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THE SHUTTLE CAR EE WAS WORKING ON WASN'T MOVED OUT OF THE ROADWAY FAR ENOUGH. THIS CAUSED HIM TO BE HIT BY ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR BEING OPERATED BY ANOTHER EE. THE ACCIDENT BROKE BOTH OF EE'S SHO ULDERS, SHATTERED HIS LEFT SHOULDER BLADE AND CUT IT. BROKE 3 RIBS AND POSSIBLY CRACKED HIS SPINE.
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EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES & TRIED TO STAND UP WHEN HE STOOD UP HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED OUT OF PLACE.
ROCK FALL OCCURED INT HE INTERSECTION OF THE FACE AREA IN THE 2 HEADING ROCK FALL WAS ESTIMATED AT 18 INCH WIDE 7 TO 10 FT THICK AND 20 FT IN LENGTH ROCK FELL ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE 4 FT R ESIN RODS THAT WAS BEING USED ROCK APPAEARED TO BE A BIG SLIP HORSEBACK IN THE INTERSECTION.
FALL OCCURRED IN 001 MAINS, NO. 7 ENTRY APPROX. 50 FT. LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 3 FT THICK. 1 BREAD INBY SPAD 823 ALSO NO. 4 ENTRY APPROX. 20 FT BY 20 30 IN THICK. ONE BREAK INBY 833 (9-7-93)
ROOF FALL IN NO ENTRY. FALL IS APPROX. 40FT LONG20FT WIDE, 36 TO 40 IN THICK.
MAN WAS PULLING MINER CABLE & PULLED MUSCLE.
CUT INTO OLD WORKS FLOODED SECTION.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS DRIVING 3-WHEEL BUGGY WHEN HIS NECK BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND TOP OF BUGGY. HE SAID THE BUGGY RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE HAULWAY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS A FOREMAN AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT WITHOUT COMPLAINING. HE STATED AT END OF SHIFT HIS NECK HURT.
ROOF FALL FOUND DURING REOPENING INSPECTION BY MSHA. MINE HAD BEEN IDLE 1 YR. FALL OCCURRED IN #1 ENTRY NEAR SPAD 637 AND ADJACENT CROSSCUTS.TIMBERS AND CRIBS WILL BE INSTALLED AND SUPPORT