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EMPLOYEE WAS USING CUTTING TORCHES TO REMOVE WORN OUT BIT BLOCKS ON A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF HOT METAL STRUCK HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE NO. 1 BOLT IN THE FIRST ROOF MAT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 12X12X3 FELL ONTO THE BOLTER TRAY AND BOUNCED OFF STRIKING THE EE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT ANK LE CAUSING A POSSIBLE HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO THE RRIGHT ANKLE.
INSTALLING RF BOLT 2 X 4 SPRUNG BACK BOLT WENT IN HOLE, STRUCK ON BACK OF HAND AND FOREARM FRACT TO L FOREARM
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING THE DRILL HEAD, HIS LEFT KNEE SLID UNDER THE DRILL HEAD. WHEN HE WENT TO RAISE THE DRILL EHAD HE PUSHED THE LEVER UPWARD CAUSING THE DRILL HEAD TO LOWER APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE LEFT KNEE AREA ABOVE THE KNEE CAP.
A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 30" IN DIAMETER 6"-0" THICK STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE WHILE HE WAS SWINGING THE BOLTER HEAD TO BEGIN TO BOLT. TH EEDGE OF ROCK STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD, PU SHING HIM FORWARD CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN TO THE NECK.
EMPL WAS REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM ROOF WHEN IT FELL UNEXPECTANTLY & STRUCK RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUSING BRUISE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING THE 1ST BOLT INT EH CHANNEL, WHEN A PIECE OF SOAP STONE FELL OUT BETWEEN THE CHANNEL HE WAS INSTALLING AND THE OUBY CHANNEL NEXT TO THE RIB. THE SOAP STONE MEASURED 3' LX2 1/2'WX8"-10" THICK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 1 1/2 FT BY 1' FT BY 8" TO 1" THICK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING A POSSIBLE BRUISED MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A DRILL STEEL OUT OF THE ROOF WHEN HAND ACCIDENTALLY PRESSED DOWN ON THE CONTROL TO RAISE THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTER PINCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTER HEA D AND ROOF.MEDICAL ONLY.
EMPLOEYE WAS REBOLTING AND WHEN THE SAFETY POST ON THE ATRS BOLTER WAS PRESSURIZED A PICE OF CLAY VEIN FELL OUT AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE SHOULDER CAUSING NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN. MEDICAL ONLY.
EMPL PUSHING PIECE OF ROCK ACROSS MINER WHEN IT BROKE INTO 2 PIECES ACROSS COAL CHAIN.THE END BEING PUSHED CAUGHT EMPL RIGHT HAND AGAINST MINE ROOF CAUSING BRUISE.LTA AS OF 7-22-91.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILL A HOLE. A PIECE OF ROCK 27" TO 37" WIDE, 88" LONG AND 0" TO 6" THICK FELL BEGINNING AT THE DRILL STEEL BACK TO THE OUTBY THE SAFETY POST. PUSHING EMPLOYEE INTO THE BOLTER THE ROOF BOLT INSTALLED ABOVE HIM SLIPPED ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INCIDENT CAUSING A FRACTURED VERTERIA IN NECK- LACERATION TO LEFT EAR.
EE HAS BEEN OPERATING MINER ON REMOTE CONTROL FOR 2 YEARS AND HAS A HABIT OF SITTING ON HIS FOOT AND IN DOING THIS HE DEVELOPED AN INFLAMED TAILBONE.
EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BECAME STUCK IN THE ROOF. HE WAS REACHING FOR AN OBJECT TO LOOSEN IT WHEN THE POD FELL OUT STRIKING HIS MIDDLE LEFT FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE OF THE MIDDLE LEFT FINGER.
EMPL WAS MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER BY REMOTE CONTROL WHEN EMPL STEPPED IN HOLE TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL WAS INSTALLING #1 BOLT IN 1ST MAT. AS 1ST HOLE WAS BEING DRILLED CLAY VEIN APPROX 72" LONG 36" WIDE & 0-6" THICK FELL OUT OF ROOF STRIKING HIM ON LEFT HIP AREA CAUSING BRUISE & ABRASION.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING DRILL HEAD. HIS ELBOW CAUGHT AN OFF SET INT HE RIB CAUSING THE DRILL HEAD TO CONTINUE GOING TOWARDS THE RIB CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE ASPRAIN OF RIGHT WRIST AND BRUSH BURN OF R IGHT ELBOW.
EE WAS SWINGING BOLTER HEAD OUT TO BEGIN DRILLING THE OPERATOR MOVED MACHINE A HEAD AND SWUNG IT TO GET TRS CLOSER TO THE RIB PINCHING HELPER AGAINST THE RIB AND RIGHT HEAD OF THE BOLTER.
EMPL WAS USING JACKHAMMER. DRILLING RIB AT ROOF LINE EMPL WAS LEANING OVER & PUSHED ON HAMMER & EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK & RIGHT LEG PAIN. INCIDENT HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION UNTIL 01/04/91.
A DRILL STEEL BECAME STUCK IN THE ROOF. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR THE POD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND PUT HIS LEFT HAND ON THE DRILL HEAD. THE POD FELL OUT BEFORE EMPLOYEE COULD REACH IT STRIKING H IM ON THE LEFT HAND CAUSING SWELLING AND BRUISED LEFT HAND AND MIDDLE KNUCKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING BIT BLOCKS ON THE MINER WHEN HE GRABBED A HOT BIT BLOCK BURNING THE PAIN OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON 9-20-90 AT THE TRUCK GARAGE. ON 9-21-90 HE SAID HIS EYES WERE SORE AND HE FELT HE GOT FLASHED THE DAY BEFORE. ON 9-24-90 HE REPORTED A SPOT ON HIS LEFT IRIS AND HIS EYE WAS VERY SORE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE METAL WAS REMOVED BY A DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS IN THERE FOR A WHILE.
OPER HAULER, WELDER OUTBY, INHALED SMOKE IRR TO THROAT
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A GLANDWATER LINE AT A FILTRATE PUMP TO SEE IF IT WAS GETTING WATER. EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO LOOSEN LINE WITH A WRENCH WHEN TO PUMP CASE FLEW APART STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT AR M AND IN TWO AREAS ABOUT THE LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN. THE EMPLOYEE REQUIRED SUTURES IN ALL THREEE AREAS TO CLOSE THE LACERATIONS.
TRAMMING RF BOLTER, GOING THRU WATER HOLE BOLTER SLID IN MUD JARRING EMP BRUISED L RIBS
EMPLOYEE PULLED LEVER FOR DRILL HEAD TO SWING OUT TO THE RIB. THE LEVER STUCK CAUSING DRILL HEAD TO CATCH HIM BETWEEN THE RIGHT RIB AND DRILL HEAD CAUSING TORN LIGAMENTS TO RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL HAD BOTH HANDS ON CONTROL LEVERS WHEN COUPLER FOR PUSH POD SNAPPED APART. EMPL PUT UP RIGHT ARM & WAS STRUCK WITH DRILL STEEL CAUSING FRACTURE TO RIGHT ARM ABOVE ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND WHILE INSTALLING THE 1ST BOLT A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF THE RIGHT HAND CUASING A FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF THE RIGHT THUMB AND A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE. PIROR TO INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF & STUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HIP, KNEE & CALF AND POSSIBLY A PINCHED NERVE IN NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN A ROOF MAT AND A ROOF BOLT COUPLER CAUSING A LACERATION BETWEEN THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.
EE WAS BURNING BOLTS OFF A CRIBBED UP 5 TON WORKING OVERHEAD. WHEN A SPARK CAME BACK AND HE TRIED ROLLING OUT OF THE WAY STRIKING LEFT KNEE CAP AGAINST THE 5 TON WHEEL CAUSING A BRUISED LEFT K NEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE MINER USING REMOTE CONTROL AND WHILE WALKING, HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A WOODEN ROOF SUPPORT JAMMING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE BOLTER HEAD. CAUSING A BRUISE FIRST DAY OFF 3-22-90. THIS INCIDENT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION UNTIL 4-13-90 BY OUR SECOND PARTY INSURANCE CARRIER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROCK DUSTING USING A DERON DUSTE. THE EMPLOYEE KEPT TURNING HIS HEAD AROUND TO CHECK ON THE DUSTER WHEN HE DEVELOPED NECK PAIN.
DRILLING HOLE, PC OF ROCK FELL OUT ALONG RIB STRIKING R HAND CONTUSION AND LACERATION MED ONLY
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF AROUND THE STEL STRICKING HIM ON THE HAT THEN SLID DOWN STRICKING HIS LEFT HADN CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN AND HAND PAIN.
EMPL WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF ROOF STRIKING EMPL ON TOP OF RIGHT SHOULDER BRUISED SHOULDER.
EMPL WAS OPENING UP SHUT OFF VALVE TO LET AIR COME DOWN ROCK DUST HOLE PIPE. ROCK DUST THAT HAD BEEN LEFT IN PIPE CAME DOWN & STARTED TWISTED FLEXIBLE HOSE AROUND HITTING EMPL. HYPEREXTENDED L EFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN GETTING A DRILL STEEL THAT WAS STUCK IN THE ROOF. WHILE ROTATING THE STEEL THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN ON THE STEEL AND HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT CAUSING BRUISES TO THE LEFT HAND AND POSSIBLY BROKEN LITTLE FINGER.
THERE IS NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT. THE EMPLOYEE HAS A HABIT OF SITTING ON HIS LEFT LEG WHILE OPERATING THE MINER ON REMOTE MODE AND HAS DEVELOPED PAIN IN THE LEFT LEG AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO DRILL A HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 12" X 10" X 1/2" FELL, STRUCK THE DRILL HEAD OF THE BOLTER & BOUNCED OVER STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT MIDDLE FINGER CAUSING A BRUISE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF ROOF AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND TWISTED WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.
EMPL LOWERED THE BOLTER HEAD THE STARTER STEEL REMAINED IN THE ROOF WHEN THE EMPL PUT HIS HAND ON THE CHUCK TO CHECK THE SUCTION THE STEEL FELL OUT STRIKING EMPL ON THE INDEX FINGER L HAND CAU SING A SHATTERED BONE TO THE INDEX FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT IN THE LAST CHANNEL WHEN THE END OF THE CHANNEL SPRUNG DOWN CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT THUMB. MEDICAL ONLY.
AFTER DRILLING STATER POD WHILE PUTTING IN FINISHER PAOD PIECE OF ROCK 4'4"X22 1/2 X 4" TO FEATHER EDGE FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN SAFETY POST & ROOF BOLTER STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT SIDE OF BAK CAUSIN G LOWER BACK & KIDNEY BRUISE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UNEVEN PRESSURE ON A 3/4" DRIVE RATCHET. WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE WITH HIS LEFT FOOT, THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND RIGHT HIP.
EMPL WAS LOWERING SAFETY POST AND NOTICED A PIECE OF ROCK FALLING AND PUT HIS HAND UP TO PUSH THE ROCK AWAY AND JAMMED HIS R THUMB CAUSING A FRACTURE IN TWO PLACES
EMPLOYEE WAS ROCK DUSTING WHEN HIS RIGHT EYE BECAME IRRITATED CAUSING AN ABRASION OF THE CORNIA EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PRESCRIPTION SAFETY GLASSE3WITH SIDE SHIELDS MEDICAL ONLY
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET A STUCK DRILL STEEL OUT OF ROOF WHEN IT FELL IT STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING AN AMPUTATION TO THE FIRST JOINT ON THE RING FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND