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EMPLOYEE REMOVING ROCK FROM FEEDER WHEN ROCK FELL OFF FEEDER GLANCING ACROSS EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.
EE REMOVING ROCK FROM THE FEEDER WITH A BAR. A ROCK SLIPPED OFF THE BAR AND FELL AGAINST E'S LEFG HAND AND THE SIDE OF THE FEEDER.
EMPLOYEE PUTTING BOLT IN MINE TOP WHEN ROCK SLIPPED BRUSHING BY EMPLOYEE'S LEFT SIDE.
EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. HAND WAS ON TOP OF DRILL STEEL WHEN ROCK FELL AND CAUGHT SIDE OF EE'S THUMB.
HE WAS LOADING ROCKDUST INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET (UNDEERGORUND0. WHEN HE TWISTED TO LOAD A BAG OF DUT, HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
HE WAS TRAMMING THE DRILL OUT OF #3 WHEN HE MASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE LEVERS AND THE ROOF.
HE WAS RIDING IN THE SCOOP BUCKET ON THE WAY OUTSIDE. THE SCOOP OPERATOR RAISED THE BUCKET TO GOTHRU A DIP. HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE BUCKET SO EE WAS MASHED AGAINST THE ROOF.
HE WAS STARTING THE ROOF BOLT INTO THE HOLE WHEN THE ROOF BOLT HOLE SURROUNDING ROCK FELL. IT STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD [BACK], BACK OF NECK, & SHOULDERS.
HE WAS PICKING ROCK OFF THE FEEDER, WHEN HE PULLED ONE ROCK HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
HE WAS BOLTING THE ROOF. HE REACHED ACROSS THE BOLTER FOR A BUNDLE OF PLATES. WHEN HE PICKED THEM UP & PULLED THEM BACK, HE STARTED HURTING.
HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. ON THE WAY IN TO THE SECTION HE SAID HE RAN OVER SOME THING WHICH CAUSED HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.
HE WAS MOVING A BEG PIECE OF ROCK WHEN IT SUDDENLY SLID OVER ONTO ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE 2 PIECES OF ROCK
ALLEDGED PNEUMOCONIOSIS
HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT AND THE RIB. IT STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER.
WE WERE STARTING TO ROLL UP A PIECE OF BELT WITH A BELT ROLLER WHEN THE LOOSE SLEEVE OF HIS COVERALLS CAUGHT ON THE PIN, TRAPPING HIS RIGHT ARM.
ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS USING A COAL LOADING SCOOP TO CLEAN THE RIB AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SCOOP LATERALLY BY USING HIS BUCKET AND HYDRAULICS IN DOING SO HE DISLODGED A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TOP WITH THE SCOOP STRIKING AND POSSIBLY INJURING VICTIM
ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS OPERATING A COAL SCOOP USED TO LOAD AND HAUL COAL ON THE SECTION WHEN HE APPARENTLY POSITIONED HIMSELF INBY PERMAMENT ROOF SUPPORT ROOF BOLTS AND WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROOF
HE WAS RUNNING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP VEHICLE WHEN IT BECAME DISABLED. HE THEN BOARDED A SCOOP GOING BY. HE WAS RIDING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND HIS FINGER SLIPPED UNDER BLADE OF SCOOP WHEN IT BOUNCED ON ROUGH ROAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS WIPING COAL FROM ROCK PREPARING TO BREAK IT AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE HAND.SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND SMASHED FIRST JOINT.
TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE ATTEMPTING TO CARRY A MOTOR BY PLACING A SLATE BAR, THROUGH LIFTING EYE OF MOTOR. I,NAME LET HIS SIDE OF BAR DOWN AND MOTOR SLID TO HIS SIDE AND BROKE HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE HAD CO4PLETED SHIFT AND WAS GREASING HIS FRONT END LOADER. WHILE GREASING THE ARMS OF THE LOADER HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
I NAME WAS OPER5TING A SCOOP AND WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE INTERSCTION OF #4 ENTRY HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE MINE ROOF AS THERE IS A ROLL IN THAT AREA OF THE MINE. HIS LEFT LEG WAS FORCED DOWNWARD3RESULTING IN A BROKEN ANKLE AND MINOR ABRASIONS TO LOWER LEG
HE WAS ROOF-BOL7ING OUT OF SEQUENCE.NO VISIBLE INJURY.COMPLAINED OF NUMB LEG.KEPT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.
SLIPPED AND FEL5 IN SCOOP BUCKET HE WAS CARRYING A GEAR THE GEAR CAME DOWN ON HIS HAND CUTTING THE HAND.
MWN WERE REMOVI3G BOLTS FROM ROOF IN PREPARAION FOR CREATING A BOOM HOLE IN DOING SO THE ROOF FELL STRIKING I.NAME ROCK WAS APPROX 4FT X 9 FT X 8 IN CAUSING A PELVIC FRACTURE TO I.NAME
MEN WERE REMOVI3G BOLTS FROM ROOF IN PREPARAION FOR CREATING A BOOM HOLE IN DOING SO THE ROOF FELL STRIKING I.NAME AND FRACTURING ONE TOE ROCK WAS APPROX 4 FT X 9 FT X 8 IN
SECTION WAS BEI3G DRIVING BETWEEN 2 FAULTS ONE SIDE WAS AGAINST SAND STONEER OTHER SIDE WAS PITCHING STEEPLY UPWARD 60IN BELTS WERE BEING USED THEY WERE TOURGOING IN RANGE ROOF ABOVE BELT ANCH ORAGE WAS 50FT3& SLICK SIDE
EMPLOYEES PREPA9ED TO BOLT ROOF BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS, LOOSE DRAW ROCK FELL INJURING THEM, I.NAMES BACK WAS INJURED FULL EXTENT OF INJURY NOT KNOWN
EMPLOYEES PREPA9ED TO BOLT ROOF BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS, I.NAMES BACK WAS INJURED. DR SAID HE EXPECTS FULL RECOVERY
ROOF FALL ON HEAD OF JOY CUTTING MACHINE ON PILLER LINE
FOSSILEZED TREE STUMPS AND COAL INCLUSIONS IN ROOF FELL TO LENGTH OF BOLTS WE CALLED ROOF CONTROL PEOPLE AND WE AGREED TO USE LONGER BOLTS