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EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN SHUTTLE CAR IN FACE AREA WHEN ROCK, APPROXIMATELY 5" X 6' X 6', FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD.
MAN WAS HELPING LOAD BELT ON A SUPPLY CAR, PULLING BELT WITH CHAIN HOOKED TO SCOOP, CHAIN WAS NOT PULLING STRAIGHT EE TRYED TO PUSH CHAIN OVER TO STRAIGHTEN IT UP, CAUGHT HANDS BETWEEN CAR AND CHAIN.
EE WAS LIFTING A BUCKET OF PLASTER OUT OF THE MANTRIP AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CRAWLING UNDERGROUND AND HIS LEFT KNEE STARTED BURNING AND HURTING AROUND THE KNEE CAP. EE DID NOT SEE PHYSICIAN UNTIL 1-10-97 AND SHE PUT HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 1-10-97.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY EMPLOYEE ON 002 BLEEDER SECTION, 1 BREAK INBY AND 2 BREAKS TO LEFT OF SURVEY STATION 1028. VENTILATION WAS NOT EFFECTED, NO INJURIES REPORTED, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY EMPLOYEE ON 002 BLEEDER SECTION, 1 BREAK INBY AND 1 BREAK TO LEFT OF SURVEY STATION 1028. VENTILATION WAS NOT EFFECTED, NO INJURIES REPORTED, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY EMPLOYEE AT 002 BLEEDER SECRTION 3 BREAKS TO LEFT OF SURVEY STATION 1028. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED, VENTILATION WAS NOT EFFECTED, NO INJURIES REPORTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PALLETS INTO THE LOADER BUCKET AND USED HIS BACK IN A TWISTING MOTION AND CAUSED A STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK.
EE WAS WAITING BESIDE BOLTER FOR LEFT SIDE OPERATOR TO FINISH HIS BOLT POSITION, WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON HEAD AND SHOULDER AND BACK AREA. ROCK WAS APPROX 36" X 48" X 7" .
EE SET ATRS, AS HE SLID HEAD OVER TO PUT UP RIB BOLT A PIECE OF SLATE ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON HARD HAT AND SLID DOWN HITTING HIM ON BACK OF NECK. ROCK WAS APPROX. 2"X2'.
ROOF FALL WAS FOUND 120 FEET RIGHT AND 120 FEET OUTBY 2 ENTRY OF 002 BLEEDER AT SURVEY STATION 1019. FALL WAS APPROX. 20' LONG BY 20' WIDE BY 6' HIGH VENTILATION WAS NOT EFFECTED, NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED AND NO INJURIES OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 4" RESIN BOLT IN THE FOUR RIGHT CROSSCUT WHEN THE BOLT WRENCH USED TO INSTALL THE ROOF BOLT CAME OFF THE NUT ON THE BOLT CAUSING THE 4" BOLT AND 6" X 16" PLATE TO HIT T HE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE.
EMP WAS APPLYING PYRO CHEM MINE SEALENT TO BRATTICE MATERIAL AND THE SEALANT SPLASHED IN HIS LEFT EYE.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON SECTION 002 BLEEDER 140' TO THE LEFT OF SURVEY STATION 1022. THE FALL MEASURED 25'X25' AND WAS 7-8'T. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED. VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A HOLE IN A PIECE OF BELT, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND STABBED HIM IN THE LEFT THUMB.
CRAWLED TO BELT LINE AND PLACED RIGHT KNEE ON WATER LINE. WEIGHT WAS PLACED ON KNEE AND SLIPPED OFF OF WATER LINE. TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ON BELT WHEN HE FELT MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER PULL
EMP LIFTED A BUCKET OF BITS OFF MINER WITH LEFT ARM AND PULLED MUSCLE AND FRACTURED LEFT ELBOW. (EMP TOLD AT A LATER DATE THAT HE HAD FALLEN ON THE PREVIOUS DAY AT WORK AND LANDED ON THAT ARM - DID NOT REPORT FALL BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE ANY INJURY AT THE TIME. PAIN ONLY OCCURRED AFTER PICKING UP THE BUCKET OF BITS.)
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE #2 ENTRY 002 SECTION 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #921,MEASURING 30' LONG 20' HIGH AND 5 1/2" THICK.NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED.VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECT ED.
EE WAS AT BACK OF BOLTER MAKING UP BOLTS WHEN A ROCK 3'X3'X3" FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING EE ON HEAD, HIP AND FOOT.
EE WAS PRYING ON BELT CLAMPS, BAR SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO FALL AGAINST BELT STRUCTURE [FACE AREA HIT STRUCTURE]. BOTTOM WAS ALSO WET & SLIPPERY.
EE WAS ROOFBOLTING & ROCK BROKE LOOSE, FOLDED BACK UNDER THE CANOPY & HIT EE'S RIGHT HIP. WHEN ROCK HIT, FORCED EE TO HIS KNEES.
EE WAS BUILDING VENTILATION STOPPAGE AND A ROCK 57"LONG X 38" WIDE X 6" THICK FELL FROM THE ROOF OF THE MINE, STRIKING EE S MIDDLE BACK AREA.
EE HAD JUST SERVICE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FEEDER AND WAS TRYING TO CROSS OVER THE TAILPIECE TO SERVICE THE OTHER SIDE. WHILE ULLING LEG ACROSS, HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED ON THE 002 SECTION AT RETURN AIR 3 ADJACENT TO SPAD 773 FALL WAS APPROX. 20 FT WIDE, 50 FT LONG, AND 4 FT THICK. NONE WAS INJURED, VENTILATION WAS NOT EFFECTED, NO EQUIPMEN T WAS INVOLVED.
PULLING CABLE, SLIPPED, FELL BACKWARD LANDED ON RIGHT HIP.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY JACKIE STEELE AROUND 100 PM ON 12-12-95. THE FALL WAS FOUND AT THE RETURN AT 1 CROSSCUT TO THE RIGHT OF SURVEY STATION 114. THE FALL WAS 30 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 4 FT THICK. NO ONE WAS INJURED, NO EQUIPMENT WAS LOST AND NO VENTILATION WAS EFFECTED.
A ROOF WAS FOUND 3 BREAKS INBY SURVEY STATION #264, IT WAS APPROX. 6' THICK AND 20' LONG BY 20' WIDE. NO ONE WAS INJURED, NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED, AND VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED.
STANDING IN OIL BUCKET WHILE PLASTERING AND OVERCASTING, AND FLIPPED AND FELL OFF BUCKET AND TWISTED ANKLE.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT APPROX. 12 PM. IT WAS LOCATED AT THE BLEEDERS ENTRY AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT BY 20 FT BY 6 FT. VENTILATION WAS NOT EFFECTED AND NONE WAS INJURED.
EE WAS TAKING CABLE DOWN AND THE CABLE SLIPPED CAUSING THE CABLE HANGER TO HOOK HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT 8:30 AM, THE FALL WAS APPROX 15' BY 20' BETWEEN AND 6' TO 7'THICK. FALL WAS LOCATED IN SURVEY STATION #96 18TH CROSSCUT ON #2 BELTLINE. NNOON WAS INJURED AND VENTILA TION WAS NOT AFFECTED.
ROOF FALL AT BELT LINE ABOVE ANCHORAGE POINT SPAD #98,APPROX 40 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 5 FT HIGH.NONE INJURED AND VENTILATION WAS NOT EFFECTED.
30 COAL SEAM (RIDDER) CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE FALL.
ROCK FALL FROM THE ROOF ONTO THE FOOT CAUSING THE INJURY TO THE LEG.
RILB ROLLED OUT.
REPAIR WAS INSTALLING ATRAM CHAIR AND SIDE PLATE BROKE AND SMALL PIECE ENTENED EE HAND.
EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE BELT & PICKED UP A ROCK TO LARGE WAITED TO NOW TO REPORTED HIS PROBLEM
THIS MAN WAS PULLING ON THE BELT WITH A HAND TOOL WHEN IT CAME LOOSE AND HE FELL ONTO A WATER PIPE AND INJURED THE RIB CAGE.
MAKING REPAIRS ON A SHUTTLE CAR WHEEL UNIT. LIFTED WHEEL UNIT PULLED BACK.
ANOTHER PERSON SAT ON HIS FINGER ON THE MANTRIP.
USING ROOF JACK TO SET BELT AND JACK CAME LOOSE HITTING INJURED ON THE ARM.
A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS THE SIZE OF A 18" BY 30" FLAT.
EE SAYS HE WAS INJURED ON HIS ONLY SHIFT AT TANSTAFI BECAUSE HE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO WORKING ON HIS KNEES IN LOWER CAOL. HE INDICATED STANDING HAD TO BE THE PROBLEM FOR THE ALLEDGED INJURY NO REP ORT WAS MADE TO ANY MINE PERSONNEL UNTIL HIS VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY.
WHILE MAKING WEEKLY INSPECTION OF RETURN AIRWAY DISCOVERED ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION AT SPAD NO. 279.
INTERSECTION FELL IN #3 ENTRY 40' OUTBY FACE AT SPAD NO. 272.
95359SECTION FELL IN #1 ENTRY APPROX 1000FT OUTBY FACE AT SPAD #100 ADJACENT TO SPAD #99 IN #2 ENTRY
20' FROM NO 1 ENTRY SPAD NO 92 UP NO 2 RIGHT ROOM FALL APPROX 100 FT LONG MINING COMPLETED IN RT ROOMS 2 MO PREVIOUSLY.
BRUISED LEFT KNEE WHEN BUMPED AGAINST BOLT MACHINE.