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THE MAN WAS OPERATING THE MANTRIP. THE STEERING WHEEL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND THE STEERING KNOB STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
SCOOP RAN OVER ROCK ON TRAVEL WAY . OPERATORS COMPARTMENT RAISED & OPERATOR HIT HEAD ON ROOF. 1ST DAY OF WORK MISSED 3-31-98.
THE MAN & THE SCOOP OPERATOR WERE INSTALLING CONVEYOR BELT. THE MAN WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A BOLT FROM THE BELT STRUCTURE THE SCOOP OPERATOR BUMPED THE STRUCTURE PINCHING THE LABORES LEFT THUMB.
EE WAS TRAVELING ALONG BELT LINE. HIS MANTRIP HIT A ROCK ON THE ROADWAS. THE STEERING WHEEL SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND. THE KNOB ON THE WHEEL STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOREARM
THE MAN WAS SCOOPING LOOSE COAL. HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND BOUNCED UP IN THE AIR. HE STRUCK HIS LOWER BACK ON THE EDGE OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF THE SCOOP.
THE MAN WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP ON THE TRAVELWAY, HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD. THE MAN BOUNCED UP IN THE AIR & STRUCK HIS LOWER BACK ON THE SIDE OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT.
WHILE OPERATING RUBBER TIRED SCOOP OPERATOR GOT HIS HEAD PINCHED BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROOF AND RIB THIS ACTION CUT HIS HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES. NO FAULT OF EQUIPMENT.
WHILE SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AROUND TAIL AREA, SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT BY BELT. THIS CAUSED THE SHOVEL TO PINCH FINGER TIP BETWEEN SHOVELS METAL HANDLEAND TAIL FRAME.
THE MAN HAS TO DO ALL HIS WORK WHILE HE IS CRAWLING BESIDE THE EQUIPMENT. HE ALSO HAS TO OPERATOE LEVERS TO CONTROL THE MACHINERY, THIS REQUIRES THAT HE TWISTS, AND STRETCHES FROM THE WAIST U P.
THE MAN WAS UNHOOKING A SUPPLY SKID FROM THE SCOOP, THE MAN WAS PULLING THE HITCH PIN, WHEN THE SCOOP DRIFTED FORWARD, AND HIS LEFT SHOULDER CAUGHT ON THE ROOF, AND HE WAS PULLED BACK OVER THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT STRKING HIS RIGHT SIDE.
THE MAN HIT A BUMP ON THE ROADWAY, WHILE HE WAS SCOOPING SPILLED COAL WITH AN ELKHORN SCOOP. THE MAN STRUCK HIS UPPER MIDDLE BACK ON THE SIDE OF THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT. THE MAN COMPLAINED O F DIZZINESS LIGHTHEADED AND UPPER BACK PAIN.
THE MAN WAS SCOOPING UP LOOSE COAL WITH AN ELKHORN SCOOP. THE MAN WAS TRAMMING IN REVERSE WHEN HE STRUCK HS HEA DON ROOF THAT WAS CUT AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS.
REMOVING A PIECE OF ROCK ON CONVEYOR OF MOBILE BRIDGE,A MOVING FLIGHT STRUCK ROCK THROWING IT INTO AIR PINCHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND ROOF CAUSING CONTUSIONS & LACERATIONS.
MAN WAS REMOVING PIECE OF ROCK FROM MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR. FLIGHT FROM CONVEYOR STRUCK ROCK CASUING MAINS RIGHT HAND TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN ROCK & SIDE OF CONVEYOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING OUTSIDE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT ON A 4 WHHELER MANTRIP WHEN THE STEERING BROKE AND THE MANTROP MACHINE VEERED INTOT HER IB. THE EMPLOYEE PUT HIS FOOT UP TO HELP STOP THE J EEP, CUSING INJURY TO HIS FOOT.
MAN WAS IN THE PORCESS OF SCOOPING FACE AREA. HE WAS SITTING IN OPERATORS COMPARTMENT WITH HIS RIGHT ARM ON THE EDGE ON THE COMPARTMENT WHILE BACKING UP HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN EDGE OF COM PARTMENT AND THE RIB.
MAN WAS REMOVING A LARGE PIECE OF STONE FROM BELT WHICH WAS ON RIGID STRUTURE HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE AND SIDE RAIL
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BRIDGE AND IT GOT HUNG UP. WHEN IT EVENTUALLY GAINED TRACTION, EMPLOYEE'S ELBOW BECAME JAMMED AGAINST ROOF (HAND WAS ON LEVER).
OER SCOOP STUCK HEAD OUT SIDE NAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH RIB.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS A BRIDGE OPERATOR AND WHILE THE MEN WERE BACKING UP THE BRIDGES, THIS VICTIMS BRIDGE BEGAN TO SPIN IN IT TRACKS. SUDDENLY THE BRIDGE GAINED TRACTION AND THE BIDGE TRACKS RAN ACTOSS THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT. THE VICTIM SUFFER THREE BROKEN TOES AS THE RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.
INJ. WAS OPERATING A SCOOP IN LOW COAL HE WAS PULLING BULK ROCK DUSTER. WHILE SITTING, OPERATOR COMPART., HE LOOKED OVER IS RIGHT SHOLDER. HIS HEAD CAM EIN SONTACT WITH SAFEY STACION AND ROOF . THE SCOOP DRIFTED FORWARD CAUSING THE EAR TO GET CAUGHT ON ROOF CAUSING CUT.
ICE HAD FORMED 2N ROADWAY JUST INSIDE PIT MOUTH. AS MANTRIP WENT OVER SMALL HUMP, BAKC END OF MANTRIP WAS FORCED TO THE ROOF, PINCHING THE VICTIM. A COMBINATION OF ICE BUILDUP AND THE HUMP, CAUSED MANTRIP 7O ROOF OUT
INJURED WAS LEA5ING THE PREP PLANT AND STUMBLED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CATCH HIMSELF HE PUT HIS HAND INTO A BELT CONVEYOR DRIVE THE GUARD NORMALLY COVERING THE DRIVE HAD APPRANTLY BEEN THROWN OFF
ARM CAUGHT IN T5ILPIECE OF #2 BELT WHILE CLEANING IT.ARM POSSIBLY BROKEN.
I,NAME WAS REMO5ING STOPPING BLOCK FROM SECTION LOW LOW BELT. A BLOCK FELL OFF OF THE BELT CATCHING HIS FINGER AGAINST A LOW LOW BELT RAIL.
WHILE THE MAN W5S BACKING UP A PERSONAL CARRIER ALONG THE BELTLINE HE TURNED AROUND WITH HIS BODY EXPOSING HIS SELF-RESCUER AND BELT TO THE BELT STRUCTURE. HIS SELF-RESCUER CAUGHT ON THE STRUC TURE THIS CAUSE8 HIS SELF-RESCUER TO BE FACED INXX FORCED INTO HIS BACK CAUSING A SEVERE BRUISE AND SPRAIN
OPERATOR WAS AR7ICULATING S&S 482 SCOOP TRACTOR HAD HAND BETWEEN THE TWO SECTION OF SCOOP TRACTOR.