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SHULLTE CAR OPE5RTOR STTEMPTED TO PULL LOOSE OF ROCK WITH SLATE BAR, ALLOWING BAR TO SLIP, CHIPPING A PIECE OF ROCK, STRICKING HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED ON 001 SECTION IN 3LEFT OFF 2W.WORKING SECTION AT INT ERSECTION OF SPECIAL STATION 463 BOLT PULLED ABOVE ANCHORAGE IN SHALE ROOF WITH A RIDER SEAM OF COAL APPROX.3FT.INTO ST RATA ALLOWED FA5L TO OCCUR STANDARD NO 1 SHUTTLE CAR WAS CAUGHT
SHUTTLE CAR OPE9ATOR WAS FINISHING LOADING, WHEN HE TURNED AROUND IN THE SEAT, THE SHUTTLE CAR BEGIN TO ROLL BACKWARDS, CATCHING HIS KNEE BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR AND THE COAL RIB. ROADING GRAD E WAS ABOUT 5%.3
EMPL RAISING FLOOR JACK ON ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN FLOOR JACK AND FRAME OF MACHINE.
A ROF FALL OCCURRED IN T HE BELT ENTRY 1 BREAK THRU INBY SPOAD 168. ERRATIC ROOF CONDITIONS INDICATING WATER THRU THE TOP A SMALL COAL SEAM IN THE IMMEDIATE ROOF STRATA ROOF FALL SIZE 18\LONG 20\WIDE4\-6\HIGH.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN T HE BELT ENTRY INBY SPAD 162. ERATIC ROOF CONDITIONS WATER IN ROOF & A SMALL COAL SEAM IN THE STRATA. FALL SIZE 20\WIDE 20\LONG4\-6\HEIGHT.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN BELT ENTRY AT SPAD #168.ROOF STRATA IS SLATE 4-10\THICK.WATER AND A MOUNTAIN BREAK MAIN CONTRIB CONDITIONS.ROOF FALL 15\WIDE X 15\LONG X 10-12\THICK.ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS U SING LONGER BOLTS AND CRIB WHERE NECESSARY.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE U/G PORTION INBY THE CANOPY FOR #3 ENTRY FOR A DISTANCE OF 20\ IN LENGTH 14\ IN WIDTH & 22\ IN HEIGHT.
BELT MACHINE MAN WAS MOVING ROOF DRIVE WHEN OFF SIDE DRILL OPERTIONS FOOT SLIPPED WREND WHEEL
TWO MOUNTAIN BREAKS ACROSS THE INTERSECTION WHICH ONE BREAK WAS THROUGH CAUSING THE PIECE OF ROCK 8\ X 8\ X 35\ TO BE ALLOWED TO TURN LOOSE DROPPING OUT OF TOP ACROSS INTERSECTION INTO BREAKTH ROUGH
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON RIB IN THE MINE WHEN A LARGE LUMP OF COAL FELL FROM THE ROOF STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ANKLE, FRACTURING ANKLE.