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I.NAME WAS HOLDING 6\ LO/BELT STRUCTURE RAIL,WHILE I.NAME WAS POUNDING IT INTO PLACE WITH SLEGE HAMMER TO ADVANCE THE BELT STRUCTURE.SLEDGE SLIPPED AND HIT I.NAME IN THE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BATTERY CORD CABLE ON A MINER CAPLIGHT HE WAS USING A SMALL SCREWDRIVER AND THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND PENETRATED THE SKIN BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON HIS L EFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE, HE STOOD UP TO PULL CABLE AND TWISTED KNEE WHILE DOING SO.
EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETED SHOVELING 14 CUTS OF COAL, HE THEN SAT DOWN TO EAT HIS DINNER AND WHEN HE WETN TO GET BACK UP HE WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERE BACK PAINS.
VICTIM WAS TRAMMING THE ROOF BOLTER TO T HE FACE IN PREPARATION TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTS WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIS KNEE WENT UNDER THE ROOF BOLTER CAUSING THE BOLTER TO COME DOWN ON TOP OF HIS LOWER THIGH & KNEE AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A DEFECTIVE ROOF BOLT WHILE PULLING IT FROM THE ROOF, HE HAD HIS LITTLE FINGER UNDER THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLT, WHEN THE BOLT LEFT LOOSE IT SMASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER CAUS ING CHIP AND FRACTURE TO IT.
WHILE PULLING BOLTER STEELS OUT OF MINE ROOF, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.
ROOF FALL
SCOOP WAS TRAVELING OVER TOP OF SKID IT CAUGHT CAUSING SKID TO SWING AROUND IT CAUGHT I.NAME LEFT FOOT & PUSHED IT UNDER A PILE OF X-BARS THAT WERE STACKED AGAINST THE RIB
WHILE CHANGING BATTERIES ON SCOOP EMPLOYEE HAD HIS LEFT FOOT UNDER THE BATTERY WHEN THE BATTERY WAS BEING DROPPED
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING RAILS FOR LOW BELT HIS RIGHT HAND GOT TWISTED CAUSING SPRAINED WRIST
EMP WAS TRAMMING THE BOLTER FORWARD THE BOLTER JUMPED CATCHING THE EMP ON LEFT KNEE
TERRY ABRAMS WAS PULLING OUT THE HOIST ROP EON THE MINER BRIDGE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWSRE RT SIDE
LENNIE NOVELLA WAS CRAWLING ON MINE FLOOR HIS LEFT KNEE CAME DOWN ON A PERTRUDING STONE CAUSING HIS INJURY
RERAILING LOCOMOTIVE IN TRACK ENTRY.BOTTOM WAS WET,POSITIONING JACK AND FEET SLIPPED CAUSING PAIN TO LOWER BACK.
PULLING #8 CABLE ACROSS IDLE BELT LINE-NOT MOVING WERE MOVING SECTION-IN AREA OF BOOM HOLE SHOT OUT AND BOLTED.BUMPED ROOF WITH LEFT SHOULDER AND PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 18\\ X 6\\ X 0-2\\THICK FEL
WAS USING JACK UPSIDE DOWN, IT KICKED OUT STRICKING TERRY\S LOWER LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING LO-LOW BELT TAIL, TAIL RELEASED ABRUPTLY STRIKING WITH THE END OF THE TAIL BAR IN EMPLOYEES LOWER ABDOMENT
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING A SET OF BELT CLAMPS AND WRENCHED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING TIMBER - AS HE WENT TO THROW A PROP HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PROP AND A STANDING TIMBER
A PIECE OF COAL FLEW OFF CONTINUOUS MINER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING DOWN ENTRY TO ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK SLIPPED OUT BETWEEN BOLTED X-BARS, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE LOWER BACK, RESULTING IN A BRUISE AND SPRAIN TO BACK.
WHILE PULLING ON A HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE HE STRAINED HIMSELF, EXPERIENCING PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BODY.
WHILE BENDING A 3\ ROOF BOLT, ROBERT PLACED ONE BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTER AND THE GROUND (WEDGING IT INTO PLACE) TO BEND IT. WHILE DOING IT HE HURT HIS BACK.
THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF THE WIRE THE EMPLOYEE REACHED UP FOR THE POLE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE POLE AND THE X-BAR
SAM WAS PULLING ON THE BRIDGE CHAIN THE CHAIN GOT TIGHT AND THE SUDDEN STOP INJURED HIS BACK
REPAIRING TRACK THE TRACK JACK SLIPPED PINNING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE JACK AND THE TIMBER
GREG WAS CHANGING A STEEL ROPE WHILE PULLING IT OUT OFTHE DRUM THE ROPE CAME FREE SLAPPING GREG IN THE FACE HE REALIZED THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HIS EYE BUT THE NAKED EYE COULDNT SEE IT IT WAS A PIECE OF STEEL FROM OFF OF THE ROPE SEVERAL DAYS LATER THE STEEL STARTED TO RUST CAUSING SWELLING AND PAIN
ROBERT SLIFER CLIMBED THE LADDER ON THE FRONT END LOADER TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD OFF. HELOST HIS FOOTING AND BEGAN TO FALL. HE GRABBED ONTO A RUNG TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND PULLED A MUSCLE AND JOINT IN HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM.
SHOVELING COAL ONTO BELT ,GOT PIECE IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPL PHYSICAL CONDITION CAUSED OR AGGRAVATED BY REGULAR WORK DUTIES AS UNDERGROUND MINER.
UNINTENTIONAL FALL 250\ INBY DRIFT OPENING ON AMIN BELT ENTRY. ROOF WAS X-BARRED ON 4\ CENTERS WITH 5\ BOLTS IN 6"X8" WOOD BARS & KH BOLTS ON 4\ CENTERS IN BARS & BETWEEN BARS. BARS WERE POSTE D ON ENDS & ALONG BELT. FALL WAS APPROX 60\ LONG & WENT ABOVE BOLTS. SOME BELT IDLES DAMAGED. APPROX 8 SHAFTS TO CLEAN UP & RETIMBER.