Papaw Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HIT IN MOUTH WITH A 2" WATERLINBE COUPLING ON THE END OF WATERLINE. TWO MEN WERE GOING TO PICK UP THE LINE AND ONE WAS IT BY IT.
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February 22, 2001
VA · Coal
scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE TO USE AS A SKIRT FOR #3 94L, HE CUT THE MIDDLE OF HIS LEFT THUMB. THE FOREMAN BELIEVED IT WAS CUT TO THE BONE.
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL LOCATED AT #5 HEADING FAN ENTRANCE MEASURING ABOUT 25' LONG INBY SPAD #8. FALL ABOUT 5TO 6' HIGH & 18 TO 20' WIDE. APPROXIMATELY 1800 TO 2000' GONE FROM FACE.
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL MEASURING APPROX 45'LONG, 9'WIDE IN THE MIDDLE AND TAPERING TO A 2' AT END AND ABOUT 8' TO 10' THICK CAUSED BY NATURAL SLIP IN ROOF.
December 11, 2000
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STATED HE WAS DRILLING THE ROOF OF THE MINE WITH DRILL STEEL WHEN THE DRILL STEEL LODGED IN THE ROOF. WHEN THE EE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE, THE DRILL STEEL, HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TH E DRILL HEAD AND THE MINE ROOF CAUSING INJURY TOTHE LEFT THUMB AND LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE THUMB AND FINGER WAS BROKEN BUT WAS BRUISED.
November 10, 2000
VA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
WET AND MUDDY
August 4, 2000
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
MACHINERY
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
RAISED MINER BOOM UP, HE HAD FINGER PLACED WERE BOOM MASHED SKIN ON LITTLE FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN MINE BOOM AND #1946 BRIDGE.
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER ALLEGES HE WAS PUTTING A BEARING IN A 94L AND TAPPED THE BEARING WITH A HAMMER WHICH HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.
April 18, 2000
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
BOLTING ROOF OF MINE - CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN PUSHER & FINISHING STEEL ON ROOF BOLTER MACHINE CAUSING FINGER TO BE SMASHED.
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
SETTING ROOF DRILL TIRE UP SAYS HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK INFLAMED NERVE.
March 22, 2000
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE WAS LIFTING UP A ROLL OF BELT AND COMPLAINED OF HIS BACK HURTING.
January 17, 2000
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
POWERED HAULAGE
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING #4 ENTRY TO THE SURFACE ON 3-WHEELER. HE WAS LOOKING AT A POWER CURTAIN HE WAS PASSING BY AND CAUGHT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF HURTING HIS NECK.
January 13, 2000
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
MOVING WATER LINE. BENDING OVER MOVING AND PULLING WATER LINE AWAY FROM MOBILE BRIDGE. STATED HIS BACK POPPED.
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TWO HAMMERS TOGETHER TRYING TO TAKE BELT PIN OUTOF BELT SPLICE
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. HE HIT HIS BRAKES & DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD NONE.
November 12, 1999
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
REMOVING PINNER STEEL FROM ROOF WITH PIN WRENCH AND STEEL.
October 19, 1999
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING LID BACK ON DRILL.
October 11, 1999
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE SAID HE WAS LIFTING HYD PUMP FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
CRAWLING IN LOW COAL
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