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AFTER INFORMED OF LAY OFF, SAID HIT HEAD ON MINE TOP WHILE OPER SHUTTLE CAR STOVED SELF
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS MOVING A MINE CABLE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SHOVELING COAL AND HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE WHILE WORKING
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING OUT OF MINE WHEN HE STUCK HIS FOOT OUT OVER THE BELT LINE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DRIVING HIS SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A CHUG HOLE, JARRING HIM CONSIDERABLY. HE FELT PAIN AND SWELLING IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EMPL WAS DRIVING HIS SHUTTLE CAR UNDER THE MINER CABLE WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE MINE ROOF AND HE TRIED TO GOT UNDER PART OF THE CABLE WHICH HAD DROOPED AND CAUGHT HIS NECK IN THE CABLE JERKIN G HIM BACKWARDS OFF HIS MACHINE
EMPL STEPPED ON BELT,SLICK BECAUSE DAMP AND TWISTED LEFT LEG.HAD STRONG PAIN BUT THOUGHT IT WOULD EVENTUALLY GO AWAY.AFTER SEVERAL MOS PAIN NOT STOPPED,EMPL BEEN ADVISED HAS TORN CARTILAGE IN LEFT KNEE WHICH WILL BE REPAIRED THROUGHT SURGERY.EMPL DIDNT REPORT ACCIDENT TO EMPLOYER BUT WE DONT DOUBT THAT ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
TIMBER FELL ON HAND & BRUISED IT
EMPL WORKING WITH JACK AND IT WAS DROPPED ON LEFT HAND INJURING LEFT RING FINGER.
PIECE OF BELT FELL ON HAND, BRUISING IT.
EMP HAD PJLACED R. HAND ON T BAR OF ROOF BOLT MACHINE AT SAME TIME HIS HELPER WA> REMOVING SLAB OF LOSE ROCK OVER MAHCINE ROCK HIT T BAR AND CAUSED IT TO HIT TOP OF MINE WITH EMP HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING INTO LOOSR ROCK WHEN A PICE OF ROCK ABOUT 2" THICK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HAND.
BOLTING ROOF AND PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO EYE.
PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER BACK.
TRY TO HOOK UP BREAKER, WHEN ENERGIZED CABLE FIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE MANTRIP BYGGY WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY FELL OFF. HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE IN THE FALL.
EMPLOYEES WERE 4OVING SOME STEEL RAILS IN AN OLD ENTRY WHEN ONE ROLLED OFF THE PILE AND LANDED ON VICTIMS HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A CHAIN TO PULL A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THE CHAIN BROKE AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE FRACTURING HIS CHEEK BONE
EMP ATEMPTED TO3PULL A LOOSE ROCK WITH A CLAW HAMMER WHEN A PIECE FELL ON HIM