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SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS CHANGING DIRECTIONS IN SHUTTLE CAR. HE HAD HIS KNEE ON THE GROUND & LETTHE SHUTTLE CAR ROLL BACK CATCHING HIS KNEE.
SHUTTLE CAAR OPERATOR WAS TRAVELIN THE #4 ENTRY WHIEL PASSING THROUGH THE CHECK CURTAIN LOCATED OUTBY TH ELAT OPEN CROSSCUT. THE CURTAIN CUT THE OPERATOR UNDER THE LEFT EYE. IT APPEARED TO B E ONLY A SLGIHT SCRATCH
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN THE WHEEL OF THE SCOOP TRAMMED OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO BE THROWN UPWARD WHICH INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE LEFT LEG WITH BURNING SENSATION.
COUPLING UP RAM CAR TO 270 TRACTOR. CAR BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS HE GRABBED IT WITH HIS HAND TO TRY TO KEEP IT FROM ROLLING PULLED HIS LEFT SHOULDER OUT OF SOCKET.
HE SAYS HE WAS FLOATING OUT THE 270 TRACTOR OPERATOR DURING LUNCH; HE HIT A ROUGH PLACE, AND WAS BOUNCED AGAINST AN OVERHANG IN THE MINE ROOF. HE FELT PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN HIS NECK.
HE WAS OPERATING THE 270 TRACTOR TOO CLOSE TO THE COAL RIB AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE MACHINE.THEY WERE MOVING THE SECTION TO START LEFT PANEL OFF MAINS.
AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT HE WAS OPERATING 270 TRACTOR HAULING COAL. HE HIT BUMP IN ROAD WHICH JARRED HIM CAUSING HIM TO FEEL SHARP PAIN IN BACK. HE WENT FROM THERE TO REGULAR JOB AS ROOF BOLTER. PAIN BECAME INCREASING WORSE. FINALLY WHEN HE COULD NOT TOLLERATE IT ANY LONGER HE HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT OF MINE & TO HOSPITAL.
HE STATES THAT HE WAS DOING HIS REGULAR JOB OPERATING 270S&S TRACTOR HE HIT A BUMP OR HOLE IN HAULWAY AND WAS BOUNCED OFF DECK OF TRACTOR WHEN HE LANDED ON DECK SOMETHING IN HIS BACK POPPED AN D HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN HE HAS A HISTORY OF PREVIOU BACK INJURY AND STATED THAT HIS BACK HAD BEEN HURTING HIM FOR ABOUT A MONTH
HE WAS HAULING COAL WITH THE 270 SS TRACTOR & RAMCAR, IT WAS VERY ROUGH RIDING AND HE WAS BOUNCED ABOUT QUITE A BIT AT DINNER TIME, WHEN HE HOT OFF THE TRACTOR HIS LEGS FELL OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE EXPERINECED NUMBNESS IN HIS MIDSECTION.