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HE STEPPED DOWN3A 8" STEP GOING OUT OF BUILDING AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE AT 8:00 AM! HE WORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT WHICH ENDED AT 5:00 AM! HE RETURNED TO JOB SITE ON 9-16-87WITH HIS FOOT IN A CAST! STATED HE3TRIPPED OVER A CABLE SPOOL ON 9-14-87 BREAKING HIS FOOT.THIS IS THE REASON REPORT IS LATE!
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE STRAINED HIS BACK SHOVELING LOOSE COAL FROM UNDER CONVEYOR BELT
ROCK FALL IN #33HEADING ROCK WAS 10 FT WIDE 20 FT LONG AND ABOUT 8 FT THICK ABANDON THE AREA OF THE MINES NO ONE WAS HURT NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED
MINER WENT IN #2 HEADING JULY 2, AT 9:00 &7 AND EXTRACTED 16 X 20' CUT, FOREMAN HUNG RE FLECTOR AND DANGER BOARD BUT DIDNT GET TO BOLT IT. FALL WAS FOUND BETWEEN 5 AND 5:30 SM ON JULY 3. FALL WAS APPROX 13'W3X 22'L X 7'H NO ONE WAS INJURED &NO EQUIPMENT WAS COVERED UP
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF THE HEAD OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN I T CAUGHT HIS INDEX FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND PAN OF MINER SMASHED HIS INDEX FINGER.
MAN WAS STANDIN1 ON TOP OF BELT THROWING A LARGE ROCK OFF THE BELT, BELT WAS WET FOOTING SLIPPED & HE FELL OFF THE BELT LANDING ON LEFT SOULDER DISLOCATING IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS P6TTING BREAKER IN ON ROOF BOLTER BREAKER TRIPPED AND ELECTRICAL FLASH BURNED HIS RT HAND
ROOF WAS BROKE ALONG THEX CUT FROM 4 ENTRY TO 3 A JOINING CRACK CONNECTED AND CAUSED THE ROOF TO BREAK ABOVE THE BOLTS, THE MINER WAS IDLE OF THE TIME AND NO INJURYS WERE INVOLVED THE FALL WAS APPROX. 25 X 20 X 4 STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO PREVENT RECOURRANCE OF THIS ACCIDENT.
OPERATOR GOT OFF S&S SCOOP AND TURNED TO WALKTOWARD FRONT OF THE MACHINE TO LOAD CINDER BLACKS WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BACK AGAINST THE MACHINE STRIKING HIS BACK AGAINST MACHINE.
ON THE 001 SECTION 4 ENTRY RIGHT THE AREA HAD A MOUNTAIN CRACK RUNNING ALONG EACH RIB TO THE FACE. ABOUT 35 OUTBY THE FACE A HORIZONTAL CRACK CONNECTED THE THREE. SIGN OFF MOVEMENT WAS DETECTE D OR OBSERVED THE PLACE WAS DANGER OFF BREAKER TIMBERS WERE SET, THE FALL OCCURRED 2 HALF HOURS AFTER POST WERE SET THERE WAS NO EQUIPMENT OR MEN INVOLVED.
RF CRACKED ALONG EACH SIDE OF #5 RT A HORIZONTAL CRACK CONNECTING THE TWO ABOUT 30 FT FROM FACE SIGNS OF MOVEMENT ALONG THE BROKE AREA WAS DECTED PLACE WAS DANERED OFF AND BREAKER TIMBERS WER INSTALLED AFTER APPROX #30 MIN INTER THER FALL OCCURRED NO MEN OR MACHINERY INVOLVED