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EE WAS RIDING MANTRIP & WAS ON HIS WAY OUTSIDE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & HIT EE IN THE LEFT EYE
EE WAS TROUBLESHOOTING PANEL ON MINER AND WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO ENERGIZE A LINE STARTER WITH THE ARC COVER OFF. IN DIONG SO, GOT A FLASH BACK FROM THE LINE STARTER TIPS AND IN DOING SO GO T EYES AND HANDS BURNED.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS PUSHING BOLT UP IN THE HOLE THAT HAD BEEN DRILLED.BOLT CAUGHT INSIDE HOLE & CAUSED BELT TO BEND WHILE HE WAS HOLDING HEAD OF BOLT OVER AGAINST POT ON DRILL. THE BOLT HEAD CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN PINNER BOOM AND BOLT HEAD. HEIGHT 29" FROM FLOOR TO ROOF
EE WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE AND TWISTED RIGHT SIDE.
EE WAS PULLING CABLE WITH MAC8 AND CABLE GOT HUNG UP AND CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIM IN CHEST KNOCKING HIM OVER MAC 8.
EE WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE AND TRIPPED AND FELL AND HURT HIS BACK.
EE WAS PULLING ON BELT STRUCTURE AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT NECK AND SHOULDER.
PUTTING A DIRECTIONAL SWITCH IN A S&S SCOOP AND FELT A SHARP STINGING SENSATION IN HIS NECK AND LEFT ARM.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS INSTALLING TOP PANEL ON THE FACE POWER CENTER, WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT OF WORK, THOUGHT PAIN WOULD GO AWAY, EE CALLED MINE ON 1 1-11-97 STATED HE WAS GOING TO SEE A DR.
AN UNINTENIONALL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE TRACK ENTRY ONE BRK INBY SPAD #77 APPROX. 18'WIDE 60' LONG 8' THICK. THE AREA WAS DANGERED OFF,ANC SUPPORTED.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVER IN THE NO.4 ENTRY AT SPAD NO. 1266, ONE BREAK INBY THE FALL WAS APPROX. 18' WIDE 30' LONG 7' HIGH. THE AREA WAS DANGERED OFF AN SUPPORTED ON ALL SIDES.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON THE #3 BELT CONVEYOR ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #72 APPROX 54' LONG 18' WIDE 10' HIGH. ALL SIDE WAS DANGERED OFF AND CRIBBED.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #2 ENTRY POTAL ON THE #1 BELT CONVEYOR THREE BREAKS INBY FROM POTAL APPRXO 40'LX18'WX6'H ALL SIDES WAS DANGERED OFF & CRIBBED.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY AT SURVEY STATION 1245 APPROX. 180 WIDE, 80' LONG, 6' HIGH. THE AREA WAS DANGERED OFF AND CRIBBED ON ALL SIDES.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE #3 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF WAY OF SHUTTLE CAR, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A PROB DRILL ON A FLAT CAR, HE HAD A 1/4" CHAIN HOOK TO THE DRILL. THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE DRILL TO FALL HITTING HIS LATERAL PART OF THE RIGTH LEG.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE RETURN ENTRY, ONE BRK INBY SPAD #1159 APPROX. 18' WIDE 30' LONG 6' HIGH. THE AREA WAS DANGERED OFF AND CRIBBED ON ALL SIDES.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE#6 ENTRY INBY SPAD #23. THE FALL WAS APPROX 6'L, 4'H, 16'W. AREA WAS CLEANED UP AND RESUPPORTED.
THE CO FEELS THAT NO ACCIDENT OCCURED THEREFORE THIS REPORT IS ONLY BEING MADE TO COMPLLY WITH COAL MINING REGULATIONS SET FORTH BY MSHA.
EE WAS HELPING LOAD STEEL PIPE AND INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE#6 ENTRY AT SPAD #1286. THE FALL WAS APPROX 18'W, 6'H, 19'L. AREA WAS DANGERED OFF AND CRIBBED ON ALL SIDES.
EE WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT MOVE-CARRYING BELT STRUCTURE & HELPING PULL BELT & HURT HIS LWOER BACK
EE WAS CARRYING ROCKDUST & DUSTING #5 BELT WHEN HE FELT PAIN
EE WAS LIFTING THE GATHERING ARM WHEN HE FELT A SHARP BURNING PAIN IN HIS STOMACH
EMP WAS CLEANING WALKWAY ON BELTLINE AND LIFTED A ROCK AND IT WAS HEAVIER THAN HE THOUGHT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
ROOF FALL DUE TO MULTIPLE SEAMS IN ROOF STRATA.
ROCK FALL IN THE FACE AREA OF #4 & #5 ENTRY FALL IS APPROX. 70' L, 18' W, 5' THICK.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKE OFF THE TOP WHILE THE PINNER OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING A BOLT INTO THE TOP, STRICKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND FACE. IT PUT A SMALL CUT ON TEH UPPER CHEC K. AND AFTER GOING TO THE DR ON TEH 12TH THEY FOUND TWO DISK IN THE NECK WERE MESSED UP. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT LOST TIME ACCIDNET.
ROOF DRILL HELPER WAS SETTING FOOT JACK AND CANOPY THE CANOPY OF ROOF DRILL HIT THE OPERATOR IN THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.
EMPLOYEES WERE LOADING SUPPLIES IN A SCOOP BUCKET. INJURED STEPPED ON A CRIB BLOCK AND FELL ON HIS BACK.
COMPLETE INTERSECTION FELL IN AT SPAD 37. 15 BREAKS OUTBY DEEPEST AREA OF MAINS.
BUILDING CINDER BLOCK BRATTICE. WALKED INTO METAL DOOR. STOOPED OVER AND RAISED UP CUT NOSE AND RT EYE.
PULLING ON A HEAVY OBJECT & SHOULDN'T HAVE.
SHOVELING COAL FROM BEHIND 2 CRIBS THAT HAD BEEN BUILT ON RIB, WHEN BACK STARTING BURNING & HURTING--WHEN HE GOT HOME, COULD BARELY GET OUT OF TRUCK.
SOFT SLATE TOP FELL ABOVE BOLTS.
EE HAS ALLEDGED HE HURT HIS LEG ON 06-10-94 BY STEPPING OFF LADDER DURING THE DATE ABOVE THIS WAS NOT REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN EE DID INOT WORK ON SAT 06-11-94 & WAS DISCHARGED FOR NOT REPORTIN G TO WORK ON MON 06-13-94 IN THE DAY EE CALL & SAID ACCIDENT REPORTED I SAZID I WOULD HAVE TO INVESTIGA TE IT I TALKED WITH HIS FOREMAN EE ON 06-13-94 & HE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A
HE WAS PUTTING POLE FOR MANBUS ON WIRE & HE GOT A HOLD OF THE METAL HARP & WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES. ELECTRIC SHICK WAS INCURRED.
PIECE OF LOOSE SHELL FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE FINGER WHILE HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE FOR ROOF BELT.
SLATE SEPERATED FROM SANDSTONE SANDSTONE ROLLED UP AND DOWN BOLTS DID NOT ANCHOR IN SOME PLACES IN SANDSTONE IT STARTED WHERE IT HAD NOT BEEN BOLTED.
USING PICK TO CLEAN TRACK PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BOLT WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT IN BETWEEN BOLTS & CAUGHT EMPLOYEE ON HIS RT SIDE ABOVE LOWER BACK & ANKLE & FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON CURTAIN THAT WAS ENTANGLED IN THE MINER CABLE.
WHILE BOLTING TOP OPERATOR WAS BRINING STEEL OUT OF TOP REACHED TO GET STEEL AND STEEL BROKE. Y
THE DATE AND TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNKNOWN IT WAS REPORTED TO AN ELECTRICIAN AND IT WAS OVER HEAD BY A SECURITY GUARD WHO REPORTED IT ON 2-10-93 THEN INJURED EE TOLD ME THAT HE TURNED AND PU T A BOX OF LIFT RESIN ON HIS BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE GOT AND PUT A BOX OF LIFT RESIN ON HIS BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE GOT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND THAT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 1 TO 1/2 W
EE WAS LIFTING A SPEED REDUCER THAT GOES ON THE SCOOP AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TAIL ROLLER UP WHEN IT FELL AND HIT HIS HAND.
OPERATING MINER BY REMOTE CONTROL AND EMPLOYE EWAS SITTING AGINST RIB WHEN A PIECE OF RIB COAL FELL OFF AND HIT HIM.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP MINER CABLE
EE INFORMED ME THAT HIS BACK HAS BEEN HURTING FROM THE TIME THAT HE WAS HELPING PUT UP 4 FT BENDABLE RESIN BOLTS AND THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK BENDING THOSE BOLTS.