Enterprise Mining Company, LLCMining Incidents in 2003

ROOF FALL IN #7 ENTRY, 4 NORTH MAINS AT SS 1361.SIZE OF FALL, 5 1/2'HIGH X 20'WIDE X 20'LONG. ROOF FALL DOES NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR TRAVEL & WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

ROOF FALL DISCOVERED IN #7 ENTRY OF 1 NORTH MAINS AT SS #24. SIZE OF FALL: 20'X 50'LONG X 10'HIGH. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP AND DOES NOT EFFECT VENTILATION.

ROOF FALL DISCOVERED IN #6 ENTRY TWO XCUTS INBY SS #10. SIZE OF FALL 70' LONG X 20' WIDE X 10' HIGH. ROOF FALL HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. DOES NOT EFFECT TRAVEL OR VENTILATION.

SIZE OF FALL: 20'WIDE X 275'LONG X 9'HIGH. ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY FOREMAN. ROOF FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP AND DOES NOT AFFECT VENTILATION. 65'INBY.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY EE IN THE #4 ENTRY AT 4 NORTH MAINS. 15' IN BY SS #1892 TO 60' ENTRY. FALL 20' WIDE 8-12' HIGH BY 160' LONG. FALL DOES NOT EFFECT VENTILATION AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 8:30 AM. FALL 85'L X 20'W X 12'H. LOCATED 35' INBY SS #1809 IN #40 ENTRY. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

EE WAS EXAMINING THE 2 LEFT FEEDER SYSTEM AND DISCOVERED A ROOF FALL 2 BY SS#1794 AT 315 PM ON 4/23/03. SIZE OF ROOF FALL IS 10'HIGH X 30'LONG X 20'WIDE. ROOF FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. AREA HAS BEEN DANGERED OFF, FALL DOES NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR TRAVEL.

CONTINOUS MINER WAS CUTTING INTO BLEEDER POWER WHEN A INUNDATION OF WATER CAME INTO THE SECTION AT #1 ENTRY CURT FLEW. EE UNDER THE DIRECT OF RESPONSIBLE TENSION EVACURATED THE MINE.

EE STATED HE HAD BEEN PULLING A MINER CABLE AND SETTING TIMBER ABOUT 30 MIN LATER HE COUPLINED A HAVING PAIN IN HIS GROIN ON RIGHT SIDE AND LOWER BACK MEDICAL DR REVIOUS HIM FROM WORK ON 10-21 -03.

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP TO PULL A ROOF BOLTER WHICH WAS STRUCK THE ROOF BOLTER TRAILING CABLE STRUCK BACK OF INJURED EE NECK CAUSING A CONTUSION ON NELBR EE WORKED UNTIL 10-14 2003, WHEN A MEDICAL SPECIALIST REMOVED HIM FROM WORK

EE WAS WALKING THRU HALLWAY, ROCK FELL OFF RIB & KNOCKED EE'S LEG OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HURT HIS KNEE.

EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A COVER FROM ROOF BOLTER & SLIPPED RESULTING IN PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP & LEG. ER VISIT AND RETURNED TO WORK, EE WORKED UNTIL 6-4-2003 WHEN A MEDICAL DOCTOR REMOVED HIM FROM WORK.

EE WAS HAULING SUPPLIES TO SECTION, HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN ROADWAY & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND RT. LEG. (E.R.VISIT 5/15/RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS). WORKED UNTIL 5/27/03, AT WHICH TIME MEDICAL DR. REMOVED HIM FROM WORK.

EE STATED HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING A OXYGEN TANK ONTO MANTRIP, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE 02 TANK AND FRAME OF MANTRIP CAUSING A LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HOOKING UP HYD HOSES TO CHAIN SAW AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION.

EE STATED, HE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM CONTINUOUS MINER WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED, HITTING HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE MINER, A LACERATION TO HIS FOREFINGER, LEFT HAND.

EE WAS USING OXY/ACTY TORCH TO REMOVE BARS FROM GRIZZLY WHEN HE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS BACK

EE STATED HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING HYDRAULIC HOSE FROM PARTS HOSE, HOSE FELL STRIKING EE IN THE FACE CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ELECTRICIAN SPLICE A CABLE, WHILE CUTTING THE INSULATION FROM CABLE, HIS KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

EE STATED HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WITH DRILL. HE STARTED THE ROTATION AND HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE BASE OF HIS RIGHT THUMB.