EE WAS TRAVELING OUT OF THE MINE FOREIGN MATERIAL FELL FROM THE TOP HITTING THEM IN THE FACE AND EYES
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Showing all 10EE was riding on a 2 man rubber tired Johnson and ran over some gob in the roadway causing ee to jam head into a roof strap. EE felt pain in neck and shoulders and into both hands.
While tramming a loaded shuttle car away from the face the car hit a bump and roofed out causing the operators head to strike the canopy.
The continuous miner operator was struck in the back by a shuttle car while checking his sight in the belt entry.
Hood wouldn't slide over engine compartment. Picked up a binder to use as a pry bar. Put binder under hood, pushed down and right middle finger came into contact with rotating fan blades lacerating and breaking right middle finger.
While driving the Johnson personal carrier steering wheel spun around and the knob on the steering wheel struck his wrist and fractured it.
Employee was kneeling by operator's compartment repositiong scoop with left hand resting at a pinch point area. As he steered the machine his finger was pinched between frame and battery end of scoop. His finger was crushed. Doctor amputated little finger to proximal joint.
EE was hanging curtian in cross cut for scoop to get thru to claen. Scoop car backed over foot.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT LOCOMOTIVE TO WATER CAR. EE DID NOT POSITION ENTIRE BODY IN THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT, KNEELING IN THE COMPARTMENT LEAVING FEET EXPOSED. EE TRAMMED THE LOCO FORWARD AND LEFT FOOT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE LOCO AND RAILS STACKED ALONG RIB. CAUSE: INPROPER BODY POSITIONING
Riding on a manbus at end of shift, he bent over to open his lunch box, rose striking his head on low overhead obstruction.