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EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER BY REMOTE. HE WAS STANDING ON RT SIDE AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MINING MACHINE. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK HAD PREVIOUSLY FALLEN ONTO TOP OF MINER. AS EMPLOYE E OPERATED MINER THE DRAW ROCK VIBRATED OFF MACHINE STRIKING OPERATOR.
EMP WAS RUNNING SCOOP. HAD BACKED UP AND WAS WAITING ON OTHER SCOOP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK, ABOUT 2' ROUND AND 3" THICK, FELL ON HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAWK BULL KNIFE TO CUT CABLE FOR ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE CUT FINGER.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE STEEL LID ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS THUMB BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE LID AND THE ROOF BOLTER FRAME.
EE WAS CARRYING MUD IN A FIVE GALLON BUCKET AWAY FROM #3 BELT HEAD WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRING BELT SPLICING MATERIALS FROM ONE AIRCOURSEE TO ANOTHER THRU A MAN DOOR. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING THESE MATERIALS TO FIRST EMPLOYEE, SECOND EMPLOYEE THREW A BEL T BAR TO FIRST EMPLOYEE STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD.
WHILE WALKING AWAY FROM MINE TWISTED KNEE AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN CUTTING CONVEYOR WITH BELT CUTTER WHEN HIS FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH BLADE INSIDE BELT CUTTER CHANNEL.
EE WAS HELPING MOVE POWER CENTER EE STEP ON HILINE CABLE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELT DRIVE BELT SCRAPER,EMPLOYEE HAD LEFT HAND BETWEEN BELT SCRAPER FRAME AND BELT HEAD DRIVE FRAME. THE BELT SCRAPER FRAME FELL WHEN EMP LOOSENED BOLTS ANCHORING SCRAP ER TO BELT DRIVE CAUSING HAND TO GET CAUGHT.
2 EMPLOYEES LIFTED AN ELECTRIC WELDER ONTO AN UNDERGROUND MANTRIP. APPROXIMATELY 2 HRS LATER ONE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LEG.
ROCK BECAME LODGED UNDER CONVEYOR CHAIN, WITH BOOM UP, SWUNG TO RIGHT POSTION. FORCED CONVEYOR CHAIN FROM UNDER HOLD DOWN PLATE OVER TO OPERATORSEAT. CHAIN HIT OPERATOR IN FACE RESULTING IN CU T OT BRIDGE OF NOSE AND CUT UNDER LEFT EYE.
EE WAS USING A HAND CHISEL AS A PRY BAR WHEN A PIECE OF THE CHISEL BROKE OFF STRIKING EE IN LT EYE.
EE PICKED UP A BOX CONTAINING 25 TUBES OF B-3-1/2 RESIN WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
EE WAS PREPARING TO PUT HYDRAULIC OIL IN CONTINUOUS MINER. IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO OIL TANK ON MACHINE HE HAD TO REMOVE A METAL GUARD. AS HE REMOVED GUARD HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING ROOF BOLTER UP IN #4 HEADING TO BEGIN INSTALLING SECOND ROW OF BOLTS. HAD HIS LFT HAND ON TOP OF BOLTING MACHINE WHILE OPERATING MACHINE WITH HIS RT HAND. A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING LFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING 36" BELT STRUCTURE FROM BUCKET OF SCOOP WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.