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ROOF FALL WAS DUE TO WEAK AND FRACTURED STRATA. ALSO THE ROOF FALL WAS ON PARTIAL INTERSECTION. THE ROOF FELL FROM THE BOLT LINE AT 1 LEFT INTERSECTION AT X-CUT 15.

ROOF FALL WAS DUE TO WEAK AND FRACTURED STRATA ALOS THE ROOF FALL WAS ON A PARTIAL INTERSECTION. THE ROOF FELL FROM TEH BOLT LINE & WAS APPROX 19'LX6'HX13'8"W.

MR. WOODHAMS WAS OPERATING THE SURFACE WATER TRUCK. HE HAD JUST PULLED OUT ONTO THE MAIN MINE ROAD FROM CRUSHING & SCREENING LEVEL WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE WATER TRUCK HAD NO BRAKES OF ANY KI ND. THE IS ON A STEEP GRADE SO THE WATER TRUCK GAINED SPEED RAPIDLY. THE TRUCK TURNED ONTO ITS SIDE ON THE FIRST CURVE. MR. WOODHAMS RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS HEAD WHICH REQ. STITCHES.

PICKE DUP BELT ROLLER & FELT BURNING SENSATION IN ABDOMEN - POSSIBLE HERNIA.

AN INTERSECTION IN THE 1ST EAST MAINS SECTION, 2 LEFT ENTRY # 12 X-CUT FELL ABOVE THE BOLT LINE. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 18 FT. WIDE, 3O FT. THICK. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE DETERIORATION OF COAL ROOF AND WEAK ROCK STRATA.

AN INTERSECTIUON IN THE 1ST EAST MAINS SECTION, 1 LEFT ENTRY # 11 X-CUT FELL ABOVE THE BOLT LINE. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. WIDE BY 35 FT. LONG AND 8' TO 10' HIGH. CONTRIBUTING FACTO RS ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

UMR LOVE WAS HELPING TO SET TIMBERS. WHILE HE WAS HOLDING UP A TIMBER, HE LOOKED UP. AS HE LOOKED UP, MR. DICK KENDALL DROPPED A WEDGE. THE WEDGE HIT MR. LOVE ON THE UPPER LIP CAUSING A CUT THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

MR. EMMONS WAS TRYING TO INSTALL AN 8' BOLT. HE COULDN'T KEEP THE RESIN & BOLT TOGETHER SO HE STEPPED FROM UNDER THE CANOPY ONTO THE DRILL PLATFORM. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STAB THE BOLT INT O THE HOLE, A SLAB OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF HIS HARD HAT AND HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THE SLAB ALSO KNOCKED HIM INTO THE RIGHT BOOM OF THE ROOF BOLTER.

SET PALLET AGAINST RIB, RIB FELL AND HE RAISED HIS HAN DTO DEFLECT FALL.

GOT OFF LOADER & STEPPED ON PIECE OF COAL & TWISTED HIS KNEE

INJURED WAS WORKING ON THE BELT TAILPIECE WHEN THE GUARDING CAME DOWN CUTTING HIM ON THE CHEEK.

HE WALKED AROUND BOLTER AND STEPPED INTO A PAN, CUTTING HIS CHEEK.

INJURED WAS RESETTING A 400 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER.WHEN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED, IT JAMMED HIS RIGHT THUMB. HE THOUGHT THAT HIS THUMB WAS JUST SPRAINED, HOWEVER, SINCE IT WOULD NOT QUIT HURTI NG, HE SAW A DR. ON 9-15-94.

THE INTERSECTION WAS DEVELOPED IN EARLY AUG 1993 USING 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. THIS AREA IS ON THE EDGE OF A SAND CHANNEL IN THE ROOF CREATING HIGH HORIZONTAL STRESSES. IN EARLY 1994, TH E AREA WAS CONVERTED TO BLEEDER ENTRIES WITH MINING FROM THE ADJACENT PANEL. ROOF DETERIORATION WAS NOT DETECTED DURING EXAMINATIONS PRIOR TO DISCOVERY OF THE FALL. THIS FALL WAS AT PANEL Y,

HE AND OTHERS WERE STANDING NEAR THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A BUMP OCCURRED WHICH DISLODGED TOP COAL FROM THE ROOF. THE COAL STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND AND FORCING HIS HA RD HAD DOWN ONTO HIS NOSE. HIS NOSE WAS BROKEN AND CUT. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.

HE AND OTHERS WERE STANDING NEAR THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A BUMP OCCURRED WHICH DISLODGED TOP COAL FROM THE ROOF. THE COAL STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND, BREAKING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS WORKING ON A TELETRAM HYDRAULIC HOSE IN THE SECOND COMPARTMENT. AS HE STARTED TO STEP INTO THE COMPARTMENT, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE OIL, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, TWISTING H IS LEFT KNEE. HE WAS EXAMINED AND RELEASED FOR WORK, AND REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST. THE SPECIALIST EXAMINED EE ON 8-31-94 AND RECOMMENDED SURGERY TO REMOVE BONE FRAGMENTS.

THE LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT BY A RAZON KNIFE WHILE WORKING ON A BUGGIE CABLE

PULLED ONE PIECE OF COAL TO MOVE IT OFF OF THE MINER IT SPUN AROUND HITTING ANOTHER PIECE OF COAL & CATCHING THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PIECES OF COAL THE FINGER WAS SMASHED & CUT REQ UIRING STITCHES

THE INTERSECTION WAS DEVELOPED IN MID TO EARLY FEB 1994 PRIMARY SUPPORT OF BRIMINGHAM TORQUE TENSION GRADE 75 BOLTS WOULD NOT WITHSTAND SHEAR APPLIED BY HORIZONTAL STRESS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT OF 8FT & 10FT RESIN BOLTS WERE INSTALLED IN ADDITION TO TIMBER AREA DETERIORATED BEYOND CAPACITY OF SUPPORT AREA LOCATED IN PANEL Z MAIN ENTRY X-CUT 27

WRENCH SLIPPED OFF HOSE FITTING HEAD & HAND STRUCK A CUT PIECE OF PLATE ROUGH EDGES OF PLA TE CAUSED LACERATION

INTERSECTION AND CROSSCUT IN PANEL Z, 1 LEFT TO 2 LEFT AT CROSSCUT 28 WAS DEVELOPED IN EARLY FEB 1994. THIS AREA IS ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF AN OVERLYING SANDSTONE CHANNEL. THE GEOLOGICAL CONDITIO NS IN CONJUNCTION WITH RETREAT MINING HAS CREATED SHIFTS IN THE HORIZONTAL PRESSURE TO AREA. CROSSCUT IN QUESTION HAD SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT ADDED YET CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE. ORIGINAL BOLTS 8

WALKING OVER CAST & FELL THROUGH OLD METAL-CUT ABOVE EYE.

WALKING DOWN ENTRY. STEPPED IN HOLE HYPEREXTENDING KNEE.

THE INTERSECTION SHOWED SIGNS OF WEIGHT ON DAYSHIFT SATURDAY 7-23-94 AND WAS DANGERED OFF. REBOLTING STARTED ON DAY SHIFT COMPLETING APPROX. 2/3. MATERIAL STARTED FALLING ON SWING SHIFT. ON DA Y SHIFT, 7-24-94 MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE BOLT ANCHORAGE. TIMBERS WERE SET AROUND THE INTERSECTION. THIS INTERSECTION IS LOCATED IN 1ST EAST, LEFT , CROSSCUT 12.

CONTINUOUS MINER HAD JUST BACKED OUT OF THE FIRST LIFT OFF THE PILLAR END. AS THE MINER OPERATOR AND FORMAN/HELPER WAITED FOR THE CONTINUOUS HAULAGE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, THE TOP DRIBBLED AP PROX 8' INBY THEIR LOCATION. THEY BOTH TOOK A COUPLE STEPS BACK AND LOOKED AGAIN AT THE SPOT. THE AREA DRIBBLED AGAIN AND THEY BOTH RAN. INJURED WAS STRUCK BY FLALING MATERIAL.

WHILE CUTTING 2 LEFT FACE A PIECE OF TOP COAL 3INX3INX1IN HIT RT HAND SCRATCH LATER BECAME INFECTED REQUIRING EXAMINATION BY PHYSICIAN

THE RIB WAS POPPING OUT WHILE HE WAS ROOF BOLTING SOME COAL HIT HIM IN THE FACE HE JUMPED TO MAIN PART OF THE MACHINE AS HE LANDED HIS KNEE STRUCK THE MACHINE.

THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAS DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS HANDS AND BOTH WRISTS AS A RESULT OF HIS WORK ACTIVITY AT THE MINE OVER A PEROID OF YEARS. HE STATES BOTH HANDS ARE AFFECTED BY THE PAIN. EMPLO YEE WAS OPERATED ON 7-11-94 FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CLEANING UP SLOUGHAGE ALONG THE RFM WHEN ANOTHER BOUNCE OCCURRED CAUSING RIB COAL TO HIT HIM ON THE SHOLDER STRIKING HIM AGAINST THE CONTROLLER OF THE HAULAGE MBC.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HOLDING A TIMBER WHEN A PIECE OF TOP COAL HIT HIS LEFT HAND.

AREA WAS ORIGINALLY MINED FOR A SUMP DURING DEVELOPEMENT OF Y PANEL. AFTER Z PANEL DEVELOPEMENT WAS COMPLETED, Y PANEL WAS USED AS A BLEEDER WITH ALL 5 ENTRIES COMMON. ONE ENTRY WAS EXAMINED O N A WEEKLY BASIS TO THE EVALUATION POINTS. ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING EXAMINATION PRIOR TO CONNECTING Z PANEL ROOMS WITH 1 LEFT OF BLEEDER ENTRIES IN Y PANEL.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HANGING VENT TUBING, PUTTING THE SECOND PIECE OF TUBING ON THE INBY END OF THE ELBOW. THE TUBE WOULD NOT GO ON AND HE HAD TO STAND ON A PIECE OF COAL ON THE RIB WITH HIS ARM OUTSTRECHED TO REACH THE TUBING. AS HE TRIED TO PULL THE TUBING INTO PLACE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

AREA WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED WITH 6 FT. BOLTS. ROOF MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE APPROX. 7 FT HIGH, 20 FT LONG AND 19 FT WIDE. ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE II WEST SUBMAINS, 1 RIG HT ENTRY, BETWEEN CROSSCUTS 75 AND 76.

AREA WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED WITH 6 FT BOLTS. WITH SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT OFCRIBS INSTALLED AT TE EDGE OF THE INTERSECTION. ROCK MATERIAL IN THE CROSSCUT BEHIND THE CRIBS DETERIORATED UNTIL T HE FALL OCCURRED. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 12-20'LX18'WX7' IN THICKNESS. THE FALL OCCURRED IN THE II WEST SUBMAINS, CROSSCUT 79,IN THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN 1 LEFT AND 2 LEFT ENTRIES. NO OBSTRUCT

INJURED STATES HE WAS PUTTING IN A ROOF/RIB CORNER BOLT AND THE BOLT BENT. HE FINISHED BENDING THE BOLT UP AGAINST HT ETOP AND MOVED TO RE-INSTALL ANOTHER BOLT. HE WAS UNAWARE HE HAD BENT TH E CHUCK EXTENSION ON THE PREVIOUS INSTLALLATION AND WHEN HE PROCEEDED TO RESTART THE HOLE, HE RAISED HTE STEEL TOT HE ROOF WHILE HOLDING THE STEEL. WHEN HE HIT THE ROTATION, ON THE DRILL HEAD

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT THE INITIAL TIME & ACTUAL TIME & ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE INJURY IS UNKNOWN HE SAYS THAT HE HAS BEEN SORE FOR 6-8 MONTHS HOWEVER INCREASED PAIN OF LATE PROMPTED HIM TO SEE THE DOC

WHILE BOLTING ONE LEFT OF Z PANEL, INJUIRED HAD MOVED THE BOOM TO THE LEFT, WHEN A PIECE OF CUP ROCK CAME OUT HITING HIM IN THE LEFT KNEE.

WHILE STANDING AT THE TAIL OF THE R.F.M, THE M.B.C. WERE BEING MVOED UP WHENNUMBER THREE CAR DOOR HAD HUNG UP ON THE TAIL OF THE R.F.M. EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN ONE STEP TOWARD THE M.B.C. WHENT HE DORR HAD SPRUNG OPEN, HITTING HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE.

INJURED WAS STEPPING OFF THE BACK OF THE BOLTER, SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL BREAKING LEFT FOOT.

INJURED WAS COMPLAIN OF CHEST PAIN.

EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS HAND IN A WRONG POSITION ADN SMASHED HIS THUMB WHILE INSSTLALING A ROOF-BOLT.

EMPLOYEE JUMPED DOWN FROM THE TOP OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TWISTED HIS ANKLE & SPRAINED IT

EE STATED HE LIFTED A HEAVY FLYWHEEL AND MOVED FROM A BENT TO A STANDING POSITION.

AREA HAD DEVELOPED USING 6 FT BOLTS. ROOF CONDITIONS REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT REQUIRED AND 8 FT BOLTS AND CRIBS WERE INSTALLED. THE BELT LINE RESTRICTED THE CRIB INSTALLATION TO THE AREA NOT CONTAINING BELT STRUCTURE. ROOF MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE AND MEASURED APPROX. 8 FT HIGH, 10 FT WIDE, 50 FT LONG. FALL LOCATED PANEL Y, BELT CROSSCUT 35-36.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS MOVING TOO FAST AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF A CONVEYOR-BELT CROSS-OVER. HE STATED HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

AREA HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN BOLTED WITH 6' BOLTS. ROOF MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE LEAVING A VOID OF APPROX. 6-7' HIGH, 25' WIDE AND 20'LONG. ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE II WEST SUB MAINS, 1 RIGHT ENTRY, CROSSCUT 87. FALL WAS ON THE OVERCAST OF THE RETURN CROSSING THE SMOKE FREE INTAKE INTO PANEL Y. VENTILATION WAS RE-ESTABLISHED.

AREA HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN BOLTED WITH 6 FT BOLTS .ROOF MATERIAL FELL ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE LEAVING A VOID OF APPROXIMATELY 8 FT HIGH,20 FT WIDE AND 20 FT LONG.ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE II WEST SUMAINS, BELT ENTRY,CROSSCUT 89.FALL WASON THE OVERCAST OF THE RETURN CROSSING THE BELT ENTRY.VENTILATION WAS RE-ESTABLISHED AND BELT RE-INSTALLED.

AREA HAD BEEN DEVELOPED WITH 8 FT BOLTS.INTERSECTION STARTED WORKING AND FOREMAN REMOVED EMPLOYEES FROM AREA.ROOF FALL WAS ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE ROOF BOLTS AND MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 15 F T HIGH 20 FT WIDE AND 23 FT LONG.FALL WAS LOCATED IN THE PANEL Y,RIGHT ENTRY CROSSCUT 53.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF-BOLT WHEN THE SPINNING BOLT PLATE HIT HIS WRIST.