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WHILE MOVING ROOF BOLTER UP TO BOLT TOP WHERE OVERCAST HAD BEEN SHOT OUT PIECE OF TOP BETWEEN TWO BOLTS FELL OUT HITTING HIM ON BACK OF NECK & BETWEEN SHOULDER.
WHILE CHANGING HIS SEATING POSITION ON THE SHUTTLE CAR HE TWISTED HIS KNEE
HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE BENDING GLUE BOLTS IN 38" COAL HEIGHT.
HE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF AN OVERCAST.
HE WAS HANGING CABLE TO THE TOP WHEN HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
A PIECE OF METAL SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS PULLING IT INTO PLACE, MASHING HIS FINGER.
HE BUMPED RIGHT KNEE ON DRILL POT OF ROOF BOLTER WHILE LOWERING HEAD DOWN.
HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE REACHING TO PICK UP MINER CABLE.
HE WAS CRAWLING ON THE MINE BOTTOM & STRUCK HIS KNEE AGAINST A SHARP ROCK
WHILE HE WAS CHANGING OUT BATTERIES ON A SCOOP,HE ACCIDENTALLY CAUHGT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE BATTERY TRAY LID AND THE CHAIN HE WAS USING TO HOIST THE BATTERY TRAY OUT WITH.
WHILE HE WAS SHOVELING UP LOOSE COAL AT THE TAILPIECE, HIS LOWER BACK STARTED BOTHERING HIM.
WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON THE FEEDER CABLE, HE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON A CHECK CURTAIN THAT HAD SOME COAL PUSHED UP ON IT.WHEN THE CURTAIN SLIPPED OUT SUDDENLY,HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE CORNER OF A PARKED SCOOP.
WHILE HE WAS OPERATING HIS SHUTTLE CAR, THE TIRE BECAME LOOSE INSIDE THE WHEEL AND BEGAN TO THROW METAL SHAVINGS FROM THE WHEEL. SOME OF THE SHAVINGS WENT INTO HIS EYES.
HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT THIGH WHILE GETTING OFF A SCOOP.
LOCK ON WHEEL UNIT BROKE ALLOWING WHEEL TO SLIP CAUSING FINE METAL TO BE STRIPPED OFF WHEEL AND FLY INTO EYE OF SHUTTLE CAR OPER.
WHILE HE WAS OPERATING A TWO MAN PERSONNAL CARRIER, HE TRAVELED INTO A TAILPEICE HOLE. THIS SUDDEN BOUNCING IN THE PERSONNAL CARRIER HURT HIS BACK.
WHILE PULLING THE WATER HOSE GOING TO THE CONTINOUS MINER, HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HE WAS GETTING INTO DECK OF 482 SCOOP WHEN HE STRUCK DECK WITH KNEE.
WHILE DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE, THE DRILL STEEL GOT HUNG IN THE HOLE. THEN WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE WITH HIS LEFT HAND, THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.
WHILE THE INJURED WAS OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR HE HAD THE SCOOPE OPERATOR TO LIFT THE BUGGY TO CHANGE A WHEEL UNIT THE BUGGY SLIPPED OFF THE SCOOP BLADE WITH I NAME STILL IN THE OPERATOR DECK THE SUDDEN JOLT CAUSED PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK
I,NAME,ELECTRICIAN, PULLED THE CATHEAD ON A POWER CENTER IN STILL POWER ON THE CABLE. HOWEVER, WHEN HE CUT INTO THE CABLE, THERE WAS STILL POWER ON THE CABLE. THE CATHEAD, OUTLET, AND BREAKER WERE PROPERLY LABELED. AND THE CATHEAD WAS CHAINED ALSO. HE MISTAKENLY PULLED THE WRONG CATHEAD AND DE-ENERGIZED THE WRONG SHUTTLE CAR.
WHILE HE WAS RUNNING THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE, A SMALL RIB ROLL OCCURRED PINNING HIS LEFT AG AGAINST THE CANOPY ON THE MINER.
WHILE HE WAS OPERATING CONTINOUR MINER RIPPER HEAD OF MINER GOT H UNG UP IN ROCK HE WAS CUTTING & WHEEN IT BECAME LOOSE MINER DECK SLAMMED TO BOTTOM JARRING OPERATOR.
INAME WAS HANGING A PUMP CABLE ON THE COAL RIB, BEHIND A CHECK CURTAIN, WHEN A SHUTTLE CAR CAME THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND MASHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE COAL RIB.
AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DUMP A LOAD OF MATERIAL OUT OF HIS ENDLOADER BUCKET, THE LOADERS CONTROL WAS LOST AND HE JUMPED OUT AS THE LOADER WENT DOWN THE HILL.
WHILE HE WAS SLIDING A PC. OF STRUCTURE IN A FLATBED TRUCK, ANOTHER PC. OF STRUCTURE FELL OFF AND STRUCK HI M ON THE ANKLE.
THE INJURED WAS USING A 270 MOTOR TO PULL CABLE WHEN THE FOOT SWITCH STUCK AND THE MOTOR WOULDNT STOP TRAMMING THE CABLE CAUGHT HIS ARM AND SQUEEZED IT BEFORE HE GOT THE MOTOR STOPPED
WHILE HE WAS RUNNING A SHUTTLE CAR HE RAN IT THROUGH A HOLE TOO FAST IN THE ROADWAY AND WAS BOUNCED UP AND BACK DOWN LANDING ON THE CORNER OF HIS CAP LIGHT
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HANG MINER CABLE TO THE MINE TOP WHEN PAIN STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER BACK RADIATING DOWN HIS LEFT LEG.
HE WAS LAYING A PIECE OF METAL 4X2X3/8 ON SOME SHOP HORSES TO BE CUT. HOWEVER THAT PLATMETAL SLID OFF THE HORSES AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT J UST BEHIND THE TOE GUARD ON HIS BOOT.
HE WAS CLOSING RAILROAD CAR DOORS WITH SLATE BAR. WHEN HE BEGAN TO PUSH DOWN ON BAR, HE SLIPPED OFF BAR & LANDED ON ONE FOOT TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
HE WAS LOADING 9OOF BOLTS BY HAND INTO A SCOOP BUCKET.
WHILE LIFTING O3 SOME BELT STRUCTURE, HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THIS WAS DONE WHILE LINING UP BELT LINE
I.NAME IS A BUI5DING CONTRACTOR (CARPENTER) & WAS IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING AN OFFICE AT VIRGINIA CREWS PREP PLANT WHILE HE WAS USING A CIRCLE SAW TO CUT SOME PANELING HE SLIPPED & CUT TOP OF HIS WRIST 3
HE WAS OPERATIN1 THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE CANOPY OF THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK THE TOP AND LOOSENED UP A KETTLE BOTTOM LATER THE KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT WHILE STILL IN THE SHUTTLE3CAR.
WHILE PULLING T2E CABLE OVER THE HEAD OF THE MINER, THE MINER TURNED TO THE SIDE AND PULLED HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS ELBOW.
BUMPED END OF E5BOW WORKING ON ROOF BOLTER.
PULLING AND LIF7ING CABLE CONNECTED TO MINER.
HE WAS USING A 6AR TO PRY UP A CATPAD ON A CONTINOUS MINER AND THE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ONTHE SHOULDER KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE MINER
HE WAS TIGHTENI3G BOLTS ON A BELT MOTOR. IMPROPER LIFTING.
HE WAS LIFTING 4 X 8 HEADERS INTO THE SUPPLY CAR
HE WAS LIFTING 5 TIRE ON A KERSEY TRACTOR IN THE SHOP OUTSIDE.
THE SHUT OFF TH9OTTLE CABLE BECAME LOOSE THAT LED TO THE THROTLE ON THE SEEDER ENGINE MOUNTED ON THE HYDROSEED TRUCK. HE THEN SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN MANUALLY AND AS HE DID HIS HAND SLIPPED A AND HIT THE FAN3ON THE ENGINE
HE WAS OPERATIN1 A BULLDOZER ON THE SLATE DUMP AND WHILE BACKING UP OVER A SMALL HUMP OF SLATE, IT JARRED HIM HURTING HIS STOMACH AND LEFT SIDE.
WHILE HE WAS IN3THE POWER CENTER HE CONTACTED THE BUS BARS AND RECEIVED A BURN TO HIS FACE AND HANDS.
HE WAS UNLOADIN1 TIMBERS OUT OF A RAMCAR ON THE SECTION.
WHILE EMPL ROOF3BOLTING,CAUGHT FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN WRENCH AND HEAD ON ROOF BOLTER.
HE LEANED OUT O0 THE DECK OF THE MOTOR AND ATTEMPTED TO LIFT UPON THE RAMCAR THAT WAS TO BE ATTACHED TO THE MOTOR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
HE STRAINED HIS BACK AS HE WAS HELPING TO LIFT A RIPPER JACK INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK