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EMP'S HAND WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTER AND CRIB BLOCK. HE WAS SETTING FOOT JACK WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING A "3-WHEELER" DOWN THE ROADWAY. THE TRAM SWITCH WAS IN THE REVESE POSITION. HE PUSHED THE TRAM PEDAL ANTICIPATING GOING FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WENT BACKWARDS -CAU SING HIM TO HIT BATTERY CHARGER WITH HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS HELPING MOVE 6"X 8" X 16' HEADER IN #2 FACE WHEN INJURED STARTED EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN. INJURED CEASED WORK AT 2:00PM ON 10-25-95.
VICTIM RAN OVER LUMP OF COAL WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING VICTIM TO STRIKE THE SHUTTLE CAR WITH LEFT SHOULDER. VICTIM CONTUNED,TO OPERATEE CAR FOR APPROX 1/2 HR BEFORE CEASING WORK.
VICTIM WAS PUTTING WHEEL UNIT ON S/C & LIFTING IT IN PLACE
VICTIM WAS BENT OVER PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY
TIME OF FALL IN UNKNOWN. THE FALL IS APPROX. 20 FT WIDE 6 TO7 FT HIGH APPROX. 220 FT LONG THE AREA HAS BEEN CRIBBED OFF TO PREVENT ACCESS. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6'-4' BOLT PATTERN THE FALL OCCU RED 1 BRK INBY SPAD 963 TO 1 BLK INBY SPAD 994.
INTERSECTION 5 INTAKE 1BK OUTBY SPAD 536. FALL IS APPROX. 40' LONG X 18' WIDE X 5 TO 6' THICK. FALL WAS ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE POINT. AREA IS BOLTED WITH 4' FULLY RESIN GROUTED RODS AREA IS NOW CRIBBED OFF ESCAPEWAY IS NOW MOVED AROUND AND MARKED ACCORDINGLY.
INJURED WAS TRYING TO REPOSITION A BUNKLE OF ROOF BOLTS IN THE SCOOP BUCKET AND HURT HIS BACK.
MAN WAS HOLDING SHIELD UP WHEN SHIELD SHIFTED AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SHIELD AND THE FRAME OF THE MINER, BRUISING AND MASHING HIS RT HAND. FACE #5E 1BK INBY SPAD 827.
THE INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 2X2X6 FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS BOLTING CORNER IN BREAK THROUGH BETWEEN 6&7 BREAK HAD CUT THROUGH INTO 7 BOLT MACHINE HEAD WAS SWUNG OUT INJURED WAS IN KNEELING POSITION UNDER CANOPY WHEN ROCK BROW BROKE AT EDGE OF CANOPY STRIKING INJURED ON RT HIP ROCK MEASURED 3FT LONGX2FT WIDEX8IN THICK
FALL WAS SISCOVERED APPROX. 245 PM AT 18X INBY SPAD 555 3 NEUTRAL ENTRY ON THE N.W. MAINS SECTION APPROX. 1300' OUTBY FACE, FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION APPROX. 20'L X 25'W X 7' THICK. AREA WAS BO LTED WITH 4 & 6' FULLY RESIN GROUTED RODS. FALL WAS ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE POINT. AREA WAS CRIBBED OFF.
ROOF FALL LOCATED ON PRESHIFT EXAMINATION FALL BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO FAULT IN ROOF. LOCATED ON 46 STOPPING ON ROADWAY ON 3 BELT ROOF FALL MEASURED 20 FT WIDE 24 FT LONG 5 TO 6 FT THICK. NO IN JURES RESULTED FROM THE FALL.
#4 BELT ENTRY APPROX 10' INBY SPAD 689 ROOF FALL APPROX 90' L BY 20' WIDE BY 4 TO 6' THICK. FALL WAS ABOVE BOLT ANCHOARGE POINT. AREA WAS BOLTED ON 4,6 STAGGERED PLAN. AREA IS BREAKERED AND CRIBBED OFF AT ALL ACCESS POINTS. FULLY RESIN GROUTED RODS WAS BEING INSTALLED.
EE WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT ON HIS KNEE PAD AND THE BOLT SLIPPED OFF HIS KNEE CAUSING HIS ELBOW TO TWIST AND PULL. INJURED KEPT WORKING AFTER THE INJURY, BUT AS HE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PAIN HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 9-28-94, CEASING WORK ON THAT DAY.
EMPLOYE EWAS SEALING TOP IN INTAKE MANTRIP ROADWAY. PUL ROCK WITH SLATE BAR. ROCK HIT SLATE BAR, BAR HIT EMPLOYEE ON KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE MINER CABLE AND PULLED HIS LEFT KNEE.
FALL WAS FROM LT. RIB OF #1E TO FACE OF #3 RM. THIS AREA WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AT A LATER DATE TO BE KNOWN AS 1 LT. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. AREA IS DANGERED OFF & CRIBBED OFF. THERE I S NO EFEECT ON RETURN AIR FLOW. FALL IS APPROX. 60' LONG X 20' WIDE X 6-10' THICK. #1E, #3 ROOM, 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #569. AREA BOLTED WITH 4" RESIN BOLTS. FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE.
ROOF FALL IS LOCATED 1BK OUTBY SPAD 568 IN #2E RETURN OF THE NORTHWEST MAINS SECTION FALL IS APPROX 1 5FT LONGX20FT WIDE X4 TO 6FT THICK FALL WAS ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE POINT AREA WAS BOLTED WIT H 4F&6FT RESIN GROUTED RODS STAGGERED PATTERN AREA WILL BE REHABILITATED BY CRIBS & REBOLTING
FALL OCCURED DURING VACATION PERIOD. FALL WAS DISCOVRED AT 10:10PM ON 7-10-94. #3 ENTRY 1 BK OUTBY FACE AND 1BK INBY SPAD 531. FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION AND WAS 40'X40'X7 TO 8' THICK. TOP WA S BOLTED WITH 4' & 6' RESIN STAGGERED.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT ROLL BELT AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK A VACATION BEGAN 6-23-94 DELAYING A VAILABILITY OF ALL INFO. RETURN TO WORK FOR MINERS 7-11-94.
INJURED WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ON SCOOP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND DURING HIS FALL HIT THE CORNER OF THE BATTERIES WITH HIS UPPER CHEST.
INJURED WAS TAKING CABLE FROM BOLT WHERE IT WAS HANGING WHEN A ROCK 3FTX3INCH FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS. THE ROCK PUSHED THE MAN BACKWARDS AND SIDEWAYS TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
ON 3-18, INJURED WS WORKIGN AROUND AHKER AREA, WHNE HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE HE WAS X-RAYED AT RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL. THE ANKLE WAS WRAPPED AS SPRAINED AND RELEASED TO GO BACK TO WORK. AFTER THE SWELLING WENT DOWN AND THE PAIN FAILED TO SUBSIDE, HE WS RE X-RAYED A BREAK ONT EH FOOT TOP BELOW THE ANKLE WAS FOUND. HE CEASED WORK ON 3-24-94.
EE WAS IN HIS TRUCK AT THE DUMPING POINT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MT. FROM EAGLE MINE. HIS TRUCK BED WAS RAISED. THE PIN IN THE HYDRAULIC JACK ON THE TRUCK BED BROKE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TIP O VER.
INJURED CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD AND FRAME OF ROOF BOLTER.
MINER CUT INTO UNKNOWN AUGER HOLES IN 3 ROOM OFF 2 RIGHT X CUT HOLES WERE 1/2 FULL OF WATER WATER DID NOT CAUSE DAMAGE OR CONSTITUTE A DANGER AND WAS PUMPED OFF. AUGER HOLES WERE NOT SHOWN ON THE MAP PROPERTY HAS BEEN RESURVEYED AUGER HOLESMARKERS.
INJURED WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE TO HANG WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. HE TURNED & PULLED HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE COB OUT OF HIS WAY, HIS FOOT SLIPPED & THE DRILL HEAD PINNED HIS ANKLE AGAINST SOME ROCK.
INJURED WAS LOADING A BUGGY WITH REMOTE CONTROL MINER. SMALL ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND HIT INJURED ON THE HEAD.
AN UNINTENSIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURED 600 OUTBY 1 SECTION IN THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN 6 AND 7 ENTRIES THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 4X18 WIDE X 15 LONG.
INJURED WAS LIFTING & PULLING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINERS CONVEYOR CHAIN-ASSISTING IN REPAIRS.
INJURED WAS LIFTING ONE END OF A PORTABLE ROCK DUSTER WHEN LOWER BACK "WENT OUT" & HE WAS UNABLE TO STRAIGHTEN UP.
THE INJURED WAS WALKING UP 4 ENTRY AND RAN INTO A METAL STRAP AND CUT NECK ABOVE SHOULDER.
FALL WAS FOUND IN #3 HEADING ON 001 SECTION-1000 FEET OUTBY, THE FACE. FALL WAS APPROX. 40'L X 18'W X 471. THE FALL WAS TIMBERED & CRIBBED OVER & THE BELTLINE RE-ESTABLISHED.
A ROOF OCCURRED IN THE SECONDARY ESCOPEWAY ON THE RETURN AIRWAY SOMETIME BEFORE 12:01 PM THERE WERE NO WITNESSES OR INJURIES. ESCOPEWAY HAS BEEN REROUTED FALL WAS APPROX. 6' THICK, 20 FEET WID E AND 20 FEET LONG. FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY ACTING SUPERINTENDENT & MSHA INSPECTOR.
INJURED WAS BUILDING A BLOCK STOPPING. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STOPPING, A MAN CHIPPED A PIECE OF ROCK LOOSE. THE AIR GOING ACROSS THE STOPPING BLEW THE ROCK INTO THE INJURED'S EYE.
INJURED WAS OPERATING THE #1 SHUTTLE CAR IN THE #4 ENTRY, DRIVING TOWARDS THE FEEDER. HE BUMPED THE FEEDER CAUSING HIS HEAD & NECK TO HIT THE LEG OF THE SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY.
INJURED WAS LOADING ROCKDUST ON #8 TAILPIECE BELT AND PULLED HIS BACK. HE WORKED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT.
A ROCK FALL OF APPROX 16' X 16' X 3 H WAS DIS- COVERED IN #4 HEADING, ON INTAKE ESCAPE WAY APPROX 8800' FROM THE FACE. THE AREA WAS HELD BY 4'X6' RESIN BOLTS IN A STAGGERED PATTERN HAD BEEN.
INJURED WAS HOOKING A ROCK DUSTER TO THE SCOOP. THE SCOOP SWIVELED AND THE PIN JERKED HIS HAND BACK TO THE BATTERY FRAME OF THE SCOOP. INJURED WAS ROCK DUSTING ON THE #2 SECTION OF THE END OF THE TRACK.
INJURED WAS HANGING MINER CABLE ACROSS INTER- SECTION WHILE HOLDING CALBE UP & PULLED SOMETHING IN MIDDLE BACK AREA.
ROCK FELL IN # 1 ENTRY AT 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD #8269 APPROXIMATE SIZE 4FTX20FTX35FT CRIBS INST ALLED AROUND FELL
INJURED REPORTED RUNNING OVER A ROCK WHILE OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR RESULTING IN JARRING & PASIN IN H IS LOWER BACK
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS LANDING ON THE CANOPY AND SLID DOWN THE CANOPY, FALLING ON BACK OF VICTIMS LEG.
FALL WAS FOUND IN OLD WORKS OR #2 ENTRY- ACTING AS RETURN. 2 FALLS OCCURRED @ 3 CROSSCUTS APART- 7000' FROM FACE AND 1 CROSSCUT INBY SPAD #8739. APPROX. SIZES: 5'H X 20'W X 80'L AND 5'H X 20' X 20'. FALLS WERE TIMBERED OFF AND DANGERED OFF.
PULLING ON A SC CALBE WHILE MAKING A POWER MOVE AND HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.
INJ PULLING SLACK UP ON BUGGY CABLE AND HURT BACK. INJ WAS REPORTED 9-25-92.
INJURED PULLED ON A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE THAT WAS STUCK IN THE MUD ON THE BELTLINE INJURED REPORTED SHARP PAINS TO THE CERVICAL & LUMBAR REGIONS OF SPINE INJURED CEASED WORK ON 09-25-92