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WHILE TRYING TO DUCKWALK IN LOW COAL EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS BACK ON A ROOFBOLT CAUSING A 6" SCRATCH ON HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING BELTLINE. HE CRAWLED UPON A ROCK.
TRAVELING UP #3 BELT ON A SCOOP OPERATOR MADE CONTACT WITH HALLWAY TIMBERS WITH THE SCOOP DECK THE TIMBERS WERE KNOCKED OVER WITH SCOOP DECK & ROCK FELL 2X4X2 STRUCK HIM ON SHOULDER HEAD & SID E
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A SHUTTLE CAR. HE WAS SITTING IN THE INTERSECTION WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS ACHORING TAILPIECE OT THE BOTTOM WHEN A ANCHOR PIN PULLED OUT AND THE TAILPIECE KICKED AND PUSHED SIDEWAYS HITTING HIS LEG. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT OUT AND WENT TO THE DR THAT EVENING.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL A HOLE TO INSTALL PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FOREARM.
FOREMAN MAKING PRESHIFT FOUND ROCK FALL THAT HAD FELL OVER THE WEEKEND. SIZE OF FALL WAS 10 Z 10 X 6. THIS FALL OCCURRED 10-20' INSIDE #2 ENTRY. THE ROCK HAD BEEN IN A MUD SEAM AND HAD WORKED LOOSE OVER TIME CAUSING IT TO FALL.
APPROX TWENTY BREAKS FROM THE #2 BELT DRIVE ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #236 THE ROOF FALL INVOVLED THE INTERSECITON. IT WAS APPROX 60 FT WIDE X 30 FT LONG X 5 FT THICK.
54736YEE WAS LIFTING BELT TO PUT STRCUTURE IN IT AND PULLED HIS BACK.
CHANGING RIPPER JACK STRAINED HIS ELBOW
LOADING PINNER WITH RF BOLTS TWISTED PULLED BACK
EE WAS BACKING UP MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS TWISTING PINNER AROUND WHEN IT CAUGHT THE FOOT UNDER THE DECK.
EE WAS RUNNING PINNER WHEN A ROUND PIECE OF METAL WHICH HOLDS INSERT IN PINNER HEAD BACKED OUT AND FLEW AND HIT HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP A ROOF BOLT, WHILE PUSHING AT THE SAME TIME HE STAINED THE STOMACH.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WHEN A PIECE OF CARBON FLEW OFF THE BIT AND HIT HIM ON THE NECK.
EMPL WAS CONDUCTING PRESHIFT WHEN HE FOUND ROCK FALL 40' LONG X 20' WIDE X 4' HIGH ON BELT LINE SEVEN BREAKS OUT OF FACE AT SPAD #393. ROCK HAD FELL OUT ABOVE ANCHORAGE. NO ONE WAS INSIDE MINE S WHEN THIS OCCURRED.
NO ONE WAS IN THE MINES AT THE TIME OF THE FALL.FOREMAN ENTERED THE MINES AND FOUND THE FALL.THE FALL WAS 80' IN LENGTH 20' WIDE AND 4' THICK.IT WAS LOCATED ONE BREAK OUTBY SPAD #337.
RUNNING SCOOP IT RAN OVER ROCK JARRING HIM INTO THE TOP STRUCK FOREHEAD AGAINST TOP
EMPLOYEE HAD INSTALLED SECOND ROOF BOLT. WHEN HE BACKED UP THE ROOF BOLTER, A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON MINER AND A PIECE OF ROCK, 10" X 14", FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS MACKING OFF ROOF BOLTS WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
A WATER INUNDATION OCCURRED ON THE 001 SECTION WHEN THE 0 ENTRY OFF THE #1 ENTRY WAS UNINTENTIONALLY MINED INTO AN ADJACENT ABANDONED MINE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE THE EXTENT OF THE ADJA CENT ABANDONED MINES WAS NOT KNOWN. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGES OCCURRED AT THIS TIME.
ROCK FALL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 HEADINGS 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD 50 14 BREAKS OUT OF FACE 40' L 20' W 4' T NO ONE IN MINE AT TIME
EMPL DRILLING COAL WITH SMALL HAND DRILL WHEN SLUG OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT FOOT.
I.NAME FOUND ROCK FALL 30'INBY SPAD 122.NO ONE AROUND FALL WHEN IT OCCURRED.
UPON MAKING PRE-SHIFT MINE FOREMAN I NAME FOUND A ROCK FALL AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE #1 HEADING ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #188 THE SIZE OF ROCK FALLWAS 50FTLONGX20FTWIDEX4FTTHICK NO ONE WAS IN THE MINE AT THE TIME OF THE FALL
MINE IS PANELING OFF TO THE RIGHT.ROCK FELL ONE BREAK TO THE RIGHT AT SPAD #115.THE SIZE OF THE ROCK FALL WAS 20' WIDE X30' X5' THICK.NO ONE WAS INJURED.
MINE FOREMAN WAS MAKING PRESHIFT & FOUND ROCK FALL AT SPAD #131 IN INTERSECTION. SIZE OF ROCK FALL WAS 4' HIGH X 40' LONG X18' WIDE. NO NE WAS IN MINE WHEN THIS OCCURRED.
WALKING SLIPPED ON SOMETHING, GRABBED LEVERS TWISTED KNEE
WHEN MAKING PRE-SHIFT ON THE MORNING OF 07-2-90 MINE FOREMAN(NAME)FOUND A ROCK FALL WHICH HAD FALLEN THE NIGHT BEFORE.THE ROCK WAS APPROX 51' WIDE AND 25' LONG.THIS ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE 7TH A ND 8TH INTAKE ENTRIES,BETWEEN SPAD #127 AND SPAD 3128.NO ONE WITNESSED THIS ROCK FALL DUE TO NO ONE BEING IN THE MINES.
FOREMAN FOUND ROCK FALL 29' LONG X 20' WIDE X 4' THICK. ROCK FELL ON BREAK OUTBY SPAD #K413. NO ONE WAS AROUND AREA WHEN IT FELL.
UPON INSPECTION INSPECTOR J.D. HARRISON AND MINE FOREMAN BILLY BANDY FOUND A ROCK FALL 31/2 FT THICK 15FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE IT WAS 170 FT OUT OF THE FALSE IT WAS 55 FT IN FRONT OF SPAD 132 IN THE 2 ENTRY NO ONE WITNESSED THIS FALL. APPRANTLY IT HAD FELL WHILE NONE WAS IN THE MINE.
HE WAS INSTALLING 1ST ROW OF BOLTS WHEN A ROCK FROM THE OUTBY SUPPORT FELL FROM ROOF AND HIT HIM.
EMPLOYEE BUMPED LEFT KNEE ON TAILPIECE WHILE UNDERGROUND.
A LOOSE ROCK 3IN THICKX18IN WIDE X3FT LONG FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS & STRUCK ROOFBOLTER WHILE INSTALLING 5FT BOLT IN THE #1 ENTRY
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM & CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREARM
A ROCK FELL IN THE NUMBER THREE HEADING (SECTIONC) SIZE OF ROCK WAS APPROX.4FTX20FTX8FT
ROCK FELL ON MINER AND HIT MINER OPERATOR. THE ROCK COVERED UP BOTH LEGS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP BOLTS WHEN DRAWROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND.
THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR HAD TAKEN A CUT. THE OPERATOR THEN DROVE THE ROOF BOLTER TO CLOSE TO THE CUT. HE THEN DECIDED TO BACK THE ROOF BOLTER UP WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK.
EMPL WAS PUTTING UP THIRD ROW OF ROOF BOLTS WHEN ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND ROW OF BOLTS. ROCK FELL DIRECTLY ON HAND PUSHING HAND ONTO OPERATING LEVERS & CUTTING IT.
EMPL WAS BOLTING ROOF WHEN ROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON UPPER BACK & SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUT TING UP A ROOFBOLT IN T HE TOP HE WAS PUSHING UP ON T HE ROOFBOLT WITH THE HEAD WHEN IT CAUGHT HIS HAND
THIS ROCK FALL WAS FOUND AT 5:30AM BY MINE FOREMAN. NO ONE WAS IN THE MINE WHEN IT FELL, THERE WAS A FAULT IN ROOF ONE-HALF OF INTERSECTION FELL IN. SET TIMBERS ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
PLASTERING STOPPINGS WITH CEMENT AND ROCK SDUST SPLASHED INTO RUBBER GLOVES.
HOOKING CAR OF CABLE UP BEHIND SCOOP.SCOOP JUMPED ON HIGH POINT.
SCOOP OPERATOR INJURED WHILE OPERATING SCOOP HIT HOLE IN HAULWAY AND LANDED ON LEFT SHOULDER.
PULLING MINOR CABLE & INJURED THE LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.