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ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT A INTERSECTION, WHICH A 26' FOOT KING RAIL WAS INSTALLED AT NEW INTERSECTIONS A 20' FOOT TO 24' FOOT KING RAIL WILL BE INSTALLED, TO NARROW OPENING DOWN, ALSO WILL TRY TO CUT 15' FT WIDE.
THIS ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT AN AREA PREVIOUSLY MINED BY PRIOR CONTRACTED OPERATOR. THE ENTRIES AND CROSSCUTS ARE AT PRESENT BEING MINED NARROWER THAN WERE PREVIOUSLY CUT BY PASSED CONTRACTOR OP ERATOR. POOR ROOF CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.
DUE TO ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF SURFACE WATER CULVERT BLOCKED DIVERTING SURFACE WATER IN TO MINE AMOUNT OF WATER OVER WHELMED UNDERGROUND PUMPS IN UNDATING BOLTER CUTTING MACHINE POWER CENTER & FACE PUMPS
INJURED PERSON WAS MOVING A 3 CHANNEL TO PUT IN SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK NATURE OF THE INJURY IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
DUE TO REPEATED SIMILAR MOVEMENTS THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERS FROM CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
THE FALL OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF #2 MAIN BELT LINE AT FOOTAGE 6+20. THE ROCK WAS ON OUTBY SIDE FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 8' IN LENGTH SETTLED TO BOTTOM. THE ROOF HAD ALREADY BEEN SUPPORT ED ON 3' CENTERS OR LESS AND IS A KNOWN DEFECTIVE AREA.
CREW WAS MOVING H BEAM TO HEAD OF MINER EMPLOYEE GOT FINGER PINCHED
EMPLOYEES WERE HANDLING 90# STEEL RAIL, RAIL TWIST OR ROLLED PINCHED EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND.
NUMBER 4 ENTRY HAD MINED THROUGH OLD WORKS AND APROXIMATELY 60' INTO COAL BEYOND OLD WORKS INTERSECTION WAS SUPPORTED WITH 90 # STEEL RAILS, YIELDABLE STEEL LEGS ON 3' CONTROLS AND STRAPPED TO ROOF WITH 5" STEEL MATS AND 4' ROOF BOLTS. OPPOSING X CUTS TO INTERSECTION WERE SUPPORTED WITH 5" X 5" X 30" CRIBS AND TIMBERS. CRIBS TOOK WEIGHT. MEN WERE WITHDRAWN, APPROACH CENTER TIMBERED
ROOF WAS SUPPORTED WITH 5"X7"X18' WOODEN X BARS. STRAPPED WITH 5" STEEL MATS AND 4' RESIN BOLTS, AND 5"X7" WOODEN LEGS, 1"X8" WOODEN PLANKS WERE NAILED TO THE LEGS TO PREVENT KICKING OR KNOCKI NG OUT. ROOF DRIBBLED AND APPROX. 25-30 MINUTES LATER #2 FELL IN, OPPOSING XCUTS AND OUTBY EDGE OF FALL WAS SUPPORTED PRIOR TO FALL.
ROOF WAS SUPPORTED WITH 90# RAIL WITH BETHLEM GULDABLE LEG SETS, STRAPPED WITH 5" MATS AND 4 FT RESIN BOLTS. CROSSCUT WAS TURNED AND 5 X 7 WOODEN BARS WERE SET INTO FACE 25'. ROOF DRIBBLED AND APPROX. 15' LATER FELL IN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF THE MINE HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP SOME MATERIAL THAT WAS LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR WHEN EMPLOYEE STOOD UP TO MOVE FORWARD HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A LOW 5X7 CROSSBAR & JAMM ED HIS NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING CROSSBARS AGAINST THE ROOF AND BUILDING BRIDGES ON THE MINE FLOOR WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.