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EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING RIPPER JACK AND REMOVED LID FROM MINER TO CHANGE JACK. DROPPED THE LID ON HIS KNEE.
ROOF FALL SANDSTONE SLUG FELL OUT BETWEEN TWO CRACKS IN TOP. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.
ROOF FALL LOCC BETWEEN NO 3 AND 2 ENTRY 37' LONG 10' WIDE 10' THICK SANDSTONE FELL BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAIN SEAMS 1' TO 10' WIDE CAUGHT CONTINUOUS MINER. NO ONE HURT.
PULLING MINER CABLE KNEE FLEW OUT
BUILDING BRATTICE WALKED UP BEHIND MINER MINER OPER DIDNT KNOW HE WS THERE SWUNG THE MINER AROUND AND BUMPED HIM ON R HIP BURISEDD HIS HIP.
TAKEN DOWN LINE BRATTICE IN NO 4 BELT ENTRY A JOY SHUTTLE CAR, LOADED WITH COAL TRAVELED 35 FT STRIKING VICTIM SERIOUS INJ
ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS, HIT HIS LEG. THE ROCK WAS ABOUT 3 FT., ABOUT 3 INCHES THICK.
LAMINATED SANDSTONE SHELL TOP ALONG WITH 8'' COAL RIDER SEAM AT 7'.PRESSURE FROM PILLAR ARCH CONTRIBUTED TO FALL.
DIGGING AND SHOVELING DIRT IN A HOLE.
CHANGING HEAD ON DRILL MACHINE.
HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER & GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE DRILL TWIST & BROKE LITTLE FINGER & WRIST
HE WAS GOING UP THE STEPS ACROSS THE BELT AND FELL
HE WAS BUILDING3A FENCE TO GUARD THE BELT DRIVE AND WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF FENCING AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SP5ICING A CABLE USING A KNIFE AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE HAND.
THEY WERE MAKIN1 A BELT MOVE AND HE WAS LIFING ON THE BELT AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.