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HURT BACK WHILE LIFTING 2 INCH WATER LINE.
WHILE COMING OUT OF MINES, MANTRIP HIT A HOLE AND A CRIB WAS LAYING IN HOLE WHEN MANTRIP CAME DOWN ON IT. IT CAME UP STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST CAUSING A LARGE BRUISE TO LEFT SIDE OF CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING IN A MOTORIZED CART TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE MINE. WHILE PASSING THE CONTINUOUS MINER, THE MOTORIZED CART SLID TOWARD THE MINER AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG BETWEEN T HE MOTORIZED CART AND THE MINER.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE SEVERAL LARGE ROCKS WEDGED INTO SPILLBOARD ON CONVEYOR BELT, SLATE BAR BECAME CAUGHT BY CONVEYOR BELT CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN TOP AND SLATE B AR.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM ON TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE LIGHT FIXTURE BROKE OFF CAUSING THE ROCK TO SLIDE QUICKLY CATCHING THE LEFT HAND OF THE EMPLOYEE AGANST THE F RAME OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND AS A RESULT BROKE THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING IN JOB CLASSIFICATION.
THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS DUMPING ROCK ONTO FEEDER AND BIG ROCK GOT STUCK AT DISCHARGE END OF FEEDER. THE OPERATOR TURNED OFF THE MACHINE TO MOVE THE ROCK SO IT WOULD GO DOWN THE BELT AND HURT HIS BACK WHILE MOVING ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING TWO 12 CM CAT PADS WHILE BENT OVER AND LOOKING DOWN. HE RAISED HIS HEAD RETURNING TO STANDING POSITION AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT THAT EXTENDED OUT APPROX. 2". EM PLOYEE SAID THAT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS BACKING CONTINUOUS MINER OUT OF ENTRY WHEN MINER STRUCK CORNER OF RIB CAUSING A PIECE OF COAL TO BREAK AWAY STRIKING FOOT.
I.NAME FELL BECAUSE THE LADDER CAME APART IN THE MIDDLE.
INJURED HURT BACK LIFTING MINER CABLE WHILE HANGING THE CABLE.
FALL OF ROOF ROCK RESULTING IN CRUSHING INJURIES TO UPPER BODY OF EMPLOYEE WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH.
HIT BY STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING MANTRIP
EMPL BENT OVER TO GREASE FITTING ON BUCKET. WHEN HE REUTRNED TO UPRIGHT POSITION HE HAD BACK PAIN.
EMPL WAS PICKING UP ON BELT DRIVE MOTOR. WHEN MOTOR WAS SHOVED FORWARD EMPL SRPAINED KNEE.
WHILE CROSSING BRIDGE CONVEYOR, I.NAME STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON FRAME OF CONVEYOR.
WRENCH FLEW OFF BOLT HEAD AND STRUCK HIM ON CHIN WHICH RESULTED IN A CUT ON CHIN.
MAKING SPLICE IN BELT THE HEAD OF ANIL FLEW OFF STIKING VICTIM IN L EYE
WHILE WALKING ALONG BELT LINE. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A SLICK SPOT AND LANDED ON LEFT HAND. HE SPRAINED LEFT THUMB AND HAT IT X-RAYS THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR ANY BROKEN BONES.
VICTIM BACKED ROCK TRUCK OVER 26 FOOT HIGHWALL INTO PIT AREA WITH 7 FEET OF WATER. INJURY TERMINAL. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DEATH CERTIFICATE WILL READ THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DROWNI NG.
I NAME IS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN FOR COALTON FIRE DEPT HE WAS ASSISTING IN RECOVERY EFFORTS PERTAINING TO THE FATILITY AT THE MINE SITE ON NOV 9 1989
ROOF FALL.
BOLTING 8' L GROUN ROD WHILE ANOTHER WAS DRIVING ROD IN GROUND WITH IMPACT DRIVER INJ HAND SLIPPED BETWEEN DRIVER AND ROD TORE CHUNK OF SKIN BETWEEN INDEX FINGER END THUMB INSIDE R HAND
CLAY VIEW PRESENT AREA MINED IN THE ENTRY WITHOUT ROOF BOLTS. TOP MAY HAVE LOOSENED WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO DETECT IT.
WE WERE DRILLING THE FACE. THE DRILL SLAP I NAME ON THE ARM.
USING A GEAR PULLER EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A TAILPIECE OVER ON THE SHAFT. THE EAR BROKE OFF OF THE PULLER ALLOWING IT TO SPRING OFF OF THE SHAFT. STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON HAND.