Bear Canyon #1Coal

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED INTHE HIAWATHA SEAM AT CROSS CUT NO.16 IN THE NO.3 ENTRY. THE FALL IS ABOUT5'HIGH, 18'WIDE, & 10' LONG

THE ROOF FELL IN THE #2 ENTRY BELT ENTRY #15 CROSS CUT IN THE HIAWATHA SEAM. THE FALL IS 4 TO 8' HIGH AND 20' WIDE AND 20' LONG.

EE WAS STANDING BY FEEDER TO GET OUT OF WAY OF SCOOP. THE SCOOP HIT A RIB OF COAL. THE COAL CAME DOWN TRAPPING EE BETWEEN COAL AND FEEDER. EE HAS ABRASIONS AND BROKEN RIBS.

ROOF FALL IN 1ST LEFT ENTRY AT #4 AND #5 X-CUT APPROX 130' X 20'HIGH. A COAL HAULER, A D-BOX AND A SHOP TRAILER WERE LOST IN THE FALL.

PULLING SPRING MOUNT BOLTS OFF WITH AIR WRENCH, SPRING SPRUNG DOWN ON AIR WRENCH AND SMASHED FINGERS ON HOIST.

THE TIPPLE CRUSHER, PLUGGED UP, AFTER IT WAS CLEANED OUT, THEY CLOSED THE DOOR AND EE FINGRS GOT SMASHED IN THE DOOR.

CLEANING SURFACE SHOP, MOVING METAL BAR, TWO MIDDLE FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND GOT SMASHED WITH THE METAL BAR. SMASHED AND BROKEN FINGERS.

WAS ROOF BOLTING A 1"" ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND PUNCTURED LEFT FOOT.

MOVING FEEDER AWAY FROM TAIL PIECE OF MINER. GOT TOO CLOSE TO RIB & PINNED HIMSELF BETWEEN RIB & FEEDER.

SOMETIME PRIOR TO GRAVEYARD SHIFT ON 5-26-02 A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE #3 ROOM AND #2 CROSS CUT. THE ROOF FELL OUT APPROX. 1' ABOVE THE 4' ROOF BOLTS BEING USED.

HOISTING A PLATE UP TO THE CAT WALK. HIS HAND GOT SMASHED BETWEEN THE BASKET AND A PIPE, SMASHING HIS 1ST & 2ND LEFT FINGERS.

MAN WAS PULLING ROCK FROM FEEDER. OTHER EE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS IN THERE & TURNED THE FEEDER ON. IT PULLED HIM INTO THE CLAWS, BREAKING HIS BONE & CUTTING HIS LEG & FOOT. (LEFT LEG).

ROOF FALL BETWEEN #1 AND #2 ENTRY IN XCUT #11-HIAWATHAT SEAM EAST MAINS INACTIVE- A 3"" HOLE WAS DRILLED DOWN FROM THE BLIND CANYON SEAM TO DRAIN WATER, ROOF BECAME WET AND FELL, APPRX. 18' X 3 0' X 4' HIGH.

WAS HAVING STOMACHE PAIN. WENT INTO DOCTOR. DIAGNOSED WITH HERNIA. EE ASSUMES IT HAPPENED AT WORK WHILE HE WAS LIFTING AND MOVING SUPPLIES.

WAS CARRYING 2 BUCKETS OF SEALANT, STEPPED IN A HOLE OR ON A PIECE OF COAL AND STUMBLED AND HURT HIS BACK. (STRAINED)

SLIDING A 3' X 1' PIECE OF I-BEAM ACROSS A LARGER PIECE OF I-BEAM. IT TWISTED THE PLACE HE WAS HOLDING INTO THE SIDE OF THE LOWER I-BEAM AND SMASHED HIS TWO MIDDLE FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.

WAS HELPING UNPLUG THE CRUSHER THEY WERE LETTINGTHE SIDE COVER SWING SHUT, IT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND TOOK HIS HAND WITH IT, SMASHING HIS THUMB

WAS GUIDING A GEAR BOX DOWN THE TIPPLE HILL. THE GEAR BOX GOT LODGED ON SOME ROCKS. WHEN THE GEAR BOX WAS UNLODGED, IT CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT FOOT AND SMASHED IT. IT IS BRUISED UP AND POSSIBLE FRACTURED.

WAS WATCHING MINER CABLE. HAD HAND ON SHUTTLE CAR WHILE IT WAS BEING LOADED. THE TAIL OF THE MINER SWUNG AROUND AND SMASHED FINGERS INTO SHUTTLE CAR. TIPS OF THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS WERE AMPUTATED.