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4 WHEELER MAN TRIP RAN INTO RIB AND BRUISED NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.
MINER OPERATOR WAS CLEANING UP A CUT OF COAL, AS HE WAS SITTING THE MINER OVER FOR THE LAST RUN HE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINER & RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF DOOR TO THE GUARD HOUSE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT UNTIL WE RECEIVED PAPERS FROM COMPENSATION.
OPERATOR RECEIVED TEL. CALL AT APPROX. 2300 ON 6-18-97 FROM NIGHT WATCHMAN ADVISED OF WATER DRAINPIPE HAD STOPPED UP & CAME TO SURFACE ALLOWING MINE TO FILL WITH WATER. NO MEN OR EQUIPMENT IN MINE THE 3 ENTRIES WERE DRIVEN APPROX. 90' & THE 1ST XCUT CONNECTED.
2 CRACKS RUNNING WITH THE #3 ENTRY.
SUPPLEMENT TO ACCIDENT REPRT PREPARED ON 10-0796. SOME LOOSE ROCK FELL THAT HAD BEEN BOKE LOOSE FROM A PREVIOUS FALL.
HEARING ILLNESS REPORTED TO OPERATOR AS RESULT OF ATTACHED AUDIOGRAM RECEIVED TO OPERATOR BY MAIL ON 11/22/96 TAKEN 11/5/96.
WHILE MAKING AN EXAMINATION OF RETURN AIR WAY, AFALL WAS FOUND IN AN OFF ENTRY ABOUT 20'W, 4'THICK, 30'L. FALL WILL NOT EFFECT THE AIR FLOW OR THE TRAVEL WAY IN RETURN. FALL WAS CRIBBED OFF AN D WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
THE ROOF IN THIS AREA IS LAMINATED SHELL.
THERE WAS A MUD SEAM RUNNING ACROSS THE INTERSECTION ABOUT 4 1/2' UP.
1ST INTERSECTION OUTBY #3 HEADING HAD WATER DRIPING THROUGH THE ROOF CAUSING THE ROOF TO FALL FALL WAS 20FTWIDE BY 30FT LONG THE FAN CAUGHT THE BOOM OF CM1 DRILL ONLY THE DRILL WAS GOT OUT THE SAME DAY ON THIS 2ND SHIFT
WAS REACHING TO GET A ROOF BOLT OFF OF HIS PINNER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK 11" WIDE, 14'LX3" THICK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK.