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WAS BOLTING OP AND PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & MASHED HIS THUMB ON LEFT HAND AGAINST HEAD OF ROOF BOLTER.
WAS OPERATING S. CAR AND PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER. CUT FINGER AND BRUISED HAND. (3 OR 4 SUTURES).
WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER & GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN LEVERS & MASHED INTO FRAME & TOP CAUSING INJURY TO RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND
WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM SIDE OF CAR AND STRUCK HIM IN LEFT KNEE.
HE WAS BOLTING TOP WITH 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER AND HE GOT HIS GLOVE HUNG IN CONTROL LEVERS. WHEN HE PULLED HIS HAND BACK, IT CAUSED CONTROL LEVER TO MOVE FORWARD PINNING HIM UNDER FRONT OF PINN ER.
THE INJURED WAS TRAMMING COAL DRILL TO FACE AND TOP WAS LOWER THAN NORMAL AND HE HE GOT HIS KNEES CAUGHT IN TOP AND THEN PULLED THEM UP INTO HIS CHEST CAUSING MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK TO BE INJUR ED.
HE WAS TAKING DOWN SOME LOOSE ROCK AND A PIECE FELL OFF FROM R-RIB HITTING HIM IN THE TOP OF FOOT. ROCK HIT BEHIND HIS SAFETY TOES PROTECTION.
I NAME WAS HELPING HANG CABLE AND INJURED HE BACK SHE HAS HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEM.
I.NAME WAS USING RAILROAD JACK TO LIFT S CAR THE HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF JACK STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH CAUSING LACERATION TO MOUTH AND ALSO KNOCKING A COUPLE TEETH LOOSE
THIS IS A REINJURY OF BACK. HE SAYS HE HURT HIS BACK LIFTING AT WORK ABOUT 5 YRS AGO. HE REINJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING AND HAD SOME TY PE OF BACK SURGERY ON 24TH FEB 88.
COAL SEAM CHANG9D IT PITCHED DOWNWARD & WATER WAS PRESENT IN TOP THE ROOF WAS SUPPORTED & HELD WHILE ADVANCING
FAULT AREA IN 7OP 60FTTO70FTLONG 5FTTO6FT THICK 20FT WIDE
WATER COMING TH9U TOP CAUSING BOLTS TO LOSE ANCHORAGE SECTION WENT TO RESIN BOLTS 3FTTO4FT THICK 20FT LONG 20FT WIDE
BOLTING TOP AND PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM IN SHOULDER & BACK.
I.NAME WAS BEND3NG BOLT TO INSERT INTO TOP WHILEBENDING BOLT HE SAID HE PULLEDF SOMETHING IN HIS BACK
I.NAME CHANGING OUT STRUCTURE ON BELT LINE AND GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BOTTOM OF STRUCTURE AND ROPE AND IT PINCHED THUMB ON RIGHT HAND.
WAS USING GRINDER AND SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT WRIST
WAS LOADING POW8ER(BLASTING) INTO SUPPLY CAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
AREA HAD WATER 1RESENT WHILE SECTION WAS ADVANCED BUT TOP DRILLED SOLID & BOLTS ANCHORAGE WAS GOOD 4FTTO5FTTHICK 25FT TO 30FT LONG 20FT WIDE
WATER WAS COMIN1 THRU TOP WHEN SECTION WAS ADVANCED ROOF DRILLED SOLID 36IN RESDIN BOLTS USED 3FT TO 4FT THICK FELL THRU INTERSECTION 60FT TO 70FT & UP ENTRY 30TO TO 40FT
I.NAME WORKING 2N SC CABLE AND GOT RIGHT FOOT UNDER TIRE AND CAR ROLLED FORWARD AND CAUGHT FOOT.PULLED FOOT BACK AND PULLED AND CRACKED BONE IN FOOT.
THE INJURED WAS3GETTING OUT OF MANTRIP AND STEPPED ON BLOCK OF COAL AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. (HE DIDN'T MISS ANY WORK JUST WENT TO DR. AND CAME BNACK TO WORK HIS KNEE KEPT HURTING,HE HAD SURGERY ON 07/20/87 HAS3BEEN OFF WORK SINCE).
I,NAME WAS SPLI7ING OR REPAIRING A DRIVE CHAIN ON A JOY LOADER WAS USING CHISEL AND HAMMER. CHISEL SLIPPED AND FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM UNDER THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING CUT.
I.NAME WAS WORK3NG IN PREP PLANT & SLIPPED & FELL & CUT HIS RIGHT ARM ON PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.
I.NAME WAS CARR2ING FEEDER FLIGHTS AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE DIDNT GO TO DR UNTIL SOMETIME IN FEB 87 HAD SURGERY ON 4-9-87 DIDNT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 4-8-87 WHEN HE CHECKED IN HOSPITAL DR FEELS HE WILL BE OFF3WORK 3 TO 4 WEEKS
I.NAME WAS RIDI3G RAILRUNNER OUTSIDE AND HIS FOOT WAS ON EDGE OR SIDE OF RAILRUNNER WHEN IT WAS CAUGHT BY A ROCK LAYING ALONG SIDE OF TRACK AND IT BENT HIS FOOT BACK CHIPPING A BONE IN HIS RT FOOT 3
I.NAME RIDING M5NTRIP TO SECTION WAS SITTING ON KNEES WITH FEET UNDERNEATH HIM.CAME TO LOW SPOT,BENT FORWARD BUT DIDNT GET LOW ENOUGH AND IT PRESSED HIM BETWEEN TOP AND DECK OF MANTRIP CAUSING FRACTURE TO RI1HT SIDE TRANSVERSE PROCESS L-1 THRU L-4 OF LUMBAR VERTEBRAE.
I.NAME WAS WORKING IN RAW COAL TUNNEL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON A STEEL I-BEAM
MOISTURE AND AIR CAUSED ROOF TO DETERIORATE SINCE ENTRY WAS DRIVEN IN 1981. FALL WAS 16\ LONG 20\ WIDE THICKNESS 27\.
I.NAME WAS TAKING SOME SUPPLIES OFF BELT AND PINCHED TIP OF LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND. HE GOT HIS FINGER BETWEEN A BOOM LIFT JACK & TOP BELT ROLLER. IT PINCHED THE TIP OF HIS LITTLE FINGER OFF
MAN WAS CHANGING SHAFT ON BELT HEAD HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO PUT PRESSURE ON BEARING WHILE ANOTHER MAN HIT BEARING PIECE OF METAL BROKE FROM BEARING STRIKING MAN UNDER ARM ABOVE ELBOW ON RT ARM.
CHRIS HAD CHAIN HOOKED TO A ROOF BOLT THAT WAS THROUGH A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK THAT HAD FELL AND WAS TRYING TO MOVE ROCK WITH A SCOOP HOOKED CHAIN CHAIN BROKE AND PIECE OF CHAIN FLEW BACK AND HI T HIM IN THE LEFT EYE
RON WAS CHANGING HYD PUMP ON 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER AND HE INJURED HIS BACK SOMETIME DURING THE JOB.
RIDING BELT OUTSIDE AND WENT THROUGH FIRE CURTAIN SITTING UP TOO HIGH ON BELT AND STRUCK TOP.
WAS ADJUSTING ROLLER ON BELT LINE AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE
MAN BENT OVER TO OPEN BOX THAT HAD HIS MINING BELT & HAT IN IE & HURT BACK SOMEHOW.
WAS BOLTING TOP VICTIM HAD HIS LEFT HAD ON DRILL POT OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE HE MOVED MACHINE IN POSITION TO INSTALL BOLT WHEN HE GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL POT AND FACE OF COAL CUT LEFT HA ND AND BRUISED
HAD MOVED ROOF BOLT DOWN FROM SECTION TO BOLT TOP WHERE BELT HEAD WAS TO BE SET WHEN REPAIRMAN PUTPOWER ON ROOF BOLTER THE OPT STARTED TO BE SETROOF BOLTER UP THE TRAM LEVERS WERE HUNG IN REVE RSE CAUSING ROOF BOLTER TO START TRAMMING BACKWARD AND IT PINNED WAYNES LEFT FOOT AGAINST RIB AND ROOF BOTLER BROKE LITTLE TOE AND A BONE IN LEFT FOOT