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EMPL OPERATING MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER IN BELT ENTRY STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH 48" LONG PIECE OF ROOF BOLT DRILL STEEL.
ROCK FELL ON NO 3 B4ELT DRIVE. FALL MEASURED 3' HIGH BY 10' LONG BY 15' WIDE.
NO. 3 ENTRY HAD A ROOF FALL APPROX. 4 TO 6 FT THICK 18 FT LONG 12 FT WIDE. THIS AREA HAS A HILL SEAM WITH WATER COMING OUT OF ROOF.
AS HE WAS LIFTING A SECTION OF LOW LOW STYRUCTURE BY LIFTING IT WITH A RAILROAD LIFT JACK HE WAS STRUCK BY THE LIFT JACK BAR IN THE JAW.
AS HE WAS WALKING NEAR THE OUTSIDE HEADDRIVE, HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND TRIPPED INTO A STEEL GUARD NEAR THE HEADDRIVE. HE HIT HIS FACE ON GUARD.
THE ROOF FALL IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT BETWEEN 2 & 3 ENTRY INTAKE CROSSCUT OFF BELT ENTRY APPROX. 6 TO 8 HIGH 20 FT WIDE FOR 80 THE ROCK FELL ON A LDT0-13 FLETCHED BOLTER.
AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A ROCK OUT OF THE MINER CONVEYOR HE SLIPPED AND FELL. AS HIS LEG SLIPPED UNDER THE RAISED ROCK IN THE CONVEYOR IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
AREA WEAKENED STRATE FELL 3' H 20'W 18' L IN BELT ENTRY
UNDETECTED FAULT AREA, ROCK FELL 30' BY 18' BY 3' H 4 BREAKS INBY SECTION DRIVE IN #3 ENTRY
A FAULT AREA CAUSED AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 18' WIDE 5' THICK BY 150' LONG TO FALL.
WATER SEEPING THROUGH WEAKENED STRATA CAUSED A FALL APPROX 14'BY16' BY 4' THICK.
ROCK FELL AT THE ANCHORAGE OF THE RESIN BOLTS IN NO 4 ENTRY 9 BREAKS FROM THE FACE APPROX 15 FT WIDE BY 14FT IN LENGTH & 3FT HIGH WATER FLOWING OUT OF ROOF WEAKENED STRATA
ROCK FELL AT THE ANCHORAGE OF THE RESIN BOLTS IN NO. 4 ENTRY 4 BREAKS OUTBY THE FACE 20' WIDE BY 20' LONG 3' HIGH. WATER COMING OUT OF ROOF WEAKENED STRATA.
I.NAME SAYS HE WAS STANDING AT THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS WATCHING THE MINER TRY TO TRAM IN REVERSE AFTER BEING STUCK. AS HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY FROM THE MINER, A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 1' BY 2' BY 5 " STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD, SHOULDER, AND LEG. THIS ROCK APPARENTLY FELL WHEN A LARGER PORTION OF DRAWROCK APPROX 6' X 4' X 6" FELL WHERE A CORNER HAD JUST BEEN ROUNDED OFF A PILLAR OF COAL.
I,NAME WAS WALKING ON A SECTION BELT WHICH WAS STOPPED. AS HE TOOK A STEP, HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, AND HE LANDED ON HIS "REAR END". I,NAME, HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF BED THE NEXT MO RNING BECAUSE HE HAD A STIFF BACK.
SCALING TOP,I.NAME PULLED DOWN SMALL PIECE OF ROCK WHICH STRUCK HIM IN THE JAW.ROCK CUT HIS JAW.
AFTER NO 1 HEADING WAS MINER ROOF STARTED WORKING & FELL 4' THICK BY 14' WIDE & 15' LONG. IT APPEARS ROOF IS WEAK STRATA BECAUSE OF LOW COVER.
WHILE MINING COAL IN NO 1 HEADING WITH REMOTE CONTROL MINER ROOF FALL OCCURRED WHICH COVERED MINING MACHINE. ROOF FELL BECAUSE OF FAULT IN ROOF. FALL WAS 4' THICK 20' LONG & 14' WIDE.
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS STRUCK BY A SMALL, 3" X 4" X 1/4", PIECE OF ROCK. (CUT FINGER).
WHILE BOLTING THE DRILL STEEL DROPPED OUT OF THE HOLE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S HAND.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE SLIPPED IN MUDDY CONDITION AND HURT HIS BACK. (EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 7-26-89)
EMPLOYEE FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER POWER TRANSFERMER.
THE MINE HAD EXPERIENCED A NON-INJURY ACCIDENT IN THE FORM OF LATERAL ROOF MOVEMENT, DUE TO UNKNOWN REASONS, CAUSING ROOF CRACKS AND PILLAR OUTBURST THROUGHOUT THE MINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND BELT DRIVE WHEN HIS HAND WAS SOME HOW DRAWN IN BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING TWO OIL CANS TO SERVICE EQUIPMENT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
THE BOLT MACHINE OPERATOR WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE POSITIONS FROM THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE TO THE DECK. AS HE CAME AROUND THE MACHINE THE TRAM LEVER WAS INADVERTANTLY PUT IN THE TRAM POSITION THUS PINNING HIM AGAINST THE LEFT RIB OF THE ENTRY.