WHILE RIDING ON THE THREE WHEEL PERSONNEL CARRIER, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE RAISED UP AND STRUCK HS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.
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Showing 50 of 175WHILE OEPRATING THE SHUTTLE CAR, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN AROUND AND CHANGE SEATS.
OPER SCOOP BUCKET WAS FULL, OTHER EMP THREW TIE ON BUCKET IT SLID OVER HIT EMP ON EYES 4 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A TRUCK WHEN IT STARTED TO DRIFT BACKWARDS CAUSING PAIN TO THE LEFT GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING EXCESSIVE TRAILING CABLE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A SCOOP TRACTOR.THE TRAILING CABLE PULLED TIGHT AND PINCHED EMPLOYEES LEFT ANKLE AT THE RIB CAUSING A BRUISE TO THE LEFT AN KLE (ARCH).
EMPLOYEE WAS SQUARING PILLAR WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR BUMPED THE TAIL OF THE MINER. A HOSE BLEW OFF THE SWING JACK, SQUARTING OIL INTO BOTH EYE'S.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A LOWBOY. WHILE HELPING POSITION THE COUPLER HE FOT HIS FINGER PINCHED IN THE LATCH ON THE COUPLER AND FRACTURED THE TIP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
APPLYING BRAKE TROLLEY POLE CAME LOOSE PINCHED L MIDDLE RING AND LITTLE FINGERS BETWEEN BRAKE AND POLE LOCK
OPER SHUTTLE CAR, CANOPY HIT RIB, ROCK FELL FROM RIB, CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO BACK OF L HAND
OPER UNIHAULER PAIN IN NUMBNESS IN L AND R WRIST
OPER 3 WHEELER STRUCK HIS HEAD ON ROOF MAT
EMPL TRAMMING UNIHAULER TO THE FACE WHEN WHEEL STRUCK HOLE IN RUNWAY JAMMING HEAD ON CANOPY CAUSING PAIN IN NECK & SHOULDER ALONG WITH SWELLING;AND 3 JOINTS OUT OF ALIGNMENT IN NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON THE OUTBY END OF A POLE JEEP COMING OUT OF THE MINE WEARING MINE RESCUE APPARATUS WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HARD HAT ON A RAIL BAR CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN TO THE NECK AREA.
WHILE PULLING TROLLEY WIRE WITH A LOCOMOTIVE. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TROLLEY WIRE AND TRACK RAIL.
EMPL WAS SHOVELING ON TIGHT SIDE OF BELT WHEN LEFT ARM CAME IN CONACT WITH IDLER ROLLER PULLING HIM INTO BELT UP TO LEFT ELBOW.
WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR DURING 1ST HALF OF SHIFT, A PIECE OF METAL GOT IN EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING BELT GRABS.A C0-WORKER WAS PULLING THE BELT WITH A SCOOP WHEN THE GRABS CAME LOOSE STRIKING THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE LEFT HIP AREA CAUSING A BRUISE. MEDICA L ONLY.
EMPLOYEE WS DRIVING A P242 WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM KNOCKING STEERING WHEEL LOOSE FROM HIS HAND. THE WHEEL ROTATED AND STEERING KNOB STRUCK LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A BRUISE AND SWELLING.
WHILE OPERATING A THREE WHEELER THRU A DEEP HOLE, CAUSING THE 3 WHEELER TO BOTTOM OUT CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND RIGHT HIP.
OPER 242, HIT HOLE IN RUNWAY, STRUCK R RIBS AGAINST FRAME OF 242
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 3 WHEELER WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN AND STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB CAUSING A SPRAIN.
EE WAS TRAMMING A UNI HAULER WHEN IT STRUCK A BUMP IN THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE EE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY CAUSING PAIN TO BACK OF NECK.
EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP UNDER A DISHARGE LINE. THE LINE CAUGHT ON THE CANOPY AND CAME DOWN STRIKING EE ON BACK OF NECK CAUSING STIFFINESS.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 5 TON MOTOR WHEN HE LOOKED BACK HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A CROSS-BAR CAUSING A STIFF NECK UNDER INVESTIGATION UNTIL 05-20-91.LTA AS OF 05-10-91.
WHILE OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR, INJURED EMPLOYEE JAMMED HIS NECK WHEN SHUTTLE CAR RUN OVER A HOLE IN RUNWAY.
BAD ROADWAY AT APPROACH TO THE FEEDER EMPLOYEE WAS APPROACHING THE FEEDER TO DUMP COAL HE HIT RUTS IN ROADWAY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BOUNCE & HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY
EE WAS MOVING POSTS WHEN THE MINER BACKED UP AND KNOCKED A POST LOOSE. THE POST FELL STRIKING EE ON LEFT HAND CAUSING BRUISED TENDONS.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL THE STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR CAME STRAIGHT BACK THE BELT ENTRY TOWARD THE FEEDER.THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY THE BOOM END OF THE SHUTTLE CAR AND PUSHED INTO T HE COAL ON THE FEEDER CAUSING A FRACTURED VERTEBREA AND POSSIBLE INTERNAL INJURIES.
EE WAS TURNING AROUND IN A SHUTTLE CAR COMPARTMENT TO LEAVE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.
WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP TRACTOR THE INJURED EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP TRACTOR TO SECTION.
TRA MMING FEEDER ON CONVEY TAIL PC FEEDER LSID OFF CRIB BLOCKS UNDER CRAWLERS PINCHED HIM BETWEEN FEEDER AND RAIL JACK
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A RAM CAR WHEN IT SLID DOWN CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BUMP HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY
WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR THE INJURED EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE TURNED IN SEAT TO CHANGE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A PUMP USING A 5 TON MOTOR AND A CHAIN. THE CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE NECK AREA AND BELOW LOWER LEFT EAR CAUSING A LACERATION BELOW THE EAR AND SWELLING IN NECK AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A POLE JEEP WHEN HE APPROACHED THE MOTORMEN WHO WERE FILLING THE MOTOR'S WITH SAND AND THE EMPLOYEE GOT SAND IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN ITS CANOPY CAUGHT THE ROOF MAT, TEARING IT AWAY, THE END OF THE MAT ENTERED THE COMPARTMENT & TO GET AWAY FROM THE MAT HE THREW HIMSELF BACKWARDS CAUSIN G HIS LEFT FOOT UP & WHEN THE CAR STOPPED HIS FOOT WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE RIB & THE SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS LEG ABOVE THE ANKLE.
EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR,HIT A HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING EMPL PAIN-LOWER BACK AND KIDNEY AREA.
EMPLWAS BACKING UP FRONTEND LOADER. EMPL TURNED HEAD TO RIGHT & BEGAN BACKING UP WHEN HE FELT PAIN INRIGHT SIDE OF NECK & RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPL HAS NOT MISSED ANY TIME FOR INJURY BUT ON 8/15 HE INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO TO CHIROPRACTOR BECAUSE IT WAS TILL BOTHER HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 3 WHEELER WHEN IT WENT OVER A BLOCK THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT HAND ACROSS THE KNUCKLES.
WHILE OPERATING BATTERY SCOOP TRACTOR INJURED EMPL HAD BACK JARRED WHEN SCOOP TRACTOR RAN OVER BUMP IN RUNWAY.
THE EE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE SCOOP PRAM TO STEADY HIMSELF THE OPERATOR OF THE SCOOP INODVERTENTLY PULLED THE LEVER WICHED CONTROLLED THE RAM PINCHING THE EE FINGERS BETWEEN THE SCOOP BUCKET A ND RAM.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A MANTRIP INTO SECTION HE RAISED HIS HEAD UP AND STRUCK IT ON THE ROOF CAUSING PAINS IN HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING THROUGH A BELT CHECK WHEN HE RAN HIS HEAD INTO A ROOF RAIL CAUSING NECK & UPPER BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 20 TON MOTOR WHEN DUST GOT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE. FOREIGN OBJECT IN LEFT EYE.
WHILE OPERATING A TRACK JEEP, A PIECE OF DIRT FLEW IN INJURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE.
WHILE HAULING SUPPLYS A PIECE OF PIEP WAS JARRED LOOSE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON A 5 TON MOTOR WHEN ANOTHER 5 TON MOTOR REAR ENDED THE JEEP CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS KNEELING AT THE TIME TO HAVE HIS WEIGHT SHIFT TOWARDS HIS FOOT & DISLOCATING THE SMALL TOE ON THE LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 3 WHEEL TRACTOR THE FRONT TIRE RAN OVER ROUGH SPOT CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN FREELY.THE STEERING WHEEL THEN STRUCK HIS RIGHT THUMB CAUSING A CHIPPED JOINT.
EMPLOYEE FWAS OPERATING A 5 TON MOTOR OUT OF A CHARGING STATION WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON AN ALUMINUM CHANNEL CAUSING NECK PAIN.
OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR GETTING A LOAD OF COL AT THE MINER. TURNED THE SEAT ON THE CAR SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.