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CONCRETE GOT IN7O EMPLOYEE'S BOOTS AND ON FEET CAUSING BURNS.
INSTALLING A CO5L CHUTE AT THE 6 BELTHEAD AND AS HE PLACED A PIECE OF SHEET METAL INTO PLACE IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF SHEET METAL WITH HIS HAND I N BETWEEN THEM AND A SHARP E DGE SLICED THE 6ACK OF HIS LEFT HAND CUTTING THE LIGAMENT GOING TO HIS FINGER.
SHUTTLE CAR OPE9ATOR STATED THAT HE LIFTED HIS LEFT ARM UP TO TURN ON LIGHT SWITCH ON THE SHUTTLE CAR HIS LEFT SHOULDER BLADE AND BACK BEGAN HURTING HIM.
I NAME WAS CUTT3NG COAL WITH THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK SLABBED OUT AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY OUTBY THE CANOPY.
LIFTED STEEL AR7H BEAM AND HURT BACK.
PULLING 2 INCH 5IR HOSE AND DROPPED IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT AND THE COUPUNG.
WAS REMOVING CR3B BLOCKS FROM UNDERNEATH A BATTERY TRACTOR AND WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSTION AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT LEG AND GROIN AREA.
HE HAD JUST FIN3SHED LOADING PINNING SUPPLIES INTO THE BUCKET OF SCOOP AND AS HE STEPPED INTO OPERATORS DECK HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE INTO THE METAL ON THE OPERATORS DECK.
FELL ON RIGHT K3EE WHILE DRAGGING STEEL BEAM.
LET FORKS DOWN 2N TOP OF BELT.BELT PUSHED FORKS OFF END OF LOADER ARMS.FORKS FELL TO GROUND AND FLIPPED OVER AND STRUCK INJ IN RIGHT SIDE PUSHING HIM INTO BACKHOE BUCKET.
SLIPPED & FELL 7ARRYING STEEL BEAM TO HEADING HURTING BACK.
I NAME WAS CLEN5ING UP THE CUT OF COAL IN THE #5 ENTRY AND WHEN HE WAS ALMOST FINISHED THE RIPPER HEAD ON THE CONT MINER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE FACE CAUSING THE REAR OF THE MINER TO BOUNCE HIM INTO THE CA3OPY
GETTING OFF OF 4ANBUS AND FELT A PAIN GO INTO HIS STOMACH AND BACK AND COULD NOT CONTINUE TO GO TO WORK.
ON HIS WAY TO D6MPING POINT IN SHUTTLE CAR AND AS HE WENT THROUGH CHECK CURTAIN HE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR.
RATCHEDING THE 6ELTLINE BACK TOGETHER WITH CHAIN HOIST AND WAS IN A CONFINED SPACE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN SIDE.
INJURED WAS IN 7HE PROCESS OF TAKING DOWN A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHICH WAS HUNG UP BY A J-HOOK ON A ROOF BOLT PLATE AND HIT THE HANDLE AGAINST THE TOP AND IT DISCHARGED INTO HIS MOUTH AND HE SWOL LOWED THE CHEMI7ALS.
INJ STATED THAT3HE WALKED HP TO WHERE THE CONT MINER WAS SITTING AND THAT HE STEPPED OVER THE MINER CABLE AND THAT HIS KNEE STARTED HURTING
HE WAS LOADING 5 ROLL OF CONTINUOUS MINER(WATERLINE) ONTO A BATTERY TRACTOR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.WATER LINE- 1"X50' AND WEIGHS 60 LBS.
INJURED WAS IN 7HE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE PANEL ON THE FEEDER WHICH HE HAD JUST REPAIRED & AS HE LIFTED UP ON THE PANEL HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
HE WAS IN THE P9OCESS OF STOCKING THE ROOF BOLTER UP FOR THE SHIFT'S WORK AND AS HE PULLED A ROOF BOLT FROM THE STACK, HE SAID HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
INJURED WAS LOA8ING SUPPLIES INTO THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP AND SLIPPED AND FELL IN THE BUCKET.
INJURED WAS TRA4MING THE ROOF BOLTER INTO THE FACE AND SAID THAT HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE TRAY AND A PIECE OF RUBBER ON THE TIRE HIT HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3THE PROCESS OF CLEANING AROUND THE 8 BELTHEAD WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A PIECE OF ROCK WHICH HAD FALLEN AND WAS LIEING ON THE WATERLINE AND FELL BACKWARDS AGAINST THE RIB.
INJURED STATED 7HAT HE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF BRATTICE CLOTH ACROSS THE SECTION AND THAT HE JUST FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS SCOOPING3ROADWAY RAN OVER ROCK AND BOUNCED UP AND CAME DOWN HURTING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING A STACK OF ROOF BOLT PLATES 07, TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN THE STACK SLID APART AND ONE OF THE PLATES FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT LEG CUTTING IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PR2ING UP ON MUCK OR WITH A STEEL PRY BAR SLIPPED HIT EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT .
WHILE CUTTING F5CE WITH MINING MACHINE, STRUCK ROOF BOLT WITH HEADER AND BOLT CAME BACK AND HIT MAN IN NECK.
WAS LOADING ROO0 BOLTS ON BOLTER HE THREW FOUR 48 INCH RESIN BOLTS ACROSS BOLTER AND COMPLAINED ON A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN.
I,NAME WAS GETT3NG OUT OF SCOOP AND HIT KNEE ON METAL IN SCOOP DECK.
I NAME WAS OPER5TING A SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WAS BOUNCED INTO THE CANOPY OF THE SHUTTLE CAR. HURTING HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.
I NAME HAD DRIL5ED A HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STICKING A TUBE OF RESIN IN THE HOLE AND THEN HE TOOK THE 4' ROOFBOLT AND WAS PUSHING THE BOLT IN THE HOLE WHEN THE GLUE SUPP I DID NOT HAVE 4Y SAFETY GLASSES ON AT THE TIME. EDLY SQUIRTED O6T AND SOME GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE DID NOT HAVE HIS SAFETY GLASSES ON AT THE TIM
I.NAME WAS IN T2E PROCESS OF INTALLING THE PICK OF A DIGGING ARM ON THE CONTINOUS MINER WHEN HE STATED HIS BACK WAS HURTING
I.NAME WAS HELP3NG TAKE DOWN MINER CABLE OUT OF A CABLE HANGERS AND HE WAS FINISHING WITH THE LAST ONE WHEN EVERY ONE ELSE LET GO OF THE MINER CAB LE AND AS THE C5BLE CAME DOWN HIS LEFT THUMB BECAME CAUGHT ON THE HOOK OF THE HANGER
EE WAS CLIMBING3OVER STEEL ARCH IN OVERCAST SLIPPED & FELL CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEFT KNEE.
SITTING ON RIB 8TARTED TO GET UP AND TWISTED KNEE OUT OF PLACE
INJURED WAS IN 7HE PROCESS OF PUSHING A ROOF BOLT INTO THE HOLE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS SIDE.
WAS IN THE PRO7ESS OF BRINGING SCOOP FROM BATTERY STATION AND SAID HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND HURT HIS BACK
BACKING SHUTTLE3CAR OFF THE DUMP AND HIT THE RIB CATCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN SHUTTLE CAR AND RIB, BREAKING THE TOES AND CUTTING HIS LEFT FOOT.
LOCKING BELT ST9UCTURE TOGETHER WHEN PIECE OF METAL AND PAINT FLEW INTO RT EYE
WALKING TO WHER9 TOOLBOX WAS STORED STEPPED ON LUMP OF COAL TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE.DIDNT START MISSING UNTIL 10-7-86.
WAS GOING THRU 9EVOLVING AIRLOCK DOORS AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME
MAN WAS SHOVEL3NG COAL FROM BELT AND TRACK WHERE TRACK ENTRY WAS APPROX 18 IN LOWER THAN BELT AND THE LIFT TO THE BELT IS QUITE DIFFICULT
HANGING MINER C5BLE WHEN HE GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE AND J-HOOK.
WAS HANGING FLY3PADS WHENHE HIT HIS HAND WITH A HAMMER
HANGING CM CABL9 WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WAS LIFTING A P3ECE OF 3" WATERLINE & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BAK. %@*%@* IN LOWER BACK.
LEVELING BELT R2LLERS WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE GAVE OUT.
LOADING TOOL BO3 ONTO TRACTOR AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
LIFTED A BOX OF3RESIN OFF THE BACK OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK