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DOOR CAME OPEN ON A 10SC CAR WHILE I NAME WAS AOPERATING THE CAR TO KEEP FROM FALLING OUT THE CAR HE PLACED HIS HAND ON TOP OF DOOR HINGE DUE TO POSITION OF CAR THE DOOR CONTINUED TO SWING OPE N CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR & FRAME OF CAR
THE HYDRAULIC STEERING SYSTEM LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL UP,THEN RELEASED THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.INJURED WAS OPERATING THE MACHINE AT THE TIME.PAIN AND SWELLING TO RIGHT HAN D.HE WORKED UP TO 09-13-90.NOTE HE DID NOT REPOR THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 09-13-90.
EMPL WAS HOVELING COAL PILES ON MAIN SOUTH BELTLINE. SHOVEL CAUGHT EDGE OF BELT & FORCED SHOVEL BACK TOWARDS EMPL. BEFORE HE COULD LET GO OF HANDLE FORCE OF SHOVEL HAD BENT WRIST BEYOND NORMAL USE.
RIDING INTO THE MINE ON A MANTRIP. AS THE MANTRIP ENTERED THE PORTAL, DUST WAS BLOWN UP BY THE INTAKE AIR AND FOREIGN MATTER ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE. SUPERFICIAL INJURY TO CORNEA.
RIDING OUT OF THE MINE ON A MANTRIP. THE MANTRIP HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, JARRING HIS NECK. NATURE OF INJURY- STIFF NECK.
RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR, HIT A BUMP AND BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON THE STEERING COLUMN. FOREMAN DIDN'T MAKE OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT OR TELL ANYONE UNTIL HE DECIDED TO SEE THE DOCTORS. HE WENT OFF WORK ON 5-14-88.
INJURED MAN WAS3OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE PANIC BAR.
MAN WAS DRIVING3OFF THE BELIANE HILL WHEN HE LOST HIS BRAKES. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND TRUCK SLID OFF THE ROAD AND DOWN THE BANK.
THE SHIFT FOREMAN WAS RIDING ONA MAN TRIP WHEN THEY MET A WAGNER SCOOP COMING IN THE OPPOSECT DIRECTION. THE WAGNER STRUCK THE FOREMAN WITH THE BUCKET CAUSING HIM TO FALL FACKWARDS ONTO THE GR EAR SHIFT STICK WHICH PENATRATED HIS RECTUM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING WITH ANOTHER MINER UNLOADING MATERIAL WHEN THE MANTRIP ROLLED BACK INTO THE COAL RIB AND CAUGHT THE MANS ANKLE BETWEEN THE MAN TRIP AND A PILE OF MOTOR CEMENT MIX. MANTRI P WAS NOT BLOCK9D ALLOWING IT TO ROLL BACKWARD AND BRAKE WAS NOT POSSIBLY SET.
SHUTTLE CAR DROVE OFF OF A LIP CAUSING MAN TO BE THROWN UP INTO TIP OF SHUTTLE CAR CAB. CAUSING A NECK & BACK INJURY.
MAN WAS CARRYING MATERIAL TO ROOF BOLTER WHEN THE CABLE OF A SHUTTLE CAR HIT HIM ON ANKLE