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EMPL PULLING ON3PIECE OF NAILED VENTILATION CURTAIN TRYING TO GET IT FREE TO MOVE IT.WHILE PULLING ON IT IT CAME LOOSE AND HE FELL BACK AND HIT ELBOW ON SCOOP PARKED NEAR HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE MAN TRIP CAR AND DID NOT SEE A PARKED MOTOR AND HE RAN INTO IT CAUSING A JOLT AND STRAINING HIS BACK
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING THE TRAILING CABLE SLACK WHILE THE PINNER OPERATOR WAS REELING IT UP. A PIECE OF COAL WAS ON THE CABLE AND WHEN THE OPERATOR HIT THE TAKE UP LEVER IT CAUSED A WHIPPIN G ACTION ON THE CABLE AND THE PIECE OF COAL WAS THROWN INTO THE HELPERS FACE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP. A PIECE OF HIS STEEL HUNG UP IN THE DRILLING PROCESS. HE WAS PULLING ON IT TRYING TO FREE IT. IT SLIPPED LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS NOSE. HE WORKED FOR A FEW DAY S BEFORE IT BEGIN TO GIVE HIM SOME DISOMFORT. HE THEN WENT TO SEE A DR.
EE WAS TRAMMING THE PIN MACHINE & GOT HIS ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MACHINE & THE MINE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT MOVE HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF STRUCTURE AND WHEN HE RAISED UPP HE HITT HIS BACK AGAINST THE TOP
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBERS. PICKED UP A TIMBER TO SET IT AND HE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS HELPING LOAD ROCK DUST ON MAIN BLET AND STRAINED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING ROCK DUST, AND AS HE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF ROCK DUST HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING THE #1 TAILPIECE, AND HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW AGAINST IT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET A TAILPIECE AND THE CHAIN ON IT BROKE AND HIT HIM ON HIS KNEE
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING RECOVER BELT STRUCTURE WHILE BENT OVER A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK