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INJURED SAID HE WAS TAKING TIRE OFF SHUTTLE CAR, WRENCH SLIPPED OFF LUG BOLT, HE FELL HITTING HAND ON SIDE OF CAR. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO ACCIDENT, BUCKLAND COULD NOT SEE WHRE WRENCH AH D BEEN ON RUSTED BOLT.
FILED REPORT OF OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
MOVING MINER CABLE HURT BACK.
WAS CLEANING UP COAL IN #4 ENTRY. AFTER BACKING UP ON RIGHT SIDE, WAS MOVING TO LEFT SIDE WHEN MINER WENT OVER A LUMP AND RAISED UP BACK OF MINER. HIT HEAD ON TOP.
PULLING MINER CABLE ACROSS A BOOM HOLE DID NOT BEND OVER OF END OF BOOM HOLE TO LOW TOP, HIT HEAD BROW.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING BELT WHEN A PIECE OF STRUCTURE THAT WAS NOT TIGHT WAS CAUGHT BY A SPLICE AND THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ARM AGAINST THE NEXT TOP ROLLER.
PUTTING TOGETHER TWO PIECES OF WATER LINE- SMASHED MIDDLE FINGER- RIGHT HAND.
OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
EMPLOYEE TURNED TO RECYLCE BELT AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED WAS RIDING IN PERSONAL CARRIER AND WHEN HE TURNED TO GET HIS DINNER BUCKET HE TURNED BACK AROUND AND HIS HEAD STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE OVERCAST.
INJURED WAS CRAWLING ACROSS THE FACE AREA AND PUT KNEE DOWN ON A ROCK CAUISNG THE ROCK TO TURN OVER IN TURN,TWISTING THE KNEE.
USING INADEQUATE COUPLING PIN TO COUPLE CAR TO SCOOP RIGHT INDEX FINGER IS BROKEN AND LACERATED.
INJURED WAS HELPING JACK THE SECTION POWER CENTER UP TO LEVEL IT. BAR BELING USED, SLIPPED, CAUSING TO LOSE HIS GRIP ON THE BAR, AT WHICH TIME, BAR USED AS JACK HANDLE CAME UPWARD AND STRUCK H IM IN LEFT JAW.
EE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR BACKED MACHINE UP EE HAD RIGHT FOOT UNDER ROOF BOLTER.
I NAME WAS IN PRECESS OF ALIGNING A PIECE OF BGELT STRUCTURE THE PIECE OF BOTTOM STRUCTURE HAD TURNED OVER & I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO RT IT WHEN STRUCTURE CAME OFF BELT ROPE CATCHING FINGER BE TWEEN ROPE & STRUCTURE
I WAS HELPING ANOTHER PERSON LOAD A DRIVE SHAFT. WE WERE DRAGING IT ACROSS A CONCRETE FLOOR PUT IT IN A SCOOP BUCKET WHICH WAS ABOUT 5 FT TOTAL DISTANCE APART WHILE PULLING ON DRIVE SHAFT I ST RAINED MY LOWER BACK DID NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH MY BACK UNTIL ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER.
LOW SEAM MINING 40" BENDING A 4 FOOT ROOF BOLT TO INSTALL IN TOP.AS HE WAS BENDING THE BOLT,HIS HAND SLIPPED ON THE BOLT CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND HE FELL AGAINST CANOPY ON ROOF BOLT ER.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GERMAN HOIST TO PULL A BELT THAT HAD A BROKEN BACK TOGETHER .HOIST SLIPPED AND THE HANDLE HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT FORE ARM.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER.AS HE WAS LOADING A S/C THE S/C OPERATOR BUMPED THE BACK OF THE MINER CAUSING THE DECK TO RAISE RAMMING THE INJUREDS HEAD INTO THE TOP.
EMPLOYEE DRIPPED A TORQUE SHAFT ON HIS LEFT HAND BREAKING INDEX FINGER.
WAS PUTTING TIRE ON SHUTTLE CAR BOTTOM OF TIRE KICKED OUT KNOCKING FEET OUT FROM UNDER EMPLOYEE CAUSING HIM TO FALL HITTING FACE ON TIRE RIM.
EMPL WAS RUNNING SCOOP HE STARTED THROUGH CURTAIN THERE WAS PIECE OF WIRE HANGING DOWN IT SCRATCHED LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING 486 SCOOP. HE LEANED OVER OPERATING DECK AND STARTED IT. SCOOP JUMPED FORWARD ROOFING HIM BETWEEN TOP AND CANOPY LEG.
INSTALLING CUTTER MOTOR ON LEG ON LEE NORSE 200 MINER WHEN COME-A-LONG RELEASED AND CAUGHT HAND.
WHILE TAKING SLACK OUT OF CONVEYOR CHAIN I HIT ONE HAMMER THAT WAS HELD AGAINST CHAIN.WITH ANOTHER HAMMER AND IT CHIPPED AND WENT IN TO BACK OF LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP.HE WAS PUTTING ROOF BOLT INTO HOLE AND STRAIGHTNING IT OUT.ACCIDENT REPORTED ON 09-07-89.