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EE WAS CUTTING THE END OF A RAFTER OFF. AS HE WAS CUTTING, THE SAW PINCHED CAUSING IT TO KICK BACK AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG.
PERSON WAS TRYING TO CLEAR DIAPHRAM ON PUDDLE SUCKE RBELT PUMP WHEN THE PUMP GEAR ROTATED. PERSON'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT CAUSING LACERATION TO INDEX FINGER.
PERSON WAS DRILLING ROOF WITH WET HEAD BOLTER. WHEN HE LOOKED AT STEEL TO CHECK HOLE DEPTH, SOMEOF THE WATER SLURRY SPLASHED UP INTO HIS FACE BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE, CAUSIN G IRRITATION TO LEFT EYE. WENT TO DR ON 5-3-96 TO HAVE EYE CHECKED.
RUNNING A JACK HAMMER BREAKING PAVEMENT. THE HAMMER JUMPED AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS FOOT.
PERSON WAS BOLTING ROOF AND A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON BACK OF HEAD CAUSING CUT TO BACK OF HEARD.
EMP WAS USING 1/2" ELECTRIC DRILL TO ENLARGE HOLE IN WITE END TO GET A 3/8" BOLT THROUGH IT. THE WIRE END CAUGHT IN DRILL BIT AND SPUN AROUND AND CUT FINGER OF LEFT HAND WHEN IT PULLED WIRE AR OUND BIT.
PERSON WAS USING AIR HAMMER DRILL TO INSTALL ANCHOR BOLTS FOR BELT DRIVE FRAME. THE HAMMER DRILL FELL & LANDED ON TOP OF PERSONS FOOT WHEN DRILL STEEL BROKE AT WELD.
PERSON WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN FACE AREA. WHILE PUTTING IN OUTSIDE BOLT IN LAST ROW AT FACEA ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN LAST TWO ROWS AND HIT CANOPY AND FLIPPED INTO OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AD N LANDED ON PERSONS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING INJURY.
WELDING CHUTE PLUG SWITCH IN PLACE WHEN SLAG WENT INSIDE OF COAT BURNING RT ARM.
PERSON WAS INSTALLING 6' ROOF BOLT INTO ROOK, WHILE PUSHING BOLT UP INTO ROOF WITH BOLT WRENCH, GUIDING IT WITH HIS HAND, THE BOLT BENT CAUSING WRENCH TO SPRING BACK AGAINST BOLTER MAST CATCHI NG HIS FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH & MAST CAUSING INJURY.
HE WAS CHANGING HOSES ON GLUE LINES WHEN HE THOUGHT THE PRESSURE WAS OFF BUT IT WASNT OFF.
PERSON WAS STANDING BEHIND HEADDRIVE IN LINE WITH THE CRUSHER, AT #2 SUPPORT. A ROCK OR PIECE OF COAL WAS THROWN BACK FROM CRUSHER AREA AND STRUCK HIM ON CHIN AND MOUTH , CAUSING INJURY.
EE WAS WELDING BESIDE ANOTHER WELDER WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FROM THE OTHER WELDER STRUCK EE IN THE EYE EE EYE LID WAS BURNED & SLAG SCRATCHED HIS EYE
INJURED WALKED UP ALONGSIDE BOLTER TO CHECK ON THEIR PROGRESS HE RESTED HIS HAND ON THE CANOPY POST WITHOUT THE OPERATOR KNOWING IT. THE OPERATOR WAS FINISHED BOLTING AND HE DROPPED THE CANOPY RIGHT EE RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STOPS ON THE TEKSCOPING CANOPY. THE END AT HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED OFF.
WHILE WORKING AS A MECHANIC ON THE SAME PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WAS BEING WELDED ON WHEN A FLASH CAME BETWEEN THE WELDING CURTAINS AS HE RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES.
PERSON WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN FACE OF CROSSCUT WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON ON MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND CAUSING INJURY.
PERSON WAS WORKING IN DRYER CHAMBER, CLEANING UNIT FOR MAINT. WORK. WHILE SHOVELING AND RUNNING AIR HAMMER FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. PERSON LEFT AT 8:00 PM. PERSON LEFT ON VACATION AND DID NOT REPORT THAT HE HAD GONE TO DOCTOR UNTIL 7-12-93 WHEN HE RETURNED.
PERSON WAS INSTALLING RIB BOARDS WITH BOLTER WHILE INSTALLING BOLT HE CLOSED THE DRILL STEEL GUIDE ACCIDENTLY ON HIS LEFT HAND PINCHING THE MEATY PART OF THUMB IN THE JAWS OF GUIDE.
REMOVING COMPONENT FROM RPOOF BOLTER DRILL HEAD WHEN HANDHOLD BEING USED CAME LOOSE RESULTING IN FINGER BEING CAUGHT BETWEEN MACHINE AND PART.
75926N WAS WALKING TO BACK OF BOLTER TO GET OFF WHEN PIECE OF ROCK 5" X 4" X 3/4" FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK PERSON ON SHIN BONE OF RIGHT LEG.
PERSON WAS RIB BOLTING INT EH 2-1 CROSSCUT. AS HE WAS ROTATING STEEL BACKWARDS OUT OF THE HOLE, HE REACHED UP AND GRABED ROTATING STEEL WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS GLOVE CAUGHT ON STEEL AND BENT HIS HAND AND FINGERS BACKWARDS.
PERSON WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM CABLE TRAY ON LONGWALL FOR SHEAR WHEN ROCK 12"X3" FELL BETWEEN SUPPORT #97 AND #98 AND STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT HAND WHICH WAS ON THE RAIL OF CABLE TRAY.HIT RIGHT THUM
PERSON WAS STANDING IN CENTER AREA OF WALKTHROUGH BOLTER WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN STRAPS AND LANDED ON BOLTER. A PIECE OF THE ROCK 27INCH X 11 INCH X 2 INCH THICK BROKE OFF AND LAN DED ON TOP OF PERSONS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING INJURY.
PERSON WAS OPERATING TRILGATE SIDE OF SHEAR CUTTING TOWARDS TAILGATE SIDE OF LONGWALL FACE SHEAR DRUM KICKED A ROCK OUT & TOWARDS PERSON ROCK HIT CABLE TRAY & THEN STRUCK PERSON ON BACK OF LEG
INJURED WAS STANDING AGAINST RIGHT RIB USING REMOTE TO OPERATE MINER. A TAMPING ROD WAS STUCK BETWEEN RIB BOARD AND RIB AND STRICKING OUT ABOUT 6 INCHES AND WHEN INJRUED TURNED AROUND THE ROD HIT HIM IN HIS MOUTH BREAKING OFF ONE OF HIS FRONT TEETH.
LOADING SPILLAGE FROM FACE WHEN CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND HEAD OF MINER JERKED ON CHAIN IN AN ATTMEPT TO FREE IT FROM HEAD AND CAUSED THE INJ
PERSON WAS ADVANCING PANLINE WASH DOWN HOSE GOT CAUGHT & CAME OUT OF SHIELD VALVE TURNED ON & HOSE FLEW UP & STRUCK PERSON ON THE NOSE
PERSON WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP CABLE FOR BOLTER. THE CABLE REEL TIGHTENED UP AND STRUCK PERSON ON RIGHT LEG. PERSON THEN FELL ON RIGHT HIP
PERSON WAS CLEANING RUST AND SCALE FROM AIR VALVES USING A GRINDER WITH A WIRE WHEEL, WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED PERSONS LEFT EYE AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
PERSON WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR BOLT WHEN ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND LANDED ON CANOPY ROCK THEN FELL FROM CANOPY AND STRUCK PERSON ON KNEE.
PERSON WAS PULLING DOWN ON DRILL STEEL TO REMOVE FROM ROOF AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
PERSON WAS PLACING HEADER BOARD UNDER SHIELD AT TURNTABLE DURING LONGWALL MOVE TO LOAD SHIELD OTHER PERSON RAISED UP ON TURNTABLE AND PERSONS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BOARD AND SHIELD.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL WHILE BEING TACKED ONTO ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL THE LIGHT OF THE WELDER FLASHED HIS EYES
DRILL HOLE IN ROOF STARTED TO PULL STEEL OUT HE WAS IT ON FINGER WITH PC OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF
INJURED WAS AT SUPPORT # WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE TIP OF SUPPORT,STRUCK THE HEADGATE TABLE,BOUNCED AND HIT HIM ON THE LEG. ROCK WAS 3 1/2'X1 1/2' X1.
PERSON WAS PLACING BOARDS UNDER ARTS WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK PERSON ON THE LEFT THIGH CAUSING INJURY.
PERSON WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF ROOF. STEEL BECAME STUCK AND PERSON JERKED DOWN ONIT. STEEL ELT GO SUDDENLY AND CAUSED PERSON TO PULL MUSCLE IN BACK.
INJURED WAS OPERATING RIB DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF HEAD COAL FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. THE MATERIAL MEASURED ABOUT 24" X 12" X10
PERSON WAS TRYING TO REMOVE DRILL STEEL WHICH HAD BECOME LODGED IN THE RIB PERSON REACHED OUT & OVER EXTENDED HIMSELF & WHEN HE PULLED ON STEEL HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK
PERSON WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT ARM BY DRILL STEEL WHILE WALKING AROUND ROOF BOLTER, CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING UP A BOLT SET ON RIGHT SIDE OF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN THE DRILL HEAD WAS TRAMMED BACK TO THE LEFT WHICH STRUCK A DRILL STEEL WRENCH FLIPPING THE WRENCH UP AND STRIKING EMPLOY EE ON RIGHT CHEEK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING END CAP ON TUBING WHEN SUCTION PULLED END CAP ONTO TUBING CAUSING PAIN TO LEFT CHEST AND SHOULDER.
INJURED STATED THAT HE MISSED WEDNESDAY DUE TO PAIN IN HIS BACK BUT THAT HE REPORTED OFF SICK IN HOPES THAT THE PAIN WOULD DISAPPEAR.HE HAD NO PAIN IN HIS HIP WHEN HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON THUR
INJ DRILLING TOP DURING ROOF BOLTING OPERATIONS.PIECE OF ROCK FELL STUCK CANOPY AND BROKE.ONE SMALLER PIECE STRUCK EMPL ON RIGHT ARM.
LOWERING HEAD OF RF BOLTER HOLDING WRENCH IN L HAND WITH FINGER OVER END HEAD MASHED FINGER AGAINST END OF WRENCH
PERSON BENT OVER TO PICK UP RIB BOLT TO INSTALL IN HOLE AND SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK PERSON ON HARD HAT AT BACK OF HEAD.
PERSON WAS SPOT BOLTING AT CORNER ON SECTION HAD DRILLED HOLE AND REACHED UP TO PULL DRILL STEEL OUT OF. ROOF AS HE REACHED UP WITH RIGHT ARM FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER BLADE AREA.
PERSON WAS BOLTING AT FACE OPERATING RIGHT SIDE OF BOLTER HEAD. PERSON PULLED WRONG CONTROL LEVER AND CLOSED DRILL STEEL GUIDE ON TING FINGER OF LEFT HAND CAUSING INJURY.
BOLTING WRENCH BECAME BOUND ON BOLTER WHILE STOED ON TRAY NEAR DRILL STATION WHEN FREED WRENCH FLEW UP STRIKING VICTIM. WRENCH WAS BOUND BETWEEN HEAD & CANOPY MAST.
(NAME) #1 EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING IN SIDEPANEL.WHEN INJURED SECOND EMPLOYEE TOOK OFF SAFETY GLASSES.THEN A PICE OF STEEL CHIP HIT INJURED IN LEFT EYE.