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EE WAS PINNING TOP IN THE #4 FACE AREA OF SECTION 002 WHILE DRILLING HOLE FOR BOLT A SMALL PIECEOF DRAW SLATE FELL & STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB SMASHING IT BETWEEN ROCK & DRILL POT. HE BROKE HIS LE FT THUMB
EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BY A MOVING MINER CABLE. IT KNOCKED HIM DOWN CAUSING INJURY TO UPPER BODY.
EE WAS PINNING TOP IN FACE AREA. HE WAS INSTALLING GLUE & BOLT. THEY FELL FROM HOLE BEFORE HE GOT IT FULLY INSTALLED. HE REACHED TO GRAB IT BEFORE IT FELL INBY SUPPORTED ROOF. THE CONDITIONS W ERE LOWER THAN NORMAL. THIS ALONG WITH HIS QUICK RESPONSE TO FALLING BOLT CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM POWER CENTER SREA TO RETURN TO HIS SCOOP PARKED NEARBY. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK AND NECK AREA.
EE WAS WORKING AROUND #3 BELT CONVEYOR. HE STEPPED ACROSS BELT LINE. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON MINE FLOOR STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER BELT WAS STOPED AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
EE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE ON A FLAT CAR OUTSIDE OF MINE. HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE BENT OVER AND PICKED UP A PIECE OF STRUCTURE UP.
EE WAS SHOVELING AROUND THE #5 BELT HEAD WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK CONDITIONS WERE MUDDY CAUSING A SHOVEL LOAD TO BE HERNIA THAN NORMAL.
EE WAS SHOVELING BELT ON THE #4 BELT LINE HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT A SHOVEL FULL OF MUD ON BELT HIS KNEE GAVE OUT CAUSING HIS WHOLE BODY TO WIST & FALL INTO MOVING BELT LINE. CAUSING INJURY TO HIS NECK, RIGHT SHOULDER & BACK
EE LIFTING ROCK DUST.
DOWN ON KNEE'S SHOVELING SECTION TAIL SHOVEL SLIPED TURNING HIM SIDE WAYS TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.
INSTALLING RESIN BOLT, BENT BOLT TO CLEAR POT OF PINNER-WHILE PUSHING BOLT UP, BOLT TURNED TO RIGHT, PUT MAN IN BIND TWISTING HIS MIDDLE SECTION OF BACK SHOULDER INJURY BACK AREA.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ONE BK OUTBY NO 4 BELT HEADTHE FALL WAS ABOUT 20FL, 30FTW, 7FT H. THE SECTOION WAS ALREADY PULLED OUT BY THIS AREA AT THE TIME OF FALL NO INJURIES
LOADING TRANSMISSION FROM GROUND INTO SCOOP BUCKET. RE-OCCURRANCE OF OLD INJURY. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE COMPANY UNTIL DEC. 15, 1998.
THE INTERSECTION IN #2 ENTRY FIRST CROSS CUT UNDERGROUND, FELL IN. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 20 FT WIDE 20 FT LONG AND 7FT HIGH.
EE WAS CARRYING HIS TOOL BOX IN THE #5 ENTRY (FACE AREA) WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWERBACK. THE SECTION IS APPROX 46"H. HE WAS BENT OVER CARRYING HIS BOX IN FRONT OF HIM
SCOOP OPER WAS MOVING 488 SCOOP IN #6 ENTRY OF THE FACE AREA HE WAS PULLING A BELT HEAD. EE WAS DIRECTING SCOOP WHEN HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN SCOOPAND FLOOR OF MINE CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT FOOT
EE WAS OPERATING A 482 SCOOP IN THE #2 FACE AREAWHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 12"X8"X1/4" THICK FELLFROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND CAUSING INJURY TO IT.
A CREW OF MEN WERE MAKING A BELT MOVE. IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE #3 BELT LINE BACK TOGETHER WITH A STEEL ROPE HOIST, EE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT HAND WITH A JACKING BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION CAUSING EE'S FINGERS TO BE SMASHED & THUMB SMASHED & CUT BADLY
WORKING ON SHUTTLE CAR AND HURT BACK LIFTING ON PANEL LID. REOCCURANCE OLD INJURIES.
EE WAS TAKING CAT HEAD OUT OF RECEPTACLE, BREAKER BLEWUP.
GET OFF MANTRIP IN HURRY TO AND CAUGHT BACK ON HANGER PLATE. THIS ACCIDENT WASN'T REPORTED TO US UNTIL 6-16-98.
HIT HANGER PLATE WITH HEAD E. STUMBLED TO GROUND AND HIT BACK ON BELT STRUCTURE.
ENDLOADER PARKED AT SUPPLIES & ROCK TRUCK BACKEDINTO END LOADER.PARK BRAKE WAS SET BUT TRUCK HITEND LOADER MAKING BUCKET ON LOADER GO AGAINST ANKLE OF EE'S FOOT
LAW SPOT BETWEEN 5 & 6 ENTRY-POCKING BACK ROCK DUST AND STRAINED BACK.