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EE HAD FILED FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS 2/10/98. APPLICATION WAS APPROVED 5/11/98.
BOLTER OPERATOR HAD DRILLED AN 18" HOLE & CHANGED STEEL TO 2 PIECES OF STEEL, 18" STARTER + FINISHER & PUT STEEL TOGETHER & GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STARTER & FINISHER & STARTED THE RO TATION WIHICH IN TURN BROKE HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
WE HAD SHOT A BOOM HOLE TO SET A BELTHEAD ACROSS FROM SPAD 2296 IN 5 ENTRY ON SAT 4-25-98 WHEN 3RD SHIFT WAS FIREBOSSING THE MINE HE FOUND A WOCK FALL IN 4 ENTRY AT SPAD 2296. WAS REPORTED TO EE ON 4-27-98 AT 730 AM.
HAULER OPERATOR PARKED UNIHAULER TO EXIT DECK, TO HANG A WATER LINE, HE FLAGGED MINER OPERATOR, THEN HE EXITED DECK, MINER OPERATOR DIDN'T SEE HIM FLAG OR EXIT HAULER. MINER BACKED UP PUSHING THE UNIHAULER UPON HAULER OPERATOR WHO HAD HIS BACK TURNED TO THE MACHINE, THE HAULER WAS PUSHED UP ON TO THE HAULER OPERATOR'S LEGS, WHICH RESULTED IN A FRACTURED KNEE CAP & BRUISES.
EE WAS PREPARING TO GO AROUND MACHINE TO MOVE UP FOR NEXT ROW OF BOLTS. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO RIB & MACHINE TRYING TO STAY OUT OF A PUDDLE OF WATER. HE SLIPPED & FELL GRABBING TRAM CONTROLS, TRA MING MINER OVER LT FOOT.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN. BOLTS APPROX. 30" DIAM X 4" TO 6" THICK ON EE.
MAN WAS WALKING ON ROADWAY IN MUDDY AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF MINE BELT AND SLIPPED AND FELL TO MINE FLOOR. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LEFT LEG.
THIS MAN WAS HANGING A MINER CABLE WITH A HELPER, BOTH MEN WERE HOLDING CABLE, THE HELPER DROPPED THE CABLE, & PUT ALL THE WEIGHT ON THIS MAN. HE DID NOT COMPLAIN UNTIL 7 HOURS LATER THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING, HE CALLED FROM HOME ABOUT IT.
INJURED WAS OPERATING JOY 1410 REMOTE CONTROL MINER WHEN CAP COAL APPROX. 3 FT IN DIAMETER AND UP TO APPROX. 12" THICK FELL FROM MINE ROOF AND STRUCK INJURED ON TOP OF HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDER AREA. INJURED WAS LOCATED APPROX. 3' INBY THE RIGHT OUTBY CORNER IN NO.3 ENTRY AT LAST OPEN X CUT.
LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON EE WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON LEFT FOOT. METALTARSAL IN BOOT CUT AND BRUISED 3 TOES.
WAS PERFORMING HIS DUTY ON ROOF BOLTER, HIS JOB CLASSIFICATION, WHEN A ROOF BOLT SLIPPED OUT OF CHUCK STRIKING HIS 1ST FINGER ON RIGHT HAND LACERATING IT AND POSSIBLY BREAKING IT.
THIS MAN WAS LIFTING A BOX OF GLUE AND HE STUMBLED AND FELL, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON TEH FRAME OF HTE ROOF BOLTER ADN THEN HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.
WHILE RIDING IN AN OPEN MANTRIP THIS MAN GOT CAUGHT IN THE TOP WHEN TRAVELING THRU A SET OF FLY PADS CAUGHT HIS FOOT AGAINST THE ROOF AND FOLDED HIS LEG BACKWARDS, WHILE THE MANTRIP WAS IN MOT ION AND DISLOCATED HIS KNEE.
WHILE CHANGING A CONVEYOR SPEED REDUCER FROM A CONVEYOR POT AN HANGING FROM A BOOM TRUCK. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FINGER BETWEEN A I BOLT AN HOOK ON THE BOOM TRUCK.