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85061S HELPING A MINER HELPER PICK MINER CABLE UP AND LAY OVER OUT OF ENTRY,AS HE PICKED CABLE UP HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.
85081D BENT OVER TO PICK UP TIMBER, AS HE RAISED UP TO A TURNING POSITION TO SET TIMBER UP, HE SAID HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.
INJ SAID HE REACHED FOR BUNDLE OF BOLTS & AS HE PULLED THEM OFF MACHINE FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HI M TO TURN TO SIDE TWISTING BACK.
RUNNING BOLTER DRILL STEEL DROPPED CATCHING RING FINGER ON L HAND
AT APPROX 10:00 AM HAD ROCK FALL ON #1 BELT 3 BREAKS INSIDE MINE. I MADE PREPARATIONS TO CLEAN FALL UP & BOLT CRIB & COLLAR ENTRY INBY & OUTBY TO MAKE IT SAFE. I POSTED PLAN FOR EACH PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED UNDER MY SUPERVISION.
HE WAS SWINING HEAD ON DOUBLE HEAD ROOF BOLTER OUT TO INSTALL BOLT AND PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON SIDE OF FRAME, AS HEAD SWUNG HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND ON THE END AND IT PINCHED AND OF IT OUT. CAUSING BAD PLACE ON END OF FINGER.
EE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN A LARGE RIB BROKE OFF CATCHING HE ON HIS LEFT LEG HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL SCRATCHES ON HIS LEFT WRIST AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.
LIFTED TIRE BY SELF TRYING TO GET IN POSITION, FELT BURNING IN GROIN PART OF L LEG
HE WAS WORKING AROUND #1 BELT INSTALLING J HOOKS THAT HOLD CONTROL LINE & PHONE. HE REACHED OUT & GOT HOLD OF PIECE OF ALUMINUM WIRE TO INSTALL INSULATOR WHEN WIRE GOT HOLD OF BROKE CASUING HI M TO STUMBEL ONTO #1 BELT WHILE IT WAS RUNNING. HE SAID IT FLIPPED HIM ON BELT CASUING DAMAGE TO LOWER BACK & NECK.
HE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY IN #5 ENTRY WHEN HE FELT SMALL PAIN IN LOWER PART OF BACK. CONDITIONS WE ARE WORKING IN ARE VERY WET & MUDDY ON SECTION. CABLES ARE MORE HEAVY THAN US UAL.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD STOPPED TO PLACE A CABLE GUARD OVER A CABLE. WHEN HE TURNED AROUND AND BENT OVER TO LAY THE GUARD DOWN, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
LIFTING PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE WITH STEEL BAR.USED PIECE OF WOOD FOR HEEL TO RAISE STRUCTURE UP BY PLACING FOOT ON BAR.BAR SLIPPED BUT WHILE BENT OVER STRIKING HIM IN FACE,RIGHT CHEEK AREA UN DER RIGHT EYE.
WORKING ON HEAD AT 10 DRIVE TURNED TO PICK UP TOOLS STEPPED ON CRIB BLOCK LAYING ON LOOSE COAL
HE WAS LIFTING ON CABLE FOR BATTERY CHARGERS. AS HE PROCEEDED TO PULL CABLE, HE FELT A BURNING IN HIS BACK. HAD HIM REPORT TO DOCTOR TO BE CHECKED. SHOWED TO HAVE MUSCLE PULLED AND MAYBE SLIGH T LIGAMENT DAMAGE ALSO, ACCORDING TO DOCTOR.
HE WAS SETTING TIMBERS IN #3 ENTRY, TIMBER AND FELL OVER IN MUD. HE REACHED AND PICED UP TIMBER BY HIS SELF AND STRAINED HIMSELF IN LOWER ABDOMEN AREA.
MOVING MINER CABLE PC OF SHALE FELL FROM TOP. IN 2 ENTRY STRIKING ON TOP OFF HEAD HURTING HIS NECK
OPERATOR I NAME WAS OPERATING A 10SC SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE CAR HIT A RIB KNOCKING COAL OFF RIB COAL CAME THROUGH CAGE OF CAR CATCHING HIS HAND & BRUISED RT LEG
A PIECE OF ROCK APPROXIMATELY 4" IN DIA. BOUNCED OFF TURN CHUTE ON BELT AND HIT EMPLOYEE (I.NAME) ON LOWER PART OF BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE (I.NAME) WHILE LOADING SUPPLIES FROM SUPPLY SCOOP ONTO A ROOF DRILL HURT HIS BACK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP ROOF BOLTS.
WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE EMPLOYEE PULLED OR STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
WORKING ON FEEDER AND LOOSE COAL VIBRATED OFF AND FELL IN RIGHT EAR.HAD TO GO AND HAVE IT WASHED OUT.
HE AD TROUBLE WITH GOLF CART STUCK AND TRIED TO PUSH IT OUT OF MUD. TEN MINUTES LATER HE SHOVELED OUT FROM AROUND #9 DRIVE WHEN PAIN STRUCK HIM ON INSIDE PART OF RIGHT THIGH AREA.
TAKING CENTERS UP IN #1 HDG.WHILE WALKING & PAINTING CENTER LINE ON TOP DIDNT WATCH IN FRONT OF HIMSELF AND STEPPED ON LARGE PIECE OF COAL THAT HAD BEEN PUSHED UP IN WORKING FACE.HE SCRAPED RI GHT LEG ON FRONT AND POSSIBLY TWISTED LIGAMENTS AS HE FELL DOWN.
WHILE SHOVELING BELT SMALL PIECE OF RUDE COAL FELL OFF RIB HITTING I NAME ON BACK ON RT SIDE MADE 2 SMALL SCRATCHES ON BACK
HE WAS SHOVELING OUT FROM UNDER DRIVE AND RAISED UP TO MOVE OVER AND TRIPPED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE ON A ARCHIP PIN WHICH WAS INSTALLED IN BOLTER TO HOLD HEAD DRIVE.
WHILE INSTALLING DRILL STEEL IN GUIDE OF ROOF BOLTER THE OPERATOR PLACED HIS LEFT HAND TO CLOSE TO GUIDE CLAMP. CATCHING HIS THUMB OF LEFT HAND IN CLAMP THUS MASHING HIS THUMB ON THE FIRST JOI NT AND THUMB NAIL.
HE WAS PUTTING S TRAP ON TRAM CHAIN, WHILE STRIKING IT WITH HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN HIS LEFT LEG.
HE WAS OPERATING ROOF DRILL AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND IN STEEL GRASP WHEN IT CLOSED.
FALLIN 3 ENTRY 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD 1642, MINER CUTTING R SUMP ON END OF BLOCK FELL CAME IN INTERSECTION. COVERED MINER COMP.
HE WAS PICKING UP A TIMBER HALF COVERED BY COAL HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING TIMBER.
FOUND A ROOF FALL NEAR 599 SPAN FELL 120' L 4'-6' H WE CALLED MSHA CRIBBED AROUND FALL DANGERED OFF WILL CLEAN UP NOTHING INVALUED THE FALL WAS CHECK BY STATE INSPECTOR
INJ BUILDING STOPPING.DROPPED SOLID CINDER BLOCK ON HIS FINGER.
REMOVING LINK CHAIN FROM TRAM CHAIN GUARD & SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN GUARD & LINK LEFT HAND 1ST INDEX FINGER
FOUND A ROOF FALL ON 003 SECTION OLD SECTION OLD WORKED OUT SECTION IN #4 ENTRY PART OF INTERSECTION 5 FT. THICK 10 X 25 LONG AT SPAD 1504. WE CALLED MSHA. TIMBERED OFF, DANGERED OFF.
WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON BOLTER WHEN WE STARTED BACK BOLTING PIECE OF PINNER STEEL HAD SLIPPED INTO LIGHT BRACET WHEN EMPL STARTED TO SWING HEAD HEAD OUT STEEL FOULED BETWEEN LIGHT & TRAY & SPRA ING AROUND & STRUCK HIM ON LEFT FOREARM.
THE INJURED WAS LIFTING A METAL BOX APP 200 LBS WHEN HIS GRIP SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS 2ND FINGER ON LEFT AHND.
WAS COMING OUT OF LAMP HOUSE.STEPPED DOWN STEPS ONE STEP BROKE CAUGHT FOOT CAUSED FALL PULLING MUSCLES IN LEFT LEG BEHIND KNEE.
CRAWLING UNDER PAN HOUSE AREA STUCK A NAIL IN KNEE CAP AREA. GOING TO SERVICE OILER ON FAN WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
AT THE TIME ACCIDENT HAPPENED WE WER BLOCKING RIPPER HEAD UP IN SCOOP BUCKET WITH CRIB BLOCKS AND AS HE STARTED TO PUT CRIB BLOCK UNDER RIPPER HEAD IT KICKED SIDEWAYS AND CAUGHT HIS RING FINGE R ON RT HAND IT BROKE LOWER PART OF RING FINGER
THIS FALL 5 BREAKS FROM OUTSIDE.FELL ABOUT 5 FT HIGH 120 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE .
THE INJURED PERSON WAS HOLDING PINNER STEEL FOR OPR TO START HOLE. THE STEEL LOOSE BIG ROCK INYOUR OF OVERCAST CAUSING IT TO FALL ON INJURED PERSON.
INJURED HAND, HE HAD HIS HAND ON BELT ROPE WHILE REACHING UNDER BELT WITH SHOVEL, A SPLICE IN BOTTOM BELT HIT A TOP STRUCTURE CAUSING IT TO JUMP OFF OF ROPE AND ONTO HIS HAND. (RIGHT HAND)
UNSPOOLING CURT5IN WHILE BACKING UP AND TRIPPED AND FELL ON HIS ANKLE AND LEG. IT BROKE ANKLE IN THREE PLACES.
HE WAS H ELPING3LIFT THE BELT UP TO PUT BOTTOM ROLLER IN HE SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK
HE WAS LIFTING 6P MINER CABLE AND HAD SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, ON LEFT SIDE
HE WAS GOING AL2NG SIDE OF ROOF BOLTER AND A PICE OF DRAW ROCK ABOUT 2 FT X 3 FT X 4 IN FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND CAUGHT HIM ON HIS RT SIDE NEXT TO HIS RIBS
I.NAME WENT TO 7HE BACK OF ROOF BOLTER TO GET SLATE BAR TO PULL LOOSE PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS.WHEN HE GOT BACK TO FRONT OF MACHINE HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO LOOSE ROCK AND IT FELL & HIT HIM3BEFORE HE GOT IN POSITION TO PULL IT DOWN.ROCK STRUCK HIM IN HEAD,SHOULDER AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN.
HE WAS HELPING 2N LOADER. THE FIRE EXPRESSION CANISTER RUPTURED HITTING HIS IN MOUTH.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9D BETWEEN 12 AM 3-28 AND 600 AM 3-31. THE MINE WAS IDLE DURING THIS PERIOD THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 615 AM 3-31 THE AREA WHERE FALL OCCURED WAS BOLTED WITH 60 INCH CONVENT BOLTS FROM 4003FT INBY FALL TO FACE IS BOLTED WITH 60 INCH RESIN BOLTS FALL IS ABOUT 100 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE AND 10 FT HIGH.
I,NAME WAS PUTTING A BOLT UP IN THE FACE, 60 INCH BOLTS ARE USED, HE HAD DRILLED ABOUT 31/2 FT OF THE HOLE AND THEN DUE TO THE HEIGHT OF THE COAL, APPROX. 9 FT, HE HAD TO PUT THE BOLT WRENCH O N TO FINISH DRILLING OTHER 11/2 FT OF HOLE. HE GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF STEEL WITHOUT REALIZING IT AND WHEN HE STARTED RATATION, IT JERKED HIS HAND AROUND WITH STEEL.
ROOF BOLT BIT BROKE CAUSING STEEL TO BEND AND WHEN STEEL CAME AROUND IT HIT I.NAME ON LT. ARM AND LT. HAND BREAKING A BONE ON TOP OF HIS LT. HAND AND ALSO BROKE A BONE IN HIS LT . LOWER ARM JU ST ABOVE HIS WRIST.
I.NAME HAD JUST FINISHED CUTTING #1 HDG AND STARTED TO MOVE ACROSS SECTION HE BACKED THE CUTTER TO #3 HDG TO TURN IT AROUND TO TAKE IT ACROSS CUTTER BAR FIRST HE BACKED DOWN #3 AND TURNED MAC HINE THEN HE GOT OFF TO CHECK HIS CABLE WHEN THE RT OUTBY CORNER OF COAL AND ROCK ROLLED OFF HITTING I.NAME ON THE LEFT LEG