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SCRAPED HAND ON EDGE OF ELECTRICAL BOX WHILE PULLING TAPE OFF POWER CABLE.1 1/2\\ LACERATION ON BACK OF LEFT HAND.
MAN WAS HELPING ANOTHER MAN CUT 70# RAIL WITH AN ACETYLENE TORCH AND WHEN A 20 INCH LONG PIECE WAS CUT, HE WAS GOING TO SHOVE IT AWAY, BUT HIS OBODY WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
MAN SAYS HE HAD TAKEN A SHOWER DRESSED TO GO HOME AND WAS WALKING AT THE @REAR OF THE BATHHOUSE WHICH WAS UNLIT - AND STUMBLED OVER A PILE OF BOARDS THAT WERE STACKED ON A PALLET NEAR THE SID EWALK
MAN STATES THAT HE WAS DRIVING A JOY S/C IN THE SLOPE & HIT A HOLE IN T HE MINE FLOOR WHICH CAUSED THE BUGGY TO THROW HIM UP & INTO ROOF SUSTAINING A LOW BACK STRAIN.
ROOF FALL 6 FEET HIGH AND APPROX. 35 FEET IN LENGTH IN AN AREA THAT USED WOODEN CROSS BEAMS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORT. ROOF FALL OCCURRED APPROX. 50 FT INBY MINE PORTAL AND COVER IS LESS THAN 100 FT, BUT MINE ROOF IS A SHALE ROCK OVERLAIN WITH UNCONSOLIDATED GRAVEL. THER WAS NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE NOR INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FALL. ESCAPEWAY AND MAIN INTAKE IS BLOCKED BY FALL.
MAN WAS TRYING TO DRIVE A NAIL INTO A MINE TIMBER WHEN HE HIT THE NAIL A GLANCING BLOW CAUSING THE NAIL TO FLY UP AND STRIKE HIM IN THE CORNER OF THE RIGHT EYE
MAN WAS MOVING OXYGEN BOTTLES FROM A UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA TO THE WORK SITE WHEN THE BOTTLE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION THE MIDDLE JOINT
HE WAS WALKING OUT AOF ATHE MINE IN THE BELT SLOPE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
THIS MAN AND A CO-WORKER WERE INSTRUCT ED TO GO TO AN UNDERGROUND POWDER MAGAZINE AND OBTAIN EXPLOSIVES THE CO-WORKER ALLEDEGDLY KICKED UP DIRT INTO AIR STREAM WHERE IT ENTERED THIS MANS LEFT EYE
ADVANCE DEVELOPMENT WORK IN THE SLOPES IS THRU A FAULT AREA WHICH REQUIRES THE INJECTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM AND SETTING OF STEEL ARCHES MAN WAS WORKING ABOVE ARCHES BUILDING A CRIB WHEN THE ROOF SLOGHED OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD SHOULDERS AND LEFT FOOT
MAN STATES THAT HE WAS CARRYING THE FACE CONVEYOR CHAIN DOWN THE INCLINED FACE TO SHIELD 1-1 WHEN EH SLIPPED ON THE LOOSE COAL LYING ON T HE FACE CONVEYOR PANS AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK AS HE FELL
THIS MAN WAS ONE OF TWO MEN WHO WERE WORKING ON A WASH BOX IN THE PREPERATION PLANT THEY HAD DISMANTLED ONE OF THE PADDLES ANDWERE LIFTING IT UP AND OUT OF THE WASH BOX WHEN IT SLIPPED, FELL ANS STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST.