Dominion No 21 Coal

THE ROOF WAS LAMINATED SHALE WITH SLICKENSIDED JOINTS. THE FALL WAS 5'TX40'LX18'W. THE FALL OCCURRED IN A REMOTE LOCATION OF TH EMINE APPRXO 2000' FROM TGHGE FACE, TWO CROSSCUTS INBY SURVEY STATOIN NO. 88.

THE FALL OCCURRED APPROX 1800' FROM THE ACTIVE FACE AND THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. IT CONSISTED OF LAMINATED SHALE WITH SLICKENSIDED JOINTS. THE FALL WAS 16-18' WIDE AND 4'TX60'L. IT WAS ONE BREAK LEFT OF SURVEY STATION NO. 169.

THE FALL OCURRED IN AN AREA OF LAMINATED SHALE WITH SLICKENSIDED SURFACES. THE FALL WAS 1800' FROM THE ACTIVE FACE, ONE BREAK INBY SURVEY STATION NO. 109, IN THE RETURN AND WAS NOT WITNESSED. THE ROOF FALL WAS 5' THICK X 35'LX18'W.

AFTER COMPLETING A ROOF BOLT HOLE, THE DRILL HEAD WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING LOWERED WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING O-.75 INCHES THICK, 2TO 6 1/2 INCHES WIDE AND 12 1/4 INCHES LONG FELL STRIKING THE ROOF BOLTER THE BOUNCIN OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIHT ARM BETWEEN THE WRIST AND ELBOW CAUSING A LACERATION. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND. NO LOST TIME OR RES

REOCCURRENCE OF OLD INJURY. LOST DAYS BEGINNING 7/23/96.

LAMINATED STREAKS, SANDSTONE AND SHALE IN SLIP FORM. THE SANDSTONE/SHALE DID NOT ADHERE AND DELAMNATED OVER TIME CAUSING THE FALL.

THE ROOF CONDITIONS IN THE FALL AREA WAS LAMINATED SHALE IN SLIP FORM WITH SLICKENED SURFACE. THE AREA WAS ROOF BOLTED IN 48", GRADE 75 MECHANICAL BOLTS. IT FELL IN THE RETURN ENTRY 9,000 FEET FROM THE FACE, DID NOT BLOCK THE PASSAGE OF AIROR PERSONNEL.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES TO HAVE CONTRACTED COAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE EMPLOYED AT DOMINION COAL CORP. CLAIM WAS SETTLED AND APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER ON 12-7-95 AND RECEIVED BY MGNT 12-14-95

THIS FALL WAS IN SLIP FORM COMMONLY CALLED A HORSEBACK WITH SLICKENSLIDED SURFACES WITH VERY LITTLE NATURAL COHESION. THIS ROOF FELL DIAGONAL ACROSS AN INTERSECTION INTO THE CROSSCUT. THE FALL WAS 25 FT. LONG X 16 FT. WIDE X 5 FT THICK. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT AND DID NOT BLOCK PASSAGE OF AIR OR MEN.

THE ROOF THAT FELL WAS IN SLIP-FORM COMMONLY CALLED A HORSEBACK THIS PORTION OF THE ROOF 30FT X119FTX3-5FT THICK HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 36 INCH & 60 INCH ROOF BOLTSTHE FALL IS LOCATED 1 BREAK INBY SURVEY STATION NO 30 VENTILATION IS NOT BLOCKED NOR IS PASSAGE OF MEN

THE ROOF DRILL OPERATORWAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS IN THE SECOND OUTBY ROW OF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LEF T FOOT

THE AREA WAS FAULTED WHEN DRIVEN UP IT WAS BOLTED WITH 60IN & 84IN MECHANICAL BOLTS & CRIBBED THE FALL WAS IN SLIP FORM WITH SLICKENSIDED SURFACES

THE FALL WAS IN LAMINATED HARD AND SOFT SHALE SUPPORTED WITH 48' MECHANICAL BOLTS. FELL AT ANCHOR ZONE ONE BREAK INBY SURVEY STATION 722. APPROX 2800 FT FROM FACE.

EE WAS SITTING NEAR THE LEFT RIB APPROX. FOUR ROWS OF BOLTS BACK FROM THE FACE WHILE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THE BOLTS WERE WITHIN 336" OF THE RIB WHERE THIS PIECE FELL.

THIS WAS AN AREA FAULTED WHEN DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS PROGRESSING AND IT WAS REBOLTED AND CRIBBED OFF. THE AREA WAS ORIGINALLY BOLTED WITH 48" MECHANICAL BOLTS AND SPOT BOLTED WITH 48" DYNA-ROK W ITH CRIBS AS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT. THE FALL WAS 45' LONG X 20' WIDE X 3-5' THICK.

UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN NO.3 ENTRY ON BREAK INBY SPAD NO. 120, APPROX 11 BREAKS FROM FACE(770). ROOF IS SUPPORTED BY CRIBS, 36",58" & 60" MECHANICAL BOLTS.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RETRIEVING MATERIALS FROM THE REAR OF HIS ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PORTION OF THE MINE ROOF FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT SHOULDER, ARM AND WRIST. THE INCIDEN T OCCURRED AT A LOCATION 105 FEET INBY SPAD NO. 150 IN THE NO. 3 ENTRY.

THIS AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 36 INCH MECHANICAL ROOF BOLTS AND THE ROOF HAD BEEN NOTED TO HAVE LAMINATIONS AFTER THE FALL THAT HAD NOT BEEN NOTED DURING THE TIME IT WAS ORIGINALLY BOTLED. T HERE WAS ALSO A PORTION OF THE FALL THAT WAS IN SLIP FORM WITH SLICKENSIDED INTERFACES, ALSO NOTED AFTER THE FALL. T HE FALL WAS 3-6 FT THICK X 20 FT WIDE X 45 FT LONG. T HE AREA IS ABANDONED

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE INJURED HIS BACK ON 8-25-93. THE EMPLOYEE INFORMED HIS FOREMAN ONE WEEK LATER ON 9-2-93 AFTER MISSING ONE DAY OF WORK. THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HIS BACK BEGAN HURTING ON 8- 25-93 AFTER HE LIFTED A BOX OF CONTINUOUS MINER BITS.

EMPLOYEE HAS CONTINUED CHIRO TREATMENT SINCE HIS RETURN TO WORK ON 10-8-92. EMPLOYEE WAS ABLVE TO PERFORM ALL OF HIS REGULAR JOB FUNCTIONS WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS UNTIL 5-28-93 WHEN HE AGAIN BEG AN LOSING TIME FROM THE INJURY RECEIVED ON 9-25-92.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION 1 BREAK OUT SURVEY STATION NO. 235 IN THE NO. 2 ENTRY THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 19 FT L X 19 FT W X 4FT H. THE FALL OCCURRED IN AN ABANDONED AREA OF TH E MINE AND WAS FOUND DURING A WEEKLY EXAMINATIONOF THE AREA. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

ON APRIL 14,1993 THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK WHILE PULLING A CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OUT OF A ROADWAY AT A LOCATION BETWEEN SURVEY STATION 634 AND 635.THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 04-25- 94 WHEN HE BEGAN MISSING WORK.AFTER SEEING A PHYSICIAN THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A NEW INCIDENT BUT THAT HIS MISSING WORK WAS DUE TO THE BACK STRAIN WHICH OCCURRED ON 04

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF POSITIONING 60 POUND TRACK RAILS ON A RAIL RACK BY HAND WHEN HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO RAILS. THE ACCIDENT BECAME MEDICAL LY REPORTABLE WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO A PHYSICIAN ON THE 4/9/93 TO HAVE PRESSURE RELEASED FROM UNDER HIS FINGER NAIL.

EMPL REPOSITIONING BOLTER TO INSTALL 4TH BOLT IN THE 3RD ROW OF A CUT WHEN SMALL SLUG OF ROCK FELL STRIKING WRIST. RESULTANT LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE HANGING A MINER CABLE.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED APPROX FIVE BREAKS FROM FACE AREA OF 001-0 SECTION IN OLD NO 3 HEADING FALL IS APPROX 35FT LONGX20FTWIDEX4.5-6FTTHICK AR EA WAS BOLTED WITH 4FT & 5FT MECHANICAL BOLTS AREA W AS TIMBERED & DANGERED OFF

EE PICKED A BOX OF MINER BITS UP OFF THE MINE FLOOR BOTTOM TO SET ON TOP OF THE MINER, HURTING HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 2/17/92 WHEN HE WENT TO A DOCTOR.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES TO HAVE CONTRACTED COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE WORKING FOR DOMINION COAL CORP OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION FROM INDUSTRIAL COMMMISSION OF VIRGINIA WAS RECEIVED BY MANAGEMENT ON JUNE 3 1992