Excel Mining, LLC.Mining Incidents in 2000

A FALL OCCURRED IN #5 ENTRY 70' OUTBY SURVEY STATION #16826. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 70'LONG BY 19'WIDE BY 6'THICK.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY OF THE MAINS AT 324 BREAK. THE FALL MEASURED 6' HIGH BY 40' LONG BY 20' WIDE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED SAT MORNING AROUND 9:00 AM. THE EXACT TIME OF THE FALL IS UNDETERMINED. THE FALL IS 43 BREAKS OUT BY 001 SECTION BETWEEN NO. 2592 AND 2608.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE 200 OVERCAST AREA SPAD NO. 2-4 2B EXTENDING IN BY 70 FEET TO SPAD NO2-220. THE FALL MEASURED 20 FT WIDE BY 70 FT LONG BY 8 FT THICK. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN AIRCOURSE EXAMINATION THEREFORE THE DATE AND TIME OF OCCURRENCE IS APPROXIMATE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED NEAR SURVEY STATION NUMBER 11615. THE FALL MEASURED 20' WIDE BY 120' LONG AND 10' HIGH. THE FALL OCCURRED ON ""D"" CONVEYOR BELT

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT THE ABOVE ""TIME OF ACCIDENT"". THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 6' HIGH BY 19' WIDE AND 90' LONG. THE FALL OCCURRED NEAR SURVEY STATION 4998.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN A RETURN AIR COURSE JUST INBY SURVEY STATION NUMBER 4496. THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 8 FT THICK BY 130 FT LONG BY 19 FT WIDE. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURNING AN AI RCOURSE EXAMINATION THEREFORE THE DATE AND TIME OF OCCURRENCE IS APPROXIMATE.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 9 CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD 8D BELT DRIVE IN THE TRACK ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 20' WIDE BY 30' LONG AND 5 1/2' THICK

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE C-BELT, 40' OUTBY SPAD NO. 15637. FALL MEASURED APPROX. 350' X 22' X 10'.

A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE C CONVEYOR BELT APPROX 9 CROSSCUTS INBY THE DRIVE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 20FT BY 12 FTX 4 FT THICK

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE G BELT APPROX. 6 XCUTS OUTBY G-TAIL. THE FALL MEASURED 20' X 30' X 10'. IN THE INTERSECTION OF SPAD NO. 15209.

THE SLOPE CARS WERE INOPERATIVE FOR APPROX. 240 MIN. DUE TO DEFECTIVE TRANSFORMER.

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE NO. 2 BELT. FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT APPROX. 0815 BY 3RD SHOFT EXAMINER. FALL MEASURED APPROX. 22' LONG X 15' WIDE X 6' HIGH.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 004-0MINE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 60 FT LONG BY 20 FT WIDE BY 6 FT TO 9 FT HIGH. AREA INVOLVED WAS THE INTERSECTION OF NO.2 L.O.C. FALL DISCOVERED BY PRESHIFT EXAMINER.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ONT HE G-BELT APPROX. 12 CROSS CUT FROM THE G TAIL PEICE. AT SPAD 15163. THE FALL MEASURED 6 FT HIGHX 40 FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE APPROX..

EMPLOYEE STATED: WAS PULLING PIECE OF BELT DOWN A HILL WITH SUPPLY SCOOP. WHEN HE WENT DOWN THE HILL THE SECOND TIME THE BRAKES WENT OUT ON THE SCOOP SO HE LOWERED BUCKET AND LODGED BUCKET INT O RILE TO STOP.

EE STATED: HE WAS MOVING HEAVY DUTY LADDER TOWARDS VESSEL H.M. SUMP PUMP. SLIPPED AND ALMOST FELL.

EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE CHANGING BATTERIES A SMALLPIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE FACEAND LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS GETTING OFF SCOOP AT END OF TRACK AT SHIFT CHANGE. WHILE WALKING AROUND SCOOP HE SLIPPED AND FELL, JAMMING RESCUER INTO RIBS.

EE ALLEGES SHOVELING BELT AND FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN.

EE STATED, PINNING TOP AND PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AN HIT HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES CARRYING ROCK DUST AND SLIPPED OVER OLD RAIL.

APPEARED A ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE'S BACK WHILE HANGING CABLE THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN.

EE STATED: HE HAD KNEELED DOWN TO BLOCK UP FALLPIECE AFTER COMPLETION THIS TASK, STOOD UP TO WALK AWAY KNEE AREA BEGAN TO HURT

EE PULLING ON WATER LINE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

DRAW ROCK SLIPPED FROM TOP OF MINES. DID NOT RECEIVE ACCIDENT REPORT UNTIL 10-2-00.

EE STATES: HE WAS REPAIRING MINER CABLE AT CORNER AT INTERSECTION WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP.

EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR ON TYE 002-0 MMU WHEN IS SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK THE RIB INJURING HIS LOWER BACK. 1ST DAY OFF FROM WORK 8-28-00.

EE STATED WAS PUMPING PORTAPOWER--A HUB ON 150HP MOTOR WOULDN'T COME LOOSE--TRIED TO PUMP JACK ONE MORE TIME AND BOLT BROKE LOOSE HITTING HIM IN NOSE.

EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE TO SPAD NAIL IN THE RIB WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BOLT TO THE RIB, STIKRING HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD, RT. SHOULDER, LEFT ARM & LEFT LEG. 007-0 SECTION.

EE ALLEGES SHOVELING TAIL PIECE AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.

1ST DAY OFF 8-4-00. EE STATED HE WAS CARRYING A CAN OF DIESEL FUEL & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

MOVING A BEARING AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.

EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND BELT HEAD, AS HE WAS SWEEPING ON HIS ROCK DUST, A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 4'X14'X3' FELL OUT BETWEEN THE RIB AND ROCK BOLTS STRICKING HIM KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. TH E ROCK KNOCK HIM OUT AND PINNED HIM DOWN. IT INJURED HIS RT. ARM, SHOULDER, RIBS AND BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WORK ON BELT. BELT STARTED UP CAUSING CLAMPS TO BE THROWN FROM BELT AREA STRIKING HIM. STARTED MISSING 8/1/00.

EE WAS MOVING ROCK OFF POWER BOX WHEN ROCK FLIPPED UP AND HIT HIM ON HEAD.

EE STATED: THIS A REOCCURRENCE OF A MINOR BACK STRAIN. HAS CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM, CONTINUAL LIFTING HAS MADE IT WORSE.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUT EIMCO 6 TON LOCOMOTIVES IN BATTERY STATION. HE WAS WALKING BESIDE LOCOMOTIVE AND SLIPPED AND FELL. HIS LEFT FOOT WENT UNDER OPERATOR'S COMPA RTMENT AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND THE MINE FLOOR, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS GETTING OFF OF A MANTRIP AND TWISTED HIS BACK. FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE LIFTING SCREEN AND FELT A PIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HANGING MINE VENTILATION CURTAIN IN 9 RT COAL WHILE HE WAS STANDING ON 4 FT STEP LADDER. HE OVER STRETCHED HIS ARMS AND FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK.

FIRST DAY OFF WORK 5-1-00. INJURY RPORT READS ""SHEARED A PIN IN FEEDER AND WAS PUTTING IT IN AT THE BOTTOM"" EMPLOYEE CANNOT BE REACHED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. WILL UPDATE, WHEN RECEIVING MORE INFORMATION OR DOCTORS NOTES.

REPORT STATES EMPLOYEE ON WHITE MAN BUS AND CAUGHT HEAD IN THE TOP. PLEASE EXCUSE UNTIMELY FILING RECEIVED RFEPORT LATE.

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING FEEDER AS HE WAS USING THE SIDE OF A ROLLER OT BRACE HIMSELF HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL.

WHILE EE WAS BOLTING TOP ROCK SLIPPED. APPEARED BRUISING TO RIGHT THIGH AND LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM.

EE WAS OBSERVING ANOTHER EE WORK A RED DEVIL WHEN ROCK SLIPPED FROM TOP OF MINES.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING UP ENTRY WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK 54"" COAL HAD BEEN DOING NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

EE WAS VENTILATING ON THE 007-0 MMU. HE WAS STANDING BY THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TRAM DECK WHEN A RIB ROLL STRUCK HIM, CATCHING HIS RT LOWER LEGAGAINST THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING TOP ROLLER IN E BELT LINE. HE WAS LIFTING TOP RAIL WHEN HIS FOOTING GAVE AWAY AND HURT HIS BACK. FIRST DAY OFF 2-9-00.

EE STATED HE WAS IN NO. 6 ENTRY INTERSECTION LOOKING AT NO. 5 RT CUT THROUGH WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RT SHOULDER, BACK AND HIPS PUSHING TO THE GROUND. FIR ST DAY OFF WORK 2-2-00.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS OFF OF SCOOP BUCKET AT HEADING TO BE SET ON PILLAR LINE

1ST DAY OFF FROM INJURY 4-17-00. EE WAS HELPING HANG MINER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. 007-0 MMU.

EE WAS LOADING BLOCK ONTO SHUTTLE CAR TO BE HAULED TO NEXT ENTRY. AS EE WAS GETTING ANOTHER BLOCK HE SLIPPED ON A DAMP ROCK & FELL. THE BATTERY FOR HIS LIGHT CAUSED A BRUISE ON IS LEFT LOWER BACK WHEN HE FELL ON IT

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER, ROCK FELL AGAINST STEEL AND LANDED OVER TOWARD CANOPY, ROCK SLID DOWN ON FINGER.

EE STATED: HE WAS INSTALLING BOLT WITH ROOF BOLTER, GLOVE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN POT AND BOLT TWISTING WRIST. DIDN'T GO TO DR OR MISS WORK UNTIL 10/18/00 - DOCTOR STATES TENDONITIS.

EE STATED HE WAS HELPING MAKE A CABLE 80.BX AND UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS FINGER.

EE STATED: CUTTING TRACKS A PIECE OF SLAG GO INTO HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE HANGING MINER CABLE THE WIRE HE WAS TWISTING TOGETHER BROKE AND HIS HAND HIT ROOF BOLT PLATE.

EE STATED HAD HAND RESTING ON RESIN TUB NEAR OPERATOR CONTROL FOR BOOM. HE ACTIVCATED OPERATOR'S CANOPY RAISE LEVER & CANOPY SIFTED TOWARD REAR OF MACHINE, CAUSING CRUSHING INJURY TO THE PAD ( FLESHY PART) OF HIS FINGER.

EE STATES: HE WAS WORKING ON ROOF BOLTER. EYE STARTED BURNING.

EE SHOVELING BELT AND DRAW ROCK SLIPPED FROM TOP.

EE STATED: WAS SPLICING 2"" WATER LINE, WHILE CUTTING LINE UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEG

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS UNLOADING BLOCK; WIRE HANGING DOWN; HE TURNED TO THROW BLOCK AND WIRE STRUCK HIM IN THE EAR.

EE STATED HELPING REPAIR WATERLINE WHEN PIECE OF COAL BLEW OUT FROM RIB STRIKING HIM OVER EYE.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TRAIGHTENING A FENDER ON SHUTTLE CAR WITH HAMMER. A PIECE OF SOMETHING STRUCK HIM IN EYE.

EE STATED HE WAS TRAMMING A JOHNSON CAR, ALONG G BELT FRONT WHEEL STRUCK A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN OUT OF HIS HAND AND STEERING KNOB STRUCK HIS RT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF SUCTION HOSE FOR A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, THE BELT KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER ON 007-0 MMU IN THE #7 ENTRY HE STATED HE WAS SITTING ON SEAT WITH LEGS FOLED BACK UNDER SEAT AND GOT STARTED HURTING. DATE OF SURGERY 5-8-00.

EE STATED HE WAS OPENING CAN OF OIL AND CUT HIS FINGER ON CAN.

EE STATED: HE HAD JUST STARTED FINISHING DRILL STEEL AND WAS BRINGING HIS LEFT HAND BACK TO HIS SIDE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS FINGERS. 2"" X 18"" X 18"".

EE WAS TRAMMING BATTERY JEEP ALONG G BELT WHEN HE HIT A TIMBER. THE STEERING WHEEL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND THE STEERING WHEEL KNOB STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD BEEN WELDING AND GRINDINGAND HAD FELT A PIECE OF SLAG HIT THE SIDE OF HIS FACE. HE DID NOT REALIZE THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THE EYE UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING.

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER, HE WAS MAKING UP A BOLT WHEN HE BENT THE BOLT, THE PLATE SLIDE DOWN THE BOLT AND CUT HIS RT THUMB.