Dulcimer #2 Coal

INJURED WAS BENT FORWARD MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OUT OF THE SHUTTLE CAR ROADWAY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.

HE STATED THAT HE WAS TURNING OVER A ROOF BOLTER CANOPY SO THAT THEY COULD PUT IT BACK ON THE ROOF BOLTER. HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL FACE FIRST INTO THE CANOPY STRIKING H IS MOUTH AND NOSE, CAUSING LOOSE TEETH IN FRONT OF MOUTH, A LACERATED UPPER LIP TAKING UNKNOWN STITCHES TO CLOSE, AND A BUSTED NOSE.

A ROOF FALL IN #2 ENTRY (RETURN) WAS FOUND ON PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION 14 BREAKS INBY PORTAL. ROOF FALL MEASURED 20'X20'X3 1/2'.

EE STATED THAT HE GOT OUT OF PERSONNEL CARRIER TO OPEN AIR LOCK DOORS TO LET PERSONNEL CARRIER THRU. AFTER THE PERSONNEL CARRIER WENT THRU HE WAS CLOSING THE AIR LOCK DOORS WHEN THE DOORS CLOS ED QUICKLY CATCHING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE DOORS HE WENT TO DR AND NO TREATMENT RENDERED ON 12-6-91. HE CONTINUED TO HAVE PAIN, AND SAW ANOTHER DR ON 1-31-92 AND DISCOVERED FRACTURE.

RF FALL FOUND IN #5 ENTRY AT 112 CROSSCUT ON PRESHIFT EXAM 30' 35' 5'

RF FALL, 32' 20' 36' 560 INBY THE 4 PORTAL 9300' OUTBY AT WORKING FACES

ROOF FALLS FOUND IN #1 AND #2 ENTRIES(RETURNS).AT BREAK 9 IN #1 ENTRY 6'X30' X30'.IN #2 ENTRY BETWEEN BREAK 10 AND BREAK 11 IS 3'X30'X20'. IN #2 ENTRY AT BREAK 13 IS 3'X30'X50'.THESE FALLS WER E FOUND BY (NAME AND NAME,MSHA AND NAME WITH SAFETY DEPT).

INJURED EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE #3 ENTRY RIGHT BREAK HAD JUST BEEN MINED AND CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BEING BROUGHT OUT AND MOVED TO NEXT PLACE. INJURED THEN STATED THAT HE PICKED THE MINER CABLE UP AND WHEN HE DID SO THAT A VERY SHARP PAIN CAME TO HIS LOWER BACK AND DOWN INTO HIS LEFT LEG.

CARRYING BAG OF ROCK DUST DOWN POWER CENTER TIPPED OVER POWER CABLE STRAINING LOWER BACK

HE STATED THAT HE WAS TRAMMING THE MINER FROM ONE ENTRY TO #1 ENTRY AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX. 1 FOOT FELL AND STRUCK THE MINER LEVER BOX AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

INJURED STATES THAT HE AND CO WORKER WERE PREPARING TO THREAD BELT THRU BELT DRIVE. ONE END OF BELT HAD BEEN PLACED UNDER SCOOP BATTERIES WHEN BATTERIES WERE RAISED TO RELEASE BELT INJURED RIG HT THUMB BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN BATTERY LIFT JACK AND BATTERY HOUSING ACCIDENT RESULTED IN A COMPOUND FRACTURE OF RIGHT THUMB.

INJURED STATED THAT WHILE INSTALLING BOTTOM STANDS UNDER BELT ROPES, DURING A BELT SET-UP ON THE 001 ACTIVE SECTION, HE ALLEGEDLY HAD A PAIN IN HIS LEFT THIGH AND A KNOT FORMED IN HIS LOWER BA CK. NOTE: DUE TO SOEM QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING INVESTIGATION, THIS WAS NOT RULED TO BE WORK RELATED UNTIL 2-21-90.

INJURED WAS HELPING REPAIR PERSON PUT STARTING BOX COVER LID ON SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE LIFTED COVER HE ALLEGES THAT BURNING TYPE PAIN CAME INTO RIGHT SIDE LOWER BACK. RESULT WAS STRAIN TO LOWER B ACK MUSCLES.

WHILE OPERATING THE STANDARD SIDE SHUTTLE CAR, HE WAS WAITING FOR CONTINUOUS MINER TO MOVE INTO NEXT PLACE TO BE MINED, WHEN A LOOSE SECTION OF COAL RIB STARTED TO BREAK AWAY, INJURED JUMPED F ROM DECK AREA OF SHUTTLE CAR AND WHEN HE DID SO, HE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST A PILE OF MINE TIMBERS, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

HE WAS OPERATING STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR IN ENTRY APPROX. 2 BREWKAS IN FEEDER GOING TOMINER AFTER A CAR OF COAL. HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, AND WAS BOUNCED OUT OF HIS SEAT AND WHEN HE CAME BA CK DOWN, HE LANDED ON HIS BACK ON OUTSIDE RAIL OF OPERATORS DECK.

ROOF FALL APPROXIMATELY 20' X 40' X 4O" FELL ACROSS INTERSECTION IN THE #3 ENTRY (BELTLINE) APPROXIMATELY 660FEET INBY PORTAL. ROOF FALL IN BREAK 11.

WHILE UNLOADING BAGS OF ROCKDUST (APPROX. 50 LBS PER BAG) FROM THE #5 BELT CONVEYOR, INJURED ALLEGEDLY STRAINED A MUSCLE IN THE UPPER PART OF HIS LEFT HIP.

WHILE CHANGING OUT ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR AT THE SECTION BELT DRIVE, INJURED ALLEGDLY WAS MOVING MOTOR, IN ORDER TO ALIGN MOTOR SHAFT AND ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN MOTOR SHAFT AND BELT DRIVE STRUCTURE, CAUSING LACERATION TO FIRST JOINT OF THUMB.

WHILE SHOVELING LOOSE COAL SPILLAGE AROUND BELT TAILPIECE INJURES STATED HE TWISTED AROUND TO THROW SOME COAL ONTO BELT & INJURED HIS BACK.

SCOOP HAD BELTHEAD RAISED UP TO PUT IN OIL BATHS SCOOP LET THE BELTHEAD BACK DOWN BUT FRAME OF BELTHEAD GOT CAUGHT ON OIL BATH BELTHEAD WAS RAISED BACK UP AND VICTIM WAS PUTTING OIL BATH IN PL ACE WHEN BELTHEAD FELL CATCHING VICTIMS LEFT AHDND BETWEEN BELTHEAD FRAME AND OIL BATH

A ROCK FALL OCC6RED IN THE 2 HEADING LAST OPEN CROSSCUT APPROX. 60 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 5 FT THICK.

WHILE LIFTING R5IL JACK OUT OF STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF RAIL RUNNER INJURED STRAINED AND CAUSED JIJURY T O LOWER BACK

INJURED WAS TAK3NG PARTS INSIDE FOR A 265 LEE-NORSE CONTINUOUS MINER IN DECK OF RAILRUNNER. AFTER GOING APPROXIMATELY 420' INBY TRACK ENTRY PORTAL,HE RAISED UP TO LOOK OVER TOP OF RAILRUNNER T O CHECK LOAD,AN8 A LOW HANGING METAL ROOF STRAP CAUGHT HIS COVERALLS,PULLING HIM BACK ON TOP OF BUMPER AND RAILRUNNER,CAUSING ABRASIONS TO TOP OF HEAD,LEFT SHOULDER,BASE OF NECK,STRAIN TO SOD

ROOF FALL APPRO3 4 FT THICK 20 FT WIDE 20 FT LOG OCCURRED IN THE RETURN IN #3 ENTRY APPROX 2000 FT INBY PORTAL ABOUT 50 FT FROM #1 MAIN RETURN ENTRY

WHILE HELPING T2 LIFT AND LOAD A PORTABLE ROCK DUSTER INTO REAR COMPARTMENT OF RAILRUNNER, THE INJURED STATED THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA. THE RESULT WAS A STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.3

WHILE CHANGING 1UMP MOTOR ON SL GALIS SHUTLECAR, MOTOR ROLLED OVER ON L EFT FOOT, A BOLT THAT WAS STICKING OUT IN LIP OF MOTOR HIT BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF BOOT CAUSING INJURY TO 4TH TOE ON L E LEFT FOOT 3

RE-INJURED BACK3WHILE HELPING TO HANG CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE.

WHILE LOADING A34160 HIGH VOLTAGE CALBE CAT HEAD INTO A SCOOP BUCKET I NAME STATED THAT HE HIT HIS SHOULDER AGAINST THE MINE ROOF CAUSING TO DROP THE CATHEAD IN THE SCOOP BUCKET ON HIS LITTLE FINGER OF THE 5EFT HAND.

A ROOF FALL WAS3DETECTED AT 3D00 AM BY THE PRE SHIFT EXAMINER, THIS AREA SHOULD NO APPARENT PROBLEMS

STANDING OUTSID9 OF SCOOP DECK PUSHED STEERING CONTROL LEVER AND SWIVETED SCOOP DECK ON TOP OF LEFT FAST.

A ROOF FALL 4'X20'X35'OCCURRED APPROX.970 INBY BELT PORTAL.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 14 BREAKS INBY THE #5 PORTAL IN THE INTSKE