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Employee was in the process of breaking slate that had fell on EE's drill steel when a small piece contacted EE's left knee causing EE to twist EE's left knee. An MRI revealed a tear to the left knee.
Employee was greasing the feeder when EE slid down a pile of material beside of the feeder causing EE to strain EE's back. EE continues to perform EE's normal duties but started physical therapy on 8/18/25.
Employee was walking to bolter and slipped on a wet rock that caused employee's knee to buckle under employee. Employee was treated for a strained knee. The employee became incarcerated on 2/13/25 for an undetermined amount of time.
Employee tripped and fell on a pallet with EE's right knee resulting in soreness and some bruising. Employee continues to work but started physical therapy on 2/20/2025.
Employee was lifting glue from a pallet to the scoop when EE twisted causing pain in EE's lower back. EE was treated for a strained lower back.
Employee was working beside of a belt header that was being installed when EE stepped back tripping over an unknown object causing EE's back to contact a timber resulting in a fractured rib.
Employee tripped and fell striking head on the rear of the unit lo-trac resulting in 5 stitches to the forehead.
Employee was walking beside the #6 unit power center when EE tripped on a shuttle car cable landing on EE's right shoulder. Employee has been taken off from work until an MRI can determine the extent of EE's injury.
Employee was stepping backwards when employee tripped on loose material landing on right thigh resulting in a hematoma.
Employee was walking towards the mantrip when EE tripped and fell on the mine floor, while catching self EE received a cut to EE's left thumb that required 5 stitches.
Employee was stepping onto a catwalk and lost EE's balance causing EE to fall on EE's right wrist. Employee's first missed day was 4/19/23 when EE was taken off from work.
Employee was working on a piece of equipment when the hinged cover fell over pushing the injured employee into the metal bar the cover normally rest on resulting in a laceration that required fourteen stitches.
Employee was walking through a curtain and tripped causing self to fall, resulting in a laceration on EE's fifth digit. The laceration required 5 stitches.
Getting out of a ride when employee felt knee pop. Employee started missing work on 3-1-23 because of having surgery to repair the left knee.
Employee was installing EE's inside pin & glue to the mine roof. EE's right knee twisted on a pile of loose material.
Employee stated that they slipped on a rock on the mine flooring & right knee was sore.
Employee was bending pins when EE lost EE's footing and slipped. While trying to catch self EE fell on EE's right hand, resulting in a fracture to EE's metacarpal bone.
Employee was foaming the top of an overcast, and was walking backwards and fell through a hole in the overcast landing on right ribs and elbow. Employee started missing 11/2/21 waiting on an MRI.
Employee was foaming sides of overcast, when EE's foot slipped on loose material causing EE to fall on the left shoulder. Employee started missing work on 12/7/21. EE is wanting on an MRI.
Employee was walking and stepped in a hole twisting EE's left knee.
Employee was walking outby in #4 entry and stepped in a hole in the mine floor and twisted EE's left knee.
Employee was standing on the slack pile of the scoop changer, when an employee pulled the cable tight causing EE to fall hitting EE's head and left shoulder. EE has a separation of AC joint and laceration to the scalp. EE is off work doing PT for the AC joint.
Employee was taking bolts out of a cover, when the bolt came loose employee slipped and twisted falling backwards left foot did not move. Resulted in twisting the knee. MRI reveals Near complete to complete ACL tear.
Employee was walking and tripped over loose coal. EE's left leg gave way on the loose material, and employee fell. AN MRI was done and confirmed Left Quadriceps tendon rupture.
Employee was pushing a rock off the continuous miner when the rock broke, causing the employee to fall unto the broken rock cutting EE's right forearm. The laceration required seven stitches.
Employee was dragging a load of wire mesh to roof bolter. EE was dragging it at a rapid pace, leaning forward and struck head pin/pin board knocking ee to knees, ee nose began to bleed, and ee was dizzy/light headed and began to feel drunk like.
Stepped in hole on surge belt and hyperextended right knee; employee did not start missing work until 08/31/2018.
Employee was walking outby the continuous miner when employee tripped on two rocks lying on the mine floor causing employee to fall. The employee fracture four bones in right foot.
Employee was walking to the roof bolter and twisted right ankle.
Employee slipped on a piece of slate twisting right knee.
Employee was dragging wire mesh to #2 entry, when foot hung on miner cable causing employee to fall on the ground, over extending left knee. Employee started missing work on 08/24/17.
Employee was putting bolts in a piece of rubber on the vibrator lip when the walk board broke causing EE to fall into the chute. EE hit head shoulder and hip on the metal sides. EE had 6 staples in head.
Employee was walking through a wing curtain with a bucket of miner bits and stepped in a hole in the mine floor causing employee to fall on left arm & shoulder. The employee started missing work on November 29, 2016
Employee was getting out of a shuttle car when foot slip causing EE to fall against the coal rib cutting left hand. The cut required stitches.
Employee was hooking a chain up to wire mesh and stepped back tripping over a piece of wire mesh. The employee started missing work on 3/15/16
Employee was walking over the miner cable and tripped falling into the coal rib hitting left shoulder and arm. After investigations of all avenues it was determined that injury was not preexisting.
Employee was walking in front of the sub at the slope project and step into a hole twisting his lower back. After a thorough investigation; we deemed it a reportable accident as of 6/3/2014.
Employee was carrying a bundle of pin plates in each hand to the roof bolter and tripped over a cable bolt and landed on his right lower back. On 8/7/13 employee reported an injury that the operator deemed questionable. On 10/17/13 the employee was referred to a specialist that reported the employee did in fact have an injury and that may have been treated incorrectly.
Employee was helping hang the miner cable when he twisted his ankle causing him to fall and facture his left ankle.
Employee was walking and tripped over miner cable and hit his mouth on the restrain clamp/horn of the miner causing a chipped tooth.
Employee tripped while loading supplies, and caught himself with right hand & arm causing pain in right shoulder. Employee started to missing work on 2/4/13
While attempting to stop a leak on the refuse box, two workers were going to apply a patch by using a piece of belting and metal. Co-worker climbed up a permanent ladder and injured employee grabbed the closest ladder, the upper part of an extension ladder. As he climbed up the ladder, it slipped causing him to fall.
Employee was walking around a pillar to get a tool and trip over a rock and fracture his elbow.
EE tripped & fell walking from parking area to bottom. He hung his foot in something didn't know what it was. He hit his left shoulder and ribs.
Employee was shoveling the unit belt. He was standing on slick rock that was along side of the belt. While shoveling employee slipped on the rock which caused him to fall and strike his tooth on a j bolt that was on the belt line.
Tripped by car cable and landed on bucket of miner bits.
Employee was working on vac. breaker and stumbled and fell into door. Door closed and cut right thumb
Pressure washer had quit. Worker climbed into back of truck, fixed the problem by securing a wire, turned around & fell off the truck. Initially, this was not a reportable accident because worker did not seek med. treatment & no time was lost. Worker did not seek med attn until 9/14/10 & was placed on restricted duty. Effective 9/20/10, he was off work completely.
While examining the maintenance shop for day shift, ee stepped off a bank which caused his knee to twist. A MRI was performed and found he has a torn meniscus.
He stepped off his ride , in a hole and fell. Later Doctor report showed that he actually had a baker cyst on this knee.