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DURING A BELT & POWER MOVE, THE INJ WAS MOVING A HIGH VOLTAGE FEEDER CABLE WHEN HE HEARD HIS LEFT SHOULDER POP. HE FELT SORENESS BUT WORKED UTIL THE END OF SHIFT THE NEXT AM THE SHOULDER WAS SWELLED UP SO HE WAS SEEN BY THE CO DR
THE INJURED WAS REPLACING THE DRILL HEAD IN THE BOOM ON THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN THE STEEL CAME FORWARD AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.
THE INJURED WAS TAKING DOWN A PIECE OF 4" WATERLINE PIPE WHEN THE PIPE SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD INJURING HIS NECK.
THE INJURED WAS STANDING BESIDE THE ROOF BOLTER BOLTING WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF BETWEEN THE BOLTS HITTING HIM ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND ELBOW.
INJURED WS CROSSING UNDER BELT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A WET FLOOR & COAL FINES. INJURED LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIT HIS NOSE AND UPPER LIP ON BELT GUARDING. THE INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES TO HI S NOSE AND UPPER LIP.
THE INJURED WAS WORKING ON A MANTRIP IN THE WAREHOUSE SHOP, WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING DROP INTO HISRIGHT EAR.
THE INJURED PULLED INTO FACE TO BEGIN BOLTING. SET CANOPY TO THE ROOF. PLACED STEEL IN HEAD WHEN HYDRAULIC RAM ON CANOPY BROKE. CANOPY CAME DOWN AND HIT INJURED ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND
IGNITION OF METHANE GAS WHILE MINING UNDERGROUND.
THE INJ WAS WORKING ON A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 2'X1.5'X6" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS & STRUCK EE
THERE WERE NO CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS.
THE INJ WAS DISCONNECTING THE DUSTER HITCH FROM THE EIMCO BUCKET WHEN THE HITCH CAME LOOSE FALLING ON THE INJURED LEFT FOOT-BRUISING THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT
THE INJURED OPENED AN INSPECTION COVER PLATE TO LOCATE A BLOWN HYD HOSE WHEN THE COVER PLATE SUDDENLY CLOSED ON THE INJURED LEFT THUMB CRUSHING IT.
THE INJURED WAS STANDING ON THE BACK OF THE ROOF BOLTER PUTTING SITES LINE ON ROOF, WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN. THE MINE FLOOR WAS UNLEVEL AND THE RIGHT FOOT WENT SIDEWAYS SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
ROOF FALL APPROX 25'LONG, 5'HIGH WAS FOUND BY FIREBOSS 12:00 PM 200' IN THE TRAVELING OF THE IDLED SOUTH MINE. AREA MINED PRE 1965. INVESTIGATED BY MSHA. NOT IN INTERSECTION.
THE INJURED WAS STANDING BEHIND THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN THE MACHINE WAS TURNED ON. THE CABLE REEL WAS LEFT ON AND WHEN THE SLACK OF CABLE STARTED, IT KNOCKED THE INJURED OFF HIS FEET LANDING ON H IS LEFT SHOULDER, DISLOCATING IT.
THE INJURED WAS OPERATING A CASE SKID LOADER IN A LOW ROOF AREA WHEN HE CONTACTED THE ROOF WITH HIS HEAD SPRAINING HIS NECK MUSCLE.
THE INJ WA SHOWERING AFTER SHIFT WAS OVER AND FLET SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. THE INJ WENT HOME UNSURE WHAT WAS IN HIS EYE AND THEN WENT TO THE DR THE FOLLOWING DAY TO HAVE A FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED FROM HIS RIGHT EYE
INJURED WAS HOLDING A HAMMER AGAINST THE BIT INSERT SO IT COULD BE KNOCKED OUT. WHEN THE DOUBLE JACK HAMMER STRUCK THE HAMMER BEING HELD BY INJURED A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF HITTING INJURED I N THE FOREARM.
INJ WAS PULLING WATER HOSE ACROSS SHOP FLOOR BACKWARDS AND FELL OVER FLOOR JACK HITTING HIS BACKAND HIP
THE INJURED WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR TO PUSH ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR OUT OF A HOLE WHERE IT WAS STUCK. WHEN THE STUCK CAR MOVED THE INJURED CAR BOUNCED DOWN, JAMMING THE INJURED HEAD AGAINST THE TOP OF THE CANOPY,
THE INJURED WAS BOLTING AN UNSUPPORTED FACE WHEN A SLAB, APPROX. 5' X 8' X 7" CAME DOWN KNOCKING HIM INTO THE BOLTER. THE INJURED WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE EXTENT OF IN JURY WAS A BROKEN PELVIC BONE.
WHILE WORKING ON AN ADVANCE BELT MOVE, THE INJURED STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. THE INJURED WAS INSTALLING BELT ROLLERS ONTO THE FRAMEWORK.
WHILE STRINGING OUT AN EXTENTION CORD, EE BENT DOWN TO UNTANGLE IT, WHEN HE STOOD UP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CONVEYOR.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED JUST INBY XC 35 IN THE 3RD WEST PANEL BLEEDER. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' FULLY EROUTED ROOF BOLTS. 6'X6' CRIB WERE ALSO INSTALLED TO PROTECT FROM FALL. DIAMENSIONS ARE UNKNOWN DUE TO INACCESSABILITY.
EE WAS LIFTING A TIRE OFF OF A CAS UNILOADER. THE TIRE SLIPPED, WEDGING HIS RIGHT HGAND BETWEEN THE RIM OF THE TIRE AND THE HUB OF THE UNILOADER.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN 3RD WEST PANEL, BETWEEN XC51 AND XC52 IN THE 3RD RIGHT ENTRY. THE FALL WAS APPROX 6'HX20'WX40'LONG. THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED THE AREA WAS INCATIFIED AND BARRICADED BEFORE THE FALL.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT XCUT 4340 OF 3RD WEST PANEL IN THE #1 RIGHT ENTRY. THE FALL IS APPROX. 20' X 20' X 8' HIGH. THE AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. THIS FALL WAS J JUST OUTBY THE INTERSECTION. HIGH BOLTAGE POWER LINE AND WATER PIPE RAN TRHOUGH THIS AREA.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF SUPPORT, A ROCK FELL IN FRONT OF THE ATRS AND SLID BACK HITTING THE OPERATOR ON THE RIGHT ANKLE. INJURED WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE LUNCH AREA AND TREATED WITH ICE PACKS.
AT APPROX 1:30 AM THERE WAS A FIRE ON THE INCLINE BELT. CONSPEC ALARM WENT OFF AT 1:29 AM. EVENING SUPERVISOR WATCHED MONITOR RISE FROM LOW LEVEL ALARM TO HIGH LEVEL. HE THEN WENT TO INVESTIGA TE DISCOVERING A FIRE ON THE BELT APPROX. 250' INBY THE PORTAL. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT USING FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN 25 MINUTES OR LESS.
WHILE CHANING BITS ON A CONTINUOUS MINER, A PIECE OF CARBIDE STRUCK THE INJURED EE ON THE RIGHT ARM. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE 3RD WEST PANEL AT XC 19 IN THE 3RD RIGHT ENTRY INTERSECTION. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 20' X 20'X7' HIGH. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. THE ARE A HAS BEEN BARRICADED OFF TO KEEP PERSONNEL OUT.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF XC-21 IN 2ND RIGHT OF 3RD WEST PANEL. THE FALL WAS APPROX 12' HIGH BY 20' WIDE BY 30' LONG. THIS AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' FULLY GROUTED ROOF BOLTS . MINER CABLE, MINER WATER LINE AND BOLTER CABLEWAS UNDER THE FALL.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, THE IMEDIATE ROOF FELL APPROX. 15'X15'X2'. DAMAGING THE CANOPY OF THE BOLTER. THE CANOPY SWUNG AROUND STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON THE HEAD. THE INJURED EE WAS TRANSPO RTED TO HOSPITAL AND RECIEVED ONE SUTURE ON HIS HEAD.
EMP STATES THAT WHILE OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER HE ENCOUNTERED ROCK SPAR IN THE FACE. WHEN ONE OF THE BITS HIT THE ROCK, A PIECE OF HOT METAL CAME OFF STRIKING THE OPERATOR IN THE LEFT AR M. THE CONTACT WITH METAL CAUSED A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED THE 19TH OR 20TH OF JULY AND WAS FOUND THE 21ST. THE ALL OCCURRED IN THE LOXC, XC29, IN 2ND LEFT ENTRY. THE FALL WAS APPROX 12'HX20'WX20'L. THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS AND 12' CABLE BOLTS. THIS FALL IS IN THE 4TH WEST PANEL.