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ON 12-5-85 EE R9PORTED TO CO THAT SHE INJURED HER BACK WHEN SHE STEPPED IN A HOLE WHEN SHE WAS CLOSING THE GATE ON ACCESS ROAD TO MINE SITE. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 12-11-85 WHEN SHE REPOR TED HER BACK WA8 GIVING HER PROBLEMS SHE WAS EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR & W AS ADVISED TO DISCONTINUE WORK UNTIL RELEASED BY HIM.

A FIRE WAS SET BY SOMEONE AFTER HOURS AT THE GROVE #1 MINE IN THE BUILDING HOUSING THE HOIST CONTROLS.THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE PANELS OF THE HOIST CONTROLS BY FIREMEN.DURTO PICKETING AT THE MINE,COMPANY OFFICIALS WERE DENIED ENTRANCE TO THE MINE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING PIPE ON THE ROOF BOLTER IN 1 NORTH WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR, EMPLOYEE RAN OVER 2 POSTS WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE AGAINST THE CANOY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF SHOWER ROOM WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE LOCKERS

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ARCHEDS ONTO SCOOP WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS OUTSIDE OF LOADER WIPING OFF WINDSHIELD WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE TO INSTALL FOR TRAINING THE BELT.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS HEAD AND LEFT EAR ON THE CANOPY

EE WAS OPERATING S/C IN THE FAST SPEED WHEN HE HIT A BUMP CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP AGAINST THE CANOPY & BACK DOWN AGAINST THE SEAT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO SPLICE BELT WHEN THE BELT WAS PULLED UP AND PUT IN THE TEMPLATE THE BELT SLIPPED AND PINCHED EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT AND TEMPLATE

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN STACKING 5 X 7 X 22 CROSSBARS WHEN ONE OF THEM SLIPPED AND ROLLED ON INJURED EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING POSTS ALONG THE RIB WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL FROM HIS TRUCK USING THE HOIST. WHEN THE BARREL WAS SWUNG OVER THE END OF THE TRUCK THE ROPE HOLDING THE BARREL SLIPPED CAUSING THE DRUM TO SWING PINNING EMPLOYEE AGAINST ANOTHER 55 GALLON DRUM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN THE SECTION WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. BOTTOM IS VERY WET.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT 5 RIGHT 3 BELT WHEN HE WALKED INTO A LOW HANGING ARCH.

EMPL EXAMING #4 MAIN BELT.WHILE CLIMBING FROM LADDER TO OVERCAST,HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING 2 OTHER EMPLOYEE CARRY 2 SECTIONS OF WATER LINE FROM RETURNS WHEN EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND FELL ON HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG BELT LINE MAKING AN EXAMINATION HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND STARTED TO FALL. HE GRABBED A BELT CHAIN TO BREAK HIS FALL AND PULLED HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN A BOLT WRENCH THAT HE BENT ON THE PREVIOUS BOLT. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE CHEST EMPLOYEE WAS ABSENT FROM WORK 8-7-84 FOR INJURY HE RETURN TO WORK ON 8-8-84. ON 8-11-84 HE WAS TREATED AT A HOSPITAL FOR THE SAME INJURY AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE ADDITIONAL TIME OFF FOR THE INJURY.

FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 7-23-84 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 A.M. WHILE MAKING A WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF SECTION WHILE MINE WAS IDLE DUE TO VACTION., FOLLOW-UP INBESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY I.NAME SUP & I.NAME CO. SAFETY INSPECTOR.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO WRESTLE A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE ONTO THE SHUTTLE CAR, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING WATER TANKER TRUCK. HE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM OPERATORS CAB TO START FILLING THE TANK. WHEN HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER FROM THE CAB HE PULLED HIS SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN SETTING ARCHES WHEN HE SLIPPED ON UNEVEN BOTTOM AND TWISTED HIS KNEE

INTERSECTION FELL IN, IN WEEKLY EXAMINED AREA IN LOWER BLEEDER OF ABANDONED SECTION. AT 6 FT TO 8 FT ABOVE ROOF LINE AT AN APPROX. MEASUREMENT OF 35 FT WITH WIDEST WIDTHS UP TO 23 FT.

ROOF FALL-IMMEDIATE ROOF STRATA IN THIS AREA CONSISTS OF LAMINATED SHALE AND A FEW LAYERS OF SNDSTONE FALL APPARENTLY WAS CAUSED BY A WEAK AREA IN THIS STRATA. U.S.BUREAU OF MINES GEOLOGISTS A AND MINE MANAGEMENT HAVE PREVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED THIS TYPE OF ROOF CONDITIONS AND HAVE BEEN TO DETERMINE A POSITIVE MEANS OF PREVENTING THIS TYPE OF FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING BATTERY TERMINALS HE BLEW AIR INTO EACH CELL DRILLED OUT OLD TERMINAL WHEN HE FINISHED SOLDERING AND TURNED AWAY 2 CELLS BLEW UP

EMP WAS PASSING THROUGH MANDOOR AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL

EMP WAS WALKING AROUND ROOF BOLTER AND SLIPPED HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE

EMP TWISTED RT KNEE WHILE CARRYING SEVERAL ROOF BOLTS TO THE BOLTER BOTTOM WAS UNEVEN AND CONSISTS OF SOAP STONE

EMPLOYEE WAS DISCONNECTING HYD. HOSES FROM SCOOP THAT WAS BEING USED TO RUN A RIB DRILL. HE WAS UP ON THE SCOOP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIS KNEE STRUCK THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING BOLTER OUT OF PLACE WHEN BACK END OF BOLTER DROPPED DOWN IN THAT FRONT OF BOLTER WENT UP OVER A ROLL. AT THIS TIME EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HARD HAT AND CAP LAMP ON A ROOF B OLT HEAD. HE RELEASED TRAM FORCING NECK AND HEAD EVEN TIGHTER AGAINST ROOF. AS BOLTER MOVED FORWARD, FRONT DROPPED RELEASING EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEEWAS INSTALLING A NEW HANDLE ON A PICK HAMMER. HE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO TRIM THE HANDLE. HE WAS PULLING ON THE KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THUMB.

ROOF FALL UNCONSOLIDATED LAYERS OF GRAY SHALE APPROX. 1 TO 8 THICK AND A FEW THINK LAYERS OF SANDSTONE FALL WAS APPROX 10 FT ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE.

INJURED PERSON WAS HELPING MOVE KITCHEN IN THE 5 RIGHT SECTION HE REACHED UP OVERHEAD TO REMOVE AN INSULATED HANGER FROM A ROOF BOLT BEARING PLATE. THE ROOF WAS HIGH ENOUGH THAT HE HAD TO STAN D ON TIP TOES HE SLIPPED CATCHING HIMSELF FROM FALLING BUT IN THE PROCESS TWISTED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT ACTUALLY FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A GOLF CART HE WAS GOING TO GO UNDER A CABLE THAT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HHOLDING UP THE TRAM SWITCH STUCK ON THE CART, AND HE WAS CAUGHT BY THE CABLE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CART THE CART HIT A RIB POST & THE POST FELL OUT AND HIT HIM ON THE RIB HE WORKED THE NEXT SHIFT 5-24-84 ONHE REPROT HIS RIB HURT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A 8\ WATER LINE HE WAS HOLDING THE WATER LINE LEVER WITH HIS SHOULDER WHILE AN OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN THE JOINT WHEN OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PU PULLING DOWN ON THE WRENCH IT SLIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE UPPER LIP

EMP WAS UNLOADING CAP PIECES FROM SCOOP. HE REA CHED TO GRAB A BUNDLE OF CAPS, FACING DOWN HILL , FEET FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM ON WET SLIPPERY PITCHED BOTTOM. WHEN HE FELL, HE JAMMED HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A BUNDLE OF CAPS LAYING ON BOTTOM. THAT IS HE CAME DOWN IN S UCH A MANNER THAT MOST OF HIS WEIGHT WAS APPLIED TO THE LEFT ELBOW

EE WAS WALKING FROM HIGH SECTION TO LOW SECTION WHERE HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE LOWER ROOF & A STRAP INSTALLED FOR ROOF SUPPORT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN OVERCAST STEPS. THE STEPS WERE WET AND SLIPPERY EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ON HIS BACK.

FELL APPROX 3\ TO 5\ ABOVE NORMAL ROOF LINE APPROX 10\ LONG X 20\ WIDE. MATERIAL CONSISTS OF LAMINATED GRAY SHALE. FALL OCCURRED OVER WEEEND WHEN NO MEN WERE IN THE SECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A BELT BLOCK WHEN HIS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE NUT AND CAME UP AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD ABOVE RIGHT EYE.

AIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES. THE WALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE BELT AND APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET AWAY AS HE WAS STANDING ON THE STACKER BELT PERFORMING THIS WORK. (EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMNENT UNTIL 5/22)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CRIB BLOCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, TWISTING HIS BACK

EE WAS ON 5 RT #1 BELT CHECKING RUBBER ONS CRAPER & SPILLBOARDS WHEN BELT STARTED UP. EE GRABBED A CHAIN & ROLLED OFF OF BELT INJURING RT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WAKING WHILE HELPING MOVE THE POWER CENTER WHEN HE SLIPPED ANDER CENTER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE WET BOTTOM.

EMP WAS USING A RIB DRILL TO HOLE FOR A RIB BOLT HE REPORTED TO THE SEC FOREMAN THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE DRILLING A HOLE HE FINISHED WORKING HIS SHIFT AND ON FRI 4 27 HE ATTEND AN ANNUA TRAINING CLASS ON MON 4 30 HE WENT TO DR AND WAS ADMITTED TO A HOSP FOR TEST AND TREATMENT

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING OVER SIDE OF SHUTTLE CAR TO GET A 5 GAL CAN OF OIL OUT OF THE CAR WHILE PULLING THE CAN OVER THE SIDE OF THE CAR EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM (THE OTHER FOOT WAS OFF THE GROUND WHILE LEANING OVER) EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN ON HIS SIDE AGAINST THE GRAME OF THE SHUTTLE CAR

EE WAS WALKING WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL BACKWARD. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF TWISTING HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED SHOWERING AT THE END OF SHIFT. WAS WALKING OUT OF SHOWER STALL, WHEN HE STEPPED OFF OF RUBBER MAT, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE FELL STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEA D ON LIGHT SWITCH AS HE FELL.