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Operator went across hump going to miner got head into top and shuttle car
Two employees were installing air lock doors for the new 002 section. One had cut off a section of metal from the bottom of the door exposing a hot sharp point of metal. He tripped and fell on the metal causing a puncture wound to his upper left leg.
EE & superintendent were installing track rail when inj. EE flipped over a section of track rail & caught his finger lacerating the tip of finger. Required stitches.
In process of removing 14-10 miner head from miner, employees were working on ripper chain to remove chain pins. They used a slate bar and come-alongs to loosen chain. After pins were pulled with slate bar in chain the back part of chain was fouled against the slate bar. Miner man let head down to tram forward, when slate bar shot out of chain hitting employee.
PIECE OF ROCK FELL, STRIKING EE ON HEAD. ROCK WAS 6" BY 1/4". THE ROCK BUSTED UP IN PIECES. A PIECE STRUCK EE IN HIS EYE. EE HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON, BUT THEY WERE KNOCKED OFF.
CHANGING TAIL ROLLER SHAFT, DROPPED NEW SHAFT ON RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS TRYING TO BEAT AN INSERT OUT OF A PIECE OF BELT THEY HAD RECENTLY ROLLED UP WHEN HE FELT A PAIN JUST UNDER HIS LEFT RIB CAGE.
OFFSET IN RIGHT RIB BELT HEADING IN FACE. SCOOP OPERATOR WAS CLEANING HAULWAY WHEN SCOOP BUCKET CAUGHT OFFSET IN RIGHT RIB CAUSING OPERATOR TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST TOP OR RIB. CONDITIONS IN AR EA WERE 38" TO 40".
LOADING ROCK DUSTER, HE SPRAINED BACK WHEN LIFTING A BAG OF ROCK DUST.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WITH A ROOF BOLTER WHILE PUTTING HIS STEEL TOGETHER, HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BEWEEN STEEL, RIPPING A PIECE OF SKIN AND MEAT FROM HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE UNLOADING ROCK DUST FROM A SCOOP AND PUTTING IT ON A BELT. EMPLOYEE TWISTED WHILE HANDLING A BAG OF DUST TO CO-WORKER AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO OPERATORS DECK OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HIS WET BOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TOLOSE HIS BALANCE, FALL AND HIT HIS RIBS ON THE EDGE OF THE OPERATORS DECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING SELANT ON THE #14 INTAKE STOPPING AND SPLASHED SOME OF THE SELANT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. IT IRRITATED HIS EYE, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE TO SEE A DOCTOR, AFTER HE SLEPT HIS EYE CLEARED UP.