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A LARGE RAINFALL OCCURRED 3-1-97 (10" IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD) RESULTING IN VAST AMOUNTS OF WATER ACCUMULATING IN ALL AREAS SURROUNDING MINE. WATER BUILT UP QUICKLY RESULTING IN AN EARTHEN DAM BRE AKING LOOSE AND LETTING A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER TO OVERTAKE THE SUMP AND PUMPS AT THE ENTRANCE TO MINE. WATER ENTERED THE MINE AND BACKED UP 3000' OUTBY FACE.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION OF 6 ENTRY AND EXTENDED TO 7 ENTRY AT SPAD 20 AND 47 ON THE 1 UNIT.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGEDLY EXPERIENCED A BACK INJURY (POSSIBLY HERNIATED DISKS) WHILE HANGING A CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE ON TIE WIRES EXTENDING FROM ROOF BOLTS IN THE MINE CEILING.
EE ALLEDGEDLY HIT HEAD ON PIN BOARD WHILE WALKING. EE CLAIMS HE JAMMED NECK CAUSING HEADACHES.
ALLEDGEDLY EE WAS GETTING OF S-4 SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST SIDE OF DECK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 001 SECTION ON #4 ROOM IN AN INTERSECTION APPROX 100' FROM THE FACE OF THE COAL. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 20' X 20' X 3'.
EE WAS SPOTTING A ROOF BOLT IN \32 ROOM WHEN A ROCK, APPROX. 4"X14"X38" FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK THE EE ON LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING AND ALLEGEDLY STRUCK HEAD AGAINST PINBOARD AND JAMMED NECK. THE HEIGHT OF THE COAL SEAM IS APPROX. 6'.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS LOADIN GROOF BOLTS INTO SCOOP BUCKET AND CAUGHT LEFT ARM AGAINST SHARP METAL BURR ON A ROOF BOLT CAUSING A LACERATION TO INNER LEFT FOREARM.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE SECTION AT THE FACE AND EXTENDED OUTBY APPROX 90'. FALL WAS APPROX 2-6'IN DEPTH AND APPROX 20' IN WIDTH. FALL WAS IN THE #6 ENTRY.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE SECTION OUTBY THE 5+60 INTERSECTION AND EXTENDED TO OUTBY THE 5+30 INTERSECTION. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 2'-6' IN DEPTH AND APPROX. 20' WIDTH. THE FALL WAS APPROX 60' IN LENGTH AND WAS IN THE #6 ENTRY.
ROCK BROKE FROM MINE ROOF AT SIDE OF ATRS ADN FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE INJURING RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD AND RIGHT ARM.
EE ALLEGES HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE. ACCORDING TO EE LATER TESTS REVEALED A PROSTATE INFECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE FROM ROOF CROSSOVERS WHEN CAR OPERATOR STARTED MACHINE CAUSING CABLE TO SUDDENLY SPOOL ON REEL ADN STRIKE INJURED EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.
AN EE DISCOVERED A ROOF FALL ON THE BELT LIME IN #4 ENTRY, SPAD 3+40 OF THE 1ST EAST SUBMAIN. TJE ROOF FALL WAS APPROX. 50' LONG, 24' WIDE, 8' DEEP. A HIDDEN SLIP WAS THE DETERMINING CAUSE OF THE FALL.
FIREBOSS EXAMINING SECTION DISCOVERED A ROOF FALL IM #1 ENTRY, SPAD 4+100, OF 1ST WEST PANEL. THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROX. 24' LONGX24'WIDEX24' IN DEPTH. A HIDDEN SLIP WAS THE DETERMINING CAUSE O F THE FALL.
FIREBOSS, EXAMINING SECTION, DISCOVERED A ROOF FALL IN #5 ENTRY SPAD 4+00 OF 1ST WEST PANEL. THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROX. 46' LONG X 24' WIDE X 5' IN DEPTH. A HIDDEN SLIP WAS THE DETERMINING CAUS E OF THE FALL.
EE WAS KNEELING OM METAL SURFACE REPAIRING A MANTRIP DURING HIS SHIFT OF WORK. EE HAD TO CLEAN SOME DEBRIS FROM A WATER PUMP IN THE PIT AND HAD TO KNEEL ON SOME METAL GRATING. EE ALLEGES HIS K NEE BEGAN TO HURT EXCESSIVELY.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE #1 UNIT IN THE #3 ENTRY, 2ND INTERSECTION OUTBY LAST OPEN CROSSCUT AT SPAD NUMBER 4+16. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 4' IN DEPTH, 54' IN LENGTH AND 20' IN WIDTH.