Mining Incidents in September 2008

An unintentional roof fall occurred in No.4 entry, 100 ft inby spad 12371, H3 belt, approximately 20 ft wide x 45 ft long x 5 1/2' to 7 ft thick. Roof support in the area is 5 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

There was some smoke leaving the #2 coal tank that couldn't be seen from the ground. We notified MSHA at their 800 number to report a possible fire in our #2 coal tank. We then ran a fire hose up to the top of the coal hopper from the fire hydrant. The foreman and a laborer flooded the coal inside the tank with fogging spray.

# 4 unit belt line (x-cut 10). Length 60' x width 20' x thickness 6.5.

During normal operation of the hoist. The hoist stopped running and would not reset. The code given was another brake solenoid in fault. Repairs were made changing one of the main brake accumulators, and solenoid reset. Hoist has resumed normal operation.

Fall of material from the back on the level 1 to level 2 decline most of the material that fell was caught in the mesh on the back. The loose ground in the mesh above the decline impeded use of the primary escapeway

IGNITION-- The Longwall Shearer Machine was trying to cut a large rock at No. 101 Shield when the H/G Shearer Opr. saw a flash around the drum of the Shearer. When the machine and drum was cut off the flash went out. It lasted approximately 30 seconds.

Our examiners found a roof fall on the 4 West at crosscut 150 between entries 4 and 5. The fall was located in a crosscut in the intake. The fall did not extend into an intersection. The fall was in an entry adjacent to the examiners route of travel.

IGNITION--The Continuous Miner was cutting in the No 4 Entry. While cutting in the middle of the face, an ignition occurred. The ignition lasted less than a minute according to the Miner Opr. Used wash down hose and sprays to put fire out.

FALL OCCURRED 5 BREAKS INBY THE #2 HEAD DRIVE IN THE #6 & 7 ENTRIES IN THE INTAKE ENTRIES. THE FALL WAS 10' THICK, 80' LONG, AND 20' WIDE. THIS AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 4' FULLY GROUTED ROOF BOLTS.

A roof fall occurred in the 2 west 4 mains @ 39 crosscut, between # 4 and # 5 entries. The fall measures approximately 20 feet long, 18 feet wide and 5' thick. The area is supported with 5 foot fully grouted tension rebar bolts.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the Main South Belt Entry at the 122+15 foot mark. The fall occurred due to the fact that the roof strata broke just above the anchor point. The fall area was originally supported with 4,5, and 6 foot conventional type roof bolts. Approaches to the fall area will be reinforced, fall area cleaned up and the fall area supported.

# 29 crosscut fell in approx. 8' to 9' thick. No equipment involved. Crib off all four corners on 1st right mains, moved mandoor to # 28 break.

Our examiners found a roof fall in the 3 Left 4 Main North return at crosscut 35, entry 2 to 3. The fall was located in the crosscut and did not fall in an intersection. The fall was adjacent to the examiners route of travel.

An unplanned roof fall occurred on the 2nd West Sub-Main, off the 5th North Sub-Main, off the 4th West Sub-main in entry #5 at cross cut #4. The fall was on the supply road and will be cleaned up. The area was roof bolted with 6' and 10' pins. The fall appeared to be fractured stack rock.

Unintentional roof fall discovered this date. Fall measured approximately 18'W X 60'L X 10'H. Area previously supported with torque tension roof bolts and cable bolts. Area was developed on or about 4-08-05.

Material fell from roof of Tunnel A, near 14 glory hole. Tunnel is a retrieval operation. Discovered at 11:30am, time of fall is unknown.

A roof fall accurred in the #9 seam in the 1 West Panel at crosscut #53 in the intersection of #6 entry measuring approximately 18ft. x 18ft. x 9ft. high. This area was supported by 5ft. fully grouted roof bolts and 9 ft. mega bolts.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 10 I longwall Tailgate entry. The fall occurred in a three way intersection approx 8 ft high by 40 ft long by 20 ft wide. There was no injury or equipment damage with this occurrence.

Two mechanics were on an airboat at the tailings dam reclaim area pulling a barge that was hooked up to the front of the airboat. The front of the airboat tilted downward and started taking on water too fast to pump out. The water caused the boat to flip over on the right side. The employees managed to climb on top of the left side of the boat that was not submerged.

A roof fall occurred on 004-0 MMU in the #3 entry at spad # 3013. The fall measured 6ft. in height, 20ft. long, and 18ft. wide. Persons, ventilation, nor equipment were affected. This area will not be rehabilitated.

While stripping dirt from spoil side with 2570 dragline the spoil became unstable. There was no equipment damage or injuries due to this event. The reason for reporting is that it interrupted coal haulage for over one hour.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at the galatia mine new era portal on inby crosscut 27+3865', 2 West longwall beltline. The fall was approximately 37 feet long, approx. 18 feet wide, and approx. 10 feet thick. the fall did not affect ventilation. The fall will be cleaned up.

During normal operation the Main Hoist stopped operating giving a halt signal message on the computer for solenoid brake switch in halt. The problem was identified and solenoid relay reset. Hoist has been operating as normal.

The #8 elevator was inoperable for a period of time exceeding 30 minutes due to failure of the RBO coil. The RBO coil was replaced and the elevator placed back into service @ 5:15 PM. No individuals were on the elevator at the time of the failure.

A fire was reported by a nearby land owner on some mine land that was reclaimed years ago and now is leased to an individual who raises cattle on it. This is not near the active mining area. Members of Luminant management were notified about the fire about 5:00pm and by 5:30pm it had been put out by the local fire department. In all it burned the under brush on about 6 acres.

Unplanned roof fall occurred at 6:00 AM on 9/27/08 in B-Mains section. Fall is located 40' inby Station No. 1735 in #1 Entry of B-Mains. Area is used as an intake airway. Fall is 80'L & at least 6' above coal seam. Area was supported w/6' fully grouted resin bolts & 10' cable bolts. All approaches were timbered off. Ventilation was not interrupted. No escapeways involved.

Cutting coal in the No. 1 Entry on No. 8 Section and while cutting coal on left sidt of entry, an ignition occurred. Ventilation was disrupted by the Ramcar just prior to the ignition. Fire was put out with a fire extinguisher. The ignition lasted approximately 30 seconds.

This mine experienced a roof fall in #6 entry at the +277.5 cross cut.

A fall of roof occurred in the South East Travelway, # 3 entry, # 18 cross cut. The fall was approximately 30 feet in length x 25 feet in width x 15 feet thick. The area was supported with 6 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

A roof fall was discovered in the 2 west 4, crosscut 47, # 9 entry. The fall measures approximately 25 feet long, 20 feet wide and 7.5 feet thick. The area is supported with 5 foot torque tension rebar bolts.

A roof fall approximately 30' wide x 35' long x 7' high fell around 2:30am at the #8 intersection in the 003 section return airway. This fall will be dangered off and will not be cleaned up.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in our bleeder system for our MMU 003 section. The area didn't affect the bleeder ventilation quanities, but travel will have to be rerouted. Fall occurred in x-cut inby spad 3546, starting in the # 5 entry and extending to the # 7 entry. This fall was found during the weekly examination.

During a routine check, a guide cable was discovered to be pulled loose off of a ground plate. All miners were evacuated from the mine. After the guide cable was repaired and operational, miners returned to the mine at 10:25 am.

roof fall at spad 12+80 on #1 section. fall was 8' - 10' high 18' wide 24' long

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the # 1 entry of 6-Mains starting at SS# 3907 extending to SS# 3847 and continuing inby SS# 3847 into the #4 entry of 6-Left panel for approximately 80'. The fall dimensions were approximately 18' w x 6' h x 260' long.

Had fall in face area, 4ft X 10ft X 7ft high; breakered area off, not to rehab area, moving section. MSHA & OMSL notified. No equipment involved, no people injured, no vent disturbed.

The miner was cutting the top in the #1 face on the #1 section when a methane ignition occurred in the mine roof.

On the #1 southwest section at break #21 in the #1 and #2 entry one break outby spad #145 (spad in #2 entry), a fall occurred from the solid coal in #1 entry thru the break and 10' of the intersection in #2 entry, approx 10' high X 19' wide X 80' long.

A roof fall approximately 30' W x 30' L x 6' H fell around 9:00 am at number 6 intersection on our number 003 section.

While traveling the return entry, a mine examiner found a reportable roof fall in E-1 Headgate, entry 3, XC 41 to 42. The fall was approximately 6 feet high, 20 feet wide, and 25 feet long.

1 break inby the feeder at spad #370, we had a roof fall that caught 2 shuttle cars about 4' on one of thjem and 6' on the other one. It looks as if their was a vertical crack that caused the fall.

An outage of the slope hoist occurred due to an electrical problem with power for the control circuit. The outage was from approx 140pm to 223pm.

An unintentional fall occurred due to adverse roof condtions above bolt anchorage. The fall was at the 23+10' in the #2 entry of the 2nd main west entry's. Fall was 25' long X 18' wide X 8' high.

On 9-24-2008 a dust ignition occurred in the 5th L miner section. MSHA was immediately notified and an investigation conducted. It was found that the water sprays had been plugged on several water sprays and the bits had also been worn. The company thought this had been submitted but after a review it was found the report had not been filed. This report is to correct the error.

#1 Hoist Conveyance door did not fully close, conveyance became lodged in #1 compartment during hoisting cycle. MSHA notified at 0937 hrs. and crews were removed to 900 level where there is secondary egress. Secondary egress was re-established via #2 compartment at 1750 hrs. MSHA notified at 1757 hrs.

The left side miner MMU-001 was mining coal in the face of #1 entry and cut a hole approx 2' X 3' in the upper left corner of face, into an old mine that was not known to be there.

A roof fall occurred in the #4 entry at the #11 crosscut on the 3-North-1 Mains in the intake entry. The fall was 8' to 9' in thickness and measured 20' by 20'. The area was previously supported with 5' HY-Tech Bolts. The fall was cleaned up and re-supported.

Employee hit elevator doors with a hand cart while taking equipment off of elevator, knocked the cage door off track while at surface landing, causing the elevator to become inoperable.

At 11:25 am Mine Foreman called out to me that he had found a roof fall in the 6th West bleeder at x-cut 22 in the intersection of the #2 entry that measured 30' x 25' x 6'-7' high. Five foot resin bolts had been installed in this location. MSHA was notified at 11:30 am and a K-Order was issued verbally. Also called into 800 number at 11:33 am.

Roof fall in #4 panel. 20'x20'x7' area was timbered and dangered off.

Rock fall in #6 entry of old #4 unit, 7th subpanel north off of 4th panel north at x-cut 26 spad #10+24, approx. 7' high x 18' wide x 18' long.

An unplanned fall was discovered on an exam app 6800fr from the #1 section. The fall measured 20' in length and 20' in width by 8' in height.

Rock fall in # 7 entry

Entrapment of 25 employees on Cage for 1 Hr.

Hyd. line broke on 600 L Excavator. Machine was shut down for approx. 10 min. when a fire occured in the engine compartment. No one was on machine at the time. Dozer man noticed a fire and alerted everyone. MSHA was notified immediately.

A non- injury roof fall was discovered in the bleeder 45' inby SS #2557 on Panel 3A on the 003 MMU. Fall measured 30' in length, 18' wide, 5' - 6' high. The type of roof support installed in the area was 4' resin bolts, and 8' cable bolts. No equipment was involved. Ventilation was not affected.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered on 9/22/08 in the return app. 3400ft from the #2 section measuring 30' in length x 15' in width and 6' high. The area had 8 timbers installed prior to fall, the area will not be cleaned up.

An apparent power spike went through power lines of Western Electric over the weekend. When our hoist operator attempted start up on Monday, hoist did not operate. This was prior to shift starting. Through trouble shooting we were able to track down a small battery backup that needed to be replaced. The power surge caused the logic control of the hoist to fail. Program was reloaded

A roof fall occurred on the #2 unit, producing section. The fall is in the #4 entry @ crosscut 6. The fall measures approximately 18 feet long, 18 feet wide and 12 feet thick. The area is supported with 5 foot torque tension rebar bolts and 12 ft cable bolts.

A lug on an U/G transformer shorted out causing a GFI on surface to fail. Started evacuation. Changed GFI to get Hoist operational again. Test Trips and all OK at 1:15 a.m. Talked to James Petrie.

Employee was utilizing front end loader to load waste dust into haul truck when he noticed a glow at the rear of the truck. Employee attempted to extinguish the fire with a hand held extinguisher, but was unsuccessful. Outside emergency responders extinguished the fire.

Roof fall found by mine repairman at 7:30 PM. Fall is on Unit 2, Entry 7 at +1820. The fall is 18 ft. wide, 4-6 ft. high, 50 ft. long. Area was supported with 5 ft. conventional bolts, and 6 ft. double lock bolts. A visible slip ran through the intersection and limestone was absent in the anchorage zone. The fall will not be cleaned up.

Operator was cleaning spoils up around jaw. Right hand door on backhoe hit a protruding iron beam on upper platform on jaw, breaking the door glass and damaging the door frame, there were no injuries. He will receive a review of task training.

Rock fall occurred on 1 North Mains at break #44-46 in the #4 entry. Fall measured approximately 22' wide x 130' long x 7' thick.

7 Mains 3, 5 entry, between 9 & 10 block, MMU 001. 18 ft wide x 30 ft long x 6 ft high. Support: 6ft 3/4 inch resin bolts, pans, brow straps, screen. Fall dangered off, additional roof support installed around fall and clean up plan posted.

An unintentional roof fall has occured in the 9I section, which is the 10 I Longwall tailgate. The fall occured in the 16 X-cut at SSN 38+07.48. The fall measured approx. 8 feet high 25 feet long by 16 feet wide. No injury or equipment damage to report.

Elevator was returned to service 0615 relay/coil was replaced, miners were not on the elevator during this time.

During normal operation the Main Hoist shutdown and would not run from the control switches in the Hoist House. A relay in the Wonder Ware was receiving a fault alarm in the Slack Rope circuit. Electricians found the tripped relay and the hoist was back in service in approximately 28 minutes, however the call to MSHA was made as a precaution.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the # 4 Rt crosscut and extended into # 5 heading on the 001 unit.

Roof fall, E-1 submains, 6 to 7 xcut row 31 blk. Near station #948. 40'L x 5'H x 16'W.

A fall of roof occurred in the 1st East at 16 cross cut, # 4 entry. The fall was approximately 50 feet in length x 19 feet in width and the thickness is unknown. The area was supported width 6 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

A PLC failure occurred to the PC for the hoist controls. The PLC program had to be re-installed. Mine evacuated; no injuries.

Roof fall located at #2 return entry 90ft inby spad #966 1500ft inby mine portal. 5ft thick x 20' wide x 20ft long.

A roof fall measuring 20'L X 18'W X 6'H occurred in the #2 entry 1 break outby spad # 1810 in the No. 2 SE Mains inby the #5 drive at break #3. Area was cleaned and bolted up using 5" TT bolts.

Methane ignition occurred in the #5 face of the North Mains section. Ignition occurred under the rippers when cutting bottom & self-extinguished. No injuries, no damage to equipment & was reported as required. MSHA was onsite investigated & determined compliance with no citations issued.

A fall of roof occurred in the South East Submain at 51 cross cut, # 3 entry. The fall was approximately 25 feet in length x 25 feet in width x 14 feet thick. The area was supported with 6 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

A roof fall was found at 10:40am on September 17th, 2008 at x-cut 18 entry 4 main west. Area had been mined February 2001 and had been supported with 5' resin pins, intersection had also been truss bolted. Fall was reported because it was adjacent to travel way.

At approximatley 4:00 p.m. while mining the #6 entry a cavity in the coal seam was encountered that contained a pocket of methane gas. As the continuous miner was backing out of the face a glow was seen at the ripper head. The gas ignited; there was no explosive force associated. The report was not filed on time due to an oversight. A citation (6641282) has been issued.

A roof fall occurred on the #1 3 North Beltline at #25 wall, #7 entry 3 north. The roof fall was above anchorage. There was no damage to equipment. The fall was 25 feet long, 20 ft wide, and 16 to 20 ft high.

An unplanned roof fall was found in the #2 entry 1 x-cut outby survey station #996 fall was approx. 30' long, 30; wide and 6' plus high. Fall did not affect any ventilation or equipment, roof fall will not be cleaned up, area was timbered and dangered off.

A fall of the roof 90' X 18' X 8' fell in the # 6 entry 90 feet inby SS # 1865, 5600 feet outby the face. 4' fully grouted glue bolts were on pattern in this area with 12' cable bolts as supplemental. Cause of the fall was a coal/shale slip.

Rock fall on the 4th Southeast Submain. Spad Number 19+46 in #1 & 2 Entries. Size of the fall is 20 ft x 120 ft x 6' high plus. Approx. 7,700 ft from active workings.

7 Mains 3, 7 entry, between 10 & 11 block, MMU 002. Support: 6 ft 3/4 resin bolts, pans, brow straps. 18 ft wide x 35 ft long x 8 ft high. Fall dangered off, additional roof supports installed around fall.

The elevator at Cook's Branch was inoperative due to over travel. The elevator was repaired at 11:20 a.m.

A non-injury roof fall has occured on the 001-0 active pillar section while mining in the No 3 left panel off the No. 1 North. The roof fall occured after mining was finished catching the No 1 MRS. The mobil roof support was recovered and moved to the next block. The fall was at survey station No. 2086.

The elevator at Cook's Branch was inoperable for more than 30 minutes and an employee was on the elevator. The elevator was repaired in 45 minutes.

Based on interviews conducted with miners on 9/22 and 9/23 it was determined by MSHA that an ignition of gas and/or coal dust occurred on the 4 Right Longwall section on 9/16/08.

Loader operator was clearng material when he backed into power pole causing an energized 7.7kv line to fall near the loader. Operaator was told to stay in loader until utility company came.

North 8, 0 to 1 block, 7 entry, MMU 004. Support: 6 ft 3/4 inch resin bolts, pans, brow straps, screen. 17 ft wide x 70 ft long x 8 ft high. Fall dangered off, additional roof support installed around fall and clean up plan posted.

MSHA has indicated the incident at issue constitutes an accident requiring submission of a 7000 1 Report. The Company doesn't agree with MSHA's position, but is submitting this Report to provide the information MSHA believes must be submitted. By submitting this Report the company is simply cooperating with MSHA and is not admitting the Report is in fact required.

A fall of roof occurred in the 4C panel at x-cut 23, spad 15+19 in the # 7 entry. the fall was approx 30ft long x 40ft wide x 6ft high.

A roof fall occurred in the #11 seam in the 2 Main North in #8 entry in the pillarline between crosscut #24 and crosscut #25 measuring appoximately 14ft. long x 4ft. wide x 30 inches high. This area was supported by 30 inch fully grouted roof bolts.

A rock fall occurred at approx 11:43 am in the belt entry at x-cut 30 on the main north. The fall was in the bottom area and was 40 x 20 x 8. The fall will be cleaned up. The plus is 21 + 36. The area was supported with 8 ft double lock bolts.

Excessive rainfall during the previous day has allowed enough water to collect in the pit such that normal operations in the pit have been stopped. No personnel or equipment were affected as a result of this accumulation of water in the pit.

An unplanned roof fall occurred at the number 3 track entry and number 2 scoop raodway, 1 break outby spad 1553.

A roof fall was found at 8:45am in #7 entry one break inby spad # 3418. The fall measured 4' H x 20' L x 10' W. The area had been bolted with 4' resin bolts. There was no equipment damaged or injuries but the intake had to be re-routed around the fall.

Roof fall at the 9Eto9F recovery face #2 entry, #2to#3 CC approximately 40'Lx20'Wx10'H. No affect on ventilation or escapeways, no one hurt or trapped. Area has been breakered off.

While making preshift exam of the 6th east bott. EE found roof fall in the intersection or roundabout, dangered off, built cribs, set posts and installed some bolts.

#2 unit, #6 entry (x-cut 18). 50' length, width 18', thickness 7'-8'.

This is a non-injury accident. A D-11-R CAT dozer caught on fire and burned longer that 30 minutes. No injury to employee. Fire started between shifts, was found burning by the service man. Fire department was called and they put out the fire.

9 different falls occured between spad #919 to spad 990. Spads 829, 934, 958, 965, 983, 998, 936, 993 and spad 960. No injuried and exact time of falls unknown.

North 3, 27 block, 6 entry, MMU 004, 4-way. 20 ft long x 18 ft wide x 8 ft high. Support: 6 ft. 3/4 inch resin bolts, 12 ft cable bolts, pans, brow straps, beams & jacks. Fall dangered off, additional roof support installed around fall. Clean-up plan developed and posted at fall site.

A rock fall was found in the #1 Mains, number 8 entry approximately one break outby spad number 124. The fall was in the return entry and is not blocking the escape or hindering air flow. The fall is approximately 70 feet long by 20 feet wide by 5 feet high.

Continuation of roof fall reported 5/12/08. Fall location: 2 Lt section, 27 break, 8 entry Xct rt, inby stations 4315 and 4342. Area mined on or about 3-21-06. Fall measured approx. 30'LX18'WX8'H. Previously supported with 6' resin grout roof bolts and 10' cable bolts. Overburden approximately 260'.

Rock fall, 1100ft from the face in #6 enter x. The fall was 5'high 20'wide and 30'long. The fall will be cleaned up, a clean plan has been developed.

Roof fall discovered 11:45 A.M., #6 entry, outby #2 belt in the return. Fall was 40' X 18' X 5 > 6' high. No equip involved, passage of people affected. Entrance to fall breakered off, will be rehabilitated. MSHA & OMSL notified.

Lakeshore representatives were called in & figured out a slow down switch had to be replaced. Elevator was operational around 6:00 p.m. on this date.

An unintentional roof fall was dicovered on Grassy Creek Mains at crosscut #18 in the #8 entry. Survey station #10354. The fall measured approx 20' X 20' X 8' high. The fall has been dangered off and additional supports implemented on all sides. No one was injured, ventilation was not interrupted and no equipment was caught. This fall will not be cleaned up.

A fall of roof occurred in the 1st Left panel in # 1 entry at # 5 + 50, cross cut 14. The fall was approximately 35 feet in length x 20 feet in width and the thickness is unknown. The area was supported with 5 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

#3 hoist tripped on "vibration - South Skip, South Spearpoint". Maintenance supervisor & shaft hands inspected the bearings and reset the monitor. The hoist was back in operation at 8:15 AM. There were still two available hoists at the time of the incident.

An unplanned roof fall above anchorage on the northeast mains on brk 46 in return. The fall is located 14,000' from face.

A roof fall occurred in the #11 seam in the 2 Main North in the #8 entry in the intersection of crosscut #33 measuring approximately 28ft. long x 2ft. to 8ft. wide x 30 inches high. This area was supported with 30 inch fully grouted roof bolts.

An unintentional fall occurred in the 1st north submains, in the #2 entry at the 14+00'. The fall was due to deterioration and slip above bolt anchorage. The fall was 20' long by 50' wide by 10'

Employee ran into a company truck with his company pickup. He has no recollection of what happened or why it happened. He had been sick the night previous to the accident and the morning of the accident with high blood pressure, which he was treated for at the hospital.

A blockage or roof rock occurred in the #9 seam in the East Main at crosscut #17 causing an area of unsupported roof. The roof rock measured approximately 12ft. x 12ft. x 4ft. high. The blockage was in the #6 entry and is the secondary escapeway. This area was supported with 9 foot mega bolts.

A reportable roof fall occurred in E-1 Headgate, entry 2, crosscut 47. The fall was approximately 12 feet high, 20 feet long, and 10 feet wide.

Operator was sidding underwater limerock when floor underneath excavator gave way causing excavator to tip into 15'-18' of water. Operator jumped out of the door and swam to bank. Operator had right lower leg contusion and was cleared to return to work at 100% full duty.

Fall on intake #4 entry outby spad 989 and inby spad 972. Fall is approx 50ft long by 18ft wide going down entry and 30ft by 18ft coming across break toward #3 entry. Fall is 5ft to 6ft thick.

Had roof fall in return entry #2 at brk 10-11 inby spad #39. Fall was approx 6'H X 18'W X 50'L. Fall occurred in a cribbed area. Area has been completely cribbed and dangered off.

Roof fall in #4 heading, approximate size is 15' X 20' X 5'.

A roof fall occurred in the #9 seam in the 2 Main North at crosscut #17 in the pillarline between the #5 entry and the #6 entry measuring approximately 20ft x 12ft. x 6ft. high. This area was supported with 6 foot tension rebar bolts.

Roof fall at 107 BK Main West #9 heading. Intersection leading to 6N Seals. Fall 18' x 18' x 7' high. Area mined in 1970s.

During a technical investigation performed on Sept 8, 2008 2 roof falls were observed in the west # 2 entry. Crib had been installed in the intersection travelway to the seal in the # 4 crosscut. A fall of roof was observed between 3 and 4 x-cut. 8' high x 17'wide x 110' long & between 4 and 5 x-cut 8' high x 17' wide and 50' long in # 2 Entry.

An examiner found a roof fall on the 3 West A belt during his roadway examination. He started smelling rubber smoke and traced it to the area where the mine roof had pushed timbers into the wet mine floor. The fall was located at crosscut 25 in entry #4 on the 3 West.

A roof fall occurred in the 6-East intake, Entry # 8, Inby Break # 5. The fall in #8 Entry was 30' long and 20' wide and 6' thick. There was no equipment involved or any injuries. The fall was cribbed and dangered off. This area was originally supported with 5' Hi-Tech roof bolts.

A roof fall occurred in the 6-East Intake # 7 Break # 5. The fall in # 7 Entry was 60' long and 20' wide and 7' thick. There was no equipment involved or any injuries. The fall was cribbed and dangered off. The area was originally supported with 5' Hi-Tech roof bolts.

A blast occured on 9/6/08. This area was closed, barricaded off preventing anyone to enter this area and supporting it and scaling it down.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at the Galatia Mine Galatia North seam travelway crosscut 160 (14875') to crosscut 161 (15075'). The fall was approximately 37 feet long, approximately 20 feet wide, and an unknown thickness. The fall did not affect ventilation. The fall will be cleaned up. Fall #25 S.

There was a roof fall discovered at Break 37 on 1 west that measured approximately 25' L x 20' W x 6' thick.

The roof bolter operator created a spark when the machine set the bolt. The spark fell to the floor and ignited a small methane bleed. The mechanic (sitting on the borer miner in front of the bolter) and the bolter helper sprayed the bleed and had it out within seconds. There was no injury.

A fall of roof occurred in the 1st Left panel in # 3 entry at station spad # 10+00, 19 cross cut. The fall was approximately 35 feet in length x 30 feet in width x 14 feet thick. The area was supported with 5 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

A fall of roof occurred in the 1st Left panel in # 3 entry at station spad # 8 + 20, 17 cross cut. The fall was approximately 50 feet in length x 20 feet in width x 12 feet thick. The area was supported with 5 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

A roof fall was discovered South E 18 x-cut # 0 Hdg 2 way intersection. No men or machines were injured or trapped. No ventilation or travel was affected. 5' fully grouted roof bolts in use. 17' x 17' x 5' high.

An unplanned roof fall occured in the #2 gas mine at 49 brk, one brk. outby spad #550. The fall started in the #1 entry and continued across to #6 entry. The fall measured 425' long x 20' wide x 10-15' high. No injuries were reported. The area was developed 3/25/08.

A bump occured in 11 west tailgate 20' outby the longwall face. The area measured 100 feet long from spad 7 + 80 to 6 + 60 in the # 3 entry. Floor heave and rib sloughage blocking tailgate travelway. Double row of cribs installed in entry.

Area L Substation exploded and caught fire.

A roof fall was discovered South E 16 to 17 x-cut #3 Hdg. No men or machines injured or trapped. No ventilation or travel was affected. Rib to Rib 12' long 5' high. 5' fully grouted roof bolts were in use.

After a blast, the ground fluffed down. The ore vein had been drilled and blasted. Additional material fell from hanging wall.

At 7 am the Logan County Safety Department received a call from Hatfield Energy mine that a loader (Komatsu WA 500) was discovered overturned down an embankment. The operator of the loader left the scene and has refused to meet with the company to discuss the accident. No injuries were reported.

A roof fall was discovered South E 16x cut #3 Hdg intersection. Fell above anchorage. No men or machines injured or trapped, no ventilation or travel was affected. 5' fully grouted roof bolts in use. 17' x 17' x 5' high.

An unintentional roof fall occured in the inactive 14H section in the #2 track entry. The fall measured approx 28ft long by 16 ft wide by 10ft high

Roof fall was discovered in #5 entry on 002 MMU in LOCC. Fall occured at 7:45 am. Size of fall approximately 18' wide by 30' long by 5' high. Fall will not be cleaned up, does not affect ventilation or travel.

An unintentional roof fall occurred 1800' outby the No. 2 section in the no. 5 neutral entry at spad no 2980. The fall measured 60' long x 19' wide and 6' thick. The fall does not affect the travel of men or the air flow.

Roof fall, 1100' from the face at spad 1176 in old works. The fall was 7' high, 20' wide and 90' long. Fall will not be cleaned up . Entrance to fall is dangered off and supported as per roof control plan.

Unplanned brush fire, lasting longer than 30 mins, ignited by overhead powerline.

Unintential fall located Headgate #5, #2 entry #2 crosscut, an inactive section.

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #2 gas mine in the right return off #2 section at spad #414 that measured 45' long x 19' wide x 18' high. No injuries were reported. The area was developed on 1-23-08.

Evening shift was preparing to go underground after a safety meeting and the elevator would not return to the surface from shaft bottom. Maintenance personnel had to adjust the normal stop sensor on the bottom of the elevator car. No one was in the elevator at the time of the incident.

A roof fall was discovered in the 3 North 3 Mains, between #8 & 9 entries @ crosscut 29. The fall measures approximately 30 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 5 feet thick. The area is supported with 6' torque tension rebar bolts.

A rock fall was found in the #1 entry at xcut 19 in the return. The fall was 60' long, 18' wide and 6-8' high. This area was mined in 7/2008. Old worked out area.

Rock fall occurred in #5 entry break #21 through #22 on 1st left panel off 2 right panel off 1 left panel off 1 East Mains. Fall measured approximately 20' wide x 100' long x 5' thick.

Hoist #3 brought skip to surface landing and kicked out. Hoist controls would not reset, called MSHA, began evacuation of workers U/G. Trouble shooting revealed faulty (?) axis servo (PLC) card. Changed card and reset hoist. Tested OK.

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the belt entry (#3) 1 x-cut outby survey station #8. Fall was approximately ten (10') high, nineteen (19') wide and thirty five to forty feet (35' to 40') long. Area was bolted with four (4') fully grouted bolts with x-bars installed as per our approved initial roof control plan. Fall will be cleaned up. Did not affect any ventilation.

A roof fall was discovered at 3 main 39 x-cut 4 to 5 Hdg. Fell above anchorage approx 40' long rib to rib. 6' fully grouted roof bolts were in use. No one injured or trapped. This was 2000' outby the face. No ventilation or travel was affected.

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #2 Gas at spad #386. This is a continuation of a fall that occurred on 4-23-08. The fall continued 19'outby. No injuries were reported. The area was developed on 1-21-08.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 11 I section at SS# 30+15 in the #3 entry. The fall measured approx 28ft long by 16ft wide by 10ft high. No injury or equipment damage

At 9:00 am miner operator was cleaning up a cut of coal in #5 heading when bottom fell out from under the miner creating a hole to the abandoned mines below.

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #2 Gas Mine in the left return off #1 section at spad #481 that measured 70' long x 21' wide x 18' high. No injuries were reported. The area was developed on 2-26-08.

Rock fall occurred in #3 entry break #12 through #13 on 1st left panel off 1 right panel off 1 left panel off 1 East Mains. Fall measured approximately 20' wide x 100' long x 6' thick.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 12 I section at SSN 21+90. The fall extended from the rib line of #1 entry to #3 entry. The fall messured approx. 150 ft long by 16ft wide by 12 ft high.

A ROCK FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 9-03-08 ADJACENT TO THE #2 BELT AT THE 8TH XCUT BETWEEN THE NUMBER 2 AND 3 ENTRIES APPROXIMATELY 8' THICK 20' WIDE AND 60' LONG.

A roof fall occurred in the 2nd N.W. Parallel, crosscut 54, spad 37+80 #5 entry. The fall is 20' long, 20' wide and 8' high.

A fall of roof occurred in the 1st Right at # 3 entry, # 7 cross cut. The fall was approximately 24 feet in length x 19 feet in width x 12 feet thick. The area was supported with 6 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

A roof fall was discovered in the left wing, intake side of Zedicker shaft. The fall was above the normal anchorage zone. There were no persons injured or equipment damaged as a result of the roof fall.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at the Galatia Mine New Era Portal at the 2nd W Headgate Longwall #3 Entry at Crosscut 17. The fall was approximately 32 feet long, approximately 32 feet wide, and approimately 8 feet thick. The fall did not affect ventilation. The fall will be cleaned up.

The continuous miner was cutting coal in the No. 1 Entry on the No. 8 Section and a frictional ignition occurred. It lasted approximately 30 to 60 seconds and was put out with a water hose.

An unintentional roof fall occurred on #13 belt BK3, near spad #9883. The fall was above anchorage n the neutral entry. Support being used was 4' resin bolt. The area had cribs set prior to the fall, it fell between the cribs that were set. Approx length 25', width 20' and thickness 6 1/2-7'. No injuries occurred.

A supply tractor operator found a roof fall on the roadway leading to #4 unit while taking supplies to #4 unit. The fall was located in the 4 Main North mains at crosscut 180 in entry #6. The fall was located in the alternate escapeway for #4 unit.

Discovered a roof fall in the rooms on the return side, 3 breaks to the left of spad #2827. The fall was 5' thick x 18' wide x 50' long. This area has been dangered off. The fall is 5 breaks from the active section.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the old 4-E worked out panel in entry #2 at station 10+25. The fall did not affect ventilation, affect passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 22 feet x 18 feet x 6 to 7 feet high. The area had been bolted with 6 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

Roof fall had occured on the 8N section #2 heading #24 Break. Approximately 20'to 30'Wx40'Lx10'to15'H. Fall area was mined Jan, 2006, bolted with 5' jennmar combination bolts with supplemental cribs, and is 16, 731' from the closest working face.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at the Galatia Mine New Era Portal at the 3w headgate 8090' in crosscut #2 entry and entry to #1. THe fall was approx 29-31ft long, approx 11-18ft wide and approx 8-12ft thick. The fall did not affect ventilatiion or passage of men, the fall will not be cleaned up. Fall #25 Q.

A unplanned roof fall occurred on the #3 belt at break # 10. The fall measured app. 20' in width X 30' in length X 8' in height. It was bolted with 6' torque tension bolts. The area was dangered off. M.S.H.A. and State hotlines were notified. The area has been rehabilitated.

A roof fall occurred in the 2nd South in entry #3. The fall measured 20' x 30' x 9'. The fall did not cause injury, affect travel, ventilation or passage of people. The fall will not be cleaned up.

The Miner was cutting coal in the No. 4 Face on the No. 8 Section and a frictional ignition occurred that lasted approximately 1 minute and was put out with a fire extinguisher.

A roof fall was discovered at break 51 on 5 belt line, the estimate size of the roof fall os 18' wide, 20' long and 15' high.

North 3, 18 block, 4 entry, MMU 003, 4-way. Support: 6 ft 3/4 inch resin bolts, 18 ft cable bolts, pans, brow straps, screen. 18 ft wide x 30 ft long x 8 ft high. Fall dangered off, additional roof support installed around fall. Clean-up plan developed and posted at fall site.

A fall of roof occurred in the 1st left panel at # 7 entry, at station 10+00, # 19 cross cut. The fall was approximately 40 feet in length x 30 feet in width x 7 feet thick. The area was supported with 5 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

A fall of roof occurred in the 1st left panel at # 7 entry, at station 11+80, # 21 cross cut. The fall was approximately 70 feet in length x 20 feet in width x 15 feet thick. The area was supported with 5 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

Rock fall occurred on 3 East Mains at break #41 in the #1 entry. Fall measured approximately 20' wide x 40' long x 6'-8' thick.

Discovered a roof fall in the GL2 panel near DPP #4 which is 5600' from the active section. It was developed in 9/2005 and bolted with #5 x 48" fully-grouted resin roof bolts. The area has been dangered off.

A fall of roof occurred in the 1st left panel at # 12 entry, at station 5+50, # 14 cross cut. The fall was approximately 40 feet in length x 40 feet in width x 12 feet thick. The area was supported with 5 foot fully grouted roof bolts.

A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall was located on 1-left 2 belt between the #60 and #61 breaks in the #3 entry. The fall measured 20' x 70' and was 8' in thickness. The area was previously supported with 5' hy-tech bolts and 8' superbolts. The fall area will be cleaned up and re-supported. The fall was immediately reported to MSHA.

Upon inspection of the East Mains bleeder, a roof fall of approx 30' long x 14' wide was found between x-cut 10 & 11 in the #2 entry. This location is immediately west of the #1 entry at 44 x-cut on development of the 2LEM section. No witnesses. Area was previously bolted & screened with 6' resin bolts & 10' cable bolts with wire mesh.

While working a steep backfill slope doing reclaimation work, the dozer operator was unable to maintain control, resulting in rollover of dozer approx 4-5 times. Although wearing seatbelt, a broken back and swelling of C-spine resulted, causing loss of sensation and paralysis.

Employee was pushing material (shot rock) from a break down shot, when his dozer went over edge of highwall. At this time accident is under investigation by MSHA and OMSL.

The victim had been instructing persons making a belt splice. He fell through a 4 foot by 6 foot opening 28 feet to the floor below.

The employee got his left middle and ring fingers caught between the headgate frame work and the shield clevis rail. The resultant injury was a partial amputation of the end of the middle finger. Both the middle finger and the ring finger required multiple sutures.

EE states he was washing down first floor of the plant, when the clean up pump stopped working. The EE pushed the stop button, opened the cover and pulled belt to see if motor was locked up. A co-worker the reset button in the control room, causing pump to start. Injured EE's (R) hand was pinched between teh belt and pulley.

EE standing on roll feeders & partner on floor at reducer. EE prying roller east w/ 4? pry bar, stepped back slipped slightly. EE reached North w/ RT hand to stabilize self & placed hand on reciprocating carriage rail while the carriage was traveling in a reverse direction. The reciprocating carriage wheel traveled over EE RT hand severing 3rd, 4th,& 5th fingers.

When attempting to raise the top cover of the belt tail piece, it slipped out of employee's hands causing it to fall on his left hand that resulted in an injury that required amputation of the distal phalange of his left ring finger.

Employee was turning the cap that holds the oil in the trunion bearing. The cap was stuck to the shut off valve and would not release. He continued to try and twist the cap off. When it gave way he reported feeling a strong burning pain in his groin.

Employee slipped and fell while drilling with jackleg. The jackleg fell towards the rib and pinched his finger against the rib. As result of incident, employee's last digit of pinky finger on left hand was amputated.

Roof bolter operator was traming scoop and pulled into a crosscut to turn with his left hand on the scoop swivel bumper block outside the operators compartment. His middle, index and ring fingers were caught between the swivel block and were crushed. The middle and ring fingers were damaged to the base of his finger nails and had to be amputated at the base of the fingernails.

Injured was carrying two boxes of resin when he felt pain in mid-section.

Employee was moving a heavy grinding head with a contractor. They stood it up on its side and the contractor spun it around. The employee still had his hand on it and when the head turned it pinched his finger between the head and the frame of a forklift causing the tip of his left pinky finger to be amputated.

Struck on right hand by a rock that was thrown off HG Drum. Partial Amputation of right middle finger.

Employee was loading slabs on L frame when his glove slipped and the tip of his finger slid between slabs. Employee is on restricted light duty, no lost time.

EE was operating a diesel motor while pulling the bottom, EE had her left hand resting on top of the motor. The wind caught the collapsed wind shield causing it to open, her left finger was caught in the hinge of the windshield causing an amputation to the tip of the left little finger.

Pushing a flat car that was too heavy for one person.

EE was lifting pipe: approximately 60-70 lbs, he felt severe pain in the groin area and a bulge appeared in area.

EE bent over to pick up a misfed empty bag and felt his back tighten up. EE has had back surgery in the past.

Pushing a wheelbarrow of muck up an overcast ramp and felt pain in his right calf muscle.

The MRI performed 11/3/08, 11/6/08 Dr suggested surgery, 11/13/08 Surgery performed, employee remains off work. Rib rolled out and struck operator on elbow.

The miner operator bent over to move the cable, when his chest activated the boom swing on the remote box and pushed his left leg into the rib.

Railcar # NS 152963 had uneven surface on discharge chute. Employee hit the uneven area with a sledge hammer. The hammer glanced off and hit employee on top of right safety shoe. This resulted in swelling and pain when standing or walking.

Employee had thumb between two hydraulic hoses. He stepped away and his thumb was caught and it popped. He was seen at Golden Health and diagnosed with a strain and placed on restricted duty. Follow up on 10/01/08 resulted in a full duty release for 10/02/08, and employee missed one scheduled work day due to the doctor visit.

Piece of iron stock fell from lid of crusher while doing maintence and hit EE on L elbow. The EE was attempting to beat a bolt loose with a piece of steel, EE said he was fine , but foreman offered to take EE to ER, but he refused. Foremen insisted and EE get it checked out by DR. Foreman called everyday till EE went to see DR.

EE had just finished taking off covers of the miner to do p.m. work, as he finished up his rountine work he stepped backwards and tripped on the covers causing him to fall on his side.

Employee had two buckets of miner bits in his hands, when he stumbled while walking back to the portal. This resulted in the twisting of his back.

Employee was repairing conveyor drive system. Standing on conveyor system, conveyor belt moved backwards causing employee to lose balance. Employee fell backwards on conveyor and became trapped in hopper at lower end of conveyor. Medical - critical condition - possible internal injuries.

Injured was tramming shuttle car to the miner, when he hit a hole in the roadway, causing his head to come in contact with the canopy and injurying his neck.

Employee was spotting for the pulling of a 1000-foot piece of disconnected trail cable. The employee who was standing near the cable was struck in both knees when the cable became tight and then dislodged, requiring surgery to the left knee and possible future repairs to the right knee.

Tramming shuttlecar and it struck a hole. He was jostled in the operators compartment and struck the seat and injured his back.

Employee was lifting rebar, twisted, and strained back.

He was plastering a brattice on the return, when plaster splashed in his right eye.

Employee was ground faulting a power center when he bent over his knee felt like it fell out of place. Employee required surgery and started missing 12-03-08.

While getting out of the service vehicle his foot slipped off a metal bar located on the floor in front of the seat. When he fell backwards his left foot was under the seat twisting the knee causing the injury. The metal bar had been removed from the service vehicle floor and expanded metal has been installed on the floor to provide traction for sure footing.

EE was in the process of drilling a roof bolt hole. When he was adding the pusher or driver steel, his thumb got caught in the steels.

Employee stepped out of shuttle car into hole in mine floor and twisted right knee.

Employee was shoveling at a belt tailpiece when a chunk of coal rolled off the rib and struck his left knee area.

Injured was cleaning beside the belt and track at the Y when a rock 16"x5"x1" fell from the roof striking him in the middle of the back.

Employee was holding rib stake for rib pinner when a rock fell from top striking employee on the left forearm.

He was walking across stone & slipped on mud, falling. Hit his right arm & shoulder. Went to Dr who said sprain, no recheck unless problems. He wanted to go back to Dr on 10/2/08. Had a note to return 10/9/08 for recheck. Went back to Dr 10/8/08 with lumbar strain & high restrictions with no walking. Out as of 10/9/08.

EE was getting out of the back of the Western Star Lube Truck at the rear of the truck. EE's foot slipped, causing him to strike his right knee on the step.

EE was mucking the #5 belt at the overcast. A piece of draw rock fell and struck him on the right shoulder and the arm. This resulted in pain, bruising and swelling of the right arm.

He was walking along the belt line and stepped in a hole and felt pain in his right knee. Strain of the right knee.

Employee states he was changing a Western Star tire, he was rolling the tire and it almost fell over; he grabbed hold of it to keep it from hitting the pickup causing him to hurt his back.

The employee was crossing a steel saw track when he slipped and twisted his knee. At that time, the employee complained of pain but did not see the need to go to the doctor. Ultimately, the pain did not subside and the employee went to the doctor. After a couple visits an MRI was done which showed a torn ligament in his right knee.

Employee stepped on a piece of coal on the mine floor. He twisted his left knee causing a strain. He continued to work the rest of his shift and sought medical attention the next day. He has been diagnosed with a torn ligament in his left knee.

Employee states as he was dismounting the roof bolter; he stepped on a piece of coal, turned and sprained his right ankle.

Just finished hand scaling and was bent over when a small rock fell from the face hitting him in the lower back.

Miner was climbing down the ladder of a parked haul truck. When he reached the bottom step and was setting his free foot on the ground, he placed his foot on a softball sized rock. When his full weight was transferred to the foot on the rock, his foot rolled causing an acute left ankle sprian.

Employee was adjusting load on forks of fork truck and metal shifted causing laceration on finger

EE was running a shuttle car and jarred his shoulder, and pulled shoulder muscles while supporting his body inside the shuttle car operation deck.

The operator of GR020 developed pain in his lower back while performing his normal duties. The pain got worse with time so he was taken to see medical personnel.

Building a brattice. Brattice fell hitting his head, right hand and left leg.

Turned on a high pressure line to water down tram roads and the hose and shut off valve came out of his hands striking him on the left side of the head and the right hand lacerating both areas.

Steps were wet. Fell & hit elbow.

Employee was transferring excavator teeth from pallet to an empty steel storage drum. While throwing teeth in the drum, employee smashed his finger against the drum.

Temporary employee did not shut off conveyor before clearing buildup on conveyor and her arm was pulled into conveyor

Cleaning out rock box on #5 head and smashed fingr in between 2 piece of rock.

Shuttle car was pulling away from continuous miner when employee's leg slipped under the shuttle car's frame and the shuttle car ran over his left leg.

Employee was receiving SCSR expectations training using artificial smoke. Injured stated that while he was exiting the room he tripped on a chair causing pain in his lower back. Medical records have indicated that this is degenerative disc disease.

On September 28, 2008, employee was on top of the miner checking the center gear case when the grease hose started to reel up, catching the blast shield lever. This resulted in the blast shield lowering down on employee's head causing fractures.

EE was hanging sound curtain and dislodged rock off rib between rib and roof screen. The rock hit him in head and shoulder. EE bit his tongue and chipped a tooth and abrasions across sholder, about 3" to 4" long. This was in the South East X-cut 18 return entry miner section.

Moving a beam and a clip fell and landed on his hand

Employee experienced a sharp pain in his left shoulder on about Jul.2,2008 while installing conduit at the Roll Press and again on Aug. 29 while performing similar work at the Blend Silos. The pain continued to worsen and it started impairing usage of his arm. On Sep.28 he reported to a supervisor his condition and arrangements were made to get medical advice.

Employee was operating miner in 5 rt x-cut when a coal hauler struck employee on the right ankle. Employee was treated & released to return to work. He experienced continued pain & swelling. Follow up visit with specialist on 10/20/08 revealed torn tendon in foot. This became lost time & reportable on 10/20/08.

Employee's task was drilling. He stopped drilling and went into the woods to relieve himself. He then stood on a rock to look around and fell as he jumped off the rock breaking his left wrist

A rock fell from between bolts and scraped down injured's back. Examined by ER and no treatment given. Injured was unable to RTW next scheduled shift due to ER Dr.'s refusal to grant full release to RTW and injured being unable to see family physician (who granted full release to RTW) until 2 days later.

While aligning the holes of a man basket to reconnect to the boom truck, employee caught his foot between the man basket lower rail and swivel portion of the man basket. The resultant injury was a fracture to the left big toe.

The EE was sealing a block stopping and exposed his front legs, due to holes in his pants and had an allergic reaction.

Employee was spreading forks on skytrac. Employee was holding the fork up with his left hand when the fork slipped off causing the fork to swing back and smash the right hand.

Employee was lifting 2 conveyor flights to put on 3 wheeler and felt a sharp pain down back right leg.

Employee was on motor and the car stop stuck and the bar used to free the car stop slipped and hit employee in the face

Employee was using a pry bar at the #4B chute and struck his right hand causing a fracture to his right thumb.

Operating ram car, tramming along haulage road, ran over fallen draw rock, caused her to strike hardhat against the machine's canopy. Continued working until 11/10/08, due to neck pain. Previous neck injury in 2004 and treated for over 1 year by two doctors. Nov, 2007 involved in car accident, taking meds for neck pain up to 9/27/08. Mine charging event as a work related illness.

Lifted roofbolt to install in hole, felt pain in lower back.

While using a cutting torch, victim's left hand was burned when hose on torch failed.

General Mechanic was using a 24 inch line-up bar to align the bolt holes in a flange on the loop of a low temperature digester loop. During the task the employee felt some slight discomfort while applying force to the bar, but no pain. The doctor diagnosed the employee with an inguinal hernia. He returned to his regular job until his scheduled surgery which is November 4th.

When walking on a pile of coal behind the miner in the F-17 section he twisted/rolled his right ankle resulting in a fracture of the tibia of the right leg.

Employee was cleaning up his work area when he threw a piece of scrap metal in the back of his truck. The metal hit a ladder bracket and ricocheted back into his left eye causing an abrasion.

Miner was setting down a 5hp motor next to another motor and smashed his left ring finger.

EE reached up and let the steel come out and struck his wrist.

Employee was bolting in #5 entry, putting up wire mesh panel. The panel was crooked and they backed to the last row of bolts for him to straighten the panel and a rock fell out smashing his left hand, breaking 2 bones in his left hand.

Employee was in a squatting position and as he shifted from a squat to a standing position, employee lost his balance and twisted while coming upright. That is when he felt a pain in his back.

Employee removed lid from top of anfo truck and lowered hand rail on top of truck while on top. He then stepped bacwards and caught his foot in hand-rail. apparatus causing him to fall on belly auger of truck and truck rear bumper. approx. 8'

In the process of greasing trucks, walking around truck he stepped on a rock and twisted knee.

Employee was drilling granite. The bit broke and the drill moved and the remaining piece of drillbit went into his foot, just behind the steel toe cap.

Employee stated that he was helping hang the miner cable in # 1 entry of Flat Creek 3 section, when he felt a burning sensation in both shoulders. Employee's FLWD occurred on 10/24/2008 due to surgery to correct the condition.

After cleaning oil from bearing housing using brake cleaner, employee began welding repair. An oily rag under the housing caught fire, fell to the floor near the bucket of oil and brake cleaner. A flash occurred and fire went up the employee's pants. Employee received third degree burns.

The miner was securing a rubber screen blank to a rope when he lost grip of the rope releasing the screen. The miner attempted to catch the falling screen blank and put his body into an ackward position causing a strain to neck.

Employee was operating a miner when a piece of stone fell from between the straps and struck him on the left hand.

While loading a trickle duster, employee bent over and picked up a bag of rock dust and felt pain in the right side of his lower back.

Injured and co worker were walking thu the crosscut from #4 to #3 entry. Employee stated he was looking at the roof and he stepped into an offset in the bottom causing him to fall to the bottom spraining his right knee.

Employee was getting out of truck to get truck ticket & twisted left foot as he was returning to truck.

Installing back panel of rock box; panel being set when gust of wind pushed panel and struck employee on left foot. Employee?s foot/toes were crushed. Placed on no-work status, hospitalization, pending amputation.

Employee states he fell out of the manlift in a shovel, approximately 4 to 5 ft. to the ground.

EE was tightening tension on conveyor belt using a ratchet wrench and his back went into a spasm, EE experienced extreme pain precluding any further work. EE has been receiving treatment from a specialist for this condition for several months, original onset was not related to any specific work related incident.

The employee was connecting water line. He slipped and fell, landing on belt structure. The incident resulted in a lost time injury to the tail bone.

EE was beside another worker who was using a hammer and a piece of metal from hammer flew into his eye. Started missing work 9/26/2008.

On or about 9/25/08, EE was climbing down to dismount his loader, tripped on the last step, fell to the ground. He put his left arm out to catch himself. EE now says injury to his left arm. He did not seek medical attention until 10/29/08. His 1st shift from work was 10/30/08.

Injured was walking along the belt line when he stepped on a hidden object. This caused him to lose his balance and sprain his left ankle and knee.

Parked haul truck to use rest room. When leaving truck, slipped from step, falling to ground landing on left side. Had pain in on left side and chest, taken to hospital.

Employee was lifting a bottom roller up to put on belt rope when he experienced pain in his lower back.

Moving grease barrell, felt pain in right abdominal area. Abdominal Incesional hernia. Did not seek medical attention til 10/24/08. Off work starting that date.

Employee was helping close doors on empty coal cars. He was holding door in closed position, ready to roll down latch, his bar slipped causing him to fall. As he fell he twisted to the right injuring his right knee and ankle.

Helping move scaffold to work area, developed pain in low back area. Saw Dr. on 9-30-08, taken off work until 10-13-08.

Injured EE fell between trommel 6 and 5 approximately 15-20'. EE was able to work his way out the #5 secondary flat screen flop gate. EE then pulled himself onto the catwalk and was able to work his way to the elevator where another EE assisted in getting the injured EE to the dispensary for help.

Employee was caught up & tripped by the entry cable when center bolter was turned on, causing him to fall.

Last LT Section, #1 Entry. EE was lifting a cat idler for the miner. The pain in his lower back started the next day.

Employee was pulling motor leads to header when he strained/sprained his left knee. Accident became reportable 5/11/09 when he started missing. He had surgery on 5/11/09.

Dozer on edge of wall, slipped over.

Apparently the employee (unconfirmed bumped) into a piece of expanded metal on one of his legs, causing a scrap.

Employee was walking down a sloped walkway and stepped with his left foot on the horizontal portion and turned to his right spraining left ankle.

Employee operating dozer pshing/lifting dirt rock. Rock slipped and jerked dozer causing a jar/jerking motion.

Employee walked over to employees hammering roof bolt pin to instruct them to wear their safety glasses, when a piece of metal flew out and stuck employee in the chest.

Strained/pulled muscles in lower back while emptying 50 lb bags of product. Went to Custer Regional Medical Emergency Room, Custer, SD.

Employee was helping to lift a screen. Employee injured shoulder.

The EE was walking underneath belt cross under guard (belt not running) and making preparation to change out a roller. The belt slack was "let-out" at the take-up unit, causing the cross under guard and roller to contact the EE. The event resulted in a lost time injury. The EE received bruising of the right rib cage area.

Person was standing on top of continuous miner to hang bolter reflector. When getting down from miner he slipped falling on to elbow of right arm. Injury to elbow was a deep contusion and also infection from bacteria being forced under skin where his elbow struck.

Injured party was working on the D10 bulldozer. When he got ready to dismount the dozer he stepped on a rock rolling his right ankle.

Climbing front end loader ladder, he slipped and fell to the ground.

Employee was using post hole digger without the safety bar between the motor and the post hole digger.

Employee was manually pushing rock on top of the saw table. His right ring finger was pinched between the wooden table and the rock. The tip of his finger was split open. First aid was given and determined a doctor should examine his finger. Upon doctor evaluation employee received 7 stitches.

The crew was working on chain feeder removing side panels. Employee was removing panel & slipped, landed on right foot above steel toed boot.

Employee is a mechanic who was assembling a motor in a dozer. He was climbing up and down on stepladder carrying parts and thinks he strained his back and hips.

Employee was helping the roof bolter operator install a 6 foot resin bolt, as the employee was putting the head of the bolt in the bolt wrench, a rock fell and hit the emloyee on the head and shoulder area.

Miner was skipping a stoper drill from the 3rd level to the stope level above. A rock was dislodged from the stope floor and fell down the raise, striking the miner in the face, breaking his safety glasses and injuring his right eye.

Ee was sitting on a ventilation tube along side the miner and was knocked into the miner when the loading machine arm struck the tubing.

Employee was attempting to unhook a track mucker from the train when the employee got his foot between the wheels and was run over by the mucker.

Victim was exiting the scoop and his foot slipped. He fell out of the scoop twisting his ankle. Placed on light duty.

Jumped down from Cat D400 haul truck.

Employee was climbing onto the 777 haul truck when he felt a pain in his lower back.

Person was installing a 6-foot roof bolt and when doing so he overextended his reach causing injury to right shoulder.

While stacking stone on a pallet, a rock came off the stack and struck his foot.

Employee was climbing off drill and slipped or missed bottom step causing him to fall and strain his back. Physician did not take employee off work until 9/29/08.

EE was working off the back on his mechanic truck, he stepped aside and stepped on cribbing block and twisted his left knee.

Digging hard stone with 1100 excator. When digging, exavator track picked up off ground and slammed down hard several times, jamming lower back.

Employee states with the repetative movement of operating a dozer, he sustained an unknown injury to the neck. Employee completed a WC case with Industrial Commission on 12/4/08, we did not receive confirmation on this injury until 1/8/09. This case is currently under investigation and an amendment may be submitted at a later date.

Employee was stepping off drill when he slipped and twisted his ankle.

Ee was in the maintenance shop fabricating a guard for the blower at the dual bins. When he was welding the pieces together he was not putting his welding hood down fast enough when he started welding.

Employee was installing a 4' resin roof bolt into the hole, when a rock fell from roof striking and crushing his thumb.

Miner was exiting a shuttle car tripped and struck his right knee.

Worker was operating a loader when the tire blew. The tire broke the window, and glass cut his arm.

Crusher Plant Operator lost his footing while loosening a bolt on a crusher. The wrench slipped off of the bolt and he slipped backwards, bruising his back.

Injured was operating a scoop and while tramming, injured jammed his head against the scoop canopy.

2 Workers walked up to box conveyor to check the tracking of the belt following the replacement of some rollers. Inspection door removed to visualize the belt. EE drop a wrench & Bent down to pick it up. He lost his balance as he stood up & tried to catch himself. His arm entered conveyor opening which pulled him into it. He sustained multiple fractures right lower arm

EE was throwing bags of waste into a large tote when he felt pain in his right elbow.

Leaned over to get a pin out of the pin box on a highwall miner. Felt a pain in his back.

EE was on top of mantrip putting it on charge, as he stepped down from mantrip, he twisted his right ankle. Resulted in a sprain.

Employee strained his lower back while shoveling belt. Employee started missing 09-23-08.

Employee said he was working on a CAT 777 truck when he bent over to open a door he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

On 9/22/08, EE was tightening the wheel bolts on a shuttle car. While tightening one of the bolts, the socket slipped off, casing EE to lose his balance and fall on and twist his right ankle and foot. EE was treated and diagnosed with a sprain and returned to work. On 9/27/08, EE was re-examined by another doctor and diagnosed with a fracture.

WHILE GETTING INTO LOADER AND CLOSING DOOR, WIND BLEW DOOR WIDE OPEN. DOOR SWINGING OPEN CAUSED RIGHT ARM TO BE PULLED/YANKED. RESULTED IN INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE NEEDED ANTI-INFLAMATORY DRUGS AND AN ARM SLING FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK.

Employee was unscrewing Diamond Drill rods on 9//22/2008, when he began to feel discomfort in his left wrist and forearm. He reported this on 9/25/2008. On 10/1/2008, Dr. took him off work and prescribed physical therapy.

EE was stacking 50 pound bags on a pallet and felt a pain in left bicep and pectoral muscles.

EE was replacing bolts on the screen deck at the concentrator, when he said the impact wrench he was using stuck in the on position and twisted his hand.

Employee was doing some maintenance work in the dryer plant, and was operating the Milwaukee 4" electric grinder. A spark flew from the grinder under his safety glasses and struck him in the left eye. He experienced a burning feeling, with watering eye and redness. He did go to the Emergency Room at St. Mary's Hospital.

Employee states as he lifted himself up to exit the cab of the 25X Scoop, his right foot caught between the seat and lever controls. He lost his grasp and his upper body started to fall from the cab. As he twisted to catch himself, his right knee was turned and sprained.

Employee stated he was drilling a hole to install a roof bolt. While doing so he got the 8 ft steel hung up in the hole. He attempted to dislodge the upper steel and it fell from the hole striking him on the left hand.

While the employee was installing 12 foot roof bolts he felt a pop in his right shoulder. His shoulder still hurt Monday 09-22-08 and he decided to see a doctor and was placed on restricted duty 09-22-08.

EE worked overtime to assist with belt repairs. He had his gloves off while hooking up clamps with a wrench. The frayed end on a wire rope lacerated his right middle finger.

Miner was moving a ramcar to a dry location to repair it. While traveling down a grade, it slid into a rib and jostled the miner.

Employee was in the process of assisting another employee change out a starter on a Cat 988H loader, and during this process, the employee who was actually extracting the starter out of the machine, as he was attempting to lower the starter, it slipped out of his hand and struck his partner's finger, causing a laceration to his finger.

Stepped down from the dozer onto a coal pile and twisted right knee. Reported to company on 9/22/08.

While picking up belt structure, employee experienced pain in his groin. **Diagnosed as hernia 9-22-08.

The company received a loader shipped in by truck. The cribbing boards had to be off loaded to remove loader from low boy. The injury incurred while removing cribbing.

Installing a timber stull 9', a rock came loose when the stull tightened and fell on his hard hat.

Moving pin to to align and put in excavator, the pin grazed up against employee's left knee/shin area.

Employee was diagnosed with degenerative changes at the right acromioclavicular joint of his right shoulder that resulted in severe pain. He was taken off work by a surgeon.

The employee was getting on his haul truck. He had his hand on the handrail and was pulling himself on the machine when he felt his left bicep muscle tear. It was a Loss Time Accident as he had to miss work in order to have surgery on 10/2/08 to correct this injury.

EE crested ramp from stockpile in 777 haul truck and saw water truck watering ramp. Began catching up to water truck, tried to slow down, lost control and spun out striking base of stockpile with 777.

EE alleges he slipped while walking down the conveyor and twisted his knee. Accident was not reported until 10/10/08 and was not accepted until 11/11/08. 10/10/08, EE missed 1st scheduled shift.

Injured employee was finishing a stopping and a cinder block fell on his right hand.

Employee went to de-energize a water pump. He knocked the wrong breaker. Pulled the receptacle out under a load which caused an arc. Flash burned him on hands & neck.

Tech. was torquing bolts with hyd. wrench when it became wedged. While he was trying to get the wrench head loose, the on/off switch stuck. When the wrench head came loose it cut middle finger on right hand.

Employee turned the conveyor belt off and was crossing over the belt, when he stepped off other side he twisted his knee. Employee required surgery and started missing 12-04-08.

Employee was climbing the steps to cab when his foot slipped and hit his left knuckles/hand on step. Employee went to emergency room on 9-20-08 and x-ray revealed a fracture to left side of hand.

Injured employee was in the process of throwing a crib block, when he experienced pain in his lower back, Injured employee was seen by the local ER physician and taken off work.

Roof bolt got fouled in top, upon dislodging bolt EE accidentally hit rotation which spun bolt casusing bolt to strike EE on the right forearm. EE right forearm was fractured.

Injured was pulling loose roof with a slate bar when he felt pain in his groin area.

Injured man was on his way to work for the 9-19-08 midnight shift at the Francisco underground mine. After turning off a county road onto the mine access road he failed to yield to a large coal hauler truck coming from the left. The large truck struck his vehicle causing several injuries.

EE was shoveling belt with a #2 shovel when he turned around he hurt his back.

Employee stated he was rockdusting and turned to walk on when he struck his head on a roof bolt on a lower browl of the roof. There was dust in the air and he didn't notice this top was a little lower.

Truck driver was hauling pastefill to stope. He completed 16 loads and during the course of the day his back became sore. He reported the incident to his supervisor and went home. He woke the next day with back pain and went to see his Doctor. There was no single event that could be attributed to the injury.

Employee was walking thru a fly curtain and hit his head on a cinder block that remained stuck to the rib on a pillar section. This mine is on an alternate work schedule, 4 ten hour shifts a week and this is the ninth day the employee has missed work.

Employee was tramming a MRS across the break when a piece of rock rolled off the rib and struck his foot. Rock measured 93" x 21" x 12" thick.

Walking across the section. He heard a ram car traveling down the entry, he attempted to hurry into a crosscut. He stepped on a "wind-roll" of fireclay. This caused his foot to turn twisting his right ankle resulting in a simple fracture to a small bone in the ankle.

Taking gate up on #2 and #3 bin, slipped and struck right knee on rail.

Operating roof bolter drilling hole in mine roof. Had completed drilling the inital drill steel depth. This drill steel stuck in the roof. He added second drill steel in machine's chuck, raised this steel in an attempt to connect the two steels. The steels did not align, lower steel popped sideways striking his right hand resulting in a laceration and fracture to the hand.

Employee stepped off a step sideways with his left leg. He over-extended his right leg, twisted his knee and fell to the ground.

Employee called in before his shift started on 9-18-08 to complain of back pain. He was taken to our industrial medical facility where he was diagnosed with arthritis aggravated by repetitive lifting motion. Employee was previously hand stacking 50# bags of pulverized limestone.

Employee was drilling with jackleg when a rock fell from the top and struck him in the right hand.

Employee was cleaning slope belt when he slipped and fell, putting his hand out to catch himself.

Employee was walking back to control room in the Mill building when she stepped into a divit in the floor of the grinding area and twisted her right knee. Employee was force to work the overtime shift.

Injured was knocking gate in on refuse chute, missed gate & hit his thumb between hammer handle & handrail rod.

The foreman was installing rib bolts with a hand butterfly drill and while drilling, the bit caught something and kicked back. The drill handle struck the foreman on the right side of his head. 10 sutures wer required above his right eye.

Going to check a shot, slipped on rock pile, hurt right knee.

EE mounted the coal loader on the operator side rear ladder steps. While attempting to walk around the rear of the loader to check oil on the offside, he lost his footing which caused him to fall to the ground.

Company notified by area hospital that a claim was being filed two (2) days after the alleged incident occurred. Employee returned call on Thursday afternoon and stated that he hurt his back lifting truck hood. "Report filed under protest."

Member was operating the continuous miner in 5 right, when a piece of rock fell striking him on the right hand and left foot. DCN: 220082760058-We are amending this form based on diagnosis from the dr stating that member had pulled ligament and will require time away from work.

He turned to tram the roof bolter forward, twisted back. He felt something pop in the middle of his back. Also had pain in neck area.

Worker was breaking loose a bolt, the bolt came loose and he smashed his knuckles and hand.

Blower liner came loose off cable and fell on finger.

While employee was lifting a skid into backhoe, strained lower back

Employee was standing along the side of the bolter when a piece of material pushed him into one of the trays on the bolter. The employee's jaw hit the tray causing a fracture to the jaw.

Crossing a muck/rock pile, he fell over a rock, dislocated elbow.

While placing a steel plate in place as a barrier, the bolt was placed in wrong and the plate slipped and hit the employee on the left foot, fracturing his metatarsal.

Employee began missing work from an injury that occurred on 4/3/2008. Employee was struck by draw rock that fell from a rib.

Miner was walking near headgate and fell over discharge line.

Employee was operating a roofbolter. A rock fell while he was setting his first bolt and cut his left forearm requiring stitches.

On the above date, EE was walking across the section, when he slipped and twisted his left knee. He continued to work and went to the doctor on 11/5/08, where he had fluid removed from his knee. He was put off work for approx 2 weeks.

Employee recieved crushing injuries to his left index and middle fingers while attempting to uncouple two track vehicles

EE was removing a block from a return stopping at spad 573 to install a mandoor. A block fell from the top row of the stopping catching the EE's left jand between the falling block and the lower layer. The block fell approx. 30".

EE was pulling on the airlock door and felt a pain in his left shoulder. Came outside and went home/doctor.

EE stated, that while operating the rock truck he hit a rough place in the road, jarring him.

The employee stated he was operating a shuttle car and had parked in a cross cut to switch out with the other shuttle car. He started to pull into the entry when he felt pain in his left arm. He was not aware of what happened but did sustain a scratch and bruise on his forearm. He has been diagnosed with arthritis of the elbow.

Employee is a loader operator and over time feels that operating it hurt his back. He reported it on 9/17/08 and it became a lost time on 9/18/08.

Employee stated he was involved in changing out a pot on a continuous miner, cleaning area where new pot would go. His left hand was caught between pot and frame of continuous miner, causing fracture to middle finger and laceration to ring finger on left hand.

Employee was operating cutter. He had cut the reel valve off by mistake, and was trying to pull cable by hand.

Employee smashed middle 2 fingers on left hand between counter weight and support pole when counter weight was nugged by front end loader.

Employee stepped on a plastic shield and slipped, hyperextending her right knee.

On 9/16/08, Ee was cutting steel banding from a 1000 foot roll of 48" belt. After cutting the banding, the end of the banding cut his right elbow. First aid was adminstered by cleaning and wrapping and He finished his shift. He was admitted to summerville memorial hospital on 9/17/08.

Employee was riding in #12 Eimco manbus when the bus derailed at the E-7 crossover track switch and he felt pain in his back. The employee continued to work until 10/13/08 when he began missing due to the injury.

While driving a rough terrain fork lift down a steep incline, the machine shut off resulting in a loss of brakes. Employee jumped out of the machine and landed on his elbow.

Employee was working in the security guard house when a spider fell on her. She knocked the spider off her head, but was bitten on the hand.

Employee was trying to repair a leaking hose when guard fell and struck him on the left hand.

Employee was beginning to waterblast the #5 T/A duct, when hot clinker sand blew out the port hole. The hot sand blew up the sleeve of his aluminized coat causing 2nd degree burns to his right wrist and forearm.

When climbing out of water wagon felt something pop in right knee.

Rock truck operator backed 100 ton rock truck off dump, over-turned rock truck, was flown to University of Alabama Hospital where he was treated and released with a hairline crack in L1 vertebrate.

While operating a Ram Car, the batteries hit the roof causing one of the battery locks to break off and go into the canopy, hitting him in the mouth.

Employee hurt his right ankle and shoulder while trying to climb into his loader and slipped.

Employee was replacing north hoist rope. He was putting floor plate back on cage and as he lifted it he pulled muscle in his right arm. Employee was taken to company doctor and later he was referred to orthopedic doctor. He was given a cortisone injection on 09-30-08.

EE was walking up the #6 entry to the face, when he stepped in a hole and twisted his right ankle.

Employee tripped over a miner cable and fell on his left knee

Employee was getting off mantrip and stepped off on a rock & twisted his right knee.

Employee was walking thru the Belt Entry and slipped and fell in mud hole and sprained his left knee. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 9/17/2008

Employee was operating a cutting torch when the gas line burst causing a flash burn. He received 1 & 2nd degree burns to the face and neck.

Employee was entering the deck of the roof bolter on 6 right section when his feet slipped out from under him causing him to fall striking his back on the back rest of the operator's seat. EE was released to return to work on 9/16/08 and continued to work until 9/26/08 when he returned to the doctor. Due to continued pain at this time he was taken off work.

Employee sprained his right knee in the #4 heading while marking centers, when he stepped on a rock. He continued to work until the doctor took him off on 10/23/08 for arthroscopic knee surgery. He started to lose time as of that date.

The employee was moving the miner cable over next to the rib. While he was pulling the cable over by hand he felt something pull in the back of his calf muscle. The employee did not start missing time until 9-30-08; he started missing when he got the results of his 9/25 MRI that was positive with strain to the calf muscle.

DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 10/1/08. Stepped off landing, stepped on loose coal and slipped and fell, hurting his left shoulder. Surgery on 10/1/08.

Climbing onto top of bulk truck, he tripped on a hose, fell onto nitrate bin cover, broke/dislocated left elbow.

777 Truck backed in on field, when truck stopped rock came rolling off side of truck striking dozer on left side.

Employee was roof bolting in the n 0/5 heading on mmun 0/003 section when the rib rolled out hitting his left ankle which resulted in a fractured left ankle.

Lifting oxygen bottles & hurt back. *Employee hurt himself on 9/15/08 & did not tell us until 9/18/08.

Employee was working with hole punch and had left thumb in the way and another employee slammed hole punch down on left thumb of employee.

EE was making a spice on a shuttle car cable, when the scoop operator trammed the scoop around the corner and struck the EE. The EE was knocked over by the scoop.

Employee was sweeping and shoveling at the screen plant. The mill was down. He left his area to go over to the next mill. He sat down to talk to two other employees. he said he had a sharp pain go down the middle of his back. He then reported this and went to the Dr. and Has a doctor's excuse until further notice.

Employee was pulling fuel hose to fill pump in drop cut. While pulling hose it became stuck on a rock. Employee pulled hose and felt a pop in his arm.

While assisting another roof bolter, a rock fell and bounced off the canopy striking him on the right forearm causing a deep puncture wound.

EE was assisting in building a crib to support 8' water line at #6 belt head in order for equipment to pass under this area. EE stepped in a hole, lost his footing and fell to the ground striking his head in a crib block. This resulted in a laceration above hie left eye brow, requiring 5 stiches to close the wound.

Employee was removing a canister-type filter from service for cleaning. He mistakenly mis-aligned the values resulting in the filter canister remining on-line when he attempted to disconnect the canister. Hot kaolin slurry (170 degree F) sprayed onto his chest, arms, neck and face producing 1st and 2nd degree burns.

While handling wood post, his hand was caught between the post and the top of a longwall support base lift jack resulting in the fracturing and laceration of the 3rd finger of the left hand. Person was wearing metacarpal gloves at the time of the accident.

EE was climbing a set of steps when he fell causing a rupture to the quarraceps tendon of the right leg. He was scheduled for surgery on 9/17/08.

Employee was walking the R1B tunnel, when she tripped over a cement slab.

While standing at the ladder on the catwalk of his end dump truck. Cleaning his windshield. The injured slipped, lost his balance and his grip on the hand holds. He fractured his wrist trying to protect himself and prevent a fall to the ground.

While stepping over longwall support relay bar, person slipped on pavement spraining left ankle.

Standing alongside the roof bolter positioning the ATRS against the mine roof. A piece of draw rock (3'x3'x4") fell from between roof supports striking his head, slid down his body and struck his lower left leg resulting in a contusion to the leg. His next scheduled work shift was Wed. 9/17/08. On that date contacted the mine and reported he was unable to work. Became a reportab

EE was raising up a coal hauler too put the third crib block under the frams of it, when it slipped and fell on the crib, caused it to flip up and strike him in the lower jaw.

Employee was operating the miner off the umbilical cord. As he placed it on the tail of the miner so he could tram to the next place, the cord became intangled in the conveyor chain and as he tried to free up the cord, his middle & ring fingers on his left hand were mashed by the conveyor flight.

Employee was sitting on a pipe that was suspended with chain falls. He was cleaning some of his tools. The pipe shifted when someone else hit it and smashed his foot between the pipe and the floor.

Employee cleaning rock from catwalk of mids belt. Something fell from plant feed belt, struck him on the head. Taken to E.R. for treatment, stitches used to close the wound.

Lowered gangway to access fall protection harness when end section of the extended walkway gave way. Result was fall onto tanker top. He temporarily held onto the handrail but could not support himself. Fell to ground below.

Employee was bag loading RKP material. When the material entered the bag, dust splashed from bottom of bag and entered his eyes.

Employee was in process of connecting finisher and pusher steels when he inadvertently hit the rotation causing the pusher to fly out of the chuck. It hit him below his left eye resulting in a cut which got infected due to the type of sutures used.

Employee stepped onto then off of a pallet rolling her ankle.

Was pulling oxygen bottle on dollie across floor at tipple.

While helping mechanic on 777 dash board, employee reached to secure a brass nut on a 1" by 2" control valve. Employee had a sharp pain to lower back.

Employee was installing a bolt into bolt hole and a burr or something else caught his glove pulling it off his hand. He got a laceration to his left ring finger that required 4 stitches to close, and also fractured same finger where finger joins palm of his hand.

Putting flights in feeder, prying chain to get flight put in. Bar slipped off edge and arm down and self. NOTE: Employee had surgery on 2-24-09. This was first day missed for injury.

Employee states he was raising belt structure. He was the tallest. As it was brought down, the weight transferred to him. C channel on side rail came in contact w/ hard hat and he felt a pop in his back. Lost time for this incident did not begin until 09/20/2008.

Weather was clear and dry and the work area was well lit. Employee reported 10 hours after his shift ended that he sprained his right knee when he stepped off the truck loading ladder onto the truck scale pavement.

Brake failed on WA 500 loader and rolled back 75' - 100' on slope hitting fuel truck.

The employee was setting the continuous miner up for the next cut. A piece of mine roof dislodged from the mine roof striking the employee.

At the brow of a U/G portal/decline, a piece loose material slid from the face. The material struck the column of a steel set then bounced off and struck a mine worker on the shoulder. He was knocked to the ground. The worker sustained the following injuries 1)A broken right shoulder 2)A broken & lacerated right little finger.

Employee was operating a dozer on B-1 stockpile when he backed up too far and his dozer backed over a five foot wall into the ditchline. Doctor tole him he had spurs on his vertebrae due to occupation. Doctor on 9/23/08 said he had contusions & scheduled therapy.

EE was loading a drive chain for feeder onto buggy and felt pain in lower back.

WHILE ASSISTING ON REPLACEMENT OF THE LOADER BUCKET TEETH, EE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO WIPE THE SWEAT FROM HIS FACE & A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF & LOGGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. METAL BROKE OFF BECAUSE THE HAMMER THE WORKER WAS USING WAS STEEL ON A STEEL TOOTH. EE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD SURGERY TO REMOVE THE METAL. HE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A COMPLETE RECOVERY

Employee was stepping out of office and step was missing and she twisted her knee.

Jerked neck while taking a drink while tramming Excavator. He did not seek medical attention or miss work until 9/13/2008.

Employee was running end-loader and he said the seat bottomed out causing back pain.

EE was putting up the 1st row of bolts in 5R. While installing the rib bolt the corner came off striking him in the left leg.

The crew was lifting the belt rope to install new bottom structure, when ee's back "went out". He was diagnosed with muscle strain and came back to work in six days.

Employee was installing a piece of top belt structure and he experienced pain in his upper right arm. Initially first aid notice only accident, but condition did not improve. On 11/20/2008 surgery was performed to repair torn muscle. He began losing time as of the date.

Employee was walking and ran into a low shield canopy hurting his neck. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 10/23/2008 DUE TO SURGERY.

Injured was using a set of 3/4" come alongs to slew a wrecked jeep over to the rails when the roof bolt plate they were attached to pulled out causing the chain hoist to strike injured in the back of the head and neck. Injured was transported to the hospital where he was diagnozed with a whiplash of the neck area.

Walking into security bldg at start of shift. As she stepped into bldg, she tripped and fell forward.

Associate crawled across the frame/motor portion of the plant to access the stop switch. He slipped and cut his finger on the metal cover of the hydraulic tank and hoses.

Opr jumped off excavater truck instead of using hand rails to get down. EE sprained his right ankle.

Employee was under belt line and feeder when employee felt hamstring pull in left knee. Didn't begin missing work until 1/12/09.

Injured was using a 3/4" water hose to clean out the tail roller on 8HLG#1 belt when the hose slipped spraying materials in injureds' left eye. He was transported to the hospital where he was sent to a specialist. for scratches of the eye.

Employee was greasing inside the house of the dragline. Employee had to squat down to grease a fitting when he felt something pull in his right leg (calf area). First day off work 1/27/09.

In #5 entry pulling cable off shuttle car. Stepped on a lump of coal on the muddy bottome, twisted left knee.

While jacking up the jack it kicked out and stricking him on both knees and legs. Bar hit him in the chest.

Right knee injured when working on jaw crusher in primary.

Employee was on forklift and fell off. He dislocated his shoulder and may have cracked some ribs.

Throwing a track switch on track and twisted right knee out of socket.

Employee climbed the stairs on a dump truck that was loading material beneath a storage silo to verify the quantity of material being loaded. While descending down the stairs, employee's wedding ring became entangled in the stairs causing injury to one of employee's fingers.

bent over chiseling a rock block, glasses slipped down on nose and debris entered right eye

Employee was removing a rattle snake from the area and was bit on his thumb

employee was setting roof support (rock Prop) for support recovery (Longwall) roof support kicked out while setting and struck employee on his left ankle.

Employee stated he was rock dusting and handling a rock dust hose on a conveyor line, when struck his head on a hanging roof bolt. Injured claimed he didn't hit it very hard. (Jammed neck) Employee worked up until 9/23/2008. The MRI showed C-4/C-5 cervical fusion from prior surgery and degenerative changes. This will be Occupational Illness.

Employee slipped on scaffolding pick, grabbing beam with right hand to regain balance injuring his right shoulder. He was tied off.

Employee was helping change the bits on the continuous miner. The right side of the rib rolled out, knocking a timber out. The timber struck EE on the back of his shoulder. X-rays revealed no fractures and an MRI date has not been scheduled yet.

Hitting a piece of cold roll with sledge hammer, he missed the cold roll, hitting another piece of metal which caused the sledge hammer to "twist", which twisted the right wrist, causing injury.

EE was walking down the stairway, when he slipped on the second step from the top of the lanch of the HWM. As he fell, his leg went under him, causing his right knee to twist. He then contacted his supervisor and was transported to Boone Mem hospital, where he was diagnosed as having torn ligaments in his right knee.

EE was dismounting the rear end of the international grease truck, when he slipped and fell to the ground, catching himself with his right hand. This resulted in a strain/sprain to the arm and shoulder.

EE had been pulling on a chain fall for several days and on this day, he started to complain about his arm hurting and going numb. We found out later that he had a pre-existing arm injury we were unaware of.

EE was operating a continuous miner on 603 section. He was backing the miner out of a right hand lift when a rib rolled off and struck him in the back, knocking him to the ground. The rock was measured to be 8' x 3' x 19".

Employee borrowed an additional slate bar off the roof bolter to help clean drawrock off miner. When employee returned the slate bar the roof bolter operator inadvertently caught his right foot under the back bumper. Injury resulted in a fracture. Employee started missing 09-10-08.

Employee was holding a piece of monorail in a tight area when it was being repaired. It slipped causing him to twist his knee. *Employee did not become reportable lost time until 11/5/08.

Employee stated that he walked over to talk to the CM helper and was reaching down to move the CM water line out of the roadway when he was struck in the back by a rib roll from the barrier block behind him. He was knocked to the mine floor and suffered bruises and abrasions to his back, left hip and left knee.

The employee stated he was operating a bolter and taking the steel out of the drilled hole when he let the drill pot down his right foot was under the frame of the drill pot.

While hanging belt structure, the employee climbed on to a tail piece. He slipped and fell striking back on the tail piece.

A piece of rock fell (about 20" long, 12" wide, 1" thick) and some coal hit him. He was building an intake stopping. NOTE: We are suspicious of this alleged accident. There were no witnesses and no visible marks on his body.

Employee was walking down the stairs from the office and tripped over the 4th step from the ground twisting his left ankle.

While walking on rocks the employee slipped and fell, striking his left knee on the rocks, causing pain. Transported to hospital for X-rays and no fracture identified. Advised not to work until released by physician.