FOUND ROCK FALL AT 5:30 AM DURING PRESHIFT EXAM. FALL ON SURFACE #2 ENTRY AT PORTAL BEHIND APRON. ROCK IS APPROX 16 FT LONG 7 FT WIDE 6 FT THICK. TIMBERED AND DANGERED BOTH SIDES.
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Showing all 19EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING RAIL FROM CONTINUOUS MINER. PULLED OR STRAINED WRIST.
TOP WAS SOFT SLATE WITH SLICK OUTS. TOP WAS NOT UNIFORM. 15 X 30 X 5 FT THICK FALL (AREA CUT WIDE).
EE WAS HANGING ROOF BOLTER CABLE HANDS CAME IN CONTACT WITH NICKED PLACE IN TRAINING CABLE CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHOCK. PERSON SAID HE WAS ALRIGHT BUT WAS SENT TO DR TO BE CHECKED. NO DAMAGES TO PERSON THAT IS KNOWN\
WHILE DRILLING A HOLE HE REACH UP AND GOT A HOLD OF THE STEEL AND PUSHED LEVER WRONG WAY PINNING HIS HAND BETWEEN HEAD ON BOLTER AND ROOF.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED AT #5 INTERSECTION. ROOF FELL IN AND WAS MIXED WITH DRAW ROCK, SOAPSTONE ANDSANDSTONE. IT WAS SUPPORTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS.NO DAMAGE DONE. CRIBBED AREA AROUND FALL HAS BEE N CORDONED OFF. FALL WILL NOT BE REMOVED.
CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT IN BETWEEN RIB AND BOLTER.
HITTING CONNECTING LINK ON MINER CONVEYER CHAIN HITTING FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE AND LINK.
MINER OPERATOR LIFTING RIB RAIL ON MINER STRAINED MUSCLE IN RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ROOF BOLT INTO HOLE AND PULLED MUSCLES IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.
PULLING BELT THROUGHHOLE, SLIPPED AND FELL AND PULLED LUMBAR MUSCLE IN BACK.
WORKING ON MINER OTHER REPAIRMAN LET HEADS DOWN AND MASHED LEFT TOES
ROOF FALL FOUND ON PRE-SHIFT ON 4-12-99 BETWEEN 2 AND 3 CROSSCUT. FALL WAS CAUSED BY HILL SCAM THAT RAN FROM #2 INTAKE SECTION ACROSS TO #3. NO DAMAGE DONE. FALL WAS CRIBBED IN ALL AREAS NEEDED.
LARGE SLIP IN FACE AREA WITH SEVERAL STREAKS OF COAL CAUSING TOP TO GIVE LOOSE. #5 HEADING FALL WAS FOUND ON PRE-SHIFT. NO ONE WAS UNDERGROUND AT TIME OF FALL.
EE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE DRILL, HE BENT OVER TOOK STEPS BACKWARD THEN WENT DOWN, WITH PAIN IN HIS BACK.
ROOF BOLTER HEAD WAS HUNG UP DUE TO BROKEN JACK,AND WORN OUT BUSHINGS ON ARMS GAVE WAY, LANDINGON LEG OF INJURED PERSON.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR'S RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK THAT FELL OUT BETWEENATRS AND CANOPY AND THE DRILL POT.
BUMP SHOULDER.
SCOOP WAS TRANSPINTING MEN INTO MINE IN SCOOP BUCKET SCOOP WET ACROSS ROLL IN BOTTOM CAUSING SCOOP BUCKET TO RISE. THIS PENNED EE AGAISNT BRUCKET AND TOP CAUSING INJURIES BROKE RIBS AND ANKLE.