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WHILE INSTALLING ROOF SUPPORTS PINNER OPERATOR LET DRILL HEAD DOWN TO AKE OUT PINNER STEEL OUT OF HOLE HIS FOOT GOT UNDERNEATH DRILL BOOM CAUSING IT TO BRUISE HIS LEFT FOOT
RIDING MAN BUS TO OUTSIDE, RAISED HIS HEAD UP IN LOW CLEARANCE TOP. SHOVED HIS HEAD BACWARDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A RIPPER MOTOR COVER. HE GOT THE COVER ABOUT WAIST HIGH AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. IT FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT JUST ABOVE HIS STEEL TOE, BRUI SING HIS FOOT.
WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL MINER OFF OF ITS CABLE USING A UNHAULER AND A BIG PULL CHAIN WHILE PULLING AND JERKING THE MINER CHAIN SLIPPED OFF AND WITH A GLANCING BLOW HIT EE . BRUISE HIS LEFT ANKL E AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS RIBS
EE WAS SELLING IN SCOOP DIPPER WHEN FIT JARRED AND HURT HIS TAILBONE.
BELT TRANSFORMER OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE. BELT TRANSFORMER WAS CHANGED OUT TO PROPER SIZE
EE WAS HOOKING TURN BUCKLE UP TO HAULER. THE HAULER BACKED UP A MASHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE HAULER AND THE TURN BUCKLE.
OPERATING SCOOP CLEANING #5 RIGHT BREAK WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE MINE ROOF & THE SCOOP DECK. HE HAD A CUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FOREHEAD.
ROCK FALL IN #6 ENTRY IN INTERSECTION INBY SPAD 2384. LENGTH ABOUT 90' LONG, WIDTH 45', HEIGHT 5'. NO INJURIES, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. NO AIRWAY INVOLVED. ROCK FALL TIMBERED OFF. THE FALL WAS IN THE PILLAR LINE.
EE STATED HE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTS ONTO SCOOP BUCKET AND AN OBJECT WENT INTO HIS EYE.
EE STATED HE WAS CRAWLING BESIDE COAL RIB. COAL BROKE OFF FROM RIB & HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.
EE STATED HE WAS INSTALLING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN ELBOW POPPED. EE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 7/21/97HE RETD TO FULL CAPACITY DUTY 7/23/97.
WE HAD A ROCK FALL APP 2300 FT OUTBY ACTIVE SECTION ON RIGHT RETURN NO PLANS TO CLEAN FALL UP NO AIRWAYS BLOCKED.
THIS ROCK FALL WAS A CONTINOUS OF A FALL THAT HAPPENED APPROX 2 YEARS PRIOR TO THUR. APPOX 25' EXTRA WAS FALLED.
ELECTRICIAN WAS REPLACING FINAL DRIVE IN CONTINUOUS MINER. WOOD BLOCK KICKED OUT AND STRUCK LEFT HAND.
WE HAD A MASSIVE ROCK FALL ON A PILLAR SECTION RESULTING IN TRAPPING TWO MEN.
AT THE TIME WE WERE ON PILLAR RECOVERY. EMPLOYEE TOOK MINER UP INTO PLACE, STARTED LOADING COAL, MASSIVE FALL OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING, TRAPPING TWO EMPLOYEES UNDER FALL. HE WAS KILLED DUE TO THIS FALL.
WE HAD A ROCK FALL IN NEUTICAL ENTRY 4 ENTRY ON PILLAR SETTING NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED NO INJURY TO PERSONAL OR EQUPMENT FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP TIMBERED ON ALL SIDES.
ROCK FALL WAS FOUND ON TRAVEL WAY AT 12:45 ON 04-09-97. FALL WAS LOCATED BREAK IN BY SPAD 3628 AND BREAK OUT BY SPAD 3632. THE FALL WAS ABOUT 70 FEET LONG,18' FEET WIDE AND 15' HIGH. IT D ID NOT IMPAIR VENTILATION LOCAL MSHA OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED ON 4-9-97.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A TOOL BOX ON MANTRIP AND HURT HIS BACK.
ROCK FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON PRESHIFT 3-23-97 - 80'LONG, 20'WIDE, 6' TO 8' THICK ABOVE ANCHORAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING UNIHAULER WHEN HE LAID HIS FOOT UPON TOP TO REST LEG. WHEN LEAVING DUMPING POINT, HE FORGOT TO REMOVE HIS FOOT FROM TOP OF UNIHAULER CAUSING HIS FOOT TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP OF UNIHAULER AND ROOF.
EE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE ONTO MINER HOOKS, WHEN HE NOTCIED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF AN OFFICE TRAILER ONTO SOME CINDERBLOCK STEPS WHEN A BLOCK OVERTURNED AND THE EE FELL ONTO OTHER BLOCKS IN THE STEPS STRIKING HIS BACK. HE ORIGINALLY RETURNED TO WORK TH E NEXT DAY AND THEN DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT FOUR DAYS LATER ON 7-23-96. WE ARE WAITING TO RECEIVE FURTHER INFORMATION. AT FIRST THIS WAS NON-REPORTABLE.
WE HAD A ROCK FALL IN ONE BLEEDER SYSTEM, ROCK FACE HAS BEEN TIMBERED OFF. NO AIRWAY WAS BLOCKEDNO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED. NO TRAVELWAY INVOLVED. NO PERSON INJURED. STATE MINE INSPECTOR WAS WI TH SUPERINTENDENT WHEN DISCOVERED FALL..
EMP WAS REMOVING BELT LINE. PICKED UP A PIECE OFBELT STRUCTURE TO PUT IN COAL HAULER AND INJUREDHIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING STRUCTURE IN BELTLINE WITH A PIECE OF PIPE WHEN CHAIN HANGER BENT CAUSING BELT ROPE TO COME OUT. CHAIN HANGER HIT HIM ONTHE LEFT EYEBROW AND PIPE CAME UP HITTING HIM ON THE CHIN. HE HAD A CUT OVER HIS LEFT EYE AND A BRUISE ON HIS CHIN.
EMLOYEE WAS USING SLATE BAR ON GETTING A PIECE OF DRAW STATE OFF MIENR WHEN BAR SLIPPED INJURING HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
MULTIPLE SLICKEN SIDE OR HOOD BACK OR SLIP, FELL OUT ABOVE ANCORAGE OR ANCOR POINT.
ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON WEEKLY EXAMINATION. AREA HAD BEEN TRAVELED ON 2-7-96, FALL WAS FOUND ON 2-9-96 AT 11:30 A.M. FALL LOCATED 70' INBY SS1424 (XCUT) FALL ABOUT 5' HIGH, 18' WIDE, & 20' LONG . DIDN'T IMPAIR VENTILATION. LOCAL MSHA OFC. WASNOTIFIED.
WHILE BUILDING A STOPPING FROM CINDER BLOCK, MAN FELL FROM 8' STEPLADDER ONTO RIGHT ARM. HE WAS WORKING UNDERGROUND.
WHILE GOING OVER A HILL IN A S&S SCOOP THE INJURED SLID THE SCOOP INTO THE RIB. HE HIT HIS ARM, NECK AND HEAD, INJURING HIS NECK.
EE WAS DRIVING RAM CAR WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF.
EE WAS STARTING DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL AND PINNER HEAD AND BOUNCED OFF CUTTING HIS CHIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A VIBRATOR SCREEN WHEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON METAL PARTS OF THE SCREEN. ORIGINALLY IT WAS LISTED AS A BRUISED ELBOW, WITH NO TIME LOST. THE EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY ON THIS ELBOW DURING VACATION TIME IN DECEMBER AND RETURNED TO WORK 1/22/96. EMPLOYEE WAS AWAY FROMWORK 1/2/96 TO 1/22/96.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE TIRES ON THE COAL TRUCK AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
WHILE HELPING ON THE MINER A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK THE INJURED IN THE RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT LEG CAUSING AN UNDETERMINED KNEE INJURY.
BRAKES FAILED ON GOLF CART WHILE ENTERING DRIFTSMOUTH OF MINE. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OF & TWISTED KNEE
THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING MINE BELT FROM A MINE SITE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING THE BELT. NOTE: THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8/17/95 AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS CONTACTED ON 8/18/95 TO DISCOVER THAT HE WAS TO RECEIVE THERAPY FOR 1 WEEK.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN ROOF STEEL GOT HUNG IN ROOF, EE TRYING TO GET OUT STEEL WHEN HE BY ACCIDENT HIT WRONG LEVER, DROPPING BOOM ON KNEE.
EE WAS UNDERNEATH A GOODMAN LOCOMOTIVE THAT WAS ON CRIB BLOCKS. THE TRUCKS OF THE MACHINE FELL DOWN ON HIS CHEST.
EE WAS LIFTING A ROCK ONTO THE BELTLINE AND DROPPED IT ON HIS FOOT.
400' IN, BY PORTAL #4 ENTRY, 25' LONG, 18'WIDE,4'THICK. NO EQUIPMENT OR INJURIES INVOLVED. HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. STATE & FED WAS NOTIFIED. FELL ON OFF SHIFT. ROGER STUART - INVESTIGATOR
HAD ROCK 20FT BY 20FT 51/2 FOOT THICK APP 4000 FOOT OUTBY FALL AREA
ROOF FALL 4 RIGHT PANEL ON 1 1/2 LEFT SPAD #3243 40' IN BY SPAD. RECOVERED MINER WON'T BE CLEANED UP. ON PILLER WORK NO INJURED.
LOADING CINDER BLOCKS IN SCOOP BUCKET, TWISTED, PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK AND SHOULDER.
BLEEDER ENTRY ON TOP END OF 3 RT PANEL. FALL IS APPROX 20 FT WIDE 25 FT LONG 3 FT HIGH. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE CLEANED UP AND ITS NOT INTERFERRING WITH AIR FLOW OR TRAVEL. APPROX 1,000 FT OUTBY WORKING SECTION. NOBODY OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.
PUTTING MINER CABLE UP ON HANGER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS TIGHTENING UP BOLT ON THE CLUTCH HOUSING OF A MINER. RATCHET SLIPPED OFF & EE FELL FORWARD & HIT HIS MOUTH ON THE HOUSING.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REENTER A 7698REFUSE TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE ACCESSLADDER THUS CAUSING HIM TO FALL