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We had another smoker start up and we have all our rubber tire dozers down. We are waiting to get a tire replaced on a rubber tire dozer then it will go out and put the smoker out.

We had a Smoker on our Anderson coal seam bench. We got our RTD working on getting them out.

Contractor left their master switch on and it caused a fire to their motorgrader. No one was operating the machine and it was away from anything that could burn. No one was hurt, the blade was burnt up. They took it off site.

We have a couple of smokers on our A seam and C Seams of coal. We are trying to get to them to put them out. Our pit is very muddy. We are going to bury them as soon as we get to them.

We have a smoker on our A-Seam in the Northwest cut. We are digging it out and pushing material over to get it put out. Lots of rain is hindering us from getting it out in a timely manner.

Found we had 2 smokers on our Canyon coal seam and 2 smokers on our Anderson coal seam that flared up this morning around 7:15am. We are working on getting them all put out, it is just going to take longer then 30 minutes.

We have a Coal Smoker on our west end of the Canyon Coal Seam. We will Not have it out in the 30 minutes. We did not have anyone on night shift because of a winter storm, We are getting crews out to get the smokers put out.

We have a couple of smokers in our Anderson coal seam. We are needing more time to put them out because of where they are located. We have a dozer in the process of getting the smokers put out.

Had some smokers flare up on us that we were not able to get it out in the proper time. We are pushing material over on to the smoker to snuff it out. It was on our Canyon coal seam.

Coal fire that started from spontaneous combustion and wind in the north C 1-2 face.

East A1/2 catch bench has a coal fire burning that was caused by windy conditions and spontaneous combustion of the coal. The catch bench is hard to get to so it will be 5 to 6 hours before a piece of equipment will be able to get to the fire to dig it out.

Smoldering coal which was started by the high winds and spontaneous combustion was noticed at 12:00 PM in the North A1/2 face and it was going to be several hours before a rubber tire dozer could get to it to bury it because of the shovel trailing cable across the road. A cable duct was put in place and a rubber tire dozer was able to cross the cable and bury the hot spot.

Small coal smoker that started by spontaneous combustion in the north A1/2 face couldn't be distinguished with in 30 minutes. Took 2-2 1/2 hours to dig smoker out.

Coal smoker (which started by spontaneous combustion) at the toe of the west A1/2 bench was not able to be put out with in 30 minutes. Dozers were sent to the location and will have smoker out within 2 hours.

Employee was using a 3 step ladder to inspect area on front of haul truck bed. The bed was off the truck, on the ground, being worked on. When they stepped down from the last step of the ladder, to the ground, their ankle rolled.

Employee was carrying sample retains to storage building, tripped on step into storage area, caught self and sprained right hip.

Smoker noticed in the coal/parting berm on the #4 access ramp above c-seam. This was not on the edge of the highwall. Smoker was cable locked by the 4100 shovel cable, and needed to be relocated to gain access. Smoker was out within 1 hour of discovery.

A Technician was removing an axle from a haul truck. As the axle became free from the final, it swung and impacted a forklift and the employee's hand, requiring nine sutures to close the wound.

Smoker was noticed in the IBO cut above the c-seam. Rubber tire dozer was tasked with snuffing it out by means of burial. It took approx 42 minutes to extinguish the smoker from when first identified.

Smoker in coal seam in s/w corner of mine. Bottom of A-Seam coal on the backfill 4 bench.

Smoldering coal at the toe of the south west A1/2 bench. High winds and spontaneous combustion started the smoldering coal.

The operator was traveling down a muddy slick road. The truck slid and tipped over.

Smoker was noticed in the SW corner of the A-Seam on panel B at the toe of the coal seam at the backfill 4 elevation. Smoker will be extinguished by means of dumping dirt, and pushing over the berm with a rubber tire dozer. Expected time to extinguish is less than 2 hours.

Coal smokers caused by spontaneous combustion in the south west A1/2 face.

Fire in coal seam "C". Location is hard to access. Access ramp under construction to gain access. Fire will be dug out from coal seam, and will be buried.

Contract employee (Standard Lab) called a mayday on self, was having problems breathing and wasn't feeling well. Employee stated has had congestive heart issues in the past. Mine rescue team responded and contract employee was taken to local hospital for examination. Employee was released from hospital and given instructions that EE could return to work.

Warehouse EE was attempting to pull a box off top shelf of pallet rack onto a pallet While EE was attempting to pull the box EE felt a slight discomfort in EE's bicep EE reported the hurt and the EE was put in contact with company Teladoc

Smoker/fire was noticed during the morning pit tour between the Anderson (A-Seam) and the IB-1 Dirt Seam. The location was challenging to access safely, so the fire took approx. 4hrs to put out. Track Dozer buried the fire with parting material pushed down from the OB-1 bench.

Coal fines started on fire at the toe of the A-1/2 bench from wind gust, working on covering the fire with dirt to put it out.

The technician was using a "RAD" gun to torque bolts when the torque gun slipped, crushing the tip of the tech's middle finger on right hand.

Hot and dry conditions, coal spontaneously will combust and the fire wasn't put out with in the 30 minutes. Fire was put out within an hour.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING BULK TRUCK AND TWISTED AND SPRAINED AN ANKLE.

Employee reached out with left hand to stop a large filter housing from falling. The housing landed on EE's left hand cutting the webbing between the ring and middle finger. Employee need stitches to close the wound.

Small smoker started in the north C1/2 coal face, spontaneous combustion started the smoker, wind picked up last night and fanned it into a fire. Going to take couple shifts to get it covered with overburden material because of where it is located.

Wind caused power lines to slap together and tripped out power to the mine when the power came back on a electrical fuse sparked and the sparks caused a grass fire in the train rail loop. Only took the recue team 45 minutes to extinguish the fire.

Utility person went to get the rope ready to drop the cable down from the cable tree. Employee was taking the last wrap of rope off the hooks and the rope slipped roughly one foot through the break. EE had left hand under the break grasping the rope, when it slid, EE's hand was pulled up into the break pinching the left thumb.

While retrieving a cardboard box employee stepped out of the back seat of a pickup and rolled left ankle on a ~ 3" piece of scoria.

A small coal fire flared up due to combustion and had not been buried within the 30 minute time frame in the south east corner of the Canyon seam.

A coal fire was started by high wind conditions and spontaneous combustion in the north high wall face. High wall is in an area that no active mining is going on at this time.

There was not a specific incident and no structural fires. Buckskin had several coal smokers in the pit that were causing smoke to hang over the west portion of the mine and then drift toward some homes located west of the mine. Due to the smell of the smoking coal a home owner called in to MSHA.

Employee was walking on a downward grade on loose ballast, (small rocks along railroad tracks) the ballast slid causing the employee to fall backwards, as employee was falling employee put right arm out to brake fall, impacting hand and breaking right wrist.

Shift supervisor noticed a small smoker in coal face while doing on shift inspection at 5:00am, when crew got to the coal pit the smoker had some small flames starting, small fire was due to spontaneous combustion of the coal. Overburden will be used to cover the fire.

As a loaded train was leaving the mine a grass fire was started on the rail loop, fire pushed north onto private property. Fire was started on Buckskin rail loop so fire was called in on 7/13/2017 to MSHA. No hurts or equipment/structure damage. Campbell County Fire department extinguished the fire.

Employee walked from a OB drill to pick-up at the end of shift and called a may day due to losing eye sight and being disorientated. Rescue team responded and found the employee in extreme discomfort. Rescue team started assessment and CPR when employee went unconscious. 911 was called and employee was loaded on a gurney and transported to the hospital.

Mechanic was attempting to take a winch line drum off a overburden drill and when the drum dropped, the mechanics left ring finger tip got lacerated due to poor hand position.

Fire due to high temperatures (90+ degrees) high winds and combustion in the coal face. There was no equipment or personnel in the area of the fire, closes piece of equipment was an OB shovel 4 benches up and half a bench to the west approximately 2,734' away. The fire was washed down with water trucks and dug out with a track hoe and the material was buried in backfill.

Mechanic broke left middle finger tip when the wind caught the door of a JLG man lift slamming it on the finger tip. Mechanic's hand was placed on the hinge side of the door frame and the mechanic was wearing leather work gloves.

Operator of 854 rubber tire dozer was doing a clean-up for the electric shovel when he backed over a chunk and jarred his shoulder. Operator stated that he ran over a rock while backing up causing the rubber tire to bounce around. While bouncing the operator felt a small pain in his shoulder and it didn't go away for about a half hour.

While torqueing strut bolts on a 797B with a Rad gun the mechanic holding the backup wrench was struck in the face by the torque wrench reaction arm when the socket turned off the nut. The force of the blow cut the mechanic just below the lower lip. The cut required three stitches to close.