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EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. HE WAS INSTALLING BELT HANGERS AT X-CUT 22. HE WAS OPERATING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOLTER. HE NOTICED THAT WHILE DRILLING A HOLE THAT THE BOOM DI D NOT CONTIUED TO RAISE LIKE IT HIT SOMETHING HARD. HE LOWERED THE BOOM. REMOVED THE DRILL STEEL AND WAS TESTING THE BOOM TRAVEL. HE HAD THE DRILL STEEL IN HIS LEFT HAND AND AS HE LOWERED THE

ROOF FELL ON AN INACTIVE BELT LINE IN AN AREA THAT WAS NO LONGER BEING MINED. THE FALL WAS 17' WIDE 25' LONG 4 TO 6' HIGH. IT WAS IN THE ENTRY NOT AN INTERSECTION. IT WAS CAUSED BY THIN LAMINA TED SANDY SHALE WITH WATER DRIPPING OUT OF ROOF.THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

EE WAS OPERATING 16 COAL HAULER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. AS HE WAS TRAMMING FROM 3 ENTRY TO 4 ENTRY TO GET A LOAD, HE RAN OVER A ROCK THAT WAS LAYING JUST OUTBY THE LAST OPEN INTERSECTION. WHEN EE RAN OVER THE ROCK WITH THE BATTERY END LEFT WHEEL HE BOUNCED IN HIS SEAT. FIRST HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF HE THEN STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE CANOPY.

ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY BETWEEN XCUT 40-39 IN THE 32L2W UNIT IT FELL ABOUT 50' LONG, 19'W, AND ABOUT 6' HIGH. IT STARTED IN THE BLOCK & MOVED INTOINTERSECTION #39 THE ROOF IS LAMINATED SHALE WIT H SOME SMALL SLIPS IN ENTRY

UNDETECTED SLIP ABOVE ANCHORAGE FAILED CAUSING ROOF FALL ON BELT LINE. FALL 55' IN LENGTH 8 TO 18 FT WIDE, 5 FT HIGH FELL ON BELT. 65 OF BELT LINE DAMAGED.

EE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER BY REMOTE CONTROL INT EH FACE OF #6 ENTRY. HE HAD FINISHED CLEAN UP WITH THE MINER AND WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF THE CUT. EE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY COAL HAULER THAT WAS HUNG UP BEHIND THE MINER. E USED THE MINER TO PUSH THE COAL HAULER OUT OF THIS PLACE. THE MINER RODE UP ON THE TRAILER END OF THE HAULER CAUSING THE BACK END OF THE MINE

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED HELPING OTHERS HANG THE MINER CABLE AND WAS WALKING TO HIS COAL HAULER WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. HE STEPPED ON A FLAT ROCK AND IN TURN, HE HEARD HIS KNEE POP. EMPL OYEE SAID THAT HE FELT THE POP ON INSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE. HE DID NOT FALL DOWN. HE WALKED TO HIS HAULER WITH PAIN IN KNEE AREA. AFTER AN HOUR, KNEE CONTINUED TO SWELL. MEDICAL ATTENTION SAUGHT.

AS EE WAS DRIVING A STABLER COAL HAULER HE HIT AROCK IN THE ROADWAY WHICH CAUSED THE HAULER TO BOUNCE WHEN THE HAULER BOUNCED IT CAUSED THE EE TO BE JAMMED INTO THE SEAT & THEN STRUCK THE UND ER SIDE OF THE CANOPY THIS INCIDENT CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK. EE CON'T TO WORK WHILEGOING TO TREATMENT AFTER THE INCIDENT

EE HAD BEEN WALKING BELTS. HE WAS PARKED IN A XCUT WAITING ON COWORKER TO RETURN FROM THE SOUTH SEALS. EE NOTICED THE #15 MANTRIP WAS MAKING A NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA NEAR THE FRO NT OF THE MOTOR. SO HERAISED THE HOOD TO INVESTIGATE. WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, HE TAPPED N THE FAN BELT WITH HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. THE BELT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HIS FINGER AROUND THE

EE WAS CARRYING A SMALL ROLL OF BELTING ODWN THE STAIRS IN THE PREP PLANT. WHEN HE REACHED THE GROUND FLOOR, HE FORGOT THAT THERE WAS A 3" HIGH CONCRETE PAD THAT HE HAD TO STEP DOWN OFF OF. AS HE STEPPED FORWARD HE STEPPED ON THE EDGE OF THE PAD. THIS ACTION CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS RIDING IN ONE OF THE MIDDLE SEATS IN THE INBY END OF THE SLOPE CAR. HE & THE REST OF THE DAY SHIFT PRODUCTION CREWS WERE RIDING DOWN THE SLOPE AT THE START OF THE SHIFT. THE INBY SET OF TRACKS ON THE INBY CAR DERAILED CAUSING THE BACKOF THE SLOPE CAR TO SLIDE OVER STRIKING ONE OF THE STEEL SETS THAT LINE THE SLOPE THE SLOPE CAR CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP WITH ALL THE OF THE SAFET

THE DAY SHIFT CREWS WERE RIDING THE SLOPE CARS INTO THE MINE AT THE START OF THEIR SHIFT. THE INBY SET OF TRUCKS ON THE INBY CAR JUMPED OFF THE RAIL. THIS CAUSED THE INBY END OF THE CAR TO SLIDE INTO THE STEEL SETS THAT LINE THE SLOPE. THE CAR CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP WITH ALL THE SAFETY BRAKES WORKING PROPERLY. NO INJ DIRECTLY FROM IMPACT,BACK STRAIN REPT LATER. NO DAMAGE TO HOIS

EE AS OPERATING A BATTER COAL HAULER AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH A BATTERY SCOOP UP A HLL IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT BETWEEN ENTRY #5 & #6 HE WAS PUSHING WITH THE BATTERY END OF THE HAULER AGAINST THE BATTERY END OF THE SCOOP THEIR BUMPERS LOCKED AND AS THEY RAISED OVER THE HILL, EE'S HAULER SLIPPED OFF THE SCOOP BUMPER & SUDDENLY DROPPED THIS QUICK MOVEMENT RESULTED INA STRAIN TO EE NE

EE WAS HELPING EE STRAIGHTEN A WHEEL ON #12 COAL HAULER. EE WAS HOLDING ASLEDGE HAMMER WHILE EE WAS HITTING IT WITH ANOTHER SLEDGE HAMMER, EE'S HAMMERR GLANCED OFF OF EE'S HAMMER AND STRUCK T HE RUBBER TIRE, IT BOUNCED BACK HITTING EE IN THE MOUTH, THIS ACTION SPLIT OPEN EE'S LOWER LIP.

EE & COWORKER HAD JUST FINISHED BOLTING THE FACE OF #4 ENTRY. THEY BACKED THE BOLTER OUTBY NEAR THE LAST OPEN XCUT. COWORKER WAS SITTING IN THE CAB OF THE BOLTER, EE SAT DOWN NEXT TO THE LEFT RIB JUST OUTBY THE BOLTER AFTER 5 MINUTES OF LUNCH, A SECTION OF RIB ROLLED OUT STRIKING EE ON THE HEAD, NECK SHOULDERS AND BACK. THE RIB ROLL MEASURED 10' LONG X 3' HIGH X 15" THICK.

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF SPOTTING PINS THAT THE MINER HAD CUT OUT. HE HAD SWUNG HIS BOOM OUT & WAS HAVING ANOTHER EE PULL THE BOLTER FORWARD & OUTBY TO REACH A CUT OUT BOLT. EE WAS STANDING STRAD DLE OF A GOB PILE AS EE DROVE THE BOLTER FORWARDTHE BOLTER WHEEL RAN INTO A HOLE AND THE DRILL BOOM DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM CATCHING THE SIDE OF INJ EE'S FOOT UNDER THE FRONT OF THE DRILL POT.

EE FOUND THE FALL WHILE TRAVELING ON THE WEEKLY EXAM. THE 1 LEFT-2 WEST UNIT IS NO LONGER BEING MINED. THE FALL WA ABOUT 5 FEET HIGH ATHE TALLEST POINT. IT WAS ABOUT 18'W 45'L IT WAS IN THE 6 ENTRY BETWEEN CROSSCUT 15-16. THE FALL DID NOT EXTEND INTO EITHER INTERSECTION. FOUR FOOT BOLTS USED.

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO THE CAB OF HIS COAL HAULER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE ENTRANCE EDGE. AS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF HE FELT SOMETHING PULL OR TEAR IN HIS RT SHOULDER. HE HAS A BURNING SENSATION IN T HE BACK OF HIS SHOULDER AND PART WAY DOWN HIS BACK ON THE RT SIDE. HE STATED THAT IT IS PAINFUL TO RAISE HIS RT ARM ABOUT HEAD HIGH. ON 11-?-98 EE SAID HIS SHOULDER FELT BETTER, BUT HIS RT AR

EE AND CREW WERE RIDING OUT ON THE MANTRIP AT THE END OF THEIR SHIFT. AS THEY PASSED THE 2ND WEST BELT TRANSFER POINT, EE NOTICE A HOT HEAFD ROLLER BEARING WITH FLAMES STARTING TO DEVELOP. HE ALONG WITH OTHERS ON THE RIDE GRABBED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WENT TO TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION. AS THEY TRAVELED PAST THE #2 MAIN NORTH TAIL THEY SHUT OFF THE BELT. AS EE JUMPED OVER ONE

AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A COAL HAULER, HE FELT SOME DISCOMFORT ON HIS HAND INSIDE GLOVE. HE NOTICED A SPLINTER OR CUT ON TOP OF RIGHT FINGER. HE POPPED IT & PUT DISINFECTANT ON IT. THE FINGER CONTINUED TO SWELL & SHOW SIGNS OF REDNESS. EE HAS A HISTORY OF REACTION & SERIOUS INFECTION SO HE SOUGHT MEDICAL CARE.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOLTER IN UNIT 4. THEY WERE BOLTING A CROSSCUT. AS EE CARRYING ONE END OF A ROOF STRAP TO THE FRONTOF THE BOLTER HE STEPPED IN A HOLE OR RUT. HE ST ATED THAT WHEN HE STEPPED IN THE RUT THAT HIS FOOT WENT 1 WAY & HIS KNEE WENT THE OTHER WAY AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND. THE TREATING DR SAID HE TORE SOME CARTILAGE IN HIS KNEES

EE SAID THAT HE WAS TWISTING AND LIFTING WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE MINE ROOF. EE WAS BOLTING ON THE RT SIDE OF THE BOLTER. HE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING EITHER THE RIB BOLT IN THE LAST ROW OR THE SECOND TO LAST WHEN THE INCIDENTOCCURRED. AS HE WAS PUSHING THE 4' BOLT INTO THE HOLE IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DA

EE WAS TRYING TO PUSH 2 ROCKS OVER THAT THE BOLTER HAD PUSHED UP AS THEY ADVANCED TO THE NEXT ROW. THE ROCKS HAD STOOD UP AND EE WAS AFRAID THEYWOULD FALL ON HIS FEET. AS HE REACHED OUT TO PUS H THE ROCKS A SMALL ROCK ABOUT 1'X4"X1/2" THICK FELL FROM THE ROOF WHICH WAS ABOUT 10'HIGH. THE ROCK STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT FOREARM LACERATING IT IN THE PROCESS. IT REQD 6 STITCHES TO REPAIR

THEY WERE LEVELING THE PAN ON THE #5 MINER SO THAT THEY COULD REPLACE THE PAN HINGE BUSHINGS. THEY NEEDED 2 MORE HEADER BOARDS TO FINISH THE JOB. HE PICKED UP A T-SHAPED MINER OPERATOR'S SEAT AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF KNOCKING THE BOARDS APART WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. AS HE HIT THE BOARDS ON THE MINER TO SEPARATE THEM, THE TOP BOARD FOLDED OVER AND CRUSHED HIS THUMB CAUSING THE

EE HAD COME OUT OF THE MINE TO TAKE A SHOWER SO HE COULD ATTEND A FUNERAL. HE WAS WALKING INTO A BATHROOM STALL WHEN HE STUBBED IS FOOT ON THE CORNER OF THE BATHROOM STALL WALL. THE CONTACT OF HIS FOOT WITH THE WALL RESULTED IN A FRACTUREOF FOUR TOES ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEES HAD COMPLETED BOLTING 2/3 OF THE CROSSCUT FROM 4-5. THEY HAD JUST FINISHED A ROW AND HAD PULLED UP 3.5' TO START THE NEXT ROW. EE STARTED TO DRILL THE HOLE FOR HIS BOLT, A ROCK ABO UT THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FELL FROM THE AREA OF OF HIS DRILL STEEL. THE ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS HEEL, INJURING HIS ACHILLES TENDON. THE ROCK FELL FROM A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 9'.

EMPLOYEES HAD PULLED THE BOLTER INOT THE FACE OF#1 ENTRY AND SHUT IT OFF TO LISTEN TO THE TOP AND MAKE UP BOLTS. THE ATRS WAS ABOUT 2' FROM THE ROOF AND JUST INBY THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS. EE WAL KED UP TO THE LAST ROV OF BOLTS TO REMOVE THE DANGER FLAG. A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF ON EE'S SIDE STRIKING THE ATRS. THIS CAUSED THE ATRS TO SWING UP ON EE'S SIDE. THE STRAP HOLDER ON EE'S

THE UNIT 4 CREW WAS MOVING THE SECTION FOR THE 4 LEFT SUBPANEL TO THE 1 RIGHT PANEL. SOME OF THE CREW WAS MOVING THE MINER AND EE WAS FOLLOWING ALONG BEHIND DRIVING #20 MANTRIP. STOPPED THE MA NTRIP TO MOVE MINER CABLE. WAS GOING TO GET OUT WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLT STRAPS. PINNED EE IN HIS SEAT. EE HAD CONTUSIONS TO CHEST, BACK AND SHOULDER.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HANGING VENTILATION CURTAIN LINE IN A PLACE THEY HAD JUST BOLTED. HE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER HANGING THE CURTAIN. HE LOST HIS BALANCE ON THE LADDER AND FELL. AS HE FE LL HE HIT HIS FINGER ON THE RIB LACERATING IT. EE WAS USING TRI-LEG LADDER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

EE WAS CUTTING A 3" YELLOW PLASTIC PIPE WITH A HACK SAW. THE PIPE WAS EXTENDED THROUGH A STOPPING. EE HAD THE SAW IN HIS LEFT HAND AND WAS HOLDING A PUMP CABLE AWAY FROM THE CUT AREA WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE PIPE HAD SOME EXTERNAL PRESSURE ON IT FROM A ROOF ROCK LAYING ON IT ABOUT 6' TO 8' FROM STEVE'S LOCATION. AS STEVE CUT THROUGH THE PIPE THE END OF THE PIPE SPRANG UP STRIKING

EE WAS WASHING THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE PLANT. HE DETECTED SOME FUMES IN THE AIR. HE FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS FROM A NATURAL GASLINE TO A NEARBY HEATER. AS HE WAS BURNING OFF THE GAS HE NOTICED A C RACK IN THE SULFURIC ACID TANK LOCATED ABOUT 5 FT AWAY. EE TRIED TO STOP THE LEAK WHICH WAS THE SIZE OF A PIN. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE LEAK, SO HE APPLIED WATER TO THE AREA TO DILUTE THE

EE WAS HELPING LOAD ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES ONTO THE BOLTER. HE THREW A HANDFUL OF ROOF BOLTS ON TOP OF THE BOLTER. A SINGLE BOLT FORM THE BUNDLE HE THREW UP ON THE BOLTER FLIPPEDF BACK OFF THE BOL TER TOWARD HIM. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE END OF THE BOLT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIS MOUTH, BREAKING A CAP OFF OF ONE TOOTH AND CRACKING A TOOTH NEXT TO IT. TH ROOF BOLT WAS 4' LONG, REBAR.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FLETCHER BOLTER. HE HAD MADE UP A 6' GLUE BOLT WITH PLATE ON IT & HAD LEANED IT UP AGAINST THE RIB NEST TO HIS WORK AREA. AS EE LET THE DRILL POT D OWN ON THE MINE FLOOR IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PLATE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BOLT. THIS CAUSED THE UPPER END OF THE BOLT TO FLIP TOWARD THE BOLTER BOOM STRIKING EE ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD-EAR

EE HAD USED THE SECTION SCOOP TO CARRY SOME BOLT SUPPLIES UP TO THE BOLTER. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX OF ROOG BOLT GLUE WHICH WAS LAYING IN THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP. HE DOES NOT RECALL TWIS TING, JUST STRAIGHT LIFTING, AT THAT MOMENT A SHARP PAIN HIT HIM IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE DR. SAID EE HAD INJURED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A J-BOLT WHEN HIS CHANNLLOCKS SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT CHEEK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES ON THE ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS PLACING TWO BUNDLES OF ROOF BOLT PLATES ON THE BOLTER AS HE DROPPED THE BUNDLES OF PLATES ON THE BOLTER. A METAL SPLINTER OFF OF THE PLATES WENT THROUGH HIS GLOVE AND INTO HIS THUMB. WE TRIED TO DIG IT OUT AT THE MINE SITE BUT WE WERE NOT SUCESSFUL. THE SPLINTER HAD TURNED PARALLEL W/BONE & DR. HAD TO REMOVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS JUMPING OUT OF THE SCOOP WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER MIDDLE BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OPERATING A COAL HAULER. HE HAD GOTTEN IN THE SCOOP TO CLEAN THE ROADWAYS. AS HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF OUT OF THE SCOOP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WITH PAIN SHOOTING DOWN INTO HIS LEGS.

EE WAS BOLTING UP A STUMP IN THE #3 ENTRY. A PIECE OF THE STUMP BROKE OFF AND FELL, IT CAUGHT HE OFF GUARD AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE. THE BLOW CAUSED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 5 S TITCHES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE HEIGHT OF THE ENTRY IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS APPROX 10.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULER IN THE 1LMW SECTION INTHE LAST SET OF ROOMS. INJURED STATED THAT HE DID NOT RECALL AN INCIDENT THAT INJURED HIS BACK OTHER THAN NORMAL COAL HAULER OPERATIO NS.EMPLOYEE SAID THAT NECK AND BACK ARE STIFF AND HURT. DR. GAVE HIM RELEASE FOT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.

THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS STUCK IN THE #3 ENTRY BECAUSE THE ENTRY HAD PITCHED DOWNWARD CAUSING A RATHER STEEP HILL THAT WAS SOFT AND SLICK. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN DOWN ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES PLACING CRIB BLOCKS UNDER THE MINER TO ATTEMPT TO PULL IT OUT. THEY WERE READY TO PULL THE MINER SO EMPLOYEE GOT UP & STARTED TO WALK TO SAFE LOCATION.WHILE WALKING HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN R. KNEE.

EE WAS CARRYING SURVEY EQUIPMENT FROM MANTRIP TO POWER CENTER. HE WAS BEN OVER AND WALKING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE AND SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

ROOF FALL BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS-MAIN NORTH ENTRIES #7 ENTRY BETWEEN #5 &6 CROSSCUT OUTBY STATION#4394. IT WAS CAUSED BY 2 PARALLEL SLIPS IN THE ROCK STRATA. ALONG WITH ROLLING AND PITCH OF COA L AND ROCK 6'BOLTS & STRAPS WERE INSTALLED IN THIS AREA.

A FALL IN AN INTERSECTION WAS FOUND WHILE WALKING THE WEEKLY EXAM. THE FALL IS LOCATED IN THE 2 RETURN ENTRY AT CROSSCUT 31, 1ST WEST SUBMAIN. IT FELL ABOUT 5' HIGH 4' BOLTS WERE USED IN THIS AREA ALONG WITH STAIR. THE FALL IS ABOUT 50' LONG 17' WIDE. CAUSED BY A SLIP IN THE ROOF WITH DRIPPING WATER.

EE WAS OPERATING #16 COAL HAULER AS HE WAS GOINGAROUND THE CORNER IN #1 ENTRY APIECE OF ROCK ORCOAL FLEW OFF THE RIB AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACEEE IS NOT SURE WHETHER THE BED OF THE HAULER OR THE DRAG CAUGHT ON THE CORNER OF THE RIB HE ONLYKNOWS THAT A SMALL CHUNK OF ROCK OR COAL FLEW UPAND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE. HE HAD A SMALL CUT ON HIS CHEEK ABOUT 1"LONG WHICH

EE & CO-WORKER WAS PULLING A SUPPLY TRAILER OUT OF A X-CUT. CO-WORKER WAS OPERATING THE GETMAN TRACTOR WHICH WAS HOOKED TO THE SUPPLY TRAILER. EE STANDING NEXT TO THE TRAILER WAS WATCHING IT P ULL OUT OF THE X-CUT. AS THE FRAME OF THE TRAILER PULLED OVER A CHUNK OF COAL, IT BUSTED SENDING A SPLINTER OF COAL FLYING INTO EE'S EYE. FLUSHED EYE WITH EYE WASH. GOT WORSE, HAD IT REMOVED

EMP. WAS SITTING IN COAL HAULER SEAT. SHE NOTICED THE CURTAIN THAT IS USED OVER THE WHEEL NEXT TO HER OPER. CAB WAS FRAYED.SHE ATTEMPTED TO CUT THE CURTAIN WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. IN THE PROCESS SHE CUT THE THUMB OF HER LEFT HAND ABOUT 1" IN LENGTH. THE WOUND REQUIRED ABOUT 5 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEES WERE BUILDING A BLOCK STOPPING ON THE RETURN SIDE OF THE UNIT. EMPLOYEE JUST PLACED A BLOCK ON THE WALL AND HAD TURNED TO GET MORE BLOCKS OFF THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING TWO B LOCKS TO THE WALL WHEN A SLAB OF ROCK WHICH MEASURED 6' X 5' BY 4" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTSSTRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HARD HAT & SHOULDER. ROCK SLID CAUSING ABRASIONS/CONTUSIONS LEFT LEG < KNE

EE WAS TRAMMING THE MINER INTO THE FACE. HE WAS ABOUT 20 FT FROM THE FACE WHEN A ROCK (MEASURINGAPPROX 3'X3'X11/2"THICK) FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF MATS. THE ROCK STRUCK EE ON THE HEAD AND THE N HIT EE ONT HE SIDE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT AS HE WASTRYING TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY. THE RESULTANT DR VISIT REVEALED THAT EE CONTRACTED AN ARCH SPRAINDUE TO THE INCIDENT ABOVE.

HE WAS PUTTING BOLTS IN A COAL HAULER DRAG. THERE WAS A CURTAIN HUNG ON ONE END OF THE DRAG. HE WAS STANDING UPRIGHT TRYING TO FREE THE CURTAIN WHEN HE WALKED INTO A BROW JAMMING HIS NECK.

WHILE CHANGING COAL HUAULER BATTERIES THE BATTTERY LATCHES DID NOT RELEASE PROPERLY. THIS CAUSED THE COAL HAULER TO RAISE OFF THE GROUND WHEN THE LATCHES DID POP LOOSE IT DROPED THE COAL HAULE R CAUSING EE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE UNDERSIDEOF CANOPY. EE STATED THAT HE KNEW THE HAULER WAS GOING TO BOUNCE A LITTLE BUT HE DIN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO BE SO SUDDEN. EE CONT TO WORK