APPROX. 20 BREAKS OUTBY FACE ON 1 BELT ROCK FELL ON BELT 55' L X 18-19' W X 6' THICK, BELT WAS CRIBBED IN ALL INTERSECTION BUT NOT BETWEEN BLOODY.
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Showing all 49EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELTS AND SLIPPED ANN FELL ON ARM.
HAND WAS RESTING ON ROOF BOLTER BOOM WHEN IT RAISED IT PINNED LITTLE FINGER AMPUTATING.
HANGING MINER CABLE HURT BACK.
LOADING BLOCK ONTO A SCOOP AND HURT HIS BACK.
DOUBT OF INJURY BECAUSE PERSON COMPLAIN OF SIDE HURTING LATER CLAIMED BACK HURT AND AWAITING ON COMP TO GET BACK WITH US. INJURED PERSON NEVER TOLD COMPANY OF BACK INJURY HEARD OF TAHT THROUG H GRAPELINE. TALKED TO PERSON 4-13-94 SPID MUSCLE SPASM.
ROOF FALL #3 ENTRY.
ROCK DUSTER ROLLED BACK HITTING KNEES
ROOF FALL INBY PORTAL
EXPLOSION INSIDE MINE CAUSED UNDETERMINED INVESTIGATION INCOMPLETE. BODY WAS RECOVERED 12-2-93.
ROOF FALL STARTED OUTBY LAST CROSSCUT EXTENDING TOWARD FACE APPROX. 50 FT LONG 6 FT THICK.
TAIL PULLEY OF #4 CONVEYOR BELT WAS BEING CLEANED MANUALLY WHILE BELT WAS IN MOTION A LOOSE PORTION OF BELT BECAME ENTANGLED IN TAIL PRECP EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELT FROM TAILPIECE BY CUTTING AWAY SMALL STRINGS AT ENTANGLED BELT BY HAIVNG BELT STARTED THEN STOPPED LEFT ARM OF EMPLOYEE BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & TAIL PULLEY RESULTING IN ARM AMPUTATION APPROX 3IN BELOW ELBOW
ROOF FALL STARTING FACE #2 ENTRY AND GOING APPROX 1 ON FOOT OUTBY.
TOP WAS ABOUT 46" & INJURED PERSON WAS ON THE OFFSIDE OF SCOOP, HE WAS LOOKING OVER IN TAHE NEXT ENTRY AT HIS RODMAN & SCOOP OPERATOR DID NOT SEE HIS LIGHT.
A ROOF OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 75 FT INBY SPAD #189 IN THE #3 ENTRY
SLIPPED ON ICE IN PARKING AREA & LANDED ON LEFT KNEE - MICROSCOPIC SURGERY LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE OBSTRUCTION IN HEAD ROLLER WHEN BOTH HANDS WERE PINNED INSIDE. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LOSS OF 3 FINGERS ON ONE HAND AND 4 FINGERS ON THE OTHER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BITS ON CUTTER. SAFETY GLASSES WERE ISSUED BUT NOT BEING WORN. METAL FLEW INTO LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING GOLF CART DOWN HILL TO MINE PORTAL SOME HOW GOLF CART GOT AWAY HIT EMBANKMENT AT FOOT OF HILL. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED LACERATION TO CHIN AND LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD-POSSIBLE FRAC TURE SKULL.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING CABLE SPLICE PLACE CABLE ON LEG TOOK KNIFE & CUT CABLE IN TURN CUTTING LEG
FAULT AREA OF MINE KNEW SUSPECT TOP WAS NEAR
55061S REMOVING ROCK FROM TAILPIECE ROCK FLIPPED UP AND PINNED FINGER AGAINST TOP.
EMPL WAS SITTING ON 8" BLOCK WELDING ON AIR LOCK DOORS THEY HAD BEEN WORKING APPROX 5 HRS WHEN RIB COAL ROLLED OFF STRIKING EMPL FRACTURIN FIBULA OF RT LEG.
CHANGING BATTERIES ON S&S SCOOP LEFT HAND 1ST FINGER CUT.
CALLED BY 2ND SHIFT FOREMAN 11 PM 6-4-91 SAYING THAT TOP WAS WORKING IN RT BRK OFF FT5 HEADING.WE SET CRIBS TO STOP FALL.BY 4 AM TOP HAD FALLEN FROM LEFT BRK OFF FT4 HEADING TO RIGHT BRK #5
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR GOT GLOVE CAUGHT IN TWO PIECE STEEL TWISTED ARM FRACTURED.
CUTTING BOLT OFF MINER & PIECE OF METAL BLEW UP & WENT IN LEFT EYE.
WHILE BOLTING TOP PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRUCK HARD HAT THEN FELL ON LEFT FOOT. HARD HAT CAUSED LACERATION ON FOREHEAD.
UNLOADING BLET STRUCTURE STRAINED MUSCLE IN RIGHT HIP.
EMPL WAS PULLING ROCK OF MINER HEAD CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.
PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM TOP HITTING B ACK OF RIGHT HAND REQUIRING SIX STITCHES.
THIS WAS CONTRACT COAL HAULER USING OWN TRUCK. HE QUIT WORKING FOR US, WE HEARD HE WAS IN STATE PENITENTIARY FOR SELLING DRUGS. WE RECEIVED LETTER FROM HIS ATTORNEY SAYING HE WAS FILING FOR BL ACK LUNG.
EMPLOYE WAS WATCHING TAILPIECE AND WAS HIT BY SCOOP THAT WAS ATTEMPTING TO DUMP COAL.
COMING OUT OF #2 PLACE, REAR END OF BOLTING MACHINE DROPPED INTO A HOLE, THROWING OPERATOR AND MACHINE AGAINST THE TOP CRUSHING A VERTEBRAE IN OPERATORS BACK.
30" TO 32" COAL EMPL WAS HAULING COAL WIITH 482 SCOOP BACKED UNDER CABLE LOOKED FORWARD TO MAKE SURE BUCKET CLEARED CABLE LOOKED BACK AROUND RAISED HEAD TO HIGH UP STRUCK TOP STOVED UP NECK.
SCAING ROCK FROM RIB AND TOP A PC. OF ROCK FELL FROM MIDDLE OF ENTRY AND HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND BACK.
GROIN INJURY.
SCOOP HAULAGE AND OPERATOR HIT KNEE ON TOP.
HILL SEAM & OUTCROP ON SEC. 001 180\ FROM FACE IN #6 ENTRY 4\ THICK 18\ LONG 18\ WIDE. FALL WAS CRIBED, TIMBERED & COLLARED & DANGERED OFF.
ROOF FALL -NO INJURY-4 BRKS INBY PORTAL #3 HEADING WHICH ONE OF 3 INTAKES.VENTILATION NOT AFFECTED.
I.NAME INSTALLING BOLTS IN #4 ENTRY RIGHT BREAK.WHILE CONNECTING 2 PIECES OF STEEL HE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE TWO CAUSING A CUT AND BROKEN BONE IN LEFT HAND.
ROOF FALL IN THE #5 INTERSECTION 140 FT INBY SPAD #513
ROOF FALL IN THE #7 CROSSCUT 240 FT INBY SPAD #713
RUN OVER TIMBER WITH A SCOOP WHILE HAULING IN SUPPLIES
PINNER OPERATOR IN THE #4 HEADING AND DRAW ROCK CAME FROM BETWEEN TWO BELTS AND HIT I NAME IN THE BACK I NAME WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSP.BY AMBULANCE SERVICE.
ROOF FALL 20FT LONG 20FT WIDE 5 TO 8 FOOT THICK IN THE NO 3 MAIN ENTRY 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY FACE AREA
ROOF FALL IN THE #6 INTERSECTION 2 BREAKS BACK FROM THE FACE
EMP FELL FROM PLATFORM GOING UNDERNEATH THE GUARD DRILL WHILE PUSHING ROCKS FROM PLATFORM WITH HIS FEET. EMP FELL APPROX 10 FEET ONTO SLATE P&H
ROOF FALL