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LIFTING BOTTOM ROLLER OUT OF HANGER ON #1 BELT LINE.
SLIPS WERE IN 3 HEADINGS ON LEFT SIDE. 2 TO 3' OF TOP HAD BEEN FALLING. IN AREA WHERE FALL OCCURED WE WERE TRING TO CATCH LOOSE ROCK. THE SLIP WENT HIGHER UP TO HARD ROCK ALLOWING LESS ANKE RAGE AND INTERSECTION TO FALL. WE ARE USING COMBINATION BOLTS 16' & 20' IN AREAS.
FALL IN #1 RIGHT SECTION #6 HDG. AT SPAD #221 TO 75' OUTBY. THE AREA IS NEAT OUTCROP COAL. TOP CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN BAD IN THIS AREA. WE TIMBER AREA OF MINE OFF AT OPENINGS GOING INTO AND DANG ERED OFF.
INTERSECITON IN 1 RIGHT SECTION NEAR OUTCROP WHERE MORE FALLS ALREADY OCCURED. TIMBERE DAREA OFF.
AREA IN FAULT, PLACE HAD BEEN WORKING AND TIMBERS WERE INSTALLED. THE TOP HAD FELL IN OTHER PLACES IN THIS AREA. TIMBERED OFF WITH CRIBS AND DANGERED OFF.
OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING 8' BOLTS. THE BOLTS HAVE TO BE PUSHED UP. THE OPERATOR WAS PUSHING UP BY HAND AND STRAINED HIMSELF.
FAULT AREA, WILD COAL SEAMS AND WATER IN TOP. BOLTS IN AREA NOT MAKING BEAM. USE LONGER BOLTS OR DIFFERENT BOLTS TO TRY TO HOLD AREA.
FALL OCCURED IN A FAULT AREA. THIS AREA HAD WATER DRIPPING. THIS HAS BEEN A SIGN WITH THE TOP SHOWING SIGNS OF LOOSE PIECES FALLING OUT BEFORE THEY FELL ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE ZONES.
THIS SECTION HAS HAD SEVERAL FALLS. THE 1 RT SECTION WILL NOT BE A WORKING SECTION. THIS AREA WAS CLOSE TO THE OUT CROP. SLIP TOP AND WILD COAL SEAMS IN THIS AREA.
THERE ARE WILD COAL SEAMS & SLIPS AREAS IN THE ROOF & BLK OUTBY WAS TIMBERED BUT THE TOP BROKE & CAME IN WITHOUT WARNING THIS AREA IS IN A FAULT AREA
THIS FALL WAS A CONTINUATION OF A PREVIOUS FALL IN A FAULT AREA THERE WERE CRIBS BUILT TO PREVENT FROM COMING ON BACK THIS AREA WAS IN A FAULT AREA & THE TOP HAD BEEN CUTTING DOWN #4 HDG
THE FALL WAS IN FAULT AREA; THE AREAS THAT HAD BEEN WORKING OR WERE IN FAULT AREA WERE TIMBERED OFF. THIS AREA DID NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. BUT WAS TIMBERED OFF AT INTERSECTIONS. WE ARE IN STALLING X-BARS AND RIBS IN FAULT AREAS WHERE NEEDED FOR TRAVEL.
OPERATOR STEPPED OUT OF MINER TO MOVE CABLE AND SLIPPED ON PAVEMENT.
THE FALL WAS INA FAULT AREA WHERE OTHER FALLS HAD OCCURED. THE AREA WAS BEING TIMBERED. THE TOP HAD BEEN WORKING AND PLACE WAS DANGERED OFF KNOWING PLACE MIGHT FALL IN. WHEN AREA BECAME UNSAFE WE MOVED MINER BACK TO CUT A NEW HDG. USING LONGER BOLTS AND SETTING BRIBS AND X BARS AFTER HAULING DONE IN AREA.
#1 RIGHT SECTION #2 HDG 1 BLK INBY SPAD #217 MINING CLOSE TO PUTCROP. INTERSECTION NARROW HEADINGS DOWN, USE LONGR BOLTS AND SET TIMBERS.
#1 LEFT SECTION #5 HDG. 2BLKS INBY SPAD #264 FALLIN INTERSECTION USE LONGER BOLTS SET TIMBERS IN FAULT AREA WILD COAL SEAM IN FAULT AREA.
#1 RT SECTION #5 #6 HDGS 1 BLK OUTBY SPAD #230 THIS FALL WAS A FALL IN SAME AREA FALLIN #4 HDG OCCURRED IN FIRST & WAS TIMBERED THIS FALL TOOK OUT TIMBERS & CRIBS IN AREA & WILL NOT GO BACK TO MINE IN #1 RIGHT SECTION
ENTRY IN #1 LEFT SECTION FELL IN. AREA WAS UNDER FAULT AREA FROM OVERLYING MINE AREA OF SECTION SHOULD HAVE USED LONGER BOLTS, LONGER ENTRY CENTERS AND TIMBERS. FALL WAS IN #4 HDG 3 BLKS INBVY SPAD #261.
OPERATOR WAS LOADING SUPPLIES WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HURT HIS BACK.
#1 RT INTERSECTION-1BLK OUTBY SPAD #230 FALL APPROX 25'X 25' X 5 1/2 '. NEED LONGER BOLTS, NARROW ENTRY 5 DOWN AND SET TIMBERS.
OPERATOR STEPPED OUT OF MINER TO MOVE CABLE AND SLIPPED ON PAVEMENT.
WALKING DOWN HILL TO PIT EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE.
EE WAS TRYING TO PRY BELT UP WHEN HE COULD NOT GET ENOUGH LEVERAGE HE STOOD ON BAR TO GET MORE LEVERAGE AND BAR SLIPPED OUT HITTING HIM UNDER LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLASTERING STOPPING. HE WAS WEARING RUBBER GLOVES WHEN THE B. BOND WENT INSIDE OF GLOVE AND CAUSED BURNS ON HANDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING CAT PIN OUT WITH HAMMER AND PUNCH WHEN HE MISSED PUNCHED AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND.
PULLING A SHUTTLE CAR OUT FROM BEHIND MIENR TO MAKE REPAIRS. THE HOOK CAME LOSOE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN FACE. THIS CAUSED LACERATIONS ABOVE AND BELOW RIGHT AND FRACTURES OF THE CHECK BONE.
EMPL BENT OVER MOVING BOLTER CABLE WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING BACK OF NECK.ONLY INJURY WAS A BRUISE.
CHIPPING WELDING SLAG -PIECE STRUCK HIM IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING COME ALONGS TO PULL BELT BACK TOGETHER. WHILE DOING THIS HE STRAINED HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED LOWER BACK WHILE LOADING RESIN ON BOLT MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING MIENR CABLE AWAY WITH RIGHTR FOOT. FOOT SLIPPED AND WENT UNDER CANOPY OF MINER.
A ROCK WAS STUCK IN SECTION TAIL PIECE. EMPLOYEE PULLED LOCK FROM TAILPIECE ONTO HIS FOOT.
INTERSECTION IN #5 HDG FELL APPROXIMATELY 20' LONG 17' WIDE AND 4 1/2' HIGH.
EMPL TRYING TO GET PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT OF ROOF.HE WAS PULLING WITH RIGHT HAND AND HAD LEFT HAND LAYING ON DRILL HEAD.A ROCK FELL OUT AND CRUSHED MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
BOLT MAN DRILLING TOOP ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN LAST BOLT AND ATRS ROCK STRUCK EMP ON HAND BRUISED IT.
MECHANIC WAS LOADING A BUGGY TIRE INTO SCOOP BUCKET. EMPLOYEE'S BOOTS WERE MUDDY AND SCOOP BUCKET WAS WET. HE STEPPED ON BUCKET AND LOST HIS FOOTING. EMPLOYEE FELL ON HIS BACK AND INJURED I T.
HAD ROOF FALL IN FIRST INERSECTION OF #3 ENTRY AVOE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE INTERSECITON WAS CUT 2 WIDE BUT WAS NARROWED DOWN WITH CRIBS AND POSTS WAS USING 5-6-7' BOLTS HAD SOME SERVICE BREAKS AN D ONE LARGE CLAY VEIN IN AREA NO INJURIES
HAD ROOF ALL FROM HIGH WALL TO APPROX 40' INBY FELL ABOVE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE USING 4-5-6' RESIN BOLTS WITH 3X8 CROSSBARS WITH LEGS