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September 7, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
P I T A Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

2 BREAKS OUT BY SPAD 31765 INTERSECTION 20' WIDE25' LONG 2-6' THICK. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 42" AND 5' BLUE BOLTS. TIMBERS WERE SET IN CROSS CUT.

August 2, 2000 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
P I T A Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS SUING A 32 OZ. HAMMER TRYING TO GET BEARING OFF TAIL PIECE AND MASHED RIGHT HAND AGAINST TIL PIECE BREAKING RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

July 21, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
P I T A Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN PRIMARY ESCAPEWAY 1000 FT OUT BY FACE AREA, ONE BREAK IN BY SPAD 59. TOP WAS SUPPORTED WITH 4 FT FULLY GROUTED GLUE BOLTS. TOP WAS GATHERING MOISTURE. TOP FELL FROM 1 TO 5 FT HIGH . FALL WAS 18' WIDE 5' HIGH, 70' LONG.

June 14, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
P I T A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BACKING BOLTER BACK TOWARD SPAD 108 & GOT FOULEDAGAINST RIB.

May 18, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
P I T A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DUMPED SHUTTLE CAR. WAS GOING BACK TO MINER. TURNED, LEFT HANDED & CAUGHT LEFT HAND AGAINST RIB.

March 13, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P I T A Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

GETTING OUT OF DECK OF SCOOP HAND SLIPPED AND RIBS HIT LIGHT AND FRAME. BRUISED RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.

February 10, 2000 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
P I T A Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE SCOOP OPERATOR PUSHING THE SC UP AN INCLINE. THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP WENT OVER END OF SC. THE SCOOP OPERATOR HIT HIS HEAD ON MINE ROOF.

February 8, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
P I T A Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT 2:20 PM ON 02-08-2000 IN #4 ENTRY 60 FT. INBY SPAD NO. 20 A 3-WAY INTERSECTION. THIS AREA WAS MINED JAN 1, 1999. THE ROOF SUPPORT WAS 6' AND 7' TORQUE TENSION ROOF BOL TS WITH 5" X 11' STRAPS. THE FALL WAS 16' WIDE, 16' LONG, 12' HIGH.

January 27, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
P I T A Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL 300' OUTBY SECTION. SURFACE CRACKS IN AREA ROCK MEASURES 6'W, 8'H, 60'LONG. FELL 1 BRK INBY SPAD #1568 TIMBERS. METAL STRAPS WERE USED IN AREA. (42" RESIN BOLTS)

December 20, 1999 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairmont Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING THE ROOF BOLTER WITH ROOF BOLTS AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

December 9, 1999 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
P I T A Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE BOLTING A PIECE OF CAP COAL FELL ON THE INJURED.

November 4, 1999 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
P I T A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DON'T KNOW. HE CAME OUTSIDE AND WENT HOME AT 7:00 PM AND CALLED BACK TO OFFICE 3 DAYS LATER SAYING HE GOT HURT ON SCOOP.

October 30, 1999 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
P I T A Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

NO DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE. COMP FORM STATES INJURED WAS HIT WITH A PIECE OF ROCK.

September 19, 1999 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Unique Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD 161, IN NO. 6 ENTRY, ROOF FELL IN FROM 20' OUTBY RT SIDE OF SOLID COAL IN 7 ENTRY STRAIGHT ACROSS TO WITHIN 30' OF BELTLINE IN NO. 4 ENTRY. LENGTH OF FALL 160', 20 ' WIDE, 8 TO 10' HIGH. DEVELOPED 11-4-98. BOLTEDWITH 4' FULL GROUT GLUE BOLTS. THERE WAS TIMBER AND CRIBS SET WHERE TOP FELL.

September 11, 1999 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P I T A Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SHUTTLE CAR TIRE AND HUB ONTO BACK OF A SHUTTLE CAR.

August 24, 1999 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Unique Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

GETTING OUT OF SCOOP PUT HANDS ON TOP OF CANOPY TO PULL SELF OUT, FEET SLIPPED UNDER HIM & FELL ON BACK. WENT TO DR 8/26/99

August 21, 1999 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P I T A Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HANGING CABLE ON SIDE 14C MT MINER TWISTED UPPR PART OF BODY & STRAINED LOWER BACK

August 20, 1999 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Unique Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN INTAKE BIG HORSESBACK FELL ONE BRK INBY SPAD 306 DRD NOT RESTRICT AIR WAY FALL WAS 18X40X7FT HIGH. TOP WAS BOLTED WITH 4FT FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. WATER WAS COMING THRU TOP 140 0' OUTBY FACE DEVELOPED 2/10/99

August 19, 1999 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P I T A Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELED BELT INBY NO.4 HEAD & HURT BACK

August 11, 1999 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fairmont Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS KNEELED DOWN IN THE SCOOP BUCKET HAULING ROCK OUT FOR THE ROCK DUSTER WHEN THE SS SCOOP BEGAN TO MOVE IT WENT INTO HIGH TRAM CAUSING HIM BACKWARDS AND LANDING ON HIS BACK ON SEAT.ON 8/1 1/99 HE WENT AND HAD HIS BACK CHECKED HE WORKED UNTIL 8/19/99 AND WENT INTO HOSP WITH BACK SPASM

August 4, 1999 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Unique Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL FROM LEFT SIDE OF NO.3 ROADWAY ALL THE WAY TO LEFT PILLAR IN NO. 1 WATER HAD OSTERIATED ROOF FALL WAS 6 FT HIGH. HAD RETURN RESTRICTED OPENED UP NO. 1 ENTRY. FALL WAS 1 BRK OUTBY SPA D 80 IN THE RETURN. 100 X 18 X 6.

July 30, 1999 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P I T A Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE #1 BELT CONVEYOR HAD WENT OFF DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING ON THE SURFACE. EE A BELTMAN WAS REACHING FOR THE BELT STOP START SWITCH TO RESTART THE BELT & FELL. EE WAS WORKING UNDERGROUND AT THE A TAIPIECE

July 26, 1999 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P I T A Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE SAID HE WAS PULLING PEIVE OF BOTTOM STRUCTOR OVER PVIL SOMETHING IN BACK THERE WERE NO WITNESS COULDN'T GET HOLD OF EE ABOUT ACCIDENT.

July 22, 1999 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Unique Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL RIB HAD CUTTER ON LEFT SIDE WE HAD BEEN TIMBERING IT. TOP FELL ABOUT 90' X 18' X 5'.1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD 322 IN NO. 4 ENTRY(NUETRAL). DID NOT EFFECT TRAVELWAY OR VENTILATION. DEVELOP ED AREA 03/22/99. BOLTED WITH 4FT. FULL GROUTED GLUE BOLTS. SOME WATER WAS COMING THRU THE TOP.

July 17, 1999 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Fairmont Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND JULY 17 AT APPROX. 100 PM THE FALL WAS TEN FT LONG, TEN FEET WIDE AND EIGHT FEET HIGH. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH SIX FOOT TORQUE TENSION BOLTS AND WAS MINED JAN 1999. I T WAS IN #2 ENTRY OR THE SOUTH MAINS, JUST INBY SPAD #28. THE AREA WAS CLEANED UP AND CANOPIED.

June 30, 1999 WV · Coal scoop car operator ELECTRICAL
P I T A Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

MOVING SCOOP CHARGER TAKING CABLE DOWN GOT HOLD OF BAD PLACE IN CABLE BURNT RIGHT HAND RING FINGER.

June 21, 1999 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
P I T A Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE WAS RIDING MANTRIP. IT BOUNCED UP AND EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN ON TAILBONE. DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ACCIDENT UNTIL 06/30/99. EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.

May 26, 1999 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
P I T A Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING THE BOTTOM WITH A SHRODER DFRILL TO ANCHOR TAILPIECE WHEN THE DRILL FOULED & WHIPPED AROUND & CAUGHT HIM ON THE ARM.

May 13, 1999 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Unique Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN INTAKE (PRIMARY) APPROX. 2400' OUTBY FACE AREA. AT SPAD 162 IN NO. 6 ENTRY. FALL WAS 20' X 20' X 5'. AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 4' FULLY GROUTED ROOF BOLTS. WATER WAS COMING THRU T OP. AREA HAD BEEN TIMBERED ON BOTH SIDES DOWN TO 14' ROADWAY.

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