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The employee sustained a laceration requiring five staples after guarding contacted them when it was struck by a supply trip.
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
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.
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
The employee was assisting in moving the roof bolter in the #2 entry. EE had taken the bolter cable down from the mine roof and was moving the cable out of the roadway and holding the cable with EE's right hand. The injured felt an electrical shock when EE placed EE's left hand onto a cable splice.
The injured was picking up trash on 18 East Tail, Longwall set up face, while attempting to pick up an empty bulk dust bag that had rock dust on top of it, the injured stated that as EE attempted to pick the bag up, EE felt pain in EE's lower back and it rotated down right shoulder. EE started missing work on 6/2/2026.
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.
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust. Individual hired at Buchanan Mine #1 on 4/14/2026. Individuals Radiologist interpretation was concluded on 4/21/2026.
The Contrary Service hoist would not run due to programming problems in the PLC Controller.
The Contrary Service Hoist had a roll of conveyor belt loaded on it that was attached to the 30 Ton Overhead electric Hoist that is used to unload the belt. The PC and Overhead hoist remote control had electrical problems and this interfered with the use of the Elevator.
Injured was operating the tail side shearer while they were cutting out on the head. A rock came off of the tail drum and struck EE on the right thumb causing a laceration resulting in 9 sutures.
The injured was drilling into the rib to install a rib bolt, when EE was bringing the drill head back toward EE, EE caught EE's right ring finger between the inner mast and inner carriage area of drill head and the drill station frame.
Bad relay on the brake control that did not let it get another voltage to release the brakes. Back in operation on 5/14/26 at 9:15 AM
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
The employee was starting to drill the first hole in the last row when a triangle shaped piece of rock measuring 12.5" x 6" x 1.5" fell from the roof around the drill steel deflecting off of the rotating drill pot striking the employee on the right wrist just above the glove line causing a laceration that required sutures to close.
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.
With the help of two other employees, the injured helped to hang the miner cable & water line cross the #3 entry. The injured felt a dull pain in the lumbar area of EE's back and stated it was getting worst as EE sat bits on the miner
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
The injured was walking in 5 north bleeders from 17 east to 16 east. Their left foot slipped while walking in wet and muddy rock dust and when they went to catch themselves with their right leg, they felt a pain in their right knee.
Shear Operator was spotting a shield to catch rock on the LW face, a piece of rock rolled out into the panline and hit the spill board and a piece of rock measuring 54"x14"x3-8" broke off after striking the spill board and fell into the walkway and struck the the employee on the right side of right foot causing a laceration which required 2 staples to close.
Light on the control panel for "Door open" on the Horn Mountain Portal Hoist stayed on and was flashing even when the door was shut and the hoist would not work when a button was pushed to send it to mine level. T
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
The injured was in the process of removing belt structure from the 16 East LW belt and stacking it on a flat Car when they felt a pop in their back.
While attempting to accessing the offside area of the 2 East belt, to pre-shift the drive motors, the employee moved under the conveyor structure/Cross under guard. During this movement, a portion of the employee's coat contacted a bottom conveyor roller. Resulting in abrasions and swelling to right elbow and abrasions to right arm.
The employee was at 7 East Brk 60 at the Double doors picking up trash/old pipe and loading it on flat cars and as they threw the pipe/trash on the car, employee states that they lost balance and caught themselves with left hand and used the flat car to catch themselves, they felt a pop in left shoulder.
The angle iron for the stop switch broke off and got fouled between the elevator and the beam causing damage to control leads. The control leads were replaced and PLC's had to be reprogrammed.
A Maintenance Foreman and a passenger was in the process of traveling from 9 Vent bottom to 17 East section to work on high voltage power line. While in the second block light of the 5 North back track, at crosscut #44 it is believed that the injured employee's cap light struck a low spot on the mine roof (57 inches) causing trauma to their neck and vertebrae.
The injured and three other employees was riding the Page mini-cage (old) down when it unexpectedly jerked approximately 3 feet from the landing, as it was slowing down to stop at the destination causing EE's knees to buckle.
Employee injured right shoulder while handling props on 1/20/26. They worked unrestricted until 4/5/26, began missing work 4/6/26. This incident did not involve any aspect of compliance with rules and regulations; mine equipment or mining system; job skills and miner proficiency, training and attitude; or protective items relating to clothing, or protective devices on equipment.
The trailing cable was cut into by a clip as Coalfield was coming out on the hoist after installing two channels at skip load cell level. The cable was replaced with a new cable on 01/22/2026 and the hoist put back into service at approximately 5:00 PM
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
wires inside of the conduit that feeds the surface controls were grounded and changed out with all new wiring and installed 2 new door switches
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
The injured was walking down the concrete slope at the production belt, when EE slipped/fell & twisted EE's right. The employee started missing work on 1/18/26.
The injured person was in the process of removing a ventilation tubing chain from the mine roof when the accident occurred. After lowering the chain, they stepped back and twisted their right ankle.
Replace Friction Drum liners on Horn Mountain Portal (9 Vent) Hoist
Employee lifting an 18' ventilation slider to line up to slide into a piece of 20' ventilation tubing, an employee in the back of the slider heard someone say push the slider and when EE did the foreman's finger was struck against the D-ring of the slider and the 20' tubing. Resulting in a fracture, and a laceration that required 2 sutures to the tip of EE's left middle finger.
The injured stated that they were operating the tail sider shearer on 16 East LW section, in the process of cutting bottom on the tail and during the cut out process they were struck by an object that was slung out by the tail side cutter drum, striking them on the upper torso, resulting in two fractured ribs.
Had to replace 2 blown fuses for the 8 Vent Hoist
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
Job-related hearing loss. Pending Worker's Compensation Settlement.
The injured was drilling a hole in the roof at CC#32 on 5 North Mains, preparing to install a cable bolt. While drilling a piece of rock fall around drill steel. The injured inadvertently placed a hand on the bolt tray to attempt to move, when the rock fell striking them on the left hand that was on the bolt tray, causing a laceration which required 3 sutures to close.
A rock fall in the intersection of 5 North Mains at break #32 in the track and belt entry. The fall extended into the left crosscut.
The employee was attempting to move a piece of rock off of the tail drive on 16E Longwall, when a rock measuring approximately 10"x5"x5" fell from between shields #121 and #122 striking the tip EE's right middle finger between the rock EE was attempting to move and the rock that fell. Resulting in a laceration and fracture to the tip of EE's finger.
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
Scoop was tramming outby bucket first when the battery lift arm caught a piece of tubing that was stacked on the rib and shoved it into the back of the injured's leg causing a fracture on the inside of EE's right knee cap and outside of knee