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EE WAS WORKING ON ROOF BOLTER REMOVING SHIELDS. WHEN HE LIFTED OFF REAR SHIELD HE ALLEGED THAT IT STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE #4 ENTRY FACE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS, HURTING HIS BACK.
EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE A LIFTING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK OFF THE TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER NOTE HE BEGAN MISSING WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY ON 8-15-94 IT WAS NOT A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT UNTIL 8- 15-94.
HE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN TEH #5 RIGHT BREAK. HE WAS INSTALLING A BOLT. AS HE LOWERED HIS DRILL HEAD, THE DRILL POT HIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN SLOPE CARRYING A JACK HAMMER. HE FELL AND JACK HAMMER LANDED ON RIGHT HAND FRACTURING MIDDLE FIGNER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A MINER IN THE #3 HEADING. HE WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY AND SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE TRACK SLOPE, SLIPPED AND FELL, FRACTURED LEFT WRIST.
INJURED WAS CLEANING UP AROUND #4 HEAD DRIVE USING A WHEEL BARROW TO HAUL MATERIAL WHEN IT TRIED TO TURN OVER.HE GRABBED IT AND SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS TRAMING THE MINER IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF 7 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK THIS RESULTED IN A SEVERE BRUISE THE DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS APPROX. 3 0 INCH IN DIAMETER UP TO 3 INCH IN THICKNESS.
EE WAS PULLING OUT BELT STRUCTURE PANS ALONG THE BELT LINE. HE GOT HIS FOOT BETWEEN TWO PANS ONE SLIDE BACK CAUGHT HIS ANKLE BETWEEN THE PANS WHICH FRACTURED HIS FIBULA ABOVE THE ANKLE.
INJURED WAS CUTTING BELT - WHILE DOING SO HE CUT HIS LEG WITH KNIFE. REQUIRED STITCHES.
INJURED WAS LOADING ROCK ONTO BELT FROM AN OLD ROCK FALL THAT HAD BEEN RE-BOLTED. ROCKS SLIDE OFF THE TOP OF THE FALL AND HIT HIM INT EH BACK AND ON THE ANKLE.
INJURED WAS LOADING ROCK ONTO BELT FORM AN OLD ROCK FALL THAT HAD BEEN RE-BOLTED. A ROCK SLIDE OFF THE TOP OF THE FALL AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.
WHILE LIFTING ROCK AND PUTTING IT ON BELT, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD WHILE BUGGY WAS BEING LOADED, RESULTING IN A SPRAINED NECK.
TRAVELING #2 ENTRY & A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON LEFT FOREARM CUTTING ARM & REQUIRING STITCHES DID NOT MISS ANY WORK
INJURED WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT HAND WHILE HIS HAND WAS ON TOP OF DRILL STEEL LACERATING THUMB WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES, BUT HE DID NOT LOSE ANY WORK.
INJURED WAS RUNNING A SHUTTLE CAR IN THE #3 ENTRY WHILE TURNING THE CORNER TO GO TOWARD DUMP. HE TURNED TO SHARP AND CAUGHT THE DECK OF THE SHUTTLE CAR AGAINST THE RIB. IT BOUNCED HIM AGAINST THE SEAT. BRUISED AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS RUNNING THE CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE NO.5 ENTRY, EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE MINER CABLE & STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED EE WAS A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HE GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR TO HELP THE MINER MOVE TO THE NEXT PLACE. HE HIT HIS EAR ON A ROOF BOLT PLATE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES BUT NO LOST WORK DAYS.
EE WAS TRAMING THE ROOF BOLTER OUT OF THE 6 HEADING HE HAD HIS HEAD STUCK OUT FROM UNDER CANOPY AND GOT IT CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND CANOPY RESULTING IN A LACERATED RIGHT EAR THAT REQUIRED STITCH ES.
INJURED WAS BUILDING STOPPING AND BEGAN BLEEDING FROM RECTUM POSSIBLY AGGRAVATED EMORRHOIDS, HE SAID THIS WAS A RESULT OF STRAINING BY LIFTING BLOCKS.