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PINCHPOINT ON STEEL GUARD ON ROOF BOLTER, CAUSED A LACERATION ON RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

CONTRACTOR WAS A PASSENGER ON 340 MANTRIP. WHEN APPROACHING AN AIR DOOR THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED TO PULL THE ROPE THAT OPERATED THE SET OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS TO THE AUTOMATIC AIR-OPERATED VENTILATION DOOR. AS VEHICLE STARTED THROUGH THE DOOR ABRUPTLY BEGAN TO CLOSE. IT STRUCK THE VEHICLE AND SLIPPED OVER INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND STRUCK THE CONTRACTOR.

Employee was jackhammering a concrete footing. The footing had been excavated. A piece of concrete the employee was hammering broke off causing the hammer to drop down into the excavation. The employee stretched, partially tore, his trepezius muscle in his right shoulder.

CO-WORKER HEARD EE SCREAMING FOR HELP & FOUND EE BY THE BOOM OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WITH HIS BACK TO THE RIB & THE BOOM IN HIS CHEST. CO-WORKER MOVED BOOM AWAY FROM EE'S CHEST.

EE WAS CAD WELDING GROUND BED. WHEN LIGHTING WELD CHARGE BLEW OUT AT TOP OF MOLD. PART OF THE CHARGE SHOT INTO LEFT GLOVE RESULTING IN BURNS. WELD WAS SET WITH RIGHT HAND. ALL PPE WAS IN PLACE I.E. LEATHER GLOVES, FARE SHIELD, LONG SLEEVE SHIRT.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STARTING TO DRILL A HOLE WITH A ROOF BOLTER TO INSTALL A ROOFBOLT. THE STEEL DRILL BROKE ABOVE THE STEEL HOLDER AND THE END OF THE LEFT ARM RESULTING IN A LACERATIO N REQUIRING SUTURES. EMPLOYEE ABLE TO PERFORM REGULAR DUTIES.

EES WERE USING A MAGNETIC DRILL THAT WAS POSITIONED ABOUT CHEST HIGH TO THE EE THAT GOT INJURED. THE DRILL BIT SEIZED & THE MAGNETIC DRILL BAR CAME LOOSE & TURNED ONE FULL REVOLUTION BEFORE CO MING TO A STOP. AS THE DRIL BAS SWUNG AROUND IT CAUGHT THE INJURED EE'S L. HAND BETWEEN THE DRILL BASE & THE CORNER OF THE PIECE THAT WAS BEING DRILLED. THIS RESULTED IN A CRUSH INJURY TO EE'

EE WAS PULLING UP THE LO LO WITH THE MINER IN AREA 2. EE GOT OUT TOP OF THE BELT TO SEE IF THE TFACE FAN WAS OUT OF THE TRAVEL WAY BY THE MINER. EE HEARD THE PANEL BELT RIP. THE BELT PULLED IN TO AND FLIPPED THE EE. WHEN EE LANDED HE LANDED ON THE BOTTOM BELT THAT WAS MOVING. BELT PUSHED EE INTO THE CROSS BARS.

THE EE WAS OPEHING THE AIR LOCK DOORS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 8 SHAFT WHEN THE MANDOOR CLOSED ON HIS FINGERS CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. THE DOOR LATCHING CHAIN BROKE CAUSING TH E DOOR TO CLOSE.