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EE AND COWORKER WERE TRAVELING ON LOCOMOTIVE TRANSPORTING A ROLL OF CONVEYOR BELT TO P-4 SECTION SHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK EE'S LEFT ARM AS THEY PASSED THE FIRST KICKBACK ON SOUTH MAIN NO. 2 CONVEYOR.
THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BEING REPAIRED BY ELECTRICIANS OTHER AND EE IN THE 2 RIGHT ENTRY OF SOUTH MAIN SECTION BETWEEN SPAD NO. 21& 39 AND 20 & 38. A ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT ON THE RI GHT AND THE RIB STRIKING EE AND RIDING HIM DOWN TO MINE FLOOR FRACTURING THE L-4 VERTEBRAE.
EE WAS WORKING ON A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS STANDING UNDER ARCH IN RAM CAR TRAILER WHEN HE ATTEMTED TO TAKE LOOSE ROCK DOWN. ROCK CAME DOWN AND STRUCK ARCH AND FRACTURED IN SEVERAL PIECES CAUSING ONE PIECE TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE LEFT LEG AND RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS RIDING ON MANBUS WITH CO WORKERS ENROUTE TO WORK AREA WHEN A ROCK FELL WITHOUT WARNING AND STRUCK EE ON HIS FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION.
HE WAS TRAVELING BY WAY OF LOCOMOTIVE WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ON HEAD AND RIGHT SIDE OF BODY.
EE HAD GOTTEN TOOLS OUT OF TOOL BOX & CLOSED THE LID & TURNED TO WALK AWAY WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF WITHOUT WARNING STRIKING HIS HEAD RT SHOULDER & RT FOREARM CAUSING A LACERATION
EE WAS OPERATING A RAM CAR WHEN A SCALE ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND HIT HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.
THE INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING THRU THE CROSS CUT BETWEEN THE 3 & 4 LEFT ENTRY ON SEC 6565 WHEN A PEACE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE ROZY STRIKING HIM ON THE RT FOOT CAUSING THE INJURY.
EE AND COWORKER WERE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE CROSSCUT BETWEENT HTE ONE RIGHT AND TWO RIGHT ENTRIES. THEY WERE INSTALLING THE 2ND ROW OF ROOF BOLTS IN AN ARE OF ROOF THAT WAS SLIGHTLY UNST ABLE. WHEN A ROCK FELL W/O WARNING ONTO THE CANOPY AND STRUCK EE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY CAUSING SEVERE CONTUSION OF HIS LEFT RIB CAGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SECTION WHEN SMALL ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND HIT HIS ARM.
HE WAS IN THE NO. 1 RIGHT FACE ASSISTING MINER OPERATOR. THEY HAD LOADED APPROX. TWO RAM CARS WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK CAUSING INJURIES TO HIS LEFT SIDE, BACK AND LEFT ARM.
INJURED AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WAS TRAVELING THE INTAKE AIR COURSE OF SECTION 3208. INJURED OBSERVED A LOOSE ROCK ALONG TRAVEL WAY AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE IT DOWN SOME ADDITIONAL AN DUNEXPECTE D ROOF FALL STRIKING EMPLOYEE AND CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT FOOT.
INJURED WAS PITCHING A TIMBE RACROSS A FEEDER, WHEN IT HIT HTE TOP CAUSING A ROCK TO FALL AND HIT HIS HAND CAUSING A LACERATION OF HIS RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MINER FROM REMOTE POSITION WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON RIBS AND BACK.
38509NJURED STATED THAT HE HAD LEFT HIS RAM CAR ON 85TH FOR EXCRETORY PURPOSES WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.
INJ HANGING UP PIECE OF LINE CURTAIN IN #2 LT ENTRY WHEN A ROCK 3'WIDE X 5'LONG X 3-8" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN AND AROUND A BOLTED AREA PULLING EMPL DOWN TO THE FOOTWALL CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.T HE LOOSE ROOF IN THIS AREA WAS UNDETECTED,NO SIGNS OF BREAKS.
HE WAS INSTALLING A "RUN-THROUGH" CURTAIN WHEN A SCALE ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
A SMALL PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL FROM TOPAND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF FOOT.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A LACERATION.
DRAW ROCK FELL STRUCK ON NECK AND SHOULDERS
THE INJURED WAS BUILDING SEALS ON 10 WEST.HE WAS TOPPING OFF A SEAL AND A PIECE OF ROCK KICKED OFF AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND A SEAL BLOCK CAUSING THE INJURY.
WHILE SCALING TOP A SMALL PIECE OF SCALE RACK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HAND.
WHILE RIDING IN RAM CAR EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON SHOULDER BY PIECE OF DRAW ROCK.
A SMALL PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT LEG.
I,NAME WAS CRAWLING ADJACENT TO THE LO-LO BELT WITH HIS HAND ON BELT RAIL WHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF HITTING HIS LITTLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.
THE INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING IN A CROSSCUT AND HAD BOLTED UP TO A ROW OF TIMBERS. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO KNOCK A TIMBER DOWN WITH A POT FELL AND RODE HIM DOWN.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON MINER WHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND HIT HIS FINGER.
THE INJURED STATED THAT HE HAD JUST POSITIONED HIMSELF ON THE REMOTE CONTROL CONSOL CHAIR LOCATED NEXT TO THE INBY IN THE CROSS CUT BETWEEN #2 & #3 RIGHT ENTRY AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRAMM ING THE MINER BACK TO THE #29 PILLAR TO RESUME SLABKING OF THIS #29 PILLAR WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX. 3'1/2" X 4' X 1 1/2" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN TWO ROOF BOLTS ONTO THE REMOTT CONSOL
I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO RE-RAIL A WRECKED MINE CAR AS HE REACHED TO DISCONNECT THE SAFETY CHAIN A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIS RT.HAND AGAINST FRAME OF MINE CAR
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING ON RAM CAR TO BE LOADED WHEN SMALL ROCK FELL FROM TOP & HIT FINGER
THE INJURED STA7ED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE JOY MINER IN THE #2 LEFT ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN TWO ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT LEG CAUSING THE INJURY.
THE INJURED WAS3LOADING IN THE #1 LEFT ENTRY CROSSCUT TO THE RIGHT THIS WAS THE 4TH CUT IN THIS PLACE.A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING I NAME.THE ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THI RD ROW OF ROOF 6OLTS OUTBY THE FACE.THE ROCK MEASURED APPROX 31'IN W 9'4' L AND 6'THICK AT ITS MAXIMUM THICKNESS TAPERING DOWN TO A RAZOR EDGE.
INJ WAS TRAMMIN1 THE PIN MACHINEFROM #1 RT TO 2ND RT WHEN SOME DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON LEFT WRIST CAUSING THE INJURY
I NAME AND I NAME WERE PREPARING TO INSTLL ROOF BOLTS IN AN AREA WHERE A ROOF FALL HAD OCCURRED THEY TOOK AN OVERHANGING BROW IN THREE LEFT DOWN BY BLASTING AS I NAME WALKED INTO THREE LEFT F FROM CROSSCUT A ROCK FELL WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING INJURY TO HEAD NECK AND ARMS ROCK FELL FROM A PERMANENT SUPPORTED AREA
I,NAME AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETED INSTALLEION OF "TIE-DOWN" ANCHORS FOR TAILPIECE. AS I,NAME PREPARED TO DISASSEMBLE DRILL A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON HEAD & SHOULDERS CAUS ING MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.
I.NAME & I.NAME WERE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN T HE X-CUT FROM HEADING TO THE 1 LEFT ENTRY. AFTER INSTALLING 1ST ROW I.NMAE BEGAN MOVING TEMP ROOF SUPPORTS 5\ INBY LAST ROW OF PERM BOLTS. A PI ECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL LACERATING HIS RT FOREARM & HITTING HIS RT FOOT CAUSING A FRACTURE OF T HE 4TH & 5TH TOE.
I.NAME & I.NAME WAS AT SOUTH END OF POCKET WITH MOTOR & WATER TANK THEY WERE SWITCHING OTHER TRIPS OUT WITH I.NAME & I.NAME WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF WITHOUT WARNING STRIKING I.NAME LEFT HAN D CAUSING A FRACTURE
WHILE I NAME WAS TRAVELING DOWN AIRCOURSE HE CAME TO AN AREA OF BRUSED TOP. HE STOOD UP TO STRETCH HIS BACK. AS HE DID THIS, A SMALL PIECE OF TOP ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
I.NAME WAS TRAVELING IN AN OPEN MANTRIP WHEN A PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL. STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE CAUSING A LACERATION.
I,NAME WAS TAKING DOWN LOOSE ROCK ALONG THE NORTH END TRACK. HE HAD TAKEN DOWN ABOUT 95% OF THE LOOSE ROCK IN THE AREA WHERE HE WAS WORKING WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SCALE FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION THAT MEASURED 4"-5" IN LENGTH.
THE MINER WAS IN FIRST LEFT CUTTING THE CROSSCUT TO THE RIGHT. THE INJURED STATED HE WAS KNEELING BESIDE THE MINE APPROX 3 OR 4\ BACK FROM THE CONTROLS AND A PIECE OF S CALE ROCK FELL HITTI NG HIM ON THE HAND. SCALE FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS
THE INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE 2ND BOLT IN THE FACE AREA OF THE #2 (R) ENTRY WHEN A POT FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIMON THE (R) HAND CAUSING THE INJURY.
INJURED WAS OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR BEHIND THE LOADER IN THE BELT HEADING ON 4540 SECTION WHENTHE ACCIDENT OCCURRED I.NAME SAID THAT HIS SHUTTLE CAR WAS BEING LOADED WHEN THE POT FROM THE RO OF AND ONE EDGE STRUCK HIM ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD CAUSING THE INJURY