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ROOF FALL: 20' X 20' X 8'. MAW MAW MAINS SECTION, MMU 001-0, NO. 9 ENTRY (RETURN). FALL IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 220' OUTBY SURVEY STATION NO. 617. DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF MEN . WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. ENTRANCES HAVE BEEN CRIBBED. 6' CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS HAD BEEN USED FOR SUPPORT.
PICKING UP BELT RAIL STRUCTURE. STRAINED BACK.
INJURED WAS PULLING ROCK DUSTER/TRACTOR. WAS TURNING IN CROSSCUT AND HIT CORNER OF BLOCK. RIB TURNED OVER ON OPERATOR, BREAKING BONE IN RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PUTTING IN BELT STRUCTURE DURING BELT MOVE AND SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
PULLING ROCK DUSTER WITH BATTERY TRACTOR. EE EITHER RAN OVER OR MACHINE CAUGHT AN UNSEEN BELT ROLLER THAT WAS LYING NEAR ROADWAY THE BELT ROLLER FLIPPED UP AND CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT HAND LYIN G ON FRAME OF BATTERY TRACTOR, INJURING HIS RIGHING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING ON BACKBOARD FOR BELTHEAD, BACKBOARD FELL OFF BELT ON TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND, BREAKIGN HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CRAWLING ACROSS BELTWHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON WET MINE FLOOR, CAUSINGHIM TO HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON BELT STRUCTURE.
COAL DRILL OPERATOR STATED THAT HE HAD PULLED STEEL BACK TO CLEAN HOLE OUT. AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE STARTED AUGER, EE PUT HIS HAND ON THE AUGER. THE AUGER CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HIS HAND AND ARM AROUND STEEL.
MINER FELL NEAV SPAD #99
EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE, LIFTED BELT ROLLER OUT OF CAR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND SIDE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CRAWLING AROUND SHUTTLE CAR, HIS KNEE WAS ON THE EDGE OF A HALF HEADER WHEN IT ROLLED OFF, TWISTING HIS KNEE.
ROOF FALL 35' X 20' X 3'. LOCATED APPROX 500 FT OUTBY FACES. 3RD RT MMU 005-0, NO. 4 ENTRY INTAKE 1 BREAD INBY SPAD 1717. DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OF PASSAGE OF MEN. AREA DEVELOPED APPROX 5- 1-94. 36" CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS HAD BEEN USED FOR SUPPORT. FELL AT ANCHORAGE POINT. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. ENTRANCES TO FALL HAVE BEEN TIMBERED.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE. HE LIFTED STAND AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CRAWLING AROUND BOLTER TO TRAM MACHINE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE ON A ROCK.
EE STATED THAT HE PICKED UP A CASE OF BATTERY WATER AND TWISTED HIS BACK WHEN HE SET WATER ON BATTERY.
LUNG CONDITION THAT MAY HAV ERESULTED FROM EXPOSURE TO DUST.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE MINER AND A ROCK WAS HUNG IN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN. HE WAS TURNING A RIGHT CROSSCUT. HE REVERSED THE CONVEYOR CHAIN AND THE CHAIN CAME UP OUT OF THE BOOM AND OVER INTO THE DECK WHERE HE WAS SITTING, HITTING HIM ON THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER, AS HE WAS BACKING OUT, HE STOPPED AND GOT OFF THE MACHINE TO MOVE THE CABLE. HE PICKED UP THE ROPE HOOKED TO HIS CABLE AND PULLED I T OVER TO THE MACHINE. HE SLIPPED AS HE WAS PULLING AND FELL AGAINST THE HOOK INBY THE DECK AND BRUISED HIS RIBS. *FIRST DAY OFF - 1/10/94.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLAODING BOLTS OUT OF SCOOPY BUCKET WHE HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.
TWO ELECTRICAN WERE TIGHTENING BOLTS IN A WHEEL UNIT ON A SHUTTLE CAR EE INJURED EE WAS LYING ON HIS LEFT SIDE, REACHING IN AND HOLDING RATCHET ON BOLTS OTHER HAD A CHEATER PIPE ON RATCHET TOR QUENING BOLTS. CHEATER PIPE SLIPPED OFF AND RATCHET HIT EE IN RIGHT RIB CAGE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR IN LOW ENTRY, ROUGH ROADWAY WITH WATER. SHUTTLE CAR CAME OUT OF HOLE ONTO HIGH SPOT AND EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER IN TOP.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING MANTRIP WHEN HE HIT A HOLE, CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON TOP. STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN NECK.
EMPLOYEE (ROOF BOLTER) BACKED INTO INTERSECTION TO STRAIGHTEN HIS CABLE. SHUTTLE CAR HAULING OUT OF NO.4 ENTRY CAME THROUGH FLY AND HIT THE BOLTER IN THE SEAT AREA WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MACHINE. APRON FROM CABLE HIT EMPLOYEE (BOLTER) IN UPPER RIB AREA UNDER LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO PUT HEAD SHAFT IN FEEDER MISSED HITTING SPROCKET WITH HAMMER PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT ARM FIRST DAY OFF 08-30-93
A LARGE SECTION OF ROOF (SLIP HORSEBACK) FELL JUST AFTER LOADING THE FIRST SHUTTLE CAR OF THE PILLAR PUSHOUT IN NO. 4 ENTRY AT SURVEY STATION NO. 1288. THE ROOF FALL WAS ONE LARGE SECTION AND WAS APPROX. 18' WIDE, 0-8' THICK AND AT LEAST 50' LONG. THE ROOF WAS A SLICKENED SIDED SLIP (HORSEBACK) THAT WAS UNDETECTABLE AND FELL WITHOUT WARNING. THE ROOF FELL ON THE CONTINOUS MINING MA
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE WAS BOUNCED INTO THE TOP SPRAINING HIS NECK. EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSICIOUS.
ROOF FELL ON CONTINUOUS MINER (REMOTE CONTROL) WHILE MING PILLAR PUSH-OUT. NO INJURIES. SIZE: 15' X 12' X 30". 36" CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS AND POSTS WERE USED AS SUPPORTS. DID NOT AFFECT VENT ILATION OR PASSAGE OF MEN. DEVELOPED APPROX. 4-15-93. LOCATION JAMES MAINS 002-0, NO. 7 ENTRY- INTAKE- 140' INBY SURVEY STATION NO. 275. CLEAN UP JUST ENOUGH TO FREE CONT. MINER. PLAN POSTED.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING LOAD ON TRUCK WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS BACK. *FIRST DAY OFF 6/8/93.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO SECTION IN MANTRIP WHEN A LOW HANGING CHECK FLY BOARD CAUGHT THE TOP OF HIS HAND- SPRAINING HIS NECK.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR COMING OFF DUMP HE LOOKED BACK TO SEE IF BOOM WAS DOWN AND HIT HIS HEAD ON FLY BOARD SPRAINING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PUTTING HIS LAST BOLT UP IN #2 FACE, STARTED TO DRILL WHEN A KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT, HITTING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS REACHING ACROSS BOLTER TO GET A BOX OF RESIN. HE SLIPPED AND HIS KNEE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE ATRS LEVER, DROPPING THE ATRS ON THE EMPLOYEE- STRAINING HIS NECK.
EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS GOING ACROSS THE FRONT OF FEEDER, FEEDER WAS DOWN TO RETURN TO HIS SHUTTLE CAR. ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR STARTED UP HIS CAR & PULLED UP TO THE FEEDER HITTING THE EMPLS RIGHT LEG.
#3 PILLAR BLOCK, EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING AWAY FROM FALLING TOP WHEN HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND-SPRAINING HIS WRIST.
FOUND ROOF FALL IN NO.3 ENTRY-INTAKE-AT SURVEY STATION 1609-FEB 10, 1993 AT 10:00AM. SIZE=35'X20'X3-4'. LOCATED APPROX. 1,000 FT OUTBY FACES. NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. 30" COVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS & STEEL STRAPS HAD BEE USED AS SUPPORTS. FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE HORIZON OF BOLTS. DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF MEN. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. ENTRANCES TIMBERED OFF.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING ON CONVEYOR CHAIN OF CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE FELT PAIN & LUMP IN LEFT GROIN FIRST DAY OFF 03-01-93
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BOLTING NO. 6 ENTRY WHICH HAD A SLIP RUNNING UP THE MIDDLE OF THE ENTRY WHEN A ROCK FELL, HITTING HIS BACK AND KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. EMPLOY EE BRUISED HIS BACK AND CHEST.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING OIL FROM NO.1 MANTRIP AND LOADING IT ON HIS MANTRIP. HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE MANTRIPS WHEN THE NO.1 MANTRIP DRIFTED BACK AGAINST THE OTHER MANTRIP, CATCH ING HIS LEG BETWEEN THEM.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TURNING TO PULL CABLE FF BOLTER REEL WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PICKING UP A CRIB BLOCK OFF BOLTER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
TIGHTENING STRAP ON TRUCK & STRAP BROKE LOST BALANCE HIT HEAD ON TRUCK BED
LUNG CONDITION THA6 MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM EXPOSURE TO DUST.
LUNG CONDITION THAT MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM EXPOSURE TO DUST.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DRILLING ON ROOF WHEN A ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A ROCK FELL ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER,HE FELL DOWN AND HURT HIS RIBS.
34570CONDITION THAT MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM EXPOSURE TO DUST
LIFTING RIPPER WHEEL ON MINER
LUNG CONDITION THAT MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM EXPOSURE TO DUST.