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Employee got hit with a piece of rock that scaled between the roof bolt plate and the right rib. The rock fell against his ankle. The employee worked the remainder of the shift. Got up this morning with a lot of swelling. Went and was diagnosed with a sprain. He is on crutches and will probably be off a few days.

Moving the roof bolter at the side controls, a piece of rock 6" x 9" x 1" thick scaled from the roof striking the man's left middle finger.

Employee was moving a rock off the miner when he felt a pop in his right shoulder. Employee has worked and recently was diagnosed with a partially torm labruim in the right shoulder. The employee has worked full duty. He is now doing 10 days of restricted duty before arthroscopic surgery to repair the tear.

While belting the haulage unit and tightening the tail with a set of 1/2 rails, the pin snapped on the hook of the chain causing the tail to move outby quickly, hitting the employee who was extending the jabco pull cord and was hanging it on the last j-hook just outby the tail.

EE was digging a large rock out of the scoop bucket, while rolling and flipping it end for end, he felt pain in his right shoulder.

EE loaded his tool box on jeep and felt back pain. Man was seen at Occ Health a few days later and has worked restricted duty since. He is scheduled for an MRI this week, 1/4/10. Accident not reported till 12/7/09.

While making a belt splice the employee cut his left thumb with a razor knife requiring 8 stitches

EE was installing a roof bolt on the corner of a newly created intersection. While pushing the bolt in the drilled hole and straightening the bolt out, he felt pain in his lumbar area of his back.

EE was pulling miners cable and throwing on the MBC and felt something pop in his lefty shoulder area. EE worked until the day of his surgery on 10/15/09. This surgery was to sew the labrum in his left shoulder. EE states he will return to restricted duty immediately. EE had MRI 2 weeks ago 9/30/09.

No known accident, Employee is a roof bolter and spends most of his daily work, crawling while installing roof bolts. It is believed this conditon has been caused by repeated trama. 1st day missed 4/24/09 surgery scheduled 4/30/09

Employee was attempting to cross the low belt behind the dolly. The haulage unit moved while in the process and pinched the man's foot between the dolly and the low belt structure.

Employee was helping tighten a tensioner on a belt scraper. While using the bar that comes with the scraper, it slipped and flew striking him above his left eye.

While riding in a battery track mantrip, the EE tried to reposition himself when the mantrip stopped. While in this process, the mantrip started to move again and he jarred his head against the roof.

While loading 42" ridgid structure on to a skid the employee felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen/groin area. Employee sought medical attention on 1/27/09(still working).

While mining in a sandrock roll, a piece of rock shot off the bull wheels, striking the EE in the right eye area breaking the safety glasses. The glasses probably saved the eye.

While installing a roof bolt the employee accidently caught his right index finger between the plate and the roof.

Employee was walking underground and struck a cable bolt with his left shoulder. Employee visited hospital, diagnosed with a broken left collar bone.

Employee was on knees hanging 4" water line. Employee twisted and felt a "pop" in his left knee. Employee finished shift. Employee was treated the following day at Miner's Hospital, Spangler, PA and was placed on restricted duty.

While changing a top roller on B-1 #1 belt the bar that was being used to left the belt for clearance slipped and struck the employee on his right elbow.

Employee was cleaning and straightening up the parts skid when he felt and heard a popping noise in his left elbow and bicep area. Employee worked restricted duty 11-5 and 11-6. Surgery to repair 11/7/08.

While kneeling on left knee eating a sandwich, a piece of rock fell from the roof behind him, striking him on the left calf. The rock hit him in a vertical motion like a chop.

Employee was operating a scoop bringing supplies to the section when he ran over a crib block causing him to jar his back.

Employee was holding a wire rope while another employee was to cut the wire rope in two. The hammer glanced off the cutter striking the other man on the right thumb.

While installing a 6' torque tension bolt the employee was bending the roof bolt to push the rest of the bolt into the roof when he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. Employee continued working for 1 week and a lump appeared in his abdomen. He was diagnosed with a hernia and is scheduled for surgery.

EE set his knee down on a lump of coal causing him to twist his knee. He did not receive any medical attention until 10/30/08 when his wife forced him to go to see a doctor. She called me at 1:00 PM on 10/30/08 & told me he had a torn meniscus in his left knee. (With acc. happening on 10/3/08 & not seeking med. help til 10/30/08 how can I be held to the 10 day reporting.)

While walking to pre shift battery charging stations the employee felt something pop in his right rib cage.

No known incident just repeated trauma of right knee while roof bolting. Doctor prescribed anti inflamatory drugs to be taken.

EE was operating a scoop recovering belt materials, scoop became entangled with the life line and EE did not see that it was caught. He moved forward until the rope streched so tight it broke sending a cone flying and striking him on the left shoulder. EE started losing time on 8/4/08.

While pulling mt cars out of the b main area, the cars roofed causing the man to strike his right hip against the locomotive. Employee missed no work until problem arose again and he started missing work on 10/13/08.

Traveling on a Long Airdox 3-wheeled jeep and hit a rut in the roadway causing the employee to be bounced in the air and landed hard on his tailbone.

While delivering a 100' piece of belt in a mantrip/locomotive the drag came loose(It was the wrong direction, dropped into the bottom, raised the locomotive to the roof catching the belt and pulling it over the operator's compartment.

The EE was crossing from one side of the belt to the other. He slipped on the belt and twisted his knee. The man continued to work, went on vacation, came back to work and had surgery. Scheduled for 7/14/08.

While positioning top rollers for a belt job the EE was throwing the rollers and caught the jabco cord and caused the roller to go against the roof cutting EE's middle finger on the end.

EE crossed the tail of the section belt to tighten some cribbs and while crossing back, where he finished, he slipped and struck his left elbow on the belt tail piece top lid. Elbow was swelled on 3/10/08 and EE want to Indian Occ Health and had an MRI done on 3/13/08.

EE was bolting roof with some draw rock. When he tightned and torqued the bolt, he heard the rock break. He tried to run instead of staying under the driller's canopy. While moving out the rock fell striking him on his right thigh. The rock was 3'x 3'x 1" thick.

Employee was hanging 4" PVC waterline when the line broke the hanger wire and fell striking EE on the hand and neck area.

Employee was lifting a large box of parts onto the scoop to be transported to the section. While lifting, he felt something pop in his left bicep, causing cramping and moderate pain.

Employee was tramming the dual boom bolter. He reached out to grab his cable and caught his hand between a pallet of block and the roof bolter.

Employee was turning the bull gears on a belt drive while other man were threading a pull rope to thread the belt thru the drive rollers. His hand slipped causing his right index finger to get caught between the teeth of the bull gears.

Employee was spotting bolts in a loose roof area, along the rib. The drill steel helped dislodge a piece of rock that slid onto the driller's canopy and then off it and onto his left ankle. Rock was 27" long x 14" wide and 0-2" thick (employee worked restricted duty. Dr visit 1/4/08 another MRI showed fracture. Employee off).

While operating a marmon 3 wheeler the front wheel hit a hole and made the steering wheel spin out of control, striking the employee s thumb.

Employee was repairing a rock dusting machine when he slipped off a wrench striking his right elbow on a metal brace. This caused a bone chip in the elbow. He had surgery scheduled to conuite with our schedule. 12/7/07 was the date of surgery and he has been working restricted duty since.

Normal crawling on knees has led to right knee problems - prepatellar bursitis right knee.

No specific accident; the employee has had increasing pain in his back over the last few weeks. He had been complaining of pain and numbness radiating down his legs and feet.

The EE was having some discomfort in the center of his chest and was sweating severely. He was taken by ambulance to the Indiania PA Hospital ER. Bloodwork was analyzed and did not show any heart problems. He was kept for observation and given a stress test the following day. His diagnosis was a possible hiatal hernia.

Employee lost footing while crossing section belt straining his left ankle. Original diagnosis - strain/sprain. 12/21/07 diagnosis - partial tear of achilles tendon. Employee is still working daily. (May have surgery in late January).

While installing low belt structure the EE caught his finger between 2 rails. EE worked for 3 wks then went to have finger checked finding it was broken on the end. Surgery 11/19/07.

After installing the right outside bolt the employee was swinging his drill boom in to put the 2nd bolt in. While starting to swing a piece of rock measuring 3"thick X 2'long X 18"wide came between the bolt & rib hitting the drillers canopy, breaking into pieces, one of which dropped to the mine floor & struck the EE on the left ankle.

No accident or occurrance- Employee is a roof bolter and works constantly on his knees. He frequently slides sideways putting a strain on the inner and outer portion of the knee. Diagnosis 10/18/06. Arthoscopic surgery scheduled 10/23/06.

While trying to get the cable out from under a sheave wheel of a shuttle car, the EE was hitting a mason hammer with a ball peen hammer. While striking the hammers a piece of metal broke off the mason hammer, embedding in his left thigh.