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EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, WHEN THE PIN BOARD AND PLATE FELL AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.
EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE ATRS AND ROOF BOLTER, STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND NECK.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTENA ROOF BOLT PLATE. HE WAS USING THE MACHINE & A BOLT WRENCH TO STRAIGHTEN PLATE. THE WRENCH SLIPPED & FELL, STRIKING EE ABOVE RIG HT EYE. HE SUFFERED A CUT REQUIRING 5 STITCHES T
HE WAS PUTTING THE BELLY PAN ON THE DOZER AND HE WAS USING AN IMPACT WRENCH. HIS BACK AND CHEST BEGAN TO HURT SEVERELY.
RIB ROLLED OFF PINNER CANOPY AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG BETWEEN RIB AND PINNER.
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A 48" PINNER STEEL THAT HAD BECOME LODGED IN CHUCK. EMP PLACED THE END OF PINNER STEEL AGAINST RIB IN AN 8" WEDGE. WHEN EMP HIT THE ROTATION LEVER IT CAUSED THE PINNER STEEL TO SPIN AROUND AND STRIKE LFT HAND.
EE WAS OBSERVING A PINNER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN PIN AND STRUCK HIM ON THE NECK.
EE WAS PINNING IN #3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT CALF SHIN. [NOTE: REPORTED AS LOST TIME INJURY ON 11/22/96].
EE WAS REACHING FOR PINNER STEEL AND ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKIGN HIM IN THE NECK, LEFT SHOULDER, FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRUSSBOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OFF RIB AND STRUCK LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT FORKS OFF OF A SCOOP AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE.
EE WA SUSING GRINDER AND CUTTING TORCH ON SCOOP AND A PIECE OF METAL OR DUST OFF OF THE GRINDER GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
TRUSSING ON #1 UNIT IN RETURN. DRILLED HOLE AND WAS PUTTING GLUE AND ANCHOR PIN IN HOLE. A SECTION OF ROOF AND RIB FELL STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF EE'S HEAD. CUT LEFT EAR AND SCRATCHED NECK.
EE WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR TRUSS ANCHOR, LOWERED POT TO REMOVE STEEL AND AS HE LOWERED THE POT, THE 5' TOP SECTION STAYED IN THE ROOF. THE 5' TOP SECTION FELL OUT OF ROOF AND STRUCK DAVID IN THE FACE UNDER RIGHT EYE REQUIRING 8 STITCHES
EMP WAS PUTTING UP A TRUSS BOLT WHEN A LARGE ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING EMP ON THE NECK.
EE WAS SETTING UP TO DRILL A PIN HOLE. THE PIN WAS LEANING AGAINST THE RIB WHEN THE PIN FELL IN BETWEEN THE TRAM LEVERS, LOCKING THE MACHINE IN FORWARD TRAM, PINNING THE OPERATOR TO THE RIB.
EE WAS PINNING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD, KNOCKING HIS HARD HAT OFF HARD HAT OFF AND CUTTING HIS HEAD.
EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE FOR A PIN & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. [NOTE: HE CHANGED TO A LOST TILME INJURY 4/23/96]
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN RED IRON WITH ELECTRIC DRILL, APPLYING PRESSURE AT SHOULDER HEIGHT. WHEN THE BIT LODGED, THE DRILL KICKED BACK AND SPUN OUT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S HANDS. THE HANDLE OF THE DRILL HIT HIM IN THE LOWER RIGHT JAW.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING TRUSS BOLT HARDWARE WHENHIS FINGER BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE GUN AND THETRUSS MASHING HIS FINGER.
EMP WAS TIGHTENING UP HIS PIN WHEN THE FACE ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK HIS HIP.
PIN MAN WAS MOVING PINNER AND TURNED THE CABLE REEL ON. WHEN THE CABLE REEL CAME ON, THE CABLE PULLED EMPLOYEE'S FEET OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS TOOL POUCH AND FRACTUR ING RIGHT RIBS.
EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PIN WHEN A ROCK FELL FORM THE RIB TOP KNOCKING EE'S HARD HAT OFF AND CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD.
EE WAS TIGHTENING TRUSS BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE EAR.
OPERATING HAND GRINDER, GRINDER KICKED BACK CAUSING INJURY LACERATION OF LEFT KNEE.
LEFT SIDE PIN MAN WAS BOLTING FROM THE LEFT CROSSCUT OF THE 2 ENTRY, APPROX.56FT DEEP. HE WAS PUTTING UP THE THIRD BOLT IN THE FIRST ROW AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE HAD DRILLED THE HOLE, I NSERTED THE GLUE AND WAS PREPARING TO STICK THE ROOF BOLT INTO THE HOLE. A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP, SLIDING DOWN THE BOLT, CATCHING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE KNUCKLE AND T
EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH. HE WAS CUTTING METAL FOR REPAIRS ON THE THIN SEAM MINER. HE WAS USING EYE PROTECTION. BUT SOME HOW SLAG MATERIAL GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE. A DOCTOR REMOVED ONE PIECE O F SLAG FROM HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A ANGLE HOLE IN THE RIGHT RIB WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF CAUSING THE STEEL TO FALL. AS THE BOTTOM OF THE AUGER CAME DOWN, THE BOTTOM OF THE AUGER CAME U P STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT EAR & LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.
SITTING ON ROOF BOLTER WITH HAND ON CANOPY. ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING RIGHT HAND. CONTUSION RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A CIRCLE GEAR GUARD ON THE JOBSITE. HE WALKED BY A GRINDER JUST AS THE GRINDER WAS STARTED. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE METAL BECAME IMBEDDED. THE AREA WAS EXTREMELY DUSTY.
EMP WAS OPERATING A DOUBLE BOOM TRUSSBOLTER AND WHEN HE PUT HIS AUGER IN TO DRILL A HOLE, HE CLOSED THE JAWS ON HIS FINGER.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A REMOTE CONTROL MINER. A BLOCK OF COAL FELL OF THE RIB AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE MINER.
EE WAS TRAMMING PINNER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
PINNING ROOF. PUTTING EXTENSION STEEL ON PINNER. BOOM LIFT LEVER STUCK CAUSING STEEL TO BEND. HIT BY STEEL ON RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS PINNING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS FINGER.
RUNNING REMOTE CONTROL CONTINUOUS MINER PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE NECK.
EE WAS PINNING IN 3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ATRS STRIKING EE ON THE HEAD AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 6" DIESEL WATER PUMP TO FILL A 10,000 GAL WATER TRUCK. THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ON HIS 3RD FILLUP. THE FOOT VALVE ON THEINTAKE LINE BECAME CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS. THE PUMP QUIT WORKING AND THE WATER INLET PUMP CHAMBER HEATED UP. EMPLOYEE THOUGHT THE PUMP NEEDED TO BE PRIMED TO WORK AGAIN. HE REMOVED THE CHAMBER CAP, WHEN HE DID HOT WATER SPRAYED OUT AND BURNE
EE WAS HELPING BOLTIN THE HEADER HOLE WHEN A PIECE ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD & SHOULDER
EE WAS OPERATING THE SHEARER CUTTING COAL GOING TOWARD THE TAILGATE WHEN THE SHEARER DRUM THREW A BASEBALL SIZE ROCK AND STRUCK LARRY ON THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
EE WAS LOADING PINNE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 2-1/2'X2-1/2'X 3" THICK DISLODGED, STRIKING HIM IN BACK AND ARM.
EE WAS OPERATING A D9L DOZER PUSHING IN A SHOT. HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD FASTENED HIS SEAT BELT. HE PUSHED MATERIAL TO THE EDGE OF THE SHOT. HE PUT THE DOZER IN REVERSE. WHEN IT STARTED BACKWARD S HE CAME OUT OF THE SEAT AND HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE CAB. A KNOT APPEARED ON HIS ARM NEXT TO HIS ELBOW.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING FIRST PIN WHEN HE HIT THEROTATION LEVER AND SPUN PIN BOARD AROUND HITTINGHIS RIGHT WRIST. HE FRACTURED HIS WRIST.
HE WAS DRILLING HOLE AND WAS CHANGING STEELS TO FINISH HOLE WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE JAW LEVER AND SMASHED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN JAW LEVER AND PINNER STEEL.
EE WAS PINNING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF PINNING HIM TO THE SIDE OF THE PINNER AND STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND ELBOW.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT & WHEN HE LOWERED THE PINNER BOOM A ROCK FELL OUT PUSHING HIS HAND ONTO THEBOOM & CATCHING HIS GLOVE ON A HOSE FITTING HIS MIDDLE FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN THE HOSE FITTING & THE PINNER BOOM AS THE BOOM LOWERED
EE WAS USING COMPRESSED AIR POWERED CRUSHER SAW TO CUT A PIECE OF PLYWOOD FOR CONCRETE FORM. HE WAS HOLDING THE SAW WITH BOTH HANDS WHEN THE SAW MOVED OFF THE PLYWOOD. EE GOT HIS LEFT HAND INT O THE BLADE AND RECEIVED TRANSUERSE LACERATION ON HIS LEFT MIDDLE RING AND PINKY FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DODGING ROCK & HIT HIS CHEST & RIGHT SHOULDER ON PINNER.
EE WAS DRILLING IN 3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF DUST ROCK OR COAL GOT IN HIS EYE. NOTE HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.