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WAS IN FACE OF #5 ENTRY, ROCK FELL OFF MINER HIT ON TOP OF RIGHT HAND.
INJURED WAS PULLING MINER CABLE & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LOW BACK. ACCIDENT REPORTED 2/26/90.
LOST CONTROL OF 3 WHEELER & IT RAN ME UNDER BELT.
SERVICING ENDLOADER SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND.
PULLING MINER CABLE DURING MINER MOVE. LOWER BACK INJURY.
PULLING CABLES. HURTING IN LOWER ABDOMEN.
INJURED WAS GETTING OUT OF MANTRIP AND STEP OUT OF CAR AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG BREAKING IT.
CHANGING BELTS ON FAN MOTOR LOST BALANCE FELL FROM FAN HOUSE.
PULLING HYD HOSE THROUGH FRAME OF MINER AND HURT ELBOW.
LIFTING BUGGY TIRE STRAINED BACK
ROOF BOLTER WAS SCALING PIECE OF ROCK WHEN ANOTHER PIECE FELL BEHIND HIM & HIT HEAD & NECK.
WAS CHECKING LEAK ON STAB JACK ON 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER, AND OPEN LET DRILL HEAD DOWN ON HIS HAND.
INJURED ON OFFSIDE OF MINER MOVING PIECE OF ROCK.OPERATOR WASNT SURE HE WAS CLOSE TO MINER AND TRAMMED MINER BACK PINNING INJ RIGHT FOOT UNDER FRAME.
THE INJURED HAD REMOVED A BUGGY FLIGHT FROM THE SECTION FEEDER.HE HAD STARTED THE FEEDER TO CHECK IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS.HE HAD LEANED OVER LOOKING DOWN THE CHAIN WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYE E STARTED MOVING THE BUGGY UPON THE FEEDER TO DUMP HIS LOAD OF COAL.THE INJURED WAS UNAWARE OF HIS OPERATING THE BUGGY AND WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE BUGGY AND THE FEEDER.
WRENCH CAME OUT OF DRILL HEAD & STRUCK OPERATOR ABOVE LEFT EYE.
INJURED WAS HELPING ON MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND BOLTS BRUISING HOIS LOWER BACK AND LEGS
INJURED WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE HIT ROUGH SPOT IN ROADWAY INJURING HIS RIBS & BACK.
WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE, STRAINED LOWER BACK LEFT BREAK ON SPAD FINISHED OUT SHIFT.
INJURED WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR AND HIS MINE CAP GOT CAUGHT ON A ROOF BOLT PULLING HIM BACK OVER SHUTTLE CAR, PULLING HIS NECK AND LOWER BACK.
ELEC TAKING SMALL MOTOR HE WAS USING DURING SHFIT INSIDE ON MAIN HALLWAY.HITTING CHUG-HOLE IN ROAD WAS CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN AROUND AND HIT HAND.
PULLING CABLE IN LOW 36" TOP IN MUD & WATER.
HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO PUT ALL HIS WEIGHT AGAINST HIS KNEE.
LIFTING OXYGEN TANK
WHILE TRYING TO LOAD SCOOP WHEEL IN SIDE AT #3 DRIVE, STRAINED LOWER PART OF BACK.
HE WAS TAPING A CUT PLACE ON THE 21SC AT THE TIME WHILE I NAME OPER CAME AROUND THE BLOCK IN WHICH THE CABLE WAS BEING STRADDLE BY THE ELCT AND WAS THROUGH BY THE CABLE.
MOVING AROUND IN FACE AREA OF #2 HEADING ON HIS KNEES- TWISTING AN OLD INJURY IN HIS KNEE.
BACKING RAM CAR UNDER MINER JACKKNIFE CAR HAD HAND OUTSIDE OF DECK MASHED BETWEEN CAR & MOTOR
WHILE I.NAME TA5ING UP CENTERS NEAR FACE AREA OF #3 ENTRY HE BENT OVER IN BETWEEN 2 ROWS OF TIMBERS TO LAY GLOVES DOWN.WHILE BENT PIECE OF TOP FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD AND R IGHT CHEEK.ROCK3MEASURED 3'LONG X 1.5'WIDE.SEAM HEIGHT 32''.
SOMETHING IN RI1HT EYE.
EMPLOYEE LIFTING BELT ROPE UP ONTO BELT STAND BELT SLIPPED OFF JERKING EMPLOYEES ARM AND BACK EMPLOYEE FELL FORWARD HITTING RIBS ON STAND
EMPL JACKING SC WITH FEET ON BAR AND HIS BACK AGAINST TOP AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
TOOK HOLD OF GALIS CABLE AND GOT HOLD OF DAMAGED PLACE BURNED RT HAND
EMPLOYEE PULLING HARD ON BELT BACK WENT OUT
EMPLOYEE REMOVED GUARD FROM #2 BELTHEAD AND HIS CLOTHING GOT CAUGHT IN A ROLLER BEARING AND IT PULLED HIM INTO THE ROLLER AND FRAME
LIFTED DRILL POT TO A GALIS ROOF BOLTER
I.NAME WAS SAWING A TIMBER AND THE SAW JUMPED OUT OF THE TIMBER AND CUT LEFT INDES FINGER.
THE SECTION FOREMAN WAS INJURED BY THE OFF-STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR WHILE THE S.C. OPERATOR WAS DUMPING COAL ON THE FEEDER. THE FOREMAN FLAGGED THE S.C. TO STOP WHILE THE FOREMAN REMOVED A WATER H OSE CAUGHT IN THE FEEDER. THE S/C OPERATOR THOUGHT THE FOREMAN WAS CLEAR HE BACKED THE S/C ONTO THE FEEDER THOUGHT THE FOREMAN WHO RECEIVED 2 FRACTURED RIBS BY THE BOOM OF THE S/C