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EMPLOYEE HAD HIS LEFT HAND OUTSIDE OF LOADER CAB HOLDING THE FRAME - THE OPEN DOOR SWUNG CLOSED STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND.
WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, EE RAN OVER A PIECE OF COAL ON MINE FLOOR, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST CAB ROOF.
INJURED WAS ASSITING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE UNLOAD ROOF MATS FROM FLATBED TRAILER. HE WAS EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE FORK LIFT AND HA DLIFTED THE MATS OFF OF THE BLOCKIN GON THE TRAILER. THE MATS STARTED TOSHIFT ON THE FORKS, SO HE SAT THEM BACK DOWN ON TEH BLOCKING. HE DID NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE BLOCKS. HE CAUGHT INJURED' LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BLOCK AND M
INJURED WAS TRYING TO BREAK UP A CHUNK OF COAL ON THE BELTS. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND WAS PULLED INTOT HE BELTS, HIS CLOTHING CATCHING ON THE BELTS. THIS RESULTED IN GROIN AREA PULLED AND A H IP INJURY.
AT APPROX 4:PM, INJURED RAN OVER A CHUNK OF COAL WITNESSED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ADN THEN AGAIN AT APPROX 6PM INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE PASSING IN INTERSECTON AND COLLIDED THEIR SHUTTLE CARS, SHAKING INJURED UP AND HURTING HIS BACK.
I.NAME WAS IN SCOOP BUCKET HELPING FILL ROCK DUST HOPPER; WHILE LOADING THE ROCKDUSTER THE SCOOP MOVED UNDER LOWER TOP. I.NAME, UNAWARE OF THE LOWER TOP STOOD UP FROM FLOOR OF SCOOP WITH A BAG OF ROCKDUST STRIKING HIS HEAD ON ROOF AND CAUSING HIMSELF TO TWIST AND STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK.
I NAME WAS OPERATING THE WAGNER DIESEL SCOOP PUSHING A BATERY SCOOP UP THE B SEAM SLOPE WHILE PUSHING THE BATTERY SCOOP THE WAGNER SCOOP CLIMBED ON TOP OF THE BATTERY SCOOPS BUMPER THE BATTERY SCOOP THEN PULLED AWAY CAUSING THE WAGNER SCOOPTO DROP TO THE FLOOR THIS CAUSED THE OPERATOR I NAME TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CAB ROOF
I.NAME MOVE ONE SIDE OF BOTTOM ROLLER BACK INTO REGULAR POSITION.AFTER MOVING HANGER BACK FOR ROLLER,TIGHTENING HANGER BACKUP.BELT SPLICE CAUGHT FINGER AND GLOVE THEREBY CUTTING INDEX FINGER O N LEFT HAND.
DRIVING TRACTOR INTO MINE THE MINE LIGHT CAUGHT STEEL CROSS TON PUSHING HARD HAT INTO SAFETY GLASES CUTTING JUST BELOW RIGHT EYE. THE HARD HAT PARTIALLY SEVERED RIGHT EAR.
THE INJURED WAS TRAVELING UP THE BELTLINE ENTRY WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.
I NAME WAS OPER5TING A FRONT END LOADER HAULING A UNATRAC BATTERY DOWN FROM PORTAL BENCH. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE LOADER AND THEN JUMPED FROM THE LOADER THE LOADERS ENGINE QUIT MAKING IT DIFFIC TO STEAR. 3
WHILE HAULING A LOAD OF COAL TO THE FEEDER BREAKER IN A JOY S/C MR. SOBY RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN CAUISNG THE S/C TO BOUNCE VIOLENTLY WHICH INJURED HIS BACK.