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EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN #3 HEADING. HAD LEFT HAND ON BOLT. TURN DRILL ROTATION ON CATCHING HIS GLOVE, TWISTING LEFT HAND AROUND ROOF BOLT.
EE WAS STARTING THE 2ND ROW OF BOLTS IN #3 HEADINGA ND HAD DRILLED APPROX 12" WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN TRS AND WHERE HE WAS DRILLING/HITTING HIM ON CAP AND SLIPPED DOWN HIS RIGHT ARM.
WAS BOLTING IN FACE #3 INSTALLING BOLT RT RIB. A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL ON RT FOOT, HURTING RT BIG TOE JOINT.
EE'S JOB WAS TO SHOVEL SECTION BELTS AS NEEDED. HE HAD SHOVELED APPROXIMATELY 12' IN DISTANCE WHEN HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.
THE EIMCO 3510 ROOF BOLTER WAS IN 2 TO 1 CROSSCUT/T-BAR WAS SET. THE ROOF LOOKED GOOD NOT CRACKS. DAVID WAS ON THE OEPRATOR SIDE, HE WAS RAISING THE DRILL HEAD/WITH DRILL STEEL IN-LACE, TO S TART DRILLING A HOLE. THE DRILL STEEL NEVER TOUCHED THE TOP. HE WAS STARTING THE FIRST HOLE ON LEFT SIDE. WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME DOWN.
EE WAS OPERATING THE OFF-SIDE OF A DOUBLE HEAD EIMCO ROOF BOLTER/INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS/HE HAD PUT BOLTS BEHIND HIM/THAT WERE TO BE USED HE TWISTED AROUND WHILE ON HIS KNEES TO GET A ROOF BOLT TO INSTALL-HE FELT A SUDDENTIGHTENING IN HIS LOWER BACK
WHILE TRAMMING THE MINER INTO COAL, THE MINER DRIFTED TOWARD RIB DUE TO WET/SLICK CONDITIONS, CATCHING HIS LEG BETWEEN MINER AND RIB.
EE WAS CLEANING NO. 4 RT BK WITH SCOOP SCOOP HIT SOME ROUGH ROCK BOTTOM BOWING THE SCOOP UPWARDS RAISING EE TOWARDS THE ROOF WHERE HE HIT HIS HEAD.
EE STATEDHEHAD NEARLY FINISHED DRILLING A 3FT HOLE FOR A ROOF BOLT INSTALLATION WHEN DRILL POT (HE THOUGHT) BRUSHED THE ROOF & SOME UNIDENTIFIED PARTICLE WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE THERE WERE NO V ISIBLE SIGN OF INJURY EE WAS NOT FOLLOWING COMPANY RULES/SAFETY PROCEDURES HE WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS CHEANING ROAD LEADING TO THE TAIL PIECE IN THE #4 ENTRY. MAKING A TURN FROM #4 TO THE #3 ENTRY, THE OPERATOR DID NOT ALLOW ENOUGH ROOM FOR THIS TURN. HANGING CLOSE TO THE RI B, THE OPERATOR CAUGHT HIS LEFT EAR & LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD ON SOME LOW HANGING COAL.
THE INJURED PERSON WAS HANGING CURTAIN IN FACE NEAR THE REAR OF MINER. HAVING HIS BACK TOWARDS THE MINER, SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE WORKER, AND SLIGHTLY CAUGHT THE WORKER IN HIS BACK WITH THE END OF THE SHUTTLE CAR.