Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite coal regions of ...

Ex. Doc] Reports of the Inspectors of Mines. 147
Eastern District of the Wyoming Coal Fields, Luzerne County, Pa., and cause
year ending tlie 31st day of December, A. D. 1877.
Extent of Injury, and Cause of Accident.
Collar bone broken by falling under cars,
Crushed between a car and a pillar while trying to unhitch his mule
from the car, ....
Back and head severely injured by premature explosion of a blast,
Head and arm cut by a piece of coal which fell from top coal, . . .
Back injured by being run over by mine car,
Both men burned severely on face, hands, arms, and back, by an"]
explosion of carbureted lij'drogen gas, caused by leaving their !
naked lights in the return air-way while brushing out the gas f
from their chambers, J
Face and hands sliglitly burned by an explosion of carbureted hydrogen
gas,
Hands slightly burned by an explosion of powder,
Leg broken by a mule falling witli him while riding from the mines
to the barn,
Leg broken and otherwise injured by being crushed between two
cars,
Knee injured by same cause and at the same time,
Face and hands burned by an explosion of carbureted hydrogen gas.
Severely injured by a fall of roof,
Three toes badly crushed by being run over by a mine car,
Back severely injured by a fall of roof,
Kicked in the breast by a mule while putting on the harness, . . .
Two lingers cut off by being run over by a mine car, .
Hip and side severely injured by being crushed between a car and
prop
Arm, hand, and foot, cnt by a fall of roof,
Leg broken by a fall of roof,
Arm cnt by falling while oiling the screens in the breaker,
Ankle sprained by a fall of roof,
Severe flesh wound in leg, received by mule falling on him when
going to the barn,
Back slightly injured and face cut by a fall of roof,
Body bruised by a fall of roof,
Leg broken and arm broken in three places, and head badly cut by
a fall of roof,
Face and hands slightly burned by an explosion of carbureted hydrogen
gas,
Spine severely injured by a fall of roof; disabled for life, . .
Leg broken by a fall of roof,
Severely bruised by the same fall of roof,
Face and hands l)urned by an explosion of carbureted hydrogen gas.
Face and hands burned by the same explosion,
Hip slightly injured by a fall of roof,
Face, arms, and body, severely burned by an explosion of carbureted
hydrogen gas,
Face, arms, and body, seriously burned by the same explosion, . .
Leg broken by being crushed by a mine car while attempting to
sprag it
Body severely bruised by being crushed between a car and a pillar.
Slightly injured by a fall of roof,
Slightly injured by a fall of roof,
Hand crushed between top railing of car and a piece of coal which
rubbed against the roof,
Side and shoulder injured by a fall of roof,
Back and breast injured by a fall of roof,
Slightly injured by an explosion of a blast which had hung fire, . .
Collar-bone fractured by falling off the carriage at the foot of the
shaft,