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INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING & BRUISING LEFT LEG.
HE WAS TRAMMING BOLT MACHINE TO PUT UP A BOLT AND HE TRAMMED THE MACHINE UPON HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE TURNED TO TURN BOLT MACHINE ON: HIS KNEE POPPED. TORN LIGAMENT.
OPERATING MINER LOADING COAL WHEN A BIT LUG CAME OFF MINER AND ROLLED OVER TOP OF MINER STRIKING OPERATOR ON RIGHT KNEE.
DRILLING HOLE T O PUT UP BOLTS PIECE OF ROCK FELL HITTING HAND BRUISED LEFT HAND
HE WAS HELPING PUT RIPPER HEAD CHAIN ON WHEN MINER OPERATOR HIT THE SWITCH TO START HEAD BY MISTAKE
DRILLING HOLES WITH ROOF BOLTER,PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HEAD & BACK.ALSO INJURING LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON THE ROOF BOLT. HE SHOULD HAVE HIT THE LEVER TO PUSH THE ROOF BOLT UP INTO THE HOLE. IN ERROR HE HIT THE LEVER THAT TURNS THE ROOF BO LT. ROOF BOLT TWISTED HIS GLOVE WITH HIS HAND IN IT. HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN LOOSE OF THE ROOF BOLT. BRAKE WRIST IN TWO PLACES AND BROKE FOUR FINGERS.
MINING MACHINE LOST AIR, EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT TO SEE WHY, MINER OPERATOR BACKED MINING MACHINE UP AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE BETWEEN RIB OF COAL AND MINING MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 2ND BOLT IN LAST ROW OF BOLTS. THERE WERE 4 SAFETY JACKS SET APPROX. 3 FT APART. A KETTLE BOTTOM (ROUND ROCK) APPROX. 3 FEET LONG AND 2 FEET THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN TWO OF THE JACKS, GRAZED HIS SHOULDER AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HIP. THE ROCK BRUISED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HIP.
CUTTING MACHINE OPER DROPPED HIS CABLE AND THE OPER PULLED HIS MACHINE ONTO THE INJ.(ROOF BOLTERS)LEGS. THE OPER BACKED THE MACHINE OFF HIS LEGS.
SHARPING COAL D RILL BIT & SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TR3MMING (BACKING UP) 506 CRAWLER OUT OF A CUT OF COAL TO ANOTHER CUT OF COAL. THE TAIL PIECE OF THE 506 SLID AROUND AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE 506 AND A RIB OF COAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING HOLES IN ROOF FOR ROOF BOLTS. EMPLOYEE HAD ONE HAND ON THE STEEL TO GUIDE THE STEEL AND KEEP IT STRAIGHT . WHEN HE TURNED THE DRILL ON HIS GLOVE STUCK TO THE STEEL AND TW ISTED HIS HAND 5ROUND THE STEEL.
EMPL INSTALLING3ROOFBOLTS.WHEN DRILL STEEL WENT THRU ROCK ROCK FELL ONTO BOLTING MACHINE AND ROCK BROKE PIECE OF ROCK HIT EMPL ON SHOULDER.