85061S DRIVING A 2-MAN PERSONNEL CARRIER ACROSS THE SECTION TO PICK UP SOME CLAY DUMMIES. HE SAID HE RAN OVER SOMETHING CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.
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Showing all 4539144ING SCOOP.RAN OVER SOMETHING CAUSING SCOOP TO ROOF OUT. BUMPED HEAD AGAINST ROOF.
HE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF RESIN WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURITNG.
HE WAS REACHING FOR A HAMMER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK.
LIFTING A BATTERY LID WHEN BACK STARTED HURTING.
HE WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF BELT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
HE WAS BACKING UP A 3-WHEEL PERSONNEL CARRIER. EH FOULED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF.
OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE WENT TO HIT BRAKE RAISED KNEE UP PAST TOP OF SCOOP HITTING IT AGAINST ROOF.
HE WAS HAULIN COAL FROM THE FACE. THE SCOOP BUMPED THE TOP, CAUSING A PIECE OF SCALE ROCK TO BREAK LOOSE.
BACKING UP PER CARRIER HEAD FOULED BETWEEN BUGGY AND THE ROOF
HE WAS GOING DOWN A SET OF STEPS WHEN HIS HEEL CAUGHT ON THE STEP.HE FELL DOWN THE STEPS,LANDING O HIS HAND WITH HIS THUMB BENT BACKWARD.
HE WAS USING A PIECE OF PIPE TO LIFT UP TWO LATERS OF BELT SO THAT STRUCTURE COULD BE INSTALLED . ON THE WAY OUTSIDE HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE.
HE WAS RIDING ON A 4 WHEEL PERSONNEL CARRIER AND HIS HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOP AND THE BUGGY.
HE WAS UP IN A PLACE TAMPING IT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST.
KNEE SWELLED DUE TO CRAWLING.
INJURED WAS GRINDING THE EDGES OF SHEAR PINS ON A BENCH GRINDER.SOMEHOW SHE CAUGHT HER FINGER IN THE GRINDER.
HE SIAD HE BUMPED HIS KNEE AGAINST THE TOP.
HE WAS IN FRONT OF A SCOOP LOADING DUST INTO THE BUCKET ANOTHER SCOOP CAME DOWN AND NOT SEEING ANOTHER SCOOP BARELY BUMPED THE PARKED SCOOP.THE BUCKET OF THE PARKED SCOOP BUMPED HIS KNEE.
HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WITH HIS HEAD ON THE BACK REST WHEN HE RAN OVER A SCRAPING HIS HEAD HIT THE TOP.
CRAWLING AND KNEE STARTED HURTING. A LUMP OF COAL WAS CAUGHT IN A HOLE IN KNEEPAD.
HE WAS UP IN 6 HEADING PREPARING TO DRILL IT THE SHOT FIRER SHOT 7 LEFT BREAK ONE HOLE SHOT THRU THE BACK STRIKING HIM.
HE WAS GOING UP IN A HEADING TO GET A LOAD OF COAL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD & CHEST.
HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL HE WORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT.
HE WENT INTO THE PLACE TO BOLT IT.HE SET HIS ATRS AND WAS STARTING TO PUT UP HIS 1ST BOLT WHEN A ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL.(KETTLE BOTTOM).
CRAWLING.
HE WAS PULLING ON A CONVEYOR CHAIN AND PULLED A MUSCLE.
TRAMMING FROM $7 TO #1.CAUGHT HEAD BETWEEN BOLT4ER AND TOP.
HE WAS PICKING ROCK OUT OF STOCKPILE. SCOOP STOPPED. HE STEPPED IN FRONT OF SCOOP. SCOOP ROLLED FORWARD TRAPPING FOOT.
WE WERE STARTING TO ROLL UP A PIECE OF BELT WITH A BELT ROLLER WHEN THE LOOSE SLEEVE OF HIS COVERALLS CAUGHT ON THE PIN, TRAPPING HIS RIGHT ARM.
ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS USING A COAL LOADING SCOOP TO CLEAN THE RIB AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SCOOP LATERALLY BY USING HIS BUCKET AND HYDRAULICS IN DOING SO HE DISLODGED A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TOP WITH THE SCOOP STRIKING AND POSSIBLY INJURING VICTIM
ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS OPERATING A COAL SCOOP USED TO LOAD AND HAUL COAL ON THE SECTION WHEN HE APPARENTLY POSITIONED HIMSELF INBY PERMAMENT ROOF SUPPORT ROOF BOLTS AND WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROOF
HE WAS RUNNING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP VEHICLE WHEN IT BECAME DISABLED. HE THEN BOARDED A SCOOP GOING BY. HE WAS RIDING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND HIS FINGER SLIPPED UNDER BLADE OF SCOOP WHEN IT BOUNCED ON ROUGH ROAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS WIPING COAL FROM ROCK PREPARING TO BREAK IT AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE HAND.SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND SMASHED FIRST JOINT.
TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE ATTEMPTING TO CARRY A MOTOR BY PLACING A SLATE BAR, THROUGH LIFTING EYE OF MOTOR. I,NAME LET HIS SIDE OF BAR DOWN AND MOTOR SLID TO HIS SIDE AND BROKE HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE HAD CO4PLETED SHIFT AND WAS GREASING HIS FRONT END LOADER. WHILE GREASING THE ARMS OF THE LOADER HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
I NAME WAS OPER5TING A SCOOP AND WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE INTERSCTION OF #4 ENTRY HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE MINE ROOF AS THERE IS A ROLL IN THAT AREA OF THE MINE. HIS LEFT LEG WAS FORCED DOWNWARD3RESULTING IN A BROKEN ANKLE AND MINOR ABRASIONS TO LOWER LEG
HE WAS ROOF-BOL7ING OUT OF SEQUENCE.NO VISIBLE INJURY.COMPLAINED OF NUMB LEG.KEPT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.
MWN WERE REMOVI3G BOLTS FROM ROOF IN PREPARAION FOR CREATING A BOOM HOLE IN DOING SO THE ROOF FELL STRIKING I.NAME ROCK WAS APPROX 4FT X 9 FT X 8 IN CAUSING A PELVIC FRACTURE TO I.NAME
MEN WERE REMOVI3G BOLTS FROM ROOF IN PREPARAION FOR CREATING A BOOM HOLE IN DOING SO THE ROOF FELL STRIKING I.NAME AND FRACTURING ONE TOE ROCK WAS APPROX 4 FT X 9 FT X 8 IN
SECTION WAS BEI3G DRIVING BETWEEN 2 FAULTS ONE SIDE WAS AGAINST SAND STONEER OTHER SIDE WAS PITCHING STEEPLY UPWARD 60IN BELTS WERE BEING USED THEY WERE TOURGOING IN RANGE ROOF ABOVE BELT ANCH ORAGE WAS 50FT3& SLICK SIDE
EMPLOYEES PREPA9ED TO BOLT ROOF BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS, LOOSE DRAW ROCK FELL INJURING THEM, I.NAMES BACK WAS INJURED FULL EXTENT OF INJURY NOT KNOWN
EMPLOYEES PREPA9ED TO BOLT ROOF BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS, I.NAMES BACK WAS INJURED. DR SAID HE EXPECTS FULL RECOVERY
ROOF FALL ON HEAD OF JOY CUTTING MACHINE ON PILLER LINE
FOSSILEZED TREE STUMPS AND COAL INCLUSIONS IN ROOF FELL TO LENGTH OF BOLTS WE CALLED ROOF CONTROL PEOPLE AND WE AGREED TO USE LONGER BOLTS