EMPLOYEE WAS P6LLING 5 LOADED TRACK CLEANING CARS OUT OF 9 RT HAD TOO MUCH WEIGHT FOR ONE MOTOR MOTOR JUMPED OFF TRACK EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF MOTOR AND HIT HIS SHOULDER
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Showing 50 of 106EMP WAS TRYING3TO GET SLOPE BELT BACK INLINE WITH BAR, BAR GOT CAUGHT BY BELT FORCING HIS HANDS INTO AN OVERHEAD BEAM
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING REAR MOTOR WHEN IT BECAME UNCOUPLED FROM FRONT M OTOR & 3 COAL CARS THE FRONT MOTOR PROCEEDCED THE CARS & MOTOR BEGAN TO DRIFT BACK GRADE TOWARD REAR MOTOR EMPLOYEE TRIE D TO SWING TROL5EY POLE TO REVERSE DIRECTION COAL CARS COLLIDED WITH REAR MOTOR TROLLEY POLE WHIPPED & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RT SIDE OF HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS PU8HING BELT STRUCTURE WITH 10 TON MOTOR WHEN IT CAME INTO COANTACT WITH A BOLTER CABLE PULLING STRUCTURE BACK ON HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A PETITO MULE,HAULING SHIELD ACROSS TRACK,BACK OF MULE CAME UP IN AIR AND CAUSED OPERATOR TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON FLANGE OF COAL CAR BENT OVER TO LIFT THE COUPLER RING SLIPPED WITH FOOT LANDING ON TRACK RAIL AND WHEEL RAN OVER FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING IN A JEEP, TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF TROLLEY WIRE AND STRUCK HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3A PARKED PORTAL BUSWHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY A SUPPLY MOTOR.
EMP WSAS TRAMMI3G SHUTTLECAR FORWARD HIT TRAM LEVEL A SECOND TIME AND SHUTTLECAR MOVED TO THE LEFT PINNING HIS FOOT AGAINST THE RIB
EMP WAS PULLING3RAIL WITH JEEP THE OPERATOR HIT THE BRAKE CAUSING EMP TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL INTO THE FRAME OF THE JEEP
EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING ON REAR OF JEEP WHEN HE RAISED HIS HEAD TOO HIGH AND STRUCK HIS SAFETY HAT ON A CAP BLOCK IN ROOF.
EMP WAS TRAMMIN1 SCOOP DOWN TGRACK ENTRY WHEN WHEELS HIT A HOLE BOUNCING EMPLOYEE INTO CANOPY
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING THE RAIL OFF THE TAKE-UP WHILE THE CARRIAGE WAS MOVING AND GOT 2 FINGERS CAUGHT UNDER THE WHEEL ON THE CARRIAGE.
EMPL OPERATING 8COOP ON SECTION WHEN HE HIT BUMP IN TRAM ROAD AND STRUCK HEAD AGAINST ROOF OF DA//CANOPY.
EMP WAS OPERATI3G A POTAL BUS WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A 50 TON MOTOR
EMPLOYEE WAS A 1ASSENGER IN A PORTAL BUS WHEN IT COLLIDED WITHA 50 TON MOTOR
EMP WAS A PASSE3GER IN A PORTAL BUS WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A 50 TON MOTOR
EMPL GETTING OF0 MOTOR WHEN HE REACHED FOR HANDHOLD INTO OPENING TO TRUCK JOURNALS STOPPING ACTION OF MOTOR MASHED DOWN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPL IN PARKED 4OTOR WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY SUPPLY MOTOR.
EE WAS ON MOTO9 WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER MOTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS BE3T OVER SPOTTING BELT ROLLER WHEN A STONE FELL BETWEEN PLANKS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK, AND RIGHT SHOULDER, KNOCKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMP WAS TAKING 9MPTIES UP MAINLINE WHEN LOADS THAT WERE PARKED IN PASSWAY DRIFTED ONTO MAINLINE CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE LOADS, THE MOTOR JUMPED TRACK AND POLE CAME OFF AND HIT TOP, KNOCKING STON E DOWN WHICH ST9UCK HIM ABOVE LEFT EYE
EMP WAS RUNNING3A S/C WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE TRAM ROAD AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING IN MIDDLE OF TRACK, SCOOP CAR WAS TRAMMING ACROSS TRACK AND CAUGHT THE TRACK DRAGGING HIM UNDER THE TRACK, TRAPPING BOTH FEET.
EMPL OPERATING 50 TON MOTOR,TOOK TROLLEY POLE OFF WIRE WITH AIR PRESSURE.HAND SLIPPED OFF AIR CONTROL BUTTON CAUSING POLE TO STRIKE MINE ROOF AND BREAK,POLE SWUNG TOWARD EMPL AND HE TWISTED KN EE WHILE AVOIDI3G POLE.
EMPL IN STOPPED3JEEP WHEN ANOTHER JEEP RAN INTO IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING LOADS TO EAST , CABLE WAS HANGING DOWN, CAUGHT ON CORNER OF COVER ON MOTOR IN FRONT OF POLE BASE, THROWING IT INTO EMPLOYEE HITTING HIM IN CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR TO MINER WHEN HE HIT A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON TOP OF THE CANOPY.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWITCHING AROUND A JEEP WHEN A 50 TON MOTOR CAME AROUND THE TURN AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK THE JEEP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN ABOUT 50 FEET
EMPL CLAMPING OFF BELT WHEN BELT STARTED AND EMPL FELL INTO JUMP AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN JEEP WHEN THE POLE CAME OFF HIT THE TOP AND WHIPPED BACK STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER
EMP WAS RIDING INTO MINE IN BUS AND GOT DIRT IN HIS EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP AND STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE STEERING POST.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON #9 JEEP WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH #19 MOTOR
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A CHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY.
EE WAS MOVING PORTAL BUS & HIT HIS HEAD ON A HEADER BLOCK.
EMP WAS CUTTING CARS AT SPOTTER HE HAD BAR IN COUPLER RING WHEN CARS TE EMP WAS CUTTING CARS AT SPOTTER HE HAD BAR IN COUPLER RING WHEN CARS TRAMMED FORWARD PULLING HIS LEFT SHOULDER
ATTEMPTING TO GET COAL CAR BACK ON TRACK WITH CABLE THE CABLE WAS PLACED IN THE EYE OF THE MOTOR AND SECURED WITH A DRILL STEEL THE STEEL SNAPPED STRIKING THE MINE ROOF FIRST THEN THE EMPLOYEE
SHOVELING SPILLAGE NEAR TAILPIECE ONTO CONVEYOR BELT THE BELT WAS RESTARTED CUAING TAILPIECE TO JUMP AND STRIKE HIS LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SPREAD SLAG BY SLAG CARS, AS HE MOVED TOWARD THE HEAD OF THE CAR HE CLIMBING ON THEFRONT PLATFORM. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE FLAGGED THE CARS TO MOVE AND WHEEL RAN OVER INJURED EMP LOYEES FOOT.
I,NAME WAS HOLDING A WOODER AIR LOCK TRACK DOOR OPEN WHILE A SECOND MAN PULLED A LOWBOY THROUGH WITH A MOTOR. I,NAME MISJUDGED THE CLEARANCE AND OT HIS RIGHT LEG BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE LOWBO Y, BRUISING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE SWITCHING BARGES, BARGES COLLIDED THROWING EMPLOYEE TO THE DECK OF THE BARGE THAT WAS UNDER TOE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING JEEP, HE TRIED TO STOP TO OPEN A DOOR BUT THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING HIM TO RUN INTO THE DOOR. THE FORCE OF THE CRASH TORE THE DOOR OFF ITS HINGES AND THE DOOR FELL BACK ON TOP OF THE OPERATOR.
EE WAS COUPLING COAL CARS WHEN ANOTHER EE WHO WAS RUNNING MOTOR HIT CHAIN TOO HARD CAUSING CHAIN TO BREAK BROKEN CHAIN STRUCK IUNJURED EE ON THE LEG.
VICTIM WAS WORKING NEAR CONVEYOR BELT WHEN IT OVERLOADED AND STARTED SPILLING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY HE STRUCK HIS SIDE ON A SECTION OF STEEL STRUCTURE
EE WAS OPERATING A MINER WHEN A S/C RAMMED INTO THE BACK OF THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT CAUSING EE TO STRIKE HIS SHOULDER AGAINST THE INNER FRAME OF THE KITCHEN.
11 LT 450 LW.OXYGEN & ACETYLENE CYLINDERS WERE BEING TRANSPORTED BY ARMOURED LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR.ACETYLENE CYLINDER WAS RUPTURED BY FEATHERED TEAR 3/4\\ X 7\\ LONG.RUPTURED CYLINDER IGNITED CAUSING THE INJURIES.
CIRCUMSTATIAL EVIDENCE INKICATES THAT OWYGEN AND ACETYLENE CYLINDERS WERE BEING TRANSPORTED BY THE ARMORED LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR. THE ACETYLENE CYLINDER WAS RUPTURED AS INDICATED TY A FEATHE ERED TEAR 3/4" WIDE X 7" LONG. THE RUPRURED ACETYLENE CYLINDER IGINTED CAUSING THE INJURIES.
OWYGEN AND ACETYLENE CYLINDERS WERE BEING TRANSPORTED BY ARMOURED LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR.ACETYLENE CYLINDER WAS RUPTURED AS INDECATED BY FEATHERED TEAR 3/4\\ X 7\\ LONG .RUPTURED CYLINDER IGNI TED CAUSING INJURIES.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE INDENCE THAT OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE CYLINDERS WERE BEING TRANPORTED BY THE ARMORED LONG WALL FACE CONVEYOR. THE ACETYLENE CYLINDER WAS RUND ACETYLENE CYLINDERS WERE BEING RUPTORTED BY THE ARMORED LONG WALL FACE CONVEYOR. THE ACETYLENE CYLINDER WAS RUPTURED AS INDECATED BY A FEATHERED TEAR 3/4" WIDE BY 7"LONG THE RUPTURED ACETYLENE CYLINDER CYLENDER IGNITED CAU