DRIVING SCOOP S5W PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FALLING AND DODGED IT IN SCOOP DECK AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK
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Showing all 18WHILE HITTING O3 CHISEL WITH HAMMER, PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO LEFT HAND.
THE SHOT FIRER 8ID NOT FAR ENOUGH IN THE CROSS GOT AWAY FROM PLACE BEING SHOT,BLOCK OF COAL BOUNCED & HIT HIM ON THE CHEEK & SHOULDER 3 STITCHES PUT IN CUT ON CHEEK.
LIFTING BOOM.LI0T JACK PISTON OFF OF CUTTING MACHINE.
I NAME WAS HELP3NG GET A CUTTER CHAIN FROM ON A JOY 16 CUTTING MACHINE I HAD MY HAND BETWEEN THE JACK AND THE FRAME OF THE CUTTING MACHUNE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVED THE JACK AND CAUGHT MY HAN D 3
ONE EMPLOYEE WA8 HOLDING A HAMMER AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING THE HAMMER WITH ANOTHER HAMMER
MAN WAS PINNING TOP . TRAMMED PINNER AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TRAM LEVER AND METAL.
THE EE MOVED A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK OUT OF THE ROADWAY & HURT BACK.
DRILLING COAL. STRAINED BACK WHILE DRILLING.
SCOOP DRIVER OVERCOME BY POWDER SMOKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTRACT BUCKET OF COAL FROM LEFT BREAK OF #5 HDG SCOOP CLIMBED UPON SOME LOOSE COAL AND WAS WEDGED BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM OF MINE AND COULDNT GET BACK TO FRESH AIR.
AUTHOR JENT, WHILE IN LOW COAL & IN THE KNEELING POSITION, BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX OF DUMMIES WHICH WEIGHTS APPROX. 20 LBS., & STRAINED HIS BACK.
PINNED HIMSELF AGAINST COAL RIB WITH ROOF BOLTING MACHINE
I NAME WAS IN RIGHT BREAK OF NO. 4 ENTRY POSITIONING THE WAGON DRILL TO START DRILLING COAL IN PROCESS OF POSITIONING DRILL HE HAD TO LIFT DRILL RESULTING IN BACK.
PULLING WAGON DRILL OUT OF HOLE THAT WAS DRILLAL LOWER BACK WAS PULLED AND STRAINED.
I NAME MOVED HIS SCOOP INTO #4 ENTRY AT FACE AND WAS COMING OUT OF #4 ENTRY WITH LOAD OF COAL WHEN LEFT KNEE CONTACTED THE TOP THE INJURY CAUSED A STRAINED KNEE PULLED TENDONS AND MUSCLES LOW COAL WAS THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THIS INJURY
HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE GETTING TO HIS KNEES IN MAN TRIP SCOOP BUCKET ENCOUNTERED LOWER THAN NORMAL CLEARANCE WHIEL STILL IN MOTION
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK FROM THE TAIL PIECE OF THE BELT CONVEYOR. HE HAD HIS HAND ON ONE PIECE OF ROCK AND ANOTHER PIECE CAME OFF OF THE SCOOP BUCKET AND HIT IT IS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND IT TOOK 8 STITICHES TO SWER IT UP.
DEFECTIVE CABLE ON POWER SIDE OF 6002 30 AMP SWITCH BOX EMP WAS INSTALLING A BATTERY CHARGER 44 V 3 PHASE MIDDLE FINGER KING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER WAS ELECTRICALLY BURNED WHEN POWER WAS APP APPLIED TO SWITCH BOX 2 PHASES CAME IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER