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EE TURNED AROUND TO MOVE FROM ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE HEARD THE TOP CRACK AND TWISTED BACK.
EE WAS LOADING BOLTS & PLATES. HE THEN PITCHED UP A BOX OF GLUE & THREW IT & HURT HIS BACK.
THE MEN WERE INSTALLING SOME BELT STRUCTURE WHEN THE LEG ON THE BELT STRUCTURE KRILLED CATCHING THE END OF HIS EE FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT STRUCTURE WERE THAT HOLDS BELT ON.
HE HAD BEEN OPERATING SCOOP. SHOT FIRE GAVE HIS WARNING 3 TIMES. HE HEARD HIM, BUT DID NOT THINK THE SHOT WOULD GO THRU THE BRAKE INTO THE #3 HEADING.
EE SAYS HE HURT HIS BACK OTHER WAS NOT INFORMED OF EE HURTING HIS BACK ON JAN 28,1994. EE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK BY PULLING ON THE CUTTER CABLE BUT HE DID NOT TELL ME OTHER ABOUT ANY OF THE ABO VE.
EE SAID HE ORIGINALLY HURT HIS NECK ON 10-20-93, JUMPING TO KEEP FALLING ROCK FROM HITTING HIM, BUT DID NOT REPORT IT. THE HE SAID ON 11-11-93 HE HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY OF SHUTTLE CAR HURTING HIS NECK AGAINS, LANDING ON HIS BACK & HURTING KIDNEY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH MINER CABLE. HE WAS BETWEEN THE CABLE & COAL RIB WHEN THE CABLE THREW HIM AGAINST COAL RIB. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO THE OPERATOR UNTIL 11/11/93.
INJURED WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER AND WHILE IT WAS ROTATING IT SOMEHOW CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND TWISTED HIS HAND AROUND HIS GLOVE STRUCK TO BOLT.
INJURED IS OUR SCOOP OPERATOR. HE WAS IN LOW COAL AND AS HE GOT OUT OF SCOOP HIT HIS HEAD ON COAL. A KNOT CAME UP ON HIS NECK. BUT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OK. HIS NECK KEPT GETTING WORSE SO ON 5-18-93 HE WENT TO SEE A CHIRO.
HE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HM ON THE THUMB. EE THOUGHT HIS THUMB WOULD BE OKAY, BUT HAD TO GOT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE HOSPITAL ON 12/4/92. THEY PU T A TEMPORARY SPLINT ON IT UNTIL THE SWELLING GOES DOWN. THEY TOLD HIM IT COULD BE A POSSIBLE BREAK AT THE KNUCKLE.
HE WAS HOLDING THE CUTTER CABLE WHEN THE CUTTER OPERATOR TURNED ON REEL TO ROLL UP CABLE CATCHING AND FOULING HIS FOOT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK WHILE HE WAS STRAIGHTENED ROOF BOLT.
GETTING ROCK OFF BELT LINE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN THE ROTATION OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND TWISTED HIS FINGER.
ROOF FALL IN #4 ENTRY FACE AREA ABOUT 6FT THICK LOOK LIKE FAULT IN ROOF HOSELACK OR ROLL
EMPL WAS LOADING SOLID BLOCKS INTO SCOOP & ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED BACK.