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I,NAME WAS OPER5TING THE MINER ON A STEEP GRADE WHEN HE SET THE JACK THE MINER PIVOTED AND SLID ON THE MINER OPERATORS FOOT & ANKLE CAUSING PAIN AND LOCALIZED TENDERNESS.
I NAME WAS OPERTING THE MINER.THEY WERE BELTING UP AT THIS TIME.THEY HAD THE PULL ROPE HOOKED UP TO THE SOCKET OF THE MINER AND AS HE TIGHTENED UP ON THE PULL ROPE IT CAME LOOSE AND THE SOCKET STRUCK I NAME UNDER THE LOWER LIP CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH NEEDED 7 STITCHES.
UNSAFE ACT OF THE INJURED PERSON. HE HAD HIS FOOT IN A PINCH POINT. IRREGULAR BOTTOM. ONE OF THE DRUMS OF THE MINER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY ANDCAUSED THE MINER TO SHIFT TO ONE SIDE QUICKLY AN D CAUGHT HIS FOOT UNDER THE MINER SEAT.
WHILE THE MINER OPERATOR (W.H.) WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF A BREAK IN FAST FEED HE CAUGHT HIS ANKLE BETWEEN THE MINER SEAT AND A STIFF JACK THAT HAD BEEN SET TO CLOSE TO THE MINER BY A FELLO W EMPLOYEE CAUSING A CRUSHING WOUND TO THE RIGHT ANKLE (NO BONES BROKEN) BRUISING AND SWELLING.