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EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH TORCHES, GOT SICK FROM THE SMOKE FROM THEM.
EE GOT A PIECE OF COAL INSIDE HIS KNEE PAD WHEN EE WENT DOWN ON KNEES COAL INJURED LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH ROOF BOLTER A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM MINE ROOF, BREAKING OFF AT T.R.S. THE PIECE OF ROCK STOOD UP FALL ING BACK UNDER CANOPY STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER INTO HEAD DRIVE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTE RINSTLALING ROOF BOTLS A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKEFROM ROOF AT THE EDGE OF MACHINE CNAOPY, EMPLOYEE WAS COMING FROM THE BACK OF MACHIEN AFTER GETTING BOTL TO B E INSTALLED ROCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG BRUISIG LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN LINING UP A STRAP A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON LEFT HAND, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN DRILL BOOM OF BOLTER AND ROCK. MASHING AND FRACTURING LEFT RING FINGER.
SLIPPED RIDER COAL IN MAIN ROOF CAUSING BREAKAGE OF ROOF IN #3 ENTRY 003 SECT. AFTER ENTRY HAD BEEN MINED. FALL APP. 40' LENGTH 18' WIDTH 4' TO 5' THICK, #3 ENTRY INBY LAST OPEN BREAK TO THE F ACE OF ENTRY.
EE WAS OPERATING 215C JOY SHUTTLE CAR WHEN CHANGING DIRECTIONS HE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE SPRAINING KNEE & POSSIBLE PULLED LIGAMENTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 6'ROOF BOLTS IN 48" HEIGHT,HE WAS BENDING BOLT PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
ROOF FALL 1 CROSSCUT INBY #5 MAIN IN #6 ENTRY APP90FT IN LENTH 18FT IN WIDTH 4-6FT THICK & FAULTS WERE DETECTED IN TEST DRILLING WHEN ARCH WAS ADVANCED
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CONT. MINER CABLE PULLING MUSCLE IN LOWER ADOMEN.
FAULT IN MAIN ROOF HORSE BACK WITH WATER SEE PAGE LOCATED 6 ENTRY ON 4 MAIN 20 BREAKS OUTBY FACE APP 25 FT LONG 10 FT WIDE 25 FT THICK.
EMPLOYEE (SECURITY NIGHT WATCHMAN) WAS CARRYING FIREARM & DROPPED FIREARM ON THE FLOOR OF OFFICEWHEN EMPLOYEE PICKED UP FIREARM IT DISCHARGED SHOOTING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT LEG BELOW KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET TIMBERS, WHILE LIFTING TIMBERS HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY BETWEEN 3RD & 4TH CROSSCUT INBY #6 BELT HOOD ON 003 SECTION. FALL IS APPROX. 5' THICK 20' LONG & 20' WIDE. THERE WAS A FAULT IN ROOF RESULTING IN FALL
WATER SEEPAGE, SLIPS CRACKS IN ROOF MADE ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS IN BREAK BETWEEN #526 ENTRY TWO CROSS CUTS OUTBY FACE ON 003 SECTION. APP 40 FT IN LENGTH 18' WIDE 5'-6' THICK. ALL AREAS ARO UND THE FALL WERE TIMBERED OFF.
WATER SEEPAGE AND SLIPS IN MAIN ROOF CREATED ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS CAUSING ROOF FALL IN #$ ENTYR, FROM APPR 1 1/2 BREAK LENGTH FROM FACE OF #4 ON 003 SECITON TO THE FACE. ALL ACESS WAS CRIB BED, TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER ON 001 SECTION IN FACE OF #3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 20" X 40" X 3" FELL FROM TOP BETWEEN CANOPY & T.R.S. STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE. RESULTING IN BRUISE TO RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE AND CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
BAD TOP CONDITIONS PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY.
EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE HAULING COAL OVER ROUGH BOTTOM HITTING LARGE HOLE,THROWING EMPL AGAINST SEAT FRAME & CANOPY POST INJURING MIDDLE TO LOWER BACK.
FALL IN #6 ENTRY 2ND CROSSCUT OUTBY FACE ON 003 SECTION. THERE WAS A SLIP & WATER PRESENT IN TOP AND A SMALL COAL SEAM. AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED OFF & DANGERED OFF BEFORE FALL OCCURRED.
FALL IN 4TH CROSSCUT OUTBY 5 BELT HEAD IN BELT LINE ENTRY THERE WAS A COAL SEAM IN TOP APPROX. 4-5 FT UP FALL IS APPROX. 5-6FT THICK AND APPROX. 20X20 IN INTERSECTION THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORT ED AT TIME OF ADVANCE WITH 42" RESIN BOLTS AND 5FT TENSION REBAR BOLTS AS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT IN ADDITION CRIBS HAD ALSO BEEN INSTALLED.
EMPLOYEE RAISED CANOPY ON BOLTER BREAKING PIECE OF ROCK LOOSE FROM ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND INJURED RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND FRACTURED FINGER IN LAST JOINT ON END OF FINGER
ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY ON #2 BELT FALLING ACROSS 003 SECTION MAIN RETURN 1ST BREAK INBY RETURN OVERCAST FALL IS APPROX 170FT LONG 20FT WIDE & 7-8FT THICK THERE APPEARED TO BE A FAULT IN TOP RES ULTING IN THIS ROOF FALL AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED ON4FT CENTERS WITH 42IN RESIN BOLTS
WHEN FOREMAN MADE PRESHIFT INSPECTION 10-11-92 THE ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT IN 4 HEADING ON THE 003 SECTION THERE WAS WATER IN THE TOP AND A COAL SEAM APPROX. 12 UP F ALL IS APPROX. 20X20X12 THICK THE AREA HAD BEEN REBAR BOLTS.
COAL SEAM & FAULT IN TOP ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 19TH CROSSCUT INBY #4 BELT HEAD ON THE BELTLINE FALL IN INTERSECTION APPROX 20FTX20FTX4-41/2FT
EMPL LINING BELT AND FELL STRIKING LEFT KNEE AGAINST PIECE OF TOP STRUCTURE.
54736YEE WAS CUTTING WOODEN STANDERS WITH CHAINSAW FOR SUPPLY CAR SAW CAME OUT OF WOOD PIECE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON INSIDE OF LEFT FOOT CATCHING HIS FOOT INJURING EMPLOYEE
66925RS WERE SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT WHEN INJURED EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY TRYED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT ON BELT SPLICING MACHINE WHILE CO-WORKER WAS OPERATING MACHINE, CATCHING MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAN 40950MACHINE, RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF FINGER TO THE MIDDLE JOINT.
99459 COAL SEAM BELOW ANCHORAGE POINT OF RESIN BOLTS. ROOF GAVE LOOSE AND WEIGHT OF ROCK PULLED BOLTS OUT OF ANCHORAGE OF MAIN ROOF. LOST 70' OF CONVEYOR BELT.
61433 IN TOP + COAL SEAM IN TOP FALL APPROX 4' X 20 20' IN 13 TH CROSSCUT INBY #4 BELT HEAD IN #5 ENTRY
55061S OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED SCOOP CLEANING LOOSE COAL FROM WORKING MULES WHEN A COAL RIB ROLLED OUT & HIT HIS RT SHOULDER RESULTING IN A SPRAINED SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF VEHICLE ON JOB STEPPED IN HOLE & WRENCHED BACK
EE WAS CROSSING #2 BELT AT #4 BELT HEAD WHILE WORKING ON SPILL BOARD. HE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE MEN WORKING AT #2 BELT HEAD SPLICING THE BELT AND WHEN THEY STARTED THE #2 BELT TO SPOT SPLICE U P IT CAUSED HIM TO HIT A TIMBER WITH HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND DISLOCATED IT.
CUT IN ABANDONED WORKINGS NO METHANE DETECTED
INJURED WAS HELPING TO PULL A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX 1-12' THICK AND 3'X3' FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS ,STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF RIB CAGE.DID NOT SHOW TO HAVE ANY
INJURED WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP CAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 2" THICK BY 2 FT X 2 FT FELL FROM TOP BETWEEN WOODEN COLLARS HITTING HIM ON BACK ON NECK AND SHOULDERS. DID NOT APPEAR TO BE INJU RED AT TIME OF OCCOURANCE. DIDN'T SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION TILL 3-26-92.
#1 HEADING ON 003 SECTION CUT INTO OLD ABANDONED MINE WHICH WASNT ON MINE MAP.
RF FALLIN BELT ENTRY ON 003 SECTION AT 13TH CROSSCUT INBY
BAD TOP, ROOF FALL IN #1 & 2 ENTRY AT THE 108TH CROSSCUT ON 002 SECTION. APPROX. 20' X 20' X 6' IN INTERSECTION OF BOTH 1 & 2.
ROOF FALL #6 ENTRY AT 95TH X-CUT.FALL 20' X 20'X 6' IN INTERSECTION .FAULT IN ROOF.NO INJURIES NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.
FAULT IN TOP AND WATER SEEPING INTO IT CAUSING A ROOF FALL IN 2 ENTRY 1 ST CROSS CUT OUTBY THE FACE ON 0035 SECTION FALL IS APPROX 20X20X8 THICK.
SLIP IN TOP AND WATER IN TOP RESULTED IN ROOF FALL IN #5 ENTRY 1ST X-CUT OUTBY FACE ON 2ND LEFT OFF OF 2ND RIGHT ON 003 SECTION.
ROOF FALL IN 5 ENTRY EXTENDED INTO 6 ENTRY FALL IS APPROX. 6-8 THICK FALL IS IN 2ND INTERSECTION OUTBY FACIAL OF 1 ST LEFT OFF 2ND RIGHT ON 003 SECTION FALL IS APROX. 60X20X8 THICK.
ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY ON 003 SECTION 60' X 20' X 7' THICK. HAD A FAULT IN TOP WITH WATER COMING IN IT.HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 42" RESIN BOLTS ON 4' CENTERS AND HAD 5' TENSION REBAR BOLTS INSTALLE D AS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT.
BAD SLIPS AND WATER COMING IN TOP RESULTING IN A ROOF FALL APPROX. 6'-7' THICK AND 70' LONG IN #6 ENTRY ON 002 SECTION. 6TH CROSSCUT INBY #9 BELT HEAD.
SECTION FOREMAN WAS STANDING IN CROSSCUT BETWEEN 5 & 6 ENTRY AND S-CAR WAS PULLING COAL OUT OF #5 ENTRY WHEN IT CAME OUT OF HEADING IT HUNG INTO ROOF BOLTER CABLE WHICH WAS HUNG TO TOP ACROSS #5 ENTRY AND JERKED THE CABLE DOWN AND DRUG IT INTO THE FOREMAN CATCHING HIS RIGHT LEG AND TORE THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS KNEE.
ROOF FALL IN #4 & #3 ENTRY'S THE 2ND CROSSCUT OUT-BY FACE ON 002 SECTION. THERE WA A FAULT IN THE TOP AND ALSO WATER. FALL WAS IN SLATE TOP AND IT FELL APPROX 8'-10' THICK IN THICKES PLACES. NO ONE INJURED AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED.
ROOF FALL APPROX. 30 FT LONG AND 45" THICK IN #1 ENTRY AT THE 70TH CROSSCUT.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN #4 ENTRY ON 003 SECTION AND STATED HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND WRENCHED HIS BACK.
EE WAS CLEANING LOOSE COAL UP AROUND BELT HEAD AND ACCIDENTIALLY KNOCKED A TIMBER AND IT FELL AND BUMPED HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND KNOCKED HIM INTO A PIECE OF SCREEN. THAT GUARDED THE BE LT HEAD AND CUT HIS LEFT CHEEK BONE ABOUT 1 LONG
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR HAD LEFT HAND LAYING ON BOLT TRAY & PIECE OF ROCK 2"X12"-14" SQUARE FELL & HIT LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND & BROKE IT IN SEVERAL PLACES. ONE FINGER WAS ONLY PART OF HAND TH AT WAS INJ.
FAULT IN TOP,IT HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 42" RESIN BOLTS ON 4FT CENTERS AND SUPPLEMTED WITH 5FT TENSION REBAR BOLTS.FALL IS #1 ENTRY 003 SECTION THE 9TH CROSSCUT INBY THE #9 BELT HEAD, ON THE RETU RN SIDE OF SECTION,6TH CROSSCUT OUTBY THE FACE.
WATER & SLIP IN TOP CAUSED FAULT RESULTING IN FALL. FALL DID NOT CAUSE ANY INJ OR DAMANGE TO EQUIPMENT OR RESTRICTED AIR FLOW. FALL IS IN #7 ENTRY 25TH CROSSCUT FROM MOUTH OF SECTION ON 003 SE CTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELT AND STRUCTURE FROM BELT LINE. DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE. INJURY- FRACTURED WRIST AND ANKLE.
COAL RIDER SEAM IN ROOF.
VICTIM WAS TRYING TO LIFT END OF 3X8 COLLAR ONTO TOP OF CRIB WHEN HE BACKED UP INTO CAP WEDGE STICKING OUT A CRIB WHICH CAUSED HIM TO NEARLY FALL AND CAUSED HIM TO JERK AT COLLAR TO KEEP HIS B ALANCE.
COAL IN MAIN ROOF 6' RESIN BOLTS WERE INSTALLED IN AREA.
SECTION WAS ADVANCING UNDERNEATH HOLLOW ROOF CONDITIONS WAS VERY BAD ROOF HAD WATER CRACKER WAS VERY FAULTY 425 AND 8 RESIN BOLTS WERE USED IN AREA OF FALL.
FAULT IN ROOF, LET SHALE FALL
BACKING UP SCOOP BOARD HUNG UNDER DEXK OF SCOOP IT CAME BACK HIT HIM ON BACK OF R SIDE
WELDING WHEEL UNIT ON SHUTTLE CAR
HE WAS LOADING CRIB BLOCKS IN SCOOP BUCKET AND ONE ROLLED OFF OF STACK AND HIT HIS RIGHT THUMB.
WHILE TRAMMING HIS CAR IN BELT ENTRY .INJURED RAN OVER ROCK LAYING IN NO 4 ENTRY.THIS CAUSED THE SHUTTLE CAR TO COME OFF THE MINE FLOOR CAUSING INJURY TO THE BACK AREA.
FAULT IN MAIN ROOF.
WATER CAME INTO MAIN ROOF BROKE UP LAYERS OF ROOF CAUSING ROOF FALL.
FAULTY TOP WITH SEEPAGE COMING THROUGH ROOF.
FAULTY TOP IN INTERSECTION SEVEN BREAKS OUTBY LAST OPEN BREAK 40' FROM FACE.
FAULT IN TOP SAND BANDS & SLATE LAYERS BROKE LOOSE & FELL HAD WATER IN TOP. CLEANED UP ROCK FALL REBOLTED WILL SET COLLARS & CRIBS WILL BE BUILT UNDER BROWS AS PLACE ADVANCES.
ROCK FELL OUT TO RYDER SEAM 4' UP WHICH WAS CUT BY WATER IN COAL SEAM (FALL WAS IN NEUTRAL ENTRY NOT BEING USED ON INTAKE FALL WAS CRIBBED OFF).
ROOF BOLTER ENTERED #7 HEADING ON 2 SECTION AFTER PUTTING UP 2 ROWS OF BOLTS, THE LEFT SIDE BOLTER OPERATOR PULLED A LOOSE PIECE OF DRAW ROCK WHICH HIT ON THE TRS AND FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR. T HE ROCK FLIPPED OVER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT. HIS ANKLE WAS CRACKED BUT NOT BROKEN.
GEOLOGICAL FAULT IN TOP COAL SEAM.LAYERS OF SANDY SHALE FALLWAS 12-14'WIDE X 19'LONG.HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 5'RESIN BOLTS AND STRAPPED CRIBS WERE BUILT AROUND FALL.
SAND BANDS AND COAL BANDS IN TOP AND A FAULT WHICH WAS CUT BY WATER IN TOP. (25 BREAK ON #2 FAN WAS 10-12' HIGH 4' LONG)
MEN WERE BEING HAULED TO SECTION IN SCOOP ABOUT 2300 FT UNDERGROUND SCOOP OPT. RAISED BUCKET AT A WATER HOLE SCOOP HIT A HOLE IN BOTTOM & BOUNCED MEN INTO TOP.
MEN WERE BEING HAULED TO SECTION IN SCOOP BUCKET 2300" UNDERGROUND.SCOOP OPERATOR RAISED BUCKET AT WATER HOLE ,SCOOP HIT HOLE IN BOTTOM AND BOUNCED MEN INTO TOP.
HAULED TO SECTION IN SCOOP BUCKET RAISED SCOOP IT HIT HOLE IN BOTTOM BOUNCED NECK IN TOP
MEN WERE BEING HAULED TO SECTION IN SCOOP BUCKET 2300" UNDERGROUND.SCOOP OPERATOR RAISED BUCKET AT WATER HOLE ,SCOOP HIT HOLE IN BOTTOM AND BOUNCED MEN INTO TOP.
#2 HEADING CUT INTO OLD WORKS NOT KNOWN OR SHOWN ON MAP.
EXCESS PRESSURE OVER PILLAR FROM BREAKING UP (FALL WAS DOWN RETURN AT MOUTH OF #7 ENTRY ON LEFT PANEL IN INTERSECTION OF ENTRY OF WORKING SECTION 4 BREAKS FROM FACE.
CLEANING AROUND 2 BELT DRIVE EMP REP TO WORK ON 11-6-89 SAID HE HAD SLIPPED AND FELL ON 11-2-89 WHILE CLEANING BELT HEAD DRIVE
INJURED CALLED IN SICK ON 9-11-89. ON NEXT DAY CALL IN A SAID HE HAD RUPTURED HIMSELF AND WAS GOING TO HAVE SURGERY. DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHEN HE INJURED HIMSELF, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS TWO WEEK S EARLIER WHILE MAKING BELT SET UP.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL AHS OCCURED IN #2 ENTRY 2 BREAKS OUTBY SECTION. ROOF FALL WAS DESCOVERED DURING WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF RETURN AND EXCAPEWAY. ROOF FALL HAS BEEN TIMBERED OFF AND DAN GERED OFF. FALL DOES NOT RESTRICT VENTILATION OR INPOSE A HAZARD TO EMPLOYEES.
ROCK FALL IN BE5T. ENTRY TWO BRAKES FROM FELL PIECE ONE 1/2 BROKE FROM WORKING FACE.
ROCK FALL INBY 5AST OPEN CROSSCUT IN NO.5 HEADING. BLOCKED OF 5 HEADING.
ROCK FALL IN LA8T OPEN CROSSCUT IN DRUM HEADING. I WAS AWARED IT & PULLED OUT AND DANGERED OFF TO ALLOW TIME FOR HIT TO FALL.
SMALL ROCK FELL3OFF ROOF ON I.NAME HAND.
A SMALL ROOF FA5L BEFORE SHIFT STARTED ON ENTRY NO. 6.