EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH CUTTING OUT DECK OF SLOPE [HE WAS SITING ON PIECE OF STEEL] SHEN PIECE OF STEEL CUT THRU IT CAME LOOSE & HE SLIPPED OFF FALLING TO LOWER DECK LANDI NG ON HIS FEET FALLING BACKWADS LANDING ON HIS SELF RESCURER.
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200 on file1994 · 2 incidents
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE INTAKE ENTRY #1 ENTRY AT 0+70 FOOTAGE IN TH3E 1ST WEST PANEL OFF 1ST SOUTH PANEL OFF SU MAIN EAST THE FALL MEASURED 18FTWX32FTLX4FTH (THE FALLWILL NOT BE CLEANED U P)
1993 · 42 incidents
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON THE MAIN EAST TRACK AT 140XC THE FALL WAS APPROX 3'-4' HIGH IN AN INTERSECITON.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON THE MAINEAST TRACK AT 21XC. THE FALL WAS APPROX 8'HIGH X 20' LONG.
ON 08-12-93 A FALL WAS FOUND IN ROOM 31 AT FOOTAGE 1+30 FALL WAS APPROX 30FTLX20FTWX10FTHIGH THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS UNCLOGGING AUGER WITH WRENCH AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING A PRY BAR OVER THE OIL TANK ON A S/C AND BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES. HIS BOOT CAUGHT THE CORNER OF THE BENCH CAUSIGN HIM TO FALL.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LIFTING A ROLLER AT TAIL AT 225 DRIVE WHEN HIS RIGHT GROIN STARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE STATES AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET HIS ROVER INTO THE STRAIGHT OF THE 6TH NORTH. THE MOTOR COMING OUT OF UNIT #2 WITH BRAKES LOCKED UP AND CAME SLIDING AROUND THE CURVE, HITTING THE R OVER AND PUSHING IT APPROX. 40'-50' DOWN THE TRACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES TRYING TO PULL A RAIL AND STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES BURNT HAND WITH TORCH.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SHOVELING AND FELT A PULL IN HIS ABDOMEN.
EE STATES HE WAS CHANGING BITS ON THE MINER AND WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND BIT WRENCH. HE STATES THAT HE HIT THE WRENCH OFF CENTER AND IT GLANCED OFF TWISTING WRENCH AND HIS RIGHT WRIST.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ION MMU 003-0 AT INTAKE RM 19 AT 4+20. THE FALL WAS 5' HIGH.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT THE AUGER WAS STUCK IN THE CHUCK ON THE ROOF BOLTER AND AS HE WAS PUSHING AND PULLING ON AUGER TO DISLODGE IT, IT CAME LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HAND ON THE CANOPY POST OF THE ROOF BOLTER.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PUTTING TRACK BOTTOM IN SWITCH WHEN POLE CAME OFF TROLLEY WIRE. AS HE REACHED FOR POLE IT ARCED AGAINST A ROOF BOLT.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A HOLE IN THE HAULAGE ROAD CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS SELF RESCUER INTO HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF CLOD FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON HTE HEAN JAMMING HIS NECK.
EE STATES HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE HAULAGE ROAD WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCED UP AND WHEN HE CAME DOWN IN THE SET THIS JARRED HIS BACK.
EE STATES THAT HE MOVED A BO ROOF BOLT WITH A PIECE OF SLATE ATTACHED OUT OF THE WAY AND WHEN HE REACHED TO PICK UP A ROOF BLOCK AT THE ROOF BOLT SPRUNG BACK AND HIT HIM ON THE FOREHEAD ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED ON THE MAIN EAST TRACK AT 306 XC 2-3 FT HIGH.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS PUMPING OIL INTO A ROOF BOLTER AND LATER NOTICED A KNOT IN HIS RIGHT WRIST. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5-14-93AT WHICH TIME HE HAD SURGERY FOR CARPAL TUNNEL S YNDROME.
EE STATES HE WAS USING A SOCKET TO TIGHTEN A NUT A FISH PLATE AND SOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE RAIL.
MAN WAS STUNG BY A BUMBLE BEE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PULLING THE CABLE OFF THE ROOF BOLTER AND HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
EE STATES HE WAS WALKING BESIDE ROOF BOLTER AS THEY WERE TRAMMING IT TO THE NEXT PLACE AND WHEN THE BOLTER WENT THRU THE PULL THRU CURTAIN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE OF THE ROOF BOLTER RAN OVER HIS R IGHT FOOT.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT EMPTY 02 BOTTLE OFF WELDING TRUCK WHEN THE BOTTLE ACCIDENTLY FELL OFF TRUCK CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN AN ACC BOTTLE.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A RAIL ROVER AND HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE STATES HE WAS RIDING TO UNIT 2 ON A JITNEY WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF TOP FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD CAUSING NECK PAIN.
EE STATES HE WAS UNLOADING STOPPING MATERIAL OUT OF A SCOOP BUCKET AND HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
MAN CAME TO THE MINE AND SAID THE DOCTOR IS KEEPING HIM OFF DUE TO THIS INJURY.HE MISSED 45 DAYS AND RETURNED TO WORK ON 06-11-93.
ON 3/22/93 A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE PRE-SHIFT EXAMINER IN UNTI 5. THE FALL WAS IN #2 ENTRY AN INTERSECTION AND WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE AT SURVEY TAG 24+60.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SCALING DOWN SOME LOOSE TOP AND WAS STANDING ON SOME SLATE AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS UNTANGLENING MINER CABLE WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING DOWN AND ENTRY TO GO TO LUNCH AT THE DINNER HOLE AND HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. (ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 3-24-93 AT WHICH TIME H E STARTED MISSING TIME.)
EMPL STATES THAT WHEN HE THREW THE HANDLE ON THETRACK SWITCH AT THE 4TH NORTH, EMPLS. LOWER BACKSTARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PULLING PARTS CART UP HILL ON BOTTOM & SLIPPED & FELL LANDING ON HIS BUTTOCKS
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 A.M. A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 6TH N. TRACK ENTRY @ X-CUT 121. FALL MEASURED APPROX. 20' X 20' & WAS APPROX. 10' HIGH.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CLIMBING LADDER IN HOIST HOUSE TO ADJUST LIGHTS WHEN RIGHT FOOT BECAME CAUGHT IN LADDER CAUSING HIM TO TWIST RIGHT KNEE & BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PULLING THE PARTS CAR UP THE HILL ON THE BOTTOM WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CUTTING A HOLE IN THE BLET WITH HIS KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS THUMB WITH THE KNIFE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PRYING A ROCK OUT OF THE UNIT TAIL PIECE AND HE STRAINED HIS GROIN.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING THE 2ND EAST RETURN WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF SLATE AND FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT KNEE.
1992 · 83 incidents
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS MOVING THE MINER CABLE OVER OUT OF THE WAY OF THE MINER AND AS HE WAS MOVING THE CABLE HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A METAL STOPPING & A PIECE OF ROCK (6INSQUARE) FELL OF THE TOP OF THE STOPPING HITTING HIS SHOULDER
EMPLLYEE STATES HE WAS CHANGING A FLAT TIRE ON A SHUTTLE CAR & AS HE WAS LIFTING TIRE OFF S/C HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR & AS HE WAS TRAMMING TO THE MINER HE RAN INTO THE RIB TURNING INTO A CROSSCUT & THIS CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE S/C
HE WAS GOING THRU STOPPING DOOR. HE LET GOT OF DOOR AND IT SLAMMED AGAINST HIS LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS WALKING AND STEPPED ON A ROOF BLOCK AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRAINING HIS RIGHT SIDE GORIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING RECOVER RAIL IN UNIT 6 AND WHILE LIFTING THE RAIL TIES THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK TIGHTENED UP.
MAN WAS EXAMINING SEALS & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 01-25-93
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A SCOOP TIRE OFF A SUPPLY CAR AND STRAINED HIS GROIN.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY AT 15+20 #1 ENTRY OF THE 1W/55/ME.
MAN WAS PERFORMING THE REPETITIVE JOB OF INSTLALING ROOF BOLTS WHEN HIS SHOULDER STARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS PUMPING OIL INTO A ROOF BOLTER AND LATER NOTICED A KNOT ON HIS RIGHT WRIST. EMPLOYEE CINTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5-14-93 AT WHICH TIME HE HAD SURGERY FOR CARPAL TUNNE L SYNDROME.
PULLING HOSE OUT OF ROADWAY & BACK STARTED HURTING DID NOT START MISSING WORK TILL 11-03-92
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REACHING TO LIFT A ROOF BLOCK & HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS DILLING A HOLE IN A PIECE OF STEEL THE METAL WAS CAUGHT BY THE DRILL & SPUN HITTING HIS LEFT THUMB
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE REAR OF THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SHUTTLE CAR CAME THRU THE CURTAIN CATCHING THE MAN BETWEEN TEH BUMPER OF THE BOLTER AND THE BUMPER OF THE S/C
MAN ENTERED A SMOKE FILLED AREA. MAN RETURNED TO WORK AFTER RECEIVING FIRST AID TREATMENT. HE DID NOT BECOME A REPORTABLE ILLNESS UNTIL LATER WHEN HE STARTED MISSING WORK.
OPERATING CONT. MINER WHEN A ROCK 4" THICK FELL AND HIT MAN ON HEAD.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND WHEN HE REACHED TO PICK UP A ROOF BOLT A PIECE OF TOP FELL DRIVING HIS HAND DOWN ONTO A PIECE OF METAL ON THE ROOF BOLTER.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHE WAS WALKING IN THE RETURN IN UNIT 5 AND STEPPED IN A HOLE ADN TWISTED HER LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND A PIECE OF TOP FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE PULLING PARTS CART UP A HILL ON THE BOTTOM HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
MAN WAS CARRYING ROOF BLOCKS AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BLOCK INSTALLED IN THE ROOF.
WHILE MOVING MINER CABLE STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING AMOTOR ONTO A WATER PUMP.
EMPL ROOF BOLTING. WHILE INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT NEXT TO RIB, A ROCK MEASURING 33" LONG X 14" WIDE X 10.5" TALL FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK UPPER BACK KNOCKING EMPL DOWN AND LANDING ON LEG.
SMALL ROOF FALL FOUND IN 3RD SOUTH PANEL OFF 1ST WEST ENTRIES IN ENTRY #4. FALL MEASURED 18' WIDE X 4'HIGH X 35'LONG. FALL WONT BE CLEANED UP AND WILL BE PROPPED AROUND AND LEFT. FALL ISNT BLO CKING AIR OR PASSAGE OF MEN OR EQUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE STATES SHE WAS STANDING IN A X-CUT AND SHE SAW THAT A MANTRIP AND JITNEY WERE GOING TO HIT TOGETHER AND SHE TURNED TO RUN AND TWISTED HER KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM A SCOOP HE STEPPED ON A ROCK & SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS BACK
EMPLOIYEE STATES THAT HE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF MORTAR MIX & STRAINED HIS BACK
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE 25-1 55 ME 5 ENTRY AT SURVEY TAG 5 & 40 THE FALL WAS APPROX. 70FT LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 5 1/2 FEET HIGH.
EE STATES THAT WHILE CHANGING SEATS IN S/C HE WAS OPERATING HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.,
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS PRYING DOWN A LOOSE PIECE OF TOP WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL KNOCKING HIM INTO THE ROOF BOLTER.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SHOVELING UP LOOSE COAL SPILLAGE THE UNIT BELT TAIL HIS UPPER BACK STARTED HURTING.
WHILE PUTTING BOTTOM PIN IN CRANE BOOM,IN BENDING POSITION,EMPL STRAINED RIGHT KNEE.THIS WAS REPORTED LATE THEREBY CAUSED A LATER INVESTIGATION.
54736YEE STATES THEY HAD LAID A PIECE OF BENT 3" WATER PIPE DOWN AGAINST THE RIB AND AS HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY THE PIPE FLIPPED OVER STRIKING HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE RIGHT FOOT.
65008-10-92 A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN 1ST WEST ENTRIES OFF THE 5TH MAIN SOUTH ENTRIES BETWEEN ENTRIES 2 & 3 AT X-CUT 36.THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 30' LONG X18' WIDE BY 5 TO 6' HIGH.THE FALL WILL 05630BE CLEANED UP BECAUSE IT DOES NOT AFFECT ANHTHING.
13017PROXIMATELY 5:30 AM A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 1ST WEST ENTRIES OFF THE 5TH MAIN SOUTH IN #5 ENTRY AT FOOTAGE 11+79.THE FALL MEASURED 21' WIDE X19.7' LONG BY 6' HIGH.THE FAQLL IS IN THE 95349N NEUTRAL ENTRY AND IT WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.IT HAS BEEN PROPPED OFF AND WILL BE LEFT AS IS.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DRAGGING THE BELT TOOLS FROM TRACK ENTRY TO THE BELT ENTRY AND AS HE WAS CLIMBING OVER A GOB PILE HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
54736YEE STATES TAHT HE WAS WALKING AND HIT HIS HEAD ONA ROOF BLOCK ADN JAMMED HIS NECK. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO US TIL 8-17-92.
55023ATES HE WAS WATCHING ROOF BOLTER MOVE UP WHEN A ROCK FELL AND HIT MAN.
55023ATES HE WAS DISMOUNTING A RAIL ROVER AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED: HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS ROCKDUSTING WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL ON HIS KNEE.
WALKED UP SLOPE DUE TO POWER OUTAGE KNEE HURTING
EE STATED THAT WHILE IN PROCESS OF SWITCHING OUT 29 BATTERY POWERED RAIL ROVER EE HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE ROVER AND WAS THROWING THE SWITCH BACK TO THE STRAIGHT POSITION WHEN THE ROVER ROLLED TH RU THE SWITCH STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL WALKING WHEN SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL LANDKING ON RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE STATED THAT WHILE PULLING PARTS CART ON BOTTOM HE POPPED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPL STEPPING OUT OF JITTNEY AT THE END OF THE TRACK AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPL WORKING ON A TRACK MOTOR IN SHOP, WALKING BUMPED LEFT KNEE ON A PAD OF ROOF BLOCKS.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE OPERATING THE #8 MOTOR HE WAS APPLYING THE WHEEL BRAKE THAT HE CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WHEN FINGER STRUCK THE COVER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF A RAIL JITNEY TRYING TO PULL A ROOF BOLT OUT OF THE ROOF HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF OF THE JITNEY TO THE GROUND.
SHOVELING LOOSE COAL BACK STARTED HURTING
OPER JITNEY GOING AROUND CURVE IN SUB EAST POLE CAME OFF WIRE STOOD UP TO PUT POLE BACK ON WIRE MOTOR ROLLED BACK IN TO JITNEY KNOCKING MAN DOWN IT ROLLE D BACK HITTING JITNEY
WALKING BACK TO CONTROL OF R BOLT SLIPPED ON PC OF TOP STRAINED R KNEE
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND THE CAB HIT THE ROOF BOUNCING HIM UP AND HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE CAB JAMMING HIS NECK.
CHECKING WORK AREA HIT HEAD ON ROOF BLOCK JAMMED NECK
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING THE MAIN EAST BELT LINE AND HE TRIPPED OVER A LUMP OF COAL AND TO CATCH HIMSELF TO KEEP FROM FALLING HE STARTED RUNNING STIFF LEGGED AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE B ACK OF HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PICKING UP ROCKS AROUND A BELT DRIVE AND MOVING THEM OUT OF THE WAY. HE WENT TO EAT LUNCH AND WHEN HE GOT UP FROM EATING HIS BACK WAS HURTING.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REPAIRING AND PLASTERING METAL STOPPINGS. HE SAID AS HE WAS A PANEL UP USING A MASONS HAMMER, THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE PANEL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE NOSE.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS INSERTING A ROOF BOLT INTO A HOLE HE HAD JUST DRILLED AND THE ROOF BLOCK MOVED COVERING UP PART OF THE HOLE AND HE MOVED THE BOOM AND THE ROOF BOLT SPRANG BACK CAUSING PA IN TO HIS LEFT ELBOW.
EMPL PRYING DOWN SOME LOOSE TOP DETECTED ALONG LEFT RIB AND WHILE WALKING BACK TO PUT PRY BAR BACK ON THE ROOF BOLTER A PIECE 5'LONG X 1.5'THICK X 1.5'WIDE FELL AND STRUCK EMPL RIGHT SIDE KNOC KING HIM INTO ROOF BOLTER.
EMPL DISMOUNTING FROM JITNEY,CAUGHT FOOT ON EDGE OF JITNEY AND FELL DOWN LANDING ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE MOVING THE TANK DUSTER OUT OF SWITCH WHERE IT WAS FILLED, THE MOTOR CAME OFF THE TRACK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS BACK AGAINST THE SEAT.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING A JITNEY WHEN CAME OFF THE TRACK AND JARRED HIS BACK.
EMPL WALKING ALONG THE 5TH SOUTH BELT WHERE IT DUMPS AT THE MAIN EAST BELT AND A SMALL PIECE OF TOP FELL AND STRUCK BACK OF RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STRUCK ON LEFT ARM BY A PIECE OF FALLING TOP. THE PIECE OF TOP WAS 3' X 3' X 4" FALLING FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE WRENCH WITH A 6' AUGER IN IT AND WAS WATCHING THE TOP. HE WAS GOING TO RAISE THE BOOM AND HE HIT THE WRONG LEVER CLOSING THE SAFETY CLAMP ON HIS TH UMB.
EMPL WALKING ESCAPEWAY ROUTE WHEN RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK AND STRAINED HIS BACK. WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR 4-20 WHO KEPT EMPL OFF WORK UNTIL 4-26.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UP WET FINES AT UNIT 1 BELT TAIL AND WHILE HE WAS LIFTING IT ONTO THE BELT SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS TRYING TO FIND A HYDRAULIC OIL LEAK ON THE MINER AND THE PRESSURE FROM THE LEAK CUT HIS FINGER ALLOWING THE HYD. OIL TO ENTER HIS FINGER.
WALKING THE BELT, HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF BLOCK
WALKING IN SHOWER STUBBED L LITTLE TOE ON DRAIN GRATE PUSHING TOE NAIL DOWN
WALKING BACKWARDS, FELL HITTING SIDE RIBS
ON 2-5-92 A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE RETURN NEUTRAL ENTRY OF THE 5TH SOUTH ENTRIES. THE OCCURRED AT HE #28 X-CUT INTHE #6 ENTRY AND MEASURED 20' LONG BY 19.4' WIDE AND HEIGTH COULD NOT BE D ETERMINED. THE FALL WAS PROPPED OFF AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. IT IS NOT AFFECTING ANYTHING AND WILL LEFT AS IS.
EE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER WHEN HE FELL OFF THE LADDER.
EE STATES SHE WAS MOVING A JITNEY AND HAD 1 FOOT IN AND 1 FOOT OUT WHEN THE JITNEY ROOLED TWISTING HER RIGHT KNEE.
WALKING TRIPPED AND FELL ON RAIL ON R KNEE
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE UNLOADING RAILS, A RAIL KICKED UP & PINCHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN 2 RAILS.
ON 01-24-92 A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT 1:15 AM ON THE EASTTRACK AT 124-X-CUT.THE FALL WAS 24' WIDE X21' LONG X5' HIGH.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS SHOVELING COAL AT THE SLOP TAIL USING A LONG HANDELED SHOVEL AND HE STRUCK HIS HAND ON BELT ROLLER CUTTING HIS HAND.
DISMOUNTING MANTRIP HIT HEAD ON ROOF BLOCK AND JAMMED NECK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE MAIN EADT TRACK-21-22 CROSSCUTS,THE FALL WAS APPROX 20' WIDE AND 14 FT WIDE.
EMPL HIT HEAD ON A ROOF BLOCK WHILE WALKING.
1991 · 73 incidents
EMPL REMOVING DEMISTER FROM SCRUBBER ON A MINER,CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER.THE CUT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
MAN WAS ENTERING THE INTAKE AIRCOURSE WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE THE BITS FROM THE UNIT FEEDER AND WHEN HE WENT AND GOT UP FROM BED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS HURTING.
EMPLOYEE STATES: HE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTER ARM WITH BLOCKS AND WAS CARRYING ROOF BLOCKS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF SLATE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
WALKING TO SHOWER SLIPPED ON PIPE KNEE POPPED OUT SORE MISSED WORK 2-6-92
AT 2 :30 PM A ROOF FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN 18 & 19 CROSSCUT NO 3 ENTRY IN THE 5TH SOUTH ENTRIES MEASURING 40 FT LONG TAPERING BOTH ENDS WITH HIGHEST POINT IN CENTER OF 9 FT AND 20 FT WIDE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE HAD CLIMBED UP ON THE ROOF BOLTER TO CUT THE METAL BANDS OFF THE BUNDLES OF ROOF BOLTS AND WHEN HE JUMPED OFF THE ROOF BOLTER HE LANDED ON A SMALL PILE OF FIRECLAY AND HE JA MMED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS WALKING THE MIAN EAST BELT HE ASSUMES HE CUT HIS LEG ON A BOTRRTTOM BELT ROLLER BRACKET.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LOADING WATER PIPE INTO A SCOOP AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 12-20-91 AND STARTED MISSING TIME ON 12-23-91 MAKING THIS ACCIDENT REPORTABLE.
WHILE ALIGNING A ROOF BLOCK ON DONUT OF SAFETY ARM A PIECE OF TOP 1 1/4" THICK AND 14' LONG FELL SMASHING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND AND ALSO CUTTING THE FINGER.
MAN STATED TOP WORKING IN FRONT OF HIM, TURNED AROUND TO WATCH WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND TOP POPPED AND HE MOVED BACK QUICKLY AND TRIPPED OVER A ROCK AND FELL.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF UNTI 4 THE FALL WAS IN THE NUMBER 2 ENTRY AND EXTENDED TO THE #3 ENTRY APPROX. 60 FEET THE FALL WAS APPROX. 10 FEET HIGH.
STRAINED BACK PULLING A CART UP AN INCLINE.
RF FALL IN UNIT 2 4 ENTRY AT 29 + 20 20' X 20' X 5'
WALKING HIT HEAD ON ROOF BLOCK
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CARRYING AN ARMLOAD OF ROOF BLOCKS FROM THE REAR OF THE ROOF BOLTER TO PUT ON THE BACK OF THE ARM WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND WAS STANDING DRILLING A HOLE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME SLATE AND WRENCHED HIS BACK.
EMPL STATES WAS ROOF BOLTING & WHILE INSTALLING BOLT ROCK FELL LANDING ON RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE HAD JUST BOLTED A PLACE AND WHEN HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BLOCK, WHICH CAUSED NECK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS KNEELING ON HIS KNEES AND WHEN HE TURNED HE HEARD HIS KNEE POP.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DRILLING A TEST HOLE. HE AD DRILLED A FIVE FOOT HOLE AND WAS GOING TO USE A SPLIT SIX FOOT AUGER AND AS WAS PUSHING THE TOP HALF OF THE SIX FOOT UP INTO THE HOLE IT GOT STUCK WHICH CAUSED THE AUGER TO COME OFF THE ROOF BOLT WRENCH AND THE WRENCH SPRUNG FORWARD AND WHEN IT CAME BACK IT HIS RIGHT HAND THAT HE WAS HOLDING THE AUGER WITH CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTU
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING & STEPPED IN A HOLE & TWISTED HIS RT KNEE HE STATES HE WAS WALKING IN THE INTAKE AIR COURSE EMPLOYEE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK THRU 01-18-92 & HAS STARTED MISSING TI ME ON 01-20-92 THUS MAKING THIS ACCIDENT REPORTABLE NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AS OF THIS TIME BUT HE HAS SURGERY SCHEDULED ON 01-22-92
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN 4 ENTRY AT 7 & 80 IN THE 2W-IN-8W-6N-ME. THE FALL WAS 70FTLONG X 20FT WIDE X 4-8 FT HIGH.
FOUND MAN ON JITNEY DAVED DIZZY WITH BLOOD
ROCK DUSTING WALKING BACK STEPPED IN HOLE TWISTED BACK
LIFTING PIPE WIPER OFF TRASH HURT BACK
A ROOF FALL FELLIN THE BELT LINE AT #24 CROSSCUT ON THE M.E. BELT LINE. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 45' LONG AND 20' WIDE AND 12' HIGH. IT FELL INTO THE CROSSCUTS IN A 4 WAY, AND IT IS UNKNOWN HOW FA R INTO THE CROSSCUTS IT FELL BECAUSE OF A STOPPING AND ANOTHER FALL.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING DOWN TRACK ENTRY TO HIS JOB AND HE STEPPED IN A DEPRESSION IN THE FLOOR AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE HAD JUST RAISED HIS SAFETY ARM AGAINST THE ROOF AND AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THE AUGER IN THE CHUCK, SOME SLATE BROKE LOOSE AND FELL, CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING HANF MINER CABLE AND WHILE LIFTING,FELT OR HEARD SOMETHING TEAR IN GROIN AREA.
INSTALLING BOLT 5' FROM RIGHT RIB WHEN A PIECE OF TOP 3/4" THICK X 1' X 2'WIDE AND LONG FELL HITTING RIGHT SIDE OF NECK,SHOULDER AND ELBOW.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN MMU 003-0 THE FALL APPROX. 20FT WIDE BY 24FT LONG BY 8 FT HIGH.
ON 8-26-91, A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #5 MAIN EAST ENTRY AT X-CUT 373. THE FALL WAS 19'W X 19.3' LONG BY 40' HIGH. THE FALL IS IN A NEUTRAL ENTRY NOT BEING USED AND IT WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP .
ON 8-22-91 TIME UNKNOWN, A FALL OCCURRED ON THE 002 UNIT IN #2 ENTRY AT 19+66. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 36' LONG, 20' WIDE AND 7' THICK. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED.
EE STATES HE WAS UNROLLING A SMALL PIECE OF 48 INCH BELT AND HE STRAINED HIS TESTICLE.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE ROOF BOLTING HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A 2 PIECE AUGER TOGETHER A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER AND TOP OF THE HEAD. SIZE OF PIECE OF SLATE WAS UNDERTERMINED SEVERAL SMALL PIECES LAYING IN AREA.
EMPLOYEE STATES; HE WAS WALKING BELT ENTRY TO POSITION THE ROOF BOLTER TO INSTALL CHAIN HANGERS IN ROOF WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE.
EE STATES HE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF CONCRETE MIX OFF SUPPLY CAR AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WALKING IN SUPPLY RUN-A-ROUND IN SUB-EAST WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL STATES HE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN AUGER GOT STUCK IN HOLE HE WAS DRILLING & HE LOWERED TO BOOM TO PULL AUGER OUT & HE PUT FOOT ON BOOM & AWS HE WAS PULLING ON AUGER PIECE OF ROCK 10'6" X 3' X R TO 8" THICK FELL FROM ROOF & LANDED ON FOOT
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING AND TURNED TO GO IN HOIST HOUSE WHEN SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING WATCHING THE BOLTER CABLE WHILE IT WAS BEING MOVED TO THE FACE WHEN HE WALKED THRU A PULL THRU CURTAIN AND TRIPPED OVER THE MINER CABLE AND FELL DOWN LANDING ON HIS RIGHT WRIST.
MAN WAS DRIVING ROUGH AND RAN INTO PARK I LOW BOY BATTERY LIVING CAME FORWARD AND HIT FINGER.
MAN STATES HE WAS STANDING ON A SCAFFOLD PLASTERING OVERCAST, AND FELL OFF. FELL APPROX. 4'.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE BOLTING WAS WALKING BACK TO GET WOOD BLOCK & A PIECE OF TOP 4FTX2FTX7IN FELL ON TOP OF HIM STRICKING SHOULDER NECK & ARM
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS GETTING INTO A ROVER WHEN SOME SMALL PIECES OF ROOF FELL ON ROVER BROKE UP & SOME BOUNCED BACK INTO HIS FACE & EYE
MAN STATED THAT HE HAD A SMALL BOX OF SUPPLIES IN HAND TURNING & SETTING DOWN BOX WRENCHED BACK MAN STA TES THAT HE HAS A BAD DISC
HANGING CURTAIN AND DUST CAME OFF CURTAIN AND INTO LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE PLACED A BOX OF OPENED WELDING RODS ON THE SEAT OF A PICKUP TRUCK AND WHEN HE SHIFTED THE TRUCK INTO REVERSE HE CUT HIS THUMB ON THE BOX.
EMPL STATES HE WAS SHOVELING COAL ON BELT & HE HIT ELBOW ON SOMETHING.
ON JUNE 21 1991 SOMETIME BETWEEN 1:00AM & 4:00AM A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE SUB-EAST TRACK ENTRY AT X-CUT 76 THE FALL WAS APPROX 24FT WIDE 28FT LONG & 5FT HIGH THE FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP & R ESUPPORTED
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN UNITS 3 IN #5 ENTRY A 1+00 THE FALL WAS 16' X 12' X 8' HIGH.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PLASTERING A METAL STOPPING AND THE STOPPING STARTED TO MOVE TOWARDS HIM AND HE TURNED AND STARTED TO RUN AND HE TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN LANDING ON HIS BACK.
PICKING UP WATER PIPE FELT IN LOWER BACK
MAN WAS PULLING A CONVEYOR CHAIN IN A SHUTTLE CAR HE SAID THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS INSTALLING A LEFT DETAIL ON THE MINER IN UNIT 7 USING A 1/2" RATCHET AND WHEN HE PULLED ON THE HANDLE HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE HANDLE OF THE RATCHE T.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS TAKING DOWN A LINE CURTAIN. WHEN HE TURNED HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND FELL DOWN TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ROOFBOLTING AT A FALL AREA AND WHILE HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE ARM OF THE ROOF BOLTER HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
ON SUNDAY 5/5/91 ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN TRACK ENTRY OF UNIT 003 AT 1+80. FALL OCCURED OUTBY FACE & FELL ON TOP OF MINER THAT WAS PARKED FOR WEEKEND.
ON 05-03-91 A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #2 ENTRY OF UNIT 3 AT SURVEY TAG 1+37 FALL OCCURRED OUTBY THE FACE & WAS 23FT WIDEX19.5FTLONGX9FT HIGH FALL WILL BE PROPPED & NOT CLEANED UP
EMPL STATES HE WAS WALKING DOWN TRACK ENTRY & BBENT OVER TO MOVE BOLTER CABLE & WHEN HE STOOD UP HE HIT NECK & BACK ON ROOF BLOCK.
AT APPROX 11 A.M. A ROOF FALL OCCURED INT HE 8TH WEST OFF 6 TH NORTH. THE ROOF FALL OCCURED AT #7 CROSSCUT IN #3 ENTRY AND WAS APPROX 20'X20'X12' HIGH.
A CHUNK OF COAL CAME OFF THE BELT AND HIT THE LEFT KNEE. MAN JUMPED BACK, KNEE LOCKED UP.
ON 4-12-91 A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE MAIN EAST INTAKE BETWEEN CROSSCUTS 291 AND 291 IN THE ENTRY. THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROXIMATLY 20' LONG X 20' WIDE AND WAS APPROX. 5' TALL.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GETTING INTO A SCOOP, WHEN HE BUMPED HIS KNEE ON THE SIDE OF THE SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS TAKING A DRIVE CHAIN FOR A MOTOR APART WHILE HE WAS HITTING THE CHAIN WITH A BALLPIN HAMMER A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAITING TO GO TO THE MINER TO GET A LOAD OF COAL AND HIS SHUTTLE CAR ROLLED BACK CATCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR AND RIB.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. MAN HAS HAD SURGERY ON THIS KNEE AND IT IS CONTINUALLY BOTHERING HIM.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 2ND SUB PANEL EAST OFF 2ND SUB PANEL SOUTH OFF SUB MAIN EAST IN THE 3RD CROSSCUT OF ROOM 34, 3 WAY INTERSECTION.
EE STATES HE PICKED UP ONE END OF A 3INCH WATER LINE TO MVOE IT OUT OF THE WAY AND HIS BACK AND SHOULDER STARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF EXPANDERS FROM UNDER A ROLL OF TROLLEY & HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AFTER LIFTING
A FALL WAS FOUND ON 3-14-91 AT 16 CROSSCUT OF 4 ENTRY OF THE 4TH EAST PANEL OFF THE 6TH NORTH ENTRIES. FALL WAS APPROX. 50 FT LONG 19FT WIDE AND 8FT THICK.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CLEANING WITH SCOOP RAN OVER A BOULDER & CAUSED HIM TO BUMP AGAINST THE SCOOP