Bowie No 1 Coal

THE EE STATES THAT WHILE PULLING BARRIER, A PIECE OF COAL FROM THE FACE FLEW OUT AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE. SMALL PIECE OF COAL WERE IMBEDDED IN THE EYE BALL.

GPF-ON 02-20-98 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT AN INJURYREPORTED ON 11-15-97 WAS DIAGNOSED AS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WENT THROUGH A MANDOOR IN A STOPPING AND PUT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON A PIECE OF COAL AND WENT THROUGH THE DOOR. THE PIECE OF COAL SHIFTED FROM UNDER HIM. THE EMPLOYEE FEL L ON RIGHT LEG. THE X-RAYS REVEALED A BREAK ON RIGHT ANKLE.

THE EE STATES THAT WHILE CLEANING ROCK OFF THE MINER FROM THE PREVIOUS CUT, A ROCK HIT THE RIGHTSIDE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT SOME ROCK CAME DOWN AND HIT THE BOLTER. THIS CAUSED THE ROCK TO BREAK UP. A PIECE OF THE ROCK HIS AND CUT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SOCKET.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE BOLTING A ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE TOP ADN STRIKED HIM ON THE LEFT JAW. THE PIECE OF ROCK MEASURED 2 1/2 FT X 3 FT X 4 FT AND WAS APPROX. 6" - 8" THICK.

THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT AIR FLOW OR QUALITY OR QUANTITY. THE FALL DID NOT AFFECT AN ESCAPEWAY. NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT, AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE FALL SITE IS #5 ENTRY OF 2 WEST SUBMAINS BETW EEN XCUTS #72 & 73. THE FALL WAS IN THE UPPER D SEAM. THIS AREA WAS MINED IN 1992. THE HEIGHT OF THE FALL WAS 6', WIDTH 12', AND LENGTH 13'. NORMAL ENTRY WIDTH IS 18' X 8'.

EE WAS ASSIGNED TO HELP THE CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR WHILE THE ASSIGNED HELPER WENT TO EAT LUNCH A PIECE OF RIB COAL MEASURING 5 1/2 FT HIGH BY 16 INCH WIDE AND 5 INCH THICK FELL AND STRUCK E E ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE EE HAS TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHEN HE WAS LOADING BOLTING SUPPLIES ON THE D-20 BOLTER, A BUNDLE OF PLATES SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT INNER FOREARM.

EMP STATES THAT HE WAAS PUTTING IN A BOLT. WHEN HE TAPPED THE FOOT LEVER AND STARTED UP WITH THEBOLT. THE BOLT BENT WHICH CAUSED THE PLATE TO SPIN. THE SPINNING PLATE CUT HIM ON THE RIGHT WRIS T. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.

THE SEAM THAT WAS AFFECTED BY THE FALL WAS UPPER D SEAM. THE HEIGHT OF THE SEAM IS 9'. THE ROOF FALL MEASURED 20' LONG 25' WIDE AND 6' THICK. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 6' RESIN TENSION BOLTS. T HE FALL IS LOCATED IN #2 ENTRY II WEST SUBMAINS.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HANG 7200 CABLE THE CABLE WAS CLOSE TO A 7200 SPLICE BOX AND THE WEIGHT OF THE BOX AND CABLE CAUSED THE INJURED TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP WAS DISLOCATED AND HAD LIGAMENT DAMAGE.

EMP STATES THAT HE WAS IN LOADER BUCKET HELPING TO HANG A FAN WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. HE STATES THAT HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ONTHE BUCKET WHEN HE FELL. THE DR SAYS THAT HE CHIPPED A BONE IN HIS ELBOW.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS WALKING TO THE LUNCH ROOM WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE. HE STATES THAT THE STEP DOWN WAS 18" OR SO. HE STATES THAT STEPPING INTO THE HOLE CAUSED HIM TO TURN HIS BACK AT AN UNUSUAL ANGLE. HE ALSO TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN HE STEPPED INTO THE HOLE.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHEN HE WAS REPAIRING THE VENT CURTAIN, THE RIB ROLLED AND HIT EE IN HIS CHEST. THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS CHET WAS INJURED. EE STATES THAT X-RAYS WERE TAKEN ADN HI S CHEST WAS FINE.

THE EE STATES THAT THE LADDER TWISTED WHILE HE WAS CLIMBING UP TO PLASTER KENEDY PANEL, CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. THREE STEPS EE STATES THAT HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS WELDING ON A BOLTER IN Y-PANEL AND WAS USING A HEAVY HAMMER TO BEND THE METAL BACK INTO PLACE. HE REPORTS THAT HE WAS SWINGING THE HAMMER WHILE IN A BAD POSITIO N DUE TO HIS MINE BELT. THIS STRAINED HIS LOWER LEFT BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE BUGGY, HIS FOOT BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN TWO CRIB BLOCKS AND HE TWISTED HIS FOOT. HE REPORTS THAT HE HAS TORN THE LIGAMENTS IN FOOT.

HE STATES THAT HE WAS WORKING NEAR WHERE A MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON THE BOBCAR BUCKET. IT WAS NECESSARY TO USE A CUTTING TORCH TO APPLY HEAT TO A PIECE OF METAL AND WHILE HEAT WAS BEING APPLIED , A PIECE OF POLYURTHENE FOAM WAS HEATED. HE STATES THAT THE FUMES FROM THE FOAM CAUSED HIM TO HAVE DIFFICULTY BREATHING.

THE SEAM OF COAL MINED IN THE AFFECTED AREA WAS THE UPPER "D" SEAM. THE HEIGHT OF SEAM WAS 7 FEET. THE ROOF FALL MEASURED 18' LONG, 18' WIDE AND FELL TO A HEIGHT OF 6' OR TO THE TOP OF TEH 6' RESIN BOLTS THAT WERE INSTALLED IN JUNE 1992 ALONG WITH MATS AND SCREENS. THE FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN 75XC-76XC, 3 LEFT OF 2 WEST. VENTILATION AND THE PASSAGES OF EMPLOYEES WAS NOT AFFECTED BY T

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HIS SHUTTLE CAR HUNG-UP ON THE REAR OF THE MINER. WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR PULLED LOOSE, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. HIS NECK WAS STRAINED. X -RAYS WERE TAKEN; NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS STEPPING OFF OF TH BOBCAT ONTO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. EE STATES THAT HIS RIGHT ANKLE WAS SPRAINED AND THERE WERE LEGIMENTS TORN.

EE STATES THAT HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE CAGE OF A SHUTTLE CAR. HE TALKED TO HIS BOSS BUT DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT. ON 6-18-97 HIS ARM WAS HURTING, SO HE WENT TO HIS PRIVATE DR WHO RECOMMENDE D LIGHT DUTY. ON 6-19-97 HE WAS SEEN BY THE NORTH FORK CLINIC. THE DR FELT THAT HIS RIGHT ELBOW HAD BEEN BROKEN.

THE AREA WHERE THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED WAS DEVELOPED IN LATE NOVEMBER, 1996. AT THAT TIME IT WAS SUPPORTED ACCORDING TO THE APPROVED ROOF CONTROL PLAN. EIGHT FOOT RESIN BOLTS PLATES AND MATS WE RE INSTALLED ON 5' X 4' CENTERS. THE FALL DID OCCURR AT OR ABOVE THE BOLTS. THE FALL MEASURED 35' LONG X 19.6 WIDE AND 8' HIGH. EXTRA SUPPORT WAS INSTALLED IN THIS AREA PRIOR TO THE FALL.

HE STATES THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CONNECTING VICTROLIC COUPLINGS ON A 4" WATER LINE. EH REACHED OVER THE TOP OF THE PIPE TO GRAB A CLAMP AND THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WAS HIT BY A HELPER WITH A WRENCH. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.

HE STATES THAT HE WAS TO BRING TIMBER TO SECTION. HE HAD TO TAKE THE BANDS OFF OF THE BUNDLE. THE BUNDLE HAS 3 BANDS. HE TOOK ONE BAND OFF OF EACH END AND THEN TOOK OFF THE MIDDLE BAND. WHEN T HE TIMBERS WERE RELEASED THEY ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT ABOVE THE METATARSAL. X-RAYS WERE TAKEN; NO BREAKS WERE FOUND.

THE EE STATES THAT WHEN HE WAS PULLING TUBES OF GLUE OUT OF A BOX ONE TUBE STUCK TO THE OTHER ONE AND SHOT OUT OF THE BOX. IT KNOCKED OFF HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS GOING DOWN A STAIRWAY WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT ON HIM. THERE WERE NO TRIPPING HAZARDS; HOWEVER, THE STAIRWAY WAS WET FROM WASHING THEM DOWN AND ICE WAS STARTING TO FORM.

EE STATES THAT A PIECE OF TOP COAL MEASURING 12" X 26" X 8" FELL ON HIS HEAD. THE BLOW LEFT HIM SEMICONSCIOUS. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. EXAMINATION AND XRAYS REVEALED NO SERIOUS INJURY. EE STATES THAT HE JAMMED HIS THUMB AND CHIPPED A PERMANENT TOOTH..

EE STATES THAT HE WAS TRAVELING TO THE SECTION TELEPHONE TO CALL OUT HIS PRESHIFT EXAMS. HE STATES THAT HE WAS IN A HURRY. HE DID NOT SEE A DISLOGDED ROOF MAT HANGING DOWN. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MAT. THE CUT ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE STATES THAT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A SET OF TIRE CHAINS UP ONTO THE WHEEL OF THE ROAD GRADER. AN EXAMINATION BY THE DR. REVEALED A LEFT INGUINAL HERN IA WHICH WILL REQUIRE SURGERY.

THE EE STATES THAT A PIECE OF COAL FELL OUT OF THE TOP & STRUCK HIM ON THE TOP ON HIS HARD HAT. HE WAS EXAMINED BY THE DOCTOR ON 1/18/97 & RELEASED TO WORK UNLESS HE WAS UNABLE TO DO THE WORK. THE EE STATES THAT HE RETURNED TO THE FR. ON 1/23/97 & WAS ADVISED TO TAKE 2 TO 3 WEEKS OFF WORK. THE EE STATES THAT HIS NECK WAS "STRAINED" ON THE LEFT SIDE.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY. HE GOT UNDER THE CABLE AND LIFTED IT WITH HIS SHOULDER. HE FELT HIS LEFT SHOULDER POP AND FELT A POP IN HIS LWOER MID BACK BELOW THE SHOULDER BLADE.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THA THE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A KENNEDY STOPPING WHEN TOP OF CALL FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD, SHOULDER AND FOOT. THE FORCE OF THE FALLING COAL KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND CA USED HIS LEFT LEG TO BUCKLE UUNDER HIM. HE STRAINED A LIGAMENT ON THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING WORK ON A TRAM MOTOR THAT IS USED IN A SHUTTLE CAR. HE WAS LIFTINNG UP ON A BAR IN ORDER TO PICK UP THE MOTOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND MID BACK. HE HAD PINCHED NERVES AND MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HELPING MOVE MINER CABLE WHEN A RIB ROLL CAUSED COAL TO FALL ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT. HIS LEFT LEG WAS FRACTURED ABOVE THE ANKLE

ON 12/13/96 THE EE STEPPED BACKWARDS AND SLIPPEDOFF OF THE BOLTER PLATFORM. AS HE FELL HE STRUCKTHE BOLTING TRAY WITH HIS LEFT ELBOW. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS BOSS, BUT HE DID NOT GO TO THE DR. THE ELBOW KEPT BOTHERING HIM, SO HE WENT TO THE DR ON 1/6/97. HE MISSED WORK ON THE 6TH, BUT WAS BACK TO WORK ON THE 7TH

THE EE STATES HE WAS REPAIRING A PUMP CABLE. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT THE OUTER INSULATION, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE LEFT INDEX FINGER.

THE EE STATES THAT HE WAS WASHING THE MINER. HE WAS STANDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MINER REACHING TO TURN OFF THE WATER WHEN A CHUNK OF COAL 18" X 10" X 2" STRUCK HIS LEFT THIGH. HE WAS TRA NSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE DELTA COUNTY HOSPITAL, CHECKED AND RELEASED.

EMP WAS IN PROCESS OF CONDUCTING A WEEKLY EXAMINATION. EMP WAS WALKING OVER A SUPPORTED ROOF FALL, AND AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN LOOSE ROOF FALL MATERIAL, STEPPED ON PIECE OF ROCK THAT MOVED UNDE R HIS FOOT. MOVEMENT CAUSED EMP TO TWIST RT KNEE

EE WAS READY TO UNLOAD HIS SHUTTLECAR INTO THE FEEDER. THE CABLE BROKE AT A SPLICE. THE SHUTTLE CAR LOST POWER, AND THE BRAKE DID NOT SET. THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARD 100' OR SO BEFORE HITTING A R IB. EE STRAINED HIS NECK AND SHOULDER AND LEFT ARM.

EE STATES THAT THE MINER WAS BEING MOVED BACK OUT OF A FENDER TO HAVE A WATER SPRAY HOSE REPAIRED AND HE WAS PUTTING A LOOP OF CABLE ON THE MINER WHEN A SMALL BUMP DISLODGED A LOOSE RIB AND PI NNED HIM UP AGAINST THE MINER.

EE STATES THAT HE PULLED THE CANOPY VALVE DOWN TO LOWER THE CANOPY ON THE ROOF BOLTER. THE VALVE STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION, AND THE CANOPY CONTINUED TO LOWER. THE EE STATES THAT HIS HEAD GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CANOPY OF THE BOLTER AND THE RIB. EE REPORTED A CUT AND ABRASIONS TO HIS HEAD AND RT EAR. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE STATES THAT THE CREW LOADED THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER THAT HE WAS DRIVING. HE STARTED OUTSIDE WITH THE LOAD OF TRASH. AFTER HE HAD DRIVEN 30-40 FT, HE FELT AN ALLERGIC REACTION START THAT MA DE HIS BREATHING BECOME LABORED. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND EXPENDED VERSI-FOAM CONTAINERS AND THE BROWN LIQUID WHICH OCCURES WHEN THE CHEMICALS DO NOT MIX CORRECTLY IN THE LOADER BUCKET.

THE EE STATES THAT HE WAS PICKING UP 40LB. BAGS OF ROCK DUST AND LOADING THEM INTO A TRICKLE DUSTER. HE HAD DUMPED 4 BAGS, BUT WHEN HE PICKED UP THE 5TH BAG, HE PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMP STATES THAT HE WAS TIGHTENING UP THE BOLTS ON ONE OF THE STRUCTURE ARMS ON THE WIPER PADS. WAS BENT OVER AND PUT PRESSURE ON THE BOLTS. STATES THAT HE WAS NOT IN A GOOD POSITION AND THEREF ORE PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON HIS BACK.

THE HEIGHT OF THE COAL SEAM WAS 8'. THE SEAM OF COAL WAS UPPER D SEAM. THE ROOF FALL MEASURED 25'LX24'WX6'T. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 6' RESIN BOLTS. THE FALL OCCURRED IN 2 WEST SUBMAINS A T X/C 78.

EE STATES THAT HE BENT DOWN TO WALK UNDER THE CONTINUOUS MINER TAIL CONVEYOR. WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT PAIN ACROSS HIS LOWER BACK. THE AREA UNDER THE CONVEYOR WAS ABOUT 3 1/2 FEET HIGH.

EE STATES THAT HE HURT HIS RIGHT ELBOW WHILE CLIMBING INTO THE CAB OF A SCOOP. HE STATES THAT HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE GAUGE BOX. HE STQATES THAT HE BRUISED HIS RIGHT ELOBW. EE WAS SEEN BY DR. AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. DR. RELEASED HIM TO WORK. ON 7-3-96, EE WAS EXAMINED AGAINS BY DR. AND GIVEN AN INJECTION IN THE RIGHT ELBOW.

HE HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON 2-14-96. HE MISSED WORK ON 2/15, 3/7 AND HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 6-10-96. THIS IS NOT A NEW INJURY. IT IS AN AGGRAVATION OF THE INJURY FROM 2-14-96. THIS INJURY W AS REPORTED.

HEIGH OF THE COAL BED IS 20'. COAL SEAM BEING MINED IS UPPER D. THE FALL MEASURED 30' LONG, 50' WIDE, AND 6-8' THICK. THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 72" RESIN BOLTS. THE FALL OCCURRED ABOVE THE BOLT S. THE FALL WAS LOCATED IN 6 PANEL, 1 RIGHT ENTRY, XC 4.

EE STATES THAT HE LEANED UP AGAINST A 12' TIMBER AND IN SO DOING THE TIMBER DISLODGED AND STARTED TO FALL. EE TRIED TO CATCH THE FALLING TIMBER BUT IT STRUCK HIM ON THE RT SHOULDER AREA.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE FORK ON THE FORK LIFT WHEN THE FORK SLIPPED. HIS RT INDEX FINGER WAS BETWEEN THE FORK ARM AND THE FRAME. THE FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES.

COAL SEAM BEING MINE IS UPPER D SEAM. THE HEIGHT OF THE COAL BED IN 20'. THE FALL MEASURED 35' LONG, 35' WIDE AND 10-12' THICK. THE FALL WAS LOCATED IN 2 RIGHT SECTION, 1 LEFT ENTRY AT XC 20./ THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 8' RESIN BOLTS. THE FALL DID OCCUR ABOVE THE BOLTS AND DID AFFECT VENTILATION AND THE PASSAGE OF EES.

AS A RESULT OF DUST LIBERATED BY A DUMP IN THE SECTION SIX MINERS TEMPORARILY BECAME DISORIENTED AND WERE UNABLE TO WITHDRAW TO A SAFE LOCATION OUTBY THE AFFECTED AREA. CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INCIDENT ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.NO MINERS RECEIVED TREATMENT AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. ENTRIES IN THE AFFECTED AREA RECEIVED SOME HEAVING AND OR CAVING THE CAVING WAS LIMIT

HE STATES THAT HE WAS MAKING A CABLE SPLICE. HE HAD CUT ONE END AT THE SPLICE OFF AND WAS JUST FINISHING CUTTING THE OTHER END WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED AND JABBED THE BLADE STRAIGHT INTO HIS RIG HT KNEE.

THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN MARCH, 1996. THE COAL SEAM BEING MINED IS D SEAM. THE HEIGHT OF THE COAL SEAM IS APPROX. 20' . THE FALL MEASURED 30' WIDE, 30' LONG AND 18' THICK. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 8' RESIN BOLTS WITH PANS AND SIX 17' CABLE BOLTS AND 2 CRIBS. THE FALL WAS LOCATED IN 2 RIGHT SECTION C/X 19, MAIN ENTRY.

HE STATES THAT HE WAS PREPARING TO SPLICE THE BOLTER CABLE. HE STATES THAT THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER AT HIS FIRST KNUCKLE.

THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED AROUND 6/94. THE COAL SEAM IS D SEAM. THE HEIGHT OF THE COAL SEAM IS APPRX 20'. THE FALL OCCURRED IN 1ST EAST MAIN, 2 RIGHT NORTH ENTRY X/C 2. THE FALL MEASURED 28'L, 28 'W AND 14'T. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 8' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. TIMBERS HAD ALSO BEEN SET.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS TAKING A PIECE OF VENT TUBE DOWN WHEN A SLAB OF RIB FELL FORWARD PINNING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP AND THE COAL. HE STATES THAT HIS RT HAND WAS SEVERELY LA CERATED FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE PALM TO THE OUTSIDE OF HIS HAND TOWARD THE PINKY. THE HAND WAS LACERATED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE PALM. THE FINGER BONES IN THE PALM FOR THE LITTLE AND RING FINGE

THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN APPROX 11/95. THE SEAMOF COAL BEING MINED IS D SEAM. THE FALL OCCURREDIN X PANEL, X/C 27 TO X/C 28. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 8' RESIN BOLTS, WAS DANGERED OFF & HAD AD DITIONAL ROOF SUPPORT INSTALLED. THE FALL MEASURED 25'L, 18'W, 12'THICK.

THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 1/96. THE SEAM OF COAL BEING MINED IS D SEAM. THE HEIGHT OFTHE COAL BED IS APPROX 20'. THE FALL OCCURRED INX PANEL AT X/C 2/M. THE FALL MEASURED 25'L, 30'W , 20'THICK. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 8' RESIN BOLTS WITH 1 ROLL OF 17' CABLE BOLTS. CRIB & TIMBER HAD BEEN INSTALLED BECAUSE THE FLOOR WAS PUSHING.

WHILE DOING JOB AS MINER HELPER, EMP STATES THAT A PIECE OF COAL WHICH MEASURED 2' X 1' X 8" FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE RIB AND HIT HIM ON THE TOPOF HIS HEAD. HE STATES THAT HIS NECK AND THE TOP OF HIS BACK FELT JAMMED.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS SLIDING A 24" VENT TUBE OVER A SLIDER WHEN HE SLIPPED OR TRIPPED. IN AN EFFORT TO CATCH HIS BALANCE, HE GRABBED THE TUBE. WHEN HE DID, HE STATES THAT HE HEARD HIS RIGHT S HOULDER POP.

EE STATES THAT THE VENT TUBING WAS HUNG TOO LOW. HE BENT OVER AND LIFTED UP THE LINE OF VENT TUBING SO THAT HIS PARTNER COULD RE TIE THE WIRES IN ORDER TO LIFT THE TUBING HIGHER. AS HE STRAIGH TENED UP, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

THE INJURED EE WAS SHOVELING UP COAL FINES WHEN THE SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT IN THE BELT. THE HANDLE OF THE SHOVEL STRUCK THE INJURED EE ACROSS THE LEFT CHEST AREA. FOUR RIBS WERE BROKEN, HIS CHEST A ND LEFT SHOULDER WERE BRUISED AND THERE IS POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO HIS VOICE BOX.

THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN MARCH OF 1992. THE SEAM OF COAL BEING MINED IS UPPER D SEAM. THE FALL OCCURRED IN 1 R. X/C 75-76 IN 2ND WEST WEST. THE AREA WAS WAS BOLTED WITH 6' RESIN BOLTS WITH PA NS ON 5'CENTERS. WIRE MESH WAS ALSO USED. THE FALL MEASURED 25' LONG, 16' WIDE AND 6 1/2' DEEP.

NO INJURIES, NO VICTIMS. GAS IGNITION DUE TO MISSING BITS ON LEFT SIDE AND 2 MISSING BITS ON RT SIDE AND 4 DULL BITS ON THE MINER.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING TO MOVE POWER. DURING THE POWER MOVE, A ROCK CAME LOOSE FROM THE TOP AND HIT HIM ON HIS LOWER LIP. THE ROCK CUT HIS LIP.

EE STATES THAT HE DROPPED A COUPLER ON HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AS HE WAS REMOVING A PUMP MOTOR COUPLER FROM D-19 ROOF BOLTER. THE INJURY TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES.

THE SEAM OF COAL BEING MINED WAS D SEAM. IT WAS DEVELOPED IN SEPT OF 93. THE FALL OSSURRED IN X PANEL, 2 LFT AT X/C 14. THE SUPPORT USED WAS 8'RESIN GROUTED BOLTS ON F' CENTERS. THERE WERE 5 P EOPLE INBY THE FALL AREA WHO WERE WITHDRAWN. A STOPPING WAS BLOWN OUT BY THE ROOF FALL. THE 3 APPROACHED TO THE ROOF FALL AREA WERE TIMBERED OFF AND THE STOPPING WAS REBUILT.

THE SEAM OF COAL BEING MINED IS D-SEAM. THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN JULY OF 1994. THE FALL OCCURRED IN 2 RIGHT X/C 10 IN THE FIRST EAST MAINS. IT WAS DISCOVERED AT AROUND 300 PM AND 10-4-95 THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY 8 FT RESIN TENSION BOLTS ON 5 FT. CENTERS. THE FALL AFFECTED THE WEEKLY EXAMINER AND HIS TRAVELWAY. THREE STOPPINGS WERE BUILT TO REROUTE THE TRAVELWAY THRU THIS AREA.

EE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS BOLTING SOME TOP COAL THAT WAS UNDER PRESSURE BLEW OUT FROM BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF SUPPORTED TOP. THE MATERIAL THAT FELL MEASURED APPROX 5" THICK, 4' LONG AND 2' WIDE.

EE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS BOLTING SOME TOP COAL THAT WAS UNDER PRESSURE BLEW OUT FROM BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF SUPPORTED TOP. THE MATERIAL THAT FELL MEASURED APPROX 5" THICK, 4' LONG AND 2' WIDE. THE COAL STRUCK EE AND HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD INJURED HIS NECK. HE WAS IMMOBILIZED AND TRANSPORTED ON A STRETCHER TO THE WEST PORTAL WHERE THE AMBULANCE MET HIM.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS PICKING UP A RAIL TO GET A HANGER OFF OF IT WHEN IT SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HANDS AND STRUCK HIS SHIN AND THEN FELL ONTO HIS RT FOOT. AN XRAY DID NOT SHOW ANY PROBLEMS SO AFT ER BEING OFF FOR 3 DAYS EE CAME BACK TO WORK. HE WORKED FOR 4 DAYS, BUT HIS FOOT WAS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. ON THE 23RD HE STATES THAT HE STEPPED WRONG ON THE FOOT WHILE CLIMBING A COAL

AREA WAS DEVELOPED APPROX ON 8-20-87. THE FALL COCCURRED ON MINE BELT 5, X/C 37. IT MEASURED 26'LONG, 20'WIDE AND 12 TO 14' THICK. THE ROOF IN THIS AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 8'RESIN BOLTS, REINFORE CED WITH 8' RESIN BOLTS WITH MESH WHICH WAS BOLTED UP WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS. THERE WAS WATER EVEDENT IN THE FALL AREA. THE AREA WAS CRIBBED AND TIMBERED.

THIS AREA WAS DEVELOPED APPROX ON 6-10-92. THE FALL WAS LOCATED IN 2ND WEST, X/C 78, 3 RTENTRY. IT MEASURED 20' LONG, 30' WIDE AND 6' THICK. THE ROOF WAS SUPPORTED BY 6' RESIN BOLTS. THE FALL OCCURED ABOVE THE BOLTS. IT DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION.

EE STATES THAT A BOUNCE OCCURRED. AS HE WAS RUNNING FROM FALLING COAL, SOME OF THE COAL HIT HIM ON HIS LEG. THE LEFT LEG FROM THE KNEE TO THE ANKLE WAS BRUISED.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING TO PUT MINER CABLE ON THE RIB WHEN A SLAB OF COAL OFF OF THE RIB TIPPED OVER AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK.

THIS FALL WAS IN Z PANEL MAINS, MAIN ENTRY X/C 2. THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY FEB. 1995. THE FALL MEASURED 21' LONG, 21' TO 22' WIDE AND 16' TO 17' THICK. IT WAS SUPPORTED BY 8' RESIN BOLTS. THIS FALL OCCURRED IN A RETREAT PILLAR SECTION; IT WORKED BEFORE IT FELL.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS IN THE LOADER BUCKET TAKING DOWN BELT CHAIN WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ABOUT 8 FT. HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK FOR SEVERAL HOURS. WHEN HIS BAKC ST ARTED HURTING, HE REPORTED THE PAIN TO HIS SUPERVISOR.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS POUNDING A WEDGE IN ORDER TO SET A TIMBER WHEN THE LADDER SHIFTED. HE STATES THAT HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SWING AND WHILE TRYING TO KEEP HIS BALANCE, HE STRAINED HIS LO WER BACK.

EE WAS OPERATING THE MINER WHILE MAKING A BREAK-THROUGH BETWEEN #2 AND #3 ROOM. HE WAS STANDING ON THE RT SIDE OF THE MINER. A BOUNCE BROKE OFF A LOSE SLAB OF RIB WHICH MEASURED 3' X 5' X 10". THIS SLAB FROM THE RIB STRUCK EE ON THE BACK AND SMASHED HIM TO THE GROUND. EE SAID THAT HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS STUCK UNDER THE COAL FOR A TIME. HE STATED THAT HE MIGHT HAVE HURT HIS NECK AND LT

EE STATES THAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH A MAN DOOR IN A STOPPING WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD. THE JOLT CAUSED A SHARP PAIN FROM THE NECK THROUGH THE RT SHOULDER AND DOWN TO THE BACK.

EE STATES THAT HE JUMPED OFF OF THE MINER ONTO AN UNEVEN SURFACE AND OVER EXTENDED HIS KNEE. DR REFERRED HIM TO GRAND JUNCTION FOR AN MRI AND REFERRED HIM TO DR IN DELTA TO SEE IF SURGERY IS A DVISED. EE SAW DR WHO ADVISED SURGERY. EE SOUGHT A SECOND OPINION FROM DR F, WHO AGREED THAT SURGERY WAS ADVISED. THE SURGERY WAS DONE ON 9-22-95. EE HAD MISSED NO WORK UP TO THE SURGERY DAY.

THIS AREA WAS DEVELOPED APPROX 7-3-95. THE AREA OF HTE FALL WAS IN Z ZPANEL, X/C -10 IN THE MAIN. THE FALL MEASURED 20'L. 10'W AND 10' THICK. RESIN BOLTS THAT WERE 8' LONG AND CABLE BOLTS 17' LONG WERE USED. THE HEIGHT OF HTE COAL BED RANNGES FROM 10' TO 6'. THE SEAM OF COAL BEING MINED WAS UPPER D.

THIS AREA WAS DEVELOPED APPROX 7-1-95. HE FALL WAS IN ZZ PANEL, X/C 8/2 R ENTRY. THE FALL MEAUSRED 40'L. 26' W AND 12' THICK. 8' RESIN BOLTS NAD 17 CABLE BOLTS WERE USED. THE HEIGHT OF HT ECOAL SEAM BEING MINED WAS 15'. THE SEAM OF COAL WAS UPPER D.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE BY A PIECE OF COAL AND INJURED HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS TYING TWO PIECES OF VENT TUBE TOGETHER WHEN THE COAL FELL.

THIS AREA WAS DANGERED OFF ON BOTH END SAND DANGERED OFF FROM TRAVEL. THE AREA IS LOCATED AT X/C1 TO X/C2 IN THE 2 LEFT ENTRY IN ZZ NORTH. THE FALL WAS 30'L, 16'W AND 8' DEEP. IT HAD BEEN SU PPORTED BY 8' RESIN BOLTS.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE DID SOME SHOVELING ON BELT DURING SHIFT. WHEN THE SHIFT WAS OVER, HE NOTICED THAT HIS LEGS WERE TINGLING, BUT HE THOUGHTIT WAS THE FLU. HE DID NOT SPEAK WITH HIS SUPERV ISOR. ON MONDAY HIS WIFE CALLED AND SAID THAT HECOULD NOT COME TO WORK, HIS LOWER BACK WAS HURTING SO BAD THAT HE COULDN'T MOVE WITHOUT HELP. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMB. TO HOSPITAL, SAYS HE HAS STR

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS HANGING VENT TUBE IN 1 RIGHT, COAL FELL FROM THE RIB AND HIT HIM ON THE NECK AND BACK.

THE INTERSECTION AND CROSSCUT IS LOCATED AT X/C 7 ZZ PANEL NORTH, 2 RIGHT TO 3 RIGHT. THE FALL WAS APPROX 20 ' LONG, 18' WIDE AND 10 ' DEEP. THE AREA WAS WET WITH WATER AND SOME OIL. TWELVE 17' CABLE BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN 2 RIGHT INTERSECTION. THE AREA WAS TIMBERED AND DANGEREDOFF.

THE INTERSECTION WAS LOCATED IN ZZ WEST, CROSSCUT 7, 3 RIGHT. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 21' LONG, 31' WIDE AND 19' THICK. IT HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY 8' RESIN BOLTS. APPROXIMATELY 15 - 4X4' C RIBS HAD BEEN BUILT TO REINFORCE THE TOP. THEREWAS WATER IN THE TOP WHICH ATTRIBUTED TO THE FALL. THE RETURN WAS MOVED OVER TO THE EAST 1 ENTRY IN ORDER TO BYPASS THE FALL.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CHANGING OUT WEAR PLATES ON CONVEYOR CHAINS ON F-6 FEEDER BREAKER. HE STATES THAT HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE TURNED.

THE INTERSECTION WAS DEVELOPED IN JUNE 1992. IT WAS SUPPORTED BY 72" RESIN BOLTS. THE ROOF FALL WAS LOCATED IN 2ND W, 1 L, CROSSCUT 78. THE FALL WAS APPROX 18'L, 16'W, & 6' THICK.

THE ROOF FALL WAS LOCATED IN ZZ PANEL, 34. C/X 7 TO 8. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 40' LONG, 20' WIDE, AND 12' THICK. THE TOP WAS WET. THE AREA WAS ABANDONED AND THE ENTRY WAS CRIBBED OFF AT THE INTE RSECTION. A CAVE WAS BEING OBSERVED DURING THE ROOF FALL.

AN INTERSECTION IN THE 1 RT RETURN AT X/C 80 FELL ABOVE THE6FT BOLTS THEFALL WAS APPROX 40FT LONG 30FT WIDE & 7FT THICK CONTRIBUTING FACTORS W4ERE THE DETERIORATION OF THEROCK STRATA

THE INTERSECTION IN ZZ PANEL AT X/C #8 IN 1 RIGHT FELL ABOVE THE 8'RESIN BOLTS. THE FALL WAS APPROX 50' L, 30' W, & FROM 15' TO 20' THICK. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE DETERIORATION OF THE WEAK R OCK STRATA.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF THE MINER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE STATES THAT HE PULLED LIGAMENTS.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A 10 FT. FIBERGLASS VENT TUBE ON HIS SHOULDER TO THE WORKING FACE WHEN HE STATES THAT HE HEARD A SNAP IN HIS NECK. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND WORKED NEXT DAY. HE STATE D TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD NO PAIN, AND HE WORKED THE NEXT DAY. HOWEVER, HE DID SEE A DR. AT A LATTER TIME.

ROOF FALL WAS DUE TO WEAK AND FRACTURED STRATA. ALSO THE ROOF FALL WAS ON PARTIAL INTERSECTION. THE ROOF FELL FROM THE BOLT LINE AT 1 LEFT INTERSECTION AT X-CUT 15.

ROOF FALL WAS DUE TO WEAK AND FRACTURED STRATA ALOS THE ROOF FALL WAS ON A PARTIAL INTERSECTION. THE ROOF FELL FROM TEH BOLT LINE & WAS APPROX 19'LX6'HX13'8"W.

MR. WOODHAMS WAS OPERATING THE SURFACE WATER TRUCK. HE HAD JUST PULLED OUT ONTO THE MAIN MINE ROAD FROM CRUSHING & SCREENING LEVEL WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE WATER TRUCK HAD NO BRAKES OF ANY KI ND. THE IS ON A STEEP GRADE SO THE WATER TRUCK GAINED SPEED RAPIDLY. THE TRUCK TURNED ONTO ITS SIDE ON THE FIRST CURVE. MR. WOODHAMS RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS HEAD WHICH REQ. STITCHES.

PICKE DUP BELT ROLLER & FELT BURNING SENSATION IN ABDOMEN - POSSIBLE HERNIA.

AN INTERSECTION IN THE 1ST EAST MAINS SECTION, 2 LEFT ENTRY # 12 X-CUT FELL ABOVE THE BOLT LINE. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 18 FT. WIDE, 3O FT. THICK. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE DETERIORATION OF COAL ROOF AND WEAK ROCK STRATA.

AN INTERSECTIUON IN THE 1ST EAST MAINS SECTION, 1 LEFT ENTRY # 11 X-CUT FELL ABOVE THE BOLT LINE. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. WIDE BY 35 FT. LONG AND 8' TO 10' HIGH. CONTRIBUTING FACTO RS ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

UMR LOVE WAS HELPING TO SET TIMBERS. WHILE HE WAS HOLDING UP A TIMBER, HE LOOKED UP. AS HE LOOKED UP, MR. DICK KENDALL DROPPED A WEDGE. THE WEDGE HIT MR. LOVE ON THE UPPER LIP CAUSING A CUT THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

MR. EMMONS WAS TRYING TO INSTALL AN 8' BOLT. HE COULDN'T KEEP THE RESIN & BOLT TOGETHER SO HE STEPPED FROM UNDER THE CANOPY ONTO THE DRILL PLATFORM. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STAB THE BOLT INT O THE HOLE, A SLAB OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF HIS HARD HAT AND HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THE SLAB ALSO KNOCKED HIM INTO THE RIGHT BOOM OF THE ROOF BOLTER.

SET PALLET AGAINST RIB, RIB FELL AND HE RAISED HIS HAN DTO DEFLECT FALL.

GOT OFF LOADER & STEPPED ON PIECE OF COAL & TWISTED HIS KNEE

INJURED WAS WORKING ON THE BELT TAILPIECE WHEN THE GUARDING CAME DOWN CUTTING HIM ON THE CHEEK.

HE WALKED AROUND BOLTER AND STEPPED INTO A PAN, CUTTING HIS CHEEK.

INJURED WAS RESETTING A 400 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER.WHEN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED, IT JAMMED HIS RIGHT THUMB. HE THOUGHT THAT HIS THUMB WAS JUST SPRAINED, HOWEVER, SINCE IT WOULD NOT QUIT HURTI NG, HE SAW A DR. ON 9-15-94.

THE INTERSECTION WAS DEVELOPED IN EARLY AUG 1993 USING 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. THIS AREA IS ON THE EDGE OF A SAND CHANNEL IN THE ROOF CREATING HIGH HORIZONTAL STRESSES. IN EARLY 1994, TH E AREA WAS CONVERTED TO BLEEDER ENTRIES WITH MINING FROM THE ADJACENT PANEL. ROOF DETERIORATION WAS NOT DETECTED DURING EXAMINATIONS PRIOR TO DISCOVERY OF THE FALL. THIS FALL WAS AT PANEL Y,

HE AND OTHERS WERE STANDING NEAR THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A BUMP OCCURRED WHICH DISLODGED TOP COAL FROM THE ROOF. THE COAL STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND, BREAKING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

HE AND OTHERS WERE STANDING NEAR THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A BUMP OCCURRED WHICH DISLODGED TOP COAL FROM THE ROOF. THE COAL STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND AND FORCING HIS HA RD HAD DOWN ONTO HIS NOSE. HIS NOSE WAS BROKEN AND CUT. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE WAS WORKING ON A TELETRAM HYDRAULIC HOSE IN THE SECOND COMPARTMENT. AS HE STARTED TO STEP INTO THE COMPARTMENT, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE OIL, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, TWISTING H IS LEFT KNEE. HE WAS EXAMINED AND RELEASED FOR WORK, AND REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST. THE SPECIALIST EXAMINED EE ON 8-31-94 AND RECOMMENDED SURGERY TO REMOVE BONE FRAGMENTS.

THE LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT BY A RAZON KNIFE WHILE WORKING ON A BUGGIE CABLE

PULLED ONE PIECE OF COAL TO MOVE IT OFF OF THE MINER IT SPUN AROUND HITTING ANOTHER PIECE OF COAL & CATCHING THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PIECES OF COAL THE FINGER WAS SMASHED & CUT REQ UIRING STITCHES

THE INTERSECTION WAS DEVELOPED IN MID TO EARLY FEB 1994 PRIMARY SUPPORT OF BRIMINGHAM TORQUE TENSION GRADE 75 BOLTS WOULD NOT WITHSTAND SHEAR APPLIED BY HORIZONTAL STRESS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT OF 8FT & 10FT RESIN BOLTS WERE INSTALLED IN ADDITION TO TIMBER AREA DETERIORATED BEYOND CAPACITY OF SUPPORT AREA LOCATED IN PANEL Z MAIN ENTRY X-CUT 27

WRENCH SLIPPED OFF HOSE FITTING HEAD & HAND STRUCK A CUT PIECE OF PLATE ROUGH EDGES OF PLA TE CAUSED LACERATION

INTERSECTION AND CROSSCUT IN PANEL Z, 1 LEFT TO 2 LEFT AT CROSSCUT 28 WAS DEVELOPED IN EARLY FEB 1994. THIS AREA IS ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF AN OVERLYING SANDSTONE CHANNEL. THE GEOLOGICAL CONDITIO NS IN CONJUNCTION WITH RETREAT MINING HAS CREATED SHIFTS IN THE HORIZONTAL PRESSURE TO AREA. CROSSCUT IN QUESTION HAD SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT ADDED YET CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE. ORIGINAL BOLTS 8

WALKING OVER CAST & FELL THROUGH OLD METAL-CUT ABOVE EYE.

WALKING DOWN ENTRY. STEPPED IN HOLE HYPEREXTENDING KNEE.

THE INTERSECTION SHOWED SIGNS OF WEIGHT ON DAYSHIFT SATURDAY 7-23-94 AND WAS DANGERED OFF. REBOLTING STARTED ON DAY SHIFT COMPLETING APPROX. 2/3. MATERIAL STARTED FALLING ON SWING SHIFT. ON DA Y SHIFT, 7-24-94 MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE BOLT ANCHORAGE. TIMBERS WERE SET AROUND THE INTERSECTION. THIS INTERSECTION IS LOCATED IN 1ST EAST, LEFT , CROSSCUT 12.

CONTINUOUS MINER HAD JUST BACKED OUT OF THE FIRST LIFT OFF THE PILLAR END. AS THE MINER OPERATOR AND FORMAN/HELPER WAITED FOR THE CONTINUOUS HAULAGE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, THE TOP DRIBBLED AP PROX 8' INBY THEIR LOCATION. THEY BOTH TOOK A COUPLE STEPS BACK AND LOOKED AGAIN AT THE SPOT. THE AREA DRIBBLED AGAIN AND THEY BOTH RAN. INJURED WAS STRUCK BY FLALING MATERIAL.

WHILE CUTTING 2 LEFT FACE A PIECE OF TOP COAL 3INX3INX1IN HIT RT HAND SCRATCH LATER BECAME INFECTED REQUIRING EXAMINATION BY PHYSICIAN

THE RIB WAS POPPING OUT WHILE HE WAS ROOF BOLTING SOME COAL HIT HIM IN THE FACE HE JUMPED TO MAIN PART OF THE MACHINE AS HE LANDED HIS KNEE STRUCK THE MACHINE.

THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAS DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS HANDS AND BOTH WRISTS AS A RESULT OF HIS WORK ACTIVITY AT THE MINE OVER A PEROID OF YEARS. HE STATES BOTH HANDS ARE AFFECTED BY THE PAIN. EMPLO YEE WAS OPERATED ON 7-11-94 FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CLEANING UP SLOUGHAGE ALONG THE RFM WHEN ANOTHER BOUNCE OCCURRED CAUSING RIB COAL TO HIT HIM ON THE SHOLDER STRIKING HIM AGAINST THE CONTROLLER OF THE HAULAGE MBC.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HOLDING A TIMBER WHEN A PIECE OF TOP COAL HIT HIS LEFT HAND.

AREA WAS ORIGINALLY MINED FOR A SUMP DURING DEVELOPEMENT OF Y PANEL. AFTER Z PANEL DEVELOPEMENT WAS COMPLETED, Y PANEL WAS USED AS A BLEEDER WITH ALL 5 ENTRIES COMMON. ONE ENTRY WAS EXAMINED O N A WEEKLY BASIS TO THE EVALUATION POINTS. ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING EXAMINATION PRIOR TO CONNECTING Z PANEL ROOMS WITH 1 LEFT OF BLEEDER ENTRIES IN Y PANEL.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HANGING VENT TUBING, PUTTING THE SECOND PIECE OF TUBING ON THE INBY END OF THE ELBOW. THE TUBE WOULD NOT GO ON AND HE HAD TO STAND ON A PIECE OF COAL ON THE RIB WITH HIS ARM OUTSTRECHED TO REACH THE TUBING. AS HE TRIED TO PULL THE TUBING INTO PLACE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

AREA WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED WITH 6 FT. BOLTS. ROOF MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE APPROX. 7 FT HIGH, 20 FT LONG AND 19 FT WIDE. ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE II WEST SUBMAINS, 1 RIG HT ENTRY, BETWEEN CROSSCUTS 75 AND 76.

AREA WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED WITH 6 FT BOLTS. WITH SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT OFCRIBS INSTALLED AT TE EDGE OF THE INTERSECTION. ROCK MATERIAL IN THE CROSSCUT BEHIND THE CRIBS DETERIORATED UNTIL T HE FALL OCCURRED. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 12-20'LX18'WX7' IN THICKNESS. THE FALL OCCURRED IN THE II WEST SUBMAINS, CROSSCUT 79,IN THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN 1 LEFT AND 2 LEFT ENTRIES. NO OBSTRUCT

INJURED STATES HE WAS PUTTING IN A ROOF/RIB CORNER BOLT AND THE BOLT BENT. HE FINISHED BENDING THE BOLT UP AGAINST HT ETOP AND MOVED TO RE-INSTALL ANOTHER BOLT. HE WAS UNAWARE HE HAD BENT TH E CHUCK EXTENSION ON THE PREVIOUS INSTLALLATION AND WHEN HE PROCEEDED TO RESTART THE HOLE, HE RAISED HTE STEEL TOT HE ROOF WHILE HOLDING THE STEEL. WHEN HE HIT THE ROTATION, ON THE DRILL HEAD

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT THE INITIAL TIME & ACTUAL TIME & ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE INJURY IS UNKNOWN HE SAYS THAT HE HAS BEEN SORE FOR 6-8 MONTHS HOWEVER INCREASED PAIN OF LATE PROMPTED HIM TO SEE THE DOC

WHILE BOLTING ONE LEFT OF Z PANEL, INJUIRED HAD MOVED THE BOOM TO THE LEFT, WHEN A PIECE OF CUP ROCK CAME OUT HITING HIM IN THE LEFT KNEE.

WHILE STANDING AT THE TAIL OF THE R.F.M, THE M.B.C. WERE BEING MVOED UP WHENNUMBER THREE CAR DOOR HAD HUNG UP ON THE TAIL OF THE R.F.M. EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN ONE STEP TOWARD THE M.B.C. WHENT HE DORR HAD SPRUNG OPEN, HITTING HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE.

INJURED WAS STEPPING OFF THE BACK OF THE BOLTER, SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL BREAKING LEFT FOOT.

INJURED WAS COMPLAIN OF CHEST PAIN.

EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS HAND IN A WRONG POSITION ADN SMASHED HIS THUMB WHILE INSSTLALING A ROOF-BOLT.

EMPLOYEE JUMPED DOWN FROM THE TOP OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TWISTED HIS ANKLE & SPRAINED IT

EE STATED HE LIFTED A HEAVY FLYWHEEL AND MOVED FROM A BENT TO A STANDING POSITION.

AREA HAD DEVELOPED USING 6 FT BOLTS. ROOF CONDITIONS REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT REQUIRED AND 8 FT BOLTS AND CRIBS WERE INSTALLED. THE BELT LINE RESTRICTED THE CRIB INSTALLATION TO THE AREA NOT CONTAINING BELT STRUCTURE. ROOF MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE AND MEASURED APPROX. 8 FT HIGH, 10 FT WIDE, 50 FT LONG. FALL LOCATED PANEL Y, BELT CROSSCUT 35-36.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS MOVING TOO FAST AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF A CONVEYOR-BELT CROSS-OVER. HE STATED HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

AREA HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN BOLTED WITH 6' BOLTS. ROOF MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE LEAVING A VOID OF APPROX. 6-7' HIGH, 25' WIDE AND 20'LONG. ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE II WEST SUB MAINS, 1 RIGHT ENTRY, CROSSCUT 87. FALL WAS ON THE OVERCAST OF THE RETURN CROSSING THE SMOKE FREE INTAKE INTO PANEL Y. VENTILATION WAS RE-ESTABLISHED.

AREA HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN BOLTED WITH 6 FT BOLTS .ROOF MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE LEAVING A VOID OF APPROXIMATELY 8 FT HIGH,20 FT WIDE AND 20 FT LONG.ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE II WEST SUMAINS, BELT ENTRY,CROSSCUT 89.FALL WASON THE OVERCAST OF THE RETURN CROSSING THE BELT ENTRY.VENTILATION WAS RE-ESTABLISHED AND BELT RE-INSTALLED.

AREA HAD BEEN DEVELOPED WITH 8 FT BOLTS.INTERSECTION STARTED WORKING AND FOREMAN REMOVED EMPLOYEES FROM AREA.ROOF FALL WAS ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE ROOF BOLTS AND MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 15 F T HIGH 20 FT WIDE AND 23 FT LONG.FALL WAS LOCATED IN THE PANEL Y,RIGHT ENTRY CROSSCUT 53.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF-BOLT WHEN THE SPINNING BOLT PLATE HIT HIS WRIST.

AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6 FT BOLTS AT THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENT.AREA WAS LEFT STANDING WITHOUT ANY ACTIVITY.ROOF MATERIAL FELL LEAVING A VOID OF APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12 FT HIGH 24 FT HIGH 24 FT LONG , AND 30 FT WIDE.ROOF MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE ROOF BOLTS.FALL LOCATION WAS IN THE PANEL Z, 1 RIGHT ENTRY CROSSCUT 7.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ROOF-BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM THE ROOF AND HIT HIS ARM.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS TRAINING A BELT ROLLER WHEN A SUPPORT CHAIN BROKE, ALLOWING HIS THUMB TO GET PINCHED BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE ROLLER.

AREA WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED WITH 6 FT BOLTS.ROOF ROCK MATERIAL FELL LEAVING A VOID OF APPROXIMATELY 6-8 FT HIGH,19 FT WIDE AND 35 FT LONG.FALLWAS ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE.FALL LOCATION WAS IN PANEL Y, 1 LEFT ENTRY CROSSCUT 27-28.

EMPLOYEE STATES SHE WAS MOVING A FLOOR BUFFER DOWN SOME STAIRS WHEN SHE TWISTED HER BACK.

AREA HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN SUPPORTED ON DEVELOPMENT WITH 6 FOOT BOLTS.ROOF ROCK MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE LEAVING A VOID OF APPROXIMATELY 6-8 FT HIGH 19 FT WIDE AND 25 FT LONG. LOCATION WAS IN II WEST SUBMAINS,BELT LINE,CROSSCUT 98 TO 99..

AREA HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN BOLTED WITH 6 FT BOLTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT OF 8 FT BOLTS AND CRIBS INSTALLED.ROOF ROCK MATERIAL DETERIORATED UNTIL FALL OCCURRED.FALL MEASURED 6FT TO 9FT HIGH,20 FT WIDE AND 30 FT LONG.FALL OCCURRED IN II WEST SUBMAINS, 1 RIGHT CROSSCUT 97.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE CUT HIS ARM ON A WIRE-END, WHILE REPAIRING SOME EQUIPMENT.

AREA HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY INSTALLED WITH 6 FT BOLTS INDICATION REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT OF 8 FT BOLTS AND CRIBS.ROOF ROCK MATERIAL FELL SOMETIME BETWEEN SET 5 AND 6.FALL MATERIAL MEASURED 8 TO 10 FT HIGH 20.5 FT WIDE AND 32 FT LONG.FALLOCCURRED BETWEEN CROSSCUT 97 AND 98 IN II WEST SUBMAINS 1 RIGHT ENTRY.

AREA WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED WITH 6 FOOT BOLTS. 8 FOOT BOLTS AND CRIBS WERE INSTALLED AS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT.FALL OCCURRED 1 SHIFT AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE CRIBS.ROOF MATERIAL FELL ABOVE TH E ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE.FALL MEASURED 7 FT HIGH, 20 FT WIDE AND 20 FT LONG.FALL OCCURRED IN II WEST SUBMAINS, 1 LEFT CROSSCUT 98.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF-BOLT WHEN HIS GLOVE BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE BOLT AND BOLT PLATE.

A SLIP ACROSS THE INTERSECTION AND RIB SLOUGHAGE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WEEK INTERSECTION.MINING WAS ONGOING INBY THE INTERSECTION AT THE TIME OF THE FALL.ALL EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL WERE OUT OF T HE INTERSECTION AT THE TIME OF THE FALL.ROOF BOLTS WERE NOT LONG ENOUGH FOR THE CONDITIONDS.FALL WAS 10 FT HIGH,20 FT WIDE 20 FT LONG INPANEL Y 2 RIGHT CROSSCUT 29.

ROOF MATERIAL SHOWED WEIGHT AND CRIBS WERE INSTALLED,OVER TIME,ROOF SUPPORT FAILED AND ROCK FELL.THE FALL BROKE ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE.LOCATION WAS IN THE BELT ENTRY,II WEST SUBMAINS,CR OSSCUT 96.INBY THE BELT TAILPIECE.

ROOF ROCK MATERIAL FELL,LEAVING A VOID 6.5 FT HIGH 19 FT WIDE AND 16 FT LONG.THE FALL BROKE ABOVE THE BOLT ANCHORAGE.LOCATION WAS IN II WEST SUBMAINS 1 LEFT CROSSCUT 79.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS POSITIONED WITH HIS BACK TO THE RIB WHEN A PIECE OF COAL CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIM.

ROOF ROCK MATERIAL FELL,LEAVING A VOID WHICH MEASURED APPROX 6 FT HIGH BY 14 FT WIDE BY 26 FT LONG.THE FALL BROKE ABOVE THE ROOF-BOLT ANCHORAGE.LOCATION OF THE FALL WAS 3 LEFT ENTRY, II WEST S UBMAINS CROSSCUT 96.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT A HOLE IN THE CHUTE WITH A TORCH TAKING CONSTANT READING WITH A METHENOMETER AND READING WER .3 TO .8. LAST READING WAS TAKEN WITHIN A MINUTE OF EXPLOSION OF .8. EE WA S BLOWN INTO THE RAILING AND THE RAN DOWN THE CATWALK. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CLINIC FOR OBSERVATION AND RELEASED.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS COOLING DOWN TELETRAM AND TOOK OFF RADIATOR CAP. COOLANT CAME OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT FACE ABDOMEN.

WHILE EE WAS CLENAING THE DUST SYSTEM ON L-19 MOBILE ROCK-DUSTING UNIT, THE DUST-MODULATOR, WHICH WAS DISCONNECTED AND SUSPENDED, FELL ON THE EE'S HAND.

TOP COAL AND ROOF-ROCK MATERIAL FELL, LEAVING A VOID WHICH MEASURE APPROX. 6' HIGH BY 30' WIDE, BY 36' LONG. THE FALL BROKE ABOVE THE ROOF-ANCHORAGE. LOCATION WAS IN II-WEST/WEST, 2-LEFT ENTRY AT X/C #25.

TOP COAL AND ROOF ROCK MATERIAL FELL, LEAVING A VOID MEASURING APPROX. 6' HIGH BY A DIAMETER OF 11 FT AT THE TOP OF THE FALL TO 16 FT AT THE BASE. THE MATERIAL BROKE ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHOR AGE. THE FALL WAS IN THE PANEL "Y" MAIN IMMEDIATELY INBY THE II-WEST/WEST, 1-RIGHT RETURN OVERCAST.

AT APPROX 1040 HRS ON 31 MARCH 1993 A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE WEEKLY MINE EXAMINER IN THE II-WEST/WEST PANEL AT INTERSECITON OF THE 1-RT ENTRY &X/C#24 FALL HAD OCCURRED SOMETIME SINCE THAT LOCATION WAS EXAMINED ON MARCH 24 1993 FALLAREA MEASURED APPROX 6FT HIGH BY 32 FT LONG BY 29FT WIDE(SEE DIAGRAM) FALL BROKE ABOVE THE 6FT ROOF BOLTRS THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED AS PRIMARY SU

THE SHOP IN WHICH THE INJURY OCCURRED WAS DARK AND THE GREASE PIT DID NOT HAVE ITS RAILING IN PLACE. THE INJURY WAS CAUSED BY A FALL INTO A GREASE PIT IN A SHOP.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ADJUSTING A BRAKE MECHANISM ON A PIECE OF MINING EQUIPMENT WHEN AN UNKNOWN PART OF THE MECHANISM MOVED, PINCHING HIS FINGER.

ROOF COLLAPSED IN THE INTERSECTION. LOCATION IS IN A WET, SLIP ZONE. ROOF CONSISTS OF CARBONACEOUS SHALE. AREA OF FALL WAS APPROX. 20' X 27' X 6.5'.

ROOF COLLAPSED BETWEEN 11 AM 8 SEPT AND 8:30AM 9 SEPT. ROOF HAD BEEN OBSERVED TO BE WET PRIOR TO FALL AND WAS IN THE AREA OF A SMALL SLIP ZONE. ROOF STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF CARBONACEOUS SHALE. AREA OF FALL 12' X 18" X 7'HIGH. ATTACHED MAP.

ROOF COLLAPSED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME PRIOR TO THAT INDICATED ABOVE (DATE A& TIME DISCOVERED). WET ROOF HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN THE AREA PRIOR TO THE FALL. AREA OF FALL WAS APPROX 20'X20'X8'. ROOF STRUCTURE CONSISTED ON CARBONACEAUS SHALE.

INJURED WAS TRANSPORTING A TRAILER.THE TONGUE OF THE TRAILER PINCHED HIS LEG WHILE HE WAS IN THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF THE SKID STEER LOADER.

LADDER WAS PLACED ON FLOOR AREA JUST CLEANED BY A LOADER WHICH RESULTED IN A SLICK SURFACE.THE LADDER WAS PLACED IN THIS AREA.TONGUE OF LADDER WASNT PLACED IN A STABLE POSITION. WHEN EMPL WEIG HT WAS PLACED ON THE LADDER THE TONGUE OF LADDER KICKED OUT WHICH CAUSED I.NAME TO FALL OVER THE TOP OF THE LADDER.LANDED ON ARMS.

EMPL TIGHTENING CONVEYOR BELT TENSION BOLT WHEN WRENCH HE WAS HOLDING SLIPPED FROM HAND CUT FINGER WHEN IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH AND CONVEYOR BELT FRAME.

EMPL EXPOSED SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO URETHANE FOAM AND CUTTING & WELDING FUMES-UNDOCUMENTED. HAD BECOME SENSITIZED.EXPOSURE TO SMOKE FROM A PIEC E OF BELT SCRAPER MATERIAL WHICH HE WAS CUTTING WITH A POWER SAW CAUSED BREATHING DIFFICULTIES CBUT DIDNT REQUIRE TREATMENT UNDER REPORTABLE GUIDELINES.MEDICAL TESTING WAS DONE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF REACTION.DECIDED TO RESTRICT EMPL FROM

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A TELETRAME FRAME WITH WET, OILY BOOTS. HE LOST HIS FOOTING, SLIPPED, AND FELL. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND FINISHED HIS SHIFT, NOT FEELING THAT HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, WHEN HE WENT TO BE EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A ROOF-BOLTER CABLE FROM BENEATH SOME LOSOE COAL, WHEN MORE COAL FELL FROM AN ADJACENT RIB AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK AND NECK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT DESIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT UNT IL 1-9-92. HE WAS TREATED ON THAT DATE FOR REMOAL OF INFECTION POSSIBLE CAUSED BY A SMALL SLIVER THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DRIVEN IN WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PIECE OF COAL.

A COVER-PLATE WHICH THE EMPLOYEE HAD WIRED UP, FELL WHEN THE WIRE BROKE AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FINGERS WHICH WERE BETWEEN THE COVER AND A WATER FILTER IN THE LOCATION OF THE CONTROLLER B OX TO WHICH THE COVER WAS ATTACHED. THE BOX IS ON A CONTINUOUS MINER.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TELETRAM WITH THE FRONT END OF THE MACHINE TOWARD A CONTINUOUS MINER WHICH WAS STUCK. A CABLE WHICH WAS HOOKED FROM THE TELETRAM TO THE MINER BROKE LOOSE AND FLEW BACK WARD, HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.

SMALL PIECES OF METAL WERE BLOWN BY WIND GUSTS, AND WERE IMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.

STEPPED DOWN TWISTED ANKLE

A PIECE OF COAL BLEW OUT OF ADJACENT RIB,STRUCK EMPL IN THE HEAD.

AIR-CONCUSSION RESULTING FROM A PLANNED ROOF FALL KNOCKED EMPL OFF HIS FEET.WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY A PIECE OF COAL.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A CONVEYOR BELT SCRAPER WHEN THE PRY BAR HE WAS USING SLIPEPD AND STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH.

INJ EMPL WAS WORKING AS CONTINUOUS MINER HELPER & WAS STANDING NEAR MINER WITH BACK TO RIB WHEN PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM RIB & KNOCKED EMPL TO MINE FLOOR.

EMPL WAS REPOSITIONING PIECE OF VENT TUBING WHEN IT FELL & HIT HIM IN FACE.

EMPL WAS RETREATING FROM INTENDED CAVE AREA WHEN PIECES OF COAL FROM RIB SLOUGHAGE HIT HIM IN BACK OF LEG CASUING CONTUSIONS.

ROOF COLLAPSED AT UNKNOWN TIME PRIOR TO THAT INDICATED(DATE & TIME DISCOVERED).AREA WAS IN A SLIP ZONE,AND HAD BEEN REINFORCED WITH NUMEROUS CRINBS DUE TO PREVIOUSLY ONSERVED INSTABILITY.ROOF STRUCTURE CONSISTED OF FRACTURED CARBONACEOUS SHALE AND COAL.SEPERATION OCCURRED ABOVE THE BOLT ANCHORAGE POINT(8FT ROOF BOLTS).AREA OF FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 20FT BY 35 FT X9 FT.

INJURED PARTY WAS OPERATING A JACK HAMMER, CUTTING THE MINE FLOOR, WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM THE ADJACENT RIB AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING BRUISES, ABRASIONS.

ROOF FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE LEVEL IN 2 LEFT BLEEDER OF PANEL H AT X/C #23.ACCESS TO THE AREA WAS DANGERED OFF AT X/C #19, AND SEALS WERE CONSTRUCTED WHICH CLOSED OFF THE ADJACENT AREA.

INJURED PARTY WAS TAKING DOWN A SECTION OF VENTIALTION TUBING, WHEN A PIECE OF COAL CAME LOOSE FROM AN ADJACENT RIB AREA, CAME DOWN, AND STRUCK THE BACK OF INJURED'S LEFT HAND, CUTTING AND BRU ISING THE TOP OF THE RING FINGER.

SMALL PIECE OF CAP ROCK FELL FROM ROOF & STRUCK INJURED ON HAND WHICH WAS ON TOP OF CRIB BLOCK. INJURED WAS BLDG CRIB AT TIME OF INJURY. NO MEDICAL CARE REQUIRED UNTIL ORTHOSCOPIC SURGERY SCHE DULED FOR 11/29/89.