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ROOF FALL IN FACE OF #3 ENTRY ACROSS BREAK INTO #2 ENTRY 6FT THICK 20FT WIDE & 100FT LONG ROOF WAS LAYERED SLATE BOLTED ON 4 TO 5 FOOT CENTERS WITHIN 4FT OF RIBS WITH 4FT RESIN BOLTS
BOLT TO SET IN TOP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN GROIN.
HE WAS DRILLING HOLE TO SET BOLT. HE REACHED BACK TO TURN ROTATION OFF. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL. A SHARP EDGE ON THE ROCK CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
EMP DOES NOT KNOW WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED HE DOES SOME CRAWLING ON HIS KNEES IN LOW COAL SEAM EVERY DAY
WATER HAD CAUSED LAYERS OF SLATE TO SEPARATE. WHICH WE BELIEVE CAUSED THE FALL THE FALL WAS 20 FT WIDE 12 FT LONG AND 6 FT THICK.
PLACE WAS TAMPED BY SHOT FIRER WITH I NAMES HELP PLACE WAS SHOT AND COAL RICHOCHETED AND HIT MAN ON ELBOW HE HAD RETREATED TO CROSS CUT BETWEEN #7 AND #6 ENTRY
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN UT-40 AND POWER CENTER. HE WAS OPERATING THE UT-40 IN A POSITION THAT HE COULDNT GET HIS OTHER FOOT ON THE BRAKE.
IN 6 ENTRY ON 4 BELT AT SPAD 55468 THERE WAS A ROOF FALL 18 FT WIDE, 5 FT THICK AND 50 FT LONG. THE MAIN ROOF WAS SHALE AND SANDSTONE, BOLTED WITH FOUR FT RESIN BOLTS ON 4 TO 5 FT SPACING WITH FOUR FT OF RIBS.
ROUGH BOTTOM CAUSED SCOOP TO BOUNCE WHEN IT RUN OVER HOLES IN BOTTOM AND POSSIBLY SPRAINED EMPL BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BELT TOGETHER WITH A COME ALONG AND THE COME ALONG CAME OFF THE BELT AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A NAIL WITH A HAMMER, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER SUPPORTED TOP MARKING OFF TO SET BOLTS. ROCK FELL FROM AROUND THE BOLTS DOWN ACROSS HIS HEAD, BENDING HIM OVER, FORCING HIS KNEES INTO HIS CHEST AREA. THE ROCK THAT STRUCK H IM WAS 2 THICK 10 FT LONG AND 8 FT WIDE.
OPERATOR WAS PUTTING 2 PIECES OF BOLT STEEL TOGETHER AND GOT HIS GLOVE PINCHED IN BETWEEN 2 PIECES WHERE THEY FIT TOGETHER AND TURNED DRILL HEAD ON
EMPL IN PROCESS OF SETTING 3 X 8 HEADER ON CRIB IN #4 ENTRY.HE CAUGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN HEADER AND CRIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING POWER CAT HEAD, IN A AWKWARD POSITION WHICH I CAUSED THE BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ON BELT STRUCTURE AND HURT HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 9-6-,J 84
EMPLOYEE BRUISED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE KERSEY TRACTOR, WHICH HE WAS OPERATING ALONG 4 BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE #6 BELT HEAD, MAKING A SPLICE IN THE BELT. HE WAS DRIVING A FEXCO BELT SPLICE DOWN WITH A HAMMER AND HIT HIS THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES FOR OVERCAST AND BACK STARTED HURTING. HE DOESNT KNOW WHEN HE ACTUALLY HURT HIS BACK. INJURY OCCURRED ON SATURDAY. HE CAME BACK AND WORKED ON MONDAY AND PART OF THE SHIFT ON TUESDAY
EE WAS KNOCKING A LUG BOLT OUT OF A KERSEY WHEEL WITH A PUNCH & HAMMER. THE PUNCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT CAUSING THE HAMMER TO S TRIKE THE LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS JACKING UP SUPPLY CAR, THE LIFTING JACK, HE WAS USING SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER SUPPLY CAR, CAUSING THE SLATE BAR, THAT HE WAS USING TO OPERATE THE JACK TO STRIKE HIM IN THE RIGHT SI DE OF HIS FACE.
EMP CLAIMS THAT BOUNCING AROUND IN SCOOP DECK HITTING HIP ON SELF RESCUER WHICH HE WAS WEARING CAUSED THE PORBLEM WITH HIS LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BUCKET JACK ON A S&S SCOOPIN THE SHOP ON THE SURFACE HURT HIS BACK LIFTING THE JACK
EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING FROM ONE SIDE OF STOCKPILE TO THE OTHER HE WAS CROSSING WHERE THE TUNNEL COMES OUT WHEN HE GOT ACROSS THE TUNNEL THE RIGHT SIDE GAVE WAY TURNING THE LOADER OVER
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CUTTING MACHINE, CUTTING A CORNER OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF A LEFT HAND BREAKTHROUGH. A RIB ROLLED OFF THE LEFT SIDE HITTING HIM ON THE LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CONTROL BOX OFF MINER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 4 SOLID CINDER BLOCKS FROM PILOT ONTO FLAT CAR, CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE BLOCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A KERSEY THROUGH A FLY AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST A HEADER BOARD.
BOLTER OPERATOR GOT HAND PINCHED BETWEEN TOP OF BOLT MACHINE HEAD AND PIECE OF STEEL THAT HE WAS USING TO DRILL HOLE WITH.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING STOPPINGS. HE WAS CUTTING A BLOCK WITH AN AXE-TO MAKE IT FIT INTO A CORNER. A PIECE OF CINDERBLOCK CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE
THE EMP REPORTS THAT HIS RIGHT KNEE IS SWOLLEN HE KNOWS OF NO INJURY OR PROBALBLE CAUSE OF INJURY
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING RUBBER GLOVES WHILE USING FASWALL MIXTURE BUT APPARENTLY GOT SOME MATERIAL DOWN IN THE FINGERS OF THE GLOVES RESULTING IN CHEMICAL BURNS ON THREE FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OUTSIDE AND CAME BAC K INSIDE WITH WET FEET AND SLIPPED ON THE CEMENT FLOOR
THIS EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING ON A TIMBER
A PIECE OF ICE HIT THE TOP OF THE MOTOR AND BROKE OFF AND HIT THE MOTOR OPERATOR ON THE BOTTOM LIP, CUTTING IT.
HE WAS CRAWLING AND RAN A NAIL IN HIS KNEE
THIS EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. WORKING IN LOW COAL AND WAS NOT ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN UP, WHEN HE GOT OUT OF MANTRIP. NO KNOWN CAUSE OF INJURY.
THIS EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. THEREFORE HE WAS CHECKING TO SE IF HE COULD LIFT A GEAR AND SHAFT
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN #3 ENTRY AND HIS RIGHT KNEE LOCKED UP
EMP WAS TRYING TO TAKE A PIN OUT OF A CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN HE HIT HIS FORE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WITH A HAMMER AND CRUSHED THE FINGER TIP
HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, GOT HIS HEAD UP TOO HIGH AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A HEADER BOARD-STOVING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ACROSS DRILL BOOM AND TOOK A CATCH IN HIS LOWER BACK
EE WAS USING HIS FOOT TO PUSH A JACK HANDLE DOWN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF LETTING THE JACK HANDLE FLIP BACK UP HITTING HIM IN THE FACE.
OPERATOR WAS MOVING MACHINE AND HELPER WAS BETWEEN MACHINE AND RIB, CATCHING HIM ON THERIB. OPERATOR STOPPED THE BOLT MACHINE, AS SOON AS, CONTACT WAS MADE.
EMPLOYEE STARTED TO GET UP AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE HAD BEEN ENGAGED IN INSTALLING BELT