURED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS MIDDLE AND LOWER BACK AREA.
INJURED WAS MOVING SEVEN FOOT TIMBERS (BY HAND) FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER LOCATION. APPROX. ONE HALF HOUR LATER INJURED STARTED TO HAVE SHARP PAINS AND BURNING IN HIS LEFT SIDE AND LEFT CHE ST AREA.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE PRE-SHIFT EXAMINER AT APPROX 6:25 AM.THE FALL OCCURRED APPROX 4375 FT INBY THE PORTAL,BETWEEN THE #4 AND #5 ENTRIES AT BREAK #56.THE FALL OCCURRED DUE TO UN-DETECT ED WEAK ROOF FAILURE ABOVE THE 36 INCH RESIN BOLT ANCHORAGE.THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 45' LONG X20' WIDE X5' HIGH.TRAVEL AND VENTILATION NOT IMPAIRED.
EE HAS BEEN AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR HIS CLAIM FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EE STATED HE WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR TO THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO GET A LOAD OF COAL AND THE CAR HIT A LARGE POTHOLE IN THE ROADWAY. WHEN THE CAR HIT THE HOE, IT BOUNCED HARD, CAUSING EE TO BO UNCE UP AGAINST THE CAR CANOPY AND SEAT. INJUREDSTATED HE IMMEDIATELY FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.