EMPL WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING VENTILATION THE SHUTTLE CAR OPR TURNED AROUND IN THE DECK OF SHUTTLE TO TAKE LOADED CAR TO THE FEEDER THE CAR ROLLED MOMENTARILY THEREFORE BUMPING EMPL INTO THE RIB
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Showing all 48EMPLOYEE STRUCK COAL CARS WITH FRONT END LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN THE SCOOP CAME IN CONTACT WITH A CRIB. ONE OF THE BLOCKS BECAME DISLODGED THEREFORE STRIKING HIM ACROSS BOTH LEGS.
EMPL OYEE WAS UNLOADING ROOF BOLTS AND PLATES IN THE #3 ENTRY FROM A SCOOP BUCKET.THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR TURNED THE CORNER AND CAME DOWN THE WRONG ENTRY THEREFORE STRIKING THE INJURED WITH THE DUMPING END OF THE SHUTTLE CAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED IN A RAILRUNNER WHEN A PICE OF DRAW ROCK FELL THEREFORE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST.
THE SHUTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS PULLING UNDERNEATH MINER BOOM, HE BUMPED THE BACK OF THE MINER THEREFORE BOUNCING THE MINER OPERATOR INTO THE MINE ROOF.
THE SHUTLE CAR OPERATOR RAN OVER A SPRAY PAIN T CAN USED TO MARK CENTER LINES ON THE MINE ROOF WHEN THE CAN RUPTURED THE PAINT CONTACTED THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE AND EAR.
EMPL BUMPED HEAD ON MINE ROOF WHILE OPERATING SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS INITIALLY INJURED 061887 WITH BACK PAIN HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR & EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN AGAIN DUE TO PREVIOUS INJURY
SEE ATTACHED REPORT FROM DOCTOR (WHICH WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE TIME OF CODING) EMPLOYEE WAS INITIALLY INJURED 6-1-88 HE CAME BACK TO WORK 14 DAYS AND IS PRESENTLY OFF AGAIN (NO RECORD OF PREVI
THE SUPLY MOTOR ROLED ON MINE TRACKS A( CA1GHT EMP FOOT BETWEEN RAIL AND F RAME OF MOTOR
EMP WA> OPERATING FRONT END LOADER AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK EMP DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL THE 22ND
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING DOWN GRADE IN A 175 MICHIGAN FRONT END LOADER HE LOST CONTROL THEREFORE CAUSING THE LOADER TO OVERTURN IN THE DITCH LINE
EMP. WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR HIT HOLE IN T HE MINE FLOOR AND HURT BACK.
EMP. RAISED UP TO AN UPRIGHT PSITION IN T HE MAN TRIP AND STRUCK HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE RAISED UP WHILE MAN TRIP WAS PROCEEDING TO THE SECTION & HIS HEAD STRUCK THE MINE ROOF
EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTING SUPPLIES INSIDE MINE AND RAN INTO ANOTHER MOTOR.
INJURED WAS OPERATING SCOOP HAVING HIS AHND OUTSIDE THE SCOOP DECK.THE SCOOP ARTICULATED AND CAUGHT INJURED'S HAND BETWEEN SCOOP DECK AND SCOOP BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN BUCKET OF SCOOP HE BUMPED HIS LEG AGAINST THE MINE ROOF AND BRUISED RIGHT THIGHT.
THIS WAS RECURR9NCE OF OLD INJURY THE EMP INITIALLY HURT HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR
EMPLOYEE WAS DI8LODGING ROCK FROM TAIL PIECE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BOUNCED OFF BELT LINE STRIKING HIM IN THE EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A SHUTTLE CAR R AN OVER A ROCK IN THE R OADWAY BOUNCED HIM INTO MINE ROOF T HEREFORE HURT ING HIS LOWER BACK
EMP WAS GOING T2ROUGH AIR LOCK BELTS ON TRACK WITH MANTRIP, HE PUT HIS ARM UP TOKEEP AIR BELTS FROM HITTING HIM IN THE FACE. BELTS HIT EMP ARM AND RECEIVED A STRAIN IN RT ARM
EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING A BELT AIR LOCK CURTAIN UP ON THE MAIN LINE FOR A MOTOR TO GO THROUGH.HE CAUGHT HIS ARM IN THE BELT AS THE MOTOR WENT THROUGH THEREFORE PULLING HIS ARM BACKWARD OVER THE M OTOR. 3
EMPLOYEE STRUCK3HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE DECK OF THE SCOOP HE WAS OPERATING.
A ROCK WAS PRE8ENT ON TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE EMPLOYEE STARTED THE CONVEYOR UP THE ROCK BECAME DIS-LODGED THEREFORE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE BACK OF MINER SEAT. EM1LOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 1020-87 CONCERNING THIS INJURY.
EMPLOYEE HIT AN2THER MANTRIP AT AIR LOCKS ON MAIN LINE TRACK THERE FORE CAUSING A BOX OF SCSRS TOS LIDE OFF OF THE TOP OF MANTRIP STRIKING HIM I N THE BACK AND SHOULDERS.
EMP WAS BUILDIN1 SPILL BOARD AT HEAD DRIVE WHEN A ROCK CAME OVER HEAD DRIVE STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HARD HAT
MANTRIP WAS PRO7EEDING THROUGH AN AIR LOCK MADE OF BELT MATERIAL.EMPLOYEE PUT FOOTUP TOWARD AIR LOCK THEREFORE PUTTING PRESSURE ON KNEE AND LEG WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH BOARD THAT BELT WAS NAILED TO. 3
EMP WAS GREASIN1 A HEAD DRIVE WHILE IT WAS RUNNING HE CAUGHT HIS SLEEVE IN THE DRIVE CHAIN THEREFORE PULLING HIS HAND AND TWISTING IT
EMP WAS CLEANIN1 ROCK OUT OF THE TAIL PIECE WHEN ANOTHER ROCK CAME OVER HEAD DRIVE AND FELLINTO THE TAIL PIECE AND HIT EMP ON ARM
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING A LOADED SHUTTLE CAR TO DUMP WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN MINE FLOOR THUS CAUSING PAIN IN H IS BACK
EMP RAISED HIS 2EAD UP WHILE THE MANTRIP WAS IN MOTION AND RECEIVED A CUT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD
EMPLOYEE I NAME3TOLD THE MINE FOREMAN I NAME HIS LEFT SHOULDER WAS HURTING AND HE WAS GOING TO THE DOCTOR TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT THE RESULTS WERE A HERNIA IN THE NAVEL AREA.
EMPLOYEE HIT HI8 RIGHT KNEE ON THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER WHILE OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING IN A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN A ROOF BOLT IN THE MINE ROOF CAUGHT HIS LEFT HGIP AND ROLLED HIM OUT OF THE SCOOP BUCKET AND ONTO THE MINE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A SHUTTLE CAR HE HIT A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR THIS ACTION BOUNCED THE EMPLOYEE INOT THE MINE ROOF
EMPLOYEE WAS RE7URNING TO THE MINER IN THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR.EMPLOYEE BOUNCED IN THE SHUTTLE CAR SEAT STRIKING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.
HIS BACK STARTE8 HURTING
RAIL RUNNER (LO5DED WITH EMPLOYEES) TRAVELING ON A DOWN HILL GRADE,TRIED TO STOP,RAILS WERE WET,MANTRIP STARTED SLIDING AND HIT A PARKED EMPTY MANTRIP.THE SUDDEN STOP CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK. 3
WHILE DUMPING C2AL INTO FEEDER WITH SHUTTLE CAR, A LOOSE PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM CONVEYOR INTO OPERATOR'S DECK AND HITHIM ON RIGHT ARM.
EMPL I.NAME OPE9ATING SHUTTLE CAR HIT HOLE IN ROAD WAY HURTING RIBS.
EE WAS OPERATIN1 A S/C. HE RAN OVER A HOLE INT HE MINE FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.
INJURED WAS TRA4MING LOADER OFF OF MINE ROAD TO STOCKPILE AREA WHEN LOADER SLID WHILE ROUNDING CURVE IN ROAD WHEN LOADER SLID OPERATOR PANICKED & JUMPED OUT OF ENDLOADER PREMATURELY WHICH CAUS ED HIM TO INJUR2 RIGHT FOOT
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREASE STEERING LINKAGE ON ROCK TRUCK WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH COOLING FAN WHICH CUT END OF RT INDEX FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING CRUSHED ROCK TO BE PLACED ON THE HAUL ROAD. HE TURNED THE TRUCK AROUND TO BACK DOWN THE HILL IN ORDER TO DUMP, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND FLIPPED OVER ON IT S SIDE.
TRUCK DRIVER WAS DRIVING BACK TO PIT AREA ON CRAFTS COOLY WHEN DUST- DIRT THAT WAS IN THE AIR BECAME LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE STATED THAT HIS PARTNER ATTEMPTED TO GET THE FOREIGN OBJECT OUT & HE FINISHED THE SHIFT WITH NO REAL PROBLEMS. AFTER HE LEFT WORK HIS EYE BECAME IRRITATED & HE LET A DOCTOR CHECK & CLEAN EYE.
MCBEE WAS BRINGING A WATER TRUCK ON A DOWNHILL GRADE ENROUTE TO LOAD THE TRUCK WITH WATER WHILE HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HILL HE STATED THE TRUCK FELT LIKE IT KICKED OUT OF GEAR AND WHEN HE TRIED TO STOP WITH THE BRAKES THEY WENT OUT ALSO WHEN THE OPERATOR DITCHED THE TRUCK THEN ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM THE TRUCK WHICH CAUSED THE I NJURY