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Area was muddy. Employee was mounting a Cat10R Dozer when EE's right foot slipped causing to EE to fall back and EE landed on EE's feet. EE was holding onto the grab iron on the dozer when EE slipped causing a left shoulder strain. EE slipped because EE did not put EE's right foot on the step.

Grass fire on a non-active part of the Jewett Mine. We are not sure what started the fire, but there is a service road that that is accessed by gas well personal as well as mine personal. The fire did not start for the main road but started on the inside of the mine property. There is a high voltage power line located where the fire was as well, but no lines were down.

Employee was using 12lb sledge to knock a stuck ripper tooth off a D10 dozer. A small piece of metal chipped from tooth and went into employee's right calf. The employee had to have the metal surgically removed.

Area in mine is under a severe drought. XT0's Gail King compressor station was being routinely serviced which causes the flare stack to ignite. Oil and or debris is carried up the flare stack and ignited also. This burning debris lands on the dry grass and grass fire is started. The day was windy also.

The weather was hot and windy as employees were cutting and baling rolls of hay. No equipment was damaged, but 23.78 acres of grass & hay rolls were burned. We could not identify how the fire started. The fire had spread to two rolls of hay when the first employee noticed the fire. Several local fire departments helped put the fire out.

We had a Cat D10T Dozer catch fire. The fire started from under the cab near torque converter. The operator activated the automatic fire suppression system before exiting. The morning was cloudy and windy. The dozer's cab interior was a complete loss. The damage to the engine/torque converter has not been assessed. We are still investigating to find the exact cause. NO injuries.

Working on dozer. Employee was going to paint an area on dozer to help locate tracks that were loose. EE retrieved new can of spray paint out of fireproof cabinet, and stored in cabinet for a few months. First time to use, and it wouldn't come out, EE shook can and didn't hear the ball inside so tapped it on the bed of work truck. Can exploded and hit EE in the face.

This was a grass fire that was started on FM road 1512 off of the mine property. The fire progressed onto mine property because the grass was dry and conditions hot.

Gas Compressor station had been down for maintenance. Start up procedure was started. Due to compressor station being a sour gas location the flare stack has to be ignited. The mechanic said that there may have been some liquid in the system that was expelled through the stack causing the fire to start when the stack flared.

Employee was exiting training room for break. Employee's foot went under the edge of the floor mat that had curled up causing the employee to fall. Left ankle was dislocated and fractured.

EE was helping install a transmission hose on a coal hauler. The hose fell & struck ee in the upper lip, cutting lip. The laceration required three (3) stitches.

EE was driving a keeper out of a tooth base. EE struck a keeper removal tool with an 8 pound sledge hammer. A piece of metal came off of the removal tool & struck EE in the left thigh area. On Tuesday, 8/9/16, the piece of metal was surgically removed.

EE was cleaning up in #3 swinger room of a Marion 8200 dragline. EE straddled the compartment divider, leaned into the #3 room & picked up a bag of soiled pig blanket. EE turned to sit it in the next room & felt EE's knee twist. EE sought medical care on Monday April 11, 2016

Stepping down off of the bed of a truck ee stepped onto the step installed above the receiver hitch. His right foot slipped off of the step & fell off, hitting his back on the step. He did not seek medical care until 10/31/15 at which time it was discovered that he had 2 fractured ribs.

Shift started 6:00pm on 8/23/15.EE was working on a maintenance truck in the maint. shop all shift. About mid shift, his left eye began to irritate him & worsened as the shift progressed. He reported this at 4:30am on 8/24. He went to an eye Dr who removed a piece of metal from his eye & gave him a prescript. for eye drops.

Employee was using a wooden handle to prop open his tool box lid. As he was closing the lid the handle came out & struck him in the mouth. It broke one of his front upper teeth off at the gum. (The tooth had a cap on it.)

Employee was dismounting a coal hauler. In the process, he struck his knee on the bumper, causing pain to the outside area of his left knee. He went to a local E.R. on 6/20 and saw another dr on 6/22. He is working restricted duty.

EE replacing fan belt on dragline tail fan, locked & tagged at power source. After tightening belt, was checking the tension by pushing on the drive belt with his hand. He could not see the fan in another compartment. Did not realize the fan was moving. The belt grabbed his hand and pulled his finger into drive pulley, cutting his finger & fracturing bone. Stitches were required.

Employee was removing a compression fitting from a fuel hose using a crescent wrench. The wrench slipped, causing him to lose his balance & fall to the ground, hurting his shoulder. He has continued to work with the injury & had surgery on April 15, 2015.

Employee was assisting a mechanic in changing out cutting edges on a Humdinger Scraper pan when his left elbow contacted a sharp edge on the scraper pan resulting in a 2.5 cm laceration to his upper left arm requiring 4 stitches.

Worker stepped down off of ladder, walked over to get a small bolt, as walking back to ladder felt like air in lower back. As worker climbed ladder, 2 steps up, felt pain. Continued to feel pain.

EE was changing the left front tire on his F-250 Ford pickup. They had jacked up the truck and removed the tire. The drill helpers tried to put the new tire on the hub, but the truck was not high enough. EE got under the truck to raise the truck to put the tire on, but the jack slipped and the truck fell on EE, on his right side.

Employee was assisting in the loading of a backhoe onto the lowboy trailer at the shop. As he walked from the back left side of the trailer to the back right side of it, he walked into the push block & cut his forehead. He was taken to a local emergency room where he received three (3) stitches to his forehead.

Two(2) employees were installing a shaft in a roller. The shaft got stuck and employee put his hand in the hub. His left small finger (pinky) got caught between the hub and the shaft. He received an open fracture to that finger. He was treated at an emergency room, the wound was closed with stitches.

At first report, miner could not identify when or where the alleged injury occurred so because of this and other information, it was considered non-work related. Later he filed a workers comp claim and after hearing, the TWC held it to be work related with an occurrence date of 1/17/13.

EE lifted a turbo to set it on the frame of an end dump truck. He felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder and was taken to a local emergency room for evaluation. He is working restricted duty.

EE stated that he lifted a chock block. When he went to put it on the end dump, he stated that he felt a pain & pop in his lower back & pain in his abdomen. After investigations & doctor visits, it was determined that this was an on-the-job injury. He is working restricted duty.

EE stated he picked up chock blocks which were chocking a tire on the truck he was driving & felt pain in his back. This incident has been under investigation by his employer, FlexSource, & their worker' compensation carrier since 5/2912 to determine if this was an on-the-job injury. On 6/19/12, FlexSource was informed by the w/c that this incident occurred on-the-job.

Employee cut is finger with his pocket knife while trying to cut his cheese during his lunch break. He was sitting in the cab of the truck. Truck was off, parking brake was set and wheels were chalked.

EE was greasing a fitting on a backhoe. The grease gun came off of the fitting and shot grease back onto him, from the base right side of his neck to his right eye. Grease got under his safety glasses and into his eye. His eye was washed out at the mine and he was taken to a local ER for further evaluation where prescription ointment was applied to his eye.

EE using 10lb sledge hammer while changing the teeth on a dragline bucket. The 1st 3 teeth came off. The 4th tooth was stuck, so he tapped harder. He felt something hit his leg, but did not hurt. Hit tooth again. Felt something warm on leg, it was blood on pant leg at knee. Taken to ER and X-rays done, showed piece of metal in leg. Unsuccessful to remove it, Dr put 3 stitches.

A contractor bailing hay using a Vermeer 605 SM Round Bailer. A roller in the bailer fails and heated up. The heat from the roller ignited the grass inside the bailer. Operator noticed the smoke and released the bail. He moved the bailer a safe distances away and unsuccessfully used 2 fire extinguishers in an attempt to extinguish the fire. No injuries in the incident.

A grass fire started on the West side of the haul road in Area-C. The fire burned 15 minutes on permitted mine property. Fire was contained and extinguished using mine equipment and local fire departments. Fire was reported to MSHA prior to learning it burned only 15 minutes on mine permit. All personnel were accounted for and uninjured. Unknown how the fire started

EE was rolling up a grease line after greasing a backhoe. The swivel fitting between the hose & grease gun broke when the hose & gun reached his left hand, cutting his hand & injecting grease into his left hand between the thumb & 1st finger. He was taken to a local ER & transferred to another hospital for surgical treatment to the injury.

EE was helping tack weld a brace support on a dragline. Standing on fold down step and stepped down onto pony winch gear box. His foot slipped off and fell on right side, landing on the gear box. Taken to ER where his injury was diagnosed as a contusion in his rib area. He returned to work the next shift. CT scan on 9/19/11, was notified that he fractured several ribs, T8-T12.

EE had mounted a bull dozer when he got into the cab and shut the door he shut his right ring finger in the door. He was taken to a local ER for treatment and was informed that he had fractured his finger.

EE was overhead welding at dragline. Stated his back started hurting. Pain went to his side & around to his chest. He was taken by ambulance to local ER. Investigations have been conducted by Tx Westmoreland Coal Co. & Company's WC insurance carrier. On 4/19/11, after completion of WC investigation, Co. was informed that a herniated disc in EE's back was result of on job inj.

EE was walking around the back of the motor grader when his feet slipped on ice. He grabbed for the ripper and when he fell he felt pain in his left shoulder. On 3/14/11 he was informed that he will have surgery on his shoulder on 3/23/11 to repair a rotator cuff.

EE was operating a bull dozer. He stopped to reach into his lunch box to get something out. When he did, he cut his hand on a knife that was in the lunch box & had come out of it's holder. He was taken to a local ER where four (4) stitches were required for the laceration.

EE was installing pads on track when he cut his left little finger. He received 5 stitches and RX.

EE was removing a backhoe bucket tooth. He struck the pin with a 12 pound hammer, the pin chipped and cut his right middle finger. He was taken to a local ER for treatment. No stitches were required. The laceration was glued.

(The shift started at 6:00PM on 10/6/10.) EE was dismounting the water truck & stepped on a rock with his left foot. He lost footing with the left foot & his right foot slipped through the ladder rung, becoming stuck & twisting at the knee. He heard a "pop" & felt pain in his knee. An investigation of this incident was completed on 10/20/10, at which time it is being reported.

While EE was pushing his tool box to the lock up for shift change, another mechanic's tool box was accidentally pushed into EE's lower leg & ankle.

EE was installing a lip shroud on a dragline bucket. 2 shrouds had already been installed. The shroud was hanging from the boom truck as ee was fitting the shroud in place. The shroud slipped off the bucket lip & pinched his finger between the bucket lip, shroud & cribbing that was holding the bucket up. He was taken to a local ER for treatment.

At the end of employee's shift, he had dismounted the backhoe he had been working on and was walking to the shift change vehicle. He slipped and fell to the ground, landing on his buttocks.

Operator let air out of air ride seat and continued to operate with improper adjustment on seat for safe ergonomic operation of the end dump.

Bobcat stuck in work area, pulled bobcat (FEL) with excavator with tow strap. Tow strap was affixed to excavator, attempted to pull with excavator tracks only with no progress. Began pulling with hydraulic boom of excavator. With angle change, strap slipped from excavator under tension striking operator in the bobcat front end loader, injuring his nose and lip area.

She felt like the injury occurred while moving things out of the way to be able to sweep and clean properly in the shop. While doing the cleaning there was only some aching feeling just from sweeping a lot and grabbing and pulling things around. The real pain and swelling did not occur until later in the day when she woke up. Her hand was hurting so she went to the emergency room.

Mechanic was injured while attempting to adjust a propeller on a barge pump propeller shaft in the shop for repair. 2 employees were using a 6' pipe on a pipe wrench to turn the propeller shaft of the pump. There was a burr on the end of the pipe. Wrench slipped & burr on the pipe cut EE's forearm. He was taken to ER-received 8 stitches to close the wound. full duty return.

Employee was cutting the top of a plastic jug off using a utility knife. The knife slipped, cutting his left wrist. He was taken to a local emergency room where he received two stitches for the laceration.