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REPEATED TRAUMA OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS RESULTING IN A GRADUAL ONSET OF RADICULITIS.
TNT DODGE TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARD. EE TRIED TO JUMP I AND STOP TRUCK BUT ENDED UP PINNED BETWEEN TRUCK DOOR AND THE FRONT END OF THE TNT MACK TRUCK.
GRAUAL ONSET OF BACK PAIN BEGINNING 5/94.
REPEATED TRAUMA OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS RESULTING IN A GRADUAL ONSET OF BACK INJURY.
THE ACCELERATOR LINKAGE WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT ON A LONG AIRDOW 3-WHEELER & THE OPERATOR WA GOING TO ADJUST LINKAGE & FAILED TO DISABLE THE MACHINE BEFORE WORKING ON IT.
CUTTING ENTRY, ROCK FELL STRIKING EE ON HEAD & RIBS. ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME LOST TIME UNTIL 1/17/97.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A JACK FROM UNDER THEHEAD OF THE MINEER, EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE MINER AND THE EYE OF JACK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON #7 BELT. THE FALL WAS 40TO 45 FT. IN LENGTH AND 6 TO 8 FT. THICK.
ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING EE ON LEFT FOOT. THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME LOST TIME UNTIL 12/02/96
TRUCK TURNED OVER AND LOST REAR AXELS ON BED.
A ROOF FALL IN THE #4 ENTRY TRACK ENTRY 2 CROSS CUTS INBY SPAD #56. ROOF FALL WAS 19 FT IN LENGTH & 12 FEET IN HEIGHT.
REPEATED TRAUMA OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS RESULTED IN GRADUAL ONSET OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ON THE RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY.
TRUCK WAS TRAVELING UP HAULAGE RAMP WHEN FRONT WHEELS LIFTED OFF GROUND CAUSING THE LOAD TO SHIFT HOIST JACKS BROKE ALLOWING BED TO TURN OVER BACKWARD AND DUMP, AT THIS POINT, FRONT OF TRUCK C AME DOWN AND EE S FOREHEAD WAS STRUCK ON STEERING WHEEL.
OLD MAINS/ CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTED 48" OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS THE ROOF HAS BEEN WEAKENED BY AIR AND MOISTURE SEPARATING THE LAMINATES.
SLICKER RIB.
ROOF FALL ON SECONDARY ESCAPEWAY. FALL FELL IN ACROSSCUT ABOUT 7' IN HEIGHT AND 19' WIDTH. FALL FELL ABOUT 8' OUT IN SECONDARY ESCAPEWAY.
THE ROOF FALL WAS IN THE #$3 ENTRY ON 001 SECTION. THE FALL IS 20-25' HIGH AND ABOUT 90' LONG. THE FALL FELL FROM THE FAC BACK ACROSS THE INTERSECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A BOTTOM BELT ROLLER OVER INTO ANOTHER SLOT WHILE THE BELT WAS MOVING. THE ROLLER CAUGHT A SPLICE AND PULLED IT OUT OF HIS HAND.
WHILE THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS SETTING OVER THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS SETTING IN THE INTERSECTION. THE OTHER SHUTTLE CAR WAS RETURNING TO THE MINER AND STRUCK THE OTHER SHUTTLE CAR.
A ROOF FAL HAS OCCURRED IN THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN THE NO. 5 AND NO. 7 ENTRY. THE ROOF FALL WAS A HORSE BACK ABOUT 6.5 FEET THICK AND 70 FEET LONG
INJURED WAS LINING UP A STEERING JACK ON A 21SC WHEN HIS INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO.4 ENTRY ONE CROSSCUT INBY SPAD NO. 138. THE AREA IS IN A FALTED AREA WITH CHANGING ROOF. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED 48 INCH COV. BOLTS.
A HORSEBACK FELL OUT IN THE 2 ENTRY FROM THE FACE TO THE OUTBY CORNEE OF THE INTERSECTION LENGTH OF FALL WAS ABOUT 54 FT, WIDTH 17 FT, AND THICKNESS WAS ABOUT 8 FT.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 100 FEET OUTBY THE FACE AREA IN 6 INTERSECTION THE AREA IS A FAULT WITH CHANGING ROOF.
INJUREE WAS JACKING SUPPLY CAR ONTO TRACK, HAND SLIPPED ON JACK HANDLE JACK HANDLE THEN SPRUNG BACK STRIKING EE ON NECK & CHIPPING A TOOTH.
ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE PINS AND RIB, TWO ROWS BACK FROM THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #5 & #6 ENTRY AT 1500 FEET INBY THE #6 BELT DRIVE. THE CONDITION IN THE AREA HAD HORSES BACKS SIDE BY SIDE.
TOP ABOUT 4-7 FT THICK, 18 FEET WIDE AND 80FEET LONG WITH SLICK SIDE FELL OUT ACROSS INTERSECTION OF #7 AND #8 ENTRY. LOCATION OF FALL IS 700FEET INBY #6 BELT DRIVE.
DID NOT BECOME LOST TIME ACCIDENT UNTIL 4-8-96.
900 FEET INBY #2 BELT DRIVE A ROCK FALL OCCURRED. THE AREA IS A FAULTED AREA.
EMPLOYEE PUTTING CRIB BLOCK UNDER A JACK OF THE MINER, MINER OPERATOR LET JACK DOWN ON HIS THUMB, EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB THAT REQUIRED EIGHT SUTURES.
REMOVING DRILL MOTOR FROM IDLE MACHINE.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #6 ENTRY, 300' OUT BY 001 SECTION FACE. THE FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE. 48" ROOF BOLT HAD BEEN INSTALLED, THE FALL WAS 72' THICK, 15'L, 12'W.
INJURED HAS WORKED IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE FOR OVER 11 YEARS. INJURED HAD A GRADUAL ONSET OF BACK PAIN AND IS NOW BEING TREATED FOR A HERNIATED DISK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING BOX OF BIT FROM OUTSIDE BUILDING, TURNED HIS ANKLE ON STEPS.
SHUTTLE CAR HUNG IN POINT AS IT WAS BIENG LOADED, EMPLOYEE WAS OUTBY THE MINER AGAINST THE RIGHT RIB AND THE SHUTTLE CAR HIT HIS FOOT.
EE SUFFERED SEVERE CHEST PAINS WHILE HANGING CURTAIN.
DRAW ROCK FELL ON TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. HE HAD BACKED THE MINER OUT OF FACE AREA & WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE ROCK, WHEN A PIECE OF IT SLIDOFF STRIKING HIM ON THE KNEE.
BUMPED HIS KNEE WHILE ROOF BOLTING.
WALKING IN INTAKE ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING EE ON HARD HAT CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND INJURY HIS KNEE.
MINER OPERATOR WAS BACKING MINER OUT FROM HEADING, HE PICKED UP CABLE AND STRATED PULLING IT BACK.
ROOF FALL ABOVE ANCHORAGE
TWISTED ANKLE WHILE MOVING TAKE-UP JACK OVER TO #2 BELT DRIVE.
EE SUFFERED HEART ATTACK WHILE OPERATING 988 CAT LOADER.
WALKING BY 001 SECTION POWER CENTER AND TRIPPED OVER SPARE CABLE PILED UP ALONG RIB.
BRAKES FAILED ON SCOOP, EMPLOYEE HAD TO SKIM RIB TO STOP, STRUCK LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
A ROCK FALL, ONE BREAK OUT BY FEEDER IN #1 ENTRY APPARENT CAUSE: MOUNTIAN BREAK.
HAULING BACK FILL ENGINE DIED WHILE TURNING AROUND, BRAKES FAILED, TRUCK RAN OVER EMBANKMENT FORWARD TURNING OVER AN APPROIMATE 40 FOOT SLOPE.
EE LEFT FOOT SLID UNDER THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTER AS THE BOLTER HEAD WAS BEING LOWERED.
EE FEET WERE UNDER BENCH HE WAS SITTING ON WHEN HE STOOD UP AND TURNED HIS LEG WAS CAUGHT UNDER BENCH AND FLOOR.