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EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HIS TWISTED HIS BACKING CAUSING A REOCCURRENCE INJURY FROM WORKING AT ANOTHER MINE.
THE EE WAS HELPING TIGHTEN SECTION TELL. HE FLAGTHE SCOOP OPERATOR & SAID HE NEEDED TO REHOOK CHAIN. THE SCOOP OPERATOR PULLED TAIL INSTEAD OFLETTING OFF OF CHAIN & THE EE HAD HIS FINGER ON THE CHAIN.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING IN SHOP USING SAFETY GLASSES WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL WENT BEHIND GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE. THERE WAS A SHIELD IN SHOP BUT WAS NOT USED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTIN GOUT OF SCOOP IN LOW COAL WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
FALL WAS IN BLEEDER ENTRY. THE TOP FROM THE PILLER LINE CAME ACROSS INTO THE ENTRY. WE SET CRIBSACROSS FALL. THE FALL WAS 16' WIDE, 50' LONG 6' HIGH.
INTERSECTION FELL IN OPPOSITE FROM FALL ON 5-28-96, WHICH WAS A CONTINUATION OF A SLIP. THIS AREA HAD SET AND THE SECTION WAS MOVED BACK. THE AREA DRILLED GOOD, BUT THE SLIP FROM OTHER ENTRY C AME ACROSS. THE FALL WAS 16' X 16' X 4' HIGH. USING 4'AND 5'RESIN BOLTS.
INTERSECTION FELL IN SLIP AREA PULLING 5'& 6' RESINS BOLTS. THIS AREA IS WHERE DRAW SLATE AND SAND STONE CHANGED.
FALL WAS ON 2 BELTLINE. THE AREA HAD DRAWSLATE TOP AND FELL TOUT TO SMOOTH TOP. THE AREA HAD TOP THAT WAS TIMBERED L BLK OUTBY. THE FALL WAS ON C SECTION AT SPAD 710. THE FALL WAS 16'25'X4' HI GH.
FALL WA IN INTERSECITON #7 ENTRY AT 0 SECTION ATSPAD #766. IT WAS WHERE TH TOP WAS CHANGING FROMHARD TOP TO DRAW SLATE. THIS AREA IS SLICK AND SLIDES. WERE USING 5' AND 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. FALL WAS 5'X 16'X 40'L.
INTERSECTON FELL OUT AROUND BOLTS IN SLIP AREA MOSTLY AROUND BOLTS, BUT PULLING SOMEIN MIDDLE OF INTERSECITON. FALL AS 16'X26'X3'TO4'H C SECITON #2 HDY 1 BLK INBY SPAD #722.
MINING ON PILLAR SECTION WHEN PILLAR FULL OCCURRED AND ROAD OUT BREAKER POST FALLING ON HEAD OF MINER.
OPERATOR WAS HAULING COAL WITH SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGH ROADS. THE SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO BOUNCE & HIT HIS HEAD ON SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY INJURING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WATER LINE ON LEFT LEG WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THIGH.