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EE WAS MOVING A PUMP & HURT HIS BACK
EE WAS SHARPENING BITS FOR THE CUTTING MACHINE AND GOT A SMALL OBJECT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. NOT REPORTED RIGHT AWAY. EE HAS RETURNED TO WORK, BUT LOST ONE DAY. SAFETY GLASSES ARE PROVIDED FOR WHOE VER SHARPENS BITS.
EE WAS SHOVELING AROUND HEAD DRIVE OUTSIDE OF THE MINE & HURT HIS BACK.
BELT ROLLER ON BELT LINE WAS CAUGHT BY A SPLICE ON BELT & CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.
HE WAS COMING BACK TO WORK FROM RUNNING AND GETTING PARTS FOR MINE. A TRACTOR TRAILER PASSED HIM AND A ROCK HIT HIS RIGHT EYE AND CUT IT. HE WENT TO DR. AND HAD IT CHECKED.
CRAWLED ACROSS THE SECTION AND HIS RIGHT KNEE STARTED TO HURT HIM AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AT PIKEVILLE. THEY X-RAYED TI AND HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON THE 18TH.
CONVEYOR BELT BROKE & EE WAS HELPING REPAIR IT. THE BELT CLAMP SLIPPED & CAUGHT RIGHT HAND. IT TORE THE FINGER NAIL OFF AND CHIPPED THE BONE ON THE END OF HIS FINGER. EE DID NOT GO TO THE D R AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE SCOOP AND HE [HIT] A LUMP OF COAL THE SCOOP THREW [HIM] AGAINST THE TOP STRIKING HIS LIGHT THEN THE SCOOP SLID AGAINST THE RIB CAUSING HIM TO HIS HIS HEAD AGAINST THE RIB. HE CUT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD & CUT HIS EAR. HE STAYED OVER NIGHT IN THE PIKEVILLE HOSPITAL.
INJURED WAS GOING UP TO THE FACE HE WAS ABOUT 10FT. FROM THE FACE AND A ROCK FELL ON THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK. HE WENT TO THE DR. HE SAID HE BRUISED AROUND HIS MAIN KIDNEY.
RUN OVER ROCK ON SCOOP IT JAMMED HIM AGAINST THE TOP AND HURT HIS NECK.
INJURED WAS BOLTING TOP AND HAD FINISHED UP. HE WAS BACKING HIS MACHINE OUT OF THE PLACE AND WAS DRAGGING HIS LEFT FOOT THE MACHINE WENT OVER A ROLL AND WHEN IT LEVEL OFF HIS FOOT WAS UNDER IT . HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR & HE SAID IT WAS BADLY BRUSHED AND NOT BROKE NO WHERE
EE WAS FIXING TO DRILL A HOLE TO PUT A BOLT IN & A PIECE OF ROCK FELL DOWN ON HIS LEFT HAND THE ATRS WAS SET IN PLACE & THE ROCK FELL DOWN BETWE EN IT ON HIS HAND
CROSSED THE TAILPIECE & SLIPPED & FELL ON A ROCK THE DOC SAID HE TORN LIGMENT & TISSUE ON HIS RT KNEE
HE WAS HELPING LIFT ON A OXYGEN TANK TO PUT BACK IN THE STORAGE RACK AND WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO PICK IT UP, HE FELT A SMALL PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE HAS GONE TO THE DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR SAID HE HAD PU LLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP LAST BOLT HAD HOLE DRILLED ABOUT 2-4 INCHES DEEP WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS ON LEFT HAND PINNING IT ON THE LEFT LEVER OF THE MACHINE. THE ROCK WEIGHED ABO UT 40-50 LBS. & WITNESS HELPED GET IT OFF. EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL THE DR. GAVE HIM A SHOT & SAID THE HAND WAS JUST BRUISED.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP AND LIKED A LITTLE HAVING THE HOLE DRILLED HE WENT TO MOVE THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE AND HIT THE WRONG LEVER WHICH WAS THE UP PRESSURE AND MASHED HIS LEFT THUMB.
55061LKED OVER TO WHERE THE BATTERIES ARE LOCATED TO GET A SHOVEL & STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD THE WOOD HAD A NAIL IN IT & IT WENT THROUGH THE SOLE OF SHOE INTO THE LEFT FOOT
EE WAS HELPING THE COAL DRILL OPERATOR WITH HIS CABLE AND HE STARTED TO PICK IT UP AND GOT HUNG UP WITH THE CABLE AND THE MACHINE CAN OVER HIS HAND IT WAS HIS RIGHT HAND THE GOT THE DAMAGE DON E TO IT. THE FOREMAN WHICH WAS THE ORE HURT WASBROUGHT STRAIGHT OUTSIDE BY EE.
TRAMMING CUTTER AND STEER THE MACHINE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
RUNNING TRACTOR HAULING COAL TO TAILPIECE RUN OVER A LUMP OF COAL CNA JARRED HIS BACK TO CAUSE THE INJURY.
OPERATOR WAS HOOKING CAR TO TRACTOR ADN AS HE WAS BACK IN UP HIS SHILT SNAGED ON ROOF BOLT AND WAS CUAGHT BETWEEN TO AND THE TRACTOR
COAL WAS BEING PUSHED FROM RAM CAR TAILPIECE MAN WAS ON OTHER SIDE OF TAILPIECE PULLING HAND AGAINST THE ROOF
THE ROOF DRILL HAD SET THE FIRST BOLT WHENTHE PRESSURE WAS RELIEVED FRONT THE ATRS SYTEM THE CANOPY COVERING THE OPERATOR HAD BROKEN A ROCK THE ROCK HAD BEEN TRIED TO BE PULLED.