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EE WAS FIRE BOSSING THE BELTS, WALKING ALONG #2 BELT, CAUGHT RIGHT EAR ON ROOF BOLT - CUTTING EAR FROM SKULL OUT.
EE WAS SETTING ROOF BOLTS, PINCHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOLT STEEL.
EE WAS TURNING POWER POLE AROUND ON THE TRACK JEEP WHILE STANDING IN THE DECK. POLE WAS WET. INJURED WAS WEARING GLOVES. FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK 11-6-96.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING CRIBS ON TOP OF CANOPY ON OUTSIDE INTAKE AND FELL OFF INJURING BACK. FIRST DAY OFF WORK OCTOBER 8, 1996.
ROOF FALL IN THE RETURN AIR COURSE, IN THE #1 ENTRY 20 FEET OUTBY SURVEY STATION #3051. APPROX 5FEET THICK AND 15 FEET LONG. BREAKER TIMBERS WERE SET AND ENTRY DANGERED OFF.
EE STATED HE WAS WALKING OFF THE SECTION ON THE INTAKE ROADWAY TO THE MANTRIP SLIPPED ON SLICK BOTTOM FELL INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM.
ROOF FALL IN THE FACE AREA #3 ENTRY 2 BREAKS INBY #3070 APPROX 3'-4' THICK AND 7'LONG. DANGERED OFF. INTERSECTION BACK 40' FALL 3'-5' HIGH AND 20'WIDE.
EE WAS CUTTING BIT LUGS OFF MINER HITTING ON ONE BIT LUG TO KNOCK IT LOOSE AND A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND.
ROOF FALL 1, CROSSCUT 1-2, #2 ON THE FACE OF MAINS SECTION ROOF FALL 2 TO 3 FT THICK, SLIP ACROSS 1-2, 42" BOLTS SET IN AREA.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN MAINS SECTION--#6 ROOM WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER...
ROOF FALL--STATION 233 2 BREAKS INBY, STATION 234 3 BREAKS INBY, STATION 3009 2 BREAKS INBY, STATION 3008 1 BREAK INBY. ROOF FALL WAS TIMBERED OFF--MINE SEALS INSTALLED.
EMP WAS OPERATING STANDARD JOY 10SC SHUTTLE CAR WHEN SHUTTLE CAR ROOFED OUT. BROKE LEGS OFF OF CANOPY. CANOPY FELL ON OPERATOR.
EE WAS WATCHING MINER CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF RIB COAL FELL HITTING HIM ON THE LOWER BACK - PUSHING HIM DOWN TO MINE FLOOR. EE FINISHED SHIFT AT 1:30AM ON 4/3/96.
EE STATES HE PULLED A MUSCLE WHILE PULLING MINERCABLE - INJURY NOT REPORTED BEFORE EE LEFT AT END OF SHIFT - INJURY NOT REPORTED UNTIL 1:30PM ON 2/8/96 BY PHONE - INJURY IN QUESTION.
ROOF FALL AT NO 6 ENTRY ON SECTION MMU-005 FROM SURVEY STATION 248 TO 268. ROOF FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP- FALL WAS CRIBBED OFF.
EE STATED HE HAD RUN OVER A PIECE OF 4" ALUMINUM PIPE, CAUSING THE SHUTTLE CAR TO BUMP AGAINST THE BOTTOM, HURTING HIS ELBOW, BACK AND NECK.
EMP WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR ON THE MAINS SECTION, HAULING COAL & BRUISED HIS KIDNEYS.
EE WAS WALKING THRU THE ENTRY GOING TO THE MINE PHONE HIT HEAD ON A RIB BOARD.
EE WAS OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR ON THE SECTION WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OFF THE CORNER MASHED & BRUISED LEFT LEG & FOOT
EE TRIPPED ON THE RAIL WHILE CARRING A BAG OF SAND FELL TO FLOOR INJURING LEFT SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS WALKING TO THE MAINS SECTION-SLIPPED AND FELL-INJURING LEFT SIDE OF RIB CAGE.
EE WAS WALKING INTAKE FROM OUTSIDE THE MINES TO MAINS SECTION, SLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES. HURTING BACK.
EE WAS CUTTING A PLASTIC LID OUT OF A OIL CAN POCKETKNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.
EE WAS CUTTING METAL OFF OF A SHUTTLE CAR METAL FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT THUMB.
EE WAS GETTING A CAN OF OIL OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET, HIS KNEE PAD SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO INJURE HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING CINDER BLOCKS INTO A SCOOP AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
BELT EXAMINER FOUND FALL AT APPROXIMATELY 8:20 AM LOCATED ON #2 BELT AT SPAD 132. FALL EXTENDED BETWEEN STOPPINGS AND LENGHT OF INTERSECTION(APPROXIMATELY 20' LONG). AREA HAD BEEN CRIBED IN PA ST AND TIMBERS SET ALSO. SLIP RAN ACROSS AREA UPWARD APPROX. 12-14'. 5' GLUE BOLTS HAD BEEN SET AREA WAS DEVELOPED 1983-84. DAMAGE WAS TO BELT ONLY.
EE WAS MINING FIRST CUT IN #2 HEADING. MINER BITS WOULD NOT REACH THE TOP LEAVING ABOUT ONE FOOT OF HEAD COAL. HEAD COAL FELL HITTING EE ON RIGHT FOOT AND ANKLE.
INJURED WAS THROWING ROCK OUT OF THE HEAD HOUSE AND FELL OUT THE DOOR APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 FEET DROP.
55061S TRYING TO CHISEL A NUT OFF OF THE CARRIER BEARING ON THE MINER HIT HIS HAND WITH THE HAMMER FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS 07-30-92
EE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP OFF SECTION RAN OVER POST IN THE ROAD CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY ROOF
I.NAME TAKING BOLTS OUT OF A PANEL ON MINER,HURT BACK.
INJURED BEGAN MISSING WORK AGAIN ON 4-14-92 FOR A REOCCURANCE OF THIS INJURY.
LIFTING BOX OF GLUE HURT BACK
INJURED WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON CAN OF WATER. PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK. FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS 1-16-92. NO WORK WAS SCHEDULED FOR 1-14-92 OR 1-15-92.
INJURED WAS LIFTING CINDER BLOCKS. SPRAINED BACK.
ROOF FAILURE IN SECTION 0-005 RETURN RESULTING IN PARTIAL OBSTRUCTION OF ENTRY & REDUCED AIR FLOW.
HE WAS WALKING ALONG BELT AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE HARDHAT. THE ROCKWAS APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES.
I.NAME PUTTING DRILL STEEL BACK ON BOLTER.RIB ROLLED INJURING RIGHT ARM AND LEFT LEG.
EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER-COAL FELL FROM RIB STRIKING LEFT HAND, RESULTING IN BROKEN BONES.