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Employee was on their knees while operating miner. Stood up and twisted right knee. Seam height was 60" dry bottom, 400" from surface to face. Employee was in #3 entry 60" from intersection spad 21.
A rock fall at cross cut 11 on 4 Mains roadway in the intersection. The fall was 8 ft to 11 ft thick. It was supported with 5 ft resin bolts and 8 ft rope bolts.
EE was bolting in #3 heading around 1:15 pm. EE was attempting to push a roof bolt into the top when ee's bolt wrench kicked out of drill pot and struck ee's left hand.
Loose ribs
We had rope bolts, cribs in the area. Fault in roof.
Fall fell in intersection. They are putting up 8 foot rope bolts in intersection. They have gone to 6 foot, 12 foot rope bolts.
Shoveling under belt.
Hanging a curtain, a small piece of draw rock fell, striking between shoulder blades.
Roof fall in #5 Hdg, 4 Mains, spad #44 & 22, 70' in length. Had to move brattice line, cribbed heavy - old works.
Victim allegedly said rock hit him on top of his hard hat 40' inby spad then trammed pinner 80' to last open x-cut. Help hang pinner cable & got pinner out of way. Then he told co-worker what had happened. Co-worker escorted him to section foreman then escorted him outside, then took him to hospital. He refused an ambulance.
Unplanned roof fall primary intake between crosscut 4 & 5 on 5 belt impeded travel and obstructed ventilation.
While in #1 entry employee tried to bend a bolt, his hand slipped. He said it pulled something in his neck and in his back.
Roof fall #4 intersection 160' inby spad#990 Ribs were sloughing bad were prutting up 8' rope bolts pizza pans.
EE was roof bolting on 3/19/2012. A piece of rib fell and hit his left ankle. He did not want an ambulance and just went home. The next day on 3/20/2012 at 3:30PM he went to a clinic and was diagnosed with a broken ankle. Tough guy.
Non-injury accident
Employee was attempting to remove stuck bolt with a hammer. A piece of steel from the hammer chipped off and entered the employee's left thumb joint.