Joe Branch No 1 Coal

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOFBOLTING MACHINE, WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD AND DRILL STEEL. EE STARTED ROTATING STEEL AND TWISTED ARM AROUND STEEL.

WHILE TRAMMING HAULER HE WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH BY A BROKEN BOARD HANGING DOWN.

4'X18'X40'L UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL IN OLD NO.2 PANEL. FOUND DURING FIRE BOSS RUN BY JOHN SHORT REPORTED 8-19-02. AT SPAD 1117 FALL OCCURRED AT BATTERY CHARGING STATION.

INJURED HAD COMPLETED INSTALLING BOLTS IN FACE AREA OF #8 ENTRY AND WAS WALKING BESIDE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURED STRIKING INJURED ON HEAD AND LEFT FOOT.

INJURED AND ONE OTHER EE WERE WORKING ON CONTINUOUS MINER IN #4 ENTRY WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURED (ROCK AND COAL) RIB FELL FROM BEHIND STRIKING LOWER LEGS. HEIGHT OF ENTRY IS 7 1/2'.

INJURED AND ONE OTHER EE WERE WORKING ON CONTINUOUS MINER IN #4 ENTRY WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURED (ROCK AND COAL) RIB ROLL FELL FROM BEHIND AND STRUCK LOWER LEGS. HEIGHT OF ENTRY 7 1/2'.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN FACE AREA WITH TWIN HEAD BOLTER WHEN ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING INJURED IN LOWER BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A S-CAR HAULING COAL. THE TIRE OF THE S-CAR RAN OVER AN ANCHOR PIN USED TO SECURE THE BELT TAILPIECE TO THE MINE FLOOR. THE PIN FLIPPED UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIBS CA USING THE INJURY.

EE COULDNT GIVE A SPECIFIC TIME OF ACCIDENT. HE SAID AFTER HIS SHIFT HE GOT VERY SORE IN HIS LOWER BACK AND BY THE TIME HE GOT HOME. THE PAIN WAS SO BOAD HE COULDNT WORK. THE DR TOLD HIM HE HA D A STRAIN AND HE SHOULD TAKE OFF WORK FOR 1 WEEK. HE DID NOT TELL US ABOUT IT IN TIME, SO THIS REPORT WILL BE LATE.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE A WHEEL UNIT ON A 21-SC. HE WAS PUSHING ON A LONG HANDLE BREAKER BAR WITH HIS FOOT. WHEN THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE, THE BREAKER BAR HANDLE MOVED CAUSING HIS KNEE TO TWIST CAUS ING THE INJURY. HE WORKED UNTIL 1/30/01. HE THEN WENT TO THE DR AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE OFF WORK.

EE WAS HELPING MOVE A POWER CENTER BY PULLING IT WITH A SCOOP. THE CHAIN GOT IN A BIND AND WHILEHE WAS TRYING TO FREE THE CHAIN THE SCOOP SWIVILED CATCHING HIS FINGER IN THE LINK CRUSHING THE END OF HIS FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SCOOP TO CLEAN AN INTERSECTION IN THE ESCAPEWAY. HE STARTED PUSHING GOO INTO A R-BK. WHEN A ROCK 3' X 30" X 18" FELL FROM THE RIB PINNING HIM IN THE DECK FROM BEHIND.

THE R-BOLT OPERATOR HAD INSTALLED HIS BOLT IN THE CURTAIN BOARD, ND WAS REPOSITIONING THE MACHINE TO INSTALL A BOLT. SOMEONE CALLED WHICH DREW HIS ATTENTION AWAY AT THE SAME TIME THE MACHINE WAS MOVING. HE FAILED TO MOVE AWAY WHICH LET THEMACHINE COME IN CONTACT WITH HIS FOOT.

EE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLY'S FROM THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP BY PUSHING THEM OUT WITH THE RAM. TO KEEP THE SCOOP FROM BACKING UP HE PUT PRESSURE DOWN ON THE BUCKET AS HE DID OS THE CANOPY PINNED HI S HAND (WHICH HE HAD PLACED ON THE SIDE O THE CANOPY) BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE TOP OF THE CANOPY.

WHILE MAKING A FIREBOSS RUN, EE FOUND A FALL IN THE #1 MAINS STARTING 1 BK INBY SPAD 2118, 210 FT STRAIGHT AHEAD THEN LEFT 4 BKS MEASURING 5 TO 8 FT THICK.

WHILE MAKING A FIRE BOSS RUN, EE WITNESSED A FALL IN #5 ENTRY OF THE 1 RIGHT MAINS. THE FALL WAS 20FT X 20FT X 5 FT THICK. IT WAS LOCATED 1 BK OUTBY SPAD #2167.

EE WAS TRYING TO FLIP A LARGE ROCK OUT OF THE FEEDER. THE ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS, CAUSING IT TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO HIS LEFT LEG.

A FALL OF ROOF 60 FT LONG #2 ENTRY AND 25 FT LONG IN #2 LEFT BY 18 FT WIDE TO 72" THICK IN BY SPAD #2137 HAPPENED JUST AFTER BEING CRIBBED OFF. THE FALL WAS WITNESSED BY SUPERINTENDENT.

EE WAS ON HIS KNEES WATCHING THE MINER CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 3 FT LONG BY 2 1/2 FT WIDE BY 2 TO 4 INCHES THICK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIM AND PUSHING HIM TO THE BOTTOM.

A FALL OF ROOF APPROX 4 FT THICK BY 70 FT LONG BY 20 FT WIDE OCCURRED IN #8 ENTRY. FALL WAS FOUND AT 1:30 AM BY EMPLOYEE WHO WAS IN THE AREA WITH A CREW OF MEN TO CORRECT ANOTHER ROOF CONTR OL PROBLEM.