SHALE TOP CUT BY WATER LOOSING THE BEAM
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 21
- Years on record
- 1990–1991
- Latest incident
- May 1991
Reportable incidents
21 on file1991 · 8 incidents
CANOPY ON SCOOP STRUCK RIB BREAKING LEGS LOOSE SLID OVER HIT ON SHOULDER
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HIT A HOLE WHICH JARRED HIS BACK HE IS COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE LEFT SIDE AND LEFT LEG.
12TH BREAK INSIDE 2 ENTRY INSTERSECTION FALL CRIBBED AND TIMBERED OFF PLACED DANGER SIGNS IN ACREAS AROUND FALL.
ROCK FALL IN 8 ENTRY. OUTCROP CONDITIONS AND WATER PRESENT IN TOP WAS THE CAUSE OF FALL.
ROOF FALL 6 BREAKS INSIDE IN #9 ENTRY OVER TO #8 ENTRY APPROX. 50' LONG, 20' WIDE AND 5' THICK. CAUSE OF FALL WAS DUE TO HILL SEAM AND WATER COMING FROM TOP.
ROCK FELL ON BELT LINE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT BREAKS INBY #4 BELT HEAD.THE FALL WAS ABOUT 5' THICK AND 19' WIDE.
A PIECE OF ROCK APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET WIDE BY THREE FEET LONG AND O TO 3 INCHES THICK FELL FROM THE RIB OUT TO WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE HIP AND LOWER BACK.NO BONES WERE BROKEN.
1990 · 13 incidents
ROOF FALL SIX BREAKS INSIDE APPROXIMATELY FIVE FOOT THICK AND 20' LONG.THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS SEVERAL HILL SEAMS AND LAMINATED TOP.
RF FALL 7 BREAKS INSIDE INTAKE ROAD WAY, 35 FT L 18 FT W AND 4 FT HIGH
FALL OCCURRED IN AND OUTBY AREA OF THE MINE.NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONEL WAS INVOLVED IN THE ROOF FALL.ALSO NO ONE TRAVELS IN THIS ENTRY.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ON ROOF BOLTING MACHINE HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLT PLATES & HURT HIS BACK
SMALL PEACE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT LEFT LEG FROM BEHIND AS EE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE REAR OF ROOF BOLTER.
INTERSECTION FELL IN AT BREAK 26 #7 HEADING FALL WAS APPROX 20BY20 5FT HIGH
TAKING CABLE FROM HOOKS ON MINER TURNED HURT BACK
HOSE ON FEEDER BUSTED OIL HIT MAN IN FACE AND EYES.
RIDING OUT IN PER CARRIER, HIT BUMP IN ROAD, JARRED BACK R LEG WENT NUMB
ROOF FALL OCCURRED 3RD BRK INSIDE INTERSECTION BETWEEN 1&2 ENTRY.FALL FELL OUT 55-60".
ROOF FALL APPROX. 30 FT LONG AND 16 FT WIDE THE FALL WAS 2 TO 3 FT THICK FALLING OUT A ROUND ROOF BOLTS AND CUTTING BOLTS OFF AT THE BENDABLE SECTION OF THE ROOF BOLT.
EMPL WAS PULLING PIECE OF DRAW SLATE BEFORE STARTING ROOF BOLT CYCLE. ROCK FELL & HIT T BAR ON ROOF BOLTER & BROKE INTO, ROCK FLIPPED BACK & HIT EMPL IN RIBS. ACCIDENT OCCURED ON 5/24 BUT EMPL DID NOT GO TO DR TILL 5/30.
EMPLOYEE WAS NOT AWARE THE OPERATOR OF THE BOLTER WAS GOING TO MOVE THE MACHINE.EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE OF MACHINE AND WHEN IT STARTED TO TRAM IT RAM OVER THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.