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HE WAS PRYING WITH A ROCK BAR AND THE COVER ON MINER SLIPPED OFF ROCK BAR AND CAUGHT HIS RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
ROOF FALL #1 SW BELT LINE #4 ENTRY SS# 1295 20 FEET LONG.
TIGHTENING BOLTS ON ROTARY BREAKER.
EMP WAS LIFTING A CEMENT BLOCK AND TWISTED HIS BODY TO POSITION THE BLOCK WHEN HE FELT BACK PAIN.
ROOF FALL SW MAINS RETURN #6 ENTRY ST #1960 100 FEET LONG 4 TO 5 FEET HIGH.
CRAWLING ON KNEES MAKING AN EXAMINATION OF THE MINE.
EE WAS CRAWLING UNDERGROUND MAKING HIS EXAMINATIONS WHEN HE FELT SORENESS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AREA.
ROOF FALL 2ND SOUTH WEST MAINS #3 ENTRY 60 FT INBY SS#1272. 80 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE AND 5 FT TO 10 FT HIGH CAUSED BY COAL RIDER.
SECITON FOREMAN CHECKING BAD ROOF AREA UNDER SUPORTED ROOF PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FO CLAY VEING, AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE RIGHT EYE BROW.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN THE THROAT OF MINER, MACHINE WAS STARTED, GATHERING PAN WAS IN THE UP POSITION FROM BEING REPAIRED. PAN PAISED UP PINNING EMPLOYEE BETRWEEN PAN AND HEAD ON MINER.
CRAWLING KNEES-DEVELOPED FLUID ON KNEE, MINER'S KNEE.
WHILE CHECKING TENSION ON COAL CHAIN FOR BELT FEEDER EE CRAWLED AROUND FEEDER, ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF STRAPS AND HIT EE ON LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS TOSSING CEMENT BLOCKS TO BUILD BRATTICE WALL TWISTED BACK, FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK & SHOULDERS & COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN UP.
INJURED TOOK A TIMBER OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR TO REPAIR LINE CURTAIN AND TOLD SC OPERATOR TO GO AHEAD AND GO THRU HE WAS CLEAR WHEN SHUTTLE CAR PULLED OUT THE BUMPER CAUGHT INJURED'S W-65 AND THREW HIM TOWARDS SID EOF RIB.
BAD ROOF AT #2 ENTRY FACE AREA ROOF FALL AT FACE & WORKED BACK APP 105 FT FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN SHIFTS
EE WAS CUPPLING TO EMPTY SUPPLY CAR TOGETHER WHEN FRONT CAR DRIFTED BACK AND HIT HIS LEG.
WHILE BOLTING A PLACE HE WAS LINING UP SMALL STARTER DRILL STEEL AT CLAY VEIN GUIDING IT WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHEN HE APPLIED UP PRESSURE ON DRILL HEAD STEEL SLIPPED OF TO ONE SIDE CATCHING HAND BETWEEN DRILL HEAD AND ROOF OR ATRS.
INSTALLING NEW DRIVE ROLLER ON BELT DRIVE HE WAS GUIDING ROLLER INTO PLACE WHEN SUDDENLY ROLLER WENT INTO PLACE & CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN ROLLER & FRAME
ROOF FELL ON 245 CONTINOUS MINER WHILE EXTRACTING PILLERS - 2ND MINING.
UNLOADING 150' OF SHUTTLE CAR CABLE OF PERSONAL CARRIER, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
PULLING TOGETHER A BROKEN BELT USING BELT PINCH BOARDS COME-A-LONG & ROPES WHILE EE & OTHER CREW MEMBERS WERE PULLING BELT TOGETHER THE BELT PINCH BLOCKS SLIPPED EE JUMP OUT OF WAY WHILE JUMPI NG HE HIT HIS RT KNEE ON SOMETHING
BAD ROOF-COAL RIDER-ROOF WATER.
BAD ROOF- COAL RIDER. CAVED ON 2ND SW BELT 1 XCUT OUTBY STATION #1300.
WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR BEHIND MINER, A PIECE OF ROCK CAUGHT IN MINER COAL CHAIN, FLEW BACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.
ROOF FALL 2 RIGHT SECTION APP. 5 FT HIGH 20 FT WIDE 20 FT LONG INTERSECTION 3 X-CUTS OUTBY STATION #1638 IN #2 ENTRY APP. 600 FT OUTBY FACE AREAS.
HE WAS ROOFBOLTING AND ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN A 4 FOOT RESIN ROOF BOLT.
WHEN DUMPING COAL ONTO FEEDER FROM SHUTTLE CAR EE SAW A CHUNCH OF ROCK IN CAR WHILE PULLING ROCK OFF OF CAR IT SLIDE OFF CAR ONTO HIS LEG.
2 RIGHT SECTION 004 CUT THRU TO THE 1 LEFT SECTION. 1 LEFT SECTION WAS ABANDONED AREA AND INACCESIBLE. 1 LEFT SECTION WAS MINED 110 FEET IN ADVANCE OF WHAT THE MINE MAPS IMPLICATED.
EE WAS RUNNIGN SCOOP INSECITON SCOOP HIT RIB JARRING HIM FORWARD AGAINST CONTROLS IN JORED KNEE.
ROOF FALL SW MAINS #6 ENTRY 1/2 X-CUT INBY STATION #1270. APPROX. 2500 FT OUTBY FACES. 20' WIDE X 60' LONG X 6-8' HIGH.
INJURED WAS SWEEPING IN SHAKER ROOM. WHILE PULLING BROOM BACK, HE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A STEEL ANGLE RAIL (CROSS-OVER).
MOVING BELT STRUCTURE, CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF BELT STRUCTURE, CUT HAND.
TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER FROM 1 ENTRY TO NEXT ENTRY TO BELT IT RAN OVER POST & HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF
ADNORMAL ROOF CONDITIONS RIDER SEAM INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN 3 & 4 & 3-2 APPROX 5FT HIGH & 120FT LONG
HE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE MADE A TURN UNDER CABLE THAT WAS HUNG. CAUGHT CABLE WITH TIRE, PULLING CABLE DOWN. BY THE TIME HE GOT THE CAR STOPPED, IT STARTED TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE SEAT , HURTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM.
EE STAY IN BETWEEN SHIFTS TO HOG DUST SECTION, HE WAS GOING AROUND STUMP WHILE MAKING TURN HE HAD HIS FINGERS & HAND OUTSIDE KITCHE OF SCOOP. HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN FRONT END AND BAC K END OF SCOOP. AT PINCH POINT.
INJURED WAS DRIVING 3 WHEELER LONG AIRDOX WHEN HE HIT HIS SHOULDER AGAINST WOODEN BAR ON ROOF.
EE WAS LIFTING BELT UP WITH OTHER WITH A ROCK BAR TO PUT STANDS UNDER WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK..
INTERSECTION AT SPAD 1016 FELL OUT IN #2 ENTRY RETURN OF SOUTHWEST MAINS APPROX 4 1/2' HIGH 20 FT WIDE 20 FT LONG RETURN IS PART OF BLEEDER FOR 1ST RIGHT AND 1 ST LEFT SECTIONS WAS FOUND ON WE EKLY EXAM.
GETTING OUT OF HYLIFT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER, FELL TO THE GROUND.
ROOF FALL INTERSECTION 33 ENTRY OF 1ST RT BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN WITH STRAPS ABNORMAL ROOF CONDITOION
ROOF FALL #2 BELT FROM SPAD 1009, 120 FT INBY RIB TO RIB, 5 FT HIGH.
#2 ENTRY ROOF FALL APPROX 6XCUT BY FROM FACE AREA
ADNORMAL ROOF CONDITIONS CUTTERS
WE HAD COVE IN 002 SECTION #2 ENTRY APPROX 4 1/2 TO 5 FT HIGHT UP TO 45 TO 50' LONG AT STATION 1292, HOME RIDER SEAM AT APPROX 3 1/2 TO 4 FT UP RIDER UP TO 2 INCHES THICK. MUST HAVE FELL OVER WEEKEND, FOUND ON MONDAY AM DURING PRE SHIFT AT APPROX 5:30 AM BY SECTION FORMAN.
WHILE I NAME WAS RUNNING MINER SHUTTLE CAR PULL UNDER TAIL LIFTING BACK END OF MINER UP CAUSING I NAME TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF
THREE MEN WORKING ON MINING MACHINE OUTSIDE TO GET PART OFF FOR DOWN MACHINE INSIDE R. JUST AS HE WALKED INTO AREA OF WORK 1 MAN HIT SPROCKET WITH HAMMER. PIECE OF SPROCKET FLEW IN HIS EYE. HE WAS NOT WITHING 10' OF WORK AREA.
HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND TWISTED KNEE.
ROOF FALL IN #12 ROOM OF 1ST RT FROM FEEDER TO PILLAR LINE.4'HIGH X 180'LONG IN AREA RIDER SEAM AT 3-4'.
SETTING CRIBS TIGHTENING UP WEDGE, HIT SELF IWHT HAMMER