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7 ENTRY THE MAIN MINE FAN ENTRY CANOPY TOP ON THE SURFACE COUAPSED FOLLOWING A HIGHWALL DISLODGEMENT. RESULTING IN HOLE IN THE CANOPY TOP APPROX 20'WIDE BY 12' LONG CAUSING AIR TO SHORT CIRCUI T TO THE OUTSIDE.
EE WAS IN A STANDING POSITION BESIDE THE TRAILING CABLE OF A BOLTING MACHINE WHEN THE OPERATOR OF THE MACHINE ENGAGED THE REEL TAKE UP TO PICK UP SLACK IN THE TRAILING CABLE. AS THE CABLE WAS PICKED UP THE EE WAS TRIPPED BY THE CABLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE PAVEMENT. EE FELT AN ALLEGED PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG AREA.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING ONE END OF A CROSS BAR, WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL, STILL HOLDING ONE END OF THE CROSS BAR. HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK CAUSING A SPRAIN/STRAIN.
THE CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR WAS REMOVING NO. 15 LIFT ONT HE INBY FENDER OF AN 80'X80' BLOCK WHEN THE TOP STARTED WORKING AND COULD NOT GET THE CONTINOUS MINER BACK IN TIME TO PREVENT BEING C AUGHT IN THE ROOF FALL. AREA SUPPORTED BY 4' AND6' RESIN GROUTED BOLTS.
THE JOY 14 CM15 REMOTE CONTROL MINER WAS EXTRACTING A CUT OF COAL IN THE # 8 ENTRY, WHEN THE MINE ROOF STARTED TO WORK IN A SURFACE CRACK. THE OPERATOR REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE AREA AND BEGAN TRAMMING THE MINER TO SAFE LOCATION. A SECTION OF THE MINE ROOF, MEASURING 8' TO 10' WIDE X 10' TO 12'HIGH, AND 60' LONG, FELL CATCHING THE MINER UNDER IT. THE MINER WAS RECOVERED 8:30PM 10-23
EE WAS IN A SLIGHTLY BENT OVER POSITION STEPPING DOWN FROM A SUPPLY FLATCAR. AS SHE STEPPED DOWN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE CAR.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE SCRUBBER RAIL OF THE 14CM-1 5 CONTINUOUS MINER ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE MINER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE MINE FLOO R
TWO EMPLOYEE SWERE ROOF BOLTING A X-CUT BETWEEN THE #3 AND #4 ENTRIES ON THE 016-0 SECITON. THEY WERE 1 BLOCK INBY STATION #3122, BOLTING FROM THE INTERSECTION INTO THE X-CUT. A SECTION FO H TE UNBOLTED ROOF MEASURING 4 TO 18' WIDE,2 5' LONG, AND 9-11' THICK GAVE AWAY AND COVERED UP THE ATRS AND CANOPY ONT HE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOLTER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MACHINE WAS RECOV
THE EE WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION LIFTING A TRACK AIRLOCK DOOR OVER A TRACK RAIL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. BEGAN MISSING WORK 8-22-94.
THE EE WAS BENT OVER CUTTING A PIECE OF 2INCH BLACK PLASTIC IN TWO WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. AS THE KNIFE CUT THRU THE PIPE IT CONTACTED HIS LEFT THUMB.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION TAKING A SHOWER. THE WATER SHE WAS SHOWERING IN BECAME HOT AND SHE JUMPED BACK, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE A MINE POST VISUALLY EXAMINING THE ROOF AND RIBS WHEN A PIECE OF THE RIB BROKE LOOSE, DISLODGING THE MINE POST WHICH STRUCK HIM IN THE UPPER RIGHT ARM.
8.62% HEARING IMPAIRMENT PROTEST BEING FILED DUE TO EMPLOYEE BEING EMPLOYED BY RAUER COAL CORPORATION SINCE 07-03-91
EE WAS IN A STANIDNG POSITION REUTRNING THE WINCH CABLE AND HOOK TO THE SCOOP. AS HE PLACED THE CABLE AND HOOK ONTO THE SCOOP HE WAS STUCK ON THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND BY THE HOOK.
THE 14 CM-15 REMOTE CONTROL MINER WAS BEING USED TO PILLAR RETREAT MINE IN THE 2 BLOCK OF 1 LEFT PANEL IN THE REDSTONE SEAM. AS THE CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR LOADED THE LAST SHUTTLE CAR FROM T HE PUSH OUT AND STARTED TO BACK THE MINER OUT, THE ROOF BEGAN TO WORK AND FELL ON THE HEAD OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER PREVENTING FURTHER MOVEMENT. FELL APPROX. 7 FT HIGH. THERE WAS NO INJURIES T
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UPRIGHT STACKING DOWTY CRADLE ROLLERS. AS HE WAS LAYING A PIECE OF STRUCTURE ON THE STACK, HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF BELT STRUTURE.
THE EE WAS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION OBSERVING THE MINE ROOF AND THE ROOF BOLTERS WORK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD AND KNOCKING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR.
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS--5% AWARD. WORKERS COMPENSATION DIVISION--WEST VIRGINIA.
FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 530 AM 5/3/94, 100 FT LONG X 18 FT WIDE X 6 FT TO 12 FT HIGH. AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED WITH 4FT AND 5 FT RESIN GROUTED BOLTS. NO INTERRUPTION TO VENTILATION. NO EQU IPMENT INVOLVED NO INJURIES. AREA WAS LAST EXAMINATED 4-27-94. FALL OCCURRED IN 2 ENTRY 1 BLOCK INBY STA 563 3 ENTRY 1 BLOCK INBY STA 564. M.M.U. 003-0AREA DANGERED OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS SEATED IN PASSENGER SEAT OF COMPANY VEHICLE WHEN HE WAVED HIS RIGHT HAND OUT THE VEHICLE WINDOW TO GREET WORKERS IN THE CAR YARD HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A SH ARP EDGE ON THE OUTSIDE MIRROR.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION PULLING A ROOF BOLTER CABLE AS A CO-WORKER TRAMMED IT ACROSS THE SECTION WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE AS MINER BACKED OUT OF A PILLAR SPLIT WHEN HE FELT A PAININ HIS RIGHT CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ROOF BOLTING ON THE RT SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER HE RAISED THE DRILL STEEL AGAINST THE ROOF & BEGAN TO ROTATE IT A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF HE WAS DRI LLING & STRUCK HIM ON THE HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR FROM MINER TO DUMPING POINT WHEN HE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF COAL IN HIS EYE
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A LID UP WITH A SLATE BVAR WHEN IT BECAME FOULED. HE RELEASED THE BAR & ATTMPTED TO FREE IT WITH HIS HANDS. THE PLATE WHICH HAD "SPRING" IN IT SNAPPED DOWNWARD CATCHING HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE PLATE & BOLTER FRAME.
DRIVER WAS OPERATING THE TRATOR TRAILER ASCENDING A STEEP HAUL ROAD WHICH WAS ROUGH & WET & WAS TURNING TO THE RT WHEN THE DRIVE WHEELS ON THE TRACTOR LOST TRACTION CAUSING IT TO SPIN THEN GAI NED TRACTION CAUSING THE GEARING IN THE REAR ENDTO BREAK THE TRACTOR & TRAILER STARTED SLIDIKNG BACKWARD ON THE GRADE & CURVE CAUSING THE TRAILER TO JACK KNIFE & UPSET & THROW THE TRACTOR INT
AN UNTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE INTAKE ESCAPEWAY MESURING 16' LONG X 16' WIDE AND APPROX 7' HIGH IN #9 ENTRY. #8 ENTRY HAD A PREVIOUS FALL IN IT MEASURING 30' LONG X 16' WIDE AND APPR XO 15' HIGH. NO PERSONEL INJURED OR EQUIPMENT COVERED #8 ENTRY WILL BE CLEANED, CRIBBED, CANOPIED WITH STEEL BEAMS AND CRIBBED TO MINE ROOF.
THE INJURED WAS INA UPRIGHT POSITION HELPING A CO-WORKER UNLOAD MINE POSTS FROM A SCOOP BUCKET. AS HE PULLE DONA POST, THE CO-WORKER PULLED ONANOTHER POST CAUSING HIS LEFT HAND TO BE CAUGHT B EWTWEEN TWO POSTS.
EE WAS REMOVING A BELT STAND FROM UNDER A BELT WHEN HIS HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A SHARP EDGE ON THE STAND.
THE EE WAS INAN UPRIGHT POSITION ON A RAILROAD CAR PLATFORM TRY TO RELEASE THE MANUAL BRAKE. THE BRAKE WAS TIGHTLY SET AND WHEN IT BROKE FREE, THE EE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONGSIDE SECTION POWER CENTER WHEN HE STEPPED ON CABLES, WHICH WERE LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK AND FALL.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE PRE-SHIFT EXAMINER ON 12-19-93. THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 58 FEET LONG, 16 FEET WIDE, & 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE THE COAL SEAM. AREA HAD BEEN SU PPORTED WITH 5 AND 6 FOOT ROOF BOLTS. THERE WERENO INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES OR EQUIPMENT. NO INTERRUPTION TO VENTILATION.
THE EE WAS IN A STANDING POSITION RAISING THE BOOM OF THE BOLTER. AS THE BOOM WAS RAISING HE REACHED FOR THE BOLT WRENCH THAT WAS LAYING ON THE DRILL BOOM. HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE CANOPY JACK AND MASHED THE TIP OF HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A FOULED DRILL STEEL FROM THE ROOF BY ROTATING THE DRILL STEEL & PUTTING DOWNWARD WITH HIS RT HAND WHEN HIS GLOVE CAUGHT ON THE DRILL STEEL & TWISTED HIS HAND ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN PITTSBURGH SEAM 002-0- SECTION
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN AN OPEN TYPE MINE JEEP, NEAR STATION #756. A ROCK (APPROX. 48" LONGX 22" WIDE X 2.5" THICK) FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF. IT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HARD HAT, CAUSING THE EDGE OF THE HAT TO CUT HIS SCALP ABOVE THE LEFT EAR. 32 STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE CUT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN OPEN MINE TYPE JEEP, NEAR STATION #756. A ROCK (APPROX. 48" LONG X 22" WIDE X 2.5" THICK) FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF. IT STRUCK A FELLOW EMPLOYEE ON THE HARD HAT AND BROKE INTO SMALLER PIECES. ONE OF THE PIECES STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION, THAT REQUIRED 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS PARKED OUTBY THE #4 PILLAR BLOCK AT THE INTERSECTION, APPROX. 65' FROM THE 1ST LIFT OUT OF THE BLOCK. FOUR SHUTTEL CARS HAD BEEN MINED OUT OF THE BLOCK. SOMETIME BETWE EN SHIFTS, A FALL RODE OUT THE TIMBERS AND FELL TO THE OUTBY INTERSECTION (STA.1400) COVERING THE HEAD OF THE MINER. IT WAS RECOVERED WITH A MINER RETREIVER AT 7:00PM.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN A STANDING POSITION PULLING AND HANGING TRAILING CABLES FOR FACE EQUIPMENT.
THE EE WAS USING A HAND DRILL TO DRILL A HOLE THRU A CLOTHES LOCKER. THE DRILL BIT WENT THRU THE METAL AND PUNCTURED HIS FINGER.
EE WAS IN A STANDING POSITION OPERATING A FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER, WHEN SHE LOWERED THE DRILL HEAD TO THE MINE FLOOR, HER RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD AND THE MINE FLOOR. THIS CAU SED CONTUSIONS TO HER RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A STANDING POSITION OPERATING A REMOTE CONTROL MINER A ROCK MEASURING 10IN THICK X24IN WIDE X48IN LONG IDLODGED FROM THE MINE ROOF & STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD & SHOULDER THIS RESU LTED IN A MIS ALIGNMENT OF HIS CERVICAL SPINE HEWAS UNDER SUPPORTED TOP
EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE CONNECTING PINS OUT OF A RAIL USED FOR HANGING CONVEYOR BELT ROLLERS. A TIMBER SHE WAS HOLDING ONTO FOR BALANCE GAVE WAY ALLOWING HE THUMB TO GET INTO THE PATH O F THE HAMMER. SHE STRUCK HE THUMB WITH THE HAMMER.
THE REMOTE CONTROL MINER ON THE Z-13(016-0) WAS MINING IN THE #5 PILLAR BLOCK, INBY STA. 1896. AN UNEXPECTED ROOF FALL TRAPPED THE MINER. IT WAS RECOVERED AT 3:15 PM. THE ROOF IN THE AREA WAS RE-INFORCED WITH 4',6',&8' ROOF BOLTS AND TIMBERS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE WORKERS AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE MINER.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING A ROOF FALL CAVITY. WHILE HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE, HE WAS LOOKING UP AT THE TOP. A ROCK "ABOUT THE SIZE OF HIS FIST" FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE MOUTH AND LEFT CHEE K, CAUSING CONTUSIONS AND LACERATIONS.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #8 AND #9 ENTRY AT STATION #503 MEASURING APPROX. 8' HIGH, 17" WIDE X 80' LONG. THE FALL OBSTRUCTED THE ESCAPEWAY BUT WAS NOT IMPASSABLE. THE FALL DID NO T AFFECT VENTILATION TO THE WORKING SECTION. THERE WERE NOT ANY INJURIES TO PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT. THE FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP AND THE ESCAPEWAY RE-ESTABLISHED.
THE REMOTE CONTROL CONTINUOUS MINER ON THE Z-13 (016-0) SECTION WAS MINING THE 1ST LIFT OF THE #3 BLOCK, AT STATION #2117. IT BECAME HUNG UP ON LOOSE SPILLAGE. WHILE IT WAS HUNG UP, ROCK FELL ON IT. THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS RECOVERED AT 12:15PM. THERE WAS NO INJURIES.
THE EMPLOYEE BENT OVER AND PICKED UP A LIFTING JACK. AS HE TURNED TO TAKE A STEP, HIS OTHER FOOT WAS STUCK IN MUD. THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK RESULTING IN A STRAIN/SPRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
THE EE WAS IN A SEATED POSITION IN THE HYDRAULIC AND MOTOR COMPARTMENT OF A SCOOP. HE DROPPED A BOLT. AS HE MANEUVERED HIS BODY TO PICK IT UP, HE TWISTED HIS KNEE AND SPRAINED IT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A HAND GRINDER. HE LATER FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THE DOCTOR DISCOVERED VERY SMALL PARTICLES OF METAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION AT THE TIME HE WAS DOING THE GRINDING.
THE 14CM15 REMOTE CONTROL MINER WAS MINING A PILLAR LIFT IN THE #6 PILLAR BLOCK JUST INBY STATION #2282. AN UNEXPECTED FALL OF THE PILLAR AREA ROOF FELL ON THE FRONT PORTION OF THE MINER. THE MINER WAS EXTRACTED @ 11 AM.THE FALL AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF & PILLAR EXTRACTION WAS RESUMED.