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MINER'S KNEE FR2M CRAWLING. NOTE:MINE CEASED PRODUCTION ON 11-02-87;ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 11-11-87.MANAGEMENT WAS NOT MADE AWARE THIS INJURY WAS REPORTABLE UNTIL 11-24-87.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 TO HAVE CONTRACTED COAL WORKERAS PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE WORKING AT THIS MINE.NOTIFIED OF ACCIDENT IN DECEMBER.1985.CLAIM SETTLED AND COMPENSATION PAID 06-02-86.
EE WAS TAKING B9LT CLAMPS TO MAKE BELT SPLICE ON #4 BELT.
EE WAS RUNNING 7RACTOR ON ROUGH HAULWAY WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS TRAMMING3SCOOP INSIDE TO FACE AREA ON R OUGH HAULWAY.
HE WAS HELPING 1OUR CONCRETE WHEN HE GOT HIS LEG IN THE CONCRETE.
HE WAS PITCHING3A SAFETY JACK UP IN THE WORKING PLACE. THE JACK CAUGHT HIS LIGHT CORD, TWISTING HIS HEAD AND NECK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ONT HE 001-0 SECTION SOMETIME BETWEEN 4PM ON 10-10-85 & 6AM ON 10-11-85. THE FALL 60" HIGH 30\-40\ LONG 12\-14\ WIDE OCCURRED INT HE #3 HEADING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAST OPEN X-CUT TOWARD THE FACE OF THE ENTRY. AREA FELL IN KNOWN BAD ROOF AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT. HE HAD HIS ARM ACROSS ROOF BOLTER REACHING FOR ROOF BOLT WHEN A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX. 8-10 POUNDS FELL ON HIS ARM.
THEY WERE INSTALLING A NEW BELT LIN E. THE EE WAS SETTING A TIE-OFF JACK. WHILE BEATING ON THE JACK HEAD WITH AN 8# HAMMER THE JACK HEAD TURNED & THE HAMMER STRUCK FINGER ON LEFT HAND.