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EE GOT OFF HIS SHUTTLE CAR TO CHECK LIGHTS. HE LEFT THE CAR RUNNING AND WALKED BETWEEN THE MINER & HIS CAR. THE CAR ROLLED FORWARD, MASHING HISFING HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG BETWEEN THE CAR & THE M INER.
INJURED WAS ASSISTING THE REPAIRMAN WHO WAS WORKING ON THE CONITNUOUS MINER. INJURED STRUCK A LINK STRAP OF THE CONVEYOR CHAIN WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER & A PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT FOR EHEAD. CLEANED, RECEIVED STITCHES, RETURNED TO WORK NEXT SHIFT.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL ON #1 SECTION IN THE #3 ENTRY. FALL FROM FACE TO OUTBY APPROXIMATELY 40" AVERAGE 8' THICK. JOY 14CM5 MINER APPROXIMATELY 20" INBY EDGE OF FALL.
AS THE INJURED WAS HELPING MOVE THE DOUBLE BOOM ROOF BOLTER, THE OPERATOR ON THE OPPSITE SIDE OF THE MACHINE LOWERED THE BOOM OF THE BOLTER WHICH CUT THE LEG OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE.
EE HAD PULLED HIS FHUTTLE CAR UNDER THE BOOM OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO RECEIVE A LOAD OF COAL. AS THE MINER CONVEYOR WAS STARTED A ROCK WAS EXPELLED FROM THE CONVEYOR, STRIKING THE EE IN THE FACE.
002 SECTION #3 ENTRY ROOF FALL 80'X20'X8' UNINTENTIONAL.
EE STATED THAT AS HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER, HE MASHED CUT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE ROOF AND A BOLTER WRENCH.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING IN THE VICINITY OF THE #3 BELT DRIVE. DURING THE NORMAL COURSE OF WALKING, HIS FOOT ACCIDENTLY BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND A TURNBUCKLE. THE EE FELL FORWO ARD, BRUISING HIS LOWER SHIN.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHEN HE TOUCHED THE ENERGIZED 440 VOLT CABLE FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINER, HE RECEIVED A SEVERE SHOCK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE FOR INSTALLATION IN BELTLINE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS WATCHING REPAIRMAN CUT METAL WITH A CUTTING TORCH. HOT SLAG FRAGMENTS (MOLTEN METAL) FLEW FROM METAL BEING CUT, STRIKING EE IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLICING A CONVEYOR CHAIN BACK TOGETHER USING A SLEDGEHAMMER ADN PUNCH TO DRIVE STEEL PINS. WHILE STRIKING THE PUNCH A METAL FRAGMENT LODGED IN UPPER RIGHT CHEST WALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLICING A CONVEYOR CHAIN BACK TOGETHER USING A SLEDGEHAMMER AND PUNCH TO DRIVE STEEL PINS. WHILE STRIKING THE PUNCH A METAL FRAGMENT LODGED IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM.