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ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON @OFF SHIFT APP 120FTOUTBY FACE #1 HEADING THE FALL WAS FOUND BY PROSHIFT FORK THIS AREA WAS CRIBBED & DANGERED OFF THIS SORT HAS BEEN STOPPED & TURNED RT OFF #7 HEADING ( FAULT IN TOP)
OPERATOR WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHILE OUT OF SEAT NOT IN OPERATIONING POSITION SO AS TO CONTROL THE SCOOP PROPERLY THE OPERATOR WAS OFF SCOOP & ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE THE SCOOP FROM OUTSIDE
FALL OCCURRED NEAR INTERSECTION APPROX. 65 FEET OUTBY SPAD NO.908. FALL WAS FOUND ON PRESHIFT EXAMINATION BY CARSON ASBORNE. FALL WAS APPROX. 20' IN LENGTH, 16 FEET IN WIDTH AND FROM 40"-50" I N THICKNESS. AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED OFF PRIOR TO FALL. DEVELOPED IN 1990. CAUSED BY FAULT IN MINE ROOF.
ROOF FALL WAS IN #3 HEADING APP-90' FROM FACE THIS INTRY WAS ALLREADY STOPPED AND CRIBBED OFF. THE HEADING WAS PICKED UP 60' INBY WHERE TOP WAS BAD. WATER WAS PRESENT BEFORE FALL OCCURRED.
ROOF FALL WAS IN 3 HEADING APP 90 FT FROM FACE THIS ENTRY WAS ALREADY CRIBED OFF AND DANGER SIGNED WATER WAS PRESENT IN TOP FALL WAS APP 12 FT BY 30 FT RANGING FROM 30 INCH TO 6 FT IN THICKENS .
HE WAS TAKING A CUTTING MACHINE CABLE DOWN AND DID NOT HAVE HIS BACK POSITIONED RIGHT AND HURT HIS BACK.
LOOSE PIECE ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN LAST BOLT AND THE BOLT BEING INSTALLED.
KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS.
OPERATOR HIT HEAD ON TOP WHILE TRAMMING SCOOP. COAL HEIGHT- 31". SCOOP APP RAN OVER A BLOCK OF COAL OR A PIECE OF ROCK.
A 60 AMP BOX 440 USED FOR OPERATING FAN WHEN SWITCH WAS TURNED ON THE POWER WAS SHORTED INSIDE BOX CAUSING A LARGE ARC
HE WAS GREASING3THE BEARING ON THE FAN WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BLADES INJURING HIS HAND.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON A OFF SHIFT APPROX. 80\ OUTBY THE NO WORKING FACE .ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES TO ANY EMPLOYEE STEPS HAS BEEN TAKEN TO PREVENT A REOCCURRANCE.