Victim was assisting with extracting the highwall miner cars. EE had been shoveling dirt/mud off the deck of the miner. EE was standing at the rear of the deck while a car was being extracted and for unknown reason head came forward and was caught between the car and a support post. Suffered crushing injuries to the head.
Employee apparently entered into highwall miner hole in an attempt to retrieve a cutter chain. While at the chain, the employee was struck by rock from roof.
EE was using a hand held drill to clear dirt and other material from the hole that the pin goes into in order to connect two highwall miner cars. The drill bit hung in the pin hole and the drill twisted causing the injury.
Victim is groundman/padman on highwall miner. Was using a hand operated drill with an auger bit. Bit got bound; handle on drill hit the back of employee's hand when it spun around. Two bones fractured by the impact (metacarpal bones leading to the index & middle fingers). Victim was taken to the hospital by the foreman; hand was put in a cast.
While exiting the rear of a pick up truck the employee's left foot slipped off the rear bumper of the vehicle causing him to fall to the ground.