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Employee was outside of mine office. He bent over to pick up a piece of metal and felt pain in his back.
EE was walking around a scoop to get a bag of rock dust when he tripped on a slick rock. He caught himself with his right arm and pulled a muscle in his arm and shoulder.
Employee was walking he went in No 3 Heading and a piece of draw rock 3" thick 15" wide and 2' long fell and hit him on his neck.
Employee was moving a bag of rock dust when he turned around he strained his back.
Employee was eating lunch at section power box. He went to stand up and felt pain in his lower back.
Employee was knocking down a half header. Down from roof top when it fell it hit him on his right hand and cut his little finger he received 4 stitches.
The employee was helping making a belt move using a red devil hand operated ratchet when he releasing the ratchet the handle slipped and caught his right thumb between handle and the latch. It fracture his thumb.
Employee was loading glue onto the roof bolter. When he twisted around he felt pain in his back.
Employee was roof bolting in place when he slipped and tripped and fell on his right shoulder.
Employee was walking across section doing pre shift exam when he stepped in a hole and tripped and twisted his right knee. Employee worked until 8/12/14. then went off work.
Employee was shoveling belt line and pulled a muscle in his left shoulder.
Employee was using a slate bar to lift belt line up and pulled muscle in his back.
Employee was operating a continuous miner loading a shuttle car when a piece sand stone came out of the conveyor on the miner and struck him on the right side of his hard hat.
EE was moving miner cable and felt pain in his stomach.
Removing a rock off of his tool box and felt pain in his back.
Employee was cutting a band off a pallet on blocks and cut his left hand with a utility knife. He received 7 stitches.
Employee was watching belt run to trim a splice and a piece of the belt line came around and hit him in the face and cut his chin. He received 10 stitches on his chin. Came back to work the next day.
EE was pullling a wheel off of a Shuttle car using a slat bar and strained his lower back.
Employee was loading roof bolts onto roof bolter when he picked up a hand full of bolts he twisted around and strained his back.
A roof fall has occurred located 4 crosscuts U.G. inby from the surface. 3600' from the face. The fall was 20' in length 20' width and 6' in height. The fall will be cleaned up.
Employee was standing next to a scoop when the scoop moved. It struck his left foot.
Employee was packing a bundle of roof bolt plates and he dropped them on his right foot bruising it on the side of his foot.
Roof fall occurred in the No 1 return entry 270 ft outby the coal face. The fall was 20 ft long 30 ft wide and 7 ft thick. The fall will not be cleaned up. The entrance to fall is dangered off and supported as per roof control plan.
Roof Fall 4,500 feet from face #4 entry. Fall was 6' in Height 18' in Width and 50' long. The fall will be cleaned up. Clean up plan is developed.
Employee was roof bolting when a piece of draw rock fell and hit his right thumb when he was putting the drill still in the pot it fracture his right thumb.
Employee was putting scoop on charge when he twisted his right knee.
Employee was getting shuttle car loaded when shuttle bounced and his head hit the canopy of the shuttle car.
The fall was at survey station #317 in the #7 entry, 1800 ft from the face. The fall was 5 ft in height, 20 ft in width and 60 ft in length. The fall will not be cleaned up. The entrance to the fall is dangered off and supported as per roof control plan.
Roof fall in #5 entry, 1 brake outby spad #313. 10'high 20'width 60' in length. Entrance to fall was dangered off and supported as per roof control plan and will not be cleaned up.
Employee was cleaning out drill steel when he hit himself in the forehead with the drill steel cutting his forehead. He received 4 stitches.
EE dropped a bundle of roof bolts plates on top of his left foot cutting it. He received 5 stitches on top of his foot.
EE was hitting drill steel with a wrench, when the wrench bounced back and hit him on the forehead. He received 6 stitches on his forehead. Came back to work the next day, no lost time.
Employee had moved roof bolter in 3 left to let the continuous miner back up. When a piece of draw rock, paper thin to 2" thick by 2' wide and 3' long fell and hit him on his back causing abrasions and contusions and 1 cracked vertebra.
Employee was standing talking to boom truck operator when the operator pushed lever to move outrigger. The outrigger struck employee's left arm.
Water inundation inby survey station # 1010, # 3 heading in face continuous miner. Cut into old works on right side of cut. Unknown mine.
Employee stepped on a piece of rock and twisted his right knee.
EE was lifting cathead on the roof bolter cable up and pulled a muscle in his back.
Employee was roof bolting when a small piece of draw rock fell and struck him on the right shoulder.
Employee was installing timbers along the # 4 belt conveyor and a piece of coal fell striking his right hand. Contusion on his hand.
Employee was spot bolting and a small piece of draw rock fell and hit him on the right hand and fractured his pinky finger.
Driver was going to put oil in his truck, when he bent over and picked up bucket of oil, he hurt his back.
Employee was going throw airlock door when the door. sliped and hit his lower left leg bruise it. He did not go off work until 3/6/29
removed wet end of pump for rebuilding and was moving to drill tender. Stepped on power cable, lost footing and smashed finger between tender and wet end of pump.
Roof fall, 1100' from the face at spad 1176 in old works. The fall was 7' high, 20' wide and 90' long. Fall will not be cleaned up . Entrance to fall is dangered off and supported as per roof control plan.
Roof fall 1 break inside. The fall was 3' high, 8' width and 18 feet in length. The fall is dangered off and supported as per roof control plan. The mine is non-producing Intermittent. Work: pumping water.
He was getting out of scoop deck & fell, landing on his side.
While pinning top in no.11 entry had 1 row of bolts move up to starting on 2nd row. Rock fell striking him in the face, causing face trauma. Rock 8' long, 41/2'wide and 41/2 to 5' in the middle to the edge.
Rock fell 8' long x 41/2' wide to 5 1/2' in the middle to 0" to the edges thick at no12 entry next to face about 12' from face.
Helping with bolterman, reached for a bolt and a piece of draw rock fell on L trumb.
While rock dusting dust got in eyes.