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TAILPIECE SLID OFF OF SCOOP BUCKET MASHING TWO FINGERS.
SETTING TIMBERS, KNEE SWELLED FROM CRAWLING.
OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR GOT OFF TO SHUTTLE CAR TO MOVE ROCK OUT OF ROAD SHUTTLE CAR DRIFTED OFF AND BUMP KNEE.
HE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR AND GOT HIMSELF BETWEEN RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR IN THE #3 ENTRY OF THE 2 LEFT SECTION.
CRAWLED ACROSS TO START FEEDER. KNEE HIT A ROCK.
INJURED WAS SAWING TIMBERS WITH HYDRAULIC CHAIN SAW. CHAIN CAME OFF WRAPPING AROUND PERSON'S RIGHT HAND AND FINGERS. THE WORST OF INJURY APPEARED TO BE TO MIDDLE FINGER NEXT TO KNUCKLE (SWELLI NG AND BLEEDING).
MINER WAS MINING FINAL PUSHOUT IN #3 BLOCK WHEN THE TOP SET DOWN ON RIPPER HEAD FOULING MINING MACHINE.
ROOF FALL 4 BREAKS INBY SS#155 #7 ENTRY 1100 FT OUTBY WORKING FACES.
ROOF BOLTS BEING INSTALLED IN NO. 3 ENTRY BY OPERATOR ON RIGHT SIDE OF EQUIPMENT. ROCK FELL MEASURING 16" BY 16, STRIKING OPERATOR IN RIGHT UPPER LEG. OPERATOR WAS THEN TRANSPORTED OUTSIDE TO RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
INJURED WAS PULLING ROCK OFF OF MINER, WHILE HOLDING TO ONE END OF ROCK. ANOTHER MAN SLID ROCK AROUND CUTTING END OF MIDDLE FINGER OFF LEFT HAND.
AFTER HANGING LINE CURTAIN, EE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT LEG W/A ROCK APPROX 3'X4'X4" WHICH DISLODGED FROM THE TOP AS HE WAS CRAWLING BACK TO HIS BUGGIE
ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED 5/19/99 (BY PHONE) PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK SHOVELING BELT
WHILE HELPING ON MINER, A SLAB ABOUT 24"X4" FROM0" TO 4" THICK FELL FROM TOP HITTING SUBJECT ON THE LEFT LEG
WHILE HELPING ON MINER, A SLAB ABOUT 24" X 14" FROM 0-4" THICK FELL FROM TOP HITTING SUBJECT ON THE LEFT LEG.
ON MY PRESHIFT EXAMINATION I OBSERVED A ROCK FALL IN #4 ENTRY AT SURVEY STATION #50. A BREAK WAS TURNED WHERE FALL OCCURRED AND WAS NOT BOLTED
WHILE PREPARING TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT IN THE FACE OF #1 ENTRY, A FRAGMENT OF ROCK APPROX 3 FT WIDE, 4 FT IN LENGTH, AND 6 IN THICK. DISLODGED FOM THE TOP AND STRUCK EE IN THE LEFT LEG, BREAKI NG IT JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE.
THE ROCK FALL FELL ON BELT LINE FORM SPAD #693 TO 698. IT WAS ABOUT 70'L, 18'W, 3' TO 6'T. IT HAD SANDSTONE, SLATE, & SOME COAL MIXED TOGETHER.
ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY 4 BKS OUTBY FACE AREA AT SURVEY STATION 1449.
INJURY TO KNEE (RIGHT KNEE) DUE TO CRAWLING.
INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING THREE WHEELER UP PREPARING TO BLOCK UNDER WHEELS TO GET UNSTUCK. LIFTING JACK SLIPPED OUT STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT SIDE FACE CAUSING EXTREME SWELLING TO LEFT JAW.
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION #2 ENTRY, ON INTAKE 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD #347 THE FALLIS ABOUT 23FT LONG, 16FT WIDE, 10" THICK ONSIDE TO ABOUT 5 FT THICK INTHE MIDDLE. IT HAS A MIX OF SANDSTONE, S LATE, WITH COAL RIDERS. IT FELL BETWEEN DATES OF6/28/97 OR 7/14/97
PERSON INJURED WAS MOVING ROCK (APPROX 2'X2'X4"0 OUT OF WAY FOR BOLTER, STRAINED BACK.
EE WAS PUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT IN PLACE, LIFTINGA PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE TO PUT IT IN PLACE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS ON OPER SIDE OF DOUBLE HEAD FLETCHER. LOOSE ROCK APPROX 3'X2'X5" FELL STRIKING PERSON ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, EAR, AND SHOULDER. EE FELL AGAINST RIB COMPLAINING WI TH PAIN TO NECK & CHEST
KNEE PADS SLIDE DOWN OFF OF KNEE.
TOP WAS MIX WITH SLATE AND SANDSTONE. APPROX. 40X40 IN INTERSECTION AT SPAD #360 IN THE #3 ENTRY. 3 BREAKING OUT OF THE FACE. ON THE 002 SECTION. APPROX. 5' THICK TIALING OUT TO APPROX. 3' THR OUGH INTERSECTION TOWARD SPAD #363.
EE WAS TURNING AROUND ON BUGGY. HEEL CAUGHT UNDER BUGGY WHEN HE TURNED AROUND HIS KNEE DIDN'T TURN & CAME OUT OF PLACE.
WATER IN THE TOP, WEAK ROOF, ROCK FALL.
INJURED PERSON WAS INSTALLING AN IDLER ON LEFT TRACT OF MINER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWERBACK.
REACHING FOR MINER CABLE AND TWISTED KNEE.
CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING IN BELT BOX [BELT WON'T RUN] WHEN IT FLASHED OUT INTOVICTIM FACAL AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WITH RE-MOTE BOX IN HIS HAND. MINER CABLE HIT BOX AND MINER TRAMSIDE-LEFT SIDE TRAM PINNING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN MINER AND RIB.
ROCK FALL OCCURED AT SURVEY STATION #1185 IN #3 ENTRY 4 BREAKS OUTBY FACE.
BOLTER OPERATOR STARTED HOLE FOR BOLT TO BE INSTALLED. PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT 6" LONG & 4" WIDE BROKE AROUND THE STEEL USED TO DRILL HOLE WITH CAUGHT OPERATOR'S LITTLE FINGER AGAINST HEAD OF BOLT ER & CUT FINGER REQUIRING 15 STITCHES TO BE PUT IN LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND OF OPERATOR.
ROCK FALL OCCURRED 2 BRKS OUTBY SURVEY STATIONS #800 IN #6 HD RIGHT RETURN 2 WEST.
EE WAS WORKING ON BELT MOVE HEANDLING BELT AND BELT STRUCTURE.
WAS BOLTING THE FIRST CUT OUT OF A BREAK IN THE #6 ENTRY. HE WAS SWINGING HIS PINNER HEAD OUT TO PUT THE OUTSIDE BOLT UP WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKIING HIM IN THE BACK.
WALKED INTO A BELT HANGER.
ROCK FALL IN #4 ENTRY.
RUNNING A ROOF BOLTER. WAS DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A LOOSE ROCK FELL ON HIS LEG.
STRAINED GROING ON RIGHT SIDE WHILE LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE.
RUNNING BUGGY STARTED BACK HURTING AND HIP STARTED HURTING ON THE 27 OF OCT.
THE INTENSECTION I #3 ENTRY OF THE MAINS AT SURVEY STA #59 FELL IN DUE TO FAULTY ROOF CONDITION
TAKING NUT OFF CARWER DRIVE ON MINER WRENCH SLIP EE FAIL LOWER HITTING CUT HIN & CHIPPING 2 TEETH
A ROCK FALL WAS FOUND IN THE 2 ENTRY 70 FT OUTBY SURVEY STATION 64
REMOVING BULL GEAR FROM #2 BELT DRIVE. GEAR WEIGHS ABOUT 150 LBS. SET GEAR TO SIDE AGAINST TIMBER AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN GEAR AND TIMBER.
SETTING TAIL PIECE. TAIL PIECE PULL OUT HITTING EE ON THE LEFT LEG.
THE FIRST INTERSECTION NBY SURVEY STATION #60 AND THE AREA BEGINING 80' INBY SURVEY STATION #59 FOR A DISTANCE OF 80" FELL DUE TO EXTREMELY BAD ROOF CONDITION IN THIS AREA.
THE ROOF FALL OCCURED IN AN AREA WITH FAULTY ROOF WHERE FALLS HAVE PREVIOUSLY OCCURED.
ROCK FELL WHEN PUTTING UP BOLT.