Performance Coal Company, LLCMining Incidents in 2004

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED 600' OUTBY THE NORTH MAIN SECTION, MMU# 009 & MMU# 008. AREA AFFECTED MEASURED 30'L X 90'W X 4.5-5'THICK. THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 4,5 & 6'TENSION BOLTS.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 ENTRY 20'INBY SPAD 18586 ON HEADGATE 20. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 30'LONG X 20'WIDE X 8'HIGH. THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED ABOUT JULY, 2004. THE ROOF HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 4'TORQUE TENSION BOLTS, SUPPLEMENTED WITH 8'CABLE BOLTS. THE FALL OCCURRED ON A NON-PRODUCING SECTION.

A ROOF FAILURE OCCURRED ON NORTH MAINS #3 ENTRY (TRACK ENTRY). THE FALL MEASURED 70'L X 19'W X 2.5-4' THICK. THE AREA HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 4'RESIN BOLTS WITH CRIBBS. 45'INBY SPAD 6906.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 5-HP PUMP OUT OF THE SCOOP ROADWAY. AS HE LIFTED AND TURNED, HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS GETTING OUT OF #11 JEEP. HE PUT HIS LEFT LEG OUT FIRST WHEN IT BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. THE AREA WAS WET AND MUDDY. AS HE TRIED TO GET HIS FOOT OUT OF THE MUD BY TWISTING AND PULLING UP, HE HEARD SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING FROM NW#2 BELT. HE HAD PLACED HIS LT. FOOT ON A TOP CONVEYOR RAIL WHILE HOLDING ONTO A STRUCTURE SUPPORT CHAIN. AS HE BEGAN TO STEP DOWN WITH HIS RT. FOOT, HIS LT. FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RAIL & IN BETWEEN BELT & STRUCTURE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. THE AREA WAS WET.

INJURED STOPPED TO USE A TELEPHONE. WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HE WAS CROSSING BETWEEN TWO PARKED LOCOMOTIVES. HE STEPPED UPON THE COUPLERS WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE FRONT BUMPER.

INJURED PLACED RIGHT HAND ON TRS FRAME TO HELP PULL HIMSELF UP INTO A WALK THROUGH BOLTER. HE HEARD ROCK ABOVE HIS HEAD START TO BREAK LOOSE FROM ROOF. HE STEPPED BACK AS THE ROCK FELL, THE ROCK GLAZED HIS RIGHT SCALP BUT CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST FRAME.

INJURED AND ANOTHER MAN WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A ROCK MEASURING 35"" X 36"" X 46"" OUT OF MIDDLE OF TRACK. ON THE 2ND ATTEMPT THE WEIGHT OF THE ROCK SHIFTED TOWARD HIM. HE MOVED SUDDENLY AWAY FROM THE ROCK WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

EE HAD GONE TO BACK OF BOLTER TO GET A BOX OF RESIN GLUE. WHILE LIFTING THE BOX HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Injured was helping install an 8' timber - when the timber touched the roof - a piece of rock measuring 2"" x 5"" x 15"" fell striking him on his miner's hat.

Injured was stepping out of a cont miner conveyer pan. As he put his right leg out of pan onto mine floor he felt a popping in his right knee. He was later diagnosed with soft tissue damage in the knee.

INJURED SUFFERED ELCTRICAL BURNS WHILE GETTING VOLTAGE READINGS ON #1 CONTINUOUS MINER RECEPTACLE. HE WAS TESTING WITH A FLUKE MEGOHMMETER MODEL 1520 THAT WAS RATED FOR 1000 VOLTS.

INJURED HAD TAKEN #6 JEEP INSIDE AND HAD STOPPED TO OPEN AUTOMATIC AIRLOCK DOOR, WHEN HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER MANTRIP.

EE HAD JUST COMPLETED INSTALLING A TIRE ON #15 CAR. AS HE WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS TOOL BOX, HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT.

INJURED WAS SETTING BITS IN SHEARDRUM, WHEN COAL ROLLED OUT FROM FACE AREA STRIKING HIM ON HIS RT. KNEE, IN FRONT OF #10 SHIELD.

INJURED WAS WALKING BESIDE #1 HEAD DRIVE MOTOR ON LONGWALL 17 WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE, CAUSING HIS RIGHT KNEE TO BE TWISTED. HE CONTINUED TO WORK, BUT HIS KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL. ON 3/24/04 RESULTS FROM MRI REVEALED SEVERE SPRAIN. HE IS SCHEDULED FOR THERAPY BEGINNING ON 3/26/04.

INJURED WAS HELPING TO HANG HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROLL OF LOOSE HOIST ROPE (3/4), CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, TWISTING HIS BACK. HAVE BEEN WAITING ON MEDICAL RESULTS. HE IS SCHEDULED FOR THERAPY BEGINNING ON 3/26/04.

INJURED WAS BENT OVER A 3' HIGH CRATE RETRIEVING A HYDRAULIC HOSE WHEN A KNOT CAME UP IN HIS GROIN AREA. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3/25/04 WHEN HE HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR A HERNIA.

INJURED WAS CARRYING ROOF BOLT PLATES FROM THE BACK OF THE BOLTER TO THE FRONT TRAY. AS HE GOT TO THE TRAY, HE LAID HIS RIGHT HAND UPON IT. HE PLACED THE PLATES WITH HIS LEFT HAND IN THE TRAY STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND.

INJURED WAS STARTING TO DRILL A HOLE WHEN A ROCK MEASURING 27"" X 12"" X 1/2"" FELL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM.

INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF REPLACING A MIDDLE ROLLER IN A ZOP PIECE OF STRUCTURE. HE HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF UNDERNEATH THE ROLLER WHILE HITTING UPON IT THE ROLLER CAME OUT OF ITS BRACKETT FALLI NG AND STIRKING INJURED S HEAD AND MOUTH.

DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL AND HAD SURGERY ON 12/14/04.

Diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and had surgery on 6-16-04.

KNEW HE WAS GOING TO HAVE SURGERY FOR CARPAL TUNNEL BUT DIDNT KNOW WHERE. HE SUPSOSEDLY HAD SURGERY ON 2-17-04 AT RALIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL IN BECKLEY WV ON THIS CORDITION.