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Employee was adding a drill steel when roof bolting and the steel in the roof fell out and hit him on his finger.
Employee picked up a 9x9 plate and turned around and hit his hand on valve bank of roof bolter.
Employee was moving miner out of #2 entry on #1 unit. He thought he had turned the miner off but as he reached down to pick up a rope to hang on miner tail the miner moved causing his head to be caught between the tail of the miner and the coal rib.
While trying to adjust drill steel the steel came out of the chuck and hit him on the hand.
Employee was bending a roof bolt and it started to slide off of bolter. When he grabbed for it the bolt struck him in the eye breaking his contact lens.
Trying to straighten a roof bolt and his gas detector pouch got caught in the joy stick causing the rotation to start and his arm was struck by the roof bolt.
Employee was walking around roof bolter when operator made a sudden move with bolter. The employee was caught between deck of bolter and coal rib.
using fast feed to install a roof bolt and the bolt bent hitting him above the left eye
Employee was roof bolting when auger came out of chuck and struck right hand between thumb and index finger. (Required 5 stitches.)
Employee was bending a roof bolt in the drill hole, when it twisted, causing his right shoulder to pop. This did not become reportable until 8-11-08.
Emplyee was using a chop saw to cut a piece of metal. When it cut thru his finger slipped into the blade causing a laceration requiring 7 sutures.
While inserting roof bolt in drill hole he hit the rotation lever by accident causing his hand to twist.
Employee was installing roof bolt and as he started to raise boom to insert bolt into roof the other boom was swung hard by other operator. The roof bolt came out of the chuck and struck employee on left wrist causing pain.
Employee was installing roof bolt. Pushing roof bolt up into hole he had his left hand on the bolt. He accidentally started the rotation causing his hand to twist around the bolt resulting in a sprain to ligaments in hand and wrist.
Employee was installing roof bolts and while bending a roof bolt he felt a pain in his back. Did not become reportable until 10-17-07.
Employee was installing a roof bolt and the rotation was engaged by accident, causing him to twist his left hand.
Employee was letting the boom of his bolter down and a drill steel that was laying on top of the bolter got caught on the boom, causing it to flip up, hitting him on the cheek bone.
Drilling a hole in the mine roof to install a roof bolt and the drill steel dropped down out of the hole hitting him on the right thumb causing a laceration requiring sutures.
Employee was drilling hole in mine roof to install roof bolt. Lowered roof bolting machine boom temporarily catching left knee under it, resulting in a strain to knee area.
Putting pinner steel together when steel bent and hit the inside of his left hand at the index finger fracturing his knuckle.
EE hit rotation with bent steel in chuck. It came around and struck EE on his left wrist and left side of head.
Drilling a hole in the mine roof when the drill steel bent and hit against his right hand and thumb.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN HIS GLOVE BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLTER CHUCK AND THE WRENCH HE WAS USING TO TIGHTEN ROOF BOLTS CAUSING A FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT THUMB
The ee was operating the cont miner and backed miner up after cutting right side of face and he split the cats on the miner to move it toward left side of face. The right rear corner of the miner mashed the ee against the rib.
INJURED PARTY HAD JUST PUT UP HIS 1ST BOLT IN THE ENTRY. WHEN HE STARTED TO SWING HIS BOOM, HE PULLED THE LEVER THE WRONG WAY, STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED PARTY HAD A PIECE OF ROCK TO STRIKE HIM ON HIS SHOULDER & PULL A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. *REASON FOR NO LOSS WORK DAYS, MINE WENT ON THANKSGIVING VACATION.
INJURED PARTY WAS HELPING ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER WHEN HE RAN IN FRONT OF THE BOLTER AND MOVED A CABLE. HE THOUGHT HE HAD GOT OUT OF THE WAY. ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR S TRUCK THE RIB WITH THE ROOF BOLTER STRIKING THE INJURED PARTY ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED PARTY HAD JUST PUT IN HIS 2ND DAY OF WORK RUNNING ROOF BOLTER WHEN ON HIS WAY HOM FROM WORK HE FELT A PAINT IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE SAID THIS PAIN GOT WORSE AS THE DAY WENT BY. HIS SHIFT WAS FROM 0700 TO 1500. HE SAID HE DID NOT RECALL HURTING HIS RIGHT KNEE AT WORK.