ROOF FALL IN BELT NEUTRAL AT SPAD NO 100. APPROX. 4500 FT OUTBY WORKING FUEL FALL MEASURED 20FT X 20FT X 4 FT HIGH.
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Showing all 38PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL BETWEEN BOLTS BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN BACK. DRAWSLATE MEASURED 46"WX3'LX3"THICK.
ROOF FAILED OCCURED APPROX 1300 FT OUTBY FALL AREA. AT SPAD NO 580 IN INTERSECTION ALONG 4 SEAL THAT HAD SEALED OFF ABANDONED AREA.
MINER OPERATOR GOT MINER STUCK IN PILLAR DUE TO LOOSE COAL ACCUMULATION UNDER CATS. PILLAR FALL CAME WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MINER FREE THEREFORE GETTING MINER CAUGHT UNDER PILLAR FAL L.
PUSHED MINER CABLE OVER OUT OF WAY PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.
BREAKING ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER HIT RIGHT THUMB. CUT THUMB AND CHIPPED BONE IN THUMB.
ROOF FALL APPROX. 1 MILE OUTBY ACTIVE WORKING SECTION IN INTERSECTION AT SPAD NO.186. FALL WAS APPROX. 30 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE & 3 TO 4 FT THICK.
MINED NO 9 ENTRY OF 001 SUPERSECTION INUNDATION 001 DAMAGING CONT MINER POWER CENTER RF BOLTER 21 SC 2 COAL FEEDERS
ABNORMAL ROOF CONDITION (SLIP) FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE POINT OF ROOF BOLTER FALL APPROX 4 TO 41/2FT HIGH 60FT LONG
ROOF FALL NO 5 ENTRY 250'OUTBY FACE AREA SPAD 956.
ROOF FALL AT SPAD NO.930 ON 001 SECTION APPROX. 4 FT THICK AND 70 FT LONG.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED OVER WEEKEND ON IDLE SHIFT. BETWEEN 9-7-91 TO 9-9-91. FALL APPROX 20 FT WIDE TO 120 FT LONG 4 1/2 FT HIGH. CAUSE OF FALL IS ESTIMATED FAUTLY SECTION OF ROOF. FALL FOUND ON PRESHIFT.
PEICE OF DRAW SLATE FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EE ON HEAD AND SHOULDER PEICE OF DRAWSLATE MEASURED 3FT X 2FT X 3INCH.
LOADING ROOF SUPPORT TIMBERS IN SCOOP BUCKET AND PULLING SOMETHING IN BACK.
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION ON NO.1 BELT APPROX. 60 FT OUTBY SPAD NO.191 IN THE NO.4 ENTRY.
INSTALLING ATRS JACK ON LEENORSE BOLTER KNOCKING PIN THROUGH JACK EYE. METAL CHIPPED OFF OF PIN LODGING IN EMPLOYEE LEFT EYE (NOTC). EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH OUT PROTECTIVE SID E LENSES.
BOLTING ROOF,PUT BOLT IN DRILL HOLE STRAIGHTENING BENT ROOF BOLT.BEARING PLATE ON BOLT SPRANG BACK STRIKING EMPL BENEATH LEFT EYE ON CHEEK.
ROOF FALL ON HAULWAY-FELL THROUGH A INTERSECTION AT SPAD NO.488.
REMOVING PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FOR M BELT & DIDN'T STOP MOVING BELT. THEREFOR CUTTING LEFT HAND & FINGERS.
PULLING MINER CABLE STRAINED BACK
MINER HELPER PULLING CABLE, HAND SLIPPED AND BUMPED ARM AGAINST RIB. DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 6-20-90.
PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL DURING BOLTING CYCLE MEASURING 6 FT X 5 FT X 3 IN THICK FALLING BAKC TO ATRS COMING UNDER NEAT TO CATCH RIGHT FOOT.
PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL CATCHING MAN ON SHOULDERS AND BACK.
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS.
PLACING MINED CABLE OVER TOP OF MINER HEAD, MINER ROCKED FOREWARD CATCHING MINER HELPER'S TOES.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR REPLACING DISLODGED BOLT. ATRS WHEN LET OFF TURNED A PIECE OF ROCK LOOSE STRIKING OPERATOR IN THE SMALL OF THE BACK.
WHILE PULLING A PICE OF ROCK IT HIT THE BOTTOM AND A PIECE OF SMALL ROCK WENT INTO HIS EYE.
ROOF BOLTER OPER PULLED INTO PLACE UNDER SUPPORTED TOP STARTED DRILLING TEST HOLE PIECE OF DRAW ROCK CAME OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT
HYDRALIC DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK ON ROOF BOLTER, BY PASSING IN BLOCK. OPERATOR REACHING FOR STEL AND HEAD WOULD NOT GO DOWN. THUMB PINCHED BETWEEN BOLTER HEAD AND DRILL STILL.
MUDDY, SLICK BOTTOM PANS BACKING OUT OF #3 ENTRY #2 PAN MAN LOOKING BACK. #3 PAN MAN HAD LOOKED FOREWARD #2 PAN STARTED SLIDING AROUND, FRONT END OF PAN PINNED MAN TO RIB.
WHILE REABOATING THE TOP IN #4 ENTRY WITH 6 FEET BOLTERTHE TOP AND FELL APRROXIMATELY 6 TO 7 FEET THICK ABOUT 35 TO 40 FT LONG LOST TIME SPAD #395 IN 34 ENTRY NO ACCIDENTS WERE INVOLVED IN ROO F FALL FELL ABOUT 1 O'CLOCK.
WHILE GETTING PIECE OF DRAW ROCK OFF OF 14 MINER PULLED MUSCLE OR SLIPPED DISK IN LOWER PART OF MINER.
LOOSE ROOF FELL FROM LEFT SIDE 6' X 3' X 1'' THICK STRIKING I.NAME ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE AND IN LEFT RIBS.
WHILE LIFTING APPROX. 25 PITCHES OF 2609 PTCH CHAIN FOR A S/C STRAINED BACK & PULLED A MUSCLE.
WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE FOR JOY MINER HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM RIB BOLT INTO THE RIB CATCHING THE MINER OPERATOR ON THE SHOULDER AND ARM.
AT 1030AM A RO7K FALL IN #4 HEADING APPROX.10FT.INBY PORTAL AN UNINTENTIONAL ROCK FALL MEASURING 16FT.WIDE 20FT.IN LENGTH & APPROX.60INCHES FELL NO ACCIDENTS WERE INVOLVED
LOADING 21 SHUT7LE CAR #1 ENTRY PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 26''WIDE X 28''LONG X 1-4'' THICK FELL STRIKING I.NAME ON HEAD.