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DRILLING ROOF SPLIT SET HOLES CAUSING LOOSE SUPPORTED BACK TO FALL.AREA IN DRIFT WAS BEING REBOLTED DUE TO BROKEN WIRE AND BASKETS.SOME OLD SPLIT SETS WERE RUSTED OFF UP IN THE HOLES 12"TO16" ALLOWING ROCK TO FALL.
PULLING STEEL FROM HOLE PULLED MACHINE BACK LEG SLID F ORWARD FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT MACHINE AND JACK LEG
MINER WAS MUCKING FACE OF HAULAGE DRIFT-HAD FINISHED RIGHT SIDE AND DRILLED OUT.WAS FINISHED EFT SIDE TO DRILL LIFTERS WHEN SLAB PEELED FROM RIGHT SIDE.SLAB STRUCK MUCKING MACHINE AND BROKE IN TWO PARTS.ONE PART CAME OVER THE BUCKET AS HE WAS LIFTING IT STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER,SLID DOWN THE RIB AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS GU3DING DAMPER (MACHINERY) WHICH WAS BEING HOISTED DOWN 1.5E DRIFT. WHILE THE DAMPER WAS BEING MOVED, IT BECAME UNBALANCED AND TIPPED OVER CENTER PINNING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN DAMPER A ND RIB. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS GR2UND SUPPORTING WITH 6' SPLIT SETS (BOLTING) USING 300 DRILL MACHINE & LEG. VIBRATION OF DRILL LOOSENED GROUND AND A SLAB ROLLED OVER, EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, LOST HIS FOOTING AN8 STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMP WAS DRILLIN1 TIGHT RIBS OFF THE MUCK PILE. A SLAB OF ROCK CAME OFF THE RIB HITTING THE DRILL STEEL. THE LEG KICKED OUT FROM UNDER MACHINE. PINNING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN MUCK PILE AND MACHI
EMP WAS HELPING3ANOTHER MINER BOLT RIBS WITH MATS USING 300 IR MACHINE AND JACKLEG EMP WAS CHANGING DRILL STEEL WHEN HE GOT THE LITLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE STEEL 3
EMP WAS DRILLIN1 HOLES FOR ROCK BOLTS. HE WAS REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM THE MACHINE WHEN AN OLD ROCK BOLT BROKE OFF FROM THE PLATE AND A 8" BOLT HIT HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT, AS WELL AS SEVERAL S MALL ROCKS 3
EMPLOYEE HAD JU8T FINISHED DRILLING A HOLE & WAS PULLING DRILL MACHINE OUT OF THE HOLE WHEN HE SLIPPED & HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL MACHINE & THE LEG
EMPLOYEE HAD JU8T FINISHED DRILLING AND WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE,WHEN THE DRILL MACHINE BECAME OFF BALANCE.EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HOLD MACHINE BUT HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN LEG AND AND DRILL MACHI3E.FRACTURED LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND AND FLEXOR TENDON REPAIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING HOLE IN BACK FOR ROCK BOLT-HAD FINISHED HOLE AND WAS BRINGING MACHINE AND 8' STEEL OUT WHEN THE STEEL CAME OUT OF MACHINE AND FELL DOWN STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT INDEX F INGER. 3
SURFACE-CAR SHOP EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING CHAIN IN HOOK, AND EMPLOYEE STARTED RAISING HOIST, TRYING TO GO UP SLOW, BUT PUSHED BUTTON INTO THE FAST MODE. MANGLED THIRD FINGER OF LEFT HAND.