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A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN RETURN 002 SECTION APPROX. 1500' OUTBY ACTIVE SECTION IN #2 HEADING 3 BREAKS INBY STATION SPAD #199. WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE AND IN INTERSECTION OR EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL WERE NOT AFFECTED. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP BUT TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT #5 ENTRY ON MAINS APPROX 3500 FEET OUTBY 001 WORKING FACE AT SPAD #204. FALL WAS APPROX 100'LX20'WX5'T. VENTILATION OR EQUIPMENT NOT EFFECTED, ESCAPEWAYS NOT EFFECTE D. HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE UNDER THE FALL BUT NOT EFFECTED. FALL NOT EXPECTED TO BE CLEANED UP.
WAS PICKING UP TRASH AND CUT HAND ON METAL BAND.
EE WAS SETTING STIFT JACK WITH CHAIN, CHAIN SLIPPED CAUSING IT TO FALL AND LAND ON EE S LEFT HAND-WAS APPROX. 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 4 FT LONG.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT #1 OFF #2 XXXXXXX HEADING STATION SPAD #242. WATER IN ROOF WITH LAMATEDSHELL & SANDSTONE BANDS. PLACE HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH LONGER BOLTS TORQUE TENSION 5 FT & 6FT. FALL APPROX 40FT L, 8-10FT HIGH. PLACE HAD BEEN STOPPED & CRIBBED & DANGERED OFF. VENTILATION OR EQUIPMENT NOT EFFECTED. Y
EE SMELLED SMOKE, FOUND FEEDER ON FIRE IN SPAD #1275, LOADING POINT ON #1 SECTION. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN. FEEDER WAS ONLY THING EFFECTED. VENTILATION NOT EFFECTED BUT WAS SHORT CIRCUITED TO DI RECT SMOKE TO RETURN AIRWAY. FIRE FIGHTING BEGAN4:30AM AND EXTINGUISHED 5:30 -5:45AM. INSPECTOR MSHA ON SITE AT 6:25AM, OFFICIAL REPORT CALLED 8:45AM TO MSHA
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A SCOOP. HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BOUNCE IN VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL ON THE 002 SECTION IN XCUT WHERE 002 BUTTED OFF THREE BREAKS INBY STATION SPAD 202 IN BETWEEN NO. 4 AND 5 HEADING. APPROX 5-6' HIGH. ABOUT 210' FROM WORKING SECTION. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED OR PERSONNEL AFFECTED.
EE LIFTED A BAG OF ROCK DUST AND STRAINED HIS BACK. REPORTED BECAUSE EE WAS ON RESTRICTED DUTY AND LATER MISSED WORK.
EE TOLD FOREMAN THAT HIS KNEE POPPED OUT OF JOINT 3 TIMES. FOREMAN ASKED EE IF HE GOT INJURED. EE STATED NO IT HAD DONE IT BEFORE AT HOME.
ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT 3 LEFT MAINS OFF 1 RIGHT MAINS INTERSECTION OF SPAD #7031. FALL WAS APPROX 4'HX20'WX30'L. VENTILATION OR EQUIPMENT NOT EFFECTED. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT #1 ENTRY OF MAINS AT INTERSECTION OF #2 ENTRY 1 LEFT MAINS OFF MAINS SPAD #185. FALL WAS APPROX 20' WIDE X 40' LONG X 4-6' HIGH. FAAL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. NO EQUIPMEN T OR VENTILATION WAS AFFECTED.
EE WAS BREAKING COAL WITH FOOT AWAY FROM BEARMS & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS LOADING STRUCTURE IN THE RAM CAR & TWISTED BACK
EE WAS TRAVELING THROUGH BRATTICE DOOR, DOOR CAME LOOSE, FELL OUT OF BRATTICE AND HIT EE S LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS DEGOBING MINER WITH BAR WHEN ROCK DUST, COAL FLIPPED INTO RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS TIGHTENING TURNBUCKLE WITH AN 18" BOLT WHEN IT SLIPPED & THE EE FELL BACKWARDS. LOST TIME
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP, PUT HIS HAND UP TO STRAIGHTEN PLATE, PUT BOLT UP AND CAUGHT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER UNDER PLATE SMASHING FINGER. *CUT OFF TIP OF FINGER, LOST TIME ACCIDENT*
EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BOTH WRISTS AND LOWER BACK. EE OUT OF WORK
EE WAS GETTING IN SCOOP AND HIT HIS ELBOW.
EE WAS LIFTING AND STACKING BAGS OF ROCK DUST AND FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EMLOYEE LIFTED BAG OF ROCK DUST (APPROX 50 LBS) AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
CARRYING BAG OF ROCK DUST AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF MINER DECK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. REPORTABLE BECAUSE OUT OF WORK AS OF 7/27/98
A ROOFFALL WAS FOUND AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM BY BILL SALYERS IN THE FACE OF INACTIVE MAINS SECTION. FOUND AT THE LAST CROSSCUT FROM #5 ENTRY ACROSS TO #6 ENTRY, 240' IN BY SPAD #430 & #431. FA LL WAS APPROXIMATELY 20' WIDE, 70' LONG, 6-7' THICK. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
HAPPENED BEFORE SHIFT. EE WAS COMING OUT OF CHANGE ROOM, WALKING DOWN THE STEPS AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS UNDER CONTINUOUS MINER GRINDING AND METAL FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ON A FACE SHIELD AND GLASSES. REPORTABLE BECAUSE HE RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR INFECTION.
EE TWISTED KNEE LEFT AS HE STEPPED OFF THE LOADER. REPORTABLE BECAUSE HE COULD NOT RETURN TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.L
EE WAS UNPLUGGING BATTERY RECEPTICAL IN A LOW AREA AND WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND STRAINED HIS BACK. REPORTABLE BECAUSE EE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK.
EE WAS OPERATING RAM CAR WHEN RAN OVER PIECE OF CRIB BLOCK IN ROADWAY (4X4) CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCEW SO HARD THAT HARD HAT CAME OFF AND NEARLY BOUNCED OUT OF SEAT.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN HIS LEFT HAND GLOVE CAUGHT BETWEEN STEEL AND HEAD OF PINNER TWISTING HANDS AND WRIST. REPORTABLE BECAUSE FRACTURE OF LEFT FOREFINGER.
A ROOFFALL WAS FOUND IN #2 ENTRY ON 003 SECTION IN NEUTRAL ENTRY ON 3/3 BELT LINE ON PANEL 2 R OFF 1 L MAINS OFF 3 L MAINS AT 12:10PM ON 5/11/98. FALL IS IN INTERSECTION OF SPAD #6704 & IS 40" L, 20"W & 6' TO 7' THICK. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED & VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERRUPTED, NO PERSONS INJURED. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
EE WAS OPENING A BOX OF GLUE WITH A KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED & STABBED HIS LEFT UPPER LEG. REPORTABLE - HE HAD 2 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING FORKLIFT WHEN IT TURNED OVER AND HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WIHT HIS HAND A S FORKLIFT WAS TURNING OVER CAUSING LACERATIONS AND A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
EE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES. ROFBOLTER OPERATOR SWUNG THE DRILL ARM OUT AND CAUGHT EE'S RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN RIB AND ROCK ROLLED AND HIT HIM IN LOWER BACK KNOCKING HIM INTO PINNER AND KNOCKING HIM OUT.
EE WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR AND RAN BOLTER WHEEL OVER HIS FOOT. REPORTABLE-LOST TIME- STICHES, FRACTURE
EE WAS PUTTING BOLT IN HOLE, STARTED TO STRAIGHTEN BOLT AND PULLED SOMETHING IN RIB CAGE ON RIGHT SIDE.
SAWING TIMBERS WITH HAND LAID ON TIMBER SAW CAME OUT OF TIMBER AND CUT FINGER. REPORTABLE 6 STITCHES LOST 1 DAY WORK.
ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 003 LEFT MAINS IN #2 RETURN ENTRY AT APPROX. 0900 INBY STATION SPAD #5544. ABOUT 70' FALL. ROOF FALL WAS APPROX. 155' LONG, 18' WIDE, 4-1/2-5' HIGH. FALL WAS 2400' OUTBY WORKING SECTION. NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED, NO ONE INJURED. VENTILATION NOT AFFECTED. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
004 ACTIVE WORKING SECTION CUT INTO A CORE HOLE ON 2ND RIGHT PANEL OFF 1 LEFT MAINS CAUSING AN INUNDATION OF WATER FROM AN OVERLYING MINE IN TAGGARD SEAM AT CORE HOLE HE195. A TOTAL OF 21 PEO PLE PRESENT - NONE INJURED. MSHA INSPECTOR ON SITE.
ROOFFALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 7:30 AM ON 12-22-97. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 50'LONG X 4' THICK X 20' WIDE. THE FALL WAS IN THE FACE AREA OF SECTION 003 APPROXIMATELY 40' INBY SPAD 6544. MINING WAS UNDER BARRIER BLOCK AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT.
EMPLOYEEWAS SAWING TIMBER, SAW CAME OUT OF TIMBER AND CUT LEFT HAND NEAR THUMB AREA.
A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND 1200 FEET OUTBY 003 WORKING FACE; 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD #6350. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 30 FT. WIDE BY 35 FEET LONG BY 5-5 1/2 FT. THICK IN THE 31 ENTRY.(AN INTERSECTION) DID NO T INTERUPT VENTILATION, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED AND NO INJURIES. TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF - WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING AND RIGHT KNEE STARTED SWELLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING OIL INTO THE RAM CAR AND TWISTED LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS CLEANING WATER SPRAYS ON TOP WATER MANIFOLD THE CENTER SPRAYS: WHEN A ROCK FELL HITTING LEFT ANKLE PINNING LEG AGAINST BIT LUG ON MINER.ROCK WAS APPROX 20"X30"X4"THICK
EE WAS DRIVING MANTRIP ACROSS SECTION AND HIT HIS HEAD ON LOW HANGING CABLE.
EE WAS CHECKING BATTERIES FOR WATER, LIFTING LIDS TO PUT BACK ON AND STRAINED BACK.
EE WAS PUTTING A BOTTOM ROLLER IN TAILPIECE AND JUST TRIED TO MOVE THE TAILPIECE OVER INTO PLACE WHEN HE FELT A REAL SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT LOWER BACK CAUSING HIM TO GO TO HIS KNEE.