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PERSON WAS LOADING 5' TIMBERS & STRAINED BACK.
MEN WERE MAKING A BELT MOVE,I.NAME HURT BACK LIFTING BELT ROPE.
FAULTY AREA OF MINE APPROXIMATELY 4000' FROM WORKING FACE 1 BREAK OUTBY 5.9+93 AN AREA 18'X30'X6' FELL FROM THE TOP.
CHANGING SCRAPER ON BELT DRIVE WHEN IT SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN FOREHEAD.
PERSON WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING BELT TAKEUP POWER PACK WHEN LINE STARTER WENT PHASE TO PHASE BURNING RIGHT HAND & ARM.
ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A DRIVE SHAFT ON THE TOP,AND INJURED WAS UNDERNEATH GETTING READY TO EASE THE SHAFT DOWN.INJURED ONLY HAD ONE HAND UNDERNEATH THE SHAFT,WHEN THE OTHER EMPLOYEE TUR NED LOOSE OF IT,WHICH CAUSED INJUREDS THUMB TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRIVE SHAFT AND TRUNION BAR.
SAID HE HURT BACK WATCHING BELT DRIVE.
CUT FINGER TRIMMING BELT & HAD TO HAVE STITCHES.
FAULTY AREA IN INTERSECTION BOLTED WITH 6 FT POINTANCHOR BOLTS.
MINING IN FAULTY AREA-INTERSECTION AT 5.5 #105 FELL IN 30' X 30' X 9'.
I NAME WAS LOOSENING A PEICE OF BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
LAMINATED AREA OF SHALE SAND STONE ROOF APP 40X30X5 SIXTY FEET INBY SS296 4 ENTRY OF 002 UNIT.
FAULTY SHALE AREA IN MINE ROOF APPROX. 60' INBY SS # H-218 ON #2 BELT.
ROOF FALL AT SURVEY J777 APP. 24' LONG 18' WIDE 3 1/2' THICK.
SCRAPING RIB WHEN LOOSE COAL SHED OFF TOP OF RIB CATCHING OPERATOR ON BACK.
INTERSECTION 1 BREAK INBY SURVEY STATION C94 ROOF FALL APP 7' HIGH 20' WIDE 70' LONG AFFECTING OPERATION OF #2 MAIN BELT.
INTERSECTION ON #2 MAINLINE BELT AFFECTING APPROX 40' OF BELT.
NO DAMGE TO EQUIP. SLICKENED SIDED SLIP
SLICKENED SIDED SLIP IN ROOF APP. 45' LONG, 15' WIDE AND 0 TO 8' HIGH.
ROOF FALL IN IN7ERSECTION.
INTERSECTION 120 FT. INBY SPAD#67 HAD A ROOF FALL SLIP DIAGONALLY ACROSS IT. THE SLIP GAVE WAY CAUSING A FALL APPROXIMATELY 16 FT. WIDE BY 25 FT. LONG.
PERSON WAS MOVI3G CABLE FROM BEHIND JOYCUTTER WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE OFFSIDE OF THE MACHINE.THE OPERATOR THOUGHT HE WAS CLEAR.THE OPERATOR STARTED UP RUNNING OVER THE RIGHT FOOT OF VICTIM.
MECHANIC WAS IN8TALLING CUTTER BAR ON MACHINE WHEN ALINING ADJUSTMENT SCREW FOR CUTTER CHAIN RT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ADJUSTING SCREW AND SOCKET FOR ADJUSTING SCREW CUTTING FINGER OF F AT FIRST JOIN7 FROM NAIL
PERSON WAS OPER5TING SCOOP IN FACE AREA OF 001 SECTION WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIS RIBS INTO SCOOP FRAME
THE MAN WAS RID3NG IN SCOOP BUCKET WITH MANTRIP HOLDING WITH FINGERS OF LEFT HAND ON OUTSIDE OF SCOOP BUCKET THE SCOOP CROSSED A SLICK SPOT IN HALLWAY CAUSING THE BUCKET TO SLIDE INTO THE RIB MASHING INDEX 0INGER ON LEFT HAND
A ROOF SLIP LYI3G ACROSS THE INTERSECTION IN THE LOCC #11 ENTRY OF THE 002 SECTION GAVEWAY 1' TO 2' ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT CAUSING THE INTERSECTION TO FALL.