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THE AREA TWO BREAKS INBY THE PORTAL IN NO.3 ENTRY WAS BOLTED WITH 36" CONVENTIONAL BOLTS ORIGINALLY AND REBOLTED WITH 60" CONVENTIONAL. VERTICAL MUD SEAMS WERE PRESENT AND A TRAINAGULAR SHAPED PIECE OF ROOF APPROX 25 FT. WIDE X 20 FT LONG AT THE LONGEST POINT X 4 FT THICK FELL OUT. NO INJURIES RESULTED.
WHILE UNLOADING TIMBERS FROMA SCOOP BUCKET. A TIMBER ROLLED OFF THE STACK STRIKING THE EE S RIGHT RING FINGER. THE EE RECEIVED A FRACTURE AND LACERATION DUE TO THE INCIDENT. THE INCIDENT OCCUR RED IMMEDIATELY OUTBY SPAD 13 IN THE BELT ENTRY.
PINNER STEEL PINCHED HIS THUMB & FOREFINGER WHEN IT JOINS TOGETHER
MINE ROOF, PREDOMATELY SOFT SHALE, HAD BEEN CRIBBED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS. THE ROOF WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED WITH 4' DYNA/ROK PLUS ROOF BOLTS. THIS AREA HAS BEEN CRIBBED AND DANGERED OFF AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
THE FALL OCCURRED DURING A VACATION PERIOD AND WAS DISCOVERED TODAY. THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 48 INCH AND 60 INCH ROOF BOLTS. THE FALL WAS 50 FT LONG, 20 FT WIDE AND APPROX. 2 1/2 FT THIC K. IT DID NOT FALL ABOVE THE BOLT ANCHORAGE, THE BOLTS WERE BROKE AND PULLED LOOSE. IT IS IN THE #4 ENTRY ON THE BELT. IT IS BEING CLEANED UP AT PRESENT.
THE FALL OCCURRED IN AN AREA THAT WAS FAULTED AND HAD BEEN REBOLTED WITH 72-INCH AND 84-INCH ROOF BOLTS. CRIBS HAD BEEN SET IN THE OPENING TO THE CROSSCUT PRIOR TO THE FALL OCCURRING. THE FALL WAS 20' WIDE X 30' LONG X 4' THICK. THE FALL IS IN THE NEUTRAL ENTRY ONE CROSSCUT OUTBY SURVEY STATION #788 APPROX. 2500' FROM THE FACE.
ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION AT 6:30 AM. FALL LOCATED AT SURVEY STA 784 IN #5 HDG 1700' FROM FACE AREA. FALL MEASURED 70'LONG X 20'WIDE X 7-8'THICK AND FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZON E OF 48" CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS USED IN AREA.
54736YEE ALLEGED TO HAVE CONTRACTED COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE WORKING FOR BAILEY BROTHERS COAL COMPANY. OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED BY MANAGEMENT ON 8-11-92. MINE IS NOW BEING O 75913ED BY DOMINION COAL CORPORATION AS DOMINION MINE NO. 14.
A ROOF FALL (65'L X 20'W X 40"-48"T) OCCURRED IN THE NO.5 HEADING 1 BREAK INBY SURVEY STATION NO.770 AND 1000' FROM THE 001-0 SECTION TAILPIECE. THE FALL OCCURRED SOMETIMES BETWEEN THE END OF THE DAY SHIFT ON 07-17-92 AND THE PRESHIFT BEING MADE ON 07-18-92. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A GOLF CART AND THE WORK REQUIRED HIM TO REMOVE THE FENDERS BY USING A TORCH TO CUT OUT THE SCREWS HOLDING IT. HE HAD CUT OUT TWO BOLTS WHEN HE NOTICED SLAG ON THE BATT ERY. HE REMOVED HIS GOGGLES AND WAS RAKING SLAG OFF THE BATTERY WHEN ONE OF THE CAPS BLEW OFF AND SOME FLUID BLEW IN HIS EYES. THE BATTERY ON THE CART HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF CHARGE JUST PRIOR TO
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO. 2 HEADING ONE BREAK OUTBY SURVEY STATION NO. 789 AND IN THE FOURTH INTERSECTION OUTBY THE FACE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 20' WIDE X 35' LONG X 0-5' THICK. 48 " CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS HAD BEEN USED IN THE AREA. THE FALL WILL NOT CLEANED UP.
A ROOF FALL, APPROC. 20' WIDE X 20-25' LONG X 5-5 1/2' THICK, FELL IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF THE NO.2 HEADING AND TWO BREAKS INBY SURVEY STATION NO. 789. THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 48" C ONVENTIONAL BOLTS AND THEN REBOLTED WITH 60" POINT ANCHOR BOLTS AFTER THE ROOF BEGAN DETERIORATING IN THE AREA. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
ALLEGED INJURY PER EMPLOYEES STATEMENT I WAS LIFTING UP A ROCK I FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF MY BACK
CRAWLING ON KNEES AND PULLING A CABLE. SPRING KNEE.
A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS & FELL & HIT MY LEFT FOOT
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 41" X 43" FROM 1-5'THICK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EMPL ON SHOULDERS AND MIDDLE PART OF BACK.
HE WASPULLING DRAW SLATE ON A SLIDING CROSSCUT HE WAS POSITIONED DWON HILL WHEN THE SLATE FELL IT PITCHED DOWN HILL AND STRUCK A GLANCING BLOW TO THE R SIDE OF THE R LEG AND THE R SIDE OF THE R FOOT
EMP STATED HE WA> MAKING A BELT SPLICE AND GOT A PC OF STEEL IN LEFT EYE WHILE WEARING SAFEYT GLASSES
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED 60 FT INBY SPAD NO. 982 IN NO. 3 ENTRY THE FALL WAS APPROX. 25W X 25 L X 4-5 THICK IN THE INTERSECTION. THE FALL WAS ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ZONE OF THE BOLTS WHICH WERE INSTA LLED IN 1986. 3
I NEVER KNEW I 4AS HURT UNTIL THAT NIGHT ABOUT 11:30 PM. I WAS HELPING I.NAME WELD AND I ONLY HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON AND I CAUGHT GLIMPSES OF THE ARC
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE PUT HIMSELF IN THE WRONG BODY POSITION TO LIFT
A PIECE OF SMALL ROCK FELL AND HIT THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND
I WAS LIFTING ROOF JACKS OFF OF A PINNER AND STRAINED MY BACK.
FAILER OF EMPLOYEE TO OBSERVE PARKED AND MOVING EQUIPMENT