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EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING 3-WHEELER DOWN JEEP ROAD WHEN 3-WHEELER RAN OVER ROCK CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.
EE WAS USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT THE HINGE RIVETS OFF A SET OF KNEE PADS WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING THE EE'S LEFT THUMB.
A ROOF FALL LOCATED 1 CROSSCUT OUTBY STATION 4468 SOUTH MAINS ROOMS WAS FOUND BY THE MINE EXAMINER AT APPROX 9:30 AM. THE CAVE IS APPROX 65' LONG 20 ' WIDE AND 4 TO 4 1/2' HIGH. THE AREA WAS B OLTED WITH 36 " RESIN BOLTS. AREA HAS BEEN POSTED AND DANGERED OFF. CAVE WAS THRU INTERSECTION OF NO 1 HEADING AND INTO CROSSCUT 1 TO 0 AND 1 TO 2.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE 12:01 AM SHIFT MINE EXAMINER ON 10-31-95. THE FALL IS LOCATED OUTBY STATION 4029 IN THE 4 AND 5 INTAKE HEADINGS OF THE SOUTH MAINS. THE APPROX SIZE OF THE FALL IS 18 FT WIDE, 95 FT LONG AND 4.5 TO 8 FT HIGH. THE#4 HEADING HAS BEEN TIMBERED AND FENCED OFF. THE #5 HEADING HAS BEEN CLEANED UP AND SUPPORTED WITH CRIBS, CROSSBARS AND 72 IN. BOLTS.
AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE OLD WORKS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH MAINS SECTION. FALL APPROX. 150 FT LONG, 18 TO 19 FT WIDE, AND 4.5 TO 5 FT HIGH. FALL LOCATION INBY SURVEY STATION 4510. THE AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF AT ALL ENTRANCES. THE AREA WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
EE WAS PULLING ON WATERLINE WHEN HE RAN HIS RIGHT EAR INTO A FIRE SUPPRESSION NOZZLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MBC AND HIT THE ROOF AND BOTTOM JAMMED CANOPY ON HIS HARD HAT JAMMING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING 9/27/95.
EE HAD INSTALLED FIRST ROW OF BOLTS, BOLTER WAS SET UP FOR SECOND ROW. ROOF WAS DRUMMY WENT TO MOVE CANOPY TO SET UP FOR FIRST BOLT IN SECOND ROW. ROCK FELL ON CANOPY STRIKING EE ON LEFT SHOUL DER.
EMPLOYEE GAVE NOTICE THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING NUMBNESS OF RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT HAND, NO PARTICULAR INCIDENT OCCURRED. OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.
ORIGINAL INJURY 4-2-94. AN ADDITIONAL 56 DAYS WAS LOST- 8-26-95 TO 11-13-95. AN ADDITIONAL 5 DYAS WAS LOST- 11-14-95 TO 11-22-95.
AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 42" RESIN BOLTS. #5 ROOMS 1 X-CUT INBY STATION #4283 APPROX 6'H. APPROX 50' L. POSTS WERE SET TO ALL 3 ACCESSES TO ROOF FALL AREA WAS THEN FENCHED OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING CABLE TO EVENTUALLY PULL SLACK, WHEN HE CAME TO THE PLUG IN THE MIENR CABLE HE EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTY. WHEN HE RELEASED THE HOOK FROM THE BOLT PLATE THE HOOK CAUGHT HIS RIGHT PALM AND PENETRATED HIS HAND.
EE WAS MOVING SUPPLIES ON TOP OF BOLTER. FELT SOMETHING POP IN LEFT ELBOW. WHEN HE TRIEDS TO STRAIGHTEN IT EXTREME PAIN IN THE ELBOW JOINT.
EE WAS WALKING AROUND A SUPPLY CAR TO UNLOAD ROCKDUST. AS HE WALKED ALONG SIDE THE CAR, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT LEG AND KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING ROCK OUT FROM IN FRONT OF THE MACHINE WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.
EE WAS BUILDING A WALL IN X CUT 4 TO 5 AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. EE STATED THAT HE EXAMINED THE ROOF AND DID NOT SEE ANY ROCK HANGING .
EMPLOYEE INFORMED MINE OFFICE THAT HE HAD SURGERY PERFORMED ON HIS RIGHT HAND TO REPAIR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON 8-8-94. NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT.
ON THE 8:01 SHIFT ON 07- 04 -94 EE FOUND WATER PROBLEM ALONG THE #3-4 TRACK EE WALKED THE 4IN DISCHARGE LINE FINDING A CAVE IN XCUT 1 TO 0 (3856 STA) THE HEIGHT OF THE CAVE WAS @4FT TO 8FT HIG H (6IN ABOVE THE BOLTS) THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH4FT RESIN BOLTS THE AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF ON 3 SIDE CAVE @19FT WIDE X45FT LONG VENTILATION & TRAVABLE RETURN WERE NOT AFFECTED
TWO MEN WERE PREPARING TO LOWER TWO EMPTY FLAT CARS INTO THE MINE. ONE MAN HAD PUSHED CARS UP TO MOTOR AND COUPLED AUTOMATIC COUPLER AS THE FIRST MAN BACKED AWAY FROM FLAT CAR THE SECOND MAN CAME OUT OF BUILDING AND WENT TO CONTROL STATION TO POSITIION TRIP ON SLOPE. NEITHER MAN ATTACHED SAFETY CHAINS OR VISUALLY INSPECTED FOR SAFETY CHAINS. WHEN THE DOLLY, MOTOR AND TWO FLAT CAR
EE WAS PULLING A ROCKDUST PIPE IN THE LOW, WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.
THE EE WAS MOVING THE 1 1/4 INCH MINER HOSE AROUND 1 STUMP TO NEW LOCATION. HE WAS PULLING THE HOSE BY HAND WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EE. WHEN HE SAID HE FELT A SLIGHT PULLING IN HIS SHOULDERS AND NECK.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURED IN THE 1 RM OF 5 W. RMS, 1 X-CUT INBY SSN 3858. THE FALL IS IN THE INTERSECTION. RM WIDTH IS 19 FT AND X CUT WIDTH 18 FT THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6 FT FULLY GROUTED RESI N BOLTS. AREA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY FENCED AND DANGERED OFF DUE TO BAD CONDITIONS. HEIGHT OF THE FALL IS GREATER THAN THE ANCHORAGE OF THE BOLTS INSTALLED.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING OT INSTAL A 6' HY-TECH ROOF BOLT. HE PUT THE TOP SECTION INTO THE ROOF, BUT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO GET BOTTOM SECTION BETWEEN TOP SECTION AND CHUCK HEAD. HE PUT THE CHUCK HEAD ON BOTTOM AND SWUNG HEAD TO CLEAN BOTTOM, HOWEVER HE DIDN'T TAKE TOP SECTION OUT OF ROOF. HE PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN CANOOPY AND TOP SECTION OF BOLT.
EE WAS PLASTERING A WALL WITH B BOND AND GOT THE B BOND INTO HER RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATINGA ROOF BOLTER IN X-CUT 3 TO 2 IN 5 WEST ROOMS SECTION. WHENHE STARTED DRILLING, A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEEACROSS HIS NOSE.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE 5 WEST SECTION AT THE FACE OF 3 ENTRY AND THE FIRST CROSSCUT OUTBY. THE CAVE IS LOCATED 2 X CUTS INBY STATION 3845 AND IS 50 FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE X 8-10 FT HIGH. THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 4 FT RESIN BOLTS. THE AFFECTED AREA IS POSTED AND DANGERED OFF. THE CAVE HAS NOT AFFECTED VENTILATION OR TRAVEL.
EE WAS CUTTING A COVER ON THE MINER TO MAKE ROOM FOR A WATER FITTING. HE CUT INTO A 8 HYDRAULIC HOSE THAT CONTAINED HYDRAULIC FLUID FOR THE MINER SHEAR. OIL BLEW OUT OF THIS HOSE AND BLEW THE FLAME FROM THE TORCH BACK TOWARDS EE CAUSING THELEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND NECK TO BE SIGNED BY THE FLAME.
NO ACCIDENT OCCURED THE MINE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE COLD FRONT OF 25-30 BELOW ZERO. THE HYDRAULIC DOORS BECAME INOPERATIVE ON THE AUTOMATIC MODE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE ELEVATOR DOORS. THE 12:01 S HIFT HAD COME OUT OF THE MINE AND THE 801 SHIFT WAS KEPT OUTSIDE.
EE WAS LOADING BELT ON SUPPLY CAR AND PULLING IT OUT FROM BETWEEN THE RAILS. HE FELT A SNAPPING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW WHILE PULLING BELT ALSO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER IS SORE. THERE WERE FIVE MEN ALONG THE TRACK LOADING THIS BELT.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN AN ADJACENT INTAKE AIRCORSE 2 ENTRY OF THE 1 LEFT MAINS AREA. LOCATED JUST INBY SSN 2938, THE FALL IS 60 FT LONG X 4 1/2 FT HIGH. THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 4 FT R ESIN BOLTS. VENTILATION AND TRAVEL HAVE NOT BEENAFFECTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BOLTER CABLE WHEN IT RAN OUT OF SLACK JERKING HIS RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN 5 WEST TRACK WHILE CHECKING SENSOR LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A TRACK RAIL, AT WHICH TIME HE FELT A PULLING IN PAIN IN RIGHT HIP.
FIRST OF ALL THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND. JANE 5 ELEVATOR WOULDN'T RUN BECAUSE OF SNOW & ICE AT EMILIE #4 LANDING. WE RECIEVED 20" OF SNOW & ICE DOWN OUR INTAKE. DOOR WAS OPERATING SLOW BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
ROOF FALL IN X-CUT 4/5 OF LEFT MAINS IN AREA OF SSN 2980. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' HI TEC BOLTS ON A 4' X 4' PATTERN. NO INTERUPTION OF VENTILATION WAS CAUSED BY THIS FALL. FALL IS @ 50' LONG X 18' WIDE X 6' HIGH.
EE WAS WALKING AIR COURSES WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK. EE HAS HAD A SIMILAR INJURY IN THE PAST.
EMPLOYEE AS INSPECTING EQUIPMENT AND MOVING ABOUT THROUGH THE SECTION AND EXPERIENCED A TIGHTENING OF HIS BACK AS HE WAS WALKING AND CARRYING HIS TOOL BAG.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THE RETURN AIR COURSE IN 5 WEST, WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO TIGHTEN AND STIFFEN MAKING IT HARD TO WALK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN OLD 5 WEST ROOMS AIR COURSE THE FALL MEASURED 20FT LONG X 20FT WIDE X 6 FT HIGH. THE FALL IS LOCATED 5 X CUTS INBY STATION 3534. THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT OR INTERUPT VEN TILATION OR TRAVEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAND LOADING CRIB BLOCKS ONTO PALLETS IN THE SUPPLY YARD WHEN HE DEVELOPED A SORENESS IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK AREA WHILE HANDLING THE BLOCKS. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO CLEAN-UP THE SUPPLY YARD, BUT THE SORENESS DID NOT GO AWAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MVOE SECTION POWER. HE WAS HANDLING 440 CABLE, HANGING IT UP, WHENHE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE FEELS THAT THIS BACK INCIDENT IS A RESULT OF A RECURRING BACK I NJURY FROM MEDICAL NO LOST TIME ACCIDENT 4-19-93.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN OLD LINE ROOMS LOCATED BETWEEN 3 WEST AND 4 WEST LOCATED 5 CROSSCUTS INBY STATION #2320 ADJACENT TO GAS WELL SUPPORT PILLAR. THE FALL IS THE WIDTH OF THE ROOM, ABOUT 4.5 TO 5' HIGH AND APPROX. 60' LONG. THE BREAK OCCURRED ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' HY-TECH BOLTS. VENTILATION THRU THIS AREA HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED.
ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE MINE EXAMINER ON HIS WEEKLY AIR COURSE EXAMINATION. LOCATION OF ROOF FALL -- RIGHT SIDE OF OLD 4 WEST ROOMS, AREA OF BLEEDER EVALUATION POINT F1. ROOF FALL APPR OXIMATELY 150 FEET IN LENGTH BY 20 FEET WIDE BY 6 FEET HIGH.
ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE MINE EXAMINER ON HIS WEEKLY AIR COURSE EXAMINATION LOCATION OF ROOF FALL ONE CROSSCUT OUTBY SURVEY STA 2944 IN NO 6 HEADING OF ONE LEFT SECTION ROOF FALL APPROX 18FT WIDE 5FT HIGH & 50FT LONG
THE EE WAS LIFTING POSTS OFF SUPPLY CAR AND THROWING POSTS THRU A MANDOOR WHEN HE GOT SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING THE COAL OUT OF A BIT BLOCK ON 14CM MINER WITH A PICK HAMMER TO CHANGE A BIT. HE MISSED THE HOLE AND HIT THE SIDE OF BLOCK AND A CHIP FLEW OFF THE TIP OF THE HAMMER IMBEDD ING IN HIS INDEX FINGER.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 5 WEST #6 HEADING. THIS FALL WAS REPORTED BY THE MINE EXAMINER AT LOCATION ALONG TRAVELWAY, 2 X-CUTS INBY STATION 3609. THE FALL IS @ 80' LONG X 20' WIDE AND @5' TO 6' HIGH. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' AND 6' RESIN BOLTS.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT TAIL HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF TRACK RAIL. SAYS HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK OR HIP.
SHOVELING ALONG THE LO-BELT AND FELT PULLING IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LATER FELT NUMBING SENSATION IN HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A CHAIN FOR PULLING UP LO-BELT ONTO MBC WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE HAS A PAST HISTORY OF BACK TROUBLE
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING WALLS, LIFTING AND THROWING BLOCK, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER AREA AND RIGHT SIDE. MAN HAS PAST HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING OVER BRIDGE OVER #1 MAINLINE BELT TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF BELT TO SHOVEL. EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELT PAIN IN HIS KNEE WHEN HE GOT OFF OF THE BRIDGE.
RECURRING INJURY. EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING THE RETURN AIR WHEN HIS KNEE STARTED TO ACHE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A FRONT END IN THE 3-WHEELER. HE HAD HIS ARM THRU THE MOUNT HOLE TO LINE THE FRONT END UP AND WAS LETTING THE 3-WHEELER DOWN ON IT WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED PINNING HIS ARM BETWEEN THE FRONT END AND THE FRAME OF THE 3-WHEELER.
WHILE CUTTING #11 - #12 THROUGH, A CUTTER BROKE OUT BRINGING ROOF DOWN IN WHERE MINING ACROSS FACE OF #12, TAKING 1 ROW OF BOLTS OUT (4PINS). 6 BUTT SECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO MANTRIP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON BOTTOM. HE REACHED OUT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO CATCH HIMSELF, AND HIT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON A BOARD ALONG THE RIB.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 5 WEST #2 HEADING. THIS FALL WAS REPORTED BY THE UMWA MINE EXAMINER AT 2 LOCATIONS. ALONG TRAVELWAY #1 WAS 2 X-CUTS OUTBY STATION 3075 AND #2 WAS 4 X-CUTS OUTBY STATI ON 3075. #1 APPROX. 20'W X 20' LONG, #2 APPROX. 20'W X 20' LONG. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' AND 6' RESIN BOLTS.
BLEEDER IN 6 BUTT SECTION ROOF CAVED IN. APPROX 5'-6' OF ROCK FROM EDGE OF X-CUT #9 ACROSS INTERSECTION OF #8. ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY EMPLOYEE ON HIS PRE SHIFT EXAM OF SECTION FOR 12:01AM MONDAY SHIFT
AN UNPLANNED ELEVATOR OUTAGE OCCURRED AT JANE 5 EMILIE 4 SHIAFT AT 801 AM THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBARD THE ELVATOR AT THIS TIME THE ROPE FOR THE ELEVATOR CAME OUT OF THE SHIEVE WHEEL. A NEW ROPE AND ALL NECESSARY PARTS WERE INSTALLED ON 2-21-93. ALL NECESSARY TESTS WERE MADE AT 301 AM ON 2-21-93 AND PUT BACK IN SERVICE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PULL TRAM MOTOR OUT OF 3 WHEELER TIED ROPE AROUND MOTOR & WAS PULLING ON ROPE WHEN HE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE RAMMED HIS HEAD WHILE GETTING INTO HIS SHUTTLE CAR,HURTING HIS NECK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 1 NORTH SECTION WHERE REHABLITATION WORK IS BEING DONE THE FALL OCCURRED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME FALL IS 30 FT LONG AND 4 FT HIGH.
WHILE TRAVELING TO I.E. MINE EXAMINER DISCOVEREDA FALL OF ROOF FOUR XCUTS INBY STATION #457, #3 ENTRY OF OLD 1 NORTH BELT HEADING. THE FALL MEASURED @ 10' TO 20' LONG X 18' TO 20'W X 5'-6' HIGH. A NEW ROUTE WAS ESTABLISHED TO THE I.E.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 5 WEST ROOMS OLD WORKS. #3X-CUT OUTBY FACE OF 12 ROOM. 2ND X-CUT OUTBY FACE OF #11 RM. RUN ACCROSS TO X-CUT TO #14 RM. RM#21 &22 IN 2ND X-CUT OUTBY FACE. RM. #28 LAST OPEN X-CUT. RM.#31 IN 2ND X-CUT OUTBY FACE. 5X-CUT INBY STATION #3442 REFER TO PRIOR USING STATION 3518. ALL CAVES @5' HIBH X 18' TO 20' WIDE X 20' TO 50' LONG.
EMPLOYEE IS MISSING WORK BEGINNING 02-08-93 DUE TO THIS OLD INJURY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY FILED AS MEDICAL TREATMENT.
WHILE TRAVELING TO B-E, M-I, EXAMINER DISCOVERED A FALL OF ROOF TWO X-CUTS INBY STATION 2121 OF OLD 4BUTT #1 ROOM. THE LENGTH OF THE FALL WAS @50 TO 60 FEET LONG AND THE FULL WIDTH OF THE ENTR Y @18-20 FEET). THE FALL OCCURRED ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE 4' RESIN BOLTS. A NEW ROUTE WAS ASTABLISHED TO THE B-E.
THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS IN PUSH OUT OF STUMP #5. STUMP #4 HAD ALSO BEEN MINED BUT NO FALL HAD OCCURDD. FOREMAN HAD DECIDED THAT ENOUGH OF THE PUSH OUT WAS REMOVED. THE LAST SHUTTLE CAR HAD LE FT AND THE MINER OPERATOR WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT WHEN THE ROOF FELL IN WITHOUT WARNING. POWER STAYED ON MACHINE BUT ROCK WEDGED ON TOP THE MACHINE TO THE CONVEROR CROSSOVER KEEPING IT FROM
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A 4FT ROOF BOLT WHEN HE WAS INSTALLING BOLT INTO ROOF HE AACCIDFENTALLY HIT WRONG CONTROL LEVER CAUSING THE BOLT TO SPIN INSTEAD OF GO UP INTO THE HOLE EMPLOYEE WAS PUS HING THE BOLT ONTO THE HEAD OF THE DRILL HEAD WHICH CAUSED HIS HAND TO BE TWISTED
ROOF WAS WORKING IN #3 ROOM OF 5 WEST ROOMS TO LEFT OF BELT WENT TO THIS AREA FOR PURPOSE OF TIMBERING SAID ROOF ROOF CAVED IN AT @70FT IN LENGTH X4FT TO 41/2FT THICK
EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE REAR OF THE ROOF BOLTER GETTING SUPPLIES WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 2'X1 1/2'X1 1/2' FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS LEFT LEG, ABIVE THE ANKLE, CAUSING AN ABRASIO N WITH SOME SWELLING.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE S&H SCOOP WHEN HIS FOOT BECAME STUCK BETWEEN THE TRAM AND BRAKE PEDALS CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.
AT 605 PM IN THE 6 BUTT SECTION THE MINER HAD FINISHED MINING THE X CUT 1/10 AND PULLED OUT AND STARTED TO MINE THE FACE OF 1.6 CARS WERE TAKEN OUT WHEN THE ROOF STARTED WORKING AND FELL ON TH E MINER BEFORE THERE WAS A CHANCE TO GET IT OUT OF THE AREA. THE FALL WAS BOLTED WITH 4FT FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS AND REBOLTED WITH 6 FT FULL GROUTED RESIN BOLTS BY THE PREVIOUS SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE INFORMED FOREMAN OF SITUATION TAHT HIS LEFT ARM IS GETTING NUMB WHILE RUNNING HIS SHUTTLE CAR. POSSIBLE EXPOSURE DUE TO VIBRATION FROM RUNNING CAR.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #2 ENTRY OF 6 BUTT, 1 LEFT @ ONE X-CUT INBY STATION #6406. THE INTERSECITON OF THE X-CUTS IS ALL THAT CAVED. THE CAVE WAS TOO TIGHT TO SEE HOW HIGH IT FELL. THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 6' HIGH TECH BOLTS. AREA IS TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF.
EE WAS WALKING THRU A PIECE OF CANVAS WHEN HE FELT PAINS IN HIS CHEST. THE EE SAT DOWN ON A 3-WHEELER JEEP, BUT THE PAIN DID NOT LEAVE.
EMPL PICKING UP BELT AND PUTTING STRUCTURE TOGETHER -FELT SORENESS IN BACK.
EMPL LIFTING TOP BELT STRUCTURE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A 3-WHEELER DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL TWISTED HIS WRIST CAUSING PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING RFM STRUCTURE TOGETHER. AS HE WAS LINING PIECES UP HE PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE 5 WEST ROOMS SECTION FROM THE EDGE OF INTERSECTION #4 OVER THROUGH #5, THROUGH CROSSCUT OF #5 TO THE OLD WORKS. APPROX. LENGTH OF THE CAVE IS 75 FEET X 20' WIDE X 4' HIGH.
EE WAS LOADING BOLTER SUPPLIES ONTO A 3 WHEELER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING UP ALONG SIDE OF THE BOLTER GETTING READY TO INSTALL THE FIRST BOLT IN THE ROW, WHEN ROCK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF BETWEEN THE LAST ROW INSTALLED AND THE CANOPY OF THE BOLTER. THE ROCK STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD. U
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A BOLTER STEEL ITO A HOLE IN THE ROOF & HE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION BECAUSE OF SPILLAGE EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE PUSHING STEEL INTO THE HOLE
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY OF 6 BUTT SECTION AT 11:05AM ON 10-16-92 LENGTH OF FALL 80FT LONG & 6FT TO 61/2FT HIGH THE AREA WAS CRIBBED ON ALL SIDES
OTIS ELEVATOR STOPPED APPROX 8FT TO 10FT FROM THE EMILE #4 LANDING ELEVATOR WAS BRINGING MEN OUT OF EMILIE #4 MINE & IT JUST STOPPED AFTER TAKING OFF FROM THE BOTTOM OF EMILIE #4 LANDING SOS S AFETY SWITCH SHUT THE ELEVATOR DOWN
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO BELT-UP, WHEN HE LIFTED THE BELT HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP ALONG SIDE A FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 2'8"L X2"W X2" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE TO PUT ONTO A STAND WHEN SHE FELT PAIN IN HER HIP AREA.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 6 BUTT SECTION OF THE EMILIE #4 MINE IN THE CROSSCUT FROM #2 TO #3. THE MEASURED @6' TO 7' HIGH X 20' WIDE AND @40' LONG. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6' HY-TECH BOLTS. THE AREA WAS DANGERED OFF AND TIMBERED.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A PANEL BOX WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BELT OFF OF TOP; STRUCTURE WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE LOOKING AT CONTROL LEVERS, WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED THE MACHINE CAUSING DUST TO BLOW UP WHICH CAUSED FOR SOMETHING TO BLOW INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S RI GHT EYE.
ELEVATOR STOPPED 8'FROM LANDING. IT WAS BRINGING MEN OUT OF MINE. THE SOS SAFETY SWITCH SHUT THE ELEVATOR DOWN.
EE HAD SHUT DOWN THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE AND WAS TURNING AROUND TO GO TO THE MACHINE WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM IN THE ANKLE AREA OF THE LEFT LEG.
EE WAS GOING THROUGH THE LOW, PULLING A RUN THRU CHECK AND TRYING TO STAY OUT OF WATER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK EE HAS PAST HISTORY OF CHRONIC LOWER BACK AND NECK PROBLEMS WHICH HE NOTIE CES WHEN WALKING OR BENDING.
EE WAS LOADING A DAMAGED CABLE ONTO A FLAT CAR HE WAS HOLDING THE PLUG END OF THE CABLE AND TWISTED TO THROW IN ONTO THE CAR WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON THE BOLTER BLEW APART CAUSING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO SPRAY ONTO THE EE FACE. EE WAS SPRAYED BY FLUID ONTO HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND SOME FLUID G OT INTO THE EE EYES.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE 5 WEST ROOMS (OLD WORKS) #3 ROOMS X-CUTS #3-#2 AND X-CUTS #3-#4.APPROX 5'-6' HIGH BY 18' WIDE AND 40' LONG.THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS AND THE AREA W
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A POST WHEN HE FELT A BITE ON HIS LEFT ARM BITE OCCURRED FROM AN UNKNOWN INSECT FROM THE POST
EMPL BACKING MINER HOOKED TO CONTINUOUS HAULAGE SYSTEM,OUT OF #2 ROOM TOWARDS #3 ROOM. STOPPED MINER IN X-CUT BETWEEN ROOMS,SHUT MINER OFF AND WALKED BETWEEN BULL WHEELS OF MINER AND RIB. EITH ER FAILED TO ALERT MBC OPERATORS OR THEY DIDNT SEE EMPL FLAG. MBC OPER CONTINUED TO BACK UP WHICH TWISTED BULLWHEELS OF MINER TOWARD RIB AND PINNED EMPL BETWEEN BULLWHEELS AND RIB.
EE SAID THAT HE WAS REARRANGING STRUCTURE ON A SUPPLY CAR. HE WENT TO THROW A PIECE OF TOP STRUCTURE ONTO THE CAR WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
54736YEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RT HIP & LOWER BACK WHEN HE LIFTED A BAG OF ROCKDUST OFF OF THE SET OF A RAIL EXPRESS
25365D CROSSCUT 3 TO 4 AND 4 TO 5 AND INTERSECTION IN #4 FACE HAD A FALL OF ROOF. AREA INVOLVED WAS BOLTED WITH 6' HY-TECH BOLTS ON 4' CENTERS, ALSO X-BARRED WITH BARS BOLTED. CAVE AREA WAS UN 12350TO BE MEASURED DUE TO ROOF WORKING.
THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE HE WAS TAKING A RAIL EXPRESS TRAM MOTOR TO THE ELEVATOR ON A HAND TRUCK, WHEN WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE DOUBLE AIR DOOR, THE WHEEL OF THE HAND TRUCK CAUGHT ON TH E DOOR THAT WAS CLOSED CAUSING HIM TO PULL HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE HAND TRUCK BEHIND HIM AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY.
54736YEE WAS SPRAYING A HOT BEARING ON A MOBILE BRIDHE UNIT,WHEN THE UNIT WAS TRAMMED FORWARD CAUSING THE EMPLOYEES FOOT TO BE RAN OVER WHICH CAUSED HIS STEEL TOED BOOT TO PINCH HIS RIGHT FOOT ?0000
54736YEE WAS DRILLING ROOF WHEN UNKNOWN OBJECT OR PIECE OF DIRT CAME UNDER OR AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES & GOT INTO HIS RT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING FROM #5 TO #4 ROOM WHEN THE CANVAS GOT CAUGHT ON THE FRONT END OF THE DUSTER. EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FREE THE CANVAS WHEN HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT B ETWEEN THE ROCKDUSTER AND 3-WHEELED JEEP.
EMPL SETTING A POST IN X-CUT 3-4 WHEN THE 5' X 8" POST FELL OUT STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT EAR.
MINE EXAMINER FOUND A CAVE ON THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY #6 ENTRY OF THE MAINS,1 X-CUT OUTBY 2871. THE CAVE MEASURED 110'LONG X COVERS 2 INTERSECTIONS. THE AREA BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS AND X-BARS
EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING AN OVERCAST WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO PULL HIS LEFT ARM. *EMPLOYEE DID NTO MISS NAY WORK FROM THIS INCIDENT UNTIL 10-8-92.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN 21SC SHUTTLE CAR BEHIND THE OCNTINUOUS MINER GETTING LOADED, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK @ 3" IN DIAMETER FLEW OUT OF THE CONVEYOR OF THE MINER STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MO UTH. THE ROCK CAUSED LACERATIONS TO HIS UPPER AND LOWER LIPS AND ALSO CHIPPED HIS FRON LEFT TOOTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE FACE @ 2 ROWS OF BOLTS OUTBY UNSUPPORTED ROOF WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK @4' LONG X 3" WIDE X 1" THICK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD, LEFT ELBOW, AND RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN ALL OFTHESE AREAS.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING UP A FIRE SUPPRESSION PIPE ON THE 6 BUTT DRIVE. HE WAS SITTING ON THE DRIVE TAKE-UP AND THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE TAIL PIECE WHEN ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND THE RIB, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND TO BECOME CAUGHT UNDER THE ROCK AND STRUCTURE.
(NAME) WAS PRE-SHIFTING 5 WEST ROOMS AND REPORTED THE FALL AT 10:55 PM THE ROOF FALL WAS OUTBY STATION #3218 FOR ABOUT 40'X20'X5' HIGH.AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS.ALL HEADINGS INTO THE CAVE AREA WERE DANGERED OFF WITH CRIBS.AREA WASTIMBERED WITH 4' POSTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A BELT MOTOR WHEN HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK,RIGHT HIP.EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE FEELS THIS IS A RECURRENCE OF AN OLD INJURY.EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTIFY THE MINE OFFICE OF THIS I NJURY UNTIL 05-26-92.
AREA CAVED ON LO-BELT OF 4 WEST ROOMS, 2-X-CUTS OUTBY STATION #3225. THE CAVE WAS @40' WIDE FROM RIB LINE IN #3 ROOM ACROSS #3 TO #4 ROOM. CAVE WAS INBY #3 ROOM @40' LONG AND 5-6' HIGH. ALL AC CESS AREAS WERE TIMBERED OFF AND DANGERED. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' BOLTS AND X-CUTS WERE TIMBERED.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING TOOLS OUT OF CREW BOX, WHEN LID CAME DOWN HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELT STRUCTURE ON LO-BELT, WHEN HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM MANTRIP INTO SECTION WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY STEPPED ON A WET RAIL AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE RAIL CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A PLUG INTO A RECEPTACLE OF A SCOOP WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.
TRAVELING TO B-E M-1 EXAMINER DISCOVERED A FALL OF ROOF 2XCUTS INBY B-3 M-2 LENGTH OF THE FALL IS UNKNOWN & THE WIDTH IS THE FULL WIDTH OF THE ENTRY APPROX WIDTH IS 18FT-20FT FALL OCCURRED ABO VE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE 4FT RESIN BOLTS A NEW ROUTE WAS ESTABLISHED TO B-E M-1
EE WAS LIFTING A TOP ROLLER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
PULLING UP CABLE FOR MINER FELT SHARP PAIN IN BASE OF NECK HEADACHE AND STIFFNESS IN NECK
EE WAS REMOVING GARBAGE FROM IN FRONT OF 5 WEST SUPPLY DOOR WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OFFSET IN THE ROOF 8X10. INJURED EE HAS A PAST HISTORY OF NECK PROBLEMS.
EMPLOYEE ORIGINALLY ASKED TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT REPORT FILED ON 03-02-92 DUE TO HIS COMPLAINTS OF HAVING SORENESS AND ACHING IN HIS HANDS.EMPLOYEE DID NOT START TO MISS ANY WORK DUE TO THIS PROB LEM UNTIL 04-08-92,WHEN HE REPORTED HE WAS OFF WORK DUE TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME(NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT).OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM MANTRIP TO THE SECTION,AND WAS CARRYING A BOX OF DRINKING WATER.WHEN HE WENT TO SET THE WATER DOWN AT THE FEEDER AREA,THE EMPLOYEE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN BACK UP.EMPLOY EE HAS A PAST HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING A 6' RESIN BOLT WHEN HER RIGHT HIP WENT OUT OF PLACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNCOUPLING THE 10 TON FROM THE MANTRIP, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED EXTREME PAIN IN THE MIDDLE BACK AREA. EMPLOYEE HAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP THE #2 ENTRY WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN BEHIND HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CROSSBAR ON TOP OF A ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE BEGAN LOSING TIME FROM WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY ON 11/28/90. PLEASE ADD AN ADDITIONAL 127 LOST WORK DAYS TO THIS ACCIDENT DUE TO A RECURRANCE WHICH OCCURRED ON 1/23/92 AND EXTENDED UNTIL 9/1/92.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN X-CUT OFF OF THE SIDE TRACK OUT TO THE EDGE OF THE TRACK IN OLD 4 BUTT.THE FALL MEASURES APPROX 6' HIGH X18' WIDE X25' DEEP.
A PIECE OF ROCK GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE EMPLOYEES KNEE PAD WHEN THE EMPLOYEE KNELT DOWN ONTO HIS KNEE IT JAMMED THE PIECE OF ROCK UP UNDER HIS KNEE CAP
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH AN X-CUT WHEN HE RAN HIS HEAD INTO A BELT HANGER THAT WAS INSTALLED IN THE ROOF,CAUSING HIM TO JAMB HIS NECK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK FROM THIS ACCIDENT UNTI L 03-03-92.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A SPLICE ON A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE THIGH AREA WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE CABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING X-CUT 3-4 WHEN HE PUSHED A BOLT INTO THE HOLE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO WORK, BUT STARTED GETTING STIFF AND HAD TROUBLE MOVING.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF OF THE MINER AT THE START OF THE SHIFT, WHEN HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
THE OTIS ELEVATOR STOPPED APPROX. 8' FROM THE BOTTOM LOADING LANDING OF THE JANE5 BOTTOM. ELEVATOR WAS BRINGING MEN OUT OF THE JANE 5 MINE AND JUST STOPPED AFTER TAKING OFF FROM THE BOTTOM ARE A. THEY THINK A PIECE OF DIRT WAS IN THE TRACK OYF DOORS ON ELEVATOR AND DISLODTGED THUS LETTING ELEVATOR DOORS CLOSE TIGHTER AND THIS TRIPPED THE SAFETY SWITCH ON TOP OF ELEVATOR CAR.
EMPL WALKING INTO 5 WEST SECTION THROUGH WATER HOLE,STEPPED ON A ROCK OR IRREGULAR BOTTOM TWISTING LOWER BACK.EMPL HAS HISTORY OF LOWER BACK PROBLEM.
ROOF FALL IN #3 ROOM,5 X-CUTS OUTBY FACES OF ABANDONED ADJACENT ROOMS.FALL IS 20'LONG X AND WIDE. HEIGHT UNKNOWN.PLACE BOLTED WITH FULLY GROUTED 4' RESIN BOLTS AND RE-BOLTED WITH 6'FULLY GROUN TED RESIN BOLTS.
ROOF FALL IN #1 HDG 1 LEFT MAINS AT STA 2891. CAVE KEPT RETURN AIRWAY DOOR FROM BEING WALKABLE FROM FACES OF 5 WEST.FALL WAS BOLTED WITH 4' & 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS.AREA WAS ALSO X-BARRE D ON 4' CENTERS.ROCK FALL 8'HIGH.FALL WAS TIMBERED AND CRIBBED OVER TO REOPEN A WALKABLE RETURN AIRWAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AH OSE FROM THE PYRO-CHEM SPRAYING MACHINE WHEN THE PRYO-CHEM SPRAYED FROM THE HOSE INTO HIS LEFT EYE. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFTEY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG THE TRACK IN 5 WEST BELT HEADING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO BOTTOM ROCK ON THE TRACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING UP BOLTER CABLE IN THE #4 ENTRY. HE WAS IN A HURRY TO GET THE CABLE OUT OF THE MINER'S WAY, WHEN HE GRABBED THE CABLE WITH HIS HAND AND STARTED WALKING WITH IT AND FELT PA IN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SUPPLY DOORS OFF EMPTY SUPPLY CAR HE SAID THAT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK
MECHANIC WAS HELPING PULL HYDRAULIC HOSE THROUGH A SCOOP FRAME WHEN HE FELT A PULLED FEELING IN HIS NECK MUSCLES & THEN PAIN WHEN HE MOVES HIS NECK UP & DOWN
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT WHEN THE SHOVEL CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A ROLLER KICKING THE SHOVEL BACK HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE TEETH.
EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF A SORE TAILBONE FROM OPERATING SHUTLE CAR ON ROUGH ROADWAYS.
EMPL WAS WALKING IN #4 ENTRY. ROOF HAD FALLEN OUT AT 1 1/2' EMPL WAS WALKING FROM HIGH TO LOW ROOF WHEN HE STRUCK HEAD.
STRINGING TELEPHONE WIRE-EMPL SLIPPED & FELL PULLING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST COMPLETED HANGING A BOLTER CABLE AND LEANED OVER A PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD,PUSHING IT INTO THE BOTTOM.EMPLOYEE CHIPPED HIS TWO FRONT TEETH.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A CHARGING STATION WHILE HE WAS LOADING CEMENT BLOCK ON TO THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN ON HIS LEFT SIDE AT THE WAIST
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF B-BOND MORTOR UNDER THE CANVAS CHECK IN 3-4 X-CUT IN 5 WEST. HE SAID HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA AS HE WENT UNDER THE CANVAS. EMPLOYEE IS TO BE SEEN BY DOCTOR AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOSSENING A RUSTED BOLT WHEN THE NUT FREED JAMMING HIS FINGER INTO A CEMENT BLOCK BENDING HIS 5TH FINGER OF THE RT HAND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF NORMAL FLEXION
SHOVELING SPILLAGE PULLED LOWER BACK AND HIP
REMOVING COVER PULLING COVER PULLED SOMETHING L ELBOW
FALL FOUND AT 10:10 A.M. BY MINE EXAMINER. FALL AT 110'X19'X8'. BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS. FALL NEAR SSN 2816 IN #8 ALONG PERIPHERY OF RETURN AIRCOURSE IN 1 LEFT MAINS. AREA WAS DANGERED OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG THE LOW BELT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS STRAIGHTENING OUT A ROOF BOLT TO PUSH IT UP INTO THE ROOF WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #7 ENTRY OF 1 LEFT MAINS NEAR SSN 2959. FALL AREA 80'X19'X5'TO6'. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' AND 6' RESIN GROUTED BOLTS ON REDUCED SPACING. AREA WAS ALSO BARRED AND DOUBL E LEGGED WITH POSTS. BARS ON 2' CENTERS. CAVED AREA WAS FOUND YB MINE FOREMAN. AREA WAS DANAGERED OFF AND TIMBERED OFF.
ALLEDGED IGNITION POSSIBLY OCCURRED IN X-CUT 6-7 IN 1 LEFT MAINS AT 6:20AM. BOLTER WAS PUSHING A BOLT INTO DRILL HOLE INR OOF WHEN ROOF BOLTER SAW A WHITISH FLASH AND FELT HEAT. INVESTIGATIO N REVEALED NO EVIDENT TO INDICATE AN IGNITION OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO OTHE RWITNESSES. BEIGN THAT DURING THE INVESTIGATION THERE WAS NO EVIDENT OT INDICATE THAT AN IGNITION OCCURRED, IT IS B
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF RESIN UP ONTO THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WENT TO THROW A MINER CABLE ONTO THE HOOK ON THE MINER WHEN HE SAYS HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BELT HANGER IN 5 WEST BELT HEADING, WHEN THE INSERT FELL OUT OF THE DRILL HEAD. EMPLOYEE WENT TO REACH UNDER THE DRILL HEAD FOR THE INSERT AND THOUGHT HE WAS RAISING THE DRILL HEAD. INSTEAD, HE PUSHED THE LEVER IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND DROPPED THE HEAD OF THE BOLTER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF BELT TRYING TO INSTALL A SPINDLE, WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO STAND UP FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO MOVE THE SCOOP BUMPER TO LOAD IT INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET.
EMPL ERMOVING DRAW BAR PIN FROM SCOOP WHEN HE PINCHED RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN FLANGE ON PIN AND SCOOP FRAME.
CLEANING ROCK OFF THE TOP OF DRILL CANOPY PC OF DRAWROCK FELL FROM ROOF HITTING HIM ON R FINGER OF L HAND
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE MINE EXAMINER. NO WITNESSES. FALL IS LOCATED IN THE 1 LEFT MAINS SECTION IN THE #7 ENTRY, @ 55' INBY SSN 2451. THE FALL IS LOCATED @ 2000' OUTBY THE FACES. FALL DI MENSIONS ARE @ 130' X 20' X 6' TO 7' HIGH. AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH INSTAL II ROOF BOLTS (4' AND 6' BOLTS). CAUSE UNKNOWN. INTAKE WILL BE REROUTED AND THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A BOTTLE OF ACETYLENE ONTO A RAIL ROVER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS RT LEG
EMPL LOADING BOX OF RESIN ONTO SCOOP BUCKET AT SUPPLY BASE.SLIPPED & FELL AGAINST THE BUCKET.AREA WAS WET.EMPL RETURNED TO WORK NEXT SCHED.SHIFT.ON 8-28 EMPL CALLED MINE TO INFORM US HE WAS OF F WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY SINCE 8-23.HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED -BRUISED RIBS.AFFECTED AREA SINCE THEN WAS COATED WITH SAND FOR BETTER TRACTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING THE #8 HEADING WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN A BACON SKIN AND THE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN #5 TO #2 HEADING IN THE LOW WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE UNEVEN SLIPPERY BOTTOM TWISTING HIS RT KNEE
EE TELEPHONE ON 7-30-91 AT 700 AM TO REPORT THAT HE WAS INJURED AT WORK ON 7-29 HE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING A MINER CABLE AS THE MINER WAS BACKING OUT OF CUT HE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING TH E CABLE SIDEWAYS ACROSS HIS BODY AND TWISTED HISBACK. EXPERIENCING PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE ONTO A SCOOP TRACTOR WHEN HE DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOEYE WAS WALKING IN THE LOW,PAST A LOW DRIVE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.EMPLOYEE STARTED NOTICING PAIN BOTHERING HIM AT ABOUT 10:30AM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A BELT TAIL,WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A TAIL JACK.
AREA/INTERESECTION STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF DETERIORATION AND WAS DANGERED OFF AND CENTER POSTED.PRIOR TO GETTING BARS SET,THE ROOF FELL IN.THE SECTION WAS IDLE AT THE TIME OF THE FALL.FALL OC CURRED IN THE #7 AT 210' INBY SSN 2871,60' FROM FACE.CLAY VEIN IN 6-7 WAS EVIDENT.DIMENSIONS APP 20'X20'X5 1/1'.AREA WAS CRIBBED OFF.THIS FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP.WATER COMING OUT OF ROOF.
THIS FALL WAS AN EXTENSION OF A FALL OCCURRING ON 07-10-91.THIS FALL WAS IN 1 LEFT MAINS,#3 ENTRY AT 135' INBY SSN 2881.THE FALL EXTENDED FROM FALL IN #4 (OCCURRED ON 07-19-91) AND RAN INTO 2- 1.DIMENSIONS AT 60'X20'X5'.AREA WAS CROSSBARRED WITH 6' RESIN BOLTS.AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF.SECTION IDLE AT TIME OF FALL.
EMPL STATES THAT HE INJ NECK OPERATING SCOOP JARRED NECK. INJ WASN'T REPORTED UNTIL 7/14/91. WHEN INVESTIGATED EMPL COULN'T RECALL SPECIFIC INCIDENT AS DESCRIBED ON ORIGINAL ACCIDENT REPORT. A T INVESTIGATIONS END IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT INCIDENT WAS ALLEGED & THAT NO INCIDENT OCCURRED. AS OF 8/12/91 MEDICAL REPORT INDICATES INJURIES DO EXIST & ARE WORK RELATED. IT WAS DECIDED TO REP
ROOF FALL OCCURRED #4 ENTRY 1 LEFT MAINS IN INTERSECTION 65' FROM WORKING FACE.NO INJURIES OR EQUIP DAMAGE.CLAY VEIN WAS EVIDENT IN INTERSECTION. ROOF SUPPORTED WITH 48"RESIN ROOF BOLTS.DIMENS IONS OF FALL ARE 20' X 20' X 5'.FALL AREA BOARDED OFF TO PREVENT ACCESS TO IT.WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE BELTLINE. THE HEIGHT WAS ABOUT 4' HIGH WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A CROSSBAR JAMMING HIS NECK.
ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT HAND NEAR THE INDEX FINGER, CUTTING HAND.
A CAVE ON 4 WEST BELT/TRACK 3 X-CUTS INBY STA 2736 OCCURRED.CAVE IS AN EXTENSION OF A CAVE ALREADY CLEANED AND REBOLTED.CAVE COVERED UP 7200 VOLT CABLE,BELT,TRACK 4"WATERLINE AND BLOCKED SECON DARY ESCAPEWAY.AREA BOLTED WITH 4-6'RESIN BOLTS .CAVE WAS 20'WIDE X 25'LONG X 8'HIGH.ESCAPEWAY WAS REROUTED UNTIL CAVE IS CLEANED UP.
EE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE BACK INTO X CUT OUT OF THE WAY OF SHUTTLE CAR. HE WAS PULLING 10 FT OF CABLE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT HIP AREA.
1 LEFT MAINS SECTION CREW HAD JUST ARRIVED INTO SECTION WHEN THEY HEARD ROOF FALL. #3 ENTRY AT SSN 2847 FELL IN. IT ORIGINATED AT INTERSECTION WHICH WAS X BARRED. IT EXTENDED INTO X CUT 3-4 @ 20' & OUTBY #3 FOR @ 35'. HEIGHT WAS @ 6' FALL WAS BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS. AREA WAS CRIBBED & TIMBERED AT ALL ENTRANCES. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. ENTRIES AFFECTED WERE 18' WIDW CLAY VE
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A STOPPING IN #2 ENTRY OF 4 WEST. IT WAS IN A 10' HIGH SPOT AND EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A CEMENT BLOCK AND RAISED ANOTHER BLOCK ABOVE HIS HEAD. WHILE DOING THIS, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO BREAK HIS FALL.
INJURED HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF JACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON FOREHEAD BETWEEN THE EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING EMPTY RESIN BOX FROM THE BOLTER TO THE THREE WHEEL JEEP WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE #2 HEADING OF THE 4 WEST SECTIONINBY THE LO-BELT FOR 60'. THE CAVE IS 4' TO 6' HIGH. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS. THE CAVE COVERED UP 7200 HAND CABLE , 10-5 CABLE, LO-BELT DRIVE CABLE AND A 13HP PUMP. THIS CAVE WAS @ 30' OUTBY SSN 2833.
WHILE SETTING UP TO BOLT EMPLOYEE MOVED THE BOOM INTO PLACE HE WAS STANDING ON SPILLAGE ALONG THE RIB WHEN HE BEGAN TO PUT DOWN THE STAB JACK HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SPILLAG E & WENT UNDER TH E STAB JACK THE STAB JACK WAS THEN LOWERED ONTO HIS FOOT CATCHING HIS FOOT UNDER THE JACK
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE THROUGH A REGULATOR WHEN HE H IT HIS HEAD ON THE FRAME OF THE REGULATOR CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS NECK
MINE EXAMINER, EE FOUND FALL IN #5 ENTRY @25' INBY 2453 OF 1 LEFT MAINS. THIS WAS PART OF THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY AND THE ESCAPEWAY WAS REROUTED AROUND THE FALL. FALL MEASURED @25' X 18' X 14' HI GH. AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY 4' INSTAL II COMBINATION BOLTS. THE FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TANK OF OXYGEN OFF OF A SUPPLY CAR, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN THE UPPER BACK. EMPLOYEE IS HAVING DIFFICULTY LIFTING HIS LEFT ARM. THIS IS AN ONGOING CONDITION FROM A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT.
DRILLING HOLE, COUPLER BROKE, STEELS CAME OUT OFROOF STRUCK EMP ON L WRIST
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A WELDER WHEN IT BECAME CAUGHT ON A ROCK. EMPLOYEE FELT A PULLING IN HIS LOWER MIDDLE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING DIRT OUT OF JACK, WHEN HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BASE OF THE JACK WITH THE JACK IN THE LIFT POSITION. WHEN HE HIT THE JACK AGAINST A POST LYING ON THE BOTTOM, THE JACK COLLA PSED, PINCHING HIS RIGHT HAND, MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS BETWEEN THE BASE AND TONGUE OF THE JACK. THE JACK APPARENTLY SHIFTED TO THE LOWER POSITION.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY OF 4WEST ROOMS.THE FALL WAS BACK 2 MORE X-CUTS FROM THE PREVIOUS CAVE.THE FALL WAS 6' HIGH AND WAS LOCATED 50' OUTBY 2699 SSN TO APPROX 40' INBY 2694(125'X20'X6') THIS AREA WAS CRIBBED.THE FALL OVERRODE THE CRIBS.MORE CRIBS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
EMPL MAKING PRESHIFT EXAM AND WAS CRAWLING ALONGSIDE A 3-WHEELER WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL BEHIND EMPL. WHEN EMPL TURNED TO SEE WHAT HAD FALLEN , HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON THE 3-WHEELER.DIDNT MISS WORK UNTIL 11-20-92.