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EMPLOYEE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, HIT HOLE IN MINE FLOOR CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HEAD AGAINST ROOF.
EE SWUNG ATRS ON ROOF BOLTER CATCHING ARM BETWEEN RIB.
CUT THROUGH INTO OLD WORKS CAUSING INUNDAATION OF WATER.
EMPLOYEE SETTING WATER PUMP IN NO. 4 ENTRY STRAINED HIMSELF.
EMPLOYEE SENT FOR FOREMAN ON 1-27-97 AT APPROX 830 TO GET A RIDE OUTSIDE SIAD HE WAS SICK. WHEN ARRIVING AT BELT FEEDER. HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT HE AHD KIDNEY STONES. SENT HIM TO DR A ND HER CALLED BACK LATER TO SAY HE WAS BEING SENT TO ANOTHER DR.
WHILE PUSHING UP ON A SLATE BAR, TRYING TO TURN A TRAM MOTOR OVER ON A H82 S & S SCOOP, HE BEGAN COMPLAINING WITH NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN.
EE WAS INSTALLING WATER PUMP IN WATER HOLE LOST FOOTING FELL CATCHING FOOT BETWEEN TWO ROCKS. BROKEN LEFT LOWER LEG.
ROOF FALL IN 001 LEFT RETURN. FELL IN INTERSATION APPROX. 20 FT WIDE X 20 FT LONG. ONE HUNDRED FEET INBY SPAD NO. 187.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING WIRE PULL ROPE ON THE MINER WHEN UPON STRIKING THE ROPE WITH A HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND IMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT CHEEK.
ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE 002 RETURN. THE FALL WAS IN #7 ENTRY 1 CROSS CUT OUT BY SPAD NO. 90. APPROX 4600 PT FROM EAST OPEN CROSS CUT AND MEASURED 38" H. 18FT WI DE AND 50 FT LONG.
ROOF UNSTABLE IN THIS AREA. FALL WAS APPROX 4' IN HEIGHT, 20' WIDE & 50' LONG.
EMPLOYEE PLASTERING BRATTICE AND GOT PLASTER IN RIGHT EYE.
ROOF FALL IN LAST OPEN CROSSCUT 120FT INBY SPAD NO 763 FALL WAS APPROX 70 TO 80 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE & BETWEEN 4 TO 5FT HIGH
EMPLOYEE WAS HANDING MINER CABLE MOVING OUT OF ROADWAY, INJURED BACK.
FOUND ROOF FALL ON WEEKLY EXAMINATION FALL OCCURED AND APPROX. 60 FT INBY SPAD 730 IN RETURN FALL WAS APPROX. 40 IN THICK AND 60 FT IN LENGTH.
MAKING A SPLICE IN WATER LINE ON MINER AND WHILE DOING SO STUCK A PIECE OF WIRE IN LEFT HAND.
CRAWLING SHOVELING BEHIND THE MINER, HIT RIGHT KNEE ON ROCK CAUSING LUMP, KNOT AND SWELLING.
A PIECE OF SLATE ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE ATRS & THE ROOF BOLTER SIZE 2IN TO 3IN EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A BRUISED NECK & PULLED MUSCLES
INJURED WAS PASSING A CAN OF OIL AROUND TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE & INJURED HIS BACK
OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ROUNDING CORNER AND LOOSE COAL FELL STRIKING VICTIM ON RIGHT LEG, BRUISING LEG.
WHILE RIDING MANTRIP INSIDE, GOT HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND MANTRIP IN LOW AREA OF HAULWAY.
BLACK LUNG.
INJURED WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT AND INJURED BACK
INJURED WAS WORKING AND CAUGHT FINGER IN FEEDER CHAIN.
INJURED WAS PULLING HYDRAULIC HOSE & HOSE CAUGHT, & INJURED THEN PULLED ON HOSE INJURING BACK.
ROOF FALL IN BELT NEUTRAL AT SPAD NO 100. APPROX. 4500 FT OUTBY WORKING FUEL FALL MEASURED 20FT X 20FT X 4 FT HIGH.
THE BRIDGE JACK WAS SET IN SANDSTONE TOP. DUE TO MOVEMENT OF BRIDGE THE JACK FELL STRICKING VICTIM LEFT HAND BREAKING THE LEFT INDEX FINGER.
PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL BETWEEN BOLTS BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN BACK. DRAWSLATE MEASURED 46"WX3'LX3"THICK.
HE WAS TRAMMING MANTRIP CAR OUTSIDE. CAR HIT POT HOLE CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT ARM.
ROOF FAILED OCCURED APPROX 1300 FT OUTBY FALL AREA. AT SPAD NO 580 IN INTERSECTION ALONG 4 SEAL THAT HAD SEALED OFF ABANDONED AREA.
MINER OPERATOR GOT MINER STUCK IN PILLAR DUE TO LOOSE COAL ACCUMULATION UNDER CATS. PILLAR FALL CAME WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MINER FREE THEREFORE GETTING MINER CAUGHT UNDER PILLAR FAL L.
PUSHED MINER CABLE OVER OUT OF WAY PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.
BREAKING ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER HIT RIGHT THUMB. CUT THUMB AND CHIPPED BONE IN THUMB.
BOWED SCOOP UP WHILE CLEANING #1 ENTRY AND GOT HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND FRAME OF SCOOP.
ROOF FALL APPROX. 1 MILE OUTBY ACTIVE WORKING SECTION IN INTERSECTION AT SPAD NO.186. FALL WAS APPROX. 30 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE & 3 TO 4 FT THICK.
MINED NO 9 ENTRY OF 001 SUPERSECTION INUNDATION 001 DAMAGING CONT MINER POWER CENTER RF BOLTER 21 SC 2 COAL FEEDERS
ABNORMAL ROOF CONDITION (SLIP) FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE POINT OF ROOF BOLTER FALL APPROX 4 TO 41/2FT HIGH 60FT LONG
OPERATOR OF ROOF BOLT MACHINE PULLED TO THE LEFT OF #2 HDG NEAR LAST OPEN X-CUT.MINE WAS BEING MOVED FROM #1 TO #2 MANED? LEFT TURN OUTBY #2 FACE.BOOM OF MINER 14 JOY STRUCK ROOF BOLTER MACHIN E PUSHING MACHINE ONTO OPERATOR LEGS.
ROOF FALL NO 5 ENTRY 250'OUTBY FACE AREA SPAD 956.
ROOF FALL AT SPAD NO.930 ON 001 SECTION APPROX. 4 FT THICK AND 70 FT LONG.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED OVER WEEKEND ON IDLE SHIFT. BETWEEN 9-7-91 TO 9-9-91. FALL APPROX 20 FT WIDE TO 120 FT LONG 4 1/2 FT HIGH. CAUSE OF FALL IS ESTIMATED FAUTLY SECTION OF ROOF. FALL FOUND ON PRESHIFT.
PEICE OF DRAW SLATE FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EE ON HEAD AND SHOULDER PEICE OF DRAWSLATE MEASURED 3FT X 2FT X 3INCH.
LOADING ROOF SUPPORT TIMBERS IN SCOOP BUCKET AND PULLING SOMETHING IN BACK.
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION ON NO.1 BELT APPROX. 60 FT OUTBY SPAD NO.191 IN THE NO.4 ENTRY.
INSTALLING ATRS JACK ON LEENORSE BOLTER KNOCKING PIN THROUGH JACK EYE. METAL CHIPPED OFF OF PIN LODGING IN EMPLOYEE LEFT EYE (NOTC). EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH OUT PROTECTIVE SID E LENSES.
BOLTING ROOF,PUT BOLT IN DRILL HOLE STRAIGHTENING BENT ROOF BOLT.BEARING PLATE ON BOLT SPRANG BACK STRIKING EMPL BENEATH LEFT EYE ON CHEEK.
ROOF FALL ON HAULWAY-FELL THROUGH A INTERSECTION AT SPAD NO.488.
REMOVING PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FOR M BELT & DIDN'T STOP MOVING BELT. THEREFOR CUTTING LEFT HAND & FINGERS.
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS WITH DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS.
LIFTING BELT AND HURT BACK.