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BOLTING ROCK FELL IT JUMPED FROM MACHINE KNEE PAINFUL
WELDING, FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES
THE EMPLOYEE GOT A PIECE OF MOLTEN SLAG IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE WELDING OVERHEAD N A LOADER IN THE MINE MAINTENANCE SHOP. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WAS PL ACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MANBASKET OF A ROOF BOLTER. AS THE BASKET NEARED THE BACK THE FRONT BASKET BOOM CYLINDER PIN GUSSETS BROKE AT THE WELDS. THE BASKET THEN FREE FELL 23 FEET TO THE GR OUND. EMPLOYEE STAYED IN THE BASKET AND WAS INJURED UPON IMPACT WITH THE BASKET.
APPROACHING TRANSFORMER TO RELEASE TRAILNG CABLE SAFETY CHAIN AS JUMBO DRILL BACCKING OUT OF HEADING AS THE JUMBO ROUNDING JPILLAR CORNER SAFETY CHAIN BROKE ALLOWING TRAILING CABLE TO SGRIKE V ICTIM IN KNEE.
PREPARING TO CLEAN OUT LIFTER HOLE OF DRILLED FACE ROUND WHILE DRILL JUMBO OPER. WAS POSITIONING R. BOOM FOR DRILLING BACK HOLE WHEN BOM CONTACTED FACE IT DISLODGED SOME MEDUIM SIZED ROCKS FRO M FACE AND ROCK STRUCK EMP ON HEAD. EMP WA> WEARING SKULLGARD HAT SHELL WAS CRACKED.
EMPL WAS SCALING ON RIGHT RIB A LARGE ROCK FELL ON THE END OF THE BOOM THE WEIGHT OF THE ROCK OLWERED THE FRONTOF THE SCALER AND RAISED THE REAR END OFF THE GROUND A FEW TIMES UNTIL THE ROCK F ELL OFF EMPL WAS JOLTED AS THE SCALER WAS BOUNCED AROUND ON 11-4-88 EMPL WAS SEEN AT OUR INHOUSE CLINIC AND WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN
EMPL WAS DRIVING THE R-10 ATLAS COPCO BOLTER INTO THE MINE MAINTENANCE SHOP HE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND HIS R KNEE STRUCK THE BOTTOM OF THE DASH RESULTING IN A BRUISED KNEE CAP HE CON TINUED TO WORK REGULAR DUTY UNTIL 10-12-88 WHEN FLUID WAS DRAINED FROM THE KNEE AND HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY
EMPL USING CUTT3NG TORCH TO CUT HOLE IN FLOOR OF 540 LOADER.WHEN TORCH WAS DROPPED,EMPL TRIED TO CATCH IT AND MISSED,BURNING BACK OF HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3THE PROCESS OF RAISING THE MAN BSKET,WITH A BOLT ALONGSIDE,WHEN THE TOP OF THE BOLT CLEARED THE CANOPY ABOVE THE BASKET THE END OF THE BOLT SWUNG TOWARD HIM AND STRUCK HIM IN T HE MOUTH CHIPPI3G HIS TEETH.
OPERATOR SUFFER9D NECK AND BACK PAIN AFTER PROLONGED OPERATION OF THE MECHANICAL SCALER OPERATOR MUST LEAN FORWARD AND EXTEND THE CHIN TO OBSERVE OERHEAD SCALING
EMP WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A SPLIT SET BOLT DRIVWER STUCK IN THE END OF ROCK BOLT WHEN THE DRIVER CAME LOOSE FROM CHUCK TENDER OF ROCK DRILL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE MOUTH CHUCK TENDER OPENED WHEN IT STRUCK PROJECTING ROCK FROM BACK
IRON WORKER WAS BOLTING UP STEEL WHEN A 50LB CROSS BEAM STRUCK HIM ON LEG AND ARM