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EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP & PIN STEEL HIT PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WORK ON THE ROOF BOLTER & GOT HIS RT. ARM PINNED BETWEEN ATRS & HYDRAULIC JACK.
EE WAS OPERATING THE DBT ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IN JL CROSS-CUT. EE WAS DOWN ON KNEES OPERATING THE BOLTING MACHINE AND DROPPED THE POT ON THE BOOM DOWN ON RIGHT KNEECAP.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED BOLTING #6 ENTRY. LOADED UP TRAYS FOR NEXT PLACE & WALKED BACK TO END OF BOLTER. HE TOOK HIS HAT OFF TO WIPE OFF SWEAT. ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING EE ON TOP OF HIS HEAD CUTTING TOP OF HIS HEAD. ROCK FELL APPROX. 15' & WAS 6'X 8'.
Working on 1st floor of prep plant running a grinder and something went into left eye, had safety glasses on but still blew a foreign object into eye. he didn't think it was serious until the eye didn't get any better.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP AND CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM.
EE said he was bolting top and put too much pressure on drill steel. he stated that steel sprung out and hit his rt arm and thumb.
GRINDING ON A PIPE, SOMETHINE FLEW UP AND WENT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS PUTTING UP LAST ROW OF BOLTS IN FACE AND FELL ON LOOSE COAL, HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON BOLTER. HEAD HIT RIB, STOVED NECK UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP. SMALL ROCK FELL. HIT EE ON LT. ARM, SLICING IT OPEN. REQUIRED 12 STITCHES.
EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE, WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL POT AND THE DRILL STEEL. THE TWISTING MOTION CAUSED THE INJURY.
EE BOLTING TOP IN #4 HDG. LAST ROLL OF BOLTS. ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP BETWEEN RIGHT BOLT & RIB, STRIKING EE ON SHOULDER & NECK.
WAS WORKING ON A SEALANT MACHINE PREPARING TO SEAL STOPPING. AS HE TURNED THE MACHINE ON THE VALVE WAS OPEN AND SEALANT STARTING STRIKING HIM IN FACE AND EYES. BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 7-16-03.
WHILE STANDING OBSERVING ROOF BOLT OPERATIONS A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT FOREARM. HE BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 1-13-03.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK. WORKED THE NEXT SCHEDULED 2 SHIFTS.
EE WAS INSTALLING BELT HANGERS AND WAS DRILLING HOLES WITH ROOF BOLTER. WHILE DRILLING HIS DRILL STELLE BENT AND HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING FROM THE HOLE. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE STEEL A ND ACTIVATED THE WRONG LEVER CAUSING THE STEEL TO STRIKE HIS RT. WRIST.
ONE BURN SPOT ON LOWER LEFT ARM.
EE WAS INSTALLING A CURTAIN BOARD. WHILE DRILLING A HOLE, THE DRILL STEEL BECAME HUNG IN THE HOLE. HE HAD HIS HAND NEAR THE DRILL POT WHEN THE STEEL EXITED THE HOLE SUDDENLY, STRIKING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
WHILE OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER, A ROCK FELL STIRKING HIS CANOPY AND CAUSING HIM TO TURN AND MOVE SUDDENLY. HE STATED HIS KNEE THAT HE HAS HAD SURGERY ON BEGAN TO HURT. HE WENT TO HIS PHYSICIA N ON 6-26-01 AND WAS TOLD THAT NOW NEW INJURY HAD OCCURRED, BUT PROBLEMS WERE DUE TO OLD INJURY. NO INFO WILL FOLLOW WHEN WE RECEIVE THE DR. REPORT.
THE INJURED HAD JUST DRILLED THE FIRST HOLE OF THE 6TH ROW WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELLSTRIKING HIM ON THE UPPER RIGHT ARM. THIS INJURYREQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE.
THE INJURED WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL THE 1ST BOLT OF THE 4TH ROW OF THE 9 RT PLACE. WHILE MOVING THE HEAD, A ROCK MEASURE 5 FT CAUSE FELL OUT BETWEEN THE CANOPY AND T BAR AND RIB. THE ROCK STR IKE THE CANOPY AND SLID INTO THE BOOM AREA STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE LEGS. THE IMPACT BROKE THE LOWER LEFT LEG.
WHILE OPERATING BOLTER THE INJ WAS DRILLING A HOLE WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BROKE STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER HE RECD 11 STITCHES IN HIS FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAND HELD GRINDER IN THE SHOP AREA WHEN THE GRINDER STRUCK HIS LEFT INSIDE FOREARM. THIS INJURY RESULTED IN 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE MINER OPERATOR IN THE 6 RIGHT PLACE, WATCHING HIM CUT UP A ROCK THAT HAD FALLEN IN THE FACE AREA. WHILE WATCHING A PIECE OF ROCK CAME FROM THE RIPPER HEAD AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE. HE RECIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WORKED RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 3 DAYS.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UNDER THE ROOF BOLTER CABLE IN THE #3 ENTRY WHEN THE OPERATOR ACTIVATED THE CABLE REEL ON THE BOLTER. THE ROOF BOLTER CABLE CAME DOWN AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE RT FRON T PART ON HIS HEAD CAUSING A CUT THAT REQUIRED 6 STAPLES TO CLOSE.
EE WAS LOADING LONG BOARDS ON BOLTER AND BOARD KICKED BACK STRIKING HIM ON NOSE.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT ROOF BOLTER POT THEN HIT EE ON RIGHT KNEE.