MAN WAS BENT OVER SHOERING AND FELT HIS BACK START HURTING.
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Showing 50 of 84WHILE MAN WAS SETTING TIMBER HE TWISTED AND P-ULLED HIS BACK.
MAN WAS WEARING KNEE PADS--THE BURSAE IN HIS LEFT KNEE ARE INFLAMED--THE MEN HAVE TO WORK ON THEIR KNEES.
WHILE CUTTING TIMBER WITH BOW SAW, SAW SLIPPED AND CUT MAN'S 1ST FINGER.
MAN WAS CARRYING 2 BAGS OF ROCK DUST-ONE ON HISB BACK & ONE IN HIS ARMS WHILE WALKING RAN INTO ROOF BOLT. THIS ACCIDNET WAS JUST REPORTED TO US TODAY. MAN DROVE TO PRICE UT. 7-21-94 AND CALL ED AND SAID AS BACK WAS SORE THEN HE CAME BACK TO R.S. AND SAID HE WENT DR ON 7-23-94.
MINER SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE PLACING ROOF BOLT INTO POSITION.
WHILE RIDING IN KABOTA MANTRIP THE MANTRIP HIT A BUMP MAN BOUNCED UP INTO ROOF
WENT UNDERGROUND INMANTRIP--GOT TO SECTION--GOT OUT OF MANTRIP & COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN HIS BACK--MAN JUST DECIDED 3-11-94 TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
WHILE TAMPING FACE IT FELT LIKE HIS SHOULDER TWISTED THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED NOW BECAUSE AT TIME OF INJURY MAN DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION HE HAS NOW FINALLY SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION
WHILE WALKING IN ENTRY SLIPPED IN MUD AND TWISTED KNEE.
WHILE SHOVELING MAN WENT TO THROW A SHOVEL OF MATERIAL ON BELT & SHOVEL CAUGHT BELT STRIKING SHOVEL HANDLE UP & CATCHING FINGER IN BETWEEN SHOVEL HANDLE & ROOF
WHILE SETTING BOLTER TO BEGIN BOLTING TRAM LEVER STUCK MAN TRIED TO REACH UP AND PUT LEVER IN NEUTRAL HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME HE TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY BUT PANIC BAR CAUGHT HIS LEG HE CAUGHT THE PANIC BAR GOING UP NOT IN SO MAN REACHED AROUND TO THE FRONT OF BOLTER AND HIT THE PANIC BAR THE SIDE PANIC BAR WAS TESTED AFTER AND WORKED FINE.
WHILE SHOVELING AT FEEDER, PULLED MUSCLES IN CHEST.
WHILE LOADING COAL A LARGE CHUNK OF COAL GOT CAUGHT IN THROAT OF LOADER. THE CHUNK OF COAL BROKE LOOSE & SOME GOT IN MAN'S EYE. MAN TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HE GOT COAL IN HIS EYE BUT SAID NOTH ING ABOUT NEEDING HELP. MAN FINALLY CAME INTO DAY TO LET US KNOW HE HAD SAUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2/28/94.
MAN WAS CLEANING OFF ROLLER ON THE BELT WITH A PIN. THE ROLLER CAUGHT PIN AND GRABBED HIS FINGER WITH IT.
WHILE TRAMMING MAN WAS PUSHING CABLE OUT OF WAY, BROUGHT HIS HAND BACK INTO CAB AND CAUGHT EDGE OF LOADER SEAT & CUT FINGER.
WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR MAN HIT RIB KNOCKED COAL OFF RIB & HIT MANS HAND WHICH WAS ON THE OUTSIDE OF SHUTTLE CAR CAB
WHILE PULLING ON A COME-A-LONG PULLED HIS BACK.
WHILE MAN WAS OPERATING MANTRIP, THE MANTRIP SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, WHEN MAN TRIED TO USE BRAKES THE BRAKES FAILED. THE BRAKES HAD BEEN OPERATING MAN DID NOT PERFOR M SAFETY CHECK BEFORE OPERATING. THE MANTRIP HIT A RIB THEN STOPPED.
WHILE PUTTING BOLT IN ROOF BOLT TURNED AND CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER.
WHILE FACE MAN BACK STARTED HURTING.
MAN'S LEG BECAME TANGLED IN A CABLE AS CABLE WAS PULLED TIGHT, PULLED MAN'S LEG--HIS LEGS WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
WHILE UNLOADING CABLE FROM CABLE HOOK FROM LOADING MACHINE MAN PULLED HIS BACK.
MAN LIFTED A CASE OF POWDER NAD SWUNG HIS BODY AROUND TO PUT CASE IN POWER MAN TRIP INSTEAD OF MOVING TO MANTRIP AND SETTING CASE IN.
WHILE MAN WAS WATCHING FOR CUTTER BAR DURING CROSSCUT BREAKTHROUGH, A PIECE OF COAL POPPED OUT OF FACE HITTING MAN IN NOSE.
WHILE CHIPPING A WELD A PIECE OF FLUX ENTERED LEFT EYE.
MAN WAS PICKING ROCK OFF #1 BELT WHEN HE PICKED UP ROCK 7 WHEN HE TWISTD HE HURT HIS BACK.
WHILE REMOVING ROCK FROM BELT ROCK FELL ON MAN'SFOOT.
WHILE MAN WAS HELPING INSTALL COUPLING ON MOTOR-THE SUPPORT FOR THE MOTOR SLIPPED-THE MOTOR FELL ON MAN'S HAND-BROKE LEFT THUMBS.
MAN WAS WELDING ON A CUTTER BAR IN THE SHOP HE S5UMBLED & STUCK WELDING ROD INTO THE LEFT THIGH RESULTING IN A PUNCTURE TYPE OF WOUND
WHILE TAMPING FACE A CHUNK OF COAL FELL OUT OF FACE AND LANDED ON MAN'S HAND THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR.
MAN WAS GETING OUT OF ROOF BOLTER CAB HE HAD PAINT CAN IN HIS HAND MAN SLIPPED AND FELL.HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND.IMPACT OF FALL CAUSED INJURY.
EMPL WALKING AND TRIPPED OVER AND FELL ON SOME IRON.
AFTER SHOOTING DOWN AREA FOR OVERCAST, INJURED WAS CLEANING UP WITH SCOOP, WHERE CLEANING MAN NOTICE DSOME PIECES OF LOOSE ROOF THAT HA DNOT FALLEN FROM THE SHOT, MAN STOPPED SCOOP GOT OUT OF SCOOP BENT OVER TO LOOK FOR SCALING BAR, HE HEARD A POP AND THE PREVIOUS MENTIONED LOOSE ROOF CAME DOWN HITTING MAN.
MAN WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WENT AROUND THE CORNER HIT A ROOF BOLT CANOPY COLLAPSED HITTING THE MANS RT SHOULDER CAUSING STRAINED LIGAMENTS IN MANS RT SHOULDER
MAN WAS WELDING ON CAGE OF LOADER. MAN RAISED UP WELDING HOOD AND IT WAS CUAGHT ON THE TOP OF THE CAGE. CAUSING A STRAIN TO THE MAN'S NECK.
WHILE CUTTING A HOLE IN THE SOUTH 480 PANEL IN THE SHOP, THE PILOT BIT HUNG UP AND BROKE CAUSING THE SAW TO JUMP A CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE CUTTER NO.2, WHEN THE PANIC BAR STUCK IN "OFF" POSITION. WHILE MAN WAS TRYING TO PULL SWITCH, THE ENCLOSURE CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING AND FELL INTO THE CAB OF THE CUTT R. WHEN THIS HAPPENED ARMANDO SAID THERE WAS A FLASH AND THEN FLAMES WERE SHOOTING UP AND HE WAS BURNED. IT WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT EE WAS BURNED BYA DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ARC. HOWEVER
THE MAN WAS DRILLING RIB HOLE AUGER STALLED. HE LIFTED UP ON AUGER TO KEEP DRILLING AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK. THE MAN PULLED MUSLCES IN HIS LOWER LEFT SIDE OF BACK.
MAN WAS DRILLING RIGHT SIDE HOLE IN BELT-AUGER STALLED, THE DRILL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND SPUN AROUND. THE HANDLE OF THE DRILL HIT MAN ON HIS RIGHT CHEEK CUTTING HIM.
APPARENTLY MAN HAD CUTS ON HIS LEFT KNEE AND HIS KNEE BECAME INFECTED DUE TO THE FACT THE SEAM IS 46" IN HEIGHT.
MAN WAS PUTTING CABLE ON LOADER AND HIT KNEE ON THE SIDE OF LOADING MACHINE.
THE MAN PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK. MAN DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 1-23-92.
GETTING INTO SHUTTLE CAR,SLIPPED AND FELL BACK ON RIGHT HAND. CUT PALM OF RIGHT HAND.
HANGING BRATTICE,TOOK OFF HAT RAISED HEAD AND HIT ROOF BOLT PLATE CAUSING LACERATION TO SCALP REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.
PCOF ROCK FELL BOUNCED AND LANDED ON HIS HAND
MAN WAS WALKING DOWN ENTRY HIT BACK ON ROOF KNOCKED OFF HARD HAT MAN TOOK COUPLE MORE STEPS & HIT HEAD ON ROOF BOLT PLATE.
MAN WAS TIMBERING AND THE SLEDGE HAMMER HIT HIS LEFT HAND INSTEAD OF THE CAP PIECE.
THE WRENCH SPUN AROUND AND HIT TGHE MAN IN THE HEAD RESULTING IN A HEMOTOMA TO THE HEAD.
BELT UNDER THE ROTARY BREAKER JAMMED THE MAN WAS PICKING COAL TO FREE BELT RIGHT INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN BELT & ROLLER CAUSING A POSSIBLE BROKEN FINGER