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TORE CARTILAGE IN LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT MOVE WHEN HIS KNEE STARTED HURTING HIM.
LOADING SUPPLIES ONTO BOLTER. PICKED UP BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS TO PUT ON BOLTER ADN STRAINED BACK.
PUTTING ROOF BOLT IN AND TOP OF HALF HEADER FELL DOWN ON RIGHT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CABLE OVER AGAINST RIB WHEN HE TURNED TO WALK BACK BESIDE MINER. LAID HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST MINER DECK (FLOATING DECK). DECK RAISED UP AGAINST DECKSTOP. CUT END OFF RING FI NGER ON LEFT HAND.
GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR TO RESTART FEEDER IN A SQUAATTING XXX POSITION TURNED TO GO BACK TO SHUTTLE CAR & TWISTED RT KNEE
EMPL HAD COMPLETED MAKING A SPLICE IN CONVEYOR BELT. AFTER RELEASING TENSION ON THE BELT OR BELIEVING IT WAS RELEASED,EMPL TRIPPED THE HOLD LATCH ON THE COME-ALONG CAUSING ITS HANDLE TO STRIKE FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING OTHERS MAKING A BELT SPLICE.WITH BELT CLAMPS IN PLACE,THE PRESSURE WAS RELEASED ON THE BELT TAKE-UP,CAUSING THE BELT CLAMP TO MOVE AND THE EMPLOYEES THUMB WAS CAUGHT BET WEEN THE BELT CLAMP AND A BELT ROLLER.
EE SUFFERED A HAIR LINE FRACTURE OF THE FIBULA, RIGHT LEG WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF BOTH LEGS.
A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK INJURED ON HIS BACK, FORCING HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF BOLTER MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD SCOOP BATTERY AND HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE BATTERY ADN FRAME.
THE COMPANY IS ONLY REPORTING AN ALLEGED DIAGNOSIS OF AN ILLNESS AND IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE ILLNESSS ACTUALLY EXISTS OR THAT THE ALLEGED ILLNESS DIAGNOSED IS AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.THE COMP ANY THEREFORE CANNOT REPORT THE CAUSE OR THE NATURE OF THE ALLEGED ILLNESS DIAGNOSED.THIS COMPANY OPERATES ITS MINES IN SUCH A MANNER IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT THE ALLEGED ILLNESS DIAGNOSED COULD H
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN A BENT OVER POSITION IN WATER/MUD HOLE AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. (35 INCH COAL).
INJURED WAS PLACING A CHAIN HOOK ON MINER BOOM AS MINER BACKED UP,THE BOOM JERKED SIDEWAYS AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE BOOM OF THE MINER ANCD COAL RIB.NO RULES REGULATIONS INVOLVED.NO JOB
THE INJURED FAILED TO REMOVE HIS AHND FROM THE ROOF BOLT HE HAD PLACED IN THE DRILLED HOLE.HE MISTAKENLY ENGAGED THE FAST FEED LEVER OF THE BOOM RAISE,AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEEN THE ROOF AND ROOF BOLT PLATE.NO RULES/REGULATIONS INVOLVED.LACK OF ATTENTION TO TASK BEING PERFORMED WAS BASIC CAUSE OF ACCIDENT.NO PROTECTIVE ITEMS INVOLVED.