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INJURED WAS DRI5LING ROOF BOLT HOLE DRAW ROCK BROKE LOOSE & FELL DOWN ON TOP OF CANOPY IT BROKE INTO & A PIECE SLID OFF CANOPY HITTING INJURED IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK FACE WAS SUPPORT ED TO STANDARD3
EMPLOYEE WAS UN5OADING RESIN BOXES FROM SUPPLY CAR AND FELT A PULL IN THE LOWER BACK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK BECAUSE OF THIS INJURY UNTIL DECEMBER 10 1987.HOWEVER,HE WAS COCED SICK UNTIL JA NUARY 6 1988. O3 JANUARY 7 A FINAL DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT EMPLOYEES ABSENSE WAS DUE TO THE 04-15-86 INJURY AND HE WAS CODED INJURED.
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INJURED WAS MOV3NG A PIECE OF ROCK OFF MINER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING TIMBERS STRAINED BACK AND REPORTED IT AT END OF SHIFT(INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED ON 10-22-87 AND IT WAS DECIDED TO PAY THIS INDIVIDUAL COMPENSATION BENEFITS 10-22-87)
INJURED WAS LOA8ING TRACK STEEL ONTO TRACK CAR WHEN STEEL SLIPPED OFF CAR & CAUGHT INJUREDS HAND & FINGERS BETWEEN OTHER TRACK STEEL
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INJURED WAS HEL1ING REPLACE BELT IN HANGER AND AS HE PULLED ON BELT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS JAC5ING UP 8 TON MOTOR WHICH HAD WRECKED, JACK SLIPPED THROWING INJURED TO BOTTOM.
COAL DUST DISEA8E OF THE LUNGS.
INJURED WAS MOV3NG MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY WHERE ROOF BOLTER WAS CHANGING PLACES.
INJURED WAS BOL7ING 5 RIGHT WHEN RIB ROLLED & PINNED HIM AGAINST ROOF BOLT ER
EMPL WALKING TO3BATHHOUSE AFTER FINISHING SHIFT WHEN HE STEPPED ON HOLE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
COVERAGE IN THE3AREA WAS NOT VERY THICK.THE TOP WAS TAKING WEIGHT & COURSE OF WATER FROM ZOWCOVERAGE THIS CAUSED COLLOPSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3PROCESS OD INSERTING PIECE OF FINISHING STEEL INTO ROOF HOLE AS HE REACHED BACK TO TURN DRILL POT ON A PIECE OF ROCK APPROXIMATELY 8" BY 10" BY 1" THICK FELL STIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND 7HUMB.
INJURED WAS OPE9ATING MINER BY REMOTE CONTROL HAD BACKED IT OUT FROM #3 BREAK AND SHUT IT OFF AS HE SET CONTROL ON TOP OF MINER AND TURNED A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OFF RIB AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT 3
EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING TIMBERS WJHEN HE COMPLAINED HE HAD STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PER LOAD A 5X7 HEADER ONTO A SUPPLY MOTOR WHEN HIS TRIPPED OVER A BOARD CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND TWIST HIS ANKLE.
DRILLING ROOF B2LT HOLES PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON HIS LEFT HAND INJURING HIS LITTLE FINGER
EE SLIPPED & FE5L DOWN BATHHOUSE STEPS STRIKING LEFT WRIST.
PLACING BELTMAN8 TOOLBOX IN JEEP AND CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN TOOL BOX AND JEEP FRAME
THERE WAS FALL 3N THE INTAKE ENTRIES IN THE INTERSECTION ACROSS NO. 5&6 ENTRIES AT SPADS 1256 &1269. THIS BLOCKED THE INTAKE AND WE MOVED STOPPING LINE TO ROUTE THE INTAKE AND AND ESCAPE WAY. IT FELL 8 FOOT 7HICK AT A COAL RIDER SEAM.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON WHEEL UNIT OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS & STRUCK HIM ON LOWER BACK.
(PULLING) PILLARS ON 002 SECTION AT SPAD 241 PILLAR FALL OCCURRED COVERING MINER. ROCK 4-5 FEET THICK FROM PILLAR LINE BACK TO SPAD 241. THE MINER IS OPERATED RAIDO REMOTE. ALL ASPECTS OF PIL LAR PLAN WERE BEING FOLLOWED.
FOREMAN MAKING WEEKLY EXAM OF RETURN WHEN DISCOVERED ROOF FALL 20\WIDE X 20\LONG X 3-4\THICK.1 BREAK INBY SPAD 1218,#2 ENTRY,7200\ OUTBY SECTION 001.
INJURED WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT PLATES FROM SCOOP TO ROOF BOLTER ANDALLEGES HE HIT HIS BACK.
PULLING TWO BLOCKS PILLARS OF COAL NO 4 ENTRY WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THE ROOF CONTROL PLAN A ROOF FALL 20X4X6 FELL AND CAUGHT THE MINER THE SECTION FOREMAN WAS SUSPENDED AND EMPLOYEES WERE REINSTRUCTED ON PROPER WAY TO PULL TIMBERS
THE FIREBOSS DISCOVERED ROOF FALL IN BELT TRACK ENTRY AT SPAD 1225 BETWEEN 9:30 & 9:45PM. THE FALL WAS 25 FT WIDE / 25-30 FTLONG / 4 FT THICK THUS STOPPING BELTLINE AND BLOCKING TRACK. AREA WI LL BE SUPPORTED BY CRIBS AND CROSSBARS ON 4 FT CENTERS AFTER ROCK IS REMOVED.
INJURED WAS SETTING ROAD TIMBERS BY HIMSELF WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL FROM COAL RIB TO 1ST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS 3" THICK 6\ WIDE & 4\ LONG ROCK FELL ON INJURED PUSHING OR KNOCKING HIM TO MINE FLOOR CA USING FRACTURE OF LEFT ANKLE & BRUISES TO HIS BACK.
ROOF FALL FOUND 8-4-83 IN NO. 4 HEADING FROM SPAD 158 TO NEXT CROSSCUT 60-70 FEET LONG 5 TO 6 FT THICK OUTBY 2 BELHEAD 2 BREAKS AREA HAD BEEN ROOF BOLTED.
STARTED DRILLING TOP IN #2 ENTRY WHEN PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL DOWN CATCHING HAND ON DRILL POT.CAUSING SEVERE BRUISE ON TOP OF LEFT HAND AND CUTTING SKIN.