Redbank Creek Mine Coal

Employee was cleaning material off of shuttle car and experienced low back pain.

Employee was backing scoop down entry ramp and a road deck plank broke. The tire rotated a piece of the plank into the operators cab, causing injury to employees left lower ribs.

Employee was performing preshift mine examination and found the alternate route lifeline knocked down by rib rock. Attempted to pull rock off to repair lifeline and cut his finger on a sharp edge of rock.

A methane ignition occurred, about the size of a cantaloupe, inby the face of #2 entry. No one was injured.

Employee was tightening shuttle car trailing cable roof anchor and wrench slipped and he struck his right forearm against the roof bolt causing a deep contusion about 3" above the wrist. He went to doctor on 5/23 - restricted duty.

12" x 18" x 1" thick rock fell from top striking employee on hardhat and right shoulder.

Employee was applying stopping seal material and sustained minor 1st and 2nd degree chemical burns to her forearms and wrists just beyond where her gloves extended. Doctor released employee for light duty but none was available and employee was sent home till full release was atttained

Employee was holding bolter drill steel in right hand and when he lowered the drill pod, the steel caught between the pod and hydraulic hose, pushing the steel into the top of his right foot causing a bruise just behind the steel cap of his boot.

Employee was separating sections of 4-inch Aqua Mine pipe. When the sections were pulled apart, one section sprung up and struck employee on the bridge of his safety glasses causing a laceration which required several stitches.

Employee strained/bruised right wrist when chain cover plate slipped and the edge of the cover hit him.

Affected area has weakness with low angle faults and water seepage in jointing and was closed off several weeks ago. Roof fell sometime between 9/29 after 10 am and today 10/03 and was discovered during the preshift examination. Cribs and post to be installed to prevent advance of fall.

During maintenance/repair of mine fan, employee was rotating fan blades by hand to check clearances of blades to fan housing when right gloved hand got caught in between blade and housing pinching and cutting middle finger of right hand.

Miner was making cut into face for second shuttle car load when an ignition occured. There were no injuries.

Workers are normally off during weekends, but on Sunday, 7/23/2006, a special crew came in to repair our roofbolter. During the mine preshift inspection, the fireboss discovered a fall of ground in the intersection of #3 main and #3 crosscut. The accident was called in immediately to MSHA

Three employees were erecting a concrete block stopping. One employee turned to pick up another block, lost balance & fell over & 1 foot struck coworker in the left ankle causing the injury.

Employee was in process of bolting a fresh cut when a 4 inch slab fell while collaring a hole. The slab hit the operator protective canopy, broke and the broken part rotated and hit employee in the left back/shoulder blade causing a bruise.

Employee bent over to pick up a section of ventilation curtain when a rock fell about 30 inches from a brow overhang and struck employees' low back causing a bruise.