No 1-A Mine Coal

THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED GETTING HIS SAFETY JACKS AND WAS GETTING READY TTO MOVE THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE MEASURING APPROX. 18 INCHES SQUARE AND 2 INCHES THICK ON ONE E ND TO A FEATHER EDGE ON THE OTHER END FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP CLEANING UP LOOSE COAL WHEN A WORKING PLACE WAS BEING SHOT AND HE CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND LUMPS OF COAL BOUNCED OFF THE RIB STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY. HE RECEIVED CUTS AND BRUISES TO LEFT SIDE OF BODY.

THIS INDIV. EE BY RAWL SALES CAME TO THIS MINE TO HELP SET SPADS. UPON PREPARING TO GO U/G HE STARTED TO S IT DOWN IN THE BUCKET OF AN S&S SCOOP & HIS FEET SLIPPED & LET HIM SIT DOWN HARDER T HAN HE HAD INTENDED TO DO. HE PROCEEDED TO GO INSIDE & HELPED SET SPADS NOT COMPLAINING OF NO INJURY. BUT IT BOTHERED HIM LATER THAT NIGHT.

CLOSE TO A HOLLOW WATER SEEPING THROUGH THE LOW COVERAGE OVER THE COAL SEAM

THE OPERATOR OF THE GALIS ROOF BOLTER HAD JUST COMPLETED HIS 1ST ROW OF BOLTS & STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD TO S TART THE NEXT ROW WHEN HE FELL & THE MACHINE STRUCK HIS LEFT SIDE & ARM.