EMPLOYEE CAME TO THE FEEDER STARTED AROUND FEEDER RAN INTO GUARD.
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Showing 50 of 93WALKING AND HIT HEAD ON ROOF BOLT HURTING NECK
ROCK TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED AND A ROCK FELL FROM LADDER BUCKET HITTING WALL OF TRUCK BED JOLTED DRIVER AROUND IN THE CAB OF TRUCK. LOWER LEG AND BACK PAIN.
STARTED AROUND BUILDING TO ANSWER TELEPHONE. A GUST OF WIND TEMPORARILY BLINDING HIM, CAUSED HIM TO STUMBLE AND FALL HURTING SHOULDER AND BACK.
I NAME WAS GOING THROUGH AIR LOCK CURTAIN OTHER AND ANOTHER DROPPED BELT AS HE STARTED THROUGH.
SWING A CRIB BLOCK AND TWISTED BACK. BACK POPPED PAIN IN BACK, HIPS AND LEGS.
HE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES, HE PICKED UP A BOX OF GLUE TO PUT IN SCOOP BUCKET IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING AROUND THE BOX CAME OPEN. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CATCH THE GLUE HE TWISTED BACK.
I NAME STATED B6CK STARTED TO HURT NOTHING DONE TO INJURED BUCK RUNNING SHGUTTLE CAR AT THE TIME BACK STARTED HURTING TURNED IN A SRECEIVENCE OF INJURY DATE 9-9-87.
LIFTING ON CABL9 LOWER BACK
LOADING PLATES 2N ROOF BOLTER,LIFTING MORE WEIGHT THAN HE SHOULD.
STEPS WERE SLIP1ERY AND RAINY DAY
RAN OVER TIMBER3IN ROADWAY PULLING SHUTTLE CAR INTO RIB.
HIT HOLE IN ROA8WAY & JAMMED HEAD AGAINST CANOPY OF SHUTTLE CAR ON 9/8/87.WE FEEL THIS IS REOCCURENCE OF INJURY ON 8/26/87 WHEN I NAME HIT LOOSE COAL IN ROADWAY & CANOPY ROOFED OUT AGAINST ROO F ALTHOUGH MORE3THAN 6 DAYS HAVE PASSED BY.
WAS CHANGING BA7TERY ON SCOOP AND HIT HAND AGAINST BATTERY BELL
INJURED WAS STA3DING BETWEEN SCOOP AND BELT PAIL PIECE WHICH WAS BEING INSTALLED SCOOP OPERATOR GOT INTO DECK OF SCOOP STARTED SCOOP WHICH MOVED FORWARD WHEN SCOOP MOVED FORWARD BUCKET OF SCOO P STRUCK INJURE8 KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND INJURED TAKEN TO HOSP
SHUTTLE CAR OPE9ATORS SPILLED COAL AND ONE RAN UP ONTO SOME LOOSE COAL AND CANOPY OF SHUTTLE CAR CAUGHT ROOFBOLT CAUSING SHUTTLE CAR TO COME TO ABRUPT HALT.
PULLING ON & HA3GING MINER CABLE ON 7-17-87 2ND SHIFT DID NOT INFORM FOREMAN MELVIN MARCUM. REPORTED TO OTHER EMPLOYEE 3RD SHIFT FOREMAN ON 7-20-87 AT WHICH TIME THE COMPANY ACCIDENT REPORT WA S FILLED OUT A3D FILED ON 12-8-87 CHECKING ACCIDENT REPORT ON FILE, NOTICED FORM 7000-1 HAD NOT BEEN SENT IN.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING AUGER, GOT FEET CAUGHT FBETWEEN SKID AND AUGER
BENDING ROOF BO5T ROOF BOLT TURNED IN H OLE EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING TAILGATE OPEN TO CLEAN COAL OUT. GOT HAND CAUGHT IN TAILGATE WHEN CLOSING.
EMP WAS TAKING 9ADIATOR CAP OFF OF MECHANIC SERVICE TRUCK, PRESSURE EVIDENTLYU WAS NOT FULLY RELEASED & BOIL OVER SCALDED HIS NECK, CHEST & LEFT ARM
EMP WAS LIFTING3BATTERY OUT OF TRUCK, INJURED SHOULDER
NONE JUST RAISE8 UP FROM SQUATTING POSITION AND TURNED AT SAME TIME.
LIFTING COAL HA6LER TIRE IN SCOOP AND TWISTED LOWER ABCK.
LOADER OPERATOR3AND FOREMAN WERE STANDING IN PIT WHEN MAINTENANCE FOREMAN BACKED UP IN PICKUP TRUCK AND KNOCKED LOADER OPERATOR DOWN.THE EMPLOYEE FINISHED SHIFT AND WORKED TWO DAYS MORE.HIS FI RST DAY OFF WAS35TH.HIS LEFT LEG WAS INJURED.
BUMPED KNEE CLI4BING OFF A LAOADER
ROCK TRUCK LOST3AIR CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL DRIFTED DOWN BACK STACK AND STRUCK A PARKED ROCK TRUCK
TK STARTED MOVI3G & JUMPED FROM TK.
SLIPPED OFF OF 7RACK ON DOZER TO THE GROUND.
ROOF BOLTER OPR3WAS LOADING PIN SUPPLIES & PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
EMP CUT LEG WHI5E USING A CHAIN SAW CUTTING A TGREE DOWN
WIND BLEW COAL 3N EYE.
EMPL HURT BACK 4HEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT ONE END OF 55 GAL OIL DRUM.
OPERATOR WAS IN8TALLING ROOF BOLT S WITHOUT THE USE OF SAFETY GLASSES RESULTING IN FOREIGN OBJECT IN RIGHT EYE
WORKER PICKED U1 LARGE ROCK WITH FRONT END LOADER. THE ROCK WAS TOO LARGE FOR LOADER TO PICK UP. THE LOADER CAME OFF THE GROUND & FELL BACK DOWN THROWING THE OPERATOR INTO THE R OOF OF MAC HINE. HE THEN W2RKED FOR ABOUT 1 MORE HOUR BEFORE REPORTING INJURY.
FOREARM WAS GUI8ING ROCK TRUCK BACK TO DUMP. WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK A TREE & THE TREE FELL ON THE FOREMANS PICKUP.
EMPLOYEE STARTE8 UP LADDER, SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD OFF LADDER.
SLIPPED AND FE5L OFF AUGER EMP DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME WITH THIS ACCIDENT HE WENT TO DR ON 10 1 86 AND WAS TOLD HE WOULD NEED SURGERY ON HIS KNEE HE WORKED 10 2 AND 10 3 AND WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL 10 5 2IS DR ESTIMATES HE WILL HAVE CAST ABOUT 6 WEEKS
DOZER OPER PUSH3NG SPOIL DUMPED IN AREA OF BACK-FILL RAN OVER LARGE ROCK CAUSING DOZER TO LURCH DAUSING PAIN IN OPER NECK.
EMP WAS GOING U1 THE STEPS OF THE ENDLOADER WHEN HE HAD PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG
WAS HELPING TAK9 GRILL OFF ROCK TRUCK - DROPPED HAMMER ON LEFT FOOT
MOLTEN METAL FE5L ON T OP OF LEFT SHOE & BURNED THROUGH
EMPL RECOVERING3TIMBERS FROM MINED-OUT SECTION OF BELTLINE ENTRY.A TIMBER FELL HITTING HIM IN BACK OF HEAD RAISING KNOT ON BACK OF HEAD COMPLETED WORKING SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS BA7KING UP TRUCK IN PIT AREA AND DUE TO RAINY, SLICK CONDITION THE TRUCK SLID OVER INTO COAL PIT ON ITS SIDE. DRIVER RECEIVED NUMEROUS SCRATCHES & BRUISED RIGHT LEG.
CELITE INC A VE3DOR HAD DELIVERY TRUCK AT MINE SIGHT DRIVER GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND LEFT ENGINE RUNNING AND TRANSMISSION OUT OF GEAR TRUCK S TARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS TOWARD A HILL DRIVER TRIED TO GET INSIDE VEHI7LE BUT TOO LATE HE JUMPED CLEAR AS VEHICLE ROLLED OVER EMBANKMENT
EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING ROCK ON ROAD JOB LIFTING ON A ROCK.WHEN ROCK GAVE IT CAUSED LOADER TO GIVE EMPLOYEE A HARD JOLT.EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED WITH BACK PAIN.
DOZER WAS WORKI3G FILL AND BACKED IN FRONT OF 350 PAYHAULER
RMEOVING LEFT C2RNER BIT TO REPLACE MISSING BOLTS ROCKS & MUD FORCED BEHIND CORNER BITCAUSING PRESSURE WHEN REMAINING BOLTS WERE CUT THE LAST BOLT BROKE CAUSED CORNER TO SPRING OUT & HIT I.NAM E ON LEFT SHOU5DER & HEAD
PULLING ON JUMP9R CABLE WHEN CHARGING BATERY ON SCOOP AND FELT TWINGE IN ABDOMEN
THE OPERATOR WA8 RUNNING A GRADER WHEN HE BIT A BUMP AND PULLED OR TORE A MUSCLE IN HIS SIDE.