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EMPL SHIRT SLEEVE CAUGHT THE CONTROL LEVER OF BOLTER CAUSING DRILL ARM TO DROP ONTO EMPL LEFT KNEE.INVESTIGATION COMPLETED 10-4-91.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING WELD OFF OF CAT FRAMES WHEN HE GOT METAL & RUST IN HIS EYES HE WAS LAYING ON HIS BACK & WESARING EYE PROTECTION
DRILLING A ROOF BOLT PC OF ROCK FELL STRUCK ON LOWER L LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF ROOF DOWN BETWEEN ATRS AND LAST ROW OF BOLTS. THE ROCK FELL STRIKING A DRILL STEEL LAYING IN BOLTER TRAY. THE STEEL FLEW UP STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO DRILL A HOLE AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT FOREARM.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A CRIB BLOCK BETWEEN THE TAIL ROLLER OF THE MINER AND A SHUTTLE CAR, ATTEMPTING TO GET SLACK IN THE MINER CHAIN. THE CRIB BLOCK TWISTED SQUEEZING THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND B ETWEEN THE CRIB BLOCK AND THE MINER TAIL.
EMPLOYEES HANDS SWELLED UP AFTER 2 DAYS OF USING JACK HAMMER DOCTORS SLIPPED SAYS REPEATED TRAUMA
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERA TING MINER CUTTING ROCK WHEN MINER BROUNCED CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIS BACK
WHILE ROOF BOLTING THE EMPLOYEE GOT SOMWTHING IN HIS EYE.THE EYE STARTED BOTHERING HIM AFTER HE WENT HOME.THE EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE MATERIAL GOT IN HIS EYE.THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO A DOCTOR ON 02-21-91 TO HAVE THE MATERIAL REMOVED.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A 4 RESIN BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
WHEN THE EMPLOYEE STRIGHTENED THE 4' RESIN BOLT A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 17" X 17" X 10" FELL, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT HAND.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF A SHUTTLE CAR,WHILE HE WAS MOVING THE ROCK THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BACKED INTO THE SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING CAUSING THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEEL TO BE PUSHED INTO THE INJURED EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOOT.INVESTIGATION COMPLETED 12-31-90,
WHILE ROOF BOLTING THE EE GRABBED THE FAST FEED LEVER INSTEAD OF THE SWING, LOWERING THE DRILL BHEAD ONTO HIS RIGHT KNEE AND LOWER LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BOLTER BOOM FROM RIB BOLT TO CENTER BOLT WHEN HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOOM FRAME AND BOLT HEAD AND SAFETY POST.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING A CROSSCUT WHEN THE STEEL BROKE THRU A LAYER OF ROOF. A PIECE OF ROOF CAME DOWN, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD AND WRIST. ROCK WAS 51"X31"X3". THE ROOF WAS SOUNDED BEF ORE AND MATS WERE BEING INSTALLED BECAUSE IT WAS DOUBTFUL. THIS WAS THE OUTSIDE BOLT. PIECE WAS FROM THE DRILL STEEL TO THE RIB.
EMPL TRAMMING BOLTER,BOLTER STRUCK POST SUPPORTING RIB,PART OF RIB FELL INTO OPER DECK INJURING LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES WITH ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE REACHED ACROSS FOR A TUBE OF RESIN, AND HIS LEFT HAND HIT THE FAST FEED LEVER, HIS RIGHT HAND WAS IN BETWEEN THE BOOM AND THE SAFTEY POST.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MINER, CUTTING ROCK, WHICH WAS HARD CUTTING AND CAUSED MACHINE TO BOUNCE. INJURED STRUCK HIS HEAD ON MINER CANOPY.
EXPER BACK PERFORMING REG DUTIES OF RF BOLTER NOT SURE HOW IT OCC
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP TO DRILL A HOLE IN ROOF. HE HAD HAND ON END OF STEEL WHEN HE RAISED BOLTER HEAD HE PINCHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN STEEL AND ROOF.
CONTIOUS MINER WAS BACKING UP AND INJURED WAS MOVING CABLE OUT OF WAY WHEN HE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE ARM AND COAL RIB.
EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP BOLTER CABLE WHEN THE BOLTER MOVED AROUND THE CORNER CAUSING THE CABLE OTO SWING ACROSS THE ENTRY. THE CABLE STRUCK HIS LEFT ANKLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING THE FACE AREA WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK (4'10" X 2'4" X 18") WAS APPARENTLY BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE SAFETY POST BEING PRESSED AGAINST THE ROOF. THE ROOF BROKE LOOSE STRIKING EMP LOYEES FACE, GRAZED RIGHT HIP AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPL WAS RAISING HEAD ON HELPERS SIDE OF ROOF BOLTER. EMPL HAD HAND ON TOP OF HEAD PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN SAFETY POST & ARM OF HEAD.
EMPL INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN #5 ENTRY OF 1 SOUTH ROOMS ,SMALL SHARP PIECE OF ROCK 8" X 8" STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT SMALL FINGER SLICING END OF SAME IN FINGERNAIL AREA.EMPL JUST STARTING TO DRILL A HOLE AND WAS REMOVING HAND FROM STEADYING DRILL
INSTALLING RIB BOLT INJ EMP DROPPING TH BOOM MAST JACK ROCK FELL FORM BETWEEEN THE LAST TWO ROWSOF BOLTS THE ROCK FELL FORM RIB TO BOOM MAST JACK THE ROCK MEASURED APPPROX 2' X18' X'6"THICK.
I,NAME REPORTED THAT WHILE BOLTING AN OVERCAST-THE SAFETY POST WOULD NOT REACH THE ROOF. EXTENSIONS AND METAL TOP WERE INSTALLED. I,NAME WAS PRESSURIZING THE POST AND EXTENSION (STEADYING SAME WITH RIGHT ARM) AND DUE TO THE UNEVENNESS IN THE TOP, THE POST KICKED AND TWISTED AND FORCED HIS ARM INTO AN ABNORMAL POSITION INJURING SAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING EXTRA ROOF BOLTS IN AN AREA OF BAD ROOF.HE WAS PUSHING A BOLT UP WITH THE BOLTER WHEN THE BOLT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ROOF,THE ROOF BROKE AND FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND LEG.THE PIECE OF ROCK WAS 18"X18".
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PLANK WITH A SAW. WHEN SAW CUT THRU EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS FINGER AGAINST PLANK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF MATERIAL FELL STRIKING HIS BACK.
THE INJURED WAS TRAMMING A CONTINUOUS MINER AWAY FROM A FINAL PUSHOUT STUMP. A ROOF FALL OCCURRED. INJURED RECEIVED BRUISED RIBS WHEN MINER CANOPY STRUCK ROOF. CUTTER HEAD WAS IN RAISED POSITI ON WHEN FALL OCCURRED. FALL IS APPROX. 8' HIGH IN PILLAR EXTRACTION AREA OF #56 BLOCK.
INJURED WAS HOLDING INSTALL II BOLT IN LEFT AHND AT COUPLING JOINT WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY USED THRUST LEVER INSTEAD OF THE ROTATIOMN LEVER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A CONTINUOUS MINER TOWARD CROSSCUT #7 TO #6.AS THE MINER TRAMMED OVER A KNUCKLE IT TILTED DISLODGING A PICE OF ROOF.THE PIECE OF ROOF SLID OFF HIS HEAD AND STRUCK HIS RIG HR KNEE. NO WORK WAS MISSED UNTIL 08-01-88.
A PIECE OF ROOF 38" X 18" X 4" THICK STRUCK 2 NAME ON HIS SHOULDER WHILE HE WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE
WHILE TRAMMING MINER IN TETER TOTERED STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF CAUSING PAIN IN NECK.
WHILE ALIGNING A ROOF BOLT MAT DURING BOLTING INSTALLATION. A PIECE OF ROOF DISLODGED TSTRIMING HIS THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS READY TO DRILL A HOLE,WHEN HE STARTED THE ROTATION,A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE KNEE.HE FINISHED THE PLACE,TRIMMED THE BOLTER BACK,AND INFORMED THE FOREMAN OF W HAT HAPPENED.
EMPL WAS PUSHING 4' RESIN BOLT INTO ROOF WITH HEAD OF BOLTER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT IDEX FINGER BETWEEN HEAD OF BOLTER & MAST JACK, CRUSHING LEFT INDEX FINGER.
AFTER DRILLING HOLE HE LOWERED BOLTER HEAD AND LOWER HALF OF STEEL CAME OUT OF ROOF HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON BOLTER HEAD AND WAS PLACING STEEL ON TRAY WHEN THE OTHER HALF OF STEEL FELL OUT OF ROOF AND STRUCK I NAME ON INDEX FINGER
THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AS HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT NEXT TO THE RIB A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD INJURING HIS NECK
MINER AND M B C WERE BACKING UP WHEN THE BRIDGE SHUT OFF AND THE MINER PUSHED THE M B C SIDEWAYS PINNING THE EMPLOYEES LEFT ANKLE UNDER FRONT M B C AND MINE FLOOR INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING NEXT TO RFM TAIL
EMPL STATES THAT HE WAS ROCKDUSTING TRACK HAULAGE HE GOT DIRT IN BOTH EYES EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
THE INJURED WAS CUTTING BOTTOM WHEN THE MACHINE BOUNCED HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY.
THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AS HE WAS REMOVING BENT COAL CHAIN FLIGHTS FROM A SHUTTLE CAR HE WAS STRETCHING TO REACH A FLIGHT WITH A TORCH WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT LEG AND RT GROIN AREA
THE INJURED WAS REBOLTING #6 ENTRY.WHILE DRILLING A PIECE OF ROOF 6"X18"BY 2 1/2" THICK AND STRUCK HIS ANKLE.
THE INJURED WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE. WHILE DRILLING, A PIECE OF ROOF 1 1/2 X 2' X 2" THICK FELL STRIKING HIS SHOULDER.
EMPL. WAS INSTALLING 4' RESIN BOLT INTO ROOF, BOLT WAS PREBENT BECAUSE OF LOW ROOF HEIGHT. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN BOLT HE FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT AS HE WAS T RAMMING THE JOY CONTINOUS MINER THE FLOATING CANOPY SUDDENLY DROPPED CAUSING AN INJURY TO THE EMPLOYEES BACK
THERE WAS ROCK 2N THE CONVEYOR CHAIN OF THE MINER NEAR THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. WHEN THE BOOM WAS LOWERED, THE ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOOM AND THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. THE ROCK STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER.3