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HE ENCOUNTERED LOW TOP CONDITIONS AND WAS BOUNCED AGAINST THE MINE ROOF INJURING HIS HEAD AND NECK.
CORRECTED NARRATIVE: EE WAS RIDING MANTRIP SCOOP TO OUTSIDE OF MINE, WHEN IT HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD, CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING IN SCOOP ROADWAY WHEN OVERHANGING STRAP CUT HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS RIDING MANTRIP OUTSIDE WHEN HE HIT A BUMP OR SOMETHING CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS TAILBONE.
HE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE TRUCK HE WAS LOADING FROM HOPPER AND A PIECE OF COAL HIT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
THE MINER WAS USING A THREE-WHEELED MINE "CAR" OR "BUDDY" TO TRANSPORT SUPPLIES TO HIS WORKING AREA. WHEN HE PUT THE "CAR" OR "BUGGY" IN REVERSE, IT STARTED DOWN A SHORT INCLINE AND HE WAS UNA BLE TO STOP THE "CAR" BEFORE COLLIDING INTO A RIB. THE JOLT WAS ENOUGH TO HTROW HIM FROM THE "CAR" IMPACTING HIS HEAD INTO THE RIB AS WELL. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE MINER'S HARD HAT, WHICH
THE WILCOX MARK 21 MINING MACHINE WAS BEGINNING TO SUMP INTO THE COAL FACE AND INJURED WAS SETTING HIS JACK FOR THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR DIRECTLY BEHIND THE MINER. HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HIS LEFT FOOT WAS INT EH PATH OF THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR. WHEN THE MIENR MADE IT'S SUMP, THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR MOVED DIRECTLY ONTO INJURED'S LEFT FOOT. THE MINER WAS IMMEDIATELY BACKED UP RELEASING HIS FOO
I.NAME RUNNING BRIDGE CONVEYOR.PULLED ONE LEVER STRAINED ARM.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING UNDERGROUND IN MANTRIP WITH PARTS. THE MANTRIP HIT A ROUGH AREA AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN AGAINST THE PARTS INJURING HIS CHEST.
WHILE SETTING A FAN,EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN SLIDING A TILE UNDER DRIFT MOUTH OF MINE WITH SCOOP AND CHAIN WHEN SCOOP STUCK IN POINT CATCHING BOTH FEET OF EMPLOYEE.
EMPL WAS PULLING HANDLE TO PULL BRIDGE OVER TO CLEAR TRAILPIECE HE PULLED MUSCLES ON RIGHT CHEST.
I,NAME WAS OPER5TING BRIDGE CLUTCH, HIS HAND SLIPPED STRIKING THE EDGE OF BRIDGE GUARD, CUTTING THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE KNUCKLE AND HAND.