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INJURED STATED HE HAD GOT OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR AND WAS STARTING TO GET BACK INTO OPERATOR DECK AREA WHEN HISFEET FLIPPED ON WET AND MUDDY MINE BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO FALLAND HIT ON HIS REAR AND THEN BACKWARDS, RESULTING IN ALLEGED INJURYTO LOWER BACK AND NECK.
HIGHWALL FELL OFF OF #5 CANOPY BREAKING DOWN CANOPY ON ONE SIDE. MUD & SMALL ROCK APPROX 3 TONS OF MATERIAL FELL ON CANOPY.
A ROOF FALL HAD OCCURRED IN THE FACE AREA OF 1 RM ENTRY APPROX. 700 FT INBY THE 1 PORTAL THE FALL MEASURED APROX. 19 FT X 25 FT X 6 FT.
A ROOF FALL APPROXIMATELY 60' X 20' X5' IN THE #5 ENTRY,560' INBY PORTAL AND 1680'FROM ACTIVE WORKINGS.
I NAME STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ONTO SCOOP BATTERIES & HE FELT HIS BACK POP
A ROOF FALL APPROX. 40' X 20' X6' OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF #2 ENTRY. ROOF FALL WAS CRIBBED AND TIMBRED OFF, DANGERED OFF BEFORE ROOF FALL OCCURRED.
A ROOF FALL APPROX. 30' X 30' X 6" 35 ENTRY, 140' INBY THE PORTAL AND 1610' TO FACE.
A ROOF FALL APPROXIMATELY 30'X20'X4.5' IN THE #5 ENTRY,350' INBY PORTAL AND 1400 ' FROM FACE.
I NAME STATED HE WAS MOVING BOLTING MATERIALS FROM BACK END OF ROOF BOLTER TO FRONT. HE CARRIED EIGHT 3/4 X 48 INCH REBAR RESIN BOLTS AND LAID THEM IN STORAGE TRAY ON OFF SIDE OF BOLTER. WHEN HE DID SO HE FELT A BURNING PAIN COME INTO HIS LEFT LOWER BACK.
APPROXIMATELY 20 BREAKS INBY THE #2 CONVEYOR BELT DRIVE. HEAVING BOTTOM HAS MADE IT NECESSARY TO ABANDON MINING INBY THIS AREA. THE MINE ROOF AND BOTTOM HAVE COME TOGETHER INT EH #2, #3, AND #4 ENTRIES.
A ROOF FALL 70' LONG AND 20| WIDE, 52" THICK IN #1 ENTRY, AND 50' LONG THROUGH INTERESECTION BETEEN #1 AND #2 ENTRIES, 15' LONG 20' WIDE 52" THICK IN #2 ENTRY OCCURRED APPROX. 4500 FT INBY THE PORTAL. THE FALL IN #2 ENTRY WAS CLEANED UP AND RE-SUPPORTED WITH CRIBS AND COLLARS TO ESTABLISH A TRAVELABLE RETURN AIRWAY, #1 ENTRY WAS CRIBBED AND DANGERED OFF.
AL LEGED INJURY HAPPENED 09-20-88 BUR WAS NOT REPORTED FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL SEPT 2O,1988.INJURED WAS UNLOADING MINE TIMBERS FROM BUCKET OF S COOP AND ALLEGEDLY STRAINED A MUSCLE IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF ABCK. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON MONDAY SEPT 26TH AFTER SEEING DOCTOR ON THE 23RD AND WORKED HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL WEDNESDAY SEPT 28TH, A
A ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY (RETURN) APPROXIMATELY 420 FT OUT-BY SECTION BELT HEAD DRIVE. FALL WAS APPROX. 30 X 20 X 6 FT. PLUS.
A ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 ENTRY (RETURN) APPROX. 140 FT. OUT-BY SECTION BELT HEAD DRIVE. FALL WAS APPROX. 50 X 19 X 6 FT PLUS.
WHILE MAKING SPLICE IN CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE INJURED LOST H IS BALANCE & FELL ON KNIFE HE WAS USING CAUSING LACERATION APPROX. 1 INCH IN LENGTH TO MIDDLE AREA OF UPPER THIGH OF LEFT LEG LAC ERATION REQUIRED 3 SUTURES
AFTER FINISHING3BUILD BLOCK BRATTICE BETWEEN THE 4 3 ENTRIES INJURED WAS GOING THRU BRATTICE DOOR AND CAUGHT THE LEFT SIDE OF LEFT WRIST ON SHARP CORNER OF METAL BRATTICE DOOR WHICH RESULTED A LACERATION T2 SAID WRIST REGUIRING 4 OR 5 SUTURES.
ROOF FALL APPRO3 8 FT THICK 20 FT WIDE 50 FT LONG OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF #4 HEADING 800 FT INBY PORTA L
WHILE WORKING I3 THE 3ENTRY PUTTING UP 6X6X16 WOOD COLLAR THIS ENTRY HAD ALREADY BEEN FULLY BOLTEDWITH 7 FT RESIN BOLTS THE TOP PIECE OF 30 TH FINISHING STEEL BEING USED TO DRILL HOLE BOLTS TO HOLD COLLAR BE7AME LODGED AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM HOLE THE OPERATOR THEN TOOK BOLTWRENCH AND PLACE IT AT AN ANGLE A GAINST DRILL HEAD AND ATTEMPTED TO BEND STEEL AG
SETTING IN A 988 LOADER AND CLOSED DOOR ON HIS RT THUMB