UNLOADING MINE TIMBERS FROM MANTRIP CAR AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TIMBER AND CAR REQ STITCHES.
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Showing all 14EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WHERE THERE WAS 60" COAL HEIGHT WHICH TEMBERS HAD TO BE VERY LARGE. HE WAS LIFTING A LARGE TIMBER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
WHILE CHECKING BATTERIES ON UNDERGROUND MINE TRACTOR HE DROPPED BATTERY LID ON LEFT HAND MASHED LEFT HAND AND RECEIVED MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN STEEL LID HIT BATTERY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE BELTHEAD.WHILE LOOKING AT THE TAIL-PIECE A PIECE OF METAL FELL FROM THE SPILLBOARD,HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE, CUTTING HIS HEAD NEAR THE RIGHT SIDE.E EMPLOYEE RECEIVED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING A BOLT, THEBOLT SLIPPED OFF OF THE MACHINE AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE.
JIM COOMES WAS CUTTING A STEEL ROPE WITH AN AXE ON THE BACK OF A MANTRIP CAR THE ROPE SPLINTERED HITTING LUTHER IN THE RIGHT EYE AND FACE. LUTHER WAS SITTING 3 TO 4 FEET TO THE LEFT SIDE OF 4 LEFT SIDE OF JIM WAITING ON THE ROPE TO BE CUT SO HE COULD INSTALL IT ON THE BELTLINE LUTHER WAS LOOKING AWAY FROM JIM HE TURNED TO SEE IF JIM HAD THE ROPE CUT WHEN THE PIECE OF ROPE HIT HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO THE BELTHEAD TO RESTART BELT WHEN HE HUNG HIS HAT LIGHT IN THE TOP JERKING HIS NECK BACK INTO HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS COUPLING MANTRIP CARS TOGETHER AND HURT OR STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMP WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK
EMP WAS AT FACE LIFTING GUARD RAIL ON JOY MINER WHEN IT SLIPPED ON THE BAR WHILE WHILE LIFTED BY EMPLOYEE
CHAIN CAUGHT,CAUSING HANDLE TO HANG HITTING EMPL ON JAW.HE WAS THROWING JACK ACROSS BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE SO HE COULD PUT SCOOP AWAY, SO HE WOULD NOT RUN ACROSS CABLE HURT LEFT LOWER BACK.
ROCK HAD FALLEN ON THE MINER. THE ROCK WAS BEING MOVED AND MINER BITS WERE BEING SET. HENRY MOVED AS THE ROCK MOVED ON THE MINER. AS HE TURNED, HE HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE ON A ROOFBOLT. PLATE
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A CRIB ON TRACT, HIT CAP BOARD, AND A PIECE OF WOOD HIT HIM IN THE EYE.