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SCOOP DRIVER OVERCOME BY POWDER SMOKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTRACT BUCKET OF COAL FROM LEFT BREAK OF #5 HDG SCOOP CLIMBED UPON SOME LOOSE COAL AND WAS WEDGED BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM OF MINE AND COULDNT GET BACK TO FRESH AIR.
AUTHOR JENT, WHILE IN LOW COAL & IN THE KNEELING POSITION, BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX OF DUMMIES WHICH WEIGHTS APPROX. 20 LBS., & STRAINED HIS BACK.
I NAME WAS IN RIGHT BREAK OF NO. 4 ENTRY POSITIONING THE WAGON DRILL TO START DRILLING COAL IN PROCESS OF POSITIONING DRILL HE HAD TO LIFT DRILL RESULTING IN BACK.
I NAME MOVED HIS SCOOP INTO #4 ENTRY AT FACE AND WAS COMING OUT OF #4 ENTRY WITH LOAD OF COAL WHEN LEFT KNEE CONTACTED THE TOP THE INJURY CAUSED A STRAINED KNEE PULLED TENDONS AND MUSCLES LOW COAL WAS THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THIS INJURY
DEFECTIVE CABLE ON POWER SIDE OF 6002 30 AMP SWITCH BOX EMP WAS INSTALLING A BATTERY CHARGER 44 V 3 PHASE MIDDLE FINGER KING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER WAS ELECTRICALLY BURNED WHEN POWER WAS APP APPLIED TO SWITCH BOX 2 PHASES CAME IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER