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EMPLYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS UP ON BRAKE UNIT AND HAD PAIN IN BACK.
EE WAS STANDING ON 5 GALLON BUCKET TO HUANG CURTAIN FELL OFF BUCKET AND BRUISED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TIMBER & HAD PAIN IN LOWER BACK
ROOF FALL APPROX. 18FT WIDE, 100 FT LONG AND 10 FT HIGH OCCURRED IN OLD ABANDONED MAINS, 180 FT LUTBY SPAD 699.
EE WAS LIFTING 4" WATER LINE WITH UPPER PART OF BACK AND INJURED NECK.
A ROOF FALL APPROX 100FT LONG 20FT WIDE & 21FT HIGH OCCURRED IN THE ABANDONED MAINS ROOF FALL FELL UP TO RIDER SEAM LOCAT ED 180FT INBY SPAD #718 MINING HAD CEASED IN THIS AREA PRIOR TO THIS ROOF FALL DUE TO ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS
A ROOF FALL APPROX 20FT LONG 20FT WIDE & 8FT HIGH OCCURRED IN THE ABANDONED MAINS LOCATED 90FT INBY SPAD 718 MINING HAD CEASED IN THIS AREA PRIOR TO ROOF FALL DUE TO ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS
ROOF FELL APPROX. 30' LONG., 20' WIDE AND 9' HIGH.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN HOLE AND TWISTED LEFT HIP.
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL WAS APPROX 20' LONG, 18'W, AND 9' HIGH, 180' INBY SPAD #683.
ROOF FALL WAS APPROX. 80' LONG X 18' WIDE X 9' HIGH IN AN ABANDONED AREA. ROOF FALL WAS UP TO RIDER SEAL IN PLACES. PRIOR TO THIS OCCURENCE MINING HAD CEASED IN THIS AREA DUE TO ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS.
PIECE OF RCOK FELL OUT OF TOP, HIT COANOPY, BROKE UP AND ONE PIECE OF ROCK HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT RIB CAGE.
ROOF HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 5' HI-TECH BOLTS. MINES CHANGED TO 6' PT. ANCHOR BOLT APPROXIMATELY1 1/2 YEARS TO IMPROVE ANCHORAGE OF BOLT.
ROOF FALL WAS 20' WIDE, 20' LONG AND 7' HIGH ROOF WAS VERY FRAGILE AND HAD BEEN ABANDONED.
AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED WHERE SOFT FRAGILE TOP EXISTED. TOP WAS TO FRAGILE TO SUPPORT.
EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM BRAKE DISC ON SHUTTLE CAR USING A LONG-HANDLED RATCHET WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED, STRIKING EE ON FACE (MOUTH).
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING RIGHT SIDE OF DRILL & LET DRILL HEAD DOWN ON RIGHT KNEE.
ROOF FALL WAS APPROX. 18' WIDE, 40' LONG AND 5' HIGH, LOCATED 20' INBY SPAD #171.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF LOADER AND FELL DOWN LADDER ON SIDE OF LOADER. EMPLOYEE INJURED LEFT HIP AND LEG.
96660FALL WAS APPROX 20FT WIDE 20FT LONG & 5FT TO 7FT HIGH FALL WAS APPROX 5000FT OUTBY FACE LOCATED 90FT INBY SPAD #77
AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED.TOP ROAD CRIBS OUT AND FELL ON BELT LINE.
RF FALL 30'L 20'W 9'H
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING TIMBERS WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
ROOF FELL APPROX. 70' LONG, 10-12' HIGH, 17-18' WIDE UP TO RIDER SEAM.
RF CONDITIONS CHANGED AND RF BOLT WASNT ANCHORING PROPERLY 60'L 8-10'H 18'W
ROOF CONDITIONS CHANGED AND ROOF BOLT WASNT ANCHORING PROPERLY IT THIS AREA FALL WAS APPROX 100 LONG 8-10 HIGH AND 18 FT WIDE.
ROOF FAIL, 40'L 18'W 7' H IN BREAK BETWEEN #3 AND #4 HEADING
ROOF FALL WAS APPROX. 450' LONG, 13'-16' HIGH, AND 20' WIDE. FALL WAS CAUSED FROM HIGH OVERBURDEN AND SMALL SEAM INTERVAL BETWEEN THE TWO SEAMS.
EMPL WAS WALKING IN SEAM HEIGHT OF APPROX 42" WITH HEAD TURNED TO ONE SIDE & STRUCK LEFT EAR AGAINST DISLODGED ROOF BOLT PLATE.
ROOF FELL 6' 8' H 40 50' L AND 16' W 4' RESIN BOLTS USED 1200' OUTBY FACE 20' INBY SPAD
MOVING MINER HIT HEAD AGAINST ROOF
EE WAS LIFTING BAG OF ROCKDUST AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
ROOF FELL APPROX 4-6FT HIGH 18FT WIDE & 40FT LONG IN THE CAVITY OF OLD ROOF FALL @ SPAD#973
ROOF FELL APPROX. 8-10 FT HIGH 45 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE DUE A FAULT IN THE ROOF.
MINING IN FAULT AREA WITH SLIPS IN ROOF. INTERSECTION FELL OUT WHERE SLIPS PLANES WERE LOCATED. A 20 X 20 INTERSECTION FELL APPROX. 5-6' HIGH.