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EMPLOYEE STUCK HIS HAND BETWEEN TOP & BOTTOM MOVING BELT TO TURN A ROLLER THE BELT WAS NOT IN CONTACT WITH & A LOAD CAME ALONG PUTTING THE BELT IN CONTACT WITH THE ROLLER & BRUISED HIS HAND
TWISTED KNEE WHILE DUCKWALKING.
CRAWLING
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS APPLYING ROCK DUST TO A SLICK SECTION OF ROADWAY WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING TO MUCH WEIGHT ON HIS KNEE THUIS DISTENDING HIS KNEE
HE WAS WORKING ON A S&S TRACTOR THAT WOULDNT TRAM HE HAD WORKED ON IT ALL DAY & COULDNT GET IT TO DO ANYTHING HE WAS TROUBLESHOTT ING THE PANEL WHEN HE PUSHED A CONVEYOR IN & IT JUMPED BACKWAR DS & HIT HIS LEG HE WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND BEHIND IT
EE WAS WORKING ON A 3 WHEELER WHEN HE BUMPED SOMETHING. THE 3 WHEELER STARTED BACKWARDS, THREW HIM OFF & HE HIT HIS RIBS ON THE 3 WHEELER, OR BRIDGE RAILING.
EE WAS CRAWLING UP THE BELT LINE WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND DOWN HIS FINGER FOLDED BACK AND POPPED HIS NUCKLE OUT OF PLACE.
EE HAS BAD KNEES. HE WAS CRAWLING & HIS KNEE STARTED HURTING.
INJURED WAS ROLLING OUT A ROLL OF BELT IN 92 AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 6-93 AND WORKED 2 DAYS AND HIS BACK STARTED HURTING AGAIN. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF AN INJURY THA T HAPPENED AT PHENIX RESCOUSES STONE RUN #6 MINE.
INJURED WAS RUNNING A WILCOX BOLTER & HURT HIS BACK WHILE BENDING BOLTS.
HE WAS CRAWLING UP THE BELT ENTRY AND A NAIL WAS STICKING THROUGH THE BELT AND IT WENT THROUGH HIS KNEE.
EE WAS USING A HAMMER WORKING ON A MINER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF HE HAMMER IT HIT HIM IN THE HAND. HE HAD STITCHES BY A PHYSICIAN BUT NO WORK TIME WAS LOST.
HURT HIS BACK IN JANUARY CHANGING A SPEED REDUCER AND DIDN'T REPORT IT UNTIL MAY 17. SAID HE HURT IT PULLING A CABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A 480 S&S SCOOP IN 30" OF COAL AND RAISED HIS HEAD UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP, AND STRAINED HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A TRUCK LOAD OF ROCK DUST (60LBS BAGS) & STRAINED HIS BACK
MIDDLE BRIDGE WAS AROUND INBY CORNER OF BLOCK OUT OF VIEW OF BACK BRIDGE OPERATOR. BACK BRIDEGE OPERATOR GOT OUT OF HIS DECK AND WAS SHOVELING. MIDDLE BRIDGE STARTED MOVING UP WHICH CAUSED BAC K BRIDGE TO BEGIN TO SWIVEL. BACK BRIDGE OPERATOR TRIED TO REENTER HIS DECK AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DECK AND RIB.
8 INCH WATER LINE BUSTED AND WATER ACCUMELATED IN INTAKE BELT ENTRY AND RETURN.
EE WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON A 86 S&S SCOOP. HE HAD HIS HAND LAYING ON SCOOP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIS FINGER.
WHILE REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR CUTTING AND BREAKING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
WENT TO ANSWER MINE PHONE AND TWISTED BACK.
EE WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD LOADING DISC OUT OF SUPPLY TRAILER AND CAUGHT TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN TRAILER AND DISC.
IMPROPER BODY POSITIONING.
WHILE DRIVING THE SCOOP, BOTH LEGS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE SCOOP, CAUSING SPRAIN AND CONTUSION OF LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP A RESIN ROOF BOLT.HE PUT HIS AHND ON THE ROOF BOLT AS IT WAS SPINNING AND THE BOLT GRABBED HIS GLOVE AND JERKED HIS HAND.
GETTING OUT OF SCOOP IN LOW COAL CAUGHT KNEE ON BACK REST AND TWISTED KNEE.
AS RESULT OF EXTENSIVE CRAWLING ON KEES CARTLIDGE UNDER KNEECAP WAS DAMAGED.
WHILE OPERATING SCOOP, OPERATOR LEANED OVER IN SCOOP DECK TO PICK UP METHANE SPOTTER, IT HIT A BUMP IN ROADWAY AND HIS HEAD HIT THE ROOF. EMPLOYEE FINISHED SHIFT AND WORKED NEXT TWO SHIFTS, TH EN HIS NECK BECAME STIFF OVER THE WEEKEND. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 4-15-91 AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE FRACTURED NECK.
ROOF FALL MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 75' LONG BY 18' WIDE BY 4 1/2' THICK.LOCATED IN THE ROADWAY SIX CROSSCUTS INBY THE PORTALS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 3-WHEELER WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FELL ACROSS THE CONTACTOR AND CAUSED THE 3-WHEELER TO RUN OVER HIS ANKLE.
TOP STANDING ADJACENT BLOCK PULLED BROKE LOOSE CATCHING CONT MINER
EE PLACE HIS HAND BETWEEN TRACTOR FRAME AND TRAILER OF RAM CAR ANY STEERED IT TOGETHER MASHING HIS HAND CUT MUSCLE BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER NO BROKEN BONES.
SNOW HAD FALLEN DURING NIGHT CAUSING ICY SLICK CONDITIONS. EMPL SLIPPED ON ROADWAY & FELL.
I.NAME HURT HIS BACK ON 8-11 WHILE HELPING PUT IN BELT NEVER TOLD ANYONE UNTIL 9-11.