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

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Reports of the Inspectors of Mines. 153
Extent of Injury, and Cause of accident.
Face burned by an explosion of a cartridge which he was carrying
to charge a hole,
Shoulder dislocated and two ribs fractured by a fall of roof, . . .
Anns and hands slightly burned by an explosion of carbureted
hydrogen gas, .
Face badly cut and ear severed by a kick from a mule,
Face severely cut by falling under a mine car,
Body severely burned by an explosion of a keg of powder while
making a cartridge,
Hip injured by being struck with a piece of coal from a blast, . . .
Head and hands severely burned by an explosion of carbureted"!
hydrogen gas, |
Head, hands, arms, and body severely burned by the same ex- j-
plosion,
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Head, hands, and arms severely burned by the same explosion, J
Body badly bruised by a fall of roof,
Ankle dislocated and foot cut by a runaway car, which he was
trying to stop,
Leg fearfully mangled bj' falling under a mine car; amputated, .
Cut in the head, land body bruised by a blast through a pillar fired )
by John Cotswinker, >
Cut in the head, and otherwise Injured by same cause, )
Leg severely cut by blast through pillar fired by Henry Morgan
without warning,
Face and hands burned by an explosion of carbureted hydrogen
gas.
Head and shoulder severely injured by premature explosion of a
blast,
Severely injured by a fall of coal; accident not reported for over
a week,
Hand severely cut—one finger cut off—by a piece of coal which
fell from the top while he was barring it down, . .
Face, hands, arms, and body, burned by an explosion of half keg
of powder while making a cartridge,
Head severely cut bv being caught between top of a car and the
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roof,
Thumb cut off by a piece of coal which he was lifting into a car, .
Four teeth kicked out by a mule,
Severely injured inwardly by a fall of roof,
Back injured by a fall of roof,
Arm broken and slightly burned by an explosion of a cartridge )
while tamping a hole, \
Burned and bruised severely by the same cause, )
Leg broken and flesh fearfully mangled by falling under a loaded
mine car,
Shoulder dislocated by being knocked off his mule by a brace in
the breaker tower,
Collar-bone fractured and head cut by a fall of roof,
Thigh fractured by being crushed between a car and a pillar, . . .
Face cut by a kick from a mule which he was playing with at the
barn
Head and leg injured by being crushed by cars,
Arm broken in two places by falling under loaded mine cars, . . .
Both legs fearfully injured by being run over by about eighty coal
cars near the breaker,
Leg severely cut by being run over by mine car,
Leg slightly injured by a fall of top coal,
Side severely injured by returning to a blast too soon, which exploded
just as he got to it,
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