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EMPLOYEE REMOVING ROCK FROM FEEDER WHEN ROCK FELL OFF FEEDER GLANCING ACROSS EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.
HE WAS RIDING IN THE SCOOP BUCKET ON THE WAY OUTSIDE. THE SCOOP OPERATOR RAISED THE BUCKET TO GOTHRU A DIP. HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE BUCKET SO EE WAS MASHED AGAINST THE ROOF.
HE WAS PICKING ROCK OFF THE FEEDER, WHEN HE PULLED ONE ROCK HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. ON THE WAY IN TO THE SECTION HE SAID HE RAN OVER SOME THING WHICH CAUSED HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.
WE WERE STARTING TO ROLL UP A PIECE OF BELT WITH A BELT ROLLER WHEN THE LOOSE SLEEVE OF HIS COVERALLS CAUGHT ON THE PIN, TRAPPING HIS RIGHT ARM.
ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS USING A COAL LOADING SCOOP TO CLEAN THE RIB AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SCOOP LATERALLY BY USING HIS BUCKET AND HYDRAULICS IN DOING SO HE DISLODGED A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TOP WITH THE SCOOP STRIKING AND POSSIBLY INJURING VICTIM
HE WAS RUNNING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP VEHICLE WHEN IT BECAME DISABLED. HE THEN BOARDED A SCOOP GOING BY. HE WAS RIDING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND HIS FINGER SLIPPED UNDER BLADE OF SCOOP WHEN IT BOUNCED ON ROUGH ROAD.
I NAME WAS OPER5TING A SCOOP AND WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE INTERSCTION OF #4 ENTRY HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE MINE ROOF AS THERE IS A ROLL IN THAT AREA OF THE MINE. HIS LEFT LEG WAS FORCED DOWNWARD3RESULTING IN A BROKEN ANKLE AND MINOR ABRASIONS TO LOWER LEG