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EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE RIB. HE WAS PUSHED IN TIGHT AGAINST RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGH ROADWAY. DEVELOPED BACK PAIN.
INJURED EE WAS GOING UNDERGROUND IN MANTRIP. HE HAD HIS LEFT LEG ON TOP OF MOTOR WHERE THE GUARD WAS PUT ON TO KEEP ANYONE FROM DOING THIS. HIS LEFT GOT CAUGHT IN THE TOP, BREAKING HIS LEG. EV ERYONE HAD BEEN TOLD NOT TO PUT THEIR LEGS OR FEET ON TOP OF GUARD.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SCOOP CLEANING NO 7 ENTRY WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT CUTTING HIS EAR
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING ON MINER HEAD. MANTRIP ROLLED INTO MINER CATCHING HIS RIGHT LEG BETWEEN THE MINER HEAD AND THE FRONT OF THE MANTRIP. MANTRIP HAD PARK BRAKE SET.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING STRACKER ON BELTLIVE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BOUNCED OFF OF BELT HITTING 15 LEFT HIP.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS RIDING MANTRIP TO OUTSIDE COMING THRU BELT FLIES WHEN BELT FLY STRUCK HIS LEFT EYE BELT FLIES WHERE LOCATED IN DRIFT MOUTH.
54736YEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON MINE ROOF WHILE GOING THROUGH LOW PLACE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE STEPPED UPON THE CALVERT BELT TO CROSS IT THE BELT WAS NOT RUNNING BUT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME HE GOT ON IT TAKING HIM UNDER THE 1 LEFT HEAD CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD THERE WAS A CUT-OFF SWITCH PLUS A CATWALK AT TEH 1 LEFT HEAD
EMPL CLEANING #4 ENTRY WITH THE SCOOP WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK THE ROOF.
EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR.IT ROOF OUT DISLODGING PIECE OF DRAW ROCK.ROCK PINNED EMPL IN THE DECK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING MANTRIP AND HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROADWAY. THE STEERING WHEEL FLEW AROUND AND HIT HIS HAND.
EMPL GREASING THE FEEDER,CHAIN PICKED UP A ROCK AND CUT HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN ROLLER AND FRAME WHILE PULLING STRING OFF BELT.
DRIVER PULLED XXX INTO LOWAGEAR REACHED THE ST EP PART OF THE HILL & STALLED THE ENGINE RE3SULTING IN THE TRUCK SLIDING BACKWARD DOWN THE H ILL & RUNNING AGAINST THE BURM & FLIPPED FROM ITS SI DE INJURIES RESULTING IN A STOVED FINGER
EMPL RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY WHILE OPERATAING RAM CAR.ROCK CAUSED CAR TO BOUNCE JARRING BACK.
EMPL STATED THAT HE COULD OT REMEMBER WHAT STRUCK HIM ON HEAD OR WHAT HAD HAPPENED. INVESTIGATION BY FOREMAN REVELAED THAT HE APPARENTLY WAS INJURED WHILE CLEANING ROADWAY WITH SCOOP & SECTION OF 4" WATERLINE BECAME FOULED & EITHER BROKE ORTURNED LOOSE & FLEW BACK & STRUCK RIGHT READ OF HEAD.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HIT A POST WITH SCOOP, THE POST FELL HITTING HIM ON UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGH ROADWAY. CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HAULING COAL OUT OF ENTRY. THE SCOOP AHEAD OF HIM DROPPED A ROCK IN ROADWAY AND HE RAN OVER IT HURTING HIS BACK.
EE STATE THAT BUTCH LILLY WAS DRIVING SCOOP OVER TOUNLOAD FIBER BOUD WHEN SCOOP SET DOWN IN HOLE, OPERATOR DECK OF SCOOP SET DOWN ON LEFT FOOT, MASHING FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CHANGING OUT ON UNI-HAULER,WHEN HE WALKED AROUND SCOOP.UNI-HAULER RAN INTO SCOOP,SCOOP PINNED HIS FEET AGAINST RIB.
EMPLOYEE STATED UNI-HAULER CANOPY CAUGHT FLY BOARD BOARD BROKE AND END CAME UNDER CANOPY HITTING EMPLOYEE ON RT SIDE OF FACE AND RT SHOULDER
I. NAME STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ON 5 LEFT SECTION, HIT HOLE IN ROUGH ROADWAY, SPRAINING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TAKING A LOAD OF COAL FROM T HE FACE TO THE BELT FEEDER WHEN HE WENT AROUND THE CORNER IN THE #6 ENTRY HE HAD H IS ARM HANGING OVER THE TRACTOR BUMPER CATCHING HIS ARM BETWEEN THE T RACTOR & CAR THAT HE WAS PULLING
EMPLOYEE STATED3SCOOP RAN OVERA BIG ROCK JARRING HIM HARD INTO SEAT OF SCOOP
FRONT TRIP STOP9D TO OPEN DOORS BACK TRIP BUMPED UP AGAINST FRONT TRIP. I,NAME HAD FOOT HANGING OUT OF TRIP.
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS GOING UNDER MINER CABLE CAUGHT HEAD ON CABLE RUN S.C. INTO RIB
LEFT LEG EXPERI9NCED A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN ANDHAMPERED I,NAME ABILITY TO WALK, CAUSE OF INJURY WAS THOUGHT TO BE CONTRIBUTED FROM THE JARRING RIDE OF A MANTRIP.
HIT COAL RIB WI7H SHUTTLE CAR RIB TURNED OVER IN DEEK OF SHUTTLE CAR.I NAME BACKED CAR UP.COAL RIB MASHED LEFT FOOT BETWEEN TRAM LEVA.
INJ OPERATING RAM CAR OVER ROADWAY THAT WAS ROUGH AND INJURED HIS BACK.
SUSTAINED WHEN BACKING RAM CAR UP, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CAR AND TRAILOR.