Strip Coal

EE HAD JUST DRILLED #8 HEADING AND WAS BACKING UP WHEN HIS FOOT SAT PINCHED BETWEEN A BLOCK OF COAL AND THE DRILL.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE FEEDER HOLE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK CAME DOWN ON HIS BACK.

EE WAS LOADING COAL FROM THE FACE WHILE TRAMMING OUT OF THE FACE AREA. EE RAISED HEAD TO LOOK AT BUCKET OF SCOOP WHEN HIS HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WI6TH ROOF AND PUSHED HEAD FORWARD.

EE WAS CLEANING BELT LINE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX 2' X 18" X 3" CAME LOOSE FROM TOP AND HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

ROCK FALL ON #4 BELT LINE 3 CROSSCUTS INBY #4 HEAD AT SPAD #2036. ABOUT 20'WIDE & 3' THICK

EE PARKED BOSS BUGGY BEHIND CUTTER AND WAS WORKING ON REEL CHAIN WHEN SCOOP CAME AROUND CORNER AND HIT BUGGY AND THE BUGGY CAME IN CONTACT WITH EE.

EE WAS TRAMING CUTTER OUT OF #5 ENTRY GOT HEAD CAUGHT ON BOLTER CABLE AND PUSHED HIM DOWN IN CUTTER.

EE WAS LOADING COAL AT FACE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK EE ON THE LEFT SHOULDER.

ROOF FALL AT INTERSECTION OF #7 ENTRY. LAST OPEN CROSS CUT ON 001 SECTION. FALL WAS ABOUT 40" THICK ROOF WAS LAMINATED SHALE AND SAND STONE.

ROOF FALL

EE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP WHEN HIS KNEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A ROOF BOLT HEAD AND CUT HIS LEFT KNEE.

THIS IS AN AMMENDED COPY THIS FALL WAS CRIBBED AND TIMBERED OFF INT HE #4 ENTRY. ALSO NO.3 ENTRY WAS STOPPED FROM ADVANCING ON 2-2-00 AFTER THEY WERE BOLTED. THE TEST HOLES SHOWED CRACKS IN TH E ROOF THERE FORE THE ROOF WAS ALLOWED TO FALL. THIS WAS NOT AN UNINTENIONAL ROOF FALL. FALL IS APP. 140 FT OUTBY WORKING FACES.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE BUMPED HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF OF SCOOP WHILE HAULING COAL FROM FACE AREA TO DUMPING POINT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A TOP ROLLER ON #4 BELT LINE. A SHARP EDGE WAS EXPOSED ON ONE OF THE ROLLERS. WHEN EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE SHARP EDGE, HE CUT HIS PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

FOREMAN WAS SCOOPING ON ROADWAYS WITH 482 S&R SCOOP. HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL OF ROCK WHICH BOONSED HIM UP IN HIS SEAT.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO BATTERY STATION TO CHANGE OUT SCOOP BATTERIES. WHEN UNPLUGGING BATTERIES, HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH DC VOLTAGE, CAUSING BURN TO RIGHT HAND.

WORKING ON FEEDER, CAME ON & SMASHED FINGERS.

ON A SS HOSS BUGGY EE FINGER WAS PINCHED EITHER BY THE BUMPER OR SIDERAIL SCRAPPING THE BOTTOM WHILE HIS FINGER WAS UNDER IT OR BY SOME PINCH POINT ON THE BUGGY ITSELF

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A CURTAIN BOARD KNOCKING HIS HAT OFF. HE MOVED HIS LEFT LEG TO APPLY THE BRAKE. AS HE DI, HE CAUGHT HIS KNEE AGAINST THE SAME CURTAIN BOARD. HI S LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT ON THE BREAKER DISCONNECT CABLE, BREAKING HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING HE CUTTER WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF, HURTING HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HEAD AGAINST A CURTAIN BOARD, HURTING HIS NECK.

EE WAS OPERATING THE CUTTER A SCOOP WAS NEEDED TO PUSH HIM UP A SMALL GRADE, DURING THE PUSHING THE CUTTER WAS PINNED AGAINST THE MINE ROOF PINNING THE OPERATOR, HURTING HIS LOWER BACK AND LEG S.

EE HAD SOME BACK PROBLEMS BEFORE 12-29-95. ON 12-29-95 HE CAME OUTSIDE AND WENT TO THE DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF BELT. WHEN ITCAME LOOSE IT HIT HIM IN THE SHOULDER.

EE WAS SHOVELING THE BELT WHEN HIS SHOVEL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AS HE TURNED HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING O THE BELT WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT

EE WAS CRAWLING AND HIS KNEE BEGAN TO HURT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING ACROSS THE FACE AREA SHOOTING COAL WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE BEGAN TO HURT

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROCK WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER STOMACH

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER, WHEN TRYING TO BEND THE BOLTS, HE SEPARATED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELT LINE, A WHEN A BOARD CAUGHT HIS HAND & PINNED IT AGAINST THE MINE ROOF BRUISING IT.

EE WAS MOVING OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE OF AN UNDERGROUND SHOT WHEN AN OBJECT HIT HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER. EE WAS 120FT AWAY AND OFF TO THE RT BREAK.