(MINED IN 1996) ( DISTO FACE IS 8200 FEET) ROCK FALL AT #50 SPAD 7 BRK FROM SURFACE. FALL WAS ABOUT 20 WIDE BY 40 LONG AND ABOUT 6 FOOT HIGH.
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Showing all 22EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP OUT OF THE MINE IN THE #3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE.
EE WAS OPERATING RUBBER TIR MANTRIP. WHEN BACKING UP A PIECE OF TIE WIRE HOOKED TO A ROOF BOLT PLAT STRUCK EE IN EYE. "WIRE WENT BETWEEN SIDE OF SAFETY GLASSES."
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF HEADERS WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RT. HAND BETWEEN THE BOLTER HEAD & THE HEADER.
A ROOF FALL MEASURING 7'X15'X15' OCCURRED IN THENO8 CROSS CUT INBY MINE PORTAL NO 8 ENTRY. (RETURN) THIS FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 12/1/97. THE FALL IS TO BE CLEANED UP AT A LATER DATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKIGN AROUND MINER WHEN HE FELL AND HIT HIS BACK ON THE MIENER CABLE HANGER.
A ROOF FALL MEASURING 60' X 18' X 5' OCCURRED 5 XCUTS INBY MINE PORTAL IN THE #2 ENTRY. FALL NOT TO BE CLEANED UP AT THIS TIME.
EMPLOYEE TOOK A HACKSAW AND SAWED A LOOSE ROOF BOLT INTO AND STARTED TO BREAK IT OFF. WHEN IT BROKE OFF IT CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MINER OUT OF NO. 4 HEADING WHEN THE CANOPY OF THE MIENR GOT AGAINST A LOOSE ROOF BOLT. THE BOLT HEAD AND PLATE SPUN AROUND AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD.
ROCK FALL TWO BREAKS UNDER GROUN IN NO.2 ENTRY. IT IS ABOUT 40'L7'H. INBETWEEN SPAD NO. 16 & SPAD NO. 23. HAPPENED ON IDLE SHIFT. NO INJURIES. NO OBSTRUCTION OF AIRWAYS.
ELECTRICIAN WAS WORKING ON MAN TRIP AND IT TOOK OFF AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT FOOT.
HE WAS PUTTING A CABLE REEL IN A SHUTTLE CAR AND HURT HIS LEFT ELBOW AND SHOULDER. PULLED SOMETHING IN LFT ELBOW AND SHOULDER.
CLOSING DOOR ON RAID ROAD CAR BAR SLIPPED & HIT ME SIDE OF HEAD.
HE WAS WORKING ON M #2 BELT HEAD ADNSLIPPED AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
MASHED THUMB BETWEEN ROOF BOLT PLATE AND HEAD ON MACHINE WHEN INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT.
FELL OFF MAN TRIP WHENHE WAS GETTING OFF OF IT HE BROKE A BONE IN RIGHT HAND
WHILE THE BUGGY OPERATOR WAS LOADING HIS BUGGY BEHIND THE CONTINUOUS MINER A PEACE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN SIDE OF THE HEAD.
HE HAD INSTALLED HIS FIRST ROOF BOLT IN THE WORKING PLACE. HE WAS GETTING READY TO MOVE THE MACHINE & INSTALL THE SECOND BLOT, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM EDGE OF RIB & HIT RIGHT ANKL E. IT CRACKED A BONE. HE WORKED THE REST OF SHIFT, THOUGHT IT WAS JUST BRUISED.
THIS PERSON WAS PULLING UP SLACK ON MINER CABLE AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE ROOFSPORT. IT HIT HIM ON LEFT ANKLE AND FOOT. IT PULLED LIGAMENTS IN ANKLE.
HE WAS CRAWLING TO PAGE PHONE TO CALL OUT SIDE WHEN HIS KNEE LOCKED UP.
WHEN THIS AREA WAS MINED THE ROOF WAS LEAD AND HAD WATER COMING OUT OF IT. THE AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF AND DANGERED OFF. THE FALL WAS IN A BREAK BETWEEN NO. 7 AND NO. 8 ENTRY AT SPAD 191. THE FA LL WAS ABOUT 1700 FT. FROM FACE AREA.
RIGHT RETURN NO. ENTRY AT SPAD NO28 ROOF FALL ABOUT 30 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE 10 FT HIGH FALL WAS 3 BREAKS FROM OUT SIDE RENOUTED VENTILATION FALL WAS CAUSED BY WATER IN THE ROOF AND RAINY WEATHER .