Mining Incidents in October 2012

During the weekly shaft inspection of the production hoist power was lost to the mine at approximately 4:45 AM. An off-site power line was knocked down during a storm resulting in the mine losing power. Two Miners were in the shaft performing the inspection during the outage. The local power company restored power at 8:30 AM and the miners safely exited the mine with no injuries.

A PLC Emergency Stop Fault on the Koepe Drive would not clear after power tripped. Power was lost to the Koepe Hoist while three employees were underground attempting to restart the main fan. The employees safely evacuated the mine via the production hoist. The hoist was put back into service at 6:00 PM 10/31/2012. There is no damage or injuries to report.

Employee was inside service elevator when it became stuck between the 5th and 6th floors. This condition lasted over 30 minutes until the elevator service company responded and activated the elevator and corrected the stuck button.

An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 2 North 1, Entry 2 Crosscut 21 thru 22. The roof fall measured approximately 80' in length, 17.5' in width, and 6' in thickness. A 103 (k) Order (8448216), was issued October 30, 2012 by MSHA Inspector, Glenn E. Fishback.

An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 4th North belt line @ the 218 crosscut (station 173+71) Entry #5. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall did cause damage to the belt line. The area will be cleaned up and arched. The area had been bolted with 6 foot roof bolts. The fall measured 35'x 20'x 15' high.

There was roof fall on #3-54 belt,at cross cut #36.

An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 1 North 1 Right Return, Entry 8 Crosscut 41 thru 42. The roof fall measured approximately 60' in length, 17.5' in width, and 8' in thickness. A 103 (k) Order (8448217), was issued October 30, 2012, by MSHA Inspector, Glenn E. Fishback.

THE MAIN #1 HOIST (NORDBERG 7030-1084) WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE 10-29-2012 AT 7:40AM. SERVICE WORK ON THE MG SET WAS PERFORMED OVER THE WEEKEND. NOISE AND LIGHT SPARKING WAS COMING FROM THE MOTOR. INDEPENDENT ELECTRIC WAS CALLED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT 2 WIRES HAD BEEN CROSSED. THE WIRES WERE DISCONNECTED AND HOOKED UP PROPERLY. HOIST WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE AT 8:20AM.

A fire occurred in the West Coal plant under silo #2. Appears that spontanous combustion of coal took place in the silo feeder and fell from the center feeder above the belt onto the belt and igniting the belt. The plant had not been operated for 3 days prior to the fire.

# 2 hoist tripped out on limit switch.

Roof fall no injuries

There was a roof fall in the #2 Entry of 4 South Mains at 13 1/2 wall, which did not affect ventilation. The fall measured approximately 100' long, 15'w and 10' high. *No injuries or equipment was damaged as a result of this incident.

A weekly Examiner identified a roof fall in the 8D section of the mines measuring 75X 20 X 5 with a distance of 5,978 from the face. This fall does not interfere with airways or travel ways.

A roof fall was determined to be above anchorage at main line 15 belt, #26 crosscut. No injuries, travel ventilation are not affected. Dimensions are roughly 60' long x 16' wide x 12' high.

The hoist car at Roadfork #51 mine was taken out of service for a period of time that exceeded 30 minutes. When x-rayed it was determined that the hoist cable had deterioration that caused it to be changed out with a new cable.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at the Galatia Mine New Era Portal at the 1610' West mark between #2 and #3 Entries, in the 10W Tailgate. The fall was approximately 25 feet long, approximately 18 feet wide and approximately 8 feet thick. The fall area will be re-supported according to the MSHA approved Re-support Plan. Fall #29B

A roof fall at Arabian Mains at spad 4108 and 90feet outby spad 4094. Measuring 20 foot in length 20 feet wide and 6 foot high. 48 in glue was used in roof support. This area will need to be cleaned up and overcast installed.

Stress Zone and poor roof conditions. Roof fall found by MSHA Inspector and Section Foreman.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at #123xc, #4 Entry, of the Cedar Grove Mains. The dimension of the fall is approximately: 100' (L) x 19' (W) x 12' (H). The area has been dangered off, and a clean-up plan will be submitted.

Fire in the bus bar raceway above the "West 10x8 Slurry Pump..." cabinet in the MCC in the unoccupied, idle Fine Crusher. Spare parts that were stored nearby were ignited. The raceway, bus bars, bus bar supports and ten ft. of cable in the E11 tunnel were damaged. The cause of the fire is thought to be an animal contacting the bus bars or power cable failure.

On October 24, 2012, San Juan Mine experienced a roof fall in the Longwall 301 panel Headgate entry at approximately 14.5 cross cut in the belt entry. The fall is approximately 7 ft high, 18 ft wide and approximately 45 ft long. No injuries or equipment damage occurred.

Roof fall at x-cut 71 in the number 2 entry (belt entry) of Headgate #2 section.

A roof fall measuring approximately 8' x 20' x 70' feet fell in the No. 9 to No. 10 crosscut. One crosscut inby spad No. 752.

A roof fall was discovered in the 5 entry 1 xcut inby spad 608. The fall is sitting on cribs and not broken up about 3'above the mine floor. The area is apx.40'Wx20'Lx7'H.The fall has no effect on miners, vent. or equipment. Supplemental roof support consisting of cribs and beams has been installed. An investigation is underway to determine if cleanup of the fall will be required.

On return of day shift, the heading was discovered by inspection to have had a roof fall.

Roof fall occurred at or above the anchorage point in 17 West J X 80 South.

The Crabapple elevator was inoperable for an extended period of time. No injuries were a result of this incident. The door switch needed replaced.

An unintentional roof fall was discovered at approx 5:50am. In the number 5 entry on the Grassy Creek Mains at break 54. The fall extended to the number 6 entry intersection by excluded the number 6 entry. All approaches to the fall were timbered off. The fall did not interrupt ventilation but will be cleaned up. The fall is approx 110' long, 20' wide and 12'high.

An unplanned roof fall occurred on #3 section panel 800' from the face @ spad #8136. Area was originally mine in Sept 2012 and was supported with 8' cable bolts and 5' tourque tensions. Fall measured 20'L x 18'W x 10'Thick. No injuries or equipment involved. Did not affect passage of persons or ventilation. State and Federal agencies notified immediately.

A roof fall was discovered on U-section at Survey station 9755. The fall area was approximately 6' in height, 20' in width and 20 plus feet in length. The fall area was mined in 10/1997 and was supported with point anchor bolt system. The fall area was dangered off to prevent access.

A roof fall above anchorage was found at main line 17 belt at #16 crosscut. No injuries, travel and ventilation are not effected. Dimensions are roughly 30' long x 12' high x 16' wide.

A plant maintenance inspector was inspecting the wear liners in a ball mill when his foot sunk into a soft spot of mud and he was unable to get it unstuck without assistance. No injury or exposure occurred to the individual however this was called in out of an abundance of caution.

Men were fixing to get on cage when they noticed a distorted Hoist Rope. The Cage was shut down until inspection and repairs can be made.

A fall of the mine roof was discovered at 85 brk on 15 HG. The fall was located in the c.c. between #2 & #3 entry. The fall meas. approx. 20' W. X 60' L. X 6' Thick. This roof f fall does not affect ventilation or travel in the area.

hoist went down due to electrical problems had to replace the circut board

While traveling the intake an examiner identified a roof fall in the #6 entry inby spad #1195. The fall measured approx. 20'W X 60'L X 4'-5'H and was bolted with 4' fully grouted resin bolts. The area was mined approx. 8/2/12 the area will not be cleaned up and the area has been dangered off and timbers set.

A roof Fall was discovered in the #1 entry less than 1 cross cut outby spad 615. The fall was approximately 40'long X 20'wide X 7'high. The fall was cleaned up with the continuous miner and re-supported with cribs, beams and roof bolts. The fall did not have any affect on miners, equipment nor ventilation.

An unusually strong storm with high winds caused a regional power outage which resulted in the loss of electrical power for most of the Silver valley including surface and underground at the Galena and Coeur mine. This outage effected the hoists at both mine properties.

Failure of the #1 hoist plc processor prevented the mine from raising and lowering personnel with the #1 hoist. The mine still maintained two means of egress with the #2 and #3 hoists.

A severe storm system caused a tree to fall across power transmission lines that service the Coeur mine. This caused a power outage to all surface and underground areas of the Coeur mine including the hoist.

At approximately 6:40 pm on Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012 a possible ignition occurred at the face in Unit 1. The unit was immediately shut down, power removed and the proper persons notified. The scene was preserved for the company and agencies to conduct an investigation.

A 657 scraper operator was on his third round of topsoil placement for the day when the fill blade operator notified him of flames coming from his rear engine. The scraper operator stopped and contacted supervision. The fire department was called immediately. The fire department arrived on scene and proceeded to put out the flames utilizing foam.

The roof in the tailgate entry for the longwall had begun to deteriorate on the midnight shift. The travelway would have required supplemental support - posts or jacks at that time. During the course of mining on the dayshift, deterioration of the roof continued until the tailgate travelway was deemed impassable. District 3 Ventilation Supervisor was notified at approx. 3:20 PM.

During his fire boss run the examiner identified a roof fall in the #3 neutral entry outby spad#1107. The fall measured approx.20'WX60'LX4'-5'Hthe area was mined approx.5/30/12. The area was supported with 4'fully grouted resin bolts the fall will not be cleaned up and timbers have been set and the area dangered off.

Coal barn attendant reported the smell of coal burning at 11:20 am. He inspect coal storage barn, noticed area appeared to be smoldering. He attempted to extinguish, air monitor alarmed. Operator notified supervisor 12:05pm. At 12:10pm, supervisor restricted entry. Contacted Ishpeming Township Fire Dept, ITFD extinguished the smoldering coal. ITFD off-site 2:45 pm.

The Crabapple elevator was inoperable for an extended period of time. No persons entrapped nor injured as a result of this event.

On 10-14-12 at 9:23 p.m. the Elevator went down. There was no one trapped. There was an electrical connection causing the Bodie Brake to read bad. Shindler Elevator Service was called to the mine and repaired the connection. The Elevator was back in service at 12:50 a.m.

On 10-14-12 at 6:28 a.m. the Elevator went down. There was no one trapped. The Bodie Brake malfunctioned and would not release. Shindler Elevator Service was called to the mine and replaced the part. The Elevator was back in service at 6:15 p.m. 10-14-12.

An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 1C, Entry 6 Crosscut 6. The roof fall measured approximately 25' in length, 18' in width, and 10' in thickness. A 103 (k) Order (8446937), was issued October 14, 2012, by MSHA Inspector.

Cardboard boxes containing items for storage were put on a shelf below a thermostat controlled heater in a storage conex. The heater was not on when the boxes were placed, but turned on when the temperatures changed. The cardboard became hot and caught on fire. The fire was contained to the front of the conex and was extinguished upon the arrival of fire-fighting equipment.

The Dry Ridge elevator stopped mid way in the shaft with 2 persons on board.

At approx. 2:05 p.m. a roof fall occurred in the D entry of the 2 right section. The roof fall was approx. 20' x 20' and the height unknown. There were no injuries. The roof fall was dangered off on all sides.

Roof fall occurred in XC13 on the 1st main W off main N between entry 7 and entry 8. The fall is 17,000' outby the loading point. It is between two overcasts providing a limited intake aircourse to two seals. It is approximately 19.5'Wx75"Lx8'H. No injuries/equipment involved. 1 corner of 1 overcast was damaged which allowed limited intake air to cross with Unit 5 intake air.

An unplanned roof fall occurred two (2) cross-cuts outby the abandoned 4 left panel off 3 west mains in the #3 return entry at survey station #3353. The roof fall is approx 20ft long x 20ft wide x 8ft-10ft thick. Ventilation has not been affected. roof fall area will be dangered off and blocked off to prevent access. There were no injuries associated with the roof fall.

Unplanned roof fall occurred at #18 Break on Old Belt, #1 Entry in intersection. Fall was approx. 20' W. x 20' L. x 8' H. no injuries, entrapment or Eq. involved. No escape way, ventilation or travelway affected.

A roof fall 20'W. x 40'L. X 16'H. occurred at approx 9:32 a.m. on the 2 right section causing the entrapment of two miners. The roof fall was in the E. entry at spad#21+35. The miners were rescued at 6:56 p.m. with no injuries. The miners were bolting the x-cut E to F.

Unplanned roof fall occurred #7 entry at Spad 2121 and extending inby 1 crosscut. Fall was approx. 19' W. x 80' L. x 10' H. No injuries, entrapment or Eq. involved. No escape way, ventilation or travel way affected.

Roof fall in the intersection of entry#7 and XC11 on the Main E. travel road The fall is 11,860' outby the loading point.Meas.25'L.X 35' W.X 10'H.There were no injuries and no interruption to ventilation. Travel road was blocked and the secondary escapeway lifeline was re-routed. The fall will be cleaned up and re-hab'd. Personnel have been notified and the changes made on the map.

The blake ridge elevator stopped with 2 men aboard. the 2 men were removed from the elevator. Upon investigation a broken "Governor safety latch catch arm" was discovered. The entire governor wheel assembly was replace. the elevator was tested with MSHA & State inspectors before it was returned to service.

Non-injury roof fall

An unintentional roof fall occurred at the 36+00' rooms at the 60'cross cut in room # 4 on unit #3.

Found an unintentional roof fall on the #23 Beltline. The fall was 120' long by 20' wide, and 12' thick

15A Longwall Section - It was reported that an alleged ignition occurred at 161 shield on the longwall face.

At approximately 11:15 pm 10/7/2012 a roof fall was discovered on the 4th left a panel at cross cut 3 in #3 entry (belt entry). The fall is appx:20'x 56'x 4' to 5'high.

A roof fall above anchorage was discovered on main line #7 belt at #9 crosscut. The # fall is 55'long, 12'high, 16'wide no injuries occurred. Travel was effected ventilation was not effected.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at crosscut 270 in the Main North Intake in the #3 entry. The fall had been roof bolted with 6 foot fully grouted roof bolts. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 30 feet long x 16 feet wide x 3 foot thick.

At approximately 03:00am a fall of ground occurred near the face at the right spring line of the 4455-909 BC stope access which was being shotcreted in preparation for bolting. The boom of USM006 was covered in muck. At the same time, the left rib on the 4490-909 MC stope access subsided. The left rib was in the process of being bolted. No miners were injured.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at the New Future Mine 4W Headgate Entry #3, 5627W, Crosscut 41. The fall was approximately 25 feet in length, approximately 25 feet in width and approximately 20 feet thick. The fall did not affect ventilation. The fall will be cleaned up. Fall #29E

Damage to the topside ore bin vibratory feeder prevented the mine from emptying the ore bin (which was full) and the #1 hoist south skip could not be unloaded. This prevented the mine from raising and lowering personnel with the #1 hoist. The mine still maintained two means of egress with the #2 and #3 hoists.

The door locks on the elevator malfunctioned

A roof fall occurred on # 16 butt section, in the # 2 entry working face. No injuries occurred, and no equipment damage was incurred. The roof and ribs were supported to the roof control plan. The mine roof immediately preceding this fall had supplemental roof support in the form of roof screen,& v-beams & jacks.

After the yearly examination and new terminations of the slopes, the hoist was lowered to the bottom and while being raised back to the surface, the capsule become misaligned causing a guide to be bent and slide to be broken.

The fall was in the old works not affecting travel or ventilation. Return Rooms of 2 south mains #1 and #2 room at spad #3422 outby MP-6 80' wide x 60' long x 6' high.

A roof fall was discovered on the above date and time. It was located in the #6 entry at survey station #2475 which is in the intake air course. The fall was 35 feet in length 20 feet wide and 42 inches in thickness. The time and date the fall happened is unknown.

Foreman started a D11 dozer prior to the start of the shift to warm up the equipment for the operator. When he returned with the fueler, the equipment was in flames.

# 5 hoist was lowering workers to 850 level, when left brake on hoist drum slowly engaged. Workers were stuck 9 feet above 700 landing. Low pressure on left brake hydraulic system caused brake counterweight to drop and engage brake. Workers communicated to hoistman and climbed down to lower cage and exited to 700 landing at 6:56 AM.

An unintentional ignition occurred on the number 1 Unit face, between Entries 4 and 5. A 103 (k) Order (8447221) was issued October 1, 2012, by MSHA Inspector.

The ventilation system (dampers) for the cooling system for the west hoist motor malfunctioned causing the hoist motor to overheat.

Roof fall in the number 2 entry of the Headgate #2 unit inby crosscut 71.

3 EE's riding service hoist cage when hoist power dropped out. Hoistman could not reset. 3:11 pm Mine Supt notified; 3:22 MSHA notified. Electrician from off-site called. EE's lowered to station under gravity/friction procedures. > 30 minutes elapsed before EE's reached station. Power reset and functional 4:29 pm.

Roof fall on INE mains #3 entry outby spad #12032 for 40'length above belt and the width of the 3-2 crosscut for 15'-20'.

An entrapment occurred on the Metz elevator involving 16 people for 92 minutes.

Forklift turned over - The miner was operating a forklift, traveling on a decline toward the mine entrance, when the forklift went out of control. The forklift struck a concrete support for the belt conveyor and overturned, killing him.

Employee was sitting in a Cat 988 with the window open. When he went to shut the window, the wind caught it, slammed shut, and cut the tip of his right little finger off.

Miner was conducting repairs on a screw conveyor. Miner failed to lock out tag out the screw conveyor. The miner indicated that the screw conveyor inadvertently started. Miner received severe injuries to his right hand.

Employee states that while dusting drift at mannings branch and 3A head, I picked up a bag of rock dust and felt something pull around my groin area. It then started to swell.

Employee was pounding a bolt thru plastic liner. A piece of plastic went into his eye. He was wearing Safety Glasses.

Employee was unloading new rail ties from flat. as he rolled the top tie to the edge of flat, it caught the edge of the tie under it, causing it to flip & land on top of his fingers. went to medic. we took to ER. x-rays confirmed fracture in finger tips #3 & #4 - right hand. restrictions were issued.

Injured placed hand between counterbalance flywheel and side plate of "B" Raw Coal Screen to check temperature of bearing seal, when fellow employee pushed start button to jog machine causing injury.

Skid Steer operator, while backing up with a functional alarm sounding, struck the plant operator, resulting in leg and ankle/foot injuries to the plant operator.

While driving scoop, EE hit a hole or a rock on roadway causing him to be bounced up from the seat then back down straining his lower back.

Moving a 3' x 5' x 3/8" piece of steel, steel rotated pinching hand.

Employee told me at the end of the shift, 1:30 A.M., that his back was hurting. He went on to say that earlier in the shift, the loader operator had jarred his rock truck with a rock while loading the truck. He said he may go to the doctor to get checked out some time the next morning.

Employee was standing in crosscut waiting for a scoop operator to return. While waiting a piece of rock measuring 24"x4" fell striking employee and knocking him to ground. When the employee braced himself falling to the ground he jammed/sprained his left wrist.

Employee was loading roof mesh and stepped off mesh onto crib block rolling his right ankle.

Dewatering personnel was on the ground near the area where a decommission electric cable was being moved when the cable stuck him in the lower leg.

EE was walking around x-cut 11, 5 entry of North Main to pick up floats to pump water. He stepped on 4" pipe and slipped and fell on left shoulder when he put his arm out resulting in shoulder strain.

Employee was lifting a roller when he felt his back pop. Employee went to Hospital sustaining a strained back and was ordered to remain off work for an uncertain period of time.

Doing maintenance on Thor Stacker conveyor, putting wear iron in receiving box using torch and welder. He slipped and fell because of rainy conditions and smashed and cut his middle and pointer fingers on his left hand.

EE was getting out of the Scoop when he felt pain in back-EE refused ambulance and drove himself to hospital

EE slipped on 777 Cat Haul Truck. He lost his footing and struck his knee.

The employee was constructing a block brattice. As he was moving a block he tripped over a steel band and strained his back. He went to the doctor on 11/9/2012 and was put on restricted duty.

Employee was dumping trash using a self dumping steel forklift hopper, released lock lever and the hopper bounced back smash his finger.

Stated: Employee was climbing ladder to secure when the bottom of the ladder slipped out. Employee fell on right shoulder. He continued to work. He sought medical evaluation on 11/21/12, was diagnosed with arthritis and slight rotator cuff tear. He continued to work. He underwent arthroscopic repair on 01/16/2013 and is now off work.

EE was working behind the cab of a 773, reaching into the compartment in a bent postion to trouble shoot air brake system. When he came down from the truck he felt pain in his lower back. (Eq.# 1384)

Employee was picking up 50# AP sand bags and went to put it on a pallet when he felt his shoulder R pop out and in and now he is having pain in his shoulder. Diagnosis: Right Shoulder Stain.

While employee was tearing down Hatachi 1200 Hoe , He was using a wrench and his right arm locked into a bent position. He used his left arm and straighten out the right arm. Finished out the day working. Worked out the balance of the week and went to Occupational Health that Friday 11/02/2012

Pulling on super post to get it un stuck from scoop bucket and felt something in my back pull.

Employee was replacing cutter head on continuous miner and was attempting to replace top pin of the cutter jack. Coworker raised jack with slate bar in upward motion. Employee was using his hands to pull jack in place to replace pin. The slate bar slipped allowing cutter jack to smash Employee's left ring finger against frame of pan.

Employee was stepping through man door stepped down wrong and twisted left foot. He has a fracture to his left pinky toe.

Employee was in squatting position and knee gave out when standing up.

EE was trying to move a 5 gal bucket to pick up a dropped solaris spotter. While attempting to move the bucket EE stated that he had hurt his neck-back and had pain in bolt legs. EE was transported to Logan Hospital via Ambulance

EE was helping to take down a joint of ventilation tubing. The operator on the other end of the tube dropped his end hyper extending EE's fingers.

EE was pulling shields on the 18-W longwall face. When he stepped up on the pontoon of 49 shield with the left foot and the right foot under the pontoon of the shield that had not finished it's setting cycle. EE received a fracture to the right big toe and the next toe also.

Employee told Foreman that he hurt his back, When asked by the Foreman, did he hurt it at work, the employee stated that he did not hurt it at work and he had turned it in on his health insurance. We later received a letter from a lawyer stating that the employee hurt his back at work.

During a unit move the mechanic was repair a miner cable. As he was re-installing the receptacle on the cable the unit low trac was pulling slack on another cable. As the low trac went by the mechanic the operator didn't see him and the low trac ran over his foot.

Employee states that while dusting the track entry on 1 belt he was walking thru the overcast when he raised up and struck his head on a metal beam. Employee did not report this incident until 10/28/12 to a man bar of mgt at home. A incident report was filled out on the 27 when mgt returned to work.

Employee turned the A/C unit on and an unidentified object flew into the employees eye.

Operator was tramming a track drill on a snow covered bench when he hit a loader tire rut approximately 8" deep. When the drill came out of the rut the front tracks went up into the air and slammed to the ground jarring the operator while he sat in his seat.

EE was stepping through the threshold of a doorway and caught the toe of his right boot on the door jam causing him to trip and caught himself and felt pain in his right knee. EE stated missing work on 1/21/13 due to having surgery to repair a torn meniscus. EE is off until further notice.

EE was walking up a stair case and stepped on the 11 tread and it fell out from under his right foot on 10-25-12. He has been treating with a Physician and was taken off of work on 1-10-13.

Employee stated he was taking a hubcap off a Komatsu 630E and slipped and fell to the ground injuring his left hip and right knee. Employee's family physician referred him to St. Marys Occupational Health Center. Dr. diagnosed him with a sciatic nerve issue on his left hip and sprained right knee and took him off work.

Employee was sitting on his stinger ride on #1 unit 2 x-cuts out by the face in #5 entry when a sharp piece of draw rock fell out between the pins and struck him on his left knee causing a contusion.

Employee had his hand laying on the tray of bolt machine watching the other operator set his bolt, when a rock fell hitting his left hand. He was taken to the ER and received an x-ray that was negative. He received four sutures in top of his left hand.

Loading railing, install one side and when you lift the other side falls catching two finger of the right hand against the concrete.

Injured employee had backed the continuous miner into the intersection, shut miner off and was in the process of moving miner cable away from the side of the pan at the back of the ripper head, when a piece of material slid off the continuous miner striking his left foot resulting in a fracture.

While attempting to mount the D9H bulldozer, employee turned around on the ground and felt a pain in his right leg. Employee was taken to the hospital for observation.

STARTED TO PUT HIS LEFT KNEE UP ON THE BACK OF THE SCOOP BUCKET AND HIS RT. KNEE POPPED 2 TIMES THEN HE FELL

Employee was operating a shuttle car, he hit a hole in the roadway bounced him into canopy hitting his head. He received an x-ray at ER that was negative.

Employee was installing a rib bolt when the plate slid down the bolt and struck him in the left hand.

Employee stated that he was stepping over a retaining wall when he twisted his knee. An MRI showed a torn meniscus. His first lost work day did not occur until 10/29/2012.

Miner was operating a 777 cat haul truck and sprained his back. He felt that the suspension on the seat was too stiff and the bouncing was too hard on his back.

Employee got dirt particles in his right eye causing a cornea ulcer. He had his safety glasses on.

Employee caught finger between mine roof and roof bolt plate causing a laceration.

On 10/24/12 EE strained his rgt. side back and hip area while installing a water line. EE declined medical attention at that time. EE reports that on 11/28/12 he further aggravated the injury while performing the same task. He worked through the day. Worked 11/29/12 then sought medical treatment that evening in the emergency room and was placed out of work.

The employee scraped the face with an LHD bucket preparing the face for drilling. He exited the LHD to analyze the face for further scraping when a rock fell off the face striking his right foot beyond his boot metatarsal guard causing a fracture.

He was lifting a stone when it slipped and pinched his hand between the stone he was lifting and another below it.

Employee caught toe on metal plate laying on the floor as he turned to walk and felt pain in his right knee. Case was not reportable until Dec.20 when employee had surgery.

Employee was climbing up and down ladders all night working on the 944 loader. When he descended a ladder he felt a pop in his knee. Employee went in for surgery on knee 12/20/2012, becoming a lost time injury.

Employee tripped over a stack of blocks and fractured his knee.

EE WAS TRAMMING THE SHUTTLE CAR, WHEN HE HIT A HOLE AND BOUNCED HIM INTO THE TOP OF SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY. THUS RESULTING IN A NECK INJURY.

Employee was dismounting the front end loader when he stumbled striking his right wrist on the ground resulting in a fracture

Employee incurred a broken nose after being struck by a 2" waterline. The employee was moving the waterline and other utilities to prepare the back to be mechanically scaled. While the employee was in the process of strapping the waterline to a roof bolt plate the waterline popped out of the cable handler (U Shaped bracket in a high lift) and struck the employee in the face.

The employee stated that he and two other employees were pulling a 2" waterline with the scoop. They were utilizing a 1/4" cable to pull the waterline and the cable broke and recoiled back striking the employee. When the cable struck the employee, he fell into the belt structure striking his chin and received 7 stitches from the injury.

The employee fainted and fell to the ground while walking from his lunch break area to his work area. He landed on his face and sustained abrasions to his face, knees, and elbows. His tongue was also lacerated and required 4 stitches. 9-1-1 was called and he was treated and released at the ER.

Injured employee was in the process of installing permanent roof support. He had placed the end of roof bolt into the mine roof and was in the process of straightening the bolt when he felt a pull in his lower back. He continued to work until 10/30/12 when he was seen by a local physician and removed from work.

Injured employee was in the process of installing permanent roof support. He had completed the drilling process and was reaching for the bolt that was laying on the mine floor next to drill pot when a piece of material fell striking his left index finger resulting in a laceration and fracture.

The employee was adjusting a spring on a screen. While trying to get it into position the spring shifted cutting off the tip of his thumb between the spring and the cup. He was taken by us to hosiptal where they looked it over and wrapped it and said it will heal on its own, no stitches required.

Worker was working in a group of 3 individuals using a vaccum truck to remove debris from around a conveyor belt on an elevated platform. As he was pulling the 4 inches of hose, slipped backwards falling down 3 stairs striking his tailbone. The injured worker indicated he was not paying attention to his surroundings.

EE was loading shot on 11AY with the Ampho Hose and a small piece of rock came off the face at his back and struck him on the neck. Initially he didn't feel he had any injury, but the next day he was sore. We took him to the doctor for review and he was diagnosed with a neck strain.

Employee was changing a leaking valve and was sprayed with acid mid after bumping a different valve on a separate line. Mist sprayed between overlaps in employee's PPE causing chemical burns to his waist and wrist.

Employee was loading steel into a sea container while load was being slid into position inside the container it pinched employee's left lower leg against the side of the container.

while using high volume fire hose to wash ASH Truck window, employee stepped forward on a mud and strained right knee.

Employee was stacking belt structure in supply yard, there was a ram jack that was entangled in structure when trying to remove the ram jack out shoulder popped. PPE was not a factor, mining equip/system was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency was a factor. This miner missed work for this injury as of 11/18/2012. Lost Time Injury.

Replacing belt on vibrator - pinched hand between belt & pulley

Employee stated that he was leaning timbers against the rib to prepare to install them on the mine roof. One of the timbers slid off of the rib and struck him in the side and ribs. The employee was in an automotive accident prior to the incident and had broken his ribs. This incident re-injured his ribs. Employee began missing work on 10-25-2012

while employee was operating jackleg - hanging screen, a small rock came down & struck his wrist between his gloves & sleeves, causing a laceration. went to medic on site, we took to ER. x-rays were negative, but does have a F/U appt with another doctor

Employee stepped off of bus to throw a switch and right knee twisted and she heard a pop. An MRI was done and it shown a torn meniscus. She has been taken off work and referred to ortho. Her first date of loss is 11/1/2012.

EE was walking underground slipped on a ledge in the bottom and fell to the ground hurting his back. Note: It was never mentioned in the accident report that he hurt his Right knee. He had told the E.R. he injured his knee during the accident. 2nd Note: He continued to work until 03/12/2013 before he went off for surgery on his knee.

The injured employee was removing material from the third floor of the Prep plant, a protrusion from a piece of steel he was lowering to the ground caught his jacket and pulled him between the bars out of the hoist entryway, to the ground below. He was transported to Deaconess Hospital with injuries to his right ankle and heel.

While using a pick hammer to mark a block for breaking, the hammer glanced off the block striking the employee's left hand at the base of the thumb next to the palm. Employee continued to work regular duties up until he had surgery on 12/14/12.

Employee was arranging the line curtain near the intersection at the No. 7 face when a rock rib rolled off the corner and struck him on back and side.

Due to repetitive crawling, the miner experienced swelling and discomfort in his left knee.

EE was working on a scaffold approx. 5 feet high, cutting a lentle over the door to the Dryer MCC bldg. the saw hit a piece of rebar causing it to bind and kick back. This action caused the scaffold to move near the edge of the concrete stoop it was on. EE lost his balance during this move, causing him to fall. A spotter was with him but unable to react quickly enough.

Clear night, no wind. Employee was welding when a hot piece of slag fell and burned threw the tongue of his boot burning into his foot.

Employee was climbing down from a loader when he stepped on a rock and sprained his knee.

Employee and 3 others were moving sidewall panel. While walking backwards, he stepped in a small trench. When he stepped down he jerked upwards and felt a pull in his scrotum. Went to the doctor 10/20/2012 who confirmed Scrotal Varicocele.

The man was dragging a piece of canvas in the section when a piece of roof scale fell between the permanent supports and struck the man on the hardhat.

WHILE HELPING SEVERAL PEOPLE HANG A SECTION OF 7200 HV CABLE EMPLOYEE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE was working line curtain when he twisted his knee and felt pain. The EE never missed work until 1/30/13.

Employee was dismounting dozer for lunch, when he was getting off he twisted his lower back. He did not go to Doctor that day, but today (10-22-2012) he went to Dr's office in Harlan, Ky.

Employee was using a strap hooked to a man trip to pull water line. The strap broke striking employee on the neck and face causing a contusion to his neck and broke his front tooth.

Repairman was at section power center that is located between #14 and #15 entry. Botton was cut in #14 entry leaving off set in bottom as he was leaving foot slipped and slid under 3 wheel ride that was parked resulting in twisting of knee.

While cleaning mud from the back of the JCI 1400 Portable Screen chute with a 'L' shaped bar, the bar slipped when the mud released smashing 'R' index finger against the edge of the chute.

EE attempting to put a draw bar for a low boy on top of a locomotive and the bar slipped striking his foot.

Employee was pulling discharge water-line with a scoop and parked beside the line to re-hook it. He stepped on the discharge line to reach the chain and slipped off of the line falling to the ground. He has swollen muscles in his back and a possible pinched nerve. He did not begin missing work until 10-22-2012.

The employee was splitting rock when a piece of stone fell on his leg

Employee was bent over, waiting on car, when a piece of rock fell out between the roof bolts striking on back. (He sustained fractured vertebrae - no surgery is going to be necessary)

Mechanic was working on dozer blade, he had a ladder against the dozer. The wind blew the ladder over causing head cut and blunt head trauma.

Employee fell from the deck of a parked haul truck, while attempting to clean the driver's side mirror

EE was duck walking looking for bad places in a piece of cable. The ee slipped on a wet piece of draw rock falling aprox 26" hitting his elbow.

Employee was hanging line curtain, when a rock 26" x 12" x 4" fell from the roof striking him in the head and shoulder and knocking him to the ground. When he fell he landed on his right elbow. Employee continued to work until he had surgery on his elbow on 5/14/13.

Employee stated he was riding on the passenger side of a small personnel ride, on his way outside, and hurt his lower back

Employee was helping lift a shovel cable connector (pothead) and felt pain in left shoulder. Became a lost time when he went in for surgery 11/08/2012

Employee was sitting on a tool box in the dinner hole when a piece of coal rolled out from the rib. As the employee ran from the area he stepped in a hole and twisted his left knee.

Employee was at the 11A shear when a rock struck his right ankle resulting in a fracture. The shear was in the process of being serviced at the time of the accident.

While pre-shifting the P-1 seals he got off his four wheeler and started walking around it a piece of drawrock fell and hit the top of his right foot.

MMU 001 #3 Right 2nd cut face. Employee was installing roof bolts in the last row. Piece of draw rock broke loose striking a glancing blow on his right shoulder and upper arm.

Employee was pulling hoses through brattice and a part of the plate that the sheave wheel was connected to broke off hitting employee in the back of leg, right calf, causing a contusion and bruising and started loosing time 10/19/12.

Coal sample operator slipped while exiting the auger control room and strained his lower back.

Injured employee was in the process of installing cutting edges on a D11R dozer, while lifting the cutting edge with a 6ft. nylon strap rated for 1,550 lbs, the strap broke causing the cutting edge to fall on the employees right foot. He was transported to the ER and diagnosed with multiple foot fractures and required surgery the following day. He has been excused from work.

Alleged back strain from loader seat, loader hit a bump.

MMU001 No. 3 entry SS#3845. Employee had drill steel leaning against tray while installing a belt hanger, when he lowered the drill head the drill steel fell between the drill head and bottom causing the drill steel to bend and releasing striking employee on the right elbow causing a fracture.

Employee was walking down the haul road when his left knee popped. After a subsequent doctors visit on 10/19, an MRI was ordered for 10/22/12. He was taken off work on 10/23/12. MRI revealed degenerative disease and abnormal softness of cartilage.

EE was helping the continuous miner operator move the miner from the #5 entry to the #6 entry the miner operator stopped the miner to hook up a slack rope the miner operator hooked the rope to the boom of the miner went to turn around and stumbled and somehow hit the boom swing lever and somehow EE's hand was where the boom swung into the rib smashing his left hand.

Employee slipped getting off equipment and injured right knee.

Employee was carrying a 6 foot timber with another employee when he wrenched his lower back. The top was low in the area. Employee continued to work until 11/8/12 when the Doctor took him off work and referred him to a neurosurgeon.

Employee has chronic back pain and stated that his back goes out occasionally and seeks treatment. Employee was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease on October 16, 2012 and began missing work on 10-17-2012

Employee was struck by a rock 1' long x 1' wide x 3" thick on top of left foot.

Employee was bending the keeper latch (on a mucker) that holds the air cleaner housing cover in place, while doing so with a pair of pliers, the pliers slipped off the latch resulting in the top of his left hand being struck against the hook on the end of the latch resulting in laceration.

Employee lifted a compressed gas cylinder, started to walk, stumbled/slipped, and strained his right shoulder. Employee finished the work shift, and continued working with no time lost, until January 18th 2013. On January 18 2013 the employee stopped working to acquire a surgery to repair his right shoulder rotator cuff.

dismounting coal loader using 3 points of contact, missed or slipped on last step and fell to ground landing on left elbow, employee was transported to Summersville Regional Hospital, x-rays reveled two broken bones in lower arm

Maintenance mechanics were removing boom point sheave from the boom point saddle with a crane. As sheave was being guided out the employee's right arm was caught between sheave and boom structure.

Employee was building rotex screens and he told his supervisor that his hip was sore. He went home & called the supervisor a few hrs later as said his hip was still sore and that he would ice it down.

A BMX employee was preparing to exit #34 Brookville mantrip that was parked at 59 Cross-Cut on the East Mains haulage. As he began to exit the operator's compartment his left heel caught a 1" lip that was located on the first step out of the operator's compartment. He twisted his left foot during his dismount.

While using a cutting torch a piece of hot slag fell onto the acetylene hose and burned a hole through it causing it to blow out. Employee used his right hand to push the hose away from him causing him to receive a burn on his right middle finger and hand.

Employee was loading top belt rollers into the scoop bucket and heard a pop in his right shoulder, followed by pain. This is an old injury that he has been having issues with.

While walking down a spiral stair case injured worker felt a pop in his right knee.

On 10/15/2012 the miner was handling screen wire mesh when he felt his shoulder pop. He went off work on 6/16/2014 for surgery to his left shoulder.

EE was standing on top of a conveyor belt and reaching for a cable when his foot slipped causing pain in his leg.

Employee was moving cribbing blocks and mashed his small finger on his right hand.

While trying to loosen the bridge pin on the miner, the ratchet slipped and the employee fell against the conveyor striking his right shoulder causing a shoulder strain. The employee continued to work until 2/11/13. He had surgery on 2/12/13. This resulted in a lost time accident.

While driving scoop, EE hit a hole in the roadway causing him to be bounced from the seat then back down straining his lower back.

He dismounted a LHD and slipped on a rock, hyper-extending his knee. The accident occurred at approximately 0800 however the employee continued to work on the injury until he reported it at 1430. This potentially aggravated the injury beyond the treatment of basic first aid.

Employee was roof bolting when letting down the canopy it caught his left hand on bolts in his tray with the canopy it mashed his middle finger and index finger on his left hand.

Employee was pulling on a mine de-watering pump that was stuck in the mud, causing pain in the employee's abdomen.

Employee tripped on a grade and fell on his knee. The results of the MRI along with a medical opinion dictated on 10/31/2012. The diagnosis was tearing of the meniscus and the employee is expecting to lose time.

Was a rainy day, slipped on stairs going down to his work area. Wasn't holding safety rails as he said he grabbed the railing to stop himself from falling down the stairs and hit and sprained his knee. He is having an MRI to see if there is further damage on Wednesday 10/24/2012

Employee stepped off B Track Indexer. The water hose he was using to wash up was laying on the ground and he stepped on the hose. This caused his foot to roll to the inside and twisted his ankle. (Sprained ankle)

Employee was repairing equipment when the rub rail fell off the miner landing on his foot sustaining a strain/sprain and contusion. Employee immediately came out and went to Good Samaritan where they ordered him to remain off work for an uncertain period of time.

Driving D41 mantrip at 30 block East Mains when a small piece of rock dust entered right eye causing irritation. Treated with antibiotic/steriod drops to eye. No issue with PPE, training, mining methods or compliance.

The employee was shoveling when he felt a pull in his groin, he was diagnosed with a hernia and required surgery.

The incident happened on Oct. 13, 12 @ 1:20 am. EE reported on 10/16/12 that he bumped his head on a pipe in the automated line while packing buckets of zeolite. He never reported to other workers that he was hurt or that he needed to see a doctor. I was not aware of medical treatment of any type until 10/24/12. He was wearing his hardhat at the time of incident.

When door was removed, the air cannons fired. The force blew hot dust toward ee. EE saw dust cloud and turned to his right exposing the left side of his face. Dust entered between his face shield and his nomex covered face. Some dust entered his left eye.

He compromised the guarding in order to knock dust off the conveyor frame. The hammer he was using was grabbed by the conveyor belt pulling it and right hand between the troughing roller and underside of the belt. Hammer got wedged between the skirtboard and roller causing belt to stall. His right hand, thumb and first two fingers were pinched between the belt and troughing roll.

mmu 001 2 cross cuts inby SS #3843 IN No. 1 entry. Employee was pushing a roof bolt up into hole manually straining neck/shoulder/back.

Employee was operating shuttle car, he hit a hole in the roadway, hitting his head on the shuttle car canopy.

EE was recovering belt structure he took a step forward and felt pain in his right foot.

Was cleaning packed clay and rock from grizzley on screen with a pick. When upper back muscle tighten to a hardness causing pain.

EE was pulling belt head cable when he felt sharp pain in back

Stated: Employee was driving golf cart toward bottom when his steering malfunctioned. His golf cart ran into the rib and he hit his head on the steering wheel and his left leg on the dashboard. He went to the ortho on 10/22/2012 and was diagnosed with hairline fractures to his fibula. He is to remain off work until healed.

Employee was standing under a longwall shield cleaning rocks from the walkway when an emulsion hose ruptured striking him in the right leg, right arm and right side of face (including eye).

Employee fell down office trailer outside stairs.

Employee was checking oil and greasing WA600 loader. Stepped down and missed the step and fell to the ground, hurting lower left side of back, left hip and left leg. Employee thought he would be okay, so he did not go to the doctor at the time of the incident. On 11/27/2012, employee was still in pain and was sent to the doctor for evaluation.

Employee was performing routine maintenance on the propel motor on shovel 4 when he experienced electric shock.

Switching seats in shuttle car, employee grabbed handle and when he pulled himself up he felt a pain in his shoulder

Employee was dismounting his tracked ride into the mine, when he stepped off the ride and tripped over a water line that was lying on the ground and felt a pain in his right ankle.

Employee was working on a set of multi media filter that were on a utility trailer. He was standing on the piping that connected the filters together, slipped and fell hurting his right knee, neck and back.

Employee fell off of a 4-wheeler. When he fell he fell on his S.C.S.R. and fractured 2 ribs on his left side.

EE parked the shuttle car that he was operating, as he was using a pick type hammer to pull come loose material from the rib, his right forearm was caught between the material that he was scaling and the shuttle car. EE continue to work until 10/15/2012 when he was seen by a local physician and placed off work to see a specialist.

EE stated he fell off ladder while hanging ventilation curtain.

Employee adjusted the loader hydraulic limits and while stepping between hand rails felt pain in his left shoulder.

While loading straps onto bolter felt a sharp pain in lower back.

EE was getting out of the stockpile truck at the bun and slipped on the platform. The platform became slick since we where pumping gravel that had some clay in it. When EE slipped he hurt his knee.

As miner was attempting to sit in a chair, chair collapsed, causing the miner to fall to the floor.

Employee was helping lower a box to the mine floor when the loader bucket hit a crib that was laying on the mine floor and the crib flipped up hitting the employee in the right knee.

Initial injury 4-10-12. EE sought treatment 4-14-12 & released full duty. 10-16-12 he brought in a doc note to excuse him from work until further notice. he stated he was having continuous pain.

A piece of metal slid against victims right ankle, fracturing his lower leg, just above his ankle. He was treated and released at a local hospital and is scheduled for surgery in the near future and is expected to make a full recovery.

While climbing down the ladder from a rock hauler, ee felt something "pull" in his left shoulder.

crew was moving track switch timber, everyone threw timber down unexpectedly as employee was still holding on and he pulled a muscle in his back.

Employee was walking underground, he stepped on uneven mine floor twisting his left knee. He began missing time on 1/23/2013.

EE was carrying 5 gallon cans of oil when he twisted his back.

Employee was prying the cap out of a planetary on a roof bolter, he slipped and fell and twisted his left knee. He continued to work until he could not stand the pain any longer, he scheduled meniscus surgery on 11/20/2012, he has been off work since the surgery.

Employee complaining of soreness in right elbow.

Employee was bending over to pick up the miner cable and water line, to hang it. As he bent over he felt a extreme pain in his lower back, shooting down his right leg. This employee kept working until he had surgery on 02/25/2013.

Had his hand in box when another co-worker threw a rock in the box and struck the top of his hand.

Employee was helping change batteries on a scoop when the winch hook slipped catching his hand and spraining his thumb and hand

Employee was riding in transportation bus to work site when a back pack fell from overhead storage and struck her on the head. Medical evaluation and full work release received on 10/09/2012. On 10/15/2012, employee reports symptoms possibly from the October 9th incident and was re-evaluated on 10/16/2012.

EE was performing checks on the dust sampling device being worn by the miner operator. When he walked by the turn table of the machine a rock meas. 74" x 39" x 8" thick fell and struck EE on the left side of his body, resulting in a chipped distal femur, fractured knee, tibia, fibula and multiple lacerations to the face and head.

Employee was helping to install pump on wet plant and used conveyor leg as a ladder, upon coming down slipped and fell about 5 feet to ground, injuring left arm/wrist, and left leg.

A 64 year old Miner with over 26 years experience was doing a hoist resocket on a dragline. As he raised the sledge hammer to knock out the wedge from the socket he felt a popping sensation in his right bicep. The employee visited several doctors getting a second opinion and missed his first day of work on 11-5-2012

Employee inadvertently activated the rotation causing the roof bolt to spin and strike his wrist.

Insured worker and another emp were unloading 40ft long pvc pipe when emp lost handle on pipe and it hit him on his right knee. Emp missed 3 days of work. Emp returned to work on 10/13/12.

The employee was lowering material, loaded into the skip, down the timber slide when the sheave block came free from the rib striking him on the cheek bone and nose.

Employee was working on the 17-2 battery scoop in the 1st West Raises section. As he attempted to place the cover on top of the machine into place, when he lifted the cover and twisted to slide it into place, he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder.

While moving a section feeder, the metal side bat wing broke off and landed on employees leg and ankle causing a fracture to his lower leg.

EE was attempting to unlatch his tailgate when the tailgate released and the truck moved backing onto the EE's foot, causing injury to his right foot.

The employee was moving a two wheeled cart when he felt a pull in his groin, he was diagnosed with a hernia and required surgery.

EE picked up a carry bag containing a chainfall and felt a pain in abdomen. EE checked out by a doctor and cleared to return immediately back to work. The doctor stated that he had a hernia and noted limitations, none of which would prevent him from doing his assigned job tasks. EE came to work on 10/15/12 with a new form from a new dr stating the limitations/no work w/hernia.

He was installing a cable bolt the bolt caught as it was being pushed into the hole. He spun the bolt to try to free it up. He caught his right wrist on the spinning plate.

Employee was ascending stairs and felt his knee "go out"

Walking down inclined conveyor walkway, tacked grating broke loose causing open hole which employee fell through to ground (Approx 10 feet)

Employee was picking up a brattice block and felt pain in lower back.

Employee was operating a roof bolter installing a channel for a belt header, as he rotated the bolt, the channel caught on the bolt, striking him on his right wrist, causing a fracture. He began missing time on 10/09/2012.

Employee stated that while getting on the drill, when he put his foot on the first step he got dizzy and fell backwards. This caused him to twist his left knee.

While cleaning wall, loose material fell from top, hit left corner of loader bucket, throwing operator forward, causing pain in back of neck

Employee was injured when he jumped from the boarding deck of a 685 haul truck.

Setting oil cans on back of rubber tire ride and twisted his back.

Employee alleges he was moving shot rock and the loader shifted causing him to slam his right elbow on the arm rest. Employee just started loosing time as of 12-14-2012.

Draw rock falling in 12' cut rock was scaled down bolter was pulled into cut to put corner bolt in more rock fell on canopy slid off striking him in Lt lower leg.

Employee was towing a skid of belt from the surface to the section when the chain holding the belt came unhooked and the belt slid off of the skid. The employee then tried to lift the belt back onto the skid by himself, resulting in a hernia.

Employee was removing a bent roof bolt out of mine roof. The employee reached back to drop drill head and moved the joystick for drill rotation. Bent roof bolt spun striking employee in left wrist. PPE was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was a factor, mining equipment/system was a factor, miner concentration was a factor.

while lowering the bucket on the loader, it stopped half way down jarring him.

Pulled muscle in neck when he was adjusting the rolls on the crusher when he was pushing up on wrench. pain in neck and shoulder right side

The employee stated, while traveling to the section a roll of plastic mesh entered the cab of the mantrip and struck him in the back of the head. The employee suffered a cervical strain and contusion.

Employee used plasma cutter to notch out some tubing. Employee did not use adequate lens for task, resulting in flash burn to his eyes. Employee did not realize he had received flash burn until later that evening. Employee missed one shift (10/7/12) as a result.

While employee was changing bits in the cutter head, the hammer he was using hit the chisel and slipped off and struck the back of his hand. He was holding the chisel in his left hand, the hammer was in his right.

Employee was standing on the bumper of the truck checking his oil, as he started to descend down off the bumper of the truck he lost his balance and as he was reaching out to hold his self the employees index finger was lacerated on an unidentified object.

Slope gave away under the excavator ee was operating. Excavator went over on its side ee was not hurt. Their was a laceration another ee pushed ee off the slope that broke off highwall. EE fell backward about 12ft where ee landed on a huge boulder in the middle of his back and other ee landed on top of ee. EE couldn't walk after that it broke L1 vertebra in the back.

Employee and two other people were loading a sheet of metal in a scoop bucket, employee felt pain in right bicep. Employee started missing 10-25-12.

While operating jackhammer felt a pull in groin area.

Employee reached down into his box to retrieve a small toolbox and when he pulled up on the small toolbox felt a burning sensation in his genital area. Employee went to CAMC Memorial on 10/06/2012 and was diagnosed with a direct inguinal hernia and orchitis.

Employee lifting hammer/drill from truck. Hammer and drill bit slide inside one another. Employee lost hold of equipment and hammer slid pinching his right index finger.

Replacing backup light on rock truck. Fixing cover with 3/4" screen. Had to bend the screen 45 degrees, screen popped and swiped face, nose and upper lip.

Employee was installing an auger-screw & pulled a muscle when lifting the motor into the man basket.

Based on information obtained 11/30/2012. The employee claims he tripped and fell carrying a timber and felt burning pain in his neck. The medical and impressions describe no acute processes. Also possible for strains cervical and thoracic.

Was repairing flashing on eagle crusher. Was cutting flashing where knife slipped and cut left wrist of employee cutting flashing.

Employee stated that he was removing the track adjuster cylinder off of the track adjuster rod with a sledge hammer. The hammer glanced off the side of the cylinder and struck his left leg below the knee. Went to doctor and missed one shift work.

Employee was walking beside the roof bolter when he slipped and fell into the roof bolter, striking his left side of his face on the roof bolts on the bolter this caused him to fracture his orbital bone.

Employee was entering the dump truck when his hard hat contacted the door frame causing his head to tilt back. This aggravated a previous injury causing him neck pain.

Employee was struck on the head and face by a rock that fell from between the roof straps.

Employee was moving drill and steel from one hole to another. Strained back.

As the employee was walking away from a granite block he was splitting it opened up and a piece struck his left foot.

Employee was cleaning conveyor belt in a low area. The belt caught his shovel and pulled it into the structure.

Ee was stretching to lift cable high enough for bolter to go under and pulled muscles in his abdomen. Took two days off and returned to work with no problems.

Employee was moving grate when tripped over grate on to left wrist, employee became a lost time injury due to this accident.

Clean shaft bottom. Rock fell from rib and hit employee on left shoulder causing head contusion with secondary cervical strain

The employee was walking up a flight of graded stairs, stumbled and his left hand landed on the grading and his fingers went through the grading. He was evaluated by a Physician, taken off of work and hand a surgical repair to the 2 fractured fingers.

Employee was looking for an oil leak on Core Drill RD-16 when he leaned across hydraulic tank, slipped and fell hitting on his left side. He went to the Pineville Community Hospital. He has (1) One broken rib.

Employee was observing belt parts being moved when a part became stuck and swung and hit him in the rt lower leg. Began losing time 10-15-12

A co-worker was using an air chisel working on the cutter head of the TBM, when a flying object struck the injured employee in the arm pit (right side) causing a puncture. Injured employee went to medic on site, then down to ER room.

Employee stepped off shuttle car landing on miner cable and twisted his right ankle.

Employee was pushing on a reap suspension cylinder into position when he injured his lower back

Employees were removing steel plate and rebar from a pallet that was raised on a forklift. The supervisor instructed the forklift operator to lower the pallet. Instead, the operator moved the forklift back as the supervisor was removing a piece of rebar. The rebar dislodged a piece of plate which fell onto the assisting employee's foot.

While bolting #2 heading EE slipped on a flat rock and twisted his right ankle.

Piece of rock fell from roof between the bolts and rib striking his left side.

The Miner was helping clean up a steel stock pile. He lifted a piece of steel and twisted while lifting. He felt a sharp pain in his lower back and right leg. He reported the incident to his Supervisor but refused medical treatment. He informed management of the incident on 12/13/2012. He received an MRI on 1/10/2013 and surgery for a herniated disc was performed on 2/14/2013.

Stated: Employee was driving scoop to charging station. He hit the panic bar and had to exit the scoop to reset breaker. He reset breaker and fell from the scoop injuring his foot and back. He did not go to the doctor until 10/8/2012. He was placed off work pending further tests.

while working in worked out area, re-claiming belt structure and belt ropes, EE states he loosened rope clamps and walked behind structure and was struck in face with rope that slipped.

They had installed 2 rows of bolts and the employee was letting another employee put up a cable bolt. He was kneeled down when an undetected piece of draw rock fell striking him on the right wrist causing a laceration resulting in 10 stitches.

Employee stated that as he shoveled gob onto the belt, he felt pain in his right shoulder. Incident became reportable on 11/16/12.

See Attached Was assisting other EE's in grinding on end of a spool. Co-EE heard a popping noise and the end of the pipe he was working on shifted. When he looked to the IEE he saw EE's head pinned to the concrete by the end of the spool (approx 2,700 lbs.) Co-EE's used forklift to hoist the spool off of the EE. 911 called rescue team transported EE to hospital.

EE was hanging cable for new starter box and while lifting cable he felt a pain in his shoulder.

Employee parked this bus into S-3 switch and walked back to switch to throw straight. As he was walking back to the bus he tripped on a donut crib and fell on his right shoulder. Started losing time on 10/3/2012.

Employee was opening air lock doors and the doors shut on his right arm. it fracture his right forearm.

Employee was in the process of cooling the strip vessel at the Barron pump. He connected a water line to the system, seeing no drain water coming from the system he disconnected the coupling this cause solution to spray on him. The employee was burned on the face and chest.

The EE was building a brattice on the MMU. No 002 Section. The EE bent over to pick up a single concrete block and felt a burning pain in his lower left side.

Employee was polishing teeth bucket and was introduced in the eye right a metal particle.

Went to power center to use mine phone a rock fell and hit him in the back.

EE was working to remove compacted dirt from a pile, when a piece sloughed off, striking him in the lower left leg, pinning him to the deck and twisting his body. EE broke both bones in lower left leg.

A rock had become wedged in the Badger Jaw crusher. Employee attempted to dislodge the rock using a pry bar when he claims he felt a pull and burning sensation in his lower back

Jack leg operator using G.D.-83 drill to pin a heel plate on the welded wire, While the miner helper placed the nut on bolt. After applying the nut the operator lost anchor point on the drill and the drill steel came around and struck the miner helper in the ear & neck.

EE was carrying a heinzman jack to #2 belt at #26 brk when he lost footing and fell hurting his back.

Employee was in the intake working on a ramcar. He had to lift the screen over the tram motor. Employee stated while standing on the side of the ramcar he lifted the screen and felt a pull in his lower stomach. Around an hour later he felt a small knot in his lower stomach. Employee finished his shift and was later diagnosed with a hernia. Employee is scheduled for surgery.

He was roof bolting in #2 Left and a rock fell from the roof, striking him in the head

While employee was trying to search for a broken tie rod end on the car he was operating, he was struck by a piece of rib rock that rolled down the rib striking his left ankle causing a fracture and dislocation.

The employee was removing an old shut off valve from the fuel truck while on one knee and two hands on the pipe wrench, his right hand pulled the wrench and he felt something on his arm/ shoulder joint that started to feel pain. This was being treated as a doctor visit injury until surgery was diagnosed to be scheduled 4/3/2013 he was working with restrictions.

Employee was using a hammer and hitting a piece of steel when a piece of the steel flew off, cutting employee's left leg, above the knee.

Employee was walking down to the basement and he missed the last step and he lost his balance. When he lost his balance he fell, fracturing his lower leg.

Employee stepped on a rock that was next to the rib. When rock shifted, employee lost his balance and hit his left shoulder on rib. Employee had bruising and redness to left shoulder and returned to work. On 11/8/12 employee received medical treatment for shoulder pain and received work restrictions.

Incident found in routine audit - 1/16/2013 Employer was notified of incident that occurred on 10/28/2012. No medical treatment was given on 10/28/2013 but on 12/1/2012. Employee caught his boot on a loop if blasting cap wire. He fell forward with his full weight landing on his right arm and knee.

Employee was cleaning out the roll crusher, which was stopped up. When it came loose, lime dust got into his eye.

EE was assisting repair on placing a rib rail on the Joy Miner.

Non-work back injury filed with workers comp. after the employee complained about pain in his lower back and left leg. Workers Comp. stated that it was work related due to the aggravation of his work.(equipment oper.)

EE with previous history of asthma, swept floor of motor control center with a broom, without wearing a (face) dust mask, resulting in shortness of breath.

While lifting a sheet onto the roof, the sheet moved, causing loss of balance. I tried to gain my ground & catch myself, but I couldn't. I hit the ground and the 4 X 8' sheet came down on my wrist a & landed on my back.

Injured employee was working in the area of a field switch gear when an arc flash occurred and in the process of evacuating the area tripped and injured his knee.

Two E/I Technicians were re-installing the motor leads to the # 4 primary log. They hoisted the j-box into place and secured it. They then rigged the hoist to the 90 degree conduit fitting and were in the process of returning it to the support bracket when the employee attempted to roll the fitting into place and felt a pop in his right elbow.

Ind. was shoveling belt when he felt a pop in his knee and also felt a burning sensation.

Employee was loading track rails from the old works and loading them on a rail car. They had a couple rails on the rail car that needed adjusted to lay right in the rail car. Employee grabbed the rails to move them, he grabbed the bottom rail to slide it down when the top rail rolled over pinching his left middle finger.

An employee was removing a sling from a fork while standing adjacent to a undercutter bar. The outrigger for the material handler that was holding the bar on a set of blocks was raised. The bar slid off of the blocks landing on the left foot of the employee.

Employee was trouble shooting a brake problem on a scraper. Mechanic found a hose that seemed to be leaking air. He loosened the line slightly to try and reseat the line, while doing so the line popped off and hydraulic fluid punctured his right middle finger.

Third party worker was transferring bags of barite material to a new pallet because there was a busted bag at the bottom of a stacked pallet. Worker felt discomfort in his right shoulder blade. Worker was sent to medical by his agencies company services.

doing a welding repair under an excavator in an awkward position

EE was folding conveyor belt into laps. He was pulling the belt with channel locks. The channel locks slipped off the belt resulting in EE straining a muscle in his right side.

Driller slipped on a small bit of grease and fell straining his knee.

Employee stated hurt left shoulder pulling her self up during rope training

Employee was lifting and twisting in the normal process of stacking and sorting building stone when he noticed pain in his left groin area.

The ee had traveled by scoop to T-Section intake to retrieve conveyor belt to supply a belt move on another section of the mine. The ee inserted a chain through the layers of belt that were on the mine floor & jumped across the belt to the opposite side. He felt a "pop" in his right knee resulting in pain & swelling to the knee.

Employee was carrying a 5 gal. bucket of hydraulic oil down a sandy hill and slipped. He tried to catch himself from falling and jerked his right neck and shoulder.

Employee slipped when dismounting a ladder. Reportable lost time injury 12/07/12 due to surgery

Employee was shoveling/loading holes for blasting when he felt a pop in his right hand. As time went by it began to hurt - the next day 10.16.12 his thumb began to swell and was difficult to move. Decided at this time to seek medical attention.

Employee was bolting top when a piece of draw rock fell striking right little finger, sutures required and employee has been place on restricted duty due to this injury.

While crawling to the MBC, the employee was struck on the right shoulder and arm by a piece of roof scale that fell between the rib and the adjoining bolt. The employee continued to work until July 14, 2015, at which time he underwent surgery.

office manager was using the restroom and as she was standing from the toilet her ankle rolled causing her to lose her balance and hit her head against the wall.

Putting in an 8' cable bolt & while holding the glue with 1 hand & the bolt with the other the end of the bolt struck the timber jack lever. His left hand was caught between the roof channel & the roof when the jack pushed the channel up. This lacerated his index & fourth fingers & fractured & lacerated his small finger. Began losing time next scheduled shift.

Employee was attempting to trim urethane skirt board rubber with a utility knife in his left hand, the knife tracked inwards toward his body cutting his left leg.

Employee was walking in slusher stope and he tripped & fell onto left knee, causing discomfort. Went to medic on site. took to ER - xrays/MRI were negative, however doctor issued restrictions, which we could accommodate.

EE was backing up with the mud buggy and as he was walking backwards he didn't see the cat skid loader and tripped over it. As he fell backwards he kept ahold of the drive lever and ran over his left leg breaking it.

Employee lifted and carried a steering pump from a water truck. Pump weighs about 60 lbs. Carried it about 30'. Suffered strain related injury.

On 10-11-12 the employee was in seated position, putting a boot on his left foot when he allegedly reported back pain. He was evalauted by a physican and taken off of work. He was released back to work on 10-15-12 with restrictions. On 10-24-12 it was made known that this alleged claim would be accepted as work related.

Employee tripped on a pallet jack and fell, fracturing her left fibula.

Changing a motor on a scoop - it dislodged and fell on employee's hand, pinning it to the ground, smashing left ring finger.

The employee received a cut on his left index finger, while checking to see if a mechanism was loose on the hammer line.

10/10/12 EE reported progressive numbness in left hand/fingers with no known reason or origin. No improvement has been seen, and an appt with a specialist made for EE on 11/9/12. Incident being treated as reportable pending DR. evaluation.

Bent over to pick up buckets, felt a pop in back.

Employee states he was operating the continuous miner when he was struck in the chest by a rock. Medical treatment injury. Revised: As of 10/22/2012 became reportable lost time injury due to surgery.

I was lifting top table liner out of impact crusher it slid over to one side and put excess strain on left arm and shoulder.

Employee alleges he was unhooking sound booth and felt pain in his mid back. He sought chiropractic treatment later that day. Chiropractor took him off of work - unknown restrictions. Lost time injury.

An employee tripped over a piece of cut railroad track that is used as weight in a counterweight box. When the employee tripped, he fell forward and tried to catch himself on a 10" pipe. When he reached for the pipe, he hyper-extended his right shoulder and felt a "pop".

Crane operator was climbing into the cab of the crane and the metal hand grab broke causing the crane operator to lose his balance and fall approximately six feet to the ground. The operator sustained a minor fracture to his left arm.

Slipped while climbing and hyper extended his left knee.

Hanging cm cable and water hose in a cable handler and a piece of rib fell striking him on the head, neck, and shoulders and knocked him to the mine floor. He began losing time his next scheduled shift on 10/08/12.

Employee slipped descending steps while holding the right hand rail resulting in torn bicep tendon.

After installing a girder beam in the ESP, all rigging was removed from the crane. The employee was attempting to remove a tag line from the girder beam. He pulled on the rope to see if it was entangled or still tied. The rope broke and the employee fell backwards 10' until his PFAS arrested his fall. During his descent his left foot impacted a walkboard fracturing his left ankle.

Employee was putting a hub back onto an axle in the shop. While in a squatting position, he allegedly hurt his back.

Employee was operating Euclid R40 and had to do some maintenance. He climbed down ladder, then as he was climbing back up ladder, he got to the top rung and his foot slipped. He grabbed himself with the grab bar with his right hand.

Employee was cleaning up plant spillage into a fork lift mounted self-dumping hopper. Latch on hopper was not operating properly and employee repeatedly lifted on hopper to unlatch it. Employee reported that his right shoulder hurt from the lifting at end of shift. Placed on light duty with no heavy lifting.

EE was hand tightening a bolt into a final drive flange on a final drive. His index finger was cut above the knuckle by a sharp edge on the flange. (Index finger right hand three stitches.)

Employee was walking on the pit when she slipped and twisted her knee. Wet and muddy conditions.

Slipped on mud and fell while walking causing bruised elbow and sore neck.

Pulling on rope attached to bar and bar slipped and hit employee in back.

Employee stated that as he dismounted the mantrip he twisted his left knee.

Employee was doing her daily weighmaster scale duties when she started to say her left hand hurt.

Employee was walking and slipped in a depression filled with water and felt a pain in his lower back.

Employee was operating a Cat D400E articulated truck and hit a hole that jerked his back causing a pulled muscle.

A man was spraying a fire proofing material on the rib in a scoop charger when the nozzle plugged up. As he was cleaning the nozzle, the injured person was standing beside him. Some spray came out of the nozzle as he was cleaning it and went onto the man's safety glasses and a portion of the material went behind the glasses and into his eyes causing an irritation.

Using a shovel to move Gypsum and reaggravated same finger that had been previously fractured in the same spot

Employee was driving a pin out of a conveyor when he struck his left thumb with the hammer. Injury was a fracture of the left thumb.

The injured employee was struck by a wooden post that had come under compression from the scissor deck he was operating. The post was left leaning against the rail of the scissor deck. When the deck was raised, the post became wedged between the deck and the rib, the pressure was relieved suddenly from the base of the post causing it to strike him in the elbow and ribs.

Shutting grill on truck after cleaning radiator and grill came down on left pinky causing a laceration that required 8 stitches.

Helper was changing out a ceramic pump liner. In the process of removing the liner, the liner shattered in the Helper's hand and the pieces when through his glove and cut his thumb.

Lumbar strain, repeatd motion of spud bar

On October 29, 2012 employee (Sr. Electrician) was changing out a size three starter bucket. He bent over to pick the starter bucket off from the floor of the MCC room and in the process of raising back up felt a pop/pain in his lower back. He was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with a lower lumbar strain, he returned to work the same day on light duty.

The employee bent over to pick up a large battery that is very heavy. The employee used improper lifting techniques resulting in a lower back strain.

Employee was walking down stairway and his foot slipped off the edge of the last step onto a landing. This caused him to fall against the handrail, and hit his left shoulder on the handrail. Employee was put on restrictive duty.

Emp was breaking bolt loose with a breaker bar and the bolt broke loose. The bar caught the right thumb and bent it backwards. Seen at the ER, diagnosed with a fracture to the right thumb. Cast at the orthopedist, released to restricted duty.

Employee's left ankle gave out from under her causing her to fall forward using her hands to brake the fall. Employee has a foot sprain.

The employee was pulling on a jackleg drill to bring the steel out of the hole when he slipped and strained his back.

EE was climbing a ladder on a machine when his foot slipped on the bottom step causing him to catch himself with his arms.

Employee was attempting to move bar saw track with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped, causing employee to lose his balance and fall forward, hitting right knee on the track.

The man was loading belt structure into the scoop bucket when he pinched his finger between the structure and the bucket.

Incident allegedly occurred on 10-26-12 while laying out belt in hopper. Incident not reported until Monday, 10-29-12. Doctor appointment scheduled employee seen on 11-1-12. Irritation of the patella bursa sac of left knee. Rx issued restricted days until next scheduled appointment of 11-27-12.

EE was called to #2 MLP on the 26 side to reverse motor for maintenance to remove impeller. After he changed motor back he closed the motor disconnect and an arc fault occurred inside the switchgear cabinet. The arc blast blew the door open. EE was standing away from the door but received minor burns.

EE was sitting on a bucket and welding overhead. Several pieces of welding slag fell and landed in his groin area. EE sustained 2nd & 3rd degree burns in his groin area. EE placed on restricted duty.

While driller was loosening pressure bolts on the actuator plate, the plate broke free from the bolts and struck the driller's left pinky finger causing a laceration below the fingernail.

Injured employee was standing on top of the gearbox pedestal and was using a pry bar to separate the coupling halves. While he was applying pressure to the coupling, the pry bar came loose and employee fell backward approximately 3'. When he landed he struck his head against some spare idlers that were staged for a separate job. This resulted in a 3' gash to the top of his head.

EE was climbing ladder and slipped catching himself with arm and straining shoulder.

Employee was working in the Tail Chute of the 2260 Conveyor. The employee was repositioning himself to remove a liner. In doing so the employee placed his left hand on the wall to climb up, mean while the employee on the outside engaged the impact gun to loosen the nut. The counter sunk bolt spun and lacerated the left palm.

4 employees were staging 54" return rollers for replacement on the #7 Lang Main Line belt. One employee was pushing the roller to the side of the tractor bucket, then another employee would lift the roller and slid the roller out the side of the bucket. The roller inadvertently shifted in the bucket and the employee's finger was smashed between the bucket and the roller.

Employee was struck on the hand/finger by a worker using a hammer to remove core from core barrel.Crew were trying to hammer out a rock in the bit when injured employee re-positioned his grip in mid-swing.

The employee was applying pressure to a railcar ramp with his left foot and sustained an ankle sprain.

EE received a splinter in (L) hand palm, that became infected

Miner's right foot pinched by 21B EMICO Mucker. Miner was wearing metatarsal boots. Miner was treated for first aid at Valley View Medical Center.

Ee was removing pin on 972G loader. The bucket and link were removed. Ee was pulling pin out of the top z-bar link where it attaches to the tilt cylinder. Ee pulled pin out and the z-bar shifted because pin was slightly over center. The Ee's thumb was caught between the head of the pin and the bucket leveler bracket.

He was pulling miner cable and felt a pop or burning sensation in his left knee.He kept on working and finished the shift. After work he decided to go and have it checked. The doctor told him to work light duty until an orthopedic doctor looked at it. He is currently working light duty outside until his appt. on 11/02/2012.

While lifting a starter from engine block the employee felt a stabbing pain or pop in his right elbow.

EE felt a "pop" in his left knee as he was climbing up on the cab of his service truck. EE had his left foot planted on the ground and his right foot was about to set on the cab step when his left foot slipped causing his knee to "pop". EE placed on restricted duty on 10/31/12

Miner was installing bolts in the bottom ring of the mud rake tank. He ran out of bolts and went to retrieve more. When he returned he knelt down to continue and felt a pop in his left knee. Doctor found signs of arthritis and is continuing to diagnose.

Employee was lifting an approximately 40 pound bucket of rock from a pickup bed. The employee strained his upper back and shoulders while lifting this bucket of rock.

Employee was loading decking on to a trailer. The decking slipped out of employee's hand and pinched his finger resulting in a laceration to his right middle finger.

Employee was pulling feeder breaker power cable when he stepped on a rock, causing him to fall. Received medical attention for injury to left knee.

Tractor operator did a pre-inspection on dozer and step up about 6 inches from the ground using 3 pt contact and heard a pop in right knee.

Employee was moving one gin pole from one sheet to another when he felt it slip. Instead of dropping it, he grabbed tighter and pulled a muscle.

EE was performing accumulator check and steering adjustment, and bled off the pressure. He then removed the valve which still had pressure and it punctured his right arm. He is on light duty with restrictions.

Employee was installing a guard when he pinched his finger under it fracturing the tip of his finger.

The miner was refueling the EL-Jay. As he stepped off of the ladder onto the ground he rolled his left ankle.

On 10-22-12 the employee was struck in the right knee by a porta power head. He was evaluated by a physician and released back to work with restrictions.

Employee rolled ankle on uneven terrain while hanging hog wire.

Miners waded into a sump to repair a pump that contained residue of shot crete and received chemical burns.

Miners waded into a sump to repair a pump that contained residue of shot crete and received chemical burns.

EE was walking toward transportation and twisted R ankle resulting in a sprain

Employee was pushing on a wrench and injured back.

while load acetylene tank into truck employee's finger became pinched between tank and truck resulting in a bruised left pinky finger

Employee was Lifting buckets over a 6 hour period when he developed pain in his right hip and right groin region. This did not become reportable until 11/7/12 when he was placed on restricted duty.

Taking drill steels apart Holding steel in roof with left hand and steel in head with right hand Head shifted pinching left thumb between both steels

EE was mounting blade. He had each hand on the grab iron and his feet on the steps. His right hand came loose from the right grab iron and he slipped; twisting his back. Taken to the ER and was placed on restrictions.

While hammering wedges with a 12 pound hammer the employee felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder.

Employee was walking down a set of stairs when he stepped on a rock causing a fracture to his left ankle.

Employee was attempting to move one end of a tank panel by himself. The vertical bolts got stuck on the sheet beneath the one he was attempting to move. As he jerked on the sheet he felt a pull in his back. He reported to me a few minutes later that he could feel his back hurting. I then took him to the clinic and the doctor revealed a pulled muscle.

Employee loss balance when climbing down out of a front end loader. The employee landed on left shoulder and scraped left knee. The employee thought his shoulder was o.k, he went to his doctor on 11/15/12 and the doctor gave restrictions of *avoid lifting overhead and *avoid lifting over 25lbs until 12/5/12.

Applying wheel chock to truck trailer, felt pain in his right elbow. Employee lifts the wheel chocks 3-4 times per day on average while conducting CDL driver job duties. Employee did not report incident until 10/22/12 to employer and did not seek medical attention until 10/24/12 at which time this became a reportable injury due to medical treatment.

Employee was operating a forklift near a bulk Dust Foam tank when he ran over a PVC valve on the tank, breaking it. Some of the tank's contents began to leak which he attempted stop by using a rag to plug the valve's broken pipe. As he reached down to plug the leak, he cut his finger on a jagged piece of broken PVC pipe.

Employee was guzling rock next to a conveyor and when he pulled on hose his elbow hit metal railing. Bumped right elbow employee did not go to doc until 11/6/2012

The man was walking near the load center when he slipped on the wet bottom and twisted his knee.

The employee was walking down a small grade. The ground was wet and there was loose rock. He slipped on the loose rock and fell backwards on to his back. The top of his right wrist struck against the ground. He felt pain a short time later.

Employee was turning water valves inside of dozer and caught his right thumb on a pulley causing a laceraion which required stitches.

EE was drilling when drill became hung up on metal bracing & torque of drill twisted left arm. On 10/31/12 EE asked for medical treatment by MD.

Employee was cleaning belt from machinery and suddenly felt an insect bite on right arm.

While shoveling spillage from under the tunnel conveyor on to the conveyor, the employee felt pain in the left side of his neck. He went to the doctor on 10-17-12, was diagnosed with a neck strain and placed on light duty. He was returned to full duty by same doctor on 10-19-12.

Team Member was climbing ladder to access head pulley drive area of conveyor. When he reached for ladder's railing, he jammed his right little finger into ladder's rung support iron. His finger was fractured.

Worker was driving the pin for a nuclear gauge with a small sledgehammer, and during the course of the swing, the sledgehammer struck the edge and deflected, causing a shoulder strain.

Employee was using a 20 pound sledge hammer to close a slide gate on the #3 finish mill feed belt and strained his back. Employee was placed on restricted duty and returned to work.

EE was traveling along road way to another plant. As he was approaching a hill he moved to right side of roadway. As he proceeded the check engine lights came on. He diverted his attention to the lights and front tire came in contact w/ ditch. Causing truck to tip.

Employee was climbing into 777D truck, when he slipped, grabbed onto the handrails and strained his left shoulder.

The employee was moving miner cable. A rock fell between the coal rib and roof panel hitting him in the head. Stitches were required for the laceration

Employee was cutting a bearing off a shaft, which was laying on the gravel. The employee cutting stepped to his right. The cutting torch passed by the backside of the fire watch employee's left leg resulting in a second degree burn, approximately 3"x5" with quarter size blister.

Employee was riding a 3 wheeled buggy. He was making a pre-shift check and the buggy ran into a small hole in the roadway causing a jolt that caused bruising to his hip and lower back as he landed on his mine rescuer that was on his belt.

EE was descending the stairs exiting 102 gantry boom. He missed the second step with his right foot putting all of his weight on his left leg. EE stated he felt a pop behind his left knee and a sharp pain. He was transported to medical dept. Knee strain, restricted work duties.

EE was walking out from a process area when he made contact with an overhead pipe. The following day he had soreness on the back of his neck and lower back. On 10/15/12, EE was sent to an offsite physician who placed the EE on restricted duty.

While helping guide a loader moving a 14 inch poly pipe the chain slipped over the loader bucket causing the pipe to fall and swept the EE feet and legs out from under him fracturing his left leg

Employee was using a pry bar when it slipped, causing him to fall backwards and strike his elbow on the concrete.

Employee had just finished drilling a hole in the face and as he pulled the steel out of the hole he stepped on a rock and lost his balance. This caused him to lose control of the machine which pivoted forward on the leg and caught his hand in a pinch point. This resulted in a fractured bone in the employee's hand.

The employee was checking the oil on a CAT 980K and while running a rag down oil dip stick was impaled by a cable spur into his left index finger. He came immediately and reported the incident to Safety Coordinator. After looking at his finger they transported him via ambulance to RMCH in Gallup.

The Employee was operating a Roof Bolter, stretched reaching backwards and inadvertently stuck his fingers into the A/C vent, contacting the squirrel cage fan.

Employee reached with his left arm to help position the cathode strongback and felt pain in left shoulder.

EE was cutting a boot off of a roof bolter cable and cut his left thumb.

While attempting to secure a nut on a bolt on the bottom of the BB float cell, the employee fell from ladder when he lost his balance. The employee was standing on the second step of a 4 foot step ladder on the ground floor on the East side of the Float Plant. He fell to the ground, striking his left side (rib area), on the water hose of the nearby water cannon.

Employee was placing 80 lb stone on pallet; stone slid off pallet and struck employee in left knee. Restricted duty was assigned. **Employee did not seek treatment until 10/11/2012**

EE was removing a crate from a pallet & felt a slight strain in the shoulder. EE returned home and woke up the next morning with a great pain in shoulder.

EE was striking a slide gate with a hammer and he struck the tip of his left pinky finger with the hammer. EE reported the injury as a first aid on 10Oct12 and sought medical evaluation on 11Oct12. EE was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma and fracture to the tip of his left pinky and released to work with restrictions.

Truck driver was injured when hydraulic cylinder failed and bed dropped on truck frame while unloading. Driver was taken to clinic and released with no restrictions. 8 days later driver reported headache and neck stiffness. 2nd visit to clinic resulted in duty restrictions.

Employee was attempting to lift a metal plate and strained his back. He was placed on restricted duty.

Repositioning steel beam to put a sling around it when she felt pain in her right wrist. She did not seek medical treatment until 10/11/12.

The employee was cleaning a Cardox port on the kiln, when the kiln went positive and hot dust hit the employee in the face. The employee sustained burns to the left side of his face and left ear.

Employee was removing doors from FFM2 for inspection of interior of mill. When employee lifted the door cross bar, he felt a sharp pain in his back. He was lifting the bar from a kneeling position.

Employee was replacing the landing gear on a Tanker. While he was carrying the new landing gear over to where the Tanker was located, he felt pain in his back.

Employee exited catwalk and climbed down ladder. He hit his right knee on a hook that used to hold a hanging ladder. The hanging ladder had been removed from service but the hook wasn't. The hook fell between the rungs of the ladder the employee was using. The hook had a sharp edge that lacerated employees knee.

Employee stated he strained his back while shoveling mill scale along W3801 belt.

EE was pushing a materials cart and cart struck a part of the conveyor belt. The EE's foot was under the cart and the stress of striking the belt along with the right leg being stuck caused a break in the lower area of his right tibia.

Employee attempting to straighten a steal pin cut the palm of his hand. The end result was two stitches on left palm. The employees stitches will be removed in ten days and until than he will be working on little duty.

Miner was standing on an extension ladder his feet were on 5th rung approximately 5 to 6' off the ground. He was welding just above the ladder on the back of the kress truck. The ladder slipped out from under him. He sprained his Rt. wrist trying to catch him self. Miner stated he failed to tie off the ladder or use the bed platform. Miner was put on restricted duty.

Employee assigned to the powder crew was in the process of preparing to load a round when his partner inadvertently lowered a stabilizer jack onto the employee's left foot, resulting in a hairline fracture of the second metatarsal.

Employee was kneeling on the bank while connecting two 8" suction hoses. Employee was pulling the two hoses together so they could fasten the coupling clamp and felt a sharp pain on the lower left side of his back.

Contractor employee was using a shovel to clean up ore from the fine ore bins when she received a strain to her lower back. Employee received restricted duty.

EE was rolling slurry blind on #5-9 heater, when the impact gun that he was using slipped off the nut. The gun pinched employee's right hand ring finger between the gun and slurry blind. EE received a deep bruise to the tip of his finger. X-ray revealed fracture on finger tip. EE placed on restricted duty on 10/08/12

The employee was working with a co-worker to set up a light plant, fading light conditions, poor communication with co-worker, and improper body positioning all contributed to the injury.

Employee was exiting the forklift when his right foot slipped off. He continued hanging on with his left hand and felt a "pop" in his left shoulder. Prescribed Naproxen and placed on restrictions of no use of his left arm.

While stepping out of the South E-crane switch house, EE stepped on a rock and rolled the right foot. EE felt a slight pain in the right ankle and was sent to medical for evaluation. EE placed on restricted duty on 10/08/12.

EE was on top of Dust Collector with harness and lanyard; he was getting into position for stack testing when the ducting weld gave way and the duct fell out of position. He put his hand out to steady himself and maintain balance. He jammed his thumb on the ducting, fracturing his thumb.