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Employee was operating roof bolter. He was holding drill steel in top. Swung canopy and hit hand pinching it between the drill steel and canopy.

Employee was operating a twin boom roof bolter. Hand was on the drill steel top of pot. Employee started the rotation before removing hand from drill steel. Corner of the pot caught his glove wrapping his hand around the drill steel in the pot. All employees were instructed about placement of hands while drilling.

During a belt and power move, two employees were setting a feeder by using 4' x 8' headers. While doing this, employing felt a pull in his back.

Employee was assisting in moving the miner cable and felt a pull in his low back while lacing the miner cable along the rib. Employee continued to work. First day missed was 2/18/05.

Employee was setting a beam on the canopy of the roof bolter to support it to the roof. The beam slipped off the other side of the canopy causing the side the employee was on to raise into the top smashing his thumb between the beam and roof.

While getting out of the deck of the roof bolter and crawling towards the side controls, employee hit his head on a low hanging roof bolt.

A roof fall occurred at no. 6 crosscut of "0" entry at a 4-way intersection. This intersection had been re-bolted with 8' cable bolts; however the fall occurred in a horseback above the anchorage point of two of the cable bolts. The remainder of the area is intact. The area that fell was approximately 12' x 12'. Contributing cause was the ongoing squeeze.

Employees were setting cribs. Finger (index, left) was crushed with crib. Finger was fractured.

A roof fall occurred at No. 7 entry at No. 7 crosscut. This was a continuation of the previously reported fall at No. 6 crosscut. Area was bolted with 5' fully grouted bolts. The ongoing squeeze broke off against the solid. The fall was 18' wide by 50' long.

An ongoing squeeze caused the roof in the #3 entry at 18 crosscut to fall.

An ongoing squeeze caused the roof in the #6 entry at 25 crosscut to fall.

An ongoing squeeze caused the "00" entry to fall from 12 cross cut to 18 cross cut.

An ongoing squeeze caused the roof in the #7 entry to fall from 17 crosscut to 19 crosscut. This area already had excessively wet roof.

An ongoing squeeze caused the roof in the #4 entry at 19 crosscut to fall.

Employee was assisting in making a splice in the shuttle car cable. He was cutting off the outer jacket of the cable and cut his finger with a utility knife.

Employee hit roof with hard hat and a piece of stone went in his eye.

Roof fall in the #7 entry at 3 way intersection 4+68. The piece of roof that fell was approximately 30' long. This area has dripped water from the time of initial mining to the time of the fall.

Employee was backing the miner out of a cut and went inby the last row of roof bolts. A slab of stone (horseback in roof) fell from roof and landed on employee. Off work from time of injury to Oct 25th; restricted duty from Oct 25th to Jan 17th per call to company. coder 12.

Employee was walking through a cross cut and hit his head on a roof bolt.

WHILE UNLOADING 10" STEEL CHANNEL SUPPLIES FROM SCOOP CAR TO BOLTER, THEY SLID FORWARD. EE'S HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE LIGHT GUARD ON BOLTER.