Mountaineer Mine Coal

While sitting against rib a piece of draw rock fell out between roof bolts, striking ee of his left leg above the knee, peeling the layers of skin back about 6 inches.

EE STOOD UP AFTER EATING LUNCH AND AS HE WAS TURNING AROUND TO LEAVE, A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG CAUSED HIM TO SIT BACK DOWN.

WHILE PULLING CABLE FROM CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE OUT OF ROADWAY, EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN. IT APPEARED THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

WHILE REMOVING CURB BLOCKS FROM UNDERNEATH SHUTTLE CAR EE MOVED TO SIDE AND SAID SHUTTLE CAR WAS TRAMMED BY ANOTHER EE AND CURB BLOCK FLEW UP STRIKING EE INTHE JAW & CHEEK AREA CAUSING FACIAL FRACTURES.

WHILE ROCK DUSTING EE GOT BACK AND SHOULDER IN TROLLY POWER, CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

EMPLOYEE LAYING RAIL ALLEGES FOOTING SLIPPED CAUSING PAIN IN KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER CONDUIT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A CRIB IN THE TRACK ENTRY AT THE MOUTH OF 2 RT SECTION. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT. HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION AND PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 6'X6" TIMBER AND LATER ON IN THE SHIFT HE STATED HIS LOWER BACK WAS HURTING.

SEVERAL MEN WERE CARRYING CRIB BLOCKS AND ONE MAN STRUCK HIS CRIB BLOCK AGAINST THE LEFT HAND OFINJURED, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS USING A SET OF CHANNEL LOCKS TO BREAK A METAL BAND ON A PALLET OF ROOF BOLTS THE BAND FLOPPED UP WHEN BROKEN & CUT THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND. RESULT LACERATION 6 STITCHES.

EE ALLEGES WALKING BESIDE BELT AND FOOT SLIPPED IN THE MUD.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A MONORAIL FROM DOLLY. IT SLIPPED & PINNED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER PIECE OF MONORAIL.

HIT BY 1" THICK BY 1' LONG PIECE OF DRAW ROCK WHILE WALKING UP BELT LINE.

WHILE UNLOADING ROCK FROM SHOT O-CAST HOLE, THE CUTTER HEAD SLUNG A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK THAT STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

A HYDRAULIC HOSE WAS CAUGHT BY THE STAB JACK, BUSTING THE HOSE.

EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO PUT CONVEYOR CHAIN TOGETHER, A PIECE OF METAL SLIPPED FROM CHAINAND WENT INTO ARM.

WALKING AND STEPPED ON SOME UNEVEN BOTTOM WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST RT. ANKLE.

CUTTING CABLE AND KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE SIDE AND CUT PALM OF LEFT HAND.

CUTTING EXCESS ZIPTIE AND KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING RT. 2ND FINGER. DUE TO NO LOST DAYS EE REPORTED THIS INJURY WHEN EE CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD STITCHES. WHICH WAS 5-30-02.

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT PLATE AGAINST TOP, LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT ON TOP OF PLATE, CUT TIP OF FINGER. EE WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF LOST TIME UNTIL 4-29-02.

RIB ROLLED OFF, HITTING EMPLOYEE ON NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE SITTING ON RIB, FILLING OUT REPORT, ANDDRAW ROCK FELL ON HEAD.

CUT FIRST FINGER ON LEFT HAND WHILE SPLICING CABLE. REPORT IS LATE DUE TO EMPLOYER JUST NOW BEING MADE AWARE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT.

SHUTTLE CAR BUMPED LOWER BY. THE SHUTTLE CAR STARTED SPINNING AND SLIDE BACKWARDS.

OPERATOR ANCHORING BUGGY CABLE TO ANCHOR. HAND POPPED, SWELLING, SCRAPED. STRAINING HAND IN OLD INJURY.

OPERATING MINER AND WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN BOOM OF MINER AND SHUTTLE CAR AFTER LOADING SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING COMPOUND FRACTURE OF RT LEG.

PULLING BELT TOGETHER TO MAKE SPLICE AND ROPE BROKE, LETTING CLAMP HIT RIGHT HAND.

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL WHILE BOLTING, STRUCK INJURED IN BACK. ON 1-25-02 RECEIVED MEDICAL INFORMATION OF A LOST TIME INJURY.

STEPPED ON LARGE NUT WHEN GETTING OUT OF PUTROL TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN WHILE WALKING.

ALLEGES LIFTING ON BELT AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

CONVEYOR CHAIN ON MINER THREW A LUMP OF COAL INTO DECK OF BUGGY, HURTING RIGHT HAND.

STEPPED ON NAIL IN MINE YARD BY TRASH BIN. ISLAND FORK WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 10/5/01 OF THIS INJURY.

EE OPERATING MINER WHEN ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON LEG.

OPERATING BUGGY-TRAMMING UP ENTRY, AND RAN OVER SOMETHING, CAUSING OPERATOR TOBE THROWN INTO CANOPY (HURTING NECK).

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX OF GLUE. ACCIDENT REPORT WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 9-5-01.

WALKING ACROSS SECTION BETWEEN 2 & 3 ENTRY AND DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ACROSS RIGHT FOOT.

CLEANING UP LOOSE COAL AROUND TAIL PIECE LOOSE SLAB OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM.

INJURED WAS REINSTALLING A WIRE ROPE ON A SHIN WHEEL. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROPE AND THE WHEEL.

INJURED WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH WITH A RACHET WHEN THE HEAD SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT.

EE WAS ON SHUTTLE CAR BEHIND MINER WHEN RIB ROLLED OUT, PART OF IT STRIKING HIM IN LEGS AND BACKJAMMING HIS LEG UP AGAINST HIS BACK.

THE INJURED PULLED A SMALL PIECE OF TOP ROCK 7" BY 7" BY 1 1/2" THICK. ROCK SLID OFF OF HIS ARM AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT CUTTING THROUGH HIS RUBBER BOOTS AND CUTTING HIS FOOT NEAR HIS LITTLE TOE.

LIFTING BELT STANDS TO LEVEL BELT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

UNLOADING CAR LOAD OG BELT STRUCTURE AND STEPPEDOFF CAR ONTO FORKS OF LOADER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AND GROIN.

EE WAS AT 1 RT SECTION MINE BELT ENTRY WHEN HE WAS BOLTING TOP IN BOOM HOLE--LOOSE PIECE OF DRAW ROCKL FELL & STRUCK HIM ON HIS HEAD.

THE INJURED WAS LOADING A 6" WATER VALVE ONTO A FLAT CAR AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE VALVEAND THE HEADBOARD OF THE FLATCAR.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT 7 CROSS CUT, #2 BELT ENTRY ON 9 LT C SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 10' X 19' X 7'.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 90' BY 20' BY 4' OCCURRED ON 9 LT SUB MAINS, 69 CROSSCUT #5 ENTRY. THE AREA WAS SUSPENDED WITH 4' FULLY GROUTED RESINRODS.

THE EE WAS PUTTING OIL INTO THE ROOF BOLTER AND FELL FROM ATOP THE MACHINE.

PLASTERING STOPPING WHEN FALL ON LONGWALL OCCURRED CAUSING BLOW OUT OF STOPPING BY AIR DISPLACEMNT. INJURED KNOCKED BACKWARDS BY STOPPING BLOCK AND WAS KNOCKED DOWN TO MINE FLOOR AND STRUCK LE FT ARM ON BOTTOM.

KNOCKING STOPPING WITH SLEDGE HAMMER ON 3 RT RETURN WHEN EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

THE INJURED EE WAS DIRECTING A MOLE INTO THE SHIELD RECOVERY AREA. HIS LEFT HAND WAS RESTING ON TOP OF A PILE OF CRIB BLOCKS. A ROCK ~1" X 7" X 6" FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HAND.

EE HAD FINISHED UNBOLTING RAIL AND WAS GETTING READY TO WALK OUT WHEN RAIL CAME ACROSS TOWARDS HIM, STRIKING HIM NEAR FEET AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

EE HAD JUST FINISHED UNLUGGING RAILS AND UNBOLTING RAILS, WHEN HE STOOD UP WHEN RIGHT RAIL CAME TOWARDS HIM STRIKING HIM AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

THE EE WAS USING 36 OZ BALL PEN HAMMER TO LOOSEDBELT STRUCUTURE FOR REMOVAL WHEN HE HIT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT KNEE WITH THE HAMMER EE DID NOT CEASE WORK UNTIL 9/5/00

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE SHEAR WHEN IT THREW A PIECE OF ROCK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY THE AIR RUSH FROM APILLAR FALL.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE PUSH OUT BETWEEN THE #3 & #4 PILLARS. THE FALL TRAPPED THE CONTINUOUS MINER FOR APPROXIMATELY 23 HOURS.

INSTALLING BELT CLAMPS TO PULL BELT TOGETHER FOR SPLICE; THE CLAMP SLIPPED AND CAUGHT INJURED'S FINGER BETWEEN PULLEY ROPE AND BELT STRUCTURE. INFORMATION ON ACCIDENT NOT OBTAINED FROM VICTIM UNTIL 7/26/00.

THE INJURED AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING A TAKE UP RAIL SECTION FROM A SCOOP BUCKET. THE RAIL SECTION SLIPPED, THE INJURED GRABBED FOR THE RAIL AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE RAIL AN D THE DE-ENERGIZED TROLLEY WIRE.

WHILE CHANGING OIL IN A GEAR CASE, A ROCK FELL FROM THE SHIELD TIP TO THE FACE AND STRUCK THE EE. THESHIELDS HAD BEEN PULLED UP TO PROTECT THE WORKERS. THE ROCK MEASURED 80" X 16" X 7".

WHILE CUTTING TIE WRAPS WITH A UTILITY KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED & STRUCK THE PALM OF THE INJURED'S LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING 6 SUTURES.

EMPTYING A MOP BUCKET, LIFTED BUCKET AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, THE EE HIT A HOLEIN THE ROADWAY RESULTING IN A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

LIFTED DOUBLE CRIB BLOCK NOT SAVED ALL THE WAY THROUGH.