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EE STATED HE WAS PINNING TOP-SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON LOWER LIP.

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING 3-WHEELER. HIT HOLE IN HAULWAY, BUMPING HIS BACK AGAINST FRAME OF 3- WHEELER AND TOOL POUCH ON HIS MINING BELT. STARTED LOOSING TIME ON 11/19/02.

EE STATED HE WAS SETTING TIMBERS ON THE PILLAR SECTION, PIECE OF ROCK FELL, STRIKING HIM ON LEG. WENT TO DR. 11-10-02, WENT BACK NEXT DAY. STARTED LOSING TIME ON 11-25-02.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #2 ENTRY OF SW MAINS 10' OUTBY S.S. 739 & 600' OUTBY FACE. THE FALL MEASURED UP TO 12' THICK, 50' LONG & 18' WIDE. NO INJURIES, NO BLOCKAGE OF VENTILATION OR ESCAPEWAY, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP - TIMBERED OFF & DANGERED.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING DOWN BESIDE THE CONTINUOUS MINER - HE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS ELBOW AGAINST FRAME OF MINER.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE #2 ENTRY 80' INBY SPAD #2694 L.O.C.C. THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 50' LONG X 17' WIDE X 8' THICK. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP & DOES NOT IMPEDE TRAVEL OR VENTILAT ION. NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED & NO INJURIES.

FALL FOUND ON BELT & TRACK & CAUGHT HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE (NO INJURIES) (NO BLOCKAGE OF VENT) DID BLOCK SECONDARY ESCAPEWAY. TEMP. REROUTED ESCAPEWAY AROUND FALL IN NEXT ENTRY. FALL APP. 25' LONG , 22' WIDE & 4-15' THICK. FALL CLEANED UP & AREA PINNED.

EE STATED HE WAS GETTING A PIECE OF LINE CURTAIN TO HANG IN PLACE, WHEN A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED OFF RIB STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF FOOT. STARTED MISSING TIME 10-20-02.

THEE WAS LAYING TRACK AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN THE TWO RAILS TOGETHER. AS HE WAS SLIDING THE RAIL TO ONE SIDE OF THE SCOOP BUCKET THE RAIL WAS TURNED TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION AND CAUGHT HIS L ITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE AND LACERATION.

FALL 18' WIDE, 60' LONG, 8' HIGH. NO BLOCKAGE OF ESCAPEWAY OR VENTILATION. NO INJURIES NOR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. DANGERED OFF & TIMBERED.

AT 8:50 AM ON 9-25-02 ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY EE 1 CROSSOUT INBY SURVEY STATION #2401 IN #6 ENTRY. FELL WAS APPROX. 2800 FT OUTBY FACE AREA. FELL MEASURED 18 FT LONG X 15 FT WIDE X 0-5 FT THICK. AREA WAS BOLTER WITH 5 FT RESIN WITH 12' CABLE BOLTS SPOTTED THERE IS NO VENTIALTION BLOCKED, NO INJURIES, AND NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.

FALL DISCOVERED 9-17-02 AROUND 9:30 AM FALL 20'WIDE 10' LONG 4' THICK-NO INJURED NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED NO BLOCKAGE OF S SCAPEWAY OR VENT. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP TIMBERED OFF AND DANGERED.

EE STATED THAT HE BENT OVER TO MOVE MINER CABLE OUT OF HALLWAY, FEELING PAIN IN LOWER BACK. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 9-12-02 STARTED MISSING WORK ON 9-18-02.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED INT HE #6 HD. RETURN AIRWAY 1 BRK. OUTBY SPAD #D-213-ALL APP. 6' HIGH, APPROX. 18' WIDE, APP 30' LONG-PAIN NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED NO BLOCKAGE OF ESCAPEWAY OR VENTILATIO N. WILL NOT CLEANED UP. TIMBERED OFF AND DANGERED.

INJURY WAS TO HAVE OCCURRED WHILE THE EE WAS RIDING THE MANTRIP TO THE SURFACE. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING THE EE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT EAR.

INJURED WAS HELPING THREE OTHER PEOPLE ROLL A SECTION OF AN OLD VIBRATOR SIDE FRAME. ON A DOLLY (4 WHEEL). THE DOLLY WHEEL CAUGHT IN A CRACK IN THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE METAL TO SLIDE OFF THE DO LLY ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT.

8000 FT OUTBY FACE #2 ENTRY-SPAD #8707. FALL DISCOVERED BY FOREMAN. FALL APP 30'LONG, APP 18'WIDE, APP 8'HIGH. NO EQUIP INVOLVED. NO INJURIES. DID BLOCK INTAKE ESCAPEWAY. MINE WAS IDLES EXCEPT FEW WORKERS WORKING EXTRA. PEOPLE WERE PULLED OUTBY & STARTED RE-ROUTING ESCAPEWAY. STOPPINGS WERE BUILT & ESCAPEWAY WAS OK. FALL BREAKERED OFF & DANGERED. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 07/31/02 AT 11:30 PM ON THE MAINS SECTION (002) #5 ENTRY. FALL OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 500 FOOT OUTBY THE FACE AREA AT SS #2433. THE FALL DID INVOLVE THE BELTLINE AN D WILL BE CLEANED UP AND SUPPORTED. THE ROOF FALL MEASURED 40 FEET LONG X 30'WIDE X 0'-12 FEET THICK.

#2 ENTRY, 1 BRK. INBY SPAD #2049. FALL DISCOVERED BY FOREMAN. FALL APP 35'LONG, APP 18'WIDE, APP 5'HIGH. NO INJURIES, NO EQUIP INVOLVED. NO BLOCKAGE OF AIR OR ESCAPEWAY. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP , CRIBBED OFF & DANGERED.

OUTBY SPAD #2014, #3 INTAKE ENTRY. FALL APPROX. 90' LONG, 20'-30' WIDE (INTERSECTION), UP TO 12'HIGH. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. BREAKERED OFF AND DANGERED. NO INJURIES, EQUIP. DAMAGE, BLOCKAGE.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #7 ENTRY AT AN INTERSECTION OF THE MAINS SECTION AT APPROX. 1340 ON 7-5-02. FALL LOCATED AT SURVEY STATION #2411. FALL MEASURED 20' X 24' X 0-14' THICK. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP, DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION.

ROOF FALL IN THE #7 ENTRY AT AN INTERSECTION OF THE MAINS SECTION, LOCATED AT SURVEY STATION #2411. FALL MEASURED 20' X 24' X 0-14' THICK. IT WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP; VENTILATION NOT AFFECTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELT STRUCTURE THAT WAS HUNG. STRUCTURE CAME LOOSE ON OFFSIDE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEG. LEG KEPT BOTHERING HIM. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 7/28/02. STARTED MISSING WORK ON 7/28/02 .

EE WAS COUPLING ROOF DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE ROOF DRILL HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN INSERT BROKE. HE THEN STARTED TO ROTATE THE ROOF BOLT CAUSING THE BOLTING WRENCH TO COME OUT OF THE DRILL HEAD STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE O F HIS FOREHEAD CAUSING ONE INCH LACERATION.

THIS EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN HIS HANDS-DUE TO REPETITIVE TRAUMA. CORRECTIVE SURGERY HAS BEEN DONE ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND SURGERY ON THE LEFT HAND IS SCHEDULED FOR 6-10-02.

EE STATED HE WAS CHECKING PERMISSIBILITY ON 3-WHEELER PANEL BOARD-WHEN CHECKING BOTTOM OF PANEL-HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST A PIECE OF GLASS.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING OFF A MECHANISM BEAM WHEN HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK (HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 6/11/02).

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A 4-WHEEL RUBBER TIRE VEHICLE. THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN AROUND & STRUCK HIM ON BACK OF HAND & FINGER. DIDN'T GO TO DR. UNTIL 4-25-02.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD STARTED A ROOF BOLT IN HOLE AND WAS STRAIGHTNENING THE BOLT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN.

ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 4/14/02. THE EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNSURE OF AN ACCIDENT & STATED HE THOUGHT IT WAS BURSITIS. HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR BURSITIS BY HIS REGULAR PHYSICIAN. A MRI PERFORMED ON 5/30 REVEALED A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON 6/4/02 TO CORRECT THE CONDITION. HE WORKED REGULAR DUTIES UNTIL SURGERY.

ON 4/8/00 THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS NECK & SHOULDER WHILE BENDING A ROOF BOLT. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCULAR STRAIN; HE RETURNED TO WORK & CONTINUED REGULAR DUTIES. FOLLOW-UP VISIT WITH PHYSICIAN ON 9/9/02. REOCCURRANCE OF 4/8/02 INCIDENT. HE WAS TAKEN OUT OF WORK ON 9/10/02.

EE STATED HE HAD PUT BOLT AND GLUE IN HOLE AND PUT BOLT INTO PINNER HEAD AND PLATE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. STRIKING HIM ON THE ARM.

FALL LOCATED 600 FT OUTBY FACE, NE MAINS, NEUTRAL ENTRY, S.S. #1668. FALL APP. 18'X18'X10' - INTERSECTION - FALL BREAKERED OFF. NO INJURIES, NO BLOCKAGE OF VENT. OR ESCAPEWAY. WILL NOT BE CLEA NED UP. BOLTED WITH 5' COMB. BOLTS.

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP, CLEANING UP LOOSE DEBRIS FOR UNIHAULER CHARGING STATIONS. A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 2" X 2" X 9" LONG FELL FROM RIB STRIKING THE SCOOP & BOUNCED INTO DECK OF SCOOP ST RIKING VICTIM.

INJURED WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO THE ROOF OF THE DIESEL SHOP ALONG WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE WIND BEGAN BLOWING VIOLENTLY, CAUSING THE INJURED TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND SLIDE DOWN THE ROOF TO THE SUPPORT WALL AND THEN FALL ABOUT 4 FEET TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS LEFT SIDE AND HIP.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 10' WIDE BY 35' LONG BY 4' THICK FELL ONTO THE RIPPERS OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER STOPPING THE MACHINE FOR APPROX 100 MIN. THE FALL OCCURRED TO CROSSCUT BETWEEN #25 ENT RY SPAD1681 #3SPAD 1678 WHILE MINER WAS TRAMMINGFROM THE #5 AND FINAL LIFT FROM THE #2 BLOCK OF PILLARS BEING MINER AREA TIMBERED OFF.

EE HAD PUT UP RIB BOLT AND WAS MOVING OVER TO INSTALL SECOND BOLT. HE HEARD ROCK STARTING TO BREAK AND FALL. HE STARTED MOVING TOWARD BACK OF PINNER. FALLING ROCK STRUCK HIS FOOT.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE MMU 004-0 #3 ENTRY #1 CROSSCUT OUT BY ACTIVE PILLAR LINE AT SURVET SPAD #1717. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 18' LONG BY 18' WIDE BY 6' HIGH. THE FALL AR EA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 6' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. NO EQUIPMENT OR VENTILATION WAS AFFECTED NOR WILL THE FALL BE CLEANED UP.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT APPROX. 5,800' OUTBY FACE AT SS #1357 IN #1 ENTRY RETURN. FALL MEASURED 18' WIDE X 40' LONG X 8' HIGH. AREA PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED WITH 6' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. FALL MATERIAL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER, TOP BUMPED, PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEG.

INJURED WAS ENTERING CONTROL ROOM AND CLOSED DOOR, CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND DOOR FACING.

EE WAS SETTING A TIMBER AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELLSTRIKING HIM ON BACK OF NECK AND SHOULDERS. WENTTO DOCTOR ON 11/18 AND AGAIN ON 11/19, STARTING RESTRICTED DUTY ON 11/19/01.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING TO ADVANCE THE CONVEYOR BELT AND WHILE HANDLING AND LIFTING THE BELT STRUCTURE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. THE VICTIM WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A STRAIN ON DEC 6, 2001 .

EE STATED THAT HE WENT TO CHECK WATER PUMP, STEPPED IN MUD AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. WENT TO DOCTOR 11/12. STARTED LOSING TIME 12/8. WENT BACK TO DOCTOR 12/4 & HAD SURGERY.

THE VICTIM TRAMMED A SCOOP TO A PALLET OF ROCKDUST. HE POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROCKDUST SO AS TO LOAD DUST ONTO BATTERY END OF SCOOP. WHILE LANDING ROCKDUST THE SCOOP DRIFTED BACK WARDS MASHING HIS LEGS BETWEEN SCOOP AND PALLET.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN BESIDE OF CONT MINER TO ATTACH TRAILING CABLE PULL ROPE. HE STUMBLES ON TRAILING CABLE, FELL FORWARD. HE EXTENDED HIS ARMS TO BREAK FALL AND STRUCK THE EDGE OF SOME L OOSE ROCK LAYING ON TOP OF MACHINE.

EE WAS USING A CHANNEL LOCK PLIER TO BREAK A METAL SHIPPING BAND FROM A PALLETT OF ROOF BOLTS WHEN BAND BROKE LOOSE THE TORN END STRUCK HAND

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HOLDING A TIMBER AND SAW-ING THE TIMBER AT THE SAME TIME- SAW SLIPPED ANDSTRUCK EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF HAND.

EE WAS INSTALLING 1 ST BOLT IN #5 CROSSCUT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL IN FRONT OF ATRS AND END OF ROCK STRUCK EE ON THIGH. EE WAS TREATED AT A MEDICAL FUCILITY AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK AT REGULAR DUTY. THIS EE WORKS A FOUR ON FOUR OFF WORK SCHEDULE AND WAS A LOT DUE TO WORK UNTIL 10-01-01 AND HE FAILED TO REPORT TO WORK DUE TO PAIN IN AREA OF INJURY./