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The injured was preparing to unload roof bolting supplies when the scoop blade was lowered down on his left foot.
Injured was tramming a portal bus through the outby set of double doors when the trolley pole came off of the wire and swung around and struck him on the right side of the head. The trolley pole limiter was not in use.
Injured was scooping in the #2 entry, rt. rib. The scoop blade was back under the curtain on the rt. side of the scoop. When he backed up, the curtain hooked on the scoop, he was attempting to free the curtain while backing out and caught his hand between the scoop and the rib.
Injured was cleaning an area around a belt junction when his shovel got caught between a roller and the belt, twisting his wrist.
Injured walked up beside of a tramming scoop without letting the operator know that he was there. As he turn to flag the operator his left foot was ran over by the scoop tire.
Injured was tramming a scoop up to pick up some rock dust. When he went around a corner of a block he put his left hand outside of the scoop and in between the hinge point of the scoop just outside the operators deck. As he turned the two halves of the scoop came together catching his finger.
Injured was sitting on the edge of a supply car and the tire rolled up on his left leg resulting in a fracture.
Injured leaned over to try and locate an oil leak under the scoop. Injured instructed the scoop operator to turn on the scoop. When he did he pulled back on the ejector jack which caught the injured's fingers between the scoop blade and the ejector blade.
RIDING IN MANTRIP TO 7 WEST BEHIND LOCOMOTIVE AND ROCKING MACHINE. STOPPED AT A CROSSCUT 200' INBY MNO #2 BELT. LOCOMOTIVE WAS GOING UP A GRADE AND LOST TRACTION SLIDING BACK DOWN THE GRADE AND INTO THE MANTRIP. INJURED WAS EXITING THE MANTRIP WHEN IT WAS STRUCK.
INJURED WAS A PASSENGER IN A POTAL BUS WHICH WAS STOPPED AT BOTTOM OF A HILL GOING INTO 7 WEST. THE LOCOMOTIVE AND ROCK DUSTER GOING IN AHEAD OF HIS PORTAL BUS/ THE LOCOMOTIVE COULD NOT CLIMP HILL AND STARTED SLIDING BCKWARD INTO PORTAL BUS INJURED WAS A PASSENGER IN.
INJURED WAS PASSENGER IN A PORTAL BUS WHICH WAS STOPPED AT BOTTOM OF A HILL GOING INTO 7 WEST. A LOCOMOTIVE AND ROCK DUSTER GOING IN AHEAD OF PORTAL BUS COULD NOT CLIMB THE HILL. IT STARTED SLIDING BACKWARDS AND INTO THE PORTAL BUS.
Injured was shaking a rock off of the blade of the scoop. He had not properly shut the 2 piece door. The back door swung open allowing the other part of the door to open up striking the steering jack which in turn swung around and struck the injured in the shoulder.
Mantrip that injured was riding in was struck in the rear by another mantrip causing injured to strike his head on the back of the mantrip compartment causing him to strain his neck and back.
Injured and co-worker had been building cribs in the #3 entry on the head of the longwall. Scoop operator was returning with a load of cribs. Employee was sitting on chain pillar rib just inby #53 break. The operator unknowingly trammed by him and ran over both of his feet. Operator heard injured call out and stopped tramming the scoop.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE A PASSENGER IN A MANTRIP THAT WAS STRUCK BY A LOCOMOTIVE.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE A PASSENGER IN A MANTRIP THAT WAS STRUCK BY A LOCOMOTIVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING MONO-RAIL ON THE OUTBY END OF A PORTAL BUS. MONORAIL CAUGHT A CHAIN HANGING DOWN FROM THE TOP. THIS CAUSED THE RAIL TO COME IN THE DECK OF THE PORTAL BUS STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE LEFT LEG.
AS EE WAS TRAMMING DOWN THE ENTRY, THE BATTERY HAULER HE WAS OPERATING (#2) BROKE IN HALF, THROWING EE AGAINST THE CANOPY, CAUSING HIS NECK TO HURT.
Injured was riding in the passenger seat on top of the man trip, traveling to the section. Injured had his about 1/2 of his right foot sticking out of the confines of the mantrip body. Injured caught his right foot on a piece of a roll of belt beside the track causing his foot to be bent backward.
Sitting in passenger compartment of mantrip waiting for block signal light to clear. Another mantrip's brakes failed causing it to collide with stopped mantrip. This caused pain in injured's lower back.
Tramming empty shuttle car over uneven bottom back to continuous miner. Shuttle car bounced casuing the seat back to come out of back hinges. Injured fell forward striking the panic bar with his left shoulder. (Injured did not request medical treatment until 04/26/2004.)
A SCOOP WAS BEING USED TO PULL FOUR 6" STEEL WATER PIPES TO THE LOADING POINT IN #1 ENTRY. ONE OF THE 6" PIPE S CAUGHT ON A OLD TRACK SWITCH RAIL. THIS CAUSED PIPE TO SWING UP ACROSS THE ENTRY STRIKING THE INJURED EE IN THE HEAD. THE INJURED EE WAS WALKING BESIDE THE PIPES BEING PULLED. THE INJURED EE WAS UNCONSCIOUS BRIEFLY AFTER BEING STRUCK BY THE PIPE.
A SCOOP WAS BEING USED TO PULLED FOUR 6" STEEL PIPE TO THE LOADING POINT IN #1 ENTRY. THE INJURED EE WAS WALKING BESIDE THE PIPE. ONE OF THE PIPES CAUGHT ON AN OLD TRACK SWITCH RAIL. THIS CAUS ED THE PIPE TO SWING UP AND ACROSS THE ENTRY STRIKING THE INJURED EE IN THE CHEST, HEAD AND NECK AREA. THIS RESULTED IN A CONTUSION TO THE NECK.
EE WALKED AROUND THE END OF A PARKED BATTERY HAULER WHILE AN EE WAS OPERATING THE EJECTOR BLADE. THIS WAS TO LINE UP BRACKET HOLES FOR PINNING THE EJECTOR INTO PLACE SO THE HAULER COULD BE USE D AS A MANTRIP. THE TAILGATE AUTOMATICALLY OPENS TO TOWARD THE MINE FLOOR WHEN THE EJECTOR IS OPERATED. THE TAILGATE CAME DOWN ON HER FOOT.
EE REPORTED THAT AFTER OPERATING THE SECTION SCOOP THAT HIS KNEE WAS HURTING.