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CHAINED A WHEEL AND TIRE TO UNI HAULER TO DRAG FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER TIRE IS FOAM FILLED AND TOO HEAVY TO HANDLE BY HAND IT BEGAN TO BOUNCE AND BUCK AGAINST THE STRAIN OF BEING PULLED I T STRUCK ON R LEG AND FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS PASSENGER IN ISUZU PICK-UP TRUCK. DRIVER TURNED THE TRUCK INTO A X-CUT. PASSENGER THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO STOP AND STARTED TO EXIT THE TRUCK. THE DRIVER MOVED THE TRUCK IN REVERSE CAUSING PASSENGERS FOOT TO BE CAUGHT AGAINST TRUCK DOOR AND CRIB BLOCK. BROKEN BONE IN RT. FOOT.
EMPL WAS OPERATING A UNI-HAULER (COAL HAULER) HE HIT A BUMP IN THE HAULAGE ROAD THROWING HIM OUT OF THE SEAT AND INTO THE CAB FRAME THE IMPACT CUASED THE EMPL TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS NECK AND ALSO GAVE HIM A SERVERE HEADACHE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR FROM TAIL PIECE TOWARDS THE MINING FACE - A 2' #16 HYD HOSE WAS HANGING DOWN INTO ROAD WAY, HIT BY THE S/CAR ENTERED INTO THE CAB FROM THE DOOR BETWEEN RIB R OLL PROTECTION AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.
INJURED WAS CLEANING ALONG CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF BELT HITTING HIS SHOVEL RESULTING IN A BACK STRAIN.
INJURED WAS STANDING ON CONVEYOR BEL WORKING ON 4" WATRER LINE CONVEYOR STARTED UP & WHILE GETING OFF HE FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT HAND SPRAINING RIGHT WRIST.
INJ RIDING IN BACK OF ISUZU PICKUP WHEN INJURED WAS ASKED A QUESTION RAISED HEAD AND ROOF ED OUT .AREA WAS IN LOW COAL.15 EAST SECTION 2 R ENTRY SURVEY STA 26/50.
INJURED WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY INJURED THEN BOUNCED UP AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE CAB OF THE SHUTTLE CAR LOCATION 12 WEST SECT MAIN ENTRY 100 INBY FEEDER BREAKER
CAP ROCK FROM RIB ROLLED INTO ROADWAY INJURED WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT ROCK BOUNCING SHUTTLE CAR HARD HURTING LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HIT CHUCK HOLE OR LIP AND JARRED HIMSELF STRAING HIS NECK.
INJ. WAS STOPPED AT BOTTEM OF 10 EAST HILL WHEN TRAILING LOCO. RAN AWAY AND STRUCK HIS LOC. CAUSING HIM TO BE THROUWN ABOUT THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT BRUISING VARIOUS PARTS OF HIS BODY.
INJURED WAS TRAVELING INTO THE MINE BY LOCOMATIVE WHEN POLE CAME OFF TROLLEY WIRE WHEN IT DID THE LOCOMOTIVE BEGAN TO ROLL BACK DOWN THE TRACK TROLLEY POLE JAMMED INTO ROOF CAUSING LOCOMOTIVE TO STOP SUDDENLY RESULTING IN INJURED BUMPING HER RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED WAS SPR9ADING CALCIUM CHLORIDE ON MAINS ROADWAY WHEN SHE ROOFED OUT IN LOW TOP KNOCKING HARD HAT OFF, BREAKING GLASS FRAME & WRENCHING LEFT SHOULDER.
INJURED HAD STO1PED THE KUBOTA HE WAS RIDING ON TO SIGN A PRE-SHIFT CARD WHEN A DIESEL SCOOP CAME THROUGH THE FLY PAD AND STRUCK THE KUBOTA CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS KNEE.
INJURED WAS RID3NG IN ON TRACK MANTRIP WHEN MANTRIP JUMPED TRACK JARRING EMPLOYEES BACK
INJURED WAS RID3NG IN THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP FEEDING ROCK DUST INTO A QUICK DUSTER WHEN THE SCOOP HIT A PARKED SHUTTLE CAR, PUSHING THE DUSTER INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.
INJURED WAS DRI5ING KOBOTA TOWARDS THE SURFACE AS HE CROSSED UNDER THE A#2 BELT OVERCAST HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A SUPPORT BEAM
INJURED WAS CLE5NING UP SPILLS FROM A LEAKING FEEDER. INJURED REACHED UP ON FEEDER TO CLEAN OUT SOME COAL AND THE FEEDER PINCHED HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING IN A JEEP THAT WAS STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY MANTRIP DC AND INJURED HER RIGHT KNEE AND LEFT ARM.
INJURED CLAIMED3THAT WHILE CLEANING BELT A PIECE OF COAL FELL OFF BELT & STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD & RIGHT SHOULDER.
DROPPING EMPTY 9R CARS TO PREP PLANT-CARS STARTED RUNNING AWAY-EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF CARS.
WHILE DROPPING 9MPTY RR CARS TO PREP PLANT-CARS STARTED RUNNING AWAY-EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF CARS.
INJURED WAS RID3NG IN DIESEL MANTRIP & STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF
HYD HOSE TO BRA5E SYSTEM ON TRACK MOUNTED MANTRIP BLEW WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE INJURED PERSON JUMPED FROM UNIT AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO HAD ALSO JUMPED.
HYD HOSE TO BRA5E SYSTEM ON TRACK MOUNTED MANTRIP BLEW WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED. INJURED JUMPED FROM UNIT, FELL DOWN AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE ON A ROCK.
INJURED RAN UP 5LONGSIDE ROWER TO MOVE CABLE. THE MINER STARTED SWINING AROUND A CORNER @ THE SAME TIME & PINCHED HIM AGAINST THE RIB.
INJURED WAS RID3NG ON TRACK MANTRIP WHICH WAS UNABLE TO STOP 12 WEST WHERE JEEP WAS PARKED. SLID INTO JEEP.
S CAR CABLE WAS3TANGLED WITH OTHER CABLES A POEWER CENTER WHEN S CAR OPR STARTED TO TRAM S CAR PULLED ALL CABLES DOWN INJURED WAS WALKING BY CABLES AS THEY FELL STRIKING HIM BEHIND HEAD ON NEC KNOCKING HIM DO4N
INJURED WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR TOWARDS FACE WHEN HE HIT A BUMP AND JARRED HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A 935 DIESEL SCOOP WHEN A HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE AND HYDRAULIC OIL SPRAYED IN HIS EYES.
MAN STATED THAT HE JARED HIMSELF HARD WHILE DRIVING HIS SHUTTLE CAR BY HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROADWAY.
MAN WAS HELPING MOVE TWO DC MANTRIPS OFF THE MAIN TRACK LINE. ONE MANTRIP WAS MOVED BY I,NAME. THE OTHER MANTRIP WAS STILL IN PLACE THE INJURED MAN STARTED TO WALK DOWN THE TRACK TO SWITCH TRO LLY POLES FOR THE OTHER MANTRIP. AS HE WALKED DOWN THE TRACK THE MANTRIP THAT HAD NOT BEEN MOVED YET ROLLED DOWN THE TRACK, STRUCK THE MAN AND DRUG HIM FOR 15 FEET.
INJURED WAS TAKING FORKLIFT FROM THE MINE SITE DOWN A STEEP GRADE TO A SURFACE SHOP. AS THE FORKLIFT STARTED OFF THE GRADE THE ENGINE QUIT. WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT THE LIFT LOST BRAKE POWER & P ICKED UP SPEED THE INJURED STEERED THE LIFT INTO THE MOUNTAIN SIDE THE LIFT FLIPPED MAN OUT ONTO THE ROAD & TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE.
INJURED WAS RIDING ON A MANTRIP THE MANTRIP WAS GOING DOWHILL ON THE TRACKS. A RAIL JEEP WAS PARKED ON THE TRACKS AND THE MANTRIP THE INJURED WAS IN STRUCK THE PARKED JEEP. WHEN THE IMPACT C OCCURRED THE INJURED MANS HEAD STRUCK A METAL PANEL AND HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD
INJURED WAS RIDING ON A MANTRIP THE MANTRIP WAS GOING DOWN HILL N THE TRACKS A RAIL JEEP WAS PARKED ON THE TRACKS AND THE MANTRIP THE INJURED WAS IN STRUCK THE PARKED JEEP. WHEN THE IMPACT OCC RRED THE INJUREDS RIGHT SHOULDER STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE COMPARTMENT.
INJURED WAS RIDING A DIESEL MANTRIP TO GO AFTER SOME MORTOR MIX, HE SAID SOMETHING WENT INTO HIS EYE, HE DID NOT KNOW IF IT CAME FROM THE TOP OR OFF OF THE MANTRIP, THE MAN WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE TOP OF H ILL AND WENT TO THE BOTTOM ON A TRACK MOUNTED RAIL RUNNER JEEP THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE TOP OF THE OTHER SIDE BUT STAYED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON AN AIR MOTOR TRACK MOUNTED WENT OFF OF THE HILL LOST CONTROL AND SLID TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND STRUCK THE INJURED MAN ON THE JEEP.
INJURED WAS RIDING OUT ON A DIESEL MANTRIP TRACTOR AND FAILED TO SEE A LOW SECTION OF TOP AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGIANST THE LOW TOP.
INJURED WAS BRINGING A DIESEL SCOOP OUT THE TRACK ENTRY ON A STEEP GRADE. THE SCOOP WAS BEING PULLED UP THE GRADE BY A D.C. MOTOR THE MOTER SLIPPED ON THE TRACK AND SLID BACK INTO THE SCOOP PU SHING IT INTO THE RIB AND JARRING INJURED
INJURED WAS ON TRACK MOUNTED MANTRIP. THE MANTRIP PASSED AN AREA OF TRACK THAT WAS WET AND SLID INTO A PARKED MOTOR SWITCHING OUT. INJURED WAS JARED WHEN MANTRIP STRUCK MOTOR.
EMPL RIDING MANTRIP OUT OF MINE WHEN DRIVER UNABLE TO STOP AND HIT PARKED MANTRIP AHEAD OF HIM.
INJURED WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING AIR SYSTEM ON WAGNER SCOOP. HOLDING COVER OF MACHINE WITH LEFT HAND WHEN MACHINE ROLLED & PINCHED HAND BETWEEN ROOF & COVER.
RIDING IN ON TRACK JEEP.IT JUMPED TRACK AND HE HIT HIS TAILBONE ON SEAT.
INJURED WAS RIDING IN FRONT COMPARTMENT OFMANTROP WHEN A ROOF SCALING BAR ENTERED MANTRIP THROUGH DOOR STRIKING INJURED IN UPPER CHEST - LEFT SIDE
INJ WAS DRIVING A S CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP
INJ WAS GETTING OFF MANTRIP THAT WAS OFF THE TRACK WHEN IT WAS BUMPED BY ANOTHER MANTRIP KNOCKING INJ TO GROUND
INJURED WAS GOING TO HOOK CHAIN FROM #1 KUBOTA TO #2 KUBOTA WHEN OPERATOR OF #1 KUBOTA BACKED UP PINCHING HIM BETWEEN THE TWO KUBOTAS.
INJURED WAS RIDING ON KUBOTA WHEN HE STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD ON A LOW HANGING ROOF MAT.
INJURED STATED HE BUMPED HIS HEAD WHILE TRAVELING TO FACE WITH SHUTTLE CAR
SHUTTLE CAR CABLE CAUGHT HIM BY THE LEGS & PULLED HIM DOWN.