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TAILPIECE SLID OFF OF SCOOP BUCKET MASHING TWO FINGERS.
SETTING TIMBERS, KNEE SWELLED FROM CRAWLING.
OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR GOT OFF TO SHUTTLE CAR TO MOVE ROCK OUT OF ROAD SHUTTLE CAR DRIFTED OFF AND BUMP KNEE.
HE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR AND GOT HIMSELF BETWEEN RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR IN THE #3 ENTRY OF THE 2 LEFT SECTION.
CRAWLED ACROSS TO START FEEDER. KNEE HIT A ROCK.
INJURED WAS SAWING TIMBERS WITH HYDRAULIC CHAIN SAW. CHAIN CAME OFF WRAPPING AROUND PERSON'S RIGHT HAND AND FINGERS. THE WORST OF INJURY APPEARED TO BE TO MIDDLE FINGER NEXT TO KNUCKLE (SWELLI NG AND BLEEDING).
MINER WAS MINING FINAL PUSHOUT IN #3 BLOCK WHEN THE TOP SET DOWN ON RIPPER HEAD FOULING MINING MACHINE.
ROOF FALL 4 BREAKS INBY SS#155 #7 ENTRY 1100 FT OUTBY WORKING FACES.
ROOF BOLTS BEING INSTALLED IN NO. 3 ENTRY BY OPERATOR ON RIGHT SIDE OF EQUIPMENT. ROCK FELL MEASURING 16" BY 16, STRIKING OPERATOR IN RIGHT UPPER LEG. OPERATOR WAS THEN TRANSPORTED OUTSIDE TO RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
INJURED WAS PULLING ROCK OFF OF MINER, WHILE HOLDING TO ONE END OF ROCK. ANOTHER MAN SLID ROCK AROUND CUTTING END OF MIDDLE FINGER OFF LEFT HAND.
THE ROCK FALL FELL ON BELT LINE FORM SPAD #693 TO 698. IT WAS ABOUT 70'L, 18'W, 3' TO 6'T. IT HAD SANDSTONE, SLATE, & SOME COAL MIXED TOGETHER.
INJURY TO KNEE (RIGHT KNEE) DUE TO CRAWLING.
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION #2 ENTRY, ON INTAKE 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD #347 THE FALLIS ABOUT 23FT LONG, 16FT WIDE, 10" THICK ONSIDE TO ABOUT 5 FT THICK INTHE MIDDLE. IT HAS A MIX OF SANDSTONE, S LATE, WITH COAL RIDERS. IT FELL BETWEEN DATES OF6/28/97 OR 7/14/97
TOP WAS MIX WITH SLATE AND SANDSTONE. APPROX. 40X40 IN INTERSECTION AT SPAD #360 IN THE #3 ENTRY. 3 BREAKING OUT OF THE FACE. ON THE 002 SECTION. APPROX. 5' THICK TIALING OUT TO APPROX. 3' THR OUGH INTERSECTION TOWARD SPAD #363.
WATER IN THE TOP, WEAK ROOF, ROCK FALL.
CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING IN BELT BOX [BELT WON'T RUN] WHEN IT FLASHED OUT INTOVICTIM FACAL AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WITH RE-MOTE BOX IN HIS HAND. MINER CABLE HIT BOX AND MINER TRAMSIDE-LEFT SIDE TRAM PINNING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN MINER AND RIB.
BOLTER OPERATOR STARTED HOLE FOR BOLT TO BE INSTALLED. PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT 6" LONG & 4" WIDE BROKE AROUND THE STEEL USED TO DRILL HOLE WITH CAUGHT OPERATOR'S LITTLE FINGER AGAINST HEAD OF BOLT ER & CUT FINGER REQUIRING 15 STITCHES TO BE PUT IN LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND OF OPERATOR.
WAS BOLTING THE FIRST CUT OUT OF A BREAK IN THE #6 ENTRY. HE WAS SWINGING HIS PINNER HEAD OUT TO PUT THE OUTSIDE BOLT UP WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKIING HIM IN THE BACK.
WALKED INTO A BELT HANGER.
ROCK FALL IN #4 ENTRY.
RUNNING A ROOF BOLTER. WAS DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A LOOSE ROCK FELL ON HIS LEG.
STRAINED GROING ON RIGHT SIDE WHILE LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE.
RUNNING BUGGY STARTED BACK HURTING AND HIP STARTED HURTING ON THE 27 OF OCT.
THE INTENSECTION I #3 ENTRY OF THE MAINS AT SURVEY STA #59 FELL IN DUE TO FAULTY ROOF CONDITION
TAKING NUT OFF CARWER DRIVE ON MINER WRENCH SLIP EE FAIL LOWER HITTING CUT HIN & CHIPPING 2 TEETH
A ROCK FALL WAS FOUND IN THE 2 ENTRY 70 FT OUTBY SURVEY STATION 64
REMOVING BULL GEAR FROM #2 BELT DRIVE. GEAR WEIGHS ABOUT 150 LBS. SET GEAR TO SIDE AGAINST TIMBER AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN GEAR AND TIMBER.
SETTING TAIL PIECE. TAIL PIECE PULL OUT HITTING EE ON THE LEFT LEG.
THE FIRST INTERSECTION NBY SURVEY STATION #60 AND THE AREA BEGINING 80' INBY SURVEY STATION #59 FOR A DISTANCE OF 80" FELL DUE TO EXTREMELY BAD ROOF CONDITION IN THIS AREA.
THE ROOF FALL OCCURED IN AN AREA WITH FAULTY ROOF WHERE FALLS HAVE PREVIOUSLY OCCURED.
ROCK FELL WHEN PUTTING UP BOLT.
THE INTERSECTION 80' OUTBY SURVEY STATION #40 FELL IN DUE TO WEAK ROOF THAT EXISTED ABOVE THE ROOF SUPPORT THAT IS BEING USED. THE INTERSECTION FEE 10' ABOVE THE ROOF SUPPORT.
OXYGEN TAKN ROLLED ON INDEX FINGER.
PICKING UP OXYGEN BOTTLE.
GOT FOOT CAUGHT GETTING OUT OF SCOOP TWISTING LEG (RIGHT KNEE).
HE HAD LEFT ARM DOWN IN OIL TANK CHANGING FILTER WHEN FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL PUTTING ALL WEIGHT ON LEFT ARM & KNOCKING SHOULDER OUT OF PLACE.
ROOF FALLS STARTING 1 BRK INBY THROUGH SPAD #22 UP TO SEALS. ROOF FALLS STARTING AT 2 BRK OUTBY #18 GOING THROUGH SPADE #24 POSSIBLY TO SEAL. FALLS 1 BRK INBY SPAD #20. FALLS STARTING AT SPAD #20 RIGHT BRREAK & UP THROUGH BREAKS.
VICTIM HAS MINER KNEE.
STRAIGHTENING OUT ROOF BOLT TO PUT INTO HOLE IN TOP.BOLT SLIPPED CAUSING INJURED TO TWIST LOWER BACK AND HIP.
SHOVELING BELT DID NOT KNOW HE HURT IT UNTIL LATER REPORTED ACCIDENT TO MANAGEMENT ON 071789
WHILE BLEEDING OF STORED ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE IN BACK OF POWER CENTER OF A PREVIOUS ENERGIZED POWER CENTER INJURED CAME IN CONTACT WITH A PHASE THAT HAD NOT YET BEEN BLEED
WHILE DITCHING WATER AT DRIFT, ROCKS SLIDE OFF EMBANKMENT STRIKING HIM IN HEAD AND FACE.
RIDING IN THE SCOOP BUCKET GOT HIM UP AGAINST THE TOP.
I.NAME AND ANOTHER LIFTING 16 GAL BARREL OF OIL ON TOP OF PINNER WHEN OTHER MAN LOST HIS GRIP AND DROPPED HIS END OF BARREL.PUTTING ALL WEIGHT ON VICTIM INJURING HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTIG TO UNLODGE 1 1/2 STEEL CABLE FROM FROZE GROUND BY WRAPPING AROUND SCOOP BUCKET WHEN SCOOP PULLED OUT UNLODGING FROM GROUND THE INJURED PERSON WAS STRUCK BY CABLE KNOCKING HER DOWN AND CATCHING INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN SCOOP BUCKET AND CABLE.
WHILE PULLING PILLARS FINAL PUSH ON B WING ROCK FELL CATCHING MINER AND SECTION FORMAN RIDING HIM TO GROUND FACE FIRST.
SUBJECT WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOTER WHILE CHANGING PLACES WITH ROOF BOLTER SUBJECT TRIPPED OVER ROOF BOLTER CABLE INJ HIS KNEE
WORKING ON MINER AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN MY R EYE
UNLOADING BUGGY REEL FROM SCOOP BUCKET AND MASHED MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.