Winifrede No. 13-A Mine Coal

A 3' x 3' x 8' deep void occurred when floor fell into the lower seam at no. 98 crosscut in no. 3 entry. The air is ingassing with 0.0% Methane and 20.7% Oxygen readings.

Employee filed an "ALLEDGED" occupational pneumoconiosis claim on 1/24/07. Received notice on 3/5/07, Claim No. 3007002541.

EE was operating a gas weed-eater at the #2 Belt. He reached into high grass to remove a rock and he felt something touch his hand. He did not realize he had been possibly bitten by a snake. He continued on weed eating, felt hand tingle about 5 minutes later. EE went to hospital & was kept for observation. EE is scheduled off until 6/3/06, this case may change to a lost time.

8 ft. x 8 ft. x 2 ft. thick roof fall on head of miner in No. 1 entry at Pillar Block No. 96

EE hit his left hand with hammer while working on #6 belt head, requiring 5 stitches in palm of hand.

Employee filed an "ALLEGED" occupational pneumoniosis claim No. 2005030425 on 2/9/05. Received notification on 2/23/05.

EE hit head on half-header; he fell down on his right arm.

ALLEGED to have hit a hole with a coal hauler and hit head on canopy injurying head and neck. He continued working that shift with 5 hours overetime and the 3 additional scheduled days that week. He did not report the injury until 11/01/04 via phone to the buisness manager. His first scheduled workday missed was 11/03/04. This injury is being contested to Workers Comp.

EMPLOYEE WAS TERMINATED AT 10:00 A.M. 9/17/04 PRIOR TO REPORTING THIS ACCIDENT. HE CALLED IN FROM HOME TO REPORT ACCIDENT AT 10:30 A.M., 9/17/04. EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STEPS FROM #4 CATWALK, SLIPPED ON A STEP, CATCHING HIMSELF FROM FALLING WITH LEFT HANDRAIL.

Employee was walking around roof bolter, stepped on a pile of gob and twisted his right knee.

Employee strained back lifting belt structure.

EE FILED A CLAIM FOR OCCUP PNEUM. RECEIVED NOTICE 8-30-04. CLAIM #2005007839. (ALLEDGED)

EE was operating remote control of MRS while pillaring. A large piece of rock fell between rib and roof bolt hitting back and legs.

In the belt tunnel section of the mine an 8 feet long section of mine floor dropped 2 feet as a result of under mining. Voids created were grouted with cement.

Employee injured back while using Coal Hauler to bump Continuous Miner away from rib, so it could be repaired.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ROCK OFF CONTINUOUS MINER. A PIECE OF IT BROKE CUTTING HIS MOUTH (UPPER LIP).

EE FILED FOR FEDERAL BLACK LUNG. RECEIVED REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON 2-16-04. ALLEGED

Employee was on the surface of an underground mine when he slipped and fell in mud and ice while taking mantrip off charger, injuring his right shoulder. His first doctor visit was on 2/20/04 and his first day missed work was on 9/14/04. He said he had hurt his shoulder yeasrs earlier in Kentucky.

EE WAS GOING DOWN THE STEPS, SLIPPED AND FELL ON SECOND STEP AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT SIDE OF BACK. EE WAS O.K. AND WORKED HIS REGULAR SHIFT. WENT TO HOSPITAL NEXT DAY.

WALKING AROUND FEEDER CHANGING SHEAR PIN TWISTED LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STAIRWAY FROM RECLAIM BELT, LOST FOOTING, SLIPPED DOWN 3 STEPS LANDING ON BACK.

PULLING UP CABLE ON FEEDER, DROPPED CAT HEAD ON HAND SMASHING INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS LIFTING BLOCKS WHILE BUILDING A PERMANENTSTOPPING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

WHILE OPERATING SCOOP, EMPLOYEE EXITED SCOOP TO OPEN AIR LOCK DOOR, STATED HE TWISTED KNEE WHEN STEPPING TO MINE FLOOR, CAUSING PAIN IN KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CABLE WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

#1 ENTRY A VOID WAS FOUND. BOTTOM FELL INTO LOWER WINFREDE SEAM 18' WIDE 20' LONG 12" DEEP AND APP 15' LONG & 5' WIDE & 12" HIGH BACK INTO SOLID RIB.

A VOID WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #1 ENTRY 120'INBY SPAD #1033. THE VOID WAS 20'LONG, 18'WIDE AND DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 1

#2 ENTRY BELT FELL INTO LOWER WINFREDE. APP 3' LONG AND APP 5'BACK UNDER BLOCK OF COAL. THE GAP BETWEEN MINE FLOOR AND BACK UNDER BLOCK OF COAL APP 3" HIGH.

A VOID WAS DISCOVERED IN THE RIGHT RIB OF THE NO2 ENTRY BETWEEN SPAD #1140 AND #1144, THE VOID WAS 3" HIGH, 3' LONG AND 5'DEEP INTO THE RIB.

EE WAS SHOVELING BELTLINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS PULLING SLACK ON MINER CABLE TO HANG FROM TOP. EE RE-INJURED GROIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CINDER BLOCKS AND TOSSING THEM CLOSER TO STOPPING THAT WAS BEING BUILT, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. THIS IS AN AGGRAVATION OF A PREVIOUS INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING PORTABLE HEATER TO BELTINGTRANSFER POINT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON SNOW COVERED SURFACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL AT THE SECTION TAILPIECE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK.

A VOID WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #3 ENTRY ALONG THE LEFT RIB. THE VOID WAS 9'LONG BY 3'WIDE BY 2'DEEP. AIR WAS BLOWING INTO VOID. NO CHY WAS DETECTED.

FELL INTO MINER UNDERNEATH #3 ENTRY LEFT SIDE 9' LONG, 3' WIDE, 2' DEEP. FELL UNDER RIB & ROADWAY 120' INBY SPAD 1050. AIR GOIN IN 20.5 OXYGEN, NO CU4.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #6 ENTRY (INTAKE)THEFALL MEASURED 30'X20'X6-7' THICK. FALL OCCURRED AT SPAD #130.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PULL SLACK IN THE MINER CABLE TO HANG IT. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA.

EE LOST POWER ON THE SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN HE WENT TO CHECK THE CABLE, THE CABLE ARCED, BURNING HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING UNI-HAULER WHEN HE STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY & JAMMED HIS NECK AGAINST THE CANOPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING STEEL ROPE AWAY FROM SCOOP WHILE IT WAS TRAMMING. EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED & WENT UNDER SCOOP FRAME, GETTING CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAME & MINE FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE STRUCK THE ROOF WITH THE CONVEYOR BOOM. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF THE R HAND.

A RIB ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR TO MINER. HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY.

A VOID WAS DOSCOVERED 85' OUTBY SPAD #1144 IN THE #2 ENTRY, THE VOID MEASURED 20' BY 10' BY 3' DEEP.

A VOID CONTINUED FROM VOID ON 4-28-02. FELL 50' OUTBY 20X10X3.

A VOID WAS FOUND BY EE IN #1 ENTRY OUTBY SPAD 1142. 75'- 3X3X12'DEEP.

AN EMPLOYEE FOUND A VOID IN #1 ENTRY AT 1740. THIS VOID WAS LOCATED 75' OUTBY SPAD #1142. AREA IS APPROX 3' X 3' X 12" DEEP.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING SUPPLIES FOR THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF & INJURED HIS RIGHT HAND & LOWER BACK.

A VOID WAS FOUND IN #2 ENTRY, 55' OUTBY SPAD #1144. AREA IS 20' X 10'& 2-3' DEEP. VOID WAS FOUND BY AND EMPLOYEE.

EE WAS SETTING STEEL CRIBS WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, SLIPPING AND TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS LIFTING BELT TO PUT ON TOP STRUCTURE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CROSSING IN FRONT OF FEEDER AREA WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE HANGER PLATE & FELL DOWN.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING RUB RAIL ON MINER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING BY THE HIGH-VOLTAGE CABLE SLED BEHIND SECTION POWER CENTER, PREPARING FOR A POWER MOVE, WHEN THE SCOOP BACKED IN TO THE SLED, IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE, CATCHING HIS LEFT LOWER LEG BETWEEN SCOOP AND SLED.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP INTO THE MINE WHEN THEY STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, BOUNCING EMPLOYEE OUT. WHEN THE OPERATOR STOPPED THE MANTRIP, IT ROLLED BACKWARDS, OVER EMPLOYEE'S CHEST AND S HOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDER BY A PIECE OF COAL THAT FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE BOLTER'S DUST BOX AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

EE WAS PLUGGING MANTRIP INTO POWER CENTER TO CHARGE. THE BREAKER SHOWED THAT IT WAS KNOCKED BUT WHEN EE PLUGGED IN MANTRIP IT STARTED ARCHING, BURNING RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE AND WATER LINE TO THROW IT OUT OF THE ROADWAY WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING NEAR THE BELTHEAD WHEN HE STEPPED ON A 4" WATERLINE TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE INTO PLACE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS PULLING CABLE AWAY FROM MACHINE. THEMACHINE SLID IN THE MUDDY ROADWAY, CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN A ROCK AND BUMPER OF THE MACHINE.

VOID WAS DISCOVERED IN #3 ENTRY SPAD #1143. FOUND BY EE. 6 X 6 AREA.

A VOID WAS DISCOVERED IN #1 ENTRY 60' OUTBY 1141. 30' LONG, 1 1/2' DEEP. VOID WAS FOUND BY AND EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE HAD HIS RIGHT WRIST OPERATED ON 7-13-01. HE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE HIS LEFT WRIST OPERATED ON IN MID AUGUST. MANAGEMENT BECAME AWARE OF THIS ON 7-26-01.

EMPLOYEE HAD AN OPERATION ON HIS RIGHT WRIST FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ON 6-29-01. MANAGEMENT FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ON 7-18-01.

EE WAS AWARDED 1.26% BENEFITS FOR OCCUPATIONAL NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.

EE WAS CLEANING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE DROPPED A LID ON HIS R HAND, LACERATING HIS R INDEX FINGER, THE FINGER WAS FRACTURED ALSO.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE STARTED HURTING.

A VOID WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CONVEYOR ENTRY 95 FT INBY SPAD #113, THE VOID MEASURED 12'X23' AND SUBRDED 12". THE VOID WAS DISCOVERED BY EE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON STEPS AT MINE OFFICE.

EMPLOYEE FILED FOR OCCUP PNEUM ON 9/19/00. REC NOTICE 10/12/00. CLAIM #20010103456.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES LOW BACK STRAIN WHILE HOOKING CHAIN TO A S & S SCOOP LOADED WITH BELT STRUCTURE.

EMPLOYEE FILED FOR OCCUP PNEUM ON 9/5/00. REC NOTICE 9/21/00. CLAIM #2001010826.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED 1N THE #1 ENTRY AT SPAD #864. THE FALL MEASURED 20'W, 40'L AND 5-6' THICK.

EE WAS ASSISTING CO-WORKER IN TIGHTENING BELT STRUCTURE BOLTS WHEN CO-WORKER'S SOCKET WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND STRUCK INJURED IN MOUTH.

EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE INSTALLING CONVEYER BELT TRAINING ROLLERS ON NO. 7 BELT. EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE LEG TO ASSIST IN POSITIONING THE BELT ROLLER FOR BOLTING WHEN THE ROLLER SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY STRAINED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER WHILE HANGING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE.

EMPLOYEE FILED FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 7/27/00.

FALL MEASURED 20' BY 20' BY 5'. LOCATION WAS 150' IN BY SPAD #987.

THE EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKERS WERE MAKING A SECTION BELT ADVANCEMENT. IN THE PROCESS OF REPOSITIONING THE CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PIECE THE EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOW BACK WHILE GETTI NG INTO AND OUT OF SCOOP DECK.

EE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD OF 5% FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 6-6-00.

A VOID WAS FOUND IN #3 ENTRY ON TUNNEL SECTION. IT'S DIMENSIONS ARE 3' X 3' X 1' AND IS LOCATED 100' OUTBY SPAD #1143.

VOIDS ARE FORMING NEAR SPAD #1143 IN #3 ENTRY. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A PREVIOUSLY FORMED VOID. THE CRACKS NOW ARE APPROX 3' L. THE CRACKS ARE DRAWING AIR INTO THEM.

VOID FOUND IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE INTAKE ROADWAY 20' OUTBY SPAD NO 1143. VOID MEASURED 1'X2/

#1 ENTRY - VOID 20' X 2' DEEP - 40' INCH SPAD #1136. FOUND 9:30AM.

#2 ENTRY - VOID 10' LONG X 5" WIDE - 10' OUTBY SPAD #1029 - FOUND 10:30 AM.

#3 ENTRY - VOID IS 1' X 2' - 50' OUTBY SPAD #1139 - FOUND 4:45 AM.

WEST VIRGINIA WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION GRANTED EMPLOYEE A 10% AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS 0N 2-29-00. COMPANY IS PROTESTINGTHIS AWARD.

EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING NO. 7 CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ARM ON A CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER.

A VOID WAS DISCOVERED IN THE INTAKE ROADWAY ON THE BELT TUNNEL PROJECT. THE VOID WAS CAUSED BY AROOF FALL ON AN UNDERLYING MINE(WMEFREDE #8) WHICH RESULTED IN THE INTERBURDEN CAVING IN & THUS CREATING THE VOID. THE VOID MEASURED 18' X 23' &WAS LOCATED 83' INBY SPAD # 1139.

EE WAS SCALING ROOF AND A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. CONTUSION TO RIGHT BIG TOE.