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EE WAS LIFTING & MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROAD WAY.
PULLING ON MINER CABLE - MOVING OUT OF ROADWAY.
HURT BACK WHILE LIFTING ON PUMP MOTOR ON SHUTTLE CAR.
WHILE BACKING UP 3 WHEELERS STRUCK HEAD ON ROOF BOLT THAT HAD DRAW ROCK FALL FROM AROUND IT.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN CROSSCUT BETWEEN #1 & #2 ENTRIES. 5 CROSSCUTS OUT BY FACE. FALL 18"W, 30"L, 6 H
WHILE OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE HE WAS ON HIS KNEES AND STARTED TO RAISE UP HIS LEFT KNEE LOCK UP.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN FACE OF #6 ENTRY ON 3RD SOUTHEA ST MAINS APP 18FT WIDE 10FT HIGH 250FT LONG
ROOF OCCURRED 2 XCUTS INBY SPAD V855. 8 XCUTS FROM FACE IN #2 ENTRY ON 2ND SOUTHEAST MAINS APPROX. 6' HIGH, 18' WIDE, AND 120' LONG.
WHILE BACKING THE SCOOP0 UNDER THE LINE CURTAIN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE LINE CURTAIN OVER THE CANOPY OF THE SCOOP WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CANOPY OF THE SCO OP AND THE TOP.
ROOF FALL OCCURED 4 CROSSCUTS OUTBY FACE IN 6 AND 7 ENTRY ON 1ST SOUTHEAST MAINS APP 4-6 FT THICK 16-18 FT WIDE 80 FT LONG.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #7 ENTRY 1600 ' OUTBY FACE AT SPAD #U-383. FALL IS 18' WIDE, 4-12' HIGH, 150' LONG.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #7 ROOM ENTRY OF 1ST SOUTHEAST MAINS 8 X-CUTS OUTBY FACE THE FALL IS 18 ' WIDE, 110' LONG, 6-12' THICK.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED 6 CROSS CUTS OUTBY FACE IN #1 ENTRY IN INTERSECTION ACROSS FROM ANOTHER FALL. SPAD W-573. THIS FALL WILL NOT BE MOVED.
BAD INTERSECTION CRIB AND BOLTED WITH 8 FEET BOLTS ROAD OUT CRIBS AND FELL.
ROOF FALL OCCURED IN LAST OPEN CROSSCUT #3 HEADING
INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING RESIN GLUE ON ROOF BOLTER.
# 3 BELT NEUTRAL ON RETURNSIDE FELL THROUGH CROSSCUT ACROSS INTERSECTION FROM 3 LEFT TO 2 RIGHT 100' LONG 18' WIDE 10' HIGH AT SPAD U-489 9 CROSSCUTS OUTBY FACE.
WORKING ON MINER, BRUISED KNEE WORK ON ROMMEL BOARD.
INTERSECTION IN #2 FELL 4' THICK 12 WIDE 16' LONG 16 CROSSCUTS BACK FROM FACE.
INTERACTION IN #7 ENTRY APPROX. 12 CROSSCUTS OUTBY FACE FELL 20 X 20 X 5' HIGH ONE CROSS INBY U-313.
A ROOF FALL OF APPROX 4 FEET HIGH 16 FT WID EAND 100 FT LOGN IN AN AREA MINED IN OCT 1992.
A ROOF FALL OF APP 9FT HIGH 20FT WIDE & 60FEET LONG IN ROOMS ENTRY OFF MACHINE
EMPLOYEE STRUCK LEG ON RIPPER HEAD.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR COMPLAINED WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN.
WHILE MAKING A BELT MOVE EE WAS LIFTING BELT AND PUTTING IN BELT STRUCTURE.
96660FELL ABOUT 5' HIGH IN THE 2ND PANEL OFF THE SOUTHWEST MAINS BETWEEN #3 & #4 ROOM FOR APPROX. 17'. DID NOT OCCURR UNTIL 2 MONTHS AFTER IT HAD BEEN MINED. HAD BEEN CRIBBED OFF AND DANGERED 666?0IT WAS IN A STOP AREA.
MINER CABLE ARCHED & CAUGHT THE BACK OF MY COVERALLS ON FIRE BURNING THE BACK OF MY NECK & BOTH EARS
ROOF BOLT OPERATOR WAS MOVING PIN MACHINE BY MINER WHEN OFF SIDE SHUTTLE CAR BIT BACK OF PINNER PINNING OPERATOR BETWEEN MINER & PINNER MASHING LEFT ARM & RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.
NO NARRATIVE: WORKING ON RIPPER HEAD - FELL OFF- BROKEN ARM.
WORKING ON MINER - LIFTING - PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
PUTTING UP ROOF BOLT,FELT LIKE SOMETHING PINCHING NECK-THEN LEFT ARM GOT NUMB.
MOVING BELT CRAWLING ONHIS KNEES.
WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE BY HAND I PULLED A MUSCLE IN BACK.
WHILE WALKING IN FACE AREA, TURNED RIGHT KNEE, STEPPED IN HOLE IN BOTTOM.
LIFTING I-BEAM HURT BACK (LUMBAR).
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX. 5 X 3 X 4" FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS HITTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.
THREW MINER CABLE AGAINST RIB AND TWISTED BACK
VICTIM WAS RIDING PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN IT HIT OFFSET IN THE RIB AND STRUCK HEAD ON PERSONNEL CARRIER.