MINE FIRE OCCURRED ON #2 BELT HEAD DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT PRODUCED BY BAD BEARING WHICH CAUGHT GREASE AND OIL ON FIRE.
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Showing all 38EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING UP ROADWAY OBSERVING HIGHLINE WHICH WAS TIED TO ROOF WHEN PAIN CAME IN HIS LOWER BACK CAUSING HIIM TO BECOME PARTIALLY IMPAIRED.
OPERATING ROOF BOLTER STEEL HIT HIM ON ARM.
PULLING ON CUTTER CABLE.
EMPLOYEE WQS PREPARING EXPLOSIVES IN PRE DRILLED HOLES OF COAL AT FACE. A WHEELED CART OF EXPLOSIVES IS UTILIZED TO ASSIST COAL SHOOTER. EMPLOYEE PULLED CART ASLONG FACE WHICH RESULTED IN A BACK STRAING INJURY.
EMPLOYEES WERE HANGING CABLE CABLE WAS STREACHED TIGHT PUTTING PRESSURE ON IT WHEN EMPLOYEES TIED IT UP TIE WIRES BROKE LETTING CABLE FALL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND
THE BOLTER OPERATOR MOVED THE BOLTER INTO POSIT ION TO INSTALL THE FIRST BOLT. HE REACHED AROUNDTHE MACHINE TO MOVE THE STEERING LEVERS AND HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE COAL RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNLOAD A 55GAL BARREL FROM SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK TRYING TO CATCH HIS BALANCE.
EE WAS HAULING COAL WITH A SCOOP WHEN A LUMP OF COAL WAS THROWN FROM SCOOP TIRE AND STRUCK HIS HAD BEHIOND LEFT EAR.
EE WAS DRIVING 3 WHEEL BUGGY WHEN FRONT TIRE KICKED SIDEWAYS JERKING STEERING OUT OF EE HAND AND KICKING KNOB BACK AGAINST RIGHT HAND AND WRIST BREAKING WRIST IN THE JOINT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING BOTTOM WITH BOTTOM DRILL. EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING DRILL AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING COUPLING IN FOOTSHAFT OF MINER. HE HAD FOOTSHAFT STANDING ON END AND WAS SLIDING OTHER PIECE DOWN INTO FOOTSHAFT. HE HAD THUMB BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES, WHEN THEY WENT TOGET HER THEY CAUGHT THE END OF HIS LEFT FINGER BETWEEN THEM.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN MUD WHILE WALKING AND FELL. (STRAINED LOWER BACK)
EMPLOYEE WAS BURSTING LUMPS OF COAL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF COAL HIT HIM IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE. PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK.
CRAWLING ON KNEES. INJURY CAUSAED DAMAGE TO EMPLOYEES RIGHT KNEE CAP. CRAWLING ON ROCKS.
EMPL OPERATING SCOOP WHEN FRONT WHEEL ON OPERATOR SIDE OF SCOOP RAN OVER A MINING CRIB BLOCK.
EMPL HANGING LINE CURTAIN ,TURNED AND TWISTED KNEE.
REPLACING BELT IN NO. 2 BELT, LIFTING.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CONVEYOR BELT UP ONTO THE BELT STRUCTURE, STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPL LIFTING ROLL OF BELT AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
2 POT BOLTING WHERE A TWO BOLTS HAD BEEN DIS-LODGED & ATRS BROKE ROCK LOOSE FROM BOLTS
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A BOX OF RESIN GLUE ACROSS THE TOP OF ROOF BOLTER, PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A 2" WATER HOSE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF BRATTICE CLOTH AND HIS LOWER BACK LOCKED UP.
EMPLOYEE'S KNEE LOCKED UP ON HIM AT HOME RE-OCCURRENCE OF ACCIDENT DATED 04-24-90.
LIFTING BUCKET OF MINER BITS OFF OF MINER HE WAS OPER
EE WAS PULLING BRATTICE CLOTH FROM UNDER MINER CABLE STRAINNED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK OFF OF BELT LINE AND DROPPED A PIECE ON HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 300 GALIS ROOF DRILL A PICE OF DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE HE WAS DRILLING AND HIT ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE LOCKED UP IN JOINT WHEN HE KNELT DOWN.
ROOF FALL 7 BREAKS OUTBY FACE IN #4 ENTRY ONE BREAK INBY SPAD 1476 SANDSTONE GAVE LOOSE FROM SLATE FALL APPROX 40'X23'X32".
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT. THE DRILL STEEL BROKE AND PULLED LEFT SHOULDER OUT OF SOCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING AROUND IN THE DECK OF THE SHUTTLE, AND STRUCK THE CANOPY POST WITH THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD.
PILLAR FALL ON 265 LIN MINER 265 LIN BROKE DOWN AS WE WERE PULLING LET ING OF #1 PILLAR TOP STATED COMING BEFORE WE COULD GOT IT REPAIRED, AND FELL APPROX. 4 TO 8 THICK ON IT.
CONTINUOUS MINE9 GOT PILLAR FELL ON ITON THE #001 WORKING SECTIONM
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO BOLT #3 HEADING A PIECE OF ROCK FELL DOWN HIS BACK ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS
WE HAD A ROOF F5LL IN #2 ENTRY AT FACE APPROX 5 FT THICK 60 FT LONG