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EE ALLEGED THAT HIS BACK AND LEG STARTED HURTING WHILE HELPING HANG MINER CABLE.

EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND AS HE TURNED AROUND TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WORKED AT HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL HAVING SURGERY 3/21/01. BEGAN MISSING 3/23/01.

EE ALLEGED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE LOADING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE ONTO SLED.

EE WAS CRAWLING IN NUMBER 3 ENTRY ON 003 MMU WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WORKED AT REGULAR DUTY UNTIL 10-28-00. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 10-30-00, HAS BEEN OFF SINCE.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK WHEN HE LIFTED A SAMPLE OF COAL. WORKED AT REGULAR DUTY UNTIL BEGAN MISSING WORK 10-10-00.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE WHEEL ONTO ROOF BOLTER. HE HIT SIDE OF HWEEL AND FACE OF HAMMER GLANCED, CUASING HIS INDEX FINGE RON HIS RIGHT HAND TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WHEEL AN D HTE HAMMER HANDLE. FRACTURE TO END OF FINGR AND LACERATION. NORMAL WORK DAYS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ROOF FALL, MEASURING APPROX. 18'W X 40'L X 3-4'H, IN NUMBER 4 ENTRY OF SOUTHWEST MAIN. THIS WAS AREA OF KNOWN ADVERSE ROOF AND CRIBS AND JACKS HAD ALREADY BEEN USED TO ISOLATE AREA. DID NOT IN TERFERE WITH VENTILATION OR TRAVEL AND NO EQUIPMENT AFFECTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT SOFT CONDUIT OFF CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A STRAP ON A TRUCK WHEN THE STRAP CAME LOOSE AND THE HOOK ON THE END OF THE STRAP STRUCK HIM ON THE CHIN, CUTTING HIS CHIN AND REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

ROOF FALL ON BELT LINE (NUMBER 4) ENTRY OF SOUTHWEST MAIN, MEASURING APPROX. 6'W X 7'H X 40' L. CALLE TO MSHA NORTON, 7-10-00, 1135 HOURS.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HANG A CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

ROOF FALL MEASURING APPROX 150'L X 18'W X 5'H IN NUMBER 2 ENTRY OF SOUTHWEST MAIN BEGINNING APPROX 20' OUTBY SURVEY STATION 7616.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LOAD A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE INTO THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT THUMB. SUTURES REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN THE BELT ENTRY OF 1 RIGHT OFF SOUTHWEST MAINS WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A BELT HANGER PLATE, RESULTING IN A STRAIN TO HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADDING WATER TO COAL HAULER BATTERY WHEN THE BATTERY LID FELL, CATCHING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS BETWEEN LID AND FRAME.

ROOF FALL MEASURING APPROX 18' WIDE BY 5' HIGH BY 25' LONG IN THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN #5 AND #6 ENTRY ON 002 SECTION, SOUTHWEST MAIN, 1 CROSSCUTIN BY SURVEY STATION 7666.

EMPLOYEE HAD PREPARED ROOF BOLT FOR INSTALLATIONBY PLACING BEARING PLACE ON IT; ROOF BOLT WAS ONMINE FLOOR, AND AS HE LOWERED THE DRILL HEAD, ITSTRUCK BEARING PLATE. THIS CAUSED ROOF BOLT TO FLIP UP, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.

EE SLIPPED EXPERIENCED PAIN IN KNEE

AS EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT, JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE. FRACTURE OF SMALL BONE ON TOP OF FOOT.

EE REMOVED GUARD TO WORK ON GRANULATOR, LATER STEPPED INTO HOLE LEFT WHERE GUARD REMOVED, FELL AND STRUCK LEFT ELBOW. SUTURES REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND TO ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER, WHEN THE PULL ROPE ON THE CABLE SLIPPED, HEGRABBED THE CABLE. THE PULL ROPE CAUGHT HIS HANDAGAINST THE CABLE, MASHING HIS FINGERS. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO HIS LITTLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT RIGHT KNEE BEGAN HURTING AND SWELLING DURING THE SHIFT, NO KNOWN INJURY OR PRIOR INJURY. HE WORKED AT REGULAR JOB UNTIL HE BEGAN MISSING WORK 11-27-00.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PERMANENT VENTILATION STOPPING WHEN DEBRIS FLIPPED INTO HIS EYE, BY THE BOTTOM OF THE STOPPING FLIPPING UP.

EE WAS POSITIONED IN NO. 4 ENTRY WHEN SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR MISJUDGE LOCATION OF XCUT, TRAVELING TOO FAR BEFORE TURNING INTO XCUT. THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK INJURED, CAUSING TRAUMA TO HIS ABDOMINA L AREA. (HE WAS NOT CAUGHT BETWEEN OBJECTS OR ROLLED).

EE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER. AS HE WENT OVER A ROLL, THE REAR TRAM COMPARTMENT SUDDENLY RAISED CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF. THIS RESULTED IN A SPRAIN TO HIS NECK. DID NOT GO TO DR. UNT IL 1-20-00. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 1-21-00.

WHILE SHOVELING COAL OFF BELT ABOVE HEAD LEVEL, EE FELT "PULL" AND PAIN IN LOW ABDOMEN. DIAGNOSED AS HERNIA. (NOTE: EE HGAD DR. APPT. AT 1400 ON 1-10, BUT WAITED MORE THAN 4 HOURS AND DR. NEVE R ARRIVED. HE SAW ANOTHER DR. DURING AFTERNOON OF 1-11 AND WAS RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY.)

SAWING TIMBERS TO SET ON PILLAR LINE, BOW SAW KICKED OUT AND STRUCK RIGHT INDEX FINGER. EMPLOYEEDID NOT WORK 1-8 AND 9 DUE TO HAVING FLU-BROUGHTIN DOCTOR'S EXCUSE TO VERIFY. RETURNED TO REGULA R DUTY BY DOCTOR ON 1-7-00.

EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE. RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT WORK SCHEDULE MON-THURS. NOTIFIED BY EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE TODAY THAT LACERATION WAS SUTURED.