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AN UNINTENTIONA5 ROOF FALL OCCURRED APPROX. 500 FT INBY THE DRIFT MOUTH ON #5 ENTRY IN MAIN-A. FALL WAS APPROX. 8'X10' HIGH X 65 LONG. X-BARS, T-S CHANNELS AND 5' CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS WERE USED FOR ROOF 8UPPORT. NO EFFECT ON VENTILATION OR ESCAPEWAY. AREA WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
AN UNINTENTIONA5 ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE MAIN SECTION ON 5 ENTRY AT STATION 2399. FALL CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS CROSS BARS AND LEGS WERE USED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. AREA WITH NOT BE CLEANED UP AT THIS TIM9.
EMP WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION HELPING CO-WORKERS POSITION A 6" X 13\ H-BEAM AS THEY LIFTED HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK DIDNT GO TO CLINIC UNTILL 9-20-85
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING 2 CO-WORKERS LOAD A 30 FT SECTION OF 60 LB MINE RAIL A WIRE ROPE THRU A SHEAVE WHEEL AND FASTENED TO A LOCOMOTIVE WAS BEING USED TO RAISE THE RAIL THE RAIL BECAME LODGED ON A TRACK BOARD AND SWUNG SUDDENLY TOWARDS INJURED AS HE LUNGED OUT OF THE WAY HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RT K NEE
CHECKING AMOUNT OF SAND LEFT IN SAND HOPPER LADDER SLIPPED INJURED LEFT ARM SPRAIN
EMPLOYEE CLAIMED HE WAS GETTING UT OF A SCOOP TRACTOR CAB, WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK. PAIN IN L-S BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A PAIR OF STEPS CARRYING A MACHINE GUARD. AS HE TOOK A STEP HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE HE GRABBED HOLD OF A VERTIC AL BEAM WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE HIS GRIP AND HE FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT SIDE.
EMP WAS HELPING CO-WORKER LOAD BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STRUCTURE