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INJ WAS COVERED UP IN ROCK FALL.MASSIVE ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON CONT MINING MACHINE DURING PILLAR RECOVERY ON 004-0 MMU...CONT MINER OPER ESCAPED UNINJURED AS RESULT OF CANOPY INSTALLED OVER OPE RATORS COMPARTMENT
EMPL WAS HAND MUCKING IN PREPARATION FOR RAISING CRIB WHEN THE BROW UNDER WHICH HE WAS WORKING GAVE WAY AND BURIED HIM BENEATH THE BROKEN ROCK.THE BROW WAS SUPPORTED BY ROCK BOLTS AND HAD BEEN CHECKED AND THE AREA SCALED.
EMPL UNLOADING DUMP TRUCK INTO BIN.FELL INTO BIN AND WAS COVERED WITH COAL REFUSE.
I.NAME FATALLY INJURED -CRUSHED AGAINST RIB BY CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE TRAILING CABLE STAND-OFF.I.NAME KNEELING BESIDE MACHINE AND OPERATING IT BY REMOTE CONTROL.HE HAD BACKED THE MACHINE AW AY FROM FACE AND WAS PIVOTING IT TO LEFT SIDE OF PLACE TO CLEAN UP LOOSE COAL.#1 ENTRY 001-0 SECT.
A COAL HAULER AND SCRAPER COLLIDED AT AN INTERSECTION WHERE SCRAPER WAS CROSSING HAUL ROAD.
ROCK FALLING FROM HIGHWALL PINNING EMPL BETWEEN SCOOP.
EMPLOYEES WERE PUSHING RAIL CAR INTO PLACE FOR TARE WEIGHING & LOADING WITH FRONT-END LOADER EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED-CAUGHT BETWEEN RAIL & RAIL CAR
EMPL & OTHERS OF DEADWORK CREW REINSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AFTER SMALL ROOF FALL OCCURRED.THE PTO ON SPEEDCO DRILL GOT HOT.THEY ALLOWED IT TO COOL.AFTER EMPL PLUGGED PTO BACK IN,A RIB ROLLED OVER ON RAILRUNNER PINNING EMPL BETWEEN ROLL AND RAILRUNNER.FALL 48" X 46" X 7" STRUCK ON HEAD.
EMPL OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER 28'INBY ROOF SUPPORT WHEN A SECTION OF MINE ROOF FELL ON HIM CAUSING HIS DEATH.
HAULING WASTE MATERIAL TO DUMP WITH EUCLID WHEN EUCLID STARTED TO DRIFT BACKWARDS & SUDDENLY TURNED STRICKING LARGE STONE BARRIER AT HIGHWALL & EUCLID WENT OVER HIGHWALL & STRUCK NEXT LEVEL TH ROWING I NAME OUT OF TRUCK
EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER IN G370 WHEN I NAME PULLED INTO 8XE 52RX I NAME MENTIONED TWO SCALES IN ROOF THAT NEEDED TO BE PULLED PRIOR TO BEGINNING WORK SECONDS LATER THE ENTIRE ROOM FELL STRIKI NG THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO 52RX(ACCIDENT SITE)TO DELIVER UNDERCUTTER BITS WHILE TRANSPORTING TWO BOXES OF BITS FROM GETMAN 367 TO #8 UNDERCUTTER THE ROOF FELL ON HIM
EMPL DOING REPAIRS ON CONTINUOUS MINER WATER SYSTEM SOLONOID VALVES LOCATED NEAR CONVEYOR CHAIN.EMPL STARTED MACHINE RIPPER HEAD WHILE NEAR CONVEYOR ADN APPARENTLY STARTED THE CONVEYOR INSTEAD .NO EYE WITNESSES.CRUSHED BETWEEN CHAIN AND CONVEYOR TUNNEL GUARD.OCCURRED ON ACTIVE 002-0 SECTION IN NO 6 ENTRY.
HE ENTERED CHEMICAL TANK TO INSTALL THREADED FLANGE FOR PROBE
CONTR USING 20 TON CRANE TO MOVE LARGE PIPE.EMPL WORKING AS SPOTTER WITH HAND ON PIPE TO GUIDE IT WHEN BOOM OF CRANE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH 60,000 VOLT POWER LINE.
EMPL OPERATING MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER IN BELT ENTRY STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH 48" LONG PIECE OF ROOF BOLT DRILL STEEL.
I NAME WAS GUIDING A GRADELL INTO PLACE TO BREAK UP CARBON BLOCKS STANDING BY THE DRIVERS DOOR I NAME TOLD THE TURRET OPERATOR OK SWING THE BOOM AROUND TO CHECK THE CLEARANCE UNKNOWN TO THE TU RRET OPERATOR & VEHICLE DRIVER I NAME APPARANTLYTHEN MOVED REARWARD & WAS PINNED AGAINST THE WALL BY THE REAR OF THE TURRET WHY I NAME MOVED FROM HIS SAFE POSITION IS UNKNOWN
EMPLOYEE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED 2300 VOLT BARE CONDUCTOR & WAS ELECTROCUATED
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A RAIL CAR WITH CEMENT DESPITE BEING GIVEN A SAFETY BELT BY HIS LEADMAN & INSTRUCTIONS TO USE & DESPITE WARNINGS BY WITNESSES TO PUT IT ON IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDEN T HE DID NOT DO SO HE TRIPPED ONTO THE RAIL CAR & FELL INTO THE HATCH HE LATER DIED OF SUFFOCATION
EMPL OPERATING ROCK TRUCK,BACKED OVER BERM HOLLOW-FILL AND EMPL JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM OVERTURNING TRUCK AND WAS COVERED WITH FILL ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE PUGMILL & MIXER WORK STATION BODY WAS DISCOVERED LODGED WITHIN THE MIXER DEATH OCCURRED ONE OF THE TOP MIXER COVERS HAD BEEN REMOVED
I.NAME -SUB CONTRACTOR-FAILED TO FOLLOW SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PERTAINING TO HANDLING OF EXPLOSIVES,FAILURE TO REMOVE PERSONNEL FROM BLAST ZONE RESULTED IN DEATH OF 1 OF THE TWO PERSONS LEFT IN TH E BLAST ZONE,SERIOUS INJURY TO THE OTHER.
I.NAME RUNNING LOADER,CLEANING A PLACE UP AND WENT OUT FROM UNDER ROOF SUPPORT.DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIM.FALL DIMENSIONS-4'L X 3'W X 2" THICK THAT FELL ON VICTIM.
WHILE ROCK BOLTING THE CEILING OF THE MINE 120' INTO THE FACE,THE CEILING FELL AND BURIED I.NAME WHILE PUSHING OTHER EMPL UP AGAINST THE FACE.
I.NAME TRAVELING SOUTH ON TRACTORIN CASS PIT IN WATER 2-3'DEEP TO RETRIEVE PUMP POWER CABLE STRUNG OVER HIGHWALL TO POWER A PUMP.APPARENTLY MISINTERPRETED WHERE DEEP SUMP ACTUALLY LOCATED DUE TO SUMP BEING FLOODED AND DROVE TRACTOR ONTO EDGE OF SUMP CAUSING IT TO TIP & FALL INTO SUMP ON ITS LEFT SIDE IN 12'WATER.
AN 85 TON HAUL TRUCK, HAVING COMPLETED DUMPING AT PRIMARY CRUSHER WAS GIVEN THE GO SIGNAL FROM THE CRUSHER OPERATOR. AS HE PROCEEDED FROM THE CRUSHER, A PERSONAL VEHICLE DRIVEN BY ANOTHER EMPL OYEE DROVE INTO HIS PATH AND TRUCK DROVE ONTO VEHICLE WITH RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. DISTANCE TRAVELED 10-15 FEET.
A FATAL ROOF FALL ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED IN RIVER MAINS SECTION AT 36 ROOM BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH ENTRIES TO THE RIGHT OF THE BELT ENTRY. VICTIM WAS HELPING TO SET POSTS ACROSS ENTRY AFTER MINER H AD MOVED OUT OF PILLAR. VICTIM WALKED INBY CORNER , TO RETRIEVE A CRIB BLOCK, AND THE AREA CAVED IN, COVERING VICTIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A JCI 250 M LHD UNIT AT THE FACE IN 41 ACCESS DRIFT. HE HAD JUST COMPLETED MUCKING OUT AND WAS BACK DRAGGING THE FLOOR AT THE FACE. A LARGE 30' LONG BY 7' THICK BLOCK FE LL OUT OF LEFT RIB STRIKING EMPLOYEE.
WITNESSES ALLEGE THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING AN AREA FOR THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF STEEL BEAMS WHICH WERE BEING OFF-LOADED FROM A FLATBED TRUCK. WHILE THOSE BEAMS WERE SUSPENDED OVERHEAD BY NYLON SLINGS, THEY TILTED, SLID THROUGH THE SLINGS AND FELL, IMPACTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD (FACE AREA). THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRED BY AMBULANCE TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOU
FALL OF ROOF ROCK RESULTING IN CRUSHING INJURIES TO UPPER BODY OF EMPLOYEE WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH.
TOOK HOLD OF GUIDE WIRE CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE DISK CONNECT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON POWER CENTER: EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED POWER WIRES.
WHILE I.NAME WAS MOVING DOWN THE CENTER OF THE TRACK TO PREPARE TO WORK ON ANOTHER SECTION OF THE BOTTOM SUPPLY TRACK, THE BACK OF HIS NECK CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE UNGUARDED (300+ VOLT) DC TR OLLEY WIRE WHICH CAUSED HIS FATALITY.
WHILE DOING PILLAR EXTRACTION MINING ON THE 001 SECTION A MASSIVE ROOF FALL OCCURRED. THE FINAL PUSH ON THE 2 LEFT BLOCK WAS BEING MINED. THE ROCK FELL ABOVE PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORTS AND OVERRO DE THE SUPPORT POST ALLOWING THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND COAL HAULER TO BE TRAPPED. THE INJURED WAS POSITIONED OUTBY THE MINER AND BETWEEN THE BREAKER AND ROADWAY POSTS OBSERVING THE ROOF. WHEN
HE WAS DRILLING IN 14-B-2 WEST DRIFT. APPARENTLY HE DRILLED INTO AN ISOLATED POCKET OF METHANE GAS. HE WAS SEVERELY BURNED WHEN THE METHANE EXPLODED AND DIED OF ASPHIXIATION. THE SOURCE OF THE METHANE AND THE SOURCE OF THE IGNITION ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
"SEE ATTACHED";PER FINAL INVESTIGATION.HAUL TRUCK RAN OUT OF FUEL.IT WAS REFUELED,ETC,OPER CALLED OVER RADIO STILL HAVING PROBLEMS.THEY RETURNED,ONE PARKED SERVICE VEHICLE SV-05 15' IN FRONT O F HAULTRUCK,FACING IT.I.NAME ARRIVED IN ANOTHER SVC TRK BOTH WALKED TOWARD HAULTRUCK,SVC TRUCK ROLLED DOWN 9% GRADE RAMP PINNED I.NAME AGAINST LADDER LOCATED IN FRONT OF TRUCK.RESULTED IN FAT
WHILE ROOF BOLTING A PILLAR SPLIT IN BLOCK #75, 30 FEET INBY STATION NO. 488; IT APPEARS THE ROOF BOLTER WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION, REMOVING A TWO FOOT DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL (8 FT LONG, 51 INCHES AT WIDEST POINT AND 4 INCHES THICK) STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE WHICH CAUSED THE FATAL ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLICE THE F-2 CONVEYOR BELT TOGETHER. HE CLIMBED UP ON THE BELT TO SECURE IT TO THE CONVEYOR FRAME. THE BOLTS HOLDING THE CLAMP TOGETHER PULLED THROUGH THE BELT LET TING THE BELT ROLL BACK DOWN THE FRAME. HE WAS ON THE BELT AS IT ROLLED DOWN THE FRAME FOR APPROX. 250' AND THEN FELL APPROX. 30' TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PRIMARY HOLE.
THE LOADER WENT OVER A BERM AND CONTINUED TO FALL TO QUARRY FLOOR.
THE DRIVER OF #375 HAUL TRUCK WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK SHE WAS OPERATING COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH #371 HAUL TRUCK APPROXIMATELY 1/5 MILE FROM THE TRUCK DUMP. THE DRIVER OF #371 WAS AP PROACHING THE TRUCK DUMP WITH A FULL LOAD COAL AND MAKING A LANE CHANGE. THE DRIVER OF #375 DID NOT MAKE THE LANE CHANGE IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATION AND THE TRUCKS COLLIDED. THE DRIVER OF #375
THE EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A BRIDGE BOARD ENTERED THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND PINNED HIM BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND THE PLANK. THE RIGHT LUNG WAS INJURED AND RIBS 5, 6 AND 7 WERE FRACTURED. THERE WAS A RESTRICTION OF BLOOD FROM THE HEAD CAUSING DEATH. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HARRISBURG HOSPITAL BY THE COUNTY CORONER.
THE VICTIM WAS ROOFING A FLAT ROOF AND ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE VICTIM WAS STOOPED AT THE EDGE OF THE ROOF, GETTING READY TO CHALK A LINE WHEN HE FELL OFF OF THE ROOF. HE FELL 29 FEET.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A PIECE OF UNSECURED FLOOR GRATING WHEN GRATING VIBRATED LOOSE. EMPLOYEE FELL TO BELOW, WITH GRATING, FALLING 61 FEET TO HIS DEATH.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING SCRAP METAL WITH THE DOZER. A VALVE BROKE OFF A PROPANE TANK CAUSING PROPANE GAS TO LEAK INTO THE AIR. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED OFF THE PERMITTED AREA.
THE REMOTE CONTROL CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BEING OPERATED IN THE FACE OF #9 ROOM OF THE 0 SOUTH OFF 1ST EAST UNIT#002-0. AT APPROX. 6:25 PM A MASSIVE ROOF FALL OCCURRED FATALLY CRUSHING THE MINER OPERATOR DANZIL GOINS. THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROX. 50 FT LONG, 14 FT WIDE, 0" TO 4FT THICK.
TRANSFORMER GIVING FALSE READING ON THE GROUND PHASE OF THE SWITCH. THE HAND-HELD MOMENTARY PUSH BUTTON WAS APPARENTLY MISSING DURING THE TIME HE WAS USING IT. WHEN HIS THUMB CONTACTED THE ENE RGIZED MECHANISM HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
EXPLOSIVES. A BLASTING ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 PM ON 7/31/90 ON THE 001-0 SECTION AT GRANNY ROSE COAL CO., NO. 3 MINE, ID 1516719. THREE EMPLOYEES WERE FATALLY INJURED.
EXPLOSIVES. A BLASTING ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROX. 2:00 PM ON 7/31/90 ON THE 001-0 SECTION AT GRANNY ROSE COAL CO., NO. 3 MINE, ID 1516719. THREE EMPLOYEE'S WERE FATALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDE NT.
EXPLOSIVES. A BLASTING ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROX 2:00 PM ON 7/31/90 ON THE 001-0 SECTION AT GRANNY ROSE COAL CO., NO. 3 MINE, ID NO. 1516719. THREE EMPLOYEES WERE FATALLY INJURED IN THE ACCI DENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL TO A PREPARATION PLANT WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FROM TRUCK AND FATALLY INJURED. IT WAS DETE RMINED DURING AN INVESTIGATION THAT THIS WAS NOTDUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS OR MALFUNCTIONS TO THE TRUCK.