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MINE NO LONGER HAS A WORKING SECTION EQUIPMENT WAS BEING REMOVED FROM MINE MINE SUPERINTENDENT ALONG WITH TWO FEDERAL MINE INSPECTORS WERE MAKING ROUNDS & FOUND A ROOF FALL 300FT OUTBY 001 SEC TION IN #2 ENTRY FALL WAS 60FTIN LENGTH & 18FT WIDE & 5 TO 6FT HIGH
PRESHIFT EXAMINER FOUND ROOF FALL AT #5 BREAK IN #4 INTAKE ENTRY. FALL WAS APP. 16' LONG, 12' WIDE, 5-6' HIGH.
54736YEE WAS CROSSING OVER A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
96660FALL LOCATED AT #7 BREAK IN #2 ENTRY THROUGH X-CUT AND ACROSS #3 BELT ENTRY APP 80' LONG 20' WIDE 6-7' HIGH.
38509OCK FALL LOCATED IN #8 BREAK IN #2 MAIN ENTRY IS APP 20X30" 6 TO 8' HIGH.
38920ROOF FALL IS LOCATED AT THE #5 BREAK #2 ENTRY IT IS APPROX 20FT IN LENGTH 20FT IN WIDTH & 5 TO 6FT IN HEIGHT
54736YEE WAS LIFTING 7X9 CROSS COLLERS
ROOF FALL IS APPROX 18FT IN WIDTH 30FT IN LENGTH & 5 TO 6FT IN HEIGHT TAPERING TO 6 TO 12 INCH AT OTHER EDGE A CORP HOLE & SLIPS IN THIS INTERSECTION IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE CONTRIBING FA CTOR FOR THIS ROOF FALL
VICTIM WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS & WAS HOLDING DRILL STEEL & STEEL KICKED BACK PUTTING PRESSURE ON ARM & BREAKING ARM
ROOF FALL OCCURERED IN 4 ENTRY 2ND BREAK OUTBY FACE AREA WAS KNOWN TO BE BAD AND FALL AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF BEFORE FALL OCCURRED NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONS WAS INVLOVED THIS AREA HAS BEEN WITHDRA WN FROM.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN BELT ENTRY(#3) LOCC AND COVERED UP EIMCO TWIN ROOF BOLTER.NO REASONS WERE INVOLVED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
EE WAS DRILLING ROOF OF MINE FOR ROOF BOLT INSTATION WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE ROCK APPROX. 12 INCH X 6 INCH FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
THIS ROOF FALL WAS APPROX 20FT WIDE X35FT LONG & 6FT IN HEIGHT TAPERING TO 1FT TO 2FT AT THE OWNER EDGES ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORT HAD BEEN USED IN THE INTERSECTION PRIOR TO THE ROOF FALL
ROOF BOLTING FINISHED DRILLING, HIT THE LEVER WITH FOOT THE WRENCH ROTATED STRIKING L ARM CAUSING FRACTURE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FMC 300 ROOF BOLTER IN LOW COAL AND SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING CONVEYOR CHAIN ON SHUTTLE CAR THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO PULL A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER BOLTING UP A BROWER WHEN THE MINE ROOF HAD FALLEN OUT AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK.
COAL WAS BEING MINED WITH A 101 JEFFERY MIENR AND IT WAS PARKED IN X-CUT BETWEEN #2 TO #3 ENTRY IN LAST OPEN BREAK AT APP 2:30 PM ON 7-18-91 IT WAS REPORTED ON PRE-SHIFT ON 9-19-91 THAT AROCK FALL HAD OCCURRED. BETWEEN SHIFTS IN #2 ENTRY AND RIGHT X-CUT TO #3 CONVENING UP THE 101 MINER FALL WAS 55X16X16.
EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBEL SHOOTING A MECHANICAL PROBLEM ON A 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS CRAWLING ON TOP OF THE MACHINE OR REACHING UP OVER IT AND STRAINED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE WORKED 12 1/2 HIS ON 9-9-91 11 1/2 HOURS ON 9-10-91 AND WENT TO DR. ON 9-11-91 AND HAS NOT RETURNED.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 ENTRY OF FIRST RIGHT PANEL OFF #3 BELT IN INTERSECTION IN CROSSCUT RIGHT HANDED 20' WIDE AND APP 35' LONG AND 4 1/2' HIGH.TIMBERED AND CRIBBED FALL AND PULLED OUT OF PANEL.
ROOF FALL #3 ENTRY ON RETURN SIDE OF #20 BRK IN INTERSECTION.25' X 30' X 5'.NO EQUIP INVOLVED AND WONT BE CLEANED UP.TIMBERED ENDS OF FALL AND DANGER SIGNS.
A ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN #4 ENTRY 2 BREAKS FROM OUTSIDE. THE FALL WAS APPROX 30 FT LONG AND 20 FT WIDE NAD 5 FT HIGH. THE AREA HAS BEEN CROSS COLLAR AND IMBLIEVED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING 5TO MAKE A CONVEYOR BELT SET UP & MASHED FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STRUCTURE
ROCK FALL ON #3 BELT LINE AT #18 BREAK. STARTED IN INTERSECTION 45' LONG 20' WIDE 6' HIGH.