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ROOF FALL - FATAL - 30'X 30'INTERSECTION - SPAD #1003 - 1XCUT INBY. EE AND CO-WORKER WERE POSITIONED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CONTINUOUS MININGMACHINE WHEN THE ROOF BEGAN TO FALL WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
EES WERE BACKING CM OUT OF A PILLAR LIFT WHEN A ROOF FALL OCCURRED. APPROX 30'X 30'X 10'. FALL OCCURRED 1 X-CUT INBY SPAD #1003 - #4 ENTRY - 002-0 SECTION. INJURED SUSTAINED A BROKEN ARM & PEL VIS. CM & UNIHAULER WERE LEFT UNDER THE FALL.
INJURED STATED THAT HE FELT PAIN IN BOTH KNEES AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF UNIHAULER.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROOF MEASURING APPROX. 5' LONG X 2 1/2' WIDE X 3" THICK. FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND OUTSIDE ROW OF BOLTS, STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT SHOULDER AND HIP CAUSING A BRUISE.
INJURED WAS PRYING ON A HUMP JACK WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN BAR SLIPPED CAUSING INJURED TO MASH HIS RIGHT HAND, THE SLATE BAR AND A TORQUE SHAFT THAT WAS LAYING ON THE BOTTO, CAUSING FRACTURE OF H IS RIGHT HAND.
LOOSE RIB ROLLED AND STRUCK INJURED ON FEET AND ANKLE. 5' LONG BY 3' HIGH BY 14" THICK.
LOOSE ROOF FELL & STRUCK INJURED IN LOWER BACK AS HE WAS OPERATING ROOF DRILL - CAUSING A CONTUSION.
INJURED HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF A UNI-HAULER WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL, STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT ELBOW, CAUSING A BRUISE.
INJURED HAD HAND OUTSIDE OF SCOOP MOVING A ROOF DRILL CABLE AND MASHED FINGER BETWEEN SCOOP CANOPY AND RIB.
INJURED WAS LOOSENING BOLT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING A STONE FELL OUT OF ROOF AND STRUCK OPERATOR ON SHOULDER.
WHILE CUTTING CROSSCUT 4-3 HEAD-ON INTERSECTION FELL. 4'-5' IN HEIGHT, 30' LONG, 19' WIDE. UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL; DID NOT FALL ON CONTINUOUS MINER.
EE WAS CHANGING OUT A BROKEN BOLT ON PRESS ROLLER TRACKING ARM. THE OTHER BOLT HOLDING ARM BROKE & ROLLER FELL AGAINST HIS ARM CAUSING A BRUISE.
RIDING MAN TRIP, MAN TRIP HIT BUMP AND BOUNCED, EE JARRED HIS BACK.
UN-INTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 20'X20'X6 1/2' HIGH IN IN TERSECTION NEAR SURGERY STATION 590 #4 ENTRY 1300 OUTBY FACE. AREA TIMBERED AND DANGER OFF.
EE IS AN ELECTRICIAN & HAD CUT A LARGE PIECE OF METAL FOR A REPAIR JOB & WHILE LIFTING THE CUT PIECE, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STRIKING HIM IN CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DOWN ROCK THAT WAS HANGING ON A ROOF BOLT, RIPPER HEAD OF CONTINUOUS MINER CAUGHT THE ROCK AND THREW IT BACK STRIKING EE ON RIGHT THIGH.
A SUPPLY TRUCK FOR BECKLEY WELDING HAD AN ACETYLENE BOTTLE CATCH ON FIRE & THE FIRE BURNED LONGER THAN 20 MIN. STATE & FED. WERE NOTIFIED. BECKLEY WELDING HAS BEEN CONTACTED & REQUESTED TO INS PECT BOTTLES & NOZZLES BEFORE DELIVERY TO OUR SITES.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL #4 ENTRY AT STATION 986.20' X 30' X 10'. DANGERED OFF AND TIMBERED.
EMPLOYEE IS A SURFACE MINE FOREMAN. HE WAS RE-SETTING A LIGHT PLANT TO A NEW SURFACE LOCATION. HE RAISED THE BOOM ON PLANT AND REACHED DOWN TO SET HOLDING PIN. THE BOOM SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOOM AND PINCH POINT.
A PIECE OF ROCK, 18" X 30" X 6", FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EE ON THE UPPER BACK.
WORKING ON BELT SECTION FEEDER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
INJURED STATED HE WAS PLASTERING A STOPPING WHEN HE GOT PLASTER IN HIS RT. EYE. INJURED WENT TO DR. AND HAD FOREIGN MATERIAL REMOVED.
EE WAS IN THE DECK OF HIS SCOOP WHEN A PIECE OF LOCK APPROX 3'X2'X3" FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM IN THE UPPER BODY.
EE WAS LANDING CABLE IN SCOOP BUCKET-FOOT SLIPPED UNDER FRONT OF BUCKETS.
EE WAS IN INTERSECTION SETTING TIMBERS AS MINER WAS BEING BACKED OUTBY INTERSECTION. THE INTERSECTION ROOF COLLASPED TRAPING HIS LOWER LEGS UNDER BACK.
A POCKET OF HEAD COAL FELL OUT OF THE ROOF AND STRUCK THE MAN ON THE HOOD AND DOUBLED HIM OVER. COAL APP 3 FT BY 3 FT BY 5 IN.
ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING VICTIM ON LEFT UPPER LEG.
IN MUD AND WATER, HIS FOOT SANK AND STUCK IN MUD. HE TRIED TO WALK AWAY AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
BREAKING FITTING LOOSE ON BOLT MACHINE. FITTING BROKE AND HE FELL AND HIT HIS HAND CUTTING IT.
PARTS TRAILER LOCATED ON SURFACE CAUGHT FIRE DURING IDLE SHIFT. TRAILER WAS DESTROYED. MINE IDLENO INJURIES. FIRE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A PROPANE HEATER.
ROOF FALL AT SPAD 641, 10 XCUTS OUTBY SECTION. FALL WAS 20' WIDE, 35' LONG, 4' THICK.
LOOSE STACK ROCK
WATERLINE BROKE STRIKING INJURED IN HAND & HEAD.