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SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WAS TANGLED IN REEL SPROCKET, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PULL CABLE OFF THERE WAS A CUT IN THE CABLE THAT EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE THE LEADS WERE EXPOSED. WHEN HE PULLED CABLE. HE WAS BU RNT ON L/HAND.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON MAIN ANCHORAGE APPROX 1000FT FROM DRIFT FELL ABOVE 4FT BOLT ANCHORAGE APPROX 6FT HIGH 30FT LONG 161/2FT WIDE THERE WERE CRIBS SET ON TROLLEY SIDE & POST ALONG TRACK & POS T ON RT SIDE
FALL IN 4 WEST LT RETURN STATION 4678 BETWEEN BLOCKS #468-469-474-475.FELL ABOVE 4FT ANCHORAGE FALL APPROX 130 FT BOTH INTERSECTIONS #1 AND #2.
RF FALL OCC IN 3 EAST SECTION 1 ENTRY ABOVE 4' RESIN BOLT ANCHORAGE ENTRY 18' W 5'H FALL APPROX 40'L
INJ STEPPED OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS WHEN HE STEPPED ON LUMP OF LOOSE COAL & TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
INJURED WAS GETTING OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN FOOT SLIPPED & TWISTED
INJURED WAS TAKING REAR HUB & AXLE OUT OF ELKHORN SCOOP INJURED WAS USING HAMMER & CHISEL TO GET PARTS LOOSE WHEN PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF & STRUCK H IM IN THE RT MIDDLE FINGER
CONTINUATION OF OLD ROOF FALL. FELL ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE.
INJURED WAS CARRYING 50 POUND BAG OF ROCK DUST & USING IT TO DUST RIBS-COMPLAINED OF SORE BACK.
CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS FALL ON 7/23/91 #6-7 XCUT. 1 BLOCK OUTBY STATION #681. FELL ABOVE 4' BOLT. (RESIN).
ROOF FALL OCCURRED 1 BLOCK OUTBY STATION #681 BETWEEN #5 AND 6 X-CUT.FELL ABOVE 4' RESIN BOLTS.4 WEST STATION-OUTBY.
WHILE SLIDING TRACK RAIL OFF WAGON.STRUCK RIGHT FOOT AND TWISTED LOWER BACK.
WHILE BOLTING WAS DRILLING TOP TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & HIT HIS LEFT FOREARM CUTTING HIM
GOT OUT OF MANTRIP
INJURED WAS MOVING MINER CABLE & DROPPED IT ON HIS FOOT.
WHILE CUTTING BANDS ON ROOF BOLTS,BOLTS FELL OUT CAUSING BAND TO STRIKE FINGER.
INJURED WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES ONTO SCOOP WHEN A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS BOUNCED BACK UP AND BRUISED HIS LEFT THUMB.
PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF TOP TWISTED WRIST.
SEPARATION ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE OCCURRED ON 3 EAST SECTION IN LEFT RETURN.WAS CONTINUATION OF OLD FALL IN INTERSECTION.POSTS WERE SET IN INTERSECTION.FALL OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION #2 ENTRY BET WEEN BLOCK 73-74 AND 67-68.
PUSHING WHEEL BARRELL LOADED WITH SIX 6" SOLID MASON BLOCKS REOCCURENCE OF OLD INJURY.
INJURED WAS MARKING HOLES FOR BOLTER OPERATOR WHEN BOLTER OPERATOR SWUNG BOOM STRIKING AND BRUISING INJURED LEFT KNEE.
PIECE OF OLD BELTING WAY LAYING BETWEEN TRACK ALONG BELT TRACK ENTRY. BELT HAD MUD & WET ROCK DUST ON IT. PERSON INJURED WAS WALKING ON BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ON RIGHT SHOULDER.
2 FALLS OCC OUTBY 4 W SECTION IN LT RET BETWEEN STATION 587 593 INTERS. AND BEP BETWEEN STATION # 665 671
CONTINUATION OF OLD FALL WAS APPROX 20' HIGH WAS PREVIOUSLY BOLTED.FELL ABOVE BOLTS AGAIN.NOW APPROX 25' HIGH.
WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE FELT PAIN IN LT. ARM.
A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM ROOF AND FELL IN CANOPY STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT FOOT.
WHEN LIFTING LOADING ARM ASSEMBLY HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK
WHILE LIFTING MINER CABLE HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.
HAND WAS CUT BY CHAIN WHILE TAKING IT OFF OF DRIVE SPROCKET OF BELT DRIVE. CUT MIDDLE FINGER AND TOP OF LEFT HAND.
SIDE BOARD BROKE AND THREW COAL INTO EYES OF OPERATOR.
ROOF FALL 3'HIGH X 18"WIDE X 35'LONG.LOCATED 18 BRKS FROM PIT MOUTH ON MAIN INTAKE ESCAPEWAY.CAUSED BY ROOF SEPARATION ABOVE 3"BOLT ANCHORAGE.
SUCTION ON DRILL HEAD WAS PLUGGED UP HE LOWERED HEAD WHILE DRILL STEEL WAS STILL IN ROOF HE PUT HIS HAND OVER HEAD TO CHECK THE SUCTION THEN ATTEMPTED TO PUSH ROTATE LEVER BUT PUSHED THE WRONG LEVER & HEAD WENT UP CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN DRILL HEAD & DRILL STEEL
A ROOF FALL 5' HIGH, 18' WIDE AND 50' IN LENGTH LOCATED AT STATION NO.925 ON THE 4 WEST SECTION SUPPLY ROUTE, WAS CAUSED BY ROOF SEPERATION ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE.
WHILE EMP TIGHTENING HOSE FITTING ON JACK OF MINER FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE STRUCK CORNER OF INTERSECTION, WITH LOAD END OF SHUTTLE CAR, REUSULTING IN A INJURY TO HIS KNEE.
EMPL SMASHED THUMB WITH ROOF BOLT PLATE WHILE INSTALLING 8'TENSION GROUT BOLT.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 1 BLOCK OUTBY SPAD #551 ON THE 4 WEST SECTION. THE ROOF SEPARATED ABOVE THE BOLT ANCHORAGE TO A HEIGHT OF 5'. THE FALL IS 18' WIDE BY 18' LONG.
A ROOF FALL 200 FEET INBY STATION 896 3 FEET HIEFHT 220 FEET LONG, CAUSED BY ROOF SCEPERATION ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS BACK AFTER LIFTING A BAG OF ROCKDUST.
REOCCURENCE OF OLD INJURY, EMPL REOPENING OLD CALIM.
A ROOF FALL 8 FEET HIGH 18 FEET WIDE, 20 FEET IN LENGTH LOCATED 1 BLOCK INBY SPAD 740 WAS CAUSED BY ROOF SEPAREATION ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE.
ROOF FALL 18' WIDE, 20' LONG & 5' HIGH OCCURRED 100' OUTBY AT SPAD LOCATION 746 ON 4 WEST SECTION. CAUSE OF FALL WAS ROOF SEPERATION ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE.
EMPL CLAIMED INJURYING BACK WHILE LIFTING SCOOP DIFFERENTIAL TO PLACE EMPL HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 5/12/89.
ROOF FALL OCCURED AT SPAD #758 ON 4 WEST SECTION. ROOF SEPERATED ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE TO HEIGHT OF 6' BY 18' WIDE BY 20' LONG.
CUTTING 2"PLASTIC PIPE WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHEN KIFE SLIPPED CUTTING EMP LEG.
A ROOF SEPERATED ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE OCCURRED ON THE 3 EAST SECTION BETWEEN BLOCK 02553 APPROX. 60 FEET LONG, 18 FEET WIDE, AND 6 FEET HIGH.
JINJ BACK WHILE BENDING OVER TO EXAMINE A LEAKING HOSE.
ROOF BOLTER HELPER PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CONTROL ARMS OF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE BOOM. THE ROOF BOLTER RAISED THE BOOM, SMASHING THE HAND OF THE HELPER BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTR OL ARMS.
A ROOF FALL 3' HIGH, 12-16' WIDE AND 140' IN LENGTH, IN LAST OPEN CROSSCUT AT WORKING FACE BETWEEN HEADINGS #1 & #3 TWO BLOCKS INBY SPAD #848, WAS CAUSED BY ROOF SEPARATION ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAG E.
EMP INJ BACK WHILE LIFTING PUMP MOTOR FORM JOY SHUTTLE CAR.