FOUND ROCK FALL AT 5:30 AM DURING PRESHIFT EXAM. FALL ON SURFACE #2 ENTRY AT PORTAL BEHIND APRON. ROCK IS APPROX 16 FT LONG 7 FT WIDE 6 FT THICK. TIMBERED AND DANGERED BOTH SIDES.
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Showing 50 of 79ROOF FALL ON #3 BELT BETWEEN #15 AND #17 CROSSCUTS AND ACROSS INTO MAIN RETURN. 4 1/2 TO 5'THICK, 20'WIDE, 120 TO 130'LONG.
ROOF FALL ON #3 BELT - 4 1/2-5 FT THICK, 20 FT WIDE, 40-45 FT LONG. BETWEEN #19 & #20 CROSSCUTS.
ROCK FALL IN RETRUN AT BRAKE 25 AN #3 MAINS.
INJURED WAS PULLING A PIECE OF BELT. CHAIN BROKETHAT WAS TIED TO BELT. ONE LINK CAME OFF CHAIN STRIKING HIM ACROSS BRIDGE OF NOSE.
INJURED SLIPPED AND FELL, HIT LEFT ELBOW ON FRAME OF SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING BRUISED ELBOW.
INJURED WAS PULLING CABLE BACK TOWARD POWER BOX. CABLE HUNG ON ROCK. INJURED TRIED TO JERK CABLE LOOSE FROM ROCK INSTEAD OF GOING TO SEE WHAT IT WAS HUNG ON. INJURED HAS POSSIBLE LOWER BACK IN JURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING RAIL FROM CONTINUOUS MINER. PULLED OR STRAINED WRIST.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN ON #3 BELT ENTRY 9 BREAKS INBY THE DRIVE. SLATE AND SHALL TOP DISLODGED FROM MINE ROOF.
INJURED WAS HELPING TROUBLE SHOOT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH SCOOP - SCOOP BEGAN TO MOVE UNINTENTIONALLY AND CAUGHT INJURED'S LEGS UNDER FRAME.
INJURED WAS PREPARING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE TO MAKE PERMANENT SPLICE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING UPPER THIGH ON RIGHT LEG APPROX 2 INCHES LONG AND 1 INCH DEEP.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A HOSE ON CONVEYER MOTOR RIB AND IT ROLLED OUT HITTING LEFT LEG.
EE WAS OPERATING SCOOP AND HIT A DEEP HOLE IN BOTTOM CAUSING HEAD TO HIT CANOPY ON SCOOP
EMPLOYEE WAS MONITORING BELT DRIVE STARTER WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK, MEASURING 16" X 16" X 2'.THE ROCK FELL APPROXIMATELY 5 AND A HALF FEET, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
TOP WAS SOFT SLATE WITH SLICK OUTS. TOP WAS NOT UNIFORM. 15 X 30 X 5 FT THICK FALL (AREA CUT WIDE).
EE WAS HANGING ROOF BOLTER CABLE HANDS CAME IN CONTACT WITH NICKED PLACE IN TRAINING CABLE CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHOCK. PERSON SAID HE WAS ALRIGHT BUT WAS SENT TO DR TO BE CHECKED. NO DAMAGES TO PERSON THAT IS KNOWN\
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN MOVING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. WHILE LAYING DOWNS PADS TO RUN OVER THECABLE CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN RUN OVER PAD AND THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.
WHILE DRILLING A HOLE HE REACH UP AND GOT A HOLD OF THE STEEL AND PUSHED LEVER WRONG WAY PINNING HIS HAND BETWEEN HEAD ON BOLTER AND ROOF.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED AT #5 INTERSECTION. ROOF FELL IN AND WAS MIXED WITH DRAW ROCK, SOAPSTONE ANDSANDSTONE. IT WAS SUPPORTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS.NO DAMAGE DONE. CRIBBED AREA AROUND FALL HAS BEE N CORDONED OFF. FALL WILL NOT BE REMOVED.
ROOF FALL WAS ON #3 BELT (SECTION BELT). THIS AREA WAS ADVERSE WHEN DEVELOPED.
CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT IN BETWEEN RIB AND BOLTER.
HITTING CONNECTING LINK ON MINER CONVEYER CHAIN HITTING FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE AND LINK.
INJURED WAS REPLACING STARTING BOX LID ON SHUTTLE CAR.
MINER OPERATOR LIFTING RIB RAIL ON MINER STRAINED MUSCLE IN RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ROOF BOLT INTO HOLE AND PULLED MUSCLES IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.
ROCK FALL IN #4 ENTRY IN INTERSECTION OF 4 RIGHTCROSSCUT FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE, USING 48" BOLTS AND DRILLING 72" TEST HOLES, AREA WAS MINED APPROX 1 WEEK BEFORE ROOF FALL.
PULLING BELT THROUGHHOLE, SLIPPED AND FELL AND PULLED LUMBAR MUSCLE IN BACK.
WORKING ON MINER OTHER REPAIRMAN LET HEADS DOWN AND MASHED LEFT TOES
EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIGHT RIB WHEN A RIB ROLL OCCURED AND A PIECE OF ROCK/COAL HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER. HE HIT A WIRE ROPE AND A SMALL SLIVER OF WIRE FLEW INTO HIS EYE.
EE WAS BOLTING THE TURN IN FOR 7 HDG. 2ND ROW BOLTS DRAWROCK 0" TO 4" THICK-20" WIDE 8' LOGN LIT HIS LEFT HIP.
INJURED GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE WHILE HELPING ELECTRICIAN WORK ON CABLE TO MINER.
LARGE SLIP IN FACE AREA WITH SEVERAL STREAKS OF COAL CAUSING TOP TO GIVE LOOSE. #5 HEADING FALL WAS FOUND ON PRE-SHIFT. NO ONE WAS UNDERGROUND AT TIME OF FALL.
ROOF FALL FOUND ON PRE-SHIFT ON 4-12-99 BETWEEN 2 AND 3 CROSSCUT. FALL WAS CAUSED BY HILL SCAM THAT RAN FROM #2 INTAKE SECTION ACROSS TO #3. NO DAMAGE DONE. FALL WAS CRIBBED IN ALL AREAS NEEDED.
INJURED WAS MOVING OIL CANS AND EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.
BAR SLIPPED FROM LIFTING JACK CAUSING POSSIBLE DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON KNEES SETTING TIMBERS, ROCK FELLFROM TOP AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT THIGH.
EE HIT RIGHT LEG WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.
EE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE DRILL, HE BENT OVER TOOK STEPS BACKWARD THEN WENT DOWN, WITH PAIN IN HIS BACK.
WAITING FOR SAW MAN TO CUT TIMBER. DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING MINER LEFT SIDE.
ROCK FELL ON RIGHT HAND - CAUGHT ON MINOR CANOPY.
EE WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR & JARRED HIS BACK ON ROADWAY. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 8-3-98. ON THAT DAY HE WENT TO ER WITH BACK PAIN & AFTER CONSULTING WITH DR. ON 8-24-98, HE DETERMINED PAIN WAS PROBABLY RESULT OF ROADWAY JARRING ON 7-30-98.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OVER A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR STARTED TO MOVE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR-THE CANOPY OF THE SHUTTLE SHEARED OFF A ROOF BOLT-THE BEARING PLATE OFF OF THE ROOF BOLT STRUCK HIM ON LEFT ARM WHILE HE WAS INSIDE THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTME NT.
INJURED HIT HOLE IN MINE FLOOR WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR. HIS HIS HEAD ON OPERATOR'S CANOPY AND STOVE HIS NECK.
EE WAS LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION BETWEEN 31 AND 32 1ST BREAK INSIDE.
ROOF BOLTER HEAD WAS HUNG UP DUE TO BROKEN JACK,AND WORN OUT BUSHINGS ON ARMS GAVE WAY, LANDINGON LEG OF INJURED PERSON.
EMPLOYEES CUT HIS LEG WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A RIB ROLL FELL ON HIS LEFT CALF.