Mine No. 5 Coal

I FOUND THE ROCK FALL WHILE I WAS MAKING MY WEEKLY EXAMINATIONS IN THE RETURN AIRCOURSE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT FELL. IT WAS WITHIN A 7 DAY PERIOD. THE FALL WAS A CONTINUING OF ANOTHER ROCK FALL . IT WAS BOLTED WITH 4' CONVENTIONAL BOLTS. IT FELL ABOUT 10' THICK, FOR 120' LONG.

ROCK FALL ABOUT 6 FT THICK AND ABOUT 45 FT LONG. FELL BETWEEN SPAD 890-891 IN THE RETURN ON AN OLD SECTION. IT WAS CRIBBED OFF ON EACH SIDE. IT WAS BOLTED WITH 5 FT BOLTS.

ROCK FELL IN THE FIRST RIGHT BLEEDER FROM OUTSIDE. THE ROCKFELL BETWEEN THE BLOCKS OF COAL 2 BREAKS ABOVE SPAD 20. IT WAS ABOUT 30" THICK AND 20' WIDE. IT DIDN'T BLOCK THE HAULWAY I TRAVEL. IT WAS BETWEEN THE 2 TRAVELWAYS UP THE BLEEDER.

STEP ON SLAP OF CONCRETE AND TWISTED ANKLE.

MINE ROOF FELL FROM #7 HEADING TO #6 INTERSECTION AND CAUGHT MINER BETWEEN 5 AND 6.

ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION AT SURVEY 873. DUE TO WET MINE ROOF. FALL WAS 2 FT TO 5 FT IN HEIGHT, 20 FT LONG, AND 18 FT WIDE.

MINE ROOF FELL ACROSS INTERSECTION OF MINERS DUE TO WEST POINT IN MAIN ROOF AS DETERMINED BY DMME. FALL WAS APPROX 60 TO 70'LONG, ABOUT 2 1/2'THICK, AND 19'WIDE. TIMBERED ALL SIDES AND AREA AR OUND FALL.

EE PUT HIS HAND UNDER THE RIPPER HEAD WHILE CO-WORKER WAS TRAMING THE MINER TO SET BITS. HE SAID HE WAS REACHING FOR SOME BITS UNDER THE HEAD OF THE MINER. IT RAN A BIT TRHOUGH HIS LEFT HAND, IN THE PALM.

THE BELT GOBED OFF AND BURNT THE BELT INTO. THE VICTIM IS HALED THE BELT SMOKE.

THE MAIN ROOF FELL AT SURVEY STATION 630 IN INTERSECTION. 3' CONV. BOLTS WAS USIED IN THIS AREA. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 20' L, 20' W, AND 3' H.

BOLTING TOP IN 6 HEADING. HE POSITIONED ROOF BOLTER TO PUT IN THE DIRST BOLT IN THE FIRST ROW. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE ATRS ON THE ROOF BOLTER. THE ROCK WAS ABOUT 18 I NCHES WIDE AND 18 INCHES LONG. IT WAS 2" THICK IN THE MIDDLE AND SHARP AROUND EDGES. IT BROKE 2 SMALL BONES IN LEFT FOOT.

ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION 1 BREAK INBY SURVEY STATION 455. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 4' HIGH, 20' WIDEM, AND 40' LONG.

ROOF FALL ABOVE ANCHORAGE DUE TO LAMINATION. FALL WAS 60' INBY SURVYE STATION 380. IN AN INTERSECTION. THE FALL WAS 25'L, 25'W,6'H. 36" CONVENTIONAL BOLTS WERE USED IN THIS ARCH.

ROOF FALL IN INTERSECITON 1 BRK OUTBY SURVEY STAITON 400 THE FALL WAS APPROX 5'H X 20'W, 30'L. 36" CONV. BOLTS WAS USED IN THIS AREA.

ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION 1 BRK. INBY SURVEY STATION 435. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 20 FT. WIDE 30 FT. LONG AND 8 FT. HIGH.

ROOF FALL 1 BRK INBY SURVEY STATION 431 IN INTERSECTION. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. LONG 20 FT. WIDE AND 5 FT. THICK.

ROOF FALL AT SURVEY STATION 54. THE ROOF FELL AT INTERSECTION IN NO.6 ENTRY AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED SURVEY STATION. THE FALL WAS IN A BLENDER ENTRY NOTHING WAS HARMED WHEN FALL OCCURRED. TIMBER ALL SIDE AND LEFT FALL.

ROOF FALL AT SURVEY STATION 81. THE ROOF FELL AT THE INTERSECTION IN THE NO. 2 ENTRY AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED SURVEY STATION. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 5' THICK. IT WAS ABOVE 20' LONG AND ABOUT 10' W IDE AT THE BOTTOM AND 5' AT THE TOP.

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS GOING THROUGH A OPERATOR BREAK. THE DECK CAUGHT THE RIB AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT.

EE STATED HE HURT HIS BACK PULLING MINER CABLE ON 9-2-92. EE WAS UNAWARE OF THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM RICHLANDS CLINIC ON 9-9-92-AT WHICH TIME IT WAS INVESTIGHTED.

EMPLOYEE STATED A SLUG OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, STRUCK HIS HARD HAT AND THEN RODE DOWN ONTO HIS BACK AS HE WAS HELPING ON A ROOF BOLTER. THE ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS IN THE NO. 4 HEADI NG APPROXIMATELY 60' INBY SURVEY STATION #38.

EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR A ROOF BOLT ON THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN A SLUG OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP & STRUCK THE MACHINE ONE PIECE OF THE ROCK STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE CAUSING A LACERAT ION REST OF THE ROCK FELL OFF THE MACHINE & STRU CK THE VICTIMS LEG

SAWING HALF HEADERS WITH CHAIN SAW IT BOUNCED BACK

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 002-0 SECTION (ON IDLE SHIFT) AND WAS FOUND AT APPROX. 2:00PM. THE FALL, APPROX. 3.5' THICK X 20' LONG X 20' WIDE, OCCURRED AT SURVEY STATION NO.7 AND APPROX. 4 BRE AKS FROM THE PILLAR LINE BEING SET UP. THE FALL IS CONTINUATION OF A FALL THAT OCCURRED YEARS AGO AND INVOLVED ONLY THE INTERSECTION.

ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY ON FRONT END. BY TIME SHUTTLE CAR STOPPED ROCK HAD COME INTO DECK OF SHUTTLE CAR STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT SIDE & LEFT ARM.

INJURED EMPL & TWO COWORKERS WERE REMOVING FEEDER CRUSHER EDUCER TO INTALL NEW ONE. INJURED WAS REMOVING 1" ALLEN BOLTS WITH 3/4" DRIVE RATCHET. HE WAS PULLING UP ON RATCHET WHEN ALLEN PLUG SL IPPED OUT OF ALLEN BOLT. RATCHET STRUCK HIM IN MOUTH.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGED TO HAVE RAN SHUTTLE CAR INTO CORNER OF RIB IN THE NO. 5 ENTRY WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE BOUNCED IN THE DECK OF THE SHUTTLE CAR. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 8:25P.M.

THE NO.5 LEFT BREAK HAD BEEN CUT INTO #4 HEADING. AS THE INJURED EMPLOYEE PLACED UP FLETCHER ROOF DRILL FOR THE THIRD BOLT IN THE THIRD ROW AND STARTED TO CRAWL AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOF DRILL, A SLUG OF ROCK 3' ROUND AND 7" THICK IN THE MIDDLE FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS HE HAD INSTALLED IN THE 1ST AND 2ND ROW.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN NO1 HEADING APPROX 2 1/2 BREAKS INBY SURVEY STATION #337.THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 18'X20'LX3-4' THICK AND FELL ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ZONE OF THE ROOF SUPPORTS.THE SECTION HAD BEEN MINED TO THE OUTCROP IN THE AREA AND THE SECTION HAD BEEN MIMNED TO THE OUTCROP IN THE AREA AND THE SECTION EQUIPMENT MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION PRIOR TO THE FALL.THE AREA THAT FELL H

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER MACHINE IN THE BREAK AND HAD INSTALLED THREE BOLTS IN THE 4TH ROW OF THE PLACE BEING BOLTED. AS HE MOVED THE BOLTING MACHINE OVER TO BEGIN DRILLING FOR FOURTH BOLT AND HAD JUST SET ATRS SYSTEM, A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER TO KNOCK OFF THE SHARP EDGES OF A PIECE OF METAL. GRINDER KICKED BACK AND CUT TOP OF LEFT HAND AND BETWEEN RING AND MIDDLE FINGER. THIS REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES TO THE TOP OF THE HAND AND TWO STITCHES BETWEEN THE FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BOLTS AT SUPPLY HOLE INTO A SCOOP WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK ENTIRE CREW WAS LAID OFF ON 010589 EMPLOYEE THEREFORE LOST NO TIME ALTHOUGH HE WOULD HAVE HAD THE CR EW WORKED ANY MORE THE FOLLOWING WEEK

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING THE ROOF BOLTER THROUGH A CURTAIN AND WAS SITTING ON THE LIGHT BOX BENT OVER, WHEN THE BOLTER WENT UPON ABOUT 3 INCHES OF COAL AND CAUGHT HIS NECK AGAINST A FLY BOARD.

EMPL WAS GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE JUST AFTER ARRIVING AT MINE. AS HE REACHED INTO BAKC OF VEHICLE TO GET LUN PAIN FEET FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM CUASING HIM TO FALL OVER 5' HIGH EMBANKMENT. TH ERE WAS PACKED SNOW & ICE IN AREA WHERE FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM.

EMPL WAS STARTING TO DRILL ROOF BOLT HOLE WHEN SMALL SLUG OF ROCK FELL HIITTING HAND AGAINST ROTATION LEVERS ON ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.

A ROOF FALL IN SLIP FROM FALL ON #4 BELT 2 CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD #15. THE FALL WAS 20 FEET LONG, 12 FEET WIDE, AT WIDEST POINT, AVERING 30 FEET THICH UP TO 3 FEET AT THICKEST POINT. THE BELT W AS NOT DAMAOGED. THE ROCK WAS MOVED AND BELT RESTARTED IN APPROX. 2 HOURS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DRAW ROCK IN LEFT BREAK WITH SLATE BAR. A ROCK SLABBED BACK TO THE LAST ROW BOLT SHAFT CAUGHT SLATE BAT WHICH HIT HIM ON THE KNEE AND WRIST.

ONE SCOOP WAS PARKED BEHIND CHECK CURTAIN INJURED WAS IN BUCKET OF ANOTHER SCOOP ROCK DUSTING SCOOP MOVING HIT PARKED SCOOP AND CAUGHT R FOOT BETWEEN PARKED SCOOP BUCKET AND ROCK DUSTER

IN #4 HEADING ON E BRAK INBY TAIL PC THE TAIL PC THE STANDSARD BUGGY WA> COMING STRAIGHT DOWN 4 HEADING HIS VISION WA> BLOCKED CAUSIGN HIM TO RUN IN DECK OF STANDARD BYGGY TRAPPING THE R. LEG OF THE S TA(DARD BUGGY OPER.

EMP WA> BENDING ROOF BOLTS IN LOW TOP.

A ROOF FALL APPROX 100 FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE X 7 FT - 8 FTT HIGH OCCURRED SOMETIME DURING THE WEETHE FALL OCCURRED IN THE TRACK ENTRY APPROX 70 FT INBY SURVEY STATION #142 AND 3200 FT OUTBY FAC E THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP

EMP WAS PUSHING BOLT INTO HOLE WITH FAST SUMP SPEED WHEN HE CAUHT HIS LEFT ARM AND HAND BETWEEN HEAD OF BOLTER AND ATRS SUPPORT ARM.

EMPLOYEE CAME UP BEHIND MINER TO TELL OPERATOR SOMETHING AND LAID HAND ON BOOM NEAR TURN TABLE ON THE BOOM. THE MINER OPERATOR LET THE BOOM DOWN EMPLOYEE'S ARM DOWN BETWEEN BOOM AND FRAME. AME.

AS EMPLOYEE STARTED TO MOVE A BAG OF ROCK DUST HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABCK.NOTE:EMPLOYEE WAS ISSUED APRESCRIPTION BY THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN AND HAD TO FILLED THAT DAY.

STATES HE WAS RUNNING A SHUTTLE CAR DURING THE REGULAR OPERATORS LUNCH PERIOD AND WAS RUNNING OVER SOME ROUGH BOTTOM WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR BOUND.CED AND CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS BACK ON THE SEAT E MPLOYEE ORIGINALLY TURNED HIS INJURY IN ON HIS INSURANCE AND DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL 9-19-88 AFTER HE CONTINUED TO HAVE BACK PAIN THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME UNTIL 9-26-88

EMPLOYEE WAS LA2ING UP A STOPPING WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

THE INJURED & H3S CO-WORKER TESTED ROOF & SET SAFETY JACKS. THE 1ST ROW OF BOLTS WAS INSTALLED & SAFETY JACKS ROTATED. 2ND ROW OF BOLTS WAS INSTALLED & IMMEDIATELY AFTER TORQUING THE LAST BOLT IN THE 23D ROW A SLUG OF ROCK FELL STRIKING THE INJURED EE ON THE INSIDE OF HIS LT FOOT NEAR THE ANKLE. SLUG OF ROCK WAS 16"X22" 0-2" THICK.

REMOVING SPEED 9EDUCER FROM TRAM MOTOR WHEN ALL BOLTS WERE REMOVED FROM REDUCER AND CAUSED IT TO COME OFF MOTOR AND CATCH LEFT HAND ON SCOOP FRAME.

A SLUG OF ROCK 0ELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS IN #2 ENTRY AT CORNER OF CROSSCUT STRIKING EMP. ROCK MEASURED 38X18X3

HE WAS MARKING 9OOF FOR SPACING OF ROOF BOLTS WHEN A SMALL SLUG OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRICKING HIM IN THE RIGHT EAR.

HE WAS SETTING 5 ROOF JACK WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE COAL FELL OFF THE TOP INTO RIGHT EYE.

I.NAME THINKS H9 MIGHT POSSIBLE HAVE HURT HIS RIGHT KNEE 9-5-86 WHILE HELPING WITH THE BELT MOVE. HOWEVER HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE INJURY UNTIL SATURDAY 9-6-86 WHEN HIS KNEE SWELLED UP

INJURED HAD TAK9N PIN OUT OF SCRUB RAIL AND S TARTED TO TAKE MINER CABLE OFF THE SCRUB RAIL FELL OFF OF MINER ON HIS FOOT

HAND HELD GRIND9R KICKED BACK WHILE GRINDING ON SCOOP AND CUT THE LEFT KNEE OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE.

A LARGE ROCK DISLODGED FROM BETWEEN THE SAFETY JACKS USED AS TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORTS AND FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE SHOULDER AND BACK AND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

WAS PREPARING TO SET SAFETY JACKS TO BEGIN BOLTING OPERATIONS WHEN A ROCK BECAME DISLODGED FORMT HE ROFF & FELL ON HIS RIGHT LEG CAUSING A BREAK IN T HE LOWER PORTION OF T HE LEG.

A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEN TWO JACKS STRIKING THE PINNER HELPER ON SHOULD AND BACK RESULTING IN FRACTURED COLLAR BONE