A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON 6/25/03 AT SPAD #371 ONOLD NO.3 PIT BELT. FALL WAS 19'X40'X7.5'
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Showing 50 of 107EE WAS DRIVING THE RUBBER-TIRED MANTRIP WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN, STRIKING HIS LT. HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BESIDE SCOOP WHICH WAS LOADED WITH CRIB BLOCKS. A CRIB BLOCK FELL FROM BUCKET AND FRONT TIRE. THE CRIB BLOCK FLIPPED UP AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND FACE.
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BENEFITS & STARTED MISSING WORK DUE TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OPEN A BOX WHEN HE CUT HIS LEFT HAND.
A PILLAR FALL OCCURRED JUST INBY SPAD #7845, ONTO A MRS UNIT, ENTRAPPING IT UNTIL IT WAS REMOVED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MINER WHEN THE BOOM OF THE MINER CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST RIB. EE BELIEVES THAT HE MAY HAVE CAUGHT TRAM LEVER WITH HIS LIGHT CORD. ALL EMPLOYEE'S HAVE BEEN REPEATEDL Y CAUTIONED ABOUT STAYING CLEAR OF THE MINER WHEN IT IS ENERGIZED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A SLACK IN CABLE & THROWING IT ON THE RIB. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE & TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS AWARDED 12% BENEFITS FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
Employee was shoveling belt when he stepped on a 3" water lime and twisted his ankle.
EE WAS REMOVING BELT STRUCTURE. ANOTHER EE BUMPED SOME STRUCTURE & WHEN IT WENT TO FALL, EE TRIED TO CATCH IT. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STRUCTURE.
EE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE ON THE SECTION BELTWHEN EE ALLEDGES HE INJURED HIS BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING & TOSSING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.
EE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS KNEE WITH A METAL JACK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 2/19/03. MANAGEMENT BECAME AWARE OF THIS ON 2/27/03 WHEN A WORKERS COMP. REPORT WAS RECEIVED.
EE WAS WORKING ON A BELT MOVE, WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS SHOULDER. LATER IN THE SHIFT, HE WAS WORKING NEAR A CRIBBED AREA WHEN A CRIB FELL ON HIM. EE FINISHED THE SHIFT & FIRST MISSED WORK 1-13-03.
EMPLOYEE WAS AWARDED 10% PPD BENEFITS FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 1ST RIGHT BELT AT SPAD #924. THE FALL MEASURED 20' WIDE BY 12' LONG BY 5' THICK.
EE STATED THAT HIS KNEE WAS SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL HE DID NOT INJURE HIS KNEE IN THIS MINE, BUT STATED THAT THIS WAS AN OLD INJURY THAT BECAME INFLAMED
EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN A HOLE AS HE WAS EXITING THE MANTRIP. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE AND BACK OF LEFT LEG. HE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL NOV. 12 2002.
EE WAS LIFTING A PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DUST HOSE WHEN HIS RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS RIGHT THIGH.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING TWO PIECES OF METAL TOGETHER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGERS. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING A TRACK SWITCH.
EE WAS SCALING TOP WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN HE FELTPAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 80'X19'5' OCCURRED ON OLD CASEY AT SOAD #3528.
ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH ELEVATOR FROM 0740 TO 1130.
VICTIM WAS TAKING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK OFF OF THE MINER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS GROIN. HE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 9/3/02.
EE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS ABDOMEN. EE FIRST MISSED WORK ON 8-19-02.
EE ALLEGES TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK UNDERGROUND. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW OR WHEN. MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIED ON 8/9/02 OF THIS ALLEGED INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CONTINUOUS MINER ON PUMPER MAINS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
PICKED UP A PIECE OF ROCK BROW. TWISTED TO THROW IT IN A CROSS-CUT & FELT BACK PAIN. 1ST RIGHT BELT.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND BOLTS STRIKING EE ON R HAND AND R KNEE, ROCK WAS 5' LONG, 30" WIDE AND 0-2" THICK.
EE WAS HOLDING CABLE & PREPARING TO PUT CABLE ON CONTINUOUS MINER. ANOTHER EE PULLED HIM AWAY FROM THE CABLE. THIS RESULTED IN EE BEING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION & STRAINING HIS BACK.
EE WAS TRAMMING A SHUTTLE CAR TO THE CONTINUOUS MINER. HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN THE BEARING PLATE ON THEROOF BOLT HE WAS INSTALLING SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LT. FOREARM.
A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #6 AND #7 ENTRIES, 1000' OUT BY THE FACE. THE FALL MEASURED 20' BY 20' BY 7-8' THICK.
EE WAS WORKING AS A GENERAL LABORER, WHEN HE CUT HIS HAND & WRIST ON A METAL BAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A CAT IDLER ON THE MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER, SWINGING A CRIB BLOCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 8/16/02.
WHILE BUILDING CRIBS, EE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE FRACTURED HIS THUMB WHILE BLOCKING UP A MBM WITH CRIB BLOCKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF SCOOP DECK WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A RUT IN THE ROADWAY. HE STARTED TO FALL AND WHILE RATCHING HIMSELF HE TWISTED HIS LOW BACK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ~4600' OUTBY THE SPRUCE MAINS SECTION NEAR SPAD #5298. THE FALL MEASURED 200' L X 19.5' W X 7' H. IT AFFECTED ENTRIES 4,5,6, & 7.
EE ALLEGES TO HAVE INJURED HIS NECK WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE HIT A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM THUS CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE CANOPY.
A ROOF FALL MEASURING 20'X 20'X 8-9'HIGH OCCURRED 1600 OFF OF THE SORUCE SECTION- ONE BREAK INBYSPAD #5627.
EE WAS DRIVING A WEDGE INTO A STOPPING WHEN A PIECE OF PLASTER FLEW INTO LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER. HE BACKED OVER SOME UNEVEN BOTTOM & BOUNCED BRIDGE CARRIER. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ROCK OFF OF CONTINUOUS MINER. HIS BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL INTO PAN AREA NEAR THE HEAD MOTORS.
HE WAS TRYING TO PUT A CHAIN ON A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE SLATE BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND. HE WENT TO THE DR ON 2-22-02 AND RECEIVED PAIN MEDICATION.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON SPRUCE SECTION NEAR SPAD NO. 5609. THIS FALL WAS LOCATED BETWEEN #6 & #7 ENTRIES APPROX. 1,200' FROM THE FACES. IT MEASURED 60' X 20' X 7'.