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ROOF FALL #6 ENTRY OF SECTION 001-0 MAINS-LAST OPEN CROSS CUT 3 WAY INTERSECTION-FOUND ON FIREBOSS RUN 3-22-92 11:00PM-3'-6' THICK APPROX 20' WIDE & 26' LONG 4' 5' AND 6' BOLTS USED DURING DE VELOPMENT-NO CLEAN UP PROCESS PLANNED.
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HAD CABLE INTO-PULLED OFF SLACK OFF BUGGY REEL AND SPRAINED BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
PERSON WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ON ROOF BOLTER IN #5 ENTRY ON 001 SECTION AND HAD ARM LOAD OF ROOF BOLTS AND TURNED AND SLIPPED ON WET ROCK ON PAREMENT. CONDITIONS WERE & MUDDY HEIGHT OF COAL WAS APPROX. 48" WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURRED PERSON TWISTED KNEE JOINT.
TRAMMING BOLTER, FRONT END DROPPED DOWN IN A HOLE, CAUSING BACK OF MACHINE TO PUT HIM UP IN THE TOP. HURT HIS BACK.
ENTERED #2 HEADING OPERATING A PERSONAL CARRIER A ROCK AND 2'X2'X6" THICK.FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING THE INJURED ON HIS UPPER LEFT LEG.
HE WAS REPLACING A HYD PUMP ON A 484 S&S SCOOP. HE WAS TRYING TO HOLD UP A HOSE WITH A PIECE OF WIRE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND RAN THE WIRE IN HIS HAND.
BOLTER OPERTOR WAS DRILLING FACE WITH A HYD OPERATED HAND DRILL WHEN HIS CAP RUBBED THE TOP CAUSING A SMALL FRAGMENT OF COAL TO FALL FROM THE TOP INTO THE SIDE OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND I NT HIS EYE
I,NAME WAS WALK3NG TO THE ROOF BOLTER TO PUT THE HAND DRILL ON TOP OF MACHINE AND STEPPED INTO THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE. THIS CAUSED AN ABRASION TO HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.
SCOOP OPERATOR 4HILE TRAMMING SCOOP RAN OVER A CEMENT BLOCK,CAUSING THE SCOOP TO BE RAISED UP,CAUSING HIS HAT TO FALL OFF, AND SCRAPED HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.
WAS WALKING T O3MANTRIP HIT HIS BACK ON ROOF BOLT
INTERSECTION AT3SPAD #1226 #4 HEADING FELL ACROSS TO INTERSECTION #5 HEADING ONTHE ONE RIGHT SECTION.FALL WAS 18' X 80' X 6' HIGH .4-6' BOLTS INSTALLED IN AREA.
MAN WAS LOADING POST INTO SCOOP BUCKET HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE END OF A POST AND THE SLIDE OF THE BUCKET REMOVING ABOUT 1" OF SKIN AND FINGER NAIL
INTERSECTION OF #30-? ENTRY AT SPAD 429 32 BLKS OUTBY WORKING SECTION.FELL OVER WEEKEND .FALL WAX 4\ HIGH X 18\WIDE X 18\LONG .4\ BOLTS IN THIS AREA.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR SET ATRS AGAINST ROOF & HAD DRILLED HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT. HE WS INN PROCES OF PUTTING BOLT IN HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE APPROXE 2\ X 2\ X 6" FELL FROMM ROOF BETWEEN RIB & ATRS & HIT OPERATOR IN LEFT SHOULDER & PUSHED HIM INTO PAVEMENT HITTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON PAVEMENT CAUSING SWELLING & BRUISES.
SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE.
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS CLEANING UP CUT OF COAL IN FACE OF #6 ENTRY. OPERATOR NOTICED HANGING ROCK INBY ROOF SUPPORTS. GOT OFF SCOOP & BEGAN TO PULL DOWN LOOSE MATERIAL WITH SLATE BAR. ROCK BROKE L OOSE FROM ROOF & HIT I.NAME THE OPERATOR SCOOP WHO WAS UNDER SUPPORTED ROOF AT ALL TIMES
IN THE RIGHT SECTION INTERSECTION OF 8 ENTRY 3 BLOCKS OUTBY FACE AREA FELL TWO BLOCKS OUTBY SPAD 1233 FALL WAS 12 X 15 AND APPRO 6 HIGH 6 BOLTS WERE USED IN THIS AREA.
ON THE IRT SECTION 2 ENTRY 1 BLOCK INBY SPAD 1212 THE INTERSECTION FELL OVER NIGHT THE FALL WAS APP 1,X18X5 THICK THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4 TO 6 RESIN BOLTS. THE FALL WAS ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ZONE OF THE 4 BOLTS AND WITHIN 6 OF THE END OF THE 6 BOLTS.
PERSON RECEIVED A HARD JAR FROM SCOOP, INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.
ON MAINS SECTGION #4 ENTRY SECOND INTERSECTION INBY SPAD #1020 INTERSECTION FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE WHERE 4FT RESIN BOLS WERE BEING USED FALL IS APP 25FTX25FTX4FT HIGH