Mining Incidents in July 2006

Top fell approx 400' from longwall pull out, in #1 entry which is travelway to EP's behing longwall. Fall will be cribbed to allow firebosses to travel to EP's behind longwall. Length of fall 140' x width 18' x thickness 6' to 8'. Permanent roof support 6' torque tension bolts.

A roof fall occurred in the 2nd main north entry # 6, # 6 x-cut. It was 20 ft long, 18 ft wide and 7 ft thick.

Roof fall occurred at station spad 7833, #5 entry. It was bolted with 12'point anchors, we were setting cribs & 6" beams when it started working again. We stopped the work & let it fall. 24'long x 18'wide x 12'high.

We had a roof fall occurred in the #7 entry in the intersection one break inby spad #39118. The fall was 50' long, 30' wide and 9 to 10 foot high. The area was bolted with 5' torque tension bolts. The fall was timbered and cribbed and dangered off. It will not be cleaned up.

A roof fall occured in the 2nd main north entry 4 #7 x-cut belt line 20 ft long, 18 ft wide and 8 ft thick

The Cedar Creek Service Elevator was out of service on 7-31-06 from 9:00 pm until 11:15 pm due to slack in the braking system. Bagby Electric Company adjusted the braking system and the elevator was put back in service at 11:15 pm on 7-31-06.

Damage to the north production shaft skip bat wing assembly unit was discovered by an outside employee at approximately 9:30 pm. The skip was removed from service until repairs could be made. The production shaft was down until Tuesday eve shift on 8/1/06.

A roof fall (approx. 50' long X 70' wide X 0-14' thick) was found at start of 3rd shift. The HVAC cable and Water line were damaged during the fall.

Roof fall in a intersection-over weekend-no one inside of mines.

Roof fall at station #7+80 entry #3. Fall measured 19.5' length x 19.5' wide x 6.5' thick. No equipment was involved in the fall. The area was cribbed & dangered off.

A roof fall was found outby spad #400 and inby #0393. for a distance of 60' in length x 19-20' wide and 4-7' high the date and time of fall is not known. the area was supruted with 48" resin bolts and supplemented with cable bolts 12' a horseback was present.

A roof fall occurred at Spad 17365 in the No 4 Entry of the "F" Panel (#5 Section) drivage. Fall occurred in a 3 way intersection & was approx 50'L x 20'W x 7'H above the anchorage of the permanent support in this area. Timbers were set against permanent brattice to the south of the fall. Breaker rows of cribs were set on both ends of fall & walkway was established across the fall.

The Tyro Creek elevator was down from 2:30 until 4:15am due to limit switch.

Failure of roof in crosscut 6 to 7 and partialy in #6 intersection at 67 crosscut of 33 mains. Fall was about 8 to 8 1/2 high 15 ft wide.

A roof fall occurred on the A-mains section at #28 crosscut. The fall was approximately 20'x20'x8' thick. The area had been supported with 5' hight tech bolts. The fall was in the #4 entry.

A roof fall above anchorage was detected in 6 north 37 xc between #1 & #2 hdg tags 9898-9897 intake of 5 west section.

At 2:37 pm a roof fall was discovered by the preshift examiner. The fall ranges from 36 to 48" thick, 18' long, 19' wide. The fall will be cleaned up and supported. The location of the fall is at spad 222 in the #4 entry.

Rib slough in out first East lateral at 3500 dds intersection. Material came out of the rib 10'deep x 18'in length. Total area to repair will be 30'in length.

Employee was using cutting torch to install safety hand rails. Hot material fell in tire pile and ignited tires. Hot work permit was in place.

Roof fall in intersection #6 entry x-cut 77 5right main south. Rerouted primary escapeway set double row of breaker props around fall.

The tailgate of the 8 Right Longwall became blocked due to rock falling out between the crib line & the solid coal block. Location of longwall face was approx 8593 ft. Ventilation was not impaired & no injuries resulted from this blockage. Mining was temporarily stopped & implementation of the approved blocked tailgate plan was put into effect prior to resuming mining.

On 7/28/06 an unintentional roof fall occurred on the 1st West Sub-Mains in #5 Entry at #12 Cross Cut. This roof fall was supported with 10' point anchor roof bolts. The roof fall measured 18' long x 20' wide x 12' high and the roof fall will be cleaned up and resupported.

At approximately 1 minute after midnight the roof in the face of #1 to #2 entry x-cut fell. The fall was approximately one foot above the anchor zone of the bolts. The fall was approximately 17 ft wide, 8 ft high and 20 ft. long. The fall was part of an unbolted cut and two rows of supported roof. The roof bolters witnessed the fall from a distance.

The cedar creek elevator was down from 10:10 am until 1:20 pm due to an electrical conductor

This area has been abandoned due to poor conditions. Fall is 30' long x 18' wide x 4' thick. Was bolted with 4' torque tension bolts. No injuries, no blockage.

A roof fall was discovered at the #8 break on the 8N section. The fall was located in the crosscut between #1 and #2 and was 18 feet wide by 15 long and 5 to 6 feet high.

Fall in intersection just outby #11 and #12 seals in 1 west main south. New seals will be built outby and area monitored while work is being done.

An unintentional roof falal occurred 70 feet to the right of SS# 4712. The fall dimenions were approximately 50' L X 20' W X 10' High.

Had rock fall 2 breaks inby spad 5541 in right crosscut 90' inby rib to other intersection. There are other entries to travel out. Fall was approx. 20' wide, 60' long. Reported to MSHA.

A roof fall above the ankorage zone of the 48' resin bolts occured on the 001-0 NMU section in #3 entry 2nd open x-cut 90' inby spad #415 and 30' outby spad #415 the length was approx. 120' long X 19-20'winex 4-7' high the intersection and supplemental 12' cable bolts installed.

A roof fall was discovered in the 2 south #2 mains at 41 crosscut, #6 entry intersection. The fall measures approx 30' long, 18' wide and 6' thick. The area is supported with 5' fully grouted resin bolts and 10' point anchor bolts.

Rock fell in intersection only. Moved life line and reflectors around fall and dangered fall off. Timbers were set. Fall was approx 4' high. 4' brutter bolts were used. Length of fall was 18', width 18', thickness 4'. Nearest spad # 7182 one break outby. Fall did not affect ventilation and there were no injuries.

A roof fall occurred on # 2 section in # 3 entry at appromixately 4:50 PM. The roof fall measured 80' long 20' wide and 4' high. The area was supported with 48" fully grouted resin bolts. There were no injuries. Fall was immediately timbered or cribbed off at all entrances.

ROOF FALL (7000-1-007-06) : LOCATION - Main E #3 - 1st Panel, Near Spad #65012. DIMENSIONS - H:6', W:19', L:40'. GEOLOGY - Soft, medium to dark gray shale with prominent roof jointing or slips in roof. ROOF SUPPORT - 5' Fully grouted bolts.

A roof fall was discovered in the 2 South #2, 37 Crosscut, #7 entry, intersection. The fall measures approximately 30 feet long, 18 feet wide adn 10 fet thick. The area is supported with 5 foot fully grouted resin bolts and 10 foot point anchor bolts.

A roof fall was discovered in the 2 South #2 at 38 Crosscut, #8 entry. The fall measures approximately 18 feet wide, 30 feet long and 10 feet thick. The area is supported with 5 foot fully grouted bolts dn 10 foot point anchor bolts.

Roof fall outby face in #3 Entry, 1 Brak inby spad 1508. Fell in intersection. 18' wide, 6' thick and 30' long. Dangered off. Braker timbers were nstalled. Using 5' Bolts. Fall will not be cleaned up.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at the New Era Mine at the 2E longwall beltline between crosscut 10 and 11, Entry #1 1525 East to 1675 East. The fall was approximately 30 feet long, approximately 18 feet wide and approximately 6 feet thick. The fall did not affect ventilation. The fall will be cleaned up. Fall #23K

An unintentional roof fall has occurred in the #5 intake entry at the #5 crosscut along the #3 belt panel. The fall was from rib to rib, approx 60 feet long and approx. 6 foot high.

ROOF FALL (7000-1-006-06) : LOCATION - 1W#3 - Crosscut #105 between the roadway and the belt. DIMENSIONS - H:10', W:20', L:20'. GEOLOGY - Soft, medium to dark gray shale with prominent roof jointing of slip in roof. ROOF SUPPORT - 6' Instal bolts.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the intersection of the South West Mains in the # 7 entry, # 25 xc, 15+85. The cause of the roof fall was laminated and unconsolidated shale above the anchorage point. The area had 6' fully grouted rebar roof bolts for roof support.

Roof Fall discovered by Mine Superintendent during his weekly examination of a worked-out area, 2 Left Rooms off 2 Right South, Spad 3426, The Cave was approximately 50' long x 18' wide x 5' high. Area was supported with 4' resin bolts on 4' x 4' pattern

A roof fall was discovered the mine foreman in a normally untraveled entry. The location was in the #11 1st West Main, #7 entry, crosscut No. 2. The fall was well outby any working sections and measured aprocximately 20 x 20 x 6' high.

The Oakdale Portal elevator was inoperable from 1:35 am to 4:20 am. No entrapment, no injuries. Schindler's elevator service repaired faulty door latch. Elevator was returned to service at 4:30 am.

The Enlow elevator was down for more than 30 minutes due to a bad hydraulic pump for releasing the braking system. There was no entrapment.

#8 entry intersection 1 block outby spad #1657 fell 18' wide x 16' long by 5' high. The area had fallen out some on initial mining previously. The area was dangered off & cribbed. It will not be cleaned up.

An unintentional roof fall was discovered H-12', width- 19'& 100' in length. Support- 5'resin (3/4 rod) & 10'cable bolts.

While Operator was mowing a dry hay field, a spark apparently was created between the hay mower and a rock in the hay field. Due to the very dry conditions, and the gusty Southeasterly winds, this caused the hay field to catch on fire. No equipment or personell was damaged or injured from the fire.

On 7/24/06 at approx. 12:30pm the 1800 backhoe operator noticed smoke coming from the right front corner of the machine. The operator exited the cab to investigate. Upon discovering fire the operator returned to the cab, activated the fire suppression system and exited the machine. Attempts to control the fire were unsuccessful. Damage to the 1800 backhoe was significant.

A reportable roof fall was found in 19 Tailgate, entry 3, crosscut 7. The fall was approximately 6 feet high, 15 feet wide and 16 feet in length.

Spad #7504 #4 Hd. #4 Block: Bridge Unit (003-0) was on retreat mining cycle when some rock fell from Gob line on the ripper head of the continuous mining machine pushing the ripper head down in the bottom. Had to use the retriever to pull the miner out. No injuries & no damage to equipment.

Rock fall at NO.4 beltline, 14 breaks above No. 4 head drive. Between No.5 & 6 entry. Didn't fall on beltline. Fall was 30'long, 18-20' wide and 10'thick.

Fire reported by Cont. @ 5:05 pm involving surface bldg being demolished.Safety arrived @ 6:00 pm immediately determined MSHA Rpt'l. Called MSHA @ 6:10 pm. Fire was contained to this structure and extinguished.

The sugar run elevator became inoperative due to a 1/8 inch steel cable wearing in two. The cableis part of the open/close mechanism for the elevator doors. The cable was changed and the elevator returned to service @ 9:10am.

A fall of ground occurred between shifts on the morning of 7/23/06. The fall of ground occurred in the south adit while rehabing old wooden timber sets. Approx 500 cubic yards of material came down when old timers failed.

Workers are normally off during weekends, but on Sunday, 7/23/2006, a special crew came in to repair our roofbolter. During the mine preshift inspection, the fireboss discovered a fall of ground in the intersection of #3 main and #3 crosscut. The accident was called in immediately to MSHA

A roof fall was discovered in the 2 South #2 at 37 crosscut, #5 entry. The fall measures approximately 30 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 8 feet high. The area is supported with 5 foot fully grouted resin bolts and 10 foot point anchor bolts.

72 xcut North between #4/#5 entries. Roof fall above anchorage zone.

A roof fall was discovered on #2 unit, in #4 entry, at 62 crosscut. The fall measures approximately 30 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 7 feet high. The area is supported with 5 foot fully grouted resin bolts.

Roof fall occur in #4 entry on #3 belt 2000 feet from section. Area was breakered off and dangered off in all locationa and will not be rehabilated.

Rock fall occurred on section break 26 #3 entry on idle shift. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 20' long x 4.5' high.

Timberland Hoist installation wiring was incorrect. Cooler for the gear box cooler control was wired to the #1 motor starter. This could cause the shut down of the other three motors. Wiring was corrected.

A roof fall measuring 30'long, 19'wide, 6'thick was discovered in the #1 return entry of out bound mains 20' inby spad 56261. Fall occurred due to laminated shale and rock streaks above the 5' fully resin roof bolts. Ventilation and the passage of men were not affected. No injuries or equipment was affected by a result of a fall.

A rock fall measuring 20' X 18' X 6' occurred at spad # 2293 #7 entry approx 3,500' inside.

A roof fall occurred on the 8N section at #31 break in the #2 entry. The fall is 15' long, 2.5 feetl thick to feather edges, and 16 feet wide.

A trailing single cable was found to have been pinched and subsequently shut the cage down. Cable was repaired.

A contractor and lafarge employee were installing a new belt scraper on the head section of a belt, and a piece of slag fell through one screen to get to another and landed on the bottom deck and ignited the polydeck screens. Minimal damage

An outage of the slope hoist occurred due to an electrical malfunction. The hoist was out of operation fro 808AM to 855AM

An unintentional roof fall occurred at 24 break along the #4 underground belt conveyor in the #5 entry, size 60' Long X 7' high X 20' wide was supported with 4' fully grouted bolts with 10' cable bolts installed at intersections. No injuries, no equipment caught & ventilation was not interrupted. Fall will not be cleaned up. Roof fall was found during weekly examination.

An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 2nd Main West at the 43xc #3 entry (25+80). The fall was approximately 37' long, 16.9' wide and 10' high. This area had been cribbed in spots & narrowed down due to adverse roof conditions.

An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 2nd main west at the 41xc, #3, 2 entries (24+60), the fall was approx. 135'long x 16.10'wide x 10'high. This area was laminated shell & was cribbed in the approaches due to adverse roof conditions.

An unintentional roof fall occurred one crosscut outby SS# 3257 in the #5 entry. The dimensions were approximately 20'L x 20'W x 4'high.

As yet not totally determined. Evidence indicates an ignition occurred at the old 23m transfer/belt drive while work was being conducted for its removal.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the #5 entry 8,400 feet outby the face ina neutral entry at Break #70. The fall measured approximately 20' Long x 20' Wide x 4 1/2' High.

Preshifter found rock fall in belt neutral at break 21. Fall measured approximately 120' long x 20' wide x 3'-6' high, it extended from mid point of #3 intersection to the right side of the crosscut between #1 and #2 entries.

Mining coal on pilar section at blocks 16 and 17. While extracting last lift, roof fell on continuous miner and sat down on one mobile roof support.

On 7/20/06 an unintentional roof fall occurred on the #1 Unit, MMU-005, #7 return entry, #59 xc intersection. This intersection was supported with 10' point anchor roof bolts. The roof fall measured 18' long x 18' wide x 10' thick. The roof fall will not be cleaned up & all approaches have been cribbed off & flagged off.

Rock fall fell on No. 2 belt at break 21, one break inby spad 2983, This fall fell in the intersection and continued over in the break, Approximately 6' high, 20' long and 30' wide.

Build-up of fine clinker had accumulated in the clinker cooler. The clinker cooler baghouse was by-passed due to concern for overheating the baghouse cloth bags. The discharge gases heated up the insulation under the roof decking to the point that the insulation caught fire and smoldered. Fire was extinguished with no injuries and no major equipment damage.

A loop contactor switch went out on the hoist controls and had to be replaced. MSHA Newark field office was notified by phone. No miners had to be evacuated.

The cedar Creek Service Elevator was out of service on 7-19-06 from 8:45 pm to 9:40 am due to electrical problems. The cedar creek elevator was also out of service on 7/20/06 from 1:30 am to 4:30 am due to door limit switch problem. Bag by elevator co. was called and repaired both items

An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 1 South track haulage road at 26 Wall. The fall measures approx 70' Long X 16' Wide X 10'-12' High. No injuries or equipmetn damaged.

Air shaft mains as on retreat mining cycle when draw rock & rock fell from gob area on the ripper head of the continuous mining machine-pushing the ripper head down in the bottom-had to use the retriever to pull miner out-no injuries & no equipment damage.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 003 section, #7 entry intersection one break inby Survey Station #2688. The fall measured approximately 30' Long x 18' Wide x 3' - 4' High.

Fire reported by Cont. @ 7:50 am involving beltline & oil tank being salvaged. Safety arrived @ 8:20 am. Determined to be MSHA Rpt'l @ 8:25 am, called MSHA @ 8:35 am. Fire contained/extinguised, damage contained to belt & tank. Called MSHA @ 1:35p.m. to report fire out. Surface being salvaged by JB Gordon Construction.

A roof fall occurred at #1 1/2 wall, 3way intersection, #2 entry, C-6 off 1 North. The fall was above anchorage. There was no damage to equipment. The fall was 16'wide x 14'high and 20' in length.

A roof fall was found in the 5 west panel at crosscut #39 in the #3 entry outby #3 seal. The fall was approx. 8' high x 20' wide x 50' long. 5' high tech bolts supplemented with 8' super bolts and been installed in the area.

Electric hoist motors would not start, hoist was down for 1 1/2 hours.

Main Portal Elevator would not level on bottom landing. Repairs were made and elevator was put back in service at 3:55 p.m.

At approx 5:15 am on 7/18/06 The roof in 7th left at crosscut 55 between No 2 & 3 entry began to fall. At 5:30 the roof was still falling and continued to fall as a dribble. At 6:30 am the fall was above the anchorage zone. The roof fall 14 ft wide 16 ft long and 8 feet high. The area was being rebolted with 12in cable bolts when it sarted to fall.

A roof fall 20'x20' undetermined height was found in an outby area at station 2851. The fall does not impede travel or ventilation.

Main breaker in sub-station tripped. When they first tried to reset breaker, it wouldn't stay in. Hoist went down at 9am. Msha was notified at 9:30am. Hoist was down and came back up at 3:30pm

The hoist had a coupling to go down and had to be changed.

An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 2nd main west at the 67 xc (40 + 20) in the #7 entry, the fall was approx. 60' long x 17' wide and approx 10' high. Cribs had been built in the approaches to the intersection on 6-30-06 due to suspect roof conditions.

A roof fall occurred at survey station 1427 in the intake airway, roof fall discoverd by EE, size of roof fall 25' long x 25' wide x 18' high. Roof fall does not effect ventilation or travel and will not be cleaned up.

A rock fall was found by mine examiner at break 40, 1st North Mains. The fall measured approximately 30' x 20' x 5' thick.

Roof fall outby spad # 1442. Fell 50', 18' wide and 4' high.

A roof fall occurred in the 3 East Panel in the intersection of #4 entry at cross-cut #85 measuring approximately 50ft. x 19ft. x 5ft. This area was supported by 5ft. fully grouted roof bolts. An undetected slip was determined to be the cause of the fall.

A roof fall occurred in the 1 west #2, crosscut 27, #4 entry intersection. The fall measures approx 30' long, 18' wide, and 12' high. The area is supported with 5' fully grouted bolts, 10' point anchor bolts, and 6 x 6 timbers.

A roof fall occurred in the main east, #1 entry, #41 crosscut. The fall was approx. 25'long x 25'wide x 8'tall. The area was bolted with 6' + 8' point anchor bolts. The fall didn't affect ventilation, travel, cause any injuries or damage any equipment.

North skip got hung up. Operator didn't realize North skip was hung up & was bringing South skip up. After spooling off approx 100' of cable on North skip, operator realized what was happening & stopped hoist & set brakes. After a while, the South skip started creeping downward & then took off setting South skip down hard & pulling North one through the limits. Damaged skips.

An unplanned roof fall occured 20' Inby spad No. 1351 in the #3 Entry. The fall measured 70' long, 20' wide and 4' to 6' thick.

# 2 Service Hoist was inoperative from 4pm until 8pm on Monday the 17th of July. The fault was a digital input card used in the controls. No damage to the hoisting equipment was done. The card was replaced and the hoist has operated normally to date.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in #6 entry travelway between 102 and 103 xcut 2nd main east. 15' long x 16' wide x 7' high. Bolted with 6' tension rebar bolts. Will be cleaned up. Date of development 8/30/93.

A roof fall was discovered near spad 736, the approx size of the roof fall is 8' high, 70' long and 18' wide. No injuries were reported as a result of this roof fall.

Unintentional roof fall 3ssh #6 entry belt entry xcut #2. 30' long x 18' wide x 8' high. Bolted with 6' & 8' tension rebar bolts cribs on inby rib. Will be cleaned and bolted. Was developed in Sept 2005.

The typro creek service elevator was out of service on 7/17/06 from 10:47 pm until 7-18-06 at 1:40 am due to slack in braking system. Bag by elevator co. adjusted the braking system and then elevator was pit pack in service at 1:40 am on 7-18-06.

4160x480 volt transformer secondary lug got hot. Wire burnt off and blew primary fuse; that in turn caused a surge in the system and faulted out the PLC chassis rack. This caused the PLC processor to fault. When spare processer was installed it faulted due to bad chassis rack, the crew was then brought out by manually operating work deck winch starters.

While cleaning the coal seam a dozer contacted the casing of a plugged gas well in the DII Area pit. Pressurized gas started blowing from the well. The dozer was backed away from the well and the area was evacuated. THERE WAS NO FIRE. It was determined the upper well plug was incorrectly located at the top of the coal seam instead of below the seam.

There was a rib failure in the #54 ramp. It broke past the anchorage of the split set bolts about 6" to 12" in an area about 18" in length. No one was working in the area. The failure didn't go into the back, didn't impede ventilation, didn't impede foot traffic. Safety foreman notified Boise Field Office when he found out about the failure 1st thing Monday morning 7/17/06.

Coal was being mined int he face of the north entry 80' inby survey staiton 638 on the 2 left off north mains section. When the cutter bits of the continuous mining machine struck sanstop the machine operator saw an orange flash.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the intake at Break #103 at the #7 entry. The roof fall measured approx 16' wide X 20' long X 5 1/2' high.

Discovered a fall at 2:30 pm on #8 belt #2 entry. Fall was 60' x 20' x 10' high. The roof is shale with no rider. No people were affected and no equipment was involved. Fall was in the intake. Area will be rehabilitated for future use.

Employee was lowering MRS unit when the roof fell outby the #1 & #2 MRS units.

A pot out of roof occured @ the intersection of the longwall face and tailgate entry of the 6 D longwall. This ground failure prevented travel out of the section through the tailgate side of the longwall section.

A fall occured at 3 south track #60 block. The fall was 17' long 10' wide and 7' high. No injury occurred. The area is the old manline track. The area was dangered off and will be re-bolted.

While employees were on break in the pit, they noticed a small fire in the engine compartment of the Kom. PC1100 excavator. Two employees took Fire Ext. onto the equipment to try to put out the fire. A third Fire Ext. was handed to them, but the fire got to big. Local Fire company called to put out the fire. The fire lasted about 45 mins. No injuries

The East Finley Elevator was down for more than 30 minutes, due to a bad door switch. There was no entrapment.

Incorrect us of pads to outriggers on lift truck. Ground shifted beneath outrigger, which caused load that was in the lift positon to swing. As the load began to swing, the equilibrium of the truck was lost and the truck tipped over onto the conveyor.

Backout switch relay was BO. causing # hoist to be in-operable for 45 minutes.

A roof fall occurred in the 1st northwest mains #7 entry at crosscut 24.5. The fall is approximately 30' long, 19' wide and unkown hieght.

At Approx. 7:15 pm roof fall occurred in the No 3 entry of the 5th left longwall tail gate. Access was blocking tailgate travel way and restricted the ventilating air current. The blockage plan was put into effect.

An unintentional roof fall occured in # 6 Entry at break 18, spad # 66. No people or equipment involved. Fall is approximately 12' wide X 5' thick X 25' long. Fall is in intake entry but did not occur in escapeway. Fall will be timbered off and not cleaned up. Fall is 2500' from section.

Roof fall above anchorage 73 blk, 6 north mins, #3 entry.

Roof fell in #1 entry, one break inby spad 6196 and continued for approximately 40 feet thru crosscut. Fall was approximately 90feet long, 19 feet wide and 4 feet thick.

Roof Fall, while pillaring Hatfield Mains #5 entry x-cut #10, 8:40pm 12' of unbolted rock came in on continuous miner cutter head while backing out and wedged miner in x-cut, at 11:05pm the roof fall occured inby in the Hatfield Mains #5 entry from x-cut #10 down to x-cut #11. Areas was cribbed and timbered off and miner pulled out from under rock.

Break 13 on 7b belt line, a roof fall was discovered. The approximate size of the roof fall is 8 ft high, 20 ft long, 20 ft width. No injuries were reported as a result of this roof fall.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the slope entry being developed at the mine. The roof fall measured approximately 22' wide X 0 to 10' thick X 70' long. There was no injury to any employees, however, the fall occurred on the continuous miner parked in the slope entry.

Employee was going to set additional supports at ad fall that had occurred an 7-11-06 when he found this fall. the fall is 20' wide, 50' long. area was belt with 4' resin bolts.

Roof fell in #6 Entry inby spad #6189. Fall was approximately 120 feet long and 4 to 6 feet thick.

While backing up continious miner was cutting floor. Sparks from bits ignited methane on floor. Power was shut down and miner operator exited miner. Fire extinguisher from shuttle car (SC31) was used to extinguish flames. Flames were burning for approx. 2 minutes.

This fall was a continuation of earlier fall on 6/29/06. Water in the top weakened the intersection in #1 & #2. Foreman heard the fall. It blocked the main return for travel but not ventilation. The men were brought below the area until investigation by MSHA. Spad 418.

Discovered roof fall outby bep #2 around 1:40 am. Fall was 1 break inby spad no. 887. Fall has been timbered and dangered off. Fall was approx. 20' wide , 50' long and 8' high.

Roof Fall #6 Heading E Mains inby spad #651 25 to 30 L 16' W 5'to 6' H Clay Vein

Prep Plant has been idle for 18 months. A fire was started by a suspicious nature under an outside belt. No flames were seen, however, damage would indicate fire.

Break 26 adjacent to 4 belt line a roof fall was discovered in the number 8 entry. The approximate size of the fall is 8 ft high, 18 ft width and 60 ft long. No injuries were reported as a reslut of this roof fall.

An unintentional roof fall was discovered in the #9 entry, spad station #3760, break #39, along #4 belt/track. The fall measured 18.5'w X 20'l X 7'h. 5 torque tension bolt were installed in this area.

a 400 ton Liebherr haul truck, T282b, company 280 was engulfed fin fire from a reported leak. The operator exited the truck and set off the fire suppression system at the bottom of the truck. The company elected not to fight the fire until the tires deflated and the fire could be put out safely.

Examiner was making weekly examination of return entry and found roof fall in #8 entry between the 1940' + 2020' X cut was in entry between the intersections. Fall is 60' long, 6' to 7' high and 17' to 18' long. Area has been timbered off. Fall will not be cleaned up. Primary roof support was 6' tension rebar.

During the mine examination a rock fall was found The fall occured in the left return in No. 2 entry on No. 4 main belt line starting at spad #3812 fell 2 1/2 breaks inby fall was 160 ft long and 20ft wide 5 to 6 foot thick.

A rock fall (unknown time) was discovered in the secondary escapeway in the crosscut between #3 & #4 entry near break 30 on the 1 east belt. The fall was approximately 55'L x 19'W x 6'H.

Exessive water flows from the Fountain Creek, combined with high flows from the Arkansas river apparently caused weakening of the south berm between the Arkansas river and our mining operation, resulting in a breach of the south berm which put our pit underwater. Failure accured Late Sunday night 07-09-06 or early morning 07-10-06. No one was on location at the time of breach.

A roof fall measuring 20'L x 30'W x 8'H occurred in the #4 entry 3 breaks inby spad no. 1818 in no. 2 SW mains. Area was bolted with 6' TT bolts.

North 5, 76 block, 5 entry, 4-way intersection, MMU 003. 20' long x 20' wide x 8' high. Support: 6' 3/4" resin bolts, screen, pans, 12' cable bolts, ATS jacks. Fall dangered off. Additional roof support installed around fall. Clean-up plan developed and posted at fall site.

A roof fall occurred on the no. 1 unit at spad no. 6+20 in the no. 6 entry, 50 ft long x 18 ft wide x 8 ft high. Rock fall will not be cleaned up. In process of being sealed.

A roof fall occurred measuring 70'long x 18'wide x 08-10'high outby spad 2587. No equipment was involved, no ventilation was disturbed, no injury occurred & the fall will not be cleaned up.

A roof fall occurred measuring 80'long x 18'wide x 10-12'high between spads 1020 & 1023. No equipment was involved, no ventilation was disturbed, no injury occurred & the fall will not be cleaned up.

During the pre-shift examination of the # 3 conveyor belt a roof fall was found in an intersection 10 crosscuts inby the the belt head transfer point. The roof fall measured 18 feet by 20 feet by 5 feet.

The #3 seal of 3rd NW butt seals had a passive flow of water from the discharge pipe resulting in power being kicked and mine fan going into a stall.

An unplanned roof fall occurred 1 break inby spad# 1346 in the crosscut between #5 & #6 entry. The fall measured 70'in length & 30'wide & 5-15' thick.

A roof fall ocurred in the 5th West section in the #2 entry to the face in the x-cut toward #1 in the panel 1 North neckoff entries to the right of 5th West. The roof fell in 5'-5 1/2' and took out 3 rows of 5' resin bolts at or above the anchorage point. There was no equipment damage or persons injured.

An unintentional roof fall has occurred outby spad #338 in the #6 entry, along the # 5 Belt panel. This is an intake entry, ventilation has not been affected and area cribbed off to prevent travel into the area. The fall was approx. 12 feet long, 5 feet high and 18 feet wide.

Oakdal Portal elevator was inoperable from 3:45 pm to 4:30 pm-6 people were entrapped for approx. 10 min. upon inspection door latch was found struck no injuries, elevator returned to service.

#191 X-cut between #4 and #5 entries fell. 16 1/2' wide X 40' long and at leat 5' high. The area had bad geologic conditions. The X-cut had been cribbed at each end and dangered off before it fell. It was bolted with 5/8 X 72" full grouted resin bolts. This will not be cleaned up.

The Oakdale Portal elevator was inoperable from 7:45 am to 12:25 pm. 1 employee was entrapped from 7:45 am to 8:15 am. No injuries. Door switch caused contactor overload. Repairs made by Schindlers. Elevator returned to service at 12:25 pm.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 4 south section #9 entry at 23+80. The fall measured approx. 15' x 15' x 10'-12' high. No injuries or equipment damaged.

A roof fall occured in the #1 heading on the 8 West section between the #0 and #1 crosscuts. The fall was 18 feet wide by 30 feet long.

A roof fall has occurred in the number 2 entry one break inby spad #503. The fall measures 20' X 20' X 5 1/2' in thickness. The fall did not affect ventilation.

A malfunction occurred on the elevator for the Justice Mine overspeed latch causing it to malfunction and would not operate.

HOISTING INCIDENT : Cowling Portal Elevator - On Friday, 07/07/06 at 11:30 am the Cowling Portal Elevator was taken down and was inoperable for more than 30 minutes. MSHA was notified at 12:30 pm on 07/07/06. The elevator was operable and running on Friday, 07/07/06 at 01:05 pm.

A roof fall occurred in the 1st northwest mains, #5 entry, crosscut 27. The fall is approximately 20' long, 19' wide and 7' high.

A fall of the roof occurred in the 3rd S.W. Panel, on #6 unit in #1 entry. The fall was 130' long, 19' wide and 6' thick. The fall did not address ventilation, equipment or personnel.

The #2 coal mill system was being "jogged" in order to empty the mill of coal. The mill had gone down fully loaded at 4pm on 7/6/06. When jogging the mill an ignition occurred in the ductwork, mill, or cyclone causing the rupture disc to rupture.

A roof fall occurred in the # 4 entry outby the 001 section at spad 56254 in a 4 way intersection. The fall measured 33' long, 36' wide, and 6' to 7' thick. No equipment or people were affected. Ventilation and the the passage of men was not affected.

Roof fall occurred in last intersection off belt entry between pot out and where roof had been cut down for belt head drive. 18' wide x 8' high x 20' long.

Roof fell 11,000 feet from active face at 2-A Belt crosscut right, #3 entry.

HOISTING INCIDENT : Cowling Portal Elevator - On Thursday, 07/06/06 at 01:25 pm the Cowling Portal was taken down for preventative maintenance work by two electricians and was inoperable for more than 30 minutes. The elevator was running on Thursday, 07/06/06 at 03:00 pm.

An evening thunder and lightning storm caused a power outage that caused the #3 hoist to shut down. Power was restored almost immediately, but hoist would not reset. Electricians were called and had hoist up and running in approx 40 minutes. 6:20 pm to 6:57 pm. No men in shaft at time of occurrence.

Unintentional roof fall occured 80' inby spad #286. 30' in lenght, 18' wide, 6' thick, wet, weathered mixed roof (Big Slip). Cribbed off and cleared escapeway.

Heavy rains caused flooding of Brush Creek causing it to overflow its banks and our berms and filling the pit where we are currently mining with water.

A fall occurred in the 1st northwest mains #1 entry, crosscut 12. The fall is approximately 22' long, 19' wide and 7' high.

An afternoon thunder & lightning storm caused a power outage that caused the Galena hoist to shut down. Power was restored almost immediately but the hoist would not reset. Electricians were called & had the hoist up and running in approx. 55 minutes. No men in the shaft at the time of occurrence.

A fall occurred in the 1st northwest mains #1 entry, crosscut 21 to the edge of crosscut 20. The fall is approximately 70' long, 18.5 wide, 7' high.

Roof fall fell approx. 8-12 ft high, 18 ft wide, 305 ft long.

The #2 coal mill drive shaft coupling broke causing the coal mill and coal mill system fan to stop. Due to the coal mill system fan stopping the primary air fan intake air became very hot (>300 F) and ignited the pulverized coal dust in the fan or ductwork causing an overpressure in the system and rupturing the coal mill rupture disc. There were no personal injuries.

A demolition crew was working to remove the K3 Coal Firing System (not in use anymore) during the day on 07/05/06. At 4:00 am on 07/06/06, the pulverized coal belt (explosion proof) was found red hot and sparking. Immediately the Fire Department was notified and the fire was extinguished by 5:15 am. No injuries occurred during the incident.

A roof fall occured in the 1 Main East, crosscut #118, starting at the edge of the pillar line between #5 and #6 entries and ending 4' into the intersection of #7 entry. The fall measured approximately 94'X19'X3'-7'. The area was supported with 6' tension rebar bolts and the intersection was x-ed out with 9' mega bolts. An undetected slip was determined to be the cause of the fall.

An unintentional fall occurred an the 002 section #1 entry at the face. The fall was 20' x 20' x 4'-5' thick and pulled 4 bolts at the end of permanent support.

An unplanned roof fall occurred 1500' from the active face of the working section in the left return, entry #1, near spad # 10300. No equipment was involved. No injuries reported. Ventilation and passage of persons were not affected. Fall measured 25' long x 18' wide x 6' high. Fall will not be rehabilitated.

A roof fall occurred in the 2nd main north entries at #12 xc, #1 to #2 entry. The fall measured 20 feet long, 17 feet wide and 8 feet thick.

The tailgate of the longwall section closed off due to caprock falling in.

Roof fall above anchorage. 6 north 79 blk #8 entry @ 3 way intersection.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at the Galatia North Portal on the Flannigan travelway, crosscut #41, 5989', Entry #2. The fall was approx 35' long, approx 18' wide and approx 20' thick. The fall did not affect ventilation or passage of men. The fall will be cleaned up. Fall #23 H

Roof Fall above anchorage 6 north 75 blk x-cut 5-6 @ 3 way intersection.

A roof fall occured in the 3 east panel, #7 and #8 entries, starting inby #82 intersection and ending outby #84 intersection and including the connecting crosscut between #7 and #8 entries. The fall measured approximately 80'X19'X5'. The area was supported with 5' fully grouted bolts. An undetected slip was determined to be the cause of the fall.

Roof Fall 2 Brks inby Spad #38535 on #004 section. This fall was bolted with 5' torque tenion bolts, fall was approx 20' wide 70' long and 7' high fall will not be cleaned up. Fall was approx. 1500 ft from section.

A roof fall was discovered that was 20' long X 5' high. The fall will not be cleaned up.

A roof fall occured in the #5 entry of the 8 west section at the #13 break. The fall is 42 feet long and 25 feet wide.

A roof fall occurred on the 8-left longwall tailgate. The fall measured 30' long x 11' wide x 6' high. The area was between 32+55 & 32+25.

On 7/03/06 an unintentional roof fall occurred on the #2 Unit, MMU-002, #1 return entry between #31xc & 32xc. This roof fall was located in the #1 entry and was supported with 6' anchor roof bolts. The roof fall measured 50' in length by 18' in width and 6 to 7' in thickness. The roof fall will not be cleaned up and all approaches have been cribbed off & flagged off.

The east finely elevator was down for more than 30 minutes due to a bent safety activation linkage rod. There was no entrapment

#8 Belt break 16. a fall occurred 30' L x 20' W x 6' H, no injuries, no equipment involved, and no restriction to the ventilation. The area will be rehabilitated by additional support. The roof strata is shale with no rider seam. Incident was investigated by Massey, OMSL and MSHA.

An unplanned roof fall occurred 2 breaks outby spad# 1350. The fall measured 18'W X 60'L X 4'T. In center fall was a horses back.

A roof fall occured in the South Sub Mains, # 11 Entry, 3740' Station. The fall was approximately 12' Long, 10' Wide amd 8' Tall. The area was bolted with 6' & 8' point anchor bolts. The fall didn't affect ventilation, travel, cause injury or damage equipment.

A roof fall was discovered by the fireboss while making his weekly examination. It was located at the bottom of the #4 slope entry going from 14 seam to the 9 seam. It was in an intersection and measured approximately 35' x 18' x 10' high. The fall was located well outby any working sections.

Hoist went down while making check, took coupling off and put back together, couldn't find anything wrong and it started working ok. Made hoist check again and everything was working fine.

The east finley elevator was down for more than 30 minutes due to a bent safety activation linkage rod. There was no entrapment.

A roof fall occurred in the 4 West return at crosscut 115, entry 2 to 3. The fall was adjacent to the weekly examiners travel route. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale.

A roof fall measuring 40' long, 18' wide, 7.5' thick was found in the # 3 entry adjacent to the #5 north belt approixmately 1700' outby the active section. The area was developed May 06 with 5' torque tension roof bolts. Laminated coal and rock streaks above the anchorage zone was the cause. Ventilation and the passage of personnel was not affected. No injuries occurred.

Around 2:00 am, main hoist began periodically running in the halt position. Then after numerous times of resetting power, the hoist finally stopped operating. Discovered that the microprocessor that runs the PC was defective and was replaced along with several data entry cards.

A roof fall approx 60' X 5' occurred to the right of #8 entry of 2 lt mains at spad #3957. This fall is approx 2,200' outby the working section.

Employee deliberately disobeyed warnings to cease welding on inflated floatation tire rim ten minutes before tire blew up. Heat from welding plus compression of air in tire equals massive explosion.

Employee of Adams Trucking was weedwacking brush. Blade on weedwacker hit guide wire for electrical pole. The wire was severed and the tension pulled it back toward the transformers on the pole. the guide wire came in contact with a bare wire. At this time we assume electricity went to ground causing fatality. Under Investigation.

A road grader descended down a haul road backwards and landed against the hillside in a ditch. The operator was found under the ripper at the rear of the machine.

Mud seam fell out of highwall, big rock hit cab of drill killing employee.

Extrayendo material en el lado noreste de la charca de extraccion el chofer, no sabemos la razon, hizo un viraje en el lado noroeste de la charca y cayo a la misma con su camion. El chofer fallecio.The victim's truck was loaded with his first load of the shift. He was backing his haul truck out of the extraction area(pit) when truck traveled across a field into a water filled pit.

Jaw area of head/neck was pinched between handrail of manlift and cable tray. Foot was still on deadman switch.

Employee was attempting to apply tension to drive chain of dryer kiln with metal pipe. Both hands were grasping pipe when left hand slipped off causing right hand to lunge forward catching index & middle finger between chains & sprocket. Middle of index & distal of middle finger injured.

EE was trying to free up a sand auger. He had another employee jog the power. He reached in the v-belt area just as power was turned on - caught thumb & finger in V-belt.

EE was pulling an electric cable out from a pile of dirt when he felt a pull on his right hernia.

Employee was re-bolting on the 2 Main North supply road (#6 entry) at crosscut #24 when a diesel scoop with a duster attached to the bucket struck employee on the lower part of the right leg m ashing it between a metal brace on the duster and a metal bracket on the bolter. The leg was partially severed between the ankle and knee. Doctors made the decision to amputate completely.

Removing shims from cone crusher, finger was caught and the tip was partically amputated.

Changing iron in a crushing unit. Picking heavy iron with cables and cable rolled and caught finger. Cable pulled fingernail and end of finger off in the glove. Unable to save end of middle finger on the left hand.

EE stated that he and other EE worked together to place 8 x 8 wood blocking for crusher set-up. He felt a twinge in his lower abdomen but it was only momentary. He worked the rest of the morning w/o pain or incident. After lunch, he stood up and felt pain and protusion in the abdominal wall.

EE was assisting other crew members string a rock crusher conveyor belt when his left ring finger got caught in a v-belt sheave resulting in partial amputation.

Torque arm on speed reducer in tunnel came loose. EE turned it off to work on it, but didn't lock it out. Another EE turned it back on.

While lowering replacement roller, load shifted pinching fingers between roller and belt frame work. Impact resulted in fracture to left ring finger and tip of left middle finger was amputated. Treated at hospital and released to work.

(LTA) : Unit #3 - Employee stepped off front of bolter into hole, twisting left knee. Heard a popping sound. Dr diagnosed a hyper-extension of left knee. RTW 08/03/06. Lost 2 Work Days.

While operating a dozer the Employee experienced chest pains, checked by E.M.T and transported to the emergency room. At the emergency room the employee was treated for a pulled muscle.

Employee was running a rock crusher, when a rock hit him in the back of head under his hard hat.

had a wrench on the bolt, pipe on the wrench while pulling on the pipe and wrench, wrench slipped off, lost balance and sprained knee.

Member was crossing belt to clamp it off. He jumped off the side and landed on the water line and twisted his left knee.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROCK DUSTING WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE MEASURING ABOUT 12" L X 5" W X 3" THICK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ELBOW.

Excavator overheated in 90 degree plus heat. Employee attempted to cool off excavator by spraying it with a hose. The radiator cap exploded spraying him with hot antifreeze.

EE was setting timbers on the North Mains belt when a timber that was leaned against the rib slid off hitting him on the top of the foot. He suffered a contusion to the top of his left foot. See attached note.

Parked rail truck, pulled in-bar fell between tracks. Lifted bar to move to side. dropped bar onto right foot wt. approx. 100-150 lb. causing injury.

Employee was laying drill pattern on top of coal. A rock fell from highwall. Employee saw it and tried to run but was hit in lower leg and foot.

Employee was placing roof bolts on to his truck. He felt as though he pulled a muscle in his stomach. X-rays showed a hernia. He had surgery on 8/23/06 for the repair. He will be off work for approximately 30 days.

Employee was assisting another mechanic who was moving heavy metal panels with a forklift. He was positioned between panels and wall of warehouse. When forklift driver picked up pallet, the load shifted and panel fell on ee's left leg, then on to foot.

The EE stated he was letting the gate down on the gravel box, which was held shut by a chain on both sides through a hook. The EE had to remove a hook through the chain on both sides. When he released the second side of the chain box, the door opened and caused him to feel pain in his lower back.

Employee has been employed as a truck driver since 1998. He was watering haul road going into Pit 915 on BPM Minerals haul road. He had watered into the pit, turned around & was leaving the pit with a half load of water when he came around a corner & the load shifted on the water truck & the truck & water tank tipped on the driver side.

Employee was placing a bundle of roof bolts in the tray on the right side of the miner and felt pain in his left lower back.

While airing up ramcar at power center, employee got his feet tangled in the air line, fell and struck his left side against the ramcar deck.

Left hand was struck by the lower section of a roof bolter drill steel. The lower drill steel was caught on the edge of the chuck as the rotation unit was raised. The upward pressure of the rotation unit boom caused the lower drill steel to be kicked outward. He was reaching towards the drill steel at the time & his left hand was struck between the thumb & index finger.

While shoveling, employee felt pain in his lower back but continued to work the shift. Lost time injury as of August 23, 2006.

Employee was changing out a feed cable on the boom of a Tamrock bolter. The bolter was plugged into a power source. The trailing cable was energized from a distance by an electrician who could not see the bolter. The plug from the disconnect had one phase to ground. When the feed cable was energized, the mechanic was in connect with the bolter and recieved a shock.

Employee was moving supplies. A timber fell on his left hand causing a laceration to his left finger.

Employee stated that he bent over at No 2 MRS to pull the No 1 MRS cable out of the way, when ee suddenly pressurized the No 2 MRS against the mine roof causing a piece of rock measuring 43" x 30" x 8" thick to fall, striking him on the upper back.

Employee was operating shuttle car when he hit a hole jarring his back.

Employee reported: After helping co-workers reclaim belt structure, experienced pain and stiffness to his back. This has been an ongoing problem for 28 months due to a 3/11/04 back strain. He is again receiving chiropractic treatment as he has received for nearly two years.

Lifting explosives materials in boxes getting ready to set up for blasting. Felt something pull in bend of inside of elbow ont he right arm. Heard something go snap and felt pain.

EE was unloading cable from the back of a man trip. The mantrip drove over a bundle of roof mesh. When trip got on top of the bundle it spun out and set the top piece flying into employee's right ankle causing it to roll over.

Employee was roofbolting in a low area. The roof bolt bent and when employee pushed the bolt into the hole and immediately felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

Injured was walking beside roof drill, falling over coal & loose material lying on floor. He turned to catch himself on side of the machine, falling & twisting his right leg. After the fall he complained about his upper rt leg and hip hurting from a sharp pain in his hip.

Employee was walking on lower floor level in the Process Bldg. and a small amount of acid from an abandoned overhead acid pipeline system dripped onto employee's right lower arm. The line has not been used for over 5 years. Employee suffered a 2nd degree burn on his right lower arm

Employee was getting ready to move miner when a piece of rock fell striking left shoulder and arm. He was on #2 unit in #1 entry cutting 1 left.

The employee was swinging a maul and missed what he was swinging at. The employee hit his hand on a valve and fractured it.

While working on belt, a rock fell & hit the employee on his right shoulder.

DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 9/23/06. Slipped and fell off belt line and hurt left knee. Started losing time 9/23/06 when surgery was performed. Worked until that time.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BELT CLAMP ON BELT. WHEN HE LIFTED THE CLAMP, HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

Injured was dragging a dust hose from a track mounted tank duster over & thru a crosscut to #9 belt head to start dusting on #9 belt. He stepped on an uneven ledge in the bottom, turning his right ankle resulting in a broken rt ankle.

Using temp. gauge (gun) checking radiator heat on loader, opened door on loader; doing so knocked him off loader. He fell approximately 4'7" on heel of left foot.

Climbing up haul truck ladder, foot slipped, hit knee on ladder rung.

Employee jumped off a conveyor elevated 2 feet off the ground. Employee twisted/sprained his left ankle and fell. Employee has a left ankle sprain and a left knee contusion.

EE WAS COMING OUT OF FACE, WHEN HE TRY TO GET UP TO MOVE, HE SLIPPED ON A SLICK ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.** STARTED MISSING 10-30-06**

Employee was atttaching the up river breast line to a barge when is left index finger became caught between the winch rope and the barge.

Employee was struck by a loose brow knocking him down. Rock landed across his leg.

The injured employee was drilling a hole when a piece of rock broke loose from the top, striking the victim's right ear & side of his face. The incident resulted in a laceration to his right cheek that required stitches. The EE's right ear was also lacerated & required stitches.

EE was driving a rubber tired, battery powered 4-wheeler. It was being operated in the track entry when the accident occurred. During the operation ee veered off the track to one side of the entry when the steering wheel suddenly started spinning. During the spinning process he struck his right hand against the steering knob causing a fracture of the ring finger.

EE was standing in scoop bucket hanging a curtain when his feet slipped and he fell injuring his right side. had x ray he has 2 cracked ribs.

Employee was working at the crusher and hit his head on a belt frame and strained his neck.

EE was digging in bank with loader. A rock came down and hit loader bucket. This jarred the loader. He complained of discomfort in rib area. He asked to go home, and no other action was taken. ***DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION TILL 7/29/06.***

While employee was ventilating the 6 right break a piece of draw rock fell out of the top striking him on the right arm and cutting it in two places. The employee got 16 stitches in his right arm.

Employee bent over to duck under a low hanging hose and felt a pain in his back.

EE was trying to remove a large chunk of coal on the belt line when he felt his back give out.

EE stated that he was pulling a service hose from the reel of the service truck when he felt pain in his lower back. EE went home and consulted a Dr. who odered x-rays which were nega- tive. The Dr ordered an MRI and EE is currently losing time.

The injured had hold of a bottom belt roller while changing it. The roller was stuck in a belt chain. A co-worker tried to strike the belt chain with a hammer to free the stuck roller and missed, striking the injured in his left index finger. This accident resulted in a fracture of his left index finger.

Injured employee was riding a 3 wheel ride and turned to go over to the next entry and hit a scoop that was left unattended with the lights off. The collision caused the injured employee to hit his head in the roof causing a laceration to the right temple area.

Employee slipped and fell landing on his left hand and shoulder.

The injured was carrying a concrete block, in a bent over position, in a low area and felt pain in his lower back.

Injuried employee sitting on water cooler, truck exits plant, rear tire struck a metal bar, base of metal bar struck employee on left leg. This caused a compound fracture.

EE was operating a shuttle car traveling toward the miner. The shuttle car struck a hole in roadway causing his right arm to hit the hand hold on the canopy injuring his right elbow.

Employee reported: He & coworkers were preparing to change out a damaged scree of the cyclone refuse vibrator. He climbed up into the vibrator, when stepping down onto the cloor of vibrator, sole of boot placed onto a piece of angle iron, causing foot to slip resulting in twisting of knee. 8/15/06 MRI taken, tear in meniscus, started missing work 8/15/06.

Employee went to grab a nylon strap off of the headache rack and was stung by a black wasp 4 or 5 times. First aid was provided. Employee finished his shift and then went to a physician for medical treatment.

While grinding a j-bolt during a screen cloth change, a piece of metal pierced the operator's right eye, resulting in pain and temporary vision impairment. The operator claims to have been wearing safety glasses at the time.

Employee was helping with the power move on the longwall when he felt pain in his back. Lost time injury as of August 24, 2006.

Taking down tubing twisted back. Employee returned to work and was taken off by doctor on 8/3/06.

Employee states he was pushing a Ramcar up a hill with the Ramcar he was operating. He pushed it up the hill his car climbed up on the car being pushed. When the car being pushed caught traction it pulled out from under the car doing the pushing and it dropped to the floor. The employees hard hat come off and he struck his head against the canopy resulting in a laceration.

EE was stacking rock when another employee smashed his left thumb between another rock and the one he was placing.

Employee stepped on a rock and twisted right ankle.

Employee was standing on the drill head. He slipped and fell catching his middle finger and ring finger of his left hand between the lift jack and arm of the bolter.

Airing a rock truck tire. Tire exploded. Broken collar bone. Contused lower back.

EE was spinning steel out of top of bolter. His arm accidentally hit the up level on the equipment, pinning his index finger against the roof and the machine.

DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 8/19/06 While shoveling coal, right shoulder began to hurt.

The supervisor was using a pry bar to scale down loose top and when he pried a small rock a larger rock (18" x 18" x 18" thick) dislodged and struck the right side of his right foot. The x-ray was negative, but the laceration to his foot needed sutures. A staph infection required an additional night stay at the hospital.

Rib rolled out on track and man-bus hit rib roll. The rib wasn't all the way across the track, just a corner was on track. EE had his arm behind a co-worker holding onto canopy post, when bus hit; this caused a piece of coal to fly up and cut EE's fingers.

Crew was traveling to 2 section on mantrip when it hit end of broken rail causing injured to be thrown in mantrip.

Employee was taking oil bath off of motor on top floor of washer. Employee said he lifted oil bath off and felt sharp pain in lower back.

Employee was walking in the NW #2 belt, when he tripped over a rock, hurting his right arm and shoulder in an attempt to break his fall. Lost time injury as of 9/6/06

Employee was operating excavator when he stepped out of machine, misplaced his foot and twisted his ankle.

EE was G.P.S. the coal pit in north end of pit when a rock came off wall and hit him. He fell back onto other rocks hitting his head, right leg and left side.

Crew was traveling to 2 section on mantrip when it hit the end of a broken rail causing injured to be thrown in the mantrip.

Employee bent down to pick up miner cable when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

WHILE REMOVING SEAT FROM A 637G, EMPLOYEE HEARD A POP IN SHOULDER. TOOK EE TO EMERGENCY ROOM, NO MEDS WERE PRESCRIBED, REFERRED TO AN ORTHEPEDIC SPECIALIST. DIAGNOSIS FROM DR. ON 7-3-06 WAS. ARTHRITIS MASS ON SHOULDER THAT OVER TIME HAD CUT THROUGH THE BICEP TENDON. THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME. RAWHIDE IS REPORTING THIS AS A REPORTABLE ILLNESS.

Employee stated that he had delivered parts to the job. He was coming down the road from the job when his parts truck hit a pot hole in the road. The truck jarred him causing low back pain. Reportable on 7-31-06 when lost time was incurred.

Injured was winching scoop through mud hole and rock fell from ceiling bruising his neck and shoulders.

We were pulling out tube and started laying it onto tube rack when the over shot popped off the retriever point causing tube to fall. Other end of tube came up and hit employee on side of cheek. He then fell to the ground. He was unconscious for a few seconds.

(LTA) : Unit # 2 - Employee was taking down miner cable. Cable struck employee, knocking employee to the ground. Right knee landed on pile of coal, bending and twisting resulting in injury to right knee.

Worker was called to repair the #2 Kiln Preheat Thermocouple which made it necessary for him to remove it from the Kiln. He detached the springs holding the Thermocouple inside the Kiln and when he reached to remove it, the Thermocouple suddenly ejected. Worker went to grab it before it fell out and grabbed the hot part of the Thermocouple that was inside the Kiln.

Crew was traveling to 2 section on mantrip when it hit end of broken rail causing injured to be thrown in mantrip.

EE was handling a piece of marble (using an overhead crane) to get it ready to cut. The marble slipped out of the slings and EE tried to stop its fall. The stone fell and hit his middle left finger.

The employee was using an electric pallet mover to move empty cement bags. The pallet mover became stuck and when he pushed on the handle, he felt a sharp pain in his groin area. He was sent to the doctor and was diagnosed with a hernia. Surgery was performed on 08/10/2006.

reported 8/8/06 - Stemming holes, an operator at the quarry dropped a stemming box, hitting back, head & shoulders.

Was working on dust collector using a pry bar when it slipped causing his right thumb to be struck with the bar.

Employee was sprayed in the eyes with Dawn Dish soap resulting in a minor eye abration.

Crew was traveling to 2 section on mantrip when it hit end of broken rail causing injured to be moved around in mantrip.

EE was cleaning a roller on a conveyor, contrary to his training, he was standing directly under the roller and some dirt fell from the roller. Although he was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses, some dirt got under his glasses and into his eye.

EE was driving 3-wheeler to the outside with co-worker following on another 3-wheeler pulling the duster when they went thru swag. Co-worker asked injured employee to wait at the top of the swag in case he needed him to pull him up, which he did. Injured employee went to back up and the brakes went out causing him to flip the 3-wheeler.

Employee was struck by a wire rope that had broken loose from the center of a snatch block. They were pulling a conveyor belt.

Miner was standing on floor at top of face. A loose board twisted causing miner to fall on his side. Miner was examined by a dr and found to be bruised.

The employee stated he was lifting a clevis to level it with the push ram in order to install a relay pin when he felt a pain in his right shoulder. The employee continued to work until 1/11/07 when he had surgery to repaire his rotator cuff.

Employee stated he was lifting 50# bags of rock dust when he felt pain in his back and left leg. Missed two days away from regular scheduled work.

Walked over to check on conveyor - put hand on board and rock hit his finger. Finger needed stitches.

Employee was stacking 50# bags of hydrated lime and felt numbness in his left leg.

Employee got his hand caught by pincher (holds drill steel) on roof bolter when he closed pincher. When he felt hand get caught, he jerked back pulling his arm and shoulder. He has had some discomfort in shoulder. The employee did not start missing until July 2006 and he alleges he is missing due to the above event.

Pulled metal forms with boomtruck and after removing the rigging off the metal forms, one of the metal forms fell over the ee's foot.

The employee was marking the inside of a manifold cup plate, when lifting the plate the eye broke and as it was moved the plate struck the employee on the top of his hard hat.

Bee Sting, Miner was allergic to bee sting.

Employee was installing a resin bolt, when an undected piece of draw rock fell striking his left foot causing a fracture.

Employee was cutting stainless steel and incurred flash burn to eyes from errant plasma cutter arc.

Loose rock fell from roof between bolt and rib. He was taken to hospital by amulance and then released to go home after being checked out.

Employee was repairing roller belts. Hand was drawn in and pressed between roller and conveyor belt.

Employee was walking down the stairs when his foot slipped off the step. The employee held on to the stair rail but felt pain in his low back.

PALLETIZING ROCK, SHEET OF FLAGSTONE SLIPPED, SMASHING RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND

The EE was guiding a euclid onto a low boy, when he slipped and fell on the trailer rail. At the time the EE said he was fine. Since, he has come back and said that he has had problems with his back. After going to the doctor, the doctor said he needed surgery. The accident became reportable on March 10, 2008 after having surgery and becoming lost time.

EE was lowering a slab of sandstone to the ground when he pinched his left middle finger between ground and the stone slab. DR. Diagnosis: laceration & contusion left middle finger. EE lost 3 work days.

While working with the powder crew getting ready for an afternoon shot, EE carried two powder bags (30 # each) placed it on the gound container floor. When he turned, his back started to hurt, his legs gave way and he fell to the floor. EE had a hard time standing up, so an ambulance was dispatched.

He was walking beside miner. He tripped over water line and fell. His shoulder hit the side of the miner. Left shoulder and ribs strained and bruised.

Employee reported: Attempting to clean water sprays on inner belt spray for the FCT. Twice turned off belt, tapped on spray bar with hammer. After 2nd attempt, with belt running, again tapped on bar. Hammer was pulled under a roller, pullng is arm under roller also, immediately turned off belt.

Employee states that while using a shovel to move the material, he hit a pocket of steam and hot dust causing the hot dust to blow out the door covering the upper body and face.

Tool box lid fell while ee was reaching into box and broke ee's right forearm. He started missing work 7-25-2006.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FILTERS ON A HIGHWALL DRILL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE LADDER CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS FINGER WITH A WRENCH.

Member was helping carry a piece of 48" belt structure. He dropped his end and it struck him on the left knee. Days away from work 7/29/06, 7/31/06, 8/01/06, 8/03/06, 8/10/06, 8/11/06, 8/16/06, starting 8/19/06 and has not returned.

Piece of steel being cut fell on the operator's foot causing bruising to the foot.

The injured was lifting an oxygen cylinder and felt pain in his lower left back and hip.

EE was installing roof bolts, when he caught his finger between drill steel and mine roof.

Employee reported this alleged injury on 7/25/06. Running a 657 scraper and hit a rock with tire. This bounced him and he claims back pain.

While splitting slab of rock, hammer missed chiesel and hit himself in the knee (left).

Employee struck the rib with the scoop he was operating. Employee's head struck scoop canopy.

Employee was assembling a drill stand, the top plate slipped off and struck employee across the top of his right foot, causing a bruise.

EE was unclogging dust pipes at the screen room, lime dust bypassed his safety glasses and entered the right eye causing a chemical burn to right eye.

Hanging water line for miner, he hurt his lower back right side. He worked until 7/28/06, is when he went off work.

The injured employee was drilling a hole in the mine roof when a small/med piece of rock fell next to the rib, striking the injured on top of right shoulder & back of right leg.

Employee was walking next to the power center when he hit his head on a pin board jamming his neck. His first day missed was 08-01-06. THIS WAS NOT TURNED IN AS AN ACCIDENT UNTIL 08-18-06

Employee stated on 8/03/06 that he had pulled a muscle in his lower back while tightening lug nuts on a truck tire. He notified company of the alleged incident after receiving pay minus a previous pay advance which the company paid because he was considered a voluntary quit. His 1st Dr release for "illness" from 7/25 thru 7/29; 2nd release from 08/03 thru 8/07 "no remarks".

Employee was helping other employees secure a 4" poly discharge line to the roof. During the lifting process, employee stated he experienced sharp pain in his lower back, and radiating down his right leg. He visited his family Dr. two days later who diagnosed him having lumbar strain.

A piece of rock 6' X 3' X 4" fell from the rib to the bolt, striking employee in the head & shoulders forcing him to the floor. The rock also hit the roof bolting machine on the way down.

EE was walking through the plant toward the bagger to work on it. He slipped and fell on spilled proppants by the K-2 backspill. He bruised his lower buttocks and right elbow. At the time of the accident, he felt no medical attention was necessary.

EE slipped and fell, landing on knees. EE started missing work-8/15/06.

Employee was loading damaged 2 inch pipe onto a scissor lift truck. He was loading the first pipe and had his left little finger over the end of the pipe. The employee looking back towards the pipe and miss-judged the back of the truck. His finger was crushed between the pipe and the back of the truck. The severity of injury required immediate surgery to repair the finger.

Injures was changing an oil filter when the wrench he was using slipped causing him to bump his right elbow.

Employee was turning a rock when he twisted his right hand. He felt an immediate pain. Upon the doctors visit, a fractured bone was found in the palm of his hand.

Employee was setting timbers. Struck by draw rock

Employee believes he was bitten by an insect (spider). Employee missed work days due to infection that developed in area of suspected bite. Information was received on 8/25/06 that indicates this condition was work-related.

Employee was driving a haul truck. While stopped to load, the shovel bucket opened too soon causing the load to drop on the tail of the truck. This caused the bed to raise and fall heavily, jarring the driver. The driver sustained soreness in her back and neck.

While closing crusher hood, slipped and fell.

Employee was bolting top in the #3 entry. He went to bend the roof bolt and pulled lower back.

DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 7/24/06. While walking up slope belt, foot slipped off ledge, felt "pop" in his left foot. Fractured 2nd.Prox Metatarsal.(Foot)

Employee was driving a 785 Cat. rock truck. He became disoriented in heavy fog and drove the truck in the wrong direction. The truck went over a 20' high highwall and traveled about 100' down the slope.

An isolation gate for a cement silo failed to isolate the silo. As a result, cement poured out from an open pod door.

Working on a D9R slipped on steps and hit right knee & shin on hand grab.

Removing broken pin from crowd chain. One man driving pin with sledge hammer. When pin came free from chain, it struck the inj employee in the lower leg.

Employee stepped off loader and missed the last step. He came down hard on his left foot fracturing 3rd and 4th toe.

While operating a I/R DM45 highwall drill, the employee was on the road to drill bench and he was thrown into the control levers.

The man was exiting the scoop tractor when he tripped and fell to the bottom striking his left elbow and lacerating it.

EE stated he was turning #2 MRS arround to tram across section when a rib rolled off behind him hitting his legs. He stated he jumped forward to get out of way of rib roll and tripped over MRS cable. When he fell, he stated he landed on his left shoulder and side causing his light to push into his side and back.

Employee was pushing in shot area using a D-10-R Cat dozer and backed over a hole hitting his head on left side window. Lost one front tooth, feeling pain in his head, neck and back.

Water truck engine caught fire. The cab and deck were engulfed by flame as operator exited the cab and scrambled down ladder. Operator has 2nd and 3rd degree burns on right arm and both hands, and 2nd degree on top of head

Person was attaching rail ties to rail. While performing this work he felt a twinge in his left knee. That evening after work his left knee began to swell. X-rays negative - Dr. advised to stay off work to rest knee.

Turned on golf cart, hit a rock and went under belt.

Employee was starting to drill hole to install roof bolt when stab jack pin broke, letting canopy down and hit employee in head. (top)

Jammed right pinkey finger on rocks.

Employee reported slipping on stairway and catching himself while falling backwards. Dr. Visit, four days later, shows muscle strain.

Employee was pulling a screen that was stuck between a pipe & a beam to ge it unlodged. He walked around opposite side. He began pullint & it came loose & cut his left knee. Some bleeding & 1st Aid applied. Seeked medical attention.

Lifting one end of a piece of expanded metal and the person lifting the other end dropped it, causing a sharp end to cut his left middle finger, requiring 9 stitches.

Employee stated that he was helping set breaker timbers in no. 6 entry when he felt pain in his right side and back spasm in the lower back. Note: employee first started missing work as a result of this injury on 09-08-2006.

Employee was operating 4 wheel johnson ride when the front tire struck a piece of rock causing his right hand to be struck by the knob on the steering wheel resulting in a fracture to his right hand. *Upon revisiting his doctor, he began missing work on 8/17/06.

Cutting on El-Jay screener - a piece of slag fell down into left top of boot causing a burn to the ankle area. Removed boot, administered first aid and employee was taken to the doctor.

The conditions at the plant were all clean and in good shape. The problem happened when the employee slipped while putting in a bolt on the motor mount at the cone and was not wearing his fall protection equipment.

EE, general labor. Foot slipped on gob or rock & he twisted his right knee. Went to Dr & he is going to run an MRI to check knee. Doesn't know extent of injury or when he will return to work.

Unloading a refrigerator from back of truck when one end of refrigerator fell on employee's right knee.

Employee had finished cutting on belt conveyor component when an ignition occurred causing burns on his neck & face.

Employee was involved in an ignition and received 1st & 2nd degree burns to his back.

Uneven ground at base of ladder, employee stepped into a pothole.

Employee was struck by a piece of rib 3'(L) x 8"(T) while roof bolting. He did not start missing work until 7/24/2006.

Unit # 3 - Employee set-up miner in the face of the #4 entry. After set-up, the employee was throwing cable along ribline. Experienced pain in lower back radiating down left leg.

According to employee, he struck his back on piece of metal

Getting speed reducer out of truck, reducer fell on his right leg.

Employee was driving the forktruck when he hit a hole in the travelway and jarred his back.

Victim was taking product to the loader when another employee turned his forklift into victim's forklift, smashing victim's big toe.

Replacing generator-finger pinched between generator and generator base bolt holes.

Employee stepped off side and sprained right ankle walking from tipple.

Employee was splitting a piece of sandstone using a 4 lb.hammer & a stone chisel when a metal fragment broke off the chisel & embedded in his left hand. EE declined medical treatment at the time, on 8/7/06 EE requested medical treatment for the pain in his hand. Dr. removed the fragment and stitched the wound.

While loading a roll of Petra Matt onto rippers of a dozer, employee felt strain in back and left arm

Injured was bending roof bolt in low top area and felt pain in left shoulder.

Employee was helping to move the high voltage car up, pulling car upon foot. Went to Dr on 7-20-06. Started losing time on 7-21-06.

He was attempting to dislodge a rock in the winged tail pulley with a long piece of flat bar. He pulled down on the bar, the end of the bar rolled out of the tail area, the flat bar smashed his left index (pointing) finger resulting in a broken bone, 5 stitches. He was wearing gloves on his hands at the time.

Standing on a bucket of degreaser to reach maint. board. Foot went through the top of the bucket & splashed other leg causing 2nd degree burns.

EE was loading a big rock into a 777 hauler when the rock came out of his bucket, jarring him. EE complained of back pain and left early, but returned the following shift and worked out the week. Over the weekend EE said his back worsened. He began missing work on Monday July 24,2006.

Glove caught on steel and twisted mashing hand in top.

Employee stated he was handling cable on miner. As he was removing a loop of cable he got a sharp pain in his lower back. Medical received July 24, 2006 indicates possible hernia to the groin and a lower back strain.

Employee was helping remove engine cover plate on 980C endloader and got his thumb caught between the cover and another piece of metal when setting the cover down.

While entering belt line #1 #4 tail, EE drove through both sets of doors into the belt line. He then made a turn to go down to #5 belt when he struck his head on a low hanging roof mat.

Employee was walking down track entry when his left foot tangled up in a metal band used to band cinder blocks. He fell injuring his ankle. Employee continued to work until 7-26-06.

Employee was working in an area where another employee was doing some welding and was accidently exposed to welders flash. After work, later that night, he had problems with his eyes, so he went to a doctor for treatment.

The EE alleges that he was in the process of cleaning the #9 belt drive, when he experienced pain in his lower back. The EE continued to work until he was taken off work by the physician on 11/28/06.

Employee injured his back while picking up crib blocks out of the mud.

Employee was operating a Mack DM 690 water truck watering roads. Employee lost control of truck and jumped out resulting in injury to wrist, ankle, knee & head.

Employee was walking by the sump area and fell in a slump hole he did not see, banging his l knee leg.

The injured was installing roof bolts, when a coal rib rolled and struck him on the back of his right leg.

Smashed end of right ring finger while loading 6x6 timbers.

Injured was walking up #2 entry from the face and stepped in a hole twisting his right knee.

Employee was feeding the conveyor with limestone from a pallet when the pallet gave out, the stone fell onto left leg & foot resulting in a large, deep laceration to his left leg & a contusion to his left foot.

Longwall crew hooked up a chain to the shear and to shield to pull the shield sidways. After pulling the shield, the sheer operator trammed the shearer the wrong direction and the chain broke, hitting foreman in the chest.

Employee was climbing up the ladder of a 785 Hauler when the weld on the bottom three steps broke, causing him to lose his grip and fall to the ground. employee landed on his lower back.

While splitting large block using 20# sledge hammer felt pain in lower right back.

Employee bolting 6 right rock came loose from rib and hit him on the leg.

Victim was pinched between coal rib and battery powered jeep. The jeep was backing towards rib when the tram controls stuck and operator was unable to stop the vehicle.

Stepped off bolter while supplying bolter stepped on rock twisted left knee continued to work rest of shift.

EE turned in his chair to answer the phone and felt extreme pain in his lower back.

Employee was moving Fletcher roof bolter in outby area of mine. The canopy of the bolting machine caught a roof bolt & a small piece of metal projected into his left eye. Employee had safety glasses in his possession, but was not wearing them.

Employee was operating a shuttle car when a piece of draw slate measuring 18 inches by 36 inches by 3 inches fell striking him on his head and face. This resulted in a slight concussion and laceration over his left eye. He is expected to miss two weeks of work.

Bottom broke off canopy jack causing jack to fall striking him on the head.This man did not miss work for this injury until 04/26/07 and RTW 05/02/07.

Employee was dismounting the cab of the locomotive. As he stepped down to the ground, his right foot stepped on the edge of a track tie causing him to twist his right ankle.

Employee was operating a 793 Caterpillar Haul truck and was being loaded at a shovel. The shovel loaded the truck with some large material jarring the truck operator.

EE desending ladder on loader equipment twisted his knee when missed last step.

While shoveling a belt, employee was struck by a belt scraper. He then fell against the rib & his rescuer.

2 employees were pulling torches along side of Continous Miner. Miner was being moved by another employee. Miner knocked injured EE into the rib. Broke his left rib.

Unknown. EE finished his shift, went home and later found both hands swollen. EE was fine and in no pain while at work. EE had been painting and cleaning parts with WD-40 while at work.

Member was setting 8' square 6 x 6 timbers. He knelt down to get a wedge when the timber he was setting fell and struck him in the back. He had not wedged the timber prior to turning it loose to pick up another wedge.

While employee was traveling intake travelway to outside at end of shift a piece of roof rock fell out and struck him above left eyebrow, resulting in a laceration of the eyebrow area and a small fracture of orbital bone.

Injured was cleaning coalfines in front of shields when he felt pain in his lower back.

Employee was helping two others hang miner cable. Area was muddy; while lifting and positioning it on the hangers, he developed pain in his lower back. He ceased work to let the pain subside but it increased. Employee was taken to the hospital for treatment. X-ray was negative; diagnosed with low back muscle strain.

Employee allegedly hurt his lower back lifting supplies @ the end of the 23M track. Did not immediately report injury. Later diagnosed w/disc disease 8/8/06 (pending).

Employee slipped off of side of truck injuring right foot.

Rovk rolled on hand breaking metacarpus of right hand.

Injured was moving to next entry to bolt when he hung bolt on rib and took up slack causing cable to come loose hitting injured accross upper back.

Stepped off concrete platform. Stepped on a rock and twisted his right ankle causing him to fall to the ground. Employee said he felt an heard a pop in his ankle.

Man roofbolting, rock fell and hit tray, bounced and landed on his right foot. Contusion on foot, later took MRI, found broken bone. Started missing on 8/17/06.

Pulling miner cable over out of roadway.

Employee was installing roof bolts, he started to swing the head over to install the next roof bolts when he accidently dropped the canopy on his head, which is over the roof bolter.

Crew was moving conveyors & testing alignment, when ee saw a build-up of material in hopper of 1 of the conveyors. Ee the climbed on to conveyor & pushed the built-up material with his foot-large chunk of material slid in hopper & ran through hopper where ee's hand was braced causing his finger to be pinched between angle iron & chunk of material

EE was harvesting stone and slipped. A stone dropped on his little finger. Damage was a broken finger tip as well as lacerations to the finger.

Employee was opening the clinker feed elevator for bucket repairs; they were adjusting the counterweight guide and the guide beam shifted out of place, hitting his right foot.

While bolting top in crosscut between 423 entry, a piece of rock (22"long x 13"wide) struck the employee on his right shoulder.

While operating roof bolt machine, injured raised canopy against mine roof (uneven top) with too much pressure applied, causing part of canopy to break loose, fall, striking victim, causing injuries.

Employee rested left hand on bagger frame crossarm. When hook ctrl arms were raised, his index finger was pinched between the crossarm and the metal part of the lifting arm. Employee works for a temporary agency at our facility. Since the temp agency does not have an ID#, I am reporting for them.

While dumping a dumpster of dust and conditions were so dusty for employee to see, he mis-stepped off forklift, falling to the ground, fracturing and dislocating shoulder.

107 & 106 conveyors had overloaded & tripped out. Therefore, choked up the chute that they were working on. The employee used a bar with a hook on it to move the clay around. In the process of getting the system back on line he hurt his right shoulder.

Removing welding goggles/hood - foreign material entered eye.

Employee was removing a piece of beltline from the #1 reclaim belt; pulling through the HD & take-up, out of the idlers. During this job he developed burning in lower right abdominal area. He continued to work, but now has had hernia surgery on 8/4/06, and has begun to miss work on 8/1/2006.

Employee strained lower back while walking down ME157R ramp. Employee slipped and caught himself, causing a strain in his back. Injury was not reported until 7/17/06.

Employer was going to check water line. Uni-hauler came around the corner of block of coal & back end of hauler struck him on the outside of his knee. Went to the Dr. on 7/15/06, started losing time on 7/16/06.

EE began to feel pain in back after entering and exiting Joy 10SC32 Shuttle Car.

Employee was changing a tire on IT28 loader and the jack fell causing the tire to hit the employee in the left lower leg.

Employee was climbing on scaffold, right knee hit runner. Sprained right knee while trying to keep from falling because of muddy conditions. Started losing time 09/05/06. Filed late due to employee not losing time until 09/05/06. We were also waiting on Dr's reports.

Employee was spotting a dozer and haul trucks. He was walking on a rocky uneven terrain. He slipped on a rock and twisted his right ankle.

While setting a crusher liner in the jaw crusher, the laborer got in the crusher. The liner slipped, wedging his foot between the liner and a 2x4. He spained his ankle severly.

Employee was trouble shooting a sampler belt in the loadout facility when he caught his arm in the belt. His arm was broken in several different places before he managed to free himself. He was transported to the hospital where he underwent surgery to set his arm.

Employee stated that he was using an impact wrench to tighten the bolts on the cutting edges which he had replaced on a D11R dozer. He said he felt a burning sensation in right shoulder area and some numbness in his right hand toward the end of the work day. He did not report this as a work related injury until 8-11-06 when his doctor said it was work related.

He was exiting a mantrip to throw a switch when he twisted his left ankle causing a strain to the ankle.

Employee was moving pipe threader, hanging new conduit & pulling old cable when he developed soreness in his lower back.

Employee was hanging curtain, he was looking back over his shoulder, stepped in a hole & twisted his knee. The area was wet & muddy with 60"height. He was diagnosed with ligament & tendon damage to his left knee.

Employee was changing an idler roller of the belt conveyor E. Passing over the belt he put his right foot over loose clay on the floor causing a sprain in his right ankle.

DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 8/10/06. While stepping over crossover, knee gave out and twisted as she was stepping down. Surgery required.

Mechanic, after repairing /replacing screens on screen deck at old plant, had his finger (right pinky) push thru screen. Finger hit screen deck assembly and was broken. Emergency room visit was required where finger was isolated & splinted. On 7-20 surgery was performed on finger.

driver backing in loaded 53 ft. van trailer, stopped to open doors. opened first door, second door hard to open, it sprung open finally, and a spare tire fell out and hit his wrist.

Rigging resulting in a personal injury.

HE WAS PULLING TRAILER OUT OF MUD, CHAIN BROKE AND CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN OPERATORS SEAT. ** STARTED MISSING ON MONDAY 07/17/06 **

The injured stepped in a hole as he was putting supply cars in a switch and he felt pain in his left knee. He finished his shift. When he returned for his next shift he tried to work but he felt pain in his left knee and went to the hospital to be examined and didn't return to work. An MRI was peformed on 7/24 and it was determined that he had a ligament tear in his knee.

Employee was exiting a loader and proceeding down the steps of the loader. His foot slipped on a step and he fell approximately two feet to the ground. The employee landed on his feet. He began experiencing pain in his lower back

Employee's foot slipped off the first rung of a ladder due to muddy feet. EE failed to use 3 point contact as trained 4/5/06 and jerked his torso when he grabbed a hand rail to arrest/prevent a fall.

Employee was cleaning up between two belts and as he was shoveling onto one belt, fine material came up under his safety glasses and got in his eyes. He has irritation in his left eye.

Employee was coming down off a stockpile of loose material. He slipped on the loose material and twisted his left knee.

Employee had completed typing the rebar for the foundation shab and was walking across the rebar mat to leave area. As he approached the outside form, a wall tie that had not yet been welded to the rebar mat, caught his boot or pant leg. Causing him to trip and fall. He hit the form with his knee and his elbow landed on asphalt paving.

Employee was holding a pry bar with his left hand and maintaining hydraulic pressure on the cylinder he was working on with his right hand controlling a hydraulic valve. As he reached with his left hand to push on the keeper pin of the cylinder, his right hand released the hydraulic pressure and the bar quickly moved, crushing his finger between bar and side plate of the shield.

Injured stated that he was on a step ladder and fell off injuring his left arm.

He was cutting screen bar rail rubber and accidently cut his left forearm.

A bee came in through the window and stung employee on right calf. A couple of days later sting became infected.

Worker palletizing stone & dropped on his finger, fracturing finger. Required minor surgery to pin finger.

While preparing to install a lift cylinder on a cat hi-lift, the EE smashed his finger while rolling the cylinder off the back of a pick-up truck.

Employee was unloading a rock from the chopper table. The rock broke and a large piece fell on his left foot just behind his toes. Some swelling and bruising. Upon doctor's visit, there was no breakage.

Rock fell on ATRS on bolter while tramming causing rear end of bolter to slam into roof.

EE was removing a return roller and when he rolled it out of the bracket he got his middle finger on his left hand slightly smashed between the roller and the roller bracket. We weren't even aware he went to the clinic until he turned paperwork in 3 weeks later.

During the day, EE loaded wet hole bags and he also stated that he was jostled around in his truck by a rock. We loaded a total of 120 wet hole bags, which is not normal duty. EE stated pain got worse as day went on. Back hurting, not sure what actually happened.

The employee twisted his Left knee while walking down the longwall face of 6D. Had MRI on 7-19-06 which diagnosed his injury as torn meniscus tendon.

While changing bits on miner, bit shattered and fragment cut left thumb.

8I section, miner bolter, a piece of rock was blocking the dust collection door open. He knelt down to remove, rock when a piece fell from between roof strapes and struck right ankle. cost days began 7/14/06 fracture

Roof bolter was reaching across machine to untie wire that was holding roof bolts together when a piece of roof coal fell striking his arm. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, protective equip was not a factor, miner knowlege was a factor, mining equip/systems not a factor.

Employee was operating an excavator; he swung the machine to the right and struck a rock. The machine came to a sudden stop. The operator then complained of neck strain and headache.

Miner operator was making a clean up pass on the left side of a right turn (20') out of the beltline when a piece of draw rock fell out between the bolts and the rib striking his legs from about his boot top down to his feet

EE WAS HOLDING A PRY BAR IN MASTER LINK WHILE CO-WORKER WAS TAKING THE SLACK OUT TO MATCH UP THE OTHER END OF THE LINK. THE TRACK WENT TOO FAR AND CAME DOWN ON END OF THE PRY BAR THAT HE WAS HOLDING ON HIS SHOULDER AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND.

EE was struck by a piece of broken face conveyor flight while observing the Headgate Drive sprocket, E-14 Longwall Section. The face conveyor chain broke, causing a piece of broken flight to be thrown , catching his left forearm between the piece of flight and the coal rib, resulting in a compound fracture to the left forearm.

While holding the ladder for a co-worker, a large slab of metal the co-worker was working with slipped and fell striking the injured employee.

Injured twisted knee while jumping from a flatbed trailer unloading supplies. Resulting in days away from work starting on 8/4/06.

EE "ALLEGED" that while operating a shuttle car, he hit a hole in the roadway causing a back injury. His first day absent from work was 8/2/06.

Slipped and fell on left arm.

Employee was walking on the catwalk stepped to the ground, stepped on a rock and twisted left ankle.

Employees was changing tires on the RD 800 Mack. EE was putting the inside tire back on truck when his middle finger on his left hand was pinched between the tire & spoke of the truck. He was taken to Norton ER stitched the end back on going to give a week to heal may have to take off first knuckel.

Partical in eye, resulting in a corneal abrasion.