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TIGHTEN SCRAPPER UP OR HEADDRIVE WRENCH SLIPPED HIT HAND ON PIECE OF METAL CUT HAND.
BACKED GOLF CART INTO A PARKED SHUTTLE CAR & CAUGHT LEFT LEG BETWEEN CART & BUGGY INJURING CALF PART OF LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS BRINGING A SCOOP FROM FACE TO SURFACE. THE ROADWAY IS VERY ROUGH IN PLACES. HE HIT SEVEN A1 HOLES IN THE ROAD AND WHEN HE REACHED CHARGING STATION ON SURFACE HE WAS HAVING BACK PA IN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A JOY 21SC SHUTTLE CAR GOING TOWARD THE MINER IN THE #7 ENTRY ON 002 SECTION WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A LOW PLACE. THE EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE TOP, INJURING HIS HEA D, NECK AND BACK. HE HAD ALREADY HAULED A FEW LOADS FROM THE MINER BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. (APPROX. 39" HIGH)
SAID HE WAS GETTING OUT OF SCOOP DECK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR-HE WAS TRAVELING TOWARD MINER 4 AFTER A LOAD OF COAL WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK. A ROCK OR A HUMP IN ROAD THROWING HIM INTO THE TOP-THE HEIGHT AT PLACE OF AC CIDENT WAS 40".
ON PINNER PUT KNEE DOWN ON ROCK TURNED SIDEWAYS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING BUILDING SEALS LIFTING CINDER BLOCKS MIXING CEMENT ETC WORKED ALL SHIFT CALLED IN NEXT MORNING REPORTED KNOT ON STOMACH
WAS RIDING MAN TIRP BUS. TURNED GROUND TO TALK TO MEN AND WHEN TURNED BACK AROUND RAISED HEAD INTO TOP. NOTIFIED FOREMAN WENT TO DOCTOR 1 WEEK LATER.
THIS PERSON WAS PREPANING TO HUNG LINE CURTAIN AND PUT HIS RIGHT KNEE DOWN ON A PILE OF CURTAIN THERE WAS A NAIL IN THE CURTAIN AND IT PUSHED UP INTO HIS KNEE.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS BOLTING TOP AND A LOOSE PIECE ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN CANOPY HITTING LEFT WRIST.
MECHANIC WAS GETTING TOOLS OUT OF LARGER TOOL BOX TOOL BOX HAD HEAVY LID - HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOOL BOX HE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN THEBACK OF HIS HEAD.
EMPL ON PERSONNEL CARRIER.LEFT THE DIRECTIONAL SWITCH ON.REACHED TO GET BOX OF MINER BITS OFF ANOTHER DONKEY.ACCIDENTLY MASHED ACCELERATOR ON HIS RIDE.RAN INTO RIB..FOULING EMPL BETWEEN RIB AN D STEERING WHEEL.
ROOF BOLTER MAN WAS HANGING CABLE AND SAW SCREWDRIVER LAYING IN HAULWAY, TURNED AROUND TO PICK UP AND LAYED ON PINNER AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
PERSON TRIPPED AND FELL. SORE BACK MUSCLES.
HE WAS RIDING MANTRIP WERE GOING THRU A FLIE ON TRACK HE TOOK HIS FOOT TO OPEN FLIE CAUGHT HIS FOOT AGAINST TOP HURT LEG.
THE STANDARD SC21 SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK THE 2460 MARRIETTA MINER WHILE LOADING CAUSING THE DECK TO BE UPLIFTED INTO THE TOP.
HE WAS PULLING DRAW ROCK WITH SLATE BAR. BAR SLIPPED HITTING HIM ON HIS HIP.
GOING AROUND BREAK AN RUN INTO RIB
I.NAME BENDING 4' BOLT WHEN BOLT TWISTED IN HOLE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.
OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND WENT THRU DIP IN BOTTOM AND END OF S/C SET DOWN AGAINST BOTTOM HARD CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS NECK.
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT HITTING TOP OF CANOPY AND FELL ON OPERATOR'S BACK.
SHUTTLE CAR WAS HUNG ON FEEDER. FEEDER OPERATOR WAS CONNECTING HUNG OPERATOR TO ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR WITH A TURNBUCKLE. THE TURNBUCKLE FLEW LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM ACROSS THE LEFT KNEE.
I NAME CALLED BY TELEPHONE ON 11-1-89 AND SAID THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK ON 10-30-89 BUT DID NOT KNOW HOW OR WHAT TIME HE SAID THAT HE ALREADY HAD A BAD BACK AND DONE SOME PHYSICAL LABOR THE N IGHT OF THE INJURY AND THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING BY THE END OF THE SHIFT HE WENT TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY
HE WAS RUNNING OFF STD CAR PARKED OUT WAITING FOR STD CAR TO LOAD A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOOT.
ROOF FALL FOUND ON #002 SECTION INTAKE #2 HEADING 30 FT LONG 4'-6' HIGH 18' WIDE 1 BREAK OUTBY FACE FROM LAST INTERSECTION OUTBY TO 2ND INTERSECTION FROM FACE REPORTED WAS INVESTIGATED BY FEDE RAL AND STATE.
MOVING ROCK OFF MINER CUT HAND RIGHT HAND.
WORKING ON ROOFBOLTER HANDLING PUMP SLIP & STRUCK HIS RIB AREA ON MACHINE RT SIDE OF HIS BODY CAUSING SORENESS TO RIB AREA
WHILE TRAMMING MANTRIP INSIDE AND CROSSING UNDER A OVERCAST MANTRIP BOUNCED AND THREW OPERATOR INTO OVERCAST.
HAD ROCK FALL ABOUT 12 BRKS. OUTBY FACE OF 002 SECTION INTERSECTION AND ABOUT 10 FT ON EACH END MAKING THE FALL APPROX. 40 FT LONG, 18 FT WIDE AND 4 FT THICK.
HE WAS WORKING BELTS. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON STEEL TRACK THAT RUN ALONG HIS BELT LINE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK AT TIME OF INJURY, HE WAS LAYED OFF A FEW DAYS LATER THEN CALLED BACK AND SAI D HE HAD TO GO TO DR WITH KNEE.
REMOVING ANGLE IRON, PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK