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EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS WAY OUT OF MINE AT END OF SHIFT. HIS HAND WAS RESTING ON SAFETY POST OF JEEP. AN OBSTACLE IN ROADWAY WAS HIT BY JEEP TRAPPING HIS HAND BETWEEN SAFETY POST AND TOP OF MINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT AND TWISTED KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING NEAR STACKER BELT WHEN APICE OF COAL OR ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE SHOULDER.
OPERATING CUTTING MACHINE WHEN BLOCK OF COAL FLEW FROM UNDER MACHINE STRIKING HIS HAND.
STEPPED INTO BOTTOM OF JEEP AND SLIPPED ONWET BOTTON, EMPLOYEE FELL DOWN HITTING HIS BACK AGAINST JEEP BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A JEEP PAN ONT HE WAY OUTSIDE WHEN JEEP STRUCK THE RIB KNOCKING HIM I NTO JEEP PAN HEAD FIRST.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING INTO RAMP DRIVING JEEP KNOCKED OUT STOP ON THE DOOR & WENT THROUGH A DOOR
EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTENING A ROOF BOLT TO INSTALL IN ROOF BOLT SLIPPED AND JERKED HIS RT SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT SURFACE WITH A HOIST LIFTING A MINING JEEP BUCKET THE HOIST SLIPPED DROPPING BUCKET ON H IS FOOT
GLOVE WAS CAUGHT ON ROOF BOLT TORQUE WRENCH, WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS TORQUING A BOLT. WHEN HE HIT THE ROTATION LEVER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON WAY OUT OF MINE WHEN A PARTICLE STRUCK HIS RIGHT EYE, CAUSING AN ABRASION.
EMPLOYEE PERFOR4ING REGULAR DUTIES WHEN A PIECE OF COAL LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.
HIGH WALL OF #23ENTRY FELL ROCK AS 16'WIDE X 1-48''THICK X 6'LONG AND BLOCKED ENTRY.
EMP WAS DRIVING3A JEEP WHEN HE HIT A BLOCK OF COAL AND THE STEERING WHEEL FLEW OUT OF HIS HAND. CAUSING HIS RT HAND TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND JEEP
EMPLOYEE WAS BE3DING ROOF BOLT WHEN HAND SLIPPED AND HAND HIT PLATE. CUTTING KNUCKLES ON RIGHT HAND WENT TO DR AND HAD 5 STICHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING WIRE BASKET FROM PUMP AND STUCK IT IN HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS MU7KING BELT LINE WHEN HE TRAINED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG HAMMER ON A BELT SPLICE WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING WHEN A FRAGMENT OF A BOLT MACHINE BIT STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING COAL WHEN PIECE OF COAL HIT RT EYE
EMPL BENDING ROOF BOLT HURT HIS BACK.
EMPL BACKING OU7 OF FRESH CUT OF COAL WHEN HIS JEEP HIT A BLOCK OF COAL IN ROADWAY WHICH BOUNCED HIM INTO ROOF HITTING HIS KNEE ON THE TOP.
EE WAS DRILLING3WHEN HAND SLIPPED & STRUCK THE SIDE OF STARTING BOX OF DRILL.
EMPLOYEE BUMPED3ELBOW ON BOLT MACHINE.
ROCK FALL AT 1S7 X-CUT IN ROADWAY E ENTRY #3 INTO #2 BELTLINE E ENTRY FROM 36" THICK 6' WIDE TO 34' LONG.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE LIFTED A POT FOR A CUTTING MACHINE BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
BET CLAMP SLIPP9D AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOREARM WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES-NO LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING IN JEEP BUCKET WHEN IT WENT THRU A CURTAIN MADE OF BELT. HE RAISED UP WHEN JEEP SLOWED DOWN,CURTAIN CAUGHT EMPLOYEE BEHIND NECK AND BENT HIS BODY.
HEAD OF BOLT MA7HINE CAME DOWN AND CAUGHT LEFT ARM.
EE PULLING DRIL5 FROM FACE OF COAL NECK BEGAN TO HURT.
EE WAS CRAWLING3& CAUGHT A PIECE OF COAL UNDER KNEE PAD.
EMP WAS PICKING3ROCK WHEN A BLOCK OF COAL ROLLED DOWN AND HIT HIM ON THE FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING LOAD COAL DRILL IN JEEP BUCKET WHEN HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BUCKET & DRILL
EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING MUCK ON BELT, WHEN SHOVEL GOT HUNG ON BELT CATCHING ARM BETWEEN TOP AND BELT.
EE WAS DRILLING3VOAL WITH WHEEL TYPE COAL DRILL WHEN LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF LEFT FOREARM WAS CAUGHT BY DRILL BARRELL & WAS CUT.
A JEEP USED TO 3HAUL COAL TO LOADING POINT RAN OVER A PIECE OF COAL CAUSING IT TO BUST & HIT VICTIM IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A SCOOP OF COAL TO THE UNDERGROUND DUMPING POINT WHEN SCOOP BUCKET STRUCK SIDE OF RAMP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN FORWARD BRUISING HIS RT SHOULDER ON THE SCOOP DECK
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN DECK OF SCOOP WAITING FOR ANOTHER SCOOP TO PASS WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE IN 2X1X2 FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER, BRUSIN G LEFT SIDE OF NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MESCHER MINE SCOOP WHEN HIS RT KNEE BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE JEEP DECK AND BRAKE PEDAL CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SPRAIN RT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MESCHER SCOOP WHEN FRONT TIRES RAN OVER LOOSE ROCK IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING STEERING WHEEL AT THE TIME, AND THE SPINNING MOTIO N CAUSED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER TO BE SPRAINED.
ROOF FALL ON RETURN SIDE TRAVELWAY 250 FT INBY THE FAN UNINTENTIONAL FALL 18 FT WIDE X 20 FT LONG X 20 IN THICK
BLASTING CREW WERE SHOTTING ABREAK THROUGH. COAL FROM THE BLAST TRAVELED THREE BREAKS (-180\) STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT LEG BELWO THE KNEE, FRACTURE TO BONE BELWO KNEE.