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May 17, 1999 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniels Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING A ROCK AND MASHED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

January 30, 1999 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Daniels Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT RIGHT ARM BETWEEN TOP & EQUIPMENT

January 15, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
R J Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

4 WHEELER MAN TRIP RAN INTO RIB AND BRUISED NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

November 18, 1997 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
R J Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER OPERATOR WAS CLEANING UP A CUT OF COAL, AS HE WAS SITTING THE MINER OVER FOR THE LAST RUN HE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINER & RIB.

July 9, 1997 WV · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF DOOR TO THE GUARD HOUSE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT UNTIL WE RECEIVED PAPERS FROM COMPENSATION.

June 18, 1997 WV · Coal INUNDATION
R J Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

OPERATOR RECEIVED TEL. CALL AT APPROX. 2300 ON 6-18-97 FROM NIGHT WATCHMAN ADVISED OF WATER DRAINPIPE HAD STOPPED UP & CAME TO SURFACE ALLOWING MINE TO FILL WITH WATER. NO MEN OR EQUIPMENT IN MINE THE 3 ENTRIES WERE DRIVEN APPROX. 90' & THE 1ST XCUT CONNECTED.

November 18, 1996 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R J Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

SUPPLEMENT TO ACCIDENT REPRT PREPARED ON 10-0796. SOME LOOSE ROCK FELL THAT HAD BEEN BOKE LOOSE FROM A PREVIOUS FALL.

November 5, 1996 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
R J Mining Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING ILLNESS REPORTED TO OPERATOR AS RESULT OF ATTACHED AUDIOGRAM RECEIVED TO OPERATOR BY MAIL ON 11/22/96 TAKEN 11/5/96.

October 5, 1996 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R J Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE MAKING AN EXAMINATION OF RETURN AIR WAY, AFALL WAS FOUND IN AN OFF ENTRY ABOUT 20'W, 4'THICK, 30'L. FALL WILL NOT EFFECT THE AIR FLOW OR THE TRAVEL WAY IN RETURN. FALL WAS CRIBBED OFF AN D WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

June 21, 1994 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R J Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

1ST INTERSECTION OUTBY #3 HEADING HAD WATER DRIPING THROUGH THE ROOF CAUSING THE ROOF TO FALL FALL WAS 20FTWIDE BY 30FT LONG THE FAN CAUGHT THE BOOM OF CM1 DRILL ONLY THE DRILL WAS GOT OUT THE SAME DAY ON THIS 2ND SHIFT

February 22, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
R J Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS REACHING TO GET A ROOF BOLT OFF OF HIS PINNER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK 11" WIDE, 14'LX3" THICK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK.

January 1, 1993 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Pike Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ENTRY APPROX 800' OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION, THAT HAD BEEN DROVE CLOSE TO THE SURFACE, AND HAD BEEN COMPLETED, WE HAD RECEIVED ALOT OF RAIN THIS WEEK WHICH HA DPENETRATED THE ROOF ROCK IN TH IS AREA, CAUSING THE ROOF TO FALL.

November 6, 1992 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Pike Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

DURING SECOND MINING ON 002 SECTION, AS THE LAST CUT WAS BEING TAKEN OFF OF THE RIGHT PILLAR IN #2 ENTRY, THIS TRIGGERED A MASSIVE ROOF FALL ALONG THE PILLAR LINE. STARTING FROM WHERE THE PILL ARS HAD BEEN MINED IN #4 ENTRY FOLLOWING THE PILLAR LINE ALL THE WAY ACCROSS #2 ENTRY.

December 27, 1991 WV · Coal IMPOUNDMENT
Eastern Pike Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

#1 ENTRY CUT INTO A ABONDION MINE. 1 CROSS CUT INBY SPAD #946.

September 1, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eastern Pike Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS BOLTING TOP HE WAS JUST STARTING A HOLE AS HE WAS DOING THIS HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND ON TOP OF THE POT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DRILL & FELL HITTING I NAME SMALL FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND MA SHING THE END OF IT FROM THE BACK OF THE NAIL OUT TO THE END

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