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EE WAS HELPING OTHER MINER OPP MOVED MINER OUT OF 5 HDG HE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE AND PLACING IN HOOK ALONG SIDE OF MINER WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK HE SAID HE HAD PAINS IN BACK O FF MUD ON FOR LAST FEW WEEKS. TOOK SELF TO DR REFUSED AMBULANCE SERVICE.
TRYING TO BEND ATRS RING WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE, RING SLIPPED, HITTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND.
OPERATOR WAS PUSHING BOLT IN HOLE, BOLT BENT CAUSING CUT ON LEFT FOREARM.
HE WAS VENTILATING THE FACE AREA WHEN HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN BOTTOM AND TWISTED HIS HIP CAUSING A PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING PIN PLATES WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE OPERATING MINER WITH REMOTE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING A RIGHT CROSS CAT. DURING CLEAN UP OF CUT A PIECE LOOSE ROCK FELL ON MINER. BREAKING A SMALLER PIECE OFF LEFT SQUARE BY 6". THIS SMALL ER ROCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN SIDE OF RIGHT KNEE.
HE WAS INSERTING A TUBE OF GLUE THROUGH A METAL STRAP HOLE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED CAUSING THE TUBE TO BURST AND LIQUID MATERIAL DROPPED INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
LOOSE RIB PIECE OF COAL FELL, HITTING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOREARM.
EE WAS CLEANING RODEWAYS WHEN THE RIB BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK. THE COAL IN THIS AREA IS 6.5 TO 7.0 FT HIGH.
TAKEN SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRAIGHTEN SHIELD SON FEEDER. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW AND HIT RIGHT HAND.
LIFTING BELT SO STRUCTURE COULD BE ADDED TO BELTLINE & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK
INJURED AND 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE PUTTING THE SHIELD THAT COVERS THE PUMP MOTOR ON THE 12CM MINER.WHEN THE SHIELD HIT INJURED ON THE LEFT KNEE .I LET GO CAUSING THE WEIGHT OF THE SHIELD TO SH IFT ON TO INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.
WHILE PULLING ON MINER CABLE I NAME TWISTED LEFT LEG CAUSING PAIN TO KNEE AREA
CRAWLING UNDER MINER TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON PLATFORM A PIECE OF METAL WENT THRU BOOT INTO RT FOOT
OPER A TING BUTTERFLY DRILL TO ANCHOR TAILPIECE A BOLT ON THE DRILL CHUCK HOOFED HIS COVERALL SLEEVE & TWISTED HIS WRIST (LEFT)
I NAME WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY BY LIFTING THE CABLE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK LOCATION #4 ROOM OFF #1 HDG OF THE 2ND LEFT SECTION
DRAW ROCK MEASURING APPROX 3 1/2 FT WIDE 5 FT LONG 4" THICK FELL BETWEEN PERMANENTLY SUPPORTED TOP STRIKING INJURED ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER PUSHING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR.
I.NAME MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF HAULAGE ROADWAY.SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.POSSIBLE MUSCLE STRAIN.
WHILE HELPING BOLT #4 FACE A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BELTS STRIKING I NAME ON RT SHOUJLDER ROCK 31/2FTX11/2FTX11/2IN THICK
HE WAS CHANGING A SCOOP TIRE. WHILE LIFTING THE TIRE INTO POSITION FOR ALIGNMENT ON HUB, HE STRAINED BACK CAUSING SEVERE PAIN.
HE WAS HELPING PULL MINER CABLE BAC OUT OF PILLAR BLOCK THAT MINER WAS BACKING OUT OF. A PIECE OF TOP DRAW ROCK 12"X18"X18" FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLT AND RIB HITTING HIM ON LEFT FOOT. A SEVERE L ACERATION ON SIDE OF HEEL AND A POSSIBLE FRACTURE.
WHILE INSTALLING BOLT AGAINST LEFT RIB OF #7 FACE, A SMALL BROW APPROX. 18" X 18" X 3' THICK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ACROSS THE TOP OF LEFT KNEE CAP. AREA ABOUT THE KNEE WAS BRUISED AND SW ELLING WAS PRESENT.
STRAINED KNEE WORKING ON MINER 12-3 JOY.
EE WAS INSTALLING SCOOP PANEL WHEN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LID FELL AND PINCHED THE FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND.
ROCK FELL FROM RF INJ L FOOT
RUNNING GRINDER ON BELT HEAD PC OF METAL IN R EYE
DRAW ROCK FALLING FROM ROOF INJURING OR BRUISING HEAD AND NECK.
MASHED FINGER BROKE FINGER BONE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE L HAND