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INJURED WAS REM2VING BELT STRUCTURE AND STRAINED BACK.
ROADWAY WASS MUDDY ROOFBOLTER GOT STUCK IN BREAK BOLTER WAS PUSHED BY 482 S&S SCOOP.
A SLATE FALL BETWEEN 4PM 4-4-85 AND 6AM 4-5-85. THIS ONE WAS SUPPORTED WITH 4\ SAINT ANCHOR BOLTS. BOLTS TAKED-WE LAST KNE WHY THE FALL OCCURRED. THRU WAS NO DAMAGE ON TRAVEL.
WAS PULLING A 6X6 BEAM WITH END LOADER AND A 3 IN WATER LINE WAS COVERED WITH MUD AND BEAM CAUGHT ON WATER LINE SAID WATER LINE FLEW OUT AND CAUGHT THE INSIDE OF THE RIGHT KNEE
UNLOADING TIMBERS LIFTED ONE & IT WAS WET & SLIPPED HE SLIPPED.
INJURED WAS RIDING OUT ON MANTRIP STIKING HIS HEAD ON A LOW CROSSBAR CANOPY AT LEFT APENING.
INJURED WAS MOVING A BATTERY CHARGER.
ROCK FALL IN 3 & 4 ENTRY FIRST CROSS CUT OUT BY FACE SECTION HAS BEEN TEMPORY ABONDED LOST WORKIED.
MAN PULLING SLACK UP IN THE PINNER CABLE & WAS HIT BY PASSING SCOOP.
INJURED WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER WITH HAND RESTING ON HEAD. A PIECE OF SLATE FELL STRIKING MAN ON HAND BREAKING A BONE IN HAND..
ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE CARRYING TIMBERS. MAN FELL HURTING BACK.
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS LYING ON THE TAILPIECE EMP WAS STRETCHED OVER THE TAILPIECE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AND STOMACH AREA
MR. MULLING WAS BACKING 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER OUT OF PLACE WHEN HE BACKED OVER A TIMBER CAUSING MACHINE TO LUNGE BACKWARD. MULLINS WAS ON HIS KNEES, RIGHT HAND ON TRAM LEVERS. MACHINE PULLED CAUSING HIM TO PULL MUSCLES IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CATHEAD FOR A SCOOP IT GROUNDED OUT BURNING HIS HAND
OPERATING END LOADER,TRAMMING DOWN HILL ENGINE QUIT EMPL DITCHED END LOADER TO STOP WAS THROWN AGAINST ...FRAME KNOCKING LEFT CHEEK.
STUMBLED AND FELL ONTOP OF BELT ROLLER.CUT ARM REQ SIX STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WS PULLING MINER CABLE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK
THE EMPLOYER WAS CROSSING THE TAILPIECE AND FELL CATCHING HIS RIGHT LEG UNDER TAIL ROLLER ON TAILPIECE
BUILDING SHELVES IN OUTSIDE WAREHOUSE WHEN PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF HAMMER STRIKING IN NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON MINER A ROCK FELL AND SLABBED BACK STRIKING HIM ON BACK
PERSON WAS HANGING A CHECK CURTAIN AND A TRACTOR AND CAR BACKED THRU CURTAIN RUN OVER FOOT AND LEG THE MAN COMPLAINED OF A HURTING IN FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TIMBER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON MINE CABLE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BATTERY LID OUT OF MUD AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
GETTING READY TO HOOK UP MINER CABLE TO A 480 VOLT SWITCH BOX.EMPL HOLDING CABLE IN HANDS WHEN CABLE BECAME SHORT CIRCUITED,BURNING EMPL ARMS & HAND.
INJURED WAS OPERATING MINER - ROCK FELL AND BROKE BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING INJURED. BACK WAS STRAINED AND BRUISED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE RIBS IN THE FACE AREA WHEN A ROCK 24INX30INX4IN FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT KNEE THE BLOW OF THE ROCK AND THE WAY THE EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN THE SCOOP CAUS ED EMPLOYEES HIP TO BECOME DISLOCATED
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING RIBS IN FACE AREA. A ROCK 24" X 30" X 4" THICK CAUGHT EMPLOYEE ON THE KNEE WHILE HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. THE BLOW OF THE ROCK CAUSED EMPLOYEES HIP TO BECOME DISLOCATED
TOP FELL OUT 8 FT HIGH WHERE IT HAD BEEN PINNED WITH 5 FT PINS IT FELL THROUGH OUT THE INTERSECTION 20 FT X 25 FT