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BOLT BROKE IN LEVELING ARM ALLOWING ARM TO FALL.OPERATOR HAD HAND LAYING ON DRILL POT AND WHEN ARM HIT IT, IT CUT TIP OF FINGER OFF ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
CRAWLING AROUND ON MINE FLOOR ALONG BELT LINE WHEN KNEE POPPED.
EMPLOYEE TRAVELED THROUGH AN UNSUPPORTED AREA THAT WAS CUT THROUGH BY TH MINER APPROC 13 FT 6" IN LENGTH AND 10 FT WIDE AND WAS STRUCK BY ROCK THAT FELL WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA RESULTING IN HEAD & FACIAL INJURIES.
RAISED UP ON THREE-WHEELER TO GET OUT OF WATER AND GOT HEAD IN TOP - WENT TO SECTION - CONTINUED TO HAVE PAIN IN NECK AND BACK - WENT TO DOCTOR.
CLEANING COAL OFF OF BELT AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK SLUGED OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON BACK OF HEAD AND BACK PUSHING HIS FACE DOWN INTO THE BELT ROPES.
WHILE MAKING A BELT SPLICE ON #5 BELT EMPLOYEE TURNED TO GET PARTS FOR THE SPLICE AND CREALED HIS KNEE.
USING SLATE BAR MOVING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF OF MINER AND MASHED FINGER.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF SUPPORT A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN 2 ROOF BOLTS AND HIT INJURED ON BACK AND LEFT FOOT.
UNDER A MINER CABLE WITH A THREE-WHEELER. INJURED WAS RIDING AS A PASSENGER ON THE OFF-SIDE.THE THREE WHEELER WENT SIDE WAYS AND INJURED GOT CAUGHT BY THE MINER CABLE IT DRUG HIM OFF THE SIDE OF IT.
WHILE RUNNING A SCOOP. HE WAS CLEANING A PLACE WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM HURTING HIS RIBS AND LEFT ARM.
EE HAD GOT HURT AT ANOTHER MINE ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO LAKE ENERGY 3 WHEN HE CAME BACK TO WORK APROX. 1 YEAR LATER HE WAS STILL UNDER DR CARE HE WORKED APP 3 MTH AT THIS JOB. HE HAD DR APPT FOR JAN 20THE THE DR PULLED HIM BACKK OFF OF WORK THIS IS NOT A NEW ACCIDENT IT IS AN OLD INJURY TO WHICH HE WAS STILL UNDER DR CARE.
I NAME WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHEN A BUGGHY HOOKED WATER LINE & ALLEDGEDLY HURT HIS LEG HE WENT TO THE H OSPITAL & HAD IT CHECK HE NEVER MISSED WORK & THEN 1 MONTH LATER HE TELLS ME THAT HE WI LL BE HAVING SURGERY 01-27-92 THAT IS WHY THIS IS BEING SENT IN NO BECAUSE OF NO TREATMENT T ILL 01-27-92
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS A PIECE OF ROCK FELL IN FRONT OF THE ATRS & KICKED BACK & HIT I NAME I NAME ON LEG THROWING HIM INTO THE PIN MACHINE HURTING HIS LEG & ARM INSPECTOR WAS ON THE JOB WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED NO VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND