StripCoal

At 7:30 am during preshift examanation a rock fall was found on #3 belt line. at spad # 852 the fall measured 6 ft. thick by 18 ft. wide by 80 ft. long.

Was pulling miner cable out of roadway for miner to move across section, when he experienced pain in his lower back and hip. He went to E.R. at McDowell Hospital, was x-rayed and was told to see family doctor. Started missing work on 5/18/09.

Employee was installing a cable bolt, when drilling the hole his drill steel stopped up. He laid his left hand over the drill steel that was still inserted in drill head checking the suction on the steel, when another piece of drill steel fell out of the hole hitting the tip of index finger on his left hand.

Helping the mechanic work on push out lever on a Ram car, while prying down on the arm, he lost his balance and fell into the Ball hitch on a 4 wheeler buggy striking his right knee and the right side of his back on the hitch. He started missing work 2/19/09 and missed 2/20/09 and reported back to work 2/21/09.

Making preshift examination of beltlines and found a roof fall on #3 belt, one break outby #3 tail peice at spad #988, 3700 feet from face. 6 feet in height, 18 feet in width and 48 feet in length. No injuries to person(s).

Operator said he was letting the boom down on the roof bolter when something happened letting the boom fall hitting his right knee.

Changing batteries on Ram Car at charging station when the operator went to unhook jumper cable from the batteries. A piece of draw rock fell hitting him on his left shoulder and back. The roc k measures 15 inches wide, 37 inches long and 0-2 1/2 inches thick.

Fall on intake #4 entry outby spad 989 and inby spad 972. Fall is approx 50ft long by 18ft wide going down entry and 30ft by 18ft coming across break toward #3 entry. Fall is 5ft to 6ft thick.

He was putting a roof bolt up into the hole and was trying to unbend it and the roof bolt twisted. He felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.

A roof fall occurred 1 break inby spad 1225 in #3 entry. It was approximately 60' long, 18' wide and 1'-12' thick.

He was reaching for a wrench during roof bolting and had his hand positioned on the pot of the roof bolter, when a piece of rock fell striking his hand.

Miner operator was cutting in #3 entry, he was 4 rows of roof bolts back from last row of bolts, a piece of rock fell on right rib 93"" long 27"" wide and 3"" thick, hitting him and landing on his right leg. He was transported to Hospital for treatment, exray showed a fracture to his right leg.

EE WAS IN THE BATTERY BARN, CHANGING BATTERY ON SCOOP. BATTERY GASSED OFF AND BLEW UP. EE WAS NOT STRUCK BY FLYING DEBRIS, BUT THE NOISE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT HEARING LOSS, BOTH EARS.

EE SAID HE WAS SHOVELING ON #2 BELT LINE AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT ANKLE AND HURT IT.

WATER BUILT UP IN TOP WITH HILL SEAMS WHICH CUT THE ROCK WITH HORSE BACK IN TOP WHICH GOT SOFT BOLT DID NOT ANCHOR IN HARD TOP.