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EE GOT HIS NECK CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROOF BOLTER MACHINE AND THE MINE TOP. TENDER NECK MUSCLE SPASM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DUSTING BELT WHEN HE STOPPED ON A WET PLACE, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 10-18-91 APPROX 2400 FT FROM WORKING FACE SPAD #1141. #2 HD. FALL WAS APP 6 FT THIHC. THE FALL IS IN A FAUTL AREA OF THE MINE. THE FALL WAS CRIBBED OFF.
COAL UNDER KNEE PAD CAUSED KNEE TO GET INFECTED AND SWELL, ALLOWING FLUID TO BUILD UP.
STARTED TO DRILL HOLE IN ROOF.PIECE OF ROCK CAME LOOSE FROM TOP STRIKING ROOF BOLT MACHINE CAUSING IT TO BREAK UP.SMALL PIECE STRUCK OPERATOR IN LEFT EYE.
ROOF FALL IN #6 HEADING ON RETURN AT SPAD #1182 APPROX 700' OUTBY FACE. FALL WAS FOUND ABOUT 9:00 AM MSHA WAS CONTACTED FALL HAS BEND BREAKER & DANGERED OFF.
ROOF FALL IN #1 ENTRY ACROSS FROM SPAD #1150 IN #2 HEADING APPROX 1100' FROM FACE ON INTAKE FALL AS BEND TIMBERED OFF. FALL WAS FOUND AT APPROX 3:00 AM CONTACTS MHSA.
PULLING A BIG PIECE OF ROCK OFF OF MINER RESULTING IN STRAIN TO LEFT WRIST.
GOING TO SECTION ON MANTRIP (SS SCOOP) BUCKET WAS ON FLOAT,INJURED WAS IN SCOOP BUCKET BUCKET WAS ON FLOAT ,OPERATOR OF SCOOP WAS DRAGGING BUCKET,THE BUCKET WENT ACROSS A PIECE OF PINNER STILL CAUSING THE STILL TO FLIP UP STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE LOWER BACK.
LOADING COAL OUT OF #4 HEADING, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LOWER BACK.
PULLING MINER C5BLE FROM 7 SLIPPED AND FALL STRIKING KNEE ON ROCK.
BENDING A ROOF 6OLT ANDTWISTED BACK.
WHILE PULLING S5ACK OFF OF BELT TAKE-UP A MAN PUT TAKE-UP IN CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN STEEL ROPE & SHIVE WHEEL.
TAMPING SHOT AN8 SMALL PIECE OF SLATE FELL HITTING EMPL ON LEFT SIDE OF BACK.
CAUGHT FINGER U3DER BLADE OF SCOOP BUCKET AS IT HIT HOLE AND BROKE FINGER.
TAKING BOLTS OUT OF CUTTER BAR AND PULLED BACK MUSCLE.
CUTTER CABLE HUNG ON REEL AND I.NAME JERKED CABLE AND PULLED CHEST MUSCLE.
ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE INTERSECTION OF NO.5 ENTRY BELT 1ST RIGHT OFF MAINS, FOUND ON PRESHIFT EXAMINATION OUT 12-17-84 ROOF FALL 35\LONG 20\WIDE 3\-6\ THICK FELL WHEN MINE WAS IDLE.
ROOF FALL IN #2 ENTRY INTERSECTION 60\OUTBY FACE.FALL 90\LONG X 20\WIDE X 2-4\THICK.FALL OCCURRED SOME TIME BETWEEN 11-21 AND 11-26.FELL WHILE MINE WAS IDLE.FOUND ON PRESHIFT EXAM 11-26-84.
PULLING CABLE FOR ROOF BOLTED AN TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
TWISTED KNEE WHILE GETTING IN SCOOP (REINJURED)
LIFT BELT ROPE TO PUT IN HANGER HURT BACK
RIPPER CHAIN FROM MINER SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT HAND BREAKING FOREFINGER
DRILLING COAL DRILL HUNG STRIKING MAN ON NOSE.
WHILE RESETTING PUMP HE PULLED MUSCLE IN B ACK
HIT HAND ON SIDE OF FEEDER WHILE SHOVELING COAL
ROOF FALL OUTBY ACTIVE WORKINGS NO INJURIES 20X6X130 SPADS 5181 SPAD WAS REACHING WITHIN 15FT OF 5324 SPAD FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP BUT IS TIMBERED OFF
TRIPPED AND SLIPPED ON ICE & SNOW HURTING KNEE.
RUNNING SCOOP AND RAN THRU CURTAIN PIECE OF TIE WIRE HIT LEFT EYE.
WORKING ON OVERCAST & TWISTED SHOLDER-DISLOCATED.
TWISTED RT KNEE WHILE HELPING SHOOT COAL
HURT BACK WHILE PUSHING BELT
SHOT INTO OLD WORKS RELEASING WATER
CUT FINGER WHILE SETTING JACK,BUMPED AGAINST ANOTHER JACK.
CAUGHT GLOVE ON DRILL STEEL WHILE BOLTING TOP
RIB ROCK FELL-SCOOP BACKING UP DISLODGED LARGE ROCK WHICH CAUGHT EMPL NECK.ROCK-57\\ X 31\\ X 10\\ FROM LOWER SECTION OF COAL AND ROCK RIB STRIKING UPPER PORTION OF BODY. SCOOP NOT EQUIPPED WI CANOPY AS OTHER AREAS OF MINE HAD HEIGHT OF LESS THAN 42\\.
WATER MOISTURE AND SLIP IN THE ROOF
THE VICTIM WAS DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL A BOLT THROUGH A 6 IN X 8 IN COLLAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS FINGER. THE ROCK APPARENTLY WAS LAYING ON THE COLLAR AND THE VIBRATION CAUSED IT TO FALL.
SET TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORT AND TURNED TO GO BACK TO PINNER WHEN ROCK FELL OUT .SET 10 JACKS.ROCK KICKED JACK INTO RIGHT LEG.
ROOFFALL 90\LONG X 19\WIDE X 20\THICK.
ROOF FALL 70\ OUTBY THE FACE OF #2 ENTRY ON 001 UNIT.120\LONG X 19\WIDE X 20\THICK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR INSTALL HIS JACKS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND JACK STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK
ROOFBOLTER WAS CHANGING DRILL STEEL. EE HAS LEFT FINISHER PIECE IN ROOF HE WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE STEEL WHEN THE FINISHER FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS LEFT THUMB.
REMOVING ROCK WITH SCOOP-BLADE STRUCK ROCK CAUSING PIECES OF ROCK FLYING IN AIR SMALL PARTICLE ENTERED EYE.
MUD SEAMS WAS LAYING ON EACH SIDE OF 4-5\ WIDE ROOF.