Guest Mtn. No. 5: 513 citaciones de la MSHA Coal

Drill steel was hung in the drill chuck, employee struck drill steel with wrench and it came back striking employee above the left eye causing a laceration.

The Lo Trac operator was checking the fluids on his equipment. When the operator raised the engine hatch to check the fluids, he secured the hatch with a rope hanger. The rope hanger came loose causing the hatch to fall on the operator's left hand resulting in a fractured thumb.

Employee was beating foot shaft off miner. Piece of steel punctured left arm and lodged in it.

The individual was trying to pull a piece of ventilation curtain on a mud hole. He was pulling with both hands when his left hand slipped and caused him to strain his right shoulder.

The employee was pushing a rock out of the way with the stab jack on the roof bolter. The rock either broke or the stab jack slipped over top of the rock, causing the drill head to move forward quickly catching his left thumb between the drill steel and the canopy post.

The individual was putting an end on an extension cord and cut his thumb resulting in a laceration that required stitches. This is a medical only report with no lost or restricted work days.

While the individual was tightening the wheel on the shuttle car, the ratchet slipped causing him to lose balance and fall hitting his mouth on the fender resulting in two chipped teeth. There were no lost or restricted days and he has not sought treatment.

The individual pulled a pallet off the Lo Trac fork lift and mashed the ring finger on his left hand. He developed staff infection and was hospitalized.

The individual was walking to the rear of the roof hitting machine when he stepped on an area of irregular bottom and twisted his knee.

The EE was observing the operation of the CM when a piece of rock and coal came off the head of the CM and struck him in the left eye. Some material was embedded in his eye and had to be removed. This is a medical only treatment. No lost or restricted work days.

While cleaning rock off the drill head of the roof bolter a piece of draw rock fell from between the bolts hitting the individual on the right shoulder and lower back.

The individual had his back to roof bolter waiting on miner to exit #5 entry. When miner trammed out of the way, the roof bolter trammed forward with the T-bar of the roof bolter catching the toes on the right foot.

EE was operating roof bolter, rock fell from roof, striking EE on left hand. To correct the problem, EE was told to keep hand off of drill head and observe top before starting to bolt.

The employee was changing the operator's side feed cylinder on a roof bolting machine. A come-a-long hoist was hooked to the machine's boom and a roof support plate. The hook came loose from the roof support plate and the boom fell catching his arm.

The employee, along with another person, was hanging the power cable to the continuous mining machine and felt pain in his lower back when he lifted the cable.

While pulling miner cable, feet flew out & caught himself with his left wrist.