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EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A SPLICE IN THE BELT WITHA RED DEVIL AND GOT HIS RIGHT THUMB CAUHGT IN THE RED DEVIL AND MASHING IT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING ON THE LOADER WHEN THE LOADER BOOM STARTED UP AND A ROCK FLEW UP FROM THE BOOM HITTING THE COVER ON THE LOADER THEN BOUNCING OFF AND STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE O N THE RIGHT HIP AND LEG.
EE WAS OPERATING A 14BU10 LOADER WHEN THE RIB ROLLED AND PINNED EE UNDER THE CANOPY ON THE LOADER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING A SCOOP & STARTED TO T URN THE SCOOP AROUND & HIT A LOW SPOT IN THE ROOF OF THE MINE CAUSING HIM T O GET HIS HEAD MASHED BETWEEN T HE SCOOP & ROOF OF THE MI NE
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD HOLD OF THE CUTTING MACHINE CABLE AND THE LOADER OPERATOR MOVED HIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT NOT SEEING HIM AND IT CAUSED THE CABLE TO JERK FROM HIM HURTING HIS RIGHT SHO ULDER.
EMPL RUNNING ROOF BOLTER AND ROCK FELL ON LEFT HAND SMASHING MIDDLE FINGER.
TAMPING HOLES FOR POWDER REACHED BEHIND HIS GET DUMMY ROOF FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS HITTING HIM AND RIDING HIM TO MINE FLOOR
EMPLOYEE WAS BOSSING ON THE SECTION AND HAD JUST FINISHED WORKING ON HTE LOADING MACHINE AND WAS GOING TO THE FEEDER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK WITH SEVERE CHEST PAIN CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO HIS KNEES AND BECOMING NAUSEATED.HE THEN WENT TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE MINE AND ON TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS PUSHING SCOOP BATTERIES FROM SCOOP & SLIPPED IN MUD & PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK.
EMPL ROCK DUSTING FROM SCOOP AND IT MUST HAVE HIT LOW SPOT IN ROOF OF MINE TRAPPING HEAD,NECK & SHOULDERS BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROOF OF MINE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP & RAN OVER A ROCK OR SOMETHING WITH THE SCOOP & IT JARRED THE SCOOP CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK
PULLING ON CUTTING MACHINE CABLE, PULLED MUSCLESNIN BACK AND SHOULDERS
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING HIS LOADER WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF OF MINE STRIKING HIM IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD.
HELLPING SHOT FIRER CHECK HIS SHOOTING CABLE BECAUSE EXPLOSIVES WOULD NOT GO OFF
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TAPPING THE ROOF FOR SHOT FIRING WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE WALL OF THE MINE AND PINNED HIM TO THE FLOOR OF THE MINE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ROCK DUSTING AND FELL, HIS LEFT HAND GOING INTO THE AUGER AND CRUSHING THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STTED THAT HE WAS PUSHING ON A ROOF BOLT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS RUNNING A SCOOP AND RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROAD AND STOVED HIS HEAD UP INTO THE CANOPY ON TOP OF SCOOP
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS RUNNING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL HURTING HIS RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BO5TING TOP WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM WHERE JACK WAS SET MASHING EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEN ROCK & PINNER HEAD
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS RUNNING A PINNER AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL MASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN A ROCK AND TRAM LEVER SPLITTING IT OPEN.(LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND)
EMP WAS CHANGIN1 BATTERY OUT OF A SCOOP AND GOT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND BATTERY RESULTING IN CRUSHING IT
EE HAD PULLED I3 PLACE SET HIS JACKS & BEGIN TO DRILL TO SET HIS BOLTS & APPARENTLY THE VIBRATION CAUSED THE ROCK TO FALL. ROCK FELL ON EES RIGHT ARM BRUISING ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A ROCK FELL AND CUT HIS LEFT ARM.
I,NAME WAS DRIV3NG THE 74 TRACTOR WITH AN EMPTY CAR, LEAVING THE DUMPING POINT AND PULLING THE EJECTOR BACK ON THE CAR ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE MINER OR LOADING POINT, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A VERY LOW POI3T IN THE TOP, DRIVING HIS HEAD DOWN ON HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING ON THE SCOOP AND WHEN HE GOT OFF OF THE SCOOP HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
CHANGING PUSHOU7 CAR OFF TRACTOR,GOT RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN COUPLING PIN AND BUMPER OF TRACTOR RESULTED IN LACERATIONS OF HAND.
EMPL SHOVELING 7OAL FROM AROUND BELT AND WALKED OVER TO HEAD DRIVE AND FELL OVER FEEDER CABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TAILPIECE OF # 1 BELTLINE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE SAID H9 WAS WATCHING THE TAIL PIECE AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HE JUMPED ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE PINNER.
TRAVELING ON MAIN LINE, A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND PINNED OPERATOR IN SCOOP DECK.
PULLING A #4 BELT LINE LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATED.
ROOFBOLT OPERATOR WAS BENDING A 48IN CONVENTIONAL BOLT AND RUPTURED HIMSELF
THE INJURED WAS LOADING COAL OUT OF #2 LEFT ENTRY, ON A RETURN TRIP TO THE FACE OF #2 LEFT A PEICE OF DRAW SLATE APPROX 3 1/2" TO 4" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF BOLTS APPROX 22\ OUTBY LAST ROW OF PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT FALLING INTO THE SCOOP DECK HITTING THELEG OF INJURY
THE VICTIM WAS SITTING IN FIRST CROSSCUT IN THE #1 ENTRY ON THE FIRST LEFT SECTION 60\ INBY SPAD #67. THE ROOF IN INTERSECTION FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE OF THE ROOF BOLTS RENDERING FATAL INJUR IES TO HIM.
EMP WAS BREAKING ROCK OFF OF GOOSE NECK FEEDER WHICH FEEDS COAL TO BELT LINE SECERED RDT INDEX FINGER BY LUMP OF COAL HITTING DOWN ON SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK OFF GOOSE NECK FEEDER