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EMPL BENT OVER TO MOVE CABLE ON CONTINUOUS MINER MACHINE ,A PIECE OF ROCK 3" THICK X 2'LONG X 1'WIDE WEIGHING 40 LB. FELL OFF RIB AND STRUCK EMPL ON BACK.
ROOF FALL OCC OVER WEEKEND 60' L OF SPAD #341 HEADING DROPPED AND PICKED UP 1 BREAK LENGTH INBY THE FALL NO INJURIES
EMPL OPERATING FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER.HE AND ANOTHER EMPL WERE PULLING DRAW ROCK.EMPL GOT LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN ATRS SYSTEM AND PIECE OF DRAW ROCK CAUSING INJURY TO SMALL FINGER LEFT HAND-BRO KEN FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERA TING A 21SC JOY SHUTTLE CAR WENT OVER A LOW SPOT & CLAIMED HE DEVELOPED LOWER STOMACH PAIN
THE INJURED A MINE ELECTRICIAN WAS OPERATING A 21SC SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE APPARENTLY RAISED HIS HEAD UP AND STUCK THE MINE ROOF.THE CAOL HEIGHT WAS APPROX 39" THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS INSPECTED AND E VERYTHING WAS IN WORKING ORDER.INJURED WAS TAKEN TO WILLIAMSON ARH FOR X-RAYS.
INJURED THE MINER OPERATOR BACKING THE 265 LEE NORSE MINER OUT OF WORKING FACE,WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX 2' X4' X5" FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM CAUSING NO SERIOUS IN JURY.
INRUSH OF WATER FROM GOB AREA
HAULING COAL JUMPED OUT OF GEAR ON INCLINE DRIVER JUMPED FROM TRUCK
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BEARING ON TAIL ROLLER(#3 TAIL PIECE) WAS HOLDING RATCHET ON BOLT WHEN BOLT FELL OUT PINNED EMPLOYEES LEFT AHND AGAINST BOTTOM CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT AHND-1ST FINGER AND 2ND FINGER RING FINGER-1ST FINGER CRUSHED LACERATIONS-2ND FINGER BROKEN AT END JOINT AND LACERATED.
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK STRUCK I.NAME LEFT FIBULA.ROCK 4-6 LBS.FOREMAN FIRST ONE TO HIM IN RETURN.MATTER SECOND EMT WAS ON SITE-EXAMINED HIM APPLIED PLASTIC BAG TO LEFT FIBULA.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 215C JOY SHUTTLE CAR TRANSPORTING COAL. SHUTTLE CAR EITHER HIT A PIECE OF COAL ON ROADWAY OR HIT A LOW PLACE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BE JOLTED FROM THE SEAT AND BACK DOWN THEREFORE CAUSING DAMAGE TO CARTILAGE AROUND RIBS - NO BROKEN BONES OR OTHER INJURIES. INJURY CAUSED SOLELY BY BODILY MOTION.
EMP WAS OPERATI3G SCOOP HE GOT THE SCOOP STUCK IN A LARGE WATER AND MUD HOLE ANOTHER SCOOP WAS BEING USED TO LIFT THE VICTIMS SCOOP OUT OF THE HOLE AS THE SCOOP WAS BEING LIFTED IT FELL TO T THE MINE FLOOR 7AUSING EMP TO BE JARRED INTO THE DECK OF SCOOP
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING ON THE BOLTING MACHINE USING TWO PIECES OF STEEL IN HIS TOP 10FT EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES WHILE ATTACHING A PIECE OF EXTENSION STEEL EMPLOYEES GLOVE WAS CAUGHT BETWEE N THE STEEL THE3OPERATOR NOT KNOWING HIS HELPERS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT APPLIED THE ROTATION PRESSURE THUS TWISTING ARM AROUND STEEL