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EE REPORTED HE SLIPPED ON SNOW AND INJURED RT KNEE.
EE WAS IN A COAL HAULER, PUSHING ANOTHER EE WHO WAS IN DEAD COAL HAULER THE BACK OF DEAD COAL HAULER PICKED UP THE FRONT OF HIS COAL HAULER AND DROPPED IT. THE IMPACT CAUSED HIS HEAD TO HIT TO HE TOP OF THE COAL HAULER AND PUSHE HIS HAT OVERHIS FACE.
CO WORKER AND EE WERE REHABLITATING 12 W AREA CO WAS OPERATING SCOOP SCOOP RAN OVER RAIL TOP PART AND BOTTOM PART HIT EE ON TOP OF FOOT.
INJURED WAS SUPERVISING CLEAN UP OF SECTION.ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS GRADING ROCK BOTTOM W CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK OR OLD MINER BIT FLEW THROUGH THE AIR HITTING INJURED ON RIGHT EAR- SUTURES REQUIRED (3 OR 4).
WORKING ON BELT DRIVE WHEN THE BELT DRIVE CONES DROPPED ON INJUREDS HAND AND CUT IT.LEFT AHND CUT BY INDEX FINGER-WILL REQUIRE STITCHES.
INJURED WAS LOADING SCOOP WITH TIMBER-TURNED TO PUT TIMBER IN SCOOP BUCKET,TWISTING HIS KNEE-SAID IT FELT LIKE KNEE POPPED OUT OF PLACE.
HE WAS GETTING OFF COAL HAULER, TURNED AND PULLED ON HOSE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. FELT PAIN IN KNEE AREA.
MAN WAS CUTTING A PIPE WITH A CUTTING TORCH IN A MAN-HOLE AND BREATHED FUMES AND SMOKE FROM SUCH.
UNINT ENTIONAL ROOF FALL NO INJURIES MAINS ANNEX 2ND RT ENTRY X-CUT #34 41/2FT HIGH X55FT IN LENGTH RIB TO RIB NO PERSONS WORKING IN THE AREA DISCOVERED ON PRESHIFT EXAMINATION AREA ROOF BOLTE D WITH 4FT RESIN GROUT BOLTS UNDER OLD PLAN
THE MINER OPERATOR WAS TRIMMING BOTTOM ROCK WITH THE REMOTE CONTINIOUS MINER. HE JUMPED THE CUTTER HEAD DEEPER INTO THE BOTTOM ROCK (8 TO 9 IN.) THAN HE INTENDED. THE CUTTER BITS BECAME HOT AN D SPARKED CAUSING THE FLOAT DUST TO IGNITE FOR 1 TO 2 SECONDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BELT ROLLER. ALONG SIDE CONVEYOR BELT TO REPLACE A B/O UNIT. HE SLIPPED AND FELL IN A MUD HOLE, STRIKING HIS SHOULDER ON CONVEYOR BELT WIRE ROPE AS HE FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BOX OF RESIN FROM STORAGE TO THE ROOF BOLTER. HE TRIPPED OVER A CABLE TRAILING CABLE TO C/M AND FELL AGAINST THE CAB FRAME OF THE CONTINIOUS MINER.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST REPORTED TO ASSIGNED JOB SITE AS HE WALKED AROUND D/SCOOP A PIECE OF CAP ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM O TOP OF THE HEAD CAUSING PAIN IN NECK BACK & RT HIP
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A POWER CABLE END TO ENTER INTO A POWER CONTROL BOX.HE WAS CUTTING AWAY THE CABLE INSULATION TO FIT THE ENTRANCE GLAND.HE WAS PULLING THE KNIFE BLADE TOWARDS HIMSELF WHEN THE CABLE SLIPPED CAUSING THE KNIFE TO HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS INST ALLING A CHOKE CHAIN IN CONVEYOR THROAT OF FEEDER BREAKER AS HE STOOD UP & TURNED TO HIS RT HE HIT HIS HEAD INTO A BELT CHAIN ANCHOR SECUR ED TO THE ROOF HE JAMMED HIS NECK & FELT AMMEACLIARE PAIN IN NECK & RT SHOULDER
CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BEING TRAMMED OUT OF FACE CUT. EMPL WAS PULLING C/M CABLE SLACK CLEAR OF C/M PATH. HE FELT STRAIN TO RT SHOULDER. THIS IS ACTIVITY THAT EMPL DOES 30 TO 40 TIMES EACH WORKE D SHIFT EMPL CLAIMS HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
10 NORTH MINING SECTION WAS MAKING A LIFT OFF OF NO. 5 PILLAR. THE SECTION SUFFERED A "COAL BOUNCE" OF VERY SEVERE PROPORTIONS. THIS MINING ACTIVITY IS CREDITED WITH INSTIGATING AN EARTH QUAKE OF 3.3 ON THE RIGHTER SCALE AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY. ALL MINING WAS STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THIS AREA OF K-4 UNSAFE FOR FURTHER MINING.
EE WAS CHARRYING A 5 GAL. BUCKET OF HYDRAULIC OIL ON HIS SHOULDER APPROX. 200' TO A COAL HAULER. HE CLAIMS HE TWISTED HIS KNEE IN "LOOSE STUFF" ON HAULAGE ROAD, INVESTIGATION SHOWS ROADWAY FLA T, WITH POWDERY DUST-NO TRIPPING HAZARDS OBSERVED. WITNESS SAYS HE DID NOT SEE EE TRIP OR FALL, BUT DID TESTIFY THAT EE COMPLAINED OT HIM OF SORE KNEE.
EE WAS FILLING C/HAULER WITH BULK ROCK DUST. AS THE LOAD APPROACHED THE "FULL POINT", IT PUSHED THE PUSH PLATE OVER ONTO THE OPERATOR'S FOOT. THE PUSH PLATE WAS NOT SECUDED PROPERLY AND THE OP ERATOR WAS NOT AWARE OF IT.
EE WAS CARRYING BELT REPAIR TOOLS ALONG THE SIDE OF 1 CONVEYOR BELT AS HE ATTEMPTED TO WALK ALONG SIDE OF A 4 INCH WATER PIPE LINE, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SIDE OF THE PIPE CAUSING A PA IN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. OT. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS A CUT TO HIS GREAT TOE.