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ON 4-29-96 I WAS INFORMED BY AN EE THAT THE OFFICE/PARTS HOUSE PFT B HILL #4 HAD BEEN DESTRAYED BY FIRE. AT THIS TIME HOW FIR WAS STARTED HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. STATE POLICE ARSON DIVISION W AS CONTACTED. TURKEY CREEK FIR REPORT PICKED UP.THIS MINE IS IN B/A STATUS.
FALL OCCURRED IN NO. 1 ENTRY VIC SS 3842, APPX 30 FT X 20 FT X 20FT X 4FT, PEAKING TO 6 FT IN HEIGHT. ROOF CONSISTED OF THINLY BEDDED SHALE OVERLAID BY SANDSTONE CONGLOMERATE AND APPEARED WET. AREA IS IN A TRANSITION ZONE TO A PALEOCHANNEL.ENTRY WAS INITIALLY SUPPORTED APR 94 WITH 48 IN RESIN ENCAPSULATED REBARS.
INJURED HAS THE WORST HABIT OF TALKING TO HIMSELF AND NOT BEING OBSERVANT OF HIS SURROUNDINGS.THE COAL HEIGHT IS ABOUT 30".THE SCOOP OPER DIDN'T SEE HIM AND INJURED DIDN'T SEE OR HEAR THE SCOO P COMING INTO DUMP AT THE FEEDER AND THE SCOOP BUCKET HIT HIS FOOT.
NOT ENOUGH AIR IN HEADING CONDUIT GOT CUT.
NOT ENGOUGH AIR IN HEADING CUT CONDUIT
I,NAME WAS OPERATING A SCOOP NEAR THE FACE IN #3 HEADING. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS. IT WAS ABOUT 2 FT IN DIAMETER AND ABOUT 4" TO 6" THICK. THE ROOF WAS ABOUT 6 1/2 FT OR 7 FT HIGH. IT STRUCK IN THE FACE AND BROKE HIS NOSE AND JAW.
EMPL WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. ANOTHER EMPL WAS HELPER, INJURED WAS DRILLING FOR LAST ROOF BOLT IN CUT NEXT TO RIGHT RIB. HE HAD STARTED DRILING ABOUT 8" IN HIDDEN KETTLE BOTTOM ABOUT 3'IN DI AMETER & IT FELL ON HIS ARM.
I NAME WAS SHOVELING A ROCK VIVRATOR OR SEPARTOR AND STRAINED OR PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
HE WAS SHARPENI3G BITS, AND SAID HE STEPPED ON A BIT AND FELL.
I,NAME HAD A PI9CE OF DRAW ROCK FALL ON HIM IN FEB, IT NEVER HURT HIM THAT MUCH AT THE TIME. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON JULY 28TH. DR. RAJM TOLD HIM HE HAD A PULLED SHOULDER MUSUSCLE AND IT PRB ABLY HAPPENED W3TH THIS INCIDENT IN FEB. I,NAME NEVER MISSED ANY WORK.
I.NAME WAS PULL3NG ROCK AND A PIECE BROKE OFF AND FELL ON HIS FOOT WHILE HE WAS PULLING IT IN A SCOOP BUCKET
I.NAME WAS TRAM4ING A MOBILE FACE (LONG AIR-DOCK)DRILL FROM #5 WORKING PLACE TO #6 WORKING FACE% WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT IT WAS A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK BUT IT HIT HIS FOO T ON THE CORNER3OF THE FRAME HE WAS SITTING ON I.NAME HAD IT X-RAYED & HE WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT BROKEN 101786 HE HAD X-RAYED
I.NAME WAS RIDI3G IN A SCOOP BUCKET TO THE BATTERY CHARGING STATION TO HELP THE SCOOP OPERATOR CHANGE BATTERIES WHEN THE SCOOP BUCKET BOUNCED HIM IN THE AIR AND HE CAME DOWN ON HIS BATTERY LI GHT IT BRUISED 2IS HIPS
HE WAS RIDING I3 A SCOOP BUCKET AND THE OPERATOR SQUEECED HIM IN AGAINST THE TOP ON A ROOF BOLT AND BRUSIED HIS BACK.
A SANDSTONE HIL5 SEAM FELL AT THE FACE OF #7 HEADING DURING A TIME WE WERE NOT WORKING IT WAS PROPERLY STRAPPED WE HAVE TIMBERED AND CRIBBED ON EACH SIDE OF IT IT WAS ABOUT 60 FT LONG 5 FT WIDE AND 4 FT 3THICK
TAKING TIRE OF OFF DRILL WITH 3/4" IMPACT WRENCH AND TIRE BLOWED APART AND BLOWED DUST IN I.NAMES FACE AND EYES.