A roof fall was located on shift exam @ 4:25AM. Roof fall occurred one break inby SPAD 29, Entry #5. The roof fall was approximately 20'W, 25'L and 3'W.
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Showing all 15Employee had turned off the feeder, pulled rock up on the side of feeder, then turned the feeder back on. Employee then reached up to pull the rock over to bust it up and a rock flipped up and hit a finger.
Tigming up belt entry toward miner timber fall into dekc pinning left arm against from of shuttle car.
Roof fall occurred 300' inby main main jan in #1 entry 18' wide 30' long 6' high. The roof was supported when the fall occurred.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRIVE CAR AND HIT A HOLE, BOUNCED AND HURT HIS HIP.
ROCK FELL FROM TOP, HIT EE ON HEAD AND BACK OF NECK.
EE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR, RAN OVER ROCK, HE WAS THROWN UP TO TOP OF CANOPY, PINNED HIS NECK DOWNWARD AND HURT HIS BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING BELTS STRUCTURE AND HURT LOWER BACK.
EE WAS BOLTING OP THE STEEL BENT HE WAS BENDING WITH IS & HIT HIS ARM
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING DUST BOX. A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING ROOF BOLTS; ROCK BROKE AND FELL, HITTING HIS RIGHT HAND.
DROPPED PINNER HEAD ON FOOT (LEFT) SAID HIS TOES WERE NUMB. SENT FOR X-RAYS.
WRENCH FLEW FROM PINNER HEAD AND HIT HIS KNEE.
DRIVER SAID COAL TRUCK KICKED OUT OF GEAR AND HE LOST CONTROL OF COAL TRUCK. DRIVER REFUSED THE USE OF AMBULANCE AND SAID HE WAS NOT HURT.
FOUND FALL IN #1 #2 INTERSECTION 4 BREAKS INSIDE ON HE SHIFT MONDAY MORNING 140 FT OUTBY FACE.