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ROOF FALL. 3

NARR REQ 6-19-86. ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN RETURN ENTRY WHICH ISNT A DESIGNATED ESCAPEWAY.NO EQUIP DAMAGE OR INJURY TO ANY INDIVIDUAL.CAUSED OF FALL NOT DETERMINED BY INVESTIGATOR.

I NAME WAS SERV3CING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WITHT HE LUB TRUCK. HE WAS PULLING THE HOSE OFF THE REEL AND SLIPPED. HE STAGGERED TRYING TO CATCH HIS BALLANCE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE CAUSING A SPRAI N. 3

I NAME WAS WALK3NG AND SLIPPED ON A SMALL PIECE OF BROKEN PLASTIC PIPE, WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

I.NAME WAS LIFT3NG A STEEL BEAM & INJURED HIS LOWER BACK

I.NAME JUMPED O0F A LIP & LANDED ON A PIECE OF BLOCK & TWISTED HIS ANKLE-LEFT.

4 EMPL SPLICING354'' BELT 700' INBY OR DOWN HILL FROM HEAD ROLLER.UPHILL SIDE OF BOTTOM BELT GOT AWAY AND WENT UP HILL AROUND HEAD ROLLER AND BACK DOWN HILL.WHEN IT CAME DOWN TOP ROLLERS SOME SLACK HIT I.NA4E.

4 EMPL SPLICING354'' BELT 700'INBY OR DOWN HILL FROM HEAD ROLLER.UPHILL SIDE OF BOTTOM BELT GOT AWAY AND WENT UP HILL AROUND HEAD ROLLER AND BACK DOWN HILL.WHEN IT CAME DOWN TOP ROLLERS SOME S LACE HIT I.NAME1

ROOF FALL.

CREW HAD THE BELT SEVERED AND THE INBY END OF BELT CLAMP OFF WITH TENSION ON BELT. WHILE PLACING THE INBY END OF BELT IN A CLIPPER SPLICE TOOL, THE BELT CLAMPS FAILED AND THE BELL SHOT INBY AP PROX. 40\ PINCHING I.NAME\S RIGHT THUMB CUTTING THE TIP OFF JUST BEHIND THE NAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRING STEEL ROOF SUPPORT LEGS HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT EMPLOYEE DID NOT SLIP OR FALL. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR AND DR SAID HE HAD A SWOLLEN BACK MUSCLE.

CHANGE OF TEMPERTURE AND MOUISTURE CONDITION.

AIR SLACK DUET TO STRESS CRACKS IN ROOF.

AIR SLACK DUE TO STRESS CRACKS IN ROOF.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CABLE USING A LADDER AND A ROPE TO PULL CABLE TO ROOF THE ROPE CAME UNTIED AND THE CABLE FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT ANKLE THE EMPLOYEE HAS A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING PUNCH WITH LEFT HAND, SWINGING HAMMER WITH RIGHT HAND. HE MISSED THE PUNCH AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND.

WORKING ON PUMP CORNER OF RIB FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEG LOWER LEG HAD BRUISES AND LACERATIONS.

EXTENSION ON TRS OF BOLTER WAS WEDGED, EMPLOYEE WAS ON MACHINE PULLING DOWN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ON GROUND PUSHING UP WHEN EXTENSION CAME LOOSE, EMPLOYEE S HAND WAS CAUGHT UNDERNEATH THE TRS E XTENSION.

USING WINCH TO MOVE SHIELD WHEN PULLING SHIELD, CABLE KICKED THE BOTTOM OF DUKE OUT THE DUKE HIT EMPLOYEE ON FOOT AND ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING TWO WATER HOSES,AND WAS USING A HAMMER TO TIGHTEN THE FITTINGS.EMPLOYEE HIT LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER X-RAY SHOWED HAIR-LINE FRACTURE OF LEFT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING WHEELBARROW SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL EMPLOYEE STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

PICKED UP 50FT ROLL CHAIN LINK FENCE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 041685 THEN WENT TO DOCTOR AND WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH MUSCLE STRAIN OF LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING OXYGEN BOTLE, TRIPPED OVER WIRE, AND FELL DOWN EMPLOYEE SUFFERED MUSCLE STRAINE OF LOWER BACK.

ELECTRIC MOTOR WAS SETTING ON SHEAR ARM I.NAME LOWERED ARM & MOTOR FELL OFF THR ARM & HIT HIS TOE WEIGHT OF MOTOR CRUSHED STEEL TOE OF HIS SHOE & STEEL TOE CUT HIS BIG TOE ALMOST OFF DOC SEWE D THE TOE BACK

I.NAME WAS INSTRUCTING I.NAME HOW TO OPERATE THE SHEAR A LARGE PIECE OF COAL CAME OFF THE DRUM AND HIT I.NAME ON THE FOOT. I.NAME WAS STANDING BY THE CUTTING DRUM OF THE SHEAR THE COAL LANDED ON HIS FOOT AND BROKE HIS TOE HIS FOOT AND BR2KE HIS TOE

I.NAME WAS STANDING ONT HE LEFT SIDE OF MINER WATCHING THE MINER CUT COAL THE RIB BEHIND HIM FELL OUT & FELL ON TOP OF I.NAME. THE WEIGHT OF THE SLAB OF COAL BROKE THE RIBS ON THE LEFT SI DE PUNCTURED THE DIAPHRAM & BRUISED THE BACK & CHEST AREA.

PULLING CONVEYOR BELT WITH CHANNEL LOCKS PLIERS SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN MOUTH CUT LIP AND BROKE ONE TOOTH

I.NAME WORKING IN TAILGATE AREA OF LONGWALL SECTION.HEARD TOP RUMBLE AND TOOK OFF RUNNING OUTBY.AFTER RUNNING 10\ HE RAN INTO ROCKDUST PIPE AND CUT LOWER LIP.

ROOF FALL-NO PRIOR INDICATION FO ROOF FAILURES. #5 ENTRY RETURN CROSSCUR 31+91.96 ROOF FELL QPPRIX. 20X18X12 TAKING OUT HALF OF INTERSECTION. THE FALL IS BEING SUPPORTED AND HAS BEEN REPORTED TO MSHA ON THE 30 OF AUGUST 1984.

2 EMPLOYEES WERE CARRYING THE METAL HOSE GUARD FOR THE SHEAR UP THE PAN LINE, I.NAME STUMBLED AND FELL, HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE COVER AND THE EICO TRACK I.NAME RECEIVED CUTS TO THE F I NGERS AND A FRACTURED LITTLE FINGER RIGHT HAND

EMPL WALKING THRU MANDOOR AND HIT HEAD STRAINED NECK MUSCLES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFIINT TIMBERS AND STRAINED HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON BOLTER TIGHTING TRUSS BOLT, THREADS IN BOLT STRIPPED, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARD, HE FELL ON LEG AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

I.NAME WAS GETTING RAM ROM WAREHOUSE RAM WAS ON A SHELF ABOUT CHEST HIGH SHELF HAD MATERIAL STORED IN FRONT OF IT SO FORK LIFT COULD NOT BE USED I.NAME AND I.NAME LIFTED RAM FROM SHELF WHICH C AUSED I.NAME TO STRIN HIS BACK MUSCLES

I.NAME WASLIFTING THE FORK AND I.NAME WAS PUTTING ON THE FORK. WHEN THE FORK WAS SLID OVER INTO THE CORRECT POSITION IT WAS SET DOWN AND I. NAME HAD HER FINGER UNDER THE FORK. THE WEIGHT OF TH E FORK SEVERED THE TIP OF THE INDEX FINGER OF HER LEFT HAND.

IN NAME HAD THE HOOK OF AN AIR HOIST HOOKED TO A CLEVIS WHICH WAS WELDED ON A LONGWALL SHIELD. WHILE TRYING TO PULL THE SHIELD WITH HOIST THE WELD GAVE ON THE CLEVIS AND THE HOOK COME DOWN AND STRUCK CHUCKS HAND PINCHING IT AGAINST THE LEG OF THE SHIELD.

I NAME STRIANED THE LIAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A DUKE.

WHILE WALKING DOWN ENTRY RICHARD STEPPED DOWN A SIX INCH STEP, SLIPPED ON WET DUST ON THE FLOOR AND FELL. HE GRABBED A WIRE ROPE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO BREAK HIS FALL, AND STRAINED THE TENDONS IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE WAS USING DRILL STEEL TO PRY ON VENT TUBE STEEL SLIPPED & END OF STEEL HIT EE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE. THE LEFT CHEEK WAS CUT.

DENNIS STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A PUSH BAR.

EE WAS PUSHING 2 WHEEL CART ON SNOW & CART FELL ON KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER TO HANG PIPE. THE LADDER SLIPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE TOP STEP OF THE LADDER TO THE MINE FLOOR. IT BROKE THE LEFT WRIST.

TAKING A TOP ROLLER OFF OF STANDS, ROLLER SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AND FELL ON RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING A BREAK ON FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BEHIND A TELETRAM WITH HIS FOOT ON THE TAILGATE FOR LEVERAGE TO MOVE STELE LEGS ON OUT OF THE CAR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING LEGS FROM TOP OF STACK IN CAR TO CROSSCUT ONE OF THE STEEL LEGS HIT ON BASE FELL BACK ON TAILGATE OF CAR AND HIT HIS FOOT

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING. HE HAD GLOVES ON & GLOVE ON HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLTER DRILL TABLE & THE WRENCH. IT CRACKED HIS KNUCKLE ON HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING FOAREMANS SHOWER WALLS. SHE SET A CHAIR IN SHOWER WITH TWO LEGS IN AND TWO LEGS OUT. SHE STOOD UP ON CHAIR TO REACH TOP OF SHOWER WALL WHEN CHAIR TIPPED FORWARD THROWING HER INTO WALL HITTING HEAD AGAINST SIDE OF SHOWER AND SHOULDER STRIKING CONCRETE WALL. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 9-21-83 BUT EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 9-26-83.

NO 5 ENTRY RETURN 42 CROSSCUT ROOF FELL ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE 6 FT BOLTS IN AREA 20 X 6 FEET FALL IS BEING SUPPORTED AND HAS BEEN REPORTED TO MSHA ON 13 OF SEPT AND 22ND OF SEPT 1983

EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING SUPPORT JACK TO ROOF. A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE BROKE AND THE EMULSION HIT HIM IN THE GROIN. AS A RESULT, HE RUPTURED A HERNIA.