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EE WAS SHOVELIN1 SLATE ALONG TRACK HAULAGE USING #4 SHOVEL INTO A 8 TON WAGON. EE STATED HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE SHOVELING INTO THE WAGON.
EMP HAD JUST FI3ISHED REPAIRING A PUMP. AS HE WAS WALKING TO HIS MOTOR HE TRIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL
EMP WAS BUILDIN1 A STOPPING WHEN HIS HELPER HANDED HIM A BLOCK HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THAT BLOCK AND ANOTHER
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 OFF TON LOCOMOTIVE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A RAIL, BENT HIS TOES BACKWARDS, AND FRACTURED HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS FA7E BOLTING A HIGH PLACE. EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK FROM BOTER CONTROLS TO CHECK DRILL STEEL PLACEMENT AGAINST ROOF. A PIECE OF SLATE FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS ROOF BOL7ING AFTER THE MACHINE WAS IN PLACE THE EE LOWERED THE DRILL HEAD TO BEGIN BOLTING. THE EE LOWERED THE DRILL HEAD ON HIS OWN LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A POLE FUSE ON 8 TON LOCOMOTIVE HE WAS HOLDING AN END OF POWER WIRE WHEN POLE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS GRASP AND SPRUNG UP COMING IN CONTACT WITH 550 VOLT DC TROLLEY LINE
ROOF FALL IN E3& F SECTION IN #2 ENTRY 8 RM INBY M & N FACES FALL IS APPROX 16' LONG 16' WIDE 4'-5' HIGH. AREA WAS MINED 1-13-86 USING C/M & ROOF BOLTED USING 4' CONVENTIONAL BOLTS. THERE W AS A CLAY VEIN 3N AREA RUNNING DOWN MIDDLE OF ENTRY IN FALL AREA.
EE WAS HELPING 7O LIFT A THROMOR WATER PUMP ONTO A FLATBED WAGON WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BO5TING ON RT SIDE OF DOUBLE BOOM BOLTER AS HE SWUNG BOOM OVER TO ENABLE HIM OT PULL DOWN A PIECE OF ROCK THE ROCK FELL GLANCED OFF THE BOOM CANOPY AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RT SHO ULDER 3
EMPLOYEE AND TW2 OTHERS WERE WORKING CLEANING 6" PIPELINE. EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING A JOINT OF LINE TO REMOVE A DRESSER SLEEVE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
MEN WERE HAULIN1 4 INCH PLASTIC PIPE ON A SCOOP, ONE ROLLED OFF AND STUCK ON A BEND BETWEEN SCOOP AND RIB. WHENMAN FREED THE PIPE IT SPRUNG AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING UP ROOF BOLTS ALONG SIDE THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS ANDSTRUCK THE MAN ON THE SHOULDER AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LIFTING JACK TO JACK AN 8 TON LOCOMOTIVE ON TRACK AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WITH A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF AND STRUCK THE MAN ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WITH LEE-NORSE DOUBLE BOOM DRILL EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING RUBBER GLOVES WHILE HOLDING DRILL STILL WITH LEFT HAND THE RUBBER GLOVE STUCK TO THE STEEL JERKING EMPLOYEES HAN D
MAN WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER FROM A LIME TANK AT A TREATMENT PLANT. HE MISSED A RUNG ON LADDER AND SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 4 FEET MAN FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL ON BELTLINE APPROX 175 OUTBY 15 FACE CHUTE AREA WAS MINED APPROX 7 35 AND SUPPORTED WITH STEEL BEAMS AND LAGGING FALL IS APPROX 35X16X4
ROOF FALL ON MAIN HAULAGE APPROX 250 FT INBY LYTLES CHUTE AREA WAS MINED APPROZ 1 38 AND SUPPORTED WITH STEEL BEAMS AND LAGGING FALL IS APPROX 15X60X4
MAN WAS WALKING BELTLINE WHILE CROSSING OVER A PIPELINE HE GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON PIPE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT CALF
MAN & HIS PARTNER WERE UNLOADING TIMBERS OFF WAGON. PARTNER PULLED ON END OF TIMBER CAUSING IT TO SLIP OUT OF INJURED MANS HAND FALLING ON HIS RT FOOT.
INJURED WAS TRAVELING RETURN ESCAPEWAY TO SECTION AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A BEAM WHILE WALKING THROUGH A LOW AREA.
MAN WAS CARRYING POST IN A LOW AREA & STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A BEAM. INJURED WENT TO DOCTOR 3 DAYS LATER BUT WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO WORK UNTIL 6-24-85 BECAUSE MINE WAS IDLE.
MAN WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF FALES ROOF IN MINE ENTRY. MAN SLIPPED AND FELL A SHORT DISTANCE. MAN STATED HE ACHED ALL OVER.
ROOF FALL ON MAIN TRACK HAULAGE APPROX 100 FT INBY LYTLE\S CHUTE. FALL IS APPROX. 20 FT LONG AND 4 FT HIGH AND INTERFERES WITH TRANSPORTATION. AREA WAS MINE APPROX. JULY 1937 AND WAS SUPPORTED WITH STEEL BEAMS.
EMPLOYEE STOPPED TO HELP MECHANIC PLACE PUMP MOTOR ON SHUTTLE CAR WHEN PUMP MOTOR WAS PUT IN PLACE THE PUMP SLIPPED CATCHING EMPLOYEE\S INDEX FINGER RIGHT HAND BETWEEN PUMP AND SHUTTLE CAR. AND THEN GO BACK TO SEE THE DOCTOR.
ROOF FALL ON E 5ND F INTAKE #1 ENTRY #5 ROOM INBY MAND N FACES. FALL APPROXIMATLY 20 FEET LONG, 16 FEET WIDE, 6 FEET HIGH, AREA WAS MINED DURING JANUARY 1986 AND SUPPORTED WITH 4 AND 6 INCH CONVENTIONAL RO2F BOLTS. THERE WAS A SLIP RUNNING DIGONALLY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.