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EMPLOYEE WAS USING SCALING BAR TO INSTALL 4FTX12FT PLATES & BULKHEAD FOR MAIN SHAFT HELPER STRUCK PLATE TO HELP IT ALONG CAUSING SCALING BAR TO SLIPO & STRIKE EMPLOYEE ON NOSE 2 STITCHES USED TO CLOSED WOUND & REDUCED SCARRING VISIBILITY
FAULTY LIMIT SWITCH AT LEVEL 4
EMPLOYEE STATES WE WAS FIREBOSSING 2 EAST RETURN WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT FOOT.
THE + 50-VOLT VOLTAGE REGULATOR XXXWORKED LOOSE CAUSING HOIST MAIN CONTACTOR TO DROP OUT DURING THE NORMAL TEST CYCLE CARD WAS RESENTED TESTED & CALIBUATED & THE HOIST CHECKED FOR PROPER OPER AT ION HOIST WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 1100AM
POWER DROPPED DUE TO LIGHTENING TROUBLE SHOOTING OF HOIST FAULT FINDING SYSTEM RESULTED IN DISCOVERY OF WIRE SHORTED TO GROUND CAUSED CONTROL POWER FAILURE
THE MAIN INTAKE TRAVELWAY HOIST BECAME INOPERABLE DUE TO (8) BLOWN MAIN POWER FUSES. THIS BECAME APPARENT WHEN THE DAILY HOIST CHECK WAS ATTEMPTED. IT IS BELIEVED THAT RECENT ELECTRICAL STORMS DAMAGED THE FIRING CIRCUIT PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, CAUSING THE SCR'S TO MISFIRE, WHICH CAUSED THE FUSES TO BLOW.
EMPL WAS GOING THOUGH A BELTLINE MANDOOR AIR PRESSURE SHUT DOOR CATCHING EMPLS L HAND BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME
PICKING UP TRASH AT MNW SHAFT GRABBED TIMBER TO LOAD ON CAR. TIMBER HAD NAIL IN IT & NAIL RAN INTO RIGHT ARM.
MANAGEMENT INFORMED BY EMPLOYEE THAT HE WAS NOT PERFORMIG ANY LIFTING OR PUSHING TYPE OF WORK WHEN BACK INJURY OCCURRED HE HAD JUST PLACED A BAR UNDER AN I BEAM TO SLIDE IT OVER & WAS WAITING FOR HIS COWORKER TO DO THE SAME WHEN THERE WAS PAIN IN HIS BACK
EMPL CUTTING THROUGH HEADGATE AND WENT DOWN BELOW STAGE LOADER.ROCK FELL OUT OF ROOF AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD CAUSING FALL AGAINST RIB.
EMPLOYEE LOADING DUKES-PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT LEG.
REMOVING ROLLERS FROM BELT LINE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN ROLLERS.
EMPL WAS ASSISTING IN COUPLING 4" WATER LINE TOGETHER WHEN SEVERAL LENGTHS OF PIPE FELL JERKING HIS R ARM BACK AND AWAY FROM BODY OFF 4-18-89 WENT TO DR OFF AGAIN 4-25-89 WENT TO DR
NO INJURY OR ILLNESS/FUSES WERE BLOWN ON A RECTIFIER. HOIST INOPERATIVE FOR APPROX. 1 1/2 DAYS G.E. SPECIALIST CALLED IN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
EMPLOYEE TRAVELING ABOVE THE SHEAR TO PULL JACKS AT APPROX 05 SHIELD TURNED TO GO INTO JACKS FACE BOUNCED AND COAL STRUCK BACK AND FORCED HEAD INTO A JACK.
I,NAME WAS WASHING OUT CC FILTER WHEN FINE COAL & WATER SPLASHED BACK HITTING HIM ON FOREHEAD AND RUNNING INTO INSIDE CORNER OF R EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
HELPING SHOVEL RIB, RIB AND SMALL AMOUNT OF ROCK FELL, STRIKING RIGHT HAND AND CUTTING THUMB AT SECOND KNUCKLE.
A FRICTIONAL CH4 DUST IGNITION OCCURRED IN 10TH E CM SECT.FLAME WAS APPROX 2FT IN HEIGHT & ORANGE IN COLOR LASTED APPROX 15 SECONDS A BELT CHAIN WAS FOUND IN THE FACE WHEN THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS ON A CLEANUP PASS POSSIBLY CAUSING THE FRICTIONAL IGNITION NO DAMAGA OF INJURIES OCCURRED
BOUNCE AT SHEILD #110 PIECE OF COAL STRUCK LET ARM AND RIGHT LOWER BACK.
A SUPERVISOR WAS CALLING HOIST FROM SURFACE TO #3 MINE LEVEL A CONTACTOR DROPPED OUT MAKING THE HOIST INOPERATIVE NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES OCCURRED POWER WAS BACK ON THE HOIST AT 7:15 AM ON 3-1-8 9
HAD JUST FINISHED DRILLING HOLE AND THREW PINNERWRENCH ON RACK-STEEL MUST HAVE BEEN SITTING WRONG IT BOUNCED HITTING INJURED ABOVE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE LIFTING BIG JOHN TIMBERS OUT OF MUD HOLE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK OFF WORK 030389&030489
A FRICTIONAL CH4/DUST IGNITION APPARENTLY A BLEEDER WAS VENTING FROM THE FLOOR THE MINER BITS STRUCK THE SANDSTONE BOTTOM SIZE OF FLAME WAS APPROX 1 FT X 1 FT EXTINGUISHED BY WATER ORANGE IN COLOR NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES OCCURRED NO VIOLATIONS
SLIPPED AND FELL HAND HIT SHARP ROCK
INJ BACK LIFTING WELDER.HELPING HOOK UP PORTABLE WELDER WITH 3 OTHERS.FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.LIFTING HITCH TO HOOK IT UP.
A SURGE IN LINE POWER FROM UP&L ELEC CO CAUSED A CONTROL BOARD IN A CONTROL PANEL TO BE DAMAGED THIS DISABLED THE HOIST
A FRICTIONAL CH 4 IGNITION OCCURRED AT #14 SHIELD/ SHEARER WAS CUTTING FROM HG TO THE T.G./ IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CAP ROCK HAD FALLEN FROM THE ROOF AND IN THE CUTTING PROCESS IGNITED A BLEED ER. NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES OCCURRED.
WALKING UP LONGWALL FACE HIT NECK ON LOW SHIELD.
METHANE/DUST (FRICTIONAL) IGNITION. NO INJURIE S/DAMAGE. MINER OPERATOR STATED HE HAD CUT UPPPER SIDE AND MOVED TO TUBE SIDE AND WAS CUTTING THERE WHEN THE IGNITION OCCURRED. THE FLAME WAS OR ANGE. IT WAS APPROX. 2 FEET OFF OF FLOOR, 1 FT IN DIAMETER. LASTED APPROX. 10 SEC. METHANE BLEEDER IN THE FLOOR. 13 PLUGGED WATER SPRAYS.
SMALL FACE BOUNCE OCCURRED AT SHIELF #1/. COAL STRUCK EMPL ON RIGHT ARM RIGHT LEG, TRUNK & GROIN AREA.
IN THE PROCESS OF PUSHING COAL TO FEEDERS TO START LOADING TRAIN COAL RAT HOLED OVER #2 FEEDER AS I.NAME WAS PUSHING ALONG SIDE TO #1 FEEDER COAL BROKE LOOSE OVER #2 FEEDER DRAWING DOZER DOWN INTO THE HOLE I.NAME HAD HIS SEAT BELT ON
EMPL WAS WALKING IN MUD. FOOT BECAME STUCK IN MUD IN PROCESS OF PULLING FOOT OUT OF MUD HE PULLED STRAINED HAMSTRING MUSCLE. HE WAS CARRYING TIMBER AT TIME THIS OCCURRED.
RAISED REAR WINDOW ON BACK HOE DIDNT LOCK IT REACHED OUT TO RELEASE HA(DLE WINDOW CAME DOWN A(D HIT HIM IN BACK OF HEAD WAS WEARING HARD HAT.
IGNITION NO INJ DAMAGE HEAR GRADING CUT SNAKE SAW SM FLAME .
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING DIESEL SCOOP HIT A BUMP AND HIT HEAD AGAINST ROOF OF SCOOP
H G CUTTER DRUM WAS FOUND TO BE APPROX 4 IN INTO A SANDSTONE ROLL IN THE BOTTOM CAUSING A FRICTIONAL DUST IGNITION NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES OCCURRED LASTED APPROX 1 SECOND WAS SELF EXTINGUISHING THE FLAMES WERE ORANGE IN COLOR
WALKING TRACKS OF DOZER TO GET INTO CAB WHEN FEET SLIPPED AND KNEES HIT DOZER TRACK. TRACK WERE SLIPPERY DUE TO FROST.
SHIELDS WERE BEING PULLED IN WHEN THE FACE BOUNCED THROWING COAL INTO SHIELDS THE COAL STRUCK I.NAME IN T HE BACK THROWING HIM INTO THE SHIELD
METHANE DUST IGNITION NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE MINER OP HAD JUST FINISHED LOADING A SHUTTLE CAR AND FINISHED SHEARING DOWN AND TURNED HIS HEAD WHEN HE TURNED BACK AROUND HE SAW THE FLARE UP HE STATED HE IMMEDIATELY RAISED THE HEAD AND THAT WHEN IT WAS OUT SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN LASTED APPROX 3 -5 SECONDS FLAMES WERE YELLOW AND 2 1/2 TO 3 FT HIGH BITS HAD CUT INTO SANDSTONE BOTTOMS D
EMPL HAD A PIECE OF EARPLUG THAT HE BROUGHT FROM HOME BREAK OFF DEEP INSIDE HIS EAR WE COULDNT REMOVE IT SO HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL HE RECEIVED MEDICATION
NO INJURIES DAMAGE ETC CONTACTER ON ELEVATOR DROPPED OUT NO ONE WAS ON THE ELEVATOR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCOMENCE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ALONG UTAH FUEL, #1 BLET AND FELT PAIN IN HER LEFT ARM, NECK AND SHOULDER.
EMPL STATED HE WAS REMOVING ATTACHMENT BOLTS FROM BELT GUARD ON COARSE REFUSE SCREEN WHEN HE FELT PULL IN RIGHT SHOULDER. SAID PHYSICIAN ON 12/28/88 & RECEIVED MEDICATION.
EMPL WAS IN PROCESS OF CRIBBING UP BLADE OF DOZER WITH FELLOW WORKER. HIS INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS HIT BY CRIB BLOCK WHEN PLACING IT DOWN.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING AN AIR READING IN THE L.O. X-CUT IN ROE AND A PIECE OF ROCKDUST GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. WE TRIED FOR APPROX. 530 MIN TO WAS IT OUT, BUT COULD NOT.
(3) INDIVIDUALS (L. GANSET-MSHA) WERE LOCATE AT THE #5 MINE SEALS-D. CARTER-SURFACE SUPERIVSOR FOUND AN ELEC. PROBLEM WITH THE HOIST. THE (3) MEN WERE ENTIAPPED AT THE #5 MINE LEVEL FOR 3 1-SU /2 HRS./ONLY IMPAIRMENT FOUND WERE (1-CONTACTOR & 2 ELEC. WIRES) WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM/NO. EQUIP DAMAGE INJURED OCCURRED. MEN WERE SAFETY REMOVED.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING AN XXXX ROCK AT THE HEADGATE AS THE SHIFT PROGRESSED HIS BACK BECAME MORE TENDER AT APPROX.9-10PM ON THE SAME NIGHT THE BACK WAS REAL SORE & STIFF
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AIRLINE THAT IS HUMG TO THE ROOF WITH WIRE. A PIECE OF WIRE CAUGHT HER RIGHT EYELID. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPL WAS OPENING AIR BCK DOOR AT 2W WHEN ONE SIDE WAS OPENED THE OTHER SIDE SWUNG OUT AND HIT I NAME IN THE MOUTH BREAKING HIS TOOTH
EMPLOYEE STATED SHE WAS WORKING BY LOWER SIDE OF STAGE LOADER, WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF & HIT HER ON THE HEAD & RIGHT FOREARM.