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

Ex. Doc] Reports of the Inspectors of Mines.
Continued.
Extent of Injury, and Cause of Accident.
Slightly injured by a fall of roof,
Face and hands burned by an explosion of carbureted hydrogen gas
"Face, neck, and hands, of each of these men were slightly"!
burned by an explosion of carbureted hydrogen gas, or rather I
from setting fire to a "blower;" they fired the gas three times Jwithin
an hour, and finally succeeded in giving themselves a I
warming,
Slightly injured by a fall of roof,
Head severely cut by a fall of roof,
Shoulder and foot severely bruised by a fall of roof,
Side injured by falling under mine cars,
Arm broken in two places by falling under a trip of mine cars, . .
Slightly injured by being crushed by mine cars,
FootcrusUed—one toecut off—by being caught underaspragin car,
Slightly injured by a fall of coal,
Leg broken by "Tiron rair' falling on him,
Leg broken by a fall of roof.
Head severely cut by a fall of roof,
Back slightly injured by a fall of top coal,
Back slightly injured by a fall of roof,
Back seriously injured and leg broken by a fall of roof.
Body bruised by a fall of roof,
Leg severely cut by a fall of coal,
Face burned by an explosion of carbureted hydrogen gas,
Head slightly injured by a fall of roof,
Leg broken by a fall of roof, ....
Two ribs fractured and otherwise cut and bruised by same fall of
roof,
Severe scalp wound by falling under a car,
Ankle dislocated and arm and face bruised by a fall of roof, . . .
Body squeezed by being caught between locomotive tank and the
breaker,
Legs badly injured by mine car tipping over on him,
Head cut by falling under a mine car,
Injured by cars running against him on a run in the mine, ....
Head jammed between cars when in the act of coupling them, . .
Slightly injured by a fall of roof,
Knee terribly crushed by being caught in a screen in the breaker;
leg amputated,
Hand, neck, and face burned by an explosion of powder in cartridge
Leg broken and foot crushed by mule jumping upon him, . . .
Face, hands, and body severely burned by an explosion of carbu-^
reted liydrogen gas,
Face, hands, and body severely burned by an explosion of carbureted
hydrogen gas,
Back, side, and hand injured Ijy being violently thrown by concussion
of same explosion of gas,
Ankle sprained by being thrown by same concussion of same ex- f
plosion of gas,
Right leg terribly cut by being thrown under a car by same con-
cussion,
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Back, arm, and eye injured by being thrown against a pillar by |
same concussion, J
Neck and arms burned by an explosion of powder while making
a cartridge,
Arm cut and two fingers smashed by a fall of top coal,
Arm broken by aYall of roof,
Scalp wound by striking his head against the roof while riding his
mule to the stable,
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