WHILE WALKING TO POWER BOX IN #5 ENTRY A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD. CUTTING HIM ON TEMPLE, TOOK HIM TO HOPSITAL HAD 5 STICHES PUT WHERE HE HAD A CUT ABOUT 1 " LONG.
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Showing all 44A SECTION OF ROCK 60' LONG, 18' WIDE GAVE WAY WHERE WE WENT UNDER A HOLLOW, FELL AND DESTROYED POWER BOX WE DANGER OF AND PULLED BACK.
WHILE PINNING THE #2 BREAK, THE 1ST BOLT IN THE PATTERN, THE LEFT RIB ROLLED OFF AND HIT THE ROOF BOLTER IN THE BACK.
FLAT ROCK STOPPED UP HOPPER OUTSIDE STACKER BELT EMPL ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE ROCK WITH ROOF BOLT WITH OUT FIRST STOPPING BLET. SPLICE IN BELT FOULED ROOF BOLT SLAMMING IT BACK INTO EMPLS HAND.
LEG WAS OUTSIDE3OF CANOPY WHEN ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND HIT RIGHT LEG ABOVE KNEE.EMPL NOT OPERATING PROPERLY WAS NOT INSIDE CANOPY PROVIDED FOR HIM ON MINER ON 001 SECTION.
THE INJURED WAS3CLEANING BELT SITTING IN A POSITION THAT ONE LEG WAS EXTENDED, A PIECE OF ROCK 5" X 8" X 1/2" FELL FROM THE TOP ON THE EXTENDED LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEECAP IT WAS SWOLLEN AND R ED THE SKIN WAS3NOT BROKE
INJURED WAS PUL5ING A OXYGEN & A CYETELEN CART INTO A SCOOP BLADE WITH ANOTHER MAN THE METAL BLADE IS SMOOTH & HART TO GET FOOTING THE MAN PULLED HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO KEEP HIS FOOTING
I.NAME WAS SENT3OUTSIDE TO GET BELT TOOLS WHEN HE GOT OUTSIDE HE STEP OUT OF THE MANTRIP HE TWISTED HIS FOOT
WE WERE MAKING 6ELT MOVE, PLACING TOP STRUCTURE ON THE ROPES WHEN STRUCTURE FELL AND HIT ON TOP OF HIS FOOT
I.NAME WAS STEE9ING HIS BUGGY WNEN HE HURT HIS BACK
I NAME WAS LIFT3NG A BARREL OF OIL OUT OF THE SCOOP WHEN I HURT LOWER PART OF MY BACK.
MANTRIP WAS GOI3G THROUGH THE FIRST AIR LOCK DOOR WHICH WAS NOT OPEN ALL THE WASY.THE DECK PART OF THE MAN TRIP CAUGHT THE DOOR AND PULLED IT INTO THE TRIP CATCHING THE VICTIM IN THE SIDE AND THE BACK. 3
WHILE HAULING R5IL TO 001 SEC. I.NAME AND I.NAME DERAILED THE RAIL CARS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RELOAD THE RAIL BACK ON RAILCARS I.NAME SLIPPED AND FELL
I.NAME OUTSIDE 4AN WENT INSIDE TO BRING OUT I.NAME-SICK.MOTOR PULLING AND FLAT CAR OUTSIDE WHERE CAR CAME LOOSE AND WENT BACK STRIKING MANTRIP.
I.NAME, TRUCK D9IVER WAS DESCENDING REFUSE PILE. HE SAID THAT HE LOST THE BRAKES ON HIS TRUCK. HE TRAVELED APPROX 50 YDS. STRIKING A DOZER THAT WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HIS HEAD STR UCK THE WINDSHI9LD BREAKING THE GLASS. HIS CHEST STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL. THE ROAD WAS DRY AND THE VISABILITY WAS GOOD
AN UNINTENTIONA5 ROOF FALL APPROX 600' FROM SURFACE IN #4 HEADING APPROX 3' THICK 50' LONG.
SPILLED FLOCC O3 FLOOR EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN FLOCC SLIPPED AND FELL HURT RT KNEE
IT APPEARS THAT3THE FAILURE IS DUE TO AN AREA OF LOW COVER IN A HOLLOW AREA FALL IS IN #1 ENTRIES
FAILURE DUE TO 5REA OF LOW COVER IN HOLLOW AREA.FALLS HAVE OCCURRED IN #4,5 & 7 ENTRIES IN IMMEDIATE FACES.ON #002 SECTION.
MOVING SAFETY JACK UP TO START ADDTL ROLL OF ROOF BOLTS SLAB OF ROCK 6\LONG X 4\WIDE X 8\\THICK FELL SLIDING DOWN ROOF JACK HITTING ROOF BOLTER HELPER ON RIGHT HIP PINNING HIM AGAINST BOTTOM.
EMP WAS STANDING IN ROADWAY WHILE CUTTING MACHINE CABLE WAS BEING TAKEN UP THE CABLE KNOCKED HIS FEET OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HURT HIS BACK
EMP WAS S SPLICING CABLE USING A KNIFE WHEN HE CUT HIS THUMB
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AS A SHOTFIRER, HE WAS LOADING #5 HEADING FOR BLASTING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND CUT HIS RIGHT HOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP WHEN THE MANTRIP JERKED IN BAD JOINT OF TRACK HURTING EMPLOYEES NECK EMPLOYEE DID NOT START MISSING WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY UNTIL 091283
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PUT A WRECKED MANTRIP BACK ON TRACK WHEN HIS FINGERS GOT CAAUGHT AGAINST TRACH
MOVING SUMP WATER PUMP-UNLOADING PUMP ONTO BELTLINE,INJURED HIS BACK.
APPROX 9000FT OUTBY THE WORKING SECTIONS IN THE 5 ENTRY THE SHALE ROOF FELL OUT FROM SLOPING SANDSTONE SIDES APPROX 3FTX70FTX18FT WITH NO DAMAGE DONE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADING MACHINE WHEN ROCK CAME THROUGH CANOPY AND HIT HIM IN THE STOMACH
OPERATING ROOFBOLTER ,INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS PUT ROOF BOLT UP AND WAS LETTING CANOPY DOWN WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT EMPL ON THE BACK.
REOCCURRING INJURY OF 122082 HOWELL STARTED MISSING WORK AGAIN ON 051683 DUE TO THIS OLD INJURY WHEN HE WAS OPERATING A ROOFBOLTER TRAMMING IT AND IT RAN OVER A ROICK AND THREW HIM OFF THE MAC HINE
EE WAS WORKING ON AC-LOADER PRYING WITH SLATE C'%'% BAR TRYING TO LINE POT UP TO GO INTO LOADER, WHEN HE INJURED BACK. EE DID NOT MISS WORK IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING INJURY-STARTED MISSING WORK O N 6-17-83 DUE TO THIS BACK INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUT JEEP BACK ON TRACK INSIDE MINE LIFTING ON JEEP TRYING TO PUT IT BACKON TRACK WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF HANDLE WHEN HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO LEFT RIB CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST COAL
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOFBOLTER WHEN RIB ROLL FELL OFF AND STRUCK HIM O N THE BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TIMBERS AND PLACING THEM DOWN BESIDE TRACK WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK
CLEANING DUST BAGS OUT ON ROOFBOLTER WHEN HE RAISED UP AND HIT NECK AGAINST HANGER IN ROOF.
WAS PUTTING LID COVER ON CX2 BATTERIES SLIPPED ON MUD, LID SLIP FORWARD ARENING BACK & LEFT LEG, TWISTED SHOULDER AND LEFT ARM.
LIFTING BELT, REINJURED BACK REOCCURRING INJURY.
EE WAS CLEANING R/R CAR CLIMBING OVER THE SIDE OF THE CAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL DOWN INTO THE CAR LANDING ON THE FLOOR OF THE CAR.
LIFTING 10 ROOF PLATES
PULLING CABLE WHEN IT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AND PULLED HIM OFF BALANCE CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS USING HAMMER TO BREAK ROCK IN FEEDER WHEN THE HAMMER STRUCK ROOF & A PIECE FO DRAW ROCK FELL CUTTING HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOFBOLTER, SETTING TEMPORARY SUPPORT JACKS UNDER ROOF, WHEN LARGE PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & HIT HIM.
WALKED TO #1 BELT TAILPIECE. STARTED PUMP TO PUMP WATER ACCUMULATION TO OUTSIDE. PUMP STOPPED, CUT OFF POWER LEADING TO PUMP. PICKED UP PUMP, EXTREME SHARP PAINS IN LOWER BACK, LEFT LEG OCCURR ED.