SLIP IN ROOF CAUSED FALL AT 18+00 #6 ENTRY 120FTOUTBY FACE #6 ENTRY. FALL WAS 48" HIGH, 20'WIDE,60'LONG.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1994
- Latest incident
- Dec 1994
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SLIP IN ROOF, FALL IN INTERSECTION 60' OUTYB FACE #5 ENTRY SPAD #14+40 40" TO 72" HIGH 20' WIDE AND 40'L. EXTENDLING FORM 10' INTERSECTION FROM 4 TO 5 EXTENDING INTO CROSS CUT 5 TO 6.
EE PULLED A PINNER STEEL OUT FROM UNDER SOME BUNDLES OF PINS, STRAINED HIMSELF.
EMPLOYEE WAS UN HOOKING A TRAILER WITH ROCK DUST IN IT WHEN IT SPRUNG UPWARD & HIT HIS RIGHT HAND, JAMMING THE MUSCLE & LIGAMENTS.
SWINGING BOLTER BOOM AROUND & HIT RIGHT HAND & DAMAGED LIGAMENTS & TENDONS IN WRIST.
EE WAS USING 2 CHAIN HOISTS TO PULL SLACK ON BELT IN ORDER TO MAKE A SPLICE WHEN THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE CHAIN IN THE HOOK BROKE AND THE CHAIN FLEW BACK STRIKING THE MAN ON THE LEFT CHEEK BONE.
EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK LIFTING A BAG OF ROCK DUST OFF OF TRAILER TO SCOOP.
FALL WAS IN THE 1ST WEST PANEL AT SPAD 22& 80 #2ENTRY INTERSECTION 42 INCH FULLY GROUTED & 6 POINT ANCHOR BOLTS WERE BEING USED. SQUEEZE, MOVING THE SECTION.
FALL WAS IN THE 1ST WEST PANEL 4 ENTRY AT SPAD 22 & 25 INTERSECTION 42 INCH FULLY GROUTED BOLTS WERE BEING USED. SQUEEZE CONTINUATION OF ANOTHER FALL MOVING THE UNIT.
FALL WAS IN THE 9 ENTRY AT SPAD 26 & 10 42 INCH FULLY GROUTED BOLTS WERE BEING USED ALSO 6 FT POINT ANCHOR WERE BEING USED ALSO LOW COVER SOFT BOTTOM MOVING THE SECTION OUT OF THE BAD AREAS.
FALL WAS IN THE 1 ST WEST PANEL IN THE 4 ENTRY SPAD 21 & 15 TO 2/70 42 FT FULLY GROUTED BOLTS WERE BEING USED. EXCESS PRESSURE ON THE BLOCKS SOFT BOTTOM MOVING THE SECTION./
FALL WAS IN THE 1ST WEST PANEL #8 ENTRY SPAD 25 & 55 IN THE INTERSECTION 42 5 REBAR FULL GROUTED BOLTS WERE BEING USED. LOW COVER AND SOFT BOTTOM MOVING THE SECTION.
HE WAS PLASTERING A BRATTICE WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM. THE ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLTS. IT WAS 3 X 3 X 2" THICK. THE ROCK HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE, SCRATCHED HIS NECK, BRUI SED HIS RIBS.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT 9:30AM IN #6 N ENTRY OF THE 1ST WEST SECTION AT INTERSECTION 20+05 FALL WAS 48IN HIGH 20FT WIDE & 2 5FT LONG THIS AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 42 INCH FULLY GROUTED BOLTS & IS APPROX 440FT OUTBY THE AREA THIS AREA WAS DETECTO BE WORKING & MEN WERE SETTING TIMBERS IN ADJACENT AREAS WHEN FALL OCCURRED
MINED CROSSCUT #7 TO #8 ENTRY AND ENCOUNTERED FAULT AREA IN ROOF. REMOVED MINER AND STATRED INSTALLING LONGER POINT ANCHOR BOLTS TOWARD BAD AREA AND SETTING TIMBERS IN INTERSECTIONS WHEN FALL OCCURRED. FALL ENCOMPASSED 40 FOOT AREA THAT HADBEEN MINED AND ADJACENT INTERSECTION THAT HAD A CRACK IN ROOF AT 4 FOOT LEVEL.
EE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP WITH HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE CANOPY WHILE MOVING THE MACHINE AND CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND BETWEN THE TOP AND THE CANOPY.