EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING HIS FIRST HOLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CROSSCUT 3-2 WHEN A ROCK MEASURING 6 1/2 FEET LONG, 30 INCHES WIDE AND 1 INCH TO 13 INCHES THICK FELL FROM THE ROOF ST RIKING THE EE ON HIS BACK.
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Showing 50 of 397WHILE BOLTING EE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF SCALOE ON THE RIGHT FOOT. EE RECEIVED 3 STICHES.
TRAMMING BOLTER TO NEXT PLACE WHEN THE BACK END OF THE BOLTER WENT UP INTO THE ROOF PUSHING EE'S HEAD INTO HIS SHOULDERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS BETWEEN THE LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS AND THE ATRS WHEN HE REACHED TO PICK UP 2 STRAPS THAT WERE LYING ON THE BOTTOM. A ROCK 1' X 1' X 3" FELL AND STRUCK THE FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAN D.
CUTTING WHILE USING A TORCH TO CUT COAL CHAIN WHEN A PIECE OF HOT SPRAK HIT HIM IN HIS LEFT EAR.
EE WAS INSTALLING A HITECH BOT, @3-4 FT FROM THEFACE, WHEN A ROCK @6' LONG X 2'WIDE AND RANGING FROM 0-7"THICK FELL FROM AROUND THE BOLT AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS HOLDING A 36" PIPE WRENCH ON DRILL STEEL TO LOOSEN IT, THE OPERATOR ROTATED THE STEEL THE WRONG DIRECTION CAUSING THE WRNECH TO STIKE THE EE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS FINISHED WITH HOLE DRILL STEEL STUCK IN HOLE AND SLIPPED OUT AFTER LOWERING BOOM STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH AFTER BOUNCING OFF DRILL CHUCK. MEDICAL NO LOST TIME.
WHILE DROPPING THE BOOM ON THE RT SIDE OF BOLTER, EE WAS TURNING OUT TOWARDS THE TRAM WHEN HE SLIPPED, HE FELL TOWARDS THE DRILL BOOM, CAUGHT HIS RT INDEX, MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS BETWEEN THE SAFETY POST AND BOOM. HIS LEFT HAND WAS ON THE DOWN PRESSURE LEVER EXERTING DOWN PRESSURE ON THE BOOM, CRUSHING THOSE FINGERS.
EE WAS BOLTING X CUT 2-1 IN NORTH MAINS WHEN HE COMPALINED OF PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
BENDING A BOLT ON T-BAR, FELT PAIN IN BACK BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES.
EE WAS BOLTING WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE SWINGING THE DRILL HEADS ON THE TRUSS BOLTER A LONG STEEL (6') CAUGHT, BENT & SNAPPED BACKSTRIKING HIM ON NECK & BACK RENDERING HIM UNCONSCIOUS.
EE WAS BOLTING WHEN HE EXPERINECED LOWER BACK PAIN.
EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WHEN ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER. ROCK CAME DOWN FACE AREA BACK ALONG RIB IN BETWEEN ATRS AND RIB WHERE PERSON WAS BOLTING.
EE WAS GRINDING RUST OFF OF THE ROLLER.
BOLTING. WHILE LOWERING CANOPY, A PIECE OF LOOSESLATE FELL ON CANOPY, SLIDING OFF AND STRIKING EMP ON LOWER BACK AND RIGHT HIP.
AFTER LAYING ROOF BOLT AND PLATE ON HEAD OF BOLTER, EE MOVED HEAD OUT TO START DRILLING HOLE. HE CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOLT AND RIB.
EMPLOYEE PINCHED FINGERS BETWEEN MACHINE AND RIB.
EE WAS MOVING MINER, HIT HEAD ON, SKIN BENT DOWN, JAMMED NECK.
ORIGINAL SEAT FOR DOZER WAS REPLACED WITH A MUCHLESS COMFORTABLE SEAT. THIS CAUSED EMPLOYEE, AFTER TWO DAYS OF OPERATING, TO DEVELOP SORENESS AND STIFFNESS IN MIDDLE AND LOWER BACK.
WELDING WAS BEING DONE [OVER-HEAD] WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG ENTERED LEFT SIDE OF EAR. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK. HOWEVER, HE DID SEEK MEDICL TREATMENT THEREFORE, MAKING THIS REPORT A MEDICAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOARDS TO POSITION TUN THROUGH VENTILATION CHECKS.EMPLOYEE INADVERTANTLY RAISED THE ROOF BOLTER DRILL HEAD UP INSTEAD OF LOWERING.EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS WORK ACTIVITIES, HE TWISTED AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE HAD INSTALLED FIRST ROW OF BOLTS, BOLTER WAS SET UP FOR SECOND ROW. ROOF WAS DRUMMY WENT TO MOVE CANOPY TO SET UP FOR FIRST BOLT IN SECOND ROW. ROCK FELL ON CANOPY STRIKING EE ON LEFT SHOUL DER.
EE WAS POSITIONING BOLTER WHILE BOLTING IN THE #4 ENTRY OF THE MAINS. HE PRESSURIZED THE FLOOR JACK, IT CAME DOWN ON THIS RT FOOT AND FRACTURED HIS BIG TOE.
INSERTING DRILL STEEL INTO BOLT HOLE AND PRESSURIZED BOOM AND PINCHED RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN INSERT AND CHUCK HEAD.
EE WAS WELDING AND WORKING AROUND WELDING AREA. HE WAS WEARING A WELDING MASK WHILE HE WELDED, HOWEVER, HE WAS FLASHED BY OTHER WELDER.
WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL WORK ACTIVITIES, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD INSTALLED 1ST BOLT IN ROW AND HAD MOVED OVER TO INSTALL 2ND BOLT. HE WAS ON KNEES AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BEHIND HIM STRIKING THE FLOOR AND ROLLING OVER ONTO HIS RIGHT ANKLE. P IECE OF ROCK DID NOT FALL STRIKING HIM. ROCK HIT ON EDGE AND ROLLED ONTO HIS ANKLE. ROCK WS 3' L X 20"W X 4-5" THICK.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING HE STTED THAT HIS LEFT KNEE BEGAN TO PAIN WHILE HE WAS KNEELING THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL HE STARTED MISSING ON JULY 10 1995
EE WAS HELPING BOLTER OPERATOR AND WAS POSITIONED OUTBY 2 ROWS FROM ATRS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER AND FELL OFF SHOULDER AND ONTO THE TOP OF HIS LEF T FOOT, CAUSING A CONTUSION AND SLIGHT BLEEDING.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING THE ROOF AND NOTICED A SPARE DRILL STEEL ABOUT TO FALL FROM THE TRAY. HE REACHED OVER TO GRAB IT WHILE STILL DRILLING. HE GOT HIS LEFT HAND (FINGER) CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SP ARE STEEL AND THE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 6FT BOLT & ROOF MAT AGAINST ROOF & CAUGHT INDEX FIONGER UNDER MAT CUTTING HIS FINGER (MEDICAL-NO LOST TIME)
WHILE DRILLING HOLE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PUSH 1ST DRILL STEEL BACK UP INTO HOLE WHEN IT GOT STUCK HE TRIED TO PUSH IT A LITTLE HARDER & STRETCHED OR PULLED MUSCLE ON TOP OF RIGHT SHOULDER
WHILE BOLTING FACED OF #3 ROOM IN B-6 A PIECE OF ROCK 2FTX3FTX2IN FELL OUT& STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK HOWEVER HE DID SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION THERE FORE MAKING THIS REPORT A MEDICAL
EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE PERFORMING HIS NORMAL WORK DUTIES.
EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN HE DROPPED THE HEAD OF THE BOLTER DOWN FROM THE ROOF.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE FACE WHEN HE SEUNG DRILL HEAD OVER TO RIB AND BEGAN LOWERING STAB JACK ONTO HIS OWN FOOT. SQUEEZING LEFT FOOT BETWEEN BOTTOM AND STAB JACK.
WHILE REMOVING BOLTS FROM FISHPLATE, EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING BOLT UP WHILE PARTNER WAS USING AIR WRENCH TO LOOSEN. BOLT TURNED AND CAUGHT AND CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND FROM FIRST KNUCKLE UP. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK DUE TO THE INJURY. HOWEVER, HE DID SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION MAKING THIS REPORT A MEDICAL.
WHIEL EE WAS ROCKDUSTING AND FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. HE CAME TO A LOW SPOT ON THE TRACK. HIS HEAD HIT THE ROOF, CAUSING HIS CHIN TO STRIKE THE RAIL ON THE MACHINE AND CUT HIS CHIN.
EE WAS UNAWARE OF BODY POSITION AND STRUCK SHOULDER ON CANOPY.
EE WAS CLEANING SPRAY NOZZLES ON A DRAIN AND RINSE SCREEN. HE WAS UNAWARE HE WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DISCHARGE CHUTE AND STEPPED FORWARD. HE FELL INTO THE CHUTE, BRUISING HIS LEFT RIBS.
EMPLOYEE HAD RAISED HIS BASKET AND HOOKE DHTE CHAIN WHEN TH EPULLEY BROKE STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND BACK.
EE WAS PUTTING A ROOF BOLT IN HOLE AND PUSHING BOLT UP WITH TIGHTENER STEEL. THE BOLT STARTED TO GO CROOKED. HE WAS GOING TO CLAMP THE TIGHTENING WRENCH WITH THE JAWS AND PINCHED HIS LEFT THUM B BETWEE WRENCH AND JAW. EE DID NOT MISS ANY TIME DUE TO ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, HE DID SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT MAKING THIS REPORT A MEDICAL.
EE HAD DRILLED A HOLE 42" DEEP. HE THEN REAHCED FOR ANOTHER STEEL WHEN THE FIRST STEEL DROPPED OUT OF HOLE AND BOUNCED OFF HEAD OF BOILTER AND HOPT BIT STRUCK RIGHT CHEEK BURNING SAMNE. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK, HOWEVER HE DID SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT MAKING THIS REPORT A MEDICAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING IN THE #5 ROOM, WHILE DRILLING HOLE FOR HT ELAST ROW OF BOLTS AT THE FACE A PIECE OF ROCK CAME DOWN. EMPLOYEE REACHED TO SHUT OFF MACHINE USING PANIC BAR. ROCK SLID DOWN ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A FALL AREA WITH WET PODS APPROX. 9 FT LONG. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING INTO THE ROOF WHEN THE BASE OF THE DRILL STEEL CAME OUT OF THE CHUCK AND WHIPPED AROUND AND SGTRUCK HIM ON HIS LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO START TO ROOF BOLT IN CROSSCUT 2-3 PUT START ER STEEL IN CHUCK & WHEN HE DID A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN AN ALREADY BOLTED AREA & THE ROCK LANDED ON RT SHOULDER & TH IS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO PUT A HARD FORCE ON HIS LEFT ANKLE
WAS DRILLING HOLE IN ROOF AND ROCK FELL ABOVE THE CONTROLS CATCHING THE TOP OF LEFT WRIST AND CUTTING WRIST.