EE STATED: WHILE CHANGING A CULVERT AT THE NEW ELK MINE & WORKING AROUND A BACKHOE I WAS STRUCK WITH THE BUCKET OF THE BACKHOE, RENDERING ME UNCONSIOUS FOR A PERIOF OF ABOUT 45 SECONDS.
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Showing all 26EE STATED WHILE MOVING A SHIED IN THE 4 LEFT L/W, A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE BROKE STRIKING THE EE, HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT WRIST & OVER THE LEFT EYE.
EE STATED WHILE OPERATING A DEMO SAW, HE SET THESAW DOWN ON THE GROUND, THE SAW THEN KICKED BACKWARDS CUTTING HIS LEFT UPPER LEG. THE INJURY REQUIRED 8 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE ROOF BOLTING, A CHUNKOF COAL FELL FROM THE ROOF AND HIT THE EMPLOYEESRIGHT LEG. DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 11-3-95.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ROOF BOLT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE LEFT FINGER IN THE CLAMP THAT HOLDS THE DRILL STEEL.
EE STATED WHILE STANDING ON THE F.C.T BELT STARTED CAUSING EE TO BE THROWN TO THE GROUND.
EE STATED WHILE STANDING ON THE F.C.T BELT STARTED CAUSING EE TO BE THROWN TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE TWISTED KNEE ROOF BOLTING
EE STATED KENNEDY PANEL BLEW OUT HITTING HIS RT LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATED: HE WAS PULLING CABLE IN THE 4-LEFT MINER SECTION WHEN THE CABLE TO THE MINER CAUGHT HIS RIGHT LEG AND PULLED IT AGAINST THE MINER.
EMPLOYEE STATED RIB FELL SRIKING HIM FROM BEHIND HURTING LEFT CHEST, BACK OF HEAD, AND LEFT ARM.
WHILE BOLTING J CHANNEL, THE J CHANNEL TWISTED HITTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT ARM AND ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE & THE RIB WHEN A PIECE OF THE RIB FELL OUT & PINNED HIM AGAINST THE CONTINUOUS MINER
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN A CONTINUOUS MINER MACHINE & THE RIB WHEN A PIECE OF THE RIB FELL OUT & PINNED HIM AGAINST THE CONTINUOUS MINER
EE STATES HE WAS ROOFBOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF. EE DIDN'T NOTIFY OPERATOR THAT HE HAD BEEN TO A DR. UNTIL 6-16-94. INFORMATION WAS NOT REC'D BY SUPERVISOR UNTIL 6-20-94.
EE STATED A HANDLE BROKE OFF IN HIS HAND FROM THE PRESSURE CONTROL ON A TRICKLE DUSTER, AND THAT HE CUT HIS HAND ON THE BROKEN EDGE OF THE HANDLE.
WHILE PULLING SHIELDS IN THE LONGWALL TAILGATE A ROCK FELL STRIKING THE EE ON HIS RT HAND.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A RIB CAME DOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE STRIKING THE EE ON BOTH OF THE LEGS ABOVE THE ANKLE.S
RUN OVER PLASTICS PIPE WITH DOZER, PIPE UNDER TENSION HIT HEAD & ARM, BREAKING ARM.
EE WAS OPERAING LONGWALL SHIELDS WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT BECAME TRAPPED UNDER A SHIELD WHILE IT WAS BEING ADVANCED.
EE WAS ALIGNINING AIR DOORS ON THE MAIN INTAKE OF THE THIRD LEFT LONGWALL PNAEL AS HE WAS ALIGNINING ONE OF THE DOORS, THE AIR VELOCITY PUSHED THE ADJOINING DOOR STRIKING THE EE THE EE WAS CAU GHT BETWEEN THE TWO DOORS MOMENTARILY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER. THE DOZER CROSSED A BERM AND TIPPED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO JAM HIS NECK AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST WALKED UP TO THE CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK WENT THREW THE CRUSHER. THE CRUSHER THREW OUT A ROCK STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT JAW BREAKING HIS RIGHT REAR MOLAR.
WHILE HOLDING CABLES IN THE BRETBY TROUGH A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE SHIELDS STRIKING THE EMPLOYEES LEFT THUMB SEVERING THE THUMB AT THE FIRST JOINT BEHIND THE THUMB NAIL
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS LEANING AGAINST THE CONTINUOUS MINER WITH HIS BACK TO THE VENTILATION TUBING. A ROCK FELL STRIKING THE VENT. TUBING KNOCKING IT LOOSE WITH IN TURN STRUCK THE VICTIM. THIS CA USED THE VICTIMS HEAD TO STRIKE THE CONTINUOUS MINER.
ADVANCING RAM ON SHIELD BOLT STRUCK HIM ON L ANKLE