A ROCK FALL OUTBY ACTIVE SECTION ON AN OFF SHIFT (ON SUNDAY) IN #5 AND #7 ENTRIES IN AN AREA WHERE BAD TOP WAS OBSERVED. THIS AREA HAS BEEN TIMBERED OFF.
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Showing all 32EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER WHEN A ROCK CAME INSIDE THE CANOPY OVER THE CONTROLS.
WALKING ACROSS SECTION STEPPED IN A HOLE
EMP WASL AYING BLOCK, ANOTHE REMP WAS REACHING HIM A BLOCK WHEN IT BROKE AND FELL ON HIS FOOT
VICTIM WAS STRU7K BY BOOM OF CONTINUOUS MINER MACHINE MACHINE WAS BACKING UP AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
VICTIM WAS SITT3NG IN OPERATOR COMPARTMENT OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN CONTINOUS MINER WAS LOADING SHUTTLE CAR. PIECE OF ROCK WAS LOADED FROM MINER BOOM AND STRUCK VICTIM ON LEFT EAR.
USING A CUTTING3TORCH. WHILE ADJUSTING THE TORCH THE OXYGEN HOSE BURST.
RAN OVER ROCK I3 ROADWAY WITH SCOOP AND JOLTED BACK.
NO WITNESS. VIC7IM HAD TRAMMED ROOF BOLTER TO #2 HEADING WAS FOUND BY MACHINE AFTER BEING HIT BY ROOF FALL
USING CUTTING T2RCH REMOVING CAP WIRES FROM PADDLE OF PADDLE WHEEL WASHER.TORCH CAME IN CONTACT WITH LIVE CAP WHICH EXPLODED.
VICTIM WAS OPER5TING ROOF BOLTER WHEN SMALL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING LEFT HAND
VICTIM WAS KNOC5ING BEARING OUT OF HOUSING USING A HAMMER WHEN METAL CHIPPED OFF STRIKING LEFT ARM
VICTIM WAS TRAM4ING SCOOP AT SURFACE LOCATION WHEN STRUCK BY TIRE OF FRONT END LOADER WHICH EAS TRAMMING IN REVERSE VICTIM RECEIVED PRACTURE RIB WHEN STRUCK IN BACK BY FRONT END LOADER TIRE.
USING CUTTING T2RCH SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN EYE.
ROOF BOLTER OPE9ATOR WAS BOLTING TOP IN TRACK ENTRY WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING LEFT FOOT.2 FRACTURED TOES AND LACERATION ON IT FOOT.
VICTIM SLIPPED 2N CATWALK AT WASH PLANT AND FELL ON CATWALK.
VICTIM WAS INST5LLING SHEAR PIN AT BELT FEEDER WHEN STRUCK IN RIGHT JAW BY PIECE OF METAL.
2ND & 3RD RIGHT8 WERE BEING PILLARED WHEN A MASSIVE PILLAR FALL OCCURRED. WE HAVE RETREATED FROM THE AREA AND NEW PROJECTIONS SUBMITTED TO MSHA . RECOVERY WORK OF EQUIP. WAS PERFORMED IN THI . S AREA. EQUIP R9COVERED - LEE NORSE 300 CM, 2-JOY 21SC'S, 1 JOY 16 SC, 1-ROSCO II BELT FEEDER BY LONG AIRDOX
VICTIM WAS STAN8ING BEHIND ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. AS IT AS TRAMMED BACKWARD THE BUMPER OF THE ROOF BOLTER STRUCK LEFT FOOT OF VICTIM.
VICTIM WAS CROS8ING CONVEYOR BELT WHILE IT WAS RUNNING. HE STEPPED ON THE BELT AND WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND. HE STRUCK HIS FOOT AS HE FELL ON THE ANCHOR PIN
VICTIM WAS PULL3NG A POWER BOX WITH A SCOOP, THE TWO WERE CONNECTED BY A PULL ROPE. WHEN THE POWER BOX BECAME FOULED AGAINST THE RIB THE BOLT CONNECTING THE PULL CABLE TO THE POWER BOX CAME L LOOSE STRIKING 5ICTIM. THE VICTIM WAS TRAMMING THE SCOOP AT TIME OF ACIDENT
EMPL CARRYING 235-GAL CANS OF HYDRAULIC OIL COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
VICTIM WAS RACH9TING RED DEVIL WITH A CHEATER BAR WHEN HE CLAIMED BACK INJURY.
VICTIM WAS ATTE4PTING TO LIFT BUG DUSTER TRANSMISSION ONTO CUTTING MACHINE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING LOADING MACHINE IN REVERSE. THE TRAM MOTOR AND GEAR CASE OF LOADING MACHINE BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HAND. EMPLOYEE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON CANOPY POST OF LOADING MACHINE.
EMP WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR - HE HAD GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR AND ATTEMPTING TO MOVE LOADER CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HAND
WORKING ON BUGGY FLIGHT SOMEHOW BUGGY WENT TO GROUND CAUSING ELECTRIC SHOCK.
PLAYING WITH CAN OF SPRAY PAINT & SPRAYED IN EYES.
MASHED FINGER PUTTING V-BELT ON FEEDER
WHILE SETTING DRINKING WATER OFF ROOFBOLTER-BOLT OPERATOR BACKED ROOFBOLTER I.NAME FOOT-MASH OF LEFT FOOT
A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING ON FOOT-BRUSE
DURING SHIFT CHANGE A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE ENTRY AND INTERSECTION BLOCKING THE CUTTING MACHINE IN THE FACE AREA NO EMP WERE INVOLVED IN THE FALL FALL WAS REPORTED TO REX MUSIC SUPERVISO AT THE PRESTONBURG FIELD OFFICE OF MSHA