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HE WAS INSTALLING LAST BOLT IN THE PLACE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND FINGERS IN THE DRILL CLAMP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MACHINE. HE PULLED THE WRONG LEVEL WHICH CAUSED THE INCIDENT.
MEDICAL REPORTABLE EE TRYING TO INSTALL A BENT ROOF BOLT CLAMP WAS CLOSED AROUND THE ROOF BOLT &AS THE DRILL HEAD WAS RAISED THE ROOF BOLT BENT MORE SMASHING EE'S HAND
RESTRICTED DUTY, EE WAS IN ENTRY BEHIND BOLTER APPROX. 50 FT WHEN BOLTER WAS BACKING UP. CABLE CAUGHT HIM KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND AND HURTING LEFT KNEE.
HE RUNNING ROOF BOLTER, SPINNING STEEL OUT OF ROOF WHEN WRENCH CAME LOOSE FROM THE DRILL STEEL, STRIKING HIS IN HEAD.
EE ROOF BOLT STEEL WAS BOWED WHEN IT SPRANG BACKAND HIT EE'S RIGHT WRIST WHILE ROOF BOLTING.
WHILE INSTALLING A CABLE ROOF BOLT WITH AN INGERSOL-RAND JACKLEG, THE BEARING PLATE SPUN AND HIT EE IN THE RIGHT CHEEK.
EE WAS HELPING TO FREE THE DEBRIS FROM 12' DRILL HOLE IN THE FLOOR WATER PRESSURE TURNED ON BY OTHER. DRILL STEEL BEGAN TO TORPEDO OUT OF HOLE BECAUSE OF THE WATER PRESSURE. EE GRABBED THE WAT ER SWIVEL IN ORDER TO DIRECT IT AWAY FROM MAIN DRILL FRAME. HIS LEFT HIS HAND IN WRONG PLACE TOO LONG CAUSING A PINCH BETWEEN DRILL FRAME AND WATER SWIVEL.
DRILLING WITH JACKLEG WHEN 1" AIR LINE CAME OFF BROKE LEFT ELBOW.
BUMPER OF BUGGY PULLED UP ON BUMPER OF MINER IN A LOWE SPOT. MINER PULLED FORWARD RAISING END OF BUGGIE IN THE AIR AND THEN BUGGIE FELL IFDF MINER CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE CAB. OPERATOR JARRED NEC K AGAINST CAB.
LTA, EE WAS RUNNING A JACK LEG INSTALLING RIB PINS. THE JACK LEG WAS POSITIONED IN A DOWNWARD ANGLE WITH THE HAND CONTROL END JUST ABOVE HIS HEAD. EE TWISTED HIS BACK AS HE WAS PUTTING PRESSUR E ON THE ADVANCING JACK LEG BOLTER.
EE TRIED TO SLOW COLLAPSE OF THE COLUMN POST OF THE DRIL TO PREVENT BOUNCING EQUIPMENT, HANDS WERE PLACED IN A PINCH POINT POSITION.
OPERATOR WAS SWAINGING ARM OF ROOF BOLTER OUT TO INSTALL RIB BOLT. A LONG DRILL STEEL LAYING IN THE TRAY GOT HUNGUP WHILE THE ARM WAS SWINGING OUT. THE DRILL STEEL SUDDENLY RELEASED AND THE IN BY END CAME UP AND STRUCK OPERATOR ACROSS EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WORN CUT INTO EYEBROW.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING, GUIDING HIS BOLT UP SITH HIS LEFT HAND AND HIT THE ROTATION, HIS GLOVE GOT WRAPPED AROUND THE ROOF BOLT RESULTING IN INJURY TO HIS FINGER.
EE WAS RUNNING SHEAR WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITOHOUT SIDE SHIELDS.
EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A STEEL FROM THE HOLE BY HAND. IT WOULDN'T COME LOOSE, SO HE RAN THE CLAMP UP TO SET IT FREE. HIS HAND WAS ON THE STEEL WHEN HE PUSHED THE LEVER, AND THE CLAMP CLOSED O N HIS HAND.
PREPARING TO ADVANCE ROOFBOLTER INTO THE FACE IN ORDER TO START A NEW ROW OF BOLTS WHEN EE LOWERED THE CANOPY, STEPPED OFF OF PLATFORM WITH ONE FOOT, REACHED BACK TO LEVER THAT SWINGS RIGHT TO MAKE SURE ARM WAS IN PROPER POSITION. EE GRABBED WRONG LEVER, HE ACTIVATED LEVER THAT RAISES CONOPY THUS SMASHING BODY (LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST CANOPY).
MAN WAS ROOF BOLTING, WAS IN PROCESS OF INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, HAD ROOF BOLT STARTED IN HOLE & WAS IN PROCESS OF PUTTING WRENCH IN DRILL TO COMPLETE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, WHEN HE CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND STEEL GUIDE CLAMP.
PULLING STUCK DRILL STEEL OUT OF ROOF DRILL STEEL FREED UP. SMASHED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
LOSS OF FINGER TIP IN DRILL CLAMP.
TRYING TO UNSTICK DRILL STEEL FROM TOP STOPER. SLIPPED OFF DRILL STEEL BAIL AND HIT KNUCKLE. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT UNTIL 6-25-96 MAKING THIS MSHA REPORTABLE.
EE STATES HE WAS GETTING READY TO BOLT. HE RAISEAD THE BOOM UP & HIT A VENT TUBE. THE TUBE FELL,HITTING THE DRILL STEEL WHICH FLIPPED UP & STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE, ON THE CHEE K. LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE ROOF BOLTING, HE WAS PUTTING WRENCH IN CLAMP AND WHEN HE CLAMPED IT HIS LEFT HAND WAS TOO FAR DOWN WRENCH. FINGER WAS CUT AND TIP WAS FRACTURED. LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HND
EE STATES WHILE DRILLING FOR A ROOF BOLT A 100 ROCK FELL FROM ABOUT 3-4' ABOVE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD, NECK AND BACK. EE WAS KNOCKED UNCONCIOUS FOR ABOUT A MINUTE.
EE STATES THE RIB CAME LOOSE AND FELL, HITTING HIM IN THE BACK AND RIGHT ARM. KNOCKED HIM AGAINST THE MINER. ALSO HIT HIS FEET CAUSING HIM TO FALL OVER. SORENESS IN RIGHT ARM, HAND AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ROOF BOLTING UPON REMOVING THE DRILL STEEL SLIPPED OUT OF THE HOLE PINCHING HIS FINGER T BETWEEN THE PIN & THE CHUCK OF THE PINNER BROKE TIP OF PINKY FINGER ON LEFT HAND
EE STATES HE WAS ADDING THE MIDDLE STEEL IN BOLTER, PUSHING LEVER TOO FAST, CAUSED STEEL TO BOW OUT, PINCHED FINGER AGAINST CLAMP AREA OF DRILL MAST. LACERATION AND FRACTURE OF BONES IN MIDDLE FINGER OF RT HAND.
EE STATES WHILE BOLTING, THE BOLT BENT AND WHEN HE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN IT HE GOT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DRILL BOX AND THE CLAMP ASSEMBLY CAUSING A CONTUSION TO THE RT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WALKED ACROSS A CHAIN THAT WAS TOWING A B/O SHIELD. THE CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK BOTH LEGS, CAUSING BRUISING AND CONTUSIONS.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CHECKING THE HAULAGE BAR BOLTS ON THE SHEARER NEXT TO THE RACK WHEEL WHEN THE MOTION OF THE WHEEL PULLED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE RACK WHEEL & THE COVER SEVERING HIS FINGE R AMPUTATION OF RT RING FINGER BETWEEN 2ND &3RD KNUCKLES
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HELPING ON THE ROOF BOLTER. THE DRILL PUSHED UP AGAINST A 4" PIPE KNOCKING THE CHAIN LOOSE. THE PIPE FELL HITTING HIM ON THE NECK, HEAD AND CHEST. THE PIPE PINNED HIM AG AINST A BIG JOHN TIMBER.
EE STATES HE WAS STADING ON THE CONTROL PLATFORM AS MACHINE WAS TRAMMING IN REVERSE. THE TRACT JUMPED ON THE SPROCKET CAUSING A JARRING OF THE ROOF BOLTER.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HOLDING THE CHUCK DIRECTING THE DRIVR INTO THE CHUCK AIR FEED TOOK A BURST OF AIR SHOOTING DRIVER TO THE ROOF CATCHING LEFT RING FINGER
EE MISJUDGED LENGTH OF ROOF BOLT WRENCH & GUIDE WHILE TIGHTENING ROOF BOLT & PINCHED LEFT SMALL FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON SHEET WHEN THE BRACE BROKE ALLOWING THE METAL TO FALL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT LONGWALL FACE IN TAILGATE AREA BOUNCED AND KNOCKED HIM INTO SHIELDS.
EE STATES HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT. WAS HOLDING BOLT WITH RIGHT HAND, REACHED BACK WITH LEFT HAND TO PUSH BOLT UP AND HIT THE CLAMP LEVER AND PINCHED HAND.
WHILE CHECKING OIL, EE STATED HE SLIPPED ON GUARD AND PUT HIS HAND ON THE SCREEN PULLY AS IT TURNED OVER PINCHING HAND.
EE WAS HOLDING END OF EXTENSION RAM IN ORDER TO LINE RAM UP WITH PANLINE WITH CONTACT RAM PUSHED DOWN SMASHING FINGER.
EE STATED HE CUT HIS THUMB WHILE SAWING BRATTICE BOARD.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PINNING #2 ENTRY- MUDWATER WHEN A PIECE OF CAP-ROCK FELL BETWEEN MATS HITTING HIM ON BACK OF RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR PIN WHEN A PIECE OF THE TOP CAME DOWN AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD, NECK AND BACK, SHOULDERS.
EMPLOYEE LOWERED THE STOPER AND THE DRILL STEEL STAYED IN THE HOLE. AS HE MOVED THE STOPER OUT OF THE WAY, DRILL STEEL CAME LOOSE AND FELL, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE SHEARER, STANDING BEHIND THE TAILGATE DRUM. THE FACE BLEW OUT HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT CHEEK WITH COAL AND ROCK. CAUSED SCRATCHES AND 1/2" LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GRINDING BURRS FROM WORK PIECE ON A BENCH GRINDER WHEN A METAL PARTICLE CAME BETWEEN HIS GLASSES AND NOSE AND WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PULL A DRILL STEEL OUT OF A HOLE. THE STEEL FELL PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE DRILL HEAD.
THE EMPLOYEE REQUESTED THAT THE ROOF BOLTER BE TRAMME BACK. THE DRILL STEEL IN THE CHUCK DISLODGED A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK WHICH STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF COAL FROM THE H.G DRUM ON THE LEFT AHND AS HE HAD HIS AHND ON TOP OF THE SPILL BOARD OF THE FACE CONVEYOR.
EMPL SET OXYGEN/ACETYLENE TORCH DOWN.HANDLE BUMPED SOMETHING AND BLEW FOREIGN MATERIAL IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPL CLOSED CLAMP OF STEEL PULLER ON FINGERS OF LEFT HAND.
EMPL STATED THAT SOMETHING FLEW INTO LEFT EYE FROM FAN OF GENERATOR.