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ALLEGED WHIEL USING TORCH TO CUT TRAM MOTOR OUT OF SCOOP, A SPRAK IGNITED BATTERY GAS AND EXPLODED EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON BATTERY LID WHILE CUTTING, EXPLOSION RESULTED IN CRACKED BONE IN ANKL E OF RIGHT LEG.
WHILE ENTERING THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT, EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE OPERATORS PEDAL AND THE SCOOP TRAMMED FORWARD CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS ARM AGAINST A ROOF BOLT, CAUSING A SEVERE CUT IN THE WRIS T AREA AND ALSO A BRUISE TO THE ELBOW.
WHILE SHOVELING LOOSE COAL ALONG A RIB. EE SAID HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE SAID HE PICKED UP A FULL SHOVEL IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. HE THOUGHT HE HAD A PULLED MUSCLE.
WHILE SHOVELING RIBS ON 001 SECTION THE EMPL SAID HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE SAID HE TWISTED WITH A SHOVEL FULL OF COAL.
WHILE BOLTING TOP IN FACE AREA HE TRIED TO BEND A CONVENTIONAL 36" ROOF BOLT. HE SAID THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. DOCTOR SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE.
WHILE TRAMMING A 474 S & S SCOOP TO THE SURFACE. THE OPERATOR ENCOUNTERED SOME LOW ROOF CONDITIONS AND HIS HEAD WAS STRUCK BY THE TOP AND A ROOFBOLT PLATE. THE RESULT WAS A SEVERE CUT TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.
WHILE CROSSING FLOOR OF SURFACE SHOP EMPLOYEE TRIED TO WALK ACROSS TOP OF BASS BUGGY. EMPLOYEE TRIPPED & FELL. DR. DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE PULLING EXCESS CABLE ON A ROOF BOLTER. THE OPERATOR DECIDED TO USE THE BOSS BUGGY. WHILE THE WAS PULLING THE CABLE WITH THE BUGGY HE WRAPPED THE CABLE AROUND HIS FOOT. HE THEN STARTED DO WN THE ENTRY THE CABLE BECAME HUNG UP AND PULLEDHIM FROM THE BUGGY.
WHILE MAKING A BELT SET UP A PIECE OF COAL HIT INJURED IN THE EYE. THE EYE WAS WASHED OUT. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND WENT TO DR THAT EVENING. NO PERMANENT DAMAGE OCCURRED.
WHILE GETTING OFF THE S&H 105 SCOOP THE OPERATOR SAID THAT HE TWISTE DHIS KNEE AND IT MADE POPPING NOISE.
CUTTING MACHINE CABLE WAS HUNG UP IN REEL.OPERATOR TRIED TO PULL CABLE FREE AND STRAINED SOME MUSCLES.THE COMPANY WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 06-30-92.
SCOOP OPERATOR TRAMMING ON MAIN ENTRYWAY. SMALL PIECE OF DRAWROCK APPROX. 12" X 12" X 1/2" FELL AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR ON HIS SAFETY HAT. RESULTS WERE A STIFF NECK AND A SLIGHT HEADACHE. DOCTOR SEEN COULD FIND NO INJURY.
OPERATOR OF FMC ROOF BOLTER MOVING BOLTER TO INSTALL RIB BOLT AND HIT ANKLE AGAINST A BLOCK OF COAL.THIS CAUSED A NERVE TO BE PUSHED AGAINST A BONE IN THE ANKLE.
THE MINE PROJECTIONS RAN UNDERNEATH A LOW COVER AREA. SOFT AND LAMINATED ROOF WAS ENCOUNTERED ON THE ADAVANCE. THE AREA AFFECTED, WAS NARROWED TO 17' AND 48" BOLTS WERE INSTALLED IN #5 ENTRY . THE #4 ENTRY AND THE #3 ENTRY WERE BOLTED WITH 72" BOLTS.
NO INJURY FALL IN OUTBY AREA IN A MINED OUT AREA. HILL SEAMS CONTRIBUTING FACTOR-FALL ABOVE ANCHORAGE-HILL SEAMS WERE BEING STRAPPED WITH STEEL STRAPS-ENTRY WIDTH WAS 19 FT.
APPARENTLY HE WAS BETWEEN SCOOP AND RIB WITH WHAT HE THOUGHT TO BE ADEQUATE CLEARANCE. THE SCOOP WAS MOVING SLOWLY BUT SLID SIDEWAYS APPROX. 12-18" AND INTO A RUT IN MINE FLOOR. SCOOP BUMPER S TRUCK END OF HIS STEEL TOE RUBBER WORK BOOT AND CRUSHED IT TO MINE FLOOR. DAMAGE TO 4 TOES WITH 3 BEING SURGICALLY REMOVED AT HOSPITAL LATER IN DAY.
NO EQUPMENT DAMAGED. NO PERSONS IN AFFECTED AREA. NO LOOS FELL 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY #101 SPAD. FALL APPROX 20 FT IN WID 20 FT LONG AND FELL ABOVE ROOF SUPPORTS.
RUNNING DRILL DRILL HIT FOOT.