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LYING ON MINE FLOOR CUTTING PIN ON MINER CATS PADS WITH A TORCH. FLAME POPPED FROM TORCH AND SLAG FLEW IN HIS RIGHT EAR. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ADNYTIME UNTIL 7-25-96 WHEN EAR GOT INFECTED.
MINOR CAUGHT IN ROOF FALL (PILLAR FALL) FALL RODE THRU & INTER SECTION 60' INBY SPAD 555 FELL IN APPROX 15'H LENGTH AND WIDTH = PILLAR FALL UNDETERMINED.
PILLAR FALL CAUGHT HEAD OF MINER, IN THE LEFT CUT OF A 3 CUT PLANT 1 CUT APPROX. 20'X4'X6-8' DEEP APPROX. 90' INBY STATION 525 BOLTED WITH 60 DYER RODS.
ROOF FALL CONTINUING FROM PILLAR LINE INTO BLEEDER WALKWAY 55' INBY SPAD 388. FALL 8' X 20' X 55'.
ROOF FALL CONTINUING FROM PILLAR LINE INTO BLEEDER WALKWAY 70' INBY SPAD #386. FALL 8'X 20'X 70'
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON MINER HE BENT OVER TO PULL CABLE WHEN A SUPPORT TIMBER DISLODGED & FELL ACROSS HIS BACK
ROOF FALL 60' INBY STATION 283 APPROX 20/X20/6'. BOLTED IWTH 5' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. AREA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY STOPPED AS ANACTIVE WORKING FACE DUE TO BAD TOP.
ROOF FALL 120FT INBY STATION 279DEG APPROX 20FTX20FTX6FT BOLTED WITH 5FT DYNA ROCK BOLTS
FEEDER CATS HAD BROKEN AND WAS REPAIRED. EE WAS PUMPING GREASE JACK UP TO REMOVE SLACK AND REMOVED GREASE FITTING TO RELEASE PRESSURE FROM JACK. WHEN LOOSENED, GREASE FITTING AND GREASE SHOT O UT AND STRUCK HIM IN BOTH EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING INTO A BOLTER CABLE WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A ROCK FELL SLIDING DOWN STEEL HE WAS HOLDING.
APPROX 150' INSIDE DRIFT MOUTH OF #2 PORTAL AT STATION #8. WE HAD ASLIP CRIBBED PREVIOUSLY BUT HE TAIL EXSTENDE DON OUT OVER THE BELT. THE MOIST AIR CONDITIONS LOSEN THIS AREA AND ROCK APPR OX 6' WX12'LX3-5'H. REVELED FROM AROUND THE BOLTS OUT OVER THE BELT.
FACE WAS BEING CUT WHEN IT (FACE) FELL IN PULLING ROCK BETWEEN BOLTS. ROOF BOLTS SWUNG THE ROCK INTO THE MINER CANOPY AND IT BROKE AND WENT IN ON THE EMPLOYEE.
WORKING ON MINER-ROCK APPROX 4" THICK 20" WIDE 30"LONG FELL AND CAUGHT FOOT BROKE FOURTH AND FIFTH TOES OF RIGHT FOOT LACERATED RIGHT FOOT.
ROOF FALL APPROX 30'LONG-20'WIDE-10 ' HIHG AT SPAD 1539 IN #5 HEADING AREA BOLTED WITH 5' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. CRIBS WERE ALREADY SET IN AREA. AREA HAD SLIPS AND RIDER SEAM.
ROOF FALL IN GOB AREA OF PILLAR SYSTEM IN A FAULT ZONE. FALL APPROX. 20'W X 15'HIGH X 100' LONG LOCATED 60' INBY 1764 EXXSTENDING 100 TO LEFT.
PILLAR FALL ENSTEND THROUGH BLEEDER BLOCK AT 10F T OUT INT O THE BLEEDER WALKWAY FALL APPROX 20FTWX70FTLX10FTHIGH LOCA TED AT THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION A SPAD 186 - & EXTENDING 70FT INBY
WAS PUTTING THE SECOND LIST ON #2 CUT OF 3 CUT CYCLE ON PILLAR SECTION. THIS CUT RELEASED A 12' HIGH BY 23' WIDE BY APPROX 20'-25' LONG SLIP WHICH FELL OUT AND CAUGHT THE CONTINUOUS MINER.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS A BELT AT A TAIL PIECE WITH THE BELT STILL RUNNING AND FELL ON THE BELT CONVEYOR AND WAS RAN ACROSS THE DISCHARGE BOOM.
FAULT IN INTERSECTION FELL OUT ABOVE ANCHOR 1 BREAK INBY 2234 APPROX. 18' X 20' X 6'.
LOOSE RIB APPROX. 14' LONG 5 1/2' HIGH RANGING FROM 1' THICK AT TOP TO FEATHER EDGE AT BOTTOM. FELL AND STRUCK INJURED ACROSS LEGS AND BACK. FRAT LEFT ANKLE, FRACT RIGHT LEG, FRAT PELVIS, LACE RATED LEFT EAR.
96660FALL AT 1 BREAK INBY STATION 1800 IN #& ENTRY OF 2 LEFT OFF EAST MAINS APPROX 20FT IDE OTHER MEASUREMENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED RIDER SEAM ABOVE IMMEDIATE TOP CONTRIBUTING FACTOR AREA BOLTE 40693H 5FT POINT ANCHORS & HAD DOUBLE ROW OF WALKWAY TIMBERS
FAULT AREA.HAD SEVERAL CRIBS SET ALONG BOTH SIDES OF BELT.WAS UNABLE TO HOLD SLIPS -RIDER SEAM OF COAL AT 8-101 ABOVE IMMEDIATE ROOF.FALL WAS LOCATED 1 BRK INBY SPAD 1723. 40'LONG X 40'WIDE X 15'HIGH.LOCATED 2000'OUTBY WORKING FACE.
ROOF FALL 15'L 12'W 5'H 2200' FROM FACE
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION. SOUTH MAINS AT SPAD #1559 OLD 5 ENTRY. 3400' FROM FACE. AREA WAS ADVERSE CONDITIONS BOLTED WITH 5' COMBINATION BOLTING. AREA HAD ADDITIONAL CRIBS AND TIMBERS. WA S UNABLE TO HOLD. APPROX 15' HIGH X 30' LONG X 20' WIDE FELL TO RIDER SCAM.
ROCK FALL IN BLEEDER. 2 BREAKS IB 1787 APPROX 40' ONG BY 20' HIGH. A REA HAD DOUBLED ROADWAY TIMBERS. FELL TO RIDER 20' HIGH. BLEEDER STILL HAS GOOD AIR MOVEMENT GOING IN AND 13,500 COMING OUT.
FALL AREA WAS AN AREA WE HAD EXPERIENCED ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS. WE HAD USED SOME 6' + 8' COMBINATION BOLTS IN THIS AREA AS WELL AS CRIBS. AREA HAD SEVERAL SLIPS. FALL WAS APPROX. 30' OUTBY S PAD #1728. IT WAS APPROX. 8' TO 10' HIGH AND 20' WIDE AND 70' TO 80' LONG. IT WAS PRIMARILY BOLTED WITH 5' COMBINATION BOLTS.
AREA OF FALL IS AN AREA OF ADVERSE TOP WITH A RIDER SEAM RANGE IN FROM2-7' ABOVE THE SEAM-FALL OCCURRED AT STATION #1554 AND EXTENDED 50' TOWARD STATION 1556 IN #6 STATION 1557-APPROX 20'X20'X 5' COMBINATION BOLTS USED IN THAT AREA AS WELL AS SPOTTED WITH 8' COND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING ROCK ON TOP OF MINER INTO CONVEYOR FROM A TWISTED POSITION AND INJURED LOWER BACK.
WALKING TO TOOL BOX STEPPED OFF SMALL LEDGE IN BOTTOM & INJURED LOWER BACK
MOVING TANKS WITH 2 WHEEL CART IT TWISTED SLIPPED CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER FRACT
ROOF FALL TO INTERSECTION 1 BREAK OUTBY 1578 SPAD. APPROX. 30' LONG X 20' WIDE X 10' HIGH.
DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING ON R SHOULDER
DRILLING IN ROOF, STEEL HUNG UP FELL HITTING HA ND
TRYING TO CLOSE BREAKER WHEN IT BLEW UP.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOFFALL IN INTERSECTION AT SS 1564 APPROX 20FT WIDEX35FTLONGX1 5FT HIGH
DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF HOLE AND BOUNCED OFF BOOM STRUCK HIM IN EYE.LACERATION BENEATH EYE ON CHEEKBONE.
LOOSE ROCK 2" X 12" X 12" FELL FROM TOP STRIKING EMPL ELBOW.
BOLTING TOP GOT DUST IN EYE
LOWERING CANOPY TO SWING HEAD ROCK APPROX. 6" X 6" X 1" BROKE OFF AND FELL STRIKING BRIDGE OF NOSE. NOSE BROKEN AND LACERATION.
SHOVELING #3 BELT WHEN ROCK FELL OFF BELT ONTO RIGHT HAND.
FALL IN SLIP AREA APPROX 70' LONG X 20'WIDE X 15' HIGH.
RIDER SEAM AT APPROX 4 1/2 - 5' ABOVE TOP. BOLTED THRU WITH 6' COMBINATION BOLTING - TOP GAVE APPROX 2' ABOVE ANCHORAGE FALL WAS 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD 1565 + WAS ABOUT 20 X 20 X 8' HIGHT APPROX 150' OUTBY FACE AREA.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION OF #3 ENTRY 1 BREAK OUTBY STATION 1553. APPROX. 20' X 25' X 6'.
VICTIM WAS CHANGING BIT WHEN CANOPY JACK EYE BROKE OFF ALLOWING THE CANOPY TO FALL APPROX. 4 1/2' AND STRIKING HIM ACROSS HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND SIDE AND THE IMPACT APPARENTLY BROKE HIS RIGHT FEMUR. THE MACHINE HAD POSSIBLY BEEN EXPOSED TO ABNORMAL STRESS DUE TO FALLING DRAW ROCK.
PREMATURE PILLAR FALL CONTINUOUS MINER CAUGHT.
HE WAS HELPING INSTALL A BELT MOTOR WHICH REQUIRED ROLLING IT 1 BREAK TO THE DRIVE AND LIFTING IT UP INTO PLACE HIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL HIS NEXT SHIFT STARTED.DR REPORT SAID STRAIN AND DISK DISEASE L5-SI MEDICAL TYLENOL #3 AND SOMA COPOUND.
CUTTING PORTAL TO MOVE IT LET PIECE OF STEEL DROP ON LEFT FOOT BREAK IT IN 4 PLACES.
WORKING PILLARS TOOP BEGAN LOADING AT PILLAR LINE PULLED SECTION BACK TOP BEGAN LOADING AGAIN FASTER PULLED MENT OUT TO LET SETTLE OWN RET. FIND FALL 70'OUTBY STA. 13 AT 7:00AM FALL ON SC APPR OX 20 X 20 X 10 SANDSTONE.
WORKING ON BUGGY REEL HAD COVER RAISED WITH HAND AND ARMS INSIDE COVER FELL BREAKING R. HAND MIDDLE BONE WAS GIVEN TYLENOL #3