Mine #41 Coal

DID NOT BECOME LOST TIME ACCIDENT UNTIL 4-8-96.

900 FEET INBY #2 BELT DRIVE A ROCK FALL OCCURRED. THE AREA IS A FAULTED AREA.

EMPLOYEE PUTTING CRIB BLOCK UNDER A JACK OF THE MINER, MINER OPERATOR LET JACK DOWN ON HIS THUMB, EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB THAT REQUIRED EIGHT SUTURES.

REMOVING DRILL MOTOR FROM IDLE MACHINE.

INJURED HAS WORKED IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE FOR OVER 11 YEARS. INJURED HAD A GRADUAL ONSET OF BACK PAIN AND IS NOW BEING TREATED FOR A HERNIATED DISK.

SHUTTLE CAR HUNG IN POINT AS IT WAS BIENG LOADED, EMPLOYEE WAS OUTBY THE MINER AGAINST THE RIGHT RIB AND THE SHUTTLE CAR HIT HIS FOOT.

BUMPED HIS KNEE WHILE ROOF BOLTING.

BRAKES FAILED ON SCOOP, EMPLOYEE HAD TO SKIM RIB TO STOP, STRUCK LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

A ROCK FALL, ONE BREAK OUT BY FEEDER IN #1 ENTRY APPARENT CAUSE: MOUNTIAN BREAK.

EE LEFT FOOT SLID UNDER THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTER AS THE BOLTER HEAD WAS BEING LOWERED.

THE ROOF CONTAINED AN AREA OF RASH ROCK ABOVE THE COAL BED AND ABOVE THE TEST HOLE AREA OF ROOFBOLTS BEING INSTALLED. THE SLIP LET GO ALLOWING THE ROOF TO FALL.

WORKING IN THE RETURN, SLAB OR ROCK FELL AND GLANCED OFF UPPER BODY AND LEFT LEG.

CARRYING BUCKET OF BOLTS APPROX. 200' UNDERGROUND. STRAINED BACK.

WHILE WORKING ON BELT DRIVE OUTSIDE, WAS ON TOP OF DRIVE, FELL THRU FOR ABOUT 3-4 FEET AND RIBS STRUCK A BRACE ON BELT DRIVE.

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER A PIECE OF PINNER STEEL BROKE STRIKING EE ON LEFT ARM. EE SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO LEFT ARM.

DRAW ROCK PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN PINS STRIKING TRACTOR OPERATOR ON RIGHT SHOULDER. FRACTURED FIBULA BONE.

FALL 25'OUTBY FACE IN #3 ENTRY.OCCURRED AFTER PRESHIFT WAS MADE AND FOUND BY SECTION EMPLOYEES.

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FALL OUT OF THE TOP BEHIND THE OPERATOR LANDING ON THE BOTTOM ON IT EDGE AND FALL INTO THE OEPRATOR HITTING HIM IN THE BACK AND PUSHED HIM INTO THE MACHINE'S SMALL CONTROL PANEL BOARD AND PANIC BAR, PINNING HIM BETWEEN MACHINE ADN ROCK, WHICH RESULTED IN BREAKING HIS BACK, RIBS AND PUNCTURING A LUNG.

WHIE TRAMMING A 14 BU LOADER THE OPERATOR TRAMMED OVER A ROCK THAT COME UP INTO OPERATOR COMPARTMENT AND MASHED HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND MACHINE.

CUTTER OPERATOR WAS HNAGING THE CABLE ON CABLE HANGERS BEFORE ENTERING A ENTRY.

LIMATNITED SAND ROCK.

LAIMINATED ROCK WITH SLICKEN SIDES

AN AREA OF WEAK STRATA & LAMINATED ROCK SANDSTONE WITH SLICKEN SIDES

INJURED PARTY WAS LIFTING A BAG OF CEMENT AND HURT HIS BACK HE HAS PINCHED A NERVE IN HIS BACK

ROCK FALL BETWE9N SPAD NO.31 AND 32 IN NO.5 ENTRY.

MAN WAS LOADING3CEMENT BLOCK ONTO FLAT CAR & T WISTED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING AROUND COAL DRILL MACHINE AND HE BUMPED KNEE ON THE MACHINE.

EMP WAS LOADING3RAILS ON FLAT CAR OUTSIDE. HURT LEFT ARM

CHANGING BATTER3ES AT STATION,BUMPED COTNER OF LEFT EYE ON WIRE,RESULTING IN CONTUSION AND LACERATION.

PUTTING BOLT IN3BUG DUSTER ON CUTTER TOLD CUTTER MAN TO RISE BOOM WHEN CUTTER TURN ON BUG DUSTGER WAS IN GEAR I.NAME HAD HAND ON BUG DUSTER CUT 2 FINGERS OFF

WAS SETTING ROO0 BOLT AND MASHED INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

HAD ROCK FALL I3 #4 ENTRY 4000 INSIDE CRIBS OFF & DANGERED OFF.

RAIL RUNNER STU7K IN POINT HIT ANOTHER RAIL RUNNER HURT LEFT LEG AND HIP

ROCK FALL FROM 7OP BETWEEN RIB AND SAFETY JACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO BACK FROM ROCK FALLING AGAINST HIS BACK WHILE HE WAS ROOF BOLTING

HAD ROCK FALL IN #5 ENTRY HORSE BACK.

HAD ROCK FALL IN #1 ENTRY AT 4TH CROSSCUT APPROX. COVERED FMC 350 ROOF BOLTER UP NO ONE INJURED TOP GAVE NO WARNING.