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EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON HIS LEFT ARM JUST ABOVE WRIST NO BROKEN BONES HAD SOME SWELLING WENT FOR EX RAY.
INSTALLING ROOFBOLT.AS HE WAS PUSHING BOLT IN HOLE,REACHED UP TO THROW HEADER BOARD WITH LEFT HAND AND CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN HEADER BOARD AND PINNER CANOPY-BROKE LEFT THUMB.
I NAME WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER WHEN HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL WHICH THREW HIM UP JAMMING HIS NECK EWHEN HIS HEAD HIT THE CANAPY
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING BY HIMSELF SHOVELING BELT LINE WHEN HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS BACK AND LEFT HIP.
I.NAME ROOF BOLTER HELPER WAS WATCHING CABLE WHEILE I.NAME ROOF BOLTER WAS TAKING UP SLACK IN CABLE I.NAME LET CABLE JERK HIS FEET OUT FROM UNDER HIM FALLING ON HIS LEFT SHOUDLER INJURING HIS SHOULDER
ROOFBOLTER OPERATOR WAS CHECKING THE TORK ON SOME ROOF BOLTS. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS HITTING HIM ON THE LOWER LEFT ARM.
I.NAME SAID HE PICKED UP A LIFTING JACK & RFEACHED IT ACROSS TAIL PIECE & HURT HIS BACK
SCOOP WENT THRO6GH FLY CURTIAN & THE CURTAIN DRUG ONE OF THE BATTERY COVERS PARTLY OFF THE SCOOP OPERATOR STOOPED JUST THROUGH THE CURTIAN & CAME BACK THROUGH THE CURTIAN & ASKED FOR HELP TO R EPLACE THE COVE9 THE FOREMAN WENT TO HELP HIM, THE NEXT SCOOP OPERATOR HEARED THEM TALKING BUT FOR SOME CAME ON THROUGH THE CURTIAN.
A SCOOP WENT TH9OUGH A FLY CURTAIN AND THE CURTAIN DRUGS ON OF THE BATTERY COVERS PARTLY OFF. THE SCOOP OPERATOR STOPPED JUST THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND CAME BACK THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND ASKED FO R HELP TO REPLA7E THE COVER THE FOREMAN WENT TO HELP HIM THE NEXT SCOOP OPERATOR HEARED. THEM TALKING BUT FOR SAME REASON CAME ON THROUGH THE CURTAIN.
ROOF BOLTER OPE9ATOR WAS LIFTING A 4"X8"X 16" COLLAR AND DROPPED ONE END OF IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.IT ONLY MADE A RED PLACE ON TOP OF HIS FOOT.
ROCK FALL IN #53ENTRY IN INTERSECTION, 6 CROSS CUTS INSIDE IT WAS ABOUT 15' WIDE, AND 25' LONG. AND ABOUT 1' TO 5' THICK, NO ONE WAS INJURED BY THE ACCIDENT.
ROCK FALL IN IN7ER SECTION AT SPAD #1785,IT WAS ABOUT 19' FEET WIDE AND 4' OR 5' THICK,AND 25' LONG.NO ONE WAS INJURED.
ROCK FALL IN #13ENTRY AT FIRST INTER SECTION OUT BY SPADE #1787 IT WAS ABOUT 20' WIDE 4' TO 5' THICK & 30' LONG AND NO ONE WAS INJURED
I.NAME WAS MAKI3G A SPLICE ON #1 BELT WHEN THE ON/OFF SWITCH WAS ACCIDENTLY KNOCKED ON CAUSING THE BELT TO START UP JERKING BELT CLAMPS LOOSE & HITTING I.NAME ON HIS LEFT ANKLE
I NAME WAS MAKI3G A SPLICE ON #1 BELT WHEN THE OFF ON SWITCH WAS ACCIDENTLY KNOCKED ON CAUSING THE BELT TO START UP JERKING THE BELT CLAMPS LOOSE AND HITTING I.NAME ON THE RT LEG
HE WAS CHIPPING3A PIECE CINDER BLOCK AND A PIECE FLEW OFF AND WENT IN HIS LEFT EYE.
HE GOT OFF SCOO1 TO GET A FLY PAD TO SET ON BECAUSE SCOOP SET WAS WET WHEN HE BENT OVER TO GET IN A PIECE OF ROCK AND COAL FEL OUT BETWEEN THE PINS HIT HIM IN THE BACK AND NECK
OPERATOR WAS IN8TALLING THE 2ND BOLT IN THE LAST ROLL WHEN A KILABOTTOM FELL AND STRUCK HIM, PUSHING HIM AGAINST THE PINNER AND THEN TO THE GROUND.
BACKING MACHINE3OUT OF PLACE,WALKING BEHIND IT WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN 2 ROOF BOLTS HITTING HIM IN THE SMALL OR LOWER PART OF BACK.
HE WAS HELPING 2N A ROOF BOLTER THEY WERE DRILLING A 6FT HOLE USING SECTIONAL STEEL WHEN THE BIT HIT A HARD PLACE IN THE TOP AND THE INSERT BETWEEN THE 2 PIECES OF STEEL BROKE AND THE BOTTO PIECE HIT HIM O3 THE RT HAND HE WAS HOLDING THE STEEL
THE PINNER OPER5TOR WAS TRAMMING OUT OF #4 HEADING AFTER BOLTING IT WHEN A RIB ROLLED OFF, STRICKING HIM ON THE LEFT LEG.
I.NAME CHIPPING SLAG.FROME SOME WELD HE HAD DONWE ON CUTTER WHEN PIECE OF SLAG FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM ON EYELID BURNING HIM.
THE FALL WAS IN THE INTERSECTION OF #4 ENTRY OF #2 PILLAR THE CAUSE WAS A WEAK PLACE IN THE ROOF IT COVERED THE CUTTER UP THE FALL WAS 4\ TO 4 1/2\ THICK
HE WAS IN A BREAK THROUGH HANGING A PIECE OF CURTAIN FROM RIB TO RIB, USING A CLAW HAMMER & NAILS. HE WAS HOLDING THE TOP OF THE CURTAIN AGAINST A HALF HEADER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 10" X 10" X 2" FELL ON HIS LEFT ARM, THE ONE THAT HE WAS HOLDING THE CURTAIN WITH AND PUSH THE ARM DOWN.
WE WERE PILLARING & HAD TAKEN OUT 2 ROWS OF PILLARS BY THE 4 CORNER METHOD. WE HAD SPLIT THE LINE OF PILLARS WE WERE WORKING & IT FELL CRUSHING THE WINGS OF THE PILLARS WE WERE WORKING CAU SING A MASSIVE ROOF FALL.
PLACE BEING MINED TO OUTSIDE.HAD BEEN DRILLED THROUGH AND STOPPED.FALL WAS 30\40\\ THICK X 14\WIDE X 40\LONG.
I.NAME WAS PUTTING SUPPLIES ON THE ROOF BOLTER. HE PICKED UP TWO BUNDLES OF BOLTS AND BENT OVER TO PUT THEM ON THE MACHINE AND HURT HIS BACK.
WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS INJURY. WE HAD GIVEN THIS MANA SUSPENSION SLIP AND 10 MINUTES AFTER WE GAVE IT TO HIM. HE SAID HE HAD HURT HIS BACK WHILE HANGING A CABLE.
EMPLOYEE I.NAME WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER ON 002 SECTION AND WENT TO REAR OF ROOF BOLTER TO MAKE UP A BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE ABOUT 24" X 24" X 4" FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING I.NA ME ON LOWER BACK
I.NAME SCOOP OPERATOR WAS CLEANING SECTION AND A ROCK PROTRUDING OUT OF THE RIB AND THE SCOOP BUCKET CAUGHT IT STOPPING THE SCOIOP SUDDENLY BUMPING HIS HEAD ON CANOPY LEG OG SCOOP CUTTING HIS MOUTH
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS WORKING IN A CROSSCUT THAT HAD A ROLL IN TOP WHICH MADE IT LOWER AND OBSTRUCTED HIS VISION.I NAME WAS GOING FROM #4 ENTRY TO #3 ENTRY AND WENT THROUGH THIS CROSSCUT WHERE SC SCOOP WAS WORKING .SCOOP BUCKET CAUGHT HIS LEG AGAINST RIB,FRACTURING HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS RUNNING A S/C WHEN RIB OF COAL ROLLED OFF ON HIM HITTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
I NAME AND II NAME WAS FOUND UNDERGROUND INTAXICATED AND WAS SENT OUT OF THE MINES I HAVE NO NOICE OF HIM BEING INJURED ON THE JOB. THEY CALLED THE FALLING DAY SAID HE GOT HIS H AND HURT ON TH E JOB. THIS REPORT WAS MADE BECAUSE CAMPLAIN WAS MADE TO MSHA.
SECTION FOREMAN WAS WAT CHING TOP ON PILLAR SECTION & A PC OF DRAW SLATE FELL 24INX33INX11/2IN THICK FELL HITTING HIM ON IS LOWER BACK
PUTTING BOLT IN HOLE ANDPULLED HIS BACK.
SLATE FALL IN INTERSECTION #2-ENTRY LAST OPEN CROSSCUT #0020 SECTION
LOADING MACHINE OPERATOR WAS SETTING IN MACHINE WAITING TO LOAD COAL. SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR CAME TO LOADER AND BUMPED LOADER WITH CAR. CAUSING OPERATOR TO BUMP HIS LEFT KNEE AND BRUISE IT.
THE ROOF IN THIS ERA WAS A SOFT HALE AND OFTEN WE HAD DOOR ALL WE COULD DO TO HOLD IT AND COULD NOT WE HAD TO QUIT MINING IN THE ERA.
RKOOF FALL IN LAST OPEN INTERSECTION IN #4 ENTRY
INTERSECTION IN #3 ENTRY-2-CROSSCUTS OUTBY FACE ERA
A SMALL RIB ROLL FELL A LUMP OF OCAL 6\ X 18" X 4" STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG & ANKLE.
LAMATED SHALE TOP HIDDEN MUD SEAM
A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL STRIKING BOLT MACHINE OPERATE ON ANKLE.
2 EMPLOYEES WERE CARRYING A ROLL OC 3/4" WATERT HOSE & ALVIS SMITH TRIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE
NO DAMAGE A MUD SEAM CROSSED TH ENTRY NEAR THE FACE WHICH WAS NOT DETECTED.