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Employee stated was working with the power movers hanging miner cable when EE felt pain in the lower back and left leg. Employee came back to work on regular job but started missing on 9/24/20.
A ROCKFALL OCCURRED IN THE S/R IN THE 302 SUBMAIN WEST IN THE #4 ENTRY AT SPAD 3+50 SOMETIME BETWEEN THE AFTERNOON SHIFT ON 9/12/20 & 9/13/20 WHEN THE PRE-SHIFT EXAMINERS CAME IN AT 8:00 PM TO EXAM THE MINES FOR THE 3RD SHIFT WHICH STARTED AT 11:00 PM. THE FALL WAS 10X19X60.
The employee was roof bolting on the #2 unit in the #9 entry. A piece of rock fell out and struck EE in the left shoulder.
Employee stated EE was bolting the #10 entry. The top and bottom pinner steels were stuck together and when EE pulled them apart pulling towards EE's face the pinner steel hit EE in the chin requiring 4 sutures.
Employee was installing a 6' roof-bolt in-by the brow after the brow had been bolted by 9' cable bolts when a piece of rock fell and struck the right side of EE's hard hat causing a laceration on the right side of EE's forehead. EE received 4 sutures.
Employee stated EE was working on the belt crew putting on belt when EE felt pain in the middle of EE's back. EE was pulling on a piece of belt.
Employee was rolling up the curtain in the #11 entry when they stepped in a hole and twisted left knee which caused them to fall. The Hospital determined that they had broken the left leg right below the left knee.
Employee stated while tramming miner from #9 entry to #8 entry employee stepped on a piece of coal or rock and twisted left knee.
Employee stated while loading the roof-bolter EE felt pain in lower back. Employee had previous back injury.
Employee stated while building a brattice EE stepped on a piece of block. When EE started to fall EE tried to catch self and twisted EE's lower back. Employee stated EE had a back injury previously.
A rock fall occurred in the last open crosscut on the #1 unit at spad 5+65 in the #8 entry.
Employee stated while lifting the miner cable they felt pain in right calf.
Employee stated EE had set EE's ATRS and swing out to start bolting and had EE's finger on top of the canopy when a rock 1'x1'x1" fell striking EE's right index finger. EE needed sutures.
A rockfall was found in the 202 Panel South in an intersection at spad 30+20.The face had been driven in further than 20 feet.
Employee stated that while EE was leveling EE's drill pot 2 x-cuts outby the face area a piece of rock fell from a slip after EE drilled 2 holes in the roof striking the top of EE's right hand causing a laceration that resulted in sutures. The rock also dislocated 4 fingers on EE's right hand. EE was wearing gloves at the time of the accident. #1 Unit - Entry #11 - Spad 1+50
Employee stated that the wet down hose was pushed into the feeder and became wrapped around the pit breaker. The power was locked and tagged out and employee was manually rotating the pit breaker unwinding the hose when right hand got caught between the frame and a pit breaker bit. The employee received sutures in right hand.
Employee stated EE was holding the steel and pushing it up with the pot when the steel bent striking EE's left index finger knuckle. EE had removed EE's hand from the steel after the pot came in contact with the steel.
Employee was using a hand grinder cutting a metal band and grinder slipped off of the metal band and hit EE's left hand between the thumb and index finger requiring 3 sutures.
A hot spot occurred on the north side of the raw coal stock pile, employee notice it smoking.
A rock fall was found in the North Mains at spad 30+30 in the #8 entry which fell on the High Voltage cable sending power to the #2 Unit.
Employee was standing unloading supplies off of the #23 mantrip for 2nd shift when the #22 4 man ride pulled forward and pinched the back of EE's left calf between the 2 trips. Employee required sutures in EE's left calf.
Employee stated EE was rock dusting the belt on the 2nd West when the hose EE was holding became caught and jerked EE off the trailer. When EE was pulled off the trailer by the tightening of the hose, EE's right foot went under the trailer and the wheel hit EE's lower leg just below EE's knee.
Employee stated a piece of rock fell and struck right foot. The rock struck about 3 inches back on EE's boot. An xray showed that EE's big toe and small toe had a hairline fracture.
Employee stated was operating a ram car when it struck a roof bolt and broke the bolts out of the canopy. The canopy dropped and hit employee in the chest on one of the corners.
Employee stated EE was breaking a header board apart when EE hit a metal band and the band hit EE's right wrist causing a laceration requiring sutures.
Employee stated was tramming the right side miner into the face of the #8 entry when EE reached to take the strap off and a piece of rock fell and hit EE's elbow. inby station 3+50. Sutures were required.
Employee stated EE's foot wrench slide out from under EE's tray and when EE reached to push it back in while lowering EE's boom, the boom pushed the wrench down on one end and up on the other catching EE's middle left finger on the tip against the bottom of EE's tray.
Employee was bleeding air out of a 6" waterline at the fire valve on #3 Unit. The waterline had just been installed at the new unit. The employee was opening and shutting the fire outlet valve when the last section came apart at the last joint which was 20' away. The belt was chained to the roof but lunged forward striking the employee in the nose. This resulted in a broken nose.
Employee was dismounting a skid steer when ee slipped on the step and turned ankle.
An unplanned roof fall was discovered in the 1st North Mains intake at spad # 31+00. Ventilation was not disrupted. The primary escapeway has been re-routed and the area cribbed and dangered off. Area was previously supported at time of mining, with fully grouted 6' bolts and supplemental supports consisting of 9' cable bolts.
While swinging boom, a rock approximately 10"x12"x3" slid off canopy striking right ankle. Employee finished shift and continued to work. Incident became a L.T.A. on 2/4/19.
An unplanned roof fall occurred at 11:25 a.m. in the 1st East Panel 1 at spad 10+80, the roof fall was above anchorage, and continued into adjacent intersections. This is a worked out area, no escapeways or travelways effected. Floor to roof support were installed and area dangered off. This fall will not be loaded out.
An unplanned roof fall was discovered in the 1st south sub-main intake out-by area at spad # 0+00. The area is not traveled except for examinations, no ventilation disruption experienced due to roof fall. Area previously supported, at time of mining, with 6' fully grouted bolts and supplemental supports consisting of 9' cable bolts.
During third shift belt advancement shift, miner's left hand became caught between belt tailpiece and wooden timber resulting in fracture in left small finger.
An unplanned roof fall occurred at 4:35p.m. in the 1st East, panel #1 at spad 3+00, the roof fall was above anchorage, and continued into adjacent intersections. This is a worked-out area, no ventilation or escape way effected. Floor to roof support were installed and area dangered off. This roof fall will not be loaded out.
Attempting to put second steel in roof while holding top steel in roof with left hand, a part of a kettle bottom broke free from roof striking EE in the right hand.
Employee who had previously had a hip replacement approximately 6 years prior was building permanent ventilation stopping. Employee had completed stopping and began to seal with plaster. Employee picked up bucket of plaster and felt sharp pain in left hip area.
Miner was walking along travel way into crosscut when stepped off small mound of side of roadway, fell to ground, complained of lower lumbar back pain.
Miner complained of lower lumbar back pain while hanging continuous miner cable during third shift belt and power move.
Roof Bolter Operator, installing fully-grouted resin roof bolt, straightened bolt, felt "pop" in right shoulder.
An unplanned roof fall was discovered by a mine examiner at 1530 on March 6, 2018. The examiner reported the roof fall and MSHA hotline was notified at 1537. The incident occurred in an intersection between 2nd South Panel and 3rd South Panel in a worked-out area.