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A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE MINE EXAMINER. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 8' X 20' X50' AT X CUT 54 OF 2 SOUTH MAINS, BELTLINE. THE FALL WAS ON THE BELT AND AIR LINE. THIS AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY 5' FULL Y GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. THIS MINE IS IN NON PRODUCING STATUS. AREA HAS BEEN DANGERED OFF AND TIMBERED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. REPORTED TO DELTA OFFICE RED PHELPS. ON 6-13-97.

EE STATES THAT WHILE GETTING DRILL STEEL OUT OF ROOF, A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL WEDGED BETWEEN ROTATION BOX AND HIS FOOT BEHIND STEEL TOE IN BOOT, CAUSING SIMPLED FRACTURE TO 2ND TOE ON RIGHT FOO T.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE STANDING NEAR FACE, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON HEAD CAUSING PAIN TO BACK AND CHIPPING FRONT TEETH.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS WORKING ON CONVEYOR CHAIN WHICH WAS HUNG UP. PRESSURE (TENSION) RELEASED AND CHAIN FLITE STRUCK HIM CAUSING SIMPLE FRACTURE TO RIGHT HAND & LEFT THUMB.

EE STATES HE WAS CARRYING 2 CARS OF OIL AND STEPED ON A CHUNCK OF COAL RESULTING IN A TWISTED KNEE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL DOWN. THE INJURY CAME FROM STEPPING ON COAL NOT THE RESULTING FALL.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS TRYING TO TIGHTEN BOLT AND HAND SLIPPED OFF WRENCH, STRIKING FRAMEWORK OF FLT. HAS PROBABLE DISLOCATION FRACTURE OF DISTAL JOINT ON RIGHT LITTLE FINGER. MACHINE WAS IDLE AND LOCKED OUT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

ROOF FALL FOUND AT 72 XC 6E ON #1 LEFT ENTRY IN ABANDONED AREA OF MINE. AREA IN PROCESS OF BEINGRECOVERED. FALL OCCURRED WELL INBY WORK AREA. FALL WAS 60'X 65'X 12'. WILL NOT BE CLEANED. AREA BEING PREPARED FOR SEALING.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS RIDING OUT OF MINE ON TRACTOR AND STRUCK ROOF SUUPORT MAT CAUSING CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE. SAFETY GLASSES HELPED REDUCE EXTENT OF INJURY.

ROOF FALL APPROX 20' X 20'X 12' HIGH OCCURRED ONBELT ENTRY (ABANDONED) OF 6E PANEL ENTRIES AT 73XC. THIS AREA WAS ABANDONED AND PART OF AIRCOURSE. DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR TRAVEL. BREAKER PROPS SET OUTBY ACROSS ALL ENTRIES AT APPROXIMATELY 69XC.

ROOF FALL WAS FOUNG IN RETURN AIR COURSE OF 6E. DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT OCCURRED. FOUND DURING WEEKLY CHECK. AREA WAS 20'X 50'X 8'-9'HIGH. WILL NOT BE CLEANED. DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR PASSAG E. AREA WAS MINED.

TRYING TO RECONNECT TO AN OLD INJURY.

A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN 6TH EAST PANEL BELTLINE, COORD, 65&50 XC 79. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY 6' AND 8' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS, CRIB, AND TIMBER. NO HUMAN INJURES OCCURED, HOWEVER THE JOY FCT WAS IN THE AREA OF THE FALL.

A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN 6 EAST PANEL 1 RIGHT ENTRY COORD. 54 & 56 X CUT 76 AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS AND TIMBER. NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE WAS DONE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 6E 1 LEFT ENTRY AT COORD. 56 & 16, 78XC. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY 6' TO 8' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS AS WELL AS GROUND CRIBS AND TIMBER. NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT DAMA GE ON SECTION 2 XC. OUTBY FACE.

A ROOF FALL APPROX 30'X30'X12-14 HIGH OCCURRED IN 1 RIGHT ENTRY OF 4TH SOUTH MAINS INTAKE AT 31 X CUT AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY 6' RESIN BOLT FALL WAS TIMBERED OFF AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED DID NOT AFFECT PASSAGE OFMEN OR VENTILATION.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STANDING NEAR ROOFBOLTER AND PIECE OF ROOF 8" X 10" X 1/2" THICK FELL AND CUT HIM ON RIGHT FOREARM. RECEIVED 10 SUTURES. TREATED AND RELEASED AT HOSPITAL SAME DAY.

ROOF FALL APPROX 50'L, 47'W, 11'H, AT HIGH POINTOCCURRED ON BELT ENTRY OF 2ND SOUTH A BELT AT #16XC. AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 6' FULLY GROUTED BOLTS. AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN 1979. FALL WAS CLEA NED UP AND RESUPPORTED.

MAN STATES THAT HE TRIED TO LIFT 3 STRANDS OF MINER CABLE AT OWE TIME TO PUT CABLE ALONG RIB. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. AFTER MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS, IT WAS DETERMINED ON 2-6-96 THAT THIS WAS A N MSHA REPORTABLE INJURY.

EE STATES THAT WHILE OPERATING FORD TRACTOR, THEFORKS ON FRONT JACK CAUGHT ON RAILRAOD TRACK CAUSING TRACTOR TO STOP SUDDENLY. MAN STRUCK FACE ON STEERING WHEEL CAUSING CUT INSIDE LOWER LIP -- REQUIRED SUTURES.

A ROOF FALL APPROX 30'X 30'X 10'HIGH OCCURRED AT XCUT #11 (8100) ON ONE LEFT ENTRY IN 6E UNIT (017-0). AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY 6' FULLY GROUTED BOLTS. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. AREA WAS WET. AREA HAD BEEN MINED APPROX 1-6-96.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE SHOWERING AT END OF SHIFT, A FLAKE OF METAL APPARENTLY WASHED INTO HIS EYE FROM OUT OF HIS HAIR, CAUSING IRRITATION.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STANDING NEAR ROOF BOLTER AND PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF MATS OUTBY FACE AND STRUCK HIM ON HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER. DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 11-6-95.

EE STATES THAT WHILE STANDING UP AFTER KNEELING DOWN TO DO SOME WORK, HIS RIGHT KNEE "POPPED" AND BEGAN TO HURT.

EE STATES HE HAD IRRITATION TO EYE. WENT TO DR ON 10-6-95, AND PIECE OF DIRT OR COAL WAS REMOVED FROM EYE. MAN WAS OFF WORK DUE TO ROTATION SCHEDULE AND DID NOT RETURN UNTIL 10-14-95. NO MEDIC AL CONFIRMATION OF INJURY UNTIL 10-16-95. HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CRRYING TOOLS Y BUMPED INTO STEEL FRAME SMASHING RIGHT RING FINGER DID NOT REPORT INJURY OR GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 10-04-95 WAS TREATED FOR INFECTION IN FINGER

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DISMOUNTING STEPS OF 915 HOUGH LOADER AND MISSED STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND INJURE HIP AND BACK. STARTED MISSING WORK ON 5-18-96. REASON FOR MISSING WAS BEING INVESTIG ATED. MINE MANAGEMENT NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 6-25-96THAT HE WAS MISSING DUE TO ACCIDENT.

A ROOF FALL APPROX. 50' LONG X 18' WIDE X 8' HJOIGH LEFT ENTRY OF RETURN AIRCOURSE IN 12 WEST PANEL AREA IS ABANDONED AND IS ONE OF 2 RETURN ENTRIES DIRECTIING AIR IN OLD PORTION OF MINE AREA HAD 6' RESIN BOLTS. DID NOT BLOCK AIR OR CAUSE INJURY.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING STORAGE BOXES WEIGHING 25/30 LBS. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE STARTED FEELING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

ROOF BOLT PALTE PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN PLATE AND ROOF CAUSING CUT.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN X-CUT 17 3C SOUTH MAINS, 2 LEFT SHALE. THE FALL MEASURED ABOUT 20 FT X 20 FT X 10 FT OR 4 FT ABOVE THE ANCHOR ZONE. THE AREA DEMONSTRATES LIMITED L ATERAL STRENGTH AND HAS BEEN CRIBBED HEAVILY. VENTILATION WAS UNAFFECTED.

LOOSE CAP TYPE ROCK FELL ON BOLTER MACHINE, SLID OFF STRIKING EE IN THIGH AND KNEE.

THE TOP WAS STRATOFIED AND LAMINATED SHALE. THE TOP FELL 8 HIGH, 19' WIDE AND 35-40'LONG. THIS INTERSECTION REVEALED VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY AND HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH FULLY GRATED RESIN, 6 FT BOLTS. THE FALL DID NOT INTERRUPT VENTILATION. THE SECTION IS A RETREAT SECTION.

THE TOP CONSISTED OF LAMINATED SHALE THE AREA HAD LITLE LATERAL SUPPORT DUE TO THIN LAYERS THE FALL WAS APPROX 50FT LONG 18FT WIDE & 7FT HIGH IN THE #3 ROOM TOP IN 12TH WEST THIS IS A SECTION ENGAGED IN PARTIAL PILLARING

CHANGING BITS ON 12 CM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY METAL CHIPS DISLODGED FROM HAMMER. THE METAL WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED.

CREW SUPERVISOR WAS OBSERVING BOLTER OPERATORS INSTALL ROOF SUPPORTS WHEN ROCK FELL STRIKING LEFT PALM BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.STRIKE RESULTED IN 2 LACERATIONS.

INJURY OCCURRED WHEN METAL BEING CUT WITH TORCH ALLOWED SAGGING OF BOOM. PINCHING RING FINGER AND PINKY OF LEFT HAND.

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR ADVANCED TO THE FACE. CANOPY STURCK TOP DISLODGING A ROCK ROCK STRUCK ARM LACERATING IT.

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR TRAMMED FORWARD, FLOOR WAS WET AND ON A SLANT. SHUTTLE CAR SLID INTO RIB, PINCHING OPERATORS SHOULDER CAUSING LACERATION.

A ROOF FALL OCCURED AT THE 3 SOUTH MAIN BELT TAIL. CAUSE OF FAL WAS UNCONSOLIDATED SHALE & SLICKEN SIDE MATERIAL.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRE DIN CROSSCUT 16, THE INTERSECITON, 2ND LEFT AND PEAKED AT +1-30' HIGH. THE ROOF HAD WET AND WAS INSUFFICIENT STRATA COMPOSITON. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE EXAMIER DURING A WEEKLY EXAMINATION VENTILA TION WAS NOT IMPAIRED.

WHILE DISCONNECTING TRAILER FROM SCOOP, EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS FOOT UNDER BUCKET. THE TRAILER TONGUE WAS WEDGED AGAINST THE SCOOP BUCKET. SUDDEN RELEASE OF INJURY CAUSED THE BUCKET TO FALL ON INS TEP OF LEFT FOOT, RESULTING IN FRACTURE TO METATARSAL BONES.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL MEASURING 20'X30', CROWNING OUT AT +/- 9' OCCURRED IN THE LAST OPEN OF 3C SOUTH MAINS SECTION, 1 LEFT, ENTRY. THE OPERATOR WAS AWARE OF THE ADVERSE CONDITION AND HAD INSTALLED SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT; I.E., CRIBS, TIMBERS, 8' BOLTS. CAUSE-WETNESS, INADEQUATE STRENTH IN STRATA.

EMPLOYEE, WHOSE JOB CLASSIFICATION IS MECHANIC/ELECTRICIAN, WAS MAKING A REPAIR IN THE SECTION MINER CABLE. AS HE WAS REMOVING THE OUTER JACKET, HIS KNIFE SLIPPED, LACERATING HIS RIGHT THIGH.

AN AREA MEASURING +20'X35'7' HIGH FELL FROM ABOVE THE ANCHOR ZONE. THE FALL ACCURRED BETWEEN #5 CROSSCUT AND EXTENDED INTO THE 1/3 PORTIOKN OF THE #6 CROSSCUT. THE FALL WAS IN THE #5 EAST BE LT LINE AND RENDERED THEBELT INOPERABLE.

SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AS EMPLOYEE WAS RETREATING TO THE ELT LOADING POINT CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE CAB STRUCTURE PAIN RESULTED TO HIS SUBSCAPULAR MUSCLES

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON A BOX OF SELF RESCUERS WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN BY HIS WORK PARTNER A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE HE FELL OFF & UNDER THE REAR WHEELS INJURY INCL UDES BRUISED LUNG BRUISED LEGS & FACIAL FRACTURE

THE TOP WAS VERY LAMINATED SHALE AND CARBONACEOUS SHALE. THE AREA HAD VERY LITTLE LATERAL STRENGTH DUE TO THE THIN LAYERS OF LAMINATED SHALE. THE FALL IS APPROX. 20' LONG, 18' WIDE AND 6 1/2' HIGH AT X-C 4 AND THE NO. 5 EAST MAINS IN THE NO.2 RIGHT ENTRY. MINING THIS AREA OCCURRED IN DEC 1991.

ROOFBOLTING W AS BEING ACCOMPOLISHED WHEN THE ROOFBOLTER OPERA TOR WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING ROOF ROCK WHICH SWUNG INTO THE AREA WHERE HE WAS OPERATING T HE CONTROLS FOR THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE A TRS WAS IN PLACE AGAINST THE ROOF

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REACH FOR A ROOF BOLTING STEEL WHICH WAS BOWED OUT BECAUSE OF PRESSURE APPLIED FROM THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AS HIS HAND APPROACHED THE STEEL A SUDDEN RELEASE OF ENE RGY FROM THE STEEL CAUSED THE STEEL TO FLIP OR REVERSE DIRECTION STRIKING THE BACK OF THE EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND REPORTED BROKEN 04-1792

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTACHING A Z PIPE TEE TO AZ VICTR8ULIC AIR LINE A PARTICLE OF RUST FELL FROM THE END OF THE PIPE INTO HIS RT EYE THE AIR LINE WAS NOT CHARGED AT THE TIME

A 30'X30' AREA IN THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN #7 & #8 SEALS FELL ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ZONE OF THE ROOF BOLTS AT THE NO. 1 EAST MAINS SEALS. THIS IS A NON-ACTIVE RETURN AREA OF THE MINE. REPORTED TO MSHA INSPECTOR 9-18-91 0715 HRS. NO DAMAGE EUQIPMENT. NO INJURIES. NO AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH A JACKLEG. THE STEEL (DRILL STEEL) FATIGUED AND BROKE. THE EMPLOYEES HAND WAS FORCED INTO THE BROKEN STEEL. BY THE FORCE APPLIED FROM THE JACKLEG DRILL. RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO 2ND KNUCKLES OF RT INDEX FINGER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING A WATER TANK WHEN AN ABRIGHT INCREASE OF PRESSURE FORCED THE HOSE AND NOZZLE OUT OF THE FILLER HOLE. THE RESULTED BACKLASH OR WHIPPING ACITON OF THE HOSE AND NOZZLE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS COMPLETING A BELT MOVE WHEN LHE DROPPED A 125 LBS. STEEL BAR ON HIS FOOT.

DURING ROUTINE TIMBERING OPERATIONS DURING SECOND MINING PROCEDURES, SAID MINER DEVELOPED LOWER BACK PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL CABLE FROM A HAND WINCH "COME-A-LONG". WHEN THE WINCH DISLODGED FROM A ROOF BOLT PAN. THE WINCH STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LOWER FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE A 20' PIECE OF VICTALLIC PIPE ATTACHED TO A ROOF BOLT PLATE WITH NO. 9 WIRE. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS TWISTING THE WIRE HIS END OF THE PIPE SLIPPED CUTTING THE L ONG FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.

EMP DEVELOPED BACK PAIN DURING SHIFT, WAS A SHARP JAR WHILE OPERATING , HIT BUMP IN ROADWAY

ROOF FALL MEAS 20'X 35' X 7'HIGH.FELL DUE TO INADEQUATE STRENGTH LATERALLY IN ABANDONED BELTLINE

ROOF FALL 15 FEET LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 4 FEET HIGH ONTO MAIN CONVEYOR BELT IMPAIRING CONVEYOR BELTS OPERATION AT 3 CROSSCUT.

AN UNPLANNED RO2F FALL IN AN INACTIVE WORK AREA WHICH HAD BEEN DEVELOPED FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. THE APPROX. 80 FOOT LONG ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 EAST MAINS BLEEDER CLOSET TO AND BETWEE N THE FIRST AND3SECOND RIGHT SEALS FOR 2ND NORTH SECTION.

AS THIS MAN WAS3ROOF BOLTING IN A FACE AREA A 2'X3' PIECE OF COAL FELL OFF THE RIB & PINCHED HIM AGINST THE BOLTING MACHINE. THE RESULT WAS A DEEP MUSCLE BRUISE IN HIS RIGHT HIP ALONG WITH S OME MINOR ABRAS3ONS TO THE HIP.

THIS MAN WAS RE1AIRING A 2" WATERLINE REPLACING A 20' SECTION OF STEEL PIPE THAT HUNG NEAR THE ROOF. AS HE WAS ATTACHING ONE END THE OTHER END CAME OUT OF ITS BRACKET FALLING TO THE FLOOR. WH EN IT BOUNCED T2E FIRST END HIT THE M AN IN THE FACE CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS FOREHEAD REQUIRING SUTURING & F RACTURING HIS NOSE.

AS BOLTING WAS 3N PROGRESS A ROOF MATT. LIEING ON THE BOLTER ATRS TO BE PLACED AGAINST THE ROOF SLID OFF THE ATRS HIT THE BOLTER HELPER IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD RESULT WAS A 1 INCH LACERATION R EQUIRING SUTURI3G.

MAN WAS CHANGIN1 BITS ON THE C/M. HE WAS ROLLING THE HEAD OF THE MINER BY STANDING ON THE BIT BLOCKS, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL + 3' TO THE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS REAR & SUSTAINING A BRUISED TAI LBONE 3

AS THIS MAN WAS3INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT THE RIB BEHIND HIM SLUFFED AS HE TURNED TO RUN THE FALLING DEBRIS HIT HIM IN THE SIDE THE RESULT WAS A CONTUSION AND SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND ON HIS LEFT HI P 3

AS THIS MAN WAS3WALKING BELTLINE HE FOUND A PIECEOF ROCK ON BELT APPROX 1X3X2 HE PULLED ROCK OFF THE BELT AS IT FELL IT HIT THE BELT SUPPORT CABLE ROLLED OVER AND FELL EDGE FIRST ON HIS FOOT H HE WORKED THAT 8HIFT AND HIS NEXT SHIFT THEN SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR A FRACTURED RT FOOT

AS THIS MAN WAS3TENDING CABLE ALONGSIDE MINER HE STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE THE RESULT WAS A SPRAIN/STRAIN REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION HE RETURNED TO WORK FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS AND THEN WAS NOT AL5OWED TO RETURN TO WORK DUE TO POOR HEALING AND INCREASING PEOBLEMS WITH THE ANKLE ESTIMATE 4 TO 6 WEEKS OFF WORK

ROOF FALL IN 7T2 EAST SECT 004 30'LONG X 20'WIDE X 6.5'HIGH IN BELT ENTRY.AREA WELL BOLTED AND SUPPLEMENTAL ROOF SUPPORTS IE CRIBS & TIMBER WERE INSTALLED IN AREA.FALL ORIGINATIED AT EDGE OF INTERSECTION T2 A POINT DOWN ENTRY FOR 30'.

SHUTTLE CAR RE7URNING FROM LOADING TO MINER HIT A MUD-COVER HOLE IN THE ROADWAY & THE OPERATOR BOUNCED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CAB ROOF SUSTAINING A SPRAINED NECK

AS MAN STEPPED 2FF BELT DRIVE TAKE-UP STRUCTURE FOOT SLIPPED OFF MUD-COVERED ROCK CAUSING SEVERE SPRAIN/STRAIN OF LEFT ANKLE.

AS HE WAS WALKI3G PASSING THRU VENT CURTAIN STEPPED ON NAIL PROTRUDING THRU BOARD HIDDEN BENEATH EDGE OF CURTAIN.RESULT WAS PUNCTURE INTO LEFT FOOT WHICH 2 DAYS LATER BECAME INFECTED.

MOISTURE BETWEE3 STRADA LAYERS AND COAL RIDER SEAM AT AND ABOVE THE COAL RIDER SEAM. ROOF FALL MEASURED APPROX. 35 FT LONG 35 FT WIDE 7 1/2 FT HIGH.

AS THE MINER OP9RATOR WAS CUTTING BROKEN ROOF OFF THE MINE ROOF, THE MINER "BOUNCED" UNUSUALLY HARD THROWING THE OPERATOR AGAINST THE CAB DOOR & ROOF. THE RESULT WAS MUSCLE INJURY TO THE ROOF. THE RESULT WAS3MUSCLE INJURY TO THE SHOULDER & NECK RESULTING IN DEBILITATING MUSCLE SPASM.

AS HE WALKING U1 TO THE BOLTER HE STEPPED ON A ROCK HIS FOOT SLID OFF THE ROCK RESULTING IN A TWISTED ANKLE

AS HE WAS STAND3NG BESIDE BOLTER SMALL ROCK 8'' X8'' X 3'' FELL OUT BETWEEN PANS AND HIT HIS FOOT EDGE FIRST JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE IN HIT BOOT.RESULT WAS BROKEN LITTLE TOE.

EMPL WALKING TH9U STOREROOM SLIPPED ON WET SPOT ON FLOOR.FELL LANDING WITH BODY WEIGHT ON ANKLE.SUSTAININ SEVERE SPRAIN AND TORN LIGAMENT IN LEFT ANKLE.

MECHANICS WERE 9EMOVING CRUSHER BAR FROM FEEDER -BREAKER WITH COME-A-LONG.CRUSHER SLIPPED SIDEWAYS & PINCHED HIS FINGER AGAINST CROSS-BRACE.CRUSH INJURY REQUIRING SUTURES IN RIGHT RING FINGER.

AS THIS MAN WAS3REMOVING A VENT TUBE HANGING FROM THE ROOF A PIECE OF TIE WIRE SCRAPED ACROSS HIS RT EYE CAUSING A MINOR CORNEAL LACERATION

MINER WAS ATTEM1TING TO UNPLUG CLOGGED PUMP DISCHARGE LINE.WHEN PLUG CAME LOOSE,HOSE KNOCKED HIM AGAINST FRONT OF VEHICLE PARKED NEARBY.BRUISED RIB,RT.SIDE-POSSIBLY FRACTURED.

AS HE PICKED A 2EAVY PIECE OF COAL OFF S&S CAR,THE COAL BROKE AND SEVERAL SMALL PIECES WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

POURING HYDRAUL3C OIL FROM 5 GALLON CAN INTO MACHINE RESERVOIR PULLED TENDON IN RT SHOULDER

PULLING VENT CU9TAIN OUT FROM UNDER COAL PILE AND TWISTED HIS BACK LOW BACK PAIN

TWO MEN PICKED 6P A MINER GATHERING ARM, TO PLACE IT ON WOOD BLOCKS FOR REPAIR WORK. AS THEY SET IT DOWN, IT SLIPPED FROM THE MAN S GRIP AND SMASH HIS THUMB UNDER IT. RESULT WAS NAIL AVULSION AND LACERATION3OF THUMB REQUIRING SUTURING.

DRIVING PIN OUT3OF CONNECTING LINK OF NEW BUGGY CHAIN USE A 1 HAMMER HAMMER HEAD CHIPPED CHIP LODGED IN RIGHT CHEEK. CHIP REMOVED UNDER LOCAL ANESTHETIC.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN ENTRY FROM BUGGY WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE SLIPPED TWISTED AND FELL INJURING HIS KNEE

WRENCH SLIPPED OFF A BOLT AND WRENCH HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE RESULT WAS A 1 IN LACERATION ON FACE REQUIRING STITCHES

ATTEMPTING TO PULL BOUND UP AUGER STEEL FROM HOLE IN ROOF WHEN SUDDEN PAIN OCCURRED IN NECK AND SHOULDER SIMILAR INJURY 1-84 PROBABLY REINJURY OF SAME

MINER USING BOBCAT LOADER DOING CLEANUP AROUND PREP PLANT.CLUTCH GRABBED CAUSING LOADER TO JUMP THROWING MINERS HEAD AGAINST PIPE.RESULT WAS BRUISED AND FX NOSE.

AS BOLTER HEAD WAS RAISED PIECE OF BROKEN SHALE FELL OFF BOLTER ARM.SHARP-EDGED ROCK FELL ONTO MINERS RIGHT LEG CAUSING LACERATION REQ SUTURING.

AS HE WAS WORKING ON A SHUTTLE CAR HIS LEFT AHNDWAS RESTING ON THE CABLE REEL COMPARTMENT EDGE THE COMPARTMENT LID FELL CLOSED STRIKING HIS HAND RESULT WAS 2 MINOR LACERATIONS AND THREE BROKE N BONES IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND

IN OUTSIDE SHOP MINER WAS USING 2 LB HAMMER TO FREE A FROZEN FITTING HAMMER GLANCED OFF STRIKING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER RESULT WAS CRUSH INJURY REQUIRING SUTURING OF TWO LACERATIONS AND REMO VAL OF NAIL

TIGHTENING BOLT ON MINING MACHINE,WRENCH BROKE.EMPL FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON KNEE AND ANKLE.RESULT-SPRAIN /STRAIN OF RIGHT KNEE.

MINER STOOD UP TO STRETCH AFTER WORKING IN STOOPED POSITION AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOW BACK.LOST TIME BEGAN 6-10-85.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE EDGE OF THE GOB IN THE 4TH WEST SECTION. FALL SIZE WAS APPROX. 40\ WIDE BY 60\ HIGH. INVESTIGATION REFEALED NO APPARENT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THE MINER OPERATOR WAS TRAPPED IN THE MACHINE CAB FOR 37 HOURS. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, THE MINER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 24 HRS. OBSERVATION AND RELEASED WITH NO INJURIES REQUIRING MEDICAL TREA

ROCK FELL NEAR HIM CAUSE HIM TO JUMP.FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE FELL WRENCHING LOW BACK.DIAGNOSED AD L/S SPRAIN STRAIN.

BROKEN ROOF STRATA ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE.

TRIPPED AND FELL FALLING ON ANKLE WHILE WALKING FRACTURE OF RIGHT ANKLE.

SMALL LACERATION ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN INFECTION AND HOSPITALIZATION FOR ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT.

TRAVEL BY MANTRIP WAS RESTRICTED THROUGH THIS AREA SECONDAY MEANS OF TRAVELWAY WAS IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPAIRED NO DAMAGE DONE TO EQUIPMENT FALL WAS FOUND BY PRE SHIFT E EXAMINER EXACT TIME OF FALL IS UNKNOWN FALL MEASURED 5 FT HIGH 8 TO 10 FT WIDE 40FT IN LENGTH

AS THE MAN WAS ROTATING THE DYRER DRUM BY HAND TO FIND A SPOT THAT WAS RUBBING THE FRAME HE PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DRUM 3& A STEEL WIPER ON THE OUTSIDE OFT H E DRUM. RESULT WAS A L ACERATION & FRACUTRE OF THE MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE FINGER NAIL & THE 1ST JOINT.

THIS MINER WAS HANGING BOLTER CABLE FROM THE RIB PRIOR TO MOVING THE ROOF BOLTER.AS HE WAS WIRING CABLE TO A SPAD,THE BOLTING MACHINE MOVED,JERKING THE CABLE & CONSEQUENTLY THE MINER.RESULTED RESULTED IN SPRAIN STRAIN OF MUSCLES IN THE LRFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

WITH CONT. MINER SITTING IN MIDDLE OF ENTRY HE GOT OUT OF CAB TO LOOK AT FACE & FLOOR AS HE STOOD BESIDE THE MACHINE, A PIECE OF CAPROCK OFF THE TOP OF THE RIB SLUFFED OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE RIGHT LEG, FORCING HIM DOWN AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE MINING MACHINE. RESULTED IN BRUISED LEG AND SPRAINED ANKLE.

FOLLOWING A FULL SHIFT OF SHOVELING ON THE UNDERGROUND BELTLINE THIS MINER FOUND A SMALL BULGE IN HIS LOW ABDOMEN WHEN SHOVELING HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF AN ACTUAL ACCIDENT & NOTICED NO PARTICUL AR PAIN DURING THIS OR PREVIOUS SHIFTS DOC DIAGNOSE AN INGUINAL HERNIA THAT MAY REQUIRE FUTURE SURGICAL REPAIR NO LIST TIME AT THIS TIME

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE CONTINUOUS MINER TENDING CABLE APPARENTLY A SMALL ROCK FELL ON BACKSIDE OF ROTATING MINER HEAD & WAS THROWN REARWARD STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RT SIDE OF HEAD JUST IN FRONT OF HIS EAR THIS CAUSED A 1IN LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES TO CLOSE LACERATION

PIECE OF CAPROCK SLUFFED OFF RIB STRIKING BOLTER OPERATOR IN BACK OF RIGHT LEG.OPERATOR SUSTAINED FRACTURED FIBULA AND CONTUSION TO BACK OF LOWR LEG.

MINER WAS STANDING ON SURFACE BELT STRUCTURE. HIS FOOT MISSED A FOOTHOLD, HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 10\ TO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A CONTUSION WITH SMALL LACERATION TO HIS HEAD, A CONTUSION WITH ABRASION TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND A CONTUSED LOWER BACK

BROKER UNCONSOLIDATED ROOF STRATA ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE. 6\ RESIGN GROUTED BOLTS WITH STEEL ROOF MATS OR 5\ & 4\ CENTERS

LOWERING BOLTER HEAD, WRENCH CAME OFF ROTATING CHUCK STRIKING OPERATOR ON THE CHIN

DOING REPAIR WORK IN WASHBOX ' PREP PLANT, MINER WAS LIFTING AND PULLING HEAVY STEEL PLATES INSIDE A SMALL ENCLOSED SPACE, WHEN LOW BACK PAIN DEVELOPED. SPRAIN/STRAIN IN LOW BACK.

SUDDENT PAIN IN LOW BACK DEVELOPED WHILE SHOVELING COAL ONTO BELTLINE CONVEYOR.

LOSS OF LATERAL STRENGTH BEAM DUE TO THINLY LAYERED SAND STONE & CARBONASIOUS OR MANCOS SHALE - FALL MEASURED + 35\ LONG X 20\ WIDE X 12 TO 15\ DEEP

LOW BACK PAIN DEVELOPED WHILE LIFTING CARRYING MATERIALS IN SECTION.

MECHANIC WORKING ON MINER CUT ARM ON SHARP PIECE OF ROCK.

RIDING TRIP OUT OF MINE, LOOKING FORWARD-VEHICLE HIT BUMP IN ROADWAY AND MINER HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF KNOCKING HIM OFF VEHICLE. MINER SUSTAINED A WHIPLASH-TYPE INJURY TO HIS NECK DIAGNOSED A S SPRAIN-STRAIN OF THE NECK, NO LOST TIME-PROBLEMS DEVELOPED LATER THAT ARE POSSIBLY RELATED.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PLASTIC PIPE WITH POCKET KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE PIPE CUTTING HIS FINGER RESULTED IN 11/2IN LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURING

EE WAS DOING CLEANUP WORK ON BELTLINE SHOVELING COAL FROM THE FLOOR ONTO THE BELT. IN DOING SO SHE SWUNG COAL ACROSS THE FRONT OF HER BODY UP HIGH ONTO BELT & IN TWISTING HER BODY TO THROW TH E SHOVELFUL OF COAL SHE TWISTED HER KNEE.

KNEELING BESIDE CONTINUOUS MINER ASSISTING MECHANIC WITH REPAIRS, A SMALL (1" SQ.) PIECE OF COAL WAS KNOCK OFF MINER STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING A CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION

A TIMBER USED AS AN ANCHOR FOR THE WIRE ROPE ON THE BELTLINE PULLED LOOSE UNDER PRESSURE. THE FLYING TIMBER HIT THE MAN, KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE RIB AND RENDERING HIM UNCONSCIOUS

DUE TO THE PREP PLANT RAW COAL STICK PILE RESULTED. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION ID THE CAUSE OF THE HOT SPOT IN THE RAW COAL PILE.

COAL RIB AND OVERHANGING CAP ROCK SLUFFED AGAINST MANS BACK, PUSHING HIM AGAINST THE ROOFBOLTER.AND ABRASIONS TO LEFT SHOULDER, BACK RIGHT HIP, RIGHT KNEE, RIGHT CALF AND RIGHT ANKLE

MINE RIB SLUFFED OFF PUSHING MAN DOWN AGAINST ROOF BOLTER PUSHED HIS LEG AND FOOT UNDERNEATH BOTTOM EDGE OF ROOF BOLTER. RESULTED IN HAIRLINE FRACTURE NEAR ANKLE JOINT IN LEFT FOOT

ATTEMPTED TO BREAK A LUMP OF COAL WITH A SMALL HAMMER. SMALL PIECE OF COAL FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION

USING HACKSAW TO CUT HEAVY CAST IRON IN VISE. SAW SLIPPED OUT OF NOTCH AND CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER OF HAND HOLDING CAST IRON IN VISE, RESULTING IN A DEEP 1" LACERATION ALONG LENGTH OF INDEX FING ER

WHILE ROOF BOLTING A PIECE OF CAPROCK ABOVE THE RIB FELL OFF STRIKING THE BOLTWE OPERATOR IN THE RT SHOULDER. THE EE DID NOT LEAVE WORK OR SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY. ON 1-20 HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR A SUDDEN ILLNESS NOT RELATED TO T HE ACCIDENT & OFF WORK 1 MONTH. HE SAW A DR 2 WKS AGO FOR A NECK PROBLEM WHICH WAS FOUND LAST WEEK TO BE RELATED, POSSILBLY TO T

ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING LEFT HAND. CRUSH INJURY TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. FINGER TIP FRACTURED AND LACERATED REQUIRING NAIL REMOVAL AND SUTURING.

CARRYING HEAVY POT AND SLIPPED ON WET SPOT ON FLOOR. CAUGHT HIMSELF BEFORE FALLING, BUT OFF-BALANCE AND WITH BACK TWISTED. DIAGNOSED AS LUMBAR-SACRAL SPRAIN/STRAIN.

CAUGHT RIGHT WRIST ON BUR ON BELT ROLLER HE WAS CARRYING RESULTING IN 1 INCH LACERATION TO WRIST REQUIRING SUTURING.

CLIMBING LADDER UP TO CAB OF LOADER AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP. MAN FELL OFF LADDER, BUT CAUGHT HIMSELF BY ONE HAND ON THE HANDRAIL. ALL HIS WEIGHT WAS CAUGHT AND SUSPENDED ON HIS LEFT ARM, RES ULTING IN SPRAINED, STRAINED, AND TORN MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT WRIST.

A PIECE OF SHALE TYPE ROCK WITH SHARP EDGES SLID OFF BOLTER CANOPY, FALLING & STRIKING MINER ON UPPER LEFT ARM. RESULT WAS A 3"-4" LACERATION REQUIRING 16 STITCHES TO CLOSE.

LOSS OF LATERAL BEAM STRENGTH DUE TO UNCONSOLIDATED ROOF STRADS CMPOUNED BY EXTENSIVE FRACTURING OF ROOF STRATE

SPRAINED NECK WITH CERVICAL SUBLUXATION AND PINCHED NERVE--APPERENTLY THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR SOME TIME. ORIGINAL REPORT OF A NECK SPRAIN (WITH NO MEDICAL ATTENTION) WAS 2/5/83 FO LLOWED BY TWO MORE MINOR EDPISODES OF NECK PAIN.

REPAIRING BELTLINE TAILPIECE-LIFTED TAIL ROLLER. DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOW ABDOMEN AND GROIN. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE STRAIN-LATER DIAGNOSED AS HERNIA.

EE WAS UNCAPPING HOT RADIATOR TO SEE IF IT NEEDED WATER. WHEN LID WAS REMOVED STEAM, HOT WATER, ANTIFREEZE,ETC. BLEW OUT THE OPENING INTO HER FACE & ON HER RIGHT ARM. 1ST DEGREE BURNS OF ENT IRE FACE & INSIDE HALF OF HER RIGHT FOREARM WITH 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON BOTH EYELIDS & 3 PLACES ON THE RIGHT ARM.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED OUTBY 1ST WEST SECTION INTAKE IN I CROSS CUT OF THE #2 SOUTH MAINS IN 1ST RIGHT ENTRY 6 INTERSECTION) 20 FT X 20 FT X 6 FT HIGH.

OPERATING LOADER,CLEANUP,WHEN ROCK FELL OUT OF ROOF,STRIKING ON RIGHT KNEE.CONTUSION AND LACERAITONS TO RIGHT KNEE-5 STITCHES.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED INBY LOADING POINT 200\IN 3RD NORTH SECTION IN INTERSECTION.20\WIDE X 20\LONG X 5\HIGH.

WHILE ROAOF BOLTING A ROCK SLUFFED OFF THE RIB, STRIKING MINER ON THE LEFT ARM. CONTUSION AND 1-1/2" LACERATION TO LEFT ARM REQUIRING SUTUARING.

EIMCO LOADER WAS PARKED OUTSIDE PORTAL TO TAKE ON A LOAD. OPERATOR WAS GUIDING A VEHICLE PAST THE BUCKET. THE VEHICLE GENTLY NUDGED THE BUCKET IN PASSING. APPARENTLY, THE BUCKET WAS RESTING ON A SMALL ROCK-THE NUDGE WAS ENOUGH TO KNOCK THE BUCKET OFFTHE ROCK SMASHING THE OPERATOR\S FOOT WHICH WAS UNDER THE EDGE OF THE BUCKET. OPEN FRACTURE AND CRUSH OF BIG TOE (RESULTING IN PARTIAL

MECH HAD JUST FINISHED REPAIRING BOLTER. BOLTER OPER. WAS CLEANING AND INSPECTING BOLTER HEAD. MECH. PULLED WRONG LEVER AND CLOSED STEEL CLAMP ON OPERATOR\S RIGHT HAND. RESULT WAS CRUSH INJURY INJURY OF RIGHT HAND, RING FINGER--SEVERAL LACERATIONS REQUIRING REMOVAL OF NAIL AND MULTIPLIE SUTURES.

COVERALL SLEEVE CAUGHT ON ROUGH METAL IN LATHE. EMPLOYEE\S LEFT ARM WAS DRAW INTO LATHE AND AROUND BAR, RESULTING IN AN OPEN FRACTURE OF THE FOREARM (ULNA AND RADIUS-JUST ABOVE THE WRIST) AND CONTUSTIONS OF THE ENTIRE ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE IN ROOF-STEEL SUDDENLY BROKE LOOSE AND IN SO DOING SMASHED EMPLOYEE\S FINGERTIP LITTLE FINGER, RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL HEAD AND THE ROOF BOLTER HEAD. THE FINGERTIP WAS CRUSHED, SHATTERING THE BONE AND AVULSING THE PAD OF THE FINGER.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED INBY THE LOADING POINT IN 3RD NORTH WORKING SECTION IN THE INTERSECTION OF T CROSS CUT AND THE CONVEYOR BELT ENTRY

TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR FROM STANLER TO FACE WHEN DOOR ON CAB FELL OPEN. OPERATOR REACHED OUT GRABBING DOOR. AS VEHICLE SLOWED, DOOR OPENED ALL THE WAY PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME. LAC ERATION AND CONTUSION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING SUTURING AND NAIL REMOVAL.

CLEANING ROCK OFF CONT. MINER, WHEN ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH. CHIPPED FACE FO UPPPER LEFT FRONT TOOTH.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED INBY LOADING POINT ,3RD NORTH WORKING SECT.IN INTERSECTION OF 4TH ROOM AND RIGHT ENTRY. 17\WIDE X 60\LONG X 15\HIGH.SECOND MINED AREA.

TRAM LEVER ON BOLTER JAMMED WHILE TRAMMING.EMPL PINNED AGAINST FLOOR AND RIB BY CONTROL PANEL ON BOLTER.SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE AND CONTUSION OF CHEST AND ABDOMINAL MUSCLES.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED INBY LOADING POINT IN THE 3RD NORTH WORKING SECTION IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE 3RD ROOM ON THE RT ENTRY FALL IS APPROX 20\W 60\ L 7\H AT THE ANCHORAGE ZO NE

MINER WAS DRIVING A SPAD IN THE MINE ROOF. HIS CLAW HAMMER BOUNCED BACK STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE, JUST BELOW THE LEFT EYE. RESULT WAS A 3/4" LACERATION JUST BELOW THE LEFT EYE.