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Employee was on knees and turned around spraining left knee.
Replacing cable wind on car dropped mashing little finger on right hand.
No men working. Mine closed, BA status. Mine has been closed down for 27 men thus no men working. 2 foreman make weekly emanations once a week. Fall was found on exam.
EE was sitting down turned around and said his left hip started hurting.
Was checking miner head to see what was making gear case hot. Operator started miner to raise head, hit wrong switch on remote box causing miner to slew over hitting right foot.
Installing roof bolts, hit lever with elbow causing head to raise cutting off tip end of his thumb on right hand.
Was spot bolting corner on rib when a piece of rock came loose hitting his right foot.
Was floating out roof bolt operator. While adding steel together to drill deeper hole, steel cut finger on left hand.
Was installing roof bolts when he caught his forefinger on left hand between bolt & bolt wrench.
EE was installing roof bolts in top, when roof bolt plate slid down roof bolt, hitting operator on left arm, cutting his left forearm.
Was pinning top. Drilled hole in top for pin. While installing bolt, he was spinning bolt to mix glue. While positioning plate against top plate, he caught his glove, pulling finger off of his left hand.
Cable got grounded, causing breaker to kick. EE tried to put breaker back in several times, causing a buildup of gas. This caused a phase to phase fault, causing an electrical flash burning left hand.
EE WAS WATCHING SLACK ON MINER CABLE WHEN COAL DRILL CABLE GOT TORN DOWN, HITTING HIM ON SHOULDERS.
TAKING HI LINE DOWN TO MOVE POWER BACK CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF HAND J HOOK CAUGHT RT HAND CUTTING HAND. CUT ON RT HAND.
2 EMPLOYEES WERE MAKING BELT SPLICE. INJURED WASINSTALLING SPLICE WITH HAMMER & BELT TOOLS. HE MISSED BELT TOOL WITH HAMMER HITTING HIS THUMB.
MEN WERE CHANGING BEARING ON TAIL ROLLER USING TORCH TO CUT OLD BEARING OFF. TORCH HOSE CAUGHT ON FEEDER BREAKER, PUT SMALL TANKS THRU PICK BREAKER CAUSING TANKS TO EXPLODE.
MAN WERE CHANGING BEARING ON TAIL ROLLER, USING TORCH TO CUT OLD BEARING OFF. TORCH HOSE GOT CAUGHT ON FEEDONE BREAKER PUT SMALL TANK THUR PICK BREAKER, CAUSING TANK TO EXPLODE.