Dunkard Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF SEPARATED ABOVE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE.
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Dunkard Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF SEPERATED ABOVE ROOF BOLTS ANCHORAGE.
October 31, 1984
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dunkard Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELT WITH BELT TENSION JACK. HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF JACK, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN BACK.
Dunkard Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries
TOP BROKEN ABOVE 6\ ANCHORAGE. FALL OCCURED IN INTERSECTION OF #4 HDS. AT FACE.
Dunkard Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries
FALL OCCURRED IN #5 HDG JUST INBY SPAD 414. THIS SECTION OF TOP HAD FALLEN OUT BEFORE TO A HEIGHT OF TEN FEET ABOVE COAL SEAM. WE HAD TOP SUPPORTED WITH STEEL ARCHES AND CRIBS. APPARENTLY A SE CTION OF ROCK BROKE OFF ALONG RIB, DILODGING CRIBS ALLOWING MORE ROCK TO FALL FROM TOP KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL OF THE STEEL ARCHES.
Dunkard Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries
FALL OCCURRED IN #5 HDG JUST OUTBY SPAD 45. TOP WAS BAD WHEN ORIGONALLY MINED AND HAD BROKEN BARS SET TO SUPPLEMENT BOLTS. BAD HAD BECOME ROTTEN AND ALLOWED TOP TO SAG. WE REMOVED SUPPORTS ALL OWING TOP TO FALL SO THAT IT COULD BE PROPERLY CLEANED UP AND REBOLTED.
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