ROOF FALL OCCURRED (9) MINE BREAKS INBY NO 3 DRIVE F ALL IS APPROX 20X20(FT) ROOF FALL ALSO OCCURRED IN A PART OF MINE THAT WAS MINE IN THE 70S ARM OF THE FALL HAS BEEN EXAMINE EVERY WORKIN MO RNING BEFORE 1ST SHIFT THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED WHILE MINE WAS IDLE FOR WEEKEND & VETERANS DAY
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 46
- Years on record
- 1983–1991
- Latest incident
- Nov 1991
Reportable incidents
46 on file1991 · 7 incidents
CARRYING CHAIN BLOCKS TO THE BELT WHEN SLIPPING AND FALL ON HANDLE OF CHAIN BLOCKS AND MINING HAND.
EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE WHILE GETTING OUT OF TRUCK, FALLING TO THE GROUND.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON BELT ENTRY ABOUT 1200 FEET INBY NO. 4 BELT DRIVE. FALL MEASURED ABOUT 20' X 40' X 5' AND WAS DISCOVERED BY THE MINE EXAMINER ON 3-25-91.
USING BALL PIN HAMMER & CHIESEL BEATING ON BROKEN BAR CHIP OFF CHIESEL FLEW IN LEFT EYE. UNKNOWN AMOUNT DAMAGE.
WALKING TWISTED HIS KNEE.
MAN WAD LIFITING ROCK FROM TAILPIECE & DROPPED IT ON FOOT.
1990 · 7 incidents
ROOF BOLTING NO1 HEADING.STARTING DRILL HOLE WHEN PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT 50 LBS FELL HITTING LEFT HAND.
THE FALL OCCURRED AT AN INTERSECTION OF NEXT TO LAST X-CUT AND NO. 3 ENTRY. THIS WAS IN A FAULT AREA AND HAPPENED ON AN IDLE SHIFT WITH NO ONE IN THE MINE.
LIFTING SPARE PARTS IN SUPPLY HOUSE.
EMPL REMOVING PIECE OF COAL FROM HEADLIGHT ON MINER WHEN ROCK FELL LOOSE FROM TOP STRIKING LEFT FOREARM.
ROCK FALL, MINOR INJURY.
PIECE OF ROCK FALL FROM TOP HITTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
PICKING UP METAL LOCKOUT BOX.
1989 · 8 incidents
SCALIE TOP-LOOSE ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMPL IN FACE.
PERSON INJURY WAS LOADING MINING TIMBER ON TO FALT CAR TO BE TAKEN UNDERGROUND, WHEN HE INJURED HE ,LOWER BACK LIFTING A TIMBER ONTO CAR.
MAN WAS HELPING TIMBER WITH TWO OTHERS THEY HAD FINISHED SETTING LAST TIMBER, WHEN INJURED FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
AIR IMPACT WRENCH MASHED RIGHT HAND AGAINST DIESEL SCOOP WHILE REPAIRING SAME.
PULLING MINER CABLE WITH MINER THE ROPE BROKE AND INJURED RIGHT EYE.
WHILE DRILLING BOLT HOLE, EMPLOYEE OVER PRESSURED DRILL STEEL, BREAKING IT OFF IN HEAD STEEL SPRAY BACK STRIKING HIM ON LEFT HAND RING FINGER.
CARRYING ROCKDUST,STRAINED BACK
CLEANING OUT RAM CAR JACK SLID SLIPPED AND FELL INJURED LEFT TESTICLE.
1988 · 6 incidents
MAN WAS SITTING ON TOP OF BOLTER EATING LUNCH PROTION OF TOP FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, LANDIGG ACROSS RIGHT LEG AND KNEE.
ROCK FELL FJORM ROOF OF MINE AS OPER WA> JPOSITIONING TRS ON BOLTER. STRUCK HIMI N FACE AND R. FT.
BUMPED LEFT KNEE O MINER CBLE STRAIN CLAMP.
ROOF BOLJTING WHEN PC OF TOP JOVER CANOPY OF DRILL BROKE LOOSE FORM TOP FEL STRIKING HIM ON LEFT FOOT.
LT SIDE OPR SET UP DRILLING HOKE FOR RIB BOLT PORTION TO TOP STARTED TO FALL OPR JUMP BACK INTO RIB STRIKING HIS BACK ON HIS BATTERY LIGHTS AND SELF RESCUER.
ALLEGED PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
1987 · 1 incident
MINE IS IDLE AN8 FALL OCCURRED AT THE WEAKEST POINT IN A MINE. FALL OCCURRED TWO BREAKS INBY THE DRIFT MOUTH IN THE #3 HEAD ING ON THE BELTWAY. FELL ABOVE THE 6 FT. BOLT ANCHORAGE. THE FALL WAS 6 FT. THICK2 18 FT. WIDE AND 35 FT. LONG.
1986 · 1 incident
FALL AREA IS L2CATED ON MAIN LINE OF 002 AND 004 SECTIONS INBY 3 BREAKS TO #2 BELT HEADING FALL IS APPROX 8X18X60 TRAPPED BELT ENTRY 6 FT FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS WERE USED IN THIS AREA THIC THICKNESS OF FA5L WAS ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE FALL PROPOSES NO VENTILATION CHANGES OR HAZARDS NO IMMEDIATE PLANS FOR CLEANUP
1985 · 1 incident
FALL LOCATED 4 BRKS INBY #2 BELT DRIVE MAIN LINE IN #1 ENTRY AND 5 BRKS INBY #2 BELT DRIVE IN #2 ENTRY.FALL IN #1 IS 20\WIDE X 4\THICK X 120\LONG CONNECTED TO FALL IN #2 IN 2ND X-CUT INBY.#2 F ALL IS 18\WID E X 4\THICK X 60\LONG.
1983 · 15 incidents
THE ROOF FELL ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE HORIZON ANDIT WAS 8 TO 10 FEET IN THE INTERSECTION. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 40\ X 20\ X 8\.
THE EE STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING A B PUMP ON THE MINER, HE WAS HOLDING THE PUMP WITH HIS FINGERS INSERTED IN A THREADED HOLE IN THE PUMP WHEN THE BOLTS WERE TAKEN LOOSE F ROM THE PUMP IT FELL & IN SO DOING CUT HIS FINGER WITH THE THREADED HOLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING THE BOLT MACHINE FROM #2 HEADING TO THE #1 HEADINGT HE WAS GOING TO LEFT SIDE OF BOLTER TO CHECK THE CABLE WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT
LARGE ROCK ON SHUTTLE CAR AND EMPL WAS BEATING IT WITH HAMMER WHEN SMALL ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP STRIKING HIM ON HAND.
HE WAS TRAMMING THE MINER OUT OF THE #3 ENTRY, HE WAS KNOCKING MUD OUT OF MINER WITH HIS FOOT WHEN THE TRAMMING LEVER GOT STUCK AND FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRAMMING LEVER AND THE MINER.
HE WAS HAULING COAL OVER ROUGH BOTTOM CASUING HIS SHUTTLE CAR TO BOUNCE THUS HURTING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD A SCOOP BATTERY CELL SITTING ON TOP OF THE SCOOP THE CELL FELL OVER ON HIS HAND BUSTING HISTHUMB
A ROOF FALL APPROX FOUR BREAKS INBY THE PORTAL IN THE TRACK ENTRY AT 007 SECTION THE SIZE OF THE FALL WAS 10 FT IN LENGTH 12 FT IN WIDTH AND 3 FT IN THICKNESS THE PERMANENT SUPPORT IN THIS AE RA HAD BEEN COLLARS AND CRIBS
THIS ROOF FALL FELL ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE HORIZON AND IT WAS 8 TO 10 FEET IN 2 RT AND IT FELL OVER TO #3 CROSSCUT THE FALL WAS APPROX 40 FT X 5020 FT X 7 1/2 FT
ROOF FALL 20\ X 10\ X 6\ TAPERING TO NOTHING FALL APPEARED TO BE LARGE HORSEBACK OR SLIP THAT CRUMBLED BETWEEN BOLTS.USING 72\\ GROUTED RESIN BOLTS.LOCATED ON 007 SECTION.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PICKING UP A TIMBER AND HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS ARM
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PICKING UP THE MINER CABLE AND WATER LINET O LAY IT OVER THE RIPPED HEAD HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE GOT THE CABLE UP TO LAY OVER THE RIPPER HEAD
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS EATING DINNER AND THE RAM CAR CAME BY LOADED RAN OVER A ROCK AND THE TIRE KNOCKED IT OUT HITTING HIM IN THE FACE
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIM AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE USING BARS TO DISLODGE AN OLD MOTOR WHEN THE MOTOR BROKE LOOSE THE BAR HE WAS USING STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EAR HE WAS KNOCKED OUT AND FELL FROM A HEIGHT OF 3 1/2FT STRIKING THEMOTOR WITH HIS BACK AND SIDE
A ROOF FALL APPROX 20\ X 20\ X 6\ IN SIZE WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 80\ OUTBY SPAD #278 IN THE #5 HEADING ON THE MAINLINE. THE IMMEDIATE ROOF STRATA WAS GREY SLATE SHALE & THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH FULLY GROUTED 48" RESIN BOLTS. NO INJURIES & THE FALL HAS BEEN TIMBERED OIFF.