INJURED WAS PULLING A PIECE OF BELT. CHAIN BROKETHAT WAS TIED TO BELT. ONE LINK CAME OFF CHAIN STRIKING HIM ACROSS BRIDGE OF NOSE.
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Showing all 41INJURED SLIPPED AND FELL, HIT LEFT ELBOW ON FRAME OF SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING BRUISED ELBOW.
INJURED WAS PULLING CABLE BACK TOWARD POWER BOX. CABLE HUNG ON ROCK. INJURED TRIED TO JERK CABLE LOOSE FROM ROCK INSTEAD OF GOING TO SEE WHAT IT WAS HUNG ON. INJURED HAS POSSIBLE LOWER BACK IN JURY.
INJURED WAS HELPING TROUBLE SHOOT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH SCOOP - SCOOP BEGAN TO MOVE UNINTENTIONALLY AND CAUGHT INJURED'S LEGS UNDER FRAME.
INJURED WAS PREPARING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE TO MAKE PERMANENT SPLICE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING UPPER THIGH ON RIGHT LEG APPROX 2 INCHES LONG AND 1 INCH DEEP.
EMPLOYEE WAS MONITORING BELT DRIVE STARTER WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK, MEASURING 16" X 16" X 2'.THE ROCK FELL APPROXIMATELY 5 AND A HALF FEET, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN MOVING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. WHILE LAYING DOWNS PADS TO RUN OVER THECABLE CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN RUN OVER PAD AND THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.
ROOF FALL WAS ON #3 BELT (SECTION BELT). THIS AREA WAS ADVERSE WHEN DEVELOPED.
INJURED WAS REPLACING STARTING BOX LID ON SHUTTLE CAR.
ROCK FALL IN #4 ENTRY IN INTERSECTION OF 4 RIGHTCROSSCUT FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE, USING 48" BOLTS AND DRILLING 72" TEST HOLES, AREA WAS MINED APPROX 1 WEEK BEFORE ROOF FALL.
EE WAS BOLTING THE TURN IN FOR 7 HDG. 2ND ROW BOLTS DRAWROCK 0" TO 4" THICK-20" WIDE 8' LOGN LIT HIS LEFT HIP.
INJURED GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE WHILE HELPING ELECTRICIAN WORK ON CABLE TO MINER.
INJURED WAS MOVING OIL CANS AND EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.
BAR SLIPPED FROM LIFTING JACK CAUSING POSSIBLE DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE HIT RIGHT LEG WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.
WAITING FOR SAW MAN TO CUT TIMBER. DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING MINER LEFT SIDE.
ROCK FELL ON RIGHT HAND - CAUGHT ON MINOR CANOPY.
EE WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR & JARRED HIS BACK ON ROADWAY. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 8-3-98. ON THAT DAY HE WENT TO ER WITH BACK PAIN & AFTER CONSULTING WITH DR. ON 8-24-98, HE DETERMINED PAIN WAS PROBABLY RESULT OF ROADWAY JARRING ON 7-30-98.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR-THE CANOPY OF THE SHUTTLE SHEARED OFF A ROOF BOLT-THE BEARING PLATE OFF OF THE ROOF BOLT STRUCK HIM ON LEFT ARM WHILE HE WAS INSIDE THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTME NT.
INJURED HIT HOLE IN MINE FLOOR WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR. HIS HIS HEAD ON OPERATOR'S CANOPY AND STOVE HIS NECK.
MINER STUCK IN A PILLAR CUT WHEN PILLAR FALL OCCURRED. MEN WERE FORCED TO LEAVE MINER IN THE FACE AND ROCK FELL ON MINER. NO ONE WAS INJURED. PILLAR PLAN WORKED EXACTLY AS DESIGNED. MINER JUST STUCK IN WRONG PLACE AT WRONG TIME.
ATTORNEY NOTIFIED US OF IMPENDING CLAIM - BLACK LUNG.
ATTORNEY NOTIFIED US OF IMPENDING CLAIM - BLACK LUNG.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT PLATES ONTO ROOF BOLTER ON TEH 005-0 SECTION. AS THE EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR A BUNDLE OF 6-8 PLATES, HE FELT MINOR PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE MAKING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION, EE DISCOVERED A ROCKFALL MEASURING APPROX 20'WX30'LX4-9'D IN THE BLEEDER SYSTEM NEAR SPAD #714. THIS AREA IS OLD AND ROOF DETERIATION HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SOME TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPLACE A PIECE OF BELT ON THE HUBB #5 SECTION. HE WAS USING HAND TOOLS TO PULL THE BELTLINE. THE WITNESS STATES THAT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY TWISTED OR SLIPP ED IN MUD CAUSING THE INJURY TO HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE STEPPED FROM OUR BROOKVILLE DIESEL MANTRIP ONTO THE GROUND AT THE UNDLOADING AREA ON THE SURFACE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE SET CANOPY CAUSING DRILL HEAD TO GO DOWN ON HIS FOOT - ONE TOE.
HAD HIS HAND LAYING ON HEAD OF FLETCHER BOLTER. PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON FINGERS.
EE WAS HANGING PINNER CABLE IN BREAK FROM #5 ENTRYTO #6ENTRY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROXIMATELY 5IN THICK 2FT WIDE 3FT LONG FELL & HIT HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF BACK & RT SHOULDER
BOLTING TOP. EE WAS BOLTIN NO. 6 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK, MAKING HIS CHEST GO INTO CONTROL LEVERS.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 6" TO 10" IN THICKNESS AND MEASURING APPROX. 5' X 5', DISLODGED ITSELF FROM THE MINE ROOF. THE ROCK FELL BACK TO THE FIRST ROW OF BOLTS AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH EE'S LEG A S HE STOOD AT THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS. EE WAS EXAMINING THE CONTROLS ON THE PINNER.
EE WAS HANGING CURTAIN. PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED BETWEEN RIB AND BELT. STRUCK EE ON FOOT.
UNLOADING BOLTS ON PLATES FROM SCOOP BUCKET ONTO THE ROOF BOLTER. BUNDLE OF PLATES SLIPPED FROM ONE HAND AND HIT THE OTHER AND BROKE BONE ON LEFT HAND BEHIND RING FINGER.
ROOF DRILL OPERATOR HAD HAND BETWEEN ROOF AND CANOPY WHILE TYRING TO PUT ROOF BOLT IN HOLE AND HIT THE WRONG LEVER CAUSIGN CANOPY TO SLIDE AND CUT END OF FINGER OFF.
DRILL STEEL HUNG IN TOP CAME LOOSE AN DROPPED ON LEFT HAND BREAKING SMALL BONE ON TOP OF HAND.
TOP FELL FROM 1ST ROW OF BOLTS TO RIB, LIKE HORSES BACK STRIKING BOTTOM SIZE-APPROX 2'X2'X 4' APPROX 3' WIDE ON THIRD END.
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS AND THE RIB IN THE #5 ENTRY. THE ROCK DEFLECTED AS IT FELL AND STRUCK THE MIENR OPERATOR ON THE SHOULDER AND HIT HIS SIDE FORCI NG HIM TO THE GROUND BACKWARDS.
RETURN SIDE OF THE D0I SECTION EXPERIENCED A ROOF FALL THIS WAS A PILLAR RUNNER 9 SECTION NO MEN OR EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED
OLD TRACK ENTRY HAD UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL-NO PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.
96026LTS ENTERED PLACE EXAMINED TOP PC OF DRAW ROCK HIT UPPER LEG