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I NAME BROUGHT REMOTE SWITCH TO END OF FEEDER CHAIN AFTER FEEDER CHAIN BECAME HUNG WHILE HE WAS CLEANING LOOSE COAL FROM AROUND FEEDER SHAFT TAIL SHAFT W NAME CAME OVER TO HELP AT SOME POINT H E BUMPED REMOTE SWITCH WHICH CAUSED FEEDER TO START SINCE FEEDER WAS IN REVERSE A FEEDER FLIGHT CAUGHT I NAME ARM AND FRACTURED IT AS IT TOOK HIS ARM AROUND SHAFT
THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS CHANGING A FLAT TIRE ON THE SHUTTLE CAR AND HAD THE EQUIPMENT BLOCKED UP USING 6" X 6" X 30" CRIB BLOCKS. AFTER THE NEW TIRE WAS INSTALLED THE EMPLOYEE TRAMMED THE SHU TTLE CAR OFF TH9 BLOCKS. WHEN DOING SO,THE EMPLOYEE'S HEAD WAS BOUNCED AGAINST THE ROOF,JARRING HIS NECK AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING SHUTTLE CAR ON A PRODUCTION SHIFT HE STATED THAT ROADWAY WAS ROUGH & JARRED HIS BACK & THE CAR BOUNCED HIM AROUND IN THE DECK
MANTRIP WAS TRA3SPORTING THE MEN FROM THE WORKING SECTION TOWARD THE SURFACE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. APPROX 2000' FROM THE SEECTION. I.NAME WHO WAS SEATED AT THE VERY REAR OF THE FLAT RAILCAR USED FOR THE MA3TRIP, RAISED UP STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF. HE WAS THROWN FROM THE MANTRIP. INJURIES INCLUDED A LACERATION OVER HIS RIGHT EYE, A SPRAIN TO HIS HECK AND BRUISES TO HIS BACK