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The employee stated that he was walking on a barge when the barge cable recoiled and hit him under the right arm, knocking him into the loaded barge. The employee did not begin missing work for this injury until 1/14/2010.
Injured was operating fletcher twin boom roof bolter. Drill steels dropped out of roof and hit EE in middle finger of right hand.
Injured twisted knee while running roof bolter. Normal work while bolting. Not sure how knee became injured. Right knee has ligiments torn. MRI scheduled 3/25/08
EE was burning a jig elevator bucket that was stuck in the chute. A piece of slag entered under his safety glasses and burned his lower left eye lid. EE rubbed his eye enough to scratch them. Drops were applied to his eyes. He missed one day, 1/3/08.
Injured man was roof bolting on a twin boom bolter when a piece of rock fell between the ATRS and the canopy striking him on the back of his left lower leg and foot.
While injured was tramming bolter from one work place to the next work place, he put his arm outside the tram canopy deck area and trammed bolter into rib causing arm to get caught between rib and bolt machine.
Employee was greasing the Wasco hilift. He was using a lever action grease gun. A bucket pin was hard to take grease. He was pulling the lever towards him, with the body of the grease gun resting on his chest. Another employee assisted him pulling the lever. The force against his chest cracked a rib on his upper right chest near his sternum.
Was preparing to bolt on twin boom Fletcher truss bolter and maintenance had been preformed on hydraulic system and an oil slick was left in the work area. He had hold of drill steel looking up at roof & slipped in oily area and right hand hit levers and clinched steel clamps around steel catching left hand.
Injured was tramming Fletcher bolter out of working place. He had his rt hand on top of canopy. Machine raised and caught his rt hand between canopy and mine roof.
Using hydraulic tension equipment to put tension on cable type roof bolts, he twisted his back.
While maintenance was being performed on equipment with cutting torches and welder. Some hot cutting went down inside top of boot and burned top of left foot.
While lowering drill head with right hand on the hydraulic controls and holding a section of drill steel in left hand, the upper end of the steel came in contact with the side of the drill head and the lower end of the steel contacted the operator's foot. As the head was lowered it pushed the section of steel against his foot.
Miner operator was tramming miner to face of #7 entry, was holding bolter cable up while he was tramming, miner boom was swung toward op side pulling cable and miner slide towards curtain/op side pinning him against rib. remote box was between he and miner boom, knocking power. Co-worker pulled him from between rib and miner boom.
While EE was installing a cable bit. His drill steel got stuck in the roof while trying to remove drill empty, he cut his finger between drill steel and bolt chuck.
While operating operator's side of bolter, drill head went up higher than the canopy and got wedged onto canopy. Employee used left hand to separate head and canopy causing hand laceration.
EE moved miner from X 8-9 to #8 inter. He stopped the miner to hook up rope to miner cable handler to drag miner slack to face of #8. When he bent down to get rope, felt miner up against him, causing cable handler to puncture his R. thigh. EE was not tramming the miner. Miner was checked & left-side IVS changed. Also, small roll in bottom observed in #8 hdg.
WHILE BOLTING IN #3 HEADING OF 1 RD, A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S BOLTER CANOPY AND THEN FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.
Employee was fabricating a reinforcing mat of rebar for concrete. He was burning a piece to size when a spark went under his safety glasses and went into his eye in the pupil area, becoming lodged.
WHILE TRAMMING BOLTER THROUGH XCUT, EE HAD HIS HAND LAYING ON BUMPER OF BOLTER. WHEN HE TRAMMED THE BOLTER, HE MASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN RIB & BOLTER BUMPER.
EMPLOYEE HAD HAND RESTING ON BOOM ARM WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, WHICH CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BOOM ARMS OF BOLTER.
EE WAS BOLTING AND WHILE INSTALLING A 4 FT RESIN BOLT IN ROOF HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
TWO WORKERS WERE REMOVING LIMESTONE FROM A RECENT SHOT. AFTER LOADING WAS COMPLETED USING A 235 EXCAVATOR, THE HAUL TRUCK DRIVER WALKED TOWARDS THE HOE PARELLEL TO THE TRUCK FROM THE FRONT TO REAR DIRECTLY BESIDE AND BELOW TO ABOUT THE REAR WHEELS OF THE TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF LIMESTONE APPROX. 20 LB. FELL FROM THE BED STRIKING HIS HARD HAT AND SENDING HIM TO THE GROUND.
TWO WORKERS WERE DOING REPAIR WORK ON THE TOP DECK OF THE TELESMITH SCREEN WHICH REQUIRED SOME WELDING. ONE WAS HELPING HOLD THE METAL TO BE WELDED INTO PLACE WHILE THE OTHER DID THE WELDING. HE APPARENTLY SUFFERED SOME FLASH BURNS WHILE THE METAL WAS BEING TACKED INTO PLACE EVEN THOUGH HE WAS IN THE OPEN & NOT LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE ARC. HE DIDN'T HAVE DIFFICULTY UNTIL THAT NIGHT
MAN WAS HELPING BOLTER WHEN ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS & HIT MAN ON BACK OF HAND & BROKE IT.
EE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH CUTTING TORCHES. HOSE OF TORCH BECAME TWISTED. WHEN IT QUICKLY AND SUDDENTLY BECAME LOOSE, IT BURNED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE EE'S FACE.
WHILE BOLTING A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND SLID DOWN TRS AND HIT GROUND FLIPPING OVER AND HIT MAN ON RIBS (ROCK WAS 2" THICK BY 12" ROUND)
A SOAP STONE ROCK AND WATER IN TOP LET ROCK SEPARATE BETWEEN BOLTS, LETTING ROCK BREAK LOOSEAND DROPPING ON EDGE OF CANOPY, THEN SLIDING OFFAND HITTING MAN ON BACK, LEFT ARM AND RIGHT LEG. HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THIS TIME.