EE STATED HE WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE AND HURTHIS EFT SHOULDER
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Showing all 28PULLING MINER CABLE BACK WHEN MINER SETTING OVER
ROOF FALL IN BELT ENTRY 150' INBY DRIFT FOR A DISTANCE OF 40'.
EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS WHILE PUTTING SCOOP ON CHARGE, HIT BACK AND HEAD ON MINE FLOOR. BRUISED BACK AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT HE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BOLT AND TOP OF POT ON BOLTER. THIS IS A NO LOST TIME ACCIDENT.
STACK ROCK FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF BOLTS.
MINING TO CLOSE TO CREEK.
EE STATED HE WAS PULLING WATER DELUDGE HOSE OUT OF MUD AND HURT HIS BACK.
EE STATED HE WAS HELPING MAKE SHUTTLE CAR SPLICE IN CABLE AND CUT LEFT THUMB WITH KNIFE.
ROUGH ROADWAY, HAULING COAL AND HIT A HOLE AND COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN AND KIDNEYS HURTING.
EE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING BELT TAILPIECE & HURT HIS BACK.
LIFTING A 10LB BOX OF RESIN HURT BACK
EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND JAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF. NOT KNOWN BY EMPLOYE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. SHIFT WAS FINISHED.
ROOF FALL IN BRK BETWEEN #3 & #4 ENTRY APPROX 4'H, 20'W & 40'L. MINE IDLE AT TIME OF FALL.
EE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF HAULWAY AND PULLED MUSCLE.
EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING TOOL BOX AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
ROOFF ALL IN NEUTRAL ENTRY INBY #4 BELT HEAD FOR A DISTANCE OF 60' IN BETWEEN BLOCKS. THICKNESS VARIES FROM 0" TO 36". NO INJURIES INVOLVED, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. 2600" OUTBY FACE AREA.
PICKING UP TOOL BOX STRAINED BACK.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND TWISTED BACK.
ROOF FALL
ROOF FALL. 40'TO 5O'L, 4 TO 5' H, 18' T6O 20' W
OPERATOR WAS CLEANIGN ROADWAY SITTING UP ON SCOOP RAN OVR A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS HEAD INTO TOP.
FALL OCCURED ON AN ABANDONED MAINS IT WAS FOUND ON A WEEKLY EXAMINATION ON 6-5-97.
MINER WAS PREPAIRING TO PUSH UP A RESIN BOLT (THE #2 IN LAST ROW) WHEN HE USED TH EWRONG LEVER RESULTING IN THE BOLT ROTATING AND CATCHING HIS GLOVE. INJURY WAS TO THE LEFT INDEX FINGR, SPLIN T WAS APPLIED. PATINT WAS REMOVED TO THE SURFACE WHERE HE ELECTED PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION TO THE HOSPITAL.
BAD TOP NO INJURIES.
EE WAS WALING DOWN STEPS AFTER WORK & MISSED 2ND STEP FROM BOTTOM & TWISTED ANKLE.
SUBJECT WAS DRILLING THE 1ST HOLE IN THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS IN THE #2 HDG. WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 1 1/2" THICK & APPROX. 8" X 10" FELL AROUND THE DRILL STEEL ONTO THE DRILL POT STRIKING THE THUMB OF LEFT HAND CAUSING SOME MINOR BLEEDING.
REPORT OF ROCK FALL ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE. MINE 48' ABOVE HAD STOPPED MINING IN THIS AREA. AND A TRANSITION AREA WAS CREATED BY MINING UNDER WORKED OUT AREA TO SOLID COAL ABOVE.