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EMP'S LEFT ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DECK OF THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND THE RIB WHEN HE WAS TRAMMING THE MACHINE IN CROSSCUT FROM #3 TO #2 ENTRY
THE EE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE COMPRESSOR WHEN IT WAS STARTED WHICH BLEW ROCK DUST AND A MIST OF TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE AIR WHICH HE BREATHED CAUSING RESPIRATOR IRRITATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SHEAR TOWARDS THE TAIL WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BECAME FOULED IN THE PANLINE AND FLIPPED UP STRIKING TOP OF INJUREDS LEFT HAND
EE REPORTS THAT THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF THE DRILL HOLE WHILE HE WAS REPAIRING THE PUSHER STEEL AND THE DRILL STEEL STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LONGWALL SHEAR WHEN COAL FELL OFF THE FACE BLOWING DUST INTO THE INJURED'S LEFT EYE. NOTE: ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE ON 1-29-96 WHEN EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK DUE TO INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING WITH LEFT HAND RESTING ON LIGHT BATTERY WHILE CUTTING WITH LONGWALL SHEAR TOWARDS TAIL WHEN THE CUTTER DRUM THREW A PIECE OF ROCK STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING FRACTURE TO INDEX & MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
THE EE WAS INSTALLING A 42" RESIN BOLT WHEN THE DRILL BOOM SLID OFF AN OFFSET CATCHING HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN DRILL BOOM & MINE FLOOR CAUSING A FRACTURE TO 2ND TOE, RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS HOLDING ROF DRILL STEEL IN RIGHT HAND WHILE ROTATING, WORKING THE UPTHRUST LEVER WITH LEFT HAND, WHEN HE HIT THE WRONG LEVER CAUSING DRILL STEEL TO BEND THUS STRIKING HIS RIGHT WRIST.
THE ROOF BOLT OPERATOR WAS STARTING THE DRILL STEEL WHEN THE BIT BROKE AND THE DRILL STEEL STRUCK THE ROOF SUDDENLY AND BENT THIS TWISTING INJURED LEFT WRIST.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING ROOF BOLTER BOOM INTO POSITION WHEN IT CONTINUED MOVING AFTER HE RELEASED THE CONTROL LEVER THUS CATCHING HIS LEFT LEG SPREADING HIS LEGS APART H4PEREXTENDING HIS LEF T HIP
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING THE DRILL HEAD ON THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE SLICK BOTTOM & SENT UNDER THE DRILL HEAD THE DRILL HEAD CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT FOOT
EE WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF HOLE. THE DRILL STEEL SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER ( FINGER CAUGH BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND DRILL HEAD). FINGER FRACTURED.
THE CONTINUOUS MINER WS SCRAPPING BOTTOM WITH THE SHUTTLE CAR BEHIND IT THE BACK OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS DOWN IN A HOLE THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS TRAMMED AGAINST THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE C ONTINUOUS MINER TRAMMED FORWARD THE SHUTTLE CAR PICKED UP ON THE BUMPER & SLID OFF CAUSING EMPLOYEES HEAD TO HIT CANOPY
A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK EE ON RT SHOULDER AND UPPER ARM.
THE EE STARTED THE DRILL STEEL ROTATION TO DRILL A ROOF BOLT HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROOF FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT WRIST.
WHILE WASHING DOWN WITH WATER HOSE, EE WALKED BETWEEN TWO PUMPS STRIKING HER RIGHT KNEE AGAINS THE PUMP FRAME.
AS EMPLOYE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER BACKWARDS THROUGH CROSSCUT THE TRIALING CABLE CAME UP OVER THE BUMPER CATCHING INJURED'S ARM (RIGHT) BETWEEN CABLE AND FRAME OF BOLTER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADVANCING SHIELDS IN FACELINE NO 71 SHIELD WAS BEING PULLED BY CHAIN DUE TO BROKEN THE HOOK OUT OF THE HOLE ON THE FOOT OF THE JACKTHE HOOK STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG
AFTER DRILLING A5' BOLT HOLE USIGN 2 PIECE DRILL STEEL, THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE BOTTOM SECTION OF DRILL STEEL AND THE TOP SECTION STRUCK MOMENTARILY THEN FELL OUT CATCHIGN INJURED'S RIGHT RI NG FINGER BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND DRILL HEAD.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING ROOF BOLT A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RT ELBOW & RT RIBS THE ROCK GLANCED OF THE TRS BAR & SLID UNDER THE CANOPY
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING DRILL STEEL WITH LEFT HAND WEARING DAMP LEATHER GLOVE WHICH CAUGHT ON & WRAPPED AROUND THE DRILL STEEL AS HE STARTED THE ROTATION CAUSING FRACTURE TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN #25 SHIELD PULLING THE PAN BACK WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RELAY BAR AND THE SHIELD PONTOON.
EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF SHIELDS. WHEN THE CANOPY WAS PRESSURIZED AGAINST THE ROOF, A PIECE OF ROCK WAS DISLODGED AND STRUCK EE ON RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS PLACING HALF HEADERS ON THE MINE FLOOR TO TRAM THE CONTINUOUS MINER UPON. THE PAN CAME DOWN MASHING EE S FINGER BETWEEN THE PAN AND HALF HEADERS.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A SECTION OF COAL RIB FELL STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE BACK.
EE WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION STANDING ON 2 SHIELD. AS THE HEAD WAS PUSHED FORWARD A CHAIN THAT ATTACHED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 SHIELDS BECAME TAUNT STRIKING EE S LEFT FOOT.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A SHIELD THE RAM ON THE ADJACENT SHIELD PUSHED OUT CATCHING INJURED'S TOES BETWEEN THE SHIELD BAS AND THE PALM.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF ROCK WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE SHIELD STRIKING HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER VIA RADIO REMOTE CONTROL AND WHILE CUTTING BOTTOM THE MINER THREW A PIECE OF ROCK STRIKING INJURED IN CHIN CAUSING LACERATION.
WHILE LOADING COAL, THE SHUTTLE CAR BUMPER HAD COME TO REST ON THE C-MINER BUMPER. AS THE C-MINER ADVANCED, THE SHUTTLE CAR DROPPED TO THE MINE FLOOR BOUNCING INJURED'S HEAD AGAINST THE SHUTT LE CAR CANOPY CAUSING PAIN TO NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BESIDE THE STAGELOADER AT THE HEADGATE OF THE LONGWALL WHEN A STEEL YIEDABLE LEG, KPOSITIONED UNDER ONE END OF A ROOF SUPPORT RAIL, KICKED OUT FROM AN ELEVATED LEDGE ON WHICH THE BASE OF THE LEG WAS PLACED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE BACK BY THE YIELDABLE LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING CHOCKS IN PREPERATION TO MOVE THEM OFF THE LONG WALL FACE WHEN THE CHOCK COLLAPSED AND WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT SHOULDER BY THE CHOCK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING THE MINE ROOF WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SHARP ROCK FELL STRIKING INJURED'S LEFT ARM CAUSING A LACERATION.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REAPIR A LONGWALL STAGE LOADER THE INJURED'S FEET WERE CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN THE STAGE LOADER WAS INADVERENTLY STARTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MAKE A CONVEYOR BELT SPLICE WHEN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BECAME CAUGHT IN THE SPLICING MACHINE CAUSING A LACERATION
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING A THE LONGWALL HEADGATE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK (APPROX 2'X2'X2") FELL STRIKING INJURED ON BACK OF NECK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING ROOF BOLT IN HOLE WHEN THE BOLT FELL OUT STRIKING INJURED'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WHICH WAS RESTING ON TOP OF BOLTER WRENCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERATING A TWIN BOOM ROOF BOLTER AND AS HE LOWERED HIS SAFETY JACK A PIECE OF ROCK 1 1/2"X 3'X3' FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT LOWER LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING, OPERATING MINER, WHEN HISLEFT FOOT BECAME FOULDED BY THE MINER CABLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE MINE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING THE DRILL BOOM OF A FLETCHER DRILL WHEN THE BOOM STRUCK A DRILL STEEL AND THE STEEL FLIPPED UP STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE CHIN.
HELPING TO MOVE TRS PAD ON DRILL- FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN HINGE POINT OF PAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FLETCHER TWIN BOOM ROOF DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 9" 6" X 1/2" VIBRATED LOOSE AND FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS BACKING NO.4 DOZER OFF STOCKPILE AND RAN OVER 3 FT DITCH, CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE AND STRIKE ELBOW AGAINST CORNER OF CB RADIO.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERA TING A ROOF BOLTER AS HE PRESSURIZED THE MA ST JACK AGAINST THE MINER ROOF A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS HARD HAT KNOCKING IT OFF ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD
AS EMPLOYEE WAS PREPAIRING TO RAISE A ROOF CHANNEL WITH THE BOOM OF THE ROOF BOLTER. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING THE CHANNEL. THE CHANNEL TWISTED STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH OTHER INSTALLINA A SCALE AND DOING A LOT OF WELDING WHEN HE WAS FLASHED.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN THE MINE ROOF WHENA SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM AROUND THE HOLE AND STRUCK HIM RIGHT HAND.
EMPL PUSHING THROW ON TRACK SWITCH WHEN THROW SPRING OVER CAUSING EMPL TO TWIST BACK.
EMPLOYEE STARTED TO DRILL A HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE STRUCK HIM ON LEFT HAND.
SUPV STANDING WITH RIGHT HAND RESTING ON THE ROOF BOLTER TRAILING CABLE HUNG FROM MINE ROOF WHEN THE ROOF BOLTER WHICH WAS TRAMMING TO #8 ENTRY RAN OUT OF CABLE SUDDENLY PULLING THE CABLE TIGH T CATCHING INJ RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN POWER CABLE AND MINE ROOF CAUSING THE AMPUTATION.