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IE stated was on the off operator side of a roof bolter. They were positioning the machine to install a bolt, and EE got right foot run over by the front tire of the bolter
Another employee was tramming bolter, the cable jerked and pulled a rope hanger down. Injured employee stated the cable pulled sideways and struck him in the right knee. (Bruise to right knee)
The employee was installing a conveyor motor on a 14-15 JOY continuous miner using a hoist and a nylon strap. As the mechanic was repositioning the motor in the miner pan, it started to slip, he had his hand on the motor to guide it and his left pinky finger got caught between the nylon strap and the motor. As a result this cut his finger above the first joint.
Employee was on his knees bolting and had to bend the bolt to install it. As he installed the bolt and pushed on the bolt to straighten it back out he felt his left knee pop. He went to the doctor that day, continued to work and began missing work on 10/22/13. (Strain to the left knee).
While drilling the roof to install strap in the #1 heading the middleman steel became stuck. While trying to free up, the steel broke loose catching his right index finger between the finisher and middleman steel. Laceration requiring stitches.
Employee was attempting to help with suction on the operators side of the bolter. He had his hand on the arm of the bolter trying to pull the suction hose off of the pot when the operator raised the pot, pinching his fingers between the arm and the frame. Simple fracture to pinky finger on left hand.
Employee was bringing drill steel out of the hole when steel came out of the drill chuck, striking him in the nose. (Fracture and laceration to the nose requiring stitches).
While using a cutting torch a piece of hot slag fell onto the acetylene hose and burned a hole through it causing it to blow out. Employee used his right hand to push the hose away from him causing him to receive a burn on his right middle finger and hand.
Employee was swinging his drill pot out to install a bolt and had his hand resting on the supply tray of the bolter and his finger was mashed between a bolt and the side of the tray. He was taken to ER and received stitches to close the wound and a splint was applied.
A small rock 2"x3" flew off the drill pot and hit employee's safety glasses.
While standing on the off-side of the roof bolter waiting for operator to move bolter up a piece of draw rock slid off of the canopy and flipped onto employee's ankle and foot.
Employee was heating metal when a piece of rust popped loose and went under his safety glasses striking his left eye. He had the foreign object removed and was prescribed medicated ointment.
EE was operating a four-wheeler on the surface, and when he turned to put it in reverse he hit his elbow on a reciprocating saw blade that was on the back of the ride, resulting in a laceration, requiring 4 stitches to close the wound.
EE was welding on a parts box with his back to another parts box. Two other employees were using an overhead hoist to move the second box and it flipped over striking EE fracturing his right lower leg.
Member was spot bolting on 3 A trac operating a single head bolter, he swung the drill pot over mashing his middle finger on his left hand. This required sutures to repair the wound. He returned back to work on his next scheduled shift
Employee was bolting in 7 right. He was inserting the 2 piece drill steel into the hole when he pinched his right index finger with the pusher drill steel. He suffered a laceration to this finger.
EE set CM over to right side of #4 right, head hit rib something popped off head and struck right eye, causing injury.
Trimming corner from block, Continuous Miner head caught RB cable, cable fell onto and pulled operator against CM.
Installing 8 ft. rope bolts, bolt bent, attempted to straighten by spinning chuck. Did not notice head out of chuck. When the bolt began to spin, it came out of the chuck. The plate and bolt head struck his left shoulder area. He completed the shift, went home and later sought treatment.
Starting inside bolt, 3rd row. Level chain broke and struck employee under left eye causing injury. Employee was taken to ER for treatment. Stitches were used to close wound.
Threading nut onto all thread with impact wrench, injured left hand. Taken to E.R. for treatment, used stitches to close wound.
EE WAS INSTALLING 10' ROPE BOLT. THE BOLT BENT WHILE BEING PUSHED IN. EE HAD HOLD OF BOLT, INTENDING TO LOWER POT. HE HIT WRONG LEVER & BOLT SPUN, HITTING HIS RIGHT WRIST & CAUSING LACERATION.
Employee was on operator side of bolter. off side man swung boom causing machine to hit wrist. x-ray showed hair line fracture at left wrist.
EE was in #6 entry, 3 rows in 6R cross cut putting up torque tension bolts. A bolt head broke off in the pot. while removing the bolt head a piece of draw rock fell onto his back. x ray were negative.
EE WAS HOLDING BOLT BLOCKS WHILE A COWORKER WELDED THEM ONTO THE MINER. DURING THE PROCESS, EE'S EYES WERE BURNED. HE WENT TO SEE HIS DOCTOR FOR TREATMENT.
DRAW ROCK FELL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE. AS HE WENT DOWN WITH THE ROCK HE INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE. ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB BOLT AND RIB.
EMPLOYEE BURNED RIGHT ARM WHILE WELDING BUT DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 8/14/04 WHEN MIDICAL BILL CAME IN AND HE DECIDED TO FILE UNDER WORKER'S COMP.
EE WAS INSTALLING 5 FT TORQUE TENSION BOLTS IN 8 FT HEIGHT. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT AS HE DRILLED, HIT THE DRILL POT, BROKE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE UPPER LIP. STITCHES WERE USED AT THE E.R. TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
EE WAS LOADING A CAR WITH THE MINER IN THE NO. 4 ENTRY. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF THE RIGHT LEG. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
MEMBERS WERE WORKING ON THE POWER CENTER OF THE HIGHWALL MINER WHEN MONITOR PAC SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN FLASH BURNS TO THE MEMBER.
MEMBERS WERE WORKING ON THE POWER CENTER OF THE HIGH WALL MINER WHEN MONITOR PAC SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN FLASH BURNS TO THE MEMBER.
MEMEBER WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS IN #7 ENTRY WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM IN HEAD.
EE WAS WATCHING THE CABLE FOR THE BOLTER OPERATOR AS HE TRAMMED THE BOLTER OUT OF A HEADING INTO THE INTERSECTION. EE WAS REMOVING THE CABLE FROM A HANGER WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED THE ROOF BO LTER AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CABEL REEL ENGAGED.THE CABLE STRUCK EE UNDER THE CHIN & KNOCKED HIM BACKWARD. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HEWAS DIAGNOSED WITH A MUSCLE STRAIN.
EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT BOLTS LOOSE ON A SHUTTLE CAR WHEEL UNIT. THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS BLOCKED UP & EE WAS LYING ON HIS SIDE WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EAR. DUE TO AN E AR INFECTION IT BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND. SEVEN STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
WHILE OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EE ON THE LT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. HE WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION AND RELEASED THE NEXT DAY.
EE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WITH HIS FOOT WHEN THE CM CATS CAUGHT THE CABLE TRAPPING HIS RT.LEG BETWEEN THE CABLE AND THE RUB RAIL ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER. EE WAS KEPT IN THE HOSPITAL OVER NIGHT FOR OBSERVATION, SUBSEQUENTLY NOT WORKING HIS NEXT REGULAR WORK SHIFT.
EE HAD DRILLED A BOLT HOLE AND WAS INSERTING THE ROOK BOLT WHEN THE PLATE SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOREARM. STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
EE WAS REMOVING THE DISCHARGE LINE FROM A PUMP. WHEN THE VICTROLIC COUPLING WAS REMOVED SCALDINGWATER SPRAYED ON HIS HANDS CAUSING SECOND DEGREEBURNS.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOVE AHYDRAULIC PUMP WHEN THE SOCKET BURST LACERATING HIS HAND. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER IN THE #5 HEADING ON 003-0 SECTION WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG. EE WAS GIVEN 2 DAYS OFF WORK BUT HE DID NOT RETURN FOR HIS NEX T SCHEDULED SHIFT.
EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER HIS LEFT HAND WAS ON THE ROOF BOLT WHEN HE HIT THE ROTATION LEVER EE'S GLOVE CAUGHT ON THE BOLT. EE SUSTAINED A FRACTURED WRIST & AMPUTATION OF HIS RING & LITTL E FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT AND ACCIDENTLY STRUCK THE BOOM LEVER CAUSING IT TO DROP DOWNOFF THE BOLT. HE THOUGHT THE BOLT WAS GOING TO SET UP AND HE USED HIS RIGHT HAND TO MOVE THE BOLT OVER FOR ALIGNMENT. AT THE SAME TIME HE APPLIED UP PRESSURE TO THE DRILL POD AND HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PLATE AND ROOF. THE TIP OF FINGER BEHIND NAIL WAS SEVERED.
EE WAS ROOFBOLTING IN THE NO.5 HEADING. HE WAS DRILLIG HOLE, BOLTER STEEL BROKE, STRUCK AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT PINKEY FINGER.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT HAND AND FRACTURING THE LITTLE FINGER.
EE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECEOF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM. HESUSTAINED A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.
EE WAS OPERATING THE CONT MINER WHEN THE RIPPER HEAD THREW A ROCK STRIKING HIM ON THE UPPER LIFTLIP. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND
EE WAS USING A 1/2" DRILL WHEN THE DRILL BIT CAUGHT FOUL. THE DRILL TWISTED HIS HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE TO A SMALL BONE IN HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS NORMAL WORK DUTIES WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCLE STRAIN. THIS WAS CONTRIB UTED TO REPEATED TRAUMA.
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT FOREARM WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A ROTATING ROOF BOLT PLATE. STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.