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INJ SCALING ROOF PRIOR TO DRILLING ROOF BOLT HOLE.STANDING UNDER CANOPY.ROOF WAS 10'HIGH.ROCK FELL STRIKING CANOPY THEN STRIKING INJ ON BACK FORCING HIM TO BOTTOM STRIKING RIGHT KNEE ON BOTTOM
CHECKING ROOF, ROCK FELL HE JUMPED BACK FELL ON R SIDE INJ RT SHOULDER ; Y
EMPL SCALING ROOF WHEN ROCK FELL.INJ FELL BACK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE PULLED LINE CANVAS DOWN & A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM & CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON BOTTOM
INJURED WAS MING A FINAL PUSHOUT STUMP IN STUMP OF BUTT BETWEEN ROOMS. AFTER LOADING THE LAST SHUTTLE CAR THE ROOF FELL WITHOUT WARNING COVERING THE MINER AND TRAPPING THE OPERATOR FOR 20 MIN UTES. THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROX 20 FEET WIDE, 10FEET HIGH, 30 FEET LONG.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN LOOSE MATERIAL. THE MATERIAL STRUCK THE CONVEYOR BELT, BOUNCING AND STRUCK INJURED'S LEFT HAND.
WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING A CROSSCUT, THE EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINING THE CUT WHEN THE TOP COAL AND BLACKJACK FELL ON THE MINER AND SLID OFF HITTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
THE INJURED WAS REPOSITIONING A POGO STICK USED TO HANG LINE CANVAS. WHEN HE REMOVED THE POGO STICK, A PIECE OF ROOF 8" X 8" X 4" THICK FELL STRIKING HIS ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING AROUND IN SEAT OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK S CAR CANOPY AND THEN STRUCK LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK AREA
THE INJURED WAS MOVING A CABLE OFF ROADWAY WHEN A PICE OF ROCK 13"X15"X5" THICJ FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD AND BACK.THE ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND A ROOF BOLT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE MINER CABLE IN ORDER THAT THE MINER OPERATOR COUCOULD MOVE THE MACHINE OUT OF A FENDER WHEN THE ROOF FELL UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING STRIK ING THE MINER HELPER
THE INJURED WAS KNEELING DOWN BESIDE THE MACHINE.A JACK ON THE MACHINE WAS BEING REPAIRED.AS HE WAS ALIGNING A BOLT WITH A HOLE A PIECE OF ROCK 5"X5"X1/4" THICK FELL. THE ROCK STRUCK THE BACK OF JONE'S HEAD. SEVERAL SUTURES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE A 1/2" LONG LACERATION.
THE EMPLOYEE ST5TED THAT AS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A GAS CHECK HIS DETECTOR FELL. WHEN HE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP THE DETECTOR A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT FOREARM. FIR ST DAY OFF WAS 10/26/87.
THE EMPLOYEE ST5TES THAT AS HE WAS OPERATING AN OPEN TYPE PORTAL BUS A PEICE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS RIGHT ARM.
THE INJURED WAS3SCALING ROOF IN FACE AREA. ROOF BROKE LOOSE IN FACE AREA & CAME BACK TO LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS. A PIECE OF ROOF 18" X 14" X 2" THICK STRUCK I.NAME ON HIS SHOULDER. SOFT TISSUE INJURY. 3
EMP STATED THAT3HE WAS SETTING TIMBERS IN THE #73 STUMP, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOTS AND STRUCK HIM ON RT HEEL
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED DURING PILLAR EXTRACTION 1 NORTH SECTION.AFTER ROOF FELL ON MINER,I.NAME INJURED SHOULDER PULLING HIMSELF OUT OF OPERATORS COMPARTMENT.
THE INJURED WAS3OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER. THE HEIGHT OF THE COAL BEING MINED WAS 7 FEET. A PIECE OF TOP ROCK SLID DOWN FROM THE CUTTING HEAD TOWARD THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT. I,NAME STRAIN ED HIS NECK WHI5E GETTING AWAY FROM SLIDDING ROCK.
THE EMP WAS BEN7 OVER OVSERVING AN EMPLOYEE PUTTING OIL IN A SHUTTLE CAR A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 2" X 4" X 6" FELL FROM AROUND A ROOF BOLT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD
EMP WAS GREASIN1 THE BRIDGE WHEN A PIECE ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS UPPER BACK
THE EMPLOYEE ST5TESTHAT AS HE WAS OPERATING AN OPEN TYPE TRACK VEHICLE, A SMALL PIECE OF SULFUR FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF AND GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFTY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF THE ACC3DENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING IN OPEN BUS WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 HOLDING A LONG MAT UP AGAINST THE ROOF WHILE THE LEFT SIDE. OPERATOR I NAME WAS INSTALLING A BOLT DURING THRUS PRODEDURE A PIECE OF ROCK AND 6 INCH WIDE, 2 1/2 FT LONG AND 2 I NCH THICK FELL 8TRIKING I NAME.
THE INJURED WAS3ROOF BOLTING AT THE FACE OF 4 ENTRY I NAME WAS OPERATING THE RIGHT BOOM OFTHE BOLTER. I NAME HAD COMPLETED INSTALLATION OF A ROOF BOLT NEXT TOT HE RIGHT RIB. AS HE WAS MOVING T HE BOOM TO THE 3EXT ROOF BOLT LOCATION TO DRILL THE HOLE. A PIECE OF ROOF 2X1X6 INCH THICK FELL STRIKING THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HARD HAT AND THE RT. SIDE HIS NECK.
A PIECE OF ROOF33'X2'X1" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN A ROOF BOLT AND THE RIB. I.NAME HAD COMPLETED BOLTING THE FACE AREA AND WAS GETTING READY TO MOVE THE MACHINE OUT OF THE AREA. THE ROOF STRUCK THE INJURED ON 7HE HEAD AND SHOULDERS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING COAL IN THE NEXT TO THE LAST FENDER OF NUMBER 64 STUMP WHEN THE ROOF FELL UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITH NO WARNING AS THE ROOF FELL THE OPERATOR REMAINED UNDER THE PROTECTIVE CANOPY OF THE MACHINE AND WAS STRUCK BY A POST THAT WAS DISLODGED BY THE FALL.
THE INJURED WAS RIDING IN THE FRONT COMPARTMENT OF AN OPEN TOP PARTAL BUS. THE BUS WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE SURFACE WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING THE INJURED AS HE WAS SET TING IN T HE MANTRIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO SET A POST IN A CAVE AREA WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 2\ X 2\ X 4" FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE CUT TO BACK OF HEAD BRUISE TO LE FT SHOULDER
EMPL WALKING PAST ROOF BOLTER ON CANVAS SIDE OF FACE WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER,CERVICAL STRAIN.