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EE HOOKED HIS 12B MUCKERS BUCKET ON THE FACE OF TD466 DRIFT, PULLING THE MUCKER OVER ONTO HIM.
I.NAME PULLING CHUTE WHEN ROCK FLEW UP AND HIT HIM ON CHEST AND FACE.
MANTRIP DERAILED ON WAY INTO MINE AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE PORTAL.
MANTRIP DERAILED ON WAY INTO THE MINE AT APPROX. 500 FEET FROM THE PORTAL.
EE WAS ROLLING A SLUSHER BUCKET OVER TO WELD ON IT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN.
I.NAME HAD JUST BLASTED A BACK STOPE ROUND AND WAS CLEANING UP THE CHUTE OPENING WHEN SOME ROCK FELL FROM THE BROW, SLID DOWN THE MUCKPILE HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE AND FOOT.
HANDLING , STRUCK AGAINST HEADING
EE WAS LOADING A BACKSTOPING AROUND WHEN A ROCK AND MUD SLAB CAME OFF OF THE HANGING WALL, GLACING OFF OF HIS HARD HAT AND THEN HITTING HIM ON THE BACK OF THE CALF OF HIS RIGHT LEG.
INJURED WAS DRILLING A RAISE ROUND WHEN A SLAB FELL FROM THE BACK HITTING HIM ON THE LOWER BACK.
HE WAS CLINGING UP HIS RAISE TO START CLEANING DWN AFTER A BLAST WHEN A ROCK DISLODGED, FELL DOWN THE MANWAY AND HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND HAND.
ONE DR CLAIMS EXPOSURE TO BLASTING GASES.ANOTHER DR BELIEVES EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED WATER.RESULTED IN MILD HEART ATTACK,GASTRIC TEAR,GASTRONTERITIS AND POST INFECTIOUS THROMBOCYTOPENIA.
EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE WHEN OPENED UP BEAN HOLE RAISE THAT WAS BLASTED THE PREV SHIFT WITHOUT PROPERLY VENTILATING HIS WORKING PLACE
I.NAME SUFFERED CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN REMOVING PARTNER FROM STOPE AFTER IT HAD FILLED WITH GAS WHEN PARTNER OPENED A BEAN HOLE RAISE THAT HAD BEEN SHOT ON PREVIOUS SHIFT.
STANDING TIMBER SLAB FELL ON STAGING IT BROKE HE FELL
EE WAS PULLING OUT OF A LIFTER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
ROCK WAS STUCK IN TD409 SWITCH AND I.NAME STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE THREW THE SWITCH.
I.NAME WAS PULLING TIMBER FROM THE CHUTE OF TD418 WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
ASSUME I.NAME SAT IN LAMP BATTERY ACID WHILE DRIESSING FOR WORK.HIS OWN LAMP WASNT LEAKING.
HE STEPPED IN A HOLE BETWEEN TRACK TIES WHILE HE WAS SERVICING EQUIPMENT.
I.NAME USING MUCKER TO LOAD ROUND IN TD404DE.WHILE CLEANING UP IN LEFT CORNER,CAUGHT RIB WITH BUCKET AND PULLED MUCKER OVER-HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND MUCKER CONTROL.
I,NAME WAS DRILLING BACK HOLES PRIOR TO BACK STOPING WHEN A ROCK/CLAY SLAB FELL FROM THE HANGING WALL HITTING HIM ON THE BACK.
I NAME WAS LIFTING A 6INX6IN STULL INTO A SKIP BUCKET WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET MUCK & TWISTED HIS BACK
I,NAME WAS IN ATHE OPERATOR'S CAB OF A BATTERY LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT HAND BY A ROCK THAT BOUNCED OFF OF THE NEARLY LOADED CAR THAT HIS PARTNER WAS FILLING FROM TC427RAISE.
I,NAME WAS DRILLING BACK HOLES IN TC427E WHEN A ROCK FELL LACERATING HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.
I,NAME WAS PULLING A CHUTE IN TC427R WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE LOADING BENCH AND PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS STRUCK BY A LUMP OF CLAY FROM THE VEIN IN THE BACK WHILE HE WAS LOADING HIS LIFTERS IN TD444DE.
EMPL WAS HIT BY FALLING LAGGING WHILE UNLOADING POWDER FROM SKIP IN TD414 RAISE.
I.NAME WAS DRAGGING A JACKLEG AND ITS HOSES FROM TD414 RSE TO A "BEAN-HOLE" RSE AT THE EAST END OF THE 10TH FLOOR I-DRIFT WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED BLASTING GASES BETWEEN TWO MUCKPILES. HE RECOGNIZE D THE SITUATION AND WENT BACK TO THE RAISE WHERE HE GOT HELP FROM HIS PARTNER.
SEE REPORT OF 11-8-89-AGGRAVATION OF INJURY 2-27-90.
I,NAME WAS MOVING A SLUSHER WHEN A BULKHEAD GAVE WAY AND PINNED HIS HEAD BETWEEN A GIRT AND A LAGGING.
I,NAME WAS BLOWING OUT THE HEADING WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED BACK HITTING HIM BESIDE THE NOSE.
HE WS COLLARING A HOLE FOR BACKSTOPING IN TD415W WHEN A ROCK FELL, HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG.
ROCK FELL FROM BACK OF TD414E BACKSTOPE WHILE DRILLING & STRUCK FOOT.
HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HIS BAR SLIPPED AND HE STEPPED BACK ON UNSTABLE FOOTING.
EE CHIPPED BONES IN HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN A CABLE USED TO SLINGSHOT A TIMBER TRUCK ONTO A SIDE TRACK SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.
EE SPRAINED HIS BACK WHEN THE LEG OF HIS DRILL KICKED OUT WHILE PULLING OUT OF A LIFTER.
HE TRIPPED AND STUMBLED SOMEHOW DRIVING A NAIL INTO THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT INSTEP.
HE WAS SETTING UP HIS JACKLEG DRILL IN TD414 RAISE TO DRILL A PIN HOLE WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK HITTING HIS RIGHT HAND.
HE SLIPPED ON THE MUD WHILE PULLING DRILL STEEL FROM A HOLE IN TD418 RAISE
I.NAME JUST FINISHED CLEANING THE GRIZZLY AT THE TOP OF TD420 RISE AND WAS CLIMBING UP TO THE SILL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED ROTATED HIS DIAMOND DRILL BEFORE HIS PARTNER HAD REMOVED THE CHUCK WRENCH FROM THE DRILL CHUCK.THE CHUCK WRENCH FELL FROM THE CHUCK HITTING HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.
WHILE WALKING INTO DRY PRIOR TO SHIFT,INJURED SLIPPED ON ICE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.HE GRABBED A STEEL COLUMN TO PREVENT HIM FROM FALLING TO THE GROUND AND WHILE DOING SO CAUSED THE INJURY.
WHILE WORKING AS A TRAIN SWAMPER EE STOOD UP AND HIT HIS FACE ON A DOOR FRAME.
RIDING REAR COUPLING OF TRAIN AS SWAMPER WHEN HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER TRAIN.
USING ROCK BOLT TO SPOOL CABLE ON TUGGER,CABLE SPLICE CAUGHT BOLT AND PINNED FINGER BETWEEN BOLT AND RIB.
MAN WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD MUCKING MACHINE FROM A TRUCK.
HE WAS HIT ON THE HEAD BY A ROCK WHILE LOWERING A SLUSHER DOWN THE MANWAY OF TC413 RSE.
HE HAD FINISHED SCALING AND WAS SETTING UP TO DRILL OUT FOR BULLHORNS WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE FOOTWALL HITTING HIM IN THE BACK AND LEG.
HE TRIPPED OVER AN OILER WHILE CARRYING HIS JACKLEG.
EE WAS DRILLING OUT RAISE ROUND AND ROCK FELL FROM BACK, HIT MACHINE AND BOUNCED OFF AND HIT EE ON ARM.