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I WAS HELPING ON BOLT MACHINE I PLACED BOLT IN HOLE HAD TO STRAIGHTEN OUT BOLT IN ORDER TO PUSH IT UP WHILE STRAIGHTENING BOLT IT TURNED & HIT IT WITH RIGHT SHOULDER.
MOVING RF BOLTER FROM BOLT BOLT PINNER HAD FLAT SLID OVER CAUGHT R LEG
HAD A ROOF FALL ON 002 SECTION IN #4 ENTRY 80 FT INBY SURVEY STATION #910. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 16 FT WIDE 28 FT LONG 7 TO 10 FT HIGH.
HELPING UNLOAD CABLE HE WAS ON GROUND AND LOADER OPER WAS IN LOADER PULLING CABLE IT GOT CAUGHT AROUND HIS LEG AND PULLED HIM OFF BALANCE AND FELL INJ HIS BUTT
HE WAS SERVICING BELT DRIVE, HE WENT TO GET GREASE GUN, ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK AND LIFT HAND.
CREW WAS RIDING TO SECTION IN 486 SCOOP BUCKET. TRAVELED 1 1/2 BREAKS TOWARD SECTION AND EE RAISED UP AND GOT INTO CONTOCK WITH MINE ROOF RESULTING IN BEING KNOCKED FROM SCOOP BUCKET REST OF M EN WERE LAYING DOWN AND HE WAS ON HIS KNEES IF HE HAD BE LAYING DOWN I PERSONALLY DONT THINK HE WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PINNING TOP AND HAD HAND ON PINNER WHEN ROCK DISLODGED FROM TOP AND STRUCK HAND.
HURT BACK UNLOADING MOTOR OUT OT TRUCK.
FALL OCCURRED IN THE MAINS #3 ENTRY THE TOP WAS BAD AND WAS BEING MONITEAED CLOSE. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 50 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE, AND 6 FEET HIGH. AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF AND SECTION BEGAN T O RETREATED.
ROOF FALL 2 BREAK OUTBY FACE APPROX. 60 FT TO 80 FT LONG - 18 FT - 20 FT WIDE - 5 FT TO 6 FT TO 12 FT. THICK. AT SPAD 250 IN #5 ENTRY.
EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON BACK TIGHTENING BOLT OVER HEAD WITH SOCKET AND RACHET WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF STRICKING EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH BREAKING TWO FRONT TEETH.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING ENTRY AND WAS PUTTING HIS BOLT UP WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL INBY PINNER. EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED AGAINST PINNER BY ROCK EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AND TRANSPORTED TO SURFACE.
WAS CHECKING IN A FEEDER COUPLING AND PART COUPLING BROKE AND STRUCK INJURED ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN SPARKS FROM THE METAL BURNT BOTH EYES ARC WELDER BURN
ROOF FALL IN THE #2 ENTRY INBY SPAD #259TO #261.FELL APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET LONG BY 10 FEET WIDE 5'BY 7' HIGH;NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED;DID NOT RESTRICT VENTILATION NO PERSONNEL INVOLVED.
EMPL WAS GOING BACK TO DRIVE ROOF BOLTER & HIT BACK ON HEADER.
MOUNTAIN BREAK DROPPED APPROX 30 INCHES 001 SECTION #2 ENTRY 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD #347.
EMPL WAS PUTTING BREAKER IN #3 BELT BOX WIRE WAS L OOSE ON LINE STARTER CAUSING ARC FLASH IN EYE.
SHAKER BACKBOARD HAD FROZEN UP DURING 3RD SHIFT RUN. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TRYING TO CHIP OFF FROZEN COAL. SLATE BAR SLIPPED ON FROZEN COAL CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S THUMB ON LEFT HAND BETW EEN SLATE BAR AND HEAD ROLLER FRACTURING HIS LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING FEEDER CABLE AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF BELT UNDER MUD AND TWISTED HIS LEGS WHEN HE SLIPPED INJURY OCCURRED WHILE MOVIING SECTION
EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING A SPLICE ON THE BELT WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LEG
WHILE GETTING READY IN INSTALL LEFT ROOF BOLT IN SECOND ROW IN THIRD LWFT INTERSECTION,THE INJURED ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR PULLED ROOF BOLT UP AND THE JACK ON PINNER CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS RIGF HT KNEE PUSHING IT INTO RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE MINER TO NEXT OUT. EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING CABLE AND HAD HUNG PULL ROPE ON MINER BOOM TAIL THEN TURNED TO WALK AWAY. PERATOR THEN TRAMMED MINER CATCHING EMPLOYEE AGA INST RIB INJURING LEFT LEG.
WHILE OPERATING NEW BOLTER MACHINE/ PINNER EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB WAS CRUSHED AGAINST CANOPY JACK WHILE STEEL BOLT BENT EMPLOYEE'S THUMB UP TO THE KNUCKLE HAD TO BE AMPUTATED
WHILE WORKING WITH MINING CABLE STRAINED HIS BACK
RIB ROLLED AS EMPLOYEE CAME THROUGH BRATTICE DOOR. AFTER THIS EMPLOYEE WALKED APPROX. 2500 FT TO FEEDER ON 001 SECTION AND TOLD MECH. THAT HE MAY HAVE HURT HIS LEG AND STATED THAT IT WILL PROB ABLY BE ALRIGHT. THEN EMPLOYEE WAKED 600' BACK TO #2 TAILPIECE. APPROX. 2 HRS LATER EMPLOYEE CALLED SECTION FOREMAN AND TOLD HIM HE HAD TO GO OUT.
LEFT LITTLE FINGER CAUGHT IN GRINDING WHEEL FROM FIRST JOINT TO EEND OF FINGER AND RIGHT LITTLE FINGER SECOND JOINT DAMAGED.
EMPLOYEE WAS ETTING ROCK OUT OF THE FEEDER AND HURT BACK.
REPAIRMAN WAS WORKING ON MINER & CONTACTER SPARKED & BURNT HIS HAND
ROCK FELL (3'X 4', 1 TO 3" THICK) STRUCK MAN ON BACK - BRUISING BACK.
WHILE INSTALLING THE FOURTH BOLT IN THE ROLL, HE CAME IN FRONT OF PINNER AND GOT MARKING STICK AND TURNED AROUND AND THE ROCK FELL, PUSHED THE JACK OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF PINNER. THE ROCK F ELL IN BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH JACK AD BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ROW OF JACKS.
BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE AND TORE CARTLIDGE LOOSE IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN BUGGY WHEN IT HIT A HOLE IN GROUND CAUSING HIM TO JERK QUICKLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON KNEES SHOVELING THE BELT WHEN HE PUSHED HIMSELF UP,HIS KNEE POPPED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A MOTOR THE BAR SLIPPED & THE EMPLOYEE JERKED QUICKLY & HE HEARD A POP
MASHED TIP OF RIGHT LITLE FINGER BETWEEN TIMBERS.
ROCK FEL HITTING BACK OF HEAD AND BACK, LANDED ON BACK OF LEFT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING TO HIS TOOL BOX WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE, SPRAINING IT.
HAD 2 ROOF FAL5 IN H1 ENTRY ON #2 BELTLINE OFF 001 SECTION .FALLS 18'WIDE X 7'HIGH AND 30'LONG.FALLS FOUND BY I.NAME WHILE TRAVELING INTAKE.AIR NOT AFFECTED BY FALLS.TIMBERS & CRIBS INSTALLED AT ALL ACCESSE8 TO FALLS AND NO ONE INJURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS SQ6ATTING WHILE BOLTING ROOF WHEN KNEE CAME OUT OF PLACE
EMPLOYEE WAS CR5WLING THROUGH BRADDISH OPENING LEFT KNEE POPPED.
HAD FALL ON 0013SECTION ON #2 RT OFF #4 BELT FALL IN #3 ENTRY WAS APPROX 50 FT OUTBY SPAD #719 FALL WAS 70 FT LONG 10 TO 12 FT HIGH AND 18-20 FT WIDE
ATTEMPTING TO S9T SAFTEY JACK WHEN ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN LOAST ROLL OF BOLTS AND SAFETY JACKS.
EMPL USING TOIL9T INSIDE MINES RAISED UP STRIKING HEAD ON TOP OF MINE.
EMPL WORKING UG3TRAMMING MINER.ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON LEFT NECK.
A PIECE OF DRAW3ROCK HADBROKEN LOOSE FROM TOP AND HUNG ON A ROOF BOLT. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING SCOOP IN MINES AND RAN INTO IT AND IT STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING OUT OF SCOOP WHEN BUCKET HIT LOWER RIGHT LEG FOOT FORWARD CAUSING SEVERE CONTUSIONS OF THE RIGHT FOOT. FRACTURE DISTAL SHAFT MATATARSALS.
HAD ROOF FALL A7 SPAD #93A IN #1 ENTRY 4 BREADS OUT OF FACE IN RETURN.FALL WAS APPROX. 20' LONG,18' WIDE AND 1-4' HIGH.FALL WAS TIMBERED OFF.NO INJURIES AND NO RESTRICTION OF AIR.
ROOF FALL OFF O0 #3 BELT IN ABANDONED AREA #5 ENTRY 180' INBY SPAD #571 THE FALL WAS APP 30' LONG 18'-20' WIDE & 6'-7' HIGH.
EMPLOYEE HAD FI3ISHED HIS SHIFT AND WAS OUTSIDE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A SLICK TOCK,HITTING HIS HEAD.HIS HEAD HAD A SMALL CUT ON THE FOREHEAD ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE AND NOSE.