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AN UNPLANNED RO2F FALL IN AN INACTIVE WORK AREA WHICH HAD BEEN DEVELOPED FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. THE APPROX. 80 FOOT LONG ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 EAST MAINS BLEEDER CLOSET TO AND BETWEE N THE FIRST AND3SECOND RIGHT SEALS FOR 2ND NORTH SECTION.
AS THIS MAN WAS3ROOF BOLTING IN A FACE AREA A 2'X3' PIECE OF COAL FELL OFF THE RIB & PINCHED HIM AGINST THE BOLTING MACHINE. THE RESULT WAS A DEEP MUSCLE BRUISE IN HIS RIGHT HIP ALONG WITH S OME MINOR ABRAS3ONS TO THE HIP.
THIS MAN WAS RE1AIRING A 2" WATERLINE REPLACING A 20' SECTION OF STEEL PIPE THAT HUNG NEAR THE ROOF. AS HE WAS ATTACHING ONE END THE OTHER END CAME OUT OF ITS BRACKET FALLING TO THE FLOOR. WH EN IT BOUNCED T2E FIRST END HIT THE M AN IN THE FACE CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS FOREHEAD REQUIRING SUTURING & F RACTURING HIS NOSE.
AS BOLTING WAS 3N PROGRESS A ROOF MATT. LIEING ON THE BOLTER ATRS TO BE PLACED AGAINST THE ROOF SLID OFF THE ATRS HIT THE BOLTER HELPER IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD RESULT WAS A 1 INCH LACERATION R EQUIRING SUTURI3G.
RE-BOLTING, REH5B.WORK IN NO.1 NORTH MAINS - THIS MAN WAS SCALING THE ROOF AHEAD OF THE BOLTER. HE WAS STANDING UNDER A PAN USING A LONG SCALING BAR WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SHARP SHALE FELL OFF PAN HE WAS STAN8ING UNDER & HIT HIS CHIN. RESULT WAS A 3/4" LACERATION REQUIRING
MAN WAS CHANGIN1 BITS ON THE C/M. HE WAS ROLLING THE HEAD OF THE MINER BY STANDING ON THE BIT BLOCKS, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL + 3' TO THE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS REAR & SUSTAINING A BRUISED TAI LBONE 3
AS THIS MAN WAS3INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT THE RIB BEHIND HIM SLUFFED AS HE TURNED TO RUN THE FALLING DEBRIS HIT HIM IN THE SIDE THE RESULT WAS A CONTUSION AND SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND ON HIS LEFT HI P 3
AS THIS MAN WAS3WALKING BELTLINE HE FOUND A PIECEOF ROCK ON BELT APPROX 1X3X2 HE PULLED ROCK OFF THE BELT AS IT FELL IT HIT THE BELT SUPPORT CABLE ROLLED OVER AND FELL EDGE FIRST ON HIS FOOT H HE WORKED THAT 8HIFT AND HIS NEXT SHIFT THEN SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR A FRACTURED RT FOOT
AS THIS MAN WAS3TENDING CABLE ALONGSIDE MINER HE STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE THE RESULT WAS A SPRAIN/STRAIN REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION HE RETURNED TO WORK FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS AND THEN WAS NOT AL5OWED TO RETURN TO WORK DUE TO POOR HEALING AND INCREASING PEOBLEMS WITH THE ANKLE ESTIMATE 4 TO 6 WEEKS OFF WORK
ROOF FALL IN 7T2 EAST SECT 004 30'LONG X 20'WIDE X 6.5'HIGH IN BELT ENTRY.AREA WELL BOLTED AND SUPPLEMENTAL ROOF SUPPORTS IE CRIBS & TIMBER WERE INSTALLED IN AREA.FALL ORIGINATIED AT EDGE OF INTERSECTION T2 A POINT DOWN ENTRY FOR 30'.
SHUTTLE CAR RE7URNING FROM LOADING TO MINER HIT A MUD-COVER HOLE IN THE ROADWAY & THE OPERATOR BOUNCED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CAB ROOF SUSTAINING A SPRAINED NECK
AS MAN STEPPED 2FF BELT DRIVE TAKE-UP STRUCTURE FOOT SLIPPED OFF MUD-COVERED ROCK CAUSING SEVERE SPRAIN/STRAIN OF LEFT ANKLE.
AS HE WAS WALKI3G PASSING THRU VENT CURTAIN STEPPED ON NAIL PROTRUDING THRU BOARD HIDDEN BENEATH EDGE OF CURTAIN.RESULT WAS PUNCTURE INTO LEFT FOOT WHICH 2 DAYS LATER BECAME INFECTED.
AS THE MINER OP9RATOR WAS CUTTING BROKEN ROOF OFF THE MINE ROOF, THE MINER "BOUNCED" UNUSUALLY HARD THROWING THE OPERATOR AGAINST THE CAB DOOR & ROOF. THE RESULT WAS MUSCLE INJURY TO THE ROOF. THE RESULT WAS3MUSCLE INJURY TO THE SHOULDER & NECK RESULTING IN DEBILITATING MUSCLE SPASM.
MOISTURE BETWEE3 STRADA LAYERS AND COAL RIDER SEAM AT AND ABOVE THE COAL RIDER SEAM. ROOF FALL MEASURED APPROX. 35 FT LONG 35 FT WIDE 7 1/2 FT HIGH.
AS HE WALKING U1 TO THE BOLTER HE STEPPED ON A ROCK HIS FOOT SLID OFF THE ROCK RESULTING IN A TWISTED ANKLE
AS HE WAS STAND3NG BESIDE BOLTER SMALL ROCK 8'' X8'' X 3'' FELL OUT BETWEEN PANS AND HIT HIS FOOT EDGE FIRST JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE IN HIT BOOT.RESULT WAS BROKEN LITTLE TOE.
EMPL WALKING TH9U STOREROOM SLIPPED ON WET SPOT ON FLOOR.FELL LANDING WITH BODY WEIGHT ON ANKLE.SUSTAININ SEVERE SPRAIN AND TORN LIGAMENT IN LEFT ANKLE.
MECHANICS WERE 9EMOVING CRUSHER BAR FROM FEEDER -BREAKER WITH COME-A-LONG.CRUSHER SLIPPED SIDEWAYS & PINCHED HIS FINGER AGAINST CROSS-BRACE.CRUSH INJURY REQUIRING SUTURES IN RIGHT RING FINGER.
AS THIS MAN WAS3REMOVING A VENT TUBE HANGING FROM THE ROOF A PIECE OF TIE WIRE SCRAPED ACROSS HIS RT EYE CAUSING A MINOR CORNEAL LACERATION
MINER WAS ATTEM1TING TO UNPLUG CLOGGED PUMP DISCHARGE LINE.WHEN PLUG CAME LOOSE,HOSE KNOCKED HIM AGAINST FRONT OF VEHICLE PARKED NEARBY.BRUISED RIB,RT.SIDE-POSSIBLY FRACTURED.
AS HE PICKED A 2EAVY PIECE OF COAL OFF S&S CAR,THE COAL BROKE AND SEVERAL SMALL PIECES WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
POURING HYDRAUL3C OIL FROM 5 GALLON CAN INTO MACHINE RESERVOIR PULLED TENDON IN RT SHOULDER
PULLING VENT CU9TAIN OUT FROM UNDER COAL PILE AND TWISTED HIS BACK LOW BACK PAIN
TWO MEN PICKED 6P A MINER GATHERING ARM, TO PLACE IT ON WOOD BLOCKS FOR REPAIR WORK. AS THEY SET IT DOWN, IT SLIPPED FROM THE MAN S GRIP AND SMASH HIS THUMB UNDER IT. RESULT WAS NAIL AVULSION AND LACERATION3OF THUMB REQUIRING SUTURING.
DRIVING PIN OUT3OF CONNECTING LINK OF NEW BUGGY CHAIN USE A 1 HAMMER HAMMER HEAD CHIPPED CHIP LODGED IN RIGHT CHEEK. CHIP REMOVED UNDER LOCAL ANESTHETIC.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN ENTRY FROM BUGGY WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE SLIPPED TWISTED AND FELL INJURING HIS KNEE
WRENCH SLIPPED OFF A BOLT AND WRENCH HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE RESULT WAS A 1 IN LACERATION ON FACE REQUIRING STITCHES
ATTEMPTING TO PULL BOUND UP AUGER STEEL FROM HOLE IN ROOF WHEN SUDDEN PAIN OCCURRED IN NECK AND SHOULDER SIMILAR INJURY 1-84 PROBABLY REINJURY OF SAME
MINER USING BOBCAT LOADER DOING CLEANUP AROUND PREP PLANT.CLUTCH GRABBED CAUSING LOADER TO JUMP THROWING MINERS HEAD AGAINST PIPE.RESULT WAS BRUISED AND FX NOSE.
AS BOLTER HEAD WAS RAISED PIECE OF BROKEN SHALE FELL OFF BOLTER ARM.SHARP-EDGED ROCK FELL ONTO MINERS RIGHT LEG CAUSING LACERATION REQ SUTURING.
AS HE WAS WORKING ON A SHUTTLE CAR HIS LEFT AHNDWAS RESTING ON THE CABLE REEL COMPARTMENT EDGE THE COMPARTMENT LID FELL CLOSED STRIKING HIS HAND RESULT WAS 2 MINOR LACERATIONS AND THREE BROKE N BONES IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND
IN OUTSIDE SHOP MINER WAS USING 2 LB HAMMER TO FREE A FROZEN FITTING HAMMER GLANCED OFF STRIKING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER RESULT WAS CRUSH INJURY REQUIRING SUTURING OF TWO LACERATIONS AND REMO VAL OF NAIL
TIGHTENING BOLT ON MINING MACHINE,WRENCH BROKE.EMPL FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON KNEE AND ANKLE.RESULT-SPRAIN /STRAIN OF RIGHT KNEE.
MINER STOOD UP TO STRETCH AFTER WORKING IN STOOPED POSITION AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOW BACK.LOST TIME BEGAN 6-10-85.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE EDGE OF THE GOB IN THE 4TH WEST SECTION. FALL SIZE WAS APPROX. 40\ WIDE BY 60\ HIGH. INVESTIGATION REFEALED NO APPARENT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THE MINER OPERATOR WAS TRAPPED IN THE MACHINE CAB FOR 37 HOURS. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, THE MINER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 24 HRS. OBSERVATION AND RELEASED WITH NO INJURIES REQUIRING MEDICAL TREA
ROCK FELL NEAR HIM CAUSE HIM TO JUMP.FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE FELL WRENCHING LOW BACK.DIAGNOSED AD L/S SPRAIN STRAIN.
BROKEN ROOF STRATA ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE.
TRIPPED AND FELL FALLING ON ANKLE WHILE WALKING FRACTURE OF RIGHT ANKLE.
SMALL LACERATION ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN INFECTION AND HOSPITALIZATION FOR ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT.
TRAVEL BY MANTRIP WAS RESTRICTED THROUGH THIS AREA SECONDAY MEANS OF TRAVELWAY WAS IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED VENTILATION WAS NOT IMPAIRED NO DAMAGE DONE TO EQUIPMENT FALL WAS FOUND BY PRE SHIFT E EXAMINER EXACT TIME OF FALL IS UNKNOWN FALL MEASURED 5 FT HIGH 8 TO 10 FT WIDE 40FT IN LENGTH
AS THE MAN WAS ROTATING THE DYRER DRUM BY HAND TO FIND A SPOT THAT WAS RUBBING THE FRAME HE PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DRUM 3& A STEEL WIPER ON THE OUTSIDE OFT H E DRUM. RESULT WAS A L ACERATION & FRACUTRE OF THE MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE FINGER NAIL & THE 1ST JOINT.
THIS MINER WAS HANGING BOLTER CABLE FROM THE RIB PRIOR TO MOVING THE ROOF BOLTER.AS HE WAS WIRING CABLE TO A SPAD,THE BOLTING MACHINE MOVED,JERKING THE CABLE & CONSEQUENTLY THE MINER.RESULTED RESULTED IN SPRAIN STRAIN OF MUSCLES IN THE LRFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.
WITH CONT. MINER SITTING IN MIDDLE OF ENTRY HE GOT OUT OF CAB TO LOOK AT FACE & FLOOR AS HE STOOD BESIDE THE MACHINE, A PIECE OF CAPROCK OFF THE TOP OF THE RIB SLUFFED OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE RIGHT LEG, FORCING HIM DOWN AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE MINING MACHINE. RESULTED IN BRUISED LEG AND SPRAINED ANKLE.
FOLLOWING A FULL SHIFT OF SHOVELING ON THE UNDERGROUND BELTLINE THIS MINER FOUND A SMALL BULGE IN HIS LOW ABDOMEN WHEN SHOVELING HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF AN ACTUAL ACCIDENT & NOTICED NO PARTICUL AR PAIN DURING THIS OR PREVIOUS SHIFTS DOC DIAGNOSE AN INGUINAL HERNIA THAT MAY REQUIRE FUTURE SURGICAL REPAIR NO LIST TIME AT THIS TIME
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE CONTINUOUS MINER TENDING CABLE APPARENTLY A SMALL ROCK FELL ON BACKSIDE OF ROTATING MINER HEAD & WAS THROWN REARWARD STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RT SIDE OF HEAD JUST IN FRONT OF HIS EAR THIS CAUSED A 1IN LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES TO CLOSE LACERATION
PIECE OF CAPROCK SLUFFED OFF RIB STRIKING BOLTER OPERATOR IN BACK OF RIGHT LEG.OPERATOR SUSTAINED FRACTURED FIBULA AND CONTUSION TO BACK OF LOWR LEG.
MINER WAS STANDING ON SURFACE BELT STRUCTURE. HIS FOOT MISSED A FOOTHOLD, HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 10\ TO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A CONTUSION WITH SMALL LACERATION TO HIS HEAD, A CONTUSION WITH ABRASION TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND A CONTUSED LOWER BACK
BROKER UNCONSOLIDATED ROOF STRATA ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE. 6\ RESIGN GROUTED BOLTS WITH STEEL ROOF MATS OR 5\ & 4\ CENTERS
LOWERING BOLTER HEAD, WRENCH CAME OFF ROTATING CHUCK STRIKING OPERATOR ON THE CHIN