WORKER DISCOVERED A HERNIA ON HIS LEFT ABDOMEN.
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Showing all 14A ROOF FALL INBY STATION 42 IN #8 ENTRY OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION.
A ROOF FALL AT AN INTERSECTION 4 WAY, OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION. AT BLOCK 16 OF #1 BELT IN #2 ENTRY. ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS WERE ADDED TO THE AREA.
A ROOF FALL OF AN INTERSECTION OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION AT STATION 36. ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS WERE ADDED TO THE AREA. TRAVELWAY WAS REROUTED.
A ROOF FALL OF AN INTERSECTION, STATION 105, OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, POSTS, WERE INSTALLED AND THE TRAVELWAY REROUTED.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON #1 BELT ONE BLOCK OUTBY STATION 157. THE FALL WAS LOCATED IN AN INTERSECTION IN THE #4 ENTRY. THE HEIGHT WAS APPROX. 5 FT LENGTH 35 FT AND WIDTH 18 TH.
THE FALL OCCURED IN BY STAT #28 #8 ENTRY, APPROX 1000 FT FROM THE SURFACE. THE FALL AREA WAS APPROX 5 FT, 40 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE. THE DEVELOPMENTDATE WAS APPROX 1994. MINE VENTILATION WAS NOT A FFECTED, THE ESCAPEWAY PASSAGEWAY WAS REROUTED AROUND FALL AREA.
SOME ROCK FROM THE HIGHWALL FELL ON CANOPY OF THE BELT ENTRY.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 1ST LEFT SECTION, #3 ENTRY AT THE FACE AND EXTENDING 30 FEET OUTBY. A LARGE CLAY VEIN ON THE LEFT RIB CONTRIBUTED TO THE FALL. SOME GLOVING EFFECT WAS DISCOVERED ON 4 ROOF BOLTS. THE USE OF LARGER BOLTS MAY ELIMINATE THIS OCCURANCE.
INJURED WAS CLEANING ON THE #3 BELT HEAD AREA WHEN A ROCK 3" X 2" THICK X 8" FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS, HITTING THE INJURED ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT CHEEK CAUSING A BRUISE TO SHO ULDER AND A CUT ON THE RIGHT CHEEK NEEDING 3 STIRCHES, NO TIME MISSED.
INJURED REPORTED ON 12-9-99 THAT HE WAS HELPING REMOVE THE BIT MOTOR FROM THE MINER, WHILE PRYING WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
THE INJ WAS INSTALLING A 5' RESIN BOLT IN THE 6 TO 5 XCU6T THE TRS WAS SET & THE CANOPY WAS ARAISED WHEN THE INJ STARTED TO INSTALL HIS BOLT HE NOTICED A LOOSE ROCK FALL FROM THE TOP OF THE FA CE HE TURNED & STARTED TO RUN WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL INJURING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND
THE INJURIED WAS WELDING BIT LUG'S ON THE JOY MINER THIS WAS HIS 3RD DAY OF WELDING LUGS ON WHEN HE STARTING HAVING CHEST PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
THE TOP FELL (OUTBY THE FACE ABOUT 20 BLOCKS IN AN UNTRAVELED RETURN ENTRY OF THE MINE NOT EFFECTING AIR OR TRAVEL) AT #7 BLOCK IN THE INTERSECTION FOR APT 35' INBY. THE FALL IS 7' HIGH BY 13' WIDE APX 50' LONG. THIS ENTRY WAS MINED AND BOLTED IN APX OCT 1994. IT WAS BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS AND SOME 5' RESIN BOLTS WERE INSTALLED IN THIS AREA THEN.