Apraw Underground Mine Coal

ALONG WITH CO-WORKERS INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A PIECE OF PLATE STEEL,4'X8'X1/4"(APPROX 320 LBS) BY HAND INTO A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN INJURED FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.IT WAS NOT UNTIL 5 DAYS LATER (10-17-92) WHEN DISCOMFORT BECAME MORE INTENSE.INJURED REPORTED THE ACCIDENT ON 10-19-92 AND WAS SENT TO DOCTOR FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TRUCK LOAD OF PIPE. WHILE UNLOADING PIPE THE LOAD SHIFTED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO THE GROUND WHERE HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING PIPE. FRACTURED SHOULDER AND CHEEKBON E, WAS HELD FOR OBSERVATION FOR POSSIBLE INTERNAL INJURIES.

ROOF FALL AT #2 X-CUT #2 ENTRY 1 WEST MAIN RETURN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ENGINE OF DIESEL MANTRIP HIS HAND SLIPPED & CONTACTED A SHARP EDGE THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION OF THE THIRD FINGER OF RT HAND

FALL AT INTERSECTION 2 SOUTH SUBMAINS, #5 ENTRY #13XCUT 25 FT LONG 16 FT WIDE 8'TO10' THICK.

FALL AT INTERSECTON #1 SOUTH SUBMAINES, #2 ENTRY. #22 X-CUT, 40 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE 3-6 FT THICK.

85379NG WITH CONVEYOR BELT MOVE. INJ COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN-PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

STRUCK HEAD ON COAL SAMPLER RETURN WHILE LEAVING PLANT JAMMED NECK

MANTRIP WAS GOING DOWN TEH SLOPE WHEN A DRIVE SHAFT BROKE. THE MANTRIP WENT INTO THE DITCH CAUSING INJURED TO FALL OUT.

ROOF STARTED TO DRIP WATER. SMALL PIECES BEGAN TO BREAK LOOSE. AREA WAS STRAIGHT LEGGED, DANGERED OFF. FALL OCCURRED ABOUT 30 MIN. LATER.

ROOF FALL BETWEEN #15 & #16 X-CUT IN #4 ENTRY IN THE 2ND SOUTH SUB-MAINS.50'LONG X 13'WIDE X 1- 5'THICK.

EE WAS MOVING ROCKS OFF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE MACHINE.

I.NAME UNCLOGGING CHUTES OF H & P AND C.M.I.FINISHED PRODUCT CONVEYOR BY HAMMERING ON THEM.PARTICLE BECAME AIRBORNE AND LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.

ROOF FALL 4 FT HIGH 20 FT LONG BROKE OFF AT ANCHOR ZONE.

FALL AT INTERSECTION, 2 SOUTH SUBMAINS, #4 ENTRY #14 X-CUT. APPROX. 20' LONG 35' WIDE 6' AT THE THICKEST PART.

I.NAME HELPING MOVE THE MINER CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL LANDING ON SIDE.

EE WAS BEGINING TO DRILL A ROOF BOLT HOLE TO SPOT A FEW BOLTS WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 1 FT DEEP A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.

MOISTURE CONTENT BETWEEN SHALE TOP ABOVE THE COAL AND SANDSTONE ABOVE THE SHALE.

ROOF FALL.

I NAME WAS DISMOUNTING T HE CHERY PICKER WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND ON HIS LEFT SIDE I NAME SAID HE WAS OK BUT BY THE END OF THE SHIFT HE HAD MUCH SWELLING IN HIS LEFT WRIST

INJ USING CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE OLD ROOF BOLTS.WHILE CUTTING,A HOT METAL SPARK ROLLED OFF CHEEK INTO GOGGLES AND INTO EYE.

RF FALL AT 14 X CUT 4 ENTRY 1 WEST MAINS

INJURED WAS HELPING INSTALL A NEW TOP ROLLER ON RADIAL STACKER BELT. HE DROPPED HIS END OF THE ROLLER AND IT STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A LACERATION HE WAS TAKEN TO GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPT IAL WHERE HE RECEIVED THREE SUTURES.

INJURED WAS HANGING CABLE AT BELT DRIVE.WHEN HE TURNED APICE OF TIE WIRE HIT THE OUTSIDE CORNER OF HIS LEFT EYE.THE TIE WIRE WAS HANGING FROM A ROOF PLATE.UNION HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM GAVE HI M EYE DROPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING BED TO DUMB LOAD OF COAL. BED HAD RAISED INTO 3RD STAGE WHEN HOIST PIN BROKE CAUSING HOIST TO GO THRU BED EXTENSIVELY.

INJURED WAS CUTTING 6INX6IN TIMBERS WITH A CHAIN SAW TO MAKE STSRAIGHT LEG MATERIAL WHILE CUTTING THE SAW CONTACTED A KNOT IN THE WOOD THE SAW BOUNCED BACK HITTING HIM IN THE FACE

INJURED HAD JUST RIDDEN THE MAN TRIP INTO THE MINE. AS HE BENT OVER TO WALK TO ANOTHER MAN TRIP HE STRAINED HIS NECK. HE SOUGHT TREATMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR.

INJURED WAS GRINDING ON TAIL LIFT CYLINDER OF 14 CM MINER. A METAL SPARK EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

INJURED HAD PERFORMED MISCELLANEOUS JOBS ALL MORNING, NONE REQUIRING ANY LIFTING. HE LIFTED A BUNDLE OF DRILL STEELS TO POSITION THEM FOR CUTTING. AS HE LIFTED THEM, HE INJURED HIS BACK. THE F IVE STEELS WEIGHT ABOUT 75 LBS. TOTAL AND ARE 20 FEET LONG. HE INITIALLY SOUGHT TREATMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR.

INJURED WAS WALKING BELTLINE IN SECOND WEST ENTRY. AT THE #5 CROSSCUT HIS RIGHT LEG BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. AS HE WAS PULLING HIS LEG OUT, HE STRAINED THE KNEE.

INJURED WAS WALKING THROUGH MAINTENANCE SHOP.ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL.THE INJURED GOT A METAL SPARK IN HIS LEFT EYE AS HE WALKED BY.

INJURED WAS LIFTING BOOM JACK INTO PLACE ON LEE NORSE ROOF BOLTER. HE FELT LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE STRAINED HIS BACK. ON SUNDAY, JULY 29TH, HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.

INJURED WAS CLEANING UP CONTINUOUS MINER. HE REACHED BEHIND A PANEL TO REMOVE OLD RAGS AND DIRT. HE LACERATED HIS FINGER.

INJURED WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYES. THIS RESULTED IN AN IRRIATATION AND INFECTION. HE WAS ISSUED A PRESCRIPTION FOR NEOSPORIN AND AUGMENTIN. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY G LASSES.

INJURED WAS HANGING CABLE FOR THE ROOF BOLTER AS HE TURNED HE WALKED INTO A PIECE OF TIE WIRE THAT HUNG FROM THE ROOF THE EYE WAS PATCHED NO PRESCRIPTIONS WERE ISSUED

INJURED WAS USING A 2 1/2 LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO CLEAN MATERIAL FROM THE BOTTOM ROLLERS ON THE SLOPE BELT. THE HAMMER WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE BELT. HE FAILED TO LET GO OF THE HAMMER AND HIS ARM WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM ROLLER AND THE BELT.

INJURED WAS DRIVING A CART OUT OF THE MINE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT & SPRAINED HIS NECK THERE WERE X-RAYS TAKEN & THESE WERE NEGATIVE HE RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION OF COGESTIC FOR PAIN

INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE 8 CROSSCUT, 5 ENTRY 7 NORTH PANNEL. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK THE ATRS. THE ROCK SLID OFF TO THE GROUND THEN FELL OVER INTO INJURED LEFT LEG . HE SUFFERED A CONTUSION AND ABRASION. HIS INJURED WAS X RAYED AND WAS NEGATIVE. HE RECEIVED A PRESCRITION FOR ANSAID.

INJURED WAS REMOVING COVER PLATE OFF THE VALVE BANK ON #2 CONTINUOUS MINER HE DROPPED THE PLATE ON HIS LEFT RING FINGER RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES

INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK AND SOUGHT TREATMENT WITH A CHIROPRACTOR.

THE ROOF FALL WAS AT #2 X-CUT BETWEEN #4 & #5 ENTRY ON THE 1ST WEST. THE FALL WAS 7' LENGTH, 16' WIDE AND5' HIGH.

THIS IS A TRANSITION ZONE FROM SHALE TO SANDSTONE ROOF

ROOF FALL INBY 016 X-CUT,#5 ENTRY.DIMENSIONS OF FALL 5'HIGH X 12'WIDE X 15'LONG.

INJURED WAS RID3NG IN THE BUCKET OF 488 SCOOP HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE TOP EDGE OF THE BUCKET WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHEN THE SCOOP SWUNG AROUND AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE BUCKET EDGE AND THE COAL RIB 3

INJURED WAS OPE9ATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 15"X15"X4" FELL STRIKING HIM ON T HE RT HEEL. INJURED WAS UNDER THE OPERATORS CANOPY BUT THE ROCK FELL AT AN ANGLE.

INJURED WAS BUI5DING A BRATTICE AT THE 9 CROSS CUT, 3 ENTRY IN THE MAIN WEST. A ROCK 2X2X4 FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM JUST ABOVE THE LEFT ANKLE.

INJURED WAS BAR9ING DOWN A KETTLE BOTTOM ROCK.AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, HE COULD NOT DISLODGE THE ROCK. AS HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE ROCK, IT FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD AND NECK.THE ROCK WAS 18" IN DIAMETER WI7H A THICKNESS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES.