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B2#3 ENTRY AT FACE. WORKING ON SUCTION LINE LINE OF BOLTER AND HAND WAS CAUGHT N T LITTLE FINGER AND RING FINGER.
EE 1W#2 BELT-GRADING OUT BOTTOMS TO INSTALL ARCHES AFTER ROOF FALL. INSTRUCTING OPR, TOLD HIM TO BACK UP AND THEN THE CUTTING HEAD STRUCK 12" STEEL CHANNEL CAUSING THE BACK END TO STRIKE THE F OREMAN IN THE LEFT LOWER LEG. CONTUSION TO LOWERLEFT LEG. EE HAD SURGERY ON LEFT KNEE ON 10-6-99 MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.
EE WAS INSTALLING RIB PIN ON CORNER. LARGE PORTION OF RIB RASHED OFF, PULLING THE BOLT DOWN HE WAS PUTTING IN THE HOLE. PULED DOWN THE BOLT WHILE IT WAS STILL IN HIS HAND. WENT DR. DISABLED HI M ON 12-14 DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS ELBOW WAS FRACTURED.
EE WAS SWINGING BOOM TO INSTALL BOLT WITH WALK THRU BOLTER NEXT TO RIB. TOP FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN ATRS AND BOOM AND STRUCK RIGHT SHOULDER. EE DIDN'T START MISSING UNTIL SURGERY ON 8/18/98. TOR N RIGHT ROTATOR CUFF.
B2 UNIT, #5 ENTRY--WHILE ROOF BOLTING, EE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE ROOF PLACE AND THE MINE ROOF. INADVERTENTLY ENGAGED LIFT CYLINDER CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE IN A PINCH POINT. FRACTURE TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER AT THE FIRST AND THIRD JOIN, LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES ALSO.
EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT. THE BIT STRUCK THE ROOF CAUSING A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK TO BE SPUN FROM THE ROTATING BIT. THE PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK LIP JUST BELOW THE NOSE. DX: LACERATION T O LIP, BELOW NOSE REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.
RIB ROLLED OFF WHILE EE WAS OPERATING THE MINER & STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT. BROKEN FOOT
EE 1S6W TRYING TO BOLT TOP OVER FALL AREA. USNTABLE ROCK IN ROOF STRATA FELL AND CUT RIGHT FOREARM, REQUIRED SUTURES.
ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS, INJURED LEFT INDEX FINGER & BACK
2S6W, USING WET DUSTER TO CLEAN ENTRY, ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK LEFT SHOULDER, HEAD AND MOUTH. SHOULER FRACTURED, REQUIRED SURGERY ON 12-27-96.
FORCING 6" ROOF BOLTS, STRAINED ABDOMEN CAUSING HERNIA. SURGERY 12-19-96- FISRT DAY MISSED.
EMPLOYEE DRILLING HOLE W/ AIR DRILL. WHILE BLOWING HOLE, FOREIGN MATTER ENTERED EYE.
EXCAVATING & LOADING BUCKET @ BOTTOM OF SHAFT. ROCK FELL FROM DIPPER STRIKING EE ON HAND.
EE DRILLING RIB HOLES - ROCK DISLOGED BEHIND METAL PANNING PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED & CONC. POURED. STRIKING EE ON HARD HAT - BASE OF HEAD.
REPLACING B.O. BOLTS. DRILL STEEL FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING FRACTURES TO LITTLE FINGER, RING FINGER AND HAND.
STEPPED OUT FROM UNDER CANOPY TO GET A BOLT TO INSTALL IN THE TOP. PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM MINE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER MIDDLE BACK.
MINER OPERATOR WAS OPERATING IN THE #3 ENTRY OF THE 6W WHEN THE J-HOOK CAME OFF OF THE ROOF BOLT PLATE. THE OPERATOR REACHED OUT TO CATCH THE REMOTE BOX AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
ROOF BOLTING IN A TIGHT POSITION. HE WAS INSPECTING TOP FOR LOCATION OF STARTING DRILL HOLE AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED UNDER THE ROOF BOLT BOOM JACK AS HE WAS SETTING THE JACK. FRACTURE TO BIG TOE O N RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS TIGHTENING A RIB BOLT. PIECE OF DRAW ROCKFELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK HER ON THE HEAD KNOCKING HER TO THE GROUND. WHEN SHE FELL HER LEFT LEG WAS TWISTED UNDER HER BODY. ARTERY BEHIND THE KNEE WAS SEVERED.
EXTRACTING DRILL AND STEEL FROM DRILL HOLE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EE WAS RIB BOLTING AND RIB GUN SLIPPED OUT OF HIS CO WORKER S HAND AND CAME AROUND STRIKING HIM BESIDE THE RIGHT EYE. LACERATION NEAR RIGHT EYE WAS SUTURED. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE 3S4E. STEEL WAS HUN UP IN ROOF, HE WAS PULLING ON STEEL WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED OF STEEL. STEEL FELL FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF THE RIGHT HAND .
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A ROPE OFF TAIL OF MINER. HEREACHED TO MOVE HOOK AND OPERATOR SHOVED TAIL CAUSING IT TO MASH THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING THE 3 ENTRY A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS, STRIKING EE ON THE HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER. THIS REPORT WAS FILED LATE DUE TO NOT KNOWING WHETHER EE WOULD MISS T IME OR NOT. HE WAS NOT LOST ANY TIME. RESTRICTEDACTIVITY ONLY.
EE STEPPED TOWARD BOLTER TO CUT WIRE ON BUNDLE OF BOLTS AS MACHINE WAS TRAMMING FORWARD. EE WAS OPPOSITE SIDE OF OPERATOR, HE PLACED HIS FOOT IN THE PATH OF THE BOLTER TIRE. ROOF BOLTER RAN OV ER HIS FOOT CAUSING FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING, HAD PINENR LAYING ON TRAY AND LET BOOM DOWN, HIT WRENCH. WRENCH HIT HIM IN THE CHIN AND TEETH. EMPLOYEE WAS ALSO HIT IN THE STOMACH DURING THE INJURY.
EE WAS USING TORCHES TO CUT BOLT HEADS SECURING BACK BOARD TO THE ROOF. HE CUT THE BELT HEAD AND THE BRACE FELL STRIKING THE EE S LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. ROCK BROKE AWAY FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
ROOF BOLTERS WERE IN PROCESS OF PUTTING UP CURTAIN BOARD IN HEAD HOLE. EE WAS HOLDING BOARD AGAINST ROOF WITH WRENCH WHILE OTHER ROOF BOLTER WAS DRILLING HOLE. THE BOARD SLIPPED OUT OVER TH EW RENCH AND DROPPED DOWN, STRKING THE VICTIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE, CAUSING A LACERATION. REQUIRED 4 SUTURES.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN AN AREA OF 8'. SHE REACHED FOR FINISHING AUGER TO TAKE APART. THE AUGER ON TOP WAS STUCK. WHEN SHE PULLED APART THE AUGER, THE ONE ON TOP FELL AND SMASHED AND LACERATED HER LEFT RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A RIB BOLT AND BOARD IN A HOLE WHEN A CHUNK OF COAL FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE AND RIGHT ARM. EMPLOYEE CONT TO WORK AND ABOUT 45 MIN LATER HE WAS UNABLE T O WALK. EMPLOYEE'S KNEE WAS SWOLLEN ABOVE THE KNEE CAP.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING #4 ENTRY, 1N5W UNIT. FINGER WAS SMASHED BY DRILL STEEL, CAUSING COMPOUND FRACTURE, LACERATION TO LEFT THIRD DIGIT.
INJURED HAD JUST MOVED IN XCUT FOR BLOW-THRU. THIS AREA WAS RIB PINNED WITH APPROX. 8"-10" OF DRAW ROCK ABOVE COAL SEAM. EE HAD JUST LOADED ONE CAR WITH DRAW ROCK AND RIB CAME DOWN STRIKING HI M ON THE NECK, BACK, LEG, AND LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS BOLTING X CUT 5 TO 4 WHEN RIB CAME OFF AND PUSHED HIM INTO BOLT CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT EAR FROM THE CANOPY.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIB BOLTING WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OFF,COVERED BOTH LEGS, HIT RIGHT SIDE AND HIT HIS HEAD.
EE WAS SAWING A TIMBER WHEN THE SAW GOT IN A BIND IN THE TIMBER THE SAW KICKED BAKC STRIKING EE'S HAND CUTTING THE LEFT RING AND MIDDLE FINGER.
EE WAS RIB PINNING WHEN COAL POPPED OFF FACE HITTING HIM IN HIS LEFT EYE.
HE WAS ROOF BOLTING 3 ENTRY AND WAS STEPPING SIDE WAYS WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING UP HIS PIN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN RIB & PIN STRIKING HIM ON HIS SHOULDER KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT END OF LINE CURTAIN OPERATING MINER ROCK FELL FROM TOP OF RIB STRIKING EMPLOYEE FROM BEHIND KNOCKINGHIM TO THE FLOOR
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE END OF LINE CURTAIN ROCK FELL FROM TOP OF RIB STRIKING EMPLOYEE FROM BEHIND KNOCKING HIM TO THE FLOOR
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED INSTALLING RIB BOLT WITH TRUSS BOLTER. WHEN HE SWUNG HIS BOOM OVER, A DRILL STEEL ON HIS TRAY HIT HIM IN THE NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING THE LAST BOLT IN A ROW OF BOLTS. WHILE HE WAS FILING ON A PIECE OF METAL ON HIS BOOM, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK AND RIGHT JAW.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MINER WHEN A RIB COAL BROKE LOOSE FORM RIB AN PINNED HIM BETWEEN MBC OF CONTINUOUS HAULAGE AND THE RIB COAL THAT FELL INURING HIS LEFT AND RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS FOLLOWING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A CUTTER RIPPED DOWN AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING REMOTE BOX OF MINER CLEANING A MINOR ROCK FALL. ROCK FEE OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT THIGH AND LEFT ANKLE. THE BOLT PATTERN WAS FINE, WITH PROP ER SPACING.
EMPLOYEE HA DSTOPPED WITH HIS SHUTTLE CAR UNDER THE TAIL OF THE MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK WAS THROWN OFF THE MIENR'S CONVEYOR AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE OUTSIDE OF HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING A PU NCTURE TYPE WOUND WHICH REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
EMPLOYE EWAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE DRILL STEEL FROM RIGHT CHUTCK, WHEN THE RIB RASHED OFF STRIKING HIS BACK AND BOTH ARMS.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP, BOUNCED OFF HIS TRS AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND, CUTTING HIS LEFT RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BUILDING WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM WHERE HOLE WAS BEING DRILLED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG CAUSING A LACERATION.