Baylor Mining, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2004

ROOF FALL #3 ENTRY ACROSS FROM SPAD 2854. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. IT WILL BE DANGERED OFF AND TIMBERED OFF. NO VENTILATION DISTURBED. DEVELOPED APPROX NOV 2003, FALL IS 60'X20'X8-10', APPROX 8000' FROM FACE AND APPROX 3000' FROM RT FACE

MAINS SECTION, #8 ENTRY, 5 BRKS OUTBY FACE, 1 BRK OUTBY DUMPING POINT. ROCK FALL 1 BRK ACROSS FROM SPAD 3343. FALL IS APPROX. 20' WIDE X 24' LONG X 10' HIGH. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP - TIMBERED OFF. MSHA INSPECTOR WAS ON SECTION AND CHECKED IT OUT. DEVELOPED WEEK OF 10/4/04 TO 10/11/04.

ROOF FALL IN RT RETURN AT A-3 LOCATION ON MAP. #3 ENTRY & #3 RT AT BUTT OFF ON A-3 PANEL. FALL IS APPROXIMATELY 50'LONG X 20' WIDE X 10'HIGH. DEVELOPED AROUND JUNE 2002. AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED WITH 9 POINT CRIBS.

ROOF FALL - MAINS SECTION #3 ENTRY - 1 BREAK INBY SPAD 3143. FALL IS ABOVE BELT ANCHORAGE, APPROX. 1000' OUTBY FACE. 6' TORQUE TENSION & 8' CABLE BOLTS WERE USED. DEVELOPED APPROX. 6 WEEKS TO 2 MONTHS AGO. 10' HIGH X 18' WIDE X 60' LONG. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. TIMBERED OFF.

ROOF FALL AT MOUTH OF 1ST LEFT INTAKE, CONTINUATION OF FALL IN INTERSECTION AND CROSSCUT KNOCKED OUT PART OF STOPPING, OVERCAST-CRIBBED AND FIXED STOPPING. 40'LONG X 20'WIDE X 6'HIGH.

ROOF FALL: MAINS SECTION SPAD # 2950, # 4 ENTRY AND CROSSCUT TO # 3 ENTRY AND INTERSECTION IN # 3 ENTRY. FALLIS APPROX. 110' X 18' X 8' HIGH. DEVELOPED AROUND 3-20-2004 APPROX 2000' OUTBY FACE AREA. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP, WILL BE CRIBBED OFF.

ROOF FALL - MAINS SECTION - #1 ENTRY - 1 BRK INBY SPAD 3137. FALL IS APPROX 25'LONG X 10'HIGH BY 25'WIDE. FALL ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE DEVELOPED APPROX MIDDLE OF MAY 2004. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. CRIBBED & DANGERED OFF. APPROX 750' OUTBY FACE.

ROOF FALL ON 001 UNIT MAINS SECTION #2 INTERSECTION TO #3 INTERSECTION & THRU THE CROSSCUT 1 BRK OUTBY SPAD #3097 IN #2 ENTRY & 1 BRK OUTBY SPAD #3096 IN #3 ENTRY. FALL IS APPROX 20' WIDE X 110' LONG X 8' HIGH. DEVELOPED WEEK OF 6-1-04 TO 6-5-04. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. WILL BE CRIBBED OFF.

ROOF FALL IN INTAKE IN #3 ENTRY ON MAINS SECTION ONE BREAK OUTBY SPAD 3022. FALL APPROX. 8' HIGH X 20' WIDE X 20' LONG. DEVELOPED APPROX. WEEK OF 4/20/04. CRIBBED OFF - WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. APPROX. 750' FROM FACE.

ROOF FALL. SPAD 3026 #8 INTERSECTION ON MAINS SECTION MMU 002. FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE. 6' TORQUE TENSION & 8' CABLE BOLTS USED. FACE IS APPROX 10' HIGH X 20' WIDE & 30' LONG. DEVELOPED APPROX 2 WEEKS AGO.

ROOF FALL SPAD #2889 - #3 ENTRY, #2884 - #4 ENTRY. APPROX. 18' WIDE BY 120' LONG. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. DEVELOPED BETWEEN 3/1/04 AND 3/10/04 - APPROX. 1000' FROM FALL. FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE.

ROOF FALL-INTERSECTION IN #6 ENTRY MMNS SECTION IN INTERSECTION AT SPAD 2899 APPROX. 18' X 20' BY 10-12 HIGH NO MACHINE OR CABLE OR PERSONS WERE INVOLVED SAME AREA AS OTHER FALLS CONTINUATION OF BAD TOP FALL CRIBBED AND DANGERED OFF.

ROOF FALL, CROSSCUT BETWEEN 6 & 7 ON MINING SECTION. FALL APPROX. 55'LONG X 18'WIDE & 8-10'HIGH.FELL ON MINER CABLE & BOLTER CABLE. FALL IS TO THE RIGHT OF SPAD 2899. SAME AREA, CONTINUATION OF BAD TOP CRIBBED OFF BEFORE FALL, FALL BETWEEN CRIBBED OFF ENTRIES.

ROOF FALL #6 ENTRY AT SPAD 2922 ON MAINS SECTION 2 BRK, OUTBY FACE. FALL IS APPROX. 40'LONG BY 40'WIDE GOING THRU INTERSECTION. FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE FOR THE FALL. BOLTS USED WERE 6'TORQUE TENSION BOLTS WITH 8'CABLE BOLTS. CRIBS HAD BEEN SET TO REDUCE WIDTH OF ENTRY & INTERSECTION.

Bolter operator bolting up cap coal. When drill steel when through cap coal the coal dislodged fro the mine roof striking the operator on his head & shoulders.

EE WAS GOING INSIDE IN MANTRIP AND BRAKES FAILED. EE JUMPED OUT OF RIDE, JAMMED LT KNEE AND LT HIP WHEN EE HIT BOTTOM. HAD SORENESS BELOW RT KNEE WHERE IT HIT MANTRIP. EE STATED HAVING MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIP AND LOWER BACK.

Walking toward #9 heading employee's leg went from under him, causing him to fall. He hit his knee on a rock.

A piece of slate mine roof fell out between he last row of bolts and the ATRS on the operator. The operator complained of pain in his neck, right shoulder and chest.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE BACK END OF A MANTRIP AND DIDN'T GET DOWN LOW ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH THE DOORS AND HIT HIS HEAD ON DOOR FRAMING AND WAS PULLED OUT OF MANTRIP. POSSIBLE BROKEN NOSE, CUT ON UPPER LEFT SIDE OF LIP AND RED SWOLLEN SPOT ON CHEEK BONE BELOW LEFT EYE. FOUR BREAKS INBY #3 HEAD ON TRACK ENTRY AT AIRLOCK DOOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING LUG NUTS OFF SHUTTLE CAR TIRE AND WAS PUSHING DOWN ON 3/4 DRIVE RATCHET AND A KNOT DELEVOPED IN RIGHT GROIN AREA, BECAME SORE. HE WENT TO DOCTOR WHO SAID IT WAS AN INFECTION. DID NOT EXPLAIN TO EMPLOYEE WHY KNOT DEVELOPED.

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING MINER AROUND CORNER AND BENT OVER TO THROW CABLE OUT OF THE WAY. RIB ROLLED ON HIM. COMPLAINED ABOUT SPOT IN BACK OF HIS NECK HURTING, TOOK AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. #1 ENTRY MAINS SECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, TURNED AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY AND KNOCKED VERTEBRAE OUT OF ALIGNMENT - PINCHED NERVE. EMPLOYEE STATED THIS WAS A RESULT OF FALLING OUT OF TREE STAND SEVERAL YEARS BACK.

Ee was tramming shuttle car and bottomed out in a hole injuring his back - went to hospital after work - diagnosed with bruised spine and pulled muscles.

CLEANING ENTRY WITH SCOOP AND RIB ROLLED IN DECK ON HIM. BRUISED RIBS AND HIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING MANTRIP AND FELL AND HURT RT. ANKLE. WENT TO HOSPITAL MORNING OF 7-15-03 AND HAD X-RAYS AND HAD A FRACTURED RT. ANKLE.

Ee was walking beside feeder in mud and fell into feeder striking his shoulder - went to hospital - had severe shoulder strain.

EE WAS BOLTING TOP - PUTTING UP RIB BOLT AND RIB ROLLED STRIKING HIM ON HIS BACK IN THE CENTER OF HIS BACK IN #8 ENTRY. WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED HIS LEFT JAW STRUCK CANOPY POST. HE'S GOING TO SEE A SPECIALIST ABOUT JAW.

EE WAS PLASTERING STOPPING AND PLASTER CAME IN CONTACT WITH SKIN. WHEN HE GOT FINISHED BOTH ARMS WERE INFECTED FROM B-BOND PLASTER.

EE WAS HANGING CURTAIN AT THE MOUTH OF #5 ENTRY AND CURTAIN WAS MUDDY AND HE STRAINED HIMSELF - RUPTURING HIS ABDOMEN NEAR NAVEL.

EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN 6 FACE IN HIGH TOP AND BLACKED OUT TWICE - FALLING FROM WALK THRU BOLTER APPROX 6' LANDING ON HEAD & RIGHT SIDE - CUT ON TOP OF HEAD - BRUISED & STOVED RT SHOULDER, ELBOW, RT THUMB AND BRUISES ON RT SHOULDER & BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING MINE SITE AND WAS TRAVELING ON HAUL ROAD. HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE, STRUCK LEFT SIDE FRONT FENDER INTO HILLSIDE AND VEERED RIGHT ACROSS ROAD RUNNING VEHICLE OVER THE EMBANKMENT INTO A TREE. EMPLOYEE WAS OFF DUTY - LEAVING WORK.

EE WAS KNOCKING STOPPINGS WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND MOVING CINDER BLOCKS AND MOVING A PUMP. EE'S BACK STARTED TIGHTENING UP AND PAIN AND A BURNING SENSATION STARTED IN HIS LOWER BACK RADIATING UP TO HIS SHOULDERS. EE'S LEFT LEG AND HIP STARTED GETTING NUMBNESS IN THEM THE NEXT DAY.