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HAD ROOF FALL IN Y HYD APPROAX 700 FT INBY PORTAL FALL WAS 20 FT WIDE AND APPROX. 20 TO 25 FT LONG AULTY AREA OF TOP WAS REASWON FOR TALK TOP SOLID INBY AND OUTBY FALL THERE WAS NO EQUIPMENT O R PERSONNEL INVLVED IN FALL.
WAS HELPING ON 6OLTER PUTTING LAST ROW OF BOLTS UP AT FACE.COAL BUMPED OFF FACE AREA SCRATCHING UP HIS BACK AND SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
FALL WAS 10' LO3G STARTING AT INBY END OF DRIFT MOUTH APRON FOR BELT & TRACK. IT FELL 36" TO 40" HIGH & WIDTH OF ENTRY. WE FEEL THAT OVER THE YEARS WATER DRAINAGE ERODED THE TOP.
FAULTY TOP WAS 9EASON FOR FALL. FELL IN THE INTERESECTION FOR A LENGTH OF 15 FT, 30 FT WIDE, 3 FT HIGH.
WHILE HELPING T2E REPAIRMAN REMOVE HEAD FROM CUTTING MACHINE,EMPLOYEE FELL RESULTING IN INJURY TO BACK.
EMP FELL IN TH9 MUD WHILE UNDERGROUND
ADVANCING THROU1H LOW COVERAGE IN FAULTY TOP. IMMEDIATE ROOF HAD GOTTEN TO LESS THAN 5' IN THIS AREA WE WERE USING 4' RESIN BOLTS AND HAD CRIBBED WITHIN THE AREA. ROOF FELL IN INTERSECTION ONL Y ABAOUT 7' THI7K
TOP FELL ABOUT 800 FT OUTBY FACE AREA FALL WAS 9 FT (APROX) THICK ADNF FELL ABOUT 120 FT WE HAVE TO DRILL 10 FT FOR TEST HOLES OR UNTIL WE HIT A RIDER SEAM OF COAL. WHEN WE HIT THE RIDER WE HAVE WATER C2MING FROM HOLE, WE FEEL FREEING THE WATER TO WHERE IT CAN BETTER INFILTRATE THE TOP IS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF OUR ROOF PROBLEM
WHILE WORKING O3 COANVEYOR BELT EE INJURED KNEE.
DRIVING SECTION3THROUGH LOW LYING AREA WE WORKED 3RD SHIFT WED. 11-26-86 AND SHUT DOWN UNTIL 2ND SHIFT 12-1-86 FALL OCCURRED DURING TIME OFF FALL CAME IN #7 ENTRY ON SECTION 1ST LEFT OFF 1ST RT FALL WAS AP1ROX 400 LON AND AS HIGH AS 9 FT FALL TAILED OFF ABOUT 30 FT INBY LAST OPEN CROSSCUT CATCHING 14 BU10 LOADER BROM THE END OF BOOM BACK TO HALFWAY OF CANOPY
WHILE PICKING R2CK EE SAYS HE GOT A HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY.
APPROX. 630' IN3BY NUMBER 3 PORTAL ROOF FALL APPROX. 20' WIDE-30' LENGTH 3' THICK.
PULLING ROCK WI7H SLATE BAR WHEN THE ROCK FELL IT MUST HAVE CAUGHT END OF BAR AND DROVE POINTED AND OF THE SLATE BAR INTO WORKERS RIGHT THIGH.
IT WAS A FAULTY3AREA IN THE RETURN THAT HAD FALLEN BEFORE IT HAD BEEN BOLTED AND CRIBBED THEN THIS FALL WAS IN THE SAME AREA IT JUST FELL HIGHER BLOCKED TRAVELED THROUGH THIS AREA OF THE RETUR N BUT DID NOT R9STRICT AIR FLOW
EMPLOYEE AT PIC5ING TABLE-PULLED BACK MUSCLE WHILE REACHING FOR ROCK.
ROOF FALL IN I 3TERSECTION 260 FT LONG IN LAST OPEN BREAK OF FACE AREA
HAD GONE FROM R9SIN TO CONVENTIONAL BOLTS, OUTBY PILLARS TAKING NORMAL WEIGHT BECAUSE OF ADVANCEMENT CAUSED THIS FAULTY AREA TO DETERIORATE. DAMAGE WAS APPROX 60' OF BELT STRUCTURE & WATER LIN
CAUGHT BOLTER CABLER WITH CUTTING MACHINE GOT OFF CUTTER TO C HECK CABLE & THE CABLE FLASHED. RECEIVED BURNS ON THE LEFT HAND & RT LEG.