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I.NAME & OTHER HAD FINISHED CUTTING #2 ENTRY AND WERE BACKING THE MINER OUT.PICKED UP MINER CABLE TO LAY IT ON THE HOOK ON SIDE OF MINER ,HEARD BACK POP ,FELL TO KNEES DROPPING MINER CABLE.

RF FALL 60' 19' 5' FOUND IN #3 ENTRY INBY THE #7 CROSSCUT

INJURED STATED "I WAS IN #4 SIDE CUT OFF OF ROOMS AND THE MIENR WAS IN TEH PROCESS OF CLEANING UP CUT. THE MIENR HAD CLEANED UP THE RIGTH SIDE AND WAS MOVING OVER TO CLEAN UP LEF6T SIDE. I W AS THROWING THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE MINER'S WAY WHEN I HAD PAIN IN THE CENTER OF MY LOWER BACK.

INJURED STATED HE HAD GOT OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR AND WAS STARTING TO GET BACK INTO OPERATOR DECK AREA WHEN HISFEET FLIPPED ON WET AND MUDDY MINE BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO FALLAND HIT ON HIS REAR AND THEN BACKWARDS, RESULTING IN ALLEGED INJURYTO LOWER BACK AND NECK.

ROOF FALL 20'X20'X3' FOUND IN #1 ENTRY 6 BREAKS OUTBY SECTION TAIL PIECE.

HIGHWALL FELL OFF OF #5 CANOPY BREAKING DOWN CANOPY ON ONE SIDE. MUD & SMALL ROCK APPROX 3 TONS OF MATERIAL FELL ON CANOPY.

A ROOF FALL HAD OCCURRED IN THE FACE AREA OF 1 RM ENTRY APPROX. 700 FT INBY THE 1 PORTAL THE FALL MEASURED APROX. 19 FT X 25 FT X 6 FT.

RF BOLTER INJ INSTALLING RF STRAPS IT CAUGHT ON STORAGE TRAY, WHILE ALIGNING STRAP, STRAINED BACK

A ROOF FALL APPROXIMATELY 60' X 20' X5' IN THE #5 ENTRY,560' INBY PORTAL AND 1680'FROM ACTIVE WORKINGS.

INJURED WAS IN LIGHT HOUSE AND HAD STARTED OUT DOOR, AFTER PUTTING CAP LIGHT UP AT END OF REGULAR SHIFT. HE STATED THAT HE STEPPED ACROSS PIECE OF METAL IN DOORWAY AND ALLEGEDLY TWISTED HIS LE FT KNEE.

I NAME STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ONTO SCOOP BATTERIES & HE FELT HIS BACK POP

I NAME STATED WHILE CUTTING TAPE OFF HOSE THAT WAS ON THE TIE OFF JACK FOR SHUTTLE CAR CABLE THE KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED CAUSING A STAB WOUND TO THE LEFT HAND ABOVE THE KNUCKLE ON THE THUMB

A ROOF FALL APPROX. 40' X 20' X6' OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF #2 ENTRY. ROOF FALL WAS CRIBBED AND TIMBRED OFF, DANGERED OFF BEFORE ROOF FALL OCCURRED.

A ROOF FALL APPROX. 30' X 30' X 6" 35 ENTRY, 140' INBY THE PORTAL AND 1610' TO FACE.

A ROOF FALL APPROXIMATELY 30'X20'X4.5' IN THE #5 ENTRY,350' INBY PORTAL AND 1400 ' FROM FACE.

INJURED WAS RIDING IN BACK OF PICK-UP, LOADED WITH STRAWBLOWER, THE STRAW BALES SHIFTED ALLEGEDLY KNOCKING HIM OFF LEFT SIDE REAR OF TRUCK, RESULTING IN LIGAMENTS BEING STRETCHED AND POSSIBLY TORN IN RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE HELPING TO CLEAN CONCRETE STORAGE PAD, INJURED PICKED UP AN 8" CINDER BLOCK AND PITCHED IT TO THE SIDE, WHEN HE DID SO, HE ALLEGES A SHARP PAIN CAME INTO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, RESULTING IN A STRAINED MUSCLE TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. PLEASE NOTE: THIS ALLEGED ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT UNTIL 11/7/89 AND NOT REPORTED TO SAFETY DEPARTMENT UNTIL 11/14/89. MEDICAL TREATMEN

ALLEGEDLY, INJURED WAS MOVING A 2" SUMP PUMP OUT OF THE #5 ENTRY (SCOOP) ROADWAY AND IN DOING SO HE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. INJURY WAS SAID TO BE A MILD STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK MUSC LES.

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS PICKING UP AN EMPTY 35 POUND GREASE BARREL TO THROW IN HIS TRUCK TO AHAUL IT OFF THE MOUNTAIN. A SHART FLANGE WAS STRICKING OUT ON LID, LACERATED PALM OF RIGHT HAND .

I NAME STATED HE WAS MOVING BOLTING MATERIALS FROM BACK END OF ROOF BOLTER TO FRONT. HE CARRIED EIGHT 3/4 X 48 INCH REBAR RESIN BOLTS AND LAID THEM IN STORAGE TRAY ON OFF SIDE OF BOLTER. WHEN HE DID SO HE FELT A BURNING PAIN COME INTO HIS LEFT LOWER BACK.

ROOF FALL IN 1ST BREAK INBY PORTAL BETWEEN #4AND #5 ENTRY APPROXIMATELY 50'X16'X5'.

APPROXIMATELY 20 BREAKS INBY THE #2 CONVEYOR BELT DRIVE. HEAVING BOTTOM HAS MADE IT NECESSARY TO ABANDON MINING INBY THIS AREA. THE MINE ROOF AND BOTTOM HAVE COME TOGETHER INT EH #2, #3, AND #4 ENTRIES.

THE INJURED SAID HE WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET IN #4 ENTRY WHEN SCOOP HIT A LUMBER IN THE ROADWAY BOUNCING HIM UP AND WHEN HE CAME DOWN HARD,HURT HIS BACK AND LEFT LEG.

A ROCK FALL MEASURING 54" T 19'W AND APPROX 30'L WAS FOUND IN THE #4 ENTRY APPROX 780' INBY THE MINE PORTAL THE FALL AREA HAS BEEN SECURED ON ALL SIDE WITH 4"X4"X30" WOOD BLOCK CRIBS AND TIMBE R DANGER SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON ALL SIDES OF FALL ALSO LAST OPEN BREAK OUTBY FALL AREA AND #5 ENTRY LEADING UP TO AREA HAVE ALSO BEEN SECURED WITH CRIBS

INJURED WAS TAKING WOOD COLLAR 6"X6"X12' UP #5 ENTRY HE WAS DRAGGING COLLAR INBY END OF COLLAR BECAME WEDGED ON UNEVEN MINE BOTTOM. INJURED JERKED ON COLLAR TO FREE IT WHICH CAUSED LEFT HAND T O BE CAUGHT BETWEEN COLLAR & MINE BOTTO WHICH RESULTED IN LACERATIONTO BOTH 4TH FINGER AND INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND. 4TH FINGER REQUIRED 4 SUTURES INDEX FINGER REQUIRED 2 SUTURES.

A ROOF FALL 70' LONG AND 20| WIDE, 52" THICK IN #1 ENTRY, AND 50' LONG THROUGH INTERESECTION BETEEN #1 AND #2 ENTRIES, 15' LONG 20' WIDE 52" THICK IN #2 ENTRY OCCURRED APPROX. 4500 FT INBY THE PORTAL. THE FALL IN #2 ENTRY WAS CLEANED UP AND RE-SUPPORTED WITH CRIBS AND COLLARS TO ESTABLISH A TRAVELABLE RETURN AIRWAY, #1 ENTRY WAS CRIBBED AND DANGERED OFF.

WHILE CUTTING COAL IN THE #1 ROOM PILLAR, #1 ENTRY. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 2' X 2' X 1/2" FELL FROM MAIN MINE ROOF, ALLEGEDLY STRIKING HIM ON HIS NECK CAUSING CONTUSION TO BACK OF NECK. THIS I NJURY REQUIRED PHYSICAL THERAPY DUE TO STIFFNESS OF NECK MUSCLES.

AL LEGED INJURY HAPPENED 09-20-88 BUR WAS NOT REPORTED FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL SEPT 2O,1988.INJURED WAS UNLOADING MINE TIMBERS FROM BUCKET OF S COOP AND ALLEGEDLY STRAINED A MUSCLE IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF ABCK. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON MONDAY SEPT 26TH AFTER SEEING DOCTOR ON THE 23RD AND WORKED HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL WEDNESDAY SEPT 28TH, A

THE INJURED WAS WORKING ALONG THE CONVEYOR BELTLINE MOVING PIECE OF BOTTOM ROCK WHERE MINE BOTTOM HAD HEAVED AND ADDITIONAL CLEARENCE WAS NEED FOR CONVEYOR BELT. A SECTION OF COAL ROLLED CATC HING INJUREDS RIGHT FOOT AND LOWER LEG CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER LEG AND FOOT.

A FALL MEASURING 42" THICK 19' W, AND 50' L, WAS FOUND IN THE #4 ENTY 5900 FT INBY PORTAL. THE SECTION HAS BEEN MOVED OUTBY THIS AREA AND T HE AREA SEALED.

A ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY (RETURN) APPROXIMATELY 420 FT OUT-BY SECTION BELT HEAD DRIVE. FALL WAS APPROX. 30 X 20 X 6 FT. PLUS.

A ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 ENTRY (RETURN) APPROX. 140 FT. OUT-BY SECTION BELT HEAD DRIVE. FALL WAS APPROX. 50 X 19 X 6 FT PLUS.

NOTE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON 4-26-88, BUT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 4-28-88, AND INJ. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL CARE UNTIL 4-29-88. INJ. WAS REPLACING A CONECTING PIN ROLL PIN IN T HE CAT PADS OF T HE 265 LEE-NORSE CONT. MIINER. WHILE DRIVING PIN IN THE HEAD OF PIN CHIPPED AND A SILVER OF METAL ENTERED THE MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE 2ND AND 3RD JOINT. LACERATION TO REMOVE

INJURED WAS REPLACING A BOLT INNTHE STEERING SADDLE OF THE OFF-STD SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE 1 1/2" BOXED END WRECH HE WAS USING SLIPPED ON BOLT CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST SUPPOR T POST OF SHUTTLE CAR.

WHILE PULLING CABLE BACK CONDITIUOUS MINER CABLE IN CLOSE INJURED LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARD LANDING ON HIS REAR CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK.

WHILE MAKING SPLICE IN CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE INJURED LOST H IS BALANCE & FELL ON KNIFE HE WAS USING CAUSING LACERATION APPROX. 1 INCH IN LENGTH TO MIDDLE AREA OF UPPER THIGH OF LEFT LEG LAC ERATION REQUIRED 3 SUTURES

WHILE WORKING ON VENTILATION CONTROLS IN THE #1 ENTRY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING WORKER ON TOP OF RT FOOT CAUSING HAIRLINE FRACTURES TO BOTH THE 3RD AND 4 TH TOES ON RT FOOT

A ROCK FALL APPROX.15FT WIDE 20FT LONG & 5FT THICK OCCURRED IN #4 ENTRY IN A INTERSECTION APPROX.3000FT INBY THE #4 PORTAL

INJURED BENT OV9R TO PICK-UP A RAILJACK WHICH WAS LYING ON MINE BOTTOM TO PLACE IT ON TOP OF SCOOP WHEN HE RAISED UP WITH JACK HE SAID A SHARP PAIN STRUCK HIM IN HIS LOWER BACK CAUSING INJURY

WHILE BOLTING I3 #4 ENTRY INJURED WAS MOVING DRILL CRADLE TOWARD HIM WHEN A PC.OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK NO INJURY WAS RECEIVED FROM DRAW ROCK BUTR WHILE ESCAPING FROM DRAW RO CK HE TWISTED H3S LEFT KNEE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS KNEE

ACCIDENT HAPPEN9D IN THE #3 ENTRY. AS BOLTING MACHINE WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF #3 ENTRY, THE CANOPY OVER OPERATOR'S DOCK "HUNG" ON A ROOFBOLT. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE BOLTING MACHINE JERKED. TH E INJURED WAS W5LKING BESIDE MANCHINE AND WHEN MACHINE JERKED, A 36" ROOFBOLT CAME OUT OF SUPPLY TRAY AND HIT INJURED UNDER RIGHT EYE CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 4 SUTURES.

AFTER BOLTING M3NER CUT IN #4 ENTRY HEADING THE INJURED HAD SQUATTED DOWN BESIDE BOLTING MACHINE ON THE OFF SIDE TO REPAIR A "RUN OVER" MAT,HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE CLOSE CLEARANCE BETWEEN HIMSEL F AND BOLTING M5CHINE.THE OTHER BOLTER OPERATOR WAS GOING TO MOVE MACHINE.AS MACHINE WAS BACKING OUT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE,BRUSHED THE RIGHT HIP OF THE INJURED ,CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE

AFTER FINISHING3BUILD BLOCK BRATTICE BETWEEN THE 4 3 ENTRIES INJURED WAS GOING THRU BRATTICE DOOR AND CAUGHT THE LEFT SIDE OF LEFT WRIST ON SHARP CORNER OF METAL BRATTICE DOOR WHICH RESULTED A LACERATION T2 SAID WRIST REGUIRING 4 OR 5 SUTURES.

ROOF FALL APPRO3 8 FT THICK 20 FT WIDE 50 FT LONG OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF #4 HEADING 800 FT INBY PORTA L

RAILRUNNER WAS 4RECKED ON SUPPLY YARD THE 988 B CAT LOADER WAS BROUGHT FROM RAW COAL PIT TO SET RAILRUNNER BACK ON TRACK WHILE SETTING RAILRUNNER OVER WHEEL BECAME LODGED AGAINST INSIDE OF RAI L WHEN LIFTED H3GHER WHEEL CLEARED RAIL SWANG OVER STRIKING INJURED ON RT HIP CAUSING DISLOCATION OF RT HIP JOINT

AFTER TRAMMING 7ONT MINER INTO 5 ENTRY THE INJ ATTEMPTED TO THROW MINER CABLE OFF TO THE SIDE, OUT OF THE WAY OF SHUTTLE CARS, AND WHILE DOING SO HE STRAINED HIS BACK

WHILE REMOVING 5INE CURTAIN IN THE #4 ROOM ENTRY THE CURTAIN GOT BETWEEN LITTLE FINGER AND RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND AND WHEN HE JERKED CURTAIN IN CAUSED LITTLE FINGER TO BE PULLED SIDEWAYS AN FRACTURED 2ND J2INT OF LITLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND

WHILE RETURNING3FROM THE FEEDER BACK TO CONT MINER, THE TIRE ON SHUTTLECAR DROPPED INTO HOLE IN ROADWAY, JARRING WORKERS BODY AND CAUSING HIM PAIN LOWER BACK AREA

WHILE WORKING I3 THE 3ENTRY PUTTING UP 6X6X16 WOOD COLLAR THIS ENTRY HAD ALREADY BEEN FULLY BOLTEDWITH 7 FT RESIN BOLTS THE TOP PIECE OF 30 TH FINISHING STEEL BEING USED TO DRILL HOLE BOLTS TO HOLD COLLAR BE7AME LODGED AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM HOLE THE OPERATOR THEN TOOK BOLTWRENCH AND PLACE IT AT AN ANGLE A GAINST DRILL HEAD AND ATTEMPTED TO BEND STEEL AG

I.NAME WAS IN P9OCESS OF CUTTING A 2 INCH PLASTIC WATER LINE WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE HOLDING THE PIPE IN HIS LEFT HAND AND CUTTING TOWARD HIS BODY WITH HIS RT HAND THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS WRIST 3