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WHILE ROOF BOLTING IN THE 6 ENTRY 1 SOUTH EE WAS INSTALLING OUTSIDE BOLT WHEN PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF STRIKING HIM ON TIP OF NOSE. EE RECEIVED A CUT REQUIRING 6 STITCHES. PIECE OF ROCK MEASURE D APPROX. 6"X6"X1" TO FEATHER EDGE
WHILE CUTTING DOWN LOOSE ROOF ROCK PIECE OF ROCK SLID DOWN ELEVATED CUTTER HEAD AND BOOM BACK UNDER OVER HEAD. SUPPORT BEAMS AND FELL OFF RIGHT SIDE OF MINER STRIKING OPERATOR ON RIGHT LEG AGA INST CRIB SUPPORTING BEAM BREAKING TIBIA AND FIBULA.
AS THE INJURED PERSON COMPLETED BOLTING STANDIN UNDER HT ELEFT SIDE BOLTE CANOPY, HE RAISED THE FLOOR JACK ON HIS SIDE WHICH ALLOWWED TH ECANOPY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A LOWER POSITION STRIKING HI M ON TOP HIS HARD HAT. HE SUSTAINED A POSSIBLE CRACKED VERTRABRA.
WHILE DRILLING HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING 2ND PIECE ON BOTTOM OF DRILL STEEL. WHEN UP PRESSURE WAS APPLIED STEEL JUMPED OUT OF CHUCK STRIKIGN EMPLOYEE IN HAND. EMPLOYEE HAD FOR A PPROX 9 DAYS HE THEN WENT TO DR WHO APPLIED A SPLINT.
WHILE PULLING STUCK MRS WITH MINER RETRIEVER EE USED A CHAIN SPREAD APART FORCING NUT OFF CLEVIS BOLTS. NUT FLEW STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT CALF. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED STITCHES IN CALF OF RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS BOLTING WHEN HE BENT STEEL WHEN HE DROPPED BOLTER HEAD WITH HAND ON STEEL. STEEL SPRANG STRIKING EE ON RT POINTER FINGER. EE RECEIVED SPLINT ON FINGER MAKING IT REPORTABLE.
ON 8-9-96 EMPLOYEE STATED A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER AND HAND. EMPLOYEE DID NOT RECEIVE REPORTABLE TREATMENT OR LOSE WORK. ON 9-13-96, EMPLOYEE STATED HE WENT TO DOCTOR AND HAD BULGED DISC IN LOWER BACK DUE TO INJURY RECEIVED 8-9-96. HE SUBSEQUENTLY STARTED LOSING TIME.
THE INJURED PERSON WAS SWINGING A ROOF BOLTER BOOM FROM THE OUTSIDE BOLT TO THE INSIDE BOLT POSITION WHEN A PIECE OF RIB ROLLED OUT. THE FALLINGRIB STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND WHICH WAS POSITIONED ON THE DRILL STEEL TRAY. SUSTAINED A FRACTURED BONEBETWEEN KNUCKLE AND FIRST JOINT OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
INJURRE PERS ON WAS TRAMMING CONTINUOUS MINER THROUGH CROSSCUT. SHUT OFF MACHINE AND STARTED WALKING TO LOCATION WHERE HE COULD SEE THE TAIL MORE CLEARLY. WHILE LOCATED BETWEEN RIB AND HEAD OF MINER HE WAS PINCHED. SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUNDTO RT THIGH AND BRUISED MUSCLES IN PELVIS\GROIN AREA. PUNCTURE WOUND REQUIRED STITCHES.
INJURED PERSON WAS LAYING UNDER NEATH A CONTINUOUS MINER BURNING OVERHEAD WITH A TORCH WHEN A SPARK FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EAR. THIS CAUSED A HOLE IN EAR DRUM.
WHILE USING 7IN HAND GRINDER TO SMOOTH METAL EDGE OF DISC CAUGHT ON RIDGE GRINDER JUMPED LEFT HAND CAME OFF GRINDER & WAS STRUCK BY DISC REQUIRING STITCHES
WHILE USING 1/2" HAND HELD DRILL TO MAKE HOLE IN BELT STRUCTURE EMPLOYEE FELT STRAIN, TERANG SENSATION TO LEFT SIDE CHECST MUSCLES. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SHOT AND PRESCRIPTION.
WHILE DRILLING A BOLTHOLE, THE INJURED PERSON FOUND THAT THE HEAD WOULD NOT DROP WHEN DOWN LEVER WAS ACTIVATED AND THEN NOTICED THE PIN WAS MISSING FROM THE BOTTOM OF LIFT JACK EYE. AS HE REAC HED UNDER HEAD TO CHECK ON PIN, THE HEAD FELL PINNING HIS HAND AGAINST THE FRAME. HE SUSTAINED A DEEP LACERATION TO PALM OF LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED A SKIN GRAFT.
INJURED PERSON , A BOLTER OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING AN INSERT IN THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE DRILL CHUCK. A DRILL STEEL WHICH HAD BEEN STUCK IN A BOLT HOLE FELL OUT OF THE HOEL SMASHING HIS LEFT RI NG FINGER AGAINST THE INSERT. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURED BONE IN THIS FINGER BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND JOINTS.
THE INJURED PERSON WAS DRILLING THE INSIDE BOLTHOLEIN PREPARATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A ROOF BOLT THE ATRS & BOOM MOST SAFETY POST WERE PRESSURIZED AGAINST T HE RROF AS HE WAS DRILLING A P IECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RT EAR LOBE THE ROCK MEASURED 12INX7INWX3/4IN TO 00IN THICK HE SUSTAINED A CUT EAR LOBE WHICH REQUIRED 7 STITCHES TO CLOSE
EE WAS INSTALLING A BENT OVER RESIN BOLT IN AN UNUSUALLY LOW AREA. HE WAS PUSHING THE BEARING PLATE WITH A WRENCH ON THE BOOM AND DIDN'T REALIZE THE END OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER WAS ON TOP OF PLAT E. HIS FINGER WAS SMASHED WHEN PLATE CONTACTED ROOF. FINGER REQUIRED NUMEROUS STITCHES AND A SKIN GRAFT.
THE INJURED PERSON WAS KNEELING IN THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF A TWIN BOOM ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WITH HIS FEET HANGING OUT OVER THE REAR EDGE OF THE MACHINE. HE TRAMMED BACKWARDS CRUSHING HI S LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE BOTLER AND COAL RIB. HE SUSTAINED AN AMPUTATION OF 1/2 OF BIG TOE AND FOUR SMALL TOES FROM LEFT FOOT.
WHILE POSITIONING THE RT SIDE BOOM ON A TWIN BOOM ROOF BOLTING MACHINE FOR INSTALLATION OF THE OUTSIDE BOLT THE INJURED PERSON SLIPPED THIS CAUSED HIM TO MOVE THE BOOM SWING LEVER MORE THAN IN TENDED RESULTING IN THE BOOM PINCHING & BRUISINGHIS LEFT THIGH AGAINST THE RIB
WHILE BOLTING 4TH ROW PIECE OF LOOSE TOP BONEY WHICH EMPLOYEE TRIED TO BAR DOWN PREVIOUSLY. FELL OF IT'S OWN ACCORD STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT THIGH AND LEG CALF.
INJURED PERSON WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF A TWIN BOOM BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL INBY THE PRESSURIZED ATRS BEAM. THIS ROCK STRUCK THE BOTTOM AND BOUNCED OUTBY STRIKI NG THIS BOLTER OPERATOR ON THE LEFT ANKLE. HE SUSTAINED A BAD BRUISE.
WHILE SWINGING IN LEFT SID EBOLTER BOOM TO INSTALL SECOND BOLT IN ROW LOOSE PIECE OF RIB COAL & BINDER ROLLED OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LOWER CALF AREA
THE INJURED PERSON WAS STANDING FACING THE CONTROLS FOR THE ATRS ON A TURN BOOM BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON BACK. HE WAS LOCATED UNDER PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORTS. WHEN STRUCK HE FELL FORWARD AND STRUCK THE BOLTER. HE SUSTAINED A CUT CHAIN, BRUISED JAW & BRUISED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING FLETCHER TWIN BOOM ROOF BOLTER ON THE HELPERS SIDE. THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR FINISHED POSITIONING THE ROOF BOLTER FOR THE NEXT ROW OF BOLTS AND PRESSURIZED THE ATRS. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SWUNG THE RIGHT BOOM OUTWARD TO POSITION FOR INSTALLATION OF THE OUTSIDE BOLT. PERSON THEN MOVED LEVER TO PRESSURIZE STAB JACK AGAINST FLOOR. EMPLOYEE'S FOOT WAS UNDER STAB J
WHILE SWINGING RIGHT SIDE BOOM FOR OUTSIDE BOLT CANOPY STRUCK ROOF AND CAME OFF SAFETY POST JACK STRIKING HELPER ON RIGHT SIDE EAR SHOULDER AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE AFTER DRILLING 1/2 BOLT HOLE LOST DRILL CHUCK WRENCH WHEN EMPLOYEE DROPPED BOOM TO REPLACE WRENCH STEEL FELL OUT OF ROOF STRIKING RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER RECIEVED TEMPORARY SPLINT ON FING ER.
68935 INSTALLING 3RD BOLT IN 2ND STRAP IN 20FT LIFT HORSEBACK PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF AT CANOPY RING ALLOWING INBY END TO FALL FIRST & OUTBY REACH UNDER STRAP STRIKING EMPLOYEE OPERATING BOLTE 90650LOWER BACK
INJURED RAN MEMBER WAS PULLING A SLOWLY ROTATING DRILL STEEL OUT OF A BOLT HOLE IN THE MINE ROOF AS HE PULLED ON THE STEEL WHICH WAS STICKING IN THE HOLE HIS GOVE CAUGHT & TWISTED HIS LEFT HAN D HE SUSTAINED A BROKEN BONE IN LEFT HAND
THE INJURED PERSON WAS HANGING A PIECE OF LINE CANVAS ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF #6 ENTRY IN 4TH RIGHT. AS THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WAS THAMMING INTO POSITION FOR THE EXTREME RIGHT SIDE BOLT, THE BOLTER TIRE WAS INADVERTENTLY FRAMMED OVER THE INJURED PERSONS FOOT. HE SUSTAINCE A BRUISED RIGHT ANKLE AND FOOT.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM USING A HYDRAULIC HAND DRILL AND AUGER TYPE STEEL. HIS RIGHT SHIFT SLEEVE CAUGHT ON THE ROTATING STEEL WHICH CAUSED THE HANDLE OF THE DRI LL TO SPIN AND STRIKE HIS LOWER LIP. THIS EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A CUT OF LOWER LIP WHICH REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEES PHYSICIAN FEELS THE TENDONITIS IN HIS WRIST WAS CAUSED BY REPEA TEDLY PULLING THE CONT ROL LEVERS ON THE CONTINUOUSMINER