PULLING ON A MINER CABLE,SPRAINED HIS BACK.
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Showing all 36I NAME WAS USING A DISK GRINDER AND THE GRINDER JUMPED BACK AND CUT HIS LEFT ARM
WAS RIDING 4-WHEELER THROUGH BREAK BETWEEN #6 & #7 ENTRY WHEN HE CAUGHT HEAD AGAINST TOP & HURT NECK.
TIGHTING UP WHEEL UNIT ON A SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND WITH A HAMMER.
GETTING PIECE OF METAL OUT OF COAL TRUCK,WALKED INTO METAL PIPE GOING FROM ONE SIDE OF BED TO THE OTHER.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE HURT HS BACK ON 022790 TO I NAME SUPT WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON BELTLINE 022490 HE WENT TO DOC 022790 & DOC DIAGNOSED THAT HE HAD STRAINED A MUSCLE
WAS PULLING ROCK OFF MINER, CHAIN SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING THINGS OUT OF TRUNK OF CAR, AND TRUCK LID FELL DOWN AND STRUCK HIS HEAD.
I.NAME PRYING ROCK OUT OF TAILPIECE WITH SLATE BAR AND BAR SLIPPED HIT HIM IN HEAD.
DRAW ROCK IN FACE AREA. OPER WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT LAST CAR IN FACE. OPER HAD ONE ROOF BOLT OVER HEAD AND ONE ROOF BOLT INBY HIM. FACE AREA FELL IN AND 2 PIECES OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE LAST T WO BOLTS.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE INTO A SCOOP BUCKET AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THEM. IT CUT THE END OF HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF SCOOP AND SAID HIS KNEE JUMPED OUT OF PLACE.
EMPL WAS WALK #3 BELT LINE HE HEARD A CRACK AND JUMPED AND TRIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HIS SHOULDER AGAINST THE CRIB
EMPLOYEE STATED ROCK FELL APPROX. 3 FEET AND STRUCK HIM ON THE NECK. THERE WAS APPROX. 4 SMALL PIECES OF ROCK AT THE AREA.
EMPL WAS SPREADING PLASTER ON STOPPINGS WHEN PLASTER DROPPED OFF HIS GLOVE AND INTO R EYE
ELECTRICAN WAS CHECKING VOLTAGE ON FUSES WHEN CONTACTOR ARCED AND SHORTED OUT, CAUSING BURNS TO HANDS AND EYES.
CANOPY ON S CAR CAUGHT CUTTER CABLE AND JERKED IT DOWN ON I NAME HITTINGHIM ACROSS LOWER BACK
RIDING IN SCOOP, SCOOP BOUNCED.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE TRYING TO FIND AN INTERNAL BROKEN PHASE.
THE INJURED WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN HE HAD TO BEND A ROOF BOLT AND THAT WAS WHEN HE HURT HIS ABCK.
DRAW ROCK FELL ON RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN CABLE PULLED A CRIB BLOCK OUT INTO ROAD AND RAN OVER IT WITH BUGGY.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPRAY PAINTING A S-CAR HIS FEET SLIPPED WHILE STEPPING OFF THE CAR,CAUSING HIM TO STEP ON THE GROUND IN AN UNBALANCED WAY.
THE INJURED WAS TRAMMING SCOOP THRU ROUGH ROAD WHEN SCOOP JOLTED HIM AGAINST BACK OF SEAT,BRUSING LOWER ABCK.
EMPL WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR & GOT COAL DUST IN EYE
HE WAS LIFTING ON BELT ROPE & INJURED BACK.
VICTIM LIFTED A BLOCK OF COAL TWISTING HIS BACK AND PULLED A MUSCLE.
EMP. WAS WALKING WITH HIS HEAD TOO CLOSE TO THE ROOF AND STRUCK ROOF BOLT PLATE, CUTTING HIS LEFT EAR.
EMP. WAS TAKING DOWN CABLE A ND STUCK WIRE IN LOWER EYE LID.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CASE OF POWDER AND TWISTED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING NO 2 BELT WHEN IT CAME ON AND HE STARTED TO GET OFF AND GOT HIS LEG BETWEEN THE BELT.
VICTIM SAID HE 3WAS DRAGGING SOME DYNAMITE OVER A BERM OF COAL & HURT HIS BACK.
VICTIM SAID HE 3THREW A MINING PROP & HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE GOT OU7 OF MANTRIP TO HELP SCOOP GET TRACTION IN MUD, WHILE SCOOP OPERATOR NOT SEEING EMPLOYEE, LET BUCKET OF SCOOP DOWN ON EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HEEL. NO BROKEN BONES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9SSING EAR OF JACK IN PLACE WITH A HYD. JACK, WHEN A HALF-HEADER UNDER JACK, KICKED OUT, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT THUMB.
REPAIRMAN TURNE8 STACKER BELT ONNOT NOTICING THAT MINER WAS ON STACKER. DOCTOR REPORT NO BROKEN BONES MINER CALLED AND SAID HE WOULD NOT BE CAK TO WORK-HAD ANOTHER JOB.