EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. AFTER IT WAS LOADED HE GOT OUT TO TURN AROUND IN HIS SEAT. THE CONTINUOUS MINER BACKED UP AND PUSHED THE SHUTTLE CAR. EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWE EN THE DECK AND GOB.
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Showing 50 of 101EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK FELL, HITTING HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
COAL DRILL OPERATOR STATED THAT HE HAD PULLED STEEL BACK TO CLEAN HOLE OUT. AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE STARTED AUGER, EE PUT HIS HAND ON THE AUGER. THE AUGER CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HIS HAND AND ARM AROUND STEEL.
EE STATED THAT WHILE TRAMMING MINER HE RAN OVER GOB THIS RAISED UP THE MINER AND HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST A FLY BOARD.
THE MINER WAS SECOND MINING ON PILLARS IN THE BELT ENTRY ABOVE SPAD #112. GETTING FIRST LIFT TO THE RIGHT AND ROCK FELL BETWEEN BLOCKS OF COAL ON TOP OF MINER PUSHING CANOPY DOWN SOME, RESULTI NG INJURY TO HIS CHEST AND SHOULDERS.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT NYLON STRING OUT OF BELT ROLLERS AND GOT A PIECE OF NYLON IN LEFT EYE. FIRST DAY OFF 3-31-94.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE MINER AND A ROCK WAS HUNG IN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN. HE WAS TURNING A RIGHT CROSSCUT. HE REVERSED THE CONVEYOR CHAIN AND THE CHAIN CAME UP OUT OF THE BOOM AND OVER INTO THE DECK WHERE HE WAS SITTING, HITTING HIM ON THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ADJUSTING T.R.S. SYSTEM WHEN A ROCK FELL AND HIS HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE (ROOF BOLTER) BACKED INTO INTERSECTION TO STRAIGHTEN HIS CABLE. SHUTTLE CAR HAULING OUT OF NO.4 ENTRY CAME THROUGH FLY AND HIT THE BOLTER IN THE SEAT AREA WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MACHINE. APRON FROM CABLE HIT EMPLOYEE (BOLTER) IN UPPER RIB AREA UNDER LEFT ARM.
EE STATED THAT WHEN HE MOVED TO PUT IN NEW BOLT AND PLATE, HE RAN INTO THE ROOF BOLT INJURING HIS CHEST AND LEFT RIBS.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PUTTING HIS LAST BOLT UP IN #2 FACE, STARTED TO DRILL WHEN A KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT, HITTING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS REACHING ACROSS BOLTER TO GET A BOX OF RESIN. HE SLIPPED AND HIS KNEE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE ATRS LEVER, DROPPING THE ATRS ON THE EMPLOYEE- STRAINING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TRAMMING MINER, RAN OVER A HUMP IN ROADWAY AND HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING MINER WHEN THE MINER CAT CHAIN RAN UPON A ROCK & DROPPED OFF JERKING HIS BACK FIRST DAY OFF 04-05-93
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BOLTING NO. 6 ENTRY WHICH HAD A SLIP RUNNING UP THE MIDDLE OF THE ENTRY WHEN A ROCK FELL, HITTING HIS BACK AND KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. EMPLOY EE BRUISED HIS BACK AND CHEST.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BACKING UP THE MINER AND BACKED THE DECK ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DRILLING ON ROOF WHEN A ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A ROCK FELL ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER,HE FELL DOWN AND HURT HIS RIBS.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING CONTINOUS MINER WHEN A RIB ROLLED ON MINER DECK BRUSING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIBS EE FLUSHED HIS SHIFT AND WORKED 3 HOURS THAT NEXT DAY BEFORE HE STARTED MISS ING WORK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STARTING TOD RILL HOLE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL. HITTING HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN RIB ROLLED & HIT BACK.
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT 0F ROADWAY SO BOLTER COULD CHANGE PLACES. BUMPER OF BOLTER WAS SET DOWN ON RIGHT FOOT.
LUSK MAINS EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TRAMMING MINER OUT OF FACE AND PINNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AGAINST FRAME OF MINER AND RIB.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BOLTING BREAKTHROUGH WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKE OFF AND HIT HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK SLID DOWN DRILLS TEEL. ROCK ROTATED WITH DRILL HEAD AND CUT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NOSE.
ROOF BOLTING STEEL FELL OUT OF HOLE HITTING R HAND
EE STATED THAT HE WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKE OFF AND HIT HSHIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER DOWN ON HIS KNEES, TURNED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS GOING AROUND TURN IN TRACTOR WITH ROCKDUSTER ROCKDUSTER HIT HOLE CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE CATCHING EMPLS RIGHT ARM BETWEEN TRACTOR & DUSTER.
HE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING WITH TORCHES NEAR BELT HEAD WHILE I.NAME WAS WELDING SCRAPER ON BELT HEAD. HIS EYES WERE BURNT FROM THE ARC OF THE WELDER.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING BOOM OFF OF BELT HEAD, HIS HAND WAS ON TOP OF THE UPINNED BOOM BOOM WAS RAISED CATCHING HIS HAND BETWENN BOOM AND ROOF.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING COAL DRILL WHEN A ROCK FELL ROCK HIT MACHINE AND BROKE INTO PIECES A PIECE OF ROCK HIT EE CUTTING HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING ON MINER RIB ROLL HIT RT FOOT CAUSING HIM TO PUT ALL WEIGHT ON LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WELDING STRAPS ON MINER, WHEN HE BURNT HIS EYES.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP HITTING HIS LEFT FOOT.
INJURED WAS CUTTING METAL WITH A TORCH SPARKS FROM A TORCH BURNING FELL ITO THE CUFF OF A GLOVE HE WAS WEARING AND BURNED HIS R WRIST FIRST DAY MISSED WORK 10-31-89
WHILE BOLTING TOP EMPL HAD TO STRAIGHTEN UP ATRS WING. IT CAME LOOSE SUDDENLY & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WING & CROSSBAR.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER PLACED HIS HAND AROUND THE DRILL STEEEL, DRILL STEEL CAUGHT HIS GLOVE TWISTING HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATYED THAT HE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON THE BACK BRUISED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS HEAD KNOCKING MINE CAP DOWN ACROSS BRIDGE OF NOSE. ALSO STRUCK LEFT EYEBRTOW ON A LOOSE ROOF BOLT PLAT E.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS-HAD PUT UP FIRST BOLT & MOVED MACHINE OVER FOR 2ND. BOLT-WHEN HE PUT CANOPY AGAINST TOP A PIEE OF ROCK APPROX. 4' SQUARE & 2" THICK BROKE OFF & FELL AGAINST HIS RIGHT LEG. THE ROCK BROKE HISRIGHT LEG ABOVE THE ANKLE.
EE STATED THAT PIU CAME OUT OF RIGHT LEG ON REAR OF CANOPY CANOPY TILTED HITTING EE S HEAD INJURING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT DUE TO SAME BAD TOP INTERSECTION SAME TIMBERS WERE SET. AS THE MINER MOVED TO #5 THE BOLTER WAS MOVING FROM THE MINER CABLE CAUSED A TIMBER TO FALL HITTING EMPLOYEE.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS USING GRINDER ON PIECE OF METAL GRINDER KICKED BACK CUTTING THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THATA PICE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL STRIKING THE ROOF CANOPY AND THEN HITTING HIS BACK.
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS DRILLING HOLE TO INSTALL BOLT WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS & TRS HITTING HIM ON FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE INSTALLING BOLTS ON RIB SIDE,A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND RIB,HITTING HIM ON THE SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BOLTING TOP, DRILL STEEL STOPPED UP-HE TOOK HOLD OF DRILL STEEL WHILE IT WAS ROTATING. THE BIT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE & TWISTED HIS ARM AROUND THE DRILL STEEL.
EMPLOYEE STAYTED THAT HE WAS SETTING A CHECK SPAD IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE ENTRY FROM THE FCE. THE COAL DRILL WAS OPERATING IN THE FACE OF THE ENTRY. INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED SET TING A PAD AND WAS REACHING FOR HIS PLUM BOB, WHEN THE COAL DRILL OPERATPR INITITED THE CABLE TAKE UP. TE CABLE WHICH THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS AWAY, SOME HOW WRAPPED AROUND HIS LEG.