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EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON POT OF ROOF BOLTER, PUTTING BOLT IN HOLE. SLIPPED OFF OF POT STRADDLING IT. CAUSING INJURY TO RT. GROIN.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING VENTILATING CURTAIN TO ASSIST IN PASSAGE OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.MACHINE WAS INADVERTANTLY TRAMMED OVER HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN BELT HEADING 3 BREAKS INBY BELT FEEDER PREPARING TO HELP PUT TIRE AND WHEEL ON 10 SC.PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MADE OF SLATE(APP 3'X3'X3')FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF NOISE INJURY FOLLOWING SHIFT OF WORK.HEARING PROTECTION WAS AVAILABLE BUT NOT UTILIZED.HOSE FROM BLOWER MTR TO MUFFLER WAS REAPIRED NEXT SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE LOWERED ATRS CATCHING THUMB BETWEEN ATRS AND BOOM OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LET RED DEVIL OFF BY USING PIECE OF ROOF BOLT STEEL IN HANDLE.ROOF BOLT STEEL SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB DOWN LADDER OF CATEPILLAR FROM END LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND.
EMPLOEYE HAS REAPIRED TRAM CHAIN ON FEEDER.AS FEEDER WAS BEING TRAMMED EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING REPAIRED CHAIN.THE REPAIRED CHAIN BROKE AND A PIECE OF THE CHAIN STRUCK HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BETWEEN SCOOP AND COAL RIB AS SCOOP WAS BEING TRAMMED. DUE TO MUDDY CONDITIONA THE SCOOP SLID SIDEWAYS CAUSING SEVERAL BUNDLES OF ROOF BOLT PLATES TO SLIDE OFF TOP OF SCOO P AND STRIKE THE WALKING EMPLOYEE. THIS INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.
SETTING TIMBERS AND PIECE OF ROOF MATERIAL APPROX 3" X4" FELL STRIKING NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY BOOM OF JOY 12/3 CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE AS HE WALKED BETWEEN MINER BOOM AND COAL RIB.
EE WAS CHANGING OUT 42" BOTTOM CONVEYOR BELT ROLLERS WHEN HE COMPALINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS LOADING ONE JOINT OF 60# RAILROAD RAIL WITH TWO OTHER EES WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
SPLICING #1 BELT AND CUT LEFT HAND PALM BELOW THUMB WHILE CUTTING BELT.
LOADING SUPPLIES IN SCOOP AND CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A 6"X6" ROOF BOLT PLATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CABLE REEL ON 10SC SHUTTLE CAR. AS HE PULLED CABLE OFF REEL THE REEL AUTOMATICALLY TOOK UP PULLING HIS HAND INTO REEL BETWEEN REEL & ELECTRIC CABLE.
THE MEN WERE LOADED ON MANTRIP REEADY TO ENTER MINE.INJURED WAS STUNG ON THE NECK BY A BEE.WHEN HE ARRIVED ON THE #1 SECTION HE HAD A REACTION TO THE BEE STUNG.
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK (3FTX5FTX5IN) FELL FROM BETWEEN RIB & PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT STRIKING EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE WITH ROOF BOLTRER WHEN PIECES OF METAL DEBRIS STRUCK HIS EYE
WAS TRYING TO PUSH ROCK OFF OF MINER WITH FEET AND STRAINED BACK.
MINE EXPERIENCED A ROOF FALL APPROXIMATELY 50' L X 20' W X 6' H. FALL OCCURED IN #3 ENTRY 4500' FROM FACE. DID NOT INTERFERE WITH VENTILATION OR MOVEMENT OF MEN OR EQUIPMENT.
GETTING OUT OF SCOOP,SLIPPED HITTING LEFT KNEE ON SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BUNDLE OF 48" ROOF BOLTS IN HIS HANDS.HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON MUDDY MINE FLOOR.WHEN HE FELL HE EXTENDED HIS LEFT ARM TO CATCH HIMSELF AND BROKE HIS FALL.
MINE EXPERIENCED ROOF FALL DURING EDLE PERIOD. FALL WAS 6 BREAKS INBY 4 HEAD IN TRACK ENTRY, FALL MEASURED 20' W X 40' L X 6' H. DID NOT INT ERFERE WITH MINE VENTILATION. AREA HAS BEEN REHABILITATED SINCE FALL USING ROOF BOLTS ANCHORED IN SANDSTONE TOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN A RIB ROLL KNOCKED HIM TO MINE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL MINER CABLE (4/0GGC ROUND) FROM UNDER A ROCK WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT CONVEYORBELT.KNIFE SLIPPED OFF BELT AND EMPLOYEE CUT LEG.
BUILDING OVERCASTS WITH CINDERBLOCKS.STRAINED BACK LIFTING BLOCKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROCK 3'X3'X3" OFF ROOF BOLTER CABLE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT CONVEYOR WITH HAND HELD UTILITY KNIFE THE KNIFE WENT THROUGH THE BELTING AND INTO EMPLOYEES UPPER LEG.
ACCORDING TO FOREMAN'S REPORT-EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TOWARD SECTION,TRIPPED ON A ROCK AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE #1 SECTION IN THE FACE AREA AT THE #4 LEFT CROSSCUT INJURED SECTION FOREMAN/MINER OPERATOR WAS STRUCK AND TRAPPED BY FALLING ROOF MATERIAL CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEF T LEG PELVIS.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE #4 LEFT CROSSCUT IN THE FACE AREA OF #1 SECTION. THE INJURED, A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR, WAS THROWN AGAINST CANOPY WHEN ROOF FALL MATERIAL FELL IN LOADING END OF SHUTT LE CAR HE WAS OPERATING.
BOLTING #2 ENTRY LAST CROSSCUT AND A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 3 1/2' LONG BY 2" BY 4" THICK FELL OUT BETWEEN ATRS AND THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS STRIKING BOLT MACHINE OPERATOR ON HEAD,NECK AND SHOULDER .
WAS CARRYING FLY BOARD (1"X6"10') AROUND BOLT MACHINE AND SLIPPED FALLING ON LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER.
DRIVING BUSHING IN SHEAR JACK ON MINER A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF CHISEL AND THE METAL CHIP IMBEDDED IN LEFT EAR.
MINER CONVEYOR CHAIN WAS RIDING OVER COAL LODGED IN BOOM WHILE CLEANING COAL SEAM FROM HE STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING CHAIN WITH A SLATE BAR.
DRILLING HOLES IN BOTTOM FOR TAILPIECE ANCTOR PINS WITH HAND HYDRAULIC DRILL. T HE TWIST HUNG IN HOLE TWISTING HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER LOADING SHUTTLE CAR. PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX 36"X36"X2" FELL FROM BETWEEN PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT. DRAW ROCK FELL AT AN ANGLE ENTERING CANOPY OF MINE R AND STRUCK MINER OPERATOR.
REMOVING PIECE OF ROCK FROM MINER BOOM, ROCK FELL ON LEFT FOOT.
BELT HEAD BREAKER KNOCKED. HE WAS RUNNING TO PUT BREAKER BACK IN AND START BELT AND FELL ON RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.
LIFTING TIMBERS & STRAINED BACK.
REMOVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM CONTINUOUS MINER SHIELD AND A PIECE OF ROCKSCALE FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING IN BETWEEN SHOULDER.
CHANGING MINER BITS WITH A HAMMER. A CHIP CAME OFF THE HEAD OF HAMMER IMBEDDING IN 1ST KNUCKLE OF INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND. ONLY FIRST AID AND X-RAY WAS GIVEN ON FIRST DOCTOR VISIT. METAL CH IP WAS REMOVED ON 11/24/92.
54736YEE WAS SHOVELING AT #1 CONVEYOR BELT TAILPIECE WHEN SHOVEL HE WAS USING GOT PULLED INTO BELT. EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS KNEES.
49550EXPERIENCED ROOF FALL AT #4 CONVEYRO BELT TAKE UP. FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 60'X20'X5'TO 8'. NO INTERRUPTION TO VENTILATION OR MOVEMENT OF MEN, 4' RESIN BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED, FAL 30612 CALLED INTO LOCAL MSHA OFFICE.
54736YEE WAS USING #4 SHOVEL CLEANING ALONG WALKWAY SIDE OF #5 BELTLINE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN NOTE THE COMPANY CHALLENGES THE VACIDITY OF THIS ACCIDENT
FLASH BURN TO EYES AND NECK
EE WAS REMOVING WATER LINE FROM SECTION WATER CAR WHEN END OF WATER LINE STRUCK HIM IN MOUTH.
REPAIRING WATERLINE ON CONTINUOUS MINER,CHIP CAME OFF HAMMER HEAD STRIKING RIGHT FOREARM.