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EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, HAD LEFT HAND RESTING ON BOOM, A SMALL ROCK FELL ON HIS HAND, CAUSING A SMALL CUT & BRUISE TO RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
EE WAS TRAMING ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE FELL OFF SEATHOLDING ONTO TRAM LEVER & RAN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT
EE DRILLED A STARTER HOLE WHEN HE ADDED THE SECTIONAL AUGERS TO DRILL A (5') HOLE EE DIDN'T HAVEENOUGH ROOM FOR CLEARANCE TO CONNECT AUGERS SO HE RAISED HIS BOOM WITH BOTH AUGERS IN LEFT HAND BOTTOM AUGER CAUGHT OR TENSON & LIGMENTS & DANA GE IN THIS MISHAP
BENDING AND INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS (5' BOLTS) EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER MID BACK.
DRILLING 45 DEGREE ANGLE TRUSS BOLT HOLE. PINNER STEEL HUNG IN HOLE GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH AND PINNER STEEL. POSSIBLE BROCE OR DISLOCATED RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND. TRY TO GET STEEL OUT OF ROOF. NOTE DID NOT MISS UNTIL 11-19-97.
RUNNING A ROOF BOLTER. PINNER STEEL SLIPPED OUT OF CHUCH, STRUCK HIM ON LEFT HAMD. BROKE MIDDLE FINGER - LEFT HAND.
INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN GOB FELL, PINNING HIM AGAINST BOLTER. (ABRASIONS OF RIGHT ELBOW, LEFT FOREARM, AND LOWER LEFT LEG. ALSO, STRAIN RIGHT WRIST, RIGHT HIP AND RIGHT GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE REMOTE OF A REMOTE CONTROL CONTINUOUS MINER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF, CUTTING RIGHT FOREARM.
WHILE INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT, CAUSING A PIECE OF STEEL TO HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE.
WHILE RUNNING ROOF BOLTER, PINNER STEEL BENT, HITTING LEFT WRIST, CAUSING WRIST TO SWELL.
RUNNING A ROOF BOLTER INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, STRAINED BACK.
EE WAS SPOTTING BOLTER WHEN 2 PIECES OF ROCK FROM A SLIP FELL ON HIM CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF THE PELVIS AND A CRACKED VERTEBRAE OF THE BACK. THE ROCK WAS APPROX. 6-7 LONG-8 INCH THICK-1 0 INCHES WIDE.
INJURED PERSON WAS CLEANING THE RIGHT RIB WITH LOADER WHEN THE DIGGING HAND HUNG INTO THE RIB THROWING THE OPERATOR OFF THE LOADER SEAT AND SOMEWAY STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER HE SAID.
EE WAS PINNING A HIGH PLACE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIM STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT SIDE.
INJURED PERSON WAS OPERATING REMOTE CONTROL MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED OFF THE RIB STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER EVENTUALLY CAUSING HIM TO HAVE ROTATOR CUFF SURGERY ON 11-5-93.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT BY ROTATING ROOF BOLT, PULLING & TWISTING HIS LEFT ARM.
INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE TO HANG ON MINER WHEN THE TAIL OF MINER BOOM PUSHED HIM INTO THE RIB OF COAL WHICH FRACTURED HIS PELVIS.
INJURED PERSON WAS OPERATING A REMOTE CONTROL MINER WHEN HE TURNED & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
INJURED PERSON WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN HIS GLOVE GOET CUAGHT IN THE BOLT AND WRAPPED UP WITH THE BOLT AND PULLED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER OFF, AND PULLED HIS LEFT RING FINGER OUT OF SOCK ET.
INJURED PERSON WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF RIB 1'X1'X4' ROLLED OFF RIB STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY AND BACK.
INJURED PERSON WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN ROOF THROUGH A HEAD WHEN PINNER STEEL BENT & HIT HIM IN LEFT HAND
INJURED PERSON WAS DRILLING HOLE WITH PINNER STEEL WHEN STEEL BENT HITTING HIM ON LEFT ARM AND WRIST.
INJURED PERSON WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 3" BY 4' BY 4" THICK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER.
INJ INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WHEN THE GLUE SET UP TOO QUICK CAUSING ROOF BOLT TO BEND AND HIT LEFT HAND.
GOT L HAND CAUGHT IN DRILL WHILE TAKING WATER DUMMIES OFF
INJURED PERSON WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE MISSED THE HOLE CAUSING THE PIN TO BEND AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE.
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND HIT THE OPERATOR IN BACK OF HEAD CAUSING A CLOSED HEAD WOUND.
CUTTER CABLE REEL ENGAGED IT CAUGHT HIM UNDER ARM THREW SHOULDER IN ROOF
INJURED MAN WAS TRAMMING PINNER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN A LUMP OF COAL AND PINNER FRAME CRACKING A BONE IN HIS FOOT.
PERSON WAS TRAMMING A ROOF BOLTER, HIT HEAD ON A X OVER AND JAMMED HIS NECK.
INJURED MAN WAS3INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH HEADER BOARDS TO HAND WATER HOSE ON, THE OPERATOR APPROX. DID NOT KNOW HE HAD CAUGHT THE WING CURTAIN BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT HEAD AND THE WRENCH BEING USED TO TIGHTE3 THE BOLT. THIS CURTAIN WAS IMMEDIATELY ADJAGENT TO THE BOLT AND THE CURTAIN WRAPPED AROUND THE ARM AND HIS BODY SEVERING THE ARM.
INJURED MAN WAS3TRAMMING A ROOF BOLTER IN TO POSTION AND HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE ATRS. THE BOLTER RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL CAUSING THE BOLTER TO ROCK CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROOF AN D ATRS. 3
INJURED MAN WAS3TRAMMING THE CUTTER IN THE MINE ON A STEEP GRADE AND THE CUTTING MACHINE TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR THE MACHINE STARTED ROLLING FAST AND THE OPERATOR JUMPED OFF AND LANDED IN SUCH A WAY 3T CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE.
EE USING CUTTIN1 TORCH DEBRIS FLEW IN RIGHT EYE.