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OPER SCOOP PULLING POWER BOXES BACK RIB ROLLED OFF CAUGHT OPER AND SCOOP INJ TO OPER
CARRYING BELT SLICING TOOLS AND STEP ON PIECE OF COAL CAUSING INJURES TO FALL ON LEFT KNEE RESULTING IT ACCIDENT CAUSING KNEE TO BE SURE.
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS LOADING AND STRTED TO CHANGE HIS DIRECTION AROUND WHEN A PEICE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL AND STRUCK INJURED IN LEFT SIDE CAUSING HIM TO BE BRUISED IN LEFT RIB CAGE AREA.
INJ RIDING MANTRIP CAUGHT BETWEEN MANTRIP & TOP .FORCED TO BE BENT OVER HEAD DOWN BETWEEN LEGS.
REMOVING ROCK OFF OF MINER WHEN IT SLID BACK ON FINGER AND HAND.
LOOSE COAL RIB TURN OVER IN HAULWAY WHERE I NAME WAS PASSING COAL HIT ON R LEG ABOVE KNEE BRUISING LEG FROM KNEE TO HIP
ROOF FALL IN BELT ENTRY NO 2 BELT LINE APPROX 40' OUTBY #3 DRIVE 90'L 18'W 5 TO 7'T
COAL DUST GOT IN LEFT EYE WHEN SHOVELING #1 BELT LINE.
CUT RIGHT LEG WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHEN TRIMMING BELT SPLICE LET UTILITY KNIFE SLIP OUT OF BELT
FAILURE OF ANCHORAGE OF ROOF SUPPORT CASUING ROOF FALL ON NO. 3 BELT LINE. FALL WAS 70' LONG, 18' WIDE 48" TO 72" THICK. COVERED 70' AT NO 3 BELT CONVEYOR LINE.
3 MEN WERE PUSHING WAGON UP INCLINE. INJURED MAN LAID FINGERS OVER EDGE OF WAGON & ELECTRICAL MOTOR IN WAGON SLID BACKWARDS STRICKING HIS HAND & CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER & RIGHT HAND.,
HE WAS WORKING ON CONVEYOR CHAIN IN SHUTTLE CAR.HE WAS BEATING ON LINK IN CHAIN A PICE OF METAL FLEW AND HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS BOLTING AND A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT THE CANOPY THEN FELL FROM THE CANOPY AND HIT OPERATOR ON HIS BACK.
ROOF FALL 2100 FEET OUTBY FACE AREA IN A FAULT AREA.
MINE EMPLOYEE, I.NAME WAS TAKING MINE SUPPLIES INSIDE THE MINES, USING A 488 SCOOP, AND HAD TRAVELED APPROX. 300 FEET, RAISED UP AND STRUCK HIS RIGFHT SHOULDER AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.
LOOSE DRAW ROCK FELL AND ROLLED OVER ON HIM.
LIFTING ROPES TO GET TOP STRUCTURE OFF BOTTOM BELT CATCHING SPLICE.DEVELOPED SHARP PAINS IN RIGHT SIDE AND BACK.WAS OFF BRKS FRO M #2 TAILPIECE.
20X20X5' NO EQUIPMENT CAUGHT NO ON INJURED
HE WAS WALKING TO THE FACE TWO BREAK BACK FROM FACE A ROCK FELL AND HIT THE LEFT SIDE ON BACK ROCK WAS 3IN THICK 2 FT LONG
LIFTING ROCKS OFF OF #4 BELT LINE AND HURT LOWER PART OF BACK
20' X 20' X 6FT. NO EQUIP. CAUGHT OF NO ONE INJ.
ROOF FALL ON #4 BELT LINE, APPROX. 50 TO 60 FT. LONG, 19 FT. WIDE AND 6 FT. HIGH. USING GUIDELINES ON ROOF FALL CLEANUP PLAN.
ROCK FALL ON MAIN INTAKE AT SPAD #65 1 BREAK INBY 6 FT. HIGH 19 FT. WIDE 30 FT LONG TIMBERED OFF AND IT DIDN'T EFFECT VENTALTION.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS TAKING A SCOOP UNDER GROUND WHEN HE MISSING TO ROGHT TURN AND DROVE INTO LOW TOP, CAUGHTING HIS HEAD IN TOP.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS RIDING MANTRIP BUS OUTSIDE WHEN THE BUS RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY, RISING THE BUS UP HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF.
MEN WERE RIDING SCOOP OUT OF MINE AT QUIT TIME. HE WAS RIDING ON TOP OF BATTERIES. HE GAT WEDGED BETWEEN THE BATTERIES AND THE MINE ROOF. AND WAS DRAGGED OFF THE SCOOP.
AFTER ROOF BOLT OPERATOR HAD DRILLED HOLE HE WAS TAKING DRILL STEEL OUT OF HOLE. FINISHER & PUSHER SEPARATED CAUSING FINISHER TO FALL & STRIKE HIM ON THUMB.
WHILE MAKING BELT SPLICE ON BELT #3 EMPLOYEE PULLED KNIFE TOWARD HIMSELF & KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING A BELT SCRAPER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING SLIPPED & HIT HIS FACE AGAINST BACK GUARD ON TAIL PIECE CUT HIS RIGHT JAW
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AROUND BELT DRIVE AND HE SAID HIS BACK STARTED HURTING
SAID EMPLOYEE W5S PINNING ROOF IN #4 HEADWAY IN RT .HAND XXXXSAID EMPLOYEE WAS PINNING FROM LEFT TO RT.HAD SET TWO PINS & WAS WORKING ON T HIRD BOLT FEEDER SLAB OF SLATE FALLEN HITTING SAID EM PLOYEE IN LEFT 8IDE OF BACK
TRUCK DRIVER WH2 WAS OPERATING LOADER STARTED ON HILL TO GET FUEL IN LOADER BECAUSE IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO RUN OUT, AND FUEL TANK IS ON HILL. HE GOT IT ALMOST TO THE TOP AND IT STOPPED RUNNING. HE ST5TED THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP IT AND IT RUN DOWN ROAD INTO CREEK
PINNING ROOF IN3#6 BREAK WHEN ROCK OF COAL ROLLED OFF RIB HITTING EMPL RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD,NECK & SHOULDER.
FOUND ROCK FALL31130 AM 1-6-88 20X150X5 STARTS 40 FT OUTBY SPAD 78 WHICH IS IN 2 HEADING ON MAIN LINE PARAELL TO OLD WORKS. SET BREAKER TIMBERS AROUND ROOF FALL.
FOUND ROCK FALL311 28 87 11 AM 20X100X5 ONE BREAK INBY SPAD 59 ON RETURN SIDE ABOUT 1000CT TO 1200 FT OFF SECTION
EMPL PUT BREAKER IN ON SHUTTLE CAR AND BLOWED UP BURNING HIS LEFT HAND.
ROOF FALL IN IN7AKE 20FT WIDE 80FT LONG 5FT THICK
ROOF FALL ON S.8. 482 SCOOP ON INTAKE OF SECTION. TIMBERED OFF AND DANGERED OFF, LATELY ON 2 WILL BE CLEANING UP ENOUGH OF IT TO GET THE S.S. SCCOP OUT.
ROOF FALL ON B9LT 100' OUTBY FACE INSTALLED SUPPORT & TOOK BELT OVER ROOF FALL.
EMP WAS SHOVELI3G ALONG THE BELT AND AS HE BROUGHT THE SHOVE OUT FROM UNDER THE BELT HIS RT ELBOW STRUCK A TIMBER