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Employees were cutting a 4" beam when it accidentally fell on another employee's hand causing injury (fracture)

Injured Left index finger with screw gun and became dizzy and fainted.

Employee was roof bolting in Area 7. As employee reached half the depth of the drill steel, drill steel guard was released as is standard procedure. The employee's left hand became caught on guard and in the process the left thumb was pinched between the guard and boom of the roof bolter.

Employee pulled up to the work zone in forklift to help cherry picker remove material from Level 1. Employee was helping with the outrigger set, heard a clank and someone yell to run. Guard rail was knocked loose by the picker and fell, striking shoulder and forearm.

Two emp were drilling a hole in the mine floor with a hydraulic drill. The drill bit caught causing 1 emp to stumble & lose grip on the handle of the drill. The drill spun causing emp hand to become caught in the hand guard with emp hand stuck on the trigger. This emp. fell into conveyor feeder. This emp. taken to dr. and placed on restrictions.

Two emp were drilling a hole in the mine floor with a hydraulic drill. The drill bit caught causing this emp to stumble & loose grip on the handle of the drill. The drill spun causing emp hand to become caught in the hand guard with emp hand stuck on the trigger. 2nd emp fell into conveyor feeder. This emp taken to dr and placed on restrictions.

EE was using a hand-held air chipping hammer to remove build-up on the Granulator. As EE moved left hand down the towards the base of the chipping hammer, left middle finger was pulled into the tool & pinched. The employee was wearing leather gloves. EE taken to ER & treated for fracture to left middle finger with sutures. Pain Med was given & emp placed on restrictions.

After using a gas powered chop saw to cut cement, EE stated was not feeling well and wanted to go home. Once home, EE felt the dizziness, headache and nausea could have been caused by inhaling exhaust from the chop saw and sought medical treatment.

Emp raising the boom with the fast feed lever with right hand and holding 6 steels in the hole with his left hand. The end of the steel extended out of the hole 10" and as the boom was coming up to meet the end of the steel, the operator stated that the boom jumped & pushed his left hand up in the hole between the back and the turn table of the bolter.

Emp. was loading an excavator and he went to get off and the equip. started to tip over and emp. jumped off and landed on his left heel. Emp. taken to the company Dr. He has a hairline fracture and was placed on restrictions. Emp. will return to work on his normal shift 7/24/13.

Emp. welding when he felt a piece of hot slag fly into his welding glove on his left hand. Emp. removed glove and said he saw a small red spot on his finger where he had been burned. Emp. continued to work. Emp. reported injury on 10/5/11 because left hand ring finger was red and swollen with drainage. Emp. taken to company Dr. and given oral antibiotic and restrictions.

While using a pipe threading machine employee got his hand caught between the pipe and the machine, causing lacerations to right hand between thumb and forefinger.

Emp. noticed red, swollen, red irritation on the left side of his navel on his stomach. He stated he was welding on ventilation fans the day before 8/4/11 and during the process a chip of slag or a "pop" of hot metal entered his shirt and he felt a burning sensation close to his navel. He went to the dr. and received an antibiotic. Emp. did not report injury until 8/5/11.

Emp. cut back of his hand between the knuckle on the ring and middle fingers (left hand) while blowing the grinder table area off. Emp. cut his hand on a duct opening behind the grinder, the flashing around each duct opening has sharp edges. Emp went to the ER and received 2 stitches. No restrictions.

Emp. was working in #1 Shaft scaling. He was 708'deep. He was struck on the left shoulder with a piece of re-bar. The re-bar was 2 1/2" long by 1". The Constructors crew was cutting the re-bar and a piece that was being cut flew down the shaft and hit emp.

Emp was using a Hilti nail gun attached to a 3 ft extension to attach a red warning ribbon to a rib. He let the gun extension handle slide through his hand to rest it on the ground and it hit the top of his foot instead and the gun fired on contact with his boot causing a fracture to top of Lt foot. Went to ER, placed on restrictions.

Emp was cutting wood for a waterline job. While emp was aligning the wood against the rail with right hand he bumped the wood. Hand slipped, saw blade caught shirt sleeve and cut the flesh to his right wrist and tendon. Emp had surgery to repair tendon and close the wound.

Employee felt minor irritation in right eye while at work but didn't report to supervisor until he was driving home and the pain increased. He states he did use grinder earlier that day and thinks he may have got an object in right eye. He went to company doc and eye doc where imbedded metal was removed from his rt eye and antibiotics were prescribed. Released to full duty.

Emp was using a hand held drill to drill a hole in a metal fan control box. The drill hung in the metal box causing his right hand to twist and resulted in pain and swelling. Took to doctor, xray showed fracture of right hand. Placed on restrictions and referred to ortho.

EE was tramming bolter into a room between the miner and exhaust fan. He had his hand on the seat guard on the L side of the seat. The bolter rubbed against the pan on the miner and moved the front of the bother to the left, pinching the index finger on the L hand between seat guard and the guard post on the exhaust fan. Laceration to finger, rcvd stitches. Restricted duty.

While putting up jumper cables on CU200 picker, employee got the tip of his left index finger caught in the cooling fan. Received laceration to finger and received stitches. On restricted duty.

Employee stated he was running a bolter, he had finished installing a bolt and was tramming forward to postion the bolter to another bolt, when he felt a sharp pain at his upper left side of his back.

Employee reported that his left eye was irritated after welding and grinding. He drove himself to the doctor(emergency room). A small metal splinter was found and removed from his left eye. He returned to work without restrictions.

Employee was cutting left pass in BT 53 with about 10 ft left. The right and center pass were in 30 ft. The operator was standing about 10 ft from the cutting head (to the right and back). He stated that a rock came from the continuous loading arm, striking him on the right lower leg. The crew treated the cut and he received five stitches at the Emergency Room.

PINCHPOINT ON STEEL GUARD ON ROOF BOLTER, CAUSED A LACERATION ON RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

CONTRACTOR WAS A PASSENGER ON 340 MANTRIP. WHEN APPROACHING AN AIR DOOR THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED TO PULL THE ROPE THAT OPERATED THE SET OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS TO THE AUTOMATIC AIR-OPERATED VENTILATION DOOR. AS VEHICLE STARTED THROUGH THE DOOR ABRUPTLY BEGAN TO CLOSE. IT STRUCK THE VEHICLE AND SLIPPED OVER INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND STRUCK THE CONTRACTOR.

Employee was jackhammering a concrete footing. The footing had been excavated. A piece of concrete the employee was hammering broke off causing the hammer to drop down into the excavation. The employee stretched, partially tore, his trepezius muscle in his right shoulder.

CO-WORKER HEARD EE SCREAMING FOR HELP & FOUND EE BY THE BOOM OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WITH HIS BACK TO THE RIB & THE BOOM IN HIS CHEST. CO-WORKER MOVED BOOM AWAY FROM EE'S CHEST.

EE WAS CAD WELDING GROUND BED. WHEN LIGHTING WELD CHARGE BLEW OUT AT TOP OF MOLD. PART OF THE CHARGE SHOT INTO LEFT GLOVE RESULTING IN BURNS. WELD WAS SET WITH RIGHT HAND. ALL PPE WAS IN PLACE I.E. LEATHER GLOVES, FARE SHIELD, LONG SLEEVE SHIRT.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STARTING TO DRILL A HOLE WITH A ROOF BOLTER TO INSTALL A ROOFBOLT. THE STEEL DRILL BROKE ABOVE THE STEEL HOLDER AND THE END OF THE LEFT ARM RESULTING IN A LACERATIO N REQUIRING SUTURES. EMPLOYEE ABLE TO PERFORM REGULAR DUTIES.

EES WERE USING A MAGNETIC DRILL THAT WAS POSITIONED ABOUT CHEST HIGH TO THE EE THAT GOT INJURED. THE DRILL BIT SEIZED & THE MAGNETIC DRILL BAR CAME LOOSE & TURNED ONE FULL REVOLUTION BEFORE CO MING TO A STOP. AS THE DRIL BAS SWUNG AROUND IT CAUGHT THE INJURED EE'S L. HAND BETWEEN THE DRILL BASE & THE CORNER OF THE PIECE THAT WAS BEING DRILLED. THIS RESULTED IN A CRUSH INJURY TO EE'

EE WAS PULLING UP THE LO LO WITH THE MINER IN AREA 2. EE GOT OUT TOP OF THE BELT TO SEE IF THE TFACE FAN WAS OUT OF THE TRAVEL WAY BY THE MINER. EE HEARD THE PANEL BELT RIP. THE BELT PULLED IN TO AND FLIPPED THE EE. WHEN EE LANDED HE LANDED ON THE BOTTOM BELT THAT WAS MOVING. BELT PUSHED EE INTO THE CROSS BARS.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT WEST LANG DRYER WITH A 2' BAR WHEN THE BAR CAUGHT THE PLOW, SUCKING THE BAR INTO THE DRYER, FRACTURING & LACERATING THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS SHEARING 3/8" STAINLESS PLATE. HE WAS USING BOTH HANDS TO HOLD PLATE. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT ALL FINGERS WERE ABOVE THE PLATE AND PLATE JUMPED BACK, MASHING HIS LEFT THUMB.

EE WAS USING STEAM PREPARED HOT WATER WHEN THEREWAS A PRESSURE DROP AND LIVE STEAM CAME OUT OF HTE HOSE CAUSING THE EE TO LOSE HIS GRIP ON THE HOSE BURNING HIMSELF ON THE LEFT ARM & TORSO

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN HIGH BACK IN AREA 7. HE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE STEEL, BUT ITKEPT "WALKING" ACROSS THE BACK. AS HE TURNED TOWARD THE ROOF BOLTER, A SMALL SLAB, APPROX 4"X3" X12" FELL AND STRUCK HIS HARD HAT AND LEFT THUMB

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PICKING EYE OFF SOME DUCT WORK. WHEN HE FINISHED THE CUT, THE DUCT SHIFTED, CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE DUCT AND THE I-BEAM.

WHILE TRIMMING BACK IN AN INTERSECTION, USING A REMOTE CONTROLLED CONTINUOUS MINER, A SLAB APPROX. 16'X20'X6 1/2" FELL ON THE MACHINE AND THE EE.

AS EMPLOYEE LOWERED THE PLUG IN THE FEED BOX TO BY-PASS THE ATTRITION SCRUBBER THE FORCE OF THE FEED SUCKED THE PLUG DOWN. THE PLUG HANDLE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND AND PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE HAD TIED TO BLASTING WIRE TO ROOF BOLTS TO HANG THE CUTTER CABLE ACROSS THE ROADWAY. THE EE 2 PULLED THE DRAG UNDER THE CABLE, THE CABLE CAUGHT ON THE DRAG AND WHIPPED AGAINST EE 1 PUSHING HIS FACE INTO THE CUTTER CONTROL PANEL.

EMP ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTION IN SAND BLASTER, HE INADVERTENTLY MOVED HIS ARM IN FRONT OF NOZZLE AND SAND BLASTED RIGHT ARM.

AS EE WAS IN AKNEELING POSITION WHILE CUTTING STEEL PLATE WITH CUTTING TORCH, HE FELT HIS HAND GETTING HOT. HE JUMPED UP QUICKLY AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

AS EE USED AN AIR HOSE TO CLEAN A BAG MACHINE, THE BULLWHEEL AND SLINGER BELT CAUGHT THE HOSE AND PULLED HIS RIGHT HAND INTO THE PINCH POINT. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE THUMB AND LACERATIONS WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

AS EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH A ROOF BOLT INTO THE HOLE HE HAD DRILLED THE BOLT FELL OFF THE WRENCH & STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT UPPER LIP CREATING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES

WHILE OPERATING A RAMCAR, EMPLOYEE STATED THAT A ROCK CAME OFF THE LOADING MACHINE BOOM & ALMOST STRUCK HIM. HE STATED THAT HE JERKED BACK TO AVOID THE ROCK & FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. BECAME R EPORTABLE 11/1/93 WHEN EMPLOYEE ASKED TO VISIT A CHIROPRACTOR.

EMPLOYEE TELEPHONED HER SUPERVISOR ON 5-8-93 AND STATED THAT SHE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HER SHOULDER WHILE OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER ON 3RD SHIFT 5-5-93. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS EXPERENCING DISCOM FORT AND HAD TAKEN A NARCOTIC TO ALLEVIATE THE PAIN. SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO COME TO WORK WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A NARCOTIC.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BIT GRINDE,R HE STATED THAT HE FELT SOMETHING ENTER HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND A FULL SHIELD AT THE TIME.

SAND BLASTING GOT SAND IN EYE

AS EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO FASTEN A POWER CABLE TO THE MINE ROOF WITH A RAM-SET FASTENER GUN, HE DISCHARGED THE GUN WHILE THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS OVER THE BARREL. A FASTENER H AD NOT BEEN INSERTED IN THE BARREL, AND THIS ALLOWED THE PROPULSION PLUNGER TO PROTRUDE PAST THE BARREL END AND STRIKE HIS FINGER. THIS RESULTED IN A ONE FRACTURE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND

EMPL WAS USING A ROOFBOLTING MACHINE TO MOVE A FACE FAN,CAUGHT LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE SEAT SUPPORT ON MACHINE AND THE RIB.BRUISING INJURY TO FOOT WHICH LIMITED WORK ACTIVITIES.