Light Run Deep Mine No. 6 Coal

LIGHT RUN #6 MINE IS TEMPORARILY IDLE. A FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN BURNED THE OFFICE TRAILER ON THEMINE PROPERTY. THIS FIRE WAS SPOTTED BY A TRUCK DRIVER AT APPROX 3:00 AM. HE CALLED THE MILL CRE EK FIRE DEPT WHO RESPONDED AND KEPT FIRE CONTAINED TO JUST THE TRAILER. FIRE BOSS BOOKS AND MINERECORDS WERE DESTROYED BUT OTHERWISE LOSSES WEREMINIMAL.

WHEN EMPLOYEE CAME THROUGH AIRLOCK DOOR FROM RETURN ENTRY ON 3 WHEELER, HE STOPPED AND OPENED AIRLOCK DOOR. IT HINGED UP AGAINST ROOF AND BLOCKED UP WITH A CRIB BLOCK. WHEN HE CAME THROUGH JIT NEY RUBBED SIDE. HE THEN BACKED UP TO REPOSITIONJITNEY KNOCKING CRIB BLOCK OUT LETTING DOOR COME INTO DECK PINNING RIGHT LEG BETWEEN DOOR AND TRIP BREAKING LEG.

ROOF FALL (SEE ATTACHMENT).

SLIPPED ON ICE ON ENDLOADER FENDER.

ROOF BOLTMEN WERE BOLTING FACE #6 ENTRY. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING OFFSIDE OF MACHINE. HE HAD FINISHED & NOTICED SOME MATERIALS THAT NEEDED MORE SUPPORT. HE DRILLED EXTRA BOLT HOLE & WAS GOING TO INSTALL BOLT. HE WAS OUT OF RESIN AND SO OTHER OPERATOR HANDED HIM A RESIN STICK. EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS HAND ON DRILL HEAD TO TAKE RESIN AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HAND & BRUISING IT

ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR PULLED BOLTER INTO PLACE TO START BOLTING THE 1ST CUT OUT OF THE CROSSCUT 6-5. WHEN EMPLOYEE DRILLED THE FIRST BOLT HOLE A PIECE OF ROCK FELL MEASURING APP. 3' X 3' BY 12 " THICK STRIKING HIM ACROSS NECK AND DOWN BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD NO VISIBLE INJURIES BUT HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK AND CHEST AREA. STATE INSPECTOR FOUND NO VIOLATIONS IN AREA OR WITH BOLT MACHINE.

EE WENT TO DR ON 8-19-95 FOR WATER ON LEFT KNEE AND THEY REMOVED IT HE REMINED OFF WORK UNTIL 8-22-95 AT WHICH TIME HE RETURNED AT 700 AM DURING HIS REGULAR DUTY.

WE WERE MOVING SECTION, 2 EMPLOYEE'S WERE TEARING DOWN BELT HEAD TO MOVE OUT OUT OF WAY. EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PIN OUT OF ARM THAT HOLDS BOOM. WHEN HE KNOCKED PIN, BOOM CAME DOWN CATCHING LITT LE FINGER & RING FINGER BETWEEN SUPPORT ARM AND FRAME OF HEAD.

INTERSECITN INBY SECTION LOADING POINT IN #5 ENTRY. WE HAD SHOT DOWN A HEAD HOLE AND EE WAS PULLING DOWN DRAW ROCK ALONG BROW A PIECE OF APPROX 2'X2' 8" THICK CAME SLIDING DOWN BAR STRIKIGN H IM ON RIGHT FOREARM. AND TOP LIGHT FONT. RIGHT FOREARM WAS BRUISED AND TOP OF RIGHT FOOT HAS 2 SMALL METATARSAL BONES CRACKS.

AT 230 AM OF THE THIRD SHIFT MAINTENANCE CREW A ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN THE LAST OPEN INTERSECTION OF THE #9 ENTRY.THE FALL IS 16 1/2 FT WIDE BY 20 FT LONG AND 4 FT HIGH.THE INTERSECTION WAS IN AN AREA WHERE COAL SEAM ROLLED UP AND DOWN FORMING A SMALL SWAG.THE TOP WAS SUPPORTED WITH 4FT RESIN BOLTS AND THE ONLY CRACK NOTICED WHILE BOLTING WAS 16 INCHES WHILE CLEANING RIBS ON RIGHT S

RUNNIGN SCOOP

EE WAS REMOVING A LODGED ROCK FROM THE COAL FEEDER WHEN HE PULLED ON IT HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK

WHILE STARTING A RIGHT HAND CROSSCUT OUT OF #9 ENTRY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 6" AROUND 1/2 TO 2" THICK FELL OUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF LEFT HAND. HE WAS USING RIGHT HAND TO OPERATE MACHINE W ITH LEFT LAYING FLAT ON BOTTOM WHEN ROCK FELL. HE WORKED THE NEXT DAY NOT THINKING ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH HAND. HE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 12/16/94.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING M 2 ENTRY FACE A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APP. 10 INCHES BY 8 INCHES 1/2 THICK FELL HITTING EE ON LEFT ONE CUTTING EAR.

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WHILE HAULING ROCK OF A UNDERCASE WE SHOT DOWN EE WENT TO GET OUT OF SCOOP DECK HITTING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON HEADLIGHT MOUNTED IN DECK HE DID NOT THINK NOTHING ABOUT IT AND WORKED ON 9-19-94 AND HIS ELBOW STARTED SWELLING HE WENT TO DAVIS MEN HOSPITAL THAT EVENING AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS BRUISED.

EMPLOYEE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED INJURY OR WHENIT OCCURED. STATED BOTHERING HIM ABOUT 10:00 PM

WHILE BRING #1 482 SCOOP OUTSIDE EE CAME TO FIRST AIRLOCK DOOR IT WAS NOT COMPLETELY OPEN. HE PULLED SCOOP INBY DOOR UNTIL IT WAS AT OPERATORS DECK, HE THEN REACHED OUT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO FINISH OPENING DOOR WHILE STILL TRAMMING SCOOP CATCHING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN DOOR FRAME AND SCOOP.

WHILE BOLTING IN FACE OF OLD PANEL RIGHT HANDED OF #2 BOLT HE HIT KNEE AGAINST DRILL HEAD HE DOESN'T KNOW IF THIS CAUSED INJURY, HE INFORMED EMPLOYEE OF INJURY ON 10-5-93 AT HIS HOME. HE TOLE ME THAT HIS KNEE WAS SWOLLEN AND I TOLD HIM TO GET IT CHECKED. WHEN HE RETURNED FOR HOSPITAL HE INFORMED EMPLOYEE THAT DR DOESNT' KNOW NATURE OF INJURY OR CAUSE.

WHILE PUTTING UP BELT HANGERS IN #3 ENTRY 1 BREAK OUTBY FACE HE INSTALLED BOLT WITH HANGER ON IT INTO TOP. HE TOOK HIS LEFT HAND AND TURNED HANGER INTO POSITION, WENT TO TIGHTEN BOLT USING HIS RIGHT HAND AND HIT UP PRESSURE LEVER INSTEAD OF ROTATION MASHING TIP OF INDEX FINGER BETWEEN ROOF AND HANGER.

WHILE MOVING POWER 2 BREAKS OUTBY FACE IN #4 ENTRY EE PULLED UP ALL THE SLACK ON ROOF BOLTER CABLE WENT BACK AND PICKED UP CAT HEAD, LAYED IT IN DOCK OF SCOOP TO HAUL UP TO POWER CENTER WHEN H E TOOK OFF CAT HEAD SLIDE BACK MASHING RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND BREAKING IT AT THE TIP OF FINGER AND MASHING.

WHILE OPERATING 482 SCOOP HAULING COAL EE STOPPED TO TAKE DOWN LOOSE DRAW ROCK APP 18 FT WIDE AND 32 INCH LONG BY 6 INCH THICK AT THICKED POINT FELL BEFORE HE COULD GET OUT OF SCOOP STRIKING H IM ON RIGHT HAD PUTTING A CUT ACROSS TOP OF HAND

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 90' INBY SPAD #338 WHILE NO MINING WAS BEING PERFORMED IN THE INTERSECTION OF #2 ENTRY WHERE CROSSCUT 2-3 HAD BEEN STRATED. THE FACE OF #2 WAS ADVANCED APPROX. 30' INBY CE NTER OF X 2-3. THE FACE HAD 8' CUT OUT OF IT. THE CROSSCUT 2-3 WAS MINED IN APPROX. 24' ON RIGHT SIDE AND 18' ON LEFT DUE TO JUST STARTING INTERSECTION. IT LACKED 2 ROWS OF BOLTS.

WHILE REMOVING TAIL SHAFT ON FAIRCHILD MINER HE REMOVED LAST BOLT LETTING TAIL SHAFT ROLL OUT STRIKING VICTIM ON BOTH LEGS & BRUISING MUSCLES IN RT LEG

10966F FALL OCCURRED IN THE 3RD SHIFT IN THE #2 ENTRY 1 BREAK INBY THE INTAKE SPLIT AT SPAD #77 NO MEN WERE IN THE AREA AT TIME OF FALL. WHILE CREW WAS WORKING ON #2 BELT CONVEYOR THEY HEAD A 61330AND MANDOORS OPENING AND CLOSING. UPON INVESTIGATION OTHER EMPLOYEE FOUND A FALL IN THE INTERESECTION OF #2 ENTRY MEASURING APP. 18' WIDE 23' LONG AND 6' AT PEAK. THE AREA WAS FULL BOLTED

60FT INSIDE #4 ENTRY AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT EE WAS RIDING A 3 WHEEL JITNEY TO THE OUTSIDE EE WAS DRIVING & EE WAS IN THE MIDDLE THEY WERE LAYING CROSSWAYS ON THE MANTRIP EE RAISED UP FOR SOM E UNKNOWN REASON & HIS CLOTHING GOT CAUGHT ON THE TOP DRAGGING HIM ON TOP OF TRIP & FOULING HIM

WHILE CONNECTING A DRIVER & A FINISHER DRILL STEEL TOGETHER INJURED HAD HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE 2 STEELS & PUSHED THE UP LEVER MASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE 2 STEELS

PUSHING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROAD SCOOP OPER SET BUCKET DOWN ON FOOT

HAD BAD TOP IN #3 ENTRY IT STARTED WORKING & FELL IN THEIR WERE NO INJURIES BUT MINER & BOLTER WERE TRAPPED INBY THIS ENTRY WAS 17FT WIDE & 5&6FT BELTS WERE IN STALLED IN THIS AREA