MSHA sampling at Brd #1 shows 100% of 1 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard, plus the mine's fatality, citation, and penalty record.
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EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE A PIECE OF ROCK INAN INTERSECTION, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS BUILDING BRATTICES WHEN HE DROPPED A CONCRETE BLOCK ON HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CABLE WHEN HE GOT SOMETHINGIN HIS EYES. HIS EYES WERE WASHED OUT BUT EMPLOYEE STILL CONTINUING TO HAVE DISCOMFORT. CONSULTED THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHO DETERMINED THE FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS RUST.
EE STATED HE WAS SETTING THE CONTINUOUS MINER REMOTE BOX ON TOP OF THE MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS HAND. HE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BR OKEN HAND.
EE STATED HE WAS BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND THE CANOPYON THE ROOF BOLTER AND HIT HIS RIGHT ARM
EE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING SLACK IN THE ROOF BOLTER CABLE AND HAD TO STOOP DOWN FOR A LOWER PLACE CAUSING HIS BACK TO GIVE OUT
EE STATED THAT HE WAS REMOVING A ROCK THAT HAD FALLEN ON THE BELT AND WAS PRYING WITH A PIECE OFDRILL STEEL WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO JERK HIS BACK
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX 18" X 18" X 3" FELL & STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD & HARD HAT. THE HARD HAT & BAND CAUSED A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE #4 RIGHT BREAK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APX 6-8' LONG X 3' WIDE X 5" INCHES THICK FELL FROM THE ROOFBETWEEN ROOF BOLTS. THE ROCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS PELVIC AREA. EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE WAS XRAYED WHICK SHOWED NO BROKEN BONES. EE WAS KEPT AT THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED OFF THE RIB & STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER BACK. HE CONATINUED TO WORK UNTIL 10:30PM WHEN HE LEFT THE MINE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. X-RAYS SHOWED NO FRACTURES. EE WAS TREATED FOR BRUSING& SENT HOME.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE #3 ENTRY ON THE SECTION BELT. THE FALL WAS APPROX 14 FT HIGH X 20 FT WIDE X 80 FT LONG. THE AREA CLEANED UP AND RESUPPORTED.
EE STATED THAT A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 12"X3"THICK FELL AS HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND STRUCK HIM IN THE NECK.. EE WENT TO DR AND WAS X-RAYED WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED HE WAS BRUISED.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS RIDING A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BEHIND THE SCOOP RAM. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DR. WHO REMOVED THE LAST JOINT OF THE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LEANING AGAINST A ROCK WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE SLIPPED, HIS LEG WENT UNDER THE HEAD OF THE BOLT MACHINE & ASHE WAS FALLING HE PULLED THE LEVER THAT DROPPED THE HEAD ON HIS LEG. HE RECEIVED A BRUISED LEG.