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EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. HE WAS INSTALLING BELT HANGERS AT X-CUT 22. HE WAS OPERATING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOLTER. HE NOTICED THAT WHILE DRILLING A HOLE THAT THE BOOM DI D NOT CONTIUED TO RAISE LIKE IT HIT SOMETHING HARD. HE LOWERED THE BOOM. REMOVED THE DRILL STEEL AND WAS TESTING THE BOOM TRAVEL. HE HAD THE DRILL STEEL IN HIS LEFT HAND AND AS HE LOWERED THE

EE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER BY REMOTE CONTROL INT EH FACE OF #6 ENTRY. HE HAD FINISHED CLEAN UP WITH THE MINER AND WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF THE CUT. EE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY COAL HAULER THAT WAS HUNG UP BEHIND THE MINER. E USED THE MINER TO PUSH THE COAL HAULER OUT OF THIS PLACE. THE MINER RODE UP ON THE TRAILER END OF THE HAULER CAUSING THE BACK END OF THE MINE

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF SPOTTING PINS THAT THE MINER HAD CUT OUT. HE HAD SWUNG HIS BOOM OUT & WAS HAVING ANOTHER EE PULL THE BOLTER FORWARD & OUTBY TO REACH A CUT OUT BOLT. EE WAS STANDING STRAD DLE OF A GOB PILE AS EE DROVE THE BOLTER FORWARDTHE BOLTER WHEEL RAN INTO A HOLE AND THE DRILL BOOM DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM CATCHING THE SIDE OF INJ EE'S FOOT UNDER THE FRONT OF THE DRILL POT.

EE SAID THAT HE WAS TWISTING AND LIFTING WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE MINE ROOF. EE WAS BOLTING ON THE RT SIDE OF THE BOLTER. HE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING EITHER THE RIB BOLT IN THE LAST ROW OR THE SECOND TO LAST WHEN THE INCIDENTOCCURRED. AS HE WAS PUSHING THE 4' BOLT INTO THE HOLE IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DA

EE WAS TRYING TO PUSH 2 ROCKS OVER THAT THE BOLTER HAD PUSHED UP AS THEY ADVANCED TO THE NEXT ROW. THE ROCKS HAD STOOD UP AND EE WAS AFRAID THEYWOULD FALL ON HIS FEET. AS HE REACHED OUT TO PUS H THE ROCKS A SMALL ROCK ABOUT 1'X4"X1/2" THICK FELL FROM THE ROOF WHICH WAS ABOUT 10'HIGH. THE ROCK STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT FOREARM LACERATING IT IN THE PROCESS. IT REQD 6 STITCHES TO REPAIR

EMPLOYEES HAD COMPLETED BOLTING 2/3 OF THE CROSSCUT FROM 4-5. THEY HAD JUST FINISHED A ROW AND HAD PULLED UP 3.5' TO START THE NEXT ROW. EE STARTED TO DRILL THE HOLE FOR HIS BOLT, A ROCK ABO UT THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FELL FROM THE AREA OF OF HIS DRILL STEEL. THE ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS HEEL, INJURING HIS ACHILLES TENDON. THE ROCK FELL FROM A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 9'.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FLETCHER BOLTER. HE HAD MADE UP A 6' GLUE BOLT WITH PLATE ON IT & HAD LEANED IT UP AGAINST THE RIB NEST TO HIS WORK AREA. AS EE LET THE DRILL POT D OWN ON THE MINE FLOOR IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PLATE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BOLT. THIS CAUSED THE UPPER END OF THE BOLT TO FLIP TOWARD THE BOLTER BOOM STRIKING EE ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD-EAR

EE WAS BOLTING UP A STUMP IN THE #3 ENTRY. A PIECE OF THE STUMP BROKE OFF AND FELL, IT CAUGHT HE OFF GUARD AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE. THE BLOW CAUSED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 5 S TITCHES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE HEIGHT OF THE ENTRY IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS APPROX 10.

EE AND OTHER WERE ROOF BOLTING THE WORKING PLACE IN 1 ENTRY. THE ROOF HAD BEEN CUT HIGHER NEAR THE MIDPOINT OF THE PLACE. TO CHASE A COAL RIDER SLIP IN THE MINE ROOF. BOTH FELLOWS WERE INSTALL ING 6' LONG PINS ON A ROW SPACING OF 3'. HE WAS BOLTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOLTER AND HAD JUST FINISHED DRILLING THE HOLE FOR THE MIDDLE BOLT OF THE 5TH ROOF. AS HE WAS INSTALLING THE G

EMP AND ANOTHER EMP HAD FINISHED LOADING THE BOLTER WITH ROOF SUPPLIES. BOLTER WAS BOLTING CROSSCUT. EMPS WERE STANDING AT THE BACK OF BOLTER TALKING. ROOF ROCK AB OUT 46"X 11"X 4" THICK FELL FROM A SMALL BROW THAT MADE UP A DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT FROM X-CUT & ENTRY ROOF HEIGHT. ROCK STRUCK EMP DIRECTLY ON TOP OF HARD HAT KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND. ROOF SHALE STRONG BUT LAYERED.

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING HIS DRILL STEEL INTO THE MINE ROOF, SOME ROOF ROCK ABOUT 10" X 6" X 1" THICK FELL FROM THE DRILL HOLE LOCATION AND SLIDE DOWN HIS DRILL STEEL STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF THE M IDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIS RIGHT HAND TO STEADY THE DRILL STEEL. THE ROOF WAS ABOUT 10' HIGH IN THIS AREA. EE WAS WEARING LEATHER GLOVES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDEN

EE HAD JUST FINISHED BOLTING THE PLACE IN THE #2 ENTRY. HE HAD TURNED AND WAS WALKING TO THE BACK OF THE BOLTER TO GET A BAG OF ROCK DUST. ABOUT HALFWAY BACK ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOLTER, A ROOF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EE ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD, SHOULDER ARM AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. THE ROCK MEASUERED ABOUT 4'X4;X2" FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS.

EE WAS MOVING HIS DRILL BOOM OVER TO INSTALL THE SECOND AND LAST PIN OF THE PLACE AND SHIFT. A ROF ROCK MEASURING ABOUT 14"X16"X2-4"THICK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF STRIKING EE S BACK. THE ROCK CAUS E CONTUSION ON HIS BACK ABOUT TWO INCH OF SIZE EE WAS BENT OVER WHILE MOVING HIS BOLTER BOOM DUE TO THE LOWER ROOF CONDITIONS THE ROCK APPEARED TO BE EITHER AN OLD TREE STUMP OR WERE THE ROCK

EMP WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE RT SIDE OF BOLTER INCROSSCUT BLOW THROUGH. HAD JUST INSTALLED ROOF BOLT CLOSEST TO RIB. AS HE WAS LOWERING DRILL BOOM, OPERATING CONTROLS WITH LFT HAND, HAD A 53" S TARTER DRILL STEEL IN RT HAND, TOP OF DRILL STEEL CAUGHT IN GUARD ON SIDE OF DRILL BOOM AND BOTTOM OF DRILL STEEL WEDGED INTO TOP OF RT FOOT ABOUT 1" BEHIND STEEL TOE PROTECTION. DOWN FORCE P

EE WAS PUTTING IN 3' BOLT IN FOUR FEET TOP. HE WAS MOVING THE BOOM TRYING TO GET ROOM FOR HIS STEEL TO FIT IN HIS CHUCK. EE WAS TRYIN GOT HELP EE WITH THE STEEL WHEN EE HIT THE WRONG LEVER. EE WAS HIT WHEN BOOM WENT UP AND SPRUNG THE STEEL. THE STEEL STRUCK HIM ON THE KNUCKLE.

EE AND OTHER WAS DOING ROOF RESUPPORT WORK IN THE AREA OF THE NEW SR18 UNIT. AS PART OF THIS WORK THEY WERE PULLING DOWN LOOSE ROOF. TIGHTING ROOF STRAPS AND INSTALLING NEW ROOF BOLTS AND STRA PS. THEY HAD PLACED A NEW ROOF STRAP ON THE ATRSHOLDERS AND AS THE ATRS WAS PRESSURED AGAINST THE ROOF. THE ROOF STRAP WHICH WAS A LITTLE BENT POPPED OFF ITS HOLDER AND STRUCK EE ABOVE HIS SA

EE HAD A LOAD OF ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES IN THE SCOOP BUCKET PARKED BEHIND THE ROOF BOLTER IN THE #7 FACE AREA. THE BOLTER HAD JUST FINISHED THE SECOND TO LAST ROW OF BOLTS FROM THE FACE. EE WAS TRAMING THE BOLTER FORWARD TO POSITION FOR THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS. EE WAS STANDING NEXT OT EE GETTING A DRINK OF WATER. AS THE BOLTER MOVED FORWARD EE HAD HIS RIGHT FOOT INFRONT OF THE LEFT T

EE WAS OPERATING A SINGEL BOOM BOLTER INSTALLING EXTRA ROOF BOLTS IN THE SOUTH INTAKES. A ROCK THAT MEASURED 19"X36"X9" LANDED OR STRUCK HIS ATRS. HE THOUGHT THE ROCK WAS GOING TO HIT HIM SO H E USE HIS LEFT HAND TO PUSH HIMSELF AWAY FROM BOLTER. THIS UP& OUT MOVEMENT CAUSED HIM TO DISLOCATE HIS OWN SHOULDER. THE ROCK DID NOT HIT HIM. THE SHOULDER WAS RESET IN ER.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE WEST UNIT. HE WALKED TO THE BACK OF THE BOLTING, GRABBED ONE OF THE 16' LONG METAL ROOF MATS/STRAPS. WAS SLIDING IT TO HIS PARTNER WHEN THE MAT HUNG UP OR CAUGHT ON THE CANOPY. EE'S MOUTH HIT THE STRAP DUE TO HIS FORWARD WALKING MOTION. IT CHIPPED A SMALL PIECE OFF FRONT TOOTH.

EE WAS USING A PLASMA CUTTER TO CUT SOME STEEL FOR TRAILER HITCH. HE WORE CLEAR SAFETY GLASSES INSTEAD OF PROPER TINTED CUTTING GOGGLES. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT WITH NO DISCOMFORT. HE WENT TO BE D. WHEN HE AWOKE HIS EYES BURNED. HE WENT TO THEDR., & THEY PLACED PATCHES ON HIS EYES FOR 24 HRS.

HE WAS OPERATING SINGLE BOOM BOLTER IN THE NORTH ENTRIES DOING RE-SUPPORT WORK. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE ATRS WITH HIS ELBOW POINTING TOWARD LEFT RIB. HE MOVED THE BOLTER TOWARD TIB CATCHIGN HIS ARM BETWEEN RIB AND ATRS. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED A SIMPLE FRACTURE IN ONE BONE IN THE MIDDLE OF FOREARM.

THE ROOF BOLTER WAS STUCK IN SOFT BOTTOMS NEAR THE FACE OF #1-MAIN WEST UNIT. EE [OPERATOR] WASROCKING BOLTER FORWARD & BACKWARD. EE [INJURED] WAS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF BOLTAER THREW A BOAR D UNTER THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, ON THE SECOND ROLLFORWARD HE TRIED TO PUSH BOARD DONW INTO RUT USING HIS R FOOT. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OVER THE TOP OF BOARD UNDER TIRE ON THE NEXT BACK MOTION.

EE HAD NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE V-BELTS ON THE UNDER FLOW PUMP HAD FLIPPED OVER. THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANT SHUT DOWN SO THIS PROBLEM COULD BE CORRECTED. EE PULLED A SMALL PIECE OF BRAT TICE CLOTH OFF THE TOP OF THE BELT GUARD. A CORNER OF THE CURTAIN GOT DOWN BEHIND AND UNDER GUARD, CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY, WHIPPING AROUND THE MOTOR SHAFT, STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE.

YEE WAS USING A SINGLE BOOM BOLTER TO REPLACE AND ADD EXTRA ROOF BOLTS TO A TRAVELWAY TO A NEW CHARGER AREA. AFTER HE HAD APPLIED HIS ATRS TO THE ROOF A ROCK FELL OUT O THE MIEN ROOF BETWEEN THE ATRS & CANOPY STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT ELBOW.

EE WAS INSTALLING A TUBE OF ROOF BOLT GLUE. THE PLACE WAS 10' TALL SO HE WAS HELPING THE BOLTER OPERATOR ON ONE SIDE OF TH EDOUBLE BOOM BOLTER THE OPERATOR LOWERED THE DRILL BOOM EE'S FOOT W AS UNDER A PINCH POINT. HE WAS WEARING STEEL TOE RUBBER BOOTS WITH METATARSAL GUARDS. WE BELIEVE THE STEEL TOE BENT BACK INTO THE TIP OF HIS TOES.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE 2R1S UNTI (A LEFT WING) HE HAD JUST SCALED DOWN SOME LOOSE ROOF HE THEN STARTED DRILLING THE FIRST BOLT FOR THIS PLACE WHEN A ROCK FELL UOT OF THE SCALED AREA BETWEE N ATRS & RIB STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF HIS KNEE CAPNO BROKEN BONES BUT SWELLING PREVENTED HIM FROM WORKING THE NEXT DAY

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE 2LIN UNIT. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CONTINUOUS MINER BUT WAS RELIEVING A FELLOW ON THE BOLTER FOR ONE PHASE. THE CLOTH GLOVE HE WAS USING SNAGGED ON A BURR ON TH E DRILL STEEL. THE GLOVE TIGHTENED ON HIS LITTLE FINGER WHICH RESULTED IN A SIMPLE FRACTURE.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT 3 FACE SLIS UNIT. HIS DRILL STEEL HAD BEEN HANGING UP IN THE DRILL POT. SO HE USED A ROOF BOLT WRENCH TO STRIKE THE DRILL STEEL TO KNOCK IT FREE. IN THE PROCESS OF STRIK ING THE STEEL THE ADAPTER ON THE WRENCH FLEW OFFAND HIT EE ON THE SIDE OF HIS FACE.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN 1ST SOUTH UNIT ENTRY #5 X-CUT #68 AS THEY WERE INSTALLING A ROOF MAT. THE MAT FELL OFF ITS HOLDER STRIKING EE ON THE EAR REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

EE HAD JUST FINISHED DRILLING A HOLE WITH STARTER STEEL FOR A 6FT ROOF BOLT SHE PLACED HER RT HAND ON THE BOTTOM OF DRILL STEEL WHICH WAS PROTRUDING OUT OF THE ROOF 3 TO 4IN SHE MEANT TO LOWER THE DRILL POT BUT INSTEAD SHE RAISED THE DRILL POT PINNING HER HAND BETWEEN WRENCH IN DRILL POT & ROOF

ROOF BOLTING IN LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF 14S UNIT BETWEEN ENTRIES 5 & 6 HE HAD STARTED HIS DRILL STEEL INTO THE ROOF WHEN HE APPLIED TO MUCH BOOM FEEDER PRESSURE CAUSING THE STEEL TO BEND AND IT ROTATED STRIKING JAY IN THE RIGHT FOREARM TOOK X RAYS NO FRACTURE JUST BRUISED.

CRANE TWO BLOCKED. DROPPING BLOCK, STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT LEG, BREAKING RIGHT FEMUR.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING IN THE 1ST SOUTH UNIT IN ENTRY #1 INBY #6 CROSSCUT ON THE RT SIDE OF BOLTS FACING INBY EE WAS INSTALLING THE SECOND PIN OF THE 5 ROW WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT EE WAS USING BGLOVE S WHICH HELP PREVENT EVEN MORE SERIOUS INJURY

EE WAS HOLDING THE ROOF BOLT PLATE AS HE STARTED TO SPIN BUT HE ACCIDENTLY PRESSED THE WRONG LEVER (DRILL FEED) CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SPLATE AND ROOF MAT. THE FINGER WAS BROKED AND REQUIRED STITCHES THIS TOOK PLACE IN THE #7 ENTRY RIGHT SIDE OF BOLTER.

OPERATOR WAS RUNNING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE ROOF FLAKED OFF LANDING ON DRILL POT SLINGING IT OFF & S TRIKING OPERATOR IN UPPER LIP

EE WAS MOVING ROCKS OFF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE MACHINE.

EE WAS BEGINING TO DRILL A ROOF BOLT HOLE TO SPOT A FEW BOLTS WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 1 FT DEEP A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.