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EE WAS PULLING ON BOTTOM SPAN OF BELT STRUCTURE, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARDS ON HIS RIGHT HAND BRUISING IT. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO CLINIC THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD NOT TO US E HIS HAND FOR ANY WORK FOR TWO WEEKS.
A ROCK FALL 2'-4' HIGH X 16'-18' WIDE X 60' LONG WHILE RETREAT MINING WITH A REMOTE CONTROL MINER, FELL ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE ROCK FALL WAS LOCATED ON THE 1ST RIGHT CROSS ENTRY AND WAS BETWEEN 3 & 4 ENTRY IN THE INTERSECTION. THE CONTINUOUS MINER HAD BECAME STUCK ON A PILE OF MUCK AND COULD NOT BACK UP AND SOON BECAME CAUGHT BY THE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING BESIDE BELTLINE TRIMMING PSLICES WHEN HE CUT HIS HAND (PALM) ON A SHARP OBJECT LYING ON THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED FIRST AID AT MINE SITE AND WAS STITCHED AT LOCAL EM ERGENCY ROOM (DROVE HIMSELF). EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT SCHEDULED WORK SHIFT.
EE WAS SETTING MINE TIMBERS DUEING PILLAR MINING. HE REACHED FOR A TIMBER AND CUT HIS RIGHT WRIST ON A HAND SAW LAYING ON THE PILE OF TIMBERS. EE S WRIST REQUIRED FIRST AID ON SITE AND WAS LAT ER STITCHES AT THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM. EE RETURNED TO WORK ON THE NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.
EE WAS PULLING ELECTRICAL SUPPLY LINE, LOST HIS BALANCE IN THE MUD, SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON MANTRIP. EE WORKED TIL END OF SHIFT AND ALSO THE NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFTS 6. EE SAW DR ON HIS OWN TIME 2-3-99 AND 2-10-99. ON THE SECOND OFFICE VISIT EE WAS ADVISED TO HAVE SURGERY TO REDUCE SWELLING/INFLAMATION AND TRY SOME NEW PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE FIRST.
EE WAS REPAIRING A SCOOP TIRE-PRYING THE TIRE OFF-WHEN A SLATE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF THE TIRE AND STRUCK EE IN THE LEFT KNEE. EE FINISHED THE SCHEDULED SHIFT OF WORK AND WENT FOR NON-EM ERGENCY CARE THE NEXT DAY AT A LOCAL CLINIC. HE WAS ADVISED TO STAY OFF WORK FOR A WEEK TO ALLOW THE KNEE TO HEAL.
EE WAS USING TORCH TO CUT A BOLT OFF OF A BELT BUGGY WHEEL WHEN THE TIRE ON THE WHEEL EXPLODED EE WAS STRUCK BY DEBRIS (BRUISED) ON RIGHT LEG & SUBJECTED TO LOUD NOISE. EE MISSED ONLY PART OF HIS WORK SHIFT EXCEPT FOR FOLLOWUP EXAM AT CLINC THE FOLLOWING MONDAY
EE WAS CLEANING DUST OUT OF EIMCO ROOFBOLTER DUST BOX AND GOT DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE. EE WENT TO PRIVATE DR'S OFFICE AS SOON AS IT OPENED THAT MORNING AND HAD EYE FLUSHED OUT. NO ADDITIONAL TIM E LOST DUE TO INJURY
EE WAS TRAMMING NO.4 BRIDGE CARRIER. EE LEG RIGHT FELL OUT OF OPERATORS DECK AND CAUGHT BETWEEN BRIDGE CARRIER DECK AND LONG JOHN BELT STRUCTURE. EE S LEG WAS MASHED REQUIRING EMERGENCY ROOM T REATMENT AND HOSPITALIZATION WITH SUBSEQUENT SURGERY. BONE WAS NOT FRACTURED.
EE WAS OPERATING LONG AIRDOX CONTINUOUS HAULAGE. A LARGE ROCK BECAME STUCK IN THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR AT THE SECOND LEFT ENTRY. EE LIFTED THE ROCK OUT OF THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR BY HIMSELF AND STRAINE D HIS LOWER BACK. EE DROVE HIMSELF TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.
EE WAS OPERATING CRAWLER/BRIDGE CARRIER NO. 3. LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER WAS CUAHGT IN A PINCH POINT WITHIN REACH OF OPERATORS POSITION AND CRUSHED. THE EE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID AT THE MINESITE AN D TAKE TO ER. THE SURGEON AMPUTATED THE DISTAL PHALANX (1ST JOINT) OF THE LITTLE FINGER.
EE WAS OPERATING A BELT BUGGY ON AN INCLINE DURING THE PRESHIFT INSPECTION. BELT BUGGY LOST POWER AT THE TOP OF THE HILL AND EE LOST CONTROL AND BUGGY ROLLED BACKWARDS COLLIDING WITH RIB. EE W AS CUT ON HIS SHOULDER ON IMPACT. EE WALKED OUT OF THE MINE AND DROVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPTIAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FOR A CUT.
EE WAS REPAIRING A TRACK PAD ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER. WHILE DRIVING A PIN INTO TRACK WITH A HAMMER, THE HAMMER HEAD CAME OFF HANDLE AND MASHED EE'S FINGER. THE FINGER WAS EXAMINED AT LOCAL ER FACILITY AND WAS FOUND TO BE FRACTURED. EE RETURNED TO WORK ON THE SCHEDULED SHIFT.
EMPLYEE WAS SHOVELING MUCK FROM NO. 2 BELT LINE. HE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS SHOVELING, HE HEARDHIS WRIST POP AND IT BEGAN TO HURT. EMPLOYEE WAS OFF WORK THE NEXT DAY FOR A MEDICAL X-RAY OF HI S WRIST. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON LIGHT DUTY THE FOLLOWING DAY.
EE WAS PULLING CABLE BY AND HAND AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EE SAW A RIB ROLLING DOWN ON THE SCOOP HE WAS OPERATING. HE QUICKLY JUMPED OUT OF THE SCOOP OPERATORS DECK AND AS HE DID HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SCOOP TIRE AND FRAME.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER ON LIL' MAC BUGGY WHICH WAS IN MOTION ON THE NO. 2 BELT ENTRY. THEHUB CAME OFF THE AXLE OF THIS BUGGY CAUSING BUGGY TO ROLL BACK AND HIT BELT STRUCTURE. THE EMPLO YEE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE BUGGY REPORTED INJURY FROM THIS COLLISION.
INJURED EE WAS UNSTACKING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE ON INTAKE #2 ROADWAY WHEN HE WAS SHOCKED BY ELECTRICAL CURRENT. EE WAS TAKEN TO PIKEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED IN THE ER & HELD OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION, THEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY.
EE COMPLETED ROW OF ROOF BOLTS INSTALLATION & BEGAN TO MOVE THE EIMCO 3510-50 ROOFBOLTING MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL [5'X 2'X 3"], KNOCKING THE EE TO THE GROUND WHILE STRIKING HIS SHOULDER & UPPER RIGHT ARM. HE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED AS HE ONLY MISSED 1/2 SHIFT OF WORK. EE WAS ON LIGHT DUTY NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT & RETURNED TO REGULAR WORK ON FOLLOWING SHIFT.
SIMPLE CUT ON FACE BY FALLING ROCK WHILE SETTING ROOF BOLTER SAFETY JACK. REQUIRED A FEW STITCHES, RETURNES TO WORK ON NEXT SCHEDULED WORK SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE INJURED WAS SPOT BOLTING IN 3RD RIGHT AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND HIT HIM ON THE INSIDE OF LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A DEEP CUT.