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BACKED MINER OUT OF PLACE AND WAS PULLING ROCK OFF OF HEAD. WHEN ROCK CAME OFF MINER, IT TILTED UP AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND TOP. HAD XRAY TAKEN. NOTHING BROKEN. BRUISED AND PAINFUL.
A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURED IN NO.5 ENTRY 7 BREAKS INTO 1ST LEFT PANEL. NO INJURIES AND NO EFFECT TO THE MINE.
ROOF RODE THRU BREAKER TIMBERS ON PILLAR LINE APPROX 80'. ROCK CAUGHT ABOUT 6' OF BACK OF PINNER
ROOF FALL IN ABANDONED ARE A MINE. DID NOT BLOCK ANY TRAVELWAY OR AIRWAY. FALL WA IN AN OLD PANEL MADE WEEKLY BY MYSELF.
ROOF FALL DIRECTLY INBY FAN HOUSE-APPROS. 16'W,20'L,6'HIGH.
REMOVE COAL AND ROCK FELL OVER WEEKEND PROBABLY CAUSED BY ELEVATION AND GOING INTO HOOLOW. CAUSING PRESSURE ON TOP OF SLOPE THE CRIBBED OTHER PLANS AND LEFT THIS INTENTINONALY TO SUE WHAT IT W OULD DO. WE FOUND OUT. ALL PLANS BOLTED WHILE AND ALSO USED LONG BOLTS.
ROCK APPROX. 42" THICK /6' WIDE /20' LONG FELL BETWEEN TWO HILL SEAMS. NO DAMAGE, THIS ENTRY HAD BEEN DROPPED.
HYDRAULIC JACK SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. POSSIBLE BROKEN BONES.
HIGH WALL IN NO.3 ENTRY SLID OFF A BELT LINE FOUND DURING PRESHIFT.
A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ROOF FALL WHICH HAD BEEN DANGERED OFF CONTINUED THRU INTERSECTION AND ACROSS BREAK. NO BLOCKAGE OF AIRWAY OR TRAVELING SINCE THIS AREA WAS ALREADY DANGERED OFF.
PIECE OF SANDSTONE APPROX 4 FT THICK, 8 FT WIDE, 20 FT LONG, FELL FROM MOUNTAIN SEAM, NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT.
ROOF FALL AT 41/2FT BOLTS INSTALLEDWERE 4FT CONVENTIONAL THIS AREA IS TRANSITIONAL IN THAT SLATE TOP IS RUNNING OUT & SANDSTONE TOP IS BECOMING IMMEDIATE ROOF AS OF 4:00PM 06-07-95 THIS AREA W ILL NO LONGER BE MINED MOVING SECTION
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION IN FRONT OF #3 SEAL. FALL WAS APPROX. 60' LONG, 10' WIDE, 3'-4' HIGH ON INTAKE SIDE. VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED.
NO ONE INJURED IN ROOF FALL. FALL IN BLEEDER LINE FOUND WHILE I.NAME WAS GATHERING UP EXCESS BRATTICE BLOCK LEFT ON. 10,428 CFM AIR GOING ACROSS TOP OF FALL.
ROOF FALL 8 BREAKS LEFT OF SPAD #8003 FALL WAS APPROX 60FT LONG 20FT HIGH 6 TO 8FT HIGH LOCATED IN RETURN VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED
INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT IN 3H A OVERLANDING BRAW FELL HITTING HIM ON THE LOWER BACK AND HIP INJURED WORK THE REST OF THE SHIFT.
EE STEPPED FROM TOP OF MINER TO THE FLOOR AND STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTED HIS FOOT AND BROKE A BONE IN THE TOP OF THE FOOT. WEARING RUBBER HARD TOE BOOTS.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOFBOLTS. EE LET THE CANOPY DOWN ON THE ROOFDRILL. THE CANOPY PUSHED HIS HEAD DOWN ON THE LEVERS OF THE DRILL. ONE OF THE LEVER KNOBS HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE. CAUSING BRUISI NG AND FRACTURE TO THE EYE SOCKET.
PULLING MINER CABLE, AND PULLED LOWER BACK AREA.
LIFTING BELT TO HELP PUT IN BOTTOM ROLLER AND PULLED BACK MUSCLE.
EE WAS GOING BACK TO OPERATE SHUTTLE CAR AFTER HIS DINNER BREAK, FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS KNEE WHILE WALKING.
ROOF FALL ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF BOLTS ONE BREAK INBY SPAD NO. 51. 20' WIDE, 20' LONG, 6' THICK. LOCATED ON INTAKE. DID NOT BLOCK ARM. HAVE TO CLEAN UP ALTERNATE ROUTE FOR A TRAVELABLE ESCAPEWAY. FALL FOUND ABOUT 3 A.M.
WEAR AND TEAR IN GROIN AREA CAUSED BY LONG TERM TWISTING AND TURNING,BOUNCING UP AND DOWN WHILE OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER.
REPORT RECEIVED ON OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE OF COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
ROCK FALL 1 BREAK INBY SPAD NO. 32 IN RETURN. DID NOT CLEAN UP FALL. TIMBERED AND CRIBBED AND DANGERED OFF. FOUND DURING PRESHIFT 4-11-94 DAY SHIFT.
HIGH ANGLE SLIP NO INJURY OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. FALL 240' FROM FACE. 20' X 30' X 8' AREA.
HAD ROCK FALL IN INTERSECTION OF #2 HEADING IN LAST ROW 2 OPEN BREADES. FALL WAS APPROX. 18' WIDE, 80' LONG, 7' THICK.
REPORT RECEIVED ON OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY STRUCK HEAD ON CANOPY CUTTING FOREHEAD.
ROCK FALL IN OLD NO. 8 HEADING OUTBY WORKING SECTION 40 FT LONG 12 FT WIDE 4 1/2 TO 5 FT THICK FELL ON INTAKE SIDE DID NOT AFFECT AIRFLOW DONT INTENDE TO CLEAN UP.
PULLING ROCK OFF OF BELT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIP EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL THE 15TH OF NOV. THEN DECIDED TO GOT TO DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN HOLE FOOT SLIPPED ON MUD & TWISTED BACK & KNEE.
DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SHOULDER KNOCKING HIM TO FLOOR AND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HIP.
ROOF FALL AT CROSSCUT 51 ENTRY NO 6 AND NO 7 IN RETURN APPROX. 5 FT THICK 20 FT WIDE 55 FT LONG DID NOT BLOCK RETURN. NO PLANS TO CLEAN UP AT THIS TIME.
LIFTING CANOPY T O BE INSTALLED ON SCOOP FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND A BLOCK OF COAL TO WATCH THE MINER CABLE. A ROCK 44" X 45" X 8" FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS KNOCKING THE EMPLOYEE TO THE MINE FLOOR.
RIB ROLLED OFF KNOCKING EMPLYEE AGAINST A SHUTTLECAR
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PUT A BOLT IN A CANOPY LEG. THEY WERE CUTTING THE HOLE WITH A TORCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING SCOOP UNDERGROUND, HIT BUMP IN FLOOR BOUNDING HIM UPWARDS HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.
WHILE LOADING BLOCK INTO A SCOOP BUCKET A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK & KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND
RAN SHUTTLE CAR OVER LUMP OF COAL AND BOUNCED HEAD AGAINST CANOPY INJURING NECK.
REPORTED CASE OF BLACK LUNG.
THERE WAS MAJOR BOLT IN THE AREA THE SANDSTONE WAS LAMINATED WITH THIN POWER LIKE COAL IN WHICH COULD NOT BE DETECTED BY DRILLING TEST HOLES.
WHILE SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AT THE #2 DRIVE TWIST TO LAY COAL ON COAL BELT- HEARD POP IN BACK- SLIP DISC.
EE WAS HELPING MOVE MINER CABLE PULL ROPE WAS HOOKED TO A PIECE OF PINNEN STEEL THE PIECE OF PINNEN STEEL GOT UNDER PRESSURE AND CAME LOOSE STRIKING EE IN LEFT LEG.
54736YEE WAS MINER HELPER WATCHING CABLE,MINER CABLE STAND-OFF.HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEFT KNEE,PUSHING LEG TO SIDE FOOT WAS STUCK IN MUD THEREFORE IT BENT LEFT ANKLE OVER TO SIDE CAUSING IT TO BREAK 09593IAL EVALUATION WAS A SPRAINED FOOT X-RAY SHOWED IT WAS A BROKEN BONE IN LEFT ANKLE.
WHILE CHANGING COAL DRILL STEEL CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN STEEL AND BEARING PINCHING SKIN FROM LEFT HAND.
WET SURFACE AND MUDDY BOOTS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO SLIP FROM LOADER WHILE SERVICING FALLING ABOUT SIX FEET TO GROUND LANDING ON RIGHT FOOT FIRST.
ROCK FALL IN #2 HEADING (BELT ENTRY). APPROX. 30' LONG, 20' WIDE AND FROM 2'-4' THICK. CONTINUOUS MINER CAUGHT BY ROCK FALL. RECOVERY PLAN POSTED AND WORKING TO RETRIEVE MINER.
FELL AND TWISTED LEG,STRIKING KNEE AREA ON BOTTOM WHILE HELPING LIFT UP A 10/SC TIRE.EMPLOYEE THOUGHT KNEE WAS JUST BRUISED BUT KEPT EXPERIENCING PAIN-SAW A PHYSICIAN FIRST ON MARCH 6,1992.