A fall was in between set of pillars in old panels. Return is not blocked.
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Showing all 16Cutting a piece of mining belt, let knife slip and cut right leg on thigh.
Running 506 Jeffery Bridge Carrier caught left foot between rib & carried. Mashed foot but no broken bones.
Employee walked across belt laying on mine floor it was wet and slipped and hurt left knee.
Water running to seals. Pump went down.
Water discharging from seal in return. Air course - with no pumps in place to pump water. Pumps were put in place.
Supply car was bringing concrete block into break to build permanent stoppings when chain broke letting supply car roll through curtain crushing foreman between supply car and 94L bridge causing fatal injury.
EE prepared to lift the radial sucker belt for repairs to be made on legs of stacker. When he started lifting stacker the turn table on the crane that sat on the international truck sheared the bolts and the crane hit injured as it broke away.
Unknown cause of fire. It occurred during non working hours and cause was not determined.
Mashed finger with sledge hammer.
482 Scoop. He was scooping rocks got head over scoop and caught head between scoop and top of roof.
PUTTING UP ROOF SUPPORT MASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER.
LIFTING MINER CONTROL BOX AND HURT BACK.
WAS TAKING DOOR OFF OF #2-506. CARRIER OPERATOR OF #1-506 CARRIER PUSHED #1 CARRIER BACKWARD INTO STRUCTURE.
JUMPED FROM MOVING LOADER.
BRIDGE CHAIN CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND ROCK. ROCK 6 IN BY 14 IN ONE END SHARP AS RAZOR.