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EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS MOVING HYD. PUMP TO PUT OIL IN SHUTTLE CAR, HURT LOWER BACK.
EE SAID HE WAS HELPING UNLOAD 2 FEEDER SPEED REDUCER AND FELT BURNING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS OPERATING MINER IT THREW HIM UP AGAINST TOP HURT HIS NECK & BACK.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS BUILDING CRIBS 2 BRAKES INBY #2 TAILPIECE, BETWEEN SPAD #375 & 388. HE WAS BREAKING A HALF HEADER AND HIS LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND HIT A ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PINNING TOP IN #2 FACE, SAID HE WAS BENDING ROOF BOLT HURT LOWER BACK AND RIGHT GROIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER, BENT DOWN TO PUT ROOF BOLT IN AND RIGHT KNEE GAVE OUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP, HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY BOUNCED UP & DOWN IN DECK AND BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM AROUND #4 BELTHEAD WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK BETWEEN SHOULDERS. HE ALSO HYPEREXTENDED RING FINGER LEFT HAND. (THE BACK INJURY IS A RECURRING INJURY)
EMPLOYEE WAS REBUILDING A MINER HEAD, OUTSIDE, STARTED TO FEEL CATCH IN LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT FILL OUT ACCIDENT REPORT AT TIME OF INJURY. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 09/17/92. RECURRING INJURY FROM 1974.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE #6 ENTRY WITH S& S SCOOP RAN OVER A ROCK JAMMED HEAD AGAINST TOP.
AN UNENTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURED ACROSS FROM PSAD 485 IN 5 ENTRY 72X20X25 RETURN SIDE 1 BRK OUTBY WORKING FACE.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL AT SPAD 387 EXTENDING 40' OUTBY SPAD.42" X 16'WIDE X 40'LONG.INTAKE SIDE BETWEEN #4 & #5 ENTRIES ON PHASE 5. DOESNT AFFECT AIR.WAS DEVELOPED 12-91.
UNTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED 2 BRKS INBY SPAD 460 IN #5 ENTRY MAIN HDGS ON RETURN SIDE OF MAIN HDGS.MEASURED 48" X 17'WIDE X 22'LONG. FALL IS TO LEFT OF WORKING AREA. NOT NECESSARY TO CLEAN UP -DEVELOPING PHASE #2. FALL IS ON INTAKE SIDE OF PHASE #2.
AN UNENTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY CROSS CUT SPAD #414 MEASURING 45INX22FTLONGX28FTWIDE FALL WAS OUT BY WORKING AREA APPROX 1,000FT IN ISOLATED AREA NEUTRAL AREA
UNINTENTIONAL ROOFFALL OCCURRED IN #7 ENTRY BETWEEN 2 INTERSECTIONS,75'INBY SPAD 385 MEASURING 45" X 18' X 40'. OLD WORKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING TRAILING CABLES TO THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE & TWISTED HIS LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM A TRANSTER POINT AND SLIPPED AND FELL.
LOADING TIMBERS TWISTED L KNEE
WHILE BOLTING IN THE #1 ENTRY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK (SLATE) FELL AND STRUCK THE INJURED ON THE BACK AND LEFT FOOT.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 48"X20'X60' OCCURED INT EH #3 INTAK ENTRY STARTING 40' OUTBY SPAD #330.
PC OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRUCK BOTH HANDS
EMPL WAS PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY STRAINING LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS WATERING BATTERIES LID.ON BATTERY BOX FELL STRIKING INJURED ON RIGHT AHND HITTING THIRS AND FOURTH FINGERS.
REMOVING PC OF DRAW ROCK FROM WATER LINE IT BROKE HEAD STRUCK ROOF
THE INJURED RAN OVER A HYDRAULIC OIL BUCKET LEFT INT HE ROADWAY AND WHEN THE BUCKE TBURST OIL AND DIRT SPLASHED INTO HIS EYE.
PUTTING FLUID IN SHUT CAR, CAME IN CONTACT WITH HEATED SURFACE IGNITED BURNS TO FACE AND EYES
THE INJURED CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE BENDING A ROOF BOLT.DIAGNOSED AS ARTHRITIS ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSIS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED UNTIL 12-30-90 ACCIDENT WAS THEN REPORTED.
THE INJURED FIRST CLAIMED TO HAVE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE GOT OUT OF MAN TRIP. HE DID NOT CEASE WORK UNTIL 6-28-90. INJURED TOLD DOCTOR HE WAS PULLING CABLE AND HURT BACK. THIS IS T HE THIRD REOCURRENCE OF THE SAME INJURY.
THE INJURED STRUCK HIS LEFT WRIST ON THE MINER CABLE STAND OFF ARM WHILE REMOVING CABLE FROM THE BACK OF THE MINER.
EMPLOYEE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING AN 8IN SOLID CINDER BLOCK HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A STOPPING
HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HANDS-OFF STEEL BRACKET AND TOP.
HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HANDS OF STEEL BRACKET AND TOP.
THE EMPLOYEE CL5IMS TO HAVE BRUISED HIS KNEES WHILE CRAWLING
RAY MORGAN WAS DOWN IN A DIP TAKING CENTERS THOMAS CHRISTIAN DRIVING 21 SC CAME UP OVER HUMP COULD NOT SEE RAYMOND MORGAN DOWN IN THE DIP
MOVING GALAS CABLE AND PIN-MAN TURNED CABLE REEL ON AND IT JERKED HAND INTO ROOF BOLT PLATE
HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL AND HIT HIM.
HE WAS CLEANING THE RIBS WITH A SCOOP AND THE SCOOP JACK KNIFED AND CAUGHT HIM AGAINST THE RIB
HE WAS WATCHING THE LOADING MACHINE LOAD OUT A CUT TO SEE HOW IT WAS SHOT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL OUT BETWEEEN 2 ROFO BOLTS AND IT HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND LACERATIN OF LEFT HAND