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A 33 year old miner was attempting to move an auger steel with an onboard crane when a section of the auger struck ee chest. EE was transported by ambulance to a hospital where ee died.
SPEED-COME AROUND CURVE-MET TRUCK AND SLID INTO IT.
TRUCK HAULING STARTED TO SNOW TRIED TO COME DOWN HILL AND HIT ICE, CHAINS WERE ON TRUCK BUT HE HAD NOT PUT ON.
STRAINED SHOULDER PULLING MINER CABLE.
A FALL MEASURING 20'X25'X5'H FELL IN AN OUTBY AREA. THIS WAS AN AREA THAT WAS BAD AND PULLED AWAY FROM AT THE TIME.
MINER WAS BENT ACROSS MINER WORKING ON THE WATERLINE WHEN HAULER KNOCKED MANTRIP INTO HIS RIGHT LEG.
A SECTION OF ROOF FELL FROM THE #2 FACE THROUGH BREAKTHRU TO THE FACE OF #3. APPROX 10'HIGH BY 20' WIDE BY 40' LONG.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 ENTRY OUTBY SECTION. FALL IS ABOUT 40' LONG & 4-8' THICK.
HE WAS SETTING SECOND BOLT OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN LOOSE ROOF BETWEEN BOLTS FELL ON HIM.
CUT HAND WITH UTILITY KNIFE.
FOUND AREA OF ROOF THAT HAD FALLEN 18' BY 18' BY 6' HIGH. THIS WAS IN AN OUT BY AREA IN THE INTAKE AIRWAY. THIS WAS A BAD AREA OF TOP WHEN IT WAS ADVANCED.
FOUND AREA OF ROOF THAT HAD FALLEN 20 FT BY 20 FT BY 5 FT HIGH. THIS WAS IN AN OUT BY AREA THAT HAD SLOWLY DETERIORATED. THIS WAS IN A NEUTRAL AIRWAY.
THE MINE FLOOR WAS MUDDY. EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS ANKLE TRYING TO FREE FOOT THAT WAS STUCK IN MUD.
HE STATED HE WAS CLEANING #3 HEAD AND TOOK A CATCH IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS CARRYING A 5 GALLON CAN OF FUEL OIL TO PUT IN LOADER.