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EMPLOYEE WAS AIR ARCING A BALLAST COMPARTMENT INORDER TO CUT A HOLE IN IT. THE LID BROKE LOOSE SOONER THAN EXPECTED AND FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LEG.
DRILLING PILLS OUT OF A CHAIN DRIVE WITH A PUNCH AND SLEDGE HAMMER A FRAGMENT OF STEEL BROKE OFF OF THE PUNCH AND ENTERED THE EMPLOYEES LEG. FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED BY EMERGENCY ROOM DR ON 12-7- 98.
THE MINER WAS CUTTING AWAY TAIL PIPE SECTION ON A TRUCK WHEN THE TAIL PIPE FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.
WHILE WORKING ON A BULLDOZER, THE EE WAS USING A HAMMER WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND & BOUNCED BACK STRIKING THE EE IN THE CHIN
EE WAS WORKING ON THE SCREEN AND DIDN'T BOPTHER TO CLIMB OFF THE EQUIPMENT CORRECTLY. HE WANTED TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE OTHER MENT THAT WAS STANDING JUST BELOW THE SCREEN. SO HE JUMPED. AS HE W AS COMING DOWN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT HEEL ON A PIECE OF I-BEAM. CARELESSNESS WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS INJURY.
AFTER CLEANING WINDHSIELD OF LOADER, THE OPERATOR STEPPED BACK AND SLIPPED/FELL TO THE GROUND. IT HAD BEEN RAINING PRIOR TO THE SHIFT BEGINNING.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BAGS OF ROCK DUST AND PLACING THEM THROUGH A MAN DOOR WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.
WHILE JACKING A BELT TOGETHER THE JACK BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE MAN IN HIS RIBS.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN BREAK 27, ENTRY #6 ON THE RETURN SIDE BETWEEN THE DATES OF JULY 21 AND JULY 27, 1997. THIS FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 20' WIDE AND 30' LONG AND WAS 4 TO 6' IN THICKNESS.
THE MINER WAS STANDING ON THE BUMPER OF THE ROCK TRUCK CLEANING THE HEADLIGHTS, AFTER CLEANING ONE SIDE, THE EE STARTED WALKING ACROSS THE BUMPER TO THE OTHER SIDE, THE EE REACHED FOR THE HAND RAIL BUT INSTEAD CAUGHT HOLD OF A MAGNETIC RADIO ANTENNA THAT GAVE WAY CAUSING THE EE TO FALL TO THE GROUND.
DURING ROOF BOLTING OPERATIONS THE OPERATOR HAD SET UP HIS ROOF BOLTER TO START BOLTING THE ROOF WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR IN THE FRONT OF HIS HARD HAT.
EE HAD STOPED HIS LOADER AND BEGAN CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN LAST OPEN XCUT IN NO. 4 ENTRY, AND WAS APPROX. 70' LONG. NO EQUIPMENT OR MINERS WERE INVOLVED. AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 72" RESIN BOLTS ON 48" CENTRES. TEST HOSLES WERE 7' IN DEPTH. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 6-7' IN THICKNESS. A POCKET OF WATER ABOVE INUNDATED A PORTION OF THE MINE.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHUT THE POWER SCREEN UNIT DOWN THE EE'S JACKET WAS CAUGHT IN THE ALTERNATOR BELT AND PULLED THE EE'S ARM INTO THE FAN HOUSING.
THE EE'S GLOVE WAS CAUGHT BY THE ROOF BOLT PLATEAS HE WAS HOLDING THE PLATE IN PLACE WHILE ROOF BOLTING.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING THE BRIDGE SECTION WHEN THE BRIDGE KICKED SIDEWAYS, TRAPPING THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT BETWEEN THE BRIDGE AND THE RAPID HAUL. THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FOOT ON THE OUTSIDE OF TH E BRIDGE SECTION WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
THE EMPLLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING A PULL CHAIN FROM A SUPPLY SLED, WHEN A METAL BURR PUNCHTURED HIS HAND.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING A BARGE PUMP USING A SLING AND FRONT END LOADER TO HOIST THE PUMP UP. AFTER HOISTING THE PUMP UPAPPROX 12" FROM THE GRO UND THE PUMP SHIFTED AND SET BACK DOWN STRIKING THE OTHER EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT. BREAKING THE BONE OF HIS LITTLE TOE.
THE EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A PIECE OF MACHINERY WHEN HE STRUCK HIS FOREARM ON A METAL BRACKET THAT HELD THE MIRROR ON.
THE EE WAS REACHING AND STEPPING UPON THE BOTTOMS TEP OF THE LADDER ON A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A STRAINING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE BLDG STOPPINGS THE MINER S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A CINDER BLOCK AND A TIMBER.
INSTALLING 8' CROSS BEAMS UNDER BELT DRIVE AND 14'6" CROSS BEAMS. WHEN THE BEAMS CROSSED THE EE HAD HIS HAND BETWEENTHE TWO BEAMS.
ROOF FALL OCCURED IN LAST OPEN CROSSCUT TO THE FACE APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET, NO EQUIPMENT OR MINERS WERE INVOLVED. AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 48" RESIN BOLTS ON 48" CENTERS, TESTHOLES WERE 5 FOOT I N DEPTH. NO CRACKS WERE OBSERVED, THE FALL WAS 4 TO 5 1/2 FT IN THICKNESS, THERE WAS NO PRESSURE ON THE RIBS OR NO WORKING ALONG THE RIBS ON EITHER SIDE.
OPERATOR WAS OPERATER A CATERPILLAR 375 TRAC HOE, PULLING ON THE LEVERS AND CONTROLS WHEN HE FELT A DRAWING AND TIGHTEN IN HIS RIGHT HAND IMAINLY HIS INDEX AND RING FINGERS).
SERVICING THE CONTINUOUS MINER DRUM. AFTER REMOVING AN OIL PLUG, HOT GEAR OIL SPLASHED OUT ON THE EMPLOYEES NECK AND EAR.
THE EMPLOYEE STARTED OUT THE BACK OF THE PREP PLANT WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE CORNER OF A SIDE PLATE FRAME FOR THE INCLINE THAT HAD BEEN STORED IN A PARTS ST ORAGE AREA.