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MINE SCOOP HAD 6EEN STUCK IN RUT ON INTAKE TRAVEL WAY AND WAS RAISED UP WITH MATERIAL BEING PLACED UNDER LEFT FRONT WHEEL. WHEN THE SCOOP WAS LEFT DOWN AND STARTED TO TRAM FORWARD AGAIN, ON O F THE STUD BOLT8 BROKE LETING THE WHEEL WEDGE FLY OFF STRICKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT KNEE AND CHIPPING THE BONE. EMPLOYEE WAS 6 FEET TO 8 FEET AWAY FROM THE WHEEL.

EMP WAS REPLACING A BRAKE CALIPER ON A SCOOP WHILE IN A SITTING POSITION HE WAS HOLDING THE CALIPER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND PULLING UPWARD TO HOLD IT IN LINE AND LEANED FORWARD TO CHECK THE BOTTOM OF THE CALIPER FOR ALIGNMENT THIS MOVEMENT CAUSED THE BOTTOM OF THE CALIPER FOR ALIGNMENT. THIS THIS CAUSED A MUSCLE SPASM IN THE R SIDE OF THE BACK CAUSING DISLOCATION OF 3 RIBS

INJURED PARTY WAS TIMBERING AND CLEANING UP COAL AFTER THE MINER HAD RETREATED FROM THE FACE OF #1 HEADING OF THE 3RD LEFT MAINSS HE HAD JUST FINISHED SETTING A TIMBER WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ME ASURING 42 IN LONG 33 IN WIDE AND 3 TO 5 IN THICK FELL BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS TIMBERS AND SAFETY JACKS STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER LEFT SIDE AND LEFT HIP

BOLTER POWER CABLE HAD A SMALL PERFORATION THRU OUTER INSULATION, THRU INNER INSULATION TO ONE LEG OF POWER & WAS NOT VISIBLE TO NAKED EYE. INJURED PARTY PLACED HIS RT HAND ONT HE POWER CAB LE IN CRAWLING ACROSS IT AT THE DAMAGED POINT & RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM 240 VOLTS AC POWER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING SLATE OFF BELT AND IN TURNING TO HIS LEFT WITHOUT MOVING THE POSITION OF HIS FEET WHICH WERE DIRECTED TO THE FRONT HE STRAINED HIS UPPER LUMBAR AREA