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BOLT MACHINE OPERATOR WAS DOING REGULAT WORK DUTIES. HE WAS CRAWLING ON KNEES FELT PAIN RIGHT RIGHT KNEE AND NOTICED SWELLING.
ROOF BOALTER OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING BOLTS HE WAS USING T HE HEAD OF MACHINE TO PUSH BOLT IN HOLE HE REACH UP TO TURN BARRIER PLATE WHILE PUSHING UP BOLT GOT HAND & WRIST CAUGHT BETWEEN HEAD & ATRS ARM CAUSING TO BRUISE HAND
PULLING CABLE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK
HOLDING CRIB BLOCK ON HEAD OF MINER.LET GO OF BVLOCK TO MOVE TOOLS FROM UNDER HEAD OF MINER,BLOCK FELL OFF HITTING FINGER LEFT HAND MIDDLE,END KNUCKLE.
ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO ME UNTIL 1/11/90. SCOOP OPERATOR WAS LIFTING BATTERY LIDS OFF SCOOP TO WATER BATTERIES WHEN HE PULLED UP ON LID HE COMPLAINED WITH BACK HURTING.
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS UNDER CONT MINER LOADING CAR WHENN PIECE OF LOOSE DRAW ROCK OR BRAWL FELL WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO BACK OUT CAUSING HIM TO JUMP OUT OF WAY HIT LOWER LIP ON SIDE OF CAR RO CK HIT SHOULDER & HARDHAT BUT WAS NOT BIG ENOUGHTO HURT HIM.
OPERATOR WAS BOLTING TOP, HAD LEFT HAND LAYING BESIDE MACHINE ON FLOOR WHEN PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 18" LONG 12" WIDE 2" TO 3" THICK FELL AND HIT LEFT HAND CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
HE WAS WORKING BELTS. HE NEEDED SOME BLOCKING. HE GOT ON RAILRUNNER WENT DOWN TRACK TO GET SOME. HE SAW SOME BESIDE BELT AND TRACK AND REACHED OUT OF TRIP TO PICK THEM UP BEFORE IT HAD TIME TO STOP. DIDN'T LOCK BRAKE AND IT ROLLED BACK CAUSING HIM TO CATCH HEAD IN TOP AND HURT NECK (SPRAIN).
BELT MAN HAD PULLED MANTRIP TO END OF TRACK, HE SAW PLACE IN BELT. HE GOT ON BELT TO CHECK, WHEILE HE WAS ON BELT THE OUTSIDE MAN STRATED BELTSS. HE WAS THROWN TO OFF SIDE OF BELT INJURED RI GHT FOOT.
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING THROUGH BREAK GOT DECK TOO CLOSE TO RIB HIT RIB CAUSED RIB TO ROLL IN DECK