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EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING GOFFER APPROX 10 BREAKS OUTBY 6 TAIL ALONG 6BELT TRACK ENTRY & THERE WAS A CROOKED AREA & DIP IN THE TRACK CAUSING THE GOFFER TO BOUNCE OFF THE TRACK CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE T O HAVE PAIN IN HIS NACK EMPLOYEE BEGAN RESTRICTED DUTY ON 11-04-92
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP TO SECTION AND HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY, SCOOP HIT THE MINE FLOOR AND JARRED THE EMPLOYEE BACK, RESULTING IN PAIN IN HIS BACK.
WHILE RIDING ON A MANBUS-HEAD HIT A METAL MACHINERY GUARD.
EMPL INSTALLING SANDWICH PLATE ON PANLINE HOLDING HAND ONTO HANDRAIL.ROCK CAME UP OUT OF PANLINE AND STRUCK EMPL ON TOP OF HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND 1ST FINGER RESULTING IN CUT 1" LONG REQUIRING STITCHES.
HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO CONVEYOR TAILPIECE WHEN BELT BROKE THROWING A ROCK WHICH HIT HIM IN HEAD.
TRAMMING SCOOP TO END OF TRUCK TO PICK UP DRILL STEEL AND RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK IN ROADWAY BOUNCING HIM INTO THE CANOPY INJURING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MANBUS AT THE MAINLINE ST MANBUS STORAGE AREA BOTTOM OF CANEY SHAFT.WHILE OPERATING MANBUS THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE BUS WHILE GOING ON A DOW NGRADE.THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE MANBUS AND STRUCK A PARKED MANBUS,CAUSING PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 11-19-92.
EMPLOYEE WAS COUPLING A CAN TO A MOTOR SCOOP, WHEN MOTOR ROLLED BACK AND CAUGHT HIS FINGR IN COUPLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING OUTSIDE ON AN OPEN TOP MANTRIP WHEN THE OPERATOR BREAKED FOR A ROUGH PLACE IN THE TRUCK AND WHEN HE DID THE BATTERIES SHIFTED AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND WHICH HE HAD PLACED BETW EEN THE BATTERIES AND THE FRAME ON THE BUS.
EMPL WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT ROCK IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE HEAD INTO TOP OF CANOPY INJURING NECK & BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD DOUBLED BACK ONTO 3RD SHIFT TO SERVICE MANBUSES HE HAD 2 BUSES PARKED @6FT APART AS HE WAS CHANGING A HEADLIGHT IN ONE OF THE BUSES THE OTHER BUS ROLLED FORWARD STRIKING HIM IN TH E BACK & LEFT KNEE
RIDING IN MANBUS & HIT RAILCAR CASUING LACERATION & HIT RAILCAR CASUING LACERATION & FRACTURE TO LITTLE FINGER ONN RIGHT HAND.
WHILE DOING ROUTINE BELT SPILLAGE CLEANUP EMPL ALLOWED SHOVEL TO CONTACT BELT ROLLER WHICH KICKED BACK & INJ SHOULDER.
PUSHING MANBUS L FRONT WHEEL BROKE OFF GOFER GOFER LEFT TRACK, FLIPPIN G EMP TO TRACK CUTS SCRAPES BRUISES SORE NECK SHOULDER
EMPL GOT ON BATTERY BUS & RAN THRU TRACK DOOR INJURING LEFT ARM & SHOULDER RESULTING IN BRUISE.
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS CLEANING OUT TAILHOLE. SCOOP BLADE CAUGHT ON A CORNER LEFT BY MINER OR A PIECE OF METAL CAUSING THE SCOOP TO SWIVEL PINNING THE EMPLOYEE THAT WAS STANDING IN THE TAILHOLE AG AINST A PIECE OF BELT SCRAPER AND THE SIDE OF THE TAILHOLE. CHIPPED BONE IN LEG BELOW THE KNEE. BRUISED ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN MAN BUS. MAN BUS HIT CROOK IN RAIL AND EMPLOYEE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINST SIDE OF MAN BUS FRACTURED BONE IN ELBOW.
RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY WHILE OPERATING A RAM CAR- PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNFOULING CHAIN ON PALLET BEING PULLED BY SCOOP BLADE & WHILE OBSERVING CHAIN LOT HEAL OF FOOT DROP DOWN & SCOOP BLADE CAME BACK & PINNED FOOT BETWEEN BLADE & SCOOP BUCKET RESULTI NG IN FRACTURE & BRUISE TO RIGHT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING OVERCAST AND WAS PUTTING BLOCK UNDER OVERCAST FELL CATCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND OVERCAST RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THUMB AND FRACTURE.OVERCAST HAD SLIPPED OFF SCOOP HE WAS USING TO LIFT WITH.
MANBUS THAT HE WAS RIDING WAS HIT BY A SUPPLY CAR CAUSING HIM TO BE BOUNCE AROUND ON THE MANBUS CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RT ANKLE & KNEE & A FX TO HIS PELVIC BONE
RIDING MANBUS AND FOREIGN MATERIAL FLEW UP INTO RIGHT EYE UNDER GLASSES IMBEDDING IN EYE.STARTING MISSING WORK ON 09-28-89.
OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ,HIT BUMP IN ROADWAY BOUNCED HIT UP OFF SEAT .MINE LIGHT CAUGHT UNDER ARM REST ON RIGHT SIDE PULLED GROIN MUSCLE.
WAS SCOOPING IN ROADWAY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME OUT OF THE BOTTOM AND THE SCOOP RAN OVER IT.CAUSING PAIN TO LOWER BACK.
WALKING BY HEAD GATE SM PC OF COAL GOT IN EYE SCRATCHED EYE
RIDING MANTRIP ON TRACK TOWARD SECTION.SLOWED DOWN FOR CURVE AND WAS STRUCK IN REAR OF MANTRIP BY ANOTHER BUS RESULTING IN BLOW TO BACK.
SC RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY CAUSING SHUTTLE CAR TO BOTTOM OUT CAUSING EMPL BACK PAIN.
INJURED WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES BELT STRUCTURE FROM SCOOP BUKET BUCKET WAS RAISED SLIGHTLY OPERATOR LOWERED SCOOP BUCKET ONTO INJUREDS FOOT WHEN HE JERKED FOOT HE TWISTED BACK.
I.NAME WAS PULLING A LOAD OF CRIB BLOCK TO 7TH GATE STARTED DOWN GRADE AND FELT HE COULD NOT STOP TRIP BEFORE HITTING A PARKED TRIP SO HE JUMPED OFF MOTOR LANDING BESIDE TRACK HURTING HIS RT H AND AND RT KNEE
HE TOOK A BUGGY LOAD OF COAL TO THE FEEDER AND AFTER DUMPING AND WAS MOVING TO THE SEAT ACROSS FROM HIM IN THE BUGGY COMPARTMENT WHEN SOMETHING PULLED AND HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPL WAS RUNNING BUGGY & HIT HOLE IN RODWAY & BOUNCED UP INTO CANOPY
I,NAME HAD BEEN SHOVELING BELT AND WAS FINISHED AS HE TURNED TO LEAVE AREA-HIS SHIRT SLEEVE (WHICH HAD BEEN ROLLED UP) GOT CAUGHT IN ROLLER PULLING HIS ARM BETWEEN THE ROLLER ANDTHE BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON COMPANY PROPERTY AND WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE AND MET COAL TRUCK IN CURVE AND THEY HIT EACH OTHER CAUSING HIM TO HIT STEERING WHEEL AND WIND SHIELD CAUSING BRUI SES TO HEAD NECK AND CHEST
HE WAS SHOVELING AROUND BELT HEAD TAKE UP AND GOT HIS SHOVEL CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE STRUCTURE.
HE WAS RUNNING BUGGY AND HE HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY BOUNCE HIM INTO CANOPY- STOVED UP HIS NECK AND HEAD. PAIN IN BACK.
BACKING UP I NCLINE AND STOPPED APPLIED PARK BRAKE AND RAISED BED OF TRUCK. DIRT FAILED TO COME OUT., RELEASED PARK BRAKE WITH BED OF TRUCK STILL RAISED, LOST CONTROL AND WENT APPROX 30 FT AND TRUCK TURNED OVER ON RT SIDE CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE AROUND IN TRUCK AND RESULTING IN FRACTURE OF 2 RIBS ON RT SIDE OF BACK AREA
RUNNING ROCK TR6CK AND RAN OVER FROZEN HUMP OF GROUND AND BOUNCED LEFT SHOULDER INTO DOOR OF ROCK TRUCK CAUSING CONTUSION AND FROZEN SHOULDER.
EMP WAS OPERATI3G A TROLLEY MANBUS CHECK THE OPERATION OF HIS PUMPS AS HE BENT OVER TO GET A W RENCH IN THE DECK HE WAS COMING UP ON AN OVERCAST AS HE RAISED UP HE STRUCK THE OVERCAST WI TH HIS HEAD 3
OPERATOR WAS OP9RATING ENDLOADER WHEN HE STRAINED NECK WHILE LOOKING BEHIND HIM. HIS USUAL JOB IS OPETATING DOZER BUT IS QUALIFIED TO OPERATE LOADER. STATED THAT HE DID NOT HIT OR RUN OVER AN ANYTHING THAT C5USED ACCIDENT. FEELS THAT STRAIN WAS DUE TO THE UNUSUAL JOB AND EXCESSIVE TURNING OF NECK
I.NAME WAS ON T2E RETURN TRIP FROM THE FEEDER BACK TO THE MINER IN A S/C WHEN HE SUPPOSEDLY HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY & ACCORDING TO HIM HE WAS THROWN INTO THE CANOPY OF THE S/C. HE DID NOT RE PORT THE ACCIDE3T TO HIS FOREMAN FOR 2 HOURS WHEN HE SAID HIS HEAD WAS HURTING HIM. HE HAS A HISTORY OF H EAD & NECK PROBLEMS.