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TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN SHALE AND SANDSTONE - WATER AT BASE OF SANDSTONE DUE TO RECENT RAIN - SANDSTONE HAS CRACKS DUE TO CLOSE PROXIMITY OF FACE UP/STRIP PIT WHICH HAD BEEN SHOT HAND DURING S URFACE MINING - LESS THAN 250 FT. FROM THE HIGH WALL.
TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN SHALE & SANDSTONE RECENT RAINS HAD SANDSTONE CHARGED WITH WATER CAUSING IT TO LOOSEN THE SHALE INITIAL FALL 3 TO 3.5FT CONTINUED TO WORK & FALL OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS TO 41/2FT IN CENTER OF PLACE #1 FALL IS 20FT WIDE &35-38FT LONG INITIALLY & CONTINUED TO FALL UNTIL IT WAS ABOUT 48FT
HEAD OF CONTINUOUS MINER PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL STRAP WITH THE BITS THROWING THE METAL BACK HITTING RIGHT ARM. WAS ON SIDE OF MINER OPPOSITE THE OPERATOR.
THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAR ROOF FALL WE WERE PLANNING TO CUT THIS ROOF DOWN FOR OUR BELT DRIVE WHEN ROOF STATED TO FALL THE MINER WAS REMOVED ALL MEN WERE REMOVED AND THIS ROCK ARE ALLOWED TO FAL L THIS WAS INTENTIONAL AND WAS WITHIN A FEW FEETOF THE FACE IN A NEW ENTRY.
THE AREA WAS 42" HIGH AND WET CONDITIONS. THE INJURED WAS CRAWLING ABOUT THE FACE AREA OF W. MAINS SECTION WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF CAUSING HIM TO HAVE PAIN IN HIS NECK AN D STIFFNESS.
95149ED WAS HELPING LOAD THE MINER CABLE ONTO THE HOOKS ON THE SIDE OF THE 285 MINER LEE NORSE AND AS HE WAS LIFTING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE THE AREA WAS 42" HIGH AND RESONABLY DRY.
95149ED WAS CRAWLING ON THE BOTTOM AT THE FACE AREA OF WEST MAINS SECTION, THE HEIGHTH WAS 42" AND THE AREA WAS DRY, WHILE CRAWLING HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
38509NJURED WAS LIFTING A MOTOR WITH A MOBILE LIFTING JACK AND HE PUSHED AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE JACK TRYING TO MOVE IT WITH HIS SIDE CAUSING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SIDE CAUSING TO FRACTURE ONE OF 08920RIBS.
WHILE TRAVELING ON 3-B MANTRIP EE HIT A BUMP CAUSING HIM TO BE HAMMED BETWEEN THE ROOF AND MANTRIP INJURIING HIS LOWER BACK.
THE AREA WAS WET AND SLOPPY. 42" HIGH THE INJURED WAS MOVIGN A5 HP SUBJERSIBLE FACE PUMP, INTO THE WATER, BYDRAGGING IT, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN IS LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS WORKING IN THE 1ST SOUTH BUTT SECTION.THE BOTTOM WAS WET AND SLOPPY,HEIGHT WAS 40".HE WAS CRAWLING ON HIS KNEES CLEANING AND HANGING CANVAS IN THE SECTION WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE BEGAN TO HAVE PAIN AND START TO SWELL.
SLIPPED AND FELL ON L FOREARM AREA WET AND 6 F HIGH
36" AND 48" ROOF BOLTS BEING USED IN THE AREA OF THE ROOF FALL.THE FALL WAS IN #5 ENTRY OF 1ST LEFT BUTT OFF 1ST SOUTH BUTT #1 ENTRY 2 X-CUTS IN THE INTERSECTION.20'WIDE X 36-40" HIGH,LENGTH U NKNOWN.UNABLE TO TRAVEL TO INBY SIDE OF CAVE.NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT OR VENTILATION OCCURRED.
36" BOLTS ON 4 FT CENTERS WERE BEING UTILITIZED IN THE FALL AREA. FALL OCCURRED IN THE 1ST SO, BUTT SECTION AT SPAD LOCATION 6+00 APPROX. 20' OUTBY THE FACE IN #4 ENTRY FALL WAS APPROX. 25' LO NG X 20' WIDE & 36" HIGH. NO EQUIPMENT OR INJURYS WERE INVOLVED. NO INTERRUPTION OF VENTILATION OCCURRED.
INJ WORKING ON #4 MAIN BELT USING A COME-ALONG TO PULL THE BELT TOGETHER AFTER THE BELT BROKE.THE AREA WAS DAMP AND 40" HIGH.FELT PAIN IN CHEST WHILE PULLING THE BELT TOGETHER.
THE AREA WAS DAMPAND 38" HIGH. THE INJURED WAS CHANGING WORN OUT BELT IDLERS ALONG #3 MAIN BELT AS HE WAS TAKING OUT THE OLD ROLLER HE PINCHED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN IT AND THE BELT STRUCTURE.
INJURED WAS MOVING A SPAREPART IN OUTSIDE SHOP TO TAKE UNDERGROUND WHILE MOVING IT.THE PART ROLLED ONTO HIS RING FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING IT TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND THE SPA RE PART.(CONVEYOR MATERIAL FOR JOY 21SC).
36" BOLTS ON 4' CENTERS BEING UTILIZED IN THE FALL AREA. FALL OCCURRED IN THE 1ST W. BUTT SECTION @ SPAD LOCATION 3+00, 3RD X-CUT OUTBY THE LAST OPEN X-CUT. FALL OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY THROUGH X -CUT #3 TO #2 & INBY #2 APPROX. 40', 41/2' HIGH. NO INTERRUPTION OF VENTILATION, NO INJURYS, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.
THE INJURED WAS WORKING ALONG 3 MAIN BELT THE AREA WAS WET AND LOW HE WAS REPLACING BELT AND ROLLERS AND CRAWLING ON HIS KNEES.
INJURED WAS ROLLING 36" CONVEYOR. BELT OUT TO MAKE A SPLICE WHILE PUSHING ON ROLL AND TWISTED LOWER BACK. AREA WAS FLAT AND DRY.
INJURED WAS WORKING ONA 3-B MANSTRIP, REPLACING HTE FRONT WHEEL, THE MANTRIP WAS JACKED UP AND BLOCKED. HE WAS UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END AND WHEN HE LIFTED THE WHEEL HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
STRUCK FINGER WITH HAMMER
YWHILE PLASTERING BRATTICE WALLS ALONG THE TRAVEL WAY OF 2ND NORTH MAIN SECTION INTAKE, HE GOT B-BOND ON BOTH HANDS AND THEY BECAME INFLAMMED AND IRRIATATED.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON THE MARK 22 MINER, REPLACING THE SPEED REDUCER. WHILE LIFTING ON IT TO GET IT IN PLACE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
THE INJURED WAS PULLING #2, MAIN BELT TOGETHER WITH A RED DEVIL COM-A-LONG AND THTE COM-A-LONG BROKE STRIKING THE INJURED ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL ONTO 3 MAIN BELT AT BELT DRIVE WHEN HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE WITH THE SHOVEL, HE WAS KNEELING ON HIS KNEES AT THE TIME.
THE INJURED WAS OPERATING THE JOY 21SC AND THE RUNWAYS WERE BUMPY AND MUDDY. AFTER DRIVING THE JOY 21 SC FOR 2 HOURS HE COMPLAINED OF HAVING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INJ HAS ACQUIRED AN INFECTION IN PROSTATE FROM THE RUNNING OF A SHUTTLE CAR,FROM THE CONSTANT JARRING OF THE SHUTTLE CAR OVER BUMPS.
THE INJURED WAS HELPING MOVE POWER AT THE FACE AREA OF 2ND NORTHEAST BELT SECTION WHILE MOVING POWER CBALE.FOR THE BRIDGE UNTI ACROSS THE BELT HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK-HEIGHT WAS 40 INCH ES AND WET BOTTOM.
INJ GETTING OFF BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK AND SLIPPED
WHILE SHOVELING COAL ALONG #1 MAIN BELT.INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AREA WHILE HE WAS LIFTING SHOVEL LOADED WITH COAL ONTO BELT.
THE AREA WAS LOW AND WET-ROOF STRAPS WERE BEING INSTLALLED IN THE AREA AND 1 STRAP WAS HANGING DOWN. THE INJURED CRAWLED INTO THE STRAP HITTING IT WITH HIS HEAD.
CRAWLING IN SECTION SERVICING EQUIP AND L KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL AND HAVE PAIN
WHILE THE INJURED WAS OPERATING THE MBC HE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON A ROCK ON THE BOTTOM ALONG SIDE THE MBC.
THE INJURED RAN THE S & S SCOOP OVER A HUMP ON THE BOTTOM CAUSING HIS HEAD TO BE SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE SCOOP SEAT AND THE ROOF.
PULLING MINER CABLE BUMPED L KNEE
HE WAS HELPING ON THE MINER, PULLING CABLE AND CRAWLING ON HIS KNEES, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
WHILE OPERATING THE S&S SCOOP (BATTERY POWERED). AFTER STOPPING THE SCOOP THE OPERATOR SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHILE GETTING OUT OF SAME.
INJURED WAS OPERATING THE MBC ALONG THE RAPID HAUL BELT AS HE WAS TRAMMING THE MBC HE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MBC AND THE COAL RIB CAUSING HIMN TO BE SQUEEZED AND PINCHED.
INJURED WAS OPERATING THE OFF STD SHUTTLE CAR AND HIS HEAD STRUCK THE ROOF CAUSING HIM TO GET BRUCH BURNS ON HIS FOREHAD AND TO PULL A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.
INJURED WAS IN SCOOP CHARGING STATION IN SHOP PUTTING OIL IN THE REAR END OF SCOOP, WHEN HE LIFTED HIS ARM TO PUT MORE OIL IN. HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW OF HIS RIGHT ARM AGAINST THE COVER PLATE ON T HE SCOOP.
INJURED WAS CRAWLING ON HANDS & KNEES & HIS RT KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL
INJURED WAS CRAWLING ON HANDS AND KNEES AND HIT RIGHT KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL.
INJURED WAS CRAWLING ON HANDS AND KNEES IN WEST MAIN SECTION HIS LEFT KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL CAUSING WATER ON THE KNEES.
INJURED WHILE CRAWLING IN SECTION NOTICED THAT HIS LEFT KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL (APPARENTLY CAUSING WATER ON THE KNEE).
INJ WAS RIDING ON 3-B MANTRIP MANTRIP STRUCK BUMP & INJ HIT RIGHT LOWER RIB CAGE ON MANTRIP CAUSING RIBS TO BE BRUISED.
THE INJURED WAS DRIVING THE 3-D MANTRIP AND HE SEEN THAT THE AREA WAS LOW AND THOUGHT HIS MANTRIP WOULD CLEAR, WHEN MANTRIP CAUGHT THE ROOF COAL HE COULD NOT GET IT STOPPED, SO HE ROLLED OFF T HE MANTRIP HITTING HIS RIGHT SIDE ON ROOF, CAUSING THE ONE OF HIS RIBS TO CRACK.
INJURED WAS DRIVING A MANTRIP. WHILE DRIVING HIS HEAD STRUCK THE ROOF. THE AREA WAS LOW CLEARANCE UNDER 36") FORCING HIS HEAD BACK INTO SHOULDERS, CAUSING NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT HAND AND PAIN I N CHEST, FRONT LEFT SHOULDER.
WHILE CRAWLING INSECTION, BOTH EMPLOYEE'S KNEE BEGAN TO HURT AND RIGHT KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL.
WHILE MOVING AN OXYGEN TANK THE INJURED EMPLOYEE CAUGHT THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE TANK & A CEMENT BLOCK HE SUSTAINED A SMASHED LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND & ALSO THE NA IL WAS PARTIALLY T ORN OFF