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A PIECE OF DRAWROCK MEASURING APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET BY 5 FEET AND WAS THREE TO SIX INCHES THICK FELL ON VICTIM WHO WAS HELPING ON AROOF BOLTING MACHINE. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN THE VICTIM DYI NG INSTANTLY.
ROCKFALL ON #3 BELT AT 10 BREAK FALLW AS CAUSED BY UNDECTED SLIP IN TO ROCK FALL WAS 18FT WIDE 10 TO 11 FT HIGH AND 50 FT LONG.
EE WAS WALKING AROUND MINE OFFICE BLDG WHERE HE WOULD RETURN EXTRA SUPPLIES AND REMOVE HIS MINING APPRATUS I.E. BOOTS LIGHT HAT ETC. HE STEPPED ONTO A SMALL PALLET USED AS A BRIDGE THAT HAD A BOARD MISSING AND HIS FOOT WENT THRU CAUSING HIMTO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL DOWN.
INJURED WAS JACKING THE BELT TAILPIECE AND THE BAR HE WS USING KICKED BACK AT HIM WHEN THE TAIL PIECE SLIPPED. HE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NOSE CAUSING A LACERATION AND BREAKING HIS NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING DRAWROCK WHEN A PIECE 4" THICK 6' X 10' FELL STRIKING HIM. THE AREA OF INJURY WAS FROM THE SHOULDERS TO WAIST.
EMPLOYEE FOOT SLIPPED IN MUD & FELL HIT RIBS ON SCOOP BUCKET BRUISED 2 RIBS.
EE WAS SETTING A STIFF JACK. OTHER MINERS WERE BUILDING BRATTICES AND HAD TO THROW CEMENT BLOCKS ACROSS THE BRIDGE. DURING THIS PROCESS WAS STRUCK ON THE HAND WHILE HE WAS HOLDING A JACK.
HE HAD SET A STIFF JACK BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TO PULL HIS BRIDGE CONVEYOR WITH AND THE JACK SLIPPED HITTING HIS ELBOW WITH A GLANCING BLOW.
FRACTURES AND SLIPS IN TOP.
THE MINER MISSED WORK ON 6-3-93 THEN INFORMED THE OPERATOR ON 6-4-93 THAT HE WAS HAVING DIFFIFULTY BREATHING AND SEEN A DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR TOLD HIM HE HAD A SPOT ON HIS LUNG THAT COULD EITHER BE A BRUISE OR A TUMOR. FURTHER TESTS NEEDED TOBE RUN. NO MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
THE MINER WAS HELPING WITH A BELT SETUP & HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE BELT RAILS. THE PRESSUREOF THE RAILS MASHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. HIS FINGER WAS FRACTURED IN THE PROCESS.
FRACTURES AND SLIPS CAME DOWN ON NEIZ BELT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON AN OBJECT USING A CAP BOARD AND WHEN THE OBJECT HE WAS HITTING SLIPPED, HIS HAND STRUCK THE BOTTOM OR MINE FLOOR.
EE WAS REMOVING GUARD FROM MOTOR ON CRAWLER IN SHOP THE GUARD SLID OFF OF THE MOTOR STRIKING VICTIM RIGHT FOOT.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF SUPPORT AND RIB STRIKING VICTIM'S ANKLE.
PULLING A PIECE OF CONV. BELT AND STRAINED LOW BACK.
ROCKFELL IN INTERSECTION ON #04 BELT SIX BREAKS INBY BELT HEAD FELL OUT TO RIDER SEAM IN TOP TOP WAS CUT BY WATER
THE MINER WAS USING A THREE-WHEELED MINE "CAR" OR "BUDDY" TO TRANSPORT SUPPLIES TO HIS WORKING AREA. WHEN HE PUT THE "CAR" OR "BUGGY" IN REVERSE, IT STARTED DOWN A SHORT INCLINE AND HE WAS UNA BLE TO STOP THE "CAR" BEFORE COLLIDING INTO A RIB. THE JOLT WAS ENOUGH TO HTROW HIM FROM THE "CAR" IMPACTING HIS HEAD INTO THE RIB AS WELL. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE MINER'S HARD HAT, WHICH
EE SAY HE MUST HAVE HURT HIS BACK SHOVELING BELTS ON MONDAY 12-14-92 HE REPORTED IT AT 3 AM 12-16 AND DID NOT KNOWN WHEN HE HOW HE HURT HIS BACK.
THE WILCOX MARK 21 MINING MACHINE WAS BEGINNING TO SUMP INTO THE COAL FACE AND INJURED WAS SETTING HIS JACK FOR THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR DIRECTLY BEHIND THE MINER. HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HIS LEFT FOOT WAS INT EH PATH OF THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR. WHEN THE MIENR MADE IT'S SUMP, THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR MOVED DIRECTLY ONTO INJURED'S LEFT FOOT. THE MINER WAS IMMEDIATELY BACKED UP RELEASING HIS FOO
ILLNESS PREPATELLAR BURSITIS IS CAUSED BY AGGRAVATING INFLAMMATION OF KNEECAP BY CRAWLING ON KNEES IN WORK ENVIRONMENT.
I.NAME RUNNING BRIDGE CONVEYOR.PULLED ONE LEVER STRAINED ARM.
UNDETERMINED CAUSE OF ILLNESS SEEMS TO BE RECURRING ILLNESS FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY EMPLOYEE CAME TO WORK ON 04-19-91 & REPORTED THAT HIS KNEE WAS SWOLLEN & THAT HE WOULDNT BE ABLE TO WORK HE TOLD I NAME THAT HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF INJURING HIMSELF ON THE JOB
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING UNDERGROUND IN MANTRIP WITH PARTS. THE MANTRIP HIT A ROUGH AREA AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN AGAINST THE PARTS INJURING HIS CHEST.
WHILE SETTING A FAN,EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN SLIDING A TILE UNDER DRIFT MOUTH OF MINE WITH SCOOP AND CHAIN WHEN SCOOP STUCK IN POINT CATCHING BOTH FEET OF EMPLOYEE.