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A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO 7 ENTRY ON THE NO 2 BELT ENTRY THE FALL BEGAN AT THE NO 36 CROSSCUT & FELL TO NO 42 CROSSCUT ADISTAC OF ABOUT 350FT-LONG & 20FT WIDE & UNDERTIMED HEIGHT NO RESTR ICTION TO VENTILATION
BELTMAN WAS REMOVING STRUCTURE ON #4 BELT CAUGHT RIGHT HAND CUT HAND.
AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURED AT THE 30TH CROSSCUT IN THE NO 2 ENTRY. THE FALL FELL ABOVE THE ANCHOR ZONE AND WAS ABOUT 20 FT WIDE AND 20 FT LONG.
EE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY 50 ROOF BOLTER COULD GO INTO THE PLACE TO BOLT AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
CHANGING CAR TIRE LIFTING TIRE FROM BOTTOM AND HURT HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE ROOF WITH ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. WHEN PUSHING A BOLT UP IN THE HOLE, THE BOLT BENT. INJURED ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN THE BOLT BY HAND AND STRAINED HIS RI GHT WRIST.
INJ INSTALLING ROOF BOLT. BOLT BENT CATCHING HAND AGAINST ROOF PLATE.
INJURED WAS ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE HEAD AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
VICTIM WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY SAID HE HURT HIS BACK HE TOLD NO ONE ON THE SECTION ABOUT THE ACCIDENT HE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM HOME TO COME OUTSIDE HE CAME OUT AND TA LKED TO HIS WIFE FOR ABOUT 40 MIN.HE THEN TOLD OUTSIDE MAN TO CALL INSIDE AND TELL FOREMAN HE WAS GOING HOME HE WAS HURT.
INJURED WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE MINER AND EXPERINECED PAIN IN THE BACK.
EE WAS WALKING TOWARD FACE AFTER GETTING OFF MANTRIP AND SLIPPED AND FELL IN A SMALL WATER HOLE.
DRAW ROCK FELL ON VICTIM IT MEASURED 3 FT WIDE 3 1/2 FEET LONG AND 4 1/2" THICK.IT FELL CATCHING RIGHT LEG LOWER RIBS AND SHOULDER.BOLTER HAD INSTALLED FIRST RIB BOLT WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR SEC OND BOLT WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
ROOF FALL ABOVE ANCHOR ZONE, APPROX. 20 FT LONG, 16 FT WIDE AND 4 1/2 TO 5 FT THICK. FALL OCCURRED IN NO. 6 ENTRY OUTBY SPADE NO. 225 OR 300 FT FROM FACE.
INJURED WAS HELPING ON CONTINUOUS MINER AND A PICE OF DRAW ROCK FROM THE ROOF BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND THE RIB STRIKING INJURED ON HIS BACK AND HIS RIGHT KNEE.
AFTER STARTING HIS TRUCK HE GOT OUT AND SHUT THE DOOR ON HIS HAND.
BATTERY BLOWED UP WHILE TAKING JUMPER CABLES OFF.
INJURED WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR. THE CANOPY ON THE SHUTTLE CAR CAUGHT A ROOF SUPPORT MAT OR BOLT, BROKE OFF AND FELL ON THE OPERATOR.
REMOVED TANK FROM TRUCK INORDER TO WELD AFTER DRAINING TANK BEGAN WELDING IT EXPLODED
WHILE TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER THE LEFT HEAD SLID INTO THE RIB THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREED THE HEAD WHILE HIS HELPER WAS OPERATING THE MACHINE FROM THE DECK WHEN ENGERIZED THE INJURED WAS OVER THE CANOPY & WAS CAUGHT AGAINST THE ROOF
INJURED WAS REACHING ACROSS ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO GET A SLATE BAR AND THE OPERATOR MOVED MACHINE WHILE HIS FOOT WAS IN FRONT OF TIRE.
INJURED WAS BLOCKING UP SEQUENCE SWITCH UNDR CONVEY0R BELT & PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE CAME LOOSE STRIKING INJURED ON RIGHT FOREARM.
AIR COMPRESSOR GAS TANK WAS FUELED TO OVERFLOWING WHEN ELECTRIC STARTER SPARKED FIRE WAS STARTED.SET FIRE TO TRUCK AND COMPRESSOR..
INSURED WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER. WATER HOSE PROVIDING WATER TO MINER BURSTED. OPERATOR STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST COAL RIB WHILE TRYING TO AVOID WATER SPRAY FROM BURSTED HOSE.
INJURED WAS TURQUEING ROOF BOLTS WITH TORQUE WRENCH HAD HIS RIGHT FOOT IN PATH OF ROOF BOLTER MACHINE, WHEN OPERATOR MOVED MACHINE HIS FOOT WAS RAN OVER.
INJURED WAS SETTING TIMBERS ON PILLAR LINE & PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF WEAR THE RIB STRIKING INJURED ON ;SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS OPERATING 21 SHUTTLE CAR OR THE 002-0 SECTION THE SHUTTLE CAR RAN INTO 2 HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND SHOOK THE OPERATOR UP PRETTY BAD.
INJURED WAS LOADING MINE TIMBERS INTO A SCOOP AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS HELPING SPLICE 21SC CONVEYOR CHAIN. A SCOOP CAME THROUGH THE CROSSCUT, STRUCK THE SC, PUSHING THE CAR UPON INJURED.
A ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY OF SECTION CATCHING THE TAILPIECE FEEDER. THE FALL DISCOVERED ABOUT 8 A M. THE FALL MEASRUED ABOUT 50 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE, 10 FEET HIGH. NO ONE NEAR OR PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE FALL. THERE WAS MINER DAMAGE TO TAILPEICE AND FEEDER.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO. 6 ENTRY OF 2LT ENTRY DURING THE SHIFT CHANGE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4 PM ABD 8 PM. NO INJURY OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 30 FT LONG, 20 FT WI DE AND 3 1/2 " THICK.
INJURED WAS WALKING THROUGH THE SHOP AND TRIPPED ON AN UNKNOWN OBJECT, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
A ROCK FALL OCCURRED DURING IDLE SHIFTS IN THE NO 2 BELT ENTRY.MEASURED AOPPROXIMATELY 10FT HIGH 35FT LONG 10 FT WIDE AND WAS DISCOVERED BY THE NIGHT SHIFT AFTER SHIFT STARTED.
A ROCK FALL OCCURRED ON THE 0020 SECTION IN THE NO 6 ENTRY LAST OPEN CROSSCUT.THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 4 FT THIC 18 FT WIDE AND 50 FT LONG.THE FALL OCCURRED WHEN MINE WAS IDLE AND DISCO VERED BY SECOND SHIFT ABOUT 8:20 PM.NO INJURY OR DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.CRIBS INSTALLED AROUND FALL ACCESS.
A ROCK FELL OCCURRED SOMETIME DURING THE WORKING SHIFT IN THE NO 6 MAIN ENTRY OUTBY THE LAST OPEN XCUT FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 40FT & ABOUT 4FT IN THE AREA NO ONE WORKING IN THIS AREA NO INJUR Y NO DAMAGE TO THE EQUIPMENT DID NOT CLEAN UP CRIBED AROUND FALL
INJURED WAS HELPING REPAIRMAN SPLICE CONVEYOR CHAIN ON MINER AND WHILE HOLDING A HANDLE PUNCH. THE REPAIRMAN STRUCK THE PUNCH WITH A HAMMER AN GLANCED OFF, STRUCK INJURED ON HIS THUMB.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRICKING INJURED ON HIS RIGHT HIP.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON CONVEYOR BELT BETWEEN THE 3:30 AND 10:00 P.M. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 10X20X6. THE FALL FELL ABOVE THE BOLT ANCHORAGE ZONE. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY AN EMPLOYEE.
THE INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HANDLING THE MINER CABLE DURING THE MINING CYCLE WHE STOOPING OVER TO PICK UP AND PULL THE CABLE HAD PAIN IN SHIS BACK.
EMP WAS WAITING FOR REPAIRS TO HIS EQUIPMENT (BULLDOZER) THAT HE WAS OPERATING AND IN THE PROCESS OF WARMING BY A FIRE, HIS CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE. HE RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS BACK AND HIP AREAS
I.NAME INJURED 4AS LOADING THE TRAILING CABLE ON THE HEAD OF THE 14-10 JOY LOADER AND IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP THE CABLE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK
ROOF FALL IN NO1 1 ROOM BEGINNING ABOUT 10' INBY MOUTH OF ROOM INTO THE FIRST CROSSCUT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 50-60' AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 5 FT. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE REPORTED BY FOREMAN.
INJ WAS REMOVIN1 ROOF BOLTS OFF TRAILING CABLE THAT HAD FALEN OFF ROOF BOLTING BMACHINE. HIS HELPER MOVED MACHINE BACKWARDS CATCHING HIS RT FOOT BENEATH MACHINE. POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF BIG TOE ON RT FOOT BRUI8E AND LACERATION
INJ WAS OPERATI3G BATTERY POWERED RUBBER TIRED TRACTOR, PULLING MANTRIP FROM FACE TO THE SURFACE AND STEERING SHAFT CAME LOOSE AND STEERING WHEEL WAS WRENCH FROM HIS HAND CAUSING FRACTURE OF T HIRD FINGER, LE0T HAND
THE X-CUT LEFT OFF #5 RM WAS BEING SHOT THE INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING IN X-CUT OFF #4 RM. THE 2 X-CUTS WERE ?????? TOWARD EACH OTHER. THE SHOT FROM THE X-CUT LEFT IN #5 RM WITHOUT. WITH DRAWI NG INJURED FROM THE X-CUT IN #4 RM & HE WAS INJURED FROM THE SHOT BY FLYING COAL.
INJURED WAS DRILLING COAL WITH A WAGON DRILL AND HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS TAKING CARE OF UN CONVEYOR FELT TIMBER DRIVE HE STATE PIECE OF ROCK HUNG IN TAILPIECE AND WHILE PUMP IT A PIECE OF ROCK COME ACROSS BELT DRIVE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK.
INJURED WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TAILPIECE OF THE HAULAGE BERT AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.
OPERATOR LOST CONTROL AND JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK.
STARTED TO RAIN-HAUL ROAD BECAME SLICK.
ROOF FALL NO INJURY NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT