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Employee caught his L/hand - middle finger - in jaw clamps on bolter.
Rotating bull wheel on crusher to position roll for segment, roll started to free-wheel because of slack on come-a-long. Left finger got caught in chain, he pulled his fingers out after being pinched.
Employee was removing bent drill steels from the mine roof. After removing first drill steel, he went to lower drill head, and moved the joy stick to the rotate position. The drill steel then hit the employee in the left forearm, fracturing both bones between his wrist and elbow.
Employee was cleaning bolter, went to move boom, hand slipped off lever, hit down lever and dropped boom on left middle finger. Laceration
Employee was installing rib bolt. Putting in spinner wrench, raised boom with his foot on drill head. Knee hit frame of roof bolter small laceration on knee and bruise.
Putting in dui-dag bolts in a low area with Cobra drill when the roof bolt slipped off & drill shot up smashing his finger against roof and drill.
Employee was welding a 12" x 30" x 2" metal on the back of a 950 loader as a counterweight. While welding he heard a pop sound and the plate landed on his left foot resulting in fractured toe. This was in the welding shop.
Employee was pulling in shields, shield hung up looked out from pincher next shield over and shield dropped hitting him on head. Neck strain doing physical therapy.
Longwall crew hooked up a chain to the shear and to shield to pull the shield sidways. After pulling the shield, the sheer operator trammed the shearer the wrong direction and the chain broke, hitting foreman in the chest.
EE WAS HOOKING CHAIN FROM TAILGATE DRIVE TO SHIELD WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, HIT THE TOP OF THE TAILGATE DRIVE AND LANDED ON THE BACK OF EE'S LEG. THIS RESULTED IN A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO EE'S LOWER LEFT LEG.
RIB SCREEN WAS BEING INSTALLED WHEN THE BOLTER OPERATOR DROPPED THE DRILL STEEL. EE BENT OVER TO GET STEEL AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE RT. FOOT. 20 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING RIB SCREEN IN THE 5 WEST MINE SECTION MMU-001, WHEN THERE WAS A RIB ROLL THAT PINCHED HIS RT. FINGER BETWEEN A PIECE OF COAL & THE BOLTER. EE'S FINGER REQUIRED 6 STAPLES TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.
ROOF BOLTING IN CAVE AREA, WHILE INSTALLING A 6' ROD BOLT INTO HOLE EE HAD DRILLED, FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER & ARM PIT. WENT TO DR,DR SUGGESTED PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR 1 WEEK AND THEN REEVALUATE.
OPERATING HEADGATE DRUM ON SHEARER GOING TOWARDS TAILGATE AS SHIELD 50 HIT ROCK SPAR IN FLOOR A PIECE OF ROCK 1 FOOT SQUARE BOUNCED OFF SHEARER & LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT WHILE HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN SHIELDS OPERATING THE SHEARER BY REMOTE CONTROL.
EE WAS STEPPING FROM SHIELD 86 TO 85 AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE SIDE SHIELD AND JAMMED HIS NECK.
THE RIGHT SIDE BOLTER OPERATOR, WHILE INSTALLING HIS FIRST ROOF BOLT ON A 20' CUT, BENT THE BOLT THE LAST 14" AGAINST THE ROOF. WE BELIEVE HE FAILED TO NOTICE HE HAD BENT THE SPINNER WRENCH WH ILE INSTALLING THE BOLT. WHEN HE TRIED TO DRILL A 2ND HOLE WITH THE BENT WRENCH, THE DRILL STEEL WHIPPED AROUND & HIT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. HE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS; TAKEN TO E.R.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING ON LEFT BOOM, STARTING SECOND STEEL, AND HAD HIS LEFT FOOT ON DRILL HEAD PUSHING UP STEEL. WHEN HE HIT THE FAST FEED, THE HEAD PUSHED UP TO THE ROOF BUMPING HIS KNEE.
EE WAS BOLTING WHEN HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD & THE DRILL STEEL RESULTING IN A LACERATION ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
SINKING SHAFT WITH A SINKING HAMMER, WHILE CHANGING STEELS EMPLOYEE PULLED UP ON HAMMER & THREW TO HIS LEFT SIDE. THE WEIGHT CAUSED HIM TO TWIST & LOOSE BALANCE. HE FELL WITH PLUGGER, LANDING ON HIS SHOULDER.
EE WAS WELDING ON A TIP CYLINDER AND A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG WENT INTO HIS BOOT (BB SIZE) AND BURNT HIS RIGHT CALF A WEEK LATER THE LEG BECAME SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL TREATED FOR STAFF INFECTION
EE WAS OPERATING THE POD DUSTER HE WAS ROLLING UP THE HOSE AND A SLAB OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND LANDED ON TOP OF HIS FOOT.
GRINDING PIPE ON SMALL GRINDER TO REMOVE BURRS FELT SOMETHING GO INTO EYE. SAFETY GLASSER WERE BEING WORN AT TIME OF INJURY.
BOLTING GRID TO ROOF IN TAILGATE, HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN DRILL BOARD ON BOLT HIT A LOOSE ROCK ON TOP OF SHIELD WHICH FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOREARM CUTTING HIM & REQUIRING SUTURES
PULLING SHIELD WITH MVH. HOOK ON PULL HARNESS FAILED, HITTING EE IN HEAD RESULTING IN BROKEN JAW BROKEN EYE SOCKET INTERNAL HEAD INJURY
HANGING CABLE IN MINER SECTION STANDING ON FORKS OF SKID STEER, WHEN OPERATOR ROLLER BACK FORKS, EE GOT THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN SKID STEER AND FORK EXTENTION. THIS RESULTED IN AMPUTATION OF LEFT THUMB BETWEEN FIRST JOINT AND THUMB NAIL.
USING A DRILL STEEL TO RAISE A ROOF PAN ABOVE THE CANOPY OF THE ROOF BOLTER, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN PAN AND STEEL. WENT TO LOWER CANOPY AND PUSHED CONTROL LEVER IN THE WRONG DIRECTION CAUSING F INGER BETWEEN CANOPY & ROOF POSSIBLE AMPUTATION OR SKIN GRAFTING.