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Injured was building a platform when the electrical hand held grinder he was operating kicked-back striking him on the left side of the face and chipping a tooth.
He was bolting top when the wrench slipped and hit him in the face or mouth.
EE was cutting a ring off of bit on the drill and air blew thru it blowing hot grease on his face.
The injured put his right hand on top of drill pot to retreive the drill steel from the roof and raised the boom instead of lowering it.
EE was roof bolting when a bolt strap fell and cut his right forearm. Resulted in 7 stitches.
Employee was rockdusting 008 section at the intake. He accidently threw some rock dust in his eye while using the rockduster. His left eye was swollen and irritated. Seeked medical attention.
Employee was struck in the right elbow by a bolt wrench while bolting. No open wound or broken bones. Swelling and bruising occurred.
While installing a shaft on the Joy continuous miner on section 009, his right hand got caught in the machine, cutting the tip of his pinky finger. Required surgery.
While using a grinder, a foreign object flew into his left eye. He was wearing safety glasses. A minor injury. No lost time.
EE was removing his drill steel from the hole he had just drilled, when the last piece of steel fell from the hole, stiking EE on the middle finger on his left hand, fractured the finger. He has three lost work days.
EE was roof bolting and when the drill head dropped down, the steel fell out of the hole, striking him in the head. EE was wearing hard hat. There were no lacerations or cuts. Not a serious injury.
HIT BY DRILL STEEL IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A BOLT HOLE.THE STEEL BENT & BROKE, HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT ARM AS HE WAS THROWING HIS ARM UP TO PROTECT HIS FACE.
Injured stated he was drilling a hole in the mine roof when he hit a crack and let his drill steel come out of the chuck stirking him on the fingers.
INJURED WAS BOLTING THE MINE ROOF WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK MEASURING APPROX 18" IN DIAMETER BY 3" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS AND THE ATRS STRIKING HIM ON THE FOREARM REQUIRING STITCHES.
INJURED STATED HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE BOLTING THE MINE ROOF. INJURED WORKED UP TO AND INCLUDING 10-22-03 AND HAS NOT WORKED SINCE.
INJURED WAS BOLTING THE MINE ROOF WITH 6' ROOF BOLTS AND AS HE STARTED TO ROTATE THE BOLT IN ORDER TO GET A BEND IN THE DRILLED HOLE, THE BOLT CAME OUT OF THE CHUCK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE THUMB RESULTING.
INJURED STATED THAT AS HE WAS BOLTING TOP HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 10-19-01.
THE INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING (TRAMMING) ROOF BOLTER AND HE DROPPED THE CANOPY. IT FELL, HITTING HIM ON THE SHOULDER. 1ST DAY LOST TIME, 7-17-2001.
INJURED'S DRILL STEEL HAD BECOME CAUGHT IN THE DRILL HOLE. INJURED WAS TRYING TO GET THE STEEL FROM THE HOLE WHEN THE FINGEROFHIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT WHILE HE WAS USING THE TOTATIONOF THE ROOF BO LTING MACHINE. HIS FINER WAS DISLOCATED. INJURED HAD TWO LOST WORK DAYS.
THE CREW WAS ATTEMPTING TO BELT UP AND AS THEY WERE PULLING THE LO-LO STRUCTURE TIGHT WITH THE CONTINUOUS MINER, THE PIN IN THE LO-LO THAT THE CHAIN WAS FASTENED TO BROKE AND STRUCK INJURED I N THE CHEST ABOVE THE RIGHT NIPPLE.
INJURED WAS REPAIRING THE TAIL ROLLER FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE ROLLER ASSEMBLY SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE MINER TAIL AND ROLLER ASSEMBLY CUTTING IT REQUIRING 5 STICHES.
INJURED HAD EXITED THE DECK OF THE MOBILE BRIDGECONVEYOR HE WAS OPERATING TO RETRIEVE A CHAIN. AS HE WALKED TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE MBC, THE NEXT MBC INBY BEGAN TO BACK UP PUSHING INJURED'S M BC AGAINST THE LO-LO BELT STRUCTURE CATCHING THEINJURED'S LOWER LEGS BETWEEN THE MBC AND THE LO-LO BELT STRUCTURE.
THE INJURED RAISED THE HEAD OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO KNOCK DOWN DRAW ROCK WHEN A PIECE FELL,HIT ON THE MINER, BOUNCED AND HIT OPERATOR.
THE INJURED WAS TRAMMING THE ROOF BOLTER UP INTO#3 HEADING WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK & HIS FOOT SLIPPED & WENT UNDER THE TIRE. THE MACHINE ROLLED ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.
INJURED STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A METAL BAR LOCATED IN THE CAB OF THE DOZER AS THE DOZER DROPPED OVER AN 8' EMBANKMENT WITH A SUDDEN JAR. INJURED REQUIRED STITCHES TO THE HEAD AND RETURNED TO WORK WHEN THE STITCHES WERE REMOVED WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.
THE INJURED WAS PUTTING A ROOF BOLT IN THE AND THE DRILL HEAD OR DRILL STEEL CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND WRAPPED HIS HAND AROUND THE DRILL STEEL.
THE INJ WAS IN PROCESS OF INSTALLING A ROOF BOLTWHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON THE FOREARM
THE INJURED WAS ALINING A STEEL STRAP WHEN IT SLIPPED AN STRUCK HIM ACROSS THE FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION. 2 STITCHES SUTURES.