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EMPLOYEE AS OPERATING A J.H.FLETCHER MODEL RR-I-13 ROOF BOLTE RAND WAS STRETCHING AROUND THE COURNER OF THE MACHINE TO PICK UP A BIT WRENCH AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS SHOULDER.
DUE TO THE HEIGHT OF THE COAL SEAM, THEEE MUST CRAWL EXTENSIVELY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS JOB.
EE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM THE RIB OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ENTRY SO THAT A SCOOP COULD CLEAN IT UP. EE HAD HIS SHOVEL FULL OF COAL. WHEN HE THREW THE COAL INTO MIDDLE OF THE ENTRY, HE EXPER IENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL, AS HE STARTED DOWN A HILL HE HEARD A NOISE, THE TRUCK TOOK OFF LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GEAR, LOST ALL AIR PRESURE, TRUCK GOT TO FAST DOWN HILL, EMPLOYEE HELD TRUCK TILL I T TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.
EE WAS USING A MIXTURE OF MORTAR, WATER, AND ROCKDUST TO PLASTER BRATTICES WITH. AS HE WAS APPLYING MORTAR TO THE BRATTICE BY HAND, MORTAR CAME IN CONTACT TO THE EE S SKIN AT THE TOP OF HIS GL OVE CAUSING CHECMIAL BURNS TO THE RIGHT FOREARM.
EE WAS ASSISTING THE CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR IN PUTTING A PIN BACK IN THE BAR SWING JACK ON THE CUTTING MACHINE. A PRESSURE BUILD UP CAUSED THE PIN ENY ON THE JACK TO SUDDENLY PUSH FORWARD, P INCHING THE EE FINGER. CAUSING A 2 INCH LACERATION ON THE FINGER STARTING FROM THE WEB ON THE MEDICAL SIDE. THE LACERATION WAS SUTURED AND X RAYS WERE TAKEN AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A 3-WHEELED PERSONNELL CAR TO GET SOME CLAY STEMMING MATERIAL FOR THE SHOT FIRER. HE STOPPED TO REMOVE A ROCK THAT WAS IN THE ROADWAY. WHEN HE DID THIS HE SAID HE HURT SHI BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING THE BATTERIES ON A CATERPILLAR 966-C FRONT ENDLOADER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE SEAT IN ORDER TO REPLACE IT WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMINAL AR EA.
EE WAS PREPARING TO ADD OIL TO THE SPEED REDUCER ON THE SECTION BELT FEEDER. THE EE WAS RAKING LOOSE COAL FROM THE TOP OF THE SPEED REDUCER TO FIND THE FILL PLUG. HOWEVER, THE FILL PLUG HAD VI BRATED LOOSE AND HIS FINGER SLIPPED INTO THE REDUCER, CUTTING HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 48" CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS WITH A J.H. FLETCHER MODEL RR-I-13 ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. HE HAD DRILLED THE HOLE AND WAS BENDING THE BOLT IN ORDER TO PLACE INT HE HOLE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS ASSISTING THE REST OF THE CREW IN MAKING A BELT MOVE. HE WAS CRAWLING AROUND THE TAILPIECE WHEN HE PLACED HIS KNEE DOWN AND HIT IT AGAINST AN ANCHOR PIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN S&S MODEL 482 SCOOP LOADING COAL AT THE FACE OF #9 ENTRY SCOOP INADVERTENTLY RAN OVER SOME COAL FORCING THE EMPLOYEES HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF ABRUPTLY
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A S&S MODEL 482 SCOOP TO PUSHAN OPEN CROSSCUT INTO THE ADJACENT ENTRY. HE AHD MADE ONE PASS & HAD BACKED UP TO MAKE ANOTHER. ASSUMING THAT THE ENTIR E CROSSCUT WAS LOOSE COA L, HE USED FULL POWER TO ENTER THE COAL. THE CORNER OF THE SCOOP BUCKET HIT SOLID COAL, FORCING THE OPERATORS HEAD INTO THE ROOF, JAMMING HISNECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE CONVEYOR BELT ENTRY. HE STATED THAT HE TURNED TO PLACE A SHOVEL FULL OF COAL ON THE BELT AND HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN S&S 482 SCOOP THAT DRUG AGAINST THE ROOF AND SCRAPED SOME LOOSE MATERIAL THAT FELL INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 8" SOLID CONCRETE BLOCKS INTO A SCOOP BUCKET. HE PICKED UP A BLOCK AND TURNED TO LOAD IT INTO THE SCOOP AND HURT HIS BACK.
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HIS S&S MODEL 482 SCOOP, SOME LOOSE MATERIAL DISLODGED FROM TEH ROOF AND BECAME LODGED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD MOVED SOME SMALL ROCKS FROM THE TRAVELWAY AND THEN SHOVELED SOME COAL ONTO THE BELT WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A WHEEL STUD FROM A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF OF THE HAMMER AND IMBEDDED ITSELF INTO THE LEFT ARM OF THE EMPLOYEE JUST ABOVE THE WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS SCOOP AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. AS HE WAS GETTING OUT, HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP.
EMPL CALLED OWNER OF MINE 10-27 SAYING EMPL MUST HAVE GOTTEN HURT AT WORK. HOWEVER,WHEN QUESTIONED COULDNT SAY HOW. LAST DAY WORKED WAS 10-23-91 EMPL PREVIOUS WORK RECORD WAS QUESTIONABLE HAVI NG HAD SEVERAL UNEXCUSED ABSENCES WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 9 MOS.
EMPL REPAIRING LIGHT FIXTURE ON A SCOOP AND ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED SOME DIRT INTO EYE.
HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF EMPL'S HAND WHILE HE WA HELPING ANOTHER EMPL SPLICE CONVEYOR CHAIN ON BELT FEEDER. WHEN HAMMER SLIPPED IT CAME DOWN & STRUCK EMPL ON MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE HAD BACKED CUTTING MACHINE TO TH4E LAST OPEN BREAT & WAS PREPARING TO DO MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE BAR OF THE MACHINE A SCOOP HIT THE BACK END OF THE CUTTING MACHINE CAUSING THE BAR TO SWING AROUND & HIT THE EMPLOYEE CAUSING ONE OF THE BITS ON THE BAR TO PUNCTURE THE EMPLOYEES RT LEG
EMPL ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPL IN USING A HACK SAW TO CUT A ROOF BOLT THAT HAD BECOME LODGED IN THE FEEDER. THE SAW SLIPPED AND STRUCK I.NAME FINGER RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
EMPL OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN A DISLODGED ROOF BOLT FELL FROM ROOF INTO DECK OF SCOOP AND STRUCK LEFT WRIST.
HE WAS BOLTING ROOF IN #4 ENTRY USING A FLETCHER MODEL RR I-13 ROOF BOLTER. HE HAD DRILLED THE STARTER HOLE APPROX. 15" DEEP AND WAS TRYING TO PUT HIS FINISHING STEEL INTO THE HOLE BY USING TH E BOLTER HEAD AND FORCING THE FINISHER INTO THE HOLE WITH THE PUSHER STEEL. THE TWO PIECES OF STEEL SUDDENLY SNAPPED TOGETHER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AT THE POINT WHERE THE TWO PIECE
INJURED WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IN #3 HEADING HE STATED THAT THE DRILL THRUST LEVER JAMMED WHILE HE WAS PUSHING THE ROOF BOLT IN THE HOLE & CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE HEAD O F THE MACHINE & THE ROOF THE INJURED RECEIVED MUTIPLE FRACTURES TO THE LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING 48 INCH RESIN ROOF BOLTS WITH A L ONG AIRDOX MODEL LRB 15A ROOF BOLTER IN NO. 10 ENTRY. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE AND PUSHING HIM INTO T HE ROOF BOLTER.3
GOT RT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN OPERATORS SEAT AND REAR WHEEL OF MACHINE MINOR ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO RT ARM