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SUBJECT OPERATING ROOFBOLTER.GOT LEFT HAND GLOVE CAUGHT IN ROOFSTEEL.TWISTED SUBJECT AROUND INJURING LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND TWISTED SUBJECT TO LEFT HITTING LEFT KNEE ON BOLTER INJURING LEFT K NEE.
THE EE WAS WALKING THRU AN INTERSECTION IN #5 ENTRY UNDER PERMANANT SUPPORT. A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING THE EE IN THE BACK.
A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP & STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND.
A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S UPPER LIP.
WHLE TRYIN GTO LIFT A ROOF BOLTER TIRE. EMPLOYEE HURT LOWER PART OF BACK.
WHILE SETTING A JACK ON TAILPIECE, THE JACK SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF RIB CAGE.
EE WAS HELPING ON MINER. HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE CABLE. WHEN BOTTOM BUSTED BESIDE MINER CATCHING EE FOOT BETWEEN CABLE PIECE OF BOTTOM THAT HAD BROKE LOOSE FROM THE MINE FLOOR.
ROOF CRACKED, FALLING ON ROADWAY 4 BREAKS IN ON WEEKEND.
ROCK FALL OCCURRED AT 4FT AND ON 3RD SHIFT IT FELL IN #2 ENTRY OUTBY FACE AREA FALL WAS 7 TO 9FT HIGH 20FT LONG 16-18FT WIDE CRIBS WAS SET AT EVERY ENTRANCE & DANGER SIGNS WAS POSTED FALL HAS NOT AFFECTED AIRWAY
EE WAS OPERATING MANTRIP WHEN FRONT TIRE DROPPED OFF IN HOLE IN ROADWAY SPINNING STEERING WHEEL STRIKING EE ON OUTSIDE OF RIGHT HAND.
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING OPER ON LEFT AREA ABOVE ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING OXYGEN TANK WHEN HIS RIGHT LEG BECAME NUMB AND PAIN IN HIS LEFT TESTICLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN #4 ENTRY LOOK OVER HIS SHOULDER WHEN TURNING BACK AROUND RAN INTO ROOF BOLT PLATE CUTTING HIS LEFT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING ROOF WITH TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTER WHEN TRS RING BROKE A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FALLING & STRIKING EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT
ROOF FALL 45' LENGTH 18' WIDTH 6-7' HEIGHT 28TH CROSSCUT, #2 MAIN #2 ENTRY 2 CROSSCUTS OUTBY FACE.
EE WAS OPERATING TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTER BOLTING ROOF WHEN EE DRILLING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING EE S RIGHT FOOT.
THE HEAD ON ROOFBOLTER CAME DOWN AND CAUGHT RIGHT KNEE. RELIEF VALVE WAS NON UNLOCKED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRESHIFTING MINES, GOT BATTERY POWERED BUGGY STUCK ON ROADWAY ATTEMPTING TO PUSH BUGGY OUT OF HOLE BY HIMSELF, HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN LEFT RIB AREA.
PULLING HEAD DRIVE THROUGH A SWAG, GOT TO CLOSE TO RIB AND BUMPED HEAD AGAINST RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING METAL COVER FORM BELT HEAD DRIVE GEAR CASE. COVER FELL CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT MIDDLE RING FINGER BETWEENCOVER AND FRAME OF HEAD DRIVE. ACCIDENT REQUIRED STITCHES IN BO TH FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM SCOOP BUCKET HYDRAULICS LEAKED OFF PINNING EMPLOYEES FEET UNDER SCOOP BUCKET
ROOF FALL 14 BREAKS OUTBY #1 HEADINGS MAINS IN #4 ENTRY NEUTRAL ENTRY SEAM 50FT LENGTH 20FT WIDTH 7-8FT HIGH CRIBBED & DANGERED OFF ALL ENTRANCES TO FALL UNTIL CLEAN BEGINS
ROCK FALL IN INTERSECTION 2 ENTRY 14 CROSSCUTS OUTBY 1 MAIN HEADINGS SIZE OF ROOF FALL 40 FT LENGTH 20 FT WIDTH 7 INCH THICKNESS.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELED DOWN ON KNEE'S IN UPRIGHT POSITION WAITING ON CONT. MINER TO BACK OUT OF #3 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS & ST RAPS, STRIKING HIM IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTER AFTER INSTALLING ROOF BOLT HE LET OPERATOR PROTECTIVE CANOPY DOWN ON LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO FACE AREA AFTER EATING LUNCH WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF INJURING LOWER NECK (LOWER NECK PAIN)
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN OFF DOZER TRACK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH TORCHES, GOT SICK FROM THE SMOKE FROM THEM.
EE GOT A PIECE OF COAL INSIDE HIS KNEE PAD WHEN EE WENT DOWN ON KNEES COAL INJURED LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH ROOF BOLTER A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM MINE ROOF, BREAKING OFF AT T.R.S. THE PIECE OF ROCK STOOD UP FALL ING BACK UNDER CANOPY STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER INTO HEAD DRIVE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTE RINSTLALING ROOF BOTLS A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKEFROM ROOF AT THE EDGE OF MACHINE CNAOPY, EMPLOYEE WAS COMING FROM THE BACK OF MACHIEN AFTER GETTING BOTL TO B E INSTALLED ROCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG BRUISIG LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN LINING UP A STRAP A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON LEFT HAND, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN DRILL BOOM OF BOLTER AND ROCK. MASHING AND FRACTURING LEFT RING FINGER.
SLIPPED RIDER COAL IN MAIN ROOF CAUSING BREAKAGE OF ROOF IN #3 ENTRY 003 SECT. AFTER ENTRY HAD BEEN MINED. FALL APP. 40' LENGTH 18' WIDTH 4' TO 5' THICK, #3 ENTRY INBY LAST OPEN BREAK TO THE F ACE OF ENTRY.
EE WAS OPERATING 215C JOY SHUTTLE CAR WHEN CHANGING DIRECTIONS HE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE SPRAINING KNEE & POSSIBLE PULLED LIGAMENTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 6'ROOF BOLTS IN 48" HEIGHT,HE WAS BENDING BOLT PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
ROOF FALL 1 CROSSCUT INBY #5 MAIN IN #6 ENTRY APP90FT IN LENTH 18FT IN WIDTH 4-6FT THICK & FAULTS WERE DETECTED IN TEST DRILLING WHEN ARCH WAS ADVANCED
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CONT. MINER CABLE PULLING MUSCLE IN LOWER ADOMEN.
FAULT IN MAIN ROOF HORSE BACK WITH WATER SEE PAGE LOCATED 6 ENTRY ON 4 MAIN 20 BREAKS OUTBY FACE APP 25 FT LONG 10 FT WIDE 25 FT THICK.
EMPLOYEE (SECURITY NIGHT WATCHMAN) WAS CARRYING FIREARM & DROPPED FIREARM ON THE FLOOR OF OFFICEWHEN EMPLOYEE PICKED UP FIREARM IT DISCHARGED SHOOTING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT LEG BELOW KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET TIMBERS, WHILE LIFTING TIMBERS HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY BETWEEN 3RD & 4TH CROSSCUT INBY #6 BELT HOOD ON 003 SECTION. FALL IS APPROX. 5' THICK 20' LONG & 20' WIDE. THERE WAS A FAULT IN ROOF RESULTING IN FALL
WATER SEEPAGE, SLIPS CRACKS IN ROOF MADE ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS IN BREAK BETWEEN #526 ENTRY TWO CROSS CUTS OUTBY FACE ON 003 SECTION. APP 40 FT IN LENGTH 18' WIDE 5'-6' THICK. ALL AREAS ARO UND THE FALL WERE TIMBERED OFF.
WATER SEEPAGE AND SLIPS IN MAIN ROOF CREATED ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS CAUSING ROOF FALL IN #$ ENTYR, FROM APPR 1 1/2 BREAK LENGTH FROM FACE OF #4 ON 003 SECITON TO THE FACE. ALL ACESS WAS CRIB BED, TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER ON 001 SECTION IN FACE OF #3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 20" X 40" X 3" FELL FROM TOP BETWEEN CANOPY & T.R.S. STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE. RESULTING IN BRUISE TO RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE AND CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
BAD TOP CONDITIONS PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY.
EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE HAULING COAL OVER ROUGH BOTTOM HITTING LARGE HOLE,THROWING EMPL AGAINST SEAT FRAME & CANOPY POST INJURING MIDDLE TO LOWER BACK.
FALL IN #6 ENTRY 2ND CROSSCUT OUTBY FACE ON 003 SECTION. THERE WAS A SLIP & WATER PRESENT IN TOP AND A SMALL COAL SEAM. AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED OFF & DANGERED OFF BEFORE FALL OCCURRED.
FALL IN 4TH CROSSCUT OUTBY 5 BELT HEAD IN BELT LINE ENTRY THERE WAS A COAL SEAM IN TOP APPROX. 4-5 FT UP FALL IS APPROX. 5-6FT THICK AND APPROX. 20X20 IN INTERSECTION THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORT ED AT TIME OF ADVANCE WITH 42" RESIN BOLTS AND 5FT TENSION REBAR BOLTS AS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT IN ADDITION CRIBS HAD ALSO BEEN INSTALLED.
EMPLOYEE RAISED CANOPY ON BOLTER BREAKING PIECE OF ROCK LOOSE FROM ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND INJURED RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND FRACTURED FINGER IN LAST JOINT ON END OF FINGER