PRYING ON PADDL9 OF ROCK DUSTER TO GET NAIL THAT WEDGED IN UNIT WITH ROOF BOLT & FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK.
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Showing all 34EMPLOYEE TRAMMI3G MBC FROM #2 ENTRY AND WHILE DOING SO MACHINE PIVOTED AND CANOPY STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HEAD
EMPLOYEE TRAMMI3G MBC FROM FACE OF #2 ENTRY WHILE TRAMMING MACHINE RAN CRAWLER TRACK OVER TOES OF RIGHT FOOT THIS CAUSED SEVERE CRUSHING OF TOES RESULTING IN AMPUTATION IN HOSPITAL
EMPLOYEE HANGIN1 LINE BRATTICE AND TANGLED HIS FOOT IN THE BRATTICE AND CABLE WHEN HE WENT TO MOVE HE TWISTED KNEE
EMPLOYEE HELPIN1 DRIVE BEARING OFF OF ROLLERS AND WHILE POUNDING ON BEARING ROLLER CAME LOOSE AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN FOOT
EMPLOYEE WORKIN1 ON MBC AND RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO LEFT EYE WHILE WELDING THEN ON 8-17-87 EMPLOYEE DROPPED TOOL AND DIRT SPLASHED IN LEFT EYE CAUSING DISCOMFORT
EMPLOYEE CRAWLI3G DURING WORK PERFORMANCE FROM ONE ENTRY TO ANOTHER AND FELT PAIN IN KNEE IT BEGAN TO SWELL AND PAIN WENT DOWN LEG
TIGHTENING BOLT8 ON FEEDER AND WRENCH SLIPPED,CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HAND AGAINST FRAME WORK.
EMPLOYEE WORKIN1 AS MINER HELPER AND WHILE CRAWLING ALONG ENTRY FELT PAIN IN KNEE WHICH GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE DURING SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE PREPAR3NG TO MOVE MINER CABLE AND WHILE HOOKING CABLE ON TRACTOR GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND JEEP.
EMPLOYEE CRAWLI3G DURING SHIFT AND FELT PAIN IN KNEE PAIN BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WITH SOME SWELLING.
CHANGING GATHER3NG HEAD MOTOR ON C MINER AND FELT SOMETHING IN ABCK. GAVE NO PROBLEM AT TIME BUT PAIN STARTED AND GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.
OPERATOR WAS MI3ING BOX CUT OF #5 ENTRY AND HAD MINED APPROX.15 FEET WHEN WATER WAS ENCOUNTERED.ALL MEN IMMEDIATELY LEFT AREA.POWER TO MINE WAS THROWN.SUPT.,SAFETY DIRECTOR,MASTER MECHANIC AND ENGINEER CALLE8 AND INVESTIGATED OCCURANCE AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS ONCE PROBLEM WAS CONFIRMED.
EMPLOYEE BUILDI3G STOPPING & WHILE BREAKING CEMENT BLOCK, A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL SPALLED FROM HIS HAMMER, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE THUMB.
EE WENT TO CROS8 OVER MINER CABLE & WHILE DOING SO PULLED RIGTH KNEE.
EMPLOYEE BOLTIN1 FACE OF ENTRY & WHILE TIGHTENING BOLT GLOVE CAUGHT IN DRILL STEEL DISLOCATING LITTLE FINGER
MOONTIME VICE O3 REAR END GATGE OF SERVICE TRUCK I WAS DRILLING A 1/2IN HOLE IN THE METAL OF THE END GATE WHEN THE DRILL BIT STOCK IN METAL SPINING DRILL OUT OF MY HANDS & BURNED & TURNED AROU ND & STRUCK MY 5EFT HAND ON KNICKLE
EE BOLTING X-CU7 4-5 WHIEL GETTING POSITIONED FOR NEXT BOLT. AREA STARTED PEELING SO HE WAS BARRING LOOSE MATERIAL & A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM IN-BETWEEN THE BOLTS & STRUCK HIM ON HIS ANKLE.
EE HELPING TO D9ILL SHOT HOLES & WHILE HOISTING STEEL FROM RACK TO PLACE ON CHUCK DRILL STEEL SWUNG & CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN STEEL & FRAME OF MAST.
EMPLOYEE SICK A7 HIS STOMACH PARKED MACHINE AND WALKED OUT ONTO DECK THEN ONTO BATTERY DECK HE TRIED TO THROW UP AND PASSED OUT FALLING TO GROUND APPROX 5 FT
EMPLOYEE TIGHTE3ING DRIVE CHAIN ON LEE NORSE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE ROOF B2LTING AND WHILE POSITIONING MACHINE TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE GREASI3G 637 GOOSENECK AND BENT DOWN TO GREASE FITTING AND WHEN HE STOOD UP AND FELT SOMETHING SNAP
EMPLOYEE GETTIN1 OUT OF D-9 DOZER AND STRUCK ELBOW AGAINST DOOR AND IT SWELLED
EMPL BUILDING U3DERCAST AND SOLID BLOCK FELL STRIKING RING FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
EMP CLIMBING LA8DER AT STACKER ON 500 JOB AND FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TIWST BACK WHEN TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF
EMPLOYEE PLACIN1 FLAGS OUT FOR DRILLING HOLES FOR EXPLORATION AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK HE SLIPPED ON ICE HITTING RT WRIST AGAINST DOOR OF TRUCK
EMPLOYEE HELPIN1 TO UNLOAD 7200 CABLE AND STRUCK KNEE AGAINST SKID
EMPLOYEE WTOPPED IN FRONT OF POWER CENTER, FAILED TO DISENGAGE THE PANIC BAR, AND AS HE PROCEEDED TO WALK AWAY FROM THE LONG AIRDOX THREE WHEELER, IT COASTED FORWARD STRIKING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING BESIDE THE HEAD OF THE MINER AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW WITH A GLANCING BLOW ON ONE OF THE BIT.
EE WAS CRAWLING THRU AN INTERSECTION WHEN HE STRUCK A DAMAGED ROOF BOLT BEARING PLATE WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY HIT BY THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE C/M. THIS BEARING PLATE HAD A SHARP PIECE OF METAL PRO TRUDING & LACERATED THE EES SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE RADIATOR OF A D-9 DOZER, #90V7355. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO CLEAN OUT CAKED DIRT AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT 5TH FINGER ON A BOLT STUD CAUSING A LAC ERATION ON THE POSTERIOR DISTAL SURFACE.
EMP WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AWAY FROM AUGER MACHINE WHEN PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 1X6X4 FELL 10FT STRIKING EMP WITH GLANCING BLOW TO LOWER LEFT BACK EMP WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS EXAMINE BY DR MI-LLER AND RELEASED
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTOCAB OF 920 LOADER, WHILE CLOSING THE DOOR CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR AND ITS JAM MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT THROUGH THE NAIL TO THE BONE-NO FRACTURE-REQUIRED NO STITCHES BUT DRESSING.