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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.

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.

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)

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.