WAS IN FACE OF #5 ENTRY, ROCK FELL OFF MINER HIT ON TOP OF RIGHT HAND.
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Showing all 19INJURED WAS PULLING MINER CABLE & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LOW BACK. ACCIDENT REPORTED 2/26/90.
OPENING 5 GAL CAN OF OIL. HAD ICE AROUND SPOUT. PART OF PLASTIC BROKE USED FINGER TO GRIP SPOUT TO PULL OUT OF CAR. PLASTIC BROKE EXPOSING SHARP EDGE OF CAN OPENING CUT FINGER.
PULLING MINER CABLE DURING MINER MOVE. LOWER BACK INJURY.
WAS PUTTING SHEER PIN IN FEEDER AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN PIN HOLE.LEFT INDEX FINGER.
INJURED WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER & JUST MANUVERED MACHINE TO START DRILING WHEN HE PUT CANOPY AGAINST TOP & PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 2'X2'X3" FELL & HJIT HIM IN LOWER BACK.
MOVING MINER FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER SITTING IN DECK OF MINER LEFT LOWER LEG STARTED STINGING, SAID THOUGHT IT WAS FROM THE WAY HE SAT IN DECK KNEE PADS CUT OF CIRCULATION TO LOWER LEG.
INJURED WAS GETTING OUT OF MANTRIP AND STEP OUT OF CAR AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG BREAKING IT.
INJURED WAS TIGHTENING CHAIN ON RIPPER HEAD AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE MINER.
INJURED WAS MOVING ROOF BOLTER AND CAUGHT HIMSELF BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE BOLTER.
INJURED WAS BOLTING TOP AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS FINGER.
INJURED WAS PUTTING A WHEEL UNIT A SHUTTLE CAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS WALKING TO SHUTTLE CAR WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.
ROOF BOLTER WAS SCALING PIECE OF ROCK WHEN ANOTHER PIECE FELL BEHIND HIM & HIT HEAD & NECK.
INJURED ON OFFSIDE OF MINER MOVING PIECE OF ROCK.OPERATOR WASNT SURE HE WAS CLOSE TO MINER AND TRAMMED MINER BACK PINNING INJ RIGHT FOOT UNDER FRAME.
WRENCH CAME OUT OF DRILL HEAD & STRUCK OPERATOR ABOVE LEFT EYE.
INJURED WAS HELPING ON MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND BOLTS BRUISING HOIS LOWER BACK AND LEGS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON SOME CABLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
LIFTING OXYGEN TANK