BACKING UP MINER CANOPY CAUGHT ON BOLT CAUSING MACHINE TO STOP SUDDENLY AND DROP TO BOTTOM, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HEAD ON LIGHT MOUNTED UNDER CANOPY
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Showing all 40EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HYDTAULIC HAND DRILL ALONG WITH 2 COWORKERS THE AUGER BECAME WEDGED IN THE HOLE AND WRENCHED THE DRILL FROM THE GRASP OF THE OPERATORS. THE HANDLE STRUCK INJURED ON R IGHT FOREARM-FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING BOLTER. GOT STUCK IN MUD MACHINE SLID TO SIDE CATCHING HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN BOLTER FRAME AND BOTTOM.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BOLTER INSTALLING A 4\ BOLT AND BELT HANGER. THE CANOPY JACK BRACKET BROKE OFF CAUSING THE CANOPY TO FALL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.
EE WAS OPERATING A C/M WHEN HE STRUCK HIS TAILBONE AGAINST THE SEAT.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER & CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN A ROCK & THE MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CONTINIOUS MINER WHEN THE FLOATING DECK HINGE PIN DISENLAGED CAUSING THE DECK TO STRIKE THE CONTINIOUS MINER & THE EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINIST ROOF OF CANOPY.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING A CHUCK OF A DRILL STEEL WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST ROOF BOLTER - FRACTURE RIGHT LITTLE FINGER CASE NOT DICIDED UNTIL 9-4-84
EMPL DRILLING 4\ HOLE WITH ROOFBOLTER WHEN PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING LEFT SHOULDER AND KNEE-CONTUSION.
EMPL INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HEAD AND SHOULDER-CERVICAL STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 1\10"X 1\ X 3/4" FELL FROM AROUND THE BOLT STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND HAND.
EMPL INSTALLING 6\ RESIN BOLTS.AS HE WAS PUSHING BOLT INTO HOLE WITH BOLTER HEAD,BOLT BENT AND CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOLT AND BOLTER HEAD -COMPOUND FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 4\ RESIN BOLTS. THE BOLT WAS BENT DUE TO LOW CONDITIONS. AFTER INSERTING BOLT INTO HOLE, HE ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN IT WHEN THE BOLT SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT S HOULDER.
EE WAS OPERATING S/C LOADING COAL. A PIECE OF ROCK 4"X5" FLEW OFF MINER CONVEYOR CHAIN & STRUCK HIS HSOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A ROOF BOLTER UPA GRADE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE BOTTOM AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BLOCKING THE WHEELS ON THE ROOF BOLTER SO THE OPERATOR COULD TRAM THE BOLTER UP A GRADE, WHEN THE BOLTER SLID TO THE SIDE CATCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE BOLTER AND THE BOTTOM
AS EMPLOYEE DEENERGIZED PUMP THAT WAS RUNNING HOT, THE DISCHARGE LINE BLEW OFF AND HOT WATER SPLASHED HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A ROOF BOLT WHEN THE DRILL HEAD WAS LOWERED DUE TO AN OIL LEAK. THE WRENCH FELL OUT OF THE DRILL HEAD STRIKING HIS UPPER LIP-LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON MINER WHEN HE TOUCHED A CAN OF WD-40 WITH THE WELDING ROD. PUNCTLAIN IT CAUSING IT TO IGNITE AND BURN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FLETCHER BOLTER. HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON BOLTER HEAD. USED WRONG CONTROL CAUSING BOLTER HEAD TO RAISE CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN BOLTER HEAD AND FRAME OF BOLTER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE WHEN A ROCK ONE INCH BY FOUR INCHES FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING HEADER BLOCK STRAIGHT WHEN BOLTER PUSHED BOLT INTO HOLE. INJRED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND HEADER BLOCK-CRUSH INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING SUPPLY CAR PIN. CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN GRINDER & PIN.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING AS HE REACHED ACROSS MACHINE TO GET DRILL STEEL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF CATCHIGN LEFT HANDD BETWEEN ROCK & BOLTER HEAD. FRACTUR*LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EMP WAS ROOF BOLTING AS HE WAS PUSHING 4" BOLT INTO HOLE THE BOLT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND PUSHED LEFT INDEX FINGER INTO THE HOLE CRUSH INJURY TO FINGER
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF TOP COAL FELL. HE JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING THE BOOM ON A ROOF BOLTER AND HIS FINGERS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROOF MAT AND THE MINE ROOF
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING HEAD PRESSURE ON FLETCHER BOLTER. HE WAS KNEELING WITH ONE LEG ON EACH SIDE OF SHOE JACK. THE TOP OF THE ADJUSTING VALVE BLEW OFF CAUSING THE HEAD TO FALL AND CATCH HIS RIGHT KNEE BETWEEN HEAD AND SHOE JACK-ABRASION RIGHT THIGH.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOFBOLTING AT THE FACE OF 2 2LEFT SECTION WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A ROOF ROCK APP 3FTX2FTX2IN
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE BOLTING STEEL FROM ROOF WHEN THE BIT HOLDER STUCK IN THE ROOF AND THE STEEL FELL OUT STRIKING HIS RING FINGER RT HAND
EMP WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND STRAPS WHEN ONE OF THE STRAPS SLIPPED OFF THE A.T.R.S. OF THELFLETCHER TWIN BOOM ROOF BOLTER STRIKING HIS RIGHT CHEEK AREA
THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AS HE WAS WELDING OVERHEAD ON A SHUTTLE CAR A PIECE OF HOT METAL FELL INTO HIS LEFT EAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING COWORKER COUPLE DRILL STEELS WHEN CO WORKER HIT WRONG CONTROL CAUSING JAWS ON BOLTER TO CLOSE ON INJUREDS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A 4 FT RESIN BOLT WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND OVER THE END OF THE BE IT TO REMOVE IT FROM THE HEAD OF THE BOLTER. AT THE SAME TIME THE BOLTER OPERAZOE RAISED TH E HEAD OF THE MACHINE CAUSING THE VICTIM\S HAND TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLT AND MINE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AS HE WS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER A PIECE OF RIB FELL STRIKING HIM AS HE WAS SITTING IN THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENTS
THE EE STATED THAT AS HE WAS HELPING TO MOVE THE C/M HE WAS REMOVING CABLE FROM THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE WHEN THE EE PUT THE HEAD DOWN STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT.
THE EE STATES THAT AS HE WAS MOVING THE DRILL HEAD OF THE FLETCHER ROOF DRILL HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE IN ORDER TO LEAN OVER TO SEE IF THE HEAD HAD CLEARED A ROCK HE H AD PULLED DOWN WHEN HE PINCHED HIS RT. MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE D RILL HEAD & THE FRAME.
STANDING IN SHIELD.AS SHIELD WAS PULLED IN ,RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LIGHT POWER BOX AND PANLINE-CONTUSION.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING MINER UP FROM FACEHE RAISED HEAD OF MINER DUE TO HOLE IN BOTTOM WHEN HE RAISED HEAD THE BACK END OF MINER RAISED ALSO CAUGING HIM TO HIT HEAD ON ROOF NECK STRAIN
NO IDENTIFIABLE INCIDENT - EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SCOOP OPERATOR ON LONGWALL MOVE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK HE STATED HE IS NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPERED