I BOLT PULLED OUT CAUSING ROCK TO FALL ON HAND RESTING ON PIPE. ONE DIGIT ON LEFT HAND WAS BROKEN.
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Showing all 19PULLED RODS PUTTING RODS BACK IN THE HOLE 20' FROM BOTTOM FO HOLE HIT SOME CAVE. HELPER CRAWLED UP THE FEED FRAME TO ADD THE WATER SWIVEL SO THEY COULD DRILL THE RODS DOWN DRILLER NOT THINKIN G WHHERE HELPER WAS RAN THE HEAD BACK & PINCHED HELPER FOOT BETWEEN FEED FRAME & THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROCK BOLT - ROCK BOLT FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE.
BREAKING RODS WITH PIPEWRENCH.
INJURED WAS MOVING INTO THE FACE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTPING TO HOOK UP THE BULL HOSE TO THE JUMBOTHE JUMBO SLID INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S AND PINCHED HIM AGAINST THE RIB.
MINER STOPPED THE DUX TRUCK TO TALK TO INJURED AND EMPLOYEE. AFTER TALKING HE RELEASED THE BRAKE AND THE TRUCK TOOK OFF HITTING THE RIB OF THE MINE.
EMPL WAS DUMPING A TRUCK ON TOP OF A STEEP INCLINE, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK THE TRUCK TRAVELED DOWHILL SCRAPING HIS BODY AGAINST THE RIB OF THE MINE.
EE WAS TESTING A 3 1/2 YARD MUCKER, HE WAS BACKING THE MUCKER UP WITH A LOADED BUCKET IN A RAISED POSITION ON A SUPER (GRADE), THE MUCKER ROLLED OVER ON TOP OF HIM.
MINER WAS DRILLING WITH A JACKLEG WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN STEEL AND THE CHUCK.
INJURED WAS REMUCKING LOWER MUCK BAY AND LOADING TRUCK. HE WAS HEADED UP RAMP FROM MUCK BAY WITHA LOADED BUCKET WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LIGHTS AND POWER TO MACHINE FAILED. BRAKES DID NOT SET AND HE WENT DOWN THE RAMP PUMPING THE FOOT BRAKETHE MACHINE FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AND INJ URED FINALLY HIT A WALL AND STOPPED.
MOVING CORE DRILL TO NEXT LOCATION MOVING HAULING DRILL AND DRILL SUPPLIES.
WHILE ROCKBOLTING, ROCKBOLT FELL OUT OF THE HOLE CATCHING FINGERS BETWEEN JACKLEG AND BOLT.
WHILE WORKING ON WIRE LINE WRENCH, I PINCHED MY LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN WIRE LINE DRUM AND HOIST CYLINDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CORE TUBE & FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER HE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGH 02-07-90 & BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED PAIN WENT TO A DOCTOR HE HAS NOT WORKED SINCE 02-07-90
WHILE REMOVING CORE BARREWL FROM HEAD, PINNED HAND AGAINST DRIVE CHAIN CAUSED CUT KNUCKLE ON RIGHT HAND REQUIRED SUTURES.
UTILIZING A SCOOP AND A CHAIN TO MOVE A TRANSFORMER/LOAD CANTOR. SOME SLACK WORKED INTO CHAIN AND PINCHED FINGER OF MINER HOOKING UP CHAIN. PINCHED FINGER (INDEX) ON RIGHT HAND AND SMALL CUT R EQUIRING 2 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING TO WORK PLACE. HE WAS TRAVELING OVER A BNAD SPOT IN THE ROADWAY AND HE LOST CONTROLL HITTING THE RIB AND TIPPING THE TRACTOR OVER ON ITS SIDE. WHEN TRACTOR STARTED TO TIP HE JUMPED OFF AND HE HIT HIS HEAD AND TURNED HIS WRIST WRONGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON PIPE WRENCH BREAKING RODS, STRAINED MUSCLE IN LEFT WRIST.
EMPL BREAKING RODS,HAD SLIPPED AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PIPEWRENCH AND HEAD CAUSED CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND.