EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UP HEADDRIVES BENT OVER AND COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN BACK UP.
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Showing all 16OPERATOR WAS PUMPING COAL OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR & GOT OUT TO TURN AROUND & TWISTED HIS BACK WHEN HE WENT TO GO GET BACK IN.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRILL A HOLE IN #3 ENTRY, THE OPERATOR POSITIONED HIMSELF IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WHEN THE DRILL POT WAS LOWERED, IT CAUGHT HIS RIGHT KNEE BETWEEN THE POT & THE BOTTOM.
WE WERE MINING UNDER A HOLLOW AND ENCOUNTERED ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS.ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS AND CRIBS WERE INSTALLED.THE MINE ROOF STARTED TAKING WEIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE ENRIES AND SWAG GED DOWN.AT THIS TIME WE PULLED THE EQUIPMENT OFF THE SECTION TO ANOTHER SECTION IN THE MINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BELT SRUCTURE. HE PULLED A MUSCLE.
EE LIFTED SOME BLOCK AND HURT HIS BACK.
HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP APPROX. 50 FT. FROM THE LOCATION OF A BLAST. HE EXPERIENCED A HEADACHE.
EMPLOYEE SAID HIS BACK JUST STARTED HURTING HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT.
ROOF BOLTER WAS BACKING UP, RAN OVER ROCK, HAD FOOT OFF PINNER AND MACHINE WENT UP AND CAME BACK DOWN ON LEFT FOOT.
CROSSING TAILPIECE HAD TEAR IN PANTS IN TEAR GOT CAUGHT ON BACK STOPPED WHEN WENT TO JERK IT LOOSE HE FELL ONTO BELTLINE.
STEPPING ACROSS TAILPIECE SLIPPED & FELL BACKWARD HIT LUMP OF COAL WHEN HE FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELT LINE WITH A RED DEVIL. THE HANDLE SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.
PICKED UP ROOF BOLTS AND PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.
EMPL STATED THAT THE CUTTING MACHINE CABLE WAS LYING IN ROADWAY AND THE REEL WAS NOT TAKING IT UP HE GOT OFF THE MACHINE TO PULL IT OUT OF ROADWAY AND IN THE PROCESS HE CLAIMS HE PULLED SOMETH ING IN HIS BACK
EMPL WAS PULLING FEEDER CABLER & PULLED BACK.
MINER WAS PULLING ROCK OFF BELT LINE & MASHED MIDDLE FINGER