RB #5 Coal

Foreman at RB#5 Mine reported a roof fall, he said it was in the #3 entry inside the mine from the back side. The fall measured approx. 20' X 20' X 4' thick. There was no one injured. He said it fell sometime between the morning and that afternoon.

A rock fall measuring approx 20' long X 20' wide X 3' thick was discovered at 1:30PM on 2/19/10. The exact time of the fall is undetermined. The fall was located in the 9th crosscut inby the north portals in the #5 entry. The #5 entry was dangered off on all accessible entrances and the #4 entry will become the designated travel way and primary escapeway.

A rock fall was discovered approx. 300' inby portal, in the intake roadway. The fall was one rock that measured 8' wide extending 6' down to a point. The rock was triangular in shape and was approx 3' high. The rock fell sometime between the morning preshift and when the foreman exited the mine, approx 3:00 pm.

A rock fall was discovered on 11/5/07. The fall was located in roadway going to bleeder. The rock fall was approx 90' long in all 3 entries. The fall was from 3' to 8' high.

The employee claimed he was picking up crib blocks on the outside of the mine and allegedly strained his upper back.

A roof fall was discovered approx 200' inby the portal in the return aircourse. The fall occurred sometime during the off shift between 7-31-07 and 8-1-07. The fall measured approx 12' wide by 40' long (extending into the crosscut) and 4' in height. The area was cleaned up and dresupported with cribs, collars and roof bolts.

During the examination of the no.1 conveyor belt it was discovered that the mine roof had set down & broke some cross collars that had been set along with cribs to support the area making the area unsafe for travel. The area was located at the 3rd crosscut inby the portal & measured approx 8'L x 8'W with the thickness undetermined due to the fall being caught by the cribs.

A roof fall was discovered at the beginning of the shift on the main line belt conveyor 11 crosscuts inby the portal. The fall measured approx. 20' long by 8' wide and 6' thick at its peak. The fall was removed and the area was supported with cribs and cross collars.

Injured stated that on 12-10-05 he was kneeling down to shovel some material when as he knelt down he struck his knee on a rock. He had no lost time until 12-14-05.

Injured stated he was shoveling loose coal from under the conveyor belt and when he mised a shovel full to empty on the conveyor belt, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back

INJURED WAS HOLDING A SECTION OF VENTILATION CURTAIN AS HE PULLED IT TO THE FACE WITH A MANTRIP BUGGY. THE CURTAIN HUNG ON THE MINE FLOOR & PULLED INJURED'S ARM BETWEEN THE STEERING ROD & THE MINE ROOF. POSSIBLY BROKE INJURED'S ARM.

INJURED STATED THAT AS HE WAS TRAMMING THE MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR THRU A DIP INT HE MMINE FLOOR AND AS THE MBC MOVED OUT OF THE DIP IT ROCKED FORWARD RAISING THE REAR AND OPERATOR'S DECK OF TH E MBC, CAUSING INJURING TO BUMP HIS HEAD ON THE MINE ROOF. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 11-10-03.

INJURED WAS SCOOPING THE ROADWAY WHEN AN OLD PIECE OF BLACK PLASTIC PIPE FLEW UP FROM UNDERNEATHHIS SCOOP AND STRUCK HIM ON THE CHIN, REQUIRING THREE STITCHES. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME.

INJURED WAS APPLYING ROCKDUST BY HAND TO THE CONVEYOR BELT ENTRY. WHEN HE SLUNG A HANDFULL OF DUST HE STRUCK HIS HAND ON A BELT ROLLER, CUTTING HIS SMALLEST FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 3-14-03

INJURED STATED HE WAS CRAWLING ACROSS SECTION AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. INJURED'S FIRST DAY OFF WAS 4-5-02 AT WHICH TIME HE WENT TO THE DR.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE 29TH CROSSCUT AT THE FIRST SET OF SEALS INBY THE PORTAL ON THE PUCKETTS CREEK WATERSHED. FALL APPROX. 55' LONG & 10' WIDE AT THE INBY END TAPERING TO A POINT ON THE OUTBY END. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 4' THICK. THE AREA WAS CRIBBED OFF TO DENY ACCESS TO THE UNSUPPORTED AREA.

INJURED WAS LIFTING CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE AND HAD A SHARP PAIN AND BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK. IT WAS DISCOVERED ON 8/13/01, HIS FIRST LOST WORK DAY AND DOCTOR VISIT, THAT HE HAD PU LLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS LIFTING A ROCK FROM THE BRIDGE CONVEYER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

INJURED STATED THAT ON 6-2-00 HE WAS HANGING A BLOCKCURTAIN AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 8-10-00 AT WHICH TIME HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THE SCOOP-BUCKET TYPE ROCK DUSTING MACHINE INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET. THE DUSTER LIKED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ALIGNMENT TO FIT PROPERLY. INJURED ATTEMPTED TO PHYSICALL Y PUSH THE DUSTER INTO ITS PROPER POSITION AND POSSIBLY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

INJ WAS RUNNING SIGHT LINES & TWISTED HIS KNEE INJ DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 7/12/99 THE INJ KEPT GETTING WORSE & THE DR INSTRUCTED HIM TO TAKE OFF WORK FOR AWHILE

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FROM THE BRIDGE AND AS HE WAS LIFTING THE ROCK, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

INJURED WAS CHANGING BATTERIES IN THE SCOOP. WHEN HE BEGAN TO LIFT THE FIRST SET OF BATTERIES OUT OF THE SCOOP, A HYDRAULIC HOSE BLOWED OUT AND SPRAYED HYDRAULIC OIL IN HIS LEFT EYE.

INJURED STATED THAT ON OR ABOUT 1-7-99, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK THAT WAS HUNG IN THE BRIDGE HE WAS OPERATING. AS HE WAS DRAGGING THE ROCK FROM THE CONVEYOR AND SAID HE FELT SOMETHIN G "PULL" IN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL HE REPORTED TO THE DR. ON 1-14-99.

EE WAS TRAVELING TO HIS WORK AREA ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CREW (5 OTHERS IN THE RAIL RUNNER WHEN HE SIMPLY RAISED HIS HEAD TOO HIGH & STRUCK THE MINE ROOF. THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS I N EXCESS OF 4' IN HEIGHT.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A ROCK FROM THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

INJURED KNEE HAD BEEN DEVELOPING WATER ON IT FOR SOMETIME. HE WAS SETTING MINING TIMBERS AND ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED HIS KNEE WITH ONE OF THE TIMBERS AND HIS KNEE BECAME SWELLED.

THE SCOOP OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL THE LOW BELT STRUCTURE WHEN THE TIE CHAIN BROKE ALLOWING THE STRUCTURE TO SLIP BACK AND PUSH INJURED, WHO WAS POSITIONED AT THE OTHER END OF THE STRUC TURE INTO THE HEAD DRIVE. INJURED HAD BEEN TIGHTENING DOWN THE HEAD DRIVE THAT HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED.

INJURED HAD BETGAN TO DRILL THE TOP WHEN THE DRILL STEEL LOOSENED A SMALL PIECE OF DRAWROCK AND IT FELL, STRIKING INJURED ACROSS THE LEFT HAND FRACTURING HIS LEAST FINGER.

INJURED WAS MOVING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE OVERA ROCK WHEN THE MACHINE SUDDENLY TWISTED TO ONE SIDE DUE TO THE ROCK AND CAUGHT INJURED'S LEG.

INJURED WAS TRAVELING IN THE REAR OF THE PERSONNEL CARRIER TO GET SOME PARTS. THE CARRIER HIT SOME POT HOLES IN THE ROAD AND INJURED BOUNCED OUT HITTING HIS SIDE ON THE CORNER OF THE CARRIER.

INJURED ALLEGED THAT HE WAS BOLTING TOP AND A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ATRS AND LOST INSTALLED ROOF BOLT STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD. INJURED FINISHED THE SHIFT AND STATED HE WAS A LRIGHT, BUT HAS YET TO RETURN TO WORK.

INJURED HAD ADDED AN EXTINSION OF DRILL STEEL AND UNNOTIABY GOT THE RING FINGER OF HIS LEFT HANDGLOVE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONNECTION. WHEN HE STARTED THE ROTATION OF THE ROOF DRILLS HEAD IT PUL LED THE GLOVE CAUSING AN AVULSION TO UPPER PART OF RING FINGER.

EE WAS TRANSPORTING A COWORKER WHOM HAD SHOWN UP LATE FOR WORK TO HIS WORK AREA. SINCE THE COWORKER HAD ARRIVED LATE, THE ONLY PERSONNEL CARRIER LEFT WAS LOW ON CHARGE AND HAD TO BE PUSHED UP A GRADE. WHEN THE CARRIER TOPPED THE GRADE THE SPEED INCREASED AND INJURED FELL INTO THE CARRIER WITH THE UPPER PART OF HIS BODY.

INJURED WAS CUTTING COAL WITH THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE WHEN A CUTTING BIT CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE UPPER LIP, REQUIRING 2 SUTURES.

INJURED ALLEGED HE WAS CLEANING FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT AND ASHE UNLOADED A SHOVEL FULL OF MUCK ONTO THE BELT IT JERKED HIS SHOVEL CAUSING A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

INJURED ALLEGED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROADWAY AND A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOFBOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE NECK.

INJURED ALLEGED HE WAS WORKING NEAR A WATERLINE. (1" JACKHAMMER HOSE) AND THE WATERLINE BLEW OUT SOMEHOW CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK AS HE WAS DODGING THE HOSE AND WATER SPRAY.

INJURED WAS ASSISTING THE REPAIRMAN REMOVE A BEARING. INJURED THE BEARING WITH A HAMMER BREAKING OFF A SMALL PIECE OF METAL THAT EMBEDDED IN HIS ARM.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE METAL DOORS IN ORDER FOR THE MANTRIP TO ENTER THE MINE. HE HAD PROPED ONE DOOR OPEN WITH A MINING TIMBER & AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE OTHER DOOR, THE M INING PROP FELL & STRUCK INJURED ON THE BACK.

INJURED ALLEGED HE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES (BOXES OF GLUE) ONTO HIS BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE STARTED FEELING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS & THE RIB, STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

INJURED WAS SAWING A MINING TIMBER WITH A BOW SAW WHEN THE SAW BLADE JUMPED OUT OF THE WOOD AND RAKED ACROSS HIS THUMB.

INJURED WAS TRAMMING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WITH HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE CANOPY IN A LOW TOP AREA WHEN THE MACHINE TILTED DUE TO UNEVEN FLOOR CONDITIONS CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CANOPY & THE MINE ROOF

INJURED ALLEDGED HE WAS ROLLING OVER A SECTION OF LOW-LOW BELT STRUCTURE & HURT HIS BACK

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE MIDDLE MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR IN A SYSTEM CONSISTING OF THREE WHEN THE MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR TO THE IMMEDIATE REAR OF HIM STOPPED & THE MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR TO THE IMMEDIATE FRONT PROCEEDED TO TRAM BACK TOWARD HIM IT TILTED THE FRONT OF HIS CONVEYOR UP FORCING HIM INTO THE MINE ROOF

INJURED ALLEGED THAT HE AND THE MINE FOREMAN WERE PULLING THE CONVEYOR BELT AND HIS BACK STARTED HURTING. THE CONVEYOR BELT WAS BEING PULLED BY HAND FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX 15 FEET.

INJURED WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN THE ROOF TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK BORKE LOOSE FROM THE TOP AND SLID DOWN HIS DRILL STEEL STRIKING HIM ON THE NOSE.

INJURED ALLEGED HE WAS DROPPING THE HEAD OF THE ROOF DRILL(HE WAS OPERATING FROM A KNEELING POS ITION) WHEN HIS LEG SLIPPED AND WENT UNDER THE HEAD CAUSING THE HEAD TO SUPPRESS HIS LEG AGAIN ST THE BOTTOM.

INJURED ALLEDGED HE HAD BACK PAIN BUT STATED HED DOES NOT KNOW WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED HE HAS SAID IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS MUCKING CONVEYOR BELT OR SEATTING ROCKDUST AT THIS DATE INJURED IS BEING TREATED BY A PHYSICIAN BUT NO DIAGNOSIS HAS YET BEEN MADE

INJURED WAS TRAMMING THE SCOOP & AS HE SWIVELED THE SCOOP TO MAKE A TURN HIS FINGER WAS POSITIONED BETWEEN THE BODY OF THE SCOOP & PANIC BAR & BECAME CAUGHT AS INJURED ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK THE PANIC BAR

INJURED ALLEDGED HE WAS PULLING THE TRAILING CABLES OF THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE WHEN HE SAID HE FELT LIKE SOMETHING FORE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

INJURED ALLEGED HE WAS FILLING HIS BATTERY LIGHT WITH WATER AND THE WATER BLEW BACK OUT IN HIS LEFT EYE. THIS INJURY OCCURRED PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF THE WORKSHIFT.

INJURED WAS MAKING HIS EXAMINATIONS WHEN A SLAB OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK AREA.

A SLAB OF DRAWROCK 3 WIDE X 3 LONG X 4 THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ACROSS THE LEGS AND FRACTURING THE SMALL BONE IN THE LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE INJURED WAS IN A SETTI NG POSITION, WORKING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER AT THE TIME OF THE FALL.

THE INJURY WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED ON 3-12-93 AS THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MAKE A BELT SPLICE. HE ALLEGED HE WAS PULLING THE BELT CLAMPS ALONG THE TOP OF THE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING AROUND TAIL ROLLER, AT THE ACTIVE SECTIN, WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 6,000 FEET UNDERGROUND INBY THE 001-0 MMU, AT THE FACES OF #3 HEADING, #3 LEFT CROSSCUT AND INTO #2 HEADING OF A 5 ENTRY SYSTEM. THE FALL OCCURRED SOMETIME IN THE OFF SHI FTS DURING THE WEEKEND AND WAS DISCOVERED DURINGTHE PRESHIFT EXAMINATIONS MONDAY MORNING. THE FALL AFFECTED NO EQUIPMENT AND THE AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF AND ABANDONED.

INJURED WAS CUTTING CAP COAL WHEN A SLAB OF DRAWROCK FELL ONTO THE BOOMA ND SLIDOWN THE BOOM OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO THE OPERATOR'S DECK STRIKING HIM ON THE HAND AND LEG.

INJURED HAD FINISHED WITH THE SCOOP HE WASEXITING THE DECK BY ROLLING FROM HIS BACK TO HIS KNEES WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. INJURED HAD NO LOST WORKDAYS UNTIL 1-25-93 IN WHICH TIM E HE WENT TOT HE DR AND WA ADMITTED TOT HE HOSPITAL FOR REST AND MEDICATION.

INJURED STATED THE INJURY OCCURRED AS HE WAS PULLING A LARGE ROCK FROM THE MUCK ON THE MINE FLOOR AS HE WAS MUCKING THE CONVEYOR BELT OUTBY THE ACTIVE SECTION.

ALLEDGED INJURY OCCURRED AS THE INJURED WAS CARRYING PLATES FOR HIS ROOF BOLTS & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK

INJURED WAS HLEPING REPAIRMAN WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF FROM A METAL PUNCH AND EMBEDDED IN HIS ARM.

95149ED WAS REPARING EQUIPMENT AND AS HE WAS CRAWLING AROUND THE EQUIPMENT HE STRUCK HIS KNEE ON THE FLOOR OF THE MINE CAUSING A LOT OF PAIN.

INJURED WAS GRINDING METAL WITH A SMALL HAND HELD GRINDER WHEN A SMALL FRAGMENT AT THE METAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE.

SHOVELING LOOSE COAL, HAND SLIPPED WENT IN BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A ROCK OUT OF CONVEYOR CHAIN ON HIS BRIDGE THE CHAIN WAS STILL OPERATION AND HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE ROCK AND A FLIGHT IN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN.

INJURED WAS MOVING A LARGE BLOCK OF COAL,HIMSELF WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.