Gordon Creek No 7 Mine Coal

UNINTENTIAL ROOF FALL IN THE SECOND SOUTH SECTION AT ABOUT 12 30 AM A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE FACE OF THE BELT ENTRY. THE FACE HAD BEEN CUT ON THE MINING CYCLE AND THE MINER MOVED TO THE NE XT PLACE TO BE CUT. THE FALL WAS 8 FT WIDE, 7 FT HIGH, AND 7/8 FT LONG IT PULLED 2 BOLTS FROM THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS.

EMPL WALKING TO FEEDER BREAKER STEPPED IN RUT IN ROADWAY AND TWISTED HIS BACK.SHORTLY AFTERWARDS LIFTING BAGS OF ROCKDUST AND WHEN HE CAME UP HE TWISTED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A PREXISTING SEVERE DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL DISK DISEASE WHICH DOC.RELATED TO HAVING BEEN EXACERBATGED BY HER WORK & A RECENT ROOFING OUT (STRICKING HER HEAD ON LOW TOP) WHICH AGGRAVATED HER UNDERLING DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL DISK DISEASE ALTHOUGH DOC.SAID SHE COULD WORK HE RECOMMENDED TIME OFF W ORK BECAUSE DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL DISK DISEASE CAN STABIL

WHILE OPERATING3THE SCOOP IT KEPT OVERHEATING REQUIRING THE OPERATOR TO TAKE TO WASH AREA AND CLEAN OUT THE RADIATOR THE MINER LIFTED THE TOP COVER FOR THE RADIATOR HE PLACED HIS RT HAND ON T HE FRAME AS THE3 RADIATOR STARTED TO RAISE THE TOP COVER FELL STRIKING THE MINERS RT THUMB

DURING PRESHIFT3EXAM AFTER WEKEND, INTERSECTION WAS FOUND TO HAVE CAVED. THIS IS A PILLAR SECTION AND THE GROUND WAS WORKING TOO CLOSE TO PILLAR LINE. IT OCCURRED OVER 6 19 AND 6 20 THE AREA CAVED FROM 6 TO38 FT HIGH WHICH IS ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ZONE OF ROOF SUPPORT

WHILE BACKING O6T OF THE 3RD CUT, JUST BEFORE THE FINAL, THE ROOF CAVED BURYING THE THE CAB FOREWARD. MINER RECOVERY WAS COMPLETED AT 1:15 AM. NO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED OR TRAPPED. EQUIPMENT DAMAGE WAS REPA3RABLE OVER THE WEEKEND.

PICKING UP 5' M9TAL BOLTS THAT WERE LOOSE,THE BANDS WERE ALREADY CUT ON PALLET. A BAND UNDER THE MUD FLIPPED UP STRIKING THE MINER IN THE MOUTH CUTTING HIS UPPER LIP REQUIRING STITCHES.

WHILE WALKING B2 FEEDER TO GO SUT MINER WATER OFF,EMPL SLIPPED ON RUBBER MET-ELECTRICAL MAT.EMPL BRUISED TAILBONE AND WAS GIVEN RX FOR PAIN IF NEEDED DURING WORK.EMPL RETURNED TO WORK AFTER DR VISIT. 3

MINER DID NOT F2LLOW PROPER LIFTING PROCEDURES-WHILE LIFTING SIX ROOF BOLTS (301LBS).TWISTED AND CAUSED A PARASPINAL MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS LOW BACK.

A ROOF FALL OCC6RED AT THE ABOVE LOCATION 1 PILLAR SPAD 2687 COVERING 10 10 CONTINUOUS MINER. INTENTIONAL CAVING WAS IN THE PROCESS OF THE 4TH NORTH SECTION THE FINAL LIFT OF THE PILLAR AND BA CKING OUT WHEN 7HE FALL OCCURED TWO HOSES WERE DAMAGED.

WHILE UNPLUGGIN1 A DRILL STEEL THE STEEL SLIPPED FROM THE MINERS HAND STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE

WHILE INSTALLIN1 A TRAM CHAIN ONTO A RAMCAR THE MINER STRUCK THE CHAIN WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF LINK BROKE FROM CHAIN & LODGED IN MINERS RT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING REMOVAL OFSPLINTER & STITCHES

MINER DIDNT FOL5OW PROCEDURES WHEN HE BACKED REMOTE CONTROL CONTINUOUS MINER OUT OF FACE BY REACHING INSIDE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT FROM OUTSIDE TO USE TRAM LEVERS AFTER REMOTE CONTROL HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED.MA7HINE PINNED HIM TO RIB FX RIGHT COLLAR BONE AND DISLOCATING RIGHT ARM.

I NAME WAS ROOF3BOLTING HE USED A 2 FT BOLT TO UNCLOG THE CHUCK WHEN THE BOLT WENT THROUGH IT CAUGHT THE THUMB OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE CHUCK TENDER AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BOLT HEAD THIS CAUSE8 A FRACTURE OF THE BASE OF DISTAL PHALANAX OF HIS THUMB

I.NAME ROOFBOLT3NG AND AS HE STARTED STEEL TO ROOF HE WAS HOLDING STEEL WITH LEFT HAND TO GET IT STARTED.WHEN HE ROTATED IT,STEEL CAUGHT GLOVE AND TWISTED FINGERS AROUND STEEL.1 FINGER -LEFT 3 RD-WAS INJURED.5VULSION FX.

I,NAME WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIS FOOT.

EMPL CONNECTING CHAIN TO TOOL BOX.HOIST TRUCK PRARKED WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE SET AND TIRES BLOCKED.BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED ,VEHICLE OVERRODE BLOCKS AND STRUCK EMPL.

EE STRUCK BY CABLE ON LEFT HAND WHILE MOVING CABLE.

I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A DRILL STEEL FROM THE ROOF WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING THE BELT WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT LEG.

I NAME WAS LOADING SCREENS WHEN HE CAUGHT HISF INGER BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE SCREEN.

EMP WAS REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE JAW AND THE STOP BLOCK

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE DRILL STEEL FROM TEH ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THEJAW AND THE STOP BLOCK.