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WE HAD A FALL IN THE INTERSECTION OF OUR ONE NORTH PANEL, ONE CROSSCUT INBY SPAD #24747. IT MEASURED 18'W X 90' L X 8' THICK. FALL WAS NOT CLEANED UP, AREA WAS DANGERED OFF, AND INTAKE ESCAPEW AY WAS REROUTED THROUGH SPARE ENTRY. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED.

WE HAD A FALL IN A PREVIOUSLY MINED AREA IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE 1ST LEFT OFF OF 2ND WEST PANEL. IT WAS LOCATED 2 CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD #21090 AND MEASURED 40'L X 29'W X 6' TO 7' THICK. FALL WAS NOT CLEANED UP, AREA WAS DANGERED OFF,AND ESCAPWAY REROUTED THROUGH SPARE ENTRY. FALL WAS EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED.

WE HAD A FALL IN THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY IN OUR 4 WEST PANEL, ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #24145. THE FALL MEASURED 16'W X 29'L X 4' THICK. WE SUPPORTED TOP ABOVE FALL AND MADE A WALKWAY/ ESCAPEWAY OVER TOP OF THIS FLAT FALL. NO PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.

TWO EE WERE HAND DUSTING A PLACE WHILE WALKING BACKWARDS. ONE EE WALKED INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET, SLIPPED AND HURT BACK.

ON 5/2687 AT 2PM A ROOF FALL OCCURRED INOUR #3 ENTRY OF OUR NORTHWEST MAINS TWO CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD #24780. IT MEASURED 20'WX3OLX5'-7'THICK. AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY 4' & 5' RESIN BOLTS. APPAREN TLY SOME WATER IN THE TOP AT THIS LOCATION WEAKENED THE AREA. FALL WAS CLEANED UP AND PRODUCTION RESUMED.

WHILE REMOVING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FROM THE TOP OF MINER, EE STRAINED BACK.

WE HAD A KNOWN AREA OF BAD TOP IN OUR #5 ENTYR, 100' OUTBY SPAD #24206, ON OVR 4-WEST PANEL, WHICH WAS TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF. OUR PLANS WERE TO TAKE THIS TOP DOWN AND CLENA IT UP ON SATUR DAY, 1-10-98, BUT IT FELL BEFORE WE COULD GET TO IT. FALL MEASURED 30'LX10-12'WX8'-9'T. AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH LEGGED 3X8X16" HEADEERS AND BOLTED WITH 4'&5' RESIN BOLTS. NO EQUIPMENT OR PE

WE HAD A FALL IN THE FACE AREA OF OUR FOUR WEST PANEL IN THE NO. 2 ENTRY EXTENDING TO THE NO. 4 ENTRY (LAST LINE OF BREAKS). IT MEASURED 110'LX18'WX5'TO6'T. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVE D. ROOF SUPPORT IN THE AREA WAS 4' ADN 5' RSIN BOLTS IN A STAGGERED PATTERN WITH ONE EXTRA INSTALLED PER ROW, FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP AND A RECOVERY PLAN HAS BEEN SENT TO STATE AND FED AGENCI

SOMETIME BETWEEN NOV.22ND AND NOV. 28TH A FALL OCCURED IN AN ABANDONED AREA 40' OUTBY SPAD # 20398.IT MEASURED 18'X40'LX4-6'T. THIS AREA WAS NOT BOLTED BECAUSE WHEN WE HOLED THROUGH INTO THE O LD WORKS THE TOP WAS BROKEN AND WE KNEW IT TO BEA FAULT AREA.THIS AREA WAS TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF. THIS FALL IS NOT IN OUR IMMEAIDIATE ACTIVE SECTION AND DOES NOT AFFECT VENTALATIONORTRAVE

WHILE EMPLOYE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM MINER BY HAND A PIECE OF ROCK CUT FINGER.

WE EXPERIENCED A WEEKEND FALL IN THE RETURN AIRWAY NEAR SPAD 19573. IT MEASURED 55'LX20'WX5-6'T. THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN JAN 1996 AND AREAS AROUND IT HAD FALLEN BEFORE FALL DOES AFFECT TRAVE L IN RETURN AIRWAY BUT VENTILATION CAN BE EVALUATED ABOVE AND BELOW FALL. DUE TO LIMITED MINE LIFT A FEW MONTHS, WE DOD NOT PALN ON CLEANEING UP THIS FALL.

ON 10-9-97 OUR FOREMAN AND FEDERAL INSPECTOR OBSERVED A FALL OCCURRING AT SPAD #22010. IT MEASURED 30'-40' LONG X 18' WIDE X 6'-7' T. THIS AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN FEB. 1997 AND WAS KNOWN TO HAV E BAD TOP. WE ALREADY REROUTED ROADWAY AROUND THIS AREA AND HAD THIS AREA TIMBERED AND CRIBBED OFF. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED.

SOMETIME DURING THE 9/6-8/97 PERIOD, WE EXPERIENCED A FALL IN OUR OLD WORKS IN THE NO. 1 ENTRY INTERSECTION AT SPAD #21113. IT MEASURED 18'W, 35'L, 6' THICK & AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' & 6' RESI N BOLTS. FALL DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OF TRAVEL, BUT DAMAGED A PIECE OF 4160V CABLE. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP & 4160 CABLE WAS RE-ROUTED.

AFTER VACATION PERIOD WE DISCOVERED A FALL IN RETURN BLEEDER OF SOUTH MAINS NO. 2 IN NO. 1 ENTRY ONE CROSSCUR OUTBY SPAD 19573. THE FALL MEASURED 20'LX20'WX4 TO 6'THICK. TRAVEL OF BLEEDER RETU RN IS AFFECTED SO FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP.

WE HAD A FALL ACROSS ALL OF THE XCUTS ON BLOCK OUTBY THE FACES INOUR #6 EAST MAINS. IT MEASURED 18' WIDE, 250' LONG, AND 4-7' THICK. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED. ENTIRE SECTION WAS ABAN DONED.

OUR MAINTENANCE FOREMAN DISCOVERED A FALL IN OUR #2 ROOM OFF OF OUR #6 EAST MAINS. IT MEASURED 50' L X 18' W X 4' THICK. NO EQUIP., PERSONNEL, AIRWAYS OR TRAVELWAYS AFFECTED. WILL NOT BE CLEAN ED UP. WHILE INVESTIGATING THIS FALL, 3 OTHER FALLS WERE DISCOVERED IN OUTBY ROOMS ABOUT 500 TO 700' FROM FACE. THEY MEASURED 130' LX18'W X 5-6' THICK, 20'LX18'WX4'T & 78'X18'X5-6'.

WE HAD A FALL 200' OUTBY THE FACE IN AN INTERSECTION OF OUR 1 ENTRY IN THE NORTHEAST MAINS. IT MEASURED 30'LX18'WX5'THICK. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' AND 5' RESIN BOLTS WITH 5' AND 6' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS SPOTTED THROUGH OUT INTERSECTION. ATE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE BAD TOP AND HAD ALREADY BEEN CRIBBED OFF.

WE DISCOVERED A FALL IN A RECENTLY ABANDONED AREA IN THE #5 ENTRY, 50' INB;Y SPAD 30296. THE FALL WAS APPROX 120' LONG, 18' WIDE & 5' TO 6' THICK. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED. AS MENTIO NED, THE ACTIVE SECTION HAD ALREADY BEEN MOVED OUTBY THIS FALL AREA.

DISCOVERED A FALL IN OUT #25 CROSSCUT OFF OF #6 ENTRY. WAS FOUND DURING THE FIREBOSS RUN. MEASURED 4'-5'H, 20'W, 60'L. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNELINVOLVED. FALL WAS TIMBERED OFF AND WE ARE IN PR OCESS OF ABANDONING THE AREA.

WE HAD A FALL IN OUR #4 ROOM OF #1 ENTRY.FALL STARTED IN A CUT NOT YET BOLTED.IT MEASURED 5' TO 6' HIGH 18' WIDE AND 85' LONG.NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED.AREA WAS ABANDONED AND SECTION MOVED BACK INTO MAINS.WE ALSO SHORTENED OUR CUTSTO 25 FEET.

FALL #2, IN CROSSCUTS #24 & 26 OF # 2 HEADINGS, ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #19514. IT MEASURED 4' TO 5' HIGH, 20' WIDE AND 30' LONG. IT AFFECTED NOTHING SO WAS NOT CLEANED UP. BOTH FALLS REPORTED, WE RE INVESTIGATED BY WV INSPECTOR LARRY MILLS ( FALL #1 REPORTED ON DOC # 262710016)

HAD 2 FALLS ON 9-18-96. FALL #1 LOCATED IN #5 ENTRY OF #5 HEADINGS, ONE CROSSCUT OUTBY SPAD #384. IT MEASURED 5' TO 6' HIGH, 18' WIDE, 30' LONG. IT AFFECTED AIRWAY/ESCAPEWAY, SO MINE SHUT DOW N. FALL CLEANED UP AND TOP RE-SUPPORTED. ( FALL #2 ASSIGNED A DOCUMENT # ON 11-27-96, DUE TO TWO FALLS BEING REPORTED ON ONE FORM: MSHA DENVER)

HAD A FALL IN #6 AND #7 ENTRIES OF #2 HEADINGS, ONE CROSSCUT INBY SPAD 19519. FALL MEASURED 4' TO 5'HIGH, 35' TO 45' LONG AND 10' TO 20' WIDE. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED, BUT DID AFFEC T AIRWAY. FALL WAS CLEANED UP AND TOP RE-SUPPORTED. FALL INVESTIGATED BY WV INSP. LARRY MILLS.

ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION OF OUR #3 ENTRY IN OUR #4 HEADINGS, 20 CROSSCUTS OUTBY THE FACE. MEASURED 20'X 20'X 6-7' THICK. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED. DO NOT PLAN ON CLEANING UP THIS FA LL SINCE IT DOES NOT AFFECT VENTILATION/TRAVEL.

A ROOF FALL ABOVE ANCHORAGE IN OUT #6 ENTRY OF OUR #4 HEADINGS. THE FALL MEASURED 17 1/2 TO 18 FEET WIDE, 6 TO 7 FEET THICKAND ABOUT 80 FT IN LENGTH. WE HAVE HAD BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE ROOF CO NTROL PERSONNEL TO THE MINE AND HAVE REVISED OUR ROOF CONTROL PLAN. WE NOW ARE USING 60" RESIN ASSISTED, TENSIONED ROOF BOLTS, IN PLACE OF 4 AND 6 FT REGULAR RESIN BOLTS.

SOMETIME BETWEEN JULY 15 AND JULY 24, FALL OCCURED IN OUR ABANDONED #6 BELT HEADING. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 7-24-96, BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND A MSHA INSPECTOR. THE FALL MEASURED 20 FT WID E, 240 FT LONG, AND 6 TO 7 FT HIGH. FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE. NO EQUIPMENT OR MEN INVOLVED AND IT DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION.

WE EXPERIENCED A ROOF FALL IN THE FACES OF OUR NO.3 THORUGH 7 ENTRIES OF OUR NO.5 HEADINGS. NO EQUIPMENT OR MEN SUBMITTED REVISED ROOF CONTROL PALN.

WE EXPERIENCED CONTINUATION OF A FALL THAT OCCURRED IN AN ABANDONED AREA. THE OLD FALL WAS CRIBBED OFF AND TEH NEW FALL, MEASURING 20'W X 30'L X 4' TO 7' HIGH, SKIPPED OVER THE CRIBS AND FELL IN OUR #6 ENTRY OF OUR 32 HEADINGS. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH RESIN BOLTS. THE FALL WAS IN OUR INTAKE ESCAPEWAY AND WILL BE CLEANED UP AS SOON AS MATERIALS ARE DELIVERED (THEY ARE ORDERED). WE

AFTER A CUT WAS CLEANED UP AND THE EQUIPMENT MOVED TO ANOTHER PLACE, A FALL IN THE FACE AND INTERSECTION OF OUT NO. 7 ENTRY IN OUR NO. 2 MAINS OCCURRED, MEASURING 55' IN LENGTH, 14'-16' HIGH. THE MINE MAP REVEALS THAT THIS ENTRY WAS NEAR THE APEX OF A HOLLOW. WE ABANDONED THIS AREA, MOVED BACK TWO BREAKS AND TURNED LEFT, AWAY FROM HOLLOW. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE NARROWED OUR ENTRIES T

FALL #2 (SPAD 19460) OCCURRED DURING 1-28-96. UNKNOWN AS TO TIME. THIS FALL WAS NOT CLEANED UP AND SECTION WAS ABANDONED.

COVER TOO LOW OVER THIS SECTION AND EXPERIENCED TWO ROOF FALLS IN INTERSECTIONS AT SPAD NO. 19453 AND 19460. FALLS WERE TO THE TOP OF ROOFBOLTS. FALL #1 (SPAD 19453) OCCURRED ON 1-26-96 AT ABO UT 5:00 PM. THIS FALL WAS CLEANED UP ON 1-27-96.

WATER IN THE ROOF. FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION MEASURING 20' X 35' X 7' HIGH. WE ARE BUILDING CRIBS AROUND FALL AND ARE NOT GOING TO CLEAN UP. FALL DOES NOT RESTRICT AIR MOVEMENTS NOR DOES IT BLO CK ANY ESCAPEWAYS. BOLTS USED IN THIS AREA WERE 4' AND 6' IN LENGTH FULLY GROUTED AND PLACED IN A STAGGERED PATTERN ACCORDING TO APPROVED ROOF CONTROL PLAN.