EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WELDING STRAPS ON MINER, WHEN HE BURNT HIS EYES.
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Showing all 10EE STATED THAT PIU CAME OUT OF RIGHT LEG ON REAR OF CANOPY CANOPY TILTED HITTING EE S HEAD INJURING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT DUE TO SAME BAD TOP INTERSECTION SAME TIMBERS WERE SET. AS THE MINER MOVED TO #5 THE BOLTER WAS MOVING FROM THE MINER CABLE CAUSED A TIMBER TO FALL HITTING EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BOLTING TOP. HE HAD FINISHED HIS BOLT & STARTED TO LET CANOPY DOWN. THE TOP BOLT HOLDING CANOPY TO JACK HAD UNKNOWINGLY WORKED LOOSE. THE CANOPY FELL APPROX. 15" STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD & SHOULDER. HE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID, COLLAR PUT AROUND HIS NECK & TAKEN OUTSIDE. HE REFUSED AN AMBULANCE, STATING HE WOULD TAKE HIS CAR HOME & THEN GO T
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING MINER OUT OF PLACE, THE OOM OF THE MINER CAUGT A FLYBOARD, WHEN HE LOOKED AROUND TO SEE WHAT HE HAD DONE, THE BOARD CAME LOOSE AND STUCK HIM ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BOLTING FACE OF #1 ENTRY WHEN HIS STEEL DROPPED OUT OF HOLE,STRIKING HIM ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
EMPL STATED THAT A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON RT RIB DEPOLO MAINS BETWEEN LAST ROW OF BOLTS AND TRS HITTING HIM
EMPLOYEE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OR WHAT STRUCK HIM. HE SAID HE WAS INSTALLING A STEEL STRAP AND THE NEXT THING HE KNEW SOMETHING HAD HIT HIM AND HE BEGAN TO RUN. FROM ALL INDI CATIONS AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE A ROCK HAD STRUCK THE END OF THE STEEL STRAP AND IT FLEW AROUND AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE. IT MAY HAVE ALSO KNOCKED HIM INTO THE MACHINE.
WHILE HELPING O3 MINER A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP CUTTING RIGHT HAND AND BRUISING RT LEG
WHILE BOLTING T2P CAUGHT LEFT LEG BETWEEN DRILL HEAD AND RIB.