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CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE WAS MAKING CLEAN UP RUN AFTER TAKING NORMAL CUT WHEN OPERATOR NOITICED FLUME OF WATER ON LEFT RIB/FACE. HE IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF MACHINE NOTIFIED COWORKERS OF WATER & CREW LEFT WORK SECTION & WENT TO SURFACE WITHOUT INCIDENT TO ANYONE ABANDONED WORKS & FACE AREA FLOODED EXPLOSION ON SECTION.
HE WAS WALKING UP #3 ENT. WALKED INTO ROOF BOLT EXTENDING DOWN FROM TOP.
MAN WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WITH HORN ON SCOOP. CABLE SLIPPED CAT HEAD CAUGHT RING INDEX FINGER.
GLOVE HUNG ON BOLTER STEEL AFTER ROTATION WAS STARTED. PULLED LITTLE FINGER OUT OF JOINT.
PULLING OLD RUBBER OUT OF NO. 4 BELT. PULLING BELT OFF BY MAN POWER. STRUCK HEAD AGAINST ROOF BOLT HANGING FROM TOP FOR CABLE ANCHOR.
RF FALL, 20W 60L 8 THICH BAD RF CONDITIONS IN AREA LOWER COVER CREEK OVERHEAD
LOOSE ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS LAS ROW OF BOLTS 1# FACE.
BURNING BIT HOL8ERS OFF MINER DIRT AND GREASE EXPLODED THROWING DIRT AND METAL INTO EYES.
CHANGING BIT ON3DRILL STEEL NAIL BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN EYE.
USING 4 X 4 TO 8COTCH TRACTOR WHEEL-IT TURNED OVER ON HAND BREAKING INDEX FINGER IN 2 PLACES.
ROCK FELL OUT B9TWEEN BOLTS AND HIT RIGHT FOOT.
TOP IN ARE DID 3OT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF WORKING TOP IN #5 ENTRY HAD FALLEN ABOUT 1 YR AGO SEEMS TO BE A FAULT ACROSS ALL 6 ENTRYS THERE ARE SOME CRACKS AND HORSE BACKS IN THIS AREA
ROCK FELL FROM 7EILING IN MINE ON BACK.CAUSING SORENESS OR BRUISE TO BACK.