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I.NAME & OTHER HAD FINISHED CUTTING #2 ENTRY AND WERE BACKING THE MINER OUT.PICKED UP MINER CABLE TO LAY IT ON THE HOOK ON SIDE OF MINER ,HEARD BACK POP ,FELL TO KNEES DROPPING MINER CABLE.
INJURED STATED "I WAS IN #4 SIDE CUT OFF OF ROOMS AND THE MIENR WAS IN TEH PROCESS OF CLEANING UP CUT. THE MIENR HAD CLEANED UP THE RIGTH SIDE AND WAS MOVING OVER TO CLEAN UP LEF6T SIDE. I W AS THROWING THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE MINER'S WAY WHEN I HAD PAIN IN THE CENTER OF MY LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL 20'X20'X3' FOUND IN #1 ENTRY 6 BREAKS OUTBY SECTION TAIL PIECE.
RF BOLTER INJ INSTALLING RF STRAPS IT CAUGHT ON STORAGE TRAY, WHILE ALIGNING STRAP, STRAINED BACK
INJURED WAS IN LIGHT HOUSE AND HAD STARTED OUT DOOR, AFTER PUTTING CAP LIGHT UP AT END OF REGULAR SHIFT. HE STATED THAT HE STEPPED ACROSS PIECE OF METAL IN DOORWAY AND ALLEGEDLY TWISTED HIS LE FT KNEE.
I NAME STATED WHILE CUTTING TAPE OFF HOSE THAT WAS ON THE TIE OFF JACK FOR SHUTTLE CAR CABLE THE KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED CAUSING A STAB WOUND TO THE LEFT HAND ABOVE THE KNUCKLE ON THE THUMB
THE INJURED SAID HE WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET IN #4 ENTRY WHEN SCOOP HIT A LUMBER IN THE ROADWAY BOUNCING HIM UP AND WHEN HE CAME DOWN HARD,HURT HIS BACK AND LEFT LEG.
THE INJURED WAS WORKING ALONG THE CONVEYOR BELTLINE MOVING PIECE OF BOTTOM ROCK WHERE MINE BOTTOM HAD HEAVED AND ADDITIONAL CLEARENCE WAS NEED FOR CONVEYOR BELT. A SECTION OF COAL ROLLED CATC HING INJUREDS RIGHT FOOT AND LOWER LEG CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER LEG AND FOOT.
A FALL MEASURING 42" THICK 19' W, AND 50' L, WAS FOUND IN THE #4 ENTY 5900 FT INBY PORTAL. THE SECTION HAS BEEN MOVED OUTBY THIS AREA AND T HE AREA SEALED.
NOTE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON 4-26-88, BUT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 4-28-88, AND INJ. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL CARE UNTIL 4-29-88. INJ. WAS REPLACING A CONECTING PIN ROLL PIN IN T HE CAT PADS OF T HE 265 LEE-NORSE CONT. MIINER. WHILE DRIVING PIN IN THE HEAD OF PIN CHIPPED AND A SILVER OF METAL ENTERED THE MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE 2ND AND 3RD JOINT. LACERATION TO REMOVE
A ROCK FALL APPROX.15FT WIDE 20FT LONG & 5FT THICK OCCURRED IN #4 ENTRY IN A INTERSECTION APPROX.3000FT INBY THE #4 PORTAL
AFTER BOLTING M3NER CUT IN #4 ENTRY HEADING THE INJURED HAD SQUATTED DOWN BESIDE BOLTING MACHINE ON THE OFF SIDE TO REPAIR A "RUN OVER" MAT,HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE CLOSE CLEARANCE BETWEEN HIMSEL F AND BOLTING M5CHINE.THE OTHER BOLTER OPERATOR WAS GOING TO MOVE MACHINE.AS MACHINE WAS BACKING OUT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE,BRUSHED THE RIGHT HIP OF THE INJURED ,CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE
AFTER TRAMMING 7ONT MINER INTO 5 ENTRY THE INJ ATTEMPTED TO THROW MINER CABLE OFF TO THE SIDE, OUT OF THE WAY OF SHUTTLE CARS, AND WHILE DOING SO HE STRAINED HIS BACK
I.NAME WAS IN P9OCESS OF CUTTING A 2 INCH PLASTIC WATER LINE WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE HOLDING THE PIPE IN HIS LEFT HAND AND CUTTING TOWARD HIS BODY WITH HIS RT HAND THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS WRIST 3
WHILE RE-SETTIN1 A 2INCH SUMP PUMP & TRASH CATCH CONTAINER THE PUMP FELL OVER IN CONTGAINER CATCHING HIS FOREFINGER OF RT HAND CAUSING LACERATION ABOVE 2ND JOINT OF FINGER
I.NAME STATED T2AT HE WAS USING A RED DEVIL TO PULL A BELT DRIVE MOTOR TO THE 002 BELT DRIVE WHEN IT HUNG ON A TIMBER SET BESIDE THE BELT DRIVE AS HE PUSHED AND PULLED TO FREE THE MOTOR FROM T IMBER HE STATED3HE STRAINED HIS BACK
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED 3600'INBY PORTAL IN MAIN RETURN OFF OF 001 LEFT SECTION.ROOF FALL 34'WIDE THROUGH INTERSECTION X 52'LONG X 1-60''THICK.
WHILE RIDING IN3SCOOP BUCKET THE SCOOP DROPPED OFF IN A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY JARRING HIM
I.NAME WAS RIDI3G IN THE MINE ON THE OUTBY END OF THE PERSONNEL CARRIER, AND THEY CAME TO A LOW PLACE IN THE MINE ROOF, HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PERSONNEL CARRIER AND THE ROOF ON HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE FRACTU9ING 3 RIBS
HURT BACK PULLING DRAW ROCK WITH SLATE BAR.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRIME A 2" GORMAN RUPP WATER PUMP. WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND OVER THE VALVE, THE WATER INSIDE HAD BECOME, HOT AND WAS THROUWN BACK OUT, HITTING HIS LEFT WERIST, CHEST AND ABDOMEN.
FALL OCCURED ON 002 MAINS SECTION IN ROOMS #2 ENTRYAPPX. 21 FEET LONG, 12 FT. WIDE & 36" TO 42" THICK. TIMBERS WERE INSTALLED IN THE FALL AREA.
HANGING WING CURTAIN WHEN RIB ROLLED OVER ON FOOT