Red Fox Underground Mine Coal

VICTIM WAS USIN1 12 IN LONG 24 OZ MASONRY HAMMER TO PRY N BELT TAILPIECE SIDEBOARD. THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIS RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER AND THE METAL FRAME OF TAILPI9CE. RESULTING IN INJURY LACERATION OF THE DISTAL JOINT AND DISPLACEMENT OF THE FINGERNAIL OF THE LEFT RING FINGER

A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED APPROX 130 FT OUTBY SPAD #2959 IN # 7 ENTRY OT THE MAINS AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS THE FALL WAS APPROX 42 IN THICK 15 FT WIDE AND 20 FT LONG DRAW ROC K BECAME LOOSE 5T THE ANCHORAGE POINT OF THE ROOF BOLTS THIS FALL OCCURRED TWO BREAKS OUTBY THE POWER CENTER REPORTED TO I.NAME 7-17-87

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A NMS 48C SHUTTLE CAR HAULING COAL FROM THE FACE TO THE BELT FEEDER. THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS EMPTY GOING TOWARD THE FACE WHEN THE RIGHT INBY TIRE RAN OVER A 10" THICK BY 18" D IAMETER PIECE O0 SHALE THAT HAD FALLEN ONTO THE ROADWAY. THE VICTIM WAS JOLTED IN THE SEAT AND EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS BACK.

AN UNINTENTIONA5 ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON A PILLAR SECTION. THE ROOF CONSISTED OF SHALE IN THE AREA. THE FALL OCCURRED WHILE PILLAR MINING WAS BEING CONDUCTED USING A REMOTE CONTROL C/M. NO INJUR IES WERE EXPERI9NCED, THE FALL RESULTED IN THE C/M BEING CAUGHT UNDER THE FALL

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER INSTALLING 42 IN RESIN GROUTED BOLTS HE PLACED 2 FINGERS BETWEEN THE ROOF AND ROOF BOLT PLATE AND INADVERTENTLY DEPRESSED THE MAST RAISE LEVER IN INSTEAD OF DRIL5 ROTATION CONTROL THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS OF RT HAND WERE MADHED ON THE DISTAL PORTION VICTIM DID NOT MISS WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY