EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT EAR ON A CABLE BOLT.
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Showing all 9ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 2-2-02. WHILE OPERATING 988-B ON COAL ROAD-HITS BUMP IN ROAD-AND JARS HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE DETECTED NOISE FROM OVERHEAD AIR CONDITIONER, IN CAB, HIS MIDDLE FINGER(R.H.) COMES IN CONTACT WITH FAN BLADE, CAUSING LACERATION TO FINGER, NEEDED STICHES.
END LOADER 988E PAIN IN NECK.
EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND AS HE TURNED AROUND TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WORKED AT HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL HAVING SURGERY 3/21/01. BEGAN MISSING 3/23/01.
EE STATES THAT A TWISTING MOTION INSIDE ENDLOADER CAUSED PAIN IN CENTER OF BACK.
OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING TRACK LOADER AROUND THE HILL WITH DIRT AND THE DIRT BROKE OFF FROM THE WALL AND TRACK LOADER TURNED OVER AND ROLLED DOWN THE HILL.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER, WHEN THE PULL ROPE ON THE CABLE SLIPPED, HEGRABBED THE CABLE. THE PULL ROPE CAUGHT HIS HANDAGAINST THE CABLE, MASHING HIS FINGERS. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO HIS LITTLE FINGER.
EE WAS POSITIONED IN NO. 4 ENTRY WHEN SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR MISJUDGE LOCATION OF XCUT, TRAVELING TOO FAR BEFORE TURNING INTO XCUT. THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK INJURED, CAUSING TRAUMA TO HIS ABDOMINA L AREA. (HE WAS NOT CAUGHT BETWEEN OBJECTS OR ROLLED).