INJURED WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN BOLTER POT AND ROOF.
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Showing all 44INJURED WAS ADDING WATER TO BATTERY WHEN TOP BLEW OFF OF [6 VOLT] BATTERY, BATTERY FLUID GOT INTO EYES.
INJURED WAS LIFTING A ROCK OUT OF FEEDER TO THROW TO THE SIDE.
WAS WORKING WITH MONKEY BAR. PULLED HANDLE TOO HARD AND HURT HIS ARM.
RIDING BUGGIE THROUGH CURTAIN AND CURTAIN CAUGHTEMPLOYEES FOOT AND JERKED FOOT AND LEG AROUND AND THE MAN WAS PULLED OFF BUGGIE.
WAS ON MANTRIP GOING INTO MINE, WHEN MANTRIP HIT A LUMP AND THE INJURED BOUNCED UP AND CAME BACKDOWN AND HURT HIS BACK ON SCOOP BUCKET.
TAMPING #5 BREAK AND SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF HITIING EMPLOYEE ON BACK AND HEAD.
INJUURED WAS SITTING ON A BATTERY CHARGINING STATION, APP.2000' UNDERGROUND, TALKING TO THE DAY SHIFT FOREMAN, GAS BUILT UP ON TOP OF THE BATTERY & EXPLODED KNOCKING THE INJURED PERSO TO THE F LOOR INJURING HIS HIP.
INJURED WAS MOVING MACHINE TO NEXT BOLT. ROCK FELL FROM ROOF BETWEEN BOLTS HITTING EMPLOYEE'S LEG.
BLOCKING UP TAIL PIECE AND PUTTING ON FEEDER. HAD HAND ON BELT WHEN MACHINE WAS TURNED ON ACCIDENTALLY.
EE PUTTING UP A BOLT ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE OTHER BOLTS PUSHING HIM DOWN ON POT OF MACHINE
AS INJURED WAS PUTTING AIR IN TIRE IN TIRE OF ENDLOADER THE TUBE HAD A DAMAGED PLACE IN IT & IT BLEW OUT TO THE INSIDE AWAY FROM THE INJURED
SHOVELING COAL FROM CRUSHER STRAINED HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM OVERLOADING HIS SHOVEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF MOVING MANTRIP AND TIRE CAUGHT HIS FOOT.
CLEANING UP LOSE COAL AROUND BELT HEAD. PICKED-UP A SHOVEL FULL OF COAL TO PUT ON BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK OFF FEEDER, SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING TOWARD FACE AREA.APPEARS HE DROVE HIMSELF INTO COAL RIB ALONG ROADWAY.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO LIFT BAG OF ROCK DUST FROM SCOOP PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE SAYS HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A LUMP OF COAL.
9?514E HOOKING UP A BATTERY TO SCOOP WITH FOOT ON ACCELERATOR. SCOOP MOVED FORWARD,SCRAPING I.NAME BACK ALONG ROOF OF THE MINE.
HURTING HIS STOMACH WHILE PULLING ROCK FROM FEEDER.
HWILE WATCHING DUMP HE WAS REMOVING PICE OF ROCK AND MASHED HIS HAND CUT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
WHILE CHANGING POT ON MINER PRY BAR SLIPPED & HIT WRIST ON RT ARM
TURNING SCOOP RAN INTO LOW TOP INJ L UPPER ARM AND NECK
BRUISED R ARM WHILE OPER SCOOP
OPERATING BATTERY SCOOP IN LOW COAL AND LEFT KNEE STUCK UP WARD HITTING ROOF ON TOP KNEE WAS TWISTED AND BRUISED.
I NAME WAS UNHOOKING A WELDER BONDER WHEN HE GOT TWO LEAD TOGETHER BESIDE HIS HAND. LAST THREE FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND WERE BURNED FROM THE FLASH.
WORKED ON TOP OF SCOOP PUTTING A PUMP ON IT. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHERE HE WAS CRAWLING IT CAUSED IT TO FLARE UP. AN OLD INJURY TO HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK 2 LARGE PIECES OF BONY COAL FROM THE BELT AT THE SAME TIME, DROPPING ONE ON HIS FINGER.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN BELT LINE 25' IN LENGTH & ABOUT 4' HIGH 18' WIDE.
I.NAME MEASURING PIECE OF BELTING ON LEVEL SURFACE.110 DEG OUTSIDE OF MAINT SHOP WHERE HEART FAILURE OCCURRED.
WHILE TAMPING HOLE,EMPL HIT RIGHT HAND AGAINST ROOF BOLT HEAD CUTTING MIDDLE KNUCKLE.
WHILE PULLING A BELT DRIVE THE CHAIN BROKE STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE FACE
STEPPED UP ON TOP OF METAL BATTERY SURFACE TO HOOK CHAIN TO END LOADER BUCKET AND SLIPPED, TWISTING KNEE DUE TO WET AREA AND RUBBER BOOTS.
PIECE OF SHEET METAL FELL ON LEFT FOOT.
RIDING MANTRIP SKID INTO MINE A PLANT FROM PLANK BRIDGE BROKE AND WAS THROWN INTO SKID HITTING HIM ON LEFT LEG A RIGHT ARM.
OPERATING S/S SCOOP TRACTOR HAULING SUPPLIES INTO MINE WHEN CENTER SECTION PIN BROKE CAUSING I NAME TO HIT HIS CHEST ON SCOOP FRAME
LIFTING A CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS ARM
3-WHEELED MANTRIP JEEP HIT A HOLE IN TRAVELWAY AND INJURED CAUGHT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON A ROOF BOLT AND CAUSED MUSCLE DAMAGE RO SHOULDER AND NECK.
POWER CABLE FEEDING THE OUTSIDE PUMP HOUSE SHORTED CAUSING A FIRE IN THE PUMP HOUSE.
VICTIM WAS OPERATING THE CONTINOUS MINER. STARTING THE CONVYOR CHAIN, THE CHAIN JUMPED OUT THE CONVEYOR CHUTE STRICKING HIM ON THE FACE. THE CONVEYOR CHUTE WAS FULL OF MUD CAUSING SLACK IN T HE CHAIN.
WHILE BENDING 4' RESIN BOLT THAT WAS BEING INSTALLED IN ROOF VICTIM SLIPPED STRIKING LEFT SIDE ON HEAD OF BOLTER.
WHILE PULLING THE MINER CABLE HE FELT A PULLING AND A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS R TESTICLE
INJURED WAS WORKING IN LOW COAL (40") WHILE ASSISTING THE ROOFBOLTER OPERATOR IN BENDING THE 48" BOLTS TO BE INSTALLED, HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT DURING BENDING ALLOWING THE BOLT TO STRIKE HIMSELF IN THE RIBS FROM THE FORCE HE WAS PUTTING FORTH TO BEND THE BOLT. APPEARED TO BE ONLY A MINOR BRUISE. DOCTOR REPORTED A BRUISE- INJURED STILL CLAIMS PAIN AND REMAINS OFF.