EE WAS RUNNING MINER FROM REMOTE BOX AND PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND NECK.
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Showing all 31EE WAS OPERATING A MULE IN LOW TOP AND GOT HIS LEFT SHOULDER IN THE TOP AND CUT IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDIGN DRILL STEEL FOR ROOF BOLTER AND GLOVECAUGHT ON DRILL STEEL TWISTING HIS HAND.
HIT HEAD ON TOP WHILE OPERATING S & S 484 SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WEAR STRIP ON MINER AND BURNED EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TRAILER BOX ON COAL TRUCK HINGE PIN AND HOIST PIN WAS REMOVED. BED BOX SHIFTED AND CUT TIP OF FINGER OFF. NO BONE LOSS PER PHONE CALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING PULL ROPE ON MINER CABLE PULLING SLACK OUT OF MINER CABLE ROPE SLIPPED & HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN MINER CABLE & PULL ROPE
EE WAS HITTING CHISEL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND MISSED HITTING LEFT HAND AND WRIST.
EE WAS LIFTING ROOF BOLTS FROM MULE TO ROOF BOLTER AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK DID NOT FEEL BAD PAINS UNTIL NEXT DAY.
EE WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A BUMP. IT THREW HIM UP AGAINST THE TOP AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING ROOF BOLT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES IN BOTTOM. DRILL BIT HUND & CAUGHT ELBOW AGAINST RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING WIRE ROPE OUT OF HANGERS WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN LOWER BACK.
ROCKFALL AROUND 6' HIGH INBY 20' LONG BY 20' WIDE OUT FROM FACE ABOUT 300 FT.
WHILE DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE HIT A BUMP & BRUISED GROIN AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO WIRE UP A BATTERY CHARGER WHICH SOMETHING FLEW ACROSS SHOP FROM WHERE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING & WENT IN HIS LEFT EYE
CARRYING CONCRETE FORMS, EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ACROSS A DITCH, RECEIVING FORMS FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND STANDING THEM IN A LINE DOWN A DIRT BANK. EMPLOYEE BEGAN RECEIVING SEVERE SHARP PAINS I N LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING CRIB BLOCKS OVER TO BELT LINE TO BUILD CRIBS AND PULLED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING ROOF BOLT PLATES FROM SCOOP. ONE FLIPPED UP HITTING HIM ACROSS NOSE.
EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BUTTOCKS WHILE DRIVING THE SHUTTLE CAR BY BOUNCING UP AND DOWN ON THE SHUTTLE CAR SEAT
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING ROOF BOLT IN TOP & STRAIGHTENING BOLT OUT WHEN BOLT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & EMPLOYEE TWISTED BACK.
ROCK FALL ON FIRST RIGHT OFF MAINS IN #4 TRACK ENTRY, 50 FEET INBY SPAD #C9163. FALL MEASURED 20' X 20' X 5' THICK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING FOOT SHAFT IN MINER LIFTING SHAFT WITH A SLATE BAR. THE SLATE BAR SLIPPED & PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.
WAS STRAIGHTENING OUT ROOF BOLT AFTER PUTTING IN HOLE, AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EE WAS HOOKING PULL CHAIN ON SHUTTLE CAR AND THEY MOVED IT AND IT CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING MINER CABLE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM AND RIB ROLL FELL OFF AND HIT HIS HAND (RIGHT) AND CUT HIS LITTLE AND RING FINGER.
HE WAS HANGING 1/0 MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WAS SHOVELING UNDER BELT DRIVE AND HAD SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF BACK.
WAS GETTING A PIECE OF ROCK OUT OF CONVEYOR ON MINER & HURT HIS LOWER BACK. HAPPENED AT #2 ENTRY
HE WAS IN THE P9OCESS OF TRYING TO THROW A SWITCH AT RAIL SIDING WHEN HE PULLED UP ON THE SWITCH, HE STRAINED HIS UPPER BACK.
A PIECE OF METAL ENTERED EYE WHILE WELDING