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The employee was operating a twin head bolter. His drill steel caught on a roof screen when he swung his boom. The drill steel then sprung over hitting his thumb.
The employee was operating a continuous miner. As he was mining a piece of mine roof spun off of the head of the machine and struck the employee in the face causing a laceration.
The employee was standing next to a twin head roof bolter during drilling operations. As the operator advanced to install the next row of pins he ran over the employees foot causing bruising and swelling to his foot.
The employee was operating a roof bolter. He placed his hand on top of the operators canopy and swung the boom pinching his hand between the mine roof and the canopy.
The employee was bolting. As he attempted to put a bolt in the drilled hole, using the hyd. of the bolter, the bolt bent and hit his hand which caused a strain.
The employee was roof bolting. He raised the pot up to the starter steel, which was not properly aligned, it snapped back jarring his hand.
The employee was installing roof support on the off side of a twin head roof bolter. As he was standing at the middle of the machine the operator inadvertantly ran over his foot.
The employee was spotting roof bolts in the haul road. While installing roof bolt in the mine roof he caught his hand between two wrenches causing a laceration.
The EE was helping the continuous miner operator pull up miner cable. The operator failed to stop when flagged and pulled the cable down striking the ee knocking him to the ground.
The ee was supporting mine roof with a twin head bolter. He had his hand on the starter steel and used the hyd. to insert the pusher steel. The steel snapped back striking the employees hand.
The employee was installing roof bolts. A piece of mine roof dislodged from the roof and struck the employee
The employee was installing roof support. He dropped the boom down on his knees.
The employee was attempting to dislodge rock dust from a machine rock duster. During this procedure the employee slid his hand across a metal burr cutting his hand.
The employee was installing roof support, the drill steel bent striking the employee in the head.
The employee was attempting to insert drill steels into the drill chuck by raising his boom. The steels caught the lip of the chuck placing the steels under pressure. The pressure released suddenly, causing the drill steels to strike his hand.
The employee was attempting to insert his drill steels into the drill chuck. The steels causht the side of the drill chuck when the chuck was raised to the steels. The steels bowed under pressure then released striking the ee's thumb. This caused a dislocation. The ee went to the hospital where dislocation was reset. He return to work and completed his shift.
The employee was preping a piece of angle iron with a hand grinder. He was holding the piece of steel with his left hand. The hand grinder jumped across the piece of steel striking the employee's left thumb. The grinding wheel lacerated the employee's lower thumb. The cut required 5 stitches. The guards on the grinder were in place as required.
The EE was prepping steel with a hand held grinder during contstruction of the wash-plant. A piece of steel/rust entered the EE's eye behind his safety glasses. The incident was reported. The EE thought the object was out of the eye. He began to experience irritation the following day. EE went for treatment on 11/24/06 to have object removed. No lost time is expected.
The ee was attempting to insert drill steels into the drill pot. when they did not line up he applied upward pressure on the boom. The steels warped under the pressure. The steel released into the drill pot slapping the between the thumb and index finger splitting the skin no rotation was involved in this injury. ee received 6 stitches.
A roof bolter op attempted to use machine rotation pressure to aligne his drill steels. This procedure also put pressure on the bottom pusher steel warping the steel. The steel spun striking the op's thumb. His left thumb was fractured where it ataches to the hand.