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EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 3 WHEELER TO TAKE MANTRIP TO FACE AREA WHEN IT HIT A BUMP & THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED & TWISTED HIS RIGHT ARM.
OPER SCOOP BUCKET WAS FULL, OTHER EMP THREW TIE ON BUCKET IT SLID OVER HIT EMP ON EYES 4 STITCHES
EMPL BACKING 3-WHEELER UP -STRUCK NECK ON LOW SPOT IN ROOF.MEDICAL ATTENTION TREATMENT 3-2-92.
OPER UNI HAULER IT RAN OVER BLOCK STRUCK HEAD ON CANOPY SPRAIN TO NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A TRUCK WHEN IT STARTED TO DRIFT BACKWARDS CAUSING PAIN TO THE LEFT GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING EXCESSIVE TRAILING CABLE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A SCOOP TRACTOR.THE TRAILING CABLE PULLED TIGHT AND PINCHED EMPLOYEES LEFT ANKLE AT THE RIB CAUSING A BRUISE TO THE LEFT AN KLE (ARCH).
EMPLOYEE WAS SQUARING PILLAR WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR BUMPED THE TAIL OF THE MINER. A HOSE BLEW OFF THE SWING JACK, SQUARTING OIL INTO BOTH EYE'S.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A THREE WHEELER WHEN IT STRUCK A HOLE. THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN AROUND AND THE KNOB ON THE WHEEL STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND CAUSING A BRUISE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A LOWBOY. WHILE HELPING POSITION THE COUPLER HE FOT HIS FINGER PINCHED IN THE LATCH ON THE COUPLER AND FRACTURED THE TIP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
APPLYING BRAKE TROLLEY POLE CAME LOOSE PINCHED L MIDDLE RING AND LITTLE FINGERS BETWEEN BRAKE AND POLE LOCK
OPER SHUTTLE CAR, CANOPY HIT RIB, ROCK FELL FROM RIB, CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO BACK OF L HAND
STARTED SHUTTLE CAR, HYDR. FLUID SQIRTED OUT, INTO L EYE
OPER UNIHAULER PAIN IN NUMBNESS IN L AND R WRIST
OPER 3 WHEELER STRUCK HIS HEAD ON ROOF MAT
EMPL TRAMMING UNIHAULER TO THE FACE WHEN WHEEL STRUCK HOLE IN RUNWAY JAMMING HEAD ON CANOPY CAUSING PAIN IN NECK & SHOULDER ALONG WITH SWELLING;AND 3 JOINTS OUT OF ALIGNMENT IN NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON THE OUTBY END OF A POLE JEEP COMING OUT OF THE MINE WEARING MINE RESCUE APPARATUS WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HARD HAT ON A RAIL BAR CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN TO THE NECK AREA.
EMPL WAS SHOVELING ON TIGHT SIDE OF BELT WHEN LEFT ARM CAME IN CONACT WITH IDLER ROLLER PULLING HIM INTO BELT UP TO LEFT ELBOW.
OVER A PERIOD OF APPROX ONE MONTH THE EMPLOYEE HAS DEVELOPED RT H IP AREA PAIN DOWN TO THE KNEE THIS PAIN DEVELOPED FROM THE NORMAL OPERATION OF A JOY SHUTTLE CAR
EMPL OPERATING OUTBY 5 TON MOTOR,BRINGING 2 EMPTY FLAT CARS OUT OF SECTION.THE 5 TON PICKED THE SWITCH. JARRED BY 2 FLAT CARS AND INBY MOTOR CAUSING MUSCLE SPASMS,BACK PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDERS A ND NECK PAIN.
OPER UNI HAULER RAN OVER OCK BOUNCED IN SEAT STRIKING CANOPY HEAD NECK L SHOULDER PAIN
OPER RAM CAR IT BOTTOMED OUT JARRING HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING BELT GRABS.A C0-WORKER WAS PULLING THE BELT WITH A SCOOP WHEN THE GRABS CAME LOOSE STRIKING THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE LEFT HIP AREA CAUSING A BRUISE. MEDICA L ONLY.
EMPLOYEE WS DRIVING A P242 WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM KNOCKING STEERING WHEEL LOOSE FROM HIS HAND. THE WHEEL ROTATED AND STEERING KNOB STRUCK LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A BRUISE AND SWELLING.
WHILE OPERATING A THREE WHEELER THRU A DEEP HOLE, CAUSING THE 3 WHEELER TO BOTTOM OUT CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND RIGHT HIP.
OPER 242, HIT HOLE IN RUNWAY, STRUCK R RIBS AGAINST FRAME OF 242
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 3 WHEELER WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN AND STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB CAUSING A SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THROUGH A RUN/THRU CHECK WHEN MUD CAME UP & WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON A 5 TON MOTOR.THE MOTOR CAUGHT THE WATER LINE.IT BROKE AND CAME ACROSS THE MOTOR.THE EMPLOYEE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY CAUGHT HIS LEFT KNEE BETWEEN THE HYP BRAKE AND SIDE FRAME OF THE 5 TON.MEDICAL ONLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING OUT OF THE SECTION A SCREEN WAS HANGING DOWN APPROX NECK LEVEL UNDER THE #2 BELT THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF THE JEEP TWISTING HIS RT KNEE
EE WAS TRAMMING A UNI HAULER WHEN IT STRUCK A BUMP IN THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE EE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY CAUSING PAIN TO BACK OF NECK.
EE WAS RIDING ON A TRACK JEEP WHEN IT BOTTOMED OUT JARRING THE EE CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN.
EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP UNDER A DISHARGE LINE. THE LINE CAUGHT ON THE CANOPY AND CAME DOWN STRIKING EE ON BACK OF NECK CAUSING STIFFINESS.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 5 TON MOTOR WHEN HE LOOKED BACK HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A CROSS-BAR CAUSING A STIFF NECK UNDER INVESTIGATION UNTIL 05-20-91.LTA AS OF 05-10-91.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A 5 TON LOCOMOTIVE WHEN IT BOTTOMED OUT WHILE GOING OVER A SWITCH CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION BY 2ND PARTY INSURANCE CARRIER UNTIL 5-24-91.
EE WAS MOVING POSTS WHEN THE MINER BACKED UP AND KNOCKED A POST LOOSE. THE POST FELL STRIKING EE ON LEFT HAND CAUSING BRUISED TENDONS.
EE WAS RIDING IN A MANTRIP THE TRIP SPUN OUT AT TOP OF HILL AND THE TRIP STARTED BACKWARDS AND RAN INTO ANOTHER MANTRIP COMING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
EE WAS RIDING IN A MANTRIP THE TRIP SPUN OUT AT TOP OF HILL AND THE TRIP STARTED BACKWARDS AND RAN INTO ANOTHER MANTRIP COMING THE SAME DIRECTION.
EE WAS RIDING IN A MANTRIP THE TRIP SPUN OUT AT TOP OF HILL AND THE TRIP STARTED BACKWARDS AND RAN INTO ANOTHER MANTRIP COMING THE SAME DIRECTION.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL THE STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR CAME STRAIGHT BACK THE BELT ENTRY TOWARD THE FEEDER.THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY THE BOOM END OF THE SHUTTLE CAR AND PUSHED INTO T HE COAL ON THE FEEDER CAUSING A FRACTURED VERTEBREA AND POSSIBLE INTERNAL INJURIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP TRACTOR LOADED WITH CRIBS THREE CRIB BLOCKS FELL OFF THE SCOOP THE EMPLOYEE THEN RAN OVER THE CRIBS CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED CAUSING LEFT HIP AREA PAIN MEDICAL O NLY
EE WAS OPERATING A 5 TON MOTOR HIS HARD HAT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A RAIL FOR AN OVERCAST FORCING HIS HEAD BACK CAUSING PAIN IN BACK OF NECK LEFT SHOULDER AND NUMBNESS TO LEFT ARM.
EE WAS TURNING AROUND IN A SHUTTLE CAR COMPARTMENT TO LEAVE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A RAM CAR WHEN IT SLID DOWN CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BUMP HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A PUMP USING A 5 TON MOTOR AND A CHAIN. THE CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE NECK AREA AND BELOW LOWER LEFT EAR CAUSING A LACERATION BELOW THE EAR AND SWELLING IN NECK AREA.
STRUCK IN UPPER LIP WITH CHAIN WHEN CREW WAS TRYING TO GET THE COAL CHAIN BACK ON SPROCKET AFTER IT HAD DOUBLED OVERBY USING UNI HAULER PULLED ON COAL CHAIN WITH USE OF ANOTHER CHAIN END OF CHAIN ATT TO COAL CHAIN SLIPPED AND CAUSED LACERATION
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A POLE JEEP WHEN HE APPROACHED THE MOTORMEN WHO WERE FILLING THE MOTOR'S WITH SAND AND THE EMPLOYEE GOT SAND IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR,HIT A HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING EMPL PAIN-LOWER BACK AND KIDNEY AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN ITS CANOPY CAUGHT THE ROOF MAT, TEARING IT AWAY, THE END OF THE MAT ENTERED THE COMPARTMENT & TO GET AWAY FROM THE MAT HE THREW HIMSELF BACKWARDS CAUSIN G HIS LEFT FOOT UP & WHEN THE CAR STOPPED HIS FOOT WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE RIB & THE SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS LEG ABOVE THE ANKLE.
EMPLWAS BACKING UP FRONTEND LOADER. EMPL TURNED HEAD TO RIGHT & BEGAN BACKING UP WHEN HE FELT PAIN INRIGHT SIDE OF NECK & RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPL HAS NOT MISSED ANY TIME FOR INJURY BUT ON 8/15 HE INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO TO CHIROPRACTOR BECAUSE IT WAS TILL BOTHER HIM.
OPER SHUT CAR, STRUCK HOLE HE STRUCK HEAD ON CANOPY RESULT PAIN IN HEAD AND NECK