MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 2-01-93. CAVE IN X-CUT 3-2, AND #2 ROOM, 1 SO. ROOMS. CAVE APPROX. 18' LONG 15' WIDE, 4-1/2' TO 5' THICK. AREA HAD 30", 36" & 48" RESIN BOLTS INSTALLED. THERE WAS A CL AY VEIN IN THIS AREA. CAVE HAPPENED SOMETIME BETWEEN 10-14-93 & 10-20-93.
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Showing 50 of 66EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CONCRETE BLOCK ONTO A SS SCOOP BY HAND INJURED DROPPED A 4X8 CONCRETE BLOCK ON RT. FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TAILSHAFT OUT OF #1 BRIDGE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS GETTING UP TO GET OFF MANTRIP MANTRIP CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND EE TWISTED LEFT KNEE EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 1-25-93.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, PUTING PRESSURE ON BOLT FOR RESIN TO SET UP, WHEN THE MOUNT FOR THE STAB JACK BROKE AND CANOPY CAUGHT EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND SMASHING 2 & 3RD FINGERS ON LEFT HA ND.
EE CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN ROOF BOLT PLATE AND ROOF WHILE BOLTING.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN ROOMS OFF 1 RIGHT IN #4 ENTRY 1ST XCUT-FALLING ON MANTRIP WHICH WAS PARKED IN SAID INTERESECTION.
EMPLOYEE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON CABLE HOOK ON SIDE OF CM WHILE IN PROCESS OF REMOVING A ROCK FROM COAL CHAIN.
INJURED ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED DRILL MACHINE ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGING BELT STRUCTURE ALONG BELT LINE FOR BELT UP. INJURED FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE AND LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC WELD ON MINER PARTS WHEN HE RECEIVED A WELDING FLASH.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST INSTALLED BOLTS, WHEN THE HELPER DROPPED THE CANOPY TO MOVE BOLTER, A PIECE OF ROCK SLID OFF THE ATRS AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON BACK.
EE WAS LOADING A 500 ROLL OF 42 RUBBER BELT ONTO A TRUCK USING A CHAIN AND TRUCK WENCH CHAIN BECAME STUCK ON SIDE OF TRUCK BED CAUSING CHAIN TO BREAK STRIKING INJURED IN MOUTH LACERATING UPPER AND LOWER LIPS DAMAGE TO TEETH.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SUPPLIES INSIDE THE PIT PLACED HIS LEFT HAND OUTSIDE OF SCOOP CAB WHEN SCOOP WHEN PIVATED HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT LACERATING ONE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WORKED ONE SHIFT AT SAME JOB AND RIGHT ARM STARTED SWELLING- REOCCURRANCE FROM LAST INJURY- 6-29-92.
LOADING SUPPLIES ON ROOF BOLTER INJURED LIFTED BOX OF RESIN ON BOLTER AND STRAINED BACK.
EMPL STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON SIDE OF MANTRIP.HAD PAIN AND SWELLING DIDNT GO TO DR. PAIN CONTINUED. WENT TO DR OFF WORK ON 9-28-92.
EMPLOYEE CRAWLING IN LOWCOAL IRRITATED LT KNEE AND THIS BECAME INFECTED.
WHILE BEING TREATED FOR INFECTION OF LEG DUE TO KNEE STRAPS RUBBING THE DR ALSO FOUND BONE CHIPS ON KNEES.
EMPL PULLING TAILPIECE WITH SCOOP. PLACED LEFT HAND OUTSIDE SCOOP CAB. WHEN HE PIVOTED SCOOP LT HAND WAS CRUSHED & LACERATED.
WHILE BOLTING XCUT 2-1 A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE 4FTX3FTX6IN FELL & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOOT
EMPLOYEE OPERA TING MBC-MACHINE PIVATED CATCHING HIS ELBOW AGAINST ROOF PUSHING HAND & WRIST INTO CONTROLS
8X56X8 TO FINE EDGE EE HELPING OR ROOF BOLTER AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK DISLODGED FROM ROOF. STRIKING BOTTOM AND ROLLER VERY CATCHING SELF REASURED OF EMPLOYEE CAUSING HIM TO BE PULLED TO BOTTO M.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN ROOF. 1 PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED AND CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE ROCK AND HEAD OF ROOF BOLTER.
EE CHIPPING ICE ALONG THICKENER AT PLANT AND A PIECE OF STEEL SPALLED FOM HAMMER STRUCK EE IN HAND.
EMPLOYEE BENDING ROOF BOLTS FOR INSTALLATION & IN DOING THIS HE FELT PAIN IN BACK & LEGS
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING C.M. CABLE OFF ROADWAY. WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYE EWAS TRAMMING DOWN RUNWAY WITH SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT HIS HEAD ON MINE ROOF. CAUSING PAIN I HEAD NECK AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE GOING THRU MANDOOR AND WHILE DROPPING IT INTO PLACE CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT AHND TAKING TIP OF FINGER OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING A COAL SPILL ON TO THE BELT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
DURING PRESHIFT OF MINE A AREA AT STATION SPAD #315 4E HAD FALLEN OUT AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY 20X20X6FT3IN IN HEIGHT AREA POSTED OFF AT ALL ENTRIES & DANGERED OFF AREA IS IN INACTIVE AREA
WHILE DOING RUN OF FACES IN 3 EAST AND ADJACENT FACES A FALL WAS FOUND AT SPAD 371, 20X20X65 HIGH AREA CRIBBED AT ALL INTRACES AND DANGER SIGN PLACE AREA TO BE CLEANED UP AND PLAN WILL BE POST ED IN ALL AREAS CLEAR UP PROGRESS.
WHILE MOVING CRANE, HE HAD TO CHANGE DIRECTION, TRUCK OPERATOR WENT TO CHANGE GEARS FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE, HE MISSED REVERSE GEAR, CRANE WAS ON AN INCLINE AND BREAKS FAILED. CRANE OPERATOR J UMPED FROM CAB LANDING ON LEFT KNEE. CRANE RAN INTO PARKED FLAT BED TRUCK CAUSING CRANE TO STOP.
DURING PRESHIFT INSPECTION FOR MECHANICS A FALL WAS FOUND IN THE 1 ENTRY SOUTHEAST MAINS APPROX. 20 FT WIDE 20 FT WIDE AND APPROX. 5 1/2 TO 6 INCH HIGH. AREA DANGERED OFF AT ALL ENTRIES POSTED AND CLEAN UP PLAN POSTED MATERIAL WILL BE LOADED BOLTED AS PROGRESSES INBY.
DRILLING HOLE & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEE HEAD OF BOLTER & DRILL STEEL
TRAMMING BRIDGE FROM FARE OF 2 ENTRY GOT SQUEEZED BETWEEN BRIDGE AND RIB OF 3.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE PUTTING A XOB OF RESIN ON TOP OF ROOF BOLTER.
AREA OF ROOF FELL IN #1 ENTRY AT STATUN#126 APPROXIMAT ELY 30FT LONG 61/2FT HIG H AREA T O BE POSTED OFF AT ALL ENTRANCES & DANGER BOARDS WILL BE INSTALLED AIR MOVING IN NORMAL COURSE & VOLUME NO EFFECTS ON WORKING SECTION
EMPLOYEE BOLTING FACE & SET HEAD OF BOLTER DOWN ON RT FOOT
LIFTING PUMP FROM SUMP, HANDLE SLIPPED STRIKING RIGHT HAND, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING BACK OF HEAD.
EMPL MOVING ROOF BOLTER FROM AREA OUTBY FACE AND PIECE OF ROCK FELL ALONG RIB AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT FOOT.
SPOTTING STRUCTURE AND SCOOP CLIMBED ON ROCK AND PUSHED SCOOP AGAINST ROOF.BRUSHED HEAD AGAINST ROOF AND FRAME OF SCOOP.
EMPL ROOF BOLTING & PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS & STRUCK EMPL ON UPPER PORTION OF BACK. EMPL WENT OFF WORK ON 11/16/90.
EMPLOYEE POSITIONED MINER TO TAKE CUT OF COAL FROM FACE OF #2, AFTER HANGING VENTILATION CURTAIN, EMPLOYEE GETTING INTO SEAT OF MINER AND A SMALLPIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUC K HIM ON RIGHT LOWER LEG.
EMPLOYEE SHOVELING AT BELT-TAIL, SHOVEL CAUGHT ON SPLICE JAMMED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN SHOVEL AND BELT FRAME.
USING PAINT SPRAY SYSTEM ON STRUCTURAL STEEL COMPLAINED OF DIZZINESS CHEST PAINS, AND HEADACHE. NOSE BLEED ALSO EXISTED.
EMPL CHANGING SPEED REDUCER ON CONTINUOUS MINER & WHILE SHIFTING BROKEN UNIT CHAIN BROKE & CHAIN BLOCK HANDLE STRUCK EMPL IN RT FOREARM.
AREA 15 FT OUTBY NO 7 X CUT TO N0 7 X CUT INTERSECTION INCLUSIVE FELL APPROVIMATELY 20 FT WIDE AND 7 FT HIGH.
EMPLOYEE CONSTRUCTING CANOPY FOR MOBILE BRIDGE AND DROPPED STANDARD ON FOOT ABOVE HARD TOE WHILE GRIPPING EDGE.
EMPLOYEE DRIVING MANTRIP INTO MINE CHAIN HANGER SUPPORTING UNDER LINE WAS HANGING DOWN & EMPLOYEE RAN INTO IT STATES PULLED GLASSES OFF & IRRITATED LEFT EYE