No. 5 Coal

HE WAS HELPING MAKE A POWER PULL BACK. HE AND I.NAME WERE PULLING THE MINER CABLE BACK WITH A TRACTOR AND LAYING IT OVER TO THE RIB IN #5 ENTRY (POWER ENTRY). WHEN HE SAID HE FELT DISCOMFORT I N HIS HIP (RIGHT SIDE).

THE FALL IS APPROX 25'X 30'X 3'-5'THICK AND IS LOCATED ABOUT 220' OUTBY SS#1702 IN #6 ENTRY. FALL IS ABOUT 260' OUTBY THE FACE. THE AREA AROUND THE FALL HAS BEEN TIMBERED & DANGERED OFF. 4'RES IN BOLTS WILL BE USED IN AREAS THAT APPEAR AS THIS ONE DID ON ADVANCEMENT.

DAVID ADDAIR HAD DAYSHIFT CREW MOVING BELT. HE LOST COMMUNICATIONS WITH SURFACE & WAS TROUBLESHOOTING PHONE LINE WHEN HE FOUND FALL. IT IS APPOR70' OUTBY SS#1655 APPROX 20'W, 35'L AND IS 3'-5' THICK THIS FALL IS BEING CLEANED UP & AREA RESU PORTED IN SAFE MANNER

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL HITTING VICTIM ON LEFT HAND CUTTING THROUGH GLOVE, HURTING RING FINGER AND PINKY FINGER.

EE SAID THAT HE WAS TRAMMING THE SCOOP FROM SURFACE TO THE SECTION WHEN HE GOT THE SCOOP STUCK AT ABOUT BREAK #50 ON THE MAIN HAULWAY. ALLEGEDLY, HE TRAMMED THROUGH THE ROUGH SPOT AND SHOOK HI S BACK UP. AMOUNT OF SAID DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN PRESENTLY.

EE WAS MOVING MINER FROM #2 TO #3 HEADING. HE SAID HE PICKED UP A SECTION OF THE ELECTRICAL CABLE TO MOVE IT AWAY FROM THE MINER, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. POSSIBEL STRAIN OR SPRA IN IN LUMBAR AREA.

THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR HAD JUST FINISHED PUTTING UP THE LAST BOLT IN BREAK (5) TO (6) ON THE 001-B SECTION, WHEN HE LET THE OPERATORS CANOPY DOWN IT CAUGHT THE ATRS PLATE MOMENTARILY THEN D ROPPED SUDDENLY STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON THE HARD HAT & SHOULDER. QUANTITY OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME

SUPERINTENDENT WAS MADING PRESHIFT EXAM WHEN HE FOUND THE FALL. LOCATED IN 13TH PANEL, LEFT, APPROX. 960' INBY THE ACTIVE SECTION, 60' INBY SS$1444. FALL IS APPROX. 400' X 20' X 28"-48" THICK. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. HAS BEEN TIMBERED OFF & DANGER SIGNS PLACED.

EE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP WITH SUPPLIES FROM SURFACETO SECTION WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK NEAR BRATTICE#104. THIS CAUSED THE SCOOP TO RISE UP ON OPERATOR'S SIDE, BUMPING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE FOOF. NH HIS NECK IS SUPPOSED TO BE STRAINED.

FALL IN BELT NEUTRAL NEAR SPAD # 1035. ABOUT 2800' OUTBY WORKING SECTION IT IS ABOUT 50-60'LONG X 36"-48" THICK X 20' WIDE.

EE WAS MAKING THE RETURN WHEN HE FOUND THE FALL. IT IS IN THE RETURN AT SPAD #1036 APPROX 70'LX20'WX5'T. IT IS ABOUT 2000' OUTBY THE ACTIVE SECTION. IT HAS BEEN DANAGERED OFF AND CRIBS AND TIMBES HAVE BEEN SET.

HE WAS TRAMMING THE FEEDER WHEN IT GOT STUCK SO HE PUT A CRIB BLOCK UNDER IT. WHEN THE FEEDER GOT TRACTION HE THEN STARTED TO REMOVE THE BLOCK AND IT CRUSHED OUT CATCHING HIS FINGER AGAINST TH E BOTTOM. THE SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE WERE TORN ANDSEWN BACK ON.

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS THROWING THE PINNER CABLE OVER OUT OF THE ROADWAY BETWEEN #2 AND #3 ENTRY. WHEN HE FELT A TIGHTENING AND BURNING SENSATION IN HIS RIGHT SIDE LOWER BACK. HIS DR. SAID HE HA D STRAINED MUSCLES.

THE CONTINUOUS MINER HAD MOVED TO 1 HEADING IN ROOM Y AND WAS SET UP TO START CUTTING THE MINER HELPER HAD JUST WALKED AROUND THE CORNER OF 1 TO 2 CROSSCUT AND WAS STANDING APPROX. 60' INBY S S 1276 WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM THE RIB, STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT LOWER LEG. BROKE 2 BONES IN THE FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SCOOP DIPPER WITH 50 LB BAGS OF ROCKDUST AND TURNED WHILE HOLDING A BAG. HE SAID DOCTOR TOLD HIM HIS BACK WAS SPRAINED. LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINING MACHINE OUT OF #6 HEADING. MINER HELPER WAS TAKING A CURTAIN DOWN TO SET UP IN NEXT PLACE, SO MINER MAN STOPPED THE MACHINE AND PULLED SOME SLACK CABLE DOWN FROM BES IDE MAHCINE. HE SAID HE FELT A BURNING PAIN IN GROIN AREA. DOCTOR SUGGESTED SURGERY REPAIR.

EMP SAID HE WAS TRAVELING FROM MINER TO FEEDER WHEN HE HIT A POTHOLE IN HAULWAY OF #2 ENTRY SHICH CAUSED A JOLTING OF HIS LOWER BACK. QUANTITY OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

MINER WAS IN #4 PILLAR. TAKING LAST OF LEFT CUT WHE NAPPROX 30"-34" OF ROCK SAT DOWN ON HEAD OF MINER, PULLIN GIT AGAINST BOTTOM. (SOFT BOTTOM).

ROCK FALL IS LOCATED ABOUT 60' INBY SS#920 IN #7 ENTRY AND IS ABOUT 2000' FROM (OUTBY) WORKING SECTION. FALL MEASURES 45' LONG X 20' WIDE X 36-38" THICK.

ROCK FALL IS 60' INBY SPAD #978, IN #6 ENTRY FROM 3' - 5' THICK X 20' WIDE X 50' - 60' LONG. ABOUT 1800 OUTBY WORKING SECTION.

HE WAS TRAMMING THE SCOOP INSIDE AND HAD TRAVELED ABOUT 1900 DEED WHEN HE SAID THAT HE CAME TO A DIP IN THE BOTTOM WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO SIT UP STRAIGHTER WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE DIP IT GOT LOW ER AND HE BUMPED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE TOP. GRANITITY OF DMAGE IS UNKOWN PRESENTLY.

WIDE LOW LYING HOLLOW. FALL IS ABOUT 60' INBY 55 1000 AND ABOUT 1200 OUTBY WORKING SECTION. FALL IS APPROX. 3-5' THICK X 20' WIDE X 120' LONG.

EE SAID HE WAS PULLING THE MINER CABLE OUT OF HAULWAY WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE MINER WAS IN 5 HEADING HE WAS PULLING CABLE ABOUT 50' BEHIND AND TO THE RIGHT OF MINER. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHAT THE DAMAGE ACTUALLY IS.

LOW LYING HOLLOW, LOW COVERAGE, ON 8TH PANEL RIGHT, NEAR SPAD #972, #4 HEADING. 3-4' THICK, APPROX 16' WIDE X 20' LONG.

EE WAS TRAINING BELT AT 2 DRIVE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SLATE DRIPPED FROM TOP AND HIT HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER. 2 DRIVE IS APPROX. 800' UNDERGROUND FROM PORTAL. NO IMPAIRMENT CAUSED BY THIS ACCIDEN T.

WE WERE DEVELOPING 8TH PANEL RIGHT, WHICH DROVE UNDER A LOW HOLLOW. THIS PANEL WAS PROJECTED TO DRIVE ABOUT 600'. WE HAD MINED UP TO ABOUT 340' AND ENCOUNTERED WHAT WE CALL ROTTON TOP. FALL IN IN #1 HEADING ABOUTY 50' INBY SPAD 969. SIZE IS ABOUT 20" TO 40' THICK BY 12' WIDE BY 20-24' LONG.

EE SAID THAT HE WAS TRAMMING TO THE MINER WHEN HE RAN OVER SOME ROUGH BOTTOM WHICH BOUNCED HIM UP & HE CAME DOWN ON HIS BATTERY LIGHT.

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS WASHING OFF THE END LOADER AND WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OR GETTING OFF THELOADER, HE MISSED A STEP WITH FOOT AND FELL.

THIN STREAK OF LAMINATION NEAR ANCHOR POINT OF ROOF BOLTS.

EE SAID THAT HE WAS CUTTING NO. 5 HEADING AND OBSERVED SOEM DRAW ROCK GETTING READY TO DRIPA ND BACKED THE MINER UP WHERE THERE WA A LOW SPOT BACKED THE MINER UP WHERE THERE WAS A LOW SPOT THA T TURNED UP HILL BEHIND HIM. PUTTING HIM AGAINST THE ROOF. HE WAS TREATED & RELEASED SAME NIGHT.

EMPLOYEE SAID THAT ABOUT 10:00 PM HIS BACK STARTED HURTING BUT THAT HE HAD DONE NOTHING TO INJURE HIS BACK ON THE JOB. A DR. TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD SPRAINED HIS BACK AND NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A STOPPING INSIDE MINE, CLAIMED HE THROW A 6 INCH BLOCK OUT OF HIS WAY HURTING HIS BACK.

THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 7-26-95. EMPLOYEE TOLD ME: RAN OVER A ROCK IN HAULWAY AND JOLTED HIM AGAINST THE ROOF.

EMPLOYEE SAID HE FOUND A PIECE OF ROCK, (ABOUT 10"X12"X3") LYING ON THE DISCHARGE WATER LINE ON BELT #1, AND PROCEEDED TO LIFT IF OFF. LOCATION: APPROX. 200' FROM SURFACE. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NO T REPORTED TO US UNTIL 2-3-95.

SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF HITTING HIM ON BACK THEN SLID DOWN ON LEFT LEG. HE WENT TO DR. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE. HE WILL RETURN TO WORK 10-5-94.

EE CALLED ME SAID HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIM ROLS, THAT HIS JOB WAS PROBABLY THE CAUSE OF THIS. HE HAD COMPLETE OF THIS PROBLEM TO ATTIC WORK US IN MACHINE OPER 300 GALIS.

THE #1 BELT HAD RAN OFF THE STRUCTURE AT A LOCATION OF ABOUT 900' INSIDE. THE TOP BELT WAS LYING ON THE WALKWAY FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 200'. IT WAS BEING LIFTED BACK ONTO THE TOP STRUCTURE US ING SLATE BARS AND CHANNEL LOCKS AND USING THEIRSHOULDERS TO PUSH THE BELT UP & OVER THE STRUCTURE.

ELECTRICAL TESTING WAS BEING DONE ON TEH 3 PHASE 480 VOLT CURCIT IN THE 001 SECTION POWER CENTER BY THE MINE ELECTRICAN THE VOLT METER USED BY THE ELECTRICAN WAS ON THE WRONG HOM SETTING WHICH CAUSED AN ELECTRIAL FLASH OVER WHEN THE LEADS WERE CONECTED A CROSS TWO PHASES OF THE 480 VOLT CURCIT THE ELECTRICAN RECEIVED SEVERE BURNS TO BOTH HANDS.

85061S BOLTING WHEN THE JACK ON THE ATRS SPLIT. THE ATRS CAME DOWN ON HIM.

TAKING DOWN FLY BOARD & KDDLE BOTTOM FELL & TURNED LOOSE DRAW ROCK FROM 10FT BOLT TO RIB PINER CANOPY CAUGHT MOST OF ROCK

WAS USING HAMMER AND CHISEL. PIECE OF CHISEL BROKE OFF AND HIT VICTIM IN LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE.

WAS FIXING CONVYOR CHAIN IN FEEDER BREAKER. SWING A HAMMER IN LOW COAL SIDEWAYS AND TWISTED HIS BACK.