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EE PUTTING BELT ROLLERS IN SCOOPBUCKET WHEN THE EE OPERATING THE SCOOP LET BUCKET DOWN.
EE WAS IN PROCESS OF HOOKING A SCOOP TO ANOTHER SCOOP TO BE PULLED FROM MUD WHEN HIS LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SCOOPS.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CABLE. SCOOP OPERATOR DID NOT SEE WHICH HIT HIS LEG.
EE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM FEEDER WHEN HE DROPPED IT ON HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND #2 BELTHEAD DRIVE REPAIRING BROKEN BELT.BELT HEAD DRIVE WAS ENERGIZED THUS PULLING EMPLOYEE INTO POWER ROLLERS RESULTING IN EMPLOYEES FATAL INJURIES.
MAKING BELT SPLICE LET RED DEVIL OFF ONTO HIS FINGER.
EE WAS IN PROCESS OF HAULING COAL TO DUMP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING HIM ON THE NECK.
EE WAS PULLING CABLE IN MINE AND STRAINED HIS BACK & GROIN.
EE WAS OPERTAING SCOOP & RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSINGHIM TO HIT HIS BACK ON SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BELTLINE TO INSTALL BELT ROLLER CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE RAN INTO A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN HE HIT HIS NECK ON THE SCOOP.
ROOF BOLTER MAN WAS INSTALLING SECOND BOLT WHEN SOMETIME IN THIS LOWER STOMACH PULLED.
EE WAS LIFTING A ROCK OFF THE COAL FEEDER CAUSING HIM TO PULL A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS DRIVING SCOOP AND HOLDING HARD HAT ON HIS HEAD WITH HIS HAND AND HE SCRAPED HIS FINGER ON RIB.
EMPLOYEE WENT TO BATTERY STATION T O PUT SCOOP ON CHARGER & BECAME SICK
EMPLOYEE WENT TO BATTERY STATION TO PUT SCOOP ON CHARGE AND BECAME SICK.
EMPLOYEE GOT OFF SCOOP TO RESET BREAKER. SCOOP WAS PARKED ON HILL. THE BRAKE SLIPPED CAUSING SCOOP TO RUN OVER FOOT.
SETTING SPADS IN MINE - HEAD HIT ROOF AND ROOF BOLT WHILE RIDING MINE BUGGY.
EE HIT HIS HEAD ON CABLE HANGING FROM ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNROLLING CABLE FROM REEL OF ROOF BOLTER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPL CAUGHT HIS HARDHAT AGAINST THE ROOF PUSHINGHIS HEAD DOWN STRIKING THE SCOOP WITH HIS CHIN.
EMPLOYEE TR YED TO LIFT A ROCK THE PULLED HIS GROIN AREA CAUSING HIM SEVERE PAIN
HIT HIM SELF IN MOUTH WITH BIT WRENCH CHIPPING FRONT TOOTH KNOCKED 2 MORE LOOSE.
ROCK FALL INBY APPROX. 60' #1 ENTRY FROM SURFACE.
SCOOP OPER WAS SCRAPPING #10 ENTRY WHEN A PEACE OF DRAWROCK 1'THICK X 2'WIDE FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING DECK OF OPERATOR.CAUGHT HEAD BRUSED HEAD SLIGHTLY NO CUTS.
BUGGY HIT TOP, BACKED UP, DID NOT GET HEAD DOWN, FELL OFF BUGGY.
OPER FACE DRILL BACK ING IT UP CAUGHT R LOWER LEG BETWEEN DRILL AND COAL RIB BRUISING IT
THE SCOOP BAY TOUCHED THE TOP KNOCKING LOOSE A PIECE OF ROCK THAT FELL UPON THE SCOOP OPERATOR IT BEING EE.
TRYING TO LIFT ROCK STRAINED LOWER BACK
HE WAS BACKING UP A 3-WHEEL PERSONNEL CARRIER. EH FOULED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF.
EMPL LOADING MOTOR FROM FRONTENDLOADER BUCKET ONTO TRUCK WITH ELECTRIC WREATH?(WINCH) WHILE PULLING ON WENCH PIPE THE CABLE CAME UNHOOKED MASHING LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
ROOF FALL 30'X30'X42" IN #2 AND 3 HEADINGS.
HE WAS RIDING ON A 4 WHEEL PERSONNEL CARRIER AND HIS HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOP AND THE BUGGY.
HE WAS UP IN A PLACE TAMPING IT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST.
HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WITH HIS HEAD ON THE BACK REST WHEN HE RAN OVER A SCRAPING HIS HEAD HIT THE TOP.
HE WAS GOING UP IN A HEADING TO GET A LOAD OF COAL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD & CHEST.
EE WAS RIDING A THREE WHEEL BOSS CAYT AS A PASSENGER HE RAISED HIS ARM AGAINST THE ROOF AND HIS ARM WES BROKEN.
HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL HE WORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT.
HE WENT INTO THE PLACE TO BOLT IT.HE SET HIS ATRS AND WAS STARTING TO PUT UP HIS 1ST BOLT WHEN A ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL.(KETTLE BOTTOM).
THE DRILL MEN WERE ATTEMPTING TO HOLD THEIR CABLE, UP TO ALLOW THE CUTTING MACHINE TO PASS UNDER IT. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE OF THE CUTTER RAN UPON HIS FOOT FRACTURING IT.
HE WAS PICKING ROCK OUT OF STOCKPILE. SCOOP STOPPED. HE STEPPED IN FRONT OF SCOOP. SCOOP ROLLED FORWARD TRAPPING FOOT.
EE WAS WALKING BEHIND THE TAIL PIECE HE LOST HIS BLANCE AND STEPPED ONTO THE MOVING BELT WHICH PULLED HIS LEG UNDER THE ROLLER AND BROKE HIS LEG.
THE DUST COLLECTION HOSE STOPPED UP. THE OPERATOT LEANED UP OVER THE DRILL POT AND LIFT ARMS TO REACH THE HOSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNSTOP IT. HIS LEG OR HIP CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE LEVER WHICH R AISES THE DRILL POT, CRUSHING HIS HEAD AND CHEST AGAINST THE ROOF RESULTING IN THE INJURY.
COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN FOR WEEKS GOT SO BAD HE COULD NOT WORK
A FAULTY AREA OF ROOF CONCISTING OF SLATE WITH STREAKS OF SAND STTONE 18' WIDE AND 34' LONG BY3 4" TO 38" INCHES THICH FELL ON THE #4 BELT LINE. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH LONG ROOF BOLTS AND T IBERED AND CRIBBED. FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FALL WAS 12' INBY SPAD 369 IN#SHERIDAN
TRYED TO PASS BETWEEN SCOOP AND COAL RIB WAITED FOR SCOOP TO CLEAR, OPER TOOOK OFF CAUGHT HIM AGAINST THE RIB
THE MINERS LIGH7 WAS NOT FULLY CHARGED MAKING IT HARD FOR HIM TO SEE. HE REACHED UNDER THE BELT HEAD TO REMOVE LOOSE COAL WHICH HAD BUILT UP UNER IT WITHOUT STOPPING THE BELT. THE MOVING BELT CAUGHT THE MINE9S HAND MASHING TWO FINGERTS AGAINST THE LOAD ROLLER
SHOT WAS FIRED 5ND EMPLOYEE FAILED TO HEAR WARNING THE COAL FROM RIB FLEW OFF HITTING HIM IN THE FACE AND LEFT SIDE OF BODY
SCOOP MAKING MA3TRIP OUTSIDE AT QUITTING TIME HIT ROOF CAUSING ROCK TO FALL ON EMPLOYEES FOOT
CRAWLING AROUND3THE MINE & BUMPED KNEE ON A PIECE OF COAL CUAISNG IT TO BE BRUISED.