THEY WAS JUST A SLIP IN THE TOP THAT ARCHED OUT ABOVE THE LENTH OF THE BOLTS IN THE INSTERSECTION.
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Showing all 24STARTED TO BOLT BREAK AND HIT CRACK IN TOP. DRILL TEST HOLE 5' AND HIT A CRACK EVERY FOOT. QUIT BOLTING AND SET BREAKER POST AND DANGERED OFF.
HAD SLATE BAR TRYING TO PRY SLACK UP OFF FEEDER CONVEYOR CHAIN SO THAT ELECTRICIAN COULD PUT CONNECTING LINE IN AND SLIPPED OR LOST HIS FOOTING. THIS ALLOWED PRY BAR TO COME LOOSE FROM HIS AHN DS AND IT SLIPPED HIM ACROSS FOREARM FRACTURING HIS ARM.
MAN "SAID" HE HURT BACK LIFTING 10 X 25 X 15 TIRE. NOTE: MAN DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 12/26/89.
MAN "ALLEGEDLY" HURT HIS BACK ON MINER CABLE. NOTE: WAS RELEASED FROM ER ON SAME DAY "NEGATIVE FINDINGS".
ENTRY TURNED DOWN AND BACK UP IN SURG - EVIDENTLY FAULTY AREA - COUPLE MONTHS AFTER ADVANCEMENT "SLIP" BROKE LOOSE PULLING SHALE TOP LOOSE - APPROX. 1000 FT. OUTBY FACE AREA.
OPERATING ROOFBOLTER-HIT ROTATION LEVER INSTEAD OF UP LEVER WRENCH HIT HIM ON LEFT FOREARM.
OVERSIZED HORSES BACK OR FAULT IN TOP ABOVE ANCHORAGE AND TEST HOLE DISTANCE.
SLIP IN NEUTRAL ENTRY OUT BY SEC. FALL WAS LIKE A BIG HORSES BACK FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION
MAN, WAS GRINDING USING A GRINDER, STOPPED, GRINDING RAISED UP, STEP BACKWARD FELL AND GRINDER HIT HIM ACROSS THE NOSE.
MAN WAS USING EXTENSION DRILL STEEL,PUSHER CAME OFF ON RETRACTING STEEL LEAVING FINISHER END IN HOLE-FINISHER END CAME OUT OF HOLE SUDDENLY MASHING THIRD FINGER AGAINST DRILL POT ON BOLTER.
ED OFF COAL BOT7OM & MASHED RIGHT FOOT
PULLING SHUTTLE3CAR OFF DUMP WITH ANOTHER SC TURNBUCKLE FLEW LOOSE AND STRUCK INDEX FINGER LEFT HAND
MINER WAS TURNI3G RT HAND CROSSCUT AND HAD CROSSCUT ALMOST FININSHED WHEN PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL MEASURING 1/2 IN TO 1 1/2 IN THICK AND ALLEDGEDLY STRIKING SAID EMPLOYEE ON RT KNEE AND HAND AP PROX 2 IN ABOVE3THUMB JOINT
I NAME WAS DOW3 PULLING NAILS FROM TORN DOWN FLY PAD OFF STD SHUTTLE CAR CAME BACK FROM FEEDER TURNED UP INTO INTERSECTION WHEN HE WAS AND HIT HIM WIT H SHUTTLE CAR. 3NTERSECTION WAS BEING USED FOR SHUTTLE CARS TO SWITCH OUT.
WAITING FOR BOL7ER TO PUT CURTAIN BOARD UP SQUATTING BESIDE RIB, PIECE OF SCALE FROM TOP FELL HITTING MAN ON BACK OF NECK AND SHOULDERS RESULTING IN BACK AND SHOULDER INJURY
I.NAME WAS PULLING MINER CABLE & PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK BUT HE FINISHED THE SHIFT.
DROPPED A BELT CLAMP ON H AND
UNITRAC OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP AND WATCHING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE THE BLADE OF THE UNITRAC CAUGHT HIS FOOT AGAINST THE RIB
MAN JUMPED ON BACK OF SCOOP WHILE IN A SWAG BOTTOM ROLLING IN THIS AREA. INJURED SEEING THE TOP GETTING CLOSER TRIED TO ROLL OFF CATCHING HIS LEFT SIDE ABOVE THE BELT (WAIST) AGAINST ROOF BOLT IN THE TOP. RESULTING IN POSSIBLE FRACTURED PELVIS
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING SCOOP FOR MOVEMENTS OF FACE EQUIPMENT HE PULLED INTO #4 FACE TO THE LAST HXX ROW OF BOLTS. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD BOLTS STRIKING THE EMPLO YEE
MAN PULLED MUSCLE WHILE PULLING ON MINER CABLE
INJ MAN PUT UP FIRST ROW OF BOLTS IN A BREAK WHEN HE MOVED ROOF BOLTER UP FOR 2ND ROW OF BOLTS A PIECE OF BROW SLATE 4X2?O FELL FROM RIB BEHIND THE INJ PERSON AND STRUCK HIM ON RT HIP COAL H HEIGHT 60 INCHES
INJURED WAS UNMLOADING OXYGEN ACETALENE FROM ONE MOTOR TO ANOTHER HE @LEFT TRAM SWITCH IN FORWARD POSITION WEATHER WAS COLD AND TRAM MOTOR TRAMMED ON ITS OWN UPON HIS LEG WHEN MOTOR TRAMMED ON ITS OWN UPON HIS LEG