MINER CUT INTO OLD MINES ON LEFT HAND RIB IN FACE AREA. #2 HEADING.
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Showing all 28EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING RIPPER CHAIN ON AND THE BLOCK SLIPPE DNAD CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND MINER FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS SAWING TIMBERS AND HAVING TO THROW THE TIMBERS AND HURT HIS BACK.
EE WAS SHOVELING BELT AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A WATER PUMP INSIDE THE MINES & BROUGHT IT OUTSIDE & UNLOADED & THEN LOADED IT UP IN HIS TRUCK I NAME SEEN THE DOC FOR THE FIRST TIME 07-11-90
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON MINER AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. FIRST DAY OFF WORK 4-25-90.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING MINER, AND HE GOT INTO 600 VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY. FIRST DAY OFF FROM WORK WAS 4/17/90.
EMPL LOADING RAIL THAT WEIGHED 300-400 LBS ON CAR.WHEN EMPL SIT DOWN TO EAT DINNER,LEG STARTED GETTING NUMB AND HE COULNT GET UP OR HARDLY MOVE.
CRAWLING IN SCOOP, HIT R KNEE AGAINST DECK OF SCOOP
THEY WERE WORKING ON MINER SPLICING THE CONVEYOR CHAIN BACK TOGETHER AND THE MECHANIC WAS BEATING THE CONVEYOR LINK WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE FO METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS FIXING A RIPPER HEAD AND WHEN HE STARTED TO SET THE PLATE BACK OVER THE PANEL THE PLATE SLID DOWN AND CUT HIS HAND.
INJURED WAS CRIBBING UP THE MINER HEAD IN ORDER TO FIX A HOSE ON THE PAN & THE MINER MAN SET THE MINER HEAD DOWN ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER
EMPL WAS HELPING PULL RAIL OFF SIDE & EMPL CAUGHT RIGHT HAND.
CHANGING DIGGER ARM LOOSEN BOLTS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF CAUSING L ELBOW TO HIT SIDE OF PAN.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES HANGING CABLE AND A MAN WAS IN FRONT OF HIM,SO HE HURRIED AND JUMPED UP AND TURNED AROUND AND HIS KNEE POPPED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MAIN GEAR OUT OF CLUTCH HOUSING AND THE MAIN GEAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS RING FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.
INJ PUTTING HYDRAULIC OIL IN MINER.STARTED TO GET ANOTHER CAN OF OIL OUT OF SCOOP.TOP WAS ONLY ABOUR 36" AND THERE WERE OBSTACLES IN THE WAY.PICKED UP CAN OF OIL AND IT DIDNT HAVE HANDLE SO HE PICKED WHOLE CAN UP AND TRIPPED ON CUTTING TORCH HOSE AND OIL CAN GOT JAMMED UP IN HIS FACE.
INJURED GOT OFF THE SCOOP AND WAS GOING TOWARD RAM CAR AND HE TRIPPED AND FELL AND HIS L EYE HIT ON THE END OF A STEEL RAIL
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP AND HIT EMPLOYEES RIGHT AHND.A PRESCRIPTION FOR MOTRIN WAS GIVEN TO THE INJURED.
OPRATOR STARTED PINNING A CUT THAT THE MINER HAD ALREADY TAKEN OUT. HE STARTED ON THE 2ND BOLT AND THE INTERESECTION FELL AND PULLED OUT THE PERMANENT SUPPORT OVER TOP AND BEHIND THE PINNER TR APING EMPLOYEE. THE ROCK FALL WAS 20' X 30' AND 7' THICK.
BAD TOP AT INTERSECTION 20' X30' SECTION 7' THICK FELL OUT
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OFF LETTING A PIECE OF ROCK ROLL AND CATCH EMPLOYEE'S FOOT BETWEN THE BUGGY
INJURED GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR. AND MASHED HIS LEFT LEG WHICH WAS AMPUTATED BY HOSPITAL SIX INCHES BELOW THE KNEE.
FIRST INTERSECT3ON ON THE MAIN BBELT HEADING FROM THE OUTSIDE FELL IN OVER THE WEEKEND IT WAS FOUND AT START OF THE SHIFT BY FOREMAN IT MEASURED 25 FT WIDE BY 30 FT LONG BY 7 FT THICK
EE WAS OP A SCO2P & HAD HIS H AND OUTSIDE OF T HE SCOOP DECK WHEN HE STEERED THE SCOOP TO THE LEFT HE CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE SWIVEL PART OF THE SCOOP.
BAD TOP IN INTE9SECTION HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 48"BOLTS AND TOP FELL IN AT CORNER OF INTERSECTION.INTERSECTION IS STILL PASSABLE.WE HAVE CRIBBED BOTH SIDES SO THERE IS NO BLOCKAGE.
INJURED WAS WOR5ING ON SHUTTLE CAR, HE HAD IT JACKED UP AND WHEN H E WAS TAKING THE JACK OUT THE JACK FELL AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE JACK AND SHUTTLE CAR.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN FACE OF #2 ENTRY FOUND ON PRESHIFT EXAM ROOF FALL 25 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE 4 FT TO 8 FT THICK