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Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING SHEARER AND SET FOOT UNDER RAMBAR WHILE TRAMMING MACHINE
January 21, 1987OH · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE HAD PU7 WRENCH IN CHUCK OF TRACK BOLTER OPERATOR STARTED RAISING CHUCK. WRENCH CAME OUT EMPLOYEE REACHED TO PUT IT BACK AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CHUCK AND THE TOP OF THE BOLTE MAST. 3
December 22, 1986OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WORKING ON ROCK3DUSTER UNIT WAS ON TOP OF POD, WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE LIFTING ROD (4" ROLL STOCK X APPROX. 3' LONG) FROM INSIDE TANK. MAN WAS OPERATING OVERHEAD CRANE AND MOVING ROD INSIDE T ANK. THEROD SHI0TED AROUND AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND MASHING IT BETWEEN ROD & DISAT TANK.
December 4, 1986OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMP WAS CHECKIN1 FOR A LEAK ON SHIELD HAD HAND ON HOSE AND OTHER HAND ON PRESSURE VALVE, WHEN HE PUT PRESSURE ON THE HOSE IT BLEW FLUID INTO HIS HAND
November 14, 1986OH · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON LEG JACK, ACCIDENTALLY MOVED VALVE BANK CAUSING LEVER WHICH MOVES TOE INTO POSITION, TOE RAISED CAUSING MAN TO BE PINNED BETWEEN TOE AND TOP OF SHIELD.
October 28, 1986OH · Coallw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helperMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING SHIELD WHEN THE DRIVE MOVED OVER THE HOSE PULLED APART AT COUPLER PRESSURE FROM THE HOSE STRUCK HIM DIRECTLY IN THE EYES KNOCKING OFF HIS HARD HAT AND SAFETY GLASSES
October 1, 1986OH · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
EE WAS INSTALLI3G A 5' DRILL STEEL IN T H E CHUCK OF THE TRACK BOLTER WHEN HE PULLED LEVER JAWS SHUT HE C AUGHT HIS FINGERS IN THE JAWS OF T HE BOLTER.
September 17, 1986OH · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS O1ERATING BOLTER CANOPY WAS TILTED REACHED UP TO STRAIGHTEN THE RING & PINCHED HIS FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS TR5MMING BOLTER, WHEN HE RELEASED LEVERS THE BOLTER KEPT TRAMMING STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
August 26, 1986OH · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I.NAME WAS STAN8ING UNDER #84 SHIELD ATTEMPTING TO PULL #85 SHIELD WHEN HE DIDNT DROP #85 DOWN ENOUGH AND HE TRIED TO PULL THE SHIELD IN. THIS CAUSED THE PANLINE TO COME BACK TOWARDS THE SHIEL DS. HIS R FOOT 4AS BETWEEN THE TAILGATE RAM BAR AND TOE OF #84, PINCHING HIS FOOT
August 22, 1986OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MAN SAID HE WAS3RESETTING CRAB LEG. HE T RIED TO LET IT OUT OF GEAR. BELT HAD TENSION ON AND THE GEAR BOX HAD TO BE PRIED TO LET OUT OF GEAR WHEN IT CAME OUT OF GEAR IT KNOCKED MAN AGAINST RI B 3
July 28, 1986OH · Coalroof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helperMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING WHILE LAYING ON HIS SIDE AND RUST FLEW INTO HIS EYE UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
March 25, 1986OH · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPL FREEING ST6CK DRILL STEEL WHEN HELPER MOVED MACHINE BACK CAUSING EMPL TO PINCH FINGER BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND CANOPY FRAME.
March 15, 1986OH · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT3HIS LEFT THUMB IN THE JAW OF THE TRACK BOLTER.
March 10, 1986OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMP WAS LOADING3FLOOR GRATING INTO BOBCAT HE LEANED FORWARD TO REPOSITION GRATING WHEN HE DID THIS HIS LEFT FOOT HIT THE DOWN PEDAL CAUSING THE BUCKET TO LOWER AND CATCH HIS RT FOOT BETWEEN TH BUCKET AND FRAM9 OF MACHINE
March 6, 1986OH · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMP WAS LOADING3CEMENT BLOCKS INTO A SCOOP CAR THE BUCKET WAS UP ON THE SCOOP IT BLED OFF CAUSING THE BUCKET TO LOWER ONTO EMPLOYEES FOOT
OPERATING MOTOR IN REVERSE POSITION ROCKDUSTING TRACK ENTRY AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A HEADER BLOCK.
March 9, 1985OH · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
VICTIM WAS BOLTING - WHILE LINING UP A BOLT HOLE WITH A SHORT DRILL STEEL. THE OPERATOR TRAMMED THE BOLTER CAUSING HIS ARM TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE BOOM OF THE BOLTER.
February 27, 1985OH · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A ROOF BOLTER WAS STUCK IN THE MUD AND SOFT BOTTOM AND VICTIM PLACED A HEADER BLOCK UNDER A TIRE WITH HIS FOOT ON THE HEADER BLOCK TO SHOVE IT UNDER THE TIRE THE OPERATOR TRAMMED THE BOLTER HIS FOOT
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