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BACKING PINNER INTO A BREAK-CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN PINNER & RIB.
SETTING BEHIND RIB AND SHUT SHOTS LUMP OF COAL CAME FROM RIB AND CUT THUMB.
A PIECE OF SHALE ABOUT 14" SQAURE AND ABOUT 4" THICK FELL ON THE TRACTOR DRIVER AS HE WAS PULLING SHALE THROUGH SOME OLD WORKS TO GOB. THE SHALE FELL FROM ABOUT 6' AND WAS BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS.
EMPLOYEE BENT ROOF BOLT (48") TO AID INSERTING IT IN A HOLE IN THE TOP, THEN WHILE STRAIGHTENING THE ROOF BOLT TO COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION HE STRAINED HIS BACK. (THE BOLT TWISTED IN THE HO LE).
EMPLOYEE WAS WIRING UP A SHOT TO TAKE TOP WHEN A SLAB OF SHALE BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK
MAN WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 FT FROM MAINTENANCE MAN HAMMERING A CUTTER CHAIN WHEN A VERY SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLAKED OFF AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE
WORKER RELEASED CATCH ON HAND CHAIN HOIST THAT HAD TENSION ON A CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND A LOADER TIRE. THE HOIST RELEASED SUDDENLY AND THE HOIST HIT THE WORKER UNDER THE CHIN.
SURVEYOR STEPPED OFF OF STEPS ON TO SMALL GRAVEL ABOUT 2 IN DIAMETER AND TURNED ANKLE
EMPL. WAS CHANGING SET OF BATTERIES ON S & S 270 TRACTGOR USING A ELECTRIC HOIST ON A I BEAM. EMPL. DID NOT CENTER BATTERY LIFT & WHEN HE BEGAN TO REPLACR THE BATTERY IT WAS AT AN ANGLE. HE THEN PUSHED BATTERY & LET THE BATTERY DOWN ON HIS THUMB.
A PIECE OF SHEE7 METAL 3FTX5FT WAS NEXT TO A REAREND HOUSING WHEN THE WORKER MOVED THE REAREND HOUSING TO REMOVE A PART HE HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHEET METAL CAUSING IT TO STRIKE HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD AS HE 4AS BENT OVER
EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING BACK OF MANTRIP CAR TO AVOID FROST. CAR WAS PULLED OVER HUMP CAUSING BACK OF CAR TO GO UP INTO THE TOP PINCHING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN TOP AND CAR.
A PIECE OF SHAL9 APPROX. 3 INCH THICK BY 2 FT LONG BY 10 INCH WIDE APPROX. 80 LB FELL FROM A LEDGE OF SHALE TO SANDROCK ON TO EMPLOYEE S LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER THE LEDGE WAS BEING PINCHEAD AN D THE EMPLOYEE 2AD HIS LEFT HARD ON TOP OF THE PINNER HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING READY TO TAMP EXPLOSIVES WHEN TWO PIECES OF ROCK SHALE APPROX 25LB & 200LB FELL FROM ROOF BETWEEN TWO ROLLS OF ROOF BOLTS
BAD TOP - SHAHE3- 10' APPROX WATER CUTTING SHALE FROM MOUNTAIN BREAK
WORKER WAS REMOVING LARGE ROCK FROM BELT AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BELT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE
FACESHOTS SET OFF ADDITIONAL EXPLOSIVES
EXPLOSION ON DRILL NEAR FACE. TOOL BOX AND TOLLS BLOWN INTO BACK OF EMPLOYEE.
EXPLOSION CAUSED OXYGEN TANK TO STRIKE WORKER IN BACK NOTE EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 0071585