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EE was at section feeder running rock through feeder when he attempted to hit steel bar to activate e-stop. The steel bar slid out by and did not hit e-stop. EE hit e-stop cable which caused a rock to flip over and pinned his hand and cut it.
EE was running #3 shuttle car ran over ledge in bottom turning right handed toward feeder. His head jerked back and rammed head into canopy. Has pain in neck and down right side of body.
EE was cleaning #3 Roadway with scoop cut his head on back of scoop deck in low top.
Employee was between #3 and #4 entries, 1 break outby. S/C came through flypad and hit employee's ride, knocking it into him.
The diesel mantrip was traveling into the mine with the crew aboard. It fell off the rail jarring the employee who complained with pain in his lower back.
Loading shuttle car in #2 entry. S/C operator turned around in seat, miner operator pushed s/c causing his head to hit the mine roof.
EE was operating shuttle care, turning from #4 entry toward #3. Hit a hole, throwing him into the roof.
Got scoop deck into rib, pushing coal in deck on him.
EE was operating scoop and hit a bump, bounced up and when he came back down in seat, he hurt his lower back (tailbone).
While riding to section on Battery Powered ride, man was riding backwards and not looking where he was going. Struck his hardhat on a roof bolt, causing pains to right side of head and neck.
Hit the panic bar and was not ready for it to be shot and got turned around and sprained wrist.
Hit a bump in roadway or off set, hurt his back about mid way.
EE was complaining of lower back pain at start of shift. By 6 PM he stated that he could not run shuttle car any longer due to pain and asked to be brought outside.
Tramming shuttle car - got into rib - caught caplight against rib, jerking his belt tight into stomach.
Injured was traveling the intake escapeway on rubber-tired mantrip. Trip hit a rock and bounced. Injured said he felt pain in lower back (report 2 days late).
EE was backing mantrip in shop. He did not see injured and injured did not see him backing. Struck him in the right leg.
Running S/car hit bump jam neck into canopy
The #1 mantrip was parked at end of track where men had unloaded. The park brake leaked off. The #1 mantrip ran app 800' down track rounding a curve where it met #3 mantrip traveling toward section with a crew of men. The mantrips struck each other. The impact caused a whiplash effect on men riding in #3 causing neck and back pain.
The #1 mantrip was parked at end of track where men had unloaded. The park brake leaked off. The #1 mantrip ran app 800' down track rounding a curve where it met #3 mantrip traveling toward section with a crew of men. The mantrips struck each other. The impact caused a whiplash effect on men riding in #3 causing neck and back pain.
The #1 mantrip was parked at end of track where men had unloaded. The park brake leaked off. The #1 mantrip ran app 800' down track rounding a curve where it met #3 mantrip traveling toward section with a crew of men. The mantrips struck each other. The impact caused a whiplash effect on men riding in #3 causing neck and back pain.
The #1 mantrip was parked at end of track where men had unloaded. The park brake leaked off. The #1 mantrip ran app 800' down track rounding a curve where it met #3 mantrip traveling toward section with a crew of men. The mantrips struck each other. The impact caused a whiplash effect on men riding in #3 causing neck and back pain.
WHILE RIDING MANTRIP, EMPLOYEE WAS FACING OTHER WAY THAN TRAVEL WHEN HE TURNED AROUND HIS HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH OVERCAST, LACERATION OF FOREHEAD.
Employee was operating a scoop on the roadway on 1st right parallel with A belt and hit a hole in the roadway. He jammed his head and neck into the canopy, having pain in neck on the right side.
EE WAS GOING INSIDE IN MANTRIP AND BRAKES FAILED. EE JUMPED OUT OF RIDE, JAMMED LT KNEE AND LT HIP WHEN EE HIT BOTTOM. HAD SORENESS BELOW RT KNEE WHERE IT HIT MANTRIP. EE STATED HAVING MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIP AND LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE BACK END OF A MANTRIP AND DIDN'T GET DOWN LOW ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH THE DOORS AND HIT HIS HEAD ON DOOR FRAMING AND WAS PULLED OUT OF MANTRIP. POSSIBLE BROKEN NOSE, CUT ON UPPER LEFT SIDE OF LIP AND RED SWOLLEN SPOT ON CHEEK BONE BELOW LEFT EYE. FOUR BREAKS INBY #3 HEAD ON TRACK ENTRY AT AIRLOCK DOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING MINE SITE AND WAS TRAVELING ON HAUL ROAD. HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE, STRUCK LEFT SIDE FRONT FENDER INTO HILLSIDE AND VEERED RIGHT ACROSS ROAD RUNNING VEHICLE OVER THE EMBANKMENT INTO A TREE. EMPLOYEE WAS OFF DUTY - LEAVING WORK.
Ee was tramming shuttle car and bottomed out in a hole injuring his back - went to hospital after work - diagnosed with bruised spine and pulled muscles.
EE WAS SCOOP #9 ENTRY AND WAS HAULING VENTILATION BOARDS ON TOP OF SCOOP AND BACKED INTO RIB. BOARD CAME INTO SCOOP SEAT STRIKING HIM ON HIS HARD HAT. INJURING HIS NECK. EE COMPLAINED OF NECK PAIN. WAS TRANSPORTED TO GENERAL HOSPITAL.
SCOOP OPERATOR ROOFED HIMSELF WHILE CLEANING SECTION. SWOLLEN SPOT ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD. TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. EE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED SHORTLY AFTER EXAM.
WHILE USING SCOOP TO HOLD DOWN ON BELT DRIVE, THE BUCKET OF SCOOP SLID OFF OF BELT DRIVE CAUSING THE EE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE BACK OF THE OPERATORS DECK.
EE WAS PLASTERING A STOPPING BETWEEN #6 AND #7 ENTRY, SPAD 1479-1980. SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR MADE A WRONG TURN FROM HIS ROADWAY HITTING THE INJURED EE WITH THE SHUTTLE CAR AND PUSHED HIM THRU ST OPPING. THE INJURED EE WAS SUFFERING WITH BRUISED LEFT LEG FROM ANKLE TO HIS PELVIS AREA TO HIS WAIST. CINDER BLOCK STRUCK EE ON SHIN & ANKLS AND THE SHUTTLE CAR HAD HIS BODY TWISTED AS HE WE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING #1 MANTRIP WITH HIS LEFT LEG CROSSED UNDER HIS RIGHT LEG AND HANGING OUTSIDE THE MANTRIP AND AS HE TRAMMED OUTSIDE HIS LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MANTRIP AND HALFHEADERS THAT WERE PILED BETWEEN THE BELT AND TRACK.
LOWER TOTAL HEIGHT IN #3 ENTRY. SCOOP OPERATOR CAUGHT HIS HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF.
RAN OVER ROCK WITH SCOOP IN ROADWAY ON 3 BELT. EE SAID HE STOVED HIS NECK, AGGRIVATING AN OLD INJURY.
EEW WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP, RAISED UP AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF MINE, INJURING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING BOOM OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HIS RIGHT FINGER WENT DOWN BETWEEN 2 LEVERS, HE JERKED HIS HAND AWAY AND CUT BOTH SIDES OF FINGER ON THE COTTER KEYS THAT HOLD THE LEVERS IN PLACE.
TRANSPORTING 2 MEN AND OVERLOADED MAC 8 (PERSONEL CARRIER) UP HILL WHEN AXLE STRIPPED CAUSING IT TO ROLL BACKWARDS HITTING RIB. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINING OF BACK, RIBS HIP.
OPERATING RAILRUNNER-WAS LOOKING DOWN. WHEN HE RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A CABLE GOING ACROSS ENTRY. HE HAS PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES & NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS.
EE WAS HELPING THE MINER OPERATOR MOVE THE MINER CABLE. WHEN THE NEXT BUGGY APPROACHED, IT STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT LEG.
SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY TWISTED/RETATED DOWN FROM IT'S POJECTION AND PINCHED HIS HEAD AND NECK AGAINST THE DECK OF THE SHUTTLE CAR. 2 BOLTS HAD BEEN REMOVED TO ALLOW CANOPY TO BE ROTATED DURING M OVING OF EQUIPMENT FROM ONE SECTION TO ANOTHER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE SCOOP WHEN IT DRIFTED, STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOOT & FRACTURING IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A SCOOP FROM THE END OF THE TRACK ON THE 3 SOUTH SECTION. HIS JACKET HOOD OR PART OF HIS JACKET CAUGHT ON A ROOF BOLT OR POSSIBLY A PLATE, PULLING HIM OUT OF THE SCOOP D ECK.
EMPOYEE WAS OPERATING S-CAR ON AN INCLUDED RD-WAY. S CAR SLID DOWN HILL INTO RIB, EMPLOYEE HAD ARM STRUCK AND STRUCK AGAINST RIB WITH ELBOW. SLIGHT ABRASIONS AND SWELLING OF ELBOW.
WHILE RIDING ON A DEMASCUS 3 WHEEL MANTRIP, OPERATOR LOST CONTROL WHEN HE TRIED TO BACK INTO A XCUT ON A STEEP GRAD, UPSETTING THE MANTRIP.
WHILE OPERATING DEMASCUS 3 WHEEL MANTRIP, ATTEMPTED TO BACK INTO A XCUT ON A STEEP GRADE WHEN THE REAR OF MANTRIP STRUK THE RIB AND UPSET THE MANTRIP.
WHILE MAKING A BELT MOVE, BELT HAD BEEN SLACKED OFF & CLAMPED OFF. EMPLOYEE GOT BETWEEN THE TOP & BOTTOM BELT, TRYING TO PULL A SPLICE ON THE BOTTOM BELT. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ON BELT, BELT SL IPPED THROUGH CLAMPS FLIPPING EMPLOYEE AGAINST BELT STANDS, HURTING HIS BACK.
WHILE OPERATING SCOOP AROUND A TURN HE HAD HIS LEFT ARM AND HAND OUTSIDE OF DECK HOLDING ONTO RUBBER STEP THAT IS MOUNTED ON DECK END OF SCOOP. WHEN EMPLOYEE PUSHED LEVER FOR SCOOP TO MAKE A R IGHT TURN, BATTERY END OF SCOOP COMES AROUND ANDHITS UP AGAINST RUBBER STOP THAT HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON, MASHING TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND.
EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP IN LOW COAL, LESS THAN 42" HIGH, NO CANOPY ON SCOOP. WHILE PASSING THROUGH UNDER A MINER CABLE THAT WAS HUNG FROM MINE ROOF, EE GOT HIS HEAD PUSHED BACK BY THE CABLE C AUSING PAIN IN NECK.
EE WAS HOLDING A ROCK DUSTING HOSE WHILE ROCK DUSTING STANDING IN FRONT OF SCOOP. SCOOP WAS BACKING THRU A FLY CURTAIN AND NOTICED THIS BREAK THRU WAS BLOCKED BY ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPEMTN. SC OOP OPERATOR THEN POST SCOOP IN FORWARD TRAM POSITION AND TRAMMED FORWARD SEVERAL FEET. INJURED EE DID NOT KNEW THIS AND KEPT WALKING BACKWARDS WHILE DUSTING. SCOOP BLADE HIT INJURED EE OR BA