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THE HEAD ON ROOFBOLTER CAME DOWN AND CAUGHT RIGHT KNEE. RELIEF VALVE WAS NON UNLOCKED.
PULLING HEAD DRIVE THROUGH A SWAG, GOT TO CLOSE TO RIB AND BUMPED HEAD AGAINST RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING METAL COVER FORM BELT HEAD DRIVE GEAR CASE. COVER FELL CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT MIDDLE RING FINGER BETWEENCOVER AND FRAME OF HEAD DRIVE. ACCIDENT REQUIRED STITCHES IN BO TH FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM SCOOP BUCKET HYDRAULICS LEAKED OFF PINNING EMPLOYEES FEET UNDER SCOOP BUCKET
ROOF FALL 14 BREAKS OUTBY #1 HEADINGS MAINS IN #4 ENTRY NEUTRAL ENTRY SEAM 50FT LENGTH 20FT WIDTH 7-8FT HIGH CRIBBED & DANGERED OFF ALL ENTRANCES TO FALL UNTIL CLEAN BEGINS
ROCK FALL IN INTERSECTION 2 ENTRY 14 CROSSCUTS OUTBY 1 MAIN HEADINGS SIZE OF ROOF FALL 40 FT LENGTH 20 FT WIDTH 7 INCH THICKNESS.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELED DOWN ON KNEE'S IN UPRIGHT POSITION WAITING ON CONT. MINER TO BACK OUT OF #3 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS & ST RAPS, STRIKING HIM IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTER AFTER INSTALLING ROOF BOLT HE LET OPERATOR PROTECTIVE CANOPY DOWN ON LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO FACE AREA AFTER EATING LUNCH WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF INJURING LOWER NECK (LOWER NECK PAIN)
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN OFF DOZER TRACK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH TORCHES, GOT SICK FROM THE SMOKE FROM THEM.
EE GOT A PIECE OF COAL INSIDE HIS KNEE PAD WHEN EE WENT DOWN ON KNEES COAL INJURED LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH ROOF BOLTER A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM MINE ROOF, BREAKING OFF AT T.R.S. THE PIECE OF ROCK STOOD UP FALL ING BACK UNDER CANOPY STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER INTO HEAD DRIVE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTE RINSTLALING ROOF BOTLS A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKEFROM ROOF AT THE EDGE OF MACHINE CNAOPY, EMPLOYEE WAS COMING FROM THE BACK OF MACHIEN AFTER GETTING BOTL TO B E INSTALLED ROCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG BRUISIG LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN LINING UP A STRAP A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON LEFT HAND, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN DRILL BOOM OF BOLTER AND ROCK. MASHING AND FRACTURING LEFT RING FINGER.
SLIPPED RIDER COAL IN MAIN ROOF CAUSING BREAKAGE OF ROOF IN #3 ENTRY 003 SECT. AFTER ENTRY HAD BEEN MINED. FALL APP. 40' LENGTH 18' WIDTH 4' TO 5' THICK, #3 ENTRY INBY LAST OPEN BREAK TO THE F ACE OF ENTRY.
EE WAS OPERATING 215C JOY SHUTTLE CAR WHEN CHANGING DIRECTIONS HE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE SPRAINING KNEE & POSSIBLE PULLED LIGAMENTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 6'ROOF BOLTS IN 48" HEIGHT,HE WAS BENDING BOLT PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
ROOF FALL 1 CROSSCUT INBY #5 MAIN IN #6 ENTRY APP90FT IN LENTH 18FT IN WIDTH 4-6FT THICK & FAULTS WERE DETECTED IN TEST DRILLING WHEN ARCH WAS ADVANCED
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CONT. MINER CABLE PULLING MUSCLE IN LOWER ADOMEN.
FAULT IN MAIN ROOF HORSE BACK WITH WATER SEE PAGE LOCATED 6 ENTRY ON 4 MAIN 20 BREAKS OUTBY FACE APP 25 FT LONG 10 FT WIDE 25 FT THICK.
EMPLOYEE (SECURITY NIGHT WATCHMAN) WAS CARRYING FIREARM & DROPPED FIREARM ON THE FLOOR OF OFFICEWHEN EMPLOYEE PICKED UP FIREARM IT DISCHARGED SHOOTING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT LEG BELOW KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET TIMBERS, WHILE LIFTING TIMBERS HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY BETWEEN 3RD & 4TH CROSSCUT INBY #6 BELT HOOD ON 003 SECTION. FALL IS APPROX. 5' THICK 20' LONG & 20' WIDE. THERE WAS A FAULT IN ROOF RESULTING IN FALL
WATER SEEPAGE, SLIPS CRACKS IN ROOF MADE ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS IN BREAK BETWEEN #526 ENTRY TWO CROSS CUTS OUTBY FACE ON 003 SECTION. APP 40 FT IN LENGTH 18' WIDE 5'-6' THICK. ALL AREAS ARO UND THE FALL WERE TIMBERED OFF.
WATER SEEPAGE AND SLIPS IN MAIN ROOF CREATED ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS CAUSING ROOF FALL IN #$ ENTYR, FROM APPR 1 1/2 BREAK LENGTH FROM FACE OF #4 ON 003 SECITON TO THE FACE. ALL ACESS WAS CRIB BED, TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER ON 001 SECTION IN FACE OF #3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 20" X 40" X 3" FELL FROM TOP BETWEEN CANOPY & T.R.S. STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE. RESULTING IN BRUISE TO RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE AND CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
BAD TOP CONDITIONS PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY.
EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE HAULING COAL OVER ROUGH BOTTOM HITTING LARGE HOLE,THROWING EMPL AGAINST SEAT FRAME & CANOPY POST INJURING MIDDLE TO LOWER BACK.
FALL IN #6 ENTRY 2ND CROSSCUT OUTBY FACE ON 003 SECTION. THERE WAS A SLIP & WATER PRESENT IN TOP AND A SMALL COAL SEAM. AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED OFF & DANGERED OFF BEFORE FALL OCCURRED.
FALL IN 4TH CROSSCUT OUTBY 5 BELT HEAD IN BELT LINE ENTRY THERE WAS A COAL SEAM IN TOP APPROX. 4-5 FT UP FALL IS APPROX. 5-6FT THICK AND APPROX. 20X20 IN INTERSECTION THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORT ED AT TIME OF ADVANCE WITH 42" RESIN BOLTS AND 5FT TENSION REBAR BOLTS AS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT IN ADDITION CRIBS HAD ALSO BEEN INSTALLED.
ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY ON #2 BELT FALLING ACROSS 003 SECTION MAIN RETURN 1ST BREAK INBY RETURN OVERCAST FALL IS APPROX 170FT LONG 20FT WIDE & 7-8FT THICK THERE APPEARED TO BE A FAULT IN TOP RES ULTING IN THIS ROOF FALL AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED ON4FT CENTERS WITH 42IN RESIN BOLTS
EMPLOYEE RAISED CANOPY ON BOLTER BREAKING PIECE OF ROCK LOOSE FROM ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND INJURED RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND FRACTURED FINGER IN LAST JOINT ON END OF FINGER
WHEN FOREMAN MADE PRESHIFT INSPECTION 10-11-92 THE ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT IN 4 HEADING ON THE 003 SECTION THERE WAS WATER IN THE TOP AND A COAL SEAM APPROX. 12 UP F ALL IS APPROX. 20X20X12 THICK THE AREA HAD BEEN REBAR BOLTS.
COAL SEAM & FAULT IN TOP ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 19TH CROSSCUT INBY #4 BELT HEAD ON THE BELTLINE FALL IN INTERSECTION APPROX 20FTX20FTX4-41/2FT
EMPL LINING BELT AND FELL STRIKING LEFT KNEE AGAINST PIECE OF TOP STRUCTURE.
54736YEE WAS CUTTING WOODEN STANDERS WITH CHAINSAW FOR SUPPLY CAR SAW CAME OUT OF WOOD PIECE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON INSIDE OF LEFT FOOT CATCHING HIS FOOT INJURING EMPLOYEE
66925RS WERE SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT WHEN INJURED EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY TRYED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT ON BELT SPLICING MACHINE WHILE CO-WORKER WAS OPERATING MACHINE, CATCHING MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAN 40950MACHINE, RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF FINGER TO THE MIDDLE JOINT.
99459 COAL SEAM BELOW ANCHORAGE POINT OF RESIN BOLTS. ROOF GAVE LOOSE AND WEIGHT OF ROCK PULLED BOLTS OUT OF ANCHORAGE OF MAIN ROOF. LOST 70' OF CONVEYOR BELT.
61433 IN TOP + COAL SEAM IN TOP FALL APPROX 4' X 20 20' IN 13 TH CROSSCUT INBY #4 BELT HEAD IN #5 ENTRY
55061S OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED SCOOP CLEANING LOOSE COAL FROM WORKING MULES WHEN A COAL RIB ROLLED OUT & HIT HIS RT SHOULDER RESULTING IN A SPRAINED SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF VEHICLE ON JOB STEPPED IN HOLE & WRENCHED BACK
EE WAS CROSSING #2 BELT AT #4 BELT HEAD WHILE WORKING ON SPILL BOARD. HE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE MEN WORKING AT #2 BELT HEAD SPLICING THE BELT AND WHEN THEY STARTED THE #2 BELT TO SPOT SPLICE U P IT CAUSED HIM TO HIT A TIMBER WITH HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND DISLOCATED IT.
CUT IN ABANDONED WORKINGS NO METHANE DETECTED
INJURED WAS HELPING TO PULL A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX 1-12' THICK AND 3'X3' FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS ,STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF RIB CAGE.DID NOT SHOW TO HAVE ANY
INJURED WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP CAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 2" THICK BY 2 FT X 2 FT FELL FROM TOP BETWEEN WOODEN COLLARS HITTING HIM ON BACK ON NECK AND SHOULDERS. DID NOT APPEAR TO BE INJU RED AT TIME OF OCCOURANCE. DIDN'T SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION TILL 3-26-92.
#1 HEADING ON 003 SECTION CUT INTO OLD ABANDONED MINE WHICH WASNT ON MINE MAP.
RF FALLIN BELT ENTRY ON 003 SECTION AT 13TH CROSSCUT INBY
BAD TOP, ROOF FALL IN #1 & 2 ENTRY AT THE 108TH CROSSCUT ON 002 SECTION. APPROX. 20' X 20' X 6' IN INTERSECTION OF BOTH 1 & 2.