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November 10, 1992 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MAN WAS DRILLING OUT A HOLE FOR A TERMINAL END ON A SHORT PIECE OF CABLE WHEN THE CABLE CAME LOOSE FROM A CLAMP AND CAUGHT TWO OF HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE DRILL AND THE CABLE.

September 14, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A SCOOP BEHIND A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A TENSION BAR SPRING LET LOOSE STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK AND CHEST.

September 12, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE END OF A ROCK DUST HOSE ROCK DUSTING & HE SPRAYED A TIMBER & ROCK DUST FLEW BACK INTO HIS RIGHT EYE

August 7, 1992 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER,CANOPY LOST PRESSURE,LOWERED AND STRUCK EMPL ON TOP OF HEAD,STOVING NECK. EMPL STARTED MISSING WORK 9-3-92 AND AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THIS L OST TIME INJURY WAS DUE TO ACCIDENT PREV MONTH.

June 20, 1992 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

38504AN WAS STRUCK ON HIS LEFT RING FINGER BY A ROOF PLANK THAT SLIPPED OFF A BLOCK THAT WAS SUPPORTING IT WHILE RAISING A ROOF SUPPORT JACK.

May 29, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING AN INTEGPAL ROOF BOLTER ONN A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FIGNER BETWEEN THE DRILL STEELS.

April 22, 1992 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BOLTING ROOF, SMALL ROCK 6X4X1 FELL STRIKING FINGER.

March 23, 1992 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE AND HIP FROM KNEELING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WHILE BOLTING.

March 9, 1992 PA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

HELPING ALONG THE SIDE OF CONT MINER PC OF ROCK FELL OFF OF TAIL OF MINER STRIKING HIM ON R LEG

December 17, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING. A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM RIB, ROLLED ON LEFT FOOT, INJURING ANKLE.

December 6, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING, SET FLOOR JACK OF BOLTER ON PIECE OF ROCK. ROCK BROKE, CANOPY DROPPED STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF HEAD.

November 25, 1991 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN PREPARING TO INSTALL A PLANK WITH AN INTEGRAL ROOF BOLTER WHEN THE PLANK STRUCK HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD

October 25, 1991 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STARTED RF BOLTING MACHINE, IT TRAMMED PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND SHUT CAR

October 19, 1991 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN THAT HE MUST INJ NECK OR SHOULDER WHILE CONTINUOUS MINER. THERE WAS NO MECHANISM OF INJ. HE DID NOT STRIKE AGAINST ANYTHING. NO IDENFIABLE INCIDENT TO CAUSE INJ MAN HAS BEEN MACHINE OPERAT

October 3, 1991 PA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OUT DUST BOX BOLTER STARTED CAUSING LID TO CLOSE ON L MIDDLE AND RING FINGER

August 26, 1991 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS LOADING COAL WITH CONTINUOUS MINER MINER HEAD PICKED UP TIMBER BUTT HIT OPERATOR IN CHEST.

August 15, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING, STEEL STUCK IN HOLE, FELL OUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON INDEX FINGER.

July 12, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WAS PUTTING RESIN GLUE IN BOLT HOLE & GLUE SQUIRTED IN RIGHT EYE.

July 9, 1991 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TOUCHED A HOT PIECE OF METAL AFTER USING A CUTTING TORCH JERKED HAND BACK PUNCUTRING FINGER AN METAL SHARINGS.

June 14, 1991 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS BLEEDING AIR OUT OF A PUMP WHEN HE LOST HIS HOLD ON THE HOSE CAUSING IT TO STRIKE HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT AHND.THE FIELD OFFICE WAS AWARE OF THIS LOST TIME ACCIDENT.THIS REPOR T WAS FILLED OUT BUT MISTAKENLY NOT SUBMITTED AS LOST TIME.

June 11, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE LET THE PINNER HEAD DOWN ON HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE BOLTING ROOF. CONTUSION RIGHT THIGH AND KNEE SPRAIN.

May 31, 1991 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO CENTER THE SHEARER & A LOWBOY WHEN THE TIE HE WAS USING ACCIDENTALLY DISLODGED A PORTION OF THE RIB RIB FELL OUT SQUEEZING HIM BETWEEN THE TIE & RIB

May 7, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHKLE OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER. THE INJURED MAN LET THE HEAD BOOM DOWN AGAINST HIS LEFT KNEE. HE HAS A SPRAIN OF HIS LEFT KNE.E

May 2, 1991 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by flying object

THE MAN WAS WATCHING THE MINER CABLE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT SIDE BY A PIECE OF WATER FILTER HOUSING.

April 9, 1991 PA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

OPER RF BOLTING MACHINE SWINGING BOLTER HEAD MAN STRUCK ON R LEG BY ROCK

March 21, 1991 PA · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS PULLING UP SHIELDS, WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROCK THAT FELL OFF A SHIELD.

March 19, 1991 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS STARTING THE CHOCK PUMPS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A HIGH PRESSURE LINE THAT BROKE

March 16, 1991 PA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS STANDING UNDER A SHIELD. WHILE AN ADJACENT SHIELD WAS BEING MOVED, EE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROCK.

March 8, 1991 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS PULLING A STUCK DRILL STEEL FROM A DRILL HEAD WHEN THE DRILL STEEL STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT EYE.

January 30, 1991 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · Struck by falling object

SMALL PIECE OF RIB FELL HITTING I.NAME ON RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIBS.I.NAME WAS PULLING SLACK OUT FOF MINER CABLE.

January 20, 1991 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS INSTALLING LEGS IN SHIELDS WHEN HE DEVELPED BACK PAIN.

January 18, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by falling object

SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING INJURD ON TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND- BRUISE AND LACERATION OF TOP OF LEFT HAND.

January 9, 1991 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK.

December 18, 1990 PA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JACKING SHIELD WITH WATER J ACK, JACK SLLILPPED STRUCK ON L WRIST

December 4, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS TRAMMING ROOFBOLTER WHEN FOOT WENT THROUGH HOLE IN DECK & GOT CAUGHT UNDER BOLTER.

November 16, 1990 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS PUTTING DRILL STEELS TOGETHER IN ORDER TO DRILL ROOF BOLT HOLES. WHILE INSTALLING THE STEELS INTO THE ROOF WITH THE BOLTER DRILL HEAD, THE MAN PINCHED HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO DRILL STEELS.

November 13, 1990 UT · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS STANDING ON HEAD OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS WET COAT GOT CAUGHT ON WRENCH (DRILL HEAD WAS NOT ROTATING) AS HE STEPPED OFF OF HEAD, THE WRENCH CAUSED HIM TO FALL.

November 8, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LETTING THE BOOM DOWN ON HIS ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOOM AND CANOPY POST BOLT.

October 25, 1990 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A DRILL STEEL THAT WAS STRUCK IN THE ROOF.THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF THE ROOF STRIKING THE MAN ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER.

October 18, 1990 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH A BOLTING MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK SLID OFF OF BOLTER CANOPY, STRIKING THE MAN ON HIS LEFT THUMB.

October 11, 1990 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING THE MINER CABLE ON THE MINER WHEN THE MINER OPERATOR TRAMMED THE MINER AND THE BOOM HIT THE HELPER ON THE SHOULDER.

October 9, 1990 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH BOLTING MACHINE. AFTER INSTALLING BOLTS HE WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT FOOT BY PIECE OF ROOF ROCK.

October 2, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Valley Camp Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF ROOF DRILL STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE WHEN HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

September 10, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND NECK. CONTUSION TO HIS NECK AND BACK OF HEAD REQUIRED OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT ONLY.

September 5, 1990 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS DRILLING A BOLT HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM AROUND THE DRILL STEEL STRIKING THE MAN ON THE RIGHT HAND.

August 31, 1990 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A DRILL STEEL INTO THE DRILL CHUCK ON A ROCK BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS RIBS AGAINST THE DRILL HEAD

August 24, 1990 PA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS MOVING A WALKING SHIELD WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM OFF THE TOP OF A SHIELD.

August 23, 1990 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS DRILLING WITH A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK.

June 25, 1990 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING WATER JACK,WHEN JACK WAS PRESSURIZED PINCHED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN MINE ROOF AND CRIB BLOCK ON TOP OF JACK.

June 12, 1990 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS LOWERING THE BOOM AND DRILL HEAD ON A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN THE BOOM STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG.

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