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HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND RUPTURED HIMSELF IN BOTH SIDES.
JACKING TAILPIECE UP. HANDLE COME OUT STRUCK ON JAW.
ROOF BOLTER HAD INSTALLED FIRST ROW HAD PUT ONE BOLT IN SECOND ROW ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP HIT FINGER ON LEFT HAND CUT FINGER OFF
INJ CHANGING BIT ON PIECE OF DRILL STEEL WHEN ROCK 1 LB FELL STRIKING LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
WHILE CLEANING 9OCK FROM DRIFT MOUTH INJURED WAS STRUCK IN THE GROIN BY THE CORNER OF A STEEL PLATE.
AREA HAD VERY B5D TOP AND LARGE SLIP WAS IN PLACE.ROOF BOLT PLAN HAD BEEN FLOOWED PLUS AREA HAD BEEN ADDITIONALLY SUPPORTED WITH LONGER 5'&6' RESIN GROUNTED RODS.PLAN CALLS FOR 4'. CRIBS HAD A LSO BEEN ADDED 1RIOR TO FALL ONLY LOSS WAS 50' OF BUGGY & FEEDER CABLE.
ROCK FALL LOCAT9D IN #6 ENTRY INTAKE LOCATED 2500 FT OUTBY FACE AREA AT SS#G370 CRIBBED UP PRIOR TO FALL NO DAMAGE OCCURRED
TAKING DOWN WIR9 GUARD.AWAY FROM BELT TAKE UP PIECE OF WIRE HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
ROCK DISLODGED 0ROM BETWEEN BOLTS ALREADY INSTALLED FALLING ON HAND OF OPERATOR
HE WAS MOVING M3NER HE SPLIT THE CATS THE MINER PINNED HIM AGTAINST THE RIB
LARGE SLIP IN A9EA IN VERY IRREGULAR ROFF FALL LOCATED 3500FT OUTBY FALL AREA OF 002 SECTION #2 RETURN ENTRY 1BREAK INBY SS#'863 FALL AT APPROX 40FT LONG 6TO 10FT HIGH 16TO18IN WIDE AREA KNOW N TO HAVE BEEN 6AD WHEN DEVELOPED IT WAS CUT NARROW (16TO18FTWIDE) & SPOTT BOLTED & TIMBERED PRIOR TO FALL
ROCK FALL LOCAT9D 2850' OUTBY FACE AREA IN LEFT RETURN AT SS#345 OF #1 ENTRY THROUGH #2 INTO INTERSECTION OF #3 NEUTRAL ENTRY SS#347 FALL 16 TO 17'WIDE 10' PLUS HIGH APPROX 160'LONG. LARGE SLI P IN VERY IRREG6LAR TOP. AREA HAD BEEN CUT NARROW (16 OR 17') WIDE AND PROPERLY BOLTED WHEN DEVELOPED. NO INJURIES.
FALL LOCATED IN3#9 ENTRY OF RT RETURN OF 001 SECTION 26.50FT OUTBY FACE AREA SS#I355 AREA WAS KNOWN TO BE BAD & HAD BEEN DEVELOPED NARROW CRIBBED & COLLARED & SPOT BOLTED PRIOR TO FALL FALL IS APPROX 30FT LON1 16 TO 18FT WIDE & 10FT HIGH
WHILE RIDING IN8IDE IN SCOOP DIPPER HIT HOLE AND HURT BACK.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN ON INT ERSECTION KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN BAD IT HAD BEEN SPOTT BOLTED & TIMBERED & DEVELOPED NARROW PRIOR TO FALL FALL LOCATED IN #8 ENTRY OF 001 SECTION 3200FT OUTBY FACE ARE A 1 BREAK OUTB2 SS#H922 ININTAKE ENTRY 10 CRIBBS HAD ALSO BEEN INSTALLED PRIOR TO FALL
WORK WAS BEING 8ONE ON A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IT HAD BEEN BLOCKED UP & A WHEEL UNIT REPLACED MACHINE NEEDED MOVED SOME TO CHECK NEW UNIT WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF BLOCKS ONTO FOREMANS FOOT
CROSSCUT LOCATE8 BETWEEN #7 INTAKE AIR ENTRYS WAS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN BAD BOTH INTERSECTIONS HAD BEEN CRIBBED & TIMBERED PRIOR TO FALL IT FELL IN BETWEEN INTGERSECTIONS 2500FTOUTBY FACE AREA OF 001 SECTION 1 BREAK INBY SS#J147 OF #7 ENTRY FALL 30FT LONG RIB CRIB 10FTK HIGH OR HIGHER
FALL OCCURRED I3 IDLE ENTRY 2250' OUTBY FACE AREA OF #4 ENTRY 001 SECTION. TOP IN AREA KNOWN TO BE VERY IRREGULAR. AREA HAD BEEN SPOT BOLTED CRIBS HAD BEEN INSTALLED & AREA HAD BEEN CUT NARR OW WHEN DEVELOP9D TO TRY TOI TAKE CARE OF IT. FALL LENGTH 20' HEIGHT 10' & WIDTH 16'-17'.
FALL LOCATED 2900' OUTBY FACE AREA IN VERY IRREGBULAR ROOF. LOOKS LIKE A LARGE LIP, AREA HAD BEEN SHORT & X-CUT NARROW 16 TO 17' W WHEN DEVELOPED. AREA HAD BEEN SPOT BOLTED & CRIBBED PRIOR TO FALL. LOCATED I3 LEFT RETURN IN CROSSCUT OF #2 ENTRY TO #3 SS#920 FALL IS 16'W X 10'H X 90'L
ROOF FALL LOCAI9D BETWEEN SS#I221 OF #2 ENTRY. CROSSCUT TO SS#H919 OF #3 ENTRY 2800' OUTBY FACE. AREA KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN BAD AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT HAD BEEN ADDED PRIOR TO FALL AREA HAS BEEN NARROWED (CUTN5RROW) FALL 40' LONG HEIGHT 10' PLUS WIDTH 16' TO 17' WIDE.
PULLING MINER C5BLE FROM 7 SLIPPED AND FALL STRIKING KNEE ON ROCK.
CRAWLING ON KNE9S.
MAN HAD STOPPED3ON HAULWAY TO TALK TO MECHANIC WHEN MECHANIC STARTED TO LEAVE THE SCOOTER HE WAS RIDING TOOK OFF AS SOON AS SWITCH WAS TURNED ON MECH JUMPED TO GET OUT OF WAY HE TWISTED HIS BA CK STRAINING AN8 MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
BENDING A ROOF 6OLT ANDTWISTED BACK.
INSURED MAN WAS3ADVANCING SAFETY JACKS AFTER ROW OFBOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED. THE FIRST JACK IN ROW WAS BEING LOOSENED BY HIM WHEN ROCK OVER TOP OF JACK FELL HITTING HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD & BACK. CUTTING HIS LE0T EAR & CRACKING A VERTEBRAC IN HIS BACK.
WHILE PULLING S5ACK OFF OF BELT TAKE-UP A MAN PUT TAKE-UP IN CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN STEEL ROPE & SHIVE WHEEL.
GREASING TRUCK 4ITH AIR GREASE GUN QUIT OPERATING WENT & CHECKED GUN & CAUGHT TIPS OF 3RD & 4TH FINGER IN GREASE TUB AIR PISTON CUT FINGERS OFF AT 1ST KNUCKLE.
LARGE SLIP IN V9RY IRREGULAR ROOF AREA HAD BEEN CUT NARROW AND SPOT BOLTED IN E FFORTS TO HOLD IT FALL LOCATED 1550 OUTBY FACE AREA IN #9 ENTRY OF RIGHTR RETURN ON 001 SECTION INBY 1 BREAK INBY SS #251 3
FALL LOCATED 1 6REAK INBY SS#347 OF #3 ENTRY 1300' OUTBY FACE AREA LARGE SLIP IN VERY IRREGULAR ROOF. APPROX 16' TO 18' WIDE 9' TO 10' HIGH & 50' LONG. AREA HAD BEEN CUT NARROW, CRIBBED TIMBER ED & SPOT BOLTE8 PRIOR TO FALL
VICTIM WS ATTEM1TING TO PULL ROCK IN PLACE DURING BOLTING PROCEDURE TOP WAS LOW & HE WAS PULLING UP ON SLATE BAR WHEN ROCK BROKE SUDDENLY & MOMENTUM HE EXERTED ON BAR CUASED IT TO BOUNCE UP IN FACE CUTTING E2ELID.
ROCK FALL ON BE5T INBY SS#H917 #6 ENTRY. LARGE SLIP IN AREA. TORE UP APPROX. 30' BELTLINE. NO INJURIES TO PERSON. AREA HAD BEEN PROPERLY BOLTED, AND ALSO CRIBBED UP.
LARGE SLIP RUN 7HROUGH AREA, ROOF IN AREA WAS VERY IRREGULAR IN AREA. AREA WAS PROPERLY BOLTED AND ALSO HAD BEEN SPOT BOLTED AND CRIBBS HAD BEEN INSTALLED.
SLIP LAYING ACR2SS INTERSECTION IN SHELLY ROOF VERY BRITTLE. 4 FEET AND 5 FEET RESIN RODS ARE USED. NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNAL. BREAK INBY SS354 IN #9 ENTRY 7 BREAKS OUTBY FACE ARE A. 3
TAMPING SHOT AN8 SMALL PIECE OF SLATE FELL HITTING EMPL ON LEFT SIDE OF BACK.
INJURED WAS DRI5LING TOP WHEN ROCK AROUND DRILL STEEL FELL OUT HITTING PINNER ABND SMALL PIECE BROKE OFF AND BOUNCED HITTING OPERATOR IN ARM ARM WAS BRUISED AND BONE CRACKED JACKS HAD BEEN SE T ROOF HAD BEEN3VISUALLY CHECKED AND SOUNDED
MAN WAS PULLING3ROCK WITH SLATE BAR AND STRAINED BACK
MAN HAD SCALED 9OCK IN FACE AREA PRIOR TO BOLTING DURING HIS BOLTING PROCEDURE HE TRAMMED. HIS PINNER FORWARD WITH OUT RAISING UP HIS STAB JACK. JACK SHOVED ROCK AGAINST HIS KNEE AND BRUISED I
ROCK FALL HAPPE3ED IN IDLE ENTRY 4 OF OLD MAINS AREA WAS NOT A FREQUENT TRAVELING SO PRECISE TIME OF FALL IS UNKNOWN. TOP IN AREA WAS FRAGILE AND HAD BEEN SPOT BOLTER WHEN AREA WAS BEING DEVE LOPED ROOF CONT9OL PLAN HAD BEEN FOLLOWED VERY CLOSELY.
CAUGHT FINGER U3DER BLADE OF SCOOP BUCKET AS IT HIT HOLE AND BROKE FINGER.
CUTTING MACHINE3OPERATOR PLOWED A BAD PLACE IN CABLE HE WENT AND REMOVED CAT HEAD THE TOGS HAD BEEN CHANGED (TWO CUTTING MANVHINES ON S ECTION) HE MISTAKENLY PICKED UP CABLE AT BAD SPLICE AND IT BLEW UP ON 2IM CATCHING HIS PANTS ON FIRE BURNING HIS LEG
INJURED MAN WAS3ATTEMPTING TO PULL CABLE OFF OF A BELT TAKEUP WHEN HE GRABBED CABLE AT SHIR WHEEL THE TAKEJERK WAS OPERATED THE WRONGDIRECTION & THE VICTIMS HAND WAS PULLED AGAINST WHEEL MAN O PERATING TAKE-U1 DIDNT KNOW THE MAN HAD HIS HAND ON STEEL CABLE THE INJURED MANS FINGERS WERE SMASHED
VICTIM WAS SCOO1ING COAL OUT OF A BREAK THRU THAT HEAL STARTED TO GO THROUGH WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM THE ROCK FELL OUT ABOUT 12 ROWS OF BOLTS FROM FALL IN PERMANENTLY S UPPORTED TOP. T2E BOLTS WERE PROPERLY SPOILED.
PINNER WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPIN GLUE BOLT AND WRENCH SLIPPED ON BOLT HEAD WHILE ROTATION WAS ON AND A PIECE OF METAL WENT IN MAN EYE.
SCOOP MAN WAS LOADING OUT A PLACE WHEN HE BOUNCED UP SCOOP AND GOT HIS SELF IN TOP. TOP WAS APPAT. 44" HIGH.
MECHANIC WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING A POWER SUPPLY ON A METHANE MONITOR AND A FRAME GROUND ARCHED OVER AND FLASH BURNED HIS HAND.
INJURED MAN WAS HELPING SOOTING MAN CHARGE A HOLE AND SLATE SLIPPED OUT OF THE FACE ON HIM HITTING HIM IN HIP BEFORE HE COULD RUN.
ROCK FALL FOUND ON PRESHIFT INSPECTION BY I.NAME HAPPENED SOMETIME OVER WEEKEND. A LARGE SLIP RAN THROUGH EFFECTED AREA. THE AREA WAS KNOWN TO BE BAD. IT WAS SUPPORTED WITH 4\ RESIN GROUTED R RODS AND SPOTT-BOLTED WITH 6\ RESIN RODS AND ALSO HAD BEEN CRIBBED UP WHEN CONDITIONS HAD BEEN DEVELOPED.
MAN WAS GETTING READY TO EAT DINNER AND HAD SIT DOWN BESIDE PINNER WHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL ON HIM HITTING HIM IN BACK OF HEAD PUSHING HIS H EAD FORWARD INTO A BOTTLE OF POP HE WAS HOLDING CUTTI NG HIS NECK FOREHEAD AND ARM.
FALL FELL OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE MINE WAS IDLE FOUND BY PRESHIFT EXAMINER 22 ENTRY OF LEFT MAINS ALRGE SLIP OR HORSEBACK FELL ACROSS INTERSECTION FELL APPROX 20 WIDE BY 50 LONG BLOCKING 1 OF T HE 2 INTAKES NO MEN OR EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED AIR NOT RESTRICTED.
CAUGHT RIGHT KNEE BETWEEN PINNER AND RIB.