Shady Lane No 4: 21 reportable incidents Coal

FALL IN LEFT BLEEDER ENTRY 150' INBY 33 736. VENTILATION IS NOT BLOCKED. 4' X 60' X 16' - 17'.

EE WAS MOVING THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY WHEN THE CABLE EXPLODED ABOUT 3' AWAY FROM HIM. THE CONCUSSION FROM THE EXPLOSION HIT EE IN THE NECK AND THROAT.

VICTIM WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A TAIL ROLLER SHAFT THRU THE BEARINGS ON A TAIL PIECE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING HIS FIRST BOLT IN 4 RT CROSSCUT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE LEG.

ROCK FALL WAS DISCOVERED 7-26-96 ON PRE-SHIFT EXAM, FALL MEASURED 30' LONG, 15' TO 20' WIDE, 2' TO 4' FT THICK.

ROCK FALL OCCURRED 60' INBY SS 542. MEASURED 15'X20'X4-6'. VENTILATION NOT AFFECTED ESCAPEWAYS NOT AFFECTED TRAVELWAYS NOT AFFECTED.

ROCK FALL WAS DISCOVERED 60' TO THE RIGHT OF SS # 201 IN #2 HDG OF THE MAINS, APPROX 1750' INBY THE DRIFT MOUTH. FALL MEASURED APPROX 120'L X 20'W X 8'H.

VICTIM WAS RIDING PERSONNEL BUGGY TO OUTSIDE AT END OF SHIFT. TO KEEP FROM GETTING WET WHILE GOING THRU A WATER HOLE HE GOT ON TOP OF BUGGY. WHEN COMING OUT OF THE WATER WHERE THE TOP IS LOWER VICTIM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BUGGY AND TOP.

NO. 1 HEADING HAD BEEN SQUARED-OFF IN PREPARATION FOR BEING DROPPED. FALL OCCURRED BEFORE PLAC AHAD BEEN PERMANENTLY SUPPORTED. FALL MEASURED 18' WIDE, 30' LONG, 7' HIGH. THESE ARE APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS.

ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR HAD FINISHED BOLTING #1 HOG. AS HE WAS CRAWLING BACK TO LET THE ATRS DOWN, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE 3RD & 4TH ROW BOLTS. THE PLACE HAD BEEN BOLTED TO WIT HIN 2' OF THE FACE. THE ROCK STRUCK OPERATOR ON THE RIGHT ANKLE. THE ROCK MEASURED 14" X 24" X 2"

A BELT MOVE WAS BEING MADE. VICTIM WAS PULLING BELT AND LIFTING BAGS OF ROCK DUST. HE AGGRAVATED AND OLD BACK INJURY.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING 21 SC SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGH BOTTOM. THE SHUTTLE CAR BOTTOMED OUT JARRING THE VICTIMS BACK.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEDN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN BECAME HUNG WHEN HE REVERSED THE CHAIN A ROCK WAS THROWN FROM THE CHAIN STRIKING HIM ON THE NOSE WHICH RESULTED IN A BROKEN N OSE & A CUT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE

DA TE 2-22-93 HANGING LINE CURTAIN FOOT SLIPPED & TWISTED KNEE DAT E 03-03-93 VICTIM REPORTED ACCIDENT AT 12:30PM AT WHICH TIME HE LEFT WORK & LEFT WORK & WENT TO THE DOC HE WORKED EVERYDAY UN TIL HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT (EXCLUDING SAT & SA

EE WAS HELPING SET TIMBERS ON A PILLAR SECTION THE AREA WAS VERY WET AND MUDDY WHEN HIS BUDDY PICK UP THE BOWSAW TO SAW A TIMBER MUD WAS FLIPPED INTO HIS EYE.

OPER TRACTOR HIT BOTTOM HE BOUNCED BACK PROBLEMS

EE WAS RIDING A PERSONEL BUGGY THRU A FLY AND GOT A PIECE OF COAL IN HIS EYE. HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ON 12-14-91 TO HAVE THE PIECE OF COAL REMOVED, SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN.

VICTIM WAS CUTTING A SMALL TREE, THE TREE WAS BENT AT A SEVERE ANGLE DUE TO WEIGHT FROM A RECENT ICE STORM. WHEN THE TREE WAS CUT APPROX. 2/3 THRU IT SLABBED BROKE AND KICKED BACK STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE SHOULDER RESULTING IN A BROKE COLLAR BONE.