MINER HELPER WAS HANDLING CABLE WHEN APIECE OF HEAD COAL FELL BETWEEN BOLTS FROM A POCKET CAVITY IN ROOF. THE COAL SLAB WAS APPROX 10"T AND FELL ON MINERS ANKLE CAUSING A FRACTURE OF LEFT ANKL E.
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Showing 50 of 51EMPLOYEE WITH SORE KNEES FROM CRAWLING.
EMPLOYEE OFF COMPLAINING OF LOWER BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE LEFT KNE EREQUIRES ARTHOROSCOPY REPAIR FROM CRAWLING ON KNEES.
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS RUNNING SCOOP WHEN HE HIT A BUMP. THE SCOOP BOUNCED HIM AND BRUISED HIS TAILBONE.
EMPLOYEE HAD OT HAVE HERNIA OPERATION. NO EXACT TIME OF INJURY CAN BE STATED. WE ASSUMED IT WAS WORK RELATED AND DEVELOPED OVE RLONG PERIOD OF TIME.
ROOF FALL IN INACTIVE WORKS WAS DISCOVERED DURING WEEKLY EXAMINATIONS.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS SETTING BOLT WHEN PIECE OF DRAW SLATE 2' X 2' X 2' FELL FROM ROOK & STRUCK IN BACK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED [7' H X 40' X 20'] IN #1 HEADING INTERSECTION AT FACE AT 32ND BREAK ON #3 BELT.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ALONG THE #3 BELTLINE AT BREAK NO 11 IN THE INTERSECTION OF NO 4 HEADING.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS SETTING A ROOF BOLT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN BOLT HEAD & BOLTER HEAD WHILE HEAD WAS BEING RAISED
WHILE WORKING HE INJURED HIS BACK.
RUNNING BRIDGE CARRIER IN TIGHT SPACE AND CARRIER BUMPED HIS KNEE
LIFTING 2/0 HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE AND SUSTAINED LOWER BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICY SPOT MINE SURFACE OPENING AND HURT HIS BACK.
LAYING CINDER BLO CKS FORM BUILDING STOPPINGS
STEPPED ON ROCK TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
TURNING OVER A CABLE, IT WAS TWISTED UP. WHENEVER IT TURNED OVER THE PLUG CAME OVER ANDHIT THUMB.
HE WAS RIDING M5NTRIP WHEN THE JITNEY PASSED, CATCHING HIS LEG.
LAYING ACROSS B9IDGE WORKING ON MINER STARTED MINER AND BRIDGE CHAIN CAME ON.HIS HAT WAS IN BRIDGE CHAIN AND CAUGHT HIM AND PULLED HIM INTO CHUTE.
INJ OPERATING BRIDGES BEHIND MINER WHEN PIECE OF 2\\ DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN TIMBERS AND STRUCK EMPL IN BACK FX 4TH LUMBAR VERTEBRAE.
EMPL BUMPED RIGHT KNEE ON MINER ARM.
EE WAS RUNNING A SCOOP WHEN IT BEGAN TO BOUNCED UP & DOWN & HE HURT HIS BACK ON THE DECK ON WHICH HE WAS LAYING.
NO DEFINITE INJURY, GENERAL CRAWLING.
PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING COAL AT FACE
PITCHING CINDER BLOCKS ACROSS THE PANLINE AND GOT HIS THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN CINDER BLOCK AND PAN LINE.
HE WENT TO LIFT ON CABLE OF BELT AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS DRAGGING PANS AND INJURED HIS BACK.
HIT A STRUCTURE BOLT WITH HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE TRYING TO GOT OFF THE BELT
UNLOADING A MOTOR FROM THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN MOTOR AND TRUCK BED.
CINDER BLOCK FELL FROM A STACK AND HIT HIS FOOT
SETTING TIMBERS AND SOME HEAD COAL CAME DOWN ON HIS LEG.
LEFT KNEE IS SWOLLEN AND VERY TENDER FROM CRAWLING AROUND IN MINE
JACK PIPE KICKED OUT AND SMASHED FINGER ON BRIDGE ON 2 3 84 AND AGAIN ON 2 22 84
LINING UP A JACK TO PUT A PIN IN & CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE JACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF THE ENTRY WHEN SOME HEAD COAL FELL AND GOT INTO HIS EYE.
SETTING A JACK, BROKE THE HEAD COAL LOOSE AND IT CAME DOWN. SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR AND THE COAL.
STEPPED ON UNDERCAST AND SLIPPED EMPLOYEE WAS WALKINGON SECTION OF MINE WHEN HE STEPPED IN HOLE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS PREVIOUSLY OFFWORK DUE TO TENDERNESS OF HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS IS A REOCCURENCE OF THE SAME INJURY DUE TO CRAWLING.
WHILE PICKING UP A BUNDLE OF WEDGES HE FELT HIS BACK POP.
LIFTING CROSS BAR PULLED RIGHT SHOULDER
EE WAS HELPING CHANGE MOTOR ON MINER & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMP WAS TAKING ROCKDUST OFF BELT WHEN TURNING AROUND TO PUT ON ANOTHER FELT PAIN IN BACK
EMPLOYEE TOOK OFF WORK WITH SORE KNEES WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE CAUSE OF SORE KNEES HE HAD NO DIRECT EXPLANATION OF CAUSE KNEE TROUBLE
EMPLOYEE TOOK OFF WORK WITH SORE KNES WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT CAUSE OF SORE KNEES HE HAD NO DIRECT EXPLANATION OF CAUSE KNEE TROUBLE
EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRING SUPPLIES FROM #1 BELT TO #2 BELT HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND HIT LEFT KNEE ON PUMP
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS GETTING OFF BELTLINE WHEN HE BANGED LEFT KNEE
THROWING TIMBERS, TIMBER HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT KNEE.
THROWING BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS & GOT THUMB CAUGHT IN IT, TWISTING WRIST RIGHT ARM.