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EE WAS CLEANING OUT PAINNER HEAD HAD STOPED UP ROCK FALL BETWEEN T BAR AND LAST ROW OF BOLTS 3 BYE ROCK FELL TO BOTTOM AND THEN SLIPPED OVER ON THE BOTH LEGS CAUSING TO BRUISE LEFT LEG BAD ENO UGHT TO GO TO DR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND BELT DRIVE WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED OFF BELT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND.
DUE TO PRESSURE BEING PUT ON ROOF FROM SQUEEZING BOTTOM THE SHALE ROOF SEPARATED FROM SAND STONE IN A TRANSITION AREA CAUSING THE ROCK TO FALL ON THE INJURED MAN
THE INJURED MAN STATED THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLECAR WHEN THE WHEELS DROPPED INTO A HOLE IN THE HAULWAY.
EE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE EITHER LOST HIS FOOTING OR HIS GRIPP ON THE STRUCTURE AND FELL AGAINST THE MINE FLOOR.
EE WERE TRYING TO BREAK A TRAM CHAIN ON THE FLETCHER PINNER TO INSTALL A NEW CHAIN A CHISEL THAT HAD BEEN DRIVEN BETWEEN A CHAIN STRAP LINK AND ROLLER LINK SUDDENLY DISLODGED FROM THE CHAIN FL EW INTO THE AIR AND STRUCK EE IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING A SMALL CUT.
SHAFT TO THE #3 BELT DRIVE HEAD ROLLER BROKE ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROLLER I NAME WAS CUTTING THE BOLTRS HOLDING THE UNBROKEN SIDE OF THE SHAFT HE MISJUDGED WHEN THE ROLLER WOULD DROP & THE UNSECU RED ROLLER HIT HIS FOOT AS IT FELL
ONE SIDE OF THE BELT CLAMP UNFASTEN FROM THE ROPE & THE OTHER SIDE SLIPPED AS THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STARTED TO RELEASE THAT SIDE WHEN IT SLIPPED HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT & CUT IT REQUIRED THREE S TITCHES