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EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN OFFSET WAITING FOR THE SCOOP TO PASS.SCOOP SLID AND SQUEEZED EMPLOYEES KNEE BETWEEN SCOOP BATTERY AND RIB.
WHEN GETTING INTO THE SHUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE BRUISED HIS RIGHT FOOT WHEN HE HIT IT ON THE BRAKE PETAL OF SHUTTLE CAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP OUT OF ENTRY, WHILE DOING SO A LEG APPROX. 6 FEET LONG FELL OUT, CAME DOWN ON BATTERIES, CAUGHT OTHER POST AND CAME AROUND HITTING EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A 5X7 CROSSBAR IN HIGHLIFT BUCKET. CROSSBAR FELL OFF BUCKET BRUISING AND STRAINING EMPLOYEE S RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING A PUMP MOTOR OUT OF A JOY MINER AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE CRAWLE8 UP ON TABLE TO GET DYNAMITE ANCD CAP BOXES AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING HOLE IN RIB WHILE DOING SO HE WENT TO SWITCH SHOULDERS THE DRILL GOT CAUGHT CAME AROUND & HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH
EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING A ROOF BOLT INTO THE ROOF THROUGH A 3"X8" BAR. EMPLOYEE HIT HIS KNEE ON THE BOLT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TH9OWING TIMBER TO FACE. FELLOW EMPLOYEE THREW POST TO INJURED. POST STRUCK INJURED ON RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA3TING FOR CONTINUOUS MINER TO PULL ACROSS FACE.ROOF JACK KICKED OUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT KNEE AND LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING JACK TO PULL MINER OVER.A PIECE OF SLATE FELL WHEN JACK WAS SET IN THE ROOF.EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS AB2UT TO SET SUMP JACK ON WILCOX MINER WHEN HIS FOOT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A WIRE ROPE. FRAGMENT OF WIRE ROPE PUNCTURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT BOOT AND FOOT.
EE WAS RIDING 31WHEELER & HAD HIS R FOOT HANGING OVER SIDE OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE APPROACHED LAST X-CUT MAKING A LEFT TURN TO GO INTO X-CUT WHEN HIS R FOOT WEDGED BETWEEN A PROP & THE SIDE OF T HE VEHICLE. 3
AN UNPLANNED RO2F FALL OCCURED IN 3 LEFT INTAKE AT 2 RM INTERSECTION. THE FALL WAS 30 FT LONG 24 FT WIDE AND 5 FT HIGH. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY 4 FT ROOF BOLTS AND POSTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS AB2UT TO SET SUMP JACK ON LEFT SIDE OF WILCOX CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF BODY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING MUD OUT OF A DITCH WITH A BUCKET AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG JOB TASKS NOE THAT WERE UNUSUAL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS NO7 WEARING SAFETY GLASSES EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON 3 WHEELER PERSONNEL IN #3 ENTRY OPERATOR OF 3 WHEELER RAN OVER ROOF BOLT THAT WAS LAYING BESIDE RUNWAY ROOF BOLT CAME UP A ND HIT EMPLOYEE IN FA7E EMPLOYEE THEN GOT DRAGGED OVER FENDER ON 3 WHEELER AT LOW BARS
BACKING MINER U1,RELEASED RIGHT DRUM WHILE LEFT WAS STILL IN GEAR.MINER SWUNG PINNING RIGHT ANKEL BETWEEN MINER AND JACK.
MINER WAS MOVIN1 ACROSS FACE WHEN A POST KICKED OUT HITTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT KNEE.
SETTING JACK WH9N MOVING EMPLOYEE "DISLOCATED" LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DI8LODGING A POST WHEN POST KICKED BACK AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS KN2CKING A POST OUT MINER CABLE WAS TIGHT AGAINST PROP TENSION OF ROPE AGAINST POST KNOCKED IT OUT & STRUCK EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE WAS TI4BERING AT THE TIME, AND WAS MOVING A PILE OF PROPS. THE MINER WAS CUTTING TO HIS SIDE OF THE PLACE, AT WHICH TIME EMPLOYEE GOT HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN MINER AND PROP RESULTING W ITH BRUISING TO3THE TOP OF HIUS FOOT, BETWEEN TOES AND ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING GOB UP WITH SCOOP. WHILE DOING SO HE BACKED SCOOP INTO POST LINE ALONG RIB. POSTS HIT HIM IN HEAD AND PUSHED HIS FACE DOWN AGAINST CONTROL. EMPLO2EE IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON JUNE 10, 1986.
AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 3 LEFT RETURN AT #11 ROOM INTERSECTION. THE FALL WAS 40 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE AND 3-4 FEET HIGH IN SIZE. THIS AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY POSTS.