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OPERATOR JUMPED FROM TRUCK AND HURT BACK. WORKED ALL DAY WITH NO COMPLAINTS.
EE WAS OPERATING DOZER BACKFILLING NEAT DITCH WHEN MISSING GEAR RESULTING IN DOZER RUNNING BACKWARDS INTO DITCH, CAUSING HIM PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
NO NARRATIVE - BUT THIS WAS AN APPARENT ROOF FALL REPORT.
DRILLING- THREW DRILL STEEL BACK INTO TROUGH. STEEL BOUNCED BACK CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN STEEL AND MAST, CRUSHING THUMB.
ON SURFACE EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE UNLOADING TRUCK AND STRUCK HIS KNEE ON THE GROUND.
EE WAS CARRING A BOOM JACK TO THE MINER TO REPLACE A JACK THAT WAS LEAKING OIL. HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PREFORMING THIS TASK.
ON SURFACE EE WAS WATCHING WHILE ROCK WAS BENT CLEANED OFF A CANOPY WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE WALL AND STRUCK HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCK OFF A CANOPY WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE HIWALL & STRUCK HIM ON THE LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN SUPPLY HEADING AND SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
MAIN SOUTH, A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT HAND.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 HEADDING 2 BLOCKS OUTBY THE FACE IN THE INTERSECTION. (L-40' H-12' W-18"). NO INJURIES. DANGERED OFF. SET POST ALLWAYS TO FALL.
THE #2 HEADING 1-N SEC A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE INTERSECTION 20' OUTBY THE FACE. SIZE OF FALL 60'LX16'WX8'H NO INJURIED OCCURED SET POST IN ALL HEADINGS TO FALL AREA "DANGERED OFF" HEADINGS
A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT KNEE AND RIGHT ANKLE.
AUGUER DRILLED INTO AN ABANDONED DEEP MINE. THE ABANDONED DEEP MINE HAD MINED APPROX. 700' INBY ATHE LAST MAPPED WORKINGS PROVIDED THE WV DEPT. OF MINES. THE ABANDONED DEEP MINE HAD CROSSED TH E PROPERTY LINE APPROX. 61'.
HIWALL FACE UP. A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 HEADING APPROX. 45' FT. INBY THE HIWALL. (14W X 40L X 7H) "DANGERED OFF" NO INJURIES OCCURRED ENTRY DROPPED OFF.