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EE WAS OPERATING CONT MINER WITH REMOTE CONTROL BOX & WAS STANDING NEAR CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN A ROCK CAME OVER THE RUNNING CHAIN LANDING ON EE'S RIGHT FOOT

WORKER WAS TIGHTENING ROOF BOLTS BEING INSTALLED IN COAL RIB, USING A HAND HELD HYDRAULIC DRILL TO TIGHTEN BOLTS, AND WHEN BOLT BECAME TIGHT ONE HAND SLIPPED OFF DRILL, ALLOWING DRILL TO ROTAT E A HANDLE HIT WORKER ON RT. ELBOW.

BOLTER OPERATOR WAS BOLTING WITH HIS KNEES ON THE MINE FLOOR, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF BEHIND HIM 4" THICK X 18" LONG X 12" WIDE STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS ANKLES. RES ULTING IN A SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE WITH A HAIRLINE CRACK & BREAKING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN RETURN ENTRY, 20 BREAKS OUT BY SECTION #5 ENTRY. FELL ABOUT 4' HIGH UP TO COAL SEAM. 20' WIDE 110' LONG 4' HIGH.

RIB ROW COLLASPED AND FELL ON EMPLOYEE COVERING PART OF HIS BODY. EMPLOYEE HAD NO DISCOMFORT UNTIL 11-26-99 AND WENT TO THE DR. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DR. VISIT UNTIL 12-7-99. THE EMPLOYEE HAS STILL NOT LOST ANY TIME AS OF 12-9-99.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 1ST LEFT MAIN BETWEEN BREAKS #33 AND #34. THIS IS AN ABANDONED AREA AND THIS FALL IS A CONTINUATION OF FALL REPORTED ON 04/01/99. NO DAMAGE TO PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT. THI S AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY CORDONED OFF.

ROOF FALL OCCURED DURING OFF-SHIFT IN 1ST LT. MAIN AT BREAK 34, FALLING IN BREAK BETWEEN #1 AND #2 ENTRIES, APPROX. 65' LONG 5' TO 6' HIGH, AND 20' WIDE. APPEARS A SLICKENSIDE CONDITION ABOVE THE FALL CAUSED ROOF TO TURN LOOSE. AREA WAS FULL BOLTED WITH 36" TO 48" RESIN BOLTS.

MINER CUT INTO OLD WORKINGS THAT WERE NOT KNOWN,THE OLD WORKINGS DIDN'T HAVE ANY METHANE, OXYGEBWAS AT 20.6%, TOP WAS BOLTED. NO DAMAGE AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.

FOREMAN BUMPED LEFT KNEE AGAINST BELT STUCTURE WHILE BELTING UP THE BELT LINE.

WAS OPERATING 101 CONN. MINER MACHINE WHEN ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP AND HIT EE ON RIGHT ELBOW.

CHANGING ROLLERS ON BELT LINE, PULLING ROLLER OUT AND PULLED BACK OUT OF PLACE

DRIVING WEDGES BETWEEN TIMBERS & ROOF WHEN PRESSURE OF WEDGE CAUSED A ROCK TO FALL FROM ROOF. ROCK LANDED ON VICTIMS LEFT FOOT. BREAKING THE FOOT.

WHILE TROWELING STOPPIT SEALINGT OMPOUND ONTO PERMANENT WHILE TROWELING STOPPIT SEALING COMPOUND ONTO PERMANENT MASONERY SEAL, VICTIM WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE BY COMPOUND CAUSING SEVER E EYE IRRITATION.