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INJURED WAS LIFTING WATER LINE PIPE ABOVE HIS HEAD WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK & SHOULDER INJURED FINISHED HIS SHIFT & REPORTED THE INJURY AT THE END OF 092588 SAW PHYSICIAN ON 09278 8
INJURED WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT WHEN UTILITY KNIFE WENT THRU & CUT LEG.
A COOLANT HOSE BROKE WHILE ROCK DUSTING SPRAYING THE ENGINE WITH COOLANT CONTAINING ANTI FREEZE FUME CAME OFF ENGINE FOR SEVERAL HOURS EMPLOYEE HAD BAD COULD AND STARTED TO GET WORSE DR BELIEV ED COMPLICATED BY ANTI FREEZE FUME TRAGTED OVER THE WEEKEND 3-11-88 TO 3-13-88.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO SOME WATER. LATER THE COLD AND WET CLOTHES CAUSED HER ARTHRITIC BACK TO BOTHER HER. SHE HAD BEEN ADVISED PREVIOUSLY TO DISCONTINUE UNDERGROUND WORK AND SHE HAD D ECIDED BEFORE THIS ACCREUATION TO RETURN TO SCHOOL. PHYSICIAN CONFIRMED ARTHRITIS AND IS REFERING HER TO A SPECIALIST.
CWI RECD COPY OF WORKMANS COMP REPORT FILED BY LAWYER ON PREVIOUSLY TERMINATED EMPL FILING HEARING LOSS.REPORT RECD 6-10-88.CWI WILL CONTEST HEARING LOSS ASSOC TO WORK ACTIVITY AT CWI.
ROOF FALL IN IN7ERSECTION OF SOUTH ENTRY, CROSSCUT #23. FALL WAS AT 6 FOOT RESIN ANCHORATED. AREA IS BEING USED AS A JUMP. HOWEVER WATER WILL JUST START TO BE PUMPED THERE ON AREA IS IDLE E XCEPT FOR WEEKL2 EXAMINATION.
ROOF FALL ABOVE3ANCHORAGE AND DISLODGED BELT/RETURN STOPPING BETWEEN MAIN AND 1 LEFT AT XC #2 OF II WEST SUBMAINS.AREA AROUND THIS CROSSCUT HAD 21 CRIBS AND 9 TIMBERS AND CROSSBARS.STOPPING HA S BEEN RELOCATE8 AND NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL CRIBS SET.BOLTS WERE 8 FOOT RESIN ON 3 TO 4 FOOT SPRING.
MAINTENANCE WAS3TROUBLESHOOTING ENGINE PROBLEM ON TELETRAM. INJURED WAS ON TOP OF MACHINE & WAS CLIMBING DOWN WHEN HE REACHED FOR THE LIP ON RADIATOR ENCLOSURE & CONTACTED THE TURNING FAN. 3 FINGERS FRAC7URED 2 LACERATED.
ROOF FALL ABOVE3ANCHORAGE IN CROSSCUT #24 OF SOUTH III ABANDONED SECTION BETWEEN MAIN AND 1 RIGHT PERMANENT ABANDONMENT OF THIS AREA WAS IN PROCESS
ROOF FALL ABOVE3ANCHORAGE IN THE 1 LEFT ENTRY OF SOUTH III SUBMAINS AT CROSS CUT #27.AREA WAS BEING ABANDONED AT TIME OF FALL.
ROOF FALL AT AN7HORAGE (6 FT.RESIN BOLTS WITH MATS AND MESHING)IN 1R UNIT INTERSECTION AT JUNCTION OF SOUTH III AND FIRST WEST MAINS 1R UNIT OF SOUTH III AND PROPSED 1R UNIT OF FIRST WEST MAI S.ONE CROSSCUT 2UT BY LAST OPEN CROSSCUT.
INJURED WAS CAR9YING ROLL OF CABLE WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE AND HE SLIPPED STRAINING HIS BACK.INJURED COMPLETED SHIFT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.BACK STARTED TO BOTHER HIM ON 6-15-87.
INJ WAS MOVING 4INER CABLE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEFT HIP AREA INJ CONTINEUED TO WORK FOLLOWING THAT INJURY BUT STARTED TO LOSE WORK ON 06 09 87 AT PHYSICIANS RECOMMENDATI NO MEDICAL TREA7MENT
EMPL DEVELOPED RASH & DERMATITIS FROM WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RUBBER BOOTS.IT HAD HAPPENED AT PREVIOS MINE.DERMATOLOGIST IS GOING TO PATCH TEST .
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN ELECTRICAL POLE WHEN A WOOD SPLINTER ENTERED HIS INSIDE RIGHT THIGH.
INJ ADJUSTING B5ADE ARM ON D-9 WITH OPEN-END WRENCHES.ADJUSTMENT ARM DROPPED ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
MINE FIRE OF UN8ETERMINED ORIGIN.FIRE DETECTED WITH COMPUTERIZED MINE-WIDE CARBON MONOXIDE SYSTEM.NO EMPL IN MINE AT THE TIME,ALL PORTALS WERE SEALED.
PILLAR FALL ON 7/M INBY OPERATOR CAGE IN 11 NORTH SECTION 2 RIGHT ENTRY XC #7 IN PILLAR SPLIT.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED ON FORWARD PORTION OF C/M IN THE MIDDLE PORTION OF A FINAL FENDER. BEFORE THE PULLER WAS SET-UP TO RETRIEVE THE MACHIN E A 2ND FALL COVERED TO THE BACK OF T HE OPERATOR S CAGE. NO ONE 4AS IN THE MACHINE AS THE CAGE BECAME BURIED.
IN TROUBLE-SHOO7ING A FAN POWER OUTAGE THE TEST METER WAS NOT SET AT ADEQUATE VOLTAGE FOR INVOLVED VOLTAGE & THE INSULATION ON THE TEST LEADS BURNED AS THE VOLTAGE ACROSS THE FUSES WERE BEING TESTED. 3
ROOF FALL ABOVE3ANCHORAGE IN INTAKE ROADWAY X6#5 1 RIGHT ENTRY 1 WEST OFF 5 NORTH OFF 8 EAST
ROOF FALL ABOVE3ANCHORIDGE IN 1 EAST OFF 5 NORTH OFF 8 EAST.IDLED AREA RETURN.
INJ ROOFBOLTING3WHEN DRILL STEEL BECAME STUCK IN ROOF.AS INJ WAS BRINGING DRILL HEAD BACK UP TO DRILL STEEL,DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF HOLE FINGER STRUCK BY STEEL AGAINST DRILL HEAD.
ROOF FALL ABOVE ANCHORAGE IN IDLED AREA RETURN NORTH INTAKES 1 LEFT ENTRY XC #29 DOWS NOT RESTRICT TRAVEL OR VCENTILATION
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN STRUCK DRILL STEEL BY STRIKING IT WITH A STINGER. AS THE INJURED SWUNG THE STINGER HIS FINGER STRUCK THE STEEL RAIL ON THE SIDE OF THE EQUIPMENT.
A FIRE WITH FLAMES FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 HOURS WAS EXTINGUISHED AT THE 2 LEFT SEAL OF 3 EAST ABANDONED AREA. THE 3 FOOT THICK WOODEN SEAL BLOCKS WERE FOUND TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE.
ROOF FALL NEAR FACE AREA SECTION 8 EAST 5 NORTH XC 18 2 RT ENTRY
ROOF FALL IN RETURN AIRCOURSE OF INACTIVE SECTION 8 EAST 5 NORTH XC5 RT ENTRY
INJURED & WITNESS WERE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A STOPPING & WERE COILING UP A CABLE THAT RAN TROUGH THE STOPPING. THE WITNESS PUSHED THE CABLE CONNECTOR TROUGH & IT STRUCK THE INJURED ON THE HEAD.
INJURED AND WITNESS WERE LOADING 7200 CABLE INTO LTD FROM A LARGE SPOOL WHILE THE SPOOL WAS ROTATING THE NIP BROKE LOOSE FROM THE COLLED CABLE AND FELL ONTO THE INJUREDS FOOT BEHING THE STEEL TOES ARTING OF HER BOOT.
ROOF FALL IN OUTBY RETURN ENTRY. CROSSCUT #38 OF 4 LEFT ENTRY IN NORTH II MAINS.
FOREMAN WAS BARRING DOWN A LOOSE RIB WHEN SOME TOP COALFELL STRIKING HIS PRY BAR AND IN TURN STRUCK HIS HAND.
INJ AND WITNESS BUILDING CRIB WITH INJ LOOKING UP WHEN SMALL PIECE OF CAP ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS CHIN.
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION AT X-CUT #30 MAIN ENTRY IN 8 EAST/8 NORTH INTAKES.
INJURED WAS OPERATOR OF A T E LETRAM INVOLVED IN A ROOF FALL. HIS FOREHEAD WAS CUT WHEN HIS HARD HAT STRUCK AGAINST THE CANOPY
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED THAT COVERED THE C/M MACHINE AND TELETRAM HAULAGE UNIT. THE C/M MACHINE ANDOPERATOR WAS ENTRAPED FOR 7 HOURS THE TELETRAM OPERATOR RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND REPORTED ON SEPARATE 7000-1 FORM. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE MINER OPERATOR
INJURED WAS LOADING A 35 GALLON DRUM OF LUBE GREASE INTO A RACK ON THE LUBE TRUCK WHEN HE NOTICED AN OBSTRUCTION UNDER THE BARREL. HE HAD HIS HAND UNDER THE BARREL WHEN THE BARREL SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER
INJURED & WITNESS WERE HANGING VENTILATION TUBING THAT WAS INSIDE AN LHD BUCKET. INJURED CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE TUBING & THE BUCKET.
INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS INTO BATHHOUSE & WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE GRATING AT THE BOTTOM HE STATES HIS FOOT SLIPPED & TWISTED.
INJURED WAS TAKING UP SLACK IN A TRAM CHAIN ON A TELETRAM WHEN SHE LOST HER GRIP AND THE CHAIN SLID FORWARD PINCHING HER FINGER BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND SPROKET
ROOF FALL IN REMOTE SEALED AREA.7 EAST SEALS MAIN ENTRY AT X-CUT #3.AREA NEXT TO THIS HAD ALREADY FALLEN AND
INJURED WAS THROWING A C/M CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE HAD RECEIVED KNEE SURGERY FROM A PRIOR OFF-THE-JOB ACCIDENT AND THIS INCIDENT MAY HAVE AGGRAVATED T HAT OLD INJURY
INJURED WAS SITTING IN MANTRIP W/ HIS HAND RESTING ON METAL SEAT OVER WHEEL. ANOTHER EE SAT DOWN ON SEAT & CAUGHT HIS FINGER W/ HIS CAP LIGHT.
ROOF FALL DURING PILLAR RECOVERY THAT COVERED THE C/M MACHINE. FALL OCCURRED DURING OUTBY FENDER RECOVERY IN LEAST OFF 1ST NORTH OFF 9 EAST SUBMAINS. X-CUT #12 AT ROOM #1.
INJURED CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CABLE AND REEL
MANTRIP OPERATOR INADVERTEENLY STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY THAT CAUSED THE INJURED TO BE THROWN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE MANTRIP AND STRIKE THE FOOT REST ON THE FLOOR
ROOF FALL ON CONTINUOUS MINER MACHINE FORWARD OF CANOPY DURING PILLAR LIFT EXTRACTION. RIDER SEAM WAS VERY LOCAL TO THIS AREA. FALL OCCURRED IN 9 EAST/1 NORTH/MAIN ENTRY/CROSSCUT #6.
ROOF FALL OUTBY SEAL AND LOW PRESSURE AIR SPLIT AT 2 RIGHT SEAL FOR 1 WEST SECTION.
ROOF FALL OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION AT CROSSCUT #8, 3 RIGHT ENTRY OF NORTH MAINS.
INTERSECTION FELL AT OR ABOVE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE IN EAST HEADINGS OFF 1 NORTH 1 OFF CROSCUT #6.