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A ROOF FALL MEA8URING 20'X20'X8' FELL ION THE BELT ENTRY AT CROSSCUT NO.14.THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 6' TENSION REBAR BOLTS IN THE INTERSECTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE 4' RESIN BOLTS INSTALLED W HEN FIRST MINED1CAUSE:SLICKENSIDES AND HORSEBACK IN ROOF STRATA.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN #15 CROSSCUT ORIGINATING IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE NO.2 ENTRY.THE FALL EXTENDED THROUGH THE CROSSCUT AND CAUGHT THE POWER CENTER.THE FALL MEASURED 70'X20'X8'.ATTRIBUTE D TO SLICKENSID9S AND HORSEBACK IN ROOF STRATA.
HE WAS UNLOADIN1 TIMBERS OFF A FLAT CAR AND PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS UPPER BACK.
HE WAS SHOVELI3G WET COAL AND MUCK FROM UNDER A BELTDRIVE A SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK AND BOTH LEGS
HE WAS SHOVELIN1 WET COAL AND MUCK FROM UNDER A BELT-DRIVE LOCATED ON THE SURFACE AND STRAIN HIMSELF IN THE GROIN AREA.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED 14 THE 17TH BREAK BETWEEN THE TRACK AND BELT ENTRY THE FALL WAS APPROX. 28 FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE 6FT HIGH THE FALL CAVITY CONSISTED OF SLICKEN SIDED SHALE WITH A SMALL MOUN OF WATER SEEPIN1 THROUGH THE ROOF.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN THE 16TH BREAK BETWEEN THE TRACK AND BELT ENTRY.THE FALL WAS APPROX.5' THICK,18' WIDE AND 18' LONG.THE FALL CAVITY CONSISTED OF SLICKEN SIDED SHALE WITH A SMALL AMOU NT OF WATER SEE1ING THROUGH THE ROOF.
HE WAS SHOVELIN1 WET COAL AND MUD UP AT A BELT RIVE,PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER RIGHT STOMACH.HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5/15/87 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TREATED FOR A RIGHT ANGULAR HERNIA TO THE STOMACH.SURGERY3WAS SHEDULED FOR 5/21/87.
HE WAS GETTING 2UT OF THE SCOOP AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE, HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6/29/87 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TREATED FOR INFECTION UNDER HIS LEFT KNEE CAP.
HE WAS OPERATIN1 A C/M AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS R ANKLE, A SMALL ABRASION OCCURRED BUT HE DIDNT SEE A DR. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5-1-87 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TRE ATED FOR BLOOD POISONING 3
HE WAS TAKING A3LINK APART ON A MINER CONVEYOR CHAIN WITH A PUNCH AND HAMMER.HE MISSED THE PUNCH WITH THE HAMMER AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.
HE WAS HANGING 7HE MINER CABLE AND PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS MIDDLE BACK. HE CONTINED TO WORK UNTIL 02/05/,M AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TREATED FOR A MIDDLE BACK STRAIN.
HE WAS HELPING 4AKE A BELT SETUP AND WHEN HE LIFTED UP ON THE BELT HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
HE HAD THE HING9D SIDE OF A BELT TAILPIECE RAISED UP & HAD INSTALLED NEW SPILL RUBBER ON IT. WHEN HE LIFTED IT TO LOWER IT BACK INTO POSITION HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
HE WAS REMOVING3A MINER PLANETARY FROM THE BED OF A PICK-UP TRUCK, THE PLANETARY SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE FIFTH FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
ROOF FAL APPROX320X4X6 OCCURRED IN IN INTERSECTION OF THE TRACK ENTRY AT SPAD 1762 FALL WAS ATTRIBUTED TO UNDECTED SLICKEN SIDED HORSE BACK FOUR FOOT RESIN BOLTS HAD BEEN USED IN FALL AREA
HE WAS ASSISTIN1 IN MAKING A SPLICE IN A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE. HE HAD A KNIFE CUTTING THE CABLE IN TO. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND FOREFINGER. THE CUT REQUIRED 6 STI TCHES. 3
HE WAS HELPING 3NSTALL A HYDROLIC MOTOR ON THED FEEDER, THEY HAD A COVER RAISED UP, WHEN HE TIRED TO CATCH IT HIS THUMB ON THE LEFT HAND WAS BENT BACK CAUSING A SPRAIN.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED ONT HE #3 BELT ONE BREAK INBY TGE #3 BELT-DRIVE. IT FELL IN AN INTERSECTION & WAS APPROX 50' LONG 30' WIDE & 4' HIGH. THE FALL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO A COAL SEAM NEAR THE 5NCHORAGE OF THE BOLTS.
HE HAD PARKED T2E DIESEL SCOOP TO CLEAN AND FILL THE SCRUBBER WITH WATER. HE BENT OVER THE SCOOP AND HAD HIS FOOT UNDER IT. THE SCOOP REAR TIRE WAS ON A PIECE OF ROCK AND SLID OR ROLLED OFF TH E ROCK, CATCHIN1 HIS RIGHT FOOT UNDER THE REAR OF THE SCOOP
HE WAS OPERATIN1 A SHUTTLE CAR AND HAD JUST COMPLETED LOADING, HE STEPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE CARS CANOPY TO CHANGE SEATS AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK 3
A ROOF FALL ON 7HE NUMBER TWO BELT JUST INBY SPAD #727. THE FALL WAS APPROX 26' L X 19 1/2'W X 6'H. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED AND IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A HIDDEN SLIP IN THE ROOF
HE WAS CLEANING3ROCK AND COAL OFF THE TOP OF THE MINER WHILE RUNNING THE CONVEYOR AND A FOREIGN OBJECT FROM THE CONVEYOR AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE. THE OBJECT HAD TO BE REMOVED BY A DR
ROOF FALL ON T9ACK 5TH X-CUT OUTBY #4 BELTDRIVE OF 1 X-CUT INBY SPAD #872.NO EQUIP INVOLVED BUT ROCK FELL ON HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE WITH NO APPARENT DAMAGE.FALL MEASURED 28' X 20' X 4'6'' HIGH.SO FTWOOD TIMBERS 2AD ROTTED WITH TIME,MINED 5-83.MINING INDUCED PRESSURE CRACK AT 4'.CRACK WAS PRESENT WHEN FIRST BOLTED AS EVIDENCED BY CIRCLE OF RESIN.
A ROOF FALL ON 7HE BELT ENTRY TWO CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD 727. A SMALL AMOUNT OF ROCK FELL ON THE BELT CAUSING IT TO BE STOPPED. A BELT NOTED THAT A LARGE AREA WAS WORKING AND OBSERVED THE FALL FR OM A SAFE DISTA3CE. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 20FT WIDE 70FT LONG AND 6FT THICK.
A ROOF FALL ON 7HE TRACK AT THE 8TH CROSSCUT INBY NO. 2 BELT DRIVE. THE ROOF CABITY CONSISTED OF SLICK SIDED SHALE WHICH FELL ABOVE THE BOLTS. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 20FT WIDE 25 FT LONG AND 4FT TO 6FT THICK. 3
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN THE 7 ENTRY AT SPAD 1691 IN THE INTERSECTION. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 7 FT THICK, 35 FT LONG, AND 25 FT WIDE. THE FALL WAS ATTRIBUTED TO AN AREA OF LOW COVER.
HE WAS REPLACIN1 A SECTION OF 2 INCH WATER LINE ALONG THE BELT. THE WATER LINE FELL DOWN ON THE BELT AND HUNG. IT THEN FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING A CONTUSION.
HE WAS WALKING 7HROUGH AND ENTRY AND A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE TRIPPED HIM, THE FALL RESULTED IN PINCHED NERVES IN BOTH WRISTS
A ROOF FALL MEA8URING 40 FT X 3K FT X 5 FT OCCURRED IN THE INTAKE AIR COURSE ONE CROSSCUT OUTBY SPAD #1669 AND ONE CROSSCUT INBY THE POWER CENTER THE ROOF OF THE CAVITY WAS WET WHICH INDICAT ES THAT THE CAU8E OF THE FALL MAY HAVE BEEN WAER INDUCED CUTTERS ALONG THE RIB GAVE WARNING TO THE TWO EYEWITNESSES MINE IS IN NONPRODUCING STATUS SINCE 4-30-86
HE WAS LOADING 5 ROCK DUSTING MACHINE FROM THE LOADING DOCK TO A FLAT, PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS BACK BUT HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6/11/86.
ROOF IN THREE W5Y INTERSECTION WAS COMPOSED OF SLICKEN SIDED SHALE FALL MEASURED 25X25X4 FALL OCCURRED JUST ABOVE 4 FT RESIN BOLTS MINE WAS IDLE DURING TIME OF FALL THIS FALL OCCURRED SEVEN C CROSSCUTS FROM 0ACE IN THE INTAKE AIR COURSE
HE WAS DOWN ON 2IS KNEES SHOVELING MUD AND COAL FROM UNDER THE BELT, AND PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK
HE WAS INSTALLI3G ROOF BOLTS HE HAD INSTALLED THE OUTSIDE BOLT & WAS LOWERING THE CANOPY TO SWING AROUND & INSTALL THE INSIDE BOLT THE NUT HAD BACK OFF ON THE CANOPY JACK & WHEN THE JACK WENT DOWN THE CANOPY3STAYED UP THE CANOPY SUDDENLY FELL & STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD
HE WAS SHOVELIN1 MUD AND COAL FROM UNDER THE BELT. A SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK
HE WAS OPERATIN1 A C/M FROM A REMOTE CONTROL BOX. HE HAD CUT SOME COAL SOWN & WAS WAITING ON A S/C WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS & STRUCK HIM CAUSING A FRACTURE TO T H %**%%* THE P9LVIS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
HE WAS HELPING 3NSTALL 7" BY 9" CROSS COLLARS. WHEN HE LIFTED UP ON THE CROSS COLLAR A SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS UPPER BACK
HE WAS WALKING 7HROUGH A WATER HOLE GOING TO THE M INER PUMP. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE
HE WAS CARRYING3A STEERING ARM FROM THE SUPPLY HOLE TO A SHUTTLE CAR ON THE SECTION. HE SLIPPED FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT RIBS AGAINST A CRIB BLOCK
SITTING DOWN WITH BACK BRACED AGAINST CRIB BLOCKS WITH KNEES BENT,WAS PUSHING AGAINST WRENCH TO BREAK BOLT LOOSE ON MINER,WHEN HE APPLIED PRESSURE,PAIN DEVELOPED IN LOWER BACK AND MID SECTION.
THE FLAT CAR DERAILED, AND WHEN HE JACKED IT UP AND PUSHED IT OVER TO GET IT ON THE TRACK HE RUPTRUED A DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE TRACK ENTRY THAT WAS APPROX. 4\ THICK 20\ LONG AND 35\ WIDE. IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO UNCONSOLIDATED ROOF STRATA IN A LOCALIZED AREA.
HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RT FOOT WHICH CAUSED A FRACTURE TO HIS FOOT
ROOF FALL 120\ INBY PORTAL IN #2 ENTRY 1 BREAK TO RIGHT OF SPAD 699.FALL 6\THICK X 20\WIDE X 20\LONG.ATTRIBUTED TO FAULTED ZONE IN ROOF.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED APPROX. 3000 INBY THE PORTAL IN THE 1 ENTRY AND DIRECTLY UNDER SPAD 1125 EXTENDING TO THE RIGHT OVER TO AND INCLUDING THE NEXT INTERSECTION IT WAS APPROX. 6 THICK 100 WIDE AND 20 LONG IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A FAULT IN THE ROOF.
ROOF FALL 400\ INBY PORTAL #1 ENTRY IN INTERSECTION OF SPAD 703.FALL WAS 6\THICJK X 20\WIDE X 30\LONG.ATTRIBUTED TO FAULT IN ROOF.
A ROOF FALL APPROX 2300\ INBY THE PORTAL IN THE #1 ENTRY, IN THE INTERSECTION OF SPAD 862. THE FALL WAS APPROX 6\ THICK, 20\ WIDE AND 100\ LONG. IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A FAULT IN THE ROOF
ROOF FALL OCCURRED 4600\ INBY PORTAL IN #1 ENTRY AND DIRECTLY UNDER SPAD 1206 EXTENDING TO RIGHT OVER NEXT INTERSECTION.6\THICK X 100\WIDE X 20\LONG.ATTRIBUTED TO FAULT IN ROOF. LT IN THE ROOF.
A ROCK FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN THE #3 & #4 X-CUT INBY THE PORTAL ON THE #4 TRACK ENTRY. THE FALL WAS APPROX 5\ HTICK 18\LONG & 18\ WIDE. IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO T HE IMMEDIATE ROOF BEING UNCONSOL IDATED SHALE.
WHILE INSTALLING CRIBS UNDER THE FEEDER THE STARTING BOX LID FOR THE FEEDER FELL AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE LID AND CRIBS CAUSING A FX TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN T HE #5 ENTRY 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD 1289. THE FALL WAS IN AN INTERSECTION & WAS APPROX 4\-6\ THICK 25\ WIDE & 35\ LONG. IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO FAULT ZONE.
ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION APPROX 7\ THICK 18\ LONG & 18\ WIDE.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A SMALL UNDETECTED COAL SEAM. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 18 BY 18 AND 6 IN 7 ENTRY ONE BREAK INBY SPAD 1201.
ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #1164 (3700\ INBY PORTAL) FALL WAS 40\L X BY 20\W AND RANGED IN THICKNESS FROM 4 TO 6\. FALL WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A LOCALIZED FAULT IN TOP
HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT IN THE ROOF BOLTER STEEL AND IT TWISTED HIS LEFT WRIST CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT WRIST.
A PIECE OF OF DRAW ROCK WAS LAYING ON THE ROOFBOLTER CANOPY, WHEN HE MOVED THE CANOPY IT SLID OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD, NECK AND BACK.
ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION AT SPAD #893 (2580\ INBY PORTAL) FALL WAS 40\ LONG BY 20\ WIDE AND RANGED IN THICKNESS FROM 0 TO 6\. FALL WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A LOCALIZED FAULT IN TOP
HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS & A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD & SHOULDER CAUSING BRUISES & ABRASIONS TO THE BACK.
GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO SECTION FOREMAN STANDING NEAR CORNER OF RIB AT 1ST INTERSECTION INBY FEEDER.RIB APPEARED STABLE BUT ROLLED FROM CORNER AND STRUCK EMPL ON RIGHT SIDE AND BACK.
DURING PILLAR WORK THE PILLAR HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE MINER WAS BACKING OUT, A POWER FAILURE OCCURRED AND THE MINER COULD NOT BE MOVED TO A SAFE LOCATION. A ROOF FALL FELL ON TOP OF THE C ONTINOUOUS MINER.
ROOF FALL IN THE FIRST BREAK INBY THE PORTAL IN THE NUMBER THREE ENTRY ZERO TO SIX FEET THICK TWENTY FEET WIDE AND 70 FTO LONG
ROCK FALL 900 FT INBY PORTAL IN NUMBER ZERO TO FOUR AND ONE HALF FEET THICK TWENTY FET WIDE AND THIRTY FOOT LONG
ROOF FALL 100 FEET INBY PORTAL IN #5 ENTRY, EIGHT-B MINE.
ROOF FALL 800 FEET INBY PORTAL IN #3 ENTRY. EIGHT-A-MINE
WHILE MOVING A DISLODGED TIMBER A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 38X25X3 FELL AND HIT HIM IN LOWER PART OF BACK CAUSING A COMPRESSED FRACTURE OF L1 VERTABRAE
HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH A TWIN HEAD FLETCHER BOLT MACHINE, AND HAD HIS HAND LAYING ON THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE AND A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND, CAUSING A FR ACTURE TO HIS SMALL FINGER.
INSTALLING RESIN TYPE ROOF BOLTS AND HAD DRILLED HOE AND INSERTED GLUE-PUSHING BOLT INTO HOLE WITH BOLT MACHINE HEAD.CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN ROOF BOLT PLATE AND MINE ROOF CAUSING FRACTURE OF LITTL FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
WHILE REMOVING ROCK FROM THE MINER A PIECE OF ROCK 3\X3\X6" SLID OFF & STRUCK RONNIE MAXIE ON THE HEAD & LEFT LEG. HE RECEIVED A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT LEG JUST BELOW THE HIP & A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT ANKLE. HE ALSO RECEIVED CUTS TO THE H EAD & LOWER PART OS HIS LEG.