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EMPLOYEE MOVING LOCK WITH SCOOP PASSED THROUGH A SECTION OF LOW ROOF TOP CAUSING SUBJECT MAN TO BE TWISTED OVER WHILE RIDING THE SCOOP STRAINED MUSCLES IN BACK
BEGAN TO MOVE JEEP AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN JEEP AND COAL RIB RESULTING IN LACERATION TO RIGHT RING FINGER.
SUBJECT MAN WAS REHANGING RUN THRU CURTAIN. HE POSITIONED HIMSELF WHERE HE COULD NOT BE SEEN BY SCOOP OPERATOR. WHEN HE FAILED TO SIGNAL SCOOP OPERATOR OF HIS LOCATION THE SCOOP STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK/NECK AS IT TURNED THE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION.
HAULING COAL ON SCOOP. HIT THE FACE TO HARD AND STRUCK HEAD ON PANIC BAR.
MAN WAS HAULING SUPPLIES ON SCOOP INTO MINE WHILE TRAMMING SCOOP ON MAIN ROADWAY HE PLACED HIS HAND ON TOP OF SAFETY POST. WHEN THE SCOOP BOUNCED HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE POST AND THE MINE ROOF.
OPERATING SCOOP PULLING COAL FROM FACE AREA.FAILED TO COMPLETELY STOP SCOOP BEFORE REVERSING POSITION ON SCOOP CAUSING KNEE TO HIT MINE ROOF AND BE TWISTED.
PERSONNEL CARRIER IN WHICH MAN WAS RIDING FAILED TO CLEAR BUCKET WHILE GOING AROUND SCOOP. MAN'S FEET WERE EXTENDED OUTSIDE PERSONNEL CARRIER FRAME AND WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN P.C. FRAME AND SCOO P BUCKET.
SCOOP TURNING SCOOP AT INTERSECTION WHEN IT BOUNCED SLIGHTLY AT SAME TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP OF STEERING WHEEL AND BOLTED ROOF STRAP RESULT INJ TO HAND
FRONT WHEEL ON SCOOP HIT A BLOCK OF COAL CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN THUS STRAINING MANS FINGER WHEN IT WAS HIT BY STEERING WHEEL KNOB
MAN WAS OPERATING SCOOP AND HIT SA HOLE I T HE ROADWAY. HE WAS BOUNCED UP AND CAME DOWN ON HIS RT.SHOULDER BLADE WHICH HIT AGAINST SCOOP DECK.
A ROCK BECAME LODGED IN THE TAILPIECE AT THE BELT LINE DUMP POINT. SUBJECT MAN TRIED TO DISLODGE THE ROCK WITH HIS HAND. HE PUT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROCK AND PART OF THE TAILPIECE METAL FRAM E. WHEN THE ROCK MOVED IT PINNED HIS HAND THUS CAUSING THE INJURY.
TIME AND LOCATI2N CANT BE DETERMINED. MAN STOPPED WORK DUE TO IRRITATION IN EYE. A METAL FRAGMENT WAS LATER REMOVED FROM HIS EYE. IF INJURY WAS WORK RELATED IT C AN BE ASSUMED THAT OPERATORS FAILURE TO WEA9 HIS SAFETY GLASSES AT ALL TIMES LED TO INJURY
SUBJECT MAN WAS3OPERATING 3-WHEEL DRAG SCOOP. SCOOP RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE AND STRIKE HIS SHOULDER ON MINE ROOF, INJURY RESULTED IN A BRUISED SHOULDER WITH MILD SEPARAT ION, MAN IS SCH9DULED TO RETURN TO WORK IN ONE WEEK.