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Was lifting a section of track rail to place in scoop car with helper and hurt left rib area.
EE WAS HELPING TO PUT A COVER BACK ON MINER, THE COVER SLIPPED & PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN COVER & MINE FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING TOP BELT STAND. HE LOST HIS GRIP AND IT FELL, PINCHING HIS THUMB AGAINST BED RAIL.
BUGGY CABLE CAUGHT IN SHEARER WHEEL AS HE PULLED ON CABLE, FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE & SHEARER WHEEL.
HELPING TO CHANGE BEARINGS ON CRUSHER, CO-WORKER WAS TURNING FLYWHEEL BY HAND, INJURED ATTEMPTED TO HELP BY PULLING ON V-BELTS AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PULLEY AND V-BELT. INATTENTION TO A CTIVITY MAJOR FACTOR.
EE WAS HELPING TO LACE MINER CABLE AGAINST RIB, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.
TAKING BOTTOM BELT ROLLER OFF TO REPLACE BELT STRUCTURE, FINGER BECAME CAUGHT- PINCHED BETWEEN ROLLER HANGER & BELT STRUCTURE. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES NOT A FACTOR IS INATTENTION TO ACTIVITY A FACTOR.
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN ROCK TRUCK, HE HAD REPLACED HIS ARM OVER THE OPERATIONS SEAT UNAWARE HIS LT. HAND, THUMB WAS IN THE DOOR JAM- THE TRUCK OPERATOR CLOSED THE DOOR, EE'S THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN DOOR/JAM. INATTENTION TO ACTIVITY-MAJOR FACTOR.
ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE LARGE PIECE OF STONE FROM TOP OF MINER, FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND SHARP EDGE OF STONE. CAUSE OF INJURY WAS INATTENTIONTO ACTIVITY, AWARENESS, COMPLIANCE NOT A FACTOR.
THE INJURED AND FOUR OTHER CREW MEMBERS WERE MANUALLY ROTATING THE CUTTER HEAD OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO CHANGE BITS. AS THE HEAD ROTATED A BIT CAUGHT HIS KNEE PAD AND PULLED HIS RIGHT LEG UN DER THE CUTTER HEAD. THE NEXT BIT PUNCTURED HIS RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE. COMPLIANCE NOT A FACTOR. INATTENTION TO ACTIVITY A FACTOR.
EE STATED, "NO SPECIFIC OCCURANCE; AGGRAVATION TO LOW BACK DUE TO WORKING IN A BENT OVER POSITION AND HANDLING, LIFTING MATERIAL."
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE DRILL STEEL FROM CHUCK, DRILL STEEL SLIPPED OUT STRIKING LEFT EYE BROW. INATEENTION TO ACTIVITY, AWARENESS ARE FACTORS.