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THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE ONTO THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HIS SHOVEL HIT THE BELT WHILE HE WAS THROWING MATERIAL FROM THE SHOVEL CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO PRY SKIRT RUBBER ABOVE THE CONVEYOR BELT WHILE A CO-WORKERATTEMPTED TO START & STOP THE BELT, WHEN THE BELT MOVED & CAUGHT THE PRY BAR CAUSING A LACERATIO N TO INJURED'S RIGHT HAND.
THE EE WAS GUIDING THE SCOOP OPERATOR UNDER THE BELT LINE WHEN THE SCOOP HIT THE BELT STRUCTURE KNOCKING LOOSE A BOTTOM ROLLER WHICH FELL STRIKING INJURED S LEFT KNEE.
THE EE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR TOWARDS FACE WHEN HIS SEAT BROKE ALLOWING HIM TO SUDDENLY FALL ABOUT 3 INCHES JARRING HIS LOWER BACK.
EMP STATES HE WAS GREASING THE BELT TAIL WHEN COWORKER STARTED THE BELT, CA;USING THE BELT TAIL TO MOVE FORWARD STRIKING EMP'S LEGS. EMP BEGAN RESTRICTED WORK 6-8-96.
EMP WAS TRAVELING IN TRACK VEHICLE WHEN THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF THE WIRE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SECURE THE TROLLEY POLE, EMPLOYEES RIGHT ARM STRUCK OFFSET INT HE MINE ROOF.
THE LONGWALL SHIELD WAS BEING PULLED BY THE SCOOP WHEN A HYDRAULIC HOSE CAUGHT ON A RELAY BAR, STRETCHED TIGHT, THEN CAM ELOOSE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S LOWER RIGHT LEG.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN REAR OF TRACK JEEP THROUGH A LOW CLEARANCE AREA ALONG COOK MT BELT WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK THE ROOF AND HIS BODY BECAME FOULED THUS ROLLING HIM BACKWARD AND PARTLY OVER END OF JEEP.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING RETRACKING LONGWALL CONVEYOR FLIGHTS AT HEADGATE WHEN A 6" PIECE OF FLIGHT BAR BROKE OFF STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT ARM AND CHEST.
THE EE REPORTS HE WAS SEATED IN THE S.C. DECK WHEN THE MINER BOOM DROPPED SUDDENLY FORCING THE S.C. CANOPY INTO THE ROOF AND THE INJURED S HEAD STRUCK THE TOP OF S.C. CANOPY CAUSING A STAVED N ECK.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTS FEELING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER TRAMMING AND OPERATING SUPPLY SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE LOCOMOTIVE THAT WAS BEING TRAMMED AND GOT FOOT CAUGHT UNDER FRAME OF SUPPLY MOTOR.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMIGN SCOOP DOWN A STEEP GRADE. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK HUS HE REVERSED THE TRAM AND HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY CAUSING PAIN TO NECK AND SHOULDER.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP WHEN HE RAN THROUGH AN AREA OF ROUGH HAULWAY BOUNCING HIM AND HIS HEAD STRUCK THE SCOOP CANOPY CAUSING STRAIN TO NECK.
SWITCH AT NO 2 CROSSOVER WAS NOT THROWN BACK FOR STRAIGHT TRACK EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN BACK OF JEEP FACING TOWARD TRAVEL THE JEEP WENT INTO THE CROSSOVER & STRUCK A PARKED JEEP THROWING EMPLO YEE OUT OF JEEP & LANDING ON HIS LEFT ARM
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR OVER ROUGH ROADWAY WHICH BOUNCED HIM AGAINST THE CANOPY STAVING HIS NECK
THE SUPERVISOR WAS CHECKING WATER COOLING DISCHARGE HOSE WHERE PANLINE DUMPS INTO STAGELOADER WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK CAUGHT INJURED'S RIGHT HAND AGAINST HEAD DRIVE FRAME. SEVERE LACERATION S AND FRACTURED METACARPALS.
THE EE WAS OPERATING TRACK JEEP WHEN TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF TROLLEY WIRE AND AS INJURED GRABBED THE TROLLEY POLE HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN TROLLEY POLE AND OFFSET IN MINE ROOF
FLASH BURNS TO EYES. WHILE OPERATING PORTA-BUS, THE TROLLEY POLE HOLSER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TROLLEY WIRE IN A LOW AREA CAUSING FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
WHILE LOADING COAL, THE S/C BUMPER HAD CAME TO REST ON THE C-MINER BUMPER. AS THE C-MINER ADVANCED, THE S/C DROPPED TO THE MINE FLOOR BOUNCING INJURED'S HEAD AGAINST CANOPY CAUSING A STAVED NE CK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING TRACK JEEP WHEN HE PUT HIS LEFT ARM UP TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM THE TROLLEY POLE WHICH HAD COME OFF TROLLEY WIRE CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN MINE ROOF & TROLLEY POLE CAUS ING FRACTURE & ABRASISIONS TO LEFT RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STOOD UP IN MANBUS TO REPLACE TROLLEY POLE ON TROLLEY WIRE WHICH HAD COME OFF AS MANBUS TRAVELED THROUGH CHECK CURTAINS WHEN THE MANBUS WAS STRUCK IN REAR BY A TRACK JEEP STRIKING INJ URED'S BACK AGAINST MANBUS.
THE SUPERVISOR WAS ASSISTING THE FORK TRUCK OPERATOR POSITION TWO BUNDLES OF BELT STRUCTURE ON A SUPPLY CAR WHEN HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO BUNDLES OF STRUCTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UPRIGHT UNLOADING A SECTION OF OVERCAST PANEL WHEN IT SLID OFF THE SUPPLY CAR & HIT THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT & BOUNCED BACK STRIKING INJURED IN GROIN
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING TRACK MOTOR WHEN THE MOTOR STOPPED SUDDENLY DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL THUS JERKING INJURED CAUSING PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING LOADED SHUTTLE CAR TOWARDS FEEDER WHEN HE RAN THROUGH A CHUG-HOLE WHICH JARRED THE INJURED IN HIS SEAT THUS SPRAINING HIS LOWER BACK
INJURED WAS RIDING IN TRACK JEEP WHICH WAS STRUCK IN REAR BY A MAN-BUS CAUSING A STRAIN TO INJURED'S BACK.
THE INJURED WAS RIDING IN A TRACK JEEP WHICH WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR BY A MANBUS CAUSING A STRAIN TO INJURED'S NECK.
THE INJURED WAS RIDING IN A TRACK JEEP WHICH WA STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A MAN-BUS CAUSING A STRAIN TO INJURED'S BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTA HE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE STRUCK A CHUG HOLE IN MINE FLOOR BOUNCING INJUREDS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY STRAINING HIS BACK.
TRAMMING SCOOP HIT AN OFFSET IN MINE FLOOR BOUNCING THE IN BACK STRUCK SEAT
EMPL WAS USING 1 1/2" HOSE TO WASH UNDER CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HOSE WAS CAUGHT BY PASSING SUPPLY TRAIN THUS CATCHING INJ & CAUSING HER TO FALL & TUMBLE ON MINE FLOOR.
EMPL SHOVELING COAL FROM UNDERNEATH CONVEYOR BELT WHEN LEFT ARM CAME IN CONTACT WITH MOVING BELT CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS SITTING UPRIGHT TRAMMING SCOOP WHICH JARRED THE INJURED'S BACK WHEN THE SCOP HIT AN OFFSET IN THE MINE FLOOR.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING SCOOP TRAMMING ACROSS TRACK RAILS AND TIES CLEANING UNDER BELT, BOUNCING INJURED IN SCOOP SEAT WHEN HE REPORTS FEELIN GPAIN IN HIS BACK.
A SCOOP STRUCK A SECTION OF 6" ALUMINUM WATER PIPE WHICH STRUCK THE INJURED'S ROIGHT ANKLE KNOCK HIM TO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS TRAMMING A TRACK MOTOR WHEN THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF THE TROLLEY AND HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A CURTAIN BOARD AS HE REACHED TO REPLACE THE TROLLEY POLE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BETWEEN BELT LINE AND TRACK PLACING STEEL TIE INDER THE TRACK RAIL WHEN THE TIE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MOVING BELT THUS CATCHING INJURED'S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ME TAL TRACK TIE AND THE CONVEYOR BELT STAND.
WHILE OPERATING SCOOP INJURED RAN OVER CRIB BLOCK INMUD & THUS JARRED BACK.
EMPL WAS SITTING IN OPERATORS DECK TRAMMING TRACK MOTOR WHICH CROSSED SECTION OF CROOKED TRACK JERKING MOTOR & INJUREDS BACK.
EMPL WAS SITTING UPRIGHT IN TRACK JEEP WHICH WAS TOPPED WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER TRACK JEEP THUS JERKING INJURDS BACK.
EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT WHILE TRAMMING A TRACK MOTOR & CROSSING A BEND IN THE TRACK THE MOTOR JERKED THUS TWISTING EMPLOYEES BACK
EMPL DISMOUNTED MANBUS TO REPLACE DISLODGED STOP-DRAG WHEN MANBUS WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY TRACK JEEP THUS MANBUS STRUCK INJURED A GLANCING BLOW.
EMPL STANDING BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER AND SCOOP UNLOADING SUPPLIES ONTO BOLTER WHEN SCOOP DRIFTED AGAINST BOLTER CATCHING INJ LEGS BETWEEN SQUEEZING LEFT LEG.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING REMOVING A PIECE OF WIRE WHICH WAS SUPPORTING A WATER SPRAY BAR AT THE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE WIRE CAUGHT ON A MOVING BELT SPLICE THUS JERKING THE WIRE OUT OF HIS LEF T HAND AND CAUSING THE ABOVE INJURY.
EMP WAS STANDING REMOVING SCOOP WRENCH ROPE FROM HIGHT VOLTAGE 7200 CABLE CAR WHEN CABLE CAR ROLE D FORWARD STRIKING INJ ON R. KNEE AND THIGH.
INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UNBOARDING THE MANBUS WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY THE FOLLOWING TRACK JEEP WHICH WAS HIT BY A THIRD TRACK JEEP KNOCKING IT INTO THE MANBUS CAUSING THE INJUR ED TO WRENCH HIS BACK AND STRIKE HIS BACK AGAISNT THE MANBUS
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING UPRIGHT RIDING IN A MANTRIP JEEP WHEN THE JEEP STRUCK A STOPPED JEEP ON THE TRACK IN FRONT OF THEM THROWING THE INJURED AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE JEEP HE WAS RIDING CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING UPRIGHT RIDING IN A MANTRIP JEEP WHEN THE JEEP HE WAS RIDING STRUCK A STOPPED JEEP ON THE TRACK IN FORN OF THEM JERKING THE INJURED CAUSING PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
THE EMP. WAS CROSSING THE CONVEYOR BELT TO GET TOT HE SECTION POWER CENTER TO CHECK OUT A PROBLEM. AS HE CROSSED THE BELT WHICH WAS NOT RUNNING AND INSTEAD OF USING THE DESINATED CROSSOVER AT THE STAGE LOADER OR INSURING THE AT THE BELT COULD NOT BE INADVERTANTLY TURNED ON, THE BELT STARTED, CAUSING THE I NJ TO FALL AND TRAVEL ABOUT 180 FEET, SUSTAINING SEVERAL BRUISES AND