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79331R FALL OVER RIDING FORCES BROKE BREAKER AND TURN POST AND CRUSHED TO STUMPS. MINER WAS RETREATING WHEN THE FALL OVER CAME IT. 3 BLOCKS HAD BEEN PARTIAL PILLARED AND ROOF WAS SUPPORTED BY 38502TUMPS AND POST. SOME OF AREA HAD PREVIOUSALUY BEEN BOLTED WITH 4 FT BOLTS. WE DID SPOT LONGER BOLTS IN AREA, BEFORE STARTING SECOND MINING.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN A 4 WAY INTERSECTION IN AN OLD RETURN AIRCOURSE OF THE MINE THE FALL WAS AT THE ANCHORAGE OF RESIN BOLT 48INCH FALL MEASURED 18 1/2 WIDE 40 FT LONG 4 FT HIGH NO VENTILATI ON WAS AFFECTED NO EQUIPMENT WAS ENTRAPPED NO P ERSONAL INJURIES ROOF APPEARED TO BE UNCONSOLIDATED LAMINATINATED SHALE UNABLE TO SUPPORT ITS WOOWN WEIGHT.
INJURED LEFT KNEE WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL.
BY LETTER DATED 12-27-91 AN AWARD OF 1/4% WAS GRANTED TO EE CLAIM 91-25031.
THE OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS BOARD GRANTED INJURED A 30% AWARD ON 10-10-91.CLAIM#9100252216-0P.
5 HYG INTEVESCTION SPAD 8 APPROX. 6 TO 7 FT HIGH APPROX. 15 FT WIDE AND APPROX 15 FT LONG CRAB FOR WAY INTERSECTION.
ROOF FALL ON #3 BELT NORTH MAINS AT #30 BLOCK SPAD STA 2217.
REMOVING TIRE IT DECOMPRESSED BLOWING DIRT AND DUST IN EYES AND FACE
TWO MEN WERE REMOVING 10SC SHUTTLE CAR TIRE WHEN IT RAPIDLY DECOMPRESSED. IT BLEW DIRT AND DUST IN THEIR EYES AND FACE. EYES WERE CLEANED AND PATCHED.
TOP FALL ON CM MINER ON FINAL PUSHOUT ON 5 PILLAR BLK L FENDER
S CAR HUNG UP CHAIN IN ONE END DRILL STELL IN CHAIN FOR SUPPORT S CAR PULLED CHAIN DRILL STEEL BROKE STRUCK EMP IN SHIN
OP BOARD GRANTED CLAIMANT 5% AWARD. NOTE: WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS UNTIL 6/11/91.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS REVERSING THE SEAT ON A 10 SC SHUTTLECAR AND LACERATED HIS FINGER IN A PINCH POINT AREA. THE EMPLOYEE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND RECEIVED 4 SUTURE S. DUE TO INFECTION THE EMPLOYEE COULD NOT RETURN TO WORK FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
EMPL WAS AWARDED 5% AWARD BY OCC PNEUMOCONIOSIS BOARD ON 4/29/91. CLAIM #90 54993-OP. NOTIFIED OF THIS ON 5/7/91.
INTERSECTION #3 ENTRY 100FT OUTBY FACE FELL AT 800PM MAINTENANCE CREW ON SECTION WORKING IN INTERSECTION OF #7 XXAREA INVOLVED HAD BROKEN TOP & HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH ADDITIONAL BOLTS ROOF FA LL MEASURED 4FTTO5FTHIGH 17FT WIDE &35FT LONG A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WAS COVERED UP WHEN TOP FELL
WHILE SPLICING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE,THE EMPLOYEES KNIFE SLIPPED OFF TH E CASING AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT FINGER.THE EMPLOYEE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO MON GENERAL ER.NO SUTURES WERE ADMINI STERED ALTHOUGH A TETANUS SHOT WAS GIVEN.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION OF #2 INTAKE ENTRY 200' OUTBY FACE.FALL WAS 18'WIDE X 30'LONG X 2-6'ABOVE TOP OF COAL SEAM.NO PERSONS OR EQUIP DIRECTLY AFFECTED,DID COVER UP SEVERAL TRAILIN G CABLES WHICH WERE ROUTED THROUGH THE AREA.INITIALLY SUPPORTED WITH 5'RESIN BOLTS.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED OF COMPLAINING OF A BACK INJURY. UPON INVETIGATION THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT THE INJURY WAS NOT WORK RELATED BECAUSE THEIR WAS NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT. THE EMPLOYEE RECENTL Y NOTIFIED MANAGEMENT THAT THE INJURY WAS WORK RELATED-"BASED UPON DISCUSSIONS WITH HIS PHYSICIAN-THE CLAIM IS PRESENTLY PENDING WITH WEST VIRGINIA WORKER'S COMPENSOTION.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING LOOSE ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER.AS HE ATTEMPTED TO SLIDE A PICE OF SLATE FROM THE MACHINE HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE JAGGED EDGE OF THE ROCK AND THE RIB OF THE ENTRY,RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES.
EMPL WAS TROUBLESHOOTING AN ENERGIZED COMPONENT IN THE CONTROL BOX OF THE CM A SUDDEN RIB SLOUGHAGE STARTLED THE EMPL CAUSING HIM TO REACT INSTINCTIVELY WHILE DOING SO HE INADVERTENTLY CONTACT ED AN ENRGIZED CONDUCTOR WITH HIS R HAND THE EMPL STATED HE FELT A JOLTING SENSATION BUT EXPERIENCED NO APPARENT SIDE EFFECTS NEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THE SHIFT HIS PULSE RATE BEGAN FLUCTUATING
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, WHICH WAS BEING LOADED BEHIND A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. AS HE GRASPED THE SWIVEL-MOUNTED SEAT AND RERVSED THE SEATING DIRECTION, HIS FINGER BECAME PINCHED IN THE MECHANISM AND HE SUFFERED A LACERATION OF THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL AT THE SCTION LOADING POINT HE SUBSEQUENTLY EXPERIENCED PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE ATTEMPTED TO RUN THE SHUTTLE CAR HE SURMISED THAT HE HAD INJUR ED HIMSELF WHILE SHOVELING COAL AT THE START OF THE SHIFT
EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER OUTBY THE MACHINE OPERATOR. AS HE PREPARED TO ASSEMBLE A ROOF BOLT ANDPLATE FOR INSTALLATION, A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM THE MINE RO OF BETWEEN THE BOLTS WHICH HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED. IT STRACK THE EMPLOYEE, FORCING HIM TO THE GROUND AND RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT ULNA AND BRUISES TO THE BACK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO. 18 INTERSECTION OF THE NO.2 BELTLINE SOMETIME DURING THE WEEKEND. IT MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 25' LONG ,18' WIDE AND 3 1/2' HIGH.IT COVERED THE BELT STRUCTURE WHI CH WAS INSTALLED IN THIS ENTRY. THERE WERE OBVIOUS SIGNS THAT WATER HAD PENETRATED THE IMMEDIATE ROOF FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS ON THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN THE #4 ENTRY APPROX 2K FEET INBY SPAD #897 AND CONTIUNED FOR APPROX. 100P. FEET. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 100X10X4 RESIN BOLTS INLENGHT WERE BEING USED WITH 5 TEST BO LTS. 3
WHILE CONDUCTIN1 A PRESHIFT EXAMANATION THE FOREMAN DISCOVERED A ROOF FALL IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE #3 ENTRY APPROX 150 FEET OUTBY THE FACE. IT MEASURED APPROX. 3 FEET HIGH, 16 FEET WIDE, A ND 40 FEET LONG1 IT COMPLETLY COVERED A SHUTTLE CAR PARL Y IN THE INTERSECTIONS AND PARTILLY COVERED THE BOOM OF THE CONTIOUSE MINER.
HE WAS OPERATIN1 THE MANTRIP TRACTOR EN ROUTE TO THE SURFACE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE DAY SHIFT. THE MANTRIP STRUCK AN IRREGULARUTY IN THE MINE FLOOR, RESULTING IN A JARRING ACTION ON HIS BA CK. THE FOLLOW3NG DAY HE SUFFERED FROM STIFFNESS AND IMMOBILTY IN HIS LOWER BACK.
I NAME WAS WALK3NG TO MINER TO MOVE CABLE WHEN A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS FOOT
ROOF FALL #2 EN7RY LOCATED INBY SPAD 1654 FALL RUNS LEFT & RIGHT THRU THE CROSS 25' LONG 4'-6' HIGH & 18' WIDE.
#1 ROOF FALL LO7ATED AT SPAD 1647 IN #4 RETURN ENTRY.
THE INJURED STA7ED HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW WHILE PRYING.HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 05/06/87. LITTLE FALLS MINING IS CURRENTLY QUESTIONING THIS CLAIM WITH THE WV WORKER'S COMPENSATION FUND.