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THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT IN AN OUTSIDE HOLE. A PIECE OF THE RIB BROKE OFF, STRIKING THE MAN ON THE LOWER BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE COAL WHICH HAD FALLEN ON ANOTHER EMPLOYEE; A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK THE MAN ON THE FOOT.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A 4' RESIN ROOF BOLT. AS THE BOLT WAS PUSHED UP, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT HEAD AND CAUGHT THE INJURED'S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD AND ROOF PLATE.
MINER WAS MINING PUSH ON 2 LT. SHORTWING OFF 36 LAT. BELT, #2 P.U. WHEN ROOF FELL COMING FROM JOB AREA, RIDING THRU BREAKER TIMBERS. CATCHING MINER. ROCK MEASURED 20 FT. PLUS THICK 30 FT. PLUS WIDE, AND 50 FT. PLUS LONG. UNINTENTIONAL CATCHING OF MINER.
DHDG SECTION PILLARS, DRILL SETTING IN 2L ENTRY NEXT TO BREAKER TIMBERS. GOB AREA FELL IN & RODE THRU BREAKER TIMBERS DUE TO MOUNTAIN BREAK & PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING ABOUT 30 FT. LONG, & 4 FT THICK FEATHERING DOWN TO 2 FT CAUGHT CORNER OF DRILL. PULLED IT OUT WITH 1/2" CHAIN & RAM CAR ONLY DAMAGE TO DRILL HAD TO REPLACE HALOGEN AREA LIGHT.
INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF STANDING TIMBER UP TO SET IT, HAD CLAWS OF HAMMER STUCK IN ONE END. LITING UP WITH HAMMER WHEN CLAWS SLIPPED OUT OF TIMBER, CAUSING HAMMER TO STRIKE HIM IN MOUTH, UPP ER LIP, CUTTING IT, REQUIRING 2 STITCHES.
FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY FIREBOSS BETWEEN 7 & 7:30 AM MINES WAS IDLE THIS DAY. FALL WAS LOCATED ON DHDG MAINS SECTION 1 LT ENTRY BETWEEN 32+64 PICKUP. IT WAS BETWEEN 4 & 5' THICK. FELL BETW EEN TO SOLID PILLARS ABOUT 69' LONG NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE OR PEOPLE INVOLVED.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF DECK OF DRILL WHEN HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS RT.ARM & SHOULDER EMPLOYEE FINISHED SHIFT ON 0825 & WORKED 0826 WENT TO DR.ON SAT.0827 & DR.TOLD HIM TO TAKE WEEK OFF HE WAS OFF FROM 0829 THRU 090288 WHICH RESULTED IN A LOST TIME ACCIDENT
INJURED WAS CLEANING LOOSE ROCK OFF OF MINER, WHEN HE SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS ARM ON ROCK, CUTTING HIS ARM.
INJURED WAS STARTING TO DRILL HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT WHEN ROOF BUSTED UP AND PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL DOWN THRU ATRS AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.
AT END OF 2ND S2.ON DHDG FOREMAN & CREW FOUND IT WHILE RIDING RAM CAR MANTRIP OUT BATTICAR ROADWAY THEY CAME UPON IT AT 64 P.U.IN 2L ENTRY THEY WENT AROUND IT IN ENTRY IT FELL FOR ALMOST 2 BR KS.FROM 36FT TO350IN.HIGH NO EQUIP CAUGHT NO ONE INJURED FELL FROM JUST INBY 64P.U.TO JUSTINBY 62M 2PM
INJURED WAS USI3G AN AXE TO SHAVE THE BOOTOM OF A SPLIT HEADER BOARD FOR BRACE, SO THAT IT WOULD FIT INTO BRACE OF SUPPLY TRAILER FOR STANDARD TO HOLD DRILL CABLE ON SUPPLY TRAILR. AS HE WAS SHAVING BOARD,3AXE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANBD, AND BLADE STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING LACERATION TO THE LITTLE TOE AND SIDE OF HIS FOOT.
INSTALLING BOLT3AND PLATE,LOSE,SCALY ROCK SLID DOWN ROOF BOLT CATCHING LEFT THUMB BETWEEN PLATE AND ROCK.MASHING THUMB AND BLOOD BLISTER ON INDEX FINGER.
INJURED WAS KNE9LING DOWN BEHIND FLETCHER DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 10X8X31/2 INCH FELL, STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE LEFT HAND.
OPERATOR WAS IN8TALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED ON FROM THE RIB AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT LEG.
PARKED SCOOP WH3LE DOING OTHER WORK.WHEN HE RETURNED TO SCOOP DECK,RIB ROLLED MEASURING 2' X 2' X 6'' STRIKING HIM ON LEFT FOREARM.
INJURED WAS MOV3NG ROOF BOLT ER INTO PLACE WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE DRILL DECK A PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED FROM THE RIB STRIKING HIM ON THE FOOT & LEG
D-108 #8 SECTIO3 MINING ON 3L BLOCK ON THE NEXT TO THE FINAL PUSH WHEN TOP FELL FROM 2L BLOCK ACROSS TO 3L BLOCK CATCHING HEAD OF MINER.MEASURING 11'WIDE ACROSS MINER AND 4' BACK ON THE BITS.C CAUGHT FOR 4 HR8.
OPERATOR DRILLI3G HOLE WHEN CHUCK PART OF BOTTOM PIECE OF DRILL STEEL BROKE OFF THE DRILL HEAD THEN THREW IT OUT AND IT HIT INJ ON SIDE OF NOSE.6 STITCHES.
INJURED WAS MOV3NG A CATHEAD LOCKOUT BOX BACK TO THE SECTION TRANSFORMER WHEN A BLOCK OF COAL MEASURING 19 IN X 25 IN X 7 FT ROLLED FROM THE RIB AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BCK AND HIP
BELT HEADING EN7RY, BETWEEN #16 AND #17 FELL FROM 4 FEET ON THE OUT-BY POINT TO 5 FEET THICK ON THE INBY POINT, RIB 20 FEET WIDE, AND 60 FEET LONG. THERE WAS A HILL SEAM ON THE LEFT RIB THAT HAD BEEN STRAPP9D USING 4 FEET RESIN ROOF BOLTS, UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL.
D-HDG SECTION W5S MINING ON BH BLOCK, LONG WING FINAL PUSH, THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TIMBERS WERE SET, THE TOP RODE THRU FROM THE INBY BLOCK CATCHING THE HEAD OF THE 14CM10 CONT MINER;AN INTENTIO NAL ROOF FALL B6T AN UNINTENTIONAL GETTING THE MACHINE CAUGHT. RECOVERY TIME 3 HOURS.
SCOOP MAN WAS C5EANING THE SECTION WHEN THE SCOOP STOP TRAMMING BLOCKING THE ROADWAY. I.NAME GOT A TOW BAR TO PULL THE SCOOP OUT OF THE WAY. HE HOOKED THE BAR TO THE S/C & TOLD DRIVER TO PU LL OFF SO HE C2ULD HOOK IT TO THE SCOOP. WHERN HE STARTED THE CAR IT WENT FORWARD CATCHING THE MECHANICS FOOT.
TIGHTENING CONV9YOR CHAIN ON SC.HE WAS PULLING UP ON 3/4'' RATCHET WHEN FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
E-4 CREW WAS ON3RETREAT MINING ILL SHORT WING AT CRACK MEASURING 12 FT WIDE BY 8 FT LONG AND 4 FT THICK FELL ON THE HEAD OF THE MINING MACHINE.
INJURED WAS RID3NG IN BATTERY AR DECK WHEN IT RAN OVER A PILE OF MUCK THROWING IT INTO THE TOP, HITTING HEAD AND SHOULDER AGAINST THE TOP.
I NAME AND II N5ME WERE CHANGING COUPLING ON DRILL ONE OF THE PANIC SWITCHES WOULD NOT LET THE DRILL RUN SO HE STARTED CHECKING THE POWER CABLE FOR GROUNDED PLACE. HE PUT HIS METER PRONES INTO CABLE AND IT J6MPED THE POWER OVAR AND STARTE THE DRILL UP TEARING THE COUPLING OFF FROM THE PUMP MOTOR STRIKING HE ACROSS THE BACK OF HIS HAND.
INJURED WAS TRA5ELING IN 6 ENTRY AT TRANSFORMER SEAM HIGH APP 48 INCH WHILE MOVING UNDER THE WATER HOSE FOR MINER THE BATTERY CAR HOOKED IT ON THE SIDE PULLING IT TIGHT. IT THEN BROKE FLYING B ACK, IT STRUCK 7HE INJURED IN THE HEAD AND ARM.
INJURED WAS HAN1ING CURTAINS FOR FACE VENT WHEN HE SAID HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK
ROOF FELL ON MI3ER.
INJ DRILLING HO5E FOR ROOFBOLT AND RUBBER GLOVE CAUGHT ON DRILL STEEL FX INDEX FINGER LEFT HAND.
INJ EXTRACTING 2ND CUT OUT OF SHORT SPLIT OF E-64 SECTION B-HDG BLOCK #4 PU.AS HE WAS SETTING OVER FOR RT RUN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 31'' WIDE X 5''THICK X 90''LONG FELL.INJ STEPPED OUT OF MINER D ECK AND DRAW RO7K PINNED HIM AGAINST CABLE STAND OFF FRACTURING HIS PELVIS.
INJ WAS GETTING3OUT OF A FMC SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE PUT HIS FOOT DOWN ON A BLOCK OL COAL TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE
INJURED WAS PUS2ING ON BUCKET OF KERSEY SCOOP WITH OPER DECK END OF BATTERY TRACTOR WHEN SCOOP WAS PUSHED ONTO IRREGULAR BOTTOM CAUSING BUCKET RAISE AND THE VICTIM TRAMMED THE BATTERY TRACTOR UNDER THE BUCK9T CATCHING HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE UNDER SIDE OF SCOOP BUCKET AND THE PANIC BAR AND SOUND GONG OF THE BATTERY TRACTOR
INJRUED WAS LIF7ING MINER CABLE TO HANG IT WHEN HE SAID THAT HE FELT PAIN IN IS BACK
WHILE CUTTING A3PIECE OF METAL FROM THE HEAD OF THE MINER IT FELL AND STRUCK THE INJURED ACROSS HIS LEFT KNEE
ROOF FELL ON MI3ER
FLUID DRIVE COU1LING BETWEEN MOTOR AND SPEED REDUCER CAUGHT FIRE REASON UNKNOWN FIRE EXTIQ IN APPROX 10 MIN WITH WATER
INJURED WAS RESETING A TIMBER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 22\ X 12\ X 5\ HIGH
CAUGHT HEAD AGAINST HEADER BOARD
INJURED PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN COUPLING & FRAME OF BATTERY CAR.WHEN CAR MOVED COUPLING CAME UP & CAUGHT HIS FINGER.
STANDING ON DRILL CABLE & LOST HIS BALANCE
REPAIRING A BEL7 AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN BELT CLAMP & BELT STRUCTURE.
SLIPPED & FELL
OVERHEATING BEARING & SPEED REDUCER CAUSED OIL SEAL TO FAIL & OIL IGNITED WHEN HITTING HOT PARTS
INJURED & 4 OTHER MEN WERE LOADING 6" STEEL PIPE ON A TRACTOR. INJURED CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN PIPE & TRACTOR.
CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HEADER BOARDS
ROCK FELL
INJURED REVERSEDD A ROOF DRILL & CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN A HEADER BOARD & EDGE OF THE CANOPY.
REMOVED TIMBER AND A ROCK FELL STRIKING INJURED.
INJURED WAS RIDING A BELT AND STRUCK OVERCAST.
STRUCK A DOOR
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL
INJURED WAS STRUCK BY A SCOOP TRACTOR TIRE.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL.
EMPL SLIPPED ON ICE.