Sarah Coal

The man was walking in the section near the feeder when he slipped and fell injuring his knee.

The employee was standing on the edge of a wooden pallet and handing an Omega Block to a man installing a ventilation wall. The man's foot slipped off the pallet causing the man to twist his low back.

A roof fall occurred in the crosscut #5 to #6 at location 2+00. The fall was approximately 60 feet long x 18 feet wide x 22 feet high.

A roof fall occurred in the crosscut #2 to #1 in Southeast Main at survey station 972. The fall was approximately 15 feet long x 17 feet wide x 15 feet high.

The man was cutting a plastic bucket to fabricate a water strainer when the knife slipped and cut his finger. Report filed for Medical Treatment Only(stitches)

The man was tramming a mantrip into the mine. The front wheel struck a rut in the bottom causing the steering wheel to spin around quickly and strike the man on the hand.

A roof fall occurred in the crosscut #4 to #5 in Southeast Main 80 feet inby survey station 959. The fall was approximately 60 feet long x 7 feet wide x 7 feet high.

The man was putting the roof bolt test hole identification marker in the test hole when a piece of scale fell and struck him on the hardhat and sliding across his eyebrow. Report filed for Medical Treatment Only (stitches)

The man was tramming the personnel carrier up the travelway when it became stuck on a rock. As he was traveling in reverse to get off the rock, the brakes failed to stop the carrier immediately and he backed into the rib and struck a post which hit him on the hand.

The man was preparing to move the roof bolter from the inch tram control when a piece of roof scale fell and struck him on hardhat and foot.

A roof fall occurred in the #2 entry of the Southeast Main section 20 feet inby station number 961. The fall is 20 plus feet long x 40 feet wide x 6 plus feet high.

The man was loading belt structure into the scoop bucket when he pinched his finger between the structure and the bucket.

The man was dragging a piece of canvas in the section when a piece of roof scale fell between the permanent supports and struck the man on the hardhat.

The man was walking near the load center when he slipped on the wet bottom and twisted his knee.

The man was loading a shuttle car trunion into a scoop bucket when the trunion slipped and pinched his finger between the trunion and the scoop bucket.

The man was carrying a crossbar when he felt a sudden pain in his leg.

The man was performing maintenance on top of the continuous miner. He was dismounting the machine and jumped to the mine floor and then felt pain in his ankle.

The man was carrying a wooden crib block on his shoulder and walking down the entry. The man slipped on the wet bottom and fell down with his fingers over the end of the crib block. When he fell, his small finger on his right hand was pinched between the crib block and the mine floor.

The man was assisting in pulling shuttle car cable when he felt a pain in his groin area.

The man was standing on the roof bolter to scale a piece of rock down. While stepping, he lost his balance and twisted his knee.

The man was pushing a 6 ft resin bolt into the drill hole when he felt a pain in his shoulder.

The man was walking to knock down a piece of ice hanging from the roof when he slipped on a piece of ice and fell down.

The man was carrying a roll of CO cable when he slipped on wet bottom and felt a pain in his low back. The man continued to work regular duty until 12-23-11 when he went on restricted duty status.

The man was loading roof mats and roof bolts onto the roof bolter when he felt pain in his lower back.

Employee was installing a lid on a continuous miner with the help of another employee. The lid became unbalanced and fell catching employees hand between the continuous miner and the lid.

A roof fall was discovered in the #2 entry at the first intersection inby the portal. The fall was approximately 25 feet long x 20 feet wide x 6 feet high.

A fire was discovered on a surface pole transformer at the mine. The fire was extinguished with dry powder fire extinguishers.

ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY REMOVE DRILL STEEL FROM ROOF. EE HYPER EXTENDED (REVERSED) LEFT HAND.

Injured person was prying a cat pad on cont miner with a rock bar when he strained his back. He has strained back muscles that require him to miss time from work.

Injured person slipped and fell. As he landed on bottom his ribs struck his self-contained self-rescuer. He sustained bruised ribs which have required time off work.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SMALL SECTION OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK THE CANOPY. IT BROKE INTO PIECES & A SMALL PIECE STRUCK EE JUST ABOVE HIS UPPER LIP. HE SUSTAINED A CUT REQUIRING 8 STITCHES.

Injured person was walking downhill on a sloped roadway when he slipped on fell. he instinctly held out his right arm to cushion his fall which jammed his right shoulder when his arm hit the ground. He sustained an injury to the right rotator cuff which is going to require medical treatment.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A SET OF LOCKERS DOWN STEPS. AS THEY GOT NEAR THE BOTTOM THE EMPLOYEE AT THE UPPER END RELEASED HIS GRIP MOMENTARILY TO MOVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE LOCKERS TO SLIDE, UNEXPECTEDLY PINCHING THE INJURED PERSON'S RIGHT WRIST. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT RADIUS WHICH IS CAUSING HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.

INJURED PERSON WAS PLACING A PIECE OF MINE BELT ON BOTTOM IN FRONT OF A POWER CENTER WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED ON A NAIL STICKING UP OUT OF BELT. HE SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND OF LEFT FOOT WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK.

Injured person was pushing a roof bolt (resin) into a bolt hole in the roof with a wrench in the chuck of the roof bolter. The bolt started bending and slipped out of wrench striking him on left wrist. He sustained a fractured left wrist.

INJURED PERSON WAS DRILLING A BOLT HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK THE BOLTER CANOPY. THE ROCK BOUNCED OFF THE CANOPY AND FELL STRIKING THE INJURED PERSON ON THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND. THIS FORCED HIS HAND AGAINST THE DRILL HEAD CAUSING TWO CUTS ON HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. HIS TREATMENT CONSISTED OF 10 STITCHES AND BEING PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #7 ENTRYOF PEACHTREE MAINS AT SURVEY STATION NO. 379. THE FALL WAS ABOUT 130' LONG X 18' WIDE X 7' HIGH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ABOUT 130' OF #6AW6 POWER CABLE AND 130 ' OF PUMP DISCHARGE LINE WERE LOST.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 ENTRY OF 2ND BUTT. THE FALLS OUTBY EDGE WAS ABOUT 20'OUTBY SURVEY STATION #434 AND EXTENDED INBY THIS STATION ABOUT 120'. THE FALL WAS ABOUT 18'WIDE X 140' LONG X AT LEAST 8'HIGH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

INJURED PERSON WAS PICKING UP A CRIB BLOCK WHEN HE SUDDENLY STARTED HAVEING SEVERE BACK PAIN. THIS REQUIRED 2 DAYS OFF WORK AND TREATMENTS BY A CHIROPRACTOR FOR BACK STRAIN.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE X-CUT AT 20 AND 70 BETWEEN #3 AND #4 ENTRIES IN PEACHTREE MAINS. THE FALL WAS APPROX 50' L BY 18' WIDE BY 10-12' HIGH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #5 ENTRY OF PEACHTREE MAINS. IT EXTENDED FROM #5 ENTRY OUTBY X-CUT TO 20+70' AND LEFT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND X-CUTOVER TO #4 ENTRY. THE FALL IS APPROX. 140' LONG X 18' WIDE X 10' TO 12' HIGH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #7 ENTRY OF PEACHTREE MAINS AT 9+90'. FALL WAS ABOUT 19' WIDE, 10' HIGH & 110' LONG. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

A ROOF FALL APPROX. 60' LONG X 18' WIDE X 0' TO 10' HIGH OCCURRED IN THE #7 ENTRY OF 1ST LEFT BUTT AT SURVEY STATION NO. 251. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

AS THE INJURED PERSON WAS DRILLING A BOLTHOLE THE CHUCK PULLED OUT OF THE DRILL HEAD. AS HE REACHED OUT TO REPLACE THE CHUCK, A DRILL STEEL IN THE BOLTHOLE ABOVE THE CHICK FELL, STRIKING THE M IDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURED FINGER WHICH REQUIRED SPLINTING.

A ROOF FALL APPROX. 25' LONG 20' WIDE X AT LEAST 7' HIGH OCCURRED IN THE NO. 2 ENTRY OF 1ST LEFT. FALL IS LOCATED ABOUT 60' INBY SURVEY STATION NO. 267. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS ABOUT 20' OF LOST BOLTER TRAILING CABLE.

INJURED PERSON SLIPPED AND FELL AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN A SET OF STEPS FROM A SURFACE SUPPLY TRAILER. HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM STARTED HURTING. HE SUSTAINED A STRAIN TO THE LEFT SHOULDER MUSCL ES WHICH HAS REQUIRED THERAPY AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.

A ROOF FALL APPROX 40' LONG BY 18' WIDE BY AT LEAST 6' HIGH, OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY OF PEACHTREE MAINS. FALL IS LOCATED ABOUT 70' OUT BY SURVEY STATION NO. 165. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

INJURED PERSON WAS LOWERING A HEAD JACK FOR CONTINUOUS MINER INTO PLACE WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED SMASHING HIS LITTLE FINGER. HE SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO THIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THIS REQUIRED STITCHES AND ALSO CAUSED HIM TO BE PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

INJURED WAS HELPING PUSH A MANTRIP OVER A SLIPPERY SPOT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING LEFT HIP. HE SUSTAINED A LOWER BACK STRAIN WHICH REQUIRED TIME OFF AND REST.

INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING A BOX OF RESIN FROM THE BACK END OF THE BOLTER DECK WHEN HE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SUSTAINED A STRAIN WHICH REQUIRED PHYSICAL THERAPY AND T IME OFF WORK.

EE WAS LOADING BUCKET DUSTER ONTO MANTRIP & FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.

INJURED PERSON WAS CUTTING A BELT WITHA NIFE AND CUT HIS KNEE.

INJURES PERSON WAS SHOVELING ALONG EAST MAINS BELT WHEN SUDDENLY STARTED HAVING SEVERE BACK PAIN. HE SUSTAINED A SPRAINED BACK WHICH HAS REQUIRED THERAPY AND TIME OFF WORK.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SOUTH SECTION AT 22+40 IN AN INTERSECTION AREA WHICH MEASURED APPROX. 24' WIDE X 25' LONG X 7' HIGH ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMEN T INVOLVED AND TRAVEL OR VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPEEDED.

WORKER WAS DRIVING SECTION MANTRIP OUT OF THE MINE WHEN THE STEERING HIT AN UNEVEN SPOT IN THE MINE BOTTOM WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO KICK SPRAINING THE WORKER'S RIGHT WRIST. HE CONT TO WORK WITH IT UNTIL 12/27/99 AND THEN WENT TO OCC HEALTH WHERE THEY PLACED HIM ON RES. DUTY NONE WAS AVAILABLE SO THE WORKERS 1ST DAY OFF WOULD BE 12/27/99 THE COULD BE SPRAIN TENDONITIS OR

WORKER WAS DRAGGING A FACE PUMP BY HAND TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE SECTION TO PUMP WATER WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY RAN HIS HELMET INTO A ROOF STRAP THAT WAS SECURED TO THE ROOF IN A MINING HEIGHT T O APPROX. 48" WORKER FINISHED SHIFT AND THEN WENT TO CUMH THE FOLLOWING AM WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A HEAD CONTUSION AND SPRAINED NECK. HE WAS PLACED ON RES. WORK DUTY AS HAVING A HEA

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN RELOCATING THE SECTIONDISTRIBUTION BOX WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY DROPPED AN ELECTRICAL NIP ON THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT. LATERIN THE DAY, HE COULD NOT PUT WEIGHT ON IT AND WE NT TO CUMH FOR X-RAYS WHICH DISCLOSED A BRUISED FOOT. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY ON 11/04/99 AND IS ATTENDING THERAPY. NO LOST DAYS HAVE BEEN INCURRED YET.

WORKER WAS MAKING A SPLICE ON THE SURFACE STACKER BELT AND WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE BELT HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK. HE ELECTED TO GO TO THE CHIROPRACTOR TO RECEIVE HIS FIRST LOWER BACK ADJ USTMENT WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIATED DISC AND PINCHED NERVE. WAS TOLD TO STAY OFF WORK UNTIL 10-18-99.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY INTERSECTION OF 35 SOUTH SECTION AT 15 & 20 MEASURING APPROX. 18'TO 20' LONG X 10' TO 30' WIDE X 10' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. THERE WERE SEVERAL TRAILING CA BLES ALONG THE RIB IN THE AREA THAT APPEAR NOT TO BE DAMAGED. NO PEOPLE OR EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED AND VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPEDED. AN UPDATED REPORT ONT HE TRAILING CABLES DISCLOSED THAT.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY OF THE 35 SOUTH SECTION AT 15 & 90 WHICH MEASURED APPROX. 20'LX18'WX5' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. SEVERAL TRAILING CABLES WERE ALONG THE RIB IN THIS AREA BUT WE RE NOT DAMAGED NO EQUIPMENT OR PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED AND VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPEDED.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE DAY SHIFT PRESHIFT EXAMINER IN 3 SOUTH SECTION AT AN INTERSECTION OF #5 ENTRY AT 15+20 WHICH INITIALLY MEASURED APPROX. 20' LONG X 30' WIDE X 7' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. THE FALL PARTIALLY COVERED UP THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND SEVERAL TRAILING CABLES. EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO BOLTER, IF ANY, IS NOT KNOWN YET. VENTILATION IS NO IMPEDED NOR WERE ANY INJU

WAORKER WAS HANDLING A TRAILING CABLE FOR A SHUTTLECAR WHEN HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHENHIS HANDS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A CUT IN THE CABLE. WORKER APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING FROM PHYSIC AL SHOCK AND IRREGULAR HEART BEAT. WAS KEPT AT HOSPITAL UNTIL CONDITION IMPROVED.

WORKER WAS WALKING AROUND TO HIS SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IN A COAL SEAM HEIGHT OF APPROX. 54" WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HEAD & NECK ON A LOW HANGING PORTION OF A T-2 ROOF CHANNEL. THIS ACTIO N CAUSED A WHIPLASH EFFECT TO HIS NECK WHICH BADLY SPRAINED IT. XRAYS SHOWED A BAD SPRAIN. 1ST DAY OFF WORK WAS 6-15-99.

WORKER WAS ASSISTING IN EXTENDING THE SECTION CONVEYOR BELT AND WHILE DRAGGIN AND LIFTING THE HEAVY CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE ON THE STEEP, SLIPPERY MINE BOTTOM HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WE NT TO CHIROPRACTOR ON 6-14-99 WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS POSSIBLY HAVING A SLIPPED DISC. HE IS CURRENTLY BEING TREATED BY THE CHIROPRACTOR. 1ST DAY OFF WORK WAS 6-14-99.

A ROOF FALL OF AN INTERSECTION IN AN ABANDONED AREA OF THE MINE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE WEEKLY EXAM WHICH MEASURED APPROX. 20' WIDE X 20' LONG X 6-8' ABOVE NBORMAL ROOF LINE. THIS WAS A DEFECTIV E SOAPSTONE, CLAY VEIN AREA WHICH CONTAINED MANY TYPES OF ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORTS. NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED ANFD VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPEDED.

WORKER WAS DRILLING A BOLT HOLE WITH A 3 PIECE STEEL AND WHILE EXTRACTING THE STEELS FROM THE ROOF HE TRIED TO CATCH THE CENTER STEEL AS IT WAS FALLING OUT OF THE ROOF AND IT SMASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE TOP OF THE BOLTER HEAD RESULTING IN A BROKEN AND LACERATED FINGER. 1ST DAY OFF WORK WAS 6/2/99.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH A POINT ANCHOR BOLT INTO A DRILLHOLE THROUGH A T-2 ROOF CHANNEL WHEN IT BENT BACK TOWARD EMPLOYEE STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH, CHI PPING 2 OF HIS LOWER PERMANENT TEETH. HE HAS NOTMISSED ANY WORK YET, BUT WILL GET TEETH REPAIREDIN THE NEAR FUTURE.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN ABANDONED AREA OF MINE IN AN OLD BELT ENTRY STARTING AT EDGE OF INTERSECTION INTO THE ENTRY MEASURING APPROX. 20' LONG X 19' WIDE X 6' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE AT GRE ATEST POINTS. CRIBS HAD BEEN SPOTTED IN THIS AREA WHEN IT WAS ACTIVE, BUT ROOF FELL BETWEEN CRIBS LATER. SOAPSTONE PRESENT AND DEFECTIVE SURROUNDINGS. NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED OR VENT. IMPAIRMEN

U.G. MECHANICE WAS USING A UTLITLIY KNIFE TO TRIM THE SHEATH ON A BELTHEAD POWER CABLE TO ENTER IT PROPERLY INTO THE BELT HEAD STARTER BOX AND WAS CUTTING TOWARD HIMSELF WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE TOP OF THE WORKER'S LEFT HAND. I TRANSPORTED WORKER TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED 13 STITCHES TO CLOSE LACERATION AND WAS PLACED ON RES. DUTY FOR 4-9-99.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN ABANDONER AREA OF MINE IN AN OFFSET X-CUT INTERSECTION MEASURING APPROX. AT THE GREATEST POINTS 40' LONG X 26' WIDE X 7' BOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. ROOF SURROUNDING ARE A WAS DEFECTIVE AND SOAPSTONE WAS PRESENT IN CAVITY OF ROOF FALL. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED AN VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPAIRED.

WORKER WAS ASSISTING CHANGING OUT THE TAIL ROLLER OF THE SURFACE STACKER BELT WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF A MINE HAMMER, THAT WAS BEING STRUCK BY ANOTHER HAMMER OF AN ADJACENT WORKER , AND ENTERED THE WORKER'S THROAT. THE WORKER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE SMALL PIECE OF STEEL WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED. THERE WAS SOME VEIN DAMAGE & THE WORKER MISSED ONE DAY OF

WORKER WAS USING A COMEALONG TO PULL SURFACE STACKER BELT BACK TOGETHER AFTER IT HAD BROKEN AND WAS STANDING ON A CEMENT SLAB FOR THE ADJACENT HEAD. THE CABLE BROKE CAUSING THE WORKER TO FALL BACKWARDS ON HIS BACK & SIDE. HE WENT FOR XRAYS THE FOLLOWING MORNING WHICH DISCLOSED ONLY BRUISES TO BACK & SIDE. WHILE WORKING THE CONDITON WAS AGGRAVATED AND HE RETURNED TO DR WHO PLACE HIM

WORKER WAS MAKING A PRESHIFT EXAM OF THE OUTBY TRAVELWAY AND WAS WALKING DOWN HILL ON THE MUDDY, SLIPPERY MINE BOTTOM WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER DISLOCATING IT AND DA MAGING SOME TENDONS IN IT. WORKER'S FIRST DAY OFF WAS 1-20-99.

ROOF FALL INCLUDED 1 INTERSECTION AND PART OF THE ENTRY. IT MEASURED APPROX 19'WIDE X 70'LONG X 6' TO 10' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE IN AN OUTBY RETURN AIR COURSE. SOME BONY AND SOAP STONE WERE PR ESENT IN THE HIGHEST PART OF THE CAVITY. NO MEN, PROPERTY, OR EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED. VENTILATION IS NORMAL.

A ROOF FALL OF AN INTERSECTION IN AN OUTBY AREA MEASURING APPROX. 20' LONG X 18' WIDE X 6-7' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE WAS FOUND ON THE CATEYE SHIFT. NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED. VENTIL ATION IS NORMAL AND NO PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED.

WORKER WAS LAYING IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION USING A CUTTING TORCH TO TRIM A PIECE OF METAL ON THE COAL FEEDER WHEN THE TORCH COUGHED AND A SMALL PIECE OF HOT SLAG WAS SENT UNDER THE RIM OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES BURNING HIS RIGHT EYE AND EYELID.THE DR. GAVE HIM OINTMENT FOR IT AND HE COULD NOT WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY DUE TO SWELLING AND ANOTHER EVALUATIONBY THE DR. RETURNED ON 12-11-98.

THE IDLE SHIFT FOREMAN DISCOVERED AN INTERSECTION AREA THAT HAD FALLEN IN AN OUTBY AREA OF THE RETURN AIRCOURSE. TIME OF FALL IS UNK. IT MEASURED APPROX 40'LX20'WX6' ABOVE NORMAL ROOFLINE. THE AREA WAS PREFECTIVE SURROUNDING THIS INTERSECTION AND THERE WAS A CUTTER VISIBLE JUST INBY IT. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS INCURRED

A SUPPORTED INTERSECTION FELL IN AFTER RIDING OVER FROM AN UNBOLTED AREA OF A CUT THROUGH X-CUT. THE SUPPORTED AREA THAT FELL MEASURED APPROX 22'LX19'WX5'TO6' ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. A CLAY VEIN WAS PRESENT IN THE AREA. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.

WORKER WAS WALKING ALONG BELTLINE AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON A ROOF BOLT HEAD THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF THE MINE BOTTOM THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED TO SECURE AN ADVANCING BELT TAIL. THIS IN CIDENT JAMMED THE WORKERS' LOWER BACK. HE WORKED WITH SOME PAIN SINCE THE EVENT AND THEN RECEIVED HIS FIRST LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FOR A CHIRO. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY WAS INCURRED.

WORKER WAS PULLING FACE PUMP OUT OF MUD WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. WORKER REPORTED THE INCIDENT THAT DAY AND CONTINUED TO WORK WITH IT HOPING THAT IT WOULD GET BETTER. THE SHOULDER CONTINUED TO GET WORSE AND HE WENT TO OCC HEALTH ON 12-2-98 WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS POSSIBLE PULLED TENDONS. THEY PLACED HIMON RES. WORK DUTY ON 12-2-98. HE IS WORKIGN AND ATTENDING THER

WORKER WAS CARRYING A 5 GALLON CAN OF HYD OIL TO INSTALL IN A SHUTTLE CAR, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE SLIPPERY STEEP BOTTOM, TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK. HE HAS NOT INCURRED ANY LOST TIME, OR RESTRICT ED WORK DUTY, BUT RECEIVED A LOWER BACK ADJUSTMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR.

WORKER WAS ASSISTING IN PUTTING THE CONT MINER'SCONVEYOR CHAIN BACK TOGETHER AND WAS STRIKING A MINE PICK HAMMER WITH ANOTHER HAMMER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF THE TIP OF THE PICK HAMMER BROKE OFF AND ENTERED HIS LEFT FOREARM. HE WENT TO HOSPITAL ON EVENING OF 7/28/98 WHERE THEY REMOVED IT BYMEANS OF AN XRAY CAMERA AND SURGICAL INSTURMENTS(DEBRIDEMENT) NO LOST DAY OR RES DUTY WAS INCURR

WORKER WAS OPERATING THE RT. SIDE BOOM OFAN ATRS BOLTER AND WAS ROTATING A 2 PIECE DRILL STEEL WHILE EXTRACTING IT FROM ACOMPLETED BOLT HOLE. HE HAD JUST RECENTLY MARKED THIS STEELS DRILLING D EPTH WITH SPRAY PAINT AND ASSUMBED THE PAINT WASCOMPLETELY DRY. WHEN HIS COTTON GLOVE TOUCHED THE PAINTED AREA WHILE PULLING DOWN ON THE STEEL IT QUICKLY BENT HIS 3 INSIDE FINGERS BACKWARD 1S

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE CAT EYE MINE FOREMAN AT 1130 PM IN PART OF THE SUPPORTED INTERSECTION OF THE 2ND LT. SECTION 6 ENTRY AT 8 + 30 LOCATION MEASURING 6'HX18'LX16'W. IT WAS THE RE SULT OF AN ADJACENT UNSUPPORTED 18' CUT PARTIALLY FALLING IN AN OVERRIDING INTO PART OF THE SUPPORTED INTERSECTION ALONG WITH A PORTION OF SAP STONE ROOF PROPERTY DAMAGE.

WORKER WAS MOVING TRAILING CABLE OFF OF SHUTTLE CAR ROADWAY IN A VERY MUDDY, SLIPPERY AREA OF THE MINE WHEN HE FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE HARD MINE BOTTOM. WORKER WORKED ON 6-10-98, BU T WENT TO DR ON 6-11-98 AND RECEIVED MRI. THE RESULTEOF THE MRI ARE NOT FINALIZED YET, BUT THERE MAY BE CART DAMAGE. FIRST DAY WAS 6-=11-98.

WORKER WAS MOVING A 4" PUMP BY HIMSELF AT A WET MUDDY SUMP AREA WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES.

WORKER WAS TRAMMING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE SECTION & WHEN HE TRAMMED INTO AN INTERSECTION ONE OF THE SC'S ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED INTO THE SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTING MAC HINE, JARRING EE'S NECK & BACK. WORKER WAS PLACED ON RES. WORK DUTY ON 5/6/98, BUT HAS NO LOST DAYS INNCURRED YET.

WORKER HAD BACK PROBLEMS FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY AND WAS BUILDING A BRATTICE WALL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING BLOCKS. HE FINISHED THAT SHIFT AND THE FLOOWING DAY WAS BUILDING ANOTHER WALL COHEN THE PAIN BECAME TOO BAD AND HE WENT TO THE DR THAT AFTER NOON AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS LOWER BACK STRAIN. HIS FIRST DAY OFF WORK WAS 4-20-98.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN AN INTERSECTION OF 5 ENTRY OF THE SOUTH MAINS AT APPROX. 3 00 75' INBY SS S9 MEASUING APPROX. 30' LONG X 20' TO 25' WIDE X 5' HIGH ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE. A PORTION OF THE N.V. CABLE WAS DAMAGED, BUT NO OTHER INJURIEOR DAMAGES.

WORKER WS MOVING THE BOLTING MACHINES TRAILING CABLE OUT OF THE WAY WHILEIT WAS TRAMMING TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND HE TURNED QUICKLY AND RAN HIS HEAD INTO A LOW OVERHANGING CORNER OF A RIB. THI S RESULTED IN THE WORKERS RIGHT ARM BECOMING NUMB. LATER THAT NIGHT THE CHIROPRACTOR DISOVERED THAT HE HAD A VERTABRA IN HIS BACK OTU OF PLACE AND CORRECTED IT WITH AN ADJUSTMENT.

WORKER WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN A HIGH AREA WHERE IT REQUIRED HIM TO STAND ON TOP OF THE BOLTING MACHINE AND STRETCH TO INSTALL THE RESIN CARTRIDGES INTO THE BOLT HOLES. WHILE STRETCHING H E SPRAINED OR STRAINED LOWER BACK AND RECEIVED PAINS IN LEG ALSO. WORKER DID NOT INCURR ANY LOST DAYS OR RES. DUTY SO FAR, BUT RECEIVED FIRST LOWER BACK ADJ FROM CHIROPRACTOR ON 2-5-98.

WHILE BUILDING A WALL IN THE FIRST LEFT SECTION,X-CUT 3TO 4 HE NOTICED THE WALL BEGAN TO MOVE. TRYING TO STEP AWAY ONE OR MORE OF THE BLOCKS FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. HE WAS TRANSPO RTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THIS RESULTEDIN A BRUISED AND SWOLLEN RIGHT FOOT AND ANKLE.

WHILE HANGING CANVAS IN 2 ENTRY OF 1ST LEFT SECTION, HAVING TO REACH UP HE LOST HIS BALANCE, SLIPPED IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE WHICH THEN BEGAN SWELLING. THIS RESULTED IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT AND FOLLOW UP SESSIONS WITH A PHY.

WHILE PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTIES AS A S/C OPERATOR GOING BETWEEN #4 & #5 ENTRIES OF 1ST L SECTION, A PORTION OF THE BOTTOM WAS UNEVEN CAUSING A DROP OFF OF WHICH HE RAN HIS S/C OVER RESULTI NG IN A JAR TO THE MACHINE & HIMSELF INJURING HIS BACK.

WHILE ROCK DUSTING #1 ENTRY OF FIRST LEFT HE SLIPPED & FELL ON HIS BACK, THIS WHILE LIFTING HEAVY POSTS ON 11-29-97 IN O ROOM OFF FIRST LEFT SECTION RESULTED IN A STRAIN OR SPRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

THE CONTINUOUS MINER CUT INTO AN INFLUE OF WATER COMING FROM THE ROOF. AFTER REMOVING ADDITIONAL COAL FROM 2 FACE IT WAS DETERMINED THE WATER WAS CMONING OUT OF THE BOT. FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE . THE WATER WAS ESTIMATED AT 1000 G.P.M. AT START AND IS NOW ESTIMATED AT 85 GPM AT THIS POINT. SOURCE STILL UNKNOWN.

SLIPPED AND FELL ON RIGHT KNWEE, RESULTING IN A HOPSITAL ER VISIT AND FOLLOWUP SESSIONS WITH A DR. (AN INCLINE, WET AND MUDDY CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT)

WHILE PREFORMINING HIS REGULAR DUTIES AS A MECH. WALKING THROUGHT THE SECITON. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND, BREAKING HIS RIGHT THUMB. THIS RESULTED IN A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT FOR RESETTING AND A CAST ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.

EE WAS OPENING A BAG OF ROCK DUST, SPEWING POWERFLEW UPWARD AND INTO HIS EYES. RESULTING IN EMERGENCY ROOF REMOVAL OF LODGED ROCK DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

WHILE MOVING THE MINER CABLE OFF OF THE TRAVELWAY HE FELT A PULLING IN HIS LOWER BACK. THIS RESULTED IN S STRAIN TO THE EE'S LOWER BACK, WHICH REQUIRED CHIROPRACTIC SESSIONS.

WHILE MOVING A HEAVY PIECE OF STEEL TO BE WELDED TO ANOTHER, THE PIECE BEING MOVED SHIFTED CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF STEEL RESULTING IN A BROKEN MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HA ND AND SEVEN STITCHES TO THE SAME FINGER.

WALKING FROM ONE SECTION OF THE MINE TO ANOTHER HE SLIPPED ON WET & MUDDY MINE BOTTOM CONDITIONS WHICH WERE PRESENT INJURING HIS BACK & LEFT SIDE.

WHILE CLEANING ROCK FROM A FALL, A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF (APPROX. 8" X 8" X 1-1/2") STRIKING HIS HARD HAT AND FORCING IT DOWN OVER HIS FOREHEAD RESULTING N A CUT ABOVE HIS RIG HT EYE THAT REQUIRED 9 STITCHES.

LARGE ROOF FALL OCCURRED INTHE INTERSECTION OF 2RM OFF 7 ENTRY OF THE SOUTH MAINS AT APPROX. ROOF FALL MEASURED APPROX. 40' HIGH X 20' WIDE X 25' LONG. IT RESULTED IN THE FATALITY OF JAMES A F AIDLEY SECTION FOREMAN AND COVERED THE CONT. MINER. A LARGE MUD STREAK AREA WAS PRESENT AT THE TOP OF THE ROOF FALL. THIS AREA WAS PERM SUPPORTED.

A LARGE ROOF FALL IN THE INTERSECTION OF #2 ROOM OFF #7 ENTRY OF THE SOUTH MAINS AT APPROX. 0+70. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 40' HIGH, 20' WIDE, 25' LONG, COVERING THE MINER OPERATOR FROM HEAD TO HIS WAIST. A LARGE MUD STREAK WAS PRESENT AT THE TOP OF THEFAL. THIS AREA WAS PERMANENTLY SUPPORTED.