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EMPLOYEE HAS QUITE WORK & FILED FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS &/OR SILLCOSIS

DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT EE ON LEG ABOVE ANKLE APPROX. SIZE 2X21/2X11/2.

EMPOYER FIRST NOTICE OF INJURY WAS FROM DR. SHAFER. RECEIVED REPORT ON 1-22-93. RECEIVED LETTER FROM EMPLOYEE 1-22-93. ALSO TROY HUNT, SUPT. RECEIVED LETTER ON OR APPROX. 1-22-93 STATING HE HU RT HIS BACK PULLING CABLE. DID NOT REPORT THIS BEFORE LEAVING WORK.

RIB ROLLED OUT HIY IN BACK KNOCKING ME DOWN ON GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN A KNEELING POSITION WITH REMOTE CONTROL BOX TO CONTINUOUS MINER AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE BEHIND HEAD PUSHING BOX INTO CHEST-RO CK STRUCK HARD HAT.

EMPLOYEE PULLING DRAW ROCK BY HAND & DRAW ROCK HIT GROUND AND BOUNCED BACK ON FOOT & BRUISED FOOT.

CHANGING BIT LUGS ON JOY MINER INJURED WAS PULLING WRENCH TO LOOSEN BIT LUG SET SCREW AND STRAINED BACK.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED INBY SURVEY STATION 01-997 NO 6 ENTERY INTAKE AIR WAY NO INJURY TO PERSON OR EQUIPMENT THE ROOF SUPPORTED A WITH 4 FT MESH ROOF BOLTS ROOF FALL OCCURRED DUE TO DETERATION OF ROOF ROOF STRATA LAMIATER WITH COAL STROKE FALL WAS 60 TO 70 FT IN LENGTH 5 TO 6 FT HIGH TO RIB.

ACCORDING TO MSHA OFFICALS,EMPLOYEE (NAME),CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR DID NOT FOLLOW ROOF CONTROL PLANS,CUT TO LARGE A CUT AND WHEN OTHER EMPLOYEES WENT IN TO SET TIMBERS DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FRO M BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND CAUGHT (NAME) FROM THE BACK CAUSING DEATH.

PICKED UP MINER CABLE AND WATER CABLE USING HIS BACK

3 EMPLOYEES WERE SETTING TIMBERS AND WEDGING THETHEM. ONE EMPLOYEE TURNED HIS TIMBER LOOSE BEFORE WEDGING IT, STRIKING THIS EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT BREAKING A BONE.

NO WARNING ON PILLAR LINE AS MINER WAS BACKING BUT OF LAST CUT ROOF CAUGHT ONE HALF OF MINER NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE.

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS MOVING POWER ON 08-21-89 & WHILE PULLING ON THE CABLE HE MUST HAD STRAINED HIS BACK EMPLOYEE DID NOT COMPLAIN OR REPORT THIS UNTIL 082889 CAME TO WORK ON FOLLOWING WEEK ON A MONDAY COMPLAINING WITH BACK PAIN

EMPL WAS BUILDING A BRATTICE WHEN A RIB ROLL CAME OFF SID AND EMPL STEPPED BACK OVER CINDER BLOCKS AND FELL AND THE RIB ROLL CAUGHT HIS ANKLE AND WAS BROKEN

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES INA 644B JOHN DEER END LOADER WHILE IN DAMP WEATHER STANDING ON THE REAR TIRE WHEN HE LOST FOOT AGE & SLIPPED & FELL. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED WITH HIP BONE SEVERAL DAYS LATER.