Bishop Mine Coal

EE WAS PICKING UP & LOADING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE INTO A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF FEELING STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK & LEGS. HE CONTINUED WOPRK & COMPLETED THE SHIFT.

INJURED WAS PUSHING DOWN ON A SLATE BAR WHEN IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE CHIN. INJURED SUFFERED A LACERATION TO HIS CHIN WHICH REQUIRED5 STITCHES.

INJURED WAS GETTING READY TO PUT UP INSIDE BOLT WHEN ROCK BROKE OFF FROM TRS AND THE FIRST BOLT HE HAD PUT UP. AS HE TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, THE ROCK STRUCK HIM. THE REST OF THE ROCK HIT BOTTOM AND BROKE INTO SEVERAL PIECES. INJURED RECEIVED A BROKEN ANKLE. HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 8-5-93/

THE INJURED EE WAS INSTALLING OUTSIDE BOLTS AND A ROCK FELL BEHIND HIM STRIKING HIS LOWER BACK.

WORKING IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE. EMPLOYEE WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 6-15-93. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON 7-23-93.

WORKING IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE. EMPLOYEE WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A HEARING LOSS ON 5-28-93. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON 7-23-93.

WORKING IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE. EMPLOYEE WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 5-3-93. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON 7-23-93.

WORKING IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE. EMPLOYEE WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 4-22-93. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON 7-23-93.

INJURED WAS PULLING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT OF A DRILLED HOLE WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BECAME STUCK IN THE HOLE. INJURED SUFFERED A STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PULLING THE DRILL STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE. THIS ACCIDENT WAS ORIGNALLY CLASSIFIED AS AID ONLY BUT IT BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT ON 4/12/93.

WORKING IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE FOR APPROX 29 YRS EMPLOYEE WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 02-26-93 IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON 04-08-93

INJURED HAD PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND UNDER A CUTTER MOTOR THAT WAS HANGING FROM A CHAIN. THE BOLT ATTACHED TO THE CHAIN BROKE RESULTING IN THE MOTOR FALLING AND CRUSHING INJURED'S RIGHT INDEX FIN GER. THE END OF THIS FINGER WAS AMPUTATED.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF COAL FELL OUT STRIKING INJURED ON HIS BACK INJURED SUFFERED A FRACTURED LEFT CLAVICLE.

INJURED PICKED UP A BUNDLE OF BOLTS TURNED AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE ROOFBOLT MACHINE. INJURED FURTHER STATED HE DID NOT REMEMBER WHEN HE DID THIS.

INJURED WAS WORKING ON THE BELT WHEN A BELT ROPE CLAMP SLIPPED OFF THE BELT ROPE AND STRUCK HIM ACROSS THE KNUCKLES OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS SECURING VALVE CHEST WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY PULLED THE LEVER TO THE JACK LETTING THE FEEDER DROP ON HIS LEG. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A BAD BRUISE.

INJURED STEPPED ON LOOSE COAL & TWISTED HIS LEG HURTING HIS KNEE INJURED DID NOT GO TO THE DOC UNTIL 09-10-92 THIS ACCIDENT BECAME LOST TIME ON 09-11-92 THE NATURE OF THE INJURY IS UNKNOWN AT THE PRESENT TIME

38509NJURED EMPLOYEE AND OTHER WERE USING THE SCOOP TO TIGHTEN THE BELT. THEY HOOKED THE CHAIN ON THE RAM OF SCOOP AND BACKED UP. WHEN THEY WENT TO PUT BELT CLAMPS ON, TH ERAM CAME FORWARD L 53395G THE CLAMP SLIP CATCHING INJURED'S FINGER (FRACTURE/SUTURES).

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT CLOSE TO THE RIB. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON LOOSE COAL AND WENT UNDER THE DRILL HEAD AS IT WAS BEING LOWERED. INJURED EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A SEVERE BRUISE.

THE INJURED EE WAS INSTALLING OUTSIDE BOLTS AND A ROCK FELL BEHIND HIM STRIKING HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS CLEANING MUD FROM AROUND #5 DRIVE WHEN HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THIS INJURY RESULTED IN A LOWER BACK STRAIN. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON THE 11TH.

INJ WAS BOLTING LOOSE ROOF WITH 4' GLUE BOLTS WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL & CUT LIP. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED. INJ WAS WEARING HARD HAT SAFETY GLASSES GLOVES & METATARSALS.

INJURED WAS TAPPING 3/8" DIAMETER BOLT HOLES IN 1 1/2" AND 2" THICK METAL IN FRAME OF 10 TON LOCOMOTIVE TO MOUNT CONTROLLER BOXES. EIGHT OF 11 HOLES HAD BEEN TAPPED WHEN THE TAP BROKE. INJURED CUT HIS FINGER ON BROKEN TAP REQUIRING SUTURES.

SHUTTLE CAR TRYING TO PULL OTHER ON E OFF DUMP WITH CHAIN IT BROKE STRUCK HIM ON R EYE Y

INJURED WAS CHANGING A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE.HE WAS TIGHTENING THE LUG NUTS WITH A TORQUE MULTIPLIER WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF CAUSING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE WHICH CAUSE D IT TO BREAK.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING THE MINE ON A MOTOR JUST AS HE WAS PASSING UNDER AN OVERCAST,HE RAISED UP TO PICK UP SOME TOOLS AND HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE OVERCAST.

SHUTTLE CAR THE INJURED WAS OPERATING HAD MADE SEVERAL TRIPS ON SAME ROADWAY WITH NO PROBLEMS IT IS ASSUMED HE MADE A LOADED TRIP TO THE DUMP & A ROCK FELL OFF THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE RETURNED TO GET ANOTHER LOAD HE RAN OVER THE ROCK WHICH CAUSED THE SHUTTLE CAR TO BOUNCE HIM AROUND

A SMALL ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP & HIT INJURED ABOVE THE LIP & CUT THROUGH TO HIS MOUTH

INJURED UNLOADED A BUNDLE OR PALLET OF PLATES FROM SCOOP TO ROOF BOLTER WHICH MADE HIS BACK TIRED. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO LIFT AND MOVE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY SO BOLTER COULD MOVE TO NEX T PLACE. AT THAT POINT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPL HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ON 1-15-91.

EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 01-02 91 DUE TO SURGERY TO CORRECT CARPAL TUNNEL SYUNDROME IN HIS LEFT WRIST

WHILE MINING THE #8 ENTRY, INJURED PULLED HIS SHUTTLE CAR UNDER THE MINER AND WAS LOADED. WHILE PULLING OUT FROM THE MINER, A ROCK (30"X30"X1-3") FELL ONTO THE CANOPY OF THE SHUTTLE CAR BREAKI NG UP INTO SEVERAL PIECES AND FELL INTO THE DECK OF THE SHUTTLE CAR STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON THE HEAD, NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER. INJURED WAS HOSPITALIZED BUT DID NOT MISS ANY WORK.

WORKING IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE FOR APPROX 16 YEARS. EMPL WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 20/23/90. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON 1/8/91.

WHILE GETTING OUT OF UN-A-TRAC INJUREDS RT FOOT SLIPPED & HE PULLED OR TWISTED HIS RT KNEE

INJURED WAS LOADING 4' GLUE BOLTS ONTO THE ROOF BOLTER.THE BOLTS WERE ON THE MINE FLOOR AND WHEN HE REACHED FOR THEM HE FLET LIKE A STRETCHED TOO FAR AND PULLED SOMETHING ON HIS BACK.THIS IS A RECURRENCE OF AN OLD BACK INJURY.

WHILE SETTING BITS ON MINER, INJURED BENT OVER TO GET BITS OUT OF BOX AND A CO-WORKER WAS GETTING BITS OUT OF THE BOX AT THE SAME TIME. INJURED HIT HIS FRONT TOOTH ON THE BIT AND BROKE HIS TOO TH OFF.

INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TIGHTENING A BELT ROPE WHEN THE ROPE DOG SLIPPED CAUSING INJURED TO LOSE HIS BALANCE THIS MADE HIM SHIFT ALL HIS WEIGHT TO HIS RT ANKLE CAUSING THE FRACTURE

INJ LIFTING OXYGEN /ACETYLENE TANKS FROM TRACK MANTRIP TO SCOOP BLADE.PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.BEGAN MISSING WORK 3-5-90.

INJURED WAS WORKING IN LOW TOP. HE WAS CARRYING OIL TO THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK. INJURED BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 2/24/90.

INJURED WAS LIFTING A CRIB BLOCK OFF OF A JEEP TO LAY IT ON THE GROUND WHEN HE HURT THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK. INJURED BEGAN MISSING WORK 2/21/90.

REPLACED RIPPER JACK ON CONT MINER LIFTING THE SHIELD BACK ON MACHINE WHEN SHIELD SLIPPED. PULLED LIGAMENTS IN L MIDDLE FINGER

DURING A BREAK FROM OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE INJURED WAS HELPING TO BUILD STOPPINGS INJURED WAS NOT CERTAIN WHEN SOMETHING GOT INTO HIS EYE BUT THINKS IT MAY HAVE COME FROM A CINDERBLO CK USED IN THE STOPPING RECEIVED PRESCRKPTION FOR EYE MEDICATION

WHILE HITTING TWO HAMMERS TOGETHER TRYING TO GET THE WATER SPRAY OUT OF THE MINER A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF OF HAMMER GOING INTO INJUREDS WRIST

INJURED HAD LEFT THE MINER GOING DOWN #9 ENTRY TO #7 ENTRY TO DUMP A LOAD OF COAL. THE CANOPY STRUCK A 30" CONVENTIONAL BOLT AND SHEARED OFF THE HEAD OF THE BOLT CAUSING PART OF BOLT TO SHOOT INSIDE OF DECK OF SHUTTLE CAR STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT INDEX FINGER. (REPORTABLE-SUTURES REQUIRED).

SCOOPING UP ROCK WHICK HAD BEEN PULLED FROM OFF CONT MINER. ROCK ON GROUND AND THE OTHER LYING AROUND INJ BACKING UP OVER ROCK CANOPY LEG OF SCOOP GRABBED THE ROCK PULLED IT IN DECK HITTING IN J BACK.

ON 10-10-89 OUR EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.I WAS JUST MADE AWARE TODAY THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON DATE OF DIAGNOSIS.OUT EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 02-27-90 BECAUSE OF SURGERY TO CORRECXT THIS PROBLEM.

INSTALL. SNAP RING ON CUTTER MOTOR ON MINER.PUSHING SNAP RING IN PLACE WITH THE POINTED END OF ROUND FILE FILE SLIPPED OFF SNAP RING PUNCTURING INJ L HAND RING FINGER RESTING ON MINER CUTTER M OTOR.

PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROS 2"X30" IN DIAMETER FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS DIRECTLY ABOVE WHERE INJURED WAS STANDING & STRUCK HIM ON HEAD. INJURED SUSTAINED CUTS TO EAR & NECK & ALSO FRACTURE O F STERNUM & COLLAR BONE.

WHILE WALKING UP BELT ENTRY TO DINNER HOLE INJURED RAMMED HEAD INTO BELT HANGER CAUSING COMPLICATIONS TO PREEXISTING DEGENRATIVE DISC DISEASE. INJURED DIDN OT MISS WORK UNTIL 7/17/89 AT WHICH TIME IT BECAME REPORTABLE.

INJURED WAS WORKING ON A 12 CM MINER. CRIB BLOCKS WERE PLACED ON TOP OF THE SCRUBBER TO GET THE CONVEYOR BOOM BACK IN PLACE. THE CRIB BLOCKS HAD A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THEM AND ONE FLEW OUT STRI KING INJURED ON THE LEFT KNEE WHILE HE WAS STANDING BY THE MINER.

TRAMMING FEEDER TRUNED AROUND TO CHECK SLACK FELT PAIN IN BACK. INJ DID NOT MISS WORK OR GO TO DR. UNTIL 5-11-89 REC PHYSICAL THERAPY TO STRENGTEN BACK.

INJURED WAS USING A PRY BAR TO SLIDE THE OFF SIDE PANEL BACK INTO PLACE ON #15 CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK. NO LOST TIME WAS INVOLVED UNTIL 2/22/89 AT W HICH TIME THE INJURED WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR SOME TESTS.

INJURED WAS LOADING A TOOL BOX IN A SCOOP AND SLIPPED WHILE PULLING TOOL BOX. THIS ACTION CAUSED INJURY TO HIS RIGHT ACK. INJURED DID NOT MISS WORK NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 2/14/89 AT WHICH TIME THE ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF A PRESCRIPTION. THERE WAS NO LOST TIME INVOLVED.

INJURED WAS TIGHTING UP BIT LUGS ON MINER THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED ON THE BOLT CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS FINGER IN BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND A BIT INJURED SUSTAINED FRACTURE AND LACERTION

INJURED WAS GETTING A BUNDLE OF BOLTS AND HAD TO MOVE A BOX OF GLUE TO GET TO THEM WHEN HE TWISETED TO LAY THE GLUE DOWN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT LOWER BACK INJURED IS TAKING PHYSICAL THERAP Y AND DIATHERMY TREATMENT

INJURED WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE RAN OVER SOME ROUGH ROADWAY IN A CROSSCUT BETWEEN #2 AND #3 ENTRY HURTING HIS BACK INJURED IS TAKING PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR THIS INJURY INJURED REPORT ED THIS INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON 11-3-88 AND BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 11-4-88

INJURED WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP AND JOLTED HIS BACK. INJURED HAS PRIOR HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS AND HE THOUGHT THE PAN WOULD GO AWAY IN TWO OR THREE DAYS SO HE DID NOT R EPORT THIS TO HIS FOREMAN WHEN HE CONTINUED TO HAVE PAIN HE WENT TO THE DR AND FOUND OUT HE HAD A DISC PROBLEM HE THEN DECIDED TO REPORT THIS TO HIS SUPERVISOR 10-5-88 INJURED RECEIVED PRESCR

INJURED WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE WHEEL DROPPED INTO A LARGE HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE FRAME TO HIT THE BOTTOM HARD THIS ACTION CAUSED THE INJURED TO BE JOLTED REPORTABLE DUE TO A PRESCRIPTION BEING RECEIVED

INJURED, ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER MEN, WASLIFTING DUCT WORK FOR SCRUBBER TO PUT BACK ON #12 CM JOY MINER. THE WEIGHT SHIFTED AND PUT MORE WEIGHT ON INJURED THAN HE COULD HANDLE. REPORTABLE-PRESCR IPTION RECEIVED. INJURED DID NOT REPORT THIS INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL 7-25-88 AND THEN TO HIS ATTENTION ON 7-28-88.

INJ. WAS CLEANING A SPILLAGE AT TAIL SECTION. THE COAL WAS WET AND HEAVY AND WHEN INJ. LIFTED THE HEAVY LOAD, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

INJURED WAS REA7HING FOR SUPPLIES WHEN ROOF DRILL WAS MOVED FORWARD REAR WHEEL RAN OVER LEFT FOOT WHICH WAS EXTENDED UNDER ROOF DRILL TIRE WHEN ROOF DRILL WAS I N MOTION

INJRUED WAS HEL1ING ELECTRICIAN WITH REEL ON #14 SHUTTLE CAR INJURED HAD HIS HAND RESTING ON SIDE REEL COVER WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT OPEN WHEN THE CONTINOUS MINER WAS BACKED UP HITTING THE SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING TH9 LID TO CLOSE ON HIS HAND

INJ WAS ROCK DU8TING AND SLIPPED CAUSING ALL HIS WEIGHT TO SHIFT TO LEFT KNEE TWISTING HIS KNEE. HE RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION UNTIL 10 12 WHEN IT WAS LEARNED THA7 HE HAD GONE TO DR AND R ECEIVED PRESCRIPTION. INVESTIGATION WAS CONCLUDED ON 10 16 87 AND REPORTED

INJURED WAS MOV3NG STAMLER FEEDER TOWARDS FACE AND BACKED UP TO PICK UP SLACK.THE TRAM LEVERS STUCK PINNING OPERATOR BETWEEN FEEDER AND RIB CAUSING FRACTURE TO COLLAR BONE.

INJURED WAS INS7ALLING ROOFBOLTER CABLE IN THE SWITCH GEAR.THE CABLE IN THE ROOF BOLTER WAS GROUNDED AND WHEN THE POWER WAS TURNED ON,THE SWITCH BOX GROUNDED FROM PHASE TO PHASE CAUSING A BURN .(PRESCRIPTION 9ECEIVED)

INJURED HAD COM1LETED DRILLING A THIRTY INCH HOLE IN PREPARATION FOR INSTALLING A ROOFBOLT. AS HE WAS RETRIEVING THE DRILL STEEL, HE REMOVED HIS HAND FROM THE DRILL STEEL AND PLACED HIS HAND ON THE DRILL H9AD. THE PEICE OF DRILL STEEL FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND. INJURED SUSTAINED A FRACTURE OF THE MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

WORKING IN AN U3G COAL MINE FOR APPROX 40 YEARS. EE WAS DIANOSED AS H AVING PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 12-6-85.

INJURED SLIPPED3AND FELL ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR AT THE TRUCK SHOP WHEN REPORTING TO WORK AT THE START OF THE SHIFT. INJURED STEPPED IN GREASE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL. HE SUBSTAINED A L OWER BACK STRAI3 AND CONTUSIONS OF THE RIGHT HIP.

AS A RESULT OF 5N UNDETECTED FAULT IN THE MINE ROOF ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE ZONE A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT #43 BREAK BETWEEN #2 AND #3 ENTRIES ON THE SOUTH MAINS SECTION THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROX 40 FT B2 18 FT BY 4 FT VENTILATION WAS NOT DISRUPTED A HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE WAS DAMAGED BY THE ROOF FALL

INJURED WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN THE MINE ROOF TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT. THE PIECE OF DRILL STEEL BEING USED BROKE AND A SMALL PIECE OF THE DRILL STEEL STRUCK INJURED EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE. INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE WHICH REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES TO CLOSE.

INJ POSITIONED ROOFBOLT MACHINE AND PLACED AUTO TRS SYSTEM OF MACHINE AGAINST MINE ROOF TO BEGIN INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS.AS INJ TURNED TOWARD CONTROL LEVERS ONMACHINE,PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BET WEEN ATRS AND LAST ROW OF INSTALLED ROOF BOLTS STRIKING INJ ON HEAD AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN.THE ROCK LANDED ON LEFT FOOT CRUSHING FOOT.APPX 1/2 OF THE FOOT WAS AMPUTATED.

INJURED HAD JUST FINISHED DRILLING A HOLE IN THE MINE ROOF AND WAS REMOVING THE DRILL STEEL FROM THE DRILL HEAD WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE APPROX. ONE INCH BY TEN INCHES FELL FROM THE ROOF. STRIKIN G INJURED ON THE RIGHT FOREARM. INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUSTURES.

ANOTHER EMPL DRIVING NAIL INTO MINE TIMBER.NAIL BECAME DISLODGED AND STRUCK INJ IN RIGHT EYE.SUSTAINED IRRITATION/CONTUSION OF EYE WHICH REQ MEDICAL TREATMENT-RX MEDICINE.

TOP CONDITIONS CHANGED NECESSITATING THE USE OF RESIN GROUTED ROOF BOLTS. INJURED WAS NOT USE TO INSTALLING THIS TYPE OF BOLT ON A REGULAR BASIS. AS INJURED WAS PUSHING THE EWSIN BOLT INTO TH E HOLE, THE ROOFBOLT SLIPPED OFF OF T HE HEAD OF THE ROOFBOLT MACHINE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE. INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE KNEE WHICH REQUIRED SUTURING.

INJURED HAD COMPLETED INSTALLING THE ROOFBOLTS ON HIS SIDE OF THE PLACE.(OPERATING A DUAL HEAD FLETCHER ROOFBOLTMACHINE)WHILE WAITING ON THE OTHER ROOFBOLTER OPERATER TO COMPLETE INSTALLATION INSTALLATION OF THE ROOFBOLTS ON HIS SIDE OF THE PLACE,INJURED WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROCK THAT FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOFBOLTS.INJURED SUSTAINED LACERATIONS OF THE LEFT KNEE WHICH REQUIRED

INJURED WAS WELDING A BAR ON THE ATRS SYSTEM OF A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF. INJURED JUMPED BACK ANS SLIPPED ON THE MNE FLOOR, CAUSING HIM TO PULL A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT HIP. INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 9-10-84 AS INJURED DID NOT FEEL THAT THE INJURY WAS SERIOUS. (INJURED FELT NO MOTION IMPAIRMENT UNTIL 9/9/84.)

AN ACCIDENT HAD JUST OCCURRED AND INJURED WAS GOING TO GET THE FIRST-AID EQUIPMENT. INJURED WAS IN A HURRY AND FAILED TO SEE A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE ANCHOR POINT. THE SHUTTLE CAR MOVED, STRETCHING THE CABLE, AND THE CABLE STRUCK INJURED ON THE LOWER LIP. INJURED SUSTAINED CONTUSION AND LACERATION OF LOWER LIP, REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT.

INJURED WAS CUTTING A CHANNEL SAMPLE FROM THE COAL SEAM WITH A HYDRAULIC MASIOARY SAW. ONE BLADE HAD BROKEN PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND INJURED HAD REPLACED THE BLADE AND CONTINUED SAWING. THE M ASONARY SAW KICKED BACK AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE. INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE FACE WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES