OPER MINER AND AFTER HE LOADED SHUTTLE CAR TURNED FACING MACHINE WHEN SHUT CAR BACKED UP TO CLEAR RIB, CORNER STRIKING EMPO IN L LEG ABOVE ANKLE.
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Showing 50 of 141ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION IN FACE OF NO 3 ENTRY 001 SECTION. FALL WAS FROM 24" TO 50" HIGH 18' WIDE & APPROX 24' LONG.
EMPL WAS SCALING DOWN LOOSE ROCK WITH A BAR IN A HIGH PLACE WHEN HE WAS STRETCHING TO REACH THE ROCK HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER STOMACH AREA
WAITING FOR ATRS TO SET UP PROPERLY WHEN LOOSE DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING EMPL ON TOP OF FOOT.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED APPROX 60' INBY NO 3 PORTAL. FALL WAS APPROX 16'WIDE 16' LONG 0 TO 6' THICK.
AN UNINTENIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURED ON 002 SECTION ONE CROSS CUT INBY THE FEEDED THE FALL WAS APPROX 30FT BY 30FT & WAS FROM 0 TO 4FT THICK
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED APPROX. 13 CROSS CUTS INBY THE FAN PORTAL. THE FALL WAS APPORX. 20 FEEET BY 20 FEET AND WAS FROM 3 FEET HIGH. THE FALL WAS LOCATED IN THE NO.6 ENTRY.
UNINTENATIONAL FALL OF ROOF LACATED ON CROSS CUT INBY SPAD NO. 382 IN NO. 1 ENTRY. THE FALL OCCURRED OUTBY ECTION AREA AND FALL APPROX. 6 FEET HIHG, 20 FEET WIDE, AND 50 FEET LONG.
I.NAME WAS LOADING A RANK OF NITROGEN ONTO THE SCOOP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER PART OF BACK DR REPORTS HE MAY HAVE A PINCHED NERVE
THE 60TH INTERSECTION INBY PORTAL IN #3 ENTRY HAS A ROCKFALL 30 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 4 TO 5 FT THICK. THIS MINE IS IDLE DUE TO A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.
DRAW ROCK HAD FALLEN ON THE CONTINOUS MINER AND HE WAS PULLING IT OFF WITH A PULL ROPE A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND BOLTS AND STRUCK HIS R T FOOT BREAKING TWO TOES
HE WAS LOADING AN OXYGEN TANK INTO A SCOOP BUCKET AND PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS BACK
A ROOF BOLT STR5P CAME UNDER THE DECK AND CUT HIS LOWER LIP. THE CUT REQUIRED THREE STITCHES.
HE WAS INSTALLI3G TIMBERS DURING POILLAR WORK AND PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED AT CROSSCUT NO 5L ENTRY NO INJURY INVOLVED FALLMEASURED 30X20X5 CAVITY SHOWS FOSSILS AT TOP OF THE FALL AND IS BVELIEVED TO BE CAUSE OF THE FALL
ROOF ROCK CHANG9D FROM SLATE TO SANDSTONE. CHANGES COULD BE NOTED BY CHANGING GRADES OR DIPS IN THE AREA OF FALL
ROOF FALL X-CUT3#89 ENTRY #5.FALL 50'LONG X 35'WIDE X 4'HIGH.FALL DAMAGED MECHANICS SLED WELDING MACHINE AND 100' OF H.V.CABLE.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN A 3 WAY INTERSECTION AT 86 CROSSCUT IN THE 7 ENTRY. THE HEADING AND CROSSCUT WERE UNBOLTED AND HAD BEEN MINED ABOUT TWO HOURS. THE FALL MEASURED 40FTX20FTX8. CAUSE LOW COVER AND WATE9 POURING OFF MUD SEAMS IN ROOF STRATA.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN ENTRY NO. 6 AT CROSSCUT NO. 83 THIS FALL MEASURED 30X20X8. THIS INTERSECTION HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 4 FT RESIN BOLTS ON DYDCLE AND 8 FT COMBINATION BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALL AS SUPPLIMENTA5 SUPPORTS WITHING 24 HURS. AFTER DEVELOPMENT. WATER IN THE ROOF AND LOW COVER ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN ENTRY NO. 6 AT CROSSCUT NO. 79 THIS FALL MEASURED 60 X 20 X 4 NO INJURIES. CAUSE FAULTS AT THE TOP OF THE ANCHORAGE.
HE BENT OVER TO3PICK UP THE MINER CABLE AND WATER LINE TO HANG THME, A SHARP PAIN CAME TO HIS LOWER BACK.
HIT IN THE KNEE3WITH AUGER BIT WRENCH.
HE WAS HANGING 4INER CABLE & PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 9-11-87 AT W HICH TIME TIME HE SAW A DOCTOR.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN #1 ENTRY 1 X-CUT INBY SPAD #419. THE FALL MEASURED 30' X 16' X 4' & WAS ATTRIBUTED TO LOW COVER & SLICKENSIDED ROOF STRATA.
A ROOF FALL MEA8URING 20'X20'X8' FELL ION THE BELT ENTRY AT CROSSCUT NO.14.THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 6' TENSION REBAR BOLTS IN THE INTERSECTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE 4' RESIN BOLTS INSTALLED W HEN FIRST MINED1CAUSE:SLICKENSIDES AND HORSEBACK IN ROOF STRATA.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN #15 CROSSCUT ORIGINATING IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE NO.2 ENTRY.THE FALL EXTENDED THROUGH THE CROSSCUT AND CAUGHT THE POWER CENTER.THE FALL MEASURED 70'X20'X8'.ATTRIBUTE D TO SLICKENSID9S AND HORSEBACK IN ROOF STRATA.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED ON CROSSCUT INBY SPAD #371 IN THE #2 ENTRY.THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 70'X20'X5' AND WAS ATTRIBUTED TO ALAYER OF FOSSILIZED MATERIAL.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN X-CUT #30 BETWEEN ENTRIES #2 & #3 THE ROOF WAS NOT UNDER LOW COVER WHICH CAUSED THE FALL. THE FALL MEASURED 40'X20'X5' HIGH.
A FALL MEASURIN1 18' WIDE X20'L ONG X6' HIGH OCCURRED AT FACE OF ENTRY LT. OFF NO.1 ENTRY AT X-CUT #20. A HIGH SEAM CAUSED THIS FALL.BAD TOP FORCED US TO STOP MINING THIS ENTRY TOWARD THE OUT8IDE.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED AT X-CUT 31 IN THE #1 ENTRY 1 X-CUT INBY SPAD #306 FALL MEASURED 20' X 20' X 5'.
HE WAS UNLOADIN1 TIMBERS OFF A FLAT CAR AND PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS UPPER BACK.
HE WAS TRIMMING3THE BELT AT A SPLICE WITH A KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS RT.RING FINGER & REQUIRED 4 STITCHES
A ROOF FALL IN 7HE #7 ENTRY, IN THE INTERSECTION TWO CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD #357. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 70'X20'X5' IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO BEING IN AN AREA OF LOW COVER NEAR THE SURFACE.
HE WAS SHOVELI3G WET COAL AND MUCK FROM UNDER A BELTDRIVE A SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK AND BOTH LEGS
HE WAS SHOVELIN1 WET COAL AND MUCK FROM UNDER A BELT-DRIVE LOCATED ON THE SURFACE AND STRAIN HIMSELF IN THE GROIN AREA.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN THE #7 ENTRY AT CROSS CUT NO.15 OR U X-CUT INBY SPAD NO.278.THE FALL MEASURES 20'X20'X8'HIGH .THE CAUSE IS ATTRIBUTED TO FAULTY CONDITIONS,SINCE IT IS LOCATED AT TOP OF INCLINE JUST AB2VE LOW AREA.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED 14 THE 17TH BREAK BETWEEN THE TRACK AND BELT ENTRY THE FALL WAS APPROX. 28 FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE 6FT HIGH THE FALL CAVITY CONSISTED OF SLICKEN SIDED SHALE WITH A SMALL MOUN OF WATER SEEPIN1 THROUGH THE ROOF.
A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN THE 16TH BREAK BETWEEN THE TRACK AND BELT ENTRY.THE FALL WAS APPROX.5' THICK,18' WIDE AND 18' LONG.THE FALL CAVITY CONSISTED OF SLICKEN SIDED SHALE WITH A SMALL AMOU NT OF WATER SEE1ING THROUGH THE ROOF.
HE WAS SHOVELIN1 WET COAL AND MUD UP AT A BELT RIVE,PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER RIGHT STOMACH.HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5/15/87 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TREATED FOR A RIGHT ANGULAR HERNIA TO THE STOMACH.SURGERY3WAS SHEDULED FOR 5/21/87.
HE WAS GETTING 2UT OF THE SCOOP AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE, HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6/29/87 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TREATED FOR INFECTION UNDER HIS LEFT KNEE CAP.
HE WAS OPERATIN1 A C/M AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS R ANKLE, A SMALL ABRASION OCCURRED BUT HE DIDNT SEE A DR. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5-1-87 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TRE ATED FOR BLOOD POISONING 3
TRAMMING FEEDER3HOWEVER 1 SIDE OF FEEDER WOULDNT TRAM.THEY HOOKED CABLE TO SHUTTLE CAR TO PULL INOPERATIVE SIDE OF THE FEEDER USING SLATE BAR AS A PIN.THE SLATE BAR BROKE,FLEW AND HIT HIM ON L EFT FOOT CAUSIN1 FX.
A BLOOD VESSEL 6URST IN HIS NOSE CAUSING IT TO BLEED
HE WAS PULLING 2N A PUMP THAT WAS STUCK IN THE MUC AND STRAINED HIS LWER BACK
THE SUPPLY CAR 2AD DERAILED AND HE WAS JACKING IT UP WITH A LIFTING JACK AND SLATE BAR.THE JACK FELL OVER AND THE BAR FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.THE CUT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
HE WAS TAKING A3LINK APART ON A MINER CONVEYOR CHAIN WITH A PUNCH AND HAMMER.HE MISSED THE PUNCH WITH THE HAMMER AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.
HE WAS HANGING 7HE MINER CABLE AND PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS MIDDLE BACK. HE CONTINED TO WORK UNTIL 02/05/,M AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TREATED FOR A MIDDLE BACK STRAIN.
HE WAS HELPING 4AKE A BELT SETUP AND WHEN HE LIFTED UP ON THE BELT HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
HE HAD THE HING9D SIDE OF A BELT TAILPIECE RAISED UP & HAD INSTALLED NEW SPILL RUBBER ON IT. WHEN HE LIFTED IT TO LOWER IT BACK INTO POSITION HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
HE WAS REMOVING3A MINER PLANETARY FROM THE BED OF A PICK-UP TRUCK, THE PLANETARY SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE FIFTH FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.