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The employee had taped up a small cut in a belt control cable on 18 East Head. While holding the roll of tape in right hand, they cut the tape with a razor knife in their left hand. As they cut the tape, they slipped and cut their left index finger on their right hand, requiring 3 sutures to close the wound

While installing a hinge pin on a continuous miner on 4 South Head the employee struck the hinge pin with a hammer, and a piece of debris struck them in the submental area (transition area between chin and neck), causing a small laceration. Doctors initially elected not to treat it, but on 08/26/2026 the employee returned to the doctor to have the debris removed.

The employee was conducting scaling activities with a bar in a previously bolted row. As EE attempted to remove the first piece of loose rock an additional piece of rock fell striking the employee. As a result the employee received 3 staples to close a laceration to the head, a laceration to the left thumb receiving 2 sutures and a small fracture to the tip of the left thumb.

The employee had completed the electrical repair on the track switch and was hooking up the spring barrel to the throw bar using a slate bar. The slate bar slipped off of the spring barrel and the employee lost EE's balance causing EE to fall forward striking the ground. Employee started missing work on 07/08/2026.

The injured was trying to insert/align a shear pin in the relay bar on shield #2. While trying to align the pin, a come-along that was hooked from the header to the relay bar became unhooked, striking the employee on the top of the right hand causing a laceration which required sutures to close.

Employee was struck on the right index finger by a sledge hammer that glanced off the knocker while they were inadvertently installing a speed loader onto the Flexco splicing board while a belt splice was being made. Resulting in a laceration that required 3 sutures to close.

The injured was attempting to cut a piece of mine belt to be used as skirting material. While using both hands on the utility knife, EE lost EE's balance and slipped, and while EE's arm was stretched out to catch self, EE's left wrist contacted the knife causing a laceration, which required 3 sutures to close.

The injured was trying to remove a broken piece of conveyor flight on the Stage Loader tail sprocket inside the NDRE box and as EE was prying with a pry bar, the bar slipped causing EE to strike EE's right hand against the broken piece of flight. This resulted in a laceration to the ring finger knuckle which required four (4) sutures to close.

The injured was installing eye bolt. They had finished drilling the hole. They put the glue & eye bolt in the hole & started to raise the paddle wrench to the eye bolt. They dropped the eye bolt into the wrench & started to spin it. The eye bolt came out of the hole & struck them in the right side of the chest. Causing a laceration that had to be close with medical glue.

Employee was removing the belly pan off of 630 Mucker. Once bolts were unloosened, the pan fell smashing hand and finger.

The injured was installing a bit insert into a bit lug and as they were driving the insert into the lug with a hammer a small piece of metal from the bit clip dislodged and embedded in in the left leg above the keep.

Injured was using a slate bar to free a stuck impact bed, when it broke free the slate bar slipped, rolling their hand and slate bar on top of impact bed, causing them to strike their hand between the impact bed and frame of run-thru, causing a laceration/Fracture of the right ring finger.

Employee was removing strands of string from belt roller with a knife and the knife accidentally slipped causing injury to employee's hand.

Injured was putting oil in MT-13 Lo-Trac. EE was in the process of cutting a plastic bottle to make a funnel, when EE's razor knife slipped and cut EE's left index finger thru EE's leather work gloves. The cut was not deep, but the injured was on blood thinners and was taken to the hospital to control the bleeding and surgical glue was applied to close the wound.

The employee was in the process of welding bit lugs on the Shear, head side drum on 11 East. Employee was chipping slag in between weld passes when a small piece of slag, entered underneath the bottom of safety glasses and struck them in the right eye.

The injured was installing an articulation jack on the 1755 coal hauler on the 14 East section in the #2 heading and was using a pry bar to raise the jack up, the bar slipped causing the jack to slide down pinching the employee's right middle finger against the frame of the cylinder housing causing a laceration to the tip of the finger which required sutures and a fracture.

The employee was helping to repair a broken miner chain and while the employee was observing an employee trying to free the foot shaft from Gob, rock & a piece of broken miner flight. The jammed rock was hit with a hammer & during the process, a piece 1.5"x 3" flew up & struck the employee on the right corner of upper lip, causing a laceration that required 5 sutures to close.

The injured stated was on knees working on a clogged discharge line on a Puddle Sucker at Two North Tail. EE could not remove the stuck discharge line, so EE attempted to split it with a knife. EE lost balance and the knife jabbed EE on the outside of left hand between the thumb and index finger, causing a laceration which required three sutures to close.

Employee was shoveling around a pumpable crib and it fell striking EE in the foot

The injured was bolting on 11 East #4 entry. EE was in the process of tightening (torqueing) a roof bolt when a McSweeney bolt wrench, that connects the drill head to the roof bolt, the wrench broke and fell from the top, striking them on the top of right foot resulting in a fracture to the 2nd metatarsal bone.

The employee was cutting a piece of conduit for the 6 North Mains Feeder, when the knife slipped cutting the inside of left thigh requiring 5 sutures to close.

The injured was in the process of lifting up the Mucker at 5 North Discharge with a chain ratchet. The hook came loose and struck the injured in the left elbow, resulting in a puncture wound and fracture to left elbow.

Inj was removing a broken spring barrel at a track switch. While prying the rail over with a slate bar to remove the spring barrel pin, the bar slipped and inj fell backwards on EE's right side striking a belt rail resulting in a fractured rib.

Injured was using a slate bar to pry over a pallet of roof bolts to expose a hole in a bolt tray to put a chain thru in order to pull the tray into a scoop. In the process of prying for the hole in the tray the injured smashed the tip of left middle finger with the slate bar causing a laceration which took 3 sutures to close.

The injured was working on the left roof bolter on the 5 North Mains section. EE was using a pry bar to lift up on the planetary when EE felt pain in lower back and left hip. The pain got worse during the remainder of the shift.

Employee was cutting a piece of belt when knife slipped and cut hand