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EMP WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL AND HAND SLIPPED HITTING GRINDING WHEEL. EMP HAD TO HAVE 6 STITCHES ON LEFT SMALL FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING RESIN BOLTS WHEN HE PINCHED HIS FINGER IN THE DRILL STEEL CONNECTION POINT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES WHICH PREVENTED SERIOUS INJURIES. INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND SUST AINED APPROX. 1" LONG LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON OR AROUND THE BOOM ARM ON BOLTER HEAD AND AS HE RAISED THE BOLTER HEAD, HIS LEFT HAND AND FINGERS GOT CAUGHT.
INJURED WAS BACKING A CRAWLER OUT OF A CUT AND TRAMMED OVER A ROCK, CAUSING THE OPERATOR DECK TO HIT THE BOTTOM SUDDENLY, HURTING HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS TRAMMING THE FRONT CRAWLER OUT OF A CUT WHEN THE DECK OF THE CRAWLER RAN UPON A ROCK, PUSNING THE DECK INTO THE TOP OF THE MINE HURTING HIS NECK IN THE PROCESS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE O THE DRILL SITE HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON DRILL HEAD JUST AS DRILL WAS COMING DOWN HAND WAS CAUGHT BY THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAD & WAS CRUSHED WHEN HYDRAULIC DOWN PR ESSURE WAS AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED
VICTIM WAS OPERQTIN THE INGERSOLL-RAND HIGHWALL DRILL ALONG A BENCH WHEN THE BENCH BROKE LOOSE UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEELS. THIS CAUSED THE DRILL TO OVERTURN. VICTIM RECEIVED LACERATI ONS TO THE RIGHT EAR, CONTUSIONS ON LUNG, AND A FRACTURED RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE ATRS SYSTEM AND HAD JUST FINISHED THE REPAIRS. HE CHECKED THE CHAIN THAT HOLDS THE FOOT ON THE SYSTEM AND THE OPERATOR STARTED THE BOLTER AND LIFTED THE FOOT UP, WH ICH CAUGHT VICTIM'S LEFT HAND, CAUSING LACERATIONS AND THREE BROKEN FINGERS.
VICTIM WAS HELPING THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR HOLD A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL. TOO MUCH PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE STEEL, CAUSING IT TO BUCKLE. AS THE STEEL BUCKLED, IT STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE LEF T ARM, ABOUT TWO INCHES FROM HIS WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON CABLE USED TO DROP RAIL CARS WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY ENGAGED THE WINCH WHICH OPERATES THE CABLE CAUSING THE CABLE TO JERK THE EMPLOYEE INTO THE AIR CAUSING INJURY TO THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ANKLE (HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF FOOT BONE).
VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BOLTING THE TOP WITH THE ROOFBOLTER. HE SWUNG THE HEAD AROUND, AND TOOK A STEP WITH HIS LEFT KNEE. HIS LEFT KNEE LANDED ON SOME MUCK AND RESULTED IN TWISTING HIS K NEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING THE BOLTING CYCLE IN THE #4 HEADING HE HAD SET UP THE ATRS & WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A ROCK (6FTX8-10INX30 IN WIDE) FELL & CAUGHT HIM FROM THE BACK AT APPROX THE THORACIC SPINE & BENT HIM DOUBLE BETWEEN THE ATRA & THE MACHINES CONTROLS ROCK CAME TO REST ON THE BOLT MACHINE WHICH IS 25IN IN HEIGHT
AS EMPLOYEE WAS3CRAWLING AWAY FROM CONTINOUS HAULAGE CRFAWLER MINER OPERATOR BEGAN BACKING CONTINOUS MINER UP & PUSHED CRAWLER AGAINST EMPLOYEE RT FOOT CRAWLER BROKE THE EMPLOYEES FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING BOLT WITH RIGHT HAND WHILE USING A AIR IMPACT WRENCH WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO REMOVE THE NUT.THE BOLT SLIPPED LETTING THE INIMPACT WRENCH SPINN THE BOLT HEAD WHICH CUT HIS CUT HIS THUMB A7 THE BASE ON THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS TR5MMING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE HEARD HIS KNEE POP HE THEN BEGAN NOTICING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WAS REMOVING FINAL DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE DRILL STEEL WRENCH STUCK TO END OF STEEL AND WAS RAISED APPROX 15\ WHEN IT FELL TO THE TABLE HITTING FOOT WHICH WAS ON THE TABLE BROKE BIG TOE AND NEX T TWO TOES AND BROKE BONE BEHIND BIG TOE