Camp Creek Mine No. 1 Coal

WHILE LIFTING WELDER OFF OF 488 SCOOP THE WELDER DROPPED & IT PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER WHILE DRAGGING UP THE ENTRY.

WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON ST. RT. 119, TURNED HIS TURN SIGNAL ON TO TURN TO HOBERT ENTRANCE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. INJURED EE HAD PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK & WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A POWER MOVE ON WEST SECTION AND WAS PULLING SLACK FROM THE FEEDER CABLE. HE ENCOUNTERED A LITTLE PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP.

BAD TOP WITH WET WEAK THIN LAYED LAMINATED TOP. THIS AREA WAS HEAVILY CRIBBED. HEIZMANNS JACKS AND JACKS WITH BEAMS. WE USED LONGER BOLTS WHEN DEVELOPED. WE USED 4 AND 6 FOOT BOLTS STAGGERED PATTERN. SOME 8' BOLTS ALL RESIN FULLY GROUTED. THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN JAN. OF 2004 AND WAS 55 FT LONG, 20 FT WIDE, 6 FT HIGH. 9000 FEET FROM WORKING FACE.

WHILE LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE HE WAS IN A BENT POSITION AND STRAINED LOWER BACK PUTTING STRUCTURE IN SCOOP

He was on west mains putting belt structure in scoop for a belt move, While loading structured He aledgly had hurt his back but didn't say anything til about the accident til he come out of end of shift 9-2-05. He then said he had hurt a disc in his back his kidney and right testcial.

ROOF FALL 9000' OUTBY SOUTH MAIN SECTION WITH 300 FT OF COVER OR LESS IN THIS AREA. LAYERED SHALE TOP WITH SOME SLICK SIDED ROOF. AREA BOLTED WITH 4' FULL GROUT RESIN RODS. NO CRIBS OR TIMBERS AT FALL AREA. FALL DIMENSIONS 60'L, 20'W, 2'H. BREAKERED OFF ALL SIDES OF FALL & RE-ROUTED ESCAPEWAY TRAVEL INTO ADJACENT ENTRY. LOCATION 1 X-CUT INBY SPAD 5384 IN #7 INTAKE ENTRY.

Employee was building a block stopping ventilation control. He was cutting a block to size by using a hatchet and striking it with a hammer. While striking the 2 metal tools together, a chip of metal broke off hammer and lodged in his left eye. He was not wearing eye protection.

Working on blocking under cuts of feeder while setting feeder onto belt tail. Smashed rt. middle finger between 2 crib blocks.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER BACKWARD WITH SLACK HOOKED TO BOOM & BOOM SWING TOWARDS HIM. THE MINER WENT OVER A DIP IN THE BOTTOM WHICH CAUSED THE MINER TO PIVIT DOWN IN THE BACK STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT.

Changing scoop tire that was flat, while lifting tire on scoop he strained his lower stomach.

Forman suspected injured was on drugs, acting strange. Injured left his work site, hit his supervisor, resulting in a fight; alledges wounds to arms. Injured states that a rock hit him on the back of the neck while operating scoop (refused drug test).

Employee is a outside man. Employee stated he injured eye while welding and not using eye protection. Employee was welding without management consent or direction. Welding was not part of his job. Was not informed of injury until 5-14-05 from Worker's Comp.

EE WAS UNLOADING TOPS OF TRAILER PUTTING ON OVERCAST, TURNED AND RAN INTO TRAILER

KNEE SWELLED UP FROM OLD INJURY WHILE RUNNING ROOF BOLTER.

EE was running the roof bolter on 1 west section in #1 hog lost open break. while installing roof bolt he was lowering drill pot and had his leg under drill port and let drill pot down on his left knee twisted leg a little.

EE WAS RIDING MANTRIP TO SECTION FROM SURFACE. MANTRIP RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK. MANTRIP BOUNCED AND JARRED HIS BACK WHCIH RESULTED IN PAIN LATER THAT DAY. CALLED IN 2/17/05 INFORMING ME ABOUT ACCIDENT, SAID EE WAS GOING TO HAVE BACK CHECKED AT HOSPITAL

EE WAS RIDING TO SECTION FROM SURFACE ON MANTRIP. THE MANTRIP HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND JARRED EE'S BACK, HURTING HIS LOWER BACK.

Roof fall 3800' from working face with less than 300' of cover. Fall appeared to be layered slate with coal rider seam 8" thick about 10' above coal seam. This area was bolted with 4' - 6' - 8' bolts (resins). This area had about 20 cribs 4' apart and Hientzmans between cribs several jacks with beams. This area developed 12/30/03. Low cover, rotten top, rider seam.

ROOF FALL - 90' X 20' X 4'/9500' FROM WORKING SECTION. GRAY LAYERED SHALE. LESS THAN 300' OF COVER. SPAD #1987, #5 ENTRY ALONG #3 BELT.

ROOF FALL - WEATHERED SLATE STACK ROCK - SLICK SIDES - DAMP - CONTINUATION OF EXISTING FALL INBY THIS FALL SAME LOCATION. DATE OF DEVELOPMENT WAS 12/12/03. 40' LONG, 18' WIDE, 5' HIGH. INBY SPAD 5371. BOLTED WITH 4' BOLTS. SPOTTED WITH 6-8' RESIN BOLTS - CRIBS - HEINTZMANNS.

ROOF FALL - OUTBY AREA - APPEARS TO HAVE WEATHERED SLATE. REOCCURRANCE OF OLD FALL IN SAME AREA; JUST FELL HIGHER. BOLTED WITH 4, 6 & 8 FOOT RESIN BOLTS, 10' TENSION BOLTS WITH CRIBS, PACKSETTER TIMBERS, HEINTZMAN JACK BEAMS, TIMBERS. 20 X 20 X 4. DEVELOPED FEB. 15, 2001. SPAD #3609.

riding mantrip to section and a piece of slate or drawrock fell out between the roof bolts and struck him on side of head, loosened one of his teeth.

While roof bolting he was drilling a hole when his pin steel stopped up, while dropping his drill pot down he had his hand on machine drill pot. the steel was stuck in the hole and fell out, hitting his index finger on left hand. his finger swelled

ROOF FALL - TOP APPEARED TO BE A SMALL LAYER OF SLATE TOP WITH SMALL STREAKS OF COAL IN SPOTS AND MUD SEAM AT TOP.

EE WAS PICKING UP ROCK AND THROWING IT ON THE BELT TWISTING HIS BACK.

WEATHERED SLATE, OLD SECTION OF THE MINE. TOP APPEARED TO BE SOFT SLATE. NO SPAD NUMBER.

EE WAS SUPPLYING #3 ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS LOADING RESIN GLUE ON BACK OF THE BOLTER AND WHEN HE THREW A BOX OF GLUE HE TWISTED A LITTLE & PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS PUTTING UP ROOF BOLT AND WAS PUSHING IT UP IN THE HOLE AND PULLED MUSCLE.

ROOF FALL APPROX. 16'2" WIDE X 15' LONG FELL ABOUT 18" ON ONE SIDE AND 4' ON THE OTHER. IT APPEARED TO BE WEATHERED SLATE AND SHELL WITH A LITTLE WATER. (IN #8 ENTRY 2200' OUTBY FACE 2' INBY S PAD 5373). THIS AREA WAS HEAVILY CRIBBED BEFORE FALL OCCURRED.

Bolt plate fell on him when nut broke off bottom of bolt.

ROOF FALL: FALL WAS IN THE #3 ENTRY. LAST OPEN X-CUT, 1 BREAK INBY SPAD 5456. THIS FALL APPEARS TO BE 18X115X8'.LOOKS TO BE STACK ROCK 4" TO 8" LAYERS BREAKING ABOVE ANCHORAGE.

ROOF FALL IN #3 ENTRY 1 BREAK INBY SPAD 5411. WITHERED SLATE WAS PRESENT. SLATE-SHELL-SLICK AND SIDED AREA, COAL STRIKE.

X-CUT FELL IN APPEARED TO BE SLATE OR SLIP WITH SLICK SIDES, LOOSE ROOF.

PIECE OF METAL CHIP FROM A HAMMER CAME OUT AND STRUCK HIM IN CHEST.

HURT MUSCLE IN HIS BACK PULLING MINER CABLE.

WHILE RIDING A 2 SEAT RUBBER TIRED MANTRIP FROM SECTION UNDERGROUND TO OUTSIDE SURFACE AREA, EE CLAIMED HIS BACK WAS HIRTING AFTER MANTRIP HAD HIT A ROCK IN TRAVELWAY.

SCOOPING ROADWAY, RUN OVER A ROCK, JARRED SCOOP HURTING LOWER BACK.

EE SAID HE SET TIMBER AND WHEN HE TURNED AROUND IT FELL OUT AND HIT HIM ON THE LOWER BACK AROUND THE KIDNEY AREA.

LOADING BOTTOM BELT STAND INTO STRUCTURE CAR IN #4 ENTRY. STRAINED LOWER BACK.

BOLTING BOOM HOLE, PIN WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING HIS FINGER AGAINST DRILL POT OF ROOF BOLTER.

LIFTING OMEGA BLOCKS.

WORKING ON PUMP DISCHARGE LINE CUT WRIST.

ROOF FALL 10 BREAKS OUT BY LAST OPEN CUT. ACROSSFROM SPAD #5055.

ROOF FALL FELL OUT BY SECTION FOR 80 FT BY 20 FTABOUT 6 FT HIGH FROM SPAD #5040 IN BY 80 FT IN #7 ENTRY.

WALKING ALONG BELT LINE HIT HIS HEAD ON FLY BOARD CUTTING EAR.

TAKING BOLTER CABLE DOWN AS OPERATOR TAKING UP CABLE WITH MACHINE TRIPPED KEVIN AND HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HAND HURTING MIDDLE INDEX FINGER

PIECE OF ROCK 42"L X 18"W X 2" THICK FELL BETWEEN PINS 1 BREAK OUTBY POWER CENTER STRIKING EE ON LEFT SHOULDER AND HIP.

WHILE MAKING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF AIR COURSE AND TRAVELWAYS, A FALL WAS FOUND ON THE SOUTH MAIN TRAVELWAY #5 ENTRY INTERSECTION AT SPAD #4333 APPROX. 1000'OUTBY SECTION 002. FALL DIMENSIO NS ARE 4 1/2'X 20'X 30'.

WHILE MAKING WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF INTAKE ESCAPEWAY, A FALL WAS FOUND IN THE #7 TRAVEL INTAKE TRAVELWAY. FALL DIMENSIONS 7' X 18' X 50' LONG. APPROX 8,400 FT OUTBY SOUTH MAINS SECTION, MMU 002 AT SPAD #3206.

WHILE EXAMINING THE OLD 1ST RIGHT BLEEDER WITH EE FROM MSHA- A FALL WAS FOUND ON THE #2 TRAVEL-WAY BLOCKING TRAVEL AND PREVENTING TRAVEL TO 8E.P'S. FALL DEMENSIONS: 6'X 20'X 90'.

WHILE MAKING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY, A FALL WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE #7 ENTRY 1 X-CUT INBY SPAD #3224 IN INTERSECTION. FALL DIMENSIONS ARE 25' X 40' X 10'.

WHILE MAKING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF INTAKE ESCAPEWAY, A FALL WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE #7 ENTRY AT SPAD #3557 INTERSECTION. FALL DIMENSIONS ARE 6 1/2'HIGH, 20'WIDE, 20'LONG.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE FIRST RIGHT SECTION PILLAR BLEEDER REVEALED A FALL ACROSS THE #2 ENTRY INTERSECTION BLOCKING THE 2ND TRAVELWAY TO BLEEDER E.P.19. FALL ~6' HIGH, 18' WIDE, 40' LONG.

WHILE MAKING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY, A FALL OF ROOF WAS FOUND IN THE #8 INTAKE AIR ENTRY APPROX 3408 FT OUT BY THE FACE OF THE 002 SECTION.

INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS HIT WITH A HAMMER BY ANOTHER EE. OTHER EE WAS REMOVING A PULLY FROM ALTERNATOR WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT EE'S FINGER.

DURING EXAMINATION OF RETURN AIR COURSE WITH MSHA INSPECTOR A FALL WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE FALL WAS 25' X 30' 7' IN INTERSECTION. THIS AREA HAD SEVERAL FAULTS IN TOP. 6' RESIN BOLTS WHERE INSTALL ED IN THIS AREA.

DURRING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY, A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE 5TH X-CUT UG IN THE #7 INTAKE AIR ENTRY. APPROX. 20'X 30'X 5'HIGH. 4FT.FULL GROUT RESIN RODS WERE USED IN THIS AREA AND RIBS HAD BEEN NOTICED. THE FALL WAS TIMBERED OFF ON ALL SIDES AND TRAVELWAY WAS RE-ROUTED AROUND FALL.

WHILE HELPING TO MAKE A CONVEYOR BELT MOVE UP ON THE SOUTH MAIN SECTION, EE SAID HE HAD STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE.

WHILE SHOVELING UNDER BELT ROLLERS ON THE A-BELT LINE, EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE REPAIRING A BUSTED 4" FRESH WATER HOSE AT C BOLT HEAD, EE STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING WATER LINE TO PUT BACK TOGETHER.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE AIR LOCK DOORS WHEN HE GOT HIS RIGHT HAND CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE DOORS AS THEY WERE CLOSING

EE STEPPED OTU OF HIS COAL TRUCK AND STEPPED INTO A DITCH HYPER EXTENDING HIS LEG AND KNEE WHICH HE FELT SOMETHING PULL. THE BACK OF HIS LEG IS BURNING AND A KNOT CAME UP ON THE BACK SIDE OF HIS KNEE. HE LEFT EARLY FROM WORK AT 9:15 PM.

DRIVER WAS DRIVING BACK UNLOADED UP CAMP CREEK WHEN A CAR PASSED BY HIM GOINT THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SOMETHING WAS THROWN FORM THE CAR TO WINDSHIELD OF THE COAL TRUCK CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD T O SHATTER. SOME OF THE GLASS FRAGMENTS HIT THE DRIVER IN THE FACE AND PUT A FEW SMALL CUTS IN HIS FACE, NECK, AND EYES.

EE WAS REMOVING THE HAD SCRAPPER ASSEMBLY FROM THE D-BELT DRIVE ON THE 001 SECTION TO REPLACE THE SCRAPPER BLADE. WHILE LIFTING ON SCRAPER ASSEMBLY HE TWISTED & STRAINED LOWER BACK

EE WAS MOVING MINER ACROSS SECTION WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE TOP DISLOGDED FROM BETWEEN BOLTED ROOF. THIS PIECE OF TOP STRUCK EE ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF FOOT.

LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTS. THIS IS AN OLD INJURY IN WHICH HE HAD SURGERY & HAD BEEN OFF WORK FOR 1 YR. HE RED T WORK ON 5/24/99 WORKED 3 HRS HE COULD NOT PUT ANY WEIGHT ON KNEE WITHOUT CAUSING PAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PERFROM HIS ASSIGNED JOB AS ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR

WHILE BOLTING IN 4 RIGHT X-CUT IN LOWER THAN USUAL CONDITIONS, EE WAS BENDING A SIX FOOT BOLT AND FELT A PULL OR TWINDGE IN HIS BACK.

EE BENT OVER TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN A 6' ROOF BOLT SO IT COULD BE PUT UP, WITH THE BOLTER, AGAINST THE TOP, WHEN HE FELT A SHARP, BUYRNING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

LAMINATED SLATE ROOF SEPARATED ABOVE ANCHORAGE IN THE AN AREA TRAVELED WEEKLY. APPROX 1200 FT OUTBY WORKING FACES OF THE 001 SECTION IN AN INTERSECTION OF #7 HDG OF THE INTAKE AIR COURSE. 1XC UT INBY SPAD #1403. THIS AREA WAS DEVEOPLED DURING THE 12TH MONTH OF 1997 AND WAS USING 4FT RESIN RODS AT THIS TIME

INJ WAS ATTEMPTING TO HAND MINERS CABLE ON ROOF BOLTS & HURT BACK

IT WAS A RIB ROLL WHICH PINNED HIM AGAINST MINER AND TWISTED HIS LOWER LEG UNDER HIM.

INJ WAS MAKING SPLICE IN MINER CABLE SLIPPED ON A ROCK & FELL LANDED ON BRATTICELIGHT HURTING HIS BACK

RUNNING S/C PRESSED DOWN HAND ON PEDELS HURT THE BOTTOM OF BOTH FEET.

WHILE EE WAS BOLTING ROOF IN #6 RIGHT XCUT, A PORTION OF ROOF APPROX 1FTX21/2FTX6" DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF STRIKING EE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES OPERATING THE ROOFBOLTER, WHEN HE MOVED, HIS LEFT KNEE TWISTED.

PULLING ROCK OFF OF MINER & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

MOVING MINER CABLE OVER OUT OF RD. WAY.

WHILE EE WAS REINTERING POWER CABLE IN A BELL HONDA MOTOR HE WAS WORKING IN A TIGHT LOCATION REQURING HIM TO TWIST HIS LOWER BACK TO POSITION HIMSELF TO ENTER CABLE INTO MOTOR. EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE IN THIS POSITION.

WHILE ROOMING OFF THE 2ND L SECTION [MMU-OO1], THE MINER CREW WAS CUTTING THE FACE OF THE #2 ROOM L. WHEN THEY CUT THRU INTO THE OLD 1ST L PANEL WHICH WAS WORKED OUT. THERE WAS A BUILD UP OF W ATER IN THIS AREA THAT CAME THRU INTO THE 2ND LEFT PANE. THE WATER TRAVELED OUTBY THE FACE AREA FOR A DISTANCE OF 1000' FLOODING #4,5,6 & 7 ENTRIES & IMPEDING TRAVEL. VENT WAS MAINTAINED ON S

GPF-OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM FILED.

ROOF FALL OUT SPAD #994 THIS IS #5 ENTRY . FALL WAS 1 BREAK OUTBY IN #4 ENTRY.

ROCK FELL FROM TOPIN TRAVEL ROAD AND THIS MAN RAN OVER IT WHILE HAULING IN CRIB BLOCKS WITH 488 S&S SCOOP. HIS HEAD HIT CANOPY AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.,

ROOF FALL IN RETURN #2 ENTRY INBY SPAD #181 1ST ENTER SECTION.

AFTER ATR'S WAS SET AGAINST TOP, INJURED ATTEMPTED TO SWING BOOM(HEAD) OF ROOF BOLTER OUT TO INSTALL BOLT. A PIECE OF ROCK BETWEEN LAST ROW OF BOLTS & ATRS FELL STRIKING CANOPY & VICTIM PINING HIM TO BOTTOM HIP & RIGHT LEG WAS UNDER ROCK.

WHILE FLOATING OUT A ROOF BOLTER OPP. EE MASHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN BOTTOM OF BOLTER WRENCH AND DRILL POT.

FALL ON 1ST LEFT SECTION 001, 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD 899 IN #6 INTERSECTION & EXTENDING ACROSS & INTO THE #5 INTERSECTION. FALL MEASURES 18'W, 70'L,& 4' TO 7' HIGH. A SCOOP WAS COVERED UP SETTING BETWEEN #5 & #6 INTERSECTION.

FALL IN MAINS SECTION 002, #3 ENTRY FROM LOB EXTENDED OUTBY FOR A DISTANCE OF 240'L, 19'W, 12'H.THE 14-9 CONT MINER WAS COVERED UP BETWEEN LOB AND 2ND OPEN BREAK.

ROOF FALL MEASURING 20' X 50' X 8 1/2' IN THE 2ND CROSSCUT INTERSECTION OUTBY FACE OF #6 ENTRY ON MAINS SECTION.

CUTTING WITH TORCH SPARK WENT IN RIGHT EAR.

ROOF FALL MEASURING 20'L X 18'W X 5'H IN THE NO.7 ENTRY (INTAKE) 4 X-CUTS INBY SPAD # 119.

EMPLOYEE RIDING OUT OF MINE. MANTRIP HIT BUMP. EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ARM FELL OUT OF MANTRIP. ARM HIT SIDE RIGHT RIB (OUTGOKNG) OF MINE. INJURED ARM AND RIBS.

BRUISED LOWER LEG (RIGHT LEG) WHILE DOWN ON HIS KNEES BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING RIGHT LEG.

PUNCTURE WOUND OVER LEFT EYEBROW.

PULLING STEERING LEVER OF SCOOP.

WHILE EE WAS DRAGGIN A AIR LINE TO GET IT STRAIGHTEN OUT ON THE OUTSIDE OF FAN DRIFT, HE TRIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT THINKING THAT HE TWISTED ANKLE. EE WORKED THE REST OF SHIFT AND DIDN' T GO TO DR. UNTIL LATER THAT EVENING.