While loading scoop lid onto scoop employee twisted left knee.
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Showing 50 of 151Roof fall found while traveling old works on 1st West Mains.
Injured was in 777C Truck getting loaded with 992D 101 Loader when rock came out of bucket and jarred truck and driver. Truck driver was complaining with neck and head hurting and hands going numb at 7:30 pm.
Rock Fall in the #4 Entry of the 1st West Main by the 19th crosscut in old works, top was laminated and moist.
Employee was taking a pipe apart above clean coal screen on 3rd Floor. Twisted left knee stepping down off screen. Knee swelled up over night and he couldn't put much weight on it the next day.
Section Foreman walked over to the power center to check on the mechanic, the mechanic's buggy rolled pinning foreman between power center and buggy, breaking his leg.
Reporting as a part of Part 50 Audit. Employee was removing the bolts to replace rear end, a piece of debris fell and hit his left eye. Employee received medical treatment, foreign body was removed and employee received prescription medication for the left eye.
Leaving Roof Bolter stepped up on some muck and struck left side of head and left ear on roof mat (strap) cutting head and ear.
Employee was installing roof bolt and steel mat. While spinning bolt the mat turned pushing left arm back hurting back on left side.
Employee was drilling top to install roof bolts a piece of draw rock fell and hit drill canopy, fell off canopy and hit coal rib then hit employee in lower back causing a bruise
Roof fall off section at the end of 1st West Mains of the 002 Section in the #3 entry.
Roof Fall in worked out area of mine due to pressure from roof.
Roof Fall 30' x 12' x 4'.
Walking from Section Power Center to the Roof Bolting Machine slipped and fell twisting left leg at knee
Roof fall 20' x 30' x 4' on the 002 section West Mains where the #3 South Mains has been turned off.
Employee was changing the tire on the Water Truck using a 1" air wrench, wrench got caught and twisted his hand and wrist.
Employee slipped & fell hitting Johnson Buggy.
Reporting due to Part 50 Audit. Employee was walking down a steep hill and lost footing falling down twisting left leg. Employee sought medical treatment, returned to work the following day, missed 5 total days and eventually had Orthoscopic Knee Surgery on 6/4/2010. Returned to work 6/7/2010
The continuous miner was stuck, was placing 4' x 8" crib block under the tracks of the continuous miner for traction, EE picked up a crib block and pulled his back.
Employee bent over to pick up a bolt and a pin fell and hit employee on the back of the head.
MSHA Inspector was in worked out area of mine with Mine Foreman, collecting dust samples when a roof fall occurred measuring 80' x 20' x 6' at Break #16 in the 002 South Mains off the 1st West Mains of the 002 Section.
Employee was walking along side of rib, when a piece of rock rolled off rib striking employee in the left leg.
Making the weekly exam of worked out areas, mine foreman and MSHA Inspector discovered a fall was encountered at Break #41 of the 1st East Mains 20' x 10' x 4'
While making the weekly exam of worked out areas Mine Foreman and an MSHA Inspector encountered a roof fall at break #43 measuring app. 20' x 20' x 4' on 1st East Mains. It was phoned outside and the 800# was notified at app. 2:10 pm. The fall has been dangered off.
Inner fender of truck came loose - used zipties to secure fender back, knife slipped cutting old tie off and cut wrist
Moving the blue station up, a piece of loose draw rock measuring app. 8' x 2 1/2' x 8" fell from between rows of roof bolts knocking employee down & injuring his left arm, leg, & ribs (no broken bones).
Putting safety glasses on, something went in eye. Either came off glasses or could have come off cap.
Injured person was pulling on a sheet of plastic to cover hay stack, when tension released on plastic, causing injured to fall striking elbow on metal culvert band. No lacerations reported only bruising. Entire body struck ground.
Tramming the continuous miner and placing himself too close to the miner and the coal rib, pinching himself between the body of the miner and the coal rib, breaking his left leg and bruising the right leg.
Previous incision from surgery separated while installing a roof bolt.
Lifting a cross tie to make a storage platform for parts.
Soft laminated shell top fell.(Rock Fall) Preshift
Truck traveling from mine site. The victim had truck in high gear, truck was out of control, he put truck in ditch and jumped out. Victim received fatal injury to head.
Rock fall soft laminated shell top.
EE ran over a roof bolt with a scoop, it flipped upward striking him in the right side of the face.
Roof Fall Soft laminated top with water present.
Roof fall soft laminated top with water present.
EE was lining up belt structure on #2 belt line, when he bumped his right knee against belt structure.
Working on crusher. Striking gear with hammer caused small particle to fly into eye.
Loading parts on mechanics buggy ee was bitten on right hand by spider.
Injured was sliding 1 1/2" pipe inside a 4" dewatering pipe. Hand struck 4" pipe and caused injury.
Roof bolt operator was letting head of machine down and his right knee slipped underneath causing energy to his right thigh & right knee.
Rock Fall - Soft laminated shale.
Walking beside 002 sec head drive, tripped and fell into the main line belt hurting his lower back and right arm and elbow.
Doesn't know how he got hurt. Said his back started hurting after bringing mantrip outside.
Section foreman was lifting oxygen bottle from buggy to hook up torches to work on mine equipment. When he turned with bottle his lower back popped and injured his lower back.
Stepped off of scoop and crilled ankle and broke it on left foot.
EE was operating a mantrip buggy transporting workers to their U.G. work location. The front wheel of the buggy caught in a rut and the steering wheel pulled out of ee's hand and hit the ee on the right hand.
Roof fall soft top with water present.
Pulling air lock doors open and strained lower back.