PUTTING MINER CABLE ON MINER ROOM CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN BOOM AND RIB.
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Showing 50 of 64EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING BITS IN MINER WITH HAMMER
BOLTING TOP ROCK FELL ON HEAD AND SHOULDER.
EE STATED HE WAS DRIVING CAR RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY THREW HEAD IN CANOPY CAUSING INJURY TO HEAD A NECK.
EMPL STATED HE WAS HANGING HIGH LINE, FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK.
EMPL STATED HE WAS MAKING BELT SPLICE WHEN BELT CLAMP SLIPPED BELT WENT BACK THROWING EMPL IN BELT STRUCTURE
EE STATED HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AROUND CORNER FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INBY 60' SPAD #3632 EXTENDING 390' LONG IN #2 ENTRY UNKNOWN THICKNESS.
EE STATED HE WAS REPLACING HOSE ON MINER HAD TO REMOVE GRUB RAIL GRUB RAIL FELL AND HIT EE RIGHT FOOT.
EE STATED HE WAS WALKING TO END OF TRACK RAN INTO ROOF BOLT THAT WAS HANGING DOWN.
COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A SETTLEMENT ON THIS CLAIM IN MY OFFICE ON 05-18-94.
#57 CROSS CUT ON TRACK. EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SENDING A PIECE OF RAIL. THE RAIL BROKE AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE STATED WHILE MOVING A STEEL RAIL EE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WORK BEING DONE 57 CROSS CUT ENTRACK.
FALL OCCURRED APPROX. 75' INBY SPAD #1885 #54,3,2. FALL MEASURED 325'WIDE, 15' HIGH, 20' WIDE. NO INJURIES OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS PASSING THROUGH STOPPING DOOR. HIS FEET SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING LEFT ELBOW ON GROUND.
ROCK SLID OFF OF ATRS OF LEE NORSE BOLTER AND STRUCK VICTIM ON LEFT ANKLE.
EMPL PULLING BELT BACK TOGETHER WITH RED DEVILS.EMPL FELT LOWER BACK PAIN. IS REOCCURRING INJURY 8-20-90. FIRST DAY OFF 12-15-92.
MAINS SECTION #1 ENTRY MAKING TURN ON SCOOP AND LAID HAND OVER SIDE AND CRUSHED 4 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.
WE WERE MINING #4 LIFT OUT OF #59 BLOCK ON THE MAINS SECTION WHEN THE TOP FELL ON THE OFF SIDE OF THE MINER UNABLING US TO BACK THE MINER OUT OF THE PILLAR LINE THE FALL WAS APPROX 20FT WIDE 5 0FT LONG 4FT HIGH NO INJURIES OCCURED
49550ROOF IN #4 ENTRY LAST OPEN CROSSCUT COLLAPSED FALLING ON INJURED.AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 5 FT ROOF BOLTS WHICH PULLED LOOSE ALLOWING ROCK TO FALL.
96660BOLT MACHINE FOR NEXT BOLT FOOT CAUGHT UNDER RF BOLTER
A ROCK 3 TO 6 THICK FELL FROM RIB STRUCK EE IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT FOOT EE WAS SAYING TIMBERS AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.
SCOOP WAS CLEANING UP BEHIND THE MINER AND THE MINER MAN WAS SETTING IN THE DECK WHEN A SCOOP FRAME UNDER MINER AND RAISED THE DECK UP OFF OF THE GROUND PUTTING THE OPR. INTO THE TOP.
INJURED EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE MOVING A ROOF JACK ON A MINER
INJURED WAS BENDING A BOLT ON A ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK
ROOF FALL NEAR 5 SEAL IN WEST MAINS 40X 23X 20 DEVELOPED WITH 30 INCH CENENTIONAL BOLTS.
INJURED WAS BENDING A BOLT ONA ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
LOADING ROCK DUST,STRAINED HIS BACK.
AT SPAD #2697 50FTX10FTX5FT THIS FALL WAS 5 BREAKS OUT BY 140 IN RETURN ENTRY IT WAS CAUSED BY A HORSEBACK MAY NOT BE CLEANED UP
#7 ENTRY ONE AND A HALF BREAKS OUTBY SPAD #179 HAS A FALL DUE TO A HUGE KETTLE BOTTOM.THE FALL IS APPROX 30' LONG 18' WIDE AND 6' HIGH.THE FALL IS APPROX 3500' FROM THE FACE AREA.
I NAME WAS HELPING ELECTRICIAN LIFT CRAWLER FOR MINER STRAINED LOWER BACK
I.NAME OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR TOO FAST FOR ROADWAY CONDITIONS.INJURED BACK BY STRIKING AGAINST DECK FRAME.
THE INTERSECTION ONE BREAK OUTBY SPAD #247 FELL IN DUE TO A HORE'S BACK. THE AREA WAS CRIBBED AND TIMBERED TO PREVENT RECURRENCE.
INJURED ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE MAKING A BELT SPLICE.
WHILE TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER THRU INTERSECTION SIMEE RABED UP AS WATER RAN INTO DECK HE LOST HIS BALANCE FELL THUS SMASHING HIS FINGER
HURT BOTH KNEES AND LEGS WHILE PLUGGING BATTERIES UP TO MANBUS. THE MANBUSSES DISCONNECT SWITCH WAS NOT DEACTIVATED THEREFORE CAUSING THE MANBUS TO ACTIVATE AND PIN THE INJURED UP AGAINST A BU ILDING.
PIECE OF METAL BOUNCED OFF CONCRETE AND STRUCK LEFT EYE OF INJURED WHILE CUTTING METAL.
MOVING WATER PUMP AT SPAD #218 AND TWISTED KNEE IN MUD AND WATER.
PILLAR FALL. UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL RESULTED IN THE CONTINUOUS JOY 14-5 MINR BEING ENTRAPPED UNDER A PILLAR FALL.
WHILE STOOPING UNDER A PUMP CABLE,INJURED ALLEGES HE HURT HIS BACK.
LOADING MATERIALS AND TOOLS TRUNED AROUND ON KNEE TWISTED L KNEE
ROOF FALL 18' X 5' TO 4' X UNDETERMINED LENGTH. 30" CONVENTIONAL BOLTS. #6 ENTRY OF 3RD LEFT OFF EAST MAINS- 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #2238.
WHILE INJURED WAS ROOFBOLTING, THE MASTER JACK FELL ON RIGHT FOOT.
WHILE INJURED WAS CARRYING BELT STRUCTURE, HE ALLEGES HE STRAINED.
WHILELOOKING UNDER A MOTOR WITH HAND ON BOTTOM, A 40 LB. RAIL FELL ON LEFT RING FINGER.
WHILE INJURED WAS PULLING ON PIPE, HE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
WHILE INJURED EE WAS RECOVERING BELT STRUCTURE, A WRENCH SLIPPED, INJURYING RIGHT HAND.
WHILE LIFTING TOOL BAG FROM A TOOL BOX,STRAINED LOWER LUMBAR.
ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND BRUISED NECK.
EE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN FLY PAD & INJURED HIS WRIST. HE HAD LIFTED FLY PAD WHILE TRAMMING SCOOP THRU IT.