THE MINER HELPER WAS PULLING UP SLACK ON MINER CABLE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
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Showing all 7INJURED FELL. TWISTED RIGHT LEG WHEN HE FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, A PIECE OF ROCH FELL OFF OF THE OTHER SHUTTLE CAR IN HAULWAY INJURED EMPLOYEE RAN OVER ROCK AND JARRED EMPLOYEE HURTING HIS BACK.
FOUND A ROOF FALL IN LEFT SIDE RETURN, ONE CROSSCUT IN BY SS# 173
FOUND A ROOF FALL IN THE RETURN BETWEEN 8-9 ENTRIES ON THE PRESHIFT EXAM ON 3-6-95.
THE INJURED WAS CUTTING UP ON THE ROCK WHEN THE RIPPERS CUT THRU THE CONTINOUS MINER, JERKED UP CAUSING THE INJURED PERESON TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY TOP. BY DOING SO IT JAMMED HIS HEAD I NTO TOP OF CANOPY.
THE INJURED SLIPPED ON SCOOP FRAME CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS LEFT KNEE, BRUISING IT.