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EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A DISTRIBUTION BOX A CO-WORKER WAS OPERATING A SCOOP TRACTOR & AS HE BEGAN HIS TURN WITH BUCKET OF SCOOPRAISED STRUCK EMPLOYEE CAUSING FX & DISLOCATED HIP CO-WORKER WAS ON BLIND SIDE A8 HE WAS TURNING THE SCOOP
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A SCOOP TRACTOR WHEN HE LOOKED BACKWARDS & STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A POST OF THE CANOPY RECEIVED 8 STITCHES
EE WAS RUNNING MOTOR MOVING A ROCKDUSTER. WHILE MOVING DUSTER A LOOP OF CABLE CAUGHT ON T E TRACK & PULLED FUSEHOLDER OFF DUSTER. THE HOLDER FLEW NACK & HIT EE BETWEEN THE EYS CAUSING A LACERA TION ON THE FOREHEAD JUST ABOVE THE EYE & BETWQEEN HIS EYES REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.
THIS INCIDENT I8 REQUESTED BY DENVER AS PER LETTER DATED 5-12-86 STATING A NEW INJURY. THIS EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN RECIEVING TREATMENT SINCE APRIL 1983 AND CONTINUES PERIODIC TREATMENT FOR HIS BAC K. NO NEW INCI8ENT OCCURRED TO INFLICT A NEW INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS RESPOSITIONING HIS MOBILE BRIDGE AND WAS SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE CAB WITH HIS RIGHT FRONT OUT OF THE CAB AND WHEN HE STARTED TO BACK UP HE RAN THE BRIDGE OVER HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS TRAMMING MINER BACKWARDS WHEN A S/C CAME THROUGH A RUNNING CHECK & WENT UNDER THE MINER TAIL & RAISED THE MINER UP CAUSING EE TO JAM NECK AGAINST CANOPY CAUSING NERVE & MUSCLE DAMAGE TO BACK OF NECK.
EMP WAS SANDING TRACK AND PIECE OF FOREIGN OBJECT WENT INTO RIGHT EYE
WHILE TRAMMING THE SHUTTLE CAR TO AND F ROM THE FACE HE HIT A BUMPY AREA AND FELT A PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE OFF OF SCOOP TRACTOR EMPLOYEE HAD ONE FOOT IN BUCKET & RIWEEN BUCKET OF SCOOP & MINE FLOOR.
EE WAS REPARING A RATCHET A &-242 WAS MOVING TRO%%' TOWARD EE THE P-242 OP NOTIFIES EE TO MOVE EE STARTED TO PICK UP HIS PARTS. IT APPEARED TO T HE OP THAT EE WAS CLEAR AS THE P-242 MOVED FO RWARD IT CAUGHT EES LEFT FOOT BETWEEN P-242 & AN OLD WHEEL UNIT.
EMP HAD LEFT HAND ON THE BELT. BEFORE THE BELT CAM E TO A COMPLETE STOP THE BELT LOOSENED A PIECE OF ROCK WHICH WAS JAMMED & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT RING FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQ UIRED 4 STITCHES
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TROLLEY POWERED TRRACK JEEP WHEN THE JEEP JUMPED THE TRACK THE EMPLOYEE CAME FORWARD AND STRUCK HIS UPPER LIP ON THE SEAT FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE UPPER LIP WHICH REQUIRED 12 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS ADDING PUMP CABLE HIS LEGS WERE EXTENDED OUT INTO THE ENTRY KNEELING POSITION WHERE A SHUTTLE CAR WAS TRAVELING AND BOTH LEGS WE RUN OVER BY A SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HI S LEFT ANKLE AND BRUISES TO LEFT AND RIGHT LEGS.
THIS REPORT IS 6EING SUBMITTED AS A RESULT OF A AUDIT EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN 5 TON TRACK LOCOMOTIVE 5TON HIT DIP IN TRACK JARRED EMPLOYEES BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR. WHILE RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE HIT A BUMP IN THE RUNWAY AND THE CANOPY HIT THE ROOF AND THE EMPLOYEE JAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.
EMPLOYEE WAS O 1ERATING SHUTTLE CAR HE HIT RUT IN RUNWAY CAUSING SHUTTLE CAR TO HIT BOTTOM JARRING HIM THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AS A RESULT OF AN AUDIT
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A 5 TON WHEN THE 5 TON DUMPED THE TRACK AT SWITCH AND JJARRED HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED A BACK STRAIN & ASSUMED THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY RUNNING A SHUTTLE CAR OVER A ROUGH RUNWAY BUT COULD NOT GIVE NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT WHICH CAUSE THE STRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING WETHER THERE WAS ENOUGH CABLE ON A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR RAN OVER A CEMENT BLOCK AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE CANOPY EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT ON2-13-85
WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE SURFACE AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT, THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING HIMSELF ON THE TRACK JEEP WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OVERCAST. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO TOP LEFT SIDE OF HEAD WHICH REQUIRED SUCHERNS TO CLOSE.
OPERATING SCOOP TRACTOR TURNED HEAD TO OBSERVE CONDITIONS AND WHEN HE LOOKED BACK,STRUCK HEAD ON 2 BAR SET AGAINST ROOF BECAME LOST TIME 11-16-84.
WHILE RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE HIT BUMP IN RUNWAY AND HIT HIS SHOULDER ON CONER OF SEAT.
EMPL DEVELOPED SORE BACK AFTER REPEATEDLY OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR OVER ROUGH RUNWAYS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A ROOF BOLTER OUT OF A HOLE WITH A SHUTTLE CAR THE BUMPER OF THE SHUTTLE CAR WENT UP OVER BUMPER OF ROOF BOLTER. SHUTTLE CAR SLIPPED OFF ROOF BOLTER BUMPER AND JARRED EMPL OYEES BACK.
EMP WAS OPERATING A P 242 FRONT END HIT A PIECE OF STONE ON RUNWAY STEERING WHEEL SPU AROUND AND INJURED EMP HELD ONTO WHEEL CAUSING SHARP PAIN IN LEFT ELBOW BONE CHIPS
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE RAN OVER HOLE IN RUNWAY CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE IN SEAT AND JAMMED HAND ON CANOPY.EMPLOYEE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 9-10-84.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESINE SCOOP TRACTOR WITH HAND ON BUCKET OF SCOOP. SCOOP OPERATOR WAS IN PROCESS OF DUMPING COAL WHEN EXTRACTOR CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BLADE AND SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELT WHEN BELT STARTED AND CARRIED EMPLOYEE DOWN BELT TO DRIVE UNTIL SECOND EMPLOYEE GOT BELT SHUT OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR UP A LOW AREA AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A ROOF RAIL CAUSING FRACTURE OF NECK BONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BY A SCOOP TRACTOR WHILE IT WAS PUSHING OFF A LOAD OF CRIP BLOCKS. THE CRIB BLOCKS KNOCKED OUT A POST EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BY. HE REACHED OUT LEFT HAND TO BLOCK POST FR OM STRIKING HIM. POST HIT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE.
EE WAS SHOVELING UP COAL & ROCK SPILLAGE AT BELT TAIL WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF BELT, STRIKING EE ON RIGHT SHOULDER & LEFT FOOT KNOCKING HIM DOWN.
WHILE INJ EMP WAS TRUNING AROUND IN OPERATORS CAB TO CHANGE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL ON SHUTTLECAR CAR DRIFTED BACKWARDS AND CAUGHT EMP LEFT FOOT BETWEEN SHUTTLECAR AND MINE RIB
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TROLLEY TRACK JEEP THAT WAS TRAILING A 20 TON MOTOR THAT WAS DRAGGING DAMAGED BELT ALONG TRACK-GOT FOREIGN OBJECT IN RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION.-BECAME L OST TIME 4-13-84.
INJURED WAS RIDING A TROLLEY TRACK JEEP. HE WAS SITTING NEXT TO THE TROLLEY POLE AS THEY RODE THE TROLLEY POLE COME OFF THE WIRE. IT BOUNCED OFF THE ROOF AND CAME DOWN AND HIT THE MAN ON HIS HARD HAT KNOCKING IT OFF. POLE BOUNCED OFF THE ROOF AGAIN AND COME DOWN STRIKING THE MAN ON THE HEAD. MAN WORKED UNTIL 4:20 WHEN IT BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON TROLLEY TRACK JEEP - TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF WIRE STRIKING ROOF RAIL & THJETHEN STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HEAD - POLE BOUNCED OFF ROOF RAIL AGAIN & CAME DOWN & STRUCK EMPLOYEE 2ND TIME ON HEAD - CERVICAL SPRAIN
WAITING FOR SHUTTLE CAR TO COME BACK FROM FEEDER,SC CABLE KNOCKED OUT PROP BEING USED AS SNUB AND CAME AT EMPL AND STRUCK AT ANKLES KNOCKING HER OVER.SPRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ALONG M-F BELT WHEN HIS SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT IN BELT
EMP WAS CROSSING OVER TOP OF BELT TAIL HIS FOOT SLIPPED DOWN ON T A MOVING BELT CAUSING EMP TO FALL OFF THE BELT TAIL TO MINE FLOOR
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY, TRACK MOUNTED JEEP WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF AND A ROOF MAT.
EMP WAS DRIVING FRONT END LOADER FOR 5 HRS WHEN HIS LEFT ARM BECAME SORE AND STARTED TO TINGLE EMP CLAIMS HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW
WHEN RIDING ON TRACK JEEP, HEAD STRUCK RAIL BAR CASUSING NECK SPRAIN.
WHEN OPERATING SCOOP TRACTOR, KNOCKED OUT 90 LB ROOF RAIL AND RAIL BAR FELL ONTO LEFT SHOULDER BREAKING COLLAR BONE
OPERATING S C AROUND CORNER OF INTERSECTION,EMPL HAD RIGHT HAND ON HANDLE WELDED UNDERNEATH CANOPY.CAME TOO CLOSE TO RIB CRUSHING THREE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN HANDLE ON CANOPY AND RIB.
MAN WAS OPERATING S&S TRACTOR AND A PIECE OF PROP WAS LYING ON RUNWAY. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT TO THROW PROP OUT OF WAY WHILE THE TRACTOR WAS STILL MOVING. GOT HIS RIGHT THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN BOTTOM AND TRACTOR.
WENT TO CHECK OUT 5 TON MOTOR.STARTED TO MOVE AND CAUGHT BACK OF LEFT FOOT UNDER DRAG HOLDER ON SIDE OF 5 TON MOTOR.PINNED FOOT TO BOTTOM AND T/ RAN IT OVER.
FELLOW EE WAS RAISING SCOOP SO THAT EE COULD REMOVE CRIB BLOCK FROM BOTTOM OF SHEAR THAT WAS IN SCOOP EE\S MIDDLE LEFT FINGER GOT SMASHED BETWEEN CRIB BLOCK & SCOOP.
EMP WAS RUNNING A 20 TON MOTOR AS HE WENT UNDER AN OVERCAST THE MOTOR BACK END WENT UP AND HE HIT HIS HEAD AND BACK ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE OVERCAST
HELPING TO LOAD HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE ONTO BUCKET OF SCOOP TRACTOR BRAKES OF TRACTOR RELEASED CAUSING LEFT FOOT TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN BOTTOM OF TRACTOR BUCKET AND MINE FLOOR.
DUE TO LOW AREA ON S/C TRAVELWAY S/C CANOPY CAUGHT ROOF MAT CAUSING CAR TO COME TO SUDDEN STOP & IN TURN THREW OPERATOR OUT OF SEAT ONTO RUNWAY.
WHEN OPERATING S/C TRAILING CABLE PULLED POST ONTO TRAVELWAY & AS CAR RAN OVER POST CAR BOUNCED CAUSING PERSON TO STRIKE HEAD ON CANOPY.