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USING BOOM OF MACHINE TO BEND ROOF BOLT.
SEPERATION IN ROOF RESULTED IN AN UNENTENTIONAL ROOF FALL IN THE RETURN AIR COURSE APPROX. 1800 FT OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION.
HE WAS GETTING READY TO LOWER STABILIZER JACK. HIS ARM CAUGHT ROOF BETWEEN ELBOW & STABILIZER LEVER. AS MACHINE WENT UP HIS ARM WAS PINNED AGAINST TOP AT THE ELBOW.
REMOVING TIE WIRE FROM BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLT AND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS THUMB ON BUNDLE OF ROOF PLATES.
HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND GOT HIS KNEE AGAINST THE MINE ROOF, STRAINING A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT HIP.
ROCK CAME IN CONTACT WITH BACK CAUSING PRESSURE ON RIGHT FOOT CAUSING BIG TOE TO HAVE RAIN LINE FRACTURE ;NEXT TOY BROKE NEXT 2 TOES OUT OF SCOKET PER DR EXPERT TO BE OFF WORK 90 DAYS.
STACKING BELT STRUCTURE & A PIECE OF STRUCTURE FROM THE STACK FELL & STRUCK HIS RT HAND HE SAID DR TOLD HIM IT PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS HAND DR GAVE HIM MOTRIN FOR PAIN & STILL HAS HIM OFF
WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINR AND GOT OFF TO MOVE A CABLE. PIECKED UP CABLE TO MOVE IT AND BUT PAIN IN LEFT WIRST. WENT TO DR AND HE GAVE HIM MEDICATION FOR PAIN AND SWELLING.
WAS CHANGING CARTIDGE IN GREASE GUN AND STEPPED BACK INTO A LOAN SCREW MAKING A CUT TO LOWER LEFT BACK.
INJURED SAID HE WAS PULLING ON A FEEDER CABLE AND FELT A PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE OF RECTUM. WENT TO DR. AND THEY LANSED IT. NO STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
BUMPED ARM ON RF BOLTER LOADING SUPPLIES
HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER PUTTING UP BOLT & A FASSIL ROCK IN THE IMMEDIA TE ROOF WHERE HE WAS DRILLING CAME OUT IT STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER & STRAINED A MUSCLE IN MID BACK AREA IT IS B EHIND A SMALL PIECE OF THAT ROCK STRUCK HIS LEFTANKLE & CAUSED A SIMPLE FX TO SMALL OUTER BONE
HE SAID HE WAS CARRYING A TIMBER AND A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL OUT OF THE TOP AND MASHED HIS FINGERS.
SETTING ON MINE FLOOR REMOVED PC OF LOOSE ROOF ROCK WHILE SETTING HE SAID PC OF LOOSE ROCK HIT HIS HAND
HE SAID HE WAS HELPING TO MAKE A TRAILING CABLE SPLICE AND STUCK A WIRE IN HIS FINGER.
TRIP ON GLOCK OF COAL & FELL ON BACK
HE WAS WATCHING THE COAL FEEDER AND WAS BUSTING A LUMP OF COAL, WHEN HE TWISTED TO SWING THE HAMMER HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE.
JUST STARTED TO DRILL TOP AND HAD RUBBER GLOVES ON OUT GLOVE STUCK TO DRILL STEEL AND TWISTED KNUCKLE OUT ON JOINT ON MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. HAD TO BE PUT BANK IN PLACE AND STITCHES UP.
WALKING AND SLIPPED JERKED TO KEEP FORM FALLING HIT HEAD AGAINST TOP, STOVED HIS NECK
HE SAID HE WAS FILLING UP THE ENLOADER WITH FUEL AND WHEN HE WAS FINISHED HE SAID HE STEPPED OFF OF THE ENLOADER AND THE SNAKE BIT HIM.
GETTING OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET,FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
A TRAILING CABLE WAS ENERGIZED BY ANOTHER EMPL WHILE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE
DRILLING TOP AND PC OF DRILL STEEL STOPPED UP PCUP A BIT WRENCH TO HIT STEEL AND LOST GRIP IT FLEW BACK AND HIT ARM BRUISING THE TNDON PULLED MUSCLE IN R. ARM.
AN ELECTRICAL PLUG WAS ACCIDENTLY DISCONNECTED UNDER LOAD AND ELECTRICAL ARC CAUSED BURN TO THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.
WAS GOING TO MOVE WATER PUMP & HOSE BLEW APART & THE PRESSURE FROM WATER BURNED HIS FACE