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HE WAS MAKING SPLICE IN #5 BELT USING HAMMER TO DRIVE RIVETS IN SPLICE. HOOKED HAMMER OVER BELT CONTROL LINE, CAUSING HAMMER TO SWING BACK.
WHILE CUTTING BAND ON LOAD OF BELT STRUCTURE ONE OF THE BONDS BROKE AND STRUCTURE FELL OVER CAUGHT RIGHT LEG FROM KNEE TO BELOW TOP OF BOAT BRUISING THE OUTSIDE OF LEG.
HE WAS ROLLING BELT WITH TWO OTHER PERSON WITH A BELT ROLLER. A BRACKETT CAME OUT OF BELT ROLLER HE TOOK A SLATE BAR LIFT BACK IN PIECE HE PULL A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
TIGHTEN SCRAPPER UP OR HEADDRIVE WRENCH SLIPPED HIT HAND ON PIECE OF METAL CUT HAND.
INJURED PERSON WAS CUTTING OUT A HANDLE TO FIT ON RAKE.
MAN WAS USING A JACK TO HELP REPOSITION A RIPPER MOTOR TO INSTALL THE TOP HOLDING PIN JACK SLIPPED OUT HITTING THE MAN JUST ABOVE THE LEFT KNEE CAP.
LIFTING PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE WITH STEEL BAR.USED PIECE OF WOOD FOR HEEL TO RAISE STRUCTURE UP BY PLACING FOOT ON BAR.BAR SLIPPED BUT WHILE BENT OVER STRIKING HIM IN FACE,RIGHT CHEEK AREA UN DER RIGHT EYE.
HE WAS PULLING DRAW ROCK WITH SLATE BAR. BAR SLIPPED HITTING HIM ON HIS HIP.
HE WAS PUTTING S TRAP ON TRAM CHAIN, WHILE STRIKING IT WITH HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN HIS LEFT LEG.
CONTINUOUS MINER LEFT APPROX. 18" CAP COAL O ROOF. PERSON WAS USEING SLATE BAR. STEEMPTING TO PULL CAP COAL FROM ROOF.
MAN OPERATING PORTAPOWER DIDNT HEAR MAN WHO WAS INJURED TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE SO IN TURN HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT IN EQUIPMENT