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BOLTER OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING HIS 3RD BOLT WHEN ROCK FELL AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT ANKLE.
LOW TOP EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CAN OF OIL WHENHE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
DUCK WALKING IN LOW COAL (38"). 2" WATER ON MINE FLOOR. TWISTED LEFT KNEE CONTINUED WORKING TO END OF SHIFT. ALSO WORKED NEXT DAY ENTIRE SHIFT WITH A LOT OF TENDERNESS. WENT TO ER TWO DAYS LA TER.
HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN CUTTER BAR AND BAR STOP BROKE ONE FINGER AND SMASHED TWO OTHERS.
MAN WENT TO PUT BELT BREAK IN. HE CLAIM TO HAVE HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF. THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN HEIGHT OF ROOF. ALSO THEREIN WAS NOTHING IN ROADWAY TO OF CAUSE THIS MAN CALLED IN NEXT DAY AND SAID HE WAS HURT AND NEVER LEFT INFO, DID NOT GET INFO UNTIL 4-22-95.
FELL AT BELT DRIVE & HIT HEAD NOT SURE IF TRIPPED OR SLID
PULLING ON MINER CABLE. FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
WAS REMOVING THREE FOOT DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE IN ROOF, STEEL FELL STRIKING RIGHT HAND.
SLIP IN TOP. WEAK SHALE TOP....NO INJURY.
EE WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT.
MAN WAS STANDING BESIDE ROCK DUSTER. WHEN SCOOP MAN WAS TRYING OUT MACHINE, LOOSE FITTING ON SCOOP SHOT OIL INTO MANS EYES.
WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING CUTTER PANEL CONTRACTOR OPENED CAUSING ELECTRICAL ARC BURNING HIS EYES.
TAKING ROCK OFF OF BELT ROCK CAUGHT FINGER AGAINST TOP ROLLED AND CUT THEM.
WAS DRILLING HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT STRIKING IN LOWER BACK. LOWER BACK WAS SCRATCHED.
BENDING BOLT AND SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN PINNER HEAD AND ROOF BOLT.
THE CUTTER HAD LEFT SOME BOTTOM COAL AND THE SCOOP THAT HE WAS RUNNING WAS TRYING TO SCRAP IT FROM THE BOTTOM.
A COAL BOTTOM WAS LEFT WHERE BREAK CUT THROUGH CREATING A BUMP
INTERSECTION GAVE WAY.
PULLING ON MINER CABLE STRAINED BACK.
USING KNIFE KNIFE CUT THRU AND CUT MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
VICTIM BUILT A PERMANENT STOPPING.WHILE WEDGING THE STOPPING VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO HIT A WEDGE WITH A HAMMER AND MISSED AND HIT HIS THUMB INSTEAD.
SITTING IN SCOOP DECK OBSERVING OTHER SCOOPS HAULING COAL WHEN PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL ON HEAD.
SCOOP OPERATOR PARKED SCOOP UNDER THE CUTTER'S CABLE BLOCKS. THE CUTTER OPERATOR TOOK UP HIS SLACK CABLE FASTER THAN NARMAL, JERKING HIS CABLE OFF THE CABLE HANGERS AND HITTING THE SCOOP OPER ATOR ON THE HEAD.
RF FALL POSS SLIP RF FALL IN 5 ENTRY 2 BKS OUTBY SPAD 3310
INTERSECTION ROOF FAILURE RESTRICTING FLOW OF INTAKE AIR.
ROOF FAILURE. DUE TO STRIKE, NO ONE WAS ABLE TO FIRE BOSS THE AREA.
ROOF FALL #3 FROM LAST OPEN TO BE FACE APPROX. %50 FEET LONG, 5 FEET HIGH, 18 FEET WIDE.