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THE CONTINUOUS MINER, SIMMONS-RAND-MODEL 500 WAS BACKING OUT OF THE NO. 7 INTERSECTION-001-0 SECTION, AND THE VICTIM WAS HANDLING MINER CABLE ON THE RIPPER HEAD WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF MINING RO OF (SLATE,APP. 2 FT.X 4 FT. X 7", FELL BETWEEN THE RIGHT RIB BOLT AND RIB, STRIKING VICTIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PUT FACE BELT TOGETHER WHEN HE BUMPED HIS KNEE, DIDN'T GO TO THE DR. UNTIL 11-6-97
EE LIFTED MAT CHAIN IDLER FOR SR508 MINE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
ROAK FALL AT SPAD #2960 IN INTERSECTION, APPROX 20' X 20' X 5' HIGH, ON OLD RT PANEL.
ROCK FALL APP 80 FT X 20 FT X 5FT. HIGH FELL BREAK OUT BY FACE IN 3 ENTRY INTERSECTION. 1 BREAK INBY SPAD 2973.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN #2 HEADING--AS HE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON LEFT LEG--CUTTING AND BRUISING LEFT LEG. DRAW ROCK APP. 12" X 12" X 2".
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #4 3N54Y IN FACE. LAST CUT WED. NIGHT IN BELT ENTRY FELL IN BEFORE WE GOT IT BOLTED. GOING TOCUT BACK INTO FALL FROM #3 RIGHT. THIS FALL OCCURRED OVER WEEKEND JOINED OTHE R FALL. 30' LONG, 22' WIDE, 5-6' HIGH. 5' TORQUE TENSION BOLTS 50' INBY SPAD #2908.
ROOF FALL IN #4 ENTRY (BELT-ENTR) 40 TO 50' LONG 22' WIDE R TO 5' H. 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #2786 BOLTED WITH 36" MECH. BOLTS. ON #7 BELT LINE.
EE STATED HE MOVED HIS ROOF BOLTER FROM #3 TO #6ENTRY. HE LOST A PIECE OF PINNER STEEL COMING ACROSS. WENT BACK TO GET IT. BRIDGES WERE RUNNING COAL. AFTER HE GOT STEEL HE TOLD BRIDGE OPER. TO CUT BRIDGE OFF SO HE COULD GET ACROSS. BRIDGE OPER MISUNDERSTOOD, RAISED BOOM CAUGHT HAND ON TOPOF BOOM AGAINST TOP.
ROOF FALL IN #5 ENTRY (NEUTRAL ENTRY) 20' X 20' X 4' TO 5' HIGH. 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD #2788 BOLTED WITH 36" MECHANICAL BOLTS.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #6 ENTRY INTAKE. 1 BREAK IN BY CHECK SPAD #1236 APP. 65' L, 20' W, 4 TO 5'H.
TAKING MOTOR OFF OF #2 BELT DRIVE. TWISTED BACK.75 H.P. MOTOR.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN INTAKE AT SURVEY SPAD #1323 IN #4 ENTRY.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE, CUTTING BELT WITH UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF BELT AND CUT RIGHT CALF.
ROOF FALL OCCURED IN INTAKE 1 BREAK OUT BY SURVEY STATION #1324 BETWEEN #3 AND #4 ENTRY.
CUTTING WIRE WITH HAMMER HIT LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE IN 482 S & SSCOOP BUCKET, TWISTED BACK.
REPLACING CONVEYOR CHAIN IN #3 BOOM ON MBC.HE SAID HE PUT CHAIN IN BOOM AND HURT BACK. '
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CURTAIN DOWN TO HANG BETWEEN #2 & #3 ENTRY TO PUT VENTILATION ON MINER
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP DOWN RETURN TOWARD OUTSIDE. HE SAID HE HIT HIS HEAD IN TOP WHILE TRAMMING THE SCOOP.
EE SAID HE WAS TRAMMING A 482 SCOOP DOWN RETURN HAULWAY. HE SAID HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS CRAWLING ON KNEE WHILE SHOVELING BELT LINE, HE SAID HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS USING ASLATE BAR TO PRY A SPEED REDUCER OVER ON A BELT DRIVE. HE SAID SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS BACK AND HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO KEEP MINER CABLE AWAY FROM MINER WHILE IT WAS MOVING. HE PUT HIS HAND UP ON TOP ON MINER AND WAS TRYING TO KICK CABLE OVER. HE RAISED HIS ELBOW UP AND WAS CAUGHT AGAINST TOP AND HAND ON MINER AND IT BROKE HIS LEFT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS THROWING TIMBER OFF SUPPLY CAR AND JAMMED HIS HAND INTO A ROOF BOLT IN TOP. CUT LEFT HAND, HAD TO HAVE 6 STITCHES.
SCOOP MAN WAS COMING OUTSIDE TO GET A LOAD OF TIMBERS GOING TO FAST. HIT A HOLE AND HURT HIS BACK.
EE WAS SUPPLYING HIS PINNER WITH ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE LIFTED A BUNDLE OF BOLTS (10 BOLTS) HE STRAINED HIS BACK MIDDLE PART OF BACK WAS INJURED
EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKINGA TRAILER FROM A 3 WHEEL, HE HAD LEFT 4 TO6 CANS OF OIL ON BACK END. WHEN THE UNHOOKED IT CAME UP HITTING HIS HEAD WITHFRONT END.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING 50 LB. ROCK DUST BAGS. WHEN HE PICKED IT UP, TRYING TO THROW IT HURT HIS BACK. PULL A MUSCLE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
EE TRYING TO GET DRAW ROCK OFF TOP OF MINER BY BUMPING CONV CHAIN ROCK CAME OUT OF PANLINE STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST.
ROOF FALL IN LAST OPER CROSS CUT APPROX 140 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE 4 TO 8 FT HIGH LOCATION OF FALL 1 BREAK INBY 1864. FELL FROM 7 HEADING TO 5 HEADING.
EE SAID HE HAD A SLATE BAR TRYING TO PRY SOME ROCK IN TAIL PIECE THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND IDE BOARD.
ROOF FALL IN #1 HEADING ON 2ND LEFT MAINS AT SPAD # 1472. FALL IS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. WIDE 60FT. LONG AND 4-5 FT. HIGH.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO PULL CABLE OFF REEL THAT WAS HUNG UP. HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN RIGHT ARM AT ELBOW.
FOUND ROOF FALL ON 2ND LEFT MAINS AT SPAD NO. 473 IN #7 HEADING AND INTO RIGHT HEADING OFF #7 HEADING. FALL APPROX. 22' WIDE 80' LONG AND 4' TO 5' HIGH. THIS AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 36" BOLTED AN D WE SET SOME CRIBS IN THIS AREA.
FALL OF ROOF TO MEASURE APPROX 70 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 3 1/2' TO 4' HIGH IN #6 HEADING 15 BREAK OUTBY FACE AREA AND THIS AREA IS.
EMPLOYEE MISJUDGED TOP-A SMALL PIECE OF SHALE ROCK. 6" X 18' X 1/2" FEET AND HIT HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.
EE SAID HE WAS THRAMMING SR-100 PINNER FROM THE OPER DECK FROM 5 HEADING TO 6 HEADING IN BREAK WHEN PINNER RUN OVER SOMETHING ON BOTTOM RAISING THE PINNER UP AND HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON TOP OF M INE ROOF.
TRUCK DRIVER WAS STARTING TO PULL HIS TREP COVER OVER COAL AFTER HE HAD ALREADY FINISH LOADING. HE SAID HE LOOSE HIS FOOTING WITH TREP COVER, AND FELL OFF TRUCK TO GROUND.
ROO FALL ON 3RD LEFT MAINS IN #6 + #5 HEADING 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD NO. 604 IN #6 HEADING. APPROX FALL AREA 150 FT LONG 20 FT WID ENAD 4 TO 15 FT HIGH. THIS AREA LOOKS LIKE A FAULT AREA.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER WHEN IT RAN OVER A ROCK RAISING THE MACHINE UP AND CATCHING HIS HEAD IN TOP.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS PICKING UP A TIMBER, WHEN HIS LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING HIM.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS OPERATING A 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER X/ATRS WHEN HE WAS REACHING FOR TRAM LEVERS A PIECE OF ROCK FELL, HITTING HIM ON RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE SAID HIS RT KNEE HAD BEEN HURTING HIM FOR TWO TO THREE DAYS FROM CRAWLING ON HIS KNEES IN LOW TOP
EE SAID HE WAS OPERATING A 300 GALIS PINNER WITH ATRS SYSTEM HE WAS SET UP FOR THE FIRST BOLT. HE HAD HIS ATRS SET AND WAS STARTING TO DRILL WHEN A KETTLE BOTTOM FELL, HITTING HIM ON FOOT.
FOUND ROCK FALL ON 1ST MAIN PANEL 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD#199 IN #5 HEADING 20X30FT 4 TO 5FT HIGH THIS AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4FT RESIN BOLTS ROCK FALL WAS TIMBERED & DANGERED OFF
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS OPERATING A MBC AND WAS BACKING UP, WHEN HE RAISED HIS FRONT BOOM, THE OPERATOR DECK RAISED HIM IN TOP. HE HIT HIS HEAD IN TOP.
EE SAID HE WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET AND A ROLL BELT FOR BELT MOVE. THE ROLL OF BELT HIT TOP AND ROLLED BACK ON HIS FEET LEGS.
EE SAID HE WAS WALKING UP STEPS GOING TO MINE OFFICE WHEN HIS RIGHT FEET SLIPPED ON STEP PULLING MUSCLE IN HIS LEG.
ROOF FALL IN #5 HEADING, 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #170 ON 1ST MAIN PANEL. NO INJURIES AND IT DIDN'T AFFECT THE VENTIFLATION. DO NO PLAN TO CLEAN IT UP SET TIMBERS AND DANGERED IT OFF IN ALL ENTRIES INTO IT.
EE WAS OPERATING MINER WHEN MINER WENT OVER HUMP AND DECK OF MINER WENT UP NEAR TOP PUSH OPERATOR UP IN TOP AND INJURED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF #4 BRIDGE BREAKING A PEICE OF ROCK WITH A HAMMER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE BRIDGE PUMP MOTOR TO RAISE THE DECK, WHEN HE STARTED THE CONVEYOR BY MISTA KE CAUSING THE INJURED TO STRIKE HIS LEG AGAINST A ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A CURTAIN WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD.
EE WAS WORKING ON ROOF BOLTER AND CAUGHT HIS ARM IN A PINCH POINT.