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TROUBLE SHOOTING SHEAER ELECTRICAL PANEL. HE HAD HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE PANEL COVER AND THE PANLINE. CHECKING SHEARER START UP AND THE SLIGHT MOVEMENT OF THE SHEARER CAUSED THE PANEL COVER TO SLIP. THIS CAUGHT HIS RIGHT SMALL FINGER BETWEEN THE PANEL AND THE PANLINE LACERATING (SUTURES) IT.

WAITING FOR FULL FACE MINER TO FINISH CUTTING COAL SO HE COULD INSTALL A ROOF BOLT. THE WORKING PLACE HAD UNEVEN ROOF BECAUSE THE MINER WAS NOT LEVEL. A PIECE OF COAL FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN CHA NNEL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER. RESTRICTED DUTY BEGAN 5/4/99.

INJ & COWORKER WERE INSTALLING BOLTS WITH A SINGLE BOOM DRILL. AS INJ WAS WALKING ALONG THE SIDEOF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE LOOSE ROOF SEPARATEDAS HIS COWORKER WAS DRILLING A HOLE & FELL BETWE EN ROOF SUPPORT CHANNEL. A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK INJ ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT

USING A SPAD GUN TO POUND WEDGES INTO ROOF CHANNEL. THE AREA WAS HIGH AND A HAMMER OR AXE WOULDN'T REACH. HE FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN SWINGING THE SPAD GUN.

EMPTYING CONTENTS OF VACUUM PUMP, AFTER CLEANING IT OUT, HE TURNED THE PUMP ON, PREDSSURIZING IT, THE CLEAN OUT CAP WAS NOT FASTENED AND IT BLEW OFF, FRACTURING HIS NOSE. HE BEGAN MISSING WOR K ON 1-30-99.

AFTER INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT, INJURED WAS LOWER THE MAST JACK ON THE SINGLE BOOM ROOFBOLTER. HE GRABBED THE DRILL STEEL AS THE JAC WAS DESENDING. HIS RIGHT , MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD AND MAST JACK FRACTURING IT AND SEVERELY LACERATING IT ABOVE THE FIRST JOINT.

USING A TABLE SAW TO CUT A SIX INCH PVC PIPE IN HALF. A PIECE OF PVC BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT THUMB LACERATING IT. THE INJURY REQUIRED 8 SUTURES.

STANDING BESIDE FULL FACE MINER WHILE WAITING TO ROOF BOLT, COAL RIB ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE BACK OF HIS LOWER TIGHT LEG CAUSING A SEVERE CONTUSION AND ABRASION. INJURED BEGAN MOD IFIED DUTY THE NEXT SHIFT.

INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH A SINGLE BOOM ROOF BOLTER. WHILE POSITIONING TO INSTALL DRILL STEEL STABILIZING JACK CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT TO MINE FLOOR. RIGHT FOOT WAS CRUSHED, NO FRACTURES.

INJURED WAS HELPING ROOF BOLTER. A TWO PIECE BOLT WAS LEANING AGAINST THE MACHINE. AS HE REACHED TO REMOVE THE STARTER AUGER, THE DRILL HEAD WAS BEING LOWERED. THE TOP SECTION OF THE ROOF BOLT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE DESCENDING DRILL HEAD. THE BOLT SPRUNG UP AND STRUCK INJURED ABOVE THE LEFT EYE. INJURED BEGAN MODIFIED DUT NEXT SHIFT.

INJURED WAS BOLTING AS HE WAS CHANGING A WRENCH HE BUMPED THE LEVER AND THE HEAD CAME DOWN ONHISLEFT FOOT. HE BEGAN RESTRICTED WORK ON HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.

INJURED REACHED BEHIND A HEATER TO ADKUST THE THERMOSTAT. THE HEATER IS 109" FROM THE FLOOR. AS HE REACHED TOWARD THERMOSTAT CONTROL KNOB HE PLACED HSI RIGHT HAND BEHIND THE GUARD AND STRUCK A GAINST THE ROTATING FAN BLADES. THIS RESULTED INMULTIPLE LACERATIONS AND TENDON DAMAGE TO ALL BUT THE FIFTH FINGER.

INJURED WAS USING A TORCH TO BURN BOLTS OFF STAGELOADER. HE WAS UNDERNEATH THE MACHINE. A HOT PIECE OF SLAG STRUCK INSIDE HIS RIGHT EAR AND BURNED HIM.

OPERATING HYSTER BRINGING SUPPLIES OFF A HILL. BRAKES FAILED. HYSTER MAST CONTACTED 7200 KV CABLE AND MESSENGER CABLE INSTALLED OVERHEAD. INJURED WAS JOSTLED IN CAB. LEFT ELBOW AND SHOULDER I NJURY ORIGINALLY REQUIRED FIRST AID. 4-19-97 BEGINNING LOST TIME.

INJURED WAS HELPING CO WORKERS SCREEN ROOF AREA ALONG LONGWALL FACE. A ROCK MEASURING APPROX. 4 1/2 FT WIDE X 6 FT LONG X 10 INCH TO 0" INCHES FELL FROM THE AREA BETWEEN THE SHIELD TIPS AND TH E FACE AND STRUCK THE INJURED ON THE RIGHT SIDE.THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE UPPER RIGHT ARM AND STRAINS TO THE RIGHT KNEE AND RIGHT ANKLE.

EMLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 1 FOOT SECTION OF 3"X5"X1/2" ANKLE WITH CUTTING TORCH. AS THE CUT (BOTTOM) WAS COPLETED THE ANGLE SWANG DOWN AND STRUCK EE IN THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE.

VICTIM WAS ASSISTING CO-WORKER INSTALL ROOF BOLT. LOOSE COAL FELL FROM APPROXIMATELY 6-7 FEET HIGH, STRIKING INJURED ON HEAD CAUSING C-SPINE STRAIN.

HE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN AN AREA APPROX. 10 1/2 FEET HIGH WHILE INSTALLING 12' ROOF BOLTS. THE 2ND AND 3RD SEGMENTS OF THE DRILL STEEL BECAME LODGED IN THE ROOF. AS HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON TH E ROOF BOLTER DRILL HEAD, THE STEELS DISLODGED AND FELL CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND. STARTED RW 1-2-96.

2 MEN WERE INSTALLING CABLE BOLTS WITH A HYDRAULIC DRILL IN THE LONGWALL HEADGATE IN VERY MUDDY AND BAD TOP CONDITIONS. AFTER THE HOLE HAD BEEN DRILLED THEY WERE INSTALLING CABLE BOLT WHEN THE CABLE BOUND IN THE HOLE CREATING A KINK. WHEN THE DRILL WAS LOWERED THE CABLE STRUCK THE HELPER(EMPLOYEE) IN THE LOWER MOUTH.

USING A 5 FOOT STEEL & 3 FOOT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A ROOF BOLT IN A HIGH AREA WHEN THE STEEL INSERT SNAPPED OFF & KNOCKED OFF HIS HARD HAT & GLASSES HIS GLASSES SCRATCHD HIS FACE ABOVE THE LEFT EYE REQUIRING THREE SUTURES

WHILE ACCOMPANING US BUREAU OF MNES, INVSTIGATORS EVALUATING 4 FOOT FIBERGLASS ROOF BOLTS USED FOR RIB BOLTING, INJURED WAS BREAKIN GOFF RIB BOTS. THAT WERE STICKING OUT IN AN EFFORT TO PREVE NT STRUCK AGAINST ACCIDNETS. HE WAS USING A Z FOOT ROOF BOLT WRENCH. AS HE STRUCK THE FIBERGLASS BOLT WITH THE WRENCH IT BOUNCED BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SIDEOF FOEHEAD.

STANDING ALONG CONTINUOUS MINER WAITING FOR TI TO ADVANCE SO HE COULD INSTALL A ROOF BOLT INJURED WAS STRUCK ON TEH RIGHT SIDE OF HTE NECK BY A PIECE OF HOT MATERIAL. THE ULL FACE CM WAS CUTT ING THE BOTTOM AT THE TIME.

WHILE DRILLING A HOLE THROUGH A METAL STRAP TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT, INJURED WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE BY A FOREIGN OBJECT. INJURY RESULTED IN A CORNEAL ABRASION. INJURED WEARS PRESCRIPTION E YE GLASSES (SAFETY). THE INJURY REQUIRED 1 DAY RESTRICTED WORK.

WHILE RIB BOLTING, INJURED ATTEMPTED OT STRAIGHTEN OUT A STRAP TO INSTLAL A BOLT. INJURED WAS PULLING ON STRAP HWILE CO-WORKER HIT STRAP WITH BOLTING WRENCH CAUSING HTE ANUGER USED FOR DRILLI NG OT STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE LOWER LIP.

INJURED WAS INSTALLNG A ROOF BOLT AND WHILE TURNING THE ROOF BOLT PLATE WITH HIS HAND HIS RIGHT HAND PUSHED THE LEVER THAT RAISED THE BOOM CAUSING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN T HE PLATE AND A ROOF SUPPORT CHANNEL.

INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE INSTALING SUPPLEMENTAL BOLTS IN A POTTED OUT AREA AND AFTER SETTING SINGLE BOOM DRILL IN PLACE, INJURED WAS VISUALLY EXAMINING THE AREA HE WAS TO BOLT. INJURED PLACE D HIS RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF THE ATRS AND LEANED PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF THE ATRS AND LEANED FORWARD TO LOOK. THE DRILL SHIFTED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN ROOF AND ATRS.

INJURED WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER GRADING BOTTOM. THE ROCK WAS HARD AND THE CM BOUNCED CAUSING A SHARP PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING THE FIRST BOLT OF THE SECOND STRAP IN A FULL CUT ON A OVERCAST WHEN STRUCK ON THE LEFT CALF BY A PIECE OF COAL AND ROCK MEASURING 7 FEET X 2 FEET X 6 INCHES THICK THAT H AD FALLEN STRAIGHT DOWN AND TIPPED OVER WHILE INJURED WAS BOLTING.

EE WAS BOLTING IN A ROOF CAVITY AREA. EE HAD HOLD OF THE BOTTOM OF THE BOLT WRENCH AND AS IT WAS LOWERED, EE WAS UNABLE TO HOLD THE WRENCH, TI SHIFTED AND STRUCK EE IN THE FACE CUTTING UPPER L IP. THIS REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.

WHILE MOVING DUKES ON THE WIDE SIDE OF THE STAGELOADER INJURED RELEASED TURNED AWAY FROM IT BENT OVER AND THE DUKE FELL AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK.

INJURED WAS KNEELING ONE 2 SHIELD PONTOON WITH HB RIGHT FOOT EXTENDED OVER THE 3 KAM BAR AS 3 RM EXTENDED, HM RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN RAM AND TAIL SIDE PONTOON.