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HELPING MOVE AND UNLOAD GUARDHOUSE IT PINNED I.NAME LEG WHICH WAS BROKEN.
WHILE MOVING THE DRILL WITH BOOM UP, IT WAS NOT LOCKED DOWN. WHEN BOOM CAME DOWN HE WAS BOUNCED AROUND INSIDE CAB, HIS HAT CAME OFF BEFORE HITTING TOP OF CAB. CUT TOP OF HEAD REQUIRING 30 STIT CHES.
CHANGING BELTS ON MCNALLY DRYER HE ROLLED FINGER INTO PULLEY BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY AMPUTATED 1/2 INCH OF LEFT RING FINGER
HE WAS OPERATING THE OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR IN THE ROOM. WHEN AS HE WAS BEING LOADED A ROCK SHOT OFF THE BOOM OF THE LOADER STRICKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD ABOVE THE EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB ON THE 15 RU BUTTING MACHINE 300 VDC WHEN AN ARC OCCURED THAT BURNED HIS LEFT HAND POWER TO THE LIGHT CIRCUIT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF BUT A SHORTY WAS FOUND IN T RAILING CABLE WHICH CAUSED THE ARC. IN THE FUTURE EQUIPMENT WILL BE DEENERGIZED BEFORE EXCHANGING BULBS.
THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN A NAIL WAS BEING REMOVED FROM A QUICK COUPLING ON A WATER HOSE. THE HEAD BROKE OFF THE NAIL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING LACERATIONS TO THE EYE AND NEC ESSIBATING THE REMOVAL OF MULTIPLE FOREIGN BODIES FROM THE EYE.
A ROOF FALL MEASURING 60 FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE X 5 FT- 10FT HIGH OCCURRED ON THE 3RD LEFT SECTION 001 AT 16 + 47 AT AT THE FACE WHICH WAS AGAINST A FAULT THE ROOF WAS LAMINATED SHALE AND WEAK AS IS NORMAL IN THE AREA OF A FAULT ROOF HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY 6 FT CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS SECTION HAD NO PREVIOUS FALLS BEFORE HITTING FAULT
THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS CLEANING UP THE SHOP AND IN MOVING A THEATER TO SWEEP AROUND IT HE CAUSED A SHUTTLE CAR BRAKE BLOCK TO FALL WHICH STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT BRUISING HIS LITTLE TOE.
THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS PREPARING TO REPAIR A EALC IN PREP. PLANTS BLACK WATER LINE WHEN HE PUSHED ASIDE A LIMB ON A PINE TREE WHICH SWUNG BACK AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.
THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP CLENING ROADWAYS AND BUMPED AGAINST RIB CAUSING LOOSE COAL AND ROCK TO FALL OFF.IT STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ARM CAUSING A LACERATION.
FIRE BOSS WALKI3G A RETURN AIR COURSE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET ROCK FOOTWALL.
THE INJURED PER8ON WAS DRIVING A NAIL INTO A CURTAIN STRIP WHEN IT GLANCED OFF HIS HAMMER & STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE. RIGHT EYE.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 HELPING INSTALL A PIECE OF PLATE STEEL IN THE BLACK WATER ON THE PREP PLANT.
ACCIDENT OCCURE8 WHEN EMPLOYEE DROVE HIS SHUTTLE CAR THROUGH A CROSS CUT AND RAN O VER A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE THROWN OUT OF THE SHUTTLE CAR.
A SQUEEZE OCCUR9ED ON 5TH SO.SECTION WHICH RESULTED IN SERIES OF FALLS ACROSS THE SECTION AS SHOWN ON THE ATTACHED MAP THE SECTION IS NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE SO IT IS THEREFORE IMPOSSIBLE TO FULL Y DET ERMINE TH9 EXTENT OF THE ROOF FALLS
OPERATOR OF ST5NDARD SHUTTLE CAR WAS AT SECTION FEEDER DUMPING A LOAD WHEN A PORTION OF THE RIB ROLLED OFF CATCHING HIS LEGS AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CAR & CAUSING A FX TO RT LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEE 3
INJURY OCCURRED3AS EE WAS DRIVING A CONNECTING PIN IN THE CUTTER CHAIN WITH A HAMMER & A PIECE OF TH E PIN FLAKED OFF & LODGED IN HIS LEFT HAND.
ROOF BOLTER RAN3OVER EES FOOT AS HE WAS GETTING A ROOF BOLT OFF THE BOLTER.
EMPLOYEE WAS FO6ND LAYING FACE DWON APPROX 20' INSIDE AN OLD ABANDONED UNDERGROUND MINE OPENING. UNKNOWN CAUSES OF DEATH PENDING AUTOPSY REPORT
THE INJURED EE 4AS LETTING A JACK DOWN ON THE OFF OPERATOR SIDE OF A S/C WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED ONE NOTCH CAUSING THE JACK LEVER TO S TRIKE HIM ON THE JAW.
EMP SLIPPED ON WET FOOT WALL AND IN TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF ADN BREAK THE FALL HIS LEFT HAND STRUCK A ROCK CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE SMALL FINGER
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 5TH SOUTH SECTION #2 ROOM AT 11+00 IN A ROLL. THE FALL WAS 2\ - 6\ HIGH, 16\ WIDE & 16\ LONG. THE FALL WAS CLEANED AND ROOF BOLTED SINCE IT WAS IN THE RETURN
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE IR ENTRY OF THE 5TH SO. SECTION ' 9 + 60 IN THE FIRST INTERSECTION OUTBY THE FACE. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 45\ HIGH X 20\ X 20\, AND WAS AT A ROLL, HOWEVER, THE ROLL D ID NOT BECOME VISIBLE UNTIL AFTER THE FALL. THE FALL WAS FOUND BY THE FIREBOSS DURING HIS PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 5THE SOUTH SECTION AT 8 + 20 IN THE 1 RIGHT ENTRY IN THE SECOND INTERSECTION OUTBY THE FACE. FALL WAS APPROX. 5\ HIGH X 18\ WIDE X 18\ LONG AND OCCURRED INA ROLL 54 " CONVENTIONAL BOLTS WERE BEING USED.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AS HE WAS GETTING OFF A RAILROAD CAR, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS AGAINST A CROSS TIE SUSTAINING CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO THE BACK.
THE 1ST PANEL 5 ENTRIES OF THE 5TH SOUTH HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR A DISTANCE OF 1000\ UNTIL STOPPED BY A BARRIER FAULT. ROOMS HAD THEN BEEN DRIVEN TO THE RT 220\ & TO THE LEFT 200\4. ANOTHER SMALL FAULT 4\ DOWN HAD BEEN PENETRATED 8 X-CUTS OUTBY THE BARRIER FAULT & A NUMBER OF ROLLS WERE ENCOUNTERED AS WELL. THE SECTION WAS BEING PULLED BACK TO START A NEW SET OF ROOMS TO T HE RIGHT
UNCOUPLING PERSONNEL CARRIER FROM LOCOMOTIVE WHEN SLACK BETWEEN THE PERSONNEL CARRIER AND LOCOMOTIVE ALLOWED THE CARRIER TO ROLL BACK CAUSING EMLOYEES THUMB TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE COUPLING PIN AND LOCOMOTIVE
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF A FAULT WHICH RAN ACROSS INTERSECTION WHERE THE FALL OCCURED THIS HAPPENED ON AN IDLE DAY AND NO MEN OR EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED