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WHILE HELPING MOVE MINER ACROSS SECTION, EMPOLOYEE GOT HIS LEFT LEG CAUGHT BY THE BITS ON THE MINER HEAD, PINNING HIM AGAINST RIB AND BREAKING HIS LEG.
EMP WAS CUTTING AND WELDING ON MINER SPAD 262 WHEN HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.
#2 ENTRY 35' INBY SPAD #2586 ON 3 RT OFF 6 RT SECTION. EMP WAS STARTING ON 2ND ROW OF BOLTS PUTTING UP MIDDLE BOLT WHEN A ROCK 6' LONG, 3"THICK,25" WIDE, STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND R IGHT HAND.
IN 4 RIGHT L BREAK ABOVE SPAD 2327. EE WAS BOLTING TOP. A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF, STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND. HIS HAND WAS HIT AGAINST ARM OF BOLTER HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS FRACTURED DID NOT WORK 11800 SHIFT ON 11-15% DUE TO UNAVAILABLEY OF SOONER DR APPT. RET TO WORK ON NEXT SCHEDULE SHIFT ON 11-18-96. NO LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING WITH LITTLE PINNER IN #1 HEADING, SPAD #2087. PUT ON DRILLING HOLE AND PUSHING BOLT UP, HE USED A WRENCH TO SPIN THE BOLT. HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT ON DRILL STEEL BETWEEN WREN CH AND STEEL. HIS HAND WAS TWISTED AROUND, BENDING HIS LITTLE FINGER.
# 3 ENTRY, APPROX 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD #1837, 2ND R. PANEL OFF OF EAST MAINS. EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC IMPACT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN TRACK BOLTS. HIS LITTLE FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN THE FAN ON THE WRENCH. IT CUT OFF THE TIP OF HIS FINGER, 1/2 OFHIS FINGER NAIL AND CHIPPED THE BONE. REQUIRED STITCHES - NOT LOST TIME, ONLY RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS OLTING ROOF IN #7 ENTRY AS HE WAS PULLING THE BOLT UP HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A BROW & A MOUNTING BOLT ON THE DRIL HEAD
EE WAS OPERATING PINNER IN 2 LEFT HEADING ON OPERATOR SIDE WRENCH KICKED OUT HITTING LEVER CAUSING HEAD TO MOVE. HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HEAD AND FRAME FINGER HAD TO BE AMPUT ERED.
EE WENT TO OPERATE PINNER THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY MOVED DIAGNING THE MOVE THE LEVERS WERE TIED IN EE NOT AWARE OF THIS WHEN HE TURNED MACHINE ON THE SIDE OF A PINNER STRUCK HIM ON BOTH KNEE A ND THE CANOPY HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL HE PUT HIS RT HAND ON DRILL HEAD AS IT TILTED BACK IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN SIDE OF DRILL HEAD & FRAME PINCHED HIS FINGER REQUIRING 6 STITCHES HE DID NOT LOOSE ANYTIME HE RETD TO WORK ON HIS NEXT SCHEDULED WORKDAY ON 04-03-94
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT 2 LEFT BREAK FIRST CUT, BOLTING TOP. HE PUT UP FIRST ROW OF BOLTS AND STARTED ON 2ND ROW. A PIECE OF COAL APPROX 2' LONG FELL HITTING HIM ON LEFT FOOT AT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A PINNER AT 4 R HEADING. AS HE WAS DRILLING THE HOLE A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL KICKED OUT OF HOLE & HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND, MIDDLE FINGER. HE DID NOT GO TO THE DR. UNTIL 2-8-94. HE THEN LEARNED THAT HIS FINGER WAS BROKEN.