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EE STATED AS HAULER WAS LEAVING MINER HAULER OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE CABLE & WATER LINE DUE TO CANOPY ON HAULER & HAULER CAUGHT CABLE WATER LINE & PULLED TIGHT & ROLLED HIM OVER ON HIS BACK. EE BEGAN LOSING TIME 10/9/98
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 488 BATT. SCOOP CLEANING THE #1 HEADING WHEN HE STRUCK THE COAL RIB WITH THE DECK OF SCOOP CAUSING A PORTION OF RIB COAL TO ROLL OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HIS HEAD ,NEC K AND BACK. THE COAL RIB THAT FELL MEASURED APPROX. 18"L X 8"W X 4" THICK.
EMPLOOYEE WS PUFFFING A ROLL OF LIEN CURTAIN ON TRIP TOT AKE IN AND HE PITCHED THE ROLL OF LIEN CURTAIN AND WHEN HE DID HE HIT FINER ON TRIP.
EE WAS STANDING BESIDE HIGH VOLTAGE CAR WATCHING CABLE AS IT WAS COMING OFF CAR. THE CAR WAS BEING PULLED BY A SCOOP AND AS THE SCOOP TURNED AROUND CORNER OF BLOCK. THE OUTBY END OF THE CABLE CAR SLID ACROSS THE TOP OF EE FOOT.
EE HAD STARTED TO WALK DOWN BESIDE OF SHUTTLE CAR. HAD PLACE HIS RIGHT HAND ON S. CAR WHEN CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN COAL RIB AND CAR. OPERATOR HAD STARTED TO MOVE CAR WHEN IT DRIFTED BACKWARDS.
EE STATED THE HE WAS OPERATING SCOOP. RAN OVER ROCK AND JOLTED HIM CAUSING PAIN IN BACK.
DISCHARGE CHUTE FOR #1 MAINS BELT WAS PLUGGED UP WITH ROCK. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE WHEN HE SAW AN OLD RAIL ROLLER BEARING IN WITH THE ROCK. HE REACHED TO GET OLD BEARING WHEN ROCK FELL CATCHING RT THUMB BETWEEN BEARING AND ROCK CAUSING FRACTURE TO THE RT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING OPEN TOP PERSONNEL CARRIER. AS HE ENTERED THE PORTAL RAISED UP AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR FROM FEEDER TO MINER, HIT A BUMP IN BOTTOM: JOLTED HIM AGAINST SHUTTLE CAR SEAT.
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS MANEUVERING SCOOP BUCKET TO LOAD BUNDLE OF TIMBERS. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONED BETWEEN RIB & TIMBER CAR, TO HELP DIRECT SCOOP OPERATOR, SCOOP BUCKET HIT RIB, KNOCKING 1 2" OF RIB LOOSE. RIB FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER & KNOCKING HIM AGAINST TIMBER CAR.