EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP TO FACE AREA HIT A HOLE JAMMED HIS BACK.
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Showing all 46EE WAS UNLOADING ROOFBOLT SUPPLIES, PICKED UP A BOX OF RESIN UNJURED BACK
EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK CALLED BACK SAID HE INJURED BACK SHOVELING BELTLINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP DRILL STEEL CAME APART STRUCK IN EYEBROW.
HEARING LOSS CLAIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DELIVERING CRIB BLOCKS WHEN ONE FELL FROM THE TOP STRUCK HIS HAND.
LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL TO LOAD ONTO A HAULER.
EE WAS LOADING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE INTO A HAULER, HE STARTED TO GO AROUND THE HAULER, OPERATOR THOUGHT HE WAS FINISHED AND BEGAN TO PULL OUT RUNNING OVER EE'S FOOT.
EE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR, HIT A BUMP, JAMMED HEAD INTO CANOPY.
EE FELL WHILE TRAMMING ROOFBOLTER TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE MANTRIP STARTING TO PULL OUT, HIT A LARGE ROCK CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO ROTATE STRIKING LEFT HAND.
EE WAS PULLING SLACK UP FOR MINER CABLE. HEAD HIT A HALF HEADER IN THE TOP
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOFBOLTING MACHINE, WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD AND DRILL STEEL. EE STARTED ROTATING STEEL AND TWISTED ARM AROUND STEEL.
EE WAS PICKING UP A BAG OF ROCKDUST WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRAINING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP NAIL BOARD AFTER MAKING A BELT SPLICE, SLIPPED AND FELL ON BELT STRAINED LOWER BACK.
OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND METAL STRAPS. WHILE PUSHING THE BOLT UP INTO THE TOP HE DISCOVERED HE HAD LEFT HIS DRILL STEEL ON THE DRILL HEAD. WHEN HE REACHED TO GET THE DRILL STEEL IT BECAME STUCK AGAINST THE CANOPY, MASHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS AWARDED 8.8% PPD BENEFITS FOR NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
WHILE TRAMMING HAULER HE WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH BY A BROKEN BOARD HANGING DOWN.
HANGING MINER CABLE, HANGER BROKE AND FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF NECK. STARTED MISSING WORK ON 9/23/02.
WALKING IN ROADWAY NEAR SECTION BELT FEEDER-STEPPED IN HOLE AND TWISTED KNEE. REOCCURRENCE OF OLD INJURY PREVIOUS SURGERY.
INJURED HAD COMPLETED INSTALLING BOLTS IN FACE AREA OF #8 ENTRY AND WAS WALKING BESIDE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURED STRIKING INJURED ON HEAD AND LEFT FOOT.
INJURED AND ONE OTHER EE WERE WORKING ON CONTINUOUS MINER IN #4 ENTRY WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURED (ROCK AND COAL) RIB ROLL FELL FROM BEHIND AND STRUCK LOWER LEGS. HEIGHT OF ENTRY 7 1/2'.
INJURED AND ONE OTHER EE WERE WORKING ON CONTINUOUS MINER IN #4 ENTRY WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURED (ROCK AND COAL) RIB FELL FROM BEHIND STRIKING LOWER LEGS. HEIGHT OF ENTRY IS 7 1/2'.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN FACE AREA WITH TWIN HEAD BOLTER WHEN ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING INJURED IN LOWER BACK AREA.
EE WAS GRANTED 5% PPD BENEFITS FOT OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 5% PPD BENEFITS FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
PUT PULL ROPE ON MINER. ROPE STARTED TO SLIP. PUT HIMSELF BETWEEN MINER BOOM AND RIB. TOLD MINER TO PULL, MINER BOOM PINNED HIM AGAINST RIB.
STAYED BACK AND WAS LOADING BELT INTO SUPPLY CAR, SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS INJURING LOWER BACK. WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE REC'S XRAY, MEDICATION, CAT SCAN.
TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR TO FEEDE, GOT CLOSE TO RIB AND HAD ARM PARTLY OUT OF DECK, CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR.
A PIECE OF ROCK CAME LOOSE WHILE DRILLING HOLE STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE, CUTTING HIM NEAR HIS RIGHT EYE. (REQUIRED STITCHES).
BENT OVER AND WAS THROWING CINDER BLOCK OUT OF WALKWAY AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
LOADING CABLE ON MINER, TOLD MINER TO MOVE HELPER STOOD THERE, MINER KICKED SIDEWAYS STRIKING HELPER ON RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE LOADING BELT STRUCTURE INTO HAULER, TURNED TO LOAD HAULER AND HURT LOWER BACK. EE WORKED UNTIL 3-13-02 AND SHOWED UP FOR WORK ON 3-14-02 AND TOLD FOREMAN HE HAD HURT BACK ON 3-5-02 AND T HE DR. SAID HE WOULD BE OFF FOR 3-4 WEEKS. STARTED MISSING 3-14-02.
EMPLOYEE WAS AWARDED 12% PPD BENEFITS FOR CARPALTUNNEL SYNDROME. AWARD WAS 6% FOR EACH WRIST.
BACKING SCOOP BATTERY FIRST THROUGH FLY CURTAIN AND APPARENTLY RAISED CURTAIN WITH HAND AND GOT ARM TRAPPED BETWEEN CANOPY AND RIB. 3-4 LAST OPEN BREAK.
RESTING ON 1 KNEE AFTER SETTING TIMBERS, RIB ROLLED OFF STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SIDE, NECK, HEAD. TOOK TO RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL BY JAN CARE.
HE WAS CHANGING SHEAR CYLINDER ON RIPPER HEAD & SET HYDRAULIC JACK UNDER HEADS TO RAISE IT UP TOPUT JACK IN PLACE. RIPPER HEAD ROLLED LETTING HYDRAULIC JACK JUMP OUT AND STRIKE HIS NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN HILL TOWARD SECTION AND SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON SELF RESCUER. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 3RD SHIFT SATURDAY NI GHT.
LIFTING A BAG OF ROCKDUST AND LOADING ONTO SCOOP WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLE IN CHEST. TOOK SELF TO HISPITAL. ACCIDENT/ SPECIFIC LOCATION #3 BELTHEAD SUP HOLE.
HE WAS STACKING PALLETS AND THERE WAS A CINDERBLOCK LOOSE ON TOP AND IT FELL AND HIT HIM ON HIS LEFT FOOT. HE WENT TO RALIEGH GENERAL HOSP. DR TOOK X RAYS MEDICATION. HE WILL RETURN TO DR. MON DAY 22ND.
EE WAS LOADING WEAR STRIPS FOR 1415 CM. SLIDING WEAR STRIPS OFF PILOT ONTO SCOOP BUCKET. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY MOTHER. XRAYS, MUSCLE RELAX.
SLIPPED WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE BACK. *INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 8/23/01. EMPLOYEE WORKED UP UNTIL 8/29/01 AND THEN WENT TO HOSPITAL ON 8/29/01. EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED EE ON 8/31/01.
EE AND OTHER WERE LIFTING LID OFF OF POWER CENTER. WHEN HE FELT A PULLING AND BURNING FEELING IN HIS LOWER BACK.
OPERATING S-CAR TRAMMING TOWARD FEEDER, SHUTTLE CAR SLID INTO RIGHT RIB, CAUSING INJURY TO HAND.WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 6/8 TO FOREMAN.
SLIP AND FALL ON WET BOTTOM AND SPRAINED THUMB WHILE EXAMINING BELT LINE. STARTED MISSING WORK ON 4-12-01.
INJURED WAS ROTATING DRILL STEEL EXTENSION STEEL WHILE PUSHING INTO DRILL HOLE WHEN GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN JOINT WHERE DRILL STEEL CONNECTS. THE TWISTING MOTION OF THE STEEL CAUSING INJURY TO RIG HT THUMB. THE INJURED STATED THAT HE KNEW INJURYNO HAVE HAD HAND ON STEEL WHILE IN TOTATING REPREATED 2-6-01.