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CONT MINER OPERATOR WAS STANDING BESIDE MINER WATCHING RIGHT SIDE BOLTER OPERATOR INSTALL A BOLT. A PIECE OF STONE FELL FROM BETWEEN 2 PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED STRAPS & STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT FOREARM
3 NORTH FAN INSTALLATION. JUST COMPLTED TAKING AIR READINGS INT HE FAN HOUSING. IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE PITOT TUBE, HE FIRST SET DOWN THE MAGNEHELICGUAGE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE CONC RETE PAD. AT THIS TIME, THE PITOT TUBE END CAUGHT IN THE FAN BLADES CAUSING IT TO TWIST SUDDENLYIN HIS LEFT HAND INJURING 3 FINGERS AND THE PALMOF HIS HAND
3G LONGWALL SECTION FACE AT SHIELD #141 - HE WAS PUSHING THE PANLINE UP FOLLOWING THE SHEAR TOWARDS THE HEADGATE. WHEN HE CROSSED UNDER SHIELD #141 [SHIELD WAS SUSPENDED BETWEEN SHIELDS 140 & 142] & PLACED IT IN THE PUSH MODE. THE SHIELD RELEASED & THE CANOPY STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. HE STATED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE SHIELD BEING SUSPENDED.
BOLTING ON A CONT MINER WHENTHE DRILL STEELS GOTCAUGHT INTHE TOP. EE BROUGHT THE DRILL STEELS OUT WITH THE DRILL AND THE DRILL STEELS CAME APARTEE REACHED UP TO HOLD THE TOP STEEL WHILE HE DRO PPED THE CHUCK. THE BOTTOM STEEL CAME OUT AND THE TOP STEELWAS ON A BIND AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. EE WAS WEARING METACARPAL GLOVES AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY.
EE WAS WORKING AS THE HELPER FOR ANOTHER EE THATWAS OPERATING A MICON DRILL UNIT. THE OPERATOR WAS DRILLING A 12' BELT HOLE TO INTALL A CABLE BOLT. THE INJURED EE WAS USING HIS LEFT HAND ATT EMPTING TO LINE UP & ATTACH A 2FT EXTENSION TO THE SCROLL AUGER ALREADY IN THE BOLT HOLE. THE DRILL UNIT SURGED UPWARD & HIS HAND CAUGHTON THE SCROLL AUGER & WAS PUSHED INTO THE EDGE OF THE
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ALONG SIDE THE BOOM TRUCK.AS THE OPERATOR PREPARED TO LIFT, HE SET OUTRIGGERS. EMPLOYEE WAS INATTENTIVE TO THE OUT RIGGER DRSCENDING. OUT RIGGER CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT FOO T.
HIT IN HEAD WITH TREE LIMB WHILE CLEARING AND GRUBBING AT REFUSE AREA.
EE WAS OPERATING BOLTER ON CONT MINER, WHILE DRILLING A BOLT HOLE, A PIECE OF STONE FELL FROMTHE MINE ROOF STRIKING EE ON THE NECK AND UPPER BACK AREA CAUSING CONTUSIONS.
EE WAS BURNING A 6" NIPPLE OVERHEAD WITH AN OXYGEN ACETYLENE TORCH. EE WAS USING FACE SHIELD AND SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOFBOLT. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON THE BOLT WHEN THE COUPLE CAUGHT ON STRAP AND PINCHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EE WAS OPERTAING HEADGATE DRUM OF SHEAR GOING TO TAILGATE CUTTING ROCK BOTTOM. A ROCK FLEW OF CUTTING DRUM STRIKING LEFT HAND. CAUSING A CUT IN THE WEB BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING IN 2-A 550. AND GOT HIS DRILL STEEL STUCK INT HE ROOF. HE DROPPED TH DRILL HEAD DOWN APPROX 1' PLACE HIS RIGHHT HAND ON THE DRILL HEAD THEN LOOKED TO HIS RIGHT AT DUST BO X AND REACHED BACK WITHOUT HOOKING AND PUSHED THE WRONG LEVER WITH HIS LEFT HAND RAISINGTHHE DRILL UNIT UP CATCH HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE DRILL UNITY AND DRILL STEEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LATHE AND REMOVED THE METAL SHAVINGS WITH HIS HAND CAUSING A CUT ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.
EE WAS DROFFING THE BOLTER ON THE TUBING SIDE OF THE CONTINSOUS MINER. ROOF FELL FROM THE FACE AREA AND STRUCK THE TUBING. THE TUBING FELL KNOCKING THE EE DOWN STRIKING HIS CHIN ON THE CONTINU OUS MINER CAUSING A CUT EE RECEIVED SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING A LIP OF POTTED OUT AREA PUTTING LAST BOLT IN. AFTER DRILING LAST HOLE HE WAS PUTTING BOLT IN WHEN A ROCK SLID DOWN THE WRENCH STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE/6TH RIB.
5 SOUTH FACES EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING LOADIN GMACHINE OUT OF FACE. HE HAD HIS LEFT HEAD LAYING ON THE CORNER OF HT ECONTROL LEVER COVER AND THE TOP OF THE CNAOPY STRUCK THE ROOF CAUSING THE CANO PY POST TO MOVE SLIGHTLY FORWARD. CATCH HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE POST AND COVER. X-RAYS WERE TAKEN ADN SHOWED A FRACTURE OF THE51TH METACARPAL IN ELFT HAND.
73139NG ROOF BOLTS ON TOP SIDE OF MINER,PLACED RIGHT FOOT UNDER EDGE OF MACHINE. THE FRAME CAME DOWN AND CAUGHT FOOT AND PUSHED THE STEEL TOE GUARD INTO RIGHT LARGE TOE CAUSING A FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WORKING ON 8D-4 NORTH SECTION BOLTING ON THE MINER IN X-CUT #1 TO #2 ENTRY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE DRILL AGUERS FROM THE HOLE HE DRILLED, THE BOLTER OPER. ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE MOVED THE PLANK, AND CAUSED THE DRILL AUGER TO HIT HIS LEFT THUMB, CAUSING A SPRAIN TO HIS LT. THUMB.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STANDING AGAINST THE COAL RIB, IN 9D-4 NORTH SECTION, WAITING FOR THE MINER TO CUT. HE HAD HIS LEFT KNEE STICKING OUT TOWARD THE SIDE OF THE MINER. THE MINER BACKED UP. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE DUST BOX, CAUSING IT TO JAM HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS BOLTING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE JOY MINER HE WAS PUSHING THE ROOF BOLTER INTO THE HOLE WITH THE DRILLHEAD OF BOLT ER WHEN THE BOLT BENT & SWUNG AROUND CATCHING H IS LEFT 4TH FINGER AGAINST THE DRILL MAST CAUSING A FXT O T HE T IP 1ST JOINT OF HIS FINGER INJURY WAS ON THE WEST MAINS SECTION
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WELDING ON THE 1ST FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT ON A 6" SLURRY FEED LINE WHEN HOT METAL CAME DOWN FROM WELD,WENT INSIDE OF HIS BOOTS CAUSING A 3RD DEGREE BURN TO HIS LOWER RI GHT LEG.THE BURN WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/2" ACROSS.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS RECONNECTING A CHAIN TO A TRACK RAIL TO PULL RAIL ONTO A MINE CAR, THE CHAIN CAUGHT HIS FINGER AND PULLED HIS ARM AGAINST THE BOTTOM EDGE OF ANOTHER RAIL, CAUSING A LACE RATION TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM, REQUIRING SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A 3/4IN DRIVE RACHET WHILE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WRE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A SHEARER DRUM THE RACHET HANDLE BROKE & SPRUNG BACKTHE SHARP EDGE OF THE BROKEN HANDLE CUT HIS FORE ARM SUTURES WERE REQUIRED
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS DRILLINGA HOLE IN ROOF WHEN THE DRILL AUGER BROKE AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE BROKEN PIECE OUT OF THE DRILL HEAD THE SECTION LEFT IN THE MINE ROOF FELL DOWN STRIK ING THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTERS
WHILE LOWERING A SHIELD FROM MINE ROOF THE SIDE SHIELD WAS CAUGHT ON THE ADJACENT SHIELD, THE BASE OF THE SHIELD WAS RAISED TOO FAR OFF OF BOTTOM, WHEN THE SIDE SHIELD CAME LOOSE, THE SHIELD C ANOPY TIPPED FORWARD AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT WRIST AGAINST THE HANDRAIL OF THE CONVEYOR.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE #2 X-CUT TO #3 ON THE 2D-4 NORTH SECTION A PIECE OF ROOF COAL AND ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS RT FOOT CAUSING IT TO BE SHOVED FORWARD RESULTING IN A SPRAIN ED ANKLE
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PULLING SHIELDS ON LONGWALL WHEN HE PULLED SHILED UP HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHIELD AND THE HAND RAIL CAUSING HIM TO BRUISE HIS RIGHT RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE #75 SHIELD WHEN A SECTION OF DRILL STEEL, THAT WAS LAYING ON THE BASE OF THE SHIELD, WAS CAUGHT AND HIT HIM ON LOWER LEFT LEG.
EMPL INSTALLING ANCHOR BOLT IN ROOF OF #5 ENTRY 4 NORTH CONST AREA WHEN ANCHOR BOLT BROKE AND 6'' X 6'' ROOFBOLT PLATE FELL DOWN STRIKING HIM ON LEFT LITTLE FINGER POSITIONED ON BOOM OF ROOF B OLT MACHINE.
EMP WAS GOING PAST A SINGLE HEAD ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED THE MACHINE AND MOVED IT BACKWARDS, CATCHING GOLDBAUGHS LEFT EAR AGAINST THE CANOPY OF THE ATRS
EMP WAS LOWERING THE BOOM OF THE ROOF BOLTER TO REMOVE THE DRILL STEELS AND LOWERED THE BOMM ON HIS FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING THE RIB ON TOP OF AN OVERCAST WHEN THE RIB FELL STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT KNEE AND CALF AREA.
WHEN BOLTING BE5T TRENCH FOR 2D BELT EE PUT HAND ON D RILL GUIDE & STONE FELL HITTING
ROOF BOLTING AN3OVERHANG IN A PREVIOUSLY BOLTED AREA.BOLTING NEXT TO A X-CUT WHICH HAD BEEN FILLED WITH GOB. A STONE ROLLED OFF THE GOB AND STRUCK HIS LEG FORCING HIS KNEE AGAINST THE BOLTING MACHINE. 3
WHILE ADVANCING3SHIELDS ON LONGWALL A STONE FELL FROM BETWEEN THE SHIELDS AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT LEG
EMPL USING CHAI3 HOIST TO LIFT PUMP COVER.COVER FELL OFF HOIST AND STRUCK FOOT.
WHILE TRAMMING 6OLTER OUT FROM THE FACE HE LET GO OF THE TRAM LEVERS CAUSING AUTO BRAKES TO ENGAGE.BOLTER JERKED AND PINNED FEET UNDER FRAME.
EE WAS SITTING 2N HAND RAIL OF PAN LINE UNDER #7 SHIELD ADVANCING #8 SHIELD. THE PAN LINE JERKED BACK CAUSING HIS LEG TO STRIKE THE SHIELD LEG JACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING ON HANDRAIL OF PAN LINE UNDER SHIELD PREPARING TO PULL SHIELD. AS HE LOWERED SHIELD THE PAN LINE WAS SUDDENLY DRAWN BACK BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PINNING HIS LEG BETWEEN THE P AN INE AND SHIE5D LEG JACK.
INSTALLING 8' B2LT IN ROOF. HOLDING ONTO BOLT WITH L HAND AND PUSHING BOLT IN HOLE WITH BOOM OF BOLTER. BOLT HEAD SLIPPED OFF OF BOOM CAUSING THE HEADER BLOCK & THE BOLT PLATE TO PINCH HIS FIN GER BETWEEN THE3BOLT