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THE INJURED WAS3CLIMBING ONTO A FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE DEW COVERED STEPS.HE FELL TO THE GROUND,IMPACTING HIS RIGHT FOOT.HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE COMPLETE DAY.BY THE N EXT DAY THE FOO9 WAS SWOLLEN AND HE COULD NOT WORK.
I,NAME WAS OPER5TING BRIDGE CLUTCH, HIS HAND SLIPPED STRIKING THE EDGE OF BRIDGE GUARD, CUTTING THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE KNUCKLE AND HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 REPAIRING THE CHAIN OF A BRIDGE CONVEYOR WHEN A SLAB OF THE MINE ROOF 8FTX 1-3 INCH FELL ON THE BRIDGE WITH PART OF IT FALLING ON THE EMPLOYEE. BEING IN THE CRAWLING POSITION IT IMPACTED HI8 BACK LEAVING A CRACKED VERTEBRA.
THE MINER WAS T2SSING CINDER BLOCKS TO USE AS STOPPAGE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO BLOCKS. THE RESULT WAS A BROKEN RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
I.NAME USING HA4MER TO CHECK ROOF AT WORKING FACE.SOME RUST FROM HAMMER WENT INTO EYE INFLICTING INJURY.
WHILE MOVING FR2M PLACE TO PLACE UG,I.NAME HIT KNEE ON EXISTING TIE-DOWN STAND.
INJURY RESULTED3FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE OF KNEE TO GROUND FROM CRAWLING UG.
DURING THE COUR8E REGULAR WORK OF SETTING TIMBERS, HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK. THE INJURY SUSTAINED WAS MINOR AND LIMTED TO THE NECK AND BACK AREA.
HE WAS RUNNING 9OOF BOLTER WHEN HE MOVED A LEVER THE MACHINE PINNED HIM BETWEEN A TIMBER AND THE MACHINE ITSELF. HE FELT NO PAIN ASSUMED HE WAS NOT INJURED AND FINSHED WORKING. WHEN HE GOT H OME PAIN GOT WO9SE AND HE WAS DIAGONED AS HAVING HERNAITED DISC.
HIS INJURY WAS 5 DIRECT RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE OF THE KNEE TO THE GROUND FROM CRAWLING UNDERGROUND THE WORKING HOURS, WHICH IS NECESSARY TASK. THE RESULT WAS ENLARGED KNEE WITH WATER AND OTHER FLUI8S.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO 3 ENTRY INTAKE AIRCOURSE, THE MINE SCOOP HAD ADVANCED APP 15\ INTO THE ROCKFALL. THE MINE FOREMAN I.NAME AND WITNESSES WERE OBSERVING WHEREE TO PLACE TEMP. SUPPO RTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING THE SCOOP I.NAME WAS OBSERVING THE SCOOP WHEN A SECOND ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK