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Employee was installing roof bolts and as he was removing the drill steel from the bolt hole the drill steel struck his right middle finger.
While tightening bolt on railroad switch, finger caught between bolt and rail when impact wrench applied. Crushing injury, right hand, middle finger. Employee missed no work, was placed on restricted duty until 1/24/12 when reevaluated by doctor.
Employee was installing roof bolts and as he reached up to turn the roof bolt plate as it was spinning and being pushed upward, his hand came in contact with the plate and it caused a laceration to his left middle finger.
Employee was performing roof bolting duties and turning a 16 ft. metal roof strap and the edge of the strap cut through his glove resulting in a laceration to his right hand that required 5 sutures.
Employee was installing roof bolts and stated that he placed his left hand on the roof bolt plate to align it and applied the up-pressure at the same time. His left middle finger was caught between the plate and mine roof resulting in the amputation of the tip of his finger.
Employee was installing roof bolts, when the drill steel got stuck in the bolt hole in the mine roof. As the employee was reaching to pull the drill steel out of the bolt hole the drill steel fell out of the bolt hole and struck his left middle finger which was resting on the roof bolter drill pot, resulting in a fracture to his finger.
Employee was tramming the roof bolting machine. When the machine went through the check curtains, the drill steel got caught on the curtain, causing the drill steel to strike the employee on his left neck and shoulder.
Employee was operating roof bolter machine. He went to place the roof bolt wrench in the drill pot, the drill steel fell from the mine roof and pinched his left index finger between the drill steel and the wrench, resulting in a laceration.
EE was installing 6 ft torque tension roof bolts when the roof bolt wrench became misaligned causing it to come out of the roof bolting machine drill pot and strike his in the hard hat & forehead resulting in a laceration requiring 8 sutures. He returned to work his next shift.
EE was installing roof bolts, drill steel became lodged in the hole. EE was reaching for drill steel to pull out of hole, when the drill steel fell from hole and struck his left middle finger against the roofbolter drill pot. EE was wearing metacarpal gloves at the time of accident. Went to Health Plus and diagnosed with a simple fracture and sutures to close wound.
Employee stated that he was installing a roof bolt in No.2 entry, when he bent the roof bolt he was attempting to install. EE was trying to retrieve the roof bolt back out of the hole by using his rotation on the roof bolter. When doing so, the roof bolt turned while his right hand was on the roof bolt jerking his right hand and causing pain to right wrist.
EE WAS HELPING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO HOOK THE CABLE ROPE ONTO THE CABLE POST/HOOK, HE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE STOP BLOCK OF THE MINER HEAD AND THE PAN OF THE MINER. AT THE SAME TIME THE MINER OPERATOR LOWERED THE MINER HEAD, RESULTING IN EE'S RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BEING CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STOP BLOCK AND THE PAN OF THE MINER.
FINAL PUSH OUT HAD JUST BEEN COMPLETED IN NO.3 ENTRY & THE CONTINUOUS MINER BACKED OUT OF THE PLACE. INJURED & HIS SUPERVISOR WERE STANDING IN THE INTERSECTION IN THE LAST OPEN BREAK IN NO.3 ENTRY PREPARING TO MOVE THE MRS'S WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK (APPROX 34"X20"X 3"-7" THICK) FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON HIS BACK AND LOWER RIGHT LEG.
Ee was in the process of installing roof bolts in face of #4 entry. Drill steel that he was using to drill roof bolt hole hung on top of drill pot as he was lowering the steel out of hole. He stated he was holding steel w/rt hand & was moving drill pot back & forth to free the steel. When steel came loose it caught little finger of rt hand between pot & steel.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD TAKEN THE DRILL STEEL OUT OF THE DRILL POT & STOOD IT ON THE ROOF BOLTER PLATFORM. AFTER INSTALLING THE ROOF BOLT HE WAS REMOVING THE WRENCH AS HE WAS LOWERING THE DRILL POT & AT THE SAME TIME THE ROOF BOLTER MAST CAUGHT THE DRILL STEEL & BENT IT LIKE A BOW PINCHING HIS RT.INDEX FINGER ON TOP OF THE DRILL WRENCH. FRACTURED & LACERATED RT. INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD USED A ROOF BOLT WRENCH TO FINISH PUSHING THE DRILL STEEL INTO THE HOLE AS HE WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE. WHEN HE COMPLETED DRILLING THE ROOF BOLT HOLE HE ATTEMPTED TO DROP THE WRENCH AND DRILL STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE. THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE CATCHING THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
WHILE INSTALLING BELT HANGERS HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE "T" BAR ON THE ATRS SYSTEM AND THE TOP OF THE DRILL POT. HE WAS PUSHING A ROOF BOLT INTO A DRILLED HOLE USING A 12" ROOF BOLT WRENCH WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED
EE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER LOADING A COAL HAULER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 4 FOOT LONG BY 18 INCH WIDE BY 0 INCHES TO 4 INCHES THICK SLIPPED OFF THE LOADED COAL HAULER STRIKINGHI M ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND JUST ABOVE THE THUMB RESULTING IN A LACERATION./
EE STATED THAT HE HAD DRILLED A ROOF BOLT HOLE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS PUTTING A TUBE OF RESIN INTO THE HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ATRS AND ROOF BOLTER CANOPY, STRIKIN G HIM ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD AND ON THE RIGHT FOREARM. THE ROCK MEASURED APPROX. 4 FOOT LONG 3 FOOT WIDE AND 9 INCH TO 6 INCH THICK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS LEFT HAND WAS STRUCK BY THE MRS CABLE REEL LID RESULTING IN A CONTUSION.
EE WAS OPERATING THE M318 CATERPILLAR RUBBER TIRED EXCAVATOR, LOADING MATERIAL FROM THE NO. 1 SUMP INTO A M45 MACK TRUCK OPERATED BY OTHER WHEN HE HAD FINISHED LOADING THE TRUCK, HE TRAMMED TH EXCAVATOR TO THE PARKING LOT OF THE TRUCK SHOP AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE OF THE EXCAVATOR. HE STOOD UP IN THE CAB AND APPEARED TO COLLAPSE, FALLING OUT OF THE CAB COMPARTMENT OF THE EXCAVATOR
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING 7" X 16' CABLE ROOF BOLTS USING A HAND-HELD HYDRAULIC TENSIONER TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS. ONE WAS PICKING UP THE TENSIONER WHEN THE OTHER ENGAGED THE MANUAL HYDRAULIC VALVE CONTROL CAUSING THE TENSIONER TO RETRACT. HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CABLE SLEEVE AND THE RETRACTABLE HEAD OF THE TENSIONER, RESULTING IN AMPUTATION AT THE 1ST JOINT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT IN UNEVEN TOP AND AS HE PLACED A HALF HEADER BETWEEN THE HALF HEADER ON THE ROOF BOLT AND THE MINE ROOF HIS MIDDLE ON HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUG HT BETWEEN THE HALF HEADER AND THE MINE ROOF.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT IN NO. 3 ENTRY WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED. EE STATED THAT HE HAD FINISHED THE PROEDURE OF DRILL THE HOLE, INSERTING THE RESIN AND BOLT,HAD SPUN THE BOLT AND WAS WAITING FOR THE RESIN TO HARDEN. HETSTATED THAT THE ROOF BOLT WRENCH BROKE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TORQUE THE BOLT. WHEN THE ROOF BOLT WRENCH BROKE, A PIECE OF THE WRENCH FLEW LOOSE
EE STATED WHILE MINING IN NO.2 ENTRY 180' INBY SPAD NO. 5199 A ROCK MEASURING 81"X15"X0" TO 6" THICK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE THIRD AND FOURTH ROW OF BOLTS FROM THE FACE , STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND BACK AREA KNOCKING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR.
EE STATED THAT WHILE MINING NO.2 ENTRY, 180' INBY SPAD NO. 5199, A ROCK MEASURING 81"X15"X0" TO 6" THICK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE THIRD AND FOURTH ROW OF BOLTS FROM THE FACE, STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS HANGING THE POWER CABLE FOR THE #1 MRS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK, MEASURING 3' X 2' X 3", FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND L EFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE NO. 178 JOY CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE BOTTOM END OF THE NO.4 PILLAR BLOCK. HE WAS POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE END CORNER OF THE #4 PILLAR AND ABOUT 11 FEET AW AY WHEN THE RIB CORNER TOOK WEIGHT AND ROLLED OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK, LEG AND ANKLE.
EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND IN THE PROCESS OF EXTENDING THE LINE CURTAIN UP IN THE FACE OF #1 ROOM, WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE TOP FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD, NECK AND BACK INOCKING HIM OFF THE MACHINE DOWN ONTO THE MINE FLOOR. THE ROCK MEASURED 31" X 31" X 2".
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A CELL IN SCOOP BATTERY. WHILE USING THE OVERHEAD CRANE TO LIFT CELL, THEAUGER USED TO LIFT THE CELL BROKE AND A PIECE OFTHE AUGER HOOKED TO THE CRANE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING THE HANDHELD HYDRAULIC WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A CABLE TRUSS BEING INSTALLED FOR ROOF SUPPORT WHEN HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWIN PISTON RAM BLOCK AN D RAM CYLINDER HEAD STRAP PIECE DURING THE BACK STROKE/TENSION RELEASE OF THE CYLINDERS. THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN AN OPEN TYPE WOUND WITH NO FRACTURES.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STANDING IN THE WALK THROUGH AREA OF THE FLETCHER ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHILE THE FACE OF #3 WAS BEING BOLTED. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING A DRILL BIT WHEN ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD AND BACK OF THE RIGHT LOWER LEG. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CAMC GENERAL DIVISION ER WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR AN EIGHT INCH LACERATION TO THE RIGHT
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE ROOF BOLT BEING INSTALLED WITH HIS HAND ABOVE THE PLATE.THE BOLT WAS BEING PUSHED INTO THE HOLE USING THE DRILL STEEL WRENCH POSITIONED BELOW THE PLATE. WITH THE PLATE BEING LOCATED BETWEEN THE WRENCH HIS HAND BECAME WEDGED ON THE CRADLE AS THE DRILL HEAD WAS BEING RAISED. THE PLATE SPUN OUT AND UPWARD CONTACTING HIS RIGHT WRIST ABOVE GLOVE.