Rockhouse Energy Mining CompanyMining Incidents in 2003

ROCK FALL BK 32 ON NO.5 BELT AREA HAS BEEN MINED UNDER & OVER TOP ACCORDING TO OVERLAY MAP'S & UNDERLAY MAPS. EXTRA SUPPORT HAS BEEN ADDED. THE FALL WAS APP 4' THICK & 120' IN LENGTH. INVESTIG ATED BY STATE & FEDERAL.

AREA HAS BEEN MINED OUT UNDER & OVER TOP OF US. FALL IS ON THE NO. 4 TRACK BETWEEN OVERCAST & 5 HEAD. ROCK FALL IS APPROX 4' IN HEIGHT X 30' LONG X 20' WIDE. HAS BEEN CHECKED BY FEDERAL INSPEC TORS.

OVERLAY AND UNDERLAY MAPS SHOW THAT THIS AREA AT BK 3 ON LF4 BELT HAS BEEN MINED OUT OVER & UNDER THUS CAUSING PRESSURE ON THE MINE ROOF. THE FALL IS ON THE TRACK ENTRY AND IS APPROX 6'IN HEIG HT X 70'IN LENGTH. AREA WILL BE CLEANED UP. HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY MSHA INSPECTORS.

THEY WERE LINEAR LINES IN THIS AREA. FALL WAS 180' LONG RANGING FROM 5' TO 8' IN HEIGHT. EXTRA SUPPORT WILL BE ADDED TO THESE AREAS ON NEXT HEADGATE III PANEL. IT WAS IN THE NO. 3 ENTRY AT BK 108 TO 110.

FALL IS AT BK 42 ON NO 6 BELT BETWEEN THE NO 4R ENTRY NO 5 ENTRY IS APPLIED IN LENGTH & 4 1/2 TO 5"" IN HEIGHT. AREA WILL BE CLEANED UP & REBOLTED. FALL HAS BEEN CHECKED BY FEDERAL INS & STATE INS.

FALL IS IN THE NEW LONGWALL TAILGATE ENTRY AT CHECK SPAD NO. 52 + 15. GOES TO 53 + 50. IS APPR. 6' TO 8' IN HEIGHT. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH ROCK FALL.

EE A FEDERAL MINE INSPECTOR FOUND THE ROCK FALL IN THE NO. 1 ENTRY ON THE LONGWALL SET-UP FALL IS APPR 6' TO 8' IN HEIGHT AND APPR 300' IN LENGTH. FALL STARTED AT BK S8-GOING TO BK 61. WE HAVE NO PLANS AT THIS TIME TO CLEAN ROCK FALL NO EQ INVOLVED OR PERSONS.

EE WAS WALKING AROUND ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE TRIPPED & FELL LANDING ON HIS BACK CAUSING A SPRAIN TO BACK. EE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY BECAUSE OF FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS. I AM ONLY FILING THIS TO SATISFY THIS CITATION THAT WAS ISSUED. I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS WAS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

EE WAS USING A RAILROAD JACK TO RAISE THE OUTBY END OF TAILPIECE TO RESET A CRIB BLOCK UNDER THE LEG WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED OUT CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON RT HAND & ARM. EE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK U NTIL 12/11/03 WHEN HE HAD TO HAVE A TENDON IN HIS RT ELBOW REPAIRED.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE NECK CAUSING A LACERATION.

MEMBER WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO GET ROCK OFF TOPTHE NO.2 CM MACHINE. WHEN THE SLATE BAR SLIPPED HE WAS THROWN ONTO THE PIECE OF DRAWROCK. HE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 9/24/03 WHEN THE DOCTOR HE WAS SEEING REMOVED HIM FROM WORK UNTIL SURGERY COULD BE PERFORMED ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS ASSISTING THE SECTION FOREMAN MEASURE UP A HEADING WHEN STUMBLED ON A RIB THAT HAD FALLEN OFF CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WHERE X-RAYS SHOW A BROKEN R T ANKLE.

EE WAS BUILDING A CRIB WHERE THEY WERE PULLING SHIELDS ON THE TAILGATE PULL OUT AREA. HE WAS FINISHING THE CRIB WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE, HE TURNED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AN OBJECT STRUCK HIM IN T HE BACK. THE OBJECT CAME UNDER TO SHIELD TIP WHERE HE WAS WORKING. HE TOOK HIMSELF TO WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AFTER FINISHING HIS SHIFT.

EE WAS MOVING HIS SHUTTLE CAR ANCHOR & REHANGING IT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS WALKING UNDER A 4"" WATERLINE AT THE MULE TRAIN ON THE LONGWALL WHEN HE RAISED UP HIS HEADIT STRUCK A BELT HANGER, CRACKING HIS HARD HAT & CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS HEAD.

EE WAS RUNNING PHONE LINE UP TO THE SLOPE BELT ON THE ROCKHOUSE SLOPE, HE WAS TYING THE PHONE LINE TO THE 2"" AQUA MINE WATER-LINE. HE WAS CUTTING THE PLASTIC TIE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE 2"" WATER LINE BURST SPRAYING HIM IN THE EYES CAUSING HIM TO JUMP BACK. WHEN HE LANDED HE BROKE HIS RT ANKLE.

EE WAS CHANGING INSERTS ON THE RCM WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO INDEX FINGER RT HAND. HAD TO BE REMOVED & STITCHES PUT IN.

EMPLOYEE HAD A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHESAT HOSPITAL. EE WAS USING A CHISEL AND 4 LB HAMMER WHEN THE CHISEL OR A PIECE OF THE HAMMER SPLINTERED OFF AND WENT INTO LEFT LEG.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN DRILL STEEL BECAME STUCK AND TRIED TO FREE IT, HE HIT HIMSELF IN HEAD, CAUSING LACERATIONS.

EE WAS MOVING ROOF BOLTS ON TOP OF THE ROOF BOLTER. AS HE WAS HE STUCK A METAL BAND IN HIS WRIST CUTTING IT. HE WENT TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED STITCHES TO HIS LEFT WRIST.

EE WAS OPERATING A CAT BOLTER BOLTING THE LONGWALL FACE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT WRIST. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT & THEN WENT TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED STITCHE S.

EE WAS GOING TO LF #2 SWITCH ON THE TRACK OPERATING A MANTRIP WHEN SUPPLY MOTOR CAME INTO THE # 2 SWITCH THEY HIT FLATCAR HIT MANTRIP CAUSING EELT. WRIST TO BE THROWN ONTO THE SIDE OF MANTRIP.

EE WAS CRAWLING AROUND SHIELD 100 TO PREPARE HIMSELF TO MOVE ANOTHER SHIELD WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE SHIELDS STRIKING HIM ON LT HAND. MIDDLE FINGER. REQUIRING 5 STITCHES. EE WAS O N HIS SCHEDULED DAYS OFF WHEN THIS HAPPENED, HE WASN'T TO RETURN UNTIL 1/9/03.

EE WAS STRIKING CHAIN GUIDE IN THE PAN LINE WITHA 10LB SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE CHAIN GUIDE BROKE OFF GOING INTO HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WASTAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE THE METAL HAD TO SURGICA LLY REMOVED FROM HIS KNEE. NOTE EE WAS SCHEDULEDOFF UNTIL THE 1-5-03 HE WAS WORKING ONE OF HIS DAYS OFF AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

EE STATED HE WAS INJURED AT QUACKER COAL IN THE PAST. HIS BACK HAS CONT'D TO HURT SINCE. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 3/27/03 SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR HIS BACK. HE TOLD 3 SUPERVISORS THAT HI S BACK PROBLEMS BEGAN FROM AN INJURY THAT HAPPENED AT QUAKER COAL COMPANY

ON JULY 14, 2003, DUE TO AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS, AS SUBSTANTIATED BY MEDICAL RECORDS & REPORTS, EE BECAME UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE OF AILMENTS DESCRIBED IN THE MEDICAL REPORTS. THIS WAS NOT DUE TO ONE SINGEL INCIDENT AT THIS MINE BUT REPEATED TRAUMA OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME OF 30 YEARS.

INSTALLING PIGTAILS EE REACHED FOR A STICK OF GLUE AND ACCIDENTLY TURNED UP PRESSURE SWITCH ON CAUSING DRILL TO RAISE PINCHING EE'S HAND BETWEENMONO-RAIL. HAD 4 STITCHES TO 1 FINGER ON LEFT HA ND.