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EE WAS WELDING OF PIECE OF FLUX WHEN A SPARK FROM THE FLUX FLEW INTO HIS EAR AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED IT DID NOT BOTHER HIM BUT ON MONDAY 09-18-95 IT STARTED HURTING & HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON TUESDAY 09-19-95
HE LIFTED A ROCK AT THE TAILPIECE OF THE TRACTOR AND HURT HIS BACK.
HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN BOLTER WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT EYE.
THE NO 1 ENTRY IN #2 SET OF ROOMS LEFT OFF #2 MAINS BEGAN WORKING THE AREAS WAS CRIBBED OFF & FELL BETWEEN THE CRIBS SOFT TOP IN OUTCROP AREA VENTILATION WAS NOT INVOLVED
WAS RUNNING THE TRACTOR WHEN RAN OVER A ROCK. HE LEANED OUT TO PICK UP THE ROCK & THROW IT OUT OF THE WAY, WHEN TRACTOR JUMPED & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TIRE & ROCK.
EE STANDING TO CLOSE TO FIRE BARREL DUE TO COLD WEATHER CAUGHT HIS COVERALL ON FIRE BURNING HIS LEGS.
THE ROOFF BEGAN MAKING WATER NEAR A PREVIOUS FALL AND THE INTERSECTION FELLIN THE RETURN AREA NEED BRATTICE 40. THE FALL IS IN THE RETURN AND RETRICTED AIR.
MAKING BELT SPLICE HAMMERING NAILS WHEN ONE FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELL ON CONVEYOR BELT WHILE SHOVELING AND CLEANING UP BELT ENTRY CAUSING HIM TO INJURE HIS NECK.
THE FALL WAS A CONTINUOUS FALL OF A PREVIOUS FALL ON THE BELT ENTRY. IT WAS ABOUT 12FT LONG & 8 FT WIDE. THE AREA WAS RECRIBBED & HEADEVED.
EMPLOYEE SAID CRAWLING CAUSED FLUID TO FORM ON HIS KNEES.
EE WAS SUPPLYING BOLTER WITH BOLTS AND RESIN AND CLAIMED HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE PICKED UP A BOX OF RESIN THAT WEIGHTED APPROX 40 LBS.
HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SCALE FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER AND STUCK HIS FINGER SOMEWHERE ON THE BOOM AND IT WAS SEVERED TO FIRST JOINT.
THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED WATER OR MOISTURE WITHIN THE LAYERED ROCK, CAUSING THE INTERSECTION TO BE WEAKED. THE ENTIRE AREA WS CRIBBED AND SECURED.
THE ROOF FALL HAPPENED IN NO.6 ENTRY OF THE RETURN NEAR SPAD 175 THE FALL IS ABOUT 60FT X 20 FT 4FT. WATER IN LAMENATED TOP WITH COAL STREAKS CONTRIBUTED TO THE FALL. THE AREA IS TO BE CRIBBED OR TIMBERED.
THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING A PRESHIFT RUN IN A WORKED OUT AREA IN THE RETURN. OUTCROP MINING CONDITIONS WAS THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR FOR FALLS. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS SEEN.
THE ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON A FIREBOSS RUN. SLIGHT WATER HAD BEEN NOTICED PREVIOUSLY AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE FALL. SOFT TOP IN THE OUTCROP ROOMS ALSO CONTRIBUTED.
EE WAS RIDING MANTRIP INTO MINE TO START TO WORK. AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF MANTRIP HIS JACKET GOT CAUGHT ON ROOF BOLT AND WAS DRAGGED OUT OF MANTRIP.
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED 4 BREAKS INSIDE IN AN INTERSECTION O NO. 6 ENTRY. AN UNKNOWN HORSEBACK (KETTLE BOTTOM) BROKE LOOSE AT 4' TO 5' THICK. IT PARTIALLY BLOCKED ONE INTERSECTION IN THE RETURN.
HE HAD FINISHED WELDING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. HE JUMPED OFF THE EQUIPMENT INJURING HIS KNEE. COMPANY WAS NOT PRODUCING COAL YET. THIS IS A NEW MINE.