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GPF-EXPOSURE TO DUST.OPERATOR NOTIFIED OF 5% AWARD ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1997.
EE WAS PULLING SLACK BEHIND BELT HEAD WHILE BELT WAS SLIPPING IN POWER ROLLERS SO HE TRIED TO HELP. THE POWER ROLLER TAKE UP SLACK IT CAUGHT AND HE STILL HAD HIS PLIERS ON THE BELT AND IT GAVE JERKING REACTION.
EE WAS IN THE FUCK OF 6 AND WAS PRODEEDING TO BOLT THE TOP AND HE WAS ROUTINE. BENDING A ROOF BOLT THAT WAS IN A DRILLED HOLE TO STRAIGHTEN. IT SO HE COULD PUSH ON UP THE HOLE, BUT AS HE DONE THIS HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALLING FAN MOTOR AND WHILE TRYING TO LOAD MOTOR UP ON THE BASE IT ROLLED UP AGAINST HIS LEFT HAND AND CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER.
LOADING FOUR FOOT STRAPS FOR STRAPPING ROOF ONTO THE BOLT MACHINE & WHEN HE WAS LIFTING & TWISTING THE INJURY OCCURRED.
HE WAS WORKING ON A 21 SC SHUTTLE CAR STEERING BALL ON THE LOADING END OPER. SIDE WHEEL AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST THE FRAME OF SHUTTLE CAR.
EE WAS WORKING ON A WHEEL UNIT ON #2 SHUTTLE CARAND HAMMERING ON BOLTS, HOLDING WHEEL UNIT ON END HIT HIS THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND
EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE FACE OF 3, HIS LEFT KNEE WAS RESTING ON SOME SLACK COAL WHEN IT GIVE AWAY HE HYPEREXTENDED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS CLEANING AWAY COAL THAT HAD ACCUMULATED AROUND SECTION TAILPIECE TAILROLLER ON THE TIGHT SIDE OF BELT AS HE WAS DOING SO, HE REACHED TO BALANCE HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND ACCIDENTAL LY MISPLACE HIS HAND IN THE CONVEYOR CHUTES.
EE WAS SWINGING RUB RAIL BACK INTO PLACE AFTER WORKING ON THE SCRUBBER SYSTEM AND COMPLETELY CLEANING IT OUT, HE AHD TO LIFT THE RUB RAIL UP SOEM TO PUT IT BACK IN BRACKET TO PUT PIN THROUGH I T TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. WHLE LIFTING RAIL UP IS WHEN THE STRAIN OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE OFF THE 21SC SHUTTLE CAR BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF TIME, SO HE PUT HIS FEET AGAINST THE FRAME AND PULLED WHICH RESULTED IN THE CAUSE OF HIS BACK STRAINS. THIS INJURY OCC URRED TWO BREAKS OUTBY FACE OF NUMBER FOUR.
EE WAS PICKING UP A BAG OF ROCK DUST IN THE #4 FACE AREA TO DUST THE CUT THAT HAD BEEN BOLTED AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE RIGHT RIB CAGE, HE WAS EXPERIENCING BREEATHIGN DIFFICULTY.
INJURED WAS BOLTING NO 6 HEADING AND PUTTING UP A BOLT WITH A STRAP AS HE STARTED THE ROTATION THE STRAP CAME AROUND AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD.