ROOF FALL IN RETURN AIR COURSE & ONE OF THE DESINATED ESCAPEWAY ROOF FALL WAS ABOUT 4FT HIGH & 30FT LONG
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Showing 50 of 84INTENTIONAL FALL IN RETURN AIR COARSE ROCK WAS HANGING FRO TOP & COULD NOT BE SUP PORTED SAFETLY CRIBS WHICH WERE SUPPORTING TOP WERE PULLED ALLOWING IT TO FALL
EE FOREMAN WAS OBSERVING BOLT MACHINE OPERATOR INSTALL BOLTS THEY MOVED BOLT MACHINE AND RAN OVER HIS FOOT WITH BOLTER.
REAPRIMAN WAS CHANGING A CAT TRACK PIN IN LONG AIR DOX CRAWLER, HE WAS HITTING PIN WITH HAMMER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF HAMMER A STRUCK HIM IN NECK, EE WAS NOT INVOLVE IN REPAIR WO RKING, HE WAS ABOUT 30 FT AWAY FROM WORK AREA.
ROOF FALL WAS DETECTED IN #2 ENTRY OFF #3 RIGHT PANEL IN BREAK THROUGH IT WAS ABOUT 4 FOOT HIGH ADDITABLE SUPPORT WILL BE INSTALLED.
ROOF FALL WAS 23RD BREAK OFF 4 RIGHT PANEL AUGER OFF AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
LIFTING 3 BUNDLE OF BOLTS,STRAINED HIS GROIN.
BOLTING TOP DRILL STEEL CAUGHT FINGERS.
HURT BACK CHANGING PUMP
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN 4AM AND 7 AM.FALL WAS 15 BRKS INBY PORTAL IN #5 INTAKE ENTRY.FALL WAS 40' X 18' X 8'.ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS.CRIBS HAD BEEN SET PREVIOUSLY IN BRK BETWEEN #4 & #5 ENTRY.NO PERSONS OR EQUIP NEAR FALL.NO VENTILATION INTERRUPTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 4 FT RESIN BOLTS EMPLOYEES GLOVE CAUGHT IN STEEL AND TWISTED HAND.
WE WERE SPLICING #1 CROSS MAIN BELT, HAD CLAMPS AND MONKEY ON A ROPE ON BELT AND BELT APART. BELT SWITCH GOT HIT CAUSING BELT TO START UP. HE WAS BETWEEN THE CLAMPS ON BELT, WHEN ACCIDENT OCCU RRED. HE WAS ROLLED UP IN THE BELT AND THE CLAMP HIT HIM IN THE LOW PART OF HIS BACK AND HIP ON LEFT SIDE. HIS UPPER LEFT ARM WAS ALSO HURT.
LIFTING ROCK OUT OF BOOM OF BRIDGE CARRIER
A FALL OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 14 BREAKS ON 001 SECTIONS MAIN BELT LINE LEFT OFF OF #1 BELT. FALL IS APPROXIMATELY 25' X 25' X 0-14' IN AN INTERSECTION. FALL APPEARS TO BE A SLIP IN SLATE ROOF.
EMPL SLIP & FELL AGAINST CANOPY ON ROOF BOLTER SCRAPING LOWER BACK
THE AREA OF THE ROOF FALL WAS KNOWN TO BE BAD DURING MINING. ADDITIONAL COMBINATION BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED. THE TOP WAS SOFT IN THIS AREA. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ANY EQUIPMENT, NOR WAS VENTIL ATION IMPAIRED.
INSTALL BOLTS GLOVE CAUGHT IN STEEL TWISTING HAND AND ARM AROUND STEEL
EMPL INSTALLING GEAR BOX ON MBC.EMPL STRAINED BACK LIFTING GEAR BOX.
HE IS A BOLTER OPERATOR. GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE HE WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR AFTER HE GOT HOME IT WAS A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE GOT IT OUT AND BACK TO WORK IN TWO D AYS.
VICTIM IN AQUARD POSITION SLIP & LET BOOM DOWN ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING #5 X 40" RESIN BOLTS. WHEN REMOVING STEEL FROM HOLE EMPLOYEE REMOVED FIRST PIECE OF STEEL LEAVING REMAINING STEEL IN HOLE, THEN REMAINING STEEL FELL OUT OF HOLE AND CAU GHT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN FIRST PIECE OF STEEL AND REMAINING STEEL, RESULTING IN BROKEN FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE LEG HOLDING UP CROSS COLLAR WHEN IT BECAME DISLODGED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF LOWER BACK, RESULTING IN BRUISED SPLEEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF HYDRAULIC OIL AND FILLED SOMETHING IN STOMACH.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BELT ROPE & STURCTURE, AND TRIPPED OVER SOMETHING & FELL AGAINST RIB OF MINE, HITTING HEAD ON RIB & STRAINED NECK.
EMPL REMOVING ROCK HUNG IN CONVEYOR OF BRIDGE WHEN ROCK SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND BRIDGE FRAME.
ROOF FALL ABOVE ROOF BOLTS TRAPPED 2 CRAWLERS AND 1 BRIDGE THIS FALL WAS ON 001 SECTION 130 FT FROM FACE IN THE 3 BELT ENTRY AND APPRX 60 FT LONG 18 TO 20 WIDE 12 FT LENGTH THERE WAS SOME WATE R IN THIS ROOF COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS FALL 48 INAND 72 INCH ROOF BOLTS IN THIS AREA.
ROOF FALL ABOVE ANCHORAGE IN THE #1 ENTRY APPROX. 400 FT FROM PORTAL. 70 FT LONG, 17 FT WIDE, 7 FT THICK. WATER ON ROOF CAUSE OF ROOF FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING THE CROSS OVER OF THE BELT LINE HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND LANDED ON HIS BACK ON A CRIB BLOCK.
WHILE DRILLING A HOLE FOR A ROOF BOLT A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD BUSTING HIS NOSE.
MAN WAS CRAWLING UNDER BRIDGE BOOM & OPERATOR DIDN'T SEE HIM & LET BRIDGE DOWN ON HIM HURT BACK.
LIFTING 8 BY 9 COLLARS HURT HIS BACK MUSCLES LOWER BACK.
THE ROCK FALL WAS IN #3 ENTRY ON THE BELT LINE, ABOUT 13 BREAKS UNDER GROUND ABOUT 1200 FT, 45 FT LONG-0-15FT THICK 18-20 FT WIDE. IT HAS BEEN CLEANED UP AND FLOORED WITH 8 BY 9'S AND CRIBBED UP.
A ROCK FALL IN NO. 4 RIGHT X CUT ABOUT 2500 FT UNDERGROUND. THE PLACE HAD BEEN DROPPED BECAUSE OF BAD TOP WHEN MINING IN THIS AREA. 15 WIDE 15 LONG 0-4 1/2 FT THICK.
LOADING ROCK DUST FROM TRAILER INTO SCOOP PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 4 INCH TO 8 INCH THICK APPROX. 4 FT WIDE FELL BETWEEN COAL RIB AND ROOF BOLT HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD PUSHING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE SEAT OF SCOOP.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS ON SECTION EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING BOLT INTO HOLE IN ROOF BOLT HUNG AND WOULD NOT GO IN HOLE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PUSH BOLT IN HOLE AND STRAINED BACK.
LIFTING CAN OF OIL HYD.ON BOLTING MANCHINE,HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LIFT A WATER PRESSURE PUMP WHILE LIFTING HE DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER AND PULLED THE LIGAMENTS AND MUSCLES.
ROCK FELL INBY PORTAL 20 L 16 W IN 3 ENTRY WATER IN ROOF ALSO THE WEATHER CHG. COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
ELKORN SCOOP HUNG IN POINT CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND RUNNING INTO A EIGHT BY EIGHT CROSS COLLAR POST CAUSING THE COLLAR ON TOP TO FALL ONTO THE OPERATOR STRIKING LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD JUST BEHIND LEFT EAR.
ROCK FALL OCCURRED ABOVE ANCHORAGE 9 BREAKS ABOVE #2 TAILPIECE APPROX 4' THICK 20' WIDE 30' LONG THIS AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 36" RESIN BOLTS THIS FALL OCCURRED IN ABANONDED AREA WE NO LONGER USE 36" BOLTS WE USE MINIMUM OF 9' RESIN BOLTS.
WHILE OPERATING CRAWLER, THE SEAT RAN OVER A ROCK IN ROADWAY, RAISING EMPLOYEE AGAINST ROOF INJURING LOWER BACK AND HIP.
HAD A ROCK FALL ON NO4. INTAKE INTRY ITS 25 FT WIDE ABOUT 6-8 FT THICK, IT BEEN DANGER OFF AND CRIBBED OFF NO ONE IS TRAVELING INTRY.
VICTIM WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER AND WAS POSITIONING A STEEL ROOF STRAP WITH HIS HAND WHILE POSITIONING HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE BOLTER INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT.
LEFT ARM & SHOULDER BECOME SWELLING AND HURTING FROM HOLDING DRILL STEEL OF BOLTING MACHINE & VIBRATION CAUSING BLOOD CLOT IN ARM.
A ROCK FALL FELL IN ON RETURN ON NO. 1 ENTRY. 20 LONG 20 WIDE FROM 6 FT TO 8 FT THICK. IT HAS BEEN DANGER OFF AND CRIBBED. NO ONE IS TRAVELING THIS ENTRY ANYMORE.
ROCK FALL ABO E ANCHORAGE INT HE #2 RETURN ENTRY 2400 FT. FROM SURFACE. 1ST RIGHT. THIS AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 36" RESIN BOLTS ROCK FALL WAS 4' THICK 20' WIDE 4 FT. LONG.
EMPL INSTALLING 4' RESIN BOLT IN 34" COAL WHILE WALKING FROM UNDERNEATH ATRS ON TD124 ROOF BOLTER.EMPL IS IN STRAIN PERFORMING THIS JOB.
VICTIM TURNED AROUND QUICKLY TWISTING HIS HIP